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New Orleans-based roots outfit The Deslondes will play at the 40 Watt Club on July 13 in celebration of its new album release under New West Records. The group will be joined by The Pink Stones and Gina Leslie. For more information, visit 40watt.com.

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According to his office, Ossoff wants to secure $7.3 million for the UGA-Fort Valley partnership to train new poultry scientists, $3.1 million for new diagnostic equipment at the veterinary lab and $15.3 million for repairs and maintenance at two Athens USDA facilities.

DA Won’t Prosecute Abortions Western Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez is one of 80 DAs nationwide and six in Georgia who signed a letter BLAKE AUED

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff called on Georgia lawmakers to lift abortion restrictions during a swing through Athens last week to tour University of Georgia agricultural facilities.

“The court, through its decision, has stripped women of autonomy in the most personal health decisions,” Ossoff said when asked about the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson overturning the 1972 Roe v. Wade decision enshrining the right to abortion.

Ossoff said he believes the Dobbs decision also threatens other precedents protecting contraception, interracial marriage and same-sex marriage. “This is a decision with vast implications that I believe puts women’s lives at risk here in Georgia and across the country,” he said.

Ossoff called on Congress and state legislatures to re-establish the privacy rights that were the bedrock of Roe. “I will continue to work in the Senate to establish access to reproductive health-care services,” he said. “I call upon Georgia’s state legislature and the governor to reconsider the draconian six-week abortion ban that has been enacted here in Georgia, and on the Georgia state legislature to establish strong standards of privacy for women and health care.”

However, the odds of reinstating Roe legislatively at the federal level appear slim. It would require 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, and Democrats only have 50 votes in the Senate. Two Democratic senators—Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona—have steadfastly refused to reform the filibuster since Ossoff’s election helped Democrats retake the chamber in 2021. And just three Republican senators—Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia— identify themselves as pro-abortion rights.

On the state level, in the wake of Dobbs Attorney General Chris Carr has asked a federal appeals court to reinstate the 2019 “heartbeat bill” that was previously declared unconstitutional. Anti-abortion activists are also pressuring Gov. Brian Kemp and Republican state legislators to call a special session to ban abortion entirely.

While abortion rights are the issue of the day, the purpose of Ossoff’s June 28 trip was to meet with UGA agricultural researchers. “It’s a value to farmers and to the whole country,” he said of UGA’s agriculture programs.

Ossoff announced that he will seek funding for a UGA poultry science partnership with historically Black Fort Valley State University near Macon, the UGA Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Poultry Research Center in Athens.

“This is part of a broader push to support agriculture through appropriations, as well as the farm bill, which we will take up in Congress next year,” he said.

Ossoff also recently met with Tifton-area farmers and said he is pressuring India to reduce its high tariffs on pecans, one of Georgia’s largest crops.

behind the Bottleworks. The development would consist of a four-story parking deck serving both residents and Bottleworks businesses, surrounded by four mostly fivestory apartment buildings with 69 units totaling 159 bedrooms. Local firm E+E Architecture is seeking a waiver of a law requiring commercial space on the ground floor of downtown developments. The proposal includes 4,300 square feet of commercial space, but much of the first floor would be garden-style and walk-up apartments.

The ACC Planning Commission will consider the request at its July 7 meeting.

Unlike previous proposals for that parcel, the plans do not include the Camak House next door. Other proposals have treated the entire block bordered by Meigs, Finley, Hancock and Newton as a single parcel. But the Camak House property is protected by covenants, and the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation has so far blocked any development there.

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Energy Plan Up for Comment Athens-Clarke County will host two virtual meetings July 12 to take public comment on a proposed clean energy plan.

The plan, funded by $15.8 million in sales tax revenue from SPLOST 2020, lays out a map for transitioning the ACC government to 100% clean and renewable energy by 2035 and the entire community by 2050. Priorities identified by the plan include electrifying the Athens Transit fleet and expanding transit service, reducing parking mandates, targeting heat islands in low-income communities, education programs, rebates for green construction, a clean energy revolving loan fund, auditing buildings’ energy use and divesting fossil fuels from the ACC pension fund. Other potential ideas include increased density around transit stops, carbon offsets, carpooling incentives, natural gas and solar, graywater reuse, electric vehicle incentives and starting a bike-share program.

The plan, as well as a June 14 commission work session presentation, is available at accgov.com/green. Comments will be accepted through July 22. A commission vote on the plan is scheduled for Aug. 2.

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saying they would not prosecute abortion providers or women who seek abortions.

In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, abortion remains legal in Georgia up to the 20-week mark for the time being, but sometime this month a federal appeals court is likely to reinstate Georgia’s “heartbill bill” banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

There isn’t an abortion provider in Gonzalez’s jurisdiction, so the situation is unlikely to come up often. Still, she told Georgia Public Broadcasting that her office is still working through a backlog of 500 cases from the pandemic—including murders, child molestation and sexual assault— and going after abortions would distract from those efforts.

“These are things that need our attention right now,” she said. “And it’s not something that we need to then take resources from that and put it towards prosecuting women or doctors for basically giving medical reproductive services and for women making private decisions.”

In Atlanta, where the bulk of Georgia’s abortion providers are located, DeKalb County DA Sherry Boston signed the letter, and top Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis has also pledged not to prosecute abortions. Atlanta has made abortion arrests its lowest priority and prohibited using city funds to track abortions.

Plans Filed for Bottleworks Lot Plans have been submitted for an apartment complex on the site of the parking lot

Also on the agenda for July 7 Planning Commission meeting: more revisions to a high-rise residential tower at 155 Mitchell St. near downtown and the UGA campus, and a request to demolish and replace a rear addition to a historic house currently serving as an office building at 347 W. Hancock St. to convert it into a fraternity.

Testing of Athens drinking water showed that it met state and federal standards for all but one of more than 90 pollutants last year.

The only substance that exceeded the limit was trihalomethanes. THMs are a byproduct of chlorine reacting with organic matter in water and are associated with cancer and adverse reproductive outcomes, according to the National Institute of Health. The ACC Public Utilities Department took steps to bring THMs back into compliance in November.

Other substances found that were within EPA limits included copper, lead, fluoride, fertilizer runoff, soil runoff and chlorine.

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Back to the Bad Old Days A RIGHT-WING SUPREME COURT ROLLS BACK ABORTION RIGHTS

By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com Sherri Finkbine was living the American punishment, and I really challenge anyone dream in 1962. She was the host of a popto say a woman ever forgets it. It’s not ular children’s television show in Phoenix, something you do lightly.” Finkbine’s long AZ, and her husband was a teacher there. struggle for abortion rights that was underTheir suburban dream turned into a nightmined by the Supreme Court 60 years after mare when Finkbine discovered that the her ordeal is a history lesson for contemposedatives she was taking during her pregrary America. nancy contained thalidomide, a drug that In today’s America, the conservative had been found to cause birth defects. majority on the Supreme Court seems hellSixty years ago, bent on changing the abortion was illegal all lawful into the awful.

Just having an abortion for On Capitol Hill and across America, and Finkbine had to fly to state legislatures any reason is punishment, in Sweden to terminate across the country, and I really challenge anyone to “conservatives” claim her pregnancy. Her case brought the issue that they want to say a woman ever forgets it. of abortion into the protect unborn babies national conversation in the womb while in 1962, and it still resonates today, after they cut programs that would aid children the Supreme Court on June 24 overruled once they are born into the world. Those the Roe v. Wade decision that had made on the political right who claim to support abortion legal in America for nearly 50 “generations yet unborn” on the abortion years after the high court passed it in 1973. issue are often the same people who deny the harm that humans are doing to Earth’s environment today— harm that will be passed along to “generations yet unborn,” since the children of today will inherit this planet tomorrow.

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Wade is a victory for American right-wingers who seem to yearn for a nation of forced prayer, forced pregnancy and forced patriotism. Though abortion laws have been repealed or reformed in recent years in such countries as Ireland, Argentina, Thailand, Mexico, South Korea and New Zealand, the United States took a step back to the bad old days of illegal and unsafe abortions after the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision.

Today’s political poseurs who claim the mantle of conservatism would do well to consider the wise words of Barry Goldwater, the crusty conservative senaSherri Finkbine made international news for seeking an abortor from Arizona who was the tion in Sweden 11 years before Roe v. Wade.

Republican candidate for president in 1964 and who died in Finkbine’s 1962 flight to Sweden to 1998. “A woman has a right to an abortion,” obtain a medical procedure banned in her said Goldwater. “That’s a decision that is up own country made headlines across Amerto the pregnant woman, not up to the pope ica and around the globe. Though she was or some do-gooders or the religious right.” a kids TV celebrity in Phoenix who could Though he had longtime conservative afford to fly overseas for an abortion, Finkcredentials, Goldwater was for reproducbine’s saga reminded this nation that many tive choice and for gay rights—positions American women did not have the means which are anathema to many of today’s to obtain safe and legal abortions in 1962. imitation conservatives. He warned his Doctors said that Finkbine’s baby would fellow Republicans about the rise of the have had birth deformities and could not religious right, saying, “Mark my words, if have survived, but Finkbine still received and when these preachers get control of the death threats from “pro-life” people, and Republican Party, and they’re sure trying she was fired from her television job. to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn Decades after her pioneering pro-choice problem.” struggle, Finkbine’s name was in the news The “terrible damn problem” is here again in 2016, when GOP presidential cantoday in a Republican Party that makes a didate Donald Trump said that “there has mockery of what Goldwater meant when he to be some form of punishment” for women said, “I am a conservative Republican, but I who have abortions. Finkbine answered, believe in democracy and the separation of “Just having an abortion for any reason is church and state.” f

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Local singer-songwriter Sarah Zúñiga is celebrating the release of her second album, Quiet Places, Dark Spaces, with a release party at the 40 Watt. It won’t be the first time the Ecuadorian-Nicaraguan musician has headlined the iconic club, though.

on social media that he wishes to step away from touring. Tod is releasing a solo album of songs entitled Songs I Swore I’d Never Sing, to be released Sept. 23. Regardless of the ultimate fate of the band, they’re a show worth seeing, in whatever form they choose to appear in the future. [PB] MUSIC | SAT, JULY 9

Buddy Crime & Klypi Save America Tour

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Flicker will host Athens’ favorite synthpop darling next weekend, with a special guest. The candy-coated synth pop of Klypi and the cosmic disco of Buddy Crime will join forces for what’s sure to be an electric dance party during a night that also features Annie Leeth and Nicholas Mallis.

Klypi is the colorful musical persona of multidisciplinary artist AC Carter, who recently relocated from Athens to Nashville before finally landing in L.A. Buddy Crime is the pop moniker of Louisville musical artist William Carpenter, a self-described “3D-printed A.I. who chose the form of a pop star named Buddy Crime.” Their disco beats certainly maintain a certain air of otherworldly wonder, melding perfectly with Klypi’s cyberpunk sensibilities. [PB] MUSIC | TUES, JULY 12

Zúñiga has enjoyed much success since the release of her first album, Someday Soon, including being nominated as a finalist for the Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award. Zúñiga released a single from the album earlier this year, and it appears she has taken an interesting sonic turn. Zúñiga also performed at this year’s AthFest, where she gave the audience a taste of what was to come. [Patrick Barry] THEATER | JULY 8–10

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Marcel P. Black and Alfred Banks, two nationally known hip-hop artists, are making a stop in Athens on their Black Outside Tour. Black is a Baton Rouge-born veteran emcee featured on XXL.com’s list “12 Baton Rouge Rappers You Should Know” and highlighted on HipHopDX.com’s “Up Next

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Lost Dog Street Band Georgia Theatre • 8 p.m. • $27

In what may be their final days as a group, the Lost Dog Street Band is touring through town in support of their latest album, Glory, a haunting set of tunes encapsulating themes of addiction, sobriety and redemption. Despite the success of the album, frontman Benjamin Tod has stated

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known as a youth development worker and community resource coordinator. Banks is a multi-award-winning New Orleans-based rapper and singer. He has been featured on multiple media lists, received a Netflix film soundtrack placement and recently toured with Grammy Award-nominated Tank & the Bangas. Hosted by ATHfactor-Liberty Entertainment, the experience includes local support from lyricists DK and Kid Arsenic. [Sam Lipkin] f

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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com I WANT SOME DISCIPLINE IN HERE: Monty reprieve and quick descent into cataclysm at Greene, one of the founding fathers of its end. Kudzu Crown is available digitally what could be described as the early Athens and in micro batches of cassettes (edition industrial music scene, is the July 2022 of 25) and CD-R (edition of 30). Find this at Artist in Residence at Athens Institute for hookervision.bandcamp.com.

Contemporary Art (i.e. ATHICA). Known WALK THIS WAY: Releasing this news right in by many for his work with Nerve Clinic and the middle of AthFest may have captured Damage Report, Greene is an accomplished video artist, and during his residency he will exactly the timeliness that the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission presumdevelop and present the video installation ably sought, but there’s also probably at “Quarantined Apparitions.” You may have least a few of you who missed it. So, the correctly discerned from its title that this work was created during the pandemic, but what you might not know is that Greene was among the first in the popular culture scene, as it were, to present any pandemic-based work when he released the COVID-themed music video Gray Clouds at the very beginning of March 2020. It features citizen-shot footage of police crackdowns in Wuhan, China and other disturbing footage. The opening event for his residency is Friday, July 8 Video still from “Gloomy” by Monty Greene at 7 p.m. Additional viewings occur on Saturdays, July 9, 16, news is the announcement of the 2022 23 and 30 from 3:30–6 p.m. An additional inductees into the Athens Music Walk of weeknight viewing happens Thursday, July Fame. These decisions are never easy, and 21 from 6–9 p.m. For more information, I can only assume that there was a lot of please see athica.org/updates/greene. conversation surrounding these choices.

TOP OF THE MORNING, SUNSHINE: By the time This year’s inductees are Bloodkin, Tituss you read this, popsmith Drew Beskin will Burgess, Love Tractor, Ishues and The have released his newest single “Spoilers.”

Glands. The Athens Music Walk of Fame is The track is from his upcoming album an ongoing effort to recognize and amplify Somewhere Sideways Same As You. The album each artist’s unique contribution to Athens marks the debut of Beskin with his new music. For more information on the Walk of band The Sunshine, too. The single is a Fame and the Cultural Affairs Commission, short, sweet number that draws authentiplease see athensculturalaffairs.org. cally on such classic acts as The Beatles and Big Star. With a running time of merely two UNTIL THEY CLOSE THE CURTAIN: The 1st Annual Aquemini Music Festival will happen minutes sixteen seconds it’s just enough to at Southern Brewing Co. Sunday, Sept. 4. whet one’s whistle in anticipation of more.

Presented by Aubrey Entertainment and Find this on all major streaming services Aquemini 28 Entertainment this event, as well as drewbeskin.bandcamp.com. For created by Knowa Johnson (United Group more information, please see facebook. of Artists), is “designed to encourage divercom/DrewBeskin and drewbeskin.com. sity in Athens, Georgia, and surrounding THE GANG’S ALL HERE: Experimentalcities while empowering black and minority compositional combo The Modern Lamps creators to continue to strive for excellence stretched out its family tree for its latest in their lives and selected industry.” To this release, Kudzu Crown. The two-track, end, the festival lineup features—among 40-minute release features—in addition others—Natty Lovejoy Band (Tennessee), to mainstays Rachel and Grant Evans— Aquatic Soul Band (Athens), Candy Morblithely casual first name-only entries of gan & Charlie Beatz, Diamond Elyse Rashaun (clarinet), Leslie (percussion), (Atlanta), Kanela & The GSG Band (Aiken, Frank (guitar) and Ανώνυμος (which means SC), M Lewis (Atlanta), Splitz Band anonymous) on bouzouki, baglamas and (Athens) and Misnomer Band (Atlanta/ contrabass balalaika. It’s been said that colAthens). Performances will be spread across laborations of this type can help musicians two stages, there is to be a live DJ, vendors, “get out of their own head,” so to speak, and food, a fashion showcase and more. A “Fun jettison limitations they may have unwitZone,” courtesy of Rucker Family Amusetingly enforced on their work. I can’t attest ments, will also be on site. Aquemini 28 100% that this is the case here, but there’s Entertainment is also the company behind a certain openness and breath to the first the current run of Afro-Caribbean First track “Teadrum (Flower Yoga)” that isn’t Fridays at The Soundtrack. Tickets for the dissimilar to, say, The Grateful Dead’s most festival are not yet on sale, but interested meditative work. The second track, “Heavy attendees, potential vendors and potential Satori,” brings the group back into the sponsors are encouraged to call 678-740familiar dark envelope of sound drone, light 3884 for more info. f

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Cool Down With Vampire Penguin PLUS, GOOEY OVERSIZED COOKIES AT CRUMBL

By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com crumbs, chocolate sauce, caramel sauce) and Mexican Mellon (watermelon snow, mango popping boba, Taijin, actual watermelon and chamoy). That last one was by far my favorite, geared as it is to a palate that’s interested in more than straight sugar, plus my kids didn’t want to eat

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VAMPIRE PENGUIN (115 Hickory St., 706-449-7140): Venturing into The Mark—the behemoth student apartment complex that is right next to but not part of downtown—when you’re neither a resident there nor a UGA student can be intimidating. Where to park? How to walk?

Am I even allowed to be in this insular world?

That said, the first place that for my money is actually worth the trip into the concrete canyons is Vampire Penguin, a shaved ice franchise out of Sacramento with locations liberally scattered across the U.S. If you remember SunO, a now long-departed small chain downtown, with the same fondness that I do, this is your place. Both made the same kind of shaved ice, in which the base is flavored before being frozen, often combined with some sort of milk product, and then shaved at high speed into a fluffy mound that resembles snow much more than it does a sno-cone. Instead of getting a bunch of ice chips doused with a syrupy, artificially flavored goo that makes you thirsty, you feel refreshed by Vampire Penguin’s product.

Which isn’t to say kids won’t like it. Vampire Penguin is more geared to American palates than SunO was, with toppings like Vampire Penguin Fruity Pebbles, brownie bites and Sour Xploderz. The base varies from chocolate, vanilla and strawberry to green tea, coffee and coconut, with a lot of fruit flavors mixed in. If you build your own dessert, you can pick two snows and two toppings, or you can choose to save your decision-making brain for something else and pick one of the pre-selected combos.

Among the latter are things like Cotton Candy (cotton candy snow, watermelon snow, Fruity Pebbles, whipped cream, a cherry), Twix (chocolate snow, graham cracker

it. Prefer your snow melted? The store also offers “potions,” which incorporate whipped cream, sprinkles, boba and such. They’re too sweet for me, but you might rather drink your sugar than eat it (or let it melt in your mouth).

The atmosphere is cute and surprisingly quirky given the corporate origins. Parking is validated for up to two hours by scanning a QR code. There’s no outside seating, but you can get your food to go. Prices range from $4.99–$8.99,

depending on how big of a serving you want (small is pretty adequate) and how much stuff you want on it. Vampire Penguin is open noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

CRUMBL COOKIES (196 Alps Rd., 706-389-5894): This franchise, on the other hand, newly opened in the former Menchie’s space in Beechwood, is not my cup of tea. Famed for the huge size of its cookies, the fact that some flavors change out weekly and being owned by Mormons (no coffee flavors, closed Sundays), Crumbl has cute branding and employees who yell out, “Welcome to Crumbl!” with impressive enthusiasm when you walk in the door. If you don’t want to be accosted by positivity, you can order the cookies for delivery. At nearly $4 a pop, they’re more tea cakes in terms of size and texture than a proper crisp cookie.

I understand folks who like a moister, chewier cookie, but these are so thick and soft that it’s often like biting into a wad of sugar cookie dough. Maybe that’s your thing! I don’t mind a morsel of cookie dough here and there, but I really don’t want to eat a fist-sized portion of it. An anonymous friend of mine reported that, having enjoyed some cannabis and being really excited to check out this new cookie place, they were likewise disappointed, which may be more of a knock on it than my opinion.

The classic milk chocolate chip is always on the menu and is the best option. The cragginess of its exterior results in some areas that have some crispness. On the other hand, if there’s a peanut butter cup cookie on the menu, be prepared for a mouthful of hot, wet peanut butter. Some cookies are served warm and some chilled, and the quality control is impressive, but the cookies themselves can be somewhat indistinguishable flavor-wise, especially if they have a sugar cookie base. The Crumbl Cream, or ice cream mixed with cookie crumbles and other ingredients and sold by the half pint, is somewhat better, with a high butterfat content.

If you are looking primarily for aesthetics, you’ll be delighted: cutely decorated cookies, adorable pastel pink boxes, snazzy social media. There is covered outdoor seating and no inside seating. The store is open 8 a.m.–10 p.m.

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Neighbor Lady

THE COUNTRY-KISSED CHARM OF FOR THE BIRDS

By Chad Radford music@flagpole.com

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BEN ROUSE

or The Birds is the title of Neighbor Lady’s second and most recent album, which arrived July 1 via New Orleans-based record label Park The Van. From the moment a needle hits the record’s Coke-bottle green (or gleaming red) vinyl grooves, a droning and spacious atmosphere opens up, setting the tone for the album with “Sister,” a dreamtime lament over a friend who is seemingly too far away.

Singer and lyric writer Emily Braden’s opulent voice swells, delivering heart-bursting sweetness and melancholy, as drifting melodies draw out pastoral moments of grace, all before drifting back down to Earth.

“Sister” ushers in this new, 10-song collection of slow and sparkling numbers that reach far beyond the musical parameters that were set by Neighbor Lady’s 2018 debut album, Maybe Later, all the while never veering too far from the group’s original course.

Drummer Andrew McFarland sheds some light on the album’s transitive qualities when he offers, “One of the guiding principles for this whole record was that we wanted to take these songs that are, in essence, so simple, and present them in a way that shows that this is a band playing these songs in a room. But we also want to create these ethereal moments in the music where it feels like the floor just drops out from under your feet, and all of a sudden you’re floating in space. Then the room comes back together.”

This multidimensional musical cycle revels in the complexities of how people process past relationships, and how those relationships are remembered in songs with titles such as “Feel It All the Time,” “Takin’ U 4 A Ride,” “Haunting” and more.

“At some point, I overheard someone at my place of work describing a woman that they were no longer in a relationship with, and they said, ‘Naw, man. She’s for the birds!’” Braden says with an uneasy laugh. “It struck me as a really crazy way to describe such an intimate relationship

that you had with another person. I am fascinated by the idea that it was just a throwaway thing; something that other people cherish so much.”

That phrasing of words, “for the birds,” contains a nexus point in the sensual regions of indie pop, country music and psychedelic textures —swathed in reverb— where the album’s central theme takes shape, albeit somewhat abstract.

For The Birds is a sophisticated next step for Neighbor Lady. One of the most compelling factors in the album’s creation lies in just how long the group had to flesh out each song.

Within the first few months of 2020, Braden and McFarland, along with guitar and keyboard player Jack Blauvelt and bass player Payton Collier, wrapped up

recording the album’s basic tracks with Jason Kingsland at Diamond Street Studios, located behind Elmyr, the burrito bar in Atlanta’s Little 5 Points neighborhood.

“I knew we were onto something when we were hanging out at the bar one day and one of the guys working in the kitchen came out to ask if we were the band that was recording next door,” McFarland says. “I wasn’t sure how to answer, but when I said yes, he stopped and told us how much he loved it!”

Around that time, the group also made the trek to play the Savannah Stopover Music Festival in March of 2020.

Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, the COVID-19 pan-

demic was just about to reach a fever pitch, bringing the world to a grinding halt for much of the next two years—it was not ideal timing for releasing a new record.

The group sat on the basic, unmixed tracks for months, which afforded them time to approach each number with fresh ears, and to rework them all while moving at their own pace.

Most of the vocals were finished months later. And while the drawn-out process diminished a sense of spontaneous fluidity with the album, it did allow the group to capture a fully-formed body of songs that reached their full potential while reflecting just how nebulous the times were.

For Braden, the harmonies that guide the song “Haunting” illustrate just how intense the songwriting and arranging process became as the album moved along. “I had a really fun time writing the harmonies for that song, and it’s a song that I had written so long ago that it just didn’t really have much meaning to me anymore,” she says. “But the way that we had reworked it in the studio, it took on a whole different life. We didn’t realize we were playing different chords than how I had originally written it until we were trying to record the harmonies. I was struggling—I couldn’t do this one harmony because of the way that we reworked the chords.”

More advanced song structures and melodies are on display in songs such as “Takin’ U 4 A Ride” and the album’s title track, while other numbers such as “Penny Pick It Up” and “Feel It All the Time” settle into a perfectly-forged pop ambience achieved via simplification—less is more, and nothing here gets in the way of the songs.

McFarland adds that it was a fun process, and a fun experiment. “If one were to listen to what we came out of Diamond Street Studios with, it would be wildly different from what the record sounds like now,” he says.

With For The Birds, Neighbor Lady taps into a natural sense of quietude, mixing trance-like beauty with the deepest layers of guitar sounds that mirror Braden’s voice. It’s at once soothing, exciting and mysterious. f

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Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com NINA GARBUS Atlanta-­based experimental pop artist.

JR. JOY Four-­piece punk band from Atlanta.

NULL Post-­punk band from Athens.

Wednesday 6 Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5–8 p.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net FREQ 432 Local improvisational duo. (6 p.m.)

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

Georgia Theatre Rooftop 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (show).

FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com SPENCER THOMAS Futurbirds keyboardist and talented songwriter in his own right, Thomas plays originals and classic covers, occasionally with special guests.

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 a live jazz trio every Wednesday night over dinner.

Thursday 7 Akademia Brewing Co. 6 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com WRECKING ROSES Acoustic singer-songwriter duo.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com THE PIERRES Post-­punk quartet from Athens.

THE BIG LONESOME A cocktail of shoegaze, alternative and Americana.

SASHA STRAY Sophie Saffan leads a folk punk trio tackling social and political issues through song.

NO YONDER Intelligent, lyric-­ driven rock drawing on Southern roots.

Southern Brewing Co. 6–10 p.m. www.sobrewco.com KARAOKE NIGHT Every Thursday evening.

THE WYDELLS Local alt-­country band fronted by songwriter Bo Bedingfield.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $27 (adv.), $30. www.georgiatheatre. com LOST DOG STREET BAND Three-­ piece Nashville band with raw vocals and old-­time influences.

WILLI CARLISLE Folksinger, songwriter and playwright.

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40 Watt Club 8 p.m. (doors). $17 (adv.), $21. www.40watt.com JOBE FORTNER Country and southern rock artist.

Athentic Brewing Co. 6 p.m. www.athenticbrewing.com DOOLEY AND BALDWIN Rock, pop and a touch of country.

Friday 8 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. (doors). $10. www.40watt. com SARAH ZÚÑIGA Singer-­songwriter blending folk and ‘90s alternative styles. Album release show for Quiet Spaces Dark Spaces.

INDIGO METHOD Local band “redefining what it means to be a rock band in the 21st century.”

Akademia Brewing Co 6 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com COLE DZEIDZIC Playing classic covers and original acoustic songs.

Athentic Brewing Co. 7–10 p.m. FREE! www.athentic brewing.com DJ DE LA LUNA A summertime dance party.

B&B Theatre 6:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ bbathens12 LARA SMITH A powerhouse vocalist singing a mixture of genres.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com JIM WILLINGHAM AND THE DIM WATTS Local songwriter Jim Willingham writes eccentric and beautiful songs with his talented band.

BEN DE LA COUR Americana songwriter.

Wednesdays with Spencer Thomas will be held on the Rooftop at Georgia Theatre July 6 and July 13 at 7 p.m.

International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/IGB AthensGA TERRAPLANE BLUE Three-­piece local band that performs original songs as well as blues, rock and country numbers.

Southern Brewing Co. 6 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com JIM COOK Local solo performer playing acoustic blues, classic rock and Americana. work.shop 7:30 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (music). $10. www.facebook.com/workshop athens MIRACLE ROY Lo-­fi classic rock and roll.

ORGANICALLY PROGRAMED Electronic space disco from Athens.

Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmers market.net LIZ FARRELL Local singer-­ songwriter crafting beautiful songs with their ukulele and classically-­ trained voice. (8 a.m.)

MARK PLEMMONS Talented local pianist. (10 a.m.)

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com NICHOLAS MALLIS Local artist featuring tinges of Bowie-­esque drama, surf-­rock and melodic pop.

KLYPI Pop moniker of AC Carter, performing catchy energetic songs.

BUDDY CRIME Electro-­pop artist with over-­the-­top live performances.

ANNIE LEETH Experimental violinist and multi-­instrumentalist composer.

No. 3 Railroad Street 6 p.m. $20 suggested donation. www.3railroad.org JACK WILLIAMS Dynamic folk singer and storyteller.

Nowhere Bar 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www.facebook. com/AubreyEntertainmentAthensGA SAVANNAH CONLEY Singer playing folk, country and pop.

SECONDHAND SOUND Indie alternative band from Nashville.

Southern Brewing Co. Classic City Wrestling: Summer Blockbuster. 7–10 p.m. $10–20. www.sobrewco.com CLASSIC CITY JUKEBOX Tonight’s special set of octane live rock and roll will take place during matches of independent wrestling.

White Tiger Gourmet 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/WhiteTigerGourmetAthens SETH MARTIN Local songwriter.

LIZ FARRELL Songwriter crafting beautiful songs with their ukulele and classically-trained voice.

Sunday 10 No. 3 Railroad Street 6 p.m. Donations encouraged. www.3railroad.org FESTER HAGOOD’S MOJO CONFESSIONAL SONGWRITER SHOWCASE A monthly showcase in tribute to songwriter Mark Wilmot.

Every second Sunday of the month.

Tuesday 12 State Botanical Garden of Georgia Sunflower Concert Series. 7 p.m. $5 (ages 4–13), $15–17. www. botgarden.uga.edu THE SPLITZ BAND A mixed drink of the classic Motown sound, part 1970s funk and disco flavor, and a

dash of the old-­school and contemporary R&B. The World Famous 9 p.m. (doors), 10 p.m. (show). $5. www.facebook.com/theworld famousathens MARCEL P. BLACK Oklahoma-­ based veteran emcee highly esteemed in hip hop who is also a youth development worker and community resource coordinator.

ALFRED BANKS Multi-­award-­ winning New Orleans rapper and singer who recently completed three legs of a North American tour with the Grammy Award-­nominated Tank & the Bangas.

DK Athens-­based artist weaving lyrically driven truths together with Lo-­fi beats.

KID ARSENIC Southeast Georgia-­ raised rapper influenced by storytellers such as Eminem, J. Cole and Joyner Lucas.

Wednesday 13 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. (doors). $15 (adv.), $18. www.40watt.com THE DESLONDES Five-­piece New Orleans folk-­rock band.

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

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

Georgia Theatre Rooftop 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (show).

FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com SPENCER THOMAS Futurbirds keyboardist and talented songwriter in his own right, Thomas plays originals and classic covers.

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

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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 ARTISTS AND CURATORS (Lyndon House Arts Center) LHAC invites area artists, artist groups and curators to submit original exhibition proposals. Artists are also invited to submit images of their work for consideration for larger group or themed shows.

Exhibitions may be scheduled as far out as three years. Submit an online proposal form. Deadline Sept. 20. beth.sale@accgov.com, accgov. com/lyndonhouse 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. Watercolor painting workshops include “Trees and Foliage” (July 12, 6:30–8:30 p.m.), “Effortless House Portraits”

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(July 13, 6:30–8:30 p.m.), “Clouds and Skies” (July 19, 6:30–8:30 p.m.) and “Petals and Blooms” (July 27, 6:30–8:30 p.m.). Acrylic painting workshops include “Absolute Beginner Basics” (July 24, 1–3 p.m.) Painting workshops cost $45.

Digital Art Workshops include “Intro to Procreate” (July 13, 6–8 p.m. or July 17, 2–4 p.m.), “Understanding Layers in Procreate” (July 20, 6–8 p.m.) and “Understanding Brushes in Procreate” (July 27, 6–8 p.m.).

Digital art workshops are $35. 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. $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 INTRODUCTION TO WINE CLASSES (Tapped Athens Wine Market) Intro to Pinot Noir is held July 13, 6:30–8 p.m. $50. Intro to Cabernet Sauvignon is held July 27, 6:30–8 p.m. $50. RSVP. hello@ tappedathens.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.

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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 POTTERY WORKSHOP (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Lora Rust will share her unique process in “Pushing the Surface of Clay,” a workshop covering surface design, glazing and firing methods. Aug. 27–28, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $175–225.

706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com 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 REALITY CHECK: BUILDING BELIEVABLE SCENES AND LETTING THE FUNNY HAPPEN (work. shop) In this improv workshop, work on building scenes based in reality, believable characters with relatable emotions, stronger object and environmental work, and listening and reacting. July 17, 4–7 p.m. $50. www.flyingsquidcomedy. com/classes 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. 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. “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 200hour yoga teacher training. July 9–15. www.shaktiyogaathens.com/ shakti-yoga-university 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

ATHICA@Ciné Gallery presents “Cross Sections at the Conundrum,” a cloud-like installation of dozens of colorful assemblages by New York artist Henry McEachern, through Aug. 25. p.m. Ongoing classes are $5/class or $18/month. 706-612-8077, ommmever@yahoo.com

Events 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. www.aadmovement.org A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ADOLPH ZUKOR (Town & Gown Players) Witness the comical hijinks during this Golden Age of Hollywood where studio moguls like Adolph Zukor reign supreme. Hedda Hopper, the infamous gossip columnist, is going to write an expose about the day in the life of Adolph Zukor.

What follows is a chain of meetings, double crossing deals, and power plays with some of Hollywood’s most famous power players. July 8–9, 8 p.m. July 10, 2 p.m. $5. www.townandgownplayers.org ARMS AND THE MAN (UGA Fine Arts Building, Cellar Theatre) Lovely Raina idealizes her fiancé, a heroic soldier, and despises the enemy soldier who begs her to save his life. After the war, both the enemy and her fiancé return. Raina meets them both with arguments that spark and romance that sparkles.

Presented by Town & Gown Players. July 22–23, 8 p.m. July 24, 2 p.m. $5. fineastigg@gmail.com ART EVENTS (Georgia Museum of Art) “Creative Aging Seating Yoga” is held July 7 at 10:30 a.m. “Toddler Tuesday: Sink or Float” is held July 12 at 10 a.m. “Tour at Two” is held July 13, 20 and 27 at 2 p.m. “Museum Mix” with DJ Chief

Rocka is held July 14 from 8–11 p.m. “Sunday Spotlight Tour” is held July 17 at 3 p.m. “Yoga in the Galleries” is held July 21 at 6 p.m.

“Family Day: Untamed Ceramics” is held July 23 at 10 a.m. “Teen Studio: Magnified” is held July 28 at 5:30 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 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 RESTAURANT WEEK 2022 (Multiple Locations) Visit Athens GA and the Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau present an event highlighting local eateries and taprooms. Prix fixe options for lunch and dinner will be offered. July 11–17. www.visitathensga.com ATHENS SHOWGIRL CABARET (Multiple Locations) “Drag For All Country Night” is held at Hendershot’s Coffee on July 15, 8 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.athens showgirlcabaret.com AUTHOR TALK (Zoom) Avid Bookshop and Books & Books/Miami

Book Fair present Mohsin Hamid, author of The Last White Man, in conversation with Mark Kurlansky.

Aug. 6, 7 p.m. www.avidbookshop. com BOUTIER WINERY EVENTS (Boutier Winery & Inn, Danielsville) Wine Tastings are held Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sundays, 12:30–5 p.m. $6/glass of wine, $14/six wine tastings. www. boutierwinery.com 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 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 (except July 6), 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www. flyingsquidcomedy.com GREEN THUMB LECTURE (Zoom) Learn all about water-wise gardening. July 13, 6 p.m. FREE! (registration required by July 12). lney@ uga.edu HOPE GALA (Rialto Room at Hotel Indigo) The Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation and Athens Technical College present this year’s Hope Gala, “Puttin’ On the Ritz.” Highlights include a silent auction, raffle, food and live music by the Ashley Rivera Duo. Aug. 6, 6–9 p.m. tinyurl.com/MR3VJSSC 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 MCU TRIVIA NIGHT (B&B Theatres) Teams of 2–6 will go head-to-head on their Marvel cinematic universe knowledge with Quizmaster David.

The winner will receive a B&B Theatres gift card. July 5, 7:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/bbathens12 MERRY MEET EVERY WEEK (Rabbit Hole Studios) Meet members of the Athens Area Pagans. Harvest wood chips to mark the circle and paths at AllWays property, help with the community garden at The Hill and more. Meetings held every Saturday, 5 p.m. Donations encouraged. beth@athensareapagans.org OCONEE CO. LIBRARY EVENTS (Oconee Co. Library) “DIY for Adults: Seashell Painting” is held July 11 at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

“Author Gail Langer Karowski” speaks on July 14 at 10:30 a.m.

“Author Talk: Muriel Pritchett” is held July 16 at 1 p.m. Third Monday Book Club will discuss Rachel Joyce’s Miss Benson’s Beetle on July 18 at 7 p.m. www.athens library.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 PÉTANQUE CLUB OF ATHENS (UGA Redcoat Band Practice Field) Learn to play the greatest game you’ve never heard of. RSVP. Wednesdays, 9–11:30 a.m. FREE! athenspetanque club@gmail.com RABBIT BOX STORYTELLING WORKSHOP (East Athens Development Corporation Offices) Rabbit Box board members Stevie King and Pat Priest lead a workshop on storytelling. Explore what makes a compelling story and learn how to create a strong opening and ending, scene setting and other details. Aug. 4, 7–9 p.m. FREE! rabbitboxstories@ gmail.com, www.rabbitbox.org

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.rabbithole studios.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 SHOWDOWN AT THE EQUATOR (Flicker Theatre and Bar) A troubled loner, forced to join the military, must unleash his secret martial arts training after crossing an evil gun runner and his army of ninjas in American Ninja. July 6, 7 p.m.

FREE! www.instagram.com/ShowdownAtTheEquator 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 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 WAFFLES & WATER RECLAMATION (Middle Oconee Water Reclamation Facility) Celebrate National Waffle Day and 60 years of wastewater treatment in Athens with breakfast and a tour. Aug. 24, 9 a.m. FREE! jackie.sherry@ accgov.com WEST BROAD FARMERS MARKET (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

art around town 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.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: ATHICA (675 Pulaski St.) The gallery’s Artist-in-ATHICA residency series presents Monty Greene, a multidisciplinary artist who will develop and present a video installation, “Quarantined Apparitions,” based on works he created during the pandemic.

Open Studio July 6–7. Opening event July 8, 7 p.m. Viewings July 9, 16, 23 and 30, 3:30-6 p.m. & July 21, 6–9 p.m. In progress July 1–31.

ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Henry McEachern’s exhibition, “Cross Sections at the Conundrum,” is an installation consisting of dozens of small and colorful assemblages. Through Aug. 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 Jon Brookshire. Through July.

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-century Russia. Through Aug. 21. • “Jennifer Steinkamp: The Technologies of Nature.” Through Aug. 21. • “Graphic Eloquence: American Modernism

online or by phone Sundays–Thursdays, then pick up on Saturdays between 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. www.wbf.locallygrown.net

Help Out DIAPER DRIVE (Bogart Library) Drop off diaper donations in the library’s foyer for the Athens Area Diaper Bank. www.athensareadiaperbank. com

Kidstuff ACC LIBRARY EVENTS (ACC Library) Rebecca Sunshine Band will play fun, interactive music.

July 7, 10:30 a.m. “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. www.athenslibrary.org ALICE H. RICHARDS CHILDREN’S GARDEN (UGA State Botanical Garden) Every third Saturday of the month enjoy a variety of engaging shows taking place on the Theatre-in-the-Woods stage.

Come experience music, laughter and connection in nature. July 16, Aug. 20, Sept. 17 and Oct. 15 from 9:30–11 a.m. www.facebook.com/ botgarden 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, 4:30–6 p.m. (ages 10–12) and

6:30–8 p.m. (ages 13–17). www. kaartist.com 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. “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 OCONEE LIBRARY EVENTS (Oconee Co. Library) “Preschool Storytime” for children and their caregivers is held Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. “Todd Key” performs July 6 at 10:30 a.m.

“Treasure Hunt” is held July 8 at 4 p.m. “Prism” is held July 11 at 6 p.m. “Pirate Tea Party” is held July 13 at 6 p.m. “Teen Makers Market Workshop” is held July 15 at 4 p.m. “Middle Grades Writing Workshop with Muriel Pritchett” is held July 16 at 12 p.m. “Dungeons & Dragons” is held July 18 at 6 p.m. “Lee Bryan Puppet Show” is held July 20 at 10:30 a.m. “Paint and Snack” is held July 20 at 6 p.m. “Anime Club” meets July 25 at 7 p.m. “Teen Makers Market” is held July 30 from 12–5 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) Themed camps include “Glitter Sparkle Extravaganza!” (July 11–15), “Pirate Princess Paintpalooza” (July 18–22), “Unicorns,

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.” Through 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.

HEIRLOOM CAFE (815 N. Chase St.) Printmaker and book artist Taylor DiFonzo presents a collection of works. Through Aug. 29.

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.) Cedric Smith presents a series of portraits for “Window Works,” a site-specific series that utilizes the building’s front entrance windows for outdoor art viewing. Reconfiguring playing cards of kings and queens, his portraits question the absence of Black figures in the country’s graphic history. Through Dec. 21. • “Picture This” features the artwork of 11 Georgia-based painters who focus on narratives. • “Maps, Landforms and River Rafts” is a series of art quilts by Cathy Fussell on view alongside works by her daughter, Coulter Fussell. • “Robert Croker: At Random 2022” is a new suite of watercolors. • Jason Matherly’s “For Heather: New Shaped Paintings” is a collection of color-block works installed against a painted ground. • Collections from our Community presents “Winfield & McNeal’s Fleet,” a collection of vintage Tonka Trucks and ‘70s Hot Wheels. New exhibitions on view through Aug. 20.

MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “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.

MASON-SCHARFENSTEIN MUSEUM OF ART (567 Georgia St., Demorest) A special exhibition of contemporary works from the museum’s permanent collection includes works by Howard Finster, Kenneth Woodall, Allison Spence, R.C. Gorman, Ron Meyers, Chris Aluka Berry, Bud Lee and more.

Through Aug. 18.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Landscape photographer Chris Greer is co-host of the TV show “View Finders” and author

Mermaids and Dragons (Oh My!)” (July 25–29), “Color Explosion Camp” (Aug. 1–5), “Beautiful Messes” (Aug. 8–12), Camps run 9 a.m.–2 p.m. $295. www.brella studio.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).

Check website for dates and age groups. www.ocaf.com WILD EARTH CAMP (Piedmont Preserve) An adventure camp in the forest for ages 4–13. Week-long camps begin July 11 and July 25.

Register online. www.piedmontpreserve.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 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) If you think you have a problem with alcohol, call the AA hotline or visit the website for a schedule of meetings in Barrow, Clarke, Jackson and Oconee Counties. 706-389-4164, www. athensaa.org FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP (ACC Library, Classroom A) Alzheimer’s Association Georgia presents a support group conducted by trained facilitators that is a safe place for those living with dementia and their caregiver to develop a support system. First Wednesday of every month, 6–7:30 p.m. 706206-6163, www.alz.org/georgia LGBTQIA+ VIRTUAL ALPHABET FAMILY GATHERING (Online) This is a safe space for anyone on the LGBTQIA+/TGQNB spectrum.

Fourth Sunday of every month,

6–8 p.m. uuathensga.org/justice/ welcoming-congregation MENTAL HEALTH PEER RECOVERY GROUP (Nuçi’s Space) Participants support each other through life’s challenges by sharing from their skills, experiences and proven coping mechanisms. Newcomers welcome. First Tuesday of the month, 4–6 p.m. pr@nuci.org, www.nuci.org PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP (First Baptist Church) This group is to encourage, support and share information with fellow sojourners who manage the challenges of Parkinson’s disease or other movement disorders. Second Friday of every month, 1 p.m. gpnoblet@ bellsouth.net RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction.

Visit the website for details. Thursdays, 7 p.m. FREE! www.athens recoverydharma.org

Word on the Street 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 KACCB LITTER INDEX (Athens, GA) Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful and UGA’s Debris Tracker seek volunteers to track litter items now through July 24. www.keepathens beautiful.org/litterindex 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 RABBIT BOX STORYTELLING (VFW on Sunset Drive) Storytelling themes for fall include “Wallflower” (Sept. 27), “Undone” (Oct. 25) and “Last Call” (Nov. 22). Pitch an eight-minute story to share with an audience. Story coaching available. www.rabbitbox.org/tell-a-story f

of the books Georgia Discovered: Exploring the Best of the Peach State and upcoming title Naturally Georgia: From the Mountains to the Coast. Through August.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) The annual “Members Exhibition” showcases works by artists who support the gallery as members. • “Figuratively Speaking” is a group exhibition stretching the limits of figurative work. Through July 23.

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.

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. Spoken Word Night with Linqua Franqa, Christopher Martin and Josina Guess held Aug. 20, 4:30 p.m. Currently on view through Aug 20.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) “Reflections” includes photographs by Jason Machen. Opening reception July 8, 5–8 p.m. Open on Third Thursday, July 21, 6–9 p.m. Open by appointment through July.

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. • “I AM A MAN: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960–1970” documents a historic and transformative decade through iconic images of protestors and glimpses into the daily life of the American South. Through Aug. 11.

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 but never fully erased. On view through July 28 on Sundays and by appointment.

VIVA! ARGENTINE CUISINE (247 Prince Ave.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism, fairy tales and nursery rhymes.

Through August.

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

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SERVICES HOME AND GARDEN Female-owned/operated gardening services! We can help with planning, building, soil delivery, planting, invasives removal, regular maintenance and kid-friendly instruction.

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(Busser, host, floater team member). Competitive pay, paid weekly, employee meals, flexible schedules, fulltime or part-time, no experience needed. $12–15. APPLY IN PERSON. UberPrints is now hiring for multiple positions! Both full and part-time positions available. For more information and applications, go to uberprints.com/company/jobs

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.

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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!

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ACC Animal Services 125 Buddy Christian Way 706-613-3540 Call for appointments.

Available animals can be seen online at www.accgov.com/257/Available-Pets Athens Area Humane Society 1030 Mitchell Bridge Rd 706-769-9155 Due to reduced business hours, call if you are interested in adopting.

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48 Capital of Taiwan 50 Put down 52 Summit goal 54 Middle bit of a Venn diagram 58 Comparable (to) 59 Awe-inspiring 61 Doofus 62 Forebodings 63 "Time" anagram 64 Cluckers 65 Neck rear 66 Breaks off DOWN 1 Sunday service 2 Canyon call 3 "Iliad" setting 4 Nonwoody vegetation 5 Construction site sight 6 Charged item 7 Forum garb 8 Coming to light 9 Machine gun sound 10 Ahead of its time 11 Twilled wool fabric 12 Get gussied up

14 Benjamin of "Law & Order" 17 Dance-music genre 21 He played Sodapop on "The Outsiders" 23 Shoebox scene 25 "Fantastic Four" actress 26 Makeup artist?

27 Constraint 29 Mine product 31 Blood fluids 33 Unwanted look 34 Pride member 37 Free will 38 Obliterates 41 Is contingent 44 Supervise 46 Easy chair site 47 Spelunking spots 48 Show the ropes 49 It's just over a foot 51 Shouldered 53 Thompson or Stone 55 Depict 56 Impassioned 57 Cats and dogs 60 Type of rally or talk

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