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COVER ILLUSTRATION NEWS: City Dope 4 Rising Arena Costs NEWS: Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cycling Is the Future MUSIC: Feature 8 Elephant 6 Documentary FOOD & DRINK: Grub Notes 15 Summer Restaurant Roundup ADVERTISING DIRECTOR & PUBLISHER Alicia Nickles PUBLISHER Pete McCommons PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Larry Tenner ADVERTISING SALES Fabienne Mack, Jessica Pritchard Mangum CITY EDITOR Blake Aued ARTS & MUSIC EDITOR Jessica Smith EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Sam Lipkin OFFICE MANAGER & DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Jennifer Keene CLASSIFIEDS Jennifer Keene AD DESIGNERS Chris McNeal, Cody Robinson CONTRIBUTORS Hillary Brown, Gordon Lamb, Rebecca McCarthy, Steve Niemela, Ed Tant CIRCULATION Jennifer Bray, Gerald Burris, Charles Greenleaf EDITORIAL INTERN Analiese Herrin Association of Alternative Newsmedia

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city dope Arena Angst COMMISSIONERS

WORRY ABOUT RISING PRICE TAG, AND MORE NEWS

By Blake Aued and Rebecca McCarthy news@flagpole.com

Skeptical of the numbers behind the Classic Center’s request to issue a third round of bonds to fund its new arena, the AthensClarke County Commission put off a vote for a second time, despite fears that delaying approval could scuttle a fragile deal with the project’s master developer.

Classic Center Executive Director Paul Cramer and Atlanta-based Mallory & Evans Vice President Johnny Dixon both urged the commission to move forward at an Aug. 15 called meeting, citing volatile interest rates, among other factors. Mallory & Evans had previously backed out of a deal to build a parking deck and other developments around the arena on land leased from ACC, but is back in the fold for now.

“The contract that we worked so hard to bring the developer back on board, it would be null and void,” Cramer said. “We would have to start all over again.”

He added that the Classic Center is already booking events at the arena, which will be finished in about a year, and delaying the bond issue would send the wrong message to potential clients. A deal for a minor-league ice hockey team is also in place, he said.

Commissioner Dexter Fisher, who served on an advisory board for the project before being elected last year, noted that taxpayers overwhelmingly voted to commit $34 million to the arena as part of SPLOST 2020. “I think it would be a travesty to not move forward and get this arena done,” he said.

Commissioner Jesse Houle was also ready to move forward at last week’s meeting. “I’m one of the people who was skeptical of this project. I spoke against it being on the SPLOST list,” they said. “But now that it’s here, we’re deep in. It’s not a sunk cost fallacy. We are invested in this, so we’ve got to see it through.”

Other commissioners said they need more information about how the debt will be paid back. “I’m just trying to wrap my thinking around the sources that are going to pay for each bond,” Commissioner Mike Hamby said.

Like every construction project conceived prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, costs for materials and interest rates have risen astronomically, forcing Cramer to come back to the commission three times for bond issues. But no additional taxpayer money is involved—at each step, Cramer has identified private sources of revenue, like ticket fees, parking fees, naming rights and leasing land around the arena for development. The total cost is currently estimated at $151 million. The Classic Center Authority has agreed to back the bonds itself in the event the deal with Mallory & Evans falls through, using the value of the land around the arena, ACC Manager Blaine Williams said.

“This will probably be one of the greatest projects this community has ever seen, not because of the arena, but because of the development that will ensue around the arena and what it will provide the citizens of Athens,” Cramer said. “That whole entertainment district will come alive.”

For Commissioner Melissa Link, that’s part of the problem. She didn’t think residents had enough time to read and digest the agreement on the agenda last week.

“I don’t think the public understands all the massive, massive projects associated with the arena that are going to pay for the arena,” she said. “We’re going to see condos and a parking deck. It really is a transformative project.”

Questioned by Commissioner Tiffany Taylor about how the arena will benefit her constituents, not just tourists, Cramer pointed to the $3.5 million it will generate in property taxes earmarked for an east downtown/East Athens tax district and a $15.85 minimum wage for arena employees, as well as other community benefits that will be negotiated with the developer.

Houle, Fisher and commissioners Patrick Davenport and Carol Myers voted to move forward Aug. 15. Hamby, Link, Taylor and commissioners Ovita Thornton, John Culpepper and Allison Wright voted to delay. However, it appears almost certain that the bond issue will be approved in two weeks. [Blake Aued]

Stormwater Fee Hike Proposed

ACC commissioners are also considering raising the county’s stormwater fee. A January storm caused extensive flooding and damage to stormwater infrastructure, such as a massive sinkhole on Olympic Drive, and officials expect more severe storms and flooding as climate change worsens.

The fee—based on the amount of impervious surface like rooftops and parking that contribute to runoff—currently averages about $42 per year. County officials are recommending raising it by about $10 next year and about $2 per year afterwards. The hike would generate about $1.1 million to tackle a backlog of projects, keep up with maintenance and provide a higher level of services to property owners. For example, ACC could repair culverts underneath driveways on private property, which the government currently doesn’t do. There may be some type of waiver for low-income homeowners, according to Commissioner Jesse Houle.

Originally scheduled for a vote at the Sept. 6 meeting, commissioners are likely to hold off until October. “I don’t think there’s been enough time for my colleagues and myself to absorb this and the effect it has on different people in the community,” Commissioner Carol Myers said.

Sometimes derided as a “rain tax,” the stormwater fee is widely misunderstood, as Commissioner Tiffany Taylor pointed out. Twenty years ago the federal government forced municipalities to do a better job of preventing stormwater runoff from carrying pollution into streams and rivers.

Rather than funding the program through property taxes, the commission at the time opted for a fee so that tax-exempt landowners like schools, churches and the University of Georgia would also have to pay.

“My folks have no understanding of why they’re being charged stormwater fees,” Princeton Mill resident Michael McClendon told commissioners earlier in the meeting. Commissioner Melissa Link pushed back against the notion that many property owners who pay the fee don’t see any benefit. “Even if you live in a hobbit hut in the middle of nowhere, you probably use a public road to get there,” she said. [BA]

Tenant Found for Taylor-Grady

The Athens Clarke County Commission next month will consider whether to allow a nonprofit organized by longtime Athens businessman Lee Epting to lease the historic Taylor Grady House on Prince Avenue.

The nine trustees of the Taylor Grady House National Historic Landmark, LLC, envision using the 19th century building as a house museum, a facility for meetings and training sessions for diverse large and small local nonprofits, a community center, a tourist attraction and a venue for conferences, weddings and other events.

The county sent out two requests for proposals about the house. For the July 2022 proposal, Epting Events, in partnership with Historic Athens, were the only respondents, offering an extensive listing of how the building would operate. In November 2022, the ACC property committee voted to take no action on that proposal. A second RFP was sent out in February 2023, and two nonprofits responded: Taylor Grady House National Historic Landmark, LLC, and the Town and Gown Players, Inc.

In May, the property committee voted to award the lease to the LLC, contingent on it securing a parking agreement—which it now has in hand. The county drafted a lease;

discussion continues on the fine points of the lease and requests for revisions.

Though Epting and his business are known throughout the Southeast for catering and event-staging services, the new nonprofit will welcome other caterers into the house’s second-floor kitchen for events. The county will retain control of the bottom basement floor of the building, using it for storage, and will lease the top two floors to the tenant. At one committee meeting, there was talk of converting the TaylorGrady House’s basement into office space, which would have come with a price tag of $250,000.

The Taylor-Grady House was built in the mid-1840s and bought in 1863 by the father of newspaper owner and journalist Henry W. Grady, namesake of the journalism school at the University of Georgia. The City of Athens bought the house in 1966, with the Junior League of Athens as its steward.

Beginning in the late 1960s, the Junior League was associated with the house in some capacity, furnishing it, improving it and installing an elevator. League members worked with local historic preservationists and city officials, and in 1976, the National Park Service designated the Taylor-Grady House as a National Historic Landmark, the only one in Athens-Clarke County. In 2004, the local government invested about $1.7 million in SPLOST 2000 monies to renovate the house, upgrading everything from its sprinkler system to the walls and doors and installing an irrigation system.

When the county implemented a new lease structure for county-owned buildings that would have substantially raised the Junior League’s rent, the group notified the county on Aug. 31, 2021, that it did not intend to continue its lease. The league has been allowed to store furniture and furnishings in the building even though no events were happening there. The Taylor-Grady House National Historic Landmark, LLC, plans to access, repair and protect these items. It also plans to hire a house manager.

The new proposal from the nonprofit addresses the noise and parking concerns raised by Commissioner Melissa Link during the commission’s agenda setting meeting. [Rebecca McCarthy] f

“ I don’t think the public understands all the massive, massive projects associated with the arena that are going to pay for the arena.

The Ageless Tony Bennett

OVER 70 YEARS, THE CROONER MASTERED THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK

By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com

“Fame comes and goes. Longevity is the thing to aim for,” singer Tony Bennett once said. The beloved American crooner achieved both fame and longevity in a career that spanned more than 70 years before he died at the age of 96 on July 21. His song stylings captivated generations of listeners, including a large audience right here in Athens when Bennett performed at The Classic Center downtown in 2010, when the singer was 84. My wife, Joy, and I were there for what turned out to be a virtuoso performance by an ageless and iconic entertainer.

Gamble Rogers 1938-1991

THE TROUBADOUR EMERITUS OF OCKLAWAHA COUNTY

By Pete McCommons pete@flagpole.com

concert is all about, and he sang plenty of them to his Athens audience. I smiled at Joy in the crowded theater as Tony seemed to sing only to us: “Out of the tree of life I just picked me a plum/ You came along and everything started to hum.” Bennett was a musical everyman whose Athens concert showed what he meant when he said, “I like what I do, and my ambition is to get better as I get older.”

Though he was a consummate New Yorker, Bennett’s shows always included his signature song “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” and his Athens rendi-

So there was this tall, thin-lipped troubadour, part mountain man, part swamp rat, with an aristocratic confidence and the appellation Gamble Rogers, as if his parents knew from the beginning he wasn’t going to be an architect like his daddy, but was going to need a name that sounded good on a stage, because with that twinkle in his eye and those long fingers and that reedy voice he just had to turn out to be a storyteller and a musician.

But who could have predicted how much he would love life and seize it to him, careful of the details, painstakingly mastering every nuance of his stringed instrument, just like he honed and sharpened and practiced his wit and his observations of the people around him, stirring them all together and giving them new life as archetypal characters scattered all over Georgia and Florida from the loading dock of Arrendale’s Purina Store to the parking lot of the Terminal Tavern.

it away because he couldn’t do anything else but fight for life. Even though he could hardly turn his head, he plunged in to try and save another, just like his song about the two little boys, “Do you think I could leave you dying…?”

The show opened with songs by Bennett’s songbird daughter, Antonia, who charmed the crowd and did her father proud when she warbled the old tune “Too Marvelous for Words,” written by Georgia’s own songsmith, Johnny Mercer, in 1937. She brought new life to old tunes during her brief set, but the night belonged to Tony, and he did not disappoint the near-capacity crowd that roared and applauded throughout a 90-minute performance that belied the singer’s age.

Bennett’s repertoire of songs was a timeless trip down memory lane with his renditions of tunes by such songwriting greats as Mercer, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Sammy Fain, songsmiths who wrote what Bennett and others have called “The Great American Songbook.” Bennett gave his Athens audience a generous sampling of that songbook during his 2010 performance here, singing more than two dozen tunes that took his local listeners on a musical ride from Broadway to Hollywood. Backed by a small but talented combo of sidemen on piano, upright bass, guitar and drums, Bennett made the cavernous downtown venue seem like an intimate New York club. Clearly enjoying his work, Bennett crooned and careened his way through such imbedded American tunes as “Steppin’ Out With My Baby,” “When You’re Smiling,” “Stranger in Paradise,” “I Got Rhythm,” “The Good Life,” “The Way You Look Tonight” and “Rags to Riches.”

Love songs are what a Tony Bennett

tion brought appreciative applause from his audience. Country music fans in the crowd were treated to Bennett’s rendition of “Cold, Cold Heart,” a song by country music king Hank Williams that Bennett took to the top of America’s hit parade in the postwar 1950s. Bennett also wowed the crowd when he filled the theater with his treatment of “Fly Me to the Moon.” He belted out the song with just his voice—no amplification, and none was needed for his rich voice to be heard throughout the venue from the floor seats to the balcony.

Tony Bennett was an American treasure who lived a long and eventful life. He served as an infantry soldier in World War II, an experience he called “a front-row seat in hell.” He was haunted by the hell he saw when he and his fellow GIs witnessed the horrors of Nazi concentration camps as the war dragged toward a hard-won Allied victory. After fighting for freedom in Europe, Bennett fought for freedom right here in America, putting his life and career on the line by marching alongside civil rights champion Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, AL, in 1965.

An accomplished painter as well as a singer, Bennett said that his whole life was “singing and painting.” In his later years Bennett performed with much younger singers like Lady Gaga, a vocalist he called “the Picasso of the entertainment world.” Tony Bennett left a lasting legacy that proved his wise words: “No matter what age you are, there’s a lot of room for learning.” f

He thought his thoughts during long, lonely drives to play at this festival or that bar or television program, sometimes in the big time, often in the smaller, more intimate places where you could sit right up close and watch his fingers, and see him pick out a piece and then sling that guitar around behind him on its strap, hitch up his chinos and light into one of his tales in the very same way that Homer did around the campfires, telling the old stories they all knew and hungered to hear again so far from home on some windswept plain, hearing the bard’s voice reminding them of home, reminding them that they were human, and that humans always have to fight and contend and grab life where they can get ahold of it, because at any moment it may be gone. And the Greeks cautioned about calling any man happy until you see the end of his life, because things can turn on you mighty quick, and the most popular athlete can get old and sick and forgotten.

But our Homer cheered us around the campfire just this summer and left us all happy, even though we right then were looking at the end of his life and didn’t know it any more than we know when our own end is coming.

It could be a car wreck or a cancer or a coronary or all the fears we dread and dodge, but he went out boldly and gave his life, trying to save a drowning man, just gave it the same way he lived his life by giving it: giving his music, his song, his laughter, his friendly concern.

And when he stepped down off the stage he wasn’t whisked away by handlers or hurried to a dressing room. Shoot, no, Gamble just hung around and asked about your daughter and your Mama and was a real, warm human being. Except that he was a hero, too, because he had a debilitating arthritic condition, and had to fight every day and every night to keep it from turning him into a petrified man, and he fought it and won by the hardest his right to keep on moving and breathing, and then he flung

And now he’s dead and mourned by all these friends all over the country who have known him as he passed through our lives and left us smiling and crying and laughing and shouting for more and looking forward to the next time we could hear him and talk to him and tell him about our daughters.

Now, unlike the Dutchman, he will never grow old but will live in our hearts with Still Bill, Miss Eulalah Singleterry, the Skylake Campfire Girls, Trudy Buckram, the Sheik of Araby and the Honeydipper and the Bible salesman and the Hell’s Belles Motorcycle gang and the airboat gamblers and all the country philosophers and raunchy retinues of rednecks and the Vista volunteer talking metric to decent folk. All these and the Sheriff of Dekalb County, with his bandoleer stuffed alternately with Hava Tampa Jewels and Slim Jims, and all those million details of life observed and gently captured so that while we are chuckling at Narcissa Nonesuch we are laughing at ourselves, too, and our own foibles.

Now we are hoping we can keep on laughing; this articulate athlete has died young, his life whole and complete. We can never forget him because we have met his characters, and they are us.

Gamble was such a piece of work that as surely as he breathed life into his own inimitable characters so did God or the gods fashion him out of that rare clay that we shall not find again in our wanderings on this Earth.

“Let us go to the banks of the ocean. Let us sit there beside the Zuider Zee. Long ago, I used to be a young man…” Dear Gamble remembers that for me. f

Reprinted from the Oct. 17, 1991 Athens Observer, with encouragement from Brenda Poss, Rick Peckham and other friends.

Tony Bennett performs with Lady Gaga at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2015.

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The Bike Is the Answer TO HAPPINESS,

HEALTH AND FINANCIAL STABILITY

By Steve Niemela news@flagpole.com

I’ve commuted by bike for the past 40 years, in all the places I’ve lived, and have found cars to be burdensome and restrictive, which made me an oddball in my native Detroit. Instead, I’ve always loved bikes, either as a kid riding around in packs with friends or as an adult, for the possibilities they promise for sustainable and happy urban life (and riding around in packs with my friends).

That is why I was encouraged when my wife and I moved to Athens in November to see the strides local government and groups have made towards bikeability here. I was particularly pleased to see bike lanes and the Greenway, and have found getting around Athens by bike fairly easy, with some exceptions.

So, I was dismayed by a recent letter in Flagpole that expressed sarcasm about the lack of bicycles observed on the new bike lanes on Prince Avenue and the efforts to increase bike traffic. To me, the letter reflected an “all for us, none for you” attitude toward infrastructure that the automobile can engender in drivers—which is crazy because, after all, a civilized urban life makes allowances for all community members to get around easily, including pedestrians and bicyclists.

I can never understand the criticism of road diets like the one on Prince when the benefits have been proven over and over again in community after community, from New York City to Copenhagen to San Francisco. The Blue Zones’ research has highlighted and promoted urban planning designed for humans rather than just automobiles because of the many benefits this

type of planning provides citizens. Bikes are a big part of why Copenhagen has been rated the happiest city in the world. Many studies confirm how city life improves with access to human-powered locomotion. For

gym or running a 5K. But as Blue Zones’ studies have pointed out, the longest-lived persons in the world get their exercise just by getting around, walking, biking, gardening and other non-gym physical activities. Bike lanes and sidewalks make this type of exercise more accessible to all.

I’ve always been perplexed by the notion that owning a car means freedom. Sitting in a car on a congested street seems like the opposite. And, in reality, most people express a default necessity to owning a car. To me, there is a cognitive dissonance in believing you need to have a car to live, yet still calling it freedom to own one. If you

afford one. I have a friend with a wife and two daughters, all of whom own a car—a common arrangement in many households. It’s too depressing to do the financial math on that one.

Basically, many of us are going to work to pay for a car in order to drive to work. That doesn’t seem like freedom. The only place owning a car seems like freedom is in TV commercials and magazine ads.

Unfortunately, it will take more than new infrastructure to change attitudes and the volume of bike traffic in Athens. But I’m optimistic that bicycle traffic will increase if our community begins to realize the benefits of biking and walking. We need to begin asking, as a community, how and why did we become so dependent on cars? Are more and bigger roads and parking lots serving us well? Is there a better way?

In his book The Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg explores why we’ve built suburbs and urban areas around the automobile: “Our migration from both the inner cities and the rural hinterland, was, as Lewis Mumford once put it, ‘a collective effort to live a private life.’ We aim for comfort and wellstocked homes, and freedom from uncomfortable interaction and the obligations of citizenship. We succeeded.”

instance, job satisfaction is highest among those who walk or bike to work.

Additionally, road diets have been shown to improve foot traffic and the economy for local shops and neighborhoods. Cars are inefficient and require gobbling up more and more space for roads, garages and parking lots. And with all the awareness of the contribution cars make to global warming (or lately, global boiling), we tend to forget how pollution also leads to increased rates of lung cancer.

Also, in our highly segmented lives, we tend to think of exercise as going to the

don’t have a choice, it can’t really be called freedom.

Having access to bike lanes and sidewalks, however, can provide a slice of real economic freedom to everyone. For example, estimates put the average cost at $8,000–10,000 per year to own, operate and maintain a car, when you include fees, insurance, gas and repairs. Let’s say a car owner has an income of $40,000 per year and owns a car for 50 years. That comes out to $400,000–500,000 spent on car ownership over a lifetime, which works out to 10 or 12 years of work-life spent just to

Sadly, as he goes on to say, this privacy has not made us happy. It’s made us more miserable and divided as a country. I believe that we could be happier having easier access to all aspects of our community, even “the uncomfortable obligations of citizenship,” by becoming more human-oriented.

If you’ve been thinking about becoming more bike-powered, there are several bike stores in and around Athens that can get you started, or maybe repair the bike gathering dust in your garage. BikeAthens has great refurbished bikes and can even teach you how to repair your own for a nominal fee, and also leads an easy hour-long joy ride around town, usually at 6 p.m. on the last Friday of the month. Hope to see you there sometime. f

A cyclist rides in a protected bike lane on Prince Avenue installed last fall.

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ART | AUG. 25–SEPT. 10

21st Annual

‘Pottery Perspectives’

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation • Multiple Events

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation is hosting its 21st annual “Pottery Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational” exhibition to showcase the techniques and creations of 47 potters from across the state of Georgia. There will be nearly 8,000 ceramic works on display for the event, all available for purchase. Artist and collector Bob Marable

she experienced while in Japan. Foyer is located at Bull’s home, a pink Victorian on the corner of Park and Yonah (135 Park Ave.). Following the opening reception, the exhibition can be viewed by appointment through Nov. 18. [AH]

MUSIC | FRI, AUG. 25

KC and The Sunshine Band

The Classic Center • 7:30 p.m. • $55.50–170.50

will also have works for sale from his own private collection. In addition to the main exhibition, Sandy Culp will debut a series of works entitled “Sculptural Journey in Clay,” which showcases her specialty in “trompe l’oeil,” or to “fool the eye.” She specializes in making pottery that is both functional and fun. During opening weekend, Martha Cook will offer a two-day workshop in which participants can watch demonstrations of making mugs, bowls, vases, pitchers and baking dishes, and learn decorating techniques such as sgraffito, slip, wax resist and stamps. The workshop, which runs Aug. 26–27, costs $175 for OCAF members and $200 for non-members. OCAF will host a preview sale on Aug. 25 from 5–8 p.m., during which visitors can have a sneak peek and first shot at purchasing works in exchange for a $20 entry fee. “Pottery Perspectives” will then open to the public on Aug. 26 and remain on view through Sept. 10. [Analiese Herrin]

ART | FRI, AUG. 25

Foyer Grand Opening with Chrissy Reed

Foyer • 5–7 p.m. • FREE!

A new artist-run gallery space has made its way to Athens. Artist, curator and educator Jaime Bull is opening her own gallery named Foyer, located in the front hallway of her home to create an immersive experience for viewers. Four solo exhibitions will be featured annually, and all artists are encouraged to reach out to Bull to inquire about the space. For Foyer’s first exhibition, abstract artist Chrissy Reed will share “Blobbies,” a collection of minimalist works inspired by her recent trip to Japan. Bull describes Reed’s pieces as “playful and poignant.” Reed, who received a BFA from UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, creates beautifully balanced yet chaotic abstract artworks that catch the eye. Her current exhibit displays various aspects of her life and the beautiful colors and architecture

Nearly five decades ago, the disco scene was taken by storm by KC and The Sunshine Band, which incorporated funk into its ’70s sound. This 14-piece boogie band formed in 1973 in Hialeah, FL and has had its music featured in the Super Bowl, World Series, Conference Championships, The NBA, Collegiate Bowl Games National Championship Games, the NASCAR racing circuit and championships, The World Cup, The Indianapolis 500, The Kentucky Derby and every major holiday parade across the nation. Its goal? Get everyone out on the dance floor. As the group celebrates its 50th anniversary as a game-changing band that defined a culture, it will play hit classics such as “Boogie Shoes” and “That’s the Way (I Like It),” “Get Down Tonight” and “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty.” [AH]

MUSIC | AUG. 25–26

Scrapstock

Athentic Brewing Co. & Southern Brewing Co. Volumes and Aubrey Entertainment are hosting the fourth annual Scrapstock hip-hop festival to celebrate six years of Volumes Hip Hop. The event will span over the course of two days, sponsored by Franny’s Farmacy and Flagpole, with appearances by 15 different vendors. The free kickoff party will be held at Athentic Brewing Co. on Aug. 25 from 6:30–10:30 p.m. featuring Caulfield, Motorhead2x, Only1Riggs, Cardynal, Molly Tu Hott, BayBay, P.O. the Priceless One and Amun-Ra. The main event on Aug. 26 will be held at Southern Brewing Co. from 3–10:30 p.m., with tickets running $15 in advance or $20 at the door. The lineup includes East Rich, Trvy & The Enemy, oksurf, BYV_Trubb, Blesstheplaya, Goodie, Tyl3r Davis, Cam the Artisan, Kxng Blanco, Wix Patton, Minnie Lea, Wyatt Patton and Gue$$. JiiG and djbobfish will be spinning as DJs for the whole weekend. There will also be giveaways by Urban Greenhouse and Madcap Pepper Co. [AH]

MUSIC | SAT, AUG. 26

Classic City Jam

Paloma Park • 11:30 a.m. (doors) • $15

Organized by Clear Water Entertainment, this music event is described not as a festival, but an “experience.” Paloma Park will host seven rock and roll bands all day from 12–7:35 p.m. with doors opening at 11:30 a.m. There will be food and drinks for purchase under Paloma’s normal menu and a rotation of the bands every hour and a half. The lineup includes Red Mile Road, Echolocations, Cam and his Dam Jam Band, Recess Party, A.D. Blanco, Wim Tapley & The Cannons and Heffner. Bring your friends for a night of rock and roll and good vibes. [AH] f

Sandy Culp

Orbiting Human Circus’ Quarter Plus Two

PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP

By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

HEY Y’ALL: I wanted to use this space this week to very quickly say welcome aboard to all the new folks in town just beginning to explore our music and arts scene. There’s so much to see and do, and it all happens seven days a week. Don’t be afraid to head out and see some bands you’ve never heard of. Chances are very good that hardly anyone else has heard of them either. Another thing to note is that the Athens music scene is in a near-constant state of reinvention. Feel free to make it your own. And, whatever you do, don’t be discouraged by any of the sour old-timers in town who are committed to living in a time capsule. You haven’t missed anything. With that, let’s jump into this week’s news.

THE NOMAD TELLS US: Preorders are open now for the new album by the Orbiting Human Circus, which is the catch-all moniker for the ongoing musical magic of Julian Koster (Music Tapes, Neutral Milk Hotel, et al). The new album, which arrives Nov.

calendar for the 25th and then click over to wearetime.bandcamp.com to check out the whole thing.

GO OUTSIDE: The third annual September Days Festival will happen Sept. 29–30 at Southern Brewing Company. Tickets are available now, and advance prices are $20 per day or $35 for a two-day pass. These bump up by five bucks each once the event begins. This lineup is hella stacked, so pay attention. Featured acts on Sept. 29 are Terminally Phil, Nicholas Mallis, Thayer Sarrano, McKendrick Bearden, Parker Gispert Band and Modern Skirts. For Sept. 30, you’ll get Wonderland Rangers, Ancient Infant, Meredith Tilton, Hunlo, Patio, Sarah Mootz, CDSM, Monsoon, Shehehe and Upchuck. For more information, please see facebook.com/ AubreyEntertainmentAthensGA.

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The Elephant 6 Recording Co.

MUSIC COLLECTIVE DOCUMENTARY GETS THEATRICAL RELEASE

By Jessica Smith music@flagpole.com

The Elephant 6 Recording Co., the long-awaited documentary about the influential music collective of the same name, will officially hit silver screens all across the country this weekend. Directed by New Orleans-based filmmaker C.B. Stockfleth, the film traces how a small circle of friends from Ruston, LA relocated to Athens and Denver, and soon grew into an ever-expanding web of musicians and artists.

17 courtesy of Koster’s longtime label home Merge Records, is named Quartet Plus Two The first single, “I Cover The Waterfront,” is available now. In other exciting news, Koster will bring the Orbiting Human Circus to town Thursday, Sept. 21 to perform as a duo at the 40 Watt. Advance tickets are on sale now for $15 at 40watt. com. To preorder the new album, please see mergerecords.com/product/quartet_plus_ two. For all other information, please head to orbitinghumancircus.com.

GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME: Pop masters Casper & The Cookies have a song included on a new compilation out of Canada named We Are Time Mixtape Vol. 1, which comes out Aug. 25 on the We Are Time label. The song included is the group’s cover of the Michael Guthrie Band’s song “Sorry About That.” It was recorded way back in 2014 with engineer Matt Tamasin at Japanski Studios And it’s a total rocker, too, which is unsurprising considering the Cookies’ talent as well as the quality of the source material. Fans of classic power pop should respond strongly to this. I’ve no idea what the rest of the compilation sounds like, but set your

GOOD GUYS: Long-running garage rockers The Grawks have released a perfectly serviceable twosong single recently, and it includes the tracks “Without You” and a cover of The Standells’ “Good Guys Don’t Wear White” (originally titled “Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White” by the original artists in 1966). The first trucks along just fine with loads of fat guitar riffs and other rock stuff. The second is a faithful tribute to the original and totally enjoyable. And that’s really all there is to say about these. Find ’em on Spotify and other services. For more information, please see thegrawks.com.

I WANNA DO WHATEVER COMMON PEOPLE DO: Folky Americana-ish group The Broken String Band will release its newest single “Girl In The Monkey Hat” on Aug. 30. It’s an acceptable entry into the band’s catalog and has a few old jazz references as well. This is the kind of music you hear when you’re watching, say, a mid-20th century western film and there’s a hobo dancing in a saloon and his clothes are tattered but his shoes are polished. Find this at thebrokenstringband.bandcamp.com once it’s released.

ART IN THE DARK: There’s a slew of upcoming dates for the popular Dark Entries Goth Karaoke at Buvez, so write these down. Upcoming dates are Fridays, Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 9, Oct. 13 and 27, and Saturday, Nov. 25. You don’t have to be a goth fan to enjoy this, but it helps. The organizers have approximately one billion songs from which to choose, though, so your post punk, hardcore, pop punk, alternative, etc. needs should all be met. Check out facebook.com/ darkentriesathens. f

Known for pioneering an idiosyncratic, psychedelic pop sound, the collective’s members often took a lo-fi DIY approach to music-making, favoring four-track recorders and handmade visual elements over slick production. Anchored by friendship and experimentation, the collective has been prolific in launching dozens of affiliated acts, including The Olivia Tremor Control, The Apples in Stereo, Neutral Milk Hotel, Circulatory System, The Music Tapes, Elf Power, of Montreal and Dixie Blood Moustache.

“As the team for this project came together, what started out small and DIY grew into something much bigger and more ambitious,” says Stockfleth in his director’s statement.

“The film is designed to capture an era and a movement, and to honor the spirit of this circle of small-town artist friends. Their art was made better because they did things collectively, and gave each and every member a chance to share the spotlight.”

The roots of the film trace back to 2007 in Lexington, KY, when Stockfleth, who regularly made music videos and concert films for friends’ bands, decided to do a big six-camera shoot to record an Apples in Stereo concert. After seeing the video, E6 founding member and Apples frontman Robert Schneider, who was studying mathematics at the University of Kentucky at the time, approached him to ask what he thought about creating a documentary on the collective.

“At the time I knew nothing about them,” says Stockfleth. “But Robert seemed to think that my small-town background, along with his blessing, would allow me entrance to their somewhat secretive and protective world. And that’s how it began.”

Through Schneider’s introduction, Stockfleth slowly began meeting the collective’s members, interviewing the likes of Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart, John Fernandes, Julian Koster, Hilarie Sidney, Andrew Reiger, Laura Carter, Bryan Poole, Jamey Huggins, Heather McIntosh and many others. While being previously unfamiliar with E6 may seem counterintuitive to directing

a film, it allowed Stockfleth to approach the monumental task of unraveling an unwieldy, sprawling history with fresh eyes and ears. After spending roughly a decade pulling the documentary together under the working title A Place We Have Been To, Stockfleth finally released the film in 2019 as A Future History Of: The Elephant 6 Recording Co with a very unusual distribution model. Promotional flyers for an Elephant 6 Video Rental Club were posted in coffee shops and record stores across a handful of cities instructing curious parties to call a number to request a VHS tape by mail. Each tape included its own handmade cover art, a “library card” to sign when you return the tape, and a few flyers to hang and keep the magic spreading. Esoteric as this was, the initial rollout was perfectly in line with the collective’s whimsical spirit and served to tide over many fans until a wider release was possible. From there, the film went through a series of revisions. Lance Bangs, who had lived in Athens during the collective’s heyday, joined as producer and co-cinematographer, bringing a tremendous amount of archival video into the fold. Greg King and Rob Hatch-Miller, who had previously worked on the documentary Other Music together, joined as editor/producer and executive producer, respectively. The resulting documentary is a kaleidoscopic tapestry weaving together the sights and sounds of an underground music movement that should inspire any viewer, regardless of any prior knowledge of the group, to dig into its vast discography.

The Elephant 6 Recording Co. premiered at DOC NYC last November, followed by an international premiere in Copenhagen in March and a hometown celebration in Athens in April. The film is now set for wide theatrical release on Aug. 25 through Greenwich Entertainment’s acquisition of North American distribution rights, and will also become available to stream via Amazon and Apple TV beginning Sept. 1. This weekend, Ciné will offer screenings on Aug. 25 at 10 p.m. and Aug. 26 at both 3 p.m. and 10 p.m., with John Fernandes offering a special performance in the lobby following the 3 p.m. screening. f

WHO: The Elephant 6 Recording Co

WHEN: Friday, Aug 25, 10 p m and Saturday, Aug 26, 3 p m & 10 p m

WHERE: Ciné

HOW MUCH: $7–9 75

Julian Koster

Telemarket’s Ad Nauseum

AN ATHENS LOVE LETTER IN LOOPS AND CYCLES

By Sam Lipkin editorial@flagpole.com

Two things about the psych-garage rock band Telemarket’s new album are essential to its listening and could not be more true: the title Ad Nauseum perfectly encapsulates the project, and every piece of the album is very Athens in that townie way—“if you know, you know.”

Ad Nauseum is Telemarket’s debut full-length album, out on Aug. 25 under the Elephant 6 label affiliate Cloud Recordings. The project is intended to be a continuously flowing concept album, and its title nods to the overall theme of getting stuck in endless loops and ruts in life. The band— Adam Wayton (vocals, guitar), Will Wise (guitar), Jack Colclough (percussion), Hunter Pinkston (bass) and Josie Callahan (vocals, keyboard)—navigates existential quandaries and heartache with a touch of hilarity through a journey of fuzzy guitars, catchy hooks, dramatized transitions and plenty of feedback.

“A couple of the songs were written before any of the [COVID] shutdowns happened, but the feeling and overall concept of… like you’re living the same day over and over again was already ruminating with me,” says Wayton. “The shutdown happened, and it was like, OK, this is all magnified a hundred times more. The rest of the album kind of came together then.”

With a handful of the songs being livetracked as a band before the COVID shutdown and the others being built from the bottom up as everyone was quarantined, housemates Wayton and Wise spent a lot of time focusing on the production of the album. The method of recording changed between songs, providing an opportunity to get creative in tying everything back together into a cohesive-sounding project. The two members are fans of the Philadelphia band Spirit of the Beehive, known for flowing songs into one another through selective transitions, which inspired the production behind Ad Nauseum

Among the nuances of the creation of this album is Wayton’s love of numerology and lore building. After the songs were recorded and the band came together to make adjustments to what the final piece would look like, it was important to Wayton that the final product have 13 tracks

and some repeating numbers. Although the number 13 didn’t have a specific meaning, Wayton explains Telemarket has played a lot of Friday the 13th shows and enjoys putting something fun together when they pop up. There’s also an idea of “having a lot of energy and not knowing what to do with it” tied into this, fueling an anxious energy that relates back to the theme. Not to forget the repeating num-

After Dean’s death, Wayton found this piece of art in the Georgia Museum of Art’s archives and was able to work with Dean’s team to make the cover still happen. As a result, Ad Nauseum is dedicated to Dean and “his ability to find humor in the mundane,” which became a big inspiration behind the entire project. As the band was working through the album and listening to different versions, Wayton had set Dean’s artwork as a placeholder on the initial, private SoundCloud version before the cover had been officially decided. As the album took form, it moved closer and closer to fitting the idea of this cover.

“I loved the repeating nature of the different squares in the rooms, and kind of the chaos and how it felt like there was a bunch happening, but it felt very effortless because it was Athens. And I loved that it was Athens,” says Wayton.

One of the other very Athens pieces of the puzzle that is particularly meaningful to Telemarket is the involvement of John Fernandes and his label. Fernandes plays clarinet alongside the five-piece band on this album, and of course aided in releasing and distributing it. Wayton says that he loves Fernandes as a person and a musician, so having him be a part of the project was significant. Wayton and Wise have also been heavily inspired by Elephant 6 as a whole in their basement studio recording endeavors, a studio that happened to be built out by one of the former fiddle players for Widespread Panic.

“[The album] is definitely a love letter to Athens. It’s a place that definitely inspires creativity, but it’s also a place where it can feel like you’re in a rut,” says Wayton.

bers, the total album runtime comes in at 34 minutes and 34 seconds.

Perhaps the most special lore behind this album is the cover artwork by the late Athens artist Patrick Dean, which appears on this week’s Flagpole cover. In fact, a color version of this cover ran in the Aug. 25, 1999 back-to-school issue of Flagpole over 20 years ago this week. Wayton has been a big fan of Dean’s work since he first came to Athens about 10 years ago, and Dean’s series during the COVID shutdown of pieces about unrest, police brutality and the pandemic really resonated with him. It was at that time that Wayton reached out to Dean about creating an album cover, but Dean’s health was declining, and he was unable to create something new, although he did want to be a part of the project.

As a group frequently on the road and hitting stages around Athens, it should come as no surprise that Telemarket has lined up several events in celebration of its album release over the weekend. On Aug. 25, the evening before the release, Telemarket, John Fernandes and Nuclear Tourism will play acoustic sets inside the cozy Low Yo Yo Stuff Records starting at 7 p.m. Then the official show will happen at the 40 Watt Club on Aug. 26 with doors at 7 p.m. featuring Telemarket, Wieuca, Nuclear Tourism and Atlanta’s Karaoke. On Aug. 27, the band will take the show to Atlanta at Boggs Social and Supply alongside Oceaneater, Made Up and Floral Portrait. f

WHO: Telemarket, Wieuca, Nuclear Tourism, Karaoke

WHEN: Saturday, Aug 26, 7 p m (doors)

WHERE: 40 Watt Club

HOW MUCH: $12

JASON THRASHER

live music calendar

Tuesday 22

Georgia Theatre

Rooftop

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.

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 a large assortment of 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.

Thursday 24

40 Watt Club

8 p.m. (doors). $10 (adv.), $12. www.40watt.com

SECOND NATURE Athens-based three-piece alternative rock band whose sound is self-described as “psychedelic beach rock.”

THE ARDEN No info available.

Festival Hall

7:30 p.m. $22. www.festivalhallga.com

THE JAZZ LEGACY PROJECT

Narrated by drummer Justin Varnes, the program “Johnny Mercer, From Savannah to Hollywood” spotlights the Savannah native who cofounded Capitol Records.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Attaboy Tapes Presents. 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreand bar.com

BEN VARIAN APPROACH Drummer of Pearl and the Oysters plays zany, experimental pop music.

JAKE TOBIN A cartoonist and artist by day but an experimental rock artist by night, encompassing instrumental-heavy sounds into the funky, lighthearted vibes of his music.

MARCEL SLETTEN California-born and Athens-based electronic music producer, composer and artist whose sound varies from peaceful to intense.

ROBE Bryan Casey leads shoegazetinged songs with a cool, energetic vibe.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com

GRANDVILLE Energized rock band inspired by that classic headbanging, guitar solo, rock and roll sound.

THE OCHO A multi-genre band of UGA students who focus on classic rock, alternative, funk and country.

Low Yo Yo

7 p.m. www.facebook.com/lowyoyo stuff

TELEMARKET Driving, angular indie-rock band from Athens. Ushering in tomorrow’s release show for Ad Nauseum!

JOHN FERNANDES Local Elephant 6 stalwart and multi-instrumentalist works his improvisational magic on the clarinet and loop pedal.

NUCLEAR TOURISM Skate punks playing surfy, garage-infused songs.

Rabbit Hole Studios 7 p.m. FREE! ringunn6.wixsite.com/ athcommunitychorus

ATHENS COMMUNITY CHORUS

New community chorus dedicated to holding and providing space for community-led singing for social connection and unity. Second and fourth Thursday of each month.

Southern Brewing Co.

6–10 p.m. www.sobrewco.com

KARAOKE NIGHT Every Thursday evening.

Friday 25

40 Watt Club

7 p.m. (doors). $20. www.40watt.com

GAVIN ADCOCK Watkinsville-born singer-songwriter and country musician.

LANDON SMITH Athens singersongwriter with a country edge.

ATHICA

Sonic Space. 6 p.m. Donations accepted. www.athica.org

SUN GONG Americus-based artist making meditative drones and ambient compositions inspired by the mystical and mundane.

OCEANIC SOUND RESEARCH

Ambient electronic trio from Athens featuring Elephant 6 pioneer John Kiran Fernandes (Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System), Oliver Domingo (Organically Programmed) and Kyle MacKinnel (Casual Ether) perpetually scanning the depths.

FROG LIKE LEAF ATHICA’s current board president and chair of exhibitions, Jon Vogt, is a multiinstrumentalist and artist whose interests revolve around pattern, noise, collaboration, iteration and intuition.

FREE RAIN Athens improvisational collective focused on prepared instrumentation, ethereal atmospherics, pseudo-gamelan funk, intuitive pattern generation, polyrhythmic excursions, and spiritual punk jazz.

Athentic Brewing Co.

Scrapstock. 6:30–10:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/volumeshiphop

SCRAPSTOCK Annual hip-hop music festival featuring Caulfield, Motorhead2x, Only1Riggs, Cardynal, Molly Tu Hott, BayBay, P.O. the Priceless One, Amun-Ra, djbobfish and JiiG.

Buvez 7–10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ darkentriesathens

DARK ENTRIES KARAOKE Sing

your favorite song from a curated

catalog of classic to modern goth, post-punk, punk and industrial.

The Classic Center

7:30 p.m. $55-170. www.classic center.com

KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

Founded in 1973, this disco and funk band is responsible for hits like “That’s the Way,” “Shake Your Booty” and “Get Down Tonight.” Flicker Theatre & Bar

8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com

THE PIERRES Four-piece postpunk band from Athens.

NOT SEX CELLS Like Sex Cells, only not. Alt-country with pathological undertones.

MADE UP Atlanta based alternative rock with lighthearted undertones and a garage rock aura.

The Foundry

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $20. www.graduatehotels.com

ABBEY ROAD LIVE! Beloved local tribute band who has the crowd rocking all night to their extensive Beatles cover sets.

RADIO FREE ATHENS Members of Abbey Road LIVE! bring life to the music that catapulted R.E.M. to the top of nearly every college radio chart in America.

Foxglove Plantbar

6:30 p.m. FREE! www.foxgloveplant bar.com

THE LICKSKILLETS Southern gothic band playing traditional Appalachian murder ballads, original murdery ballads, and murderadjacent classic folk and country tunes. Come for the murder, stay for the murder.

Georgia Theatre

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $25 (adv.), $30. www.georgiatheatre. com

KIDD G Young country emo-rap musician from Hamilton, GA. GRAHAM BARHAM Country singer-songwriter hailing from rural Louisiana.

Innovation

Amphitheater

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10. www.innovationamphitheater.com

MOLLY HATCHET Jacksonville, FL-based Southern rock band from the early 1970s that mixes blues, country, gospel and the English invasion of rock and roll.

Red Line

T.R.E. Presents. 8 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.instagram.com/ redline_athens

ELLWIN Nightshade Family member playing deep dubstep, riddim, drums and bass, and dark synth.

SAXOKEEM No info available.

KILLA CABBI Chopped and screwed tunes influenced by hip hop, dancehall and reggae.

SIKEOKIDD Local performer Kenneth Driskell.

The Root

9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ therootathens

THE AMBLERS Formerly known as Dosters.

Southern Brewing Co. Burning Love.Craft Benefit. $20, $5 (kids). 5–10 p.m. (market), 6:30 p.m. (music). www.lovecraftathens. org

PYLON REENACTMENT SOCIETY

Vanessa Briscoe Hay and an all-star cast of locals play the music of Pylon, plus new originals.

THE HOWDIES Local old-school outlaw country act featuring mem-

bers of The Darnell Boys and Hibbs Family Band.

THE LOVE.CRAFT BAND Crew members of Love.Craft Athens perform songs.

VFW Post 2872

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10. www.facebook.com/vfwpost2872

COUNTRY RIVER BAND Classic western and country rock band. Line dancing held during the breaks.

Saturday 26

@local. Coffeehouse & Study Lounge

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

ROLF THE WHATEVER Harsh electronic dance music.

40 Watt Club

7 p.m. (doors). $12. www.40watt.com

TELEMARKET Driving, angular indie-rock band from Athens. Album release show for Ad Nauseum! WIEUCA Four-piece experimental outfit that fuses indie rock, psychedelia and trip hop. Reunion set!

NUCLEAR TOURISM Skate punks playing surfy, garage-infused songs.

KARAOKE Shadowy dream pop band from Atlanta.

Athentic Brewing Co.

Latin Night. 8 p.m. (doors), 8:30 p.m. (salsa class). $10. www.athentic brewing.com

DJ MANE UGA Salsa Club and SALSAthens host DJ Mane from Atlanta to spin the latest Latin rhythms.

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

MARY SIGALAS & BRIAN SMITH Mary of Mary & The HOT HottyHots and Brian of The Lonesome Dawn perform. (8 a.m.)

38 STRINGS Multi-generational acoustic folk music with 38 strings between them. (10 a.m.)

Ciné

4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com

JOHN FERNANDES Member of the The Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System who has released two solo albums and works as a multi-instrumentalist. Today’s performance will follow the 3 p.m. screening of The Elephant 6 Recording Co. documentary. Flicker Theatre & Bar Primordial Void Presents. 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreand bar.com

NICK HARLEY Alternative lo-fi garage rock artist with a mellow sound and lyrics exploring lighthearted angst.

FREEMAN LEVERETT Dreamy, hypnotic and danceable songs with thoughtful lyrics and cosmopolitan influences.

LIZ FERRELL Local singer-songwriter crafting beautiful songs. The Foundry 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10. www.graduatehotels.com

BETTER THAN BETTER THAN

EZRA Athens-based cover band that plays songs within the genres of ’90s alternative, rock and country.

Georgia Theatre

8 p.m. $29.50. www.georgiatheatre. com

MOON TAXI Nashville-based alternative rock band with an indie twist. THE STEWS Four-piece rock band from Alabama.

Hendershot’s 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com

GRASSLAND Local traditional and progressive “Amerigrass” group crossing genres and generations.

Little Kings Shuffle Club

Keepin’ It Clean Dirty Dance Benefit. 5–9 p.m. $5 suggested donation. accgov.com/dirtydanceparty

DJ LES LITTER Keep AthensClarke County Beautiful hosts a dance party with dancers, face painting, a photo booth, food and raffles.

Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/

NowhereBarAthens

SWEAR JAR Local ’90s inspired rock band exploring new horizons in punk, indie and alternative. EP release show!

CONVINCE THE KID Synth-rock four-piece from Athens.

NIX THE SCIENTIST Progressive rock trio based in Atlanta by way of Athens.

Paloma Park

Classic City Jam. 11:30 a.m. (doors), 12 p.m. (music). $12 (adv.), $15. clearmountainentertainment.com

RED MILE ROAD Local hard rock band influenced by Seattle grunge and classic Southern rock.

ECHOLOCATIONS Local indie band embracing a retro, ’60sinspired sound.

CAM AND HIS DAM JAM BAND

Groovy jam band with roots in jazz, bluegrass and psychedelic funk.

RECESS PARTY Up-and-coming local Athens alternative rock band with an energetic and upbeat sound.

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

WIM TAPLEY & THE CANNONS

Local alternative, folk-pop songwriter and his band rooted in Americana and neo soul sounds.

HEFFNER Indie rock band whose genre influences include power pop, post-punk and ’70s glam.

The Root

10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ therootathens

SILENT DISCO Grab a pair of headphones and dance.

Southern Brewing Co. Scrapstock. 3–10:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/volumeshiphop

SCRAPSTOCK Annual hip-hop music festival featuring East Rich, Trvy & The Enemy, oksurf, BYV_Trubb, Blesstheplaya, Goodie, Tyl3r Davis, Cam the Artisan, Kxng Blanco, Wix Patton, Minnie Lea, Wyatt Patton, Gue$$, djbobfish and JiiG.

Terrapin Beer Co.

Brewau. 12–8 p.m. www.terrapinbeer. com

KINKY WAIKIKI Relaxing, steel guitar-driven band following the traditions of Hawaiian music.

Sunday 27

Creature Comforts Brewery 3–5 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer. com

LIVE JAZZ Every Sunday afternoon.

Monday 28

Georgia Theatre Rooftop 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $12. www.georgiatheatre.com

ZOOKRAUGHT Dance punk trio out of Seattle.

BEER PISS Athens hardcore punk group.

Tuesday 29

Ciné 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com

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

The Foundry 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (show). bit.ly/ TheFoundryAug29

ALEXA ROSE Virginian indie folk singer whose songs feel intimate and expansive at the same time. MATTHEW FOWLER Alternative folk singer-songwriter. Georgia Theatre Rooftop

7:30 p.m. (doors), 8:30 p.m. (show). $7 (adv.), $10. www.georgiatheatre. com

ALIEN FUNK ACADEMY Athens-based power trio specializing in high intensity rock and roll influenced by Vulfpeck, Umphree’s McGee and Phish. Album release show!

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.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia Sunflower Concert Series. 7 p.m. $5 (ages 4–13), $15–17. botgarden. uga.edu

ELF POWER Longtime fixture on the Athens scene playing crisp, melodic psych-pop. Blankets, chairs and picnics are encouraged for this outdoor concert in the garden.

Wednesday 30

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.

Creature Comforts

Brewery

Athens Farmers Market. 5–8 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket. net MARK PLEMMONS Talented local pianist. (6 p.m.)

Flicker Theatre & Bar

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

DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Georgia Theatre Rooftop

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10. www.georgiatheatre.com

GIMME HENDRIX Local Jimi Hendrix cover band led by Eric Keaton.

Porterhouse Grill

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

JAZZ NIGHT Longest running jazz gig in Athens captained by drummer Mason Davis and featuring a rotating cast of familiar faces performing American songbook, bossa nova classics and crossover hits. f

event calendar

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: Lunch and Learn New Games (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and try out some new games. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.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! www.acc gov.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: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and play Shadowfist. New players welcome. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.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.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

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.spaceacademyshow.com

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 24

ART: Closing Reception (MasonScharfenstein Museum of Art) The

exhibition features works from award-winning, Florida-based photojournalist Bud Lee from the years he worked for national publications. 4–6:30 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/masonscharfenstein museumofart

ART: Artist Talk (Lyndon House Arts Center) Margaret Morrison will speak about her exhibition “Paradigm Shift” on display. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/Lyndon HouseArts

CLASSES: Sweat to Shine (The Foundry) Shakti Yoga Athens will host a yoga flow guided by Lucy fit for all levels. 6 p.m. FREE! www. graduatehotels.com/happenings-us

tent. 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

Friday 25

ART: Morning Mindfulness (Georgia Museum of Art) Instructor-led meditation, movement and mindfulness techniques in the galleries. Email to RSVP. Every other Friday, 9:30 a.m. gmoa-tours@uga.edu

on Discord. New players welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames. 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

PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret Fabulous Fridays (Hendershot’s) Enjoy a fabulous night of drag entertainment. Ages 18 & up. 9 p.m. $5. www.athensshowgirl cabaret.com

THEATER: Artifice (The Elbert Theatre) In this artsy farce, Maggie must sell her late husband’s artwork to avoid bankruptcy, but all does not go as planned. Aug. 25–26 & Sept. 1–2, 7 p.m. Aug. 27 & Sept. 3, 2 p.m. $9–16. www.bigtickets. com/events/elbert-theatre

Saturday 26

CLASSES: Latin Night (Athentic Brewing Co.) This social hosted by UGA Salsa Club and SALSAthens will feature DJ Mane spinning with a salsa class before the dance floor opens. 8 p.m. (doors), 8:30 p.m. (class). $10. www.athenticbrewing. com

EVENTS: FARM Rx 5K (Bishop Park) The Athens Farmers Market is hosting its first race in benefit of the food access program FARM Rx. Participate, cheer or volunteer. 6:30–8:30 a.m. $40. www.athensfarmersmarket.net/farmrx-5k

EVENTS: KACCB Dirty Dance Party (Little Kings Shuffle Club) KACCB’s fundraiser will include dance performances, open dance floor time, food, face painting, a photo booth and raffles. 5–9 p.m. $5. www. accgov.com/dirtydanceparty

EVENTS: Athens Westie Night (The Studio Athens) Join a beginner dance lesson for West Coast Swing at 7 p.m. before the floor opens up for social dancing. No experience or partner required. 7–10 p.m. $5–10. www.facebook.com/AthensSwing Central

KIDSTUFF: Sonny Angel Trading & Coloring Party (Treehouse Kid & Craft) Bring your Sonny Angel collections to trade or browse the store’s specials, and enjoy freebies and coloring. 2–4 p.m. FREE! www. treehousekidandcraftcom

LECTURES & LIT: Celebrate Faith: Sacred Texts in Various Religious Traditions (Oconee County Library) This panel discussion with local faith leaders will focus on the sacred texts in their traditions. FREE! 2–3 p.m. www.athenslibrary. libcal.com/calendar

LECTURES & LIT: Celebrating 75 Years with Historic Athens (Georgia Museum of Art) Historic Athens will present on the museum’s rich history through a lecture, vintage photographs and compelling narratives. 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org

THEATER: As You Like It (Lyndon House Arts Center) The Classic City Shakespeare Company’s Summer Shakesfaire concludes with the classic play As You Like It. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.classiccity shakespeare.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

GAMES: Harry Potter Trivia (Hendershot’s) Test your Harry Potter series trivia knowledge. 7 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.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: Lord of the Rings Trivia (Athentic Brewing Co.) Test your Lord of the Rings trivia knowledge from the books and movies. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing.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 food writer and cooking instructor Rebecca Lang will discuss making two appetizers. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org

LECTURES & LIT: The New Student Reading (265 Park Hall) Ph.D. students O-Jeemiah Agbaakin, Colin Bishoff and Erik B. Brown will share their work. 6 p.m. FREE! english.uga.edu

MEETINGS: KnitLits Knitting Group (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are invited to have fun, share craft ideas and knit to their hearts’ con-

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

ART: Opening Reception (Foyer) This new artist-run gallery space will open with the exhibition “Blobbies” by Chrissy Reed. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.instagram.com/ foyer_athens

ART: OCAF Preview Sale (OCAF) Shoppers will have the first opportunity to browse the “Pottery Perspectives 2023” collection. 5–8 p.m. $20. www.ocaf.com

COMEDY: small talk, BIG SHOW (Work.Shop) A late night talk show hosted by Matt House with music provided by libbaloops. This month’s guests: Kelly Petronis and Lauren Chase. 8–9 p.m. $10. www. flyingsquidcomedy.com

COMEDY: 2×2 Prov (Work.Shop) There will be two sets of two person improv featuring Bradley Bazzle, Matt House, Jessica Mickey and Jade Fernandez. 9:30 p.m. $10. www.flyingsquidcomedy.com

EVENTS: Burning Love.Craft (Southern Brewing Co.) Nonprofit Love.Craft Athens hosts a benefit art market and concert featuring a food truck, local makers and various musicians. $20. 5–10 p.m. www. lovecraftathens.kindful.com

GAMES: Friday Night Initiative

(Online: Tyche’s Games) Learn how to play a new RPG game with others

EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Markets offer locally grown groceries and handmade goods. Attendees can enjoy free live music and children’s activities. AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent at the market. Every Saturday, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. www.athensfarmersmarket.net

EVENTS: Friends Appreciation Month Kick-Off (Georgia Museum of Art) Join the Friends Annual Meeting followed by door prizes, art activities, refreshments and more. Registration recommended. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! (for Friends). www.georgiamuseum.org

EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (West Broad Farmers Market) The market offers fresh produce, locally raised meat and eggs, 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: Summer ShakesFaire (Lyndon House Arts Center) An afternoon of festival fun including lawn games, face painting, an artist market and more followed by a Shakespeare show. 12–6 p.m. FREE! www.classiccityshakespeare. org

EVENTS: Yappy Hour (The Foundry)

In honor of National Dog Day, join the AAHS and the Graduate for a fundraiser with live music, special cocktails, vendors, a donationbased giveaway and more. Dogs welcome. $12. 5–7 p.m. www. graduatehotels.com/happenings-us

THEATER: Artifice (The Elbert Theatre) In this artsy farce, Maggie must sell her late husband’s artwork to avoid bankruptcy, but all does not go as planned. Aug. 25–26 & Sept. 1–2, 7 p.m. Aug. 27 & Sept. 3, 2 p.m. $9–16. www. bigtickets.com/events/elberttheatre

Sunday 27

CLASSES: Cuban Salsa (UGA Memorial Hall) Join UGA Salsa Club for lessons that meet a variety of dance abilities, including those who have never danced before. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.ugasalsaclub.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 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: Artifice (The Elbert Theatre) In this artsy farce, Maggie must sell her late husband’s artwork to avoid bankruptcy, but all does not go as planned. Aug. 25–26 & Sept. 1–2, 7 p.m. Aug. 27 & Sept.

Painter Chrissy Reed’s exhibition “Blobbies” will be on display at Foyer’s first opening, a new artist-run gallery space, on Aug. 25.

3, 2 p.m. $9–16. www.bigtickets. com/events/elbert-theatre

Monday 28

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), $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 winterville

FILM: Top Secret Movie Marathon (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Come early, stay late—movie screenings all night. 4 p.m.–2 a.m. FREE! www. flickertheatreandbar.com

FILM: Bad Movie Night (Ciné) A sleepy town is shocked by a series of bizarre deaths and only the town’s health inspector suspects an invasion of killer gastropods is to blame in the incredibly goopy Slugs. 8 p.m. FREE! www.instagram.com/BadMovieNight

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/ ClassicCityTriviaCo

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 29

ART: Visiting Artist Lecture (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Katie Hudnall is an artist, woodworker and educator who will speak about her work. 6 p.m. FREE! art.uga.edu

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

GAMES: Lunch and Learn New Games (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and try out some new games. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.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: 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

LECTURES & LIT: Lunchtime Time Machine (101 LeConte Hall)

Dr. Michael Winship will discuss the question why were so many “witches” executed at Salem? 12:45 p.m. FREE! history.uga.edu

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 30

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

ART: Opening Reception (The Rook and Pawn) Celebrate the opening of the exhibition “Full Circle” featuring 26 Athens artists with music, special cocktails and art for sale. 6–9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ rookandpawn

ART: Visiting Artist Lecture (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Christina A. West is an artist whose practice is rooted in politics of the gaze using sculpture, video and photography and will speak about her work. 6 p.m. FREE! art.uga.edu

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: 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: The Killer (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of the 1989 film about a disillusioned assassin who accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded. 7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreand bar.com

GAMES: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and play Shadowfist. New players welcome. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com

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

GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Amici at The Falls) Test your 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: Film Athens (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Meet and network with others in the filmmaking community (actors, directors, etc.) during happy hour. 5 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.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 f

grub notes

The Summer Scoop AN

ATHENS-AREA RESTAURANTS ROUNDUP

By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com

Heeeeey, UGA folks (students and faculty who may not have been here over the summer). If you haven’t yet picked up a new and improved Flagpole Guide to Athens, now is the time to do it. Available all over town, it is the only comprehensive guide to restaurants and more around our fair burg. You can always check it out online, too, at guide.flagpole. com, where you can sort eateries by useful categories such as “counter service,” “delivery” or the all-important “full bar.” Here’s what changed since UGA graduation in May and what’s on the horizon.

In Five Points, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams (a chain, but a generally delightful one) opened in the former teensy bank on Lumpkin Street, and Emmy Squared, the Detroitstyle pizza joint that replaced The Grit on Prince Avenue, also opened its doors. Nighthawks Lounge, a bar from the Slaters, opened in Newtown on Tracy Street, with cocktails and snacks. Nearby, Sunroof Coffee just started doing business, with coffee drinks and snacks from Sweetie Pie by Savie out of a small space with a walk-up window.

Out on Highway 29, by the Space Kroger, Elliano’s Coffee, a franchise with many kinds of drinks and a drive-through window, got going. As of the beginning of August, a second Athens location of the sandwich franchise Firehouse Subs opened nearby as well.

Maepole and The Flying Biscuit Cafe opened Oconee County branches in the Epps Bridge area, both in the same shopping center as Trader Joe’s. Garfia’s Mexican replaced Wok Star in Winterville, and Oak House Distillery opened up at long last in a historic home on Macon Highway, with gin and regular live music.

Daily Groceries moved into its new location (in the round building on Prince Avenue that was most recently a Walgreens) at the beginning of July and now has a lot more elbow room inside. The store has cakes from the baker who was at The Grit for years, sandwiches and lots of other stuff. Turn at The Flying Biscuit Cafe or go around the back way off Park Avenue. The driveway to the left of the building, if you’re facing it, is for folks exiting the parking lot only. The West Broad Farmers Market added a Tuesday evening market at Athentic Brewing Co. nearby. Home.made on Baxter Street stopped doing dinner, closed Sidecar, stopped doing dine-in entirely for a brief period, and now is back to doing dine-in lunch with counter service and limited seating on weekdays. Kique’s Kitchen moved from its Danielsville Road gas station space to a bigger, nice space in Watkinsville and changed the previously unfortunate spelling of its name. Dooley’s, in downtown Athens, cut a lot of its menu and shifted to counter service. And Cafe Racer closed its original Crawford location for the time being, focusing on its food truck, which you can find all over Athens, and, so they say, on opening the Atlanta Highway location.

Downtown’s Iron Factory, Viva Argentine in the Bottleworks, the Carriage House of Athens on Atlanta Highway and International Grill and Bar on Mitchell Bridge Road all closed for good. Slutty Vegan, on Baxter

Street, closed “temporarily,” but it doesn’t seem to be open again yet, despite the presence of students. And The Mayflower, Athens’ oldest restaurant in a space across from the Arch downtown for 75 years, announced that it would be shutting down (although it’s still open for now) and leasing its space to an as-yet unnamed tenant.

Plenty more places are still working on opening by the beginning of UGA’s football season, the better to take advantage of the massive potential business on home game weekends, although construction delays remain extremely common. Paris Banh Mi, a franchise doing Vietnamese sandwiches and bubble tea, hopes to open downtown this fall. Taco Mama, which is moving into the former Fuzzy’s Tacos space on Washington Street downtown, seems very

close to opening, with a big sign outside and a recent hiring fair. Over on Broad, Effin’ Egg, a casual breakfast franchise, also seems like it could get going any day now. A branch of the big barbecue franchise Jim N Nick’s is close to opening in Oconee County, in the Epps Bridge Parkway area. Wire Park, in Watkinsville, already has Lalo’s Tacos and Cantina and South Main Brewery, but a few more eateries (Scoops, with ice cream and candy; Apotheos Roastery for coffee; the Original Hot Dog Factory; Gekko Kitchen; and a smaller version of Mama’s Boy) are at various stages of completion. Entangled Cat Cafe and Market hopes to open this fall in downtown Watkinsville, to the left of the courthouse, partnering with the Georgiabased animal rescue organization Circle of Friends Animal Society to give this area its first cat café. A small, curated grocery store (Prince Market) is looking to open in the 100 Prince Building. Just down the street, Birdie’s, next to the Lark Winespace, is shooting for October to start retailing gourmet foods (fancy cheese!) and made-to-order sandwiches, salads and soups. Treehouse Kid and Craft moved from Broad to Barber Street over the summer and is in the process of adding its Treathouse area, with vegan soft-serve ice cream in cool flavors; you can already pick up a popsicle there. And Guthrie’s, the beloved chicken finger eatery that left Athens many moons ago, announced that it’s coming back, opening a location in the former Dairy Queen by the Marathon gas station on Jefferson Road. f

Want to keep up with food news? Grub Notes is your place for it, with regular restaurant reviews in the print edition of the paper and news online at flagpole.com.

bulletin board

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

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-ProposalForm

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-StudioMembership

art around town

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. 25 and Sept. 8, 10 a.m.–12 a.m. and Sept. 1, 8 a.m.–10 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 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

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.flyingsquidcomedy.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.kaartistshop.com

ART CLASSES (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) “From the Heart and Soul: Collage with Eileen Driscoll.” Mondays, Sept. 11–Oct. 2, 12:30–3 p.m. $160–210.

“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 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), “Forge a Tomahawk” (Oct. 21) and “Forge a Bottle Opener” (Oct. 28). Classes run 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www. greenhowhand made.com/blacksmith-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

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 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.

INNOVATION BOOTCAMP (UGA Delta Innovation Hub) Entrepreneurs 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.healingartscentre.net

PERSPECTIVES WORKSHOP

(Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Georgia potter Martha Cook demonstrates wheel and hand building techniques for mugs, bowls, bases, pitchers and baking dishes, as well as decorating techniques such as sgraffito, slip, wax resist and

stamps. Aug. 25–26. $175–200. www.ocaf.com

PETANQUE CLUB OF ATHENS (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 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

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.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) The 21st annual “Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational” presents upwards of 8,000 pieces by 47 artists from across the state. “Sandy Culp: Sculptural Journey in Clay” spotlights a ceramicist specializing in trompe l’oeil. Preview sale Aug. 25, 5–8 p.m. Workshop with Martha Cook Aug. 25–26. On view through Sept. 10.

THE ROOK & PAWN (294 W. Washington St.) “Full Circle” is a group exhibition of works by 26 Athens artists including Keith P. Rein, J Anderssen, Sierra Kirsche, Gaby Delliponti and Wiliam Ballard. Opening reception Aug. 30, 6–9 p.m. Through Oct. 21.

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.

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. • “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. Opening Reception Aug. 31, 5:30–7 p.m. 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.

WINTERVILLE LIBRARY (115 Marigold Lane, Winterville) Acrylic paintings by Laura Floyd. Through Sept. 22.

“Hard Fork” by CC Calloway is currently on view in the Dodd Galleries through Sept. 1.

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. 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

ZOOM YOGA (Online) Rev. Elizabeth Alder offers “Off the Floor Yoga” (chair and standing) on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. and “Easy on the Mat” yoga classes on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Ongoing classes are $5/class or $18/month. 706-612-8077, ommmever@yahoo.com

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.ka artist.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,7–9 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

SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) Athens Downtown SAA offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from a compulsive sexual behavior. Contact for location. athensdowntownsaa@gmail.com

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

Word on the Street

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 AWARE

NESS WEEK (Athens, GA) The Ath ens 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 fol lowed by Meditation and Integration (6 p.m.). Events are free or donation based. www.rabbitholestudios.org/ calendar

TERPENE TOURNAMENT

Farmacy) How many common terpenes can you identify by smell?

For every correct identification, get one free entry in a $250 basket from Bhumi. Contest is currently running through Sept. 4

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). Origi nal recordings will be returned, and credits and dates will be included in the online video description. Digiti zation services are free. Contact for details and to coordinate shipping. bradley.staples88@gmail.com

WORK.SHOP (160 Winston Dr.) Open rehearsal and performance space for theater, comedy, dance, classes and events. $10/hour. www. workshopathens.com f

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

FOR SALE FURNITURE

Antique Rolltop Desk. Solid Oak. Excellent condition. $800 OBO. Email myrain athens@gmail.com for photo and info.

YARD SALES

Moving yard sale w/deals on furniture, art, vintage concert posters, native plants, herbs, books, rugs, kitchenware, clothes, and much more. Credit/debit card accepted. Sat, Aug 26th, 8 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 195 Richard Way, Athens

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

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

Get Flagpole delivered to your mailbox! It can be for you or a pal who just moved out of town. $55 for six months or $100 for one year. Call 706-549-0301 or email frontdesk@flagpole.com.

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

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: salon 220athens@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

Join us! Part-Time Tour Guide wanted at Historic Athens Welcome Center. $16.75/hour + tips. Apply: athenswelcomecenter.com/ jobs. Share history and make memories!

NOTICES

LOST AND FOUND

Missing iPhone. Lost on Prince Ave. $500 reward if returned. Contact Jeff at 706-410-4212.

MESSAGES

All Georgians ages 6 months & up are eligible for COVID vaccines, and ages 5+ are eligible for boosters! Call 706-3400996 or visit www.public healthathens.com for more information.

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.

EARLY CLASSIFIEDS DEADLINE! If you have an ad for the 9/6 issue, please send it to class@flagpole. com by 11:00 a.m. on Friday, 9/1.

Need old newspapers for your garden? An art project? How about a new puppy? No matter your need, we have plenty here at Flagpole! Call ahead and we’ll have a crate ready for you. Please leave current issues on stands. 706-5490301

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EXPERIENCE AT MUSIC UGA

CONNECTION SERIES: FREE CONCERTS, NO TICKETS NEEDED

Faculty Chamber Recital with Guest Kenn Wagner, violin, from ASO

Program: Beethoven, Gipps, and Haydn. Kenn Wagner has been a first violinist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1994, and has also served as acting assistant concertmaster of the ASO. FREE

Prokofiev Primer with David Starkweather

FACULTY ARTIST SERIES: $15 - Adults, $3 - UGA student ID

Faculty Artist Series: Evgeny Rivkin, piano

Sinfonia Concertante , Op. 125 Lecture Recital. Before playing this piece with the UGA Symphony Orchestra on September 14, David Starkweather, cello, will play through this piece with Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano, along with a lecture about the work. FREE Rivkin studied at the Moscow Conservatory and is a top prize winner of International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Bavarian Radio Competition in Munich, and the Russian National Piano Competition in St. Petersburg. $15-adults, $3 - UGA Student ID

FOR TICKETS: Scan the QR code | music.uga.edu | 706-542-4400

All events at the UGA Performing Arts Center unless indicated: 230 River Road, Athens, GA

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