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Innergies Yoga Now is the time to try yoga! Many of the yoga centers have responded to the crisis by creating online classes. Yoga and meditation have changed, and will continue to transform the world!

Join in! Local artist Mux Blank created a public street art installation, “CANCELED,” that covered a downtown poster column with stencil art inspired by DIY band flyers. Check out mrblankisdead.com for a video documenting the artist’s process.

This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 NEWS: City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Earth Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Help for the Homeless Is On the Way

Curb Your Appetite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

NEWS: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Q&A With Commission District 4 Candidates

Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adopt Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

MUSIC: Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Sudoku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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ARTS & CULTURE: Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Coronavirus Hotspots COMMISSIONERS CONCERNED ABOUT NURSING HOMES AND HOMELESS By Blake Aued and Rebecca McCarthy news@flagpole.com Athens-Clarke County commissioners move around to various hotspots. And DPH pressed a Georgia Department of Public is working with the Georgia Emergency Health official last week on whether it’s Management Agency and the UGA/Georgia accurately reporting COVID-19 deaths at Regents University medical partnership to nursing homes. use a mobile clinic for testing in areas where WSB-TV reported Apr. 7 that 10 people might not have access to transportaresidents had died of COVID-19 at the tion to a testing site. “We’ll learn a lot more, PruittHealth Grandview nursing home I think, about the real nature of the illness in Athens. At the time, though, just nine in the population, as opposed to just the deaths had been reported in Clarke County, and two weeks after the report that number had risen by just three. A website created by PruittHealth listed seven positive tests and three pending ones at Grandview and said one person had recovered, but did not say how many had died. The first list of long-term care facility deaths released by DPH on Apr. 3 did not list any deaths at Grandview, but the most recent report on Apr. 10 listed eight. “This issue with the 10 deaths is really eroding credibility all around,” Commissioner Jerry That’s the way we became the Commission Bunch. NeSmith said at an Apr. 14 work session, because people don’t believe the official statistics. folks who are selected for their higher risk,” It’s unclear how many, if any, of the Goggans said. Grandview deaths have been included in Another potentially vulnerable popuClarke County’s statistics. “Some of that lation is the homeless. “I’m not aware of has to do with lag of reporting in cases of any cases in the homeless population right deaths in general,” Stephen Goggans, direcnow,” Goggans said. “Obviously there have tor of the East Central Health District in been outbreaks in other parts of the counAugusta, told commissioners. DPH is aware try, so that’s a population we watch very of the problem and “folks are already workclosely.” ing on that,” he said. At a called meeting prior to the work There have been much larger outbreaks session, the commission voted unanimously at nursing homes in Albany, Macon and to split $150,000 from the county’s $3 Atlanta; and the problem is not confined to million Prosperity Package among four Georgia—last week 17 bodies were found in agencies—Advantage Behavioral Health a New Jersey nursing home where coronavi- Systems, the Athens Area Homeless Shelter, rus has claimed 68 lives. Bigger Vision and Family Promise. That Residents of long-term care facilities are money will pay to operate a homeless day especially vulnerable to COVID-19 because services center and provide hotel rooms for of their age, tendency to have underlying 10 individuals and 10 families, plus other conditions and communal living conditions, emergency shelter and cleaning supplies for according to Goggans. 65 indigent households, food for at least 85 “This virus, we still believe, in most cases people and personal protective equipment is a mild virus,” he said. “In a small number for staff and volunteers. Manager Blaine of cases, it is very severe, and obviously has Williams said he is hopeful the Federal the potential to be fatal for folks, particuEmergency Management Agency will reimlarly who have chronic comorbid illnesses— burse those costs. diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, things Forthcoming federal Community such as that—and for those who are older, Development Block Grants could also be possibly because those illnesses come with spent on homeless services, food assisage and possibly because the immune systance, PPE, cleaning supplies, transportem doesn’t react the same.” tation and other “things that are related Classic symptoms are a fever, dry cough to assisting people in responding to the and shortness of breath, but lately, in nurspandemic,” Williams said. Officials also ing homes, doctors are seeing other sympdiscussed using the Classic Center Pavillion toms, such as confusion, vomiting, diarrhea as a place where people who are currently and loss of appetite, Goggans said. living in outdoor camps can safely stay in a Tests have been in short supply nationmore hygienic environment, with portable wide, but now that results are available in restrooms, trash receptacles and handwash1–3 days, DPH is recommending that peoing stations. ple with symptoms who are not part of a Prior to the meeting, some activists high-risk group be tested. A second testing wrote to Mayor Kelly Girtz and commissite—in addition to the one at Piedmont sioners requesting a town hall meeting with Athens Regional’s Oconee campus—has community members and nonprofits before been set up in Barrow County, but it will deciding how to spend the remainder of

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the Prosperity Package. Girtz said a portal will open on the county website this week for nonprofits to apply for funding. ACC attorneys are also working with the City of Winterville to create a joint development authority that can legally distribute funds to local businesses. In one final bit of business, the commission approved a measure allowing bars and restaurants to temporarily sell growlers of draft beer. “The big bottles are coming your way,” Girtz said. [Blake Aued]

District 8 Debate Recap An exchange on environmental issues during an Athens for Everyone online debate highlighted some of the differences among the three candidates vying to repre-

sent Commission District 8 on the Eastside: retired educator Carol Myers, couples therapist Andrea Farnham and lawyer Kamau Hull. “This is my issue,” Myers said. “This is one of the reasons I’m running for commissioner.” Myers said she was among those who pushed to create an office of sustainability in the county government, pass a resolution committing to 100% renewable energy and put $16 million for that cause in SPLOST 2020. “To be very frank, when white people talk about renewable energy and saving the

environment and all that stuff, it makes me want to strangle somebody,” Farnham said. “It lacks a racial justice element to it.” She said she supports a Green New Deal, but environmental policy has to be paired with labor policies to redistribute wealth. If not, it’s “super racist” and “cleans up Athens for white people to enjoy while leaving poor and minority communities behind.” Hull called the renewable energy commitment “a great move.” But there is no accountability to ensure the money will circulate within the community, he said. New development should include green benefits as well as community programs. “If we do that [convert to 100% renewable energy] and we still have the same racial and poverty issues, we haven’t really accomplished much,” he said. Green energy is a social justice issue, Myers said. Lower income residents have a larger energy burden—they pay a bigger share of their income on utilities—and green energy will create jobs prioritizing marginalized communities, she said. “If I’m commissioner, you can call on me to make sure this is getting done,” she said. Accountability measures should have been put into place before the resolution was passed, Hull responded. The candidates also discussed white privilege, affordable housing, unions, reparations and other issues. View the full debate at facebook.com/ AthensForEveryone. Debates for District 4 and District 6 are also available, and a debate between District 10 incumbent Mike Hamby and challenger Knowa Johnson will stream at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Apr. 22. [BA]

Gonzalez Urges Kemp to Appoint DA Former state Rep. Deborah Gonzalez, a candidate for Western Circuit District Attorney, has hired an attorney to pressure

Gov. Brian Kemp to appoint a DA to replace Ken Mauldin, thus giving voters a chance to choose their DA this November. Mauldin retired in February, making his chief assistant, Brian Patterson, the acting DA. Patterson is also a candidate for the position. Under an obscure 2018 state law, if Kemp waits until after May 3—180 days before the November election—the election for DA will be pushed back until 2022. “Ms. Gonzalez does not want to litigate this matter, the likely constitutional infirmities of the statutory scheme notwithstanding,” Adam Sparks of the Atlanta law firm Krevolin Horst wrote in a letter to Kemp and his executive counsel, David Dove, dated Apr. 10. “Even so, she reserves all options at her disposal should the anticipated election not occur due to delay in exercising the Governor’s vested appointment power. “ Kemp solicited applications for interim DA in February but has yet to select someone for the position. Sparks wrote that the 2018 law is unconstitutional and deprives voters of their rights. Failure to appoint a DA by May 3 would give the appearance of a backroom deal, he wrote, and it gives the appearance of trying to prevent the voters from electing a progressive woman of color who will challenge the status quo in the next scheduled election. The circumstances are similar to a vacancy in Douglas County that led to the 2018 law, in which Gov. Nathan Deal waited 10 weeks to make a judicial appointment, resulting in the election being pushed back two years, according to Sparks. Although Patterson and Gonzalez are both Democrats, even if Kemp makes an

appointment by the deadline, there will be no primary on June 9. Mauldin’s resignation triggered a special election, so the candidates would face off in the November general election. [BA]

School’s Out… Forever? The Clarke County School District has decided to end the school year three weeks early, more or less. While students will still have until May 21 to hand in assignments, no new assignments will be given out after May 1. The coronavirus pandemic got real during spring break in early March. After that, teachers and administrators had a week to come up with a plan for online learning. Meanwhile, parents were scrambling to find childcare or figure out how to work from home while also supervising their kids. “We recognized it was a challenge,” communications manager Beth Moore said. “It was a challenge for parents. It was a challenge for teachers. It was a challenge for our staff, who had to be caregivers at the same time. And we recognized that all [families] didn’t have the same resources to do distance learning.” Interim superintendent Xernona Thomas stressed that teachers will still be available to work with students remotely through May 21. “We haven’t just quit and packed up, which I think was the perception,” she said. Students aren’t used to getting assignments every day, and not all of them are caught up, Thomas said. The three-week grace period will give high school students

a chance to turn in outstanding work and boost their grades. Middle and elementary school students will be graded pass/fail for the semester. “We don’t want to add to the stress our families are feeling and our students are feeling,” she said. Especially for younger children, nothing can replace face-to-face teachers, Thomas said. “The quality of digital learning is not there when you’re doing this overnight,” she said. Over the summer, administrators will be looking at online instruction platforms and tools in case schools remain closed this August. In addition, the district is looking at expanding its summer meal program, and students will be allowed to keep electronic devices over the summer, Thomas said. [BA]

BOE Sends Back Public Comment Policy During meetings of the Clarke County Board of Education the past few months, public speakers have told board member Tawana Mattox such things as, “I wish you were dead,” and “I know where you live.” She watched with alarm as the board meetings sometimes devolved into call-andresponse gatherings. She came to believe the speakers who couldn’t be civil and finish their remarks within a three-minute limit needed a restriction. A policy revision would have prohibited speakers from speaking at board meetings for three months if, after receiving a warning, they exceeded the time limit and directed personal comments to board members.

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At their regular April board meeting, the school board voted 7–2 to send the policy back to the policy committee for “wordsmithing,” as member Charles Worthy suggested. Mattox and policy committee chair Greg Davis were the only two members voting to move the policy forward with current revisions. Member Patricia Yager will survey school boards around the state to see how others handle similar issues. Armed with this information, the policy committee will then “wordsmith” the policy and return another revised version to the board. With the coronavirus outbreak, there’s no chance of anyone attending a school board meeting—possibly not until August—since the meetings are virtual. In other actions: • The board learned the district had $66.8 million in cash on hand in February, that CCSD is spending much less money on bus fuel, and that finance officials expect a drop in ESPLOST revenue. • It also learned the district has paid the Employment Law Solution firm $21,000 from the general fund for legal services through the end of March. Atlanta-based ELS is the law firm the board hired to help with Cognia’s accreditation review in January and negotiate a settlement with former superintendent Demond Means, who remains on paid administrative leave four months after the board voted to remove him. • The board approved creating an eight-lane track at Clarke Central and installing artificial turf on the Clarke Central football field. The cost for both projects is $6 million. [Rebecca McCarthy] f

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FP: What would you do to protect the arts and music scene and assist the local businesses that make Athens unique?

Two for Four UGA STUDENT CHALLENGES INCUMBENT COMMISSIONER By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

he race for Athens-Clarke County Commission District 4, covering the University of Georgia/Five Points area, pits a two-term commissioner against a 22-year-old UGA graduate student. Michael Stapor, a Riverbend Parkway resident and International Affairs student who has served as vice president of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, is taking on incumbent Allison Wright, a Hampton Court resident and medical illustrator who, prior to winning the commission seat in 2012, served two terms on the Clarke County Board of Education. Both agreed to answer questions from Flagpole. Local elections are currently scheduled for June 9, with early voting starting May 18. Flagpole: How would you rate ACC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic? Michael Stapor: I would give AthensClarke County’s response to the coronavirus pandemic a B+. I commend the commission on working proactively to solve the problem, rather than wait on state guidance, which came very late. I also support the mortgage and rent leniency resolution passed by the commission. I would like to see the commission continue this good trend and pass the Athens Resiliency Package suggested by County Manager Blaine Williams to fully ensure Athens’ at-risk citizens and businesses are protected from any economic impact due to the pandemic. Allison Wright: We were the first Georgia community to approve shelter in place. I say we’d get an A for “ahead of the curve.” This was evident during the Mar. 16 meeting, when we moved forward in shutting down what would have been a St. Patrick’s Day social disaster, in terms of spreading of coronavirus. Once we got through the initial response, we were able to effectively craft our shelter-in-place ordinance on Mar. 19 after reviewing medical data and hearing from public health professionals. This ordinance has been replicated throughout the state. When crises arise, solutions must be found, and they aren’t always comfortable, nor do they always come swiftly, as we have to deal with ACC government logistics, legal and community partnerships, collaborations and more. Yet, in this time of crisis, I along with my fellow commissioners, the mayor and the manager’s teams, were able to get things done—and we’re not finished. FP: What is your plan to reduce Athens’ persistently high poverty rate? MS: As soon as I am in office, I will look to have the city commit to solving the decade-long poverty problem by proposing a Poverty Reduction Coalition to be introduced. Similar to the Athens Civil Rights Committee, the coalition would bring city officials and citizens together to study the poverty situation in Athens, as well as actively looking for solutions. I

will also look to introduce a Tenants’ Bill of Rights for the city of Athens to protect the rights of tenants and, more importantly, to try and tackle the issue of extremely high rent hikes in the last few years. Zoning is another step we can take in addressing Athens’ poverty, and I will look to eliminate the single-family ordinance to increase the renting options of our low-income residents, as well as ensuring all future residential developments or redevelopments include inclusionary zoning to increase affordable housing in Athens. AW: Poverty is an issue that continues to impact Athenians and people in District 4. I will work hard to continue to improve connectivity with those in poverty and those agencies that provide supportive services and opportunities for improved livelihood. The work cannot stop there, though. We must break the intergenerational cycles of poverty that plague Athens by ensuring that our county is investing in our local workforce, providing jobs that pay a living wage, and making sure we are giving people in our community a hand up when it comes to quality affordable housing, a career path and outreach initiatives.

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Improvements to our outreach include our new initiative of neighborhood leaders and mailing bilingual community information to each ACC address, as mailing water bill inserts reaches only a fraction of the community. Finally, we must work hard to ensure broadband internet access for the entire community, as the internet is more than a luxury, it is an essential tool in the 21st century, both when it comes to education and employment, particularly in times of crisis. When it comes to affordable housing, particularly in single-family residential neighborhoods, we will see improvements as we work to remove the outdated ordinance on not allowing more than two unrelated residents in the same house. We must make sure that we have more than just affordable housing here in ACC; we need quality affordable housing.

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MS: If elected, I would like to work closely with our local businesses to seek community-led solutions to keeping Athens unique. I’d also like to see the city increase its commitment to Athens’ music and art scene by hosting festivals celebrating Athens’ unique local scene. I’d like to try and work with local music venues and stores to see how we can support the music scene in Athens. Possibilities for this could be actively tapping Athens’ music talent for city events, as well as youth development programs run through local businesses for Athens’ K-12 residents that may be interested in music. AW: As an illustrator myself and an art professor’s wife, Athens’ creative spirit is always in my world. Like many, it is what keeps me here. I’m proud to support the Athens Cultural Arts Council, Lyndon House, the historic Morton Theatre and SPLOST art budgets. Outside of ACC government, we need to continue to support AthFest Educates, Nuçi’s Space, Town and Gown and Ciné. I also proudly worked with leaders of the local LGBTQ community to help present their request, which is ongoing, to have a rainbow crosswalk installed to bring further beautification to our downtown area. We should replicate the Athens Downtown Development Authority for Five Points and Normaltown by establishing business districts (other unique business clusters as well). This would allow for protections, improvements and shared amenities for the small businesses within this designated district scenario. We should also make clear the legal definitions of what it means to be a local business so that specific incentives can be channeled to them. This will help with Request For Proposal (RFP) processes to give extra points for local businesses, especially after we get to the recovery phase of this pandemic. Finally, we must also work with our new economic development director to give specific attention to our current businesses for their longevity and prosperity in our community, so that we will continue to have the funky music, shopping, eating and drinking opportunities Athens is famous for worldwide. FP: If and when people start driving again, what would you propose to solve the parking challenges in Five Points? MS: The main solution to help solve the parking issue in Five Points is to increase access to the area by upgrading our public transportation system. This means adding more dedicated bike lanes throughout the city, especially in the surrounding area of Five Points, such as on Milledge Avenue. I would also call for the city to introduce fare-free public transportation, which will increase many residents’ access to areas like Five Points. Similarly, we need to expand the city’s routes to provide better coverage to residents. I’d also look to increase parking enforcement in the area to make sure students are not parking there while going to campus. AW: Let’s start with what I can legislatively accomplish here. ACC does have direct jurisdiction over the fire station in

Five Points. I have been working hard to have parking meters there to deter the all-day parking that occurs as a result of being so close to campus. Our ADDA meter readers have an electric vehicle now, so they could branch out of downtown to enforce meters in this area.

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We may have more of a walking problem than a parking problem. In 2016, we had a parking study done that charted over 500 business parking spots and their occupancy for each hour of a Friday and Saturday. There were a lot of available spots; they just weren’t necessarily in desirable locations for patrons. I encourage neighbors to walk from home more often, carpool, and be amenable to walking from a further parking spot. Let’s leave the closest spots for the elderly and disabled. A solution that has begun—and can be expanded through the Five Points Business Association—is to have “park here” signs at businesses when they are closed for others to use their parking spaces. Collaboration of businesses teaming up to help solve the problem is something I not only commend, but am happy to help facilitate. FP: Please list any other issue(s) you feel are important and your solution(s). MS: Poverty and inequity in Athens are two of our most glaring issues. Many of the solutions I have proposed in the earlier questions will work to solve these issues. To add on, I’d seek an increase in youth development and job training programs that work with local businesses and organizations to provide valuable skills to our K-12 and adult residents, as well as helping to end the school-to-prison pipeline. AW: Improved quality of non-student multifamily residential neighbors in District 4, like Clarke Gardens, Town View and Parkview. Alcohol abuse and substance addictions have no socio-economic boundaries. I will continue my support of our diversion courts and all available community resources to help combat this issue by not only providing treatment, but by making sure we prepare people to be productive members of our community. Anti-discrimination is a pressing issue that has been prioritized by our Legislative Review Committee. We still have work to do, and I am thrilled to be the chair of the committee that will address discrimination throughout the county, not just bars, and improve ways to successfully report these bad apples. f

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ifty years ago, the University of at the small miracles and natural processes Georgia participated in a full day of that happen around us, and inspire a teach-ins alongside schools across the renewed appreciation for the planet we all country as part of the first-ever Earth Day. share,” says Kevin Kirsche, director of the The issues we continue to face in modern Office of Sustainability. “Through this chaltimes are just as abundant as ever: climate lenge, we’ve invited people to share through change, habitat destruction, pollution, their art the ways we can become increasdeforestation, environmental justice, food ingly sustainable and resilient.” and water security, depleting resources, Further examining our complex web of urban sprawl, waste disposal, overpopcoexistence, the Georgia Museum of Art’s ulation, loss of biodiversity, and on and new digital exhibition, “Altered Landscapes: on. But so, too, are the efforts of activists Photography in the Anthropocene,” invesfighting to educate others on the values of tigates how humans have influenced the environmental sustainability. natural world, for better or for worse. Had the pandemic never happened, Acknowledging photography’s ability to Earth Day’s 50th anniversary on Apr. 22 hide or otherwise manipulate the context would have been a pretty significant comof an image, the landscapes are beautiful in munity-wide celebration. The UGA Office of their defiant endurance, yet stir up feelings Sustainability and 30 other organizations of guilt and responsibility. Though humans intended to collaborate on producing a full rarely appear in the images as themselves, month of programtheir traces take the ming. We would have forms of controlled seen annual staples fires across the prailike Plantapalooza, ries, a TV left to die River Rendezvous, in a bayou, and halfUGArden SxSM built houses marring and Athens Startup the view of a mounWeek, plus special tain range. lectures presented Additional Earth through the Georgia Day activities include Review, Georgia a Virtual Earth Day Museum of Natural Fair on Apr. 22 and History, Odium Campus Arboretum School of Ecology Tree Walk on Apr. and Willson Center 24, both presented for Humanities and through Facebook Arts. In addition to (facebook.com/ multiple exhibitions sustainable.uga) and a Bike Athens and Instagram (@ Joy Ride, there would Lisa Freeman’s collage, “Red Sky,” is included in sustainable_uga). the virtual exhibition “Earth Day (Art) Challenge.” have been a screenThe Office of ing of Cultivating the Sustainability is also Wild. The entire main campus—as well as using social media to promote the (Re) Sanford Stadium on G-Day—was going to sourceful Collective, a virtual community be solar powered through partnerships with centered around sharing ideas for creative, Georgia Power. There would have even been sustainable projects tailored to life amid an interdisciplinary teach-in, through which the COVID-19 crisis. Already underway, faculty members planned to open their the past two weeks have focused on themes classes to the general public in honor of the of self-care, public health and victory historic event. gardening, while the next two weeks look Luckily, there are still several ways to forward to reclamation, reuse and reaching celebrate Earth Day online. The “UGA Earth out. Popular DIY projects include how to Day (Art) Challenge,” a virtual exhibition make house cleaner, masks, compost bins, organized by the Office of Sustainability raised beds, clothing patterns and furniture (sustainability.uga.edu/earth-day-art), pres- repairs. ents reflections of current experiences as The speed at which the coronavirus well as inspirations for how to build a better debilitated nations across the globe is a future. Using an open call for submissions harsh wake up call that demonstrates how from UGA members and the larger Athens delicately interconnected our natural syscommunity, pieces could take the form of tems are. With the majority of our day-tovisual art, music, film, dance, poetry or any day routines, social systems and modern other creative media. Selected works fall conveniences totally flipped upside down, into at least one of three categories based we’re at an unprecedented turning point. 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video out this week from Baby Tony and The Teenies named “Desolate Hills,” and it’s technically the first single from the band’s new album, Baby’s Got It, but for right now there’s no telling when the whole record will come out. I was told that the single is about moving from Denver to Athens and the emotional ball of twine that gets kicked around and played with as the result of such a huge shift in landscape and, perhaps, culture. The tune itself is a sweet, slow tune in the band’s signature indiedoo-wop style that carries the vocals along on a lithe wave of reverb. This thing hits land Apr. 24, and will most likely be available at babytonyandtheteenies. bandcamp.com and/or soundcloud.com/user917249291, and yeah, they should use some of Baby Tony and The Teenies this downtime to clean heavy-hearted original, and totally worth up that second URL for sure. If you can’t your money. It comes out on Apr. 24 but find it at either place, head to facebook. you can pre-order it at the link above. For com/babytonyandtheteenies and, I dunno, all other news please see facebook.com/ challenge ‘em to a rumble or something. athenstangoproject. ASSORTED FRUIT: Athens singer-songwriter ANOTHER BROTHER FURTHER: Although his Jeremy Crowe dropped a new EP titled releases don’t come out as rapidly as they Colors a few weeks ago. Taking the ethic of used to, Space Brother (Future Ape Tapes, a true workhorse, he challenged himself et al) always puts his whole into whatever to write, record, mix and master as many he’s doing. He’s got a new record out this tracks as possible in a single week and then release the batch. To this end, and matching week named Question Eternal? and it’s another solid entry into his deep catalog. appropriately with its title, Colors taps into For the uninitiated, he specializes in introthe breadth of Crowe’s taste. So, there’s the spective indie-rap, experimental loop-based Scorpions/Bryan Adams-ish “We’re Getting tracks, heightened melody and more along Older”and the Imagine Dragons-inspired these same lines. Particular highlights “Burn It Down.” But there’s also the wellon this include the hybrid “Passages,” the stated and forthright “Until You Lose overtly pretty “Silhouettes,” and the Electric Something,” which has a solid pop-guitar Body signposts of “Percentages.” This is arrangement well matched with its midreleased courtesy of Bear Tooth Tapes, and tempo rhythm. The two straight-up singcan be found over at beartoothtapes.band er-songwriter type songs here are “Runner” camp.com. f and “Temporary,” and each does a fine job

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gallery at art.uga.edu, where gallery director Katie Geha is additionally arranging solo exhibitions by alumni and artists who have previously shown works at the Dodd. The annual “Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition,” a long-

available in digital formats at georgiamuseum.org, including “The Monsters Are Due on Broad Street: Patrick Dean,” “Rediscovering the Art of Victoria Hutson Huntley” and “Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome.” In addition to a virtual tour of “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection,” a talk by Ulysses Grant Dietz, chief curator emeritus at the Newark Museum of Art, has been added to the museum’s YouTube account, GMOAthens. Yoga in the Galleries and Morning Mindfulness sessions are continuing through Zoom, and staff is working to record mini tours in the galleries with curators. In addition to 360-degree photographs of the permanent collection galleries, the museum offers access to its complete collections database (emuseum.georgiamuseum.org/collections) where you can register and curate your own virtual exhibitions. For children, there are craft activities on the Art at Home page, and art kits will be distributed through the Clarke County School District food pickup program. LHAC: Closed to the public within just days following the opening reception, the Lyndon House Arts Center’s “45th Juried Exhibition” is now migrating to Facebook and Instagram at @lyndonhouseartscenter. Using the hashtag #45JuriedShowOnline, daily posts will share an individual work and short anecdote from the artist. The exhibition has been extended through July 25 in hopes that in-person viewing experiences will become possible before then. A separate hashtag, #ArtCenterOnline, is an umbrella for arts education projects, virtual tours and other activities designed for sheltering in place. Segments range from Art@Home with Toni Carlucci, which recently offered a collage project inspired by local artist Susan Pelham, and upcoming ShelterInPlaceStudioVisits with Beth Sale.

ATHICA: In addition to the exhibition “Lost in the Weeds: Climate Change and Human Nature,” which would have opened this past month, the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art had to postpone all event programming including Queering Earth Day: An Ecoqueer Art Series (co-organized by Flagpole contributor Alden DiCamillo) and the launch of a new literary zine called Local Honey. For now, board president Lauren Fancher is personally sponsoring a weekly art trivia contest through the gallery’s newsletter and Instagram account, @ath_ica, with gift certificates and other prizes from local businesses. Volunteers are also making the best of bare walls by giving the gallery a fresh head-to-toe coat of paint. If you’re a restless and quarantined artist, it’s an ideal time to submit a proposal for the Artists-in-ATHICA residency program or Solo-Duo-Trio, a new exhibition series held between ATHICA and its upcoming satellite location at Ciné. Visit athica.org/call-for-entries for guidelines.

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The economy the school board, which had no money for their paychecks. diversified. Prosperity became the norm. A couple of generaOn the way to Atlanta, my father heard on his radio that tions later, nobody remembers how we got here. It becomes newly inaugurated President Franklin D. Roosevelt had easy to say we don’t need the government anymore. issued an order closing the nation’s banks, the beginning of Interestingly, nobody ever says they don’t need the FDIC. the famous “bank holiday.” When my father got to Madison, he found a telephone and called Uncle Howard at their family store in Greensboro. He told Uncle Howard to get to the bank and withdraw all the money in their account, but hurry, because the bank would close any minute. Uncle Howard thought my father was crazy, but he rushed to the bank and got the money, which enabled them to continue doing business while the bank was closed (no credit cards then). Roosevelt’s bank holiday was necessary because banks were failing all over the country, destroying confidence in the banking system and causing “runs” on banks when depositors demanded The federal government secured banks and otherwise aided the local economy, so that Greene County their money. My father was had begun to bounce back as WWII approached. (Notice how slender they all are, and how white.) well aware of this phenomenon, because his family had been wiped out in an earlier bank failure. When the banks reopened, Nobody. Where would they be with all the bank failures in they were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Georgia in the last decade? They do say they don’t need the Corporation, and people knew their money was safe. Medicaid expansion, in spite of all the hospitals that have Greene was a major cotton-producing county, though failed, because, you know, that only helps the poor. that crop had been in turmoil ever since emancipation abolNow that we are plunged into a crisis of staggering ished the free labor that fueled the economic engine that health and economic consequences, that long-ago micropowered the country. Black laborers had eventually been cosm of Greene County is writ large across the nation. We forced back into share-cropping, a new kind of servitude, see again how a threat can be too devastating for local soluand cotton continued as the main money crop, despite tions, and we see, too, how those solutions can be maniputhe worn-out soil that demanded expensive fertilizers. lated for political gain and how the powers of the national Following a period of high cotton prices during World War government can be thwarted and deflected from the fight I and the Spanish flu pandemic that killed three times as against the invasion. many people as the war, the boll weevil invaded and ruined Greene County had 50 cotton plantations where no one cotton, adding the expense of poison to the requirements could believe what the Civil War would bring. Neither could for making a crop. anyone foresee WWI, the Spanish flu, the boll weevil, the As my father continued on toward Atlanta and my Great Depression or WWII, even though the signs were mother sipped her Boll Weevil, more help was on the way. there: war clouds, vulnerabilities to pandemics, one-crop “We’re from the government, and we’re here to help” carfarming, unbridled capitalism, the rise of Nazism. The ried none of the sarcasm spun by a later president. Crops scientific community, health experts, the World Health had failed, farmers had no money to pay off their loans or Organization knew another pandemic was inevitable. Those buy provisions. Banks foreclosed on their farms, many of who controlled our response didn’t want to hear it and are which already sat abandoned and eroding. People, white still attempting to talk it away. and black, lived in tumbling-down shacks they had no Having grown up amid all those tales from the money to improve. Roofs leaked, wind whistled in, along Depression, I never thought I would follow in my father’s with flies, mosquitoes and rats. Children went barefooted footsteps, yet here I walk, awaiting that government check year round, picking up hookworm. that will enable our business to survive long enough to Government employees, supplemented by the Marshall figure out how to proceed in the new normal, whatever Field Foundation came in and went to work. Low-interest, that may turn out to be. These times remind us why we long-term loans renovated houses and built new ones. have government, especially why we have the Constitution, Health workers taught preventive measures; government which replaced that earlier compact, the Articles of funds built a cannery where farm wives could preserve vegConfederation, which proved resoundingly that our counetables from their gardens for year-round use. Farm agents try cannot survive without a strong national government. helped farmers fight erosion. 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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. The next deadline is June 15. info@athensarts.org, www.athensarts.org #ARTSCENTERONLINE (Lyndon House Arts Center) Though currently closed to the public, the Lyndon House is still offering educational programming and art activities online. Search for the hashtag #ArtsCenterOnline on Instagram and Facebook for art education programs for families sequestered in their homes, virtual tours and other art related activities designed for sheltering in place. www.accgov.com/ lyndonhouse ART FOR ATHENS (Athens, GA) The Red & Black is organizing Art for Athens, an online fundraiser to benefit the local service industry. All proceeds from sales of prints and original art will be donated to the Garrie Vereen Memorial Emergency Relief Fund and the Giving Kitchen. Artists can donate works and set their own prices, and the Red & Black will handle the promotion of pieces, shipping and payment processing. www.redandblack.com/ store ARTIST-IN-ATHICA RESIDENCIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Residencies take place throughout the year, provide administrative support, exhibition and performance facilities, and a small

stipend. Artists may work in any or multiple disciplies and traditions, including but not limited to visual, curatorial, musical, performing, written, experimental, cinematic, digital and theatrical arts. Residents can work independently or collaborate with others. Visit website for quarterly deadlines. www.athica.org/ call-for-entries COVID-19 ECONOMIC IMPACT SURVEY FOR ARTISTS (Athens, GA) Artists, musicians, makers, performers, writers and other creatives impacted by coronavirus are encouraged to fill out an anonymous survey. Responses will assist the Athens Arts Alliance in informing the local government about the challenges artists currently face, and help shape potential public art projects and other relief opportunities. Deadline Apr. 22. bit.ly/artistscovid CALL FOR INTERNS (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) ATHICA is seeking interns interested in development, social media, music, poetry, photography and gallery operation. Minimum five hours a week. College credit is available in coordination with department of study. Rolling deadline. athica. org/updates/internships

Classes INTRODUCTORY BEEKEEPING COURSE (1151 Clairemont Place, Watkinsville) The Oglethorpe County Bee Club and Eastern Piedmont Beekeepers Association present an introductory beekeeping program. Attend as many classes as you

art around town 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. GALLERY AT INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Tiny Universe #3” is an exhibit of small works by over 70 artists from Athens and Atlanta. Through May 30. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection” features over 60 objects spanning over 30 years of the famous stained glass artist’s career. Through May 10. • “Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome” celebrates Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s influence. Through May 31. • “Rediscovering the Art of Victoria Hutson Huntley” contains approximately 30 lithographs and two paintings. Through June 21. Though the museum is temporarily closed, many of the exhibitions, as well as the permanent collection, are currently available to view online at georgiamuseum.org. GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Supple Moments, Dark Corners” is a site-specific installation by Eli Saragoussi that is accompanied by a soundscape by Max Boyd called “Jungle Drone.” Saragoussi recently incorporated additional set pieces built for Ad•Verse festival. Through summer. K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) “Love Show 2020” celebrates love in all its many forms through works by dozens of artists. Artists include Hannah Betzel, Karen Cook, Laine Gay, Lakshana Hall, Helen Kuykendall, Maggie Seee, souptycoon and many more. While the shop is temporarily closed, the show can be experienced virtually at kaartist.com through April. LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) Available in an online gallery at art.uga.edu, ‘Amiko Li: The Purpose of Disease” presents the Dodd MFA Fellow in photography’s explorations into acupuncture, palm reading, psychogenics, herbal supplements, antibiotics and the regeneration of limbs. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) In the Glass Case, a colorful installation inspired by dioramas is full of whimsical creatures by Elinor Saragoussi. Through April. • The “45th Juried Exhibition” presents 199 works by 144 local artists. Through July. • Collections from our

like. Saturdays through July, 1–4 p.m. Check website for a schedule of special upcoming topics. FREE! RSVP: danielreidlong@gmail.com or flyingpigshoney@gmail.com MORNING MINDFULNESS (Georgia Museum of Art) Participate in a guided meditation session through Zoom. Every other Friday at 9:30 a.m. www.georgiamuseum.org THE SHAKTI SHINE LIVE (Athens, GA) The Shakti Yoga Athens’ leadership team offers three hours of yoga, meditation and inquiry through Zoom. Proceeds benefit the Get Comfortable Fund. Pay what you can. Apr. 25, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Sign up for a Zoom link at spya. typeform.com/to/NBpB0m. www. shaktiyogaathens.com YOGA CLASSES AT 5 POINTS (5 Points Yoga) Classes include Slow Flow, Iyengar, Restorative, Yin, Power, Hot Yoga and beginners classes. Visit the website for a schedule of available live streams. www.athensfivepointsyoga.com

Kidstuff LIVE FITNESS FOR KIDS (Athens, GA) Children can participate in virtual fitness activities daily from 10:30–11:15 a.m. www.athens. macaronikid.com

Support Groups ALS SUPPORT GROUP (Oconee Veterans Park, Watkinsville) Provides awareness and education to individuals living with ALS. Meets

fourth Wednesday of every month, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. 706-207-5800 AL-ANON 12 STEP (Multiple Locations) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Meetings are held daily at various times and locations. 888-425-2666, www.ga-al-anon.org ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) If you think you have a problem with alcohol, call the AA hotline or visit the website for a schedule of meetings in Barrow, Clarke, Jackson and Oconee Counties. 706-389-4164, www. athensaa.org CRISIS TEXT LINE (Athens, GA) Anyone experiencing an emotional crisis can text GA to 741741 to speak with a trained crisis counselor. Children and teens welcome. This service is free, confidential and available 24/7. www.crisistextline. org/textline MEN’S GROUP IN ATHENS (Athens) Men are invited to a supportive peer group aimed to examine behaviors, feelings and beliefs. This is a safe space for men to take inventory of their life and “do their work.” The group is not affiliated with a religious practice and aims to be inclusive and affirming of all backgrounds. athensmenscircle. com/contact NAMI (Multiple Locations) “NAMI Connections” is a support group for adults living in recovery with mental illness. “NAMI Family Support” is for family members, friends and caregivers of individuals with mental illnesses. Both groups meet every fourth Tuesday, 6:30–8 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Athens. 770225-0804. NAMI Family Support Groups are also available the second Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Oconee Presbyterian Church in Watkinsville and every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Ridgeview Institute in Monroe.

Community presents “Michael Lachowski’s Trail Trash,” a display of bags of litter picked up by the artist during hiking and backpacking trips dating back to 1995. Through May. 2. • On view in the Lounge Gallery, Lee Coffey presents a solo show of oil paintings celebrating the mundane, drawing inspiration from flea markets, thrift stores, internet holes, advertisements, art history and everyday objects. Currently on view through May. • The Lyndon House is currently closed to the public, but is presenting daily installments of artwork and activities on Instagram and Facebook using the hashtags #45JuriedShowOnLine and #ArtsCenterOnLine. OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) Juried by Chris Clamp, the 25th annual “Southworks” exhibition features a juried show of works in all media submitted from across the country. The 2020 Director’s Choice exhibit presents “Inside and Outside,” a solo show by Tom Stanley of Rock Hill, SC. Both shows are available online at ocaf. com through May 29. THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) Paintings by Melody Croft. Through May 8. TIF SIGFRIDS (119 N. Jackson St.) Wauwatosa, WI artist Sheila Held presents “Attempt at a Unified Theory,” a series of four weavings created over the span of eight years. The weavings reference ancient architecture, Greek mythology and the relationship between humans and the environment. Through Apr. 25. Though Tif Sigfrids is currently closed to the public, photographs can be seen at tifsigfrids.com. UGA OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY (1180 E. Broad St.) “The Earth Day (Art) Challenge” is a virtual exhibition of works commemorating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Visit sustainability.uga.edu/earth-day-art. UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) Online exhibitions include “Steele Vintage Broadcast Microphone Collection,” “Foxfire on Display at UGA: 50 Years of Cultural Journalism Documenting Folk Life in the North Georgia Mountains, September–December 2016,” “Covered With Glory: Football at UGA, 1892–1917” and “Fighting Spirit: Wally Butts and UGA Football, 1939–1950.” Visit digilab.libs.uga.edu/scl/exhibits. THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) A series of drive-by art auctions are displayed in the front window, and bidding is done through Facebook. Artists include Erin Stacer through Apr. 22, Abby Kacen Apr. 23–25, Mux Blank Apr. 27–29 and more.

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The Georgia Museum of Art’s annual “Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition,” a showcase of works by students graduating from the Lamar Dodd School of Art, is currently presented as an online exhibition at georgiamuseum.org. Pictured above is an installation by Christina Foard titled “In the Cacophony of Voices, I Only Remember What Wasn’t Said.” namihallga@gmail.com, www.nami hall.org RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction. Meetings are currently held through Zoom at zoom.us/j/2465753412. Thursdays, 7–8 p.m. FREE! Find “Recovery Dharma Athens GA” on Facebook SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) (Email for Location) Athens Downtown SAA offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from a compulsive sexual behavior. Write an email through athensdown townsaa.com for help beginning your recovery process

On The Street ATHENS REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM OFFERINGS (Multiple Locations) The library expanded its online collection of digital eBooks and audibooks by 80%. Titles can be downloaded directly to mobile devices using the RBDigital app with your library card information. RBDigital also offers hundreds of titles of digital magazines. www. athenslibrary.org/online-library BAND TOGETHER: A VIRTUAL CONCERT SERIES (Athens, GA) The Classic Center presents live performances on YouTube at Band Together Athens every Thursday at 7 p.m. Terrapin will host a “Terrapin Toast” introducing each act with a different personality each week. So far, the lineup includes Jay Gonzalez and The Weekend Getaway Band on Apr. 16, and Pip the Pansy and Sam Burchfield on Apr. 30. Donations will support the Athens Area Community Foundations COVID-19 Community Response Fund. Local artists or businesses interested in participating should email bandtogether@ classiccenter.com COMMUNITY COVID STORIES (ACC Library) The Athens Regional Library System is collecting COVID19 experiences from the community. Submissions can be written journals, photos, videos, oral histories and saved social media posts. Stories will be permanently archived through The Heritage Room. Fill out the submission form at athens

library.org. heritageroomref@athens library.org FREE ONLINE STREAMING OF ATHENS RISING Stream local filmmaker James Preston’s local culture documentaries, Athens Rising 1: The Sicyon Project and Athens Rising 2: Transmittance. Donations will be distributed to the Garrie Vereen Memorial Emergency Relief Fund, Athens Virtual Tip Jar, Classic City Love, Athens Works Initiative and the Athens Community Foundation Community Response Fund. www.athensrising.com MEALS ON WHEELS (Athens, GA) The Athens Community Council on Aging provides meals and other resources to older adults and those living with disabilities. Volunteers and donations are also accepted. 706-549-4850, www.accaging.org ONE DUMB VIDEO (Chispa House) Chispa House is hosting a new platform called One Dumb Video that allows creatives to submit short videos to compete for cash prizes. One Dumb Video will award $100 to a daily winner, and every week there will be an additional $300 bonus to the weekly winner, determined by community votes. www.vimeo. com/401218230 SELF-GUIDED TOURS OF ATHENS (Athens, GA) The Athens Welcome Center is offering self-guided tour brochures of their popular walking or driving tours. Read about some of the most iconic Athens landmarks. Options include an African-Amercian Driving Tour, Downtown Athens Tour, Athens Music History Tour and more. There are also narrated Athens Podtours with recordings of local stories and music. www.athens welcomecenter.com/tours THE GIVING KITCHEN (Athens, GA) Service industry workers in need can receive financial assistance, tips and additional resources. Donations are also being accepted. www.thegiving kitchen.org THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY: COVID-19 IN ATHENS, GA (Athens, GA) Historic Athens presents an 11-week, 55-episode interview series designed to document the effect of coronavirus on Athens. The free interactive series is available every weeekday at 1 p.m. through June 26. www.facebook. com/historicathens f

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case based on (what I can assume is) much more detailed information than you’ve given me. I’m not a lawyer myself, but I can see that this is stressing you out and probably not helping you handle the health effects of the mold issue. If it’s been a year and a half and no lawyer will take your case, it might be time to cut your losses and focus on moving forward. I know you feel cheated and slighted and you want justice, but we don’t always get justice. Right now, you definitely should not be living in a moldy home while also dealing with the possibility of catching COVID-19. Take the steps to live healthily and without stress by dropping that insurance company and determining what can be done about your home. It might mean a full-on renovation or something else time-consuming and pricey, but you’ve spent almost two years fighting an uphill battle and raising your blood pressure over this. It’s time to focus on what’s most important here—you—and get your home liveable and your life more comfortable. Howdy Bonita, So my boyfriend and I started dating our senior of college. We met in lab, and from there our friendship really blossomed, and we fell

without him?” He’s my best friend. It’s hard to stay happy when (1) there’s a dang pandemic and (2) he and I both know this relationship will end. Please help Sincerely, A *future* sex-positive doctor

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Hey Doc, Could you two maybe do your gap year together, or perhaps make plans that have you meeting up here and there? I’ve also known of couples who opened up their relationships during time apart, but that requires lots of honesty and communication and trust, and it isn’t a decision that couples should make lightly. Still, polyamory is just as legit as monogamy, so I wanted to throw that out there as an option. You sound head-over-heels, and I assume that the feeling is mutual for your man. The easiest thing to do is to just be honest with him. You don’t wanna break up after graduation, so maybe it’s time to revisit that conversation about long-distance relationships. I used to say all the time that I didn’t want kids, but 39-year-old me knows that 18 yearold me was not speaking from the heart. Outlooks and attitudes change over time. Congrats to you both on graduating, and good luck. You both sound like keepers. f

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