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Each year our faculty present recitals as part of the Faculty Artist Series. This gives them a chance to share and celebrate their artistry with the UGA and Athens communities. As part of this series, our faculty provide our students with examples of the highest level of musicianship. All performances are in Ramsey Hall at 7:30 p.m.

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Gospel hip-hop group The Brothers N Christ released its music video “All In His Name,” featuring Athens hip-hop legend and MusicWalk-of-Famer Duddy Ken, on Friday, Aug. 11. Steeped in religious references in name and imagery, gospel plays a dominant role in the group’s sound and message.

See “Flagpole Premieres: The Brothers N Christ, “All In His Name” Video” at flagpole.com.

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LOCAL STUDENT: PRINCIPAL AT ARIZONA SCHOOL

Thursday, May 25, 2023, the Dysart Unified School District approved the recommendation for principal of Shadow Ridge High School (Surprise, AZ), Cedricia Hester. Cedricia Hester was assistant principal at Dysart High School this past year. She has fourteen years of experience as an assistant principal. Ms. Hester is a graduate of Cedar Shoals High School. After graduating from West Georgia College, she returned to Athens to work at Burney Harris Lyons Middle School for six years. While teaching at BHL under the leadership of Valdon Daniel, she served as head basketball coach for two years at BHL and four years head varsity basketball coach at Clarke Central High School.

We are truly proud of Cedricia Hester and her years of teaching, coaching and serving as an administrator in Georgia. She has been in Peoria, Arizona for the past fifteen years serving as instructional coach for one year and fourteen years as an assistant principal.

How and Where Should Athens Grow?

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND MORE NEWS

By Blake Aued and Lee Shearer news@flagpole.com

This fall Athens-Clarke County planners will be asking for public input on a new future land use map—a document that will guide the way Athens grows and develops for decades to come.

The last future land use plan, completed in 2001, “was used as a tool by this body and by community leaders to take some really bold steps,” senior planner Bruce Lonnee told county commissioners at an Aug. 10 work session. At that time, residents were most concerned about sprawl, protecting greenspace and reducing dependency on cars, he said. So the resulting document created a “green belt” of rural land instead of future subdivisions on the outskirts of the county, and funneled development inside the Loop by allowing more density in an area where the infrastructure could support it—especially downtown. The plan also encouraged mixed-use development, reduced parking requirements, and led to the creation of Athens’ first stream buffers, tree ordinance, complete streets ordinance, sidewalk-building requirements and architectural standards.

While progressive for its time, that plan is now more than 20 years old, and could be considered outdated in some ways. For example, much civic debate in Athens over the past few years has revolved around rising housing costs. So-called “missing middle” housing—like accessory dwellings (“granny flats” or “in-law suites”), duplexes and small apartment buildings—has been proposed as a way to alleviate that. Long a part of the pre-car urban fabric, those types of development are no longer allowed in single-family zones, though. But many cities are starting to loosen their zoning codes to boost density or even getting rid of single-family zoning altogether.

“We don’t know all the issues we’re going to hear from the community, but we’re pretty sure we’re going to hear these three,” Lonnee said: affordable housing, infrastructure and urban design. Some ideas that might be considered include the aforementioned missing middle housing, expanding affordable housing incentives, incentives to redeveloping aging apartment complexes, allowing more density in areas without sewer through the use of lift stations and shared septic tanks, extending the current 100-foot cap on building heights, eliminating parking mandates, limiting the size of commercial developments, more detailed architectural requirements and alternatives to historic districts.

Some, if not most, of those ideas are bound to be controversial. But with Athens growing at a steady 1% annually, it’s likely to add about 30,000 people over the next 20 years—maybe more, if UGA enrollment shoots past 50,000 as expected. If housing construction doesn’t keep up, housing will only get more expensive for everyone. But density is a tough sell politically because people rarely welcome it in their own neighborhoods.

“There’s no doubt we’re going to have to have a conversation about density,” Commissioner Melissa Link said. “We’re

a growing community, and we’ve got to put people somewhere. But we’ve seen the negative effect of that when it’s all concentrated in one area.”

Planners emphasized that nothing is being proposed until they go through the public input process, which will involve online surveys, town hall meetings, tabling at community events and walks through affected neighborhoods. No dates have been set. After that, planners will work to convert that public input into a lot-by-lot map, then into new policies and ordinances. The entire process will take about two years.

One challenge is that it’s difficult for people to translate colored blocks on a map into what development will look like on the ground. “This whole process is not intuitive to the average person,” ACC Manager Blaine Williams said.

Another challenge is attracting input from diverse groups of residents—the folks who pack meetings on development usually skew whiter and always skew older than the general population, and they’re usually mad about something specific. “How do we engage more than the people who come out at the last minute out of fear and protection?” Commissioner Carol Myers asked, mentioning renters and residents under 40.

That’s especially important because the land use plan is meant to last for 20 years, so younger people will be the ones who have to live with its effects. And it won’t just determine whether a duplex is built next door or a grocery store opens down the street—by dictating where growth happens, it will also influence things like school attendance zones and what types of jobs are available for graduates. The future is being decided now.

[Blake Aued]

Study: Few ACC Contractors Are Women- or Minority-Owned

A study of racial and gender disparities in Athens-Clarke County government contracts found no apparent barriers to minority- and women-owned business enterprises winning such contracts, but that ACC awarded few contracts to MWBEs nonetheless.

During fiscal 2017–21, just 1% of ACC spending was with MWBEs. “So there is some work to be done, but that’s OK. That’s why you do these types of studies, to find out where you are,” Vernetta Mitchell, director of disparity services for MTG Consulting Group, told ACC commissioners at an Aug. 8 work session. ACC paid Atlanta-based MTG $400,000 for the disparity study.

The study compared the number of MWBEs in a 31-county area encompassing Athens and metro Atlanta—where most ACC contractors are located—with the number of MWBEs that won bids. In the construction field, for example, 28% of construction businesses in that geographical

area have Black, Hispanic or white female owners, but they made up just 2.1% of construction contractors hired by ACC. MTG boiled down the numbers to a “disparity scale” from 0–100, with 100 being no disparity and anything under 80 being a significant disparity. ACC scored a 5.4, including 0.77 for Black-owned businesses. But MTG Vice President Andres Bernal urged commissioners not to focus on how low the figures were. “Once we get to the threshold of 80, that is evidence” for disparities, he said.

The main reason ACC commissioned the study is that court precedents require evidence of racial and gender disparities before governments can implement preferential treatment policies. Some policies MTG recommended include forming a business inclusion office to conduct outreach and provide technical assistance, unbundling contracts so that smaller firms can bid on them, and setting goals for percentages of contracts handed out to MWBEs.

As for why the disparities exist, in survey responses some MWBEs pointed to a “good ol’ boy” network and predatory business practices, and said they were rarely solicited for bids unless there was a specific goal for MWBE involvement. Some MWBEs may also lack the proper insurance or bonding, or may not understand the requirements in a request for proposals, Green said.

In addition, with state agencies like the Georgia Department of Transportation currently flush with federal cash, ACC is competing with much larger projects to hire MWBEs, Finance Director David Boyd said. “You’re going to choose the big boys,” he said. “It’s $20 million or $1 million from us.” [BA]

Kemp Will Try Tort Reform

Gov. Brian Kemp will make tort reform a top priority for next year’s legislative session, he told business leaders at a Georgia Chamber of Commerce function in Athens on Tuesday.

While Kemp and other officials didn’t offer much in the way of specifics about future legislation, they said so-called “runaway” jury verdicts were driving up the cost of insurance for businesses, particularly doctors and trucking companies. The American Tort Reform Foundation, a nonprofit bankrolled by major corporations, named Georgia the country’s top “judicial hellhole” last year.

“The laws on our books make it too easy to bring frivolous lawsuits against Georgia business owners, which drive up the price of insurance and stop new, good-paying jobs from ever coming to communities that need them the most,” Kemp told about 1,000 attendees at the chamber’s Congressional Luncheon at The Classic Center.

Just after Republicans took full control of state government in 2005, they passed tort reform legislation that capped punitive damages, but the state Supreme Court declared those caps unconstitutional in 2010.

The main problem, according to Insurance Commissioner John King, is that Georgia is one of only four states where plaintiffs can sue the insurance company first, which drives up costs and reduces competition.

“It’s crushing small companies,” he said.

Chris Clark, the Georgia Chamber’s executive director, said the new legislation won’t necessarily include caps on damages. “You want people to get a fair shake,” he said, adding that any changes will likely be “incremental.”

Sen. Jon Ossoff—whom Kemp is widely rumored to be challenging in 2026—also spoke at the luncheon. Asked about tort reform during a press conference prior to Kemp’s speech, Ossoff said he supports “striking the right balance” between the right to seek redress in the court system and the costs borne by businesses as a result of litigation.

Despite sparring in the past over the role of the federal bipartisan infrastructure law in drawing electric vehicle and battery plants like Rivian, Hyundai and SK to Georgia, both Kemp and Ossoff struck a bipartisan tone at the chamber event. “Economic development is a team sport,

“ Economic development is a team sport, and there is plenty of credit to go around.

During the month of August, the Athens-Clarke County Library will host a weekly program on Thursdays at 6 p.m. dedicated to exploring the link between food and culture. We’ll be featuring published cookbook authors, local chefs doing live demonstrations, and a historical reenactment of famous French TV chef, Julia Child. This project is supported by Georgia Humanities, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, through funding from the Georgia General Assembly.

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This project is supported by Georgia Humanities, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, through funding from the Georgia General Assembly.

and there is plenty of credit to go around,” Ossoff said. He ticked off several examples of his work on behalf of Georgians, like convincing India to lower tariffs on Georgia pecans.

“From my perspective, the level of political polarization and division and hatred in this country is one of, if not the most significant threats to our shared national future,” Ossoff said. “We have got to stop seeing the world as a winner-take-all scorched-earth battle for political control. We are all on Team USA.” [BA]

Growth on UGA’s West Campus

Big changes are in the works for western parts of the UGA campus: three new buildings with a combined budget of just over $170 million. Much of the cost—$93 million—will be privately financed, with rental terms and partners to be set later.

The state Board of Regents, the governor-appointed board that oversees public higher education in the state, gave the initial go-ahead for one of the three projects at an Aug. 8 meeting and approved hiring

will put up $25 million in housing surplus funds for the dorm project and $16.7 in auxiliary surplus and reserve funds for the dining hall/wellness building.

Construction is already underway on another parking deck addition on a western edge of campus, an expansion of the Hull Street deck near the university’s new business school complex at the intersection of Baxter and Lumpkin streets. And UGA opened another new freshman dorm on the western campus, 525-bed Black-DialloMiller Hall, last fall.

UGA’s fall semester enrollment has grown by about 8% in the past five years, from 37,608 students in 2017 to 40,607 in 2022. Last year UGA began bumping up the size of its freshman class, from about 5,500 in 2019 to 6,250 last fall. Like many other large state flagship public universities with big-time football programs, UGA has steadily increased enrollment over the past decade, while smaller regional universities such as Valdosta State and the University of West Georgia have seen steep enrollment declines, reflecting nationwide trends.

UGA currently has an on-campus housing capacity of about 9,100 beds with nearly full occupancy, plus 1,705 more in fraternity and sorority houses.

Student Movements

COLLEGE ACTIVISTS ARE NEEDED ONCE AGAIN

By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com

Millions of students are returning to America’s schools, colleges and universities as summer fades into autumn. History is a subject that should be taught to students in this nation’s educational institutions, but so much of the real history of America is ignored, marginalized or forgotten today, and students are shortchanged in the classroom.

There was a time when students themselves were a formidable political force in the United States. College students by the thousands marched on the streets and campuses of an America that was reeling from economic uncertainty, racial injustice and threats of world war. A president who had raised hopes for change told students “not to seek utopia overnight.” College administrators reported student protest leaders to the FBI and local police.

The time was the 1930s—the Depression era of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs that sought to rescue this nation from its economic doldrums. Student-led protests became widespread across America in the 1960s, during the movements for civil rights and against the Vietnam War, but students in the 1930s started the first mass movement on the campuses of elite universities that had been strongholds of young white Republicans during the hard-partying 1920s.

maxing with his role as a defendant in the Chicago 7 show trial of antiwar activists in 1969.

In 1962, a seminal document called the Port Huron Statement was released. It was the founding manifesto of Students for a Democratic Society, and was a long but influential document mostly written by Tom Hayden, a young activist who would later become a co-defendant with Dellinger in the Chicago 7 trial. The Port Huron Statement called racial injustice and the possibility of nuclear war the two main dangers to America. It decried the “apathy” of students on American campuses who “are in withdrawal from public life, from any collective effort at directing their own affairs.”

design firms for two others the board had greenlighted in May. A new 565-bed dormitory for first-year students, an 1,100space parking deck and a building housing an 800-seat dining hall, classrooms and a satellite University Health Center clinic will be going up in the next couple of years, all built atop what is now surface parking.

The upcoming UGA construction projects should alleviate, at least temporarily, chronic campus parking and housing shortages as the university grows its student body. They include a $74 million dorm for freshmen near Morris Hall, across Lumpkin Street from North Campus, and a $61 million “West Campus Dining, Learning and Wellness Center” sited on a parking lot at Cloverhurst and Finley streets, near Legion Pool. The third project, approved last week, is a $36 million, 1,100-space addition to the West Campus Parking Deck behind UGA’s Baxter Street dorms.

UGA proposes to pay for the deck addition entirely with surplus auxiliary services funds, but most of the financing for the dorm and dining hall/wellness center will be private money—$49 million invested in the $74 million cost of the dormitory, and $44 million for the $60.7 million dining/ wellness center, according to documents submitted to the Board of Regents. UGA

A separate Regents vote ended, as of Sept. 1, a policy requiring presidents of University System of Georgia research institutions to live in school-owned housing. The USG’s four research institutions are Georgia Tech, Augusta University, Georgia State University and the University of Georgia. The vote came just a week after UGA announced its high-maintenance antebellum presidential mansion on Prince Avenue would be going on the market.

The Regents housing vote closes the book on presidential housing requirements that stretch far back into the past, to a time when faculty as well as administrators had to live on campus. More recently, presidents of other public colleges were also required to live in university housing, as was the chancellor, now former Gov. Sonny Perdue. But the requirement for other university presidents was revoked decades ago, and Regents eliminated the requirement that the chancellor live in university housing in 2006.

UGA President Jere Morehead’s initial employment contract actually specified that he would reside in the UGA president’s mansion. Athens-Clarke County property records show that Morehead owns a house in Athens’ Bobbin Mill neighborhood. [Lee Shearer] f

In his book When the Old Left was Young: Student Radicals and America’s First Mass Student Movement, 1929–1941, writer Robert Cohen said that dissident students of the time were concerned with both foreign and domestic issues, linking the hard times of the Depression with racial segregation at home and the rise of fascism abroad. The 1930s student movement, wrote Cohen, “encouraged students to identify with the working class rather than the upper class, to value racial and ethnic diversity instead of exclusivity, and to work for progressive social change.” Activists from the storied 1960s and today’s student progressives all owe a debt to the prescient and pioneering struggles waged by their protesting predecessors in the 1930s.

Though such early campus protests across America are mostly forgotten today, they influenced the later activists of the still-remembered and still-celebrated 1960s. In his autobiography From Yale to Jail, longtime activist Dave Dellinger described being a privileged student at Yale University in the 1930s while, outside the gates of the elite campus, victims of the Depression begged and sometimes died. He recalled with revulsion a fistfight with a football fan when the University of Georgia defeated the Yale football team, writing that the brawl in the early 1930s changed his heart and led him to a life of peace activism cli-

Though much of its male-centered language is now dated, the Port Huron statement’s call for “participatory democracy” and a student movement in step with the labor and civil rights struggles still has resonance today. The statement mentioned nascent movements of the time, such as the sit-ins and Freedom Rides of 1960 and 1961, and it was a template for later student activism in the antiwar and women’s liberation movements as the 1960s ended. The U.S. environmental movement that entered the national consciousness during Earth Day observances in 1970 is absent from the Port Huron Statement, but author Rachel Carson took up the cause in her book Silent Spring, published in 1962 just weeks after the Port Huron Statement was written.

As today’s students return to campuses in an America ravaged by fear and political division, activism is needed now just as it was in 1962, when the Port Huron Statement said, “If we appear to seek the unattainable… then let it be known that we do so to avoid the unimaginable.” f

A mural by St. Augustine, FL artist Steven Teller commemorating Georgia music legends (from left) Gladys Knight, Outkast, Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers, James Brown and the B-52s is among three pieces of public art proposed for the Classic Center arena, which will house exhibits from the Georgia Music Hall of Fame collection.

Know Your Rights

RENTERS DO HAVE RECOURSE IN DISPUTES WITH LANDLORDS

By Chris Dowd news@flagpole.com

More people in Athens—particularly college students—rent than own their own homes. Sometimes that can subject tenants to an unequal relationship with their landlords. Landlords seem to have all the power. Or do they?

While Georgia isn’t the most tenantfriendly state by any stretch, renters do have rights here. Landlords can’t just do anything they want, even if it seems like it sometimes. They have responsibilities under the law, the first and most basic of which is to provide you with a copy of your lease or rental agreement.

While no one at Flagpole is a lawyer, we consulted several lawyers and legal websites in compiling this article, as well as AthensClarke County Code Enforcement and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. That said, anyone who has a dispute with their landlord should contact an organization like Georgia Legal Services or an attorney.

are usually stacked in their favor. It doesn’t have to be like that. According to the law, you have the right to negotiate anything that’s in your lease. Read it. Ask questions. If you don’t like a certain provision, you have the right to discuss it with your landlord and to try to get it changed.

Landlords are used to getting their way, so in most cases they will not agree to negotiate with you. You should have a back-up plan before even trying it. But no landlord can tell you that you don’t have the right to help draft the lease agreement. You do, even if this right isn’t worth much in practice.

Maintaining the Property

Your landlord is the one who owns the rental unit, so he or she is generally the one who is responsible for maintaining it. Unfortunately, landlords can sometimes get around this responsibility. For example,

first leased it. So, if your landlord doesn’t promise to fix something immediately, they might not ever be legally required to do so. Make sure to get the landlord’s promise to fix the unit in writing so they can’t deny it later.

The takeaway here is that if your heat suddenly goes out in the winter or if one day your roof starts leaking, the repair is definitely your landlord’s responsibility. If they don’t fix it, keep paying rent and get in touch with a lawyer. You can also file a complaint with ACC Code Enforcement to make your landlord take responsibility by contacting them at 706-613-3790 or codeenforcement@accgov.com.

Discrimination Is Illegal

Everyone deserves access to housing, and no one should be denied a place to live because of discrimination. That’s not just a platitude—it’s the law. The federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibits discrimination based on race, sex, religion, familial status or disability. Georgia passed a very similar anti-discrimination law in 1988.

This means that landlords must be inclusive when offering rental properties to different kinds of people. They can’t deny you housing because you’re Black, for example, and they can’t charge you higher rent because you have children. They must also provide reasonable accommodations for you if you’re disabled.

The Right to Due Process

No matter how long you’ve gone without paying rent, your landlord can’t evict you without going through the court system. They can’t just change the locks one day. Some landlords will try and convince you an eviction is coming in the hopes that you’ll move out on your own. While you might want to avoid an eviction to keep it off your permanent record, your landlord can’t evict you without going through the legal system. Eviction proceedings only begin when you’ve heard it from the sheriff’s department. At that point, you’d have seven days to pay the rent you owe. If you pay it, you cannot be evicted.

If you can’t pay, make sure to answer the court summons either verbally or in writing, giving your best reason why you shouldn’t be evicted. And of course, make sure to be there for your day in court. The landlord might be willing to negotiate with you, regardless of what they’ve said previously. In a worst case scenario where the court decides to go through with the eviction, you’ll probably have around two weeks from the date of your hearing to pack your things and move out before you’d be forced out. After being evicted, the lease is terminated, and you won’t owe any further rent.

Security Deposits

Disclaimer: The writer is not a lawyer. This article is intended as a summary of tenants’ rights in Georgia, but it is not legal advice. If you have trouble with your landlord, you should get in touch with a lawyer (such as those at Georgia Legal Services) and not rely on anything written here. Georgia Legal Services, ACC Code Enforcement and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs provided the legal information for this article.

Right to Negotiate

Your lease is a legal document that lays out the terms of your agreement with your landlord. It’s the reason why you’re allowed to stay on your landlord’s property at all. It also binds the landlord into certain commitments, such as not raising rent for a period of time. But landlords are typically the ones who write these agreements, so the terms

rental housing does not necessarily need to be fit for human habitation in Georgia, according to law. The state legislature considered making it a requirement this year with HB 404, but that bill failed to pass the Georgia Senate.

The good news is that your housing must be built to code. For example, ACC Code Enforcement requires that housing have working toilets, sinks, electrical outlets, doors and windows, roofs that don’t leak, smoke detectors, heating and hot water. Unfortunately, air conditioning is not required at all, and though most apartment complexes offer pest control, infestations of pests inside your unit are generally your responsibility, not your landlord’s.

If possible, before you sign the lease you should inspect your home and make a note of anything that’s broken or not up to code. Inform your landlord about it immediately. Generally, landlords only need to maintain a property in the condition it was when you

The Fair Housing Act was a huge step forward for 1968, but it does leave some people out. That’s why Athens passed an even tougher law on the local level in 2021 that protects residents from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status or veteran/military status. Landlords in Athens can’t deny you housing because you’re young or because you’re gay, for example. They have to treat you exactly as they would treat a straight, older man.

If you feel your right to fair treatment has been violated, you can file a complaint with the ACC Attorney’s office. The ordinance even provides some protection for you as you come forward; if you are retaliated against, that would be considered a second violation.

You should also consider filing a state or federal-level complaint if you feel you’ve been discriminated against, but make sure to talk to a lawyer first.

Security deposits are an important form of insurance for landlords in case a renter breaks something and refuses to pay for it. But it’s your money. You absolutely have the right to get your security deposit back in most cases.

During your move-in inspection (do this before paying your security deposit), you and your landlord will agree on everything that’s broken in the unit. Your landlord can’t charge you for any of this damage when you move out. Your landlord is also responsible to fix things that break due to normal wear and tear over the course of your lease, so they can’t charge you for that either. Your landlord is only legally allowed to keep your security deposit for reasonable compensation in the case of damage that you or a guest caused to the property on purpose or by accident, or for unpaid rent, fees, utilities expenses or something similar.

When it’s time to move out, make sure to include all damages on your move-out form, but if you have any doubts, don’t sign the form. It may be tempting to take whatever part of the security deposit your landlord is willing to give you, but if you do that, you might lose the right to the remainder of your deposit. If you think you might be owed more, talk to a lawyer before signing anything.

Finally, make sure to provide your landlord with a valid address so they can send you the amount of the security deposit you’re owed. This is your money. You should get it back. f

The following resources provide more information about tenants’ and landlords’ rights and responsibilities.

Cheap Eats

LOCAL BUDGET-FRIENDLY OPTIONS AROUND $10

By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com

Welcome, students and newbies—a lot of you are on the lookout for cheap eats. They’re getting harder to find these days, as restaurants get squeezed between what folks want to pay and the costs of food, labor, take-out packaging and more. Nonetheless, there are still some options in town that are not fast food, not chains and can feed you well for $10 or less, not including tax and tip, which you certainly should add on generously. Can you eat for less by buying a huge case of ramen noodles? You assuredly can, but the below options are generally tastier and more fun.

The Old Standards

Some places in Athens have low prices because they’re old school. They’ve always had low prices, and they’ve raised them slowly. The ADD Drug counter, in Five Points next to Earth Fare, is one of these, open for breakfast and lunch from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturdays. Don’t expect to pull up at 12:15 p.m. and easily grab a seat. Get there early or be patient. The fare is simple, and the portion sizes are yesteryear-ish, but the food is made right in front of you, the fries are classic, and the prices are quite low. It’s hard to find things on the menu priced over $5. Hodgson’s Pharmacy, just around the corner, serves up Edy’s ice cream at $1 a scoop, a price only slightly higher than it used to be. Billy Meadows Station, out in Colbert, has a similar vibe, but with a few more taxidermied animals. You can expect to pay $2.30 for a grilled cheese and $3.50 for a chili cheese slaw dog, the most expensive thing on the menu. Served on a toasted bun, the hot dogs are just about perfect, and your meal can come in at a low price even considering the gas money to get out there. Mama Sid’s has been open since 1983 on the Eastside, with an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet that’s priced at $7 for students; that’s less than Cici’s. And, of course, there’s still Taco Stand, by now one of Athens’ oldest restaurants, with the original Milledge Avenue location offering up unique vibes, plus the mega burrito at $7.50 and several combos priced at under $10.

Country Cooking

It’s hard to get meat and three sides, plus bread, for less than $10 these days, but there are some places that come close. Food for the Soul, on Broad Street, charges $14 for its all-you-can-eat option (including drink and dessert), but folks with big appetites find it well worth it. If you’re really trying to stick to the $10 budget, you can get a veggie plate with four sides plus bread for $8.64 and add on a drink

for a mere 50 cents. You don’t even need a pork chop to fill yourself up. Boulevard’s one-time Bread Basket convenience store, renamed the Biscuit Basket after new owners repainted it and replaced the sign a year or so ago, is best known for its morning options, but it also does lunch from 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m., and you can assemble your meal from various meats and sides to come in at a fairly low price if you’re careful. Skip dessert and you can get a three-veggie plate for $8.19, plus a 99-cent biscuit, or a fried chicken leg and thigh for $5.49. Dawg Gone Good BBQ, in downtown Athens on Hancock Avenue, also serves up good portions for a good price, with two-side/one-meat plates (sausage, barbecue, chicken) starting at $7.14. At Weaver D’s, down at the river on E. Broad St., you can get a meat and two vegetables (or a vegetable plate) with a cornbread muffin and a drink for under $10.

Sandwiches

Little Italy, in downtown Athens on Lumpkin Street, is the gold standard for a sandwich that can feed at least two people or cover two meals. The subs now cost between

the combinations of thinly sliced meats and cheeses plus veggies and accouterments like fig jam layered onto Independent Baking Co. baguettes and served with a side of cornichons are delicious and run about $8. Add a scoop of Swedish fish for dessert for another dollar. Pulaski Heights BBQ, on Pulaski Street, has one of the best sandwiches in town in the Redneck Reuben ($8.50), a combo of housemade bacon, pimento cheese, ranch and collards on Texas toast that is seriously dense. The veggie version costs a dollar less and will also make you want to take a nap. Farm Burger, on Prince Avenue, isn’t known for being the least expensive but offers a $10 combo with a featured beer and a build-your-own burger.

Mexican

There are loads of affordable and good Mexican restaurants in Athens, depending on what you want to eat. Taquerias will generally provide your best value if you’re trying to stay under $10, especially if there’s a condiment bar to load up your tacos with extras. Taqueria Juaritos, on Jefferson Road, has tacos for as low as $2.29 each, filled with good amounts of flavorful meat, and has perhaps the best condiments in town, with two different kinds of pickled onions and lots of excellent salsas. Tienda los Amigos, on Rowe Road, in a grocery just off Chase Street by the Pilgrim’s Pride plant, is close behind, with most of its offerings available for $2.50 (cabeza, al pastor, barbacoa, cuero, buche, carnitas), made with meat cut at the counter right next door. Tacos los Plebes, out Danielsville Road in a former Huddle House, charges closer to $3 for its equally tasty tacos, but they may weigh more. Tlaloc, on Chase Street near the bypass and across the street from Tienda los Amigos, is more of a sit-down place, meaning its offerings are a little pricier but balanced by the free chips and salsa. Order some pupusas (Salvadoran griddled corn cakes filled with beans, cheese, meat and/or greens) to get the best value. Tamez, a Texas barbecue place on Broad Street near Hancock Avenue, tends to be priced a bit higher, but its basic breakfast burritos will run you $4 each and are a great price-to-quality ratio.

Something Different

$9.75 and $11.75 each, but they are enormous, meaning they get cut a little slack here. Marti’s at Midday also has large portion sizes fitting for two meals, including a large selection of sandwiches priced at $9.99. Ideal Bagel, which was just about reopened at presstime after a closure to fix the floor in the neighboring Luna bakery, does not have gigantic sandwiches, but it does have the 1959 on its menu—a combination of scrambled eggs and ketchup embraced by sourdough that runs $3 a pop and is kind of a wonder in this day and age, even if you generally don’t put ketchup on your eggs. Em’s Kitchen, inside Hawthorne Drug, does some fine inexpensive hot dogs and a bunch of classic sandwiches like egg salad, chicken salad and tuna salad that start at $4.49 (add chips and a drink for $2.69 extra). Buvez, in Boulevard by the train tracks, doesn’t make a lot of sandwiches, and they run out quickly, but

Looking to get outside of pimento cheese sandwiches, pizza and hot dogs? Athens Wok, downtown on Clayton Street near The Classic Center, has a nice Thai lunch menu with entrees under $10 that include rice and either soup or a spring/egg roll. Mother Pho, on Broad Street downtown, makes a nice, substantial banh mi for $7.99–8.99. Mediterranean Grill, in Five Points, does a “business lunch” special on weekdays that is priced at $10, including a drink, and features its combination feast (several kinds of meat, rice, salad, pita, hot sauce), vegetarian plate (falafel, hummus, baba ghanouj, rice, salad, pita, hot sauce) or chicken plate. Rashe’s Cuisine, on Vine Street, has Jamaican lunch specials that will run you $7–9 for an entree plus a big helping of rice and peas.

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Where to Find Art on Campus

FALL

FOR EVERYONE

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com

You don’t have to be a student to enjoy the wide variety of artwork on display at several galleries located across the University of Georgia campus. Whether you’re totally new to town, returning after a summer break or just haven’t ventured into bulldog territory in a while, there’s plenty to see. Check out the following on-campus galleries for current and upcoming exhibitions.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART: The officiate art museum of the state of Georgia happens to be located right on East Campus in the Performing and Visual Arts Complex. Celebrating its 75th anniversary this fall, the museum’s permanent collection has grown to include nearly 17,000 objects spanning paintings, works on paper, decorative arts and more from around the world. Temporary exhibitions change throughout the year, so there’s always something new to check out. Currently, “Where Shadows Cross: Photography by Jim Fiscus” offers a window into the cinematic portraits of an Athens artist, while “Sky Hopinka: Lore” presents an experimental video work by a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

“Southern/Modern” provides a survey of artwork created in the American South during the first half of the 20th century, while “Decade of Tradition: Highlights from the Larry D. And Brenda A. Thompson Collection” specifically celebrates African American artists. Other exhibitions on view include “In Dialogue: Power Couple: Pierre and Louise Daura in Paris” and “Power and Piety in 17th-Century Spanish Art.” Visit georgiamuseum.org for details and a calendar of events.

DODD GALLERIES: The Lamar Dodd School of Art’s Dodd Galleries hosted a back-toschool event on Aug. 11 to welcome six new faculty members, an incoming cohort

of 18 graduate students and four new exhibitions. New York-based painter Stacie Maya Johnson’s “Twelve Paintings” are abstracted works inspired by basic shapes and colors of “kids design,” craft projects with her daughter, and readily-traceable items from around her studio. Referencing pop culture, language and technology, “Hard Fork” is an exhibition by Athensbased artist and Dodd lecturer CC Calloway that includes a multi-channel video installation, photographs and prints made over the span of a decade. Led by associate professor Martijn van Wagtendonk, “Counterpoint – Part I: The Tambour” is a collaboratively made kinetic sculpture—bring a quarter to set it in motion!—that intends to include additional phases over the next several semesters. Coordinated by 2023 Visiting Artist Craig Dongoski, “MYSTERIUM” was a 36-hour durational art-making and music event involving dozens of artists and performers. Artists participated by making marks in a specific color on a large collective paper while the space was flooded in light of the same color. Current exhibitions will remain on view through Sept. 1. “Ansley West Rivers: Holding Time,” an exhibition of landscape photography, is scheduled to run Sept. 14–Nov. 3. For more information, visit art. uga.edu.

ATHENAEUM: Located at the edge of downtown on West Broad Street, the Athenaeum opened in fall of 2021 as a new

contemporary space for exhibitions, workshops and lectures. Perfect for cheering in the new football season, New York-based artist Paul Pfeiffer’s video installation “Red Green Blue” was made in collaboration with the UGA Redcoat Marching Band during the artist’s tenure as Dodd Chair between 2016–2018. Interested in the culture and spectacle of Sanford Stadium, the exhibition investigates the stadium’s role as both a broadcast studio and site of mass ritual. With football players only ever appearing briefly throughout the film, the focus is kept on the Redcoats as they create the musical soundtrack and influence the emotional responses of spectators. Through audio and video editing, the film heightens

presents rotating displays of photographs, artifacts, publications and other historical memorabilia. Closing Aug. 26, “It Goes to The People: 75 Years of Free Inspiration at the Georgia Museum of Art” traces the museum’s history and growth throughout the decades. Hosting an opening reception on Aug. 31 from 5:30–7 p.m., “House Party: Digging Into House Show History in Athens!” takes a look at how private homes have facilitated live performances and fostered community in the local music scene over the past 80 years. Additional exhibitions currently on display include “HBO at 50: The Rise of Prestige Television” and “Exploring St. Catherines Island,” and “Paving the Road to Progress: Georgia Interstate Highways” is scheduled to open in September. Visit libs.uga. edu/scl/exhibits for more information.

the theatrical dimension of sporting events and untangles the nuanced complexity of the stadium experience. An opening reception will be held Aug. 31 from 6–8 p.m., and a tour led by director Katie Geha is scheduled for Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. “Red Green Blue” will remain on view until Nov. 18. Head to athenaeum.uga.edu for hours and additional details.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: On the second floor of the Special Collections Libraries Building are three main galleries—the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Gallery, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Gallery, and Richard B. Russell Library Gallery—each of which

CIRCLE GALLERY: Located in the Jackson Street Building on UGA’s North Campus, the Circle Gallery reflects the College of Environment and Design’s interdisciplinary character through exhibitions incorporating concepts relating to landscape architecture, environmental design and historic preservation. The photography exhibition “With Rapture and Astonishment: Reimagining the Bartram Trail” opened earlier this month in conjunction with the 2023 Bartram Trail Conference, which marked the 250th anniversary of when naturalist William Bartram embarked on a four-year journey to explore the Southeast. Just as Bartram recorded native flora and fauna through writings and drawings, the exhibition’s artists creatively documented their own observations as they traveled in his footsteps. Remaining on view through Sept. 12, “With Rapture and Astonishment” features a dozen artists including Anna G. Norton, Beate Sass, Brent Martin and Eric William Carroll. Visit facebook.com/ugaced to keep up with the gallery. f

“Counterpoint – Part I: The Tambour” at the Dodd Galleries

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If you’re new to town (and even if you’re a townie) you might not know the easiest spots to find veggies, fruits and flowers grown in the Athens area. As a farmer, I’ve sold at a few of these markets and do have some biases. Taking that into account, here’s a rundown of where to find fresh, local produce:

Athens Farmers Market (Saturdays 8 a.m.–12 p.m. at Bishop Park; Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. at Creature Comforts)

The Saturday version at Bishop Park (705 Sunset Drive) is the biggest farmers market in the Athens area. Expect to see dozens of vendors, hear live music, pet dogs, smile at babies, munch on prepared food and peruse flowers, produce, art and more. Biking is your best option. Though there’s plenty of parking, there’s a lot of cars, too, and football Saturdays usually make any traffic worse. Athens Transit is free, and the No. 7

sports a collection of newer farmers and smaller businesses. Vendors usually have time for a conversation, and generally are eager to answer questions. Again, I’d suggest biking—though there are hills that might make you wish you’d ridden the available bus. It’s a great place for supporting the diverse Athens community of people who are building their businesses from the ground up. I regularly ordered from Mannaweenta (Eritrean and Ethiopian food) when the owner ran a food cart at the West Broad Farmers Market years ago. Now, I eat the same delicious food in a brick-and-mortar restaurant as the business has grown. I watched the dollars I spent at a smaller market help a local business succeed. Feels pretty good!

Athentic (108 Park Ave., off Prince Avenue) has designated parking spaces behind the brewery. Biking, the bus and walking are also options. Again, if you’re under 21, this is not the time to try out your big sibling’s ID. Local breweries are strict when it comes to underage drinking because of the penalties they can face.

Marigold Market (Saturdays 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at Pittard Park)

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MUSIC | WED, AUG. 16 Annie Leeth Album Release Show

Ciné • 8 p.m. (doors)

Originally from Richmond, VA, Annie Leeth has made a name for herself within Athens’ prominent music scene. Leeth attended the University of Georgia and, upon graduation, pursued a career as a violinist and sound engineer. She moved to Atlanta to work at Maze Studios with producer Ben H. Allen (Animal Collective, Deerhunter) as both his assistant engineer and studio manager. Since then, she has moved back to Athens to work as an engineer and session violinist at Chase Park Transduction. She also tours as Faye Webster’s violinist and keyboardist. She has released five albums so far, and continues to pursue her passion in composition and music production. The album release show for charge will also include sets by Cicada Rhythm and Karezza.

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EVENTS | THURS, AUG. 17

Bon Appetit Meets

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ACC Library • 6 p.m. • FREE!

graduating from the University of Georgia, as well as many personal life stories. The album gives off the energy and sound of an alternative and grunge-style garage band. In addition to Recess Party, A.D. Blanco and Bea Porges will perform. [AH]

THEATER | AUG. 19–20

The Little Mermaid

Oconee Youth Theater • 7:30 p.m. (Sunday matinee 3 p.m.) • $15–20

This theatrical performance is based on the classic story and animated Disney film The Little Mermaid, with a large cast composed of youth from multiple area schools

bus runs past Bishop Park. Dogs are allowed in the park, but must remain outside the main market area. Expect long lines for the most popular vendors. If you don’t get up early, prepare to miss out on favorites. It’s a great place for an early date with a friend or romantic entanglement, but not a good idea for a quick in-and-out grocery run.

The smaller Wednesday market downtown (271 W. Hancock Ave.) is within walking or biking distance from campus. If you are under the age of 21, you can enter and shop at the farmers market stalls, but you’ll be unable to drink. This market contains a smaller number of more experienced farmers, and boasts a wide variety of produce. Well-behaved, leashed dogs are allowed in the outside market, but not inside the brewery.

West Broad Farmers Market (Saturdays 11 a.m.–2 p.m. at 300 S. Rocksprings St.; Tuesdays 5–8 p.m. at Athentic Brewing Co.)

Organized by nonprofit the Athens Land Trust, the West Broad Farmers Market

Though in Winterville, Marigold Market is quicker for some Eastside residents than Bishop Park, particularly on game days. It’s a car-only destination, unless you’re more than a casual cyclist. Smaller, newer farmers and businesses are the general rule of thumb here. This park is my favorite market location. It’s shaded, has plenty of places to sit, and dogs are allowed throughout the market. Marigold is the best place for Saturday produce shopping alongside your four-legged friend. It’s also the furthest from the university.

Daily Groceries Co-op (8 a.m.–9 p.m. at 1190 Prince Ave.)

Daily is a cooperative business owned by community members and employees—though open to everyone—selling local produce, prepared foods, flowers and other grocery store items in a flying saucer-shaped former drugstore it recently moved into. Farmers who sell at all the markets are side-by-side here, complete with big, easy-to-see “local” signs. They stock shelves with produce from both newer, small farmers and well-established, bigger producers. The downside? It likely will cost a little extra than directly buying from the farmer. A great option if you need to pick up some tempeh or quinoa along with your veggies. f

For the month of August, the ACC Library has been hosting a weekly program described as “exploring the link between food and human connection.” This week’s event features Dexter Weaver, owner of Weaver D’s Delicious Fine Foods. He will share Southern cooking tips and lead a demonstration on how to cook his famous squash casserole that was featured in Southern Living. Earlier this month, the series featured a community cookbook panel and Kelly Codling, owner of Kelly’s Authentic Jamaican Food. On Aug. 24, food writer, cooking instructor and television personality Rebecca Lang will discuss how to turn your end-ofsummer harvest into two delicious appetizers. Then on Aug. 31 there will be a “Living History Portrayal” of Julia Child by Leslie Goddard.

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MUSIC | FRI, AUG. 18

Recess Party

Album Release Show

40 Watt Club • 7 p.m. (doors) • $8 (adv.), $10

You may have already heard the name Recess Party around town. The funky alternative rock band of four is making waves in the Athens community as it plays across various venues all over town. The band itself is made up of Sam Smith on bass, Meghan Stewart on drums, Christian Pullen on lead guitar and Riley Stillwagon, who takes on the role of lead singer and guitarist. Since its start, the band has formed true friendships as well as an energetic sound. The band’s very first studio album, Paid in Full, is about the band’s transition to the real world after

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including Athens and Oconee. Oconee Youth Playhouse is a nonprofit youth theater organization that provides performing arts experience for young people. Helping to direct this production is a former OYP actor, Jordan Richey, who played the part of Ariel as a high school student in the 2013 production. She is joining director Terra Hannon, who co-founded OYP in 1998 and will celebrate the landmark of directing 65 shows with this production. The remaining showings will take place on Aug. 19 at 7:30 p.m. and on Aug. 20 with two showings at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit oconeeyouth playhouse.com. [SL] f

A shopper picks out radishes at the Athens Farmers Market.

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It’s Fine, I’m Fine, Everything’s Fine PLUS,

MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP

By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

WE ALL SHINE ON: Drew Beskin & The Sunshine will release its newest EP Aug. 24 via Super Canoe, but the first single, “Revenge Body,” is streaming everywhere as we speak. The five-song record is named Garrett, and while it still retains a decent amount of the group’s generally pronounced Brit-pop influences, this one also leans hard into the Amer-indie scene. There’s nothing here that one could casually refer to as a “banger,” but there’s plenty to sit quietly with and absorb. Beskin’s vocals, in particular, have a new maturity and huskiness that lends a sense of gravitas to these tracks. Beskin is joined on this release by Tommy Trautwein and Elijah and Gideon Johnston. Also, while I’ll generally defer to a band’s authority when it comes to choosing which songs to release as singles, I’ll tell you that the fourth song, “Never Even Listening,” is the true sleeper here. It has an urgency the other songs don’t and lots of chunky guitar riffage. The band will celebrate this release with a free show on the Georgia Theatre rooftop Saturday, Sept. 2 with opening acts Spencer Thomas and Hunter Morris & Blue Blood. Doors are at 7 p.m. with music starting at 8 p.m.

IT’S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME: The pop-punk crew in Way Past Cool just celebrated the release of the group’s debut EP It’s Fine, I’m Fine, Everything’s Fine. The six-song record was recorded at Full Moon Studios with engineer-producer Jay Rogers and mixed in Atlanta by Peter Catalano (59X Records).

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element in the whole group is singer Emilee Campbell, who really delivers on each song here and never retreats into rote performance or clichéd vocal tomfoolery. I wish I could tell you exactly which songs stood out on this, but the copy that was delivered to me only had initials for each song. You can sleuth this out yourself on Spotify. For more information, follow them via facebook.com/waypastcoolband.

TURN UP THE RADIO: Do y’all remember this band named Novanauts that first started making noise around Athens circa 2010 or so? Neither do I, but to be fair, I’ve forgotten more bands than most folks ever even get the chance to hear. Anyway, they’re based out of Atlanta now, and I know I said a few weeks ago that I was going to ease up on covering Atlanta stuff—and I still am!—but its new single “Out In The Open (The Day When We Stood Still)” is worth a listen. It’s got a totally huge modern rock sound similar to Imagine Dragons, Thirty Seconds To Mars and very select portions of My Chemical Romance. Anyway, that’s literally all the news there is about this, so find it on all streaming services now, and for more information, please see facebook. com/NOVANAUTS.

EARPHONE WEATHER: A fresh set of ambient-glitch pieces from sweetearthflying named fervency just came out earlier this month. As previous listeners might have anticipated, this is a nicely meditative set of music that spans seven tracks. And like the famous maxim concerning this type of music goes, and one I’ve mentioned before, it doesn’t require close listening but rewards it. Perhaps most satisfying are the title track and the sprightly “the first mirror.” Find this at sweetearthflying. bandcamp.com.

Brothers Garrett and Xander Chiaramonte have cultivated something valuable in the fertile grounds of the Athens music scene. Originally from Alexandria, VA, a suburb of Washington, D.C., the Chriaramonte brothers came to the University of Georgia and fell in love with not only the college, but the town.

“Athens is the most accessible, inviting music scene,” Garrett said.

Garrett, a music business and business management student, and Xander, an entertainment and media studies student, took a 42-day road trip across the United States in the summer of 2021. It was on this road trip that the idea for a music management company emerged.

“It was nice, we were just sitting in the car for nine hours a day, driving through Monument Valley or wherever. We just had so many hours to ideate about how we wanted to do things that when we got back, we both had a very clear vision about how to approach it.”

By combining Xander’s skills in videography and content production with Garrett’s knowledge of entertainment management, booking and event planning, the brothers formed Clear Mountain Entertainment. For almost two years, Clear Mountain Entertainment has been providing services for artists in the Athens area, from professional promotion to music videos, as well as organizing live events in some of the town’s biggest venues.

Tapley has achieved great acclaim locally since moving to town, in part because of the efforts of CME’s management team. His unique sound—gritty Americana polished with 2000s era coffeehouse pop—combined with his skillful band makes him a powerful act in the local scene.

CME works with bands representing a variety of genres. Recess Party—which just released its new album, Paid in Full—is a four-piece indie rock band drawing influence from groups as diverse as Tool, Jimi Hendrix and Paramore. The Josh Bennett

The whole thing is really slick and shiny, and the production is heads-and-tails above anything you’d expect from an independent release from a local punk group. It adheres very strongly to everything you already know about pop punk—chunky 4/4 rhythms, barre chord-based guitar patterns, etc.—so much so that it’s meaningless to mention any groups that may sound similar, because the list would be too long and obvious. That said, there are some really good instances of guitar solos here and, of course, plenty of catchy if not totally memorable melodies. Honestly, the strongest

LIVE DELIBERATELY: A new massive set of instrumental tunes from Space Brother was released Aug. 1. It’s getting to the point where if Space Brother didn’t deliver a huge set of music, did he really deliver anything at all? This new group of tunes is named Walden Pond Part III. It contains a whopping 20 tracks and, like a lot of Space Brother’s work over the recent past, it fully embraces a kind of retro-mystical futurism seemingly wholly composed in a dream state. Nearly all traces, save the occasional break beat or steady rhythm, of Space Brother’s hip-hop past are now covered over by the sands of time. As an object for listening, this is kind of a task unless you put it on casually and just let it play. Concentrating on it misses the point. Let it reveal itself, and if there’s something there, it’ll show. If not, it won’t. So, find out for yourself at spacebrother. bandcamp.com. f

CME’s upcoming event, Classic City Jam, is a showcase festival at Paloma Park featuring a large roster of CME’s bands. The Aug. 26 event will run all day, from 12 p.m. to 7:35 p.m., and feature the talents of Red Mile Road, Echolocations, Cam and His Dam Jam Band, Recess Party, A.D. Blanco, Wim Tapley & the Cannons and Heffner.

Local band Red Mile Road is managed by CME and writes songs with a fusion of ’90s Seattle grunge and ’70s Southern rock. It sounds like it wouldn’t work, but it does, and quite well. Red Mile Road was the first band to be managed by CME, but it would not be the last. Soon after, Garrett met local musician Wim Tapley after his first-ever show at the 40 Watt Club. A recent D.C. transplant, Tapley and the Chiaramonte brothers immediately bonded.

“I feel like I met the right people at the right times,” Garrett said. “Wim was kind of ready to move onto the next stage of his career. He had withdrawn from college. We just kind of hit it off from the beginning.”

CME personally managed Tapley, securing him gigs in town and beyond, as well as helping to create live concert footage and the music video for his song “Gut Punch.”

Band combines bluegrass, rock and funk to create a foot-stomping driven by keys, Bennett’s fingerpicked banjo, and occasionally saxophone. CME has also worked with up-and-coming acts like Ancient Infant, Everyday Dogs, Jacob Mallow, The Angelics, Convince the Kid and others.

CME is still in its early stages, and the brothers say that once they finish school, they intend to pursue their business full time. “We work anywhere from six to 12 hours a day,” Garrett said.

Between promotion, video and photo shoots, booking their ever-growing roster of bands, promotion and school, it almost seems like an unbearable load. But if anyone is up to the challenge, it’s the brothers. They’ve set their sights high to become one of the dominant artist service companies in the Athens area. “The goal is events more frequently and bigger as we go, especially once we graduate.” f

WHO: Classic City Jam

WHEN: Aug . 26, 11:30 a .m . (doors), 12–7:35 p m (music)

WHERE: Paloma Park

HOW MUCH: $12 (adv ), $15

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Tuesday 15

Ciné 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com

KARAOKE WITH THE KING Show off your pipes to the world. Every Tuesday.

Flicker Theatre & Bar

9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

SHOTWELL Bay area punk band formed in 1994 by Jim Broustis (Strawman).

NIHILIST CHEERLEADER Raw

Riot Grrrl-inspired punk sound that’s a pitch-perfect blend of snotty and sunny, earnest and sardonic.

COMMÜNE Local political/feminist punk band living in revolt.

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 Josh Allen, Seth Hendershot and various guests.

Wednesday 16

Athentic Brewing Co.

7–9:30 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.

Ciné

8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). www. athenscine.com

ANNIE LEETH Local producer and violinist loops drums, synths and strings. Album release show for charge!

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

KAREZZA Atlanta/Athens based artist and EDM producer Scottie Stephens.

Creature Comforts Brewery

Athens Farmers Market. 5–8 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net

MARY & THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS

Hot jazz and swing band offering music from the 1910s, ’20s and ’30s. (6 p.m.)

Flicker Theatre & Bar

9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreand bar.com

DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring pop, rock, indie and more. Porterhouse Grill

6–8:30 p.m. www.porterhousegrill athens.com

JAZZ NIGHT Longest running jazz gig in Athens captained by drummer Mason Davis performing American songbook, bossa nova classics and crossover hits.

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworld

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JOSHUA HEDLEY Guitarist and fiddler putting a new spin on old school country and western.

TYLER KEY Multi-instrumentalist of T. Hardy Morris, The Howdies and others plays his own set of folk rock.

Thursday 17

Ciné 7 p.m. Donations accepted. www. athenscine.com

SONGWRITER SERIES Savannah artist and former Athenian Brandon

Nelson McCoy and series host A.M. Rodriguez tell stories and swap songs.

The Foundry 6 p.m. www.graduatehotels.com

THE ATHENS MUSIC JAM Watch or join an open jam covering country, blues and rock and roll.

Georgia Theatre

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $25. www.georgiatheatre.com

BRENT COBB Grammy-nominated country singer-songwriter from Georgia.

BRIT TAYLOR Singer-songwriter who blends classic country sounds with the bluegrass from her home state of Kentucky.

Hendershot’s

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JAZZ JAM Seth Hendershot and the house band Unstarched host an open jazz jam. Bring an instrument or your voice.

Nowhere Bar

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SOLID COUNTRY GOLD Diablo boys playing country jams. Southern Brewing Co.

6–10 p.m. www.sobrewco.com

KARAOKE NIGHT Every Thursday evening.

Friday 18

40 Watt Club

7 p.m. (doors). $8 (adv.), $10. www.40watt.com

RECESS PARTY Up-and-coming local Athens alternative rock band with an energetic and upbeat sound. Album release party for Paid in Full!

BEA PORGES Alternative singersongwriter who blends indie-pop, acoustic melodies and soft jazz.

A.D. BLANCO Indie-alternative garage rock band from Athens.

Athentic Brewing Co.

7–10 p.m. $5. www.athenticbrewing. com

GARDEN VARIETY Funk and soul classics from the ’70s, plus originals inspired by Stevie Wonder, Vulfpeck and Steely Dan.

Ciné

9 p.m. (doors), 10 p.m. (show). $10. www.athenscine.com

MOLLY’S LIPS Nirvana tribute band featuring members of The Agenda!, Donkey Punch and Shehehe.

TOTALLY SLOW Greensboro, NC band finding the middle ground between snotty SoCal punk and DC post-hardcore.

NIGHT! NIGHT! Punk band from Chapel Hill, NC.

NOISE MOUNTAIN Inspired by Midwestern alternative rock, this Athens band incorporates both ’80s and ’90s punk rock into its sound.

Flicker Theatre & Bar

8 p.m. (doors). $12. www.flicker theatreandbar.com.

MODEL CITIZEN Alabama-based rock and roll band that includes two current members of the Drive-By Truckers.

GENTLEMAN JESSE & HIS MEN

Jesse Smith (Carbonas) leads a combo reveling in the bright, energetic power pop sounds of the early new wave era.

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

THE SPORRS Garage rock band with an energetic alt-rock sound and a drop of punk.

The Foundry

6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (show). $10 (adv.), $15. bit.ly/DireWolfAug18

DIRE WOLF Grateful Dead tribute band.

Georgia Theatre

8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $25. www.georgiatheatre.com

MAGIC CITY HIPPIES Miamibased indie-funk band.

Georgia Theatre

Rooftop

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com

VIRGINIA MAN Poetic lyrics bellowing over the sounds of middle Appalachia.

Hendershot’s

8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com

RAE AND THE RAGDOLLS Atlanta rock and rollers blending folky psychedelia and room rattling rock.

Marigold Auditorium for Arts and Culture

Aug. 18, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19, 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $15. www.athens choralsociety.com

ATHENS CHORAL SOCIETY

Unlock the world of imagination and discover inner hopes, dreams and wishes coming to life on stage during the program “Pure Imagination.”

Nowhere Bar

9 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens

DAVID BARBE AND THE QUICK HOOKS Local all-star rock band led by scene fixture David Barbe (Mercyland, Sugar).

Ramsey Hall

5:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

UGA CHORAL PROJECT “Vida” is a concert celebrating life and living with music from composers like Stephen Paulus and Ysaÿe Barnwell.

VFW Post 2872

8 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ vfwpost2872

CHRIS HAMPTON BAND Athensbased band performing a variety of country, western and rock dance music. Line dancing is held during band breaks.

Saturday 19

40 Watt Club

7 p.m. (doors). $33. www.40watt.com

THE MENZINGERS Punk rock band from Scanton, PA.

PRINCE DADDY & THE HYENA

Albany, NY-based indie rock band with punk and slacker influences.

MERCY UNION Alternative rock band from New Jersey with a hard yet upbeat edge.

Athentic Brewing Co.

6 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com

WADE NEWBURY Easy listening tunes and classics on guitar.

Bishop Park

Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmers market.net

PAUL LOMBARD Local blues singer and guitarist. (8 a.m.)

ACOUSTIC JAM Bring an instrument and join in. (10 a.m.)

Boutier Winery & Inn

8 p.m. $10. www.boutierwinery.com

PRINCESS & ROYAL BLUES

Motown, soul, blues and smooth R&B.

Buvez

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). www. facebook.com/buvezathens

BOG BOD Raucous indie rock from Athens.

HONEYPUPPY Four-piece indie rock band self-described as a “menace to society.”

RUBBER UDDER Self-described weirdo experimental acid punk/ noise-grunge thing from Athens.

Marigold Auditorium for Arts and Culture

Aug. 18, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19, 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $15. www.athens choralsociety.com

ATHENS CHORAL SOCIETY

Unlock the world of imagination and discover inner hopes, dreams and wishes coming to life on stage during the program “Pure Imagination.”

Rialto Club

5:30 p.m. (doors). 6:30 p.m. & 7:45 p.m. (two sets). $15 (adv.), $20. bit.ly/SegarAug20

SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR WXAG radio

DJ Dwain Segar curates a night of smooth jazz. Celebrating the 13th anniversary of the Segar Jazz Show!

DWAN BOSMAN Saxophonist with over 25 years of experience.

Monday 21

Georgia Theatre

Rooftop

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com

JOELTON MAYFIELD Hard-hitting alt-country from Nashville that blends Wilco-esque musicality with the dynamics and melodic edge of second wave emo.

CLOVER COUNTY Local singersongwriter whose wandering, country-tinged sound is inspired by soft indie-pop.

Tuesday 22

Ciné 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com

KARAOKE WITH THE KING Show off your pipes to the world. Every Tuesday.

Georgia Theatre

Rooftop

Flicker Theatre & Bar

Shadebeast Presents. 9 p.m. (doors). $12. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

SACRED BULL Athens post-metal known for its heavy and dark combination of meditative melodies and deliberate cacophony.

PALACES Four-piece suit of organized chaos metal band based in Atlanta.

LEAFBLOWER Atlanta sludge metal band with an edge for doom.

Georgia Theatre

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $17 (adv.), $20. www.georgiatheatre. com

HOTEL FICTION Indie pop led by former Athenians Jessica Thompson and Jade Long.

TRASH PANDA Atlanta act pulling influences as wide as neopsychedelia, soul, indie and pop.

HALLPASS New Athens group that put its first EP out earlier this month.

Georgia Theatre

Rooftop

7 p.m. (show). FREE! www.georgia theatre.com

ELECTRIC SONS Electronic pop duo from Atlanta.

11 p.m. (show). FREE! www.georgia theatre.com

OKAY KENEDI Atlanta songwriter who describes herself as “a face for the late bloomers, the last-picks and anyone a little late to growing up.”

Hendershot’s Hendershot’s 13th Anniversary. 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com

SMITH & CALVERT Michael Smith and Leah Calvert lead a five-piece electric band performing bluegrass, Americana and Southern rock.

THE GRANFALLOONS Georgians playing sunny Americana with twangy guitars, the occasional accordion and lots of pop melodies.

Nowhere Bar

8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $10. www.facebook.com/NowhereBar

Athens ROSIE AND THE RATDOGS

Sludgy, hardcore, heavy-psych band based in Athens.

MURDER THE MOOD Local riffladen alternative rock trio. RAPID CHANNEL Local alternative thrash-metal, punk rock and grunge trio.

No. 3 Railroad Street

7 p.m. www.3railroad.org

THE BONES OF ST. MICHAEL

New band of veteran musicians sharing members with the Hobohemians, Humdingers and others. Southern Brewing Co. SoBrewCo8. 12–10 p.m. (event), 7–9 p.m. (music). www.sobrewco.com

DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta faves.

Urban Greenhouse

12–9 p.m. FREE! www.instagram. com/urbangreenhouse706

THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT

Celebrating one year of Urban Greenhouse, catch performances by Hollowbody, Kxng Blanco, Moone, DK, 1Dad0Kids, T.W.I.N., Uniqe, 96Vizion, Trexx the Tyrant, Hakimi, Tytylerty, Jay Kasame, djbobfish, Theonlyejose, Clark County, TBH, SavingxSalem, Mike Wesson and Woebren.

Sunday 20

Creature Comforts Brewery

3–5 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer. com

LIVE JAZZ Every Sunday afternoon. Oak House Distillery 3–6 p.m. FREE! www.oakhouse distillery.com

DIXIELAND FIVE Five-piece Dixieland jazz band.

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $12 (adv.), $15. www.georgiatheatre. com

THE ANGELICS Athens band blending influences of alternative, hard rock, funk soul and indie.

FIVE GALLON FLOW Indie alternative rock band.

GIRL DAD New group of UGA students.

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 Josh Allen, Seth Hendershot and various guests.

Wednesday 23

Creature Comforts Brewery

Athens Farmers Market. 5–8 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net

CHRIS PADGETT Local guitar virtuoso and songwriter. (6 p.m.)

Flicker Theatre & Bar

9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreand bar.com

DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring pop, rock, indie and more.

Georgia Theatre Rooftop

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com

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

Hendershot’s

8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com

NEW FACES NIGHT Hear musicians try out new material, or come share your own.

Porterhouse Grill

6–8:30 p.m. www.porterhousegrill athens.com

JAZZ NIGHT Longest running jazz gig in Athens performing American songbook, bossa nova classics and crossover hits. f

The Menzingers will perform at the 40 Watt Club on Saturday, Aug. 19.

bulletin board

Driscoll.” Mondays, Sept. 11–Oct. 2, 12:30–3 p.m. $160–210.

Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board is every THURSDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

ArtCALL FOR ARTISTS (Lyndon House Arts Center) The upcoming exhibition “Rescue: Waste and Redemption” seeks artists who transform industrial byproducts into artworks or craft objects. Artists whose practice involves the use of environmentally conscious processes or materials are encouraged to apply. Fill out online form. Deadline Sept. 20. Exhibition runs Apr. 6–June 1, 2024. www.accgov.com/exhibits

CALL FOR ARTISTS (Winterville Cultural Center) Submit up to three images by email that interpret the theme “anticipation” for a chance to win an award of $200. Deadline Sept. 11. Reception held Sept. 28. Exhibition runs through Nov. 20. $15 entry fee. wacartshows@ gmail.com

CALL FOR ENTRIES (ATHICA) Artists are invited to submit up to three contemporary works in any media exploring or referencing “surface,” this year’s theme for the 2023 juried exhibition. Fill out the online form. Deadline Aug. 31, 11:59 p.m. Exhibition runs Oct. 14–Nov. 19. www.athica.org

CALL FOR EXHIBITION PROPOS-

ALS (Lyndon House Arts Center)

Artists, artist groups and curators can submit proposals for original exhibition ideas. Artists can also submit images of their work for consideration in larger group or

themed shows organized by the center. Proposals will be reviewed Sept. 20, 11:59 p.m. www.accgov. com/6657/Exhibition-Proposal-Form

CALL FOR PHOTOS (Athens, GA)

Seeking water and nature-themed photos taken in Athens-Clarke County for the 2024 Stormwater Calendar. www.accgov.com/1764/

Stormwater-Management-Program

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

MUSEUM MADNESS (Georgia Museum of Art) As part of the museum’s 75th anniversary celebration, an art competition pits 64 works from its collection against one another to see which will emerge as the people’s favorite. Vote in person. Winner announced Nov. 5. www.georgiamuseum.org

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

art around town

ACC LIBRARY’S BOUGE GALLERY (2025 Baxter St.) Sandy Creek Nature Center presents “50 Years: Inspired by Nature” with artwork by David Hale, Margret Agner, Will Eskridge, Susie Criswell and 26 other artists. Through Aug. 20.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: ATHICA (675 Pulaski St.) Artist-in-ATHICA Mickey Oscar Boyd will develop an installation entitled “The Vernacular of Placeless Architecture; or Stairs and Portals to the Same Place.” Open studio hours held Aug. 18, Aug. 25 and Sept. 8, 10 a.m.–12 a.m. and Sept. 1, 8 a.m.–10 p.m. Artist Talk Aug. 17, 6 p.m. Reception Sept. 21, 6–8 p.m. Finished exhibition on view Sept. 15–Oct. 12.

ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Exhibit A” features paintings by Teresa Abel, an Athens-based artist who works with oils and cold wax to create abstracted views of the natural world. Through Aug. 25.

CIRCLE GALLERY AT UGA COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT & DESIGN

(Jackson Street Building) “With Rapture & Astonishment: Reimagining the Bartram trail” presents photographs by a dozen artists who documented their observations while following in Bartram’s footsteps. Through Sept. 12.

CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) Classic Gallery 1 shares “Flourish,” an exhibition of artists inspired by the botanical world including Dallis Foshee, Mary Mason Sams, Marisa Mustard and Zahria Cook. Classic Gallery 2 shares “Works by Bess Carter,” a series of brightly painted interior spaces.

DODD GALLERIES (270 River Rd.) New York-based artist Stacie Maya Johnson presents “Twelve Paintings.” Through Sept. 1. • “Hard Fork” is a solo exhibition consisting of a mult-channel video installation, photographs and prints by Athens artist CC Calloway. Through Sept. 1. • “Counterpoint—Part I: The Tambour” is a collaborative kinetic sculpture of a drum led by Martijn van Wagtendonk. Through Sept. 1. • Curated by Visiting Artist Craig Dongoski, “MYSTERIUM” was a collaborative project in which participants created a collective drawing over a 36-hour period.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Denise Gorrio of Turtle Grenade. Through August.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) In “Sky Hopinka: Lore,” the artist layers imagery, sound and text to center personal perceptions of Native homelands. Through Sept. 24. • “Where Shadows Cross: Photography by Jim Fiscus. Through Oct. 8. • “Southern/Modern” explores themes of

SEEKING DESIGN SUBMISSIONS

(Athens, GA) The Athens-Clarke County Unified Government Elections Department is seeking artistic designs for an “I Voted Early” sticker to be distributed to voters during early voting for elections in 2024. Designs due Aug. 27. www. accgov.com/votingsticker

Classes

ACTING CLASSES (work.shop)

Flying Squid Comedy’s six-week class introduces techniques and tools that are fundamental to an actor’s craft. Each week consists of group exercises, solo/scene work and time spent learning terminology for theater and film. Thursdays, Aug. 31–Oct. 5. $160. Flying Squid Comedy also hosts improv performances Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Buvez and Fridays at 8 p.m. at work.shop. www.flyingsquid comedy.com

ART CLASSES (K.A. Artist Shop)

A variety of classes are taught in acrylic painting, watercolor painting, brush pen calligraphy, digital editing, photographing artwork, analog black-and-white photography, aqua oil painting, pet portraits and more. Visit the website for dates and to register. www.kaartist shop.com

ART CLASSES (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) “From the Heart and Soul: Collage with Eileen

“Beginning & Intermediate Pastels with Ann Dodys.” Tuesdays, Sept. 12–Oct. 17, 1–4 p.m. $160–210.

“Intuitive Painting with Eileen Driscoll.” Wednesdays, Sept. 13–Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m. $160–210. www.ocaf.com/courses

BLACKSMITHING CLASSES

(Greenhow Handmade Ironworks, Washington) A variety of classes include “Forge a Tomahawk” (Aug. 19 or Oct. 21), “Forge a Firepoker” (Aug. 26 or Sept. 23), “Basic Tong Making” (Sept. 2), “Basic Blacksmithing” (Sept. 9 or Oct. 7), “The Art of Chain Making” (Sept. 16) and “Forge a Bottle Opener” (Oct. 28). Classes run 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www. greenhowhandmade.com/black smith-classes

COLLAGE FROM THE HEART & SOUL (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Use a variety of colors, textures, images, photos and mediums to express yourself. Participants will learn the fundamentals of composition, line, color and more. Mondays, Sept. 11–Oct. 2, 12:30–3 p.m. $160 (members), $210 (non-members). www.ocaf. com/courses

COMMUNITY DANCE IMPROV (work.shop) No experience necessary. Vaccines and boosters required. Sundays, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Donations accepted. lisa yaconelli@gmail.com

DEDICATED MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly Zoom meditations are offered every Saturday at 8:30–9:30 a.m. Email for details. richardshoe@gmail.com

INNOVATION BOOTCAMP (UGA Delta Innovation Hub) Entrepre-

social issues, urbanization, religion, the environment and artists’ colonies through the artwork of Southern artists working between 1913–1955. Through Dec. 10. • “In Dialogue: Power Couple: Pierre and Louise Daura in Paris” features paintings by Louise, engravings by Pierre and several objects that appear in their images. Through Feb. 11. • “Decade of Tradition: Highlights from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection.” Through July 3, 2024.

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.) Nirvinyl Album Art presents “Summer Set ’23.” Through August. Corwin Welk transforms beat up skateboards into mixed media wall-bound works of art. Through August.

JUST PHO… AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Local watercolorist Mary Ellen Vogel presents “Home and Abroad,” scenes from the Bahamas, Italy, Europe, Thailand, Japan and the U.S. executed in her realistic, impressionistic style. Through Oct. 14.

LAST RESORT GRILL (174-184 W Clayton St.) Joseph Leone’s oil paintings reflect introspection, spontaneity and a deep love of nature. Through August.

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. • “Story as Jewel: Metalworks by Charles Pinckney” shares jewelry and small sculptures made from metal, stones, bone and wood. Through Sept. 1. • “Paradigm Shift” by Margaret Morrison is a suite of seven large oil paintings exploring Caravaggio’s dramatic staging and lighting. Artist talk Aug. 24, 6 p.m. Through Sept. 1. • “Indigo Prayers: Works by Charmaine Minniefield” are large painted works contemplating ancestral memories of resistance in response to both contemporary and historic acts of erasure. Through Sept.

1. • “Legendary Georgia Musicians in Watercolor” by Jackie Dorsey honors the legacies of musicians such as Big Boi, Emily Saliers, Mike Mills and Vanessa Briscoe Hay. Through Sept. 1. • “Mythical Reality: Paintings by Lois Thomas-Ewings” depicts dancers and Black mythology. Through Sept.

1. • “Georgia Theaters: A Ballad Surrounding the Proscenium” features photographs by Brandon Narsing of empty theaters during the pandemic. Through Sept. 1. • Collections from our Community presents Nena Gilreath’s collection of toe shoes. Collector’s Talk Aug. 17, 6 p.m. Through Oct. 7. • “Love.Craft Athens” is a two-part exhibition of artworks created

neurs in hospitality can learn the fundamentals of building successful startup teams, funding sources, effective branding and marketing strategies, and more. Sept. 18–Oct. 30. research.uga.edu

INTUITIVE PAINTING (Oconee

Cultural Arts Foundation) Explore your inner creative voice through painting. Wednesdays, Sept. 13–Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m. $160 (members), $210 (non-members). www.ocaf.com/courses

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.healingarts centre.net

PETANQUE CLUB OF ATHE NS (Athens, GA) Weekly games are held every Wednesday. Email to participate. RSVP to attend a free Monday intro class, 10–11:30 a.m. athenspetanqueclub@gmail.com, www.athenspetanqueclub.wixsite. com/play

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

QPR SUICIDE PREVENTION

TRAINING (Nuçi’s Space) Nuçi’s hosts free monthly QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) suicide prevention sessions for anyone interested, not just mental health professionals. Nuçi’s also offers free training for businesses and organizations. Next

by the crew of Love.Craft Athens, a nonprofit organization that serves adults with developmental disabilities. Ceramics are on view through Oct. 7. •

“The Fables” by Kristin Roberts consists of illustrations inspired by Aesop’s Fables. Through Oct. 7. • “Sanctuary: Works by Mary Engel and Cheryl Washburn” combines works by two artists who share a passion for animals. Through Oct. 7.

MASON-SCHARFENSTEIN MUSEUM OF ART (567 Georgia St., Demorest)

“Bud Lee Picture Maker: Photographs from 1967 to 1972” spotlights the Florida-based photojournalist and artist through his work for national publications. Closing reception Aug. 24, 4–6:30 p.m.

STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead)

“Something to Declare/Algo para Declarar” represents nine Latin American countries through the works of Jorge Arcos, Yehimi Cambron, Marisa Cerban, Franklin Delgado, Pedro Fuertes, Catalina Gomez-Beuth, Dora Lopez, Morgan Lugo, Paula Reynaldi, Maria Sarmiento, Carlos Solis and Melvin Toledo. Through Jan. 6.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) Manda McKay presents “Raindrops and Reflections,” a collection of still life oil paintings of natural objects like feathers, bones and shells assembled in thought-provoking ways. Closing reception Aug. 17, 6–9 p.m.

UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “It Goes to the People: 75 Years of Free Inspiration at the Georgia Museum of Art” includes historical records, photographs and other memorabilia that traces the growth of the official state art museum. Through Aug. 26. • “The Fourth Grade Project” is a sample of photographs by Judy Gelles, who interviewed and photographed over 300 fourth-grade students all over the world.

Through August. • “House Party” explores Athens’ house show history through photos and artifacts from The Green House on Milledge across from Taco Stand, The Landfill, Spillage, The Lounge, Saint Mary’s Church, The Ultramod Compound and others. Through December. • “Exploring St. Catherines Island” lays out centuries of American history found in artifacts dating back to the 16th century, tracing the island’s history from the establishment of indigenous towns through Spanish and English colonialism. Lecture held Sept. 14. Family Day held Sept. 30. Through December. •

“HBO at 50: The Rise of Prestige Television” highlights some of the groundbreaking programming created by and aired on HBO with items selected from the Peabody Awards Archive. Through May 2024.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.)

“Encounters” features artwork in different media by Linda Gilbert and Hilda Kurtz.

“Southern/Modern” is currently on view at the Georgia Museum of Art through Dec. 10. Pictured above is “Bourbon Street, New Orleans” by Caroline Durieux

session held Aug. 24, 3:30 p.m. qpr@nuci.org, www.nuci.org/blog/ qpr-upcoming-dates

SALSA DANCE CLASSES (Starland Lounge & Lanes) Join SALSAthens for Cuban style salsa dance classes. No partner necessary. Beginners welcome. Every Wednesday, 7:30–8:30 p.m. $10. gwyneth. moody@abby-kacen

SUMMER SCENE WORKOUT (work. shop) In this series of classes, participants will work on building scenes based in reality, believable characters, listening and reacting. Tuesdays, 6–8 p.m. $30/week. www.flyingsquidcomedy.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. liveoakmartial arts@gmail.com, www.liveoak martialarts.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 programs. www.revolutiontherapyandyoga.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

Help Out

RIVERS ALIVE (Dudley Park) Wade into local rivers, lakes and streams as part of a statewide campaign to clean and preserve over 70,000 miles of Georgia’s rivers and streams. The annual cleanup event will happen Oct. 21. accgov.com/ riversalive

SEEKING MENTORS (Athens, GA)

The Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement’s End School to Prison Pipeline Program seeks community members to support and mentor students who are experiencing bullying, have been suspended/ expelled, or need to complete court-ordered service hours. www. aadmovement.org

Kidstuff

ART CLUBS (K.A. Artist Shop) Draw, paint, collage and create during weekly Art Card and Button Club meet-ups. Fridays, 6:30–8 p.m. Drawing Club, taught by local artist Holly Hutchinson, is held Wednesdays, Sept. 13–Nov. 15, 5–6:30 p.m. For ages 10–17. $25/drop-in, $200 (10-session pass). www. kaartist.com

ATHENS FOREST KINDERGARTEN (Sandy Creek Park) Now enrolling children ages 3-6 for fall. AFK is a cooperative preschool that aims to develop initiative, persistence, interdependence and empathy. www.athensforestkindergarten.org

GROUPS AT REBLOSSOM (ReBlossom) All Ages Play Group is for children (typically 1–5 years old) and their caregivers to play outdoors. Fridays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. New Parents, Infants and Crawlers Play Group is for babies ages 0-12 months and their caregivers to discuss parenthood. Tuesdays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Afternoon Play Group is for children (typically 1–4 years old) and their caregivers to meet each other and build relationships.

Wednesdays, 3–5 p.m. www. reblossomathens.com

MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL (Contact for Location) Mokah Jasmine Johnson leads an empowerment and self-confidence building workshop for Black and brown girls ages 13–16. Scholarships available. Saturdays, Sept. 23–Oct. 14, 12:30–2 p.m. $50. www.aadmovement.org

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

Support Groups

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

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

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

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

RECREATE JOY (Sunny Days Therapeutics) Nuçi’s Space hosts a recreational therapy support group. Improve coping skills and self esteem while reducing depression and anxiety through adaptive yoga, games and leisure education. Sixweek sessions. Wednesdays, 5–6 p.m. tinyurl.com/rnvuhesa

RECOVERY DHARMA (Athens

Addiction Recovery Center) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction. Visit the website for details. Thursdays, 7 p.m. FREE! www.athensrecoverydharma.org

SOCIAL ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP (Oconee County Library)

Created by and for socially anxious young adults. Meets every other Sunday. Contact for meeting information. Jake@avoidendsnow.org, www.avoidendsnow.org

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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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 and Normaltown Brewing. Tours run every Thursday and Friday from 3–9 p.m. www.athenstrolleytours.com/ beer-trolley-tour

FALL ACTIVITIES (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services will offer a variety of arts, environmental science, recreation, sports and holiday events this fall for all ages. Now registering. www.accgov.com/myrec

MARGO METAPHYSICAL EVENTS

(Margo Metaphysical) Monday Tarot Readings offered 1–5 p.m. ($6 per card). Tuesday Tarot with Davita offered 4–6 p.m. ($5 per card). Wednesday Night Sound Healing with Joey held 6–7:30 p.m. ($35). Thursday Tarot with Courtney is offered 12–5 p.m. ($10–45). Friday Henna Party with Aiyanna ($10–75). 706-372-1462

MEMORIAL PARK PUBLIC INPUT

SESSIONS (Online) The Leisure Services Department is seeking public comment on upcoming improvements to Memorial Park’s pedestrian and vehicle access, stormwater structures and pond area. Through Sept. 3. www.accgov. com/memorial

NATIONAL DIAPER NEED AWARENESS WEEK (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Diaper Bank encourages volunteers to host diaper drives, serve as drop-off locations, support fundraising initiatives and more. Awareness week runs Sept. 18–24. A reception will be held Sept. 24, 2–3 p.m. at 130 Conway Dr., Suite E. www.athensareadiaperbank.com

RABBIT HOLE EVENTS (Rabbit Hole Studios) Weekly events include Open Mic (Tuesdays, 7–11 p.m.), Acoustic Song Circle (Thursdays, 7–11 p.m.), Seventh Generation Native American Church services and community potlucks (Sundays, 11 a.m.), and Drumming and Song Circle (Sundays, 3–5 p.m.). Wednesday Yoga (5 p.m.) is followed by Meditation and Integration (6 p.m.). Events are free or donation based. www.rabbitholestudios.org/ calendar

VHS DIGITIZATION (Athens, GA)

Brad Staples (of the Athens GA Live Music crew) is seeking previously recorded concerts and events on VHS, VHSC or DVDs to digitize and archive on his YouTube channel, vhsordie (@vhsordie3030). Original recordings will be returned, and credits and dates will be included in the online video description. Digitization services are free. Contact for details and to coordinate shipping. bradley.staples88@gmail.com

WILD RUMPUS PERFORMERS (Athens, GA) Submit an application to perform at The Wild Rumpus Parade and Spectacle. Deadline Aug. 17. Event held Oct. 28. bit.ly/ WildRumpus2023Submissions WORK.SHOP (160 Winston Dr.) Open rehearsal and performance space for theater, comedy, dance, classes and events. $10/hour. lisayaconelli@gmail.com, www. workshopathens.com f

hey, bonita… A Deeper Athens Experience ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN

By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com

I’m not deluded about the reasons why young people flock to UGA for their university experience. My day job finds me walking past campus tours occasionally, and some of the things they say are sweetly naive—no one is going to choose UGA because of group study spaces or a supportive academic advisor. Most kids choose UGA because of the intense party culture on campus that has only been amplified by two big football wins in a row. Collegewise, this is a party town and a drinking town—townie-wise, too, at times—but we can’t hold a candle to a Saturday night after a Dawgs win.

I would like to take this week to tell you all about my favorite non-alcoholic activities, venues and events in Athens, in case you ever feel the need to put down the pint and experience your home for the next four years. Now don’t get me wrong, I love a tipple, but I think I love having my faculties intact even more. Maybe I’m just old. Or maybe my definition of fun has evolved. Either way, let’s get into it.

Athens is a town bursting with artistic expression, and if you’re curious about local music and illustrators, then you must stop into Wuxtry Records and let the amazing staff talk your ear off about their favorite local acts. It’s OK if you don’t have a record player—they have music in all formats available, plus posters and other cool memorabilia. Then swing around the corner and head up the stairs to Bizarro Wuxtry, our local comic shop that has way more than just comics. Toys and collectibles aside, you’ll find books and zines created by some amazing local artists, and you might even run into one of them while you’re there.

In Athens it’s easy to eat local. I’d like to give a shout out to the Athens Land Trust and its Young Urban Farmers program, which teaches high school students technical gardening and farming skills, including job training at the West Broad Farmers Market. You can buy produce farmed by these absolute winners at WBFM during its two market days each week, and if you miss the market, don’t fret! Daily Groceries Co-op has got you covered by providing local products and vegetables all week long from some of the very same vendors. They’re in a new building in Normaltown after years on the corner of Prince Avenue and Pope Street. It looks like a spaceship, and I kind of love it.

It used to be easy to be a broke person in Athens, but that’s changing with every football win. (No, of course I’m not bitter.) During leaner times I always avail myself of

the tons of trails and green spaces that our city has to offer, and they’re dotted around town in enough places that anyone should be able to hoof it to a park to watch the sunset. The botanical garden is a favorite, but it’s hard to get to—you basically need a car—and they shut down every fall/winter now for some ridiculous light show that costs money and severely impacts access to the trails. There’s still the Oconee River Greenway, Trail Creek and Dudley Park, the Firefly Trail, Bishop Park, Lay Park and other public spaces that are free to use. Some of these trails are paved, which is a godsend, I’m sure, for people who use mobility aids.

Another amazing free event is the Wild Rumpus Parade and Spectacle, our annual Halloween parade that anyone can join if they want. See you there!

definitely going to be shaking a tailfeather and bending my elbow this fall, but I know now that it’s not the only way you can have fun in a town like this one. When I think of my fondest memories after 12 years in Athens, very few of them include me shouldering my way through a crowded dance floor while trying not to spill a $10 gin and tonic in the flimsiest plastic cup imaginable. Some do, but most don’t. I mostly think about stopping by the Jittery Joe’s roaster back when it was on Barber Street after my morning run. I’d tuck two dollars into my running belt and apologize as I dripped sweat and handed them off to Charlie or Vernon, who never once shamed me for being gross in public. I’d drink my coffee and walk back home while the sun continued to rise, and then I’d take a nap because what kind of idiot goes running at sunrise on a Saturday? Me, I’m the idiot who loves walking our streets so much that I would drink a hot coffee after a summer run. Expand your view beyond downtown and take a bite at the true essence of this place. f

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Tuesday 15

ART: Artist Talk (Lyndon House Arts Center) Jackie Dorsey will discuss her exhibition “Legendary Georgia Musicians in Watercolor,” featuring painted works celebrating Georgia music. 6 p.m. FREE! www.accgov. com/exhibits

EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market and Garden (Athentic Brewing Co.) Vendors will be on site with fresh produce, local fare, rare plants, artisan goods and more. Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. FREE! www. athenticbrewing.com

EVENTS: Historic Athens Porchfest Announcement and Beer Release (Athentic Brewing Co.) Historic Athens will reveal its map and lineup for Porchfest 2023 and celebrate the collaborative release of the Sour Townie beer. RSVP encouraged. 5 p.m. FREE! bit.ly/ townierelease

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: Bad Dog Trivia (Amici Athens) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddogathens

GAMES: Classic City Trivia (Akademia Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/

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KIDSTUFF: Toddler Tuesday (UGA Special Collections Library) Enjoy enrichment activities like storytime, music and crafts. Ages 1–4. Registration required. 10 a.m.–11 a.m. FREE! jess.grant@uga.edu

KIDSTUFF: New Parents, Infants and Crawlers Play Group (reBlossom Mama & Baby Shop) Meet other parents and their babies to discuss how you’re feeling and what’s new. Ages 1 & under. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.reblossom athens.com

SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 10 a.m; Wednesdays at 6 p.m. www. athenspetanque.org

SPORTS: Watch Party: WNBA Championship (Athentic Brewing Co.) Join APQC Queer Sports League for a watch party to cheer on the WNBA Championship. 9 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com

Wednesday 16

ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) These drop-in public tours feature highlights of the permanent collection and are led by museum docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgia museum.org

COMEDY: Gorgeous George’s Improv League (Buvez) Homegrown 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

COMEDY: Hendershot’s Comedy (Hendershot’s) Enjoy a lineup featuring comics from Athens and Atlanta as well as newcomers. Hosted by Noell Appling. Every third Wednesday, 8 p.m. www.

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 a break-in at a secretive genetics institute, a retired, blind journalist teams up with an intrepid reporter to crack the case in Dario Argento’s The Cat O’ Nine Tails. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www. instagram.com/bloodeverywhere. athens

GAMES: Classic City Trivia (The Local 706) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/

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GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Amici at The Falls) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Wednesdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/ baddogathens

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! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

KIDSTUFF: Afternoon Play Group (reBlossom Mama & Baby Shop) Meet new friends and build current relationships with indoor and outdoor play for little ones. Ages 1–4. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www.reblossom athens.com

KIDSTUFF: LEGO & Builder’s Club (Bogart Library) Young engineers can drop in to use LEGOs and other building materials. All ages. 3:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart

MEETINGS: Athens Reparations Action (Athentic Brewing Co.)

Learn about Athens Reparations Action’s mission to promote recognition of the financial impact of urban renewal and other racist policies on members of the Black community in Athens. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com

SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 10 a.m; Wednesdays at 6 p.m. www. athenspetanque.org

Thursday 17

ART: Closing Reception (tiny ATH gallery) Manda McKay’s exhibition “Raindrops and Reflections” will be on display. 6–9 p.m. FREE! www. tinyathgallery.com

ART: Artist Talk (Lyndon House Arts Center) Lois Thomas-Ewings will speak about her exhibition “Mythical Reality,” and Nena Gilreath will speak about her pointe shoe collection in the Community Collections case. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/LyndonHouseArts

ART: Artist Talk (ATHICA) Artistin-ATHICA Mickey Oscar Boyd will discuss his installation “The Vernacular of Placeless Architecture; or, Stairs and Portals to the Same Place.” FREE! 6–8 p.m. www. athica.org

CLASSES: Yoga in the Galleries (Georgia Museum of Art) Enjoy a yoga class in the art galleries led by instructors from Five Points Yoga.

Open to all skill levels. Attend in person (first come, first served) or via Zoom. 6 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org

EVENTS: Diamond Hill Farm Stand (Athentic Brewing Co.) Vegetables and fresh flowers are available on hand and pre-ordered. Every Thursday, 4–6 p.m. www.diamondhill farmathens.com

EVENTS: Holy Fire Reiki Meditation & Ceremony Circle (Serenity Attunement) Recalibrate your body, mind, heart and soul in a group healing circle. Registration required. Third Thursdays, 6 p.m. $22. www. serenityattunement.com

GAMES: Thursday Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Test your trivia knowledge with host Jon Head. 7–9 p.m. www.johnnyspizza. com

GAMES: Rock ’n Roll Trivia (Athentic Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host The Music Man. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athentic brewing.com

LECTURES & LIT: Bon Appetit Meets Athens Flavor (ACC Library) Explore the link between food and human connection with this weekly series in August. This week Dexter Weaver, owner of Weaver D’s Delicious Fine Foods, will lead a cooking demonstration. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org

LECTURES & LIT: Author Talk

(Online: Avid Bookshop) Scott Creney and Brigette Adair Herron will discuss their book The Story of the B-52s: Neon Side of Town Register for link. 7 p.m. FREE! www. avidbookshop.com

MEETINGS: KnitLits Knitting Group (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are invited to have fun, share craft ideas and knit to their hearts’ content. Every Thursday, 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 10 a.m; Wednesdays at 6 p.m. www. athenspetanque.org

THEATER: Last Summer at Bluefish Cove (Town & Gown Players) Written in 1980, this play looks at the diversity of lesbian lives when a group of women on vacation encounter a woman fleeing her marriage. Aug. 17–19, 8 p.m. Aug. 20, 2 p.m. $12–20. www.townand gownplayers.org

Friday 18

ART: Open Studio (ATHICA) Artistin-ATHICA Mickey Oscar Boyd will hold open studio hours while working on a new installation. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org

CLASSES: Help I Yarned (Bogart Library) Learn new patterns and techniques for knitting and crochet. 1–2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart

COMEDY: Improv Deathmatch (Work.Shop) Two improv teams must out-wit, out-commit and out-stupid each other through challenges to survive and win the rubber chicken. 8–9:30 p.m. $10. www. flyingsquidcomedy.com

COMEDY: A$$$$CAT (Work.Shop) Members of Gorgeous George’s Improv League perform longform improvised scenes inspired by a

guest monologist. 9:30 p.m. $10. www.flyingsquidcomedy.com

EVENTS: Beer Release Party and Athens Authors Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Celebrate the release of the new beer Tsundoku, browse the local author market and Books for Keeps Bookmobile with a book drive kick-off. 3–8 p.m. FREE! www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com

KIDSTUFF: All Ages Playgroup (reBlossom Mama & Baby Shop) Join caregivers with their little ones (typically ages 1–5) in play clothes for indoor and outdoor activities. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.reblossom athens.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

AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent at the market. Every Saturday, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. www.athensfarmers market.net

EVENTS: Friends of the Garden

Flea Market (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Browse books, toys, antiques, collectibles, household goods, small kitchen items, jewelry, accessories, purses, tools and more in benefit of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. botgarden.uga.edu

EVENTS: Abnormal Bazaar (Indie South) This market features vendors selling soaps, jewelry, vintage, vinyl and more. Third Saturdays, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www.theindie south.com

EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (West Broad Farmers Market) The market offers fresh produce, locally raised meat and eggs,

20, 2 p.m. $12–20. www.townand gownplayers.org

Sunday 20

ART: Sunday Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) This drop-in public tour features highlights of the permanent collection and is led by museum docents. 3–4 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org

CLASSES: Athens YOGA Collective (Athentic Brewing Co.) Enjoy a yoga class on the patio. First and third Sundays, 12 p.m. FREE! www. athenticbrewing.com

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

THEATER: Last Summer at Bluefish Cove (Town & Gown Players) Written in 1980, this play looks at the diversity of lesbian lives when a group of women on vacation encounter a woman fleeing her marriage. Aug. 17–19, 8 p.m. Aug. 20, 2 p.m. $12–20. www.townand gownplayers.org

Saturday 19

ART: Open Studios Coffee Meet & Greet (Lyndon House Arts Center) Meet the Arts Center’s new Open Studio Monitor Noah Lagle, ask questions and meet artists in the community. 11 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! noah.lagle@accgov.com

CLASSES: Introduction to Sustainable Trails Workshop (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Learn all the basics of safe tool usage and trail construction in this hands-on session. Registration required. Ages 13 & up. 9 a.m. FREE! www.accgovga. myrec.com

CLASSES: Athens Lindy Night (The Studio Athens) Learn the original swing dance Lindy Hop. No experience or partner required. Beginner lesson, 7–8 p.m. Social dancing, 8–10 p.m. $5–10. www.instagram. com/athensswingcentral

EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Markets offer locally grown groceries and handmade goods. Attendees can enjoy free live music and children’s activities.

baked goods, flowers, artisan goods and more. Online ordering is available Sundays–Thursdays for drivethru pick up. Saturdays, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. www.wbfm.locallygrown.net

EVENTS: The Greenhouse Effect (Urban Greenhouse) Celebrate the one-year anniversary of Urban Greenhouse with a full day of live music, vendors, giveaways and food. 12–9 p.m. FREE! www.instagram.com/urbangreenhouse706

FILM: The Princess Bride (Dudley Park) Movies By Moonlight presents an outdoor movie showing of The Princess Bride. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706613-3800

KIDSTUFF: Family Day: Power Couple Pierre and Louise (Georgia Museum of Art) Explore the galleries and play Art Cart games, then make friendship inspired art. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org

THEATER: The Little Mermaid (Oconee Youth Playhouse) Based on the classic story and Disney film, the cast is drawn from schools around the area. Aug. 19–20, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 20, 3 p.m. $15–20. www.oconeeyouthplayhouse.com

THEATER: Last Summer at Bluefish Cove (Town & Gown Players) Written in 1980, this play looks at the diversity of lesbian lives when a group of women on vacation encounter a woman fleeing her marriage. Aug. 17–19, 8 p.m. Aug.

last three hours. Every Sunday, 1–5 p.m. FREE! www.rabbitholdstudios. org/markets

GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Southern Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Sundays, 4 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddog athens

SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 10 a.m; Wednesdays at 6 p.m. www. athenspetanque.org

THEATER: Last Summer at Bluefish Cove (Town & Gown Players) Written in 1980, this play looks at the diversity of lesbian lives when a group of women on vacation encounter a woman fleeing her marriage. Aug. 17–19, 8 p.m. Aug. 20, 2 p.m. $12–20. www.townand gownplayers.org

THEATER: The Little Mermaid (Oconee Youth Playhouse) Based on the classic story and Disney film, the cast is drawn from schools around the area. Aug. 19–20, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 20, 3 p.m. $15–20. www.oconeeyouthplayhouse.com

Monday 21

CLASSES: Gentle Hatha Yoga (Athens Community Council on Aging) McKenzie Raymond from Feel Free Yoga leads this class. All skill levels welcome. Mondays, 1–2 p.m. $5 (CAL members),

Artist-in-ATHICA Mickey Oscar Boyd is working on the in-progress installation pictured, with an artist talk Aug. 17 and open studio hours Aug. 18 held at ATHICA.

$10 (non-members). abarefoot@ accaging.org

EVENTS: Monday Marigold Market (100 North Church Street) The market features fresh produce, preserves, snacks and meat with a lunch special available (until 2 p.m.). 11 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/marigoldmarket

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EVENTS: Written Wishes Foundation (MaiKai Kava Lounge) Storytellers are invited to this open mic featuring poetry, spoken word, stories and songs. Third Mondays, 7 p.m. (sign-ups). FREE! www. instagram.com/bulaatmaikai

GAMES: Game Night (Rabbit Hole Studios) Play board games like chess and Catan, systems like Wii and PlayStation, and outdoor sports. Every Monday, 7–11 p.m. FREE! www.rabbitholestudios.org

GAMES: Monday Trivia with Erin (Athentic Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host Erin. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com

GAMES: Classic City Trivia (Dooley’s Bar and Grill) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/

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GAMES: Trivia with Marissa (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Test your trivia knowledge with host Marissa. 8 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for songs, fingerplays, storytelling and STEAM activities. Ages 3–7 years. Registration suggested. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

Tuesday 22

COMEDY: Open Toad Comedy Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Comedy performed by a mix of newcomers and local favorites from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m. (doors). $7. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market and Garden (Athentic Brewing Co.) Vendors will be on site with fresh produce, local fare, rare plants, artisan goods and more. Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. FREE! www. athenticbrewing.com

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

EVENTS: Meet a Death Doula (Athentic Brewing Co.) For those curious about what a death doula does, ask questions and have a discussion about death and dying with Jess Dukes. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athenticbrewing.com

GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Amici Athens) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddogathens

GAMES: Classic City Trivia (Akademia Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ ClassicCityTriviaCo

KIDSTUFF: New Parents, Infants and Crawlers Play Group (reBlossom Mama & Baby Shop) Meet other parents and their babies to discuss how you’re feeling and what’s new. Ages 1 & under. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.reblossom athens.com

KIDSTUFF: Toddler Tuesday: Going Places (Georgia Museum of Art) Enjoy art and storytime together in the galleries, then complete an art activity. Ages 18 months to 3 years. RSVP by email. 10 a.m. FREE! gmoa-tours@uga.edu

LECTURES & LIT: Mystery Book Club (Bogart Library) Penny Mills leads a conversation about getting

organized and choosing books to read for the rest of the year. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart

SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 10 a.m; Wednesdays at 6 p.m. www. athenspetanque.org

Wednesday 23

ART: Artful Conversation: Lamar Dodd (Georgia Museum of Art) Callan Steinmann, curator of education, will lead a discussion on on Lamar Dodd’s painting “Bargain Basement.” 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org

COMEDY: Gorgeous George’s Improv League (Buvez) Homegrown 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: Tour of the Middle Oconee Water Reclamation Facility (Middle Oconee Water Reclamation Facility) Celebrate World Water Week with a guided tour showing the water reclamation process. 10 a.m. FREE! accgov.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: Space Thunder Kids (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of the 1991 animated film about three children pilots who fight against the Dark Empire on their mission to destroy the universe. 7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com

GAMES: Music Bingo (Athentic Brewing Co.) Win prizes at this music bingo night with host Mari. 7–9:30 p.m. FREE! www.athentic brewing.com

GAMES: Classic City Trivia (The Local 706) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/

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GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Amici at The Falls) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Wednesdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/ baddogathens

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! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

KIDSTUFF: Afternoon Play Group (reBlossom Mama & Baby Shop) Meet new friends and build current relationships with indoor and outdoor play for little ones. Ages 1–4. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www.reblossomathens.com

KIDSTUFF: LEGO & Builder’s Club (Bogart Library) Young engineers can drop in to use LEGOs and other building materials. All ages. 3:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart

KIDSTUFF: Space Academy Show (B&B Theatres) This interactive and educational show allows children to interact with the visual content using LED bracelets and a mobile app as they travel through space.

6:30 p.m. $20. www.spaceacademy show.com

SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 10 a.m; Wednesdays at 6 p.m. www. athenspetanque.org

REAL ESTATE HOUSES FOR RENT

House, 3BR/2BA in Normaltown Central heat/air Apartment, 2BR/1BA Furnished Washer/dryer Wi-Fi No smokers, pets Calls only! 706-372-1505

Get Flagpole delivered to your mailbox! $55 for six months or $100 for one year Call 706-549-0301

MUSIC INSTRUCTION

Athens School of Music

Now offering in-person and online instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin and more From beginner to expert, all styles Visit www athens schoolofmusic com 706543-5800

VOICE LESSONS : Specializing in older (50+) beginners and intermediates. Gift certificates available Contact stacie court@ gmail com or 706-424-9516

MUSIC SERVICES

Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College Dwntn 706-369-9428

SERVICES

MISC. SERVICES

Business Water Solutions offers the cleanest drinking water available through innovative bottle-less water coolers and ice machines Call 706-248-6761 or visit www businesswatersolutions com to set up a consultation

Advertise your service in the Flagpole Classifieds! Call 706-549-0301 today!

JOBS

FULL-TIME

Join our growing team of well-paid, motivated, hardworking individuals Junk South offers starting pay of $15/hr + tips (totaling $22+/hr) Learn more about Junk South at www junk south com and text us at 706-424-4389

Needed: Ecological landscape and garden technicians Clean driving record required On the job training for installation and maintenance, our projects range from heavy machinery installation to hand weeding pollinator gardens Email us! office@royallandscape design com

The Georgia Review is hiring a Marketing and Outreach Manager Full-time UGA job. $50k. Benefits Eligible Apply by August 31 www thegeorgiareview com/ opportunities

Find employees by advertising in the Flagpole Classifieds!

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

OPPORTUNITIES

Seeking hair stylist for booth rental downtown Athens

Includes: utilities, booking software, stylist station, chair, mirror and shampoo station Contact salon220 athens@gmail com

PART-TIME

Join a diverse, inclusive workplace and get paid to type! 16–40 hours, Mon–Fri NEVER be called in for a shift you didn’t sign up for Must type 65+ wpm Make your own schedule and work independently with no customer interaction

Starts at $13 with automatic increases www ctscribes com

NOTICES

MESSAGES

Need old newspapers? We have plenty here at Flagpole! Call 706-549-0301 and we’ll get them ready for you.

COVID self-testing kiosk available in West Athens (3500 Atlanta Hwy At the old Fire Station on the corner of Atlanta Hwy & Mitchell Bridge Rd near Aldi and Publix ) Pre-registration is required! Visit www register testandgo com for more information

FLAGPOLE HAS NEW MERCH. We have a new rainbow design & a cassette design, and both can be bought as a sticker, too! Shirts = $20, Rainbow stickers = $2, Cassette stickers = $3 Stop by and get yours today!