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Helene Hits

PLUS, CLASSIC CENTER SOLAR PANELS AND MORE LOCAL NEWS

By Blake Aued and Chris Dowd news@flagpole.com

Thousands of households lost power, and trees were down all over the city, but it wasn’t as bad as it could have been.

Hurricane Helene wound up skirting to the east of Athens, moving through Augusta into South Carolina, rather than coming straight through metro Atlanta, limiting the severity of the damage locally.

“Clarke County was really fortunate,” Mayor Kelly Girtz said.

About 1 million customers lost power statewide, but that figure was only about 3,500 in Athens as of the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 27. About 30 streets were closed—most significantly part of the Loop between Atlanta Highway and Tallassee Road—due to fallen trees or downed power lines.

Some danger remained however—the North and Middle Oconee rivers could still begin to surge as rain slowly makes its way into river basins. [Blake Aued]

ACC Withdraws Plan for West Broad School

Athens-Clarke County officials have given up on trying to convince the Clarke County School District to turn the historic and decaying West Broad School into a youth development center at ACC expense.

“We’ve moved on,” Mayor Kelly Girtz told Flagpole. “I would have liked to have it as the site, but the school district was just not ready to make it happen.”

Instead, Girtz said the ACC government will turn its attention to other sites, such as Rocksprings Park. The commission years ago decided to place the center within the historically Black West Broad area—roughly bordered by Hancock Avenue, Broad Street, Alps Road, Baxter Street and Milledge

Avenue—and awarded the Athens Land Trust a contract to run it if and when it was built.

In November 2022, the ACC Commission voted to select the West Broad School as the preferred site for the youth development center despite ongoing controversy surrounding the property. In 2019, then-school superintendent Demond Means ended a contract with the Athens Land Trust to operate a community garden and farmer’s market on the property. Later, the school board rejected an ALT proposal in favor of Means’ plans for an early learning center.

Two years later, the school board also rejected the early learning center because the plans called for saving only the 1938 Minor Street building. Black residents and historic preservation advocates also believed a 1954 building facing Campbell Street could be saved. The school served Black children during the segregation era.

Girtz then stepped in and made another pitch to the school board for the youth development center. The ACC government has committed $3.2 million from SPLOST 2011. At the time, the ALT had raised $1 million with commitments for $4 million more, bringing the total funding available to more than $8 million. The county would pay to renovate the buildings, and the ALT would operate the youth development center under a longterm lease, but CCSD would continue to own the property.

Meanwhile, the West Broad School has now been vacant for 17 years, ever since the now-closed Rutland Academy, a regional alternative school, moved to a new building off Oglethorpe Avenue.

“ I would have liked to have it as the site, but the school district was just not ready to make it happen.

“I’m interested in making sure this important site is taken care of,” Girtz said. “I hope the school district is on the same wavelength.”

CCSD’s communications office did not respond to repeated requests for comment. [BA]

Arena Will Run Partially on Solar

Solar panels will help to power the new arena at the Classic Center, scheduled to open in December.

Macon-based Cherry Street Energy is installing 648 rooftop solar panels at Akins Ford Arena, which will provide 12.5% of the arena’s energy. That brings the total number of solar panels at the Classic Center to 1,600, generating 36% of the convention center’s overall energy needs.

“It is an honor to partner with Cherry Street Energy on this solar array project,” Classic Center President and CEO Paul Cramer said in a news release. “I cannot thank Mayor Kelly Girtz and the ACC Commission enough for encouraging us to create a resource that is an asset to Athens in many ways. Building a facility that will be an economic driver for this community while reducing our carbon footprint is an incredible accomplishment.”

Cherry Street is the same company that installed solar panels at Terrapin Brewery in 2021. As with Terrapin, the panels were installed at no cost, with the Classic Center buying electricity from Cherry Street at costs that are competitive with traditional providers.

In 2019, the ACC Commission passed a resolution setting a goal of transitioning to 100% clean energy for government facilities by 2035, and for the entire community by 2050. The SPLOST 2020 referendum included $15.8 million for clean energy, such as solar energy and electric vehicles.

[BA]

Help Shape Transportation

The Athens-Clarke County government is planning three public workshops to help residents make suggestions on how millions of dollars could be spent to improve Athens’ transportation infrastructure.

Athens relies on a 1% sales tax to fund infrastructure projects and other transportation needs around town. This tax, called TSPLOST, was last authorized by the voters starting in 2023 for a period of five years, or until the county collected $160 million. Since sales tax revenue has been coming in quicker than anticipated, voters will get a chance to renew TSPLOST early. The vote is tentatively scheduled for May of 2026 so there is no gap between when it expires and when it is renewed. Due to this accelerated timeline, potential TSPLOST projects will need to be submitted by Nov. 10.

While most SPLOST and TSPLOST projects are submitted by local government departments like ACC Transportation and Public Works, regular Athenians can receive funding for transportation projects in their neighborhoods. In fact, there has been a push to increase this kind of participation in our local democracy in recent years.

TSPLOST 2023 saw the highest number of resident-submitted projects in Athens’ history, a large number of which were funded. These projects have provided funding to fill sidewalk gaps in neighborhoods like Stonehenge and Westchester, improve street lighting in East Athens and to improve safety at the Five Points intersection.

Local government officials have scheduled three public workshops in October to walk people through the submission process: Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 6–8 p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 10 from 6–8 p.m.; and Saturday, Oct. 19 from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. All three are at Lay Park. The ACC government has also created an instructional video to help walk citizens through the project submission process.

If TSPLOST is renewed, the sales tax rate in Athens would remain steady at 8%. If voters reject the tax, the sales tax rate in Athens would fall to 7%, but many important transportation projects would likely be delayed, perhaps by years or decades, or funded with property taxes instead. [Chris Dowd] f

More than 600 solar panels on the roof of Akins Ford Arena will provide power for the facility.

None of This Is Normal

By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com

“This is not a normal election. Donald Trump is not a normal candidate. He is deeply mentally unstable.” So said Tom Nichols, a writer for The Atlantic magazine, on Sept. 24. The day before, at a rally in the all-important battleground state of Pennsylvania, Trump indeed seemed unhinged when he screeched to the cheering crowd of MAGA minions that “Kamala Harris is a communist.” The former president seems to have dusted off the old “red scare” playbook that disgraced Wisconsin Sen. Joe McCarthy used when he smeared his political opponents as communists in America after World War II.

an aged Biden has bowed out of a second run, and there have been two assassination attempts against Trump. Just when things couldn’t get weirder, they did. In the crucial state of North Carolina, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson—the GOP’s candidate for governor of the state—is in political hot water after a CNN report of his comments calling himself “a Black Klansman” and supporting a return of slavery gave pause to voters and fodder to late-night comedians. Robinson has railed against LGBTQ+ Americans in speeches to religious groups, but in private he has also professed a love for transgender pornography.

Indeed, this is not a normal election. Historians a century hence will look back on this year’s contest as a political roller coaster no matter who wins in November. Though Trump has a good chance to be the only former president since Grover Cleveland to win a second non-consecutive term, Kamala Harris is proving to be a powerful opponent against Trump. Since President Biden bowed out after his desultory debate performance earlier this year, Harris has brought “mojo” and momentum into the race for the presidency. Trump seems increasingly rattled by the new life in the Democratic Party. His own dyspeptic and dystopian debate performance against Harris showed millions of viewers that, with the departure of Joe Biden, Trump is the old man in the race now.

Trump knows that if he doesn’t go back to the White House, he could be headed for the “Big House.” An election that he seemed to have in his grasp may now be slipping through his fingers. While Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, are fuming falsehoods accusing Haitian immigrants of eating cats and dogs, Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are waging a positive, good-humored and well-financed campaign.

This year’s run for the White House may be the most surreal presidential contest in American history. In the last few months,

Trump has been an enthusiastic supporter of Robinson, calling him “Martin Luther King on steroids” and “Martin Luther King times two.” Like Robinson, Trump appeals to right-wing religious fundamentalist voters in spite of his hush money payments to an X-rated movie star. Both candidates could be called “pornagain Christians,” and both seem to believe that the Seventh Commandment says, “Thou shalt not admit adultery.” (Robinson claimed in an online forum to have slept with his wife’s sister.)

Robinson probably will lose his campaign for governor in the Tarheel State, but his loss could also drag Trump down in a state that he desperately needs to win in his quest for the 270 electoral votes required for victory in November.

A century ago, during the presidential election of 1924, Progressive Party candidate Robert La Follette voiced views that would be anathema to today’s Republican office-seekers like Trump, Vance and Robinson. La Follette served as a Republican governor of Wisconsin, then became a senator from the state, which is today one of the big three Rust Belt battleground states in the 2024 election, along with Pennsylvania and Michigan. He broke with the Republican Party and worked for political reforms including environmental conservation, women’s rights, fighting the Ku Klux Klan and opposition to war. Though he never won the presidency, his Progressive Party run in 1924 netted nearly 5 million votes, an impressive showing by a third party—about 17% of the 1924 vote that re-elected Republican President Calvin Coolidge.

Today visitors to the Capitol building pass a marble statue of La Follette, a fitting honor for a candidate whose words still resonate: “America is not made, but is in the making. Mere passive citizenship is not enough.” f

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s scandals are just the latest twist in the 2024 elections.

Higher Education Policies

WHERE DO THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STAND?

By Various Authors news@flagpole.com

Editor’s Note: This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet focused on education.

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

ACCREDITATION: As California attorney general, Harris urged the federal government in 2016 to revoke federal recognition for the accrediting agency of the for-profit chain Corinthian Colleges, which she had successfully sued for misleading students and using predatory recruiting practices. The accreditor’s recognition ultimately was removed in 2022.

As vice president, Harris has said little about the accreditation system, which is independently run and federally regulated and acts as a gatekeeper to billions of dollars in federal student aid. But the Biden administration has sought to require accreditors to create minimum standards on student outcomes such as graduation rates and licensure-exam pass rates. [Sarah Butrymowicz]

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Harris has long supported affirmative action in college admissions. As California attorney general, she criticized the impact of the state’s 1996 ban at its public colleges. She also filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the University of Texas’ race-conscious admissions policy when the Supreme Court heard challenges to it in 2012 and 2015.

Last June, Harris criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action the same day it was handed down, calling the decision a “denial of opportunity.” Walz, referring to the decision, wrote on X, “In Minnesota, we know that diversity in our schools and businesses reflects a strong and diverse state.” [Meredith Kolodner]

DEI: Harris has not shied away from supporting DEI initiatives, even as they became a focus of attack for Republicans. “Extremist so-called leaders are trying to erase America’s history and dare suggest that studying and prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion is a bad thing. They’re wrong,” she wrote on X.

As governor, Walz has taken steps to increase access to higher education across racial groups, including offering tuition-free enrollment at state colleges for residents who are members of a tribal nation. This spring, Walz signed a budget that increased funding for scholarships for students from underrepresented racial groups to teach in Minnesota schools. [MK]

FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES: Harris has long been a critic of for-profit colleges. In 2013, as California state attorney general, she sued Corinthian Colleges, Inc., eventually obtaining a more than $1.1 billion settlement against the defunct company. “For years, Corinthian profited off the backs of poor people—now they have to pay,” she said in a press release. As senator, she signed a letter in the summer of 2020 calling for

the exclusion of for-profit colleges from COVID-era emergency funding. [MK]

FREE COLLEGE: The Biden administration repeatedly has proposed making community college free for students regardless of family income. The administration also proposed making college free for students whose families make less than $125,000 per year if the students attend a historically Black college, tribal college or another minority-serving institution.

Pell grants available to undocumented students who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but has been unsuccessful. [OS]

STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS: In 2019, while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Harris proposed forgiving loans for Pell grant recipients who operated businesses in disadvantaged communities for a minimum of three years. As vice president, she was reportedly instrumental in pushing Biden to announce a sweeping debt cancelation policy.

The policy, which would have eliminated up to $20,000 in debt for borrowers under a certain income level, ultimately was blocked by the Supreme Court. Since then, the Biden administration has used other existing programs, including Public Service Loan Forgiveness, to cancel more than $168 billion in federal student debt.

In 2023, Walz signed a bill that made two- and four-year public colleges in Minnesota free for students whose families make less than $80,000 per year. The North Star Promise Program works by paying the remaining tuition after scholarships and grants have been applied, so that students don’t have to take out loans to pay for school. [Olivia Sanchez]

FREE/HATE SPEECH: Following nationwide campus protests against the war in Gaza, Biden said, “There should be no place on any campus, no place in America for antisemitism or threats of violence against Jewish students. There is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind, where it’s antisemitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination against Arab Americans or Palestinian Americans.” His Education Department is investigating dozens of complaints about antisemitism and Islamophobia on K-12 and college campuses, a number that has spiraled since the start of the war. [OS]

PELL GRANTS: The Pell grant individual maximum award has increased by $900 to $7,395 since the beginning of the Biden administration, part of its goal to double the maximum award by 2029. Education experts say that when the Pell grant program began in the 1970s, it covered roughly 75% of the average tuition bill but today covers only about one-third. They say doubling the Pell grant would make it easier for low-income students to earn a degree. The administration tried several times to make

career and technical education pathways. In October 2023, he signed an executive order eliminating college degree requirements for most government jobs in the state, a growing trend in states looking to expand alternative pathways to careers. [Ariel Gilreath]

Donald Trump and JD Vance

ACCREDITATION: The Trump campaign has gone after college accrediting agencies, which serve as the gatekeepers for billions of dollars in federal student aid, claiming that the entities are part of the “radical Left” and have “allowed our colleges to become dominated by Marxist Maniacs and lunatics.” (The fact that some accrediting agencies have added or considered standards related to diversity, equity and inclusion also has drawn ire from many on the right.)

In a video posted to his campaign site, Trump pledges to “fire” existing accrediting agencies. The government does have regulations that these entities must follow, but revoking their recognition would require a lengthy Education Department review.

Trump goes on to say that he would open applications for new accreditors to impose standards that include “defending the American tradition and Western civilization, protecting free speech, eliminating wasteful administrative positions that drive up costs incredibly,” and “implementing college entrance and exit exams to prove that students are actually learning and getting their money’s worth.” [SB]

Harris has regularly championed these moves. In April, for instance, she participated in a round-table discussion on debt relief, touting what the administration had done. “That’s more money in their pocket to pay for things like child care, more money in their pocket to get through the month in terms of rent or a mortgage,” she said of those who had loans forgiven.

But challenges remain. In August, a federal appeals court issued a stay on a Biden plan, known as the SAVE plan, which aimed to allow enrolled borrowers to cut their monthly payments and have their debts forgiven more quickly than they currently can.

[SB]

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Last fall, the Biden administration sent nearly $94 million in grant funding to job training programs, including community colleges and programs that partner with high schools. Earlier this year, the administration also announced $25 million for a new Career Connected High Schools grants program to help establish pathways to careers. In addition, the administration invested billions in nine workforce training hubs across the country.

The Democratic Party platform unveiled at the national convention in Chicago also mentions expanding career and technical education. “Four year college is not the only pathway to a good career, so Democrats are investing in other forms of education as well,” the platform says.

Walz’s education plan as governor of Minnesota also set a goal of increasing

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Both Trump and Vance have taken a hard stance against affirmative action and diversity initiatives. Trump celebrated the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling banning affirmative action in college admissions, calling it a “great day for America.” “We’re going back to all merit-based—and that’s the way it should be,” he wrote on TruthSocial.

Following that decision, Vance wrote a letter to college presidents warning, “The United States Senate is prepared to use its full investigative powers to uncover circumvention, covert or otherwise, of the Supreme Court’s ruling.” Last December, he introduced a bill to create an inspector general’s office to investigate discrimination in college admissions and financial aid, which would take federal aid away from colleges found in violation. [MK]

COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Trump has said people don’t understand what community colleges are and suggested they be renamed vocational or technical colleges (though they are not the same thing). He has not supported tuition-free community college, but last year, he pitched the idea of a free online college he called American Academy, to be paid for by taxes on private universities. Experts have said this plan is unlikely to take hold. [OS]

DEI: As the agitation about DEI initiatives intensified in 2020, Trump issued an executive order that banned diversity training that was “divisive,” which applied to federal agencies and recipients of federal grants, including universities.

Vance has also criticized DEI initiatives, calling them “racism, plain and simple.” Last December, he wrote a letter to the president of Ohio State University, probing its hiring practices and its curriculum. “If

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

universities keep pushing racial hatred, euphemistically called DEI, we need to look at their funding,” he wrote on X. [MK]

FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: Trump has long been seen as a friend of the forprofit college sector. Before he became president, he ran the for-profit Trump University, which trained students for careers in real estate. He was subsequently sued by former students who claimed the college had misled them; the case was settled with a $25 million payout. While in office, he took several steps to make it easier for for-profit colleges to thrive, and enrollment at those institutions began to rise in 2020. His administration rolled back the Obama-era gainful employment rule, which required for-profit colleges to meet certain benchmarks to ensure that a majority of graduates were making enough to pay back their loans. As president, Trump vetoed a bill that would have provided debt forgiveness to veterans defrauded by forprofit colleges. [MK]

FREE/HATE SPEECH: Trump considers himself an advocate of free speech, but he has attacked the speech of others and drawn criticism for comments about immigrants and other groups that some argue amount to hate speech.

twice, including a proposed $3.9 billion diversion that would have funded several unrelated initiatives, including a NASA plan to take astronauts back to the moon. Though dipping into the Pell reserves wouldn’t have affected students already awarded Pell grants, education advocates argued that it would have imperiled funding for future students. None of these proposals were approved by Congress. A Trump plan to allow students to use Pell grants on short-term programs was unsuccessful.

Trump proposed formalizing an Obamaera pilot program that made incarcerated people eligible for Pell grants. Congress approved this expansion in the FAFSA Simplification Act passed in December 2020. [OS]

STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS: As president, Trump proposed eliminating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which wipes out loan debt for people who work in the public sector or nonprofits. During his tenure, the Department of Education also stopped enforcing a regulation that provided an avenue for debt relief to students who had been defrauded by their colleges.

Trump praised the three justices he appointed to the Supreme Court for their votes to strike down Biden’s broad debt forgiveness plan. He has attacked the Biden administration’s continued efforts to cancel debt as “vile” and “not even legal.”

In 2019, Trump signed an executive order requiring that colleges and universities commit to promoting free speech and free inquiry to continue receiving research funding from 12 federal agencies. He said this was to protect conservative students from being silenced and discriminated against. “Under the guise of ‘speech codes’ and ‘safe spaces’ and ‘trigger warnings,’ these universities have tried to restrict free thought, impose total conformity, and shut down the voices of great young Americans like those here today,” he said when signing the order.

Vance also has argued that conservative students are being silenced on college campuses. When he was running for Senate, Vance gave a speech entitled “Universities Are the Enemy” in 2021, calling the institutions corrupt and arguing they disseminate lies rather than truth and knowledge.

In the same speech, he called his alma mater, Yale University Law School, “clearly a liberal-biased place” at the time he graduated in 2013, adding that when he returned five years later to promote his book, “it felt totally totalitarian.” “It felt like the sort of place where if you were a conservative student who had conservative ideas you were terrified to utter them,” Vance said. [OS]

PELL GRANTS: The Trump administration proposed cutting the Pell grant surplus fund

Vance has taken a similar stance on large-scale loan forgiveness, saying on X, formerly known as Twitter, that “Forgiving student debt is a massive windfall to the rich, to the college educated, and most of all to the corrupt university administrators of America.” But he did co-sponsor a bipartisan bill earlier this year that would allow parents to get loans discharged if their child became permanently disabled. [SB]

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Federal funding for career and technical education, which had been stagnant for more than a decade before Trump came into office, rose significantly during his administration. In 2018, Trump renewed the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act—one of states’ primary sources of federal funding for CTE programs—and reduced regulations on how states are required to spend the money. In 2020, he proposed one of the largest-ever increases in funding for career and technical education, even as he sought to cut the overall budget for the Department of Education.

Trump also established an advisory council tasked with developing a national strategy to train people for high-demand jobs. His campaign website says he plans to provide “funding preferences” for schools that help students find internships and jobs and for schools that have career counselors for students. His website also highlights the Cristo Rey Network—a group of Catholic schools across the country where students are required to work at part-time, entrylevel jobs one day a week during the school year throughout high school. [AG]. f

Donald Trump

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Weed Wars

MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS IN, HEMP PRODUCTS ARE OUT

By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

Almost a decade after the Georgia legislature legalized it, Athens residents finally have access to medical marijuana without driving to Atlanta now that the city’s first dispensary is open. Meanwhile, a new state law threatens the livelihood of existing head shops that sell marijuana-adjacent products without a prescription.

Fine Fettle—an outpost of one of six companies legally authorized to grow and sell medical marijuana in Georgia—opened about a month ago off Atlanta Highway near Target. Georgia market president Judson Hill, an Atlanta native, spent a decade working in the marijuana business out West before moving home last spring. The company has a growing and processing facility in Macon and two stores in metro Atlanta, with plans to open two more soon.

Georgia legalized medical marijuana in 2015, but the law was tied up in court until last year, when the state appeals court ruled against two companies that did not receive one of a limited number of licenses. The law lists 10 ailments that are eligible for a medical marijuana prescription, but Hill says most people are eligible because they suffer from some form of chronic pain or trauma. Hill himself became interested in marijuana as a pain reliever after being injured in a car crash. Telemedicine has also made it easier to receive a prescription. “It’s actually easier than most people think,” Hill says.

Once a person receives a prescription, it’s sent to the individual’s county health department, which issues a medical marijuana card. The process takes about a week,

While dispensaries waited for the legal process to play out, other head shops blossomed selling products derived from hemp, such as CBD, Delta 8 and Delta 9-THCA. Under the 2018 federal farm bill, those products are legal as long as they contain less than 0.3% THC. The Delta 8 and Delta 9-THCA chemicals have similar qualities to THC, though, and while CBD doesn’t produce a high, users say it has a calming and pain-dulling effect.

An amendment to the Georgia Hemp Farming Act the state legislature passed last spring requires hemp products to be tested and limits Delta 9-THCA similarly to Delta 9-THC. It also bans advertisements that appeal to children, some edibles like chocolates (though not gummies) and the sale of all hemp products to anyone under 21. “Kids go into these gas stations and buy gas, and this stuff is being sold, and nobody knows what’s in it, and nobody’s checking

limiting the amount of THCA that can be purchased, but would not ban vapes.

The Georgia Medical Cannabis Society called SB 494 a clandestine effort to bring back prohibition: “At its core, SB 494 presents a labyrinth of compliance hurdles that

beneficial than pharmaceuticals.

Williams also says many of his customers don’t want a medical marijuana card because they don’t want to wind up in a government database. “People are afraid of buying it in the street,” he says. “If they can’t buy it here, what kind of market do they create? A giant black market.”

With medical marijuana now competing with hemp, Hill asserts that the former is superior. “It’s a stronger and better product, and frankly it’s safer than what’s sold in those smoke shops,” he says.

Williams disagrees. “We essentially sell the same products,” he says. The plant is no different—the only difference is the way it’s grown and the amount of THC it includes when harvested.

He contends that hemp shops and producers are mainly small businesses, whereas the medical marijuana industry is dominated by a few major players, pointing

Medical marijuana dispensary Fine Fettle held a ribbon-cutting for its Athens store in late August.

Hemp buds like these will soon be leaving shelves at local head shops.

Creative Space

HIP-HOP LEADERS MENTOR THROUGH ELEVATION AND UNITY

By Sam Lipkin editorial@flagpole.com

Sitting together at a table with a versatile backdrop in matching black shirts that read “Game Gang,” Eugene Willis Jr. (Blacknerdninja) and Carlos Jones (Lo Down, aka Lou Morningstar) explain that they’re “likeminded collaborators” of Creative Space— co-founders on paper.

“Game Gang. It’s the mind frame. It’s a state of mind. It’s the energy that we’re pushing,” says Jones. “Game Applied Means Elevation. And gang is the unity part.”

Both longtime creatives and accomplished musicians with knowledge and resources to share, Willis and Jones decided to open the brick-and-mortar Creative Space two years ago. “The name explains it,” says Jones, with Willis elaborating that

Another way that the business has evolved is that they no longer actively seek clients—people who want to be involved and work reach out to them. The focus is on building a community and investing time and resources into people on an individual level. Willis explains that the goal is to provide a stepping stone of information and space for people to move on from at a reasonable price. However, they’ve had to become more selective in who they work with for various reasons.

“We’re not money hungry when it comes to the clients. We’re not. Our intention is to be that jump off for individuals as they come through,” says Willis.

rather than starting with a focal point, they’ve allowed the space to evolve with the needs of their clients. Essentially it is an office-sized space where people can come in to meet, use audio recording equipment or have someone record them, use camera equipment with lighting and screens for video or photography, or come in as a developer for a quiet space to code and connect to an external monitor.

The local podcasts Keeping It Real With Mr. White and Classic City Conversations are both created within the studio, in addition to audiobooks and other projects. If a client needs a larger space than what Creative Space can provide, Willis and Jones help to connect people to other resources as well. The business model draws from other innovation hubs that the co-founders have visited and worked with, maintaining a flexible and always customizable experience at its core.

“Coming into it, we were more hands-on with the clients. We were more hands-on with their projects. I think we’ve pivoted into more of mentoring, more of giving the advice out,” says Willis. “For anyone who’s interacted with me, I just give the resources out just because of my experiences with my creativity. So the same thing with the Space. We give them the game they need in order to apply it, you know, elevate their own situation.”

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The comparison is made to being a smaller Nuçi’s Space, the Athens-based nonprofit musicians’ health and resource center, and the future goal and direction is moving towards something like UGA’s Delta Innovation Hub. However, when asked what makes Creative Space as a place unique, the answer is simple. “Well, you keep saying the place. We are the place,” says Jones. Jones has a plaque on the Athens Music Walk of Fame honoring his hip-hop duo Lo Down & Duddy and their contributions to the Athens music scene. Willis has also made an impact on fellow creatives as a touring musician, self-published author and content creator. On a personal level for both of them, Willis says that Creative Space is “looking to go past what our legacy has brought us so far.”

Creative Space will celebrate its two-year anniversary with an open house of sorts for the community to network. Past and current clients will attend with an invitation for other creatives or people interested in learning more to come together.

Photographer Donald Fuller will be on site, and Willis says he’s invited developers he’s met through developer conferences as well.

“I don’t see too many spaces that actually have knowledgeable developers. So we’re looking as we move forward into the future to get more intentional about the tech side of what we do.”

It’s clear that co-founders Willis and Jones are entering their third year with plans to push their mentorship and resources even further with altruistic hearts and business mindsets. f

WHO: Creative Space

Two-Year Anniversary

WHEN: Sunday, Oct 6, 1:30–4 p m WHERE: 2500 W Broad St , Suite 606 HOW MUCH: FREE!

KILLER CRUST PIZZA (1791 Oconee Connector, Suite 420, 706-850-0125, killercrustpizza.com): I did not have high hopes for this restaurant when I first heard about it. Its owners have connections to Doughby’s, which used to be open in Watkinsville and made gigantic slices of pizza that were mainly notable for their measurements. Its location, in the former Charlie Grainger’s hot dog franchise in the middle of the sprawling Epps Bridge shopping center, isn’t long on charm. Its logo, a pointy-nosed anthropomorphized slice of pizza with greaser vibes and a pepperoni-ed face that calls to mind intense acne, is confusing. But here’s the big old but: Killer Crust is turning out some of the best pizza in the Athens area.

It doesn’t have quite the charm or even the late-night no-frills vibes of other local favorites, but its name is accurate. The skinny space is tight, with a few tables out front and a few more inside; the walls are plastered with weird, groovy art for sale. You’re at the register the moment you walk inside, and if it’s busy, you might need to take a few steps back to ponder what you want to order. But what a pizza. It’s a classicist’s New York-style slice, but blasted in the oven before serving so that you don’t have to fold it or resort to a knife and fork to dig right in. Even when topped with a lot of heavy stuff, the crust holds up. It doesn’t balloon into the kind of puffy, flour-dusted butt-end as a lot of places, and sometimes that kind of composition can be very good, but it’s also not a cracker crust. It just feels… right. It’s better by the slice than by the whole pie because of that crisp-up from nose to tail, but the whole pies are solid, too, and the large is big enough to make you do some Tetris in your fridge with the leftovers. Most specialty pies are available by the slice if you ask, including the Houseboat (ground beef, mushrooms, spinach, pickled jalapeño slices, crumbled feta, mozzarella—a combo that could be sad and wilty, but here is punchy and fun) and the Hot Hawaiian (bacon, pineapple, jalapeño, sriracha honey drizzle, not overdoing it on the latter). Sandwiches are good, too, with a similar focus on reducing sogginess. The meatball sub is simple and well executed: not sopping, not too sweet, not dry. Even the basic house salad with house dressing (a slightly creamy balsamic vinaigrette) is unexpectedly delightful.

Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m.–10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

TWO FISH MYANMAR CUISINE (980 Rowland St., Suite 4130, in Clarkston, 404980-1643): Am I going to suggest you drive to Clarkston to check out this charming Burmese restaurant in a slick new mixeduse development? It’s just a little over an hour away, and it has some of the best and most interesting food I’ve eaten in the last year, so yep. Burmese food exists at the intersection of Indian, Chinese and Thai, but with lots of surprising elements, especially when it comes to texture. The family that runs this place used to do so out of their house, but their brick-and-mortar space is small and warm, with a community table that bridges inside and outside. There’s contemporary Christian music on the stereo, and the napkin dispenser has been fashioned from a Kleenex box.

Killer Crust has good lunch specials and a selection of beers, will make you your pie as a calzone should you want, and moves reasonably quickly. It’s open 11 a.m.–9 p.m.

Everything you order comes in a disposable container, but even now, months later, I can’t get the flavor of the tea leaf salad out of my taste memory. It mixes fermented tea leaves with shredded cabbage, tomato, roasted peanuts, sesame seeds, fried yellow split peas, fried garlic and dried shrimp, plus a vinegary, fishy, spicy dressing to make a dish that crunches unexpectedly, pokes your sinuses and generally makes your brain do fireworks. Dishes that are vegetarian often seem like they aren’t, with fungi that have a hearty meat-like texture. Kyay oo, a pork meatball soup that somewhat resembles pho, also includes quail egg and tofu made with yellow split peas. The menu is sizable, and there are cute desserts like falooda (rose syrup, grass jelly, peanuts, ice cream) and mont let saung (cendal jelly noodles, palm sugar syrup, sesame seeds, coconut) in the cold case. Don’t know what to order? The owners will happily steer you in the right direction. If you’re on your way to or from Atlanta, it’s definitely worth a detour. Two Fish Myanmar is open from 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday through Saturday (closed Sunday). f

Killer Crust Pizza

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art notes

Coleman Barks

CELEBRATED POET PIVOTS TO VISUAL ART

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com

Generations of Athenians may recognize the name Coleman Barks for his illustrious career in the literary arts. An internationally renowned translator of 13th century Sufi mystic poet Jalal al-Din Rumi, Barks has translated over a dozen volumes of Rumi’s poetry, including The Essential Rumi, The Illuminated Rumi, Rumi: The Book of Love and A Year with Rumi

The accessibility and lyricism of his translations, which have resonated with an ever-growing audience since the late 1970s, is of course rooted in his own poetic talent. His open-hearted poems traverse the ups and downs of life with an enduring sense of joy and wonder, and he has published numerous poetry collections including The Juice, Gourd Seed, Winter Sky: New and Selected Poems and Hummingbird Sleep

In addition to being a professor emeritus of English at the University of Georgia, where he taught poetry and creative writing for three decades, he was also inducted into the Georgia Writers’ Hall of Fame in 2009.

Now, at the age of 87, the poet, translator and educator is venturing into new creative territory with his first exhibition of paintings rendered in bold ink brushwork on paper. Currently on view at Tiger’s Eye Gallery, the exhibition was culled down from a collection of well over 1,000 works created within the past year.

Expressive and gestural in nature, Barks’ paintings consist of swirling brushstrokes that remain unburdened by the pressures of intention or meaning. These “noodlings,” as he calls them, flow from an inner quietness where playfulness and happiness manifest as decisive, energetic movements.

“It’s all spontaneous,” says Barks. “There’s nothing thought out about this process.”

Barks’ earliest paintings, made roughly a decade ago, were influenced by the Zen Buddhist artistic practice of the ensō, or a circle handdrawn in one fluid, uninhibited brushstroke to symbolize enlightenment, the universe or emptiness. It wasn’t until recently, however, after his assistant Benjamin Rouse surprised him with a special paintbrush as a souvenir from his trip to Japan, that Barks began creating paintings on a consistent basis.

Not unlike a Rorschach test, the longer you gaze into one of his paintings, the more likely you are to see abstracted shapes or negative spaces pop into focus with projected meaning. Rouse likens this to pareidolia, or the human tendency to perceive patterns or faces in otherwise inanimate objects or ambiguous images.

“I don’t go back and ever make revisions,” says Barks. “I don’t ever touch it up and see if I can make it look more like something—more like a face, more like a dancer. I just don’t do that. I leave it however it came after the first gesture. It’s more the gesture than anything else, moving a brush around an empty space.”

Since then, Rouse has hand-crafted a variety of brushes for Barks to experiment with, resulting in all sorts of unpredictable mark-making. Most notably, he made a brush nicknamed “Mopsy” that was built with a bamboo handle and rope snipped from a mop at the Manhattan Cafe, Barks’ favorite downtown bar to frequent in the evenings.

“Whenever I look at his art, it actually strikes me as the work that someone does later in life when they are just totally free,” says Rouse. “I don’t know if a young person can paint like that. Either a baby or an older person can paint them, but I don’t know of anyone in the middle.”

“I think that’s true,” agrees Barks.

and allow room for error and experimentation.

“Be generous with your time and your love for being alive,” says Barks. “There’s a kind of grace that happens with that I think. It’s always good to play within that.”

Nestled in between OX Fine Art and ACE/FRANCISCO Gallery in the historic Leathers Building on Pulaski Street, Tiger’s Eye Gallery is a newly established arts space owned by Jessica and Mark Magnarella. The Magnarellas, who met over 30 years ago through an art class in college, are both independent business owners. Jessica owns graphic design firm mPrint Design Studio, while Mark owns vintage cinelens shop Optical Brilliance and co-owns custom website design firm Eo Studios.

Tiger’s Eye Gallery debuted last November with “light + pressure,” an exhibition that paired long exposure photographs of synchronous fireflies on metal by Mark with embossed abstractions on handmade paper by Rouse. While looking for a gallery to present their work together, the two were quick to find that most galleries had already been booked out years in advance. The Magnarellas then saw an opportunity to transform the lower level of their suite—which also houses their various businesses—into an art gallery.

A commitment to playfulness is integral to Barks’ creative process. Applying techniques adopted from sumi-e (ink wash painting), both stylistically and philosophically, Barks’ images feel more concerned with channeling the spirit or essence of something in its raw form. Each swirling, twisting, splattered scene simply exists as reflection of the artist’s state of mind in the brief moment it was created.

“I hope people feel the same freedom of expression that I felt as I did them,” says Barks. “I just want to give that away, whatever it is. The paintings seem to work pretty well that way. My granddaughter says, ‘I would know it was you by your sense of playfulness.’”

Barks’ advice to anyone apprehensive of learning something new, especially later in life, is to embrace the growth

Eschewing the stark aesthetic of white cube galleries, Tiger’s Eye feels cozy and personalized with its warm wooden floors, gray walls and exposed brick—a perfect palette of earthy tones to complement Barks’ monochromatic works. Barks’ paintings are presented alongside works by Jessica, Mark and Rouse—who co-curated the exhibition together—as well as Noah Leaf Mendelson, Jamie DeRevere and Marla Star.

Barks will offer a poetry reading accompanied by live music during a closing reception at Tiger’s Eye on Oct. 27 at 4 p.m. Additionally, he will give a reading of his work as part of UGA’s 2024 Spotlight on the Arts festival at the UGA Chapel on Nov. 12 at 6 p.m.

Tiger’s Eye Gallery plans to be open during receptions, workshops and other special events, as well as by appointment and on the third Thursday of the month from 6–9 p.m. Visit tigerseyegallery.com for hours and event details. f

NEW

Jack Eaddy, Jr.

Wednesday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, UGA PAC

Wednesday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, UGA PAC

NEW Associate Director of Bands Jack Eaddy, Jr.

Wednesday, September 25 at 3:30 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, UGA PAC

Wednesday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m.

Ramsey Concert Hall, UGA PAC

Tuesday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, UGA PAC

This

Tuesday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m.

THE POWER OF TRANSFORMATION: HINDEMITH, WAGNER, & MENDELSSOHN

Featuring: D. Ray McClellan, clarinet, Erica McClellan, piano & Gabriella McClellan, cello Piano, ethnomusicology and post-colonial studies

more.

Thursday, October 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Hodgson Concert Hall UGA PAC

This concert features a series of composers celebrating American voices.

Tuesday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m.

Ramsey Concert Hall, UGA PAC Featuring:

LECTURES & LIT | THU, OCT. 3

Sunaura Taylor

Fire Station #2 • 7 p.m. • FREE! Artist, writer, activist and academic Sunaura Taylor’s recent book release, Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert, tells the story of how a contaminated aquifer in Tucson, AZ has affected the largely Mexican American community above it. Taylor explores the networks of disability that are created due to the profound corruption of an ecosystem, not just in this particular case, but on a much wider scale. California Review of Books calls it “A well-crafted narrative that focuses on people while drawing important conclusions about the way our relationship to the natural world is hampered by an exploitative mindset and a reluctance to face consequences.” Taylor, a former Athenian, is an assistant professor of environmental science, policy and management at the University of California, Berkeley and also authored the American Book Award-winning Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation. There will be a book signing following a talk with Taylor on Disabled Ecologies. [Mary Beth Bryan]

THEATER | THU, OCT. 3

Shrek the Musical

Austin, TX and made up of members of the Austin Symphony and other notable ensembles. This show is part of a larger national arthouse cinema tour of L’Inferno, previous showings of which the Austin Chronicle has hailed as “stunning and transcendent.” [MB]

MUSIC | FRI, OCT. 4

Upchuck

40 Watt Club • 7 p.m. (doors) • $15 (adv.), $18

Dhana Jeera’s Tuareg-Inspired Tunes PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP

By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

PASTORAL, NOMADIC: A couple of months ago Cloud Recordings boss John Fernandes was nice enough to give me a gorgeous vinyl copy of the label’s release of the self-titled full-length album by Dhana Jeera. It took me longer than I’d have liked to be able to dive deeply into it. But since then I’ve only come up for air occasionally, because this gorgeous beast deserves repeated spins. The project is that of his son, Kiran Fernandes, who taught himself this particular style of guitar finger picking, which is heavily inspired by the music of the Tuareg people and especially that of Nigerian guitarist Fatou Seidi Ghali. He is joined by an enviable cast of players on this, but the list is too long to print so just read the album credits. The performances here are incredibly passionate and forceful. Further,

in the jangle pop scene. This new single embraces the latter to great effect. Released right on the cusp of autumn’s advent, this is joyous sweater weather rock and I know at least a few of you will understand what I mean by that. And if you’re unfamiliar with Hunger Anthem, you can do yourself a nice favor and check out the band’s multiple previous releases when you go listen to this one at hungeranthem.bandcamp.com.

The Classic Center • 7:30 p.m. • $25–95 Based on the beloved DreamWorks animated film, Tony Award-winning duo Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire’s adaptation of Shrek is familiar, yet refreshing. With new choreography and direction by Danny Mefford, the show is more moving than ever, emphasizing the importance of self-acceptance and love for others as the audience follows the whimsical journey of Shrek, his sidekick Donkey, Princess Fiona and other fairy tale misfits. The production combines all the humor and vibrant characters of the original film with an engaging score. Tesori says, “We wanted to make a show that families could come to, to laugh and be moved. Something that would create a memory because everybody has felt like an ogre now and then.” This is the first show in The Classic Center’s 2024–2025 Broadway Entertainment Series, which will go on to include other well-loved productions like Annie and Dear Evan Hansen. [MB]

MUSIC | THU, OCT. 3

L’Inferno Live Score by Montopolis

Ciné • 7:45 p.m. • $15

Live music and cinema are colliding in this special screening of L’Inferno, the first feature-length horror film, which will be accompanied by a live score from indie chamber music group Montopolis. L’Inferno is an adaptation of Dante’s famous poem, “Inferno,” which follows the journey through hell. The silent film, which was released in 1911, is complete with elaborate costumes, special effects and set designs that recreate the complex world of the poem. Montopolis’ score brings it to life through a combination of psych rock, dark wave and eerie sound effects composed by Justin Sherburn. Montopolis is based out of

Inventive combinations of punk, garage rock, psychedelia, doom, hardcore and hip hop form the signature sound of Atlantabased five-piece Upchuck. The ways in which the band came together are as varied as its influences; its formation was orchestrated by lead guitarist Michael Durham through connections in skateboarding, construction and teenage delinquency. Vocalist Kaila “KT” Thomas’ lyrics often explore the past, present and future traumas she experiences as a Black woman, aiming to “shake the minds and bodies of those seeking a release.” Upchuck has only been releasing music for the past three years, but already has great connections in the industry; the band opened for Faye Webster, has upcoming plans to tour with Amyl and the Sniffers and recorded its last album with Ty Segall. The show will be opened by Kent Osborne, Schmuk and Regulator. [MB]

MUSIC | TUE, OCT. 8

Darsombra

Ciné • 8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show) • $10 (adv.), $12

Drone soundscapes, intricate psychedelic and metal opuses, and unpredictable vocal stylings are just a few of the key features that create Baltimore, MD band Darsombra’s sound. Self-described as trans-apocalyptic galaxy rock, Darsombra was formed by composer Brian Daniloski and filmmaker Ann Everton, who synthesize their skills to create cinematic, psychedelic stage shows that walk the line between performance and art installation. The experience has been described as being “like tripping on acid, without the acid.” Darsombra is currently touring in support of its eighth LP, 2023’s Dumesday Book. Daniloski and Everton are seasoned performers, having toured in 48 states and 20 countries across three continents. Presented by JOKERJOKERtv, the show will be opened by Athens groups Karma Kat, Bad Straples and Rat Babies. [MB] f

Fernandes has been able to craft his particular take on this music and expand it into areas not immediately associated with such. For example, “Moon Baby” must have been born with four feet, because it’s got two in Tuareg music and two in Western psychedelia. Kiran’s vocals are smooth, somewhat quiet, but confident. Quite honestly, this sounds like something made by someone much older than him and, most certainly, someone who has been performing this style for several years. It’s just wonderful, but now I’m gushing a little too much and need to stop. Find this at cloudrecordings. bandcamp.com where you can stream, order vinyl or cassette copies, and check out other releases from the label.

STAY HUNGRY: It’s been almost exactly a year since Hunger Anthem released its last new music. Right now, though, the reliably solid indie rock outfit has a brand new single named “Patron,” accompanied by a music video directed by Christopher Bickel, that was released last week. This is the first of several singles off of an upcoming album, Lift, slated for release on Dec. 6 via Cornelius Chapel Records. The group recalls, amplifies and blends all the best aspects of the vague separation between heavy, melodic American indie punk and college rock from the 1980s with the relative breeziness of its more genteel cousins

BLATANT LOCALISM: Those skate rockers in Nuclear Tourism have a new EP named Coolant out now. This four-song slice of life arrives courtesy of label Indecent Artistry and label and skate zine Hard Tack. This is released digitally, but with a limited edition run of lathe cut vinyl and cassette tapes. More than anything else, this reminds me of the huge number of EPs released in the 1990s that followed a similar construction: First two songs? Total bangers. Third song? Some goofy style-shifter thing (in this case, country waltz tempos with just random lyrics). Last song? Another silly thing that’s totally unnecessary, but since no one will ever listen that far, the band can know who its hardcore fans are when they request it. The first two songs, though— the title track and “Nerve”—both smoke in that particular Mudhoney way where they’re full of grimy riffs, throbby fat-bottomed bass and tempos that stay just behind the eight ball and never get fast just for the sake of speed. Find this on Spotify, and follow the band over at instagram.com/nucleartourism. If interested, you can check out Indecent and Hard Tack at indecentartistry.com and instagram. com/h.a.r.d.t.a.c.k.

AND IN THIS CORNER…: Courtesy of the previously mentioned Hard Tack folks comes the new demo from Regulator. People, all hail this one. Listening to this, it’s like the last 40 years never happened. This is so in-thepocket old school 1980s-style hardcore. The whole thing runs about 10 minutes or so across its five songs. Specific highlights here are “1 Time,” which has a perfect circle-pit breakdown, but also check out “Beach Bruiser” and closer “I Can’t Stand You.” This is available digitally as well as on cassette tape. Find it immediately over at hardtackk. bandcamp.com.

THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING. FOREVER.: Athens’ own Nirvana tribute band Molly’s Lips will take the 40 Watt stage once again on Oct. 5 when it celebrates the 33rd anniversary of Nirvana playing the club. The group will be joined by Hole tribute band Doll Parts. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door, but do yourself a favor and just arrive early enough to pay cash at the door. Avoid those ticket fees! Doors open at 7 p.m., and music starts at 8 p.m. For all other info, please see 40watt.com. f

Sunaura Taylor

live music calendar

Tuesday 1

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.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall

7:30 p.m. $10 (w/ UGA ID), $39–79. pac.uga.edu

AÍDA CUEVAS Musician known as “The Queen of Ranchera Music,” who has recorded 41 albums and is the first and only female mariachi singer to ever win a Grammy Award and a Latin Grammy Award.

Normal Bar

8–11 p.m. FREE! booking@rudy montayremusic.com

OPEN MIC All musicians welcome. Every Tuesday.

Nowhere Bar

8 p.m. (show). www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens

SNAKE AND THE RABBIT

Husband-and-wife duo with a lo-fi Laurel Canyon vibe.

ELI BLACKSHEAR Musician, artist and activist devoted to bringing social change through music and community.

Wednesday 2

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

TAKE 3 Local jazz trio. (6 p.m.)

El Paso Tacos & Tequila

6–10 p.m. www.instagram.com/ elpasoathenss

KARAOKE Every Wednesday and Friday evening.

Flicker Theatre & Bar

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

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

Georgia Theatre

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $31. www.georgiatheatre.com

THE MOSS Utah-based band that combines indie, surf and grunge rock, and was influenced by the reggae scene its members experienced when they formed the band in Oahu, HI.

HEY, NOTHING Atlanta folk rock duo that began working together in high school.

Hendershot’s

7 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com

HENDERSHOT’S OPEN MIC

NIGHT Discover new Athens musical talent. Hosted by Liz Farrell. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall

Performances for Young People. 10 a.m. $3 (students), $5 (adult chaperones). pac.uga.edu

MARIACHI AZTLÁN Traveling musical ambassadors who have been representing the beauty of Hispanic music and its cultural traditions since 1989.

Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. (show). www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens

JEFF REILLY & FRIENDS Local drummer with Keith Petersen on guitar, Deveran Roof on bass and other special guests.

Ramsey Hall

7:30 p.m. music.uga.edu

EVREN KUTLAY Pianist and musicologist.

Thursday 3

Ciné

7:45 p.m. $15. www.athenscine.com

MONTOPOLIS Indie chamber music group from Austin, TX performing a live score of L’Inferno, the first feature-length horror film ever released.

Earth Fare

2 p.m. www.earthfare.com

RC OUTLAW COWBOY Country and gospel singer with over four decades of experience.

Flicker Theatre & Bar

Attaboy Tapes Presents. 8 p.m. $12. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

SKYLAR GUDASZ Dreamy, experimental indie artist with sizzling elements of psychedelic pop.

LIZ FARRELL Jeff Buckleyinspired vocals accompanied by intricate ukulele.

DADGUM Jazz-pop for enlarged hearts.

Georgia Theatre

7 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show). $22. www.georgiatheatre.com

MEDIUM BUILD Indie pop band formed around the songwriting of Anchorage, AK musician Nick Carpenter.

ANNIKA BENNETT Los Angelesbased singer whose music fuses pop, country, indie and classic rock.

JOSH GILLIGAN Indie musician and songwriter based in Nashville whose songs center around themes of unity, lost love and personal development.

Georgia Theatre Rooftop

6:30 p.m. (doors). FREE! www.georgia theatre.com

MADWOMAN Alternative indie band from Florida.

Hotel Indigo

Live After Five Series. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/Aubrey EntertainmentAthensGA

JIM COOK High-energy solo acoustic blues, rock and country. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall

7:30 p.m. $3 (w/ UGA ID), $15. music.uga.edu

UGA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The program “The Power of Transformation” includes Paul Hindemith’s “Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber” as well as selections from Richard Wagner’s “Lohengrin” and Felix Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 3.”

Marigold Auditorium for Arts and Culture

6:30 p.m. www.marigoldauditorium.

com

OPEN MIC Mayor Dodd Ferrell, Adam Poulin, MK Barnes and Joe Willey lead a weekly open mic. Sing a song, tell a story or read a poem.

Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. (show). www.facebook. com/NowhereBarAthensGA

JERRY JOSEPH & THE JACKMORMONS Portland, OR-based punk rocker who has been performing since the ’80s.

JAMES AURELIO BAND Jim Wilson (Los Cantares, TaxiCab Verses, Pilgrim) leads an all-star backing band through rock and roll songs with easy grooves and positive vibes.

Oak House Distillery 6:30 p.m. www.oakhousedistillery. com

ATHENS MUSIC JAM Country, blues and good ol’ rock and roll. The World Famous 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation. www.facebook.com/theworld famousathens

SNAKE AND THE RABBIT Husband-and-wife duo with a lo-fi Laurel Canyon vibe.

ELI BLACKSHEAR Musician, artist and activist devoted to bringing social change through music and community.

JULIA NYUNT

Multi-talented Athens-based violinist, pianist, guitarist and singer.

Friday 4

40 Watt Club

7 p.m. (doors). $15 (adv.), $18. www.40watt.com

UPCHUCK Fivepiece punk band from Atlanta formed from connections made in skateboarding, construction and teenage delinquency.

KENT OSBORNE

Atlanta-born, Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist and rapper who takes heavy influence from punk, metal and grunge.

SCHMUK Athens egg punk group.

REGULATOR New hardcore punk project from the Hard Tack label.

Athentic Brewing Co. Monthly Residency. 7 p.m. www.athentic brewing.com

SOLUTION CAVE New local band featuring members of Dividers.

Flicker Theatre & Bar

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

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

WAY PAST COOL Fast, catchy, melodic sing-a-long pop-punk anthems with a classic ’90s vibe.

KYLE LEWIS IS A BORING NAME

Ascending from the Atlanta sewers to bring their wacky amalgamation of emo-tinged avant pop to Athens townies (and students, I guess).

The Foundry

Aubrey Entertainment Presents. 6 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $25 (adv.), $30. bit.ly/TheFoundryOct4

THE KINCHAFOONEE COWBOYS

Long-running country band from South Georgia that was established in 1991.

TRISHA ADAMS Folk and Americana songwriter.

MATT KNOX Member of Marie Marie and ozello.

TIM PLATZ Member of All Gods.

Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. (show). www.facebook. com/NowhereBarAthensGA LIQUID DYNAMITE A tour de force of funk, fusion, soul and hip hop.

Oak House Distillery

7 p.m. FREE! www.oakhousedistillery. com

OPEN MIC Every Friday. Terrapin Beer Co.

Aubrey Entertainment Presents. 6:30 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show). $10. bit.ly/TerrapinOct4

BETTER THAN BETTER THAN

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

VFW Post 2872

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

COUNTRY RIVER BAND Classic western and honky-tonk style coun-

SCARLET STITCH Rock and roll band influenced by outlaw country, jam bands and alternative rock.

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

DARK ENTRIES KARAOKE Sing your favorite song from a curated catalog of classic to modern goth, post-punk, punk, ’80s and J-Pop. Ciné

8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $12. www.athenscine.com

PUBLIC SPEAKING The soulful electronic project of Brooklynbased singer-songwriter and producer Jason Anthony Harris. Combines voice, found objects, radio, synth and tape recorder.

TURTLE GRENADE Musician and visual artist crafting intimately personal folk songs.

CULT OF RIGGONIA Waves of texture with catchy melodies that rise up from the primordial stew.

Georgia Theatre

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

THE VEGABONDS Five-piece alternative rock and roll band from Nashville that brings high-energy, hook-heavy songs to the table.

KOBANOVA Athens folk rock trio that first got its start as a jam band.

Georgia Theatre

Rooftop

7 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com

PASADENA Slow-cooked Americana band from Atlanta.

Georgia Theatre

Rooftop

11 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com

90S COUNTRY DANCE PARTY

All the decade’s hits.

Hendershot’s

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

PONDGORL Athens-based artist

Laila Li McCleery joins genrebending friends in a band of beautiful, harmonious DIY glory.

MICHAEL CARNES A blend of pop-punk and indie folk held up by meditative lyrics.

PARKING GARAGE Selfproclaimed “salt rock” band from Athens, now with trumpets. Ciné

Athens Goth Night Dance Party. 9:30 p.m. (doors), 10 p.m. (music). www.athenscine.com

DJ CROWE DJ Steven Crowe.

DJ TOMB LILY Adria Stembridge of Tears For The Dying spins deathrock, post-punk, goth and more. TWIN POWERS Local DJ who is also a member of DJ trio Booty Boyz.

DJ GOTH DAD Dustin Gannon of Vision Video leads a dance party spinning goth, post-punk, ‘80s, Halloween music and more. Flicker Theatre & Bar

8 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com SNOZ New indie rock band from Atlanta.

Front Porch Bookstore

6 p.m. FREE! Find Front Porch Bookstore on Facebook THE HOBOHEMIANS Six-piece acoustic band performing American and European roots music of the 1910s–30s, with a mix of protojazz, blues and folk.

Georgia Theatre

4 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com

NIGHT CAP Austin, TX-based rock band with an original sound influenced by the experiences of life. Marigold Auditorium for Arts and Culture

7 p.m. $15. www.marigoldauditorium.

com

SHAUNA AND THE JAYWALKERS Led by frontwoman Shauna Harris, this Athens-based band features an array of revolving instruments, playing Harris’ original compositions with some classics sprinkled throughout.

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

JAY GONZALEZ AND THE GUILTY PLEASURES Athens songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with an affinity for classic pop melodies.

A.D. BLANCO Athens alternativerock band inspired by ’90s grunge and punk.

DEVILS OF THE NEW FRONTIER Steven Chambliss’ fist pumpin’ power pop trio with Andy Pope and Brandon McDearis.

try band. Line dancing during the band breaks.

Saturday 5

40 Watt Club

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

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

DOLL PARTS Hole tribute band.

Bishop Park

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

JOHN KINNISON Solo live-looping acoustic artist originally from Pensacola, FL.

Buvez

8 p.m. $10. www.instagram.com/ buvez_athens

JACK & JEALOUS Athens band formed by two brothers.

The Root

9 p.m. www.therootathens.com SILENT DISCO Grab a pair of headphones, choose a music channel and dance the night away.

Sunday 6

ACC Library Live at the Library. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org

THE JOE LEONE ENSEMBLE Leone joins Louis Romanos, Jeremy Raj and Keiko Ishibashi for a set of original compositions and improvisations.

Athentic Brewing Co. Mutual Aid for Palestinian Families Concert Fundraiser. 2–6 p.m. $10 suggested donation. www.athentic brewing.com

HERE BE MONSTERS Local folk punk band that delivers emotive, introspective music blended with a high-energy stage performance.

Public Speaking will play at Ciné on Friday, Oct. 4.

MANNEQUIN PARTY Athens

alternative musician playing a funky fingerstyle amalgamation of folk, indie rock and Americana.

COMMÜNE Local political/feminist punk band living in revolt.

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

Buvez

7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12. www.facebook.com/buvezathens

BCKS Four-piece indie-alternative band based in Atlanta.

JANAUARY Amateur indie rock star whose singular melodies echo the big hits of the late ’90s and early 2000s.

PENNY LOAFER Alternative indie rock trio with heavy grooves and dreamy vocals.

Oak House Distillery

3:30–6 p.m. www.oakhousedistillery. com

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

Terrapin Beer Co.

2–5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com

JIM COOK High-energy solo acoustic blues, rock and country.

The World Famous

7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. www.facebook.com/theworld famousathens

TAIYAMO DENKU Milwaukeebased hip-hop artist with nearly 30 years in the industry, 39 released projects and 18 national tours.

PESTILENCE Mysterious masked rapper with a cryptic flow.

SQUALLÉ Born and raised Athenian rap and hip-hop artist who is inspired by nurturing and encouraging young creatives.

DK Local artist weaving lyrically driven truths together with lo-fi beats.

NONY1 Local rapper who speaks out against injustice and inequality.

Monday 7

Madison-Morgan

Cultural Center

The Hall on Foster. 7 p.m. FREE! (performers), $5. www.mmcc-arts.org

OPEN MIC NIGHT New open mic series for music, spoken word, comedy, poetry and everything in between. Held the first Monday of each month.

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

Tuesday 8

Ciné

JOKERJOKERtv Presents. 8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). $10 (adv.), $12. www.athenscine.com

DARSOMBRA Trans-apocalyptic galaxy rock from Baltimore, MD.

RAT BABIES Experimental grunge rock group with an emphasis on doom metal.

BAD STRAPLES Local DJ who creates electronica-influenced sets.

KARMA KAT Athens band melding jazz, indie and pop for an innovative sound.

Flicker Theatre & Bar

Indecent Artistry Presents. 8 p.m. $15. www.flickertheatreandbar.com

MX LONELY Heavy, melodic shoegaze and post-punk from Brooklyn.

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

ALL GODS Noise band with a postpunk backbone.

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.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall

7:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

UGA GLEE CLUBS The UGA Women’s and Men’s Glee Clubs present an evening of choral music.

Normal Bar

8–11 p.m. FREE! booking@rudy montayremusic.com

OPEN MIC All musicians welcome. Every Tuesday. Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens SUNDAY DRIVER ’90s cover band that captures the hits that ruled the radio. WPM No info available.

Winterville Cultural Center

7 p.m. $15. www.wintervillecenter. com THE EAST COASTERS An intimate evening of Irish music in the WCC’s newly renovated upstairs space.

Wednesday 9

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. www.athensfarmersmarket.net

STRING THEORY Local group playing old-time bluegrass and Americana. (6 p.m.)

El Paso Tacos & Tequila 6–10 p.m. www.instagram.com/ elpasoathenss

KARAOKE Every Wednesday and Friday evening.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreand bar.com

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

Hendershot’s 7 p.m. (sign-ups). FREE! www.hendershotsathens.com

BEATS, RHYMES AND LIFE

OPEN MIC Emcees, poets, rappers and freestylers of all styles are invited to perform with the backing band playing the tempo of their choice.

Hugh Hodgson School of Music

Edge Hall. 6 p.m. FREE! music.uga. edu

BETH WEISE Associate professor of tuba and euphonium at Vanderbilt University and principal tuba of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens FRANKENFUNK CINNAMON JAM Live freeform funk to dance to and a rotating crew of musicians. Feel free to bring an instrument. Ramsey Hall Faculty Artist Series. 7:30 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

ANGELA JONES-REUS Professor of flute at the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music and principal flutist of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra.

Down the Line

10/10 Rick Fowler Acoustic Band (Athentic Brewing Co.)

10/10 SaBaCha Dance Social (Hendershot’s)

10/10 The Jazz Legacy Project (Festival Hall)

10/11 Rae and the Ragdolls (Hendershot’s) f

event calendar

Tuesday 1

ART: Artist Reception (Winterville Library) The watercolor exhibition “Colors of Water” by artist Leslie Guo will be on view. 5–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ winterville

CLASSES: Yoga with Mary (VFW Post 2872) Bring your own mat to join in this open yoga class. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ vfwpost2872

CLASSES: Harmony English Conversation Group (Covenant Presbyterian Church) Practice speaking English in a friendly environment. Ages 18 & up. Tuesdays, 11 a.m. FREE! marjorievmiller@gmail.com

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: Adult Line Dancing (Rocksprings Park Pavilion) All skill levels are invited to learn and practice a new line dance each month. Ages 18 & up. $1. 6:30 p.m. www. accgovga.myrec.com

COMEDY: 123 Prov Grad Show (150 Fritz Mar Lane) Flying Squid Comedy will showcase what students have learned in longform improv comedy. 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flyingsquid comedy.com

EVENTS: Aphex Twin Pre-Release Listening Party (Ciné) Wuxtry Records is hosting a listening party for the expanded reissue of Aphex Twin’s electronica album Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 with giveaways and more. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com

FILM: Halloween Movie Kick-Off Pizza Pajama Party (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of the 1987 crime horror film Don’t Panic. 7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheaterand bar.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

GAMES: Trivia Night (Hi-Lo Lounge) Test your trivia knowledge. 8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ hilolounge

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: Lunchtime Time Machine (101 LeConte Hall) Dr. Ari Levine will discuss how judges solved murder cases in twelfth-

century China. 12:45 p.m. FREE! history.uga.edu

LECTURES & LIT: Bogart Bookies (Bogart Library) Pick up a copy of The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray and discuss it with the group. 1–2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

LECTURES & LIT: Author Talk (Morton Theatre) Author Wright Thompson will celebrate the release of his new book The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi. 7 p.m. $40 (includes book). www.avidbookshop.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: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters (Morton Theatre) The world of African folktales is brought to the stage with this musical journey based on the popular children’s book. 11 a.m. $5–10. www.morton theatre.com

Wednesday 2

ART: Tour At Two (Georgia Museum of Art) These drop-in public tours feature highlights of the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org

CLASSES: Shapes and Grapes (Tapped Athens Wine Market) In this workshop learn how to use various watercolor tools and methods with self-serve wines on tap. 6 p.m. $28. www.kaartist.com

CLASSES: Digital Art Class (Oconee County Library) Learn how to use the digital art software Clip Studio Paint with a one-on-one lesson with art instructor Zakk Wilder. Registration required. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.com/oconee

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: Level 1 Improv Graduation Show (Buvez) Flying Squid Comedy will showcase what students have learned in improv comedy. 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flyingsquidcomedy.com

EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Markets offer fresh produce, flowers, eggs, meats, prepared foods, art and crafts. Live music at 6 p.m. AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent. Wednesdays, 5–8 p.m. www.athens farmersmarket.net

FILM: Blood Everywhere (Flicker Theatre & Bar) A masked killer with psychosexual issues starts strangling and dismembering college coeds in Torso. 7 p.m. FREE! www. instagram.com/bloodeverywhere. athens

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: LEGO Mania (Bogart Library) Drop in to free build and create. All ages. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

KIDSTUFF: Teen Prism Club (Oconee County Library) Hang out in the library to play games, do crafts and build friendships in an inclusive and welcoming space. Grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee

MEETINGS: Avid Writers’ Collective (Avid Bookshop) Members critique each others’ pre-submitted writing of all forms. First Wednesdays, 6:15 p.m. FREE! events@ avidbookshop.com

p.m. $7. www.instagram.com/ athenscomedy

EVENTS: Oglethorpe Library Friends Fall Book Sale (Oglethorpe Co. Library) Browse books, children’s books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks. Saturday is $5/Bag Day. Oct. 3–5. www.oglethorpefol. org

EVENTS: Planet Earth Rocks and Crystals Warehouse Sale (Planet Earth Rocks and Crystals) The warehouse is open to the public to browse over 6,000 square feet of crystals and specimens. Oct. 3–4, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Oct. 5, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.facebook.com/planet earthrocksandcrystals

FILM: L’Inferno (Ciné) Screening of the horror film with a live score by Montopolis. 7:45 p.m. $15. www. athenscine.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

KIDSTUFF: Teen Dungeons & Dragons (Bogart Library) Join the volunteer led role-playing adventure where you can fight dragons, join an army, go on a quest in distant lands or find hidden treasure. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

LECTURES & LIT: Book Signing (Oconee County Library) Governor Nathan Deal will be signing his book Veto, the Governor’s Cat. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee

LECTURES & LIT: Author Talk & Book Signing (Fire Station #2) Author and activist Sunaura Taylor will discuss her new book Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert. 7 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com

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’ con-

Ahead of the Bulldogs taking on the Auburn Tigers Saturday, the UGA Homecoming Parade will travel through the streets of downtown at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4.

OUTDOORS: ‘Normal’ Run (Athentic Brewing Co.) Join the Athens Road Runners for a 1–3 mile run that starts and ends at Athentic Brewing. Every other Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com

Thursday 3

ART: Opening Reception (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Lori Hammer’s exhibition “Enhanced Paintings from Photos” will be on view. 5–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.uuathensga.org

COMEDY: Flying Squid Improv & Lanny’s Comedy Show (Hendershot’s) Members of Flying Squid Comedy perform improvised scenes followed by standup performances by local comedians hosted by Lanny Farmer. First Thursdays, 8 p.m. $10. www.flyingsquidcomedy. com

COMEDY: Comedy in the Cellar (Onward Reserve) Athens Comedy presents a lineup of touring and local comedians. Thursdays, 8

Head. 6:30 p.m. www.johnnyspizza. com

GAMES: Love.Craft Bingo Night (Athentic Brewing Co.) A bingo event benefiting the nonprofit organization Love.Craft Athens. 6:30–8 p.m. $3 for 1 card, $5 for 2. www. lovecraftathens.org

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: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Drop in to read a story to Grady the therapy dog. All Ages. 2:30–3:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee

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

tration required. 7:30 p.m. Donation suggested. shaktiyogaathens.com

COMEDY: My Jokes So Far (Gyro Wrap) Headlining set from Miles Bunch featuring Adam Beahan and improv by Take This! Comedy. 8 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ takethiscomedy

EVENTS: Planet Earth Rocks and Crystals Warehouse Sale (Planet Earth Rocks and Crystals) The warehouse is open to the public to browse over 6,000 square feet of crystals and specimens. Oct. 3–4, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Oct. 5, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.facebook.com/planet earthrocksandcrystals

EVENTS: Oglethorpe Library Friends Fall Book Sale (Oglethorpe Co. Library) Browse books, children’s books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks. Saturday is $5/Bag Day. Oct. 3–5. www.oglethorpefol.org

EVENTS: Community Potluck (Winterville Cultural Center) Bring a dish to share, tour the upstairs gallery and discuss topics that vary monthly. 12 p.m. FREE! www.wintervillecenter.com

EVENTS: Beacon of Hope (Hope Haven) The Athens-Oconee CASA third annual gala with a silent auction, dessert dash and more benefitting children in the foster care system. 5:30–9 p.m. $100. www. athensoconeecasa.org

EVENTS: UGA Homecoming Parade (Downtown Athens) The annual family-friendly downtown parade celebrates UGA homecoming with a variety of floats and performances. 6 p.m. FREE! els. uga.edu/homecoming

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: 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

tent. 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

THEATER: Shrek The Musical (The Classic Center) The DreamWorks animated film comes to life portraying the not-so-ordinary fairy tale through musical theater. 7:30 p.m. $25–95. www.classiccenter.com

Friday 4

ART: Bulldog Olympians Curator Tour (UGA Special Collections Library) Tour the new exhibit

“Bulldog Olympians: A Celebration of UGA’s Olympic History” each Friday before home football games.

3 p.m. FREE! libs.uga.edu

CLASSES: Shakti Moon Circle & Sound Bath Celebrate the solar eclipse with a moon circle, meditation, reiki and a sound bath. Regis-

KIDSTUFF: Pumpkin Hunt (Lay Park Community Center) Enjoy fall themed games, crafts and the annual pumpkin hunt. Ages 10 & under. Registration required. 6 p.m. $3 (ACC residents), $4.50 (non-residents). www.accgovga. myrec.com

LECTURES & LIT: Arts Collaborative Conversation (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Lyrric Jackson, founder and artistic director of Lyrric Jackson Dance Company, will present on “Psychedelic Strut: 62 + 62.” 12 p.m. FREE! calendar. uga.edu

LECTURES & LIT: Friday Speaker Series (UGA Miller Learning Center) Sunaura Taylor will present on her current project “Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert.” 12:40 p.m. FREE! iws. uga.edu

THEATER: The Play That Goes Wrong (The Elbert Theatre) This play within a play is an award–winning comedy that goes off the rails. Sept. 27–28 & Oct. 4–5, 7 p.m. Sept. 29 & Oct. 6, 2 p.m. $12 (adv.), $17. www.bigtickets.com/ events/elbert-theatre

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THEATER: The Legend of Georgia McBride (Town & Gown Players) When a drag show comes to town Elvis impersonator Casey trades in his role as “The King” to become an all-out queen. Oct. 4–5 & 10–12, 8 p.m. Oct. 6 & 13, 2 p.m. $20. www.townandgownplayers.org

Saturday 5

ART: Artist Reception (Oconee County Library) Members of Athens Area Plein Air Artists will have an exhibit on display. 1–3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee

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: 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: Comer Community Market (Farmer’s Market Building) Locally grown produce, eggs, foods, pottery, jewelry and handmade goods. Saturdays, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. www.facebook.com/ComerFM

EVENTS: Oglethorpe Library

Friends Fall Book Sale (Oglethorpe Co. Library) Browse books, children’s books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks. Saturday is $5/Bag Day. Oct. 3–5. www.oglethorpefol. 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: Homemade Hullabaloo (Oglethorpe Co. Library) Bring a plate of homemade snacks, crafts, art projects, gifts or plants to swap. All ages. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oglethorpe

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: Smalltown Saturday Market (Athentic Brewing Co.) Shop from a variety of local craft vendors. 1–6 p.m. FREE! www. athenticbrewing.com

EVENTS: Nevermore: An Edgar Allan Poe Commemoration (Bogart Library) On the anniversary of his death engage in readings, trivia, videos, snacks, prizes and more. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart

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: Busy Bee Toddler Time (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for rhymes, songs, puppets and a story. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart

KIDSTUFF: Open House (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Learn what the nature center has to offer, meet an animal, make a craft, go on a scavenger hunt and play on the playscape. 2–4 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 Halloween with a costume contest. 8–11 p.m. $5. www.athens showgirlcabaret.com

SPORTS: UGA vs. Auburn (Sanford Stadium) Cheer on the Georgia Bulldogs football team as they face the Auburn Tigers. 3:30 p.m. www. georgiadogs.com

THEATER: The Play That Goes Wrong (The Elbert Theatre) This play within a play is an award–winning comedy that goes off the rails. Sept. 27–28 & Oct. 4–5, 7 p.m. Sept. 29 & Oct. 6, 2 p.m. $12 (adv.), $17. www.bigtickets.com/ events/elbert-theatre

THEATER: The Legend of Georgia McBride (Town & Gown Players) When a drag show comes to town Elvis impersonator Casey trades in his role as “The King” to become an all-out queen. Oct. 4–5 & 10–12, 8 p.m. Oct. 6 & 13, 2 p.m. $20. www.townandgownplayers.org

Sunday 6

ART: Drawing in the Galleries (Georgia Museum of Art) This workshop is led by a teaching artist and provides drawing instruction, art supplies and space to spread out. Registration required. 2–4 p.m. FREE! gmoa-tours@uga.edu

COMEDY: Classic Comedy Showcase (The Globe) Athens Comedy presents a lineup of local comedians hosted by Lanny Farmer. First Sundays, 9 p.m. $7. www.athens comedy.com

EVENTS: Planet Earth Rocks and Crystals Warehouse Sale (Planet Earth Rocks and Crystals) The warehouse is open to the public to browse over 6,000 square feet of crystals and specimens. Oct. 3–4, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Oct. 5, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.facebook.com/planet earthrocksandcrystals

EVENTS: Two Year Anniversary Celebration (Creative Space) Learn more about the space and network with fellow creatives with refreshments supplied. 1:30–4 p.m. FREE! www.instagram.com/ creativespaceath

EVENTS: Apalachee High School Rally (100 Court Street) Moms Demand Action and Indivisible Georgia District 10 lead a rally for gun regulations. 5 p.m. FREE! www. indivisiblega10.com

EVENTS: Classic City Roller Derby Percentage Night (Athentic Brewing Co.) Learn more about the Classic City Roller Derby with percentages fundraising for the team. 6–10 p.m. www.athenticbrewing. com

LECTURES & LIT: Winning the Cold War (Oconee County Library) Learn how the U.S. used foreign economic policy to cripple the Soviet economy and control its collapse. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athens library.org/oconee

LECTURES & LIT: Director Talk (Oconee County Library) Director Mac Escalante will discuss his upcoming film Aubrey’s Understandings. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee

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: The Play That Goes Wrong (The Elbert Theatre) This play within a play is an award–winning comedy that goes off the rails. Sept. 27–28 & Oct. 4–5, 7 p.m. Sept. 29 & Oct. 6, 2 p.m. $12 (adv.), $17. www.bigtickets.com/ events/elbert-theatre

THEATER: The Legend of Georgia McBride (Town & Gown Players) When a drag show comes to town Elvis impersonator Casey trades in his role as “The King” to become

an all-out queen. Oct. 4–5 & 10–12, 8 p.m. Oct. 6 & 13, 2 p.m. $20. www.townandgownplayers.org

Monday 7

COMEDY: Queer Comedy (Gyro Wrap) Local comedians perform with surprise guests. First 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: Monday Movie Night (Athentic Brewing Co.) Screening of the 1987 campy vampire classic The Lost Boys. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenticbrewing.com

FILM: Gothic Double Feature (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of 1973’s Kill Baby…Kill (7 p.m.) and Legend of Hell House (8:30 p.m.). FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com

resident). www.accgovga.myrec. com

LECTURES & LIT: Black/Indigenous Solidarities (221 Leconte Hall) DeLisa D. Hawkes will discuss writer Olivia Ward Bush-Banks. 12:30 p.m. FREE! history.uga.edu MEETINGS: Classic City Rotary (1430 N Chase St) The local chapter meets weekly. Mondays, 11:30 a.m. FREE! www.classiccityrotary.org

Tuesday 8

CLASSES: Yoga with Mary (VFW Post 2872) Bring your own mat to join in this open yoga class. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ vfwpost2872

CLASSES: Harmony English Conversation Group (Covenant Presbyterian Church) Practice speaking English in a friendly environment. Ages 18 & up. Tuesdays, 11 a.m. FREE! marjorievmiller@gmail.com

CLASSES: ESOL (Bogart Library) Learn or polish your English skills using Mango languages online and

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

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

GAMES: Singo! (Beef O’Brady’s) Win gift certificates and prizes at this music bingo night. Tuesdays, 7–9 p.m. www.beefobradys.com/athens

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

GAMES: Trivia Night (Hi-Lo Lounge) Test your trivia knowledge. 8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ hilolounge

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

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

GAMES: General Trivia (Athentic Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge. Mondays, 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com

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

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: Fine Motor Monday (Oconee County Library) Work one-on-one with your child using a selection of educational items that contain small parts. Registration required. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athens library.org/oconee

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-

in-person conversation. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

CLASSES: Lines and Wines (Tapped Athens Wine Market) Learn to use various calligraphy tools and methods while enjoying a selection of wines on tap. Registration required. 6–7:30 p.m. $28 (workshop only). www.kaartist.com

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: Taylor-Grady House Spotlight (The Taylor-Grady House) Tour the historic home and learn more about special events in the space as a venue with local vendors. RSVP by email. 5–7 p.m. FREE! director@taylorgrady.com

EVENTS: TSPLOST Submission Workshop (Lay Park) Local government officials will be available to walk people through the project submission process. Oct. 8 & 10, 6–8 p.m. Oct. 19, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www.accgov.com/tsplost

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

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

Wednesday 9

ART: Artful Conversation: Minna Citron (Georgia Museum of Art) Callan Steinmann, curator of academic and public programs, will lead a discussion about works by American artist Minna Citron. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org

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: Level 2 Improv Grad Show (Buvez) Flying Squid Comedy will showcase what students have learned in group improv comedy. 7 p.m. FREE! www.flyingsquid comedy.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: History Film Series (101 LeConte Hall) Screening of the 1953 film Tokyo Story. 5 p.m. FREE! history.uga.edu

FILM: Pachinko Pop (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of the 1987 folklore manga series GeGeGe no Kitaro. 7 p.m. FREE! www.flicker theatreandbar.com

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

KIDSTUFF: Math Circle (ACC Library) Build a foundational understanding of math principles using games and puzzles. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org

LECTURES & LIT: Normal Talk (Normal Bar) Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz discusses topics on modern democracy at the national and local level, issues and trends, and how we can participate as citizens. 7:30–9 p.m. FREE! www.normal talk.org

MEETINGS: Athens Fibercraft Guild (Lyndon House Art Center) Participate in a workshop on making a Zentangle Octahedron ornament with a tassel. 12:30–2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensfiber.org

MEETINGS: Memoir Writing Group (Bogart Library) During this monthly group, hear memoirs from others and learn tips on how to write your own. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athens library.org/bogart

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

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: 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

MEETINGS: Casual Crafting (Oconee County Library) Bring your current creative project and talk with other creatives and the host instructor Zakk Wilder. Registration required. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee f

The Sandy Creek Nature Center is holding an open house on Saturday, Oct. 5 with opportunities to learn about the center, meet animals and more.

SUZANNAH EVANS

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 Dec. 15, Mar. 15, June 15 and Sept. 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 Apr. 20 for residencies beginning July 1 and Sept. 20 for residencies beginning Jan. 1. www. accgov.com/lyndonhouse

BIPOC ARTIST/CURATOR PROJECT 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 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 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 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

art around town

ACE/FRANCISCO GALLERY (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1500) “Murmur Trestle: Photographs by Jason Thrasher” shares images from a new book of photos taken during different seasons over the course of six years. • “Grit Portraits: Paintings by Tobiah Cole” includes portraits of some of the artist’s friends from his many years at The Grit.

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. Through Nov. 23.

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. Through Oct. 25.

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.

DODD GALLERIES (270 River Rd.) 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.

DONDEROS’ KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Susan Pelham’s collages are inspired by Magic Realism, Surrealism, nursery rhymes, fables and more. Through October.

FESTIVAL HALL (201 N. Main St., Greensboro) The “Georgia Watercolor Society Member Exhibition” features around 80 watercolors by artists from across Georgia and the Southeast. Through Oct. 26.

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. Through June 1. • “Mind the Gap: Selections from the Permanent Collection” explores the spaces between tradition and inno-

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

Auditions

A SPELL FOR WINTER (Town & Gown Players) Seeking actors for an original holiday musical about wizards written by local artists. Auditions Oct. 7–8, 7–10 p.m. Rehearsals run Mondays–Fridays, 6:30–9:30 p.m. Performances held Dec. 6–15. www.townandgown players.org/a-spell-for-winter

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

AQUA AEROBICS (Memorial Park) In this low-impact exercise, participants will experience a variety of stretching, limbering and weight

routines set to music. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. Saturdays, 10–11 a.m. $5/session, $20/five classes. 706-613-3580

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 calligraphy (Oct. 6 or Nov. 17), watercolor (Oct. 6 or Dec. 1), aqua oils (three-week class Oct. 16, Oct. 23 and Oct. 30), gouache (Oct. 20 or Dec. 14), drawing (Oct. 27 or Dec. 1) and holiday postcards in watercolor (Dec. 10 or Dec. 12). Register online. www.kaartist.com

BLACKSMITHING CLASSES (Greenhow Handmade, Washington) A variety of blacksmithing classes include “First Time at the Forge: Three Hook Rack” (Oct. 4, Oct. 26 or Nov. 16), “Forge a Firepoker” (Oct. 5 or Nov. 1), “Forge Bottle Openers” (Oct. 18), “Forge Grilling Tools” (Oct. 19), “Forge a Railroad Spike Knife” (Oct. 25 or Nov. 8), “Forge Christmas Ornaments” (Nov. 2 or Nov. 15), “Forge a Tomahawk” (Nov. 9) and “Forge a Medieval Flail” (Nov. 22). Classes held 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $150. www.greenhow handmade.com

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. outreach@canopystudio. org, www.canopystudio.org/ outreach/scholarships

vation in art. Through Dec. 1. • “Joel Sternfeld: When It Changed” includes portraits taken at the 2005 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Through Dec. 1. • “The Artist as Witness” includes works from the museum’s permanent collection that serve as visual responses to Joel Sternfeld’s exhibition. Through Dec. 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.) Nirvinyl Album Art presents “Room by Room (Part two): Living Room/Dining Room.” Through Nov. 15.

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.

JUST PHO… AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Susie Criswell presents a collection of bold nature paintings. 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. • Collections From the Community presents Ahndhi Stitcha’s VHS tape collection. • “Inspired: Artworks by Students of the Clarke County School District Inspired by Athens Creatives” was envisioned as a way to foster a connection between local artists and students. Opening Reception Oct. 15, 6–8 p.m. On view Oct. 8–Jan. 18.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) Lisa Freeman’s exhibition “So Much More” addresses the limitations frequently imposed on women in a patriarchal society. Through Nov. 1. • This year’s annual juried exhibition “SouthWorks” was juried by William Eiland, who served as director of the Georgia Museum of Art from 1992–2023. Through Nov. 1.

OCONEE LIBRARY (1925 Electric Ave., Watkinsville) Members of the Athens Area Plein Air group share their works. Artist Reception Oct. 5, 1–3 p.m. Currently on view through Oct. 30.

OX FINE ART (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1700) Artwork by the late Art

COOKING CLASSES (Athens Cooks)

“Making Pasta 201: Squash Agnolotti” will be held Oct. 10, 6–8 p.m. $103. “Ricotta Gnocchi Dinner” will be held Oct. 16, 6–8 p.m. $103. “Ceviche Celebration” will be held Oct. 17, 6–8 p.m. $103. “Bao Bliss: Making Steamed Bao Buns” will be held Oct. 23, 6–8 p.m. $103. Register online. www.athens cooks.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

LEVEL 1 IMPROV (Flying Squid)

This six-week course covers fundamental skills like making offers, cultivating spontaneity, saying “Yes, and…” and creating interesting scenes. Begins Oct. 8, 6–8 p.m. www.flyingsquidcomedy.com

PÉTANQUE CLUB OF ATHENS (5 Alumni Dr.) Learn to play Pétanque. RSVP for a free Wednesday introduction. athenspetanqueclub@ gmail.com, www.athenspetanque club.wixsite.com/play

PLEIN ART SKETCHING (Winterville Cultural Center) Jack Burk leads a six-week outdoor nature class utilizing pen, pastels, colored pencils or watercolor. Wednesdays and Fridays, Oct. 16-Nov. 1, 1–3 p.m. $15/class, $75/series. www. wintervillecenter.com

Rosenbaum, a painter, muralist, professor, and collector and performer of traditional American folk music.

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.

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.

TIGER’S EYE GALLERY (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1600) Celebrated poet, Rumi translator and UGA professor emeritus Coleman Barks shares a collection of new works on paper alongside pieces by Ben Rouse, Mark Magnarella, Marla Star, Jamie DeRevere, Jessica Magnarella and Noah Mendelson. Poetry reading Oct. 27.

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. 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.) Lori Hammer presents “Enhanced Paintings from Photos.” Opening Reception Oct. 3, 5-6:30 p.m. Through Jan. 2.

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.

WINTERVILLE LIBRARY (115 Marigold Lane, Winterville) Leslie Guo’s exhibition, “Colors of Water,” explores the fluid beaty and endless possibilities of water as both subject and medium. Artist Reception Oct. 1, 5-6:30 p.m. Through Nov. 1.

Paintings by Susie Criswell are on display at Just Pho…And More through November.

QPR SUICIDE PREVENTION

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

WREATH WORKSHOP (Bishop Park)

Make a festive wreath with Diamond Hill Farm using dried flowers, grapevine, greenery and more. Registration required. Oct. 19, 9–11 a.m. $50. www.diamondhillfarm athens.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 programs. 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 AN ANIMAL (Bear Hollow Zoo) Different sponsorship levels are available to “adopt” a zoo resident. Donations are used for exhibits, food and wildlife education.

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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. Now registering. Georgia Waterway Cleanup held Oct. 19. www.accgov.com/RiversAlive CALL FOR FORMAL WEAR DONATIONS (Oconee Library) The library is accepting donations of any formal wear and accessories for its annual Bling Your Prom event as well as One Night with the King, an event organized by the Purple Women Corporation partnership program with the Athens Area Women’s Shelter. www.athens library.org/location/oconee

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

PET FOOD PANTRY (Animal Services Adoption Center) The Animal Services community pet food pantry provides pet food to ACC residents at no cost. Donations always welcome. Monday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Sundays, 12–3 p.m. www.accgov.com/adoptioncenter

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

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.

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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

FALL CLASSES (Treehouse Kid & Craft) Treehouse offers a variety of art-centric activities for children, such as “Art School,” “Toddler/ Baby Process Art,” “Digital Art Designer,” “Open Studio,” “Art School Junior,” “Saturday Morning Crafts” and more. Check website for schedule and details. www. treehousekidandcraft.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

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

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

ATHENS COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (Athens, GA) Open to people of all ages with vision impairments, their families and friends. Topics include adaptive equipment, recreational and social opportunities, and advocacy. 706-424-2794, dlwahlers@ gmail.com

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

NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP (Oconee Presbyterian Church) Peer-led support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Second Monday of the month, 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! joannehnamihallga@gmail.com

NEW PARENTS AND INFANT FEEDING SUPPORT GROUP (BYL Family Resource Center) Come as you are for community, snacks and feeding advice from professionals. Babies and children of all ages are welcome. Second and fourth Wednesdays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.byyourleave.org

PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP (First Baptist Church) This group is to support and share information with fellow sojourners who manage the challenges of Parkinson’s disease or other movement disorders. Second Friday of the month, 1 p.m. gpnoblet@bellsouth.net

POLYAMORY SUPPORT GROUP

(Revolution Therapy and Yoga) This open support group for adults practicing or considering polyamory or nonmonogamy discusses navigating jealousy, polysaturation, relationships with metamours and polyamorous parenting. Thursdays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. $10 donation. www.revolutiontherapyandyoga.com

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

ANNUAL BIRDSEED SALE (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A variety of bird seed is available in multiple sizes. Proceeds benefit Sandy Creek Nature Center, Inc. Place orders by Oct. 20. Pick-up Nov. 8–9. www.sandycreeknaturecenter inc.org/bird-seed-sale

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 & Cruise-In. 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/sandycreek carshow

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

FILM LOCATION DIRECTORY (Athens, GA) The Athens Film Office, part of the ACCGov Communications Department, recently launched a new database to showcase potential local sites that could be considered for film, TV or other production projects. Residents and business owners can add photos

and information. www.athensgafilm office.com

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

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

REGISTER TO VOTE (Athens, GA) The deadline to register to vote or change an address for the November General Election is Oct. 7. Registering can be done in-person at the ACCGov Elections Department or online. mvp.sos.ga.gov

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. www.viewfinders ontv.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

TURNTABLE REVOLVING LOAN FUND (Athens, GA) The Joint Development Authority of AthensClarke County and the City of Winterville has created a new program to provide low-interest, 30-month loans for small businesses. www. investathensga.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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REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR RENT

3BR/2BA house in Normaltown, quiet interior street. Central heat/air. Furnished. Hwd floors. Washer/ dryer. Driveway/on-street parking. No smokers, pets. Calls only! 706-372-1505

HOUSES FOR SALE

Looking for a house or a home? Condo or land? Call Daniel Peiken. REALTOR 5Market Realty. Selling in and around Athens for over 20 years. 706-296-2941

FOR SALE

YARD SALES

Costume sale. Fairy tale, Renfest, Halloween. Men’s shirts, pants, tunics. Women’s tops, skirts, bodices, dresses. Hats, boots, shoes, misc. costumes. Everything $5 and under. Sat. Oct. 5 at 9 a.m. 1010 Lake Pointe Dr., Watkinsville.

Sell your stuff in the Flagpole Classifieds! Call 706549-0301 to place an ad.

MUSIC

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Join us for a not-so-spooky Parents’ Night Out on Oct. 25, 6-8:30pm! We’ll have music, pizza, games, and crafts! Learn more at MeritMusicAcademy.com!

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

SERVICES

HEALTH

Improve your physical and emotional health by balancing your energies. Energy medicine for you and your dog in the Chase Park Arts District. 706-2966893 VibrantBeing.net

HOME AND GARDEN

Woman-Run Gardening Services: We offer garden clean-up/maintenance, invasive plant removal, raised beds, personalized native/edible gardens for home/business and more! Call/Text: 706-395-5321.

MISC. SERVICES

If you are in crisis due to domestic violence, call Project Safe for help 706543-3331. project-safe.org

Juvenile Offender Advocates. Seeking volunteer advocates and interns to make a difference in a juvenile offender’s life. juvenile offenderadvocateinc.org

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TRAVEL

FREE travel booking/consultation with local Travel Advisor Kristi Patrick! Cruises, all inclusives, honeymoons/destination weddings, corporate incentive travel, group travel, and more! TravelmationKristi.net

JOBS

FULL-TIME

FT $17/hr Security Monitoring Agent. All shifts/all days available. Apply here: https://www.bossecurity. com/job-board.

PART-TIME

Find employees by advertising in the Flagpole Classifieds! Call 706-549-0301.

Seeking PT research assistant. $15/hour to start to investigate local traffic fatality information. Email resume to: vintagelumber@ gmail.com.

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

5K runners!

Flagpole would like to raise some Halloween spirits this year by presenting a contest of the best decorated haunts in all of Athens. The concept is easy. Simply view the competing homes on flagpole.com and decide which one is your favorite Halloween house in town. Photos from participating houses and a map will be published on flagpole.com. Spectators are encouraged to view our gallery or drive around at their leisure to view the displays and vote for their favorites online.

HOUSES WILL BE ON DISPLAY FROM TUESDAY, 10/22

– WEDNESDAY, 10/3 0

Think your home could be the most ghastly in the ‘hood? Just register your house by submitting photos of your finished display and agree to have your display up from Tuesday, 10/22 - Wednesday, 10/30 from 6:30-9:00 p.m.

There will be prizes for the top 3 houses with the most votes! $150 value prize for 1st place! Go to flagpole.com to submit your photos starting Oct. 8th. Deadline to enter is on Oct. 21st. Creepin’ it real this season!