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A pre-holiday sweep intended to purge Macon parks of homeless camps raises local ire on both sides, while leaving lingering questions on how best to tackle a complex problem.

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Middle Georgia State is a Top Choice for High School Students Starting College Early

By Sheron Smith It’s not as though Desmond Talton didn’t have enough to keep him busy. In addition to his classes at Macon’s Westside High School, where he is a senior, Talton participates in the Beta Club and Technology Student Association. He also plays right offensive guard for the Seminoles. In the fall, football practice consumes his weekday afternoons.

Yet the 17-year-old decided to take on even more when he became a dual-enrollment student at Middle Georgia State University.

“When I heard about dual enrollment I just couldn’t see myself turning it down,” said Talton, an aspiring engineer who is taking psychology and college algebra at the Macon Campus this semester. “It’s a way to get started earning college credits, and it looks good on your record.”

Middle Georgia State (MGA) is a popular choice for students such as Talton who want to start college before they’ve graduated from high school. In the last two years, the number of dually enrolled students at MGA has ranked in the top seven of University System of Georgia schools.

In fall 2017, nearly 530 high school students are taking classes for college credit at Middle Georgia State. About 50 of those are residential students at the Cochran Campus-based Georgia Academy, an exclusive two-year pro-

gram that allows participants to simultaneously earn high school diplomas and associate’s degrees.

Free College What makes dual enrollment such a jaw-dropping good deal is that it’s practically free. Through the Georgia Student Finance Commission, the dual-enrollment program (known until recently as Move On When Ready) covers tuition, textbooks, and nearly all fees. The program initially funded fall and spring semesters only but recently expanded to pay for eligible high school students to take college courses during summer semesters.

All of which means that dual-enrollment students can knock out the first two years of college nearly for free if they get started early enough.

Kristen Cohen, 17, a senior at Rutland High in Macon, keeps a running calculator in her mind of how much she is shaving off the total cost of a four-year degree. “I’ve seriously saved thousands of dollars by taking dual-enrollment classes,” she said.

Cohen has already earned 30 college credit hours at MGA and expects to have thirty more by the time she graduates in spring 2018. “I want to be a veterinarian so I’ve got a lot of school ahead of me, but two years of it will be practically free.”

Contributors Marla Horton has lived in Macon, Georgia her entire life, first by birth, but now by choice.

She graduated from Middle Georgia State University with a BA in English and now spends her free time exploring her favorite city. In addition to words, she also consumes generous amounts of both red wine and red meat. If she is not reading/writing, drinking Cabernet Sauvignon, or eating burgers with bleu cheese, she is probably asleep.

Renee Corwine spent 13 years as a newspaper editor before switching this summer to a full time career in freelance writing and editing. She and her husband, Jake, live in Macon with three fur babies: Abbey, Ella and Whiskers. In addition to writing, Renee is a personal trainer and teaches classes at Pure Barre Macon (that’s exercise, not booze). A full Ironman finisher, she still dabbles in triathlon, but would rather spend her time taking selfies in foreign countries, drinking whiskey and torturing others through exercise. Find her on Inta @ reneecorwine.

With more than 20 years of journalism and publishing experience, Stacey Norwood earned her chops as an investigative reporter and features writer for daily and weekly community newspapers in Tuscaloosa, Bibb County (AL), and Clanton, AL before moving to a longish stint in TV news as a crime and courts reporter in Birmingham. Passionate about twangy prose and a devotee of Southern culture, Stacey deepened her wordsmithing skills serving as an editor and contributing writer for such magazines as Victoria, Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade, Taste of the South and Relish. Her hobbies include writing a Macon-centric blog, trolling the Internet for truly revolting vintage recipes, collecting real (not department store) art, and cooking. In her spare time, Stacey is the proud Mother of Doggos (it is known).

Much to her disappointment, however, her mutts, Miss Oda Mae Brown and Margaret Thatcher, have yet to breathe actual fire no matter how many times she yells “dracarys” at them.

Traci Burns was born and raised in Macon (Bloomfield represent!); she currently lives in Warner Robins with her husband and two kids. She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Georgia College, where she also taught English and creative writing for some years before settling down to be a full time neurotic insomniac freelancer/stay at home parent. She’s into rap, disability rights advocacy, comics, and cuddling.

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MUSIC The War & Treaty at The Cox Capitol Theatre Do yourself a favor, put this date on your calendar now. Every once in a while, a show comes thru town that we just can’t champion enough. The War & Treaty is one such musical experience you will not want to miss. The Maryland-based husband-and-wife duo of Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Blount Trotter, known as The War and Treaty, will take you on an emotionally charged ride with stunning songs about love, loss, grief, heartache, redemption. Both artists are phenomenally talented singers, with Michael’s powerful tenor-to-falsetto range and Tanya’s gorgeous soprano inducing multiple goosebump moments throughout the show. From soulful country charmers to knock-down dramatic, foot-stompin gospel, this power duo will leave you wanting more. Tickets just $15 in advance. CoxCapitolTheatre.com.

CONCERT Award-winning bluegrass by Monroe Crossing Presented by Acoustic Productions at Howard Community Center, 7:30 p.m. Monroe Crossing dazzles audiences with an electrifying blend of classic bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, and heartfelt originals using their airtight harmonies, razor sharp arrangements, and humorus, on-stage rapport. Monroe Crossing has been showered with awards, including Best Female Vocalist, Guitar, Mandolin and Banjo at the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association’s 25th Anniversary Awards Banquet. Monroe Crossing is the only Bluegrass band ever nominated as the Minnesota Music Academy “Artist of the Year,” which also recognized the band with an award for “Bluegrass Album of the Year.” 5645 Forsyth RD, Macon, GA Tickets $20. All general admission – Tickets only available at the door.

CONCERT Tedeschi Trucks Band at Macon City Auditorium

BROADWAY IN MACON Nationally-touring production of The Sound of Music at The Grand Opera House

With special guest Amy Ray & Band. Formed in 2010, the band is led by married couple Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi. Their debut album, Revelator, won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album. TTB has earned a freedom that has allowed them to keep a band that has grown to more than a dozen musicians and crew on the road for five years, garnering an ever-increasing international audience, while developing a musical identity that has yielded original, award-winning recordings. During their five-year rise, the group toured incessantly, raising their profile and being handpicked to play with the likes of Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, and Santana. All ages show. Tickets are also available at the Macon Coliseum Box Office or by calling 800-745-3000.

7:30pm both nights. Suitable for all audiences.

Arguably the most enduring and endearing musical of all time, this lavish new production celebrates the fiftieth anniversary since its landmark 1968 film treatment. Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, it’s the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father. “It is uplifting theater, appealing successfully and without apology to the better side of our natures.” Single tickets to the 2017-18 Broadway Series are $65 for Area I and $57.50 for Area II. Save with a Broadway series package, for details visit TheGrandMacon.com or call our Box office at (478) 301-5470.

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Ice Skating at the Macon Centreplex weekends thru February!

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MUSIC The Vineyard Band at Macon Beer Co. 8 p.m. Free admission. 345 Oglethorpe Street

Saturday 6th Friday Jan. 5th FIRST FRIDAY First Friday Gallery Stroll The January exhibit at The 567 will be “Hazy Forms,” featuring fumage art by Heather McLaurin. Join us First Friday, January 5, 6-9 pm, to see the new exhibit, meet the artists, and enjoy light refreshments. Admission is free. 456 1st Street. Macon Arts Gallery just down the street presents “Works On Paper” opening reception 5-8 p.m. 486 First Street FIRST FRIDAY Girls Night Out Cooking Class Travis Jean and Chef Teddi Wofford presents a special evening out for the ladies. Visit travisjean.com for details.

HOCKEY Macon Mayhem vs. Evansville Thunderbolts Macon Centreplex. 7:30 p.m. Part of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Our mascot, MAC the barbarian, creates mayhem while riling up the fans (known as Macon Maniacs) at every game! Tickets are $16 are are general admission seating. Parking for Macon Mayhem games is $5. Parking is CASH ONLY.

OUTDOORS Ranger led Earth Lodge Tour Presented by Ocmulgee National Monument, Free 11 a.m. Join a Ranger at 11 am at the Visitor Center. Walk to the Earth Lodge and have a brief talk about the structure and the people who used it 1,000 years ago.

EDUCATION Helms College Open House 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. We invite you to learn more about our culinary programs today. If you are an individual seeking to discover, develop, and strengthen your God-given gifts, we invite you to explore Helms College. Find out, just how Helms College Changes Everything. 5171 Eisenhower Pkwy, Macon

Friday 12th MOVIE SCREENING “The Right Stuff” at The Grand Opera House 7:30 p.m. General admission is just $5, with a full bar and light concession available.

Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. The Right Stuff (1983) This adaptation of the non-fiction novel

by Tom Wolfe chronicles the first 15 years of America’s space program. By focusing on the lives of the Mercury astronauts, including John Glenn (Ed Harris) and Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn), the film recounts the dangers and frustrations experienced by those

involved with NASA’s earliest achievements. It also depicts their family lives and the personal crises they endured during an era of great political turmoil and technological innovation.

Saturday 13th FAMILY FUN Family Fun Day at Museum of Aviation 9am-4pm. While your family and friends are running a race, you can enjoy a multitude of family events. This fun-filled outing will include a snow play area, obstacle course, bounce houses, petting zoo, rock wall climbing, and a hay ride just to name a few!

There will be a live DJ to keep you and the children rocking your way through the line-up of Food Truck Vendors. Armbands will go on sale at 9:00 a.m. the day of!

ART CLASS Kool-Aid and Canvas For kids 6-12. Presented by The 567 Center for Renewal, 10:30 a.m. At Kool-Aid & Canvas, an artist takes children step-by-step through the process of creating a fun painting with acrylic paints on a real canvas.

The students learn a variety of painting techniques to inspire them in their own creative endeavors.

The workshop starts at 10:30 am and lasts an hour and a half. $20 includes all materials for the class and a snack. To reserve your child’s spot, call (478) 238-6051. Or, you can register online at http://www. the567center.org THEATRE The Met Opera Live in HD “THE OPERA HOUSE” A Susan Froemak Film 12:55 p.m. Presented by Douglass Theatre. A new film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Susan Froemke Surveys a remarkable period of the Metropolitan Opera’s rich history and a time of great change for New York. Admission $15 and up. 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Sunday 14th MOVIE SCREENING Macon Film Guild Presents: “Polina” at the Douglass Theatre Polina (France, drama/dance, 108 minutes, unrated) Polina, a promising classical ballet dancer, is just about to join the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet when she discovers contemporary dance, totally changing her life. Screening at 1 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30. $5 general admission.

Tuesday 16th CONCERT Award-winning bluegrass by Monroe Crossing Presented by Acoustic Productions at Howard Community Center, 7:30 p.m. Monroe Crossing dazzles audiences with an electrifying blend of classic bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, and heartfelt originals using their airtight harmonies, razor sharp arrange06 JANUARY 5 - 19, 2018

ments, and humorus, on-stage rapport. 5645 Forsyth RD, Macon, GA Tickets $20. All general admission – Tickets only available at the door.

Friday 19th MOVIE SCREENING “The Princess Bride” at The Grand Opera House 7:30 p.m. General admission is just $5, with a full bar and light concession available. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. The Princess Bride (1987) A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other.

HOCKEY Macon Mayhem vs. Pensacola Macon Centreplex. 7:30 p.m. Part of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Our mascot, MAC the barbarian, creates mayhem while riling up the fans (known as Macon Maniacs) at every game! Tickets are $16 are are general admission seating. Parking for Macon Mayhem games is $5. Parking is CASH ONLY.

Saturday 20th HOCKEY Macon Mayhem vs. Pensacola Macon Centreplex. 7:30 p.m. Part of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Our mascot, MAC the barbarian, creates mayhem while riling up the fans (known as Macon Maniacs) at every game! Tickets are $16 are are general admission seating. Parking for Macon Mayhem games is $5. Parking is CASH ONLY. FOR THE KIDS Food Chain and Rattlesnake Craft Presented by Ocmulgee National Monument, 3 p.m.

Celebrate Bird Day and Rattlesnake Day by making a food chain craft. Learn how animals interact with each other in an ecosystem. Indoor program from 3:00 pm-3:30 pm. All Ages Welcome!

Sunday 21st BROADWAY IN MACON The Sound of Music at The Grand Opera House The Grand’s 2017-18 Broadway Series; 7:30pm both nights. Suitable for all audiences. Arguably the most enduring and endearing musical of all time, this lavish new production celebrates the fiftieth anniversary since its landmark 1968 film treatment. “It is uplifting theater, appealing successfully and without apology to the better side of our natures.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer. Single tickets to the 2017-18 Broadway Series are $65 for Area I and $57.50 for Area II. Save with a Broadway series package, for details visit TheGrandMacon.com or call our Box office at (478) 301-5470.

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Don’t look the other way from us, ‘cause some of us are not homeless. I meet homeless people that have shown me a lot. Sometimes I want to give up, but I cannot give up on my hometown. I know if I give up, everybody else will give up ‘cause they know I am a strong, able person.

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A week before Christmas, the mandate was enforced.

Though 30 or so people warned by sheriff’s deputies and outreach efforts had already pulled up stakes and moved on, a few stragglers had remained behind. According to local media reports, Parks and Beautification employees took down nine or so clearly “active” campsites, packed up anything salvageable in plastic bins, placed the items in storage so they could be reclaimed, and hauled away everything that appeared to be trash.

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A pre-holiday sweep intended to purge Macon parks of homeless camps raises local ire on both sides, while leaving lingering questions on how best to tackle a complex problem.

By Stacey Norwood It’s a kind of Christmas miracle, really … albeit a little late.

It is high noon on December 28, and though most places appear to be open, parking is readily available on practically every block in downtown Macon. No games of parking space chicken between irate lunch-grabbers hungry for wings and pressed for time. No pissy pedestrians taking their lives into their hands (or their own sweet time) at crosswalks. Not a single eye-roll from passing drivers or a tire-squealing brouhaha to be had.

The usual noisy noon-day crowd of in-city dwellers, office workers, and pub-grubbers, it would seem, are either all reveled out from the holidays, cashing in on vacay while the getting is good, or eating their black Angus double-stacks elsewhere.

Just a few blocks away at a homeless center on Walnut Street, however, the lunchtime crowd is spilling out onto the sidewalk. Lined up at the side entrance while waiting for Daybreak staff to unlock the door and usher them inside, the men and women gathering to break their daily bread together don’t appear especially impatient or anxious. As the minutes tick by, however, a ripple of shifting feet and sagging shoulders ratchets up a sense of tension, even as newcomers continue to arrive, and the line gets longer still.

Many are wearing more layers of clothing than the weather strictly dictates while a few are lugging suitcases or overnight-type bags. It takes a minute to sink in that the overdressed diners aren’t necessarily cold - they’re efficient. Wearing most or all their clothing means they don’t have to haul it everywhere they go all day or leave it behind and risk the items either being stolen or lost should they, for any reason, lay down to sleep tonight someplace other than where they woke up this morning.

Just before 12:30, a handful of volunteers from a local church and Daybreak staff members are scurrying around like so many elves, peeling back foil from sheet-pans filled 14 JANUARY 5 - 19, 2018

with hot food and futzing with last-minute preparations for the diners getting ready to come inside.

Though mealtime crowds like this one typically range from 75 to 125 people at a time, there’s still plenty of room for parking out front and down the block. Most folks come on foot.

You Can’t Take a Crap in My Park

Just a couple of weeks before today’s lunch, Macon Mayor Robert Reichert publicly announced that, due to overwhelming public safety and health concerns, homeless encampments along the Ocmulgee River and Central City Park were going to be removed. He also met privately with local homeless advocates – including those at Daybreak – to give them a heads up about what was coming down the pike.

A week before Christmas, the mandate was enforced.

Though 30 or so people warned by sheriff ’s deputies and outreach efforts had already pulled up stakes and moved on, a few stragglers had remained behind. According to local media reports, Parks and Beautification employees took down nine or so clearly “active” campsites, packed up anything salvageable in plastic bins, placed the items in storage so they could be reclaimed, and hauled away everything that appeared to be trash.

Grinch gifs and hot-under-the collar comments aimed at city hall started flying around social media almost immediately.

“Mayor Robert Reichert is a piece of s*** and all you people on here that agree with this situation. I hope and pray that one day you become homeless and you’re in that situation,” commented one Macon man in a news story link about the sweep posted on Facebook. Another Macon man quickly countered with, “Every person that is against moving the homeless should post their address, so they

can move into their yard or house.”

Almost ironically, just two days later, on December 20, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP) in Washington, D.C. issued a comprehensive report entitled Tent City USA: The Growth of America’s Homeless Encampments and How Communities are Responding.

According to the 124-page report, “research showed a 1,342 percent increase in homeless encampments reported between 2007 and 2017, with at least one encampment reported in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.” It’s an echo of other news reports surfacing within the past few months that say homeless tallies in the U.S. are on the rise for the first time since 2010, and leading to the kind of “pop-ups” that’s the stuff of nightmares for urban developers and city planners.

Using data and information mined from news stories and other reports, the NLCHP report indicates at least one-third of the so-called “tent cities” in America mirror the kind of encampments dispersed in Macon. About 30% total range in size from anywhere from 5 residents to 11-20 people. And like in Macon, many of the encampments are being pitched in public parks.

But unlike Macon, about one-quarter of the U.S. cities surveyed for the report have responded by enacting local ordinances viewed by critics as “criminalizing” homelessness by prohibiting camping in city parks, initiating park curfews, or nudging homeless populations out of parks and into “public right-of-ways, often near neighborhoods, raising public backlash.” Such actions have prompted not only public criticism, but also litigation – and it’s proving costly for taxpayers in many instances.

According to the NLCHP, in the last three years alone, nearly 60% of the court cases challenging camping or public sleeping ordinances and 75% of those involving seizure and destruction of property belonging to the homeless

- 310 Homeless People in Bibb County - 147 Available Emergency Shelter and Housing Beds “Balancing the needs of the unsheltered, however, must also be tempered with doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people,” - MACON MAYOR ROBERT REICHERT “have upheld the legal rights of homeless persons to perform various life-sustaining behaviors in public places.” In the Ohio case Moe v. City of Akron, for example, “undisclosed monetary relief ” was awarded in a class action lawsuit stemming from, among other claims, the contention that personal items taken during an encampment sweep had constituted unlawful seizure under the law.

Even the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has weighed in. In a 2015 case, after city leaders in Boise, Idaho passed ordinances making it illegal to sleep or “temporarily dwell” in public places, the DOJ filed a statement of interest brief in the case, countering the city’s ordinances violated homeless people’s Eighth Amendment rights and maintaining that “If a person literally has nowhere else to go, then enforcement of the anti-camping ordinance against that person criminalizes her for being homeless.”

Which is all very well for the Department of Justice, says Mayor Reichert, who points out that attorneys in D.C. don’t have department heads lodging concerns that a homeless woman claiming to be “the Messiah” is turning trees meant for replanting into firewood or constituents coming up to them in Kroger with complaints of finding human waste “right out in the open” in a local park.

Public those properties may be, the mayor says, “But you can’t take a crap in my park.”

The Least of These

It’s well after 5 in city hall, or the local government center, or whatever the powers that be in Macon are calling it these days. Just outside, the many splendored and recently installed Christmas lights on Poplar Street are twinkling like little starbursts, evidence that positive changes to downtown aren’t just talk around a table. Despite the hour, Mayor Reichert doesn’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon.

He is comfortably ensconced behind a rather massive desk filled with important-looking clutter – thickly bound documents and sheafs of scribbled-on paper held together with enormous binder clips are piled everywhere. Also on the mayor’s desk sits a leather-bound Bible. Tagged with sticky notes throughout, it appears well-read. When asked about Matthew 25:40, a verse that references offering aid to “the least of these” as a Christian virtue, the look on his face shifts to an expression difficult to define. A few beats later, and well into a fiery, fist-pounding mantra about Federal input on local governance and somewhere just after hopping down a rabbit hole about releasing the mentally ill, unsupported (and under Federal mandate) upon the masses, the point finally emerges.

Every year, Mayor Reichert maintains, Macon-Bibb puts its money where its mouth is for the “least of these,” contracting with local agencies to provide for those in need of critical services.

“Macon-Bibb Economic and Community Development has allocated approximately $337,671 to agencies that provide homeless services which include, but are not limited to, rapid-rehousing, homeless prevention, birth certificates, ID’s, etc.,” says Macon-Bibb spokesman Chris Floore. “This funding was provided through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) application process over the past two years. Award recipients include Loaves and Fishes, Macon-Bibb E.O.C. and Family Advancement Ministries.”

Balancing the needs of the unsheltered, however, must also be tempered with doing “the greatest good for the greatest number of people,” the mayor says.

According to the Georgia Department of Community Affair’s 2017 Report on Homelessness, there are currently 310 homeless people currently residing in Bibb County, yet only 147 available “emergency shelter and transitional housing beds.” While the challenge those numbers present is clear, Mayor Reichert says Macon-Bibb also has a responsibility to ensure that parents can take their children to local parks without fear of “being accosted for money” or asking taxpayers to foot a $1,000+ bill for damage done to bathrooms at Gateway Park.

Growing such attractions and adding new ones, like the $2.5 million renovation project currently underway at Luther Williams Field, will enable Macon-Bibb to do better than stretch “$150 million to meet $500 million of need,” the mayor says.

But not if families and newcomers aren’t drawn to them – and to the downtown area – or feel safe there.

This Was a Wake-up Call

“Every day I walk out of here knowing there are people out here sleeping on these streets,” says Sister Theresa Sullivan, who serves as the director at Daybreak.

One of them, at least until recently, was Keith, a 54-yearold who, in his Georgia Bulldogs cap, camo shirt and faded jeans, looks more like a kindly grandpa than a desperado lurking in the woods or panhandling for drinking money on an interstate ramp.

And yet a little over a month ago, Keith slept in a bed of his own for the first time in at least nine years – more than that really, if you count the time he spent behind bars for vehicular homicide. After leaving a Christmas party with his wife, a car accident claimed her life and left him severely injured. Though both were intoxicated at the time, Keith was the one behind the wheel.

After being released from prison, Keith reunited with his two grown daughters, got to know the grandchildren he’d never met, and managed to land a $60,000-a-year industrial job only to lose it when he was caught drinking on the clock.

“I was a foreman – I had 30 men working under me,” he says in a tone so bumfuzzled, it’s clear he still can’t believe he let that one slip through his fingers.

From there, Keith continued to spiral downward. Unable to offer references for jobs as a convicted felon, and after losing his trailer to a fire that laid him up for weeks, Keith says he saw his options dwindling by the second. A chance meeting with another local man in the same straits led to learning to sleep with one eye – and his pocket knife - open.

Between panhandling and the kindness of strangers (“there’s lots of good people in Macon who will give you stuff ”) Keith had a home – of sorts. He had a tent and “whatever I could tote” to call his own until diabetes and other digressive health issues exacerbated by his living conditions landed him in the hospital a second time – this time for 43 days. Nearly losing a foot – his only mode of transportation - to amputation got his attention.

With the help of Sister Judy, who serves as a nurse at Daybreak, he’s since been able to stabilize his health and apply for and receive disability – money he used to get an apartment on Vineville Avenue. He’s also stopped drinking vodka by the half-gallon and regularly volunteers at Daybreak, manning the reception desk or monitoring

the Tech Room, where computers with Internet access and phones equipped with personal voicemail capability are available for use. He’s also pitched in when repair work was needed for the showers that are open each morning so that Daybreak clients in need of a hot soak after a long night on the streets can scrub up.

Most recently, he says, he was able to simply relax, lounge on his own couch, and watch a television that belonged to him – a luxury that seemed unthinkable just a couple of months ago.

“If you tell yourself you’re not scared out there, you’re lying,” he says, adding that he feels “sad” for those caught up in the recent sweep at the parks. Though many continue to show up for the morning breakfast, laundry services, and care packages available at Daybreak, they lost the only thing of value they really had, he says – their home.

“That’s the only place they had to live,” he says. “I’ve been there. I can’t be mad at people like that, because I was one of them.”

For Sister Theresa – and perhaps for Sister Judy, who frets about “toxic charity” and “enabling” those in her care – the sweep, while painful to witness, has also brought public attention to a deeply complex problem in need of an equally multifaceted solution.

While several other providers in Macon offer meals, counseling, healthcare services, and transitional housing, the only overnight emergency shelter devoted specifically to the homeless and open to both men and women is the Salvation Army – and they tend to fill up fast. Especially on nights when temperatures dip below freezing, or a lack of transportation, funds, and hope can make shelter from the storm seem like little more than the lyrics of a song.

“This was a wake-up call for people to unite and work together to make sure everyone has an opportunity to have a house, a job, and enjoy safe living,” Sister Theresa says.

While admitting he doesn’t know what that solution looks like, the mayor says he’s open to exploring ideas.

“You have to start somewhere, and grow the goodness out from there.”

Keith, homeless for nine years, is now a regular volunteer at Daybreak Macon.

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Kudzu Seafood on Third Street has THE BEST comfort food around! Serving up creole favorites and new southern creations, give the Lobster Grilled Cheese or Lobster Quesadilla a try! 470 Third Street

The Cox Capitol Theatre, 7-11 p.m. The best way to watch the game... on a 50 foot wide screen. Full bar, hot wings, and we will also be collecting canned goods to help the less fortunate. Go Dawgs!

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Join us on Wednesday, January 17th for a four course tasting dinner with our dear friends at ASW Distillery in Atlanta! American Spirit Works is an Atlanta based distillery, with roots in Athens, and a focus on producing revolutionary whiskey and brandy. They believe that the art of distillation requires much more than just water, yeast, flame and grain (or, in the case of brandy, fruit); producing exceptional spirits requires patience, tenacity, and innovation. They believe that much remains uncharted in the craft of distilling spirits - new grain profiles, new distillation and aging techniques, new flavors, and ultimately, entirely new experiences for those who enjoy a dram. By constantly re-evaluating traditional methods, their hope is to contribute in some small way to the discoveries that await.

With each course, we will be serving one of ASW’s spirits neat, to give you the opportunity to appreciate the unadulterated beauty of their craft, as well as prepared in craft cocktail form, to highlight their versatile and food-friendly nature. Although our food pairing menu is still in the works, we will be releasing it in the next week, so stay tuned - and get your seats before they’re gone!

The Power of the Pomegranate

Pomegranate juice is a powerful superfood that has been traditionally used in middle eastern medicine for centuries.

The juice contains anti-inflammatory properties that may protect against cancer. In addition, pomegranates also decrease the body’s productions of estrogen which can reduce breast cancer risk. Pomegranates have blood pressure reducing properties and have been used in the Middle East to naturally prevent diabetes.

Harp & Bowl offers shots of pure pomegranate juice. We also offer a super food juice with , pomegranate, mineral water, turmeric and ginger! Amazing benefits, come by the Harp & Bowl for more details!

For more information call Harp & Bowl at (478) 747-7173 or visit us at 520 Mulberry Street, in historic downtown Macon.

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20’s Pub Boasting freshly prepared sandwiches, salads and dinner specials in a well-lit tavern-like setting. LD • BAR • $ 3076 Riverside AP’s Hidden Hideaway Making homecooked meals like your mamma used to make.Menu also features burgers, sandwiches, wings and more. LD • BAR $ 4274 Broadway. Open Thur at 2, Friday at 3, Sat at noon and Sunday at 11.

Outdoor seating available. 781-5656 Bearfoot Tavern The new Bearfoot Tavern is a gastropub featuring an English pub-style atmosphere, 50 beers on tap and bar food at its finest with all soups and breads made inhouse. Large beer garden with outdoor stage!

LD • BAR • $ 468 Second Street. Open 7 days a week at 11 a.m. Special brunch menu Saturday & Sunday. 478-305-7703 Locos Grill & Pub Casual, kid-friendly, family dining. We’re talking great food, sports on the big screens and a full bar. Fantastic weekly specials and live music on the weekends. Delivery and catering also available. LD BAR • $ 2440 Riverside Drive.

NuWay Weiners An iconic Macon restaurant featuring the famous red hot dog. In 1916, Greek American James Mallis opened a hot dog stand in Macon named “Nu-Way Weiners.”Established the same year as Nathan’s Famous hot dog stand in New York City, Nu-Way is one of the oldest hot dog restaurants in the United States. The New York Times declared Nu-Way to be the “king” of the slaw dog “hill”.

Nu-Way also serves other breakfast and lunch items, including pancakes, grits, sandwiches, and hamburgers. BLD $ Over ten locations throughout Central Georgia The Rookery There isn’t a place downtown that has been serving us longer. Two time winner of Best Burger in Macon in the Readers

Wild Wing Cafe Newly opened franchise at the Shoppes at River Crossing, fantastic wings in over 30 flavors, over 20 brews on tap, great salads and one of the few dining options in North Macon that offers live music on the weekends. LD • BAR $-$$, 477.WILD

Greek Corner Deli and Greek Corner Pizza The downtown location serves up Greek specialties like gyros and pastichio, Boar’s Head subs, greek lasagna and happy hour specials.

Greek Corner Pizza on Forsyth Road offers a large dine-in area, speciality pizzas, greek seasoned fries along with their specialty menu items. They also deliver! Don’t forget dessert when ordering, with several decadent options all made in-house. LD • BAR • $-$$

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Ocmulgee Brewpub They curate the best brews, gourmet burgers, super food salads and hand cut fries in town, served by friendly & knowledgeable staff. Ocmulgee Brewpub selects only the finest grains, hops, yeast, and Macon water (best tasting in the country) to form their brews inspired by the river at the heart of Macon. LD $ 484 2nd Street

Ingleside Village Pizza IVP is probably the one place in Macon you HAVE to go if you are new here. According to the readers of the 11th Hour, and the Macon Telegraph, it’s the best Pizza in Macon. Homemade dough, loaded with toppings, it just doesn’t get any better.

And the atmosphere is as cool as they come.

Friendly, and lively, and filled with all kinds of great people, IVP is a one of a kind Macon experience. LD • BAR $ 2396 Ingleside.

Choice Awards. Sandwiches, fresh salads and house specialties. LD BAR $-$$ 543 Cherry Street, 746-8658

Piedmont Brewery & Kitchen Brewpub offering handcrafted beer, honest food and a family friendly urban arcade! An eclectic menu features fish ‘n chips, Bánh mì sandwiches and mouth-watering brisket. Open 11am-10pm.

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BBQ Fincher’s - You haven’t had delicious southern barbecue until you’ve had us. For over 75 years, we’ve been teasing taste buds with our pit-cooked pork, sandwiches, and more. Voted “Best BBQ” by readers of the 11th Hour for six years in a row, their BBQ even made a trip to the moon on the 1969 space mission. Four locations in Macon and Warner Robins. Family owned and operated!

Ethnic Cuisine Ghengis Grill A new build-your-own stir-fry restaurant just off Bass Road. There’s only one person in charge at Genghis Grill: You. Seize control and build your own bowl from over 80 delicious, fresh ingredients, then sit back and watch as our Grill Masters cook up your creation in a blaze of perfection. Also featuring a full bar with signature cocktails. LD • BAR • Open 11am - 10 p.m. Monday thru Sunday.

Sauced at Mercer Village Serving pizza, calzones, sammies and fresh salads, Sauced makes all their dough, specialty sauce and breads in-house. Delivery available within the College Hill Corridor. (478) 743-4113.

Just Tap’d - Yes, they specialize in over 75 craft beers on tap, but the downtown venue has also added some tasty artisan, pub-style food.

Featuring Neapolitan pizza, authentic bavarian brats, fresh made pretzels and more! Indoor and outddoor seating. 488 First Street. MonThur 2-10, Friday & Sat 12-11:30, Sunday 1-8.

LUNCH SPOTS Harp & Bowl Le Bistro From quinoa bowls to acai bowls, hormone free sandwiches and fresh seasonal salads. Featuring a massive fresh juice bar; Kefirs, young green coconuts, salads, soups, smoothies, teas, desserts, fresh fruit, homemade pies, American pound cake, creams, and homemade sauces. We also offer nutrient-dense vitamins, mineral supplements from Body Ecology. BL Open Mon-Fri 8am2:30pm. 520 Mulberry St Grow is Macon’s only farm-to-table lunch restaurant, specializing in local meats and pro-

duce. Healthy food with Southern flair. Open Mon-Sat 11-3pm. Check out the facebook page for this week’s menu. Reservations accepted.

(478) 743-4663 Kudzu Seafood Co. Newly opened on Third Street by veteran caterer Lee Clack, Kudzu features seafood and breads flown in direct from the Big Easy. With New Orleans flair, their menu features po’boys, jambalaya, cajun fish tacos, fresh salads and their own blue cheese slaw. ID Monday - Saturday 11am - 3 pm, Dinner Friday & Saturday • $ • 470 Third Street.

SPECIALTY The El Camino A small taqueria and tequila bar located next to the Cox Capitol Theatre.

Featuring gourmet tacos, fresh salads and specialty tortas. Full bar. LD $-$$. Open until 10 p.m. 382 Second Street.

The Backburner Under new ownership with a new chef, this longtime Macon favorite has a refreshed menu featuring gourmet entrees including duck, sea bass, New York strip, lamb, oysters and more. Elegant dining experience on Ingeside. LD • $$-$$$ (478) 746-3336 The Downtown Grill Slightly upscale dining serving specialties like Andouille- crusted rainbow trout, cranberry and goat cheese stuffed filets and desserts to die for. Also features an extensive wine list and it’s own humidor. Free valet parking. D • BAR • $$-$$$ 562 Mulberry Street, 742.5999 Dovetail Featuring farm-to-table cuisine and a fully stocked bar of premier bourbons measured by “the finger.” Southern crafted small plates and inspired entrees in a cozy, lodge-like atmosphere. Located above the Rookery, they do accept reservations. ID • BAR • $$-$$$ 543 Cherry Street, 238.4693. Tuesdays-Thursdays; 5:30-11 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays Edgar’s Bistro City-chic and a foodie’s dream!

Edgar’s Bistro presents a dining experience that nourishes the body and soul. Open for lunch Monday thru Friday, Edgar’s serves as a hands-on training facility for the culinary students at Helms College’s Polly Long Denton School of Hospitality. To view the quarterly menu visit Edgarshospitality.com/menu.

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MACON RESOLUTIONS

If you are reading this, you are most likely a resident of the city of Macon—that, or you are extremely lost. Either way, welcome to Macon, and to 2018, for that matter.

What you hold in your hands, or behold before you on a screen, is the 11th Hour, Macon’s only arts and entertainment publication.

This particular piece of the publication’s pie—apparently, I’m still hung up on the holidays—is the Local Tourist column. It is here to give you a taste of what Macon is all about. The 11th Hour keeps you in the know, always informing you about what is happening next. Local Tourist offers insights into some of these events, letting you know what you can expect. In short, we are here to set you up for success. Why? Because we wholeheartedly want you to love living in Macon as much as we do.

If loving Macon has not been your “thing” in past years, there is no time like the present to change your point of view. Speaking of change, Macon is moving forward, becoming busier and brighter with each passing year. You too can become a busier,

brighter you. In fact, as your self-appointed Local Tourist, I firmly believe that some of your personal goals can be accomplished locally, by putting yourself out there and saying, “Hey, Macon! I’m here too. Believe in me, and I’ll believe in you.”

Perhaps one of your goals for 2018 is to spend more time outside. If it’s not, it should be, because Macon has some great outdoor spaces for you to take advantage of. You can’t throw a perfectly plaid picnic blanket in Macon without it landing in a park.

There is Washington Park, Amerson River Park, and Tatnall Square Park, just to name a few. Not only are these great areas for everyday adventures, but they are also home to some of Macon’s finest events throughout the year. Go ahead and add Second Sunday and Ocmulgee Indian Celebration to your Macon To-Do List. For me, 2018 will be the year I conquer the concrete slide on Coleman Hill.

If it is community involvement you want, there are several ways in which you can show up for your fellow citizens. You can cheer them on as they race down Magnolia Street during the annual Soapbox Derby. You can pay for pink pancakes at one of

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the many Cherry Blossom Festival events.

There are plenty of opportunities every weekend to support local artists, musicians, and thespians. Swing by the Macon Arts Alliance and purchase an original art piece, or pick up tickets at Cox Capitol Theatre for what will most likely be a sold out show.

Maybe you are more interested in creating art rather than just observing it. If it is a new skill you want, sign up for cooking classes at Travis Jean. There is nothing more satisfying than art you can eat. Although, I also like the idea of making art while you drink. Grab a bottle of your favorite wine and go to The 567 Center for Renewal for a Corks & Canvas event. I am already scheming up a private pottery class at Macon Clay with a few good friends.

In the spirit of trying something new, there are also a lot of great under-the-radar-restaurants here in Macon to try. Pho Saigon on Riverside Drive could not be more inconspicuous on the outside, but there is nothing unremarkable about the food prepared inside. Papouli’s Mediterranean Cafe and Market on Tom Hill Senior Boulevard also appears underwhelming at first sight, wedged between chain establish-

ments on either side. However, it is hands down my favorite Greek restaurant in Macon. (Insider’s tip: make sure you get feta dip with your curly fries!) This year my taste buds are telling me it is time to immerse them in Caribbean food. A trip to Tropical Flava on Ingleside Avenue is long overdue.

Let’s not stop there, though! We can make a whole night out of trying something new by ending the night at Reboot Retrocade & Bar or the Situation Room.

It is also possible that none of these things interest you at all. Last year was long and exhausting, full of the usual ups and downs, and it is completely understandable if you want to take some time to relax. To that I say, do the damn thing! Book a massage at Kay-Lynn Massage & Bodywork Studio.

Have a few beers at Just Tap’d. Show up for free yoga in the park with nothing but you, yourself, and your yoga mat. Your Macon Resolutions do not have to look anything at all like mine. You do not actually have to have any Macon Resolutions at all. But if you are reading this, I suspect that you do want to make the most out of the new year, and that you do actually want to like living in the city you call home—that, or you are still lost.

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THE SCENE Q&A | BY AARON IRONS

Zephaniah Ohora & The 18 Wheelers will performing live on the Creek Stage at the Rookery January 19th.

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ZEPHANIAH OHORA Skinny Dennis Sanchez stood 6’ll and on a good day hardly tipped the scale at 135 1bs. He had Marfan Syndrome-- a genetic disorder of the body’s connective tissue that manifested in elongated extremities and wore out organs. Sanchez was a fixture on the Los Angeles country music scene of the early 1970s. Guy Clark immortalized him in his song, “LA Freeway.” Skinny Dennis died on stage while holding his famous upright bass. He was 28, and legends have been born of much, much less.

In 2013, Sal Fristensky and Bill Mack decided to open a honky tonk in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn New York. The goal was that cheap drinks and good music would keep the bar full, and as of this writing, Skinny Dennis on Metropolitan Avenue is thriving. It’s an atmosphere cultivated around a deep appreciation for country music, and it’s more than just an echo of the dive bar your granddady might’ve known in another age. It’s an attitude you can strap on when you come through the door and hang up on your way out-- or not. On any given night you can see and hear Zephaniah Ohora.

Zephaniah Ohora came to New York and found country music. Strange but true. He became enamored of the pedal steel. He discovered the truck driving anthems of Dave Dudley and Red Simpson. Merle Haggard became his spirit guide. Zephaniah met Jim Campilongo-- a 24 JANUARY 5 - 19, 2018

long-time honky-tonker and telecaster troubadour. From the twang and tales of trucks, trains, heartache, whiskey, women, and woe came the 18 Wheelers-- a 21st Century hillbilly outfit matching Bakersfield jangle with the slickest of countrypolitan style.

Zephaniah Ohora & The 18 Wheelers released the full length album This Highway in June of 2017. The songs are thoughtful and streamlined, the instrumentation deliberate and smooth.

It’s elegant and rich, but it’s also funny-- who would’ve considered such an unapologetic country music record devoid of irony to come out of New York City? With the exception of one song, Zephaniah wrote or co-wrote every track on the album. The anomaly is Carson Parks’ “Somethin’ Stupid,” a song that went to #1 for Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy in 1967.

If your idea of country music is the “outlaw” stereotype or the auto-tuned branding and cliches clogging up the mainstream-- This Highway ain’t gonna do it for you. Truly, it’s amazing the number of songs on Top 40 country music radio that claim the attributes of what it means to be “country” while failing to live up to the simplest standard associated with the form-- a good song. Zephania Ohora and the 18 Wheelers wrote and recorded 10 good country songs. Legends have been born from much, much less.

THE INTERVIEW What kind of music was playing in the kitchen when you was growin’ up? I grew up on a lot of... Sort of religious Christian music. That was kind of the household I grew up in. So, a lot of gospel music you know? And more Christian church-based music-- and then I suppose like a lot of 1940s era-- like Sinatra and music from that era... Sort of the World War II generation, and I grew up watching a lot of old movies. We didn’t have like “tv,” we didn’t have cable. We’d always get stuff from the libraries. So, a lot of that type music was around-- like more music from films from the 40s, and even the 30s, and musicals and things like that. That’s primarily the main stuff I grew up around.

Well, what was the impetus? What was the first thing that grabbed a hold of you, and you thought, “I might kinda like to do this?”

As far as playing music? Ah, man-- well maybe a guitar player named Grant Green. He’s a jazz guitar player. My brother sent me some tapes from California. My older brother used to send me a lot of different jazz tapes and stuff that he was getting into. So, that got me really excited about guitar, and of course, Jimi Hendrix obviously. I kind of first got my first electric guitar around the time that I was startin’ to listen to a lot of Grant Green, the Allman Brothers, and even like Otis Redding... Like that kind of stuff from that era-- 60’s. I suppose that’s the first-- and obviously I was into the Beatles. Everyone was into the Beatles when they were a kid, and then I finally understood it when I got into my late teens early twenties. I really got obsessively into the Beatles, but...

So, I guess before that it was really just stuff like Grant Green, and Hendrix, and the Allman Brothers I listened4to in my dad’s car.

When did you get hooked on country music?

You know? I’ve been trying to figure that out! I don’t know really where...

I mean-- I didn’t grow up around it really. That’s for sure. I suppose... Bob Dylan Hard Rain live album which came out in-- seems like 1978 if I’m not mistaken. Someone that I was dating, an ex-girlfriend of mine was really into that record, and the first time I ever heard it, I was like, “Wow, this is Bob?” My friend had tried to get me into Bob with Blonde on Blonde, and I was kind of like, “Eh.” I was listening to a lot of the Velvet Underground, and like Lou Reed stuff, and actually T. Rex and things like that. So, Dylan-- I was kinda like. “Eh,” and then my girlfriend at the time played the Bob Dylan Hard Rain live album, and I just fell in love with that record, and that really got me into Dylan from that point on. And that was the first time, I think, that I really heard pedal steel on a recording-- there’s actually some pedal steel on that live show... And I thought it was guitar, but come to find out it was pedal steel.

Which is a unique instrument and a unique sound for sure.

Oh, for sure! Yeah, and then Neil Young Harvest-like, that’s kind of another one where I started to hear some pedal steel on recordings, and I was like, “Man, that guitar is amazing! What is it that?” Once again it was pedal steel. That’s like...

I feel kind of my entry point into the country & western thing. Plus, I was so into 60’s psychedelic music at the time as well. Naturally, all those bands, including the Dead and all those guys kind of... Like as the 60s came to a close, or just towards the end of the 60s they got into American roots-- dressing up like cowboys...

Yeah! Let’s talk about that a second. Out there in that Haight- Ashbury... Very, very-- like you say, “psychedelic cowboys.” Sir Douglas Quintet, Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage-- I mean they were all kinda pickin’ up this-- this what you might call honky tonk sound, but puttin’ that... that love twist on it.

Right, totally. It’s interesting that was happening at the same time too. I mean, you kind of think Merle Haggard happening in a different time period-- but it was happening at the same time as that whole hippie movement thing. So, it’s an interesting juxtaposition and also interesting that they all started to play that music as if they were admiring Hank Williams or something, but it was from their time. That’s all an interesting thing when you think about it.

Well, let’s talk about This Highway, let’s talk about the record a little bit. When you recorded it, how much did ya’ll do live?

We did a good amount of it live. And then... Well, we basically had Jim Campilongo on guitar, my friend John Shannon playing Nashville-strung acoustic guitar, we had a piano live, bass drums and John Graboff played pedal steel live, and then Luca Benedetti, who also produced it-- he played guitar on a few songs. So, he would also play live with us. We went went back an overdubbed some guitar parts and a little bit of steel parts, but a lot of that stuff was pretty-- like, live on the spot. We didn’t really edit too much steel...

Which was great. And then later on we added fiddles. I had my friends Alex and Mike come into to do fiddles... And some of the vocal takes on some of the recordings I did live, and some of them I went back back and re-recorded separately.

I want to talk about two tracks in particular from the record. The first one, “Songs My Mama Sang.” Now, that one-- it sounded like something I’ve been listening to my whole life. It was familiar, yet it had a fresh twist on it, I think. It was compelling. Talk about that one a little bit.

ZO: Well, actually I wrote that one a couple-- a good couple years before I started playing with any of these guys, but I had it as kind of a bluegrass type of song cause I was really into the Stanley Brothers, and the Delmore Brothers-like, all the “brothers” bands that got me into more bluegrass as well. You know, like country blues, early country...

Was Gram Parsons a jumpin’ off point for a lot of those groups? I know you’re a fan of Gram, and he was... You know, of course, a lot of those guys had big influences on him... Stanly Brothers, the Louvin Brothers in particular, we will of course discuss Merle Haggard-- but when you were kinda gettin’ into that-- was that sort of like a jumping off point?

Oh yeah! When I discovered the Byrds Sweethearts of the Rodeo a few months before I moved to New York-- which is a little over ten years ago now, and that was like, “Whoa, what is this? This is crazy!” And I discovered Gram through test.

From there I was really into Gram for a good couple years and then I kind of grew out of it a little bit I should say-- maybe that’s the wrong thing to say about it. I kind of felt like it got to me a certain amount and then I really wanted a chance to go and listen to the people that he was listening to that were kinda the real thing? Even though Gram was an amazing songwriter, but...

He was an interpreter to a degree, and you wanted to go back and hear the language.

Right. So, “Songs My Mama Sang” kind of started out as a bluegrass song, and I didn’t really have it finished. Then a couple years later, I just-- I don’t know? I had thought of the song and then I decided to put it more into like a Merle kind of feel. And then I actually... I don’t know if I subconsciously-- it was really intentional... There’s a line in there, “a song my mama sang,” that was kind of line from “Sing Me Back Home.” But it kind of just worked out... I don’t know-- cause at the time, when I originally wrote it I wasn’t actually too familiar with a lot of Merle stuff. I knew “Sing Me Back Home” and couple songs like that. So, it probably subconsciously got in there.

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I don’t have the money to get my way into that world. I’m not connected in that way, and obviously I don’t write music that fits into that format or like what the format is now. So, I wouldn’t say... I don’t even really think about all those pop country... To me, it’s like a whole ‘nother... I don’t know.

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The Orange Constant, a classic rock jam band from Athens will be taking the stage at The Hummingbird Stage and Taproom January 13. I spoke with The Orange Constant about their lyric writing, what they do on their off time, and why their eclectic sound has gained such a wide following.

Give me some history about your band.

Andrew Brantley, Nickalous Benson, and I founded the Orange Constant in 2012 after meeting at Georgia Southern in a music fundamentals course. Our goal was mainly just to get out and tour the Southeast with original music and good cover songs. We started out with Nickalous and myself on guitar and vocals, Kyle Russell on bass and Lee Guentert on drums. Will Goggans soon replaced Kyle on bass, and we toured and recorded with that lineup. Since then, Tyler Walker took over on bass, and Sam Groveman is now on drums.

We also added Chris Freiberg on keyboards.

The early days of The Orange Constant leaned more towards alternative rock, and after the lineup changes, we have evolved into more of a vintage/jam rock sound.

The Orange Constant has quite an eclectic mix of genres and sounds. Was this something you were going for when the band started? Why do you think this mix works so well for the personality of your band?

Since the beginning, we have indeed aimed to be diverse and to capture a lot of genres due to varied tastes and playing/writing styles. We feel that it’s been great for us in helping to appeal to a wide audience. It works well because we play to our individual strengths while also keeping a dynamic sound.

What has been one of your most memorable live performances?

We recently performed on a float at the Athens, GA Parade of Lights which is quite memorable. It was freezing and we had to all pack onto

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the back of a military vehicle and somehow set up our equipment using a generator. Sure enough though, the streets were flooded with spectators and we had a hilarious time jamming while attempting to keep our balance on this moving vehicle.

What band do you think has influenced you the most in the musical preferences you have today?

It really is difficult to pick just one band that has influenced us the most when it comes to musical preferences. We really look up to bands like Phish and Widespread Panic. They have such a huge, devoted following, and mesh great songwriting with live improvisation. We love their models and the styles that they overlap.

Aside from playing in a band, do you guys have any other hobbies or activities you enjoy doing together?

With a few camping festivals under our belt, I think it’s safe to say that we’ve enjoyed going camping together! Although as much time as we spend with each other touring, writing, and rehearsing, we spend most of our hobby/activity lives at a healthy distance.

Since starting TOC what do you think has been your most eye opening experience as a musician?

It’s really hard to pinpoint one specific eye opening experience since starting the band, because it truly is a culmination of years of trial and error. I’d say that the whole experience has been eye opening and the process continues to humble me. I’ve learned mostly that healthy, calm communication is absolutely imperative as with any aspect of life.

What can we expect at your upcoming show?

Our live performances are implementing more and more stream of consciousness transitions, and are tighter than ever!

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RECKLESS SOUL

5-piece traveling band playing Country, Southern Rock, & Blues from Dublin.

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HUGH, CHRIS & LEWIS

From Broadcast 90- stripped down set of your favorite ‘90’s covers.

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In 1995, international blues sensation “Big Mike and the Booty Papas” began grooving their way into the hearts of audiences the world over. Based in Macon, Georgia, an area rich in musical heritage, Big Mike and the Booty Papas breathe new life into the genre. A twotime Grammy nominated group, with loyal fans who will tell you that it only takes one night with Big Mike and the Booty Papas and you’ll be feelin’ just right. These cats are all about having fun, makin’ you move your feet, a lot of laughin’ and a whole lot of lovin’. Big Mike has played with Bob Dylan, Gregg Allman, and just about every big name in & around the area

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JASON WESLEY

A hockey player, a horse runner, a bareback bronc rider-- but for Jason Wesley all those lives were just fuel for his music. Jason describes his sound as very rugged, strong and to the point.

“Kinda like early Montgomery Gentry with some Waylon, Hank Jr. and Chris LeDoux thrown in for good measure.”

The Head- Rock n’ roll trio from Atlanta, GA. Jangle-pop with an ‘80s feel.

Hindsight- Alternative rock from Macon, GA-- be sure to pick up a copy of Hindsight’s excellent debut full length album, Out of Touch!

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JUSTIN DUKES

2015 GA Music Awards Country Male Artist of the Year from Vidalia.He has opened for artist such as Vince Gill, Charlie Daniels, Justin Moore, Big & Rich, A Thousand Horses, Montgomery Gentry, Craig Campbell, John Michael Montgomery, Shenandoah, David Nail and Joshua Scott Jones.

SATURDAY 6th AP’S HIDEAWAY 8 p.m. Never a cover

THE SKEETERZ

Central Georgia band with incredible originals and a fresh mix of favorites from country to hard rock!

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SOUTHERN OUTLAWS

Country and Southern Rock.

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ERIC GALES

Displaying an almost unrivaled virtuosity, Memphis-bred Eric Gale has drawn comparisons to Jimi Hendrix with his left-handed guitar playing.

Modern blues master from Memphis considered to be one of the best (if not the best) guitar players working today.

He’s that natural breed of guitarist who can pick up anything and sound good playing it. Born with an innate sense of musicality and soul, his playing has always been miles beyond mere mechanics and licks. Witness the excellence firsthand!

With a sound like no other, The Ryan West Band has been playing numerous venues for the past seven years stretching from Florida, to Alabama, throughout Georgia to South Carolina.

In 2013 RWB won the Texaco Country Showdown for the state of Georgia.

The band has performed in the Georgia Throwdown beside acts such as Big n Rich, Randy Houser, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Easton Corbin, David Lee Murphy and many more.

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AFTER FUNK WITH URBAN SOIL

After Funk- A powerful Toronto based collective with a unique funk sound and infectiously fun performances.

Urban Soil- Urban Soil is a collaborative creative effort, sprouting from the streets of downtown Raleigh.

This collective is focused on creating the best possible original music. The combination of all out, electrified, jam band inspired musical explorations and the more Americana, acoustic flavors makes Urban Soil truly unique.

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VELVET RUNWAY Atlanta’s premier cover band, playing classics from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s.

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BIG MIKE ON THE PATIO

Local Blues Legend Big Mike will be strumming every Sunday afternoon at Macon’s best kept secret.

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Alabama Americana Rock n’ roll via East Nashville.

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THE WAR & TREATY

The name itself represents the pull between trauma and tranquility, music inspired by darkness and despair that ultimately finds a higher spiritual purpose. Powerful soul from Maryland based husband and wife duo-- their first show in Macon sold out! Get your tickets ASAP!

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DRIVIN ‘N CRYIN’ WITH CALEB CAUDLE

Legendary hard rock/Southern rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. Celebrating their 32nd Anniversary together, Atlanta-based folk rock act, Drivin N Cryin, have spent most of 2017 on tour. In October 1985 Drivin N Cryin played their first show at Atlanta’s famed 688 Club. The band quickly gained attention for its blistering live shows and amassed a rabid fanbase in the fertile soil of the late-1980s Southeast music scene. Now, 32 years later and releasing four full length albums on Island Records and one on Geffen Records founding members Kevn Kinney and Tim Nielsen find themselves enjoying a milestone anniversary for the band, having survived the pressures of fame, a shifting musical landscape, multiple lineup changes, and miles of backroads and highways to arrive here.

Caleb Caudle- North Carolina singer/songwriter raised on rock n’ roll and Southern hospitality. In 2012, Caleb decided to quit his day job and focus solely on music -- five years and four albums later, Caudle is gaining the traction he deserves. He was recently dubbed “the musical equivalent of high-proof bourbon – rich in flavor, with a subtle, satisfying bite,” by Rolling Stone editors for their list of “10 New Country Artists You Need To Know”.

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JOSH JOHANNSON

Soulful solo artists from Savannah, GA and former contestant on Season XV of American Idol.

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BIG DADDY & CO.

Local musicans lead by Band Leader Paul Carreker “aka” Big Daddy. Playing all your favorites!

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Waylon Jennings and Garth Brooks. He has opened for American Idol Runner-Up Bo Bice, A-List Country Artist Craig Campbell and Many Others! He was nominated for 2013 Georgia-Country Semi-Finals for Male Artist of the Year.

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THE SKEETERZ

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Karaoke w/ Chris from 8pm-Midnight! Have a blast singing with old friends and new!

The Skeeterz are back at AP’s! Come along and enjoy some great music in one of the best venues in Central Georgia! As always, never a cover!

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FREELANCE RUCKUS

Southern alternative Americana rock with unique and powerful lead guitar, a solid rhythm section, and vocal harmonies that emphasize a singer/ songwriter style.

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MURPHY ELMORE

Country singer/songwriter from Oak Grove, AL.

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HOWL & FOOLIGANS

HOWL is a raw 2-piece rock n’ roll from Macon, GA featuring Chris Nylund and Denny Hanson. Made to move you, played with maximum effort!

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PHIL PALMA

From his days with the Lifters to the miles logged as a roadie for the Allman Brothers Band, Phil Palma has had the view from the stage for 40 years. Phil’s ability behind the guitar is always in demand, but it’ll be a special treat when he takes the stage at the Society Garden. Come share the music with the legendary Phil Palma! Show up wearing your Palmaranian Fan Club satin jacket and receive one free photo op!

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TREY TEEM & DREW PARKER

Trey is a native Georgia boy raised on the poetry of southern rock, traditional country and Macon soul.

Drew Parker grew up listening to artist like Merle Haggard, Travis Tritt, Alan Jackson, Willie Nelson,

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SWAIN & THE HIGHWAY SOULS

Swain and the Highway Souls (SATHS) is a rising group from the hills that brought you musicians such as Otis Redding, The Allman Brothers Band, Little Richard, and many others. With a style that has been described as a unique blend of soul, funk, R&B, rock, and blues, many are finding SATHS to be a new and refreshing sound, yet steeped in a bit of nostalgia.

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AUSTIN BURKE

Think Sam Hunt meets Justin Bieber and what you have is country’s newest sensation--Austin Burke.

From Phoenix, Arizona to the heart of Music City, Burke is making waves in the country music world.

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THE ORANGE CONSTANT

The Orange Constant formed in 2012 in Statesboro, Ga. and quickly made a name for itself across the American southeast. Now residing in Athens, Ga., the group continues to grow a loyal fan-base that craves its eclectic and vintage rock sound.

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WES & RONNIE

Wes Robinson started out with Young Country (Jason Aldean, Justin Weaver, Matt Pippin, Sean Mettler, Micheal Benefield) and continues to perform with his particular brand of country music and southern soul. Ronnie Pittman, a Georgia boy and a veteran of the Atlanta and Nashville music scenes, plays a “home grown” brand of music that infuses modern rock and R&B flavors with the nostalgia of old country’s “good ole days.” He has more than paid his dues and earned the respect of country music’s top artists and players.

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Washington Phillips preached. He plowed the Lord's earth in Texas as the 20th Century dawned, lifted his voice to sing of unity-- one people under God. Wash attended numerous churches in the area of Teague, TX and even took to the streets to foster his own congregation. Jack-leg preacher. He wrote gospel songs that resonated more like blues. Wash also had a peculiar instrument. He called it a manzarene, and it looked to be the odd mating of two autoharps. In fact, historians claim that the manzarene was actually one part celestophone (a kind of zither) and another part phonoharp.

Washington Phillips made the instruments one and strum/plucked the strings with both hands.

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Aaron Livingston's father preached. His mother taught and the family traveled. Aaron began in Los Angeles, crossed America. New York then finally Philadelphia. Music made the days and nights-- hip hop, r&b, soul, rock & roll. Aaron hooked up with the Roots, made an appearance on 2011's Undun. He started writing and releasing his own music, collaborations, production. The river was all around him. Aaron dove as deep as he dared and came up Son Little.

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Son Little is a bit of everywhere, sounds like he could be from anywhere. That's what his first full-length album was-- songs and tracks written and recorded wherever he had the space and time. He embraced the opportunity to work with Mavis Staples and won a Grammy for his work on “See That My Grave is Kept Clean.” Son Little hit the road. He was a rhythm & blues man, but his songs couldn't be contained. He loved the landscapes of Stevie Wonder, the attitude of Prince, the primal ability of Jimi Hendrix-- supermen on the stage and in the studio.

2017 saw the release of New Magic, and this is what it is: It's the sound of the river, it's organic and earthy but clean, pure.

There's love and lust and all that good shit. The solid voodoo of “ASAP”, the salivant sexuality of “Bread & Butter.” There's fear in the music as Little wraps his fingers around the bottle and self medicates to George Harrison-esque riffs. New Magic moves and snaps like 1960's soul, but reaches into the back pocket to brandish an edge-- and occasionally it draws blood.

The manzarene would have worked on “Demon To The Dark.”

Son Little calls out to Washington Phillips from across the years. It's a rage and a thunder that wants to explain, needs an answer of forgiveness.

New Magic is hot with production-- possibly it's one flaw; however, the strength of the songs keep it afloat. As Son Little, Aaron Livingston moves past hip-hop and rock n' roll.

It's not strictly soul, couldn't be. Like Wash Phillips' manzarene, he's has taken from the river. He's scrubbed the pieces raw, created a new alloy from the minerals. Son Little is a sonic alchemsist.

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