CONTRIBUTORS Julianne Akers, Gordon Lamb, Chad Radford, Lee Shearer, Ed Tant
CARTOONISTS Missy Kulik, David Mack, Klon Waldrip, Joey Weiser
CIRCULATION Jennifer Bray, Charles Greenleaf, Joe Rowe
EDITORIAL INTERN Mary Beth Bryan
PHOTOGRAPHERS Mason Pearson, Jake Zerkel
SPECIAL AGENT Pete McCommons
Sen. Emanuel Jones
Library Site Chosen PLUS, OFFICIALS SKEPTICAL OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com
A new library on the Eastside will be built off Barnett Shoals Road, Athens-Clarke County commissioners decided last week.
The commission voted unanimously at its Sep. 3 meeting to choose the county-owned site for the $16 million SPLOSTfunded library. It’s located near the Clarke Gardens apartment complex and the Lakewood subdivision on the stretch of Barnett Shoals between Lexington Road and the intersection with Gaines School Road.
Other sites considered included the YWCO, the Kroger shopping center at Barnett Shoals and College Station, Southeast Clarke Park and the old Gaines School, now an early learning center. None of them worked out, though. The commission was constrained because SPLOST funding, pared back to fit other projects on the list for a 2020 referendum, did not include money to acquire land.
“Many of us might have had a different desire to begin with, but the other sites wound up not being logistically or financially appropriate for us,” said Commissioner Carol Myers, who chaired the site selection committee. “This site, though, I think will end up being a wonderful place.”
The proposal was for 60 “cottages” of 2,000–3,000 square feet that would sell for $500,000–$600,000. Although out of reach for most local families, Commissioner Melissa Link said they might attract buyers who would otherwise gentrify existing neighborhoods.
ferson Road, which was originally supposed to be a village-style New Urban development, but instead the commercial component gradually morphed over the years into a strip mall anchored by Publix.
The new Winslow Park proposal lacks the greenspace, variety of housing styles and commercial space of the original, Jaques said. “You don’t have the opportunity to walk to the store, a coffee shop, that sort of thing,” he said.
W&A Engineering landscape architect Scott Haynes, representing the applicant, noted that Athens has a shortage of housing. “We feel like this project is an opportunity to make a significant impact on that problem,” he said. Future iterations of the
“It looks like a place where houses are going to be really, really affordable,” said planning commissioner Sarah Gehring. “It does not look like it’s going to be a luxury development in any kind of way.” On the other hand, “it does not seem like it would be a good place to live… just 200 acres of the same thing,” she said.
The Winslow Park plan was presented for comments only, and the planning commission did not vote on a recommendation.
The planning commission did unanimously approve a proposal for a mixed-use apartment building off Lumpkin Street between the Holiday Inn property and the UGA campus. That project requires a rezoning from government to commercial downtown because it involves a land swap between the university and the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. The current BCM building further south down Lumpkin will become the site of a Terry College of Business expansion. “We view this as a mutually beneficial decision,” said Jeff Warwick, the property owner.
Several commissioners said they were glad the library is not being built further out. The property is connected to the North Oconee River Greenway, and as Commissioner Allison Wright noted, that stretch of Barnett Shoals has bike lanes and sidewalks. However, some commissioners raised concerns about speeding traffic. When the library opens in 2026, it could have a traffic signal with crosswalks.
A split commission also rejected a rezoning request for a 60-home subdivision along Shadybrook Drive, off Lexington Road. Opponents cited neighborhood opposition, although no nearby residents spoke out against the development, either at last week’s meeting or prior commission and planning commission meetings.
Prior to the vote, landscape architect Ken Beall told the commission that removing a bridge at the entrance seemed to quell neighborhood unrest. “We think we’ve worked hard to address all the concerns raised thus far,” Beall said.
Commissioner Tiffany Taylor disagreed. “In working with the residents, this is not what they would like in their backyard,” she said, adding that they were upset by The Atlas, a new student apartment complex nearby.
When Jesse Houle raised the need to build more housing, Taylor responded, “You’re absolutely right, we do need housing, but we have to be very responsible where we do have housing, because while we just approve things, we have residents who live in Athens-Clarke County who cannot live in these things we approve for them to live in.”
Commissioner Ovita Thornton was put off by the lack of a binding site plan. That issue could be addressed by the planning commission in the future. After a 6–4 vote against approval, Taylor agreed to allow the developer to withdraw the proposal so that he would not have to wait a year to resubmit it. Houle, Myers, Link and Commissioner John Culpepper supported the rezoning.
900 Homes Proposed in Bogart
National homebuilder D.R. Horton is resurrecting a 20-year-old plan for a massive development off Atlanta Highway, but Athens-Clarke County planners and planning commissioners were critical of the design at a presentation last week.
First approved in 2004 and revised three times but never built, the latest proposal for the Winslow Park project calls for almost 900 housing units—421 single-family homes, 219 townhouses, 238 apartments on 207 acres of woods in Bogart near the Caterpillar plant. Applicant Walton Georgia LLC is seeking to amend the previous plans and asking for several waivers to the local zoning code.
The original version, known as Water’s Edge, was based on Birkdale Village, a New Urban community near Charlotte, NC. But according to county planners, the most recent version has abandoned New Urbanist principles like walkability in favor of a car-centric and isolated design.
“The main issue here, and it’s an issue that’s come up in other projects around town, is we’ve got some design drift here,” long-range planner Stephen Jaques said at a Sept. 5 planning commission meeting. Among others, he cited Oak Grove off Jef-
plan will address the walkability issue, Haynes added, and he raised the possibility of extending Athens Transit service further down Atlanta Highway.
Some planning commissioners criticized the architecture—D.R. Horton is using stock designs rather than the original’s binding pattern book of unique, vernacular designs—as well as the fact that some of the homes would face inward with their backs to streets and alleys. Others had concerns about access for fire trucks.
Pending approval from the ACC Commission next month, the new building will be four to five stories tall and include 200–220 one- and two-bedroom apartments, a parking deck and 20,000 square feet of commercial space, part of which would be occupied by the BCM. The development is being designed to appeal to faculty, graduate students and others, not just undergrads, according to Warwick. He described it as “a new community where the BCM, the Baptist Collegiate Ministry, is the anchor and the hub of the community.”
In addition, the planning commission voted to recommend approving a special use permit for 144 apartments totaling 228 bedrooms on nine acres off Lexington Road near the airport, although planning staff wanted to table the request to gather more information. If given final approval, 20% of the units would be rented at below-market rates under ACC’s inclusionary zoning ordinance. f
An ACC Planning Department slide of the Winslow Park development.
Spaced Out
TWO ASTRONAUTS STUCK IN ORBIT DURING SPACESHIP TEST
By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com
“I miss the Earth so much. I miss my wife. It’s lonely out in space,” sang Elton John. American astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore may be thinking of those lyrics. They’re stranded in orbit aboard the International Space Station until next year.
The two fliers were supposed to fly to the station on a brief test of the new Starliner spaceship, built by the beleaguered Boeing aerospace corporation. Instead, safety concerns about their return to Earth aboard their Boeing craft have turned what was supposed to be an eight-day odyssey into an eight-month ordeal—an orbital mash-up of ”Gilligan’s Island” and “Lost in Space.”
and their ill-fated journey was recounted in the Ron Howard film Apollo 13
The saga of the Apollo XIII astronauts had a happy ending, but the road to the stars can be deadly. Seven astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Challenger died in 1986 when their fiery chariot exploded during launch. Another seven astronauts died in 2003 when Space Shuttle Columbia broke up while reentering the atmosphere.
Three U.S. astronauts were killed in a fire aboard their Apollo I spacecraft during a ground test in 1967. That same year, a Russian cosmonaut was killed when the parachute on his Soyuz spaceship failed.
The astronauts, both Navy aviators, took the bad news with “right stuff” aplomb, but they will miss family, friends and holidays until 2025, the earliest time that they can get a ride home aboard a ship built by SpaceX, Boeing’s competitor run by billionaire and James Bond villain lookalike Elon Musk. The Boeing Starliner project was already years behind schedule and billions of bucks over budget when Williams and Wilmore finally soared into orbit earlier this summer.
The concerns over the Starliner’s ability to bring its crew safely back to Earth are just the latest in a round of troubles for Boeing, including a much-publicized incident in January when a Boeing plane lost a door plug in flight, leaving a gaping hole in the fuselage. Disaster was narrowly averted, but the event terrorized passengers and gave the Boeing company another public relations black eye.
The American astronauts are in no immediate danger aboard the huge International Space Station. Still, their situation brought to mind the novel Marooned by aviation and space writer Martin Caidin. First published in 1964 and made into a movie in 1969, Marooned is a fast-paced fictional story of three astronauts who are stranded in space when their ship fails at the end of a long flight. Caidin’s fiction was reflected in fact in 1970, when an explosion aboard the Apollo XIII spacecraft could have doomed its three-man crew. Their rocky return to Earth captured headlines around the world
Bulldog Bucks
HOW UGA SPORTS ARE FUNDED AND WHERE THE MONEY GOES
By Lee Shearer news@flagpole.com
UGA’s football, basketball and other teams that compete in the NCAA aren’t managed by the university, but by a nonprofit corporation—the 501(c)3 University of Georgia Athletic Association, with its own board of trustees. Although it’s a separate legal entity, it’s a rubber-stamp board ultimately controlled by the UGA president, who is also the UGAA board president. NCAA rules require intercollegiate sports programs to be under “institutional control,” not some outside entity.
The UGA Athletic Association consistently ranks as one of the most “profitable” in the nation, though as a nonprofit the UGAA can’t really have a profit. But the UGAA’s revenues are invariably more than its operating expenses, often by a lot. In 2023, UGA’s revenue of about $210 million ranked fifth behind only Michigan, Texas, Texas A&M and No.1 Ohio State ($279.2 million) according to a Sports Illustrated tally. Georgia Tech, by the way, reported about $94 million in revenue versus $109 million in expense in the 2022 fiscal year, according to ProPublica.
Football pays the freight. According to UGA’s most recent financial report to the NCAA, football ticket sales brought in $36.7 million; the closest was men’s basketball at $1.2 million. Football “contributions”—you get better seats for giving more—added another $62 million.
divided between men and women; $9 million for team travel; $9.6 million for game expenses, the cost of staging games; $7.5 million for recruiting; $20.4 million for overhead and administration costs; and $10.5 million for debt service, rentals and leases, mainly debt service. Athletic-related debt added up to $136 million in 2023, according to the UGAA’s NCAA financial report. Capital expenditures in 2023 were $55.3 million. Over the years, the athletic association has also used its operating surpluses to build up an endowment of about $129 million.
UGA sponsors 19 NCAA teams. They include eight for men (basketball, football, baseball, tennis, golf, swimming and diving, and track and field plus cross-county) and 11 for women (basketball, gymnastics, equestrian, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field plus cross-country, volleyball, softball, soccer and golf). Though the numbers of teams aren’t the same, the numbers of scholarships are about the same—the football team carries far more scholarships than any other sport. The NCAA limit for football scholarships was 85 until last month; now the maximum allowable is 105.
The deaths of the Americans and the Russian made headlines worldwide in 1967, but the death of another space flier received scant attention at the time. Air Force Major Mike Adams died in 1967 in the crash of the X-15 rocket plane that he had flown to an altitude of just over 50 miles, the altitude that NASA and the Air Force consider the beginning of space. Adams was awarded his astronaut wings posthumously, and in 2004 a Boy Scout troop built a homemade memorial in his honor in the lonely, windswept Mojave Desert near the X-15’s crash site. A plaque at the memorial says, “In memory of his contribution: Major Michael Adams, USAF, the first in-flight fatality of the American space program.”
In 1971, three Russian cosmonauts died aboard their Soyuz spacecraft during its return to Earth after a three week stay aboard the Salyut I space station. Just weeks later, American astronauts of the Apollo XV lunar mission left on the moon’s surface a “Fallen Astronaut” figurine and a memorial plaque bearing the names of Russian and American fliers who had died during the space programs of the two countries.
Astronauts Williams and Wilmore will eventually return to their home planet, but their lengthy and unforeseen voyage could be summed up with the words of science fiction writer Robert Heinlein: “We pray for one last landing/ On the globe that gave us birth./ Let us rest our eyes on fleecy skies/ And the cool, green hills of Earth.” f
Media rights ($20.2 million for football, $4.9 million basketball) were also a big source. Football-related licensing fees and sponsorships brought in $17.4 million ($2.3 million for men’s basketball). All told, football revenue added up to $153 million, with men’s basketball a distant second at $13 million.
“ All told, football revenue added up to $153 million, with men’s basketball a distant second at $13 million.
Most of the expenses are also related to football—$69 million. The athletic association spent about $91 million on men’s sports overall, $28 million on women’s sports and $67 million not allocated to specific teams, such as administrative costs. Total operating expenses in 2023 were $186.6 million.
Other than football and men’s basketball ($10.3 million in operating expense; $13 million in revenue), all of UGA’s other NCAA sports teams cost more to operate than they generate, though women’s track and field nearly broke even in 2023, with about $3.2 million in revenue and $3.3 million in expense, according to UGA’s 2023 financial report. The sport that lost the most money was baseball, at $1.3 million in revenue and $4.8 million in expense—a big chunk of it nearly $1.3 million in severance pay. UGA fired its baseball coach after the 2023 season.
Broken down another way, here’s where most of the money went: $39 million in coaching compensation, including $12.5 million to head football coach Kirby Smart; $33 million for support staff; $12 million for athletic student aid, roughly evenly
Although women’s teams don’t generate a lot of money, they’ve generated more than twice as many national championships than the men’s side since the federal Title IX law forced schools to provide equal opportunities for women, including the opportunity to play intercollegiate sports, beginning in the 1980s. Those include 10 NCAA national championships in gymnastics, seven NCAA titles in women’s swimming and diving, seven in equestrian, two in tennis, one in golf and one in indoor track and field. The late Vince Dooley said he was skeptical of women’s sports at first, but when he saw them compete and strive, he changed his mind. With much longer histories, UGA men’s team national championships include six in tennis, four in football, two in golf, one in baseball and one in indoor track and field.
The financial landscape is changing, in part because of the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of players who’d sued for the right to earn money for the use of their names, images and likenesses (so-called NIL), which has created a kind of shadow economy funded by donors. A separate legal question that could further transform college athletics is also likely to end up before the Supreme Court—whether college athletes can be classified as employees.
But the money will keep pouring in. On the heels of two national football championships in the past three years, it’s a lock that the 92,746 seats in Sanford Stadium (the nation’s ninth-largest college stadium) will continue to be filled, and lucrative new media rights deals will add millions of dollars more to SEC schools’ bottom lines beginning this year. f
Butch Whitmore and Sunita Williams pose at the port between Starliner and the International Space Station’s Harmony module.
MUSIC | WED, SEPT. 11
Laura Jane Grace
40 Watt Club • 7 p.m. (doors) • $25 (adv.), $30
On the cover of her newest album, Hole in My Head, color spills out of Laura Jane Grace’s freshly tattooed scalp, the final piece in her full-body work from Japanese tattoo artists Gakkin and Kenji Alucky. After a decade of work, Gakkin marked the completion of the tattoo by giving Grace a black hollow-body Gretsch guitar handpainted with swirling white and silver lines, on which she proceeded to write the album’s fourth track, “Birds Talk Too.” Grace, who is a Georgia native, became interested in punk music at the age of 13 and ingrained herself in the scene through her band Against Me!, delving immediately into political, environmental and social themes, and later singing about her experience as a transgender woman on Trasgender Dysphoria Blues. Grace now works as a solo act, but she will be joined by her band, The Mississippi Medicals, which features her
ing of her exhibition at The Athenaeum on Sept. 12 from 6–8 p.m. “Fission, or Eclipse” will be on display through Nov. 23. [MB]
Having begun her career as a music therapist working with students and inmates, giving a voice to those who feel silenced is at the core of Kyshona’s purpose. The formerly Athens-based musician combines roots, rock, R&B and folk into reflective and uplifting songs about empowerment and overcoming adversity. Her most recent album, Legacy, is about self, healing and growth through the lens of family. One reviewer for Folk Alley says, “Kyshona inhabits these songs in the same way she dwells in the spirits of her legacy, and they in her. She transports her listeners, and herself, on this journey to the nooks and crannies of legacy.” Kyshona also runs an organization called Your Song, which is a collaborative songwriting program that connects musicians and performing arts centers with vulnerable communities to promote healing. [MB]
wife, Paris Campbell Grace, and members of Drive-By Truckers and Ergs. Philadelphia ska band Catbite and Alabama singer-songwriter Taylor Hollingsworth will open the show. [Mary Beth Bryan]
ART | SEPT. 11–12
Rose Salane
Lamar Dodd School of Art and The Athenaeum • Times Vary • FREE!
In “Fission, or Eclipse,” New York-based artist Rose Salane brings together a variety of objects to represent tumultuous historical shifts. For this exhibition, Salane collected items from a variety of archives, including the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at UGA, the Atlanta History Center and the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services. Among the items are diary entries describing an eclipse during the Civil War, a letter from Albert Einstein asking for funding for nuclear fission and atomic energy research, and decommissioned traffic light lenses. Objects in the exhibition are given voices that tell audiences about the intersections of war, observation and power, lending even mundane objects the power of preservation. Salane will give a lecture on Sept. 11 at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at 5:30 p.m. in auditorium S151, followed by the open-
MUSIC | FRI, SEPT. 13
Squallé Album
Release Party
Ciné • 9 p.m. (doors) • $10
Longtime Athens hip-hop artist and entrepreneur Squallé is celebrating the release of his album Uptown Baby 2, which is the follow up to his EP Uptown Baby that was released in 2023. The album was recorded at two local studios, Altar Media Studios with engineer Oso and Ga Pro Studios with engineer Kxng Blanco. Squallé has a substantial discography that ranges from lyrical storytelling to braggadocious trap raps and energetic party anthems, and he won the 2024 Athens Hip Hop Awards category for Best Male Hip Hop Artist. For the album release party performances, Squallé will be joined by Kxng Blanco, Mizz Pretty Pink, 82Chapo, Shalyse, Brodagod and more. [Sam Lipkin]
EVENT | SAT, SEPT. 14
Athens PrideFest
Terrapin • 1 p.m. (doors) • FREE! Athens is celebrating Pride with a variety of performers, vendors and activities. Entertainment will begin at 2 p.m. with a performance from Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Kimi Carter, followed by drag performances at 3 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. Athens R&B musician Golden Entendre will perform at 4:45 p.m., followed by a final drag performance at 5:30 p.m. Brave Trails, a leadership focused, overnight summer camp organization for LGBTQ+ youth, will be hosting summer camp style activities, and there will also be a bouncy house and other children’s activities. Over 60 business and arts vendors will be on site, as well as food from Rashe’s Cuisine, MunchHut and Sweet Paradise. Donations can be made to Athens Pride at athenspride.org. [MB] f
Shadebeast’s Anniversary Weekend PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com music
WHAT THEY DID: Congratulations are due to both decades-long Athens artists Five Eight as well as director Marc Pilvinsky His documentary film on the group, Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight, is finally ready for audiences. He lived in Athens during Five Eight’s 1990s superstar days; this is where he began his filmmaking journey, and is himself a former Flagpole editor. The film itself is beautifully shot and wonderfully realized. Pilvinsky must’ve had a lot of difficult choices to make as far as what to include in the film because, you know, there is no shortage of knowledgeable
show will include live music and visuals, and if you head out to your local thrift stores, you just might stumble upon one of the promotional video tapes made for this year’s event. All other information and your entry form are available at jokerjokertv. com/athens-vhs-fest.
folks—real or imagined—here in Athens. I can attest he made some very nice choices, as commentators who appear include Bill Berry (R.E.M.), Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers), Kevn Kinney (Drivin N Cryin), Vanessa Briscoe Hay (Pylon, Pylon Reenactment Society), Mike Albanese (Cinemechanica), Michelle Roche (Michelle Roche Media Relations), David Barbe (Chase Park Transduction) and, of course, the band itself. There are currently three screenings scheduled. The first two happen Saturday, Sept. 28 at Ciné. The 7:30 p.m. show is already sold out. The band plays a live show in the Ciné lab at 9:30 p.m., and then there’s a second screening at 10:30 p.m. That one will sell out as well, if it hasn’t by the time you see this. Ciné will screen the film again on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m., and there is no rock show that night. Waller’s Coffee in Decatur (240 Dekalb Industrial Way) screens the film on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m., and Five Eight will play that same night at 9:30 p.m. Whew! For all other information, please see weirdodoc.com and marcpilvinsky.com.
WELL BEGUN IS HALF DONE: The unstoppable creative force that is JOKERJOKERtv will host its third annual VHS Fest at Athentic Brewing Co. on Nov. 3 from 1–8 p.m. The call for entries is now open through Oct. 20. The call for vendors is open, too, and both vendors and artists use the same entry form, which is labeled on JOKERJOKER’s site as “Vendor Sign Up,” so don’t miss it. Also, please do not wait until the very last minute to place your entries. This type of work is nearly 100% thankless, grueling and expensive. The rest of it is fun, exciting and rewarding. Make it easy on these folks by getting your material and information submitted early. As in previous years, the
METAL MACHINE MUSIC: The mighty Shadebeast—whose actual operations include booking, promotion and the cultivation of a world-class heavy metal cultural touchstone brand—is celebrating its seventh anniversary at Flicker Sept. 13–14. Tickets are $15 per night or $25 for both nights. With eight bands total, and shows in Athens running an eye-watering 10 bucks-plus for even the dinkiest locals, this is a massive value, easily worth much more. On Friday, you get Pervert, Rosie and The Rat Dogs, Weaponized Flesh and Spoil. Saturday will feature Guillotine A.D., Beast Mode, Maha Pralaya and the debut show of The Flesh That Binds. I’m here to tell you, too, that Maha Pralaya is the first Athens band in history that honestly feels like Satan is its co-pilot. For tickets and general information, please see shadebeast. com and facebook.com/shadebeastofficial.
OLLY OLLY: Exit Row is back with a new single named “Oxenfree,” which is its first new music since its full-length album Hauntology was released back in May. It was engineered by Ian Hemerlein (Saint Syzygy, Kwazymoto). The song starts with a quick tempo guitar run, but then quickly slouches back into a chunky indie rock number. This is not unlike multiple early Sebadoh records especially considering its hard rock leaning toward its end and its increasingly crowded guitar field. Not essential, but also not bad. Enjoy it at exit-row.bandcamp.com.
LET’S ROCK!: A new collection of tunes from Iodine Watt was released at the beginning of the month. This six-track release is terribly named Awful Waffle, but ignore that part because this little record is really good. Starting with the minimally percussive yet driven “Cold Breath,” the listener is instantly transported into a Lynchian environment where the owls are not what they seem. The punchy future pop of “The Dead Should Stay Dead” is next, followed by the empty streetscape new urbanist jazz of “Palate Cleanser.” “16-Bit Karma” is a nice slice of reimagined Tropicalia whereby it’s twisted into maze music for a video game. “Space Wizard Deluxe (drone)” isn’t necessary, but everyone wants to publish drones these days so it’s included. Closer “Dungeon Run!” doesn’t kick in until a minute and half into its 2:50 running time, but once it does you’re in for a near-outrun-style treat. Find this at iodinewatt.bandcamp.com. f
Maha Pralaya
Squallé
live music calendar
Wednesday 11
40 Watt Club
7 p.m. (doors). $25 (adv.), $30. www.40watt.com
LAURA JANE GRACE AND THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICALS New punk project featuring members of Against Me!, Drive-By Truckers and the Ergs.
CATBITE Philadelphia ska band influenced by the jolting energy of The Specials, The Selector’s edged lyrics and Elvis Costello‘s love of melody.
TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH
Guitarist and singer-songwriter from Birmingham, AL who is also a member of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band and Dead Fingers.
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.
Hotel Indigo
Live After Five Series. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/AubreyEntertainmentAthensGA
WOODY GARRISON AND DAN HOROWITZ Joined by Dan Horowitz on upright bass, Americana singer-songwriter Woody Garrison plays original songs with select covers.
THE POWER OF NATURE The UGA Symphony Orchestra season begins with an evening of Beethoven.
JOKERJOKER Gallery
LIVE In The Studio. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.jokerjokertv.com/watch THE LONELY FEW JOKERJOKERTtv presents a virtual performance. North Georgia band playing traditional, folk and bluegrass with a twist.
Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens SERF LORDS Local surf band offering a post-apocalyptic view of the empire that was, set to heavy riffage at high tide. A mix of alt-surf with your favorite 8-bit/DOS hellscape. THE CREATURE PREACHERS Horror surf quartet clawing their way up from the darkest depths of the Georgia swamps.
KYSHONA Musician who honed her gift for storytelling through song while working as a music therapist. The Roadhouse
9 p.m. www.thelonelyfewmusic.com
THE LONELY FEW North Georgia band playing traditional, folk and bluegrass with a twist. The World Famous Library Life Happy Hour. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens
TRAVIS DENNING Georgia-born country artist with hard-charging energy and mischief-making signatures.
SCOOT TEASLEY Country artist from Toccoa who is inspired by Chris Stapleton and Tyler Childers. Hendershot’s 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com
GREG SATTERTHWAITE TRIO
Pianist with a sophisticated sound that infuses his Afro-Caribbean roots with the jazz tradition. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall
7:30 p.m. $10 (w/ UGA ID), $45–65. pac.uga.edu
DAVID FINCKEL & WU HAN
Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han’s multi-faceted musical part-
nership delivers an all-Beethoven program.
Madison-Morgan Cultural Center
8 p.m. $35. www.mmcc-arts.org
DANCING DREAM ABBA tribute band offering a nostalgic trip back to the glitz and glamour of the ’70s. Marigold Auditorium for Arts and Culture
7 p.m. $10. www.marigoldauditorium. com
JAY GONZALEZ Athens songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with an affinity for classic pop melodies. THE ORIGINAL SCREW TOPS Athens blues band performing fresh-take originals, plus classics by the old masters.
Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens
CHRIS HAMPTON BAND Athensbased band performing a variety of country, western and rock dance music with line dancing in between the breaks.
Saturday 14
1818 Brewing Company
6–9 p.m. FREE! www.1818brewing. com
THE LUCKY JONES Old school rockin’ rhythm and blues out on the patio.
40 Watt Club
7 p.m. (doors). $26 (adv.), $31. www.40watt.com
LUNAR VACATION Atlanta band with dream-pop and surf-rock influences.
ROSE HOTEL “Bedroom-rock” alter ego of Atlanta songwriter Jordan Reynolds. Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net
MARK PLEMMONS Talented local pianist. (8 a.m.)
JULIANNE MERRITT Member of indie-folk duo Honey and B. (10 a.m.)
David’s 105 Listening Room
8 p.m. $10. www.davids105.com
MILE FROM MEADOW Threepiece band from Monroe playing originals and covers.
GUILLOTINE A.D. Brutal Southern death metal trio influenced by classic death metal, New Orleans sludge and Scandinavian black metal.
BEAST MODE Blackened thrash metal outfit writing fast, intricate, heavy riffs.
MAHA PRALAYA Athens black metal and death metal.
THE FLESH THAT BINDS Death metal from the Deep South. The Foundry 4:30 p.m. (doors), 5:30 p.m. (show). $10. bit.ly/TheFoundrySept14
LOOKING OUT MY BACK DOOR
An Athens songwriter tribute to John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival featuring performances by Shelby McLeod, William Tonks, Todd Cowart, Brodye Brooks, Tommy Jordan, Casey King, Curt Spell and Dodd Ferrelle. Front Porch Bookstore
6 p.m. FREE! Find Front Porch Bookstore on Facebook
ADAM KLEIN Atlanta/Athens songwriter playing a rustic blend of country, folk and Americana. No. 3 Railroad Street
7 p.m. www.3railroad.org
CAROLINE AIKEN This guitarist and singer’s bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance. Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens THE LADIES OF… Glam and power pop-infused rock and roll featuring singer James Hall. SALVO Band formerly known as Pain with uplifting songs about love, perseverance and hope in the midst of struggle.
Oak House Distillery 7–10 p.m. www.oakhousedistillery. com
COUNTRY RIVER BAND Classic western and honky-tonk style country band.
Strange Duck Brewing
6–9 p.m. FREE! www.strangeduckbrewing.com (NICE DREAM) Athens-based Radiohead tribute band performs songs from The Bends, OK Computer and more.
Sunday 15
Oak House Distillery
3:30–6 p.m. www.oakhousedistillery. com
REPENT AT LEISURE Celtic pub band playing “Irish rock,” including traditional, punk, modern and original Celtic music.
Monday 16
Ramsey Hall
7:30 p.m. $3 (w/ UGA ID), $15. pac. uga.edu
FIVE BY FIVE: GEORGIA BRASS AND GEORGIA WINDS QUINTETS Ten of UGA’s powerhouse instrumental faculty launch the Faculty Chamber Ensemble Series.
Tuesday 17
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.
SILVERSUN PICKUPS Alternative rock band from Los Angeles that
was formed in 2000. SPEEDY ORTIZ Indie rock band from Northampton, MA led by frontwoman Sadie Dupuis’ mischievous songwriting.
Hendershot’s
No Phone Party. 7 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com
KENOSHA KID Instrumental adventure-jazz group centered around the rollicking compositions of Dan Nettles and featuring Luca Lombardi, Seth Hendershot and various guests.
Nowhere Bar Athens Honky Tonk Tuesdays. 8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $15. www. facebook.com/NowhereBarAthens FLORRY Philadelphia country rock band that has expanded its original folk and country concentration.
SUNSET HONOR UNIT Sentimental pop from Atlanta comprised of dueling songwriters Drew Kirby (Mothers, CDSM) and Jake Chisenhall (Delorean Gray).
Ramsey Hall
7:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu
RYAN FOGG Pianist with a high level of polish and impressive technical comand.
State Botanical Garden of Georgia Sunflower Concert Series. 7 p.m. $12 (ages 5–16), $20 (Friends of the Garden), $24. botgarden. uga.edu
THE RANDALL BRAMBLETT BAND This established Georgia singer-songwriter’s Southerntinged music pulls from a variety of influences. Chairs, blankets and picnics are welcome at this concert in the flower garden.
THE 502S Indie folk band from Florida whose sound has been described as a “folk orchestra” that blends roots, rock and bluegrass. OLIVER HAZARD Indie folk band from Waterville, OH. Athentic Brewing Co. 7–10 p.m. www.athenticbrewing.com
KARAOKE WITH DJ GREGORY Every Wednesday. Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5–8 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket. net
RED OAK STRING BAND Local band playing a feel-good blend of bluegrass, blues, folk, rock and classic country. (6 p.m.)
El Paso Tacos & Tequila 6–10 p.m. www.instagram.com/ elpasoathenss
AUGUSTANA Pop rock band formed in San Diego in 2002, fronted by singer Daniel Layus. VERYGENTLY Three-piece indie rock band from Nashville.
Nowhere Bar
9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens THE FOUR FATHERS Funky soul organ quartet comprised of Dwayne Holloway, Jason Ogg, Chris Queen and Justin Willis. f
King Buzzo and Trevor Dunn
By Chad Radford music@flagpole.com
Eat the Spray is the latest offering from the Melvins singer and guitar player King Buzzo, aka Buzz Osborne, and Mr. Bungle’s bass player and mastermind Trevor Dunn. The four-song EP finds the pair taking a swan dive into a murky musical terrain where menace meets the avantgarde via acoustic strumming and bowing over steel strings. Together, they craft an eerie, dissonant sound that draws from the essence of sludge, punk and improv jazz, punctuated by Buzz’s barreling voice and Dunn’s intricate bass lines and ambient textures.
Eat the Spray‘s four songs are the tip of the iceberg—ideas suspended in a dreamlike sea of Buzz and Dunn’s respective penchants for pushing musical boundaries, guided by a shared outlook: The weirder it gets, the better it gets.
The EP’s opening number kicks off with a tangle of slowly intertwining rhythms set to the words: “Meet me in the hallway, what’s wrong with him?/ Carry me around in a headlock, that’s all I did.”
Extracting meaning lies in the ears of the beholder.
“I have no idea what the song is about,” offers Dunn over the phone while on the road playing shows on the King Dunn Tour.
“Buzz wrote that one,” Dunn adds. “Writing lyrics is often like referring to something, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s about something. I could point to a line that refers to something that actually happened to a friend of mine, but the next line refers to something unrelated that I was thinking about recently. They just kind of fit together lyrically, and create their own narratives that can be interpreted a lot of ways.”
It’s an idea upon which Buzz elaborates slightly while pondering Eat the Spray’s title, the song’s lyrics, and the insect repel-
lent killing a bug on the EP’s cover art.
“It could be about anything,” Buzz says. “Maybe ‘Eat the Spray’ is about standing on the beach and staring at the ocean. It’s whatever you want it to be about.”
one night in Los Angeles, Buzz came to an improv jazz gig where Dunn was playing in a trio with guitarist Nels Cline (Wilco) and a drummer. Dunn was switching between playing an electric and an upright bass all night.
“Buzz saw that and a light bulb went off,” Dunn recalls. “He thought, ‘What if I did a Melvins album with an upright bass? He saw how weird it could get, and that appealed to him.”
The result of their first pairing, along with drummer Dale Crover, is the 2012 Melvins Lite album, Freak Puke. Dunn’s bass fleshes out an almost modern classical
Buzz and Dunn started playing music together circa 1998 as part of the alt-metal supergroup Fantômas, with Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton and former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo. Fantômas isn’t active anymore, but Buzz and Dunn have remained friends, and over the years Melvins and Mr. Bungle have played occasional shows together. As Dunn recalls,
dimension in Melvins’ blend of sludge and punk inflections. Songs like “Mr. Rip-Off,” “Worm Farm Waltz” and “Tommy Goes Berserk” also show off a more experimental side of Melvins’ sound that is as raw as it is refined, and ultimately satisfying.
This thread is brought to a finer point in Buzzo and Dunn’s 2020 LP, Gift of Sacrifice, and most recently with Eat the Spray. Their
slow and spacious blend of acoustic sludgepunk and jazz influences finds new depth in “Housing, Luxury, Energy,” “Junkie Jesus” and “Science In Modern America.” Together, they move beyond the full-bore sonic onslaught of distortion and wild rhythms that one gets from a Melvins or Mr. Bungle record, and there are no drums.
These shows mark the first time that Osborne has taken songs from Gift Of Sacrifice on the road, as the initial tour was derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s also the first time the two have toured together as a duo.
They’re also playing numbers from Buzzo’s 2014 solo album, This Machine Kills Artists, and a reportedly massive rendition of the Melvins “Roman Bird Dog” from 1992’s Lysol LP.
Years have passed since many of these songs were written and recorded. As Buzz explains, some of them have changed completely.
“I’m not too precious when it comes to that kind of stuff, even with the Melvins,” Buzzo says. “If we hear something that we don’t like or want to do it differently, we’ll just change it. The records, to me, are just kind of suggestions about how it could sound at that point, and after playing them live, sometimes they get better.”
For these shows, Buzz is playing guitar, Trevor is bowing and picking a stand-up bass, and both are singing. Naturally, each song takes on a life of its own in a balance of musical instincts, structure, improvisation and on-stage chemistry. “Trevor and I have never done an acoustic thing quite like this,” Buzz says. “He is a fantastic player, and what you do with someone like that is you let him play his instruments. I don’t dictate a thing to him.”
Together, things get weirder and better every step of the way. f
WHO: King Buzzo and Trevor Dunn, JD Pinkus, Void Maines WHEN: Thursday, Sept 12, 7 p .m . (doors), 8 p m (show) WHERE: 40 Watt Club HOW MUCH: $25 (adv ), $30
A Pawn Surrender
ROSE HOTEL’S STROLLING BONES RECORDS DEBUT
By Julianne Akers music@flagpole.com
In between strumming her guitar and scribbling song lyrics onto a notepad, Jordan Reynolds—known musically as Rose Hotel—was playing a lot of chess, which made it only fitting that she named her newest album A Pawn Surrender
The album was released in June by Athens-based Strolling Bones Records and is the Atlanta-based musician’s record label debut.
She said she is still figuring out what her exact process is for writing songs but wants to make it more of a “practice” of creating music as she moves forward.
“Instead of ‘I’m going to sit down and write a song,’ it’s just kind of like every day, pick up my guitar and writing a little bit,” said Reynolds. “I start with myself, a guitar and a notebook, and I just kind of sketch songs out from there. And when they get to a place where I feel like I’m ready to share with other musicians, I’ll bring it to a band scenario and arrange it with the band. I always have a skeleton structure of a song and then kind of flesh it out with the band.”
Reynolds said the record took her about two years to write and record because she wanted to put everything she had into the music while straying slightly from her DIY roots. “I really wanted to explore all the different musical influences that I really love because I have a very, kind of eclectic taste in music,” she said. “I kind of just wanted to go into the studio and not feel limited by ‘Oh, I’m going to make a folk rock record, or an Americana record or a psych record.’ I’m just going to do everything that I like and not care if it doesn’t totally fit.”
Once all the recording and mixing was done, she said the amalgamation of musical influences created a cohesive record.
“Because it’s still me, but it was fun to stretch out and explore those musical realms,” she said.
While the main theme of chess is visible in certain tracks like “King and a Pawn,” which talks explicitly about the game, she said there are also indirect messages. “The idea of chess was really fun to play with when I was working on the record because it’s kind of like each song felt like a different piece. Where they’re all different and have different strengths and weaknesses, but they all work together,” said Reynolds.
The record explores other subjects like relationships, but she said this does not solely include lovers, but also relationships with friends and the world. She said another track on the album, “Pull the Wool,” is a prime example of this.
“Being in a relationship [with] the world right now, the culture of the world, kind of like the fears of living in the world right now, and kind of pulling the wool over my eyes like I just don’t want to see it,” Reynolds said. “This acknowledgment that sometimes it’s just so much it’s hard to even absorb.”
Her musical journey began at a young age when taking guitar lessons or performing in choirs and school plays. “I mean, why do kids love anything? It’s just because it feels really good. It feels really fun, and I think there’s something about the somatic element of music, the resonating notes, the voice of the instruments that just feels really safe and beautiful.”
After attending college for a year and deciding she would rather be in a band, she played with varying groups in her hometown of Bowling Green, KY before moving to Atlanta and embarking on her own adventure as Rose Hotel—a name pulling influence from her interest in the late ’60s and early ’70s New York City scene and the Chelsea Hotel.
“I feel like people could think Rose Hotel means one thing, but my music is a lot moodier and darker and surreal, like it’s not really straightforward, pretty floral singer-songwriter music,” she said.
She is gearing up to perform at the 40 Watt Club for the first time on Sept. 14 opening for Lunar Vacation, but she is no stranger to live music. “Performing live on stage in a room is different than anything else you could ever experience, because you’re creating something in real time and then also witnessing other people taking it in in real time,” she said. “So it’s like this transfer of energy and acknowledgment and presence with other people that’s impossible to replicate in any other medium.”
Those familiar with Athens music may see some familiar faces on stage as her live band rotates often, featuring musicians from the Classic City. f
WHO: Lunar Vacation, Rose Hotel WHEN: Saturday, Sept 14, 7 p m (doors)
WHERE: 40 Watt Club HOW MUCH: $26 (adv .), $31
History All Around Downtown Athens
MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE
Stop by for Family Day from 10 a.m. to noon
Enter to win door prizes throughout the day
Enjoy curator-led tours of “Mind the Gap” from 2 to 3 p.m.
Come celebrate our fall special exhibitions Saturday, September 21, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. FREE
Ben Epps, Aviation Pioneer
LatinxFest
15 YEARS OF COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND RESOURCES
By Sam Lipkin editorial@flagpole.com
Hispanic Heritage Month begins this Sunday, Sept. 15, and Athens’ 15th annual LatinxFest will kick things off on Saturday with a daylong celebration from 11 a.m.–8 p.m. taking place downtown on Washington Street between Pulaski and Lumpkin streets.
Organized as LatinoFest in 2010 by Dignidad Inmigrante en Athens in the predominantly Hispanic neighborhood of Pinewoods, the festival has seen a lot of growth and change while maintaining its goal of recognizing the economic and cultural impacts of the local Latinx community on the greater Athens area.
have partnered with neighboring counties to promote similar LatinxFests in the past. The celebrations are always driven by members of their own communities, but there is a shared spirit of collaboration and support between cities. Now a familiar face has stepped into the role as the new director in Athens: Esther Carrillo.
“She’s been working doing the same things for the festival this whole time. So she just officially has that leadership role now,” says Lee. “She’s doing just as great of a job as she always has. We have a lot of new volunteers and a lot of, you know, just women-led spirit, I guess.”
Highlights of the festival include food, music and dance representative of different traditions and heritage under the Latinx umbrella, which covers numerous countries of origin. Featured performers this year include La Flor de Jalisco, Tepeyac, Los Potros del Norte, Los Consentidos de Michoacan, Aklla Sumaq, Tonalli, Danza Azteca, La Suegra, Along Time Ago Go, Los Hermanos Mendoza, Juancho, La Hora Urbana and Cuadro Armado. There will be art vendors, community resources and a children’s play area as well. From 12–5 p.m. different children’s activities will take place at the top of each hour, such as an obstacle course, a game of pista comando, bingo, color fest and a prize auction, then ending with a piñata.
Festival co-coordinator Audey Lee, who began working with the festival around 2017 in logistics and promotion, shares that an altar will be set up by organizers with photos of people within the community who have died over the last year. There will be a ceremony marking a moment of reflection for those lost. “We really cover all parts of the community, and both our joy and sorrow,” says Lee. Attendees are invited to add their own photos to the altar to honor lost loved ones.
The festival’s previous director, Beto Mendoza, moved to Elberton, where an extension of the LatinxFest is taking place. Lee explains that the Athens organizers
Neighborhood leaders Aline Loza and Lizette Guevara are very connected and involved in the community and have been instrumental in the festival, says Lee, much like Mendoza was while living here. Many people behind the scenes of the festival are resource-connected, and it’s a driving force of the larger impact the festival has within the community. Their professional work overlaps with the festival’s mission to provide public resource information.
“So yes, there’s music and there’s dancing and food and all the great celebratory stuff. Then we also have people talking about what’s going on in the community and what’s happening in public health in our schools. So it all kind of brings it back around to what’s going on in the moment in the community,” says Lee.
As fall and football season collide, community festivals like LatinxFest often end up competing for city permits to take place on open weekends. Lee explains that although the festival date has moved around a lot, they are committed to keeping it on a Saturday to help patronage at surrounding downtown businesses. LatinxFest does not feature a beer tent, so attendees are encouraged to visit restaurants and bars in the area to drink on their patios while enjoying the activities.
The festival will have a kickoff celebration downtown that has yet to be announced at the time of press. The official announcement and more information can be found on the LatinxFest Facebook page at facebook.com/LatinxFestAth. f
WHO: LatinxFest WHEN: Saturday, Sept 14, 11 a m –8 p m WHERE: Downtown Athens HOW MUCH: FREE!
Director Esther Carrillo (right) and a young member of Dignidad Inmigrante en Athens.
event calendar
Tuesday 10
CLASSES: ESOL (Bogart Library) Learn or polish your English skills using Mango languages online and in-person conversation. 12 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.serenity attunement.com
EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market and Garden (Athentic Brewing Co.) Vendors on site with fresh produce, local fare, rare plants, artisan goods and more. Second and Fourth Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com
EVENTS: Mary Oliver Appreciation (Bogart Library) Celebrate the writer’s life and work with inspired readings, videos, snacks and discussion. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart
EVENTS: Candlelight Vigil (St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church) Join this vigil in honor of National Suicide Prevention Week. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.stgregory athens.org
GAMES: Lunch and Learn New Games (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and try out some new games. 11:30 a.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com
GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Eddie’s Calzones) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddog athens
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: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Drop in and join Ms. Jera for rhymes, songs, movement, a story and a craft. Ages 5 & under. 11 a.m. & 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee
KIDSTUFF: Crafternoon (Oconee County Library) Drop in for a craft or two. Supplies Provided. All ages. Tuesdays, 3:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee
LECTURES & LIT: Symposium on the Book (UGA Special Collections Library) András Kiséry will discuss “Remediation: Understanding Old Media,” Eileen Wallace will discuss “Book Looks,” and there will be an early modern books workshop. 9:30 a.m.–3:20 p.m. FREE! english. uga.edu
LECTURES & LIT: Willson Center Visiting Fellow (Zell Miller Learning Center) Alexis Alleyne-Caputo is an anthropologist, interdisciplinary artist, educator and researcher who will share her work on women of color and miscarriages. 4:30 p.m. FREE! calendar.uga.edu
LECTURES & LIT: Author Talk & Book Signing (ACC Library)
Author Mark Clegg will discuss his newest book The Crimson and Gold: Football and Integration in Athens, Georgia. 7 p.m. FREE! www.avid bookshop.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. Second and fourth Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com
Wednesday 11
ART: Artful Conversation: Dorr Bothwell (Georgia Museum of Art) Mallory Lind, associate curator of education, will lead a discussion on Bothwell’s painting “For National Defense.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org
ART: Visiting Artist Talk (Lamar Dodd School of Art) New Yorkbased artist Rose Salane will discuss her process behind the exhibition “Fission or, Eclipse.” 5:30 p.m. FREE! art.uga.edu
CLASSES: Salsa Dancing (El Carretonero) Join SALSAthens for Cuban salsa lessons meeting a variety of dance abilities. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. (advanced), 7:30 p.m. (beginner/intermediate). $10. SALS AthensDancing@gmail.com
COMEDY: Gorgeous George’s Improv League (Buvez) Townie improv that invites you to bring suggestions. Wednesdays, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flying squidcomedy.com
EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Markets offer fresh produce, flowers, eggs, meats, prepared foods, art and crafts. Live music at 6 p.m. AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent. Wednesdays, 5–8 p.m. www.athens farmersmarket.net
FILM: Pachinko Pop (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of the 1968 Japanese Western action film The Drifting Avenger. 7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com
GAMES: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and play Shadowfist. New players welcome. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com
GAMES: Trivia Night (Normal Bar) Test your trivia knowledge. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/normal. bar.7
GAMES: Classic City Trivia (The Local 706) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ ClassicCityTriviaCo
GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Eddie’s Calzones) Test your trivia knowledge with host Nickalous Benson. Wednesdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook. com/baddogathens
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: Toddler Art (Oconee County Library) Drop in for tactile and sensory fun that builds fine motor skills, and leave with your own masterpiece. Best for toddlers & up. 11 a.m. www.athenslibrary. org/oconee
KIDSTUFF: LEGO Mania (Bogart Library) Drop in to free build and create. All ages. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart
KIDSTUFF: Teen Anime Club (Oconee County Library) Join other fans of manga and anime to discover books, play games, snack and watch anime. Grades 6–12. 7 –8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee
Thursday 12
ART: Opening Reception (Athenaeum) New York-based artist Rose Salane’s exhibition “Fission, or Eclipse” will be on view. 6–8 p.m. FREE! art.uga.edu/athenaeum
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: Tinkercad for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn how to create basic 3D objects using a browserbased modeling program. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org
COMEDY: Comedy in the Cellar (Onward Reserve) Athens Comedy presents a lineup of touring and local comedians. Thursdays, 8 p.m. $7. www.instagram.com/ athenscomedy
EVENTS: Oconee County Library Friends Fall 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. Sept. 12–15. www. oconeelibraryfriends.org
EVENTS: ACC Green School KickOff (Athentic Brewing Co.) Learn about the environmental education and free classroom resources available in the county and the ACC Green School Program. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com
GAMES: BINGO (VFW Post 2872) Join in to play this weekly game of chance. Thursdays, 6 p.m. (doors). FREE! www.facebook.com/vfw2872
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: UnPhiltered Trivia (Buvez) Test your trivia knowledge with host Phil. 7 p.m. www.instagram.com/ buvez_athens
KIDSTUFF: Open Play (Oconee County Library) Drop in for playtime that’s focused on encouraging early literacy and brain building. Ages 5 & under. 11 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee
KIDSTUFF: Wonder Walk (Bogart Library) Homeschool parents and kids are invited to bring a picnic lunch, explore flora on the Story Trail nature walk, make a nature journal and do forest listening. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart
KIDSTUFF: LEGO Club (Oconee County Library) Drop in to free build and create, or do one of the fun LEGO challenges. Ages 5–12. Thursdays, 3:30–5:30. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee
LECTURES & LIT: Know Your Rights Bus Tour (Avid Bookshop) ACLU will discuss discuss books that local governments have banned and promote voter education. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.acluga.org
LECTURES & LIT: Book Launch Party (Ciné) Celebrate Chigozie Obioma’s newest book The Road to the Country with a signing after the event. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbook shop.com
LECTURES & LIT: How Religion Happens Book Club (ACC Library)
Discuss Aviya Kushner’s nonfiction book The Grammar of God. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org
MEETINGS: Coffee Hour (Oconee County Library) Drop in to drink some coffee, while supplies last. Thursdays, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee 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
SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 10 a.m. info@petanque.org, www. athenspetanque.org
Friday 13
ART: Morning Mindfulness (Georgia Museum of Art) Instructor-led meditation, movement and mindfulness techniques in the galleries. Email to RSVP. 9:30 a.m. FREE! gmoatours@uga.edu
ART: 5th Anniversary Party (tiny ATH gallery) Celebrate the gallery’s anniversary with a new member joining the team and a soft opening for Jason Matherly’s new exhibition. 5–8 p.m. FREE! www.tinyathgallery. com
CLASSES: Fall Into Research: Python for Text Analytics (Online) This workshop offers an introduction to text analysis via the Python programming language. Register for Zoom link. 2 p.m. FREE! calendar.uga.edu
CLASSES: Altered Books (Treehouse Kid & Craft) Adults can engage in creative journaling with a variety of provided materials and new methods. 6 p.m. $40. www. treehousekidandcraft.com
EVENTS: Oconee County Library Friends Fall 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. Sept. 12–15. www. oconeelibraryfriends.org
EVENTS: Painting Garden Brick Books (Oconee County Library) Paint a provided brick to look like your favorite book for your garden. Ages 18 & up. Registration required. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athens library.org/oconee
EVENTS: PorchFest Beer Release Party (Athentic Brewing Co.) Historic Athens will announce the lineup for this year’s PorchFest with live music performances and the release of its collaboration beer, On the Rails. 6–9 p.m. FREE! www. athenticbrewing.com
FILM: Mental Health Movie Night (Healing Arts Centre) Screening of Perks of Being A Wallflower followed by a discussion facilitated by Heart Stone therapists. 5 p.m. FREE! www.heartstoneth.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 new roleplaying game.
New players welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com
KIDSTUFF: Play All Day (Oconee County Library) Drop-in play with a variety of toys, interactive events and activities. Ages 5 & under. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! www.athens library.com/oconee
KIDSTUFF: Bouncing Baby Storytime (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for a music and language floor-based program. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart
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
LECTURES & LIT: Book Launch Reception (UGA Main Library)
Celebrate the release of The Oxford Handbook of Jorge Luis Borges with light refreshments. 4 p.m. FREE! calendar.uga.edu
OUTDOORS: Night Hike (Sandy Creek Park) Experience nature in a different light and discover local trails by moonlight. 7:15 p.m. $3 (ACC resident), $5 (non-resident). www.accgov.com/myrec
PERFORMANCE: A Night of ABBA (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) Dancing Dream is an electric tribute to ABBA featuring musicians in elaborate costumes performing songs with choreography and inviting the audience to dance. 7:30 p.m. (doors). $35. www.MMCCARTS.org
THEATER: Little Women (Oconee County Civic Center) A Broadway musical adaptation based on the classic story by Louisa May Alcott. Sep. 13–14 & 20–21, 7:30 p.m. Sep. 15 & 22, 3 p.m. $10–20. www.collectiveartistsworkshop.org
Saturday 14
ART: Steam Roller Printmaking (Lyndon House Arts Center) Visit the studios of artists to view the process of carving large-scale relief blocks. Sept. 14 & 21, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.accgov.com/ myrec
ART: Family Saturdays: Art Workshop (Lyndon House Arts Center) A drop-in family-oriented series of art projects that are inspired by current exhibitions. 12–2 p.m. FREE! www. accgov.com
CLASSES: Homebuyer Workshop (Marigold Auditorium for Arts and Culture) Learn about homeownership, obtaining a mortgage and more. Registration required. 9 a.m. FREE! www.naca.com
CLASSES: Create with Canva (Oglethorpe Co. Library) Learn to create signs, graphics, stickers and more using Canva. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ogelthorpe
EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Markets offer locally grown groceries and handmade goods with live music and children’s activities. AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent. Saturdays, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. www.athensfarmers market.net
EVENTS: Danielsville Farmers Market (Danielsville City Hall) Browse vendors with an array of homemade, handmade and stategrown products. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. www.danielsvillemarket.wixsite. com/farmersmarket
EVENTS: Oconee County Library Friends Fall 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. Sept. 12–15. www. oconeelibraryfriends.org
EVENTS: Bag of Books Sale (Front Porch Bookstore) Browse books for sale. Saturdays, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. $10/bag. Front Porch Bookstore on Facebook
EVENTS: LatinxFest (Downtown Athens) The 15th annual cultural festival celebrating LatinX heritage will feature food, music, dance and more. 11 a.m.–8 p.m. FREE! www. latinxfestath.com
EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (Rocksprings Park Pavilion) Vendors will be on site with fresh produce, local fare, rare plants, artisan goods and more. Saturdays, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.athens landtrust.org/wbfm
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. reallyreally freemarketathens@gmail.com, www.facebook.com/RRFMAthens
EVENTS: 2024 PrideFest (Terrapin Beer Co.) Athens Pride and Queer Collective’s annual festival features vendors, entertainment, music, food trucks and more. FREE! 1–6 p.m. www.facebook.com/AthensGA Pride
FILM: Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy (ACC Library) Screening of the documentary followed by a panel discussion. RSVP by text. 12 p.m. FREE! 706-549-2866
FILM: Cat Video Fest (Ciné) Enjoy a curated showing of funny, sweet and unhinged cat videos in benefit of the Athens Area Humane Society. Sept. 14, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 15, 1:30 p.m. $9. www.athenscine.com
GAMES: Learn to Play the Shadowrun RPG (Tyche’s Games) Face off against the mega-corporations in a dark future. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com
KIDSTUFF: Storytime with LuLu M. Rogers (Avid Bookshop) Luly will read The You Kind of Kind and share songs. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.avid bookshop.com
KIDSTUFF: Critter Tales (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Listen to a story about nature, then go outside for an activity. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.accgov.com/scnc
PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret Drag For All (Hendershot’s) Enjoy a fabulous night of open drag fun for all ages celebrating Athens Pride weekend. 8–11 p.m. $5. www.athensshowgirl cabaret.com
THEATER: Little Women (Oconee County Civic Center) A Broadway musical adaptation based on the classic story by Louisa May Alcott. Sep. 13–14 & 20–21, 7:30 p.m. Sep. 15 & 22, 3 p.m. $10–20. www.collectiveartistsworkshop.org
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ART: Sunday Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) This drop-in public tour features highlights of the permanent collection. 3 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org
COMEDY: Tournament of Topics (The Globe) Competition with a variety of comedians riffing on random topics head-to-head hosted by Levi Crumely. 9 p.m. $7. www. athenscomedy.com
EVENTS: Sumotastic Saturday (Oconee County Library) Join in the fun and watch or participate with sumo suit match ups. Ages 14 & up. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athens library.org/oconee
EVENTS: Pups & Pints (Athentic Brewing Co.) ACC Animal Services’ canine outreach event provides a chance to meet shelter dogs and learn how you can get involved with shelter animals. Third Sundays, 1–3 p.m. www.athenticbrewing.com
EVENTS: Oconee County Library Friends Fall 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. Sept. 12–15. www. oconeelibraryfriends.org
FILM: Cat Video Fest (Ciné) Enjoy a curated showing of funny, sweet and unhinged cat videos in benefit of the Athens Area Humane Society. Sept. 14, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 15, 1:30 p.m. $9. www.athenscine.com
SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 10 a.m. info@petanque.org, www. athenspetanque.org
THEATER: Little Women (Oconee County Civic Center) A Broadway musical adaptation based on the classic story by Louisa May Alcott. Sep. 13–14 & 20–21, 7:30 p.m. Sep. 15 & 22, 3 p.m. $10–20. www.collectiveartistsworkshop.org
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COMEDY: Moms Unhinged (Morton Theatre) Comedians talk about motherhood, midlife crisis, marriage, divorce, online dating and more. 7 p.m. $28. www.morton theatre.com
COMEDY: Funny Femmes (Gyro Wrap) Local comedians perform with surprise guests. Third Mondays, 8 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10. www. instagram.com/athenscomedy
COMEDY: Open Mic (Wonderbar) Hosted by Owen Hunt, this is a traditional show up and go up comedy open mic. Mondays, 9 p.m. (list opens), 9:30 p.m. (show). FREE! www.instagram.com/athenscomedy
FILM: Bad Movie Night (Ciné) After becoming the target of an evil ninja clan, a businessman must enlist the help of a ninja hunter in A Life of a Ninja. 8 p.m. FREE! www.instagram. com/BadMovieNight
GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (LumberJaxe) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Mondays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddogathens
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: General Trivia (Athentic Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host Erin. Mondays, 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com
GAMES: Trivia with Marissa (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Test your
trivia knowledge with host Marissa. 8 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar. com
KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for songs, fingerplays, storytelling and STEAM activities. Ages 3–7 years. Registration suggested. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart
KIDSTUFF: Tiny Tales at the Zoo (Memorial Park) Enjoy storytime, a craft and a chance to meet an ambassador animal up close. Ages 6 & under. Registration required. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. $3 (ACC resident), $5 (non-resident). www. accgov.com/myrec
KIDSTUFF: Beginner Guitar Club (Lay Park Community Center) Learn the basic fundamentals of the guitar. Registration required. Every Monday. Ages 8–11, 5:30–6:20 p.m. Ages 12–17, 6:30–7:20 p.m. $10 (ACC resident), $15 (non-resident). www.accgovga.myrec.com
KIDSTUFF: Teen D&D Club (Oconee County Library) Join a one-shot game open to all skill levels, including Dungeon Masters, with a prize drawing at the end of the evening. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee
LECTURES & LIT: Poetry Reading (Georgia Museum of Art) Brandon Som and Siwar Masannat will read from their collections as part of the Asian American Literature Festival. 6 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org
LECTURES & LIT: Third Monday Book Club (Oconee County Library) Discuss books chosen by the group. New members welcome. Third Mondays, 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee
MEETINGS: Classic City Rotary (Epting Events) The local chapter meets weekly. Mondays, 11:30 a.m. FREE! www.classiccityrotary.org
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CLASSES: Internet 101: Privacy and Security (ACC Library) Learn how to protect your data, recognize security risks and get tips on how to manage your personal information. Registration required. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org
CLASSES: ESOL (Bogart Library) Learn or polish your English skills using Mango languages online and in-person conversation. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart
COMEDY: Open Toad Comedy Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Comedy performed by a mix of newcomers and local favorites from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m. (doors). $7. www.flickertheatreandbar.com
EVENTS: History Hour (Lyndon House Arts Center) Learn about the history of the Ellard-Weir House and the steps toward its preservation with the Historic Cobbham Foundation. 12p.m. FREE! www. historicathens.com
GAMES: Lunch and Learn New Games (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and try out some new games. 11:30 a.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com
GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Eddie’s Calzones) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddog athens
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: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Drop in and join
Ms. Jera for rhymes, songs, movement, a story and a craft. Ages 5 & under. 11 a.m. & 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee
KIDSTUFF: Crafternoon (Oconee County Library) Drop in for a craft or two. Supplies Provided. All ages. Tuesdays, 3:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee
LECTURES & LIT: Athentic Book Club (Athentic Brewing Co.) Pick up a copy of Happy Place by Emily Henry and discuss it with the group. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com
SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 10 a.m. info@petanque.org, www. athenspetanque.org
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ART: Limited Edition Print Sale (Hidden Gem) Screen prints of “Creatures at Dusk” by Michele Dross will be on sale. 6 p.m. www. accgov.com/lyndonhouse
CLASSES: Salsa Dancing (El Carretonero) Join SALSAthens for Cuban salsa lessons meeting a variety of dance abilities. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. (advanced), 7:30 p.m. (beginner/intermediate). $10. SALS AthensDancing@gmail.com
COMEDY: Gorgeous George’s Improv League (Buvez) Townie improv that invites you to bring suggestions. Wednesdays, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flying squidcomedy.com
COMEDY: Hendershot’s Comedy (Hendershot’s) Enjoy a lineup featuring comics from Athens and Atlanta as well as newcomers. Hosted by Noell Appling. Third Wednesdays, 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com
EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Markets offer fresh produce, flowers, eggs, meats, prepared foods, art and crafts. Live music at 6 p.m. AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent. Wednesdays, 5–8 p.m. www.athens farmersmarket.net
EVENTS: Summer Soiree (The Venue on Broad) In benefit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens, there will be music, auctions, food, wine tasting and more. 6 p.m. $75–125. www.greatfuturesathens.com
FILM: Three Star Cinema (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of the 1986 action sport film No Retreat No Surrender. 7 p.m. FREE! www. flickertheatreandbar.com
GAMES: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and play Shadowfist. New players welcome. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com
GAMES: Trivia Night (Normal Bar) Test your trivia knowledge. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/normal. bar.7
GAMES: Classic City Trivia (The Local 706) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ ClassicCityTriviaCo
GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Eddie’s Calzones) Test your trivia knowledge with host Nickalous Benson. Wednesdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook. com/baddogathens
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: Playtime Express (Oconee County Library) Join a train-themed small group playtime. Registration required. Ages 3 & up. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee f
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.
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 Sept. 15, Dec. 15, Mar. 15 and June 15. Apply online. www. athensarts.org/support
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
(Lyndon House Arts Center) The AIR Program provides participants with a semi-private workspace, access to the center’s seven open studios and a $250 stipend. Rising professional and studio-based artists are invited to apply. Artists will be expected to present their work in a workshop or artist talk and will be invited to take part in a group exhibition with other AIR Program alumni. Applications are reviewed Sept. 20 for residencies beginning Jan. 1 and Apr. 20 for residencies beginning July 1. www.accgov. com/lyndonhouse
BIPOC ARTIST/CURATOR PROJ-
ECT OPEN CALL (Lyndon House Arts Center) Seeking BIPOC individuals residing in Georgia to develop an art exhibition to be on display for 6–8 weeks at the LHAC. A stipend of $1,500 is provided. www.accgov.
com/9799/ArtistCurator
CALL FOR ART (Winterville Cultural Center Gallery) Seeking artworks 13”x13” or smaller and priced
under $250 for a group exhibition of small works. Deadline Oct. 1. FREE! www.wintervilleccgallery.com
CALL FOR COLLECTORS (Lyndon House Arts Center) The LHAC’s “Collections from our Community” series features unique collections of objects found in the closets, cabinets and shelves of Athenians. Email if interested in displaying your collection. shelby.little@ accgov.com
CALL FOR EXHIBITION PROPOSALS (Lyndon House Arts Center) Artists, artist groups and curators can submit original exhibition proposals for consideration in the arts center’s gallery schedule. Arts can also submit images of their work for consideration in larger group or themed shows. Deadline Sept. 20, 11:59 p.m. www.accgov.com/6657/ Exhibition-Proposal-Form
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
OCAF HOLIDAY MARKET CALL FOR ARTISTS (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) The 30th annual holiday market is seeking original handmade works like pottery, paintings, fiber art, stained and fused glass jewelry and more.The market
art around town
ATHENAEUM (287 W. Broad St.) In “Fission Or, Eclipse,” New York-based artist Rose Salane uses seemingly mundane objects to explicate systems of evaluation, exchange and organization that shape daily life. Artist Talk at Lamar Dodd School of Art on Sept. 11, 5:30 p.m. Opening Reception Sept. 12, 6–8 p.m. Through Nov. 23.
ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: ATHICA (675 Pulaski St.) “How to Measure an Ocean: Enos & Machacek” features a site-specific installation of large floor sculptures and wall-based reliefs, drawings and prints by James Enos and Jess Machacek. Through Sept. 29.
ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Garden of Dreams” features photographs by Austin Emerson, whose darkroom-based practice centers the alchemy of the process in the resulting images. Reception and musical performance Sept. 23, 7 p.m. Currently on view through Oct. 25.
BOGUE GALLERY AT ACC LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) Real estate broker Cindy Karp’s solo show, “Portraits Through My Eyes,” consists of portraits shot using her iPhone and various phone apps. A portion of art sales will be donated to Bigger Vision of Athens. Through Sept. 22.
CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) In Classic Gallery I, “Spotlight” features works by painters William Ballard, Jaci Davis and Ella Hopkins. • In Classic Gallery II, Kristin Roberts’ “The Fables” illustrates Aesop’s Fables with detailed works that are both whimsical and dangerous.
COMMUNITY (260 N. Jackson St.) Paintings by Andy Cherewick. Through September.
DODD GALLERIES (270 River Rd.) In “Trick Mirror,” Dodd professor and recent retiree Diane Edison examines through portraiture the complexities of platonic, professional, and romantic relationships. Through Sept. 26. • “(WITH)HOLDING PATTERNS” is a site-specific installation by Dodd MFA candidate Adah Bennion that utilizes salvaged materials. Through Sept. 26. • “A Far Off Theater” is a collaborative body of work between Landon McKinley and Maria Noel that investigates the process of removal and obfuscation. Through Sept. 26. • In “Shape Shifting,” Dodd MFA alum Joe Camoosa uses images from his favorite sketchbook to present a colorful grid. Through Nov. 7. • The 2024 Margie E. West Prize Winner Exhibition, “Hong Hong: Inland,” examines the body as a closed ecological system, where various materials continually interact to sustain and regenerate itself. Through Nov. 7.
will be held Nov. 22 from 4–8 p.m., Nov. 23–10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Nov. 24 from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. www.ocaf. com/ocaf-annual-holiday-market OPEN STUDIOS (Lyndon House Arts Center) Studio members have access to spaces for painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, jewelry, fiber and woodworking. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $65/month. www. accgov.com/7350/Open-StudioMembership
PUBLIC ART SELECTION PANELS
(Athens GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission is seeking community members to participate in upcoming public art selection panels. Panels review, evaluate and select from submitted proposals for ACC-funded public art commissions. www.accgov.com/9656/ Public-Art-Selection-Panels
Classes
A COURSE OF LOVE (Unity Athens Church) Learn a positive path for spiritual living based on A Course in Miracles. Wednesdays, 10–11:30 a.m. FREE! www.unity athens.com
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
BLACKSMITHING CLASSES (Greenhow Handmade Ironworks, Washington) A variety of blacksmithing classes include “First Time at the Forge” (Sept. 13), “Forge Basic Blacksmith Tongs” (Sept. 14), “Forge a Railroad Spike Knife” (Sept. 20) and “Forge a Fire Poker” (Sept. 21). Classes held 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $150. www.greenhowhand made.com/blacksmith-classes
CANOPY CLASSES & SCHOLARSHIPS (Canopy Studio) Canopy offers a variety of trapeze and aerial arts classes for children and adults. Scholarships and financial aid are available. www.canopystudio.org/ outreach/scholarships
COOKING CLASSES (Athens Cooks) “Summer Knock-Out: Ultimate Smash Burger and Fixins” will be held Sept. 12, 6–8 p.m. $103. “Sake-to-me Sushi” will be held Sept. 14, 6–8 p.m. $103. “Autumn Date Night: Roasted Duck Breast” will be held Sept. 18, 6–8 p.m. $103. “Rollin’ with Lobster: A Lobster Roll Extravaganza” will be held Sept. 19, 6–8 p.m. $103. “Mommy and Me” Brunch Edition will be held Sept. 21, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. $75. Register online. www.athenscooks.com
DANCE CLASSES (East Athens Educational Dance Center) The center offers classes in ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern and tap. Lunch time classes are available for adults including “Pilates & Dance Conditioning” on Wednesdays at noon. www.accgov.com/myrec
PÉTANQUE CLUB OF ATHENS (5 Alumni Dr.) Learn to play Pétanque. RSVP for a free Wednesday introduction. athenspetanqueclub@
DONDEROS’ KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Susan Pelham’s collages are inspired by Magic Realism, Surrealism, nursery rhymes, fables and more. Through October.
FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Graphic designer Allen Sutton’s exhibition reimagines musicians on baseball trading cards. Through September.
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “A Perfect Model: Prints after Anthony van Dyck’s Portraits” presents prints that attest to Van Dyck’s lasting impact as a printmaker and portraitist. Through Dec. 1. • Organized in conjunction with the American Liszt Festival at UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music in October 2024, “Saint Petersburg as Franz Liszt Saw It” features works on paper that show Russia at the time of the Hungarian composer and pianist’s visits in the 1840s. Through Dec. 1. • Shot through the windows from inside Waffle House restaurants across the Southeast, Micah Cash’s photographs in “Waffle House Vistas” contemplate the built and natural environments. Artist Talk Sept. 26, 5:30 p.m. Currently on view through June 1. • “On Wonder and Witnessing at Tallulah Falls” places a 1841 painting by George Cooke alongside contemporary photographs by Caitlin Peterson. Through Jan. 12.
GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Zane Cochran presents “Aurora,” a sculptural interpretation of the aurora borealis using 3D geometric figures and lights.
HENDERSHOT’S (237 Prince Ave.) The second annual “Together We Dazzle” art show and benefit features artwork by over 20 local artists. A portion of art sales will benefit the Ehlers-Danlos Society. Closing Reception Sept. 21, 3–8 p.m.
HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Vivian Liddell shares “Athens Landscapes,” a series of monotypes based on photographs taken around town over the past several years. Through November.
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) The Window Works series presents a site-specific artwork by Atlanta artist Michael Reese that questions the perception of the Black Body against cyanotype photography popular with architectural blueprints. Through spring 2025. • Amiri Farris’ paintings and collages blur the lines between contemporary cultures and pop traditions while delving into themes of history, culture, perception and time. Through Oct. 5. • “Scissors, Paper, Art” is an exhibition of collaged works by Jack Burke and Claire Clements inspired by nature. Through Oct. 5. • Leonard Piha’s solo exhibition features mixed-media sculptures set within one-gallon glass jugs, drawing on the deep history of bottle whimseys, an art form spread in the U.S. by self-taught craftsmen. Through Nov. 15.
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. qpr@nuci.org, www.nuci.org/qpr
RUBBER PEOPLE SOUL YOGA (work.shop) Cal Clements teaches classes that include gratitude, breath, flexibility poses, strength building and some chanting of Om. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10–11:30 a.m. Donations accepted. www.rubberpeoplesoulyoga.com
SALSA CLASSES (Multiple Locations) UGA Salsa Club hosts “Level 1: Foundational Movements & Partner Work” for students with no prior dancing experience. No partner required. Held in Adinkra Hall (Memorial Hall 407). Sundays through Nov. 24, 3–3:45 p.m. (No class Sept. 15, Nov. 3, Nov. 17.)
FREE! www.ugasalsaclub.com
TIMBAthens hosts “Level 2: Partner Work & Foundations of Rueda I” for students who want to learn Cuban style. Held at YWCO Sundays through Dec. 15, 4:30–5:25 p.m. (No class Sept. 15, Oct. 20). $10/ class. www.timbathens.com
TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS
CLASSES (Live Oak Martial Arts) Traditional and modern-style Taekwondo, self-defense, grappling and weapons classes are offered for all ages. Classes in Jodo, the art of the Japanese staff and sword, are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. Visit the website for a full schedule. liveoak martialarts@gmail.com, www.live oakmartialarts.com
YOGA AND MORE (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Revolution is a multipurpose mind-body wellness studio offering yoga and therapy with an emphasis on traumainformed practices. Check website for upcoming classes and pro-
grams. www.revolutiontherapyand yoga.com
YOGA CLASSES (Let It Be Yoga Studio, Watkinsville) Classes are offered in Hatha, Vinyasa, Kundalini, beginner, gentle and other styles. Check online calendar for weekly offerings. www.letitbeyoga.org
YOGA CLASSES (Shakti Yoga Athens) This body-neutral and traumainformed space in Normaltown offers heated and unheated classes. Classes are offered in Power Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Yin and Restorative Yoga. New student offer: four weeks of unlimited yoga for $40. shakti yogaathens.com
Help Out
ADOPT-A-STREAM VOLUNTEER TRAINING (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Get trained to help monitor the health of a nearby stream. Online registration deadline Sept. 18. Training held Sept. 21, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. www.accgov.com/ sandycreeknaturecenter
ATHENS RIVERS ALIVE (Athens, GA) Help remove litter from streams, creeks and rivers as part of a continuing statewide campaign to clean and preserve over 70,000 miles of Georgia’s rivers and streams. Registration begins Sept. 16. Georgia Waterway Cleanup held Oct. 19. www.accgov.com/RiversAlive
MULTIPLE CHOICES VOLUNTEERS (Multiple Choices Center for Independent Living) Seeking volunteers to assist a nonprofit agency that serves individuals living with disabilities throughout a 10-country area of Northeastern Georgia. Contact Daniel Myers at 706-850-4025 or dmyers@multiplechoices.us
SEEKING BOARD MEMBERS (Bigger Vision of Athens) The nonprofit homeless shelter Bigger Vision of Athens, Inc. is seeking new members for its board of directors. The application is available online. the biggervisionshelter@gmail.com, www.bvoa.org/boardmember
THE NEST (523 Prince Ave.) Susan Pelham’s collages are inspired by Magic Realism, Surrealism, nursery rhymes, fables and more. Through Sept. 14. PORCELAIN AND DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) Two new collections celebrating the connection between art and nature include a complete Jasperware tea set from Wedgewood in England and a series of hand-carved coconut vessels.
OCONEE LIBRARY (1925 Electric Ave., Watkinsville) Members of the Athens Plein Air group share their works. Artist Reception Oct. 5, 1–3 p.m. Currently on view through Oct. 30.
STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave) “Tiny Wonders” presents macro photography of local plants, insects and other tiny creatures by Heather Larkin, Don Hunter, Diego Huet, Bill Sheehan, Sandy Shaul and Rosemary Woodel. Through Nov. 12.
STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) “Queer Perspectives” is a juried exhibition featuring work by 13 Georgiabased artists including Yousef Bousheri, Perrine Gaudry, Rial Rye, Ezra Witkowski and Clint Zeagler. Through Jan. 4.
UGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER LOBBY GALLERY (230 River Rd.) In “Low Anchored Cloud/Spring Hoax,” Joseph Peragine, director of the Lamar Dodd School of Art at UGA, explores themes of life and death through two distinct bodies of work. Through Dec. 21.
UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Athens Potluck” revisits Jason Thrasher’s 2017 book that includes portraits of 33 musicians at home or in the studio.The exhibition includes photographs, stories, loaned items from the featured musicians and items from the music collections of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Curator Talk Sept. 21, 3 p.m. Through December. • “Bulldog Olympians” celebrates over 200 UGA athletes who have competed for Team USA or their home countries through photographs and artifacts. Curator Talks Oct. 5, Oct. 11, Nov. 15 and Nov. 22.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS CLEMENTS GALLERY (780 Timothy Rd.) “The Claire and Robert Clements Summer Invitational” features UUFA artists as well as artists who have shown or are scheduled to show in the gallery. Through Sept. 29.
WINTERVILLE CULTURAL CENTER GALLERY (371 N. Church St., Winterville) “First Annual Juried Exhibition” featuring selections from the gallery’s inaugural juried show. Through Oct. 30. • “Wonders of Watercolor” including works from the W.O.W. OCAF artists group. Through Oct. 30.
SEEKING BOARD MEMBERS (Morton Theatre Corporation) The Morton Theatre Corporation is seeking new members for its board of directors and volunteers. The application is available online. board@morton theatre.com, www.mortontheatre. com/join-the-board
TRAIL GUIDING (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Volunteers lead small groups of children on hikes around the nature center trails and emphasize the lesson for the day by incorporating things found on the hike. Register online. accgov. givepulse.com/event/379177-TrailGuides-Training
Kidstuff
ART CARD CLUB FOR PRE-TEENS AND TEENS (K.A. Artist Shop) Draw, paint, collage and create your own collection of art cards. Materials provided. Fridays, 6–7:30 p.m. $28/drop-in, $200 (10 classes). www.kaartist.com
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.athensforestkindergarten.org
BRELLA ACTIVITIES (’BRELLA STUDIO) After-school art lessons for ages 6–11 include drawing and mixed media activities and are held Monday and Tuesday afternoons.
Family Playgroups are for ages 0–5 and their caregivers. Check website for descriptions and meeting times. www.brellastudio.com/events
CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES (Treehouse Kid & Craft) Treehouse offers a variety of art-centric activities for children, such as “Crafty Maker Mondays,” “Storytime with Mr. Doodles,” “Digital Art Designer,” “Baby Artists,” “Toddler Process Art,” “Creative Playtime,” “Saturday Craft” and more. Check website for current schedule. www.treehouse kidandcraft.com
GROUPS AT REBLOSSOM
(ReBlossom) A variety of classes, playgroups and support groups are offered for parents and young children. Topics include birth and breastfeeding, prenatal and parent-baby yoga, instrument play, maternal mental health and more. Check website for a schedule. www. reblossomathens.com
JUNIOR BOARD (Athens, GA) The Athens Chapter of the WatsonBrown Foundation Junior Board is accepting applications from students in grades 10–12. Members give out historic preservation grants in the Athens area. Deadline Sept. 13. bit.ly/wbfjb
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
Support Groups
BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP
(St. Mary’s Hospital, 5th Floor Therapy Room) This support group for survivors of traumatic head injury, their families, friends and caregivers offers friendship, information about resources and opportunities for advocacy. Every third Monday, 4:30–6 p.m. Contact Floretta Johnson, 706-353-1892, floretta. johnson@stmarysathens.org
NAVIGATING RELATIONSHIPS
WITH ADDICTIVE PARTS (Heart Stone Therapeutic Healing & Coaching) Five-week harm reduction support group for individuals struggling
with substance misuse. Fridays, Sept. 20–Oct. 18, 1 p.m. $45 per group. Insurance accepted. RSVP by Sept. 16. info@HeartStoneTH.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. Second and fourth Wednesdays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.byyourleave.org
PROJECT SAFE (Family Protection Center) Project Safe hosts a support group for survivors of domestic violence. Mondays, 6:30–8 p.m. www. project-safe.org
RECREATE JOY (Sunny Days Therapeutics) Nuçi’s Space hosts a recreational therapy support group. Improve coping skills and self esteem while reducing depression and anxiety through adaptive yoga, games and leisure education. Sixweek sessions. Wednesdays, 5–6 p.m. tinyurl.com/rnvuhesa
RECOVERY DHARMA (Athens
Addiction Recovery Center) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction. Visit the website for details. Thursdays, 7 p.m. www.athensrecoverydharma.org
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.org
Word on the Street
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
CALL FOR PHOTOS (Athens, GA)
Submit water or nature-themed photos taken in Athens-Clarke County to be considered in the Stormwater Management Program’s annual calendar. www.accgov.com/ stormwater CAR SHOW ENTRIES SOUGHT
(Sandy Creek Park) The ACC Leisure Services Department is seeking car entry applications for the inaugural Sandy Creek BBQ, Blues & CruiseIn. Entries will compete for trophies in a variety of categories including “Best in Show” “Best Interior” and “Most Unique.” $15/car. Registration deadline Oct. 7, 12 p.m. Event held Oct. 13, 2–7 p.m. www. accgov.com/sandycreekcarshow
DIAL-A-POEM (Athens, GA) Call 762-400-POEM (or 762-400-7636) to hear selections from Athens current Poet Laureate Mikhayla Robinson Smith and inaugural Poet Laureate Jeff Fallis. www.athens culturalaffairs.org
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
FALL PROGRAM REGISTRATION (Athens, GA) The Leisure Services Department offers a diverse selection of activities highlighting the arts, environmental science, recreation, sports and holiday events for both adults and children. Now registering. www.accgov.com/myrec
FASHION DEEP DIVE (Oconee Library) The library will run fashion-
themed programs in September and October. Seeking local designers and models to participate in a finale fashion show on Oct. 26, as well as local experts to teach workshops in fashion design basics, cosmetics, fashion sketching or costume design. Contact James Mitchell, jmitchell@athenslibrary.org
LEISURE SERVICES MASTER
PLAN (Athens, GA) The ACC Leisure Services Department is in the process of developing a new comprehensive master plan. Share your thoughts online or in person. Check website for pop-up events. www. accgov.com/activateathens
MACORTS (Athens, GA) The Madison Athens-Clarke Oconee Regional Transportation Study has prepared the Draft 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Materials accessible online. Taking public comments through Sept. 13. www.macorts.org
RABBIT BOX (VFW Post 2872) The 13th season of Rabbit Box is seeking storytellers to share true short tales. Upcoming themes include “Birth of a Parent” (Sept. 24), “Scared Stiff” (Oct. 2) and “Bad Advice” (Nov. 19). Pitch your story idea online. 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.) 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
SEEKING MUSIC (Athens, GA) Seeking music submissions for the third season of “View Finders,” a locally produced TV series that will air on national PBS. Music can vary from electronic, ambient, hip hop, folk, Americana, rock, country, blues, classical and beyond. Contact for submission form. chrisgreer photography@gmail.com, www. viewfindersontv.com
SEEKING POLL WORKERS (Athens, GA) The Elections Department is seeking residents to serve as poll workers for the Nov. 5 general election. www.accgov.com/pollworker
SEVENTH GENERATION (Healing Path Farm) Seventh Generation Native American Church hosts gatherings on Sundays at 11 a.m., Men’s Group on Tuesdays at 6 p.m., and Women’s Circle every second and fourth Wednesday at 6 p.m. www.seventhgeneration nativeamericanchurch.org
TEMPORARY CHARM CLOSURE
(ACC Center for Hard to Recycle Materials) The center will be closed Sept. 23–28 to allow staff to process and ship out accumulated recyclable material. www.accgov. com/charm
WHAT’S YOUR STORY? (Athens Technical College) The Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is hosting its What’s Your Story Festival of Art on Sept. 26. Submit artwork for an exhibition and silent auction. Auction runs Sept. 23, 12 p.m.–Sept. 26, 5 p.m. Also seeking submissions for the literary magazine Sunlight, Volume 2. Email stories by Sept. 16. ptk.atc@gmail.com
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
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HOUSES FOR RENT
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MUSIC
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nuçi’s Space is always accepting and selling used gear and instruments. All profits go toward our mission of ending the epidemic of suicide. Visit nuci.org/ rewired.
INSTRUCTION
Athens School of Music. Now offering in-person and online instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin and more. From beginner to expert, all styles. Visit www.athens schoolofmusic.com. 706543-5800
MUSIC SERVICES
Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition. Wuxtry Records at corner of Clayton & College Dwntn. 706-369-9428
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TRAVEL
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JOBS
FULL-TIME
Taste of India is now hiring (Busser, host, to-go specialist, floater). Paid weekly, employee meals, flexible schedules, full-time or parttime $15–$20. APPLY IN PERSON.
PART-TIME
Join a diverse, inclusive workplace and get paid to type! 12–40 hours, Mon–Fri. NEVER be called in for a shift you didn’t sign up for. Must type 65+ wpm. Make your own schedule and work independently with no customer interaction. Starts at $13 with automatic increases. www.ctscribes. com
Join us! Part-Time Tour Guide wanted at Historic Athens Welcome Center. $16.75/hour + tips. Apply: athenswelcomecenter.com/ jobs. Share history and make memories!
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Seeking PT research assistant. $15/hour to start to investigate local traffic fatality information. Email resume to: vintagelumber@ gmail.com.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens (UUFA) seeks a FACILITIES MANAGER to manage building & grounds, coordinate
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