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Athens-Clarke County commissioners voted last week to urge the state legislature to approve a new district map drawn by Democratic Rep. Spencer Frye that would allow three progressive commissioners to keep their seats and tens of thousands of voters to remain in their current district.

But without unanimous support—commissioners Mike Hamby and Allison Wright voted against Frye’s “compromise map”— the Republican redistricting plan appears likely to move forward, with a tight timeline for local election officials to prepare ballots for the May election.

Four Republican legislators who represent parts of Athens—Reps. Houston Gaines and Marcus Wiedower and Sens.

Bill Cowsert and Frank Ginn—introduced a map earlier this month that would prevent commissioners Melissa Link, Tim Denson and Russell Edwards from running for re-election this year by placing them in districts that aren’t on the ballot until 2024.

Their map, dubbed the “insurrection map” because it was released on the anniversary of Trump supporters storming the Capitol Jan. 6, would put two-thirds of Athens voters into new districts and create three open seats on the commission.

They introduced the map despite the

commission voting 7-2 in December to send the legislature a locally drawn map that made minimal changes to the current districts only to equalize their populations based on 2020 Census data. Three commissioners—Mike Hamby, Ovita Thornton and Allison Wright—refused to support the locally drawn map despite warnings that a lack of consensus would open the door for Republicans to redraw commission districts without public input or local support.

Frye denounced the Republican-drawn map in strong terms, calling it an effort to thwart the will of Athens voters who’d elected Link, Denson and Edwards by overwhelming margins.

“This is literally taking the vote away from Athenians. It’s disruptive to the democratic system of government,” Frye told Flagpole. “They’re not even picking up Republican [seats], which I could accept, because that’s what redistricting is designed for, but to disrupt the democratic process, I’m very disappointed with my colleagues.

This is what we’ve come to expect from the party of Trump.”

Like several commissioners, Frye noted that the four Republicans introduced the map on Jan. 6, the anniversary of Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol to

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“This is a joke—messing around with peoples’ lives and laughing about it,” he continued. “It’s got to be one of the largest subversions of democracy I’ve ever witnessed. Certainly something we’d expect from a banana republic and not the United States of America.”

Frye said that his map accomplishes many of the same stated goals as the Republican-drawn one, such as creating a fourth majority-minority district, while also keeping incumbents in their districts, keeping neighborhoods intact, splitting fewer precincts and reducing the potential for voter confusion.

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Prior to a Jan. 20 called meeting to vote on backing Frye’s map, Mayor Kelly Girtz and the seven commissioners who opposed Republicans’ redistricting efforts held a rally outside City Hall that drew about 75 people despite short notice and a cold drizzle. Commissioner Mariah Parker, who represents East Athens, said part of her district shouldn’t be lumped in with downtown and Boulevard, as they have different interests.

Paul Glaze, communications director for the progressive political group the New Georgia Project, trained his sights on Hamby in particular, accusing him of “colluding with Republicans.”

Hamby was silent during the hour-long called meeting, while Wright asked several

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procedural questions but did not explain her vote against Frye’s map. Denson’s assertion that there could be no reason to vote against it except to oust three colleagues went unanswered. Edwards sarcastically thanked the pair for their “vote of no confidence” in himself, Denson and Link.

Thornton, meanwhile, questioned whether unanimous support was necessary, even though it’s been a longstanding rule of the local delegation to move forward with local legislation (bills that affect only a particular jurisdiction and are passed under different rules). She made a confusing motion requesting that the five members of the delegation agree on a map. When it became clear that other commissioners felt that was unnecessary, she asked to change her vote in favor of the Frye map to a “no” vote.

“I was trying to find a way for us to work together,” Thornton said, “but it doesn’t seem like [anybody] wants to do that.”

Thornton said her vote was not “personal” and decried “misinformation” in the feedback she’s gotten. “Please, let’s not make the three commissioners [who will be cut out of their districts] seem like victims,” she said. “Those of us who voted either abstention or no, we became victims also.”

By the end, the tense meeting had devolved to the point that a clearly frustrated Edwards made a motion to adjourn, which was quickly approved.

Whatever happens in the legislature is likely to happen quickly. Director of Elections and Voter Registration Charlotte Sosebee said she would like to have a new map this week so that her office can update voter databases by a Feb. 18 deadline. Sosebee said she supports Frye’s map because the drastic changes in the Republican map could lead to mistakes, such as placing voters in the wrong district, and notifying so many voters of the changes would be difficult. Almost 50,000 Athens voters would be affected by the Republican plan. [Blake Aued]

Vote on Transportation Projects Next Week ACC commissioners will approve a final list of transportation projects Dec. 1 to put before voters in May. A 22-member citizens advisory committee has been working for months to whittle proposals down to $144 million, the amount the 1% TSPLOST sales tax for transportation is expected to generate over five years. Chair Lauren Blais told the commission Dec. 14 that the committee focused on leveraging state and federal grants, safety, equity and underserved communities.

Some of the big-ticket items include $25 million for transit operations, which would keep Athens Transit fare-free through 2027; $16.8 million to implement the Athens in Motion bike and pedestrian master plan; $15.2 million specifically for bike and pedestrian projects on West Broad Street and Atlanta Highway; $9.7 million to purchase electric vehicles; $8.9 million for a Beech Haven greenway linking Forest Heights and Sycamore Drive; and $7.5 million to complete the Firefly Trail.

There’s also funding for bike and pedestrian improvements on other specific corridors, such as Timothy Road, Lexington Road, Old Hull Road, Westchester Drive and the Stonehenge neighborhood. Other projects of note include greenway connectors to

J.J. Harris Elementary School and Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery, a back entrance off Newton Bridge Road to Sandy Creek Nature Center, express transit service citywide and a host of smaller projects for the historically underserved East and North Athens areas.

Other funds will likely go to less “sexy” projects like bridge and culvert replacement, although the advisory committee cut funding for road repaving in hopes that the commission would find another source.

That was just one of the projects commissioners have described as priorities that the advisory committee left off; others include making the College Square pedestrian plaza permanent and a roundabout at West Broad Street and Hancock Avenue.

Meanwhile, commissioners are advocating for more projects for their districts.

“We have more [projects] in District 9 than we’ve ever had before,” Commissioner Ovita Thornton said, but “the dollar amount is no comparison.” Commissioner Russell Edwards is pushing for Five Points intersection improvements. Commissioners Melissa Link and Tim Denson want a bike path on Jefferson Road. And Commissioner Patrick Davenport asked to include projects on Nowhere and Smithonia roads. Adding their priorities, though, will also require commissioners to cut other projects.

Some commissioners also want to reorganize money into “buckets” rather than hyper-specific projects. That would be unfair to the citizens and staff who proposed projects and the TSPLOST advisory committee, committee member Allen Jones told the commission at a Jan. 18 hearing.

The federal infrastructure act could provide opportunities for more funding, Blais said, but those are still coming into focus.

“I know we’re all parsing, trying to find out what will come our way,” she said. “It’s more important than ever. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” [BA]

What Happened to Clarke Middle Principal?

More than a dozen Clarke Middle School parents and teachers came to the school board’s Jan. 20 meeting to support former CMS principal Christopher Pendley and ask why he was reassigned.

Pendley was abruptly removed as CMS principal and reassigned to the central office shortly before winter break. No one in the school community has been given an explanation.

In a public Facebook post earlier this month, Pendley asked supporters to help him get to the bottom of the move. “Up to this point, I have been trying to resolve this situation amicably with my district office superiors,” he wrote. “At this point, it has been made clear that they are not interested in an amicable resolution, and they are unwilling to be transparent about the reasons for my removal.”

Sandy Cedarbaum, president of the school Parent-Teacher Organization, told the school board that 120 people recently met with Chief Academic Officer Brannon Gaskins, who is serving as acting superintendent while Xernona Thomas is on medical leave.

“A common theme was the distrust the district caused in the way Mr. Pendley was removed,” Cedarbaum said. “Mr. Gaskins said he understands the broken relationship this caused, and the need for it to be mended. Repeatedly, the question was

asked, ‘Why did Mr. Pendley have to be removed this way?’ And repeatedly, the answer was, we cannot be told the reason.”

Theories have emerged on social media that Pendley’s reassignment was the result of an incident in which a student took video of a sex act in a school bathroom, and/ or a student beating a classmate with a water bottle full of rocks. Such speculation has “marred the reputation of a respected leader,” Cedarbaum said.

Teachers are now fearful they could be dismissed with no reason given as well, Cedarbaum added. “We really feel thrown into sort of chaos at CMS,” said teacher Graham Jarboe. “How are we supposed to trust the decisions that officials in our district make?”

Others spoke about Pendley’s character, work ethic and commitment to students. Another former CMS principal, Tad MacMillan, called him “the kindest, most competent school leader I’ve ever met.”

Neither Gaskins nor board members addressed the issue during the meeting. [BA]

COVID Continues Spread Among Children COVID-19 continued to take a toll on the Athens community last week, with several weeks of rapidly rising new cases resulting in new hospitalizations and deaths of Clarke County residents. While data did show some stabilization and a slight decrease, the transmission level is still very high, with a seven-day average of 2,019 new cases on Jan. 21.

Four Clarke County residents died of COVID-19 in the last two weeks, and ICU bed space at local hospitals is maxed out with 74 patients in intensive care units that normally only have 70 beds. As of Jan. 21, COVID-19 patients made up 35% of all hospital patients in Region E, with 98 COVID patients from Clarke and 147 from neighboring counties. As public health expert Amber Schmidtke noted last week, Georgia residents are being hospitalized at a very high rate, likely because of low vaccination rates. As of Jan. 20, Georgia was ranked second behind Guam for the rate of new

hospitalizations.

While the Omicron wave may have peaked and new cases are trending down for adults, new cases among children are still increasing. As of Jan. 20, the DPH School Aged Surveillance report showed that in Clarke County over the last two weeks there were 175 confirmed new cases for children ages 0-4 and 381 new confirmed cases for children ages 5-17. The Clarke County School District reported 1,167 cases for January as of Friday, already more than twice as many as the previous high in August 2021.

Wastewater data from UGA infectious diseases professor Erin Lipp’s lab suggests that viral transmission is still very high but may be stabilizing. Viral loads in Athens wastewater, which give us a picture of viral spread before it’s apparent in testing data, was stable for the second week in a row, but “levels remain very high, indicating that active transmission is ongoing.”

UGA reported 992 positive cases for the week of Jan. 10-16, the second-highest number of cases reported yet for a week since the beginning of the pandemic.

The highest weekly case count at UGA to date was 1,490 in August of 2020. UGA administered 2,343 surveillance tests on campus for the week with a 15% positive rate, again indicating cases are likely being undercounted.

While new cases have been on the rise, vaccination rates at this juncture are abysmal. In the last two weeks, 553 first doses and 459 second doses were administered to Clarke County residents. To date, 48% of residents, or 60,445, are fully vaccinated. Vaccination rates for children under 17 have not seen much success in recent weeks, either. As of Jan. 21, 1,455 children ages 5-9; 2,674 children ages 10-14; and 3,617 children ages 15-19 have received at least one dose. In the last two weeks, a mere 119 children ages 5-9 and 65 children ages 10-14 have received a dose. While the Omicron wave may have peaked at this point, public health experts are still concerned that more children are not being vaccinated, as they remain the largest part of the population that’s still vulnerable to the virus. [Jessica Luton] f

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GOP lawmakers have previously resisted.

The extended coverage is temporarily being provided during the pandemic because of a federal requirement, but there is support building to make that permanent beyond the health care emergency.

“My plan is to go ahead and put it in code so that when that state of emergency goes away, that coverage won’t go away,” Sen. Dean Burke, a Bainbridge Republican, said during a panel discussion this week sponsored by Georgians for a Healthy Future.

A compromise proposal last year extended the coverage, which once ended after two months, to six months in hopes of improving Georgia’s high maternal mortality rates.

he state budget will swell under Gov. trusted our citizens to be a part of the Brian Kemp’s proposed spending solution instead of part of the problem. We plan as a surge in revenue clears the continue to fight unconstitutional federal way for the rest of a promised teacher pay mandates that force hardworking Georgians raise, a salary hike for state workers and to choose between their livelihoods or a $1.6 billion in refunds for taxpayers.

COVID vaccine.”

The governor, who is in a tough reelecThe state has budgeted $125 million for tion battle, released his proposed $30.2 the project, with the bulk of it—$112.6 milbillion budget for next year after a speech lion—going to local officials for land acquiwhere he outlined his spending wish list sition and development. There’s also money and announced his support for divisive proposed for a training center to support Kemp’s opponent in the GOP primary, base-pleasing proposals, such as bills target- the burgeoning electric vehicle industry in the Trump-backed David Perdue, accused ing transgender athletes and teachings on the state. the governor of following Perdue’s lead on systemic racism in schools.

The governor has also proposed several issues like parental involvement in schools.

“From the classroom to the ball field, measures meant to address the rise in And Democrats in the Georgia House there are those who want to divide our kids violent crime, including increased funding and Senate railed against Kemp for not along political lines, push partisan agendas, for his anti-gang initiatives and the state’s expanding Medicaid fully, for and indoctrinate students from not ensuring Georgians were all walks of life,” Kemp said in better protected from COVIDhis State of the State speech 19, and for not pushing for a livJan. 13. ing wage for many Georgians.

The governor’s proposed In their joint response, the spending plan is just the start minority party praised Kemp of the process, though. State for following through on teacher lawmakers will also want to pay raises but said that more leave their mark on the budget money should be directed and factor in their own prioritoward hiring more teachers and ties. But the governor sets the support staff. spending level, which means Democrats also claim Kemp lawmakers can only move is focused more on expanding money around. The legislature’s the state’s gun laws—which he budget writers got to work last only gave passing mention in his week, kicking things off with Gov. Brian Kemp gives his State of the State address in the House chamber State of the State speech—than changes to this year’s budget Jan. 13. strengthening COVID-19 testthat runs through the end of ing and vaccination programs.

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Caucus leaders criticized Kemp for not crime lab and medical examiners to handle taking stronger steps, such as expanding the workload. He also took a shot at some Medicaid to 500,000 Georgians at a time local officials as being “soft on crime.” when more than 26,000 Georgians have Georgia leaders head into budget talks died from COVID-19 complications. “Over with the state sitting on a pile of cash, the past two years, so many of these deaths thanks in good part to federal COVID-19 were preventable,” House Minority Caucus The governor is also moving forward relief money. Republicans, though, are Leader James Beverly said. “The governor with his health care plan after the Biden under pressure from the right to cut taxes, failed our health, our state and our econadministration questioned the proposal to while others see the surging revenues as omy. The money is on the table to expand sidestep healthcare.gov and divert consuman opportunity to bolster state services. health care to 500,000 Georgians, and it’s ers looking for insurance to a privately run Kemp’s budget is about $3 billion larger been there for years.” process. There is $23.5 million proposed than this year’s budget.

Gloria Butler, the Senate minority leader, to move forward with a state health-care Between this year’s updated budget and said Kemp’s $2,000 pay raise for teachers exchange. next year’s spending plan, the governor is and support staff was long overdue, but There is also $140 million in the budget proposing nearly $650 million to reverse even with the bump, Georgia’s teacher pay to continue building out a reinsurance procuts made to public education and pay for remains below the national average. “I am gram, which is designed to reduce insurance glad the governor decided to raise teacher a $2,000 raise for teachers—capping off premiums. This part of Kemp’s plans has the $5,000 pay hike Kemp promised on the pay, but there is so much more needed, found broader support, and he championed especially right now,” the Stone Mountain campaign trail in 2018—and $1,000 for the program in his remarks. school bus drivers and other staffers. There senator said. “Online school has exacerThe governor touted the increased numis $367.5 million to give state workers a bated the learning gap. We need more ber of insurance carriers in the individual $5,000 raise, and another $143 million to teachers, more substitute teachers and market and the lower premiums, particuincrease the 401(k) match to 9% and other more paraprofessionals to work with kids larly in rural counties. Health care advosweetened employee perks—a proposal who’ve fallen behind for the past two years.” cates say additional discounts packed into intended to curb staff turnover.

Meanwhile, Kemp’s plan to distribute last year’s federal COVID-19 relief package The state has not released details about $1.6 billion of surplus through income tax are also a factor. the incentives offered to the electric vehirefunds of $250 for a single filer and $500 “While the Biden administration plays cle start-up Rivian, but the spending plan for families will barely make a “dent” for politics, in Georgia, we’re making health also offered a peek into the cost to lure the many people struggling to pay their bills care more affordable for millions of our citi- and high childcare costs, Butler said. She company to Georgia. Rivian announced last zens,” Kemp said. month it had selected a rural area east of argued the state setting a $15 minimum He proposed new spending to tackle Atlanta for its second factory and would wage law would be much more beneficial for the workforce shortage in health care, and invest $5 billion and create 7,500 jobs. the long-term for families. f he also backed a $28.2 million proposal to “Georgia is on the move because we This article originally appeared in the Georgia extend Medicaid coverage for low-income chose freedom over government shutRecorder. moms for a full year after delivery, which downs,” Kemp said in his speech. “We

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Kemp vs. Perdue

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In 1868, Clarke County voters sent two Black men, just freed from slavery, to the state legislature in Atlanta. This meant that the entirety of the county’s delegation to the state House of Representatives was Black. Conservatives raged. Within weeks, the forces of white conservatism in the Georgia legislature overturned the will of the people and expelled the two men, Alfred Richardson and Madison Davis, along with the 31 other Black legislators simply on the basis of their race. From then until now, the forces of white conservatism have overridden local control in communities like Athens whenever it has suited their aims or grudges, despite whatever has spilled out of the other sides of their mouths about “small government” and “local control.”

Ordinarily, the Georgia General Assembly former slave plantation, but—let’s face it— is a shoo-in for top honors in the Best Free that won’t hurt him with most Republicans.

Show in Town competition. This year it’ll I wouldn’t be surprised to see him use it in have stiff competition from the Republican- a campaign ad—especially in the aforemenon-Republican death cage match between tioned rural regions of the state. incumbent GOP Governor Brian Kemp and One presumed advantage for Kemp is former President Donald J. Trump’s handthat he’s built up a $12 million campaign picked lapdog, ex-U.S. Sen. David Perdue. war chest. I say “presumed” because recent I wouldn’t place a bet on this race right history tells us a fat bank account is no now if my life depended on it, but I would guarantee of political success in Georgia wager that it’ll bring into sharper focus than ever before the schism between Republicans in bloodred rural Georgia and those in metro Atlanta’s purplish suburbs and exurbs.

Picture the Georgia GOP as Humpty Dumpty. The one thing we know for sure is that the KempPerdue match will pull him off the wall and bust him into at least two big pieces. The question is whether either candidate can put him back together again.

The differences in these two wings of (see: Barnes, Roy, 2002). On top of that, he’s the party are profound. Rural Georgia now apparently sitting on a multi-billion Republicans are among the poorest and dollar state surplus and wants to spend least well-educated voters on the planet. about $1.6 billion in “tax refunds” to all Their suburban and exurban GOP cousins Georgians. are pretty much the exact opposite: highIt’s unclear whether he’ll have to report ly-educated, economically productive and those refunds as campaign expenditures, very affluent. It was among this latter group but, frankly, it’s also unclear whether they’ll that Trump arguably lost Georgia in the do him much political good. Trump’s name 2020 presidential race. was printed on hundreds of billions of dolTrying to parse those voting blocs right lars in COVID stimulus checks issued in the now strikes me as an exercise in futility. spring of 2020, and he promptly went on to My first impulse would be to give Perdue lose re-election a few months later. the edge, thanks almost His successor, Joe entirely to the Trump Biden, seems to have Picture the Georgia GOP fared little endorsement. It was, better with as Humpty Dumpty. after all, a Trump his own stimulus checks endorsement in 2018 (although he did not that doomed former Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle’s have his name printed on the checks). then-frontrunning gubernatorial bid and all Based on recent polling data, it’s far from but handed the Republican nomination to clear that his stimulus program did him Kemp. How can Kemp expect to do without much political good. that Trumpian support the second time If the Trump and Biden experience is around? any guide, Kemp’s taxpayer refunds will be That line of thinking might hold true in largely forgotten within a few weeks after rural Georgia, but the ‘burbs are different. the checks go out.

I write this without the benefit of any pollFor what it’s worth, I think Kemp missed ing data, but I have to wonder if the stink a Nixon-to-China moment. With a few of Trump still clings to Perdue in those billion spare bucks lying around, why not climes—and whether Kemp might have put it to strategic use and plow it into hardthe advantage there. I am no Kemp fan, but wiring rural Georgia for broadband internet I think a fair assessment of his first term service? Broadband has, after all, been held has to be that it hasn’t been a total disasout by many Republicans as key to rural ter. (Hey, my expectations are pretty low.)

Georgia’s salvation, and that kind of iniHe’s chalked up some impressive economic tiative would have created hundreds if not development wins and has somehow manthousands of jobs and helped build a founaged to avoid embarrassing the state on any dation for economic development in the kind of regular basis. parts of the state that need it the most. f OK, OK, he signed SB 202 surrounded This column originally appeared at troubleingods by a group of mostly over-fed old white country.com and is reprinted with permission. guys while sitting under a painting of a

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on the county commission have maliciously redrawn the county commission district map to wreak havoc on our local government and usurp the will of Athens voters. Three popular and long-dedicated commissioners are rendered ineligible for re-election in May by the Republican-drawn map. A feat of that sort cannot be accomplished without intention. Furthermore, Republicans massively contorted a district to place two of the commission’s most progressive members together in a radically misshapen district. Again, this can only have been by design.

It is, in many ways, the same story it’s been since the days of white rage at slavery’s end. Conservative power has always felt free to resort to un-American means, be it autocracy or violence, when their sense of entitled control is thwarted at the ballot box. But what is different in this most recent theft is that the opportunity was crafted by those in our midst and handed to the forces of conservatism by members of our own government.

What is shocking and novel in this otherwise typical display of conservative aggression is that About 100 people attended a rally at City Hall Jan. 20 to fight a Repub- our own elected officials lican plan to redraw Athens-Clarke County Commission districts. invited them in. What we never suspected is In just the last year, Black Democratic that, during this age of increasingly fascismembers of local election boards across the tic aggression in the Trumpist Republican state have been ousted by conservatives Party, there would be auxiliaries to that after the state legislature and the governor effort in our own county commission. greenlit such partisan takeovers. Much of These auxiliaries should be named. the Republican caucus in the state legislaCommissioners Allison Wright and Mike ture has taken on the fascistic belligerence Hamby all but tied a bow on the gift they of their party leader, former president knowingly handed to right-wing forces. The Donald Trump, who nudges the country conditions did not exist for the takeover of toward conflict and democratic demise. local control until Wright and Hamby creIt is all of a piece—the removal of local ated them. Commissioner Ovita Thornton, control of election boards and the Jan. 6 for her part, played the role of conferring violent siege of the U.S. Capitol to prevent legitimacy and cover to the more overt acts the peaceful transfer of power are part of of aggression by Wright and Hamby. Their the same vast spasm of denial at having maneuver was, in a way, quite impressive. If lost. In 1868, it was the panic of conservaI were a crypto-conservative working inside tive whites realizing quite suddenly that a progressive county government, I would having enslaved so many humans meant be proud of my civic sleeper cell for having that those people, when freed, would inflicted such a wound. outnumber them. In 2020, it was a new As right-wing forces in our country panic, that an increasingly diverse councontinue their march toward a politics of try rejected the white conservatism of a coup-making and the subversion of democTrumpist Republican Party, and a violent racy, we have to hope that there aren’t mob stormed the Capitol to overturn the more of their secret confederates awaiting popular will of the American people. opportunities to assist. As Hannah Arendt If you can’t win, cheat. This is the age-old explained, there is a banality of evil—the conservative tactic that their party leader core of political evil needs its concentric has rekindled in them. It turns out that rings of chumps willing to pitch in in their those notions of “personal responsibility” little ways. Everyone plays their part. It is and “self-reliance” that conservatives insist an apparatus, not a single man, that ultiapply to others are too heavy of a burden mately dooms democracies. On the furthest for themselves. They lose like spiteful periphery of that apparatus are the most children. banal abettors, who have no home either Now that spite has been trained on inside the apparatus or out, no friends in Athens. Unable to win over Athens voteither camp. They inexplicably cling to the ers with their ideas, Republicans in the fascistic enterprise like barnacles that exist state legislature and their handmaidens only to be scraped off. f

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Art 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 CALL FOR ENTRIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) New and existing 2022 members of ATHICA are invited to submit a work of their choosing in any media for the annual “Members’ Showcase.” Deadline and drop off held Feb. 21. www.athica.org/updates/ call_2022_showcase CLEAN YOUR CLOSET 2022 (tiny ATH gallery) Give artworks stored in your closet a shot at finding a new home. Artists can submit 1–3 works of art priced at $250 or below for “Clean Your Closet 2022,” a pop-up exhibition and sale. Jan. 29–30, 2–5 p.m. tinyathgallery@ gmail.com, www.tinyathgallery.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-finearts.com 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. www. accgov.com/7350/Open-Studio-Membership 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. Deadline Mar. 15. www.athensarts.org/grants

Auditions NEW THEATER (Bishop, GA) Seeking volunteers interested in acting, staging and other elements of theater production to help form a new small theater in the Bishop area.

Contact Carol, 706-612-6934

Classes ACTING FOR CAMERA AND STAGE (work.shop) Learn how to act

art around town ACC LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) On view in the Quiet Gallery, Elinor Saragoussi’s “Moments of Reprieve” includes large-scale felt works and watercolor illustrations. Through Mar. 6.

ARTWALL@HOTEL INDIGO ATHENS (500 College Ave.) Curated by Lilly McEachern, “Crooked” features work by Andrae Green, Craig Coleman and Jess Machacek. Through Apr. 11.

THE ATHENAEUM (287 W. Broad St.) Stockholm-based artist Lisa Tan’s video work, “Dodge and Burn 2017–2020 July 4,” documents three consecutive failed attempts at filming fireworks on the 4th of July from the vantage point of a passenger on a commercial airliner destined for Los Angeles.

Through Apr. 2.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: ATHICA (675 Pulaski St.) “Duo: Kelly Boehmer and Mark McLeod” combines the soft sculptures of Savannah-based artist Boehmer with the layered wood pieces of Murfreesboro-based artist McLeod. Through Feb. 17.

ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Elizabeth Withstandley’s installation “A Brief History of Happiness” is a 25 channel video composite of various musicians covering the song “Happiness” by Elliot Smith combined with audio excerpts from motivational speeches and conversations about happiness. Through Feb. 25.

AURUM STUDIOS (125 E. Clayton St.) The Athens Plein Air Painters present a collection of framed pastels inspired by nature.

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.

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) René Shoemaker presents “The Doors of Athens,” a series of paintings on silk identifying local businesses by their main entrances. The exhibition is accompanied by a silk screened poster featuring 16 unique Athens businesses. Through Feb. 28.

DODD GALLERIES (270 River Rd.) Lisa ​​ Tan’s “My Pictures of You,” compares the terrain of the American Southwest to that of Mars, raising questions about climate and extinction. • “Play Along” presents works by Dodd

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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 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 Center for Community and Culture) Nicole Bechill teaches a well-rounded, 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 CPR CLASSES (Athens CPR & Safety) The Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED course teaches students how to recognize and care for a variety of first aid, breathing

and cardiac emergencies to help victims of any age. Certificate of completion is valid for two years.

Feb. 2 or Mar. 16, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. www.athenscpr.com DEDICATED MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly Zoom meditations are offered every Saturday at 8:30–9:30 a.m. Email for details. richardshoe@gmail.com LINE DANCE (Bogart Community Center) For beginners and beyond.

Every Thursday, 6:30–8 p.m. $7. ljoyner1722@att.net 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. laurenadamsartist@ icloud.com SIP-N-PAINT CLASSES (Blanc Canvas, 138 Park Ave., Winder) Sip-n-paint classes are held every Thursday and Sunday evenings.

RSVP to pre-register. $40. 1210@ blanccanvas.boutique, www. blanc-canvas.square.site YOGA CLASSES (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) “Yoga Flow and Restore with Nicole Bechill” is held Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. 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.revolutiontherapyandyoga.com ZOOM YOGA (Online) Rev. Elizabeth Alder offers “Off the Floor Yoga”

MFA candidates Shaunia Grant, Huey Hyuk Lee, Jason Rafferty and Ethan Snow that explore trauma, mortality and climate change through a tonguein-cheek approach. • Ethan Snow presents “New Terrain,” a photolithography installation interpreting how the natural world has been impacted by mass production and digitalization. • Showcasing student works, the “Undergraduate Juried Exhibition” was juried by Claire Dempster, interim director of arts publication Burnaway. All shows run Jan. 28–Feb. 24.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Esther Carrillo. Through January.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “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. • “In Dialogue: Views of Empire: Grand and Humble” displays two print collections that create a conversation about what it meant to be a working-class citizen in mid-19th-century Russia. Through Aug. 21. • “Jennifer Steinkamp: The Technologies of Nature.” Through Aug. 21. • “Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence.” Jan. 28–Apr. 24.

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.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by magic realism, nursery rhymes, haiku, limericks and children’s camp songs. Artist reception Feb. 15, 5:30–6:30 p.m. Currently on view through Feb. 28.

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. • Curated

by Maria Elias as part of the Guest BIPOC Curator program, “Dignos y sin Barreras” (“Dignified and without Barriers”) explores identity, body issues and mental health through the works of Alondra Arévalo, Bianca Becerra, Jorge Rocha and Elias. Artist talk in Spanish on Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. Through Mar. 12. • “Be Careful What You Get Good At: Collages by Tommy Kay” shares works from an obituary collage project the artist began in the mid‘90s. Through Mar. 12. • In 1972, Gwendolyn Payton was denied a studio art degree from Mercer University after her works were deemed too controversial. “Excerpts from Faith of a Dreamer: Artworks by Gwendolyn Payton”

(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 Artist Talk: Arthur Tress” is held Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. “Curator Talk: Celebrating African American Artists” is held Feb. 2 at 2 p.m.

“Morning Mindfulness” is held Feb. 4 at 9:30 a.m. “Curator Talk: ‘Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence” is held Fe. 9 at 2 p.m. www.georgiamuseum.org ATHENS SHOWGIRL CABARET (Multiple Locations) Fabulous Friday will party like it’s 1999 with ’90s-themed routines at Sound Track Bar on Jan. 28 at 10 p.m.

The ASC will host an all-ages 12th anniversary show at Hendershot’s Coffee on Feb. 5 at 8 p.m. Fabulous Friday will double as a birthday bash for Lori Divine at Sound Track Bar on Feb. 25 at 9 p.m. www. athensshowgirlcabaret.com BAD MOVIE NIGHT (Ciné) A schlubby detective has to lay off the lasagna long enough to track down the leader of a ninja crime cult in the deeply inept vanity project, Shadow of the Dragon. Jan. 27, 8 p.m. FREE! www.instagram.com/ BadMovieNight COCOA AND CANVASES (Online) Join College Factory for a virtual paint and sip fundraiser featuring a panel discussion on the contributions of African American women artists. Kits include a canvas, paints, brushes and hot chocolate mix. Register for kit pickup location.

Feb. 4, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $35. supportus@collegefactory.org, www. collegefactory.org COLORFUL HAT CIRCUS & VARIETY (Morton Theatre) This show features high-flying acrobatics, balancing, juggling, extreme jump rope, magic tricks and illusions.

Jan. 27–28, 7 p.m. Jan. 28–29, 2 p.m. Jan. 29, 6 p.m. $25–45. www. colorfulhat.com EAT THE RUNT (UGA Fine Arts Theater) Avery Crozier’s whip smart satire of cutthroat office politics follows a young job applicant as they vie for a position at an art museum, facing a gauntlet of eccentric, potential coworkers along the way. Each actor knows every role, and the audience casts the production every night. Feb. 24–27 & Mar. 1–3 8 p.m. Feb. 27, 4 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre.com FROG HOP 5K ROAD RACE (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Run, walk, hop or leap through a 5K and onemile Tadpole Fun Run. Proceeds benefit SCNC. Feb. 13, 2 p.m.

(Tadpole Fun Run), 2:30 p.m. (5K Frog Hop). $18–27. www.sandycreeknaturecenterinc.org, www. active.com GEM OF THE OCEAN (UGA Fine Arts Theater) This play is set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, 1904: 285-year-old former slave Aunt Esther witnesses developing civil unrest after a senseless tragedy at a local steel mill. When a young man seeks asylum in her home, they embark on a harrowing spiritual journey to a “City of Bones” in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. Apr. 14–16 & Apr. 20–23, 8 p.m. Apr. 24, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre.com GORGEOUS GEORGE’S IMPROV LEAGUE (Buvez) Come out for some home-grown townie improv.

Bring some interesting suggestions and a loose funny bone to help create some improv magic on the spot. Every Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. (except Jan. 26, Feb. 2). $5. www. flyingsquidcomedy.com/events LEADING LADIES (Athens Community Theater) When two English Shakespearean actors within this play hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find

shares some of those paintings as well as recent works. Through Mar. 12. • Collections from our Community presents Oliver Domingo’s vinyl collection of instrumental library music from the ‘60s–’80s. Through Mar. 12.

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. • “Collector’s Cabinet: Children’s Tea Sets and Miniatures” displays pieces from around the world. Through Feb. 26.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Sam Watson explores the line between organic and geometric forms through stylized landscapes and illustration. Through January.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) Juried by Atlanta gallery owner Marcia Wood, the 27th annual “SouthWorks Exhibition” is a nationally juried show featuring approximately 150 works ranging from sculpture, painting, photography, ceramics and more. • “Bright City: Textiles by Wini McQueen” includes artist books, photo fabric art collages and layered mixed media paintings. • “Women of Watercolor” features watercolor paintings by Pat Adams, Lori Hammer, Gail Karwoski, Diane Norman Powelson, Janet Rodekohr, Barbara Schell, and Mia York.

Through Feb. 25.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) “Clean Your Closet 2022” is a pop-up art sale features works by See Dan Paint, Eli Saragoussi, Melody Croft, Keith P. Rein, James Greer, Lisa Freeman, Jacob Wenzka and many more. Jan. 29–30, 2–5 p.m.

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. • “Not Only for Ourselves: The Integration of UGA Athletics” celebrates the 50th anniversary of integration of the Georgia Bulldogs football team. Through Spring 2022. • “At War With Nature: The Battle to Control Pests 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. • “Frankie Welch’s Americana: Fashion, Scarves and Politics” explores the life of the designer and entrepreneur who, in addition to producing thousands of custom scarves, had many connections to presidential politics, Georgia and UGA. Through July 8.

out that the relatives aren’t nephews, but nieces. Feb. 11–12, 17–19, 8 p.m. Feb. 13 & 20, 2 p.m. $12–20. www.townandgownplayers.org 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

SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE (Community) Learn about the sustainable practices of Community, a boutique for sustainable fashion and locally made products.

Its clothing label Community Service is created by redesigning vintage clothing into contemporary fashion, thereby extending the life span of quality garments and

6–10). www.treehousekidandcraft. com, www.instagram.com/treehousekidandcraft TUTORING (Online) The Athens Regional Library System is now offering free, live online tutoring via tutor.com for students K-12, plus college students and adult learners.

Daily, 2–9 p.m. www.athenslibrary. org

Cynthia Frigon’s cut-paper collage “Antecedent” won Best of Show at the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation’s 27th annual national juried exhibition “SouthWorks.”

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, jfurman65@gmail.com OCONEE CO. LIBRARY EVENTS (Oconee Co. Library) Guest speaker Rod Davis presents “War at the End of the World” about the battle for New Guinea in WWII on Jan. 30 at 3 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org/oconee OPEN HOUSE (M3Yoga) Take a free yoga or pilates class. The weekend also includes giveaways, coaching sessions, specials and snacks. Register online. Jan. 28–29, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. www.m3yoga.com/openhouse RABBIT BOX (VFW Post 2872) Adults share true stories on a different theme each month. This month’s theme is “Places of the Heart.” Terry Kaley will emcee, and storytellers include Bea Brown, Val Daniel, Hattie Whitehead and Myrna West. Feb. 15, 7 p.m. $8–10. www. rabbitbox.org 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. reallyreallyfreemarketathens@gmail.com RABBIT HOLE EVENTS (Rabbit Hole Studios) Acoustic Fire Pit Jams are held every Monday, 7–11 p.m. Athens Crypto Society meets Wednesdays at 9 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. 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 STEPHEN JAMES PUGH MEMORIAL (City Hall) Brain Aid Fest will host an event to share memories of Stephen James Pugh, a homeless person nicknamed “The Walker” who was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Afterwards, attendees are encouraged to participate in an Athens Litter Rescue to pick up litter.

Feb. 5, 10 a.m. stephencramer@ gmail.com

keeping them out of the landfill.

Feb. 17, 8–9:30 a.m. FREE! www. shopcommunityathens.com

Help Out CASA TRAINING (Online) The next training class runs Thursdays from Mar. 17–Apr. 14, 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. and 5:30–9 p.m. www.athensoconeecasa.org

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) KnitLits for ages 16 and up meets every Thursday at 6 p.m.

“Toddler Time” is held Jan. 26 at 10 a.m.www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart MAKING DANCES (work.shop) This alternative dance class teaches improvisation and choreography techniques. For ages 10–14. Taught

by Lisa Yaconelli. Tuesdays, 6:15– 7:30 p.m. $60/month, $210/14 weeks. lisayaconelli@gmail.com, www.lisayaconelli.com OCONEE CO. LIBRARY EVENTS (Oconee Co. Library) “Anime Club” is held Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. “Indoor Camping” with s’mores and campfire songs is held Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org/oconee RIPPLE EFFECT FILM PROJECT CALL FOR FILMS (Athens, GA) Submit a short film (30 seconds to 1 minute and 30 seconds) interpreting this year’s theme is “Healthy Water, Healthy World.”

Open to Pre-K through 12th grade filmmakers. Deadline Jan. 31. www. rippleeffectfilmproject.org SATURDAY CRAFT (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Each week’s craft is announced on Instagram.

Saturdays, 10–10:45 a.m. (ages 3–6) or 11 a.m.–12 p.m. (ages

UUFA VIRTUAL FORUM (Online) Mike Hamby, ACC Commissioner for District 10, gives an update on local matters with a Q&A. Jan. 30, 9:30 a.m. www.uuathensga.org/ stay-connected

Support Groups FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP (ACC Library, Classroom A) Alzheimer’s Association Georgia presents a support group conducted by trained facilitators that is a safe place for those living with dementia and their caregiver to develop a support system. First Wednesday of every month, 6–7:30 p.m. 706206-6163, www.alz.org/georgia LGBTQIA+ VIRTUAL ALPHABET FAMILY GATHERING (Online) This is a safe space for anyone on the LGBTQIA+/TGQNB spectrum.

Fourth Sunday of every month, 6–8 p.m. uuathensga.org/justice/ welcoming-congregation PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP (First Baptist Church) This group is to encourage, support and share information with fellow sojourners who manage the challenges of Parkinson’s disease or other movement disorders. Second Friday of every month, 1 p.m. gpnoblet@ bellsouth.net RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction.

Visit the website for details. Thursdays, 7 p.m. FREE! www.athensrecoverydharma.org RESTORING RESILIENCE & MINDFUL LIVING (Heart Stone) “Restoring Resilience” is a five-week resource building psychotherapy group held for trauma survivors.

Held virtually Mondays, Feb. 7– Mar. 7, 6 p.m. (RSVP by Jan. 31) or in person Thursdays, Feb. 17–Mar. 17, 10:30 a.m. (RSVP by Feb. 10). $35 per group session. Brianna@ HeartStoneTH.com SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) Athens Downtown SAA offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from a compulsive sexual behavior. Contact for location. www.athensdowntownsaa.com

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the forefront, and so I really wanted to let everyone speak for themselves whenever possible. I think the variety of voices gives it a lot more texture and life, too.”

By reading the direct words of musicians—Robert Schneider, Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, John Fernandes, Julian Koster, Jeremy Barnes, Kevin Barnes, Laura Carter, Heather McIntosh, Robbie Cucchiaro, Andrew Rieger, Scott Spillane and others— it’s possible to get a sense of their personalities and interpersonal relationships.

Far beyond a who-what-when account, the book strives to investigate how such a peculiar, talented circle of oddballs Neutral Milk Hotel managed to coalesce in the first place.

Endless Endless also helps contextualize E6’s creative output amidst a rapidly changing music industry and technological landscape. Founding members bonded over their profound interest in 4-tracks and cassettes, analog mediums that democratized the recording and sharing of music.

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he late ‘90s was an unusual sweet spot in local music history. At the helm of this bohemian renaissance was Elephant 6, an Athens- and Denver-based collective-turned-label that churned out stunning recordings and performances by The Apples in Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Circulatory System, The Music Tapes, Dixie Blood Mustache, Chocolate USA, of Montreal, Elf Power, The Gerbils, Major Organ and the Adding Machine, The Minders and many more. Whether it was to collaborate on blissful psychedelic pop, sound collages inspired by musique concrète, avant-garde sensory experiences, theatrical shows of handmade props or just a good old-fashioned potluck, this close-knit circle of friends emboldened each other’s eccentricities. In his recently published book, Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery, Philadelphia-based music journalist Adam Clair sets out to capture the magic and occasional mayhem of this special community.

Like many teenagers of the early aughts, Clair first discovered Neutral Milk Hotel through peer-to-peer file sharing. Before his writing ever appeared in Stereogum, Vice, Paste, The Verge or Flagpole, he honed his skills contributing as a music reporter for the student newspaper at Penn State, where he quickly took notice of how many musicians would cite E6 bands as influences.

As his fascination with the collective grew, so did his curiosity about Athens. Aware of the college town’s rare double life as a thriving music town, he sought to identify the conditions necessary for fostering lifestyles centered around creativity and artistic expression. Determined to untangle the history of Elephant 6—a feat no other author had fully tackled before—he began conducting interviews in 2008, and even lived in Athens for two separate stints in 2010 and 2015–2017.

“Given the mythos around the collective, I wanted to sand down any preconceived notions I was arriving with, and then when I conducted interviews, I always talked to everyone as people, rather than as artists,” says Clair.

“There’s this detached reverence endemic to music writing that often presents musicians as some kind of Other—not too different from the way major celebrities and elite athletes are covered— but even though I’m not a musician myself, I think we’re all just people, and our similarities are far more interesting than our differences.”

Thirteen years and over 100 interviews later, Endless Endless Olivia Tremor Control presents a chronological narrative that describes Elephant 6’s evolution from childhood friendship to experimental collective to flourishing record label to indie rock stardom. Since film footage, photographs, interviews and other forms of documentation were relatively scarce from this mostly pre-digital age, Clair relied primarily on the recollections of interviewees. At one time considering a non-fiction chooseyour-own-adventure format for the book, he settled on a “mixtape” structure that weaves together a multitude of memories and perspectives.

“One of the things that has made the Elephant 6 successful and sustainable, not to mention notable, is its collaborative nature,” says Clair. “It would be insufficient to tell any major part of this story without that element at

“Once the collective was up and running, home recording technology allowed them to make music without a studio [or an outside producer or engineer], but it also allowed them to distribute their music more easily without a label, first to their friends and then through the mail,” says Clair.

“It allowed them to do everything themselves.”

For all of its magical thinking and pure whimsy, the “mystery” of Elephant 6 that has endured within pop culture for over two decades, and which the book references in its title, is the strangely abrupt vanishing act of Neutral Milk Hotel. Following a tour in support of the canonical 1998 release In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, the band unceremoniously dissipated—no formal breakup announcement,

no catastrophic tragedy, no career-ending scandal—and songwriter Jeff Mangum quietly withdrew from the public eye. The obsessive speculation and entitled demands of fans that followed created nothing short of a folkloric narrative and cult following. Though Mangum gave the book his blessing and has spoken with Clair multiple times over the years, he has not done a formal interview since 2002 and declined to go on record for Endless Endless.

“I think Jeff’s departure is captivating largely for how radical it is,” says Clair. “The American Dream is not the white picket fence and 2.5 kids.

It’s not starting a small business or bootstrapping your way to upward mobility. It’s being a rock star. Who wouldn’t want to travel the world, feted by adoring fans, and paid handsomely for the opportunity? Who wouldn’t want to be celebrated by total strangers for the beauty of your work? It’s a baffling decision on its face. In much the same way the abstract lyrics of Aeroplane allow listeners to project their own interpretations onto it, Jeff’s decades-long refusal to explain his decision gives some space for people to fill in the gaps however they’d like, and imaginations can tend toward the fantastic.”

Though Endless Endless provides a well-rounded perspective on why Mangum may have stopped performing, it prompts a much more critical and interesting question: why did he start playing music in the first place? That rabbit hole reroutes to the purest pursuit of art for art’s sake. Neutral Milk Hotel serves as an entry point for discovering a whole community of artists, the majority of whom continue to create in some capacity today because that’s simply who they are at their core. Just as the title warns, the influence of Elephant 6 spirals infinitely in every direction and inspires listeners to carry forward its spirit. f

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TWO PATHS: Athens musician and songwriter Donnie Malone, working under the name hotwetgarage, released a full-length album named A Digital Boy in a Bipolar World this month. The album is centered on Malone’s struggle with bipolar disorder and is not only an exploration of his navigation but is also an example of bright self-awareness. To this end, the 15 tracks here are not an easy or particularly linear listen. Indeed, they seem to mirror Malone’s internal dialogue—as best I can estimate—and if this is true, then I suppose they’re doing what they should. Stylistically, they run a gamut between bedroom indie pop and hip hop. That said, there are gem-like moments of quality here, such as the DIIV-flavored “vraylar” as well as the multi-layered “self medicate.” You’ll likely have to dig a bit to

Yay! They won! HBTFD! Look, I’m not going to pretend that I enjoy or even understand college sports.

Anyone who reads my column on the regular knows that I experience a very specific type of anxiety during a raucous football season. With that anxiety, however, comes a genuine happiness to see all of my Dawg fan friends celebrating a wonderful season and this national championship win. On top of the Braves winning the series, too! My dad was a Braves fan, and I remember feeling a bit sad that he was not around to see them win. It really is moving for me to see the way Athens rallied behind the university, and a good season usually means a better year of patronage and tips for many local service industry businesses. Can’t argue with that!

The pandemic has been very hard on some of our local businesses, including the downtown mainstay of Daily Groceries Co-op. This morning I was gobsmacked to see their very blunt and honest post on Instagram stating that they may have to close down permanently at the end of the year due to poor

find your particular flavor, as I did, but you may still find something. Check this out on Spotify and hotwetgarage.bandcamp.com.

WHERE WERE YOU IN ’72?: As strange as the news sounded when I first heard, it only took a minute of fact-checking to find the truth that, yes, Atlanta Rhythm Section will play the 40 Watt Friday, Jan. 28. Tickets are $31 in advance and $36 day of show. The Doraville natives first played Athens back in 1972 at UGA’s Fine Arts Auditorium and in the ensuing years became international stars. The band, which has endured multiple lineup changes over the past five decades, is still best known for its 1978 album Champagne Jam featuring the titular yacht rock staple. Some readers may have even attended the Champagne Jam festival-styled concerts, promoted by the late Alex Cooley, held at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium in 1978 and 1979. For tickets, please see 40watt.com and for more info, please see atlantarhythmsection.com.

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is over two months since it came out. The Athens garage-rock staples will shine out at the 40 Watt Thursday, Jan. 27 in between openers Fishbug and headliners Palace Doctor. The Grawks’ new EP Not Pretty was released in early December 2021. The record is a continuation of the band’s signature sound of fuzzy guitars and classic fouron-the-floor rock and roll with occasional touches of early ‘70s glam. To listen, please see thegrawks.bandcamp.com and for more information, please see facebook.com/ grawksband.

PARTY AT THE END OF THE WORLD: Multifaceted experimental doom-metal-noise project Ixian quietly released two new things over the past couple of months. Anyone would have given project head Daniel Shroyer some time off considering he released the whopping triple album Folding Space in November. But he just keeps going.

In December, in conjunction with Chicago noise outfit Veidrik, he put out the two-track, but over 30 minutes long, Theta Eridani.

The first track “World On Golden Plates” is, relatively speaking, the more traditional of the pair in that it has a discernible structure and close listening can eke out some melodies. The second track, “Call of the Abdl,” is a straight up lesson in destroyed audio that sounds like a desperate and broken cell signal sent from within a collapsing building. Earlier this month, Ixian released the five-track EP The Mule, inspired by Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Series of books. The six tracks here, ranging from sparse ambient works to semi-glitchy noise tracks, work well as a single unit for listening and lend way to a meditative experience. Find both of these releases over at ixian.bandcamp.com.

ALMOST GRADUATION: Nearly four years ago live recordist Sloan Simpson documented a live set from Fourth Mansions at the Georgia Theatre. The 10 songs captured here are notable for their sparseness, especially during the plucked-guitar delivery of the first four tracks. The difference between these songs and the rest of the set are so bold it sounds like two different projects.

The remaining songs, all strummed and more immediately accessible, further main man Joe Rowe’s plain spoken lyrics and everyman demeanor. The album is named Live At The Georgia Theatre, a title which also reiterates the non-pretentious delivery.

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For real, my stomach dropped. I consider Daily to be a fixture of this town, much like the Varsity or the taco bar at Los Amigos—when I close my eyes and picture Athens, I see the turquoise paint and red brick of Daily’s historic building.

Daily should not be the well-kept secret that it is. They offer local produce yearround while the farmer’s markets don’t, and they have a small but mighty selection of wine and beer. But I had lived in Athens for about two years before I ever set foot in Daily, which seems bonkers today. Still, I found Daily at the perfect time. I was unemployed and loaning my vehicle to a friend since I didn’t have anywhere to be, so I would take long walks after my daily job hunts. I was not in good shape, and the summer was boiling hot, so I needed to find a place where I could step inside and cool

off for a bit before heading home. I found Daily on Google and saw that they were only a .7-mile round trip from my house, so I would walk there a few times a week. I was horrifically broke and looked like a sweaty vagabond when I would come in and beeline to the no-longer-public bathroom, where I would wipe my face off and drink a little bit of water from the tap, since I literally could not even afford to buy a bottle of water at the time.

I was not shopping. I was just sitting at the cafe table that used to be in the front window, catching my breath and smiling politely whenever I could not avoid eye contact. I may have felt like a Lovecraftian pile of skin and sweat in their sunny, crunchy little storefront, but I knew I was welcome there. Eventually I did find a job, and I became a shopper there and later a member. It hurts my heart to know that they have fallen on bad times because, seriously, they are here for us. They want to provide organic and local products for the Athens community at prices that are competitive with national chain grocery stores, which is no small feat.

I’ve fallen on plenty of hard times during my days in Athens, and at one point I had to cash out my membership. Seeing today’s Instagram post brought the guilt I felt back then rushing to the surface, and I am going to do right by Daily and buy back in, come back to them like the trash bag ex that I am.

I am going to try to spend at least $20 a week there, as should everyone. They’ve got awesome membership benefits anyway, and the co-op community is warm and diverse in its ideas about how to best serve Athens as its only community-run grocery store. I know that Omicron is upon us, but we can’t let it take this part of Athens’ identity away from us. f Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, or use our anonymous online form at flagpole.com/getadvice.

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Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com BLUNT BANGS Local indie-pop band featuring Black Kids frontman Reggie Youngblood.

THE PAUSES “Indierocktronica beep boop rock” from Orlando, FL. EAGLE SCOUT New local power pop band.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. $30–50. pac.uga.edu NOBUNTU Dynamic a cappella quintet of women from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe who specialize in traditional Zimbabwean songs, gospel, Afro-jazz and crossover music. A free workshop (12:30 p.m.) and pre-performance talk (6:45 p.m.) will be held at Ramsey Concert Hall.

RSVP for Location 20th Annual Madison Chamber Music Festival. 6 p.m. $50. www. mmcc-arts.org CHRISTOPHER REX AND FRIENDS Kick off the annual Madison Chamber Music Festival with an evening of classical music at a private residence. Drinks and hor d’oeuvres included.

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

PALACE DOCTOR Dynamic local garage-pop trio fronted by guitarist and songwriter Phillip Brantley.

Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20. www.hendershotsathens.com JD SIMO Nashville-based singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer delivering powerful blues rock with a psychedelic sheen.

GA-20 Trio from Boston with a modern take on traditional blues, R&B and rock and roll.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall Thursday Scholarship Series. $3 (w/ student ID), $20. 7:30 p.m. pac.uga.edu UGA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA A longstanding tradition of the Hodg-

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com PARKER GISPERT Frontman for former Athens rock trio The Whigs performs a solo set.

THAYER SARRANO Songwriter and former Athenian playing hazy, shoegaze-inspired Southern rock.

Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com GMEA JAZZ JAM The Georgia Music Educators Association hosts an open jazz jam.

International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ IGBAthensGA ASHLEY TATARSKY AND GARY STONE Acoustic singer-songwriters.

CANARY AFFAIR Local groove pop.

KLARK SOUND Atlanta-based guitarist and composer.

ANNIE LEETH Experimental violinist and multi-instrumentalist composer.

Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com CALVERTFOUNTAIN Leah Calvert, Neal Fountain and friends weave together influences of jazz, traditional Appalachian, Americana and rock.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. $20–55. pac.uga.edu DANISH STRING QUARTET The Grammy-nominated chamber group performing treasured canon

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YATTIE WESTFIELD One-manband defeating the odds by playing guitar and drums simultaneously.

JACE BARTET Ultimate guitar shredder of Double Ferrari, Reptar and Bit Brigade.

Monday 31 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. (doors). $7 (adv.), $10. www.40watt.com ROOSTER New rock band playing originals and covers.

TAKE LEAD Indie rock band from Orlando, FL. COUGAR SWEAT Two-man garage-rock band from Kennesaw.

Wednesday 2 Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THELMA AND THE SLEAZE Sludgy, Nashville-based power rock and roll trio.

NIHILIST CHEERLEADER Local pop-punk band with a jaggedly melodic sound.

Porterhouse Grill 6–9 p.m. www.porterhouseathens. com/jazz JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy standards, improv and originals by a live jazz trio every Wednesday night over dinner.

Wednesday 26 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $30–35. www.georgiatheatre.com YUNGBLUD Rising English musician influenced by pop, hip hop and rock.

PALAYE ROYALE Glammy self-described “fashion-art rock band” from Las Vegas.

CHARLOTTE SANDS Nashville pop artist who first garnered attention through TikTok. Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com NEW FACES NIGHT Discover new Athens musical talent hosted by Lizzy Farrell.

Porterhouse Grill 6–9 p.m. www.porterhouseathens. com/jazz JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy standards, improv and originals by a live jazz trio every Wednesday night over dinner.

Southern Brewing Co. Outdoors. 7 p.m. www.sobrewco. com JIM COOK Local solo performer playing acoustic blues, classic rock and Americana.

Thursday 27 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $7. www.40watt.com THE GRAWKS Local garage punk band. Album release show!

FISHBUG Local punk rock band.

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try band out of Fort Worth, TX. The Classic Center 7:30 p.m. $25–80. www.classiccenter.com THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY This concert-style theater show chronicles the journey of folk-rock duo Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel using video projection, photos, original film footage and a full live band performing their hits.

The Lewis Room at Tweed Recording 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (show). $15–17. www.facebook.com/ thelewisroom RYLEY WALKER Acclaimed singer-songwriter from Chicago whose work touches on folk, jazz and ‘60s psychedelia.

LEEANN PEPPERS Local singer-songwriter playing sparse, tender folk music.

AL RIGGS Lyric-driven, lo-fi folk singer-songwriter from Durham, NC. Southern Brewing Co., Monroe 7 p.m. www.sobrewco.com FUNKY BLUESTER Blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles.

Wednesday Night Titans perform at Hendershot’s Coffee on Sunday, Jan. 30. son School of Music, the annual concerto competition features students performing alongside the orchestra.

Nowhere Bar 8:30 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens BLUES NIGHT JAM Bring an instrument and join host Big C for an open blues jam. The house band includes Scott Nicholson, Derek Warren, Brent Davenport and Bo Hembree.

The World Famous 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ theworldfamousathens THAT’S RAD! Covering hits by Blink-182, New Found Glory, Green Day, Fall Out Boy and more.

Friday 28 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. (doors). $31 (adv.), $36. www.40watt.com ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION Iconic Southern rock band formed in 1970 known for hit singles like “So Into You.” DEFRANCE Bluesy, rootsy rock and roll band from Little Rock, AR. TEDO STONE Rootsy, Atlantabased rock and roll singer-songwriter.

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Southern Brewing Co. 8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $7 (adv.), $10. www.sobrewco.com JAMESON TANK High-energy rock group led by Jameson Tankersley.

SEVEN YEAR WITCH South Carolina-based rock band playing a hybrid of hard rock, blues-punk and 70s garage rock.

EVERYDAY DOGS Local underground rock band known for their crazy stage antics.

The Warehouse Athens 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $15–25. www.thewarehouseathens. com THE VEGABONDS Nashville-based Southern rock band originally from Alabama.

THE STEWS Rock band based out of Auburn, AL.

Saturday 29 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. (doors). $15 (adv.). www.40watt.com PIP THE PANSY Formerly known as Wrenn, this Atlanta-based artist plays eclectic, polished pop with a heavy dose of flute.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

repertoire as well as contemporary scores. A free pre-performance talk will be offered at Ramsey Concert Hall at 6:45 p.m.

International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ IGBAthensGA ROGER TERREL Songwriter bringing back 50s-80s nostalgia through rock and blues.

Rialto Room 6:30 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10 (adv.). bit.ly/CashTributeAthens COUNTRY MUSIC SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Todd Cowart, Tommy Jordan and William Tonks (MrJordanMrTonks), Ben Reynolds (Chickasaw Mudd Puppies), Josh Walker, Brodye Brooks and Casey King (Holman Autry Band), Bo Hembree and Curt Spell perform a tribute to the one and only Johnny Cash.

Sunday 30 Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. $13. www.hendershotsathens.com WEDNESDAY NIGHT TITANS Drummer Zach Danziger and bassist Kevin Scott present a championship wrestling-fueled performance that incorporates video projections of

Tuesday 1 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. (doors). $10 (adv.). www.40watt.com GRADY SPENCER & THE WORK Four-piece blues and classic coun-

Down the Line 2/3 DK, Trexx the Tyrant, Grandfathe3er, Boyfrnd (Buvez) 2/6 Karmic Wheels, Get With This, The Pink Stones (The World Famous) 2/10 Oh Jeremiah (The Lewis Room at Tweed Recording)

pandemic protocols 40 Watt Club: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 72 hours; masks indoors The Classic Center: masks indoors Flicker Theatre & Bar: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours; masks indoors Georgia Theatre/Rooftop: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 72 hours; masks indoors Hendershot’s Coffee: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall: masks encouraged International Grill and Bar: masks encouraged The Lewis Room at Tweed Recording: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test; masks indoors Nowhere Bar: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours Porterhouse Grill: masks encouraged Ramsey Hall: masks encouraged Rialto Room: masks indoors Southern Brewing Co.: masks indoors The Warehouse: no protocols The World Famous: masks indoors

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VOTING DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 14 TH and the Favorites will be announced in the March 16th issue of flagpole.

• Only one vote per person • Please vote in at least 5 categories to have your ballot counted

Due to COVID, some categories are on hold for the 2022 Favorites Awards Alternative Health Treatment Beer Selection Restaurants:

Sandy Creek Nature Center

Frog Hop 5K Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022 2 p.m. - Fun Run 2:30 p.m. - 5K

205 Old Commerce Rd 1 mile north of Athens, just off U.S 441 North

$22 by Jan. 31 $80 family rate by Jan. 31 $18 No t-shirt option by Jan. 31 All entries $27/person after Jan. 31 and on race day

Thanks to our Corporate Sponsors!

Barnett Taekwondo Academy s Classic Race Services Colonial Pipeline s First American Bank & Trust s Five Points Eyecare Flagpole Magazine sGeorgia Power Foundation Greater Athens Properties-Christy Williams s Hawthorne Animal Hospital s Hodge Design & Remodeling The HUB Bicycles s Hughes Subaru s Jackson EMC sJittery Joe’s s Leon Farmer & Company s Oconee Rivers Audubon Society For more info: scncinc@gmail.com or www.sandycreeknaturecenterinc.org

Sandy Creek Nature Center is a facility of the Athens-Clarke County Department of Leisure Services.

New (opened after March 2021) Italian American Asian Sushi Mexican/Latin American International BBQ Bakery Downhome/Southern Local Coffee House Local Pizza Local Burger Fries Burrito Taco Steak Seafood Wings Vegetarian Options Sandwich Dessert Frozen Treat Breakfast Lunch Brunch Meal for a Deal (name of restaurant) Kid-friendly Local Restaurant Outdoor dining Take Out Delivery Service Chef Uniquely Athens Restaurant

Bars: Bartender Speciality Drinks Margarita Bloody Mary

Wine Selection Local Brewery Outdoor Bar Space Place to Play Games Uniquely Athens Bar

Music Recording Studio Performance Venue

Retail: Naughty Business Place to Buy CBD/Hemp Products Smoke/Vape Shop Place to Buy Gifts Pace to Buy Homegoods Local Clothing Boutique Place to Buy Local Art & Handmade Goods Thrift /Vintage Store Place to Buy Wine Place to Buy Beer Uniquely Athens Store

Pets and Kids: Vet Clinic Pet Groomer Pet Boarding/Sitting Service Place to Shop for Kids Kids’ Classes: Movement Kids’ Classes: Creative

Services: Eco Friendly Services Eco Friendly Practices Hotel Photography Studio Florist Hair Salon Stylist

(Chiropractic, Herbal, Acupuncture, Rolfing,etc)

Massage Therapist Tattoo Studio Spa Fitness Instructor Place to Get Fit Adult Classes: Movement Adult Classes: Creative Car Repair Shop Car Dealership Plumber Electrician HVAC Lawyer to Get You Out of a Jam (Criminal)

Lawyer to Sort Out Your Affairs (Civil) Bank Realtor

Stuff Around Town: Place to See Local Art Non-profit/Charity 2021 Event Local Business

• ONLY ONE VOTE PER PERSON • PLEASE VOTE IN AT LEAST 5 CATEGORIES TO HAVE YOUR BALLOT COUNTED

VOTING DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 14 TH and the Favorites will be announced in the March 16th issue of flagpole.

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MUSIC SERVICES

REAL ESTATE

Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition.

Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College Dwntn.

706-369-9428.

HOUSES FOR RENT House in Normaltown, 3BR/2BA. HWflrs., CHAC, quiet street. Grad students preferred, couples, or couples plus one. Rent negotiable. Available now. 706372-1505.

SERVICES CLASSES

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Adult or teen acrylic, watercolor, drawing classes with professional artist in private studio. Individual or small groups. All levels welcome.

Students provide their own supplies. laurenadamsartist@ icloud.com, 404-913-3597

INSTRUCTION Athens School of Music. Now offering in-person and online instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin and more. From beginner to expert, all styles.

Visit www.athensschoolof music.com, 706-543-5800.

CLEANING Peachy Green Clean Cooperative, your local friendly green cleaners! Free estimates. Call us today: 706-248-4601

VOICE LESSONS: Experienced teacher (25+ years) retired from day job, ready to expand studio. Ages 12–90+, all genres. Contact stacie. court@gmail.com or 706424-9516.

Get Flagpole delivered to your mailbox! $50 for six months or $90 for one year. Call 706-549-0301 or email frontdesk@flagpole. com.

flagpole classifieds REACH OVER 30,000 READERS EVERY WEEK! Business Services Real Estate Music For Sale BASIC

Employment Vehicles Messages Personals RATES *

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HOME AND GARDEN Plumber Pro Service & Drain.

Upfront pricing. Free estimates. $30 Flagpole discount. Call 706-769-7761.

Same-day service available. www.plumberproservice.com

JOBS FULL-TIME Apparel and poster screen printing company RubySue Graphics is looking for a fulltime printing press assistant.

Located just 2.5 miles from downtown Athens. Must be able to multitask, have a good eye for detail and be able to lift 40 lbs. Work hours are Mon–Fri., 9 a.m.–6 p.m. w/ hour lunch break. Contact jobs@rubysuegraphics.com to set up an on-site interview and for more information.

Graduate Athens Hotel is hiring for multiple positions!

Kitchen Manager, Maintenance Technicians, Banquet Servers, Cook, Room Attendant, & Guest Services Representatives. Full and part-time positions available.

Please visit www.graduate hotels.com/careers Flagpole ♥s our advertisers and our readers!

Taste of India is now hiring!

(Busser, host, floater team member.) Competitive pay, paid weekly, employee meals, flexible schedules, fulltime or part-time, no experience needed. $12–15. APPLY IN PERSON.

EXPERIENCED TUTORS needed for teaching Math, Science (including Physics) high school subject matter and SAT/ACT test prep. Good pay. Flexible hours. Contact: info@5pointsprep.com Website: www.5pointsprep.com

UberPrints is now hiring for multiple positions! Both full and part-time positions available. For more information and applications, go to uber prints.com/company/jobs

Helper needed for rental properties. Pay negotiable depending on experience.

Painting, clean-up, maintenance and basic carpentry skills needed. Part-time and/ or second job. Flexible days/ hours. 706-247-1259 or nos newsnna@yahoo.com

White Tiger is now hiring! No experience necessary, proof of vaccination required. Email resume to catering@whitetigergourmet. com

OPPORTUNITIES Models/photographers needed. Tifosi Optics, Inc. —Local sunglasses brand hiring models and photographers. Please send references of work to marketing@ tifosioptics.com

PART-TIME Athens Farmers Market is hiring a new Assistant Manager! To learn more and apply by Feb. 4, please visit athensfarmersmarket.net/join Need newspapers? There’s plenty at the Flagpole office!

Call 706-549-0301 and we’ll get them ready for you.

Learn to be a transcriptionist at our South Milledge location! No customer interaction. Work independently, set your own schedule (16–40 hours, M–F weekly).

Relaxed, casual, safe space office environment. Extremely flexible time-off arrangements with advance notice.

New increased compensation plan. Start at $13 hourly. Make up to $20 or more with automatic performance-based compensation increases. Show proof of vaccination at hire. Self-guided interview process. Hours: 8 a.m.–8 p.m. www.ctscribes. com

Viva Argentine is looking for a few nice hardworking folks to be part of the team!

Competitive hourly wages for all positions. $10/hr. training, $12/hr. hosting and kitchen, $5/hr. + tips servers (must be 18+). Please email resumes to vivaargentinecuisine@ gmail.com

NOTICES MESSAGES All Georgians over the age of five are eligible to be vaccinated! Call 888-457-0186 or go to www. publichealthathens.com for more information.

COVID testing in Athens available at 3500 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. (Old Fire Station in the corner of Atlanta Hwy. & Mitchell Bridge Rd. near Aldi and Publix.) Mon–Fri. 8:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. To register, call 844-625-6522 or go to www. publichealthathens.com

Find employees by advertising in the Flagpole Classifieds! Call 706-549-0301.

ADOPT ME!

Visit athenspets.net to view all the cats and dogs available at the shelter

$10 per week $14 per week $16 per week $40 per 12 weeks $5 per week

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

Charlotte (54772)

Charlotte is a happy girl that loves to run and play with her friends. Make sure to keep plenty of toys and treats on deck for this girl because she’s a furry whirlwind of fun!

Kash (55625)

Kash loves making friends, human or canine! He’s super playful and loves a good time outdoors, but if you’re ever in the mood to chill, Kash is right there ready to relax, too.

Rambo (55920)

If you have toys and treats, you have Rambo’s heart! But don’t worry, he’ll return toys for games of fetch and sit for treats to show you just how well-behaved he can be.

These pets and many others are available for adoption at: • 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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