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The Further History of Brown Dog Georgia Is Better for Billionaires Deconstructing a Twice-Told Tale

While Sports Teams Get Millions, Kids Lose Out

By Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

By Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com

This column on July 8 carried the poignant tale of Brown Dog, the large mascot to Oglethorpe Echo Editor and Publisher Ralph B. Maxwell, when he was still holding forth as a giant of Georgia journalism down the road in Lexington.

That column was occasioned by a visit this Independence Day to Paul’s Bar-B-Q (“Open Saturdays and July 4”), across the street from the Echo office. The crux of the story was that Brown Dog lived in the bushes in front of the Echo but foraged and roamed free and had his own life outside his newspaper duties.

One year, Brown Dog reportedly showed up for the Fourth of July fireworks, was spooked by the noise, ran across the highway in the dark, got hit by a car and was killed. A friend called Mr. Maxwell, who

presumed dead for several days, while his owner grieved. How much greater, then, the joy, when Brown Dog dragged home.

There was another element to the Brown Dog story, lightly touched previously, involving a purloined sandwich. One morning Ralph, exiting the Echo office, espied a wax-paper-wrapped sandwich, lying in the walkway. Immediately assuming that the surprise package had been dropped by Echo typesetter Elaine McGarity, who often brought her lunch, Ralph Jr. unwrapped the sandwich and ate it.

Later, at the courthouse, Ralph overheard an attorney complaining that she had apparently dropped the sandwich she brought for her lunch but that she couldn’t find it when she retraced her steps back to her car.

A visit to Paul’s Bar-B-Q was the occasion for recalling the saga of Brown Dog.

came and collected the body of his dog and buried him in the backyard.

The story had a happy ending, but with just a little more applied journalism, it could have been happier.

This column reported that when Mr. Maxwell came to work the next morning, lo, there was his canine companion, in his usual place. Mr. Maxwell had buried the wrong dog. Drawn entirely from memory, it made a nice story, and it elicited the admonition to journalists, “You’ve got to know where the bodies are buried, but it is just as important to know who’s who.” It might also have added, “Go to the sources.”

Ralph Maxwell, Jr. is such a source.

Ralph is the current editor and publisher of the Echo and is a worthy successor to “Pop.” Consulting him about Brown Dog would have enriched the previous column, which Ralph was kind enough to reprint in the Echo, with his own emendation.

As Ralph pointed out, Brown Dog’s peregrinations, driven by territorial imperative and the search for extra food and female companionship, frequently caused his absence for the better part of a week. Thus it was, that after he had been “buried” by Mr. Maxwell, Brown Dog was missing and

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Returning to the Echo office, Ralph asked Elaine if she was missing a sandwich, but she said she didn’t bring lunch that day.

Putting two and two together, Ralph realized that the sandwich he ate was the attorney’s and that it must have been scooped up

by Brown Dog and brought back to his lair for future consumption.

Questioned about that episode, Ralph exhibited the effrontery essential to a good journalist: “I don’t remember much about the sandwich but that it was good and there weren’t many places to eat in Lexington. I had no regrets about eating it, even after I figured out that Brown Dog had brought it. In fact, I think I checked around Brown Dog’s sleeping quarters near the front door for several weeks, hoping for a repeat delivery.”

Thus we have another journalistic lesson in how to milk one episode for two summer columns, which could have been devoted to the university system’s health-insurance switcheroo, the takeover of an apartment complex by an aggressive developer, the fate of a whistleblower fired by UGA for exposing her boss or the future prospects for our medical college, now that it is firmly under the control of its partner in Augusta. f

Georgia is a state where we measure ourselves by how other people think of us. Gov. Nathan Deal, for example, often mentions that Georgia was rated as “the No. 1 state for business” by cable channel CNBC and a real estate trade publication. He does this to brag about what a great job he’s done as governor.

Two new rankings involving Georgia came out last week. One of them focused on the issue of using public funds to build new stadiums for professional sports teams—such as the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Braves. The business news outlet Marketwatch compiled a list of five localities that are “getting the worst deals from sports teams” for taxpayers. The Braves’ and Falcons’ stadiums are high on that list.

Marketwatch noted: “Cobb County will be borrowing $397 million via bonds, including nearly $300 million that will be paid from property taxes, to finance the new SunTrust Park… property taxes that typically go toward roads and schools [were] just handed to a team that left the only home it’s ever known. And they had no way to fight it.”

Marketwatch has given Georgia another high ranking on a national list, although I don’t hear Deal or Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed bragging about it. Reed also wants to give the billionaire owner of the Atlanta Hawks a taxpayer-supported arena. The mayor has indicated Atlanta may contribute as much as $150 million for a new facility even though the current Hawks venue, Philips Arena, is only 16 years old.

Another ranking was released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the causes of disadvantaged children and their families.

The foundation produces an annual report

called “Kids Count” that ranks states on several factors related to the education, health care, and economic well-being of children. Georgia only ranked No. 40 on that list.

In Georgia, 27 percent of children live in poverty, 33 percent of children have parents without secure employment, 36 percent live in a household with a high housing cost burden, and 10 percent of teens are not in school and not working.

Fifty-two percent of children are not attending pre-school, 66 percent of fourth graders are not proficient in reading, 71 percent of eighth graders are not proficient in math, and 30 percent of high school students are not graduating on time.

Georgia has a 9.5 percent rate of lowbirth-weight babies, 10 percent of its children don’t have health insurance, there are 28 child and teen deaths per 100,000, and 5 percent of its teens abuse alcohol or drugs.

The state is on track to spend $1 billion or more on new stadiums for the billionaire owners of sports teams. Think of how many teachers could have been hired with that money. Think of how many doctor’s visits could have been provided for sick children.

Politicians continue to make these questionable policy choices because they know the voters won’t punish them. In the same year that Deal and Reed worked out the financing arrangement for the Falcons’ stadium, Reed was overwhelmingly reelected to a new term as mayor. The following year, Deal was elected to a second term as governor by an eight-point margin.

Whatever the media rankings may be, you can know this: Georgia takes better care of its billionaires than it does of its children. The state’s future would be better if those policy priorities were reversed. f

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The Perpetual War We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us

By Robert C. Koehler news@flagpole.com they were manning in eastern Afghanistan was taken out in a U.S. helicopter strike, which the Afghan regional commander described as “a very big mistake.â€? He This was Norman Mailer, four-plus pointed out to the Washington Post that the decades ago, writing in Miami and the Siege strikers should have known they weren’t of Chicago about the obsessive security attacking the enemy, because it happened measures—“helicopters riding overhead like roller coasters, state troopers with mag- in daylight and “the Afghanistan flag was nums on their hip and crash helmets, squad waving on our post when we came under attack.â€? cars, motorcyclesâ€?—at the Democratic and Well, you know, collateral damage Republican national conventions, which‌ uh, didn’t actually provide security, but sure and all. These things happen. But somehow the deaths of these soldiers didn’t allowed us to get even afterwards.

This is still the unnoticed insanity haunt- cause the same stir the Chattanooga killings did, though the victims’ lives were ing the American news cycle, whether the equally precious story being reported were cut short is domestic or We’re endlessly declaring and in an attack that international. As a probably seemed, society, we’re armed bad guys (officially and to them, equally and dangerous— unofficially) and endlessly unfathomable. and always at war, protecting ourselves from them, But, whereas the both collectively and Chattanooga shootindividually. We’re in the process guaranteeing ings were a “horrific endlessly declaring that the violence continues. attack,� the friendly bad guys (officially fire killings were an and unofficially) and “incident�—just like all the other bomb endlessly protecting ourselves from them, and missile killings, accidental, intentional in the process guaranteeing that the vioor whatever, of civilians in Afghanistan, lence continues. And the parallels between Iraq and elsewhere over the last decade and “them� and “us� are unnerving. a half. The Wall Street Journal added that Mohammad Abdulazeez opened fire the incident “threatens to strain relations� at a naval reserve training facility in between the U.S. and its allies in the war Chattanooga, TN and killed five people. that has no prospect of ending, but added He was suffering from depression and posthat “the airstrike is under investigation,� sibly was radicalized by ISIS. Fox News which is the epitaph of choice for news stoheadlined the story: “Tennessee gunman ries about to be buried for eternity. was armed to the teeth and ready for war All of which leads me back to the with America.� The story pointed out that Norman Mailer quote, that we have no real he was a naturalized American citizen born security, just a massive power to retaliate. in Kuwait.

This is the nature of armed self-defense.

A few days later, a gun shop owner in In order to feel like they have some conFlorida posted a video on YouTube declartrol over an unfathomably complex world, ing, with the Confederate flag in the backmany, many people—inspired by the govground as he spoke—summoning the spirit ernments they either of Dylann Roof’s muror despise— der last month of nine We have no real security, revere categorize large African-Americans in just a massive power to swaths of the human Charleston, SC—that as bad guys, who his store, Florida Gun retaliate. This is the nature of race therefore need not be Supply in Inverness, armed self-defense. regarded, or treated, was now a “Muslimas fully human. free zone.�

As I wrote several years ago, speaking “I will not arm and train those who wish of the “moral injury� that so many vets to harm my fellow patriots,� he said, parabring home from their war service: “Killing doxically espousing a weird, racist form of is not a simple matter. It’s not a joke. The gun control. argument can be made that on occasion it’s He also said: “We are in battle, patriots, necessary, but military killing is not about but not only with Islamic extremism. We’re self-defense. Soldiers are trained to kill also in battle against extreme political coron command, and this is done not simply rectness that threatens our lives, because through physical preparedness exercises but if we can’t call evil ‘evil’ for fear of offendthrough dehumanization of the enemy: a ing people, then we can’t really defeat our cult of dehumanization, you might say.� enemies.�

And the more that people lose touch Ray Mabus, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, with their own humanity, the more, I spoke of the shootings with less clarity fear, they will feel the need to be armed— about the nature of the enemy: “While we desperately imagining it’s the same thing expect our sailors and Marines to go into as being secure. And the news cycle will harm’s way, and they do so without hesitacontinue, endlessly bringing us more of the tion, an attack at home, in our community, same. f is insidious and unfathomable.�

Yet a few days later, at least 10 Afghan soldiers—American allies—died “at home, Robert C. Koehler is an award-winning Chicago in their community� when the checkpoint journalist syndicated by PeaceVoice.

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By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com Campbell was. When Wray wouldn’t tell If you trace it back to the beginning, him, Hood shot and killed him in front of Officer Buddy Christian died for $3. That’s his own house while his mother was inside. how much money a pizza delivery driver Then Hood invited Brooks over to his turned over to Jamie Hood in 1997, when house, where he tied him up and shoved a 19-year-old Hood pointed a gun at the him into the trunk of his car, intendcollege student’s head and demanded his ing to drive him to Atlanta and kill him. money.

Brooks escaped while stopped at a light on Hood served 12 years for the armed robLexington Road. bery. While he was in prison, his brother Not long after, Officer Tony Howard Timothy was shot and killed by a police spotted another brother, Matthew Hood, officer in 2001. The officer, responding leaving an apartment complex off Sycamore to a report of a burning car near the old Kroger (now the Omni Club) on West Broad Drive—just blocks from where Timothy Street, found Timothy Hood hiding in some Hood died. Howard pulled over Hood’s SUV. Jamie Hood jumped out. When Howard bushes. A drunk and coked-up Hood lured the officer close by telling him he was a drug reached out of the window to grab him, Hood shot Howard in the face. Officer informant, then put a gun to the officer’s Christian pulled up, and Hood shot him, head. Fortunately for the officer, Hood fortoo. got to chamber a bullet. While they strugHe went on the run for four days before gled, the officer pulled out his own gun and turning himself in on live TV, saying the shot Hood twice. cameras would keep police from killing him We’re not talking about Walter Scott like they killed his brother. It’s a theme here. Other than a minor discrepancy Hood (who reprebetween the initial himself after incident report and Don’t let them do you like sented firing two sets of the autopsy report, they did me,” Hood said attorneys) came back Jamie Hood proagain and again vided no evidence to Timothy’s voice told him before to during his trial, which contradict the offihe shot Howard, then Christian. wrapped up Friday, cial story about his July 24 with a life brother’s death. Yet, sentence. (As uncomfortable as I am with “Clarke County shot my son, and we still the death penalty, how District Attorney don’t know what happened,” their mother Ken Mauldin didn’t get it in this slam-dunk Azalee told the Athens Banner-Herald in case is beyond me. The jury was from Elbert 2011.

Also while in prison, Jamie Hood hooked County, not bleeding-heart Clarke.)

“Don’t let them do you like they did me,” up with an Atlanta drug connection. After Hood said Timothy’s voice told him before being released in 2009, he and a couple he shot Howard, then Christian, because of friends, Judon Brooks and Kenyatta that officer was a witness to the first Campbell, started moving serious weight. shooting.

But Brooks and Campbell cut out Hood, Hood’s defense, such as it was, centered who visited Brooks’ best friend, an Athensaround what he portrayed as a vast conspirClarke County government employee acy by corrupt law enforcement. He tried to named Omari Wray, to find out where

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U.S. Agriculture Undersecretary Kevin Concannon visted the Athens Farmers Market at Creature Comforts (shown here), as well as several local community gardens, during a recent trip to Athens. See p. 7.

put the victim on trial, labeling Howard a dirty cop (as if that would justify shooting him, even if he were Denzel Washington in Training Day). He laid Christian’s death at Brooks’ feet for snitching. At one point, he blamed his brother Matthew for missing a turn and getting pulled over. He even blamed Howard for getting himself shot by not using more caution when stopping Matthew. He sold drugs, because he couldn’t find work due to his felony conviction (a conviction he said was “unlawful,” even though it was upheld twice). Police and jailers treated him “like a slave.” It was everyone’s fault but his own.

“I feel like I’m not a cop killer,” he told the jury during the sentencing phase, even though he admitted killing Christian and the jury had already convicted him of it.

Jurors took just five hours to find him guilty on 36 counts of a 70-count indictment. (Oddly, for a man facing lethal injection, Hood seemed proud of himself for beating a few of the more minor charges.)

Society did fail Jamie Hood. His father and five of his six brothers repeatedly ran afoul of the law. He was kicked off the Cedar Shoals football team for fighting in ninth grade and never graduated.

“Jamie was one of those kids you worried about,” former Jaguars coach John Osborne told the AJC. Guess nobody worried enough.

“I don’t want to see no kid, no people end up like me, in my position” he said, explaining why he fought the charges.

That’d be easier to swallow if he hadn’t spent four weeks making himself out to be the real victim.

Wetland Buffer Drama: It’s looking like an Athens-Clarke County Commission vote Tuesday, Aug. 4 on creating buffers to protect local ponds and wetlands will be one of those litmus-test issues. Keep your eye on who votes which way.

The central issue is an age-old one: Which is a higher priority, protecting the environment or letting the job creators have their way with it? Commissioners Kelly Girtz, Melissa Link and Jerry NeSmith are siding with the environment; Mayor Nancy Denson and Commissioner Mike Hamby are siding with the jobs.

At issue is a recommendation from a committee stacked by Denson with industry and development folks against enacting a 25-foot buffer around ponds and

Flagpole that Prince Avenue’s intown section will come up for repaving (and therefore be evaluated for three-laning) in “three to five years.” Clark said his department is waiting until the bike lanes along College Station Road are finished (likely within a year) before proposing or evaluating other bicycle projects, but said such projects have already been “ordered by priority within the corridors” based on origin-anddestination surveys of bicyclists. Clark said ossible future projects include Lumpkin (south of Five Points), Oglethorpe Avenue (from Prince out to the Loop), Hawthorne Avenue, North Avenue, Hancock from Pulaski west to Broad and Lexington Road.

Previous lane reductions from four to three lanes (Pulaski Street, Cedar Shoals Drive, Whit Davis Road) are “operating very well” with added bicycle lanes and fewer car crashes, ACC traffic engineer Steve Decker told Flagpole. Local usage statistics on bicycles are hard to get, because they are hard to count, he said, but the county’s ability to count them is improving. Meanwhile, drivers are giving more respect to pedestrians in all of the county’s mid-block crosswalks.

“Everywhere we have them, we’re getting more compliance,” Decker said.

When overhead flashers are installed, Decker expects even better compliance.

At the Grit crosswalk on Prince, about 10 percent of people who cross use the carryacross flags—and some apparently carry them home. So far, he said, “we’ve lost 140.”

[John Huie]

Complete Streets: Over 50 people attended a public hearing last week (and public comments will still be accepted by email) on proposals to three-lane parts of two four-lane streets: several blocks of Chase Street (from just inside the Bypass out to Newton Bridge Road, adding bike lanes) and about a half-mile of Riverbend Parkway (adding bicycle lanes and a painted SNAP to It: All to answer the questions of a poultry science professor, Kevin median to the dead-end residential street Concannon, a U.S. off Riverbend Road). undersecretary of County policy At the Grit crosswalk on agriculture, came requires re-evaluation of four-lane streets Prince, about 10 percent to UGA last week to discuss the myths and for possible threeof people who cross use the misconceptions about laning whenever such streets are due for carry-across flags—and some people on SNAP (the Supplement Nutrition repaving. Although apparently carry them home. Assistance Program, not proposed for lane commonly known reduction, turn lanes as food stamps, though recipients now get would be changed in the block of Hancock their benefits on a debit card).

Avenue behind the courthouse to better Robert Beckstead, a poultry science accommodate traffic entering the parking professor at UGA, teaches a class about the garage. effects of global agriculture on world culSome neighborhood activists are underture. As part of that class, there is a project whelmed by the proposals. In a letter where his students are given the farm bill posted on the In the Loop blog at flagpole. and asked to cut 20 percent of the budget. com, BikeAthens Executive Director Tyler “The majority of the students,” Dewey, Tony Eubanks, Clint McCrory Beckstead said, “whether they were lazy or and Jennifer Rice criticized “the lack of a that’s what they really believed, they said, coherent approach to implementing ACC’s ‘Well, we’ll just cut 20 percent from [food Complete Streets policy.” Since only fourstamps].” lane streets and new construction are Around 45 million people are dependent routinely evaluated for adding bike lanes, on SNAP, Concannon said. “That’s reduced “the majority of ACC streets are almost by about two million from the high waterautomatically eliminated from any considmark of 47 million back in 2010, so the eration of bike lanes or safer pedestrian economy is gradually recovering,” he said. pathways,” they wrote.

Concannon outlined some of the eligiACC Commissioner Melissa Link wasn’t bility requirements for SNAP, mainly that enthralled, either. The Chase Street prorecipients must be legal citizens. He was posal “essentially connect[s] the giant very critical of claims that undocumented milk carton to the Loop to make for a immigrants were obtaining EBT cards. thoroughly useless stretch of bike lanes,” Not all of the myths are totally untrue, and should instead add bike lanes all the though. People do use EBT cards to purway in to Boulevard, she wrote in an email. chase things other than the uncooked She also advocates additional crosswalks at foods those cards are authorized to be used Oneta Street, Nantahala and Chase Street for. This is referred to as trafficking, and Elementary, and says “there is much supConcannon sees it as intolerable. port” for a “complete Chase Street.”

“We have a trafficking rate in the states Many citizens filled out comment forms of 1.3 percent,” Concannon said. “So it’s a at last week’s hearing, and comments will low percentage, but it’s a low percentage of be taken by email to david.clark@athena large program and not one that we tolersclarkecounty.com until Aug. 1. County ate.” [Benjamin Tankersley] f transportation director David Clark told

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a little child growing up in New Jersey, Valerie Bell fell in love with two sets of twins, easy for her to do, since she herself is a twin. The twins she loved were Bert and Nan and Flossie and Freddie.

But the Bobbsey Twins books were small potatoes compared to the Nancy Drew mysteries her sister was reading. So Valerie, the youngest in a family of readers, decided that she, too, could tackle more challenging works. She walked to the library regularly and read more and more books.

Her love affair with books as a child in Egg Harbor Township never ended.

She majored in political science and history as an undergraduate at William Penn University in Iowa, fulfilling her mother’s wish that she leave New Jersey and see the

She was attracted to Athens, she says, because she wanted to be closer to her 94-year-old mother in Lithonia, a formidable woman who continues to keep Bell and her three siblings in line. After she met and found she really liked the library staff and the library board, she wanted the job, and they wanted her. She’s one of those people you like instantly—charming, witty and totally dedicated. And she’s still an avid reader. She now owns a Nook and counts among her favorite works Jane Eyre and Their Eyes Were Watching God, plus the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.

When Bell first set foot in a library, she found the books she needed by perusing a card catalog. Now, of course, almost every library has computerized.

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wetlands, which are unprotected after a court ruled that wetlands don’t count as state waters, reversing an earlier decision.

Girtz announced a potential compromise at the Tuesday, July 22 agenda-setting meeting. He wants to allow buffer widths to be flexible, as long as they average out to 25 feet, and require developers to build buildings as far away from ponds and wetlands as possible so they won’t lose any developable land. Denson and Hamby attacked the proposal on a number of levels: There will be hidden costs; it won’t do enough good to be worthwhile; it will take up too much staff time; the commission should abide by the committee recommendation.

Proponents countered that Girtz’s buffer proposal would protect more than 400 acres of wetlands and 700 acres of ponds, which are vital to clean water and healthy ecosystems; it won’t cost property owners a dime beyond the cost of a few trees; that commissioners set staff’s priorities; and that it’s the commission’s job to set policy, not an appointed committee.

The vote won’t be final. Commissioners will be voting on instructing staff to write regulations they’d have to approve again.

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Valerie Bell is the new director of the Athens Regional Library System.

world beyond. After college, she came home and worked in the casinos in Atlantic City for a couple of years, then earned a master’s degree in library science from St. John’s University in New York, intending to work as a researcher for CBS’s “60 Minutes.”

“But that didn’t work out as I expected,” she says. “The rush-hour subway convinced me I didn’t want to live in New York.”

Life intervened, opportunities arose, and here Bell is in Athens, the new director of the Athens Regional Library System. She succeeds long-time director Kathy Ames, who retired last year after 33 years.

Bell comes to Clarke County from Ocean County, NJ, where she spent 29 years in a library system with a $38 million budget and 21 branches. By contrast, the fivecounty Athens Regional Library System has a 2016 budget of $3.7 million. In New Jersey, Bell began her career as a library branch manager and eventually moved up to become the assistant system director. During disastrous Hurricane Sandy in 2013, which ravaged Ocean County, Bell saw firsthand how critical libraries are to a community’s health: Librarians distributed books to shelters, conducted story hours for children, arranged public information sessions and compiled resource books to help homeowners.

But now, as then, libraries remain community centers, places for patrons to meet and greet, find new books and old favorites, connect with the staff and each other and look online for jobs. “How well the community thrives is based on how well the library thrives,” Bell says. “We turn away no one; we help everyone who walks in the door.”

In addition to finding books, at AthensClarke County’s main library today— among other activities—patrons can apply for a passport, attend a music performance, take children to story time, check out a ukulele, find a new movie or audio book, print a resume, attend a book launch or lecture, learn to read, join a book discussion group, watch a puppet show, learn how to use computer software, get tutored in English and find help with homework.

“If you love libraries, you generally love your community,” Bell says. “And when you help the library, you help your community.

We really do serve everyone.”

The new director says that while she wants to continue the good works and projects began by library officials years ago, she also wants to launch an advocacy campaign to raise awareness for the system. “You really can get it all at the library,” Bell says.

“Information, literacy and entertainment. I want to make sure people know that.” f

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Income, Race, Geography and Laws Limit Access to Abortions

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sa Greene-Kresl bowled in a gold tutu. She was one of several people in glitzy attire at Atlanta’s Midtown Bowl, and one of thousands across the country bowling for a cause on Apr. 19. At 2 years old, she also may have been the youngest participant in the sixth annual National Abortion Access Bowl-A-Thon.

“She’s wearing gold in solidarity,” April Greene explained. April is Asa’s mother and the founder of the Georgia Reproductive Justice Access Network (GRJAN).

What April describes as the Bowl-A-Thons’ “unoffical push towards a glittery aesthetic” is a somewhat irreverent effort to change the connotation of abortion funding.

“Reproductive justice advocacy is difficult, physically and psychologically,” she says. “We look forward to blowing off some steam. It’s a fun way to support this very trying work.”

April and her colleagues Betty Barnard and Kelly Wegel founded GRJAN (pronounced like a Southerner saying “Georgian”: jor-JAN) in 2011 to meet the shockingly underserved needs of those in the Southeast: 90 abortion providers for a population of 17,678,332 self-identified women, or one for every 200,000.

What Do People Do? “I don’t typically share my story with clients,” Greene tells me. “I mean, I’ll tell them I had an abortion, but I don’t go into detail.”

On a Tuesday summer night, she sits on her front porch after putting Asa to bed. I ask her to share her story, and she tells me. Some familiar phrases stand out, if you are in the habit of listening to abortion stories: “first in the family to attend college,” “broken condom,” “scared.”

Greene and three other family members were living on a shared income of $12,000 a year at the time. “I knew, obviously, I couldn’t afford a baby. I had financial aid from my college, which I parcelled out throughout the year to help my family.”

Uncomfortable telling anyone but her partner, she “didn’t really have a way of researching providers. I was at a small community college at the time, and I worked on campus. I remember kind of pulling myself in the office I worked in and locking the door.” On an office computer, she picked her clinic for its name: The Feminist Women’s Health Center in Atlanta.

She calls herself “one of the lucky ones.” Though there is no public funding for abortion in Georgia, those eligible for Medicaid qualify for a discount, as do students. Still, she says it would not have been possible without her partner, who drove her to Atlanta and helped shoulder some of the cost. “It taught me how geography and money play a role,” she says. “It made me ask the question: ‘What do people [without those resources] do?’”

April eventually transferred to the University of Georgia, where she graduated with honors in women’s studies. The service that allowed her to pursue higher education later became the beneficiary of her education. She applies the same resourcefulness that led her to the FWHC to support the clinic and its patients now.

“I couldn’t imagine a better way to spend my degree,” she says. “Coming to UGA was huge for me. The huge gorgeous buildings… students shuffling past and me stopped in my tracks, looking. I couldn’t imagine squandering that opportunity.”

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Obstacles to Abortion Four main factors impede abortion service: legality, geographic access, funding and stigma. All those factors were demonstrated in the recent controversy surrounding a woman in Albany.

On June 6, Kenlissia Jones, who was five-and-a-half months pregnant, took four Cytotec pills she had ordered online from Canada to induce an abortion.

“The family is poor, so there’s not a lot of funds and everything,” her brother told The Washington Post. “She felt

I knew, obviously, I couldn’t afford a baby. I had financial aid from my college, which I parcelled out throughout the year to help my family.

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like she didn’t have any money to get an abortion the legal way, and so as a result of not having money and being in a position of no resources, she ended up doing it the illegal way to not bring another child in the world… to not burden anyone else or burden herself.”

Cramping painfully in the backseat of a neighbor’s car, Jones delivered a fetus en route to the hospital. The fetus lived for 30 minutes. Jones was initially charged with murder and jailed without bail.

It’s difficult to make sense of tragedy, especially one so integrally tied to socioeconomic status and cultural stigma.

I ask Greene if Georgia’s strict reproductive justice laws resulted in Jones’ predicament.

“Yes, absolutely,” she says. “She was driven to make an extremely difficult choice that would not have been necessary in a different legal climate. [Jones] wanted an

abortion, and she couldn’t afford it, and she didn’t have access to a clinic near her.”

A week after Jones’ arrest, The American Journal of Public Health released a harrowing report on Georgia’s controversial ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The report “tells us what we already know,” wrote GRJAN board member Jessica Seales on the organization’s Facebook, “20-week bans disproportionately affect poor people, people of color, and forces people to travel longer distances and face larger barriers to be able to access abortion care.”

The ban—part of which is currently unenforced while it makes its way through the court system—was spearheaded by former state Rep. Doug McKillip (R-Athens) and signed

by Gov. Nathan Deal in 2012. It grants no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. Even if the 20-week ban is eventually permanently struck down, abortions after 24 weeks are no longer available anywhere in the Southeast, Midwest or in parts of the Northeast.

Reproductive justice advocates breathed a sigh of relief last month when the Supreme Court temporarily halted a law that would have closed more than half of Texas’ abortion clinics so that a lower court can review it. Even if that law is permanently struck down, 19 clinics in a huge state with a large undocumented-immigrant population is hardly sufficient.

These “when” and “where” threats to reproductive care are exacerbated by the “how.” Though the Hyde Amendment bars federal funding for abortion, 17 state governments provide funding. None of these, of course, are anywhere near Kenlissia Jones.

Jones’ murder charge has since been dropped, as the Dougherty County district attorney determined that the law does not provide legal standing to prosecute. She now faces a misdemeanor charge of illegally possessing Cytotec. During next year’s legislative session, the case could breathe new life into the “personhood” movement,

In addition to the Georgia Reproductive Justice Access Network, the following organizations offer abortion services in Georgia.

Atlanta Women’s Medical Center 235 W. Wieuca Road Atlanta, GA 30342 800-877-6332 atlantawomensmedicalcenter.com Summit Medical Associates 1874 Piedmont Ave. NE Suite 500-E Atlanta, GA 30324 800-537-2985 summitcenters.com Atlanta Surgicenter (Very Early Medical Abortion Office) 3193 Howell Mill Road Atlanta, GA 30327 Suite 323 Atlanta Surgicenter (Early Surgical & Medical Abortion Office) 3114 Mercer University Drive Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30341 800-202-1046 atlantasurgicenter.com

Atlanta Center for Women’s Choice 1874 Piedmont Road Suite 580E Atlanta, GA 30324-4975 855-489-6597 acwomenschoice.com Old National Gynecology 6210 Old National Highway College Park, GA 30349 770-991-7752 atlanta-abortion-clinic.com Columbus Women’s Health Organization 3850 Rosemont Drive Columbus, GA 30914 706-323-8363 columbuswomenshealth.com Savannah Medical Clinic 120 E. 34th St. Savannah, GA 31401 800-247-4424 savannahmedicalclinic.com

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Shuggie Otis Makes a Cool Comeback on His Terms

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ndependence and exploration have always been at the core of Los Angeles-based singer and guitarist Shuggie Otis’ soulful music, from his early days as a blues-lick prodigy in the late ‘60s to his current resurgence.

“My artistic goal is to keep the momentum going,” says Otis from the road. “I want to keep moving and keep exploring sounds.”

Born Johnny Alexander Veliotes Jr. in 1953, Otis started tinkering with rock and roll at a very early age. The son of bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and producer Johnny Otis, Shuggie grew up surrounded by all sorts of roots music. He received his first drum kit at age 4. By 11, he had acquired his first electric guitar.

“The Beatles came out just around the time that I started playing music,” he remembers. “I heard all those girls screaming—I thought that was a cool thing [laughs]. I initially wanted to be a drummer, but I found myself looking at and listening to the guitar all the time. I thought the guitar was attractive. My dad had an old acoustic that I’d plunk around on, playing blues, soul and rock and roll.”

In his early teen years, Otis filled in on bass and guitar with his father’s various projects. He jammed with friends before gradually beginning to write his own material. By 16, Otis had a solid set of songs ready to record. His father produced Shuggie’s 1970 debut, Here Comes Shuggie Otis, released by Epic Records. The collection displayed his electric guitar chops and soulful style.

Freedom Flight followed in 1971, a warmly produced collection featuring the groovy love letter-song “Strawberry Letter 23” (later rendered as a radio hit by the Brothers Johnson) and the poetic tunes “Someone’s Always Singing” and “Me and My Woman.”

Otis admits those early studio experiences helped shape his fiercely independent approach to writing, arranging and producing.

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“I record all alone, with no second producer or engineer,” he says. “There’s no worry or agony… When you write and you’re into the song, you’re having fun doing it because you’re inspired, but you are at work simultaneously. It doesn’t become agonizing, ever. If it ever comes close, I just throw the tune away.”

It took three years for Otis to arrange and record what many critics and fans consider to be his masterpiece, 1974’s multi-faceted Inspiration Information. Otis played all the instruments, sang all the harmonies and oversaw all the production of the trippy, dynamic set. The sophisticated

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My main dream is still to experiment with sounds.

instrumentation and song structures reflected his budding fascination with experimentation.

“I started to really get into classical music a lot at that time,” Otis says. “I’m still interested in doing something orchestral with my band. My main dream is still to experiment with sounds… I’m not into being so [traditional]… I can write a tune that hangs on one chord for 20 minutes.”

While Inspiration Information earned critical acclaim, sales were modest, and Otis drifted away from his deal with Epic. He chose to remain fiercely independent, despite several career opportunities. The Rolling Stones offered him a job as second guitarist after Mick Taylor left the band; Quincy Jones offered to work with him on a follow-up to Inspiration Information. Otis politely said “no” to both.

Although he never officially retired, Otis spent most of the ensuing 35 years laying low in California. His genredefying music re-entered the spotlight in the ‘90s and ‘00s, when his early recordings became favorites of the hip hop and R&B communities. Artists like Digable Planets, DJ Quick, OutKast and Beyoncé have sampled or otherwise paid homage to Otis’ music.

In recent years, Otis has quietly returned to performing, assembling a full band to tour the country in 2012 and 2013. Recorded in Brooklyn, NY, the 12-song concert album Live in Williamsburg hit the street in 2014 via L.A.based indie Cleopatra Records. It foreshadowed even more musical activities to come.

Otis’ current touring combo features Paul Lamb on bass, Albert Quon Wing on tenor sax and flute, Ed Roth on keys and brother Nick Otis on drums.

“This five-piece has a very special sound that’s different from any previous bands I’ve had,” he says. “We’re evolving.

The chemistry is really good, and I’m very pleased with it.

Audiences are responding well, and we’re lovin’ it. I’m praying that it continues in that way. I could do this for the rest of my life.”

Otis says he’s putting the final touches on a new studio album on which he plays most of the instruments himself with a few special guests. He plans to record another album with his new band in the near future.

“Spontaneity has been a big part of the [music] since our first shows,” Otis says of his latest lineup. “We’re not planning for it purposefully, of course; cool sounds just come up. Things come out of me that I hadn’t even planned. I feel free to experiment with universal musical sounds.

“It’s hard to put into words, but it’s happening every night onstage and every time I hit the studio, as well.

There’s a freedom to the music that’s being accepted, respected and loved by the audience, that’s knocking me to the floor. It’s so great.” f

WHO: Shuggie Otis WHERE: The Foundry WHEN: Sunday, Aug. 2, 8 p.m.

HOW MUCH: $18 (adv.), $22 (door), $15 (w/ college ID)

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Fringe Fest in the Works

SlopFest Returns for a Seventh Year

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“To me, it’s still a tribute of sorts to PopFest, or the fun I had at those shows when I first moved to town,” says Wiggs.

“The year PopFest didn’t happen, I read about it in Flagpole at Little Kings. Too many beers had been had by that point to think that it was a bad idea to try a one-day replacement.”

That one day at Little Kings grew into two, then three. This year, there will also be a bonus fourth night of music at Hi-Lo Lounge in Normaltown—“a wind-down afterparty of sorts… for people who [have] to work Friday and Saturday,” says Wiggs.

Thursday, July 30 Little Kings Shuffle Club · FREE! 10:00 p.m. Blue Tower 10:45 p.m. The Rodney Kings 11:30 p.m. Shehehe 12:30 a.m. Twinki 1:00 a.m. DJ Mahogany Friday, July 31 Little Kings Shuffle Club · $5 or free w/ wristband 7:00 p.m. Ye Olde Sub Shoppe 7:30 p.m. Flight Mode USA 8:00 p.m. Linda 8:30 p.m. Mouth 9:00 p.m. Harsh Words 9:30 p.m. Little Gold 10:00 p.m. Bathrooms 10:30 p.m. Bodyfather 11:00 p.m. Blunt Bangs 11:45 p.m. Deep State 12:30 a.m. Nato Coles &

the Blue Diamond Band 1:00 a.m. DJs Lord Bitter + Lozo

Indeed, SlopFest exists largely to give Athens’ service industry folks a muchneeded chance to unwind.

“Sometimes I wonder how SlopFest is different from any of the other numerous fests that go on during the year,” Wiggs says. “Every year, though… I hear particularly from the service industry crowd—who often miss most of AthFest—that they look forward to the show[s].”

This high concentration of industry folks looking to blow off steam means SlopFest tends to get, well, pretty sloppy. But Wiggs says he has made efforts to rein things in.

“I’ve tried to have the show[s] start later and end earlier,” he says. “Having the music end around 1 a.m. lets the DJs have at least an hour to themselves, and avoids the ‘bands over, lights on, get out’ scenario.”

As SlopFest has grown up, it has stayed true to its roots. Rather than try to court big-name out-oftowners, Wiggs takes the opportunity to showcase some of his favorite local and regional bands.

“I’m excited about Mouth,” he says of the recently formed crust-punk supergroup on this year’s lineup. “Which is a gross sentence, and I wish they’d change their name, so I could avoid sounding like a pervert when telling people about them. Ex-local Chris Ingham is playing twice, which I couldn’t be happier about, also.”

Wiggs, who says he doesn’t worry much about the future of his festival, also stresses that folks will be getting sloppy for a good cause: “I like that it has settled into being a fundraiser for [Girls Rock Athens], and I’d like to keep that growing with each year.” f Saturday, Aug. 1 Little Kings Shuffle Club · $5 or free w/ wristband 7:00 p.m. Forces 7:30 p.m. All-City Cannonballers 8:00 p.m. Hunger Anthem 8:30 p.m. Waitress 9:00 p.m. Crunchy 9:30 p.m. Seagulls 10:00 p.m. Donny Knottsville 10:30 p.m. Vincas 11:00 p.m. Faux Ferocious 11:45 p.m. The Powder Room 12:30 a.m. Motherfucker 1:00 a.m. DJ Reindeer Games Sunday, Aug. 2 Hi-Lo · $5 or free w/ wristband 9:00 p.m. Christopher Without His

Liver 9:30 p.m. Emileigh Ireland Band 10:15 p.m. The Cryptides 11:00 p.m. Maximum Busy Muscle 11:30 p.m. DJ Nate (from Wuxtry)

IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR: There’s finally going to be a solidly organized event in Athens that celebrates, in organizers’ words, “street theater, circus and cabaret performers, burlesque and vaudeville, performance art and avant-garde dance and movement, stand-up comedy and improv, experimental art, film and music.” This event is the newly christened Classic City Fringe Festival. It’ll happen Oct. 22–25 and is founded by longtime performers Marty Cronk, Megan Dunn and Mux Blank.

Performance applications are free to submit, and the deadline is Aug. 16. One of the things that’s hindered the performance underground for so long is that it, like many scenes, tends to operate via the assumption that its potential audience is composed of people already in the know. However, the lack of true galvanization and the exhausting attendant task of explaining itself to even seasoned fans has generally limited its exposure to a small crew. But the Fringe Festival already seems a million miles ahead of anything that came before, and there’s a renewed sense of enthusiasm about the whole thing that has my interest piqued. I encourage everyone to take a look at classic cityfringefestival.com and facebook.com/ classiccityfringefestival.

If you’ve got questions, drop a line to classiccityfringefest@gmail. com.

A MAN OF HIS WORDS: Travis West, aka Dictator, continues to grind as hard as anyone in the Athens rap game ever has. In a lot of ways, he’s setting a new standard for work in the Classic City: He’s literally always at it. So it makes sense that he’s already making the follow-up to his most recent mixtape, Shoulda Had a Verse. Aptly titled Shoulda Had a Verse Too, the first single came out last week. “Flex Freestyle” is easily one of the catchiest straight-up party bangers Dictator has ever recorded.

Looking forward to hearing the whole new collection. Dig it at soundcloud.com/ dictatortharuler.

OUT OF THE BLUE: Athens-by-way-of-Virginia songwriter and musician Ethan Mullenax just released a new single, “Rainy Day Affections.” Full stop, this is one of the most shockingly beautiful compositions to come out of our town this year. Musically speaking, it’s very close to that early 1970s soft-rock sound best realized by folks like Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. Fans will instantly recognize the slow-paced, Laurel Canyon-esque piano melody but will imagMike White · deadlydesigns.com

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his weekend, SlopFest celebrates its seventh turn around the sun. As it has since the beginning, the DIYinspired music festival features a varied lineup of raucous regional rockers, with an emphasis on what’s new and next. Founder Derek Wiggs, who plays bass with local punk outfit Shehehe, says the event was designed to fill in for another, now-defunct local festival.

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The next Creature Comforts Industry Night, co-presented by the Slingshot Festival, will happen Monday, Aug. 3. The featured Double Ferrari bands are Double Ferrari and the Halem Albright Band.

As always, bring some proof you work in the entertainment/restaurant/beverage industry, and you’ll get in for free. If you’ve got no proof, it’ll run ya $12 for your beer glass, the factory tour and several ounces of Creature Comforts brew. The evening’s entertainment runs from 5:30–8:30 p.m.

Questions? Hit up Katie Beauchamp via katie@ccbeerco.com.

R.I.P.: Flagpole joins the community in mourning the loss of local musician Robert Newton “Newt” Carter, who passed away earlier this month. Known for his sound and production work as well as his spot on the Drive-By Truckers’ road crew, Carter was a central presence in Athens music over the years. The Truckers’ Patterson Hood eulogized Carter on Facebook, writing, “He cut a wide swath through this life he lived, and we are all the better for having known him.” A memorial for Carter is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9 at Nuçi’s Space.

In lieu of flowers, Carter’s family requests donations to Nuçi’s Space, “so that others may celebrate life through their music.”

[Gabe Vodicka]

ine it being played in the aftermath of a Wyoming dust storm. It’s desolate and tender in equal measure, and it deserves an audience. Mullenax, with whom I was unfamiliar until I stumbled upon this, has a lot of material available to hear over at soundcloud.com/ethan-mullenax, and this new song is available at ethanmullenax. bandcamp.com.

NOISE ANNOYS: Perpetually producing Athens-based composer Killick released another two recordings this month. The first one, a 21-minute solo meditation played on his H’arpeggione, is named Upper and Lower Panties in a Wad. The other one is titled—I’m not kidding—tiny fuzzy cooler on my shoulder in Wisconsin (what has happened and a smatt’rin’ ‘caus’in’ Mr. Schroeder).

Don’t ask me. I have no idea at all. But I can tell you it’s an aggressive, 14-track album, even when the music itself is relatively peaceful, featuring Killick and guitarist Tim Schroeder, and that it feels somewhat more off-the-cuff than Killick’s other recent releases. Give it some time. As always, spend the rest of the year over at killick. bandcamp.com. f

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Well! Now that my life revolves around artwork, my attitude has totally changed. I LOVE sharing the beauty of silk painting: the texture of the silk, the methods of mixing colors, the ways the designs come to life, full of beauty and impact. I love seeing what students create in the short time I have to work with them. I find that all of my students have their own distinct vision and talent. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delightful!

I recently taught a silk painting class at Columbus State University while I was in Columbus, GA conducting research for my upcoming exhibit at the Columbus Museum (which opens Aug. 23.)

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As I continue honing my art skills and Strolling the streets of downtown, disexploring new places, I find beauty not only covering the walkability of the city, attending live music events at the performing-arts in the world around me but also in the people who generously share their stories with complex, walking to my studio in the CSU me. In doing so, they also share their lives, Art Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the whole visit was one as we discuss methods for drawing ideas out of grand discovery. of the imagination and visually preserving As part of my week of research explorthem on a white piece of silk. ing the Chattahoochee Valley, I drove to Thank you, Columbus! f Eufaula, AL and came back on the Alabama

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Emerges VIII at ATHICA Rising Local Artists Worth Watching

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com Artists exist in a perpetual state of evolution, continually refining techniques through study and practice, diversifying skills through new media and projects and maturing through public response and discourse. It’s understandably a challenge, and perhaps even irrelevant, to pinpoint where exactly an artist falls on the spectrum of his or her own career—one can be seasoned but still starving, after all.

For the purpose of “Emerges VIII,” an annual exhibition at the Athens Institute of Contemporary Art dedicated exclusively to showcasing upcoming local artists, the term “emerging” is loosely applied to those who are on the brink of transitioning into professional careers.

The majority of this summer’s six participants, though not all, are recent graduates or current students within the MFA program at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Though each has exhibited locally, they share a common denominator of having never shown works at ATHICA before. The honor of being recognized by an established contemporary gallery doubles as each artist’s formal introduction to

this week—catches larger-than-life soldiers cherishing a bittersweet moment and hope for peace in the crushing bleakness of war. Drawing inspiration from his own childhood years spent growing up in Finland as well as the novel Unknown Soldier by war veteran Väinö Linna, Ross pulls from a complex well of personal memory and narrative to recreate history within a fantastical, symbol-laden landscape.

“Although it has a visually sensuous and romantic sensibility, ‘Checkered Hearts’ does not romanticize war. I hope that it will make people think more critically about war, especially in our time of distant but seemingly endless wars,” says Ross. “On a first read, I want viewers to feel the emotional states of the soldiers and the physical sensation of the temperature and textures in the painting, [and] the tension between the celebration and the anticipation of returning to battle… I want the painting to feel like both reality and a dream, the kind of dream you wake up from in a sweat and hope wasn’t real.”

“Womb” by Ben Rouse

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Guest-curated by Linnea West, who graduated with a master’s degree in art history this past spring, “Emerges VIII” is thematically coalesced through heavy doses of fantasy and narrative.

“In addition to the basic parameter of the show—that the artist be emerging—I found that many artists to whose work I responded strongly dealt with narrative, but in unexpected ways,” says West. “Rather than relaying an ordinary story, their works often suggested something artificial—perhaps with a hint of a darker underbelly, or something so removed from reality as to be in a fantasy land—thus with the clear suggestion that it is only illusion and not real. Both qualities are mildly subversive, and highly entertaining.”

Entering the gallery, eyes are immediately drawn to “Checkered Hearts,” an epic wall-spanning painting by Michael Ross. Set in a battlefield along the Finnish-Russian border during World War II at Christmastime, the hazy, dreamlike scene—which is featured on the cover of Flagpole

Similarly finding inspiration within the otherworldly realm of the subconscious, self-taught experimental photographer Ben Rouse presents striking black-and-white portraits created in collaboration with the series’ subject, Laura Estrada. Based on the model’s recurrent dreams of laying eggs, Rouse offers a new lens for processing innermost thoughts pertaining to fertility and fragility. Though dream interpretation is highly subjective and virtually limitless, eggs are generally understood between cultures to be positive omens symbolizing creative potential, new beginnings and metaphorically hatching from one’s own shell—an incredibly appropriate fit for an exhibition themed on “emerging.”

In the site-specific installation “Of Those Who Call the Woods Their Home” by Cameron Lyden, hand-drawn flourishes swirl around mounted objects resembling tools with undefined functions, leaving the viewer to invent a narrative. By applying traditional jewelry-making techniques to embellish wooden forms, Lyden creates pieces with mysterious histories that are simultaneously adorned and weathered.

The works of Jessica Machacek explore the interplay between the consumer world and the natural environment.

One of her two works, “Aquarium,” is an interactive piece in which household blinds can be turned to reveal that a landscape—exotic and serene, yet inarguably artificial— has been printed directly onto the slats. Instead of opening a window into the natural world, the blinds flatly reflect back a manufactured reality.

“Consumer products, built environments and modes of beautification inspire my work. It is the result of being an observer and a consumer, playfully pulling from the aesthetics and products that shape contemporary American ideals,” says Machacek. “I want the viewer to become a spectator recognizing a fascination with the natural world: a place where nature is simultaneously present and absent.

The work functions as contemporary nature does—for pleasure and leisure, adornment and aesthetic.”

Color-saturated photographs by Winnie Gier similarly focus on the power of commercial artifice by presenting objects of unclear significance within unpeopled settings.

The images mythologize the ordinary through theatrical lighting and magazine-grade glossiness, fixating attention on texture and symmetry.

Invoking the tactile, two mixed-media sculptures by Saegan Moran employ materials that tempt to be touched like delicately layered handmade paper, fuzzy faux fur, knotted synthetic hair and slick, syrupy resin.

Athens has a lot going for itself in terms of sustaining a nurturing community for aspiring artists. Living expenses are comparably low, affording creative types more flexibility in comfortably balancing studio time with whatever day job they haven’t quite managed to quit yet. The lineup of “Emerges VIII” itself is a testament to the Lamar Dodd School of Art’s role in replenishing a new wave of ambitious students each year, which maintains its own built-in audience of members actively seeking new experiences through art.

“I moved to Athens for the graduate program at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, so to talk about my experience in Athens is to talk about the Dodd,” says Ross. “Through two years of studies I’ve come to understand the ideas that motivate me. I’m digging deeper into them, making paintings that I never could have attempted before. While the Dodd is a busy and energizing place, the town of Athens has a counter-balancing calm, and I like that. I need it to dream and wonder. I like getting around on bike and foot, I like the porches, the lush landscape, the people walking their dogs, the generally friendly atmosphere.”

Still, with small-town charm come small-town limitations. While there are dozens of coffee shops and restaurants eager to decorate their walls with local art, there are very few professional gallery spaces capable of accommodating receptions or artist-fueled events, let alone funding visiting artists or community outreach programming. That’s why it’s all the more important for Athenians to show appreciation for the arts, not just through purchasing work or offering donations, but by simply being present. Help promote receptions as anticipated events among friends, reach out to connect with artists whose work moves you, and offer trades or in-kind business donations, should the opportunity ever arise.

“The challenge is to get paid and make a living by doing what you love to do. It’s difficult, and there is no one path.

To attempt it is a huge personal risk, and to achieve it is a huge privilege,” says Ross. “I’ve met several older and successful artists, and the one thing they all have in common is tenacity. The ones who believe in themselves and stick with their work over a long—sometimes decades-long—period of time eventually find a way to make a living, even a very good living. For me, I’ve also found it essential to live or work in a community of artists—for support, for critique, for building enthusiasm, for sharing ideas.”

“Emerges VIII” opened July 11 and will remain on view through Sunday, Aug. 23. The gallery will also host an opening reception for “Intoxicating Love,” a concurrent exhibition of works by local artist Broderick Flannigan, within The Box@ATHICA on Thursday, Aug. 6 from 6–8 p.m. Artist and educator Hope Hilton will lead a workshop for kids on Sunday, Aug. 16 from 2:30–4:30 p.m. f

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This week, Poetlandia features a different genre of author. Though Ricky Roberts doesn’t consider herself a writer “in the traditional sense,” her song lyrics sear and hiss, proclaim and celebrate, blurring the divide between the stage and the page.

Erika “Ricky” Roberts performs as Ricky Simone, The Hip Hop Activist. Her music is “all about rocking the mic with a bigger purpose… about using hip hop music and hip hop culture to open minds and make positive change in the world.”

As a black lesbian human rights activist, Roberts lives and performs her politics proudly. Her songs directly address racism, sexism, income inequality, homophobia and the places where these issues intersect in our community. Her songs are also deeply personal anthems of self acceptance and faith in the face of discrimination.

Born and raised in Michigan, Roberts came to Athens for love, and though that particular relationship has passed, she feels welcomed by the many musicians and music venues in town. Though she performed poetry in the past, she felt “held back” by her fears and unable to make music.

However “being exposed to so many great artists in town inspired me to move ahead with my passion. Athens has given me a stage time after time.”

Roberts’ activism does not end on the stage; rather, if anyone “walks the walk” it is she. She earned her masters in social work from the University of Michigan and is involved in many different community organizations.

She started the Community Empowerment Fund of Athens (CEFA) to assist the working poor of Athens in breaking the cycle of poverty through mini-grants and economic empowerment workshops. (For more info check out economicjusticecoalition.org.) She is also hard at work establishing the Common Ground LGBT Community Center in Athens. (Please contact her through social media to get involved.) On Oct. 15, she will host the Georgia Equality Spirit Day Meet & Greet, a social event and fundraiser to raise money for Georgia Equality, a group that works to create safe schools for LGBT youth.

Here are small samples from two of Ricky Simone’s songs from her new album Johnetta’s Daughter. After you read the lyrics, head over to soundcloud.com/rickysimone to hear the songs in their entirety.

“So What” Where the ladies at?

Where the ladies at?

The rap game aint nothing but a big ole frat Bunch of little boys running ‘round making noise

Overcompensating bragging about their toys But we’ll beat down the door ‘til they let us in Hip hop is missing that estrogen A touch only female emcees bringing Threw a message in a bottle ‘cause your rhymes lack meaning Been too many years of queens missing from the throne The music reeks from too much testosterone

“Can’t Hold Me Down” All the arrows in the world point me to self-hate But God’s is my GPS though my path’s not straight All I can do is the best that I can And it just so happens that I love a woman Love is love I’ve prayed about it (prayed about it)

Made this way there’s no doubt about it (doubt about it) I know a hater’s job is to hate Still I gotta be who I am at any rate All up in my business 24-7 Debating about whether or not I’m going to heaven Talk is cheap and if talk got any cheaper They’d be selling Nike tongues instead of sneakers They say straighten out or go straight to hell Well your hell better have me a rainbow cell Waiting to see me lose like my name is Mayweather Keep on waiting ‘cause that day is never ever Upcoming Events: Word of Mouth poetry reading, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5 at The Globe. Avid Bookshop poetry series featuring LS McKee, Andrew Nance and Jenny Gropp, 6 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 21. f Send your literary events and brief prose or poetry to poetlandia@flagpole.com.

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By Lauren Marie Schumacker news@flagpole.com Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no secret that doctors and nurses work long hours. And the longer the hours at work, the fewer the hours available to be allocated to life stuff: taking your car for an oil change, picking up dry cleaning, running to the grocery store. Hospitals may not have found solutions for the first two, yet, but some of them are actively working on the third.

Wednesday, July 22 was the inaugural market day at the brand-new produce stand at St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital. The stand, a partnership between St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the Athens Land Trust, brings produce, as well as farm-smart people, into the hospital for an interactive experience not unlike that of a farmers market.

St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first approached the Athens Land Trust about the possibility of partnering together to lend institutional support to local agriculture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole initiative in Michigan that is a collaboration of government, institutions, just lot of different agencies, really trying to make a food systems change,â&#x20AC;? says Lauren Johnson, community benefits manager at St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I called up that hospital in Ann Arbor and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What are you guys doing? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s working and whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not working?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and kind

of got some feedback from that, so starting a produce stand really just seemed like a great place to start.â&#x20AC;?

The farm stand serves not only to support the small farmers around Athens, but also to promote good nutrition as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it sets a good example in terms of health care professionals eating healthy and eating well,â&#x20AC;? says Lydia Engelsen of Sungate Farm.

For the farmers selling on Wednesday, the day was certainly a success. More than 200 hospital employees, visitors and others bought produce at the stand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It actually went amazingly well. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all really excited about it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great opportunity for us to have another option of distribution for our veggies, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great for the hospital also, because they can promote the healthy living to their staff and employees and visitors,â&#x20AC;? says Mason Miller, farm manager at Spring Valley EcoFarms.

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Director Chris Columbus is more competent than Sandler’s usual directorial lackey, Dennis Dugan, but credit for any small success Pixels achieves belongs solely to Patrick Jean, upon whose creative short film this movie is based. Too bad he chose Sandler and them to expand upon it.

attributed to dunderheaded Sandler pics THE OVERNIGHT (R) Some small comic gems PAPER TOWNS (PG-13) The second adaptalike Blended, Jack and Jill, etc. But Sandler deserve a wider audience than they will and company turn this imaginative dynamo tion of a work by popular YA author John ever receive. The Overnight may be one of Green does not have the better source into a high-concept Grown Ups, with Kevin those comedies, but its mysterious central material, but the result may be better, James as POTUS. Aliens misunderstand a conceit might be a bit too out-there for the thanks to the improvements made by YA satellite message sent in 1982 as a declaramainstream audiences that discover it. A adaptation specialists Scott Neustadter and tion of war and send our greatest arcade couple, Alex and Emily (Adam Scott and Michael H. Weber (The Spectacular Taylor Schilling), lament that their Now and The Fault in Our Stars). recent move to Los Angeles has left Pixels Quentin “Q” Jacobsen (Nat Wolff, them bereft of friends. One day at TFIOS’s Isaac) has grown up lovthe park, their son, R.J., befriends ing Margo Roth Spiegelman from another boy, Max; Max’s dad, Kurt across the street (Cara Delevingne, (Jason Schwartzman), comes over Mother Chucker in Taylor Swift’s and eventually invites the couple “Bad Blood” video). On the eve of to dinner. So begins a long, strange graduating from high school, Margo night filled with misconceptions, enlists Q on a mysterious late-night misrepresentations and fake revenge mission before disappearing penises. into thin air the next day. Now Q Writer-director Patrick Brice’s and his pals—Ben (Austin Abrams) other feature, Creep, recently hit and Radar (Justice Smith)—must Netflix, and both share a common solve the mystery of Margo and DNA strand of strange. (Creep, a reunite Q with the love of his life. horror-comedy costarring Mark I don’t understand this either?

The best part of Green’s novel Duplass, is worth watching.) all occurs before Margo’s disappearance. heroes to conquer us. Galaga, Pac-Man, Are Kurt and his French wife, Charlotte The narrative changes made in the movie Centipede and Donkey Kong all wreak (Judith Godrèche), merely loose, hip Los

by Neustadter and Weber strip down and pixilated havoc on the planet, and the only Angelenos or is something more sinister enliven the final two acts. The conclusion is people who can stop it are former arcade at play? Brice balances the mystery with so massively different that Paper Towns, forwhizzes (Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage the comedy and sprinkles in loads of the tunately, becomes that rare bird: an adaptawith a mullet and the only funny one, Josh off-color humor that is becoming more and tion that surpasses its source. f Gad). more of a cinematic staple in the post-Judd Apatow romcom world. The tremendously appealing cast, especially Schwartzman, have a blast, and so will any audiences brave enough to spend the night.

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What more could a former orphan from Hell’s Kitchen want? (The movie makes very sure the audience remembers how Billy and his wife, Maureen, grew up.)

Then, Maureen is accidentally killed in an altercation with challenger Miguel Escobar (Miguel Gomez, “The Strain”) and his crew. Soon, Billy has lost it all, until magic trainer Tick Wills (Forest Whitaker) teaches him how really to box.

The first half is dreadfully bleak (we’re talking Out of the Furnace level grim here).

The second half, demarcated by the appearance of Whitaker, feels like an entirely different, much more enjoyable movie. Raging Bore suddenly becomes The Champ.

PIXELS (PG-13) Adam Sandler movies are like Captain D’s or a new Nickelback album.

Someone is eating there/listening to it, but I don’t know them. Millions continue to consume it despite the lack of quality. Pixels contains all the expected Sandler tropes: Nerd makes good with hottie, an almost comical lack of actual humor, Kevin James.

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MUSIC | Friday, July 31

ART | Sunday, Aug. 2

The Foundry · 7 p.m. · $5 Designed as a seven-week summer series leading up to WUGA’s recently revived Athens Jazz Festival (rescheduled for Sept. 6 after being postponed following bassist Carl Lindberg’s death in May), Mary Sigalas and Colin Manko’s Summer Jazz Jubilee happening returns for a fifth go-around Wednesday. Each installment so far has featured a new cast of musicians and focused on a different jazz subgenre or figure; this week’s show is a tribute to legendary bandleader Miles Davis. Sip on something cold and enjoy selections from the late trumpeter’s vast, vibrant oeuvre—which spans decades and distances through the eras of cool jazz, bop and fusion. [Gabe Vodicka]

Georgia Museum of Art · 7 p.m. · FREE! Held in conjunction with “El Taller de Gráfica Popular: Vida y Arte,” the monthlong film series ¡Viva Mexico! presents the 1944 tearjerker María Candelaria.

Set in Xochimilco before the Mexican Revolution, the film explores themes of indigenousness and nationalism, offering a glimpse into the culture depicted in the works of the exhibition’s printmaking collective. Innocent María (Dolores del Río) faces rejection for being the daughter of a prostitute. To bail out her lover (Pedro Armendáriz), who has been imprisoned for stealing a wedding dress and medicine to cure her malaria, she agrees to model for a painter—much to the dismay of her community. [Jessica Smith]

The Foundry · 8:30 p.m. · $12 (adv.), $15 (door) We’re all aware of the handful of rock bands that put Athens on the national map in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, but often overlooked in the historical record are the dozens of other local scenesters who helped pave the way for those groups’ existence. Among the Classic City’s earliest and hardest-working college-rockers were Phil and the Blanks, an eccentric group of musicians (including now-legendary producer John Keane) that combined rock swagger with danceparty grooves. The band has gotten back together for various “reunion shows” every few years since the 1990s; the 2015 edition takes place at The Foundry this Friday. [GV]

Oconee County Library · 3 p.m. · FREE! Local artist Margaret Agner, whose delicate works range among silk paintings, monoprints and pastels, draws inspiration from local botanicals, animals and scenery. She specializes in silk painting—a medium she’s perfected over the past three decades—and is well-known for creating decorative wall hangings that gently ripple in air currents as well as lightweight scarves and other wearable articles of clothing. The library will host a Meet the Artist opening reception, during which Agner will give a talk on her unique process and body of work. The exhibition, which features dozens of pieces, will remain on view through the month of August. [JS]

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Tuesday 28 CLASSES: The Law of Attraction and Manifestation (Body, Mind & Spirit) This ongoing class teaches many techniques for utilizing the power of your mind to create wonders in all areas of your life. 6 p.m. $5. 706-351-6024 CLASSES: Madison County Needlecrafters (Madison County Library, Danielsville) The Needlecrafters will be demonstrating how to knit, how to crochet and other crafty skills. All ages and skill levels are welcome. 1–3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison CLASSES: GALILEO Genealogy Resources (ACC Library) Learn about resources available to Georgia genealogists. Registration required.

6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens

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COMEDY: Casual Comedy (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Dave Weiglein hosts this month’s installment of Casual Comedy. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: 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 EVENTS: Tuesday Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden) Come on out to shop for fresh, locally grown, produce straight out of the community-based urban garden.

Offers double dollars for EBT shoppers. Held every Tuesday. 4–7 p.m. 706-613-0122, www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Wine Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) Sample

Spanish wines. 6 p.m. www.heirloomathens.com FILM: Bad Movie Night: Road to Revenge (Ciné Barcafé) Two ex-cops clash against a Hollywood devil cult. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/badmovienight GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Both the Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday evening. 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Open Duplicate Bridge Game (Athens Bridge Center) Play Bridge. Tuesdays & Fridays, 1 p.m. & Wednesdays, 7 p.m. $5. 706248-4809 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Todd Kelly every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Mellow Mushroom) Hosted by Dirty South

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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 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) Compete to win prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia with host Caitlin Wilson. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8508561 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 KIDSTUFF: Beatlab Basics (ACC Library) Learn about Beatlab and how to create and record your own

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music using only a computer. For ages 11–18. Registration required. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Summer Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy stories, songs, crafts and more!

Children ages 2–5 and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Fandom Film Fest (Oconee County Library) Chill out and watch a movie. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Star Trek (Oconee County Library) Watch the 2009 version of Star Trek. Popcorn and soda provided. For ages 11–18. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Did Life Evolve from Chemicals? (Ciné Barcafé) Animator and science communicator Jon Perry explains how chemical evolution works, how it differs from biological evolution and why it

appears to be the source for life on earth. Entomologist Nancy Miorelli shows the chemical defenses of insects from around the world. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com

Wednesday 29 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Led by docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: The Buddha’s Teachings (Body, Mind & Spirit) Bring more inner peace to your life.

Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706-351-6024 COMEDY: An Evening of Comedic Comedy and Musical Music (The World Famous) Lawson Chamber hosts an evening of stand-up, improv, sketch and music.

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by Slow Clap. 9 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.theworldfamousathens.com EVENTS: St. Mary’s Produce Stand (St. Mary’s Hospital, Cafeteria Patio) Shop for fresh fruit and vegetables from farms in the Athens Land Trust’s farmer network. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music from The Solstice Sisters. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Organizing with Bernie (ACC Library) Information and discussion about the Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign followed by a live video conference featuring Bernie Sanders and his national committee. 6 p.m. FREE! athens4berniesanders@gmail.com 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: Non-Life Master (Beginner) Duplicate Bridge (Athens Bridge Center) No partner necessary. 1 p.m. $5. 706-248-4809 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes 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: End of Summer Puppet Show (Oconee County Library) David Stephens of All Hands Productions performs. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (ACC Library) Ages 2–5. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens KIDSTUFF: Marvel vs. DC Battle (Oconee County Library) Vote for the best while eating themed snacks, watching movies and playing trivia.

6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee 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: 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: Harry Potter Party (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Celebrate Harry’s birthday with Potter-style snacks, crafts and a screening of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 2 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597, www.athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Oconee Democrats Book Group (Chops and Hops) This month’s book is Phil Klay’s Redeployment: Stories.

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Klay is a former marine who served in Iraq’s Anbar Province for over a year. 7 p.m. FREE! oconeebooks@ gmail.com 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

Thursday 30 CLASSES: Intro to iPad (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn the basics with a lecture and slide show presentation. July 6, 1 p.m.

July 30, 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison

of a man at a country house. Dave Marr, Don Chambers, Alan Flurry and Brandon Reynolds will play after the screening. 8 p.m. $9.75. www. athenscine.com FILM: María Candelaria (Georgia Museum of Art) Part of the ¡Viva Mexico! film series, this movie follows María, a young woman whose fellow peasants mistakenly believe her to be wicked like her mother was. Screened in conjunction with the exhibition “El Taller de Gráfica Popular: Vida y Arte.” See Calendar Pick on p. 17. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org GAMES: Trivia (El Azteca) Win prizes with host Garrett Lennox. Every Thursday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706549-2639 GAMES: Party Bridge (Athens Bridge Center) No partner necessary. Every Thursday. 1–3 p.m. $5. lynch@uga.edu

FILM: Escape From New York (Ciné Barcafé) Local cinefile Jeremy Dyson introduces this Carpenter classic. 10:30 p.m. $7.50. www. athenscine.com KIDSTUFF: Dr. Seuss Spectacular (Barnes & Noble) Celebrate the beloved Dr. Seuss. 7 p.m. FREE! www.bn.com MEETINGS: Healing Circle & Meditation (Body, Mind & Spirit) Experience different modalities and forms of meditation. Every Friday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706351-6024 PERFORMANCE: Splash (Canopy Studio) The second annual studentled fundraiser is a water-themed performance of aerial dance. July 31 & Aug. 1, 8 p.m. $10. www.canopystudio.org THEATER: Hairspray Jr. (Athens Little Playhouse) The year is 1962 and spunky, plus-size teen Tracy

meats, grains, flowers, soaps, birdhouses, gourds and more. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. www.oconeefarmersmarket.org EVENTS: Hero Day (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Meet and greet community heroes while enjoying superhero crafts and games, hot dogs and live music from Dixieland Five. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Live music by Louise Warren (8 a.m.) and Ale Raisers (10 a.m.).

This week features “Chipotle in the Kitchen.” 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net GAMES: Shadowrun RPG Demo (Tyche’s Games) Visit Seattle in 2071, when magic and megacorps clash. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com

of the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds benefit Children First. 3–5 p.m. $10 suggested donation. www.childrenfirstinc.org EVENTS: Sunday Center Market (The Classic Center) Find artists, farmers, crafters, food trucks, live music, kids’ activities and more in the Classic Center’s new 440 Foundry Pavillion. 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

FREE! www.classiccenter.com GAMES: Trivia (Brixx Wood Fired Pizza) Test your skills. Every Sunday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-395-1660 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: Entertainment Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 485 Baldwin St.) Hosted by Dirty South. Every Sunday. 6 p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Reading aloud to a dog creates a relaxed, nonjudgmental environment that helps kids develop their reading skills and builds confidence. Register for a 15-minutes session. Grades K-5. 3 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 PERFORMANCE: Athens Brass Choir (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Hear marches and show tunes in the conservatory. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.uga.edu/botgarden THEATER: Hairspray Jr. (Athens Little Playhouse) See Friday listing for full description July 31 & Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Aug. 1–2 & Aug. 8–9, 3 p.m. $5–10. www.athenslittleplayhouse.net

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“Ralph Chessé,” an exhibition of the painter, sculptor and puppeteer’s works, is currently on view at the Georgia Museum of Art through Sunday, Oct. 4.

Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, will lead an Artful Conversation on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 2 p.m.

CLASSES: Modern Calligraphy Intermediate Class (KA Artist Shop) This class goes over various inks, nibs and papers, plus flourishes, envelope addressing and other applications. 7 p.m. $30. www. kaartist.com 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 EVENTS: Lunchtime Learning (ACC Library) Drum your stress away in an introduction to handdrumming. Bring your own drum if you have one; the library will have a few to borrow. No experience necessary. 12:15 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens 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: A Shot in the Dark (Ciné Barcafé) Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) investigates the murder

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GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q) Hosted by Dirty South Trivia. Every Thursday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8511 KIDSTUFF: Throwback Thursday: 1990s (Barnes & Noble) Relive iconic moments in pop culture from the 1990s including a Goosebumps event. 3 p.m. FREE! www.bn.com KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Bring your pajama-clad kids in for storytelling and readings by special guests. 7 p.m. FREE! 706795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Superhero Academy (ACC Library) Make superhero accessories and try your best in an obstacle course. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens

Friday 31 EVENTS: Full Moon Hike (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Bring family and friends along to enjoy the mysterious world of nature at night.

Includes a two-mile hike through the wooded trails and in the garden. 8 p.m. $5/person, $15/family. www. uga.edu/botgarden

Turnblad is going from outcast to breakout star. Performed by Athens Little Playhouse. July 31 & Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Aug. 1–2 & Aug. 8–9, 3 p.m. $5–10. www.athenslittleplayhouse. net

Saturday 1 ART: Heidi in Bloom (Bloom) See Heidi Hensley’s new line “Artful Reminders,” a benefit for Project Safe. 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation. learn.rhodes@gmail.com CLASSES: Knit 2 Class (Revival Yarns) Review casting on, the knit stitch, the purl stitch, stockinette and garter stitch patterns. RSVP. 10:30 a.m. $30. 706-850-1354, www. revivalyarnsathens.com EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Featuring fresh produce, honey, crafts, soaps, baked goods, cooking demos, children’s activities and live music. Every Saturday. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. www.athenslandtrust. org EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (Oconee County Courthouse, Watkinsville) Locally grown produce,

KIDSTUFF: Brown Bag Movie (Oconee County Library) Bring your lunch and watch a movie on the big screen. Ages 0–10. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee PERFORMANCE: Splash (Canopy Studio) See Friday listing for full description July 31 & Aug. 1, 8 p.m. $10. www.canopystudio.org THEATER: Hairspray Jr. (Athens Little Playhouse) See Friday listing for full description July 31 & Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Aug. 1–2 & Aug. 8–9, 3 p.m. $5–10. www.athenslittleplayhouse.net

Sunday 2 ART: Meet the Artist (Oconee County Library) Margaret Agner will exhibit her large silk wall hangings, paintings and printmaking.

See Calendar Pick on p. 17. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: Stories From Childhood: From a Tiny Acorn (Historic Meeting House, Piedmont College) Pegg Homcomb, the Oconee County Director of Tourism, will share stories from her childhood. She will be introduced by Kay Keller, president

CLASSES: Modern Calligraphy for Beginners (KA Artist Shop) Learn how to use the pen and nibs to practice the modern calligraphy style.

7–9 p.m. $35. www.kaartist.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: Spelling Bee (Highwire Lounge) Test your spelling and win prizes. No bees on site. 8–10 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com 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: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com KIDSTUFF: End of SRP Cos-Rave (Oconee County Library) Celebrate the end of the summer reading program with a cosplay rave. Deck out in your finest fandom attire and dance the night away. Glow-in-thedark accessories and pizza provided.

6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee

Tuesday 4 CLASSES: The Law of Attraction and Manifestation (Body, Mind & Spirit) This ongoing class teaches many techniques for utilizing the

power of your mind to create wonders in all areas of your life. 6 p.m. $5. 706-351-6024 CLASSES: Dance Under the Stars (Stan Mullins Art Studio) Dance with SALSAthens as a fundraiser for Project Safe. The evening will begin with a salsa class for beginners.

6:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. learn.rhodes@gmail.com CLASSES: Modern Calligraphy Intermediate Class (KA Artist Shop) See Thursday listing for full description 7 p.m. $30. www. kaartist.com CLASSES: Dog Days of Bloomers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This class focuses on bulbs, perennials and blooming shrubs that will extend the blooming season of any garden. 6 p.m. $12. www.botgarden. uga.edu COMEDY: OpenTOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) This comedy show allows locals to watch quality comedy or perform themselves. Email to perform. First and third Tuesday of every month!

See story on p. 14. 9 p.m. $5. calebsynan@yahoo.com, www.flickertheatreandbar.com EVENTS: Tuesday Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden) Shop for fresh produce straight out of the community-based urban garden.

for full description 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 KIDSTUFF: Kids Night (Buffaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CafĂŠ) See Tuesday listing for full description 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655

Wednesday 5 ART: Artful Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Curator Carissa DiCindio will discuss selected works in the exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ralph ChessĂŠ.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org CLASSES: The Buddhaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Teachings (Body, Mind & Spirit) Learn to bring more inner peace to your life. Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706-3516024 CLASSES: CPR & First Aid Class (Athens Regional Medical Center, Medical Services Bldg.) Participants will receive a three-year first aid certification card at the end of the course. Register in advance. 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. $60. athenshealth.org/ calendar COMEDY: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Good Stuffâ&#x20AC;? Stand Up Comedy (The World Famous) Hosted by Jake Brannon. 10 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens

GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Both Locations) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) See Wednesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. highwirelounge.com GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-0892 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) The program includes stories, finger-puppet plays, songs and crafts for literacybased fun. For ages 5 & under. Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706795-5597 LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry (The Globe) Open mic poetry readings. The featured reader

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Offers double dollars for EBT shoppers. Held every Tuesday. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. 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.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. www.accaging.org GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Todd Kelly every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com 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 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) See Tuesday listing

EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music by Colibri. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guidance from Dreamsâ&#x20AC;? (ACC Library) This open discussion allows for sharing spiritual experiences and discussing dreams. 7 p.m. FREE! www. eckankar-ga.org EVENTS: St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Produce Stand (St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital, Cafeteria Patio) Shop for fresh fruit and vegetables from farms in the Athens Land Trustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farmer network. 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Summer Jazz Jubilee (The Foundry) Hosts Mary Sigalas and Colin Manko celebrate a different jazz subgenre each week, with special guests and a post-show open jazz jam. This week focuses on New Orleans jazz and features members of the Big Foot Brass Band.

DanceFX will host a free one-hour swing lesson before the show. 6 p.m. (lesson), 7 p.m. (music). www. thefoundryathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) See Wednesday listing for full description 9 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-1102

this month is Lemuel LaRoche aka Life the Griot. 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/athenswordofmouth MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) See Wednesday listing for a full description. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.fourathens.com/happyhour MEETINGS: Inner Guidance and Spiritual Experiences (ACC Library) Join an open discussion for all faiths to share spiritual experiences including dreams and past lives. 7 p.m. FREE! www. eckankar-ga.org

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 28 The Foundry Tailgate Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com BACK CITY WOODS Macon-based bluegrass/Southern rock band.

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NOMADIC Electronic-tinged jam-rock band from Boone, NC. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 TWO’S DAY VISIONS Tom Visions hosts “reverse-evil music parties” every Tuesday in July at Go Bar. This week features Dick Hunsinger, Mans Trash featuring Martian and Among the Rocks and Roots.

The Manhattan Café Loungy Tuesdays. 9 p.m. FREE! 706369-9767 DJ NATE FROM WUXTRY Spinning an all-vinyl set of soulful tunes perfect for a slow dance. Every Tuesday!

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

The Pub at Gameday 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-2831 OPEN MIC NIGHT Bring your guitar, poetry or monologues! Slots are 15 or 30 minutes, depending on attendance. Sign up early by emailing openmicatgameday@gmail.com.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia Sunflower Concert Series. 7 p.m. $10 (members), $15 (nonmembers). botgarden.uga.edu GRASSLAND STRING BAND Local traditional and progressive bluegrass group.

CLAIRE CAMPBELL Hope For Agoldensummer singer plays a set of soft, haunting folk tunes.

Wednesday 29 Blue Sky 5 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 VINYL WEDNESDAYS Bring your own records and spin them at the bar!

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES OPEN MIC JAM Rock out every Wednesday at this open mic. Full bands are encouraged. Contact louisphillippelot@yahoo.com for booking.

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net THE SOLSTICE SISTERS Old-time country ballads, traditional folk and ‘40s-style swing with sweet, warm harmonies.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com SUMMER JAZZ JUBILEE Hosts Mary Sigalas and Colin Manko celebrate a different jazz subgenre each week, with special guests and a post-show open jazz jam. This week is a Miles Davis tribute. See Calendar Pick on p. 17.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com JAY GONZALEZ Solo classic-pop jams from Drive-By Truckers’ keyboardist.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com WAX ON WEDNESDAYS Local DJs spin all-vinyl sets every Wednesday through August. Hosted by DJ Osmose.

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Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 6 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com KINKY WAIKIKI Relaxing, steel guitar-driven band following the traditions of Hawaiian music.

DJ TONY CHACKAL Spinning laidback tunes.

Hi-Lo Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! www.hiloathens.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your guts out every Wednesday!

Live Wire 8 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com FRESH JAM OPEN MIC Each performance gets 10 minutes. Drums and guitar amps are provided. Then, stick around for an open jam!

Locos Grill & Pub 7 p.m. 706-549-7700 (Timothy Rd. location) KIP JONES Local songwriter playing all your favorite covers and some of his own tunes.

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

music as “spiritual mountain psych gangsta folk.”

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

The Foundry 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com DWIGHT WILSON AND THE CLASSIC CITY SOUL Famous for Motown and R&B sound, this group offers soulful R&B. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com BRASS BED Lafayette, LA-based power-pop collective.

SEALION Surf-punk band from Dallas, TX. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

The Grotto 10 p.m. 706-549-9933 ABDUR BHUIYAN Funky, folky rock and roll.

fixture. He hosts an “all-star jam” every Thursday.

Your Pie 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7424 (Five Points location) YOESHI ROBERTS Playing uplifting “acoustic music that feels good.”

6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7048 (Gaines School Rd. location) IAN ROWLAND Local progressive funk musician plays a solo set.

Friday 31 Bar Georgia 10 p.m. 706-850-9040 JOHN BOYLE Singer-songwriter in the vein of Bob Dylan. He’ll be joined by Adam Poulin.

Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q 8 p.m. FREE! www.butthuttathens.com JOBE FORTNER Country music singer-songwriter.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com FEATHER TRADE This local band plays lush, moody post-pop.

The Foundry 8:30 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com PHIL AND THE BLANKS This local band, a luminary on Athens’ 1970s scene, returns once again for a night of rock and roll. See Calendar Pick on p. 17.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com CLASSIC CITY CRUNK MACHINE Local DJ collective spins a “Y2K dance party.”

and your favorite Southern rock and roll sounds.

The Office Lounge 6 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Tribble is a Georgia rock fixture.

8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 ERIK NEIL BAND Local trio playing blues/rock covers and originals.

VFW 7 p.m. www.vfwathens.com STEVE BRYSON Talented folk-country artist from Clarkesville, GA.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 WANDA Eclectic local electro-pop duo.

WATERMELON MOON Abstract local art-rock outfit.

STUPID IDIOTS Local experimental group fronted by musician Ash Rickli.

MIDNIGHT BOI Alias of local musician Eli Rickli, playing “pseudoSatanic hip hop.”

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

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Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com MKG Eclectic, jazz-influenced fourpiece led by keyboardist Marty Kearns.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com CHAMBER CHANCHERS Contemporary arrangements of music from Lebanon, Turkey, Tunisia, Israel, Spain and the United States.

FRANNIE No info available.

LOS CANTARES New local desertrock supergroup featuring members of Old Smokey and Moths.

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

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. 706-369-3040 PARTIAL CINEMA This local group takes influences from funk, indie, dance and classical music to inspire fits of dancing, vibing and grooving.

TURBOJANGLES Southern rock and roll with a hell of a lot of soul.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com SWAMP Melodic and wiry local indie rock band.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE With host Terry Covington.

Every Wednesday!

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.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com JIM COOK Wailing slide guitar, gritty vocals and swamp stomp with this local bluesman.

Thursday 30 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES AND FRIENDS Featuring Bo Hembree on guitar, Jason Bradberry on bass and Louis Phillip Pelot on drums.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com TARNATION Local band with a chunky rock sound and catchy, emotive vocals.

ASTROSHAMAN Experimental electronic composer from Atlanta.

WESDARULER Local minimalist hip hop producer.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com THE LAST THURSDAY Songwriter Don Chambers presents a night of music, guest musicians, spoken word, film, magic and a variety of other surprises.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com OLD SMOKEY Local folk-rock band with an interweaving sonic palette that includes banjo, cello, violin, lap steel and percussion.

ETIENNE DE ROCHER West Coast transplant plays “a unique style of indie rock.”

WANDA Eclectic local electro-pop duo.

FRANK HURRICANE Experimental artist from Boston that describes his

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The Orange Constant plays the Georgia Theatre rooftop on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com BACK BURNER Jazz combo led by percussionist Chris Burroughs.

GT Psychedelic punk band from Birmingham, AL. DEAD NEIGHBORS This local band plays grunge- and shoegazeinspired rock.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub SLOPFEST The first night of the fournight festival, featuring Blue Tower, The Rodney Kings, Shehehe, Twinki and DJ Mahogany. See story on p. 11.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE GRAWKS This local band plays punk and garage-inspired rock and roll.

THE DE LUX INTERIORS Local Cramps cover band featuring members of Cars Can Be Blue and Los Meesfits.

SPECTRALUX Atlanta-based experimental electro-pop band.

Live Wire 11 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com TECROPOLIS Athens’ longest-running electronic dance music series, with special guests each week.

Max 10 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392 BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin dance hits into the night.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Tribble is a Georgia rock and roll

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com RICHARD GUMBY Local psych-rock project led by songwriter Scott Crossman.

SALINE Local four-piece “shoegrease” band.

JADE POPPYFIELD Experimental drone outfit from Macon.

GROUP STRETCHING Newest Athens post-pop project featuring members of New Wives and Mothers.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 7 p.m. $5 (door), FREE! (w/ wristband). www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub SLOPFEST The second night of the four-night festival, featuring Ye Olde Sub Shoppe, Flight Mode USA, Linda, Mouth, Harsh Words, Little Gold, Bathrooms, Bodyfather, Blunt Bangs, Deep State, Nato Coles & the Blue Diamond Band and DJs Lord Bitter and Lozo. See story on p. 11.

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

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

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE BAMA GAMBLERS This Auburn, AL group plays dirty blues

The Foundry 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com SONS OF SAILORS Jimmy Buffet cover band, featuring members of the Tony Pritchett Band.

Front Porch Book Store 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-1236 CALEB KEITH Local singer-songwriter performs an acoustic set.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. www.georgiatheatre.com HAWAII DAWG-O A benefit for the GRACE Fund at UGA’s Vet College,

featuring music from the Sonic Groove Band.

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

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com THE LUBBERS Beatles tribute act featuring Kevin Lane, Jay Gonzalez, Chris Grehan and Matt Lane.

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

Iron Factory 10 p.m. 706-395-6877 TIMI CONLEY & FRIENDS Wild pop spurs from the edgy monsterbrain of this local musician.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 7 p.m. $5 (door), FREE! (w/ wristband). www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub SLOPFEST Night three of the fournight festival, featuring Forces, All-City Cannonballers, Hunger Anthem, Waitress, Crunchy, Seagulls, Donny Knottsville, Vincas, Faux Ferocious, The Powder Room, Motherfucker and DJ Reindeer Games. See story on p. 11.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 STRAIGHT NO CHASER Local groove-oriented group.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 BIG DON BAND Southern-fried local rock group.

Sunday 2 ACC Library 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org SHAWN WILCOX BANDLETTE Group steeped in Southern heritage but incorporating electronics.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $18 (adv.), $22 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com SHUGGIE OTIS Legendary R&B guitarist and songwriter. See story on p. 10.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com COSMIC CHARLIE Dead covers like you’ve never heard before. A special set in honor of Jerry’s birthday.

Hi-Lo Lounge 7 p.m. $5 (door), FREE! (w/ wristband). www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub SLOPFEST Night four of the fournight festival, featuring Christopher Without His Liver, The Emileigh Ireland Band, The Cryptides, Maximum Busy Muscle and DJ Nate. See story on p. 11.

Monday 3 Creature Comforts Brewery Industry Night. 5:30 p.m. FREE (service industry workers), $12. www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com DOUBLE FERRARI This local band plays virtuosic, instrumental rock.

THE HALEM ALBRIGHT BAND Halem Albright has been performing his blend of unique songwriting and electrifying guitar around Athens and Atlanta for the past few years.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com AUSTIN DARNELL Local blues singer-songwriter and Darnell Boys member plays a solo set.

SOVIA TALVIK Swedish neo-folk singer-songwriter.

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

Hosted by Larry Forte.

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

Tuesday 4 The Foundry Tailgate Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com ACOUSTIC IN THE ROUND Featuring music from Brian Burke, Todd Cowart, Hannah Aldridge and Matt Woods.

Hi-Lo Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! www.hiloathens.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your guts out every Wednesday!

The World Famous 11 p.m. 706-543-4002 THOMAS & OLIVIA Members of Thomas Wynn & the Believers play a stripped-down duo set.

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 LEAVING COUNTRIES OPEN MIC JAM Rock out every Wednesday at this open mic. Full bands are encouraged. Contact louisphillippelot@yahoo.com for booking.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com SUMMER JAZZ JUBILEE Hosts Mary Sigalas and Colin Manko celebrate a different jazz subgenre each week, with special guests and a post-show open jazz jam. This week is a tribute to New Orleans jazz. See Calendar Pick on p. 17.

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Jazz Thursday presents Back Burner FRIDAY, JULY 31ST

Marty Kearns Group SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST

The Lubbers (Beatles tribute) featuring Kevin Lane, Jay Gonzalez, Chris Grehan and Matt Lane SUNDAY, AUGUST 2ND

Cosmic Charlie MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE See Wednesday’s listing for full description

The Manhattan Café Loungy Tuesdays. 9 p.m. FREE! 706369-9767 DJ NATE FROM WUXTRY Spinning an all-vinyl set of soulful tunes perfect for a slow dance. Every Tuesday!

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6pm: Kinky Waikiki, DJ Tony Chackal

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. 706-549-7700 (Timothy Rd. location) SALLY & THE SIX GRAND BAND Long-running local dance band.

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.

The Pub at Gameday 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-2831 OPEN MIC NIGHT Bring your guitar, poetry or monologues! Slots are 15 or 30 minutes, depending on attendance. Sign up early by emailing openmicatgameday@gmail.com.

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Live Wire 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $10 (under 21). www. livewireathens.com LITTLE TYBEE Atlanta-based folk band drawing from a variety of influences like jazz, Tropicalia and even Motown to color its indie-folk pop ballads.

WALDEN Georgia native four piece playing smooth rock influenced by Mumford and Sons and Coldplay.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE ORANGE CONSTANT Fusionoriented jam-rock band from Statesboro, GA.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 FAT NIGHT Freshly squeezed soul group from Florida.

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Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THOMAS & OLIVIA Members of Thomas Wynn & the Believers play a stripped-down duo set.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com WAX ON WEDNESDAYS Local DJs spin all-vinyl sets every Wednesday through August. Hosted by DJ Osmose.

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Down the Line 8/6 LEAVING COUNTRIES AND FRIENDS (Boar’s Head Lounge) 8/6 GOLDWING / MATEJA / CODY HUGGINS (Caledonia Lounge) 8/6 THE BACUPS (The Foundry) 8/6 KARAOKE (Go Bar) 8/6 TECROPOLIS (Live Wire) 8/7 DAVID PRINCE (Buffalo’s Café) 8/7 MANGER / TREEPHORT / BEAST MODE (Caledonia Lounge) 8/7 THE SENSATIONAL SOUNDS OF MOTOWN (The Foundry) 8/7 LIQUID DYNAMITE (Nowhere Bar) 8/7 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE (The Office Lounge) 8/7 WHAT MOON THINGS / MUUY BIIEN / JACKSON SCOTT / DEEP STATE (The World Famous) 8/8 ANTLERED AUNTLORD / LEISURE SERVICE / NICE MACHINE (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 8/8 AQUARIUM RESCUE UNIT (Georgia Theatre) 8/8 CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT BAND (Nowhere Bar) 8/9 GROWN & SEXY SUNDAYS (The Foundry) 8/9 BOB LIVINGSTON (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 8/10 ELENI MANDELL / COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS (Caledonia Lounge) 8/10 THE HOOT / The Ale Raisers / Hog-Eyed Roosters / The Dixieland 5 (The Foundry)

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1st Annual Juried Exhibition (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first juried show is open to all artists 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 Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Registration for art classes begins Aug. 1 for ACC residents and Aug. 5 for non-residents. Check website for schedule. 706-6133623, www.athensclarkecounty.com/ lyndonhouse Call for Art (Athens Art & Frame) Seeking local artists working in any type of flat media to exhibit in the shopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new gallery. Send up to five jpeg images to tony@athensartand frame.com Call for Artists (Amici) Currently accepting artists for exhibitions. Email samples of work to ryan.myers@amici-cafe.com Indie South Fair Pop-Up (Broad 9A, 160 Tracy St.) Indie South Fair and The Broad Collective will co-host indoor pop-up fairs the third Sunday of the month. Artists interested in becoming a vendor can email for an application. $50. indiesouthfair@gmail.com Seeking Artists (Donderoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) Seeking artists to display their works in August or September. Email contact@donderoskitchen.com The Eclectic Bazaar (Creature Comforts Brewery) Indie South Fair is seeking artists, crafters and vintage vendors for the Electic Bazaar on Aug. 15. $50 tables, $75 tents. indiesouthfair@gmail.com, www.indiesouthfair.com

Macbeth (Town and Gown Players) Town & Gown Players host auditions for Macbeth. No experience necessary. All ages welcome. Auditions consist of cold readings from the script. Aug. 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11, 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 p.m. wstevencarroll@gmail.com, www. townandgownplayers.org

Classes â&#x20AC;&#x153;So You Want to be a Columnistâ&#x20AC;? Class (OCAF, Watkinsville) This course will walk, talk and write you through the basics of writing columns, opinion pieces and blogs. Tuesdays, Sept. 15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Oct. 6, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $60â&#x20AC;&#x201C;70. www.ocaf.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 through Aug. 8, 6 p.m. $5 per class. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aqua Zumbaâ&#x20AC;? is held at Bishop Park Pool on Saturdays through 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) In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Painting with Charles,â&#x20AC;? instructor Charles Warnock offers an open studio format class in oils

and acrylics. Fridays, Aug. 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sept.

18, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. $120â&#x20AC;&#x201C;140.

In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Painting: Multi-Media with Cameron Hampton,â&#x20AC;? students will learn creative ways to approach subject matter. Aug. 8, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. $75â&#x20AC;&#x201C;85. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Techniques in Watercolor,â&#x20AC;? instructor Kie Johnson teaches the basics of brushes, paints, papers, color theory, glazing, negative painting and more.

Wednesdays, Sept. 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Oct. 21, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. $180â&#x20AC;&#x201C;190. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Design with Layers in Watercolor,â&#x20AC;? Kie Johnson leads a class in how to develop paintings using various layers of transparent watercolor. Sept.

25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;27, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. $145â&#x20AC;&#x201C;155. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Portrait Painting in Oils with Abner Copeâ&#x20AC;? uses live models for creating portraits. Wednesdays, Sept. 30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nov. 11, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $180â&#x20AC;&#x201C;190. www.ocaf.com Bikram Hot Yoga (Bikram Yoga Athens) Classes in hot yoga are offered seven days a week.

Beginners welcome. Student discounts available. 706-353-9642, www.bikramathens.com Cameron Hampton Workshop Series (OCAF, Watkinsville) Hampton leads oneday 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 Intro to Rails Programming (Four Athens) Instructors will be available inside and outside class

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artists for Animals,â&#x20AC;? a group exhibition of animal-themed artwork by over a dozen artists including Evan Blackwell, is currently on view at The K.A. Artist Shop through Saturday, Aug. 8. hours to teach Ruby on Rails. This 10-week code class meets Mondays and Thursdays, Sept. 14â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nov. 19. www.fourathens.com/railscode Intro to Web Fundamentals (Four Athens) This four-week course will prepare students for the next level in web/software development.

It is recommended as preparation for Javascript, HTML/CSS or Ruby programming classes. Mondays and Thursdays, Aug. 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sept. 3. www. fourathens.com/webfundamentals Powerful Tools for Caregivers (Tuckston United Methodist Church, 4175 Lexington Rd.) This six-week program shows participants how to take care of themselves while caring for a relative or friend. Wednesdays, Aug. 19â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sept. 23. 706-583-2546 ext. 208 Printmaking Workshops (Double Dutch Press) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tea Towels!

One Color Screenprinting.â&#x20AC;? Aug. 5, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. & Aug. 12, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $50. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two-Color Stampmaking.â&#x20AC;?

Aug. 15, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. $45. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Multicolor Screenprinting: Two Parts.â&#x20AC;? Aug. 26, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. & Sept. 2, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $70. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monotypes: Drypoint Etching on Plexi.â&#x20AC;? Sept. 16, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $45. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Multicolor Reductive Woodcut: Three Parts.â&#x20AC;? Sept. 19, 26 & Oct. 3, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. $85. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Totes! One Color Screenprinting.â&#x20AC;? Sept. 30, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $50. www.doubledutchpress. 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 Tai Chi (Rubber Soul Yoga) Patty Riehm teaches this ongoing class in Yang style with long form. No experience necessary. Beginning Aug. 13. Thursdays, 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 a.m. Donations accepted. www.rubbersoulyoga.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 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Writing Circle (Heartspace, 2350 Prince Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Writing for Well-Beingâ&#x20AC;? meets Aug. 13, 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11:30 a.m. $15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Awakeningsâ&#x20AC;? meets Wednesdays, Sept. 16â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Oct. 21, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $80. heidiatheartspace.wordpress.com Yoga (Rubber Soul Yoga) Ongoing classes in Kundalini, Hatha, gentle yoga, laughing yoga, acroyoga, karate and one-on-one yoga as well

as guided meditation. Check website for schedule. Donation based. cal clements@gmail.com, www.rubber soulyoga.com Yoga Classes (Chase Street Yoga) This studio teaches different types of yoga like gentle yoga, yin yoga and power heated Vinyasa, plus Zumba and Pilates. 706-316-9000, www. chasestreetyoga.com Yoga Teacher Training (Yogaful Day) Bill Cottrell of Yogaful Day offers an 18-week, Yoga Alliance approved RYT200 Yoga Teacher Training program. Aug. 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Dec. 12. www.yogafulday.com Yoga, Pilates & More (Healing Arts Centre, Sangha Yoga Studio) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pitta Pacifying Yoga for Mental Well-Beingâ&#x20AC;? is a cooling practice for soothing the effects of summertime heat. Sundays through Aug. 23, 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:15 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overcoming the Effects of Stress and Fearâ&#x20AC;? is a six-week workshop based on yogic principles. Free intro Aug. 4, 5:15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6:30 p.m. Class runs Tuesdays, Aug. 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sept. 15, 5:15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6:30 p.m. $60. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pilates for Better Sexâ&#x20AC;? is a six-week course. Saturdays, Aug. 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sept. 12, 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11:30 a.m. $75. www.healingarts centre.net Yoshukai Karate Classes (East Athens Community Center) Classes are taught by second degree black belt Sherrie Hines. Gain confidence, improve flexibility and coordination, relieve stress and learn self-defense.

Mondays and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.

Saturdays, 11 a.m. FREE! www. clarkecountyyk.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 Athenspets.net (ACC Animal Control) Athenspets.net publicizes dogs and cats available for adoption or rescue at the ACC Animal Control.

Volunteers play with the animals and help socialize them. Photographers and writers are needed to take pictures and write stories for the available animals. 706-613-3540, athenspetsinfo@gmail.com Book Donations (ACC Library) Donate gently used books to The Friends of the Athens-Clarke County Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual fundraising summer book sale, which will be held Aug. 13â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. 706-613-3650 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) Over 130 local agencies seek help with ongoing projects and special short-term events. Visit the website for a calendar and to register. www.handsonnortheast georgia.com Mentor Training (Chamber of Commerce) The Clarke County Mentor Program matches adult volunteers with students in the Clarke County School District. Mentors are role models and friends who visit their mentee for one hour per week for one year. Meeting on Aug. 18, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! mentor@athensga. com, www.clarkecountymentor program.org Operation Red, Black & Blue (Transmetropolitan (Westside)) Donate clothing, lice kits, school supplies and money to assist homeless children in the Athens school district. Donations will be accepted Aug. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9. 706-621-6081

Kidstuff Art After School (OCAF, Watkinsville) These two-day workshops include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fun with Recycling,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clay Face Jugs,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tie Dye Party,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Selfies in Clay,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Magical Mystical Creatures,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clay Monstersâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;UFOs.â&#x20AC;? Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Aug. 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sept. 30. $40â&#x20AC;&#x201C;50 per twoday workshop. www.ocaf.com British Soccer Camp (Southeast Clarke Park) The camps are led by coaches from Great Britain. A7.

Various sessions for different age groups, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14. Aug. 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7. $70â&#x20AC;&#x201C;170. www.challengersports.com Maker Camp (ACC Library) Watch Make magazine and Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s virtual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maker Camp,â&#x20AC;? then make a project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fun and Games.â&#x20AC;? July 29â&#x20AC;&#x201C;30, 4 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flight.â&#x20AC;? Aug. 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6, 4 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Far-Out Future.â&#x20AC;? Aug. 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;13, 4 p.m.

Ages 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18. plewis@athenslibrary. org 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/week. 706-310-0013 Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Waldo in the ATH? (Athens, GA) Through the month of July, look for Waldo at local businesses in this city-wide scavenger hunt. The first 125 Waldo seekers

who get their passport signed at 10 or more sites can collect prizes.

Check website for list of participating places. www.avidbookshop.com Youth Sports Program Registration (Southeast Circle Park) Registration begins Aug. 1 for youth soccer (ages 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12) and Sportstime (ages 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4). Programs begin in September. www.athens clarkecounty.com/sports

Support Groups 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 Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Meets Sundays, 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org Reiki (ARMC 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 Transcending Trauma (Banyan Tree Center) This counseling group supports the needs of individuals with experiences of trauma including domestic violence, sexual abuse, substance abuse-related trauma and traumatic loss. Discuss coping skills and maintaining healthy relationships. Call to register. Thursdays, 6:15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:45 p.m. 706-850-7041, www.athenscounseling.com

On The Street ACC Pool Season (Multiple Locations) Public pools are located at Bishop Park, East Athens Community Center, Lay Park,

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Photography and paintings by Wesley Abney.

Through July. â&#x20AC;˘ Black-and-white ink drawings of animals by Carlee Ingersoll. Through August.

ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) New paintings by Mary Porter, Greg Benson, Chatham Murray, Candle Brumby, Lana Mitchell and more.

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 ART & FRAME (1021 Parkway Blvd.) Black-and-white photographs of landscapes and rural structures by UGA Horticulture professor emeritus Darrell Sparks. Through July. â&#x20AC;˘ A selection of watercolors by Mark Willis, who draws inspiration from botanical art and English watercolor. Through August.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emerges VIIIâ&#x20AC;? features local emerging artists Winnie Gier, Cameron Lyden, Jessica Machacek, Saegan Moran, Michael Ross and Ben Rouse.

Through Aug. 23.

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.) Jeremy Long presents clip art posters of summer films at CinĂŠ.

THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) In Classic Gallery I, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peaceable Kingdomâ&#x20AC;? presents animals by Will Eskridge, Lawson Grice, Susan Pelham, JenĂĄ A. Johnson 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. Through September.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Tommy Kirk. Through July. â&#x20AC;˘ Artwork by Steven C. Neal. Through August.

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.) Artwork by Teh Reaver, Jr. Through July. â&#x20AC;˘ Artwork by Jesse Stinnard. Opening reception Aug. 8.

Through August.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summer Vacationâ&#x20AC;? includes works by Adam Forrester, Winnie Gier, Jourdan Joly, Michael Levine, Georgia Rhodes and Smokey Road Press. Through Sept. 24.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lines of Inquiry: Renaissance and Baroque Drawings from the Ceseri Collection.â&#x20AC;? Through Aug. 2. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art Hazelwood and Ronnie Goodman: Speaking to the Issues.â&#x20AC;?

Through Sept. 13. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;El Taller de GrĂĄfica Popular: Vida y Arte.â&#x20AC;? Through Sept. 13. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ralph ChessĂŠ.â&#x20AC;? Through Oct. 4. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Terra Verteâ&#x20AC;? is a sitespecific installation in the sculpture garden.

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.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Michael Reber. Through Aug. 2. â&#x20AC;˘ Photography by Frances Berry. Aug. 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;23 HENDERSHOTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Michael Steele. Through July. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peace, Yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;allâ&#x20AC;? features a dozen paintings by Charley Seagraves. Through August.

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EASTSIDE (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) Artwork by Jamie Calkin. Through July.

K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artists for Animalsâ&#x20AC;? is a group show of animal-themed works. Through Aug. 8.

LAST RESORT GRILL (174 W. Clayton St.) Paintings by Jennifer Catherine Clegg. Through July.

LET IT BE YOGA (100 Barnett Shoals Rd., Watkinsville) Portraits by Cameron

Memorial Park and Rocksprings Park. Pools are open Tuesdaysâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fridays and Sundays from 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5:30 p.m. Bishop Park is open on weekends only. $1 admission. $20 pool pass. www.athensclarkecounty.com/ aquatics Bridge (Athens Bridge Center) Open Duplicate Bridge Games are held Tuesdays at 1 p.m., Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Fridays at 1 p.m. Non-Life Master (Beginner) Duplicate Bridge Games are held Wednesdays at 1 p.m. Party Bridge is held Thursdays at 1 p.m. All games $5. 706-2484809 Classic City BBQ (The Classic Center) Now accepting booth applications for food vendors, Tailgate Tradeshow exhibitors and chefs for cooking competitions on Aug. 14â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. The BBQ festival includes contests, a classic car show, outdoor music stage, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities and more. 706-357-4417, www.classic citybbqfest.com Fall Programs (Athens, GA) Find information about art exhibits, 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 fall program guide. www.athensclarke county.com Pages to Pathways (Heartspace, 2350 Prince Ave.) This book club for ladies will discuss The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. Meets every Tuesday through August, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $50. heidi. at.heartspace@gmail.com, www. heidiatheartspace.com The Classic City Fringe Festival (Athens, GA) The Classic City Fringe Festival is seeking performers in theater, dance, performance art, puppetry, comedy and more. Applications accepted through Aug. 16. Festival Oct. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;25. classiccityfringefest@gmail.com, www.classiccityfringefestival.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

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LOWERY IMAGING GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) The gallery features paper and canvas giclee prints by Athens artists as well as artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; renderings of Athens. Jamie Calkin is the featured artist through December.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Period Decorative Arts Collection (1840â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1890) & Athens History Museumâ&#x20AC;? inside the historic Ware-Lyndon House now features a new bedroom exhibit full of decorative pieces. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;40 of Something: Collections from Our Communityâ&#x20AC;? presents 40 film stills from the collection of Mike Landers. Through July. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Home Show: Artist Inspired Birdhousesâ&#x20AC;? showcases a selection of birdhouses created to benefit Athens Area Habitat for Humanity building projects. Through Aug. 1. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where We Live, Work and Playâ&#x20AC;? features sculptural and kinetic works by Martijn and Caryn van Wagdendonk, Tad Gloeckler, Jennifer Desormeaux Graycheck, Cameron Lyden and Michael Oliveri. Through Aug. 1. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Discarded Beautyâ&#x20AC;? includes artwork by Janelle Young, Sarah Emerson, Manty Dey and Susan Hable. Through Aug. 1. â&#x20AC;˘ In the Lounge Gallery, view photography by recent MFA graduate Lucas Underwood. Through Aug. 8.

MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY (1315 Hwy. GA-98, Danielsville) Library patrons can add their own graphic novel art to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every Hero Has a Storyâ&#x20AC;? display. Through July.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Recapitulation, 1963â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2015: Drawings and Sculptures by Susan Cofer.â&#x20AC;?

Through Aug. 30.

MAMA BIRDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GRANOLA (909 E. Broad St.) Artwork by Cameron Bliss Ferrelle, Chris Taylor, James Fields, Don Highfield, Barbara Bendzunas, Kayley Head, Melissa Long, Jonathan Carter, Gerald Turner, St. Udioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Iron Works, Lea Lacy, Catcophony, Tiny Tank Tech, Hooks & Gems and Georgia Elite Jewelry.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Women of Watercolor present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brush Works.â&#x20AC;? Through July. â&#x20AC;˘ Margaret Agner exhibits a collection of large silk wall hangings, paintings, pastels and printmaking (monotypes, nature prints and linoleum cuts). Opening reception Aug. 2. Through August.

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 August. 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.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) Kate Sherrill makes artwork inspired by botanicals, fruit, landscapes and animals.

Through Aug. 9.

STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) â&#x20AC;&#x153;One to Three: Photographs by Greg Strelecki, Angelina Bellebuono & Nicole Aksteinâ&#x20AC;? showcases works with thematic ties to the museum. Through July.

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 Fain Henderson, Veronica Darby, Michelle Dross, John Cleaveland, Rebecca Wood, Nikita Raper, Natalia Zuckerman, Briget Darryl Ginley, Jack Kashuback, Barret Reid and Ken Hardesty. â&#x20AC;˘ A solo show features new works by Jason Whitley.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water, Waterâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? features photographs taken of or near the ocean by Lee Reed. Through July. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Metropolitan Footprintsâ&#x20AC;? includes abstract landscape paintings of cities by Amanda Cameron. On view Augustâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;September.

WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Artwork by Kristin Karch. Through July.

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. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty Beardsâ&#x20AC;? features acrylic paintings of male pin-ups by Lydia Hunt. Through August.

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Room with private bathroom available at The Station student housing community.

Female roommate matching, $440/mo. Call (706) 3951400.

Rooms for Rent Rooms for rent in 3 BR house. Shared bath, W/D, off-street parking. Two rooms available, $300 each, plus shared utilities. Free WiFi incl. Pets ok if approved.

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Students only.Spacious, furnished BR/living area w/ FP (24’x24’).Quiet, near campus, kitchen, laundry privileges. Shared BA, priv. entrance, wifi. No pets. $295/mo. incl. utils. (706) 353-0227.

For Sale Antiques Archipelago Antiques: A major source of estate antiques, art, jewelry and retro treasures since 1989.

1676 S. Lumpkin St. Open daily 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. (706) 354-4297.

Lexington Vintage.

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3BR/2BA in Normaltown.

HWflrs., CHAC, quiet street. Grad students pref ’d. Rent negotiable.

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Macon Hwy 3BR/2BA. HWflrs, large bedrooms.

Secret stairway from kitchen which leads to more huge rooms. Front and back porches, W/D hookups. Avail.

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Great for students moving out of dorm! Single bed w/ frame, boxspring and attached wood bookcase headboard. Needs mattress. $50. (706) 255-7117 mcmary@rocketmail.com.

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

Instruction Athens School of Music.

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I n s t a n t c a s h is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition.Wuxtr y R e c o rd s , at cor ner of Clayton & College Dwntn.

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Services Cleaning Peachy Green Clean Co-op, your local friendly Green Clean! Free estimates w/ rates as low as $40. (706) 248-4601, p e a chygre encleancoop. com.

She said, “My house is a wreck.” I said, “That’s what I do!” House cleaning, help w/ organizing, pet mess. Local, Independent and Ear th Friendly. Text or call Nick for a quote (706) 851-9087.

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Editing, design, layout and printing services. 25 years experience. (706) 3954874.

Jobs Full-time Busy hair salon in downtown Athens needs a FT cleaner.

M–F, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Attention to detail and heavy lifting required. Please apply in person. No phone calls.

Republic Salon, 3rd fl. over Magnolia’s at the corner of Broad and Jackson.

Entrance on Jackson St. at red awning.

F ro n t D e s k Urban Sanctuary Spa. Experience and customer service skills preferred. Email resume to candicecourcy@ yahoo.com or apply in person at 810 N.Chase Street, Athens.

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.

Opportunities Honey’s Salon seeking FT stylist for booth renter’s position. Prefer applicants with clientele.

Please contact owner w/ resume at lorityner@ gmail.com or call (706) 254-4008 for interview.

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Foundry seeking experienced servers. PT position, must be avail. nights and weekends. Apply online: www.graduateathens. com/careers.

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

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Advice for Athens’ Loose and Lovelorn

By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com I’m worried about a family member—specifically my young female cousin. She’s only 18 and has a 2-year-old, which I know is actually pretty common these days. She hid her pregnancy for the first few months somehow, which I suppose makes her think she’s smarter than the rest of our family now. She really wants to be a model and is gorgeous with a great model body, but she only does that greasy, covered-inbaby-oil, butt-centric modeling.

She has no day job that anyone knows of, and her trips to Atlanta are so few and far between that she can’t be making enough to support herself and her kid. She has a somewhat popular Instagram and is constantly getting new tattoos, outfits and hair-dos, but again, she has no job that any of us know of.

The real kicker is that two weeks ago she was at a hotel party and there was a gunfight!

She realized she was shot after the havoc died down and drove herself to the hospital. She’s currently in the hospital after having surgery on her intestines. I’m losing my mind! How do I save this

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was 18, you couldn’t tell me nothin’. I knew that I was a great person who was destined for fame, but seeing as how I’m currently not an MTV VJ living in the loft from the original “Real World,” I understand now that I was fantasizing and didn’t know shit.

Those are lessons we learn the hard way, so give your cousin the space to live and learn.

Remind her that firearms are dangerous but modeling is safe, and encourage her to move her career in a more legit direction. Don’t talk down to her or shame her, because like many teens, her knee-jerk reaction could be to ignore you and do the exact opposite.

My roommate and her boyfriend have really loud sex at least once every week. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever heard. NOT sexy. They wake me up at night when they stumble in, and then I can’t get back to sleep because of the noise. I’m not on the lease, so I’m thinking about just moving out, but this seems like a silly reason

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First, I want to discourage you from calling your young cousin dumb. Most young girls stop talking once subject matter gets weird for them, or if they feel they’re being attacked. She might be a mother, but she’s also an 18-year-old girl. Do not make her an adult in your head before she’s an actual adult, because you will be nothing but disappointed by everything she does. She is basically still a child who defers when adults speak, and kids get silent when they feel they’re being chastised or attacked. And that’s perfectly OK. Also, I get the hint that you think she’s a sex worker beyond being a cheesecake model. Be sure about that before you start judging her, and actually, don’t judge her at all unless you intend to provide for her son yourself.

I don’t think it’s possible to “save” anyone, really, especially at that age. When I

to have to find a new house. I’m not really the type to confront people with that kind of stuff.

The whole situation just grosses me out and makes me kinda wanna sleep in my car. What should I do?

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She comes off as kind of dumb in that she will simply stop speaking if she doesn’t like the conversation topic, so I’m reluctant to even try to talk with her. She simply does what she wants, and I’m so sick of seeing her fail.

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Hetero couples having sex makes me think of the audio track from PETA’s “Meet Your Meat,” especially if it’s late at night and booze is involved: bleating and crying and curse words. I’d rather work in a factory farm than be awakened by someone else’s gross 3 a.m. sexcapade.

Your roommate sounds rude as hell, and she probably knows you’re not the type to bring a household problem to her. I think she’s taking advantage of your submissive nature, or this could also be a passiveaggressive way that she expresses resentment towards you. Please bring it up if you haven’t already, but if it continues or seems to get worse, you should absolutely move out.

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