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University of Georgia forecasters delivbuildout of a number of huge development Those projects are also diversifying ered a familiar message in the university’s projects around the state will help Georgia Athens’ economy, he said. Among those annual economic outlook presentation in outperform the national economy. new projects are a Meissner manufacturAthens on Jan. 31: Although economic Athens is somewhat insulated from the ing and research facility that promises to growth will slow in 2024, Georgia will outups and downs of sectors such as manufacbring more than 1,700 jobs, two successful pace the national average, and Athens will turing and transportation because of the biotech companies that grew out of UGA outpace the state average. outsized roles health care and state funding research that are expanding by about 250 Georgia economic growth will slow to (including UGA) play in Athens’ economy, jobs combined, and a pharmaceutical comabout 1.1%, down from last year’s 3% but said Jeff Humphreys, director of the busipany’s 55-job expansion, Humphreys said. better than the proAthens’ hospitality jected national average industry is “also doing of 0.8%, while growth quite well,” he said. A in the Athens area will 5,500-seat arena under be slightly higher, preconstruction at the dicted Ben Ayers, dean Classic Center will add of UGA’s Terry College an estimated $33 million of Business. a year to the local econ“We’ve got a good omy, he said. And the forecast. It’s not a great end of the Hollywood forecast,” with only actors and writers about a one in three strikes means Athens’ chance of recession this film industry can resume year, Ayers told a crowd being a local economic at the Classic Center. driver, he said.

Job growth will be The local economy higher in Georgia than does face some chalin the U.S. overall, but lenges to growth, howunemployment in the ever, Humphreys said. state will rise slightly The cost of living in Dean Ben Ayers speaks at the Terry College of Business’s economic outlook luncheon Jan. from 3.4% to about 4%, Athens has now reached 31 at the Classic Center.

Ayers said, with U.S. 97% of the U.S. averunemployment reaching age, while the cost in 4.2%. ness college’s Selig Center for Economic Atlanta is now 105% of the national averPeople still retain much of the savings Growth. But that dependence on state age, Humphreys said. That means Athens they built up during the recession, and funding also poses a risk for the local econbecomes relatively less attractive on that because of a tight labor market that will last omy in the event of state budget cuts, but metric than other desirable and less costly for “decades,” companies are “working hard the outlook is good for Athens, he said.

Georgia locales such as Brunswick. to avoid layoffs,” Ayers said. “Most house“We expect to see faster job growth The high cost of living could also slow holds are in a good position to take on addi- locally because Athens has been remarkthe immigration of retirees and creatives tional credit,” and inflation could ease to ably successful in landing private-sector here, he said. Since the pandemic, Athens 2.5% in the second half of the year, he said. economic development projects,” said house prices have risen 61%.

Supply chain issues have eased; auto dealers Humphreys, who delivered the Athens-area “The housing market is quite overvalnow have cars to sell, he added. And the part of the forecast. ued,” and vacancy rates are very low, he said, noting the pressure UGA’s continued growth—more than 1,000 new students this year—puts on Athens’ housing stock.

Housing is very tight, with a vacancy rate of just 4%, he said.

“UGA does not have enough on-campus housing for our growing student population,” he said. As a result, Athens has an “amazingly high” rate of renter-occupied housing—43%, up “significantly” from 41% a year earlier and one of the highest rates of any U.S. city, he said.

“By any kind of traditional metric, we have a substantially overpriced housing market in Athens,” he said. That’s not likely to change much because of high demand and “scant listings of homes for sale,” he said. “It will take some time for incomes to rise enough to match.”

But Athens’ recent success in attracting development implies that the city remains positioned to compete effectively for more such projects, Humphreys said.

Housing prices have also risen sharply nationwide, and a possible decline in housing costs is more likely to be moderate than severe, Ayers said.

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moderate growth, Ayers said. Some of the major risks, the dean said, include a possible banking crisis, a collapse in stock and/ or housing prices, an energy price shock, broader military conflicts and missteps by the Federal Reserve, which last Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rate at a 23-year high as it seeks to lower inflation to 2% or less. The inflation rate was 3.4% for the 12 months preceding December, the latest month for which data is available.

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Athens Senator Investigates Fulton DA An Athens lawyer and state senator has been tapped to lead a committee that will investigate Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney who is prosecuting former president Donald Trump.

The Senate Committee on Assignments named Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens) chairman and Sen. Greg Dolezal (R-Cumming) vice chairman of the Special Committee on Investigations that will look into allegations of misconduct against Willis.

“I am honored to be chosen to chair this much-needed committee investigating potential misuse of taxpayer dollars for personal gain and unethical behavior by public officials and paid prosecutors,” Cowsert said in a news release. “There has been a dramatic decrease in public confidence [in] our criminal justice system. If true, recent allegations related to Fani Willis and Mr. Wade are deeply disturbing. We will independently investigate those claims in a bi-partisan fashion while holding fast to the pursuit of truth. Our charge is not to interfere with ongoing criminal proceedings, to prosecute misconduct or to disqualify any individual prosecutor. Our focus instead will seek to restore public confidence in our criminal justice system.”

Willis has charged Trump and several allies with racketeering related to their efforts to appoint a slate of fake electors from Georgia and overturn the 2020 election results. One defendant’s attorney has

alleged that Willis had a romantic relationship with the case’s lead prosecutor, Nathan Wade, whom her office has paid $650,000 for his work on the case. That has led to calls for Willis to recuse herself or step down.

The Senate committee has subpoena power and can call witnesses to testify under oath, but its job is only to write a report on Willis’ actions. It does not have the power to remove her from the case or from office. [Blake Aued]

Will Clarke Middle Get Solar?

The new Clarke Middle School going up on Baxter Street next door to the AthensClarke County Regional Library will have a gym with a ceiling high enough to host volleyball games, a state-of-the art library, wide halls and wonderful classrooms. But what it won’t have is solar panels on the roof.

In response to a petition with 800 signatures from students, parents and other community members asking for solar power to be part of the $55 million school, the school district has formed a sustainability committee, whose members include residents, CCSD personnel, and experts from UGA and from the Athens-Clarke County government. According to an email provided by CCSD spokeswoman Cyndee Perdue Moore, the committee will review energy conservation measures “that may be incorporated by the school district. While the current design of Clarke Middle does not include any provisions for solar energy, the District is committed to review ECM’s and sustainability measures for all our facilities.”

Director of SPLOST John Gilbreath, who oversees school construction, told student publication The Red & Black last fall that installing solar panels doesn’t make economic sense for CCSD while the technology for solar is still developing. After other districts have tested the technology, in the future CCSD could consider it. Solar panels might be appropriate for Clarke Middle’s new agricultural area, he said.

While the CCSD committee deliberates, the ACC government is marching ahead with plans for making county properties

completely reliant on renewable energy by 2035. The Cedar Creek water reclamation plant has a solar array that produces 1 million kilowatt hours annually. A new mental health facility on Mitchell Bridge Road will have both a solar array and battery storage capacity. And next door to Clarke Middle School, the public library will be getting four solar trackers to power the building. A new building planned for Memorial Park and the county-owned Costa Building downtown, soon to undergo renovation, will also have solar panels. [Rebecca McCarthy]

superintendents. His predecessor, Xernona Thomas, earned $240,000 in 2022, the year she retired. Demond Means made $209,000 when he was hired in 2017. [BA]

Interim Fire Chief Made Permanent

Twenty-year veteran Nate Moss is the new chief of Athens-Clarke County’s Fire and Emergency Services Department.

County Manager Blaine Williams named Moss to the position last week. He had been serving as interim fire chief since Jeff Scarborough retired in October.

“After a national search for a new fire The Clarke County Board of Education chief, I am excited to name Interim Chief gave Superintendent Robbie Hooker a vote Moss to the permanent position,” Williams of confidence last month, extending his said in a news release. “His dedication to contract for nearly the department and the three years. people who serve this Hooker’s original community is extraorcontract, signed in dinary. I know he will October 2022, expired be an invaluable asset in 2025. His new conto the Athens-Clarke tract—approved Jan. County community, the 11 and retroactive to Fire and Emergency Oct.10—runs until Services Department October 2026. and ACCGov as a Hooker received whole.” a small raise, from Moss has spent his $225,000 to $234,000 entire career with the a year, and the ACC fire department, Clarke County School including serving as District’s contribution a battalion chief and to his retirement fund public information offidoubled from $750 a cer. Since joining the month to $1,500. His department in 2003, contract, obtained by he has worked on all New ACC Fire Chief Nate Moss Flagpole through an three shifts, obtained open records request, his emergency medical also includes an $800 monthly car allowtechnician license, managed emergency ance. In addition, he is entitled to 17 responses and trained other firefighters. vacation days beyond what a typical CCSD “Being appointed Fire Chief of Athensemployee with 12 months of experience Clarke County Fire and Emergency Services receives, and the district pays for 100% of is the greatest professional honor of my his health care coverage and his membercareer,” Moss said. “The greatest strength ship in various professional organizations. of our department is our people, and I If Hooker is fired without cause, he is will strive every day to assure that with owed his salary for the remainder of the teamwork and collaboration we forge our contract. If he leaves his job, he must pay identity as an outstanding fire department CCSD $5,000. that offers unparalleled service to our comHooker’s pay is comparable to previous munity.” [BA] f

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By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com February is Black History Month, an annual observance that traces its roots back nearly a century, to 1926. In that year, AfricanAmerican historian and educator Carter Woodson called for a week of remembrance of Black history every February, the month when both President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were born. The event became a month-long observance in 1976.

February continues to be an appropriate month for recalling Black history, since civil rights activists Rosa Parks and John Lewis both were born in February, and the historic sit-in demonstrations against segregated restaurants in the Jim Crow South began in February of 1960.

The history of African Americans has lessons for all Americans today. Whole libraries could be filled with books on the subject. Here are just a few books on African-American history that can provide enjoyment and edification for all Americans during Black History Month and any other time of the year.

The Encyclopedia of Black America, edited by scholars W. Augustus Low and Virgil A. Clift, was first published more than 40 years ago, and it still stands as an academic reference book that is also fun to read.

From baseball legend Hank Aaron to engi-

neer Ronald Zanders, the people and places of African-American history march A to Z through the pages of this book.

A Pictorial History of Black Americans first appeared in 1956, when it was published by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, along with co-writers Milton Meltzer and Eric Lincoln. It is still a popular work today, offering hundreds of illustrations and photographs depicting African-American life and achievement throughout this nation’s times. This book came out in the days of black-and-white television, and its blackand-white images are reminiscent of a TV documentary from the ’50s, but its graphics and text show that this informative and entertaining pictorial cavalcade is still compelling “infotainment” today.

This summer marks the 60th anniversary of the murders of three civil rights workers by white supremacists in Mississippi in 1964. We Are Not Afraid by Seth Cagin and Philip Dray is a look back at that crime.

Taking its title from words in the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome,” this book takes readers back to the days when young whites from the North worked alongside Black people from the South to oppose the American apartheid of Jim Crow segregation in Mississippi. Some lost their lives

in that struggle. We Are Not Afraid is their story.

John Lewis personified Black history. The youngest man to speak at the March on Washington in 1963, Lewis was beaten by Alabama police in 1965 during a march supporting voting rights for the state’s African-American citizens. Lewis went on to become a U.S. congressman and a lifelong crusader for the American ideal of justice for all. His autobiography, Walking With the Wind, is an inspiring saga of a boy born to sharecropper parents who became a man called “the conscience of Capitol Hill.”

Lewis died in 2020, leaving behind a book aptly titled Carry On: Reflections For a New Generation. It is a touching compilation of insights and observations from a longtime activist speaking his last words to the world.

Rosa Parks was justly called “the mother of the movement.” In 1955 she refused to move to the segregated section of a city bus in Montgomery, AL. Her arrest sparked a boycott of the bus company by the city’s Black citizens, led by a young and then-unknown minister named Martin Luther King Jr. Quiet Strength is a collection of the views of Rosa Parks on such subjects as fear, defiance, injustice, youth and the future of America. It encapsulates the wisdom of a life well lived.

King has been the subject of countless books, but A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings of Martin Luther King Jr. is indispensable. Gathered between its covers are King’s speeches, essays, books and interviews. Today, when self-anointed censors bring book-banning battles to American libraries, we should all remember King’s prescient warning: “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” f

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ome minority students are protesting the University of Georgia’s recent decision to restructure a mentorship program for Black residents on campus.

The program, called CLASS Advocates (CA), was created to facilitate retention and academic success of Black students under University Housing. CLASS is the acronym for Continuing the Legacy of African American Student Success. The role of a CA is to “mentor and support the learning environment of Black students in their residential communities,” enriching their overall experiences. Like resident assistants (RAs), CAs work 20-hour weeks and receive housing, a meal plan and a monthly stipend as compensation.

The decision to change the CA program was revealed during an internal meeting among university housing staff in November, two days before Thanksgiving break.

New positions, called the Residential Belonging Assistant (RBA), were created, taking over the responsibilities of all CAs. Instead of focusing solely on the Black community, however, RBAs will cater toward all diverse student groups, adhering to the same criteria rooted in diversity, equity and inclusion. Anyone can apply for the RBA position, regardless of their race.

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UGA’s CLASS Advocates for the 2022–23 school year.

The switch to RBAs occurred after UGA’s Equal Opportunity Office (EOO) received a parent complaint regarding the CA program. The parent was concerned that non-Black candidates were selected for the CA position, therefore hindering the potential of Black students participating in the program, such as her son. The complaint led the EOO to re-evaluate the CA program based on existing university and federal policies including the NonDiscrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As a recipient of federal funding, UGA must comply with both.

Upon review, The EOO found that the CA program was the only experiential learning program functioning under a race-related theme. The EOO concluded that while the existence of such a program is not a violation of policy, it must “operate in a non-discriminatory manner,” according to a memo sent by Qiana Wilson, director of the EOO, to Michelle Cook, vice president of student affairs. Hence, all UGA students should have equal opportunity of employment and participation, despite the CA program’s focus on the Black community.

“Ultimately, this decision was made with the intention to better support UGA students and their evolving needs.

As always, staff within the Division of Student Affairs and across campus remain committed to this goal,” university spokesperson Gregory Trevor wrote in a statement.

Hearing the news of the university altering its CA program, Students for Socialism (SFS) and the Black Felicity Student Association held a forum Jan. 18 at the Zell B.

Miller Learning Center to discuss the consequences of this decision and the events leading up to it with more than 50 attendees.

Panel members claimed housing employees said the RBA plan is underdeveloped. The role lacks proper descriptions, training protocols and a residential curriculum, despite the fact that hiring will begin in about two months. Organizers showed concern over the efficiency of the RBA system, noting that it would operate with 25% less staff while extending services to other communities of color. Unlike CAs, RBAs will not be required to reside in the same building as their mentees, leading many students to question the extent of their services. They also argue that there is no reason to end the CA program in place of a new initiative.

Organizers believe that UGA’s decision to end a decadelong program designated for the Black community in favor of an all-inclusive approach is an act to “divide and mislead its students.” One panelist stated that the lack of Black spaces on campus is contributing to the overall decline of Black enrollment at UGA, which sits at 6.7% for 2022 compared to 8.8% in 2015 and 12.3% in 1995. Panelists said that students of color should feel comfortable and represented at a predominantly white institution like UGA. Despite student and alumni demands, the university administration has yet to move forward with building a Black cultural center, something that other universities such as Florida and Indiana have already implemented.

Current RA working conditions came up as well, with many frustrated at the university’s negligence in ensuring their safety and proper compensation. Workers cited instances during mental health crises where they did not receive adequate training or aid. One RA said that they have been directly threatened by residents in the past, harassed with constant phone calls and banging on their door at night.

“I’m actually scared. I’m looking behind me trying to figure out if I’m being followed because people are being followed,” the RA said. “Every single member, all 15 of us sent an email [to housing authorities], no response.”

As the cost of living rises, RAs are also finding the approximately $250 monthly payment insufficient.

University guidelines prohibit students from working over 20 hours a week, meaning RAs cannot work another job off-campus. Besides a stipend, an RA’s compensation package included a room and 105 Access Plan for meals.

However, that will soon be changing. This semester, RAs had to choose between the option of a meal plan or a pay increase of $250 a month. If meal plans are replaced with cash, it will not be beneficial to RAs, considering that campus meal plans start at $1,400 per semester.

When discussing potential action moving forward, Mikaela Warner, former co-chair of United Campus Workers of Georgia, encouraged university employees to amplify their voices through unionizing. “We want every single person who works at this university to be a part of the union, because that’s how we get the decisions made for the good of the workers and not for the people sitting at the tippy top,” Warner said.

SFS member Trey Holloway also reiterated that there is strength in numbers, and students must stay diligent in protecting their campus spaces and rights. “The university is terrified of us. The fact that they have not announced publicly their division to abolish the CLASS Advocate system says it all,” Holloway said. “What keeps them awake at night is solidarity among racial, ethnic and cultural lines.” f

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By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com All of a sudden, after years of Daily Grocery and Los Compadres but not much else, a couple of other market options have popped up on the west side of downtown, each offering its own kind of thing. Once you figure out what works for what, you might be able to reduce your use of a car for grocery-related reasons, if you live or work in the area. None is as efficient or as affordable as a single big-box trip, but they’re not to be discounted either.

PRINCE MARKET (100 Prince Ave., 706-850-0711, princemarketathens. com): Taking up a chunk of the 100 Prince Building adjacent to The Chapel, formerly St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, on the northwest corner of downtown, this is the most well-rounded option. If you drive, there are convenient parking spaces set aside for quick trips in, and there are doors on both the front and back of the building. Inside, you’ll find something along the lines of the Target downtown, only a bit more interesting and with some extra features. It’s not as big as Kroger or even Bell’s, and name-brand products are most of what you’ll find, but if you need a place to get Doritos and ground lamb and nice oranges and laundry detergent and dog food, here you go.

Prince Market, which is not a chain, also includes a Starbucks, a prepared food counter and an ice cream counter, all on the side of the store that faces Prince Avenue.

The ice cream is Hershey’s Prince Market brand, no relation to the chocolate company, and features 14 flavors, including one vegan and oat milk-based and one Italian ice. The prepared food counter offers soups (not made in house), pizza, salads and sandwiches, and you can order ahead for pickup through the website. It’s fine, not stellar, but the sandwiches are $7 for subs and $8 for toasted ciabatta, which counts as a bargain in the current age. You could also browse around and make yourself a meal out of other stuff in the store, which does carry some local products, like Watkinsville’s Satisfied Food Co. pimento cheese (the smoked variety, known as the Gentle, is tasty) and charcuterie from Atlanta’s Spotted Trotter.

Scoops of Alumni Cookie Dough’s products are in a refrigerated case in various flavors.

Veggies from Diamond Hill Farm are in the produce section, including beautiful hakurei turnips, daikon and baby lettuces, and there are locally foraged mushrooms.

The store has a better than expected beer and wine section, going beyond Josh and Sutter Home, and unlike Target, sells ways to get your nicotine in the back corner.

Wednesdays are student discount days; show your ID and you’ll get 10% off. The store is open Monday through Saturday 8 a.m.–9 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m.–9 p.m.

BIRDIE’S (497 Prince Ave., 706-850-1711, birdiesathens.com): This is a different critter entirely, not a place to do all your grocery shopping, but a fancy coffee shop with a meticulously selected array of gourmet products (Rancho Gordo beans, Fly

by Jing chili crisp, Jose Andres olive oil, Rustic Bakery crackers) and a swanky lunch counter. The former hair salon space has big windows and plenty of elbow room, with seating in both the front and the back. The atmosphere is peaceful, light filled, carefully arranged. Looking for a cheese source to replace the much missed Half Shepherd?

This is it, going far beyond brie to things like garrotxa and petit vaccarinus. Want some lovely little anchovies to add to your snack plate? You can find those here, too, as well as good pasta, nuts, olives, chocolate and so forth. The coffee counter serves Methodical coffee and has a selection of viennoiserie from Independent Baking Co. (you can also snag its bread elsewhere in the store).

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Lunch comes from a small menu of sandwiches, soups, tartines and salads, and although the prices are not inexpensive ($14 sandwich, $8 cup of soup), they are made with excellent ingredients. And they are very good. A porchetta sandwich with onion jam is softly insistent on the quality of its main ingredient but could benefit from a more substantial roll. A salad made with chicory from Woodland Gardens farm evokes the season, cool, with bright, peppery, bitter notes suggesting early plant growth. A vegetarian leek and wild mushroom chowder is simple but refined.

The tartines are Instagrammable (pretty ingredients piled on toasted triangles of good bread) and fresh, but a little hard to eat neatly. The menu changes all the time, according to what’s good right now, and it’s wise to follow along on Instagram at @birdiesathens to see specials and new stuff in the shop. It’s comparable, in terms of price point and cred, to Athens Cooks, across the street under Prince Market, but with more food options to take home and a cheese selection that is better than just about anywhere in town. Birdie’s is open Tuesday through Friday 7 a.m.–6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m.–3 p.m. f

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MUSIC | FEB. 7–8

Flatland Cavalry

Georgia Theatre • 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show) • $25

West Texas’ Flatland Cavalry is a sixpiece outfit that deals in country roots ballads and textured folk storytelling.

The band formed in 2012 when its origBRANDON McCLAIN

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inal members, singer and guitarist Cleto Cordero and drummer Jason Albers, began performing together at venues around their college town in Midland, TX. The two filled out the rest of the band by 2014 to include Jonathan Saenz (bass, vocals), Reid Dillon (electric guitar), Wesley Hall (fiddle) and Adam Gallegos (keys). Flatland Cavalry now has four studio albums to its name, including its newest effort, 2023’s Wandering Star.

Most recently, the band had a featured song on the album The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Music From & Inspired By). The band’s Georgia Theatre performances will be opened by Colby Acuff, a country singer-songwriter from Idaho.

[Mary Beth Bryan] MUSIC | THU, FEB. 8

Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy

40 Watt Club • 7 p.m. (doors) • $25

Academy Award-winner Michael Shannon (Knives Out, Nocturnal Animals, The Shape of Water) and acclaimed musician Jason Narducy—who has worked with many prolific artists, with Bob Mould, Superchunk and Liz Phair among them— are teaming up for a tour across the U.S. playing R.E.M.’s 1983 album, Murmur, in its entirety. In the past, the pair has performed several other classic albums from artists such as Neil Young, The Smiths and Bob Dylan. Their R.E.M. tribute began as a oneoff performance in a Chicago venue to celebrate the album’s 40th anniversary, but the hugely successful show, which even featured an appearance from bassist Mike Mills, gave way to an entire tour, including a necessary stop in R.E.M.’s very own hometown. [MB] MUSIC | FRI, FEB. 9

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Asheville indie rock band Wednesday, led by frontwoman Karly Hartzman,

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turns the mundane experiences of life in the American South into gritty Southern Gothic reflections. Clashing instrumentals are tinged with near-yodel vocals and country-adjacent riffs to form the band’s signature sound. Images of “rain-rotted houses” and snow that doesn’t stick abound in Wednesday’s lyrics and weave a familiar portrait, dripping in decay yet buzzing with sonic energy.

The band also boasts a status as Dead Oceans labelmates with the likes of Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast, Khruangbin, Slowdive and Mitski.

In the wake of the band’s recent release, Rat Saw God, music journalist Chris Deville said for Stereogum, “At this rate, Wednesday might end up as the greatest indie band of their generation.” The show will be opened

by New York indierock band Hotline TNT, whose music is full of distortion and strong hooks. [MB] THEATER | FEB. 9–18

Disaster! The Musical

Town & Gown Players • Times Vary • $20

Set in the twilight of the disco period, Disaster! The Musical is a new jukebox musical comedy from Broadway. The production is the brainchild of Emmy nominee and SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudesky and actor and television writer Jack Plotnick.

It takes place in a casino and discotheque aboard a ship in 1979, and it pays homage to the disaster films of the 1970s.

Earthquakes, infernos and tidal waves shake up the A-list passengers as they sing ’70s hits like “I Will Survive” and “Hooked on a Feeling.” The show has been described

by The New York Times as a “self-consciously silly spoof” of classic films like Earthquake and The Towering Inferno. The show will be performed Feb. 9–10 and Feb. 15–17 at 8 p.m., with afternoon matinees held Feb. 11 and Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. [MB] EVENT | TUE, FEB. 13

Historic Athens Mardi Gras Terrapin Beer Co. • 5:30–10:30 p.m. • $40–80

The sixth annual Historic Athens Mardi Gras Masquerade and Block Party is at its heart a celebration of the Athens art scene.

Entertainment will come from a variety of local artists, including live music from Blair Crimmins and The Hookers, swing dance lessons and Samba with The Athens Studio dancers, and a drag showcase. The event will also feature an auction for parasols decorated by local artists, a couple’s costume contest with a $250 prize and authentic New Orleans dining. Historic Athens is additionally partnering on an exclusive Nighthawks New Orleans Cocktail Experience that offers the opportunity to try New Orleans cocktails and king cake, plus rides to and from the main masquerade at Terrapin. [MB] f

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Sailor Winters’ Blue Lines PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP

By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com PRAYERS FOR RAIN: From the seemingly nonstop stream of archival live recordings, it’s sometimes easy to forget that Widespread Panic hasn’t released a studio album since 2015’s Street Dogs. However, in 2020 the band released the studio single “Sundown Betty,” and just a couple of weeks ago they released another new studio single, “Little

By Little.” Speculation among fans has, of course, led to chatter of a new album being in the works, considering the band has also introduced several new songs to its live sets in relatively short order. This newest song is a loud, heavy rocker for the band with a solidly bluesy main riff. The next times the band plays anywhere even sort of close to Athens, and where tickets may still be available, are Apr. 25 at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and May 24–25 at Memphis, TN’s Radians Amphitheater. For all other information, please see widespreadpanic.com.

A PIRATE LOOKS AT FIFTY: It’s been six years since any new music was heard from Sailor Winters, the years-long black noise/experimental project from composer Ryan Cox. But new-ish label Propitious Artifacts—helmed by the supremely dedicated and knowledgeable Gavin Frederick of Stickfigure Recordings—just released the new 13-track Sailor Winters album Blue Lines. The pieces here are arranged very much like a proper album, which is nice in a genre that sometimes seems so committed to just throwing things at the wall. Specific highlights are the relentlessly rhythmic “But A Gift,” the brief piano interlude “Doll House” and its sonic neighbor “Jardious.” The strongest piece on the whole album, though, is the howling “Portal Of Ran,” which is the aural equivalent of being sucked into a glitch-digital whirlpool of noise for which there’s no way out but through. Find this new one at propitiousartifacts.bandcamp.com, and once you feel comfortable diving more deeply, head over to sailorwinters.bandcamp.com.

OPEN CALL: Longtime Athens musician and creative force Mux Blank (Mr. Blank, Rat Babies, et al) has once again put out the call for musicians, artists, filmmakers, performers of all stripes, comedians, animators, etc. to submit videos for inclusion on JOKERJOKERtv. This is the weekly video program produced by Blank and some other dedicated hands that has been moving along at a very steady clip for quite a while.

For more information about this particular submission process, and for more information on JOKERJOKERtv in general, please see jokerjokertv.com/submit and jokerjoker tv.com, respectively.

THIS IS THE GAME THAT MOVES AS YOU PLAY: I honestly can’t immediately think of another

Athens-area project/band/thing so committed to its own metamorphosis as Foreign Dots. Unless, of course, the narrative for this utterly mysterious and anonymous project is just a clear-the-decks recording concern, and this is all coming from a creative mind that just loves several genres.

That said, in the past seven months Foreign Dots has moved from the solid trashy doom metal of its debut DNA Pig to the four-track indie pop-rock aesthetic of its newest EP, I Remember How Young He Was. If there were ever a marriage between, say, Dinosaur Jr. and Ween, this would be it. There are a couple of melodies here that are reminiscent of Parquet Courts, too. Quite enjoyable stuff here, save for the shambolic twang of “Twig,” which isn’t very good at all. Anyway, find this and everything else over at foreign dots.bandcamp.com.

WHY DON’T WE SING THIS SONG ALL TOGETHER?:

The first 2024 performance by The Georgia Women of Song happens Saturday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens (780 Timothy Road).

This concert features a knockout level of Athens vocal talent, including the jazzpop artist Marty Winkler, Susan Staley (Solstice Sisters), Kate Morrissey Stahl (Kate Morrissey Band), Lisa Cesnik Ferguson (Kate Morrissey Band, et al), and Maggie Mason Hunter (The Warblers, Solstice Sisters). This show costs $10, and doors open at 6 p.m. A press release distributed last week noted that, “As with past GWOS concerts, there’ll be solo performances, duets, trios and even choir-like serenades featuring all five singers, with the music, both originals and cover tunes, spanning every American genre, from rock and pop to folk and R&B.” ACQUAINTANCES AND FRIENDS: The HeAthens Homecoming Cookout and Auction, the annual event hosted in coordination with the Drive-By Truckers’ homecoming shows, happens Saturday, Feb. 17 from 12–4 p.m. at Nuçi’s Space. This event is free, open to the public, and the silent auction runs until 3 p.m. For all other information, please see nuci.org/heathens-homecoming. f

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Crowe and bassist Michael Lachowski stepped away from the band, and songwriter and vocalist Vanessa Briscoe Hay continued working with Supercluster, which included her husband Bob Hay (a bluegrass

inal group, PRS consists of original member Hay, as well as guitarist Jason NeSmith, bassist Kay Stanton and drummer Gregory Sanders.

Through a series of jams and writing sessions, which sometimes involved instruments like spare truck tailgates and power tools, PRS generated nine original tracks, as well as breathing new life into two undiscovered Pylon songs from early on in the band’s history. “3X3” and “Heaven” were discovered by NeSmith while compiling and archiving old Pylon tapes, and though they seemed to be hidden gems, they had lain unreleased since 1979.

musician) and members of Olivia Tremor Control, Casper & the Cookies, of Montreal and others.

In the years following the band’s inception, Pylon had gained a large cult following, and despite its tenuous existence, Vanessa Briscoe Hay felt the necessity to keep the spirit of the band alive. So, the band Pylon Reenactment Society, which even today eludes specific definition, was born. Part cover/tribute band, part all-orig-

The songs on Magnet Factory seem to have been created through a process of masterful alchemy; they’re markedly more developed than early Pylon songs, yet they still retain the original spirit of the band—something that, according to Hay, is entirely intentional.

“They say people change their cell structure every seven years,” Hay said in a statement via label Strolling Bones Records.

“So, I’ve totally regenerated several times

Magnet Factory

PYLON REENACTMENT SOCIETY RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM

By Patrick Barry music@flagpole.com

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ylon Reenactment Society will celebrate its debut album Magnet Factory with an album release show at Hendershot’s on Feb. 9.

Within the Athens music pantheon, few groups hold a more hallowed spot than Pylon, the by all accounts legendary group of art students who united for a brief four years to show the sleepy college town the meaning of punk. With a DIY ethos and little knowledge of how to actually play their instruments, Pylon strung together a short but electric string of shows, migrating from Athens house venues to a wider American audience, and eventually the UK and Canada.

Pylon was famously championed by R.E.M.’s Bill Berry, who, after receiving the award of Rolling Stone’s “America’s Best Band” in 1987, conferred the honor to Pylon. When Pylon formed in 1979, however, it was initially met with a cool reception. Audiences weren’t yet quite ready for its choppy, angular sound, industrial aesthetic (its name being derived from a traffic cone) and oftentimes monotonous lyrics—all qualities which would come to define the new wave movement of the early to mid ’80s.

After its mutually agreed-upon breakup in 1983, Pylon popped up in the intervening decades in various forms, along with a short reunion which resulted in an album.

In 2009, Pylon guitarist Randy Bewley died, an event that drastically altered the course of the band.

Following the loss of key member Bewley, Pylon dispersed. Drummer Curtis

since we started Pylon 40 years ago. Over the course of your life, you’re going to learn new things. Your mind is going to change and expand. I’m a lot older now, and I can’t be something I’m not anymore. Pylon is our guiding star, but we’re not Pylon. We’re Pylon Reenactment Society.”

It’s possible there has never been a band in Athens with a greater respect for their source material. PRS members regard their original counterparts with great reverence.

No attempts are made to replace any original member, but to embody their original energy, calling back to their spirit, while still remaining distinct in their own right.

The same can be said of the album’s original tracks. Under the oversight of producer David Barbe of Chase Park Transduction, the album shines.

Instrumental lines are tight, yet simple, the drumming utilitarian and driving, and Hay’s vocals just as electric as ever. “Flowers Everywhere” is a rocking anthem of belonging for people young and old, with a music video directed by Dan Aguar featuring some lesser-known Athens locations.

Legendary B-52s member Kate Pierson collaborated with PRS on “Fix It,” the album’s only song featuring a fifth member.

Despite their mutual admiration over the years, “Fix It” marks the first time that Hay and Pierson have officially collaborated. The song serves as a celebration of the mentors and teachers in one’s life, specifically Hay’s.

PRS plans to tour on the heels of the new album, including a show in Austin for the SXSW showcase. f

WHO: Pylon Reenactment Society, Organically Programmed Orchestra WHEN: Friday, Feb. 9, 8 p.m.

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Repertory Singers

This choir, conducted by Graduate Students in Choral Conducting, will be led during this concert by Joshua Wagner and Braden Rymer. Free performances.

Sarah DelBene Memorial Concert This concert is performed by the UGA Flute Studio.

Free performances.

Wind Symphony & Symphonic Band

Featuring the world premiere of “Aileron”

by UGA Faculty James Naigus, “Angels in the Architecture” by Frank Ticheli, “Big City Lights” by Marie A. Douglas, and more.

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Guest Artist Charlie Goodman, tuba

Goodman holds the principal tuba chair of Sinfonia Gulf Coast, based in Destin, Florida, and has previously held similar positions in the Valdosta and Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestras Free performance.

UGA Philharmonia

Philharmonia offers an outlet for all string players at the University of Georgia.

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Ciné 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Show off your pipes to the world. Every first, third and fifth Tuesday.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com FOURTH MANSIONS Brant Rackley and Larry Tenner join Joe Rowe for a set of indie rock originals and eclectic covers.

CASH LANGDON Birmingham-​ based singer-​songwriter blending influences of twee, jangle pop and ’60s rock.

WOLFLI Somber and reflective songs.

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.

Rabbit Hole Studios 8–10:30 p.m. www.rabbitholestudios. org IMPROVS AND ORIGINS Musical experiments, originals and improvisations.

Ramsey Hall 7:30 p.m. FREE! pac.uga.edu DAVID STARKWEATHER Cellist and professor at UGA’s Hodgson School of Music.

The World Famous 9 p.m. $8 suggested donation. www. facebook.com/theworldfamous athens MX LONELY Heavy, melodic shoegaze and post-​punk from Brooklyn.

AUNT MOTH Local alternative rock band with ’70s punk and post-​punk influences.

COMA THERAPY Muscular dark wave goth influenced by post-​punk and no wave.

SPLIT SILK Noisy and cathartic post-​hardcore led by Lucca Carver.

Wednesday 7 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 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $30. www.georgiatheatre.com FLATLAND CAVALRY Texas roots-​ country outfit with earth country ballads and gritty folk ramblers.

COLBY ACUFF Country singer-​ songwriter from Idaho signed to Sony Music Nashville.

Hendershot’s 7 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com HENDERSHOT’S OPEN MIC NIGHT Discover new Athens musical talent. Hosted by Lizzy Farrell.

No. 3 Railroad Street 6 p.m. FREE! www.3railroad.org OPEN MIC Picnics, chairs, dogs and children are welcome.

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.

Ramsey Hall 7:30 p.m. $3 (w/ UGA ID), $15. pac. uga.edu JOSH BYNUM Professor of trombone at UGA, soloist, chamber musician and orchestral trombonist.

Thursday 8 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. (doors). $25. www.40watt.com MICHAEL SHANNON & JASON NARDUCY Actor Michael Shannon (Knives Out, The Shape of Water, Bullet Train), musician Jason Narducy (Superchunk, Liz Phair, Bob Mould) and friends perform R.E.M.’s album Murmur.

Ciné 8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $10. www.athenscine.com PARKER WIERLING Athens-​based upbeat alternative musician blending elements of roots rock, indie pop and Americana.

WELL KEPT Athens alternative rock band led by Tommy Trautwein that combines modern indie and classic emo.

Festival Hall 7:30 p.m. $25. www.festivalhallga. com THE JAZZ LEGACY PROJECT The program “Dave Brubeck, Time Out” features songs from one of the best-​selling jazz albums of all time and chronicles the bold move Brubeck made during the Civil Rights movement.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com BAD MINT Alternative punk trio from Atlanta.

ANDREW MARTIN No info available.

KEELY No info available.

CAUGHY Atlanta-​based artist combining assorted synthesizers, drum machines and vocals to create simple yet charmingly vulnerable productions.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $30. www.georgiatheatre.com FLATLAND CAVALRY Texas roots-​ country outfit with earth country ballads and gritty folk ramblers.

COLBY ACUFF Country singer-​ songwriter from Idaho signed to Sony Music Nashville.

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

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

Friday 9 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. (doors). $26 (adv.), $31. www.40watt.com WEDNESDAY Ragged Asheville indie rock with touches of shoegaze and Southern Gothic lyricism.

HOTLINE TNT DIY alternative rock and shoegaze band from New York City.

Athentic Brewing Co. Mardi Gras Party. 8–11 p.m. $5. www. athenticbrewing.com MARY & THE HOT HOTTY HOTS Hot jazz and swing band offering music from the 1910s, ’20s and ’30s. (6 p.m.)

Bolo Bolo Athens 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation. www. instagram.com/bolo.bolo.ath THE COLIN MANKO TRIO Manko (guitar) joins Josh Allen (bass) and Alex Dillon (drums) for an improvised set.

THE SHANE PARISH TRIO Parish (guitar) joins John Kiran Fernandes (clarinet) and James Owen (drums) for an improvised set.

Buvez 6:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/buvez athens RICK AND THE MORTY’S No info available.

ETHAN HARRISON SMITH Americana and folk singer-​songwriter from North Georgia.

THE FLYING V Athens quack-​rock kings.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Shadebeast Presents. 9 p.m. (doors). $12. www.flickertheatreandbar.com DEAD REGISTER Gloomy post-​ doom dual bass band influenced by goth, industrial and post-​punk.

TEMPTRESS Heavy rock and doom metal band from Texas.

LONG COLD STARE Melodic hardcore band that specializes in odd time signatures, dissonant riffs and complex drum patterns.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25. bit.ly/The FoundryFeb9 CHI-​TOWN TRANSIT AUTHORITY Eight-​piece tribute band performs four decades of hits by Chicago.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $30. www.georgiatheatre.com THE RED CLAY STRAYS Inventive fusion of classic country, rockabilly and soul from Mobile, AL. Hendershot’s 8 p.m. $10. www.hendershotsathens. com PYLON REENACTMENT SOCIETY Vanessa Briscoe Hay and an all-​star cast of locals play the music of Pylon, plus new originals. Album release show!

ORGANICALLY PROGRAMMED ORCHESTRA Electronic space-​ themed act utilizing primitive drum machines and synthesizers to create disco-​pop, jazz and easy listening inspired compositions.

Nowhere Bar Attaboy Presents. 8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $10. www.facebook. com/NowhereBarAthens ATHENS MIDDLE EAST ORCHESTRA Athens very own Middle Eastern inspired outfit that focuses on the musical culture of Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Syria and more.

CELESTOGRAMME A new heavy psych rock band led by Peter Alvanos (Elf Power, Sunshine Fix).

INFINITE FAVORS Featuring members of Pride Parade, Los Meesfits and Cars Can Be Blue.

Ramsey Hall 7:30 p.m. $10 (w/ UGA ID), $25–50. pac.uga.edu AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE The program “The Music of Jóhann Jóhannsson” celebrates the Icelandic composer’s

chamber music in a concert setting featuring string quintet, piano, electronics and percussion.

Saturday 10 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. (doors). $22 (adv.), $27. www.40watt.com TANNER URSY Southern-​inspired rock with a folk and slight country twist.

JD CLAYTON Earnest singer-​songwriter who combines Americana, R&B and folk rock.

Boutier Winery & Inn 8 p.m. $10. www.boutierwinery.com THE AUDIOCANDY EXPERIENCE BAND Dance favorites from the ’60s to today.

Earth Fare 2–4 p.m. www.earthfare.com RC OUTLAW COWBOY Country and gospel singer with over four decades of experience.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $12. www.flicke rtheatreandbar.com RECESS PARTY Local indie-​rock band with a self-​described collage of rock, funk and alternative.

ATTICUS RONESS Member of power pop duo The Corduroy Blue.

FLORENCE CARDIGAN Local “reggae disco dreamy funk pop” trio.

The Foundry 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (show). $7 (adv.), $10. bit.ly/FoundryFeb10 DEEP ROOTS Shades from Motown to Southern rock.

ROLLIN’ HOME Local Southern rock band.

Madison-​Morgan Cultural Center Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball: A Midnight Winter’s Dream. 7:30–11 p.m. www.mmcc-​arts.org GETDOWNTOWN Celebrate Mardi Gras with R&B grooves, Motown classics and top 40 hits.

The Root 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ AubreyEntertainmentAthensGA THE YOUNG FRANKENSTEINS A handful of lawyers, a librarian and a neurosurgeon walk into a bar and dish out some fun Valentine’s Day themed covers.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia Orchid Madness: Botanic Musicale. 6 p.m. $25. botgarden.uga.edu LIZA STEPANOVA Internationally acclaimed pianist and associate professor of piano at UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Followed by a champagne reception.

Sunday 11 Athentic Brewing Co. 2–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com ATHENTIC BLUEGRASS JAM Players of all skill levels are invited to participate in this open jam, which strives to unite members of the local folk music community.

Every second Sunday.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 2 p.m. $30–50. pac.uga.edu APOLLON MUSAGÈTE QUARTET Internationally renowned Polish quartet that delivers elegant performances with wide tonal palettes and dynamic ranges.

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworld famousathens NU11 Athens-​based post punk and self-​described Adderall pop band.

ALL GODS Mighty powerful post-​ punk from Athens.

SMALLTALK Savannah-​based shoegaze rock with DIY roots.

Monday 12 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show). $20 (adv.), $25. www.40watt.com SMILE EMPTY SOUL Grunge rock band originally formed in 1998 in Santa Clarita, CA. SYGNAL TO NOISE Melodic hard rock band hailing from Maine.

HEATHEN SUN Up-​and-​coming nu-​metal band from North Carolina.

Tuesday 13 The Classic Center 7:30 p.m. $27.50–94.50. www.classic center.com MANIA Tribute band that delivers energetic and sonically faithful performances of ABBA’s greatest hits.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com TRVY & THE ENEMY Hip-​hop band that blends trap, funk and psychedelic rock.

THE CULT OF CHUNK Brooklyn-​ based band with indie rock instrumentals and loud vocals.

VIOLENT VIOLET Gritty, distorted punk rock from Athens.

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.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu UNIVERSITY CHORUS Presenting the program “Love and Laughter.”

UGA CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE AND UGA CHORAL PROJECT “Awakening” features new works for voices and instruments by living composers.

Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens SEX CELL Local alternative band influenced by grunge, garage and indie rock.

CAREY WELSH & THE WAKING STORM New group led by Carey McLaughlin sharing songs from the forthcoming album. Debut show!

69 DUDES Athens misfits on a mission to write 69 punk songs, each exactly 69 seconds long.

DIM WATTS Psych-​tinged folk group led by Jim Willingham (Old Smokey, Ham 1).

INFINITE FAVORS Featuring members of Pride Parade, Los Meesfits and Cars Can Be Blue.

Rabbit Hole Studios 8–10:30 p.m. www.rabbitholestudios. org IMPROVS AND ORIGINS Musical experiments, originals and improvisations.

Red Line Athens 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10. www.instagram.com/trianglefire13

TRIANGLE FIRE Local pizza punk with extra thick crust. First Athens show in three years!

BOOF Reckless queer punks on tour from Dallas, TX to support the new album, Blood, Sweat & Queers.

WONDERMARE Thrashy sludge-​ core on tour from Dothan, AL. HILL BLOCKS VIEW Atlanta indie-​ surf punk.

SANITY SYNDROME High-​energy punk from Atlanta.

Terrapin Beer Co. Sixth Annual Historic Athens Mardi Gras Masquerade and Block Party. www.historicathens.com BLAIR CRIMMINS AND THE HOOKERS Atlanta-​based ragtime/ Dixieland jazz revival outfit.

Wednesday 14 40 Watt Club HeAthens Homecoming Night 1. 7 p.m. (doors). $35. www.40watt. com DIMMER TWINS AND FRIENDS Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley of The Drive-​By Truckers play a stripped-​down set of original solo and duo material, plus some DBT songs that they’ve written.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 5 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com THE LANES Easy listening rock band from Athens.

PAUL MCHUGH Musician from local band Pilgrim who performs hard-​hitting, riff-​heavy rock.

9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $20. www.georgiatheatre.com ELIJAH JOHNSTON Athens-​based emo singer-​songwriter with hooky guitar-​driven tunes, and 2022 winner of the Vic Chesnutt Songwriter Award.

KID FEARS Atlanta group drawing influence from slowcore and shoegaze giants like Low and My Bloody Valentine.

HUNLO Electrified, soulful artist with a soft, inspiring sound.

Hendershot’s 7 p.m. (sign-​ups). FREE! www.hendershotsathens.com BEATS, RHYMES AND LIFE OPEN MIC Emcees, poets, rappers and freestylers of all styles are invited to perform with the backing band playing the tempo of their choice.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu WIND SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC BAND Featuring the world premiere of “Aileron” by UGA faculty James Naigus, “Angels in the Architecture” by Frank Ticheli, “Big City Lights” by Marie A. Douglas and more.

Ramsey Hall 3:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu REPERTORY SINGERS A mixed chamber choir directed by graduate student conductors.

5:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu SARAH DELBENE MEMORIAL CONCERT The UGA Flute Studio performs in tribute to the late UGA doctoral student and accomplished flutist. f

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

Art AAAC QUARTERLY GRANT (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council offers $500 grants to visual and performing artists in any medium to support specific projects that enrich the culture of Athens. Rolling deadlines are Mar. 15, June 15, Sept.

15 and Dec. 15. Apply online. www. athensarts.org/support ATHENS CREATIVE DIRECTORY (Athens, GA) The ACD is a platform to connect creatives with patrons.

Visual artists, musicians, actors, writers and other creatives are encouraged to create a free listing. athenscreatives@gmail.com, www. athenscreatives.directory CALL FOR ENTRIES (ATHICA) All new and returning 2024 members can exhibit an artwork of their choice in ATHICA’s annual Members’ Showcase. New members welcome.

Deadline Feb. 11. Drop-​off Feb. 12, 4–6 p.m. Exhibition runs Feb. 15– Mar. 17. www.athica.org/calls IN CASE (Lyndon House Arts Center) A new program, “IN CASE,” will invite an artist each winter to utilize the lobby case as an art installation environment by creating a site-​ specific work that responds to the case’s specific dimensions. Area artists can submit proposals online.

Proposals are reviewed following the deadlines of Apr. 20 and Sept.

20 at 11:59 p.m. www.accgov.com/ exhibits JOKERJOKERTV CALL FOR ARTISTS (Online) JOKERJOKERtv is

actively accepting proposals for collaboration from visual, musical and video artists and curators living in Athens. Artists worldwide can also submit music videos, short films, skits and ideas to share with a weekly livestream audience. www. jokerjokertv.com/submit OPEN STUDIOS (Lyndon House Arts Center) Studio members have access to spaces for painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, jewelry, fiber and woodworking.

Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $65/month. www. accgov.com/7350/Open-​Studio-​ Membership

Auditions AN EVENING OF ONE ACTS (Marigold Auditorium, Winterville) The Winterville Players are casting Anton Chekhov’s comedy, The Proposal, and Susan Glaspell’s mystery, Trifles. Auditions Feb. 19–20, 7 p.m. Performances held Apr. 26–27, 7 p.m. 706-​742-​0823, www.marigoldauditorium.com THE CEMETERY CLUB (Elberton Arts Center) Seeking ages 40–70.

Be prepared to read excerpts from the script. Auditions held Mar. 4–5, 6–8 p.m. Performances held May 10–12, 17–19 at the Elbert Theatre.

706-213-3109, tking@cityof elberton.net CYRANO (Town & Gown Players) A retelling of the classic tale that has inspired countless poets and lovers to face their own self-doubt.

art around town AADM JUSTICE CENTER & BOOKSTORE (3700 Atlanta Hwy.) The “Global Imagination in Black Music Artists Exhibit” focuses on LP cover art of Black musicians. Opening reception Feb. 10, 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. Through February.

ACE/FRANCISCO GALLERY (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1500) Jason Thrasher’s exhibition of photographs, “Kashi Washi,” documents his return to a specific street corner in Benares, India 25 years after his first visit in 1998. Open by appointment.

ATHENAEUM (287 W. Broad St.) Brooklyn-based artist Fabienne Lasserre presents “Listeners,” an immersive and responsive installation consisting of a series of sculptures made of clear vinyl spray-painted with translucent gradients of color. Through Mar. 16.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: ATHICA (675 Pulaski St.) “Onodera & Pearse: Contrasts & Correlations” combines the works of Masako Onodera and Mary Pearse, two artists who share backgrounds in craft while embracing sculptural applications of metal, paper, gravity and motion. Through Feb. 11.

ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Skitterings: New Works

by Don Chambers” presents works on paper that rely on coincidence and chance while playing with mark-making, space, color and texture. Through Feb. 25.

CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) In Classic Gallery I, “Wild Thing” features animals, plants and people intermingling through the works of Margo Rosenbaum, Shelby Little, Carolyn Suzanne Schew and Amanda Burk.

• In Classic Gallery II, “LOVE.CRAFT Athens” features works by Melanie Jackson, Hannah Jo, Norman Austin Junior and Brittany Wortham.

DODD GALLERIES (270 River Rd.) “Trust Fall: 2024 Faculty Exhibition” features the work of Lamar Dodd School of Art faculty working in painting and drawing, textile design, photography, video, printmaking and book arts, interior design, scientific illustration and graphic design. Opening reception Feb. 8, 6–8 p.m. Through Mar. 20.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Paintings by Marisa Mustard. Through February.

FOYER (135 Park Ave.) New York City-based multidisciplinary artist Amelia

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Performances held Apr. 12–13, 18–21. www.townandgownplayers. org/cyrano-de-bergerac

Classes ACCA CLASSES (Athens Community Council on Aging Center for Active Learning) “Qigong for Vitality with Anna DiBella” includes gentle movements to help improve balance, coordination and the mind-​body connection. Mondays, 11 a.m.-​12 p.m. $20–25/five week series. “Feel Better Yoga with Elizabeth Alder, CYT” is a slow-​going yoga class for all abilities. Tuesdays, 2:30–3:30 p.m. $20–25/five week series. abarefoot@accaging.org ART CLASSES (K.A. Artist Shop) The shop offers a range of fine art classes and workshops for adults, private classes and parties, summer camps, and art clubs for youth.

Topics include acrylic, aqua oil, bookmaking, calligraphy, gouache, printmaking, and watercolor. Register online. www.kaartist.com ART CLASSES (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) “Collage & Composition,” Feb. 17. “Middle Schoolers: A Day of Fun Art Activities, Pizza & Making New Friends,” Feb. 24 or Mar. 30. “Intuitive Painting,” Mar. 9. “Collage & Principles of Design,” Mar. 23. All programs held 10 a.m.–4 p.m. edriscoll60@ gmail.com BLACKSMITHING CLASSES (Greenhow Handmade Ironworks, Wash-

ington) A variety of classes include “Two-​Day Railroad Spike Knife and Tomahawk” (Mar. 15–16), “Basic Tong Making” (Mar. 30), “Forge a Firepoker with Decorative Handle” (Apr. 6, May 11 or June 14), “Forge Grilling Tools” (Apr. 13 or June 1), “Forge a Three Hook Rack” (Apr. 26 or May 25), “Forge Garden Tools” (Apr. 27 or June 8), “Forge a Railroad Spike Knife” (May 3 or May 24), “Forge a Tomahawk” (May 4), “Forge a Spear” (May 31) and “Forge a Bottle Opener” (June 7).

Classes run 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www. greenhowhandmade.com/blacksmith-​classes CLASSES (Winterville Cultural Center) “Upcycling Workshop” guides participants on how to repurpose clothes into new creations. Mondays through Feb. 27, 6–8 p.m. $12/drop in. “Chair Yoga” promotes deep breathing, mindfulness and inward listening. Mondays, 9:10–10:10 a.m. $12/drop in.

“Botanical Sketchbook” explores drawing techniques like shading, perspective and light. Mondays, 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. $12/drop in. wintervillecampus@gmail.com, www.wintervillecenter.com FELDENKRAIS CLASSES (Sangha Yoga Studio) Gentle lessons for the brain and body. Thursdays, 2 p.m. $15–18. www.healingartscentre. net/sangha-​yoga-​studio MEMOIR WORKSHOP (Contact for Location) Barbara Burt leads a four-​ week workshop on writing memoirs.

Thursdays beginning Feb. 15, 1–4 p.m. $150. barbwriter@proton.me, www.memories2memoir.com NIA TECHNIQUE CLASSES (RxGym) Nia combines dance, martial arts and mindfulness with uplifting music to create a holistic fitness experience. Mondays and Thurs-

Briggs shares a collection of oil paintings on paper that imagine interior landscapes. On view by appointment through Mar. 16.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “In Dialogue: Power Couple: Pierre and Louise Daura in Paris” features paintings by Louise, engravings

by Pierre and several objects that appear in their images. Through Feb. 11.

• “Nancy Baker Cahill: Through Lines” is a mid-career survey demonstrating the artist’s progression from drawing into digital works of art in augmented reality. Through May 19. • “Decade of Tradition: Highlights from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection.” Through July 3, 2024. • “Kei Ito: Staring at the Face of the Sun” uses photography to examine the intergenerational trauma of nuclear disaster and the possibilities of healing and reconciliation. Artist Talk Feb. 8, 5:30 p.m. Currently on view through July 14.

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

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

Through March.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) Abraham Tesser presents “Maquettes,” a collection of small-scale works in wood used as drafts for larger pieces. Artist Talk and Closing Reception Feb. 8, 6 p.m. • “Memory Worker: Kelly Taylor Mitchell” explores ancestral seeking through handsewn stitches and handmade paper. Through Mar. 12. • “Tell Me A Story: Jasmine Best” presents narrative works combining fabric, yarn and digital sewing to reflect on memories and Black female identity. Through Mar. 12.

• Collections from our Community presents Ikla McConnell’s collection of Pyrex casseroles and dishware. Collector Talk and Casserole Bakeoff Feb. 15, 6 p.m. Through Apr. 9.

MASON-SCHARFENSTEIN MUSEUM OF ART (567 Georgia St., Demorest) Austin Wieland presents ceramic works investigating clay’s intersections with industry, functionality and technology. Through Feb. 22.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) Celebrating the release of Gail Karwoski’s new book, Skeleton in the Art Closet, “Novel Art Chapter Two” features artwork by over a dozen members of the Wonders of Watercolor group. Through Feb. 10.

REPUBLIC SALON (312 E. Broad St.) Jacob Wenzka presents a collection of paintings and drawings of robots, futuristic floating cities, and various other sci-fi and fantasy inspired scenes.

The Dodd Galleries will showcase “Trust Fall: 2024 Faculty Exhibition” through Mar. 20. An opening reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 8 from 6–8 p.m. Pictured above is a work by Benjamin Britton. days, 10 a.m. $15-​20/class. athens pt.com/rx-​gym/athens PÉTANQUE CLUB OF ATHENS (5 Alumni Dr.) Learn to play Pétanque.

RSVP for a free Wednesday introduction. athenspetanqueclub@ gmail.com, www.athenspetanque club.wixsite.com/play 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.

Upcoming public trainings will be held Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m. and Mar. 28 at 9:30 a.m. qpr@nuci.org, www.nuci.org/qpr SPANISH CLASSES (Multiple Locations) Casa de Amistad offers

beginning and intermediate GED and ESL classes in-​person and online. An eight-​week course to learn Spanish meets Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:30–1:30 p.m. $60. www.athensamistad.com TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS CLASSES (Live Oak Martial Arts) Traditional and modern-​style Taekwondo, self-​defense, grappling and weapons classes are offered for all ages. Classes in Jodo, the art of the Japanese staff and sword, are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. Visit the website for a full schedule. liveoak martialarts@gmail.com, www.live oakmartialarts.com YOGA AND MORE (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Revolution is a multipurpose mind-​body wellness studio offering yoga

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave) Wendy Chaney shares her love of flowers and nature through photography. Through Feb. 18.

STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) “Peace in Our Time: Steffen Thomas Meisterwerke from the Lowrance Collection” shares works collected by Marjorie and Richard Lowrance over the span of 60 years. Through July 23.

TIF SIGFRIDS (393 N. Finley St.) Brooklyn-based artist Margaux Ogden presents “Tidal Locking,” a series of new paintings iterating upon each other.

Through Feb. 24.

UGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER LOBBY GALLERY (230 River Rd.) The new gallery debuts with large-scale paintings from Margaret Morrison’s “Paradigm Shift,” a series created after Morrison began questioning historical aspects of her closely held Mormon faith. Through July 26.

UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “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. • “Legacy: Vince Dooley, 1932-2022” celebrates the life and career of the late UGA football head coach and athletic director through photographs and artifacts. Tours held before home games on Fridays at 3 p.m. Through spring 2024. • “Paving the Road to Progress: Georgia Interstate Highways” traverses the rocky path of the interstate system’s development through maps, reports, correspondence and legislation.

Through Apr. 24. • Developed by James W. Porter, Meigs Professor of Ecology emeritus at UGA, “Sunken Treasure: The Art and Science of Coral Reefs” explores the marine lives of coral through specimens and photographs. Lecture Feb. 15, 6 p.m. Family Day Apr. 13, 1 p.m. Through July 3.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS CLEMENTS GALLERY (780 Timothy Rd.) Paul Hartman presents “A Lightmonkey Show,” a collection of photographs. Through March.

THE VALTON GALLERY AT STATE (625 Barber St., Suite 120) Self-taught painter Valton Murray shares works dominated by abstract botanicals, bright colors and surreal landscapes.

WINTERVILLE CULTURAL CENTER (371 N. Church St., Winterville) Students attending Winterville Elementary School share their creations.

Reception Feb. 22, 6–7:30 p.m. Currently on view through Mar. 22.

WINTERVILLE LIBRARY (115 Marigold Ln., Winterville) Paintings by Melanie Sgrignoli. Through February.

and therapy with an emphasis on trauma-​informed practices. Check website for upcoming classes and programs. www.revolutiontherapy andyoga.com

Help Out ADOPT AN ANIMAL (Bear Hollow Zoo) Different sponsorship levels are available to “adopt” a zoo resident. Donations are used for exhibits, food and wildlife education.

706-​613-​3580 BLING YOUR PROM (ACC Library) Seeking donations of formalwear that will be given to local teens for prom. Items can include men and women’s formalwear, jewelry and accessories, shoes, unused cosmetics and hair products, service/ store coupons and paper shopping bags. Donations accepted until Feb. 29. ehood@athenslibrary.org

Kidstuff ACCOUNTING 101: BE AUDIT YOU CAN BE (UGA Terry College of Business) Youth Programs at UGA and UGA’s J.M. Tull School of Accounting offer a two-​day workshop for ages 15–17. Feb. 24-​25, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $20. www.georgia center.uga.edu/youth/spark ATHENS FOREST KINDERGARTEN (Sandy Creek Park) Now enrolling children ages 3-​6. AFK is a cooperative preschool that aims to develop initiative, persistence, interdependence, and empathy. www.athens forestkindergarten.org CCCF SCHOLARSHIPS (Athens, GA) The Classic Center Cultural Foundation is now accepting applications for performing arts and visual arts scholarships. Applications are open to 9th–12th grade high school students living in Northeast Georgia. Deadline Mar. 1. www. classiccenter.com/scholarships GROUPS AT REBLOSSOM (ReBlossom) Tiny Tunes is for children ages 4 and under and their caregivers to explore instrument play.

Mondays, 10:15–10:45 a.m. $12/ drop-​in. 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 1–4 years old and their caregivers to meet each other and build relationships.

Wednesdays, 3–5 p.m. All Ages Play Group is for children 1–5 years old and their caregivers to play inside and outdoors. Fridays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Sunday Support and Play Group is held for ages 1–4 and their families. Sundays, 1–3 p.m. Brave Solo Mamas includes a dinner and support group for moms who are parenting without a second caregiver. Fourth Tuesday of the month, 6 p.m. www.reblossom athens.com LIBRARY STORYTIMES (ACC Library) Storytime for preschool aged children and their caregivers is offered every Tuesday and Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. www.athens library.org TEEN EXPERT WORKSHOP: PUPPET MAKING (Bogart Library) Learn to make mouth puppets during a two-week workshop. Supplies provided. Feb. 17 and Feb. 24, 2–4 p.m. www.athenslbrary. org/bogart TREEHOUSE ACTIVITIES (Treehouse Kid & Craft) A variety of crafting and playtime activities are offered for various age groups.

Popular activities include Crafterday Saturdays, Storytime with Mr. Doodles and Craft Inc. Kid Business.

Visit the website for details and to register. www.treehousekidandcraft. 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 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) If you think you have a problem with alcohol, call the AA hotline or visit the website for a schedule of meetings in Barrow, Clarke, Jackson and Oconee Counties. 706-​389-​4164, www. athensaa.org 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 NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP (Oconee Presbyterian Church) Peer-​led support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Second Monday of the month, 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! joannehnamihallga@gmail.com NEW PARENTS AND INFANT FEEDING SUPPORT GROUP (BYL Family Resource Center) Come as you are for community, snacks and feeding advice from professionals.

Babies and children of all ages are welcome. Wednesdays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.byyourleave.org OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (24th Street Clubhouse) Learn to stop eating compulsively or curb other unwanted food-​related behaviors.

Tuesdays, 12 p.m. Text: 678-​736-​ 3697 PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP (First Baptist Church) This group is to encourage, support and share information with fellow sojourners who manage the challenges of Parkinson’s disease or other movement disorders. Second Friday of the 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. Six-​ week 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. 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 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.

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SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE (Nuçi’s Space) SOS is a support group for anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide. Meets the third Wednesday of every month, 5:30–7:30 p.m. www.nuci.orgwww.integrityof jefferson.com

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ATHENS BUSINESS ROCKS (40 Watt Club) Nuçi’s Space invites local businesses to form cover bands and compete in a fundraising battle of the bands event. Awards are given to best fundraiser, crowd favorite and judges’ favorite. Registration closes Feb. 19. Event held May 4. $150/registration fee. www. nuci.org/abr ATHENS ON ICE (Classic Center, 440 Foundry Pavilion) Public ice skating is currently available Feb. 19. Check website for schedule of skating sessions. $15. www.classic center.com BIKE REPAIR STATIONS (Multiple Locations) Over 15 free bike repair stations are located across Athens with tools, an air pump and a QR code for quick guides on basic bike repairs. Visit the website for participating locations. www.accgov. com/10584/Bike-​Repair-​Stations COMPOST TRIAL (Athens, GA) The ACC Solid Waste Department and UGA New Materials Institute are seeking up to 400 local households to test their new Residential Compost Pilot Project that runs February to early May. Residents in the Normaltown and Boulevard neighborhoods are eligible to register. www. accgov.com/composttrial DIAMOND HILL FARM CSA (Athentic Brewing Co.) The Community Supported Agriculture program offers a variety of seasonal vegetables, fruits and/or flowers directly to consumers each week. Check website for weekly pickup locations, home delivery details and to register. $15 (flower share), $25–35 (farm box). www.diamondhillfarm athens.com RABBIT BOX THEMES (Athens, GA) Seeking storytellers to share true short stories on stage. Upcoming themes include “Duets” on Feb. 27, “Better Late Than Never” on Mar. 26, “The Story of Your Name” on Apr. 23 and “With This Ring” on May 28. Visit website to apply. www.rabbitbox.org/tell RABBIT HOLE EVENTS (Rabbit Hole Studios) Weekly events include Open Mic (Tuesdays, 7–11 p.m.), Acoustic Song Circle (Thursdays, 7–11 p.m.), Seventh Generation Native American Church services and community potlucks (Sundays, 11 a.m.), and Drumming and Song Circle (Sundays, 3–5 p.m.).

Wednesday Yoga (5 p.m.) is followed by Meditation and Integration (6 p.m.). Events are free or donation based. www.rabbitholestudios.org/ calendar SPRING ACTIVITIES (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services will offer a variety of arts, environmental science, recreation, sports and holiday events this spring for all ages. Now registering. www.accgov.com/ myrec VHS DIGITIZATION (Athens, GA) Brad Staples (of the Athens GA Live Music crew) is seeking previously recorded concerts and events on VHS, VHSC or DVDs to digitize and archive on his YouTube channel, vhsordie (@vhsordie3030). Original recordings will be returned, and credits and dates will be included in the online video description. Digitization services are free. Contact for details and to coordinate shipping. bradley.staples88@gmail.com f

Radiating with an underlying sense of ination or fallout surrounding nuclear loss and sorrow, the haunting works of weapon testing sites. interdisciplinary installation artist Kei These eyes reappear in “To Implore Your Ito address the trauma of nuclear disasLight,” a two-part project that attempts ter, the anxiety of potential modern-day to unearth the hidden nuclear legacy catastrophe, and the possibilities of healing embedded within physical spaces across and reconciliation. His artwork is fundathe U.S. During his 2021 residency at the mentally rooted in the intergenerational Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary trauma and legacy passed down from his Art, Ito projected fleeting images of 108 late grandfather, Takeshi Ito, who survived eyes onto buildings located on the musethe atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, um’s grounds, specifically ones that once yet lost many family members and friends housed Sprague Electric Company, which from the explosion and subsequent radiawas commissioned during WWII to develop tion poisoning. Often experimenting with a specialized capacitor for the first atomic cameraless photography techniques and sculpture, Ito’s installations explore complex themes of collective memory, mortality, heritage and identity.

Currently on view at the Georgia Museum of Art through July 14, the exhibition “Kei Ito: Staring at the Face of the Sun” unfolds across “Eye Who Witnessed” by Kei Ito seven distinct projects. Each creates an opportunity to investigate horrific bombs. Within the gallery, tiny slides of historical events, memorialize those lost the 108 eyes are suspended above bricks, to tragedies and reflect on an individual’s casting shadows that echo the projection place within the contemporary nuclear age. performance and representing warfare’s The exhibition was organized by Jeffrey residual grasp on a location’s sense of place.

Richmond-Moll, a curator of American art Ito will join fellow artist Binh Danh to at the Peabody Essex Museum who previdiscuss their bodies of work in a converously worked at the Georgia Museum of sation moderated by museum director Art. David Odo on Feb. 8 at 5:30 p.m. Danh, “Sungazing Scroll” is a 200-foot-long who teaches photography at San Jose State photogram of fiery oranges and reds puncUniversity, immigrated to the U.S. from tuated by a black teardrop pattern. Ito a war-torn Vietnam in 1979. He is best created the work by exposing Type C photo- known for his invention of a chlorophyll graphic paper to sunlight, pulling it in front printing process through which positives of a small aperture while inhaling, then of photographs are placed onto leaves, pausing to exhale. The pattern represents covered with glass and exposed to sunlight a total of 108 breaths, a number chosen for extended periods of time to embed for its ritual significance in Japanese the image through photosynthesis. Both Buddhism; to bring in the Japanese New artists use unconventional photographic Year, bells are chimed 108 times by temtechniques to reflect on themes of war, ples to represent the 108 earthly desires a intergenerational trauma, identity and human must overcome to achieve nirvana. reconciliation.

Contemplating the connection between Ito and Danh’s discussion will be folthe sun and his family history, “Sungazing lowed by 90 Carlton: Winter, a quarterly Scroll” ruminates on a memory Ito holds reception hosted by Friends of the Georgia of his grandfather describing how the sky Museum of Art, the next evening on Feb. 9. looked like it was being lit up by hundreds The museum’s Atomic Age film series, which of suns the day the bomb was detonated kicked off with Hiroshima Mon Amour last over Hiroshima. week, continues with screenings of Children Ito recognizes nuclear warfare as a globof Hiroshima on Feb. 15 and the original ally destructive force, and his work “Eye 1954 Godzilla on Feb. 29. Additional events Who Witnessed” dissolves the distinction highlighting the exhibition include a crebetween the attacker and the attacked to ative aging art workshop on Feb. 20; teen underscore this idea of shared suffering and studio on Feb. 29; student night on Feb. worldwide trauma. The installation consists 29; art and wellness program on Mar. 10; of a total of 108 C-print photograms depict- lecture with Naomi Egel, assistant professor ing eyes: 54 Japanese atomic bomb surin the Department of International Affairs vivors interspersed between 54 American at UGA, on Mar. 20; and family day on May “downwinders,” or researchers and civilians 18. Visit georgiamuseum.org for event who were exposed to radioactive contamdetails. f

ITO’S EXHIBITION AT THE GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART Word on the Street ByKEIJessica Smith arts@flagpole.com

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ART: Tour At Two (Georgia Museum of Art) These drop-​in public tours feature highlights of the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Salsa Dancing (Starland Lounge & Lanes) Join SALSAthens for Cuban salsa lessons that meet a variety of dance abilities, including beginners. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. (advanced), 7:30 p.m. (beginner/ intermediate). $10. SALSAthens Dancing@gmail.com COMEDY: Gorgeous George’s Improv League (Buvez) Townie improv that invites you to bring suggestions to help create improv magic. Wednesdays, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flying squidcomedy.com COMEDY: Over Yonder Comedy Tour (Ciné) David Goolsby and friends, Eric Brown and Dakota Day, are hosting an evening of laughs.

All ages. 7:30 p.m. $10. www. athenscine.com FILM: Blood Everywhere (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of the stalker film The Bloodstained Shadow. 7 p.m. FREE! www.flicker theatreandbar.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: Music Bingo (Southern Brewing Co.) Win prizes at this pop party music bingo night. Every other Wednesday, 7–9 p.m. FREE! www. sobrewco.com KIDSTUFF: Busy Bee Toddler Time (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for rhymes, songs, puppets and a story. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: LEGO & Builder’s Club (Bogart Library) Drop in to use LEGOs and other building materials.

All ages. 3:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth (The Globe) Athens’ longest-​running spoken word open mic, with this month’s featured reader being Jerry Rogers. 6 p.m. (sign-​ups), 7 p.m. (poetry). FREE! www.facebook. com/athenswordofmouth MEETINGS: Athens Homeless Coalition Board of Directors (Princeton United Methodist Church) Learn more about the coalition and how to get involved. 12 p.m. FREE! www. endathenshomelessness.com MEETINGS: Avid Writers’ Collective (Avid Bookshop) Members critique each others’ pre-​submitted writing of all forms. First Wednesdays, 6:15 p.m. FREE! events@ avidbookshop.com OUTDOORS: ‘Normal’ Run (Athentic Brewing Co.) Join the Athens Road Runners for a 1–3 mile run that starts and ends at Athentic Brewing.

Every other Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com

Thursday 8 ART: Artist Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Artists Kei Ito and

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Binh Danh will discuss their work in conjunction with Ito’s current exhibition, “Kei Ito: Staring at the Face of the Sun.” 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org ART: Artist Talk (Lyndon House Arts Center) Abraham Tesser will discuss their exhibition “Maquettes” featuring scale models in wood used as drafts for larger pieces. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ LyndonHouseArts ART: Opening Reception (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Work by full-​ time and part-​time Lamar Dodd faculty will be on view in the “Trust Fall: 2024 Faculty Exhibition.” 6–8 p.m. FREE! art.uga.edu CLASSES: Free Apple & Android Training Class for the Blind (Multiple Choices Center for Independent Living) A comprehensive seminar is focused on sharing essential skills for seamlessly and efficiently navigating devices. Registration required. 10 a.m.​​–2 p.m.

FREE! 706-​850-​4025 CLASSES: Creative Aging Seated Yoga (Georgia Museum of Art) This class will include restorative stretching, deep breathing and mindfulness. All levels welcome.

RSVP by email. 10:30 a.m. FREE! gmoa-​tours@uga.edu CLASSES: Classic City Squares Dance Lessons (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Beginner square dance lessons for singles, couples and children. Ages 12 & up. Thursdays, 2​​–4 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/groups/classic citysquares COMEDY: Open Improv Jam (work. shop) An improv comedy practice open to the community. 8​​–9:30 p.m. Donations encouraged. www. flyingsquidcomedy.com COMEDY: Comedy in the Cellar (Onward Reserve) Athens Comedy presents local comedians along with headliners that are some Greenville, SC’s best. Thursdays, 8:30–10:30 p.m. $8–15. www. facebook.com/athenscomedy EVENTS: Diamond Hill Farm Stand (Athentic Brewing Co.) Vegetables and fresh flowers are available on hand and pre-​ordered. Every Thursday, 4–6 p.m. www.diamondhill farmathens.com EVENTS: Oconee County Library Friends Winter Book Sale (Oconee County Civic Center) Browse books, children’s books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks. Thursday is Preview Night (for members only; $10/individual, $25/family), Saturday is 50% Off Day and Sunday is $10/Bag Day. Feb. 8–11. www.oconeelibraryfriends.org FILM: Club Ned Anime Society (ACC Library) Join club members to watch and discuss episodes of “Carole and Tuesday,” “My Neighbor Seki” and more. 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.animefandom.org GAMES: Adult Dungeons & Dragons (Bogart Library) A gaming session for players of all skill levels.

Ages 18 & up. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart GAMES: Thursday Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Test your trivia knowledge with host Jon Head.

6:30 p.m. www.johnnyspizza.com GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (The Foundry) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Thursdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddog athens

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GAMES: Romantic Comedies Themed Trivia (Athentic Brewing Co.) Test your romantic comedy trivia knowledge with host Erin. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com LECTURES & LIT: Author Talk (Atheneum) Award-​winning author Elizabeth Willis will read and discuss her poetry. 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’ content. Thursdays, 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart PERFORMANCE: Ballroom Magic: Magically Ever After (UGA New Dance Theatre) UGA’s Ballroom Performance Group presents a magical evening of dance. Feb. 8–10, 8 p.m. Feb. 10, 2 p.m. $8–18. www.facebook.com/UGA BallroomPerformanceGroup SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. info@petanque.org, www.athenspetanque.org THEATER: High School Musical on Stage! (Morton Theatre) This Disney musical explores issues of friendship, first love and acceptance. Feb. 8–10, 7 p.m. Feb. 10, 2 p.m. $14–20. www.mortontheatre. com

Friday 9 ART: 90 Carlton: Winter (Georgia Museum of Art) Featuring “Richard Prince: Tell Me Everything” and a celebration of the new exhibition “Kei Ito: Staring at the Face of the Sun.” 6:30–8:30 p.m. $15. www. georgiamuseum.org/event CLASSES: Vino & Valentines (Winterville Cultural Center) Bring your special someone and create a painting under guided instruction.

Supplies, wine and sweet treats provided. Ages 21 & up. 7 p.m. $60 (per couple). www.winterville center.com/classes-​clubs COMEDY: Brad Upton (The Winterville Auditorium) A night of comedy with national comedian Brad Upton on his Tap Out, Nap Out, Crap Out tour. 8 p.m. $30​​–40. www.marigold auditorium.com COMEDY: Script Bombing (work. shop) Comedians join Shakespearean actors with improvised additions. 8 p.m. $10. www.flying squidcomedy.com EVENTS: Oconee County Library Friends Winter Book Sale (Oconee County Civic Center) Browse books, children’s books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks. Thursday is Preview Night (for members only; $10/individual, $25/family), Saturday is 50% Off Day and Sunday is $10/Bag Day. Feb. 8–11. www.oconeelibraryfriends.org EVENTS: “Do Tell!” Storytelling Festival (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) The 9th annual event will feature storytellers Carol Cain and Andy Offutt Irwin with host Antonio Rocha. 7​​–9 p.m. $25. www.mmcc-​ arts.org EVENTS: Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball (Madison-​Morgan Cultural Center) The inaugural fundraiser is A Midnight Winter’s Dream New Orleans themed event with music,

food, beverages, a speakeasy casino and more. 7:30​​–11 p.m. $150. www.mmcc-​arts.org EVENTS: Mardi Gras Party (Athentic Brewing Co.) Dance to live swing music, enjoy food from Chef Cai Cai’s Cajun’ Cookin’ and dress up to celebrate. All Ages. 8–11 p.m. $5. www.athenticbrewing.com GAMES: Mahjong Club (Winterville Cultural Center) Learn to play the ancient Chinese game of Mahjong.

Tuesdays & Fridays, 1​​–4 p.m. $1. www.wintervillecenter.com GAMES: Chess Club (Winterville Cultural Center) Join others for a weekly chess competition. Fridays, 6–10 p.m. FREE! www.winterville center.com GAMES: Friday Night Initiative (Online: Tyche’s Games) Learn how to play a RPG game with others on Discord. New players welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Meet & Play (Bogart Library) Drop in for facilitated open play with age-​appropriate toys. Best for ages 6 & under. Every Friday, 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athens library.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Parents’ Night Out (Heard Park) Children will enjoy an evening of recreational activities, crafts, dancing and pizza dinner.

Ages 5–12. Registration required.

5–8 p.m. $7 (ACC resident), $10.50 (non-​resident). www.acc govga.myrec.com PERFORMANCE: Ballroom Magic: Magically Ever After (UGA New Dance Theatre) UGA’s Ballroom Performance Group presents a magical evening of dance. Feb. 8–10, 8 p.m. Feb. 10, 2 p.m. $8–18. www.facebook.com/UGA BallroomPerformanceGroup THEATER: High School Musical on Stage! (Morton Theatre) This Disney musical explores issues of friendship, first love and acceptance. Feb. 8–10, 7 p.m. Feb. 10, 2 p.m. $14–20. www.mortontheatre. com THEATER: Disaster! The Musical (Town & Gown Players) A night of boogie fever quickly changes to panic as a floating discotheque casino succumbs to multiple disasters. Feb. 9–10 & 15–17, 8 p.m.

Feb. 11 & 18, 2 p.m. $20. www. townandgownplayers.org

Saturday 10 ART: Valen-​tiny Market (tiny ATH gallery) Local artists will have small works of art for sale. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. www.tinyathgallery.com ART: Opening Reception (AADM Justice Center and Bookstore) AADM’s regular monthly meeting will be followed by the unveiling of a Black LP record exhibit. 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/AADMovementjusticecenter COMEDY: Zane Lamprey (Southern Brewing Co.) The comedian known for “being the guy who gets paid to travel around the world and drink.”

7:30 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $25–40. www.zanelamprey.com EVENTS: Oconee County Library Friends Winter Book Sale (Oconee County Civic Center) Browse books, children’s books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks. Thursday is Preview Night (for members only; $10/individual, $25/family), Saturday is 50% Off Day and Sun-

day is $10/Bag Day. Feb. 8–11. www.oconeelibraryfriends.org EVENTS: Letter to My Future Self (Nano Athens) Write a letter to yourself or a favorite person and leave it to Nano Athens to send it when you want it delivered. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.nanoathens.com EVENTS: Athens Montessori Open House (Athens Montessori School) The public is invited to tour and asks questions about the school.

11 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.athens montessori.com EVENTS: Really, Really Free Market (Reese and Pope Park) Just like a yard sale, but everything is free.

Bring what you can, take what you need. Second Saturday of every month. 12–1:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/RRFMAthens EVENTS: Puppies & Yin Yoga (Fuel Hot Yoga) Join Fuel Hot Yoga for a “paws and poses” yoga experience benefitting AAHS. Registration required. 2 p.m. $15 (suggested donation). www.fuelhotyoga.com KIDSTUFF: Family Day: Remembering Radcliffe Bailey (Georgia Museum of Art) Learn about Bailey and other artists in the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection of African American Art, then create art. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org PERFORMANCE: Ballroom Magic: Magically Ever After (UGA New Dance Theatre) UGA’s Ballroom Performance Group presents a magical evening of dance. Feb. 8–10, 8 p.m. Feb. 10, 2 p.m. $8–18. www.facebook.com/UGA BallroomPerformanceGroup PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret Drag For All (Hendershot’s) Enjoy a fabulous night of drag fun to celebrate the 14th Anniversary show and Lori Divine’s 60th birthday. Ages 12 & under get in free. 8–11 p.m. $5. www.athens showgirlcabaret.com THEATER: High School Musical on Stage! (Morton Theatre) This Disney musical explores issues of friendship, first love and acceptance. Feb. 8–10, 7 p.m. Feb. 10, 2 p.m. $14–20. www.mortontheatre. com THEATER: Disaster! The Musical (Town & Gown Players) A night of boogie fever quickly changes to panic as a floating discotheque casino succumbs to multiple disasters. Feb. 9–10 & 15–17, 8 p.m.

Feb. 11 & 18, 2 p.m. $20. www. townandgownplayers.org

Sunday 11 CLASSES: UGA Salsa Club (UGA Memorial Hall) Learn foundational movements of salsa with no partner or experience required. 3:30 p.m.

FREE! Experienced salsa dancers will learn a new style and more advanced techniques. 4 p.m. $5. www.ugasalsaclub.com/sunday-​ class COMEDY: Off the Clock Comedy (The Globe) Athens Comedy presents a Fat Tuesday edition with three jesters from New Orleans providing entertainment. Sundays, 9–10:30 p.m. $8. www.facebook. com/athenscomedy EVENTS: Oconee County Library Friends Winter Book Sale (Oconee County Civic Center)

Browse books, children’s books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks. Thursday is Preview Night (for members only; $10/individual, $25/family), Saturday is 50% Off Day and Sunday is $10/Bag Day. Feb. 8–11. www.oconeelibraryfriends.org EVENTS: 25th Annual Frog Hop 5K Road Race (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A one-​mile Tadpole Fun Run and a 5K benefitting Sandy Creek Nature Center. 2 p.m. (Fun Run), 2:30 p.m. (5K). $25. www. sandycreeknaturecenterinc.org EVENTS: Mix, Mingle, and Market!

(The Globe) A Valentine’s Day themed vendor market with locally made gifts for adults. 2​​–6 p.m.

FREE! www.globetavern.com EVENTS: Romantic Latin Night (Akademia Brewing Co.) During this fundraiser there will be raffles, dance lessons, a live band, and food and drink. 6:30–10 p.m. $15 (individual), $25 (couple). fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/Model2024/ SavieArnod EVENTS: Brazil Carnival Celebration (Hendershot’s) Celebrate the annual festival highlighting Brazilian history and culture. www.hendershotsathens.com GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Southern Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Sundays, 4 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddog athens MEETINGS: Balance is B.S. (1055 Barber) Join for brunch, community and a roundtable discussion about womanhood, self care and trying to “balance” it all. 12–2 p.m. $45. www.purebalanceathens.com SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. info@petanque.org, www.athenspetanque.org THEATER: Disaster! The Musical (Town & Gown Players) A night of boogie fever quickly changes to panic as a floating discotheque casino succumbs to multiple disasters. Feb. 9–10 & 15–17, 8 p.m.

Feb. 11 & 18, 2 p.m. $20. www. townandgownplayers.org

Monday 12 FILM: Pachinko Pop (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of the 1976 Japanese comedy film Tora-​san’s Sunrise and Sunset. 7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: General Trivia with Erin (Athentic Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host Erin.

Mondays, 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 GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (LumberJaxe) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Mondays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddogathens GAMES: Team Trivia (Southern Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host Team Trivia. Mondays, 7 p.m. www.sobrewco.com KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for songs, fingerplays, storytelling and STEAM activities. Ages 3–7 years. Registration suggested. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

MEETINGS: Classic City Rotary (Athentic Brewing Co.) The local chapter meets weekly. Mondays, 11:30 a.m. FREE! www.athentic brewing.com MEETINGS: Project Linus Club (Winterville Cultural Center) A crafting group with a focus on creating and contributing blanket projects for Project Linus. 2 p.m. FREE! www. wintervillecenter.com

Tuesday 13 CLASSES: ESOL (Bogart Library) Learn or polish your English skills using Mango languages online and in-​person basic conversation and vocabulary. 12:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart CLASSES: Reiki Circle (Serenity Attunement) Connect in meditation and learn more about Reiki. Second Tuesdays, 6 p.m. $22. www.serenityattunement.com EVENTS: Valentine’s House Plant Sale (Trial Gardens) Browse a selection of antique dish gardens, tropicals, orchids and flowering plants. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. ugatrial. hort.uga.edu EVENTS: Historic Athens Mardi Gras (Terrapin Beer Co.) Join this sixth annual event for a masquerade featuring live music, swing dance lessons, a drag showcase, authentic New Orleans cuisine and an art auction. 5:30–10:30 p.m. $40–80. www.historicathens.com/mardigras EVENTS: Galentine’s Day Celebration (Lexington Vintage) Grab your galfriends and enjoy sweet treats, door prizes, snacks and extended business hours. 6​​–8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/lexington vintage EVENTS: Love & Espresso Martinis (The National) Specialty crafted cocktail event hosted by a variety of vendors. 9 p.m.​​–12 a.m. FREE! www.thenationalrestaurant.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: Mahjong Club (Winterville Cultural Center) Learn to play the ancient Chinese game of Mahjong.

Tuesdays & Fridays, 1​​–4 p.m. $1. www.wintervillecenter.com GAMES: Tuesday Night Shenanigans (Southern Brewing Co.) Play board games and arcade games on site, bring your own games or even your D&D group. Tuesdays, 5–10 p.m. www.sobrewco.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 GAMES: Singo! (Beef O’Brady’s) Win gift certificates and prizes at this music bingo night. Tuesdays, 7–9 p.m. www.beefobradys.com/athens KIDSTUFF: Toddler Tuesday: Will You Be My Valentine? (Georgia Museum of Art) Enjoy art and storytime 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: Monthly Book Swap (Athentic Brewing Co.) Browse free books to take home or settle in to read in the front lounge.

Donating books is encouraged but not required. Second Tuesdays, 5–10 p.m. FREE! www.athentic brewing.com MEETINGS: Veterans Coffee Hour (Winterville Cultural Center) Sit down with a veteran and have coffee

and conversation. Tuesdays, 9 a.m.

FREE! www.wintervillecenter.com MEETINGS: Athens Fibercraft Guild (Lyndon House Arts Center) There will be a showing of a video

by Two Roots Farm about how yarn is made. 12:30–2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensfiber.org MEETINGS: Memoir Writing Group (Bogart Library) During this monthly group, hear memoirs from others and learn tips on how to write your own. 5:30–6:30 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 1:30 p.m. info@petanque.org, www.athenspetanque.org

Wednesday 14 ART: Tour At Two (Georgia Museum of Art) These drop-​in public tours feature highlights of the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Orchid Madness Sip n’ Paint (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Enjoy drinks and appetizers while painting an orchid led by a local artist. Supplies provided. 6 p.m. & 8 p.m. $60. botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: Salsa Dancing (Starland Lounge & Lanes) Join SALSAthens for Cuban salsa lessons that meet a variety of dance abilities, including beginners. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. (advanced), 7:30 p.m. (beginner/ intermediate). $10. SALSAthensDancing@gmail.com COMEDY: Gorgeous George’s Improv League (Buvez) Townie improv that invites you to bring suggestions to help create improv magic. Wednesdays, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flying squidcomedy.com EVENTS: Valentine’s Supper Club (Athentic Brewing Co.) BasKat will serve a four-​course prix fixe menu to pair with several beers on tap while guests mingle. 6 p.m. $75. www.athenticbrewing.com EVENTS: Valentine’s Wine Tasting (Tapped Athens Wine Market) A special tasting of five varietal wines with small plates, a box of local chocolates and a rose. Reservation required. 6:30 p.m. $75. hello@ tappedathens.com FILM: The 1619 Project (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) View episodes of the Hulu series “The 1619 Project,” and discuss issues it raises around the consequences of slavery and contributions of Black Americans.

6:45 p.m. FREE! www.uuathensga. org/1619uufa 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 KIDSTUFF: Busy Bee Toddler Time (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for rhymes, songs, puppets and a story. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: LEGO & Builder’s Club (Bogart Library) Drop in to use LEGOs and other building materials.

All ages. 3:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart PERFORMANCE: North Georgia Talent Show (ACC Library) Multiplechoices Center for Independent Living presents an afternoon of performances with light refreshments.

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