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By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com The Clarke County school board nearly deadlocked on a property-tax rate last week, which could have left school district finance officials just days to revise CCSD’s $189 million budget.

The board initially voted 4–4 on the district’s proposed tax rate of 18.8 mills, 1.2 mills lower than it’s been since at least 2017. President LaKeisha Gantt and members Kirrena Gallagher, Nicole Hull and Mumbi Anderson voted no; Linda Davis, Patricia Yager, Kara Dyckman and Tawana Mattox voted yes; and Greg Davis resigned last month. Gantt said she wanted a higher millage rate of 19 mills to fund higher raises for low-paid staff, while Anderson said she wanted the rate cut further to offset skyrocketing property values for homeowners.

The board voted again at the June 2 meeting after CCSD attorney Michael Pruett told members that they had no choice but to pass a millage rate by June 7. That’s the date when the Athens-Clarke County Commission was scheduled to vote on its own millage rate and CCSD’s—a formality, but a legal requirement nonetheless.

He also reminded the board that the entire budget would have to be redone if the millage rate were lower or higher than the recommended 18.8 mills.

“As public officials, you’re charged with making a budget, figuring out how much money you need, then setting a millage rate that’s sufficient to fund that budget,” Pruett said. “You don’t set the millage rate and then figure out how to spend the money.”

After a motion from Hull to set the millage rate at 19 failed to gain a second, the 18.8-mill tax rate passed 7–1, with only Gallagher in opposition.

CCSD’s 2023 budget is $18 million higher than this year’s. Much of the additional funding is going toward raises for teachers and staff, especially the lowest-paid staff, who will make at least $12.50 an hour. Chief Human Resources Officer Selena Blankenship has said that minimum wage could be raised to $15 using reserves, which currently stand at $49 million. The district is also adding a family engagement specialist at each school.

The rollback will save taxpayers $7 million compared to keeping the millage rate at 20 mills, the maximum allowed by state law, according to Chief Financial Officer Byron Schuneman. However, the average property owner will pay about 10% more than last year. “Just the nature of property values, some property owners will see an increase and some will not,” he said at a May budget hearing. “Some will see a greater increase than others.”

While dozens of speakers lined up to ask the Athens-Clarke County government to either boost spending or cut property taxes during budget hearings last month, the school board heard formally from just one resident—even though school taxes make up about 60% of property owners’ tax bills and about 60% of the funding for local schools.

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the board had already approved the budget itself by a 6–2 vote. Gallagher and Linda Davis voted against the budget after Davis raised last-minute concerns about the definition of community schools and the district’s application to the state Department of Education to renew its status as a charter district, which allows CCSD some leeway from state regulations in exchange for meeting certain goals.

Davis said she recently learned that “community schools” are part of a national movement to “replace failing public schools” and that the board should vote on whether CCSD wants to be part of that movement. “I think it’s changing the strategic direction, and we need further exploration of that,” Davis said.

Yager, Dyckman and Anderson pushed back. The board has already approved a five-year charter district renewal application that “exactly mimics our strategic plan,” Yager said, including references to community schools. “I don’t know what the organization Community Schools is. It has the same name?” she said. “Our [June 2021] presentation on community schools focused on the connection between communities and schools, which we’ve all agreed is a good thing.”

There is a national organization called the Coalition for Community Schools, which defines them as “a public school—the hub of its neighborhood, uniting families, educators and community partners as an evidence-based strategy to promote equity and educational excellence for each and every child, and an approach that strengthens families and community.”

The board also heard an update on efforts to implement restorative justice, an approach to school discipline that focuses on resolving conflicts and making amends rather than punishment.

Although the Athens-based Georgia Conflict Center is already providing restorative justice services in three schools, CCSD has hired the International Institute of Restorative Practice to train groups of 20 staff members who will then train others within their schools, starting with pilot programs in grades 3,5,6,8,9 and 10 at 11 pilot schools.

“IIRP allows us to do the train-thetrainer model, which allows us to infiltrate our district a little quicker than the work we’re doing with GCC,” Director of Restorative Discipline Utevia Tolbert told the board. “That’s not to say GCC isn’t able to do that, that’s just not what’s happening right now” Discipline problems have become particularly acute since students returned to buildings after spending parts of 2020 and 2021 learning online. “Fourth and fifth grades were hot spots. Ninth and 10th grade were hot spots,” Executive Director of Student Support Services Jillian Whatley said. “And that’s not just CCSD. We’re looking at national trends as well.”

Those years are always transitional years for students, and that’s been compounded by being away from school buildings.

Current 7th- and 10th-graders may have entered their schools physically for the first time this year. “There are basically two classes of freshmen, and now we have to train them to be high-schoolers,” Tolbert said.

Restorative justice in many cases replaces traditional discipline measures like in-school and out-of-school suspension with strategies for classroom management, restorative circles, conferences to “help students articulate what they’ve done wrong and help them to repair it,” restart centers where upset students can calm down or talk to a counselor, Saturday classes, restorative plans to welcome back those students who are suspended, gang and drug prevention seminars, advocates for students in the juvenile court system and other measures, according to Tolbert and Whatley.

But it’s more than just a set of tactics, Tolbert said. “It’s a basic set of principles we want to embed in our culture,” she said.

“It’s not a program. It’s not a curriculum we want to use to change behavior. It’s practices we want to embed in our everyday walk in schools.”

In addition, a committee is revising the discipline manual to make definitions of infractions and consequences clearer for parents. “My definition of a fight and your definition of a fight might be very different, so we want to make sure everyone is on the same page,” Tolbert said.

No Passes at Legion Pool The University of Georgia reopened Legion Pool last month after shuttering it for two summers, but many pool-goers are unhappy that UGA is no longer offering season passes, which will make visiting the pool quite expensive for families. $100 passes have been eliminated for now because Legion Pool is expected to be closed periodically for maintenance this year, possibly with frequent interruptions due to having been closed for the past two years, according to a statement from spokesman Rod Guajardo. For faculty and staff—among whom the pool is a popular summertime cooling-off spot—that means each visit will cost $5, plus $4 per child

and $6 per guest, running a family of four about $25 with parking. “We will continue to review our processes going forward and evaluate for future seasons,” Guajardo said.

Athens has less expensive swimming options, including public pools with $1 admission at Bishop, Heard, Lay, Rocksprings and Memorial parks, as well as members-only pools at the YMCA and in neighborhoods like Cedar Creek and Hampton Heights. But for many of Legion Pool’s fans, it’s more than just a pool.

“I have been going to Legion since my girls were little,” one faculty member commented on a social media post about the pool. “The cost has continued to climb, but after 15 years this is more than a pool, but a community. There are people I look forward to seeing every summer that I don’t see the rest of the year. I have built dear, lasting friendships, as have my daughters. The community is important to me. I wish the community aspect was important to those who run the show.”

UGA closed Legion Pool during the pandemic in 2020 and kept it closed in 2021— even after scientific consensus emerged that socially distanced outdoor activities were quite safe and other local pools reopened—leading to speculation that the over 80-year-old pool might shut down permanently. Some pool users remain concerned that the university, having gotten rid of passes, will point to low attendance as justification for demolishing the pool.

Former president Michael Adams threatened to do just that in 2012, leading to a community outcry. With the aging pool leaking thousands of gallons of water and new buildings like Bolton Dining Commons and Correll Hall under construction around it, Adams proposed closing Legion Pool and opening a more student-oriented pool near Lake Herrick. Eventually, he backed down.

Designed by Athens architect C. Wilmer Heery during the Great Depression, the American Legion opened the pool in 1936.

The City of Athens later operated it until 1952, when UGA bought the pool and nearby Legion Field, with the pool held in trust for the citizens of Athens.

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Trouble in God’s Country

WILL THE 2022 GOVERNOR’S RACE GIVE US A DEBATE ON THE TROUBLE?

By Charles Hayslett news@flagpole.com

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ow that David Alfred Perdue’s bloodied political corpse has been dispatched to its final resting place at Sea Island (without, we can probably surmise, even a brief opportunity to lie in state at Mar-a-Lago), the long-awaited gubernatorial heavyweight rematch between Brian Kemp, the incumbent Republican, and Democratic Party challenger Stacey Abrams can begin in earnest.

It’s arguably been underway for a while now. Early last week, even before the party primaries, the Kemp camp fired a salvo at Abrams for what they and some in the media called a “gaffe”—a statement that she was weary of listening to Kemp brag about Georgia being the No. 1 state in which to do business while it was “the worst state in the country to live.”

I’ll offer a contrarian view.

Georgia as a whole may not deserve the “worst place to live” label, but rural Georgia arguably does. In fact, much of Republican Georgia would qualify for that title.

Abrams has since acknowledged her statement was “inelegant,” but she’s doubled down on her central point—and she’s right to do so. In the process, she may have set in motion a long-overdue gubernatorial debate over what to do about the trouble in God’s country.

Let’s take a look at the 105 rural Georgia counties with populations of less than 35,000. (A complete list is to the right.)

Combined, these counties had an average 2020 per capita income (PCI) of $39,027.

That’s just 65.6% of the national average and $3,103 less than Mississippi, which is the actual state at the bottom of the nation’s 2020 PCI heap, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

Per capita income in the other 54 Georgia counties was $54,183, or 91% of the national average.

Those 105 counties, according to Census Bureau data for the years 2015–2019, were home to more high school dropouts than college graduates—210,748 to 184,399.

Here again, rural Georgia makes Mississippi look good: the Magnolia State actually has more college graduates than high school dropouts—435,153 versus 306,105.

What about health status, you say? Glad you asked. The 2020 premature death rate for these 105 Georgia counties comes in at a third-world number: 12,148 years of potential life lost before age 75 per every 100,000 people in those 105 counties. That’s nearly 50 percent worse than the premature death rate for the rest of Georgia: 8,304.

It’s also significantly worse than the actual states at the bottom of the national list. According to the latest data from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, Mississippi is dead last with a YPLL 75 rate of 11,324 and Alabama, third from the bottom, has a comparatively stellar rate of 10,350. Here, I should acknowledge I’m comparing slightly different sizes of apples.

I’m pulling the Georgia county data from the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) while relying on County Health Rankings for other state-level data. The numbers will vary slightly, but not a great deal.

It’s also worth noting, as I suggested above, that rural Georgia is overwhelmingly Republican. Those 105 counties combined gave Kemp 71% of their vote to 28% for Abrams in the 2018 governor’s race, and things haven’t changed much since then.

They went 70% for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

On the basis of those numbers alone, Abrams could be forgiven if she didn’t bother campaigning or investing campaign resources outside metro Atlanta and other Democratic strongholds around the state.

includes a decent section on “Rural Revitalization” that spells out pledges to expand Medicaid (which Kemp and his Republican predecessor, Nathan Deal, have refused to do, despite polls showing broad public support for it), invest in rural broadband and overhaul rural education funding formulas.

Still, it has to be said that her bet on rural Georgia is a long shot and that Kemp goes into the campaign as a prohibitive favorite. I could find no comparable language on rural policy on his campaign website, but his administration’s recent economic development wins (Rivian, Aspen Aerogels and now Hyundai) may be a more than sufficient response.

Kemp also begins the general election campaign as a political giant-killer. He beat Perdue by a stunning 52 percentage points and kneecapped Donald J. Trump in the process, perhaps crippling him not just in Georgia but nationally.

But even if Abrams fails to cut into the GOP’s rural stronghold and comes up short again, she appears certain to force a long-overdue political discussion about the trouble in God’s country—and that will be no small public service. f

Georgia counties with <35K populations

Every minute or dollar she spends trying to win a new vote in, say, Glascock County, is a minute or dollar she won’t have to turn out a sure vote in metro Atlanta.

But she is at least making a show of going after rural Georgia’s votes. She actually kicked off her campaign in Cuthbert.

I’ve been to Cuthbert. It’s not easy to get there. One route suggested by Google Maps is to cross over into Alabama, drive south to Eufaula and turn left.

Further, she has branded her campaign “One Georgia” and regularly peppers her public remarks with references to rural Georgia. Her campaign website

This article originally appeared at troubleingods country.com and is reprinted with permission.

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to the polls. The prison doors were flung open to pining and hapless debtors, who, but for this fierce war of parties, might have languished away the prime of their lives within the gloomy walls of a dungeon. Old men who had been bed-ridden for years, and who had long since shaken adieux with the ballot-box, were industriously hunted up, and conveyed by faithful and tender hands to the nearest precinct. Patients shivering with ague or burning with

By James C. Cobb news@flagpole.com fever, struggled with pain long enough to cast their votes; and it is within the recollection of many now living, that While it might seem that the vitriolic, incendiary partisan of his followers. One Troup adherent who overheard a drooping paralytics, unable to move from the carts or attacks that tend to dominate the American political scene boisterous gathering of Clarkites in a Milledgeville tavern dearborns [sic] which had borne them from their couches, these days simply reflect the vast, seemingly irreconcilable imagined himself as Death astride the proverbial pale horse were served with the [ballot] box at the court-house steps, differences that separate the two major parties, demonizrunning “rough-shod over that den, reeking with infamy, by zealous and accommodating officers. Nothing, in fact, ing the other side seems even more imperative when it’s when hell should reap a richer harvest than at the destruchad been left undone which might contribute to bring the difficult to discern just what the genuinely noteworthy tion of Sodom and Gomorrah.” struggle to a decisive and unquestioned issue. Accordingly, distinctions between the two groups might actually be. In Hostility between the groups only intensified after Clark when the day arrived, each party, marshaled by its favorite such situations it’s by no means uncommon to see the stan- bested Troup for the governorship in 1819 and 1821. When chieftain, was ready for action; and amidst drinking, cavdard bearers for both cohorts engaging in what one Shlomo Clark chose not to seek re-election in 1823, he opened the illings [sic], partisan harangues, quarrels, and ring fights, Sigmund Freud characterized as “the narcissism the polls were opened. Every minute of time was of minor differences” by exaggerating both the wranglingly [sic] contended for in favor of lagging breadth and import of such slender distinctions voters—every suspicion was made the pretext for as can be drawn (or at least plausibly conjectured) a challenge. But the scrolls soon showed on which between them and their adversaries. side the tides of victory were rolling. The contest This syndrome became the driving force resulted in a complete triumph of the Crawford or behind the bloody and bitter equivalent of gang Troup party, which the Clarkites, chagrined and warfare that marked Georgia’s pre-partisan but crest-fallen, acknowledged for the first time that bitterly factionalized politics prior to the 1830s. they had been fairly overcome.”* With national party affiliations yet to emerge, the In reality, that “complete triumph” had been majority of politically active Georgians in this era registered in a statewide margin of 683 votes out identified with one of two factions dating back to of the more than 40,000 ballots cast. Although well before the turn of the 19th century. By the a Troupite clergyman hailed the news that “the 1820s, the principal spokesman and figurehead state of Georgia has been redeemed from the of one of these was former U.S. senator and condevil and John Clark,” it was soon clear that the gressman George Troup, a staunch proponent outcome of the contest signified no real change of state’s rights and tireless agitator for Indian of course in Georgia politics. In time, both facremoval. The other revolved around John Clark, tions would eventually be drawn into the titular the son of Revolutionary War hero Elijah Clarke, national orbits of the Democratic and Whig who either opted to excise the superfluous “e” parties, the Clarkites to the former, and the from his family name or simply wasn’t much of Troupites to the latter. Yet their positions on a speller. In any case, Clark had acquitted himissues of greatest immediate concern in Georgia, self admirably in the War for Independence and particularly that of the future expansion of slavserved as a major general in the state militia ery into the territories, put them considerably thereafter. Insofar as there was a means of differcloser to each other than to their respective entiating between the respective constituencies Northern counterparts, so much so that the of the warring factions, Troup’s group generally national Whig party’s growing association with encompassed the more affluent planting interopposition to the spread of slavery had forced ests drawn from the older, more established many former Troup-ers to cast off their formal families on the coast and others who had pulled partisan affiliations by the early 1850s. Their up stakes in the played-out parts of Virginia departure reflected no embrace of disunion, looking to jumpstart their stalled prospects on however, and their old Clarkite antagonists were the extremely cheap and productive lands of the generally cool to the sentiment themselves until Georgia interior. a former Whig-turned-Republican from Illinois The uniformity of these factional allegiances captured the White House in 1860. Even then, was easily exaggerated, though, and on the major the central question in the debate over going or issues of the day the two groups differed scarcely staying was not whether safeguarding slavery was a whit. Both lustily demanded the immediate worth the price of going, but which option reprerelocation of the remaining native tribes in sented the better means of achieving that end.

Georgia, and neither gave the faintest hint of any Presuming that most of you are clued in to qualms whatsoever about slavery, which was for how all that turned out, the Ol’ Bloviator dares one the foundation of their prosperity and status to venture that Georgia’s enduring reputation and for the other the most likely instrument for for divisive and inefficacious politics is rooted John Clark (above) and George Troup sicced their bases on each other in early Georgia obtaining both. Despite their virtually interin the extended periods in which political conpolitics. changeable platforms, however, the two factions flicts have been factional rather than purely went after each other on the hustings and in the partisan in nature. In addition to its first fifty press with a white-hot fury befitting a struggle in which the door for Troup to claim the office, setting the stage for a years of statehood, this would also apply to the slightly very future of humankind hung fully in the balance. monumental face-to-face showdown between them two longer span between the late 1890s and mid-1960s when The bitter personal animosities between the two factions years later in what would be Georgia’s first gubernatorial the Democrats essentially had nobody to fight with other were by no means confined to the political arena. They election to be decided by popular vote rather than a polling than themselves and nothing really to contest other than manifested themselves in the choices of taverns to frequent of the legislature. The odds seemed to favor Clark in 1825 which faction could yell the loudest about preserving white and in whose company one drank. In the case of John because of his faction’s presumably broader base. Fearful of supremacy and stand tallest at the trough when the spoils Clark, even his friends were known to give him a wide berth an absolute rout, the Troupites shed any pretense of genof political dominance were forthcoming. Anyone watching once he had a tankard or two in him, for he was known, teel propriety by bribing or bullying every voter they could Gene Talmadge mock and defame his challengers in the with good reason, to be volatile and violent even when find into doing their bidding at the polls. Describing the 1930s might as well have been looking on a century earlier, sober. The Troup faction’s effective progenitor, William H. “fierce war” between the respective factions to get out the when Baltimore journalist Hezekiah Niles took the measure Crawford, had killed an ally of Clark’s in a duel in 1802. “voting hordes,” the son of a prominent Troup ally recalled: of Georgia politics quite concisely in observing that “we When Clark later sought revenge by issuing his own chal“Every log had been rolled—every stone had been know not what they differ about—but they do violently lenge to Crawford, he managed only to shoot him through turned. Obscure, unfrequented county corners had been differ.” f the wrist. Clark sought a rematch a few months later, and diligently scoured to swell the voting hordes. The sinks of *SOURCE: Joseph B. Cobb, Leisure Labors (1858), pp. 141-142. A when Crawford demurred, he opted to vent his frustration cities had been ransacked. Cross-road and village drunkby horsewhipping one of Crawford’s followers. Not only ards, who had slept for months in ditches or in gutters, and special tip of the Ol’ Bloviator’s straw boater to George Lamplugh, who has written most informatively and engagingly on this era in Georgia did Troupites lustily denounce Clark himself as a drunken, whose sober moments had been as few and far between politics. semi-literate thug, but they were no less contemptuous as angel visits, were assiduously excavated and hauled

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Give Peace a Chance

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1982 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT RALLY IS STILL RELEVANT TODAY Eastside, westside, all around the town, hundreds of thousands of peace marchers thronged the sidewalks, streets and parks of New York on June 12, 1982. The massive rally against the nuclear arms race happened 40 years ago, but its aims and issues still have relevance for our world four decades later. Today the world worries that Russia’s Vladimir Putin could use a nuclear weapon during his ongoing invasion of Ukraine, a scenario that could escalate into a wider war or even atomic armageddon.

In 1982, when a record-breaking crowd of more than a half million people marched through New York City in a miles-long parade for peace, six nations had tested atomic weapons, and Israel was widely viewed as a seventh member of the “nuclear club.” Pakistan joined the club in 1998, and

Music has long been a mainstay in social movements, and that was true at the massive rally in New York in 1982. Musicians Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Holly Near and Afrikan Dreamland performed on the Central Park stage, as did longtime political singers Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary. The size of the crowd in New York City in 1982 eclipsed the size of the crowd at the fabled Woodstock music festival in 1969. NYPD cops seemed to enjoy their duty at the peace rally 40 years ago, and no arrests were made at the event, even though its size was larger than the population of most U.S. cities. As we marched into Central Park, a smiling young park ranger shouted to the crowd, “You really have kept this a peace march, the largest ever.”

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Daily Vacation Bible School was, in my course was attended by our parents. I can’t experience, one of those tortures devised by imagine that my father left work to attend adults to teach delayed gratification to chilthis event, but he may have come to keep dren. It invariably happened the week after an eye on his bathrobe. The pageant always school let out for the summer. There we involved lots of bathrobes and towels. We were: We had already been going barefoot were, after all, studying the Holy Land, and wearing short pants since Confederate attempting to understand the area so Memorial Day, when that blessed last day of important to our daily Bible studies in a school rolled around. Ah, the sweet release! way that accorded with the pale pictures Three whole months of summer stretched in our Bibles, so that we could represent it unblemished to the horizon of our minds; in our pageant. After all those summers of three months was a sweet eternity outside Daily Vacation Bible School, the only thing the classroom, lolling about in the sunshiny I learned about the Holy Land is that they days (which weren’t so hot, since we didn’t wore bathrobes and towels and did somehave air conditioning). thing with popsicle sticks.

Except. Except the ladies of the church I remember during that period being always picked that first week of our sumabsolutely shocked when I saw something mer vacation to schedule Daily Vacation in a newsreel at the movies about the Bible School. Which Middle East showing meant that just as they still wore The pageant always involved that we were ready for the robes! My mind lots of bathrobes and towels. reeled. Our pageants release, we had to hold off. were about Biblical Another agonizing week indoors. times; now I had come to find out that peoActually, the sessions were only half a ple still lived over there in the desert just day, but they meant that we had to get up like we had depicted them. instead of sleeping late. We had to go to No doubt, what I was seeing in the newschurch and endure three hours of instrucreels went back to the very foundations of tion inside. modern Israel, but we got nothing of that We did get a break at mid-morning, from Daily Vacation Bible School. History where we got one of those little cardboard was forming behind our backs, but for us cups of vanilla ice cream and a little wooden the Holy Land was way back in the deep spoon to eat it. The spoon was made out of past somewhere with Shadrach, Meshach the same slick wood as the popsicle sticks and Abednego, whom we left in the fiery that were a staple of the art we were makfurnace as soon as the final bell sounded,

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Thousands of demonstrators file past the United Nations building in New York City on their way to a Central Park peace rally in 1982.

North Korea began tests of its own atomic weapons in 2006. The “nuclear freeze” rally in New York 40 years ago focused mostly on the arms race between the United States and what was then the Soviet Union. Today tensions between the United States and Russia still simmer, and nuclear weapons technology has proliferated to other countries.

At the time of the 1982 march in New York, I was a writer for the weekly Athens Observer newspaper. I had covered large political rallies before, but the New York march is one that still stands out in my memory. Speaking to the movement multitude that filled New York’s Central Park, Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights firebrand Martin Luther King Jr., said, “Thank God we’ve come here in such large numbers. We call upon the United States and the Soviet Union to lead the way in nuclear disarmament.” Activist and physician Helen Caldicott told her audience, “Don’t believe what the politicians are saying. Watch what they do.” Actor Orson Welles said, “We have two choices: life or death.”

New York Parks Commissioner Gordon Davis said the marchers in 1982 were “the essence of the best and most decent people in this country.” Cleaning up the park after the massive rally took less time than anticipated, since many of the people who attended the event later pitched in and helped pick up what a New York Sanitation Department spokesman called “good intellectual garbage, not your usual beer cans.”

Forty years ago in New York City, protesters, police officers and people on the streets saw a spectacle that many of them must still remember fondly all these decades later. The June 12, 1982 peace rally spotlighted the specter of nuclear war that still haunts us today. It underlined the truth of words spoken by World War II Army Gen. Omar Bradley in 1948, words that still ring true in this frightful year of 2022: “The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts … The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.” f

ing inside. We ate our ice cream and had time for a little bit of chasing or seeing who could go the farthest around the brick wall of the church on the narrow granite ledge before falling off into the big fig bush. Then it was back inside to make Biblical things out of popsicle sticks and listen while Mrs. Ellie Beckam or Mrs. Bunny Irby or one of the other ladies told us about the lands of the Bible.

Somehow, everything we did during Daily Vacation Bible School was aimed at the pageant that we would present during the assembly on the final day, which of

and we were through with Bible School and finally free to do nothing supervised by an adult except eat supper.

Surely, I can’t hold the Methodist Church responsible for my lack of understanding about the lands and peoples of the Middle East, so important now to my world. I’ve had plenty of time and opportunity as an adult to try to understand that region, but have remained willfully unknowing.

Now, that history has caught up with me.

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Whether you’re looking at a small patio gar- you cut back most often are those that grow den or a whole backyard, it’s time to harvest best. your produce and herbs. For new gardeners, TOMATOES: The top priority is, you’ve got this can cause some anxiety. When is this to know the color of your ripe tomato. It’s tomato at its most delicious? Where should usually red, but I’ve grown tomatoes that I cut this parsley? Should I let this cucumturned orange, yellow, white, green, black ber get bigger? and striped. Let me tell you from personal Besides maturity, a vegetable’s flavors experience, it can get confusing if you’ve also come from the soil and weather. forgotten the tomato’s final color.

Tomatoes harvested after a rainstorm will swell with water and taste diluted compared to the same variety harvested during a drier spell.

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I grew onions in my gardens this year and, whoa, I’ve got some spicy onions, weepy eyes and a new appreThe author with her not-quite-ready beans. ciation for how much soil impacts flavor.

Harvest when the tomato is 80–100% I nibble on veggies in the garden on a the correct color. If you’re worried about a daily basis. It’s a habit I picked up from pest taking a bite or a rainstorm splitting my first Athens farming job. The farmers I the delicate tomato skin, it’s best to harvest worked for developed strong partnerships early and allow the tomato to ripen inside, with area chefs because they knew what tasted best on a weekly and even daily basis. protected. Place the tomato upside down on a paper or cloth towel and check every day It’s a great habit to start if your garden is for ripeness. It won’t have quite the same big enough to provide constant grazing. sun-warm flavor, but you’ll get to eat it There are some easy harvest guidelines instead of a caterpillar. to follow below, but there’s nothing like experience. Try tasting everything edible in your garden to know how the flavor changes CUCUMBERS: Some cucumbers finish growing at 6 inches, others grow to a foot and some as it matures and when you like it best. can reach 18 inches easily. If you’ve forgotHERBS: Generally harvested throughout the ten your variety of cucumber, you’ll want to year, herb leaves (cilantro, parsley, sage, harvest when the cucumber starts bulking thyme, basil) usually taste great until they up instead of growing longer. Overgrown bloom. Some develop a bitter flavor, and cucumbers can get pithy or contain large, others get much tougher while sporting inedible seeds. Some overripe cucumbers flowers. This does not apply to herbs where grow a thick skin. you’re using the bloom, like chamomile.

If you pick a cucumber late, it’s easy to Once your herb is established and starts peel the skin or scrape out the seeds with a growing new leaves, you can begin harvestspoon. Pithy cucumbers are harder to make ing. With smaller herbs, you’ll want to stick palatable, but you can almost always harto harvesting about a third of the plant at a vest cucumbers small and early. You’ll miss time. Once your herb is bigger and healththe bulk without forgoing flavor. ier, you can harvest as much as half. The plant needs enough leaves to continue mak- BEANS: Harvest green beans earlier rather than later. Don’t let these boogers get too ing chlorophyll, so it can eat, too. big or they will be fibrous and bland. Beans Cut leafy herbs like cilantro, parsley harvested younger are sweet, tender and and sorrel at the base of the stem. Stems delicious. The easiest way to stay on top of remaining attached to the plant without beans is to keep harvesting them. Try for their leaves could eventually wilt, die and every second or third day. create a medium for disease to attack your If you’re looking for dried beans or edaherb. Trimming the stems keeps the plant mame, you’ll want to see the seed pods fill looking tidy as well. out and then get slightly yellow or brown Herbs that branch out, like basil, thyme before harvesting. It’s always good to check and sage, should be cut close to a node or inside one or two pods to see what they branching point. These herbs do well with look like and taste like. It’s hard to wait too frequent haircuts, so don’t be shy about long on these. f harvesting. You’ll likely find that the areas

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riginating as a one-room, one-of-a-kind boutique vinyl edge of the Boulevard neighborhood, operating primarily as shop specializing in heavy sounds of the underground, a social club until its closure.

Shadebeast has since morphed into a booking and promoCurrently, the record shop is back to operating virtutions company as well as a lifestyle brand for metalheads. ally at shadebeast.com, and continues to specialize in new Wholly dedicated to cultivating the metal community, its releases mined from the various realms of metal: doom, focus centers around representing independent artists and sludge, stoner rock, thrash, black metal, death, hardcore, connecting underserved audiences. “regular ass heavy metal” and more.

This weekend, Shadebeast will celebrate its five-year “We’re super thankful for the business and support we anniversary at Flicker Theatre and Bar with sets by get [online], but everyone wants the brick and mortar store Somnuri, Canopy and Dead Vibes Ensemble on Friday, June back,” says Eldridge. “Once society seems to have stabilized 10, and Monte Lunda, Dead Hand and Husk on Saturday, again, I have no doubt there will be a new retail space.”

June 11. Shows are $12 each or $20 for a weekend pass.

“In the early years it seems like we’d raised a banner that united a lot of the local metal community and was a statement that we are all here,” says Shadebeast owner Joe Eldridge. “We started putting on shows expressly to support local bands and grow the metal scene as best we could… We want to keep the faith alive, that heavy music thrives here and there’s a reason to come to town for shows.”

Shadebeast’s storefront has bounced between several locations since its inception, but has remained a stalwart anchor of the local music scene through its changes. Eldridge initially launched the business as an e-commerce site while he established wholesale accounts with labels and distributors, then turned a spare bedroom of his home into a prototype space where he could stage promotional photographs and store inventory. As word began circulating and more Joe Eldridge and Markus Shaffer and more metalheads began requesting appointments to browse, the time came to officially open a public retail shop at Chase Park Warehouse, where the busiShadebeast Presents, the business branch responsiness remained for roughly two years. ble for booking and promoting shows, is spearheaded by Shadebeast then relocated to a basement space downMarkus Shaffer. After becoming friends with Eldridge town on W. Broad Street. With its decor of animal skulls during his weekly visits to the Chase Park shop, Shaffer and and inverted driftwood crosses, the underground spot was his band, Dead Vibes Ensemble, were invited to perform at perfectly set up to accommodate foot traffic, a talk show the very first showcase. series and in-store performances—plus serve as a greenPrior to the pandemic’s onset, Shadebeast had found its room for touring artists performing at larger venues—but groove by hosting two or three shows per month. Booked ambitions were abruptly cut short when the COVID-19

by Shaffer alongside Daniel Shroyer and Olga Fouche, these pandemic barreled through town, leaving non-essential shows were primarily held between the World Famous and businesses shuttered with rent still due. After an eightCaledonia Lounge, the sore loss of the latter now filled by month hiatus, Shadebeast reopened on Chase Street at the Flicker.

“My experience when I first moved here was that Athens had incredibly good talent in the metal scene, but it felt disjointed,” says Shaffer. “Shadebeast has given many of the local musicians and bands something to rally around.”

Considering Shadebeast to be a labor of love, Eldridge’s primary day job covers his living expenses, which affords his passion project a certain level of financial freedom to take risks. Shroyer, for example, produced the Shadebeast Noir Series, a beautiful collection of handmade cassettes sharing new releases by the likes of The Sundering Seas, Sacred Bull, Beast Mode, Horseburner, Ether Coven and others. Shows, meanwhile, often follow a formula of grouping one out of town band, one established regional act and one emerging local. With a goal to help cultivate the scene, Shadebeast has facilitated the live debuts of new bands such as Paratheon and Kettle to Wake.

“Outside of Athens, the name has steadily grown and become synonymous with underground metal,” says Shaffer. “We definitely get booking requests from way more touring bands than we can realistically accommodate.

However, we’ve worked hard to make playing a Shadebeast show something special for both local and touring bands.”

Recognizing the challenge of competing with higher population cities like Atlanta, Shadebeast instead focuses on building a positive reputation among everyone involved. Shadebeast’s revenue essentially funnels back into itself to ensure that performers are always fairly compensated, regardless of how many bodies fill the room. Payment to bands is also partially covered by street team memberships, which offer various perks and swag in exchange of donation options that range from $6.66 to $666.

Beyond selling records and booking shows, Shadebeast exists as a streetwear brand and lifestyle retailer producing creatively designed apparel by guest artists such as Christopher Parry, Jonathan Guzik, Sam Balling and David Paul Seymour.

Appearing on the cover of this week’s Flagpole, Shadebeast’s “Demon Crest” was designed by Eldridge’s daughter, Sophie, and has remained a popular illustration over the years. Max Siebel, an old friend of Shaffer’s from New York, has also created an “Undead Series” that playfully pays homage to legendary heroes of the genre. For members of a subculture looking to connect over shared interests, these designs can serve as conversation starters and build camaraderie.

“Far and away, the most rewarding part of all of this is the people it has brought into my life. I have met more cool and creative people than I ever would have otherwise,” says Eldridge. “I’m happy we’re still doing this after five years.

The past few have been rough, but I feel like we’ve really figured out our niche, and we now have some big things in the works. The next few years are going to be really fun!” f

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In honor of the relatively newly established federal holiday, the Athens-Clarke County government has organized and funded a community-wide 19 Days of Juneteenth celebration for the first time.

The holiday commemorates the end of slavery and the freedom of African Americans in the United States; however, it is also internationally recognized as a day to honor their education, culture and achievements.

Rich Panico

As part of this celebration, Hattie Thomas Whitehead will be leading two in-person discussions about her book Giving Voice to Linnentown. This first-hand account explores the “urban renewal” erasure of the community of Linnentown, which was razed in the 1960s to make way for UGA’s Baxter Street dorms. At the event, books will be distributed to attendees with time

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for everyone to read ahead of the discussion. Whitehead will also discuss her book at the ACC Library June 11 and Cedar Shoals High School on June 18 at 2 p.m. each day. Other highlights to come include The James Weismann Quartet jazz perfor-

mance at Ebenezer Baptist Church West on June 12, a tour of Morton Theatre on June 16 and a screening of Harriet on the lawn at Lyndon House Arts Center on June 17. For the full schedule of events and more information, visit accgov.com/9984/Juneteenth.

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Over the course of his illustrious career, Rich Panico has served as medical director of Advantage Behavioral Health Systems, division chief of psychiatry at Athens Regional Medical Center and founder of the Mind Body Institute. A dedicated yoga practitioner since the ‘70s, his interests in mindfulness meditation and mind-body medicine intersect with visual art making. His latest exhibition, “Pandemic Art,” is a collection of drawings on paper and ceramic vessels created over the past two years, a period collectively marked by isolation and uncertainty. Exuberant in color and lively with mark-making, his works convey a peaceful tranquility and appreciation for the people, animals and whims that provide sparks of inspiration within the mundanity of life. The gallery will be open during Third Thursday from 6–9 p.m., and private viewing appointments are available through the end of the month by emailing tinyathgallery@gmail. com. [Jessica Smith] PERFORMANCE | TUES, JUNE 14

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Although many know Fred Armisen these days as an actor, writer or comedian, the prolific funnyman enjoyed extensive musical beginnings before venturing into comedy. He played in multiple punk bands in his early years, where his skill as a drummer led him to becoming a background drummer for the Blue Man Group, the bandleader for the house band of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and guest musician with Devo.

Known for frequently interlacing his comedic material with live performances, Armisen’s “Comedy For Musicians But Everyone Is Welcome” leans into his musical side. Armisen has plenty of material that will resonate with local musicians, and even if you don’t happen to be one, he always promises a good time.

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by COVID, it is safe to say that this June is set to be a more recognizable summer experience in Athens. AthFest will return downtown June 24–26, minus the traditional club crawl, with ticketed events at the 40 Watt Club and Georgia Theatre instead.

However, this coming weekend is packed with festivals if you’re eager for something to do before then. There is a historical favorite returning, some great jams for a good cause and a new milestone event.

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Acts for the day include New Madrid, The Pink Stones, T. Hardy Morris, Emily Nenni, Parker Gispert (of The Whigs), Cicada Rhythm, Haunted Shed and Kalen & Aslyn. Attendees can expect a musical journey that traverses the genres of psychedelic rock, cosmic country, folk rock, honky-tonk and pop. In addition to the stellar music lineup, there will be food trucks, artists and vendors present to keep you entertained throughout the day and night.

HOT CORNER FESTIVAL: Returning to its full PRIDE PARADE: During this year’s “Pride three-day glory for the first time since Month,” the Athens Pride & Queer COVID, the 22nd annual celebration of the Collective will host the first Athens Pride historic African-American Hot Corner busiParade on June 12 at 2 p.m. Involved in the ness district will be held June 10–12. The parade are nine floats, 13 walking groups events kick-off on Friday at the First AME and four motorcades with participation Church (521 N. Hull St.) from 6:30–8:30 from various local businesses and organip.m. Lady B and Jerry Wilson will open zations. The route will start on Hull Street, with a greeting, followed by a devotion led by Venus Jarrell and Homer Wilson, then the gospel program will continue with music and a memorial presentation. The main event on Saturday takes place on the corner of Washington and Hull streets downtown with live music, various activities and food from 11 a.m.–10 p.m. Acts include the Clarke Central Orchestra, Linqua Franqa, Strength Dance Academy, Splitz Band and many more.

Also held on Saturday is a free screening of Summer of Soul at Ciné from 2:30–4:30 p.m.

L.G. Heart of the City will perform at Hot Corner Festival on Saturday, This documentary tells June 11. the story of The Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969 and the celebration of Black history, culture make a left on Clayton Street and proceed left on College Avenue until the parade and fashion. The Hot Corner Festival will reaches Thomas Lay Park. At the park, the conclude on Sunday at Ciné with a closcelebration will continue with a “BBQueer” ing program with gospel hip hop, a choir, cookout featuring food, vendors and musipoetry and acknowledgements of the fescal performances by Convict Julie, Tears tival sponsors. For more information, visit for the Dying and Exquisite Gender that hotcornerathens.weebly.com. lasts until 6 p.m. As an effort to create more NEW WEST FEST: This full-day festival presober spaces for the LGBTQ+ community sented by Phil Hughes Honda will take to find fellowship, there will be no alcohol place at Southern Brewing Co. on June 11 permitted at this event. with doors at noon and music from 1–10 On the meaning of what makes the comp.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit munity’s first Pride Parade so impactful, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens, an orgaAthens Pride & Queer Collective President nization that aims to inspire and enable Cameron Jay Harrelson explains, “Policy young people to be successful by providing is what truly affects the lives of queer peoa safe space to learn, grow and have fun. ple. A parade will never do that. But what The Athens branches have been serving a parade and public events can do is serve local youth 6–18 years old for over 50 years. as a celebration of how far we’ve come, a Tickets for adults ages 21 and up are $20 in reminder of the work we still have left to advance, $25 at the door and $100 for VIP do. and serves as a reminder to the child admission, which includes exclusive access who is questioning their existence or the to the VIP tent with a dedicated bar and adult afraid of coming out that they are not table seating, complimentary food from alone, and that Athens is a place they can local restaurants and three beer tickets to not only live, but thrive.” For more informabe used at the VIP tent bar. Children under tion, visit athenspride.org/parade. f

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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com FOR THE KIDS: New West Records will host New West Fest, presented by Phil Hughes Honda, at Southern Brewing Co. Saturday, June 11 from 1–10 p.m. This event is a benefit for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens.

Featured performers are Kalen & Aslyn, Cicada Rhythm, Emily Nenni, The Pink Stones, Haunted Shed, Parker Gispert, T. Hardy Morris and New Madrid. Doors open at noon, and this event is all ages.

Tickets are $10 in advance for folks under 21 (with kids 12 and under free), $20 advance if you’re over 21 and $25 at the door. For $100 you can score a VIP ticket that includes “exclusive access to the VIP tent with a dedicated bar, table seating with great views of the stage, complimentary bites throughout the event from local restaurants, and beer tickets for VIP tent bar.” For more information, please see facebook.com/newwestrecords, and for tickets, please see sobrewco.com.

FIVE ALIVE!: Athens’ home for heavy metal, Shadebeast, turns five years old this month, and they’re blowing it out with a two-night stand at Flicker Theatre and Bar. This’ll happen Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11. The lineup on Friday night is Somnuri, Canopy and Dead Vibes

Ensemble. On Saturday the lineup features Monte Luna, Dead Hand and Husk. Each night will start at 9 p.m. A two-day pass will run you 20 bucks, and if you wanna pay at the door, each night is $12. For advance tickets, please see shadebeast. com/collections/tickets, and for more information, just surf around that site or see facebook.com/shadebeastpresents.

Shadebeast deserves nearly unending praise for being not only a welcoming source of inspiration and community, but also one of the most enduring and positive catalysts for the metal scene in town.

on a short tour soon with New Orleans groups Death Church and Come to Ruin which kicks off, quite appropriately, in New Orleans on June 30. From there the band travels through Atlanta (Boggs Social, July 1), then back to Athens (Flicker, July 2), then over to Birmingham, AL (Firehouse, July 3). The newest single by Tears For the Dying, “KMS,” came out last week. Keep up with all things Tears via facebook.com/ TearsForTheDying and tearsforthedying. bandcamp.com.

THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROAD STREET: AtlantaAthens band Nix The Scientist just

SPF 100: The train of activity for Athens goth/death rockers Tears for the Dying just won’t slow down. The band Nix The Scientist is currently featured on two brand new compilations that released a new single named “Eyes Up.” Selfwere released in celebration of World Goth described as a “prog power trio,” this track Day. The first is named Altar of Shadows in particular backs up that claim. It’s highly and comes courtesy of Oakland, CA label theatrical in an early Genesis way. While I Psychic Eye Records, and the second is could do without the intermittent heavy Unearth’d Volume II from Carrboro, NC’s metal vocals, it could be argued that’s where Broken Sound Tapes. The band sets off

the “power” in this is. Find it on Spotify along with the band’s other work, and find out more over at nixthescientist.com. The band next plays locally July 2 at Ciné.

GO AHEAD AND TAKE SOME TIME OFF: OK, punters, you’re getting this info a full week ahead of time so you can make your plans now. Rabbit Hole Studios is hosting a whopping full event that just happens to fall on Monday, June 20 and Tuesday, June 21. It’s named Bunneroo, which organizers say is a “Bunny-themed spin off of Bonnaroo.” They’re still accepting vendor/ booth applications at rabbitholestudios. org/festivals. The two days will cost you $15 in advance or $10 at the door each day.

The utterly enormous lineup is as follows (unfortunately, no, I do not have a lineup schedule, but each day begins at 1 p.m.): Cath & Embreis, Iris, Babies on Babies, Lea Lea, Julia Nyunt, The Landtrust Jamfam (ATL), Radha Rose, MYNAWA, Athens Middle East Orchestra, Cardynalflies, Climbing Cedars, The Almighty Strange Ducks, Hidden Hare Jam Band, Allen, Julianne Merrit, Meta Forest, John Fernandes, Grandfather, Ricky B, Official LB, Dexter, DK, Dexx, Afro Kenobi, Frank the Eagle, Squeeze the Squid, Phases of Alexandria, White Rabbit Collective, Ostrich, MedX and Jiig. Whew! Follow along at both rabbitholestudios.org and facebook.com/whiterabbitproductionsllc for ongoing information. f

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Ciné 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your heart out to a huge selection of songs. First three Tuesdays of every month.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE DEAD BOLTS Rock band from the south side of Chicago.

GOODHOST New local instrumental rock band.

RUBBER FEET No info available.

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

State Botanical Garden of Georgia Sunflower Concert Series. $5 (ages 4–13), $15–17. botgarden.uga.edu TIMI CONLEY AND THE WONDERLAND RANGERS Local rabble-rouser Timi Conley performs dance-tastic psych-pop with his allstar backing band.

CLAIRE CAMPBELL Hope for Agoldensummer singer plays a set of soft, mesmerizing folk tunes.

Wednesday 8 Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5–8 p.m. www.athensfarmersmarket.net THE HUMDINGERS Local string band.

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 6:30 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show). $50–55. www.georgiatheatre.com ROBERT EARL KEEN Americana musician and Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee.

Georgia Theatre Rooftop 5:30 p.m. (doors), 6:30 p.m. (show). FREE! www.georgiatheatre. com GRASSLAND Local bluegrass group formerly known as Grassland String Band.

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

Thursday 9 Athentic Brewing Co. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com WADE NEWBURY Singer, guitarist and drummer who performs with several bands including Tangents, Norma Rae and The Rebecca Sunshine Band.

Buvez 8 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ buvezathens JULIA NYUNT Athens newcomer and singer-songwriter influenced by folk singers of the late ’60s and jazz fusion of the ’70s.

OSTRICH Giant land bird funk rock extravaganza.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $7. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE CURLS Eccentric Chicagobased art pop band.

DOLPHIN GROUP Synth-driven beachy pop.

LOCATE S1 Christina Schneider’s vibrant pop project.

Hendershot’s Coffee 7:30–11:30 p.m. $10. www.hendershotsathens.com SABACHA DANCE SOCIAL DJ L.A. Darius leads a Latin dance party with salsa, bachata, merengue and cha-cha-cha. An hour-long lesson is followed by open dancing.

Hotel Indigo Live After 5 Patio Series. 5:30–8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook/AubreyEntertainmentAthensGA KIP JONES Singer-songwriter performing acoustically in all genres.

Live Wire The Bourbon Bowl Show. 8 p.m. (doors). $10–40. www.livewireathens.com PETER DANTE AND CHOSEN FAMILY Known for his roles in Adam Sandler movie’s including Little Nicky, Big Daddy and The Waterboy (the theme of tonight’s event), Dante is also a reggae musician.

TYL3R DAVIS Alternative hip-hop performer based in Atlanta who recently released a single titled “The Waterboy.”

DJ SUBLIME Opening the night with special guests Sajaad and MOONE.

Friday 10 First AME Church 6:30 p.m. www.hotcornerathens. weebly.com HOT CORNER GOSPEL PROGRAM The 22nd annual Hot Corner Celebration & Soul Food Festival kicks off with an evening of traditional gospel music.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Shadebeast 5 Year Anniversary Party. 9 p.m. $12 (door), $20 (adv. two-day pass). www.shadebeast. com SOMNURI Brooklyn-based heavy metal band for fans of Mastodon, High on Fire and Kvelertak.

CANOPY Devastating, atmospheric sludge-metal from Atlanta.

DEAD VIBES ENSEMBLE Local sludge-metal with doom undertones featuring Brian Head on drums and Markus Shaffer on bass.

Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10. www.hendershotsathens.com LARS NAGEL Melodies that conjure the best of power pop with a sound that’s equally at-home in 1970s LA as it is on 21st century radio.

DIANE COLL Singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist.

CHATTANOOGA VIC Acoustic singer-songwriter.

Innovation Amphitheater 6:30 p.m. (doors). 7:30 p.m. (show). $25. www.innovationamphitheater.com 3RD STREAM BIG BAND ORCHESTRA Taking their cue from the big band “3rd stream” jazz-rock movement of the late ‘60s–80s, this group joins soul, R&B, jazz, Latin, reggae, fusion and rock.

International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/ IGBAthensGA DIXIELAND FIVE Local jazz band playing styles of the early 20th century that came from New Orleans.

9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ IGBAthensGA AFTER HOURZ R&B band that plays a mixture of neo-soul and jazz. Every second Friday!

Southern Brewing Co. 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (show).

FREE! (ages 12 & under), $10. www.facebook.com/AubreyEntertainmentAthensGA THE FUNK BROTHERHOOD Large, high-energy funk band.

THE FOUR FATHERS Funky soul organ quartet with members of Funk Brotherhood, Allgood, Liquid Dynamite and Hot Hotty Hots.

White Tiger Gourmet 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/WhiteTigerGourmetAthens SETH MARTIN Member of the Georgia Dish Boys performing solo.

MARISA LEILANI Prolific local mural artist and singer-songwriter.

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens ROBERT LEE COLEMAN Playing behind Percy Sledge and James Brown, guitarist Robert Lee Coleman became a pioneer of two powerful decidedly American music genres: soul and funk.

Saturday 11 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $20. www.40watt.com TSIMBA Alias adopted by bass music producer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Evans Musto.

MALBIS DJ and producer from Fairhope, AL. M3WT EDM alter ego of producer Mitch Willis.

EAREE Producer making “bass music for your health.”

The Alley 8 p.m. $5. 706-850-5040 MULTIPLE MIGGS Local thrash band.

FOODEATER Local thrash band featuring members of Apparition and The Fuzzlers.

PERVERT New metal-punk band featuring members of Shade, Fart Jar and Bleachy Asshole.

Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net DAVID COURT Eclectic guitarist and harmonica player. (8 a.m.)

MARY & THE HOT HOTTIE HOTS Led by Mary Sigalas, the band plays hot jazz and swing music from the ‘10s, ‘20s and ‘30s for your nostalgic partying pleasure.

(10 a.m.)

Boutier Winery & Inn 8 p.m. $10. www.boutierwinery. com DWIGHT WILSON AND THE CLASSIC CITY SOUL BAND Local group with a soulful sound that draws on Motown and R&B. Flicker Theatre & Bar Shadebeast 5 Year Anniversary Party. 9 p.m. $12 (door), $20 (adv. two-day pass). www.shadebeast. com MONTE LUNA Heady, psychtinged stoner rock outfit from Austin, TX.

DEAD HAND A well-oiled doom machine from Macon.

HUSK Fast, unflinching heavy metal from Athens.

Front Porch Bookstore 6 p.m. FREE! www.cityofwinterville. com/front-porch-bookstore THE WELFARE LINERS Fivepiece local bluegrass unit blending classic tunes with melodic, high-lonesome originals.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $15–18. www.georgiatheatre.com THE TOM PETTY SHOW The Sundogs, led by brothers Will and Lee Haraway, cover Tom Petty hits and deep cuts.

Georgia Theatre Rooftop 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com WILDERMISS Denver-based indie rock band with Emma Cole singing and playing synth bass, Joshua Hester playing guitar and Caleb Thoemke on drums.

Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10. www.hendershotsathens.com JEFF EVANS Member of Memphis, TN-based band ’68 Comeback combines elements of rockabilly, blues, garage rock, punk and rock and roll.

BOB ROSS Local singer-songwriter.

Hot Corner 11 a.m.–10 p.m. FREE! www.hotcornerathens.weebly.com HOT CORNER CELEBRATION & SOUL FOOD FESTIVAL The 22nd annual festival features performances by Pastor Patrick and Shantisa Burgess, The Walker Brothers, Venus Jarrell, Linqua Franqa, Eric Johnson, Zeke Turne, Gospel Royalaires, Kailah Hearts, Brothers N Christ, Tonya Haygood, Alpha Kappa Alpha Youth Group, Destined Youth, Miriam Robinson, Jazmin Janay, Louise A. Smith, Strength Dance Academy, John Dunn Band, Marcel Mincey the Hip Hop Educator, Eli Turner, After Hours Band, Yung Brickz, LG the Heart of the City, Sarah Zúñiga, Squalle, Splitz Band, Ova De Top, Blacknerdninja and more.

Innovation Amphitheater 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (show). www.innovationamphitheater.com LISA MCCLOWRY The beat goes on as this tribute artist portrays the Goddess of Pop, Cher, through a theatrical Broadway-style live stage show with costume changes, a live band and video projections.

Southern Brewing Co. New West Fest. 12 p.m. (doors), 1–10 p.m. (music). $20 (adv.), $25. bit.ly/NewWestFest2022 NEW MADRDID Rocking, riveting local indie band with a psychedelic edge.

THE PINK STONES Rootsy local cosmic country group led by songwriter Hunter Pinkston.

T. HARDY MORRIS Local singer-songwriter and guitarist plays twangy, reflective folk-rock.

EMILY NENNI Nashville-based honky-tonk singer-songwriter.

PARKER GISPERT Frontman for former Athens rock trio The Whigs performs a solo set.

CICADA RHYTHM Captivating Athens duo playing melodic, roots-influenced folk-rock.

HAUNTED SHED Local band led

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

KALEN & ASLYN Members of synth-pop duo Dega perform lush harmonies influenced by country and pop.

for fans of Neutral Milk Hotel and Kimya Dawson.

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

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Creature Comforts Brewery 3–5 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com LIVE JAZZ Every Sunday afternoon.

Thomas Lay Park Athens Pride Parade BBQueer.

2:30–6 p.m. www.athenspride.org/ parade TEARS FOR THE DYING Local death-rock group fronted by songwriter Adria Stembridge. A fixture of the post-punk and goth scenes since 2004.

CONVICT JULIE Soulful alternative R&B artist and producer who uses her platform to raise awareness against social injustices.

EXQUISITE GENDER Atlanta band performing originals, covers and music from Hedwig & The Angry Inch.

No. 3 Railroad 5 p.m. $10. www.3railroad.org FESTER HAGOOD’S MOJO CONFESSIONAL SONGWRITER SHOWCASE Today’s showcase features the Rick Fowler Band Unplugged and Big Bad Don Spurlin, plus instrumental originals

by Michael Doke. Held the second Sunday of every month.

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 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com THE MADISONS Started in 1995

by Lizzie Harrah, the trio has a classic sound playing saloon-style jazz to smooth R&B. International Grill & Bar 7–9:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/IGBAthensGA THE BACUPS Cover band playing the best of pop, rock and roll, R&B, Motown and country.

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.

Red Line Athens 7 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show).

Donations accepted. flogamocker77@gmail.com ROUGH DREAMS Knoxville space punk.

EL ESCAPADO Nashville skate punk.

WYLD STALEYZ Shredding ‘80s dad rock for the soul.

COMMUNE New local femme punk shouting anthems of angst and social regret.

SLINK Local band pioneering a new wave of emo.

Monday 13 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $12. www. flickertheatreandbar.com PINKERTON RAID Genre-bending band combining folk, Americana and indie.

NEWPORT TRANSPLANT New local Americana band straddling honky tonk and punk rock.

Tuesday 14 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $30. www.40watt.com FRED ARMISEN Actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician performing his “Comedy For Musicians But Everyone is Welcome” show.

DEF RAIN Texas-based experimental, dream pop band.

Ciné 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your heart out to a huge selection of songs. First three Tuesdays of every month.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com POOSE THE PUPPET Puppeteer and musician emphasizing mental health and positive imagery.

COOKIE TONGUE Theatrical freak folk puppetry duo.

PEEPA SHOW Members of Immaterial Possession present surreal performance art.

SHORT No info available.

TURTLE GRENADE New-to-town indie “folk-ish” singer-songwriter

Down the Line 6/16 Jazz Jam (Hendershot’s Coffee) 6/16 The Jazz Legacy Project (Festival Hall) 6/17 JD Pinkus, Vansplainer (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 6/17 The Enemy, Rhyal Knight, Annie Leeth (Georgia Theatre Rooftop) 6/17 An Evening With Night Fever (Southern Brewing Co.) 6/17 Dark Entries Karaoke (Buvez) 6/18 The Hobohemians (Front Porch Bookstore) 6/19 Dwan Bosman (Rialto Club) 6/18 Bob Hay, Swing Theory (Bishop Park) 6/19 Live Jazz (Creature Comforts Brewery) 6/19 The Lucky Jones (Cali N Tito’s Eastside) 6/21 Karaoke with the King (Ciné) 6/21 Funky Bluester (Southern Brewing Co., Monroe) 6/22 Dr. Fred’s Karaoke (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 6/22 Jazz Night (Porterhouse Grill) 6/23 Athfest Kickoff Party (40 Watt Club) 6/24 AthFest Wicked Weed Stage (Wicked Weed Main Stage)

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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 ENTRIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) ATHICA is accepting applications for Artist-in-ATHICA residencies, Solo-Duo-Trio exhibitions and internships. www.athica.org/membership, www.athica.org/updates/ call_2022_showcase GEORGIA ON MY MIND (Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library) Opening July 22, “Georgia on My Mind: Finding Belonging in Music” is an upcoming exhibition exploring the state’s music history through genres, spaces, places and performers. Community members are invited to loan items from their collection like ticket stubs, flyers and photos. Deadline July 15. tinyurl. com/t3vwdp56 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-StudioMembership

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 AQUA AEROBICS (Memorial Park Pool) Try out a variety of stretching, limbering and weight routines set to music in the pool. Tuesdays–Thursdays, 6–7 p.m. Saturdays, 10–11 a.m. $5/class. 706-613-3580 ART CLASSES (K.A. Artist Shop) Classes are held in digital art, handmade books, drawing fundamentals, watercolor, landscape painting, linocut printmaking, printing on fabric and more. “Understanding Pigments on Paper: Watercolor Painting Workshop” is held June 12, 1–3 p.m. $45. “Absolute Beginner Basics: Acrylic Painting Workshop” is held June 12, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. or July 24, 1–3 p.m. $45. “Effortless House Portraits: Watercolor Painting Workshop” is held June 14, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $45. www.kaartist.com ART CLASSES (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) “Beginning & Intermediate Acrylic Painting” includes demonstration, discussion and one-on-one guidance. Thursdays, July 14–Aug. 11, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

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$160–210. “Discovering Water Mixable Oils” covers the basics of working with fume-free oil paints.

Thursdays, July 14–Aug. 11, 12:30–2:30 p.m. $160–210. Both courses are taught by artist Lauren Adams. www.ocaf.com CHAIR YOGA (Sangha Yoga Studio) This class is helpful for flexibility, strength, balance and increasing circulation and energy. All levels welcome. Every Thursday, 12–1 p.m. $16 (drop-in), $72 (six weeks). 706-613-1143 CHAIR YOGA AND MINDFULNESS (Winterville 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 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 (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 NATURAL DYE WORKSHOP (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation: OCAF) Beatrice Brown leads a two-day workshop covering the basics of natural dyeing processes including extraction of the dye from botanical materials. July 9–10, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $175–225. www. ocaf.com OPEN/COMMUNITY MEDITATION (Sangha Yoga Studio at Healing Arts Centre) Uma Rose leads a meditation designed to guide participants into stillness and silence.

Mondays, 4–5 p.m. Donations encouraged. www.healingarts centre.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

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POTTERY PERSPECTIVES WORKSHOP (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Lora Rust will share her unique process of “pushing the clay” and her expertise in surface design, glazing and firing methods. Aug. 27–28, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $175–225. 706-769-4565 PUBLIC DANCE (The Studio Athens) Beginner Rumba lessons followed

by DJ’d waltz, swing, salsa, tango etc. Every fourth Saturday. 7:30–10 p.m. $5 (students), $10 (non-students). www.gmdance.com SPANISH CLASSES (Athens, GA) For adults, couples and children.

Learn from experts with years of professional experience. Contact for details. 706-372-4349, marina bilbao75@gmail.com, www.marina-spain-2020.squarespace.com 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.

“Summer Yoga Session with SJ Ursrey” is held in-person or online Mondays, June 6–Aug. 1 (skip July 4), 6:30–7:45 p.m. $120. www. revolutiontherapyandyoga.com YOGA (Elixir Movement Arts, Mercury A.I.R.) Build a yoga practice, deepen connections to yourself and others, and learn to use yoga in everyday life. The six-week series is held Wednesdays beginning June 8, 12–1 p.m. $130. “Vinyasa Flow” is also offered Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. $10/class. shelley downsyoga@gmail.com, www. shelleydownsyoga.offeringtree.com YOGA TEACHER TRAINING (Shakti Power Yoga Athens) Deepen your practice and learn to teach others in person and online during this 200-hour yoga teacher training.

June 11–17 and July 9–15. www. shaktiyogaathens.com/shakti-yogauniversity 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) “Getting Started with Genealogy” is held June 9 at 3:30 p.m. “iPhone/iPad Basics” is held June 14 at 10 a.m. “Talking About Books Book Club” will discuss John Grisham’s Sooley on June 15 at 10:30 a.m. “Web Design with Dreamweaver” is held June 16 at 7 p.m. “For the Philo of Philosophy” will discuss King Solomon’s Ring

by Konrad Lorenz on June 16 at 12:30 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org ACCA EVENTS (Athens Community Council on Aging) “Lunch & Learn” series with the Alzheimer’s Association is held June 13 at 11:30 a.m. “Juneteenth Display and Lun-

cheon” is held June 17 at 10 a.m.

“Cognitive Screening with UGA’s CARE Center” is held June 22 at 10:30 a.m. “Trip to Jim-Ree African American Museum in Elberton, GA” is held June 23 at 10:30 a.m. www. accaging.org AADM EVENTS (Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement Justice Center & Bookstore) “Art for Justice Saturdays” are an opportunity to paint to soothing music and discuss local issues. Supplies provided.

All skill levels welcome. Saturdays, 3–5 p.m. Donations accepted.

“Black Voices & Art” is a showcase of local Black authors, artists, historians and poets. Featured speakers include Hattie Whitehead, Freda Giles and Anthony Harris. June 17, 3–6 p.m. FREE! “Ice Cream Social & Percentage Night” will be held at Bruster’s Ice Cream to benefit the AADM. June 21, 7–10 p.m. www. aadmovement.org ART EVENTS (Georgia Museum of Art) “Tour at Two” is held June 8 at 2 p.m. “Sunday Spotlight Tour” is held June 12, 3 p.m. “Artful Conversation: Emilio Amero” is held June 15, 2 p.m. “Yoga in the Galleries” is held June 16, 6 p.m.

“Family Day: Bold Shapes, Vivid Colors” is held June 18 at 10 a.m.

“Art + Wellness Studio” is held June 19, 2 p.m. “Tour at Two” is held June 22 and June 29, 2 p.m. www.georgiamuseum.org THE ARTIST’S WAY STUDY GROUP (24th Street Clubhouse, 150 Collins Industrial Blvd.) A gathering of artists, musicians, writers and creatives meet to discuss the book The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron. Every Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Donations welcome. beth@ beththompsonphotography.com, www.24thstreetathens.com ATHENS CHAUTAUQUA SOCIETY (Morton Theatre) “Pauli Murray: Confronting the Law” will be held June 12, 3 p.m. FREE! “Robert F. Kennedy: Keeping the Peace” will be held June 12, 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenschq.org ATHENS FARMERS MARKET (Multiple Locations) Shop fresh produce, flowers, eggs, meats, prepared foods, a variety of arts and crafts, and live music. Additionally, AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent at the market. Every Saturday at Bishop Park, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Every Wednesday at Creature Comforts Brewing Co., 5–8 p.m. www.athens farmersmarket.net ATHENS SHOWGIRL CABARET (Multiple Locations) Fabulous Friday is held at Sound Track Bar on June 24, 9 p.m. Country Night is held at Hendershot’s Coffee on July 17, 8 p.m. Fabulous Friday will have a Britney vs. Christina theme at Sound Track Bar on July 22, 9 p.m. www.athensshowgirlcabaret.com BOGART LIBRARY EVENTS (Bogart Library) “KnitLits Knitting Group” is held every Thursday at 6 p.m. “Crochet Basics” is held June 14 at 6 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org/bogart CLASSIC CITY PETANQUE CLUB (Lay Park) New players welcome.

Scheduled play days are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. vicepresident@ athenspetanque.org CONGRESSIONAL PRIME-TIME HEARINGS (VFW Post 2872) Watch prime-time congressional

hearings about the events leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob overran the Capitol building. June 9 & June 23, 7:15 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/vfwpost2872 DOWNTOWN BISHOP FARMERS MARKET (Bishop Town Hall) Homegrown, handmade and homemade items including produce, artwork, pottery, baked goods and more. June 9, 4–7 p.m. jbennettfarm@gmail.com ENDLESS ENDLESS (ACC Library) Author Adam Clair reads from his book Endless Endless: a Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery. Followed by a Q&A and performances

by Robert Schneider (Apples in Stereo), Will Hart (Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System), John Fernandes (Olivia Tremor Control) and Andrew Rieger (Elf Power).

June 24, 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org GEORGIA WRITERS HALL OF FAME INDUCTION (UGA Special Collections Building, Room 285) Inductee Jericho Brown, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, will deliver a poetry reading and participate in a Q&A discussion. Registration required. June 16, 6 p.m. lnessel@ 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.flying squidcomedy.com GUAC & ROCK (El Barrio) Participate in a 60-minute Rocket Yoga class on the lawn. June 8, 6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athensfivepointsyoga. com HENDERSHOT’S EVENTS (Hendershot’s Coffee) Disconnect to connect during No Phone Parties with a phone-free, laptop-free happy hour featuring drink specials, snacks, games and a record player. Every Tuesday, 6–9 p.m. Hendershot’s Comedy is held June 15, 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com HOMETOWN PARTY (The Park at Five Points) Avid Bookshop hosts food writer and cookbook author Nicole A. Taylor in celebration of her newest work, Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations.

Attendees must purchase a copy of the book to attend. June 16, 6:30 p.m. www.avidbookshop.com HOT CORNER CELEBRATION AND SOUL FOOD FEAST (Downtown Athens) The 22nd annual festival begins with the Gospel Extravaganza Kick Off at First AME Church on June 10 at 6 p.m. The Hot Corner Festival features vendors, an award ceremony, car and bike show, BBQ cook-off, games, speakers and live entertainment downtown on June 11, 11 a.m.–10 p.m. A film screening of Soul of Summer will be offered at Ciné on June 11 at 2:30 p.m. The festival culminates with a closing program at Ciné on June 12 at 4 p.m. hotcornerath@gmail.com, www.hotcornerathens.weebly.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 MERRY MEET EVERY WEEK (Rabbit Hole Studios) Meet members of the Athens Area Pagans. Current projects include planning for Athens Pagan Pride Day Festival, a com-

munity garden, the summer solstice and more. Meetings held every Saturday, 5 p.m. Donations encouraged. beth@athensareapagans.org 19 DAYS OF JUNETEENTH (Multiple Locations) This community-wide series of events includes cooking demonstrations, concerts, films, lectures, podcasts, an outdoor movie and more leading up to June 19. “Juneteenth is the New 4th,” an outdoor festival with food trucks, kickball, music and a market will be held June 18 at Holland Youth Sports Complex. Check the website for a full list of events. www.accgov.com/juneteenth NOISES OFF (Town & Gown Players) With their opening night on London’s West End just hours away, a cast of actors staggers through rehearsal. Just when the director thinks things couldn’t get worse, they do. With lost lines, love triangles and sardines flying, pandemonium takes over before intermission. Can the cast pull their act together both in front of the footlights and behind the curtain?

June 17–18 & June 23-25, 8 p.m.

June 19 & June 26, 2 p.m. $20. www.townandgownplayers.org OCONEE CO. LIBRARY EVENTS (Oconee Co. Library) Third Monday Book Club will discuss Richard Powers’ The Overstory on June 13 at 7 p.m. “Scuba Diving Talk with Athens Scuba” will be held June 22 at 7 p.m. www.athenslibrary. org/oconee OCONEE FARMERS MARKET (Oconee County Courthouse, Watkinsville) Over 20 vendors offer a variety of fresh produce, local honey, fresh-cut flowers, unique crafts, dog treats, fresh gelato, homemade pasta, locally sourced meats and eggs, plants and more.

Many vendors offer pre-ordering options and curbside pickup.

Saturdays, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. www. oconeefarmersmarket.net PRIDE PARADE (Downtown Athens) Athens Pride & Queer Collective will host the first-ever Pride Parade. The parade will culminate at Thomas Lay Park for a BBQueer cookout with food, music, vendors and fellowship. The event is currently seeking sponsors and parade participants including floats, walking groups and individuals. June 12, 2 p.m. www. athenspride.org/parade RABBIT HOLE EVENTS (Rabbit Hole Studios) Acoustic Fire Pit Jams are held every Monday, 7–11 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 downtown on College Ave. 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 REX’S EXES (Elbert Theatre) Encore Productions presents a Southern-fried comedy. June 10–11, 7 p.m. June June 12, 2 p.m. $9–16. tking@cityofelberton.net RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT PLEIN AIR EVENTS (Rocket Field at Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Highlighting the current exhibition “Rhythm and Movement: The Art of Music,” OCAF hosts a series of plein air painting/drawing workshops taught by Jack Burk.

Participants will listen to music as they paint. The lineup of musicians

includes Lonesome Dawn (June 11, 6 p.m.). $20–25/workshop. www. ocaf.com SEXUALITY BOOK CLUB (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) This month’s all-ages Pride Month edition will discuss The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Piman. Head down together to the Pride Parade afterwards. June 12, 10 a.m. $20–25. www.revolution therapyandyoga.com SMALL BOX SERIES (Work.Shop) Small Box presents “To Be Human” featuring poetry by John Barner, theater by Jayson Smith, comedy

by Matt House and Kelly Petronis, dance by Audrey Snow, film/ theater by Phillip Gerson, music by Space Brother and dance by Alison Wakeford. All works are presented on a 4’x4’ box. June 17–18, 8 p.m. $5-15. www.smallboxseries. bigcartel.com SOUTHERN STAR STUDIO OPEN GALLERY (Southern Star Studio) Southern Star Studio is a working, collective ceramics studio, established by Maria Dondero in 2016.

The gallery contains members’ work, primarily pottery. Every Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.southern starstudioathens.com SOUTHERN VIOLENCE & WRESTLING (The Warehouse) Live wrestling featuring Andey Ripley’s Full Term. June 25, 8 p.m. $10. www. facebook.com/southernviolence andwrestling STAR SPANGLED CLASSIC FIREWORKS DISPLAY (Athens-Ben Epps Airport) Fireworks will be visible from Lexington, Cherokee and Gaines School Roads. Parking near the airport and Satterfield Park opens at 7 p.m. Fireworks held July 2, 9:30 p.m. www.accgov.com/ fireworks STONEWALL DAY EVENT (Terrapin Beer Co.) A day of inclusivity, awareness and education of the LGBTQ+ community. June 28. www.terrapinbeer.com 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 TRIAL GARDEN OPEN HOUSE (UGA Trial Garden) Tour the garden (9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.) and check out the plan sale. June 11, 9 a.m.–12

p.m. $5 suggested donation. uga trial.hort.uga.edu 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 YAPPY HOUR (Flying Biscuit Cafe) A portion of all sales will be donated to Athenspets and Animal Services to help shelter animals in need.

June 9, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. www.athens pets.net

Kidstuff ACC LIBRARY EVENTS (ACC Library) “Open Chess Play” is held Mondays, 3–5 p.m. “Virtual Storytime” is held Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. “Virtual Bedtime Stories” is held Tuesdays at 6 p.m. “Preschool Storytime” is held Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. “Out of the Box Traveling Museum” is held June 9 at 10:30 a.m. “Teen Creative Writing Club” is held June 9 at 4 p.m. “Infant Storytime” is held June 13 at 10:30 a.m. “Maker Monday: Edible Water Pods” is held June 13 at 4 p.m. “Marine Biology with UGA EcoReach” is held June 14 at 5:30 p.m. “Narwhal Party” is held June 16 at 10:30 a.m. “Encanto SingAlong” is held June 18 at 2 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org ART CAMPS FOR PROMISING YOUNG ARTISTS (K.A. Artist Shop) Camps are offered for ages 10–12 and 13–17 and take place in-person, Mondays–Fridays during 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. or 1:30–5:30 p.m. Subjects include drawing, painting, illustration, calligraphy, printmaking, collage, journaling and more. $250 (half day), $450 (full day). www.kaartist.com 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,

art around town ACE/FRANCISCO GALLERY (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1500) Established by Jason Thrasher and Beth Hall Thrasher, the gallery’s grand opening features “Vernon Thornsberry: New Works in Painting, Charcoal & Sculpture.”

Through June 23.

ARTWALL@HOTEL INDIGO ATHENS (500 College Ave.) “Quiet Marks” presents works by Kathryn Refi, In Kyoung Choi Chun and Shirley N. Chambliss. Through July 8.

ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) “The Real, The Ideal” is a solo show by Lynette Caseman, a local artist who received a grant from the Athens Area Arts Council to support her work. Through July 17.

ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “So Much More” presents Lisa Freeman’s mixed media collages and assemblages that address the limitations frequently imposed on women in a patriarchal society. Through June 25.

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.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Jeff Rapier and Gary Autry. Reception June 17. Through June.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects” implicates racial stereotypes in the deaths of Black people at the hands of police and confronts the viewer with the fact of judicial inaction.

Through Aug. 7. • As a visual response to Carrie Mae Weems’ exhibition, “Call and Response” is a selection of works from the museum’s collection that considers the intersection of race and representation in the works of other African American artists. Through Aug. 7. • “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-cen-

4:30–6 p.m. (ages 10–12) and 6:30–8 p.m. (ages 13–17). www. kaartist.com ATHENS FOREST KINDERGARTEN SUMMER SESSION (Sandy Creek Park) Ages 3.5–6.5 can participate in a child-discovered curriculum in the forest. Weekly sessions run through June 21, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. $200/week. www.athensforestkindergarten.org/afk-summer-session HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH FAMILY RETREAT (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Enjoy crafts, games, nature activities and fellowship.

Lunch provided. RSVP. June 18, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! panthers1028@ aol.com BOGART LIBRARY EVENTS (Bogart Library) “Busy Bee Toddler Time” for ages 12–36 months is held June 8, 15 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. “Out of the Box: Oceans of Possibility” is held June 9 at 3 p.m. “Sábado Storytime” for ages 5–7 is held June 11 at 11 a.m. “Monday Funday” is held June 13 at 10 a.m. Based on the MTV show, “Silent Library” for grades 6–12 is held June 14 at 6 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org/bogart CLUBS FOR TEENS (Lyndon House Arts Center) “Teen Media Arts Club with Kidd Fielteau” is held Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. “Teen Fashion Design/Sewing Club with Tabitha Fielteau” is held Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

GRAND SLAM TEEN SUMMER PROGRAM (Lay Park) Ages 11–17 can participate in games, giveaways, music, sports and other activities. Fridays in June and July, 6–9 p.m. www.accgov.com/ grandslam HARGRETT LIBRARY’S TODDLER TUESDAY (UGA Special Collections Library) Toddler Tuesday is a new program full of story time, music and crafts for ages 1–4.

“Welcome Summer” on June 21, “Georgia Music” on Aug. 2, “Sports!” on Sept. 20. Events held at 9:45 a.m. FREE! RSVP: jmb18449@uga.edu 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

MIDDLE CHILDHOOD ART WORKSHOPS (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) 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 OCONEE LIBRARY EVENTS (Oconee Co. Library) “Preschool Storytime” for children and their caregivers is held Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.

“Prism” is held June 8 at 6 p.m.

“Candy Sushi Making” is held June 10 at 4 p.m. “Dungeons & Dragons” is held June 13 at 6 p.m. “Movie and Snack” is held June 15 at 10:30 a.m. “Tie Dye Night” is held June 15 at 6 p.m. “Makers Market Workshop” is held June 17 at 4 p.m.

“Magician Keith Karnock” performs June 22, 10:30 a.m. “Sand Castle Competition” is held June 24 at 4 p.m. “Anime Club” is held June 27 at 7 p.m. “Deserted Island: Can You Survive?” is held June 29 at 6 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 SUMMER ART CAMPS (‘Brella Studio) Paint, plant and party in a fairy tale forest during “Enchanted Forest” camp. Activities include making seed bombs, fairy houses, butterfly wings and giant paper flowers. Monday–Friday beginning June 13, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. $295.

During “¡Hola Casita! Encanto Theme” camp, participants will paint their own magical casita, study animals of South America and experiment with weather-inspired art techniques. Monday–Friday beginning June 20, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. $295. www.brellastudio.com SUMMER CAMPS (Foxfire Woods and Farm, Nicholson) Join certified nature staff for outdoor learning and adventure on a 54 acre farm and nature sanctuary. For ages 5–12. www.foxirewoodsandfarm.com/ summercamps SUMMER CAMPS (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville) Camps are offered in clay (hand building, wheel throwing) and writing (poetry, fiction, college essays).

tury Russia. Through Aug. 21. • “Jennifer Steinkamp: The Technologies of Nature.” Through Aug. 21. • “Graphic Eloquence: American Modernism on Paper from the Collection of Michael T. Ricker.” Through Sept. 4. • “Decade of Tradition: Highlights from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection.” June 11, 2022–July 3, 2023.

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

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Mike Shetterley shares recent abstract paintings inspired by gardens and landscapes. Through June 15.

HEIRLOOM CAFE (815 N. Chase St.) The Boulevard Neighborhood Young Artists, ages 2–18, present an exhibition of their latest creations. Through June 27.

JUST PHO… AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism, fairy tales and nursery rhymes.

Through June.

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. • Lucile Stephens’ paintings and hand-built ceramic works are fantastical, inventive and many times inspired by flora and fauna. Through June 18. • “Local Athenian: One Degree of Separation” shares portraits of local residents taken by Emily Cameron for her website, which shares stories through interviews and photographs. Through June 18.

MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) On view in the Collector’s Cabinet is a display of Chinese Export Porcelain owned by the Morehouse family. Through June. • “Earth Bound: David Drake and Zipporah Camille Thompson” brings new light to the life and work of Drake, an enslaved African-American whose works of pottery from the mid-1800s are now sought world-wide. A second installation features ceramic work by contemporary artist Thompson. Through July 16.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Artwork by Bobbi Johnson. Through June.

Check website for dates and age groups. www.ocaf.com 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 WILD EARTH CAMP (Piedmont Preserve) An adventure camp in the forest for ages 4–13. Weeklong camps begin June 13, June 20, July 11 and July 25. Register online. www.piedmont-preserve.org YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS SUMMER SERIES (Goodwill, 4070 Lexington Rd.) College Factory presents a five-week program in partnership with the Minority Business Nonprofit Association and Goodwill of North Georgia. Open to students in grades 9–12. Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Through June 29. FREE! brittany@ collegefactory.org, www.college factory.org

Support Groups ACA ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS AND DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) This support group meets weekly. Tuesdays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. annetteanelson@gmail.com 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 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

Word on the Street COVER YOUR LOAD (ACC Landfill and Various Locations) Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful and the Litter Abatement Steer Committee celebrate National Cover Your Load Day by distributing educational materials and safety resources to raise awareness about the importance of covering traveling truck beds. Pick up a free tarp. Through June 11. www.kepathensbeautiful. org 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 POOL SEASON (Multiple Locations) ACC Leisure Services pools and splash pads are open through July 31. $1/person, $20/season pass.

Pools are located at Bishop Park, Heard Park, Lay Park and Rocksprings Park. Check website for hours. www.accgov.com/aquatics WASTE AND RECYCLING WORKERS WEEK (Athens, GA) The ACC Solid Waste Department’s weeklong campaign recognizes solid waste workers through online posts.

This year’s theme is “Solid Waste Workers are Superheroes.” June 12–18. www.gaswana.org f

ODUM SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY GALLERY (140 E. Green St.) Natural science illustrator C Olivia Carlisle shares insect, botanical and ecosystems illustrations alongside “The Birdwing Butterflies of Papua New Guinea,” a display featuring specimens assembled by James W. Porter and photographs by Carolyn Crist. Through fall.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave) Cameron Berglund, a local artist and lecturer at UGA’s College of Environmental Design, presents a collection of plein air watercolor sketches and landscape-inspired illustrations. Through June 26.

STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) “Mother Tongue: The Language of Families” includes Steffen Thomas’ paintings, drawings and sculptures that were shaped by powerful prose and poetry. Father’s Day Poetry Workshop held June 11. Currently on view through June 23.

TIF SIGFRIDS (393 N. Finley St.) Los Angeles-based artist Mimi Lauter presents a solo exhibition of paintings. Closing reception June 18, 4–6 p.m.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) Rich Panico’s exhibition, “Pandemic Art,” is a collection of recent drawings and ceramic works.

Opening reception June 10, 5–8 p.m. Open Third Thursday on June 16, 6–9 p.m. and by appointment through June.

UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Frankie Welch’s Americana: Fashion, Scarves and Politics” explores the life of a Georgia native who owned a Virginia boutique, designing scarves and dresses used in political campaigns and events and worn by women throughout the country in the 1960s and ‘70s. Through July 8.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) Rodney Graiger’s exhibit “Black and White” includes large drawings on paper that portray recollections of private spaces where racial distinctions were often blurred by never fully erased. On view through July 28 on Sundays and by appointment. Juneteenth reception held June 19 at 12:30 p.m.

WHITE TIGER GOURMET (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Artwork by Marisa Mustard.

Through June.

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MISC. SERVICES ALL INCLUSIVE BLESSINGS: Joyful wedding ceremonies, Heartfelt memorials, House blessings. Loving, all-inclusive ceremonies for everyone! Contact Rev. A.E. Alder: a.e.celeblessings@ gmail.com

Jinya Ramen Bar Athens is now hiring for line cooks. Looking for positive, dependable cooks to prepare high-quality delicious ramen noodle dishes and more with precise recipes. Apply today at rose@xcramen.com and join our real ramen culture!

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 Need old newspapers?

There’s plenty here at the Flagpole office! Call ahead and we’ll have them ready for you. 706-549-0301

Old Guard Graphics is seeking an experienced Graphic Designer to join our in-house art team. You will be creating designs for t-shirts and various other types of custom printed apparel. Candidates with a background in apparel design are preferred.

Please email resume & link to portfolio or examples of work to info@oldguardgraphics. com White Tiger is now hiring for all positions at the Athens location and the new Watkinsville location! No experience necessary. Email work history or resume to catering@whitetigergourmet. com

OPPORTUNITIES Do you like driving, know your way around town and need some extra cash? Flagpole needs a reliable pool of substitute drivers for when our regular drivers are out!

Email frontdesk@flagpole. com to be included in emails about future Distribution opportunities.

PART-TIME Do you need to find some employees? Place an ad in the Flagpole Classifieds! Call 706-549-0301 today!

ADOPT ME!

Visit www.accgov.com/257/Available-Pets 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

*Ad enhancement prices are viewable at flagpole.com **Run-‘Til-Sold rates are for MERCHANDISE ONLY ***Available for individual rate categories only

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

Domino (57545)

Domino is a pint-sized cutie who needs a little love and patience. She takes her time warming up to people, but likes pets and being held once she’s comfortable.

Morty (57630)

A pup with such a sweet face deserves a permanent place to call home! Morty’s a happy guy that likes making friends, having fun and spreading joy.

Spike (57239)

Who wouldn’t love having a stocky, handsome pal around?

Spike would like to know! This guy likes playing outdoors, is a little camera shy and loves getting pets.

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

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. Selfguided interview process.

Hours: 8 a.m.–8 p.m. www. ctscribes.com Mike Wheeler Landscape.

Landscaping/gardening positions available. Good pay w/ experience. Parttime. Flexible hours. Call Mike Wheeler: 706-202-0585, mwwheeler1963@gmail.com Part-time greenhouse garden position. General knowledge of plants, self-motivated, ok working solo, take and understand instructions well, independent transportation, morning hours, not bothered by heat-cold, Lift 75lbs., Winterville area. Call Ron: 706247-6370

NOTICES MESSAGES All Georgians over the age of five are eligible for COVID vaccines, and ages 12+ are eligible for boosters! Call 706-340-0996 or visit www. publichealthathens.com for more information.

COVID testing available in West Athens (3500 Atlanta Hwy. Mon– Fri., 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. & Sat., 8 a.m.–12 p.m. At the old Fire Station on the corner of Atlanta Hwy. & Mitchell Bridge Rd. near Aldi and Publix.) Pre-registration is highly encouraged!

Visit www.publichealthathens. com for more information.

Get Flagpole delivered to your mailbox! It can be for you or your pal who just moved out of town. $50 for six months or $90 for one year. Call 706-549-0301 or email front desk@flagpole.com.

SUDOKU

Edited by Margie E. Burke

Difficulty: Easy

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HOT CORNER FESTIVAL SATURDAY, JUNE 11TH - LIVE MUSIC AND EVENTS

Copyright 2022 by The Puzzle Syndicate

HOW TO SOLVE:

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Week of 6/6/22 - 6/12/22

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DOWN 1 Can of worms?

2 ___-ran 3 Not eager 4 Nut-bearing tree 5 Speed up 6 Veggie patch 7 Steamed state 8 Tidal extreme 9 "Anything ___?"

10 Radio audience

Lady B and Mr. Jerry Wilson, Pastor Clarence Smith and Mr. Montu Miller with DJ Segar and Mellow Miles WXAG Radio 92.7 FM/1470 AM, the Golden Girls

• PERFORMANCES BY • Pastor Patrick and Shantisa Burgess • The Walker Brothers• Venus Jarrell • Linqua Franca Alpha Kappa Alpha Youth Group • Destined Youth • Miriam Robinson • Jazmin Janay • Louise A. Smith Strength Dance Academy • John Dunn Band • Marcel Mincey the Hip Hop Educator • Eli Turner • After Hours Band Yung Brickz • LG the Heart of the City • Sarah Zuniga • Squalle • Splitz Band • Ova De Top • Black Nerd Ninja and more…

SPONSORS

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Roulette bet Parlor piece Winner's flag Series of contests Tariffed goods Lock opener?

Buy alternative Ending with hard or soft Discovered, slangily Twirler's stick Anagram for "aide" Poke "___ we all?"

Hatchling's home

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Kids’ Corner • Vendors • Stage Performances • Award Ceremony at 5 pm • Car & Bike Show BBQ Cook-off • Chess & Checkers Competition • Spades Competition • Scholarship Winner of $500 announced 50/50 Raffle for scholarships • COVID Vaccinations • Voter Registration

Eric Johnson • Zeke Turne • Gospel Royalaires • Kailah Hearts • Brothers N Christ • Tonya Haygood

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ACROSS 1 Stinging remark 5 Light on one's feet 10 ___ we forget…

14 Direction at sea 15 Blanchett film set in 1950s 16 Quite fond of 17 Castaway's place 18 Rowing teams 19 Hot pot 20 A little cuckoo 22 "Gunsmoke", e.g.

24 García Márquez work, "Love in the Time of ___" 26 Coastal bird 27 Colony member 29 Vegas hotel with gondolas 31 Front-runner 33 Seeking payback 37 Eaten up 38 Watchful 40 Seldom seen 41 Sloth cousin 43 Junior naval officer 45 Cruise purpose

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13 Word with ghost or boom 21 Moved, nautically 23 Just for men 25 PRNDL pick 27 Aquatic plant 28 Kind of sign 30 Type of camp 32 Like fish and chips 34 Equitable deal 35 Impel 36 Give for a bit 39 2024 is the next one 42 Arkin or Ladd 44 Kind of tide 46 All together, with "in" 48 Sub detector 49 Go one better 51 Kind of situation 52 Pound (down) 53 Isle of exile 55 "___ chic" 56 Backside 59 Bolted down

Puzzle answers are available at www.flagpole.com/puzzles

Athens Downtown Development Authority, Athens Banner Herald, ATHFactor, Athens Clarke County Transit, Brown’s Barber Shop, Brown Media Archives, CAT Sporty Marketing Group, Cine Theater, Destined Inc., First AME Church, Little Kings, UGA Health and Resilience Project (HARP), MEU Radio, NAACP Clarke County #5180, Manhattan, Morris Brown College Athens Alumni Chapter, Peach State Credit Union, WXAG 92.7FM/1470 AM Radio, UGA Richard B. Russell Library, UGA SpecialCollections, Wilson’s Barber Shop, World Famous, Inc.

FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

Mr. Homer Wilson, Organizer 706-338-8042, Dr. T (Tawana Mattox), Chairperson 706-461-6678 Committee Members: Eric Bolton, Richard Cornelius, Montu Miller, Bennie Roberson, Barbara “Lady B” Sims, Pastor Clarence Smith, Susan Smith, Jackie Wilson

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