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By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com Athens-Clarke County officials again delayed key votes on the Georgia Square Mall redevelopment last week as they continued to negotiate with developers The Leaven Group about what taxpayers will get in exchange for $189 million in public funding. The Leaven Group is asking the ACC government to spend the property taxes that will be generated by the development over the next 30 years on the development itself, through a tax allocation district created in 2021. The tax revenue would pay for utility upgrades, stormwater infrastructure, walking and biking paths, a transit station, a daycare, a Boys & Girls Club facility and 99 affordable housing units. The Clarke County Board of Education canceled a called meeting scheduled for Feb. 20 to extend the school district’s portion of the TAD from 2030 through 2043. The ACC Commission held a called meeting Feb. 21 to approve zoning for the redevelopment plan and a TAD community benefits agreement, but pushed both votes off until Mar. 7. Commissioner Mike Hamby, who has not been directly involved in negotiations, argued for taking a harder line with The Leaven Group and demanding more concessions in exchange for TAD revenue, even if it means risking them walking away. But that is unlikely to happen, according to Commissioner Jesse Houle, who serves on the Mall Area Redevelopment Committee. “I continue to be optimistic we’ll have a solid community benefits agreement in place,” Houle said. In particular, Hamby said the affordable housing on the site should be more affordable, and there should be more of it. The community benefits agreement currently calls for 10% of the nearly 1,000 apartments to be affordable for people making 80% of the area median income. Hamby
said that 20% of the units should be affordable for people making 60% of the AMI. “We’re not taking an opportunity to do that with $189 million?” Hamby said. “Are you kidding me?” Houle and Mayor Kelly Girtz have been pushing for more concessions on housing, but so far The Leaven Group has refused. Without the $189 million public investment, the developers say they can’t provide amenities like affordable housing or green space within the $630 million development. The plans call for demolishing about two-thirds of the 40-year-old, mostly empty mall, leaving just Belk’s and the surrounding portion, where the remaining tenants will be given an opportunity to relocate. New development would include 1,200 apartments and townhomes, with some intended for seniors, and 72,000 square feet of new commercial and office space. In other business, the commission discussed: • purchasing a truck, trailer and other equipment for a second crew to pick up litter. • a plan to spend $2.5 million in federal American Rescue Plan funding for affordable housing, with $1.3 million going toward housing, $625,000 to support services, $125,000 each to capacity building and operating costs, and $330,000 for the Housing and Community Development Department to administer the grants. Recipients have not been chosen. • a proposal to loosen regulations on carrying alcoholic beverages during festivals. • public art for SPLOST projects at Bishop Park and the Firefly Trail. • a study of sheriff’s deputies’ salaries, prompted by Sheriff John Q. Williams’ complaints that his employees are not paid as much as police or firefighters.
Johnnie Lay Burks spoke to Chase Street Elementary parents and students Feb. 23 as part of a Black History Month celebration. The Clarke County school board recently renamed Chase for Burks, who became the first Black teacher at the school when it was integrated in 1966.
• a resolution “pledging to practice and promote civility.” • a special use permit for a halfway house on Highland Park Drive. These items are scheduled to be voted on Mar. 7.
District 2 Early Voting Starts Three weeks of early voting to fill the vacant ACC Commission District 2 seat started on Monday at the ACC Board of Elections office, 325 E. Washington St. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. In addition, it will be open Sunday, Mar. 12 from 11 a.m.–3 p.m., and hours will be extended to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 15. During the third week, voters can also cast their ballots at the ACC Library (2025 Baxter St.) or the Miriam Moore Community Center (410 McKinley Dr.). Hours are 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 11 and the following Monday through Friday, with the exception of Wednesday, when both sites close at 7 p.m. The race pits former commissioner Melissa Link against former school board member Kirrena Gallagher, who resigned her seat in December to run for commission. Link served on the commission from 2015 through last year, when she was forced to step down because Republican state legislators drew her out of her district, preventing her from running again. That changed, however, when former District 2 commissioner Mariah Parker resigned last fall, triggering a special election to fill the seat. The new District 2 more closely resembles the old District 3 and includes the inner portion of East Athens, Pulaski Heights, Boulevard, the western part of Cobbham and the Hancock Corridor, most of Normaltown, Brooklyn and the BaxterBroad area. For maps and other information, visit accgov.com/elections.
Thornton Charged With DUI Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Ovita Thornton was charged with driving under the influence after crashing her car into a utility pole on Hancock Avenue the evening of Feb. 20. Thornton was driving a 2011 Hyundai Sonata eastbound on Hancock at around
6:30 p.m. when she left the road near Harris Street, struck a curb and then hit a utility pole, according to police spokesman Lt. Shaun Barnett. She was not injured. Classic City News reported that after the crash, Thornton resisted an officer’s efforts to handcuff her and refused to walk to or get into a patrol car, stating, “I won’t. I won’t.” Jail records show that Thornton was booked on the DUI charge just after 8 p.m. and released three hours later on a $1,500 bond. Thornton initially told Flagpole that she was too busy with commission work to speak at length, but that “it was definitely not DUI, and the situation could have been handled differently.” On Friday, she released a statement: “While I respect the officers who arrived on the scene, intoxication was not a factor in this accident. I am working [with] my attorney Doug Lenhardt, to correct the DUI charge. I truly appreciate the outpour of community support that I received this week. I still support the Athens Clarke County Police Department. And I will continue to do the necessary work in the community.” Commissioner Patrick Davenport was arrested for DUI in 2021. In a plea deal, he received a sentence of 12 months’ probation and 40 hours of community service. The DUI was not an issue for Davenport politically, as he won re-election over Audrey Hughes by 18 points in 2022. Thornton was also re-elected last year without opposition.
New Hires at ACC The local government filled two key positions recently, with Manager Blaine Williams appointing Remy Epps as inclusion officer and Roderick Wallace to head the Housing and Community Development Department. Epps previously worked in community outreach for the Greensboro, NC, school system and as an instructor with the Outer Limits Offender Program for at-risk populations. Wallace comes to ACC from Atlanta Housing, where he served as director of community development and neighborhood revitalization. Interim HCD director Andrew Saunders has returned to his role as director of the Central Services Department. f
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A Season of Loss
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Dennis Waters died last week, just before the death of longtime Athens guitarist-sublime Davis Causey and the news that President Jimmy Carter had entered hospice. Athens mourns the loss of our talented native son Davis, and the world mourns Georgia’s Carter. Though he was not a public figure, Dennis is mourned by his friends and family who loved him. Dennis wasn’t a musician, but he was a lifelong, ardent fan of music, notably Mozart, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee, Woody Guthrie, John Lee Hooker, Leadbelly and Five Eight, just to name a few of the artists included in his famous mixtapes through the years. Dennis should probably be posthumously arrested for all the music he shared through his countless, patient hours of constructing CDs for the enjoyment of those who shared his musical tastes. Like Jimmy Carter, Dennis was a submariner, a four-year underwater service he chose rather than the alternative of a year in the jungles of Vietnam. The Navy benefitted from Dennis’ organizational abilities, and its discipline helped him focus the wild energy that drove him. As promised, he saw the world, part of it unwillingly, as when their sub lost its navigation and they had to surface Back in the day. just off the coast of Russia in order to take a fix on the stars. He survived that and other scrapes, but the years on nuclear submarines took their toll later, in the development of a couple of lymphomas, one of which morphed eventually into amyloidosis, the rare disease of rogue proteins that attacks bodily organs. About 15 years ago, as a last-ditch maneuver against the invasion, Dennis underwent stem-cell replacement, barely making it through the operation but gaining a new lease on life until the amyloidosis came back this year and finally got him. Dennis grew up in McDuffie County, outside Thomson, and was devoted to his parents, his sisters and their husbands, and the family’s many cousins, nieces and nephews with whom he remained in close communication throughout his life. He is survived by them and by his son Michael, who has been his steadfast support during his last, long illness. Dennis graduated from UGA and started out as a sales manager for manufactured homes, spent some time behind the counters of convenience stores, married, divorced
and began a career of teaching history at an inner-city Atlanta high school from which he finally retired, with a little help from his military credits and a host of unused personal leave days. He was devoted to his students, if not to the high school administration. He started and coached a championship debate team. He finagled the resources to create a student-run, in-school television station that reported on school events and happenings and gave hands-on training to those who participated. After his retirement, Dennis came back to Athens and took care of his old friend Chuck Searcy’s Five Points home, since Chuck has lived in Hanoi for the last several decades, heading up Project Renew, which has the mission of eradicating the plague of unexploded bombs left over from the war. Yes, it’s that Five Points house—with the large, lighted purple peace sign in the front yard (and the old Waffle House sign in Dennis’ basement lair). Dennis’ friend and neighbor, the multitalented Will Wilson, kept him going with home repairs, grocery shopping, meals, doctor visits and anything else needed, as Dennis’ strength lessened. Despite his conservative, smalltown beginnings, Dennis’ life experiences turned him into an ardent, outspoken political liberal, and he passionately followed politics and always made it a point to vote in person on election day, to get the full flavor of participating in the democracy he helped defend. Dennis, like John Kennedy, was “an idealist without illusions.” He took life as it came and did what he needed to do. The harder it got, the more he dug in. He took responsibility for his health, and he managed his medical treatment, realizing that nobody had a larger stake in it than he did. When the death sentence came, he faced it with clear-eyed equanimity—sorry he could not have more, happy for what he had and for those who shared the good times and the bad. Dennis Waters was not a national hero nor even a local one. He was just a guy always ready to party, with crazy energy to match his crazy hair, the nemesis of stuffed shirts. He teased, challenged, goaded and hectored you to stand up and do the right thing, whether you were an old friend or a new acquaintance, and to let go and live. He showed us how: He plunged into life and kept his head above water until it washed him ashore, exhausted but triumphant. f
ODDS ARE, GEORGIA LAWMAKERS WILL LEGALIZE SPORTS WAGERING
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eorgia House and Senate committees are lining up in favor of sports bettors as they consider bills that range from making it legal to place a wager while attending a game to putting money down by phone or via kiosks at restaurants or bars. The most expansive sports betting proposal is sponsored by Republican Sen. Billy Hickman and would legalize sports gambling and horse racing. His legislation advanced through the Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee last week with an 8-1 vote. The three sports betting plans on the move so far have some significant differences. While none of the bills would clear the way for casinos to open, Hickman’s bill would allow up to three horse racing tracks to be licensed. The bills’ sponsors also disagree on whether Georgia voters should decide whether sports betting must be approved by a statewide ballot referendum. Hickman said sports betting and horse racing could bring new jobs to rural Georgia. “We already have horse racing in Georgia,” he said at the Feb. 14 committee hearing. “It’s legal in Georgia. There’s what we call bush tracks in rural Georgia. What this would do is put it under a lottery, and there would be sanctioned tracks.” Gambling expansion in Georgia is often criticized for introducing an addictive product to the state at the expense of some people’s mental health and families that can least afford to lose money. Opponents also complain the sport of horse racing has a sordid history of mistreating animals and fatally injuring some under the guise of competition. At a Feb. 14 hearing, Peggy McCarthy, a volunteer with the Georgia Pet Coalition, asked legislators to remove horse racing legislation, saying the industry is losing its popularity in other states and often relies on getting a cut of revenue from casinos and government subsidies. Once the horses are no longer able to compete on the race track, it usually means finding a program that can take care of them for the remaining 20-30 years of their lives. “Everyone within the industry and outside of the industry agrees that the funding has not kept up, and vulnerable horses will be left without a safety net [and] be vulnerable to slaughter,” McCarthy said. “Georgia can already not handle the current number of unwanted and neglected horses, and will be easily overwhelmed by the additional influx.” The three bills would create new betting commissions under the Georgia Lottery to oversee regulations and licenses that would fund college HOPE Scholarships and preschools. Georgia has generated $26 billion for education from scratch-offs, Powerball and other games since 1993, when it sold
its first lotto tickets. Also last week, a House committee heard from online sports betting supporters and opponents during a public hearing on Watkinsville Republican Rep. Marcus Wiedower’s bill. A Senate panel is also expected to hear from Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens) on his sports betting referendum that proposes to legalize sports betting statewide. Cowsert’s legislation would require support from Georgians voting on a constitutional amendment, and a portion of the revenue would go toward needs-based scholarships. In Cowsert’s bill, the state legislature would create a gaming corporation to oversee the licensing of sports betting kiosks in bars and restaurants, as well as online wagering. For the past couple of years, the majority of legislators in both chambers have supported expanding legalized betting options, but none of the bills have been able to clear both chambers despite the push from professional sports franchises, casinos and the horse gaming industry. GEORGIA RECORDER / FILE
DENNIS WATERS LIVED LIFE TO THE FULLEST, EVEN WHEN IT GOT TOUGH
Last year, a House bill that included legalizing casinos as well as horse race betting stalled on the backstretch when a 34-17 Senate vote fell shy of the two-thirds majority required for a statewide ballot. This week, Wiedower amended his plan to boost the state’s take by setting the amount licensees would be required to pay to 20% of their adjusted gross income. Wiedower expects north of $100 million in new revenue for education in the first year should his proposal pass. Hickman cited a memo written by former Georgia Supreme Court Justice Harold Melton that argues that state lawmakers can avoid a state referendum if sports wagering is handled by the Georgia Lottery and horse racing is treated like other sports betting events. Within the first year of legal sports betting, Georgia could reap more than $300 million in revenue, based on national projections, Hickman said. In September, Pew Research Center reported that one in five American adults had bet on sports within the last 12 months, with little variation based on educational level, income or political affiliation. f This article originally appeared at georgiarecorder. com.
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On lots of dimensions, Georgia’s K-12 education system performs well below the national average.” That report went on to note that Georgia ranked “19th in terms of the percentage of the population with at least a college degree,” but neglected to mention that those college graduates were concentrated overwhelmingly in the Atlanta area. Fourth (and this is being really, really, really charitable), Georgia’s Job Tax Credit ain’t working as By Charles Hayslett news@flagpole.com originally planned. This program was created in the early 1990s, and basically codified raising per capita income, Lately I’ve been working on about a half-dozen pieces that and we dropped in rank from 26th place to 41st. To be reducing poverty and creating jobs as important economic have to do in one way or another with the “cold case” I fair, Perdue presided over one of the most challenging development objectives. Initially, the JTC program focused began focusing on about a year ago. Today, I’ll hit the higheconomies in the state’s history; he took office in the wake solely on the state’s 40 poorest counties, as determined by lights (or lowlights) of some of those pieces and tease the of 9/11 and governed through the Great Recession. But a formula that factored in county-level PCI, poverty rates follow-ups to come. he was hardly alone; 49 other governors faced the same and unemployment rates. Over time, the program has been First, the 2021 PCI numbers are out, and Georgia is challenges. The question is, why did Georgia fare so much expanded in several ways. It now includes all 159 counties, still at the bottom of the heap. It was a little over a year worse during this period than no matter how prosperous, and ago that I took a deep dive into 2020 per capita income nearly all other states? In the the counties have been placed But even that isn’t working—at least in one of four tiers, depending data produced by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis 20 years from the beginning of (BEA) and discovered that Georgia had more counties and Democrat Joe Frank Harris’s how they score on the PCI/ not for Georgia’s poorest counties. on more people in the bottom national quartile for PCI than first term in 1983 and the end Poverty/Unemployment forany other state. The 2021 data is no better. One hundred of Barnes’ four-year tenure, only mula. Tax credit amounts have and five of the 778 counties in the bottom national quarone state—Vermont—gained more ground; in the 20 years been increased, and the number of new jobs a business has tile are Georgia counties, and those counties are home to from the beginning of Perdue’s tenure through the first to create to qualify for the credits has been reduced. When 3.2 million people—right at 30% of the state’s population. three years of Governor Brian Kemp’s first term, only one the program was launched in 1991, a company had to create Only Texas, with nearly triple Georgia’s population, has state—Delaware—lost more ground. a minimum of 10 jobs in one of the state’s bottom 40 counmore residents—3.4 million—in that bottom quartile. Third, one possible answer to that question that ties to qualify for a $1,000 per job credit; now, the miniNorth Carolina, with roughly the same population as deserves more attention is whether Georgia is paying mum requirement for those bottom 40 is down to two jobs, Georgia and comparable economic and education metrics, an economic development price for cuts to education. and each one entitles the job creator to a $3,500 tax credit. has less than a third as many of its citizens in that bottom Gov. Perdue and his successor Nathan Deal chopped bilBut even that isn’t working—at least not for Georgia’s quartile. Poor ol’ hapless Wheeler County, GA, still ranks lions of dollars out of the state’s education budget. In poorest counties. According to a report by the Georgia 3,113th out of 3,113 U.S. counties for the second year in a what may have been a prescient Georgia Trend column Department of Revenue (DOR), $56.7 million in tax credits row. headlined “Perdue’s Sad Legacy,” the late Tom Crawford were claimed in 2021 for the creation of 20,417 jobs. My Second, it’s increasingly difficult to ignore the juxwrote this in March 2009: “Georgia is competing against analysis of that report found that only 1,734 of those jobs taposition between the state’s PCI performance and its other states to lure sophisticated, high-tech businesses at were created in that year’s bottom 40 counties, and 20 of shift to Republican governance. As I noted in one piece the same time that we’re spending $2 billion less to train those counties didn’t get a single new JTC-supported job. on this issue, Georgia made remarkable progress in raising and educate the prospective work force. This doesn’t make In contrast, Fulton County alone picked up 5,974 new JTCthe state’s per capita income in the final years of the 20th any sense at all.” At the same time Crawford wrote that supported jobs. century, and then surrendered column, rural Georgia enrollFifth and last, stir all this data together in a big pot, all that progress in the opening ment in University System and it pretty much boils over with irony. Perhaps the bigGov. Perdue and his successor years of the 21st century. That of Georgia institutions was gest of these is political. According to the above-mentioned rise-and-fall pattern coincided beginning a significant downDOR report, 79 of Georgia’s 159 counties didn’t get a single Nathan Deal chopped billions of perfectly with the final years of hill slide. In 2013, the Fiscal new JTC-supported job in 2021; in the 2022 governor’s dollars out of the state’s education budget. Research Center at Georgia Democratic leadership at the race, 71 of those counties went for incumbent Republican Gold Dome and the opening State University produced a Gov. Brian Kemp. This includes three of the four counties— years of Republican leadership. I said in my early pieces report titled, “Population, Employment and Income Trends Brantley, Glascock and Pierce—that gave 90% of their on this subject that I was reluctant to blame Republicans for Georgia and Atlanta.” Authored by Professor David votes to Kemp; the fourth of Kemp’s 90% counties, Banks, for the collapse in PCI performance, but the question Sjoquist, that report noted several softening economic snagged 22 such jobs. Fully 60% of the 2021 jobs created seems a fair one. Sonny Perdue, who defeated incumbent trends and listed educational performance as one of the under the JTC program went to Democratic counties. Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes in 2002 and became Georgia’s possible reasons why. “It is possible that the relative low Watch this space. There’s more to come on all these topfirst Republican governor in more than a century, oversaw performance of the K-12 education system is slowing ics. f the biggest decline in PCI performance in at least the last growth,” Sjoquist’s report said. “The skill level required for This article originally appeared at troubleingodscountry.com and is half-century. Under his leadership, Georgia’s per capita most jobs has increased, which means an educated labor income fell from 94.6% of the national average to 85.6%, force has become increasingly important for attracting jobs. reprinted with permission.
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By John Cole Vodicka news@flagpole.com One day in January, I handed $46 in cash to inability to buy their way out of jail. The a deputy sheriff at the Clarke County jail to cash bail system is insidious, allowing forspring 68-year-old Sally Mae Thomas from profit companies to prey upon individuals confinement. Thomas had spent 133 days who haven’t the means to make bail on in our jail—pretrial—on a misdemeanor their own and so turn to a bonding agency battery charge because a magistrate judge to post bond. These predatory companies set her good security bond at a mind-blowcharge as much as 15% of the total bond ing $10,000. The battery charge involved amount, money the bailee will never see an alleged scuffle between Thomas and her again. grown son, who live together in Thomas’s The bail bond system effectively turns home in east Athens. due process into punishment and coercion. The alleged incident with her son hapEven though we all are presumed innocent pened on Aug. 27 last year. Finally, on Jan. under the law, and also have a fundamental 13 this year, State Court Judge Charles right to pretrial liberty, our bail system creAuslander reduced Thomas’s exorbitant ates wealth-based detention, transforming bond by $9,980, to $20 cash. That amount, the legal process into punishment and furplus a $6 legislative surcharge and a $20 ther criminalizes poverty. sheriff’s fee, bought Sally Mae Thomas’s The OSUMC community bail initiative pretrial liberty. was created to conduct an end run around Thomas is one of 24 women and men the predatory money bail juggernaut. The I’ve gotten out of our jail over the past two cash we post on behalf of jailed defendants years. Thanks to our all-volunteer Athens comes with no strings attached to the indiArea Courtwatch viduals we get out of Project (AACP), which We post a person’s Regardless of someone’s jail. got its start four years total amount of bail, ago, we’ve been able actual guilt or innocence, without charging any to establish a small fee, anticipating that poor people should not be community bail iniwe’ll get much of that tiative through the criminalized for their inability money back once the financial generosity of bailees’ criminal cases to buy their way out of jail. Oconee Street United are over. Methodist Church. Half of the 24 indiWith a relatively small amount of money, viduals we’ve bailed out since July 2021 our Courtwatch team has identified indiwere homeless. At the time of their arrests, viduals caught up in the local criminal almost all of our bailees were essentially legal system who, because they are either living hand-to-mouth, some with mental indigent, elderly, homeless or mentally ill, health diagnoses, others hounded by alcoare unable to pay their way out of jail while hol and/or drug-related issues. Most had waiting on their cases to move through the been locked up after allegedly committing courts. misdemeanor offenses like shoplifting, The AACP established the bail initiative trespassing, simple battery, loitering and largely because we believe that, regardless prowling. of someone’s actual guilt or innocence, poor So far, we’ve posted bonds at an average people should not be criminalized for their of $125 for the two dozen defendants we’ve
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assisted. The most money we’ve posted was $600 for a defendant charged with burglary who’d spent 197 days in jail. In every instance, the 24 defendants were penniless, and family or friends were unable to help. In four cases, we posted $1 bonds for men who had been languishing in jail. In another case, we bought a bus ticket for a woman who’d been barred from Athens-Clarke County but had no safe way to leave town to live with a family member in Augusta. She had been in our jail for nine days, charged with trespassing. All told, our community bail initiative has spent just under $3,000 to free 24 people who collectively spent 828 days locked up in jail. John Timmons was one of the 24 people we bailed out of jail. I learned about Timmons from a courtwatcher shortly after the 72-year-old was arrested and jailed on a criminal trespassing/damage to property charge, a misdemeanor. The allegation was that Timmons and Desavier Ross, his com-
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She is bulldozing her way into this celebratory event and making it her own, taking the wind out of their sails, a child long awaited and wished for. It’s ridiculous for a person her age (70) to be putting so much importance on her own birthday, linking it up to his. How does my daughter make it clear that this is not OK, and to keep it from happening every year? She wants to keep a good relationship going, but it always seems to be very difficult. Signed, Keeping my nose out of it but seeking advice Hey there KMNOOIBSA, It’s going to take some very intentional conversations about the problem that are also clear about the solution that your daughter wants. She will need to assert herself as the mother of this child and make it clear to her mother-in-law that Mom is the one who calls the shots on her baby’s birthday. I know it can be tough to assert oneself in the face of a pushy relative, and especially an old one who may turn on the waterworks or make wild claims about a loved one’s desire to have particular boundaries in place. In a perfect world, she would
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respond calmly and simply announce a change of plans about the birthday parties on social media, and then leave it at that. But I do worry that she may also make accusations doubting your daughter’s love for her or something wild like that. The commandeering of the grandchild’s birthday doesn’t imply a reasonable nature to me. But that assumes all kinds of ill will in her actions, and it’s very possible that she has no idea that she’s doing something wrong. I wonder how your daughter talks to her in-laws about their grandchild and her expectations of them as a support system. There’s a chance that your daughter is overly agreeable and generous when faceto-face with grandma, agreeing to whatever they want in the spirit of cooperation and free childcare. This may have blurred the lines of your daughter’s intentions for her in-laws’ presence in her kid’s life, establishing a relationship paradigm that Mom now realizes
she doesn’t want. Course corrections can be tough when the way has been long-established, and a year is plenty of time for patterns to become normalized. I would recommend that your daughter take a hard look at what the established pattern is for the grandmother and baby, and that can let her know if grandma is doing what she thinks is expected and OK, or if she is truly wildin’ out. I also wonder why your daughter and son-in-law chose the grandmother’s actual birthday for the baby’s belated birthday party. I can’t decide if that was shady or clueless of them. They could have chosen the day before or after. There are seven days in a week, so I just can’t see why grandmain-law’s actual birthday was chosen for her grandchild’s belated party. That fact alone might have her thinking that combining their birthday celebrations is A-OK. I think everyone in this situation could do a better job of thinking of others. f Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, or use our anonymous online form at flagpole.com/get- advice.
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Goats are great, but come with more cavelater), checked for parasites and gave sugats than the acronym. gestions on food, bedding and shelter. Although a clever acronym, G.O.A.T. When I mentioned all the crying, she told denotes an undisputed greatness—someme dryly that goats are drama queens, and thing that the polarizing cloven-hoofed running to check on their every bay and rascals do not own. Even goat owners like bray was reinforcing the behavior. Val and me are more likely to tell tales of vexing Ava don’t cry as much any more, and with pranksters than placid, perfect plant-eatexperience, I’ve learned to tell the, “It’s ers. Goats require more attention than raining on me!” cry from the, “Where’s my many other farm animals because of their dinner?” cry and the, “Come pet me, right attitudes, health and unwavering desire to now!” cry. escape any fencing. I’ve also learned about living with the My partner, Jacob, and I decided to get Houdini of farm animals. There’s this unatgoats in 2021. We wanted to add another tributed adage in one of my goat reference animal to our three-dog-and-chicken-flock books: “A fence that can hold water, can household, and goats seemed like a good hold a goat.” Goats escape. Not all the time, fit for us. They could help manage weeds, but consistently. Ava mostly jumps over the provide excellent fence. Smaller and manure for compost more athletic, she and might, evenclears barriers that tually, provide us Val trips and clotheswith milk and baby lines on, her big goats (also known tummy pooling on as kids). I worked the pallet or stump on a cheese-making she’s attempted. Val Vermont farm one is much smarter, summer and loved learning how to the idea of creatflip latches, pull ing udder-to-plate one-way doors and cheeses in my home. slide under unseI found Avalon cured fencing. Ava and Valhalla, shortis left mimicking ened to Ava and Val, Val’s actions, but through various unsure about where goat-keeping groups to apply pressure on Facebook. They on the fence, latch were perfect: Sweet or door, if not left little girls, curious open. Once, I ran to Ava and Val, just a few months old, balance on a stop goats gobbling about the world, swing set together. nibbling on boots, whole branches of a shirts, leaves and defenseless Japanese grass indiscriminately. Ava climbed Jacob’s maple. Now, I walk to rescue the tree, and shoulders, and I held Val. I snuggled her give it more compost than its fellows. soft, hay-smelling neck against my face. Ava Oglethorpe County, of course, is rural, and Val are LaManchas, a breed known for so check your local zoning laws if, after their tiny belly-button ears, quality milk reading, you’re still convinced goats are for and friendliness. you. In Athens-Clarke County, goats are We brought them home in the backconsidered livestock and can only be raised seat of my Yaris. Ava rested her head on in areas zoned agricultural, unlike backyard the emergency brake and fell asleep after chickens. This mainly means the far east demanding Jacob rub her neck constantly side of town where houses are on at least on the drive home. Val paced in the back, 10-acre lots. staring out the window with a dog-like Two years into this goat experiment, and intensity. I feel a bucolic atmosphere on the farm I Jacob and I soon learned our new goats didn’t before. I walk Val and Ava on leashes wanted things (like neck rubs) a certain around the property, pointing out tasty way. And when they didn’t get it, they cried. patches of poison ivy or chain-y briar for a Was dinner 10 minutes late? Crying. Was pre-dinner snack. The meandering manure I nearby and not petting them? Crying. slowly improves the soil in a sort of comDid they spy me in a window and then I post-as-you-go method. Every pile of logs, didn’t come outside? Crying. Loud, sad, picnic table or slight soil mound becomes a baying with tongues out at a volume that climbable mountain they must surmount made me hope our neighbors couldn’t hear and, first, defend from dogs and then each the commotion I heard from my bedroom. other. It’s a lovely way to spend an afterWere they crying because they wanted more noon, even as Val makes off with a few food? Different food? More attention? Was mouthfuls of blooming blueberry branches. their shelter too dark? Too big? Not big This year, I plan on launching a new goat enough? experiment: Kids. Pen renovations are on Thankfully, Oglethorpe County extenthe horizon, as is a new learning curve with sion agent Shanna Reynolds helped assuage a DIY insemination kit. I’m not sure how my fears. She came for a site visit, showed this new phase of goat ownership will go, me how to clip a goat’s hooves (there’s a but I suspect that if I pay attention, they’ll learning curve I’m still climbing two years let me know. Loudly. f JACOB YARBROUGH
Hey Bonita, My daughter has a mother-in-law who takes over everything, always ignoring my daughter’s wishes and requests. As an example, there’s a very special birthday coming up—their little boy’s first birthday. My daughter and son-in-law are planning a big birthday party to celebrate him with all their friends in the afternoon, with balloons, etc., the typical hoopla with the traditional cake smash. It will be about a week after his true birthday so my son-in-law can return from an out-of-town trip. Sounds fine, right? Here’s the kicker: the mother-in-law’s birthday is also the same day. She’s sabotaging everything by planning her own party before their [party] even takes place. Although this date is a few weeks away, she’s already posting things on social media, saying that she doesn’t need gifts this year (!) because he’s the best gift ever, has decorated her house for a toddler’s birthday (maybe one relative will be there, not a party) planning a “smash cake,” etc.
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Slater’s Steakhouse 1653 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-395-6082 RUNNER UP
Porterhouse Grill
459 E. Broad St. • 706-369-0990
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The Lark Winespace
WINNER
Ted’s Most Best
WINNER FAVORITE PLACE TO BUY WINE WINNER FAVORITE WINE SELECTION
254 W. Washington St. • 706-543-1523 RUNNER UP
Cali-N-Tito’s
1427 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-227-9979 1245 Cedar Shoals Dr. • 706-355-7087
TAKE OUT WINNER
Maepole
1021 N. Chase St. • 706-850-3600 RUNNER UP
Thai Spoon
149 N. Lumpkin St. • 706-548-9222
CHEF WINNER
Pete Amadhanirundr at Puma Yu’s
355 Oneta St., Ste. D-400 • pumayus.com RUNNER UP
Kenny Nguyen at The Expat 1680 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-521-5041
UNIQUELY ATHENS RESTAURANT WINNER
DESSERT
BRUNCH
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Last Resort Grill
184 W. Clayton St. • 706-549-0810 RUNNER UP
Condor Chocolates
1658 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-850-4803 160 E. Washington St. • 706-521-8966
Mama’s Boy
197 Oak St. • 706-548-6249 8851 Macon Hwy. • 706-850-8550 RUNNER UP
Big City Bread
393 N. Finley St. • 706-353-0029
BUBBLE TEA
SPECIAL OCCASION
WINNER
WINNER
Bubble Cafe
247 E. Broad St. • 706-355-3002
151 E. Broad St. • 706-395-6483
1073 S. Milledge Ave. • 706-546-7300
DELIVERY SERVICE
WINNER
WINNER
orderbulldawgfood.com • 706-850-7999 RUNNER UP
1040 Gaines School Rd. • 706-308-8885
ordercosmic.com • 706-521-3664
Cosmic Delivery
BREAKFAST
MEAL FOR A DEAL
WINNER
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Mama’s Boy
197 Oak St. • 706-548-6249 8851 Macon Hwy. • 706-850-8550
Taco Stand
2230 Barnett Shoals Rd. • 706-549-5481 670 N. Milledge Ave. • 706-549-2894
RUNNER UP
RUNNER UP
393 N. Finley St. • 706-353-0029
1354 Prince Ave. • 706-850-8561
Big City Bread
Hi-Lo Lounge
LUNCH
KID-FRIENDLY LOCAL RESTAURANT
WINNER
WINNER
Marti’s at Midday 1280 Prince Ave. • 706-543-3541
Ted’s Most Best
254 W. Washington St. • 706-543-1523
RUNNER UP
RUNNER UP
232 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-549-3450
1427 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-227-9979 1245 Cedar Shoals Dr. • 706-355-7087
The National
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Bulldawg Food
RUNNER UP
Lil’ Ice Cream Dude’s Cool World
1427 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-227-9979 1245 Cedar Shoals Dr. • 706-355-7087
Five & Ten
ICE CREAM / FROZEN TREAT
2180 W. Broad St. • 762-356-4330
RUNNER UP
Cali-N-Tito’s
232 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-549-3450 RUNNER UP
Andy’s Frozen Custard
184 W. Clayton St. • 706-549-0810
The National
RUNNER UP
Taichi Bubble Tea
Last Resort Grill
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BARS BARTENDER WINNER
Abigail Burrow at…
Flicker Theatre & Bar: 263 W. Washington St. and The Rook & Pawn: 294 W. Washington St.
RUNNER UP
UNIQUELY ATHENS BAR
1354 Prince Ave. • 706-850-8561
WINNER
Hi-Lo Lounge
WINE SELECTION WINNER
The Lark Winespace 493 Prince Ave. • 706-850-5455 RUNNER UP
Tapped Athens
297 Prince Ave. • 404-538-4369
RUNNER UP
LOCAL BREWERY
263 W. Washington St. • 706-546-0039
WINNER
Richard Mikulka at Flicker Theatre & Bar SPECIALTY DRINKS WINNER
The Old Pal
1320 Prince Ave. • 706-850-4340 RUNNER UP
Puma Yu’s
355 Oneta St., Ste. D-400 • www.pumayus.com
HAPPY HOUR WINNER
Seabear Oyster Bar
297 Prince Ave., Ste. 10 • 706-850-4367 RUNNER UP
Silver Dollar
262 College Ave. • 706-353-3093
BEER SELECTION WINNER
Trappeze Pub
271 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-410-1043 RUNNER UP
Athentic Brewing Company 108 Park Ave. • 706-206-2074
OUTDOOR BAR SPACE WINNER
Little Kings Shuffle Club 223 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-369-3144 RUNNER UP
Creature Comforts Brewery 271 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-410-1043
PLACE TO PLAY GAMES WINNER
The Rook and Pawn
294 W. Washington St. • 706-543-5040 RUNNER UP
Wonderbar
240 E. Washington St. • @wonderbarwonderbar
337 N. Hull St. • 706-369-9767 RUNNER UP
Flicker Theater & Bar
263 W. Washington St. • 706-546-0039
RETAIL SEX POSITIVE BUSINESS WINNER
Sexy Suz
4124 Atlanta Hwy. • 678-661-0700 RUNNER UP
Elations
4100 Lexington Rd. • 706-552-1492
STORE TO BUY GIFTS WINNER
Indie South
470 Hawthorne Ave. • 706-850-0644 RUNNER UP
Avid Bookshop
1662 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-850-2843
STORE TO BUY HOME GOODS WINNER
Indie South
470 Hawthorne Ave. • 706-850-0644 RUNNER UP
Totally Taylored
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269 W. Washington St. • 706-543-8997
Creature Comforts Brewery
The Manhattan Café
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Puma Yu’s
WINNER
Georgia Theatre
WINNER FAVORITE NEW RESTAURANT WINNER FAVORITE ASIAN RESTAURANT WINNER FAVORITE CHEF RUNNER UP FAVORITE SPECIALTY DRINKS
215 N. Lumpkin St. • 706-850-7670 RUNNER UP
40 Watt Club
285 W. Washington St. • 706-549-7871
INTIMATE MUSIC VENUE WINNER
Flicker Theater & Bar 263 W. Washington St. • 706-546-0039 RUNNER UP
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 237 Prince Ave. • 706-353-3050
PETS & KIDS VET CLINIC WINNER
Athens Animal Hospital 1400 N. Chase St. • 706-549-4320
LOCAL CLOTHING BOUTIQUE
UNIQUELY ATHENS STORE
WINNER
WINNER
Community
260 N. Jackson St. • 706-316-2067
Avid Bookshop
1662 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-850-2843
RUNNER UP
RUNNER UP
175 N. Lumpkin St. • 706-850-1686
470 Hawthorne Ave. • 706-850-0644
Kempt
PLACE TO BUY LOCAL ART & HANDMADE GOODS WINNER
Indie South
470 Hawthorne Ave. • 706-850-0644 RUNNER UP
Community
260 N. Jackson St. • 706-316-2067
PLACE TO BUY CBD/HEMP PRODUCTS WINNER
Franny’s Farmacy
Indie South
MUSIC RECORDING STUDIO WINNER
The Glow Recording Studio www.theglowrecordingstudio.com • 706-347-3323 RUNNER UP
Chase Park Transduction 160 Winston Dr. • 706-227-0680
RUNNER UP
Boulevard Animal Hospital 298 Prince Ave. • 706-425-5099
PET GROOMER WINNER
Bark Dog Spa
1850 Epps Bridge Pkwy. #307 • 706-353-1065 RUNNER UP
Gameday Grooming
2095 S. Milledge Ave., Ste. B4 • 706-850-5364
PET BOARDING / SITTING SERVICE WINNER
Pawtropolis
130 Whitetail Way • 706-227-7887 670 Olympic Dr. • 706-850-8744 RUNNER UP
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THRASHER PHOTO AND DESIGN
SUZANNAH EVANS
PERFORMANCE VENUE
RUNNER UP
Classic City Hemp
2475 Jefferson Rd. Unit U • 706-347-4882
THRIFT / VINTAGE STORE WINNER
Dynamite Clothing
143 N. Jackson St. • 706-543-1243 RUNNER UP
Project Safe Thrift Store
995 Hawthorne Ave. • 706-425-8863
PLACE TO BUY WINE WINNER
The Lark Winespace 493 Prince Ave. • 706-850-5455 RUNNER UP
J’s Bottle Shop
1452 Prince Ave. • 706-353-8881
PLACE TO BUY BEER WINNER
Five Points Bottle Shop 1655 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-543-6989 RUNNER UP
J’s Bottle Shop
1452 Prince Ave. • 706-353-8881
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PLACE TO SHOP FOR KIDS WINNER
Treehouse Kid and Craft 815 W. Broad St. • 706-850-8226 RUNNER UP
Reblossom Mama and Baby Center 625 Barber St., Ste.160 • 706-549-8900
KIDS’ CLASSES: MOVEMENT WINNER
Canopy Studio
160 Tracy St. • 706-549-8501 RUNNER UP
The Studio Athens
160 Tracy St., #8 • 706-850-0446
KIDS’ CLASSES: CREATIVE WINNER
Treehouse Kid and Craft 815 W. Broad St. • 706-850-8226 RUNNER UP
Frog Stomp Studio
160 Tracy St., Unit 1A • 706-286-8449
SERVICES ECO-FRIENDLY SERVICES WINNER
Totally Taylored
HAIR SALON
1005 College Ave. • 706-613-3512
WINNER
CHaRM
ECO-FRIENDLY PRACTICES WINNER
Maepole
1021 N. Chase St. • 706-850-3600
Republic Salon
312 E. Broad St. • 706-208-5222 RUNNER UP
Model Citizen
497 Prince Ave. • 706-543-3656
RUNNER UP
STYLIST
367 Prince Ave., 2A • www.totallytaylored.com
WINNER
Totally Taylored HOTEL WINNER
Hotel Indigo
500 College Ave. • 706-546-0430
Matt Wheeler at Salon 220 220 Prince Ave., Ste. B • 706-850-1990 RUNNER UP
Callie Huskins at Wild Moon Studio 468 N. Milledge Ave., Ste. 102B • 706-850-9453
RUNNER UP
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH TREATMENT
295 E. Dougherty St. • 706-549-7020
WINNER
Graduate Athens
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO WINNER
Thrasher Photo and Design www.thrasherphoto.com • 706-380-7778
Thrive Integrative Medicine 2080 Prince Ave. • 706-850-2000 RUNNER UP
Anthony Chiropractic
335 Hawthorne Ln. • 706-543-5901
RUNNER UP
MASSAGE THERAPIST
www.evermorephoto.co
WINNER
Evermore Photo Co. FLORIST WINNER
Flowerland
823 Prince Ave. • 706-549-1884
Krystal Elliott at Living Balance www.livingbalancemassage.com • 706-338-0946 RUNNER UP
Jeannie Bennett at Ritual Day Spa 468 N. Milledge Ave., Ste. 101 • 706-850-1920
RUNNER UP
Petals on Prince
1470 Prince Ave. • 706-353-2760 THRASHER PHOTO AND DESIGN
367 Prince Ave., 2A • www.totallytaylored.com
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RUNNER UP
Powerload Electric
www.powerloadelectric.com • 706-248-9959
HVAC WINNER
Stiles Heating, Cooling and Plumbing 140 Ben Burton Rd. • 706-548-1328 RUNNER UP
Stanfield Air Systems
1130 Mitchell Bridge Rd. • 706-549-4767
LAWYER / LAW PRACTICE WINNER
HY Attorneys at Law
320 E. Clayton St., Ste. 500 • 706-549-9010 RUNNER UP
Cook and Tolley
304 E. Washington St. • 706-549-6111
BANK
Franny’s Farmacy
WINNER
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WINNER FAVORITE PLACE TO BUY CBD/HEMP PRODUCTS
150 W. Hancock Ave. • 706-357-7000
TATTOO STUDIO
ADULT CLASSES: MOVEMENT
WINNER
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Pink Goblin
160 Tracy St., Ste. 10 • www.pinkgoblintattoo.com
M3 Yoga
149 Oneta St., Ste. 6E2 • 706-214-2232
RUNNER UP
RUNNER UP
159 W. Clayton St. • 706-850-3330
160 Tracy St. • 706-549-8501
3 Ravens Tattoo and Piercing
Canopy Studio
SCREEN PRINTER
ADULT CLASSES: CREATIVE
WINNER
WINNER
Satisfactory Screenprinting & Design 810 W. Broad St. • 706-543-7081 RUNNER UP
Ruby Sue Graphics
532 Newton Bridge Rd. • 706-613-0028
SPA WINNER
Urban Sanctuary
810 N. Chase St. • 706-613-3947 RUNNER UP
Ritual Spa
468 N. Milledge Ave., Ste. 101 • 706-850-1920
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR WINNER
Phelan La Velle at M3 Yoga 149 Oneta St., Ste. 6E2 • 706-214-2232 RUNNER UP
Collyn Sackett at Pure Barre Athens 191 Alps Rd., Ste. 17 • 706-850-4000
PLACE TO GET FIT WINNER
M3 Yoga
149 Oneta St., Ste. 6E2 • 706-214-2232 RUNNER UP
Pure Barre Athens
191 Alps Rd. • 706-850-4000
Good Dirt
485 Macon Hwy. • 706-355-3161 RUNNER UP
K. A. Artist Shop
127 N. Jackson St. • 706-850-1224
CAR REPAIR SHOP WINNER
Five Star Automotive 605 Macon Hwy. • 706-549-1315
300 College Ave. • 706-354-5000
REALTOR WINNER
Cord Sibilsky
675 Pulaski St., Ste. 1100 • 706-363-0803 RUNNER UP
Jarrett Martin
940 Prince Ave., Ste. C • 229-869-5734
COMMUNITY INVOLVED BUSINESS WINNER
Avid Bookshop
1662 S. Lumpkin St. • 706-850-2843 RUNNER UP
Reblossom Mama and Baby Center 625 Barber St., Ste.160 • 706-549-8900
STUFF AROUND TOWN
RUNNER UP
PLACE TO SEE LOCAL ART
475 Hawthorne Ave. • 706-548-4943
WINNER
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Heyward Allen Toyota 2910 Atlanta Hwy. • 706-433-0433
Lyndon House Arts Center 211 Hoyt St. • 706-613-3623 RUNNER UP
Tiny Ath Gallery
174 Cleveland Ave. • www.tinyathgallery.com
RUNNER UP
NON-PROFIT
3010 Atlanta Hwy. • 877-672-6568
WINNER
Hughes Subaru PLUMBER WINNER
Carson Plumbing
259 Wynburn Ave. • 706-548-3397
Nuci’s Space
396 Oconee St. • 706-227-1515 RUNNER UP
Project Safe
www.project-safe.org • 706-549-0922
RUNNER UP
EVENT
www.plumberproservice.com • 706-769-7761
WINNER
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Blue Moon Electric
www.bluemoonelectricathens.com • 678-907-5945
2023 FLAGPOLE ATHENS FAVORITES
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First American Bank and Trust
AthFest, Music and Arts Festival www.athfest.com
RUNNER UP
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Forest Bathing, Object Lessons and More EXHIBITIONS TO SEE THIS WEEK
By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com In addition to this week’s opening receptions for the “48th Juried Exhibition” at the Lyndon House Arts Center and Beatrice Brown’s “Quilt Stories of Time and Place” at the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, which you can read about on p. 27, here are a few art shows to go see.
Buena Vista Press, Philip Juras, Michael Lachowski, Penny Noah, Jason Thrasher and Joey Weiser. Additional events during the exhibition’s run include a music night with Tribe of Three on Mar. 4 at 7 p.m., “Motorcycles as Art” with Nathan Mende on Mar. 11 at 1 p.m., and a closing day Artists Roundtable Discussion on Mar. 19 at 4 p.m. Be sure to also mark your calendar for Mar. 25, when ATHICA and Ciné will join forces to host their second annual Really BIG Art Rally, a fundraising event at which artists churn out new pieces on-site to sell for $60 each.
BOTANICAL GARDEN: Elizabeth Barton’s current exhibition of quilts and watercolors at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia has succeeded in brightening up the winter landscape and anticipating the arrival of spring. This particular collection of works was inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, through which therapeutic, physiological effects can be experienced by simply spending time in nature. Barton’s quilts depict abstracted landscapes and are sewn from hand-dyed fabrics that result in unusual details. Her watercolors beautifully capture light dancing on leaves and create a sense of atmosphere. Each painting represents a real place and moment in time, “The Signing” by Renee Cox in “Object Lessons in American Art” such as blooming cherry trees on the UGA campus or mist creeping Annual memberships for individuals start at just $25, through the woods of Southeast Clarke Park. and a variety of perks are offered in exchange for differBarton’s work encourages viewers to appreciate nature and be good stewards of green spaces. Her exhibition is cur- ent levels of patronage. Visit athica.org/membership for details. rently on view in the garden’s tropical plant conservatory through Mar. 5. To view more of her work, visit elizabethDODD GALLERIES: Representing alchemical transformation, barton.com. Atlanta-based artist Zipporah Camille Thompson’s new ATHICA: The Athens Institute for Contemporary Art’s installation “HIGH TIDE” repurposes everyday objects into “2023 Members’ Showcase” is an annual tradition spotglittering assemblages that feel mystic in nature. Reflecting lighting the artists who support the all-volunteer, memthe artist’s dual interests in textiles and sculpture, new bership-based gallery. Over 40 artists are included this forms are created from netting, tires, synthetic hair, baryear, such as Jill Carnes, Lisa Freeman, Helen Kuykendall, rettes, mylar, shoestrings, ribbon, yarn, zip ties and other Barbara Odil, Rich Panico and Cheryl Washburn. Pieces miscellaneous materials. range from sculpture, photography and painting to video, The exhibition statement explains: “Zipporah Camille collage and textile work, demonstrating the diverse talents Thompson’s ‘HIGH TIDE’ signifies the roller coaster of of artist-members. heights and depths of post-grief triumph. Exalted here in On Mar. 1 at 7 p.m., An Artists’ Book Night will display this fantastical space of meditation, cleansing, and renewal, original books created by over 20 participants, including are fluid bodies in crisis which have found fullness via loss,
fullness via their dreams; through the stillness of night, here is the opportunity to embrace the pause while welcoming chaos and chance. Swallowed up in the shadows of the moon, thereafter outcast are nets of the summoning. Dusk and dawn, sway and swell, the peak of the wave encroaches and the summit emerges despite all it has endured.” Thompson, who received an MFA from the Lamar Dodd School of Art in 2014, is the third recipient of the annual Margie E. West Prize, an honor that recognizes esteemed alumni with a solo exhibition in the school’s Margie Eichenlaub West Gallery. Thompson’s exhibition will remain on view through Mar. 24, and more of her work can be found at zipporahcamille.com. GEORGIA MUSEUM: Visiting the Georgia Museum of Art from the permanent collection of the Princeton University Art Museum, “Object Lessons in American Art” includes over 100 works of Euro-American, African American and Native American art spanning from the 18th century to the present. Inspired by “object lessons,” a teaching method in which tangible artifacts are used to communicate ideas and or concepts, the exhibition arranges its works in 30 distinct groups. With a special focus on race, gender and the environment, each group facilitates a conversation between pieces to provoke new considerations and expand perspectives on America’s complex history. Opening this week on Mar. 4, another new exhibition, “Art is a form of freedom,” is the result of a collaborative project between the museum, Common Good Atlanta and the Whitworth Women’s Facility. Common Good Atlanta is an organization that provides people who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated with access to higher education by connecting Georgia’s colleges with Georgia’s prison classrooms. Art kits designed by students at UGA were integrated into the course curriculum at Whitworth, creating an opportunity for incarcerated students to review images of over 140 works from the museum’s permanent collection. Through discussion, creative writing and art making activities, the women narrowed down a selection of works that resonated with them. Collectively, the exhibition reflects themes of identity, motherhood, incarceration and home, and considers how art and educational institutions can promote social equity. “Object Lessons” and “Art is a form of freedom” will remain on view through May 14 and July 2, respectively. Visit georgiamuseum.org for information about upcoming lectures, workshops and other events. f
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Guitarist Davis Causey Dies PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
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this Friday. Normally, these dudes play in the quirky end of the loud rock pool. On this new single, though, the group’s focus is intently on a few borrowed jam band riffs, a couple of congas and some guitar trills. In an email to Flagpole the group said “This upcoming album will be a genre-fusion type of project. An exploration of blurring boundaries.” That’s all fine and dandy, but in this case, I’d like to cast my vote for boundaries and more of ’em. Find this over at deafcondors.bandcamp.com. THE BEAT OF THE TRAPS: Normally, someone releasing a single track after three years of silence isn’t particularly newsworthy. Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Scott Sapp, though, is an exception. His brand new song, “This Guy’s In Love With You”—released under his moniker Social Circle—is a clever and engaging throwback JASON THRASHER
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KING GRAND: The relentlessness with which 2023 seems to have pursued Athens struck again last week with the passing of the rightfully legendary and universally admired guitarist and songwriter Davis Causey. His career as a guitarist began 60 years ago, when he was a member of popular Athens teen-rock group The Jesters, who, in addition to performing their own sets, served as the backing band for artists such as Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, The Platters and others. From there his music spanned the globe as a member of Sea Level, Marty Kearns Group, the Randall Bramblett Band, The Normaltown Flyers and many, many more. He had just released his latest album, New Things From Old Strings, on Strolling Bones Records. Causey’s passing was sudden and unexpected. It is impossible to condense the weight of Causey’s influence and the scope of his talent and accomplishments
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into a mere paragraph, so I won’t attempt to do so. He was a loyal and kind friend to those who knew him, and of direct lineage to the pre-new wave music scene of Athens. He will be missed, and his absence felt. Take some time and explore his work on virtually every streaming service, including his latest, which can be easily found at daviscausey. bandcamp.com.
of a jazzy pop tune with a noted hat tip to the recently deceased Burt Bacharach. It also has a noted tongue-in-cheek approach to the whole thing and doesn’t take itself too seriously. It barely takes itself seriously at all. If you’re not paying close attention, you’d swear this was a theme song from a 1970s game show. At least, I would. Find it at socialcircle.bandcamp.com.
THREE AMIGOS: The March music event at ATHICA will happen Saturday, Mar. 4. It’s free, open to the public and starts at 7 p.m. This month’s performance features the instrumental music of guitarist Joe Leone (Gypsy At Heart) and his group Tribe of Three. Leone first came to recognition in Athens as the guitarist and founder of altpop band Trinket in the 1990s, but in the ensuing years has gone deep into world and Latin music, folk and classical. To get up to speed, check out joeleone.net.
HANG IT UP: After its successful run in January, Kenosha Kid has decided to keep hanging around Hendershot’s for all of March, too. Specifically, the popular jazz combo will perform each Tuesday of the month. Those would be Mar. 7, 14, 21 and 28. These are being promoted as “no phone parties,” which means just turn off your damn phone already and watch the show. Maybe talk to the folks around you. Remember what life was like before everyone was an antisocial cretin. Word from the group is that these shows will feature mostly new music which, to me, is a mindblower considering the massive amount of work that went into the triple-LP October Book. You’d think they’d just milk that for a while. Hell, I would. You can find out more info and check out some tunes over at kenoshakid.com/march. f
HERE, YOU HOLD THIS: Deaf Condors have released a couple of singles and a short EP over the past few years, but report they’re currently working toward the group’s first full-length album. To this end, the band has a few upcoming singles planned in advance of its release. The first, “Elevation,” is out
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ART | THURS, MAR. 2
48th Juried Exhibition
Lyndon House Arts Center • 6–8 p.m. • FREE!
The 48th Juried Exhibition, a curated exhibition of works from Athens area artists, is just around the corner. This show has been curated by Maria Elena Ortiz, curator at The Modern in Fort Worth, TX. Ortiz reviewed 682 works submitted by 245 Athens area artists, paring them down to 154 works of art created by a total of 107 artists. Ortiz also bestowed several awards to particular works, which will be announced on opening day. The Arts Center will also host artist talks on Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. during the month of April. The lineup includes Adrien Helm, Kathryn Refi, Michael Ross and Abigail West on Apr. 6; Jasmine Best, Lauren Fancher, Ray Lee and Kaitlin Thurlow on Apr. 13; Jessica Crooks, Shelby Little, Sebastian Granados and Carolyn Schew on Apr. 20; and TJ
clearly more than bedcovers. Textile artist Beatrice Brown plumbs the depths of this expressive and rich art form in “Quilt Stories of Time and Place,” an exhibition currently running until Apr. 7 that features nine of her quilts. Her designs range from ancient Egyptian motifs to present-day trends, along the way elucidating how powerful symbols spread across a culture. The exhibit also includes an example of the oldest motif in American quilt history, the “Delectable Mountains” design from 1688. [PB] MUSIC | FRI, MAR. 3
Floral Portrait Album Release Show Hendershot’s • 8 p.m. • $8
Every so often, an album comes around that reminds you what you love about this town so much. Floral Portrait’s
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McKendrick Bearden
Alexander, Chad Whitworth, Kelsey Wishik and Mandy Williams on Apr. 27. [Patrick Barry] MUSIC | FRI, MAR. 3
Chanticleer
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall • 7:30 p.m. • $30–60
Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer is coming to Athens for the first time in over eight years to perform an allnew program of classical and contemporary works. As one of the most prolific touring groups in the world, Chanticleer have brought its signature sound to just about every corner of the globe while still being firmly rooted in its origin of San Francisco. For the performance in Athens, Chanticleer will perform classical pieces and jazz standards, as well as new arrangements of songs by legendary folk artists Judee Sill and Jacob Collier. [PB] ART | FRI, MAR. 3
Quilt Stories of Time and Place
Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation • 4–6 p.m. • FREE!
From social movements to death and myths sewn onto the fabric, quilts are
self-titled debut is unquestionably that album. Recorded by a vast roster of composer Jason Bronson’s musical peers and friends, Floral Portrait is so confidently baroque and so innocently romantic that it oozes. The album is outstanding in its stereo field, enveloping the listener in a maximalist, orchestral cocoon. The album, which was released on Jan. 28 through Atlanta’s Marching Banana Records (Futo, Sea Ghost), will enjoy a live retelling at Hendershot’s on Mar. 3, complete with a full ensemble. Bandmate Freeman Leverett and Julia Nyunt will open. [PB] MUSIC | SAT, MAR. 4
McKendrick Bearden Album Release Show
Ciné • 9 p.m. (doors), 10 p.m. (show) • $10
As a member and guitarist of Athens band Grand Vapids, musician McKendrick Bearden knows what makes people listen, and it seems he’s packed it all into his debut solo album, Bright As The Mines Out, released Feb. 24. Recorded during the 2020 lockdown, it’s a heartfelt, smooth, home recorded album that sometimes rocks, but mostly flows sweetly. Bearden will be holding a release party and show at Ciné on Mar. 4 with opener Allegra Krieger from New York City. [PB] f
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Art ACAC MEMBERS (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission is seeking three qualified candidates to fill three-year volunteer positions. The ACAC’s mission is to foster the development of performing, visual, cultural and other arts in the community and make recommendations to the Mayor and Commission. Meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. Fill out online application. Deadline Mar. 12, 11:59 p.m. www. athensculturalaffairs.org ATHENS CREATIVE DIRECTORY (Athens, GA) The ACD is a platform to connect creatives with patrons. Visual artists, musicians, actors, writers and other creatives are encouraged to create a free listing. athenscreatives@gmail.com, www. athenscreatives.directory CALL FOR ART (Winterville Center) “The Marigold Festival Annual Art Show” is seeking art to display at this year’s festival. Submit up to three spring-themed .jpgs by email. Deadline Apr. 1. Event held in May. wacartshows@gmail.com CALLS FOR PUBLIC ART (Classic Center Arena) Seeking public art proposals for the exterior plaza, exterior wall and interior entry of the new arena. Deadline Apr. 7, 5 p.m. Tatiana.veneruso@accgov.com, www.accgov.com/4161/Athens- Cultural-Affairs-Commission JOKERJOKERTV CALL FOR ARTISTS (Online) JOKERJOKERtv is open to ideas and actively accepting proposals for collaboration from visual/musical/video artists and
curators living in Athens. Artists worldwide can also submit music videos, short films, skits and ideas to share with a weekly livestream audience. www.jokerjokertv.com/ submit OPEN STUDIOS (Lyndon House Arts Center) Studio members have access to spaces for painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, jewelry, fiber and woodworking. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $65/month. www. accgov.com/7350/Open-Studio- Membership
Classes ART AND WRITING CLASSES (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Heidi Lynn Nilsson offers weekly courses in “Writing Dialogue.” Apr. 10–May 8, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $165– 215. www.ocaf.com/courses BLACKSMITHING CLASSES (Greenhow Handmade Ironworks, Washington) “Forge a Fire Poker” covers tapering, bending and scrolling, forge welding, cutting with a chisel and more. Mar. 11, Apr. 15 or May 5, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $150. “Forge a Bottle Opener” will cover making open face and church key style bottle openers. Mar. 25 or May 27, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $150. In “Basic Blacksmithing: First Time at the Forge,” students will forge and assemble a wall mount rack with three hooks. Mar. 4 or Apr. 8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $150. “Forge a Throwing Tomahawk” is for experienced students. Apr. 1 or May 27, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $175. “The Art of Chain Making.” Apr. 29, 10 a.m.–5
art around town ARTWALL@HOTEL INDIGO ATHENS (500 College Ave.) Nancy Everett’s solo show “Classic Inspirations” includes paintings that celebrate Athens and the Southeast. Through mid-May. THE ATHENAEUM (287 W. Broad St.) “Kara Walker: Back of Hand,” the first solo exhibition to be held in Georgia of the work of this internationally renowned artist, includes a series of new works on paper that examine themes such as complicity, racism, misremembered histories and the violence that undergirds the legacy of the South. Through Mar. 23. ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) Marisa Leilani Mustard presents a collection of colorful paintings in “WILD!” Through April. ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: ATHICA (675 Pulaski St.) The “2023 Members’ Showcase” spotlights over 40 artists who support the gallery as members. Artist’s Roundtable Discussion on closing day, Mar. 19, 4 p.m. ATHENTIC BREWING (108 Park Ave.) Corwin Weik is inspired by the natural environment and cultural spaces that have shaped the person he is today. Opening reception Mar. 5, 4–6 p.m. AURUM STUDIOS (125 E. Clayton St.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism, fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Through March. DODD GALLERIES (270 River Rd.) On view in the C-U-B-E Gallery, Erin Moore presents “Mycophilia,” a participatory installation that invites the audience to take part in mushroom cultivation by recycling paper waste. Through Mar. 3. • Zipporah Camille Thompson presents “HIGH TIDE,” an installation reflecting on the roller coaster of heights and depths of postgrief triumph. Through Mar. 24. • “Kara Walker: Prince McVeigh and the Turner Blasphemies” is a stop-motion animation of cut-paper silhouettes who reenact several infamous acts of white supremacist history in the country’s recent history. Through Mar. 30. FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Spencer
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Lauren Adams covers the essentials of oil painting with solvent-free colors and the importance of value, color and composition. Wednesdays, Apr. 12–26, 6–8 p.m. $75. www.kaartist.com MINDFULNESS PRACTICE EVENINGS (Online) Discuss and practice how to change your relationship with difficult thoughts and emotions. Email for the Zoom link. Second Friday of the month, 6–7 p.m. FREE! mfhealy@bellsouth.net 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.healingartscentre.net 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 SALSA DANCE CLASSES (Cloud) Join SALSAthens for Cuban style salsa dance classes. No partner necessary. Beginners welcome. Every Wednesday, 7–8 p.m. $10. gwyneth.moody@gmail.com TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS CLASSES (Live Oak Martial Arts) Traditional and modern-style Taekwondo, self-defense, grappling and weapons classes are offered for all ages. Classes in Jodo, the art of the Japanese staff and sword, are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. Visit the website for a full schedule. liveoak martialarts@gmail.com, www.live oakmartialarts.com YOGA AND MORE (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Revolution is a multipurpose mind-body wellness studio offering yoga and therapy with an emphasis on trauma-informed practices. Check website for upcoming classes and
Lusk. Through March. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) Spanning the 18th century to the present, “Object Lessons in American Art” features over 100 works of Euro-American, African-American and Native American art from the Princeton University Art Museum’s collection. Through May 14. • “In Dialogue: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Mentor and Muse.” Through June 18. • “Art is a form of freedom” is a collaborative project through which incarcerated women at the Whitworth Women’s Facility selected works for an exhibition and wrote prose and poetry in response to the pieces. Mar. 3–July 2. • “Decade of Tradition: Highlights from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection.” Through July 3. GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Zane Cochran presents “Aurora,” a sculptural interpretation of the aurora borealis using 3D geometric figures and lights. HENDERSHOT’S (237 Prince Ave.) “Shh… Art!” features works by Stephanie Reavis, Steve Sweetser, Kylie Woodall and Jeff Rapier. Opening reception Mar. 2, 7 p.m. Through March. LAST RESORT GRILL (174 W. Clayton St.) Troy Ayers presents oil paintings while Amanda Ayers shares travel photography. Through March. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) “Resilient Civic and Musical Life: Ware-Lyndon House Enslaved and Descendant Stories” includes a film; reading room of books relevant to the African American experience in art, music and heritage; and a visual timeline relating a fuller and more truthful story of the property and its inhabitants. On view Thursdays– Saturdays. • Bess Carter, the recipient of the 2022 Art Center Choice Award from the 47th Juried Exhibition, presents a solo show of landscapes, room interiors and still life paintings. Through Mar. 4. • “A Pattern of Moments” features works by Kate Burke, Rebecca Kreisler and Sylvia Schaefer. Through Mar. 4. • In preparation for “The Same, Yet Separate Artworks,” metalsmith and interdisciplinary craft artist J Taran Diamond toured the Ware-Lyndon Historic House Museum and created new objects in response. Through Mar. 4. • Juried by Maria Elena Ortiz, curator at The Modern in Fort Worth, TX, the 48th Juried Exhibition features 154 works by 107 local artists. Opening reception Mar. 2, 6–8 p.m. Through May 6. OCONEE CIVIC CENTER (2661 Hog Mountain Rd., Watkinsville) Presented
Paintings by Marisa Leilani Mustard are currently on view at the AthensClarke County Library through April. programs. www.revolutiontherapy andyoga.com YOGA CLASSES (Let It Be Yoga Studio, Watkinsville) Classes are offered in Hatha, Vinyasa, Kundalini, beginner, gentle and other styles. Check online calendar for weekly offerings. www.letitbeyoga.org YOGA TEACHER TRAINING SCHOLARSHIP (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Revolution now offers a “Scholarship for Embodied Wisdom” during yoga teacher training for individuals interested in contemporary trauma-informed methods. Apply online. Sessions run Mar. 18–June 4. www.revolutiontherapy andyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training 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”
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Help Out MULTIPLE CHOICES BOARD MEMBERS (Athens, GA) Seeking a new board member for Multiple Choices Center for Independent Living, a nonprofit agency of disability advocates serving individuals throughout a 10-county area of Northeastern Georgia. Call for information. 706- 850-4025 SCNC BOARD MEMBERS (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Sandy Creek Nature Center, Inc., the founding support organization for SCNC, is seeking new members for its board
by the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild, “A Journey in Quilts” features over 225 quilts. Mar. 3–4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Mar. 5, 12–4 p.m. OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) The Athens Art Association shares a variety of works by its members. Through March. OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) Beatrice Brown’s “Quilt Stories of Time and Place” creates a timeline of motifs used in fabric quilting designs dating from ancient Egypt to the present day. Opening reception Mar. 3, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Currently on view through Apr. 7. ODUM SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY GALLERY (140 E. Green St.) Natural science illustrator C Olivia Carlisle shares insect, botanical and ecosystems illustrations using graphite, carbon pencil, watercolor, acrylic, ink, color pencils and Adobe Photoshop. Through May. STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave) Elizabeth Barton’s collection of quilts and watercolors are inspired by the practice of shinrin-yoku, or “forest bathing.” Through Mar. 5. STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) “Hinterglas Malerei” features a collection of reverse paintings of Steffen Thomas. Opening reception Mar. 4, 4–6 p.m. Through Apr. 22. TIF SIGFRIDS (393 N. Finley St.) Artwork by Andy Giannakakis, Gracie DeVito, John Fahey, Margaux Ogden and J.V. Martin. Through Apr. 1. UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Unequal by Design: Housing in Georgia and America” draws upon historic government documents, photographs, historic newspapers and other records to trace the evolution of housing policy, tackling issues such as zoning, gentrification and suburbanization. Through May 26. • “A Chance to Play: Title IX and Women’s Athletics at UGA” celebrates 50 years of women’s sports at UGA. Through May. • “Freemasonry in Georgia: Ideals, Imagery and Impact” presents items that demonstrate the ambitions and tensions that existed within the secret society. Through July 7. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) The newly named Claire and Robert Clements Gallery debuts with a collection of oil paintings by Robert Clements. WINTERVILLE LIBRARY (115 Marigold Lane, Winterville) Nature photography by Ken Storey. Through Mar. 24.
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ART CLUBS (K.A. Artist Shop) Draw, paint, collage and create during weekly Art Card Club meet-ups. Fridays, 4:30–6 p.m. (pre-teens), 6:30–8 p.m. (teens). Drawing Club for Teens, taught by artist James Greer, is held Wednesdays, 5–6:30 p.m. $25/drop-in, $180 (10-session pass). www.kaartist.com LUTHEROAD DAYCAMP (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) Activities include games, crafts, worship and special events. Register by May 14. Camp runs June 26–30, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. www.holycrossathens.com/ lutheroad READ MAKE PLAY (’Brella Studio) Various art activities for ages 0–5 are offered weekday mornings at 9 a.m. Check website for upcoming programs. Story time is also held every Friday at 10 a.m. www.brella studio.com SPARK WEEKEND ACADEMY (UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel) “Writing Great Fantasy and Sci-Fi: Worldbuilding Workshop,” “Digital Film Special Effects & Editing” and “Storyboarding for ages 13–17 are all held on Mar. 11–12, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $120. “Be Audit You Can Be: Accounting 101” for ages 15–17 is held Apr. 22–23, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $15. www.georgia center.uga.edu/youth/spark STUDENT ART COMPETITION (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Students in ninth grade and above (including college) can submit original artwork that may be used to create gift shop items such as note cards, T-shirts, scarves and mugs. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three winners. Deadline Mar. 31. botgarden.uga.edu/event/ student-art-competition- submission-deadline SUMMER ART CAMPS (K.A. Artist Shop) A variety of half-day or full- day camps are available for pre- teens and teens. Subjects include drawing, painting, calligraphy, creative journaling, printmaking, collage and more. Weekly camps run June 1–July 17, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. or 1:30–5:30 p.m. $250/week of half days, $450/week of full days. www.kaartist.com SUMMER CAMPS (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services will launch registration for summer camps on Mar. 18 at 9 a.m. for residents and Mar. 20 at noon for non-residents. www. accgov.com/myrec SUMMER CAMPS (Treehouse Kid & Craft) Camps are offered a variety of themes including digital design and illustration, Halloween, apothecary and flora, glow in the dark and blacklight, food trucks, slime and more. Check website for dates and descriptions. www.treehousekidand craft.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
AL-ANON 12 STEP (Multiple Locations) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Visit the website for a calendar of electronic meetings held throughout the week. www.ga-al-anon.org ATHENS COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (Athens, GA) Open to people of all ages with vision impairments, their families and friends. Topics include adaptive equipment, recreational and social opportunities, and advocacy. 706-424-2794, dlwahlers@ gmail.com GRIEF & LOSS SUPPORT GROUP (ACCA Center for Active Living) First Wednesday of the month, 10:30–11:30 a.m. abarefoot@acc aging.org 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 NEW PARENTS AND INFANT FEEDING SUPPORT GROUP (BYL Family Resource Center) Come as you are for community, snacks and feeding advice from professionals. Babies and children of all ages are welcome. Wednesdays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.byyourleave.org OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (24th Street Clubhouse) Learn to stop eating compulsively or curb other unwanted food-related behaviors. Every Tuesday, 12 p.m. FREE! Text: 678-736-3697 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 PROJECT SAFE (Family Protection Center) Project Safe hosts a support group for survivors of domestic violence. Mondays, 6:30–8 p.m. www. project-safe.org 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 SUPPORT GROUPS (Integrity Counseling & Personal Development) ICPD offers several support groups. “LGBTQIA+ Young Adults Group” is offered for ages 18–30. “Survivors of Suicide Loss Group” is offered the first Wednesday of every month, 7–8 p.m. “Veterans, Dependents & Caregivers Benefits Resource & Claim Assistance Group” is offered the first Saturday of every month, 9–10 a.m. www. integrityofjefferson.com
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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
ATHENS BEER TRAIL TROLLEY TOURS (Athens, GA) A new trolly tour will provide transportation between six local breweries: Akademia, Athentic, Creature Comforts, Southern Brewing, Terrapin Beer
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Wednesday 1 Athentic Brewing Co. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athentic brewing.com WEDNESDAY KARAOKE NIGHT Choose from a catalog of over 51,000 songs ranging from pop, rock, musical theater and more. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreand bar.com DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Hendershot’s 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com NEW FACES NIGHT Hear musicians try out new material, or come share your own. Ramsey Hall 7:30 p.m. pac.uga.edu KENJI BUNCH The Willson Center Artist in Residence is a violinist and composer of neo-American music.
Thursday 2 Athentic Brewing Co. 7 p.m. (lesson), 8 p.m. (party). $10 suggested donation. www.athentic brewing.com DJ LADARIUS Join the Athens Dancing with the Stars Team #7
Friday 3 40 Watt Club All White Southern Soul Party. 9 p.m. $25 (adv.), $35. www.40watt. com MS. JODY R&B vocalist who puts her own contemporary spin on classic Southern soul. Step out in your favorite all-white outfit for this event. THE AQUATIC SOUL BAND Local R&B and soul band led by Knowa Johnson. Athentic Brewing Co. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com THE WATER KICKERS Intricate harmonies and heartfelt narratives by Brodie and Kelley Porterfield.
Buvez 7–10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/darkentriesathens DARK ENTRIES KARAOKE Sing your favorite song from a curated catalog of classic to modern goth, post-punk, punk and industrial. Ciné 9 p.m. (doors), 10 p.m. (show). $10. www.athenscine.com GOURDHEAD Three-piece rock band comprised of Athens music veterans Chris Henderson, Ethan Houseman and Noel Holloway. WAY PAST COOL New local band that plays fast, catchy, melodic sing-a-long pop-punk anthems with a classic ’90s vibe. THE KILLAKEE HOUSE Atlanta- based alternative punk band led by Courtney Kiker. Creature Comforts Brewery 7–9 p.m. www.creaturecomforts beer.com SARAH MOOTZ Indie pop and rock artist with a lot of soul. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $10. www.flickertheatreand bar.com BOG BOD Raucous indie rock from Athens. EP release show! TELEMARKET Driving, angular indie-rock band from Athens. COMMÜNE Local political/feminist punk band living in revolt.
Music Festival. 7:30 p.m. $50. www.mmcc-arts.org SPANISH BRASS An evening of fiery, energetic music from an international award-winning brass quintet with a 32-year trajectory in the world of chamber music. Terrapin Brewing Co. 5–7 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com JIM COOK High energy solo blues, classic rock and roots music. The Root 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ AubreyEntertainmentAthensGA EVERYDAY DOGS Skateboarding, Capri-Sun drinking, surfer-punk rockers of Atlanta. VFW Post 2872 Spring Fling. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). www.facebook.com/ vfwpost2872 THE ARTIE BALL SWING BAND Swing, blues, boogie and dixieland with all the camp and candor of the glory days of the ‘30s and ‘40s.
Saturday 4 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $14. www.40watt.com GAVIN ADCOCK Cozy country with honest lyrics. THE CASTELLOWS Three sisters from southwest Georgia making music together.
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Ciné 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Show off your pipes to the world. Every Tuesday. Dancz Center for New Music 7:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu UGA CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE The program includes works by Peter Van Zandt Lane, Emily Koh, Sarah Gibson, Emma O’Halloran and Andy Akiho. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $12. www.flickertheatreand bar.com THELMA AND THE SLEAZE All- female, queer Southern rock and roll from Nashville. MONSOON Athens-based indie rock band with deep DIY ethics. SEX CELLS Local alternative band influenced by grunge, garage and indie rock. Hendershot’s 8 p.m. $15. www.hendershots athens.com KING BUFFALO Heavy psych rock trio from Rochester, NY. THE SWELL FELLAS Nashville heavy rock band by way of Maryland. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. pac.uga.edu MICHAEL BARENBOIM AND WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ENSEMBLE This ensemble features an octet of players drawn from the larger West-Eastern Divan Orchestra of Seville, Spain. Established to give young musicians the opportunity to promote coexistence and intercultural dialogue as an alternative solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, the orchestra draws musicians from countries in the Middle East. A free pre-performance talk will be held in Ramsey Concert Hall at 6:45 p.m.
for a percentage night and Latin dance party. Ciné 9 p.m. (doors), 10 p.m. (show). $10. www.athenscine.com PICTURE SHOW New melodic indie rock band. EP release show! SEX CELLS Local alternative band influenced by grunge, garage and indie rock. STRAITJACKET STRIPPERS Sludge noise band straight from the depths of the sex shop psych ward. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $10. www.flickertheatreand bar.com NEVER ANY ORDINARY Emo band from Charleston, SC. ANERGY Grungy punk rock from Charleston. NEEDLE TEETH Sparklepunk/angst pop out of Athens. SASHA STRAY Local band delivering social and political commentary through the lens of folk, rock and punk. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. pac.uga.edu UGA BRITISH BRASS BAND The band’s spring festival presents “The Voice of the Tenor Horn.” I Heart Mac & Cheese 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/iheartmacandcheeseathens SING ALONG CIRCLE Feel free to bring a song, friend or just yourself during an open jam of music new and old. Madison-Morgan Cultural Center 21st Annual Madison Chamber Music Festival. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.mmcc-arts.org MUSICAL ADVENTURES WITH BABAR, FERDINAND & SKYWALKER This family concert features the enchanting musical tales of Babar the Elephant, Ferdinand the Bull and Star Wars. Atlanta’s WABE radio host Lois Reitzes will narrate a performance by pianists Julie Coucheron and William Ransom and violinist Helen Hwaya Kim. Ramsey Hall 5:30 p.m. pac.uga.edu SHANSHAN YAO & LIZA STEPANOVA Award-winning guest violinist Shanshan Yao, former member of the New York Philharmonic currently based in Germany, teams up with HHSOM piano faculty Liza Stepanova to present three major sonatas of the violin/piano repertoire. Southern Brewing Co. 6–10 p.m. www.sobrewco.com KARAOKE NIGHT Every Thursday evening.
Sacred Bull performs at Flicker Theatre & Bar on Saturday, Mar. 4. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $16 (adv.), $22. www.georgiatheatre. com BEST NIGHT EVER Dance party featuring songs from Nickelodeon and Disney. Hendershot’s 8 p.m. $8. www.hendershotsathens. com JULIA NYUNT Athens-based songwriter and composer. FREEMAN LEVERETT Local songwriter with dreamy, thoughtful and danceable songs and cosmopolitan influences. FLORAL PORTRAIT Lush baroque pop for fans of The Beach Boys and The Zombies. Album release show! Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. $30-60. www.pac.uga. edu CHANTICLEER One of the world’s premier male vocal ensembles. International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ IGBAthensGA SWING THEORY Local jazz combo performing swing classics. Madison-Morgan Cultural Center 21st Annual Madison Chamber
ATHICA 7 p.m. www.athica.org TRIBE OF THREE Joe Leon, Jeremiah Raj and Louis Romanos perform instrumental music composed by Leone that draws upon Middle Eastern scales, jazz, Latin, classical and folk. Athentic Brewing Co. Georgia Beer Day. 12 p.m. www. athenticbrewing.com 38 STRINGS Multi-generational acoustic folk music with 38 strings between them. (3 p.m.) DJ DE LA LUNA Fun dance music. (4 p.m.) Boutier Winery & Inn 8 p.m. $10. www.boutierwinery.com STEELING THE SHOW Classic rock and dance songs. Ciné 9 p.m. (doors), 10 p.m. (show). $10. www.athenscine.com MCKENDRICK BEARDEN Local guitarist and songwriter with thoughtful new solo material created during the pandemic. Album release show for Bright As The Mines Out! See Calendar Picks on p. 27. ALLEGRA KRIEGER New York- based singer-songwriter crafting beautiful folk songs.
Creature Comforts Brewery Georgia Beer Day Celebration. 3–6 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer. com DJ OSMOSE Spinning vinyl selections that range from funk, soul and disco to yacht rock, classic hip-hop and reggae in all of its forms. Flicker Theatre & Bar Shadebeast Presents. 9 p.m. $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE SUNDERING SEAS Blackened doom metal that swings between atmospheric and crushing. LOST HOURS Doom-y drone metal recommended for listening in total darkness at max volume. SACRED BULL Athens metal band blending post-rock, doom and ambient. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $16 (adv.), $20. www.georgiatheatre. com COSMIC CHARLIE Renowned Grateful Dead cover band playing a special set of Pink Floyd and Dead songs. International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ IGBAthensGA CUSTOM CONCERN Local rock band playing covers and originals. EDDIE HALFASS Local band plying a “suspicious, yet sexy blend of pop, cuntry, rawk, americorna and blues.” Madison-Morgan Cultural Center 21st Annual Madison Chamber Music Festival. 7:30 p.m. $50. www.mmcc-arts.org A NIGHT AT THE OPERA A night of operatic offerings by soprano Maria Valdes, tenor John Riesen and pianist Julie Coucheron. The concert will feature beloved songs and arias from your favorite operas and musicals such as Madama Butterfly, Gianni Shcicchi, Tosca, West Side Story and Phantom of the Opera. No. 3 Railroad Street 7 p.m. $20. www.3railroad.org RUPERT WATES English singer- songwriter who plays eclectic folk infused with jazz, vaudeville and cabaret. Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. $20. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens BLOODKIN Long-running Athens band playing a bluesy style of roots-rock with big guitars and sharply written lyrics.
Sunday 5 Creature Comforts Brewery 3–5 p.m. www.creaturecomforts beer.com. LIVE JAZZ Every Sunday afternoon. Madison-Morgan Cultural Center 21st Annual Madison Chamber Music Festival. 4 p.m. $50. www. mmcc-arts.org GEORGIA CHAMBER PLAYERS Atlanta’s premier chamber music group performs a delightful afternoon program with music by Johannes Brahms, Ludvig van Beethoven and Antonin Dvorak. No. 3 Railroad Street 4 p.m. FREE! www.3railroad.org OPEN MIC Bring your voice or instrument for an open mic every first Sunday of the month.
The World Famous 8:30 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $5. www.facebook.com/volumeship hop TRVY & THE ENEMY High-energy hip-hop artist performing with his alternative-influenced band. BIG LO Pensacola, FL-based hip-hop artist who has opened for artists like Joe Budden, Mobb Deep and Ghostface. MOTORHEAD2X Athens rapper with a strong stage presence and a deep catalog. CARDYNAL Local upstart who raps, produces and engineers. MILES STONE Atlanta hip-hop artist with songs that reflect on how he rose from nothing to something.
Tuesday 7 Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (sign ups), 9 p.m. (doors). FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com OPEN MIC HOSTED BY TURTLE GRENADE Musicians, poets, actors, comedians and other creatives are welcome to show their talents. Georgia Theatre 6:30 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). SOLD OUT! www.georgiatheatre. com BILLY STRINGS All-star picker and alternative bluegrass artist playing a sold out benefit concert for Nuçi’s Space. Hendershot’s No Phone Party. 7 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com KENOSHA KID Instrumental adventure-jazz group centered around the rollicking compositions of Dan Nettles and featuring Luca Lombardi, Seth Hendershot and various guests. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. $5 (w/ Billy Strings ticket), $12. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens THE ORANGE CONSTANT Athens- based jam band with prog, pop and funk influences.
Wednesday 8 Athentic Brewing Co. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athentic brewing.com WEDNESDAY KARAOKE NIGHT Choose from a catalog of over 51,000 songs. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreand bar.com DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Georgia Theatre 6:30 p.m. (doors). $25–28. www. georgia theatre.com THE DIP Pop, rhythm and blues band formed by jazz music students in Seattle. JUICE Rock band known to incorporate elaborate vocal harmonies, electric violin and a diverse array of influences. Hendershot’s 7 p.m. (doors). $15. www.hendershotsathens.com THE ARCADIAN WILD Indie folk-pop group from Nashville combining elements of progressive bluegrass and formal vocal music. f
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resident Jeannette Rankin, the first woman in Congress. 4–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/events LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry Open Mic (The Globe) Athens’ longest-running spoken word event has returned the first Wednesday of every month. Tonight’s featured reader is Mark Flanigan. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ athenswordofmouth LECTURES & LIT: Visiting Artist Lecture: Rebecca Kamen (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Learn how crisis, curiosity and the creative process generate unexpected opportunities for discovery and artwork that fosters new connections between art and science. 6–7 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Learn about the history and archaeology of the Vikings from their origins in the 7th century, their rise to power and raids in Europe, and their expansion across the North Atlantic all the way to North America. 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu
Thursday of each month, local photographer Macy Williams hosts a headshot session featuring drinks and food. 5:30 p.m. $30. www. facebook.com/graduateathens EVENTS: Boulevard Brass Band (595 Nanthahala Ave.) Bring your instrument, meet outdoors and rehearse songs for beginners and advanced musicians. Every Thursday, 6–8 p.m. FREE! calclements@ gmail.com EVENTS: Young Professionals Network Meet-up (Athentic Brewing Co.) Join your professional peers in a no-frills, low-pressure meet-up. All industries welcome. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com EVENTS: Ladies Night Out (Boutier Winery & Inn) Enjoy a night out featuring buffet food, line dancing and two glasses of wine included. 6:30 p.m. $20. www.boutierwinery.com EVENTS: Latin Dance Benefit (Athentic Brewing Co.) To benefit Athens Dancing with the Stars, there will be a Latin dance class followed by a dance party with DJ LaDarius. 7–10 p.m. $10 donation encouraged. www.athenticbrewing.com
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CLASSES: Restorative Yoga (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Join Nicole Bechill for a class that promotes deep breathing, mindfulness and more. Every Tuesday. Register online. 12 p.m. Donation based. www.revolutiontherapyandyoga.com CLASSES: Belly Dancing Intro Class (Athens Community Council on Aging (ACCA)) Beginners are invited to learn the basics of belly dancing. 3–4:30 p.m. $10 (CAL members), $12 (non-members). abarefoot@accaging.org EVENTS: No Phone Party (Hendershot’s) Disconnect to connect with a phone-free, laptop-free happy hour. Every Tuesday, 6–9 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com GAMES: Classic City Trivia at Akademia (Akademia Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ClassicCity TriviaCo GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia at Amici (Amici Athens) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/ baddogathens KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Join Ms. Carley for songs, stories and crafts. Ages 5 & under. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athens library.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Open Playtime (Oconee County Library) Join Ms. Carley for activities that help build brain function and encourage early literacy. Ages 5 & under. 11:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Sketchbook Club (Bogart Library) Trained artists and art teachers will lead beginner artists virtually through creating original sketches. Supplies provided. Best for ages 4–12. 5–6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.com/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Student Author Showcase (Online: ACC Library) A panel of five local student authors will discuss their books and answer questions in a virtual livestream. 9:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Mystery Book Club (Bogart Library) Penny Mills leads a conversation about this month’s book, Bruce Goldfarb’s 18 Tiny Deaths. 5:30–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart PERFORMANCE: Rabbit Box Storytelling: Duets (VFW (Post 2872)) This month’s storytelling theme is “Duets” with stories told by pairs of people instead of single storytellers. 7–9 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10. www. rabbitbox.org SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. www.athenspetanque.org THEATER: Smoke on the Mountain (On Stage Playhouse) A hilarious and heartwarming story about a Saturday night gospel sing at a country church in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains in 1938. Mar. 3–4, 8 p.m.; Mar. 5, 2 p.m. $20. www.on stagewalton.org
feature highlights of the permanent collection and are led by museum docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgia museum.org ART: Artists’ Book Night (ATHICA) Artists will have original books, in various formats, to browse or buy with light refreshments. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org CLASSES: Qigong and Yoga Flow (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Join Paul Brooks for a Qigong and yoga- inspired practice that improves overall health and vitality. Every Wednesday, 6–7 p.m. Donation based. www.revolutiontherapyand yoga.com CLASSES: Salvadorian Sabrositos (Athens Cooks) Señorita Bonilla will teach how to prepare El Salvador’s national dish, papusas con curtido y salsa roja. 6–8 p.m. $100. www. athenscooks.com COMEDY: Gorgeous George’s Improv League (Buvez) Home- grown townie improv that invites you to bring some interesting suggestions to help create improv magic on the spot. Every Wednesday, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flyingsquidcomedy.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Markets offer fresh produce, flowers, eggs, meats, prepared foods and a variety of arts and crafts. Live music begins at 6 p.m. AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent at the market. Every Wednesday, 5–8 p.m. www. athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Blood Everywhere (Flicker Theatre & Bar) After two sisters inherit their family’s haunted castle, a mysterious, red-cloaked maniac starts murdering their friends in The Red Queen Kills Seven Times. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.instagram.com/ bloodeverywhere.athens GAMES: Classic City Trivia at The Local 706 (The Local 706) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/ClassicCityTriviaCo GAMES: MCU Trivia (B&B Theatres) Test your MCU trivia knowledge with Quizmaster David. 7:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/bbathens12 KIDSTUFF: Busy Bee Toddler Time (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for rhymes, songs, puppets and a simple story. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-441-9099, www.athenslibrary. org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Lego Builders Club (Bogart Library) Lego lovers of all ages are invited; blocks will be available for younger builders under the age of 7. 3:30 p.m. FREE! 706-441-9099, www.athenslibrary. org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Drawing Club for Teens (K.A. Artist Shop) In this weekly club for teens led by local artist James Greer, participants will learn a new fundamental skill for drawing with ink and graphite each week. 5–6:30 p.m. $25 (drop-in), $180 (semester pass). www.kaartist.com LECTURES & LIT: Author Talk (Online: ACC Library) Renowned poet, educator, publisher and author Kwame Alexander will take questions and discuss his works. 9:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Jeannette Rankin Legacy Lecture (UGA Special Collections Library) Scholar and historic interpreter Mary Jane Bradbury will portray Georgia
Athens Creative Theatre’s production of the Agatha Christie mystery The Mousetrap runs Mar. 2–4. For more info, read Theater Notes from the Jan. 25 Flagpole issue online at flagpole.com. MEETINGS: Sewing Circle (Bogart Library) Bring your own sewing and crafting projects for dedicated time to work. 11 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! 706-441-9099, www.athenslibrary. org/bogart
Thursday 2 ART: 48th Juried Exhibition Opening Reception (Lyndon House Arts Center) Celebrate the opening of this exhibition curated by Maria Elena Ortiz of The Modern in Fort Worth, TX. On view through May 6. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.accgov.com/ lyndonhouse ART: Shh… Art! (Hendershot’s) Works by Stephanie Reavis, Steve Sweetser, Kylie Woodall Jeff Rapier will be on display for the month of March. Attendees can enjoy spoken-word renditions of songs by The Dictatortots. 7 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/hendershots.athens EVENTS: Idea Lab Conversation: Rebecca Kamen (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Rebecca Kamen, sculptor and lecturer on the intersections of art and science, seeks ‘the truth’ through observation. 2–3 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu EVENTS: Headshot Happy Hour (Graduate Athens) On the first
GAMES: Thursday Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Test your trivia knowledge with host Jon Head. 7–9 p.m. www.johnnyspizza. com KIDSTUFF: Seusical Science (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for science and art based on the works of Dr. Seuss. Best for ages 4 & up. 3:30–5 p.m. FREE! www.athens library.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Teen Studio: Object Stories (Georgia Museum of Art) Visit the exhibition “Object Lessons in American Art,” then create objects inspired by stories from the exhibition. Ages 13–18. Email to RSVP. 5:30–8 p.m. FREE! gmoa- tours@uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Monochromatic Moods and Music (Bogart Library) Teens in grades 8–12 will create a color wheel, make a monochromatic mood collage and explore color through music. 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart MEETINGS: KnitLits Knitting Group (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are invited to have fun, share craft ideas and knit to their hearts’ content. Thursdays, 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart PERFORMANCE: An Evening with Molly Brown (ACC Library) The Athens Chautauqua Society
presents a performance by historic reenactor Mary Jane Bradbury telling the Titanic survivor’s story. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenschq.org SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. www.athenspetanque.org THEATER: The Mousetrap (Memorial Park) Athens Creative Theatre presents Agatha Christie’s murder mystery set in a country house cut off by snow. 7:30 p.m. $10–15. www.accgov.com/act
Friday 3 ART: Morning Mindfulness (Georgia Museum of Art) Instructor-led meditation, movement and mindfulness techniques in the galleries. Email to RSVP. Every other Friday, 9:30 a.m. gmoa-tours@uga.edu ART: A Journey in Quilts (Oconee County Civic Center) This quilt show features over 220 quilts, raffles, vendors, a boutique with handmade gifts, scissor sharpening and more. Mar 3–4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Mar. 5, 12–4 p.m. $7. www.show.cp quilters.org ART: Opening Reception (OCAF) The exhibition “Quilt Stories of Time and Place” will be on display in the Members Gallery. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com CLASSES: Charcuterie & Wine Pairing Class (Athens Cooks) Attendees will learn how to craft a charcuterie board and what wines pair well with certain selections. 6–8 p.m. $100. www.athenscooks. com COMEDY: Actor’s Worst Nightmare (work.shop) Two actors and an improviser perform a three- person scene. The only lines the actors are allowed to say are recited from two separate plays, in order. 8–9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ flyingsquidcomedy EVENTS: Athens Gem, Mineral, Fossil and Jewelry Show (The Classic Center) Come browse the wares of two dozen independent dealers of all things geologic, whose finds will be available for three days. Mar. 3–4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Mar. 5, 11 a.m.–5p.m. $7. www.classiccenter.com KIDSTUFF: Meet & Play (Bogart Library) Drop in for facilitated open play with age-appropriate toys. Best for ages 6 & under. Every Friday. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athens library.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Art Card Club (K.A. Artist Shop) In this weekly club led by local artists Katy Lipscomb and Tyler Fisher, participants will draw, paint, collage and create a collection of Art Cards. Pre-teen club, 4:30–6 p.m. Teen club, 6:30–8 p.m. $25 (drop-in), $180 (semester pass). www.kaartist.com PERFORMANCE: Spellbound: A Magic Show (Town & Gown Players) Enjoy Mike Smith’s first full-length magic show, combining everything from card tricks and Rubik’s Cubes to comedy and storytelling. Mar. 3–4, 8–10 p.m. Mar. 5, 2–4 p.m. $5. www.townandgown players.org THEATER: Cheaper By The Dozen (Hart County Community Theatre) Based on a true story, this play tell the story of an inventor father with
a family of 12. Mar. 3–4, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 5, 2:30 p.m. $10–15. www. facebook.com/hcctheatre THEATER: The Mousetrap (Memorial Park) Athens Creative Theatre presents Agatha Christie’s murder mystery set in a country house cut off by snow. 7:30 p.m. $10–15. www.accgov.com/act THEATER: Smoke on the Mountain (On Stage Playhouse) A hilarious and heartwarming story about a Saturday night gospel sing at a country church in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains in 1938. Mar. 3–4, 8 p.m.; Mar. 5, 2 p.m. $20. www. onstagewalton.org
Saturday 4 ART: Closing Reception (Lyndon House Arts Center) The exhibition “A Pattern of Moments” featuring works by Kate Burke, Rebecca Kreisler and Sylvia Schaefer will close with a conversation with the artists. 2 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/LyndonHouseArts ART: Opening Reception: Hinter glasmalerei (Steffen Thomas Museum of Art) Celebrate the opening of “Hinterglasmalerei: Reverse Paintings of Steffen Thomas,” an exhibition exploring the range of experimentation Steffen did with the ancient technique of reverse painting. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www. steffenthomas.org CLASSES: Basic Blacksmithing: First Time at the Forge (Greenhow Handmade Ironworks) Students will forge and assemble a wall mount rack with three hooks. All tools and materials included. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $150. www.greenhow handmade.com CLASSES: A Trip to Trinidad (Athens Cooks) Sherryann, a native Trinidadian, shares her secrets to cooking the most delicious and authentic curried chicken, cucumber chow and roti. 6–8 p.m. $100. www.athenscooks.com EVENTS: A Journey in Quilts (Oconee County Civic Center) This quilt show features over 220 quilts, raffles, vendors, a boutique with handmade gifts, scissor sharpening and more. Mar 3–4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Mar. 5, 12–4 p.m. $7. www. show.cpquilters.org EVENTS: Seed Swap and Book Sale (#3 Railroad Street) Bring seeds to swap or browse what others have to share. Then stop by the Friends of Oconee Library book sale room. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www. oglethorpeFOL.org EVENTS: Athens Gem, Mineral, Fossil and Jewelry Show (The Classic Center) Come browse the wares of two dozen independent dealers of all things geologic, whose finds will be available for three days. Mar. 3–4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Mar. 5, 11 a.m.–5p.m. $7. www.classiccenter.com EVENTS: Georgia Beer Day at Athentic Brewing (Athentic Brewing Co.) Enjoy live music, food, drinks and more. 12 p.m. FREE! www. athenticbrewing.com EVENTS: Spring into Wellness (Wire Park) Learn about various local activities to keep the whole family active this spring. Attendees can expect live music, food, archery, sword fighting, crafts, a toddler area, prizes and much more.
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Sunday 5 CLASSES: Sunday Meditation in the Gallery (ATHICA) Join Cal Clements of Revolution Therapy and Yoga for two 30 minute meditations, with some ideas offered before and discussion after. All levels welcome. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Donations encouraged. www. revolutiontherapyandyoga.com/ booking-and-memberships COMEDY: Blaugez Open Mic (Buvez) This show-up/go-up open mic is open to professional and amateur comics alike. Every Sunday, 7 p.m. (show). FREE! www. facebook.com/buvezathens EVENTS: Athens Gem, Mineral, Fossil and Jewelry Show (The Classic Center) Come browse the wares of two dozen independent dealers of all things geologic, whose finds will be available for three days. Mar. 3–4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Mar. 5, 11 a.m.–5p.m. $7. www.classiccenter.com EVENTS: A Journey in Quilts (Oconee County Civic Center) This quilt show features over 220 quilts, raffles, vendors, a boutique with handmade gifts, scissor sharpening and more. Mar 3–4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Mar. 5, 12–4 p.m. $7. www. show.cpquilters.org EVENTS: Rabbit Hole Sunday Market (Rabbit Hole Studios) Small businesses, artists, farmers, musicians and creative entrepreneurs will be showcased. A drumming and song circle will be held for the last two hours. Every Sunday. 1–5 p.m. FREE! www.rabbitholestudios. org/markets EVENTS: Opening Reception (Athentic Brewing Co.) Celebrate
the opening of local author Corwin Weik’s art show. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com GAMES: Sunday Trivia with Solo Entertainment (Southern Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia at The Foundry (The Foundry) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Sundays, 7 p.m. www.facebook. com/baddogathens PERFORMANCE: Spellbound: A Magic Show (Town & Gown Players) Enjoy Mike Smith’s first full-length magic show, combining everything from card tricks and Rubik’s Cubes to comedy and storytelling. Mar. 3–4, 8–10 p.m. Mar. 5, 2–4 p.m. $5. www.townandgown players.org SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. www.athenspetanque.org THEATER: Smoke on the Mountain (On Stage Playhouse) A hilarious and heartwarming story about a Saturday night gospel sing at a country church in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains in 1938. Mar. 3–4, 8 p.m.; Mar. 5, 2 p.m. $20. www. onstagewalton.org THEATER: Cheaper By The Dozen (Hart County Community Theatre) Based on a true story, this play tell the story of an inventor father with a family of 12. Mar. 3–4, 7:30–10 p.m. Mar. 5, 2:30–5 p.m. $10–15. www.facebook.com/hcctheatre
Monday 6 CLASSES: Gentle Hatha Yoga (Athens Community Council on Aging (ACCA)) McKenzie Raymond from Feel Free Yoga leads this class. All skill levels welcome. Every Monday, 1–2 p.m. $5 (CAL members), $10 (non-members). abarefoot@ accaging.org CLASSES: Community Meditation (Healing Arts Centre) Group meditation led by Uma Rose. Every Monday. 4–4:30 p.m. Donations encouraged. www.healingarts centre.net FILM: Underground Double Feature (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of the 1989 science- fiction film Shocking Dark followed by the 1984 conspiracy film CHUD. 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. FREE! www.flicker theatreandbar.com GAMES: Classic City Trivia at Dooley’s (Dooley’s Bar and Grill) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ClassicCity TriviaCo GAMES: Monday Trivia with Erin (Athentic Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host Erin. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday Story Time (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for movement, songs, crafts and learning fun. Ages 3–5 years. Registration suggested. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-441-9099, www.athens library.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: NBA Math Hoops (Bogart Library) This program includes board games, curricula and apps that help students gain math speed and fluency using the game of basketball. Grades 3–8. 5–6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart
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