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Commission Pay Raise Likely to Pass PLUS, KEMP SIGNS CONTROVERSIAL DISTRICT MAP AND MORE NEWS
By Blake Aued, Jessica Luton and Rebecca McCarthy news@flagpole.com At least six of 10 Athens-Clarke County A new commission district map drawn commissioners support a proposal to raise by Athens’ Republican legislators over local commissioners’ salaries to about $28,000 a objections and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp year, the first such increase in 20 years. on Feb. 17 creates a fourth majority-miPart-time commissioners have earned a nority district. But it also puts two-thirds base salary of $15,000 since 2001, which is of local voters in new districts and would currently $19,133 with automatic cost-ofprevent Link, Denson and Commissioner living increases, plus another $1,200 if they Russell Edwards from running for re-eleccomplete certification training offered by tion by placing them in even-numbered disthe Carl Vinson Institute of Government. If tricts that aren’t on the ballot until 2024. approved, the new annual salary would be Denson noted that, barring a successful $28,693—the median for commissioners in lawsuit allowing him to mount and win a similarly sized counties. re-election campaign, he himself is unlikely According to the Georgia Department to receive the higher salary. of Community Affairs, Newton County “There is a definite possibility that I will (population 113,295) pays its commissionnot be able to run for re-election and will ers $28,820; Lowndes get zero benefit from County has 118,268 Denson said. This is not a job for the this,” residents and pays comAs Link alluded to, missioners $21,180; the pay issue seems to landed gentry and the and Fayette County has have become another 115,821 people and pays House of Lords in old England. cudgel for Republicans commissioners $29,352. to use against progresAthens-Clarke County’s population in 2020 sives as they seek to use the redistricting was 127,315, according to the U.S. Census. process to wrest control of the commission Several commissioners say they spend at away from progressives. For instance, the least 30 hours a week on county business. proposed raise first surfaced in the Georgia County business may encompass everyStar News, part of a Trump-aligned chain of thing from responding to constituents with pseudo-local news websites. And a pro-pophone calls, emails and visits to attending lice group called Athens Classic, which supvarious meetings like agenda-setting meetports the GOP map, has been working with ings, voting meetings, executive sessions, a Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene consultant work sessions, committee meetings and to recruit and raise money for candidates monthly retreats. Commissioners evaluate in the three open seats through a political and approve, among other matters, budaction committee called Athens Clean & gets—fiscal 2022’s operating and capital Safe. budget of more than $270 million, plus “Most of the emails we’re getting from sales-tax programs for transportation and people who oppose this salary increase other capital projects and another $57 mildon’t necessarily oppose the salary lion from the federal American Rescue Plan increase,” Link said. “They oppose this local Act. government because they are part of the Becoming informed on issues takes time. fascist conspiracy to overthrow this proMany of the issues are complex, such as try- gressive local government.” ing to solve Athens’ homelessness problem, Commissioner Ovita Thornton was the Commissioner Mariah Parker said. And the lone commissioner to speak against the commission is more active than it’s been in $8,000 pay raise. “I know I deserve a raise,” the past. she said, but she complained that other “This commission has done more work commissioners put too much emphasis the past three years under this administraon the homeless and “condescend” to taxtion than ever before, in my experience,” payers, such as by using eminent domain Commissioner Melissa Link said at the Feb. to acquire easements for the Firefly Trail. 15 agenda-setting meeting. “I’ll tell you, “I’m not going to ask the taxpayers to pay these meetings are later and longer than us another penny until we do right by the they’ve ever been, and it’s because we’re property tax people who are carrying this doing the work.” load,” Thornton said. She suggested changCommissioners who spoke in support ing the city-county charter to make the job of the raise—Parker, Link, Tim Denson, full-time, which Parker readily agreed with Jesse Houle, Carol Myers and Patrick and urged her to spearhead. Davenport—expressed concern that some Another commissioner, Allison Wright, people are shut out of running for office told Flagpole that she is opposed because a due to financial reasons, or may not have majority of the commission voted down a enough time to devote to the job because 12% raise for all county employees last year, they’re busy trying to make ends meet. instead opting to bring the lowest-paid “We are changing our districts here to employees up to $15 an hour and do a wage have more majority-minority population. compression study. Opponents argued that We want more representation in Athens, those at the top of the pay scale who make and more involvement,” Myers said. “To six figures didn’t need a $20,000 raise. increase that pool of Athenians who can The commission is scheduled to vote on afford to run for commissioner, we have the pay raise at its Mar. 1 meeting. to start addressing the salary and making As for redistricting, now that Kemp has it more equitable. This is not a job for the signed the map, “I do anticipate a lawsuit,” landed gentry and the House of Lords in old Mayor Kelly Girtz told Flagpole, adding England.” that the Athens-Clarke County Democratic
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Committee is raising funds toward legal action. [Blake Aued and Rebecca McCarthy]
CCSD Ends Mask Mandate Masks will be optional in Clarke County public schools starting Monday, Feb. 28, the district announced last week. “We are pleased to see a continued drop in our school and community positivity rates for COVID-19,” Superintendent Xernona Thomas said in a letter announcing the policy change. “All schools are well below 5% and have been for several weeks. We are hopeful that these trends will continue.” Thomas said that visitors will be allowed back into school buildings for meetings and other activities starting Feb. 28. Masks will still be required on school buses per CDC guidance and “strongly encouraged” at large events and gatherings, she said. The policy could change again on a school-by-school basis if COVID-19 cases rise. However, Gov. Brian Kemp and the state legislature could soon take the decision out of school officials’ hands. Kemp has proposed a bill barring school districts from mandating masks. Athens and the nation were sent reeling by the Omicron variant in late December and January. But the district had just 31 cases of COVID-19 among students and staff over the past week and 86 over the past two weeks, compared to 606 during the previous two weeks. Communitywide, cases have fallen to pre-Omicron levels, down from highs of over 200 a day, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. New COVID-19 cases among Clarke County residents continued to decline last week, but new hospitalizations held steady, and seven Athens residents died of the virus. To date, COVID-19 has killed at least 199 Clarke County residents. The seven-day moving average declined again this week from 32 the previous week to 17 as of Feb. 18. Clarke County had 122 new confirmed cases for the week and an additional 15 positive antigen tests. To date, there have been 25,948 confirmed COVID-19 cases for the county and an addi-
tional 3,425 positive antigen tests. While new cases declined, the seven-day positive test rate for the week was 12%. According to public health experts, the positivity rate should be at or below 5% in order to make sure a community is testing enough to find the virus. Cases are likely being undercounted, as recent research and data analysis suggests that the prevalence of at-home tests alongside the public’s COVID fatigue mean that fewer test results are being reported officially to DPH. Wastewater data via UGA’s Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases continues to give the community another way to measure viral levels. According to UGA professor Erin Lipp’s wastewater lab report for the week, viral levels declined for another consecutive week. Levels for the plant that processes waste for the UGA campus, downtown and north Athens “reached levels not observed since last summer.” Levels for the other two plants reached levels similar to those in late November. Seventeen Clarke County residents were hospitalized with COVID-19 last week, for a total of 1,105 hospitalizations to date, but the percent of patients with COVID-19, which include residents from Clarke and surrounding counties, declined to 14.9%, or 95 patients, compared to 17.4%, or 112 patients, the previous week. ICU capacity was at 87% for the week, with 61 ICU patients as of Feb. 18. Vaccination efforts continue to inch along, with 120 first doses and 140 second doses administered to Clarke County residents last week. Vaccination rates remain at 52% who’ve received at least one dose and 48% who are fully vaccinated. Of the fully vaccinated, 47% have received a booster shot. Only 24 doses of the vaccine were administered to Clarke County children ages 5-14 last week. To date, 25% of children ages 5-9 and 44% of children ages 10-14 have received at least one dose. At UGA for the week of Feb. 7-11, there were 154 vaccine doses administered. UGA reported 87 positive cases for the week, down by nearly half from the previous week, and there were 552 surveillance tests administered on campus. [BA and Jessica Luton] f
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FORMER GOVERNOR TAPPED TO LEAD GEORGIA UNIVERSITIES
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ormer Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, versities. I’m excited about the future of the who also served as United States secuniversity system with him at the helm.” retary of agriculture, has been named But critics point out that the UGA vetsole finalist to lead the state’s public college erinary school graduate’s resume does not and university system despite worries over include academic leadership. “He is comhis lack of educational experience and fears pletely inexperienced in education, and this that his conservative political past may be appointment—though it shouldn’t be—is seen as divisive to blatantly political,” some students. reads a Change.org The Georgia Board petition with 1,529 of Regents voted signatures created by unanimously to a group called Stop approve Perdue as Sonny. finalist for chancelGov. Brian Kemp lor of the University sought to fend off System of Georgia those charges in a at a special called statement congratumeeting Feb. 15. By lating Perdue released state law, the regents shortly after the must wait at least hearing. “As a cabinet 14 days between level official who was naming a finalist and confirmed with overvoting to approve whelming, bipartisan them. If, as expected, support, he managed Perdue passes the a budget roughly 15 full vote, he will take times that of USG and the reins from interim Chancellor Teresa navigated challenging times of disruption MacCartney, who has been leading the that required innovative thinking,” Kemp system’s 26 public colleges and universisaid. “Georgians will benefit from his decities since former Chancellor Steve Wrigley sive and creative leadership over a system retired in July. which now serves more than 340,000 stu“I consider being named the finalist as dents. I look forward to working with future the Chancellor of the University System Chancellor Perdue to ensure the quality of of Georgia to be a wonderful capstone to our higher education continues to be wora career of public service,” Perdue said in a thy of the best place to live, work, learn and statement. “Education is the most importraise a family.” ant issue at the federal, state and local Perdue was long reported to be Kemp’s level and it’s why, as a legislator, I sought top choice, despite the fact that Perdue’s to be chair of the Senate Higher Education first cousin, former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, Committee to work is challenging Kemp on important initiafor the governor’s He is completely tives with Gov. Zell job. Sonny Perdue inexperienced in education, helped accelerate Miller and former USG Chancellor Steve and this appointment—though it Kemp’s political rise Portch.” by naming him secreshouldn’t be—is blatantly political. tary of state in 2010. Perdue rose through the state Although Kemp is Senate as a Democrat before switching parnow on the outs with Trump for failing to ties in 1998 and becoming Georgia’s first overturn the 2020 election, the former govRepublican governor since Reconstruction ernor reportedly convinced the president to in 2002. He handily won re-election in offer Kemp his endorsement in 2018, help2006. In 2017, he was tapped by then-Presing him defeat then-Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle in ident Donald Trump to serve as agriculture the GOP primary. secretary, and he served until the end of The search has been clouded by charges Trump’s term. of political paybacks. The Southern Board Chair Harold Reynolds said Association of Colleges and Schools Perdue’s impressive resume makes him Commission on Colleges sent a letter to an ideal candidate: “He has extensive the Board of Regents warning about undue background in public service, including political interference, and an executive government management experience and search firm hired to help find the replaceleadership at the highest levels. He was ment for the retired former Chancellor twice elected by the people of this state to Steve Wrigley quit last year amid questions serve as our governor, and he has served of whether Perdue was a done deal. our nation as the United States Secretary “The search for a chancellor must be conof Agriculture. He was also the chair of ducted in the open and must include meanthe Senate Higher Education Committee, ingful faculty participation,” the American during his time in the Georgia General Association of University Professors wrote Assembly. He holds a doctorate of veteriin an open letter to the regents. “The USG nary medicine degree from his beloved alma system deserves and demands a chancellor mater, the University of Georgia, and has who understands higher education, who has a passion for higher education, and specifithe confidence of the faculty who work in cally for this state’s public colleges and unithe system, and who will work to enhance
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the entire Georgia system to ensure Georgia students have the best educational experience.” Some of his past political stances may also put Perdue at odds with some in Georgia’s campus communities. His first election as governor was fueled by debate over the 1956 state flag, which his predecessor, Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes, changed to remove the Confederate cross. Perdue supported a statewide referendum that would have included the old flag with its Confederate symbolism. He later declared April 2006 Confederate History Month in Georgia. Just over a quarter of Georgia’s 340,638 public college students are Black, and for many Georgians, the Confederate flag is an enduring symbol of racist hatred. Perdue’s full-throated support of Trump also causes heartburn for some young people in a state that narrowly rejected the former president in 2020. Georgians between 18–29 supported President Joe Biden over Trump by 56%–43%, a wider margin than any other age group in the state, according to Washington Post exit polling.
But Perdue’s reputation as a staunch conservative may endear him to other members of the state government, which is still dominated in all three branches by the GOP. Republican lawmakers have filed multiple bills this session seeking to push back against what they see as an increasing cultural shift in Georgia universities, including bills to ban the promotion of “divisive concepts” in classrooms, and expand campus free speech zones after receiving complaints of censorship from right-wing speakers. If Perdue wants to weigh in on those hot button issues, he did not signal that last Tuesday, instead vowing to support students in learning and employees in teaching. “I want to make a difference by providing leadership and resources so that faculty can thrive in their teaching, research and service and students are inspired and supported so they graduate, find rewarding careers and become productive citizens,” he said. “I am honored to be considered for such an important role.” f This article originally appeared at georgiarecorder. com.
Athens Says Perdon’t Make Perdue Chancellor Reaction to Sonny Perdue’s imminent appointment as chancellor of the University System of Georgia came fast and furious in the Twitterverse after the state Board of Regents named the former Georgia governor the sole finalist to become the next chancellor of the University System of Georgia. “It’s a done deal. Sympathy and solidarity with my colleagues in the Georgia system,” tweeted UGA political science professor Cas Mudde, an authority on political extremism. Mudde explained the politics of Kemp’s choice: “To repay him for previous appointment and Trump endorsement, and to neutralize him for his re-election campaign, Kemp has pushed through Trump cabinet member Sonny Perdue as USG Chancellor, who has promised to bring ‘more conservative values to the job.’“ History professor emeritus Jim Cobb, another UGA academic star, was blunt in his assessment: “This guy is a Trump toady who never had an original thought of his own, and doesn’t much cotton to those who have, or worse yet, encourage your kids to have them. His capacity to do harm is limited only by his being too lazy to kill a snake.” Georgia State University political science professor Jeffrey Lazarus was more sanguine. “Perdue was a pretty reasonable governor and just about the only Trump cabinet member who wasn’t a corrupt piece of crap. I’m hopeful he won’t rock the boat too much,” he said. Politicians both Democratic and Republican had plenty to say, much of it predictable. “Our universities deserve a leader with experience and a commitment to academic freedom, not a political operative,” said the Georgia Senate Democrats. “This is ridiculous. How did he earn this seat?” asked Mokah-Jasmine Johnson of Athens, a former Democratic legislative candidate. Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Russell Edwards posted a photo of Perdue speaking at one of Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rallies, promoting Trump’s false claims that he won in Georgia and other states where voters rejected him. “He is a racist & unfit to be chancellor,” posted Nabilah Islam, Democratic candidate for Georgia State Senate District 7. “This is a shameful & disgraceful move by GA Republicans to politicize our classrooms. Sonny Perdue has no place deciding what is best for the 340,000+ students in our incredible public university system,” wrote Charlie Bailey, a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. Republicans sang a different tune. “He is a true statesman and fearless leader who will undoubtedly take Georgia’s Higher Education system to new heights,” according to Tyler Harper, farmer and Republican candidate for Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture. “He brings a deep experience of state government & a passion for growing tomorrow’s leaders. I look forward to working with him,” said Republican State Rep. Jan Jones of Alpharetta. “I’m confident he will ensure our Higher Ed system thrives and prepares each of our students for future success,” Tweeted Burt Jones, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. The Georgia Chamber of Commerce also weighed in, hailing Perdue. “The #GeorgiaChamber would like to congratulate @SonnyPerdue on being named sole finalist for the @BORUSG #Chancellor post. Your experience and leadership will help propel #Georgia and its post-secondary efforts to a new level,” the chamber Tweeted. @PerdueChicken also had something to say, in response to another tweet: “Hello there! Perdue Farms have no associations to David or Sonny Perdue. Have a great day!” [Lee Shearer]
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GDOT IS FIXING THE LOOP AND LEXINGTON
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e’ve all grumbled about the bottlelong advocated for the changes to improve neck at the Loop interchange on public safety. According to the 2012 Lexington Road. But unless it’s a part of Project Concept Report, “the proposed your daily commute, you may have felt improvement is needed to accommodate whiplash in the last few months or so the growing traffic volumes on SR 10/US by how quickly the area’s vegetation was 78/Lexington Road and improve the roadstripped, bulldozed flat and replaced with way capacity. Also, the proposed project is orange cones and loud equipment. The conexpected to improve traffic operations, as struction, though aesthetically displeasing well as reduce vehicle crash frequency and at the moment, is intended to mitigate severity.” decades-old traffic problems and dangers The report scrutinized data for 2006, associated with the intersection. 2007 and 2008, years in which crash rates The project will expand that stretch of around the interchange were above the U.S Highway 78 from four lanes to six and statewide average for similar routes classiadd a 20-foot raised median and sidewalks. fied as “Minor Urban Arterial.” Additionally, Additionally, the reconstruction will overAthens-Clarke County’s growing population haul the northbound and subsequently 10 Loop exit and roads necesMy biggest hope is simply busying entrance ramps: the sitate expansion. In current northbound 2018, the Average that the people on the entrance ramp will be Daily Traffic Volume Eastside will not get caught in removed, an exit for count on SR 10/US westbound Oconee endless congestion every day as 78/Lexington highway Street travelers will was 30,300. By 2045, they leave work or the university. the ADT along the be added in its place, and a new entrance route is projected to ramp is set to be constructed directly across be 44,500 with a range up to 76,100, which from Barnett Shoals Road. Intersections without the currently underway construcand medians will be adjusted or removed if tion would earn the intersection an “F,” or needed. Construction begins at the Oconee unacceptable, grade of service. Street/Oak Street intersection and ends “My biggest hope is simply that the slightly east of Winterville Road, amountpeople on the Eastside will not get caught ing to roughly 0.6 of a mile in total. in endless congestion every day as they Complaints about the intersection have leave work or the university,” said Athensbeen mounting for decades. A concept for Clarke County Commissioner Carol Myers, this project was originally approved by the who represents the Eastside. “I assume Georgia Department of Transportation in there will always be a little backup at peak hours, but traffic will be smoother, much more logical and less stressful.” In addition to drivers, users of alternative transportation are poised to benefit from the project. “As a person who uses my bike to get around, I come down on the bike lanes from Barnett Shoals to that intersection. I’m Construction on Lexington Road at the Loop will eventually eliminate the always scared there,” bottleneck at the interchange. Myers said. “In the short term, it’s going 1996, revised in 2005 and 2012, and re-apto be difficult. But when this is done, it’ll proved in 2017. Construction finally began be a smoother transition for cyclists, for in October of last year and is roughly 5% motorists in that whole area and pedestricomplete, according to GDOT. ans as well.” The current completion date, which The project is estimated to cost $24.9 GDOT District One Communications million, with the federal government Officer Melodii Peoples says construction is responsible for 80% and the state paying on target to meet, is June 29, 2025. Though 20%. the intersection will reduce congestion in A different Loop improvement project is the long term, “before we get to this point, underway, too. U.S. Highway 29, past Old there will be growing pains for the residents Hull Road where the Loop meets Highway and traffic,” Peoples said. Thus, drivers of 29 and northbound traffic must exit to stay the area should travel with attention to on, is having its twin bridges replaced with shifting traffic patterns and construction taller bridges with 12 foot inside and outaccommodations. side shoulders. The project is approximately Madison Athens-Clarke Oconee Regional two-thirds of a mile long, and detours will Transportation Study (MACORTS), a board be made to accommodate its construction. that makes recommendations to GDOT, has It is projected to conclude in May 2023. f
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BOOK BURNING AND BANNING IN TENNESSEE
In a scene reminiscent of the darkest days in his home country in the 20th century. of Nazi Germany, books were burned earlier When the book burnings began in this month by a howling mob right here in a Nazi Germany in the 1930s, huge crowds nation that calls itself “the land of the free.” marched in New York City in protest of Greg Locke, a right-wing preacher in the burnings and other policies of Hitler’s Tennessee, led his congregation in an eerie Reich. Journalist Walter Lippmann warned nighttime book burning at his church his fellow Americans that “there is a govnear Nashville. Citing the Bible’s book ernment in Germany which means to of Acts, the reactionary reverend caterwauled against the demonism and witchcraft that he claims are contained in books and entertainment that raise his holy hackles. Consigned to the flames at the minister’s book burning were copies of Harry Potter books, the Twilight series and the Masonic Bible, along with Ouija boards and Tarot cards. Pastor Locke is a Bible-brandishing, pulpit-pounding backer of former President Donald Trump who has used his ministry to support QAnon conspiracy craziness and the Proud Boys gang of street-fighting stormtroopers for Trump. Also in Tennessee, last month the McMinn County school board banned the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus from the 8th grade curriculum. The book depicts Nazis as evil cats and Jews as hapless mice caught up in the horrors of the Holocaust. Cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who wrote and illustrated the book and whose parents Maus, a graphic novel about the Holocaust, was banned survived the infamous Auschwitz by a Tennessee school board. death camp, called the ban “absurd” and said, “This is not about left versus right. This is about a culture war that teach its people that their salvation lies in has gotten totally out of control.” violence.” Sadly, the protests ebbed and the The attempt to ban Maus may have back- burning of books in Germany did indeed fired. Sales of the cartoon book have soared lead to the burning of people there. in recent weeks. Pastor Locke’s book burnToday the howls of hatred from screaming and the McMinn County book banning ing mobs echo down the hallways of history may become the biggest embarrassments and resound right here in 21st century to the Volunteer State since the Scopes America. Antisemitism is on the rise in Monkey Trial that pitted evolutionary scithis country today, and Republican Party ence against religious apologists for Donald fundamentalism in the Trump’s regime are callThe attempt to ban tiny town of Dayton, ing the Jan. 6 Capitol TN in 1925. Hill riot “legitimate may have backfired. Book burnings political discourse.” Sales of the cartoon book have Crybaby “conservain Nazi Germany began in 1933, soon tives” whine about soared in recent weeks. after Adolf Hitler “cancel culture” and came to power. Led “critical race theory” by Nazi officials and right-wing univerwhile sanctioning the banning of books or sity students, the events spread quickly curricula that tell the whole history of this across Germany. Books by such authors as nation—the good, the bad and the ugly. Sinclair Lewis, H.G. Wells, Helen Keller, Since 1982, Banned Books Week has Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, Albert been an annual celebration of the freedom Einstein and John Steinbeck were torched to read. This year’s event will take place at by German mobs, but book burning and libraries, schools and bookstores across this antisemitism had gone hand in hand in nation from Sept. 18–24. The observance is Germany long before Hitler’s regime. As needed now more than ever as the chilling early as 1817 German university students winds of authoritarianism blow across our had burned books, particularly those writpolitical landscape. In 2010 Sara Bloomfield ten by Jewish authors. In 1821 Heinrich of the United States Holocaust Memorial Heine, a German Jewish writer, had warned Museum spoke words of warning that still that “those who burn books will in the end are true for Americans in the year 2022: burn people.” Heine died in 1856, but his “The most important aspect of the Nazi warning was prescient. The 19th century book burnings is not what the Germans did, writer’s books were burned by Nazi fanatics but what others failed to do.” f
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By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Hey Bonita, This sounds crazy, but I think one of my friends is just bad luck in my life. We’ve been close friends for about two years, and they’re one of those people who always has some kind of conflict or problem going on (and not necessarily ones within their control). I started noticing a pattern that whenever they’re around a lot, something bad or largely inconvenient happens in the strangest ways. I should note that it’s not like we hang out SO much that the odds are more likely. Examples are: I got a flat tire after leaving their house; they got their car stuck in a ditch leaving my house; while we were hanging out I had a medical emergency with my dog; we got stuck outside their house because the unlocked front door got wedged closed; and so many more big and small things. Am I over-exaggerating these coincidences, or have you ever had someone in your life that seemed like bad luck? Anon Hey Anon, I’m not sure that it serves any good purpose to believe that an entire person can be “bad luck.” That would mean that I believe that there is some omnipotent and malevolent force in the universe that causes harm to people for no reason besides the fact that it likes to hurt people. It doesn’t help anything to search for reasons that inconveniences occur when we’re around certain people. I definitely don’t think
that they are some supernatural force that created a medical emergency for your dog. Do you think that they wouldn’t have gotten stuck in a ditch if they hadn’t been hanging out with you? Do you think that whatever punctured your tire wouldn’t have been in the road if you hadn’t been driving away from their house? To believe in bad luck is to believe that the universe shifts nails onto the road and puts chocolate bars on a dog’s path just because one person is present. I don’t believe in luck. I am not superstitious. I believe in privilege and bias, and I believe that life is not fair and that none
of us are special. We are all just stepping on each other’s faces while trying to climb into the sunlight, so let’s not assign “harbinger” to someone who just wants to hang out with us. Life is already so frickin’ hard, and I can’t encourage you to look at this person as if they are the cause of things like punctured tires and slippery ditches—with respect, it’s way more likely that someone hasn’t been driving for long enough to know how to better avoid ditches. Also, sharp things fly out of truck beds all the time, and some people are also just jerks who throw nails onto the road. Simply put, individuals do not have the power to shift the universe’s will. Does the universe even have a will? Emily in Paris got renewed for a third season while Sense8 is still off the air, so I see no evidence of it. Bad things happen all the time, no matter what. I don’t see bad luck or misfortune at play here, but I do see a great opportunity for you to be a better friend and to deepen your relationship with this person. They might feel like it’s always raining on their head, and I would just tell them that shit happens but they’ve still got a friend in me. Repeated misfortune can indeed make a person feel like they’re destined for terrible life experiences, and I think you should be supportive and logical in your approach to all of these bad things happening to your friend.
We don’t ask for bad things to happen to us, and we don’t will negativity into our lives. I think it’s a better use of your time to cultivate a mutually positive relationship with this friend and to be supportive of them when they need it. And certainly don’t blame them for your own bad times. Did they feed your dog a chocolate bar? No? Then what good is there to blame your dog’s bad health on your friend’s mere existence? f Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, or use our anonymous online form at flagpole.com/get-advice
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Hendershot’s Lunch Menu PLUS, TACOS TO TALK ABOUT
By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com HENDERSHOT’S (237 Prince Ave., 706Hendershot’s still has all the other stuff 353-3050): Y’all, it’s been hard to get you’re used to (coffee drinks, cocktails, beer, excited about restaurants over the past two wine, bagels from The Café on Lumpkin, years. Any momentary joy in tasting someIndependent pastries), but this lunch, thing wonderful was usually quickly underwhich runs Monday through Saturday from cut by the arrival of another variant or an 11 a.m.–3 p.m. is a good new feature, with insurrection or some other form of interest- the freewheeling spirit of a pop-up but a bit ing times. So when I went to Hendershot’s more reliability. Not looking to get breathed on an unrelated matter, I didn’t expect to on? You can get it delivered through Uber be surprised by its new menu. I expected Eats, order takeout or sit outside on the sandwiches, maybe a fried egg, the kind of patio. thing the longtime coffee shop/bar/music venue has tried before. I didn’t expect a IGUANA’S MEXICAN GRILL (2024 S. fun little list of dishes with a strong East Milledge Ave., 706-850-5324): This Mexican Asian bent, but that’s what this is, and it’s restaurant in the former space of Athens nice. The Hendy noodle bowl features beef Pizza, next to Achachi International (optional; the dish is vegan without it), Market, has a sunny and pleasant interior kimchi, bok choy, peanuts, house chili oil with the menu on a huge chalkboard and a and a toasted sesame sauce over wide noobunch of brightly painted chairs. It keeps a dles. It has surprises. The Szechuan pepper foot in the world of Mexican-American cuigradually numbs your lips. The kimchi adds sine and a foot, or maybe a toe, in the world some pickle. The bok choy provides subtle of traditional Mexican dishes—although it’s vegetal sweetness. Everything is pretty well hard to say whether one is done better. balanced. Not particularly East Asian but nicely done is the house smashburger: two squashed-down patties with American cheese, good pickles and “fun sauce.” The fries, which can have garlic parmesan, lemon pepper or Szechuan pepper added, are unremarkable and not that flavorful. The staff may try to steer you away from the Italian grilled cheese and tomato soup toward the all-day burrito, Iguana’s Mexican Grill but they’re wrong. The latter is just a burrito (it’s totally fine, but it definitely The bland bread used for the tortas needs its small side of salsa), whereas the undermines the fillings in the cubana, former is a creamy, flavorful tomato-basil which comes with a huge amount of fries. soup and not a grilled cheese sandwich but The burrito loco (presumably named for its two crunchy, panko-breaded, deep-fried enormous size) ends up being mostly meat. triangles of cheese. If you’re faced with this But the tacos aren’t bad. Available as either choice, get the dang soup. Mexican (corn tortilla, cilantro, onion, lime Here’s something else good—the red on the side) or American (flour tortilla, salad, which features a Korean chili vinailettuce, cheese, tomato), they acquit themgrette with lots of sesame seeds and nori selves decently. The carnitas are too crisp, to jazz up its cukes and tomatoes. And the and the al pastor is OK. I’ve been coming Hong Kong French toast, while not exactly around again to the virtues of a classic my thing (too sweet), is nonetheless a ground beef American taco, and the one worthy addition: fat pieces of bread stuffed at Iguana’s is tasty. Even better is its rajas with pepper jelly (yum!), jalapeno pineaptaco, a combo of roasted green peppers and ple jam or apple butter, battered and fried cheese that is a rare find in Athens. Order until they puff up like square doughnuts. a few of those and a side of the esquites No syrup needed. There’s even a simple and (grilled corn cut off the cob and combined decent bowl of miso soup accompanied by in a cup with cotija cheese, mayo, lime and a scallion pancake that is not the equal of a Taijin), and you’ll be pretty happy. truly good one, but is a dish in short supply Iguana’s also has its burritos available in Athens. Put more chili in the chili oil, as bowls, does a bunch of entrees, has kids please. A couple more promising items on meals and provides a lot of veggie-centric the menu (a mapo chili dog and “kollard options. It has zero outside seating but does greens” cooked with salt pork, chili paste both takeout and delivery through Cosmic. and fried shallots) have been permanently It’s open 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m. Monday 86ed. through Saturday. f
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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com THE PRINCE AVENUE SONGBOOK: Athens song-
stress Marty Winkler has recently been enjoying some new success across the pond, where she was signed by Swedish company Hemifran, which handles distribution and promotion to the UK and key European markets. This week, she officially releases her newest album, Songs I Never Sang For My Father, which has been available digitally for a few months. Winkler performs music from a broad cross-section of popular early and mid-20th century vocal styles and
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often stretches into blues, middle-of-theroad swing and sway, as well as standards. For more information, please see marty winklermusicacting.com and martywinkler. bandcamp.com. SONGS LIKE THIS: Anticipation has been building for several months around the debut album of Sloan Simpson, System Update, which is slated for full release May 13 (digital) and July 1 (vinyl LP). Known best as a live recordist for the past two decades, Simpson began recording songs with a veritable cavalcade of stars back in late 2020 after live shows had been scuttled universally. The album is now available for preorder, and the vinyl comes courtesy of Science Project Records. In the spirit of full disclosure, let it be known that I have worked with Simpson very closely on this release and the effort to bring it to market. Which is why you’re getting just the facts, and no opinions, from me in regard to this. To hear the new singles and place your order, please see sloanbrothers.bandcamp.com. MADRAS & HUARACHES: Songwriter Elliot Shaw released a two-song single earlier this month (“Cat Got Tongue” b/w “Occurred to Me”), and it’s a double dose of smooth acoustic vibes. Betraying knowledge of
both mid-1960s production styles and their late-century revival, Shaw’s music evokes a kind of soft nostalgia. Specifically, Shaw’s music recalls artists like The High Llamas, The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, and maybe even a slight—albeit exceptionally so— amount of Lee Hazelwood. Check this out at elliotshaw.bandcamp.com.
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Athens musicians Joe Rowe and George Davidson have released their newest collaborative collection of songs. Working together under the name Exchains, previously known as Cherry, this new group of six tracks is named Deep Stroll. We last heard from the pair in May 2021 when they released Poems Wanted. Similar in style, the new record again mixes earworm jazz expressions with a touch of modernism. Davidson’s saxophone figures as the prominent driving melodic force, but Rowe’s thoughtful percussion expressions support it all the way through. While I wouldn’t classify this as traditional easy listening it’s certainly not difficult, and those with a bent toward mood and expression may find it an appropriate companion for cocktails, driving alone or just staring out the window and thinking. Find it at exchains.bandcamp.com. SNAP, CRACKLE AND POP: The glitch-ambient project sweetearthflying has two new releases out as we speak. The first, a single 17-minute-plus track named “Reflecting Pool,” came out in January and is both long and crackly enough to make the inner ear itch. The second, a three-track offering named Unfocused Enchantment, is more immediately melodically driven but still solidly entrenched in its own head especially on the multi-movement opening track “Twin Edges.” While I enjoyed both of these to varying degrees, neither will change your life but they just might change your afternoon if you sit back and give them a chance to slowly wash over you. Find each at sweet earthflying.bandcamp.com. I BEFORE E EXCEPT AFTER C: We last heard from composer Marcel Sletten and his Primordial Void label last May when he was still a new transplant to Athens from Lodi, CA. This week—Friday, Feb. 25 to be exact—Sletten will release his newest album, Irish Words and a Bottle of Myrrh. The album itself is quite long and clocks in at a full 16 tracks. While Sletten’s work is quite influenced by the past 100 years or so of experimental composition, there are specific touchstones here that hint at a taste for primitive futurism. I found this most enjoyable when listened to straight through from beginning to end. In pure layman’s terms, it is noisier in its early movements and eventually sheds some hard skin to reveal moments of traditional beauty. Find this at primordialvoid.bandcamp.com. f
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ithout delving into an astronomy for Wilcher’s previously stated commulesson, most of us can appreciate nity work, the album might not have been looking up into the night sky and seeing released. President and co-founder of the the small twinkling of massive stars, like local youth organization The League of Step, the bright light of Vega in the Northern Wilcher saw the opportunity to make his Hemisphere. Also referred to as Alpha Lyrae long-standing dream a reality at the beginin Latin, this is where Athens hiphop artist Torrance Wilcher, who performs under the stage name Squallé, draws his inspiration. The artist released a versatile hip hop, R&B and spoken word album Alpha Lyrae 2 on Tuesday, Feb. 22—the 2/22/22 Twosday everyone’s been awaiting. “Gotta be the brightest star/ Gotta be the best version of yourself” is how the album opens, and the line is mirrored at the close of the last track to frame the overall message. When Wilcher released the first Alpha Lyrae in 2019, he explains that this was the point when he was truly coming into his sound and incorporating more of himself into his music. This came after several years of grinding with the local hip-hop group We’re Weird (consisting of fellow artists BlackNerdNinja, L.G. and Profound) and making his solo name known at the forefront of the Athens hip-hop scene through steady releases and Squallé with members of The League of Step. performances. “I’ve just created all styles of music that compliment me as a person. I’ve ning of the pandemic by officially starting had a crazy life—I grew up in the hood in this dance and mentorship program in the streets, but I also went off to college March 2020. “Stepping” is a form of dance and graduated and got a degree. I also work primarily focused on body percussion— in the community,” says Wilcher. “So I using feet, hands and other parts of the wanted [Alpha Lyrae 2] to reflect how I am body—that originated in Africa as a means as a person. I think people get a feel for who of communication, explains Wilcher, who I am in this album more than they have in compares it to competition cheerleading. any other album.” “[The League of Step] was already in the Creating Alpha Lyrae 2 has been a works, and then when the quarantine haplengthy and careful process, but if it wasn’t pened, it motivated me to make it official
and do it. Then I had a bunch of kids that were like, ‘Hey coach, we are not able to step because we can’t go to school and we’re learning from home, and there’s nothing to do.’ So it just kind of came from that,” says Wilcher. The base of the organization is the mentorship program Don’t Be A Menace, open to children and teens in 2nd–12th grade. This program includes tutoring, workshops, community service, group exercises, public speaking, goal setting and financial literacy education. The emphasis is on teaching children, in particular Black youth, life skills they usually don’t learn in school. From there, they can move on to the
SWISH (Stepping While Insanely Smart and Humble) program, where the fundamentals, history and terminology of stepping are taught. Once students pass a rigorous test, they are finally trained on how to step and can compete in competitions. “In a way, it kind of saved me emotionally, because I was going through this thing where I wasn’t able to record. I wasn’t able to perform. All of that was just taken away, so I was going through this artist depres-
sion and questioning, what in the world do I do now? So it took my attention off that, and I put it all into the League of Step and into the kids,” says Wilcher. “It kind of got me out of the little artist depression I was in and motivated me to put out music… You got 30 kids in your ear like, ‘When you dropping music? When are you dropping the album? You need to drop something.’” Working with the children helped Wilcher get more in touch with his emotions and creativity, and even sharpened his writing skills. The first song Wilcher wrote for Alpha Lyrae 2 was the middle track “Told Ya So.” Rather than building up to a peak in energy, this song creates a sobering low at the center of the album in a way that everything else builds off from thematically. One of the artist’s main goals for the album was to be transparent and bare his emotions to the public. As another lesson from his community work, Wilcher learned the value of sharing his internal world as a way to relate to others struggling with similar experiences. The final track, “Love Letter,” is a heart-to-heart moment between the artist and the community. “It’s to everyone—’Love Letter’ was me trying to tell people, I understand that you have these perceptions of me, but this is who I am,” says Wilcher. “So ‘Love Letter’ was me being as vulnerable as possible, kind of parallel to ‘I Want To Be Loved’ from the first album. Declaration to say, hey, don’t be so quick to judge a person; understand the root of where it all came from.” As the middle child of five, Wilcher often felt left out growing up and pursued music as a way to be heard. Addressing his mother directly in “Love Letter,” he explains that she has been both a weakness in his life and a source of inspiration to work harder. Even when recollecting childhood traumas and difficult situations, Wilcher always circles back to self-improvement. Alpha Lyrae 2 pushes a narrative of deeper understanding of the man behind the artist, but it also consistently encourages others that they deserve better and to be their “brightest star.” f
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Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). SOLD OUT! www.georgiatheatre. com MARCUS KING Young guitar phenom and fourth generation musician creating blistering, supersonic soul. HANNAH WICKLUND Bluesy rock and roll artist who will make fans of Janis Joplin question whether reincarnation is real. Southern Brewing Co., Monroe 7 p.m. www.sobrewco.com FUNKY BLUESTER Blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles.
Wednesday 23 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatre andbar.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). $25–30. www.georgiatheatre.com LUCY DACUS Richmond-based songwriter who writes coming-ofage songs and also performs in Boygenius with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker. INDIGO DE SOUZA Alt-indie artist from Asheville, NC known for confessional lyrics and an emotional singing style. Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens. 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.
Thursday 24 Buvez 8:30 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ buvezathens ZACH BRADLEY Local singer-songwriter blending ‘90s British alternative with the folkways, grit and soul of the American South. A.C. DARNELL Austin Darnell of The Darnell Boys, Sawmill Slang and The Howdies performs country and blues. LILY DABBS Local folk singer-songwriter. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $7. www.flickertheatreand bar.com OUTERSEA Local surf rock band “who fears no man or rouge wave.” EXIT ROW Guitar-driven baroque pop band with members of Eagle Scout, Needle Teeth and Nuclear Tourism. LENA RAYNE ALLEN Local singer-songwriter who can make anyone laugh or cry depending on the song. Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. (doors), 8:30 p.m. (show). $13–15. www.georgia theatre.com STOP LIGHT OBSERVATIONS Charleston-based “Southern-ret-
ro-electro-rock” band influenced by classic rock and roll, Motown soul and folk. Normal Bar 8:30 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ normal.bar.7 MYLES MANLEY Folk rock. MIDNIGHT MAC Local Americana. 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. VFW (Post 2872) 6–9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/vfwpost2872 KARAOKE Silverstar Productions hosts an evening of karaoke.
HEFFNER Guitar-driven, power pop led by the Heffner twins. T. HARDY MORRIS Local singer-songwriter. The Root 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/every daydogsband EVERYDAY DOGS Local underground rock band known for their crazy stage antics. Southern Brewing Co. RPM Series. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $7–10. www.sobrewco. com GUILLOTINE A.D. Southern death metal. BEAST MODE Local groove/ thrash-metal band that offers “the heaviest metal in the city.” DUNGEON FILTH Dirty death grind three-piece from Atlanta.
Hendershot’s Coffee 3:30 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee. com CLASSICAL REVOLUTION Classical music performed by Athens musicians. 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com GRASSLAND STRING BAND Americana bluegrass band with a jazzy, bluesy, soulful and progressive style. Album release show! Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. $39–69. www.pac.uga. edu ANAÏS MITCHELL Singer-songwriter and creator of the Broadway smash hit Hadestown supporting the release of her seventh solo album. BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN Trio folk supergroup performing
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Red Line Athens Punx Picnic. 2–7 p.m. FREE! flogamocker77@gmail.com ANARCHY FOR ASSHOLES Oldschool hardcore punks on tour from Oklahoma City. BEAT UP Local anarcho-punk group. 7” release show! JACKNIFE Noisy horror punk from Greenville, SC. PINKEYE Asheville-based punk band. SUNDOWN Post-hardcore quartet from Indianapolis. WEAPONIZED FLESH Local smash thrash. ZIPPNUTS Punk/hard rock band from Wausau, WI.
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Friday 25 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. (doors). $15 (adv.). www.40watt. com PINK DISCO Wobble Haus presents Pink Disco with sets by Mangomia, Clarkia and Izzy. Ciné 9 p.m. (doors). $7. www.athens cine.com CULT OF RIGGONIA Psychedelic collective from Macon, GA. TURTLE GRENADE Mdou Moctar will play at the Georgia Theatre on Monday, Feb. 28. Athens-based indie, “folk-ish” singer-songwriter. selections from its two-time GramVFW (Post 2872) LYDIAN BRAMBILA Local folk my-nominated album. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10. singer-songwriter. The Pity Party www.facebook.com/vfwpost2872 Flicker Theatre & Bar “Persona” Opening Reception. 5 CHRIS HAMPTON BAND 9 p.m. $7. www.flickertheatreand p.m. (doors), 6:30 p.m. (show). Athens-based three-piece band bar.com feralgalleries@gmail.com performing classic and modern hits. NAAN VIOLENCE Sitar music by ETHAN MULLENAX Local folk Arjun Kulharya. singer-songwriter with an eclectic, EMILEIGH IRELAND Performing evocative sound. an assortment of beautiful songs. CONVICT JULIE Soulful alternative 40 Watt Club JOHN KIRAN FERNANDES/ R&B artist and producer who uses 8:30 p.m. (doors). $12 (adv.), $15. GABRIELLE DANIELS/VERNON her platform to raise awareness www.40watt.com THORNBERRY Trio performance. against social injustices. DOGS IN A PILE Taking their name ORGANICALLY PROGRAMMED The Root from a lyric in “He’s Gone” by The Space disco by Oliver Domingo. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). Georgia Theatre Grateful Dead, this New Jersey FREE! www.facebook.com/Aubrey 7:30 p.m. (doors), 8:30 p.m. quartet plays a fusion of psychedeEntertainmentAthensGA (show). $25–30. www.georgia lia, funk, jazz and rock. KIMBERLY MORGAN YORK theatre.com MEDICATED SUNFISH PsycheSinger-songwriter performing THE STEELDRIVERS Grammy delic jam band from Wilmington, alt-country songs that resonate with Award-winning, hard-edged blueNC. honesty and conviction. Album Athentic Brewing Co. grass outfit from Nashville. release show! 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. TROUBADOUR BLUE Up-andSouthern Brewing Co. com coming modern bluegrass band. RPM Presents. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 Hendershot’s Coffee ASHLEY TATARSKY Acoustic p.m. (show). www.sobrewco.com 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10. singer-songwriter. GIMME SABBATH Gimme Hendrix Flicker Theatre & Bar www.hendershotscoffee.com performs a tribute to Black Sabbath. 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker WELL HELLO DOLLY! AN ATHAKKERI Local experimental rock theatreandbar.com ENS TRIBUTE TO DOLLY PARtrio that hints at influences like JIM WILLINGHAM AND THE DIM TON Local songwriters pay tribute Jane’s Addiction, Black Sabbath WATTS Local songwriter known for to the legendary Dolly Parton. and Funkadelic. fronting the bands Old Smokey and In-the-round performers include VICTOR CHARLIE Athens-based Harry Carey. Betsy Franck, Kimberly Morgan three-piece original vintage grunge TABLOID Local band that sounds York, Adam Payne, Claire Campbell band. like “if Big Star, The Ronettes and and Ty Manning. Southern Brewing Co., International Grill & Bar Television had a bar brawl and Monroe 8 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ everyone won.” 7:30 p.m. www.sobrewco.com IGBAthensGA KELLY GALLAGHER Local making JIM COOK Local solo performer AFTER HOURZ R&B band that unusual synth-based tracks. playing acoustic blues, classic rock Georgia Theatre plays a mixture of neo-soul and jazz. and Americana. The Lewis Room at 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). The Warehouse Athens Tweed Recording $25–30. www.georgiatheatre.com 7 p.m. $10. www.thewarehouse 7 p.m. (doors). $12 (adv.), $14. YACHT ROCK REVUE Georgia’s athens.com www.lewisroom.com favorite ‘70s light-rock tribute band NOAH HICKS Country newcomer LO TALKER Local psychedelic performs Talking Heads’ Stop Makfrom Carrollton, GA sharing stories folk-rock group. ing Sense. inspired by home.
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Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $25. www.georgiatheatre.com PARAQUET COURTS High-energy, indie rock band from New York. MDOU MOCTAR Tuareg songwriter from Agadez, Niger, who performs innovative interpretations of Taureg guitar music.
Tuesday 1 Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. $20–55. pac.uga.edu CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER “Stars of Vienna” pairs iconic works by Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms. Southern Brewing Co., Monroe 7 p.m. www.sobrewco.com FUNKY BLUESTER Blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles. Terrapin Beer Co. Historic Athens Mardi Gras Masquerade and Block Party. 6 p.m. $40. www.historicathens.com
BLAIR CRIMMINS AND THE HOOKERS Supercharged hot ragtime jazz with a touch of rock and roll. This Mardi Gras celebration also features a dance performance by Modern Pin-Ups, crowning of the court and best dressed competition. Masquerade costumes encouraged. The World Famous 8 p.m. $5–10 suggested donation. www.facebook.com/ NASTY BOYS Milwaukee-based parody duo leading The Cult of Nasty “in the name of hips, nips and naughty, nasty nether region bits.” ALDENTE Local genre-bending rap band featuring multiple vocalists. UNIQE Local hip-hop artist performs alongside friends.
Wednesday 2 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatre andbar.com DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. (doors), 8:30 p.m. (show). $20–22. www.georgia theatre.com RIPE Boston-based seven-piece band channeling the spirits of rock, funk, R&B, jazz and pop. JOE HERTLER & THE RAINBOW SEEKERS “Semi-spiritual, quasi-secular, inspirational, post-Motown” folk rock band from Michigan. The Lewis Room at Tweed Recording 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (show). www.lewisroom.com CICADA RHYTHM Captivating Athens duo playing melodic, roots-influenced folk-rock. CHATHAM RABBITS Americana duo from North Carolina. Porterhouse Grill 6–9 p.m. www.porterhouseathens. com/jazz JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy a live jazz trio every Wednesday night over dinner.
pandemic protocols 40 Watt Club: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 72 hours; masks indoors Athentic Brewing Co.: masks indoors Buvez: masks indoors Ciné: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 72 hours; 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 Madison-Morgan Cultural Center: masks encouraged Normal Bar: masks indoors Nowhere Bar: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours The Pity Party: masks indoors Porterhouse Grill: masks encouraged Red Line Athens: masks encouraged The Root: no protocols Southern Brewing Co.: masks indoors Terrapin Beer Co.: masks indoors The Warehouse: no protocols VFW: masks indoors The World Famous: masks indoors
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bulletin board Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board is every THURSDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.
Art 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. “Rhythm & Movement” invites artists to create works in response to specific songs by local musicians. Deadline Mar. 11. Exhibition on view Apr. 15–June 3. $15 entry fee. www.ocaf.com/ call-for-art CALL FOR ARTISTS AND CURATORS (Lyndon House Arts Center) LHAC invites area artists, artist groups and curators to submit original exhibition proposals. Artists are also invited to submit images of their work for consideration for larger group or themed shows. Exhibitions may be scheduled as far out as three years. Submit an online proposal form. Deadline Apr. 20. beth.sale@accgov.com, accgov. com/lyndonhouse CALL FOR ENTRIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) ATHICA is seeking entries for “By Any Other Name,” a project that will offer commission contracts of $750 to five artists. Submit proposals by Feb. 28. ATHICA is also accepting applications for Artist-in-ATHICA
residencies, Solo-Duo-Trio exhibitions and internships. www.athica. org/membership, www.athica.org/ updates/call_2022_showcase 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 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 ATHENS TAKES ON AUDITIONS (Athens Community Theater) Town & Gown Players seeks vocal performances, comedy sketches, poetry readings, dance and other acts for the upcoming Second Stage variety show. Auditions will be in person and via Zoom by appointment. Performances held Mar. 4–5. yes thatchristine@gmail.com, www. townandgownplayers.org THE ODD COUPLE (OnStage Playhouse, Monroe) Seeking actors
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.) The 2022 “Members’ Showcase” spotlights artists who support the gallery through memberships. Feb. 26–Mar. 27. 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 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 photolithog-
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ages 16 and up. Auditions will be held Feb. 23, 6–8 p.m. and Feb. 26, 12–1:30 p.m. onstagewalton board@gmail.com, www.onstage walton.org
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 CLASSES (K.A. Artist Shop) “Handmade Books: Coptic Binding Workshop” is held Feb. 27, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. $95. “Intro to Linocut: Printmaking Workshop” is held Mar. 6, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. $105. www. kaartist.com BOTANICAL SKETCHBOOK WITH NICOLE BECHILL (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Tap into the local environment through drawing regional plant life using colored pencils, markers, water colors and mixed media. Mondays, Mar. 28–May 9, 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. $80. www.winterville center.com/classes 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. Mar. 16, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. The American Heart Association BLS/ First Aid/CPR instructors course will be held Feb. 26, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. $360. 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 EX UMBRIS (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Ex Umbris is an eight-month immersive course in Integral Trans-
raphy 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 through Feb. 24. FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Kelly McGlaun Fields. Through February. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence.” Through Apr. 24. • “Lou Stovall: Of Land and Origins” features selected works by the printmaker who is the 2022 recipient of the museum’s Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Award. Curator Talk held Feb. 23, 2 p.m. Family Day held Feb. 26, 10 a.m. Zoom Lecture held Mar. 3, 5:30 p.m. Currently on view through May 29. • “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. 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. Through February. • Inspired by the absence of travel during the pandemic, Kristen Bach’s photo collection, “When We Travelled,” revisits the people, colors, textures and environments the artist’s family encountered in past years.. Opening reception Mar. 1, 5:30–6:30 p.m. Through May 2. 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. 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” 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.
formative Bodywork. The course focuses on breathwork, ending dehumanizing relationships, trauma literacy, understanding recovery and more. Begins Mar. 19. Sliding scale. embodyingitb@gmail.com, www.embodyingitb.org/ex-umbris LINE DANCE (Multiple Locations) Lessons for beginners and beyond are held every first, third and fifth Tuesday, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The second and fourth Tuesdays offer evenings of line dancing, two-step and waltz. Third Tuesdays are hosted at the Bogart Community Center. Other nights are held at Athens VFW. $10. 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 PAGANS, WITCHES, HEATHENS AND OTHER CRITTERS: THE RETURN (Rabbit Hole Studios) Learn the ins and outs of Paganism. Begins Feb. 23, 8 p.m. Donations encouraged. jim@athensarea pagans.org SIP-N-PAINT CLASSES (Blanc Canvas, 138 Park Ave., Winder) Sip-n-paint classes are held every Thursday and Sunday evenings. 1210@blanccanvas.boutique, blanc-canvas.square.site YOGA CLASSES AND EVENTS (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. “Bhakti Yoga and Mantra with Kelsey Wishik” features mantra music, sound meditation and gentle asana. Feb. 27, 2 p.m. $5–20 suggested donation. www.revolutiontherapy andyoga.com YOGA TEACHER TRAINING (Shakti Power Yoga Athens) Seasonal 200hour teacher training sessions are
held in spring and summer. Visit website for dates and tuition. The studio also offers an intro month of unlimited yoga classes for $40. hello@shaktiyogaathens.com, www.shaktiyogaathens.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 ACC LIBRARY EVENTS (ACC Library) “African American Visual Artists in Athens” is a panel discussion featuring Broderick Flanigan, Kidd and Tabitha Fielteau and Par Ramey. Feb. 23, 7 p.m. www.athens library.org/athens ART EVENTS (Georgia Museum of Art) “Curator Talk: Lou Stovall: Of Land and Origins” is held Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. A film screening of Black Is the Color: A History of African American Art” is held Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. “Family Day: American Artist Lou Stovall” is held Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. www.georgiamuseum.org ATHENS ROCK, GEM, MINERAL, FOSSIL AND JEWELRY SHOW (Classic Center, Grand Hall 8) The sixth annual show will feature over two dozen professional dealers selling geological objects from around the world. FREE! (ages 15 and under), $6. Mar. 4–5, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Mar. 6, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. mep woods@bellsouth.net ATHENS SCIENCE CAFE (Paloma Park) Christine Morgan presents “How Can Soil Health Save Us? A Look at Regenerative and Sustainable Agriculture.” Feb. 23, 7 p.m. Both lectures are followed by Q&As. FREE! www.athenssciencecafe.word press.com ATHENS SHOWGIRL CABARET (Sound Track Bar) Fabulous Friday will double as a birthday bash for
MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “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 boundaries between organic and geometric shapes through her stylized landscapes and illustrations. Through February. 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 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. STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) “A Feminine View of Brotherhood” features the works of InKyoung Choi Chun, Hannah Israel, Jennifer Mack-Watkins and Dayna Thacker. This show touches on Steffen Thomas’ philosophy of inclusion, harmony and hopes for a better future. Through Apr. 2. TIF SIGFRIDS (393 N. Finley St.) Tif Sigfrids reopens in its new location with a solo show of works by Thomas Dozol. Through Mar. 26. TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) Laura Floyd presents a portrait exhibition, “True to Life.” Through February. 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. Gallery tours held Mar. 1 & Apr. 5, 2 p.m. Lecture on “Camelot to Counterculture: Clothing & Society in the 1960s” on Mar. 3, 6 p.m. Family Day held Mar. 26, 1–4 p.m. Through July 8.
Lori Divine on Feb. 25 at 9 p.m. www.athensshowgirlcabaret.com BAD MOVIE NIGHT (Ciné) Jack T. Rippington is a glamour photographer who specializes in murdering his subjects on film. When he’s not injecting his victims with acid or drinking their blood to increase his potency, Jack is searching for the next Mrs. Rippington in the sleazy, SOV erotic thriller Fatal Exposure. Feb. 23, 8 p.m. FREE! www.instagram.com/BadMovieNight BOOK DISCUSSION & SIGNING (Special Collections Library) The Red & Black hosts Kathy Roberts Forde, co-author of Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America. Feb. 24, 6 p.m. www. givebutter.com/0eahgs DANCING WITH THE ATHENS STARS (Classic Center) This annual event pairs experienced dancers with local community members. Proceeds benefit Project Safe. Mar. 19. www.project-safe.org DIY SUCCULENT TERRARIUM WORKSHOP (Blossoms Wholesale) Foxglove hosts a workhop for making succulent terrariums. Feb. 27, 1–3 p.m. $55. vdaydiyterrarium. eventbrite.com THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (OnStage Playhouse, Monroe) In this parody of the American musical comedy of the 1920s, we meet a die-hard theater fan who plays his favorite cast album. As he plays the record, a fictional 1928 hit called The Drowsy Chaperone, the show comes to life onstage as he wryly comments on the music, story and actors. Feb. 25–26, Mar. 1 & Mar. 4–5, 8 p.m. Feb. 27 & Mar. 6, 2 p.m. www.onstagewalton.org 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 GLOBAL GEORGIA (Online) All events are virtual and open to the public, but require advance registration. “Muslim Women and Comics” symposium with Esra Santesso. Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. “Reality+: From the Matrix to the Metaverse” with David Chalmers. Mar. 1. www.willson.uga.edu 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, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flyingsquid comedy.com HENDERSHOT’S EVENTS (Hendershot’s Coffee) No Phone Party Happy Hour held Feb. 22, 6-9 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com HISTORIC ATHENS MARDI GRAS MASQUERADE AND BLOCK PARTY (Terrapin Beer Co.) Celebrate Fat Tuesday with live music by Blair Crimmins and the Hookers, a dance performance and lessons by The Modern Pin-Ups, a best-dressed contest and more. Masquerade attire encouraged. In-person or virtual options available. Mar. 1, 6 p.m. www.historic athens.com KITTY MEYRAN RETIREMENT RECEPTION (YWCO) Celebrate the 43-year career and retirement of YWCO’s CEO. Feb. 25, 3:30–6 p.m. www.ywco.com 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 MOVING MOUNTAINS (Morton Theatre) The East Athens Educational Dance Center presents its annual production highlighting advanced level students of all ages. Special guest performances include members of the Ballethnic Dance Company and Ballethnic Youth Ensemble. This event is dedicated to the memory of Ronnie Anderson. Feb. 26, 7 p.m. Feb. 27, 3 p.m. $12-15. www.mortontheatre.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. Flow Jam Night for flow artists and LED/fire spinners is held Thursdays from 7–11 p.m. Free music theory group lessons for guitarists are held Thursdays from 7–10 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 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 SEED SWAP AND BOOK SALE (No. 3 Railroad) Friends of Oglethorpe Co. Library hosts a seed swap and
book sale. Mar. 5, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. www.oglethorpeFOL.org 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 TITANIC THE MUSICAL (Morton Theatre) Athens Creative Theatre presents a musical play examining the causes, conditions and characters involved in one of the quintessential disasters of the 20th century. Mar. 11, 7 p.m. $15. www. accgov.com/act THURSDAY TRIVIA (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Jon Head hosts trivia every Thursday. Win pitchers and gift certificates. Thursdays, 7–9 p.m. www.johnnyspizza.com WBFM DRIVE-THRU PICK-UP (West Broad Farmers Market) The West Broad Farmers Market offers fresh produce, locally raised meat and eggs, baked goods, flowers, artisan goods and more. Order online or by phone Sundays— Thursdays, then pick up on Saturdays between 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. www.wbf.locallygrown.net YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (Elberton Theatre) Encore Productions presents Charles Shulz’s beloved comic on stage. Performances feature a live orchestra. Mar. 4–5, 7 p.m. Mar. 6, 2 p.m. $9–16. tking@cityofelberton.net YOUNG PROFESSIONAL NETWORK ATHENS MEET-UP (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Meet other young professionals during a casual meetup. Mar. 3, 6 p.m. www.instagram.com/ypnathens
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.athens oconeecasa.org DIAPER DRIVE (Bogart Library) Drop off diaper donations in the library’s foyer for the Athens Area Diaper Bank. www.athensareadiaperbank. com
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,
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4:30–6 p.m. (ages 10–12) and 6:30–8 p.m. (ages 13–17). www. kaartist.com ART CLASSES (K.A. Artist Shop) “Drawing Fundamentals: Line and Form” for ages 13–17 meets Mar. 15, 22, 29, 4:30–6 p.m. $90. “Drawing Fundamentals: Perspective and Composition” for ages 13–17 is held Apr. 12, 19, 26, 4:30–6 p.m. $90. www.kaartist.com BOGART LIBRARY EVENTS (Bogart Library) “Toddler Time” is held Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. “Monday Funday: Who Has Seen the Wind?” is held Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. www.athens library.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) “Let’s Play: Minecraft” for grades 6–12 is held Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. “Anime Club” is held Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. www. athenslibrary.org/oconee 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 6–10). www.treehousekidandcraft. com, www.instagram.com/tree housekidandcraft 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 MIDDLE CHILDHOOD ART WORKSHOPS (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Make mosaic tiles out of plaster of paris and mosaic glass on Mar. 12. Make a mosaic collage of a tree on Apr. 23. Decorate a piñata on May 14. Make a beachy snow globe out of a mason jar on June 11. Classes are for ages 6–12 and held 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $30–35. www.ocaf.com
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 MENTAL HEALTH PEER RECOVERY GROUP (Nuçi’s Space) Participants support each other through life’s challenges by sharing from their skills, experiences and proven coping mechanisms. Newcomers welcome. First Tuesday of the month, 4–6 p.m. pr@nuci.org, www.nuci.org 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.athens recoverydharma.org
Word on the Street CORNHOLEATL SPRING LEAGUE (Southern Brewing Co. and Terrapin Beer Co.) Georgia’s largest cornhole league offers four different divisions of play to accommodate all levels. Now registering through Mar. 14. Season runs for seven weeks beginning in March. www. cornholeatl.com FREE COVID-19 VACCINES (Clarke County Health Department) Vaccines are available by appointment or walk-in. No insurance or ID required. www.publichealthisfor everyone.com FREE MEDICAL CLINICS (Nuçi’s Space) Nuçi’s Space, in collaboration with Medical Partnership of Georgia, hosts free health clinics for uninsured or low income individuals. Participants do not have to be musicians. Second-year medical students can write prescriptions or make referrals. Referrals will be to specialists who can treat participants on a cost-reduced basis. Call to make an appointment. Mar. 21, Mar. 28, Apr. 4 and Apr. 18, 1–4 p.m. 706-227-1515, www.nuci.org LOVE YOUR BATHROOM (Athens, GA) Pick up a free WaterSense labeled showerhead and swap out old fixtures. Participating locations include Athens Hardware, Normal Hardware and the Water Conservation Office. Through February. www. accgov.com NATIONAL POLL WORKER RECRUITMENT DAY (155 E.
Washington St.) ACC Board of Elections and Voter Registration seeks county residents to help work at polling locations for early voting and election days during 2022. Workers are paid $15/hour. Apply online. Go to PT/Temporary Poll Coordinator listing on www.accgov. com/jobs OLLI MEMBERSHIP (Athens, GA) Join OLLI@UGA, a dynamic learning and social community for adults 50 and up that offers classes, shared interest groups, social activities and events. www.olli.uga.edu SPARTA (UGA Center for Vaccines and Immunology) Researchers at UGA are conducting a research study to learn more about COVID19 infection and immunity as well as influenza vaccination and immunity in children 8-17 years old and adults 18-90 years old. Check website for eligibility requirements. Must be able to provide saliva/ blood samples every 2–4 weeks for up to two years. $30/visit. sparta-study@uga.edu, projectsparta. org/uga SPAY AND NEUTER AWARENESS MONTH (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Humane Society is offering discounts on veterinary services including spay and neuter procedures for dogs and cats. Through Mar. 31. www.athenshumane society.org SPRING LEISURE ACTIVITIES (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services will offer a diverse selection of activities highlighting the arts, environmental science, recreation, sports and holiday events for adults and children. Programs include tai chi, baton, youth cooking classes, gymnastics, nature programs, theater and more. Now registering. www.accgov.com/ myrec STORMWATER STEWARD AWARD NOMINATIONS (Athens, GA) Awards recognize environmental stewardship in the area of stormwater management. Nominate an organization, business, design firm, community group or individual who has contributed through a specific project, practice or event. Deadline Feb. 28. www.accgov.com/ stormwater VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (Georgia United Credit Union) Georgia United Foundation offers VITA to low to moderate income taxpayers without depreciable assets, business losses or extensive stock transactions. UGA students majoring in financial planning and accounting are certified by the IRS as tax preparers. Appointments are required and can be held in person or online. Currently available through Apr. 13. www. gucufoundation.org/vita f
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