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Downtown Drinking and Dining PLUS, 2022 POLITICAL GOSSIP AND MORE LOCAL NEWS By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com While Athens residents are looking forward to a return to normalcy this summer, some pandemic changes to downtown and its bar scene might be permanent. Athens-Clarke County commissioners said at their agenda-setting session last week that they want to keep outdoor dining spaces and the College Square pedestrian plaza long after COVID-19. The 11:30 p.m. last call and 12 a.m. closing time commissioners set for bars last summer might also stick around. Commissioner Melissa Link said she has been fielding calls from bar owners and wants to set clear vaccination thresholds for restoring the previous 2 a.m. last call. Another commissioner, Russell Edwards, said he doesn’t want it changed back at all. The earlier closing time is saving ACC money on policing and trash collection, as well as sparing front-line workers from stress, he said. “For me, where I stand, closing time at midnight makes pretty good sense to me, especially in light of the problems our police have been having downtown, the discrimination, the attacks upon our solid waste personnel,” Edwards said. “Downtown between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. just has not been a good vibe for a long time.” The earlier last call—approved to prevent big crowds from gathering downtown late at night and spreading coronavirus—is tied to the state’s judicial emergency, which Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton recently extended until Apr. 8. However, commissioners can set bar closing times at whatever hour they want. The downtown “parklets” program that’s up for renewal is actually two separate programs—one that allows restaurants to set up socially distanced tables in parking spots, and another specifically on West Washington Street that’s open to all businesses, including bars and retailers. County staff recommended extending parklets for restaurants but not the West Washington outdoor retail pilot program. The number of people and businesses using the outdoor seating on West Washington has “significantly decreased” since football season, according to Central Services Director Andrew Saunders. Several commissioners disagreed. The West Washington parklets “are thriving,” Edwards said. “I know for a fact that business owners do very much want it and like it,” Link added. Those businesses have an older and more cautious clientele than the rest of downtown, and customers might come back in larger numbers as they get vaccinated and the weather improves, she said. As for closing College Square to cars, “This has been a complete success,” Commissioner Tim Denson said. A survey found 97% approval for keeping it closed, he noted, and a traffic study found that the closure actually improved traffic flow downtown, contrary to fears that it would cause congestion on other streets. “Why are we not going ahead and voting to make this permanent right now?”

Denson asked. Manager Blaine Williams said staff will make a presentation on College Square in May, after which the commission would decide whether to close it permanently, although the commission could go ahead and make the decision at its next meeting Tuesday, Apr. 6. “We’re going to close it, right?” Denson said. “We’re going to close it. We are.” But Link said it wouldn’t be transparent to spring that decision on people. Still, whenever a decision is made, it’s clear that a majority of commissioners favor permanent closure. All of those items and more are scheduled for votes on Apr. 6. Other items on the agenda include plans for a pocket park in the parking lot of the county-owned Costa Building at the corner of Washington and Lumpkin streets, locations for trash and recycling “eco-stations” downtown, and the General Time development slated for a former watch factory on Newton Bridge Road. General Time will include retail, restaurant and light manufacturing space, multifamily housing, a hotel and an amphitheater. Business tenants include Terrapin and a call center for online furniture and home goods retailer Wayfair. The ACC Planning Commission expressed concern about the amount of flexible space in the plan but ultimately voted unanimously to recommend approval. “Clearly, the planning commission wanted to take a chance and go forward with this,” Commissioner Carol Myers said. Through a tax allocation district in the surrounding area, new taxes generated by the development could be used to fund amenities like trails in the Kathwood Drive area, Mayor Kelly Girtz said.

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2022 Republican primary. Hice has been one of the loudest voices promoting the “big lie” about election fraud, and he led a formal objection to Georgia’s 16 Electoral College votes for Joe Biden even after Trump supporters’ Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, which Hice blamed on antifa. Raffensperger, meanwhile, resisted Trump’s request to “find votes” to overturn Biden’s victory and pushed back against conspiracy theories about the election. If Hice does run for secretary of state, the AJC’s Greg Bluestein reported that state Rep. Houston Gaines (R-Athens) is interested in running for Congress. It’s no secret that Republican leaders have been grooming young Gaines for bigger things ever since he first ran for state House in 2017, fresh off a term as student government president at UGA. A run for higher office would also explain a high-profile bill he recently introduced to bar local governments from cutting police funding, which earned him an interview on Fox News. Another Athens resident, former state GOP chairman John Padgett, is also interested, according to Bluestein. A Gaines run would, in turn, open up his House District 117 seat, which Democrats briefly flipped in a 2017 special election. Since then, Gaines has won two races with relative ease, and Democrats might stand a better chance of reclaiming the seat with his family name and fundraising connections out of the way.

COVID Cases Continue to Fall COVID-19 cases in Athens dropped to their lowest level since June last week, falling to a seven-day average of 10.1 new cases per day as of Mar. 20. Another measure of community spread—cases per 100,000 people in the last two weeks—has also declined drastically, down to 133, or about a tenth of what it was during spikes in September and January. That’s below 200, which is one of the CDC’s benchmarks for reopening schools safely. Clarke County has had a total of 12,326 confirmed cases and another 2,136 positive antigen tests. COVID-19 has hospitalized

475 Clarke County residents and killed at least 120. Conditions at area hospitals continue to improve. Local intensive care units were at 86% capacity last week. The proportion of current patients with COVID-19 fell to 10%, down from about half during the post-holiday surge two months ago. After a horrendous rollout that saw Georgia stockpile almost 1.5 million vaccine doses while ranking last among states in the number per capita of shots going into arms, vaccine distribution is improving. The number of doses being administered has doubled since the beginning of the month. Last week, more than 50,000 people per day were receiving the vaccine in Georgia, which nearly matched the number of doses the state was receiving. UGA reported just 33 cases among students, faculty and staff for the week of Mar. 5—the lowest since the university started testing and announcing figures in August. Of those, 26 were students, seven were staff members and none were faculty. Thirteen of 1,565 surveillance tests yielded positive results. “I am very pleased to see that our case numbers are continuing to decline,” Garth Russo, executive director of the University Health Center and chair of UGA’s Medical Oversight Task Force, said in a news release. “However, I am disappointed that interest in surveillance testing is waning. While this is only natural as vaccines become more widely available, this is not the time to let down our guard. Even if we have been vaccinated, we need to continue to wear our masks, maintain social distance and wash our hands—and we need those who haven’t been vaccinated to continue to be tested.” Other public health experts agree that it’s not time yet to hang up your mask. “We have not yet vaccinated enough people to give up on mask wear and social distancing,” said Amber Schmidtke, who writes a newsletter on Georgia’s COVID response. “It would be a shame to lose more people when we have a vaccine because we are impatient for a return to normal. Please, please give the vaccine effort a few more weeks to vaccinate people at the very least. We’ve waited a year. We can wait a few more weeks.” f

With University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley stepping down in July, former Gov. Sonny Perdue has emerged as the favorite to head the state’s public colleges and universities, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Perdue, who holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Georgia, has no academic administrative experience. What he does have is political connections galore—especially with Gov. Brian Kemp. After Kemp lost the 2006 Republican primary for agriculture commissioner, Perdue resuscitated his political career by appointing him secretary of state when Karen Handel resigned to run for governor in 2010—a position Kemp parlayed into his successful gubernatorial run eight years later. During the 2018 campaign, Perdue, then secretary of agriculture, convinced President Donald Trump to endorse Kemp in the GOP runoff, propelling the underdog to victory over Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. Speaking of secretary of state, U.S. Rep. Jody Hice confirmed on former congressman Doug Collins’ radio show last week that Trump is urging him to run against incumbent Brad Raffensperger in the

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Editor’s Note: The modern University of Georgia got its start in 1967, after Gov. Carl Sanders acknowledged that jumpstarting UGA toward excellence would take money, lots of it. Sanders convinced the Georgia legislature to appropriate the funds, and by the time he left office, the university was about to begin its transition from backwater Southern college toward competition with the better regional and even national universities. Fred C. Davison, formerly dean of UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine and, briefly, a vice chancellor of the University of Georgia System, was chosen to be the new UGA president. The Davison era was controversial throughout and was exacerbated by what many faculty felt to be heavy-handed tactics that punished dissenters and rewarded supporters. In this article, Roger K. Thomas, former head of the UGA Psychology Department and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, who was in the thick of the tumultuous decline and fall of the Davison administration, draws on an extensive examination of documentation as well as his own experience to highlight some of the darker events associated with Davison’s presidency.

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faculty member at UGA. Meanwhile, a significant event occurred.

Dean Tate Intervenes William Tate was dean of men at UGA from 1946 until his retirement in 1971. He was highly respected statewide, and the Tate Student Center was named to honor him. In retirement, Tate had morphed from stern disciplinarian to beloved old dean. At a student rally on Jan. 20, 1976, Tate charged that Pelletier’s policies in the Guidelines discriminated against hiring UGA graduates on the faculty. In the following three months, the Athens Banner-Herald/ The Daily News, The Athens Observer, the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal, The Red & Black and others published editorials, columns and letters related to Tate’s charge. Davison’s defenders criticized Tate, who responded several times. Davison

While the Tate controversy was in progress, on Feb. 28, 1976, the findings of Survey 1 assessing Franklin College faculty members’ opinions and attitudes were reported. The survey included general items such as whether UGA was an excellent place to work and items associated with the performances of several high-level administrators, again, not by name but by office. Survey 1 resulted in unfavorable assessments of the president and provost and favorable assessments of the dean of the Franklin College and dean of the graduate school. Faculty members indicated they had insufficient information to offer opinions on other administrators, so Survey 2 was limited to general items and to attitudes and opinions regarding the president, the dean of the Franklin College, and the dean of the graduate school. Provost was not included because the new acting provost was a temporary position.

On June 1, 1967, George Simpson, chancellor of the University System of Georgia, appointed Fred Davison president of the University of Georgia and charged him with improving UGA’s national standing. Davison and his closest advisors decided the best way to accomplish this directive was to hire and promote faculty based primarily on ability to get research grants and gain research recognition. This was a lofty goal, but it was implemented badly. Fred Davison was 37 years old when he was appointed UGA president. Davison introduced the position of provost and appointed the head of the chemistry department, S. W. Pelletier. responded to Tate in a front-page article in “Caution in Interpreting the Results” The Athens Observer (Feb. 5, 1976), and law Pelletier, with little faculty consultation, (Survey 1, p. 6) included, “It is an attitude soon published the new University of Georgia school dean Ralph Beaird, a senior advisor and opinion survey and does not constito Davison, threatened to sue Tate. Guidelines for Promotion and Appointment tute an evaluation of the performance of Under the heading “Tate Misconstrued (hereafter Guidelines), which added new the administrators.” Similar cautions were layers of review and diminished departmen- Facts,” in The Red & Black (Jan. 23, 1976), expressed in Survey 2 (p. 4). tal-level recommendations. By 1970, “severe UGA Vice President for Instruction William I do not recall any response to Survey 1 Hayes both denied Tate’s charge and disagreement between faculty groups and from Davison comparable to the 176-page the administration [arose] over the equity of explained why “inbreeding” (hiring one’s document that followed Survey 2. Nancy new promotion guidelines…” (Thomas Dyer, own graduates) was bad. Hayes wrote, “The Lewis (Atlanta Journal, Feb. 9, 1976), fact is that most major American universiThe University of Georgia: A Bicentennial aware of the impending Survey 1 results, ties discourage the hiring of their own Ph.D. asked Davison for his reaction. “Davison History, 1985, p. 353). Dyer reported that graduates.” A summary of Hayes’ explanathe faculty disputes focused on the provost. said flatly that he will put no credence tion is that one’s own graduates don’t bring By 1975, the Faculty Senate of the in the poll’s results, whatever they be.” new ideas. As a UGA “inbreeder,” I replied Franklin College of Arts and Sciences He explained that the director of UGA’s to Hayes (we were both psychologists) in developed a survey questionnaire to assess Institute for Behavioral Research, William Franklin College faculty members’ attitudes The Red & Black (Jan. 27, 1976) with a list of Owens, said the “poll was unscientifically and opinions regarding the performances of several names of Harvard Ph.D.s who were drawn and conducted.” Davison also said faculty members in the Harvard Psychology faculty cannot “accurately evaluate their members of the upper administration, not Department. Further, I noted that Hayes by name but by office. Of course, everyone superiors.” came to UGA from the University of knew their names. The effects of the Tate controversy and Michigan’s faculty, where he had earned his The results of Survey 1 were reported in Survey 1 were conflated, and true cause February 1976. The results of Survey 2 were Ph.D. To show that Tate was not in error, I and effect may never be known, but “within quoted the Guidelines: reported in May 1977. Both surveys were a few weeks [Mar. 9, 1976] the provost “Only in cases where exceptional merit highly unfavorable to Davison. In response had resigned” (Dyer, 355), Owens was can be demonstrated… The general criteto Survey 2, Davison misrepresented the appointed acting provost (1976-1977) and, truth in a 176-page document sent to every rion as whether the internal candidate is in July, Hayes resigned.

Survey 2 Survey 2 was delivered to the faculty senate on May 23, 1977. Both survey reports are in the Homer C. Cooper Collection, University Archives, UGA’s Hargrett Library. Professor Fred Bates, sociology, chaired both committees. I am listed on the cover of Survey 2 as a member of the five-person committee that constructed and administered it. Davison’s 176-page response (May 25, 1977) is accessible (UGA’s Hargrett Library, UA 97-101, Box 111, Folder 1). It was prefaced by an eight-page memorandum to “University Faculty” from “Fred C. Davison.” The memorandum began with detailed criticism of a survey questionnaire that was not the one used, although it was clearly implied that it was, and it included other erroneous and questionable assertions. On p. 7 of the memorandum, Davison wrote the then-infamous “We are a house with 12 windows [UGA’s 12 colleges] and the light shines through all but one [Franklin College].” One paragraph later, he wrote: “I have therefore decided that the current Arts and Sciences program must be restructured along functional lines. This will be done in the immediate future.” However, the only change I remember is that Dean John Stephens was replaced in 1977 by Jack Payne, a microbiologist. Another apparent victim of surveys 1 and 2 was Graduate Dean Hardy Edwards. Whereas the Franklin College faculty had an unfavorable opinion of Davison, it had a highly favorable opinion of Edwards. In early October 1979, citing questionable reasons, Davison requested Edwards’ resignation. He protested vigorously but was fired on Oct. 4

Davison’s Resignation Davison’s end as UGA President is documented in Hue Henry’s book, Take Down (2018). Henry was one of Jan Kemp’s attorneys. Kemp (unrelated to Gov. Brian Kemp) sued for having been dismissed as a remedial studies teacher for exposing unethical conduct by her administrative superiors associated with undeserved grades for some UGA football players. Davison tried to deny foreknowledge of the Kemp situation, but his vice president for academic affairs, Virginia Trotter, was on record as having kept Davison well informed (Take Down, pp. 305-308). Kemp sued for lost wages, mental distress, punitive damages and reinstatement of her UGA teaching position. The verdict in Kemp’s favor was announced on Feb. 12, 1986. Davison resigned on Mar. 13. On May 6, Kemp settled for $1,079,682. To be fair to Davison, he led UGA to a strong start towards national research recognition, and succeeding presidents Charles Knapp, Michael Adams and Jere Morehead have continued that effort. Knapp introduced greater emphasis on teaching by offering resources and recognition that had previously been minimized, an effort also continued by his successors. And to be fair to them also, I want to recognize Pelletier’s service in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and Beaird’s service in the U.S. Army Air Force during the 1945 invasion of Okinawa. f

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I ideology.” tracked county-level case and death rates on an almost daily Gee, you think? Actually, I’m glad to see this kind of basis for the first several months of the pandemic by the big academic study. As eye-glazing as it can be in places, political party each county sided with in the 2018 Georgia it reinforces a lot of the observations I’ve made here at gubernatorial election. Early on, the virus did most of its Trouble in God’s Country (troubleingodscountry.com) since damage in urban areas that were heavily populated and COVID-19 rolled in a year ago. Early on, I started noticing largely Democratic, such as metro Atlanta; the virus was differences between Georgia, where Republican Gov. Brian indeed slow to show up in sparsely-populated rural areas Kemp was famously loathe of Georgia that largely to impose restrictions sided with Kemp and other because of the pandemic, Republicans. and North Carolina, where But it did get there— Democratic Gov. Roy and, just as the authors Cooper acted pretty quickly of the AJPM study found, and decisively to begin the trend lines eventually closing down his state. crossed. By my calculaThe two states have a tions, the death rate in lot in common, including counties that went for demographics, economics, Democratic gubernatorial educational levels and popnominee Stacey Abrams ulation size. Pretty much had been higher—that is, from the get-go, North worse — from the openCarolina was performing ing days of the pandemic more COVID-19 tests and through most of August; reporting more confirmed they crossed on Aug. 25, cases but fewer deaths. 2020. The case rate trend Based on the latest data lines were a little slower available from the CDC’s to intersect, but finally COVID Data Tracker, crossed on Sept. 9. I North Carolina has since took another look at this significantly outperformed phenomenon following Georgia. As of Thursday, last year’s presidential Results of the Jan. 5 senate runoff elections show Republican counMar. 11, Georgia, with a election and found the ties in shades of red and Democratic counties in shades of blue. population of 10.6 million, same pattern. By election had more than a million day, President Donald confirmed and probable cases and 18,117 COVID-19 J. Trump’s Georgia counties had significantly worse case deaths; North Carolina, whose population is only slightly rates, death rates and 14-day case rates than his then-Demsmaller at 10.4 million, has recorded 879,825 such cases ocratic challenger, Joe Biden’s Georgia counties. and 11,622 deaths. The Trump counties totaled 3,333 confirmed case rates, A week or so after that first Georgia-North Carolina a death rate of 80.6 and an average of 216.7 cases over a comparison last March, I posted a new piece that broad14-day period, compared to the Biden counties’ 3100.5 conened the focus and compared a half-dozen Old South states firmed cases, 65.2 deaths and 170.3 cases per two weeks. led by proudly conservative Republicans (Alabama, Florida, The authors of the AJPM study were careful to avoid Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee) to asserting causality in the statistical relationship between three deep blue West Coast states led by liberal Democratic the governors’ party affiliations and their states’ COVIDgovernors (California, Oregon and Washington). 19 results. And, indeed, there are a variety of factors The two regions had very comparable populations—51.4 other than politics that probably contribute to different million for the three West Coast states versus 51.9 million outcomes. In an early piece speculating that rural Georgia for the six Deep South states. But the regions’ governors might eventually be harder hit than the state’s urban were taking very different approaches in fighting the virus. areas, I cited the facts that rural Georgians were generally The governors on the West Coast, which bore the brunt in poorer health than their city cousins and had access to of the virus’s initial attack, took early, dramatic actions to much frailer health care delivery systems. At that point, the shut down their states and limit the spread of the virus, political differences were just beginning to come into focus. while the Old South’s GOP governors were openly resisting But, statistical limitations aside, it now seems silly to most public health-driven actions. ignore the obvious political relationships and implications. At the time of that initial report—not even a month into It’s often said that the 50 states function as laboratories for the pandemic—the West Coast had suffered 543 deaths American democracy. For a year now, that’s clearly been the versus 500 for the South, but the South was already piling case where America’s response to COVID-19 is concerned. up more cases: more than 24,000 versus just over 18,500 But it’s a shame we all wound up being used as human for the West Coast. guinea pigs. f I pulled fresh numbers from the CDC’s COVID-19 Data Long-time friend and long-ago colleague Terry L. 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became a lot more about hanging out with friends, almost like eating in somebody’s home. Of course it was good business to create that kind of atmosphere, but it wasn’t calculated, and it helped that the owners were people you’d enjoy being with even without the beer and the food. So owner-operated restaurants and bars launched Athens’ café society because they had the touch to create places where you wanted to be, where you went back regularly because you liked not only the food and drink but also the welcoming ambiance where you felt at home among friends. All the Favorites celebrated in this issue of Flagpole have that knack of making customers into friends, even if they’re serving you a brake job or shampooing your cockapoo instead of fixing shrimp and grits or handing you an IPA. GARY CRIDER

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same time that the university became more attractive to smart kids, staying in school to avoid the draft was no longer necessary. What developed was a sort of third layer between town and gown, or rather a merging of town and gown—students who would drop out of school to work for a while or start their own businesses and then start taking classes again. We also seemed to be getting more people who, whether they graduated or not, came here for the university and stayed for the town. The result was a lot of bright people who invented ways to stay in Athens, a trend that continues. These new shoestring entrepreneurs may not have known a lot about running a business, but they knew their customers, because their customers were also youngish and cool and hip to the new, post-Vietnam popular culture and the music scene centered on Normaltown before the, you know, other one got rolling. So the owners of, say, restaurants, were as cool as their clients, and they were right there in the kitchen, stopping to chat when they served the food—a common occurrence now, but not back then. I think this is when the concept of a favorite place got started, because eating in a restaurant

Some local, home-owned businesses have been successful at growing by opening other locations, and national chains hire experts to advise them on how to simulate the local touch, and it works in some cases. But generally, the favorites among Flagpole readers turn out year after year to be businesses owned by people who live here and put their own personalities into their work. Well, of course I am prejudiced. We started the Athens Observer in 1974, just as local, do-it-yourself businesses were getting that new boost from a younger generation, and then Flagpole came along in 1987 and did it again, growing directly out of the fledgling Athens music scene of the ’80s. Flagpole has continued to be locally owned just like most of the businesses that advertise with us and just like most of the Favorites picked by our readers. It’s no secret that we’ve all been through a hard year, and some of our favorites are no longer around. But here’s hoping that we’re coming through it and that we don’t do anything to jeopardize a full recovery. Our local businesses are the lifeblood of our community; they are our families, our friends, ourselves—they all make Athens such a big favorite. f

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mask. Livid and emboldened by the double stout I’d just consumed, I yearned to confront them. But usually the college kids I encounter mask up better than I do, and are quick to yield sidewalk space. Plus, there were 10 of them.

I want to share in their delight. Despite our COVID-care coming too little too late for so many, we have managed (mostly) to put them first. I feel the ripple of joy surging through them. They’re like the first blooms of spring popping up unexpectedly in reckless colors. I know that both my anger and my resentment come from a place of fear. I’ve carried this (very reasonable) fear for a full year now. I don’t deny the fear, but I also don’t want to be ruled by it. The rollout itself has complicated my internal struggle. The intent was to place the most vulnerable in the highest priority, but many have fallen through the gaps.

The pandemic has left my emotional edges ragged. Now, in addition to fighting anger at the unmasked, I struggle with vaccine envy, though I am thrilled to see “Got my shot” posts from former coworkers at the hospital where I used to work. Sleeves of scrub tops rolled up, their faces beam with relief at finally getting what they need to be able to continue to help the rest of us. And the seniors in our community are almost giggling in relief at getting their shots. In their emails, on Zoom and in the rare in-person encounter, they politely try to restrain their giddiness, knowing that some of us have longer to wait.

After medical personnel, I would have liked the next cutoff to be age 75 and older, with special outreach for minorities and those not living in facilities, to decrease the oldest competing with those younger— many of whom got vaccinated before my 86-year-old mom with lung disease. A friend younger than me, with severe auto-immunity issues, has been left out of early vaccinations. Her diseases are too rare to fit into a neat category, yet I believe she is more at risk than most I know who’ve been vaccinated, and she’s been even more isolated. I don’t blame others for getting it when

Vaccination Envy IT’S HARD TO WAIT WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS GETTING A SHOT By Kathryn Kyker news@flagpole.com

There’s a scene in the movie Jaws that often comes to mind these days. It’s a quiet moment at night, thick with tension, as the three men out in the ocean in the toosmall boat sit and drink, waiting for the beast to attack. Quint, the acerbic, seasoned fisherman, is asked how he got a scar. He tells the story of the Indianapolis, the ship he served on in 1945. Hit by a torpedo, the ship sinks and the surviving men tread water in clusters, fending off deadly attacks by sharks. Finally, a rescue ship arrives, but Quint says that was the worst moment, waiting for his turn— survival so close he could taste it, yet he could still die at any second as the sharks continued to pick them off one by one. When I wonder why my stress about the virus seems worse now, I think of Quint treading water, terrified that he’ll die before it’s his turn—the anxiety of anticipation when the stakes are life or death. I remind myself that death is a constant risk of living—not even a risk, it’s a sure thing. But somehow we manage to forget that day to day. The impact of both the virus and the vaccine continues to fall on mostly generational lines, sometimes pitting one generation against the other. Last night we had dinner outdoors at a pizza place. A large group of college guys sat over to the side, their table covered in beer cans. As they rose to make trip after trip to clear their table, I glossed over that act of responsibility, even though they correctly disposed of those cans in the recycling bin. I fixed on them leaving the table without donning masks. One even went inside to use the bathroom without a

they could—not getting it wouldn’t help my mom or friend—and many of them have hardly left their homes. Most of these friends are excited to get a haircut and go in-person to the grocery store. They’ve kept their worlds small. Some older friends wanted to retreat but stepped out instead, to keep grandchildren full time so their children could work. Getting vaccinated means they no longer have to choose between their children and their health. Now that my mom is fully vaccinated, my vaccine envy has largely subsided. My mom doesn’t drive and doesn’t use a computer or smartphone. My stepdad died this year. Contact with others is limited to phone calls and brief encounters with staff from her independent-living facility. I see her only to drop off groceries or pick her up for appointments. Being vaccinated means she can share a meal with another resident and that she can have a conversation in the hallway without “breaking the rules.” The current events class she used to coordinate will meet again soon, with social distance and masks. The smaller your world is, the bigger the impact of even a few changes. Until I am vaccinated, she can’t come over to see a movie or share a meal, I can’t tote her groceries inside for her, help catch her cat to take it to the vet or give her a real hug. We don’t know when she’ll get to visit her older sister a few states away, or if she can attend my brother’s wedding. But she is now unlikely to die of COVID, and that is a tremendous thing to be grateful for. Even though I’m on the outside looking in, still treading the dangerous waters, I don’t want my fear to override this time of shared hope and the joy of those pulled to safety. Our elders have suffered tremendous risk and confinement. This is their moment, and I welcome their glee. Spring has come to the South, and our elders are its most brilliant blooms. f

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hat a year it has been! Athens and the world shut down the week after our 2020 Flagpole Athens Favorites issue was published. Luckily, Flagpole is still around and so are so many of Athens’ favorite businesses, and Flagpole is happy to be able to celebrate them in this issue. Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in over 90 categories. (A few of the regular categories are on hold this year due to the pandemic.) Virtual thank-yous need to be given to the whole Flagpole staff who pulled this issue off from their own bubbles. Larry Tenner, Chris McNeal and Cody

Robinson created the designs for the theme logo, cover, awards and ads. Our remote sales team of Anita Aubrey and Jessica Mangum did some spectacular, socially distant selling. A special thanks goes out to Naoko Uno (read more about her on p. 25), our “bubble model,” who really embraced life in our 6-foot inflatable orb. Thanks to Dorothy Kozlowski, who photographed our giant magical bubble, and to Whitley Carpenter for safely photographing a few of our winners. Finally, a big thanks to the 40 Watt Club for letting us use the space and dream of a time when bubbles won’t be necessary.

NEW (OPENED BETWEEN FEB. ’20–JAN. ’21) WINNER

Tamez Barbecue 1660 W. Broad St. · 706-850-3939 RUNNER UP

Jinya Ramen Bar

351 E. Broad St. · 706-478-0880

ITALIAN WINNER

DePalma’s Italian Cafe 401 E. Broad St. · 706-354-6966 1965 Barnett Shoals Rd. · 706-369-0085 2080 Timothy Rd. · 706-552-1237

ASIAN

INTERNATIONAL

WINNER

Donna Chang’s

1055 Gaines School Rd. · 706-850-8422

RUNNER UP

Thai Spoon

International Grill and Bar

149 N. Lumpkin St. · 706-548-9222

1155 Mitchell Bridge Rd., Bldg. A · 706-850-1509

SUSHI

BBQ

WINNER

Shokitini

Pulaski Heights BBQ

251 W. Clayton St. · 706-353-7933

RUNNER UP

323 E. Broad St. · 706-3533911

440 E. Clayton St. · 706-227-9339

Osteria Athena

Mannaweenta

1664 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-215-9100

675 Pulaski St., Ste. 100 · 706-583-9600 RUNNER UP

Utage Athens Sushi Bar

Dawg Gone Good BBQ 224 W. Hancock Ave. · 706-613-9799

AMERICAN

MEXICAN/LATIN AMERICAN

BAKERY

WINNER

Clocked! 259 W. Washington St. · 706-548-9175 RUNNER UP

Blind Pig Tavern

312 E. Washington St. · 706-548-3442 2440 W. Broad St. · 706-208-7979 2301 College Station Rd. · 706-850-4919

Cali-N-Tito’s

Independent Baking Co.

1427 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-227-9979 1245 Cedar Shoals Dr. · 706-355-7087 RUNNER UP

1625 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-850-3550 RUNNER UP

Agua Linda Mexican Restaurant & Cantina 1376 Prince Ave. · 706-543-1500 2080 Timothy Rd. · 706-543-0154

Sweetie Pie by Savie 150 E. Whitehall Rd. · 706-850-9255

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Athens Favorites DOWNHOME/SOUTHERN WINNER

The Place 229 Broad St. · 706-850-2988 RUNNER UP

Home.made

1072 Baxter St. · 706-206-9216

LOCAL COFFEE HOUSE WINNER

Jittery Joe’s Coffee 1860 Barnett Shoals Rd. · 706-354-8000 1480 Baxter St. · 706-548-1099 1230 S. Milledge Ave. · 706-208-1979 425 Barber St. · 706-227-2161 297 E. Broad St. · 706-613-7449 1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy. · 706-345-8900 RUNNER UP

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 237 Prince Ave. · 706-353-3050

LOCAL PIZZA WINNER

Automatic Pizza 1397 Prince Ave. · 706-850-2037 RUNNER UP

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TACO

WINNER

Clocked! 259 W. Washington St. · 706-548-9175 RUNNER UP

Grindhouse Killer Burgers 1553 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-612-9327

FRIES WINNER

Trappeze Pub 269 W. Washington St. · 706-543-8997 RUNNER UP

Hi-Lo Lounge

1354 Prince Ave. · 706-850-8561

Taqueria del Sol 334 Prince Ave. · 706-353-3890 RUNNER UP

Taco Stand

2230 Barnett Shoals Rd. · 706-549-5481 670 N. Milledge Ave. · 706-549-2894

STEAK WINNER

Porterhouse Grill 459 E. Broad St. · 706-369-0990 RUNNER UP

The National

232 W. Hancock Ave. · 706-549-3450

BURRITO WINNER

SEAFOOD

Barberitos Southwestern Grille Seabear Oyster Bar and Cantina WINNER

297 Prince Ave., Ste. 10 · 706-850-4367

259 E. Clayton St. · 706-549-9008 1860 Barnett Shoals Rd. · 706-549-9954 1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy. · 706-354-0300 1739 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-548-1866 680 N. Hwy 29 · 706-543-5299 RUNNER UP

Cali-N-Tito’s

1427 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-227-9979 1245 Cedar Shoals Dr. · 706-355-7087

220 W. Broad St. · 706-395-6611

WINGS WINNER

Blind Pig Tavern 312 E. Washington St. · 706-548-3442 2440 W. Broad St. · 706-208-7979 2301 College Station Rd. · 706-850-4919

DOROTHY KOZLOWSKI

125 N. Lumpkin St. · 706-613-7100

RUNNER UP

Chuck’s Fish

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VEGETARIAN OPTIONS WINNER

WHITLEY CARPENTER

RUNNER UP

Lil’ Ice Cream Dude’s Cool World WINNER FAVORITE ICE CREAM/FROZEN YOGURT

The Grit 199 Prince Ave. · 706-543-6592 RUNNER UP

Maepole

1021 N. Chase St. · 706-850-3600

SANDWICH WINNER

Marti’s at Midday 1280 Prince Ave. · 706-543-3541 RUNNER UP

Trappeze Pub

269 N. Hull St. · 706-543-8997

DESSERT WINNER

Last Resort Grill 184 W. Clayton St. · 706-549-0810 RUNNER UP

Condor Chocolates

1658 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-850-4803

ICE CREAM/ FROZEN YOGURT WINNER

Lil’ Ice Cream Dude’s Cool World 1040 Gains School Rd. · 706-308-8885 RUNNER UP

Ben and Jerry’s Scoop Shop 105 College Ave. · 706-208-0031

BREAKFAST WINNER

Mama’s Boy 197 Oak St. · 706-548-6249 8851 Macon Hwy. · 706-850-8550 RUNNER UP

Big City Bread

393 N. Finely St. · 706-353-0029

LUNCH WINNER

Marti’s at Midday 1280 Prince Ave. · 706-543-3541 RUNNER UP

Maepole

1021 N. Chase St. · 706-850-3600

BRUNCH WINNER

Heirloom Cafe 815 N. Chase St. · 706-354-7901 RUNNER UP

South Kitchen and Bar 247 E. Washington St. · 706-395-6125

CURBSIDE PICKUP WINNER

Maepole 1021 N. Chase St. · 706-850-3600 RUNNER UP

DePalma’s Italian Cafe 401 E. Broad St. · 706-354-6966 1965 Barnett Shoals Rd. · 706-369-0085 2080 Timothy Rd. · 706-552-1237

DELIVERY SERVICE

RUNNER UP

WINNER

1073 S. Milledge Ave. · 706-546-7300

Bulldawg Food orderbulldawgfood.com · 706-850-7999 RUNNER UP

Cosmic Delivery

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MEAL FOR A DEAL WINNER

Maepole 1021 N. Chase St. · 706-850-3600 RUNNER UP

Little Italy

125 N. Lumpkin St. · 706-613-7100

KID-FRIENDLY LOCAL RESTAURANT WINNER

Ted’s Most Best 254 W. Washington St. · 706-543-1523

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UNIQUELY ATHENS RESTAURANT WINNER

The Grit 199 Prince Ave. · 706-543-6592 RUNNER UP

Cali-N-Tito’s

1427 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-227-9979 1245 Cedar Shoals Dr. · 706-355-7087

BARS BARTENDER WINNER

Karlee Lawrence at Wonderbar 240 E. Washington St. RUNNER UP

Richard Mikulka at Flicker 263 W. Washington St. · 706-546-0039

RUNNER UP

Cali-N-Tito’s

1427 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-227-9979 1245 Cedar Shoals Dr. · 706-355-7087

OUTDOOR DINING WINNER

Ted’s Most Best 254 W. Washington St. · 706-543-1523

SPECIALTY DRINKS WINNER

The Old Pal 1320 Prince Ave. · 706-850-4340 RUNNER UP

Seabear Oyster Bar

297 Prince Ave., Ste. 10 · 706-850-4367

RUNNER UP

MARGARITA

815 N. Chase St. · 706-354-7901

WINNER

Heirloom Cafe

TAKE OUT WINNER

Maepole 1021 N. Chase St. · 706-850-3600

Taqueria del Sol 334 Prince Ave. · 706-353-3890 RUNNER UP

Tlaloc El Mexicano Restaurant 1225 N. Chase St. · 706-613-9301

RUNNER UP

BLOODY MARY

675 Pulaski St., Ste. 100 · 706-583-9600

WINNER

Pulaski Heights BBQ

CHEF WINNER

Peter Dale at The National 232 W. Hancock Ave. · 706-549-3450

Hi-Lo Lounge 1354 Prince Ave. · 706-850-8561 RUNNER UP

South Kitchen and Bar 247 E. Washington St. · 706-395-6125

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BEER SELECTION WINNER

Trappeze Pub 269 W. Washington St. · 706-543-8997 RUNNER UP

Hi-Lo Lounge

1354 Prince Ave. · 706-850-8561

WINE SELECTION WINNER

The Lark Winespace 493 Prince Ave. · 706-850-5455 RUNNER UP

Last Resort Grill

184 Clayton St. • 706-549-0810

LOCAL BREWERY WINNER

Creature Comforts Brewery 271 W. Hancock Ave. · 706-410-1043 RUNNER UP

Athentic Brewing Company 108 Park Ave. · 706-206-2074

OUTDOOR BAR SPACE WINNER

RUNNER UP

SMOKE/VAPE SHOP

271 W. Hancock Ave. · 706-410-1043

WINNER

Creature Comforts Brewery

PLACE TO PLAY GAMES WINNER

The Rook and Pawn 294 W. Washington St. · 706-543-5040

Cloud 9 Smoke and Vape 378 E. Broad St. · 706-521-5114 RUNNER UP

Smoker’s Den

289 College Ave. · 706-546-8787

RUNNER UP

STORE TO BUY A GIFT FOR HER

240 E. Washington St.

WINNER

Wonderbar

UNIQUELY ATHENS BAR WINNER

The Manhattan Café 337 N. Hull St. · 706-369-9767

Avid Bookshop 1662 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-850-2843 RUNNER UP

Native America Gallery 195 E. Clayton St. · 706-543-8425

RUNNER UP

STORE TO BUY A GIFT FOR HIM

351 N. Hull St. · 706-543-4002

WINNER

The World Famous

RETAIL NAUGHTY BUSINESS WINNER

Sexy Suz 4124 Atlanta Hwy. · 678-661-0700 RUNNER UP

Elations

4100 Lexington Rd. · 706-552-1492

Little Kings Shuffle Club

1662 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-850-2843 RUNNER UP

Kempt

175 N. Lumpkin St. · 706-850-1686

LOCAL CLOTHING BOUTIQUE WINNER

Community 260 N. Jackson St. · 706-316-2067 RUNNER UP

Cheeky Peach

160 W. Clayton St. · 706-353-1322

DOROTHY KOZLOWSKI

223 W. Hancock Ave. · 706-369-3144

Avid Bookshop

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WINNER

Indie South 470 Hawthorne Ave. · 706-850-0644

WHITLEY CARPENTER

PLACE TO BUY LOCAL ART AND HANDMADE GOODS

Heirloom WINNER FAVORITE BRUNCH RUNNER UP FAVORITE OUTDOOR DINING

RUNNER UP

Community

260 N. Jackson St. · 706-316-2067

THRIFT/VINTAGE STORE WINNER

Dynamite Clothing 143 N. Jackson St. · 706-543-1243 RUNNER UP

Community

260 N. Jackson St. · 706-316-2067

PLACE TO BUY WINE WINNER

J’s Bottle Shop 1452 Prince Ave. · 706-353-8881 RUNNER UP

Five Points Bottle Shop 1655 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-543-6989

PLACE TO BUY BEER

PET BOARDING/SITTING SERVICE

ECO-FRIENDLY PRACTICES

WINNER

Five Points Bottle Shop 1655 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-543-6989 RUNNER UP

J’s Bottle Shop

1452 Prince Ave. · 706-353-8881

Pawtropolis 130 Whitetail Way. · 706-227-7887 670 Olympic Dr. · 706-850-8744 RUNNER UP

Athens Pet Sitter

Maepole 1021 N. Chase St. · 706-850-3600 RUNNER UP

Reblossom Mama and Baby Center 220 N. Milledge Ave. · 706-549-8900

athenspetsitter.com · 706-254-5232

UNIQUELY ATHENS STORE WINNER

Avid Bookshop 1162 S. Lumpkin St. · 706-850-2843 RUNNER UP

Indie South

470 Hawthorne Ave. · 706-850-0644

MUSIC RECORDING STUDIO WINNER

The Glow Recording Studio www.theglowrecordingstudio.com · 706-347-3323 RUNNER UP

Chase Park Transduction 160 Winston Dr. · 706-227-0680

PETS & KIDS VET CLINIC WINNER

Firehall 4 Animal Hospital 815 Hawthorne Ave. · 706-583-9191 RUNNER UP

Athens Animal Hospital 1400 N. Chase St. · 706-549-4320

PET GROOMER WINNER

Bark Dog Spa 1850 Epps Bridge Pkwy. #307 · 706-353-1065 RUNNER UP

PLACE TO SHOP FOR KIDS WINNER

Treehouse Kid and Craft 815 W. Broad St. · 706-850-8226 RUNNER UP

Reblossom Mama and Baby Center

HOTEL WINNER

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aoko Uno lives a dual life, but unlike the superheroes of your favorite comics, there is no secret to her cool identities. When Uno isn’t pounding away on a keyboard and belting out backup vocals for her psychedelic pop band Calico Vision, she’s donning a lab coat to research vaccines at the University of Georgia’s Ted Ross Lab at the Center for Vaccines and Immunology. Working with vaccines hadn’t always been the plan for Uno. Her father—a physicist and researcher in Kawasaki, Japan—wanted her to follow in his path and become a physics professor. Uno followed that plan by pursuing a

that background doing musical theater really helped me with blocking and being able to project really loud in the theater.” Uno grew up in a musical household, her interest in music coming from her mother, who’s a piano teacher in Japan. Uno is currently a member of two Athens bands, Calico Vision and metal group Fleet of Pigs; each gives off different vibes to audiences. “Fleet of Pigs touches more on my musical-theater side, where it is just performing, and we have costumes and lights, and it’s very tongue-in-cheek,” she says. “Whereas Calico Vision, I do put in a lot more of myself. We devote

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a lot more time to it. And even though it’s not as catchy and loud and fun as Fleet of Pigs, Calico Vision is still fun. And our shows are always real creative with lots of fog and projections.” While the pandemic has put live shows on hold, Uno says Calico Vision has spent the time writing new songs and will start recording an album at the end of March. She’s also eager to host another Athens Face/Off, an annual event she co-organizes where 60 musicians are randomly assigned into 20 bands and have to perform together. Even though the music scene has effectively been shut down, Uno says the pandemic has helped her realize what’s important to her. “Music has always been a really important part of my life. And I think it was a really good stress reliever when I was in grad school,” she says. “And I think not being able to play shows and having that social aspect made me really bummed out.” Although vaccine research is a lot of hard work, Uno says she loves her job and is grateful for the people who have been open and curious about the virus. “It’s kind of cool. Now, so many more people in the public kind of have a better understanding of vaccines and viruses. But, I also don’t think they understand how much work goes into it, and how many hours we’re in the lab on the weekends,” she says. “I think a lot of us have fun doing research—or we’re masochists. I don’t know, but I think we all do it because we love doing science.” f

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Arts in Community Resilience Awards CHECK OUT FIVE CREATIVE PROJECTS, WITH MANY MORE TO COME By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com Between the postponement of events, closures of cultural institutions and widespread financial insecurity, it’s easy to imagine how challenging the past year has been for artists, musicians and other creatives who often rely on in-person experiences for visibility, sales and fundraising. In an effort to help the local arts community navigate through the pandemic, the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission contributed $85,000 of the ACC Resiliency Package towards the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission’s $15,000 budget. Fifty Arts in Community Resilience Awards of $2000 each were distributed to individuals and organizations to support creative projects that will be freely and publicly accessible. In recent months, Flagpole has run cover stories on award recipients Christina Foard and her ongoing community art project “Imagination Squared,” Historic Athens’ Porch*Fest and its four-day virtual festival of 44 performances, and Lucy Calhoun’s photography series “Touch in the Time of Covid.” Altogether, the Arts in Community Resilience Awards will help support an astounding number of new murals, sculptures, mosaics, photographic series, musical projects, theater performances and more. Projects will continue rolling out through December, but for now, find five new projects below. WE ARE ALL GLADIATORS: Located at the main entrance of Clarke Central High School, “We Are All Gladiators” is the latest mural designed by local painter Will Eskridge. Centered around the school’s mascot and using a color palette emphasizing red and yellow, the mural highlights elective courses and extra-curricular activities such as theater, visual art and band, plus clubs for Black culture, women in STEM and robotics. Typically producing portraits of animals, Eskridge’s body of work empathizes with species who are misunderstood, feared or outcast. Through his mural, he reminds students to follow the beat of their own drum and pursue their true interests. A time-lapse video of the mural’s creation, featuring a song the artist composed himself, can be viewed at willeskridge.com/ we-are-all-gladiators. ATHENS HISTORY MATTERS: The Historic Athens Welcome Center has been steadily growing its virtual history project called “Athens History Matters” over the past year. Currently

closed to the public due to the pandemic, the Welcome Center has continued fulfilling its mission through neardaily live-streamed and archived video tours that introduce a range of historic subjects not limited to historic neighborhoods, parks and gardens, cemeteries, spirits and odd-

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: Orchestrated by Lisa Yaconelli, director of the Small Box Series and co-founder of Nimbl Athens, Message in a Bottle is a community writing project that invited participants to anonymously write a letter to anyone of their choosing and describe their experience during the pandemic. These messages were rolled up, placed inside bottles and dropped off at public bins decorated with foam waves (or submitted online) and then read by strangers in video recordings. A creative exercise in finding comforting connections despite social isolation, Message in a Bottle reaffirms that feelings of grief, frustration, loneliness and anxiety are all universal. Over 30 submissions will soon be cut, pasted and read anonymously to create an audio collage that will be used as a soundscape for a movement piece performed this spring through the Small Box Series, which features multidisciplinary performances on a 4-footby-4-foot box. Videos of readings are currently available on Instagram @messageinabottlewritingproject. FOR ASHA, WITH HOPE: The sophomore album of songwriter LeeAnn Peppers, For Asha, With Hope, is a tender and somber manifestation that reflects on a decade-long grieving process endured after losing a friend to cancer. In the absence of performing live shows, Peppers shifted to a new format for sharing her music. Eight artists—Clay Brantley, Taylor Chicoine, Lauren Fancher, Liz Maney, Patrick Morales, Alisha Mullenax and Eli Saragoussi—were selected to interpret songs off the album through music videos. Shot with respect for social distancing guidelines, the videos collectively carry a level of loneliness and longing. The series culminated with a screening event at the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art earlier this month, and all videos are now available to watch at youtube.com/user/ DrPeppers42. DIORAMA: At the onset of the pandemic, the future

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ities, architecture, sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a full series dedicated to Black History Month. For a thorough exploration of the local community, combine these videos with the Welcome Center’s eight selfguided walking/driving tours—especially the Athens Music History Tour—that were made available as a pandemic activity at athenswelcomecenter.com/tours. So far, a total of 191 videos and 17 video playlists can be watched by visiting facebook.com/athenswelcomecenter.

of the GlassCube@Indigo was unclear. Though the art venue, a literal glass cube located outside Hotel Indigo, is perfect for socially distanced, 24-hour drive-by viewing, the hotel industry was hit considerably hard and left to make budget cuts to offset decreased travel. AIC Award recipient Jaime Bull, who works at the Lamar Dodd School of Art and Lyndon House Arts Center, thankfully has created a site-specific installation, “Diorama,” that reinvigorates the glass cube. Reimagining the curiosity displays of natural history museums, “Diorama” preserves a large-scale assemblage of 1980s wicker furniture that has been built into a three-dimensional canvas for painting in loud colors. “Diorama” is currently on view, and a socially distanced closing event with Bull will be held as part of the citywide Third Thursday art night on Apr. 15 at 6 p.m. f

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of a couple, but these two aren’t the norm. They’re clearly in the honeymoon phase right now, and I’d bet a dollar that eventually things will cool off, and they’ll become more of themselves again. You can be proactive in your desires by reaching out to each individual about activities that you used to share together, maybe first by just reminiscing and being excited. Send a few texts singing the praises of a fandom you have in common or something, conjuring up old memories of those solo hangouts you used to have, then invite them to binge-watch a season of the show. Something like that. If you feel obligated to invite their partner every time you make plans, I strongly discourage you from doing that. You may think it rude to leave their boo out of your reindeer games, but plenty of couples will tell you that they are glad to hang with friends without their partners. If you extend an invitation and they automatically invite their

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launched an initiative called The Arts Lab Cluster. The multi-year project was developed to “enhance research, practice and community engagement in the arts.” To this end, the cluster will also host the Athens Hip Hop Harmonic, which is designed to foster community and collaboration between Athens hip-hop artists and UGA faculty and students, which will lead to community performances. These concerts are already in the works for the East Athens Community Center, the 40 Watt and local

coach’s voice sounds far away/ Sucked up by the fog that hangs around our feet/ …Someday I too will grow old.” Find it all at futo.bandcamp.com. WOW AND FLUTTER: Fans of and participants in the online com-

munity known as the “Premier Rock Forum” (aka “the PRF”)—the nearly-20-year-old forum that originated as a message board on Chicago engineer Steve Albini’s website for his Electrical Audio studio—were edified this month when Dream Tent won its monthly Tribute Series challenge with its version of Depeche Mode’s “Never Let Me Down Again.” Dream Tent has included this cover, which is a very tasty version performed with full respect for how complex and layered it is, on their newest EP Lost Touch. I have no apprehension at all declaring opening track “Lost Touch” to be a most welcome addition to the hard synth-pop canon. The rest of the EP is solid, too, especially the technical Devo-isms of “Psychonaut Study Manual.” Find this at dreamtent.bandcamp.com, and while you’re there spend some time with the rest of their catalog. The Athens Hip Hop Harmonic. Sitting, L–R: Emily Koh, Montu Miller, Mariah Parker, Kxng Oh yeah, since the duo—Gene Blanco, Squalle. Standing, L–R: Peter Lane, Ishues, Caulfield, Cindi Johnston-Turner, Adrian Woolfolk and Erica Strout—won Childs, Motorhead2x. the February PRF Challenge, they got to choose the next month’s parks, schools and churches. The Athens Hip Hop Harmonic challenge. To this end, they chose Tears for Fears and was developed by Montu Miller (ATHFactor-Liberty nicely covered the 1985 hit “Shout.” Find both covers and a Entertainment), Mariah Parker (Linqua Franqa, Athenswhole lot more at prfmonthlytributeseries.bandcamp.com. Clarke County commissioner for District 2) and Cynthia Johnston-Turner, UGA professor and director of bands. The IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME: The magnificently named Fat Jock released its Demo 21 earlier this month. It’s got five tracks Harmonic will be led by Connie Frigo, UGA associate proof brutal grindcore-ish rock—but with a notably chunky fessor of saxophone. Big congratulations go out to Miller dose of U.S. hardcore understood inside that portmanand Parker and to everyone else involved. For more inforteau—and takes a mere eight minutes and 31 seconds to mation, please see arts.uga.edu/artslab. play all the way through. Lyrically, it’s a straight platform of OFF THE BENCH: Just over a year ago, during the “Before class war and incredulities. You can stream this and buy it Time,” in popular vernacular (hat tip to “Star Trek” for that on cassette tape over at fatjock.bandcamp.com. one, too), indie new-wave pop maestro Futo released a single named “Dugout_TonyMix01_01.wav” and casually men- KEEPING THE FAITH: Longtime Athens country music fans will be edified to learn that Grammy winner John Berry tioned that it was, and I’m quoting, “From the upcoming and his wife Robin are the hosts of a new podcast series EP, Outstanding in His Field.” Well, it’s finally here. It clocks named Faith, Family & Friends. It is a twice-monthly, subin with a very respectable six tracks and is, on its surface, scription-based program exploring, well, faith, family and a record about baseball. But it’s really all just a metaphor friends. The pair most recently interviewed Oak Ridge Boys for other things. That said, I have no idea specifically which other things, but Futo’s lyrics are both personal enough and singer Duane Allen, as well as backup singer Norah Lee. You can subscribe or just get more information at patreon.com/ open-ended enough for you to choose your own adventure. Careful, though, as some of this has a deep-end quality that faithfamilyandfriends. For all other John Berry stuff, please see johnberry.com. f isn’t clear at first blush. To wit, from the title track: “The

record review Jay Gonzalez: Back to the Hive (Middlebrow Records) A sunny, breezy time capsule of power pop and AM gold, Jay Gonzalez’s second full-length album, Back to the Hive, builds upon the legacy of ‘60s British Invasion artists and ‘70s singer-songwriters without ever sounding derivative. Though his style is more heavily influenced by artists from across the pond, Gonzalez—who joined The Drive-By Truckers in 2008 as a keyboardist and guitarist—occasionally incorporates tinges of Southern rock here and there, most notably the use of pedal steel on “(I Wanna) Hold You” and “Deep Sea Diver.” Interesting instrumental arrangements include the mysterious, organ-buoyed surf song “Loons on the Lake” and the gentle piano and acoustic guitar-driven “Rosa.” Despite the album’s exuberant disposition, there’s a wide emotional range present throughout, spanning from the bouncing “Trampoline” to the tender “Crying Through the Wall,” a tribute to the late Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees. Gonzalez will perform two outdoor concerts with a “California Dreaming”-themed set at Liberty Field on Mar. 27. Visit jaygonzalez.com/shows for details. [Jessica Smith]

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art around town ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1200) Artist-in-ATHICA Sara Hess presents “Courtside,” an installation that explores the tennis court visually and conceptually through printmaking, painting and sculpture. Open studio hours for public drop-in visits are Mar. 26 and Apr. 2 from 12–5 p.m. Virtual Artist Talk held Apr. 6 at 7 p.m. On view through Apr. 7. ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Jacob Wenzka’s solo show “Ecumenopolis” features paintings and drawings inspired by the idea of a “world city” where giant cities have fused together to cover an entire planet. Through April. CIRCLE GALLERY AT THE UGA COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN (285 S. Jackson St.) Atlanta artist Rachel Evans Grant presents “Natural Engagement: Where Earth Meets Sky.” Through Apr. 15. CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) “Tender Wild” includes 12 new paintings on wood panel by Marisa Leilani Mustard. Through Mar. 28. GALLERY AT HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Athens Facades” presents Mike Landers’ photographs of buildings downtown and in Five Points at dark between 2000–2002. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Emma Amos: Color Odyssey” is a retrospective exhibition that includes over 60 works ranging from painting, printmaking and textile-based mixed-media works. Through Apr. 25. • “In Dialogue: Look, Paint, Repeat: Variations in the Art of Pierre Daura.” Through May 23. • “Extra Ordinary: Magic, Mystery and Imagination in American Realism.” Through June 13. • “Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection” represents three generations of artists dating from the 1940s. Through Sept. 26. • “Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt.” Through Sept. 26. • “Power and Piety in 17th-Century Spanish Art.” Through Nov. 28. GLASSCUBE 2 INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Funded by an Arts in Community award from the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission, Jaime Bull’s “Diorama” reimagines natural history museum displays through large-scale assemblages of 1980s wicker furniture graffitied in psychedelic colors. Closing event Apr. 15 at 6 p.m.

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LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) John Douglas Powers, the inaugural recipient of the Margie E. West Prize, presents a site-specific kinetic sculpture and video installation called “The Rivers Oceanus.” • “Social Dissonance” is a group showing of first-year students in the MFA program that examines life in the current movement. • The Athens Black Lives Matter Initiatives’ group show “Resistance and Resilience” features a variety of student work. • The annual scientific illustration show highlights work by UGA and Augusta University students. All shows run through Apr. 1. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) “Window Works” is a new outdoor project that utilizes the windows at the building’s entrance. The first installation presents a triptych and diptych by Noraa James that were inspired by love, the Black body, primary colors and afrofuturism. Through March. • In the Lounge Gallery, Victoria Dugger’s solo exhibition “Mind the Body” explores the dynamic relationship between ourselves, our bodies and the world around us. Through Apr. 3. • On view in the lobby case, Luka Carter’s “Flywheel” combines small sketches, studies and found objects into a realized mood board. Through Apr. 10. • Collections from our Community presents “Julie Rutledge’s Grandparents’ Avon Bottles.” Through Apr. 10. • “Athens Together” is an exhibition of documentary photography of protests and rallies featuring the work of Penny Noah with Nathaniel Burkins, Lucy Calhoun and Sean Dunn. Through Apr. 10. • The 46th annual Juried Exhibition features 161 works by 116 local artists selected by juror Hallie Ringle of the Birmingham Museum of Art. On view through June 26. MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “The 125th Anniversary Exhibition: Celebrating the Home of the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center” explores the Romanesque Revival building that was built as a graded schoolhouse in 1895 and became a regional cultural center in 1976. Through June. MASON-SCHARFENSTEIN MUSEUM OF ART (567 Georgia Street, Demorest) “Marie T. Cochran: Notes on an Affrilachian daughter in the era of COVID-19.” Through Mar. 25. OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) A Pottery Pop-up Sale features a rotating selection of handmade ceramics by regional artists. New potters go on view every two weeks. Margaret Patterson, D. Morgan, Cindy Angliss, Sheryl Holstein, Kathy King and M. Henderson are showing works through Mar. 27. • The annual Youth Art Month Exhibit features pieces by students attending public and private schools in Oconee County. Through Mar. 26.

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includes Grassland String Band on Mar. 26–27, Don Chambers on Apr. 9–10 and Haunted Shed on Apr. 16–17. Visit website to reserve your seat. www.hendershotsathens.com DREAMFEST 2021 (Online) U-LEAD Athens, an organization that supports the educational equality of immigrant families, presents an event with artwork, speakers, performers and information. Watch via YouTube Live and Facebook Live. Apr. 10, 12 p.m. www.uleadathens. org/dreamfest GARDEN TOUR OF ATHENS (Multiple Locations) The Piedmont Gardeners host their annual spring garden tour. Amble through four local, do-it-yourself gardens of different styles. Visit website for

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) The new Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum at the Center for Art and Nature holds the collections of Deen Day Sanders, a charter board member of the garden. The eight galleries blend conservation, botanicals, art, beauty and curiosity. STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) “Celebrating Creative Genius: The Art, Life and Legacy of Eatonton, Georgia native David Driskell” features original artworks and prints, plus photographs and artifacts from the artist’s early life. Student artwork inspired by the exhibition is also on view. A virtual panelist discussion will be held Mar. 27 at 3 p.m. Through Apr. 22. SURGERY CENTER OF ATHENS (2142 W. Broad St.) Paintings by Dortha Jacobson. Through Apr. 16. TIF SIGFRIDS (83 E. North Ave., Comer) The gallery presents “Nora Riggs: Fortress of Solitaire.” Through Apr. 23. TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) See Dan Paint presents “TwentyOne Moby Dicks Spontaneously Monsterified on Pieces of the Wreck of the Pequod.” On view through March by appointment. UGA SCHOOL OF LAW (225 Herty Dr.) Williams Elliot Stiles Jr., an accomplished artist, Atlanta attorney and UGA School of Law alumnus, recently unveiled a new commission, “1961,” to commemorate the 60th anniversary of desegregation at UGA. UGA MAIN LIBRARY (320 S. Jackson St.) “Georgia Trailblazers: Honoring the 60th Anniversary of Desegregation at UGA” chronicles the historic events of 1961 when Hamilton Holmes and Charlene Hunter became the first African American students admitted to the university. UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Pylon: Tourists in Rock ’n Roll” celebrates the local band through photos, outfits, memorabilia and more. Through May 31. • “Making Space: Fighting for Inclusion, Building Community at UGA” chronicles the journey of students advocating for racial and social justice on campus. Through July 2. • “The Hargrett Hours: Exploring Medieval Manuscripts” presents original items from the collections, dating back centuries, as well as findings from students’ indepth studies. Through Aug. 26. WILLSON CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES AND ARTS (Online) As part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts, the Willson Center presents “Shelter Projects,” a virtual exhibition of over 30 projects created by graduate students or community practitioners who reflect pandemic experiences through the arts. willson.uga.edu.

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Aging presents a virtual 5K from Mar. 21–27. Proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels. accaging.org MAXIM LANDO (UGA Performing Arts Center) Pianist Maxim Lando performs a tribute to late pianist Chick Corea. Apr. 2, 7:30 p.m. $10 (online), $20-50 (in-person). pac. uga.edu MISERY (Online) Athens Creative Theatre presents a virtual production of Misery by William Goldman based on the novel by Stephen King. Mar. 25–26, 7 p.m. $6. www. accgovga.myrec.com SOUTHERN STAR STUDIO OPEN GALLERY (Southern Star Studio) SSS is a working collective ceramics studio established by Maria Dondero in 2016. The gallery contains members’ work. No more than two people or a single group inside at a time. Saturdays, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. southernstarstudioathens@ gmail.com

TRIAL GARDEN PLANT SALE (Trial Garden at UGA) Special and unique annuals, perennials, houseplants and more. Register for a shopping window online. Apr. 3, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. www.ugatrial.hort.uga.edu UGARDEN PLANT SALE (2510 S. Milledge Ave.) Shop outdoors for medicinal, edible, native and dye plants from UGArden Herbs, Cherokee Moon Mixology, Gently Herbal Skincare, Mama Bath and Body, MEplusTEA, Roseman’s Remedies and Heartsong Herbs. May 1, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. www. ugardenherbs.com UGA THEATRE (Online) In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, four young lovers take to the forest and become entangled in a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment. Mar. 25–27, 8 p.m. The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines explores the lived experiences of two of Shakespeare’s famous female char-

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SPRING ACTIVITIES (Athens, GA) A variety of activities in the arts, environmental science, recreation, sports and holiday events are planned for adults and children. Now enrolling. www.accgov.com/ leisure SPRING ARTIST MARKET (Finley Light Factory) Shop for art, clothing, jewelry, tarot and prints. Watch a performance by Convict Julie. Check out @finleylightfactory on Instagram for updates about artists. Mar. 27, 5–9 p.m. $3. SPRINGTIME SIGIL SEEDS (Indie South) This outdoor workshop explores the relationship between natural cycles and goals. Create a ritual around your intentions with a seed you plant. Mar. 29. $20. www. theindiesouth.com ST. JOE’S JOG 5K & FUN RUN (Virtual) All participants receive a T-shirt and medal. Register online. Now happening through Mar. 27. $30. www.active.com, www. sjsathens.org

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Clocked Restaurant is hiring all positions front and back of house. Please apply at 259 W. Washington St. 30601 Downtown Athens, GA. Be about it! Find employees by advertising in the Flagpole Classifieds! Junk South Junk Removal Hiring PT/FT starting at $11/ hr. Hardworking, dependable and professional. Growth opportunities. Call 706-540-5975 or email info@junksouth.com Now hiring experienced transcriptionists or those at 85 WPM or higher for at-home work. No experience? Work in-office to learn the necessary skills, then work where you choose. Openings for both career and part-time track. We are proud to be a safe space employer. E-mail ath recruiting@copytalk.com for full job posting.

PART-TIME Experienced kitchen help needed. Bring resume or fill out an application at George’s Lowcountry Table. No phone calls please. 420 Macon Hwy. Athens, GA 30606

Hotel Indigo Athens is looking for experienced cooks, bartenders and servers for all shifts (PT). For more information please email resumes to fandb@ indigoathens.com.

NOTICES MESSAGES COVID testing in Athens by appointment only at the Oneta Street location. Mon–Wed. 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. For appointments, call 706-340-0996 or go to www. publichealthathens.com Do you need old newspapers for your garden? Paper mache? Your new puppy? Well, they’re free at the Flagpole office! Call ahead, then come grab an armful. Please leave current issues on stands. 706-549-0301. Flagpole subscriptions delivered straight to the mailbox! Convenient for you or the perfect present for a buddy who moved out of town. $50 for six months or $90 for one year. Call 706-549-0301.

Mobile Food Pantry @ General Time Athens! Athens Terrapin Beer Co. alongside Food Bank of Northeast Georgia and various local sponsors will host a drive-thru food pantry on the 3rd Monday of each month thru 2021. All ACC residents that meet income requirements may attend. First come, first served. This event will take place outside rain or shine. 100 Newton Bridge Rd. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. www.terrapinbeer. com Vaccine pre-registration for non-healthcare workers! Mon–Fri., 8 a.m.–7 p.m. Sat., 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Call 706-3400996 or go to www.public healthathens.com for more information.

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PLACE AN AD • Call our Classifieds Dept. (706) 549-0301 • Email us at class@flagpole.com

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Hunter and her siblings were given up due to the rough times right now, but she’s still a happy girl ready to find another warm home. Call today for a visit with this ray of sunshine!

Nala arrived at the shelter with Venus, shy and pretty home sick, but with time and trust, she’s shown so much potential as a loving companion for a brand new home!

• Deadline to place ads is 11:00 a.m. every Monday for the following Wednesday issue • All ads must be prepaid

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Venus (55136) 10-year-old Venus wants to spend her golden years being loved. Keeping her with her buddy Nala would be the cherry on top, so consider two sweet girls when you stop by!

These pets and many others are available for adoption at:

Athens-Clarke County Animal Services 125 Buddy Christian Way · 706-613-3540 Call for appointment

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THANK YOU ATHENS!

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Thank you for keeping us alive through 2020 and for voting for us!

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