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By Blake Aued and Jessica Luton news@flagpole.com Since the legislature passed tax credits in 2008, film and television has become a $4 billion industry in Georgia, with the number of productions annually surpassing even California. But metro Atlanta has reaped most of the benefit.

Sure, Athens has seen film and TV crews shoot a scene or two here and there, but rarely is an entire production based in Athens. With a large new studio planned halfway between downtown and Winterville, productions that might once have gone to Savannah or one of the many studios in the Atlanta area will be able to set up shop in Athens.

Athens native and University of Georgia graduate Joel Harber, president of commercial and real estate development and brokerage firm Reynolds Capital, is working with local developer Tim Burgess, local architects Koons Environmental Design and E+E Architecture, and UGA’s film studies program, among others, to build a $60 million, 350,000 square-foot studio on 45 wooded acres in an industrial area off Athena Drive.

“Watching such tremendous growth in the film industry over the past eight years has been great, but we haven’t really

seen entire productions filmed in Athens,” Harber said. “Not having a proper sound stage space has really kept our area from reaching its full potential.”

Although some grading has already taken place, a groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday. Harber said the first phase of Athena Studios will be finished next November, and the entire project will be complete in two years. It will include sound stages, support buildings, offices and educational facilities.

Having a studio in Athens is key because it means productions can do everything from script writing to post-production in Athens, rather than just dipping in for a day or two to film a scene, said Jeff Montgomery, Athens-Clarke County’s public information officer and government liaison for the film and TV industry.

Without a studio, spending too much time in Athens can get expensive, because union rules require paying crew members a per diem for traveling outside a 30-mile radius.

Currently, the closest studios to Athens are in Norcross and Covington.

“One of the exciting things is, productions can come in and use this as a home base and do a lot more here,” Montgomery

GDOT’s plan for a roundabout encompassing Broad Street, Hancock Avenue, The Plaza and Minor Street.

said. “It’s been location stuff. This allows a lot more opportunity and flexibility.”

Athena Studios will create “hundreds” of jobs, Harber said. Just how many is unconfirmed. ACC didn’t do an economic analysis for the project because it didn’t request any tax incentives, said Economic Development Director Ilka McConnell. But it will support locals who work in the industry—many of whom now commute to Atlanta for jobs— as well as restaurants, caterers, hotels and retailers, McConnell and Harber said.

Roundabout Gets Broad Support A roundabout at the intersection of West Broad Street and Hancock Avenue is moving forward after Athens-Clarke County

commissioners signaled they’ll all support it.

Transportation officials said the roundabout will improve traffic flow and safety for drivers and pedestrians alike. The current intersection requires drivers to make a long left-hand turn from Broad onto Hancock, and merge into high-speed traffic when heading west from Hancock onto Broad. It also has no crosswalks.

“If you’ve gone out there and tried to cross the road, you are well aware of the problems out there,” consultant Eric Hammerland said at a Nov. 9 work session.

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Since Broad Street is a state highway, the Georgia Department of Transportation will pick up almost half the $6 million tab for the project, which is scheduled for construction in 2025. The local portion could come from funding for the West Broad neighborhood in the current round of TSPLOST or a potential new pot of funding in the TSPLOST set for a May vote.

In 2019, when commissioners first discussed the project, they had concerns that The Plaza could be closed off from Broad Street. The latest design does not make The Plaza a dead end. The project will require demolishing a plumbing business and cutting down some trees at Broadacres Homes, but it protects Brooklyn Creek, according to Hammerland.

Roundabouts have met with resistance from drivers that are unfamiliar with them, but Athens now has two roundabouts at Tallassee and Whitehead roads and Milledge Avenue and Whitehall Road that seem to work well. The Broad Street roundabout would be similar but larger, with two lanes of traffic instead of one.

“It’s going to be a big change because it’s a roundabout right in the center of town here,” Commissioner Carol Myers said, but it will reduce travel times by half during the morning and afternoon rush hours. Myers said she’s also excited about the opportunity for public art in the center.

At their Nov. 16 agenda-setting meeting, commissioners placed the roundabout on the Dec. 7 consent agenda, meaning it is likely to pass unanimously with no discussion.

In a called voting meeting before the agenda-setting meeting, the commission voted 8–1 to postpone awarding a contract to operate a homeless camp on city property until Dec. 7. Commissioner Ovita Thornton voted no, and Commissioner Russell Edwards did not vote because he was serving as mayor pro tem while Mayor Kelly Girtz was out of town. “I’m getting different versions of what’s going on,” Thornton said in explaining her vote.

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the contract to the sole applicant, Athens Alliance Coalition, a nonprofit run by Charles Hardy that offers mentoring and counseling services. According to Manager Blaine Williams, some details like providing showers and laundry still need to be worked out, and officials are moving forward cautiously because the federal CARES Act funding that ACC is using to pay for the site comes with strings attached.

Several commissioners proposed a campsite on county property after learning last summer that railroad company CSX was planning to remove homeless campers from property it owns near North Avenue and the greenway. ACC has been preparing a site at an abandoned school off Barber Street, and CSX has been working with the county to put off the removal until it’s ready to open, according to Williams and Commissioner Jesse Houle.

Likewise, the commission voted 8–1 to delay a vote until Dec. 7 on a contract with a newly formed nonprofit, First Athenian Development Corp., to run an eviction prevention program. Based on Project RESET in Gwinnett County, the contractor will work with tenants, landlords and Magistrate Court to stop evictions by paying a portion of back rent.

“We’ve seen things in draft form that haven’t been presented to the public because they’re not yet finalized, but they will be soon,” Houle said.

Commissioners approved FADC earlier this month despite the nonprofit’s lack of experience because it was the sole applicant for the contract. But they also voted to instruct Williams to renegotiate the $3.8 million in funding the group requested and bring back a lower number.

“It’s really important for us to do the due diligence and make sure we have the contract and the accountability built in, because we’re talking about important issues, important problems, but we’re also talking about large amounts of money,” Myers said.

Thornton cited “miscommunication” and “misinformation” for her no vote. “I’m not going to vote for something that looks like it’s being hindered deliberately,” she said.

Williams said FADC agreed that a hold is appropriate. Officials are still working

through federal rules regarding disbursing the CARES Act funds.

The commission also voted 6–3 to approve a new district map and send it to the state reapportionment office for vetting.

Commissioner Mike Hamby said they should have been working on new commission districts before ACC even received the Census data—something neither he nor any other commissioner had brought up before.

“It seems we have a habit of taking major issues and cramming them into the 11th hour,” Thornton said. “We should have been working on this, talking about this, a long time ago.”

Commissioner Allison Wright objected to splitting Glen Ellen Drive in her district and said the process has been “confusing all the way around.”

The proposed districts were drawn specifically to minimize disruptions, with fewer than 3,000 people changing districts, but some changes were necessary because the districts’ populations must be within 10% of each other. “Inevitably there will be one side of the street in one district and one side of the street in another,” Myers said.

Other commissioners noted that the time crunch was due to pandemic-related delays in producing Census data. “Our staff here moved as fast as they could after receiving the Census data at such a late hour,” Commissioner Tim Denson said.

Commissioner Mariah Parker urged citizens to keep an eye on the process, because ultimately the state legislature is responsible for commission districts. Ten years ago Republicans disregarded the map submitted by the commission and drew their own. [BA]

Pediatricians: Get Your Kids Vaccinated Data for vaccinations of children ages 5-11 in Clarke County were made available this week via the Georgia Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard; however, the data has been grouped by age in a way that does not give a complete picture of the 5-11 year old age category.

As of Nov. 19, 777 children ages 5-9, or 13.4%, in Clarke County had received at least one dose of the vaccine. Another 2,235 children ages 10-14 had received at least one dose, but the age grouping includes children ages 12 and up, who have been eligible to receive the vaccine for weeks now. Flagpole requested more detailed data through Georgia’s DPH Data Portal, but that request had not yet been met at press time.

For parents whose pediatricians are affiliated with Piedmont Healthcare, shots are being given at one main location locally, Piedmont Physicians Pediatric on Oglethorpe Avenue, on Thursdays between 12–4 p.m. To make an appointment, parents should contact their child’s primary care doctor. The Clarke County School District is continuing to offer the pediatric vaccine at elementary schools during the coming weeks. A list of the remaining school vaccination events, as well as a Vaccine Interest Survey, is available at clarke.k12.ga.us/domain/2797. Pediatric vaccines are also available at many local pharmacies.

Parents continue to seek out information about the safety of the vaccine, said local pediatricians Gloria Chu and Carolina Hsu with Piedmont Physicians Pediatrics at

the Oconee Health Campus. “They want to know about the safety of the vaccine, risks of the vaccine versus risks of COVID illness,” Chu and Hsu said in a joint response to questions via email. “A lot are scared because they hear misinformation on a news channel or social media and don’t know how to find accurate information. We want parents to know COVID vaccines are safe and effective. The COVID vaccine significantly reduces the chance of hospitalization and death from severe COVID illness.

The benefits of the vaccine outweigh any rare serious side effects.

“If [your child does] not have any known allergies to any component of the COVID vaccines, GET IT,” they added. “Any risk of a side effect from the vaccines is small compared to side effects from getting a COVID infection, such as long haul symptoms, organ failure, MIS-C [multisystem inflammatory syndrome-children] or death.”

Vaccinations for Clarke County adults and children 12 and older actually decreased this week due to a data correction on the DPH vaccination dashboard. As of Nov. 19, 62,728 Clarke County residents, or 50%, had received at least one dose, and 57,413 residents, or 46%, had been fully vaccinated. The data showed a decrease of 308 residents with at least one dose and 476 that had been fully vaccinated compared to the previous week.

“We have addressed an issue within our system on how booster doses and additional doses [for immunosuppressed individuals] were being counted,” said Georgia DPH Director of Communications Nancy Nydam.

“That has resulted in some corrections to numbers from the past couple of weeks, but has stabilized the data going forward.” As of Flagpole’s print deadline, there was no further clarification about how booster and additional doses are included in the data now or if there’s a new addition to the vaccine dashboard to account for the data.

There were 54 new confirmed COVID19 cases and 13 new positive antigen tests in Clarke County last week. To date, there have been 17,581 confirmed and 2,694 antigen cases. The seven-day moving average decreased from 9.3 on Nov. 12 to 7.4 Nov. 19.

While new cases have slowed, Clarke County residents are still being hospitalized for the virus. Last week, however, just three people were hospitalized, compared to nine the previous week. Additionally, two Clarke County residents died from COVID19 last week. To date, 178 Athenians have died from COVID-19 and 791 have been hospitalized.

The number of regional patients hospitalized for COVID-19 went down last week from 44 patients, or 6.5% of all patients, on Nov. 12 to 33 patients, or 5.1% of all patients, as of Nov. 19. While hospitals have seen a steady increase in non-COVID patients in recent weeks, that number decreased by 70 to 613 patients last week.

Intensive care bed capacity showed a slight improvement last week, with 62 patients occupying 89% of ICU beds, compared to 65 patients occupying 93% of beds on Nov. 12.

At UGA, there were 29 new cases, according to self-reported data in the DawgCheck app for the week of Nov. 8-14. That’s up slightly from the prior week. Surveillance testing numbers decreased from 466 tests administered the previous week to 405 tests administered last week. There were 537 new vaccinations for the week at the University Health Center. [Jessica Luton] f

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Georgia nonprofits have risen in direct correlation with the demands of the communities they serve due to the pandemic. Last year, GAgives participation increased 94% from 2019, according to GCN, and hopes are that this trend will continue. There are over 100 additional organizations participating across the state this year because of last year’s astounding success. This includes local Athens nonprofits like Athens Area Emergency Food Bank, Athens Community Council on Aging (ACCA), The Home Instead’s Be A Santa to a Senior program delivers gifts to seniors Cottage Sexual Assault in need during the holidays.

Center & Children’s Advocacy Center, We Rock Athens and Sandy Creek Nature If you’re looking for other ways to Center. donate this holiday season, Home Instead “Athens has an array of nonprofits like of Athens, in association with the ACCA, the Nuçi Phillips Memorial Foundation is hosting its 17th year of the local Be A and the Athens Nurses Clinic that provide Santa to a Senior program that ends Friday, important services to the local commuDec. 3. This program collects gifts—often nity. There are also organizations, like the necessity items such as toiletries, clothing Georgia River Network for example, that and blankets—to support and bring cheer have impact across the state. The Athens to older adults who may be overlooked, community is incredibly generous and isolated or alone during the holidays. has a lot of causes right in its own back“We’ve all experienced feelings of loneliness yard to support on GAgives Day to make during the pandemic, and seniors are at a an impact locally or more broadly,” said particularly high risk for isolation,” said Beavor. For those who want to donate, the Danny Hedgepeth, owner of the local Home official giving portal can be accessed online Instead office. This year, the Athens office at GAgives.org. Through this initiative, will provide 3,000 gifts to approximately more than 1,200 nonprofits across Georgia 800 seniors in the area. To find participatreceived funds in 2020. ing locations or virtual ways to donate, visit To broaden the impact of the program beasantatoasenior.com. this year, the GAgives team is providing Reaching out to your favorite nonprofit participating nonprofits with training directly may help you find other ways to and resources to assist in maximizing support meaningful causes and donate to their fundraising efforts and potential. seasonal fundraising efforts. Of course, Campaigning skills are being taught that nonprofits need support year-round. The empower nonprofits to tap into their netlist of nonprofits on the GAgives portal is a works to garner support from board memfull, although not comprehensive, look into bers, volunteers, etc. while also spreading what organizations are helping the commuinformation about their mission and the nity and how we can help them in return. f

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By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com Law enforcement agencies were on full the certification of the electoral votes from alert recently as high profile murder trials the 2020 election that made Joe Biden brought the eyes of the world to Brunswick president. Early this month, Jenna Ryan, and Kenosha, WI. Authorities worried that a Trumper from Texas who was in the Jan. the verdicts in the racially and politically 6 mob that stormed the Capitol, was given charged trials could spur riots like those 60 days in federal prison. With an entitled that spread across the U.S. last summer. arrogance that oozed smugness, Ryan had Meanwhile, in Washington, investigasaid on Twitter before her trial that she was tions continue into the deadly Capitol Hill “Definitely not going to jail… I have blonde riot that made Jan. 6, 2021 a date of infamy hair, white skin, a great job, a great future alongside other sad and I’m not going to dates in our history jail.” The judge said Martin Luther King Jr. Ryan was wrong. Her like Dec. 7, 1941 and Sept. 11, 2001. On warned that the riots next residence will be a Nov. 15 in Washington, federal prison. then plaguing America would Trump henchman Though the Capitol Steve Bannon was Hill insurrection of continue until this nation booked and hauled into Jan. 6 was a unique ensured racial justice. court for contempt and execrable event in of Congress after he American history, riots refused to provide information to the conand vigilante violence are nothing new to gressional committee investigating the Jan. this nation. In New York City in 1863, riots 6 mob attack on the Capitol. against the Civil War draft were called “a On his radio show the night before the carnival of violence” that lasted for five days Jan. 6 insurrection, Bannon had said “all and resulted in hundreds of deaths. Raging hell is going to break loose tomorrow.” The white men angered over the possibility of next day, the MAGA mob of Trump troops being conscripted into the Union military attacked Black people in the city, burning their homes and stores.

Lynch mobs of white New Yorkers killed Black citizens with impunity until federal troops were called in to restore order to the burned and beleaguered city. In East St. Louis, IL in 1917, bloody race riots began after white workers became angry over an influx of Black laborers who had migrated from the South in search of better wages and living conditions. The white mob raided the city’s Black community, shooting into houses and setting homes Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon is accused of helping to incite the ablaze. At least 39 Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

Blacks and eight whites were killed in the carrioted at the Capitol, injuring more than nage, which came nearly a century before 140 police officers and desecrating the histhe 2014 riots after the police shooting of toric building with millions of dollars worth a Black man in Ferguson, MO—just a few of damages to be paid for by American miles from where East St. Louis burned taxpayers. in 1917. Four years later, in 1921, Tulsa, Bannon was defiant and unrepentant OK, was the scene of a horrific race riot to the point of “subpoenas envy” when he that destroyed a thriving African American growled to reporters outside the courtcommunity, resulting in an untold number house, “We’re going to go on the offensive of deaths. on this… This is going to be the misdeIn 1967, a year before he died by viomeanor from hell.” The two misdemeanors lence, Martin Luther King Jr. warned that in Bannon’s indictment each carry prison the riots then plaguing America would sentences of up to a year in confinement continue until this nation ensured racial and maximum fines of $100,000. justice. Just before his death last year, civil Bannon is the big fish caught in the rights icon John Lewis left sage advice to government’s net, but a few prison senall Americans: “Destruction doesn’t work. tences have already been meted out to Rioting isn’t a movement. We must be conTrump supporters who participated in the structive and not destructive. Chaos is sowinvasion of the Capitol Building to stop ing more division and discord.” f

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Collective Impressions GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART PRESENTS NATIVE AMERICAN PRINTMAKERS

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com Long before bulldogs roamed the earth, the land now recognized as Athens and its surrounding regions had been occupied and cultivated by Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek) and Yuchi tribes for thousands of years.

Through a series of treaties and the Indian Removal Act of 1830, these tribes were stripped of all land ownership and forced to walk thousands of miles along the “Trail of Tears” to federal territory west of the Mississippi River. Many did not survive, but those who did put down new roots to ensure their future generations would not vanish.

Currently on view at the Georgia Museum of Art through Jan. 30, “Collective Impressions: Modern Native American Printmakers” offers a chronological overview of influential Indigenous artists active during the second half of the 20th century. Paper as the chosen medium subverts its complicated past as the material used by Westerners to control and relocate indigenous tribes. Offering a means of social commentary and experimentation, printmaking’s collaborative and communal nature resonates with principles of reciprocity and intergenerational passing of artistic knowledge.

November is National Native American Heritage Month, a presidential proclamation to honor and celebrate the unique cultures, ancestry, traditions and contributions of Indigenous people. This week also coincides with the 400th anniversary of the 1621 harvest feast between the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag tribe for which today’s Thanksgiving is modeled after. The romanticized, white-washed storybook narrative of the holiday’s origins fails to recognize the subsequent slow-burning genocide characterized by fragile alliances, rampant disease, brutal massacres, forced enslavement and utter dispossession—of homeland, language, identity, autonomy—experienced by

mance and tradition.

Bobby C. Martin’s (Muscogee) screenprint, “Emigrant Indians #1,” layers two separate maps of Kansas: a map of tribal peoples removed to the region from 1836 and a roadmap from 1950. In the center, a snapshot from the early 1950s depicts a homecoming king and queen wearing full regalia. The piece contemplates emigration, dispossession of land and finding a sense of home.

The exhibition highlights several of the leading communities and institutions that have been central to elevating printmaking

an overwhelming majority of Natives.

“Collective Impressions” asserts that Native American history is American history, and several artworks address relevant ideas pertaining to history, memory, belonging and exile. Erasure of Native narratives leads to the invisibility of Native people, which is why it’s so important for exhibitions such as this one to provide a platform for these diverse voices. By including artists of different tribes from varying geographical regions, each with their own distinctive style and approach to printmaking, “Collective Impressions” helps break down stereotypes and demonstrates the rich cultural impact these tribes continue to have on contemporary U.S. society.

On the cover of Flagpole this week, “Eagle Dancer” by Woody Crumbo (Muscogee/Potawatomi) depicts a sacred rite performed to request divine intervention. This ceremonial dance was banned by authorities “Emigrant Indians #1” by Bobby C. Martin in 1883, thereby pushing these performances underground as acts of resistance. Crumbo was introduced to as a medium. On Thursday, Jan. 20 at 5:30 printmaking at the University of Oklahoma p.m., painter Yatika Starr Fields (Osage, School of Art, which became a center of Cherokee, Creek) will offer a gallery talk on training, production and exhibition for his body of work, focusing on a series of Native artists. lithographs and monotypes produced during Like T.C. Cannon (Caddo/Kiowa) and a residency at Crow’s Shadow Institute Fritz Scholder (Luiseño), Harry Fonseca of the Arts. Located on the Confederated (Maidu) uses humor to confront myths Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation about Native American communities. His in the foothills of Oregon’s Blue Mountains, lithograph, “Rose and the Res Sisters,” Crow’s Shadow is a nonprofit dedicated to depicts an anthropomorphic coyote, a popproviding a creative conduit for educational, ular trickster who plays a role in Maidu orisocial and economic opportunities for Native gin stories and reoccurs across the folklore Americans through artistic development. of several other tribes. Serenading viewers In conjunction with the exhibition, in a pink rose-printed dress, microphone UGA’s creative writing program invited clutched by long gloved paws, she chalsix graduate students—Chelsea L. Cobb, lenges viewers’ perceptions of time, perforNathan Dixon, Nathan Gehoski, Aviva

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Kasowski, Mike McClelland and Hannah V. Warren—to record poems from When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Published in 2020, this landmark anthology was edited by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (Muscogee), UGA professor LeAnne Howe (Choctaw) and scholar Jennifer Foerster (Muscogee). Accessible by phone, each recording is paired with a different print to highlight the interrelationships among oral, written and visual traditions in Indigenous culture.

Chartered in 1785, the University of Georgia delayed its opening until 1801 due to the Oconee War, a violent conflict between settlers and the Creek over access to the resource-rich Oconee River. Though a few of UGA’s departments have released land acknowledgements in recent years to recognize the ancestral homelands on which the campus now stands, the university’s administration has no formal requirement.

The museum’s own land acknowledgement states “We value the enduring influence of the vibrant, diverse and contemporary cultures of Indigenous peoples. We are conscious of the role in colonization that museums have played. We choose to hold ourselves accountable to appropriate conversation, representation, connection and education to facilitate a space of measurable change.”

Museums have always played critical roles in preserving, promoting and representing Native American culture—but haven’t always gotten it right. With several artists representing the Muscogee and Cherokee Nations, such as Jerry Ingram, America Meredith, Virginia A. Stroud, Kay WalkingStick, Richard Ray Whitman, there’s an opportunity to recalibrate.

In the exhibition’s accompanying guide, Curator of American Art Jeffrey RichmondMoll says, “Given that our university stands on the ancestral homelands of these tribes, this exhibition is therefore a crucial opportunity for the Georgia Museum of Art to reevaluate its collection, the broader art historical canon, and the institution’s relationships with Indigenous communities.” f

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Support local art and arts nonprofit this holiday season! With a tax deductible donation of $25 or a $5 monthly donation, you get our 2021 collaboration shirt with local artist Noraa James. A gift will aid increased grant funding and AAAC’s 2022 initiatives supporting ACC schools.

Athens Farmers Market

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The Athens Farmers Market features a variety of handmade gifts by local artists like wreaths from R&R Secret Farm, jewelry

by Absynia, and organic shrub (sipping vinegars) by Piedmont Provisions. Markets also feature great gifts like pottery, soaps, textiles, jams, and kombucha! Weekly Saturday morning markets through December 18th.

Treat your loved ones and celebrate your love of Big City Bread with gift certificates in any denomination. Double up on local with Big City’s full-bodied and complex blend of coffee, roasted right here in Athens by Jittery Joe’s Coffee Roasters.

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Give the gift of aerial dance and circus arts with Kids Winter Camp (Dec 20 - Jan 5), Adult Workshops (Dec 26 - Dec 30), and Winter Session classes (begins Jan 3) for all ages! Perfect for all abilities with no experience necessary. Wrap up a gift certificate and t-shirt this holiday season!

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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Daily Groceries Co-op

Depalma’s Italian Cafe

Shop local at Daily with Heartsong Herbs; Normal Soap Company salves, soaps, and chapstick; Andes hand-knitted gloves, hats, and scarves and Condor Chocolates (up to 80% Dark Chocolate).

DePalma’s offers catering and party trays to make your holidays tastier. Lasagna, Chicken Parmigian, salad, bread sticks and more. Call in your order and pick it up at one of our 3 locations.

Thanksgiving 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. , Christmas Eve 8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

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Dynamite Clothing

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Located downtown, Dynamite has a well curated selection of vintage, recycled and new clothing & accessories like these Red Heart sunglasses, “Keep Athens Weird” sweatshirt and t-shirts, and a selection of bolo ties. They offer funky cool finds and classic wardrobe staples for all occasions and genders.

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This Holidaze season, give the gift of Hemp Healing! CBD & Delta 8 Chocolate, Gummies & Honey Edibles. CBD Spa products such as Bath Salts & Face Masks...And SO much more! Now that’s putting the Farm back in Farmacy!

The Garden Gift Shop at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia offers unique gifts for kids, gardeners, readers and nature lovers!

Get a pair of bug goggles to look and see like a bug, Beehouses to help support pollinators, or locally made puzzles by Very Good Puzzle featuring work from local artists.

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Healing Arts Centre

Hendershot’s Coffee

Healing Arts Centre gift certificates allow you to give the gift of health to nourish the body, mind and soul. Gift certificates are good for any services, classes in Sangha Yoga Studio, or supplements from Remedy Herb Shop. You choose the amount and your loved one chooses the gift!

Support your favorite local spot and spoil your family and friends by gifting the finest coffee Athens has to offer. Christmas Coal Coffee is Hendershot’s signature holiday blend for the naughty and nice! Cozy Hendershot’s sweatsuits and smart 12 oz. travel mugs will keep your loved ones warm all season.

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Pain and Wonder, an Athens favorite tattoo shop, has gifts for your loved ones: jewelry for all piercings and tattoos for anyone on your list.

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Don’t Blink

Friendly Coworker is My Boss Now

THE DAWGS CONTROL THEIR DESTINY AGAINST GEORGIA TECH

ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN

By Cy Brown news@flagpole.com

By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com

When you look back at Georgia’s quest to return to the College Football Playoff since its first and only foray in 2017, it’s easy to pinpoint what led to its recent exclusions.

Yes, the Dawgs lost the SEC Championship Game in 2018 and 2019, but that’s not it. In both those seasons, the death knell to our playoff dreams came earlier.

I’ve been preaching it for years now: Finish 12-0 in the regular season, and you’re in. Problem being that 12-0 has been elusive, something a Georgia team hasn’t accomplished since 1982. Had we won reg-

I expect Kirby Smart will treat it as such.

These Dawgs are taking nothing for granted. Every game, they come in laserfocused and ready to go. By now, you’ve probably heard the leaked audio of Kirby’s halftime speech during the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. If I learned anything from that clip, it’s that there won’t be a game this season when we won’t be prepared.

“Don’t say shit to their undisciplined ass. Because we are,” Smart said in the clip.

“WE ARE DISCIPLINED! And our asses are gonna kick the fuckin’ shit out of ‘em.”

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Hey Bonita, I work for a small business with very few employees, and I really love my job. Recently, though, my coworker friend has moved up in the ranks and is now owner of the business, i.e. my boss. At first I really didn’t think our relationship would change, since we get along so well, but there’s been a definite shift. I obviously can’t joke around with them in the same way I can with other friends, but it’s different in more serious ways, too.

I now feel on edge knowing all the personal things I’ve shared that I fear could be held against me when things like raises or promotions come up. I don’t think I would have spoken about my disabilities with them if I knew they would eventually be my boss, but now it’s clearly too late. The worst part is that I’m at a point where I desperately need a raise.

Like most everyone, my bills have gone up and up, and what I’ve been making is no longer a living wage.

was built during a time when their dynamic was more equal. At the end of the day, a manager works in the interest of the business that employs them, and they will definitely fire anyone if it’s in the best interest of the company. We should all be strategic in our relationships with people who wield power like that over us. I wasn’t, and I still feel the effects of that falling out today.

Your best damage control will include remaining genial and professional around your manager/ex-friend, and requesting a pay increase at a small business in THIS economy will be tricky no matter what. A lot of places are seeing the writing on the wall and are finally offering raises, but some small companies just don’t have the ability.

There is also a chance that they would hire someone new with less experience for a lower rate of pay before giving you a raise, so I recommend that you cover your bases and start search-

Jordan Davis has his Refrigerator Perry moment against Charleston Southern.

ular-season contests against LSU in 2018 or South Carolina in 2019, the eventual losses to Alabama and LSU, respectively, in Atlanta wouldn’t have mattered. I’m not saying we would have won a national championship in either of those seasons, because we would still have had two games against the best teams in college football. But we would have had a shot.

That’s where we find ourselves once again. With a game remaining, the Dawgs are 11-0 with only a showdown against Georgia Tech at Bobby Dodd Stadium (aka Mark Richt Stadium) standing in the way between them and a perfect regular season.

No disrespect to Georgia Tech—OK, maybe some disrespect to Georgia Tech—but this one should be a cakewalk. Tech is coming off a 55-0 shellacking at the hands of Notre Dame, and Geoff Collins is on the hot seat.

The game is at Tech, but they won’t have a home-field advantage. I expect to see considerably more red than gold at our home away from home.

That doesn’t mean the game isn’t important, though. It’s the most important game we’ve played all year, and it could make the SEC Championship Game a moot point, at least as far as our inclusion in the top four goes.

Of course, there will still be a lot to play for in Atlanta, not least of which is being crowned SEC champs, and we’ll get more into that next week. But, for all intents and purposes, the game against Georgia Tech is a College Football Playoff play-in game, and

That’s what Georgia Tech is up against this week: a team that is bigger, faster, stronger, better coached, more talented and more motivated. I make no guarantees, because college football is weird as hell and anything can happen, but this is as confident as I’ve felt going into a game against Tech.

So my advice while watching on Saturday: Enjoy the moment. I want to see more of what we saw against Charleston Southern against Georgia Tech, both from a football perspective and a human perspective. Because that was one of the most joyous beatdowns I’ve ever watched.

Jordan Davis is one of my favorite Georgia players in many years, and I’m far from alone in that sentiment. So I don’t need to tell you all how cool it was to watch the big man get in on offense and score a touchdown during the game—his final game at Sanford Stadium—then go lead the band and be named an honorary Redcoat afterward. That was one of the coolest moments I’ve ever seen as a Georgia fan.

We’ve had some rough times over the past few years, and we’ve got some tough games ahead of us. So enjoy just how great this team is and has been. It’s about to do something Georgia hasn’t done in almost 40 years, so enjoy it. Don’t take it for granted. Revel in every moment.

Regardless of how the season finishes, this team is special. And I’m going to enjoy every second I get to see them out on the field. f

I don’t think I’m wrong in surmising that I can no longer be their friend given the power differential that exists now, but how do I run damage control in this situation? What is the best way to establish some distance without being too cold, and how do I put my foot down about my paycheck to someone I’ve had deep, revealing personal conversations with?

Sincerely, Worried Worker What up Worried Worker, Holy moly, I have been in this exact same position, and it absolutely, positively did not work out well for me. I’m not trying to scare you, but you are smart for thinking about this before something happens and things snowball out of your control. If I’d had the hindsight I have now, I would have just spoken to my buddy about the change in our dynamic and my desire to continue being their friend, as naive as that is.

Nowadays, I honestly can’t say if I think it’s possible to be a true friend to your supervisor, but it’s probably easier if two people already have a foundation of friendship that

ing for a new job.

Some places offer raises when an employee comes to them with a better job offer from another company, and if they don’t, then yay! You’d have a new, better job to go to anyway. Just make sure that you’ve actually been offered a new job before using it to get better pay from your current workplace. Don’t make empty threats that will leave you unemployed.

I want to encourage you to put yourself first in this situation and not to let the demise of this friendship make you feel guilty about possibly leaving a low-paying job that does not meet your needs. Bad workplaces count on workers who feel beholden to those jobs to stick around long past the point of no return. You are making a fair trade of your time and energy for money, and you owe your workplace nothing after you clock out. The future of your friendship with this manager might be up in the air, but it is in your interest to search for greener pastures. f Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, or use our anonymous online form at flagpole.com/get-advice.

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Art ATHENS CREATIVE DIRECTORY (Athens, GA) The ACD is a platform to connect creatives with patrons.

Visual artists, musicians, actors, writers and other creatives are encouraged to create a free listing. athenscreatives@gmail.com, athenscreatives.directory ATHICA’S BUY THE BUILDING CAMPAIGN (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art) In celebration of its 20th anniversary, ATHICA is hoping to purchase its current facility. Donations are tax-deductible and offer incentives. www.go fundme.com/f/athica-20th-birthday CALL FOR ART (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation: OCAF) “Reinvented & Reclaimed: A Recycled Art Exhibition” seeks wearable art made from “trash” and recycled materials such as plastic bags, newspaper, soda cans, bottle tops and foil. Deadline Feb. 28. Fashion showcase held on Global Recycling Day, Mar. 18. www.ocaf.com COMMERCE FOLK TO FINE ARTS FESTIVAL (Commerce Civic Center) Seeking regional artists for the 10th annual festival. Deadline to apply is Feb. 15. Event held Mar.

4, 3–8 p.m. Mar. 5, 9 a.m.–7 p.m.

706-335-6417, folktofinearts@ commercega.org, www.folk-fine arts.com HOLI-LADDER-DAY MARKET (tiny ATH gallery) Seeking artists to participate in the third annual market.

Each artist sets up their own ladder to display crafts, art and wares.

Participate on one ($40) or both days ($60). Register online. Dec. 11–12, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. tinyurl. com/hjr97cm JOKERJOKERTV CALL FOR ARTISTS (Online) JOKERJOKERtv is open to ideas and actively accepting proposals for collaboration from visual/musical/video artists and curators living in Athens. Artists worldwide can also submit music videos, short films, skits and ideas to share with a weekly livestream audience. www.jokerjokertv.com/ submit OPEN STUDIOS (Lyndon House Arts Center) Studio members have access to spaces for painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, jewelry, fiber and woodworking.

Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $65/month. nicholas. daglis@accgov.com PERIOD PROJECT ART NIGHT (Rabbit Hole Studios) The Period

art around town ACC LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) Lisa Freeman brings to light the mystery of the forgotten through “Furthermore,” an exhibition of assemblage art constructed from found objects and photographs. Through Jan. 2.

ARTWALL@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “All of Nothing” considers the intersection of natural and industrial beauty through the works of Alexa Rivera, Christina Matacotta and Zahria Cook.

THE ATHENAEUM (287 W. Broad St.) “Trevor Paglen: Vision After Seeing” explores the limits of human vision and the rise of automated vision technologies such as surveillance cameras and high powered telescopes.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: ATHICA (675 Pulaski St.) “Exposure” features images by undergraduate and graduate students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. On view Nov. 30–Dec. 5.

ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Floridian artist Eddie Lohmeyer’s video art exhibition, “Entropic/Cinema: Selections for Eye Noise,” is a series of experimental video works that explore the relationship among the entropy of digital media and the birth of novel and unexpected landscapes through modes of spiritual abstraction. Through Dec. 25.

BARBAR VINTAGE TEXTILES AND HOME (1354 S. Milledge Ave.) “Michael Ross: Gardens and Forests” features lush oil paintings of forests, fields, wetlands, birds and humans in relation to natural spaces. His subject matter results from his sense of wonder at the world, and evokes the meditative and healing qualities of nature. Through Dec. 11.

CIRCLE GALLERY AT THE UGA COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN (285 S. Jackson St.) “Oh, The Places We’ll Go!” features photographs by Brad Davis and David Nichols from their new book, Plants in Design, which depicts landscapes of the Southeast, the East and West Coasts of the U.S., and Europe. Through Dec. 17.

CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) “Hello, Welcome!” presents abstract worlds by Maggie Davis, Jonah Cordy, Carol MacAllister and Jason Matherly. • “Classic City” interprets the city of Athens, GA through the works of James Burns, Sydney Shores, Thompson Sewell and Allison Ward.

COMMUNITY (260 N. Jackson St.) A collection of paintings by Andy Cherewick. Through December.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Painter, writer, cartoonist and musician Lance Ash shares a collection of recent acrylics works created in the artist’s signature cartoon style of painting. Through November.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Dark and imaginative pen-and-ink illustrations by James Greer that borrow inspiration from dreams and the subconscious mind. Through Nov. 27.

40 WATT CLUB (285 W. Washington St.) Juniors and seniors attending the Lamar Dodd School of Art at UGA present the exhibition “Carnival of Sorts.”

Dec. 1, 6–10 p.m.

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Project at UGA hosts an art exhibition and drive for period products.

The organization seeks to eradicate period poverty and the stigma around menstruation. Donated products will be delivered to community partners. Dec. 3, 6–7:30 p.m.

QUARTERLY ARTIST GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council offers quarterly grants of $500 to local organizations, artists and events that connect the arts to the community in meaningful and sustainable ways. Deadlines are Dec. 15 and Mar. 15. www.athens arts.org/grants

Classes ACTING FOR CAMERA AND STAGE (Work.Shop) Learn how to act with professional actor and coach Jayson Warner Smith (“The Walking Dead,” “The Vampire Diaries,” “Outer Banks”). Mondays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. $400/12 sessions. jwsclassinquiry@jaysonsmith.com, www.jaysonsmith.com/teacher ART WORKSHOPS (K.A. Artist Shop) René Shoemaker teaches a class on the business of art. Dec. 18–19, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. $200. admin@ kaartist.com

CHAIR YOGA (Sangha Yoga Studio) This class is helpful for flexibility, strength, balance and increasing circulation and energy. All levels welcome. Every Thursday, 12–1 p.m. $16 (drop-in), $72 (six weeks). 706-613-1143 CHAIR YOGA AND MINDFULNESS (Winterville Community Center) Nicole Bechill teaches a wellrounded, gentle and accessible chair yoga class to promote breathing, mindfulness and inward listening. Every Monday, 9 a.m. $10. www.wintervillecenter.com CLAY CLASSES (Good Dirt) Registration opens on the 15th of every month for the following month’s classes and workshop. Classes range from wheel, unique handles, hand building sculpture and more.

Studio membership is included in class price. www.gooddirt.net COMMUNITY MEDITATION (Rabbit Hole Studios) Jasey Jones leads a guided meditation suitable for all levels that incorporates music, gentle movement and silence. Wednesdays, 6–7 p.m. jaseyjones@gmail. com CRYSTAL ALCHEMY SOUND BATH (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) This session will integrate guided meditation, breath-work, sound healing and somatic release. Nov. 27, 12:30–1:45 p.m. $20–35 suggested donation. www.revolution therapyandyoga.com DEDICATED MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly Zoom

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Power and Piety in 17th-Century Spanish Art.” Through Nov. 28. • “In Dialogue: Artists, Mentors, Friends: Ronald Lockett and Thornton Dial Sr.” focuses on one work by each artist to examine their friendship and compare their creative approaches.

Through Nov. 28. • “Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art” pays homage to the objects stolen during the Gardner Museum heist in 1990 through light boxes, color-blocked graphics and video animation. Through Dec. 5. • “Neo-Abstraction: Celebrating a Gift of Contemporary Art from John and Sara Shlesinger.” Through Dec. 5. • “Whitman, Alabama” features 23 of 52 films from journalist, photographer and filmmaker Jennifer Crandall’s ongoing documentary project of the same name. Through Dec. 12. • “Inside Look: Selected Acquisitions from the Georgia Museum of Art” features previously unseen works from the museum’s collection of over 18,000 objects. Through Jan. 30. • “Collective Impressions: Modern Native American Printmakers.” Through Jan. 30.

GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Zane Cochran presents “Aurora,” a sculptural interpretation of the aurora borealis using 3D geometric figures and lights.

HEIRLOOM CAFE (815 N. Chase St.) Multimedia artist Lois Songster renders plants and animals in combinations of gouache, color pencils, wood, watercolors, paper, pen and ink, digital art and more. Through Jan. 3.

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE (237 Prince Ave.) Acrylics and found objects on canvas by Tom Hancock. Through November.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) AJ Aremu presents a largescale installation for “Window Works,” a site-specific series that utilizes the building’s front entrance windows for outdoor art viewing. • Collections From Our Community presents Bil Raines’ collection of antique toy pond boats. Through Jan. 16. • George Davison presents “Chants/Chance: Tincture, Totem & Charms,” a collection of whimsical assemblages. Through Jan. 1. • “Figure Ground” explores positive space versus negative space, or figure versus ground, through the artworks of Kevin Cole, William Downs, Phil Jasen, Susan Nees, Terry Rowlett, Kate Windley and Sunkoo Yuh. Through Jan. 15. • Curated by Kendall Rogers, “Curation of Self Image” includes works by Parawita Stamm, Anjali Howlett, Lauren Schuster, Monsie Troncosco, Emmie Harvard and Alan Barrett. Through Jan. 15. • “Follow Like Friend” investigates issues surrounding social media through the works of Alyssa Davis, Kimberly Riner and Stephanie Sutton. Through Jan. 15.

MADISON ARTISTS GUILD (125 W. Jefferson St., Madison) Folk artist Peter Loose presents “When Birds Gather.” Through Dec. 24.

MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “MAG POPS!” is a group exhibition of artwork by members of the Madison Artists Guild. Through January.

MASON-SCHARFENSTEIN MUSEUM OF ART (567 Georgia St., Demorest) Jan Walker of The Children’s Gallery in Cornelia presents a glittery, colorful holiday wonderland. Reception Dec. 2 from 4–6 p.m. Currently on view through Dec. 15.

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meditations are offered every Saturday at 8:30–9:30 a.m. Email for details. richardshoe@gmail.com MINDFULNESS PRACTICE EVENINGS (Online) Discuss and practice how to change your relationship with difficult thoughts and emotions. Email for the Zoom link.

Second Friday of the month, 6–7 p.m. FREE! mfhealy@bellsouth.net PAINTING CLASSES (Private Studio on Athens Eastside) One-on-one or small group adult classes are offered in acrylic and watercolor painting. Choose day workshops, ongoing weekly classes or feedback sessions. laurenpaintspaintings@ gmail.com SPANISH CLASSES (Athens, GA) For adults, couples and children.

Learn from experts with years of professional experience. Contact for details. 706-372-4349, marinabilbao75@gmail.com, www.marina-spain-2020.squarespace.com YOGA CLASSES (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Online classes include “Trauma Conscious Yoga with Crystal” Thursdays at 6 p.m. and “Yoga for Wellbeing with Nicole Bechill” on Saturdays at 10:45 a.m. Visit website to register. www.revolution therapyandyoga.com ZOOM YOGA (Online) Rev. Elizabeth Alder offers “Off the Floor Yoga” (chair and standing) on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. and “Easy on the Mat” yoga classes on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Ongoing classes are $5/class or $18/month. 706-612-8077, ommmever@yahoo.com

Events ART EVENTS (Georgia Museum of Art) “Zoom Curator Talk: ‘Inside Look: Selected Acquisitions from the Georgia Museum of Art” is held

Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. “Book Sale” runs Dec. 2–5. “Morning Mindfulness” is held Dec. 3 at 9:30 a.m. “Tour at Two” is held Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. www. georgiamuseum.org ATHENS FARMERS MARKET (Multiple Locations) Saturday markets are held at Bishop Park from 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Markets offer fresh produce, flowers, eggs, meats, prepared foods, a variety of arts and crafts, and live music. Additionally, AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent at the market. A holiday artist market will be held Nov. 27, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. www.athensfarmersmarket.net BIKE ATHENS 5TH BIRTHDAY PARTY (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Bike Athens celebrates its five-year anniversary with a monthly group ride that ends at Little Kings for music by DJ Hermosa and DJ Kaptain. Nov. 26, 6-10 p.m. FREE! www.bikeathens.com BIKE NIGHT (Akademia Brewing Co.) Grab a beer with the Athens Litas Women’s Motorcycle Collective. All bikes and people are welcome. First Thursday of every month, 6–9 p.m. www.akademiabc.com CHRISTMAS AT WIRE PARK (Wire Park, Watkinsville) The celebration features live music by The Athens A-Train Band, a collection of food trucks, a firepit, Java Joy and a visit from Santa. Bring a blanket or chair.

Dec. 11, 5:30–8 p.m. FREE! COFFEE HISTORY & TASTING (Historic Athens Welcome Center) Jittery Joe’s head roaster Charlie Mustard hosts a tasting of the new “1820 Classic Cup” coffee blend.

Dec. 4, 12 p.m. FREE! www.athens welcomecenter.com GIVE THANKS 8K (Hendershot’s Coffee) “Give Thanks 8K” is held on Thanksgiving Day. Nov. 25, 8:30 a.m. (race), 10 a.m. (kids fun run). $40. www.givethanks8k.com

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Artwork by Kate Windley, an assistant professor of art at the University of North Georgia. Through November.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) “Sarah Flinn’s exhibition, “A Toothy Grin,” includes fantastical sculptures, paintings on wood and largescale woven “poofs.” Open by appointment through November.

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.) The new Ted Turner Exhibition Hall and Gallery showcases CNN founder and environmentalist Ted Turner’s life and legacy through memorabilia, photographs and other items. • “Drinkable Water in Georgia” is an interactive exhibit tracing the geographic, environmental and political factors that surround the natural resource and how those issues have impacted Georgians. Through December. • “Not Only for Ourselves: The Integration of UGA Athletics” celebrates the 50th anniversary of integration of the Georgia Bulldogs football team. Tours are offered at 3 p.m. on Fridays before each home football game. On view through Spring 2022. • “At War With Nature: The Battle to Control Pets in Georgia’s Fields, Forests and Front Yards” includes 3D models of insects alongside newspaper articles, government documents and photos to take viewers through the entomological and horticultural wars that Georgians have waged in their own yards, as well as the environmental, ecological and public health concerns related to pests and eradication efforts. Through May 27.

WHEN IN ATHENS (Multiple Locations) Organized by The Humid with support from an Arts in Community Award from the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission, “When In Athens” is a city-wide public art exhibition of images by over 100 photographers made in every Athens. Photographs are installed in the windows of street-facing businesses. Participating locations include Creature Comforts, Georgia Theatre, The Grit, Hi-Lo Lounge, Trappeze Pub and many others. Visit thehumid.com for a full list of participating venues.

WOODHILL (4745 Bob Godfrey Rd.) A pop-up exhibition includes creative works by Dortha Jacobson, Greg Krakow, Leigh Ellis, Ansley Williams, Wini McQueen and Barbara Odil. Event held Nov. 27–28 & Dec. 4–5, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Dec. 1, 12–6 p.m.

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.

Visit willson.uga.edu.

WINTERVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER (371 N. Church St., Winterville) The “Student Art Exhibit” features works by current art students at the Winterville Center. Through December.

HAPPY VALLEY POTTERY HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AND SALE (Happy Valley Potery, Watkinsville) Shop for pottery by Jerry and Kathy Chappelle, Joe Callaway, Chad Whitworth and Kylie Anderson; glass by Loretta Eby; painting by Emma Shore; bath products by Ann Bacon; metal by Jeff Jackson; and jewelry by Marky Waller and Jeanne Pratt. Demnostrations on glassblowing, raku and coin ring making will be held throughout the weekend. Nov. 26–28, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-769-5922 HOLIDAY CABARET (40 Watt Club) Boulevard Burlesque Company hosts a night of music, dance, comedy and more. Featuring the Modern Pin-Ups and other special guests. Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m. $10–15. www.40watt.com HOLIDAY WREATH WORKSHOP (Historic Athens Welcome Center) Join Maggie Haden from The Petal Exchange for an afternoon of making holiday wreaths. Materials included. Dec. 2, 2 p.m. $65. www. athenswelcomecenter.com MADISON CO. LIBRARY EVENTS (Madison Co. Library) “Inclusive Book Club” for adults of all abilities will discuss Dog Stories by James Herriot on Nov. 30 at 11 a.m. www. athenslibrary.org/madison MARGO METAPHYSICAL EVENTS (Margo Metaphysical) Monday Tarot Readings offered 1–5 p.m. ($6 per card). Tuesday Tarot with Davita offered 4–6 p.m. ($5 per card). Wednesday Night Sound Healing with Joey held 6–7:30 p.m. ($35). Thursday Tarot with Courtney is offered 12–5 p.m. ($10–45).

Friday Henna Party with Aiyanna ($10–75). 706-372-1462, jfurman 65@gmail.com MARIGOLD MARKET (Pittard Park, Winterville) Vendors offer local produce, prepared and baked goods, and arts and crafts. Season runs every Saturday through Dec. 11, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. marigoldmarket winterville@gmail.com PARADE OF LIGHTS (Downtown Athens) See a parade of festive floats and community groups. This year’s theme is “A Super Hero Holiday.” Dec. 2, 7 p.m. www.accgov. com/parade REALLY, REALLY FREE MARKET (Reese & Pope Park) Just like a yard sale, but everything is free.

Bring what you can, take what you need. Second Saturday of every month, 12–2 p.m. reallyreallyfree marketathens@gmail.com RABBIT HOLE EVENTS (Rabbit Hole Studios) Acoustic Firepit Jams are held every Monday, 7–11 p.m. Fake Zappa hosts Crazy Cowboy Night, an evening of redneck fashion, outlaw country and poor taste with live music, comedy and more. First and third Thursdays, 7 p.m. Athens Crypto Society meets Fridays at 6 p.m. Rabbit Hole Business Networking Guild meets Fridays at 7 p.m. White Rabbit Collective hosts a drum circle every Sunday from 5–7 p.m., followed by an afterparty with painting, singing, games, yoga and more from 7:30–11 p.m. www. rabbitholestudios.org SMALL BREWERY SUNDAY (Athentic Brewing Company) Support independent craft breweries during one of the busiest holiday shopping weekends of the year. Use the hashtags #SmallBrewerySunday and #SeekTheSeal. Nov. 28. www. athenticbrewing.com SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY CRAFT FAIR (Athentic Brewing Company) Shop from over a dozen small local businesses selling items for the upcoming holiday season. Vendors include Wicked World, Clayton Street Clay,

Maslouhi, Creations by Rise, Pinky’s Productions, HGH Designs and more. Nov. 27, 12–5 p.m. www. athenticbrewing.com SOUTHERN STAR STUDIO OPEN GALLERY (Southern Star Studio) Southern Star Studio is a working, collective ceramics studio, established by Maria Dondero in 2016.

The gallery contains members’ work, primarily pottery. Every Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.southern starstudioathens.com SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTS (Various Locations) UGA presents its 10th annual festival with over 60 events and exhibitions in the literary, performing and visual arts. Check website for full calendar. Through Nov. 30. arts.uga.edu TAKE THIS! COMEDY (Hendershot’s Coffee) A night of improv, games, audience participation and standup comedy. Nov. 27, 8 p.m. www. hendershotsathens.com 10TH ANNUAL BUDDY CHRISTIAN MEMORIAL 5K RUN/WALK (Pittard Park, Winterville) Help raise money for the Buddy Christian Foundation which works to protect law enforcement officers by preventing line of duty deaths and serve the surviving family members of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Nov. 26, 9 a.m. $25– 30. buddychristianfoundation.org WEST BROAD FARMERS MARKET (300 S. Rocksprings St.) The market is open for shopping each week from Sunday at 5 p.m. to Thursday at 1 p.m., with a drive-through (or walk/bike-through) pick-up on Saturdays from 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. wbfm.locallygrown.net WILD SPECTACLE (Jackson Street Building) Janisse Ray celebrates the release of her new book, Wild Spectacle, a series of 16 essays spanning a landscape between Alaska to Central America. Dec. 2, 4:30 p.m. amk27208@uga.edu WOODHILL ART EXHIBITION (Woodhill, 4745 Bob Godfrey Rd.) A pop-up exhibition includes creative works by Dortha Jacobson, Greg Krakow, Leigh Ellis, Ansley Williams, Wini McQueen and Barbara Odil. Nov. 27–28 & Dec. 4–5, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Dec. 1, 12–6 p.m.

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Kidstuff ART CARD CLUB (K.A. Artist Shop) Katy Lipscomb and Tyler Fisher lead weekly gatherings to create, trade and exhibit miniature masterpieces the size of playing cards.

Some materials provided, but participants can bring their own as well. The club meets on Fridays, 4:30–6 p.m. (ages 10–12) and 6:30–8 p.m. (ages 13–17). www. kaartist.com BOGART LIBRARY EVENTS (Bogart Library) “Monday Funday: Sleepy, Furry Animal Friends” is held Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. “Make Your Own Christmas Ornaments” is held Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. “Dungeons and Dragons” is held Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org/bogart FALL CLASSES (Treehouse Kid and Craft) In-person fall classes offer Spanish for ages 7–12, advanced art techniques for ages 9–12, homeschool art for ages 4–6 or 7–12, art school jr. for ages 4–6, art school for ages 7–10 and tiny things Fridays for ages 8 & up.

Check website for dates and to register. www.treehousekidandcraft. com HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES (Multiple Locations) ACC Leisure Services hosts many holiday activities this season. “Deck the Hollow” at Bear Hollow Zoo runs Dec. 3–12. “Tod-

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FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT dlers in the Kitchen with Ms. Portia seeks a donated symmetrical GROUP (ACC Library, Classroom is held at East Athens Community cedar tree roughly 35 feet tall and A) Alzheimer’s Association Georgia Center on Dec. 4. “Letters to Santa” 20 feet in diameter for display in ATHENS ON ICE (The Classic Cenpresents a support group conducted is held Dec. 6–13. “Gingerbread front of City Hall this December. ter) Ice skate on the largest rink in by trained facilitators that is a safe Workshop” at Lay Park is held Dec. Contact to donate. ACC Landscape Northeast Georgia. Nov. 26–Jan. 9. place for those living with dementia 8. “Breakfast with Santa” at Sandy Management handles tree removal www.classiccenter.com and their caregiver to develop a Creek Nature Center is held Dec. 11. and transportation at no cost.

BE A SANTA TO A SENIOR (Athens, support system. First Wednesday Check website for additional events.

706-613-3561, stanley.beasley@ GA) Home Instead Senior Care of every month, 6–7:30 p.m. 706www.accgov.com/holiday events accgov.com hosts a program to collect blan206-6163, www.alz.org/georgia MADISON CO. LIBRARY EVENTS CORNHOLEATL WINTER LEAGUE kets, toiletries and other items to LGBTQIA+ VIRTUAL ALPHABET (Madison Co. Library) “CrafterREGISTRATION (Southern distribute to local seniors in need.

FAMILY GATHERING (Online) noon” offers DIY bird feeders on Brewing Co.) Different divisions Items can be selected online and This is a safe space for anyone on Nov. 29 at 4:30 p.m. www.athens of play accommodate all levels. sent to Athens Community Council the LGBTQIA+/TGQNB spectrum. library.org/madison The seven-week season begins in on Aging. Participants can also pick Fourth Sunday of every month, MAKING DANCES (Work.Shop) This January. Register by Jan. 3. info@ out an ornament of a “wish” at a 6–8 p.m. uuathensga.org/justice/ alternative dance class teaches cornholeatl.com participating location, then buy the welcoming-congregation improvisation and choreography FREE COVID-19 VACCINES (Clarke item and return it. Check website PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP techniques. For ages 10–14.

County Health Department) Vacfor details. Through Dec. 3. www.

(First Baptist Church) This group Taught by Lisa Yaconelli. Tuescines are available by appointment beasantatoasenior.com is to encourage, support and share days, 6:15–7:30 p.m. $60/month, or walk-in. No insurance or ID $210/14 weeks. required. www.public lisayaconelli@ healthisforeveryone. gmail.com, www. com lisayaconelli.com HEALTH CLINICS RIPPLE EFFECT (Nuçi’s Space) Free FILM PROJECT health clinics are CALL FOR FILMS available for uninsured (Athens, GA) Submit musicians and their a short film interfriends and family. preting this year’s Doctors can diagnose, theme is “Healthy treat and refer. Call to Water, Healthy make an appointment.

World.” Open to Nov. 29. 706-227Pre-K through 12th 1515 grade filmmakers.

OLLI MEMBERDeadline Jan. 15.

SHIP (Athens, GA) www.rippleeffectfilm Join OLLI@UGA, a project.org dynamic learning and SANTA PHOTOS social community for (Madison-Morgan adults 50 and up that Cultural Center) offers classes, shared Make an appointinterest groups, social ment to have your activities and events. photo taken with www.olli.uga.edu Santa. Dec. 3–4, 10 POP-UP PARK (Atha.m.–5 p.m. $45– ens, GA) ACC Leisure 90/family. www.

Services has a new mmcc-arts.org bus, decorated by TEEN CLUBS (Lyndon local artist Eli SaraHouse Arts Center) goussi, that serves as a “Teen Media Arts mobile recreation unit Club” covers how to to take free activities make and edit vidand equipment to pubeos. Tuesdays, 5–7 lic community events, p.m. “Teen Fashion festivals and school Design/Sewing programs. Request the Club” is led by local bus using an online designer Tabitha form. www.accgov.

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Pop-Up-Park “Teen Cartoon/IllusSUPPORT FOR trator’s Club” covers SENIORS WITH drawing techniques, PETS (Athens, GA) storytelling, anime The Athens Area and more. ThursHumane Society and Lance Ash is currently sharing a collection of paintings, including “Alone in the Cold Marshlands“ above, days, 5:30–7:30 Athens Community at Earth Fare through November. p.m. www.accgov.

Council on Aging have CASA TRAINING (Online) The Athinformation with fellow sojourners com/myrec partnered to offer support services ens-Oconee CASA program will who manage the challenges of TUTORING (Online) The Athens to seniors enrolled in ACCA prohost a virtual info session on Dec. Parkinson’s disease or other moveRegional Library System is now grams. This includes emergency 8 at 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to ment disorders. Second Friday of offering free, live online tutoring via pet fostering, affordable wellness learn about the next training class, every month, 1 p.m. gpnoblet@ tutor.com for students K-12, plus care, pet health workshops and pet which runs Thursdays from Mar. bellsouth.net college students and adult learners. training. www.accaging.org 17–Apr. 14, 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Daily, 2–9 p.m. www.athenslibrary.

TOILET FLAPPER PROMO (Normal www.athensoconeecasa.org Dharma) This peer-led support org Hardware) Check your loo for leaks THE CLOCKED IN CREATIVE group offers a Buddhist-inspired VIDEO GAME NIGHT (Lay Park) Play with blue toilet tablets or food colPODCAST (Athens, GA) Hosted by path to recovery from any addicthe latest video games during touroring. Free tablets and flappers are Seth Hendershot, a new podcast tion. Visit the website for details. nament style play and free play. For available through November. www. called “The Clocked In Creative” Thursdays, 6–7 p.m. FREE! www. ages 11–17. Registration required. accgov.com/watersmart will touch on entrepreneurship, athensrecoverydharma.org Mondays through Dec. 13, 6–7:30 WINTER LEISURE ACTIVITIES (Athbusiness models, IP rights, brandRESTORING RESILIENCE & p.m. FREE! 706-613-3596 ens, GA) ACC Leisure Services will ing, etc. for creatives. Episodes will MINDFUL LIVING (Heart Stone) offer a diverse selection of activities feature Serra Jagger of Indie South, “Restoring Resilience” is a fivehighlighting the arts, environmental Sanni Baumgartner of Community, week resource building psychoscience, recreation, sports and holMichelle Davis, Bertis Downs, Shil therapy group for trauma survivors. iday events for adults and children.

Patel of Tiger Bomb Promo, Rashe AL-ANON 12 STEP (Multiple LocaTuesdays, Jan. 11-Feb. 8, 10 a.m.

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Rabbit Hole Studios 7–10 p.m. FREE! www.rabbithole studios.org OPEN MIC Featuring spoken word, performance art, comedy, singer-songwriters and more. Sign-ups are first come, first served. Hosted

by Peyton Covfefe.

Southern Brewing Co., Monroe 7:30 p.m. www.sobrewco.com FUNKY BLUESTER Blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles.

Wednesday 24 Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com NEW FACES NIGHT Discover new Athens musical talent. This installment features Radio Jane, Ready Boys and Lauryn Waters.

Normal Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $5–10 suggested donation. www.facebook.com/ normal.bar.7 ETIENNE DE ROCHER Local virtuoso guitarist (of Haunted Shed) plays a solo set of unique, layered style of indie rock.

HAUNTED SHED Local band led

by Etienne de Rocher and featuring members of Kenosha Kid and The Glands.

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COUNTRY FUN WITH STEVE GRUBBS The gang busts out its collection of Louvin Brothers and other ol’ time country with singer Steve Grubbs (of Little Francis).

Friday 26 Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com MAGIC TUBER STRINGBAND Experimental old-time duo of fiddler Courtney Werner and guitar/banjo player Evan Morgan from Durham, NC. MICHAEL POTTER Local guitarist creates a blend of ambient folk and psychedelic songs and soundscapes.

KIRAN FERNANDES Local experimental guitarist influenced by American Primitive and other styles.

BO + EVAN Old-time banjo and fiddle duo.

Hendershot’s Coffee 9 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com KNOWA JOHNSON AND THE AQUATIC SOULS Performing a tribute to the Commodores, a funk and soul band renowned for hits like “Brickhouse” and “Just to Be Close to You.” Southern Brewing Co., Monroe Outdoors. 7:30 p.m. www. sobrewco.com JACK & JIM Jack Miller and Jim

Greene present an evening of live blues.

Saturday 27 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. (doors). $10–12. www.40watt.com MONSOON Athens-based band informed by punk, anime culture and new wave.

ART CONTEST Math-rock group with propulsive rhythms and intricate melodies.

PSYCHIC DUNGEON Melodic psych rock.

HONEYPUPPY Breeders influenced pop band featuring members of Telemarket and The Pinkstones.

International Grill & Bar Outdoors. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/IGBAthensGA BEAU DIAMOND St. Louis-based musician combining elements of garage rock with crunchy guitar leads and raw vocals.

BURN BABES Groovy like a drive-in movie. Lauren Leathers and Ian Hunter Rowland combine old-school classics with new age feminist rock and roll.

Trappeze Pub 11:30 p.m.–2 a.m. $5. www.trappezepub.com SILENT DISCO Grab a pair of headphones and enjoy a silent disco with your pals. Every Saturday.

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new group straddling the Athens-Atlanta divide is Sunset Honor Unit. Composed of Drew Kirby (Mothers, New Wives), Jacob Chisenhall (Fake Flowers), Noah Estrella, Darisuh Mirsajedin and Jason Bronson (Syblline Lover), the band was kickstarted by Chisenhall and Kirby as an avenue to explore multiple influences and genres.

To that end, the band has a brand new self-titled EP— recorded on Election Night in November 2020—and has released it courtesy of Kirby’s Marching Banana Records.

The record itself is a really cool marriage of surf and Paisley Underground sounds. Melodies are in no short supply, and there are multiple high-water marks here. Among my favorites are opening track “Drift” and the Three O’Clock-flavored “Papaya.”

Find this over at marchingbanana.bandcamp.com.

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Buvez Nuçi’s Space Fundraiser. 6 p.m. (doors), 6:30 p.m. (show). $20 suggested donation. www.nuci.org ATHENS UNCOVERED Ten bands cover fellow Athens artists. Participants include Showroom Dummies, Harvey Milk Hotel, Nuclear Tourism, Good Grief Trio, Fester Hagood, Jay Gonzalez, Honeychild, Panic Wave, Five Eight and Big C! The Classic Center 7:30 p.m. $45–97. www.classic center.com JASON MRAZ The Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist celebrates the 20th-anniversary edition of his first album Live & Acoustic.

TOCA RIVERA The longtime collaborator of Mraz brings his djembe skills along for this coast-to-coast journey.

Rabbit Hole Studios 7–10 p.m. FREE! www.rabbithole studios.org OPEN MIC Featuring spoken word, performance art, comedy, singer-songwriters and more. Sign-ups are first come, first served.

Southern Brewing Co., Monroe 7:30 p.m. www.sobrewco.com FUNKY BLUESTER Blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles.

Athentic Brewing Co. 6:30 p.m. www.athenticbrewing. com HOT HOTTY HOTS Mary Sigalas, Dan Horowitz, Steve Key and surprise guests play swingin’ tunes from the ‘10s, ‘20s and ‘30s.

Hendershot’s Coffee 7 p.m. FREE! www.hendershots coffee.com OPEN MIC Showcase your talent at this open mic night.

Porterhouse Grill 6–9 p.m. www.porterhouseathens. com/jazz JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy standards,

no shortage of local bands who eschewed pretty much all Athens music history for the seemingly fresh sounds of the Pacific

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Down the Line 12/3 St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Buffalo Nichols (Georgia Theatre) 12/3 Classic City Band (The Classic Center) 12/3 Caleb Caudle, Spencer Thomas (The Lewis Room at Tweed Recording) 12/6 A Baroque Christmas (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) 12/7 Irish Christmas in America (The Classic Center)

Pandemic Protocols 40 Watt Club: masks indoors; proof of full vaccination required Athentic Brewing Co.: masks indoors Buvez: masks indoors The Classic Center: masks indoors Flicker Theatre & Bar: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours; masks indoors Hendershot’s Coffee: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours International Grill and Bar: masks encouraged Normal Bar: masks indoors Porterhouse Grill: masks encouraged Rabbit Hole Studios: masks encouraged Southern Brewing Co.: masks indoors Trappeze Pub: masks indoors

Northwest. In retrospect, this phenomenon was relatively short-lived but produced some nice artifacts. Among those is the body of recorded work by Gamut. Three EPs are slated for re-release next year, but for now, you can snack on the single track “The Wheeler,” which could be best described as early ‘90s psych with a Black Flag fetish. It’s been so long since I heard this that it might as well be the first time, but it does bring back memories of a time when $2 beers seemed expensive and any show over $3 was a total ripoff. I’ll keep you posted when the EPs themselves are released, but grab a taste of this over at gamut-v1.bandcamp.com. ’TIS THE SEASON: Multi-

improv and originals by a live jazz trio every Wednesday night over dinner.

instrumental wizard Jeffrey Bützer will bring his annual performance of A Charlie Brown Christmas to the 40 Watt Club on Thursday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. Bützer has hosted this performance for the past 14 years at a few different venues in the Atlanta and Marietta areas, and this year marks the second time he’s brought it to Athens. He reports they’ll also be playing selections from one of the best Christmas LPs of all time, A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector. Openers The Frigidaires are slated to play Christmas selections from The Ventures and Beach Boys.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids. These are only available online, so head to 40watt.com to buy yours and leave some room on your card for processing fees.

In other news for the unfamiliar, I heartily encourage you to do some diving in Bützer’s catalog. He’s never failed to leave me very deeply impressed with everything he does.

Start your journey at jeffreybutzer.bandcamp.com.

KINGS OF THE NIGHT TIME WORLD: Metal mer-

chants Sacred Bull have returned with a new three-song EP named Wider Heavens which, as it turns out, is quite an apt title.

Although I’ve previously described the band as “atmospheric post-metal,” this new record takes those stakes and places them, um, wider. Specifically, the atmospheric-ambient elements here are kicked into high gear and assist in making what was already a solitary listen even more inward looking.

It’s difficult for me to make a one-to-one comparison with any other artists here, but I think it’s safe to say that fans of Wolves in the Throne Room and Drudkh would be pleased. This release comes courtesy of Super Carnival Recordings, and you can check it out at sacredbull.bandcamp.com.

BUILT TOUGH: It’s been 18 months since we’ve

heard anything from Love My Truck, but now there’s at least one new track.

The generally prolific duo just released the single-song EP titled Coors Lice. The song is named “Blue MTS (Live in Colorado),” and it was such a cool surprise to hear. The electronic elements of Love My Truck’s music are generally hidden behind a wall of deeply affective Americana. This new song, however, brings it all upfront, and it’s a deliciously enjoyable, slow-paced electropop track with a steady and catchy bass rhythm.

That’s really all there is to say about this, so plug it in at lovemytruck.bandcamp.com. f

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