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Five Points Bottle Shop ................................. p. 23 Perry’s Convenience and Liquors .................. p. 14 Congratulations to the Secret City burlesque troupe and photographer Matt Hardy for winning our Prince Avenue flag photo contest. Send your photos for this space to photos@flagpole.com, or use the tag #intheATH on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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from the blogs  HOMEDRONE: A new Reptar album is on the way via Joyful Noise Recordings.  CULTURE BRIEFS: After 45 years, Five Points gift shop Homeplace will close later this year.  HOMEDRONE: The AthFest submission period is now open for bands who want to play the festival’s outdoor stage.

athens power rankings: JAN. 19–25 1. HandsOn Northeast Georgia 2. Rebecca Ballard 3. Tuna Fortuna 4. Todd Gurley 5. Reptar  Athens Power Rankings are posted each Monday on the In the Loop blog on flagpole.com.

Pub Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Capitol Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Seasonal Affective Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Keeping Pets Warm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Fighting Colds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Grand Vapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Beards of Athens Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Movie Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Art Around Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Local Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Help Me, Rhonda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Big City Bread Cafe ........................................ p. 2 Ted’s Most Best .............................................. p. 15 The Grit ......................................................... p. 10 Square One Fish Co. ....................................... p. 5

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Condor Chocolates ......................................... p. 5 Daily Groceries Co-op..................................... p. 6 Tinfish Gifts ................................................... p. 12

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boys whose lives were a lot tougher than ours, including a preponderance of country boys who were accustomed to hard work, firearms and discomfort, as well as thinking for themselves and fixing things when they broke.

Does the advance of civilization inevitably soften us? Do central heat and air along with indoor plumbing mean that eventually we’ll lose the ability to defend ourselves?

(Our national strategy now is to ignore our increasingly soft, fat, comfortable populace and go on the attack with machines and a professional military. That works as long as we’re fighting “over there,” but once the boat people reach our shores, we’ll be trapped in the malls like movie extras surJack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information

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Hale Burnette, the highly successful, now-retired Oconee County football coach, remarked recently that he never slept in a heated room until he went off to college.

Hale was a country boy in Greene County, and he had to catch a ride home every day after football practice. He laughed the other day about how cold it was at our teammate Bobby Ivie’s country home, too, when Hale would spend the night there. Was that the secret to why they were such good football players? No doubt it was part of the reason all those country boys were so tough. Our schoolyard games took on a whole new element of ferocity when they joined us in the 8th grade, and they were the backbone of our sports teams.

A wartime football game in Greensboro, GA. I believe we practiced in those same uniforms 15 years later.

Could I have been All-State like Bobby and Hale if my father had not put in a furnace right after the war? Up until that time we had been heating with fireplaces, and he was mighty tired of starting and maintaining all those fires, chopping kindling and hauling in the heavy coal scuttle. (Ever seen a coal scuttle? I had to look up how to spell it.)

Well, it wasn’t just the cold rooms that made those guys tough. I would have had to move to the country to get toughened up enough make All-State. Hale was probably missing chores at home while he hung around the pool room waiting for Ivie to get through courting. Hale’s other ride was an older neighbor who had to go by the VFW for a few beers before heading home. (Hale says that between his neighbor’s beer and Ivie’s fast driving, it’s a wonder he survived his commuting.)

Would we all be better off without central heat? My father would never have agreed to that, and I doubt that Hale or Ivie would, either, though Hale says today’s football players don’t know what hard work is.

My wife, Gay, and I have a running dialogue about World War II and how the citizen army that fought it was made up of

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rounded by zombies. Who’ll keep our pets warm then?)

History, which we choose to ignore, is replete with the rise and fall of civilizations, though the prevailing attitude is always, “it can’t happen here.”

Meanwhile, we won’t even come to grips with climate change, because our rulers are invested in the outmoded technology that exacerbates it. Because of our vested interest, we are driven to ignore science as well as the evidence of our own experience and invent false explanations to deny reality.

While we all get fatter and fatter and less able to cope with our environment on a personal level, our nation gets warmer and warmer (and also colder and colder) while we do nothing. One of the great mysteries of all time has been “what happened to the dinosaurs?” Another will be, if there is any more time left for history, “how could they ignore climate change?”

Fortunately, you don’t have to ignore it.

Instead, you can read about climate change, along with other topics like keeping pets warm, seasonal affective disorder, cold remedies, the perfect soup and beards to keep you warm—all inside, in this issue’s special emphasis on winter and its discontents: Warm Your ATH Up! f

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By Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com been balancing the budget by reducing the state’s formula funding to local school systems. These are called “austerity cuts” and they reduced funding to public schools by more than $1 billion a year. Deal and the legislature restored $314 million of those austerity cuts in the current budget and the governor wants to put back another $280 million in the upcoming budget. That would not entirely eliminate the funding shortfall to local schools, but it would reduce it to the level of $466 million, which is an improvement.

The education of the next generation of Georgia’s children is an important goal, of course, but the really pressing objective for state officials, judging from what’s in the budget, is to make sure Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank is happy. During the final days of last year’s session, lawmakers put $17 million into the budget to pay for construction of a parking deck near the retractable-roof stadium being built for Blank. This is on top of the more than $450 million in tax funds that will be spent over the next 30 years to pay for the construction and maintenance of the facility.

In the latest budget, Deal has set aside another $23 million to finish construction work on the parking deck. That’s $40 million combined in the current and upcoming budgets. For a billionaire like the Falcons owner, $40 million is pocket change. He could easily afford to pay for his own deck.

A distressed school board member in a rural county who’s struggling to avoid laying off teachers or closing down schools for part of the year might think there were better ways to spend that $40 million. But keep in mind, this is Georgia. We may argue about the need to spend more money on our schools, but we love our football. f

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Gov. Nathan Deal released his state budget for fiscal year 2016 late last week, and if you work your way through the numbers in the document, you will see a turning point in recent state history.

During the 2008 General Assembly session, lawmakers passed what was then Georgia’s largest budget ever, totaling $21.1 billion in state funds. Later that year, the housing and construction industries collapsed, banks started failing across the country, and a meltdown in the financial markets nearly crashed the economy. The great recession had begun, which blew a gaping hole in tax collections and forced Georgia to start cutting back that $21 billion budget until spending dropped to about $17 billion a year.

The budget Deal just released shows expenditures of nearly $21.8 billion for the upcoming fiscal year, which would be the first time the budget total has exceeded what legislators adopted way back in the winter of 2008. It was a recession that started late in the second term of President George W. Bush, and the state has finally recovered from it midway through the second term of President Barack Obama. That is one long economic downturn.

You can tell what’s really important to a governing body by looking at how it chooses to spend its money. What can we deduce, then, from the budget submitted by the governor?

He has acknowledged that it might be a good thing to increase the pay of state employees who went without a salary hike for several years during the economic downturn. The budget would give most employees a 1 percent pay raise.

There is also better news for the state’s public schools. For years, legislators have

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By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com specific recommendations, although more expensive fixes like pedestrian refuge islands and bike lanes get short shrift.

Mostly, the new report outlines specific tweaks to sidewalks, signs and crosswalks, and closing or narrowing some driveways.

Those are the sort of changes that ACC Transportation Director David Clark thinks GDOT might be able to make without specific additional funds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I suspect youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to see some changes, probably in the next year or two,â&#x20AC;? he told Flagpole. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether or not they have the funding [for additional changes], I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know.â&#x20AC;?

But Do They Work?: These pedestrian flags are expenThe report does recommend additional changes, ranging sive, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do much good, according to the nonprofit from adding medians and pedestrian refuge islands to addadvocacy group Georgia Bikes. Its most recent newsletter ing bike lanes, any of which would likely require widening quoted a study of seven intersections in Berkeley, CA: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The the streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curb-to-curb use of flags did not seem And widening is to have a significant effect I suspect youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to see some changes, width. expensive, Clark said, on driver behavior.â&#x20AC;? A probably in the next year or two. partly because undersimilar study in Seattle ground and electrical said the flags had â&#x20AC;&#x153;limited utilities often must be moved. Among the reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recomeffectiveness,â&#x20AC;? and the city canceled the program. Both cities cited frequent flag thefts that cost Berkeley $10,000 and mendations are: â&#x20AC;˘ Add â&#x20AC;&#x153;raised islands and medians to calm traffic.â&#x20AC;?

Seattle $17,000 over three years. â&#x20AC;˘ Change intersections and turn lanes to provide shorter, Salt Lake City, UT, called its flag program successful, but safer crosswalks. even there, only 14 percent of pedestrians used the flags. â&#x20AC;˘ Add sidewalks and sidewalk buffers where missing.

The flags also were coupled with higher fines for drivers â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Initiating a parking study to determine parking who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yield to pedestrians. needs.â&#x20AC;?

In a story about pedestrian flag programs, The Atlantic â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Close excessive drivewaysâ&#x20AC;? and promote connectivity blog CityLab concluded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Expecting people to carry flags between parking lots. so they can cross without getting killedâ&#x20AC;Ś only increases â&#x20AC;˘ Provide bike lanes â&#x20AC;&#x153;to establish predictable space for the sense that being a person on foot is somehow weird or cyclists.â&#x20AC;? embarrassing. Cities should instead be doing everything â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;?Considerâ&#x20AC;? three-laning all or parts of Prince to calm they can to advance the radical notion that walking is a pertraffic and provide a consistent center turn lane. fectly normal thing to do.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Add overhead flashers to existing midblock crosswalks; Safety Solutions: Yet another study of Prince Avenue? The move the Grit crosswalk across Newton Street and add a pedestrian island.

Georgia Department of Transportationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newly released â&#x20AC;˘ Add a median refuge island at Georgia Avenue. safety audit is well-illustrated, and drills down to some Krysia Haag gets honorable mention for the batch of creative Prince Avenue Photoshop images she sent usâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; astronauts landing in the crosswalk (â&#x20AC;&#x153;One small step for mankindâ&#x20AC;?), a T-Rex rampaging through Flagpoleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s front yard and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dukes of Hazzardâ&#x20AC;? sendup you see here.

But we have to give the grand prize to photographer Matt Hardy and the ladies of the Secret City burlesque troop, who literally stopped traffic when they ventured out into the crosswalk wearing nothing but a few strategically placed orange flags. (See the photo on p. 3.)

Congratulations, yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;all can pick up your Grit gift certificate at our office.

Shout out to Uma Nagendra, too, who staged a miniMardi Gras parade in the crosswalk. Those photos and more are on flagpole.com.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Add a left-turn lane adjacent to the Social Security office. â&#x20AC;˘ Better synchronize stoplights near the hospital. â&#x20AC;˘ Update wheelchair ramps at pedestrian crossings. â&#x20AC;˘ Consider a midblock crosswalk at the Health Sciences campus. â&#x20AC;˘ Realign Park Avenue directly opposite Talmadge Drive.

Changes to the in-town (Milledge Avenue to downtown) portion of Prince fall to Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s department, because that portion of the street is locally owned, rather than being a state route. ACC Traffic Engineer Steve Decker told Flagpole that, while the report asserts that excessive speeding is a problem, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the collected data does not support a major speeding problem. Drivers in Athens tend to drive 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 miles per hour over the speed limit everywhere, which includes Prince in some areas. The Athens Police Department, like other local agencies, has their hands somewhat tied, as the State of Georgia regulates how local agencies may write speeding citations.â&#x20AC;? Clark thinks speeding is mostly a problem between Barber Street and Milledge, where the street is something of a straightaway.

Proposed changes to Prince have been controversial (and mostly nonexistent) since Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s department deemed it â&#x20AC;&#x153;feasibleâ&#x20AC;? in 2004 to reduce the in-town portion from four lanes to three, with bicycle lanes added. A political firestorm followed (driven partly by members of Prince Avenue Baptist Church, which has since moved to Oconee county), and a majority of the then-commission voted to remove any mention of Prince from the the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Bicycle Master Plan, then voted down three-laning in 2005.

Eventually, after an election, a somewhat different group of commissioners restored Prince to the plan, but no further action has been taken.

The issue will come up again in about three years, when Prince is due for repaving, commissioner Kelly Girtz says. “I still think [a road diet] is a viable engineering solution” that could allow bicycle lanes and medians to be added to the intown portion, he told Flagpole. “Obviously, not everybody agrees with that.”

Clark floated a number of pedestrian safety improvements at a June work session that the mayor and commission have yet to act on. He said his department could again study such a proposal. Since 2004, traffic has increased by about 9 percent to 19,000 cars a day, still short of the 20,000 figure at which a road diet might increase congestion. [John Huie] New Commissioners Jump Right In: Newly elected AthensClarke County commissioners Melissa Link, Sharyn Dickerson and Diane Bell participated in their first work session Tuesday, Jan. 14. Link pushed for less talking and more doing. “We need to actually put our plans into action, sooner rather than later,” she said.

Several other commissioners chimed in and voiced their sentiments about the lack of activity over the past year.

They jumped on Link’s bandwagon and requested alternative strategies to expedite goals approved last March.

Commissioners Jerry NeSmith and Allison Wright encouraged paving sidewalks along one side of Athens’ many sidewalk-less roads to quickly improve pedestrian safety. “We could go back and fill in the other side later,” NeSmith said. “It’s just important that we provide walking accessibility to as many parts of Athens as quickly as possible.”

After jokingly accusing NeSmith of “stealing her idea,” Wright added, “Right now there are lots of beaten paths with no sidewalks. Instead of waiting to raise enough money to get sidewalks on both sides, we should add sidewalks on at least one side of the street so people can walk safely.”

Dickerson, the new District 1 commissioner, said rural parts of Athens lack sufficient broadband Internet access.

“When I’m at home, I can barely load a webpage, and students in my district can’t log on to do their homework,” said Dickerson. “And that’s a problem.”

While other commissioners failed to see the economic incentive in broadband expansion, NeSmith stressed the need for reliable Internet service to attract business developers and support education. “Nobody makes money off of sewers, but we’ve got to have them.” NeSmith said.

Link advocated investing in solar panel-powered buildings downtown to offset the city’s 4 percent increase in energy costs. She fired off bursts of sustainable suggestions—including electric city buses, building more bike lanes and sidewalks, a tax on plastic bags and a survey of current sewage systems that haven’t been reviewed in years.

Continuing the support for sustainability, commissioners responded enthusiastically to the proposed Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials (CHaRM). The center, which will be located at the old landfill off College Avenue, will provide a one-stop drop for items that can’t be recycled at other drop-off sites, like mattresses, batteries and tires.

But the CHaRM is $250,000 over the SPLOST 2011 budget, according to Suki Janssen, project coordinator. She hopes to see the center built by this time next year, assuming the project receives additional funding.

Commissioners also talked about building a new commercial airport terminal, which has been in the works since 2005. The SPLOST-funded project would add an 18,500square-foot commercial terminal along Lexington Highway property that was purchased with SPLOST funds back in 2000. Athens-Ben Epps airport lost a federal subsidy for airline service, and thus its airline, last year, and commissioners hope the terminal could lure another commercial airline or two. However, they fear the high-risk project could result in a worthless drain of public resources.

At the end of the meeting, Link encouraged more citizens to attend work session meetings, as they are where “most of the decisions are made.” Unlike voting and agenda-setting meetings, they are not televised, and no minutes are kept. [Lauren Steffes] f

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he days are shorter, the sun sets earlier, and it’s common to get through a day without going outside or seeing much sunlight. When the temperature is chilly, it’s too tempting to snuggle under blankets and sit in front of a screen rather than throw on sneakers and walk around the block. Hibernating for too many days in a row, however, can lead to fatigue, inability to concentrate, cravings for sugar and carbs, poor sleep and sadness.

When the lethargy and anxiety kick in, it’s tough at first to differentiate it from other depressive disorders, but you may notice a pattern that syncs with the seasonal cycles, peaking from December to February. In recent years, psychologists have seen more cases of seasonal affective disorder in patients who feel down when the cold months come.

“People are becoming more aware of how the changes in the seasons impact them,” says Marie Williams, a Bogart psychologist and president of the Athens Area Psychological Association. “The changes in light affect our circadian rhythm and melatonin being produced.”

Seasonal affective disorder affects about 5 percent—or more than 10 million— Americans, with a half million diagnosed each year, according to the American Psychological Association. The disorder is more common in women than in men and typically begins after age 20, with about 6 percent experiencing symptoms severe enough to affect quality of life and require

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he says. “This correlates with the time it hospitalization. About 5 percent of the takes for UV radiation to be processed by University of Georgia student body experithe body into vitamin D.” ences SAD, according to National College Vitamin D is also involved in the creHealth Assessment data collected by the ation of serotonin and dopamine in the University Health Center each year. brain, which are two chemicals linked to “I haven’t seen high numbers in my depression. One way to stock up on vitamin patient group, but I imagine that if I were D levels naturally is to get outside each day, practicing farther from the equator, I’d see even if it’s cloudy outside. Take a brisk walk more,” Williams says. “SAD really differs in and aim for 30 minutes, but don’t worry severity from the milder form of what we about the time, Williams says. “If I tell a call ‘winter blues.’” patient to go outside and walk for 45 minResearchers recommend three easy solutions to keep your body on track and in sync utes, she’s focused on that 45 minutes,” she says. “Instead, bunwith the sunlight: up, grab a coffee, Maintain vitamin The last thing you may feel dle and walk through D levels, go outside like doing is getting up and the Botanical each day and conTime will sider light-therapy going out, but that’s exactly what Garden. take care of itself.” options. you need to do.

Other sugges“Vitamin D tions? Take your could have a regudog for a walk. Stroll around the block in lative role in the development of SAD,” your neighborhood. It’s tough to do either says Alan Stewart, a UGA counseling and human development services professor who and come home within five minutes.

“When you experience depression, vegeresearches the psychology of weather and tative symptoms feed themselves and make climate. it worse,” Williams says. “The last thing you Stewart teamed with researchers at the may feel like doing is getting up and going University of Pittsburgh and Queensland out, but that’s exactly what you need to do.”

University of Technology in Australia to If you’re thinking about adding light study how vitamin D is linked to seasonal therapy, talk to a professional and make depression and a lack of sunlight. The sure you’re using the right source. Tanning team reviewed more than 100 scholarly beds deliver the correct amount of light, articles and reported their findings in the sure, but they add UV rays and aren’t as November issue of health journal Medical effective as phototherapy devices designed Hypotheses. to deliver 10,000 lux (compared to indoor “Studies show there is a lag of about lighting at about 100 lux and a bright sunny eight weeks between the peak intensity of day at about 50,000 lux). “Sometimes ultraviolet radiation and the onset of SAD,”

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people don’t understand what phototherapy is and sit in front of a regular lamp or think that they need to sit and look into a light,” Williams says. “But if patients use the correct device in the right way, we typically see a response quickly.”

Different light therapy options—light boxes, dawn simulators and light visors— are most effective when used in the morning for about half an hour, placed two or three feet from you. Combine it with your morning routine of getting dressed, eating breakfast or watching TV, and you won’t notice it’s there. The light therapy resets your sleep cycle and keeps you in sync with the sun.

Although it’s relatively rare, psychologists also see cases of summer SAD, which swings cycles in the other direction during warmer months, causing weight loss, agitation and loss of sleep. “We don’t hear about it as much, but it does cause problems,” Williams says. “Either way, your body’s rhythms are off, due to shortened or lengthened melatonin cycles.”

In cases with severe symptoms, Williams suggests doses of melatonin to bump your cycle back on track or anti-depression medication to address damaging SAD effects.

If your symptoms seem severe enough to consider phototherapy or medication, don’t be afraid to seek help from someone who can help you monitor the progress. “Don’t feel like you have to do this on your own,” she says. “Depressive symptoms can impact your life in a negative way, which can prevent you from doing the basic daily things you need to do.” f

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And the increased warming can also affect Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cow ny time it snows, the guffaws start: â&#x20AC;&#x153;So much for global warming!â&#x20AC;? While it may be difficult to see the and chicken populations. When cows are heat-stressed, Knox says, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t produce as much milk and can even effects of climate change in Georgia, especially in winter, science shows that climate change is starting to take stop producing altogether, depending on the temperature.

And that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include the other issues with feeding its toll, despite the naysayers. livestockâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which is heavily dependent on corn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perceptions of changing climate in the Southeast are are they going to get the feed from? Corn doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t grow real different. And part of that might have to do with the political makeup of the people here,â&#x20AC;? says Pam Knox, a University well when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot, so they might have to bring more corn in from farther away. So that means more transportation of Georgia agricultural climatologist for the Crop and Soil costs,â&#x20AC;? Knox says.

Sciences Department, â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I think if you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen it These seasonal changes are much more distinct in the change, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot harder to believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening. Most peoNorthern region. Knox gives an examples of friends who ple rely on their own senses to figure out whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on.â&#x20AC;? live up North and go ice fishing and have noticed a much Knoxâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who was the former assistant climatologist for shorter season, because the lakes freeze later and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay the state of Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;attributes this local misperception frozen as long. to Georgia and the Southeast, being in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;warming hole.â&#x20AC;?

One of Shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PhD candidates, Binita KC, recently The changes that have taken place here are more subtle did her dissertation on the vulnerability Georgia counthan in other parts of the country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Much of the last couple ties will face because of climate of decades the Southeast was change, and she is in the process somewhat cooler or not warming If you look at trends across the of getting her work published as fast, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve kind of come out of [the warming hole] in the nation, including the Southeast, by a peer-review journal, says Shepherd. By combining sociolast 10 or so years,â&#x20AC;? says Marshall everyone is warming now. economical factors, physical Shepherd, UGAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s atmospheric changes, flood maps and urbansciences program director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you ization, KC came up with a vulnerability-index to illuslook at trends across the nation, including the Southeast, trate what areas in Georgia will face the strongest impact. everyone is warming now.â&#x20AC;?

Shepherd says part of that study explaines that metro and According to data from the National Oceanic and coastal areas have become more vulnerable. The costal areas Atmospheric Administration, last October was the hottest will become even more vulnerable to flooding as the global month ever recorded on a global scale. And most climate warming of the planet causes the sea levels to rise. Due to scientists agree that the planet is going to get warmer. an accelerated water cycle, there will also be flooding in urban areas and increased heat danger because of the quick water runoff facilitated by the impervious surfaces of the city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The nature of perception is changingâ&#x20AC;Ś We have the same annual rainfall per year, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting higher intensity rains and longer dry spells in between,â&#x20AC;? says Knox. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an important thing for infrastructure.â&#x20AC;? Georgia has gone through three significant droughts in the past 15 years: One from 1998â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2002, another from 2007â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2009, and the most recent drought was from 2011â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2013.

When cities designed their water management systems, Shepherd says, they developed them on the assumption that rainfall would stay the same, but the heaviest rain events are more intense than they were when the systems were built.

Marshall Shepherd The media, Shepherd says, is partly to blame for what he calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;zombie theoriesâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;theories that For Georgia, the change in temperature will have an refute climate change, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that have been disproven by the impact on the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agricultural and livestock industries.

Knox knows from her research that for approximately every scientific community and the peer-review literature.â&#x20AC;?

Shepherd says those theories live on through radio shows, one degree Fahrenheit rise, Georgia will have an extra week op-eds and blogs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The media will bring on a climate scienin the growing season. A longer growing season may sound tist, and then theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll bring on a skepticâ&#x20AC;Ś Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this notion like good news for growing crops, but as Knox explains, of false equivalency,â&#x20AC;? he tells Flagpole. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like sampling â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farmers canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a decision based on one degree the UGA stadium on game day and getting one Georgia fan Fahrenheit change in temperature, because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just in and one Tennessee fan and saying there are equal number the day-to-day variability.â&#x20AC;? of fans in the stadium that day.â&#x20AC;?

Knowing the exact time frames of the growing season is When you bring on both sides, Shepherd says, the public important, because it allows farmers to know what kinds of still thinks there is a debateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but there is not. seeds they should plant.

Besides the misperceptions, the confusion on the subâ&#x20AC;&#x153;If you know what the growing season is going to be, ject of climate change comes from peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inability to then you can start to pick varieties that are going to maxidistinguish the difference between â&#x20AC;&#x153;weatherâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;climate,â&#x20AC;? mize yield,â&#x20AC;? says Knox. She adds that one of the advantages says Shepherd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weather is your mood, and climate is your of a longer growing season is that Southeast farmers can personality. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a key way I like to use to illustrate that start double- or triple-cropping. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most people think that agriculture in the Southeast will on any given day you might be in a bad mood, but that increase at least in part because of that,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Problem doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily tell me anything about your personality,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On any given day, a weather system may come is that when you have a longer growing season, then you through that cools us down or causes snow or even causes need more rain to keep the plants growing, and also itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a a cold week, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say anything about global clibigger growing season for pests and diseases and everymate change.â&#x20AC;? f thing else.â&#x20AC;?

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happen. In most cases, during the colder months, walks and any other outside time for your pets should be kept to a minimum.

Athens-Clarke County Animal Control Superintendent Patrick Rives notes that the easiest way to protect your pet during the winter is to keep your pet with you. This

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is a phenomenon that happens around the country daily. It even happens in Athens. In fact, it’s probably happening right now. It is tiny-dog-in-asweater outrage.

Possible forms of this outrage include: pure anger that the tiny dog’s owner has spent actual money on an actual sweater for a prissy-ass, basicallycat, breeder-purchased dog (general); adding “when there are starving people in the world” to the end (humanitarian); and asking oneself, “Wow, that dog’s sweater has fewer holes than the one I’m wearing; what kind of piece of shit am I?” (personal).

As it turns out, there is often an actual need for that tiny dog to be wearing that tiny sweater, ridiculous though it may seem. Other types of pets—large dogs, cats and horses—can require clothing as well, depending on breed and circumstance.

Dogs at higher risk for developing complications to the cold include small breeds, like Chihuahuas, Yorkies and miniature pinschers, as well as larger breeds with short hair (like pit bulls, greyhounds and Rottweilers), elderly dogs and puppies. Even adult, healthy breeds with long coats that better withstand colder temps have exposed skin on their noses, around their ears and on their paws that, in a harsh cold snap, “can freeze quickly and suffer permanent damage,” according to humanesociety.org.

Realistically, the chances of a Georgia cold snap severe enough to freeze your dog’s nose during your morning walk are slim, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t

shelters with flaps on the front with some sort of bedding inside are pretty good.”

Its size should be kept to a minimum (big enough for the dog to sit and lie down comfortably) because smaller spaces trap heat better, according to the Humane Society website.

The dogs at the local Athens shelter are kept out of the elements, too. “Our kennel runs are indoor/outdoor. We have a heater on the inside area, and we place dogs more sensitive to cold closer to the heater and ones who tolerate cold better farther away,” says Rives. “We also have blankets and raised dog beds on the inside. Also, there is a door between the inside and outside part of each kennel that we keep closed on empty kennels—our favorite kind—and on cold nights we bring all the dogs inside and close those as well.”

There is often Another issue for an outside an actual need dog during cold weather is water. for that tiny dog to Rives notes that owners easily forget that their pets’ water bowl be wearing that tiny can freeze, so be sure to check it sweater, ridiculous routinely. Try using plastic rather than metal in the winter, because a though it may be. dog’s tongue can freeze and stick to a metal bowl. Ouch!

We all know Athens hosts quite an impressive community of stray kitties, too. An easy way to help these guys out is by banging the hood of your car before you start it in the morning—cats and other small animals may crawl up there to steal heat from the engine.

You could also get together with neighbors or friends to construct a shelter for stray cats; there are instructions on the Humane Society’s website.

Salt can stick between a pets’ paw pads and irritate the foot, so be sure these animals can run into problems with to wipe them down after walking around a upper respiratory infections, pneumonia salted area. Also beware of toxic antifreeze and hypothermia-induced organ failure, spills; the sweet taste attracts animals. which can be fatal.

So, even though you might hate the idea If it isn’t possible for an animal to be of clothing for animals, it’s in their best inside—“and it rarely is not possible,” says interest, sometimes. Just don’t let yourself Rives—“make sure outdoor pets have a be outdressed by a Yorkie; that’s on you, warm, dry, comfortable place to get away friend. f from wind, rain and snow. The igloo-type Here in Athens, Animal Control receives more calls during the cold from citizens concerned about neighbors’ animals left outside, “We don’t see a lot of actual injuries and other health issues we could specifically connect to cold-weather exposure, as those are difficult to differentiate from other neglect-related issues,” Rives says.

Jennifer Howard, a veterinarian at Boulevard Animal Hospital, says the clinic doesn’t see too many pets with cold-related injury or disease, compared to other places in Georgia where she’s worked. “The dogs most at risk are outdoor dogs living in a yard or on chains, who don’t have a place to take shelter from the cold or wind,” Howard says. Then when it gets cold on top of that,

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seems like glaringly obvious advice, but as PETA’s website points out, domestic animals die from cold-related injury and disease every year. UK Metro reported a story in December on a stray border collie in Canada who had lost his back paws and part of his tail when they froze to the ground.

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he warning signs start to creep up— you to get some relief and rest,” he says.

“The problem occurs when people use sneezing, runny nose, sore throat sprays too often after a few days.” and cough—and you know you’ve Some patients ask about herbal remegot the crud. You feel achy and gross, and dies, such as echinacea (the most commonly you stock up on soup, over-the-counter medicine and vitamin C. When it’s cold sea- used botanical in the U.S.), which is tricky to answer. Studies show echinacea works in son, everyone touts different remedies for some cases, but the best remedies aren’t yet what really works, but when you’re dealing available in the U.S., says Jennifer Wares, with a virus, it’s probably here to stay for at one of the lead physicians at the University least a week.

“We can send a man to the moon, but we Health Center. After she joined the health center staff in 2011, she completed a twocan’t cure the common cold,” jokes Keith year fellowship in integrative medicine, Zimmerman, a primary-care doctor with which focuses on the science of complemenAthens Regional FirstCare. tary or alternative medicine.

At this time of year, Zimmerman is pre“With any herbal product, there are pared to see sniffly children and workers many ways to use the plant, and some work who need a doctor’s note for an absence.

“When I played piano for a local elementary better than others,” Wares says. “Best to school’s holiday performance, everyone was save your money and hold the echinacea until we know more.” sniffing and snorting Another herbal between the songs,” he We can send a man to called Pelargonium says.

Despite the suggesthe moon, but we can’t sidoides, known by its South African name tions to take vitamin C cure the common cold.

Umckaloabo or the and zinc, studies show product name Viraclear, that most remedies shows some effectiveness in scientific studdon’t really help you get better quicker. ies. You must take it within the first 48 But a few medicines can ease your symphours of feeling sick, preferably in the first toms while your body takes a week to 24 hours, Wares says, and it shouldn’t be heal. Ibuprofen (Advil) or acetaminophen taken with blood thinners like Coumadin (Tylenol) tackle fevers and aches, and behind-the-counter decongestants pack the or warfarin. The University Health Center punch to open up your nose and start drain- stocks Viraclear.

To help with dry mucus, consider using age. Zimmerman recommends a decongesa saline spray or neti pot to moisten your tant and antihistamine combination as the sinuses. Sometimes a hot shower is just as most effective strategy to breathe better good. If the symptoms don’t respond, and and stop runny noses. One alone may not your fever climbs to 102, you should conbe enough. He also recommends nasal sider seeing a doctor. But sometimes a head sprays, but tells patients only to use them cold is just that. on one nostril at bedtime and switch sides “You may have to put up with it for a each night. week and a half, but most of us don’t want “I can’t sleep when I can’t breathe to do that,” Zimmerman says. “We start through my nose, and this option can help

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Unless you suspect that you’ve come down with a more severe illness, such as bronchitis or strep throat, don’t expect your doctor to write a prescription. Antibiotics can’t treat a cold, but patients often ask for them and become frustrated when doctors don’t want to hand over a script. “Antibiotic resistance on our planet is a massive problem with many causes,” Wares says. “It takes more time for a clinician to explain— and sometimes convince—a patient he or she doesn’t need an antibiotic than it does to just give the patient one.”

Some bacterial illnesses can no longer be treated, and no new antibiotics are coming down the pipeline to help, she says. In some countries, for example, strains of gonorrhea, which are typically easily treated, are resistant to antibiotics. If your doctor says you have a cold and won’t hand over an antibiotic, don’t shop down the street to another clinic, Wares says. The second doctor may give in due to poor patient satisfaction, not because it’s the right choice.

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Doctors now know more about how antibiotics affect your body, especially good gut bacteria that regulate your immune system and overall health. Since an antibiotic can’t pinpoint the bacteria you want to kill, it hits them all. The incidence of antibioticassociated diarrhea, which happens when good gut bacteria is wiped out, is almost 10 percent. “If you went to a fast food place and knew that one in 11 people who ate there got diarrhea, would you go?” Wares says. “An antibiotic will not cure your cold, so why let it hurt your bowel bacteria?”

Zimmerman suspects part of the medicine-seeking trend is fueled by our overworked society and an increased need for doctor’s notes for work and school excuses.

But on average, about 20–30 percent of people will still have some cough or congestion at 14 days, so be patient.

“If you’re coming to the doctor for an upper-respiratory illness, it’s nice when you can come in with an open mind,” Zimmerman says. “Let’s find out what’s going on and what we can do. Even in the 21st Century, we may not have a cure for everything, but you’ll get over the cold soon enough.” f

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When people who have never been to Hugh Achesonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flagship restaurant, Five and Ten, ask me what to order, I always advise them to get soup. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to overlook in favor of something sexier, but as chefs have turned over in the kitchen, the uniform excellence of the soups remains.

Jason Zygmont, Five and Tenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current chef, has been in his role for just over a year. Zygmont reminisces about the first soup he created at the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one that I vividly remember eating and that is once again on the menu. Made with roasted beets, it arrives as a liquid-less bowl containing a smoked trout pierogi, horseradish cream, pecans, pea shoots and baby carrots. The soup itself was initially served in a tall silver teapot (the restaurant has since switched to Mason jars, but the silver seems especially appropriate for the Russian-style soup), which the server then pours elegantly into the bowl.

In essence, it makes a Caesar-salad-style production out of a humble dish. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun for the staff, and it allows the kitchen to plate the bottom of the bowl rather than hiding its hard work. It also means more textural variety, due to the garnishes having less time to wilt. Each spoonful can contain a different combination of flavors, textures and even temperatures.

Zygmont repeatedly refers to soup as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a salad with broth,â&#x20AC;? which is not the way we usually think of it, probably because its separate ingredients tend to disappear in a purĂŠe. Keeping the base clean and â&#x20AC;&#x153;pureâ&#x20AC;? allows him to play around with other ingredients without violating the essential nature of the vegetable on display.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not to say Five and Ten doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do meatier soupsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Frogmore stew, made with gulf shrimp, Andouille sausage, grilled corn and fingerling potatoes in a tomato broth, is always on the menu; there are seafood offerings sometimes, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get to the ramen in a minuteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but for the most part, they serve as a way to shed a light on produce. Most customers go straight for the protein, but Zygmont points out that the restaurant spends more on vegetables than on meats, and that they enable greater creativity in the kitchen.

Most customers go straight for the protein, but restaurants spend more on vegetables than on meats, and they enable greater creativity in the kitchen.

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Seasonality is both a cult and an aggravation, especially in the dead of winter, when one starts to jones for something bright and springlike, but it also serves to focus the mind. Zygmont says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not sure what he would do if he worked in California and had access to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;full bountyâ&#x20AC;? all year long, speaking instead of the value of limitations. He points out that, although some times of year leave him the least room for experimenting, those same standards allow him to push other parts of the menu farther.

That comprehension of balance shows that Zygmont is more than a cook: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a realist about budgets and goals, as well as what his customers will accept. Five and Tenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular ongoing Tuesday ramen night originated as a way to get people into the restaurant who normally see it as above their price point, a draw during the slow months of January through March, but it also serves as a showcase for broth, another way to get people to eat soup.

Here, again, Zygmont is a purist. Five and Ten makes tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen only. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the staple, with broth that simmers for days, rich in collagen to the point that you can feel it on your lips. Zygmont says Karen Fook, of Fooks Foods, has given it her tough-to-obtain approval, and he has to stop the kitchen staff from drinking all of it.

Much like vegetable-based soups, which get their base from onions sweated in butter, the main ingredient covered with water and bay leaves, it follows the kind of clean line that supplies a foundation on which one can build. In other words, Beethoven was at least partially right: The making of good soup requires purity of purpose, if not necessarily of heart. f

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Five and Tenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Borscht Recipe Ingredients: 8 medium red beets 2 tablespoons canola oil 1 large onion, medium diced 4 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced 2 bay leaves 8 cups of water 6 tablespoons apple cider vinegar salt Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Make a 1/4-inch bed of salt on a tray and place beets, evenly spaced, on the salt. Cover with foil and roast in the oven for 45 minutes. The beets should give no

resistance when punctured with a knife. Peel the beets immediately and allow them to cool. Once cool, cut beets into large chunks.

Place a pot on medium heat and add the canola oil.

Sweat the onions for five minutes, until translucent.

Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute.

Add the beets, bay leaves and water. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Allow to simmer 15 minutes.

Remove the bay leaves and purĂŠe in a blender until completely smooth. Add a little water if the soup is too thick. At the restaurant, we pass this through a chinois, but at home I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessary.

Add the apple cider vinegar and adjust the soupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seasoning with salt. Beets can take a lot of salt, so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be timid. Keep adding a little salt at a time and tasting.

When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy, the soup is happy.

We serve this with sorrel and buttermilk (both are slightly sour and pair nicely with the sweetness of the beets), but a dollop of crème fraiche and some chopped dill would also do the trick.

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Grand Vapids Cuts Through the Noise

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Recorded and mixed with Vandenberg at Chase Park, Grand Vapidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; debut album, Guarantees, is an incredibly candid look into each songwriterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal turmoil during the two-to-three-year span of the recordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creation: Romantic relationships folded; friends passed away and left confusion and grief in their place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kilnâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aubade,â&#x20AC;? written by Bearden and Harris, respectively, were spawned after the death of a LaGrange schoolmate, a songwriter the two admired for his artistic courage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are specific lyrics in there that deal with that, but at the same time itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just kind of grappling with that loss

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2. Mica Leviâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s score for Under the Skin: Perfect atmosphere for the cold-blooded.

3. Yo La Tengo, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Winter A Go-Goâ&#x20AC;?: The title says it all.

4. Blake Mills, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gold Coast Sinkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?: A piece of West Coast warmth for the cold winter months.

5. Eleni Karaindrouâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s score for Ulyssesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gaze. Icy as hell.

6. Sam Amidon, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bright Sunny Southâ&#x20AC;?: Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something about this Old-South lament that seems incredibly poignant for the current season.

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a town as small as Athens, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s common for recognition to inflate a bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ego, even when it may not be fully deserved. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rare and refreshing to discover a band both modest and fully educated in its craft, technically proficient and musically compatible, with songs that are simultaneously thought-provoking and enjoyable.

Local rock quartet Grand Vapidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; principal songwriters, Austin Harris and McKendrick Bearden, met while studying music at Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LaGrange College, where they began writing songs for Grand Vapidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; precursor project, the folk-leaning indie rock trio Androcles and the Lion. Those songs, performed as part of a LaGrange senior recital, ended up becoming Androclesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first EP, As Far As Blindness Could See, recorded at Chase Park Transduction with drummer Paul Stevens and engineer Drew Vandenberg.

Subsequent recording sessions for an Androcles full-length revealed that a new project had emerged. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We start recording these newer songs, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kind of fleshing out the arrangements, andâ&#x20AC;Ś we just kind of realize, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, this is a different band. This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the same thing. The songs are so differentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? says Bearden.

With Stevens taking an active role in writing and arranging new material, and a suspicion that the trio had landed on something different, the group added Beardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s childhood friend Chris Goggans on bass and changed the band name as recording wrapped.

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and trying to find some solace in poetry or beauty of another nature that brings a kind of consolation,â&#x20AC;? says Harris. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe, in some waysâ&#x20AC;Ś itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influenced our decision to continue as a band,â&#x20AC;?

Bearden says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure it [made] its way into a lot of [the album] unknowingly.â&#x20AC;?

Anxious and reflective, Guarantees is an album of sheer beauty, featuring a dense wall of guitars and a chugging rhythm section. Its title track, the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final song, begins with the steady thump of a floor tom and a dirge-like chord progression on piano before the chime of a bell and a pleasantly strummed acoustic guitar signal a quick shift.

As Bearden sings about the overwhelming, transformative aspects of love, certain phrases stick out: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You give me new form,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You shape me all overâ&#x20AC;? and, most distinctly, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You ask for nothing/ And I give you failure.â&#x20AC;?

As the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s promotional campaign wraps, having garnered nods from Stereogum, Consequence of Sound and CMJ, among others, Grand Vapids modestly moves forward with an album release show at the Caledonia Lounge Friday. Humble and happy to be playing music together, the band has already managed to cut convincingly through the noise. f

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here are a lot of great beards in Athens music. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking real-deal beards. None of that close-cropped â&#x20AC;&#x153;lumbersexualâ&#x20AC;? nonsense. These are beardy beards.

Working-menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beards. Your-dad-inthose-faded-photos-from-the-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s beards.

Pure, exquisite paragons of beardhood.

To celebrate Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; follicular fortitude, and in honor of our Warm Your ATH Up issueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;because nothing says â&#x20AC;&#x153;cozyâ&#x20AC;? like a forest of unkempt facial hairâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Flagpole chose six of our favorite local-music beards and opened it up to a vote on flagpole.com.

The winner, per our highly scientific Facebook-commenting method, was Family and Friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hirsute bassist, David â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tunaâ&#x20AC;? Fortuna, who bowled yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;all over with his luscious face-locks. Though Amish-bearded singer-songwriter Fester Hagood, who finished second in the voting, enjoyed an impressive late wave of support, Fortuna ended up on top by a mere 13 votes.

Check out a Q&A with Fortuna, as well as our five runners-up, below:

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Flagpole: Seriously, why the beard?

Tuna Fortuna: Truthfully, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a chin.

FP: Does it keep you warm?

TF: Does the Pope shit in the woods?

FP: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your favorite thing about your beard?

TF: All the free food I find in it.

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Jim Wilson Flagpole: Seriously, why the beard?

Jim Wilson: It is my life-source, a reflection of my inner light. When it looks good, you know I am good.

FP: So, like, how long did it take to grow?

JW: We just celebrated its first birthday.

FP: Does it keep you warm?

JW: I keep it warm.

FP: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your favorite thing about your beard?

JW: It is like a face on my face, as if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m even more three-dimensional than I was before.

Matt Hudgins Flagpole: Seriously, why the beard?

Matt Hudgins: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always liked beards; my dad retired from the Army in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;85 and immediately grew a beard; my favorite teacher in middle school, Mr. Mason, had quite a whopper; and around the same time, I became obsessed with the later career of The Beatles. In high school, having a beard was as good as an adult picture ID in certain situations.

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FP: So, like, how long did it take to grow?

MH: I evenly spread the seeds over the surface of my jaw with a finger, then fill my face with water that I change every day. Beard appears in three to five days.

FP: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your least favorite thing about your beard?

MH: Some people have gotten a little too excited about beards the past few years. I enjoy compliments as much as the next guy, but every once in a while some drunken beard evangelist wants to go over the finer points of our respective beard resumes, like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re joining the sales team together.

FP: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your favorite beard in Athens music (besides yours)?

MH: Scott Spillane. Hands down.

Luke Fields Flagpole: Seriously, why the beard?

Luke Fields: It is a badge that pays tribute to what precious few positive traits I have inherited from my ancestors. I may be blind and susceptible to heart disease, but I have a natural beard growth pattern that just wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quit. Also, shaving is the absolute fucking worst.

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FP: So, like, how long did it take to grow?

LF: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m currently sporting about a five-to-seven-month beard by my standards. This beard has been on my face for about two years, however. It is frequently edited. Maintained. Honed.

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Flagpole: Seriously, why the beard?

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FP: Does it keep you warm?

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Steve Hendriksen: The first time I grew out my beard was so I would look more like a fake ID I had when I was in college out in Colorado. That was about nine years ago, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had it ever since.

FP: Does it keep you warm?

SH: Moreso in the summer than the winter.

You have to thin it out a little in those warmer months here in the South. I learned that the hard way!

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FH: I trimmed it about six months ago, but have had face fur for about 15 years now. Way before it was a fashion statement.

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FP: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your least favorite thing about your beard?

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FP: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your favorite beard in Athens music (besides yours)?

LF: I think Patrick Ware doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get enough follicular aWAREness (chuckle). Walker Howle has always had a beard to kill, as well. I wonder how far around the globe you could get by laying down each hair from every Athens music beard end-to-end? It would at least be 52 times. GET IT? B-52?

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the most lethal sniper in U.S. history. Chris Kyle (Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper) is credited with 160 official kills through four tours of duty.

Upon returning home, Kyle finally regains his footing by helping other veterBy Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com ans struggling to readjust to life outside of of computer wizardry, accomplished mostly war. Kyle’s life, as adapted by Jason Hall, is FOXCATCHER (R) With nominations in the partly structured as a cat and mouse game

by Hathaway, but the most exciting parts major categories of Best Director, Best with deadly enemy sniper Mustafa (Sammy are the old-fashioned action set pieces.

Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Sheik), when in-country and an inner Enough Mann beats—cityscapes and cab Original Screenplay, Foxcatcher’s lack of a struggle to be present for his wife, Taya rides, mostly at night and silent—are presBest Picture nod is one of the more head(Sienna Miller, also currently appearing in ent to prove he’s responsible, but Blackhat’s scratching snubs in a year filled by odd Foxcatcher), and their two children. As conmulticultural thrills might quickly go the decisions by the Academy. (All-white actors structed by Eastwood and Hall, American way of The Net. for only the second time in since 1998? No Sniper has little new to say about Best Animated Feature nomination war or its effects on the men and for The Lego Movie? Selma’s good Foxcatcher women charged with protecting enough for Best Picture, but its us. Some military scenes offer oneacting, direction and writing were dimensional soldiers that might as merely meh?) well be in a movie called Frat War. But Foxcatcher’s snub is only The best war sequences all stranger, considering only eight involve Kyle doing what he does films were nominated, and the best. The intensity of the sniper Academy loved this odd, sad true moments far surpasses the generic story so much, otherwise. Steve “war never ends” message already Carell, enjoying his first Oscar seen in films like Kimberly Peirce’s nomination, packs on the makeup Stop-Loss. American Sniper also to portray the heir to the du Pont contains the most unintentionally dynasty. John E. du Pont develfunny scenes of the year due to its oped a fascination with wrestling inexplicable use of the most unrealand created Team Foxcatcher with I’m downloading all of my wrestling moves into your brain. istic babies in major cinema. the Olympic Wrestling Champion The accolades showered upon Cooper AMERICAN SNIPER (R) One of the more Schultz brothers, David and Mark (Best feel more expected than earned, as he has over-lauded films of the year (six Supporting Actor nominee Mark Ruffalo been better than this (see either of his Academy Awards, including Best Adapted and Channing Tatum, who gives a perforpreviously nominated performances), but Screenplay?!), American Sniper, Clint mance equal to either of his nominated that sentiment sums up this good, far from Eastwood’s second directorial release of the costars). Weird people weirding out great, film. f year, recounts the storied military career of together is a good way to describe the bulk of the film, which chronicles the unlikely friendship of Mark and John du Pont, until it ends in an even stranger, motiveless murder.

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BLACKHAT (R) Where has the Michael Mann of Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans, Heat and The Insider gone? The stylish filmmaker’s most recent efforts, most notably Public Enemies and this cyberthriller (Miami Vice has enough good things to be defensible), are mere shells of his excellent, earlier films. Call his latest Cyber Vice, as convicted hacker Nick Hathaway (the far too dopey Chris Hemsworth) assists a joint U.S.-China task force with catching the “Blackhat” behind a meltdown at a Chinese nuclear power plant. Tubbs to Hemsworth’s Crockett is either Chinese operative Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang, who happens to be an Asian-American pop star) or FBI Agent Carol Barrett (Viola Davis, who, unsurprisingly, is the movie’s strongest asset); you pick.

A why-not love angle is introduced via Chen’s sister, Lien (Wei Tang), because Mann enjoys blue-lit sex scenes. The upside of this flick is seeing what a great fit Mann would be to adapt Charlie Huston’s cyberthriller, Skinner.

Screenwriter Morgan Davis Foehl should have taken some narrative cues from Skinner. Granting Hathaway with physical and technological superiority over everybody else kind of makes all of the other characters pretty superfluous. Having Hathaway as Lien’s protector would have shored up several weaknesses. The weirdly muffled, mumbled dialogue would still be problematic, as would be the difficulty in making cyberterrorism exciting on the big screen. Mann fills the screen with examples

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King Tuff

40 Watt Club · 9 p.m. · $13 Ty Segall’s Manipulator was rightly heralded as the glam-rock record of 2014, but King Tuff’s Black Moon Spell was right on its heels, a vaguely sinister collection of full-blast midnight anthems.

Tuff, aka Kyle Thomas, has a knack for pop song construction and a predilection for greased-up riffage, and the record had both in spades. Thursday’s bill also features Ex Hex, the Mary Timony-led rock and roll trio that released another of last year’s finest albums, the hard-hitting Rips. Thursday’s show will be a barnburner from the get-go; locals Eureka California are accustomed to playing tiny club stages and basement nooks, where “turning up” refers to both volume and attitude. [Gabe Vodicka]

Tuesday 20 ART: Critical Practice (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Gallery 307) This group’s cross-disciplinary public critique connects the work of three diverse artists with a panel of divergent writers, critics, historians and other artists. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www. art.uga.edu ART: Athens Metal Arts Guild Meeting (Lyndon House Arts Center) The subject of this meeting is “Social Media and Online Sales for Metal Work.” Discussions will be led by Beth Cyr, Diane Perry and Leslie Grove. 5:30 p.m. FREE! athensmetalartsguild@gmail.com CLASSES: The Law of Attraction and Manifestation (Body, Mind &

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MUSIC | Friday, Jan. 23

PERFORMANCE | Monday, Jan. 26

OCAF · 6–8 p.m. · FREE! Curated by artist Peter Loose, “The Great Folk Parade” is one of the largest exhibits of works by self-taught and vernacular artists of the South displayed within the recent past. Late and great Georgia artists like Howard Finster, RA Miller, Bennie Morrison and Annie G. Wellborn will be highlighted alongside contemporaries including Tex Crawford, Harold Rittenberry, Clyde Jones and Miz Thang. Drawn from local collections and from the artists themselves, works range among paintings, textiles, pottery, sculpture and mixed-media. An additional exhibit, “Crescent Lane Rug Hookers,” showcases both contemporary and traditional rugs created by the local guild’s members. [Jessica Smith]

The Foundry · 8 p.m. · $10 (adv.), $13 (door) The New Orleans Suspects’ collective resume reads like a who’s who of Crescent City music: The band’s members have performed alongside artists like the Neville Brothers, Professor Longhair, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the Radiators, among others. The Suspects’ music is a joyous celebration of New Orleans’ heritage and a lesson in better music through chemistry; free-flowing and airtight, the band’s latest album, last year’s Ouroboros, was its most toned and propulsive yet. The group’s live set features a blend of funk-forward originals and energetic takes on tunes by Big Easy legends like Dr. John. Good luck keeping your ass in its seat for the duration of this show. [GV]

Hodgson Concert Hall · 8 p.m. · $40–75 Author, humorist and radio personality Garrison Keillor will visit campus for an evening of storytelling. His long-running live radio variety show, “A Prairie Home Companion,” is aired on over 900 public radio stations each week. The show received a Peabody Award in 1980 and was adapted into a movie starring Meryl Streep in 2006. Considered to be one of the most perceptive and wittiest commentators about Midwestern life, Keillor is the best-selling author of over a dozen books including Lake Wobegon Days, a recording of which won a Grammy Award, Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America, The Book of Guys and Life Among the Lutherans. [JS]

The Great Folk Parade

Spirit) This on-going class teaches many techniques for utilizing the power of your mind to create wonders in all areas of your life. 6 p.m. $5. 706-351-6024 CLASSES: Getting Started with Genealogy (ACC Library) This class will help you get started with your family research. This is a pre-beginning genealogy class.

Registration required. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, heritageroomref@ athenslibrary.org CLASSES: Intermediate Sewing Course (Community) Emphasis will be placed on finishing-techniques to give your garment a professional look. This six-week course will continue on Tuesdays through Feb. 24.

6:30–8:30 p.m. $120 (six weeks). www.shopcommunityathens.com

CLASSES: Computer Class: Introduction to Mac Computers (ACC Library) Register by phone or in person at the reference desk. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Tuesday Tour (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Take a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/scl FILM: Bad Movie Night: The Unborn II (Ciné Barcafé) When a sinister experiment creates a small army of lethal, super-intelligent

New Orleans Suspects

babies, one mother makes it her mission to eliminate them all execution-style. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/badmovienight GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia with host Caitlin Wilson. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8508561 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Todd Kelly every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 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: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) Compete to win wonderful prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! 706367-5721

Garrison Keillor

GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Herschel’s 34 Chicken & Ribs Kitchen) With Garrett Lennox. House cash and food and drink specials.

8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ dirtysouthtrivia GAMES: Trivia Night (ACC Library) Win a prize! 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) An interactive program for children ages 2–5.

9:30–10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Revival and Subversion: The Racial Politics of Amateur Photographic Humor (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S150) Colby College Associate Professor Dr. Sheehan will give a talk exploring commercial

photographs of African Americans who are depicted as subjects of humor in the decades following black emancipation. 6 p.m. FREE! charlotte.maier@uga.edu

Wednesday 21 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the permanent collection.

2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org CLASSES: Intarsia Colorwork Class (Revival Yarns) Learn how to incorporate blocks of color in knitting projects using the intarsia method. RSVP. 6 p.m. $15. www. revivalyarnsathens.com k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! 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. $5 suggested donation. 706-351-6024 EVENTS: Affordable Care Act Enrollment (East Athens Community Center) Navigators will assist with Marketplace enrollment and coverage questions. Attendees should bring Social Securty or government identification, tax forms and policy numbers for any current insurance. 6 p.m. FREE! 404-4635401 EVENTS: Native Plant Symposium (The Garden Club of Georgia) This day-long program considers gardening with native flowers and trees along with related conservation issues. Learn how to incorporate your appreciation of these plants into your home landscape. Includes lunch. Pre-registration required.

8:45 a.m.–3:30 p.m. $60. www. botgarden.uga.edu GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Weekly themed games.

House cash and drink prizes. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 9:30–10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Murder Mystery Game Night (Oconee County Library) Teens can play Killer in the Dark, Mafia and more while enjoying homemade ice cream sundaes. Ages 11–18. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Teen Council Meeting (ACC Library) Teens can come together to discuss plans for the ACC Library’s teen department’s collections and programs. Pick up application forms at the front desk.

Ages 11-18. 4:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT: Talking About Books (ACC Library) This month’s title is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Panel Discussion on the Ebola Crisis (UGA School of Law, Larry Walker Room) Experts in international public health law, domestic public health law and global public health policy will address many issues concerning Ebola. Georgia Law Associate Professor Fazal Khan will moderate.

12:30 p.m. FREE! lkagel@uga.edu MEETINGS: Affordable Care Act Information Session Find out how to sign up for the Affordable Care Act and InsureGA from local health navigators. Bring names and social security numbers for all members of the household, employment income information and information about any other health policies your family has. (Multiple Locations) Jan. 21, 12–4 p.m. at Bogart Public Library. Jan. 26, Feb. 2 & Feb. 9, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. at Athens Community Connection. www.insurega.org MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) Meet local entrepreneurs, tech talent and other fellow Athenians who are making cool stuff

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at this weekly Four Athens networking happy hour. 6 p.m. FREE! www. fourathens.com/happy-hour SPORTS: UGA Hockey (The Classic Center) The UGA Ice Dogs face off against Auburn. 7 p.m. $7. www. ugahockey.com

Thursday 22 ART: Opening Reception (Ciné Barcafé) “In Bloom” presents the works of Rinne Allen, Maureen Beall, Wayne Bellamy, Claire Clements, Katherine Dunlap, Alejandro Galeana-Salinas, Susan Hable Smith, Moon Jung Jang, Taylor Kuzia, Jess Machacek, Malissa Ryder, René Shoemaker, Zipporah Camille Thompson and Maddie Zerkel. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athencine.com CLASSES: Frog Watch Training (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Participants will learn to identify and count frogs as part of this citizen science program. Ages 13 and older. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty. com/sandycreeknaturecenter CLASSES: Digital Media Center: One-on-One Computer Tutorial (ACC Library) The new Digital Media Center is now open! Get individual instruction for graphics, audio or video editing projects or learn to convert albums and cassettes to DVDs and CDs. 6, 7 & 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens COMEDY: Comic Strip (The Globe) Stand-up comedy open mic with headliner Matt Blair. Hosted by Alia Ghosheh. 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook. com/globeathens EVENTS: Healing & Meditation Circle (Body, Mind & Spirit) Learn various modalities of energy and spiritual healing as well as meditation practices. Held every Friday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706351-6024 EVENTS: Hatch Happy Hour Show and Tell (Allgood Lounge) Show off your newest art or tech creation, be inspired by something someone else has made or find someone to work with in a new idea. Hosted by The Hatch, a new local makerspace. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.hatchathens.com EVENTS: Four Athens 3rd Annual Open House (Four Athens) Four Athens will celebrate local entrepreneurs through demos and networking opportunities with some of the best and brightest in Athens. Prizes will be awarded for the best startup of the year, founder of the year and volunteer of the year. RSVP. 5:30– 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens. com/four-athens-open-house FILM: Capfest: The Organizer (Ciné Barcafé) This film series explores the relationships between labor and capitalism. This week’s showing is The Organizer (1963).

Dr. Thomas Peterson will provide an introduction and moderate the Q&A afterward. 6:30 p.m. FREE! capitalism.uga.edu FILM: Hitchcock in Black and White Film Series (Georgia Museum of Art) In the psychological thriller Shadow of a Doubt, a young woman discovers her “Uncle Charlie” may not be what he seems. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org FILM: The Gold Rush (ACC Library) View Charlie Chaplin’s 1925 film full of slapstick comedy mixed with romance, satire and commentary on the Great American Dream. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org/athens FILM: Harry Potter Double Feature (UGA Tate Student Center, Theatre) See Harry Potter and the

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Sorcerer’s Stone (6 p.m.) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (9 p.m.). $2–4. www.union.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Baby Music Jam (ACC Library) Children ages 1-3 and their caregivers can play instruments, sing and dance together. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Book Jammers (ACC Library) Children and their families are invited for stories, trivia, crafts and more. This event promotes literacy through the art of listening and helps to strengthen attention spans. For children ages 6–10. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org

celebrates the extraordinary work by self-taught artists including Howard Finster, Annie G. Wellborn, Miz Thang, Clyde Jones and more.

“Crescent Lane Rug Hookers” showcases contemporary and traditional styles of unique rugs. See Calendar Pick on p. 17. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. ocaf.com EVENTS: 2015 Sustainability Science Symposium at UGA (Georgia Center Hotel) This symposium features sustainability initiatives in research, instruction and public service. Dr. Paul Ferraro and Dr. Elizabeth King will deliver keynote addresses. Snacks and

MEETINGS: Rad Dads Support Group (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) This is an all-ages support and play group for fathers, especially stay-at-home dads, and their children ages 0–7. Held fourth Friday of every month. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www. reblossomathens.com PERFORMANCE: Ballroom Magic (UGA New Dance Theatre) See Thursday listing for full description Jan. 22–23, 8 p.m. Jan. 24, 2 p.m. $10-16. 706-542-4400, pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Urban Bush Women (UGA Fine Arts Building) For 30 years, the dance company Urban Bush Women has used

The dance performance ensemble Urban Bush Women will perform in the UGA Fine Arts Theatre on Friday, Jan. 23 and Saturday, Jan. 24 at 8 p.m.

MEETINGS: Clarke County Democratic Committee Meeting (Graduate Athens) Bryan Long, executive director of Better Georgia, is the featured speaker. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-546-7075, www. clarkedemocrats.com MEETINGS: Athens Human Rights Festival Meeting (Nuçi’s Space) The AHRF hosts an organizational meeting. Please park in the lot across the street from Nuçi’s Space.

6 p.m. FREE! 706-202-9169 PERFORMANCE: Ballroom Magic (UGA New Dance Theatre) The UGA Ballroom Performance Group presents its annual showcase, this year themed “Lights, Camera, Magic,” featuring 45 UGA students performing classic ballroom styles. Special guests include the CONTACT dance company of Dancefx, ballroom coach Christjohn Batters, the UGA Tango Club, Swung and a Romanian folk dance group. Jan. 22–23, 8 p.m. Jan. 24, 2 p.m. $10-16. 706542-4400, pac.uga.edu

Friday 23 ART: Opening Reception (OCAF, Watkinsville) “The Great Folk Parade: From Finster Forward”

a networking lunch are included.

A poster reception with music by Wood-n-Nickel Quintet begins at 5 p.m. 9 a.m.–7 p.m. $10–25. www. cicr.uga.edu FILM: Harry Potter Double Feature (UGA Tate Student Center, Theatre) See Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (6 p.m.) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (9 p.m.). $2–4. www.union.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: South American Storytime (ACC Library) Enjoy stories, music, crafts and more.

Presented by UGA’s department of romance languages. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Fantastic Fridays (Bishop Park, Gym) Various obstacle courses and activities for ages 10 months–4 years and their parents.

Call to register. 10–11:30 a.m. $5.

706-613-3589 KIDSTUFF: Creative Movement & Music (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) Listen, sing, wiggle and learn in Miss Kelsey’s class. Ages 3–6.

1 p.m. $4-5. 706-549-8900, www. reblossomathens.com KIDSTUFF: Zine Workshop (ACC Library) Make your own zine.

Materials provided. For ages 11–18.

4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www.athenslibrary.org

dance as both the message and the medium for bringing together diverse audiences through innovative choreography. 8 p.m. $40–45. www.pac.uga.edu

Saturday 24 ART: Quilts: The Tapestry of Life (ACC Library) Patrons are invited to bring a favorite quilt and learn about its history and value with quilt archivist Madeline Hawley. A collection of quilts owned by Hawley and other members of the Cotton Patch Quilters can be seen in the Heritage Room Gallery. 1:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Cash Flow & Budgeting for Empowered Mamas (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) Feel confident in how to manage your household spending and saving. 9 a.m. FREE! www.reblossomathens. com CLASSES: Bikram Yoga for Nuçi’s Space (Bikram Yoga Athens) A hot yoga class that benefits Nuçi’s Space.

12–1:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. www.bikramyogaathens.com COMEDY: Four Broke Guys Comedy Show (Morton Theatre) Comedienne Mia Johnson hosts a

comedy show featuring UGA alum Shawn Durham, who will play four down-and-out men with women troubles in his comedic one-man show. The show is loosely based on his novel The Broke Brothers’ Revolution. 8 p.m. $10–20. www. mortontheatre.com EVENTS: Robert Burns Dinner (Athens Banner-Herald Building) The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute presents an evening of traditional Scottish fare, spirited toasts, bagpipes, live music and dancing to celebrate Scotland’s favorite bard, Robert Burns. 6:30–10 p.m. $45. www.olli.uga.edu EVENTS: Zumba After Dark (40 Watt Club) Zumba fever continues. 7 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com EVENTS: Digital Media Center Grand Opening (ACC Library) The library can now help with digital projects like graphic art, sounding recordings, movies and more. The 3D printer will be on display. 2–4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org FILM: Harry Potter Double Feature (UGA Tate Student Center, Theatre) See Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (6 p.m.) and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (9 p.m.). $2–4. www.union. uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Saturday Movies (ACC Library) Family fun movies are shown in the story room. Call for movie title. 10:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Open House (Athens Montessori School) Families interested in enrollment for ages three through middle school for the 2015–2016 school year are invited to explore the campus and speak to staff members. 2–4 p.m. FREE! www. athensmontessori.org KIDSTUFF: DIY: I Spy Bottles (Oconee County Library) Kids can make their own I Spy bottle.

Registration required. Ages 3–11.

11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Puppet Show: Miss Muffet and the Ant (Avid Bookshop) See Nancy Blum’s puppet show, Miss Muffet and the Ant. Grades K–3. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. avidbookshop.com MEETINGS: Two Mommies & Two Daddies Support Group (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) This support and play group is for families with a baby, toddler or child in a family with two mommies or two daddies.

10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.reblossomathens.com PERFORMANCE: Ballroom Magic (UGA New Dance Theatre) See Thursday listing for full description Jan. 22–23, 8 p.m. Jan. 24, 2 p.m. $10-16. 706-542-4400, pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Urban Bush Women (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description 8 p.m. $40–45. www.pac.uga.edu

Sunday 25 ART: Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) See highlights from the museum’s permanent collection on a tour led by docents. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Red Tent Moon Lodge (1421 Rockinwood Dr.) A sacred women’s circle that occurs at the new moon to support and nourish personal journeys. 3–5:30 p.m. $10–20 (suggested donation). redtentathens@gmail.com, www. alchemyathens.com EVENTS: Athens Wedding Professionals Ultimate Bridal Show (The Foundry) Local vendors and Northeast Georgia wedding professionals will be participating in this one-stop shopping event for

all the services brides need to make their dream weddings come true.

12:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30 p.m. $10. info@athensweddingprofessionals.com FILM: Harry Potter Double Feature (UGA Tate Student Center, Theatre) See Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1 (6 p.m.) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Pt. II (9 p.m.). $2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4. www. union.uga.edu GAMES: Brewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inquisition (Buffaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CafĂŠ) Trivia hosted by Chris Brewer. Every Sunday. 6:30 p.m. (sign-in), 7 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/buffaloscafeathens GAMES: Trivia (Brixx Wood Fired Pizza) Test your skills. Every Sunday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-395-1660 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Reading aloud to a dog creates a relaxed, nonjudgmental environment that helps kids develop their reading skills and builds confidence. Register for a 15-minutes session. Grades K-5. 3 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES & LIT: Unitarian Universalist Forum (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) April Byrne from Project Safe and UUFA member Sherri Tanner speak on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Domestic Violence: From Victim to Survivor.â&#x20AC;? 10:15 a.m. FREE! www. uuathensga.org

Monday 26 EVENTS: Charcuterie Pop-Up (The Old Pal) Chef Jason Zygmont of 5&10 offers a selection of charcuterie. 6 p.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 a.m. www.facebook. com/theoldpalathensga EVENTS: Brixx Buxx Fundraiser (Brixx Wood Fired Pizza) Eat to raise money for Four Athens. Download the flyer from the website. All day. www.fourathens.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Dirty South Trivia night.

House cash prizes and mini games.

Every Monday. 8 p.m. FREE! www. highwirelounge.com KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18.

Registration required. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650, ext. 329 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Designed to nurture language skills through literature-based materials and activities. Parents assist their children in movements and actions while playing. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children are invited for bedtime stories every Monday. 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT: Poetry Reading (Oconee County Library) This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s featured reader is professor Alex Johns. Followed by a discussion. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Nature Writing Group (Athens Land Trust) The group will learn about George Orwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s short book Why I Write and do some quick writing exercises.

5:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. patricia.priest@yahoo.com

LECTURES & LIT: Last Monday Book Group (ACC Library) This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discussion is on Swannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Way by Marcel Proust. 7 p.m. FREE! www.acclibrary.org MEETINGS: Affordable Care Act Information Session See Wednesday listing for full description (Multiple Locations) Jan. 21, 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. at Bogart Public Library. Jan. 26, Feb. 2 & Feb. 9, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. at Athens Community Connection. www.insurega.org PERFORMANCE: Garrison Keillor: An Evening of Storytelling (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Keillor is a best-selling author and host of public radioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long-running â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Prairie Home Companion.â&#x20AC;?

His books include Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys and Life Among the Lutherans. He returns to the Performing Arts Center for an evening of storytelling. See Calendar Pick on p. 17. 8 p.m. $40-75. 706542-4400, www.pac.uga.edu

Tuesday 27 ART: Mequitta Ahuja (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room N150) Ahuja will examine the paintings and drawings on view in her LDSOA exhibition as well as discuss works from previous shows. 2 p.m. FREE! www. art.uga.edu CLASSES: Podcasting for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn how to record and edit basic sound files which you can distribute online. This class uses the freeware sound-editing program Audacity.

Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org CLASSES: Computer Class: eBooks and Audiobooks (ACC Library) In the second floor computer training room. Registration required. 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org CLASSES: The Law of Attraction and Manifestation (Body, Mind & Spirit) This on-going class teaches many techniques for utilizing the power of your mind to create wonders in all areas of your life. 6 p.m. $5. 706-351-6024 EVENTS: Girls Rock Meet and Greet (The World Famous) Meet the women of Girls Rock Athens and sign up for Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rock Camp, a weekend adult version of Girls Rock Camp that serves as a fundraiser and will be held Mar. 13â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. Ages 18 and older. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/GirlsRockAthens EVENTS: Tuesday Tour (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Take a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/scl EVENTS: Wine Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) Sample five of Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite wines. 6 p.m. $15. www.heirloomathens.com EVENTS: Fundraising Breakfast (Georgia Center for Continuing Education) The Clarke County Mentor Program presents a breakfast with guest speaker UGA Vice President of Student Affairs Victor Wilson. RSVP by email. 7:30 a.m. mentor@athensga.com GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Herschelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 34 Chicken & Ribs Kitchen) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/dirtysouthtrivia GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) See Tuesday listing for full description 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721

GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Todd Kelly every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 9:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Innovators Lecture: Becca Stevens (UGA Chapel) Stevensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lecture will shed light on issues of trafficking and prostitution, then introduce participants to innovative models of social justice employed by Thistle Farms.

6:30 p.m. FREE! coenen21@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Andrew Daily: Staging Post-nĂŠgritude (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) University of Memphis assistant professor Andrew Daily will give a lecture about the Martinican public intellectual Edouard Glissantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1972 play, Histoire de nègre. 11 a.m. FREE! willson.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Garden Travels with Director Wilf Nicholls (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Wilf Nicholls gives an informative and fun presentation. 6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.uga.edu/botgarden MEETINGS: Chugalug: Classic Hackers UGA Linux Users Group (Four Athens) The topic this month is GIS and how it has roots in Open Source. The meeting will also discuss OpenStreetMap, which allows anyone to make edits to a worldwide map. 7 p.m. FREE! www. fourathens.com

Wednesday 28 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Independent curator Mary Koon leads a tour of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Life and Work of Alice Fischer, Cultural Pioneer.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Certificate in Native Plants (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Optional orientation for the Native Plants certification course.

Anne Shenk and Cora Keber will introduce the course and answer questions. 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10:30 a.m. FREE! www. botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Science CafĂŠ (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Hugh Acheson will lead a discusson on fermentation with a live kimchi demonstration. 6:30 p.m. FREE! athenssciencecafe.wordpress.com GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) See Wednesday listing for full description 9 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. highwirelounge.com KIDSTUFF: YouMake Studio (Oconee County Library) Learn printmaking and paper-crafting, then make one-of-a-kind decorations.

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C OURAGE TO QUIT Courage to QUIT is a 4-session program designed to help you quit using tobacco products.

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THE CALENDAR! sweeping history of the Comanches and their grisly battles with other tribes, settlers, Texan rangers and the U.S. Army. 7 p.m. FREE! oconeebooks@gmail.com MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) See Wednesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com/happy-hour PERFORMANCE: UGA Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition Concert (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) This performance features some of the most talented students from Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 8 p.m. $5 (w/ student ID), $10. 706-542-4400. www.pac.uga.edu

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MEGA RAN Hip-hop artist based in Phoenix, AZ who also answers to the name “Random”.

BITFORCE San Antonio, TX nerdcore group famed for recreating video game tunes.

TRIBE ONE San Francisco native and Atlanta transplant who raps about comic books.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $25. www.georgiatheatre.com RIFF RAFF “Shamelessly ecccentric” hip hop artist and weirdly persistent millenial culture figure from Houston, TX. Go Bar 6 p.m. 706-546-5609 ENTROPICODONE Sonic massage service with Lucas Kane.

TV HEAD GUY Experimental sounds from local performer Mux Blank.

LIP GERATION New solo noise project from Wyatt Pless.

Thursday 22 Barbeque Shack 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-6752 OPEN BLUEGRASS JAM All pickers welcome! Every Thursday!

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com NIFTY EARTH Local downtempo electronic outfit.

SPACE MAMA Local jam-rock group with blues undertones.

DISCO ASTRONAUTS Local funkjam band.

Dos Palmas Restaurant & Cantina 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-7771 TRE POWELL Bluesy acoustic tunes with soulful vocals.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $13. www.40watt.com KING TUFF Fuzzed-out, glammy garage-rock band led by songwriter

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com COLIN MANKO TRIO Local force Colin Manko is joined by Phillip Mayer and Mike Beshara for a set of jazz.

Hi-Lo Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.hiloathens.com FIVE EIGHT Legendary Athens rock trio that consistently pumps out boisterous rock and roll.

COYOTES IN BOXES Nashvillebased, West Virginia-born folk-pop group.

GOODWOLF Infectious power-pop from Morgantown, WV that recalls a blend of Guided By Voices and Lemonheads.

Live Wire 7 p.m. FREE! 706-543-8283 TECROPOLIS Athens’ longestrunning electronic dance music monthly, with special guests Variant and Will Weber.

NEW WIVES Charming Athens indie rockers inspired by groups like Modest Mouse and Cursive.

ART CONTEST Math-rock band from South Carolina.

MOTHS Jacob Morris and his all-star backing band play an acoustic sort of ‘70s folk-rock with a pop sensibility and an inevitable psychedelic tinge.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE HONEY SLIDERS Original, Detroit-influenced rock from Catropolis.

SMALL BEIGE GIRL Local punk rock band.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $10 (adv), $13 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS This Louisiana supergroup features members of the Neville Brothers, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Outformation and more. See Calendar Pick on p. 17.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com RYNE MEADOW Local singersongwriter.

WILLOW AVALON Young, budding local singer-songwriter.

DEMI REYE Singer-songwriter.

Wednesday 21 Blue Sky 5 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 VINYL WEDNESDAYS Bring your own records and spin them!

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 SINGER-SONGWRITER SHOWCASE Rock out every Wednesday at this open mic. Contact louisphillippelot@yahoo.com for booking.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com PRIZMATIC SPRAY Jace Bartet (Reptar, Double Ferrari) performs a set of high-energy electro-spazz.

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Live Wire 10 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). 706543-8283 ARCHNEMESIS Electro-soul group with classical influences and eclectic grooves.

Max 10 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392 DJ PUNKSTER BREWKSI Spinning punk and garage-rock.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 OLD SKOOL TRIO Funk, blues, and jazz featuring Carl Lindberg on bass, Seth Hendershot on drums and Jason Fuller on keys.

Transmetropolitan 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-5112 (Oglethorpe Ave. location) TRE POWELL Bluesy acoustic tunes with soulful vocals.

Saturday 24 Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com THE BREAD BROTHERS Garage-y local “funkabilly” band.

TARNATION Local band with a chunky rock sound and catchy, emotive vocals.

FEATHER TRADE This local band plays lush, moody post-pop.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ HOT WAX Max Wang spins ‘60s pop/soul and punk rock.

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 TUESDAY NIGHT CONFESSIONAL This weekly series showcases a series of acoustic solo sets from some of the most talented singersongwriters in town and across the country.

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ Jeremy Raj is bringing together the best local jazz. A trio of incredibly talented musicians play to a great crowd every weekend.

The Office Lounge 6 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Newly relocated back to his old stomping grounds of Athens, Tribble is a Georgia rock and roll fixture.

9 p.m. 706-546-0840 ERIK NEIL BAND Local trio playing blues/rock covers and originals.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com JON LANGSTON Georgia-based country songwriter influenced by Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Guns N’ Roses and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

COLE TAYLOR Rising Nashvillebased country singer.

COLBY DEE A Georgia native, this country singer and songwriter has begun building a steady buzz.

ANDY LUKER Country singer-songwriter and Georgia native.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $12. www.hendershotscoffee. com LARA OSHON Now based in Los Angeles, former Athenian Oshon’s rich voice and rhythmic piano stylings flow over arrangements that are intentionally spare, yet warm and shimmery.

THE VIKING PROGRESS Patrick Morales has a lovely, tender voice that sings gentle, indie/folk ballads about love, death and isolation inspired by his time at sea.

RiFF RaFF plays the Georgia Theatre on Wednesday, Jan. 21.

DARD DOG Ear-splitting images concocted by Pops Baron.

Hi-Lo Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your guts out every Wednesday!

Live Wire 7 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall. com OPEN JAM Caroline Aiken hosts this open mic. Contact carolineaiken@ gmail.com to sign up.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 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 drummer Nicholas Wiles with bassist Drew Hart and pianist Steve Key for an evening of original music, improv and standards.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com REDLEG HUSKY Bluesy Americana group from Boone, NC.

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EX HEX Hard-nosed, all-female rock trio fronted by singer-songwriter Mary Timony.

EUREKA CALIFORNIA Melodic, rough-edged, guitar-driven local garage-rock duo.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com MONROE CROSSING Named in honor of the legendary Bill Monroe, Monroe Crossing dazzles with an electrifying blend of classic bluegrass, gospel and heartfelt original songs.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $12. www.georgiatheatre.com EARPHUNK New Orleans based act combining soul, funk and jam music.

PROBCAUSE Dubstep and hip hop artist.

Go Bar 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.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 VOODOO VISIONARY Improv funk/ rock group from Atlanta.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Tribble hosts an “all-star jam” every Thursday.

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

Friday 23 Buffalo’s Café 7 p.m. $8. www.buffaloscafe.com/ athens BRUSH FIRE Formed in 1977, this Georgia-based bluegrass band is known for its onstage energy and superb vocal harmony.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com GRAND VAPIDS This local alt-rock band has a dense, dreamy, slowcore-inspired sound. Album release show! See story on p. 13.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS Improvised string band music with country and bluegrass underpinnings.

THE HONEYCUTTERS Americana act from Asheville, NC. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 VAPERROR Dreamy, downtempo electronic project from Atlanta.

COTTONMOUTH Local group featuring members of Pretty Bird and Muuy Biien.

HOUDINNE Atlanta-based experimental hip hop outfit.

DJ LOUIS VUITTON JON Alias of local fella Jonny Williams.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com CICADA RHYTHM Local acoustic guitar and upright bass duo playing bluegrass-tinged indie folk, filled with breathtaking paired vocal harmonies.

BOOK CLUB Atlanta country-folk five piece specializing in “downhome Americana” tunes and haunting vocals.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com KRILLADON Heavy-hitting local power trio in the vein of Foo Fighters and ZZ Top. THE PLAGUE Original, ballsy rock harkening back to The Stooges, Sonic Youth and The MC5.

BROOKS WIMBERLY Athens-bred singer-songwriter currently living in Los Angeles.

STORY OF A LIFE Instrumental funkprog group from Atlanta.

40 Watt Club 9:30 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com JAKE DECKER Atlanta folk-rock group.

BEN SHIRLEY Acoustic singersongwriter based in Atlanta.

MATTHEW THOMAS Indie-folk outfit from Gainesville, GA. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS Improvised string band music with country and bluegrass underpinnings.

TOWN MOUNTAIN Acclaimed traditional bluegrass group from Asheville, NC. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ BLOWPOP Joe Kubler (Bubbly Mommy Gun) spins a set of tunes.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com VIC VARNEY Local legend credited with the explosion of alternative rock in Athens during the ‘70s.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 WORKINGMAN’S MONDAY Truck on over to enjoy the music of the Grateful Dead. Hosted by Bo Hembree.

Live Wire 7 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall. com OPEN JAM Caroline Aiken hosts this open mic. Contact carolineaiken@ gmail.com to sign up.

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ Jeremy Raj is bringing together the best that Athens jazz has to offer. A trio of incredibly talented musicians play to a great crowd every weekend.

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The Office Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE See Wednesday’s listing for full description

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SNAP! Organ-heavy funk/jazz tunes delivered by locals Jason Fuller, Benji Shanks, David Yoke, Carlton Owens and Stephen Spivey.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 OVERNIGHT SENSATION Watch as members from XXX Hardrive and the Lefty Williams Band take your favorite songs from the ‘60s,’70s,’80s and ‘90s and see just how far over the cliff they can be thrown.

Terrapin Beer Co. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com RUDY LOVE JR. Soul singer and Wichita, KS native.

Sunday 25 Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com BOB HAY & THE JOLLY BEGGARS Long-running local string band that

The Foundry 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com CHASE THOMAS BAND Hard-hitting country infused with a healthy dose of outlaw Southern rock.

J.C. BRIDWELL Country-rock musician from Cumming, GA. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ HOT WAX See Tuesday’s listing for full description Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 TUESDAY NIGHT CONFESSIONAL See Tuesday’s listing for full description

Wednesday 28 Blue Sky 5 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 VINYL WEDNESDAYS Bring your own records and spin them!

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 SINGER-SONGWRITER SHOWCASE Rock out Wednesdays at this open mic. Contact louisphillippelot@yahoo.com for booking.

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

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Jazz Thursdays presents Colin Manko Trio

Down the Line 1/29 THE INDEPENDENTS / BURNS LIKE FIRE / BLACK CAT ATTACK / THE ANTAGONIZERS (Caledonia Lounge) 1/29 CAROLINE AIKEN (Etienne Brasserie) 1/29 ST. PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES (Georgia Theatre) 1/29 CHAMBER CHANCERS (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 1/29 ARVIN SCOTT (Live Wire) 1/29 RUBY THE RABBITFOOT / SUSTO / KIP BRADLEY (Normaltown Hall) 1/30 VELVETEEN PINK / TIMI CONLEY AND FRIENDS / WEISSHUND (Caledonia Lounge) 1/30 BRIDGES / THE WELCOME HOME / DREW KOHL (40 Watt Club)

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Burns’ Night with Bob Hay and the Jolly Beggars MONDAY, JANUARY 26TH

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Hi-Lo Lounge Brunch with Mahogany. 11 a.m. FREE! www.hiloathens.com DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Monday 26 Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Showcase your amazing talent at this open mic night every Monday.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $13 (adv.), $15 (door). www.40watt.com PARQUET COURTS High-energy, indie rock band from New York.

DEEP STATE Members of Little Gold and Brothers play driving, punky, melodic guitar-rock.

Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $22.50. www.georgiatheatre. com REBELUTION Rock and reggae band from Santa Barbara, CA. KATCHAFIRE New Zealand roots reggae band.

Hi-Lo Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 KARAOKE WITH THE KING See Wednesday’s listing for description

1/30 ALABAMA SHAKES (Georgia Theatre) 1/30 THE DIRK QUINN BAND / THE MELLOWHAMMERS (Live Wire) 1/30 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE (The Office Lounge) 1/31 SHEHEHE / FAUX FEROCIOUS / ALL-CITY CANNONBALLERS / THE RODNEY KINGS (Caledonia Lounge) 1/31 PAPER DIAMOND (Georgia Theatre) 1/31 ALABAMA SHAKES (Georgia Theatre) 1/31 PAPER DIAMOND (Live Wire) 2/2 FLYLEAF / LULLWATER (Georgia Theatre) 2/2 OPEN MIC (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 2/3 MYRIAD HOUSE BAND (Live Wire)

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

Art 40th Annual Juried Exhibition (Lyndon House Arts Center) The annual show will be juried by Carter Foster, curator of drawing at the Whitney Museum of American Art. All visual art welcome.

Drop off entry forms and up to three works on Jan. 27, 12:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. or Jan. 28, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. Opening reception on Mar. 5. $25 submission fee. 706-613-3623, www.athens clarkecounty.com/lyndonhouse Arts in Community Grants (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission will award two grants of $1,000 each to promote creative placemaking in the community. Grants will be awarded based on the level of community enrichment through the arts, contribution to the local identity and quality or artistic merit. Artists, local organizations and groups can apply.

Deadline Feb. 27. Funds released Apr. 17. All awarded works must be completed by Dec. 30. athens culturalaffairs@gmail.com, www. athensculturalaffairs.org Call for Artists (OCAF, Watkinsville) Seeking submissions for the 20th annual Southworks National Juried Art Exhibition, held Apr. 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;May 8. Visit website for application and to submit images.

Cash prizes will be awarded to top pieces. Deadline Feb. 13. $25-35. www.ocaf.com Indie South Fair Springtacular (Downtown Athens) Seeking artists and vendors for Indie South Fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual spring market which will be held May 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 in downtown Athens. Apply online.

Deadline Mar. 2. www.indiesouthfair. com Love, In All Its Many Forms (KA Artist Shop) Currently accept-

ing art submissions of any size and medium for the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first group show. One piece per artist.

Deadline Jan. 26. On view Feb. 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28. Reception Feb. 19, 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 p.m.

Submit images and info to kaartistshop@gmail.com, www.kaartist.com

Auditions Bye Bye Birdie (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) Seeking musicians who play violin, cello, bass, saxophone, clarinet, flute, piccolo, horns and piano to play in a live pit orchestra during the production. Rehearsals are on Jan. 21, 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;27, 29â&#x20AC;&#x201C;30 and Feb. 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5. Performances on Feb. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 and Feb. 13â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. Email contact info, what instrument you play and any potential scheduling conflicts. alps. birdie@gmail.com

Classes Acrobatics & More (Acropolis) The studio offers acro yoga, family acrobatics, hand balancing, flexibility and conditioning. Visit website for weekly schedule. $35â&#x20AC;&#x201C;45 (monthly membership), $5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 (drop-in). 706-530-1359, acroathens@gmail.com, www.acroathens. com Acting Classes (Live Wire) Circle Ensemble Theatre offers adult acting classes at Live Wire (formerly New Earth). Sundays, Feb. 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;March 15, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $150. circleensemble@ gmail.com Beginners Sewing Course (Community) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Introduction to Pattern Makingâ&#x20AC;? is a six-week class guiding you through the process of designing your own patterns using a template of your own measurements.

Jan. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Feb. 26, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $120. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beginners Sewingâ&#x20AC;? six-week

class covers how to thread and use a sewing machine. Students will practice sewing skills by making simple garments. Bring your own machine.

Jan. 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Mar. 1, 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. $120. www.shopcommunityathens.com Beginning Portrait Sculpture (OCAF, Watkinsville) In this six-week class, students learn about forms, proportions and expressive possibilities in shaping the human head using clay.

Instructor Jean Westmacott is the creator of the Athena statue in front of the Classic Center. Feb. 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Apr. 1, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $235. www.ocaf.com Bikram Hot Yoga (Bikram Yoga Athens) Classes in hot yoga are offered seven days a week.

Beginners welcome. Student discounts available. 706-353-9642, www.bikramathens.com Cameron Hampton Workshop Series (OCAF, Watkinsville) In drawing workshops, students learn how to use traditional drawing materials. In multi-media paint workshops and pastel workshops, students learn creative ways to approach subject matter and capture light. In mixed media sculpture workshops, students use materials like plaster, paper, Spanish moss and grass to make animal sculptures. Call or email to register.

706-769-4565, info@ocaf.com, www.ocaf.com Classes, Workshops & Open Studio (OCAF, Watkinsville) Class and workshop offerings include watercolor, acrylic/oil painting, pastels, drawing, clay arts, metal casting, sculpting and bagpipes. Open studios are offered in writing, pottery and figure/portrait painting. Check website for winter/spring schedule. www.ocaf.com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Good Dirt has moved to a new location at 485 Macon Hwy. Weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Try Clayâ&#x20AC;?

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Multi-media artwork by Frances Jemini is currently on display at All Body Studio through April. classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheel every Friday from 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Try Clayâ&#x20AC;? classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $20. 706355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Computer Classes (ACC Library) Call for times and to register. 706-613-3650 Dance Classes (Dancefx) Classes offered in creative movement, ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, pointe, Latin, breakdance, acrobatics, cheer dance and more. Sessions are offered for beginner through advanced students. Register online.

706-355-3078, www.dancefx.org Dance Classes (Floorspace) Barefoot Dance Studio offers classes in bellydance and burlesque. ww.barefootdanceathens.com Dance Meditation (Aikido Center of Athens) Beginners are invited to try dancing, and formally trained dancers are invited to experiment.

Fridays, 7:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-380-1112, www. aikidocenterofathens.com Fit Squad Weight Loss Challenge (Athens YWCO) Includes an hour of exercise and an hour of nutrition. Saturdays, Jan. 31â&#x20AC;&#x201C;March 21, 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. $90.

706-814-8724 Georgia Organics Conference (The Classic Center) The expo will feature food and farm tours, workshops, educational sessions and more. Feb. 19, 8 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6:30 p.m. & Feb. 20, 8:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. $80â&#x20AC;&#x201C;200. www.conference.georgiaorganics.org Get Your Zen On (675 Pulaski St., #1600) Stretch, twist and breathe it out. Flow yoga for all levels taught

by Sarah Dunning. Feb. 12, 19 & 26, 9:15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10:30 a.m. $12/class. www.sdyoga.weebly.com Karate and Yoga (Rubber Soul Yoga) Practice Yoshukai karate along with meditation in a low-stress environment. Class involves 45 minutes of yoga as a warm-up, followed by 45 minutes of karate. Wednesdays, 8:45â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10:30 p.m. Donations encouraged. www.athensy.com Martial Arts Classes (Live Oak Martial Arts, Bogart) Traditional and modern-style Taekwondo, selfdefense, grappling and weapons classes for all ages. Visit website for full class schedule. www.liveoak martialarts.com Master Composter Class (ACC Solid Waste Department) Become a home composting expert.

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706-613-3640 Mindfulness & Hot Chocolate Workshop Series (All Body Studio) Learn why we do what we do, and explore mindfulness with hot chocolate. Feb. 11, 18, 25 & Mar. 4, 6 p.m. $100. happydunning@gmail.com, www.sdyoga.weebly.com Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workshop (Athens Regional Medical Center) Years of medical research and training are blended into eight weeks of instruction and a one-day mindfulness retreat focused on reducing stress and anxiety and increasing general well-being. Mondays, Jan. 26â&#x20AC;&#x201C;March 16, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $225. 706475-7330, www.armc.org/mbi Printmaking Workshops (Double Dutch Press) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paper Relief Monotype.â&#x20AC;? Jan. 31, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. $35. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tea Towels! One Color Screenprinting.â&#x20AC;? Feb. 4, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. $50. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stampmaking: Two Color Stamps.â&#x20AC;? Feb. 21, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. $40. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Custom Stationary: Multicolor Screeprinting, Two Parts.â&#x20AC;? Feb. 25, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. & Mar. 4, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $60. www.doubledutchpress.com Pure Barre (Pure Barre Athens) Purre Barre is a 55-minute full-body workout that uses a ballet barre for isometric movements concentrating on hips, thighs, seat, addominals and arms. Classes offered daily.

706-850-4000, www.purebarre.com/ ga-athens Salsa Dance Classes (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cubanstyle salsa dance classes with SALSAthens. No partner necessary. Beginners welcome. Every Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $10 (incl. drink). www.facebook.com/salsaathens Tarot Workshop (Body, Mind & Spirit) Learn how to connect with the Rider Waite deck using symbology, numerology and colors. Saturdays, Jan. 31â&#x20AC;&#x201C;April 4, 12:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2:30 p.m. or Sundays, Feb. 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;April 5, 12:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2:30 p.m. $25/week or $200 for full course. 706-351-6024 The Art of Happiness (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This series of classes covers topics with regards to defining what happiness is to you, exploring joyful contentment through your beliefs, creativity and emotion, and exploring the basic principles of what makes

happy people happy. Saturdays, Feb. 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. $140. www. uga.edu/botgarden Traditional Karate Training (Athens Yoshukai Karate) Learn traditional Yoshukai karate in a positive atmosphere. Accepting new students. See website for schedule.

FREE! www.athensy.com Watercolor Painting Inspired by Nature (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Students will create several compositions based on the elements of and principles of design. Includes demos, independent work time and one-on-one instruction. Feb. 21, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. & Feb. 22, 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $160. www.botgarden.uga.edu Wild Intelligence: The Work that Reconnects (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This weekend workshop is based on the work of eco-philospher Joanna Macy. It focuses on moving into a deeper understanding of how to create our best collective future. Jan. 31â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Feb. 1. $80â&#x20AC;&#x201C;140. www.workthat-reconnects.eventbrite.com Yoga Classes (Chase Street Yoga) This studio teaches different types of yoga like gentle yoga, yin yoga and power heated Vinyasa. 706-3169000, www.chasestreetyoga.com Yoga Teacher Training (5 Points Yoga) This 200-hour, Yoga Alliance-accredited teacher training program is grounded in self-study.

The year-long program begins in February. www.athensyogainstitute. com, info@athensyogainstitute.com Zumba (East Athens Educational Dance Center) Get fit while having fun. Wednesdays, Jan. 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Mar. 11, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. $33â&#x20AC;&#x201C;50. www.athens clarkecounty.com/dance Zumba in the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A dynamic fitness program infused with Latin rhythms. Every Wednesday, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6:30 p.m. $70/10 classes. www.botgarden.uga.edu

Help Out Call for Volunteers (Downtown Athens) The Athens Human Rights Festival is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising, publicity, organizing speakers and performers, the tabloid, social media, stage building and more. The 37th annual will be held downtown on May 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3. Contact for information on meetings and how to get involved. 706-202-9169, www. athenshumanrightsfest.org

Disabled American Veterans Network (Athens, GA) Seeking volunteers to drive VA furnished vehicles to transport vets living with disabilities to local clinics and Augusta hospitals. Weekdays, 8 a.m.–5 p.m., once or twice a month.

Call Roger, 706-202-0587 HandsOn Northeast Georgia (Athens, GA) HandsOn NEGA is a project of Community Connection of Northeast Georgia that assists volunteers in finding flexible service opportunities at various organizations. Over 130 local agencies seek help with ongoing projects and special short-term events. Visit the website for a calendar and to register. www.handsonnortheastgeorgia.com Relay for Life of Clarke County (YMCA) Help fund a cure for cancer while planning a fun community event. Seeking new volunteers to help plan one of the largest local events of the year. 706543-2240, alisia.goff@cancer.org, www.relayforlife.org/clarkega Tutors Needed (440 Dearing Ext.) Athens Tutorial Program is seeking volunteer tutors for at-risk students in grades K–8. One-hour sessions are scheduled Monday–Thursday, 3–6 p.m. 706-354-1653, jgarris miller@hotmail.com Walk a Shelter Dog (1171 Branch Rd., Bishop) Lend a helping paw by walking a shelter dog in Heritage Park. Walks are the first

Thursday and first Saturday of the month. Sign in at 12 p.m. 706-7693956, packleaderbrooke@gmail.com

Kidstuff Babies and Beasties (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Toddlers and their parents can discover nature through sounds, movement and live animals. Thursdays, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26. $12–18. Registration required by Feb. 3. 706-613-3615 Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) The SBG and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources present an art contest. Students in K-5th grade can submit artwork portraying Georgia nongame wildlife and plants. Entries due Apr. 3. 706-542-6156 Youth Sports Program Registration (Bishop Park) Registration begins Jan. 31 for youth soccer (ages 4–12) and Sportstime (ages 3–4). Programs begin in March. www.athensclarkecounty. com/sports

Support Groups Al-Anon 12 Step (Little White House) For family and friends of alcoholics and drug addicts. 478955-3422, www.ga-al-anon.org

art around town ALL BODY STUDIO (337 Prince Ave.) Multi-media artwork made from acrylic, cardboard, sheet vinyl and plastic by Frances Jemini. Tim Dominy’s mixed media work straddles painting and sculpture. Through April.

AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Photography by Ryan Myers. Through January.

ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) Paintings

by Mary Porter, Greg Benson, Dortha Jacobson and others. Art quilts by Elizabeth Barton and handmade jewelry by various artists.

ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (17 N. Main St., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass.

ARTINI’S ART LOUNGE (296 W. Broad St.) AthensHasArt! presents “Night Rhythms,” art by Suzanna Antonez-Edens and Hannah S. Garrard. Through January.

ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) Sculptures by Duane Paxson.

Through Jan. 23. • In the Bertelsmann Gallery, view “The Best of Fall: First Semester Student Art Show.” Through Feb. 20.

ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) A collection of antique quilts owned by historian Madeline Hawley and members of the Cotton Patch Quilters. Through Feb. 22.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) “As We Wish to Be” is a solo installation of site-specific murals and previously created works by Atlanta-based artist Bethany Collins. Through Mar. 8.

BENDZUNAS GLASS (89 W. South Ave., Comer) The family-run studio has been creating fine art glass for almost 40 years.

CINÉ BARCAFE (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “In Bloom” is a group show featuring the works of Rinne Allen, Wayne Bellamy, Claire Clements, Moon Jung Jang, Zipporah Camille Thompson and several other artists. Opening reception Jan. 22. Through Mar. 15.

CIRCLE GALLERY (285 S. Jackson St.) “Witness: The Photography of Billy Howard.” Through Feb. 12.

THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) “Nature Revealed” includes works by Barbara Patisal, Janelle Young, Katherine Dunlap, Georgia Rhodes and Charles Warnok. • “Then and Now: Celebrating 40 Years of the Lyndon House Arts Center” includes works by Munroe d’Antignac, John d’Azzo, Terri Jarrette, Leah Mantini and Erik Patten. Through April.

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 Phil Goulding, Larry Hamilton, Chris Hubbard, Michael Pierce and more. • “Farmington Skies” features landscape paintings by John Cleaveland. Through January.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Kristine Leschper. Through January.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Ornament” features the artwork of Cameron Lyden, Jess Machacek, Cassidy Russell, Laura Bell, Terri Dilling and Brittainy Lauback. Through Apr. 3.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “The Nightmare Transported into Art: Odilon Redon’s ‘St. Anthony.’” Through Jan. 25. • “Emilio Pucci in America.” Through Feb. 1. • “Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerrilla Girls in the Artworld and Beyond.” Through Mar. 1. • “A Year on the Hill: Work by Jim Fiscus and Chris Bilheimer.” Through Mar. 8. • “The Life and Work of Alice Fischer, Cultural Pioneer” presents selections of ceramic jewelry and works on paper by the former UGA professor. Through Mar. 8. • In the sculpture

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.org Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Meets Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org Meditation/Group Energy Healing (734 Timber Ridge Dr.) Experience a deeper awareness of who you really are. Group meets every other Tuesday. www.lifecoach celia.com Project Safe (Athens, GA) Meetings for Warriors: Hope & Healing from Domestic Violence Group are held every Tuesday, 6:30–8 p.m., with a dinner on the last Tuesday of each month.

Meetings for the Emotional Abuse Support Group are held every Monday, 6:30–8 p.m., with a dinner on the last Monday of the month.

Childcare provided. 24-hour crisis hotline: 706-543-3331. Teen texting line: 706-765-8019. Business: 706-549-0922. Meeting information: 706-613-3357 ext. 772. www. project-safe.org S-Anon (Cornerstone Church) S-Anon is a support group for family and friends of sexaholics, based on the 12 steps of AA. sunday.

afternoons.sanon@gmail.com, www. sanon.org

On The Street Affordable Health Care Sign-up (ACC Library) Athens Neighborhood Health Clinic will be in the computer lab to help residents sign up for insurance. Feb. 2, 4 & 6, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.athens library.org Oconee Rivers Greenway Commission (Athens, GA) The ACC Leisure Services Department is currently accepting applications to fill two vacancies. Monthly meetings are held to develop a plan for a riveroriented greenway system and to recommend measures for protecting the resources of the Oconee Rivers and their tributaries. Visit website for application. Deadline Jan. 30. 706613-3801, www.athensclarkecounty. com/greenway Ripple Effect Film Project (Athens, GA) Filmmakers of all ages and levels of experience are invited to create original short films about water conservation, water stewardship, litter prevention and beautification. Finalists’ films will be screened at the Blue Carpet Premiere on May 16. Visit website for official rules and entry form. $1,000 in cash prizes. Deadline Jan. 30. www. rippleeffectfilmproject.org f

garden, “Terra Verte,” created by Scottish artist Patricia Leighton, consists of six cubes full of living vegetation. Through May. • “Stone Levity” is a sculpture by Del Geist installed in the Performing and Visual Arts Complex quad. Through May. GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Athens Celebrates Elephant 6 presents “n [] c t u r n e,” a site-specific installation by Dana Jo Cooley.

GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Mixed media art by Charlie Key. Through Jan. 25. • Artwork by Marissa Mustard. Jan. 25–Feb. 15.

HEIRLOOM CAFE AND FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) “Prairie and River” presents a collection of new oil and gouache paintings by Will Eskridge. Through February.

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Paintings by Cody Murray. Through January.

JITTERY JOE’S DOWNTOWN (297 E. Broad St.) Portrait manipulations by Chris Romano. Through January.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) In the Bridge Gallery, “Icon” includes works by 15 artists. Through Jan. 22. • In Gallery 101, “The Exquisite” is a collaborative group exhibition that elaborates upon the established tradition of the Exquisite Corpse. On view Jan. 23–Feb. 20.

Reception Jan. 30.

LAST RESPORT (174 W. Clayton St.) Contemporary landscape oil paintings

by Keith Karnok. Through January.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) The “Period Decorative Arts Collection (1840–1890) & Athens History Museum” inside the historic Ware-Lyndon House now features a new bedroom exhibit full of decorative pieces.

MAMA BIRD’S GRANOLA (909 E. Broad St.) Artwork by Cameron Bliss Ferrelle, James Fields, Barbara Bendzunas, Kayley Head, Leah Lacy, Saint Udio and Lakeshore Pottery.

MAMA’S BOY (197 Oak St.) Artwork by Arianna Amantis. Through Feb. 15.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) “The Great Folk Parade: From Finster Forward” includes works by self-taught Southern artists like Howard Finster, R.A. Miller, Bennie Morrison, Tex Crawford and Harold Rittenberry. • “Crescent Lane Rug Hookers” showcases both contemporary and traditional rugs created by the local guild’s members. Opening reception for both exhibits Jan. 23. Through Feb. 20.

RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Food, Power and Politics: The Story of School Lunch.” Through May 15.

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

SIPS (1390 Prince Ave.) Margaret Agner presents prints and drawings, including monotypes, mixed media, nature prints and linoleum cuts.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) The Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild presents “Creatures in the Garden,” a juried show of quilts embedded with scenes of flowers, trees and natural landscapes. Through Mar. 8.

SUSKA (297 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Suzanna Antonez-Edens.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) “Folk Flower Card Design,” ink and watercolor pencil artwork by Barbara Leisner. Through January.

VIVA! ARGENTINE CUISINE (247 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Rita Rogers Marks.

THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Paintings by Lydia Hunt. Through December. • Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Will Eskridge, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more.

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My partner grew up in a very nice “Leave It to Beaver” household, with a housekeeper and a mother who picked up his laundry. But now he’s 35. We’ve lived together for five years, and I feel like he’s failing to hold up his end of the bargain as far as household chores go. Example: He constantly leaves trash and dirty dishes lying around the house, but when I recently called him out, he bit back with the fact that I’d forgotten to toss my PJs in the hamper that morning. I’m trying not to be a nag, but our home is tiny, our work schedules are identical, and I spend a lot more time cleaning than he does. I’m starting to resent him for it. His response is that he literally doesn’t notice when things are messy. It’s not even like I’m a neat-freak, but I’m just talking about basic hygiene here.

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However, I do appreciate the low housing costs, stability and comfort I have here. Additionally, the breakup wasn’t tragic and horrific, as per usual.

Just two adults mutually agreeing that we can’t make it work. Do you think this is ever a good idea? And what will future significant others think of this living arrangement?

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