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Tax Commissioner . . . . . . 10 Art Around Town . . . . . . . 23 Marigold Festival . . . . . . . 11 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Face-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Sudoku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Classic City Rollergirls

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for fresh, eager minds longing for an eduThe recent graduation season reminds cation unavailable to them except at their us how rich Athens is in higher education, homegrown college where they can work and it’s more than just UGA. We even have their way through. Phillips describes those a couple of intown schools located along kids in the second Atlantic article the next Prince Avenue. I have learned to be careful year, “Students in a Hick College.� about claiming our medical college, which Phillips’ students are not hip or cool is housed on the former Navy School camand are fettered by provincial upbringings pus. That facility only exists in partnership but willing to learn and grow. They are with the Medical College of Georgia, which closer to life’s real values by being further is a wholly owned subsidiary of Augusta from its fads. His use of “hick� is therefore University, until recently known as Georgia somewhat ironic, especially since his hick Regents University and extremely touchy about making it clear that the medical campus here is just an outpost of Augusta.

Piedmont College, on the other hand, seems to have no identity problems with its Athens branch. Piedmont was founded in Demorest in 1897 and has been in Athens for 20 years, now occupying the campus formerly inhabited by Prince Avenue Baptist Church. The college seems to be growing here, but without the church’s unfortunate penchant for tearing down old houses in order to expand.

Piedmont has an interesting history up in Demorest, a beautiful mountain town now an easy drive from here up Highway 441. My wife Gay’s family moved there from Clarksville when her father was a boy, so that the Wendell Brooks Phillips gave most of his adult life to Piedmont College. children could attend school college is the same one he attended and at Piedmont, which at that time included where he chose to teach. But, and you could the lower grades in addition to the college. see it coming, just like a snake-handler who Gay’s grandfather ran the college farm, finally gets bitten by the serpent, that hickand her Aunt Mary after graduating from ness rose up and sank its fangs into Phillips.

Piedmont eventually came back and taught In defending his students, he found it necmathematics there until she retired. essary to show that their greatest limitation A couple of months ago, Milton came not from their backgrounds but from Leathers, a walking college in his own right their college trustees, a narrow-minded (somewhat heavy on the history courses), bunch whose fundamentalist religion stood whose wife Kammy works at Piedmont in the way of the free inquiry necessary to here, showed up clutching a little volume, real education. Thus the final article, three The Piedmont College Trilogy, compiled on years after the first: “I Was Fired from a the occasion of Piedmont’s centennial Hick College.� Yep, they got him. After 20 celebration. The Trilogy is apparently something of a rare volume and includes reprints years teaching and a lifetime of devotion to Piedmont, Phillips got sacked. of three articles published in The Atlantic Of course, that was a long time ago. The Monthly in March 1932, March 1933 and modern Piedmont College mission reaches September 1935. These articles were writfar beyond the mountains to attract a ten by Wendell Brooks Phillips, who taught widely diverse student body taught by a English at Piedmont College from 1917– cosmopolitan and sophisticated faculty in a 1935. Phillips grew up in Demorest and variety of disciplines. got all his education in Piedmont’s schools Here’s hoping Milton or Piedmont will (his father was a founding trustee) before republish the Trilogy, because it raises a lot going to Harvard for graduate study. After finishing Harvard, Phillips was offered a job of pertinent questions about what educateaching in a Boston college, but he chose to tion is. These questions are still important today, when the intellectual beliefs of the return home to Demorest and to Piedmont University of Georgia Board of Regents are to teach the mountain children. probably not that far removed from those And that is the point of the Trilogy, the of the Piedmont College trustees when first article of which is “I Teach in a Hick Phillips was teaching there. The freshness of College.� In that first Atlantic piece, Phillips those mountain students might be instruclaid out the importance of a school like tive, too, at a time when a lot of kids are too Piedmont to kids in an area like the north cool for school, and we’re all dependent on Georgia mountains. In his hands “hick� loses its pejorative connotations and stands a hick legislature. f

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The Trump Effect Angry Voters Could Oust Georgia Incumbents

By Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com Whether you like or dislike Donald Trump, there’s no question he has pulled off an impressive political feat. When he announced his candidacy last year, Trump was considered a joke in a Republican field.

But he plowed ahead in his crude, bombastic way and outlasted them all to become the presumptive nominee.

The Republican base is angry with the party leadership, which is primarily why they picked Trump over more conventional candidates who were the establishment favorites. That Trump effect has worked its way down to the congressional level in Georgia. Several incumbents who haven’t tried to overthrow the party leadership are sweating out challenges from obscure, under-funded opponents. We see in these races the same disgust with the party establishment that fueled Trump’s candidacy.

In the 11th Congressional District, one of the most Republican-leaning districts in the country, Rep. Barry Loudermilk is just about as conservative a politician as you’ll find. It would be difficult to run to the right of Loudermilk without falling into an alternate universe. Even so, Loudermilk is trying to fight off four challengers who are angry that he had the audacity to vote for the reelection of John Boehner as House speaker.

One opponent has raised a grand total of $210; another challenger once served a year in prison. Daniel Cowan, on the other hand, is a businessman who’s put $268,000 of his own money into the race against Loudermilk and has the resources to run TV ads. Cowan says he is running because “it’s clear that the career politicians are failing us.� We should note that Loudermilk is in his first term in Congress, so he hasn’t really established much of a political “career.�

The same dynamic is at work in the 9th Congressional District with U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, who’s almost as conservative as Loudermilk, but he also is contending with a gaggle of opponents, including former congressman Paul Broun, who complain he isn’t right-wing enough.

Before he lost in the 2014 Senate race, Broun served seven loopy years in the U.S. House, where he became known for oddball beliefs that included an assertion that the Earth was less than 9,000 years old. Broun has run a scorched-earth campaign against Collins, deriding him as “the poster child for the Washington cartel� and claiming that “D.C. fat cat Doug Collins is back on the establishment’s payroll.�

Collins’ sin is that he voted for Boehner and for a spending bill that included money for Planned Parenthood. Without it, the bill wouldn’t have passed, and the federal government would have shut down.

It’s clear that the incumbents are taking a lot of flak in the primaries. They are also, however, taking in buckets of campaign money, as incumbents traditionally do. The latest disclosure reports show Collins has raised about $845,000, while Broun’s total is a measly $76,000. That kind of financial advantage is a big reason why 98 percent of congressional incumbents get re-elected.

It’s hard to get your opposition message out if you don’t have enough money to go on TV or send out mailers.

The conventional wisdom holds that Loudermilk, Collins and other congressmen with primary opposition will prevail when the votes are counted next week. But that’s what established politicians like Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush thought they would do against Donald Trump. Look where they are now. f

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By Blake Aued and John Huie news@flagpole.com If there’s one thing Athens-Clarke County commissioners are not, it’s passive.

They’re always digging into the minutia of issues, sometimes late into the night (and sometimes getting too bogged down in details) or quizzing staff or ordering up studies and studies of studies to get more information (or, sometimes, to put off tough decisions). Heck, a few weeks ago one commissioner, who is not an engineer, sat down and designed a road.

In whatever ways the ACC Commission can frustrate citizens (and yes, occasionally journalists), the Clarke County Board of Education is the exact opposite. I’ve covered a few school board meetings here and there for years but really only started attending regularly in February, when the Cedar Shoals High School sexual assault news broke. It’s becoming increasingly apparent to me that the school board is little more than a rubber stamp for the superintendent.

A couple of relatively minor incidents from the board’s May 12 meeting jumped out at me. On one item, board member Ovita Thornton asked a question, and Superintendent Philip Lanoue (rather condescendingly, I thought) told her the answer was on the next page of her packet. Rather than give her a chance to read it, board President Charles Worthy immediately called the question. Thornton abstained.

On another vote, fellow board member Linda Davis also abstained because, as she put it, “I still have questions.” Where any ACC commissioner would have kept lobbing questions at the county manager and probably put off a vote if answers weren’t forthcoming, school board members tend to simply defer to the superintendent.

Lanoue and his people tightly control the flow of information to the board, the press and the public. For example, I can pick up the phone and call most any ACC

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West Broad Garden: CCSD has put on hold official directly, but media inquiries regarding the school district go through its official its unpopular plan to pave over a community garden as part of a renovation project spokesperson. ACC posts its full budget to convert the long-vacant West Broad online; citizens who wish to scrutinize the School into offices. But the district intends CCSD budget only have access to Lanoue’s to cut the pay of students who work in the PowerPoint presentation, which is prettier garden. but includes far fewer numbers.

At a meeting of the BOE’s property comIt’s come up in board discussions sevmittee meeting, district administrators eral times that school board members are provided the Athens Land Trust—which not micromanagers. Their role, as Worthy operates the West Broad Market Garden likes to say, is to make policy and hold the superintendent accountable. But 99 percent on the West Broad School grounds—with a letter guaranteeing that the garden will of the time, the board signs off on whatremain on the property for at least three ever policy Lanoue proposes. And how can years. The ALT the board hold him needed the guarantee accountable when he I don’t understand in order to pursue has a three-year conthe need to renew the federal grants. “If tract that was quietly going to put renewed last month? superintendent’s contract when they’re some money into “I don’t underhe had two years to go already. your program, they stand the need to want to know you’re renew the superingoing to be there for some time,” Associate tendent’s contract when he had two years Superintendent Ted Gilbert said. to go already,” Walter Swanson said during Gilbert told the committee that the public input last Thursday. planning process for the West Broad School There’s a certain groupthink, too, as renovations will take years. First, the diswhen others pushed board member Greg trict is participating in a “feasibility study” Davis to vote in favor of the tentative budon revitalizing the Hancock Corridor/ get earlier this month. Davis stuck to his Rocksprings area, along with a stakeholder guns, the tentative budget passed 8–1, and group including the ALT, Athens-Clarke the world didn’t end. When almost every County government, Athens Housing vote is unanimous, that’s not a sign of a Authority and neighborhood residents. The healthy board. [Blake Aued] four institutional participants have already committed $10,000 each to the study, School Discipline: There are exceptions, and on May 12 the school board approved one of them being the board-driven prospending another $5,000. When the study cess to evaluate discipline and attendance is complete, the district will appoint a policies. About 200 people attended a stakeholder group to provide input on the facilitator-led public input session on those West Broad renovations and hire an architopics last month. The data from that tect. Lanoue compared the process to the forum is being compiled and will be given to the board and posted on the district web- H.T. Edwards renovations, which involved dozens of alumni and took about two years site this week, according to facilitator Joe to plan.

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Although the garden has gained a reprieve, Lanoue has proposed cutting funding for the garden in the district’s 2017 budget. Lanoue has zeroed out funding for the Young Urban Farmers program, which pays students—many of them from lowincome families—to work in the garden.

Students could still work, but they would receive class credit instead of money. ALT Executive Director Heather Benham said in a letter to board members that she would seek grant funding to continue paying student farmers.

The Young Urban Farmers program’s $40,000 will be redirected to the Great Promise Partnership, a mentoring and job-training program for students who are at risk of dropping out founded by former Georgia Department of Community Affairs commissioner Mike Beatty.

Several speakers at the May 12 school board meeting urged district officials to keep the Young Urban Farmers program, noting the CCSD has won accolades for its farm-to-school sustainability and agriculture classes. “Please don’t reverse course,” Bertis Downs said. “Please keep going.

Expand it.” [BA] Barber Street: The school district also voted last week to put up for sale a vacant school on Barber Street near the water treatment plant. The school, currently used for storage, was built during the segregation era over the objections of African American residents, who didn’t want it because it was so close to the chicken plant, So they’re not going to miss it, according to board member Vernon Payne. “I went there for two years,” Linda Davis said. “After the first week, you got used to it.”

The property has been appraised at $270,000, Gilbert said, and at least two potential buyers are interested—the ACC government and Canopy, the trapeze studio. Parts of it need a lot of work, but whoever buys it, Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation Executive Director Amy Kissane told Flagpole she will push to preserve the historic building. [BA] Food Trucks: Just down Barber is the Jittery Joe’s roaster, where local food trucks have gathered for two successful street fairs

with art and food vendors recently. One of them, Holy Crepe, has become the first food truck to apply for a permit to set up shop outside City Hall once a week under a program the ACC Commission approved last year. The truck, which serves sweet and savory crepes, will be parked on Hancock Avenue from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. and “late night� on Thursdays, according to owner Saphir Grici. [BA] Living Wage: ACC government should set an example by paying all employees a living wage, Athens for Everyone activists insisted at a budget hearing last week—but some part-time and seasonal employees make less than the $10.17 an hour needed to

ads required by state legislators, the tax rate will not go up, but because assessed property values have gone up an average of 3.5 percent, some tax bills will increase accordingly. Recycling revenues are down with volatile materials markets, while employee health insurance is up again.

New initiatives will include an online plans review process, a downtown public health study to examine nightlife issues including binge drinking, sidewalk impediments and crowding in bars and music venues, an “open studio� program at Lyndon House Art Center and a plan to transfer prison inmates back to the Clarke County Jail before their sentences are up, allowing them to attend diversion programs here

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support a single adult in Clarke County, per county-by-county living costs developed at MIT. Raising those wages would cost the county only $65,000 a year, but raising only those wages would “monkey with the pay and classification system,� county Manager Blaine Williams told commissioners. A pool lifeguard, for example, might then earn the same wage as the head lifeguard, who would then need a raise as well, and then other raises would also be necessary up the pay scale, potentially costing the county “millions of dollars� yearly. “You’ve got to maintain [pay] separation between people with higher skills, knowledge and abilities,� Mayor Nancy Denson argued. But devising a comprehensive new pay scale for all employees is not easy, Williams said; such a study could cost $300,000. No such study has been done since 1993, so commissioners decided to add it to the budget. (Next year’s budget proposal already includes a 2 percent pay raise for all employees, costing $1.8 million; comparable pay raises have been budgeted in all but the tightest budget years, based on amounts paid by other governments.)

Not all commissioners embraced the pay study. Athens-Clarke’s pay is already pretty competitive with market rates, Commissioner Kelly Girtz said; it’s the lowest rates that need to go up. Commissioner Melissa Link pointed out that acrossthe-board raises benefit higher-earning employees more than lower earners, and singled out the “bloated administrationâ€? at the Leisure Services Department. “We’ve got employees in Leisure Services making a lot of money‌. In the meantime, we’re not paying people on the ground a living wage.â€?

The 2017 budget (covering the fiscal year that begins in July 2016) will be up for approval June 7. Despite dire newspaper

before they are released. Otherwise prisoners are released “really with no resources at all,� Finance Director Chris Caldwell told commissioners. “We’re seeing a lot of reentry challenges.�

And repaving of ACC’s 600 miles of roads is falling behind, despite $800,000 budgeted for next year. Future SPLOST money could help catch up, Caldwell said.

To develop each year’s budget, every county department proposes two budgets: one 2 percent less than its current budget, and one that’s 1 percent more.

Departments can make other requests, but they are not routinely granted. Various departments this year asked for 34 new full-time employees, but only six are being added. Once the mayor and manager agree on the proposed budget, there are public hearings, and commissioners tweak it before the final vote.

At hearings, BikeAthens Director Tyler Dewey praised plans to upgrade the Bicycle Master Plan and asked commissioners to set future goals for lengths of bike lanes and sidewalks to add annually.

Jim Gaudin, a board member of Clarke County Family and Children Services, asked commissioners to find supplementary salary money to reduce the high turnover of employees dealing with the “very complex problems� of families, often involving substance abuse. With heroin more readily available, “the problem has become much more significant,� Gaudin said. Commissioners agreed and added the money. “I kind of consider it preventative medicine,� said Link. “We spend the lion’s share of our budget on cops and courts, basically.

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E Electioneering Local Races Will Be Settled This Tuesday

By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

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lection Day is almost here. While the Athens ballot may be a relatively short one—in many races, the sole candidate is unopposed—voters will be making their choices in several local and statewide races.

And since few races include candidates from both parties, whatever decisions are made in the Tuesday, May 24 primaries, that’ll be it.

At the top of the ballots are races for U.S. Senate.

Incumbent Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson faces two primary challengers, MARTA engineer Derrick Grayson and college professor Mary Kay Bacallao. Isakson is perhaps the most popular politician in Georgia, while Grayson won 1 percent of the vote in the Senate primary two years ago, and Bacallao finished third running for state school superintendent race, so this race appears to be a foregone conclusion.

On the Democratic side, Jim Barksdale, an Atlanta businessman who made millions in finance, is the partyanointed champion. Barksdale has run an oddly quiet campaign so far for a candidate with low name recognition, but he recently released his first ad labeling himself as an outsider. His opponents are Cheryl Copeland, an AT&T executive who has criticized Barksdale as a Republican in disguise, and John Coyne, a CEO in the real estate industry and perennial candidate.

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arly voting is at the Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections office at 155 E. Washington St. from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. through Friday, May 20. Election Day is Tuesday, May 24. Polls are open from 7 a.m.–7 p.m. To find your polling place and review sample ballots, visit mvp.sos.ga.gov. Voters must choose either a Democratic or Republican ballot, but both include nonpartisan races. Remember to bring a driver’s license or other government-issued photo ID.

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Athens’ representative on the Public Service Commission, which regulates Georgia Power, among other things, also faces a primary challenge. Challengers Kellie Austin and Michelle Miller have criticized incumbent Tim Echols for the Plant Vogtle expansion’s cost overruns.

Echols has defended himself by saying the PSC is required to pass reasonable costs on to consumers. Although a Republican, Echols has been a staunch advocate for alternative energy sources such as solar.

In addition, he spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars sending official mail to constituents in 2008, when he faced a tight re-election race.

The two candidates have also sparred over abortion and Planned Parenthood. Broun has criticized Collins for

9th Congressional District This race for a Northeast Georgia congressional seat— which revolves around defining what an “establishment politician” is—features a familiar face: former Athens congressman Paul Broun.

Broun left his 10th District seat in 2014 in a failed bid for Senate, and now he’s seeking to get back to Washington by moving to Habersham County and running against Rep. Doug Collins, who represents a Gainesville-centric district north of Athens.

In an election year in which many voters seem to prize outsider status above all, Broun is hurling the “establishment” epithet at Collins, who’s backed by such mainstream conservative figures as Gov. Nathan Deal, former Rep. Jack Kingston and House Speaker Paul Ryan. Meanwhile, Collins calls Broun—who’s been running for federal office since 1990 and served three-plus terms in Congress—a “career politician.”

Collins has also made hay out of accusations against Broun of ethical lapses. Earlier this year, Broun’s former chief of staff was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to illegally paying a consultant with taxpayer dollars to prep him for Senate debates. (Broun has denied knowing about the arrangement.) Before leaving Congress, Broun also faced an investigation into whether he personally profited from campaign funds by repaying himself with interest for a personal loan to his campaign (which he’s also denied).

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voting for an omnibus spending bill that included Planned Parenthood funding; Collins has responded by saying Broun was too ineffective to get the funding removed. On abortion, Collins voted for a bill banning it after 20 weeks; Broun opposed a similar bill because it included exceptions for rape and incest.

Fundraising-wise, Broun is severely outgunned by Collins, who has poured money into negative radio ads and mailers labeling Broun a carpetbagger with ethical issues. But he was in the same position in 2007, when he shocked the Georgia political scene by winning a special election after the death of Rep. Charlie Norwood.

Three other lesser-known Republicans—Mike Scupin, Bernie Fontaine and Roger Fitzpatrick—are running, too. There is no Democratic candidate in November.

In Broun’s old 10th District, which includes most of Athens, his anointed successor, Rep. Jody Hice, is running unopposed.

District 8, on the Eastside, where lawyer Kamau Hull faces University of Georgia geography professor John Knox.

Knox touts his experience as an educator with a wealth of experience serving on various boards, while Hull is a hometown boy who graduated from Cedar Shoals High School

State Senate State Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens) wants you to know he’s very conservative. Too conservative for most Athens voters—but your only alternative is someone who’s running to his Patricia Daugherty right.

In seeking re-election to a sixth term representing western Clarke, Oconee and most of Walton counties, Cowsert, the third-most powerful member of the Senate, is touting his “A” rating from the NRA and endorsement by the Georgia Life Alliance. He voted for the “campus carry” bill, the “religious liberty” bill that many on the left believe would legalize discrimination against the LGBT community and a bill that provided $2 million in funding to ersatz clinics aimed at talking women out of abortions; and he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he opposed the “brunch bill” to move up alcohol sales two hours on Sundays because it offends churchgoers.

“I look at evangelical Christians—some call them the Christian right—that is very strong in our district,” he said at an Oconee County candidate forum last week. “For years now I fought for the religious freedom bill. I’ve consistently voted against the Sunday sales of alcohol and casino gambling—some of those things that are ruining our culture and ruining our values. I think I share those values with the majority of the district.”

Retired UGA administrator Patricia Daugherty said she had tried to recruit someone more conservative to run against Cowsert, but just before qualifying, she realized she should run herself. “I think what’s frustrated a lot of people is the lack of consistency,” she said of Cowsert’s record.

“People say they’re conservative, but they don’t always stick to their conservative principles.” She points to the religious liberty bill, which she said failed because it was loaded down with too many amendments.

On the issue of guns on campus—widely unpopular among UGA faculty, staff and students—Daugherty and Cowsert agree. “We have a fundamental right to protect ourselves, and where you see these mass shootings is in gun-free zones,” Daugherty said.

On the brunch bill, though, they part ways. Daugherty doesn’t see why someone shouldn’t enjoy a mimosa after the 9:30 a.m. service. “To me that’s very harmless,” she said.

In the district that includes the eastern part of Clarke County, Sen. Frank Ginn (R-Danielsville) is seeking a fourth two-year term. He also supported the religious liberty and campus carry bills, the two most controversial of last year’s session. His opponent in the primary is Tyler Hollifield, who didn’t respond to requests for comment. Like Cowsert, Ginn is unopposed in the fall.

Board of Education In spite of recent Clarke County School District controversies, only one of four BOE races is contested: in

and moved back home to get his law degree and enter practice after studying engineering at the Virginia Military Institute. Hull’s son is a Whit Davis Elementary firstgrader, and Knox’s recently graduated from Cedar Shoals.

Knox has been a vocal critic of the way Superintendent Philip Lanoue handled an alleged sexual assault at Cedar Shoals in January that was not revealed for nearly a month—and even then district officials were too slow

to respond to public outcry, Knox said. “The situation had inflamed,” he said. “It had festered. That’s not good leadership.”

Since he’s not privy to the board’s closed-door discussions, Hull said he doesn’t have enough information to know how he’d have voted on Lanoue’s contract extension last month. But he said he’d be more skeptical of administrators’ claims than current board members, and he questioned some of Lanoue’s policies—or lack thereof—that the board approved, such as a lax attendance policy.

In response to the Cedar Shoals incident, Hull said he supports Lanoue’s proposal to beef up security but wants to do more to address the root of discipline problems. “I think he has focused more on security, which I agree needs to happen, but I would like to see as much focus on some of the support services,” such as counselors and social workers, he said.

A recent uproar over a proposal to pave over the community garden at the vacant West Broad School is another example of district’s lack of transparency, Knox said. “Right now, there is a real lack of trust in the leadership—board and superintendent,” he said. “[Garden supporters and neighborhood residents are] going to be more likely to smell a rat.”

Hull said he supports the garden and is open to listening to those who want to save it, but he thinks that effort may have overshadowed the renovation of the school into administration offices. “We’re not talking about it being a historic African American school,” he said. “We’re talking about it being the West Broad Market Garden. That’s offensive to a certain portion of the community.”

As for issues specific to the Eastside, Hull said the community needs to come together, to become more engaged and restore “Jaguar pride.” Knox points to Gov. Nathan Deal’s Opportunity School District proposal on the November ballot. If passed, schools labeled as “failing,” possibly including Gaines Elementary, could be brought under state control. According to Knox, “chronically failing” could mean “chronically Democratic” or “chronically African American… It’s an existential threat to local school boards,” which could be replaced by private corporations, he said. f

Paul Broun’s Greatest Hits The late aughts—what a time to be alive. Glenn Beck was diagramming conspiracy theories on Fox News.

Thousands of seemingly normal people suddenly started wearing tricorn hats. And former Athens congressman Paul Broun was at the center of the tea party backlash that rocked American politics through Barack Obama’s presidency, providing regular fodder for snarky blogs and late-night comedians. As Broun tries to get back to Washington, here are a few of the kookiest quotes and votes from his seven years in office. [Blake Aued]

Oct. 7, 2008: Broun declares Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, then speaker of the House, a “domestic enemy” of the Constitution at a town hall meeting.

Nov. 11, 2008: Before President Obama even took office, Broun accuses him of wanting to establish a U.S. version of the Gestapo. “It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he’s the one who proposed this national security force,” he tells an Associated Press reporter. “That’s exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany, and it’s exactly what the Soviet Union did.” He later apologized, but then said he stood behind the comment.

Aug. 12, 2009: Obama, Pelosi and then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are a “socialistic elite” who are planning to use a disease outbreak or natural disaster as an excuse to declare martial law, Broun says at a town hall meeting.

Oct. 17, 2009: At a gala held by the ultra-conservative John Birch Society, Broun tells the audience that the “New World Order” is seeking “to destroy America, to destroy our freedom.”

July 21, 2010: Broun is one of three congressmen to vote against banning “crush videos” of people torturing and killing small animals.

Feb. 24, 2011: A constituent asks Broun at a town hall meeting when someone is going to shoot Obama. The question gets a laugh, and Broun doesn’t immediately condemn it.

Apr. 19, 2011: In a House floor speech, Broun accuses FDR of basing the New Deal on the teachings of Stalin.

July 10, 2012: Broun predicts that a UN treaty would create an international gun registry and lead to “full-scale gun confiscation.”

Oct. 5, 2012: Speaking at a Hartwell church, Broun calls two widely accepted scientific theories—evolution and the Big Bang—“lies straight from the pit of Hell.” The Earth was created in six days and is 9,000 years old, he says.

Feb. 13, 2013: “There are more people killed with baseball bats and hammers than are killed with guns,” Broun says, a claim a fact-checking website gave a “pants on fire” rating.

Mar. 7, 2014: Broun’s Senate campaign raffles off a semi-automatic rifle in protest of Democrats and the liberal media “trying to take away our guns.”

Sept. 17, 2014: Fed policies will lead to hyperinflation and economic collapse, Broun predicts. Since then, the inflation rate has been under 1 percent each of the past three years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Yes, I’m the Taxman Two Vie for Clarke County Tax Commissioner

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larke County Tax Commissioner Mitch Schrader announced in March that he wouldn’t run for reelection, and two candidates are running, both as Democrats, in the May 24 election to be the person in charge of collecting property taxes and registering vehicles in Athens. Toni Meadow holds a degree in education from the University of Georgia. Prior to her employment in the tax commissioner’s office, she worked in the medical field as a billing and collections coordinator for nine years.

Schrader named her deputy tax commissioner in 2014.

Dave Hudgins, an Athens-Clarke County planning commissioner, YMCA board member and former school board and county commission candidate, has degrees in accounting and law from UGA and has practiced law in Athens for 25 years.

Flagpole: Why are you running for tax commissioner?

What experience or education do you bring to the table for that job?

Toni Meadow: I have been a part of this amazing department for 11 years, and I am confident that I can represent the taxpayers of Athens-Clarke County in a courteous and professional manner while continuing the superior collection rate of 99 percent, one of the highest in the state of Georgia. I have worked under both Mitch Schrader and [former tax commissioner, now mayor] Nancy Denson, and I have learned from them how to run an effective office, how to be responsible for a staff of more than 20 employees, to ensure that taxes are distributed in a timely manner and to serve all the taxpayers of Athens-Clarke County.

During my 11 years I have worked front-line positions in both the Property Tax and Motor Vehicle divisions and have been the first point of contact for taxpayers. I have worked in the Dave Hudgins Delinquent Tax Division, working one-on-one with taxpayers setting up payment plans to help them meet their tax obligation. I was responsible for preparing the annual budget as well as meeting the

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expectations of day-to-day operations within those budget guidelines. I was responsible for the implementation of the new title ad valorem tax, effective Mar. 1, 2013, that changed the way vehicles are registered in Georgia.

Currently, I am chief deputy tax commissioner, as well as being in charge of the Accounting Department.

I am involved in the budget process for the tax commissioner’s office as a whole and have been involved in the preparation of the 2015 and 2016 digest, as well as the submission of the digest to the Georgia Department of Revenue. I annually attend the Toni Meadow Georgia Association of Tax Officials conference, as well as attend continuing education classes and seminars to remain up-to-date on changes in current legislation, policies and procedures.

Dave Hudgins: I’m running for tax commissioner because I believe the office needs a fresh set of eyes to look at the operation of the office. I have been told by some officials that the office functions effectively, but with a budget approaching $2 million, it is an office that should also run efficiently. I’m also running because the tax commissioner is elected to represent the taxpayers. In addition to fulfilling the constitutional responsibilities and duties of the office, I will do everything in my power to ensure the taxpayers are taking advantage of all the exemptions and other tax-reducing methods that are available to them under the law.

Jan, my wife of 29 years, and I raised our two now-grown children here in Athens, and they attended public schools. Jan and her sister operate a familyowned business in Athens. As a lawyer, I have represented countless individuals who are dealing with difficult situations in their lives. As a result of these and all of my life

experiences, I have developed a sense of compassion and empathy for people in difficult situations, and I will bring those traits to the office as the tax commissioner.

FP: What will you do if elected to the position? Will you change the way the office has been operating under Mitch Schrader or leave things more status quo?

TM: I will continue to serve the citizens of AthensClarke County with courtesy and respect, as well as continue to inform property owners of the exemptions that are available. I will work to maintain the superior collection rate that meets and surpasses our goal each year. I will continue to ensure that all taxes collected are disbursed, as required by law, to each taxing authority.

There is always opportunity for improvement; however, I don’t foresee any immediate major changes to the operation of the office. Time-saving innovations are being offered to tax commissioners, and we are always researching new ways to provide better service to the taxpayers of AthensClarke County.

DH: As I’ve said above, I’ll bring a fresh set of eyes to the office with the educational and professional background that lends itself to the effective operation of the office.

Rather than being known as merely the tax collector, I want to be known as the tax commissioner who represents the taxpayer’s best interests, both collectively and individually.

I will be proactive in assisting each taxpayer to pay as little in taxes as possible, I will collect the taxes and compile the digest as is my constitutional duty and responsibility, and I will deal compassionately with those individuals who find themselves facing difficulties that must be resolved through the tax commissioner’s office. f

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Flower Power Marigold Festival Highlights Winterville’s Budding Artist Community

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Saturday, an annual Winterville tradition will symbolize the town’s developing identity—as a place where artists can work and live. Held every year in Pittard Park, the Marigold Festival typically showcases art, music and food, with proceeds used to beautify the town.

Starting this year, the festival will highlight a new cultural center and fund renovation of the Winterville Auditorium.

“It has all come together in the final weeks,” says Dave Cappi, co-executive director of this year’s festival. “It’s going to be one of the best festivals yet.”

As a highlight, the new Winterville Center for Community & Culture—based at the old Winterville High School—will hold facility tours to show off the building that opened earlier this year. In the center, an art show contains works by 13 local artists.

In addition, the Carter-Coile Country Doctors Museum, once the office of doctors Warren Carter and Frank Coile, will open for the first time in many years for tours.

The museum, which is one of the last standing country doctor museums in the country that features artifacts from the late 1800s, was modernized with Marigold Festival funds from previous years.

“We’ve really increased our footprint this year with the new facilities open and looking good,” says Diana Hartle, co-executive director of the festival. “Winterville is poised to be a great and happening community.”

This year includes Fun City, where families can interact around projects such as leaf rubbing, bubbles and Marigold flowers. The Athens Area Arts Council developed the children’s schedule, which will take place at Front Porch Bookstore.

The Marigold Festival began in 1970 The music lineup looks promising, with with residents Joan Biles, Sybil Deacon and most performers from Winterville and former mayor Wesley Whitehead envisionAthens. Expect to see Kate Morrissey, ing it as a way to boost community spirit Caroline Aiken, Clay Leverett, the Matt and revitalize old buildings that were crumJoiner Band, the Grassland String Band, bling. The marigold—Winterville’s official Klezmer Local 42, Rev. Connor Tribble and symbol, adopted in 1971—represented the Randall Bramblett Band. versatility, hardiness and friendship. Funds A parade will start at Winterville First were used to beautify Baptist Church at 10 and furnish buildings, a.m., and the Madison Randall Bramblett including the Athens County Cruisers Auto Regional Library Show will take place at branch in Winterville, the Winterville Train the train depot and Depot. The Athens the park playground.

Road Runners will After more than hold the 41st Annual 30 years of the annual Marigold 10K run, tradition, the festival the second-oldest 10K board of directors disrace in the state after continued the event the Peachtree 10K. after 2002. Then in “Winterville has 2008, former mayor transitioned from a Emily Eisenman small town to one and past organizers with a community, revived the festival which is unusual for to fund community little towns these projects such as the days,” Cappi says. “For doctor’s museum. many people living As the new here, focusing on the Winterville mayor and an artist himself, community has created a great sense of Dodd Ferrelle is happy to see the tradition ownership.” continue, especially to benefit the auditoAmong the fundraisers this year is a rium renovation. “Our auditorium has been silent auction with items donated by local closed for a long time, so this is a great way artists. Proceeds will help renovate the 450-seat Winterville Auditorium, which has to put it back into people’s minds,” he says.

“That place is near and dear to my heart, sat vacant for more than a decade. Funds and we need to get it renovated.” from this year and next year’s festivals will The Winterville Arts Council, a new orgasponsor the renovation, which will directly nization created this year, will help raise the influence musicians who need a space to funds. When Ferrelle helped to establish perform. “With that and the cultural center the arts council, his goal was to broaden side by side physically, we’re creating more support of local art in the area. “This counof a haven for artists and their events,” cil may be one of the most important we Cappi says. “It’s becoming a reality.”

have in the city because of all the artists who are here,” he says. “They will have a vehicle and a voice to shape what happens in Winterville in the future.”

During his tenure, Ferrelle intends to support more artistic projects and renovations. “Winterville should be a haven for the arts,” he says. “This is no secret—the arts can be a really great partner to a city by generating revenue and attracting residents.”

Before he ran for mayor, Ferrelle noticed the large number of artists who lived in Winterville. As a singer-songwriter, Ferrelle plays in several bands, and his wife Cameron Bliss is a recognized artist whose work has appeared at the Lyndon House and exhibits around Athens and Savannah.

“When I ran for mayor, it seemed like every third door I knocked on there was an artist behind it,” he says. “It felt like I could give a voice to what’s already been present in the town and encourage others to enjoy it like we do.”

Ferrelle has served on the Marigold Festival committee in recent years, and this year served in an ex-officio advisory role.

This is his last as the music director. “It’ll be strange to let one role go as I grab ahold of the next era as mayor,” he says. “On this one day, everything in Winterville is at its best, and people from outside the city see everything we have to offer. A lot of people are talking about Winterville, and this gives them the chance to take a peek.” f

WHAT: Winterville Marigold Festival WHERE: Pittard Park WHEN: Saturday, May 21, 10 a.m.

HOW MUCH: FREE!

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Athens Face/Off Returns Digging Brother Mary’s Moody Electro Concert Series Celebrates Musical Collaboration

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thens is a collaborative town by nature and necessity, and nowhere is that more evident than its famously interconnected (some might say incestuous) music community. One concert series takes it a step further, pairing Classic City musicians and challenging them to put together a band in the span of a month.

Former Athens musician (and Flagpole contributor) Jeff Tobias created Face/Off in 2007 to inject some energy and spontaneity into the scene. The concept—joining members of local bands into groups of twos and threes and inviting them to create 10 minutes of music—produced unpredictable, often thrilling results, the sound of “a lot of lightning striking once,” as Tobias puts it.

relishes the communal aspect of the event.

“Face/Off is great because it pairs up people with different backgrounds and tastes,” he says. “I’m sure there are groups that don’t mesh well, but hopefully each individual learns something about collaboration and, in the process, makes some new friends.”

Smith adds that the event is an excuse for musicians to venture outside of their comfort zone, experimenting with new sounds and even new instruments.

“Some trios will create a set blended from their distinct styles, while others could scrap everything and stage a puppet show, conceptual performance art piece or 10-minute staring contest,” she says. “We intentionally don’t place any parameters,

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TWO OUT OF FIVE AIN’T BAD: Brother Mary is the solo project of Atlanta native and UGA student Ivano Milo, and his debut EP was released a couple of weeks ago.

Immolate! was recorded and mixed by Milo but mastered by Jesse Mangum at The Glow Recording Studio. It took me a few listens to get into the meat ’n’ bones of it. I bristled when Milo told me that his sound was reminiscent of Corbin/Spooky Black, because there’s too much of that wannabe-weirdo, R&B-influenced Fruity Loops stuff going around these days. Thankfully, I found Brother Mary to be darker and moodier.

At its best it has similarities to Canadian band Trust, Jeff Buckley-ish vocals and the downtrodden storytelling of the second Radiohead LP. The problem is there’s not enough material on this EP to birth a recognizable personality. The first three tracks don’t do anything for me, but the final two, “Kintsugi” and “Silhouettes”—especially

BILLS, BILLS, BILLS: While the full cast of Club Crawl performers remains to be announced, AthFest announced the lineup for its popular outdoor stages. The downtown festival, which runs from Friday, June 24–Sunday, June 26, has scattered surprises throughout such that no day is more heavily loaded than the others. Drivin’ N’ Cryin’s Kevn Kinney kicks things off at 5:30 p.m. Friday and is followed by Jim White & Friends, the Athens Cowboy Choir and others before Family and Friends closes the night. Saturday begins with the Celtic music of Repent at Leisure outdoors at 12:30 p.m., and the full-day lineup includes Dodd Ferrelle, Grassland String Band, Reverend Conner Tribble & the Deacons, Randall Bramblett Band and more, plus headliners Arrested Development. Sunday is traditionally the most lightly attended day of AthFest, but this year it runs a gamut of styles, starting with String Theory

“Booze Clooze” performs at a Face/Off show in 2008.

After heading up seven installments, the last of which took place in December 2011, Tobias moved to New York and Face/ Off was no more. That is, until earlier this year, when two musicians, Naoko Uno and Flagpole Arts Editor Jessica Smith, decided to resurrect the event.

Smith discussed with Tobias about taking up the mantle sooner, but “the idea of organizing a Face/Off without Jeff never felt quite right, maybe because he’s such a living embodiment of what the event represents,” she says. “So, I let the project quietly fade into Athens mythology.” But when Uno expressed interest in helping to bring back the series, the Face/Off was reborn.

This weekend’s show will feature randomly assembled trios with members of Elf Power, Cinemechanica, Muuy Biien, Hot Fudge, Future Ape Tapes, Nihilist Cheerleader, Faster Circuits, Wanda, Art Contest and dozens of other bands.

“There’s such a dense concentration of driven musicians here, and it was surprisingly easy to confirm a lineup of players who hardly raised an eyebrow at the idea of being set up on a blind date with bandmates,” Smith says. “The beauty of Face/Off is that it really levels the playing field in a peculiar way, often by pairing higher-profile mainstays with performers who are still finding their own voice.”

Elf Power’s Bryan Poole, who participated in the second-ever Face/Off in 2008 and returns for Saturday’s show, says he

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aside from the time limit, because we want the performers to feel comfortable bringing forth their hidden talents.”

About half of this weekend’s Face/Off performers have participated in the past, the goal being that those veterans will help guide the newbies through the process.

Yet familiarity with the concept does not necessarily make for smooth sailing when it comes to putting together a brand-new band in four weeks. Poole, by all rights an Athens-music linchpin, admits that his group has been beset by scheduling issues.

“We had one of our members bow out three days ago,” he says. “We had a big concept we were working on, but I’d hate to foist the concept on a replacement member.

It seems unfair to the new recruit. Matt Garrison has a backup plan. It’s another mini-opera, but it shall remain a secret.”

Until Saturday, when all will be revealed.

Smith says she enjoys the mystery of it all, explaining that, rather than aim for purposeful pairings of like-minded musicians in an attempt at predictability, “it’s much more interesting and challenging to leave it up to fate.” f

WHAT: Athens Face/Off WHERE: 40 Watt Club WHEN: Saturday, May 21, 8 p.m.

HOW MUCH: $5

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the simple guitar wail in the latter—are signs of good things to come. Check it out at brothermarymusic.com.

PLEASE HELP: Four years ago, Athens musician Jenny Woodward (Like Totally!) was bitten by a tick. Soon after, she began to experience pain, fatigue and other symptoms. It took four years and many doctors to diagnose her with Lyme disease and babesiosis (another parasite-based blood infection spread by ticks), and because of the lag in diagnosis time, several other chronic illnesses had cropped up in the wake. In addition to severe economic and personal loss caused by these ailments, Woodward has the added burden of suffering from diseases a lot of folks, including myself, don’t completely understand. To this end, although most of her days are spent attempting to heal, she has become outspoken about Lyme Disease and has been working spreading awareness. A fundraising campaign is underway to help her with her expenses, and you can donate any amount. Go to youcaring.com and search for “Jenny Woodward,” or visit facebook. com/PartyTimeLikeTotally and click one of the direct links posted there.

at 12:30 p.m., then Son & Thief, Five Eight, Monsoon and others before Kishi Bashi closes out the night. For ongoing updates, see athfest.com.

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD: Songwriter Tyler Sloan has been concentrating more on his new band Makshula than his solo work lately. Last month the group released two songs, “Far Away” and “Locket Monster.” The first of those isn’t anything to write home about, with its sub-Blues Traveler hooks and overall blandness. The second, though, has a solid jangle-pop verse structure that isn’t bad but needs more, I dunno, oomph in its chorus and development overall. When it grows up, it’ll be on par with the earliest releases by The Connells. To be entirely fair, these are just demos, and I’d have never even mentioned them but for the band sending them to me. As a side note, Makshula insists on describing itself as an “alternative” rock band, which is both vague and inaccurate.

No matter its merits, I can’t for the life of me figure out what this type of breezily inoffensive picnic music is supposed to be a compelling alternative to. Give it all a whirl at makshula.bandcamp.com. f

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Winterville Center for Community & Culture Marigold City’s New Arts Space is Now Open

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com After 60 years of dormancy, the old Winterville High School has been transformed into the charming Winterville Center for Community & Culture, marking a tremendous turning point in the City of Winterville’s development.

Built in 1918, with its final graduating class celebrating through the doors in 1956, the former school building slowly deteriorated over the decades as the roof leaked, windows were broken and mold took up residence. Through years of hard work, the site has been brought back to life as a regional enrichment center dedicated to cultural arts and educational activities.

Plans to refurbish the vacant building were approved by the city council during the last year of late Mayor Jim Mercer’s administration. After a four-year renovation process and major setbacks due to the contracted construction company failing to meet deadlines, the center was finally completed in December 2015 during the reign of former Mayor Emily Eisenman, whose husband Jack was then hired as its executive director.

“In June 2009, the Clarke County School Board sold the old Winterville High School building to the city of Winterville for $1,” says Jack Eisenman. “The last students had attended in 1956. Needless to say, the building had fallen into disrepair over the years.”

The renovation project cost a total of $1.3 million, with major funding contributed through a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Community Affairs—on the promise of prioritizing seniors’ interests and needs—and the remainder sourced through sales tax dollars reserved specifically for public construction projects in the county.

The center intends to cover its operational expenses through class fees, grants, rental fees for parties and meetings and sponsorships from businesses and individuals.

The project leaders’ dedication to seeing their vision through to fruition has not gone unnoticed. The center has been nominated for a 2016 Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation Preservation Award in the category of “Outstanding Rehabilitation” for this year’s 47th annual Preservation Awards Ceremony, which will be held on Monday, June 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Morton Theatre and followed by a reception at Ted’s Most Best.

“Our goal is to be a catalyst for artistic, cultural, intellectual and physical enrichment for adults of all ages,” says Eisenman.

The project was originally envisioned as a senior center that would be staffed and operated full-time by the Athens Community Council on Aging, but the ACCA had to redirect resources after significant budget cuts. The senior-centric concept quickly evolved into one that aims to provide programming for all ages of adults. A diverse array of course offerings has already been set in motion—physical activities like tai chi, square dancing and pilates; art classes in watercolor, acrylics and graphite; and educational lectures on CPR and blood pressure screenings, vaccinations and raised-bed gardening.

Cameron Bliss In addition to a demonstration kitchen perfect for cooking classes, spacious and well-lit classrooms and a dining and activity room complete with a ceiling projector for films or presentations, the center’s renovations include a rotating art exhibition within the main hall. These two-month-long exhibitions, which will be organized by the newly-established Winterville Arts Council, will vary in theme, media and artists throughout the year.

The inaugural exhibition, which opened to the public on Thursday, Apr. 15, is a perfect introduction to 13 visual

artists who live in or nearby Winterville. The group show was curated by Jimmy Straehla, who is better known to many as “Cap Man” for the colorful bottle cap-covered truck he drives all over town, and his folksy paintings and assemblages that repurpose discarded wood. In this show, he offers a simple daisy framed by pieces of scrap wood, which hangs beside one of his iconic chickens painted onto a window shutter.

This emphasis on found materials is echoed in the two assemblages contributed by musician Jim White, one of which is an unusual face created out of a wreath, decorative birds, fake eggs and giant wooden utensils. Similarly, Tex Crawford’s sculptural work, “Patriotik Memento,” is a hodgepodge of scrap metal, wood and rope painted red, white and blue.

Terry Rowlett, who assisted in the installation of the exhibition, displays one of his neo-iconic oil paintings, which are often modeled after people the artist has met in real life. Madison Binkley, who studied art education at UGA and plans to Terry Rowlett lead classes at the center, lends two large-scale Two prints by Smokey Road Press owner Margot Ecke paintings with colorful, loosely flowing patterns. Peter Loose, easily identified by his polka-dotted paintings of ani- and the small etchings of a bird, cat, spinning pinwheels mals and the owner of another eye-catching art car, painted and Buddha by Susan Clay are all simple images that offer deep joys. The digitally altered photographs of botanicals by two egrets and a dragonfly beneath a bright sun.

Van Bellville complement the vibrant garden and beekeepThe sun rays are reminiscent of the marigold featured ing shots captured by Jen Wolf, which stand in juxtaposion this week’s cover of Flagpole, which was painted by tion to Steve Milsap’s sepia-toned rural landscapes. And Cameron Bliss and has been recently installed in the don’t forget to look down near the floorboards, or else you might miss the three stone faces carved by Mike Jones that are staring back up at you.

This fall, the center intends to expand art exhibitions from its 100-foot hallway into the classrooms, allowing for larger or concurrently held shows. On Saturday, Sept. 10, the center will host a fundraising 5K race, and by January Eisenman hopes to expand its lecture series into a weekly event.

“In the short run, we will be continuing our effort to provide quality enrichment courses, activities and events for adults in Clarke and surrounding counties,” says Eisenmann. “Long-term, we envision the center providing regular intergenerational programming. I can see grandparents, parents and children coming to the Center on any given evening and there being a class for everyone in the family.”

In conjunction with the annual Marigold Festival on Saturday, May 21 at Pittard Park (see p. 11), the Winterville Center will host an inaugural Coffee House from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Guests can tour the facility while enjoying coffee, tea, lemonade and baked goods. In addition to the entertainment offered on the festival’s outdoor stages, the center will host its own lineup with a square dancing demonstration at 11 a.m. followed by a different musical act at the top of every hour: David LoCoco & Co., Spontaneous Denial, Clinton Brothers, Gary Grossman and Repent at Leisure. A shuttle train called the Marigold nearby community garden. Bliss, who is the wife of curExpress will offer free rides between Pittard Park and the rent Winterville Mayor Dodd Ferrelle, contributes three center throughout the day. expressive portraits to the center’s exhibition, all of which The Winterville Center is located at 371 N. Church St. incorporate her signature influence of pointillism and patand will be open every Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., terns to varying degrees. The artist, who graduated from with additional programming hosted after-hours. Courses the Savannah College of Art and Design, will have a solo and events are updated on cityofwinterville.com. Call 706exhibition of works on view at the Farmington Depot Gallery Friday, May 20–Thursday, June 30, with a reception 742-0823 or email wintervillecenter@gmail.com for more information. f on Friday, May 27.

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grub notes

Back on the BBQ Beat Two New Meaty Options in the Area

By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com

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BBQ BEAT, PT. 1: Eight years after Floyd’s Grill is superior to the pork, with a beautifully crisped skin. Sauce comes on the side, in a closed and left its space vacant (let that few options, all of which are pretty good: sink in: eight years), the building at 64 N. Main St., just a couple of blocks from down- vinegar, mustard, a red that’s not too sweet. town Watkinsville, finally has a new tenant. JB’s Smokin’ Pig Barbeque (706-705-6116, not to be confused with JB of comeback sauce fame) is the kind of place where the girls who work the counter tease each other loudly about not being able to change the receipt tape properly, and a Brunswick stew cauldron big enough for a jacuzzi serves as decor near the entrance.

There are some pig signs (the main one features a hog in a cowboy hat astride a bucking smoker) and some red-andwhite-checked stuff, but the atmosphere isn’t laid on too thick. The owners haven’t run a restaurant before, but, at least for take-out, things seem to run pretty smoothly. The kind of sign with snap-in letters lists the menu behind the counter, and it features wings in quantities up to 100, chicken fingers, grilled cheese sandwiches and Nathan’s hot dogs topped with chili, slaw, cheese or combinations thereof, as well as barbecue.

Big Daddy Mike’s The ’cue isn’t available in a Among the sides, the barbecue beans huge variety of configurations. The only two stand out. Beans aren’t usually notable in items regularly on the menu are pork (both chopped and pulled) and chicken (half, quar- BBQ restaurants, which tend to pour on the sugar and cook the beans themselves into ter, sandwich). In general, there’s a good bit goo. I don’t even consider myself a person of smoke but not a ton of salt, which you who likes baked beans. But these are an may see as a positive or a negative, dependexception, with two different kinds of beans ing on your doctor’s recommendations. and a sweetness that feels genuine and The underlying flavor of the meat is good, though, and it’s not overcooked. The chicken understated.

The chicken mull, on the other hand, is not worth your time. Remember what you thought the first time someone explained the dish to you (ground chicken, milk and saltines all stewed together)? It tastes like that: bland and lumpy. The hash and the stew are pretty good, the fried okra likewise and the coleslaw simple but solid, finely chopped and not too sweet. Slices of pie are in the case, both chocolate chess and a nice pecan pie that, once again, isn’t oversugared and has a nice thick crust.

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than it has to be. JB’s also does ribs on Wednesday and Friday evenings. It’s open for lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday, doesn’t do booze and has a nice covered patio out front.

BBQ BEAT, PT. 2: On the other hand, Big Daddy Mike’s Barbecue Bar and Grill (810 Hawthorne Ave., 706-850-3888) has

very little to recommend it other than some extremely nice people who run the place and the fact that it has a full bar. Occupying the former Dickey’s, which itself was the former second location of Allen’s, it tries to be a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but it doesn’t do them very well.

Here are some of the positives. At least at the moment, you get a free order of the house potato chips, dusted with BBQ rub and served with ranch dressing. They work pretty well to stave off hunger. The spare ribs have a pretty good flavor and texture, not cooked to fall off the bone and with some decent bark. The wings, fried to order, are fairly large and fine without sauce.

But here are the problems.

The pulled pork is dry and flavorless, the chicken likewise, and the sides no better. The macaroni and cheese is creamy, not baked, but the sauce is faintly gritty and the flavor not good.

The beans are a poor comparison to the ones at JB’s, and the potato salad is sugary and weak.

The stew and the slaw are marginally better. The place prides itself on its sauce, but that, too, is not good. One should be suspicious of a BBQ place with sauces in flavors like blackberry, and one’s suspicions are correct, but even the simpler sauces (mustard, sweet and spicy, sweet and savory) are too sweet, too spicy or otherwise flawed.

Chocolate caramel cake, highly recommended by the staff, is flat, sugary and tastes like it comes from a box. Maybe there are things on the menu that are exceptions, but I went twice and tried a high percentage of its options with little success.

Big Daddy Mike’s is open for lunch and dinner Wednesday through Sunday. The bar has a wide variety of signature cocktails (including a Pan-galactic Gargle Blaster, h/t Douglas Adams), and the place runs regular specials on both food and drink. It does take-out as well as dine-in and has a big patio out front. f

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million due to an unpredictable computer glitch. Now Kyle is out of money but flush with questions; if Lee does not get Kyle answers, the host, Patty and their crew are going to blow up on live television.

Sound thrilling? It is, kind of. Eventually, Dominic West arrives to play his typical villain (McNulty seems long gone by now), the billionaire who underhandedly lost all his poor investors’ money, and our intrepid band of financial-television sleuths have to One fateful Friday, a young investor follow the money trail before time runs out. named Kyle Budwell (Jack O’Connell, who Money Monster moves smoothest when could stand in for Anton Yelchin in future Clooney is mugging for one camera in Star Trek adventures) crashes the daily tapfront of another and Roberts is charmingly attempting to rein Sing Street him in. These sequences have a His Girl Friday as updated by Aaron Sorkin vibe. The money mystery dominates the last two acts and is compelling enough thanks to a refreshingly brisk runtime that never allows the anti-Wall Street screed to harsh the Clooney/ Roberts buzz.

Money Monster Channels ’70s Grit Plus, a Breezy Irish Rom-com

By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com

MONEY MONSTER (R) The old aphorism “they don’t make them like this anymore” rings true for Money Monster. Jodie Foster’s first directorial effort since 2011’s odd The Beaver is an old-fashioned, star-driven, socially conscious, R-rated Hollywood flick—the dominant film type prior to the revolution of realistic CGI. It feels narratively akin to ’70s social commentary without any of the stylish flourishes that keep those films relevant.

It is simplest to describe Money Monster as the new George Clooney/Julia Roberts movie. As if that duo is not enough, the marvelous Giancarlo Esposito leads the police detail. Clooney stars as Lee Gates, a handsome, Jim Kramer-ish, Wall Street pundit on FNN (you get one guess at the acronym). From Lee’s interactions with his director, Patty (Julia Roberts), and assistant, Bree (Condola Rashad, daughter of the I’m pretty sure this look will be popular forever. now-divorced Phylicia and Ahmad Rashad), we learn he is a smooth talker who ing with a gun, a homemade bomb vest and might not be as well liked or well connected a grudge about an investment gone wrong.

It seems one of the stocks trumpeted by as he thinks he is; some ancient financial Lee recently went south to the tune of $800 guy has canceled on him seven times.

SING STREET (PG-13) Irish filmmaker John Carney would have to catch lightning in a bottle twice to reach the musical high notes hit by his romantic 2007 gem Once.

(Though affable enough, 2013’s Begin Again was certainly a little flat.) Darn it if his latest musically inspired motion picture, a teen rom-dramedy, does not come close to meeting the high expectations established by his one-of-a-kind breakthrough. Even a last act slip-up cannot sour this modern musical experience.

Set in Dublin circa 1985, Sing Street follows a motley band of youngsters from Synge Street Christian Brothers School.

Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) is struggling with a new family dynamic—his parents (Aidan Gillen and Maria Doyle Kennedy) are on the verge of separation—and a new educational environment until a chance encounter with model-cum-dreamer-cumfoster kid Raphina (Lucy Boynton) leads him to start a band. Apparently, Conor has major undiscovered musical chops. Led by carrot-topped entrepreneur Darren (Ben Carolan), Conor meets musical savant Eamon (Mark McKenna, capably aping Napoleon Dynamite), who can play all the instruments, and the duo start making like Lennon/McCartney, writing hit after hit.

Most are inspired by Conor’s muse, who stars in their above-average, on-a-budget music videos.

Fewer complications pop up than one might imagine in a musical fairy tale. After a spate of school-related violence—some by abused bully Barry (Ian Kenny), some by abusive school principal Brother Baxter (Don Wycherley)—Conor is left alone to write great songs and star in better-thanexpected music videos. Everything would be perfect were it not for Raphina’s on-again, off-again boyfriend who listens to Genesis.

And he should not be a problem, according to Conor’s slacker brother, Brendan (Jack Reynor), who declares, “No woman can truly love a man who listens to Phil Collins.”

(Not true, Brendan, so not true.)

Not even the dissolution of Conor’s parents’ marriage is terribly traumatic. A smarter ending is out there somewhere, but the movie is as infectious as the ’80s earworms Conor mimics. Like Carney’s Once, Sing Street begs to be seen by all young musical dreamers and hopeless romantics. f

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Flicker Theatre & Bar · 9 p.m. · $5 You know that feeling when you’ve just woken up from the middle of a dream, sunbeams dappling your linens, and you’re immediately unable to recall even the haziest detail of the dream’s plot or sensory composition, but somehow the residual emotion of the dream—whether it’s empathic terror or hallucinogenic exuberance or unfulfilled pre-coital escalation—doesn’t just linger but intensifies, separated from whatever mind’s-eye stimuli that fomented it but standing on its own as a palimpsest, just before it fades into the hypnopompic angst that comes from trying (and failing, hard, inevitably) to recall the dream’s details? Philadelphia’s Tutlie shares Wednesday’s bill with locals Emileigh Ireland and LYR. [Adam Clair]

The World Famous · 10 p.m. · $5 For Brooklyn four-piece Future Punx, “post-wave” is more than just a genre tag—it’s a state of mind. The band’s playful, primal approach does fuse the pulsating electronics of ’80s new wave with dub-inflected post-punk guitars, but the group is determined to update these elements in the digital age of limitless opportunity. Released on Dull Tools—the label bassist and vocalist Chris Pickering runs with Parquet Courts’ Andrew Savage—This Is Post-Wave finds the band doing just that, channeling Devo’s taut execution and angularity as it takes a pit stop in the present and moves towards the future sound.

Melodic punks Deep State and electronic noisenik Midnight Boi share Wednesday night’s World Famous bill. [Andy Barton]

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar · 5:30 p.m.

An aspiring local pop star born of the internet age, 14-year-old Athens singersongwriter Connor Byers came up in Nuçi’s Space’s popular Camp Amped Program and attracted some early attention via YouTube when views of his 2013 talent-show performance of Bruno Mars’ “When I Was Your Man” and a subsequent One Direction cover reached the sextuple digits online. Now Byers is set to release his debut album, Ready to Go. The record, tracked at The Glow Recording Studio just outside of town, features 11 slick tracks of hip hop-tinged, radio-pandering pop that showcase the high-school freshman’s undeniable lyrical prowess and newly expanded (thanks to puberty) vocal range.

[Gabe Vodicka]

RSVP for Location · 3–5 p.m. · $10–15 This month’s installment of Artists in Residence, a fundraising series of tours benefiting WUGA, drops into the interesting Crawford home of two local artists and longtime friends, Beverly Babb and Deonna Mann. Babb is a sculptor and metalsmith whose commercial ironwork can be found around town at Jittery Joe’s, Clocked, Little Kings and Winterville’s Pittard Park. Mann is a painter and performance artist who recently returned to Georgia after a decade or so in Brooklyn.

During the open house, visitors can check out the carport where Babb creates her metal sculptures and the picnic table where Mann spray paints her colorful stencil works. RSVP by calling 706-542-9842 or emailing thaxtona@uga.edu. [Jessica Smith]

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar · 8 p.m. · $10 Quiabo de Chapéu translates from Portuguese as “okra with a hat.” While band founder and versatile percussionist Tony Oscar admits that he does not care for the vegetable, he says he does love the sinuous sound of the word “quiabo.”

This high-energy “grupo” from Atlanta plays a mix of funk, reggae, Samba, Baino and various other Brazilian styles, and has occasionally been known to cover “Billie Jean.” Quiabo adores playing Athens, as they find an energy here that is sometime lacking in Atlanta. “Seth [Hendershot] knows how to treat us,” says drummer Felipe Zanella, “and always makes sure the tables in front of the stage are cleared out to make space for intense dancing.” [Barbette Houser]

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Tuesday 17 ART: Athens Metal Arts Guild Meeting (Lyndon House Arts Center) This month’s speaker is Jim Richardson, who will talk about his career in metalsmithing and teaching. 5:30 p.m. FREE! athensmetalartsguild@gmail.com CLASSES: Swing Night (Dancefx) A one-hour lesson is followed by a two-hour dancing session. No experience or partner necessary.

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CLASSES: Gentle Hatha Yoga (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) Integral, gentle and mindful. De-stress, relax and move into stillness. 5:30 p.m. $10 www.mindfuliving.org 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! 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) Take a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of

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the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@ uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) Jim Maudsley presents “Lithic Materials Used by Ancient Americans.” 7:30 p.m. FREE! wwwathensrockandgemclub.org EVENTS: Tea Time (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn about the

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herbal tea program at UGArden, herbal plants, remedies, growing and harvesting. 5 p.m. $25. www. botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Western Square Dancing (Buffalo’s Café) With Randy Ramsey.

7 p.m. www.buffalos.com GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

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GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Happy hour trivia hosted by James Majure. First place gets a $30 gift card. 5:30–6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) Compete to win prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Taqueria Tsunami, Downtown) Surf the trivia wave every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Rd.) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern

GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Play to win. 8 p.m. FREE! johnnyspizza. com/athens GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia with host Caitlin Wilson. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8508561 GAMES: Bingo (Ted’s Most Best) Win drinks, sweet treats and gift cards.

Every Tuesday on the patio. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.tedsmostbest.com KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create awesome Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages

3–10. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, crafts and fun for preschoolaged children and their caregivers.

10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Little Sprouts Garden Club (Rocksprings Community Center) Ages 2–5 with an adult can dig in the dirt and learn about how food grows. 10 a.m. $5–7.50. www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure MEETINGS: Coffee Catch-Up (The Rook and Pawn) Network over coffee with local startup entrepreneurs and community supporters.

Alyssa DeHayes of Riot Act Media, ArrowHawk Records and the UGA Music Business Program shares email marketing tricks using MailChimp. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com

Wednesday 18 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, leads a tour of “Turned and Sculpted: Wood Art from the Collection of Arthur and Jane Mason.” 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: Gin and Jokes (Buffalo’s Café) Live comedy hosted by Ms. Gin. For ages 21 & up. 7 p.m. $5.

678-374-9848 EVENTS: Formal Garden Grand Opening (Lyndon House Arts Center) The newly constructed parterre style garden and front walk, funded by SPLOST 2011 Project #33, includes statures, Southern plantings and garden seating. A dedication ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. 5:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/lyndonhouse EVENTS: Coffee at The Quad (The Quad, 367 Prince Ave.) Meet and greet with Four Athens and ATDC. Open desks are free for the day.

10:30–11:30 a.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music by Larry Forte. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Beechwood 11 Cinemas) Robert Redford and Paul Newman star as outlaws in the 1969 Western. Part of Flashback Cinema.

2 p.m. or 7 p.m. $4-5. www.gtcmovies.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 7:30–9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Count Zapula. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Downtown and Broad St. locations) Every Wednesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ blindpigtavern GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Cribbage (Kumquat Mae Bakery Café) Play cards every other Wednesday. 2 p.m. FREE! www. kumquatmaebakery.com

GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Weekly themed games.

House cash and drink prizes. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 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: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: The Big Read: ACC Library Book Discussion (ACC Library) Melisa CahnmannTaylor, Tammy Gerson and Marsha Carlan will lead a discussion on Robinson Jeffers and his poetry. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.coe.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Authors (Avid Bookshop) Meet Bronwen Dickey and John Lane in honor of their respective books Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon and Coyote Settles the South.

6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop. com MEETINGS: Lunch & Learn (Four Athens) Michelangelo Ho, ATDC FinTech Catalyst, teaches on the importance of creating a value proposition with potential partners, investors and customers. Lunch is provided. RSVP. 12 p.m. FREE! www. fourathens.com MEETINGS: Community Office Hours (The Globe) Pop in for a quick session of free business advice with Four Athens and ATDC experts knowledgable about marketing, sales, legal issues, technical support and more. Every third Wednesday of the month. 2–4 p.m.

FREE! www.fourathens.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 19 ART: Third Thursday Art Series (Athens, GA) Seven galleries stay open late the third Thursday of every month. Participating galleries include the Georgia Museum of Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art, ATHICA, Lyndon House Arts Center, Ciné, the GlassCube & Gallery @ Hotel Indigo and The Classic Center. A free shuttle runs the full circuit every 45 minutes in a counter-clockwise route; look for the “3Thurs” yard signs near each venue’s drop-off point. 6-9 p.m. FREE! www.3thurs.org ART: Athens Photography Guild (Lyndon House Arts Center) Meet and learn from other photographers in Athens. This month, Four APG members share their favorite photo locations within a day’s drive of town. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensphotographyguild.com ART: Opening Reception (The Classic Center) Visit the Classic Center’s galleries for “High Contrast,” a selection of bold, blackand-white works, and “A-Town,” an exhibition examining Athens architecture through art. Part of Third Thursday. 6–9 p.m. FREE! www.3thurs.org

CLASSES: Alzheimer’s Disease (ACC Council on Aging) This program provides information on effective communication strategies for families facing Alzheimer’s. 10:30 a.m. www.accaging.org CLASSES: Small Business Class (UGA Small Business Development Center) This session’s topic is “How to Prepare the GSA Schedule Contract for Small Business Opportunities.” 11:30 a.m. $25. www.athenssbdc.org CLASSES: Intro to Excel (Oconee County Library) Learn the basics of Excel 2010. 2–4 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 EVENTS: Ladies’ Garden Club 125th Anniversary Celebration (Georgia Museum of Art) Join the first garden club in America, established in 1891, in celebration of its 125th anniversary. Artwork by Annie Laurie Dodd and Lamar Dodd will be on display. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Nature Ramblers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn more about the various flora and fauna of the garden while enjoying fresh air and inspirational readings.

Ramblers are encouraged to bring their own nature writings or favorite poems and essays to share with the group. 8:30 a.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Healing Circle & Meditation (Body, Mind & Spirit) Experience a variety of healing and meditation modalities. 6 p.m. $5.

706-351-6024 EVENTS: Business Expo (The Classic Center) John Ray of Ray Business Advisors will speak on “Pricing Your Product… Pricing You” and Gregg Burkhalter will discuss “LinkedIn: Build Your Brand.”

1-6 p.m. FREE! robinh@virtualofficeassist.net GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q) Hosted by Dirty South Trivia. Every Thursday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8511 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! johnnyspizza.com/athens KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (Oconee County Library) This special storytime is for the youngest readers-to-be and their caregivers.

10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee MEETINGS: CASA Volunteer Orientation (Children First) CASAs (Court Appointed Special Advocates) speak up for abused and neglected children in the community. Find out more about becoming a child advocate. 10 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-1922, www.childrenfirstinc.org

Friday 20 EVENTS: Trash to Treasure Yard Sale (1005 College Ave.) Lots of unwanted items are saved from an early death at the county landfill based on their functionality and kitsch value. Funds raised support Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful. Everything will be half off 11 a.m.–12 p.m. on Saturday. May 20, 4–7 p.m. $3. (pre-sale) & May 21, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www. keepathensbeautiful.org EVENTS: Beat the Drum (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Dr. Arvin Scott leads a community drumming event. Everyone is encouraged to bring a drum, a cowbell, or a shaker and join the festive drumming. 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com EVENTS: Zumba After Dark (40 Watt Club) Zumba fever continues. 7 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com

GAMES: Friday Night Magic Draft (Tyche’s Games) Win prizes. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Video Game Tournament (Kelly’s Corner Gaming, 3575 Atlanta Hwy.) Compete in Bomberman 64 (6 p.m.) and Call of Duty Black Ops 3 (8 p.m.). 6 p.m. $10. kellyscornerathens.com KIDSTUFF: Spanish Storytime (Oconee County Library) Listen and practice Spanish songs and stories.

Participants do not need to speak Spanish. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee PERFORMANCE: Hodgson Singers Concert (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The award-winning Hodgson Singers will perform “Grace Immaculate: Prayers and Love Songs from the Heart” to benefit UGA choral activities. 7:30 p.m. $5 (w/ UGA ID), $10. www.music. uga.edu

Saturday 21 ART: Pop-Up Show (Bloom) See work by local artists Tim Adams and Andy Cherewick. 4–10 p.m. FREE! www.bloomathens.com ART: WUGA’s Artists in Residence Series (Contact for Location) See the home of welder and sculptor Beverly Babb and painter and performance artist Deonna Mann.

Proceeds benefit WUGA. See Calendar Pick on p. 18. 3–5 p.m. $10–15. 706-542-9842, thaxtona@ uga.edu, www.wuga.org CLASSES: Plant Taxonomy (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Classroom 2) This core course teaches basic characteristics that botanists look at when investigating an unknown plant. Bring a hand lens. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. $105. www. botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Inaugural Coffee House (Winterville Center for Community & Culture) Tour the new center and enjoy drinks and baked goods.

Live music by David LoCoco & Co., Spontaneous Denial, Clinton Brothers, Gary Grossman and Repent at Leisure. See Art Notes on p. 15. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! www. cityofwinterville.com EVENTS: 10th Annual Front Porch Foot Race (The Georgia Club) The Georgia Club Foundation hosts a 5K race on a course featuring flat to rolling hills. Proceeds benefit the Food Bank’s Food2Kids program and the Jeff Bell Memorial Fund. 8 a.m. $30. www.thegeorgiaclubfoundation.com EVENTS: Trash to Treasure Yard Sale (1005 College Ave.) See Friday listing for full description May 20, 4–7 p.m. $3. (pre-sale) & May 21, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www. keepathensbeautiful.org EVENTS: Winterville Marigold Festival (Pittard Park) The day includes the Marigold 10K (7:30 a.m.), a parade (10 a.m.), live music, a talent show and more. See story on p. 11. 7:30 a.m.–9 p.m. FREE! www. marigoldfestival.com EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Shop for fresh and affordable produce and prepared foods.

The market also includes kids activities, cooking demonstrations, educational booths and entertainment. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE! www. athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Grand Opening (Bealls Outlet, Atlanta Hwy.) Bealls celebrate their grand opening weekend with face painting, balloons and trucks (Saturday) and a car show (Sunday).

10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.beallsoutlet.com EVENTS: Retro Prom (Georgia Theatre) Pick your decade, dress

to the nines and dance the night away. Proceeds benefit the Athens Community Council on Aging.

7:30 p.m. $35. www.accaging.org/ prom2016 EVENTS: Journey Through the Stars (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Participants will explore “Is There Science Behind Space Movies?”

10–11 a.m. $7–10/family. www. athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter EVENTS: Bhagavad Gita (Body, Mind & Spirit) A Vedanta monk teaches from this ancient text. Every Saturday. 3 p.m. $5 donation. 706351-6024 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts.

Live music by Michael Wegner (8 a.m.) and Klezmer Local 42 (10 a.m.). 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Ales for Trails Terrapin 5K (Terrapin Beer Co.) This first annual race benefits Sandy Creek Nature Center. Live music, light snacks and more at the finish line.

11 a.m. (registration), 1 p.m. (race). www.terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: Contra Dance (Memorial Park) A dance presented by Athens Folk Music & Dance Society with music by Briar Vista Social Club.

Live calling by Deanna Palumbo.

7:45–8 p.m. (lesson), 8–11 p.m. (dance). FREE! (under 11), $4 (ages 11–17), $8. www.athensfolk.org EVENTS: Cultivators Market (Shields Ethridge Heritage Farm, 2355 Ethridge Rd., Jefferson) Celebrate Strawberry Day with strawberry products, live music by The Sun Room Gang and Jefferson Fiddle Kids. The farm offers fiber art, rural landscape paintings, handmade split oak baskets, baked goods, local honey, grits, eggs and more.

9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www.shieldsethridgefarminc.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: Pathfinder Society Event (Tyche’s Games) Fantasy RPG. Bring your imagination. 12 p.m. FREE! 706-345-4500 KIDSTUFF: Thankorama Storytime (Barnes & Noble) It’s an elephant and piggy extravaganza. 11 a.m. FREE! www.bn.com KIDSTUFF: Family Movie and Craft (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Watch an episode or two of Richard Scarry’s “Busytown” and make an animal craft afterward.

Popcorn, drinks and craft supplies provided. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.com/madison KIDSTUFF: Family Fun Day (ACC Library) Celebrate the start of Summer Reading with crafts, a petting zoo, a puppet factory with the Center for Puppetry Arts, a vintagethemed photo booth, games and more. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) Meet author Camille Perri in celebration of her book, The Assistants. 6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.avidbookshop.com OUTDOORS: Saturday at the Rock: Grow Heirloom Veggies (Rock Eagle 4H Center) Beginners and experienced gardners will learn about growing heirloom fruits and vegetables. Dr. George Boyhan will discuss the benefits of seed saving and gardening. 9:30 a.m. $3. www. rockeagle4h.org OUTDOORS: Full Moon Hike (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) See the Garden come alive at night. Each hike will focus on a different topic

such as the moon, constellations or nocturnal creatures. Be prepared for a two-mile walk through wooded trails. 8 p.m. $5. www.botgarden. uga.edu SPORTS: KCPC Spinning Spokes for Safety (Washington-Wilkes Elementary School, Washington, GA) Bring your bicycles and helmets for a casual short cruise through downtown Washington, GA. Sponsored by the Kettle Creek Pilot Club. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. clljackson@ gmail.com SPORTS: Athens Road Runners (Meigs and Newton St.) Go on a three or six mile group run. Coffee afterwards. 7:15 a.m. FREE! www. athensrr.org

Sunday 22 ART: Barbara Holder (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) View work by photographer Barbara Holder. 2 p.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Grand Opening (Bealls Outlet, Atlanta Hwy.) See Saturday listing for full description 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.beallsoutlet.com FILM: Pretty In Pink (Beechwood 11 Cinemas) Molly Ringwald and Jon Cryer star in John Hughes’ teen classic. Part of Flashback Cinema. 2 p.m. or 7 p.m. $4-5. www.gtcmovies.com GAMES: Trivia Night (Buffalo’s Café) Alan’s Challenge. Every Sunday.

6:30 p.m. FREE! www.buffalos.com/ athens 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

Monday 23 COMEDY: Comic Strip Comedy Show (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Weekly “show up and go up” comedy open mic hosted by Alia Ghosheh and Veronica Darby. 7 p.m. $5. ghoshehalia@gmail.com EVENTS: Line Dancing with Ron Putman (Buffalo’s Café) For all skill levels. 6–8:30 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/buffaloscafeathens EVENTS: American Red Cross Blood Drive (ACC Library) Before donating, eat iron-rich foods and drink plenty of non-caffeinated fluids. 2:30–7 p.m. FREE! www. redcrossblood.org GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge! Hosted by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Dirty South Entertainment Trivia (Ovation 12) Hosted by Nic. Play for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 7–18.

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THE CALENDAR! KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Parents can share plays, songs and simple books with their babies. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org MEETINGS: Dirty Dulcimers (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn to play and read music with other dulcimer players.

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

Tuesday 24 CLASSES: Swing Night (Dancefx) A one-hour lesson is followed by a two-hour dancing session. No experience or partner necessary.

Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. $3–5. www. athensswingnight.com EVENTS: Election Day (Athens, GA) Visit the website to view sample ballots and find your local polling place. 7 a.m.–7 p.m. mvp.sos. ga.gov EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@uga.edu FILM: Bad Movie Night: Undefeatable (Ciné Barcafé) Stingray is the champion of death matches and a rabid eyeball collector. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/badmovienight GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! johnnyspizza.com/athens GAMES: Bingo (Ted’s Most Best) Win drinks, sweet treats and gift cards.

Every Tuesday on the patio. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.tedsmostbest.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Taqueria Tsunami, Downtown) Surf the trivia wave every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) See Tuesday listing for full description 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description 5:30–6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.therookandpawn.com

Wednesday 25 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art, leads a tour of “Frank Hartley Anderson: Forging the Southern Printmakers Society.”

2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org CLASSES: The Buddha’s Teachings (Body, Mind & Spirit) See Wednesday listing for full description 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706-351-6024 COMEDY: Gin and Jokes (Buffalo’s Café) See Wednesday listing for full description 7 p.m. $5. 678-3749848 EVENTS: Athens Area Arts Council Annual Party (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Meet new board members and learn about AAAC’s offerings. Live music by Lovesongs

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and more. 7:30–9:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensarts.org EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music by Brefmint & J. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Pretty In Pink (Beechwood 11 Cinemas) See Sunday listing for full description 2 p.m. or 7 p.m. $4-5. www.gtcmovies.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) See Wednesday listing for full description 7:30–9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) See Wednesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) See Wednesday listing for full description 9 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Downtown and Broad St. locations) Every Wednesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ blindpigtavern GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. highwirelounge.com KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Family Music Jam (Oconee County Library) Join Miss Rebecca and her ukulele for a singa-long. Limited supply of rhythm instruments available. For children of all ages and their guardians.

10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Includes stories, finger-puppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 5 & under. Every Wednesday.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Ukelele Workshop & Summer Reading Program Kick-off (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Ages 8 & up can learn some ukulele basics in a workshop.

Afterwards, performer Julie Austin will lead a family sing-a-long, movea-long concert. 1:30 p.m. (workshop), 3 p.m. (kick-off). FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) See Wednesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com/happy-hour

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 17 The Foundry 7 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens. com OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Rev. Conner Mack Tribble.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com SCREAMING FEMALES New Jersey-based indie-punk trio fronted

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AYE NAKO Four-piece melodic punk band from Brooklyn, NY. The Manhattan Café Loungy Tuesdays. 10 p.m. FREE! 706369-9767 DJ NATE FROM WUXTRY Spinning an all-vinyl set of rare and classic deep soul, R&B and blues. Every Tuesday!

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 EARPHORIK Proggy funk-rock band from Indiana.

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens DRIFTWOOD SOLDIER Bluesy “gutter-folk” duo from Philadelphia.

CALEB DARNELL Member of the Darnell Boys plays a solo set.

MICHAEL LESOUSKY Local folk singer-songwriter and member of Grassland String Band.

SAMADHA Atlanta-based instrumental psychedelic collective.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE EMPTY POCKETS Soulful throwback-rock and roll band from Chicago.

WANDERWILD Local indie rock project led by local songwriter Matt Martin.

VELO Indie rock group featuring swirling strings and melodic synths.

The Globe 7 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS Mary Sigalas, Dan Horowitz, Steve Key and surprise guests play swingin’ tunes from the ‘10s, ‘20s and ‘30s each week for Hot Jazz & Swing Night.

9 p.m. 706-353-4721 SEA GHOST Synth-and-guitar based indie-pop band from Atlanta.

BREATHERS Synth-pop group from Atlanta.

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.

KAYLA BERRIE Local jazz-inspired singer-songwriter.

PARTIALS Local psychedelic pop four-piece.

IULIA Hip hop-influenced, Denmark native singer-songwriter and dancer.

The World Famous 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ theworldfamousathens MIDNIGHT BOI Alias of local musician Eli Rickli, playing “pseudoSatanic hip hop.”

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

FUTURE PUNX Brooklyn-based “post-wave” punk band. See Calendar Pick on p. 18.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $25 (adv.), $28 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com TOMMY EMMANUEL Australian guitarist known for complex fingerstyle technique and energetic performances.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com MAIL THE HORSE Blues-inspired indie-rock band from Brooklyn, NY. SMOKEY DEROECK Little Gold/Deep State member plays a solo set.

Thursday 19 The Bar-B-Que Shack 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-6752 BLUEGRASS JAM Bring your own instrument! All pickers are welcome every Thursday.

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 11 p.m. 706-549-9933 LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot and company play funky Southern folk rock ‘n’ roll.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 KING KODA No info available.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Tribble is a Georgia rock and roll fixture. He hosts an “all-star jam” every Thursday.

Your Pie 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7048 (Gaines School Road location) HALEM ALBRIGHT A blend of unique songwriting and electrifying guitar, from rock to reggae, Americana to experimental.

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Monkier plays The Foundry on Wednesday, May 18.

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NAPS DIY bedroom-pop project from Tallahassee, FL.

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

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 FAT NEPTUNE Up-and-coming Athens psych-rock four-piece.

L’OR Opera-like dream sequences fused with ballet performance art.

RILL BOY Electronic-tinged indie-pop project from musician Jeffrey Mann.

DOUG HOYER Local chamber-pop singer-songwriter.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES OPEN MIC JAM Bands are welcome, backline is provided and the jam rocks until 2 a.m.

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net LARRY FORTE Local painter and songwriter performs a solo set.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com EMILEIGH IRELAND Local singersongwriter and former member of indie-pop group Helen Scott performs.

LYR Lydia Brambila (Sea of Sogs, Outer Sea, Signal Mountain) performs a solo set.

TUTLIE Baroque pop collective from Philadelphia. See Calendar Pick on p. 18.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com MONKIER Jazzy hip hop/grooveoriented band from Atlanta. Album release show!

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com DJ TONY CHACKAL Spinning allvinyl set of instrumental rhythms and beats from NYC no-wave and artsy disco with special guest DJ Thump and Hustle.

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

Live Wire 7 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com OPEN MIC & LATE NIGHT JAM Drums, keys and amps are provided.

Come share your music, jam with other musicians, and have a great time! Hosted by a local band each week.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn. Every Wednesday!

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com JET ENGINE DRAGONS Athensbased band playing a blend of shoegaze, progressive rock and technical metal.

WICKED KING The band says it is “a speeding train of rock that will not slow down! Hop on board or get out of the way!”

ASTRO PHANTOM Punk band from Cornelia, GA. STIILPOINT Riff-heavy rock band from Atlanta.

DePalma’s Italian Cafe 7 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Road location) THE LUCKY JONES Rockin’ rhythm and blues from this local band.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com CONCORD AMERICA Slightly outof-control Atlanta-based band that touches on punk and garage.

40 Watt Club 10 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com ZELIUM Athens-based deep house DJ and composer.

THIRD PHASE Electronic musician and DJ. DJ $EE No info available.

The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com ZALE Young, classically trained singer-songwriter leads her alt-rock band.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. 706-369-3040 KIP JONES BAND Local songwriter playing all your favorite covers and some of his own tunes.

Buffalo’s Café 7 p.m. $5. www.buffaloscafe.com EASTVILLE BELLE New local country/Americana outfit.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $3 (21+), $5 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MURDER THE MOOD Local alternative rock band. Album release show!

THE GOOD LOOKS Young band from Madison playing a custom blend of rock, blues, funk, punk and alternative.

The Classic Center 8 p.m. $30–$43. www.classiccenter. com TRAVIS TRITT Country music legend and Georgia native touring with an intimate, acoustic set.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE STARTER KITS Old schoolinspired rock out of Athens, fronted by songwriter Mikey Dwyer.

CHIP MCKENZIE Longtime local singer-songwriter and Still, Small Voice frontman performs a solo set.

THOM STRICKLAND Smokedog’s frontman performs solo.

40 Watt Club 11 p.m. FREE! www.40watt.com BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog team

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. 706-369-3040 NATHAN SHEPPARD Talented local singer with a ‘70s pop style.

up to spin the best dance hits into the night.

The Foundry 8:30 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE SWINGIN’ MEDALLIONS Perhaps best known for their 1966 hit “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love),” today the Medallions are made up of children or other relatives of the original lineup and bill themselves as “the party band of the South.”

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com QUIABO DE CHAPEAU Brazilian funk ensemble out of Atlanta, bringing

Liners, Clay Leverett and the Chasers, Matt Joiner Band, Grassland String Band, Rev. Conner Tribble and the Deacons, Klezmer Local 42, Caroline Aiken and the Randall Bramblett Band. See story on p. 11.

Saucehouse Barbeque 6 p.m. FREE! www.saucehousebbq.com LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot performs tasty sets of funky

Mills Fitzner

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com CHROME PONY Garage-rock fourpiece from Nashville.

LAKE OF FIRE Four-piece rock-androll group from Austin, TX. JENSEN SERF COMPANY Raucous psych-punk band from Florida.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com ATHENS FACE/OFF Part social experiment, part novelty showcase, Athens Face/Off is a project in which 60 local musicians are randomly assigned into trios and spend one month preparing an original set of

VACATIONS Gritty local surf-rock group.

CGI JOE The skewed pop project of Joe Kubler, formerly known as Rene LeConte.

DJ BLOWPOP Joe Kubler (CGI Joe) spins a set of tunes.

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

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 5:30 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com CONNOR BYERS Popular young singer and rapper from Athens.

Album release show! See Calendar Pick on p. 18.

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

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

White Tiger Gourmet 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-6847 DAVE MARR The former Star Room Boys singer plays a set of his new solo material in his deep and resonant country twang.

Saturday 21 Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net MICHAEL WEGNER Local guitarist and member of Whisper Kiss performs. (8 a.m.)

KLEZMER LOCAL 42 A local sevenpiece Klezmer band specializing in Jewish and gypsy music and featuring Dan Horowitz of Five Eight.

(10 a.m.)

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com JACOB DEATON Atlanta-based jazz, blues and rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.

JOHN SWILLEY Local songrwriter who blends of a variety of genres, including gritty Southern rock, sultry R&B and Delta blues.

material with their new bandmates.

See story on p. 12.

dancing and Carnaval to the stage.

See Calendar Pick on p. 18.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE COMMON PEOPLE BAND Athens party band that specializes in covers of Motown-era classics.

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ See Friday’s listing for full description

Georgia Theatre retroPROM ACCA Benefit. 7:30 p.m. $35 (adv.), $40 (door). www.georgiatheatre.com THE HIGHBALLS Tuck in those shoulder pads! Athens music vets The Highballs will perform a totally awesome set of ‘80s dance hits.

The Globe 7 p.m. 706-353-4721 JAKOB DEAT TRIO Atlanta trio that exists at the intersection of Americana and jazz.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 TRAPHORSE New local pop-rock band with folky flirtations and sinister undertones.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin dance hits into the night.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 HARVEY FUNKWALKER Athensbased trio “steeped in deep funk roots and laced with tinges of jazz, blues and rock.”

Pittard Park 10 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE! www.marigoldfestival.com WINTERVILLE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL Featuring live performances (10 a.m.–8 p.m.) by Kate Morrissey, Dodd Ferrelle and the WinterVillians, Welfare

West Broad Market Garden West Broad Farmers Market. 9 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslandtrust.org DAVE COURT Local singer-songwriter.

Sunday 22 Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 4 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com SPRING ROCKCITAL Oconee School of Rock’s spring campers perform classic rock covers and more.

The World Famous 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens STILL, SMALL VOICE AND THE JOYFUL NOISE Long-running local rock band led by songwriter Chip McKenzie.

SMALL BEIGE GIRL Local punk rock band.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES OPEN MIC JAM Bands are welcome, backline is provided and the jam rocks until 2 a.m.

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net BREFMINT & J Local duo consisting of “an old road dog and a classically trained beauty.”

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.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com CBDB Alabama-based “joyfunk” band playing a mix of funk, progressive rock and jam fusion.

BACKUP PLANET Progressive funkrock band from Knoxville, TN. On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com BACK CITY WOODS Macon-based bluegrass/Southern rock band.

The Foundry 7 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens. com OPEN MIC NIGHT See Tuesday’s listing for full description Southern folk rock ‘n’ roll on guitar, bass drum, harmonica and vocals.

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

Flicker Theatre & Bar AAAC Party. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. flickertheatreandbar.com LOVESONGS Athens-based experimental band with electronic, dance and metal influences.

Tuesday 24 Travis Tritt plays the Classic Center on Friday, May 20.

Wednesday 25

Go Bar 10 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 404 NOT FOUND CCR Headcleaner/ Long Legged Woman member goes coastal on classic acid textures with synths, drum machines and lots of samples.

OBSIDIAN BLADE Avant-garde trance outfit from Oakland, CA. J FLOWERS Former Athenian Justin Flowers (CCR Headcleaner) performs solo.

YUNG YANG Local DJ does creative live mixing of vogue house, dancehall, juke, bounce and other propulsive club oddities new and old.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 UNPLUG & UNWIND A weekly “acoustic fam-jam” hosted by Joey Quiggins.

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

VFW 7 p.m. $8. www.vfwathens.com TANGENTS This country-fried rock group from Watkinsville features Skynyrd licks and Mellencamp melodies.

Monday 23

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 MINGLEWOOD MONDAY Local musicians pay tribute to the Grateful Dead.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE BAMA GAMBLERS Dirty blues and Southern rock band from Auburn, AL.

Saucehouse Barbeque 6 p.m. FREE! www.saucehouse.com CHEYENNE KNIGHT Young country singer-songwriter.

ART CONTEST Math-rock band from Athens via South Carolina.

ERIN LOVETT Local singersongwriter plays sweet, melodic folk music.

WITHOUT FORM AND VOID Local heavy rock band featuring members of Music Hates You and the Bastard Congregation.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. $4. www.georgiatheatre.com WHITE VIOLET Local group led by songwriter Nate Nelson, playing haunting, brooding, atmospheric indie-pop.

THE HERNIES Local riff-heavy rock band displaying influences from classic to indie rock.

The Manhattan Café Loungy Tuesdays. 10 p.m. FREE! 706369-9767 DJ NATE FROM WUXTRY Spinning an all-vinyl set of rare and classic deep soul, R&B and blues. Every Tuesday!

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SESSIONS WITH D-KAPS Enjoy an evening of fresh live tunes.

The Foundry 6 p.m. www.thefoundryathens.com THE BEST OF UNKNOWN ATHENS A singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Liam Parke.

Featuring Nathan Sheppard, Ben Morrison, Neal Canup, Drew Albenesius, Caleb Keith and Katherine Ball.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 GREEN UVULA Alter ego of local outsider musician Garrett Johnson.

BROTHER MARY Producer Ivano Milo of Downer plays “vacuous Muzak.”

DOG LOVER 420 Atlanta-based experimental electronic artist.

TRAPHORSE New local pop-rock band with folky flirtations and sinister undertones.

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

Live Wire 7 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com OPEN MIC & LATE NIGHT JAM See Wednesday’s listing for full description Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 CHRIS PADGETT Local guitar virtuoso performs a solo set.

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

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Art â&#x20AC;&#x153;Faces of Immigrationâ&#x20AC;?

(Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Faces of Immigration: Community, Culture and Conversation about Immigration in Americaâ&#x20AC;? is an on-going, participation-based project for the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Land: Immigration in the United States.â&#x20AC;? Bring a story, photograph or image (heirlooms discouraged) that deals with the theme of immigration to pin to the wall during gallery hours. Through May 28. www.athica.org â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oct-POE-berâ&#x20AC;? Juried Art Exhibition (ACC Library) The NEA Big Read is sponsoring an exhibition of artwork inspired by the writings of Edgar Allen Poe. All ages and experience levels welcome.

Submit images via email with name, grade level, phone number, address, title, media and dimensions. Prizes awarded. Deadline Sept. 11, 8 p.m.

Exhibition on view throughout October. acclibrarypoeartexhibition @gmail.com Call for Entries (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The gallery is seeking art from emerging Athens-based artists in all media for ATHICAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emerges IXâ&#x20AC;? exhibition curated by Brook Leeton and Claire Dempster. Submit work online. A limited number of fee waivers are available for those in financial need. Deadline May 25, 8 p.m. $20 entry fee. www.athica.org Call for Entries (OCAF, Watkinsville) The annual Members Exhibit is open to OCAF members and showcases a wide range of artwork. Members can submit up to two pieces of work, and at least one piece is guaranteed to be accepted.

Drop off on May 21, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m.

FREE! www.ocaf.com

Outside the Lines (Athens, GA) TV Gallery and Pixel & Ink are gathering submissions for the second volume of its all-ages coloring book full of pages created by local artists. Proceeds benefit local public schools and non-profits. tvartgallery @gmail.com TV Gallery (Athens, GA) TV Gallery is a virtual gallery promoting contemporary art in the Southeast.

Email high-resolution .jpegs with the title, media, where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re from and website to be featured through social media. TV Gallery is also hosting a pop-up exhibition this summer.

Submit up to three pieces via email plus $10 via Paypal. Deadline June 11, 7 p.m. tvartgallery@gmail.com

Auditions Wizard of Oz (Athens Little Playhouse) Play a part in this classic tale. Auditions on May 17â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18.

Performances July 29â&#x20AC;&#x201C;31 & Aug. 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7. athenslittleplayhouse@gmail. com, www.athenslittleplayhouse.net

Classes Artist Workshops (KA Artist Shop) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Modern Calligraphy: Beginnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basics.â&#x20AC;? May 17, 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. June 11, 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. or June 21, 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All About Color: Impressionist Still-Life Painting with Will Eskridge.â&#x20AC;? May 23, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Modern Calligraphy: Beyond the Basics.â&#x20AC;? May 24, 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creative Journaling for Adults with Hope Hilton.â&#x20AC;? June 7, 10:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. or 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Silk Painting with RenĂŠ Shoemaker.â&#x20AC;? July 9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drawing 101 with Otto Lange.â&#x20AC;? July 13, 20 & 27, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. www.kaartist.com Bikram Hot Yoga (Bikram Yoga Athens) Classes in hot yoga are

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offered seven days a week. Karma Classes on Sundays at 6 p.m. benefit Project Safe. www.bikramathens. com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Try Clayâ&#x20AC;? classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheel every Friday from 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Try Clayâ&#x20AC;? classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Gentle Hatha Yoga (St. Gregoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church) De-stress, relax and move into stillness. Every other Saturday, 5:30 p.m. $10. www.mind fuliving.org Knitting Classes (Revival Yarns) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Finishing Techniques Class.â&#x20AC;? May 20, 10:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11:30 a.m. $15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Knit 2 Class.â&#x20AC;? May 21, 10:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12:30 p.m. $30. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kids Summer Knit-ALong.â&#x20AC;? May 24, 10:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11:30 a.m.

FREE! RSVP. www.revivalyarns athens.com Lunchtime Learning (Oconee County Library) Brush up on your Spanish with an hour of converational Spanish with native speaker Jose Perez. Fridays, May 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;June 24, 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee One-on-One Computer Skills (ACC Library) Personalized instruction available for various computer topics. Thursdays, 6 p.m. & Saturdays, 11 a.m. 706-613-3650, ext. 354, www.athenslibrary.org One-on-One Genealogy Assistance (ACC Library) Library staff offer assistance to genealogists and researchers. May 19, 2 p.m. or May 26, 10 a.m. www.athenslibrary.org/athens Salsa Dance Classes (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cubanstyle salsa dance classes with SALSAthens. No partner necessary. Beginners welcome. Every

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Wednesday, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10 (incl. drink). www.facebook.com/ salsaathens Tai Chi Easy (Rocksprings Community Center) Tom Wittenberg leads an hour of this healthful exercise. No experience necessary.

Thursdays, 10 a.m. $3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5. 706548-1310 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 Sundaysâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Wednesdays. FREE! www.athensy.com Yoga Classes (5 Points Yoga) The studio offers classes for all levels including hot flow, gentle flow, Iyenger yoga and meditation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Essential Yoga Flowâ&#x20AC;? workshop introduces essential oils, May 21. www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Zumba at 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

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Kidstuff ACC Summer Camps (Multiple Locations) Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services offers camps in

science, dance, sports, art and more.

Visit website for dates and details.

706-613-3580, www.athensclarke county.com/camps Art Classes (KA Artist Shop) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art Club for Teens.â&#x20AC;? Fridays, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $20, $25 for supplies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art Club Junior for Ages 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;13.â&#x20AC;? Fridays, 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5:30 p.m. $15, $25 for supplies.

Both classes are taught by Hope Hilton. www.kaartistshop.com Athens Code Camp (Four Athens) Four Athens offers classes focused on programming concepts in Ruby, Python, JavaScript and HTML/CSS. All ages. Laptop required. Register online. Saturdays through July, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. www.fourathens.com/ weekendclasses Hospitality Careers Academy (The Classic Center) High school students interested in the hospitality industry can apply for a week-long academy program that includes hearing guest speakers, shadowing job professionals, attending industry tours and participating in leadership activities.

Deadline to apply May 20. July 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. $450. 706-357-4521, beth@ classiccenter.com Intermezzo Piano Academy (The Church at College Station) Each day offers classes in rhythm, music history, composition, theory and piano ensemble for beginning and intermediate pianists. Ages 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14. July 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;22, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. $160. www.intermezzoacademy.com New Moon Summer Adventure Camp (Athens, GA) Now accepting registration for a summer camp that travels to different locations daily. Activities include hiking, swimming and boating as well as educational trips.

Fee includes all activities and travel expenses. For ages 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. Weeks of June 13 & 20 and July 11 & 18, 8:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. $175/week. 706310-0013 Portuguese for Kids (Oconee County Library) Kids can learn to speak Portuguese. Wednesdays through June 15, 6:15 p.m. Ages 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11. www.athenslibrary.org/oconee Report Card Rewards Program (Multiple Locations) Any student Kâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 in Athens may

bring his or her final report card with all As and Bs to the ACC Leisure Services Aquatics Office for a free summer pool pass or 10 free swims.

706-613-3589, ext. 226, www.athens clarkecounty.com/aquatics Rooting for Community (Williams Farm, 235 Northside Dr.) Kids can learn the ropes of the farm and make dishes from fresh produce at the Athens Land Trustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Williams Farm. For rising 5thâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;7th graders.

Full scholarships available. July 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15, 8 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $160. 706613-0122, kelley@athenslandtrust. org, www.athenslandtrust.org Splash Pads (Multiple Locations) The Trail Creek Park Splash Pad is open weekends through May 21 then May 28â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug. 7, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5:30 p.m.

(Closed Mondays). The Rocksprings Park Splash Pad opens May 28. $1/ person. Pool passes are $30. www. athensclarkecounty.com/splashpad Summer Camps Cornerstone offers two camps for students interested in theater. Elementary Summer Camp, grades 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5. June 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9, $90. Middle and High School Summer Camp, grades 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12, July 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;22, $120. cornerstoneproductions777@yahoo. com, www.princeave.org Summer Camps (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Peace Camp runs June 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 1.

Hogwarts School at the Pyramid runs July 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;22 and July 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;29, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. 706-546-7914, www.uuathensga.org Summer Camps (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Full day summer camps from 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3:30 p.m. are for ages 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. $160. Half-day camps from 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. are for five year olds. $125/week. Camps include â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Plants We Eatâ&#x20AC;? (June 13â&#x20AC;&#x201C;17), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Forest Explorers and Early Civilizationsâ&#x20AC;? (June 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;24), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Worldâ&#x20AC;? (June 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 1 or July 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;22), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crittersâ&#x20AC;? (July 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nature Explorersâ&#x20AC;? (July 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;29). 706-542-6156 Summer Theater Camps (Athens Little Playhouse) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Folk Tales,â&#x20AC;? May 30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;June 3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mother Goose,â&#x20AC;? June 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Circus,â&#x20AC;? June 13â&#x20AC;&#x201C;17. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fairy Tail,â&#x20AC;? June 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;24.

Visit website for registration form. www.athenslittleplayhouse.net

Swim School (Bishop Park, East Athens Community Center & Lay Park) Swim school is for ages 3 & up. Multiple sessions available. $33â&#x20AC;&#x201C;50. Check website for dates. www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure The Heroines Club (1161 Long Rd.) A monthly mother-daughter empowerment circle based on the sharing of real-life heroines and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Sistersâ&#x20AC;?

Circle is for ages 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Sistersâ&#x20AC;? Circle is for ages 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14.

Visit website for next meeting. $25. www.themotherdaughternest.com Theatre Academy (Rose of Athens) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teaching Life Skills Through Stage Skills.â&#x20AC;? For grades 1stâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;12th. Multiple sessions available. June 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;22. $85â&#x20AC;&#x201C;385. www.roseofathens.org

Support Groups Alanon (540 Prince Ave.) Alanon: a 12-step recovery program for those affected by someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drinking.

Noon and evening meetings are held throughout the week. FREE! www.ga-al-anon.org Amputee Support Group (ACC Library) All are welcome. Meets every first Thursday of the month.

Contact Reyna, 706-498-4313 Project Safe (Athens, GA) Meetings for Warriors: Hope & Healing from Domestic Violence Group are held every Tuesday, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m., with a dinner on the last Tuesday of each month.

Meetings for the New Beginnings Support Group are held every Monday, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m., with a dinner on the last Monday of the month.

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

art around town A. LAFERA SALON (2440 W. Broad St.) Artwork by Perry McCrackin.

AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) A collection of new paintings by Matt Bahr.

Through May. 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 ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Harrison Center for the Arts & Preschoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lobby Gallery, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mentor/Menteeâ&#x20AC;? features the work of professors and students from UGAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through May 20.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Land: Immigration in the United Statesâ&#x20AC;? was curated by Venezuelan American artist and University of North Georgia art professor Stanley Bermudez. Through May 28.

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

CINĂ&#x2030; BARCAFE (234 W. Hancock Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Swim Teamâ&#x20AC;? is a series of paintings

by Jaime Bull. Through June 17.

CITY OF WATKINSVILLE (Downtown Watkinsville) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public Art Watkinsville: A Pop-up Sculpture Exhibitâ&#x20AC;? consists of sculptures placed in prominent locations around downtown. Artists include Benjamin Lock, William Massey, Stan Mullins, Robert Clements and Joni Younkins-Herzog. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artscape Oconee: The Monuments of Artlandâ&#x20AC;? features eight newly commissioned art panels and six refurbished panels of paintings.

THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) In Classic Gallery I, â&#x20AC;&#x153;High Contrastâ&#x20AC;? features bold, black-and-white works by Timothy D. Hubbard, Kyle Kizzah, Jon Vogt and Eileen Wallace. â&#x20AC;˘ In Classic Gallery II, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A-Townâ&#x20AC;? showcases works examining Athens architecture by Lewis Bartlett, Robert Brussack, Dortha Jacobson and Jacob Wenzka. Opening reception May 19.

Through October.

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ripple Surveyorâ&#x20AC;? is a collection of paintings by Logan Shirah. Through May 28.

DONDEROSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Peter Thompson, owner of Archipelago Antiques, shares his work. Through May. EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Corynne Gamboa. Through May. FARMINGTON DEPOT GALLERY (1011 Salem Rd., Farmington) Owned and staffed by 14 artists, the gallery exhibits paintings, sculpture, folk art, ceramics and fine furniture. Permanent collection artists include Matt Alston, John Cleaveland, Peter Loose, Michael Pierce, Dan Smith, Cheri Wranosky and more. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Silenceâ&#x20AC;? is a solo exhibition by Cameron Bliss. On view May 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;June 30. Opening reception May 27.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Drawings by Jeremy Kiran Fernandes. Through May. GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wild Wooly Wonderful Athensâ&#x20AC;? features works by Jared Brown, Timi Conley, James Greer, Michael Lachowski, Ali Norman, Dan Smith and Kaleena Stasiak. Through June 26.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frank Hartley Anderson: Forging the Southern Printmakers Society.â&#x20AC;? Through June 19. â&#x20AC;˘ Created by design studio VolvoxLabs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;VVOX: Refining Realitiesâ&#x20AC;? is an immersive triptych utilizing digital visualization. Through June 19. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Turned and Sculpted: Wood Art from the Collection of Arthur and Jane Mason.â&#x20AC;? Through Aug. 7. â&#x20AC;˘ In the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twists and Turns: Sculptures by Alice Aycockâ&#x20AC;? includes two sculptures, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waltzing Matildaâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twin Vortexes.â&#x20AC;? Through Sept. 4.

GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Jamey Grimesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Northern Lightsinspired â&#x20AC;&#x153;Auroraâ&#x20AC;? is an installation illuminated by natural light during the day and a color-based lighting cycle at night. Through September.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Works by Double Dutch Press. Through May 29.

HEIRLOOM CAFĂ&#x2030; (815 N. Chase St.) Collages influenced by Surrealism and Magic Realism by Susan Pelham. Through July 11.

The Legacy Circle: A Monthly Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Empowerment Journey (The Mother-Daughter Nest, 1161 Long Rd.) Practice the art of sacred self-care and support your own personal growth. Eight women participate in sacred circling the first Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. $15. www.themotherdaughternest. com

On The Street American Lunch (Multiple Locations) Five Restaurant & Bar offers 100% free meals through a mobile soup kitchen three days a week at various locations. The food truck is available 11:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1:30 p.m. at Jessie B. Denney Towers on Tuesdays, Sparrows Nest Mission on Wednesdays, and Bigger Vision of Athens on Fridays. www.american lunch.org Athens Street Hockey (YMCA, Hockey Rink) Players of all skill levels can play in a local hockey rink.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. athensfloorhockey@gmail.com 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 Co-ed Ultimate Frisbee League (Southeast Clarke Park) This league is casual enough for beginners, yet competitive enough for ultimate frisbee vets. Mondays and Wednesdays, June 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug. 10, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $60. www.goodlook ultimate.com Senior Adult Trips (Rocksprings Community Center) Cheer on the Gwinnett Braves on May 18, 8:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;30. Trips depart and return to Rocksprings Park. For ages 55 & up. Check website for future senior adult trips. 706-6133602, www.athensclarkecounty.com/ leisure f

HENDERSHOTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Lea Purvis and Licca Kirk. Through May. JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) Oils on paper and mono prints by Stuart Libby. Through May 28.

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) Drawings and paintings by Tekla Vanderplas. Through May. JUST PHOâ&#x20AC;ŚAND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Feminine Mystiqueâ&#x20AC;? is a series of still life oil paintings by Manda McKay. Through May. K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) Mini art, prints, merch and installation pieces by local artists. Through June 2.

LAST RESORT GRILL (174 W. Clayton St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homesickâ&#x20AC;? is a collection of ladies hanging out at Athens landmarks by Keith P. Rein, who relocated from Athens to Colorado. Through May. 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.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) Newly established in honor of the Willow Oak that recently reached the end of its lifecycle, The Tree Gallery showcases photography by Shannon Williams and kid art projects inspired by Gustav Klimt. â&#x20AC;˘ Community Collections on view in the lobbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glass cases include floaty pens from the collection of Jeff Montgomery and push puppets from the collection of Katherine Winslow. Through June 25. â&#x20AC;˘ In the Lounge Gallery, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reflections on Yuma Trailâ&#x20AC;? is a series of photographs

by Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay, a current graduate student at UGAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lamar Dodd School of Art. On view May 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug. 20. Reception Aug. 18.

MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY (1315 GA-98, Danielsville) Pottery by Pat Shields of Georgia Mudcats Pottery. Through May. MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) Richard Suddenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Illuminationsâ&#x20AC;? use three gallery spaces to explore light, its physical properties and metaphorical meanings. Through Aug. 28.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Retired educator and artist Jack Burk shares watercolor, collage and pastel works. Through May 29.

RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seeing Georgia: Changing Visions of Tourism and the Modern South.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Greatest Bulldog of Them All: Dan McGill.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Selections from the Disability History Archive.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;John Abbot, Early Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Naturalist Artist.â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence: The George Foster Peabody Awards.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Olympic Legacy.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Through July.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) Photography by Barbara Holder. Opening reception May 22. Through July 3.

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, Michelle Dross, Veronica Darby, John Cleaveland, Rebecca Wood, Nikita Raper, Natalia Zuckerman, Briget Darryl Ginley, Jack Kashuback, Barret Reid, Camille Hayes, Jason Whitley and Ken Hardesty.

TERRAPIN BEER CO. (265 Newton Bridge Rd.) Lauren Geitnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series â&#x20AC;&#x153;About Todayâ&#x20AC;? features oil paintings and mixed media artworks that explore isolation and confinement through snapshots of stillness. Through May. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) The Ethical Eating Group at UUFA presents, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get Yourself FREE,â&#x20AC;? a multi-media display adapting the chorus of Paul Simonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s song â&#x20AC;&#x153;50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.â&#x20AC;? Contributing artists are Kate Blane and Melissa Biehl.

Through May. VIVA! ARGENTINE CUISINE (247 Prince Ave.) Abstract paintings by Antoine Stewart. Through May. WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Paintings of scenes around Athens by Mary Porter.

WINTERVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CULTURE (371 N. Church St., Winterville) Curated by Jimmy Straehla, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Inaugural Art Showâ&#x20AC;? showcases work by Cameron Bliss, Tex Crawford, Margot Ecke, Peter Loose, Terry Rowlett, cap man and several more Winterville area artists. Through May. THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more. â&#x20AC;˘ Paintings by Jessica Shulman and Andrew Huang.

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Jobs Full-time Hotel Indigo has openings for: FT maintenance, PT painting and PT housekeeping. Send resumes and/or questions to: laceygreen@ indigoathens.com or call (706) 286-1710.

Hiring restarant staff. Girasoles in Watkinsville is hiring dishwasher, prep cook & wait staff. Apply in person with resume or email to girasoles fusioncuisine@gmail. com. 24 Greensboro H w y. , Wa t k i n s v i l l e , GA. 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.

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Let us help get the word out through F l a g p o l e Classifieds. Call (706) 549-0301.

Summer (full-time or part-time). Junk South is hiring a Crew Leader ($15/hr.) for work in AthensClarke and Oconee County. Please inquire & submit resumes to info@junksouth. com, visit us at www. junksouth.com or call (855) 747-5865.

Experienced kitchen help needed. Bring resume or fill out application at G e o r g e ’s L o w c o u n t r y Table. No phone calls please.

Groove Burgers (new restaurant) is hiring FOH and BOH positions.

Looking for positive people with the passion for food. Apply online: grooveburgers.com, send your application to: info@ g ro o v e b u r g e r s . c o m o r call: (762) 499-5699.

Now Hiring Experienced Line Cooks, Daytime Servers & Hosts at Locos Grill & Pub, 2020 Timothy Rd. Locos is looking for highly e n e r g e t i c , c u s t o m e rfocused individuals who want to work at th e b u s i e s t re s taurant in town. We offer great pay–not competitive pay–but pay that makes others look silly. Apply inside between 2-4pm or email us at: westside@ locosgrill.com.

Needed: PT Server for morning shift and PT Cook for evening shift at Hotel Indigo Athens. Experience required. Send resume to Chris Wojcik: FandB@ indigoathens.com. Do not apply in person.

The UGA Hotel and Conference Center is looking for temporary, PT housekeepers.

E x p e r i e n c e preferred. Required to work flexible hours any day of the week, including holidays and weekends. How to apply (no calls or drop by applications accepted): UGA requires a background investigation for all new hires. Go to: w w w. u g a j o b s e a rc h . c o m , c re a t e o n l i n e account and application, search job posting #20151318 (Temporary labor pool – staff no benefits), a p p l y. P o s t i n g w i l l describe in detail the duties and physical demands.

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The UGA Hotel and Conference Center is looking for front desk clerks and night auditors to join our team of professionals. We are looking for team members w/ positive attitudes, outgoing personalities and strong work ethics; w h o a re i n t e re s t e d in working in a fastpaced, professional environment, serving guests from Georgia, throughout the U.S. and around the world.

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By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Hey there! I’m a soldier who just got assigned to Athens a couple of months ago.

Coming from St. Louis. Can you ask around to see where there might be some indoor volleyball going on? Thanks!

• She also has Hashimoto’s and hyperthyroid (also diagnosed after her first).

She’s seen handfuls of specialists to figure out what is going on with her and is only recently getting real answers from an inteWelcome to Athens! Since this is a dating grative doctor—it looks to be chronic Lyme disease with some other complications. Now and relationship advice column, I assume the pressing threat is that her adrenal levels you’re using some sort of code language for are so frighteningly low that they’re at risk gay cruising. Ben Burton and Dudley Park for burning out. How do are both local hot spots you give birth without for no-strings sexcaTell them to get in adrenal function? She pades after dark, but watch out—someone touch with the husband hasn’t even alerted her midwives yet! got busted at Dudley and tell him the hell off.

Her husband is next recently, so I’m sure to no help. Her family is the cops are watching. not around, and she’s far from me. I don’t know There are also a few local retail stores with popular bathrooms, but I don’t wanna name how to make her slow down and take care of herself. She’s an accordionist and recently those for liability reasons. You can easily played a gig! How do I make her stop and take Google that info, though. care of herself?

If you’re looking for more meaningful How do you help a faraway friend? social connections, I’d recommend the very queer-friendly Go Bar or Sister Louisa’s It’s really tough to be miles away from Church, or just seek out any event attached someone who needs your help. Your friend to the Boybutante Foundation. sounds like a real go-getter who is used to On the chance that I’ve read into this doing it all and having it all, the type that entirely wrong, it doesn’t look like AthensClarke County Leisure Services has an adult runs at full speed all the time. People who aren’t used to going slow typically don’t volleyball program. There’s one in Atlanta, want to when it’s time for a rest, making however, if you’re down to travel. them prone to meltdowns and burnouts.

Certainly, this would be a terrible time for your friend to get even more ill or just fall apart, what with a baby to take care of, a degree to earn and her accordion hobby. I’m also guessing that she probably doesn’t listen when people tell her to take a rest, unless it comes from some extreme authority.

Has the integrative doctor told her to chill out? If not, I’m sure her midwives would.

Seeing as how her husband isn’t pulling his weight, I’d recommend you get in touch with her midwives yourself and update them on your friend’s health. That might seem like “meddling” to some, but this isn’t just about the friend—she’s pregnant with a baby that Hey Bonita, she intends to keep, and she’s not thinking Longtime listener, first-time caller. A very about the effect her behavior could potendear friend of mine has been battling serious tially have on childbirth or the kid’s posthealth issues. Like so many women, she puts everyone and everything before herself. There’s natal health.

Tell the midwives what’s up, then a lot going on, so here’s a list: instruct them to get in touch with the husband and tell him the hell off. Seriously, • She has a 3-year-old and is six months his ass deserves to be roasted for not paypregnant. ing more attention to his wife’s health and • She had major hip surgery less than a year not being more active in her pregnancy. ago, when she was diagnosed as an adult Hopefully, from there, the professionals and with hip dysplasia. her family will convince her to take it easy. f • She’s in an accelerated nursing program until the end of May and on her feet 14 hours some days.

Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, use the • She has full-on alopecia that began after her anonymous form at flagpole.com/getadvice, or find first daughter was born.

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