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UGA Policies Are Confusing

Institutionalized Injustice?

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Let me tell you a story, and see if you think it could have happened at the University of Georgia. A financial manager blows the whistle on her department head for cheating on expense accounts and abusing leave and conflict of interest policies.

The university investigates and moves the well connected department head to a different position in another department, paying her the same six-figure salary and extending her contract. The department head eventually finds another position, a better job at an out-of-state university and moves on and up, with glowing recommendations and nothing in her official file here that would discredit her. That department head is replaced at UGA by her long-time assistant, who harasses the whistleblower, gives her bad job evaluations and then fires the whistleblower.

It couldn’t happen here, right? If it did, the whistleblower would sue the university for the loss of her job and the damage to her reputation. Yes, but… Such a lawsuit costs money, especially since it would mean going up against the university, the board of regents and the state of Georgia: A lot of money against a lot of powerful lawyers at great cost over a long time for an uncertain result.

So, what’s a poor whistleblower to do?

Well, try to get the university to acknowledge that it has not backed her up, after she did her duty as she saw it, that in fact the university has done exactly what its own regulations are designed to prevent: leave the whistleblower vulnerable to retaliation.

The university takes the position of hey, we acted; we got rid of the offending department head. So, what’s the problem?

The problem seems to be that the whistleblower apparently got whacked for doing her job, and the university, like any large organization, has a vested interest in not making public a high-level coverup that might damage its image, especially at a time when it is engaged in a billion-dollar fundraising campaign.

But maybe all of the above is too onesided. Maybe the whistleblower was a pain in the neck, a troublemaker, the kind of person who even though she’s right you don’t want working with you. Maybe the university has taken care of things the best way it can under the circumstances—gotten rid of the offending department head and the troublemaker, too—while keeping it all out of public view. The institution is more important, after all, than any individual persons.

These things are always awkward, because nobody can talk about them.

Personnel matters are involved, and lawsuits are a possibility, so the institution has no choice but to clam up.

A lawsuit could clear the air, could compel people to explain under oath what happened, could weigh subjective complaints and seek objective truths. That’s how a lawsuit works, though it does put the burden of proof and of cost on the litigants and is not likely to happen in this case. So far, the only people who have reviewed the

prescription for birth control. However, the story does not end there. If a woman makes an appointment online to start birth conI really appreciate the efforts being trol or re-check her prescription, and she made by the University of Georgia Retirees has not had an annual exam at the clinic Association to gather and communicate in the last year, she will get a call from the information to us about the out-of-theUHC informing her that she must reschedblue changes to the USG’s plans for retiree ule for that exam in order to get the birth health insurance. I hope your attempts to control. This is in conflict with how the reach out to the Board of Regents and to women’s clinic actually operates. encourage better communication and a The real issue stems from this: Women fuller, more factual explanation on what get the impression at the very beginning has happened bear fruit. Please do keep us that an annual exam is required to get birth informed about this! control, even though that isn’t true. SmithI have to confess to being way more Thompson emphasizes that these exams cynical about what they are about than are never forced, and that every patient what you all have expressed. The only thing should feel free to discuss the issue with her unsustainable about our insurance costs doctor. is their commitment to it. Since 1981, my But for young women without much family and I have paid into a system that knowledge about these exams or the effectively spread assuredly greater health women’s clinic’s costs in retirement policy, what the over the entire USG UHC initially tells population—both BUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK: them when they retirees and working schedule appointmembers. Thus, we ments makes it as younger employseem like there is ees paid more so no other option but that as retirees we to have the annual could continue to Send your sticker sightings to letters@flagpole.com. exam. At best, it is a pay the same. Their miscommunication plan to isolate us problem. At worst, it is misinformation and from that much bigger (and healthier) pool calls into question the conditions under simply denies us a benefit that we have which patients at the UHC women’s clinic already paid for. are consenting to these exams.

I’m also very curious about the mechaThis scheduling standard may have nism through which the BOR intends to evolved out of convenience. Sometimes, afford us access to health insurance as Smith-Thompson says, women make Medicare covered retirees. How are they appointments thinking they will not need going about soliciting bids for what will, an annual exam, yet the doctor may find I’m sure, be a very profit-making operation something in their history that would (yet more, in their words, “efficient”)? Have necessitate it. Scheduling patients for these they worked through the state insurance commissioner’s office to make sure that our exams up front automatically allots them more time in the doctor’s office in case of interests are met? What are/have been the such an event. Smith-Thompson expressed solicitation documents inviting bids to creconcern that by making it clear that these ate the private insurance market to which exams are not required by the women’s we will have access? clinic in order to get birth control, women What has happened and the finances at UGA simply would not get them and behind it need to be more public! Their thereby leave themselves vulnerable to canfailure to be so to this point only lends crecers and other diseases. dence to the supposition that we are going I agree. These exams are important to be disadvantaged so that other private, for a woman’s general health. However, non-USG parties will be advantaged.

Joe Wisenbaker the American College of Physicians, the Athens World Health Organization and even the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the organization that publishes the guidelines that the women’s clinic uses, agree that these exams are not necesBy now, more than a few of you have sary for the safe prescription of birth conheard about the petition regarding the trol. Therefore, they should not be linked University Health Center’s policy of requirtogether by the UHC. ing an annual women’s exam before a Women should get these exams, but they woman can receive birth control. However, should not get them under false pretenses, it seems the problem is not that simple. and the way the UHC schedules appointBeth Smith-Thompson, an OB/GYN at the ments for birth control often leads students UHC, kindly offered to speak with me to to get the wrong impression. answer my questions.

I would love it if the UHC could stop this First, Smith-Thompson confirmed that misleading scheduling practice and enhance there is no official policy at the UHC requirtheir efforts to educate UGA students about ing women’s clinic doctors to perform an women’s health. annual women’s exam (now referred to as Katherine La Mantia an “age-appropriate exam” on the UHC Athens website) in order for a patient to receive a

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By Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com university’s actions are the people involved, within the university. That is not to say they are biased, only that such internal review does not rise to the level of independent fact-finding.

It seems that in this case, and perhaps there are others, the university system lacks a mechanism for conducting an independent examination of situations that question professional conduct—that review by the professionals themselves is not enough.

We know that our universities are gigantic institutions, but they are also among our most valuable resources and do not receive nearly enough support as it is. Our universities are already under attack and do not need unresolved internal controversy. What seems to be lacking here is an objective procedure that protects both the university and the individual. “So sue me” is not enough.

A Bad Week Thursday we lost Carl Lindberg, and Sunday Harold Williams succumbed to complications growing out of the disastrous fall that left him paralyzed over a year and a half ago. Both grew up in Athens and found joy in their music and delight in sharing it with their many friends and fans. Both, through their loving and generous personalities buoyed up those around them, and both helped define Athens as we know it.

Service for Harold Thursday at Covenant Presbyterian.

Carl was fittingly celebrated Sunday in the UGA Chapel through word and music by his fellow musicians.

Harold will be remembered at 11 a.m.

Thursday morning, May 21 in a service at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1065 Gaines School Road, and the evening before during visitation from 6–8 p.m. at Lord & Stephens East, 4355 Lexington Road.

We can never understand death, especially when it comes too soon—which is always. We can only live with it and with its aftermath, being thankful for friends like Harold and Carl and learning from their example how important it is that we love and support one another in this life, while we have it. f

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GOP Chooses Practical Route They Re-elected Chairman John Padgett

By Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com Georgia Republicans chose electoral pragmatism over ideological purity when they elected their state chairman, but it was a close call. At their state convention in Athens, GOP activists voted to keep John Padgett as party chairman, putting down a challenge by DeKalb County lawyer Alex Johnson for the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top job.

Padgett was the choice of elected leaders and the party establishment. He was coming off an election cycle in which the GOP swept every statewide office, held on to a U.S. Senate seat, picked up an extra seat in the U.S. House and maintained a two-thirds majority in the state legislature.

In a state where 45 percent of the voters support Democrats, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to see how they could have done much better. And yet, Padgettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s margin of victory was only 807612.

There is a lot of dissatisfaction among party activists that results from the competing interests of winning elections versus maintaining a philosophical stance on fundamental issues. Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supporters donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think the current party leadership is conservative enough. They are especially unhappy about Republican votes for a huge highway tax increase in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s session and the inability to get a â&#x20AC;&#x153;religious freedomâ&#x20AC;? bill passed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enough is enough, time for a change,â&#x20AC;?

Johnson told the delegates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is time for new leadership that will stand up for you and your principles.â&#x20AC;?

This argument is one that every political party faces at various times. People are attracted to this party or that because it stands for something important to them: cutting taxes, ending slavery, providing health care, spending more on the military or whatever.

It remains a fact of life, however, that the primary function of a political party is to win elections. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold an executive office or if you are the minority faction in Congress or a state legislature, you are not going to put your policy goals into action. Your chances of achieving anything are roughly zero as the minority party. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is the job of the chairman and this party?â&#x20AC;? Padgett asked at one point during the convention. An audience member yelled back the answer: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Win elections!â&#x20AC;?

Even while they voted to keep a chairman who was the choice of the party establishment, there were still some internal divisions and contradictions on display within the GOP ranks. Convention delegates overwhelmingly passed a resolution demanding the General Assembly pass, â&#x20AC;&#x153;without amendments,â&#x20AC;? the religious freedom bill stalled during the recent session.

The convention, however, also elected an openly gay candidate, attorney Mansell McCord, as the new state treasurer.

There were mentions by various speakers of the need to expand the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s base by bringing in more blacks and Latinos. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to work each and every day to convince Latinos to vote Republican,â&#x20AC;?

Attorney General Sam Olens said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to work each and every day to persuade African Americans to vote for Republicans.â&#x20AC;?

The convention delegates, however, adopted a resolution urging the state to deny driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; licenses to all undocumented immigrants. They cheered Secretary of State Brian Kemp, whose office has tried to shut down efforts to register minority voters.

It remains to be seen what impact, if any, these divisions might have on elections in 2016 and what sort of opening they might provide to the Democratic Party. f

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How to Make Athens Safe for Pedestrians Plus, Improving the Eastside and Clarkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Charter District

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median could be added and the street reduced to three On a typical day, more than 1,000 students cross lanes (even on-street parking could be added on that wide Lumpkin Street adjacent to campus every hour on foot, street, Clark suggested). â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we can move formaking it the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s busiest pedestrian zone, and setting ward with this without addressing [traffic] speed,â&#x20AC;? added up potentially dangerous conflicts with car traffic. Accident data from the past five years show Lumpkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hills to be the Commissioner Melissa Link. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we put pedestrian islands on Prince?â&#x20AC;? asked most dangerous areasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;26 reported bike and pedestrian Commissioner Jared Bailey, who thought Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solutions accidents. Next dangerous are Dougherty Street downtown and Prince Avenue between Pulaski and Barber streets, where, Athens-Clarke County Transportation Director David Clark told commissioners last week, car speeds are â&#x20AC;&#x153;still extremely high.â&#x20AC;?

And farther out on Lumpkin, 100 students jaywalk every hour to catch buses. Similarly, on Milledge Avenue, mid-block jaywalking to bus stops is â&#x20AC;&#x153;very, very common,â&#x20AC;? Clark said. He suggested a number of actions, some more expensive (and therefore â&#x20AC;&#x153;longrangeâ&#x20AC;?) than others, to reduce car/ pedestrian conflicts: â&#x20AC;&#x153;no drop-offâ&#x20AC;? signs along Lumpkin; tweaking stoplights to give pedestrians a head start on turning traffic, or stopping all car traffic while pedestrians cross; a median â&#x20AC;&#x153;refuge islandâ&#x20AC;? for pedestrians halfway across Lumpkin and medians at bus stops on Milledge to prevent cars from passing stopped buses; removing sidewalk obstructions that can block views of pedestrians; placing pedestrian flashers overhead at crosswalks (not Students cross Lumpkin Street at the Baxter Street intersection. just at the side of the street); and movdidnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go far enough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The community has spoken pretty ing Prince Avenueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crosswalks to better nearby locations. loudly that they want this to be a more walkable commuOn Lumpkin Street, â&#x20AC;&#x153;for all practical purposes, bikes nity.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take political will, he said, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see it go are going down that hill as fast as a vehicle,â&#x20AC;? Clark said, yet a lot farther.â&#x20AC;? drivers will sometimes pass a bicyclist and then turn right But any changes will take moneyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;perhaps $1.1 million in front of them, forcing a crash. He proposed adding a turn lane outside the bike lane and making bike lanes more obvi- to implement all his suggestions, Clark estimated. No such sum is now budgeted, but commissioners were interested in ous with a green thermoplastic coating. the prospects for a T-SPLOST (a regional transportation tax Commissioners had ideas, too: â&#x20AC;?traffic calming,â&#x20AC;? or for specified projects, requiring voter approval) and asked intentionally slowing traffic down, by giving motorists for more details on Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposals. The recently passed â&#x20AC;&#x153;some kind of signal that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a town now,â&#x20AC;? suggested Commissioner Kelly Girtz. Perhaps on Dougherty, a planted transportation funding law gives counties the ability to

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hold referendums on raising sales taxes for roads and transit. Meanwhile, commissioners gave an informal go-ahead for the lowest-cost changes: better signage and changes to signal timing.

When it comes to speed-limit enforcement, local police are somewhat hamstrung by state regulations. The Georgia Department of Transportation sets speed limits on numbered highways that pass through townâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including Broad, Milledge, Lexington Road and most of Prince Avenue.

GDOT also must approve (and has often denied) any change in speed limits on local streets, too. To discourage small-town speed traps, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the state legislature basically took setting speed limits away from local communities,â&#x20AC;? Clark told Flagpole. And the way GDOT sets speed limits is not to try to adjust driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; speeds to match conditions, but rather to determine how fast drivers are already going and set the limit at a speed not exceeded by 85 percent of drivers.

The session was well-attended by the public (unusually so for a work session).

BikeAthens Director Tyler Dewey told Flagpole that Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposals â&#x20AC;&#x153;went much further than past presentations,â&#x20AC;? and he particularly liked adding the green finish to the Lumpkin bike lanes.

But Prince needs bike lanes as well, he said, and he noted that Clark himself had called it â&#x20AC;&#x153;feasibleâ&#x20AC;? a decade ago to reduce the intown portion of Prince to three vehicle lanes, adding two bike lanes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reason Prince is not five-laned currently is not because of engineering, it is because of politics,â&#x20AC;?

Dewey said.

Lexington Road: First, the bad news: When more than 700 people who responded to an online survey were asked what words they associated with Lexington Road, they said things like â&#x20AC;&#x153;eyesore,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;congested,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;dangerousâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;trashy.â&#x20AC;? Traffic is a problem, and developments are aging. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This corridor has probably seen disinvestment and decline,â&#x20AC;? said urban planner Bill de St. Aubin.

De St. Aubin is one of a dozen experts brought in by the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit think tank with a branch in Atlanta, to take a closer look at Lexington Road last week at the request of a Lexington Road Committee chaired by ACC Commissioner Andy Herod.

The group came up with numerous recommendations for improving the area, starting with sidewalks and bike lanes, which many of the more than 700 people who filled out an online survey said they want. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They feel like pedestrians need a safe space to get around,â&#x20AC;? said real estate lawyer

decisions. The school board will continue to set policies and Jan Bozeman. By the way, that figure—719, to be exact— standards, however. The governing body will be in place in was the highest Bozeman had ever seen. “You have a very order to decide how best to meet those policies and staninvolved community,” she said.

The Eastside is growing at the rate of just 0.5 percent per dards set by the school board, which will require a greater involvement from the Clarke County community. year, well below the booming downtown and intown areas.

For school districts electing to apply as a charter system, But it has potential, said economic development consultant thus implementing local school governance teams, the state Ken Bleakly. About 38,000 people live within a three-mile of Georgia has implemented a set of requirements for the radius of Lexington Road, and they spend $230 million a LGSTs. The first requirement is that the LGSTs will replace year. the school councils that were in place with the current The slow growth is because of a lack of housing options system. LSGTs must also reflect the diversity of neighborand students moving downtown, Bleakly said. Ideally, hoods they serve. vacant apartment complexes would be turned into mixedThough they will be given authority in five state-defined use and senior-living communities, but redevelopment is unlikely without government help. “When we look at rental areas (personnel decisions, financial decisions and resource allocation, curriculum and instruction, school improvement housing opportunities, I think it’s going to be difficult to plan and school operations), the LGSTs are responsible for make the numbers work, given current rents,” Bleakly said. governance, not management. All decisions made by them Cracking down on code violations could push landlords are also still subject to BOE supervision and authority. who’ve let properties deteriorate to sell. “I hate to say it, The final requirement implemented by the state is that but code enforcement can be an effective tool to get those all members must undergo an annual regular training. property owners out of there,” Bozeman said. As another In addition to these state requireincentive, multifamily density should be ments, the CCSD has also implemented increased, Bleakly said.

This corridor has two additional requirements. “Our Walkability is key, too, and the ULI additional requirements here are that recommended creating a pedestrian/ probably seen we want governance teams in our charbike pathway along Lexington Road and disinvestment and decline. ter application to exercise authority by building an “Athens Beltline.” This route choosing innovations from the priority would continue from where Firefly Trail areas aligning the strategic plan,” James Barlament, the will dead-end at the Loop, on past the back of Wal-Mart to coordinator for grants and research for CCSD, said.

Southeast Clarke Park. While businesses need parking in Another addition the CCSD made to the basic charter front and cars move too fast to put buildings on the street, system the state offers: LGST implementation commitstrategically placed medians and small stores in front of tees. “The goal for these implementation committees,” big-box shopping centers would give the corridor a more Barlament said, “is to make sure these governance teams human scale, de St. Aubin said. reflect on the needs of their schools and neighborhoods, Past Wal-Mart, where traffic drops off from 35,000 cars a day at the Loop to 8,000, the road could be trimmed down and whether their membership includes a diverse set of perspectives and appropriate skills to meet those needs.” from five to three lanes, said John Devine, a planner with The requirements to be a member of the implementation the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission. It’s GDOT’s committees have not been stated, in case there is a need responsibility to fix the Loop interchange, but according to to change those requirements after the system has been Devine, bus rapid transit could reduce congestion.

A string of urban “nodes” along the corridor would serve implemented.

These additions were the result of various polling done as destinations for residents and visitors alike. They could

by CCSD. A charter system relies heavily on community include a “wellness” node with a park near the Lakewood feedback. subdivision, a “food hub” with a farmer’s market and comThose polled believed that the most crucial members munity kitchen in the old Rose’s building and an artists’ needed to make up the LGSTs were parents (98 percent community on undeveloped residential land. Other shutbelieve to be “extremely important”), teachers (97 percent) tered big boxes, such as the Piggly Wiggly, could be conand the school’s principal (90 percent). Other options were verted into craft breweries, creating a “beer trail.” neighborhood members (88 percent), students (78 percent) Don’t expect the invisible hand to work its magic, and police officers (66 percent). though, de St. Aubin warned. “You can’t expect private “We actually had some people, at development to come in and do it for this point in their comments, say that you,” he said. “You need P3 [public-priLocal School there were a lot of other people who vate partnerships] to make it happen.” could be on [this list],” Barlament said.

Governance Teams That means incentives like tax With this feedback, the CCSD has breaks. A Community Improvement must reflect the diversity of made revisions to the membership District—where property owners agree neighborhoods they serve. specifications to LGSTs from the last to tax themselves—could also fund draft of the charter system application. improvements. Those funds can be All terms of members were changed to two two-year terms, leveraged to win state and federal grants and can pay for with the ability to serve a third following a one-year break. public art, transportation and public safety, according to Gil Prado, who runs a CID in Fulton County. Creating a CID The use of at-large members is also available to LGSTs could also influence GDOT to move ahead with the planned based on need.

At the middle and high school levels, though, those atreconstruction of the broken Lexington Road-Loop-Barnett large members must be an odd number, so there is an odd Shoals intersection. [Blake Aued] number of eligible voters.

Revisions also clarified candidate requirements, created Charter District: The Clarke County Board of Education voting processes for parents and students and established voted unanimously May 14 to apply to the state to become a process by which teachers, parents and police officers a charter system, fulfilling a directive that all school diselected to the LGST would form a core membership in order tricts must choose a governance model by the end of June. to solicit interest from and vote upon neighborhood and In 2007 and 2008, the legislature created two new at-large members. options for local district governance: the charter sysAmong the areas in which more flexibility in decisiontem (not a system of charter schools) and Investing in making is given are teacher certification, class size, pay, Excellence in Education, or IE2. Those two systems, along course requirements and seat times in exchange for spewith the traditional, or “status quo,” system are the three cific, rigorous goals to increase student performance. options for each district.

To make sure the system works, the CCSD will need to Lanoue recommended the application to become a charter system in June 2014. The plan is to bring the final appli- have a system of checks and balances in place to assure that each school within the district is being held accountable cation for approval before the BOE meeting on June 11. and that the schools continue to improve their student The CCSD’s decision to apply as a charter system grants performance. the district the most flexibility compared to the other two In applying to become a charter system, the CCSD will be systems. The charter system will also grant the CCSD freegranted additional state funding of approximately $80-90 dom from many state and federal education requirements. per student, which in Clarke County is a total of nearly $1 Instead of making decisions at the county-board level, million. [Benjamin Tankersley] f a governing body at the school will be making some

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Cones and Killer Cops The Scoop on Ben & Jerry’s Progressive Politics

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wo scoops with chocolate syrup, sprinkles and a double helping of politics on top is what Ben & Jerry’s has been serving up since the start.

The ice cream maker pioneered environmentally friendly packaging, opposes the use of growth hormones in dairy cows, supports “1% for Peace” in the federal budget and made the world’s largest Baked Alaska to protest drilling in the Arctic National

increase in how we’re using plastics in our society, and this increase has caused a lot of waste to be produced, and it takes a lot of energy to make these materials that just end up in the landfill.”

The Ben & Jerry’s corporation has focused on addressing climate change, and for a free cone promotion last month, the company steered its scoop shops to partner with an environmentally minded nonprofit.

I think it was interesting that they’re [ACCPD] trying to hire from within the community, but they can’t get people to apply. And the other thing that [Greene] was saying is that it’s hard to find AfricanAmerican males to apply that haven’t been arrested. It’s kind of like a circular self-fulfilling thing that black males get arrested for things that white guys don’t get arrested for, and they have to say ‘Yes, I’ve been arrested,” and so then they don’t get accepted to the jobs.” Cohen says.

“And I definitely believe that colleges like UGA and Yale that are located in urban areas, where there is a significant population of really poor people, need to use and focus the resources of their university on working with that population. It needs to become part of the purpose of the university,” he says.

of comments on the website, I figured they were favorable, but then I found out they were not favorable,” Cohen says. “To me, this pointed out the necessity of doing what we did in having the conversation. There are some people who don’t think there was anything wrong with what happened in Ferguson, and I guess there are a lot of people who believe that the police are right and that the police are always right, and young black people with hoodies are wrong.

“To me, it’s hard to justify it—an unarmed person getting shot by the police.

I think the body cameras are great, but

“We have 30,000 students. If every student gave one hour to the community, we could change Athens,” Life says.

Coming out of the Morton Theatre forum is a monthly chess and ice cream night. “The second Friday of every month, all the kids from Chess and Community [Life’s nonprofit] come out, and we turn the outside area of the store into a chess playground.

“Twenty percent of proceeds from the day go back to them to help with scholarships and buying more chessboards and outreach events,” Bubb says. f

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Cohen joined a forum on Apr. 20 with Athens community leaders, including poet and social worker Life the Griot and Athens-Clarke County Interim Police Chief Carter Greene, at the Morton Theatre to address youth empowerment, focusing a large portion of the discussion on police shooting African Americans in Ferguson, MO, and North Charleston, SC. The forum started at the national level and moved into encouraging UGA students to get involved in the greater Athens community. Greene talked about equipping officers with body cameras and the department’s “fair and impartial policing” courses.

The town hall meeting came out of the backlash from a photo posted on Facebook of Bubb and Cohen, who was wearing a “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” T-shirt.

“When people first said there were a lot

The line wrapped around the block for a Free Cone Day fundraiser for Bag the Bag Apr. 15.

Wildlife Refuge. Founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield remain active in political and social causes, even after selling the company to Unilever in 2000.

Locally, Athens scoop shop manager Landon Bubb and crew have gotten involved with Bag the Bag, a University of Georgia club that was “formed four years ago with the mission to reduce plastic bag waste and consumption,” says Tiffany Ederhard, a past executive director. “Our mission has broadened to reducing plastic waste, single use plastics and promoting alternatives, because we saw a such an

“My scoopers unanimously wanted Bag the Bag to be the partner,” says Bubb, who is also one of the directors of Bag the Bag. On Free Cone Day, the line wrapped around College Square and down East Clayton Street, but patrons who brought in plastic bags for recycling got to go straight to the head of the line. Bag the Bag also installed a recycling bin, and customers who drop off plastic bags get 10 percent off.

“At the Free Cone Day, we collected around 5,000 plastic bags, and in the past year we have put up plastic bag bins around campus,” Ederhard says.

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Inside the GOP Convention

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oor Chris Christie. He came all the way from New Jersey to open the Georgia Republican Convention last Friday, and no one seems to care.

The buzz at the Classic Center is all about two other presidential candidates who may or may not make last-minute appearances, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (neither shows up). Maybe no one’s wide awake yet, but the response as Christie takes the stage is as lukewarm as the coffee.

It soon becomes clear why: While Christie says he “can’t stand” Democrats, much of his speech is about how he won them over and works with them. He ticks off a list of accomplishments as governor: Winning majorities among women and Hispanics (traditional Democratic constituencies), helping to elect 31 GOP governors as head of the Republican Governors Association (including Georgia’s Nathan Deal), erasing an $11 billion deficit, eliminating more than 100 taxes and fees, vetoing Planned Parenthood funding and reducing the state payroll by 8,500. And he did it without “the luxury of a Republican legislature,” he says, before zinging the allor-nothing tea party.

“You can’t stand in the corner and hold your breath and wait for the world to turn,” he says. “You’ve got to make the world turn.”

Six years after the tea party movement exploded and less than two years before a

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Ted Cruz speaks to a voter before his speech Friday night.

new president will take office, Republicans are still obsessed with taking down President Obama, but with the economy improving, they have less and less ammunition. “This president has led the most lifeless recovery in the post-World War II era,” Christie says. “People are saying, ‘I know you’ve created jobs, Mr. President. I have three of them.’”

The surest sign that Christie is auditioning for the job is that he’s tackling foreign policy. It’s all standard Fox News bluster: Obama is weak, which emboldens our enemies, and he’s not a friend to Israel. He let Assad off the hook in Syria and Putin run wild. 9/11!

Christie is facing scandal after scandal back home—he spent an insane amount of taxpayer money ($82,000 over two seasons) on food and drinks at NFL games, and members of his staff might be indicted for misappropriating pension funds. From what I can hear stuck behind the TV reporters, though, no one is asking him about it.

Instead, they’re pressing him on whether he’ll run for president. He’s noncommittal.

And he should be—in Georgia, he’s polling around 1 percent. The next presidential candidate to speak, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, is more viable, although he may have killed his chances when he briefly supported comprehensive immigration reform (read: “amnesty”) before reversing himself.

Speaking in the Classic Center’s halfempty Grand Hall, Rubio skirts the issue of immigration policy as he describes his upbringing as the son of Cuban immigrants.

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to reporters.

He is living the American Dream, but says the dream is dying. “There’s no way my parents could live the lifestyle they did as a bartender and a maid in this new economy,” he says.

His solutions are mainly warmed-over policies from the Reagan years, like lowering corporate taxes. I don’t know whether it’s because he’s in a college town, but he spends a lot of time talking about vocational education and student debt, though he doesn’t really offer many specific ideas.

One is a “right to know before you go” law, which would require universities to tell

student-loan borrowers how much money they can expect to make. “So you can decide whether it’s worth it to borrow $50,000 to major in Greek philosophy, because the market for Greek philosophers has gotten very tight,” Rubio says.

Then he turns to foreign policy. Israel good; China, Russia and “radical Islam” bad.

Like all the GOP presidential candidates, his philosophy is speak loudly and carry a big stick. Even the usually sedate Sen. Johnny Isakson gets into the act. “The only way to deal with ISIS is to kill ‘em, and the quicker we do it, the better off we’ll be,” he says.

Finally—and remember this part, it’ll come up again—Rubio says that, as president, he’ll appoint an attorney general who will “defend the religious liberties of every American to live our faith… not just at home or in church, but in our business, too.”

The real rock star is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, famed for reading Dr. Suess on the Senate floor during a faux filibuster against raising the debt ceiling. As Rubio wraps up, Cruz is arriving. Fanboys quickly corner him as other delegates pose for photos in front of a Fox News truck outside.

Earlier in the day, state party chairman John Padgett, a longtime Athens activist, had warned delegates that they’re not exactly in friendly territory: “You are in a bastion of socialism, communism and Democrats. This is the only county in the state that voted for Dukakis, the only one.

This is a hard place for Republicans to be.”

And Athens is proving Padgett right.

About 150 people have gathered in front of the Classic Center to agitate for Medicaid expansion. (Georgia Republicans have turned down Affordable Care Act money to insure an estimated 650,000 Georgias.)

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and tax deductions for mortgages and children would, in reality, be monumentally unpopular. Dude went to Harvard.

He knows better, but he says it anyway, Denson and others march up and down because it appeals to the kind of people who Thomas Street, then go inside the building wear Benghazi pins, forward chain emails to deliver a box of letters. They’re chanting and spend two days at political conventions.

“Save Georgia lives!” and the delegates are Cruz gets his biggest applause when he chanting back “Save Georgia money!” addresses the controversial “religious lib“A lady got up in my face screaming, erty” bill that, depending on whom you ask, ‘Get a job!’” says Athens-Clarke County may or may not protect Christians from Commissioner Melissa Link. “I said ‘I have having to sell flower arrangements to sameone. I’m doing it.’” sex couples when Obummer institutes, as After about 10 minutes, Classic Center Cruz calls it, “mandatory gay marriage.” staff and police ask the protesters to leave.

“I will always, always, always defend the religious liberty of every American,” he says.

The rumor is that the convention’s 2,000 delegates will have a big fight on the floor over religious liberty. A committee has drafted a resolution calling on the legislature to pass a religious liberty law without any protections against discrimination. It’s a bill that House Speaker David Ralston, questioning the need for it, given the First Amendment, bottled up during the last session.

Saturday, Ralston is booed. I wonder why.

Throughout Saturday’s session, speakers plead for party unity. To paraphrase Jeff Mangum, we know who our enemies are. “No matter what team you’re on, I want you to go out and fight the Democrats and The commotion dies down, and delegates take back the United States of America,” start lining up outside the ballroom to hear says former congressman Jack Kingston, Cruz’s dinner speech. introducing Padgett.

Pacing the stage with his sleeves rolled After a lunch of Chick-fil-A (what else?), up, Cruz comes off as a cross between Jay it’s time to elect party officials. Padgett Leno and a TV preacher. Everything has and a slate of establishment candidates a punchline. He mentions that Hillary are running against a group of upstarts, Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the socialist mainly young libertarian-ish newcomers Vermont senator, are running. “Right now, to the party. The paranoia about Obama the Democratic field includes a wild-eyed and Democrats among Republicans also socialist with dangerous views on foreign extends to each other. The upstarts accuse policy—and Bernie Sanders,” he says. Cue the establishment of the cymbal crash. using “mafia-style” Cruz is by far the Right now, the Democratic tactics. There are refmost extreme candidate we’ve seen field includes a wild-eyed erences to Stalin and Star Chamber. One today, and of course, socialist with dangerous views candidate for vice the crowd loves him chairman makes a big for it. “We should on foreign policy—and Bernie deal about the incumadopt a simple flat Sanders. bent not shaking his tax,” he says. “Let hand. Another says every American fill she’ll do anything to fight Common Core, out his or her taxes on a postcard. And when we do that, we should abolish the IRS. “even bake cupcakes.” Delegates spend an hour arguing over whether to vote by secret “Take all 90,000 of them and put them on the southern border. I say that tongue in ballot because of fears of intimidation; some delegates, though, are afraid their balcheek, but imagine if you were swimming lots will vanish unless they vote openly. the Rio Grande, and the first thing you saw “It’s 3:45 in the afternoon, and I would was 90,000 IRS agents. You’d turn around like to go home sometime before midnight,” and go home.” Cruz, it should be noted, is says one gentlemen. The question is called. of Cuban descent and was born in Canada.

Padgett and the establishment slate win There are two types of Republicans in handily. The promised fight over religious this post-Obama world: Those who still liberty never materializes—all the resolubelieve he’s a Muslim Kenyan usurper who tions are approved by voice vote. One takes is hell-bent on declaring martial law and aim at “radically revisionist” AP History; locking up conservatives in concentration another calls for the state school board to camps, and those who pander to them. be elected, rather than appointed, because When Cruz says we need to “repeal every word of Obamacare” and “repeal every word members support Common Core. (They really hate Common Core, y’all.) of Common Core,” you know that he knows It’s a sneak preview of the 2016 session. that the Common Core curriculum isn’t Next year, look for those bills to come to a even a federal law, and that getting rid of legislature near you. f health coverage for pre-existing conditions continued from p. 9

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Minors > Majors Baseball That Doesn’t Break the Bank

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ast summer, my wife, a couple friends and I trekked over to the suburban wilderness of Gwinnett County to check out a Gwinnett Braves game. Ric Flair threw out the first pitch, and I’m pretty sure most of the crowd was more excited about the Nature Boy than the national pastime that day. Every time something happened—or didn’t happen— somebody, frequently the PA guy, would let out Flair’s trademark “Woo!” It got old by around the fourth inning, but that’s what makes minor-league baseball great: It’s so gimmicky that it comes back around full circle from fun to annoying to ironically fun again. Plus, they were giving away Julio Teheran bobbleheads.

Let’s face it: The Barves, hot April start notwithstanding, are Barving all over the place. They can be fun to watch sometimes, but they’re not very good, and it may not

Ozzie Smith beat the Dodgers with a ninthinning homer, immortalized by the great Jack Buck. “Go crazy, folks!” Look it up on FaceTubePedia, kids.) Just a few years ago, the aforementioned Teheran, now an All Star, was pitching for Gwinnett. The AAA Braves this year have Jose Peraza, a second baseman who’s one of the top prospects in baseball and is likely to be leading off for Atlanta next year, if not sooner, as well as a slew of others who could get called up to The Show at a moment’s notice.

Plus, you can’t beat the price. Our tickets about 10 rows behind home plate cost a mere $15, which is what you’d pay to sit in the upper deck at Turner Field, if you’re lucky. Parking was like five bucks, and the beer and food were cheaper, too. Lines were nonexistent. The restrooms were 30 seconds away (very important, especially if you’re pregnant like my wife was).

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The Gwinnett Braves’ Joey Terdoslavich might never stick in the bigs, but he’s a hell of a minor league hitter.

be worth fighting Atlanta traffic and shelling out big bucks to see them. The Bravos are #tankingfor2017, when they move into Corporate Welfare Coliseum in Cobb County, which will be even more impossible to get to than Turner Field, although it will probably have a Wild Wings and/or a Cheesecake Factory or something next door, so at least there’s that.

But there is an alternative to dropping three figures to watch a shitty baseball team, and that’s dropping two figures to watch a shitty baseball team. Coolray Field is right down 316 in Lawrenceville, and for half the cost of a major-league Braves game, you can see tomorrow’s Braves today.

While the quality of play isn’t quite major-league level—that’s why they call it the minors, duh—you can catch a future star or two and say you knew them when.

My dad still talks about taking me to see a Louisville Redbirds game that featured Willie McGee and Vince Coleman in the outfield—two speedsters who would go on to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series. (And yes, I’m showing my age. I remember not only ‘80s wrestlers, but the 1985 postseason, when light-hitting

If you’re willing to drive a bit farther, head an hour and half up I-85 North to Greenville, SC, where the Drive play in Fluor Field, a nine-year-old stadium modeled after Boston’s famous Fenway Park, right down to a 30-feet-high wall in left.

(The Drive are the Red Sox’s Class A affiliate.) Tickets are just $7–$10. Although it’s not quite as conveniently located as Coolray, Greenville’s West End has the advantage over Lawrenceville of being a cool neighborhood with lots of options.

Class A ballplayers are younger and not as good as those in AAA, but the Drive have their share of prospects, too. Shortstop Michael Chavis, for example, is a product of Sprayberry High School in Marietta who was a first-round draft pick last year.

Closer to home, don’t forget about the University of Georgia Diamond Dawgs (who, alas, wear regular uniforms and not David Bowie wigs and leotards).

Unfortunately, both the men’s baseball and women’s softball teams wrapped up their seasons last week. But next February, keep in mind that UGA baseball games are free for students and $5–$8 for the general public, and softball is free for everyone. f

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Showers and Flowers Embrace the Season with Roll Out the Barrels and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summerâ&#x20AC;?

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com Barrelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; silent auction will be held on Wednesday, May 27 Drops Add Up: In a creative approach to water conservafrom 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. at Creature Comforts, and will feature tion, the Athens-Clarke County Stormwater Management appetizers from Last Resort Provisions and live music by the Program and ACC Water Conservation Office will co-host BorderHop Trio. Winning bids at last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event ranged their fifth annual Roll Out the Barrels, a silent auction between $70â&#x20AC;&#x201C;275, with barrels going home at an average of featuring 20 rain barrels hand-painted by local artists. $120 a popâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a price comparable to basic barrels available at The barrels serve as eye-catching, functional pieces of hardware stores. To view the lineup in advance, visit athenart that simultaneously conserve water and beautify sclarkecounty.com/6606/roll-out-the-barrels-2015. neighborhoods. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Athens, it makes sense to infuse environmental In Full Bloom: Founded in Athens in 1891, the Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stewardship with art, and rain barrels are a particularly Garden Club was the first formal garden club established effective form of environmental stewardship,â&#x20AC;? says Anna in America. As part of a five-year Southern Garden Series Truszczynski, education specialist for ACC Stormwater. celebrating the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 125th anniversary, the Lyndon House â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rain barrels play an important role in reducing water polArts Center is currently hosting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summer,â&#x20AC;? a floral-focused lution by capturing stormwater before it becomes runoff. show showcasing works by signature artist Annie Laurie By treating rainwater as a resource, ACC residents can conDodd and members of the serve water by using Athens Arts Association this stored rainwaand Athens Area Porcelain ter for landscaping, Artists. gardening and car â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summerâ&#x20AC;? is a garden washing, instead of of artwork exemplifying drawing from city Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most iconic flora. water.â&#x20AC;?

The focal point of the show Several of the is a watercolor painting artists on this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of the Sunstruck rose by roster have parDodd, who has also created ticipated previously, a series of signed comincluding Cap Man, memorative prints: a narChristy Wooke, cissus for winter, iris for Jamie Calkin, Lily spring, camelia for autumn Swindle, Dan Smith, and rose for summer.

Lorenza Chico Rozier A portion of print sales and Christina Ward. will benefit the Founders The project actively Memorial Garden, Lyndon seeks ways to engage House and State Botanical new audiences, howGarden. everâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an endeavor A closing reception made evident by last for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summerâ&#x20AC;? will be yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incorporation held on Thursday, of young artists from May 21 from 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 Athens Christian p.m., in conjuncSchool, Athens tion with an opening Academy, Winterville reception for photography Elementary, Chase

by MFA graduate Lucas Street Elementary and Underwood. His exhibit, Clarke Middle School. which will remain on view This year, at the in the new Lounge Gallery suggestion of Andrew through Saturday, Aug. 8, Lentini, who created features snapshots of Georgia last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular PBRplaces and characters. inspired â&#x20AC;&#x153;Athens Blue Ribbon Waterâ&#x20AC;? barrel, Pack Your Bags: The Athens organizers extended invitaInstitute for Contemporary Artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tions out to local tattoo stuupcoming project, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Detour Thru Your dios and signed on Mike Groves, Mind: An Illustrated Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s History of Kim Deakins and Matty Goldstein of Mike Groves Athens, GAâ&#x20AC;? will combine the works of both visual Pain & Wonder Tattoo. artists and writers to create an impressionistic glimpse Organizers also reached out to local collegesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; art departinto what makes Athens such a distinct place. Focusing on ments, bringing in Alea Hurst, a recent UGA graduate with notable faces, landmarks and legends, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Detourâ&#x20AC;? will double a BFA in painting and drawing, and Brittany Ranew, who as both exhibition and publication of artwork and literary has a BFA in sculpture and a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in art education from musings.

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Athens Summer Songs (Yet) Another Classic City Mixtape

By Music Staff music@flagpole.com

SIDE A Japancakes: “Disconnect the Cables” When the humidity, temperature and UV levels sync up to form a sauna outside, beat the heat by grabbing some headphones and channeling your inner cool. Japancakes’ lap steel-obsessed brand of post-rock proves a capable foil to rising temps. “Disconnect the Cables,” from the band’s 2001 LP, The Sleepy Strange, rides through a sonic heat wave with the windows down, maintaining an aural sizzle without the burn. Who needs air conditioning? [Bobby Power]

Dictator: “Summa (Commas Remix)” With fire in his throat and ice in his veins, Athens MC Dictator cranks up the heat on this recently released megajam, wherein our main man repeatedly pledges to “fuck up the summer.” Given the increased ferocity of Dictator’s recent output, I’m inclined to believe him. At three short minutes, the tune flies by; keep that finger on the repeat button. If this song doesn’t bump from the subs of a thousand Clayton-cruising Caddies (or, you know, Ford Focuses, or whatever it is you’re rolling in these days), Athens is doing summer 2015 wrong. [Gabe Vodicka]

Dark Meat: “Dead Man” It was AthFest 2008. Truck-stop alco-pop Sparks was the sponsor—or maybe just the drink of choice? As night fell, humid and sweaty, over Washington Street, a bunch of freaks took the stage, a dozen-plus mad(wo)men blasting ecstatic. Drums pummeled, horns blared and the bacchanal raged. Then there was Jim McHugh, dead man reborn, wildeyed as a saint and running circles around the bandstand, Sparks can held aloft in his hand like a beacon of goddamn truth. [Marshall Yarbrough]

Fake Flowers

Fake Flowers: “Summer Crashes In” For a teen in rural Georgia, there’s not a lot to do in the summer. But because almost no one drove down our road at 7 a.m., I could ride my bike for nearly an hour and not worry about cars. Once I pedaled up the first steep hill, I could shake the chill of the morning and coast past the trees in total bliss. This song, from the band’s recently released Wonder Wave EP, gives me that same feeling. [Lee Adcock]

of Montreal: “Lysergic Bliss” Released on the group’s sixth record, Satanic Panic in the Attic, “Lysergic Bliss” contains all the hallmarks of goldenera of Montreal: psychoactive instrumentation, surreal imagery, bipolar song structures. Kevin Barnes’ lyrics revel in straightforward proclamations of love, with lines like, “If we were a pair of jigsaw puzzle pieces/ We would connect so perfectly.” More than a decade after its release, the song stands as a hallmark of the band’s career, when pop sensibility and abstract explorations found a perfect balancing act. [Paul DeMerritt]

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SIDE B Ruby the Rabbitfoot: “Ways” A summer mixtape isn’t complete without a little melancholy. “Ways” comes off of Ruby the Rabbitfoot’s pastoral 2014 release, New as Dew, an understated work of wistful folk musings. The song’s hazy guitars, slinking bass lines and subtle percussion form a distinct air of lost love. Yet even with the somber mood, Ruby manages to construct sugary melodies fit for rainy days and crystal blue skies.

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The Method Actors: “Do the Method” Really, any Method Actors song gets me pumped for summer. Like Pylon, the band bristled with electric energy, the kind that jumps straight down to your toes. Vic Varney seemed ready to rip apart at any second, leaping into squeals and warbles. Here, that raw power crystallizes into a singular mission. Nothing kicks off a high-speed gamble down the freeway (or a secret dance party in the basement) like the Actors’ churning groove. [LA]

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Bubba Sparxxx: “Ugly” Classic City associate Bubba Sparxxx’s unique debut single is based around a flipped sample of Missy Elliot’s ubiquitous 2001 hit, “Get Ur Freak On.” Bubba moves effortlessly over Timbaland’s hyperactive production, with rhymes that sound like the kind of braggadocious shit-talk you’d hear at a wild summer cookout. It’s a song designed to please the late-night club crowd as much as those who’d rather get drunk and go mudding in their pickup trucks. No matter your preference, “Ugly” is the perfect song to turn an otherwise relaxing summer day into a raucous party.

[Nathan Kerce]

Pacific UV: “LAPD vs. NYPD (Eluvium Remix)” Since its release in 2002, Pacific UV’s self-titled debut has been a trusty standby, a mix of nu-shoegaze and lush etherealism that never seems to get old. As an evergreen album, the LP lends itself to every season. In the summer, tracks like “LAPD vs. NYPD” permeate with waves of cooling sound, like aloe on your sunburn. Lather up this epic remix by Pacific Northwesterner Eluvium (aka Matthew Cooper), and it’ll feel like sweater weather no matter how much your iced latte is sweating. [BP]

Neutral Milk Hotel: “Ferris Wheel on Fire” I don’t mean to get all shiny-happy-hyperbolic here— the excitement that accompanied Neutral Milk Hotel’s return has slowed to a simmer for all but the most diehard Mangumites—but that Orange Twin show was perfect. The high-water mark, for me, was not the paroxysmal surge of “Holland 1945,” nor the quiet power of elegiac closer “Two-Headed Boy, Pt. 2.” Rather, it was the band’s sludgy, sweltering take on “Ferris Wheel on Fire,” from the EP of the same name, that moved me most. It was a fitting soundtrack for the first hint of hot weather, though its lyrics suggest summer’s slow fade. [GV] Hear the mixtape at flagpole.com.

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threats & promises

A Fair Fight

Hunger Anthem is Here Again

Jay Gonzalez And Andy Gonzales Battle For Pop Supremacy

Plus, More Music News and Gossip

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shorter, and I would have paid the same he show is billed as “Gonzalez vs. amount and not had to delete these songs Gonzales,” but it’s a contrived from iTunes,’” Gonzales says. controversy: Drive-By Truckers’ With Vangelis, Gonzales says he has Jay Gonzalez and Andy Gonzales of reached a new point in his trajectory as a Marshmallow Coast stress to Flagpole that songwriter which has forced him to try new they they admire each other’s work. Friday methods. “I’ve gotten so into electronics in night, the local pop mainstays will each the past five years that it has eaten away at celebrate the release of a new record by comy songwriting time and cycle of focus,” he headlining the 40 Watt Club. explains.

After opening for the Truckers durThe real “epiphany,” Gonzales adds, ing the band’s annual homecoming in has come from his attempts at building February and a stretch of shows where he “song structures that move around just a performed his new, ‘70s-AM-radio-inspired few chords, like ‘Hills Are Alive’ [from EP, The Bitter Suite, in its entirety, Vangelis].” Gonzales says the Jay Gonzalez is primed to celinspiration for these sparse ebrate the collection’s release. arrangements came from clasGonzalez says being so active sical composers he has long with the Truckers the past admired. few years delayed the new While the recent uptick record’s completion. in Elephant 6-related “Because [DBT] is on a activity, including Neutral schedule, and because it’s Milk Hotel’s return, has an on-off thing, when I’m garnered quite a bit of home, I can focus,” he says. national attention for the Still, he adds, the music Athens-based collective, of that would end up on the which Marshmallow Coast recording was penned a while is an affiliate, Gonzales says it back: “I wrote most of The hasn’t impacted him or his band Bitter Suite four or five years ago in hotel rooms.”

Jay Gonzalez all that much.

“I honestly try to never think For the show, Gonzalez has about the music business, or buzz, assembled an all-star cast— or trends, or anything that can Chris Grehan, Joe Rowe, Peter spur [that] nauseating roller Alvanos and Kevin Lane—to coaster ride of emotions,” give The Bitter Suite a proper he says. treatment. The group will With that caveat, also play other songs from Gonzales hopes to take Gonzalez’s solo catalog.

Marshmallow Coast on Gonzalez says he feels the road for some East fortunate to have his Coast dates in the future. friends accompany him on After recent stints touring stage, even if coordinatwith other groups, Gonzales ing so many schedules is a hopes to schedule a string of task. “I don’t feel obliged to shows for his own band—“if do it as a full band, but I really they can be planned well and do enjoy it that way,” he says. “I feel like it’s the only way to get the Andy Gonzales scaled so that they are fun and not in big, empty bars.” whole thing across.”

Although Gonzales admits he prefers Gonzalez confesses that while live shows solo performances, where he builds songs are always a thrill, he also views them as using loop pedals and other effects, he opportunities to rehearse for upcoming promises “full-fledged stage musicianship” recording sessions, typically scheduled for his release show, which will feature whenever everyone can get together. While Gregory Sanders, Emily Growden, Sarah technology makes it easy for Gonzalez to Kirkpatrick and Derek Almstead. Gonzales communicate and exchange sounds and will switch between guitar and piano to ideas with Grehan, who lives outside of Athens, he says he still cherishes any oppor- round out the band’s live sound. He also promises “a mild amount of theatrics… to tunity for the group to record together.

Also Friday, Andy Gonzales will celebrate expand the performance.”

Though both artists’ music differs in his band’s return after a long break. And in terms of approach, they share a definite fact, Marshmallow Coast’s Vangelis Rides affinity for ’70s-inspired pop music, so Again is a near-perfect counterpart to The Friday’s show will seem less like a contest Bitter Suite. While the latter album was and more like a carefully curated, only-inrecorded in a professional studio, Vangelis Athens event. f is thoroughly a bedroom production, with Gonzales going so far as to build his own microphones, amplifiers and compressors.

Gonzales says the record’s trim, nineWHO: Gonzalez vs. Gonzales song tracklist is a product of “the new era WHERE: 40 Watt Club of… Internet short-attention-span promoWHEN: Friday, May 22, 9 p.m. tion,” which he views as a positive. “I listen HOW MUCH: $5 to some albums—even albums I love—and think, ‘This could have been five songs

R.I.P.: The sad word spread around town last Thursday evening that Carl Lindberg, a well known and highly respected Athens musician known for his work with groups like Grogus, Old Skool Trio and Squat, had died. Sunday, in the UGA Chapel, Carl was celebrated in words and music by his friends. Our thoughts go out to Carl’s family and friends, of whom he had many.

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STAY HUNGRY: For the past several months, Hunger Anthem guitarist/vocalist Brendan Vaganek has mentioned to me that the infectious, guitar-driven band was working on a new record. I wasn’t holding my breath, because it’s been four years since the group’s last full-length, and that’s as long as high school was, and like Prince says, that’s a mighty long time. But two weeks ago, Hunger Anthem made good on their promise and released the fivesong Cut the Chord. It bursts with urgency and is packed with jaw-droppingly great tunefulness.

If I’m forced to pick a favorite, it’s “Soul Of Clay.” Everything anyone ever loved about Archers of Loaf, Superchunk and those early Five Eight records is wrapped up in that one song like it’s a brand new concept. And that’s exactly what a great song is supposed to do: make the listener feel like he’s never heard any of this before. The record was recorded by bass- Carl Lindberg ist Jesse Stinnard (Tunabunny, Antlered Auntlord), and I’d be remiss in my duties if I didn’t also mention the rock-solid backbeat of drummer Cameron Kelly. Dig it at hungeranthem. bandcamp.com. Visit the band at facebook. com/hungeranthem.

MONEY TALKS: One of these days, I’m gonna get a job that lets me spend lots of money at things like rare-record fairs, legitimate antique markets and decent grocery stores.

When this happens, I’ll probably feel satisfied with life in general and want to share that feeling by participating in online auctions for objects I like and which benefit causes I think are worthy. To this end, I beseech all life-winners with decent bedtimes and more than one kind of toothpaste to check out this year’s Gretsch guitar auction hosted by AthFest Educates.

Bidding is live from right now until the final day of this year’s AthFest, June 28, at noon. The guitar is a Gretsch Tennessee Rose, and will be autographed by members of Widespread Panic. A press release indicates that the guitar without signatures has

a value of approximately $1,700, and the bidding opened at $750. If you want, you can just buy the dang thing now for $3,000 and shut it all down. Since the funds raised by this activity are going toward the grantgiving activities of AthFest Educates, there’s no reason to feel any shame if you go this route. For more information and bidding links, see athfest.com.

CHOSE OR LOSE: The poll has been open for a week-and-a-half in Flagpole-land, and we’re itching to get our hands on all your ballots to see which local artists you think are worthy of one of this year’s Flagpole Athens Music Awards. There are multiple opportunities to support your favorite local musicians spread across the 18 categories, but keep in mind that you do not have to select any of the nominated artists. If your favorite act isn’t included, feel free to write them

in. Actually, we totally encourage this. Just don’t be obnoxious and write them in for each category, because that’ll totally void your ballot. Also, keep in mind that you don’t have to vote in any category you don’t want to. Can’t pick your favorite “Jam/ Funk” artist? Hell, who could? Don’t sweat it. Just pick where you’re comfortable, uh, pickin’, and join us at the awards show Thursday, June 25 at the Morton Theatre.

Vote at musicawards.flagpole.com.

COUPLE O’ LEAKS: Although the recording is basically a year old, New Wives, currently hard at work on a new album, made a single version of its song “Laurels” available on last year’s Moeke Records Summer Singles compilation, and you can stream it at newwives.bandcamp.com. Speaking of Moeke, back in April they posted a song named “Inside Pig” by Deep State. It’s a good little rocker of a number, and I never mentioned it before, because I’m just lame sometimes.

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Eat to Beat the Heat Athens Chefs Dish Up Summer Recipes

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ummer is awesome for a lot of things, but not so much for cooking. Even in our age of central A/C, the oven can heat up the house quickly, and the last thing you want to do when you get home at the end of the day, sweaty and sticky, is slave over a complicated dish with a lot of stove time. Sure, you could give in to your lazier impulses and just have ice cream and cold beer for dinner, but we asked a few Athens chefs for their hot-weather recipes, just in case. f

Hugh Acheson, Five & Ten

Crisp Flounder with Field Pea Ragout & Herb Salad Flounder is a bountiful spring and summer fish in the South. The crisp fillets work so well here with the herbs and the fresh field peas.

Serves 4 Sea salt 1 pound fresh field peas 4 skinless flounder fillets (5 ounces each) 2 tablespoons canola oil Âź cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 shallots, sliced into rings Âź cup chicken stock 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 tablespoon fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves 1 tablespoon cut fresh chives (1-inch pieces) 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon leaves, chopped Âź cup chopped fresh pea shoots 1 teaspoon olive oil Bring 4 quarts of water to a boil in a soup pot over high heat. Season the water well with fine sea salt and add the field peas. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer the field peas for 30 minutes or until they are tender. Skim off any foam that rises to the surface during

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Heirloom Tomato Salad Heirloom tomatoes are grown from seeds that have been saved from year to year.

Their flavor is worlds away from the sort typically found in the produce department. The colors and shapes can vary greatly from one variety to another. So can the flavor. Choose several different kinds to create the prettiest summer salad. Taste and adjust the vinegar, salt, and pepper amounts to best highlight your unique tomatoes.

1½ pounds assorted heirloom tomatoes Âź cup extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil, plus a few leaves for garnish 1½ tablespoons red wine vinegar ž teaspoon Dijon mustard Âź teaspoon flaked sea salt 1â &#x201E;8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper Cut tomatoes into 1â &#x201E;3-inch-thick slices. Arrange on a large serving plate. Whisk together olive oil and next 5 ingredients in a 2-cup measuring cup. Pour olive oil mixture over tomato slices. Garnish, if desired.

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cooking. When the peas are done, remove the pot from the stove and allow the peas, still in the cooking liquid, to cool to room temperature.

Season the flounder fillets with fine sea salt to taste.

Heat the canola oil in a large sautĂŠ pan over mediumhigh heat. Dredge each flounder fillet in the flour and shake off any excess. Once the oil reaches a slight smoke, add the fillets, one at a time, and sautĂŠ for 4 minutes on one side. The fillets should develop an even, goldenbrown color on the bottom. Add 1 tablespoon of the butter to the pan, turn the fish over, and just finish the cooking, about 1 minute. Remove the fillets from the pan and place them on a plate lined with paper towels.

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Add the remaining tablespoon of butter to the same pan, and cook the shallots over medium heat for 2 minutes or until they become slightly translucent. While the shallots are cooking, drain the peas. Add the drained peas and the chicken stock to the shallots. Season with sea salt to taste. Stir to fully incorporate, finish with the lemon zest and juice, and heat through.

Divide the peas among 4 plates and top each with a flounder fillet. Toss the parsley, chives, tarragon, and pea shoots in a small mixing bowl, and season with sea salt and the olive oil. Arrange the herb salad on top of the flounder.

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Hot Tips Where to Eat This Summer

By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com Summer in Athens doesn’t really mean any less to eat (although restaurants take the occasional renovation break), but it does mean less new stuff to eat. Usually by August, places are getting ready for football season, prepping their menus and their staff to expect big crowds. But May through July are fairly sleepy on the new-eatery front, which means Grub Notes may be taking some field trips in the near future.

GUESS WHO’S BACK: Athens’ various farmers markets are a nice place to find stuff to munch on that goes beyond the raw veggies sold there, beauteous as they often are.

The return of Farm Cart, which sets up at Athens Farmers Market in Bishop Park on Saturday mornings to do breakfast and at the Wednesday evening version of the market in the Creature Comforts parking lot downtown to do dinner, is a nice plus.

It’s not that one can’t be happy grabbing a spinach and feta pastry or a big soft pretzel from The Comerian (which reports its brickand-mortar location may finally open this summer), but it’s great to have the option of something more substantial.

The nighttime version of the cart is less mobbed, especially if you go early, and the offerings at both times are smartly limited.

For breakfast, you can build your own biscuit with any combination of sausage or bacon, cheese, fresh fried egg and an excellent pepper jelly, and there are grits (plain and cheese) as a side. The staff seems a little overwhelmed at times, but the fact that they toast the split biscuits on the griddle gets a thumbs up.

At dinner, burgers are usually available (simple, good, not earth-shaking, especially for $8.50, but pleasant; you should add the same pepper jelly) as well as a vegetarian option, for example, a grilled cheese with Full Moon Farm spinach on challah, a

marvelous innovation in the bread department. Add a well crafted kale salad with mint, sorrel, strawberries, pecans and toasted sesame seeds that lets its ingredients rather than its dressing take the lead, and you will be well fed and eager to buy some stuff from the other vendors. The cart now takes Square.

NEW AND NOTABLE: Over at the West Broad Farmers Market, in addition to Mannaweenta Ethiopian Restaurant, which is still serving until it gets a permanent location on the Eastside, and some health-oriented soul food, a newer booth, Abrahim’s Parlor, is now set up and serving “Trini food at its finest.” I’ve never had Trinidadian food before, although it seems to have some similarities to the cuisine of the Canary Islands (which I sampled during the 1996 Olympics, having been dragged into a colorful tent by my mother).

No doubt that’s the case for many of you, but the cheerful kids serving up “doubles” and the flavors that await will convert you. A “double” is a sort of sandwich with a thin, puffy fried bread that resembles poori enclosing a delicious scoop of curried chickpeas. Three sauces can further enhance the flavor: a habanero one that seems like a good way not to taste anything for the next few days, a vinegary tamarind sauce that tastes of far more than sugar and a delightful chunky, green mint condiment.

The stuff is a mess to eat but worth the greasy hands, and, at $3 per double, more than merely affordable. Abrahim’s also has sweets, breads, chai and “mango drink” and is cash only.

ANOTHER VISIT: The “most improved” award goes to The Pine, which hired Jarad Blanton, late of The World Famous, and has a new menu and much better food.

A well crafted kale salad from Farm Cart

Whether Blanton insisted on higher quality ingredients or the owners came around on their own, the components of the dishes are as much better as their combinations, visible in the small side salads that are now made of better greens, with a couple of pretty, thinly sliced fancy radishes on top.

Blanton’s hallmark is food that requires a Wet Wipe at the end of the meal, and his Korean BBQ sandwich, bursting with kimchi and dressed with a sweet (but not too sweet) chili aioli, is a wonderful mess.

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By Drew Wheeler MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (R) We have not visited the dystopian and, at this point, way-post apocalyptic Australia of George Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mad Max since the former cop and Tina Turner went Beyond Thunderdome in 1985. The years have not been kind to the monosyllabic, wasteland heroâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we are reacquainted with Max Rockatansky (formerly Mel Gibson, now Tom Hardy) as he is captured by a gang known as the War Boysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but the series has aged beautifully. Still in the hands of Miller (itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not impossible to imagine the nightmare into which this glorious action film could have devolved had its creative reins been handed over to another filmmaker), Mad Max: Fury Road, aka Mad Max 4, sets a blistering pace from the start and barely slows down for two hours. Forget the usual action movie pacing to which one has grown accustomed (think Transformers or any other Michael Bay opus). That sluggish behemoth was left in the dust miles ago. Fury Road burns with an intensity unseen in any recent, bigscreen action extravaganza.

that literally in the old-fashioned meaning of the word. Miller needs no pit stops for exposition or character development; it all happens in the vehicle at however fast a giant truck can roll through an endless desert. Even if one has never seen a previous Mad Max movie, one can pick up the subtle nuances of his not quite six-odd foot of grunt. Yes, the dead girl who keeps appearing to him is his deceased daughter; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all you really need to know of Maxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s troubled past.

Delving deeper into the backstory of Furiosa would be fascinating, but that sort of indulgence is best left to comic books and sequels. Give us more chase!

And more chases are what Fury Road delivers. Impressively choreographed car stunts highlight the wildly inventive character and vehicle design. Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s automobile army consists of cars built on top of cars on top of cars; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that rare R-rated movie with exciting toy line potential (even more than Terminator 2!). Joe even has a mobilized amplifier for his traveling electric guitarist, the most spectacular image from a film Mad Max: Fury Road composed primarily of spectacular images. The post-apocalyptic wasteland has never looked this vibrant, not even in the candy-colored world of the videogame, Borderlands, which was heavily, if not completely, influenced by The Road Warrior.

As the worlds of video games and movies continue to converge, Fury Road is a We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do crosswalks. rare, recent action film that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy just to watch (and watch Maxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imprisonment by the War Boys again). Miller proves septuagenarians supis merely the grisly meet-cute for the tituply their action with every bit as much lar protagonist and the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true hero, kinetic energy as their 20-to-30-something Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron, who peers, yet have the experience to underI wish had used her native South African stand the importance of shooting with claraccent), who is quietly attempting to ity. Not one artful moment of freneticism escape with the five wivesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Toast the was lost to indulgent camerawork.

Knowing (Lenny Kravitzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter, Zoe), If anything about Mad Max: Fury Road the Splendid Angharad, Capable (Elvisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s underwhelms, it is Max himself. Though granddaughter Riley Keough), The Dag and Hardy capably takes over for Mel, Max Cheedo the Fragile (are these names great himself feels less than consequential, as if or what?)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;of King Immortan Joe (Hugh he appears to justify the use of his name for Keays-Burn, or Toecutter from the original brand recognition.

Mad Max), who answers the question of Despite the complaints from deluded what would happen if Rob Zombie took â&#x20AC;&#x153;Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rights Groups,â&#x20AC;? Fury Roadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lack of over after the apocalypse.

Max-centeredness does not further some Joe sends the War Pigs, along with his insidious feminist agenda. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just good allies from Gastown and The Bullet Farm, storytelling. Furiosa is a badass, and Max in hot pursuit of Furiosaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heavily-armored War Pig gasoline tanker. Leading the charge cannot defeat Joe and his War Pigs by his badass alone. A shorn Theron reminds viewis Nux (Nicholas Hoult), who happens to ers of her versatility and toughness; she has be strapped to a familiar blood bag named Max. In the ensuing chase, Max is freed and needed, and deserves, an action role like Furiosa. Supposedly, a Furiousa-focused winds up helping escort the women to the sequel has already been written. It will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;Green Placeâ&#x20AC;? of Furiosaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth. Joe coninteresting to see how Mad Max develops tinues to give chase. and upon whom it focuses if this series conMad Max: Fury Road uses little more tinues. This trip down Fury Road shows Mad narrative than that to fuel its supercharged Max will be going to interesting places, so two hours of motorized mayhem. When long as Miller is behind the wheel. f I say the film rarely stops moving, I mean

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K.A. Artist Shop · 7–9 p.m. · FREE! In her exhibit “As the Old Gods pass, the New Gods will reAwaken,” local artist Ansley Sproull explores through a distinct approach to line and form the mysterious biological and natural processes that guide creation. Sproull, who holds a BFA in painting and drawing from UGA and a BFA in photography and printmaking from Kennesaw State University, incorporates a variety of media, including gouache, ink, tracing paper and acrylic gel medium for works that are often equally organic and abstract. Several of the pieces layer elements, reinforcing the idea of unveiling the processes occurring below the surface of her subjects. The exhibit will remain on view through May. [Jessica Smith]

Tuesday 19 ART: Athens Metal Arts Guild Meeting (Lyndon House Arts Center) Photographer Jim Morgenthaler will share some of his photos and give a talk on photographing your work. 5:30 p.m. FREE! athensmetalartsguild@gmail.com CLASSES: Online Genealogy Resources (ACC Library) This class covers the top freely accessible online genealogy resources like FamilySearch, Cyndi’s List and Find-a-Grave. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens

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The Foundry · 8 p.m. · $17 (adv.), $20 (door) LA-based workhorse BeauSoleil aims to keep the Cajun spirit kicking year-round.

Fronted by acclaimed fiddler and vocalist Michael Doucet and featuring the profoundly talented supporting cast of David Doucet, Billy Ware, Mitchell Reed and Tommy Alesi, the Acadian collective has racked up nearly a dozen Grammy nods over the course of its 40-year existence.

The group’s most recent LP, 2013’s groove-oriented From Bamako to Carencro, incorporated some more straightforward jazz and blues styles into the established zydeco mix, in addition to the album’s titular West African flavors. [Gabe Vodicka]

CLASSES: Understanding Botanical Names (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Overcome “botanical name phobia” by learning the basics of botanical nomenclature. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. $50. 706-5426156, www.uga.edu/botgarden EVENTS: Produce Stand (ACC Council on Aging) This mobile produce stand sells fresh, sustainable and locally-grown food sourced from the community gardens at ACCA and UGArden. EBT cards accepted. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. www.accaging.org EVENTS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Friendship Christian Church) Kim Cochran discusses “Gemstones

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The Foundry · 7:30 p.m. · $7 (adv.), $10 (door) Atlanta-born, Athens-based guitarist Caroline Aiken celebrates the release of her new album, Broken Wings Heal, with a night of music at The Foundry. The record, produced

by John Keane and featuring the Indigo Girls’ Emily Saliers, as well as Randall Bramblett, Ike Stubblefield, Susan Staley and others, is the latest product of a storied career. For the release show, Aiken will be joined by her band Catch a C.A.B., which includes locals Eddie Glikin, Adam Poulin, Doug Peters, Ron Crescenti and Mark Smith. She heads out on a national tour supporting the Indigo Girls this summer. [GV]

Caledonia Lounge · 10 p.m. · $5 (21+), $7 (18–20) It’s been a while since Casper and the Cookies graced a local stage, so Saturday’s show at Caledonia will be a chance for Athens to see what the alwaysevolving indie-pop group has been cooking up since releasing the wonderful Dingbats last year. Though that album flew largely under the radar, it featured some of the Cookies’ freshest and most intricate tunes in years. Chattanooga power-popsters Mythical Motors, which shares the bill, dropped a project-defining record in the psych-speckled Infinite Film of Mirrors. New Athens project The Fantastics, which features members of garage maniacs Free Associates and Atlanta surfpunks Sex BBQ, opens. [GV]

Bizarro-Wuxtry · 5 p.m. · FREE! Cartoonist Josh Simmons has taken his latest fulllength horror graphic novel, Black River, on the road for a 24-destination tour across the country. Published by Seattlebased group Fantagraphics Books, Black River follows the grim misadventures of a group of post-apocalypse survivors and two dogs as they make their way through a bleak landscape in search of a city that reputedly still has electricity. The characters’ post-traumatic stress is compounded with a drug called Gumdrop, making their encounters with gangs of lunatics and sadists all the more terrifyingly bizarre. Simmons is also the author of black-and-white, wordless horror graphic novel House and also The Furry Trap. [JS]

Caroline Aiken and Catch a C.A.B.

of Africa.” 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. athensrockandgemclub.org EVENTS: Tuesday Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden) Shop for fresh produce straight out of the community-based urban garden. Offers double dollars for EBT shoppers. Held every Tuesday. 3 p.m.–dusk. 706-613-0122, www. athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Bikes at the Bottleworks (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Cruise in and share a coffee, cocktail or craft beer with other motorcyclists.

Hosted by Bedlam Werks and Boxer Works. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com

Casper and the Cookies Black River

FILM: Bad Movie Night: Alien Warrior (Ciné Barcafé) Bad Movie Night celebrates its 5th anniversary with a sci-fi/blaxploitation hybrid about a hunky space alien sent to Earth to clean up skid row. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/badmovienight FILM: The Soul of Athens: A History of the Morton Theatre (Morton Theatre) This documentary tells the story of the theatre built in 1910 by Monroe Bowers “Pink” Morton, who rose from birth as a slave to become a successful entrepreneur. Followed by a reception. 6 p.m. FREE! www.mortontheatre.com

FILM: The Dust Bowl (ACC Library) Ken Burns’ documentary chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history. The screening will be split over the course of two days. May 19 & May 21. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) Trivia with host Caitlin Wilson. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Todd Kelly every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside loca-

tions of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) Compete to win prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Mellow Mushroom) Hosted by Dirty South Trivia. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.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

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KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) An interactive program for ages 2–5. 9:30–10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (ACC Library) Join us for Lego art and Lego-based games and activities. No need to bring your own Legos. For ages 8–18. 4:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Kids Night (Buffalo’s Café) Featuring a balloon artist, coloring contests and photos with Buffy the Buffalo. Every Tuesday. 5:30– 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655 LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Bestselling author Susan Boyer will talk about her inspiration for Lowcountry Boneyard, the third novel in the Liz Talbot Mystery Series. 6 p.m. $5. www.botgarden. uga.edu MEETINGS: Community Office Hours (The Globe) Pop in for a quick session of free business advice with Four Athens experts knowledgable about marketing, sales, legal issues, technical support and more. Every third Tuesday of the month. 2–4 p.m. FREE! www. fourathens.com PERFORMANCE: Flutissimo!

2015 (Hugh Hodgson School of Music) Flutissimo! is an intensive four-day workshop to educate and inspire flutists. Performances feature recitals by faculty members. May 19–20, 7:15 p.m. at Edge Hall. May 21, 7:15 p.m. & May 22, 11:15 a.m. at Ramsey Hall. FREE! www.flutissimo.uga.edu

foods, crafts and live music from Between Naybors. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Both Locations) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes

MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) Meet local entrepreneurs, tech talent and other fellow Athenians who are making cool stuff at this weekly Four Athens networking happy hour. 6 p.m. FREE! www. fourathens.com/happy-hour PERFORMANCE: Flutissimo!

2015 (Hugh Hodgson School of Music) See Tuesday listing for full description May 19–20, 7:15 p.m. at Edge Hall. May 21, 7:15 p.m. & May 22, 11:15 a.m. at Ramsey Hall.

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Thursday 21 ART: Thursday Twilight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) Led by docents. 6 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Opening Reception (Lyndon House Arts Center) The summer exhibition in the Lounge Gallery

ART: Closing Reception (Lyndon House Arts Center) The Ladies’ Garden Club presents “Summer,” featuring original works by Annie Laurie Dodd, members of the Athens Art Association and Athens Area Porcelain Artists. This year’s exhibition features the rose. See Art Notes on p. 11. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/lyndonhouse CLASSES: Small Business Class (UGA Small Business Development Center) This session’s topic is “Technology Tools and How to Use them in Your Business.” 10 a.m.

FREE! 706-542-6791 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. 9 a.m. & 6 p.m.

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fame. 3:30 & 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. worldssmallestairport.com FILM: Dislecksia: The Movie (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) This documentary traces the many trials director Harvey Hubbell V faced growing up dyslexic in the 1960s and ‘70s. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. learningally.org GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q) Hosted by Dirty South Trivia. Every Thursday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8511 GAMES: Trivia (El Azteca) Win prizes with host Garrett Lennox. Every Thursday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706549-2639 KIDSTUFF: Juggling Show (Oconee County Library) Watch Todd Key juggle the 10 most dangerous items in history! 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Book Jammers (ACC Library) Children and their families

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Wednesday 20 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) This week’s topic, “Museums for a Sustainable Society,” celebrates International Museum Day. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: HARPS (Hilsman Middle School) Helping Art Reach Public Spaces presents a special project sponsored through the Classic Center Cultural Arts Foundation in which kids helped construct an LED light graphic image on a metal surface. The project will be shown during an awards ceremony. May 20, 9 a.m. (7th grade), May 20, 9 a.m.

(8th grade). FREE! 706-380-5151 CLASSES: Intarsia Colorwork Class (Revival Yarns) Learn how to incorporate blocks of color in knitting projects using the intarsia method. RSVP. 6 p.m. $15. www. revivalyarnsathens.com CLASSES: Composting Workshop (ACC Library) Learn about composting methods, proper equipment, uses of compost and more. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.ugaextension.com/ clarke/anr CLASSES: Video Editing for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn the basics of video editing using Adobe Premiere. Registration required. 3 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Illustrator for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn how to create graphics with vectors using Adobe Illustrator. This is very helpful for logos or artwork you want to print in multiple sizes.

Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www.athenslibrary. org/athens COMEDY: Comic Strip (The Foundry) Stand-up comedy with headliner Tyler Does. Hosted by Alia Ghosheh. Live music by Repent at Leisure. 8 p.m. $5–7. www.thefoundryathens.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared

EVENTS: Wine Tasting (The Globe) Try five different wines that pair well with summer meals. 7–9 p.m. $10.

706-353-4721 GAMES: Friday Night Magic (Tyche’s Games) Win prizes. 5:30 p.m. www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Afterhours Summer Reading Kick-off! (ACC Library) Teens can pick up their summer reading log and celebrate with pizza and prizes. Ages 11–18. Registration required. 6–8 p.m. FREE! plewis@ athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: YA Summer Reading Kick-Off: Nerd Herd (Oconee County Library) Celebrate the start of Summer Reading with all types of nerds and fandom with pizza, ice cream, movies, games and more.

Ages 11–18. 6–11 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Family Fishing (Sandy Creek Nature Center) This program is for all ages and takes place at the Claypit Pond. Bait, poles and tips are provided. 6–7:30 p.m. $7–10/ family. 706-613-3615 PERFORMANCE: Flutissimo!

2015 (Hugh Hodgson School of Music) See Tuesday listing for full description May 19–20, 7:15 p.m. at Edge Hall. May 21, 7:15 p.m. & May 22, 11:15 a.m. at Ramsey Hall.

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World’s Smallest Airport is a documentary on the Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus, three brothers from Athens who performed aerial acts following WWII. Free screenings will be offered at Ciné on Thursday, May 21 at 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Weekly themed games.

House cash and drink prizes. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Includes stories, finger-puppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 5 & under. Every Wednesday.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 9:30–10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Teen Council Meeting (ACC Library) Teens can come together to discuss plans for the ACC Library’s teen department’s collections and programs. Pick up application forms at the front desk.

Ages 11-18. 4:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT: Talking About Books (ACC Library) This month’s title is The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org

features photography by recent MFA graduate Lucas Underwood. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623 ART: Third Thursday Art Series (Athens, GA) Seven galleries stay open late the third Thursday of every month. Participating galleries include the Georgia Museum of Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art, ATHICA, Lyndon House Arts Center, Ciné, the GlassCube & Gallery @ Hotel Indigo and The Classic Center. A free shuttle runs the full circuit every 30 minutes in a counter-clockwise route; look for the “3Thurs” yard signs near each venue’s drop-off point. See website for a list of current exhibitions. See Art Notes on p.

15. 6-9 p.m. FREE! www.3thurs.org ART: Closing Reception (KA Artist Shop) Local artist Ansley Sproull forms a new mythology with works in “As the Old Gods pass, the New Gods will reAwaken.” See Calendar Pick on p. 18. 7–9 p.m. FREE! kaartistshop@gmail.com ART: HARPS (Hilsman Middle School) See Wednesday listing for full description May 20, 9 a.m. (7th grade), May 20, 9 a.m. (8th grade).

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CLASSES: One-On-One Computer Tutorial (ACC Library) Personalized instruction available for various computer topics. 9–9:45 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, ext. 354 COMEDY: Wallflowers Comedy Show (Live Wire) Hear jokes from a diverse group of Athens and Atlanta comedians. 8 p.m. $5. www. livewireathens.com EVENTS: Zumba After Dark (40 Watt Club) Zumba fever continues. 7 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com 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 a.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu FILM: The Dust Bowl (ACC Library) See Tuesday listing for full description May 19 & May 21. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens FILM: World’s Smallest Airport (Ciné Barcafé) This documentary is about the Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus that originated in Athens in 1945 and went on to national

are invited for stories, trivia, crafts and more. This event promotes literacy through the art of listening and helps to strengthen attention spans. For children ages 6–10. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Local History Book Club (ACC Library) Meet to discuss Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller. 6 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 PERFORMANCE: Flutissimo!

2015 (Hugh Hodgson School of Music) See Tuesday listing for full description May 19–20, 7:15 p.m. at Edge Hall. May 21, 7:15 p.m. & May 22, 11:15 a.m. at Ramsey Hall.

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Friday 22 CLASSES: Finishing Techniques Class (Revival Yarns) Learn how to join pieces and sew seams. You will be introduced to different types of seam stitches: mattress stitch, backstitch, kitchener stitch and threeneedle bind off. RSVP. 10:30 a.m. $15. www.revivalyarnsathens.com

ART: Pop Up Art Show (The Globe) Stuart McCall Libby presents a oneday pop up art show of oils on paper and mono prints. 4–7 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 ART: Opening Reception (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) “Detour Thru Your Mind: An Illustrated Peoples’ History of Athens” combines the works of visual artists and storytellers to create an exhibition and accompanying publication. See Art Notes on p. 11.

6–8 p.m. Donations encouraged. www.athica.org CLASSES: Intro to Computers (Oconee County Library) This class will discuss hardware, drives, storage disks and peripherals.

Registration is required. 2–4 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950, www.athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts.

Live music by Sean Arington (8 a.m.) and Whisper Kiss (10 a.m.).

8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: American Volkssport Association 10K Walk (Multiple Locations) This non-competitive 10K walk is guided by the Georgia Walkers Walking Club. Walkers will meet at Watson Mill Bridge State Park on Saturday, Sandy Creek Nature Center on Sunday and the Marriot Courtyard on Monday. May 23, 8:45 a.m. May 24, 8:45 a.m.

May 25, 7:45 a.m. $3. wwww.georgiawalkers.homestead.com EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (Oconee County Courthouse, Watkinsville) Locally grown produce, meats, grains, flowers, soaps, birdhouses, gourds and more. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. www.oconeefarmersmarket.org EVENTS: Ales for Trails Terrapin 5K (Terrapin Beer Co.) This first annual race benefits Sandy Creek Nature Center. Live music, light snacks and complimentary tours and beer tastings at the finish line.

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THE CALENDAR! honey, crafts, soaps, baked goods, cooking demos, children’s activities and live music. Every Saturday. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. www.athenslandtrust. org GAMES: Board Game Demonstration (Tyche’s Games) Try out some new games. 12 p.m.

FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Family Fun Day (ACC Library) Celebrate the start of Summer Reading with crafts, a petting zoo, science experiments and more outdoor activities. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: Monstrous Bookmarks (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Make a monster that will bite your page corners. For ages 8 & up. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Authors (Avid Bookshop) Meet Michael K. Brown, Lynda Fitzgerald and Kerry Denney at this multiauthor event. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Tree Disease & Sustainability During the Dust Bowl (ACC Library) Plant pathologist Susan Best gives an interactive presentation. Part of the “Dust, Drought and Dreams Gone Dry” exhibit. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens

Sunday 24 CLASSES: Intro to Rolfing (Thrive) Learn about Rolfing Structural Integration, a therapy that addresses chronic tension and pain. 1 p.m.

FREE! www.thrivespace.net EVENTS: Sunday Center Market (The Classic Center) Find artists, farmers, crafters, food trucks, live music, kid’s activities and more in the Classic Center’s new 440 Foundry Pavillion. 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

FREE! www.classiccenter.com EVENTS: American Volkssport Association 10K Walk (Multiple Locations) See Saturday listing for full description May 23, 8:45 a.m.

May 24, 8:45 a.m. May 25, 7:45 a.m. $3. wwww.georgiawalkers. homestead.com GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 485 Baldwin St.) Hosted by Dirty South. Every Sunday. 6 p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Every Sunday. 6 p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Netrunner Open Play (Tyche’s Games) New players welcome to this fantasy card game open play. 12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www. tychesgames.com GAMES: Brewer’s Inquisition (Buffalo’s Café) Trivia hosted by Chris Brewer. Every Sunday. 6:30 p.m. (sign-in), 7 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/buffaloscafeathens GAMES: Trivia (Brixx Wood Fired Pizza) Test your vast trivia skills.

Every Sunday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706395-1660 LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) Meet bestselling YA author David Leviathan in celebration of his book, Hold Me Closer, The Tiny Cooper Story. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! www.avidbookshop.com MEETINGS: Scleroderma Patient Support Group (St. Mary’s Hospital, Lobby Conference Room) The goal of the group is to provide information and support to patients, their families, friends and caregivers in a warm, positive environment. 3 p.m. FREE! dejuanaford@gmail.com www.scleroderma.org

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Monday 25 EVENTS: Memorial Day Concert and Picnic (Memorial Park) Includes face painting, games and a concert by Georgia Red Clay. The pool will be open for swimming.

12-3 p.m. FREE! $1 (pool). www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure EVENTS: 12th Annual Running with the Dawgs 5K (The Classic Center) The Athens-Oconee Junior Women’s Club presents a run through downtown Athens that passes the fiberglass bulldog statues. Prizes include tabletop bulldog statues. 7 a.m. (registration), 8 a.m. (race). $20–25. www.aojwc.org EVENTS: Line Dancing with Ron Putman (Buffalo’s Café) For all skill levels. Held the second and fouth Monday of every month. 6–8:30 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/buffaloscafeathens EVENTS: American Volkssport Association 10K Walk (Multiple Locations) See Saturday listing for full description May 23, 8:45 a.m.

May 24, 8:45 a.m. May 25, 7:45 a.m. $3. wwww.georgiawalkers. homestead.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge! Hosted by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub 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 LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Cartoonist (Bizarro Wuxtry) Josh Simmons’ latest graphic novel, Black River, follows a group making their way through a post-apocalyptic world. See Calendar Pick on p. 18.

5–7 p.m. FREE! www.fantagraphics. com

Tuesday 26 CLASSES: Computer Class: Introduction to Word (ACC Library) Register by phone or in person at the reference desk. 10 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650, www.athenslibrary.org/athens COMEDY: Casual Comedy (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Dave Weiglein hosts this month’s installment of Casual Comedy with guest comedians Paul Gallois, JohnMichael Bond, Yedoye Travis, Caleb Synan and Dusty Slay. 9 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Tuesday Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden) Shop for fresh produce straight out of the community-based urban garden. Offers double dollars for EBT shoppers. Held every Tuesday. 3 p.m.–dusk. 706-613-0122, www. athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Produce Stand (ACC Council on Aging) This mobile produce stand sells fresh, sustainable and locally-grown fruits and vegetables sourced from the community gardens at ACCA and UGArden.

EBT cards accepted. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. www.accaging.org GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Todd Kelly

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every Tuesday. 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: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) See Tuesday listing for full description 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Mellow Mushroom) Hosted by Dirty South Trivia. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.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 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 9:30–10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Kids Night (Buffalo’s Café) See Tuesday listing for full description 5:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655 KIDSTUFF: No Talent Required Art Party (ACC Library) Art supplies provided to create whatever you want! Ages 11–18. 4:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: The Rest of the Story Book Club (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Discuss works connected to the ongoing and upcoming exhibitions and programs at the library.

Followed by gallery tours. 5:30 p.m.

FREE! russlib@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Hometown Book Launch: Will Walton (Avid Bookshop) Meet Will Walton in celebration of his debut novel, Anything Could Happen. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com THEATER: Letters in My Grandmother’s Chifferobe (ACC Library) Hear the dramatization of one family’s experience during the Great War, using over 100 pages of correspondence between a Georgia Doughboy and his family. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens

Wednesday 27 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Led by docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Roll Out the Barrels Silent Auction (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local artists have transformed ordinary rain barrels into functional pieces of art. Proceeds benefit the Green School Program.

See Art Notes on p. 11. 4–7:30 p.m. www.rolloutthebarrels.org CLASSES: Blocking Basics (Revival Yarns) Blocking is usually the last step in knitting or crocheting a project. Learn about which yarns are appropriate to block and which are not. RSVP. 3–4 p.m. $15. www. revivalyarnsathens.com CLASSES: Yoga Buddies (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) This yoga class allows kiddos to practice alongside their parents. Free childcare is available for little ones who would rather play than practice yoga.

9:30 a.m. $8/family. www.reblossomathens.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music by MrJordanMrTonks. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. highwirelounge.com

GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Both Locations) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) See Wednesday listing for full description 9 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) See Wednesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com KIDSTUFF: Knit Kids Class (Revival Yarns) Knit Kids is a beginning knitting class for kiddos to learn how to cast-on and knit stitch. RSVP. 6 p.m. $15. 706-850-1354, www.revivalyarnsathens.com KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 9:30–10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: SuperLock Night (Oconee County Library) Supernatural and Sherlock fans are invited to a fun night of fandom. Snacks provided. Ages 11–18. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Includes stories, finger-puppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 5 & under. Every Wednesday.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT: Oconee Democrats Book Group (1151 Thornwood Dr., Watkinsville) This month’s book is Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. Bring a dish for a potluck. 6:30 p.m. FREE! oconeebooks@gmail.com MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) See Wednesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com/happy-hour

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 19 The Foundry Tailgate Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com MATT PIPPIN BAND Country act led by the Macon-based songwriter.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com CONCORD AMERICA Slightly outof-control Atlanta-based band that touches on punk and garage.

CHIEF SCOUT Bracing local psychrock band led by Trey Rosenkampff.

BUFFALO RODEO Progressive indie rock band from Bowling Green, KY. WAYNE SZALINSKI Emo-tinged indie singer from East Lansing, MI. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 HOUDINNE Atlanta-based experimental hip hop outfit.

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 lonely lovers.

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

Stonewall’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-247-2767 OPEN MIC Join us for live music and comedy! Time slots will be 15-30 minutes. Sign up by email at Stonewalls.Open.Mic@gmail.com.

Wednesday 20 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.

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net BETWEEN NAYBORS Local trio playing a variety of folk-based music that ranges from ‘60s coffeehouse to Richard and Linda Thompson-esque duets to rhythmic, Tom Waits-y rants.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com REPENT AT LEISURE Fun-loving, rowdy, Irish pub band playing traditional as well as modern Irish music.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com VOODOO VISIONARY Improvisational funk/rock group from Atlanta.

THE BREAD BROTHERS Garage-y local “funkabilly” band.

Go Bar Potter’s Go Bar Res. 9:30 p.m. $3–5 (suggested donation). 706-5465609 MANNY & THE DEEPTHROATS Alias of local experimental sound artist Manny Lage.

SMOKEDOG This local band plays noisy, burned-out experimental rock and roll.

JOHN FERNANDES AND ALEC LIVADITIS Two local experimental musicians team up for a duo set.

WET GARDEN Synthesizer explorations with erotic incantations.

MICHAEL POTTER Local experimental sound artist.

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

Live Wire 8 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com OPEN MIC Each performance gets 10 minutes. Drums and guitar amps are provided.

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

Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.

play a “mind-boggling wall of organic sound with upbeat, traveldriven lyrics.”

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com DUDE MAGNETS Noisy indie-rock chaos.

JO RB JONES Local experimental indie-pop group.

DEAD NEIGHBORS This local band plays grunge- and shoegazeinspired rock.

SWAMP Melodic and wiry local indie rock band.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $17 (adv.), $20. www.thefoundryathens.com BEAUSOLEIL AVEC MICHAEL DOUCET Soulful and impactful Cajun music backed by spellbinding fiddle. See Calendar Pick on p. 18.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com BURNS LIKE FIRE Stewed, screwed and tattooed punk rock band from Athens.

WICKED KING Hard-hitting local rock trio dedicated to the roots of true heavy music.

The Globe 10 p.m. FREE! ($2 under 21). 706353-4721 BANNED BOOKS Noise-rock trio from Philadelphia.

HALF ACID Greg O’Connell experiments with synths and talk boxes.

HOT FUDGE Local project helmed by psychedelic guitar wizard Kris Deason.

PALM Bass-y rock group from Brooklyn.

The Grotto 10 p.m. 706-549-9933 IAN ROWLAND Local progressive funk musician plays a solo set.

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

Live Wire 11 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com TECROPOLIS Athens’ electronic dance music monthly, with special guests Jigawatts and Smizzurp.

Normaltown Hall 8 p.m. $8. www.facebook.com/ NormaltownHall DAVE MARR The former Star Room Boys singer plays a set of solo material in his deep and resonant twang.

GUMSHOE Lean, darkly evocative rock songs with vivid imagery, courtesy of frontman Andy Dixon’s weirdo-as-Everyman lyrics.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 MARCUS KING BAND Bluesy, Greenville, SC-based funk-rock group.

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

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

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES AND FRIENDS Local singer-songwriter Louis Phillip Pelot and company

Your Pie 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7048 (E. Broad St. location) BROOKS WIMBERLY Athens-bred singer-songwriter influenced by

Drive-By Truckers and Widespread Panic.

6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7048 (Gaines School Rd. location) LANDON TRUST Local singer-songwriter performs an acoustic set.

6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7424 (Five Points location) LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Leaving Countries singer plays a solo set of folk and Americana.

Friday 22 Buffalo’s Café 7 p.m. $10. www.buffaloscafe.com THE SPLITZ BAND This band’s wide range encompasses classic Motown, funk, disco and both old-school and contemporary R&B. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com LIBERATOR New local three-piece rock band.

VINCAS Local downer-punk band featuring snarling guitars and doomy, psychedelic flourishes.

ILLITERATES Atlanta punk rock band fronted by SEX BBQ’s Kate Jan. FREE ASSOCIATES Local garagerock band that experiments with noise and attitude.

COCO & CLAIR CLAIR Atlanta-based female hip hop duo.

DJ ELYSIA EMPIRE Local band Wild of Night’s Birdie Ann Renee spins a DJ set.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com JOE CAT Local troubadour whose influences range from Steve Earle and Townes Van Zant to Johnny Cash.

SEAN ARINGTON Local Americana singer-songwriter.

Live Wire Friday Afternoon Beer Club. 5 p.m.

FREE! www.livewireathens.com DJ OSMOSE International touring DJ and Athens resident lays down an all-vinyl set of funk, soul and reggae.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 LAMAR WILLIAMS JR. Soulful pop-rock singer-songwriter from Atlanta.

The Office Lounge 6 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Relocated back to his old stomp-

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com CASPER AND THE COOKIES Local legends playing eccentric and energetic pop-rock. See Calendar Pick on p. 18.

MYTHICAL MOTORS Power-pop/ garage four-piece from Chattanooga, TN. THE FANTASTICS New local rock and rock group.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com TONGUES Dreamy pop-rock band.

HOOKER Athens-based five-piece rock band.

MATT TOWNSEND Alt-folk singersongwriter from Asheville, NC. 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www.40watt.com PATRICK BRITT Local singer-songwriter/country artist.

LUKE COMBS Country singer-songwriter from North Carolina.

The Foundry 8:30 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE SWINGIN’ MEDALLIONS Perhaps best known for their 1966

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ TAINT Xander Witt spins new wave, goth and post-punk.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com COSMIC CHARLIE Grateful Dead covers like you’ve never heard before.

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ Jeremy Raj is bringing together the best that Athens jazz has to offer.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ THE KING One of Little Kings’ beloved staffers spins your faves, from the ‘80s to the present.

Sunday 24 Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com EXPERIMENTAL NIGHT Regular experimental music showcase.

Tuesday 26 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com EMILEIGH IRELAND Local singersongwriter and former member of Helen Scott performs.

JIM MCCARREN Local singersongwriter.

LOGAN & LUCILLE Folk-pop ensemble from Tuscon, AZ. The Foundry Tailgate Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com J.C. BRIDWELL Country-rock musician from Cumming, GA. PHILLIP LEE JR. Country singersongwriter.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE HONEY SLIDERS Original, Detroit-influenced rock from Catropolis.

THE VG MINUS ‘70s-styled powerpop/punk.

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

Champy’s Famous Fried Chicken 7–9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3092 THE SHADOW EXECUTIVES Local blues legends perform.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 6 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com HONEYCHILD SJ Ursrey (Dream Boat) plays folky pop songs with romantic themes.

LOBO MARINO Jameson Price and Laney Sullivan make original music that reflects their travels.

9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com NICHOLAS MALLIS & THE BOREALIS Mallis’ music is “a cross between David Bowie, The Ventures, and a little bit of Neil Diamond.”

CULT FLUORESCENT Athens-based minimalist pop project.

JONES COLLEGE RADIO Formerly known as Wild Abandon, this local band plays a blend of baroque pop and acidwave.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com MARSHMALLOW COAST Longtime Athens band associated with the Elephant 6 collective, led by Andy Gonzales. See story on p. 13.

JAY GONZALEZ Solo classic-pop from Drive-By Truckers’ keyboardist.

The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $10. www.thefoundryathens. com CAROLINE AIKEN AND CATCH A C.A.B. One of Athens’ most talented and respected performing songwriters performs with special guests Emily Saliers (of Indigo Girls), Ike Stubblefield and John Keane. Her bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance.

CD release party! There is also a VIP ticket available featuring an early concert by The Pussywillows. See Calendar Pick on p. 18.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 GROAM & JOAN SON OF GROAM Hard-hitting experimental trio featuring saxophone, bass and drums.

BOY New local hard rock duo featuring members of Nurture and Waitress.

GENETIC OUTCAST Sexual noise karaoke with voice memos, samples and soundbytes as sweet as the taste of candy.

THAYER SARRANO Local songwriter playing hazy, desolate, Southerninspired rock tunes.

FRANNY New, eclectic local band influnced by indie rock, jazz, classical and bluegrass.

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net MRJORDANMRTONKS Collaboration between longtime Athens musicians Tommy Jordan and William Tonks, featuring rootsy guitar picking and vocal melodies.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $12 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com RED WANTING BLUE Americana outfit led by vocalist Scott Terry.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com SHILPA RAY Self-proclaimed “artist’s artist” playing dark, funk-infused blues-punk.

MOTHER THE CAR Founded by a brother duo, this hard rock act combines various types of music resulting in what they call “hard blues.”

Go Bar Potter’s Go Bar Res. 9:30 p.m. $3–5 (suggested donation). 706-5465609 MICHAEL POTTER Local experimental sound artist.

REALISTIC PILLOW Local synthheavy experimental pop band.

GINKO Edgar Lopez’s fuzzy, beatdriven experimental hip hop project.

STRICTLY RICKLI Local experimental family band.

MANS TRASH Skewed pop sounds from Mercer West.

Hi-Lo Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 KARAOKE WITH THE KING See Wednesday’s listing for full description Live Wire 8 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com OPEN MIC See Wednesday’s listing for full description Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 DIABLO SANDWICH & THE DR. PEPPERS See Wednesday’s listing for full description

Voodoo Visionary plays the Georgia Theatre rooftop on Wednesday, May 20. ing grounds of Athens, Tribble is a Georgia rock and roll fixture.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com DJ OSMOSE International touring DJ and Athens resident lays down an all-vinyl set of funk, soul and reggae.

Saturday 23 Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net SEAN ARINGTON Local Americana singer-songwriter. (8 a.m.)

WHISPER KISS Local acoustic project featuring the multi-instrumentalist Michael Wegner (Abbey Road LIVE!, Fuzzy Sprouts) and Shelley Olin (DubConscious, Grogus). (10 a.m.)

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. 706-369-3040 FUNKASAURUS WREX Local psychedelic funk group.

hit “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love),” today the Medallions are made up of children or other relatives of the original lineup and bill themselves as “the party band of the South.”

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com CARLA LE FEVER AND THE RAYS This band, led by longtime Athenian LeFever, plays old-school funk covers and originals and sweet sappy pop covers and originals.

The Globe 10 p.m. FREE! ($2 under 21). 706353-4721 MEGAWAVE Rough-around-theedges rock and roll group from Athens, OH. ECHO COURTS Five-piece psych-pop band from NC. ET ANDERSON Subdued folk-rock singer-songwriter from South Carolina.

FAKE FLOWERS Local psychedelictinged jangle-rock band.

Monday 25 Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE HOBOHEMIANS This acoustic band utilizes banjo, ukulele, flute, accordion, saxophone, piano, various percussion and bass to perform American and European roots music.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Showcase your talent every Monday. Hosted by Larry Forte.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 WORKINGMAN’S MONDAY Enjoy the music of the Grateful Dead.

songwriter leads a collaborative performance.

Wednesday 27 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 at this open mic. Contact louisphillippelot@ yahoo.com for booking.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com WEISSHUND Groovy rock group from Atlanta.

Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.

Down the Line 5/28 THE LAST THURSDAY / Don Chambers (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 5/28 PERPETUAL GROOVE (Georgia Theatre) 5/28 PERIOD SIX (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 5/28 TECROPOLIS / Mut3 / Variant (Live Wire) 5/29 MANGER / THE BOHANNONS / THUNDERCHIEF (Caledonia Lounge) 5/29 STONI TAYLOR & MILES OF STONES / DEFIANCE DOUGLASS & EXILES OF THE NATION / CHANGING OF THE GUARD (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 5/29 INTO THE SUN / VANCE FITE / LOVESUCKER (40 Watt Club)

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Art

Classes

1st Annual Juried Exhibition (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first juried show is open to all artists (all ages and media) with a focus on innovative contemporary art.

Michael Rooks, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art, will be the guest juror. Deadline Aug. 1. Exhibit Sept.

19â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nov. 15. $25. info@athica.org, www.athica.org Call for Artists & Designers (Athens, GA) Local vintage group Olives & Wax presents The Repurposing Project, a creative competition in which artists and designers are given a bag of vintage and recycled clothes and challenged to create a new wearable item. Items will be showcased and judged at a fashion show at CinĂŠ.

Email your name and phone number to participate. Competition runs May 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;June 10. repurposingproject@ gmail.com Call for Entries (OCAF, Watkinsville) The annual Members Exhibit is open to OCAF members and showcases a wide range of artwork. Members can submit up to three pieces of work, and at least one piece is guaranteed to be accepted.

New artists are welcome to register as members. Drop off on May 23, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. Exhibit opens May 29.

FREE! www.ocaf.com Workshops (Over the Moon Creative Possibilities) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zen Rainbow Coloring Therapy.â&#x20AC;? May 23, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. $15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Spirit PaintAlong.â&#x20AC;? May 19, 7 p.m. or May 26, 7 p.m. $35. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Awakening to Your Divine Self Oracle Card Workshop.â&#x20AC;? May 21, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. $35â&#x20AC;&#x201C;65. Visit website for class descriptions. www. mamainthemoon.blogspot.com

Acting for Film (Film Athens Film Lab) George Adams teaches â&#x20AC;&#x153;Actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gym: The Road to Becoming a Professional Actor.â&#x20AC;? Topics include creating dynamic characters, working as an actor in film and television, and the creative and business aspects of film. Register online.

Wednesdays, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $75/ month. www.filmathens.net/edu Aquatics Fitness Programs (Multiple Locations) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aquatic Aerobicsâ&#x20AC;? is held at Memorial Park Pool on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, May 26â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug. 8, 6 p.m. $5 per class. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aqua Zumbaâ&#x20AC;? is held at Bishop Park Pool on Saturdays, May 30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug. 8, 10:30 a.m. $5 per class. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adult Lap Swimâ&#x20AC;? is held at Bishop Park Pool on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 6:30 a.m. $55. 706-613-3589, www.athensclarkecounty.com/ aquatics Art Classes (OCAF, Watkinsville) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watercolor Batik on Rice Paper Workshopâ&#x20AC;? is a two-day class on using hot wax as a resist in the watercolor painting process. June 26â&#x20AC;&#x201C;27, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $120â&#x20AC;&#x201C;130.

706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com Bellydance and More (Studio Dance Academy) Barefoot Dance Studio, located inside of Studio Dance Academy, offers classes in bellydance, burlesque and more.

Check website for classes. Drop-ins or class cards available. www.bare footdanceathens.com CINĂ&#x2030; Yoga (CinĂŠ BarcafĂŠ) Sarah Dunning leads Lunchtime Yoga for all levels. Wednesday and Fridays in May and June, $5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. BYO mat. sdyoga.weebly.com Cameron Hampton Workshop Series (OCAF, Watkinsville) Hampton leads one-

day workshops in topics including painting, drawing, watercolor, pastels and sculpture. Call or email to register. 706-769-4565, info@ocaf. com, www.ocaf.com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Good Dirt has moved to a new location at 485 Macon Hwy. Weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Try Clayâ&#x20AC;? classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheel every Friday from 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Try Clayâ&#x20AC;? classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $20. 706355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Letterpress & More (Smokey Road Press) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Introduction to Letterpress Printing.â&#x20AC;? June 15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;19, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. $300. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make Your Own Stationery.â&#x20AC;? June 19, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $45. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wedding Guest Book.â&#x20AC;? June 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;21, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $165. www.smokeyroadpress.com Printmaking Workshops (Double Dutch Press) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monotypes!

Drypoint.â&#x20AC;? May 27, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $45. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stampmaking.â&#x20AC;? June 27, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30 p.m. $35. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Multicolor Screenprint: Two Parts.â&#x20AC;? June 10 & June 17, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $70. www.double dutchpress.com Quilting (Sewcial Studio) Sewcial Studio has moved to a new location at 2500 W. Broad St., suite #305. Quilting classes for beginner to advanced students cover both traditional and modern projects. sewcialstudio@gmail.com, www.sewcialstudio.com Salsa Dance Classes (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cubanstyle salsa dance classes with SALSAthens. No partner necessary. Beginners welcome. Every Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $10 (incl. drink). www. facebook.com/salsaathens Sewing Classes (Community) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beginners Sewing Courseâ&#x20AC;? is a

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ACC ANIMAL CONTROL 13 Dogs Received, 5 Adopted, 3 Reclaimed, 1 to Rescue Group 10 Cats Received, 2 Adopted, 0 Reclaimed, 1 to Rescue Group

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Local artist Stuart McCall Libby will host a pop up art show at the Globe on Saturday, May 23 from 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. six-week course for learning basic sewing techniques. Begins May 21, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $128. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intermediate Sewing Classâ&#x20AC;? teaches students how to use a pattern and make a garment using advanced techniques. Six weeks beginning June 1, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $128. www.shopcommunity athens.com Traditional Karate Training (Athens Yoshukai Karate) Learn traditional Yoshukai karate in a positive atmosphere. Accepting new students. No experience necessary.

See website for schedule. Classes held Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. FREE! www.athensy. com Tumbling (Bishop Park) Registration is underway for teen and adult tumbling. Teen classes are held Mondays, June 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 27, 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:25 p.m. Adult classes are Wednesdays, June 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 29, 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:25 p.m. $10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. www.athens clarkecounty.com/gymnastics Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Writing Circle (Heartspace, 2350 Prince Ave. #7) Writing for Well-Being meets the second Thursday of each month, 10 a.m. $10. Awakenings meets Wednesdays, May 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;June 10, 6:30 p.m. $55. heidiatheartspace. wordpress.com Writing Class: The Personal Essay (OCAF, Watkinsville) Award-winning Georgia essayist Dana Wildsmith will teach this threesession class. Begins July 11, 9:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. $130 (OCAF member), $140. www.ocaf.com Yoga (5 Points Yoga) The studio offers alignment yoga (Iyengar), flow yoga, gentle flow, hot power flow, power flow and restorative yoga. Private and small group yoga classes are also available. Check website for weekly schedule of classes. www.athensfivepointsyoga. com Zumba in the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A dynamic fitness program infused with Latin rhythms. Every Wednesday, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6:30 p.m. $70/10 classes. www.botgarden.uga.edu

Help Out 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.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m., once or twice a month.

Call Roger, 706-202-0587 HandsOn Northeast Georgia (Athens, GA) HandsOn NEGA is a project of Community Connection of Northeast Georgia that assists volunteers in finding flexible service opportunities at various organiza-

tions. Over 130 local agencies seek help with ongoing projects and special short-term events. Visit the website for a calendar and to register. www.handsonnortheastgeorgia.com SIDEWALK SALE (The Fresh Market) The Fresh Market will celebrate the 21st anniversary of its annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hope Floatsâ&#x20AC;? Sidewalk Sale which raises money for JDRF, an organization that funds type 1 diabetes research. May 29â&#x20AC;&#x201C;31, 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. cdennis@ bravepublicrelations.com Smart Lunch, Smart Kid (Action Ministries) Volunteers are needed to help provide and deliver sack lunches and educational enrichment activities to under-served children in nine communities around Athens this summer. ederoshia@ actionministiries.net, www.action ministries.net

Kidstuff â&#x20AC;&#x153;Critical Thinking and the Art of Debateâ&#x20AC;? (T.R.R. Cobb House) For rising high school sophomores and seniors. June 15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;19 and June 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;26, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. $60/week. 706-369-3513, www.trrcobbhouse.org Art Camp (Lyndon House Arts Center) Camps include â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Walk on the Wild Side from the Maasai Mara to the Sergengeti,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Masterpiece Portrait for Teens,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Way Things Move: Stop Motion Video for Teensâ&#x20AC;? and others. $97â&#x20AC;&#x201C;138. 706-6133623, www.athensclarkecounty.com/ camps Health Matters Summer Camp (Bishop Park) Participants take part in a variety of general day camp activities with a focus on physical health and nutrition. Ages 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14. Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Friday, June 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 31, 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $240. 706-613-3589 Intermezzo Piano Academy (The Church at College Station) Each day offers classes in rhythm, music history, composition, theory and piano ensemble for beginning and intermediate pianists. Ages 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14. July 13â&#x20AC;&#x201C;17, 9:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1:30 p.m. $160. www.intermezzoacademy. com New Moon Summer Adventure Camp (Athens, GA) Now accepting registration for a summer camp that travels to different locations daily. Activities include hiking, swimming and boating as well as trips to museums, zoos and farms. Fee includes all activities and travel expenses. For ages 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. $175/wk. 706-310-0013 Report Card Rewards Program (Bishop Park) Students in kindergarten through 12th grade can receive a free summer pool pass or tickets for free swims by demonstrating exceptional grades. Bring

your report card to the ACC Aquatics Office. 706-613-3589, www.athens clarkecounty.com/aquatics Rose of Athens Theatre Academy (Seney-Stovall Chapel) Summer classes for young actors cover topics including musical theater, stage movement, improv, scene study and speech. May 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;June 19.

706-340-9181, academy@roseof athens.org Strong Girls Summer Camp (Old Fire Hall #2) A camp designed to empower girls through creative activities, yoga and fun. June 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 & Aug. 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7. $200. wearestronggirls@ gmail.com Summer Camps (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Plants We Eatâ&#x20AC;? covers what it takes to grow produce by visiting UGArden and how to cook snacks in a solar oven.

June 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crittersâ&#x20AC;? offers an opportunity to learn about local wildlife. June 15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;19. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Forest Explorers,â&#x20AC;? campers will build forts, explore hidden trails, eat wild foods and more. June 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;26. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Worldâ&#x20AC;? explores the lives of waterloving creatures like salamanders and crayfish. June 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nature Artâ&#x20AC;? offers an opportunity to mix paints from natural materials and learn tips from a local artist. July 13â&#x20AC;&#x201C;17. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nature Explorersâ&#x20AC;? includes games, hiking and more outdoor activities. July 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;24. Full day summer camps from 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3:30 p.m. are for ages 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. Half-day camps from 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. are for five year olds. $130/week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweet Pea Camp,â&#x20AC;? for ages 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 and a guardian, offers an introduction to the natural world. 706-542-6156, www.bot garden.uga.edu Summer Camps (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Peace Camp runs June 29â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 3.

Hogwarts School at the Pyramid runs July 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;24 and July 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;31. 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. $80â&#x20AC;&#x201C;150/camp. 706546-7914, www.uuathensga.org Summer Code Camps (Four Athens) Four Athens offers weeklong day camps to teach kids coding skills through game development. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building Pong with Javascript,â&#x20AC;?

June 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;26 or July 13â&#x20AC;&#x201C;17. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building Minecraft Mods with Java,â&#x20AC;? July 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;24. Partial scholarships available. www.fourathens. com/summercodecamps Summer Explorers (Sandy Creek Nature Center) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fairy Tales and Forest Kingdoms,â&#x20AC;? June 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Muddy Munchkin Madness,â&#x20AC;?

June 24â&#x20AC;&#x201C;26. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Bears to Beaversharks,â&#x20AC;? July 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Adventures,â&#x20AC;? July 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;24. For ages 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6. 9:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12:30 p.m. $20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;30/ session. 706-613-3615 Summer Food Service The Summer Food Service Program will serve lunches at no cost at summer

day camps, church camps and tutoring programs at 25 locations around town. All children in Athens-Clarke County are eligable for the program.

May 26â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 17. 706-425-5354, www.athenshousing.org Summer READING PROGRAM (ACC Library) This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s themes are â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every Hero has a Storyâ&#x20AC;? for children, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unmaskedâ&#x20AC;? for teens and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Escape the Ordinaryâ&#x20AC;? for adults. The childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer reading program kicks off on May 23, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. with Family Fun Day. Rewards for reading include certificates, stickers, temporary tattoos, painting sheets and paperback books. www. athenslibrary.org/athens Summer Tennis Camp (Multiple Locations) Register for summer tennis camps at Bishop Park and the Athens-Clarke County Tennis Center.

Each camp has multiple weeks. 706613-3991, www.athensclarkecounty. com/camps Summer Theater Camps (Athens Little Playhouse) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the Big Top,â&#x20AC;? June 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the Wizardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hat,â&#x20AC;? June 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the Sea,â&#x20AC;? June 15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;19. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the Disco Ball: A Spyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adventure,â&#x20AC;? June 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;26. Visit website for registration form. www.athenslittleplayhouse.net Swim School (Bishop Park, East Athens Community Center & Lay Park) Swim school is for ages 3 & up. Multiple sessions available. $33â&#x20AC;&#x201C;50. Check website for dates. accaquatics@athensclarkecounty.

com, www.athensclarkecounty.com/ aquatics UGA Summer Camps (Multiple Locations) Now registering middle and high school students 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 Waseca Camp at the Farm (Waseca Montessori School) Classes include baking, mountain biking, storytelling, gardening, art, archery and more. Ages 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11. May 26â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 24. waseca.sch@gmail. com, wasecaschool.org

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, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, www.athensaa.org New Mamas Support Group (Bloom) New mamas and their new babies can meet and seek support.

Daddies and older sibblings should sit this one out. Wednesdays, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. info@birthing ourselvesintobeing.com, www. bloomathens.com

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Macabre illustrations over bold color choices and bright backgrounds by Tyler Wood. Through May. 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.

ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Silk Road: The Art of Margaret Agnerâ&#x20AC;? includes silk scarves, garments and wall hangings. Through May 24. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dust, Drought and Dreams Gone Dryâ&#x20AC;? is a traveling exhibit about the Dust Bowl. Through June 26.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Detour Thru Your Mindâ&#x20AC;? combines the works of artists and storytellers for an exhibit and publication. Opening reception May 23. Through June 21.

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

CINĂ&#x2030; BARCAFE (234 W. Hancock Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Offerings & Amendmentsâ&#x20AC;? features wall bound sculptures created from found objects by Garrett Hayes. Through June 19.

THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) In Classic Gallery I, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peaceable Kingdomâ&#x20AC;? presents animals by Will Eskridge, Lawson Grice, JenĂĄ A. Johnson, Susan Pelham and Cheryl Washburn. â&#x20AC;˘ In Classic Gallery II, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flightâ&#x20AC;? examines feathered and flying friends by Margaret Agner, Will Eskridge, JenĂĄ A. Johnson, Maria Mueller and Susan Pelham.

DONDEROâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Abstract paintings by Keith Karnok. Through May. 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 Matt Alston, John Cleaveland, Peter Loose and more.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Colorful geometric paintings by Hannah Jones. Through May. GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Findersâ&#x20AC;? features works

by Garrett Hayes, Lisa Freeman, Chris Novey, Amanda Scheutzow, Charlie Asher Key and Taylor Kuzia. Through June 13.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) In the sculpture garden, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Terra Verte,â&#x20AC;? created by Scottish artist Patricia Leighton, consists of six cubes full of living vegetation. Through May. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stone Levityâ&#x20AC;? is a sculpture by Del Geist installed in the Performing and Visual Arts Complex quad. Through May. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jay Robinson: Quarks, Leptons and Peanuts.â&#x20AC;? Through June 21. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;AiryLight: Visualizing the Invisible.â&#x20AC;? Through June 28. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;art.gifâ&#x20AC;? includes six looping GIFs. Through June 28. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lines of Inquiry: Renaissance and Baroque Drawings from the Ceseri Collection.â&#x20AC;? Through Aug. 2.

GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;BANGâ&#x20AC;? is an installation of boldly colored pop art paintings by Carol John that will rotate throughout the course of the exhibit. Through June.

THE GLOBE (199 N. Lumpkin St.) Stuart McCall Libby presents a one-dayonly pop up art show of oils on paper and mono prints. Reception May 23.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Tobiah Cole. Through May. HENDERSHOTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Works by Porter McCleod. Through May. HIGHWIRE LOUNGE (269 N. Hull St.) Ink drawings by Carlee Ingersoll.

Reiki (Athens Regional Medical Center, Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support) Experience the healing energy of Reiki, an ancient form of healing touch used for stress reduction and relaxation. For cancer patients, their families and caregivers. Call for an appointment.

Individual sessions held every Wednesday, 6 p.m. & 7 p.m. FREE! 706-475-4900 SLPAA (Campus View Church of Christ) Sex, Love and Pornography Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step program for sexually compulsive behaviors. Every Monday, 7:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. 706-372-8642

On The Street GEORGIA MOUNTAINS FARM TOUR (Multiple Locations) Choose from 16 participating farms in Hall, Habersham, Rabun, White, Stephens and neighboring counties. Bring coolers and buy food straight from the farm, enjoy a farm to table meal, and learn about year-round greenhouses, community gardens, honey production, pastured animals and eggs, grist mills, fruit orchards and more. June 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. $20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;35/car. gmfnfarmtour@gmail. com, www.eatwellbuylocal.org Roller Derby Boot Camp (Fun Galaxy) Skaters interested in waging war on wheels with the Classic City Rollergirls can attend this two-day

boot camp. May 31, 8:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. & June 1, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. $10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. recruitment@classiccityrollergirls. com Summer Programs (Athens, GA) Find information about summer camps, pool openings, art exhibitions, club meetings, classes, performances, sports, fitness programs, holiday events and other activities for adults and children in the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer program guide. www.athensclarke county.com Summer Solstice Summit (Bloom) Women are invited for a weekend of sisterhood and circling.

June 19â&#x20AC;&#x201C;21, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. www.birthing ourselvesintobeing.com The Classic City Fringe Festival (Athens, GA) The Classic City Fringe Festival is seeking performers in theater, dance, performance art, puppetry, improv, comedy and more. Applications are accepted through July 12. Festival Oct. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;25. classiccityfringefest@ gmail.com, www.classiccityfringe festival.com The Pet Care Clinic (Pet Supplies Plus) The Athens Area Humane Society offers a low-cost clinic the first Saturday of each month, 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. Services include vaccines, deworming, microchipping, nail trimming, flea treatments and more. No appointment necessary. 706-769-9155 f

Through June 27.

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WESTSIDE (1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy.) Artwork by Leonard Piha and Jamie Calkin. Through July.

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MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY (1315 GA 98, Danielsville) R.D. Dallmeyer, professor emeritus of geology at UGA, presents a collection of meteorites.

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MAMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BOY (197 Oak St.) Artwork by Jamie Calkin. Through May. REVIVAL YARNS (297 Prince Ave.) Susie Criswell creates acrylic paintings inspired by nature. Through May. RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cooking the Booksâ&#x20AC;? is an exhibit of handmade books celebrating the tastes and colors of food. Through Aug. 31. â&#x20AC;˘ An exhibition celebrating The Pennington Radio Collection features tube radios, external speakers and other artifacts from 1913â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1933. Through December.

SEWCIAL STUDIO (2500 W. Broad St. #305) Hand-dyed art quilts by Anita Heady. Rust and over-dyed fabric on canvas by Bill Heady.

SIPS (1390 Prince Ave.) Mia Streetman is an 11-year-old artist exploring Japanese culture through anime, manga and Copic drawings. Through May. STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) The Athens Photo Share Group presents a show of several award-winning photographers. Through June 21.

THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) The photographs of Stefan Eberhard reveal microscopic worlds.

SWEET SPOT STUDIO GALLERY (160 Tracy St., Mercury A.I.R.) The gallery presents paintings, ceramics, sculpture, drawings, furniture, folk art and jewelry from artists including Faith Henderson, Veronica Darby, John Cleaveland, Rebecca Wood, Nikita Raper, Natalia Zuckerman, Briget Darryl Ginley, Jack Kashuback, Barret Reid, Scott Radke and Ken Hardesty.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art of Eating Ethically,â&#x20AC;? a display of artwork and commentaries about the food system. Through May. WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) New paintings by Mary Porter.

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.

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The purpose of this research study is to learn more about how adults and teens talk to one another about challenging situations in their lives. Benefits include a greater understanding of your ability to work through a difficult discussion and the opportunity to improve your abilities to communicate with your family members.

Your participation will take approximately 2 hours.

Participants will each receive $25 and a voucher for free parking on the UGA campus.

Two-parent households with an adolescent between the 14 and 17 years of age that have all been living together for the past three years are eligible to participate. This study is being conducted at the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Georgia, 617 Caldwell Hall, Athens, GA 30602.

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Avail. now! Beautiful 2BR/2.5BA condo. Quiet neighborhood w/ lots of green space and river walk. Large LR, kitchen, BRs and BAs. DW, CHAC, W/D hookup. $650-800/ mo. Pets OK w/ deposit. Call (706) 202-9905.

Just reduced! Investor’s Westside condo. 2BR/2BA, FP, 1500 sf., great investment, lease 12 mos. at $575/mo. Price in $40s.

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Steeplechase Condo For Rent August 2015. $1200 4BR/2BA, next door to Nuci’s Space. Close enough to UGA and downtown that you won’t need a car and don’t have to worry about parking. W/D, new appliances. Plenty of parking for tenants. Daniel (706) 2962941, daniel@AthensHome. com.

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1284 E. Broad, Walk to UGA. Av a i l . 8 / 1 . $ 7 0 0 / m o . R o s e (706) 540-5979.

4 or 5 BR Farmhouse near Lowe’s, off Epps Bridge Pkwy.

Country in the city. Approx. $300/BR. Has CHAC, DW, W/D, large decks, porches, high ceilings and plenty of land. Pets possible. boulevard propertymanagement.com or (706) 548-9797 for more info.

2BR apt in renovated house, 2 blocks from Downtown, 1 b l o c k f ro m B o t t l e w o r k s .

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4BR/4BA. Each BR has private BA. Walk to class. W/D, DW, spacious screen porch w/ swing. 194-B Talmadge St., off Bloomfield St. $1740/mo. ($435/ BR). Avail. Aug. 1. (706) 7141100.

3BR/2BA, Green Acres.

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3BR/1BA brick ranch. CHAC, DW, W/D, fenced yard, patio, carport. 470 Knottingham Dr. Pets ok. $850/mo. plus dep. Couple preferred. dmarklevitt@hotmail.com, (315) 750-6156.

3 B R / 1 B A f a r m h o u s e . Ve r y nice, 33 acres, barns, pond, fruit trees in Stephens/ Oglethorpe County. $1000/mo.

3BR/2BA house. Very nice, 15 min. from Athens, Colber t/ M a d i s o n C o u n t y. $ 8 5 0 / m o .

Tom (706) 247-1259.

3BR/2BA in 5 Points. White picket fence. Walk to class, on bus line. Across from UGA baseball field. W/D, HWflrs, CHAC, sec. sys., lg. deck.

Small pet ok– radio fence for dog. 190 Pinecrest Dr. $495/ BR, $1485/mo. total. Avail.

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Walk everywhere! House on Meigs St. 3BR. W/D, CHAC, large front porch. Best palm tree in Athens. $1185/mo. (706) 2555060, work.bobbyruss@gmail. com.

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3BR/3BA $339,900.

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Parking & Storage Parking places for rent across from UGA. $30/mo. (706) 3544261.

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For Sale Antiques Archipelago Antiques Storewide clearance. 30% off on all framed items: art, maps and documents. 676 S. Lumpkin St. (706) 354-4297.

Antiques & Jewels, 290 N. Milledge Ave. 12–5, Wed–Sat. (706) 340-3717. Estate Jewlery, Local Artist, Furniture, Oriental Rugs. rubylane.com/shop/ antiques-jewels.

Businesses Athens Business For Sale: l o c a l e n t re p re n e u r s e l l i n g profitable & popular Athens clothing boutique after 7 years t o p u r s u e n e x t a d v e n t u re .

C PA - p r e p a r e d f i n a n c i a l s , documented operational procedures and consultative support available. (706) 2019428.

Music Equipment Nuçi’s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are tax-deductible.

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Instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more. From beginner to expert. Instrument r e p a i r s a v a i l . V i s i t w w w. athensschoolofmusic.com, (706) 543-5800.

Music Services Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition.Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College Dwntn. (706) 3699428.

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Some dining & wine service exp. helpful. In residence position. $28,500.00 annum. Send letter of interest and application request to seashore@greyfieldinn.com.

Services Classes June 11–14, Birth Arts International in Athens with Demetria Clark. Certifications o f f e r e d . A r o m a t h e r a p y, Business, Doula and Postpartum Doula. Learn more: (866) 303-4372 or demetria@ birtharts.com www.birtharts. com/athens.htm

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Big City Bread Cafe is now accepting applications for a dinner line cook. Mon–Sat availability w/ 2–3 yrs experience is preferred. Please stop by to fill out an application and ask for Mark or Zak.

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Foundry is seeking a Venue Manager w/ 5–7 years management experience in high-volume restaurant. FT w/ benefits. Apply online at w w w. g r a d u a t e a t h e n s . c o m / careers.

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References and a good, positive attitude preferred.

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Sold– what a seller wants! If you want your property sold and not just for sale, contact Susan Edens.

Susan assures her clients and customers the highest caliber of professionalism, making every transaction a pleasurable experience. With over 30 years of knowledge from the real estate industry, Susan Edens can guarantee results.

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Line/Prep Cooks Needed.The Georgia Center has several positions available 20–40 hrs./week. Pay DOE/ Minimum 3 years in full service restaurant. Email resumes to robh@uga.edu.

Equestrian Working Student. Ride/care for sane horses under experienced f o x h u n t i n g t r a i n e r. S e n d description of experience to manager@inyazurafarms.com.

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The UGA Calling Center is hiring ambitious, outgoing students to help w/ fundraising and enrollment efforts. Enjoy flexible scheduling, evening shifts, time off for the holidays, and a comfortable work environment! Apply online: uga. thecallingcenter.com!

Notices Organizations Women’s GA quilting club.

New design, Walmart sewing machines and materials supplied. Profit sharing. Orders being taken now. (706) 8500491.

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THE HONEYSLIDERS WITH

VG MINUS

DOORS 9:00PM • SHOW 10:00PM

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

SHILPA BURNS LIKE FIRE RAY WICKED KING WITH

DOORS 9:00PM • SHOW 10:00PM

SATURDAY, MAY 23

WITH

FREE!

MOTHER THE CAR

THURSDAY, MAY 28 & SATURDAY, MAY 29

LeFEVER AND THE RAYS

DOORS 10:00PM • SHOW 11:00PM

FREE!

21+ • DOORS 9:00PM • SHOW 10:00PM

CARLA

ROOFTOP

ROOFTOP

PERPETUAL GROOVE

SOLD OUT!

DOORS 9:00PM • SHOW 10:00PM

COMING SOON

6/1

CLAY LEVERETT AND KELLEY SWINDALL

6/5

CHRIS STAPLETON W/ SAM LEWIS

6/2

LITTLE GOLD & THE MUMZEES

6/8

SUSTO W/ CAITLIN HARNETT

6/4

PINECONES “SINGS FOR YOU NOW” ALBUM RELEASE PARTY W/ SHADE

6/9

HANK & CUPCAKES W/ CRUNCHY

* FOR COMPLETE LINEUP VISIT WWW.GEORGIATHEATRE.COM *

TIME TO VOTE! 2015

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AWARDS SEE BACK COVER

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The Annual Flagpole Athens Music Awards Show is designed to honor and celebrate those who make Athens, GA a center of musical creativity, enjoyment & accomplishment.

2015

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ATHENS

MUSIC

AWARDS

THE DEADVOTING LINE I S FRIDA Y , MAY 2 9!

The show kicks off AthFest, Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; annual music and arts festival, and will be held on Thursday, June 25. You, the local music fan, will choose the local performers you wish to recognize by filling out this ballot online at musicawards.flagpole.com. All awards are decided by a majority peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice vote, so YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. A panel of local music judges has selected this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finalists; just go to our website to vote! You do not need to vote in every category.

VOTE ONLINE: musicawards.flagpole.com

( 88 5-0*" u u u u u

Athens Tango Project Chamber Chanchers Kenosha Kid Louis Romanos Quartet Old Skool Trio

0-!) u u u u u

Deep State Eureka California Grand Vapids Hot Fudge Roadkill Ghost Choir

.-. u u u u u

Brothers Circulatory System Fake Flowers The Goons Reptar

( + $3,) u u u u u

Funkasaurus Wrex Partial Cinema Saturn Valley Sumilan Universal Sigh

#*#!20-,'! #"+ u u u u u

Nifty Earth Trogdor Vaperror Variant Will Weber

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Booty Boyz Mahogany Osmose White Satin Yung Yang

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Harsh Words Juna Nurture Savagist Shehehe Waitress

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Blacknerdninja Cassie Chantel Cottonmouth Dictator Donny Knottsville Kaliko Tony B Yungâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;N Restless

$-*) +#0'! , u u u u u

The Darnell Boys Family and Friends Grassland String Band Gumshoe Jim White vs. the Packway Handle Band

1',%#0 1-,%50'2#0 u u u u u

Dodd Ferrelle Emily Hearn Erin Lovett (Four Eyes) Joe Cat Kristine Leschper (Mothers)

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Cult of Riggonia Future Ape Tapes Ginko John Fernandes & Alec Livaditis u Leisure Service u Motion Sickness of Time Travel u Wild of Night u u u u

*'4# .#0$-0+#0 u u u u u u u u u u

Blacknerdninja Cinemechanica Double Ferrari Kishi Bashi Monsoon Motherfucker New Madrid The Powder Room Shade Thayer Sarrano

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Covers can be viewed on flagpole.com

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Mosaics Within Mosaics Dream Boat: The Rose Explodes El HollĂ­n: Una Tuesday Reptar: Lurid Glow Savagist: Invisible Birth Of Death Semicircle: Blown Breeze, Grown Grass and We Are Part of the Earth Vaperror: System Delight Waitress: Peaked in High School

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Bit Brigade The De Lux Interiors * 3+ -$ 2&# 7# 0 Feelinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Groovy Gimme Hendrix u Circulatory System: Nairvana Mosaics Within Mosaics u Deep State: Beinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mean EP 3.12 02 u Fake Flowers: Wonder Wave u Blunt Bangs u Grand Vapids: Guarantees u Bronze Brain u Jay Gonzalez: The Bitter Suite u Chief Scout u Kaliko: Fashionably Late u Hunger Anthem u Mind Brains: Mind Brains u Mind Brains u Oak House u murk daddy flex: Genesis u Pinecones u Pinecones: Sings For You Now u Squalle u Semicircle: Blown Breeze, Grown u WesdaRuler Grass and We Are Part of the Earth u Wrenn u u u u u

Videos can be viewed on flagpole.com

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u Chief Scout: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh Shitâ&#x20AC;? u Dictator: u u u u

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watered Downâ&#x20AC;?

Honeychild: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make Outâ&#x20AC;?

Mind Brains: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange Rememberâ&#x20AC;?

Monsoon: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ride Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rollaâ&#x20AC;?

Reptar: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cableâ&#x20AC;?

Online voting ONLY! Only one vote per category. Only one ballot per person.

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VOTE ON musicaw LINE: ards.fla

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