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table of contents Pub Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Going to the Grammys . . . 32 Capitol Impact . . . . . . . . . . 5 Jorma Kaukonen . . . . . . . 34 This Modern World . . . . . . 5 Waitress . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Threats & Promises . . . . . 36 East Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Record Review . . . . . . . . 36 Philip Lanoue . . . . . . . . . 10 The Calendar . . . . . . . . . 37 Half-Moon Outfitters . . . . 11 Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . 46 Acro Athens . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adopt Me . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 John T. Edge . . . . . . . . . . 14 Art Around Town . . . . . . . 47

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 IN THE LOOP: African Americans are still discriminated against—but not as much as many think, famous journalist Soledad O’Brien told a UGA crowd last week.  HOMEDRONE: Watch Athens’ Kishi Bashi perform on Letterman.  IN THE LOOP: UGA President Jere Morehead chewed out Facebook users and media outlets that spread rumors about a bacterial meningitis case on campus.

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You kids are probably not aware of it, but UGA retirees and their spouses who are on Medicare have secondary coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield, and that means all their healthcare expenses are pretty much covered. They have to pay a monthly premium to BCBS, the odd fee here and there and a prescription co-pay, plus the occasional difference in what the plans will pay, but basically UGA retirees and their spouses have all medical expenses covered. All the recent debate about Obamacare has just served to remind UGA retirees and their spouses of how lucky they are.

A recently leaked memorandum from the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Senior USG Leadershipâ&#x20AC;? brings the news that UGA retirees and their spouses will no longer enjoy that comprehensive coverage, but instead will have to buy their supplemental insurance through a â&#x20AC;&#x153;marketplaceâ&#x20AC;? exchange just like everybody else. Instead of the BCBS plan, retirees and spouses will get monthly payments from the University System into a health maintenance account, and they can use those payments to help defray the cost of insurance to supplement Medicare. The amount of the University System payment into the health maintenance account has not yet been determined. Nor has it been determined whether that will be a set amount or one that is pegged to increases in insurance costs.

Excerpts from the Memo: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the last few years, the Board of Regents has been reviewing and expressing concern over rising retiree health care costsâ&#x20AC;Ś our liability has increased exponentially each year, highlighting the need to address rising retiree health costsâ&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then, effective January 2016, USG Medicare eligible retirees/Medicare eligible dependents will receive retiree healthcare benefits through a defined contribution to a healthcare account which they will use to purchase coverage through market place exchange options outside of the USG healthcare planâ&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;All USG Medicare eligible retirees and covered Medicare eligible spouses will transition to the Retiree healthcare exchange options in 2016. Retirees and covered spouses who are not Medicare eligible will remain on the USG retiree healthcare plan options until they become Medicare eligible, at which time they will move to the retiree market place exchange options.

There is no grandfathering under this approachâ&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;The University System of Georgia will make contributions to a defined healthcare account, commonly referred to as a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA), on behalf of Medicare eligible retirees as their retiree healthcare benefit. The defined contribution amount is still being determinedâ&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;Retiree healthcare private exchanges offer a wide variety of medical plans and prescription drug options through several different insurance companies and include

Medigap, Medicare Advantage plans, and Medicare Part D plan options. For retirees, this means having a greater range of plan choices, including various plans, carriers, and price points available. With the healthcare exchange option, the retiree will be able to choose best-in-market plans, maximize the value of each dollar spent on healthcare premiums since the retiree will be able to choose coverage specific to their needs. In addition, there is a strong focus on retiree enrollment and support through decision support tools as well as customized communications which will also be managed through the exchange vendor and targeted specifically to Medicare eligible retireesâ&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;An advantage to USG is the ability to capture savings and reduce the amount our OPEB [Other Post Employee Benefits] liabilities rise each year.â&#x20AC;?

What Does It Mean?

Obviously, in spite of the rose-colored bureaucrat-speak, the key to the whole change is whether the university systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contribution to the health care account is sufficient to buy supplementary insurance that meets retireeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs and to keep up with its price increases. As the so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;survivorâ&#x20AC;? of a UGA retiree who worked long hours for many years grading mountains of undergraduate papers to provide insurance for us in old age, I have a personal stake in this matter. And that, of course, is another key: How will older retirees and their â&#x20AC;&#x153;survivorsâ&#x20AC;? fare in the insurance marketplace, even in one specifically designed for older customers?

And of course the University of Georgia is already, according to President Morehead, falling drastically behind in its ability to pay faculty and compete for new professors against peer universities. What effect will dropping supplementary insurance have on recruitment? Will prospective professors prefer a university that provides health insurance over one that merely will help them find something in the marketplace?

This is especially pertinent to recruiting the middle-aged â&#x20AC;&#x153;superstarâ&#x20AC;? faculty who can add so much to a department, to the whole university and to Athens.

The Board of Regents, like large corporations, has a growing number of retirees who are living longer. It is only natural that their numbers-crunchers, like corporate counterparts, see whacking retirees as a way to cut costs, and since most of the Regents are business people appointed by the governor, that makes sense in their world, too.

Unfortunately, in Georgia cutting education is merely business as usual.

You no doubt remember that slur aimed at an honorable profession: Bankers are people who will lend you their umbrella when the sun is shining and ask for it back when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raining. Looks like the same can be said for the Board of Regents, as it prepares to renege on the promise that made it appear worthwhile to grade all those papers. f

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By Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com Gov. Nathan Deal unveiled his plan last week to fix Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s low-performing schools. The governor wants to create an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opportunity School Districtâ&#x20AC;? that would take over schools defined as â&#x20AC;&#x153;failingâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D; those that for three consecutive years have scored less than 60 on the College and Career Performance Index (CCRPI), a report card for public schools. The statewide district and its superintendent could seize control of a school, convert it to a charter school or even shut it down completely. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know from other states such as Louisiana and Tennessee that these programs can produce positive results for students and communities,â&#x20AC;? Deal said.

The implementation of this would be lengthy. Part of the legislation involved is a constitutional amendment, so two-thirds of the House and Senate members have to vote for it. That constitutional amendment would have to be approved by a majority of voters in the 2016 general election. It would then take more than a year to select the first batch of failing schools and start working on their performance.

Perhaps this proposal is the solution.

It sounds like the other quick fixes weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard in recent years as the magic formula to solve all the problems in our schools.

Sonny Perdue in 2006 had his â&#x20AC;&#x153;65 percent solutionâ&#x20AC;? that would require all school systems to spend at least 65 percent of their budget on activities directly related to classroom instruction. The legislature dutifully passed Perdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s law, but it turned out most school systems were already spending classroom money at that level anyway.

There was no magical turnaround of school performance and years later, state Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) admitted that Perdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan â&#x20AC;&#x153;hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made any difference.â&#x20AC;?

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle supported the creation of entire â&#x20AC;&#x153;charter systemsâ&#x20AC;? as the approach to Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school woes. The state Board of Education subsequently approved several of these charter systems.

Did they fix all the problems with low-performing schools? No. During Dealâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first term as governor, his silver bullet was a state commission that would OK the creation of charter schools that couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get approved by local school boards. The voters approved that constitutional amendment in 2012. Have you seen a reversal in school performance yet? I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, either.

This brings us to the latest plan for a super-statewide school district that will overrule local school boards, seize control of local schools and give our children the excellent education they deserve. Maybe.

The one factor in public school performance that goes unmentioned in all these plans is the large reduction in state funding for education. For more than 10 years, state budgets have included huge â&#x20AC;&#x153;austerity cuts.â&#x20AC;?

In some years, these funding reductions for local schools have exceeded $1 billion. Since 2004, according to figures from the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office of Planning and Budget, the combined austerity cuts have totaled nearly $8.3 billion.

Local school systems, in many cases, have been forced to lay off teachers and reduce the number of classroom instruction days to keep from going bankrupt. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to improve student performance when you have fewer teachers and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve closed the classroom doors.

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to do with animals are something people feel very passionIt’s a slippery slope, y’all. Mayor Nancy Denson (who is ate about,” said Commissioner Andy Herod, in an early cannot pro-chicken) warned Athens-Clarke County commisdidate for understatement of the year. sioners of the Pandora’s coop they’re about to open during a discussion about legalizing honey bees and backyard Correction: An article in the Feb. 18 Flagpole misidentified chickens. She’s OK with koi ponds, but rabbits are where an Athens-Clarke County attorney who tried a chicken case she draws the line.

“There are probably also lots of people in our community in Municipal Court. She is Carrol Perrin. that would like to raise bunny rabbits, and at what point, once we open this door, do we decide we’re ready to close it?” Denson said at the Tuesday, Feb. 17 agenda-setting meeting.

Surely rabbits are a bridge too far.

They will eat the carrots right out of your garden. Some of them are pretty smartalecky, too. Not even coyotes can catch them, even with TNT. And if you try to shoot one, he’ll talk you into thinking it’s duck season, or stick a finger into the barrel of your shotgun, and you’ll blow yourself up.

“Chickens, bees and fish, period,” Commissioner Jerry NeSmith responded. “…If, in 20 years, someone wants [rabbits], we’ll have to consider that, but right now, no one’s asking for that.”

Commissioner Melissa Link noted that people already keep rabbits as pets.

“And they might want to have rabbit stew sometime, just like they want to have fried chicken,” Denson said.

We’re getting chickens, whether Denson likes it or not. There are more than enough votes on the commission to instruct staff to write an urban agriculture ordinance. The only question is Mayor Nancy Denson will save us from the looming threat of backyard bunnies. whether, at the Mar. 3 voting meeting, Prince Avenue: Under state law, drivers don’t have to stop the commission will leave the unenforceable chicken ban for pedestrians until those pedestrians are already in the on the books—with the drawback of no restrictions of any crosswalk, so when you’re standing on the curb cussing out kind on agriculture in residential neighborhoods—or temcars while frantically waving your flag, know that Mario porarily ban chickens (and cows and horses and whatnot) Andretti over there is well within his rights. again while the urban agriculture ordinance is written.

That may change soon. A group of state legislators— Either way, we’ll have to sit through lots of talking before our chickens can come out from the shadows. “Issues including Reps. Spencer Frye (D-Athens), Regina Quick

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(R-Athens) and Chuck Williams (R-Watkinsville)—recently introduced House Bill 417, which Frye dubbed the Flagpole Crosswalk Act. This bill would require drivers to stop whenever a flashing beacon at a crosswalk, like the ones in front of The Grit or Daily Grocery, is activated. (It would also be a crime to activate the beacon with no intention of crossing.)

Medical School Dean: University of Georgia President Jere Morehead and Provost Pamela Whitten dropped strong hints last week that, indeed, Georgia Regents University in Augusta pushed out Barbara Schuster, dean of the joint UGA-GRU medical school in Normaltown. Morehead gave Schuster a vote of confidence, saying at a media conference that she “has done, in my view, an outstanding job.”

A search committee appointed by Chancellor Hank Huckaby is looking for a replacement. Whitten noted that both UGA and GRU (formerly the Medical College of Georgia) must agree on hiring a new dean. However, all it takes is one of those institutions to fire a dean, she said.

Nonetheless, Whitten said that “the partnership itself has remained strong.”

Football Facility: Morehead also gave an update on an indoor practice facility that the UGA Athletic Association says it needs to keep up with the Sabans.

The facility has neither a price tag nor a location yet, but Morehead said it will be built near the Butts-Mehre building (rumor has it that at least part of Hoke Smith will be torn down to make way).

When asked whether what Morehead called “aggressive” fundraising for the facility will compete with UGA’s $1 billion endowment campaign that will pay for scholarships and professors’ salaries, he replied that his fundraisers tell him there’s no correlation between football and fundraising. “But I gotta tell ya, I love calling people for money when the football team wins,” he said.

Charter District: In June, the Clarke County School District is planning to submit an application to the state board of education to become a charter district.

Parents and other community members had a lot of questions at a Thursday, Feb. 19 forum on the charter district application. It’s complicated and wonky, for sure, but the most important thing to know is that the state has pretty much already made the decision for us.

In Georgia, all school districts are required to keep the status quo—in which case they lose funding and any

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No one wants to run that risk, so for Clarke County, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charter district or bust.

Under the charter district model, parents and teachers will elect representatives to local school governance teams (school councils) to serve alongside a student representative appointed by the principal (at middle and high schools), a police officer, and neighborhood residents and at-large members selected by other LSGT members. The LSGTs are supposed to reflect the diversity of the attendance zone, although Superintendent Philip Lanoue admitted that it hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t occurred it him that a schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s makeup is often far different from the community surrounding it.

(Athens is 56 percent white, but 80 percent of public school students are minorities.)

The board of the renamed Athens-Clarke Community School District would continue to set policy, but the LSGTs would have broad authority to determine how to implement policies at the school level, including having input into budget and personnel decisions. The overriding goals, according to Lanoue, will be to innovate and continue closing the achievement gap between white and high-income students and minority and low-income students.

In addition to greater local control at the school levelâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; assuming the state doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t somehow pull the rug out from under us, which is not a great assumptionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a charter district could give the county-level school board greater flexibility, as well. For example, Lanoue hopes that, under a charter district, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to revamp teacher evaluations so they rely less on standardized tests and student surveys, thus restoring more instructional time.

Documents related to the charter district application are available at clarke.k12.ga.us under the tab marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;charter system information.â&#x20AC;?

Downtown Master Plan: Six ACC commissioners appointed

by Mayor Nancy Denson met for less than an hour last week to consider how to implement the Downtown Master Plan developed in 2013 by UGA planning and design students and staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Professor [Jack] Crowleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan is for 2030, so we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily feel like we have to get everything done tonight,â&#x20AC;? committee chairman Mike Hamby told the group. The first meeting was mostly organizational; the group will meet again Mar. 5. Crowley, who headed up the design teams, and Denson also attended the meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not my plan,â&#x20AC;? said Crowley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a plan that resulted from talking to 5,000 people over two years.â&#x20AC;?

Available at downtownathensmasterplan.wordpress.com, the plan offers area-by-area (and often lot-by-lot) suggestions for redeveloping many downtown spaces (both private and public), adding landscaping, midblock pedestrian/ commercial alleyways, narrower lanes and wider sidewalks, replacing some stoplights with four-way stops, adding a downtown circulator bus, adding passenger rail along existing tracks from downtown through campus (and eventually in other directions), building an outdoor amphitheater adjacent to the multimodal bus station and â&#x20AC;&#x153;daylightingâ&#x20AC;? buried portions of Tanyard Creek, among other things. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certainly, all of this is going to take money,â&#x20AC;? Hamby said. Denson suggested that, to protect right-of-ways needed for proposals like a greenspace connection from the UGA Arch to the Lyndon House, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we might need to invest some public dollars sooner rather than later.â&#x20AC;? The plan suggests using tax allocation districts, which require taxes paid within an area to be spent there. Other aspects of the plan, too, are under consideration in various county departmentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;like workforce housing and transportation and development projects. The committee hopes to meet soon with director Pamela Thompson of the Athens Downtown Development Authority, which wants to expand its downtown boundaries; the planâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own boundaries extend considerably beyond downtown proper.

Commissioner Melissa Link advocated a moratorium on large building projects, and said she feared that some of the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision for downtown had been â&#x20AC;&#x153;lostâ&#x20AC;? in the plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A moratorium is not likely to happen,â&#x20AC;? Commissioner Kelly Girtz said. But Link responded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Ś maybe we need to consider what our problems are, what some of the negative aspects are that pushed us into saying we need a plan, and have frank discussions about those.â&#x20AC;? [John Huie] f

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A view of the North Oconee River with the Seaboard railroad trestle in the background, between 1900 and 1956.

Southern Apartheid and Urban Renewal in East Athens

By Matthew Pulver news@flagpole.com

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he 20th Century in Athens opened with the country’s most important black intellectual, W.E.B. Du Bois, visiting to deliver a speech to Athens’ black educators in the fall of 1900. In the speech, Du Bois formulated ideas that would compose his landmark The Souls of Black Folk, a book particularly prophetic about the black experience in East Athens. Du Bois would open that book with a question to black Americans, appearing twice in the first paragraph: “How does it feel to be a problem?”

Black Athenians were a problem to the white power structure. Black poverty was in the way, never mind that white power and affluence were absolutely predicated on that subjugated underclass.

The Rev. Archibald Killian, born in 1934, explains how each affluent white neighborhood had a black neighborhood nearby to house domestic help. Black Athenians found themselves just put someplace, like a problem, only to face callous upheaval when that impoverished neighborhood got in the way of wealth and progress for whites. Two black centers, one in east Athens and one next door on College Avenue north of downtown, would be unilaterally razed by the white government, like an occupying army.

“The Bottom” on College Avenue was directly between the train station and downtown, forcing all city and university visitors to slink through the shacks of a black “slum,” as they were called.

The primary black neighborhood in East Athens, called “The Waterfront,” committed the sin of being anchored on a state highway and was punished with total demolition in the mid-century.

Black poverty was a problem for whites, despite the post-emancipation socio-economic order being in many ways a continuation of the pre-war days. The heart of East

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Athens, the Cook and Bros. Armory, became a vehicle for transferring pre-war white power directly into oppressive power post-emancipation. The armory was purchased after the Civil War by Athens Manufacturing Co., the only mill in Athens to have owned slaves for its workforce before emancipation. The mill’s owners smartly sold their slaves when rebel defeat looked inevitable, trading the soon-to-beworthless Confederate money for gold, which they housed at the British consulate for safekeeping. In 1870, that money was used to buy the shuttered armory and make it the center of the company’s activity.

Evelyn Wright, also born in 1934, remembers only a small handful of black janitors hired in the otherwise allwhite mill. The company’s owners and its exclusively white workforce were still benefiting from slavery very directly, decades after its end.

But East Athens’ whites, too, would eventually face an uncaring hand in the form of post-industrialization and globalization when the mill, now the Chicopee mill, shuttered and moved operations in 1978. Writing about Athens’ textile mills, University of Georgia professor Marion J. Rice describes how “plant ownership by multi-national companies with no home ties and rooted only in profit could easily move to locales where the highest return could be made on investment.”

The mill was sold to multinational conglomerate Johnson & Johnson in 1958. But “the South no longer offers any advantage in cheap labor,” writes Rice, and the working-class whites of East Athens would eventually lose out to even cheaper labor overseas.

Conditions for white mill families were far superior to those of black families outside the white enclave in the Chicopee/Dudley Park area, but that’s not saying a whole lot. Mary Howington and mother Evelyn Brooks live in the humble mill house Mary’s husband received at a substantial

discount for being a “boss man” at the mill. Despite her father being in some level of management, Mary didn’t finish high school and picked cotton to supplement the family’s income. The working-class community was close-knit.

“Everybody helped everybody else,” Howington says.

“You could leave your doors unlocked.” But no one was safe from the vagaries of global capital. “We’re the only ones left,” she says.

Feudalism to Capitalism Before these 20th Century problems beset East Athens, the area had to close its feudal agrarian age. In the opening decades of the century, East Athens was still essentially only a modern textile mill surrounded by cotton farms stuck in time. The cotton that blanketed the area from the river out past Nellie B was rocked by the boll weevil in the 1920s, and the fields gave way to urbanization as the early century progressed.

“Nellie B, all that was country. Every bit of that was country,” remembers Killian. “When I was a little boy, cotton was everywhere.”

Cotton lined East Broad Street in bale after bale and was grown on virtually every available acre of land east of the North Oconee that wasn’t being used to house mill workers.

Aerial photographs from 1938 show vast terraced farms just beyond the mill on First and Peter streets. Cresting the hill on First Street might have felt like stepping immediately back in time to the pre-Civil War days, with black field hands serving immense cotton estates.

But modernity was arriving closer to the river. The east bank of the Oconee, where freed slaves had sought refuge after the Civil War, was becoming a sort of black downtown, with the “The Waterfront” surrounding the bridge on

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Push them out of areas close to the downtown commercial center. Federal urban renewal legislation gave Southern cities like Athens eminent domain power and control of the purse strings of federal cash. Kennesaw State professor Ivy Holliman Way, who studied Southern urban renewal at the University of Georgia, notes how after unilateral removal of residents, â&#x20AC;&#x153;cities were free to then turn around and sell cleared land at bargain prices to private developers.â&#x20AC;?

Waves of â&#x20AC;&#x153;slum clearanceâ&#x20AC;? and urban renewal would displace whole neighborhoods at a time. Urban renewal could resemble the tyranny of the eraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dreaded Soviets as much as anything democratic, as decisions made by the white political elite determined the existential fate of entire city sections. Novelist James Baldwin termed it â&#x20AC;&#x153;Negro removal,â&#x20AC;? which was just as accurate in Athens as its official name.

A 1959 report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a more measured voice than the author of The Fire Next Time, found that â&#x20AC;&#x153;[t]he clearance of slums occupied largely by Negro residents and their replacement with housing accommodations beyond the means of most Negroes gives rise to the question whether slum clearance is being used for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Negro clearance.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Athens, Georgia, 1801-1951, a book published by the city to celebrate Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sesquicentennial, describes â&#x20AC;&#x153;slum clearanceâ&#x20AC;? in 1938, in which black neighborhoods were unilaterally uprooted and residents put in newly built projects. Later city documents from a 1962 round of â&#x20AC;&#x153;renewalâ&#x20AC;? describe how black families were informed of their removal after the process was already begun: â&#x20AC;&#x153;As soon as [the Athens government] acquires a parcelâ&#x20AC;Ś a staff member will interview the families living on that parcel to explain that the parcel has been acquired.â&#x20AC;?

This is not to say that the new housing for East Athens residents wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t very often an improvement. Much of the black housing east of downtown was run down. Full indoor plumbing was not a feature of the many shotgun houses and substandard structures along the river. River flooding and the attendant mosquitos were a nuisance when they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a health hazard.

Newly built housing projects like Nellie B Homes were significant leaps in comfort.

Once neighborhood activists like Evelyn Neely, Miriam Moore, Jessie Barnett and Virginia Walker achieved a hard-won measure of self-determination over the money, urban renewal in the form of the Model Cities program also brought much-needed infrastructure like the Athens Neighborhood Health Center.

But residents recall the urban renewal programs as another set of white prerogatives levied against black Wagons hauling cotton to warehouses on Thomas Street behind the Franklin House, between 1912 and 1918. powerlessness during the last Despite still doing the most onerous work for the whites, decades of Jim Crow. Wright watched the displacement uproot black communities one after another. Black families black Athenians were reviled and left to cobble together â&#x20AC;&#x153;had to move from their homes and find other places to existences in a brutal state. Southern apartheid shaped live,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You were told that it was, you know, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;urban black lives and East Athens in every conceivable way. renewalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and all that coming in, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the way it â&#x20AC;&#x153;You could tell who lived where. If it was paved, white was.â&#x20AC;? Killian remembers the black downtown on North people lived there,â&#x20AC;? says Killian. Wright was plagued by Avenue razed by the government: â&#x20AC;&#x153;They bought up and tore illness as a child and barred as a black child from proper medical care. Her West Athens parents had to give her up to down those houses, all those alleys, Hobson Avenue [now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive], all that.â&#x20AC;? her aunt and uncle in East Athens when the illness became Black families, suddenly tossed out of their homes ended too much of a burden. up in the projects or in what little property white comSo little had changed 50 years later that Black Panther pensation for their land allowed. An East Athens friend of Eldridge Cleaver would echo Du Bois when he wrote about Killianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s told him, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They came by and bought our house, and the mid-century civil rights debates in Washington: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough money to buy a garage.â&#x20AC;? Wright is knew that in the end what they were clashing over was us, reluctant to sell her home even now to the wave of developwhat to do with the blacksâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? ers buying up property in East Athens, citing what she sees as another injustice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the thingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;when they come in, you never get your fair share.â&#x20AC;? f North Avenue as its center. Houses and businesses stood on stilts along the flood-prone river, and alleys, not proper streets, lined the hillside along North Avenue between the river and the low rail bridge on the back northeast corner of downtown.

Killian and Wright remember the little downtown featuring a service station, a barber shop owned by Killianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad, a restaurant, stores, a church and a couple of juke joints and pool halls. Lifelong East Athens resident Xavier Burton, born in 1951, remembers the commercial center still thriving when he was young. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a whole settlement,â&#x20AC;? says Killian. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You could buy anything you needed.â&#x20AC;? Businesses on both sides of the bridge sat atop â&#x20AC;&#x153;piers,â&#x20AC;? as Killian describes it, stilted structures above the river. Killian, who integrated the Athens Police Department in the early 1960s, remembers an early night on the force when he arrived at a packed juke joint just in time to see the barâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s piano crash through the wooden floor and into the river below.

Making something out of the scraps given, building vibrant and sustainable communities, however destitute, black Athenians still found themselves to be a problem.

Whites in Athens wanted the advantage of cheap, subsistence-wage black help, but not the effects of keeping half the city unconscionably poor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You lived off of nothing, almost,â&#x20AC;? says Wright.

Domestic work for whites was virtually the only work to be had. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of breadwinners went to cook [in white homes] and take care of their kids,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Men and women lucky enough to work for generous whites might be taught to read and write in the homes.

Wright remembers how working in the grand antebellum fraternity and sorority houses was one of the more fortunate and sought-after positions. (A peek into the domestic staff of the houses today reveals that this racial dynamic still exists, with the mansions still replaying a 200-year-old Southern story.)

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Renewal or Removal?

What to do with the blacks? Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; answer was no different than that of many Southern cities: Remove them en masse from wherever they interfere with white wishes.

Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note: The is Part 2 in a three-part series about the rich history of East Athens. To read Part 1, covering the Civil War and Reconstruction, visit flagpole.com/news.

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determine what needed work. In Clarke, Lanoue experiments with solutions and moves quickly with decisions, such as the Career Academy and a program that gives students laptops to take home. The experimentation evokes images of a nimble startup company.

“I don’t think he has a lot of patience for excuses. He’s looking for solutions,” Stouder says. “He’s willing to address issues, and I hope this recognition allows him to do more of that at the national level.”

By Carolyn Crist news@flagpole.com The National Superintendent of the Year award is linked to controversial districts, in a way. Last year, it went to The trick is in the numbers, especially now that On Thursday afternoon, Clarke County School District Alberto Carvalho, head of the nation’s fourth largest school “big data” has infiltrated education measurements.

Superintendent Philip Lanoue may be standing on a stage system, Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida, Standardized tests, graduation rates and Annual Yearly in San Diego, CA, ready to receive national recognition. which faced problems in the past decade with packed Progress calculations change every few years, which makes He’s one of four finalists for National Superintendent of schools, mismanaged budgets and cliquish administrators. comparison difficult. Even state officials who manage the Year, and the big announcement will come as hundreds This year, the award may go to finalist MaryEllen Elia, who Georgia’s test scores and new College and Career Ready of superintendents pack an auditorium for their national served as superintendent of Hillsborough County Schools Performance Index note the tough nature of determining conference. Named as Georgia Superintendent of the Year in Tampa for 10 years but was fired in late January because what exactly numbers mean for a school district. in November and then finalist for national recognition in “Graduation rates are important, but we have a tendency the newly elected school board wanted a new start. And you December, Lanoue could be the second Georgia recipient in may remember Beverly Hall, Georgia’s first national winner in our country to want a definitive number. We want to the award’s three-decade history. in 2009, who was recognized for Atlanta Public Schools’ label everything,” says Melissa Fincher, deputy superin“It feels good to talk about our work here in Clarke “significant gains in student achievement over the past 10 tendent of assessment and accountability for the Georgia County and feel pride in what we’re doing, while at the years.” Hall resigned in 2010 amid accusations of inflated Department of Education. “We don’t want to interpret and same time acknowledging the gaps we’re facing,” Lanoue CRCT scores and was among the 35 people says. indicted in the cheating scandal in 2013.

At first, Clarke County doesn’t seem fit for “This isn’t the easiest time to run a school national recognition. Four-year graduation system with all of the state and federal polirates dropped in recent years—from 70.5 percies, especially in our town,” says Bertis Downs, cent in 2012 to 69.5 percent in 2013 to 68.2 R.E.M.’s lawyer and a local education advocate. percent last year. (The statewide graduation rate “There’s a lot of noise in education around has risen 5.1 points since 2011.) The number of policy, testing and funding, and Phil is focused low-income students is overwhelmingly high, on that relationship between teaching and and test scores are below the target for minority learning.” students. More than 240 students need foster Celebrating its 150th year, the American homes, and in October, nearly one student a Association of School Administrators, which day moved out of a home due to abuse or unstadoles out the national recognition, notes that ble circumstances. “while we still face issues like poverty, politics “We face the challenge of having healthy and corporate interests,” it’s still time to celchildren, mentally and socially, and I think we ebrate: Dropout rates have been declining since still have a way to go,” Lanoue says. “We need to 1972. Graduation rates are the highest in three ensure that our children can get to high school decades. Lanoue can celebrate a personal staand have a choice of what they can do.” tistic, as well—the typical lifespan of an urban At the same time, other numbers have superintendent is three years. leaped during Lanoue’s six-year tenure. Across “You can hire a superintendent who can play the board, passing CRCT scores between 2009– National Superintendent of the Year Nominee Philip Lanoue at a recent school board meeting. the test score game and raise test scores, but he 2014 improved for eighth graders: Reading was clear from the beginning that what he would do with understand the nuances of what the numbers mean, parmoved from 92 percent to 96 percent, language arts from the curriculum would lead to better scores,” says Denise ticularly in education. Tests are important but not the sum 84 to 92, math from 58 to 80, science from 45 to 74 and Spangler, who chaired the school board’s search committee total of what a school does.” social studies from 52 to 80. Athens Community Career when Lanoue was hired. “The end goal is to better serve stuLanoue is no stranger to tough school districts. He came Academy dual enrollment courses shifted from 84 credits to Clarke County after four years as an area superintendent dents, which isn’t always reflected in test scores.” in 2012 to 372 credits in 2014, with about 192 credits Clarke County schools are facing another big year. in Cobb County, where he oversaw some of the lower pertaken by African American students. Last year, high school This month, the district is asking for public feedback on forming schools with low socio-economic status. He made biology moved from sophomore year to freshman year, so its charter district application, which will create local his mark as a leader by relating to others, often walking the physical science moved from ninth grade to eighth grade governance teams to tie each school to its neighborhood.

19 schools in his area to talk to teachers, custodians and as an experiment. Of the district’s 840 eighth graders, 235 Changing the name to “Athens-Clarke Community School administrative staff. signed up for the class, and 229 passed the high school District,” the charter will further emphasize community “It’s amazing to walk with him and see students highend-of-course test. Of those, 195 scored 90 percent or betand partnerships. five him,” says Alice Stouder, a retired Cobb County area ter, and 60 percent of those students were economically “We’ve done yeoman’s work to get to this level, and getsuperintendent who worked with Lanoue daily. “He knows disadvantaged. ting to the next level is steep,” Lanoue says. “We need help their names and what they’re learning.”

“We ratchet up expectations for kids and ask them to from families to peel back and look at each kid. Our kids He posted “non-negotiable” goals for student success take risks,” Lanoue says. “Not every day is perfect, but on should not get a better education anywhere else.” f at each Cobb County school and created data teams to average, I walk out of classrooms feeling good.”

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A New Way to Renovate Half-Moon Outfitters Moves Across Town to Take Over Vacant Dry Cleaners

By Kristen Morales news@flagpole.com Another of Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; barrel-vaulted roofs is about to get its turn in the spotlight.

This summer, outdoor gear retailer Half-Moon Outfitters is planning a move from Five Points to its new home in the former New Way Dry Cleaners building on Prince Avenue. But before that happens, the historic building will get a thorough cleaning and a modern makeover that will enhance its featuresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including its curved wood ceiling supported by steel trussesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;while also bringing it into the 21st Century. This comes on the heels of the renovation of the former Snow Tire buildings on Hancock Avenue, now home to CinĂŠ, The National and Creature Comforts, which exposed their barrel-vaulted roof as well.

The plan for the new Half-Moon location, says owner Beezer Molten, is to clean up the interior of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; including a creepy fur-coat vault left over from the days of

agent Jay Boswell and the EPD, Molten put a plan in place to purchase the building and make it safe for future use. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Otherwise, the building would have just sat there forever,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But now weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got it where it needs to be, and by the time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re done renovating, it will be completely safe and clean.â&#x20AC;?

Molten is also working toward making the building as green as possible. Skylights will reduce the need for lighting during the day. Recycling, not trash cans, will be behind the building. Most of its historic windows will be refurbished, rather than replaced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pretty serious about sustainable construction and green construction,â&#x20AC;? says Molten, of his Charleston, SC-based company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our distribution center is LEED certified platinumâ&#x20AC;Ś itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the same size, and it has a tiny electric bill every month. We work on incorporating these elements into every store we do.â&#x20AC;?

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the dry cleanersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;remove old paint and update the duct work to a modern system. The project architect, Lori Bork Newcomer, added that the old system, which included ventilation shafts through the roof, will be replaced with skylights that will help make the building greener and will emphasize the historic wood ceiling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really trying to keep it simple by highlighting the building structure itself. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what makes it so great,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This being retail, I think it will really enhance what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do, and it will show off the building nicely.â&#x20AC;?

Molten says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been drawn to the building for years, realizing that whenever he would come to his store in Five Points, he would end up eating lunch at The Grit or Taqueria del Sol. The business has been in Five Points since 2008, and Molten says he began noticing the shuttered cleaners building about four years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought, maybe I should pay attention to that building,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problems it had are complicated and difficult, but they are fixable. And with the Georgia [Environmental Protection Division], we put together a program that allows the building to be safe and marketable.â&#x20AC;?

As a former dry cleaners, residual chemicals had to be dealt with before anything could happen to the building.

The owners, Molten says, wanted to cooperate, and with the help of a team of environmental engineers, real estate

Newcomer adds that any changes to the building might be more obvious from the outside. The front parking lot will be repaved and reconfigured mainly for handicapped parking, plus the sidewalks and curbs will be repaired or replaced. The back of the building, on the opposite side from Prince Avenue, will be repaved and will serve as the primary parking lot. Along the Barber Street side of the building, she says, there will be new landscaping, pathways and awnings, plus an enhanced second entrance to the building. The Coca-Cola signs will be removed, only because the family who owned the building wants them back.

When the work is done by late May or early June, the new space will give Half-Moon an additional 2,500 square feetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from 7,500 at the current location to 10,000â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and allow for a larger range of product options. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It definitely becomes a more complete Half-Moon,â&#x20AC;? Molten says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really need that much space. Our best-performing stores are more about that size; it just means we have more paddle boards and kayaks, and everything just displays better and spreads out better.â&#x20AC;?

He says the next few weeks should bring some big changes to the site, but the ceiling is the showpiece of the structure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this great big, soaring ceiling supported by these trusses, which is just beautiful,â&#x20AC;? he adds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting cleaned really well, and after that happens, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be apparent what a beautiful building it is.â&#x20AC;? f

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Juli Bierwirth and Michael Black decided to open the studio after they had both been practicing acro-yoga and taking classes at other yoga studios in Athens. “We both said we kind of had the same goals as far as where we wanted to see the acro practice in Athens go,” Bierwirth says.

Acro-yoga started in Montreal, Bierwirth says, as a way for people to get into acrobatics, since there’s a strong circus presence there.

“Acro-yoga starts them out really slowly and gets them to build trust and communication between partners, developing body awareness, flexibility and strength,” she says. “As the practice progresses, it starts to kind of move toward partner acrobatics. As people get better, it tends to become more circus-y.”

completely within their grasp,” Tracy says.

“I especially love that when it’s people who haven’t historically thought of themselves as athletic or graceful or able to do these things that would involve balance.”

In addition to the benefits of strength, flexibility, balance and body awareness, Bierwirth says acro-yoga is a great form of exercise that allows you to make friends and interact with others in a way you wouldn’t normally.

“It’s also just a kind of play that you don’t really get in much of adulthood,” she says. “You don’t really fall on people or laugh with them like you do in acro-yoga.

I think it takes people back to their childhoods and gets them excited about being playful with their friends.”

The studio, located in the Chase Street Warehouses, offers classes as well as open gym times. Classes include acro-yoga, hand balancing, flexibility and conditioning. A calendar and rates are posted at acroathens. com.

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There’s a place for literally everybody—every body type, every level of strength or flexibility.

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It’s not as hard as it looks, Bierwirth says. “For people timid or skeptical, it’s a really low barrier of entry. There’s a place for literally everybody—every body type, every level of strength or flexibility.

Everyone has something they’re going to excel at, because it’s a really broad type of practice.”

She recommends coming with a friend for your first class, but it’s not a requirement. She says a person’s first class is more likely to feel silly than scary.

Willow Tracy, 40, one of the volunteer instructors at Acro Athens, says her favorite part is watching people accomplish things they didn’t know they could.

“I think it’s just really fun to see people have that moment where they realize that something that looks really impossible is

and buying new equipment for the studio, Bierwirth says. All of the instructors, including Bierwirth, who is pursuing a PhD in food science from the University of Georgia, volunteer their time to teach.

Although they haven’t filed officially to be a nonprofit yet, Bierwirth says they run it like one.

Coming up in April, Acro Athens will host the Southeast Acro Yoga Creative Immersion. They’ll bring in other acro-yoga instructors from Montreal, Washington, DC and New Orleans. Slack-lining and handstand training will also be available at the event, which takes place Apr. 24-26.

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The Clinton, GA native—an author, New York Times, Garden & Gun and Oxford American columnist, Food Network judge, NPR culinary curator and head of the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi—is giving a public lecture, “Grits, Greens and Gochujang: The Emergence of a Newer Southern Cuisine,” at the University of Georgia Chapel at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26. (Gochujang is a popular Korean condiment made of red chile paste.)

You’ll be seeing his face around town a lot more, because Edge is adding a couple other jobs to his resumé. He’s editing a series of books published by the UGA Press and, starting next fall, will serve as a mentor in UGA’s new MFA program in narrative writing, which will bring him to campus a few weeks a year.

“Both of those things are homecomings for me,” Edge says. “I’m a Georgia boy. They matter.”

In a recent interview with Flagpole, Edge talked about how an influx of Asian and Latino immigrants has changed Southern cuisine and culture for the better. Because Southerners are more welcoming than we used to be, Korean short ribs and Mexican al pastor are taking their rightful place beside smoked, pulled pork at the Southern table.

Flagpole: Is your talk about Korean influence on Southern cooking?

John T. Edge: I’m using Korean food as an example of how the South is evolving. The talk won’t be about Korean

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food in the South, but a totem of the notions I want to explore.

I did a magazine piece for Garden & Gun about a year ago where I traveled exurban Atlanta. I went with Joe Kwon of the Avett Brothers. We’ve become friends over the past couple of years. Joe is Korean but grew up in small-town North Carolina, kind of like how I grew up in small-town Georgia.

We realized over the course of that trip that we were both exploring Southern identity. We both see a South in transition and a South where, when you define the region, you

I think native Southerners recognized that the taco shops the construction workers went to for lunch were better than Burger King.

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factor in Korean food in exurban Atlanta. It’s part of the Southern story now. If you’re going to understand Southern food in 2015, you need to understand Korean barbecue as much as traditional Southern pit-smoked shoulder from Old Clinton BBQ [near Macon]. That’s the South I embrace, and that’s the South I’m going to talk about. I see a South in which we don’t define Korean barbecue as Korean food; we define it as Southern food. That’s a big shift, and an important one.

One of the things I’m going to talk about is Christiane Lauterbach, who publishes Knife & Fork in Atlanta. Her voice and her palate have driven this for a whole generation of Georgians. She’s been writing about Buford Highway and a whole range of other places where immigrants have made their mark and have been doing it for 30 years. Changed my perspective on the South.

FP: A couple of upscale restaurants in Athens that have nothing to do with Korean food are doing ramen night now.

How does that factor in?

JTE: I think there’s newfound respect for the foods of Korea, Japan, China, a full range of Mexican, El Salvadorean. I don’t like the term “ethnic food,” because that’s ostracizing a community and their food. But I think what we’re seeing is a newfound respect for what we used to call ethnic food. If you’re a chef at a white-tablecloth restaurant, you’re interpreting regional foods. We’re at a point now where the regional foods of the South include ramen.

FP: The last time we talked, we discussed Weaver D’s closing [Dexter Weaver changed his mind, and it’s still open] and the decline in popularity of soul food. Does this trend of being more inclusive also apply to meat-and-threes?

JTE: Start by looking in the kitchen of a place like Matthew’s Cafeteria in suburban Atlanta. The cooks are Hispanic. If you go to a place like Crook’s Corner in Chapel Hill [NC], which opened in ‘82 and is a real leader in the new Southern food movement, all the cooks are from Mexico, most of them from one town in Mexico. Here’s a great way to think about it: To me, Taqueria del Sol, which is from Atlanta and has a location in Athens, is Southern cuisine for 21st Century.

FP: Yeah, you can get tacos with a side of greens.

JTE: I think Taqueria del Sol is an honest reflection of who we are in the 21st Century South. The same way that the first time I first had watermelon sprinkled with cayenne was not in Mexico, where that’s a traditional street-food snack, but was at Hugh Acheson’s restaurant Five & Ten. There’s a reciprocity in the South right now between white tablecloth and working class, between Mexican taco shops

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and African American-owned soul-food cafes that you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see before.

For Southerners and people who want to understand the South, the changes in the South can be quite threatening.

One of the ways you can get a grasp on the changing South is at the table. You get a perspective, and you engage in conversations you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have if you sat down and said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk about race and ethnicity.â&#x20AC;? If you start talking about tacos al pastor as 21st Century barbecue, you might get somewhere.

FP: We think of the South as being this homogenous place, but there have always been pockets of immigrantsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Italians, Lebanese, Greeks. Have they left their mark on the cuisine the way this new wave has?

JTE: I think they have. I now live an hour from the Mississippi Delta. The distinctive snack food in the Mississippi Delta is tamales. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a previous generation.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so mainstream now that people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t place the roots in Mexico.

In New Orleans, one of the most widely adopted sandwiches in the latter half of the 20th Century was the muffaletta. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian dockworkers and grocery store owners in New Orleans.

It takes a moment, it takes a little bit of perspective to understand that waves of immigrants have driven what we understand as Southern cuisine and will continue to do that. What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing now is greater numbers. The South was once inhospitable to immigrants, and still they came.

The South is now more hospitable to immigrantsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with a little backslidingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re coming in greater numbers.

And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fear for the end of Southern cuisine. I welcome the evolution of Southern cuisine.

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JTE: I think this is kind of a boom time. I was a contributing editor at Gourmet. It was a good gig. It paid well, better than anybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting paid to write for newspapers or magazines now. When Conde Nast shut down Gourmet, everybody was gnashing their teeth and wringing their hands and worrying about the future. The reality is, dozens of good journals and small magazines have popped up, and the quality of writing on the web has escalated.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening is a real renaissance in food writing.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen a move away from the precious and the chef profiles to more substantive writing about food, and I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really welcome. This is kind of a golden time to write about food. The downside is, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as remunerative as it was. People are building their own thing, gaining equity through effort, instead of working for the man. The end game for all those people is, hopefully, building something of their own thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s valuable, instead of working for someone else. That comes with its own responsibilities, as well as granting its own kind of freedom.

One reason food writing has gotten so good of late is there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one dominant figure like Gourmet dictating what food writing is. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole generation of people who are finding themselves.

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better. The fish and chips, a non-pie special, PIE ME: There are things about Pouch is delicious and extremely well executed.

Savory World of Pies (151 E. Broad St., Are there sweet pies? Sometimes. A 706-395-6696) that would almost make one bourbon-chocolate-pecan pie, available with think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a franchise. The concept (world either real whipped cream or ice cream, is travel through pastry) is cute and well not too sweet and is more than a match for worked out. The menu is full of silly names its savory counterparts. for serious things. The branding is friendly The restaurant is open for lunch, dinner and carried throughout everything. and late night, takes credit cards, has a full Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope we live in a world where such bar and takes recycling seriously, with a bin a fine idea indeed becomes widespread. and instructions for compostable materials.

Dave and Jane Malcher and their daughter, Charmaine Enslin, have done a nice job BRIGHT SPOT: The shopping center behind with their menu of savory pies. The space, Trippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cork and Bottle, at Lexington and formerly Picanteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, has been renovated Gaines School, is not highly trafficked, nicely, with shiny subway tile at the back, a long bar that pours draft beer and cocktails, but it has contained gems in the past.

Lighthouse Seafood Palace (50 Gaines tall tables along the walls and some slightly weird low tables with stools in the middle of School Rd., 706-850-1702), despite its weird name and unassuming atmosphere, the floor. Order and pay at the counter, and is worth going out of your pies will be out your way for. speedily, even when Half store, half thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big crowd. eatery, it offers fresh Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to say seafood for sale and the veggie and fish will steam anything pies are every bit as for you in 20 mingood as the meatier utes while you wait. ones, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re The case of fish, etc. not, and if you are isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a large one, but an omnivore, you the offerings are will fare better. This fresh and include is not to say that the items such as mullet Moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rockin Veggie and whole catfish. (vegetables, apricots, If you sit and keep raisins, chickpeas, your ears open, you couscous) is bad. But may hear a discusitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mushier in both sion about mullet flavor and texture roeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s virtues. The than something like place has two small the Boykie (a South tables, a TV and a African-style pie whole heck of a lot with beef tenderloin of lighthouses but is in a pepper and red Pouch Savory World of Pies perfectly hospitable, wine sauce). should you wish to eat there. More folks The Pietanic (salmon, rice, mushrooms, lemon, dill, egg) is light and almost refresh- seem to get their food to go, and it survives the journey well. ing, but when tasted alongside the Mumpie This is no fried-fish shack. The pro(lamb in Indian curry), it kind of fades into the background. The Dinky Di (ground beef, prietress turns up her nose at the idea.

Instead, if you order a plate of tilapia and gravy, tomato sauce) is a simple, hearty shrimp, you will get a large serving of the little meal, and the Hot Chick (chicken and former and a smaller of the latter, served chorizo in a white wine sauce) gets some over white rice and seasoned with lemon serious zip from the piri-piri hot sauce it pepper and plenty of butter. The low-counalso incorporates, the same stuff that you try boil is far, far better than most versions can grab from a rack of condiments. It starts out like Texas Pete but ends up closer of the same, with crab legs thrown into the mix, high-quality sausage, large and tasty to habanero.

Some pies are oblong, some round; some shrimp, corn and potatoes. Instead of the arrive in little foil tins, and others eliminate ratio tilting toward the starches, the focus is very much on the proteins, which are the need for utensils. I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t figured out cooked perfectly. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not exactly health food yet what determines the shape variations, (more butter!), but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s damn good. but the less wet the pie, the more likely you Lighthouse Seafood is open from noonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 are to be able to avoid the wooden forks p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, takes credit (biodegradable but weird in the mouth) the restaurant uses. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting your order cards and EBT and sells cocktail sauce, batter, etc., if you want to cook your own fish. to go, each pie is packaged in a little paper pouch with a sticker identifying it.

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Contrapunto Concurrent Exhibits Explore Race and Ethnicity in Art

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com “CONTRAPUNTO:” Borrowing its name from the musical term counterpoint—multiple melodic lines harmonically interdependent while simultaneously retaining their individuality—Contrapunto is a group of five professional Latin American visual artists who live and work in or near Atlanta. Brought together by friendship, shared heritage and a determined drive toward their artistic endeavors, the artists seek to expose people to the diversity of Latin artists living in America by organizing group shows in galleries and art centers across the country.

“Contrapunto,” currently on view in the Myers Gallery at Athens Academy, presents the refined, distinct styles of the current members: Mexican abstract painter Jorge

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Arcos, Peruvian abstract surrealist Pedro Fuertes, Peruvian abstract painter Dora Lopez, Venezuelan pop artist Stanley Bermudez and Venezuelan surrealist painter Carlos Solis.

Contrapunto’s founding member, Solis, creates dreamlike narratives that incorporate heavy doses of imagination, mythology and spirituality into otherworldly planes. Many of the Surrealist hallmarks can be found in his works— melting figures, floating entities, clocks and doorways that presumably lead to alternate worlds.

Lopez, who graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Peru and now lives in Marietta, creates pieces that utilize cloth, sand, leaves and newspaper to add dimension to soft, natural tones of peach, honey, olive, teal and amber. Her husband, Fuertes, who also studied at Escuela Nacional, creates abstract works that are similarly textured, yet through paint alone. While some colors are etched with uniform lines, others are splashed, swirled or patterned to appear folded like crumpled metal.

The vibrant, tropical color palette of Bermudez is warmly welcomed in the gallery. His large, contemporary portraits employ a style of alternating bars of color, rather than blending, which creates a mesmerizing op-art illusion. The colorful and curvy abstract paintings of Arcos, who studied at the Escuela Superior de Arte y Dibujo Publicitario in Mexico City and now lives in Austell, also serve as fun, looping images to get lost in.

Part of the group’s philosophy is to help promote and incorporate the work of other emerging or established artists when possible, this time around including pieces by guest artists Alexis Mendoza and Claudia Soria. Mendoza, who was born in Cuba and studied art history at Havana University, now lives in New York City, where he works as an artist, writer, curator and co-founder of the Bronx Latin America Art Biennial.

Soria, who was born in Bolivia and now resides in Charlotte, NC, currently serves as director of ArtSi, Charlotte, an initiative that supports Latin American artists in the area.

“Contrapunto” will remain on display through Friday, Apr. 24.

“AS WE WISH TO BE:” ATHICA’s first exhibition of the year, a solo installation by Atlanta-based artist Bethany Collins, is comprised of two large murals with clusters of handwritten letters appearing like constellations against black chalkboard paint. As part of her language-based “White Noise” series, the letters rearrange to spell messages such as “too white to be black.” Born to a white mother and black father, Collins creates subtle, deeply personal conceptual works that visually deconstruct language to explore the relationships between race and identity.

ATHICA will host “Racial Identity + Art,” a panel discussion held in conjunction with Collins’ exhibit, on Thursday, Feb. 26 from 6:30–8:30 p.m. Panelists include Stanley Bermudez, who in addition to being an artist in Contrapunto, is an art professor at UGA and the University of North Georgia; Valerie Babb, professor of English and director of the Institute for African American Studies at UGA; and Alisha M. Cromwell, a PhD candidate in UGA’s department of history. Local artist and former ATHICA director Hope Hilton will lead “As We Are: A Kids’ Workshop” on Sunday, Mar. 1 from 2:30–4:30 p.m., giving children of all ages an opportunity also to explore themes of identity and acceptance through activities sponsored by Treehouse Kid & Craft and Double Helix.

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Hitler, the Lion and Charlie Brown Varied Theater Fare Awaits Patrons of All Ages in Athens

By Dina Canup arts@flagpole.com 1 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $16, $12 for students, and are available at drama.uga.edu/ box-office or 706-542-4400.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Magic isn’t just for kids, though this show adapted from C.S. Lewis’ classic novel has clear appeal to the younger fans of the Athens-area theater scene and special performances for area schools. Rose of Athens Theatre Director Carole Kaboya hopes “to awaken the inner child we all have within” and appeal to all ages.

Most of us know the story well: Four schoolchildren discover a secret door in a wardrobe, leading to the magical land of Narnia. They conspire with talking animals to overthrow the evil White Witch in hopes that a special lion named Aslan will return to Narnia and set everything to rights. If your inner child has ever hoped to find the right wardrobe that will lead to Narnia, then here’s your chance to visit for an evening.

The cast includes professionals, community members, local students and children. Seasoned actors include Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, for example: Richard Cheney (recently seen in Town and Gown’s Inspecting Carol and in Charlotte’s Web and Twelfth Night with Rose of Athens) and Genevieve Esquivie (a veteran Town & Gowner whose brilliant comic timing is always worth seeing).

Greg Voyles, UGA theater alumnus, should do well as Mr. Tumnus Shannon McCoy as the White Witch (one of them; there are two casts You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Like for most of the roles, with a total of eight young actors playing the Pevensie children), the inhabitants of Narnia, we know these characters: good-hearted but awkward and Shannon McCoy, Athens Tech freshCharlie Brown; his sharp-tongued, slightly man and Rose of Athens veteran, plays sociopathic friend, Lucy, who crushes on the White Witch. Isaac Callahan, a Town the piano-playing Schroeder; Charlie’s dog, & Gown veteran (She Kills Monsters and Snoopy, who dreams of great things; his The Importance of Being Earnest) who plays friend, Linus, with his great imagination Aslan, “has the presence of a king” accordand love for his blanket; his drama queen ing to director Carole Kaboya. Kaboya is a little sister, Lucy, who pines for Linus…

UGA theater alumnus whose recent work they’re like old friends. But it’s a Second in Atlanta has focused more on film and

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Mein Kampf This is a dark, irreverent farce—one that in no way tries to make jokes about genocide or offer simple piein-the-face mockery of a monstrous dictator. Director Del Hamilton (co-founder of 7 Stages Theatre in Atlanta) notes that in 1987, when playwright George Tabori introduced this play, imitations or portrayals of Adolf Hitler were verboten in German-speaking countries. Tabori, a great but lesser-known (in America) German playwright who also wrote best-selling novels and screenplays for the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, was the son of a Holocaust survivor. He’s also the focus of UGA’s International Symposium on George Tabori and the Theatre of the Holocaust, taking place Feb. 26–28, which includes many different presentations and performances in addition to Mein Kampf. See drama.edu. uga/event/tabori.

UGA theater major Myles Haslam (most recently seen as Angel in Town & Gown’s RENT) plays Hitler. The Bible seller, Herzl, is played by UGA theater professor T. Anthony Marotta (who was most recently seen in Rose of Athens’ Santaland Diaries and who directed The Great Gatsby at UGA in November).

Theater majors Julianne Whitehead (who was delightful as Kitty Bennet in last year’s Pride and Prejudice at UGA) and Bryan Perez (who also appeared in RENT and was featured in Next Act’s We Three Queens recently) play Gretchen and Himmlish, with MFA acting students Jessica Moore (Hedda in Hedda Gabler) and Wyatt Geist (Karl/ Steve in Clybourne Park) bringing finely honed skills to the roles of Frau Death and Lobkowitz.

“I am encouraged to bring what I know,” Hamilton says, “throw it at the students, and then see how it goes. We’ve covered many theories and approaches to making live performance since I’ve been coming to Athens, and we’ve put them into practice.

This performance, exploring Brecht’s alienation-effect ideas, is no exception.”

Mein Kampf by George Tabori plays in the Cellar Theatre in the Fine Arts Building on campus Feb. 24–28 at 8 p.m. and Mar.

TV, with some of her best writing and acting showcased in Atlanta’s Darkline Productions’ web series “Bethany” and film shorts “Jerks II” and “The Visit.” She played the role of the White Witch when Rose of Athens last produced this play in 2009, and performed with them throughout all four of her years as a UGA student.

Rose of Athens Theatre presents The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe. It was adapted by Joseph Robinette from the novel by C.S. Lewis. It plays in the SeneyStovall Chapel Feb. 27–28 and Mar. 6–7 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $9.50 for children, $14 for students and $18 for adults and are available at 706-340-9181 or roseofathens. wordpress.com.

Stage show at Town & Gown, so you only get one weekend to see them.

It’s directed by Don Smith, who apparently has performed in every musical Town & Gown has done (with the exception of Evil Dead) since he moved to Athens six years ago after doing theatre in Raleigh, NC for 14 years before that. The musical directors are Rachel Townes and Jonathan Sparks, without whom local musicals would hardly be possible.

The cast reads like a list of T&G musical superstars: Matt Hardy as Charlie Brown, Dustin Ah Kuoi as Snoopy, Rebekah Lee as Lucy, Jonathan Sparks as Schroeder, Drew Doss as Linus and Mackenzie Marr as Sally.

Hardy, Ah Kuoi, Sparks and Lee were all seen recently in the smash hit RENT. In Oklahoma last year, Marr played Ado Annie, Lee played Laurie, and Ah Kuoi played Ali Hakim. Doss, recently moved back to the area, has appeared in many shows at T&G over the years including Company, [title of show] and The Fantasticks. You could hardly ask for a better cast for a show like this one.

If you loved RENT, here’s your chance to see many of your favorite performers, even though this show is nothing like it. Well, it’s about a group of friends, so maybe it’s just like RENT without all the poverty, AIDS, addiction and death. Director Smith says that T&G wanted to do this “feel good” show at this cold time of year; there have been a few more serious plays at T&G this season, and “it’s something that actual kids could go see. We don’t do a lot of shows that can have kids in the audience.”

Crucial word of warning, which proved correct about RENT: This show, with only three performances currently, is almost certain to sell out. Usually you have to get your tickets to Second Stage shows at the door, but this time around they’re selling them in advance via ShowClix as they do for mainstage T&G shows, and they’re selling briskly.

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner is based on the characters created

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Hot Tubs, Live Action & Animation the Short-Film Nominees Have Been Held Over

By Drew Wheeler the other to its length. The Phone Call was HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2 (R) John Cusack isn’t missing out on anything by not return- the purported frontrunner, and it won, with past Academy Award nominee Sally ing for this sequel to the surprisingly funny Hawkins and Academy Award winner Jim 2010 time travel-cum-’80s comedy.

Now a super-rich megastar, Lou Dorchen Broadbent (who is never seen). Hawkins works at a suicide call center; Broadbent (Rob Corddry), finds himself in mortal danger. In a time-travel scenario more com- calls in as a man grieving the loss of his wife. Somewhat predictable, but technically plicated than Terminator, Lou, Nick (Craig solid and beautifully written.

Robinson) and Lou’s son, Jacob (Clark The same can be said for the 39-minute Duke), travel back to the future, where Aya, an Israeli/French joint-venture about they meet Adam Jr. (Adam Scott), the son a young woman (Sarah Adler) acting as the of their absent pal, previously played by assigned driver for a visiting Dane (Ulrich Cusack.

Thomsen, “Banshee”). More playful than The future gags are weak, and the grossThe Phone Call, Aya is strongly written and out jokes lack the wit to make them more funny than disgusting. Corddry is fantastic, acted. Thankfully, the live action shorts especially in the small doses of Adult Swim’s climaxed with the uproarious UK entry, “Childrens Hospital,” but so much Lou is too much Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Corddry. Robinson and Duke, the surprise MVP of almost everything he’s in, do their best with what scraps writer Josh Heald provides them.

Poor Scott is saddled with Cusack’s straight-man role, a position for which he’s far too talented; his drugged-out sequence— complete with fisheye lens—sums up the movie’s poor comic instincts. Even Yep, you’re gonna need Restasis. that dig is a compliment.

Boogaloo & Graham. Filmmakers Michael And forget about female characters. We Lennox and Ronan Blaney are the ones to don’t even get the one token “strong” watch as this sweet story of two boys raiswoman (see Olivia Thirlby in The Wedding ing chickens thanks to their tender dad Ringer). This trip is not worth the time it gave a serious challenge for best short. takes.

These shorts have been held over, plus you can watch the trailers at shorts.tv/ THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2015: theoscarshorts/the-films. Hurrah to Ciné LIVE ACTION (NR) The five live-action shorts for bringing them back: Each is a jewel of a nominated by the Academy were a mixed bag. The compilation opened with Parvaneh, short story. from Switzerland. This bittersweet look at THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2015: European immigration starts heading in ANIMATION (NR) The Academy’s 2015 crop one direction but veers toward another, more pleasant, destination as young Afghan of nominated animated shorts offers a immigrant, Parvaneh (Nissa Kashani), looks strong five films. The first short, Me and My Moulton, opens the compilation with disfor someone who can legally wire money to tinctive wit and personality as a seven-yearher ailing family. old girl pines for a bicycle in 1960s Norway.

On the streets of Zurich, Pari meets a Disney’s entry, Feast, is the frontrunner, punkish young Swiss girl, Emily (Brigitte which proved accurate and should surprise Beyeler), who exceeds everyone’s expectano one. It’s a charming effort, whose directions. Iranian-Swiss filmmaker Talkhon tor, Patrick Osborne, will probably get a Hamzavi and her work certainly deserve shot at a feature very soon. Feast tells the this nomination. tale of a couple’s life via the food fed his The magnetic second entry, Butter Lamp incredibly cute dog, Winston.

(La Lampe au Beurre de Yak), would be my Daisy Jacobs’s The Bigger Picture is a pick to win. Framed like a photograph, technical marvel. She uses two-meter high Butter Lamp opens shutters on the world of nomadic Tibetans and the traveling photog- painted characters on full-size sets to tell a rapher who captures them before backdrops rather bleak story about two sons and their dying mother. from faraway, fantasy lands like Disney The longest nominee, The Dam Keeper, World and the beach. One old “grandwears its Studio Ghibli influences well. mother” cannot take her eyes off revered Potala Palace, despite the ministrations of a Gorgeous and thoughtful, it deals with motor-scooter driving mayor. The final shot darkness, bullying and friendship. Its over 8000 paintings are a wonder to behold. is expected, satisfying and revelatory. What The final nominee, A Single Life, telea tremendous bit of short filmmaking from graphs its amiable gimmick but still earns Wei Hu! its laughs. An additional five Highly The next two entries are the supposed Commended shorts round out the set. f highlights, one due to its familiar actors,

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Sushi

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Seabear Oyster Bar

297 Prince Ave., Ste. 10 • 706-850-4367

There was a niche waiting in Bottleworks for somebody who knows what to do with the best oysters from all over and just the right libations to chase them with. Seabear has nailed it!

Runner Up

Pouch Savory World of Pies 151 E. Broad St. • 706-395-6696

Italian Winner

DePalma’s Italian Cafe

American Winner

Clocked!

259 W. Washington St. • 706-548-9175

Clocked! is famous for fast food that tastes like it is slow-cooked gourmet. Take their tater tots—please—as a fine example. Add a burger and a salad, and you’ll understand.

Runner Up

Trappeze Pub 269 W. Washington St. • 706-543-8997

Asian

401 E. Broad St. • 706-354-6966 1965 Barnett Shoals Rd. • 706-369-0085 2080 Timothy Rd. • 706-552-1237

Winner

At all three locations you expect freshly made Italian food, including the salads, desserts and drinks that punctuate it perfectly, in comfortably elegant surroundings, and DePalma’s exceeds your expectations every time, every place.

367 Prince Ave. • 706-548-7667 1040 Gaines School Rd. • 706-850-3500

Siri Thai Cuisine

Siri Thai’s menu is a well illustrated book, featuring many pages of items, all with careful attention to taste and presentation.

Runner Up

Runner Up

La Dolce Vita

Thai Spoon

323 E. Broad St. • 706-353-3911

149 N. Lumpkin St. • 706-548-9222

Shokitini

251 W. Clayton St. • 706-353-7933

Like it raw? Shokitini’s got you covered, with some of the freshest rolls in town, plus creative, delicious nibbles from the kitchen for the less adventurous. Great cocktails, too— and karaoke!

Runner Up

Utage Athens Sushi Bar 440 E Clayton St. • 706-227-9339

Mexican/Latin American Winner

Cali-N-Tito’s

427 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-227-9979

Bruno Rubio’s flagship resto is a winner for its Latin fare, including yummy sandwiches and Peruvian favorites like Lomo Saltado (basically fajitas with French fries). And don’t get us started on that divine pink sauce.

Runner Up (Tie)

Agua Linda Mexican Restaurant & Cantina 2080 Timothy Rd. • 706-543-0154 1376 Prince Ave. • 706-543-1500

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BBQ Winner

Pulaski Heights BBQ

675 Pulaski St. Suite 100 • 706-583-9600

Chef Chuck Ramsey took the concept of Southern BBQ and added hip, in-town flair without losing any of that delicious, authentic flavor. Chicken, pork, ribs and brisket are available on plates, sandwiches and salads or by the pound.

Runner Up

White Tiger Gourmet 217 Hiawasee Ave. • 706-353-6847

Bakery Winner

Independent Baking Co. 1625 South Lumpkin St. • 706-850-3550

Independent shows us what bread can be when it is made nearby with fresh ingredients by people who know and care about bread.

Runner Up

Ike and Jane 1307 Prince Ave. • 706-850-1580

Downhome/Southern Winner

Mama’s Boy

197 Oak St. • 706-548-6249

Mama’s Boy knows how to ply you with Southern comfort food and make you feel like you’re right back down home.

Runner Up

Weaver D’s Fine Food 1016 E. Broad St. • 706-353-7797

Local Coffee House

Fries

Winner

Winner

1860 Barnett Shoals Rd. • 706-354-8000 1480 Baxter St. • 706-548-1099 1230 S. Milledge Ave. • 706-208-1979 425 Barber St. • 706-227-2161 297 E. Broad St. • 706-613-7449 1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy. • 706-354-8900

269 W. Washington St. • 706-543-8997

Jittery Joe’s Coffee

The coffee is just as good at every location, but each place has its own ambiance and fits into its own neighborhood just so.

Runner Up

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 237 Prince Ave. • 706-353-3050

Local Pizza Winner

Ted’s Most Best

254 W. Washington St. • 706-543-1523

Thin crust, just enough choices of toppings and salads, bottled or draft, indoors or out, a dessert case that makes you want to break through the glass: What’s not to like?

Runner Up

Little Italy 125 N. Lumpkin St. • 706-613-7100

Local Burger Winner

Clocked!

Trappeze Pub

Trappeze is known for its beer list, but you’re gonna need something to sop up the suds. Their Belgian fries or sweet potato fries are hot, crispy and come with your choice of sauce. Drool away.

Runner Up

The Grill 171 College Ave. • 706-543-4770

Burrito Winner

Barberitos Southwestern Grille and Cantina 259 E. Clayton St. • 706-549-9008 1860 Barnett Shoals Rd. • 706-549-9954 1880 Epps Bridge Rd. • 706-354-0300 1739 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-548-1866

Roll your own with ingredients fresh daily—rice, beans, pico de gallo, cheese, chicken, steak, turkey or tofu; flour, wheat, chipotle or spinach—and you can’t go wrong.

Runner Up

Taco Stand 2230 Barnett Shoals Rd. • 706-549-5481 247 E. Broad St. • 706-549-1446 670 N. Milledge Ave. • 706-549-2894

Taco

259 W. Washington St. • 706-548-9175

Winner

Local burger may be the toughest call of all, and Clocked! is always the team to beat. Cooked fresh to order, organic, no additives except taste.

334 Prince Ave. • 706-353-3890

Runner Up

Grindhouse Killer Burgers 1553 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-612-9327

Taqueria del Sol

Was it the Memphis, the Brisket, the Fried Chicken, the Carnita, the Fish or the Veggie that pushed Taqueria del Sol into the top taco spot? (Answer: All of the above.)

Independent Baking Co.

CD Skehan

Bakery Winner

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Taco Stand

Ice Cream/ Frozen Yogurt

Lunch

Winner

Winner

196 Alps Rd • 706-208-7223 1860 Barnett Shoals Rd. • 706-850-8336

1280 Prince Ave. • 706-543-3541

Menchie’s

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Steak

Everybody loves fro-yo, and Menchie’s is the local spot that delivers the goods. Pile on the toppings, or keep it simple; either way, you’ll leave happy.

Winner

Porterhouse Grill

Marti’s at Midday

Marti’s is the go-to joint for hospital workers and other nearby pros on their break, and for good reason; the homemade salads, sandwiches and sides are some of the best in town.

Runner Up

Runner Up

459 E. Broad St. • 706-369-0990

Ben and Jerry’s Scoop Shop

The Last Resort Grill

If it’s a fancy steak dinner you’re after, there’s no better place than this beloved downtown standby. The affordable weekend brunch buffet is a hit, too.

105 College Ave. • 706-208-0031

184 W. Clayton St. • 706-549-0810

Runner Up

Buffet

Brunch

Winner

Winner

131 E. Broad St. • 706-559-0000

197 Oak St. • 706-548-6249

Taste of India

The Branded Butcher 225 N. Lumpkin St. • 706-850-5152

Seafood

The Taste of India buffet is a cornucopia of tastes and textures, with no waiting. Fill your plate with delicacies

Winner

Seabear Oyster Bar

297 Prince Ave., Ste. 10 • 706-850-4367

Yes, as crazy good as they are, it’s not just about the oysters. There’s also minilobster roll, crab Louie salad, clam chowder (a meal in itself), crab and shrimp cakes, steamed PEI mussels, etc. A new favorite.

Mama’s Boy

If you have ever seen the crowds waiting patiently for weekend brunch at Mama’s Boy, you know they’re a favorite, and once you eat that brunch, you know why, and you join the crowd.

Ted’s Most Best

Runner Up

Local Pizza Winner Kid-Friendly Local Restaurant Winner Outdoor Dining Winner

815 N. Chase St. • 706-354-7901

Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market

Late Night Winner

The Grill

Runner Up

Marker 7 Coastal Grill 1195 S. Milledge Ave. • 706-3451

171 College Ave. • 706-543-4770

To be at The Grill with the munchies late at night is the very essence of Athens, and the menu reads like poetry: fresh cut fries with feta cheese dressing, handmade shakes, fresh-ground chuck, never frozen, made into a triple cheeseburger, a BLT, even a Sunburger. It’s all good.

Wings Winner

Amici

233 E Clayton St. • 706-353-0000

They’ve got pizza and sandwiches on the menu, too, but the wings are where it’s at: juicy, crispy, with your choice of sauce. Yum.

Runner Up

The World Famous 351 N. Hull St. • 706-543-4002

Runner Up

Locos Grill and Pub

Date Night

1985 Barnett Shoals Rd. · 706-208-0911 2020 Timothy Rd. · 706-549-7700

Winner

The National

Vegetarian Options

232 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-549-3450

Winner

The Grit

If your date takes you to The National, you know immediately that she wants to impress you. If you are not impressed, she should drop you immediately, because the food is delicious and inventive, and the surroundings are Athens-elegant.

199 Prince Ave. • 706-543-6592

After 25 years in its familiar spot on Prince Avenue, the Grit is obviously doing something right—a lot, actually—from the daily specials, to the menu filled with old favorites, to the desserts carefully made by hand.

Runner Up

The Last Resort Grill 184 W. Clayton St. • 706-549-0810

Runner Up

The National

Meal for a Deal

232 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-549-3450

Winner

Winner

Big City Bread Cafe

Taco Stand

CD Skehan

Sandwich

393 N. Finley St. • 706-353-0029

If you’ve got it, flaunt it. That good bread just happens to make good sandwiches, because Big City Bread has a lot of good ingredients to go inside.

Runner Up

Marti’s at Midday 1280 Prince Ave. • 706-543-3541

Dessert Winner

The Last Resort

184 W. Clayton St. • 706-549-0810

The first thing you see is the famous dessert case that makes your mouth water before your table is even ready. Of course it’s the winner!

2230 Barnett Shoals Rd. • 706-549-5481 247 E. Broad St. • 706-549-1446 670 N. Milledge Ave. • 706-549-2894

and then fill it again. It’s a great way to sample this exotic cuisine.

Runner Up

Hibachi Grill Supreme Buffet 2020 Barnett Shoals Rd. • 706-546-8777

Breakfast Winner

Mama’s Boy

197 Oak St. • 706-548-6249

The Mill Town breakfast plate will get your day off to a start with a couple of eggs, cheese grits, thick-cut bacon and a really big buttermilk biscuit. There’s also a very generous tofu stir fry or salmon cakes Benedict, not to mention a low-calorie breakfast if you swing that way.

Runner Up

Runner Up

The Grit

Big City Bread Cafe

199 Prince Ave. • 706-543-6592

393 N. Finley St. • 706-353-0029

The Taco Stand has always been an affordable place to eat, but it’s the popularity of the standbys that keeps people coming back: the burritos, the tacos, the veggie chili, the quesadillas.

Runner Up

Little Italy 125 N. Lumpkin St. • 706-613-7100

Special Occasion Winner

The National

232 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-549-3450

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Runner Up

Runner Up

Runner Up

Seabear Oyster Bar

Daniel Ray at The Old Pal

297 Prince Ave., Ste. 10 • 706-850-4367

1320 Prince Ave. • 706-850-4340

Restaurant That’s Worth a Short Drive (20 miles or less)

Five & Ten 1073 S. Milledge Ave. • 706-546-7300

Winner

Chops and Hops

Kid-Friendly Local Restaurant Winner

Ted’s Most Best

2 South Main St., Watkinsville • 706-310-1101

254 W. Washington St. • 706-543-1523

Kids love Ted’s, so parents do, too. What kid wouldn’t love Ted’s pizza? But, after all, the pizza is secondary to the bocce court sandbox with room for all.

And well worth the short drive, too. Chops and Hops has it all for a complete dining experience for everybody in your group.

Specialty Drinks Winner

Highwire Lounge

269 N. Hull St. • 706-543-8997

Trappeze’s homey sister establishment focuses on the hard stuff done right: Terrific designer cocktails and an extensive whiskey list will keep you and your friends coming back.

Runner Up

The Old Pal Bar

Wonder Bar

Runner Up

1320 Prince Ave. • 706-850-4340

Place to Play Games Winner

Cali-N-Tito’s

Margarita

427 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-227-9979

Winner

Agua Linda Mexican Restaurant & Cantina

Outdoor Dining Winner

Ted’s Most Best

1376 Prince Ave. • 706-543-1500 2080 Timothy Rd. • 706-543-0154

254 W. Washington St. • 706-543-1523

Ah, to be outside at Ted’s with your delicious pizza coming and your draft beer right in front of you, surrounded by good friends and warm sunshine. Everything tastes better outside.

Sometimes you just need a big, frosty ‘rita to go with that queso, and by “sometimes,” we mean “every time.” Agua Linda serves ‘em up right, frozen or rocks.

Runner Up

Taqueria Del Sol

Runner Up

Cali-N-Tito’s

334 Prince Ave. • 706-353-3890

427 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-227-9979

Bloody Mary

Take Out

Winner

Allgood Lounge

Winner

Siri Thai Cuisine

256 E. Clayton St. • 706-549-0166

Need a reviver after a night out? Pick up right where you left off with one from this Clayton Street watering hole’s build your own Bloody Mary bar.

367 Prince Ave. • 706-548-7667 1040 Gaines School Rd. • 706-850-3500

There’s takeout, and then there’s Siri Thai Cusine, just about the most elegant and tasty takeout imaginable. Just don’t take it so far that the spring rolls cool off or you have to reheat the Massaman chicken curry.

Runner Up

Five Bar 269 N. Hull St. • 706-543-5515

Runner Up

Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express

Beer Selection

1055 Gaines School Rd. • 706-543-8888

Winner

Trappeze Pub

Catering

269 W. Washington St. • 706-543-8997

Winner

1072 Baxter St. • 706-206-9216

The Trappeze beer book is an encyclopedia of tastes and styles, and the staff will knowledgeably guide you through your selection and let you taste your way to the perfectly crafted brew for you.

CD Skehan

Home.made Catering

Modern, classic, Southern, aka “culinary school grandma”—approachable, thoughtful, creative and delicious. Fried tomato pie with grits ice cream, anybody? Fried pickled okra? All the traditional foods, too, of course.

Runner Up

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Runner Up

The Savory Spoon

Blue Sky

705 Sycamore St., Jefferson • 706-367-5721

128 College Ave. • 706-543-1433

Epting Events

Uniquely Athens Restaurant

Wine Selection

eptingevents.com • 706-353-1913

Winner

Winner

199 Prince Ave. • 706-543-6592

232 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-549-3450

Chef Winner

Peter Dale at The National 232 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-549-3450

He’s not a star; his restaurant is, and you’ll find his sure touch making everything about the dining experience more enjoyable and reliable.

Runner Up

Hugh Acheson at Five & Ten 1073 S. Milledge Ave. • 706-546-7300

The Grit

The Grit is like your favorite pair of jeans, like a down comforter on a cold night, like a familiar face in a crowd, like the song that keeps playing in your head, like home.

Runner Up

Last Resort Grill

Five and Ten

184 W. Clayton St. • 706-549-0810

1073 S. Milledge Ave. • 706-546-7300

Bars Bartender

Winner

Winner

225 N. Lumpkin St. • 706-850-5152

The Butcher puts out some of the most well thoughtout plates in town. The charcuterie list is where things get adventurous—more head cheese, please!

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You can hardly go wrong, because all your choices have been pre-selected for your enjoyment and paired with the menu and your pocketbook.

Runner Up

Restaurant for Adventurous Eaters

The Branded Butcher

The National

Bain Mattox at Normal Bar 1365 Prince Ave. • 706-548-6186

He’s got his finger on the pulse of the Normaltown scene, and he knows exactly what you want to drink. Craft cocktails and cold drafts, served with a smile.

Place to Dance Winner

Little Kings Shuffle Club 223 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-369-3144

When the DJ starts up in the corner and the music mixes with the tasty drinks and your friends push closer, only the Tin Man wouldn’t feel the urge to shuffle.

Runner Up

9d’s 400 Clayton St. • 706-254-3998

Place to Play Games Winner

Wonder Bar

240 E. Washington St.

cavernous interior and rooftop patio are a perfect fit for dancin’ and drinkin’ the night away.

Place to Meet Someone You Would Not Bring Home to Mom Winner

Runner Up

Max

Boar’s Head Lounge 260 E. Washington St. • 706-369-3040

Play old-school arcade games and newer fare alike— while you imbibe!—at this cozy, creative hideaway.

243 W. Washington St. • 706-254-3392

Mom might not like somebody you meet here, but, given the chance, she’d probably like Max.

Runner Up

Hi-Lo Lounge

Runner Up

Sister Louisa’s Church

1354 Prince Avenue • hiloathens.com

254 W. Clayton St. • 706-850-3668

Happy Hour

Place to Meet Your Future Spouse

Winner

Normal Bar

Winner

Normal Bar

1365 Prince Ave. • 706-548-6186

The young professionals gather on Prince Avenue after work every day of the week to unwind with some darts and a glass of something or another. Join ‘em, won’t you?

1365 Prince Ave. • 706-548-6186

It’s not a meat market. The music isn’t too blaring. It’s just a great place in Normaltown to grab a drink and strike up a conversation with the guy or gal sitting next to you and start planning your proposal.

Runner Up

Seabear Oyster Bar 297 Prince Ave., Ste. 10 • 706-850-4367

Runner Up (Tie)

Trivia

The Globe 199 N. Lumpkin St. • 706-353-4721

Winner

Hi-Lo Lounge

Allgood Lounge 256 E. Clayton St. • 706-549-0166

1354 Prince Ave. • hiloathens.com

Place to Watch the Dawgs Play

Test your skills every Tuesday. Play for bragging rights, or make it interesting. Plus, a rare chance to go to the bar and walk away smarter than before!

Winner

Georgia Theatre

Runner Up

Blind Pig Tavern

215 N. Lumpkin St. • 706-850-7670

Once you’ve seen the Dawgs on the big screen with your favorite libation in hand and surrounded by friends and fellow fans with the temperature just right, you’ll never go back to the stadium.

485 Baldwin St. • 706-548-3442 2440 W. Broad St. • 706-208-7979

Karaoke Winner

Hi-Lo Lounge

Runner Up

Loco’s Grill and Pub

1354 Prince Ave. • hiloathens.com

“The King” does his thing most Wednesdays at the Normaltown hotspot. Grab some pals and sing along.

1985 Barnett Shoals Rd. · 706-208-0911 2020 Timothy Rd. · 706-549-7700

Runner Up

Shokitini

Uniquely Athens Bar

251 W. Clayton St. • 706-353-7933

Winner

The Manhattan Café

College Bar

It’s not just for college kids, but youngsters make up the majority of the crowd at this downtown spot. The

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256 E. Clayton St. • 706-549-0166

Indoors and out, you want to head for the Manhattan any time you need reinforcement for your conviction that this is the best town in the world, and this is where you should be.

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Allgood Lounge

337 N. Hull St. • 706-369-9767

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Runner Up

The World Famous 351 N. Hull St. • 706-543-4002

Retail Naughty Business Winner

Sexy Suz

4124 Atlanta Hwy. • 678-661-0700

Who says naughty can’t be nice? Let Suz help you get what you need to get what you want at this everything adult establishment.

Runner Up

Elations 4100 Lexington Rd. • 706-552-1492

Store to Buy a Gift for Her Winner

Native America Gallery Hi-Lo Lounge CD Skehan

Trivia Winner Karaoke Winner Place to Play Games Runner Up

195 E. Clayton St. • 706-543-8425

There’s a gift in here for her, whoever she may be, and you’ll enjoy looking around, too.

Runner Up

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Store to Buy a Gift for Him

Urban Sanctuary Spa Winner

Winner

Masada Leather and Outdoor 238 E. Clayton St. • 706-546-5014

Masada has it all, whatever he wears, backed up by 40 years of experience in providing just the right look and fit.

Runner Up

Avid Bookshop 493 Prince Ave. • 706-352-2060

Local Clothing Boutique Winner

Community

119 N. Jackson St. • 706-316-2067

Handmade locally for a uniquely Athens look every time: Community is one of those places you can’t find anywhere else.

Runner Up

Cheeky Peach CD Skehan

160 W. Clayton St. • 706-353-1322

Place to Buy Local Art Winner

Frontier

193 E. Clayton St. • 706-369-8079

The whole store is a work of art and the perfect environment to find wearable, useable, lookable creations crafted by local artists.

Runner Up

Aurum Studios 125 E. Clayton St. • 706-546-8826

Place to See Local Art Winner

ATHICA

Place to Buy Wine

Uniquely Athens Store

Winner

Winner

Five Points Bottle Shop 1655 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-543-6989 3685 Atlanta Hwy. • 706-316-2337

A great selection curated by knowledgeable folks who’re always ready to help you find just the right bottle, if you know what you want and if you don’t.

Runner Up

Avid Bookshop

675 Pulaski St., #400 • 706-208-0010

493 Prince Ave. • 706-352-2060

Place to Buy Beer Winner

293 Hoyt St. • 706-613-3623

Thrift/Vintage Store Winner

Atomic (Agora Co-op) 260 W. Clayton St. • 706-316-0130

Atomic (formerly Agora Co-op) is one of those places you drop by regularly, because sooner or later you find just what you’re looking for and at the right place and not available anywhere else.

Runner Up

Pope on Prince 523-1/2 Prince Ave. • 706-765-4689

Atomic (formerly Agora Co-op) is the kind of place that is recreation just as much as shopping, because it’s so much fun just to drop in and look around, whether you need something or not.

Shiraz Fine Wine and Gourmet

You’ll never be bored at the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, our local, independent, nonprofit gallery, where the cutting edge is the norm.

Lyndon House Arts Center

260 W. Clayton St. • 706-316-0130

Runner Up

160 Tracy St. • 706-208-1613

Runner Up

Atomic (Agora Co-op)

Five Points Bottle Shop

1655 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-543-6989 3685 Atlanta Hwy. • 706-316-2337

A keg, a case, a growler or a carton— you can always find what you’re looking for or discover an entirely new beer that you didn’t know would become your new favorite.

Music Recording Studio Winner

Chase Park Transduction 160 Winston Dr. • 706-227-0680

David Barbe and his crack staff of engineers are known for their abilities and their professionalism; there’s a reason they’re a perennial Athens Favorite.

Runner Up

Runner Up

J’s Bottle Shop

The Glow Recording Studio

1452 Prince Ave. • 706-353-8881

www.theglowrecordingstudio.com • 706-347-3323

Live Music Venue (Less than 200 Capacity) Winner

Caledonia Lounge

256 W. Clayton St. • 706-549-5577

The jams are loud, the bartender’s friendly, and the door guy don’t take no guff: The Caledonia’s the no-frills place to get down and dirty.

Runner Up

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 237 Prince Ave. • 706-353-3050

Live Music Venue (200+ Capacity) Winner

Georgia Theatre

215 N. Lumpkin St. • 706-850-7670

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A recent remodel brought the historic Theatre to state-of-the-art level in more ways than one. It doesn’t hurt that their concert calendar’s on the cutting edge, either.

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Runner Up

40 Watt Club 285 W. Washington St. • 706-549-7871

Pets & Kids Vet Clinic Winner

Boulevard Animal Hospital 298 Prince Ave. • 706-425-5099

They can take care of your pet and calm you down, too, because they know animals of all sizes and are there to help—and they’re in town, too, right where you need them.

Runner Up (tie)

Good Hands Veterinary Hospital

Runner Up

Runner Up

Graduate Athens

Model Citizen

295 E. Dougherty St. • 706-623-0296

497 Prince Ave. • 706-543-3656

Photography Studio

Stylist

Winner

Winner (3 Way Tie)

585 White Circle • 706-227-3777

312 E. Broad St. • 706-208-5222

Zoomworks

Lyric Bellotte at Republic Salon

Zoomworks makes things stand out, and everybody looks better through their lenses, whether in an individual portrait or at a wedding party.

Lyric is no stranger to winning. She and her salon, Republic, have been chosen as Athens Favorites several times before. She earns her votes one style at a time.

Matt Wheeler at Emporium Hair and Color Salon

2391 Daniels Bridge Rd. • 706-613-1880

Hope Animal Medical Center 1150 Mitchell Bridge Rd. • 706-546-7879

Pet Groomer Winner

The Dawg House Grooming and Gifts

187 Lumpkin St. • 706-546-7598

A previous Favorites winner, Matt is credited for styling Kishi Bashi’s fauxhawk when he’s in town.

2095 Milledge Ave. • 706-355-9911

Shayne McBride at Model Citizen

Here’s the place to get Fido cleaned up and ready for his close-up. He deserves it, and so do you.

Runner Up

Julieanne Canton at Good Hands Veterinary Hospital

497 Prince Ave. • 706-543-3656

Co-Owner of Model Citizen, Shayne is new to the winner’s circle but not to the local hair scene. She’s been styling for over 10 years!

2391 Daniels Bridge Rd. • 706-613-1880

Place to take Kids on a Rainy Day

Massage Therapist

Winner

Athens-Clarke County Library

Winner

Kimberly Anderson

270 Hawthorne Ave. Suite C • 706-612-4121

Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports, Reflexology, Cranial Sacral, Prenatal and Geriatric: Kimberly does it all, and you feel better.

2025 Baxter St. • 706-613-3650

Rain or shine, it’s a great place for kids and everybody else, but when the weather is bad, the library is always an interesting friend to turn a dismal day into a fun experience.

Runner Up

Amy Bramblett at Advanced Massage Therapies

Runner Up

Sandy Creek Nature Center

1363 S. Milledge Ave. • 706-369-7595

205 Old Commerce Rd. • 706-613-3615

Tattoo Studio

Kids’ Classes: Movement

Winner

Pain and Wonder Tattoo Studio

Winner

Canopy Studio

160 Tracy St. • 706-549-8501

Canopy’s classes bring so much fun that kids hardly notice they’re building strength, gaining confidence and learning teamwork.

Dance FX 396 Foundry St. • 706-355-3078

Treehouse Kid and Craft

CD Skehan

Runner Up

285 W. Washington St. • 706-208-9588

Kids’ Classes: Creative Winner

Treehouse Kid and Craft

Kids’ Classes: Creative Winner

Thrasher Photo and Design

Spa

thrasherdesign.com • 706-380-7778

Winner

Florist

Treehouse is a treasure-trove of interesting and innovative things for children to learn, involving their minds, their hands and their enjoyment.

Winner

Good Dirt 485 Macon Hwy. • 706-355-3161

Services

Always Always Flowers 1091 Baxter St. • 706-227-0805

It’s always Always Always when you want to decorate or show affection with a fragrant, colorful display.

Runner Up

Flowerland 823 Prince Ave. • 706-549-1884

Hotel

Hair Salon

Winner

Winner

500 College Ave. • 706-546-0430

312 E. Broad St. • 706-208-5222

Hotel Indigo

Hotel Indigo picked up on the Athens vibe from the beginning and has made itself into an integral part of the downtown scene through comfort, convenience and conviviality.

Runner Up

Walk the Line Tattoo Co. 364 E. Broad St. • 706-369-9424

Runner Up

815 W. Broad St. • 706-850-8226

Runner Up

Artists working under the strictest conditions of professionalism—that explains why Pain and Wonder is a consistent winner.

Republic Salon

From the decor and professionalism of this downtown upstairs space, you could be in New York City, but by the time they’re through, you know for sure that that only Athens could be this friendly and comfortable.

Urban Sanctuary Spa 810 N. Chase St. • 706-613-3947

Truly a sanctuary for men and women, as well as couples, the space is tranquil and serene restoring the spirit as well as the body.

Runner Up

The Spa at Graduate Athens 295 E. Dougherty St. • 706-623-0296

Fitness Instructor Winner

Tania Yelton, Zumba Instructor at Chase St. Yoga 750 N. Chase St. • 706-206-0026

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Runner Up

Connie Popwell at Pure Barre Athens 191 Alps Rd. • 706-850-4000

Place to Get Fit Winner

Pure Barre Athens 191 Alps Rd. • 706-850-4000

Where exercise is fun, and everybody is capable of rocking the classes because it’s natural, and though it can be challenging, it is always enjoyable.

Runner Up

YMCA Athens 915 Hawthorne Ave. • 706-543-6596

Adult Classes: Movement Winner

Canopy Studio

160-6 Tracy St. • 706-549-8501

Definitely something different that not only makes movement fun but also gives a great sense of accomplishment while gently building strength. Positively addictive!

Runner Up

Pure Barre Athens 191 Alps Rd. • 706-850-4000

Adult Classes: Creative Winner

Good Dirt

485 Macon Hwy. • 706-355-3161

Good Dirt offers that rare experience of a non-competitive but totally absorbing pursuit that builds skills and leads to useful results. Reconnect with the earth!

Runner Up

Double Dutch Press

Electrician Winner

Blue Moon Electric

bluemoonelectricathens.com • 678-907-5945

If it carries current, Blue Moon can install it and service it, whether you’re remodeling, adding on, replacing fuse panels or have a problem and need a troubleshooting expert.

Runner Up

Atomic Electric hotelescobar@gmail.com • 706-202-2296

HVAC

Runner Up

Daniel Peiken dpeiken@hotmail.com • 706-296-2941

Local Business Winner

Avid Bookshop

493 Prince Ave. • 706-352-2060

For those of us old-fashioned types who still like to read on paper, there’s only one game in town. Avid is locally owned with a friendly staff and regular book-signings. If they don’t have it, they can get it.

Winner

Runner Up

Stiles Heating and Cooling

Daily Groceries Co-op 523 Prince Ave. • 706-548-1732

Stuff Around Town

140 Ben Burton Rd. • 706-410-1031

Even the day after an ice storm, when the phone lines are burning up, they’ll come fix your furnace so you don’t freeze to death. Now that’s customer service!

Runner Up

Superior Air Management 230 Floyd Drive • 706-543-2141

Lawyer to Get You Out of a Jam Winner

Jeff Rothman

150 E. Washington St., Ste. B • 706-621-5166

A lawyer is by definition somebody to get you out of a jam, so if Jeff comes to mind most often, he must be really good at it.

Runner Up

Colin Moriarty 2405 W. Broad St., Ste. 250 • 706-543-7700

1377 Prince Ave. • 706-546-0994

Car Repair Shop Winner

Nonprofit/Charity Winner

Project Safe

www.project-safe.org • 706-549-0922

Domestic violence, sadly, has been in the news a lot lately, but it’s not a new phenomenon. Project Safe has been fighting the good fight on behalf of battered women for more than 10 years.

Runner Up

Nuçi’s Space 396 Oconee St. • 706-227-1515

Festival/Event Winner

AthFest: Music,

Auto Tech of Athens

170 Coile Dr. • 706-549-3316

Festival

An automobile repair shop you can trust on quality and price is one of those necessities of modern life, and through those attributes, Auto Tech of Athens has built a loyal following.

www.athfest.com

Runner Up

Five Star Automotive 530 Macon Hwy. • 706-353-0059

Car Dealership Winner

Phil Hughes Honda

3200 Atlanta Hwy. • 706-549-3530

These guys—there is something different about them.

They’re on your side. Sure, they make money selling cars, but it’s like they realize that if they’re watching out for you, they’re going to come out on top, too. And they did.

Runner Up

Heyward Allen Toyota 2910 Atlanta Hwy. • 706-549-7002

Plumber Winner

Carson Plumbing

259 Wynburn Ave. • 706-548-3397

Leaking pipes? Brown water bubbling up in your yard?

You see the big, tan, work trucks all over town, and there’s a reason. They’ve been helping out Athens homeowners since 1982.

Runner Up

Big Brown Plumbing bigbrownplumbing@gmail.com • 706-714-2381

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Bank Winner

Athens First Bank and Trust

New festivals keep popping up in Athens, but AthFest is the granddaddy of them all and still the biggest showcase for local music, not to mention the artist’s market, food trucks, film fest and kids’ activities.

Runner Up

Twilight Criterium www.athenstwilight.com

150 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-357-7000

Friendly service from local folks always makes you feel that your needs come first; that’s something you come to appreciate when you walk into your bank.

Runner Up

First American 300 College Ave. • 706-354-5000

Realtor Winner

Cord Sibilsky 2405 W. Broad St. • 706-543-4000

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How I Spent My GRAMMY Vacation

By Michelle Davis music@flagpole.com

My

love for copyright policy finally paid off in a big way. As one of five finalists in the GRAMMY Foundation Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition, I won an all-expense paid trip to this year’s Grammy ceremony in Los Angeles. It’s basically the coolest thing you can possibly do as a law student, and maybe the least cool way to get to the Grammys. So I found myself in Los Angeles for the first time ever, with a folder full of VIP passes and a star-studded itinerary.

Day One

Springsteen and Neil Young closed the night. The star power on that stage outshone the Grammys by a mile.

Day Two I had a little time to explore L.A. Saturday morning, but by 3 p.m. it was time to gown up again for the Grammy Special Merit Awards & Nominees Reception at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. This is where the winners of Lifetime Achievement Awards are formally recognized, among other recipients. It was an emotional evening; many

I didn’t see any super-famous celebs there, although one of the other ELI students spotted Miranda Lambert and hubs Blake Shelton. My guess is most of the pop stars were partying at the exclusive Clive Davis pre-party. I think it’s safe to say that not all Grammy nominees are treated equally.

Day Three The big day. Although we could have easily walked to the Staples Center from our hotel, we were told that our means

The festivities began on Friday with the ELI Luncheon, where my four cohorts and I were awarded our scholarships. We were treated to a taste of red carpet glamor, complete with paparazzi-style photography. I kept secretly thinking that the cameras were fake, and it was all just a ploy to make us feel more important than we were.

Friday evening brought us to the MusiCares benefit honoring Bob Dylan at the L.A. Convention Center. This was the concert where Dylan gave his monumental acceptance speech that recently made the rounds on music blogs and social media. I was told that the majority of attendees at this massive event were “super-rich Bob Dylan fans.”

Before dinner, there was a silent auction filled with rock memorabilia, artwork and various luxury items. I couldn’t afford the lowest bid on any of the items, so I just circled around looking for celebrities, but I only spotted one: comedian Richard Lewis. Womp womp.

The real stars were seated in the ballroom. Before taking a seat at my table in the very back of the venue, I did a little walk around the floor, pretending to look for a friend. Jeff Bridges brushed my shoulder on the way to his seat. Willie Nelson was chatting with friends, wearing a puffy silver jacket. Jack White was there, looking pale and stoic. My ELI friend spotted Gaga and Tony Bennett strutting through the door, but I was too distracted by the sight of Ringo Starr eating a salad. Neat!

There was a live auction before the event, as well, including a Lexus and a tropical cruise. I nearly The GRAMMY Foundation Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition finalists (the author is on the right). choked on my Bob Dylan chocolate when someone of the performers were of arrival determined whether or not we got to walk the red dropped $110,000 on some honored posthumously, carpet. So instead of arriving by foot, we took an Uber to Dylan memorabilia. By the such as George Harrison another hotel farther away, so we could board the Grammy end of the night, MusiCares and the Louvin Brothers. shuttle. raised a record $7 million.

Barry Gibb accepted the Bee We were funneled into the red carpet area—basically I thought back to all the Gees’ award on behalf of his a big, long tent, divided in half by a velvet rope and some Nuçi’s Space benefits I’ve brothers. windowed partitions. It felt exactly like visiting a crowded attended or participated in, After the awards were zoo. The nobody attendees (like us) slowly proceeded down trying to get people to throw handed out, we were the carpet, peering over the rope to see what celebrities $5 in a jar or hand over $100 paraded into a large recepwere on the other side. (I spotted Weird Al, Ariana Grande, for a brick. tion hall for the nominee Ryan Adams and Tom Jones, among others.)

A bunch of famous perparty. When I say “nominee,” The only celeb to come over to our side and say “hello” formers each did a Dylan keep in mind that there are was porn star Ron Jeremy. I… don’t know why he was cover. Jack White managed 83 Grammy awards, with there. One of the other ELI winners took a selfie with him, to make “One More Cup Of five nominees in each catwhich I am pretty sure immediately disqualified him from Coffee” sound like a White egory (many of which are meeting the “character and fitness” requirement for passing Stripes song. The lyrics were collaborations or groups) the bar exam. Worth it? projected on the back of and they all have guests. So, Taking photos was tricky, because the celebs were backlit the room, which was too far this party was pretty huge. by the huge lighting rigs brought in by the media. But we all away for Willie Nelson to There were endless buffets of had our phones in the air anyway, like the zombie voyeurs read from the stage, so there food and open bars. in the “White Bear” episode of “Black Mirror,” trying to capwas an awkward pause while The nominees themselves ture whatever stars we could to brag about on our Facebook we waited for techs to set up were gifted medals that they pages. a closer screen. wore around their necks.

Before the show began, we were handed light-up AC/DC Michelle gets ready to ride the Highway to Hell.

Tom Jones provided It was a treat striking up devil horns. Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich gave the crowd a particularly stunning rendition of “What Good Am I?” conversations with medallion wearers; I met people nomiinstructions about cell phone use (don’t do it) and when to (My favorite quote of the night, from a tipsy attendee: nated in categories like “Best Contemporary Instrumental wear the horns and when to take them off. He interrupted “I don’t know how or why, but Tom Jones killed it”) and Album.” his speech to address a man making his way through the

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The Golden Ticket.

front row, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Excuse me, sir, do you have a ticket?â&#x20AC;? The man in question walked up and shook his handâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it was Paul McCartney. I squealed.

The performance itself was as you saw it on television, more or less. Everyone has asked me what happens during commercials, and here is the answer: Everyone gets naked and swaps outfits with the person sitting next to them. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really weird.

Just kidding. They actually just showed prior Grammy performances on the screens while everyone ran to the bathroom. Then God himself (Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty sure) announced that we were live in 30 seconds, or whatever, and everyone ran back to their seats.

Oh yeah, and Kanye did that thing where he pretended to walk on stage. I totally missed it, because I was trying to get a photo of Prince looking like Prince. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wait, did someone just try to get on stage?â&#x20AC;? I asked the other ELI winners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, I think Kanye was pretending to interrupt him.â&#x20AC;? And that was that.

After the Partyâ&#x20AC;Ś There are a ton of Grammy afterparties. The folks sitting behind us were headed to one thrown by whatever record label they worked for. We were given tickets to the Recording Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grammy celebration at the convention center, along with about 5,000 other people. The theme was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Passport to the Worldâ&#x20AC;?; there was a giant boat in the middle of the room and hot air balloons everywhere.

The buffet tables were decorated with live human beings in period costumes with vacant eyes and plastic smiles who stared at you as you piled up BBQ short ribs on your plate.

There were costumed extras on the boat, as well, just sort of aimlessly strutting about. I guess thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what happens when you throw a party in a city saturated with unemployed actors.

This party is not usually the place to spot celebrities, but by some miraculous act of Yeezus I walked in at the exact same time as Kanye and Kim Kardashian. Kanye looked annoyed, and he was sort of dragging Kim behind him.

They walked with purpose and muted aggravation, like when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a huge rush but you left your damn tab open at the last bar and have to run back to close it.

I fumbled with my cell phone and tried to grab a photo, but they were too fast and I was too awkward. Kimye were shorter than I expected, and before you even ask, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a chance to properly assess Kimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rear. Sorry. I kicked off my shoes and danced all night to live performances by Jessie J and Gloria Gaynor, who was celebrating the 35th anniversary of â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Will Survive.â&#x20AC;? f

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across the U.S. Their groundbreaking 1967 album, Surrealistic Pillow, and its two 1968 follow-ups, After Bathing at Baxter’s and Crown of Creation, showcased Kaukonen’s unique guitar skills.

In 1970, Kaukonen and Casady formed Hot Tuna, an acoustic-based, jam-oriented spinoff that gradually became Kaukonen’s main vehicle to explore his acoustic roots and fingerpicking skills. After Jefferson Airplane’s first major split in 1973, Hot Tuna released a series of dynamic, soulful studio albums.

Kaukonen delved into an independent solo career in the mid-1970s—one that still bounces along today. With Casady, mandolinist Barry Mitterhoff, producer and guitarist Larry Campbell, vocalist Teresa Williams and the rhythm section of Myron Hart and Justin Guip on board, Ain’t In No

Fifty years ago, Kaukonen was in the right place at the right time. As a teen in the late ‘50s, he partnered with fellow musician and D.C. pal Jack Casady. The two formed a group called the Triumphs, which dabbled in blues and pop. Soon after, Kaukonen attended Antioch College in Ohio, where he furthered his fingerpicking technique.

After a break from school and a summer spent traveling, he landed at the University of Santa Clara, just south of San Francisco, in 1962. The burgeoning S.F. music scene was bustling with young, progressive, experimental songwriters and artists; psychedelia was seeping heavily into the traditional stylings of the time.

Kaukonen played lead guitar with Janis Joplin in 1964 and ‘65 before luring Casady out west and forming the first version of Jefferson Airplane with vocalist Marty Balin, singer and guitarist Paul Kantner, singer Signe Anderson and guitarist and drummer Skip Spence. They named themselves after one of Kaukonen’s favorite old bluesmen, Blind Lemon Jefferson.

With new drummer Spencer Dryden and raucous vocalist Grace Slick on board, Jefferson Airplane went on to help lead the psych-rock movement in California and

Hurry reflects Kaukonen’s earliest influences, as well his latest forays into early20th Century roots music.

The slow-tempo swing beat and little lazy-sounding fiddle enhance the chilledout mood of “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out.” The title track flows with a sturdy, gentle rhythm, replete with blues riffs and Campbell’s beautiful pedal steel swells.

There are a few surprisingly upbeat moments. The funky, mid-tempo “The Other Side of the Mountain” and the rockin’ “Bar Room Crystal Ball” stand out. Mostly, though, the tone and mood tends to lean toward the tender and melancholic, as with the softly sung ballad “In My Dreams.”

Above all, Kaukonen sounds like a confident singer-songwriter, a musician with the same sense of flexibility, feel and vigor as that young man who ventured from D.C. to the wild West more than 50 years ago. f

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t’s difficult to peg Jorma Kaukonen. The guitarist learned traditional folk music growing up in Washington, D.C. In his college years, he was one of the pioneering musicians of the 1960s West Coast scene.

He’s a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, yet he prefers to teach cool guitar licks to students at a rustic music camp.

In the world of popular music, Kaukonen is best known for his association with legendary San Francisco acts Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, but he’s since made his living for years as a solo artist based out of a sprawling 119-acre Fur Peace Ranch and camp in hilly southeast Ohio.

At 74, Kaukonen isn’t slowing down.

This year, he took another step ahead in his colorful career, with the release of a brandnew studio album, Ain’t in No Hurry, issued on Red House Records.

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Wait, Waitress, Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Tell Me Are These Local Punks Just Misunderstood?

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youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for a young punk band to fill the hole in your darkened heart, Waitress is not the band for you.

Sure, the local quartet takes its stylistic cues from some of the most talented rebels of the late â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s and early â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu and Jawboxâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the similarities come to a screeching halt.

Blaring guitars are present, as are pummeling, math-y drums. The bass throbs at its lowest end, and the vocals occasionally reach a guttural crest. What Waitress adds to this recipe, though, and what has made it the subject of some mild controversy, is a playful, subversive sense of humor.

Take the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genesisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an accidental butt-dial from Family and Friends drummer

were written on a discarded PBR case before entering the booth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really write lyrics. Period,â&#x20AC;? McGhee says.

Yet those lyrics are what Waitress has been most scrutinized over. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Year of the Spiderâ&#x20AC;? is a collection of unconnected vignettes, most of which are ambiguous enough not to warrant further inspection, especially live, when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re buried beneath guitar squall and cymbal crashes.

But McGhee has caught flack from some, including Flagpole, for one line in particular: â&#x20AC;&#x153;So what if I want to kiss black girls?â&#x20AC;? he deadpans, a thought that he says occurred to him after overhearing a group of guys talk about a female passerby. (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prettyâ&#x20AC;Ś for a black girl.â&#x20AC;?)

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Ryan Houchens to singer and guitarist Brian McGhee that prompted a follow-up jam sessionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and you begin to get an idea of how seriously these guys take themselves. A few rehearsals with guitarist Scott Chalfant and bassist Kip Conway yielded enough workable material to book a show, even though some of the songs were still incomplete. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Peaked in High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was the one that we pretty much wrote at practice without having any of those riffs from that song written beforehand. With the other ones, we composed them at practice but had at least some riffs and ideas in our heads,â&#x20AC;? says McGhee, confessing that three of the five songs from the Peaked in High School EP were written a week before that first show.

As Waitress played more, the group set plans to record, stepping into The Glow Recording Studio during early summer 2014 to track Peaked with engineer Jesse Mangum. Their fly-by-the-seat-of-yourpants attitude proved to be essential. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The beauty of [the EP] was that we recorded everything live,â&#x20AC;? says McGhee with a lighthearted, laid-back drawl.

Furthermore, a large portion of the lyrics

Though McGhee clarifies that, for him, skin color doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dictate beauty, the irony in Waitressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; music has tended to get lost in translation, perhaps because of the seriousness the genre is known for, or because few have taken the time to try to understand its context.

McGhee adds that he has attempted to reach out to those offended via Facebook to apologize and offer a frame of reference, but also that doing so usually does not generate a reply. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a decent guy,â&#x20AC;? says McGhee.

Waitressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; show this Thursday at The World Famous serves as the CD release for Peaked in High School, which they released digitally Aug. 15, 2014. The show will be donation-based, and local post-hardcore trio Nurture and Philly punks Dirt Queen share the bill. f

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AS I LAY CRYING: It feels like a personal victory for me to declare that Blue Blood will finally celebrate the release of its debut album, This Is the Life, Apr. 28. It comes courtesy of pan-Southeastern label This Is American Music. The 11-track album covers the whole breadth of Blue Blood’s styles, each of which is complementary. With a herculean twist of skill, the group manages to combine shoegaze, guitar-oriented indie rock, pastoral melodies and a slight touch of roots-country and folk with modern production techniques. This Is the Life is a shoo-in for my top-10 list of 2015, and it’s only February. For the most part, the band has played all these songs live for a while, so fans will surely recognize them. If you don’t know them yet, get to the Georgia Theatre Thursday, Feb. 26, when Blue Blood opens for Futurebirds. For more info, see facebook. com/bluebloodtheband, bluebloodtheband. com and thisisamericanmusic.com.

via his tenure in Ice Cream Socialists and, more recently, Futurebirds. The two featured panels are “What’s On Your Sleeve: The Role of Record Labels Today” and “Do It Yourself or Go With The Pros: Publicity in the Internet Era.” UGA Music Business Program director David Barbe will moderate the first, while former Flagpole music editor, current 3L and SELS president Michelle Davis will moderate

SO MANY THINGS: Due to the (reportedly temporary) shuttering of popular party depot Max, promoter Mux Blank has moved his two-night event, “A Carnivale Double Feature,” to the newly minted Lumpkin Street Station (the former Green Room.) It Hunter Morris of Blue Blood happens Friday, Mar. 5 and Saturday, Mar. 6. the second. It’s all free and open to the public, so don’t feel Night one features the Carnivale Talent Show Contest, like you’ve gotta ask a whole bunch of questions. the Tinderbox Circus Sideshow, multi-faceted “electroswing” act Vourteque and the Blue Moon Circus, and costs OH, ATHENS, GA. So much to answer for: Have you walked $5. Night two is a massive bill starring the Coney Island past Manhattan Cafe recently and overheard the sad, Rock n’ Roll Roadshow, which is currently composed of the Jesse Ray Carter Trio, Deadly Lo-Fi, the Cut Throat lonesome sounds of sentimental journeys? Well, that’s DJ Nate from Wuxtry (aka Nate Mitchell) slogging tunes.

Freak Show, “pin-up-fetish model/horror geek/tattooed He does it every Tuesday night beginning at 9 p.m. and freak” Scarlett Storm and emcee Daddy Stitches. This spins until “last call” is called. He describes it as “maudlin night will run you $8. There are way too many details to go music for melancholy people. The perfect weekly refuge for into here, but trust that if you’re at all into tattoos, sideshow antics and performance, this is how you should spend local lonely hearts who prefer to drink solo whilst ruminating about what could have been. The experience often boryour weekend. It’ll also probably be a blast to catch the reaction from the Lumpkin Street crowd as all this happens ders on the cinematic.” These evenings are called Loungey Tuesday, because of course they are. smack dab on their stomping ground. For more information, drop a line to Blank via blankbooking@gmail.com.

IT TAKES TWO: The Reverend Conner Mack Tribble will be joined by bluesy vocalist Jaclyn Steele in a performance of LET’S GO DEFENSE: The 2015 Protect Athens Music duets they’re billing as Jaclyn Steele and the Reverend.

Conference is happening Tuesday, Mar. 3 from 4:30–7 It’ll happen at Tribble’s regular spot, Office Lounge, on p.m. at the 40 Watt Club. A production of the Sports Saturday, Feb. 28. Unlike nearly every other gig in town, and Entertainment Law Society at UGA, PAM is coorit’ll kick off at 8:30 p.m. If you want to check out Steele, dinated by law student and SELS vice president Payton Bradford, who has a decade of Athens music under his belt head to jaclynsteele.com. f

record review Kenosha Kid: Inside Voices (Independent Release) Kenosha Kid, Dan Nettles’ elusive jazz-cum-jam project, takes its name from Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon’s 1973 novel of immense duality. In the book, the Kenosha Kid is an ambiguous figure, revealing itself as either a loner cowboy, a series of dance moves or a side effect of truth serum, depending on whom you ask. With this dizzying grip of background info in mind, you can begin to break down the curious curves and focused ambulations of Inside Voices.

The split-personality approach is made clear with “Vanishing Point,” the album’s opening track. Like a bleak, sunny vista coming into focus following a film’s title sequence, instruments fall into place, circled around a set of apprehensive but hopeful horns. Street-jazz vibes emerge from an airy melody that calls on both Moondog and Trey Anastasio for cues. As they route their way through tracks like “Fabrication” and “Liberty Bell,” Nettles and company (he’s joined by the Horns From Hell, a group of acclaimed international players) nod toward the smoky, shuffling heartbreak of a wordless Phosphorescent tune, or Grizzly Bear at their most cinematic.

The narrative shifts as Inside Voices continues. “Map of the Universe” is a looser, late-night rouse that saunters its way through murmured horns and stuttering effects. “Mushmouth” is a nimble exercise featuring sultry, wayfaring grooves; it segues with agility and reckless abandon. [Bobby Power]

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Georgia Theatre · 9 p.m. · $20 An early signee to Gucci Mane’s 1017 Brick Squad Records, Atlanta MC Waka Flocka Flame became the face of the city’s trap-rap scene after releasing a series of slick, steely singalongs like “Hard in da Paint” and “O Let’s Do It.” Those tracks ended up on 2010’s Flockaveli, where razor-edged Lex Luger beats gave weight to Flocka’s fuckthe-world-let’s-party attitude.

A 2012 successor, Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family, was less memorable, though a series of more promising mixtapes followed. Word is that the long-awaited Flockaveli 2 will finally hit the streets this June.

Rappers SnellVillain and Ben G join Flocka at the Georgia Theatre. [Gabe Vodicka]

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Ciné · 8:30 p.m. · $12 For over a decade, the oddVarious restaurants ball video collective Everything In honor of the annual is Terrible! has been scavenging the bargain bins for the best National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend, eight Athens restau(worst) infomercials, PSAs, workrants will offer unique desserts out videos and other lost VHS created with Girl Scout cookies. gems from the ‘80s and ‘90s.

The public can then vote on These unintentionally hilarious clips are mashed up into their favorite offering at gshg. org/vote. The winning restaurant mind-melting comedy gold. In the past, live screenings have will receive a trophy. Most restaurants will prepare desserts included cloaked monsters, using Samoa cookies, in honor seven-foot-tall party dogs and of that cookie’s 40th anniversary, other handcrafted puppets and but are not limited to Samoas. props. This tour’s installment, “Legends,” is “a culmination” Participating restaurants include Gigi’s Cupcakes, Last of the group’s first seven years Resort Grill, Square One Fish of material and will offer an Co., Hendershot’s Coffee, Viva! interactive “Choose Your Own Destiny” element in which the Argentine Cuisine, Mama’s Boy, Ike and Jane Café and Bakery audience can select between “Kids vs Animals” and “Sex vs and the Westside Loco’s Grill & Pub. [Laura James] Violence.” [Jessica Smith]

phone or in person at the library reference desk. 10 a.m. FREE! 706613-3650 COMEDY: Casual Comedy (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Dave Weiglein hosts this month’s installment of Casual Comedy. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: UGA Fashion Week Speech (UGA Dawson Hall, Room 110) With keynote speaker Jada Loveless. 6:20 p.m. www.calendar. uga.edu EVENTS: Garden Travels (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Award-winning photographers Carol and Hugh Nourse lead a discus-

sion on wildflowers in the Mojave Desert (Joshua Tree National Park), the Sonora Desert (Anza-Borego California State Park), Saguaro National Part and the Chihuahuan Desert. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu 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. The tour meets in the rotunda on the

ART | Tuesday, Mar. 3

EVENT | Tuesday, Mar. 3

Georgia Square Mall · 1–4 p.m. · FREE! The Athens Fibercraft Guild is a network of knitters, weavers, spinners, fabric designers, quilters and other artists. The members meet the second Tuesday of every month at Lyndon House Arts Center for lectures, demonstrations and a show-and-tell.

Outside of meetings, they host special workshops, participate in community-outreach programs and make appearances at events like the Harvest Festival and Lickskillet Artist Market. The guild’s celebration at the mall, held near JC Penney’s first-floor entrance, will feature craft demonstrations, weaving lessons, a visual review of the group’s history and a display of members’ creations. [JS]

half-day affair, the fifth annual Protect Athens Music conference, a co-presentation of the UGA Music Business Program and the law school’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society, features two meaty panel discussions and a chance to network with other local folks experiencing or interested in a career in music. The first panel, moderated by MBUS director David Barbe, will focus on the role of record labels in an increasingly democratic digital environment. The second, led by former Flagpole music editor Michelle Davis (and featuring yours truly), will explore the pros and cons of bands handling their own publicity. Come on down and get learnt. [GV]

Athens Fibercraft Guild Protect Athens Music 40 Watt Club · 4:30 p.m. · FREE! 40th Anniversary Scaling back from last year’s

second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! www.libs. uga.edu/scl EVENTS: Glory Bound: A Voyage through the Underground Railroad (UGA Reed Hall) A guided, interactive tour of a reenactment of the Underground Railroad. Attendees will experience the events as if they were slaves in search of freedom. 6-8 p.m. FREE! 706-542-8325 EVENTS: Cowl Knit-A-Long (Revival Yarns) Find a cowl pattern and knit or crochet-a-long.

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EVENTS: A-Club Tour of Blanton Properties and Donderos’ (524 Hill St.) Join the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation to see the restored, award-winning properties of Berkshire Hathaway Blanton Properties and Donderos’. 4:30–8 p.m. FREE! (members), $5. www. achfonline.org GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) Compete to win prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

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GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia with host Caitlin Wilson. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8508561 GAMES: Dirty South Entertainment Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Grab some friends and jump onboard the trivia train! Compete for house prizes and free beer. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

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KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) An interactive program for ages 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5. 9:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Manners, Manners Everywhere (Lay Park) Practice how to meet each other in social situations, give and receive gifts, neatly eat birthday cake and prepare â&#x20AC;&#x153;thank youâ&#x20AC;? notes. For ages 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. 4 p.m. $3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5. www.athensclarkecounty. com/lay KIDSTUFF: Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night (Buffaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CafĂŠ) Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s night features a balloon artist, pictures with Buffy the Buffalo, age-appropriate TV programs and a coloring contest. 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. www.buffaloscafe.com LECTURES & LIT: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rest of the Storyâ&#x20AC;? (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) This new monthly book club focuses on works connected to exhibits at the Special Collections Libraries. This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book is The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement by Taylor Branch. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu MEETINGS: Chugalug: Classic Hackers UGA Linux Users Group (Four Athens) The topic this month on Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Using LDAP, you can centralize user accounts and host information in a single database between multiple computers. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.fourathens.com MEETINGS: Georgia Music Partners Meet & Greet (Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar) GMP encourages musicians, music professionals, educators and legislators to work together in developing the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music industry. Network with other supporters of the music business in Georgia. 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. FREE! (members), $10. info@georgiamusicpartners.org PERFORMANCE: Mnozil Brass (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The Austrian band combines musical virtuosity with theatrical wit. 8 p.m. $25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;35. www.pac.uga.edu THEATER: Mein Kampf (UGA Fine Arts Building, Cellar Theatre) University Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of George Taboriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play portrays Adolf Hitler as a young, struggling artist whose life is changed by a chance encounter with a Jewish Bible seller.

Feb. 24â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 8 p.m. Mar. 1, 2 p.m. $12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16. www.drama.uga.edu

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ART: Artful Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Carissa DiCindio leads an in-depth discussion of selected works in the exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pierre Daura (1896â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1976): Picturing Attachments.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Flower Arranging Unit 3 (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This class focuses on designing arrangements for dining tables. 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. $45. www. botgarden.uga.edu 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 COMEDY: Comic Strip (The Foundry) Featuring headliner Jody Bufkin. Hosted by Alia Ghosheh. 8 p.m. $5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7. www.foundryparkinn. com EVENTS: UGA Fashion Week (UGA Dawson Hall, Room 306) The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists present the Umano brothers. 12:30 p.m. FREE! www.calendar.uga.edu

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GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Both Locations) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia

at this weekly Four Athens networking happy hour. 6 p.m. FREE! www. fourathens.com/happy-hour PERFORMANCE: Dance and Multimedia Concert (UGA New Dance Theatre) Atlanta-based dance companies Staibdance and Zoetic Dance Ensemble will join the UGA CORE Concert Contemporary and Aerial Dance Company on stage in a concert on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Human Soul Connection.â&#x20AC;? The performance fea-

department of history. See Art Notes on p.19. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athica.org CLASSES: One-on-One Digital Media Center 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

The UGA CORE Concert Contemporary and Aerial Dance Company present â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Human Soul Connectionâ&#x20AC;? in the New Dance Theater on Wednesday, Feb. 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Pictured above are HyeYoung Borden and Mirna Minkov on a single point lyra. chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Weekly themed games.

House cash and drink prizes. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Cribbage (Kumquat Mae Bakery CafĂŠ) Play cards. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.kumquatmaebakery.com GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com 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: Oconee Democrats Book Group (Chops and Hops) This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book is Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber by Stephen Yafa.

6:30 p.m. FREE! patricia.priest@ yahoo.com MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) Meet local entrepreneurs, tech talent and other fellow Athenians who are making cool stuff

tures dance, aerial dance and multimedia. Feb. 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 8 p.m. $10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16. pac.uga.edu THEATER: Mein Kampf (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 24â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 8 p.m. Mar. 1, 2 p.m. $12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16. www. drama.uga.edu

Thursday 26 ART: Gallery Talk: Piero Lerda (Georgia Museum of Art) Curator Laura Valeri and Valeria Gennaro Lerda, scholar and wife of the late Piero Lerda, lead a discussion of the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work and Gennaro Lerdaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research on southern culture. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org ART: Racial Identity & Art (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) A panel discussion on the topic of racial identity in art will be held in conjunction with the current exhibit by Bethany Collins, â&#x20AC;&#x153;As We Wish To Be.â&#x20AC;? Panelists include Valerie Babb, director of the Institute for African American Studies; Stanley Bermudez, artist and art professor at UGA; and Alisha M. Cromwell, PhD candidate in the UGA

CLASSES: Tech Savvy Seniors (Lay Park) Learn how to use a smart phone or other device in these stress-free sessions held every Thursday. Ages 55 and older. 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11 a.m. 706-613-3596 CLASSES: How to Do Business with the Federal Government (UGA Small Business Development Center) In this seminar, participants will learn about government contracting. Registration required. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-542-6791 CLASSES: Knit 2 (Revival Yarns) Review casting on, the knit stitch, the purl stitch, stockinette and garter stitch patterns. RSVP. 6 p.m. $30. www.revivalyarnsathens.com COMEDY: Comic Strip (The Globe) Stand-up comedy open mic with headliner Ben Palmer. Hosted by Alia Ghosheh. 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook. com/globeathens 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. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! www.hatchathens.com EVENTS: Retrospective (The Hedges, 346 E. Broad St.) This

annual fashion show presented by the UGA Student Merchandising Association features clothing from local boutiques and music by Acapoco. Proceeds benefit The UGA Alzheimers Association. 8 p.m. $8. www.facebook.com/uga.sma EVENTS: Nature Ramblers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn more about the flora and fauna of the garden while enjoying fresh air and inspirational readings. Ramblers are encouraged to bring their own nature writings or favorite poems and essays to share with the group. 8:30 a.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Legacy Family Tree Webinar (ACC Library) Genealogist Angela Walton-Raji leads this webinar on tracing ancestors in the aftermath of the Civil War. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Arrow Book Fair (Avid Bookshop) This in-store book fair benefits ARROW, a local not-forprofit community space for families.

11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com FILM: Beasts of the Southern Wild (UGA Tate Student Center, Theatre) Behn Zeitlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut film is a spellbinding fantasy world of beauty, terror and mythic wonder. 8 p.m. $1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2. www.calendar.uga.edu FILM: Hitchcock in Black and White Film Series: Spellbound (Georgia Museum of Art) Spellbound is a psychological mystery thriller about a beautiful but cold psychoanalyst and her attempts to protect the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder, while attempting to recover his memory. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org FILM: Researching Ancestors in the Era of Freedom (ACC Library) This webinar explores record sets following the Civil War. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens FILM: Gifts From the Elders (CinĂŠ BarcafĂŠ) This documentary follows five Anishinaabe youth on a summer research project with their elders whose stories guide them on a journey back to generations that lived off of the land. Q&A with filmmaker james M. Fortier to follow. 7 p.m.

FREE! giftsfromtheelders.ca FILM: The Nature of Change: Black History Month Part III (Miller Learning Center, Room 268) This last installment of a three-part series highlighting leaders of the Civil Rights Movement follows the SCLC into St. Augustine, FL as it deals with racial inequality, including action from college students. 5 p.m. FREE! mikalan@uga.edu GAMES: Trivia (El Azteca) Win prizes with host Garrett Lennox. Every Thursday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706549-2639 GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q) Hosted by Dirty South Trivia. Every Thursday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8511 KIDSTUFF: Bookworms (Oconee County Library) Children 2 & under are invited for this early-literacy program full of stories, songs and playtime. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Movie Afternoon (ACC Library) Watch a movie with the library. For ages 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18. 4 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Global Georgia initiative: John T. Edge (UGA Chapel) Edge is a writer and director of the Southern Foodways Alliance.

He will give a talk on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grits, Greens and Gochujang: the Emergence of a Newer Southern Cuisine.â&#x20AC;? 4 p.m.

FREE! willson.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Anat Feinberg (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Room 271) Feinberg, professor of hebrew and jewish literature at the Hochschule

fur Judische Studien in Heidelberg, Germany, presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Macht kein Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: George Tabori and his Theater Revisited.â&#x20AC;? 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.willson.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Dressing Up: A Gimlet-Eyed Look at Fashion from a Century Ago (ACC Library) Ivan Ingermann, associate professor in costume design from the UGA department of theater and film studies, lectures on vintage fashions from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Downton Abbeyâ&#x20AC;? era, an age of Victorian, Edwardian and flapper finery. Beverly Bourgeois will exhibit period costumes through Mar. 24. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Lunchtime Learning (ACC Library) Geraldine H. Williams, a docent at the Georgia Museum of Art, presents a program exploring the black image in American art from the 18thâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;20th centuries. 12:15 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens MEETINGS: Athens Human Rights Festival Meeting (Nuçiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Space) The AHRF hosts an organizational meeting. Please park in the lot across the street from Nuçiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Space.

6 p.m. FREE! 706-202-9169 MEETINGS: Clarke County Democratic Committee Meeting (Graduate Athens) Join Representative Spencer Frye as he presents a legislative update. Meet Democratic Party of Georgia Ninth District Chair David Robinson. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-546-7075, www. clarkedemocrats.com PERFORMANCE: The Hodgson Wind Ensemble (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The performance features exciting repertoire for wind band, including Steven Stuckyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hue and Cry,â&#x20AC;? Charles Ivesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Unanswered Questionâ&#x20AC;? and Cindy McTeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Double Play.â&#x20AC;? 8 p.m. $5 (w/ student ID), $10. www.music. uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Dance and Multimedia Concert (UGA New Dance Theatre) See Wednesday listing for full description Feb. 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 8 p.m. $10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16. pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Fiddlers on the Roof (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Composer Stanley Walden will perform a selection of works composed for George Tabori. He was one of Taboriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closest collaborators for over 30 years, and the two produced 50 or so works for radio, stage and screen together. Part of the George Tabori and the Theatre of the Holocaust conference. 6:45 p.m. www.drama.uga.edu/event/tabori THEATER: Cabaret (Clarke Central High School) The rise of the Nazi regime in 1930s Germany sets the tone and scene for this student musical. Feb. 26â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 7:30 p.m. $5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7. andersonh@clarke.k12.ga.us THEATER: Mein Kampf (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 24â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 8 p.m. Mar. 1, 2 p.m. $12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16. www. drama.uga.edu

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FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: English Knitting (Revival Yarns) This class is for Continental style knitters who wish to learn the English style. Experience required.

RSVP. 11:30 a.m. $15. www.revivalyarnsathens.com EVENTS: A Royal Affair (Miller Learning Center, First Floor) The UGA Fashion Design Student Association presents a fashion show of student designs. 8:30 p.m. $5. www.instagram.com/fdsauga EVENTS: Grand Opening Launch Party (Cloister Collection, 269 N. Hull St., Suite 400) Cloister Collection, a new upscale women’s boutique featuring Lilly Pulitzer apparel, celebrates its grand opening with giveaways and prizes. 5–8 p.m.

FREE! 706-395-6377 FILM: The Room (Ciné Barcafé) Tommy Wiseau’s misguided cult masterpiece. 10:30 p.m. www.athenscine.com FILM: Dear White People (UGA Tate Student Center, Theatre) A campus culture war at a predominantly white Ivy League school comes to a head when white students throw an offensive black-face party. Feb. 27–Mar. 1, 3 p.m., 6 p.m. & 9 p.m. $1–2. www.union.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Black History Bingo (Rocksprings Community Center) Ages 6–12 can compete in testing their knowledge. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athensclarkecounty.com/rocksprings 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 LECTURES & LIT: Georgia Workshop on Culture, History & Power (Baldwin Hall, Room 114A) Ron Eyerman of Yale University presents “The Meaning of Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and Cultural Trauma.” 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.research.franklin.uga.edu/cph LECTURES & LIT: Henry Bial (Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Magnolia Ballroom) Dr. Henry Bial of the University of Kansas presents “The Funny Thing About Jewish Performance Studies”

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in conjunction with the international conference on George Tabori and the Theatre of the Holocaust. 1:30 p.m.

FREE! www.willson.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Red Clay Conference (UGA Dean Rusk Hall, Larry Walker Room) Explore the intersection of health and environ-

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bradford Skow will give a talk on the nature of explanation in “Explanations, Why Questions, Reasons and Causes.” 3:30 p.m.

FREE! www.willson.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Dance and Multimedia Concert (UGA New Dance Theatre) See Wednesday listing for full description Feb. 25–28, 8 p.m. $10–16. pac.uga.edu

directs an updated version of the musical based on the characters from “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz. Feb. 27–28, 8 p.m. & Mar. 1, 2 p.m. $8. www.townandgownplayers.org THEATER: Cabaret (Clarke Central High School) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 26–28, 7:30 p.m. $5–7. andersonh@clarke.k12. ga.us

the dwarf planet Ceres. Participants will learn about dwarf planets and space crafts on this day of discovery.

10 a.m. $7-10. 706-613-3615, www. athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter CLASSES: Public Cupping Brew School (1000 Faces Coffee) Learn all about the Bee House Dripper.

10:30 a.m. www.1000facescoffee. com

THEATER: The Mousetrap (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) A group of strangers are stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm and must determine who among them is a murderer. Feb. 27–28 & Mar. 6–7, 7 p.m. Mar. 1 & Mar. 8, 2 p.m. $9–16.

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CLASSES: Crochet 2 (Revival Yarns) Review chain and single crochet and learn the most commonly used stitch, double crochet. You will also be introduced to shell stitch, granny square and slip stitch to work in the round. RSVP. 11:30 a.m. $30. www. revivalyarnsathens.com CLASSES: Cowl Knit-A-Long (Revival Yarns) Find a cowl pattern and knit or crochet-a-long. 2 p.m.

FREE! (yarn purchase encouraged). www.revivalyarnsathens.com EVENTS: 2015 Northeast Georgia Disability Conference & Expo (UGA Tate Student Center) The conference provides information and

Linear Downfall plays Go Bar on Friday, Feb. 27. mental law, urban agriculture, urban design, water quality and litigation through educational presentations and open forum discussions. 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. FREE! (w/ UGA ID), $10–45. www.law.uga.edu/red-clayconference LECTURES & LIT: Book Discussion (Oconee County Library) Discuss Divergent by Veronica Roth. Adults and teens, ages 16 & up. Feb. 23, 7 p.m. & Feb. 27, 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Bradford Skow (UGA Peabody Hall, Room 205S) Associate professor at

THEATER: Mein Kampf (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 24–28, 8 p.m. Mar. 1, 2 p.m. $12–16. www. drama.uga.edu THEATER: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (Seney-Stovall Chapel) Based on C.S. Lewis’ famous novel, the stage version follows the adventures of four siblings who stumble upon the magical world of Narnia. Feb. 26–27 & Mar. 6–7, 7 p.m. booking@roseofathens.org, 706-340-9181 THEATER: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Athens Community Theater) Don R. Smith

Saturday 28 CLASSES: Journey Through the Stars: Day of the Dawn (Sandy Creek Nature Center) NASA’s space craft, Dawn, is going to encounter

learning sessions for families and students with learning challenges or disabilities. This year’s theme is “Composing Your Own Song.” The featured speaker is Laura Nadine, an award-winning musician, composer and mother with autism. 8:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.ne.glrs.org EVENTS: Letters for Literacy Scrabble Tournament (ACC Library) Show off your wordsmith skills for a great cause. The AthensClarke Literacy Council works to support and promote adult literacy in Athens. 1–5 p.m. $15. www.athensliteracy.org/scrabble EVENTS: UGA Law School Equal Justice Foundation Auction (The Foundry) EJF is a student-run organization devoted to the promotion of public interest law and raises stipends for summer law clerks who have chosen to work in unpaid, public interest positions. 6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.graduateathens.com EVENTS: Athens NEDA Walk (UGA Health Center) The National Eating Disorders Association hosts a walk to help spread awareness of the seriousness of eating disorders.

9:30 a.m. (check in), 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $10–25. www.nedawalk.org/ athensga2015 EVENTS: Cycle Against Cancer (The Omni Club) Spinning instructors will conduct a four-hour indoor journey ride with video of beach and mountain scenery. The ride benefits local patients who need assistance.

9 a.m.–1 p.m. $25 (registration). $100/hour fundraising goal for each cyclist. cycleagainstcancerathens@ gmail.com FILM: Everything is Terrible (Ciné Barcafé) The intriguing and mindmelting video collective presents a unique sensory experience in their live show. See Calendar Pick on p.37. 8:30 p.m. $12. www.everythingisterrible.com FILM: Dear White People (UGA Tate Student Center) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 27–Mar. 1, 3 p.m., 6 p.m. & 9 p.m. $1–2. www.union.uga.edu FILM: If We So Choose (ACC Library) This documentary shows the people of Athens who lived through Jim Crow separatism and fought against it. A panel discussion will include Rev. Archibald Killian, Hope Iglehart, Broderick Flanigan, Shirley Taylor and attorney Ken Dious. 2 p.m. FREE! 678-508-7213

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GAMES: Coffee & Nature Trivia (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Enjoy Jittery Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coffee while competing in trivia on nature, Sandy Creek Nature Center, Athens and the state of Georgia. Registration required.

3 p.m. $3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 (individual) or $7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 (team). 706-613-3615, www. athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter GAMES: Board Game Demonstration (Tycheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games) Try out some new games. 12 p.m.

FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! (ACC Library) This special storytelling program is preparation for National Education Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Read Across America, an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for children everywhere to celebrate reading on Mar. 2, Dr. Seussâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; birthday. 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Princess Tea Party (Memorial Park) Dress to impress in royal attire. Prizes awarded. For ages 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. Register by Feb. 20. 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. $5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8. www.mamabirdsgranola.com KIDSTUFF: Movie and a Muffin (Oconee County Library) Children and their families can snack on muffins while watching an adaptation of Judith Viorstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Saturday Movies (ACC Library) Family fun movies are shown in the story room. Call for this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movie title. 10:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org KIDSTUFF: Story Time (Avid Bookshop) Miss Rachel reads to kids of all ages. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) Meet Andra Watkins in celebration of her book Not Without My Father: One Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: 10th Annual WIPI Conference (UGA School of Law, UGA Hirsch Hall) The Working in the Public Interest Conference explores equal treatment under the law, improving access to legal representation and practical approaches to public interest lawyering. 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. FREE! (w/ UGA ID), $12. www.law.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Freddie Rokem (UGA Fine Arts Building, Room 300) Rokem, from the University of Tel Aviv, delivers â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Tragedy to Farce,â&#x20AC;? the final of three keynote addresses for the conference on George Tabori and the Theatre of the Holocaust. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. willson.uga.edu MEETINGS: Athens for Everyone (First Christian Church) The group will vote in the new board of directors and discuss 2014 accomplishments and 2015 goals. AFE is a community organization devoted to reducing poverty, advocating for an improved bus system, preventing sexual assaults and standing up for human rights. 2 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/athensforeveryoneofficial PERFORMANCE: The Mitzvah Project (UGA Fine Arts Building) Roger Grunwald presents a one-man play that recounts the history of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mischlinge,â&#x20AC;? the derogatory term Nazis used to characterize men who descended from one or two Jewish grandparents and served in Hitlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s army. Part of the George Tabori and the Theatre of the Holocaust conference. 2:30 p.m. www.drama.uga. edu/event/tabori

PERFORMANCE: Dance and Multimedia Concert (UGA New Dance Theatre) See Wednesday listing for full description Feb. 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 8 p.m. $10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16. pac.uga.edu THEATER: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Athens Community Theater) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 8 p.m. & Mar. 1, 2 p.m. $8. www. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (Seney-Stovall Chapel) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 26â&#x20AC;&#x201C;27 & Mar. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7, 7 p.m. booking@roseofathens.org, 706-340-9181 THEATER: The Mousetrap (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28 & Mar. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7, 7 p.m. Mar. 1 & Mar. 8, 2 p.m. $9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16. 706-283-1049, tking@ cityofelberton.net THEATER: Cabaret (Clarke Central High School) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 26â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 7:30 p.m. $5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7. andersonh@clarke.k12. ga.us THEATER: Mein Kampf (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 24â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 8 p.m. Mar. 1, 2 p.m. $12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16. www. drama.uga.edu

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9 p.m. FREE! 706-395-1660 KIDSTUFF: Sunday Funday: Music (Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;uns Clothing & More, 100 Athens Town Blvd, Suite 1) Children can make their own instrument and play some music. 2 p.m. $5. www.youngunsclothingandmore.com KIDSTUFF: As We Are: A Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Workshop (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Participate in a creative childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activity exploring identity and acceptance. Held in conjunction with the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current exhibit by Bethany Collins, â&#x20AC;&#x153;As We Wish To Be.â&#x20AC;? See Art Notes on p. 19. 2:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.athica. org LECTURES & LIT: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Has Technology Made God and Spirituality Obsolete?â&#x20AC;? (UGA Tate Student Center, Reception Hall) Christian Science practicioner Mary Alice Rose presents a lecture inspired by her faith and background working on the Hubble Space Telescope project. 2 p.m. FREE! jkimbb@msn.com LECTURES & LIT: Unitarian Universalist Forum (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Chief Judge David Sweat will speak on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Criminal Justice Reform in Georgia.â&#x20AC;? 10:15 a.m. FREE! www. uuathensga.org PERFORMANCE: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be Ever Wonderfulâ&#x20AC;? (Morton Theatre) The East Athens Educational Dance Center celebrates the music of Earth, Wind and Fire through performances in jazz, tap, ballet, modern dance and more. 7 p.m. $12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. www. mortontheatre.com k continued on next page

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FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub KIDSTUFF: Dr. Seuss’ Birthday Celebration (Rocksprings Community Center) Celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss with all things rhythmic and whimsical.

Registration required. For ages 3–5 and their parents. 10 a.m. $3–5.

706-613-3602, www.athensclarkecounty.com/rocksprings KIDSTUFF: Teen Advisory Board (Oconee County Library) Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is a group of teens who gather at the beginning of every month to discuss and plan upcoming events. Ages 11–18.

Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950

CLASSES: Learn to Create Pearl Jewelry (The Pearl Girls) Learn how to knot pearls with local business The Pearl Girls. Registration required. 6:30–8:30 p.m. $39. www. thepearlgirls.com EVENTS: Protect Athens Music Conference (40 Watt Club) This conference is for musicians, students and professionals who are interested in issues relevant to the intersection of law, music and business. This year’s panel moderators are David Barbe, director of the Music Business Program at Terry, and Michelle Davis, Flagpole’s former music editor. See Calendar Pick on p. 37. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.40watt.com 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.

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Schools. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.athens.communitiesinschools.org EVENTS: Variety Night (Go Bar) Thomas Bauer hosts a weekly variety show with comedy or poetry, live music and “Close Enough” trivia.

Open Garage Sale comedy is held the first and third Mondays of each month, and Goetry poetry nights are held the second and fourth Mondays. 9 p.m. 10:30 p.m. (trivia registration). tbauer89@uga.edu EVENTS: Beginner’s Bellydance (Healing Arts Centre, Sangha Yoga Studio) All are welcome to this intro class with Mahsati. 7:15 p.m. FREE! www.healingartscentre.net FILM: Movie Mondays: Divergent (Oconee County Library) Watch the 2014 blockbuster movie based on Veronica Roth’s YA novel. Adults and teens, ages 16 & up. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee GAMES: Team Trivia (Highwire Lounge) House cash prizes and mini games. Every Monday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com 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

KIDSTUFF: Dr. Seuss Birthday Special Story Time (Avid Bookshop) Read Dr. Seuss books, sing “Happy Birthday” to Dr. Seuss and celebrate reading. 12:45 p.m.

FREE! www.avidbookshop.com KIDSTUFF: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) Meet middle grade author Mark Goldblatt in celebration of his new novel Finding the Worm. 4 p.m.

FREE! www.avidbookshop.com

Tuesday 3 ART: Athens Fibercraft Guild 40th Anniversary Celebration (Georgia Square Mall) The guild celebrates its 40th year with demonstrations, refreshments and displays. Guests can make their own potholder to take home. The guild is made up of beaders, basketmakers, weavers and more. See Calendar Pick on p. 37. 1–4 p.m. FREE! 706338-7138 CLASSES: “Master Five Money Questions for Women” (ACC Library) This presentation focuses on the unique financial circumstances women face. Lunch will be served. Reservation recommended.

11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-583-8834

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.

10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Dirty South Entertainment Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Compete for house prizes and free beer. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.choochoorestaurants.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) See Tuesday listing for full description 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 PERFORMANCE: Buddy Wakefield (Normaltown Hall) The two-time world poetry slam champion performs live with guests. 8:30 p.m. $8. www.facebook.com/NormaltownHall

Wednesday 4 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Led by Lynn Boland. 2 p.m.

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CLASSES: Spring Vegetable Gardening Workshop (ACC Library) Learn the dos and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ts of vegetable gardening. 6 p.m. FREE! www.ugaextension.com/clarke/anr CLASSES: Crochet 1 Class (Revival Yarns) Get acquainted with the tools and craft of crochet. The class is free with the purchase of materials.

RSVP. 3 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1354, www.revivalyarnsathens.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) See Wednesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) See Wednesday listing for full description 9 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Both Locations) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. highwirelounge.com GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-0892 KIDSTUFF: Talent Show and Open Mic Night (Oconee County Library) Prizes and snacks. Ages 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry (The Globe) Open mic poetry readings. This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s featured reader is Kodac Harrison.

8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ athenswordofmouth LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author: Kim Teter (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Kim Teter will talk about her debut novel Isabellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Libretto. Dr. Karen Bergmann will perform on the cello. 6 p.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Penguin Teen on Tour (Avid Bookshop) Meet young adult authors Seth Fishman, Maggie Hall, Jessica Khoury, Rachel Hawkins and Morgan Rhodes. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com MEETINGS: Photo Sharegroup (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) The Photo Sharegroup meets at the Garden to share digital images of outdoor photography. Email for more info. 6:30 p.m. FREE! lpetroff@ chartner.net, bc.akin@charter.net MEETINGS: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Have You Had a Spiritual Experience?â&#x20AC;? (ACC Library) An open discussion for all faiths to share spiritual experiences including dreams. This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s topic is past life memories. 7 p.m. FREE! www.eckankar-ga.org PERFORMANCE: UGA Symphony Orchestra (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Director Mark Cedel leads the UGASO and violin professor Michael Heald in a performance of Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Violin Concerto No. 3, followed by Rachmaninoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second symphony. 8 p.m. $5 (w/ student ID), $10. www. music.uga.edu

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 24 The Foundry Tailgate Tuesdays. 6 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com CHRIS BANDI St. Louis native and country/rock artist.

CASEY EDGAR Motown-inspired country singer-songwriter.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $25. www.georgiatheatre.com RYAN BINGHAM On-the-rise Americana singer-songwriter.

LUCERO Acclaimed alt-country group from Memphis, TN. TWIN FORKS Florida-based folkrock band led by former Dashboard Confessional frontman Chris Carrabba.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 METH WAX Local, punk-inspired lo-fi acoustic pop outfit.

HAIRY CONFUCIUS Lo-fi rap project from Atlanta.

THE PRETTY BIRD Local a capella/ hip-hop/anti-pop group.

ECHO CONSTANT Local samplebased electronic project.

The Manhattan CafĂŠ Loungy Tuesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706369-9767 DJ NATE FROM WUXTRY Playing an all-vinyl set of slow and melancholy songs for sad sacks and lonely lovers.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 LANEY STRICKLAND Local Southern rock singer-songwriter.

Wednesday 25 Blue Sky 5 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 VINYL WEDNESDAYS Bring your own records and spin them at the bar!

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 DIABLO SANDWICH & DR. PEPPER New local acoustic band featuring Bo Hembree, Adam Poulin and Scotty Nichols.

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.

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

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com FUNKASAURUS WREX Local psychedelic funk group, formerly known as Weaver Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funk Revival.

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Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE LAST THURSDAY Songwriter Don Chambers presents a night of music, guest musicians, spoken worn, film, magic and a variety of other surprises. Thayer Sarrano will be the special musical guest.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com GHOST FOOT Three-piece grungerock group from Shreveport, LA. GULF SHORES Louisiana-based indie rock band.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com SOUTHERN BRED COMPANY Local funk-inspired rock and roll band.

THE JULIE HOLMES BAND Local singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who specializes in acoustic jams.

STEREO REFORM Trio that combines genres to create a â&#x20AC;&#x153;dance-afunk-a-rock-a-tronicâ&#x20AC;? sound.

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BRONZE BRAIN New local sludgepsych band featuring members of The Viking Progress and Grand Vapids.

WIEUCA Local band playing cheeky, guitar-driven indie rock.

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THE CALENDAR! The Grotto 10 p.m. 706-549-9933 LEAVING COUNTRIES Local singersongwriter Louis Phillip Pelot and company play a â&#x20AC;&#x153;mind-boggling wall of organic sound with upbeat, traveldriven lyrics.â&#x20AC;?

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com CHRIS BURROUGHS TRIO Jazz trio led by Stone Mountain drummer Chris Burroughs.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SUN-DRIED VIBES South Carolina band plays a reggae-tinted brand of rock.

TREEHOUSE Sublime-inspired band from South Carolina.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Newly relocated back to Athens, Tribble is a Georgia rock and roll fixture. He hosts an â&#x20AC;&#x153;all-star jamâ&#x20AC;? every Thursday.

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

The World Famous 9 p.m. 706-543-4002 WAITRESS New noise rock project featuring members of Antpile and Family & Friends. EP release show!

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NURTURE Local post-hardcore trio featuring screamed vocals, chunky guitar and explosive rhythms.

DIRT QUEEN Noise rock band from Philadelphia.

Friday 27 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $6 (21+), $8 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com CINEMECHANICA Beloved local fourpiece math-rock band.

BIG JESUS Atlanta-based rock group capitalizes on grinding melodies.

THE POWDER ROOM Local heavyweight trio of Gene Woolfolk, Aaron Sims and Bubba McDonald playing noisy â&#x20AC;&#x153;ramp-rock.â&#x20AC;?

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com THE SALT FLATS Melodic and lively local guitar-rock band.

THE GRAWKS Punk and garageinspired local rock and roll band.

A MOMENT ELECTRIC South Carolina-based psychedelic rock group.

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The Foundry 8:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $8 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com WRENN Up-and-coming local pop singer who experiments with jazz, Vaudeville and more.

ZALE Young, classically trained singer-songwriter.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS Popular Americana band from Nashville.

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ANGALEENA PRESLEY Country singer known for her work with the Pistol Annies.

The Globe 8 p.m. 706-353-4721 BLUNT BANGS Local indie-pop band featuring Black Kids frontman Reggie Youngblood.

TOMBOI Electronica trio braids pulsing synth with candy guitar licks to force your surrender to the groove.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 LINEAR DOWNFALL Psychedelic pop band from Nashville.

THE DREAM SCENE Javier Moralesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rhythmic, lo-fi avant-garde pop project.

SALSA CHEST Local experimental electronic group.

CGI JOE The musical alias of Joe Kubler, formerly known as Rene LeConte.

DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com THE HOBOHEMIANS This six-piece, acoustic band utilizes banjo, ukulele, flute, accordion, saxophone, piano, various percussion, drums and bass to perform popular American and European roots music of the 1910s, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;20s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;30s.

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.

Kumquat Mae Bakery CafĂŠ 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1442 THE DIXIELAND 5 Local trad-jazz/ Dixieland band that features a front line of trumpet, clarinet and trombone and a rhythm section of piano and tenor banjo.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 CRAIG WATERS & THE FLOOD Local blues guitarist and songwriter.

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 SONS OF KATIE ELDER New local folk-rock group.

Saturday 28 Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com NICHOLAS MALLIS & THE BOREALIS Mallis, of Sam Sniper and Yo Soybean, strikes out on his own with â&#x20AC;&#x153;a cross between David Bowie, The Ventures, and a little bit of Neil Diamond.â&#x20AC;?

COLD COLD SWEATS Melodic, Southern-inspired alternative rock band from Florence, AL.

THE HERNIES Local indie rock band led by Henry Barbe.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com TIMMY & THE TUMBLERS Tim Schreiber howls and spasms and literally tumbles over garage-y rock anthems and retro-inspired pop songs.

ANCIENT WHALES Alternative rock act from Asheville, NC featuring former Athenian Enoch Bledsoe.

EBONY EYES Knoxville-based punk rock group.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com RADIOLUCENT Popular local band falling somewhere between bluesy Southern rock and the poppier side of alt-country.

STONERIDER Atlanta-based rock group.

BROTHER HAWK Bluesy, riff-based rock and roll band from Atlanta.

The Globe 10 p.m. 706-353-4721 BOYFRIEND Experimental hip hop artist from New Orleans with raunchy lyrics and a subversive approach to music.

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

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com ROB NANCE & THE LOST SOULS North Carolina based roots-rock band influenced by Southern and contemporary folk.

GRASSLAND STRING BAND Local traditional and progressive bluegrass group.

Hi-Lo Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! www.hiloathens.com OLD SMOKEY Local folk-rock band with an interweaving sonic palette that includes banjo, cello, violin, lap steel and percussion.

DONE GONE Local psych/folk/drone outfit.

WILD ABANDON Songwriter Jesse Kennedyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experimental folk project.

MATTHEW BUZZELL Former Athenian Buzzell, a singer-songwriter and documentary filmmaker, performs solo.

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ A trio of incredibly talented musicians play to a great crowd every weekend.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ THE KING One of Little Kingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; beloved staffers spins your faves, from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s to the present.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 PERCY SLEDGEHAMMER New local cover band playing soul and R&B classics.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 JACLYN STEELE & THE REVEREND Reverend Conner Tribble teams up with singer Jaclyn Steele for a night of music.

Sunday 1 The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $25 (adv.), $30 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com JORMA KAUKONEN The legendary guitarist and former Jefferson

Airplane/Hot Tuna member performs an intimate acoustic set. See story on p. 34.

The Globe 9 p.m. FREE (donations accepted).

706-353-4721 POWERKOMPANY Local pop duo featuring the crisp, soaring vocals of Marie Davon, playing folk songs enhanced with electronic instrumentation courtesy of Andrew Heaton.

TANTRUM Experimental shoegazepop outfit from Atlanta.

BAD NUDES Cute and intense psychsynth pop from local fashionista Ben Taylor.

DJ DEEPTHROAT Manny Lage spins an eclectic set of hits.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com KLEZMER LOCAL 42 A local sevenpiece Klezmer band specializing in Jewish and gypsy music and featuring Dan Horowitz of Five Eight.

Hi-Lo Lounge 8 p.m. www.hiloathens.com OAK HOUSE A mix of prog, folk, indie and everything in between.

DUDE MAGNETS Noisy indie-rock chaos.

JINX REMOVER Formerly known as Close Talker, this local band plays driving, melodic indie rock.

DAVEY WRATHGABAR Visitations frontman performs a solo set of psychedelic folk.

Monday 2 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com GREAT PEACOCK Nashville musicians Andrew Nelson and Blount Floyd play Southern-tinged indie folk.

REVEREND Local “ambient Americana” four-piece.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com GIMME HENDRIX Local Jimi Hendrix cover band.

PIANO A group of all-star musicians pay tribute to The Black Keys and The White Stripes.

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

Live Wire 7 p.m. $10. www.livewireathens.com IKE STUBBLEFIELD TRIO Soulful R&B artist Ike Stubblefield is a Hammond B3 virtuoso who cut his teeth backing Motown legends like the Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.

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

Tuesday 3 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com DARSOMBRA Heavy drone-rock band from Batimore, MD.

CHARTREUSE Drew Smith mixes heavy guitar with sample-driven drone.

RAT BABIES Local heavy metal duo.

The Foundry Tailgate Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com LAUGHLIN Local country duo with influences like Miranda Lambert and Sugarland. CD release party!

HOLMAN AUTRY BAND Described as “a little bit of Hank, a little bit of Metallica and a healthy dose of Southern rock.” Fans of bands like the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd can’t go wrong here.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com JASON BOLAND Popular country artist known for fronting Jason Boland and The Stragglers.

CODY CANADA Alt-country artist from Oklahoma.

Live Wire Myriad. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-8283 MYRIAD HOUSE BAND Members of Partial Cinema, Monsoon and Saturn Valley lead an open jam session.

The Manhattan Café Loungy Tuesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706369-9767 DJ NATE FROM WUXTRY Playing an all-vinyl set of slow and melancholy songs for sad sacks and lonely lovers.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SESSIONS WITH S-WORDS AND FRIENDS Local band playing funky pop-rock with a touch of Southern jam.

Wednesday 4 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 COBALT CRANES L.A.-based fourpiece group playing psych-grunge.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. www.georgiatheatre.com BIG K.R.I.T. Alias of acclaimed Mississippi-based rapper and producer Justin Scott.

DJ DARK KNIGHT With high energy and a positive attitude, this Atlanta DJ keeps the music flowing.

Hi-Lo Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 KARAOKE WITH THE KING See Wednesday’s listing for full description Live Wire 7 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com CAROLINE AIKEN’S OPEN MIC Local songwriter and guitarist Caroline Aiken hosts this open mic.

This week’s featured guest is Sean VanMeter.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 LITTLE RAINE BAND Rock/ Americana band from Birmingham, AL. The Office Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE See Wednesday’s listing for full description 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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Art Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Now registering for spring classes including painting, jewelry making, life drawing, stained glass and watercolor. Check website for schedule. Classes begin in March.

706-613-3623, www.athensclarke county.com/lyndonhouse Artist Competition (VFW) The Veterans of Foreign Wars is hosting a competition for the design and repainting of the Flag Drop Box located in the parking lot at their post, 835 Sunset Blvd. Deadline Mar. 30. $100 to the winner. canteen@vfwathens.com 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.

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Apr. 17. All awarded works must be completed by Dec. 30. athens culturalaffairs@gmail.com, www.athensculturalaffairs.org Call for Artists (Amici) Currently accepting artists for exhibitions. Email samples of work to ryan.myers@amici-cafe.com Call for Artists (Farmington Depot Gallery, Farmington) Now accepting applications for the Springfest 2015 artist market on May 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. Email for details. farmingtongallery@gmail. com, www.farmingtondepotgallery. com Human Rights Festival Logo Contest (Athens, GA) The Athens Human Rights Festival is seeking logo submissions for use on T-shirts, the newspaper and the stage backdrop. Logos must say 37th Annual Human Rights Festival, May 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 and Athens, GA. Email for details. Deadline Feb. 26. tshirtjeffh@gmail.com Indie South Fair Springtacular (Downtown Athens) Indie South Fair is moving downtown! Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; largest handmade and vintage market is

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Deadline Mar. 2. www.indiesouthfair. com Moonlight Gypsy Market Seeking outsider, strange, erotic, macabre, dark and odd crafters, artists and junk dealers for a springtime event. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 28. moonlightgypsymarket@ gmail.com. www.facebook.com/ moonlightgypsymarket

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Wednesdays, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $75/ month. www.filmathens.net/edu Action and Sports Photography (Georgia Center for Continuing Education) These eight sessions include field trips and critiques. Wednesdays, Feb. 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Apr. 22. $199. 706-542-3537, questions@georgiacenter.uga.edu Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Try Clayâ&#x20AC;? 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. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Dance Classes (Dancefx) Classes offered in creative movement, ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, breakdance, acrobatics, cheer dance and more.

Register online. 706-355-3078, www.dancefx.org 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 Intro to Rails Programming (Four Athens) Instructors will be available inside and outside class hours to teach Ruby on the Rails.

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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 Mindfulness Meditation (Healing Arts Centre) This fiveweek course led by David Kurtz is for beginners or those wishing to refresh their practice. Tuesdays beginning Feb. 24, 5:15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6:45 p.m. $25 suggested donation. 706-6131142, www.healingartscentre.net Printmaking Workshops (Double Dutch Press) 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. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Totes! One Color Screenprinting.â&#x20AC;? Mar. 11, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $50. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Multicolor Reductive Woodcut: Three Parts.â&#x20AC;?

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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 2–3. Contact for meeting information. 706-202-9169, www.athenshumanrightsfest.org Dinner Hosts Needed (Athens, GA) AIDS Athens’ Festival for Life is looking for individuals or groups to host dinner parties. Hosts ask their guests to make a contribution to AIDS Athens. Most parties occur on Feb. 28 but can be anytime between now and the end of March. Hosts and party guests are then invited to a dessert reception on Feb. 28.

Contact Olivia Long, 706-549-3730, olivia@aidsathens.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 Friends of the Library Book Sale (ACC Library) The AthensClarke County Library is now accepting donations of gently used books for the sale. No magazines please. 706-613-3650 Relay for Life of Clarke County (YMCA) 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, jgarrismiller@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 ACC Summer Camps (Multiple Locations) Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services offers camps in theater, gymnastics, tennis, cheerleading, skating, art and more. Visit website for dates and details. 706613-3589, www.athensclarkecounty. com/camps Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Now registering for spring classes like “Art Time I and II” for ages 4–6, “Springtime Plein Air and Enchanted Forest” for ages 7–12 and two Spring Break sessions. Classes begin in March. www.athens clarkecounty.com/lyndonhouse Baton (Bishop Park) The Classic City Majorettes offer instruction in dance-twirling, strutting, marching and more. For ages 5 & up.

Tuesdays, Mar. 3–May 12, 5:45 p.m. $65–80. 706-613-3589

Hospitality Careers Academy (The Classic Center) High school students interested in the hospitality industry can apply for a week-long academy program that includes hearing guest speakers, shadowing job professionals, attending industry tours and participating in leadership activities.

Deadline to apply Apr. 15. July 13–17. $450. 706-357-4521, beth@classiccenter.com Spring Break Mini Camp (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Each day will be filled with activities that connect youth to the wonders of nature. Ages 5–11. Mar. 9–11, 8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. www.botgarden. uga.edu Spring Break Mini Camps (Multiple Locations) Now registering. East Athens Community Center hosts “Olympic Week Mini Camp” for ages 6–13. Mar. 9–13, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $40–60. Rocksprings Park hosts “Spring Break Detective Camp” for ages 6–12. Mar. 9–13, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $40–60. Lyndon House Arts Center hosts “Spring Break Art Break” for ages 6–12.

Mar. 10 or Mar. 12, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $57–78. Sandy Creek Nature Center hosts “Spring Explorers: Tall Tales at Sandy Creek” for ages 4–12.

Mar. 11–13, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $20–30. www.athensclarkecounty. com/camps Theatre Camp Registration (Elberton City Hall) Registration begins Mar. 7 for two summer camps. The kids camp, for grades K-5, includes a performance of Joust! A Mighty Medieval Musical.

July 27–31. $85. Theatre camp, for grades 6–12, includes a performance of Thoroughly Modern Millie Junior. June 1–12. $117. Register for camp on Mar. 7 at 10 a.m. 706283-1049, tking@cityofelberton.net UGA Summer Camps (Multiple Locations) Now registering for day camps and overnight camps in June and July. Offerings include a mini medical school, computer game design, a national security mock council and more. www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/youth/summer-academy

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 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 Chronic Illness Support Group (Oasis Counseling Center) Six-week group meetings for individuals dealing with chronic medical conditions. Call to reserve spot. Every Wednesday, 1:30–3 p.m. through Apr. 10. $15/session. 706543-3522, info@oasiscounseling center.com 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 Life After Diagnosis (Oasis Counseling Center) An ongoing support group aimed at helping those with chronic or life-threatening diseases. Tuesdays, 4:30–6 p.m. $15/session. 706-543-3522, www.oasiscounselingcenter.com Meditation/Group Energy Healing Experience a deeper awareness of who you really are.

Group meets every other Tuesday. lifecoach.celia@yahoo.com, www.lifecoachcelia.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 SLPAA (Campus View Church of Christ) Sex, Love and Pornography Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step program for sexually compulsive behaviors. Every Monday, 7:30–8:30 p.m. 706-372-8642 Weight Loss Group (Counseling Associates for Well-Being) This six-week group combines hypnosis, mindfulness and self-compassion.

Contact to reserve spot. Begins Mar. 3. $40/session. 706-425-8900, s.rains@ca4wellbeing.com, www.ca4wellbeing.com

Women’s Empowerment Group (Oasis Counseling Center) A small therapeutic group for women to work on vulnerability, setting boundaries, assertiveness, self-care and more. Eight-week sessions. Call to reserve a space. $15/session.

706-543-3522, www.oasis counselingcenter.com

On The Street 4th Annual Preservation South Conference The UGA Student Historic Preservation Organization hosts a conference to present new research.

Register online. Mar. 20–22. www.preservationsouth.weebly.com ALT Farms CSA Program (Athens, GA) The Athens Land Trust is growing Certified Naturally Grown produce. Proceeds from the Community Supported Agriculture program support ongoing projects at the West Broad Market Garden and other ALT programs. Two 18-week sessions for members are available. $450. www.athenslandtrust.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.) Local photography by Beka Poss. Through February. • Artwork by students in the Visual Arts Magnet Program at North Springs Charter High School in Sandy Springs, GA. Through March.

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

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.) “Meditations on Peace and Love” presents art by Charley Seagraves. Through March.

ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) “Contrapunto” showcases the works of Contrapunto members Pedro Fuertes, Jorge Arcos, Dora Lopez, Stanley Bermudez and Carlos Solis. Guest artists include Alex Mendoza and Claudia Soria. Through Apr. 24.

ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) Local costumer and fashion historian Beverly Bourgeois presents an exhibit of Victorian, Edwardian and flapper finery. Reception Feb. 26. Through Mar. 24.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) “As We Wish to Be” is a solo installation of site-specific murals 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. Through Mar. 15.

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.

DONDERO’S KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Artwork by Jackie Dorsey.

Through February.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) “Coffee and Travel” presents linoleum block prints by René Shoemaker. Through February.

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. • Pastoral paintings by Cheryl Washburn. Through Mar. 12. • Mixed media artwork by Melissa Steele. Opening reception Feb. 27. Through Mar. 22.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) “The Toilsome Search for Probity” features black-and-white, dream-inspired illustrations by James Greer. Through February.

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.) “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. • “Chaos & Metamorphosis: The Art of Piero Lerda.” Through May 10. • In the sculpture 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.) “BANG” is an installation of

Avid Book Clubs (Avid Bookshop) The Paperback Fiction Book Club is currently reading The Rosie Project

by Graeme Simsion and meets the third Sunday of the month. The New & Notable Book Club is currently reading The Meaning of Human Existence by E.O. Wilson and meets the fourth Sunday of the month. The Book Club of the Fantastic is currently reading Collages by Anais Nin and meets the fourth Tuesday of the month. Join by email. avid.athens. rachel@gmail.com Children First Soccer Tournament (Southeast Circle Park) For adults. $150 per team.

706-229-6266, soccer@children first-inc.org George Tabori and the Theater of the Holocaust (Multiple Locations) This conference will highlight the work of HungarianGerman-Jewish playwright George Tabori. The meeting is in conjunction with the University Theatre production of Tabori’s signature play, Mein Kampf, directed by Del Hamilton. Feb. 26–28. www.drama. uga.edu/event/tabori

PHIL LANOUE (Athens Community Career Academy) A community reception honoring Clarke County Superintendent Lanoue will be held Mar. 2, 2–6 p.m. at the ACCA. Donations can be made to support the Neighborhood Leaders Program through Family ConnectionCommunities in Schools at www. athens.communitiesinschools.org ServeAthens ICN Service Day (Living Hope Church) Volunteers will perform a variety of service projects for local organizations. Register online. Mar. 28, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. www.asmwa.org/serve Spring Book Sale (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Thousands of books will be available for bargain prices. Proceeds benefit the library. Mar. 6–14. www.athens library.org/madison adDRESS a Need Sale (Georgia Square Mall) Local designers revamped outdated dresses into stylish new ones. Dresses are available Mar. 6–22, with proceeds benefiting Friends of Advantage. $20–150/ dress. tdalton@advantagebhs.org, www.friendsofadvantage.org f

bold colored pop art paintings by Carol John that will rotate throughout the course of the exhibit. Through June 30.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Watercolor paintings, cut paper silhouettes and cut paper collages by Missy Kulik. Through Mar. 8.

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.) Artwork by Carley Rickles.

Through February. • Richly hued paintings of neighborhood scenes by Mary Porter. Through March.

JITTERY JOE’S FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) “Silk and Travel” presents hand-painted silk by René Shoemaker. Through February. • AthensHasArt! presents works by Margaret Schreiber, Audra Nichole and Tim Dominy. Through February.

KA ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) “Love, In All Its Many Forms” is a group show featuring a variety of styles. Reception Feb. 19. Currently on display through February.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Mequitta Ahuja: Automythography” features a series of paintings that illustrate the visiting artist’s weaving of myth, cultural history and personal biography. Through Feb. 26. • “Justin Schmitz: Like a Juggernaut” shows portraits the Dodd’s Post-MFA Fellow in Photography took of teenagers at high school football games. Through Feb. 26. • “To-Do List” reveals what 28 artists were thinking, accomplishing and avoiding during a six-week period. Through Feb. 26.

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.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “AFLAT: A Funky Little Art Thing.” Feb. 26–28.

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.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) “Women’s Work” presents paintings, photography, quilts, basketry and more from Caroline Angelo, Ruta Abolins, Robin Fay, Lisa Freeman, Lori Gibbons, Sarah Hubbard, Frances Jemini and Jasmine Odessa Rizer. Through Mar. 5.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) In celebration of Youth Art Month, an exhibit features artwork by students attending Oconee County’s public and private schools in grades K–12. Opening reception Feb. 27. Through Mar. 26.

RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Food, Power and Politics: The Story of School Lunch.” Through May 15. • An exhibition celebrating The Pennington Radio Collection features tube radios, external speakers and other artifacts from 1913–1933.

Reception Feb. 20. Currently on view through December.

SALON ON FIRST (6 1st St., Watkinsville) Abstract oil landscapes by Keith Karnok.

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.) “Undulations,” artwork by Jonah Allen. Through February.

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.

THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) “Landscapes I Have Loved” features paintings by Michael Spronck. Through Mar. 5.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) “Blooms and Boats” contains digital images by Dr. David Jarrett.

Through March.

THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Will Eskridge, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more. • Nude photography by Grant Beecher. Through February.

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Carlton, GA. Thursday– Sunday, 10–5. Jimmy, (706) 797-3317.

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Whimsical Marketplace: vintage finds, local ar t, architectural salvage, upcycled furniture, industrial lighting. Lexington Vintage: 1743 Lexington Rd, just 2 miles south of DT Athens. Entrance around back.

Estate Sales Eclectic Moving Sale w/ Unique Items: Feb. 2 7 , 2 8 & M a rc h 1 , 1 0 0 Xavier Drive. Many pieces for sale from the family’s personal collection in the home they have lived for over 25 years. Art, Media, Electronics, Linens, H o l i d a y I t e m s , To o l s , Bikes, Harley Davidson.

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

C a l l c e n t e r representative. Join established Athens company calling CEOs & CFOs of major corporations generating sales leads for tech companies. $9–11/hr.

BOS Staffing, www.bosstaff. com, (706) 353-3030.

Instruction Athens School of Music.

Instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more.

From beginner to expert.

Instrument repairs avail. Visit www.AthensSchoolofMusic. com, (706) 543-5800.

Musicians Wanted Advertise your special skills! Move-in/move-out help, pet care, child care, yard work, cleaning, etc.Let Athens know how to contact you with Flagpole Classifieds! Call (706) 5490301 or visit classifieds. flagpole.com.

Max Athens is available for private parties and looking for bands to book. If you are interested, please email sonicsnaxx@gmail.com.

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Downtown Athens restaurant looking for a FT pantry cook. 2 years experience preferred.

Email resume to squareonefishco@att.net.

Line/Prep Cooks Needed.The Georgia Center has several positions available 20–40 hrs./week.

Pay DOE/Minimum 3 years in full service restaurant.

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Bella Baby Photography is revolutionizing hospital newborn photography by using professional photographers to take portrait quality photos in the hospital room. We focus on capturing the details and moments of a baby’s first day. If you like an entrepreneurial environment and a place to mix your artistic flair with your business sense, then Bella Baby is the place for you! http:// athensga.craigslist.org/ med/4838468881.html

Bikini Modeling Contest. Winner receives $1000, poolside photo shoot and will represent Lazy Day Pools in our 2015 online, outdoor and print advertising. No nudity!

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Part-time Big CIty Bread Cafe is now accepting applications for cooks and bakers.

Must be available to work weekends. Please apply in person. No phone calls please.

Clocked is now hiring kitchen staff. $10.25-$13/hr based on experience. Bring in resume and ask for David or Sam. 259 W.Washington St. Downtown Athens restaurant looking for a PT dish washer. 2 years experience preferred. Email resume to squareonefishco@att.net.

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D e t o u r L a b s . C u r re n t l y seeking PT help w/ laboratory furniture installation in Athens area.

Experience preferred.

Training provided. (678) 838-0370 or visit www. detourlabs.com for application.

Get paid to type! SBSA is a financial transcription company offering PT positions. Create your own schedule. Competitive production-based pay. Close to campus! Must be able to touch-type 65 wpm & have excellent English grammar/ comprehension skills. Visit our website to apply: www. sbsath.com.

House/server staff: Greyfield Inn, Cumberland Island. Join our house staff. Live and work on a beautiful GA island! Dining & wine service exp. helpful.

In residence position. $28,500.00 annum.

Hiring immediately and again in early May. Send letter of interest, along w/ application request to seashore@greyfieldinn. com.

UGA’s Georgia Center is hiring temporary banquet servers.Daily shifts avail. from 6 a.m-3 p.m. Free meal w/ each shift. Email resumes to kcona@uga.edu.

Violin teacher needed for 106 West Music School in Winder. One after noon/ evening per week to start w/ potential to add days.

Fiddle, cello, viola a plus.

Classic violin technique required.

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