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In relations with the public, the University of Georgia is moving into the class of Chick-fil-A and Mitt Romney—not so much for what it says, but for what it does not say. The latest example is, of course, UGA’s proposed demolition of Legion Pool, which is eerily similar in treatment, most recently, to UGA’s demolition of Rutherford Hall and its closure of Hull Street. Here comes the announcement that the university has determined that a facility is obsolete and that it has been slated for demolition for years in the master plan. Surprised user groups spring up and try to mount opposition, but the university has no interest in what they say, because the fix is already in with the Board of Regents, and it is a done deal.

The university is in effect a giant corporation in our midst.

It operates at a remove from our local community, including our local government, except when cooperation is to the advantage of the university. That’s not surprising; any large corporation would have a tendency to be impatient with and uninterested in hearing input from people who are irrelevant to its operations and don’t understand them, anyway.

While it may be of little concern to the university, this unequal relationship should be cause for concern in our community, because the university impinges on us in so many ways and places, with a whole new front opened at the old Navy School, now the Health Sciences campus. The university is all over Is there downtown, all over the county, something in and its police are all over our streets, with the power to stop the university’s us and arrest us. The university is corporate culture the 800-pound gorilla in the room, and we’re the 90-pound weaklings. that views One would think that with all inclusion of the its public relations apparatus and that the university would community as a savvy want to be more accommodatweakness? ing, friendlier, to the town where it lives. Were they unaware that people would be adversely affected by their decision to demolish a popular in-town swimming pool? Or, knowing that the decision would be unpopular, did they just follow the usual policy of not engaging in a discussion about something they’ve already decided? Either way, it would seem to be just “good business” to invite public comment before the decision is made, and to take the opportunity to make its own case for why the landmark pool should be destroyed. Is there something in the university’s corporate culture that views inclusion of the community as a weakness?

I invite you to go to the university’s website, uga.edu, and look at the master plan (which still shows Legion Pool on the future map). You will not believe the meticulousness of the university’s planning, its accounting for present facilities and its projections for the future. These people are professionals at the design, management, upkeep and planning for vast and complex holdings. But since there will apparently be no public discussion with the university, many questions remain in the public mind. New pools are to be built at Lake Herrick, even though they’ve already demolished one student pool over that way for lack of use. The cost of the new pools will far outstrip what it would take to refurbish Legion. Why destroy an intown community asset, a historic 1935 WPA-built, Olympic-sized pool nestled among shade trees in the center of the campus, even if there’s a need for a smaller, university-only pool at the edge of campus? Why demolish Legion for green space when the adjacent green space in Legion Field is now kept locked at all times except when there’s a special event there? Why destroy the pool now for no purpose instead of waiting for the vision of the new university president who will soon replace Michael Adams?

Perhaps these questions could all be satisfactorily answered by the university. Perhaps, even, local citizens who love Legion Pool could inject ideas or at least feelings that the university hasn’t considered. There are so many elements to the discussion that will not get a hearing: historic preservation, stewardship of a community resource, cost-effectiveness, town and gown relations, etc.

Why won’t the university enter into an open, public discussion?

Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

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Trees go down, recycling bins go up, Wal-Mart plans more urban stores and Caterpillar does a little union-busting in Illinois.

Local Land Deals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Residents Question Plan to Turn Farmland Into Factories

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Here is how you can help save Legion Pool: + Email elizabeth.shirk@dnr.state.ga.us today

Tell her, “Don’t Allow UGA to destroy our historic community treasure.”

Her mailing address: Elizabeth Shirk Environmental Review Coordinator Historical Preservation Division Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources 254 Washington Street Atlanta, GA 30334-9007

+ Write letters to the Board of Regents

Tell them, “Don’t Allow UGA to destroy our historic community treasure.”

Go to www.usg.edu/regents/members for their names & mailing addresses

+ Sign the petition www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-legion-pool.html + Visit Friends of Legion Pool on Facebook! + Email the current UGA administration President Michael Adams: presuga@uga.edu Vice President for Finance Tim Burgess: timb@uga.edu

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fold under the dreaded “anti-business” label.

Let’s hope a reasonable compromise Hoard proposed to keep the policy mandatory but push back the implementation date holds up.

Timber!: Morris Communications, owner of the Athens Banner-Herald, is no longer owner of the building that houses what’s left of the daily newspaper. The company recently sold One Press Place to two brothers from Vienna, Austria, for $10 million—which Morris has devoted to paying off a portion of its crushing bond debt—and the new owners are making some changes before they start leasing the vast expanse of office space not occupied by the paper’s dwindling staff.

Those Austrian brothers clearly haven’t spent much time in Athens. Last week, crews ripped out a dozen trees from the plaza in front of the building. Real estate broker Ed Nichols, who is working with the new owners, said the previous owner let them grow so tall that no one could see the building from Thomas Street. The Austrians want people to see the building, rather than a forest, he said. The Dope thinks it’s probably the other way around.

Caterpillar Labor: The New York Times had a very interesting article July 23 about a labor dispute between Caterpillar and employees at its Joliet, Ill. plant. It starts: “When it comes to dealing with labor unions, Caterpillar has long taken a stance as tough as the bulldozers and backhoes that have burnished its global reputation. Be it two-tier wage scales or higher worker contributions for health insurance, the company has been a leader in devising new ways to cut labor costs, with other manufacturers often imitating its strategies. Now, in what has become a test case in American labor relations, Caterpillar is trying to pioneer new territory, seeking steep concessions from its workers even when business is booming.”

Reduce (maybe), Reuse (sometimes), Recycle (if you feel like it): The Athens-Clarke Commission will vote Tuesday on a mandatory recycling policy for businesses and multifamily developments.

The policy, several years in the making, In a town that loves its trees, the daily newspaper is cutting them down. would require businesses and apartment complexes to provide a place to throw things The construction equipment manufacturer away, other than the trash, so that apartment- is seeking a six-year wage freeze and a pendwellers don’t end up chucking their beer cans sion freeze for the plant’s 780 employees, and pizza boxes into a Dumpster bound for the who earn $12 to $26 per hour, depending on landfill. seniority, according to the Times. Caterpillar At the commission’s July 19 agenda-setting made a $4.9 billion profit last year, which meeting, Mike Power of Power Properties took works out to $39,000 per employee, or more issue with the mandatory nature of the policy. than the company plans to pay the average He said he would have to lay off employees to worker at its new Athens plant. cover the cost of complying and called fines Executives have said taxes and labor laws for disobeying the law just more taxes. like Illinois’ are why it’s looking to open “Voluntary compliance would be much more plants in the South, where Georgia’s right-tobusiness-friendly,” Power told commissioners. work laws will make it difficult, if not impos“We would happily voluntary recycle.” sible, to unionize the Athens plant. They have Which raises two questions: What good is a a point that, in a global economy, production law if no one has to follow it? And if you’re costs, including wages, must be globally comgoing to follow it anyway, what’s the problem? petitive. Still, with all the hoopla surrounding To appease Power’s complaints, Commissioner Caterpillar choosing Athens, the article makes Kathy Hoard suggested a bit of Orwellian one wonder whether the jobs will be much wordplay—simply renaming the policy. “I better than Walmart at all. don’t see why we have to call it mandatory,” she said. “It’s not using the word mandatory,” Speaking of Walmart: The Atlanta Business Commissioner Doug Lowry responded. “It’s the Chronicle reports that the retail giant is lookfact that we’re making it mandatory.” ing to come into a planned commercial develLandlords and property managers are opment near Lindbergh Center in Atlanta’s fighting the requirement, even though many upscale Buckhead neighborhood. It’s the secof their tenants want convenient recycling. ond urban location Walmart has proposed in The lack of recycling facilities at apartment Atlanta—the other is at a run-down strip mall complexes is the single biggest obstacle to in Decatur—in addition to the existing Howell reducing the waste we bury, so it’s essential to Mill Road store. So, while all’s quiet on the provide them if we want to avoid expanding Walmart front here in Athens, don’t think Selig the landfill again. This vote will be a litmus Enterprises’ Oconee Street project is dead yet. test for whether the mayor and commission stick by their professed progressive values or Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

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stakeholders and keep them informed on a local level.”

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Rain Falls, but the Drought Goes On

Issues concerning education and public schools often whip up taxpayers and parents into a furor, but mainly result in more soundbites than answers. A forum the day after Athens is still facing a drought, even though July brought almost daily thunderschool starts in Clarke County aims to address the issues in an open and informative way. storms, but the city’s water supply is in decent Matt Jones, a South Georgia high school shape if heavy rains don’t continue. teacher who founded the grassroots movement An above-average 5.3 inches of rain fell EmpowerED Georgia, will lead a question-andon Athens in July, closing the rain deficit for the year to less than eight inches. The North answer session from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 9 at the Melting Point. He says he hopes and Middle Oconee rivers are high enough that the forum will get parents talking about issues Athens-Clarke County can draw water from they have with education in Georgia and them, rather than its emergency supply, Bear calmly discussing them as a group. The family- Creek Reservoir. “Obviously, the further we can move into the summer, stay on the rivers, friendly event is free and open to anyone.

“We definitely want the parents to drive the better off we’ll be,” Athens-Clarke Public the conversation and the dialog, and that’s Utilities Director Gary Duck says. the purpose of the town hall format,” Jones Bear Creek’s level rose almost two feet says. last month as managers were able to pump The issue of funding is a big one, Jones in water, but it’s still more than a foot below says, as Georgia’s public schools face more full. “The rains came at a good time,” says than $1 billion in state Hill Baughman of Jacobs cuts this year. His orgaEngineering, the private “We’re trying to engage nization’s website, www. firm that operates the empoweredga.org, not all education stakeholders reservoir. Conservation only keeps a tally of the measures remain in cuts made in each school and keep them informed effect—Athens residents district, but also has can generally only water on a local level.” one day per week. The information on a variety full set of rules is at of issues facing parents, www.thinkatthesink.com. The restrictions are teachers, students, taxpayers and lawmakers.

The group’s campaigns include working on a saving about 10–15 percent of Athens’ water use compared to last year, Duck says. better teacher evaluation system, supportGeorgia’s drought is improving, according reform for high-stakes testing and, in general, working to create real solutions to ing to the National Weather Service, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture still classifies problems that often result in political battles Athens’ drought as “extreme,” the secondof will. The idea is to present everything in a straightforward way and strip out the rhetoric, worst category. Stream flows are below norJones says. From that collaboration of parents, mal, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and the soil is drier than usual, so rain tends teachers, students and others, ideally, comes solutions. to soak straight into the ground before runWhen he first started the website two years ning into rivers and streams. “I don’t think we’ve seen much in terms of runoff because ago, Jones says he was worried there wouldn’t the soil’s so dry,” says Pam Knox, a University be enough content to keep people coming of Georgia climatologist. “With temperatures back. “But really, we have the opposite probthis hot, almost all the rain evaporates.” lem,” he says. “We’ve really grown from that, and it’s a testament to the information that’s Blake Aued news@flagpole.com out there. We’re trying to engage all education

UGA Researcher Spots Melting Greenland Ice

blame it on climate change yet. But that could change if such events become more frequent.

“I don’t think you can attribute any single four days to climate change,” he says. “We have seen increasing melt that is related to If this keeps up, Greenland might actually turn green. For the first time in more than a warming in and around Greenland in the last 30 years… If we see this occurring again century, the misleadingly named island’s ice cap almost completely melted this month, every five years or 10 years instead of every 150 years, it would certainly tell us something according to a University of Georgia professor’s analysis of about the health of NASA satellite data. the ice sheet.”

“We have seen increasing melt If climate changes The research showed causes ice caps to that 97 percent of that is related to warming in melt, many scientists Greenland’s ice sheet and around Greenland in the believe it will cause surface thawed in July, the first time ocean levels to rise last 30 years.” that’s happened since several feet, potentially flooding coastal scientists began gathcities. Ocean levels aren’t rising as a result ering satellite data 30 years ago. Greenland’s of the Greenland thaw because melted ice at ice hasn’t melted this much since 1890.

Thomas Mote, the head of UGA’s geology high elevations is refreezing in place, Mote department, attributed the thaw to a comsays, but the runoff from lower-lying areas is causing floods, even knocking out bridges in bination of an unusually hot summer and a parts of Greenland. weather pattern that trapped warm air over Greenland. Although the area’s weather has Blake Aued news@flagpole.com gotten hotter, Mote says he’s not ready to

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The crash of 2007-08 that torpedoed the American economy has given us many hardluck stories to tell. We all have a friend or relative who had to give up their plans for early retirement or sell their house to raise money to pay medical bills. It’s no surprise that during this economic downturn we have also seen the early departure of several Legislators.

Rep. Vance Smith (R-Pine Mountain) resigned from the House in 2009 after 17 years as a lawmaker, where he had become chairman of the House transportation committee. Smith was named commissioner of the department of transportation, but that job only lasted two years.

Rep. Mike Coan (R-Lawrenceville), who ran a construction business and was also a committee chairman, left the Legislature in the summer of 2010 when Sonny Perdue appointed him administrator of the state’s Subsequent Injury Trust Fund.

Rep. Mark Williams (R-Jesup) quit the Georgia House in late 2010 when Perdue named him natural resources commissioner.

Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) rose to majority whip during his time in office, but he bailed out last year when Gov. Deal appointed him assistant state treasurer.

Sen. Jim Butterworth (R-Clarkesville), an airline pilot who flew for the Georgia Air National Guard, stepped down when Deal picked him as the state’s adjutant general.

Rep. James Mills (R-Gainesville), who served as banking committee chairman, became another legislative casualty when Deal named him to the state Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Rep. Tim Bearden (R-Villa Rica) left the House when Deal appointed him director of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center. Rep. Michael Harden (R-Toccoa) stepped down in May to accept a job with the Department of Community Affairs.

It is interesting that these appointments mostly involved legislators who described

themselves as conservatives. I heard several of these politicians proclaim that state government was getting too big, so the solution was to cut jobs and reduce government spending.

These small-government advocates left elective office to take high-paying jobs with state government. Their salaries are financed by the taxpayers, and their employment depends upon maintaining or even expanding the current level of government spending.

Another interesting development is the perception among voters of how business failures reflect upon a candidate’s fitness for public office. It used to be that if you had business problems, it would be used against you in a political campaign. That issue doesn’t seem to hurt candidates anymore. We saw this in 2010 when it was reported that Nathan Deal’s personal finances were so shaky he might have to file for bankruptcy. The voters elected him governor anyway. When Tom Graves ran for Congress that same year, it came out that he and state Sen. Chip Rogers had defaulted on a $2.2 million bank loan. Graves was still elected.

In 2011, when a special election was held for a Georgia House seat, one of the candidates was Chuck Williams of Oconee County. Williams was president of a local bank that went under, and one of his opponents raised the issue of the bank failure during the election campaign. Williams was elected anyway and has no opposition in his race this year.

I don’t bring up these incidents to make any moral judgments. The economic downturn has caused financial misery for almost everyone I know. It is just interesting to me how the hard times have changed the way people look upon those they elect to public office.

You could almost say that where Georgia politics is concerned, failure is not only an option, it’s an advantage.

Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com

Proposed Industrial Park Would Dwarf Caterpillar Residents Question Plan to Turn Farmland Into Factories

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Canadian company that buys huge tracts of land in rural areas and flips it to overseas investors wants to build a massive industrial park in Jackson County. Walton International—based in Calgary, Alberta, with a U.S. headquarters in Scottsdale, AZ—is planning an “innovation center” called GlenRidge Park on 814 wooded acres off U.S. Highway 129, about 10 miles northwest of downtown Athens and across the street from South Jackson Elementary School. The proposal set off alarm bells for Jefferson Road residents on both sides of the county line due both to the size of the development and Walton’s complicated business plan.

“They’re not looking at the best interests of the community,” says Athens-Clarke Commissioner Jared Bailey, whose district borders Jackson County. “It seems like a bad move for everybody involved except the company making money.”

Through marketing offices around the world, Walton pitches the land to investors as a part of Georgia’s “innovation crescent”—a fast-growing swath of land that includes Athens and metro Atlanta—and the South Piedmont mega-region stretching from Charlotte, NC to Birmingham, AL. CEO Bill Doherty told the website Biz Daily that the company invests in underdeveloped land near major metro areas, providing shareholders a 28 percent average annual return. “It’s an obvious future growth corridor,” Terrill says. Murphy puts it another way: “They buy cheap land out in the country. They work with local officials to get it rezoned for a higher use. Then they sell it in tiny slices to mom-and-pop investors overseas.”

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“It might create a housing boom on the outskirts of Clarke County, where we don’t have the services,” he says. For comparison, the new Caterpillar plant in Athens will be one million square feet on 250 acres, employing 1,400 people—a quarter the number who would work at GlenRidge Park.

The Northeast Georgia Regional Commission, a state planning agency, is studying the project and will make a recommendation later this month. Walton is seeking a rezoning from agricultural to industrial on part of the tract, which will go to the Jackson County planners, then the county commission for final approval. “I really don’t know much about it at all,” commission Chairman Hunter Bicknell said.

Walton wants to bring in retailers and light industry, says Tim Terrill, COO of its U.S. subsidiary. But if the rezoning is approved, Walton or someone else could build anything, says Jackson County resident Chuck Murphy. “Keep in mind, none of this is binding in any way,” he says. “When they walk away, whoever buys it can start all over again.”

GlenRidge Park isn’t Walton International’s first project in the area. It owns several big parcels of land between metro Atlanta and Athens, including a 335-acre, mixed-used development called Arcade Meadow, another near Winder and the oddly named Royal Rabbit community near Braselton. “They’ll be by far our largest landowner,” says Courtney Bernardi of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce.

into action again. Walton paid $12.4 million for the largest parcel in 2010, according to tax records, even though assessors valued it at just $1.3 million. Still, Walton stands to make a tidy profit. It has sold $10,000 shares in the Arcade Meadow development to about 1,500 investors, almost all Asians, for a total of $27.4 million, netting the company $16.9 million without laying a brick. Some of that money goes into a special fund for expenses like legal fees and taxes, Terrill says. The concept seems like a scam to critics—Biz Daily compared Walton to Profitable Plots, a similar company officials in Singapore were investigating for fraud.

Walton’s shareholders are Americans, Canadians, Asians and Europeans, Terrill says. Groups of investors often visit the land they’re thinking of buying, so they’re not buying it sight unseen, he says. When the market is right for development, Walton or another developer will buy out the shareholders. “We would like to [build the project ourselves], but we’ll wait to see how it plays out,” Terrill says.

Jackson County already has more than 3,000 acres of industrial land, mostly located along Interstate 85. That’s enough to last for decades, and adding more would tax infrastructure, compete unnecessarily with existing industrial parks and ruin the county’s rural character, land use consultant Jerry Weitz wrote in 2010. Murphy questions why developers don’t go into those vacant existing industrial parks. It’s because they’re not served by rail, Terrill says, and the GlenRidge Park property is.

“There is considerable space in those [existing] parks, but I haven’t made any judgements on whether we have adequate space or not,” Chairman Bicknell says.

Blake Aued

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Suck the Marrow out of Life

The Synthetic Mind

Big Time: A friend of mine recently asked me what, exactly, would be the critical mass for good fine-dining restaurants in Athens. In other words, how many places targeting the same market can this town afford to support? The chart doesn’t exactly show a steep increase, but their numbers do seem to have been increasing of late, whether due to the influence of Five & Ten (as talented people pass through its kitchen and go on to start their own eateries) or, more likely, the fact that being a chef now is as cool as being in an indie-rock band was a few years ago. This town now has slightly more than a handful of restaurants that can compete with the big boys over in Atlanta, and The Branded Butcher (225 N. Lumpkin St.) is one of them.

Chef Matt Palmerlee was previously responsible for the kitchen at Farm 255 and was involved Fiona Nolan

The Branded Butcher with the Four Coursemen for six years or so.

Despite his former veganism, the man knows his way around some charcuterie, and the items he’s offering here are a step up from what they were at Farm, focused on a more well rounded presentation than merely a plate of cured meats.

The main concerns I’ve heard so far about the new restaurant are that it’s too meatcentric and that it’s too expensive, both of which are not exactly true. Much of the menu isn’t particularly meaty, although some of it is, and if you avoid the $32 filet, you can dine well and happily for a totally reasonable sum. Little snacks top the menu, featuring pimento goat cheese, house-made pork rinds and salt-and-vinegar fried hominy, the latter a near-perfect bar munchie akin to the cancha (toasted corn) available at Peruvian restaurants. If Palmerlee’s cooking has a flaw, it may be that he relies on both salt and sour too much, using punchy flavors to do the heavy lifting, but it works. If you wish oysters, they are available, but they are not inexpensive, priced in a comparable range to the ones at Five & Ten. Better to spend your dime on the charcuterie, which includes guanciale (smoked pig jowl), pork belly confit, chicken liver

mousse, smoked trout rillettes (sort of a pâté in a jar, well executed if not as much fun as the porkier versions of the dish, but paired with a gorgeous jelly of dill and pickled radishes that brightens the palate and elevates the preparation) and an incredibly cute and well done Scotch egg. Essentially a hardboiled egg encased in ground sausage and deep fried, the presentation here is fantastic, with the egg halved and bedded on a celery root remoulade that mimics a nest; a whiskey gastrique adds a welcome note of reticent sweetness.

If you only get one thing at The Branded Butcher, get the grilled okra that comes with a side of whipped bone marrow. “Ew!” I hear you saying, at least those of you who don’t already love osso buco. Trust me. The combination of faintly bitter, slippery, browned vegetable with creamy, mayoesque, salty-sweet-umami dunking medium is wonderful, on par with the best dishes I have had in Athens, and it has the transcendence of the gross that equals some of the best culinary pleasures around. If you aim to eat lighter, the vegetable plate changes frequently, according to what’s in season. On my visit, it included more okra, with romesco; lacinato kale sauteed quickly with acid and plenty of salt; sliced beautiful tomatoes; and a buttery, delicate corn and squash empanada with a smoked tomato aioli so BBQ-reminiscent that I made the waiter confirm it was meat-free. At $12, it’s actually a bargain. The mussels have less of a wow factor, and the central shellfish in the dish may be the most underwhelming thing about it, but the broth they peek out of is increasingly impressive, holding chickpeas, olives, bits of orange and fennel and making you wish for a loaf of bread rather than the few pieces it arrives with. The cup provided for your empty shells is far too small and necessitates far too many visits by the staff to replace it with a clean one. Dessert is well intentioned and creative but is clearly the weakness on the menu. A homemade Moon-pie with graham cracker ice cream is a step up from the real thing but still not that exciting, and the ice cream has some crystallization.

The wine list is nice, with budget selections alongside pricier ones, and the service hits the sweet spot between too-cool-for-you and overly friendly. The menu is informative without obsessing over which farm supplied every ingredient, and the atmosphere is pleasantly laid back. There are surprises when the food comes out of the kitchen, but not bad ones.

No one will tell you about your chicken’s massage schedule or hover as you take your first bite. It’s open for dinner nightly, for Sunday brunch and from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday for oysters and cocktails. It has a full bar and takes credit cards.

What Up?: Peaches Fine Foods on Broad Street has closed. Stuffed Burger on the Eastside is now open.

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“ATHICA Emerges V: The Synthetic Mind,” complicated computer, and a lot of my work this summer’s installment of the gallery’s has to do with thinking about consciousness semi-annual exhibition of locally based emerg- in these terms,” she says. ing artists, seeks to explore the different By first processing photographs through ways in which people perceive and experience computer-editing programs to digitally maniptheir surroundings through filters of neuroulate their lighting, focus, grain and colors biological, sociological, cultural and artificial before painting them onto canvas, Bob Davis influences. Co-curators Emily Green Barrera, similarly creates abstracted images that alter Kathryn Clark, Natasha Day, Meredith Drury visual perception of reality. and Bess Gaby, under the guidance of Artistic Several of the participating artists’ works Director Emerita Lizzie Zucker Saltz, selected revolve around manmade technology and seven artists whose works compliment those how it challenges sensory interpretation and of featured artists Brian Hitselberger and communication. Featured artist Ben McKee’s Ben McKee. kinetic sculptures take on eerily lifelike Brian Hitselberger presents four portraits behaviors through their movements, hinting paired with celestial images on hardback at machinery’s struggle towards artificial intelbook covers in “Arguments for and Against ligence. In “Beneath the Surface,” thin metal Solitude,” equating the vastness of the galaxy hooks curve up out of a thick, black pool of with the privacy of friends. Each meticulously oil like hair growing from skin before arching drawn portrait never offers a clear view of the over and sinking back underneath their still face, emphasizing the act of contemplation. surface. While operating “Identity,” a 240-volt “Self Portrait In and Out of Sleep,” a giant electromagnet stamps down on a plate of oil, patchwork of splattered prints mimicking cosmic bodies, hosts two comparatively small and nearly identical selfportraits, one sleeping and one waking, further hinting at the subconscious mind’s important role in creative productivity.

He elaborates, “I have a theory that art can only ‘work’ if the ideas that are poured into its initial inception are drawn from a shared well of experience… it must in some way contain an idea that you yourself may have had or felt in some form at some point in your life.

[This concept] razes Dena Zilber’s drawings are on display at ATHICA through Sept. 9. to the ground the possibility that our backgrounds, ages, genders or class separate us manipulating its viscosity into a clump of and from each other in any substantive manner.” revealing the “lifeblood” of the machine.

Dena Zilber’s collection of imaginative, To create “Neural Network,” a four-monitor slightly peculiar pen-and-ink drawings spans video installation, C.D. Howe used an EEG the wall like a collage of memories, daydreams machine to record his brain waves during and personal vignettes. Playful, often whimsivarious activities and assigned each an RGBA cal images, like carousels, balloons, bicycles, a (Red, Green, Blue, Alpha) value. Corresponding and a pumpkin patch, are juxtaposed against color hue were then projected over water endearing sketches of herself and friends, mimicking the activity’s brain wave frequency. often playing music together. Beds, which Amid monochromatic, post-apocalyptic appear in several of the drawings, reinforce landscapes scattered with industrial monuthe overall dream-like quality of her work. ments, Thomas Sanders’ pylon-esque robots “Enter These Shallow Waters” by Justine display surprisingly human-like qualities. In Stevens is a series of tiny abstract landscapes “Fly Away Steven,” a robot with arms outon paper, all delicately detailed with combistretched towards a flying, bat-like creature, nations of ink, pencil, paint, beads, glitter, as if releasing an endeared pet into the wild. sequins and holograms. She explains, “Right Vivian Liddell experiments with roadside now, I’m very interested in ocean life, like landmarks in a series of enlarged, blurred coral communities and deep-water creatures. photographs of random traffic lights taken The ocean is such a huge part of our planet through car windows on rainy nights. The but is completely alien to us, which makes it a series succeeds in capturing the banality of pretty good analog for the unconscious. In my America’s modern “anyplace” landscape, as no work, I try to let the viewer have a glimpse identifiable landmarks can be discerned. into these other worlds that are sort of like Affiliated events include Syncretic Music real places, but mostly like ideas of places, or Night on Saturday, Aug. 4, at 9:30 p.m., and how they would look in dreams.” an evening with the Atlanta Poets Group on Elizabeth Kleene’s vibrant paintings Friday, Aug. 17, at 8 p.m. “Synthetic Mind” depict abstractions and fragmentations of will be on display through Sept. 9 during images, exploring the complexity of gatherregular gallery hours. ing sensory data. “Many people now think about the human brain as being a kind of very Jessica Smith

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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week.

• indicates new review THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG-13) Were The Amazing SpiderMan the first Spider-Man movie, critics and fans would hail it as spectacular.

Following Sam Raimi’s surprisingly poorly aged films, this fourth film is the unfortunate epitome of unnecessary.

Where Christopher Nolan did us an outstanding service reinterpreting the world of the Dark Knight, (500) Days of Summer’s Marc Webb and his trio of scripters rely on lazy, convenient plotting to rehash Spidey’s origins with a few cosmetically mysterious changes.

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG-13) No better Avengers counterprogramming could exist than this British dramedy starring Oscar winner Dame Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Oscar winner Maggie Smith and Oscar winner Tom Wilkinson and directed by Shakespeare in Love Oscar nominee John Madden. A bevy of Brits travel to the subcontinent to stay at the posh, newly renovated Marigold Hotel, but the adverts prove misleading.

Still, the hotel does begin to charm its English patrons. Based on the novel by Deborah Moggach.

BRAVE (PG) A good, not great, Pixar film, Brave strays into traditional Disney territory after a tremendously magical first act. Headstrong Scottish Princess Merida (wonderfully voiced by the lovely Kelly Macdonald) wants to choose her own destiny. She does not want to marry the first-born of one of the clans allied with her father, the Bear King, Fergus (v. Billy Connolly), but her mother, Queen Elinor (v. Emma Thompson), will hear none of her complaints. In typical stubborn teenage fashion, Merida short-sightedly asks a wood-carving witch (v. Julie Walters) for a spell to change her mother. The aftermath of the spell leads to some heartwarming and charming derring-do, but the sitcom-ish mix-up is a bit stock for what we’ve come to expect from the studio that gave us Wall-E and Up, two animated features that transcended their cartoonish origins.

Still, Brave is leaps and bounds more impressive than Cars 2 and would have fit nicely in the Disney Renaissance of the 1990s.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (PG-13) Fanboy expectations of all-time greatness aside, The Dark Knight Rises concludes filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy as satisfyingly as one can hope. Having taken the fall for the murder of Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight, Batman is no longer welcome in Gotham City, which is all right with shut-in Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), the eccentric billionaire who continues to mourn the death of his love, Rachel. (Interestingly, The Joker is never mentioned.) But a new evil, the muscle-and-respirator-clad Bane (Tom Hardy, finally doing the great Batbreaker justice), has risen, requiring Batman to return to action. Meanwhile, a pretty cat burglar named Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway, making audiences forget both Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry) has targeted Gotham’s elite.

Nolan delivers the dense blockbuster we expect after TDK and Inception. He plays a masterful game of cinematic chess, knowing how to perfectly place every piece—script, actors, action set pieces—on the board. A brilliant

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blockbuster, TDKR cannot best its immediate predecessor; the threequel lacks the Ledger zeitgeist and shockingly needs more Batman. Still, The Dark Knight Rises darkly comicbookends the movie summer that blissfully began with Joss Whedon’s candy coated Avengers. I’m sad Nolan’s time in Gotham is over. k DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS (PG) The third and fourth books of Jeff Kinney’s six-book series are combined in this third movie of the surprisingly successful kiddie franchise. Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) is ready for summer, but his plans go awry, as only something devised by Greg can. Wimpy Kid 2 director David Bowers returns, as do series regulars Robert Capron (Greg’s wonderful best friend Rowley), Devon Bostick (Greg’s terrible brother Rodrick), and Steve Zahn and Rachael Harris (Greg’s often clueless parents).

DR. STRANGELOVE (NR) 1964.

Ciné’s Summer Comedy Classics Film Series continues with Stanley Kubrick’s iconic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Mere three-time Academy Award nominee Peter Sellers stars in three roles in this sublime comedy about a mad general (Sterling Hayden) starting the road to nuclear Armageddon, while a war room filled with political and military bigwigs (including George C. Scott) attempt to stop it. Nominated for four Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay).

FOR GREATER GLORY (R) This historical drama dives into the Cristero War, a Mexican conflict in the later half of the 20s between the Roman Catholic citizens and the Mexican government, who were passing restrictive laws all the way to religious persecution. With Eva Longoria.

THE HUNGER GAMES (PG-13) While a successful adaptation of a difficult book that near everyone has read, The Hunger Games has little cinematic spark. It’s a visual book report that merely summarizes the plot. It’s a well-written book report, but it’s still a book report. Seabiscuit director Gary Ross was not the most obvious choice to direct this dystopian adventure in which 24 teenagers are randomly selected for a contest in which only one will survive.

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (PG) Manny (v. Ray Romano), Diego (v. Denis Leary) and Sid (v. John Leguizamo) return in a fourth adventure, which is good news for the millions not waiting for this fatigued franchise to go extinct. The trio get separated from the herd, which includes Manny’s wife, Ellie (v. Queen Latifah), and daughter, Peaches (v.

Keke Palmer), and meet a pirate crew led by Captain Gutt (exceptionally voiced by “Games of Thrones” Emmy winner Peter Dinklage). Nothing unpredictable happens (Sid messes things up, but no one cares), and the suspense is even less harrowing than your typical television cartoon. The rest of the celebrity voices are a mixed bag as well. Wanda Sykes brings the funny as Sid’s toothless granny, but Drake and Nicki Minaj are non-starters. Aziz

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Ansari is wasted, and J-Lo is present.

This kiddie flick is only for children that don’t want to watch Brave or Madagascar 3 again.

MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (PG) By now, franchise fans know what to expect from the adventures of Alex the lion (v.

Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (v. Chris Rock), Melman the giraffe (v. David Schwimmer) and Gloria the hippo (v.

Jada Pinkett Smith). These four former denizens of the New York Zoo team up again with those wacky penguins and some nutty Lemurs (voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer and Andy Richter) in an aborted attempt to return home. This time, the gang is waylaid in Europe by a circus featuring animals voiced by Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad” season five cannot get here fast enough), Jessica Chastain and the reliably funny yet equally annoying Martin Short. But a crazed French animal control officer, Captain Chantel Dubois (v. Frances

MAGIC MIKE (R) Judging from Friday’s raucous matinee crowd at Beechwood, I cannot imagine the catcalls unleashed by a late show audience, lubricated by several cocktails at nearby Rusan’s. Acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh’s peek beneath the thong that barely covers the underworld of Florida’s male strippers is a thoroughly entertaining and humanistic slice of life flick; imagine a less polyester-clad Saturday Night Fever. Alabama native Channing Tatum stars as Magic Mike, a nice guy with a rocking bod and killer dance moves who longs to make custom furniture.

After taking a new dancer, Adam (Alex Pettyfer), under his wing, Mike falls for his sister, Brooke (Cody Horn), who shows Mike what he looks like to the rank-and-file. Despite scripter Reid Carolin relying on the same cookie cutter plot that supported ancient Hollywood musicals, All About Eve and Showgirls, Magic Mike has some new moves thanks to Soderbergh’s electric

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McDormand), is hot on the animals’ trail. No one should be coming into Madagascar 3 blind. This third entry proffers more cute fun in a long first act chase than either of its predecessors, and that’s before any of the appealing new characters are introduced.

MADEA’S WITNESS PROTECTION (PG-13) Perhaps because Madea’s Witness Protection possesses the silliest plot of any previous entry in the franchise, Madea’s latest adventure is a bit less forcefully message-driven than previous movies. A New York family, headed by Eugene Levy and Denise Richards, move in with Madea (Tyler Perry) and her brother Joe (Perry again) to help Joe’s federal prosecutor son, Brian (Perry a third time). The fish out of water meets the South jokes are not as bad as one might imagine, and the movie focuses on what has always been the series strength: Madea.

Oftentimes, the broader the gags, the bigger the laughs when the bigmouthed matriarch is involved. But she cannot be in every scene, and when she’s not onscreen, the movie drags. A subplot involving a desperate former thug (desperately played by the former Lil’ Romeo) trying not to disappoint his minister dad brings the movie to a screeching halt several times. The typically dependable Levy’s urban levity is about as unfunny as one might imagine, but this paycheck had to be better than another unreleased American Pie spinoff. The Perry faithful will laugh as much as usual; nonbelievers will continue to be flummoxed by Perry’s immense popularity.

direction and well-selected beefcake.

Tatum’s haters are proven wrong by his extremely charismatic performance, but it’s Matthew McConaughey that delivers the unexpected award-worthy turn as aged stripper-turned-impresario, Dallas. I know the ladies are in; dudes, don’t miss out on Soderbergh’s bestreceived feature since Ocean’s 11 because of all the potential penises (or penis envy).

MOONRISE KINGDOM (PG-13) Wes Anderson provides summer 2012 with its charmer, a twee coming of age tale about Sam and Suzy (wonderful newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward), two tweens that learn about love after running away from their tiny island home. Any moviegoers not already enchanted by Anderson’s previous whimsies will not be won over by his newest, extremely eccentric romance. Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand and Harvey Keitel are among the adults that inhabit Anderson’s isolated, stagy island. Murray is quixotic as ever and Norton is a perfect fit. Willis takes time to adjust to Anderson’s timezone, but the consummate pro rarely gets the credit he deserves (he’s leagues ahead of his former Planet Hollywood cronies). The straight-on tracking shots reinforce the film’s confining staginess (it might make a terrific source for a future high school drama), as does the sometimes unprofessional acting of the film’s many young performers. I don’t recall enjoying a live action Anderson fancy as much since 2001’s The Royal Tenenbaums. 2012’s best movies, a list

exclusively made up of Joss Whedon progeny, Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers, has now been expanded by one.

THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (PG) You could do a lot worse than The Pirates! Band of Misfits when choosing animated flicks to see with your kids.

Aardman Animations, the British folks that brought you Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run, hit the high seas with the Pirate Captain (v. Hugh Grant) and his oddball crew. While seeking the coveted Pirate of the Year Award, the Pirate Captain runs into Charles Darwin (v. David Tennant, the tenth, and my personal favorite, Doctor), who wants the scurvy rascal’s feathered mascot, a thought-to-be-extinct dodo.

The jokes are funny and often smart, and the stop-motion clay animation refreshingly different. The voice cast could have traded up (Jeremy Piven?

No Ian McShane? Mostly, Jeremy Piven?!). Still, The Pirates! is cute, humorous and well-animated. Kiddie flicks come with a lot less booty than this buccaneer.

ROCK OF AGES (PG-13) Adam Shankman directs a musical comedy film adapted from Cheis D’Arienzo’s 2006 rock jukebox Broadway musical. In 1987, small town girl Sherrie Christian (Julianne Hough) travels to L.A. to pursue becoming a famous singer and meets city boy Drew Boley (Diego Boneta) while working as a waitress at the Bourbon Room on Sunset Strip. Their rock and roll romance is told through the its of Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Joan Jeff, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, Foreigner and more.

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R) The producers of Little Miss Sunshine unleash another potential charmer.

Three magazine employees (Jake M. Johnson of Fox’s twee “New Girl,” Aubrey Plaza of NBC’s sublime “Parks and Recreation” and Karan Soni) investigate a mysterious classified ad about time travel. The situation inevitably complicates when they meet Kenneth (Mark Duplass), the eccentric guy who placed the ad. Duplass, the writerdirector who stars on FX’s dirty, funny “The League” is having a great year so far; he could become a household name were this film to hit it Little Miss Sunshine big.

SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (PG-13) 2012’s second Snow White movie (she’s also a television star on ABC’s “Once Upon a Time”) tweaks the fairy tale with the pale beauty (Kristen Stewart, Twilight) and the huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor), sent by Charlize Theron’s Evil Queen to kill her, instead teaming up to overthrow her majesty. Director Rupert Sanders is an unknown entity; thankfully, the cast includes the familiar faces of Toby Jones, Ian McShane, Ray Winstone, Nick Frost and Bob Hoskins.

Written by Drive’s Hossein Amini.

STEP UP 3D (PG-13) 2010. The third installment in this series of sorts plays while its recently-released fourth counterpart is showing in a theater across the hallway. Maybe they’re hoping for some marathoners? It’s your Saturday.

STEP UP REVOLUTION (PG-13) Who can tell these dance flicks apart any more? According to the franchise’s formula, the fourth Step Up will include the proper ratio of incredible dance moves to cardboard characterizations

and soggy, retread plots to ensure a bad, ultimately entertaining movie experience. Fans of “So You Think You Can Dance” will definitely recognize some faces. Scott Speer directed several episodes of “The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers” and the feature, The LXD: Secrets of the Ra, so he’s no stranger to capturing unbelievable choreography on film.

TED (R) I’m not sure what it says about Ted, the funny feature debut of “Family Guy” creator Seth McFarlane, that I, an admitted “Family Guy” detractor, laughed more than anyone else in the theater. Despite the overflowing gay jokes and some poor setups (the introduction to Giovanni Ribisi’s antagonist was awkwardly random), the fairy tale of 35-year-old John (Mark Wahlberg) and Ted (v. McFarlane), the teddy bear he was given on Christmas Day 1985 that came to life via wish, hits the mark more than it misses so long as the talking teddy is involved. Human leads Wahlberg and the increasingly awesome Mila Kunis are appreciated, as is Patrick “Puddy” Warburton; sadly, Joel McHale is wasted. Any movie in which a central gag revolves around the Queen-scored, cult fave Flash Gordon (star Sam Jones even makes a beefy cameo) is OK in my book, no matter how many tired pot jokes it tokes.

TO ROME WITH LOVE (R) Woody Allen’s latest love letter to a classic European city is not as magical or well-written as his Oscar winning billet-doux to Paris, but the 76-yearold auteur still knows how to craft a lightweight summer charmer. Several lives intersect in the titular Eternal City.

An American couple (Woody Allen and Judy Davis) meet their daughter’s (Alison Pill) new Italian beau (Flavio Parenti) and his parents; a newly married, provincial Italian couple (Alessandro Tiberi and Alessandra Mastronardi) are tempted by the sexy wiles of the city (quite literally and lustily embodied by Penelope Cruz in a painted on little red dress); a famous American architect (Alec Baldwin, ready and coiffed for an HBO Christopher Hitchens biopic) gives unheeded dating advice to a younger proxy (Jesse Eisenberg), torn between two women (Greta Gerwig and Ellen Page, likeable but ill-fitted to a role perfect for Woody’s most recent muse, ScarJo); and a middle class Italian nobody (Roberto Benigni) becomes bewilderingly famous for nothing. Overlong by about 15 minutes, this Roman holiday is a lively tour of benignly annoying plots that are saved by Allen’s dual abilities to attract big talents and write zingy dialogue.

TOTAL RECALL (PG-13) This remake of the Arnold Schwarzenegger/Paul Verhoeven/Philip K. Dick sci-fi classic (yes, it is) comes from Underworld’s Len Wiseman and sadly carries a PG-13 rating, which sucks considering how violent the original film was.

The plot involves factory worker Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell, in his second straight remake, following Fright Night), who believes he’s a spy after undergoing a memory altering procedure at Rekall. Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel are the two hotties catfighting over Quaid.

THE WATCH (R) Ben Stiller headlines a cast that includes Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayouade as a group of dads escaping their families via community service. But their manplans go awry when they discover a plot to destroy the Earth. This sci-fi comedy is directed by Lonely Island resident Akiva Schaffer, who directed fellow Islander Andy Samberg’s Hot Rod. Superbad’s Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg provide the script. Expect cameos. The movie was shot in and around Georgia.

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movie pick Love Means Never Having to Explain SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R) It’s admirable their dark hearts to the fuzziness of the New when a filmmaker deviates from the ongoing Sincerity. fashion of relentless cynicism. Replacing it Written by Derek Connolly, Safety Not with forced naiveté, however, isn’t better.

Guaranteed was a big sensation at this year’s Clever indie comedy/drama Safety Not Sundance Film Festival. The premise is tight Guaranteed, the feature debut of director Colin (it’s based on a real ad that became an Trevorrow, tries to have it both ways. At first, Internet meme a few years ago), the blossomthe movie trades on the sort of “edgy” hipness ing romance between Darius and Kenneth is it ultimately decries. Aubrey Plaza, who plays at times sweet, and the mix of lo-fi sciencethe brutally sarcastic yet affectless dead-eyed fiction elements with humor is refreshing. intern April Ludgate on When the movie works, the sitcom “Parks and it’s funny and engagRecreation,” plays the ing. But when it stumexact same character bles, it crashes hard. here, although now At only 86 minutes, her name is Darius it feels overlong and and she’s an intern at disjointed. Connolly a Seattle magazine. and Trevorrow take that Jake Johnson, from the airtight scenario and indie romantic comedy inflate it with a ridicuPaper Heart and sitcom lous subplot involv“New Girl,” plays pigMark Duplass and Aubrey Plaza ing Jeff’s attempts to gish journalist Jeff, hook up with an old who gets approval to write an article about girlfriend (Jenica Bergere). The big problem the person who submitted a mysterious clasis that Jeff is easily the most annoying charsified ad requesting help to go back in time acter; there’s no reason to care for his plight. for a secret mission. Jeff, Darius and another The other major problem is that Kenneth intern, nerdy Indian student Arnau (Karan obviously has severe mental problems. But Soi), head to a small Washington coastal town the filmmakers shove any concern about that to track their subject down. When they do find aside so that the characters can revel in ‘80stheir man (which is surprisingly uneventful), a era Spielbergian nostalgia without any of that painfully earnest, mentally unbalanced cashier nasty old cynicism getting in the way. The real named Kenneth (Mark Duplass), world-weary cynicism is that so many are buying into it.

Darius and Jeff are forced to reevaluate their prejudices and pessimism, ultimately opening Derek Hill

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Invitation to the Nomination: The gods of 1990s Athens have smiled upon us again with the appearance of 16 tracks from Hall of Fame. The group, composed of Joe Rowe (Bliss, The Glands, The Goons), Jeff Matthews (Jack Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Nuts, The Woggles) and Sherri Brady Carter, spanned styles from grimy, bass-y Louisville/Chicago thinking-manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-rock (â&#x20AC;&#x153;White Gold Theme Song,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spooky Mexican,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tokyo Secretsâ&#x20AC;?) to fairly straight-up noisepop numbers (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trailer Hitchâ&#x20AC;?) to pop itself (â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Smell Heldâ&#x20AC;?). All of which is a clumsy way of saying it was great. This is the third Rowe-related project to appear online in as many weeks, so hats off to him for being involved with so many notable projects over the years. Head to halloffameband.bandcamp.com and grab some of this.

Reggie Sykes). Presented by Epic Evenings and AthFactor Entertainment, the event is billed as a series of social mixers for the entire community and seeks to enhance the relationship between â&#x20AC;&#x153;community members, business owners, young professionals and musiciansâ&#x20AC;? by steering clear of the same old dull bar chatter and crowds. How theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do this is kinda what the magic is all about, I suppose, but Montu Miller has a solid history of event-hosting, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got some ideas up his sleeve. For more information, please see facebook.com/epicevenings and twitter.com/epicevenings.

Do It Yourself: Chris McKay is planning to record and release some of his non-band songs while both of his groups (The Critical Darlings and The Spinoffs) take a little break. This is not only his first solo outing, but the first material heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s released since 2009. So far, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done one song, with more to be released as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re completed. The initial offering is titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;That Excites Meâ&#x20AC;? and can be found at criti-

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Either way, the initial â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mâ&#x20AC;? is definitely better than â&#x20AC;&#x153;B.M.â&#x20AC;? (and maybe theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll save on printing, too). An announcement was made last week concerning the new logo, a big letter â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mâ&#x20AC;? with the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;Manorâ&#x20AC;? underneath. It was described by one anonymous source as â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty much the logo of W Hotels Chris McKay turned upside down,â&#x20AC;? but careful observers will notice that caldarlings.bandcamp.com. The tight rocker the guys at Manor used a serif font, whereas clocks in at a mere 2:08, which is A-OK in my the slackers at W went on the cheap and purbook. A full solo album is being considered, chased no serifs. Although Manor promises though no solid plans have been hatched. â&#x20AC;&#x153;more entertainment and options than ever beforeâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t love a nightclub Keep Athens Weird: Local experimental mainwith â&#x20AC;&#x153;options?â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the above details are litstay Craig Lieske (Garbage Island) is curating erally the most interesting thing about all a series of shows every Wednesday in August this. Intrigued? Go to manorathens.com. at Flicker Theatre & Bar. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll host a different group of musicians each week, starting Correction: I made a slight mistake when I Wednesday, Aug. 1, when Lieske will perform mentioned Feather Trade a couple of weeks sets with Ether Frolic, Killick and George ago, and even though the band was graDavidson. Other collaborators will include Jay cious enough to not call me out on it, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d Gonzalez, The Subliminator and Marshall like to make amends. Pascal Cureton is Marrotte. Keep your eyes peeled to the still performing with the band, albeit in a Flagpole Calendar for each weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schedule. slightly different role than when it was called [Gabe Vodicka] Misfortune 500. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lemuel Hayes who is no longer performing with the group, having Change Is in the Wind: I neglected to mention been replaced with Modern Skirts drummer at the time that last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s batch of record Jon Swint. Sorry for any confusion over this. reviews would be the last to appear in print.

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Cartier God and the Ocean Gang

Quiet Is the New Loud Boycycle’s Steady Confident Touch

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goes a long way—ask anyone who lives on Pulaski Street during an outdoor gig downtown. But sometimes, quiet goes further. When you aren’t blasting people out of the room, when you throw a blanket on the drums, when you aren’t going acoustic but it almost sounds like you are—that’s when you reverse the magnetic field and start drawing people in, not pushing them out.

Andre Ducote gets that, in a big way. After shredding the night fantastic as the guitarist for Athens-area metal band The Knife Trade (lyrical themes, as listed on the website Encyclopaedia Metallum, include “suffering, hate, death, hell”), Ducote made the conscious decision to turn down.

“I played in metal bands most of my life.

I was sort of looking to do something completely different,” he says. “I think a lot of bands around Athens are bar bands… and people like that. But I was looking to do something different with Boycycle, to intentionally turn down, so people could actually, you know, hear some stuff.”

And so his new quartet seeks to create space rather than fill it. “It helps. You get the subtlety of what we’re doing,” says vocalist Ashley Floyd. “It draws people in. It lends more dynamics [when] it’s quieter.”

In forgoing the ego-blasting of competing amp volumes, Boycycle passes the value on to the listener. Subtlety is present in all sorts of places on the quartet’s new album, The Steady Confident Touch of a Man in His Prime, which will officially be released at the band’s Flicker show this Friday. Synthesizers, banjo and Floyd’s exploratory voice are the album’s most prominent elements, interweaving with the supremely inventive rhythm section of Bryson Blumenstock on drums, mostly, and Austin Williams on bass—again, mostly.

(Bandmembers often switch out instruments during their performances.)

While all of the band’s musicians are experienced, they intentionally utilize new tools in Boycycle, to charmingly tentative effect.

“We’re able to learn new instruments as we play together,” says Floyd. “It keeps it kinda fresh.”

Electronics bubble throughout the band’s new album, though the songs are always bolstered by either a solid-but-understated beat or a dynamic hook. Both of these elements are present on the album’s best track, “Morning Sun,” which marries a head-nodding rhythm to a knockout vocal melody courtesy of Floyd.

Her voice must be discussed independently from the band for a moment: many singers seek to emulate Björk’s searching, meandering confidence, Sade’s ghostly otherliness or Sinead O’Connor’s level of commitment, but Floyd actually earns these comparisons. She is not the member of the band with the ‘least worst’ voice, designated by default—she is a true singer.

Her vocals integrate perfectly with the rest of Boycycle, which is somewhat surprising, given that she was actually the final addition to the group. In early 2011, Blumenstock, Williams and Ducote were working out material without a vocalist.

“To start with, when [we] didn’t have a vocalist, I was more worried about the possibility that we’d have to be an instrumental band,” Ducote says. “So, I’d carry a lot more melody on the synth and the banjo part. When we got Ashley, I learned that I could write simpler stuff and not have to worry about covering as much melody, since she [could] do that. I could kinda kick back and do rhythm and simple melodies.”

“It was neat how it started out, ‘cause it meant that I could do whatever I wanted, you know?” says Floyd. “It has room to breathe.”

To listeners delving into Boycycle’s new album, it might feel like there’s even a bit more room left; that spot, it seems, has been reserved for them.

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WHO: Boycycle, Four Eyes, Gypsy Sideshow WHERE: Flicker Theatre & Bar WHEN: Friday, Aug. 3 HOW MUCH: FREE!

Want to Get You Wet

It’s

the day after the Fourth of July, and the captain of the Ocean Gang is sitting on his mom’s couch, drinking sweet tea. Born Mario Smith, he is known to a growing legion of online fans as the rapper Cartier God (though here, he answers to Mario). He’s watching a TV program about the Georgia Guidestones, the granite monument in Elbert County sometimes called the “American Stonehenge.” The newscaster talks up its enigmatic origins and its expressed plea that mankind work “in perpetual balance with nature,” while Smith sits transfixed by the strangeness of it all.

“I want to go to it now,” he says, “because they say you can look through the hole and see the North Star every time. I like stuff like that. I’m into astronomy, stars. I’m into everything above and everything below.”

It’s a statement that might raise eyebrows coming from most people, but Smith is sincere. On the walls around him are scores of variously sized, circular mirrors that resemble bubbles and give the impression of an underwater scene. It’s not entirely accidental. Over the past two years, the Athens native has assembled a loose network of rappers, producers and graphic designers who make up the Ocean Gang, a burgeoning hip-hop collective rooted in the emotional immediacy and firstthought-best-thought “based freestyles” pioneered by Berkeley rapper Lil B. As the name suggests, the crew is fascinated by all things aquatic. “I was kind of just in that mode, that Beach Boys mode, like, oceanic, you know?” Smith says, and it occurs that most of the Beach Boys didn’t actually surf—they, too, just liked the idea of it.

Landlocked his whole life and raised on Atlanta MCs like Outkast and Kilo Ali, it was his discovery of Lil B and, via an online fan page, a group of peers who were similarly devoted to “based” philosophy, that led Smith to go deeper and more idiosyncratic with his own music. Soon he had linked up with a far-flung but like-minded community that included DJM (from California), Yung God (Texas), Truly Based and Too Eazy (Cleveland), and fellow Athenian Bang Bang.

“We were trying to be a family. We were all positive and friendly,” he says. But it wasn’t only the immediate acceptance and “reallyjust-don’t-give-a-fuck attitude” that drew him to Lil B’s universe. Equally important was the no-budget approach.

Just as the Desperate Bicycles motivated a generation of DIY post-punk bands in the late ‘70s, with their famous slogan “It was easy,

it was cheap, go and do it,” Lil B has served as a model for an emerging set of bedroom rappers—Cartier God and his Ocean Gang among them. Smith’s studio is his laptop, on which he and his little brother Tre (AKA Tre Beat) make many of the Gang’s beats; they’ve named their production duo Futuristic Ideaz.

Their lax, ethereal soundscapes include field recordings of seagulls and waves, as well as a host of other nautical source materials, such as, Tre points out, the underwater themes from “Super Mario 64.”

Over the course of the group’s five mixtapes and countless music videos, its members have developed a language and aesthetic all to themselves, using “wet” the way Gucci Mane uses “icy,” randomly shouting “splash,” and referring to women as “mermaids” (because, Smith says, they’re “beautiful and mysterious”).

Though he’s obviously enjoying himself, Smith’s own music is hypnotic and often insular, with hooks that are half-sung in a languid monotone. But there are also actual hooks: tracks like “It’s All Gucci,” “I’m Drowning” and “Waterbed” suggest a kind of outsider-pop sensibility buried beneath the synth-pad haze.

Ocean Gang’s efforts have already attracted a sizeable fan base that includes thousands of loyal Twitter followers and at least one world-famous, Forbes-certified millionaire in Atlanta rapper, Soulja Boy, who asked to join the group after finding its music on YouTube.

(They’ve since started a clothing company together, and Soulja regularly shows his support. “Shouts out to Cartier God; that’s the captain,” he raps on “Soulja Hova.”)

Despite the success, and with two new mixtapes set to be released in the coming weeks, Smith still views himself as an outcast in the Athens rap community. “They say they don’t understand it, because they really don’t want to understand. But they know it’s there.” Asked if he has considered relocating to Atlanta, he shrugs and offers that he’s “not a traffic person,” and, anyway, would prefer the beach.

“I think the whole Ocean Gang is just a dream for me,” he says. “Just to be able to lay in the sand, retire and just be OK… That’s what everybody works for. I’m just bringing that to life for myself and my whole team.”

Will Stephenson All of Cartier God’s mixtapes can be downloaded from DatPiff.com. Music videos can be found at youtube. com/user/oceangangofficialtv.

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Tuesday 31 COMEDY: HACKS XII with Jarrod Harris (Caledonia Lounge) Comedian Jarrod Harris headlines.

John-Michael Bond, Craig Hoelzer, Caleb Synan, Paige Bowman, Ben Lamm and Luke Fields tell some jokes, too. 9 p.m. $5–7. www.caledonialounge.com EVENTS: West Broad Market Garden Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden, 1573 W. Broad St.) Seasonal and naturally grown produce. Cash paying neighbors of the West Broad Garden get a 30% discount on produce. EBT payments will be accepted in the future.

Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your beer and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:309:30 p.m. 706-354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (Chango’s Asian Kitchen) Learn facts, eat noodles.

7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0015 GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 9–11 p.m. 706353-0305 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub ) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Shane’s Rib Shack) (College Station) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-543-0050

KIDSTUFF: Where’s Waldo in the ATH? (Avid Bookshop) A night of costume contests, food, activities, raffles and the real Waldo. 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-352-2060 LECTURES AND LIT: Obesity Seminar (UGA Coverdell Center) (Room 175) Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D., Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health and State Health Officer, will provide an update on adult and child obesity in Georgia as well as current local and state initiatives to address the epidemic. 2–3 p.m. FREE! thasting@ uga.edu SPORTS: Street Hockey (YMCA) Street Hockey (on foot, no blades) for all skill levels. Every Tuesday and Thursday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! athensfloorhockey@gmail.com

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Free drinks and snacks. 5–6 p.m.

FREE! 706-354-7901 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Open Mic Night (Ten Pins Tavern) Hip-hop, spoken word, rock, singer-songwriters, DJs, jugglers, bellydancers, comedy, poetry, ballet—if you can do it, we want to see it! Hosted by Amy Neese. 8 p.m.

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7:15 p.m. No experience or partner needed. 7:30–10:30 p.m. FREE! (under 18), $7 (adults). www.contradanceathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? Test your knowledge every Wednesday night.

8 p.m. (Baldwin St. & Broad St. locations). 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Five Points location) Open your piehole for a chance to win! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706850-7424 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com

GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! 8–10 p.m.

FREE! 706-548-1920 KIDSTUFF: Puppet Show (Madison County Library) Fantasy puppet show/ end of summer party.

Refreshments. 2 p.m. 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, finger-

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10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES AND LIT: The People’s Law School (The Classic Center) (Willow Room) The People’s Law School takes the mystery out of everyday legal issues like divorce and child custody, products liability, criminal law, automobile insurance and more. Speakers include local judges, UGA law professors and local attorneys. Call to reserve seat.

6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-6111 LECTURES AND LIT: Buddhist Book Study (Body, Mind & Spirit) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-351-6024.

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Every Wednesday. 5-7 p.m. www. indigoathens.com EVENTS: Word of Mouth Open Poetry Reading (The Globe) Sign up, mouth off, pay attention. 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-353-4721, www.athenswordofmouth.com EVENTS: Customer Appreciation Day (Multiple Locations) Aromas Wine Bar, 5 Points Growlers and both locations of Five Points Bottle Shop offer drink and food specials, raffles, giveaways and pizza. Power 100.1 will provide music at the Five Points location of Five Points Bottle Shop and Magic 102.1 will rock the Westside. 4 p.m. www.fivepointsbottleshop.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (City Hall/ College Avenue) An afternoon market featuring local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Live music at every market.

Every Wednesday through the end of October. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Farmers Market (790 Gaines School Rd.) Fresh produce, eggs, grass-fed beef, honey, homemade cakes and breads, cut flowers, herbs, jams and relishes. Every Wednesday and Friday. 4–7 p.m.

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Thursday 2 ART: Opening Reception (Town 220) For “Uncommon Threads: Four Fiber Artists,” featuring textile work

by Jennifer Crenshaw, Margaret Agner, Tressa Linzy and Elizabeth Barton. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.madisonartistsguild.org CLASSES: Keyboard and Mouse Basics (Oconee County Library) This tutorial is designed to help people who have never used a computer before. Hands-on class concentrating on using the mouse, the keyboard and a few other basic skills.

3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 CLASSES: Audition Workshop (Athens Creative Theatre) Staff members share techniques and tips about the audition process. Ages 8 & up.

Call to register. 5:30–8 p.m. $15/ person, $25/family. 706-613-3628, www.athensclarkecounty.com/act EVENTS: “A Beer for Hope” (Blue Sky) 100% of the proceeds from all 12 oz. Terrepin Reunion Ale beer pours benefit the Institute for Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research. 8 p.m. www.bluesky.com EVENTS: Reiki Circle (Healing Arts Centre) A Japanese massage technique for stress reduction. Every Thursday. 7–8 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-338-6843 EVENTS: “Your Best Face Forward” (The Rialto Room) JennySue Makeup presents a ladies night out and makeup master class.

Includes makeup tutorial, demonstrations, champagne and desserts.

7–9:30 p.m. $35. www.jennysuemakeup-efbevent.eventbrite.com GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your beer and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:309:30 p.m. 706-354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (The Volstead) Every Thursday! 7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-5300 GAMES: Trivia (El Azteca) Every Thursday. Check the restaurant’s Facebook page for weekly updated categories. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. tinyurl.com/d5dp2qq KIDSTUFF: Ice Cream Sandwich Day (Rocksprings Community Center) Come for the ice cream sandwiches, stay for the games.

Ages 6–13. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/rocksprings MEETINGS: Hospice Volunteer Day (Odyssey Hospice) A virtual volunteer conference sponsored by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. No experience required. 10:30 a.m. 706-549-5736 SPORTS: Street Hockey (YMCA) Street Hockey (on foot, no blades) for all skill levels. Every Tuesday and Thursday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! athensfloorhockey@gmail.com

Friday 3 EVENTS: Purple Rain (Max) DJ MAHOGANY and his sidekick EasyRider, this popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta

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unexpected faves. Screening Prince’s Purple Rain on the patio. Movie starts at 9 p.m., dance party starts at 11. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392 EVENTS: Citizen Advocacy Open House (The Leathers Building) (Ste. 1900) The staff and board of directors for Citizen Advocacy Athens-Clarke host an open house and meet-and-greet to show how Athens residents can protect people with disabilities. 3–6 p.m. FREE! citizenadvocacy.athensclarke@ gmail.com EVENTS: Men of the Classic City Bachelor Auction (The Melting Point) The American Cancer Society presents a fundraiser in which 25 of the Classic City’s most eligible bachelors are auctioned off for dates.

Live music by the Holman Autry Band. 7 p.m. $15. www.meltingpointathens.com EVENTS: Farmers Market (790 Gaines School Rd.) Fresh produce, eggs, grass-fed beef, honey, homemade cakes and breads, cut flowers, herbs, jams and relishes. Every Wednesday and Friday. 4–7 p.m.

706-254-2248 THEATRE: Lysistrata (Town and Gown Players) Aristophanes’ bawdy play tells the story of Athenian and Spartan women hoping to end the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from the men until they stop fighting. Aug. 3 & 4 and 9–11, 8 p.m., and Aug. 5 & 12, 2 p.m. $8-$15. www.townandgownplayers.org THEATRE: Freckleface Strawberry (Oconee County Civic Center) A musical based on the best-selling books by actress Julianne Moore.

Aug. 3 & 4, 7 p.m. and Aug. 5, 2 p.m. $12-$16. oconeeyouthplayhouse@gmail.com

Saturday 4 CLASSES: Drum Workshop with Bernard Purdie (Chick Piano) Legendary session player (Steely Dan, James Brown, Aretha Franklin) hosts a workshop for aspiring drummers and percussionists. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $10. 706-543-4348 EVENTS: Pet Care Clinic (Pet Supplies Plus) The Athens Area Humane Society hosts a monthly pet care clinic where pets can receive low-cost services such as a rabies vaccination, flea treatment, microchip identification implants and more. 1–4 p.m. www.athenshumanesociety.org EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (Oconee County Courthouse) Fresh produce, meats and other farm products. Every Saturday. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. www.oconeecountyobservations. blogspot.com EVENTS: Little Kings Yard Sale (Little Kings Shuffle Club) One man’s trash in another man’s treasure. Table space to sell items is first come, first served. 4–9 p.m. www. facebook.com/lkshuffleclub EVENTS: Ribbons for Suzanne (The Office Lounge) Raffles, BBQ, a silent auction, bake sale, jewelry sale and t-shirts. Live music by Normaltown Flyers. 5 p.m. $5.

706-546-0840 EVENTS: West Broad Market Garden Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden, 1573 W. Broad St.) Seasonal and naturally grown produce. Cash paying neighbors of the West Broad Garden get a 30% discount on produce purchases. EBT payments will be accepted in the future. Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

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EVENTS: 15th Annual Baby and Maternity Fair (The Classic Center) Information about maternal, child and family community resources, educational sessions, retailers selling products, health institutions, social service agencies, children’s activities and a silent auction. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! 704996-4230, schewitz@uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts.

Live music at every market. Every Saturday through mid-December.

This week: gourd painting and recipe handout. Cooking demonstration by Lisa Slater. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net KIDSTUFF: Children’s Book Signing (Avid Bookshop) Atlanta elementary teacher and children’s author Juli-ette Robin Goldston signs copies of her first picture book, Bowtie Brownlee Goes to School. 1 p.m. FREE! 706-352-2060 KIDSTUFF: NFL Punt, Pass and Kick Competition (East Athens Community Park) A lively and engaging forum for boys and girls to compete separately against their peers in punting, passing and placekicking. Ages 6–15. 8 a.m. FREE! 706-208-0185 KIDSTUFF: End of Summer Reading Party (Oconee County Library) Celebrate the end of summer with an ice cream sundae party.

Awards and grand prizes given away at the beginning. 3–6 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 THEATRE: Freckleface Strawberry (Oconee County Civic Center) A musical based on the best-selling books by actress Julianne Moore.

Aug. 3 & 4, 7 p.m. and Aug. 5, 2 p.m. $12-$16. oconeeyouthplayhouse@gmail.com THEATRE: Lysistrata (Town and Gown Players) Aristophanes’ bawdy play tells the story of Athenian and Spartan women hoping to end the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from the men until they stop fighting. Aug. 3 & 4 and 9–11, 8 p.m., and Aug. 5 & 12, 2 p.m. $8-$15. www.townandgownplayers.org

Sunday 5 GAMES: Trivia (The Capital Room) Every Sunday! Hosted by Evan Delany. First place wins $50 and second place wins $25. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.thecapitalroom.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Amici) Every Sunday. First place receives $50 and second place receives $25.

9 p.m. www.amici-cafe.com GAMES: Trivia (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) “Brewer’s Inquisition,” trivia hosted by Chris Brewer every Sunday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-3546655, www.buffaloscafe.com/athens GAMES: Trivia Sundays (Blind Pig Tavern) At the West Broad location. 6 p.m. 706-208-7979 PERFORMANCE: Athens Brass Choir Concert (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Instrumental brass concert featuring marches, popular and classical music. 3–4 p.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu THEATRE: Lysistrata (Town and Gown Players) Aristophanes’ bawdy play tells the story of Athenian and Spartan women hoping to end the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from the men until they stop fighting. Aug. 3 & 4 and 9–11, 8 p.m., and Aug. 5 & 12, 2 p.m. $8-$15. www.townandgownplayers.org THEATRE: Freckleface Strawberry (Oconee County Civic Center) A musical based on the best-selling

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Aug. 3 & 4, 7 p.m. and Aug. 5, 2 p.m. $12-$16. oconeeyouthplayhouse@gmail.com

Atlanta-based doula group of birth and postpartum doulas, childbirth educators and lactation consultants.

7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-227-1008

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GAMES: Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Every Monday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706543-8997 GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Nurture language skills.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Movie Night: Footloose (Oconee County Library) Enjoy popcorn and other snacks while watching the 2011 remake of an ‘80s classic about a city kid moving to small town where rock and roll and dancing are banned. Rated PG-13. Ages 11–18. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to bedtime stories. Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 MEETINGS: Federation of Neighborhoods Meeting (Email for location) This month’s program is devoted to the Athens Area Village, a volunteer organization helping older adults continue residing in their homes. Overview of the personalized assistance, services and amenities the Village provides. Followed by an open discussion. 7:30 p.m. FREE! contact@accneighborhoods.org, www.accneighborhoods.org MEETINGS: Meet the Doulas (Rattles and Rhymes, 112 Athens West Pkwy.) Learn how Lumina Doulas can enhance the birthing experience. Lumina Birth is a

ART: Opening Reception (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) For “Spirit of the Land 2012: Small Scale Images of the Georgia Landscape.” 5:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: Beginner Excel Class (Oconee County Library) Learn the basics of Excel. Registration required. 3–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 COMEDY: OpenTOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) This comedy show allows locals to watch quality comedy or perform themselves. Email to perform. First and third Tuesday of every month! 9 p.m. FREE! (performers), $5. calebsynan@yahoo.com, www.flickertheatreandbar.com EVENTS: West Broad Market Garden Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden, 1573 W. Broad St.) Seasonal and naturally grown produce. Cash paying neighbors of the West Broad Garden get a 30% discount on produce purchases. EBT payments will be accepted soon. Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

GAMES: Trivia (Chango’s Asian Kitchen) Learn facts, eat noodles.

Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706546-0015 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub ) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 9–11 p.m. 706353-0305 GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (Shane’s Rib Shack) (College Station) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-543-0050 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 SPORTS: Street Hockey (YMCA) Street Hockey (on foot, no blades) for all skill levels. Every Tuesday and Thursday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! athensfloorhockey@gmail.com

Wednesday 8 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Computer Q&A (Oconee County Library) Non-technical answers to any questions about computer programs. 3-4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo) (Madison Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog!

Every Wednesday. 5-7 p.m. www. indigoathens.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (City Hall/ College Avenue) An afternoon market featuring local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Live music at every market.

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Universal Boogie Tour with Bukue One, sympL & DJ Coach K, Anonymous {And.On.I.Must} New Earth Music Hall The Bay Area has long hosted one of the country’s most diverse and vibrant hip-hop scenes; it’s maybe the only community that could conceivably sustain personalities as contradictory as Too $hort and Boots Riley, Mac Dre and Hieroglyphics.

For Oakland’s Bukue One (born Tion Torrence), the only common denominator in all of it is the “independent hustle.” “Here,” he says, “they make whatever they make and put it out the best way they can, without waiting.”

Bukue One He should know: as the longtime manager of fellow Oakland resident Del the Funky Homosapien, Bukue has spent over a decade nurturing a solo career in his off hours. The son of parents active in the Black Panther Party and a father who sang backup for Marvin Gaye, he has been rapping since the late ‘90s, when he did a stint tour managing and “soaking up game” with Aceyalone in Australia, promoting the L.A. rapper’s classic A Book of Human Language. This summer, Bukue released his first self-produced album (available for free download at bukue.bandcamp.com), titled, appropriately enough, #Autonomy.

He says he approached the record “as if I were releasing it in the mid-’90s, in my golden era of loving hip-hop,” an ideal that rarely makes for the most exciting music. But unlike most backpackers and trad-rappers, Bukue has a strong sense of humor and perspective and is thus free of the pompous retromania that often weighs down such efforts.

Having learned plenty from his own industry dealings—and from his dad’s bleak encounter with the darker side of Motown (“All of them were straight thugs,” he says)—he views his own music as a passion project, a personal, rather than a commercial, endeavor. [Will Stephenson]

of October. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Farmers Market (790 Gaines School Rd.) Fresh produce, eggs, grass-fed beef, honey, homemade cakes and breads, cut flowers, herbs, jams and relishes. Every Wednesday and Friday. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m.

706-254-2248 EVENTS: Open Mic Night (Ten Pins Tavern) Hip-hop, spoken word, rock, singer-songwriters, DJs, jugglers, bellydancers, comedy, poetry, balletâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if you can do it, we want to see it! Hosted by Amy Neese. 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-8090 EVENTS: Community HU Song (Lay Park) People of all faiths are invited to sing together with the Eckankar community. 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-310-9499, www. eckankar-ga.org GAMES: Trivia (Willyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 p.m.

FREE! 706-548-1920 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? Test your knowledge every Wednesday night.

8 p.m. (Baldwin St. & Broad St. locations). 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Five Points location) Open your pie-hole for a chance to win! 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7424 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, finger-puppets, songs and crafts. Ages 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Knee-High Naturalists (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A program of age-appropriate nature exploration. Every other Wednesday.

3:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30 p.m. $24. 706-613-3515, www.athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter LECTURES AND LIT: Buddhist Book Study (Body, Mind & Spirit) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-351-6024.

LECTURES AND LIT: The Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Law School (The Classic Center) (Willow Room) The Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Law School takes the mystery out of everyday legal issues like divorce and child custody, products liability, criminal law, automobile insurance and more. Call to reserve seat. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-6111

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 31 Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop! 11 p.m. $2. www.georgiatheatre.com REPTAR Local pop superstars perform a DJ set.

LE BLORR Florida act blends psychrock and electronica.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 EL HOLLIN This Athens band plays haunting pop music with minimal

instrumentation and ethereal female vocals.

THE LOPEZ Pittsburgh synth/guitar duo plays noisy garage-pop.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee. com IKE STUBBLEFIELD AND FRIENDS Soulful R&B artist Ike Stubblefield is a Hammond B3 virtuoso who cut his teeth backing Motown legends like the Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.

Highwire Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com RYAN MOORE Member of local band Brothers plays a set of classical guitar.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com DAVID LEINWEBER & THE SILVERBIRDS David Leinweber and Bob McMillan tackle classic country, rock, folk and singersongwriter favorites. CD Release Party for the brand-new disc Stories, Legends and Lies. Bobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official birthday bash!

No Where Bar Trizâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eclectric Tuesdays. 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 TRIZ Local electro mainstay sets up shop all summer.

SHEHEHE Punk back beats and indie gang vocals overlaid with arena leads.

The Volstead 9 p.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

Wednesday 1 Athens City Hall Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVAN & AVERY LEIGH Local folk duo plays covers and originals.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com THE LAW No information available.

ITCHY HEARTS Brooklyn-based folk-pop band thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both earnest and playful.

THE NICE MACHINE Local instrumental rock with surf undertones.

Farm 255 8 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CALEB DARNELL Member of The Darnell Boys and Bellyache sings the blues.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com CRAIG LIESKE Local experimental musician curates a forward-thinking show at Flicker every Wednesday in August.

ETHER FROLIC Craig Lieske and Josh Jordan.

KILLICK Freeform jazz experimentalist coaxes unconventional sounds from his Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arpeggione.

GEORGE DAVIDSON Saxophonist for Dial Indicators.

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Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

The Melting Point On the Patio. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. meltingpointathens.com RACHEL Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;NEAL Local singer/ songwriter who plays a mix of soulful acoustic originals and an eclectic blend of indie rock, jazz and Southern-tinged Americana covers.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

Ten Pins Tavern 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-8090 OPEN MIC NIGHTHip-hop, spoken word, rock, singer-songwriters, DJs and more! Hosted by Amy Neese.

Thursday 2 Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MANRAY One of Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most exciting live acts waves a big middle finger to traditional song structure while playing what Flagpoleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gordon Lamb has coined â&#x20AC;&#x153;complicated-core.â&#x20AC;?

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MUUY BIIEN Local band plays â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80sstyle punk rock with ambient interludes thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equal parts Minor Threat and The Fall.

DePalmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian Cafe 7 p.m. FREE! www.depalmasitaliancafe. com (Timothy Rd. location) CARLA LEFEVER This local songstress plays a set of â&#x20AC;&#x153;unpluggedâ&#x20AC;? material featuring fiddler Bo Edwards and other guests.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com YO SOYBEAN Local â&#x20AC;&#x153;party-folkâ&#x20AC;? trio featuring upbeat, sing-along numbers with guests on guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin and more.

GLUPIST Local band featuring Danny Gorbachev, formerly of Nuclear Spring, and friends playing â&#x20AC;&#x153;psychedelic future-folk.â&#x20AC;?

SQUARE PEOPLE Nashville band plays ramshackle rock accented by flute.

ABBY GOGO Atlanta psych-pop trio.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com BLACK MOON Psychedelic experimentations.

HOWTH Experiments in minimal ambient folk music.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. Fredâ&#x20AC;? Bowers.

Hotel Indigo 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! www.indigoathens.com TBA Live music on the patio, every other Thursday.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $5 (adv.), $8 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com NAPPY ROOTS Five-man hip-hop collective from Kentucky performs with Southern swagger. Featuring Fishscales and Skinny Deville.

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SHOWTIME BAND FEATURING ELITE THA SHOWSTOPPA Elite tha Showstoppaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s band plays eclectic hip-hop mixed with rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; funky soul.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

The Office Lounge Blues Night. 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 THE SHADOW EXECUTIVES Get your fill of straight-up, authentic blues covers from this skilled Athens five-piece. This is an open jam and guests are welcome!

Seney-Stovall Chapel 7:30 p.m. $15 ($10 w/ UGA ID). 706542-2736 ARADHNA Cincinnati group plays traditional Indian-influenced music.

Your Pie 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Midnight. FREE! www.yourpie.com (Downtown location) LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter performs solo folk and country. Every Thursday in July!

Friday 3 40 Watt Club 9:30 p.m. FREE! $2 (under 21). www.40watt.com WEREWOLVES Local band featuring quirky lo-fi rock with bright, bouncy flourishes. See Calendar Pick on p. 19.

SEA OF DOGS Songwriter and banjopicker Emily Armond leads this endearing folk group with disarming honesty and warm harmonies.

FOOZLE Alternative pop-punk trio from Maryland.

Buffaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Southwest CafĂŠ 8 p.m. $10. www.buffaloscafe.com/ athens BIG DADDYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAND Good-time Southern rock and covers from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s, including the Allman Bros., Steely Dan and Michael McDonald.

The Bury 6 p.m. FREE! 706-612-1650.

LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter performs solo folk and country.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $3 (21+), $5 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MANGER Speed thrash metal â&#x20AC;&#x153;with a dash of Satan.â&#x20AC;? The band harks back to the days of NWOBHM: ripping solos and screeching vocals.

GEAR JAMMER Dual-lead, riff-heavy rock with classic metal influences.

Music for the open road.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE WOODGRAINS Local band that plays a blend of funk, rock and soul.

HELEN SCOTT Lindsey Haddad (exLaminated Cat), Emileigh Ireland, Hannah Weyandt and Dena Zilber (El Hollin, Werewolves) play folky pop with a hint of psychedelic rock.

SLAW AND ORDER Local drum and keys duo performs tambourine-rich pop tracks.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com BOYCYCLE Local band featuring Andre Ducote, Ashley Floyd, Austin Williams and Bryson Blumenstock

playing dreamy, inventive tunes driven by various percussive instruments and synth. CD release show!

See story on p. 13.

FOUR EYES Ukulele strummer Erin Lovett plays sweet, poppy folk.

GYPSY SIDESHOW Music soaked in the roots of Americana and world genres.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com JASON COLEY Country artist from Fairburn, GA. HIGHWAY 55 Six-piece country act from South Georgia.

The Globe 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 THE BURNING ANGELS Mark Cunningham creates an eclectic sound by blending roots and Americana music with a Southern Gothic tone.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 ATHENS SHOWGIRL CABARET A unique drag show featuring performances by local artists.

DJ FOG JUICE Spinning Euro/Italo/ space-disco, new wave, old-school R&B and classic dance hits.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com ADRON The strong, fluttering voice of Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adrienne McCann meanders through her blend of mellow Tropicalia and low-key jazz.

Highwire Lounge â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friday Night Jazz.â&#x20AC;? 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com RAND LINES Original compositions of pianist Rand Lines with drummer Ben Williams and bassist Carl Lindberg.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ Z-DOG Loveable local DJ spins top-40 hits, old-school hip-hop, rock and other danceable favorites.

IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. hosts a dance party featuring high-energy electro and rock.

DJ TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (The Gold Party, The Agenda) and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop.

Max 9 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392 DJ MAHOGANY With his sidekick EasyRider, this popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves. Screening Princeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Purple Rain on the patio. Movie starts at 9 p.m., dance party at 11.

The Melting Point Bachelor Auction! 8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com HOLMAN AUTRY BAND An original mix of Southern rock and hardcore country.

New Earth Music Hall Universal Boogie Tour. (See Calendar Pick on p. 18.)10:30 p.m. $5. www. newearthmusichall.com BUKUE ONE Influenced by skater and hip-hop cultures, Oaklandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tion Torrence is both a rapper and hiphop manager.

ANONYMOUS Hip-hop emcee notorious for rapid-fire lyricism and diverse instrumentation.

SYMPL Hip-hop and spoken word artist known for his genre-defying performances.

DJ COACH K Charismatic DJ from the Bronx.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 CHRONIC FUNK CIRCUS Featuring members of JazzChronic, Tent City, Eddie and The Public Speakers and Half Dozen Brass Band.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

WUOG 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org COLLISION COURSE 6.5: SUMMER SCHOOL WUOGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Halftime Hip-Hop Show presents performances from Free Tomorrow, Mic-Audio, .dotGATSBY, Prohaize, BenTone, Hannah Washington and Zazu Times Two.

Saturday 4 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.40watt. com SUPER HOOLIGAN Local band plays â&#x20AC;&#x153;energetic garage-rock anthems packed with big hooks and infectious choruses.â&#x20AC;?

ENTROPIC CONSTANT Lo-fi discordance and sprightly melodies.

ARGONAUTS Local band plays moody, alternative-inspired rock.

Ashford Manor 6 p.m. 706-769-2633 RANDALL BRAMBLETT Longtime Athenian Randall Bramblett presents a simplified slab of Southern music.

ATHICA 9:30 p.m. $6 (suggested donation). www.athica.org ANNI PAISLEY Folk-rock musician hailing from Queens, NYC. Her strongest influences include Jefferson Airplane, Patti Smith, Marc Bolan, The Incredible String Band and The Who. TREY PRIVOTT Singer-songwriter and member of the local band Bear Arms plays country and folk music.

ROSEY Folk artist Rosey (AKA Nancy Kaye) celebrates her newest album, In the Light.

Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net MRJORDANMRTONKS Collaboration between longtime Athens musicians Tommy Jordan and William Tonks. (8 a.m.)

MARK SMITH & THE OLD FOLKERS No information available.

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Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com THE VIKING PROGRESS Patrick Morales has a lovely, tender voice that sings gentle, indie/folk ballads about love, death and isolation inspired by his time at sea.

HAND SAND HANDS Experimental, psychedelic pop-rock.

Dickeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barbecue Pit 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7561 KARAOKE With â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Queen of Karaoke,â&#x20AC;? Lynn Carson.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com USA Band featuring members of The Rodney Kings, Co Co Ri Co, Ghost Coke and DIP. SLEEPING FRIENDS Garage-pop featuring Joe Kubler (Bubbly Mommy Gun) and friends.

BLUE DIVISION New local punk group plays blasts of snotty melody, inspired by the Germs and Minor Threat.

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Werewolves, Foozle, Sea of Dogs 40 Watt Club

For Wyatt Strother, place is the space that matters most.

For starters, his bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new album is named for his home state, that Werewolves final addition to the original 13 colonies. Locations spill out wildly in Strotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s verbose string of verbiage: Venezuela, Augusta, Oklahomaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re following along with the stories of political injustice and personal peace that Werewolves invoke on Georgia, you are immediately zapped into the settings and can approach the material from there.

Georgia is a well rendered DIY recording. One person who found it particularly gripping was 40 Watt general manager and longtime Georgian David Basham. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He got really into the album,â&#x20AC;? says Strother, Werewolvesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; songwriter, lead singer and banjo strummer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We first put it up on Bandcamp in May and started making CDs of it. Then, we got the idea to put it on vinyl with a Kickstarter [project]. He actually helped pay the very last bit of money we needed. He was really into us having a proper release show for it. We did our first CD release at the 40 Watt, too, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really good-sounding place to play.â&#x20AC;?

One might reckon that Werewolves would probably be most comfortable, both musically and aesthetically, unleashing their soaring sturm und drang in a stuffy punk house (like the one that Strother currently shares with drummer Patrick Goral and bassist Brandon Page). But to listen to Georgia is to hear a studied history of Elephant 6 bedroom psychedelia, eye-contact-intense folk-punk confessionals and, perhaps most boldly, the kind of ambitious post-rock arrangements commonly heard on the best screamo. With that in mind, the 40 Watt, and all the sonic broadness that comes along with it, makes a lot more sense for a vinyl release show for Georgia. A sense of place, after all, is important. [Jeff Tobias]

DAYS OF BEYOND THUNDER Mercer West and friends play lyrical pop songs â&#x20AC;&#x153;for the over-50 set.â&#x20AC;?

MOUSER Exuberant garage-pop that experiments with noise jams.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub EASYRIDER Spinning all your favorite jams from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com NEW SOUND OF NUMBERS Experimental pop and post-punk project led by Hannah Jones, visual artist and percussionist for Supercluster.

GRAPE SODA This local duo (sometimes trio) plays soulful, psychedelic synth-pop driven by organ and drums.

ANTLERED AUNTLORD Fuzz-pop guitar/drums duo featuring local producer and songwriter Jesse Stinnard.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com IKE STUBBLEFIELD AND FRIENDS Soulful R&B artist Ike Stubblefield is a Hammond B3 virtuoso who cut his teeth backing Motown legends like the Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.

BERNARD â&#x20AC;&#x153;PRETTYâ&#x20AC;? PURDIE AND GRANT GREEN JR. Legendary jazz drummer whose style is described as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;funkiest soul beatâ&#x20AC;? in the business.

FLANNEL CHURCH Blues, funk and Southern rock from New Orleans featuring Duane Trucks, son of guitarist Derek Trucks.

Front Porch Book Store 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-1236 HELEN DODGE Local Americana act featuring Neal Canup, Mark Cunningham, Roger Alan Wade and Corey Holland.

Georgia Theatre 6 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com GIRLS ROCK ATHENS SHOWCASE Annual showcase of the Girls Rock Athens Band Camp! Girls ages 9 to 15 will perform original songs. Free for children under the age of five.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ Mahogany Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and unexpected faves.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $7. www.hendershotscoffee.com KYSHONA ARMSTRONG This engaging local songwriter and music therapist performs a unique fusion of acoustic folk and soul.

JASME KELLY R&B/soul performer from Durham, NC.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 ERIK NEIL BAND Local blues-rock featuring Ian Werden (The HEAP) on drums, Clay Hinson (Matt Joiner Band) on bass and Erik Neil on guitar and vocals.

Sunday 5 Ten Pins Tavern 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-8090 SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE BOWLING ALLEY BLUES BAND Featuring locals Paul Scales, Randy Durham, John Straw, Dave Herndon and Scott Sanders playing blues jams.

Monday 6 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com MOTHS Featuring Jacob Morris of Ham1, Moths plays a mostly

acoustic sort of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s folk-rock with a pop sensibility and an inevitable psychedelic tinge.

GOOD VIBES Beachy indie-pop from Lafayette, LA. For fans of Vampire Weekend and Reptar.

THE GINGER ENVELOPE Patrick Careyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slow-rolling countryish pop is marked by breezy, melodic sounds with chiming acoustic and electric notes and vocal melodies.

TOM TELEVISION Hip-hop and indie-rock songs over looped instrumentation from Thomas Valadez, Future Ape Tapes co-founder and bassist for Moths and Superfighter.

The Grotto 6 p.m. FREE! 140 E. Clayton St. THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR Every Monday. Smooth jazz played by DJ Segar from WXAG 1470, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Light.â&#x20AC;?

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Local songstress Kyshona Armstrong hosts this open mic night every Monday!

No Where Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 BLUES JAM WITH BIG C Straightahead blues inspired by artists like B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy.

Tuesday 7 Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop! 11 p.m. $2. www.georgiatheatre.com KITE TO THE MOON Local band led by Timi Conley and featuring a stimulating live show with jubilant, rowdy pop music.

DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee. com IKE STUBBLEFIELD AND FRIENDS Soulful R&B artist Ike Stubblefield is a Hammond B3 virtuoso who cut his teeth backing Motown legends.

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com PARKER SMITH AND THE BANDWIDTH Roots-oriented outfit from Atlanta.

Mirko Pasta 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5641 (Gaines School Rd. location) LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Singersongwriter performs folk music.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com CHIEF ROCKA Trav Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;/ ATHFactor Entertainmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal spin doctor. Party/network mixer the first Tuesday of every month!

The Volstead 9 p.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

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Farm 255 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DIAL INDICATORS Jeremiah Roberts on guitar and George Davidson on tenor saxophone playing cool jazz.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com CRAIG LIESKE Local musician curates a forward-thinking show at Flicker every Wednesday in August.

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JOHN FERNANDES Member of Olivia Tremor Control.

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Georgia Theatre On the rooftop! 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com BETSY KINGSTON & THE CROWNS Heavy-hitting blues-rock and soulful country-folk.

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Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com ONE TON TOMATO Southern-fried salsa band.

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AUDITIONS Athens Master Chorale Auditions (Athens Master Chorale) Now accepting auditions for all voice parts. Contact Joseph Napoli for information and audition scheduling. 706-546-0023, evenings only.

CLASSES Beginners Sewing Course (Community) A six-week beginner class that covers how to thread and use sewing machines and make simple projects. Sewing machine required. Wednesdays, July 11–Aug. 18, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $120, 706316-2067 Bellydance & Bollywood Classes (Floorspace) Basic and advanced bellydance for women of all ages and sizes. Thursdays, 5:45 p.m. & 7 p.m. Bollywood class.

Sundays, 3 p.m. $12 (drop-in), $60 (6 classes). www.floorspaceathens. com

Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potter’s wheel every Friday from 7-9 p.m.

“Family Try Clay” classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2-4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Computer Tutorials (ACC Library) Choose from a list of topics for personalized, one-onone instruction. The library also offers online computer classes in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and eBooks. Call for times and to register. 706-613-3650 Drawing Workshop (Georgia Museum of Art) Artist and educator Hope Hilton teaches a drawing workshop for adults in conjunction with the exhibition “The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection at the Snite Museum of Art.” Learn basic drawing techniques using materials like ink, graphite and ink washes.

Materials provided. No experience required. Call to register. Sep. 20, 5:30–8:30 p.m. 706-542-4662

Gentle Hatha Integral Yoga (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) All levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m. $9/class. 706-543-0162, mfhealy@bellsouth.net, www.mind fuliving.org Lori’s Boot Camp (Fitness at Five) Get in shape before summer is over! Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. & Saturdays, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Register. 706-353-6030, www.fitnessatfive.com SALSAthens (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa dance classes. Every Wednesday, 6:307:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $8 (incl. $3.50 drink). 706-338-6613 Sangha Yoga Classes (Healing Arts Centre) Several types of ongoing yoga classes are offered for various levels, including therapeutic yoga, beginner and Movement into Stillness yoga. Visit website for details. www.healingartscentre.net Sangha Yoga Teacher Training (Healing Arts Centre) Rahasya Yogic Arts 200 hour yoga teacher training program. Sept.

14–Feb. 13. Apply online.

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Johnny Gordon’s acrylic paintings are on display at Sips Espresso Cafe through August. www.rahasya.org/fr_1yogateacher training.cfm Spanish for Adults (Rocksprings Community Center) Senior adults can learn conversational Spanish through twice weekly classes. Call to register. Six-week session every Tuesday and Thursday beginning Aug. 7, 10–11 a.m. $15–20. 706-613-3603 Yoga Teacher Training (Athens, Ga) Yoga teacher and RYT200 certification course.

Saturdays, Aug. 11–Dec. 15, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $1450. www.yogaful day.com Zumba (ALCES) Instructed by Maricela Delgado. Every Wednesday, 6–7 p.m. & 7:15–8:15 p.m. $5 (1 class), $8 (both classes). 706-5400591

HELP OUT ACLC English Training Session (440 Dearing Ext.) The Athens-Clarke Literacy Council offers workshops to train community volunteers to teach English to adult English learners. Pre-registration required. Aug. 4 & 11, 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. $10 (refunded upon completion). 706-254-9877, www.athensliteracy.org/workshops Back to School Shoe Drive (Athens Area Humane Society) Give your old paws (a.k.a. shoes) a new life. Donate athletic shoes, sandals, heels, dress shoes, work boots and flats to be recycled and raise money for the dogs, cats and small animals awaiting adoption.

Both Athens and Watkinsville AAHS locations. Through Sept. 30. www.athenshumanesociety.org BikeAthens Bike Recycling Program (Chase Street Warehouses) BikeAthens Bike

Recycling Program (BRP) needs bicycle repair help of all degrees.

Bicycles are donated to social service agencies for individuals in need of a safe ride to work and underserved by public transportation. Wednesdays, 6-8:30 p.m. (beginners), Mondays, 6-8:30 p.m. & Sundays, 2-4:30 p.m. bikeathens. com/brp Donate Blood (Red Cross Donor Center) Give the gift of blood! Check website for local donor locations.

1-800-RED CROSS, www.redcross. org Georgia Museum of Art Shop Volunteers (Georgia Museum of Art) Volunteers are needed to help staff the GMOA gift shop. Activities include creating and maintaining store displays, ringing up sales and basic customer service. Flexible weekday and weekend shifts available. 706-542-0450, millera@uga. edu, www.uga.edu/gamuseum/info/ shop.html.

Ink Recycling (Athens, Ga) Donate empty ink and toner cartridges to help the American Red Cross provide assistance to people in need.

Visit website for details. 706-3531645, jeffrey.taylor@redcross.org, www.inkrecycling.org Media Drive (Oconee County Library) Now accepting donations of gently used books, DVDs and CDs until Sept. 14. Books can be left in the lobby. All proceeds benefit the library.

Peace Place (Athens, Ga) Volunteer training in September to help victims of domestic abuse. Opportunities include babysitting, court escorting, donating goods or financial resources, working in a thrift store and more. Applications online. 706755-1100, sbruckner@peaceplace inc.org, www.peaceplaceinc.org/ volunteer_intern.html

KIDSTUFF Arts in the Afternoon (East Athens Community Center) Afterschool program teaches arts and crafts and allows children to create original artwork. Ages 6–15.

Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30– 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3593 Babies and Beasties (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Toddlers ages 18 months to two years and their parents are invited to discover nature with hands-on activities, hikes and crafts. Registration required.

Thursdays in August. 10–10:45 a.m. $12–18. 706-613-3615, www.athensclarkecounty.com/ sandycreeknaturecenter Craft Club (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Wednesday (4 p.m.) craft club for ages 6–10, Thursday craft club (4 p.m.) for ages 3–5, Saturday Mama, Papa & Me classes (10 a.m.) for ages 1–3 and Saturday Crafterdays (4 p.m.) for ages 3–6.

Sign up per month or call the day of to drop in. 4 p.m. $10–35. www.treehousekidandcraft.com Half-Pint Summer Art Camp (Pints and Paints) Week-long camps for ages 5-8 and 9-13. Participants will learn basic painting techniques and show off their masterpieces on the last day of the session. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $45 (day), $255 (week). www.pintsand paints.com Nature’s Night Life (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join one of the center’s naturalists for a night hike to see what creatures can be stirred up during the heat of summer. Register

by Aug. 2. All ages. 8–9:30 p.m. $7.

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ON THE STREET Extras Needed (Athens, Ga) The Spectacular Show seeks local guys and girls of all ethnicities, 16â&#x20AC;&#x201C;20 years of age, for various extra roles to be performed in early August.

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Friends of the Garden Flea Market (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Accepting donated items of all kinds. Aug. 13-17. No clothing.

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AMICI ITALIAN CAFĂ&#x2030; (233 E. Clayton St.) Coastal landscape scenes in pastel by Rob Graham. Thriugh August.

ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Mary Porter, Christine Shockley, Dorthea Jacobson, Lana Mitchell, John Gholson, Greg Benson and Ainhoa Bilbao Canup. Art quilt by Elizabeth Barton and handmade jewelry by various artists.

ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (1011B Industrial Blvd., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass.

ARTLAND LOFT GALLERY (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through the Red Door,â&#x20AC;? colorful narratives, self-portraits and imaginary worlds by Lisa Freeman. Through July.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) In â&#x20AC;&#x153;ATHICA Emerges V: The Synthetic Mind,â&#x20AC;? nine artists explore how they perceive and experience the world around them.

Through Sept. 9.

THE BRANDED BUTCHER (225 N. Lumpkin St.) Paintings and drawings by Sanithna Phansavanh.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Ainhoa Canup.

ETIENNE BRASSERIE (311 E. Broad St.) Paintings by Alan Campbell. Through August.

FARMINGTON DEPOT GALLERY (1011 Salem Rd., Farmington) Owned and staffed by 16 artists, the gallery exhibits paintings, sculpture, folk art, ceramics, fine furniture and more. Permanent collection artists include Michael Pierce, Nick Joslyn, Peter Loose, PM Goulding and more.

FIVE STAR DAY CAFĂ&#x2030; (229 E. Broad St.) Paintings on tin and wood and drawings by Rick Littlefield.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Works by Walker Howle. Through August.

GALLERY @ HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Board Room,â&#x20AC;? part of the 2012 Summer of SPOA (Skatepark of Athens), includes skateboard decks designed by 56 artists. Through Sept. 9. â&#x20AC;˘ In The Glasscube, an installation by Deanna Kamal, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Collosphaera,â&#x20AC;? is a hybrid of interior design and marine biology. Through Sept. 9.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Victory Lap: Time-Based Winners of the Kress Project.â&#x20AC;? Through Sept. 7. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defiant Beauty: The Work of Chakaia Bookerâ&#x20AC;? consists of large-scale sculptures created from tires. Through Apr. 30. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Durer and His Legacyâ&#x20AC;? highlights prints of Albrecht Durer, a Northern Renaissance artist and printmaker.

Through Aug. 12. â&#x20AC;˘ An exhibition of 41 prints and drawings by Gerald L. Brockhurst. Through Sept. 16.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (East Campus Rd.) A collection of mounted game animals featuring lynxes, African leopards, Alaskan bears, water buffalo and elk, as well as live corn snakes, tarantulas and other live animals.

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Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step, guided program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Sunday afternoons, 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. Call 706-2027463, or visit www.emotions anonymous.org GRASP: Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (Call for location) Lost a loved one to substance abuse? Free, peer grief support group. Call for location.

Aug. 12, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. 706-248-7715, www.grasphelp.org Survive and Revive (Athens, Ga) Support, healing and dinner for survivors of domestic violence. Second and fourth Tuesdays in Clarke County. First and Third Mondays in Madison County. Childcare provided during meetings. 6 p.m. (dinner), 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. (meeting). 706-5433331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771. f

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Drawings by Andrew Barger and Erin Lovett. Through Aug. 4. â&#x20AC;˘ New watercolors by Jamie Calkin and figure and still life paintings by Mary Joe Vandiver. Through Aug. 25.

HEIRLOOM CAFE AND FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Large floral collage paintings and smaller works by Ally White. Opening reception Aug. 1.

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HENDERSHOTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE BAR (1560 Oglethorpe Ave.) Collages and paintings by Charley Seagraves.

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JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE EASTSIDE (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) Photography and integrated media by Jillian Carnes and Jamie DeRevere.

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reflectionâ&#x20AC;? features sustainable art by Justin and Jul Sexton.

JUST PHOâ&#x20AC;ŚAND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Photography by Visionary Growth Gallery ownerRobert Lowery.

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by Elizebeth Tong, highlighting symbolism from the poetry of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Maypole Song,â&#x20AC;? which tells the story of the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth. Through August.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tiny Universeâ&#x20AC;? includes works in various median by Diana Behl, Scott Ingram, Andrew Kozlowski, Mark Leibert, Dayna Thacker and Andy Moon Wilson.

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LAST RESORT GRILL (184 W. Clayton St.) Paintings

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OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Still-life paintings by Manda McKay. SEWCIAL STUDIO (160 Tracy St.) Hand-dyed art quilts by Anita Heady and rust and over-dyed fabric on canvas by Bill Heady.

SIPS ESPRESSO CAFE (1390 Prince Ave.) Acrylic paintings by Johnny Gordon. (See Bulletin Board image.) Through August.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDENS (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) The Oconee River Land Trust and the Athens Land Trust present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spirit of the Land,â&#x20AC;? an exhibit and sale that celebrates the beauty of land and supports its protection. Through Sept. 9.

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TECH STOP COMPUTERS (3690 Atlanta Hwy.) Abstract expressionist acrylic paintings with bright colors and strong architectural themes by Frances Jemini. Through October.

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If you’ve been friends with this guy for seven years, you should be able to say something to him without causing that much of a ruckus. If you’re afraid he’ll get defensive, could you possibly just mention that you saw him on the site while you were shopping there? Like “Hey, are you having any luck with that? ‘Cause I’m totally not” or something?

That would at least get a conversation started.

Then you could ask him if the girl knows he’s not exclusive or whatever. One of the important things about friendship is honesty, and if you tell him that you and your other friends are really happy to see him with this girl and that you are concerned that he might fuck it up, it might make him think twice about what he’s doing. Or, maybe he’ll tell you they’re not exclusive and it’s none of your business, in which case you can choose to either out him or drop the subject. Either way, if even mentioning it puts your friendship in jeopardy, then your friendship isn’t that great anyway.

During a study abroad program, I found a very good friend. We both are shy, athletic and equally attractive. We both were nicely welcomed by the girls in the trip; he as a mysterious guy, and I as a cute, harmless teddy bear. Since the program is filled with young and attractive people, both of us had been in dramas during the program. We can’t find girls who are compatible with us and still available.

So, we have been both turning girls down and being turned down by the girls we talked to.

There is one girl that I started having an interest in. She is without a relationship. She has a nice personality and is quite pleasant. The problem is that, while I kept my interest quiet for now, my friend told me privately that he would ask this girl out.

I’m not sure if I should tell him that I am also interested in her, too. My attention to her has not developed into anything strong, and I value the friendship between me and this guy. However, I don’t want to miss a chance to talk to a girl that I find might work for me. Should I back out from this or what do I do?

Nice Friend You should at least tell him that you are also interested in the girl. See how he responds, and then decide how to proceed.

Obviously he has no claim over her, but you also don’t want to ruin your friendship, right?

Well, what if she isn’t attracted to him but she likes you? Or vice versa? I think it is definitely worth at least a quick conversation with him.

Clear the air and you will feel better.

I have recently started a new job. There is a policy regarding fraternization between people at different levels in the company.

The thing is, I really like one of my superiors. We work in separate departments. I have no interest in him physically or romantically. I am very happy in my current relationship, and in fact I think he and my boyfriend would get along well. It’s just that there are not very many people at work that I can relate to, and he is one of them. Also, he is not from this state and has only been here a few months, so he doesn’t know a lot of people. Is it weird for me to ask him out on a strictly social basis? I don’t want to compromise either of us professionally.

New Girl What exactly does the company policy say?

And is this something that was made very clear to you when you were hired, or something that you understand from what other people have said? Unless you have been told that it is strictly forbidden for you to hang out with particular co-workers, I say you just talk to the guy. Make it very clear that you are not asking him on a date. Invite him out with you and your boyfriend. Don’t make a big deal out of it. If he tells you he can’t, then you have your answer. If he decides to join you, maybe you’ll make a new friend.

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My close friend of seven years has been dating someone for almost a year now. After some time being in a series of flings, this is his first attempt at a serious relationship and we (me and my other friends) do see everything going smoothly with his relationship (at least from the outside). This friend also travels a lot on work and returns back to town on weekends.

Over the last week, I have been seeing him online for hours on a hookup site every evening when he is in another city for work. I am single and I check that site often to just check things out. I ended up seeing him there online entirely by accident the first time, and I don’t think he has seen that I see him online.

My friend is 28, and has always been a little flirty by temperament, but I do not think he is the unfaithful type.

He does get flirty in bars (even when he has been dating this girl) but it’s mild and mostly to get attention.

I could be over-interpreting, and he is perhaps only looking for a harmless chat there. But I feel a little suspicious… especially since it is very much a sex/hookup site.

I don’t know if his girlfriend knows/condones all this etc., etc. I don’t know if I should bring this up at all (since it is really none of my business and might somewhat hurt my relationship with my friend, because he does not at all like being confronted and is somewhat defensive by nature). But I feel bad for the girl if she doesn’t know. She is a nice girl and I feel it’s a little unfair if she thinks she is in a nice, committed relationship and he is cheating behind her back.

He has always been a very nice friend. As I said before, this is his first attempt at a serious relationship and he has always been a little over-flirty in the past… so I wouldn’t be too surprised if he goes looking for sweets at the candy store. So, a part of me wants to just mind my business and not bother about it.

Another part feels I should do something…

Nosy or Upright

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Eastside quadraplex, 2BR/2BA, $500/mo. & 2BR/1BA, $475/ mo. Eastside duplex, 2BR/1BA & FP, $475/mo. 3BR/2BA & FP, $650/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 353-2700 or cell, (706) 540-1529.

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2BR/2BA apts. a few blocks from Dwntn. off North Ave. Pet friendly & no pet fee! Dep. only $150. Rent from $625-675/mo. incl. trash. (706) 548-2522, w w w. d o v e t a i l m a n a g e m e n t . com.

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Country apt. $400 + $50 utility which covers water, electricity, garbage & internet. Call (706) 224-1708.

Next to campus. 189 Talmadge St. Remodeled 2BR apt. HWflrs., all appls., large porch. $700/mo.

Avail. Aug. 4. Call Owner/Broker Herbert Bond Realty, (706) 2248002.

Commercial Property Chase Park Paint Artist Studios. Historic Blvd. artist community. 160 Tracy St. Rent 300 sf., $150 mo. 400 sf., $200/ mo. (706) 546-1615 or www. athenstownproperties.com.

Eastside offices, 1060 Gaines School Rd. Rent 500 sf. $650/ mo., 400 sf. $600/mo. (706) 5461615 or athenstownproperties. com.

Prime retail space Downtown. Located at 142 E. Clayton St. Please call Staci at (706) 296-1863 or (706) 4254048 for further details.

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Condos for Rent 2BR/2BA condo at Baxter/ Milledge Courtyard condos. Walk to campus, city bus, or university bus. Newly redecorated, new carpet, pergo kitchen. Available 8/10. Can see in advance, pool on site. W/D in condo. $850/mo.

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1BR/1BA, LR, kitchen, study, gated, pool, exercise facility, 1/2 mi. from campus & Dwntn. $600/ mo. (678) 414-3887, cougar04@ yahoo.com.

2BR/1BA brick cottage. W/D, HWflrs., large yard, screened porch. Not a party house. No pets. 96 Springdale St. $1000/ mo. Call (706) 549-5413.

3BR/2BA in Normaltown. Avail. immediately! HWflrs., CHAC, quiet street. Grad students pref’d. Rent negotiable. (706) 372-1505.

2BRs across from campus for Fall semester. Also, 4BR at Urban Lofts. Call (404) 5575203.

2 & 3BR. Super Athens & UGA location. Please call Vince at (706) 207-0539, vlow@prodigy. net.

Cedar Creek: 4BR/2BA, partially fenced yd., $950/mo. 5 Pts.: Off Baxter St., 4BR/2BA, $1000/ mo. Eastside: 5BR/2BA, large lot, $1000/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 353-2700, (706) 540-1529.

Just reduced! Investor’s Westside condo. 2BR/2BA, FP, 1500 sf., great investment, lease 12 mos. at $575/mo. Price in $40s.

For more info, call McWaters Realty at (706) 353-2700 or (706) 540-1529.

Duplexes For Rent Brick duplex, 2BR/2BA, very clean. Just 2 mi. to campus on north side Athens. 2 units avail.

Pets OK. $500/mo. + dep. Call Sharon, (706) 201-9093.

Houses for Rent $950/mo. 3BR/2BA house in country. 9 mi. from Dwntn. W/D hookup, DW, FP. Call (706) 5408461.

1 or 2BR, recently renovated, private, quiet location near Publix. All elec., CHAC, new appls., W/D, DW, HWflrs. Water & garbage paid. $650-680/ mo. www.boulevard propertymanagement.com, (706) 548-9797.

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Close to campus & Dwntn. All modern upgrades. Call (706) 255-0066.

120 Park Ave. Perfect house for 2 people @ $1000 or 3 people @ $1250. HWflrs., private yard, full basement, in Boulevard, walking distance to everything. (706) 548-9797.www.boulevard propertymanagement.com.

2BR/1BA. Close to Dwntn. & campus. Great for students! $850/mo. Avail. Aug. 15. (706) 255-7007.

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3BR/1BA house off Milledge, near park & busline, large fenced backyard. $1000/mo. Pet friendly. (706) 255-9900.

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3BR/1BA. UGA Med. area. 120 Davis Place. $925/mo. All appls. incl. W/D. HWflrs., big fenced backyard. Dogs allowed! Avail.

Aug. (706) 495-0924.

4BR/3BA Victorian home, renovated. 1/2 mi. from c a m p u s . P re - l e a s i n g . $500 off 1st mo.’s rent. New kitchen, W/D, DW, fenced yd., HW. $1500/⁣mo. Huge rms.! Lots of character.

Avail. 8/1. Pets OK. (706) 338-9173.

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Fully fur nished! Charleston cottage, n’hood near Prince Ave. King bed, W/D, stainless steel kit appls., 2BR/2BA. Upper screened porch & lower patio w/ outdoor furniture, 1.5 car garage, + 600 sf rec room w/ bar. $1400/mo. Lawn maint. incl. Call (706) 498-3500 for photos.

Half house to share. $500/ mo., 1 mo. dep., 1/2 utils. Fully furnished, W/D, carport, deck, private BA, no pets, smoker OK. Near Ga. Square Mall.

(706) 870-9281.

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Lg. old house in town, on busline. 3 mins, to campus.

Com./Res. 2 kitchens, 2 living rms., 1 dining rm., 2BA/4BR. Lg. yd., paved parking. $1300/mo.

David, (706) 247-1398.

Oconee Co. 4BR/3.5BA home.

Full basement, 2+ acres, $1400/ mo., references a must. Close in Jackson Co.: 3BR mobile home in MH Park. $510/mo.

References a must. Call Rose, (706) 255-0472, Prudential Blanton Properties.

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Photos and long-term specials available. Call (706) 549-0301!

Houses for Sale Near the park, 3BR/2BA, huge screened room, shed, $110,000. 2BR/2BA, fenced yard, work shed, $110,000.

Near Statham, cute 3BR/2BA, LR/FP, 2 car garage, fenced yard, $65,900. Call Rose, (706) 255-0472, Prudential Blanton Properties.

Parking & Storage Parking. Private lot, S. Thomas, 1 block from Jackson, North Campus. $200/fall semester, no game day parking. (706) 5489137, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. weekdays.

Parking places for rent across from UGA. $30/mo. (706) 3544261.

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Dwntn., 1BR/1BA flat, $465/ mo. Avail. now or pre-leasing for Aug. 2012. Water, gas, trash pick-up incl. Free on-site laundry.

Joiner Management, (706) 353-6868.

Get a 4 room all-digital satellite system installed for free & programming starting at $19.99/ mo. Free HD/DVR upgrade for new callers. Call now. 1-800925-7945 (AAN CAN).

Pre-leasing for Fall. Take the bus to campus from Macon Hwy. 1055 Macon Hwy.: 5BR/2BA, $1495/mo. 625 Whitehall Rd.: 2BR/2BA, W/D, $695/mo. 1180 Whit Davis: 3BR/2BA, fenced yard, $725/mo. 322 Whitehall Rd.: 3BR/2BA, fenced yard, W/D, $795/mo. Visual tour online. nancyflowers.com. Call, text or email Nancy, (706) 540-1608. flowersnancy@bellsouth.net.

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Roommates 2BR/1BA duplex in Bogart. Your rm. beautifully and completely furnished w/ TV. 6 mo. lease. $300/mo. + 1/2 utils. Deposit req. (678) 879-9772.

Male seeking roommate. $275/ mo. incl. utils. for policeman or public servant. $325/mo. otherwise. Nice 3BR home w/ deck in Winterville. No smokers.

Bob, (706) 347-8889.

Roommate needed! $250/mo., 1/3 utils. in 3BR/2BA home. 5-10 min. to campus/mall/grocery store. High speed WiFi. HD Dish Network, CHAC, W/D. Quiet nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;hood. Students preferred.

Avail. now! aggeles@uga.edu.

Seeking 2 roommates! House near Alps & University. $395/mo. + utils. References & dep. reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d.

Avail. now! (706) 249-1909.

Wanted: M/F roommate for 3BR home. Fenced-in backyard.

Small to medium dog OK. Off Prince, near Soc. Sec. office.

Avail. Aug. 1. $300/mo. + 1/3 utils. Call between 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m.

(770) 363-4445.

Rooms for Rent 2 mature female grad students, 1 cat & 1 small dog seeking 3rd housemate. Fellow nerds & freethinkers encouraged! Aug. 1st. 1BR in 3BR/3.5BA house, W/D, DW. Just blocks from Dwntn. & campus. $500/mo., 1/3 utils. Contact amyh75@gmail. com.

Dashiell Cottages. Moveâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;in, $75/wk.! No cigarettes, alcohol.

(706) 850-0491. 1BR, private entrance, all amenities, WiFi, long distance. 5 blocks to UGA. Enjoy river community & wildlife observation.

For Sale Miscellaneous Archipelago Antiques.

23 years of fine antiques, ar t & retro. U n d e r n e a t h Homeplace. At 1676 S. Lumpkin St. (706) 354-4297.

Come to Cillies, 175 E. Clayton St. for vintage Louis Vuitton. 20% off single purchase of clothing, sandals and jewelry (excl. J. Crew). 1/ person.

Go to Agora ! Awesome!

Affordable! The ultimate store! Specializing in retro everything: antiques, furniture, clothes, bikes, re c o rd s & p l a y e r s ! 2 6 0 W. Clayton St., (706) 316-0130.

Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition.

Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College downtown. (706) 369-9428.

Announcements Greene Moon Events. Tallulah River stage & outdoor group venue w/ camping. Book summer event or party. Join band roster for festival bookings. www.greenemoon.com.

Equipment For sale: Cargo trailer in great shape. Perfect for band equipment or any hauling needs.

5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wide x 5.5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; tall x 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; long. Has excellent 15â&#x20AC;? heavy duty tires. $1500. Call Jared at (706) 3389019 or email director@athfest. com.

Nuçiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are tax-deductible.

Call (706) 227-1515 or come by Nuçiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Space, 396 Oconee St.

Instruction Athens School of Music.

Instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more. From beginner to expert. Instrument repairs avail. Visit http://www.

AthensSchoolofMusic.com, (706) 543-5800.

Guitar lessons! College instructor w/ doctorate in music.

All styles, beginners too. Bass, theory & composition too. 1st lesson free. Call David, (706) 546-7082. davidguitar4109@ hotmail.com. www. mitchellmusicguitar.com.

Music Services Eady Guitars, Guitar Building & Repair. Qualified repairman offering professional set ups, fret work, wiring, finishing & restorations. Exp. incl. Gibson & Benedetto Guitars. Appt. only. (615) 714-9722, www. eadyguitars.com.

Fret Shop. Professional guitar repairs & modifications, setups, electronics, precision fretwork.

Previous clients incl. R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Cracker, Bob Mould, John Berry, Abbey Road Live!, Squat. (706) 549-1567.

We d d i n g b a n d s . Quality, professional bands. Weddings, parties. Rock, jazz, etc. Call Classic City Enter tainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityentertainment.com.

Featuring The Magictones Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; premiere wedding & party band. www.themagictones. com.

Services Cleaning House Cleaning.. She said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have cleaning down to a science!â&#x20AC;?

I use the best earthfriendly products. Pets & family welcome.

Reliable & very budgetf r i e n d l y. L o c a l & independent. Tell me how many BR/BA & Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give you a quote. Text/ email (706) 851-9087, Nick@goodworld.biz.

Pets B o u l e v a rd A n i m a l H o s p i t a l August Special: Multiple Pet D i s c o u n t . 2 n d p e t â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s e x a m is half price! 298 Prince Ave. (706) 425-5099, www. downtownathensvet.com.

Spa The location of Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; best massage therapists, estheticians & nail technicians is not classified. Call The Spa at Foundry Park Inn now at (706) 425-9700.

Jobs Full-time Attention: now hiring. Due to massive expansion, we need men & women to fill openings in all depts. Start immediately. No exp. necessary. We train. $475/ wk. per company agreement.

(678) 963-5477.

Changoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Noodle House is now hiring all positions front & back of house. Apply in person, 320 E. Clayton St. Tues.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sun. between 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m.

Advertise for help wanted with Flagpole Classifieds. www.classifieds. flagpole.com or (706) 5490301.

C a l l c e n t e r representative. Join established Athens company calling CEOs & CFOs of major corporations generating sales leads for tech companies. $ 9 / h r. B O S S t a ff i n g , w w w. bostemps.com, (706) 3533030.

Dental assistant. Full time, Mon.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Fri. $15/hr. during training period, $20/hr. once trained.

Must be computer literate & avail. to work for a min. of 3 consecutive yrs. due to training cost. Bachelors degree & min.

3.5 GPA preferred. Employer contributes 100% to retirement plan. Send your educational & work history to DentalAthens@ gmail.com.

I heart Flagpole Classifieds.

Fast-paced, established Dwntn. salon seeks talented stylist for commissioned, FT position.

Must have GA license. Apply in person at 132 College Ave. or send resume to ragehair@ bellsouth.net.

FT or PT hair stylist position at Rocket Salon. Fun, laid back. Must have GA license.

Commission. Apply in person or at rocketsalon@gmail.com.

Opportunities Are you a charming, aggressive & carefree man?

Are you sometimes impulsive & irresponsible, but also good at handling people & looking after your own best interests?

Earn up to $30 for 3 hr. study.

Men between 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;65 needed.

Call Personality Studies at UGA for initial phone screening. (706) 583-0819.

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Dependable person needed during the evening hrs. helping a young man confined to a wheelchair. In exchange for free rent in apt., food, utils. & other amenities. Call (706) 549-9456.

Earn up to $750 by participating in research in the Department of Kinesiology at UGA. Women 25-45 years of age are needed for a study examining the effects of a nutritional product on how many calories you burn at rest. Contact the BCM Lab at (706) 688-9297 or ugaprojectwasabi@gmail. com.

Help wanted! Make money mailing brochures from home!

Free supplies! Helping home workers since 2001. Genuine opportunity. No exp. reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Start immediately! www.theworkhub. net (AAN CAN).

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Help wanted. Earn extra income assembling CD cases from home. No experience n e c e s s a r y. C a l l o u r l i v e operators now. (800) 405-7619 e x t . 2 4 5 0 , w w w. e a s y w o r k greatpay.com (AAN CAN).

Seeking women ages 30-65 for an 8-week study examining the effects of a protein or carbohydrate diet and/or an interval training exercise program on metabolic syndrome risk factors. Participants can earn up to $100 and a free 3 mo. trial membership at the UGA Fitness Center w/ successful completion of all testing. Contact Rachelle Acitelli at (706)389-0272, or ephitstudy@gmail.com.

Part-time Advertise your services with Flagpole Classifieds. Photography, storage, office assistant, nannying and more! Find employers and employees a t w w w. c l a s s i f i e d s . flagpole.com.

Sakura is now hiring experienced servers & bartenders. Bring resume to 3557 Atlanta Hwy.

Vehicles Misc. Vehicles Cash for cars: any car/truck.

Running or not! Top $ paid. We come to you! Call for instant offer, (888) 420-3808, www. cash4car.com (AAN CAN).

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August Brings the Funny Ease on Down the Road: Want to be a drama nerd but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how? Athens Creative Theatre is holding an audition workshop on Thursday, Aug. 2 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Quinn Hall, Memorial Park. The workshop is open to anyone age 8 and up, and will be a tutorial on techniques and tips for acing that audition. It costs $15 per person or $25 for families.

ACT will give you a chance to take those skills for a spin when it holds auditions for its upcoming production of The Wizard of Oz. Auditions will be held Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 13 & 14, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. for children 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14 and 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. for ages 15 and up. The latter group will be asked to bring a prepared 16â&#x20AC;&#x201C;bar solo piece from a Broadway musical with sheet music. Auditions are by appointment only, so call (706) 613â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3628 to secure a slot and to get more information.

Sealy Pillowâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Top: The 1959 musical comedy Once Upon a Mattress, based on the story of The Princess and the Pea, tells the story of an awkward prince named Dauntless, a prospective bride named Fred and the hoops Fred must jump through to prove herself worthy in the eyes of the overprotective Queen. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fun show, appropriate for all ages.

The Winderâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Barrow Community Theater presents its production of Once Upon a Mattress at the Winder Cultural Arts Center Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sunday, August 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 and 17â&#x20AC;&#x201C;19.

Friday and Saturday showtimes are 7:30 p.m, and Sunday shows begin at 3 p.m. Tickets are $12.50 ($10 for students, teachers and seniors) in advance and $15 and $13 at the door. Call (770) 867â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1679 for information.

Be Chaste, Posthaste: A tip for those romance readers contemplating timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;travel sex tourism: just as most medieval Scots probably didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look like Mel Gibson, most ancient Spartans looked nothing like Gerard Butler. On the other hand, if you pinpoint your trip to a certain period during the Second Peloponnesian War, I like your chances.

The Town & Gown Players end their 2011â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2012 season with a production of Aristophanesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; classic comedy Lysistrata, opening Aug. 3 at the Athens Community Theatre. Set during the war between Athens and Sparta, this bawdy farce revolves around Oconee Youth Playhouse will present the new musical Freckleface a scheme by the women on Strawberry through Aug. 5. both sides to end the war by withholding sex from their husbands and boyfriends, a plan that Redneck Ribaldry: Back when I was an underplays out with hilarious results. graduate at UGA and the hills were black with This very adult playâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;parents are advised buffalo, I had a summer job working in a comto leave the kids at homeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;has held up well edy club in Marietta. One of the first comeover the millennia, and this particular version dians I ever saw perform there was James is a new translation by Wesleyan classicist Gregory, one of the hardestâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;working comics Sarah Ruden that has been roundly praised in the South. He had a signature bit about for the vitality of its language and has been product warning labels for the terminally stuselected for The Norton Anthology of English pid that I recall as being funny as hell.

Literature. Dr. Ruden is scheduled to attend James Gregory brings his 30thâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;anniversary and conduct a talkâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;back session on Friday, tour to the Melting Point on Thursday, Aug. Aug. 10 after the show, so many of you will 16 at 7:30. Tickets are $20 in advance and want to reserve seats for that night. The show $25 at the door. You can also reserve tables runs Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sunday, Aug. 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5, and Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; for parties of two or four. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit pricey Sunday, Aug. 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. Showtimes are 8 p.m. for an Athens show, but fans of unabashed Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets Southern comedy in the vein of Jeff Foxworthy are $15, $12 for students, and $8 for students or Ron White wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be disappointed. Go to on Thursday, Aug. 9, and may be reserved by www.meltingpointathens.com for tickets. calling (706) 208â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8696.

Yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;all Smell Somethinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;?: For those who like their For the Kiddies: Oconee Youth Playhouse comedy with a bit more edge and the potenwill present the new musical Freckleface tial for violence, comedian Doug Stanhope Strawberry, based on the best-selling books brings his Big Stink Comedy Tour to the by actress Julianne Moore, Aug. 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 at the Georgia Theatre on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 8 Oconee County Civic Center. Shows are at 7 p.m. A veteran of TV, stage and festivals where p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. bottles are chucked at him regularly, Stanhope Tickets are $16 for adults, $14 for students offers an alcoholâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;fueled, noâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;holdsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;barred act and seniors, and $12 for age 12 and under and to the mic. You either love him or hate him. can be purchased in the lobby of the Oconee For those who love him, tickets are $20 and County Civic Center starting one hour before available at www.georgiatheatre.com. each show. For more info, visit the Oconee Youth Playhouse website or Facebook page.

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everyday people Liz Larson, Student and Aspiring Entrepreneur In a few days, Liz Larson will join the numerous recent college graduates who are trying to break into an unwelcoming job market. While sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nervous about life after graduation, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not trying to get a typical office job; she wants to be her own boss.

Flagpole: You live here in Athensâ&#x20AC;Ś Liz Larson: Yeah, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in my last class of undergrad right now, my very last class.

FP: Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exciting. What class are you taking?

LL: The politics of development. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an international affairs class.

FP: So, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re [an] international affairs [major]?

LL: And Spanish.

FP: And are you excited about graduating?

LL: I mean, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s momentous, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a really scary time to be entering a non-existent job market as a young adult, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty nerve-wracking.

FP: So, what do you think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be doing after you graduate?

LL: I really want to develop my own online company. I actually just signed a lease to stay here in Athens, and even

of it were a little bit lonely in some ways, but it really does force you to grow up a lot as a person, so I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important. I would recommend it for anyone.

FP: Have you been other places abroad, too?

LL: Besides Europe, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been to Israel, Costa Rica and the Bahamas.

FP: And you were just visiting [Costa Rica] for fun. Was it a vacation?

LL: Yeah, my dad works down there. He takes group adventure tours, like deep-sea fishing and zip-lining and hiking through the rainforest, soâ&#x20AC;Ś

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FP: Cool, how did he get started in that?

LL: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fisherman. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost like a religious devotion to what he loves. One of his friends that he fishes with owns the company, and I think also because fishing is a part of the service theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re offeringâ&#x20AC;Ś I mean, he loves it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dream job.

FP: So, do you write for yourself, or do you blog or something?

LL: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been writing a journal thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just for myself, but with the intention of maybe using it for a blog at some point.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, trying to, like, develop my voice a little more before I start putting it out there. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely cathartic. And then I also, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done stand-up [comedy] before, and so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of fun to write.

FP: So, what kind of online business are you thinking about?

LL: I want to help people develop their own personal style in a way that makes sense economically, and I want to use an online platform to do that.

FP: So, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kind of putting the international affairs stuff on the back burner for now?

LL: You know, I want to get my head straight and give this creative project some time. Like, I feel like I did the responsible thing. I came out with practical majors, in four years, in things that are employable. But I also know this is a time in your life that you can afford to take a risk, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to give myself that chance.

FP: So, you like to travel. Did you study abroad or anything?

LL: Yeah, I did the UGA in EspaĂąa, the Valencia programâ&#x20AC;Ś Valencia is absolutely gorgeous but, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, I feel like a lot of people kind of romanticize their study abroad trips. Parts

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LL: I went on a birthright tripâ&#x20AC;Ś The architecture there is just absolutely stunningâ&#x20AC;Ś Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really interesting to see the way these architects captured fitting in with what was. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look anything like Disneyland, like fakey, fakey. The new construction isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trying to be ancient. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contemporary, but it fits so well, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so beautiful.

FP: Do you have any other interests?

LL: I love reading, and I love writing.

though it might make more sense to live at home, and I could probably save more money that way, I just, like, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get my head around moving back in with my parents. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so many creative people here. If thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for, and you cannot fall into the dark side, right?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the night sceneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;then I think this is a great environment for a young person with a creative project.

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FP: So, how did [the stand-up] go?

LL: I mean, I would say overall it was a success, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really nerve-wracking. Like, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done theater and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done chorusâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sang a soloâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but there is nothing more nerve-wracking than stand-up. Well, because, think about it, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s say youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in Footloose. Everyone knows Footloose is corny, you know. So, if someone goes to see Footloose and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like it, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like â&#x20AC;&#x153;OK, well, you knew exactly what you were getting into.â&#x20AC;? But, if someone goes to your stand-up and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like it, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more personal. They went wanting to see your fresh, new writing and to see your sense of humor. That makes you really vulnerable.

FP: So, what [topics] does your comedy focus on?

LL: Um, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind ofâ&#x20AC;Ś itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very awkward, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an honest girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective, mostly on dating.

FP: Are you interested at all in doing that more?

LL: I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. I kind of took a hiatus because I felt really embarrassed about talking about something. I felt, like, almost overexposed in a way. But I miss it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to have people interested in what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing in a way that shows that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re creative. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing about being in Athens: everybody contributesâ&#x20AC;Ś I like being able to contribute, too, and I think you can appreciate othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work more when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got something going for yourself.

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