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business owners in the industrial Newton Bridge Road area because semi trucks and workers’ cars are being held up trying to get onto the Loop.

“It was a disaster from the beginning,” Bob Shields, who owns a truck wash on Oneta Street, told commissioners at the July 18 agenda-setting meeting.

Not even Complete Streets Athens’ Tony Eubanks disagreed, acknowledging that restriping Chase north of the Loop was a bad idea. “From the very beginning, the process was a disaster,” he said.

And it was, because of ACC’s incomplete Complete Streets policy. Chase only came up for review because the four-lane portion was due to be resurfaced. Commissioner Melissa Link used that opportunity to push through bike lanes and new crosswalks on Chase south of the Loop, near Boulevard and Chase Street Elementary. That led to legislating on the floor with little opportunity for public input, because the plans kept changing on the fly. If all streets were eligible to become Complete Streets, it would never have been an issue. As Girtz noted, the policy requires county officials to think about small segments of streets in isolation, instead of as part of a network. Hopefully, the upcoming bike and pedestrian master plan update will fix that.

In the meantime, a public forum on Chase is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 26 at the Dougherty Street Governmental Building. But it looks like the fix is in. “We can’t change it back to the way it was fast enough,” NeSmith said.

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Projects benefiting cars would be left untouched under “I’ve gotten old” since Firefly Trail was conceived 17 years the project list proposed by Commissioner Mike Hamby ago, Dorothy O’Niell told the Athens-Clarke County Mayor at a work session earlier this month—including $25 miland Commission last week, and she’s not the only one. The rails-to-trails project along the abandoned Georgia Railroad lion for road repaving, which many have argued should be included in the general fund. There’s nothing “special”—as parallel to Oconee/Oak Street has been through three mayin “Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax”—about routine ors—soon to be a fourth—and 28 commissioners, O’Niell road maintenance. noted. Harry Sims is the only current commissioner who Nonetheless, roads have a few fans on the commission. was around in 2000.

“This will benefit more people than any other project on the It looks like Athenians might have to wait a little longer. list,” by funding 260 repaving projects, Commissioner Jerry As a vote on a final project list for a November transportaNeSmith said. tion sales tax referendum looms Aug. 1, commissioners are But if they cut walking and biking projects while leavconsidering cutting Firefly Trail—again. The group promoting roads untouched, commissioners risk losing crucial ing it applied for $24 million, which a citizens advisory votes—as well as a rebellion from the citizens who drew up committee cut down to $17 million. Now, the commission the list and will be responsible for selling it to the commumay cut even further, to a little under $12 million. nity. “This list is not as balanced as when we presented it to The first mile of the trail—between Dudley Park and the Loop—is under construction now. But whether it can be completed all the way out to Winterville, say, within Sims’ lifetime is an open question.

“There is a great need for the trail right now,” said Mark Ralston, chairman of Firefly Trail, Inc., a nonprofit that’s working to extend the trail Commissioners also discussed through Oglethorpe and Greene couna potential historic district in the ties, noting that two cyclists have been Milledge Circle/Castalia Avenue area, killed and another seriously injured and some nearby homeowners are while riding near the future trail’s miffed because county planners have route. It can be finished to the Clarke recommended a study area that’s larger County line for $11.6 million, Ralston than what was originally proposed and said, but only using a “least cost” surincludes them. face like crushed stone.

Commissioners tried to reassure Vice Chairwoman Mary Hunnicutt them at the agenda-setting meeting.

Cook told commissioners she’s afraid Hamby said he is open to removing $11.6 million would only be enough the newer homes on the west end of to complete the trail to Hancock Milledge Circle, toward West Lake Industrial Road—a manufacturing area Drive, whose owners were mostly in the middle of nowhere—which won’t opposed to the idea of a historic disdraw tourists or be a true transportatrict, which has been pushed mainly by tion alternative, she said. owners of older homes on the Milledge O’Niell’s concern, meanwhile, was Avenue side of the street.

Construction on the first mile of Firefly Trail is underway, but how many miles are commissioners willing to fund? that a pedestrian bridge over Trail As for homeowners on Cherokee you,” said Lauren Blais, a member of the CAC. “It’s up to the Avenue, Catawba Avenue and Highland Terrace, whom Creek (to replace the half-demolished Murmur trestle) citizens advisory committee to promote this list, and we would be cut from the project to make ends meet, forcing planners have proposed including, Girtz told them it’s really need to feel excited about it.” users to bike down into Dudley Park and back up again. only a study. They won’t be included in the historic district The Hamby Plan is not set in (crushed) stone yet. It got a against their will, but officials want to gather data in case “This bridge will be… the nexus of our own Spaghetti little pushback at the July 18 meeting. “We need to hold to Junction of greenways,” she said. someday they do, he said. what our citizens advisory committee brought before us,” It’s true: Dudley Park is where it all comes together.

Commissioner Jared Bailey said.

That’s where Firefly Trail will intersect with the North Commissioner Kelly Girtz held out hope that, if Oconee River Greenway. Plans call for an underpass at T-SPLOST pays for right-of-way acquisition and the atOconee Street connecting Firefly Trail and the existing Commissioner Girtz has been telling people for months grade crossing, there will be enough money left over from portion of the Greenway with the next phase, which broke that he’s planning to run for mayor, but he hasn’t done ground in May and will run south through the University of SPLOST 2011 to pave the trail, because the new jail came in much, you know, actual campaigning. He is finally officially Georgia campus to College Station Road. Spurs will connect under budget. running for mayor—almost.

What would the money cut from Firefly Trail and the the park-and-ride lot at Oconee Street and the Loop to both Last week, Girtz announced a campaign kickoff event, Greenway fund? Much-needed pedestrian safety improveFirefly Trail and the Greenway, another connection point. scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 9 from 10 a.m.–noon at the ments along West Broad Street—which really ought to be But the Greenway, too, is facing a potential T-SPLOST Lyndon House Arts Center.

GDOT’s job, but whatever—as well as a new Tallassee Road cut. The Oconee Rivers Greenway Commission initially “We can build a strong foundation that will support bridge and a roundabout at the Milledge Avenue-Whitehall asked for $12 million. The citizens advisory committee Athenians of every walk of life, one that will set the stage Road intersection. Worthy projects, sure, but then again, no for great lives for generations ahead,” he said in a news recommended $12 million, which commissioners are conone has shown up at a meeting to ask for them. Why fund sidering dropping to $10 million. Greenway Commission release. “A safer, healthier, more prosperous Athens is them at the expense of two popular and potentially transChairman Nat Kuykendall told commissioners he’s “disapawaiting, and I can’t wait to work with you to build it.” formative projects? pointed,” but “we can do a lot with $10 million.”

If the idea of hearing Girtz “outline his vision for Athens Here comes the big twist, though: This could all be obsoWith all the talk lately about how those living outand the issues he will prioritize as a candidate and mayor” lete by the time you read it. The commission is holding (or side the Loop don’t get their fair share, these are two isn’t enough to entice you to get out of bed, there will be held—weekly newspaper deadlines are a bitch) one last projects that will benefit primarily people living in “the biscuits and coffee. work session to discuss the project list Tuesday, July 25. county” (pre-unification). They will enable Eastsiders and Other announced candidates include Commissioner Winterville residents to commute by bike to jobs downtown The final vote is a week later.

Harry Sims, marketing firm owner Richie Knight, lawyer and on campus, and the Lexington Road corridor will reap Samuel Thomas and 21-year-old “progressive conservative” most of the economic development benefits of Firefly Trail.

Antwon Stephens. PhD student/activist/ex-rapper Tommy “It’s always felt isolated from Athens,” Winterville resiValentine and Clarke County school board member Ovita dent Timothy Pierce-Tomlin said of his hometown. “If you Thornton are in the running for Girtz’s District 9 commisAlso Aug. 1, the commission will vote on whether to didn’t have a car, you felt stuck.” sion seat. f undo the recent Chase Street road diet, which has upset

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AthFest Profits In spite of the rain and the heat, the AthFest Music and Arts Festival “exceeded our financial goal,” i.e. made a profit last month and thus has some more money

Chuck’s home at 190 Milledge Circle, has been throwing this Project Renew yard party and fundraiser for the last five years, and has outdone himself this time. He has assured that Kate Morrissey is a regular performer at these bashes, and this year he

The triumphant Classic City Knights pose with their newfound Ethiopian friends.

to contribute through AthFest Educates to area educators this school year. While we’re all out there in the streets and the clubs enjoying the music and the other arts, we sometimes forget that AthFest raises money for music education in our schools, but the organizers never forget that.

They work yearround, trying to make the festival a success both artistically and financially. This year they did both.

Searcy Visits Attention friends and fans of Chuck Searcy: He is back in Athens for his annual visit, which really amounts to only a few days. If you want to be sure to visit with Chuck, the Project Renew fundraising yard party at 190 Milledge Circle this Saturday, July 29 from 5–10 p.m. is probably the best bet.

After military intelligence service in Saigon during the war, Chuck went back to Vietnam in 1995 and has been there ever since. He now heads Project Renew, which cleans up unexploded military ordnance in Quang Tri Province (the old “Demilitarized Zone,” where America did saturation bombing) and provides medical assistance, rehabilitation and income to victims. Project Renew also supports Agent Orange victim families.

Chuck’s old friend and compatriot from McDuffie County, Dennis Waters, who styles himself “property manager” of

has also secured Five Eight, just when they are riding high on the crest of their longawaited new album release.

It will be hot as hell, as usual, so bring something cool to drink and a lot of cool cash to buy Vietnamese children’s art and otherwise contribute to the work of Project Renew. Neighbor Will Wilson is graciously providing a lowcountry boil for the occasion.

In this year’s session of the General Assembly, lawmakers passed 10 bills granting various forms of tax breaks and exemptions that totaled nearly half a billion dollars: $483 million by one estimate. Gov. Nathan Deal promptly signed them all into law.

The people receiving the tax breaks are primarily Georgia’s wealthiest citizens. One of the bills passed this year, for example, grants a sales tax exemption for repairs or renovations of luxury yachts that cost at least $500,000. There’s also a tax break for the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, tax credits for financiers who invest in rural businesses and a reduction in the corporate net worth tax.

Who’s not getting any tax breaks? People like you and me. We’re the ones who will be expected to make up the $483 million in lost revenues that will result from all the tax breaks the legislature handed out.

In the same session where they okayed a tax exemption for luxury yachts, legislators passed another bill that increased the fees you pay for boat registrations. In other words, a tax break for yacht owners, but a higher registration fee for people who take their outboards to Lake Lanier.

Legislators also declined to renew another tax break that for years provided benefits to millions of middle-income Georgians: the sales tax holiday during the summer for buying personal computers and back-to-school supplies. That’s typically the philosophy of the General Assembly: tax breaks for the favored few, but not for the many.

There are some legislators from both sides of the partisan aisle who criticize these tax giveaways, but most are only too happy to keep granting them. “My experience has been that most folks are opposed

to all of them, except for the one they’re for,” observed Sen. Jack Hill (R-Reidsville).

But finally, there is at least one study committee taking a look at the matter.

The Special Tax Exemption Senate Study Committee held the first of several hearings last week, and some of the committee members actually suggested that it may be time to start reining in these tax breaks.

Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell), who chairs the committee, said the panel might very well look at “those [tax breaks] that are actually not providing the value they were originally intended to. We want to look at those and see if it makes sense in the future to sunset those to make sure we’re spending each and every tax dollar as wisely as we can.”

“I am more interested in lowering everyone’s income taxes and not having credits be so prevalent in Georgia,” said Sen. Hunter Hill (R-Atlanta), who’s running for governor next year.

Chaaron Pearson of Pew Charitable Trusts, which studies the impact of tax breaks nationwide, said tax incentives for economic development purposes cost state and local governments $40 billion a year in foregone revenues.

Georgia is one of 23 states “that lacks a well-designed evaluation plan” for these tax breaks, Pearson said. In other words, legislators pass tax breaks but the revenue department doesn’t try to determine whether these exemptions are really creating jobs or generating economic development. Lawmakers are just flying blind.

I wish the study committee all the luck in the world as it undertakes this Herculean task. It would be great to see legislators demonstrate some common sense on the issue of tax breaks—but I’m advising you not to hold your breath. f

Knights Triumph Lemuel “Life” LaRoche hit upon the idea several years ago to use chess as a way to teach young people how to think before they act, and since then his Chess and Community program has involved a lot of kids in the game. They won a big chess tournament in Washington DC, and now they have scored an international triumph.

The Classic City Knights chess team recently traveled to Ethiopia, where, in the midst of much sightseeing, food enjoyment and getting to know the people, vanquished a team representing the town of Kutaber, Ethiopia.

Chess and Community is a local program sponsored by local people, and it deserves our support. Life has developed an effective and innovative approach, and he says the Ethiopian trip is just the beginning of more international travel to supplement all the hard work his teams put in here at home. f

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By Baynard Woods democracyincrisiscolumn@gmail.com Medea Benjamin, the firebrand activist and author of a dozen or so books, looks surprisingly small in the midst of the lunchtime crowd jostling one another in the basement cafeteria of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

I’ve seen her twice at recent protests, and on both occasions she seemed to rise up and loom over the people around her, as if a projection of sheer will made her appear positively gargantuan. But hunkered down at the long table, where she often sets up a makeshift office with other members of Code Pink, the radical, feminist-oriented activist group, she seems almost invisible. That’s probably a good thing for someone who has made a career out of making trouble.

Across from her are an assistant and an intern working on laptops. A Code Pink sticker glowing on the back of one of their gleaming Macs reads “Make Out Not War.” It’s hard to keep track of what they are talking about, there are so many projects and issues to deal with: a trip to Cuba, a book on Iran, mobilizing against the Senate healthcare bill, fighting the proposed increase in the Pentagon’s budget and advocating for a bill that would halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

“We were here running up and down in the halls all day yesterday and all night until the police kicked us out,” Benjamin says with a sly grin.

Benjamin, who is also the president of the Benjamin Fund, which reported a value of more than $12 million in 2013, started her career as an activist nearly 50 years ago, when she was in high school.

“My sister had a boyfriend who was sent off to Vietnam, and about six months later sent her home the ear of a Viet Cong as a necklace to wear,” she says.

“I was so disgusted by that, I remember throwing up and saying ‘I’m going to become an anti-war activist.’”

That was when Medea Benjamin was born. Before Medea Benjamin that, she was Susan. “I was studying Greek mythology right after I finished high school. I thought as soon as I was 18, I wanted to change my name,” she says.

At first, she just liked the way the name sounded. Over the years, people who didn’t know she chose the name have always asked why someone would name their child after the queen who, in Euripides’ play, kills her children when her husband leaves her. But Benjamin read about a different version of the myth where Medea didn’t actually kill her children, but was blamed for it because she was a powerful woman in a patriarchal society. She liked it.

She did not legally change her name, which gives an activist of her notoriety another kind of invisibility. That could come in handy for someone who estimates she’s been locked up somewhere around 80 times.

“When I was doing work more on the economic issues, getting arrested outside a store or embarrassing a company would have almost immediate results. It was quite remarkable,” she says. “I would do a lot of work around the sweatshop issues, and we would do demonstrations and get arrested outside the stores of the Gap or Nike.”

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during the mass demonstrations in Seattle in 1999. “We slowed down that entire global governance infrastructure,” she says.

The government, she says, has been harder to sway.

“They don’t have a brand they want to protect, because there are so many interests at play.” She ran for the U.S. Senate herself in 2000, on the Green Party ticket, but says she isn’t interested in trying that again.

In an effort to stop the Iraq War, Benjamin and other activists founded Code Pink, a women-led radical group that uses costumes, satire and direct action to fight against militarism and defend human rights. When the group protested the confirmation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions earlier this year, two members dressed as Klan members and greeted Sessions like an old friend. They were arrested, and maybe expected to be. Desiree Fairooz, a librarian who was sitting beside Benjamin in the gallery, was also arrested during the hearing—for inadvertently laughing.

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Code Pink is more radical than many of the groups, such as Indivisible, that have arisen in the wake of Trump’s election. Benjamin finds hope in the new wave of activists, but she has been around long enough to be a little skeptical.

“You scratch beneath the surface of some of these organizations, you’ll find the Democratic Party,” she says. She doesn’t mind working with Democratic activists, but fears they will fall away when the Democrats regain control in Washington.

Benjamin does light up a little bit when Sen. Bernie Sanders walks into the cafeteria to buy lunch, but it’s more like she’s recognized a friend than spotted a star.

Wondering how she maintained such passion for so long, I asked Benjamin about self care, a common topic among a younger generation of activists. Did she have any advice?

Her privilege, she says, requires her to keep working.

“Don’t stop long enough to get depressed. Don’t stop long enough to think you need self care,” she says. “I just keep going, because I learned really early on that it’s a luxury to feel like you’re so burned out you might have to stop.” f Send tips to baynard@democracyincrisis.com. On Twitter @baynard woods.

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Abrams made an agreement with Gov. Nathan Deal that, if he removed a provision tying HOPE to test scores and included low-interest loans for students who would no longer have their full tuition covered by HOPE, she’d back the bill. The move split her caucus, and could come back to bite her as she runs for governor. One of those who criticized her actions was state Rep. Stacey Evans (D-Smyrna), who’s now her opponent in the May 2018 primary.

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“The argument that we should let the HOPE Scholarship die so we could use it as a political tool four years later is absurd, because students don’t have the luxury of a doover, especially 4-year-olds who’d lose access to pre-K,” said Abrams (D-Atlanta).

She has no regrets about the deal.

“I am proud of the work we did to preserve the HOPE Scholarship when it was on the verge of bankruptcy,” the House minority leader told reporters during a campaign rally July 15 at Pulaski Heights BBQ that drew several hundred onlookers (with, perhaps, an assist from the oldschool Georgia tradition of free pulled pork at political rallies).

“That’s not enough,” she added. “Georgia needs to create need-based aid.”

This is a common theme among Democrats. For example, the party’s 2014 nominee, Jason Carter, introduced a bill as a state senator setting an income cap of $140,000 to receive HOPE, although he backed away from that approach late in the campaign. Abrams’ approach is slightly different: HOPE as it exists now would remain in place, but students who qualify for federal Pell grants would be eligible regardless of grades.

“I think it’s dangerous to set a specific income cap, because you don’t know a family’s circumstances,” she said.

“The father may have access to money but isn’t willing to invest in the child’s education.”

Meanwhile, Evans has proposed allowing students who didn’t earn HOPE during high school to get it if they meet the grade-point criteria in college.

Evans’ name was never mentioned, but the two share something in common: a hardscrabble upbringing that’s at the center of their campaigns. Evans was raised by a single mother in Ringgold but went on to earn undergraduate and law degrees at UGA. Abrams’ father overcame dyslexia to become first in his family to go to college, and her mother was valedictorian despite being the first person in her

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They raised their family in Gulfport, MS. In spite of their education, her mother worked at a library and her father on the docks. They “teetered between working class and working poor,” Abrams said.

Abrams grew up to become a lawyer who’s also an accomplished romance novelist, and has a master’s degree in public administration. Her siblings include an anthropology professor, a federal judge, a social worker and an evolutionary biologist—and a drug-addicted brother who’s serving time in a Mississippi prison. Abrams finds room in her stump speech for him, too, as an example of those who’ve been left behind.

Once, she said, the family went out looking for their father, who was hitchhiking home from his second job at a grocery store in the rain, without his coat, which he’d given to a homeless man. When they asked him why he’d do such a thing, he said, “I knew that man would be alone, but you’d be coming for me.”

Which brought us to the speech’s kicker: “I’m coming for Georgia.”

While her biography takes up the bulk of her speech and, this being a college town, most of reporters’ questions focused on HOPE during a brief press gaggle, Abrams also touched on health care, economic development and other issues.

She called Republicans’ decision not to accept funding to expand Medicaid “an abomination” that has cost 500,000 Georgians insurance and cost the state 56,000 jobs in the health-care industry.

That has “crippled our economy,” Abrams said, as has the GOP’s economic development policy of using incentives and the lure of a low-wage workforce to bring in out-of-state factories and warehouses.

“Right now Georgia spends hundreds of millions of dollars on economic development, but they do that to steal companies to provide low-wage jobs to our families,” she said. “I believe if we re-invest those [funds] in entrepreneurs and small businesses and access to capital, we could create as many jobs as if we steal a company from Indiana.”

Probably the biggest applause, though, came when Abrams addressed electronic voting machines and state policies that discourage voting. For Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a Republican candidate for governor who’s gone after Abrams’ voter-registration organization, “voter suppression is a way of life,” she said.

She called for a paper trail, making photo IDs easier to get and replacing Georgia’s outdated voting machines, which she said could be vulnerable to hacking.

“No one uses a phone from 2002,” she said. “Why are we voting on machines that were built then?”

Kemp, who’s clashed with Abrams and her New Georgia Project since 2014, fired back with a statement two days later: “Even with record turnout election after election, liberals like Stacey Abrams continue to attack me and the common sense policies that hardworking Georgians throughout our state overwhelmingly support. Despite their brazen bullying, baseless accusations and ridiculous lawsuits, I will continue to fight—and win—for Georgia voters. I won’t be deterred, and I won’t back down.”

In the debate over Democrats’ electoral strategy, Evans is widely viewed as the candidate who has the better chance of luring white working-class voters back into the fold.

Abrams is counting on turning out people—including minorities—who skew Democratic but rarely vote.

“We need 200,000 new Democrats to turn out in November [2018] to win,” she said. “I know we exist, but we have to find each other.” f

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Confederates in Concrete on the Move How to Contextualize the South’s Civil War Heritage Brent Moore / Flickr

By James C. Cobb news@flagpole.com The Ol’ Bloviator has delivered so many truly mind-numbing disquisitions on controversies over Confederate iconography that something akin to this downright demonic representation of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest has begun to haunt his dreams. (Not for nothing was this uglyassed sucker selected as one of the world’s 10 most terrifying statues. True to his nature and calling, however, the O.B. refuses to let the fact that he doesn’t have much to add on a particular topic prevent him from cutting loose on it yet again, particularly when he is asked to do so, as he was a few weeks ago by the folks at Zocalo Public Square.

What follows is a dramatically revised and expanded version of that piece.

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he recent uproar in New Orleans over de-Confederatizing Southern public spaces succeeded once again in bringing out the worst in those who are emotionally over-invested in concrete representations of the leaders and key figures who stood on the wrong side of history more than 150 years ago.

Unlikely as it seems, the search for a useful parallel for understanding the historical and contemporary context of events in New Orleans may take us from the banks of the Mississippi to the banks of the Tigris. When Saddam Hussein’s Baathist Party came to power in Iraq in 1968, he undertook straight away to instill a sense of national pride and identity in his subjects by deliberately glorifying (and grossly embellishing) his own regime’s accomplishments while linking them to the supposed glories of ancestral antiquity.

Pursuant to this end, he demanded that writers and visual artists present positive and compelling representations of Iraq’s past and present, stretching back all the way to ancient Mesopotamia and classical Islam, to be supplemented later by a variety of overpowering monuments such as the Arc of Triumph, formed by gigantic hands holding swords, and designed to pay tribute to a claimed victory in the Iran-Iraq War. All of this was meant to instill nationalistic fervor as a means of securing support or at least tolerance of Saddam’s tyrannical and reckless leadership.

Despite the differences in time and distance, there is a certain similarity between Saddam’s tactics and those of postbellum Southern leaders, who sought to instill a sense of quasi-nationalistic pride and purpose among white Southerners by rallying them around a glorious if illusory past, embodied in the Lost Cause and its valorous defense of the genteel and aristocratic Old South. Tirelessly invoking this seductive imagery, politicians drew on it to rally whites behind their efforts to strip blacks of their political, legal and civil rights. The move to monumentalize the Lost Cause

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often went hand-in-hand with campaigns for segregation and disfranchisement that, replete with incendiary rhetoric, more than once fueled outbreaks of mass violence against blacks.

An ex-Confederate and former North Carolina congressman, Alfred Moore Waddell worked tirelessly to secure monuments to the state’s “fallen sons,” while warning that the only real means of preserving their heroic legacy was denying black men the vote by any means necessary, even if “we have to choke the Cape Fear [River] with carcasses.” These chilling words foretold Waddell’s role as the principal instigator of the infamous Wilmington, NC riot of 1898, which left at least two dozen blacks dead.

Likewise, guardians of a Jim Crow system that prevailed well past the middle of the 20th Century played on Lost Cause loyalties in making the defense of this sinister arrangement the litmus test of loyalty to “our forefathers” and to “the Southern way of life,” suggesting just how deeply the institutions of white supremacy had been embedded in the notion of a distinct Southern white identity over the stretch of several generations. When the Civil Rights era finally toppled the formal barriers to racial equality, it was not surprising that white Southerners who could not accept the finality of this result and fought to

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reverse the irreversible continued to cloak themselves in the Confederate flag and other trappings of the Lost Cause. Yet even among the majority of white Southerners who made their peace with Jim Crow’s demise, there was a reluctance to go full cold turkey on their allegiances to the Lost Cause ethos, lest they surrender all that remained of what defined their cultural identity.

It took way too long, of course, but their insistence that continued affinity for Confederate symbols could be grounded in “heritage” rather than “hate” finally became blatantly untenable. Rebel flags and Confederate monuments had dominated the grounds of courthouses where such mockeries of justice such as the 1955 trial of the murderers of Emmett Till and the 1964 trial of the slayers of four civil rights workers in Philadelphia, MS played out.

In the aftermath of the grisly slaughter of nine black parishioners in Charleston, SC, it became inescapably clear that Lost Cause iconography and paraphernalia had been a central thread in a lengthy but tightly interwoven tapestry of racial oppression and injustice. The Charleston massacre forced many white Southerners at long last to weigh the abstractness of heritage against the concreteness of hate, leaving them little choice but to withdraw, however grudgingly at first, from the active defense

of Confederate symbols, largely leaving the field to an outnumbered, under-resourced minority for whom white supremacy was all that was left of their identity to defend.

Perhaps that is why, for all the death threats and precautionary measures that marked recent events in New Orleans, the proceedings gave off more than a whiff of fait accompli. It was particularly noteworthy that, while the removal of the first three monuments was accomplished in the dead of night, the fourth and most significant extraction, that of none other than the iconic Robert Edward Lee, came in broad daylight and on a pre-announced schedule. Make no mistake about it—this was no mere takedown of a another memorial to a Confederate general, but rather a benchmark event, in that it was a highprofile removal from a high-profile location of a monument to the highest-profile Confederate of them all.

Lee’s posthumous anointment as the symbolic embodiment of the Lost Cause was but a prelude to his acceptance into the national pantheon, as well. As white America in general rushed to embrace the romantic vision of Southern gallantry and devotion, Lee’s star shone ever brighter in the national firmament, commanding the admiration of several U.S. presidents, including both Roosevelts and Dwight D. Eisenhower, who hung Lee’s portrait in

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The situation only grew worse when deEven as Eisenhower rendered this high Baathification seemed to set the stage for compliment, however, “the pages of our wanton looting and depredation of some history” were being re-written. Lee’s aura of Iraq’s most precious antiquities, some of of nobility and strength had insulated him it driven by a variety of lingering sectarian from his undeniable role as leader of the animosities. Iraqi art expert Nada Shabout fighting forces of a nation whose self-deconceded that “Some of the [Baathist] scribed “cornerstone” was slavery, but with monuments were in bad taste and were historians and those who took them seriugly, and I would not be heartbroken if they ously finally ready to confront the reality that the Civil War was fought over the insti- were brought down. But… they were nevertheless part of the history of the country… tution of human bondage, his pristine perSo do we throw away the baby with the bath sonal aura no longer loomed large enough water?” to obscure his connections to a monstrous While the immediate consequences of human evil. His name began to disappear de-Confederatizing Southern public spaces from public schools, parks and thoroughare unlikely to prove even remotely as fares some 20 years ago, but monuments severe in this country, events in Iraq repbearing his likeness have been slower to resent yet another addition to a list of pargive way, as if he represented the final sacticulars stretching back many centuries of rosanct pillar supporting the crumbling the complexities and frequently unintended infrastructure of Lost Cause mythology. consequences of attempting to erase disThough it drew more attention, the turbing reminders of an imperfect past. removal of Lee’s statue in New Orleans Monuments to the defenders of slavery actually conveyed less of a sense of finalare nothing if not disturbing, all the more ity than the decision to do the same in so because they were also the instruments Charlottesville, VA, scarcely 100 miles south of his birthplace, where torch-bearing of the people who brought us the watereddown version of slavery that was Jim Crow. opponents of the move gathered recently Yet in this respect, while, like Saddam’s to hear white nationalist Richard Spencer, memorials, they may no longer be acceptsparking a candlelight counter-protest in able as public historical symbols, they which a Black Lives Matter banner was laid nonetheless retain a distinct and indelible at the statue’s base. Legal action has guarvalue as historical artifacts. Placed in museanteed that the statue will stay put for six ums or other suitable venues where they months, but if the ultimate failure of such can be appropriately contextualized, they efforts in New Orleans is any guide, Gen. might succeed in persuading whites that Lee and his storied mount, Traveler, will they don’t belong on public property, while soon be on the move in Charlottesville as persuading blacks that they should not be well. destroyed.

Beyond these moves to evict Lee’s likeThe spirit of an ambitious campaign nesses, there are other reasons to suspect by historic preservationists at the Atlanta that, at long last, the days of Confederate History Center and elsewhere to properly monuments occupying well-known pubcontextualize Confederate monuments is lic spaces might be numbered. Since embodied in a tablet affixed last October the Charleston massacre two years ago, to the base of a Confederate monument on at least 60 other Confederate symbols the campus at Ole Miss. While respectful of have reportedly been removed from such the idea of honorspaces. Confederate ing “the sacrifice of Memorial Day is no The move to monumentalize local Confederate longer observed as soldiers,” the tablet such in Georgia, and the Lost Cause often also cautions that the holiday is under went hand-in-hand with such monuments fire in Arkansas and “were often used to other states as well. campaigns for segregation and promote an ideology There will be reardisfranchisement. known as the ‘the guard counteroffenLost Cause,’ which sives, to be sure, as claimed that the Confederacy had been attention-seeking legislators seek to reinstitute Confederate holidays or impose legal established to defend states’ rights and that slavery was not the principal cause of the restrictions on the removal of Confederate Civil War.” In addition to a reminder that monuments, but the broad sense that symthe Confederacy’s defeat “meant freedom bolic tributes to the Confederacy will soon for millions of people,” the plaque also be much less central to Southern represennotes this particular monument’s divisive tative culture is hard to shake. legacy as “a rallying point for opponents of If reaching this point in what has been a integration” on the evening of the deadly protracted and often agonizing process has riot that marked James Meredith’s arrival triggered a certain splintering of Southern on campus in September 1962. white identity, then it is a small price to Here, in and between the lines on this pay, compared to the benefits of forging a tablet, lies a truly compelling argument for more just and inclusive society. Such a society had of course been the aim of those who preserving and fully articulating the origins and implications of these notorious pieces succeeded in overthrowing Saddam in Iraq, of concrete. Modest as it might seem, this and they quickly launched a radical and effort might be a step toward the day when sweeping effort to de-Baathify the country white and black Southerners not only find by purging the government and its bureaua way to share their common but traditioncracy of former party members and erasing ally conflict-ridden past, but to make it the the cultural and architectural remnants of foundation of a new and profoundly more the historical memory that Saddam had representative regional identity. If this constructed in the interest of fostering should indeed come to pass, the Lost Cause national unity and pride. will have given way to one infinitely more This zealous campaign soon raised coninclusive and inspiring. f cerns, however, including the specter of

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The Alarm’s Mike Peters Is on a Mission to Beat Cancer

Plus, More Music News and Gossip

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trength,” the title track from Welsh new-wave band The Alarm’s 1985 sophomore album, provided a triumphant battle cry for lead singer Mike Peters’ future bouts with cancer. The song begins with the now-chilling demand, “Give me love, give me hope, give me strength.” Twentytwo years later, Peters co-founded the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHSF) with American businessman and cancer survivor James Chippendale to search for a cure.

Peters’ strength in the face of adversity takes the spotlight this summer via the documentary film Man in the Camo Jacket and The Alarm’s ongoing U.S. tour.

The film, out July 4 on iTunes and VOD, is named after Peters’ decision to always wear a military jacket in public until conquering his 1995 diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Peters won that war, but he had to don camo again in 2005 to battle chronic lymphocyte leukemia (CLL). The disease returned yet again in 2015.

Now, Peters is in remission.

Peters toured and recorded throughout all three cancer battles, using his platform to champion further research with songs that already relayed positive messages.

“When I started out singing, I knew I had a voice, and I had to use that voice with responsibility to the people I’m singing to,” Peters says. “I’ve always wanted people to feel a little bit better about themselves after they come in contact with my music, be it at a concert or on a record.”

Director and producer Russ Kendall and his crew do a masterful job capturing Peters’ loving connection with his family. Late last year, Peters’ wife Jules was diagnosed with breast cancer, adding more urgency to the LHSF cause.

“We can see that there’s light at the end of the tunnel, and cancer is on the run from humanity,” Peters says. “It’s in its death throes, so it fights harder than ever before.

As an activist on the front line, sometimes I feel like it fights back harder against me.”

The film begins by chronicling The Alarm’s meteoric rise to fame, culminating with the Spirit of ’86 concert at UCLA that drew an estimated 25,000 fans and was broadcast by MTV. This summer, a different Alarm lineup is playing the states, including numerous dates on the Vans Warped Tour.

LHSF has a table at Warped Tour stops even when The Alarm isn’t slated to perform, educating a young audience and adding to a bone-marrow donor registry.

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The Warped Tour doesn’t exactly remind Peters of his new-wave heyday, but it’s not for reasons old punks might giddily expect.

“They’re a great organization,” he says.

“It’s not like rock ’n’ roll, because people actually are nice and courteous on the tour, from the top down. They answer emails.

When they say they’re going to do something, they do it. Certain rock ’n’ roll is tiresome. Ego gets in the way, and people don’t run it like a proper business.”

Stops at venues that draw older crowds, such as Atlanta’s City Winery and The Foundry in Athens, seem more like places that would attract Alarm fans than a corporatesponsored touring festival. Still, Peters relishes the opportunity to connect with a new generation of bands and fans.

“A lot of the younger bands grew up as fans, and they’re telling their audience to come see The Alarm,” he says. “A lot of our music has been handed down from father to son and from mother to daughter, and now those younger people are sharing our music with our contemporaries. It’s certainly helped grow our audience.”

Whether he’s climbing Mount Everest with fellow new wavers, like he did for charity in 2007, or sharing The Alarm’s music with fans of all ages, Peters is fueled by hope—just like the narrator in his song “Strength.”

“The drugs and treatment get better every single day,” he says. “Maybe we can eradicate cancer in time. It may very well be right around the corner. It might happen in our lifetimes. It’ll certainly happen in our children’s lifetimes, I feel.”

Peters’ story is equal parts heartbreaking and encouraging. Man in the Camo Jacket captures how the physical pain in his body causes emotional pain in his wife and sons’ hearts—an all-too-relatable truth for relatives of cancer’s survivors and victims. Yet the film and current Alarm tour also tell a much happier story of a rock star who conquers what others might view as a death sentence with ample doses of love, hope and strength. f

WHO: The Alarm, Dodd Ferrelle WHERE: The Foundry WHEN: Wednesday, July 26, 8 p.m.

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BRING YR OWN MASON JAR: The fourth annual Wildwood Revival is slated to happen Aug. 18–20 at hosting ground Cloverleaf Farm.

As this event has grown, more activities and features have been added (Yoga! Karaoke!), but its core attraction and raison d’être remains its live-music lineup. Building on a solid past, this year’s Revival will feature Shakey Graves, The Darnell Boys, JD McPherson, The Cactus Blossoms, Nicole Atkins, The Bones of J.R. Jones, Durand Jones & The Indications and many more.

VIP passes—some of the only ones I’ve ever seen that are a good deal and actually grant substantial access to limited amenities—are already sold out. Certain camping availability is gone, too, but some is still available. If you want to attend, there are still $80 weekend passes available, but I guarantee these will sell out, too, so hop on it. For all information, see wildwoodrevival.com.

FOUNDER’S DAY: Randall Bramblett will return to Athens to play a solo acoustic show at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia Tuesday, Aug. 15. Tickets are $10 for garden members, $15 for non-members and $5 for kids. The show runs 7–9 p.m.

Shakey Graves and is part of the garden’s Sunflower Concert Series. In other news, Bramblett—whose place in Athens music history is solidly assured—has a new album out titled Juke Joint at the End of the World courtesy of New West Records. This record is another taste of Bramblett’s signature jazz/soul/blues/rock sound, which he’s perfected since the 1970s. His discography is much too large to mention here, but if there are any among you who have a desire to learn more about Athens’ music history, you’ll go look it up. For more information and tickets to the show, see randallbramblett.com.

SPEND MONEY HERE: Tickets and passes are still on sale for the upcoming Athens Popfest, which runs Wednesday, Aug. 9–Saturday, Aug. 12. I’ve seen these shows sell out before, and trust me when I say literally no one will care about your indie-rock tears if you miss out because you just happened to blank out for five months while tickets were on sale. Things are slightly different this year, so heads up. The shows are spread across Little Kings Shuffle Club, The World Famous, the Georgia Theatre and the 40 Watt Club. Only those holding full festival passes are guaranteed entry to day shows at Little Kings and Wednesday night’s show at the 40 Watt. Those wishing to attend these on an individual basis will pay at the door. No individual pre-sale tickets are available for these events. Tickets

are on sale, however, for night shows at the Georgia Theatre. Wanna know a good strategy? Spring for the full pass. Even if you miss a show or two, it’s still by far the best deal in terms of convenience and access. In the spirit of full disclosure, I should say that I am again acting as stage manager for several Popfest shows. And, before you ask, no, I cannot get you on the list. For more information and to lay your money down, see athenspopfest.com. Keep up with all current news via facebook.com/athenspopfest.

PRESS ON: Hey, gang, the wait seems to be over at Kindercore Vinyl headquarters.

Last week, the vinyl pressing plant—the latest and most wildly ambitious project

from the company in the 21 years since Ryan Lewis and Dan Geller came up with that name—announced it would begin taking orders Aug. 15. Currently, there’s no price list or product categories on the company’s website, but I saw the preliminary pricing structure a few months ago, and I can honestly say it’s completely in line with current industry standards and, in some cases, even better. Another obvious plus of working locally with guys you know is errors, corrections, confusion and frustration can be sorted out quickly and easily.

I mean, hell, we’re all just down the street from each other! For more information, see kindercore.com/vinyl, and be a pal at facebook.com/kindercore.

NO PARKING: Garage-ish rock dudes The Grawks will release their new album All That Lasts Aug. 12 at the 40 Watt. The bill this night includes Shehehe (also releasing a new record—look for more info next week), Palace Doctor and Jacksonville’s Twinki. As of right now, you can preview the new album via the single track “Outta My Head.” It’s a slow, grinding number similar to what you’d get if you mixed The Cramps with the guitar-solo insanity of— hell, I dunno, someone who really digs guitar solos. For the unfamiliar, check out the band’s previous album, Dynamical!, which came out last year. Stream away at thegrawks.bandcamp.com. f

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Juniper Gets Wet… and Takes Flight Canopy Transforms a Storybook Adventure into Aerial Art

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com The idea to adapt Juniper Gets Wet into an aerial performance was sparked after Wenzka brought in artwork to help decorate for last summer’s Splash, Canopy’s annual water-themed variety show. Studio coordinator and director Deb Atwood immediately took a liking to the book— especially due to her interest in scuba diving, which she intends to incorporate into her own routine. King was also thrilled to collaborate, since he, his wife and their daughter have all taken classes.

Jacob Wenzka

While a number of aerial artists will swing and soar overhead, Canopy Studio’s upcoming production, Juniper Takes Flight, takes its inspiration from under the sea. Written by Bart King and illustrated by Jacob Wenzka, the local children’s picture book Juniper Gets Wet describes the adventures of an imaginative young girl who refuses to let the rain stop her from going outside to play. Her travels take her far and wide, as the reader sees her sailing, snorkeling and steering a submarine through several fantasy realms.

Given the aquatic nature of the book, it seems fitting that the author and artist happened to meet while taking their daughters to the Forest Heights neighborhood pool.

“I was already a big fan of his painting when we met,” says King. “In our first conversation, I mentioned I had been toying with the idea of writing a children’s book, and he had just finished illustrating a project for a band and was interested to do more. What I loved about his painting was his beautiful use of color, particularly sunsets, and stark silhouettes.”

After their introduction, Wenzka sent King a collection of concept illustrations of a girl who takes a rainy-day adventure. He had previously shown the images around in hopes of finding a writer to articulate her story, with no such luck. This time, however, King responded with a complete narrative in only a few days. Sharing similar backgrounds as musicians and being familiar with the challenges of collaboration, they find that their creative energies fed off of each other.

“I do the art, and he does the words, but we both really end up doing both. I make story suggestions and editorial suggestions, which we debate back and forth,” says Wenzka.

“He kind of works as an art director, reigning in all of my crazy ideas and storyboarding them into some sort of a coherent whole. Bart is really good at conveying ideas of what he wants done visually, and he has an excellent vocabulary for talking to artists. Really, he’s every artist’s dream to work with.”

“Canopy is more than exercise,” says Atwood. “It is a beautiful place of healing and acceptance. It is a place of empowerment where people grow and learn to accept themselves, but also set goals and push past places they never dreamed they could.”

The performance is comprised of 14 unique aerial pieces inspired by scenes selected from the book, which will be narrated by King and Wenzka. Canopy’s usual apparatuses—trapeze, lyra, pole, slings, silks—will be combined with props like umbrellas and hits like “Yellow Submarine” and “Octopus’s Garden” to portray Juniper’s rainy-day adventures. Echoing the studio’s philosophy that aerial dance is possible for all bodies and abilities, performers’ ages span

six decades, and experience levels range from beginner to advanced.

“Trapeze does more than just strengthen the body,” says Ann Woodruff-Conley, a former special education teacher who now leads Canopy’s outreach and children’s programming. “It can also provide outlets for expression, increase confidence, body awareness, and change negative patterns.”

As Canopy’s annual fundraising event, proceeds from Juniper Takes Flight will help support the studio’s various outreach programs, which aim to increase the accessibility of aerial arts by providing financial assistance and modified training when necessary. The five main arms of programming currently focus on students with special needs, students with family incomes of 150 percent or less than the federal poverty level, under-documented students for whom English is not a first language, body-positive classes for all shapes and sizes and “Over B-52s” classes for older adults.

“One of the things we want to let people know is that you do not have to be a cookie-cutter 20-year-old with the perfect body to take and succeed on the trapeze,” says Atwood. “The bar does not know how old you are or how much you weigh.”

This event doubles as the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to support the printing of King and Wenzka’s second book, The Girl Who Kept Night in Her Closet, which will have its own preview party at Hendershot’s Coffee Bar in August. Showcasing Wenzka’s talent for depicting shadows and silhouettes, the book’s illustrations are almost entirely black and white, with the exception of the soft blue-andyellow glows of stars and fireflies.

“My daughter was talking with my wife about bedtime and story ideas, and she just randomly said something about how I should write a story about a girl who keeps night in her closet and lets it out when she wants to sleep,” says King. “I had just finished reading Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and her idea struck me as having a similar kind of Magical Realism. I wrote the draft in one sitting and immediately felt good about it, and sent it to Jacob for feedback. He loved it, and we were on our way.”

Juniper Takes Flight will be held at Canopy Studio this weekend, July 28–29 at 7 p.m. and July 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door, and King and Wenzka will sign copies of Juniper Gets Wet before and after the performances. The book is also available to purchase at Avid Bookshop, and can be found at Trio Contemporary Art Gallery as part of the “Nasty Women” exhibition. f

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BABY BABY BABY: Sitting in Watkinsville’s Suncatcher Cafe (42 Greensboro Hwy., 706-424-8281), you may suddenly realize where English director Edgar Wright got part of the inspiration for his new movie, Baby Driver. Researching settings for the new film, which takes place in Atlanta, he no doubt experienced the type of hospitality that is the stockin-trade of Suncatcher and many other little places like it, where the staff sprinkles words like “baby� or “sweetie� or “honey� (and occasionally “ma’am�) as liberally as possible.

This is a long way of saying “they’re nice,� and that being friendly is a goal of the restaurant, which serves breakfast Monday through Saturday from 5–11 a.m. out of a space adjoining a Citgo with a convenience store. Just across the street is a Golden Pantry convenience store, relatively

omelets and “bowls� that combine various ingredients. It has cereal and milk, plus squeezable pouches of applesauce by the register, and offers free drinks for firefighters, EMS workers, police and the military. Prices are good, food comes out fast, and highchairs are available.

MY LAND: Drive north to J&J Flea Market on weekends, and you’ll find the wonderful Taqueria Mi Tierra serving fantastic Mexican food, including a charcoal-grilled chicken that is one of the best things to eat in the area. Head west, down old 29 to Statham, and you’ll find a different branch of the restaurant, at 2085 Atlanta Hwy. SE (770-725-8226), in the strip mall that housed Savvy Cakes (recently covered in this column and just moved to 335 Jefferson St.).

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famous for its own biscuits made fresh on-site for a graband-go infusion of grease and carbs.

So, how does Suncatcher distinguish itself from its competition? For one thing, it has more than biscuits, although they make up a majority of the menu. For another, you can grab a seat in the dining room and have a more leisurely wake-up meal. Much like at Athens’ Bread Basket, most things are already made, letting the counter staff assemble them in a hurry. This helps with speed but not with the quality of the fried eggs, in both cases.

The biscuits are of the cathead variety, being big and flattish; fluffy, not flaky. If you pile on too many toppings, they will entropically transform into a ball of mush by the time you get to the end. Keep it simpler, with a slice of American cheese and a slice of tomato or a plump, split smoked-sausage link, and you can still eat one with your hands, even while driving. Add gravy, and you may have to use a fork.

I swore I’d never eat another cinnamon roll, but I did have to try the equivalent made with a biscuit that Suncatcher offers, flavored with cinnamon and topped with cream-cheese icing and chopped nuts. I’m not sure it works.

The grits are thin and under-salted, requiring significant doctoring to have a modicum of flavor, but the hash browns are excellent. Shaped into little ovals, they’re crisp but not over-fried, with herbs and spices integrated to where they resemble particularly good hush puppies.

Suncatcher also does pancakes to order (plain or with blueberries or chocolate chips), French toast that might be labeled as “Freedom toast� on the chalkboard menu, and

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The Statham Mi Tierra isn’t quite as good, top to bottom, as the one at J&J. For one thing, it doesn’t have that chicken. Still, there are not a ton of options in the area, especially ones that make their own gorditas. There are certainly burritos and fajitas on the menu, but also nice, Mexican-style tacos, made with two (possibly homemade) corn tortillas each, a generous shower of finely chopped onions and a few leaves of cilantro, plus a wedge of lime to add some acid. The al pastor is lovely (tender, salty), and the lengua equally so, but the carnitas are on the dry side, and the barbacoa, too. Plain old ground beef probably gets overlooked these days in favor of more exciting proteins, but when it’s nestled into a gordita, with queso fresco and crema, it asserts itself and its good mouthfeel and flavor nicely.

Tortas—at least the special Cubano one that includes hot dogs and eggs, as well as avocado, tomato, lettuce, mayo, cheese, jalapeùos and ham—are briefly toasted and pressed on the griddle, which melts the mayo to the point where it coats and infuses everything (for another example of this magic trick, see the Happy Top burger at White Tiger Gourmet). The array of salsas is not as wide as at the other location, but the green sauce supplied is hot as heck and pleasantly bitter.

The Statham Mi Tierra has a full bar by the entrance, with the somewhat-open kitchen supplying mouthwatering smells, and a large selection of coin-operated machines that sell stickers and toys. It’s open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday, although often not right at 11 a.m. f

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hours (he needed nearly one more hour to wrap up his Dark Knight trilogy, and 63 more minutes to explain why Matthew McConaughey went Interstellar) is shocking.

It is doubtful audiences could have handled any more time in this stressful situation.

Chunked in three chapters—the week spent by soldiers awaiting evacuation, the day needed for an English citizen (Mark Rylance) to cross the English Channel and the hour of flight time during which the “The State� alum showed promise with The RAF (represented by Tom Hardy) patrolled Baxter and Hello, My Name Is Doris). the skies looking for Luftwaffe—Dunkirk The Big Sick will dominate many a yearcommands attention. It hits all the big end best-of list, so you might as well see fears—claustrophobia, drowning, being it now; it will probably be one less Best gunned down by a Nazi fighter plane—with Picture nominee you will have to watch none of the sentimentalization that marred come February.

Pearl Harbor. Dunkirk proves a war film does not require a manValerian and the City of a Thousand ufactured romance or drama to Planets be compelling; nor does it need to last hours to be epic.

Summer’s Biggest Surprise Plus, Three New Blockbusters to Check Out

By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com

THE BIG SICK (R) Summer’s biggest surprise and best treat may wind up being this cracklingly brilliant romantic comedy depicting the troubled courtship of comic Kumail Nanjiani (played by the real-life Nanjiani) and his wife-cum-co-writer, Emily V. Gordon (Zoe Kazan). After they date briefly and then break up, Emily comes down with a mysterious illness that leaves her in a coma, leaving Kumail to struggle with his reawakened feelings for her, as well as her sweet, troubled parents, Beth and Terry Gardner (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano).

Nanjiani and Gordon’s script lands its jokes with tear-inducing accuracy, and Nanjiani unexpectedly anchors the dramatic bits like a young, Pakistani Tom Hanks. Though Emily disappears for the middle chunk of the movie, Kazan has the right blend of brains and cute quirks to keep Zooey Deschanel up at Whoa‌ this much CGI can’t be healthy. night. Somehow, even in the only DUNKIRK (PG-13) That Christopher Nolan a producing capacity, Judd Apatow mandelivers an award-worthy re-creation of the ages to let things go a bit too long, but that British Army’s harrowing escape from the wee bit of criticism is all I can muster for the indisputable highwater mark of Michael beaches of Dunkirk will surprise no one.

That the filmmaker does so in under two Showalter’s brief directing career. (The

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13) Planet of the Apes may be the most undervalued franchise of all time, and the original series was nowhere near bereft of ideas by its fifth and final entry, Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

However, it did lack execution.

Tim Burton’s 2001 misfire is generally only praised for its faithfulness to the original makeup effects. It was 2011’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes that heralded a new trilogy of superior science fiction that keeps improving with each movie.

The arrival of Matt Reeves as Dawn’s director evolved the franchise’s creative direction, and War, which Reeves co-wrote, is a near perfect completion of the narrative arc of ape champion Caesar (Andy Serkis, the Olivier of motion capture, who deserves a special Oscar for all the characters he has helped bring to life). At war with a crazed military man (Woody Harrelson, channeling so much Kurtz it hurts), Caesar struggles to overcome his vengeful nature before he succumbs to it like his rival Koba.

Everything about this film is a treat; the Easter eggs for fans of the originals deepen an already noteworthy experience. War is also the first of the new films to seem eminently rewatchable, a defining trait of Planet through Battle (the TV series, too).

VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (PG-13) Twenty years later, Luc Besson has brought forth a sequel in spirit, if nothing else, to his surprisingly enduring The Fifth Element. He has adapted a landmark French graphic novel with the scope of a brand new cinematic universe.

Unfortunately, his Valerian, Dane DeHaan, struggles under the franchise-hero weight as much as he did in A Cure for Wellness.

Cara Delevingne absolutely struts through the film as Maj. Valerian’s partner, Sgt. Laureline. What the duo are doing at any given point of the film is anyone’s guess.

Besson introduces a new universe as if we had been there before. Fortunately, the visual effects (even in 3D) are as immersive as any since Avatar. The worlds visited by Valerian and Laureline never feel computergenerated. But the movie can’t separate itself from failed sci-fi visions like Jupiter Ascending, which, for better or worse, is a more memorable movie. Still, something about Valerian portends that Besson might be the man to take another crack at Dune; DeHaan might be a terrific Muad’Dib. f

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MUSIC | Thu, Jul 27

ART | Fri, July 28

MUSIC | Sat, Jul 29

Georgia Theatre Rooftop · 10 p.m. · FREE! Argentinian duo Las Piñas formed just two years ago out of a mutual admiration of the contemporary indie rock of its home country and the thriving garage-punk scene of the American West Coast. The group—consisting of guitarist and vocalist Sofia Cardich and drummer Antonela Perigo—blends the two styles quite convincingly on Pista de Fuego, a recently released four-song EP. Surfy and shimmery, the record makes for an excellent mid-summer soundtrack. The band hits the Georgia Theatre Rooftop Thursday evening near the end of a month-long jaunt across the U.S. Fuzzedout Athens rockers Hunger Anthem open the show. [Gabe Vodicka]

Georgia Museum of Art · 5:30–8:30 p.m. · FREE! (members), $5 On the heels of last week’s Museum Mix, the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art present a second chance to celebrate the season’s exhibitions. Offerings include paintings of landscapes and botanicals by Martin Johnson Heade, furniture designed by Giò Ponti, prints of cities by F. Townsend Morgan and works addressing social, political and cultural topics by Georgia artist Kristin Casaletto.

The event includes gallery activities, door prizes and an “Ask the Experts” hour at 7 p.m. Guest curator Perri Lee Roberts will lead a special gallery talk on Ponti and “Modern Living” earlier in the day at 2 p.m. [Jessica Smith]

Hi-Lo Lounge · 10 p.m.

The long-awaited follow-up to 2012’s Steady Confident Touch of a Man in His Prime, Athens band Boycycle’s new eight-song full-length Elbys Bolt (incorrectly referred to in last week’s Threats & Promises as a five-song EP) is a stylistically fluid collection that is equally indebted to Kate Bush’s otherworldly synth-pop, Talk Talk’s slow-burning studio-rock and Tune-Yards’ multicultural exploration. Meandering and melodic, with more highs than lows, the record wins on the strength of band leader Ashley Floyd’s unwavering vocals, which are front and center throughout. Nicholas Mallis & the Borealis share Saturday’s bill. [GV]

Las Piñas

Tuesday 25 CLASSES: Computer Classes (ACC Library) “Excel 2013: Spreadsheet Basics.” 10 a.m. 706-613-3650, www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Creative Lettering (Bogart Library) Learn the art of creative lettering by using quotes and making cards, posters and other projects. Supplies provided. July 19, 1 p.m. July 25, 6 p.m. (kids welcome). FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart EVENTS: People’s Power Hour (The World Famous) Find support and contact policy makers. 5 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/athensfreeschool EVENTS: Vegan Wine Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) Classic City Paw Print presents Heirloom’s Fourth Tuesday Tasting featuring vegan wines and paired

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tastings. A portion of proceeds will benefit AthensPets. 6 p.m. $20. www.heirloomathens.com FILM: Bad Movie Night: Action U.S.A. (Ciné Barcafé) Two FBI agents must protect Billy Ray’s girlfriend from gangsters hellbent on recovering their diamonds. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ badmovienight GAMES: Playtest Night (The Rook and Pawn) Demo board games by indie developers. Tonight includes Packing! and Thespionage. 7:30 p.m. www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia with host Jamie Pisarich. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8508561 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James

Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) (2301 College Station Rd.) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Bingo (Ted’s Most Best) Win drinks, sweet treats and gift cards.

Every Tuesday on the patio. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.tedsmostbest.com KIDSTUFF: A Fine Time with Madeline (ACC Library) Enjoy lemonade, learn new French phrases and make Madeline-themed crafts.

For ages 3–8 and their caregivers.

2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens KIDSTUFF: PRISM Presents (Oconee County Library) Watch Beetlejuice on the big screen.

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Popcorn provided. Grades 6–12. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee KIDSTUFF: Little STEM Scientists (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Have fun with hands-on science experiences. Dress for mess.

Kids under six years old will need help from an adult. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison 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: Crafternoon (Oconee County Library) Make and take a craft. Materials provided. Grades 6–12. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Lunch & Learn: Lunar Eclipse (Bogart Library) Bring a shoe box (or box or similar size) and your own pin-hole cam-

MUSIC | Mon, Jul 31

Tall Tall Trees

Georgia Theatre Rooftop · 9 p.m. · FREE! Known by Athenians as a member of Kishi Bashi’s touring band, singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mike Savino pursues his own creative ends with Tall Tall Trees, a project he has helmed for the past decade. The group’s third full-length, Freedays, released in February via Joyful Noise Recordings, is the first Tall Tall Trees album to feature only Savino. The solo outing reflects a move from New York to the rural South, and is a distillation of the musician’s singular sound and vision, featuring his trusty “Banjotron 5000”—a banjo transformed by loops and various other effects into a nearly unrecognizable version of itself. [GV]

era to observe the eclipse. Lunch provided. 12:15 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: 100% Renewable Athens Conversation (ACC Library) Environment Georgia and UGA’s Office of Sustainability lead a discussion on clean energy in Athens and beyond. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: The Rest of the Story Book Club (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Discuss works connected to the ongoing and upcoming exhibitions and programs at the library. Followed by gallery tours.

July’s selction is A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men and the Making of the United States.

5:30 p.m. FREE! russlib@uga.edu MEETINGS: ACC Democrats Happy Hour (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Discuss issues at the county,

state and national level. 5:30–7 p.m. www.clarkedemocrats.com PERFORMANCE: Orphan Children’s Choir from Haiti (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) (Visitor Center) The choir perform songs in both English and Creole. 7 p.m. FREE! botgarden.uga.edu SPORTS: Table Tennis Matches and Training (East Athens Community Center) Beginner to advanced skill levels welcome.

Tuesdays, 6:30–8:30 p.m. & Saturdays, 1–4 p.m. FREE! www. ttathensga.com

Wednesday 26 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the permanent collection.

2 p.m. FREE! georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Guitar Strum at Hip (Hip Vintage and Handmade) This

Ages 11–18. 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens

Thursday 27 ART: Athens Free School (KA Artist Shop) Learn “DIY Screen Printing” from Courtney. 6 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/athensfreeschool CLASSES: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (ACC Library) Reflecting, Sharing, Learning presents a session for grandparent caregivers to get tips on handling emotional, social, financial and legal issues. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Hand-Lettering Workshop (Metal + Petal) Try your hand at crafting beautifully drawn words with an experienced handlettering artist. Supplies provided. 7 p.m. $75. www.metalandpetal.com CLASSES: Knit Happens (Oconee County Library) Beginners can learn how to knit and intermediate knitters

Celebrate with a drum circle led by Dr. Arvin Scott, face painting and a host of jungle games and activities.

All ages. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: End of Summer Party (Bogart Library) Enjoy pizza, games, crafts, giveaways and more to celebrate the Summer Reading Program.

Ages 11–18. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Barnes & Noble) Katie Kennedy will sign and talk about her latest teen novel, What Goes Up. 7 p.m. FREE! www.barnesandnoble.com MEETINGS: ACC Democratic Committee (ACC Library) Join Mokah-Jasmine Johnson, co-founder of the Athens AntiDiscrimination Movement, who was recently appointed to the ACC Task Force on discrimation. 6 p.m. FREE! clarkedemocrats.com OUTDOORS: Nature Ramblers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) (Meet at Shade Garden Arbor) Learn

Calendar Pick on p. 14. 5:30–8:30 p.m. $5 (non-members), FREE! (museum members). www.georgiamuseum.org GAMES: Friday Night Magic Draft (Tyche’s Games) Win prizes. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Learning Power (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Georgia Power staff members lead a storytime on electricity. Ages 6 & up. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Authors Night (Avid Bookshop) (Prince Ave.) Meet Amina Cain, Frank Montesonti and Amar Ravva. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: The Kourtesans Prom Extravaganza (The Globe) Semaj Onyx-Coxring’s birthday bash will feature performances by Karmella Macchiato, Cola Fizz, Bird Loren, Raven La’Wrath, Dotte Comm and Semaj. Attendees are welcome to wear prom garb. 9 p.m. $3. www. facebook.com/globe.athens

photos, photo slides, recipes, letters, Bibles and other memorabilia to be digitall scanned. Funded by a Common Heritage Grant from the National Endowment for Humanities, the project seeks to help protect and preserve history relating to the African American experience in Athens-Clarke County. Register for an appointment. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

706-613-3650, www.athenslibrary. org EVENTS: 5th Annual Project Renew Yard Party and Fundraiser (190 Milledge Circle) The fundraiser includes live music

by Kate Morrissey and Five Eight, a low-country boil and Vietnamese children’s artwork for sale. Project Renew, headed by former Athenian Chuck Searcy, cleans up unexploded military ordinance in Quang Tri Province and supports Agent Orange victim families. See Pub Notes on p.

5. 5–10 p.m. landmines.org/vn EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable

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is a group guitar lesson for adults taught by Caroline Aiken. Bring a guitar, tuner, paper, pen and list of songs you’d like to learn. 5:30 p.m. $15. www.hipvintagehandmade.com CLASSES: Computer Class (Bogart Library) Find out about reputable job opening resources, how to search for jobs and how to submit online applications. 1 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart CLASSES: Noob Hour (Free I.T. Athens, 2465 Jefferson Rd.) Learn how information is encrypted, including website security and public/private key cryptography. 7 p.m.

FREE! freeitathens.org COMEDY: Tip Jar Comedy (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Local comic stand-up hosted by Travis Williams. 8 p.m. FREE! thewilliamsproject@gmail.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Live music by DJ Klon on July 26. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Percentage Night (Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop) A portion of proceeds will benefit Athens for Everyone. 6–8 p.m. www.uown.org EVENTS: The Social Lab (Creature Comforts Brewery) AthensMade presents “Brand: You. A Guide to Personal Branding.” 3 p.m. $8. www. athensmade.com EVENTS: Back 2 School Zumbathon (Cali ‘N’ Tito’s Eastside) Bring a $5 donation of school supplies and enjoy a Zumba class. 6–8 p.m. zumbathens@gmail.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) (2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Eastside) Every Wednesday. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) (Washington St.) Play to win. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team. 8 p.m. saucehouse.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com 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: Builder’s Academy (Bogart Library) Various builder stations will be set up with different construction activities and crafts.

Ages 2–8. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: End of Summer Bash (Oconee County Library) Celebrate the end of the summer reading program with prizes and trivia. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950, www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Dance Party Disco (Oconee County Library) Dance crazy to celebrate the end of summer.

10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Minecraft with Will (ACC Library) Create apps and play Minecraft. Registration required.

p.m. Donations encouraged. www.3railroad.org PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret (The Pub at Gameday) The Athens Showgirl Cabaret presents performances. Dotte Comm from Atlanta makes a guest appearance.

10:30 p.m. $3. www.athensshowgirlcabaret.com PERFORMANCE: Amazing End of Summer Puppet Show (Oconee County Library) David Stephens of All Hands Productions presents a puppet show for all ages. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee THEATER: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Athens Community Theater) See Thursday listing for full description July 27–29, 8 p.m. July 30, 2 p.m. $8–15. www.townandgownplayers. org

Sunday 30 EVENTS: International Street Food Party (Terrapin Beer Co.) My Athens and Terrapin present special brews and and a handful of food vendors. 4:30–8 p.m. $35. www.terrapinbeer.com GAMES: Netrunner Open Play (Tyche’s Games) All are welcome to join in. 12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www. tychesgames.com GAMES: Lord of the Rings Fantasy Fan Track (The Rook and Pawn) Meet fans of Tolkien and the fantasy genre. Games include War of the Ring, Battle of the Five Armies, Lords of Waterdeep and more.

12:30–3:30 p.m. www.therookandpawn.com PERFORMANCE: Splash: Juniper Takes Flight (Canopy Studio) See Friday listing for full description July 28–29, 7 p.m. July 30, 2 p.m. $10. www.canopystudio.org THEATER: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Athens Community Theater) See Thursday listing for full description July 27–29, 8 p.m. July 30, 2 p.m. $8–15. www.townandgownplayers. org

Monday 31 Kelly Doyle-Mace and Tom von Dohlen star as Holly Golightly and Fred in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, presented by the Town & Gown Players on July 27–29 at 8 p.m. and July 30 at 2 p.m. at the Athens Community Theatre. can get help on projects. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: Wine Tastings (Normal Bazaar) Held every Thursday. 5–7 p.m.

EVENTS: KnitLits (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are welcome.

6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart FILM: Theater Thursday (Bogart Library) Cast your vote for which movie should be screened every time you visit the library. 1 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart FILM: To Sleep with Anger (Ciné Barcafé) The screening includes an exclusive video Q&A with filmmaker Charles Burnett. Part of the Ciné Summer Series. 7:30 p.m. www. athenscine.com GAMES: Bingo (Walker’s Coffee & Pub) (Basement) Play for house cash. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ walkerspub GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq KIDSTUFF: Teen Craft (ACC Library) Make a tiny garden in a pot and watch them grow over time at the library. Ages 11–18. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Jumanji End of Summer Party (ACC Library)

more about 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 THEATER: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Athens Community Theater) The Town & Gown Players present an adaptation based on the classic novella by Truman Capote.

Southern-born writer Fred grapples with his own self-discovery through a complicated relationship with his charming NYC neighbor, Holly Golightly. July 27–29, 8 p.m. July 30, 2 p.m. $8–15. www. townandgownplayers.org

Friday 28 ART: Gallery Talk (Georgia Museum of Art) Curator Perri Lee Roberts speaks on “Modern Living: Gio Ponti and the 20th-Century Aesthetics of Design.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: 90 Carlton: Summer (Georgia Museum of Art) View the museum’s current exhibitions, “Ask the Experts” questions, participate in gallery activities, enjoy light refreshments and win door prizes. See

PERFORMANCE: Splash: Juniper Takes Flight (Canopy Studio) The annual student-led fundraiser is a water-themed performance of aerial dance. This year’s show, Juniper Takes Flight, follows the plot of children’s book Juniper Gets Wet by Bart King and Jacob Wenzka who will provide narration. See Art Notes on p. 11. July 28–29, 7 p.m. July 30, 2 p.m. $10. www.canopystudio.org THEATER: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Athens Community Theater) See Thursday listing for full description July 27–29, 8 p.m. July 30, 2 p.m. $8–15. www.townandgownplayers. org

Saturday 29 COMEDY: Krakin Jokes (135 Habersham Dr.) The second year anniversary of the bi-monthly backyard comedy series. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/krakinjokes/ events EVENTS: Skate Like a Boss Percentage Night (Fun Galaxy) A portion of skate sales will benefit the Athens Area Humane Society. 6–11 p.m. athenshumanesociety.org EVENTS: Common Heritage Scanning Day (First AME Church) People are invited to bring family

produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music by Random Acts. 8 a.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net 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. This week celebrates science and nutrition. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Athens Black Market (Max) The quarterly market supports local minority business vendors.

12–5 p.m. ugalive.com/athensblack-market KIDSTUFF: Harry Potter Birthday Party (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Celebrate Harry’s birthday with Potter-style snacks and a movie screening. Costumes welcome. Ages 8 and up. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison PERFORMANCE: Splash: Juniper Takes Flight (Canopy Studio) See Friday listing for full description July 28–29, 7 p.m. July 30, 2 p.m. $10. www.canopystudio.org PERFORMANCE: Classical Pops Concert (No. 3 Railroad St., Arnoldsville) Scott and Sean Holshouser perform. 7

EVENTS: Roller Derby Boot Camp (Fun Galaxy) Find out what it takes to become a Classic City Rollergirl.

Bring a water bottle and wear comfortable athletic clothes. July 31 & Aug. 2, 5:30–9 p.m. Aug. 5, 8:30–11 a.m. www.classiccityrollergirls.com GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m.

FREE! highwirelounge.com GAMES: Green Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) Test your wits and knowledge of nature, science and culture at this environmentally focused trivia night. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/stormwater GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com KIDSTUFF: 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.

Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Designed to nurture language skills through literature-based materials and activities. Parents assist their children in movements and actions while playing. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 k continued on next page

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Wednesday 2 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) See Wednesday listing for full description 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Roller Derby Boot Camp (Fun Galaxy) See Monday listing for full description July 31 & Aug. 2, 5:30–9 p.m. Aug. 5, 8:30–11 a.m. www.classiccityrollergirls.com FILM: Cult Classic Wednesday (The Foundry) Watch National Lampoon’s Vacation on the big screen. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Eastside) Every Wednesday. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) (Washington St.) Play to win. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team. 8 p.m. saucehouse.com 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

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and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com KIDSTUFF: Back to School Storytime (Bogart Library) Children are invited for a special back to school story. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Kittens Cuddle Party (Oconee County Library) Join the Athens Area Humane Society for an evening of playing with kittens.

Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Ice Cream Day (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Have ice cream at the library with the Madison County Farm Bureau. 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry (The Globe) Open mic poetry readings. This month’s featured reader is Franklin Abbott. 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ athenswordofmouth

Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $25 (adv.), $28 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com JIMMY HERRING & THE INVISIBLE WHIP The Aquarium Rescue Unit and Allman Brothers Band guitarist plays with his new group.

On the Rooftop. 11 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com BLACKFOOT GYPSIES Blues- and country-influenced garage-rock band from Nashville, TN. Iron Factory 8 p.m. FREE! 706-395-6877 OPEN MIC Hosted by Katie Collins.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com SEVERE BLUSH Experimental electronic sounds from Athens’ Logan Shirah.

KOLEZANKA Dreamy electro-pop project from Arizona.

CIVILS Experimental solo pop sounds courtesy of Athens musician Drew Kirby.

Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $1 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance with wireless headphones and two channels of music. One of them is a request line!

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com AUSTIN DARNELL Local blues singer-songwriter and Darnell Boys member plays a solo set.

MARY BRAGG Americana singersongwriter from rural Georgia who has spent time in the Brooklyn and Nashville scenes.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 RYE BABY Twangy, Chattanoogabased Americana duo.

Iron Factory 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-395-6877 BEAR & THE HONEY DREAMS Dreamy psychedelic pop group.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. TRIBBLE AND THE DANCING MAGNOLIAS Local group led by

Mitch Clark

COMEDY: OpenTOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) This regular comedy open mic features established comedians and newcomers alike. 9 p.m. $5. www. flickertheatreandbar.com EVENTS: Where’s Waldo in the ATH? Party (Avid Bookshop) (Five Points) Where’s Waldo in the ATH? is a contest in which miniature Waldos were hidden in local businesses around town. Prizes will be drawn for contestants who found at least 20 of the 25 hidden Waldos.

6:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Bingo (Ted’s Most Best) Win drinks, sweet treats and gift cards.

Every Tuesday on the patio. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.tedsmostbest.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: Back to School Storytime (Oconee County Library) Come for stories, songs, movement, crafts and fun. Aug. 1–2, 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee

DODD FERRELLE Lyrical folk-rock from songwriter and Winterville Mayor Dodd Ferrelle.

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Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE MUSIC Rotating local jazz and bluegrass bands play every Friday and Saturday night.

The Foundry Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. thefoundryathens.com JOE WILLEY & THE MOVING MEN Fiddle-based folk music from the local songwriter and his band.

Iron Factory 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-395-6877 KATIE COLLINS Singer-songwriter playing classical piano with a melodic twist.

DEADPAN NANCY Playing bluegrass songs and non-bluegrass songs that have been bluegrassed.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com :LOVESONGS Athens-based experimental band with jazz, electronic and metal influences.

HALF ACID Greg O’Connell uses synths and other unconventional instruments to create a psychedelic stew.

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. 706-546-4742 TUESDAY NIGHT CONFESSIONAL This series, hosted by Fester Hagood, showcases acoustic solo sets from talented singer-songwriters from Athens and across the country.

Wednesday 26 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC A weekly open-mic jam.

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net DJ KLON Spinning electronic music.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com SOCIAL CIRCLE Athens-based softpsych-pop project.

HIM HORRISON Experimental solo folk project from Mississippi.

QUEST GIVER No info available.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE ALARM Iconic UK folk-rock band led by singer Mike Peters. See story on p. 10.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 OUTERSEA Athens-based psychedelic surf-rock five-piece.

DJS TWIN POWERS & SLIP & FALL Two DJs team up to lead a dance party.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com SHAUNA AND THE JAYWALKERS Local artist Shauna Greeson performs original songs with band members Forrest Leffer and Chris Nace.

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Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 EXPERIMENTAL NIGHT Featuring In Sonitus Lux, Uma’s Thermos, Clara’s Moon, Female Imagination, Being a Bean, Ariel Samuel and Sandy Dentures.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com BECCA MANCARI Eclectic folk singer-songwriter based in Nashville.

8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com COSMIC CHARLIE Grateful Dead covers like you’ve never heard before. Tonight is a Jerry Garcia birthday celebration.

On the Rooftop. 11 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com HEATHEN SONS Alt-countryinfluenced rock band from Nashville.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE LAGOONS Rising up from Tuscaloosa, AL, this jammy foursome claims influences of blues, funk and reggae.

Kyshona plays the 40 Watt Club on Thursday, July 27.

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) THE VIBRATONES Veterans of the Athens scene playing various blues styles. Dancing is encouraged!

Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. 706-546-4742 ALEX CULBRETH Edgy alt-country singer-songwriter from Virginia.

The Office Lounge 8 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.

Thursday 27 The Bar-B-Que Shack 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-6752 BLUEGRASS JAM Bring your own instrument! All pickers are welcome every Thursday.

Blue Sky 10 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 WARM GLOW BLUE SKY SHOW JJC plays disco, funk, soul & cetera.

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KYSHONA ARMSTRONG Soulful singer-songwriter with a rootsy, bluesy sound.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com JERRY JOSEPH AND FRIENDS Prolific longtime folk-rock singer and guitarist from New York. He’ll be joined by drummer Todd Nance.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com RATTLESNAKE RATTLERS Oldtimey jug band from Alabama.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com LAS PINAS Surfy punk band from Argentina. See Calendar Pick on p. 14.

HUNGER ANTHEM Fuzzed-out, guitar-driven local indie-rock band.

Go Bar 11 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic Dr. Fred and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Every Thursday!

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com LOUIS ROMANOS TRIO Local jazz combo led by percussionist Louis Romanos.

Athens rock fixture Rev. Conner Mack Tribble.

Southern Brewing Company 5 p.m. www.sobrewco.com STRIKE 4 Family band focusing on classic pop and rock from the ‘60s-’90s.

Friday 28 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com OLDE WORLD MONKEYS Local Southern rock four-piece.

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

FUNK WREX Psychedelic funk group.

CHRIS GUSTIN Solo violinist and singer-songwriter.

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

8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 SACRED HOLLOW Local band playing loud, catchy hard rock with a bite.

The Roadhouse 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-2324 THE LAST JAMURAI New local good-time funk rock and roll band.

Southern Brewing Company 4:30 p.m. www.sobrewco.com DJ CAM YOHR Spinning funk, soul and rock vinyl.

Saturday 29 Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net RANDOM ACTS No info available.

40 Watt Club 10 p.m. $2. www.40watt.com ‘80S DANCE PARTY Dance to your favorite tunes from the 1980s.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 JOHN CLARK BAND Southern rock and blues group led by Clark and featuring Kirk Green, Nick Johnson and Steven Maben.

The Foundry 9 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE HIGHBALLS Put on your bangle bracelets and tuck in those shoulder pads! Athens music vets The Highballs will perform a totally awesome set of ‘80s dance hits.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com 100 WATT HORSE Kindhearted, Olympia, WA-based folk-rock act led by songwriter George Pettis.

ALL TALK Boston-based indie-pop trio.

Hi-Lo Lounge 10 p.m. www.hiloathens.com BOYCYCLE Local folk-pop band, featuring acoustics and synths and starring the vocals of Ashley Floyd.

Album release show! See Calendar Pick on p. 14.

NICHOLAS MALLIS & THE BOREALIS Mallis’ music is “a cross between David Bowie, The Ventures, and a little bit of Neil Diamond.�

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE MUSIC Rotating local jazz and bluegrass bands play every Friday and Saturday night.

11 p.m. $1 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away with wireless headphones and two channels of music. One of them is a request line!

Iron Factory 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-395-6877 MAC MCCOMB One-man band complete with guitar, cajon, hi-hat, harmonica and vocals.

DIABLO SANDWICH & THE DR. PEPPERS Local all-star Southern rock band blending country, gypsy, jazz and more.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. $6. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub HOT CORNER HIP HOP Featuring performances by Big Lo, Bak OnThe Beat, Musashi Xero, DK, Seline Haze, Mad Ace and Clip Art. Plus, a cash-prize freestyle competition.

Cali ‘N’ Tito’s Eastside 7 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7087 THE LUCKY JONES Rockin’ rhythm and blues from this local band.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com EXPERIMENTAL NIGHT Featuring synth-heavy sets from touring acts Kevin Greenspon and J. Hamilton Isaacs and local Ezra Buchla.

Iron Factory 9 p.m. FREE! 706-395-6877 PARADISE PATIO A weekly LGBTQfriendly series focusing on eclectic techno and deep-house electronica, hosted by DJ Zelium.

John Keane Studios 6 p.m. $10–20 (donation). www. johnkeanestudios.com NEW SOUTH SHOWCASE Host Caroline Aiken interviews and introduces performer Suzanne Slair.

Monday 31 Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com TALL TALL TREES Psychedelic folk artist and Kishi Bashi band member Mike Savino performs. See Calendar Pick on p. 14.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta faves.

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

Hosted by Larry Forte.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 ADRIANA T & FRIENDS The leader of local band Partials hosts a jam session.

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Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com JAY GONZALEZ Drive-By Truckers’ keyboardist plays your favorite yacht rock, singer-songwriter, power-pop, British Invasion, originals and TV theme songs.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com YOUNG VALLEY Mississippi-based twang-rock six-piece.

The Globe 10 p.m. $2 (headphone rental). 706353-4721 SILENT DISCO Dance the night away with wireless headphones and three channels of music. One of them is a request line!

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The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. TRIBBLE AND THE DEACONS Good old-fashioned rock and roll with a sprinkle of good-humored irreverence.

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TIMI CONLEY Local pop rabblerouser Timi Conley performs with his band.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 CHARLES WALKER BAND Gospelinfluenced neo-funk group from Milwaukee.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com CARLA LE FEVER AND THE RAYS Old-school funk covers and originals and sweet, sappy pop covers and originals.

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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.

Down the Line 8/3 OMNI / NEIGHBOR LADY / JUAN DE FUCA / DEAD NEIGHBORS (Caledonia Lounge) 8/3 APPARITION / TEN VOLT SHOCK / FUCKING CORNDOGS (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 8/3 THE YOUNG STEP (Nowhere Bar) 8/4 KICK THE ROBOT / THE HOWLING TONGUES / BEAU & LUCI (Caledonia Lounge) 8/4 SURVIVAL CRIMES / VACATION STATE (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 8/4 THE DASHBOARD SAVIORS / HAYRIDE (40 Watt Club) 8/4 SEAN VANMETER / Hooch Holler / Dannette Flint (The Foundry) 8/4 TRAP HOUSE FRIDAYS / Retrograde / Trap Snacks (Georgia Theatre) 8/4 YOUNG MISTER (Georgia Theatre) 8/4 REV. TRIBBLE AND THE DEACONS (Georgia Theatre)

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Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

Art AAAC Grants (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking applicants for its quarterly $500 grants. All local artists, arts organizations or arts-based projects are welcome to apply. Deadlines Sept.

15 and Dec. 15. info@athensarts. org, www.athensarts.org ATHICA 2017 Juried Exhibition (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The gallery’s third juried show will be juried by Harry H. DeLorme, Jr., New Media Curator of Telfair Museums in Savannah. Up to three pieces may be submitted for review. Deadline Aug. 15. $25. info@athica.org, www.athica.org AthFest Educates Grant (Athens, GA) Grants can be used for music and arts based nonconsumable equipment, programs and experiences, and professional development for educators or youth specialists. AthFest Educates awards up to $25,000 per grant cycle.

706-548-1973, director@athfest educates.org, athfesteducates.org #COLORTHEORY (Trio Contemporary Art Gallery) “#COLORTHEORY” is a group exhibition celebrating the visual impact of color in all its forms. Email name, contact info, examples of work, artist statement, equipment needs and CV. Deadline July 31. trioathens@gmail.com

Cranial Offerings (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) ATHICA seeks wearable head pieces suitable for a runway show and auction fundraiser in time for Halloween and the Wild Rumpus.

All materials welcome, but piece must be able to be worn on the head.

Artists will receive two tickets to the benefit event, a gallery membership and Juried Exhibition entry fee waiver. Deadline to apply July 31.

Show and runway performance Oct. 19 at Live Wire. www.athica.org Indie South Fair (Multiple Locations) Fall Market. Deadline July 31. Market on Sept. 9, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday Holiday Market at Monday Night Brewing in Atlanta.

Deadline Oct. 16. Event on Dec. 10, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Holiday Hooray at 660 N. Chase St. Deadline Sept.

25. Market on Dec. 2, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. and Dec. 3, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

Find applications on website. www.indiesouthfair.com Seeking Artists (White Tiger Gourmet) Seeking artists to display works for temporary exhibitions.

Email examples of work. catering@ whitetigergourmet.com

Auditions A Christmas Story (Memorial Park, Quinn Hall) Athens Creative Theatre hosts auditions for the clas-

“The Slammin’ Hot Shredder Show,” currently on view at Creature Comforts Brewing Co., is a fundraiser for the Skate Park of Athens: Phase 2 Expansion Project. sic holiday musical. Auditions are on Aug. 7–8, 6–8 p.m. Performances Nov. 9–12 at the Morton Theatre.

Contact to schedule an audition appointment. 706-613-3628, daniel. self@athensclarkecounty.com

Classes AWE-Wakening: Adult Mentoring Program (Private land in Oglethorpe County) Seven weekends throughout the year.

Activities include games, play, exploration, wandering and quiet spaces. Begins Sept. 16. $645.

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Sarah Hess’ paintings are inspired by natural and personal themes. Through July.

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 AREA UROLOGY (2142 W. Broad St.) Landscape paintings by Mike Spronck. Through August.

ATHENS ART AND FRAME (1021 Parkway Blvd.) Heidi Hensley’s paintings depict colorful and eclectic scenes of Athens and UGA. ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) “Metal Visions: The Work of Harold Rittenberry” shares a collection of the local folk artist’s sculptures. Through Sept. 17.

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

CHOPS AND HOPS (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Betsey Barth Withington presents a collection of paintings in “Familiar Scenes from my Perspective.”

Through July.

CITY OF WATKINSVILLE (Downtown Watkinsville) “Public Art Watkinsville: A Pop-up Sculpture Exhibit” consists of sculptures placed in prominent locations around downtown. Artists include Benjamin Lock, William Massey, Stan Mullins, Robert Clements, Harold Rittenberry and Joni Younkins-Herzog. • “Artscape Oconee: The Monuments of Artland” features a total of 20 paintings on panels installed around town. Artists include Claire Clements, Peter Loose, Andy Cherewick, Lisa Freeman, Manda McKay and others.

THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) “Warm Days, Cool Nights” celebrates summer vibes through Ariel Lockshaw’s pool paintings, Frances Berry’s minimal golden hour photos, Wade Sheldon’s nautical night skies and Hannah Ehrlich’s cloud compositions. Through December. • Jackie Dorsey’s solo exhibition in Gallery II features watercolor portraits of musicians, artists, chefs and other familiar faces of Athens. Through December.

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) “The Slammin’ Hot Shredder Show” is a fundraiser for Skate Park of Athens: Phase 2 Expansion Project. Through July.

DONDEROS’ KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) The collages of Susan Pelham are influenced by Surrealism and Magic Realism. Through July.

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706-255-8937, sara@wildintelligence.org Acroyoga Jam (Center City Ballet, 750 N. Chase St.) Work in trios and rotate through the roles of base, flier and spotter. Sundays, 8 p.m. $5. www.centercityballet.com Active Hope Two-Day Workshop (Earthsong) This participatory workshop is designed to transform fear and despair into inspiration and empowerment. Sept.

9, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $135. shannon@ wildintelligence.org Aquatics Fitness Programs (Multiple Locations) “Aqua Aerobics” is held at Memorial Park

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Bill Silman. Through July.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Braid Aid Fest presents a month-long auction of mental health-inspired artwork by over 20 artists including Christopher Ingham, Hannah Jones, James Wilson, Jessica Smith, Mina Kim and Stephen Cramer. Closing reception July 29.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Rock Paper Scissors” presents works of paper by Malissa Ryder, Kendal Nevada King, Blaire Janine Taylor, Lucha Rodriguez, Leisa Rich and Elizabeth Lide. Through July 29.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Photographs by Ben Rouse. Through July.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “The Past is Never Dead: Kristin Casaletto” shares works of paper by the Augusta-based artist and teacher. Through July 30. • “The Genius of Martin Johnson Heade” includes landscapes, marine scenes and still-life objects by the 19th century painter.

Through Sept. 10. • “Local Color: Martin Johnson Heade Paintings from the Collection of Deen Day Sanders.” Through Sept. 10. • “Avocation to Vocation: Prints by F. Townsend Morgan.” Through Sept. 10. • “Modern Living: Giò Ponti and the 20th-Century Aesthetics of Design.” Through Sept.

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GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Rainbow Cube” is a site-specific installation by Candice Greathouse and Curtis Ames. Through October.

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Antoine Stewart.

Through July.

HIP VINTAGE & HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) Ruth Allen draws and paints dogs, cats, birds, flowers trees and more on paper, canvas and reclaimed wood. Through July.

JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Crochet sculptures by Brandy Clower. Through July.

KA ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) See a gallery installation by teens of the Public Art + Social Sculpture Camp. Through Aug. 4.

LAST RESOT GRILL (174 W. Clayton St.) Nancy Everett’s colorful impressionist style paintings celebrate the Southeast. July 31–August.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) “To & Fro: Correspondence Art by Jack Logan & Kosmo Vinyl.” Through July 29. • “Collections from Our Community: Clay 1976–2017” features hand built clay creations by Rich Panico. Through July 29. • “Time Warp…and Weft” includes works

by Janet Austin, Geri Forkner, Janette Meetze, Rebecca Mezoff, Tommye Scanlin and Kathy Spoering. Through July 29. • “Fold Unfold: An Exhibit of Contemporary Coverlets.” Closing reception Aug. 19. • In the Lounge Gallery, Katherine Burke presents “On a Whim,” a solo show of collages created in response to childhood memories. Through Aug. 24. • Held in celebration of the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation’s 50th year, the two-part exhibition “Captured in Time” presents a collection of photographs from Growing

on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. $5 per class. “Adult Lap Swim” is held at Bishop Park on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 6:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. $55. 706-613-3589 Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Courses include painting, ceramics, metalsmithing, photography, jewelry, printmaking and more.

Online registration begins Aug. 5.

706-613-3623, www.athensclarke county.com/leisure Beekeeping for Beginners (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Topics include beekeeping basics,

care and feeding of honeybees, ABC’s of assembling a beehive, spring hive management, installing bees, products from the hive, and overwintering your hive. Sundays through Aug. 13. $35/class, $215/ series. www.botgarden.uga.edu Classes (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) “Little City Hookers” meets the third Monday of each month, 3–6 p.m. $7.50.

“Poets of Winterville” meet the third Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m. “Ballroom Dancing” is held Thursdays at 6 p.m. $10/session.

706-742-0823, www.winterville center.com

Up in Athens. “Unidentified Houses of Athens.” Through Nov. 1. “Downtown Athens through the Years.” Aug. 8–Sept. 9.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) The “40 Years: Madison Morgan Cultural Center” exhibit celebrates the creation, history and evolution of the MMCC through photographs, artifacts and text.

Through Aug. 27.

MAMA’S BOY (197 Oak St.) Mixed media works by Arianna Mantis.

MASON-SCHARFENSTEIN MUSEUM OF ART (567 Georgia St., Demorest) “Gloria Victis: Three Artists Respond to War” includes works by painter Temme Barkin-Leeds, sculptor Jim Buonaccorsi and ceramicist Richard Notkin. Reception Aug. 15. Currently on view through Sept. 15.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Artwork by Rose Shelton and Havivah Saltz. Through July.

RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) In the Russell Library Gallery, see “On the Stump: What Does it Take to Get Elected in Georgia.” Through Aug. 18. • In the Brown Media Library, see the “Steele Vintage Broadcast Microphone Collection.” • “Gold-digging in Georgia: America’s First Gold Rush” tells the story of Georgia’s antebellum gold rush through nuggets, historic maps, photographs, postcards and other artifacts.

THE STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) Watercolors of natural scenes by Cameron Berglund. Through Aug. 13.

THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) Rita Knight presents a new collection of paintings in “Women…a Journey from Childhood to SelfDiscovery.” Through August.

TERRAPIN BEER CO. (265 Newton Bridge Rd.) Artwork by Kenzi Fennimore.

Through July.

TRIO CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY (766 W. Broad St.) Curated by Melissa Lee and Tatiana Veneruso, “Nasty Women Athens” is a group exhibition demonstrating solidarity through art. Through Aug. 20.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) Elizabeth Bishop-Martin’s landscapes, chickens and other birds are depicted through acrylic paint and colored pencil. Through July.

VIVA! ARGENTINE CUISINE (247 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Antoine Stewart.

WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) New paintings, drawings and block prints

by Cooper Holmes.

WINTERVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY AND CULTURE (371 N. Church St., Winterville) Several local artists interpret the theme “Ripening.”

Through September.

THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more.

ContiNuing Education Classes (Athens Technical College) “CPR, First Aid & AED Certification Class.” July 19, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. $60. “Increasing Efficiency: Excel Level II.” Aug. 23, 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. $99. 706-3695763, bruiz@athenstech.edu, www.athenstech.edu Dance Class Registration (East Athens Educational Dance Center) Registration begins Aug. 5. Offering classes for beginners through advanced students. Classes include ballet, modern dance, tap and more. Children, teens and adults. 706-613-3624, www.athens clarkecounty.com/leisure Flower Arranging (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) The five-part series covers “Line Mass Design,” “Foliage Design,” “Creative and Miniature Design” and more.

Begins Aug. 8, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $45/ unit. botgarden.uga.edu G.E.D. Tutoring (First Baptist Church) Professional educators offer idividualized tutoring for adults. Meets every Monday and Wednesday, 12:15–2:15 p.m. FREE! 706-548-6600, www.firstbaptist athens.org Kitty Yoga (Memorial Park) Meowmaste! Circle of Friends Animal Society hosts a special hour of yoga with free-roaming and adoptable cats. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Donations and cat supplies are appreciated. 706-613-3580 Knitting Classes (Revival Yarns) “Crochet 1” introduces the basics.

July 28, 10:30–11:30 a.m. FREE! RSVP. www.revivalyarnsathens.com Love Your Body Again Yoga (Healing Arts Centre, Sangha Yoga Studio) Tom Camp leads gentle movement and breath practices to improve overall comfort. All levels welcome. Mondays, 12–1 p.m. www.healingartscentre.net Power Pilates (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Listen to TSOL while you plank in “Power Pilates.” BYO mat.

Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Donations encouraged.

Testing the Waters (OCAF, Watkinsville) Dana Wildsmith leads a three-session workshop for firsttime fiction writers. The workshop focuses on plots, character development, creating scenes and descriptive writing. Aug. 12, 19, 26, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m. $140. www.ocaf.com Therapeutic Yoga (m3yoga, 159 Oneta St., Unit 4) m3yoga specializes in the healing aspects of yoga. All ages and experience levels welcome. Check website for classes. www.m3yoga.com Yoga (Athens Five Points Yoga Studio) Classes are offered in Iyengar yoga, flow yoga, gentle flow, hot power flow, restorative yoga, alignment yoga and meditation.

Check website for weekly schedule. www.athensfivepointsyoga.com

Help Out Animal Shelter (Athens, GA) Volunteers are needed to help socialized adoptable cats and dogs, participate at adoption events around town, and assist at the spay/neuter center and general shelter. www. athenshumanesociety.org Community Clothing Closet (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Seeking donations of used clothing, especially professional clothing that can be worn to job interviews. Men’s, women’s and children’s clothing will be offered at an event on Aug. 5. community clothingcloset1@gmail.com Disabled American Veterans Network (Athens, GA) Seeking volunteers to drive veterans to their

medical appointments and assisting in the office with scheduling and dispatching. Contact Donna Ingram, volunteer coordinator, at 1-800-8365561 ext. 5959 or donna.ingram@ va.gov Gallery Volunteers (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The gallery is seeking volunteers to assist in opening the gallery during exhibitions, preparing exhibitions, photography, graphic design and more. Must be at least 18 years old. volunteers@athica.org, www.athica.org Gentiva Hospice (855 Gaines School Rd.) Volunteer with patient visits or administrative support.

706-549-5736, michelle.moulton@ gentiva.com Project TAKEcare (Multiple Locations) Seeking donations of toothbrushers, toothpaste, deodorant, soaps, shampoo, sealable storage bags and more. Donations will be packaged and provided to ACCUG public safety officers to distribute to those in need. Drop off items to 375 Satula Ave., 3035 Lexington Rd. or 2555 Lexington Rd. through Aug. 7. kendra.houghton@ athensclarkecounty.com Seeking Mentors (PALS Institute) Women to the World offers programs for obtaining a GED, computer literacy, language and job-skill training. 706-548-0000, www.womento theworld.org

Kidstuff Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Registration begins Aug. 5.

Art classes include Art Time (ages 4–6), Homeschool Artists (ages 6–11), Books that Turn, Drop and Pop (ages 7–11) and Through the Lens Video/Film Making (ages 9–12). 706-613-3623, www.athens clarkecounty.com/lyndonhouse Art School (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Classes include homeschool art (ages 6–10) visioneers (ages 9–14), baby art and different art school classes for ages 2–10. Check werbsite for dates. www.treehouse kidandcraft.com Girls Rock Camp (Athens, GA) Girls Rock Camp guides kids through music education, creation and performance. Campers form a band, write songs and perform. No experience required. July 31–Aug. 4. Showcase on Aug. 5. Ages 9–15. www.girlsrockathensga.org/signup Splash Pad (Multiple Locations) ACC Leisure Services offers the Trail Creek Park Splash Pad and Rocksprings Splash Pad. Tuesdays–Sundays through Aug. 6, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. $1/person. Pool passes $20–40. www.athensclarke county.com/splashpad Summer Adventure Clubs (Primrose School of Athens) “Midnight at the Museum” explores Egyptian hieroglyphics, dinosaur skeletons and history through visits to museums. Begins July 24. “What Lies Beneath” explores the depths of the deep plue. Begins July 31. For ages 5–12. www.primroseathens. com Teen/Tween Drawing Class (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn how to draw with Madison County High School student Hannah Westwood. Sundays through July. Ages 10–18. www. athenslibrary.org/madison Wild Intelligence Year-Long Programs (Multiple Locations) The Otters After School Program features nature-themed activities for ages 7–10. Begins Sept. 9, 3:30– 6:30 p.m. $1100. The Gray Fox Year Long Program is a nature connection program for ages 7–12. Begins

Sept. 5, 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. $1350.

Earthsong. In the Hawks After School Program, middle school participants develop sense of sight through scout skills. Begins Sept. 7, 4–6:30 p.m. $1100. State Botanical Garden. www. wildintelligence.org

Support Groups Alanon 12 Step (Athens, GA) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Weekly meetings are held at various times and locations around Athens. 478955-3422, www.ga-al-anon.org Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, www.athensaa.org Caregivers’ Support Group (Tuckston United Methodist Church) Find support with other caregivers.

Meetings held the second Sunday of each month. 706-850-7272 Dudes Helping Dudes (Nuçi’s Space) A weekly support group for anyone who identifies as a man.

Park in the lot across the street on Williams Street. Thursdays, 6–7 p.m. except July 20, 6:30–7:30 p.m. tinyurl.com/DudesHelpingDudes, www.brainaidfest.com Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Meets Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org NAMI Family Support Group (First Presbyterian Church of Athens) For family members, friends and caregivers of individuals with mental illnesses. Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month, 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! 770-2250804 ext. 700, www.nami.org Reiki Healing Circle (Heart Path Studio) Reiki is an ancient Japanese technique of healing which reduces stress and promotes relaxation.

Each circle involves meditation, sound healing, and Reiki treatments.

Second and fourth Thursday of each month, 7–9 p.m. $10 suggested donation. kelli@followingwisdom. com, www.heartpathstudio.org

On The Street Athens Free School (Athens, GA) Athens Free School is a learning network where people share skills through free classes. Find the calendar online. Email with class ideas. athensfreeschool@riseup.net, www. facebook.com/athensfreeschool Cause + Effect (Athens, GA) Cause + Effect, a progressive film competition and festival hosted by Alliance for a Better Georgia, is seeking short films focused on social, political, environmental or economic issues facing Georgia. Winners receive a $1000 prize. Submissions accepted Aug. 15–Oct. 15. FREE! www.causeandeffectfilm.org Fall Programs (Athens, GA) Find out about art exhibits, classes, performances, sports, fitness programs, holiday events and other activities for adults and children in the ACC Leisure Services Department’s fall program guide. Registration begins Aug. 5. www.athensclarkecounty. com/leisure Where’s Waldo in the ATH? (Athens, GA) During July, look for Waldo at local businesses in this city-wide scavenger hunt. The first 125 Waldo seekers who get their passport signed at 10 or more sites can collect prizes. Check website for participating places. www.avidbook shop.com f

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My Friend, the Flake Advice for Athens’ Loose and Lovelorn

By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Bonita, I have a friend who is constantly making plans with me, then flaking out on them.

Almost weekly, she asks when is the next time I’m available to meet up. I usually agree, and then we make a plan to hang out on a certain day around a certain time. She usually suggests we do something specific, like see a particular movie, for example. It’s not just a vague “I miss seeing you” sort of thing that most people say when they run into acquaintances. Ninety percent of the time, these plans we make never come to fruition. She either comes up with an excuse the day before or the day of, or I just never hear from her because she forgot.

It’s been going on for years this way, and I don’t know how to get out of this frustrating cycle. It’s almost as if she’s trying to prove to herself that we are still friends because we want to hang out. It doesn’t seem to matter to her if we actually do or not.

I’m a to-do-list type of person with a stressful full-time

talk to her about this. She’ll never change if she doesn’t get the feedback.

I used to be insufferably flaky, too, and I think you’re right—it’s a thing people do to prove to themselves that they’re still social (or still friends with someone, or part of a particular scene) when they just don’t have the energy, time, emotional space or what-have-you to follow through. Maybe the pressures of adult life are starting to add up, as they do with all of us, and she’s having a hard time letting go of her old lifestyle. Maybe she’s a former party girl who is now falling asleep at 10 o’clock every night, and that horrifies her. So she makes tons of plans to kick up her heels and socialize like in her days of yore, if only to show herself that she still has access to that lifestyle.

If that’s the case, she’s not thinking about the impact that has on others. You’re a busy person, too, and you obviously like to budget your time wisely and care-

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job. I have plenty of other things I could be doing in my off time besides waiting around to see if she feels like following through on her plans.

I’m sick of tentatively planning my valuable time off around our meet-ups that I know probably aren’t going to happen. Should I call her out on this and potentially hurt her feelings?

Am I being too type A here? I know if I stop agreeing to these plans completely, she will feel like I don’t value our friendship. Should I just continue agreeing, knowing it isn’t going to happen, and then make my own plans?

Thanks for your help!

You’re putting entirely too much pressure on yourself to be the one who maintains this friendship. I definitely think you should call her out for this thoughtless and selfish behavior. Possible hurt feelings are no reason not to make perfectly reasonable requests of friends. The natural tendency is to let flaky people fall away, but I can tell you want your friend around. You’ve gotta

fully. When you get stood up, it’s more than just a missed connection; it’s a monkey wrench thrown into the gears of your entire day. I recognize and appreciate the respect you have for your friend’s feelings, but she’s showing very little regard for yours by being so flaky.

I agree that you shouldn’t just outright refuse to make plans with her anymore.

Instead, make plans differently. Try to schedule different stuff for different times.

Instead of late movies, try a Georgia Museum of Art opening at 6 p.m. There’s always music, drinks and food, and you can wrap up at 9 p.m. and walk downtown, or just go home. Try a lunch date on a work day. Invite her to group events with people you think she might like. But also, absolutely have a talk with her about how important it is for her to honor anything she’s scheduled with you. Your time is just as important as hers, and this is no reason to end a friendship or grow apart. You just need to get back on the same page. f

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