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not the developer’s responsibility to provide affordable housing (at least not without some type of subsidy). Large metropolitan areas like New York City, Washington, DC and Seattle offer substantial, sometimes decades-long tax breaks to developers of rental buildings who include a percentage of free. These boaters ​are both locals ​and regu- moderate- to low-income housing.

Note that the key word here is “rental.” lar boaters, who enjoy paddling here as well Mitchell Street will not be a rental building, as on other rivers. Tom Krobot mentions but instead a community of condominiums maybe a case of bottles a month found on to be marketed towards individual owners. his half-mile river frontage, but there’s no way of knowing if it’s from the private boat- As noted by Charlie Maddox, “developers are in the business of making business.” ers, who are exempt from this rule.

Whether we like it or not, “developer” is Edwards also makes a wild claim that we not synonymous with “philanthropist,” have fences to keep people out while the and therefore developers will not invest folks on the river don’t. We have no fences in any venture that does not turn a profit. along the river and allow free access to our Furthermore, demanding that a private boat landings to the public during business company that owns private land should hours and days when we’re open. Many sell condominiums at a potential loss or of these landowners have fences or gates re-work their concept to become affordable separating themselves from their county or rental units is not realistic. state road, as do we.

Many of the comments made during Riverside landowners remove native the meeting centered around the idea vegetation, including azaleas, bottle brush, that this development would not have any dog hobble, rhododendron, etc. along the positive effect on the community at large. river’s wildlife corridor, and some of these same landowners even plant grass along the However, as Commissioner Harry Sims so aptly noted, 60 percent of the $700,000 in banks. They are not taking care of nature taxes generated by 155 Mitchell St. will go and the wilderness. There are other issues, to the local school district. Our district is such as chemical runoff from lawns, septic currently facing a $3.8 million deficit, and tanks, cows watering [and pooping] in the that $420,000 in river, etc., that have additional funds caused some parts each year are much of the river to ​be ​ BUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK: needed to pay listed as polluted. teacher salaries Lastly, the and fund afterarticle states that I school programs. If intend to challenge Send your sticker sightings to letters@flagpole.com.

Commissioner Mike the legality of the Hamby’s idea gains ordinance, when any traction, then I clearly stated I a percentage of the remaining tax dollars wanted to work with commissioners and could be allotted for the Affordable Housing landowners to come up with a compromise, so I didn’t have to litigate. Madison County, ​ Trust Fund. Those future condo owners, the outfitters and river users will be the los- whether year-round residents or weekend warriors, will be spending money in Athens, ers. The only winners will be the lawyers​, if thus supporting local businesses and we can’t find a solution acceptable to most increasing our tax base to pay for services of us. (i.e. buses, public utilities, parks, etc.). ​If this ordinance stands as is, safe public Would it be wonderful if Nichols Land access will be reduced dramatically, and in and Investment were to build condos that turn tourism and use of this amazing recresold for $150,000–$200,000 (still out of ational resource.

Michael Moody reach for most low to moderate income Athens earners)? Or if they were to build a modest three-to-four-story structure that housed 50–75 units? Of course! Unfortunately, that is not the way development works.

As a 15-year resident and avid Flagpole Maximum density for maximum profits is reader, I have held the roles of UGA stuthe nature of the beast. [Editor’s note: Before dent, service industry worker bee, Cedar the rezoning, the maximum density allowed Shoals Spanish teacher and am currently would have been approximately 40 bedrooms.] a licensed real estate agent who lives in While I understand and agree that our Normaltown. Over the years, many debates community has a need for affordable houshave arisen with respect to how Athens ing, this problem cannot be alleviated by should look and which businesses are repre- vilifying developers and scapegoating the sentative of Athens. As usual, the answers development. The problem can be summed depend on whom you ask. up in one word: cost. People want to live in High-rise buildings permeate the downtown and downtown, and that land is scarce town landscape, and though I may hate and has a higher value, and developments the fact that the Georgia Heights building incur large expenses, therefore the finished blocks the view of campus I once enjoyed product is marketed at a premium. Supply from atop the Georgia Theatre, the utilitarand demand. ian ethicist within me puts that emotion in As commissioners Sharyn Dickerson and check. That building generates more tax rev- Hamby expounded on the ways in which enue for our beloved city than the surface Athens-Clarke County is working to proparking lot previously inhabiting that space vide low-income housing, Commissioner ever did. Still, I cannot help but wish they Melissa Link stated the often overlooked had built it one story shorter. need for moderate-income housing as well.

The uproar over 155 Mitchell St. is just I concur. My suggestion in this respect the latest in what I view as a well-intenwould be for the Mayor and Commission tioned, albeit misguided, way to promote to revisit our local zoning ordinances that social equity in the housing market. It is prohibit basement apartments (no full

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End the Broad River Cooler Ban The recent article about the cooler ban on the Broad River (Sept. 13) highlighted two very different perspectives: the riverside landowners’ desires versus the the public’s need to use outfitters to access the state-owned river. The river is a public space but with no legal public access.

To start with, I became the first outfitter on the Broad River in 1984. I have spent much of my free time over the years helping to protect this river from abuse, bad development and pollution. I am one of the founding members of the Broad River Watershed Association. My staff has been educating the public about protecting the river and doing river cleanups for 30-plus years. From the beginning, we have banned glass containers, paper products, cotton towels and other items that we know to be dangerous or would end up in the river as trash. We require glasses to be secured using croakies or the free string we supply.

The article starts out highlighting the beer-drinking public as if they are the majority of the people floating the river. It thereby ignores the needs of local citizens visiting the river, with or without beer, and of those who drink responsibly. Coolers are much more than just something to keep beer cold in. Almost everyone wants/needs to have a cooler on the river to store liquids, food items, to secure personal items such as sunscreen, T-shirts, hats, etc., and to store their refuse securely.

We all know that littering happens on the highways, schools and certainly on the river from stone sober people, and it tends to get more frequent with alcohol abuse.

Same with trespassing. We know that there’s a litter issue, and that the outfitters and landowners have to ​make​measured and reasonable efforts to educate the public and to enforce litter laws. Reducing the ​ maximum size of coolers will help reduce the litter without deterring the public from wanting to visit this state-owned gem of a river.

The article did not mention that families, church and scout groups, birthday parties, etc. come year after year to the Broad River and behave responsibly. They deserve to be treated with the same respect the property owners expect. The river does not belong to the adjacent landowners. We all wish there’d be less litter, but cannot change the behavior of the litter bugs. Lack of enforcement is a big issue. Signage concerning littering (like along the highway) and smaller cooler sizes would be a good start.

The cooler ban ordinance is not, as Scotty Edwards tries to call it, just the tiniest, itty bitty, little mundane ordinance.

It’s a big, big deal that will shut down the outfitters, thus stopping the public ​from having​access to their river.

There were nearly 30,000 people reached via reposting by the Broad River Outpost Facebook page telling the public that Madison County doesn’t want their business because of the cooler ban. Their replies overwhelmingly oppose the cooler ban.

There are also many private boaters that have almost no interaction with staff at the BRO whom we let use our river landings for

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kitchens are allowed), detached dwellings behind existing single family homes, and tiny houses. Amending these ordinances would allow for more density in residential areas and could provide a portion of that much-needed housing. Additionally, the Georgia Affordable Housing Coalition has a list of developers who specialize in building affordable rental communities by taking advantage of subsidies like the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. Maybe ACC could work with one of those companies and the Hospital Authority to develop the lots on Prince Avenue across from ARMC/ Piedmont?

Nostalgia is a powerful drug, but Athens can never be what it once was. The arguments over downtown high-rises are by their very nature reactive, not proactive.

We need more tax dollars to fund schools, social programs and affordable housing. We need to adhere to the downtown master plan. Finally, we need to work towards creating the community we want through collaboration, not condemnation. People can’t hear you when you’re yelling.

Heather M. Fletcher Athens

Don’t Use Straws I have a suggestion which I hope local restaurants will take to heart. My family ate Sunday brunch today at one of my favorite locally-owned downtown Athens restaurants, and our iced teas were served with plastic straws already placed in them.

Not using plastic straws is one of the easiest and simplest ways for people to reduce the astounding amount of plastic waste that ends up in our oceans.

As a patron, I usually politely decline a straw when it is offered (and don’t even like them placed on the table still in their wrapping, as they often get wet or are likely to be thrown away even if I don’t use them).

But if the straw is already in my glass, I don’t have the opportunity to refuse it.

I hope this letter will cause people to think about the environmental impact that even the small choice of taking of a straw can make, but I also appeal to the restaurant industry to take a stand and help people think about their choices. Only give out straws if patrons request one. Ask patrons if they want a bag before you give them one (especially if it’s plastic and not paper).

Supply patrons with paper disposable items rather than plastic or styrofoam ones.

Small, everyday choices can save sea turtles, dolphins and other ocean wildlife everyday. And all those small choices can easily snowball into large environmental impacts if we let them.

Frances Kwiatkowski Nicholson

Let’s Build a New Downtown Could we envision and plan a “new” downtown? A neighborhood that could host local businesses and creativity? Flagpole has suggested such a possibility by observing development around Chase Street, and one contact of mine has identified northwest Athens as a growing area which is affordable for families. We miss the downtown of 20 years ago, but maybe we could focus on encouraging that local spirit to flourish and concentrate in another neighborhood outside of Little Atlanta.

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That’s the opening to the piece “The this year of our 30th anniversary, it’s good Sisterhood of the Exact Same Pants” former to see how much one of our former interns Flagpole intern Stephanie Talmadge wrote is making good on her promise. about sorority dress codes for the fashion website racked.com at the end of August. It should have been in Flagpole, but it’s not, Frank Hamrick took a lot of pictures for so you’ll have to read it on Racked. (Use the Flagpole while he was working for his BFA search to find the title.) in photography at UGA—so many that for Sororities are ubiquitous in Athens and years after he was gone we continued to are most evident during rush, when streets use them, and he was like Milledge are forced to continue thronged with rushees reading Flagpole so hurrying toward the that he could keep next sorority house up with how much for the next rush we owed him. His event. Year-round, work is collected by though, you can’t wait the Amon Carter for self-checkout at Museum of American Kroger without readArt, The Art Institute ing about a beach of Chicago and The weekend on the back Ogden Museum of of some woman’s Southern Art. He is T-shirt. an associate professor Stephanie, who and the MFA graduate is Racked’s newsletprogram coordinater editor, headed tor at Louisiana Tech for New York City as University. Frank soon as she graduated was awarded the from UGA, where she “Honeysuckle,” a tintype image from the limited edition book My face tastes like salt, 2017 © 2017 Houston Center belonged to the sororFrank Hamrick. for Photography ity Pi Beta Phi. Her Fellowship, and the interest in fashion current Oxford American has an intriguing and her own sorority background enabled spread of his rural-South photographs, the her to highlight aspects of sorority life seen latest in a dauntingly prolific career as a only in passing from the outside by most of photographer and a teacher. f us. She levels an unusually objective gaze at

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“I will say that campus carry, with respect to the campus, we have been able to implement the new rule,” he said.

“We have been proceeding forward without any incidents on campus, and we will continue to follow the law.” [Nate Harris]

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UGA Announces Scholarship Initiative

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UGA has created 140 need-based scholarships for students from low-income families this year, with hundreds more on the way, Morehead announced at the quarterly cabinet meeting and media briefing Sept. 27.

Ninety members of this year’s freshman class were awarded newly created Georgia Commitment scholarships, which unlike HOPE and other merit-based scholarships are based on financial need rather than grades or test scores.

Such need-based scholarships are a top priority for UGA’s ongoing $1 billion capital campaign, Morehead said, and he hopes to fund 400–600 of them eventually.

“You will continue to hear me talk a lot about this in the coming weeks and months,” he said.

Keeping UGA affordable has been a priority for Morehead since he was named president in 2013. He has kept student fees and dining-hall prices flat for two years, and tuition has gone up just 2 percent. The university recently started offering free meal plans to students who are at risk of going hungry. In addition, the new Double Dawg program allows students to earn a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in five years.

“We have a lot of students with a gap between what they can afford and the cost of attending the University of Georgia,” Morehead said. The total cost of attendance— including tuition, room and board, books and other living expenses—is an estimated $26,404 per year for Georgia residents and $45,688 for out-of-state residents, according to the Office of Student Financial Aid. Most UGA students from Georgia receive HOPE, but it does not cover all of those costs.

Under Morehead, UGA has also made a concerted effort to attract more African-American students through support programs for black men and by bringing in students from targeted high schools for visits. (The university is currently 72 percent white, 10 percent Asian, 8 percent black, 6 percent Latino and 4 percent mixedrace.) More need-based scholarships will help in the effort to make UGA more diverse, Morehead said. [Blake Aued]

Do you want an expanded transit system? More bike lanes?

Should there be a historic resources master plan? Should the community once again address poverty and find ways to lift up everyone? What about working to retain police officers? And does Athens really need another performance venue?

These are some of the issues in the Draft Action Agenda set by participants, focus groups and steering committee members and framed by consultants in the Envision Athens process, designed to help the community decide what kind of future it wants. The consultants, Planning NEXT of Columbus, OH, gathered 8,500 comments from 1,229 participants through a series of meetings, focus groups and online feedback. There will be opportunity for people to comment online this go-round as well, officials said.

The next part of the process is to narrow the focus to 25 or so items on an “actionable agenda,” said Marc Beechuk, who works with Planning NEXT. These will be turned over to the local government’s Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, which will use the information to help create the updated land use plan. There will be opportunities for residents to weigh in on that plan as well. Public hearings are scheduled for Oct. 9 at Chase Street Elementary School and Oct. 16 at J.J. Harris Elementary, both at 7 p.m.

At the Envision Athens sessions, there were posters on the walls organized under big headings, such as “posterity,” “foundations,” “education,” “arts and culture,” “transportation” and “social services.” Attendees were given a few orange dots and instructed to stick the dots on the items they felt were most important.

Among those attending last Tuesday’s session at the Lyndon House was Judy Johnston, whose daughter attends Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School. Her biggest concern is the lack of bus service on Tallassee and Whitehead roads.

Parents without cars who want to attend events and conferences at BHL have no way to get there. “They want to participate in the life of the school, and they can’t,” said Johnston, a member of the BHL school governance committee. “If a child misses the bus, well, that’s it, there’s no alternative.”

Randy Wakefield, a shift supervisor at a plant near Nicholson, had attended one of the Envision Athens meetings earlier this year. He returned to the Lyndon House to see how things have taken shape. His wife, Joan Wakefield, knows what topic is most important to her: safety. If the orange dots were any indication, few of those attending agreed with her.

Wakefield works in risk management, she said, and she believes many issues are tied together, such as safety, income and education. She would like youth development programs expanded. She wondered what the vision plan is for the ACC Police Department. And she wondered why more mixed-income developments like Columbia Brookside, formerly the Jack R. Wells public housing project, aren’t being built. Brookside, she thinks, provides residents with a sense of safety and community.

Glenwood resident Diane Riley said she would like to see more affordable senior housing—which to her means small, one-story houses—in town instead of the massive highrise apartment complexes blocking the sky downtown. And she wants community service in Athens to be a graduation requirement for every student attending UGA. Georgia Museum of Art Director of Communications Hillary Brown (who is also Flagpole’s restaurant critic) was a member of the focus group discussing arts and culture in Athens. She helped craft the action items, and she took issue with one item the steering committee added to the list—creating a public arts space. Athens has splendid public arts spaces already, such as the Lyndon House and GMOA. Adding another would stretch financial resources instead of making everyone stronger, she said.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship President Linda Gilbert, who’s involved with the progressive political group

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Some of those attending the session wondered not only about the choice of action items but also the language describing them. Some had elaborate, clear language with bullet points; others were vague.

Attendees could also contribute their own thoughts on a board for “big ideas.” At least two comments called for free public transportation. [Rebecca McCarthy]

Lawsuit Filed to Overturn Campus Carry Three months after it took effect, Georgia’s campus carry law is facing a lawsuit.

Six professors at Georgia colleges and universities, including three from the University of Georgia, filed a complaint last week against Gov. Nathan Deal and Attorney General Chris Carr, arguing that the law interferes with the University System Board of Regents’ authority and educational mission and endangers students, faculty and staff. The lawsuit, filed in Fulton County, seeks an injunction against enforcing the campus carry law, and asks a judge to declare it unconstitutional.

“Reasonable minds can and do differ on this issue [gun control], but this case is not about who is right,” the complaint reads. “Rather, it is about which entity decides.”

USG Chancellor Steve Wrigley, UGA President Jere Morehead, other college presidents and law enforcement officials spoke out against campus carry when the bill John Knox was moving through the legislature last spring.

UGA professors John Knox, James Porter and William B. Whitman are three of the six plaintiffs.

Knox, a meteorology professor who identifies himself as a gun owner, says in the lawsuit that he believes “guns in the classroom make the learning environment less safe for everyone,” and he is concerned that allowing guns on campus “will lead to an increased number of student suicides.”

Porter is concerned that “distressed students may discharge weapons or use them for intimidation purposes” during his marine sciences courses, which entail “vigorous debate over controversial topics.”

Whitman, who teaches microbiology, is also concerned about the controversial topics in his class being discussed while students are armed, as well as “accidental or purposeful discharge of a gun” being a safety issue in a laboratory, where explosive materials may be kept. He plans to retire if guns become too prevalent on campus, according to the lawsuit.

Whitman declined to comment. Knox and Porter could not be reached for comment. “Time to go quiet for a while,” Knox wrote in a Facebook post shortly after the lawsuit was filed. “What I do, I do for the students.”

Morehead also declined to comment on the lawsuit during an unrelated media briefing last week, but he said he is not aware of any issues with guns on campus since the law took effect July 1.

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Dems Oust Mayor Denson After decades of service as a Democrat, Athens Mayor Nancy Denson is no longer a member of the Athens-Clarke County Democratic Committee.

Members voted Sept. 28 to remove her after she violated the committee’s bylaws. She did so by hosting a fundraiser for the Republican candidate for House District 117 (formerly held by Regina Quick), though Democrat Deborah Gonzalez is also running.

Denson has said she understood a special election to be nonpartisan, but candidates are nevertheless required to register with a political party in a “jungle primary,” where all candidates are listed on the ballot together, so she was staging an event for a registered Republican, Houston Gaines. She also contributed $1,000 to his campaign.

Gaines was her campaign manager in the 2014 mayoral race.

Committee Chairwoman Denise Ricks told those gathered at the Athens-Clarke County Library that Denson would be the first member ever removed from the committee. The decision came after officials had conversations with Democratic leaders and attorneys across the state. Ricks

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gave Denson a letter explaining how she had violated Bylaw 12.1, which bars committee members from supporting other parties’ candidates, and invited her to the Thursday committee meeting to explain her actions. The mayor didn’t attend the meeting.

“I do this with great sadness,” Ricks said. “I thank her and wish her well.”

Before the vote, longtime Democratic Committee member John Jeffreys said the penalty imposed on Denson didn’t have to be “the max,” suggesting she be suspended instead of ousted. Only two other members, Ann Darby and David Jarrett, supported his suggestion; the vote to remove the mayor was overwhelming.

Regardless of the vote, Denson had said she intended to resign from the committee in 2018 to continue supporting Gaines. [RM]

Evans Hypes HOPE Reform in Bid for Governor Every time she drives along 316 toward Athens, Stacey Evans feels a slight thrill, remembering when she first came to the University of Georgia from Ringgold. She was the first person in her family to attend college, and she couldn’t have done so without the HOPE Scholarship.

“This is where life started for me,” she told those attending the Democrats’ meeting last week. At the university, she became involved with the Young Democrats, thinking that doing so would give her a chance to help families like the one she had come from.

Evans showed a brief video about her background, including her hardscrabble, rural childhood. Viewers learned that her single mother had her as a teenager, held various menial jobs and went through a series of boyfriends, some abusive, before marrying Evans’ stepfather.

Evans moved 16 times as a child, one step ahead of bill collectors.

She graduated from high school with the required B average to qualify for HOPE, and after graduating stayed in Athens to attend law school, where she met her husband.

The first piece of legislation she encountered as a new state representative in 2011 was a bill reducing benefits for HOPE recipients.

Evans said she fought against those changes, for college and technical college students, while her Democratic rival, Stacey Abrams, signed on to the HOPE cuts. Today, Evans believes there should be tuition-free technical education and funding changes for HOPE, such as means testing.

She also endorses expanding Medicaid so people can worry about getting well, not wondering where their care is coming from. As an attorney, she was part of a team that prosecuted one of the largest cases of Medicaid fraud, netting taxpayers $324 million.

From her part of the settlement, she took $500,000 and set up a scholarship in the UGA School of Law to benefit firstgeneration college graduates Stacey Evans attending law school.

Abrams, Evans said, voted to reduce the early voting period, a measure she voted against. The 2011 bill reduced early voting from 45 to 21 days before a general election. Evans said she supports comprehensive civil rights protections for everyone.

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, a Republican candidate for governor, also paid a visit to Athens last week, speaking to the UGA College Republicans on Sept. 27. Visit flagpole.com for that story. [RM]

Barrow Announces Bid for Secretary of State Former congressman and Athens-Clarke County commissioner John Barrow is running for secretary of state, he announced at a recent ACC Democrats barbecue.

Barrow, a Democrat who’s shown a knack for winning in

The old American Legion on Magnolia Street

conservative areas, will be a strong candidate for the open position. Current Secretary of State Brian Kemp, another Athenian, is leaving the post to run for governor.

“Today, we have too many people in Atlanta who act like they do in Washington—who put partisan politics ahead of what’s in the best interest of Georgia,” Barrow said in a news release. “As a county commissioner and a member of Congress, I’ve always put Georgia first, and that’s what I’ll do as our Secretary of State.

“In addition to protecting the right to vote, the Secretary of State should be making it easier to do business and create jobs in Georgia, protecting retirement accounts from abuses on Wall Street, and preventing professional fraud,” he said. “None of this has anything to do with partisan politics, and I won’t allow it if I’m elected.”

Barrow, a lawyer, was one of ACC’s original commissioners after unification and represented Five Points until 2004, when he stepped down to run for Congress, beating several other Democrats and Republican incumbent Max Burns in a swing district that included Athens, Savannah and Augusta.

He served five terms in spite of repeated GOP efforts to oust him. Republicans in the state legislature removed Athens from his district, then Savannah, another Democratic stronghold, leaving him with Augusta and a deep-red swath of rural East Georgia. He survived by portraying himself as a pro-gun-rights fiscal conservative who frequently split from his own party, but Rick Allen finally defeated him in 2014.

Barrow had followed his district to Savannah and Augusta, and moved back to Athens after his loss to Allen.

Democrats recruited Barrow to run for an open Senate seat in 2014 and challenge U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson in 2016, but he declined.

Four Republicans are also vying to replace Kemp: state Sen. Josh McKoon of Columbus, state Reps. Buzz Brockway of Lawrenceville and Brad Raffensperger of Johns Creek, and Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle. Former Rockdale County tax commissioner R.J. Hadley is also running on the Democratic side. [BA]

ACHF and Church Team Up to Save Building Linda Davis is not old enough to have gone to parties at the old American Legion on Magnolia Street, between Broad and Baxter, “but I do know this was a place my [older] sisters were forbidden to come, and I know this was a place they came to anyway,” she said.

The Clarke County school board member, who grew up nearby, was one of about 40 people who attended a meeting Sept. 28 at Greater Bethel AME to discuss restoring the building, which has been sitting vacant for years. The church is now working with the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation to fix it up, and the meeting was called to ask for opinions on what it should become.

The building served as an American Legion post from 1947–1963, then was empty for two years before reopening as the Frank C. Maddox Community Center, Athens’ first licensed daycare for African-American children, named for Greater Bethel’s pastor at the time. (The current pastor is the Rev. Karen Bennett.) Later, the late civil rights activist Evelyn Neely took it over under the Lyndon Johnson Administration’s Model Cities program.

Even as it served as a daycare, the building continued to be used for dances, wedding receptions and other social functions. As many as 1,000 people would pack inside, spilling out onto a balcony that’s no longer there. A young James Brown once graced the stage downstairs. Upstairs were classrooms and offices. The Greater Bethel congregation also held services there after their original Broad Street church burned down while the new one, on Rose Street, was being built.

No one could say for sure exactly when the building was abandoned, but the exterior is structurally sound, said Turner Douglas, a contractor and ACHF trustee. He suggested removing the sagging second-story floor and walls to create a high-ceilinged one-story hall, but added that it would be up to the community to decide. In the meantime, Whitsel Construction, which specializes in historic preservation, has boarded up the building for safety reasons.

Most attendees advocated returning the building to use as a community center: renting it out for meetings, banquets and wedding receptions, turning it into a music venue and/or offering arts and music classes. One young man suggested that it should become a locally owned business—something like The Grit, “but less salty,” or an alternative to Kroger or Walmart.

Money will, of course, be an issue. Abating hazardous materials will cost about $40,000, and a new roof will run $20,000–$25,000, according to Douglas. But church and ACHF leaders said they’re confident the project will come to fruition. “We know it’s going to happen,” said Tommie Farmer. “I can’t tell you when, but we know it’s going to happen.” [BA] f

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Tom Price Is Out, and That’s Good THE HHS SECRETARY RESIGNED OVER PRIVATE JET CONTROVERSY

By Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com If ever there was a politician who embodied the quality of hypocrisy, it is Tom Price.

Price, a former legislator and later the congressman from Georgia’s 6th District, has spent his political career claiming to be a conservative Republican who hates excessive government spending. When Democrats made a proposal to spend $550 million on eight passenger jets for congressional travel, Price criticized the idea as “just another example of fiscal irresponsibility run amok in Congress right now.”

Price added this tweet: “Congress doesn’t need to have private jets.”

Last week, the secretary of health and human services became the first member of Trump’s cabinet to exit when he was forced to resign over his excessive use of… private jets. It seems that Price took dozens of official trips on expensive private charter jets or by commandeering military aircraft, even when far less expensive travel was available on commercial airlines.

Politico published article after article exposing the fact that nearly $1 million in taxpayers’ funds was spent on Price’s private and military flights. The news outlet reported that Price’s overseas trips on government planes included stops in Berlin, Geneva, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City and Tokyo, where he attended world health meetings. According to Politico, “Price took a Gulfstream C-37B owned by the Department of Defense for a weeklong trip in late May through Africa and Europe. The six legs of travel, which represented about 30 hours of flight time, were projected to cost $311,418.25.”

There was also the time when Price took a government-funded private jet to fly to St. Simons Island, where he and his wife own property. HHS also chartered a jet to fly Price to Nashville, TN, where his son lives.

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For those familiar with Price’s career, none of this was very surprising. Price has always exuded an air of smug arrogance and contempt for people who aren’t wealthy orthopedic surgeons like he is. When he was a state senator—when Democrats still controlled state government—Price would sneer at his Democratic colleagues for being “corrupt” and for allegedly perpetrating “waste, fraud and abuse.”

There’s no question that Democratic lawmakers, along with Republican ones, had their faults. But I don’t recall a single one who ever spent a million dollars in taxpayer funds on private charter flights and military aircraft. When it comes to waste, fraud and abuse, Price is in a class by himself.

Price has also been a politician who likes to take care of himself. When his nomination to be the head of HHS came before the Senate earlier this year, Price was lambasted by critics because he had purchased medical stocks at the same time that he was handling legislation that could affect the market prices of those stocks.

Price’s ouster is actually good news for the roughly 500,000 Georgians who get their health insurance coverage through the state exchange operated under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. As HHS secretary, one of Price’s primary goals was to smash Obamacare. (He really doesn’t like the idea of poor people getting health insurance.)

Congress has been unable to repeal the law, but HHS under Price has been doing everything administratively possible to hamper it. Price also doesn’t like Medicare, another program that comes under the purview of HHS. For all of those reasons, Georgians should cheer the departure of Tom Price from Washington power circles. f

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By Baynard Woods democracyincrisiscolumn@gmail.com Last week, the populist, theocratic, authoritarian former Alabama chief justice Roy Moore beat Sen. Luther Strange in a special election primary to fill the rest of Jeff Sessions’ term in the Senate. Strange was endorsed by President Trump, even though Moore, who pulled a gun out at a rally the night before the special election, is far more Trumpian

advisor Steve Bannon and his Breitbart website, the president missed an opportunity.

“He could have sent [Republican senators] a very strong signal of what will happen when you cross your president, and instead he got conned into supporting Luther Strange,” Stone said. “Roy Moore will be a more loyal supporter of Trump’s reforms than Luther Strange would be. That’s what’s so Kafkaesque about this whole thing. It’s why so many people who like Donald Trump voted for Roy Moore and not Luther Strange. I think they recognized that Strange was the establishment candidate.”

The moral of the story, according to Stone: “Don’t take Republican political advice from Jared Kushner. He doesn’t know anything about that politics. He’s a liberal Democrat. He doesn’t know anything about this. Why would you follow his advice?” than Strange is. In some ways, he is even more Trumpian If there is a single Trumpian ideology becoming clear than Trump. Moore’s closest analog may be fascist former after a chaotic nine months in office, it is white supremacy.

Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, whom the president And there is no way that will not color an election in recently pardoned. the Deep South. It was at his Huntsville, AL speech that Like Arpaio and Trump, Moore was a dedicated “birther” was supposed to be in support of Strange that Trump who believed Barack Obama was not really an American. He called football players who kneel during the national was booted from the bench twice for defying the ruling of anthem “sons of bitches.” He said that athletes like Colin a higher court. In one of those cases, he refused to remove Kaepernick, who began taking a knee in 2016 to protest the Ten Commandments from police violence against African his courthouse, arguing that they Americans, were a “total disTrump is trying to subvert are the foundation of the law. respect of our heritage, a total Kaepernick’s protest against Strange is no progressive— disrespect of everything that we the race is for Jeff Sessions’ stand for.” white supremacy into something Alabama seat, after all—and still Trump also spoke of “our more about ‘unity’ and Americanness. heritage” when he talked about carries the stink of having been appointed by then-Gov. Robert taking Confederate monuments Bentley, who later resigned after pleading guilty on two down, making it clear exactly what heritage he means. But misdemeanor charges. Strange’s successor recused himself it seems that Trump is trying to subvert Kaepernick’s profrom the investigation of the governor, and allegations that test against white supremacy into something more about Strange made a deal not to investigate him in exchange for “unity” and Americanness. the appointment are rampant.

“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag— “There is the question of how Strange got his appointif they do, there must be consequences—perhaps loss of ment from a governor who is on his way to jail anyway, the citizenship or year in jail!”, Trump tweeted shortly after the guy who he is supposed to be investigating. Did he horse election but before he took office. It was a strategic move trade for the appointment?” asked Roger Stone, the often intended to paint his enemies as enemies of America. vile and reactionary weed-smoking, swinging, longtime The attacks on black athletes seem so deliberate that Trump adviser with a tattoo of Nixon on his back, who it appears as if he is doing the same thing here. Trump testified before the House Intelligence Committee about wants to identify himself as much as possible with America his role in any possible collusion between the Trump camitself so that his critics will come off as unpatriotic. But paign and Russia on the same day as the special election in the Alabama special election shows the political danger of Alabama, and had been making the rounds with the press. that for an anti-government demagogue like Trump: How “Moore has run statewide several times previously, and does he identify himself with the nation and the flag while has always had a hard ceiling in terms of getting about 25 remaining free from the taint of the government and the percent of the vote. The fact that he was able to win this “swamp” he is supposed to be draining? primary with the incredibly popular president of the United This is why, for people like Stone, Trump’s support of States—popular in Alabama, popular among Republican the establishment candidate was a disaster, and why Trump primary voters—supporting his opponent really speaks to increasingly relies on racism to reach his base. If Trump the disgust of the base of Republicans with the Republican continues to appeal to whiteness, he may actually be able party leadership,” Stone said. “I think they were voting to keep working-class and middle-class white people on his against Mitch McConnell, voting against an establishment side and keep them fighting against working and middlecandidate. I mean, it’s a pretty stunning victory.” class black people, with whom they share obvious economic Still, Stone thinks that by not endorsing the populist interests. That is the only way the Republicans can win.

Moore, who was heavily supported by former Trump Things will get worse. f

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Vote Yes on T-SPLOST TAX REFERENDUM WILL CREATE A MORE BIKE-FRIENDLY ATHENS When my wife, Ella, and I moved to Athens chance. in 1989, we immediately saw the bicycling The proposed 1 percent Transportation potential of the city and became active in Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax the local movement to create a progressive allots $4 million for the Prince Avenue transport community. The Athens-Clarke corridor that could be dedicated to bike Safe Cycling Association (a precursor to infrastructure, as well as other projects that BikeAthens) was fanned back to life by could become alternative transportation a grand town-and-gown coalition, and hubs. Design it right, and it will result became a consistent and persistent voice in an explosion of commuter cycling to install bike lanes on the main commuter to downtown and campus from the routes of Prince and Milledge avenues communities alongside vital arteries. I and Baxter and Lumpkin streets. Thanks have seen this happen in numerous cities to R.E.M.’s generosity, we were able to worldwide. Build it, and they will come— print out 5,000 Athens bike maps, and the happier and healthier. disruption caused by Critical Mass events forced the decisionmakers to recognize that many Athenians wanted to be able to cycle, rather than drive around town.

At the end of the 1990s, it looked like these efforts were about to pay off. Bike lanes were eventually added to Lumpkin and Baxter streets, and a transportation plan was funded.

After I completed my doctorate in 2000, Ella and I left Athens for career purposes, subsequently living in London, Portland, A cyclist braves Prince Avenue.

OR, New York and New Zealand. Last year, after being gone for nearly two Also included in the referendum are decades, we returned with excitement, $10 million for the the North Oconee looking forward to seeing how Athens’ River Greenway, $16 million for the Firefly cycling-friendly plan had evolved.

Trail and $6 million for bike infrastructure Sad to say, we were more than anywhere in the city. With this investment, disappointed by what we witnessed. It was the dream can finally be realized. In quickly apparent that fewer cyclists are November, your vote is arguably the most commuting. Prince Avenue has become influential one you will make. even more dangerous. This vital artery now Yes, local sales taxes typically hit poorer boasts a busy Wendy’s, more traffic and people harder. However, this transportation distracted drivers on phones. (To those who SPLOST is the most progressive regressive argue that cyclists can and should avoid tax I have seen. Cycling provides poorer Prince, please try it.) I have conducted people a low-cost transportation informal counts of bicyclists on Prince alternative. Owning a car costs about Avenue. In a typical hour, there are around $10,000 a year; a bike costs a few hundred five cyclists on the road, and slightly more dollars. This tax will give the less well-off a cyclists illegally cycling on the sidewalk. safe, convenient way to get to work.

I used to enjoy going for leisure rides Students will not have to worry about on Jefferson Road. Prince was never a joy parking. And it will be a welcome change for to bike on, but was not too scary. Now those of us who need exercise. I know I miss cyclists have to traverse the Hugh Logan it. For the first time in my adult life, I have Interchange, which is not for the faintbeen unable to feel safe cycling to work, and hearted. So dangerous is Prince Avenue that it’s a sad statement on the development today leisure cycling groups typically meet of Athens when London and New York are beyond the interchange, driving to cycle safer cycling cities. rather than being able to start from home.

A few thousand people will decide if For Athens to realize its transportation Athens grasps the moment to join the potential, bike infrastructure on Prince rapidly growing number of bike-friendly Avenue is essential, as well as well-designed cities. You really can make a big difference bike lanes from Dougherty Street to in November. Please vote “yes” in the Oglethorpe Avenue and ideally across the referendum. f infamous interchange.

Ben and Ella Salt are both teachers at Coile Middle In November, you can help make this School in Athens. happen. The T-SPLOST referendum is your

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OUT OF AFRICA Mdou Moctar Modernizes Tuareg Sounds

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hile much of the West’s exposure to Tuareg culture is tied to the ethno-political conflicts that have played out across North Africa over the past few decades—and the rebellious desert blues that’s taken shape as a result—a relatively fresh face is steering his people’s music into even more modern territory.

Anar, the first album from songwriter and guitarist Mdou Moctar of Niger, was released in 2008, featuring heavily autotuned vocals and electronic instrumentation largely avoided by most popular Tuareg musicians. The spaced-out tunes spread like wildfire throughout the Sahara as files were shared via cellphone SIM cards. Sahel Sounds label founder Christopher Kirkley included the title track on one of his Music From Saharan Cellphones compilations, sparking a working relationship that would lead to Moctar’s first film role.

Released in 2015, Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai, which roughly translates to “Rain the Color of Red With a Little Blue in It”—an homage to Prince’s Purple Rain—is not only Moctar’s premiere screen appearance, it’s also the first-ever Tuareg-language film. The movie will be screened in its entirety at Trio Contemporary Art Gallery on Tuesday, Oct. 10 before Moctar performs a live set on the Georgia Theatre Rooftop.

More Tuareg Music to Check Out Tinariwen: The Mali collective Tinariwen has gained increased exposure over the last two decades with a string of critically acclaimed albums, positioning it as arguably the

most well-known and influential Tuareg ensemble in existence. Formed in the late ’70s by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib and fomented in a Libyan military training camp, the group has consisted of a rotating cast of players throughout its threedecade lifespan. (It even played the baptism of its youngest member, Eyadou Ag Leche.) Tinariwen’s 2011 album Tassili, featuring contributions from Wilco guitarist Nels Cline and TV on the Radio members Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone, won the Grammy for Best World Music Album, and is a great place to get acquainted with The Desert Boys’ subSaharan blues repertoire.

Bombino: Niger native Bombino is probably the closest thing to a Western rock star you’ll find in the Sahara. After fleeing the country in the early ’90s amid Tuareg rebellion, Bombino taught himself guitar, studying the styles of Jimi Hendrix and Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler before eventually forming his own band, Group Bombino. After some prodding by filmmaker Ron Wyman, Bombino recorded and released his standout, Agadez—named after Niger’s largest city and the guitarist’s home base—in 2011. Since then, Bombino has worked and toured with a range of notable names, including Robert Plant, Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors.

Terakaft: Founded by former Tinariwen member Diara Ag Ahmed and aided by his two nephews, Sanou and Pino, Terakaft dabbles in a brand of desert rock similar to Tinariwen, if not even more movement-inducing. The group draws its name from the Tamasheq word for “caravan,” and its melodies are equally roving, meandering and bobbing along with rhythmic sway as call-and-response lyrics trade off with evocative guitar leads.

Tartit: Timbuktu group Tartit, taking its name from the Tamasheq word for “union,” is comprised of five women and four men. Formed in a Burkina Faso refugee camp in the early ’90s, Tartit began gaining traction a few years later after a handful of high-profile festival appearances and performances alongside Tinariwen, Plant and renowned guitarist Ali Farka Touré. The group’s music and humanitarian work focuses on community and culture, with the women all playing tinde drums and the men playing traditional string instruments as everyone chants. Tartit’s members have also been recognized by the United Nations for their work developing schools and opportunities for women in their native Mali.

Sublime Frequencies: Sublime Frequencies, a Seattle label focused on “acquiring and exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers,” has a vast catalog of ethnographically inclined recordings, housing everything from the pop stylings of Syria’s Omar Souleyman to traditional folk songs from a variety of artists in South Asia. Dip into the Guitars From Agadez series on SF’s Bandcamp page for seven volumes of hypnotic Tuareg rhythms from Koudede and Group Inerane. f

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stuff, but I could definitely relate to some blues music,” says Birchwood. “I think it has a staying power because it’s still relatable. Everybody’s always going to be able to connect with the raw human emotions associated with that kind of music.”

Both of Saturday’s events will offer attendees a chance to gather with like-minded listeners to celebrate genres that have shaped music for generations. For some, it’s an opportunity to relax and enjoy. For others, including the performers, the festivals are as much educational as they are entertaining.

“I like events where there’s lots of other bands,” says Delta Moon’s Mark Johnson. “You really come away with lots of ideas and thoughts about what you’re doing.”

“Talking backstage with them, it’s also really a wonderful thing,” adds Gray. “I learned a lot that way.” f

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“I think, especially nowadays, there’s a lack of outlets for folk music in Athens. It’s all very progressive, very altrock,” says Sean Stephansen of Broken String Band. “So, the Folk Festival gives that outlet—one weekend where everybody that enjoys that style of music can come out and have a good time. And it’s at Sandy Creek Park, which is a great place to be in general.”

In an entirely different atmosphere but with a very similar purpose, the BBQ, Bourbon & Blues Festival at The Foundry will celebrate the blues from 2–10 p.m. In addition to a full day of tunes, this second installment of the festival will have barbecue and bourbon specials for its duration. “[Blues is] the wellspring—all American music grows out of that. Rock and roll, jazz,” says Tom Gray of Delta Moon, which will play Saturday’s festival. “It’s in country, and hip hop and rap, too.”

The fest will feature acts such as Frankie’s Blues Mission, The Original ScrewTops, The Georgia Healers and Will White & The Howlin’ South. The night will end with a performance by Selwyn Birchwood, a Florida guitarist still running high after his most recent album, Pick Your Poison, debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard blues chart.

“I really wasn’t connecting with the music that all of my friends were listening to in middle school, high school and

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This weekend, Athens is set to host celebrations of both.

On Saturday, Sandy Creek Park and The Foundry will be alive with music. The former will be home to the 33rd annual North Georgia Folk Festival, while the latter will host the second annual BBQ, Bourbon & Blues Festival.

“I think there’s something in it that touches everybody and that doesn’t go away,” says local singer-songwriter Rebecca Sunshine on the staying power of folk music.

“No matter where you go, everybody’s going to have a good time listening to it.” The Rebecca Sunshine Band is one Rebecca Sunshine of many bands scheduled to play the Folk Festival.

With events starting at 11 a.m. and continuing into the evening, the Folk Festival boasts activities for the entire family. In addition to music, the event—produced by volunteers from the Athens Folk Music and Dance Society with support from Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services—will feature storytelling, arts, crafts, food and activities for kids.

“It combines a bunch of great music and really cool crafts, and it’s great for everybody to come to. All ages love it. Little kids love it, and old people love it,” says Sunshine.

“It’s just a great place for the whole community to come together and have a great time.”

The main attraction—the music—is represented by a stacked lineup featuring Cortez Garza, Remedy Tree, Beto Cacao, Georgia Mudcats, Broken String Band and Austin Darnell, among many more on the main stage. The Fire Circle Showcase will feature Boone Hood, Rob McCurry and Sarah Zuniga.

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BANJOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE: As detailed on p. 12, the 33rd annual North Georgia Folk Festival happens Saturday, Oct. 7 at Sandy Creek Park. Dedicated to a range of traditional folk cultures, the event features music, crafts, food and more. Performers include Rebecca Sunshine Band, Cortez Garza, Remedy Tree, Beto Cacao, the Georgia Mudcats, Broken String Band, Austin Darnell, the South Carolina Broadcasters, MrJordanMrTonks and Klezmer Local 42, Boone Hood, Rob McCurry and Sarah Zuniga.

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Members: Cody Stalvey (vocals, keys, guitar), Bean (bass, vocals), Justin Granados (drums, vocals) Genre: “I kind of like not defining it, honestly,” says Granados. “It’s just whatever ends up happening. We’ll write a country song, and then we’ll write something more somber, hard rock, just whatever we feel like doing,” adds Stalvey.

Influences: Band members cite rock greats like U2, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin and Mother’s Finest, though a furrier influence commonly, and serendipitously, wanders into the band’s life. Bassist Bean can’t seem to say no to animals in distress—something seemingly contradictory to Grand’s rocking sound. Currently, he’s cradling a baby squirrel. “I found her yesterday just walking around where I worked, and picked her up,” says Bean. “I also have a three-legged cat. I found it, too.” In the world of Grand, this isn’t unusual. “They choose him,” Stalvey jokes.

Listen: grandtheband.com Upcoming: After a lineup change, the band is playing its first show in five months at Vega Studio (2145 S. Milledge Ave.) on Friday, Oct. 6. [Emma Korstanje]

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A BRAND NEW THING: Big Morgan will release its debut album Thursday, Oct. 5 at the Caledonia Lounge. Although it has maintained a regular presence on the Athens and Atlanta scene for the past two years, the band hasn’t committed a whole lot to tape. The new record is named Superpunch, and it’s no secret that Big Morgan has changed a bit since its debut EP back in 2015. The band is now a much more straightforward rock force, and its live show has benefited greatly. I’ve not had the opportunity to grab a copy of this new record yet, but I expect good things. Also on Thursday’s bill are Future Ape Tapes and Wieuca. Head to facebook.com/bigmorgantheband for more information.

EAT TO THE BEAT: Hip-hop zine Volumes will present Queens of Hip Hop at Iron Factory Friday, Oct. 6. Featured performers are Valley Girl D, Seline Haze, Queen.Wavey, B.O.Y. and Ke Turner. The evening starts at 10 p.m., but if you’re interested in some good hang time and social networking, show up a little early to wave and say hey and all those things that let people know you’re a sociable person. For more information on the artists and Volumes in general, see facebook.com/volumeshiphop.

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GO CELEBRATE: The third Chillith Fair happens at Go Bar Oct. 13 and 14. This year’s beneficiaries are Athens PRIDE, Atlanta’s Lost-n-Found Youth and the Athens Yoga Project.

Performers include Nihilist Cheerleader, Hannie and the Slobs, Immaterial Possessions, Shade, O Key, Pamela and Her Sons, Calico Vision and Blue Bodies. Chillith Fair is dedicated to its role as “a celebration of women, gender non-conforming, trans and queer identities,” and chooses beneficiaries and performers that reflect these values. For information on this year’s beneficiaries, see athenspride.org and facebook.com/ DJ Segar LostNFoundYouth. There’s no online presence for the Athens Yoga Project, so if you’ve got questions, ask ’em at the shows.

has been around since August. The five-song EP comes out Oct. 13, and Kwazymoto will play a release show a week later. That in-between time is going to prove useful for listeners, because for as good as Kwazymoto has been in the past, these songs take it to another place. It’s lyrically complex without being needlessly wordy, musically complex without being wanky and full of machismo, and hooky without falling into cliché territory. It is, in short, great.

I hesitate to describe Kwazymoto as “improved,” because the band has been compelling outta the gate. But with each release it expands the boundaries of its language. This time, the group has hit a sweet spot at the intersection of punk, hardcore, math rock, noise rock and melodic indie rock.

Don’t throw this record on looking for evidence of any of those genres, though, as they’re merely influences. Kwazymoto continues to sound like itself more than anything else. Dig this when it comes out at kwazymoto.bandcamp.com, but use the time before then to explore past releases. News and info at facebook.com/kwazymot0.

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KEEP IT SMOOTH: Dwain Segar, aka DJ Segar, the man behind the Segar Jazz Affair radio show and live sessions, just finished a run of 35 of his smooth jazz concerts at The Foundry, but his next one is special. For his 36th show, he’ll be celebrating his 60th birthday. This happens Sunday, Oct. 8 and will feature John Dunn & The Jazzman Band.

Advance tickets for the show are $12, but if you’d like to feast on the buffet dinner beforehand, it’ll run ya $27. The dinner begins at 5 p.m., and the show begins at 6. For tickets, see thefoundryathens.com, and for more information on DJ Segar, see facebook.com/segarjazzaffair.

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By Cy Brown news@flagpole.com I told you things are different now, didn’t I? Those three points turned out to be all Georgia traveled to Knoxville on Georgia needed.

Saturday and, hoo boy, it put a whooping Of course, the game ended 41-0 (FORTYon Tennessee. The Dawgs triumphed 41–0 ONE TO NOTHING!), so those weren’t the (FORTY-ONE TO NOTHING!) over the only points Georgia got. The offense looked Vols in one of the most entertaining games shaky in spells, but the running game came a Georgia fan could ever care to enjoy. It through, eating clock and yardage. Georgia was the second-largest margin of victory rushed for 294 yards, with five tailbacks against Tennessee in Georgia history, comcarrying the ball five or more times. Nick ing in just under the 44–0 drubbing of Chubb ran for 109 yards, while Sony Michel 1981. Between how good Georgia has been scored on a 21-yard dash in the third quarand how comprehensively butt Tennessee ter to end any chance of a Vols comeback. has been this season, I expected a win. But Even Jake Fromm got in on the action 41–0 (FORTY-ONE with two rushing TO NOTHING!) at touchdowns of his All the stars are aligning for own. With so many Neyland was outside even my wildest options at tailback, this to be an unexpectedly dreams.

Georgia can stay brilliant season.

After watching fresh for four quarhow Georgia has ters and grind down played through five games, it’s hard not to defenses. It’s not the high-flying spectacle feel like this is a special year. The defense is we’ve come to expect from the modern colgood enough to stop any offense in college lege football offense, but it’s effective. football. The offense has enough weapons in I jokingly predicted Georgia would go the backfield to grind out points and wear 12–0 in the Flag Football season preview. down defenses. The remaining schedule is That prediction isn’t such a joke anymore. a peach. There isn’t a game left in which Georgia has dominated in every game this Georgia won’t be favored. For the first time season, save Notre Dame, but the Irish are

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in years, the fanbase is galvanized and full of belief. All the stars are aligning for this to be an unexpectedly brilliant season.

With the shutout, the Bulldogs now rank third nationally in total defense and second nationally in scoring defense. These guys are fast, and they love to hit. That’s a potent combo on defense—a combo Alabama has used as the backbone of title-winning teams for close to a decade. This is shaping up to be the best defense Georgia has fielded since the Brian VanGorder days of the early aughts, and it’s probably better than those units, too.

The defense is the best reason to believe in this team, because it has the ability to keep every game close, even if the offense plays terribly. Over the last two games, Georgia has allowed just three points.

Tyrique McGhee pretty much ended the game with an interception on the first play from scrimmage, which led to a field goal.

proving to be a good team themselves, with four wins by 20 or more points.

Georgia will be looking for revenge again next week against Vanderbilt, which spells bad news for the Commodores. After that is Missouri, the worst team in the SEC. Florida, Auburn and Georgia Tech are the only games I still have reservations about— and that’s just because I’m a Georgia fan who has seen a lot of miserable stuff in his day.

Objectively speaking, through five games, it’s hard to argue Georgia isn’t headand-shoulders better than those teams. Slip ups, of course, happen. But based on what we’ve witnessed so far (FORTY-ONE TO NOTHING!), for the rest of the season, I expect to see a lights-out defense, a bruising crew of tailbacks imposing their will and a bunch of drunk, obnoxious Georgia fans cheering their asses off for a team they can finally believe in. f

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Light Up the Lyndon House “AURORA” EXPLORES THE NORTHERN LIGHTS THROUGH ART AND TECH

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com Primarily exclusive to the polar regions, inspired me to create interactive lamps that an aurora is one of the most awe-inspiring merged the visual beauty of the Aurora events on Earth, created as a byproduct of Borealis and the computational beauty complex disturbances in the magnetosphere of the underlying physics of the phenomand appearing as sublime curtains of vividly enon,” says Cochran. colored light across the night sky. Currently on view at the Lyndon House Arts Center through Friday, Oct. 13, Zane Cochran’s interactive installation “Aurora” offers a simulation of the planet’s naturally occurring light shows through the fusion of art and technology. Suspended lamps hang throughout the dark gallery in a variety of geometric forms and colors. Embedded with infrared sensors, each lamp gently wakes up as visitors approach and begins rippling through a unique sequence of lights, gradually fading out as the person walks away.

The trail of glowing lanterns left behind in each walker’s path is not unlike the aurora’s bands of light across a sky.

Though the installation is sleek in appearance, a tremendous amount of data went into every minute detail. Fascinated by the Aurora Borealis and “Aurora” by Zane Cochran seeking to better understand and communicate how the natural phenomenon occurs, Each of the installation’s 40 lamps repCochran came across a 20-year database resents a unique Aurora Borealis (northern of scientific data collected by NASA’s lights) or Aurora Australis (southern lights) Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) event. Using ACE’s data, Cochran develsatellite, as well as an Aurora Image Gallery oped a software program called PolyLamp that compiles spectacular light bands capthrough which the height, width, numtured by arctic research stations, photograber of faces and overall geometry of each phers and astronauts on the International lamp was algorithmically programmed Space Station. to reflect specific circumstances like the “As I searched through that data, I found low- and high-energy electrons, solar wind a beauty in the patterns of numbers that and plasma levels that contributed to the

event’s occurrence. The three-dimensional designs were then flattened onto paper, laser cut and folded into shape.

To mimic all of those otherworldly greens, pinks, blues and purples, Cochan created a separate piece of software called AuroraDatea that pulled prominent color patterns from the Aurora Image Gallery.

Each lamp contains a custom circuit of a dozen programmable LEDs, each capable of over 16 million colors, that visualizes an aurora experience from a past time and place.

“I have always been interested in how art and technology can play off of each other to

create a unique experience,” says Cochran.

“I am finding that I can more accurately express my creativity by incorporating elements of technology in my artwork. It allows me to create an otherworldly experience through interactivity and lights that I wouldn’t otherwise be able to achieve.”

Cochran is the founder of HackBerry Lab, an innovation space at Berry College dedicated to inventing, designing and building creative projects. What began as

a simple place for him to tinker around with his ideas combining art, technology and prototyping has since grown to seven times its square footage and even larger in its scope of offerings. Access to 3D printers, woodworking and welding equipment and materials for programming electronics allows hundreds of students to materialize diverse projects such as an interactive, LED-embedded dress called PIXI and a 1970 Karmann Ghia converted into a fully electric car.

As a PhD student at Georgia Tech, Cochran is continuing his research into maker-oriented learning. His focus investigates how incorporating technologies and tools within traditional classroom curricula can enrich learning experiences.

“Aurora” exemplifies the ability to educate an audience while visually and physically engaging them through a dazzling and interactive presentation.

“I hope that visitors can feel a sense of peace and wonder as they explore ‘Aurora’ in the same way that they might feel if they traveled hundreds of miles to see the real northern lights,” says Cochran.

“Every aspect of the installation, from the lights to atmospheric music and open pathways through the lamps, was designed to allow visitors to make their own way through the space and spend a few moments away from the busy and noisy world to look up and enjoy an artwork inspired by a beautiful natural phenomenon.”

Cochran will offer a gallery talk sharing models and prototypes at the Lyndon House on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. Later that day from 7–10 p.m., Athens makerspace The Hatch will host a grand opening for its new facility, located in the Chase Park warehouses. Focused on STEAM education, the nonprofit will offer art and technology classes for both children and adults, as well as memberships with 24-hour access to 3D printers, a laser cutter, woodworking tools, an electronics lab and other resources. f

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Poke Power PLUS, A NEW BAKERY IN MAYSVILLE

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PACK A BOWL: When I think about areas of crab meat or cooked shrimp, but the other town that are friendly to small, minoritychoices seem better. owned businesses (specifically restauIt’s probably not possible to get too rants), I don’t usually think of downtown. many toppings, and you are allowed as That said, the two blocks of East Clayton many as you want from seaweed salad, between Jackson and Thomas have a fair onions, cucumber, pineapple, sesame seeds, amount going for them on that front. Sure, they house Mellow Mushroom and Taqueria Tsunami, both chains, but they’re also home to Lay-Z Shopper (which has moved into the space next door that it tried to operate a restaurant out of, but still makes delicious deli sandwiches to order), Cafe Istanbul (technically a small chain out of Atlanta, but also Athens’ only Turkish restaurant), Utage, Athens Wok (Chinese and Thai, owned by a Thai/Laotian couple) and now Ahi Hibachi and Poke (489 E. Clayton St., 706-5438898). Enough folks seem to walk over from the Classic Center or the Hilton Garden Inn to allow all these places to do decent business, which is a positive.

Poke (pronounced po-kay and meaning “to slice” in Hawaiian) is a fairly hot trend nationwide, but this is the first place to get it in Athens.

It’s fairly similar to chirashi sushi, Ahi Hibachi and Poke in that it consists of a bowl of rice (in this case sushi rice or brown rice) topped with sliced raw fish and vegetables, jalapeño, ginger, masago (roe), corn, avobut the toppings include pineapple, jalacado, tempura flakes, edamame and wasabi. peño and avocado. Often, this kind of thing Honestly, you could ignore the proteins and can be made with far too much rice or bad be pretty happy with just this stuff. Try to rice or drowned in a sweet sauce, but Ahi make yourself a mix of salty, crunchy, sweet gets it right. The sushi rice is plump and and sharp. You also get a sauce (ponzu, slightly vinegary. The brown rice isn’t too house spicy, sweet mango mayo, wasabi sweet. The tuna (regular or spicy, in a soy or mayo and spicy mayo) drizzled over the spicy soy marinade) is clean and fresh. The top. What’s even better, you can fill out tofu is a great option, cubed but not seared, your entire order on a sheet of paper, sushisilky and pure. You can also get salmon, ordering style, at your leisure and then

hand it to the person behind the counter, meaning no awkward attempts at communicating all the things you want in your bowl of stuff while going too fast or too slow.

Ahi also does other things, like crab rangoon, calamari and gyoza, but none of them are very good, especially in comparison to the poke. And it makes fairly decent hibachi, over rice or noodles, with chicken, steak, salmon, shrimp and/or vegetables.

On the whole, the closer you get to raw, fresh and simple (despite the fact that those words have become fairly tainted by the cult of “clean eating”) at Ahi, the better you’ll do.

The atmosphere is nothing super exciting, with some basic tables and a big Lucky Cat waving happily next to the cash register. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner every day and does delivery (through Cosmic) and take-out.

AFIELD: There’s not a whole lot in downtown Maysville, a small town near Commerce with a railroad line that runs right through the middle of town, but the historic

buildings that line the streets have been preserved, and some of them now hold small businesses. Ganache Bakery and Bistro (9155 Gillsville Road, 706-6523657) is one of them.

Open Thursday through Sunday for lunch and sweets, it offers sandwiches on a wide variety of breads (marble rye, sourdough, croissant, wheatberry, spinach feta, garlic cheddar, Dakota, cinnamon chip, honey wheat), made with deli meats (turkey, ham) or housemade chicken salad or pimento cheese. The chicken salad is particularly good, available in a savory version as well as the more usual sweet, and there are add-ons like jalapeno bacon to fancy up your sandwich. Kids can get a PB&J or a half panini with chips, both of which are better than they need to be. Soups vary daily, but a creamy potato soup was pretty darn good, with cheese straw-type crunchy things scattered on top.

The dessert case is a point of emphasis, with, for example, chocolate cobbler in stemmed glass dishes, sour-cream pound cake, slab pecan pie (made on a cookie sheet), lemon bars and cookies (chocolate chunk, chocolate chocolate chunk, mixed chip). It’s not listed on the menu, but the staff will tell you that the restaurant also has homemade ice cream, available in a few different flavors (vanilla, strawberry, peach). Pair a scoop of that with one of the cookies for the best dessert option.

Ganache also makes coffee drinks and tea and has a kind of tea-room atmosphere, with lots of china on display (which doesn’t mean it’s not kid-friendly). It has parking around the back, a better option than trying to book it across the main drag, where cars whip through the town.

WHAT UP?: Brewpub Akademia Brewing Co. will open Oct. 16 in the former Musician’s Warehouse building on Atlanta Highway. Hugh Acheson will sign copies of his new cookbook at Avid’s Five Points location on Oct. 11. Keep up with all local food news by reading the Grub Notes blog at flagpole.com. f

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Get Spooked at Schlocktoberfest PREVIEWING CINÉ’S HALLOWEEN FILM SERIES

By Gabe Vodicka and Stephanie Rivers music@flagpole.com

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orget Christmas: In Athens, October is the most wonderful time of the year. In case you hadn’t noticed, we take Halloween seriously around these parts, as evidenced by the gazillion related concerts, art shows, parades and other spooktacular events slated to happen all month long. The darkness dawns with Revenge of Schlocktoberfest, a month-long film series at Ciné that screens canonical horror flicks alongside campy classics.

Along with the movies, the arthouse theater is hosting an associated exhibit featuring monster-inspired artwork. (Check out Graham Shirley’s artwork on this week’s Flagpole cover.) An opening reception is set for Thursday, Oct. 5 from 6–8 p.m.

The fun kicks off at Ciné Tuesday, Oct. 3—the day this issue hits stands—with a double-feature showing of two pioneering films with an accompanying live score by the Invincible Czars. The Austin, TX band incorporates a variety of instruments, voice loops and Romanian folk music to fill out the eerie atmosphere of these iconic silents.

There are many more scary movies to be seen in town this month. Flicker Theatre & Bar will celebrate the return of its Flicker Film Society with 31 Days of Darkness, featuring screenings of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Oct. 4), The Slumber Party Massacre (Oct. 11), Friday the 13th Part 2 (Oct. 13) and others. Check facebook.com/ flickerbar.athens for details.

Below, a rundown of this year’s Schlocktoberfest schedule.

OCT. 3 DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE (1920) John Barrymore (Drew’s grandpa) takes on the split persona in one of America’s earliest horror films. Watch as Barrymore

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transforms from the good Dr. Jekyll to evil Mr. Hyde entirely through the power of facial contortion and a scraggly wig.

NOSFERATU (1922) Max Schreck still chills as the lead, with bat ears and rodent fangs. Count Orlok doesn’t show up right away, but when he does, you can see why Nosferatu is regarded as a stone-cold horror classic.

OCT. 5–7 Re-Animator

FRANKENSTEIN (1931) “It’s alive! It’s aliiiive!”

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974) No matter what you think about Brian De Palma’s rock musical, you can’t say it’s boring. The story may be based on The Phantom of the Opera, but the production is a wholly original, cuckoo-bananas mess with rich sets and a fun ’70s soundtrack. De Palma’s phantom is Winslow Leach (William Finley), a songwriter who is cheated by an evil record tycoon named Swan (Paul Williams). After being disfigured by a record press, Leach dons a chrome mask and haunts Swan’s venue, The Paradise. The result is an unforgettable, flamboyant spectacle.

an incredible, cringe-inducing scene involving scissors…

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OCT. 19–21

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) The late, great George A. Romero essentially launched the modern zombie genre with these black-and-white ghouls. His first Dead movie follows Ben (Duane Jones), Barbra (Judith O’Dea) and some other refugees, who are hiding in a boarded-up farmhouse from a bunch of reanimated ghouls. Romero keeps the tension high with plenty of dialogue amongst the living and no character safe from death.

RE-ANIMATOR (1985) For anyone interested in a Frankenstein-style story with 100 times the blood, look no further than Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator, loosely based on an H.P. Lovecraft story. Jeffrey Combs plays obsessed medical student Herbert West, who discovers a formula that brings the dead back to life. The movie is a gruesome delight and a must-see for any horror fan.

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OCT. 20–21

THE DEAD ZONE (1983) It’s pretty crazy to think David Cronenberg followed Videodrome with a Stephen King thriller, but to his credit, The Dead Zone stands as one of the better King adaptations. Johnny (Christopher Walken) comes out of a coma with the ability to see what will happen to other people just by touching their hands.

Compared to other Cronenberg movies, this one’s light on the body horror, but there is

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OCT. 27–28, OCT. 31 THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon) suffer a flat tire and go back to a castle they recently passed for assistance.

Turns out the castle is home to a race of aliens, none of whom are racier than mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry).

At the point of his introduction, the movie shows why continues to be revered as a cult classic. Dress up, sing along and throw toast in the air. f

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FLATLINERS (PG-13) Remakes are not inevitably bad, but they are naturally prone to laziness. Flatliners might as well be an original picture for its possible new audience.

It’s not like its 1990 predecessor ranks that high on lists of “’90s Movies You’ve Got to Watch!” despite a cast including Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon

By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com and the other Baldwin. (No, not Alec; not Stephen; the other one. Adam isn’t even a AMERICAN MADE (R) The second team-up of Liman and Cruise keep the picture flying Baldwin brother!)

Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman may even as they struggle to land it; I wound up A group of medical students led by Ellen err on the side of shallow entertainment, more excited about where it was going than Page try to research the afterlife by “flatlinbut the megastar works harder to make where it went. The duo and writer Gary ing” and charting brain activity while they shallow entertainment watchable than Spinelli make Barry out to be a good guy, are dead. Suddenly, they are supercharged anyone working today. (Their first collabothough one wonders how dirty his hands by their death experiences, remembering ration, Edge of Tomorrow, is the most under- may have gotten in these various schemes. childhood talents and medical minutiae rated science-fiction film since from their studies. Too bad Starship Troopers.) all that valuable research gets American Made In what could prove his best tossed out after the students performance in a decade, Cruise begin to be haunted by their winningly embodies Barry Seal, guilty pasts. whose true life story is pretty The hook behind Flatliners wild, if this movie is to be remains powerful, but no new believed. The Pan Am pilot flew filmmaker will discover the new surveillance over Latin American version and want to remake it communist training camps for in 30 years. The film’s potential the CIA. He made runs to thento take a metaphysical look Col. Manuel Noriega and three at death and the afterlife gets small Colombian businessmen swamped by what winds up as named Jorge, Carlos and Pablo a traditionally blah ghost story. (yes, Escobar). Eventually, Seal Even if Niels Arden Oplev (the I don’t care what Leah Remini said! wound up in the White House, Swedish Girl With the Dragon as it declared its war on drugs.

Tattoo) were a stronger behindFlying under the radar to South America If nothing else, the movie makes sure we the-camera talent than the sometimes multiple times a week led Seal and his know Seal sweated a lot; Cruise is wetter unfairly maligned, yet oft justly disliked dutiful, beautiful wife, Lucy (Sarah Wright than Matthew McConaughey in A Time to Joel Schumacher, he has lesser parts with Olsen), to have more money than they Kill, one of the sweatiest movies of all time. which to work. His cast has little chemcould actually launder. Don’t worry; Lucy Squint and this engaging, eventually-tooistry—Page does not even seem to be in has a loser brother, grossly played by Caleb inevitable movie could resemble something the same dimension; Diego Luna and Nina Landry Jones, to muck up the plan. more than an end-of-September charmer.

Dobrev are forcibly paired off—and play unappealing, flat characters. When the first act ends, so does almost anything interesting about Flatliners.

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FRIEND REQUEST (R) Friend Request does nothing revolutionary, but has a smattering of fresh ideas to escape relegation to the bottom of the new-horror queue.

A bunch of forgettable young TV actors play a group of “typical” college students, whose fake Facebook pages are being haunted by the school outcast, Marina (Liesl Ahlers), who committed suicide after being unfriended by the nice girl, Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey, “Fear the Walking Dead”). Now, her group of friends is being picked off one by one, but at least they have a magic computer pal (Connor Paolo, who may be remembered from “Gossip Girl”) to check the code and do a Google Image search.

The flick’s weak script fails to actuate the social media angle and features the sort of dialogue that exemplifies the conversations adults think college students have.

What Friend Request does that’s new is offer brief animated, horror sequences posted on Marina’s Fakebook page. Director Simon Verhoeven at least deserves some credit for an animated innovation that should not have taken a horror filmmaker so long to use. Gary Go and Martin Todsharow’s atypical horror score stands out, as well.

Despite a multitude of flaws, Friend Request provides the small joys expected of a so-bad-it’s-silly horror flick, even if the jump scares barely nudge the audience.

Social media horror is a fertile new subgenre—horror has long been obsessed with new technology—and Friend Request should not end up its worst exemplar. Still, it’s no Unfriended. f

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Tate Student Center · 6 p.m. · FREE! In the new documentary Chasing Coral, a team of researchers and underwater photographers set out to provide evidence of the alarming rate at which reef ecosystems are vanishing. Breathtakingly colorful reefs teeming with life wither away into bleached graveyards as a result of trapped greenhouse gases and warming waters. Chasing Coral will be preceded by a screening of Dan Aguar’s Down to the Plastic Ocean, a short film named as a spinoff of a song by Kathy Kirbo, who is the executive director of the Reef Ball Foundation, an Athens-based nonprofit that rehabilitates marine reef ecosystems worldwide. A panel discussion with the filmmakers and and key film subjects will follow the main feature. [Jessica Smith]

Caledonia Lounge · 9:30 p.m. · $5–7 Local math-metal group Maximum Busy Muscle’s approach has evolved as its membership has expanded, from the two-piece of guitarist Jason Roach and drummer Mary Joyce, to the trio with Adam Hebert on bass, to the current quartet featuring drummer Erika Rickson.

The band’s self-titled debut, which it celebrates at Caledonia Friday, is bold and intoxicating, featuring Hella-esque guitar acrobatics and Big Business-style lowend sludge. MBM’s two drummers—on the record, they are panned to separate channels, creating a disorienting effect— round out the sound with a ceaseless rhythmic assault. Blooze-rockers Mother the Car and punks Hunger Anthem share Friday’s bill. [Gabe Vodicka]

OCAF · 6–8 p.m. · FREE! The Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation’s largest show for the new season happens to feature its tiniest pieces. The eighth annual Georgia Small Works Exhibit, juried by Rebecca Brantley of the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art at Piedmont College, includes two- and three-dimensional artwork that sizes under 14 inches in all directions. “Roy Ward: Watercolors and Woodblock Prints” features landscape paintings and relief prints of flowers and animals by the local artist, who died in 2014. In “Southern Breezes: Visions of Another Era,” another local, Ann Breedlove Powers, shares work inspired by gardens and homes. The exhibitions will remain on view through Friday, Nov. 3. [JS]

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Tuesday 3 CLASSES: Adulting U (ACC Library) Adrienne Hamil of Heirloom Cafe leads a program on meal prepping on a budget. 7 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 CLASSES: Intro to Photoshop (Craig Gum Photography Studio, 160 Winston Dr., Suite 10) Learn the basics of portrait editing using Adobe Photoshop. $50. thejeremybarton@gmail.com CLASSES: Computer Class: Introduction to Computers (ACC Library) Register by phone or in the person at the reference desk. 10 a.m.

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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: Free I.T. Athens Orientation (Free IT Athens) Find out what you need to know to begin volunteering at Free I.T. Athens. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.freeitathens.org FILM: “The International AltRight” (Miller Learning Center, Room 150) Dr. Joe Mulhall leads a discussion after screening the short film. 3:30 p.m. FREE! mudde@ uga.edu FILM: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Local artist James

Greer presents a screening of The Void. 7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com FILM: Schloctoberfest: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and Nosferatu (Ciné Barcafé) Watch Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920) and Nosferatu (1922) in a double feature with a live score

by THE INVINCIBLE CZARS. 9 p.m. www.athenscine.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: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289

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GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 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, 2301 College Station Rd.) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) Trivia with host Jamie Pisarich. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-8561 KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs and crafts for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. 10 &

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Flicker Theatre & Bar · 8 p.m. · $5 New to the Athens scene but well established on the wider folk landscape, local group The Moonshine combines traditional Appalachian instrumentation with a lyrical restlessness and punk-rock spirit, creating a unique but accessible Americana sound. The group, whose West Coast version operated as a five-piece but which currently takes the stripped-down form of guitarist and vocalist Michael Levasseur, autoharpist Rachael Renee and bass player Evan Bradford, is readying the release of a new album, The Cuckoo’s Crooked Path, planned for next year. They’re joined at Flicker on Saturday by Louisiana’s Cullen Wade & the Waters and local roots-ramblers Driftwood. [GV]

11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: KidsKnit (Bogart Library) Leran to knit with Ms. Deborah.

Ages 9–13. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Mommy and Me at the Zoo (Memorial Park, Bear Hollow Zoo) Hear stories, make crafts and meet animals. Ages 1–6. 10 a.m. $3–4. www.athensclarkecounty.com/ leisure KIDSTUFF: Let’s Talk About Books (ACC Library) Talk about what you’ve been reading and get suggestions.

Ages 11 and up. 4:30 p.m FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Book Launch (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Local

author Jordan A. Rothacker launches his latest book, My Shadow Book.

6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop. com LECTURES & LIT: The Georgia Gerrymandering Tour (ACC Library) Georgia Common Cause provides a brief history of gerrymandering in Georgia, a discussion of current problems with our redistricting process, and a training session for citizens interested in pushing local redistricting reforms. Presented

by Indivisible Georgia District 10 and the ACLU. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens MEETINGS: ACC Democrats Happy Hour (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Discuss issues at the county,

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state and national level at the water cooler end of the bar. 5:30–7 p.m. www.clarkedemocrats.com PERFORMANCE: Rote Hund Musik (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) The graduate chamber ensemble will give a Halloween-themed performance. 6 p.m. FREE! music.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 4 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the permanent collection.

2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org CLASSES: Flow Into Fall Yoga Class (M3Yoga, 159 Oneta St., Unit 5, Suite #50) Enjoy yoga in the Athens Tree Room with a live DJ and photo booth. All skill levels and family-friendly. 6 p.m. $20. www. m3yoga.com CLASSES: Photoshop for Beginners (ACC Library) This hands-on class will introduce you to the basics of Photoshop.

Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Warm-Season Grasses of the Georgia Piedmont (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn to recognize common grass species of the Georgia Piedmont. Bring a hand glass. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $50. 706524-6156 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Justin Pruitt presents a screening of Tobe Hooper’s demented sequel Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. 7 p.m. FREE! www. flickertheatreandbar.com FILM: Cult Classic Wednesday (The Foundry) Watch The Big Chill on the big screen. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens.com FILM: Chasing Coral (UGA Tate Student Center) Watch a documentary detailing why the ocean’s coral reef systems are disappearing. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.chasingcoral.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Foundry) Play movie trivia before watching a cult classic. 6 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 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: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Drop in and win prizes!

8–10 p.m. FREE! highwirelounge. com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Gather a team. Every week.

7:30 p.m. FREE! www.willys.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892

GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. saucehouse.com GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Eastside) Every Wednesday. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs and crafts for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Stop-Motion Animation (ACC Library) Learn how to make your own movie using stop-motion animation and Hue Animation Studio. Meets the first Wednesday of every month. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: The Ex-FEAR-ience (Oconee County Library) Get in the Halloween spirit. For grades 6–12.

7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: It’s Not Just About the Food Book Club (Oconee County Library) Discuss Unwind by Neal Shusterman. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Stories, songs, puppets and much more. Ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens KIDSTUFF: Chess Club (Oconee County Library) Ages 7 & up are invited to play. All experience levels welcome. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950 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: Knit Kids Class (Revival Yarns) Knit Kids is a beginning knitting class for kiddos to learn how to cast-on and knit stitch. RSVP. 4 p.m. $15. 706-850-1354, www. revivalyarnsathens.com KIDSTUFF: Preschool Pals (Bogart Library) Preschool aged children will learn social and language skills through songs stories and crafts.

Ages almost 3–almost 5. 10:15 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Library Adventures (Bogart Library) A storytelling program with hands-on activities.

Ages 3.5–8. 11:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry (The Globe) Open mic poetry readings. This month’s featured reader is Eddie Whitlock. 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ athenswordofmouth MEETINGS: CHUGALUG (Free IT Athens) Classic Hackers UGA Linux Users Group meets the first Wednesday of every month. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.fourathens.com OUTDOORS: Guided Rambles (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Volunteers will lead a guided walk on the trails. 9 a.m. FREE! www. athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter PERFORMANCE: UGA Student Composers Showcase (Go Bar) Student composers perform classical and experimental works. 10 p.m.

706-546-5609 PERFORMANCE: ARCO Chamber Orchestra (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The ensemble will perform Bach, Igor Kholopov, Mozart and Efrem Podgaits. 8 p.m. $22. pac. uga.edu THEATER: Animal Farm (SeneyStovall Chapel) George Orwell’s satiric fable adapted for the stage.

Oct. 4-7, 8 p.m. Oct. 7-8, 2:30 p.m. $12. www.ugatheatre.com

Thursday 5 ART: Arts and Drafts (Southern Brewing Company) See an exhibition of colorful artwork by Maggie Seee. 5–9 p.m. $12. www.sobrewco. com ART: Schlocktoberfest Art Show Reception (Ciné Barcafé) See works influenced by the Schlocktoberfest Horror Series lineup from Jared Brown, Mina Orion-Atlas Kim, Missy Kulik, Alex Murawski, Steph Rivers, Terry Rowlett, Graham Shirley, Jessica Smith and more. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com CLASSES: Knit Happens (Oconee County Library) Beginners can learn how to knit and intermediate knitters can get help on projects. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee CLASSES: Mango Workshop (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn how to use Mango Languages through the library to explore over 70 languages.

6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison EVENTS: Keep Calm and Color On (Bogart Library) Relax with adult coloring books and supplies. 1–3 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart EVENTS: Make It An Evening (Georgia Museum of Art) Enjoy Jittery Joe’s coffee, Cecilia Villaveces’ cakes and gallery tours prior to the performance in Hodgson Hall by magician Chris Dugdale.

6–8 p.m. FREE! $5 (coffee & dessert). www.pac.uga.edu EVENTS: KnitLits (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are welcome.

6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart EVENTS: Chris Dugdale (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Worldrenowned magician Chris Dugdale has entertained the Queen of England and the United Nations. 8 p.m. $39. pac.uga.edu GAMES: Movie Trivia (Flicker Theatre & Bar) The Flicker Film Society presents its first Women in Horror Trivia followed by a screening of Ginger Snaps. 7:30 p.m. FREE! flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Duplicate Bridge (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Beginner and experienced players welcome. 6:30 p.m. ejstapler@gmail.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq KIDSTUFF: Adventure Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Participants will learn about far-off places with Carley Guillorn. Ages 5–10. 4:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison KIDSTUFF: Teen Sewing Club (ACC Library) Ms. Lorena will teach the basics of sewing. Ages 11–18.

4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens KIDSTUFF: Fun with Frankenstein (ACC Library) Everyone’s favorite green monster is the star of this special storytime. Includes books, crafts and games. Ages 3–8 and their caregivers. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Five Points) New York Times bestselling author Joshilyn Jackson celebrates her latest novel, The Almost Sisters. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Normal Bar) Meet local author Jeffrey J. Kilpatrick in celebration of his story collection Terrifying Tales of

Athens, Vol. 1: Bloody Boulevard. 7 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: After the End: A Post-Apocalyptic Book Group (ACC Library) This month’s title is The Water Knife by Paola Bacigalupi.

7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens MEETINGS: Upper Oconee Watershed Network 2017 (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Join UOWN for drinks and live music by Russ Hallauer. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. uown.org MEETINGS: Oconee Rivers Audubon Society (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Amateur photographer Chuck Murphy will speak on “The Wisdom and Foolishness of Crows.” 7 p.m. FREE! www. oconeeriversaudubon.org OUTDOORS: Nature Ramblers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Meet at Shade Garden Arbor) Learn 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. 9:30 a.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu THEATER: Animal Farm (SeneyStovall Chapel) See Wednesday listing for full description Oct. 4-7, 8 p.m. Oct. 7-8, 2:30 p.m. $12. www. ugatheatre.com THEATER: Deathtrap (Athens Community Theater) The Town & Gown Players present Ira Levin’s Deathtrap. A thriller author who has lost his mojo will do anything to get it back. Oct. 5–7, 8 p.m. & Oct. 8, 2 p.m. $8–15. www.townandgownplayers.org

Friday 6 ART: Opening Reception (Hip Vintage and Handmade) See a retrospective of Beverly Buchanan with around 100 pieces of the late artist’s work. 6–9 p.m. FREE! www. hipvintagehandmade.com ART: First Friday Open Knit/ Crochet (Revival Yarns) These meetings are meant to build a community among local knitters and crocheters. Bring your current project, get comfy and mingle with fiber friends old and new. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. or 5–7 p.m. FREE! 706-8501354, www.revivalyarnsathens.com ART: Opening Reception (OCAF, Watkinsville) “Georgia Small Works” is a juried show featuring over a hundred small-scale pieces. “Roy Ward: Watercolors and Woodblock Prints” and Ann Breedlove Powers’ “Southern Breezes: Visions of Another Era” are also on view. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! www.ocaf.com CLASSES: How to Use Georgia Download Destination (Oconee County Library) Georgia Download Destination is a free service that allows patrons to download free audio and ebooks. Registration required. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950, www.athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: Hackathon (The Hatch, 160 Tracy St.) Craft, paint, draw, sew, build, repair, solder and hack things. Participants do not need to bring a project but the favorite project wins a prize. Pizza provided.

5–10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/hatchathens EVENTS: New Town Revue (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) This installment features Sharon Harrigan, Rosalie Moffett and Andy Gonzales.

6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop. com EVENTS: Friends of the Georgia Museum of Natural History Celebration (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Nobel Prize

recipient Justin O. Schmidt, author of The Sting of the Wild, is the guest speaker. Cocktails and a silent auction will be followed by dinner from home.made. 6 p.m. $125. www. gmnhfriends.org EVENTS: Friday Night Dance Party: Cha Cha (UGA New Dance Theatre) The Ballroom Performance Group offers a free beginner cha cha lesson at 7 p.m., followed by social dancing 8–10:30 p.m. 7 p.m. $3–5. www.ugaballroom.com EVENTS: Chris Dugdale (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) See Thursday listing for full description 8 p.m. $39. pac.uga.edu EVENTS: Friends First Friday (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Nature photographer Chuck Murphy shares his experiences capturing native flora and fauna. Murphy and Jena Johnson currently have an exhibition, “Meet Your Neighbours,” on view in the Visitor Center gallery.

9 a.m. $12. 706-542-6138 EVENTS: Morning Mindfulness (Georgia Museum of Art) Participate in a guided meditation session in the galleries. Meet in the lobby. 9:30– 10:30 a.m. FREE! branew@uga.edu, www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Teacher Appreciation Day (Southern Brewing Company) Bring proof that you’re a teacher (school ID, pay stub, nametag, etc.) and receive a discount. Live music

by Box Era and snacks by Streets Cafe food truck. 4:30 p.m. www. sobrewco.com FILM: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Kate Hernandez presents a screening of Frankenhooker.

7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Planewalkers for Diversity Inaugural Chapter Meeting (Tyche’s Games) Play Magic is a welcoming atmosphere. 6 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Hispanic Student Association Outreach (ACC Library) Join Teen Service and the UGA Chapter of Latino/as as Invested in the Students of Tomorrow to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Café au Libris: Celeste Headlee (ACC Library) Author and Georgia Public Broadcasting host Celeste Headlee will talk about her new book We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens PERFORMANCE: Glenn Miller Orchestra (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) Dance along to swing era classics from the 1930s and ’40s. 8 p.m. www.mmcc-arts.org THEATER: Deathtrap (Athens Community Theater) See Thursday listing for full description Oct. 5–7, 8 p.m. & Oct. 8, 2 p.m. $8–15. www. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: Animal Farm (SeneyStovall Chapel) See Wednesday listing for full description Oct. 4-7, 8 p.m. Oct. 7-8, 2:30 p.m. $12. www. ugatheatre.com

Saturday 7 ART: Fall Sale (R. Wood Studio) See the latest creations with a selection of fall colors. Everything will be 15% off. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. www.rwoodstudio. com ART: Gallery Talk (Lyndon House Arts Center) Zane Cochran will discuss his interactive installation, “Aurora,” which features 40 suspended structures that glow and fade as visitors move throughout the gallery. A computer algorithm controls the shape of the structures and coloration of the interactive

lights. See Art Notes on p. 15. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty. com/lyndonhouse ART: Southern Star Studio Open House (Southern Star Studio) The pottery studio features work by Maria Dondero, Lori Demosthenes, Chona Leathers, Allya Maerz, Regina Mandell and Kerry Steinberg. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! mariadondero. com CLASSES: The Beginner’s Guide to Self Publishing (ACC Library) Learn how to publish, promote and protect your own work. 3 p.m. FREE! katherinecerulean@gmail.com CLASSES: Defensive Divas (Lay Park) Learn how to fight back with guidance from martial arts instructors from Barnett Taekwondo Academy. For women and teen girls.

12–2 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure CLASSES: Plants We Love to Hate (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn how to identify invasive, non-native pest plants in the Georgia Piedmont. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. $50. www.botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: Home Buying Made Easy Seminar (Oconee County Library) Representatives from RS Mortgage Company break down the home buying process. 1 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: In Their Shoes 10K Run & Walk (UGA Intramural Fields) Proceeds benefit the Piedmont Athens Regional’s Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support. 7 a.m. $45. athensfoundation@piedmont. org EVENTS: Tour of Mid-Century Modern Homes (Athens, GA) Tour seven Athens homes built in the 1950s and ’60s. 10:30 a.m. $20–25. achfonline.org EVENTS: 2017 Annual AIDS Walk (Creature Comforts Brewery) Support those infected and affected

by HIV/AIDS by participating in a three-mile walk through downtown.

10 a.m.–1 p.m. walk.liveforward.org EVENTS: India in Athens (Healing Arts Centre) The evening will include Indian food, music, a fashion show and henna. Proceeds benefit Embracing the World. 3-9 p.m.

Donations encouraged. www.healingartscentre.net EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: 33rd Annual North Georgia Folk Festival (Sandy Creek Park) The day-long festival features musicians, artists, storytellers, food, kids’ activities and craft demonstrations. See story on p. 12.

11 a.m.–8:30 p.m. $8 (students), $15. northgeorgiafolkfestival.org EVENTS: Monthly Tasting (Shiraz, 675 Pulaski St.) Sample Wine Club wines and a gourmet bite. 1–5 p.m. $5. 706-208-0010 EVENTS: Tour of Midcentury Modern Homes Reception (Five Points) A reception at the home of Didi Dunphy and Jim Barnsness follows the self-guided tour of homes.

4:30 p.m. $35–40. achfonline.org EVENTS: Grand Opening (The Hatch, 160 Tracy St.) Celebrate the opening of The Hatch, an Athens makerspace dedicated to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) education. Includes refreshments, raffles and 3D printing. 7–10 p.m. FREE! www.hatchathens.com EVENTS: Athens Pagan Pride Day (College Square) Celebrate autumn with vendors, workshops and live music. 5–10 p.m. FREE! athensgapagans@gmail.com k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! EVENTS: Foxfire Mountaineer Festival (Rabun Co. Civic Center, Clayton) Celebrate Southern Appalachian culture with heritage demonstrations, folk art and craft vendors, local food specialties, games, live music and more.

Presented by Foxfire Magazine and The Foxfire Book series. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $5. www.foxfire.org EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Shop for fresh and affordable produce and prepared foods.

The market also includes kids activities, cooking demonstrations, educational booths and entertainment. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www. athenslandtrust.org FILM: Talking Black in America (Miller Learning Center, Room 248) The documentary examines the history and role of African American language, as well as prejudices.

3:30 p.m. FREE! www.lsuga.com/ conference GAMES: Shadowrun RPG Demo (Tyche’s Games) Visit Seattle in 2071, when magic and megacorps clash. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Touch a Truck (Southeast Clarke Park) Kids can take a close look at a variety of vehicles and heavy equipment like construction vehicles, police cars and more. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3991 KIDSTUFF: Nature’s Trading Post (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Trade one or two objects found in nature for points or other nature objects in the center’s collection. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Very Busy Spiders (ACC Library) Enter the web and learn about spooky spiders. Enjoy a short puppet show, stories and crafts. For ages 4–11 and their caregivers. 11 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Catch a matinee of the stop-motion adventure ParaNorman. Popcorn provided. 4 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com KIDSTUFF: Duct Tape Pouches (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Decorate zip lock bags with duct tape to make a reusable pouch. Ages 6 and up. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslbirary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Five Points) Meet Daren Wang in celebration of his debut novel The Hidden Light of Northern Fires. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: How Outlandish! Outlander Book Discussion (ACC Library) Get ready for the Dec. 2 Outlander fan event with a book discussion on Voyager (Book 3) by Diana Gabaldon on Oct. 7 and Book 1 on Oct. 9. Oct. 7, 10:30 a.m. & Oct. 9, 6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens OUTDOORS: Naturalist’s Walk (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join the SCNC staff for a walk around the property. Bring a camera or binoculars. All ages. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 OUTDOORS: Annual Community Tree Fair (Bishop Park) Presented

by Athens Clarke County Community Tree Council, this event features survised tree climbs (ages 6 & up), children’s activities, a silent auction and a tree sale. 9 a.m.–12 p.m.

FREE! www.athenstrees.com PERFORMANCE: Effie’s Club Follies (40 Watt Club) Effie’s Club Follies perform slapstick burlesque routines in full of “Beauties and

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Beasts.” 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15. www.40watt.com PERFORMANCE: Small Box Series (Chase Park Warehouses, The Tree Room) Local dancers, writers, musicians and performance artists perform on a very small stage.

8 p.m. $15. www.undergrounddancesociety.bigcartel.com SPORTS: UGA vs. Vanderbilt Tailgate (Southern Brewing Company) Bring your grills and tents to cheer on the Dawgs at the brewery. 12 p.m. www.georgiadogs.com THEATER: Deathtrap (Athens Community Theater) See Thursday listing for full description Oct. 5–7, 8 p.m. & Oct. 8, 2 p.m. $8–15. www. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: Animal Farm (SeneyStovall Chapel) See Wednesday listing for full description Oct. 4-7, 8 p.m. Oct. 7-8, 2:30 p.m. $12. www. ugatheatre.com THEATER: Ida (Morton Theatre) The Christian-based play follows Ida, a young woman growing up in the rural South in the 1960s. 7 p.m. $16. www.mortontheatre.com

Sunday 8 ART: Opening Reception (ACC Library) On view in the library’s Quiet Gallery, “Primal/Dreams: Paintings by Will Eskridge” includes paintings that examine the idiosyncrasies and behaviors of animals through bright colors and expressive brush strokes. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Total Care Series (AKF Athens Martial Arts, 175 Old Epps Bridge Rd.) Whitney Barfield leads an exercise and lengthening class.

Participants should bring a belt and a tennis ball. 1:30 p.m. $15. akfathens.com CLASSES: Personal Safety & Security Workshop (Protective Reach) (Let It Be Yoga Studio, 100 Barnett Shoals Rd.) This four-hour self-defense class incorporates lectures and scenario based exercises.

Tactics include self-defense spray, kubaton and grappling release. 2–6 p.m. $75. www.protectivereach.com CLASSES: Calligraphy Class (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Registration required.

3 p.m. FREE! athenslibrary.org/ madison EVENTS: 7th Annual Autumn Harvest Feast (The Hill) The Athens Farmers Market presents a family-style Sunday dinner prepared by local chefs. Proceeds benefit Wholesome Wave Georgia, which sponsors the Athens Farmers Market’s Double SNAP Incentive Program. 4 p.m. $90. athensfarmersmarket.net/autumn-harvest-feast GAMES: Netrunner Open Play (Tyche’s Games) All are welcome to join in. 12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www. tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Clown Show (Rubber Soul Yoga) Rubber Soul’s clowns perform a family-friendly show. 4 p.m. $5 per family. rubbersoulyoga. com KIDSTUFF: Tween Zombie Mystery Dinner (Rocksprings Community Center) Things have gone astray at the asylum as everyone is searching for a cure for the zombie virus. Party guests, ages 10–14, will be assigned a character and encouraged to study and dress the part. Includes a ghoulish meal and a freaky dessert. 4:30–7 p.m. $20–30. www.athensclarkecounty. com/halloween LECTURES & LIT: UUFA Forum (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

of Athens) Dr. Patrick Retterbrush explains “Sun Protection and Skin Cancers.” 10 a.m. FREE! uufa@ uuathensga.org LECTURES & LIT: CSI Dixie (ACC Library) Dr. Stephen Berry provides a glimpse into the American South’s County Coroner’s Ofices, 18001900. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens THEATER: Animal Farm (SeneyStovall Chapel) See Wednesday listing for full description Oct. 4-7, 8 p.m. Oct. 7-8, 2:30 p.m. $12. www. ugatheatre.com THEATER: Deathtrap (Athens Community Theater) See Thursday listing for full description Oct. 5–7, 8 p.m. & Oct. 8, 2 p.m. $8–15. www. townandgownplayers.org

Monday 9 EVENTS: Babes Who Love Beyoncé (40 Watt Club) Stylists will braid hair during a Beyoncé playlist and yoga class. 6:30 p.m. $20. www.40watt.com EVENTS: Bulldawg Bash (UGA Tate Student Center, Tate Plaza) Kickoff Homecoming Week with food, games, a dunk tank and more. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www.ugahomecoming.com FILM: Zapvision (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Count Zapula’s movie night. 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com FILM: Movie Monday: Goosebumps (Bogart Library) A teenager teams up with the daughter of author R.L. Stine after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free.

Popcorn and lemonade will be served. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart GAMES: General Knowledge Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8501916 GAMES: Horror Movie Trivia (Flicker Theatre & Bar) “31 Days of Darkness” continues with Count Zapula’s trivia and Halloween Party.

7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m.

FREE! highwirelounge.com GAMES: Horror Movie Pictionary (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Draw horror movies while baffled onlookers try to guess the title. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Duplicate Bridge (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Beginner players welcome.

1 p.m. $4. ejstapler@gmail.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: Out of School Program: Fall Fun Day (Lay Park) Fall-themed activities and seasonal crafts. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $15–22.50. 706-613-3596 KIDSTUFF: Out of School Program: Youth Basketball Camp (East Athens Community Center) Participants will practice with drills and skills in “Defend and Dominate Youth Basketball Camp.”

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KIDSTUFF: Books and Bites Kickoff Party (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Read and snack in the library after hours. Ages 13 and up. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday (Bogart Library) Songs, finger plays, wiggles and giggles for ages three and under. Caregivers will recieve pointers for building literacy and language skills. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Homeschool Program (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Carley Guillorn will lead a library tour and activities for homeschool families. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison 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 MEETINGS: The Federation of Neighborhoods (Ciné Barcafé) This forum presents a discussion on the benefits of “TSPLOST: Learn, then Vote.” 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. accneighborhoods.org MEETINGS: ACC Comprehensive Plan (Chase Street School) Discuss “Future Land Use.” 7 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/ planning MEETINGS: Candidate Forum (Oconee Veterans Park) Lee Becker, Sarah Bell and Russ Page present candidates in two special elections.

6–9 p.m. FREE! www.oconeechamber.org MEETINGS: Public Input Sessions on Memorial Park (Memorial Park) Offer input on the next phase of development at the park. Oct. 9 & Oct. 12, 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! www. athensclarkecounty.com/parkplanning

Tuesday 10 ART: Athens Fibercraft Guild (Lyndon House Arts Center) The Guild welcomes all amateur and professional fiber artists including knitters, crocheters, weavers, spinners, fabric designers, basket makers, quilters and embroiderers. The meeting will begin with an ice cream social then Linda Greiss will teach everyone how to make an ornament.

12:15 p.m. FREE! athensfiber.org ART: Visiting Artist (Lamar Dodd School of Art, S151) Sondra Perry’s work focuses on her black identity using video montage. 5:30 p.m.

FREE! www.art.uga.edu CLASSES: Computer Class: Android Basics (ACC Library) Learn about Android Marshmallow (6.0). 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: 2nd Tuesday Wine Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) Sample “Que Syrah, Shiraz,” wines. 6 p.m. $20. www.heirloomathens.com EVENTS: Lip Sync Competition (UGA Tate Student Center, Grand Hall) Watch student organizations compete in an extravagant display of song and dance. 7–9 p.m. www. ugahomecoming.com FILM: Rain the Color Blue with a Little Red in it (Trio Contemporary Art Gallery) Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai “Rain the Color Blue with a Little Red in it” is an homage to Prince’s Purple Rain, telling the story of a musician struggling to make it against all odds in the Tuareg guitar scene of Niger. 6 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/triocontemporaryartgallery GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing

for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 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: Toddler Tuesday (Georgia Museum of Art) Families and children 18 months–3 years can take a tour tailored for young children, listen to stories and participate in a hands-on activity. This month’s theme is the Ceseri Collection. 10 a.m. FREE! callan@uga.edu, www. georgiamuseum.org KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs and crafts for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages 3–11. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Drawing with Jayln (ACC Library) Learn different drawing techniques. Ages 11–18. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens LECTURES & LIT: African American Authors Book Club (ACC Library) This month’s titles are March by John Lewis and I Have Heard of a Land by Joyce Carol Thomas. Newcomers welcome. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Banking with Oconee State Bank (Bogart Library) Registration required. 5:30 p.m. FREE! 770-725-9443, www. athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) KL Pereira celebrates A Dream Between Two Rivers: Stories of Liminality. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com MEETINGS: University Woman’s Club (Alps Road Presbyterian Church) Connect with members of the club, college and community. Dr. Mandy Joye, an associate professor in UGA’s marine sciences department, presents a lecture on ocean ecology. 11:30 a.m. FREE! www. womansclub.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: UGA British Brass Band (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The ensemble will perform traditional and contemporary songs in the classic British Brass Band tradition. 8 pm. FREE! www. music.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 11 ART: Artful Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Callan Steinmann, associate curator of education, leads a dialogue on Elaine de Kooning’s painting “Bacchus #81.” 2 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Illustrator for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn how to create graphics with vectors

using Adobe Illustrator. This is ideal for logos or artwork you want to print in multiple sizes. Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Rabbit Box (Sandy Creek Park) Storytellers share true-life tales. This month theme is a masquerade, and masks and costumes are encouraged. Storytellers include David Bothe, Nico Isaac, Jennifer Bray, Laura Rupers and Danielle Haskett. 7 p.m. $7. www.rabbitbox. org EVENTS: Bar Crawl for The Southern Foodways Alliance Guide to Cocktails (Multiple Locations) Avid Bookshop, Five & Ten (5 p.m.), Seabear Oyster Bar (6:30 p.m.) and The Old Pal (8 p.m.) host a bar crawl and author signing with Jerry Slater for The Southern Foodways Alliance Guide to Cocktails (UGA Press). Admission includes the book and drinks. 5–9 p.m. $50. events@avidbookshop. com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) See Wednesday listing for full description 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Bring your sleeping bag and watch Slumber Party Massacre. Pajama attire welcome, pizza served. 9:30 p.m. FREE! www. flickertheatreandbar.com FILM: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) “31 Days of Darkness” continues with a screening of Beyond the Black Rainbow.

7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) See Wednesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Gather a team. Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. willys.com GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Eastside) Every Wednesday. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-1102 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 and compete. 8 p.m. saucehouse.com GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Drop in and win prizes!

8–10 p.m. FREE! highwirelounge. com GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 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: UGA EcoReach: Water Mysteries (ACC Library) Join UGA’s EcoReach club to decipher scenario-based water mysteries.

Teens will learn about water pollution with an interactive activity that will allow them to see first-hand side-effects of water contamination.

4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens

KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Stories, songs, puppets and more. Ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Library Adventures (Bogart Library) See Wednesday listing for full description 11:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Anime Club (Oconee County Library) Watch some anime and manga, listen to J-Pop music, eat Japanese snacks and share fan art. Ages 11–18. Crafts will be made during the second hour. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs and crafts for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee PERFORMANCE: UGA Percussion Ensemble (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) The ensemble presents a fall concert inspired by the artwork of Miles Davis, Thornton Dial and Jean-Michel Basquiat. 3:30 p.m.

FREE! www.music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Hugh Hodgson Faculty Series Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Maggie Snyder is the associate professor of viola at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 8 p.m. $6 (w/ UGA ID), $12. music.uga.edu

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 3 The Foundry Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. thefoundryathens.com DEAD HORSES Milwuakee-based Americana trio.

CORTEZ GARZA Local singer-songwriter pushes the envelope with his unique blend of Americana.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com SUNNY SOUTH BLUES BAND Local band combining a blues and soul spirit with riffy rock and roll.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 VAMP CAMP New local experimental ensemble.

DAGMAR VORK Athens-based DIY musician, songwriter and visual artist.

NEVIN KIGHT Psychedelic folk songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Virginia.

SOCIAL CIRCLE Athens-based softpsych-pop project.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 6 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com PIANO HAPPY HOUR Jason Fuller, Bart King, Grant Cowan, Caroline Aiken and guests play piano songs in the round.

8:30 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com PERIOD SIX Playing a unique blend of jazz standards featuring collective communication and soulful improvisation.

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.

The World Famous 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens FIRST TUESDAY A monthly hip-hop showcase hosted by Montu Miller

and Chief Rocka. One-year anniversary show!

Wednesday 4 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC A weekly open-mic jam hosted by Louis Phillip Pelot.

Backline provided!

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com CLAVVS Atlanta-based indie-pop and trip-hop duo.

A DRUG CALLED TRADITION Atlanta trio fusing shoegaze, krautrock and psych influences.

The Globe 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 HIP HOP OPEN MIC A weekly battlestyle open mic that uses silent-disco headphones to encourage audience participation. Performers can bring their own beats, or the house will provide backing.

Iron Factory 8 p.m. FREE! 706-395-6877 OPEN MIC Hosted by Katie Collins.

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) THE HACKERS No info available.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 PADGETT & POULIN Local guitar virtuoso and songwriter Chris Padgett teams with violinist Adam Poulin.

Nuçi’s Space 7 p.m. $5. www.nuci.org VHS COLLECTORS CLUB Athensbased bedroom-electronica project.

CALICO VISION Dream-pop group from Athens.

THE VINYL SUNS Athens-based blues-rock five-piece.

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 Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens SLOW CAVES Synth-punk group from Colorado.

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

Thursday 5 The Bar-B-Que Shack 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-6752 BLUEGRASS JAM Bring your own instrument! All pickers are welcome every Thursday.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES & FRIENDS Local band playing a fusion of folk, country and Southern rock, with jazz influences.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com BIG MORGAN Local band that plays a rhythmic, high-energy brand of garage-rock.

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

FUTURE APE TAPES Local group creating psychedelic, experimental

music driven by loops, beats, guitars and synths.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $15. www.40watt.com SUNSQUABI “Electronic hydro-funk” group from Colorado.

ANDY BRUH ELEMENTAL SET The producer pairs with drummer Rohan Prakesh and percussionist Phil Ordonez, bringing a tribal groove to the mix.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $6 (adv.), $8 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com LUKE ELLIOT Singer-songwriter and pianist on tour from New Jersey.

SCOTT BAXENDALE Guitar dynamism from the owner of Baxendale Guitars. Classic bluesy riffs and a lot of soul.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 5 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com STEVE COUGHLIN & PROBABLE CAUSE Smooth Americana group from Hartwell.

8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $17 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com COM TRUISE Producer described as creating “mid-fi synth-wave, slowmotion funk”.

CLEOPOLD L.A.-based electro DJ and producer.

On the Rooftop. 11 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com RETROGRADE DJ spinning house tunes “from past and present."

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 Old Skool Presents. 8 p.m. FREE! www. hendershotscoffee.com ROSHAMBO Jason Fuller, Seth Hendershot, Nick Johnson and Aaron Trubic play soulful renditions of classic hits.

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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!

Iron Factory 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-395-6877 RAZZI KING Local artist that blends reggae, calypso, rock, funk and several other genres to create a unique sound.

THE VOODOO MAN Reggae and Afrofunk singer-songwriter from Senegal.

Live Wire 9 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com TECROPOLIS Athens’ longest-running electronic dance music series, with special guests.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 ODD STREET BAND Local funk and soul-influenced rock band.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. TRIBBLE AND THE DANCING MAGNOLIAS Local group led by Athens rock fixture Rev. Conner Mack Tribble.

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THE CALENDAR!

Friday 6 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 PARTIALS Local psychedelic pop band with a rich, danceable sound.

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Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MAXIMUM BUSY MUSCLE Hardhitting local math-rock trio. See Calendar Pick on p. 20.

MOTHER THE CAR Founded by a brother duo, this garage-rock act incorporates blues and other influences.

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

Creature Comforts Brewery 5 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com WANDERWILD Local indie-rock project led by songwriter Matt Martin.

POLYMATH Electronic indie-rock band from Anderson, SC.

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Join us for regular weekly specials including: Mondays: Pro-Caffeinating Mondays - Deep discounts on coffee drinks to start off the week Tuesdays: Happy Hour Trivia with James Majure at 6pm Wednesdays: Service Industry Nights (Free Games, $2 Wells, $3 Draft Beers and $2/off house cocktails) Thursday: Rook & Pawn Happy Hour: Special cocktails, $4 Draft Beers AND FREE SNACKS

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40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $14 (door). www.40watt.com ABBEY ROAD LIVE Beloved local Beatles tribute band known for its attention to detail and musical proficiency. This is a special John Lennon birthday show.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com MIKE DEKLE Local country singersongwriter whose music has been covered by artists like Kenny Rogers and Ricky Scaggs.

LEVI LOWREY Storyteller and country singer-songwriter from Dacula.

ABBY OWENS Songwriter playing heartfelt Americana.

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Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 PZZYFOOT Atlanta-based rock and soul band.

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. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

Southern Brewing Company 5 p.m. www.sobrewco.com BOX EZRA No info available.

VFW 8 p.m. www.vfwathens.com COUNTRY RIVER Local classic country group that has been together for 25 years.

Vega Studio 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/vegastudioathens GRAND Up-and-coming Athens-based alt-rock trio.

The Foundry 2 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com BBQ, BOURBON & BLUES FESTIVAL Featuring Selwyn Birchwood, Clarence Sun and the MoonShynes, Delta Moon, Will White & The Howlin’ South, The Georgia Healers, The Original Screwtops, Frankie’s Blues Mission and Marion Montgomery & Glyn Denham. See story on p. 12.

Front Porch Book Store 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-1236 TRE POWELL Local singer-songriter playing bluesy acoustic tunes.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $20 (adv.), $23 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com GANJA WHITE NIGHT Bass-focused EDM duo.

CHARLESTHEFIRST Dreamy, psychedelic and danceable EDM. On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. www.georgiatheatre.com BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin dance hits into the night.

an emphasis on hits from the 2000s and ’10s.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 INFANT RICHARD & THE DELTA STONES Eclectic jam band from Mobile, AL described as “2 Live Crew meets Phish."

Sandy Creek Park 11 a.m. $15 (adults), $8 (students). www.athensfolk.org NORTH GEORGIA FOLK FESTIVAL The 33rd edition of the festival features music from Rebecca Sunshine Band, Cortez Garza, Remedy Tree, Beto Cacao, South Carolina Broadcasters, MrJordanMrTonks, Klezmer Local 42, Georgia Mudcats, Broken String Band, Austin Darnell, Sarah Zuniga, Rob McCurry and Boone Hood. See story on p. 12.

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Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 BOX OF LIGHT KARAOKE Haunted Shed hosts a karaoke session.

The Foundry 6 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR WXAG radio DJ Dwain Segar curates a night of smooth jazz, featuring John Dunn & the Jazzman Band.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $10 (21+), $12 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com GOATWHORE Iconic, long-running death-metal band out of New Orleans.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com TAKENOBU Cellist and composer Nick Takénobu Ogawa blends pop, classical and traditional styles.

Iron Factory 8 p.m. FREE! 706-395-6877 DAVID LOCOCO Local singer performs classic jazz standards in the styles of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and more.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE GEORGIA FLOOD Atlanta-based indie-blues band.

7:30 p.m. $25. www.georgiatheatre. com UGLY GOD Rapper and producer out of Houston, TX. CAULFIELD New local project featuring Athens MC Son1.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 LAVENDER HOLYFIELD Experimental pop project from local musician Charlie Key. MIDNIGHT BOI Alias of local musician Eli Rickli, playing “pseudoSatanic hip hop."

HANNIE AND THE SLOBS Garagerock project featuring members of The Rodney Kings and Muuy Biien.

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

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

Iron Factory 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-395-6877 VOLUMES PRESENTS Local hip-hop zine Volumes presents a night of allfemale performers, including Valley Girl D, Seline Haze, Queen.

Wavey, B.O.Y. and Ke Turner.

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Max 9 p.m. FREE! 706-286-0339 DJ ZELIUM A bumpin’ deep house outdoor dance party featuring video projections.

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Goatwhore plays the Caledonia Lounge on Saturday, Oct. 7.

SAVAGIST Long-running local psychedelic metal band.

GUILLOTINE Hard-hitting local deathmetal band. Album release show!

The Classic Center 7 p.m. $22 (adv.), $38 (door). www. classiccenter.com THE STEELDRIVERS Popular bluegrass band out of Nashville, TN. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com THE MOONSHINE Local roots band playing “an incandescent blend of guitar, autoharp and upright bass.”

See Calendar Pick on p. 20.

CULLEN WADE & THE WATERS Telling stories of loss and gain through rock-influenced Americana.

DRIFTWOOD Local Americana collective playing darkly accented folk music.

JOE CAT Local troubadour whose influences range from Steve Earle and Townes Van Zant to Johnny Cash.

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!

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens DEAD NEIGHBORS This local band plays shoegaze-inspired garagerock.

HARLOT PARTY Local rock group featuring intertwining guitar riffs and haunting, emotive vocals.

BEVERLY Athens-based experimental performer.

Iron Factory 10:30 p.m. $12. 706-395-6877 ATHENS LATIN PARTY Enjoy an evening of bright, rhythmic Latin tunes.

Monday 9

Max 10 p.m. FREE! 706-286-0339 DJS CHIEF ROCKA & Q Local DJs spin Top 40, hip hop, funk, soul and more.

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

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 MILLENNIAL FALCON Playing indie, rock and dance covers with

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SO NASTY No information is available.

Tuesday 10 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $15 (21+), $17 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com SERATONES Rock and roll band from Shreveport, LA. PARTIALS Local psychedelic pop band with a rich, danceable sound.

The Foundry Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. thefoundryathens.com THE BROKEN STRING BAND Athens band blending Western folk with indie rock.

OH, JEREMIAH Local alt-country band inspired by songwriters like Josh Ritter and Ryan Adams.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com MDOU MOCTAR Tuareg songwriter and musician playing original electronic compositions. See story on p. 11.

DRUNKEN FOREIGNER BAND A psychedelic twist on the traditional music of Thailand and Laos.

THE TAXICAB VERSES Local group fronted by Jim Wilson and inspired by the traditional sounds of Ghana.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 EMILEIGH IRELAND Local singersongwriter and experimental performer.

ANTLERED AUNTLORD Fuzz-pop project fronted by local songwriter Jesse Stinnard.

GODDESS COMPLEX Local experimental project.

SANDY DENTURES No info available.

ECHO CONSTANT Local samplebased electronic project.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 JOHN SWILLEY Local songwriter who blends gritty Southern rock, sultry R&B and Delta blues.

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens MOTHERFUCKER Hard-driving, riffy local rock and roll trio.

WAR BRIDES Sludgy, Chicago-based post-hardcore group.

TWELVES Angular noise-rock band from Madison, WI.

Wednesday 11 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC A weekly open-mic jam hosted by Louis Phillip Pelot.

Backline provided!

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com HOT RAM Atlanta-based trio creating melodic metal.

HIVELORDS Heavy metal group out of Philadephia.

NECROSCYTHE Metal group from Philadelphia.

MARSES Local “party-doom” fourpiece band.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com DAVINA AND THE VAGABONDS Jazz-influenced blues band out of Minnesota.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE ALBIONS Athens-based alternative rock band.

The Globe 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 HIP HOP OPEN MIC A weekly battlestyle open mic that uses silent-disco headphones to encourage audience participation. Performers can bring their own beats, or the house will provide backing.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com BRIAN SMITH Classical and avantgarde guitarist who incorporates various looping effects.

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) REVEREND TRIBBLE AND THE DEACONS Good old-fashioned rock and roll with a sprinkle of good-humored irreverance.

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.

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens BARRETT C. SMITH Athens-based roots-music singer-songwriter.

SLEEPING BAG Bloomington, IN-based indie-rock trio.

Down the Line 10/12 FIVE EIGHT / THE PAUSES / BROTHER CEPHUS (Caledonia Lounge) 10/12 CABBAGE LOOPER (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 10/12 CLASSIC CITY CYPHER / DJ Kinesse (40 Watt Club) 10/12 THE YAWPERS (Georgia Theatre) 10/12 MARCUS KING BAND / THE STEEL WOODS (Georgia Theatre) 10/12 TENTH MOUNTAIN DIVISION (Nowhere Bar) 10/12 MISTER TIE DYE (The World Famous) 10/13 BRENT GAFFORD (Boar’s Head Lounge) 10/13 INHOUSE DRIVEBY / OLDE WORLD MONKEYS / THE DOOKIE BROS / THE GOOD LOOKS (Caledonia Lounge) 10/13 THE VINYL SUNS / GREG MEREDITH / CHOIR OF BABBLE / ONE HORSE PARADE (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 10/13 MANDOLIN ORANGE / DORI FREEMAN (40 Watt Club) 10/13 THE SWINGIN’ MEDALLIONS (The Foundry) 10/13 DRAKE WHITE AND THE BIG FIRE (Georgia Theatre) 10/13 SLENDERMAN (Georgia Theatre) 10/13 LILY HERNE / JESSE MARIAH / JAYCIE & THE BEARDS (Iron Factory) 10/14 DREAM CULTURE / KILROY KOBRA / THE WELDONS (Caledonia Lounge)

Deadline for getting listed in The Calendar is FRIDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Contact us at calendar@flagpole.com.

Deadline: 5 p.m., Friday the 13th! (of October)

Prizes: First Place $75, Second Place $50, Third Place $25

Length: 500-600 words

Publication: The three winning stories will be published in the Oct. 25 issue of Flagpole. All stories will be published online.

Address: editor@flagpole.com or 220 Prince Ave., Athens, GA 30601 Comics: black and white or color 600 dpi Locale of story: Athens area

Judging: Stories will be judged by editors on the basis of creativity, spookiness and local flavor!

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bulletin board Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board is every THURSDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. 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. Grants are intended for projects that connect the arts to the community. Deadline Dec. 15. info@athensarts.org, www.athensarts.org ART DECKO: CALL FOR PROPOSALS (Athens, GA) Art Decko is a public art mural project located in the stairwell of the College Avenue Parking Deck. The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking eight artists to create original paintings on 4’x8’ wood panels. Panels will be provided, and artists will be compensated $500 each. Fill out the proposal form and design template online. Deadline Nov. 1. Finished panels are due Mar. 15. artdecko athens@gmail.com, www.athensarts. org/art-decko-call-for-art

ATHFEST EDUCATES GRANT (Athens, GA) Individuals from nonprofit organizations, public schools or government agencies serving you in grades K-8 can apply for grants.

Grants can be used for music and arts based non-consumable equipment, programs and experiences, and professional development for educators. AthFest Educates awards up to $25,000 per grant cycle.

706-548-1973, director@athfest educates.org, athfesteducates.org CALL FOR ARTISTS (Hip Vintage and Handmade) Local art and crafts vendors needed for Handmade Holiday Market. 10x10 spaces are $35. Deadline Oct. 20. Event on Dec. 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.hipvintage handmade.com CALL FOR ARTISTS (Southern Brewing Company) Seeking wallbound artwork for monthly exhibitions. Send examples of work to walter@sobrewco.com INDIE SOUTH FAIR (Multiple Locations) Now accepting artist and vendor applications. Sunday Holiday

art around town A LAFERA SALON (2440 W. Broad St.) Photography by Wendy Garfinkel.

Through December.

AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Amitabh Verma offers an exploration of colors and forms through computer art and hand-painted silk. Through October.

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

ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (17 N. Main St., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass.

ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Bertelsmann Gallery, see three-dimensional mixed media assemblages by Barbara Odil and paintings

by Ainhoa Bilbao Cebrero. Through Oct. 6. • In the Myers Gallery, view “Horace Farlowe: Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures.” Through Oct. 27. • In the Harrison Center Foyer Gallery, this year’s permanent exhibit is “Animals: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings.”

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.) “Primal/Dreams: Paintings by Will Eskridge” examines the idiosyncrasies and behavior of animals. Opening reception Oct. 8. Through Nov. 22.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) The “Third Annual Juried Exhibition” features over 30 works selected by Harry H. DeLorme Jr. of the Telfair Museums in Savannah. Through Nov. 12.

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

CINÉ BARCAFÉ (234 W. Hancock Ave.) The “Schlocktoberfest Art Show” presents pieces inspired by horror films. Opening reception Oct. 5. Through October.

CIRCLE GALLERY (UGA College of Environment and Design, 285 S. Jackson St.) “Warren H. Manning: Landscape Architect and Environmental Planner.”

Through Oct. 6.

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.

DONDEROS’ KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Artwork by Mike Shetterley.

Through November.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) “Oh Say Can You See” features collages

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Market at Monday Night Brewing in Atlanta. Deadline Oct. 16. Event on Dec. 10, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Find applications on website. www.indie southfair.com OPEN STUDIO MEMBERSHIP (Lyndon House Arts Center) Local artists can now access studio facilities through a new open studio monthly membership program.

Studios include ceramics, jewelry, painting, fiber, printmaking, photography and woodshop/sculpture studios. Up to 32 hours per week. $65/month or $175/three months.

706-613-3623, www.athensclarke county.com/leisure STATEWIDE ART COMPETITION (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Seeking student artwork to use on items like totes, T-shirts and scarves in the garden’s gift shop. Open to GA students in ninth grade or above.

Winners can receive up to $1,000.

Deadline Dec. 1. Visit website for complete guidelines and application.

706-542-6014, www.botgarden. uga.edu

An opening reception for “Primal/Dreams: Paintings by Will Eskridge” will be held at the Athens-Clarke County Library on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 3 p.m.

Auditions

Classes

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Rose Hall) Audition for a live radio play.

Oct. 16, 6–9 p.m. www.roseofathens. org

ARTIST WORKSHOPS (KA Artist Shop) “Colorful Impressionist Painting.” Oct. 4, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

“Modern Calligraphy.” Oct. 8, 2–4

by Lisa Freeman. Through October.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) A Halloween-inspired art show organized by Dan Smith presents spooky, scary works by a handful of local artists. Through October.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Modern Masters from the Giuliano Ceseri Collection” includes 19th- and 20th-century works on paper by masters of the medium. Through Nov. 12. • “Louise Blair Daura: A Virginian in Paris” includes paintings, drawings and prints. Through Dec. 10. • “Martha Odum: Art Intersects Ecology” shares paintings and silver by Odum in celebration of the UGA School of Ecology’s 50th anniversary. Oct. 7–Dec. 31.

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

HEIRLOOM CAFÉ (815 N. Chase St.) Davy Gibbs presents “Empires,” a collection of large color photographs focused on the changing face of the Southern economy. Through Nov. 6.

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Tobiah Cole.

Through October.

HIP VINTAGE & HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) See a private collection of approximately 100 sculptures, paintings, photographs and drawings by the late Beverly Buchanan. Opening reception Oct. 6.

JITTERY JOE’S EASTSIDE (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) “Haunted Images from the Backroads of America” features photography by Paul Ohmer. Through October.

JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) “Stilled Life” includes drawings and paintings by Emily Morrison and Mikaila Guerra.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Primary Information” is a New York-based nonprofit organization founded to publish affordable artists’ books and writings. Through Oct. 5. • “Losing; Keeping” includes collaborative works by MFA candidate in painting and drawing, Annemarie DiCamillo, and Los Angeles-based artist Luke McCusker. Through Oct. 5. • “SEWW” includes photographs of the South East Women Wrestlers, a local group of artists who participate in theatrical role-play. Through Oct. 27. • “Rosemary Mayer: Beware of All Definitions” shares works by the post-minimalist and feminist artist. Through Nov. 10.

LOWERY GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) The gallery celebrates “24 Years of Art” with Giclee prints, originals, photographs and sculptures by over 24 artists including Claire Clements, Ben Rouse, Peter Loose, Kip Ramey and more.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) Held in celebration of the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation’s 50th year, “Captured in Time” presents a collection of photographs from Growing Up in Athens. “Unidentified Houses of Athens.” Through Nov. 1. • “Aurora: An Installation by Zane Cochran” includes 40 suspended structures that glow and fade as visitors explore the gallery. Gallery Talk Oct. 7. Currently on view through Oct. 13 • “The Game Show” includes playful pieces by Esteban Patino, Curtis Ames, Mike Landers, Lea Purvis, Meg Aubrey, Noah McCarthy, Nicole Jean Hill Paul Pfeiffer, Hope Hilton and Kaleena Stasiak. Through Oct. 17. • “All That Remains is Nowhere” includes conceptual book art from Brian Hitselberger, Eileen Wallace and curator Margot Ecke. Through Oct. 13. • “Connecting: Stairways to…” is a site-specific installation by Thom Houser that explores the many types of connections that occur while using stairways. Through Oct. 21. •

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p.m. “Silk Painting.” Oct. 22, 1–5 p.m. “Calligraphy Club.” First Thursdays, 5:30–7 p.m. www.ka artist.com BUILDING CONNECTIONS (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Wild Intelligence leads an eight-week

Collections from Our Community presents “Zig Dot Zag,” works by the Athens Fibercraft Guild’s “Challenge Project” participants. Through Oct. 28.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) A partnership between the Madison Artists Guild and the Morgan County Primary School, “Farm” celebrates the agrarian lifestyle of the rural South through paintings, photography and sculpture. Through Jan. 4.

MAMA’S BOY (197 Oak St.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Magic Realism and Surrealism.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) The eighth annual “Georgia Small Works Exhibition” features artwork measuring 14 inches or less. “Roy Ward: Watercolors and Woodblock Prints” includes landscape paintings and reliefs of botanicals. “Southern Breezes: Visions of Another Era” shares artwork by Ann Breelove Powers.

Opening reception Oct. 6. Through Nov. 3.

RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) At the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript gallery, “Celebrating 50 Years of Ecology at the University of Georgia,” traces the history of the UGA ecology program from the arrival of Eugene Odum as a lecturer in 1940 to today. Through Oct. 14. • “Spirited: Prohibition in America” is a traveling exhibition and part of the NEH On the Road program. Through Oct. 20. • “Golddigging 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. Through Dec. 5. • “Covered with Glory: Football at UGA, 1892–1917.” Through Dec. 22.

SOUTHERN BREWING COMPANY (231 Collins Industrial Blvd.) Maggie Seee’s mixed media pieces range from embroidered political statements and “Golden Girls” quotes, illustrated snarky aliens, and pretty florals paired with tacos and pizza. Opening reception Oct. 5. Through October.

THE STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) “Meet Your Neighbors” features large-scale photographs of insects, birds, plants, reptiles and amphibians by Jena Johnson and Chuck Murphy.

Through Oct. 8.

THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) Weaving by Dreamweaver teacher Erika Lewis. Through October.

TERRAPIN BEER CO. (265 Newton Bridge Rd.) Artwork by Amanda Burke.

TRIO CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY (766 W. Broad St.) “#colortheory” is a group exhibition celebrating the visual impact of color in all of its forms.

Through Oct. 15.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) “What the Refugees Left Behind” features photographs taken by William (Bud) Newton in 2015 of the refugee camps and beaches of Behramkale, Turkey. Through November.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS GALLERY (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) “Jeanne Whatley: Flight Path” is a series of paintings. Through Oct. 11.

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

WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Ben Thrash makes portraits and figure drawings, and Jamie Calkin creates ink and watercolor paintings of scenes around Athens. Through October.

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

nature connection course for adults.

Begins Oct. 4, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $155. www.wildintelligence.org CLASSES (OCAF, Watkinsville) “Portait Painting in Oils with Abner Cope.” Saturdays, Oct. 7–Nov. 18, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. $190. In “ABC’s of Writing for Children,” author Gail Karwoski discusses the ins and outs of constructing picture books, categories of kids’ books and more.

Saturdays, Oct. 28–Nov. 11. $120. www.ocaf.com CLASSES (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) “Chinese Calligraphy,” Mondays at 5:30 p.m.

“Pilates,” Tuesdays at 5 p.m. “Belly Dancing,” Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

“Mahjong,” Thursdays at 1 p.m.

“Gentle Yoga,” Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. “Ballroom Dancing,” Thursdays at 6 p.m. 706-742-0823, winterville center@gmail.com, www.winterville center.com CLAY CLASSES (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potter’s wheel every Friday from 7–9 p.m.

“Family Try Clay” classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net GUITAR STRUM AT HIP (Hip Vintage and Handmade) This 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. Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. (No session Oct. 4). $15. www.hipvintagehandmade.com KNITTING CLASSES (Revival Yarns) “Knitting In Round.” Oct. 4, 6–7 p.m. “Knit 1.” Oct. 7, 10:30–11:30 a.m. “Knit 2.” Oct. 7, 1–3 p.m. $30.

“Tunisian Crochet.” Oct. 7, 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. $15. RSVP. www. revivalyarnsathens.com LOVE YOUR BODY AGAIN YOGA (Healing Arts Centre, Sangha Yoga Studio) All levels welcome.

Mondays, 12–1 p.m. $15/drop-in, $66/six classes. www.healingarts centre.net SALSA CLASSES (Dancefx) Learn how to salsa dance. No partner required. Tuesdays, 6:30–7:15 p.m. (beginner). 7:15–8 p.m. (intermediate/advanced). $10. natalie@ dancefx.org, www.dancefx.org SEWING CLASSES (Community) “Workshop: Redesign,” Oct. 15, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. $55. “Pattern Making Class” is a four-week course. Begins Oct. 25. $125. www.shopcommunity athens.com SPANISH CLASSES (ALCES) ALCES offers beginner and intermediate classes in Spanish. $75 per month, plus materials. 706-549-5002, alcescenter@gmail.com TAI CHI (Rubber Soul Yoga) Tai Chi, Yang style, traditional long form.

All levels welcome. No experience necessary. Thursdays, 9–10 a.m.

770-630-1252 YOGA CLASSES (m3yoga, 159 Oneta St., Unit 5) m3yoga offers theraputic, rocket and vinyasa flow classes.

Donation Flow Yoga Classes are held every Saturday at 6 p.m. $5 yoga classes are offered to all veterans, and a “Community Warrior” membership offers reduced rates for local educators, active military members, firefighters, health care professionals and law enforcement.

Check website for classes. www. m3yoga.com ZUMBA AND BOOT CAMP FITNESS PROGRAMS (East Athens Community Center) Zumba is held Mondays through Nov. 6, 6–7 p.m. and Saturdays through Nov. 11, 10–11 a.m. $5–7.50/class.

Bootcamp covers circuit training and intervals Wednesdays through Oct. 25, 7–8 p.m. $5/class. www.athens clarkecounty.com/fitness

Help Out FILL THE PLATE FUNDRAISER (The Fresh Market) The store will host a fundraiser where guests can make donations at check-out to support No Kid Hungry. Oct. 4–31. www.thefreshmarket.com GALLERY VOLUNTEERS (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The gallery is seeking volunteers to assist in preparing exhibitions, photography, graphic design and more. volunteers@athica.org, www.athica.org

Kidstuff KIDS CLASSES (Treehouse Kid and Craft) “Saturday Morning Craft.”

10 a.m. (ages 2–4) and 12 p.m. (ages 5–8). “STEAM Saturdays.”

First Saturday of the month, 1–4 p.m. (ages 9–14). Eight-week sessions require reservations and include “Homeschool Art School” on Tuesdays, 2:30 p.m. (ages 6–10); “Visioneers” on Tuesdays, 4 p.m. (ages 9–14); “Baby Art” on Wednesdays, 10 a.m. (12–24 mo.), “Art Schools I, II and III” (various ages); and “Fun Fridays” at 4 p.m. (ages 4–6). Visit website. www. treehousekidandcraft.com SCENE-SATIONAL SCENE STUDY (Rose Hall) Rose of Athens Theatre presents classes for homeschool and after school. Fridays, Oct. 6– Nov. 10, 10–11 a.m. (homeschool) or 4:30–5:30 p.m. (after school). academy@roseofathens.org, www.roseofathens.org TEEN TUMBLING (Bishop Park) Registration is underway. For ages 12–15 from beginner through advanced levels. Mondays through Nov. 27, 6:30–8 p.m. $10–15/class. www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure WILD INTELLIGENCE NATURE CONNECTION PROGRAMS (Multiple Locations) Weekly, monthly or year-long programs.

Activities range from wilderness survival skills, plant identification, making primitative tools, crafts, games, tracking animals and more.

Locations range from the State Botanical Garden, Earthsong and McBride Family Farm. Check website for dates, age requirements and tuition. www.wildintelligence.org YWCO PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM (Athens YWCO) Technique Tuesdays for ages 2–12 includes singing, dancing, rhythms and rhymes. Explore acting, improv, costumes, mime and puppetry.

Through December. wootenwoopets @gmail.com, www.ywco.org

Support Groups ALANON 12 STEP (Athens, GA) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Meetings are held at various times and locations. 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 ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE MEETUPS (Multiple Locations) “The Athens Polyamory Meetup” is for those who identify as poly or poly supportive. Held first Thursdays, 7 p.m. at the ACC Library. “Athens Area Lifestyle” is for those interested in non-typical relationship dynamics. Third Thursdays. Email for location. athensalt@yahoo.com ATHENS DEBTORS ANONYMOUS (Covenant Presbyterian Church) Manage money problems. Sundays, 1 p.m. 949-235-2508

ATHENS TNG (Athens, GA) Athens The Next Generation is for ages 18–30 who are interested in nontypical relationship dynamics. Meets third Friday of the month. Email for location. athenstng@gmail.com 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. tinyurl.com/ DudesHelpingDudes, www.brainaid fest.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. Thursdays through Dec. 5. Registration required. FREE! 770-225-0804, namihallga@gmail. com, www.nami.org OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) A 12-step program for everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively. Meetings are held on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. at Princeton Methodist Church, www.oa.org

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Deadline Nov. 16. Parade on Dec. 7, 7 p.m. $40. www.athensclarke county.com/parade.

FALL FUN (Washington Farms) The family-friendly farm invites visitors to pick your own pumpkin off the vine, get lost in the corn maze, meet animals in a petting zoo, relax on a wagon ride and more. Weekends through Oct. 29. www.washington farms.net INCLUSIVE BOOK CLUB (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Adults of all abilities can read out loud and discuss a book from the “I Survived” series by Lauren Tarshis.

Wednesdays, Oct. 11 & 25. 706795-5597, www.athenslibrary.org/ madison SENIOR ADULT TRIPS (Rocksprings Community Center) “Mountain Mystery Tour.” Oct. 6, 8:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. $15–23. “Wings over North Georgia Air Show.” Oct. 21, 9 a.m.–8:30 p.m. $27–41. “Trip to Annual Native American Festival & Pow Wow.” Nov. 3, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $25–41. “The Atlanta Comedy Theatre.” Nov. 17, 6–11 p.m. $35–53. For ages 50 & up. www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure THE PET CARE CLINIC (Pet Supplies Plus) The Athens Area Humane Society offers a low-cost clinic the first Saturday of each month, 1–4 p.m. Services include vaccines, deworming, microchipping, nail trimming, flea treatments and more. No appointment necessary. 706-769-9155 f

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REAL ESTATE APARTMENTS FOR RENT Eastside quadraplex, 2BR/2BA, $500/mo. & 2BR/1BA, $475/mo. We have others pre-listing for next year. Call McWaters Realty: 706-353-2700 or cell: 706-540-1529.

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HOUSES FOR SALE Five Points: 2-for-1.

Older 2BR/1BA Farmhouse plus 3BR/2BA rental unit. Near Memorial Park, 5 Points Shops, UGA, etc. Main house: large rooms, high ceilings, HWflrs, screened dining porch, updated kitchen, fenced yard, CHAC. Both units: fridge, stove, W /D. To ta l : 5 BR/3 BA .

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Unique remodeled home w/ shop, bar n, pecan grove, storage bldg. Too many features to list. Only $319k. Call Prudence Lopp w/ Athenstown Properties for more info: 706-254-1634.

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FOR SALE ANTIQUES A r c h i p e l a g o Antiques: A treasury of home decor and personal accents. 1676 S. Lumpkin St. Open daily 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-354-4297.

Borders! Pictures! Tons of categories to satisfy Athens classified ad needs with the lowest rates in town. Flagpole Classifieds helps you keep your ear to the ground! Call us at 706549-0301.

Franchised ranch oak dining room suite: table, 8 chairs, hutch, china cabinet. Zuckerman Flemish harpsichord. Call Mary Jane: 706-543-7891 or 706-372-6785. Leave slow, clear message.

EQUIPMENT Nuçi’s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are tax-deductible. Call 706227-1515 or come by Nuçi’s Space, 396 Oconee St.

INSTRUCTION Athens School of M u s i c . Instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, f i d d l e & m o re . F ro m beginner to expert. Visit w w w. a t h e n s s c h o o l o f music.com, 706-543-5800.

Guitar Strum w/ the fabulous Caroline Aiken!

All levels of experience welcome. Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30. $15. Bring your guitar. 215 Commerce Blvd. hipvintagehand made.com Lamar Studios: Beginner to advanced lessons in voice and piano. Fox Hall Trail.

50% introduction price.

Piano: 706-829-0272, 10keyfingers.com. Voice: 706-829-0715.

MUSIC SERVICES Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition. Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College Dwntn.

706-369-9428.

MUSICIANS WANTED Cover band needed for Georgia evening Oct. 27. Great venue: Saint Simons Island, GA. Contact John: 404-5383166.

SERVICES CLEANING P e a c h y G re e n C l e a n Co-op, your local friendly Green Clean! Free estimates w/ rates as low as $39. 706-248-4601, peachygreencleancoop. com.

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UGA Community Music School. Group and private instruction avail. for students 18 mos. through adult seniors! Private instruction in popular and classical styles. ugacms. uga.edu, ugacms@uga. edu, 706-542-2894.

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Local (Five Points) professional publishing service. Editing, design, layout and printing services. 25+ years experience. Let’s meet at Jittery Joe’s—The coffee is on me! 706-395-4874.

PSYCHICS Professional Psychic.

Problem Solver. Advises in all matters in life. Stop worrying about everything.

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JOBS FULL-TIME Big City Bread is now accepting applications for an experienced FT Evening Cook. Apply in person: 393 N. Finley St. No phone calls please.

D e n t a l A s s i s t a n t , F T, Mon–Fri. $15/hr during training $30/hr once trained. Computer literate & avail. to work for a min.

3 consecutive yrs due to training costs. Employer contributes 100% to retirement plan; excellent HS/college grades req. dentalathens@gmail.com Find your next career right here in the Flagpole Classifieds! Check back weekly for new listings.

Housekeeping needed.

Must be flex. 7 days.

Wingate, 255 North Ave. Apply in person, bring resume. 8:30a.m.–2p.m., M–F. Mr. Singh.

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Pete (47487) is a smart dog who has learned basic commands and will walk by your side.

Diego (47082) is a sweet and handsome boy who loves to play but also wants to please.

These pets and many others are available for adoption at: Athens-Clarke County Animal Control 125 Buddy Christian Way · 706-613-3540 Open every day except Wednesday 10am-4pm

Modern Age is hiring! FT positions avail. Vaping experience/knowledge a plus! Bring resumes into Modern Age. No phone calls please.

Mellow Mushroom is hiring FT/PT Line Cooks. Exp. is a plus but not required.

Apply in person M–Th between 3–4p.m. 320 E. Clayton St. Get paid and stay Mellow.

New restaurant T h e O ff i c e S p o r t s B a r & Grill is looking for Experienced Chefs, Cooks, Dishwashers, S e r v e r, H o s t e s s e s , Bar tenders. FT & PT. Starting wages depend on availability and experience. Nights and weekends are a must!

Apply in person! 135 W. Washington St. Smoker’s Den is hiring!

FT positions avail. Vaping experience/knowledge a plus! Bring resumes into Smoker’s Den. No phone calls please.

Seeking excellent communicator who is organized and proactive for FT Account Manager position at local Digital Marketing agency. More info at lightmarkmedia. com/job.

W o o d w o r k i n g Oppor tunities at expanding Athens area Cabinet Shop.

Accepting FT/PT. Will train/promote pending skills/performance.

Women/minorities encouraged. Respond to southernelegancecc@ gmail.com.

OPPORTUNITIES Adolescent Asthma Study: UGA seeks participants ages 13–17 with asthma or cystic fibrosis, using medication for condition. $100 compensation for completing study. ctru@ uga.edu.

PART-TIME Athens Country Club i s h i r i n g P T, p . m . dishwashers, experienced servers and bartenders.

Great pay and employee meals. Apply in person: 2700 Jefferson Rd. Tue.– Sat., 2–4 p.m.

CareAway Cakes and Gifts, a local company, is hiring friendly voices for telemarketing. Can work from home. Please call Jefferson at 706-410-2253.

Do you need to make more money? Working just one job not working out for you? Find a parttime job right here! Every week we list new jobs and opportunities for your consideration. You can also peruse them online at classifieds.flagpole.com.

Local restaurant looking for reliable, positive team players to work counter, cook and assist in various other duties. Competitive pay. Send resumes to: medigrillatl@gmail.com.

Looking for a job w/ no angr y customers? No uniforms? A schedule that suits your needs? CBSG is open 15 hours daily, where you get paid to type. See www.ctscribes. com.

Viva Argentine Cuisine is seeking enthusiastic applicants for Line Cook position. Bring a resume w/ references between 2–4p.m. Ask for Gaby, Jesse or Sibbie.

VEHICLES AUTOS 2 0 0 6 To y o t a S o l a r a SLE. Leather seats, AC, automatic. 4 cylinder.

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ORGANIZATIONS After the End is a PostApocalyptic Book Club.

Our next book is The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. Oct. 5, 7 p.m.

ACC Library.

PETS Lose a cat or dog? Find a cat or dog? Place a classified ad for free! class@flagpole.com for more info.

NOTICES MESSAGES Bow down, witches.

If you’re wandering in the woods and find a bunch of empty bleach containers, get out of there; you’re by a meth lab.

Lost Dog: German Shepherd named Ollie.

Last seen around Elizabeth St. near College Ave. A big puppy– 70lbs, 9 mos. old. $500 Reward.

Laura: 770-540-4530.

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Friends of Athens-Clarke County Library welcome

Author

Celeste Headlee will discuss her new book,

“We Need to Talk:

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

How to Have Conversations That Matter”

Celeste Headlee, the host of “On Second Thought” at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta, will visit the library to discuss her latest book in a special afterhours event. Come enjoy a discussion on the lost art of conversation!

Friday, October 6 · 7pm Books will be available for purchase and signing, and a reception will follow the program.

Athens-Clarke County Library

2025 Baxter Street · (706) 613-3650 www.athenslibrary.org/athens

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I really need you to understand before you respond to my question, if you respond to my question at all, that I have talked with him about this extensively, and while he comes across as receptive

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of a larger mental health issue, and not as a sign of a failing connection with my partner.

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and understanding to my needs, still nothing changes. At this point, I want to ask about having an open relationship, because my sexual needs are simply not being met with this man, whom I love dearly.

Hey hun, You’ve done your due diligence, and good for you. You’ve talked with him, he understands the issue, he wants to change, but you’re still getting no result. I wonder if there’s a medical issue here—whether it’s depression, stress or more general erectile issues—that is dampening what was once a killer sex drive and sex life.

Home life sounds like it’s good, and you two clearly have great communication, so how is work treating him? Are there any financial problems or extended family drama? There could be a million things out there stressing him to the point where he loses his interest in sex. I know that when my anxiety and depression are triggered, my sex drive pretty much just goes out of the window.

I’ve only started taking care of my mental health intentionally over the past three years or so, and when I look back, I can see the effect it had on my relationships. I imagine that I’d be in a completely different place right now if I’d been able to pinpoint my disinterest in intimacy as a symptom

tions about politics, or how to make friends, or how get a roommate to stop eating things that aren’t theirs. Come on, Athens! I know there have to be some nice risqué experiences you just have to get advice for!

I would ask myself, but my life is also quite boring and predictable. (Hence why I want to live vicariously through this column!)

Signed, Bored Reader Dear Reader, Frankly? I agree! Where’s the dirt, Athens?! I’m only here to help, and I’ll respond to pretty much any reasonable and not-obviously-fake inquiry I receive, but y’all gotta give me something to work with here! I love my readers and writers, but I miss the days of “What are kegels?” and “Uh-oh, I think he’s a furry.” Perhaps we’re getting too comfortable in our relationship, Athens, and the spark is fading.

We’ve established over the years that improving relationships starts with communication, so let me reiterate: I’m here for all of your questions, thoughts and wacky ideas about sex, dating and intimacy, and the online form at flagpole.com/getadvice really is anonymous. Imagine a version of “Sex and the City” where Samantha wrote the sex column instead—and, also, Samantha is black. You can tell me anything, I promise. f

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