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advancing athens Well, the giant Selig project finally gets the green light.

It will probably have a bad effect on downtown, providing more cookie-cutter, bland, chain businesses fueled by ads on national TV—the antithesis of what we like to think Athens is all about. No surprises there, especially from a county commission that built a parking deck and filled its ground-floor commercial spaces with chain businesses to the exclusion of anything local. (I know: their business partner does the booking, but still… ) Of course, the development of Athens has always been driven by commercial interests. The Classic City grew up initially to sell stuff to the faculty and students and provide housing for them, so really not much has changed. The downtown we admire replaced stately mansions that make preservationists weep at what was torn down to make way for mercantile emporia. And the same is true all over town, as the large old houses became too much for the smaller, aging families, who sold them to avoid the taxes and the upkeep. Without the fraternities and sororities we’d have even fewer of them left.

Was there some inherently better sense of design that caused the merchants to build well made red brick buildings downtown? Or was it just the cheapest and safest material at the time? Was it just natural bad taste when so many of those buildings were modernized during the ‘60s with metal facades over the brick? What accounts for the proliferation of beige brick and tan trim in our present Athens (and university) appearance? Just think how Athens would look now if the construction of just the past five years had used red brick instead of all this stuff out of the Bland New World pattern book.

The Holiday Inn sign that used to be considered the No. 1 example of garish commercial design is fast becoming as much a classic of the ’50s as the ’55 Chevy. If Holiday Inn brought it back, would we applaud or boo?

Is there any chance that we could actually have design standards that would protect not only the already-built environment but the next one, too? And who would determine those design standards? Would it be somebody cool enough to appreciate the old Holiday Inn sign, or would it just be somebody who sees nothing wrong with building every new infill development to look like it was built in 1890?

Many of us value local businesses but many of us, too, prefer the known quantity of Wendy’s to the better taste of White Tiger. As long as the Athens economy is driven by the students, their tastes will ultimately determine what is built here. You know they’re going to love Selig City as much as they love those chains in our city parking deck. They don’t care who owns it or what color the brick is. It’s useless to argue that Athens would be richer if we still had the Victorian mansions along Thomas Street instead of the Banner-Herald.

The mantra is that when Georgia Square Mall opened in 1980 it sucked all the business out of downtown, leaving empty buildings and cheap rents for the nascent music scene. Actually, only the main stores, Macy’s, Belk and J.C. Penney, moved to the mall. The only local business that moved out there from downtown was Rosenthal’s Shoes. It killed Rosenthal’s, and of course those that didn’t move suffered mightily, too. Now, the new Oconee mall could have the same effect on Georgia Square and the outlying stores.

Nobody knew back then that there was a music scene just waiting to happen and that it would transform downtown Athens. Nobody knows what’s next for downtown now. Suppose the University of Georgia is just before morphing into an online school, where student and faculty presence on campus is drastically reduced. What does that mean for downtown and for Selig? Maybe Selig City will become the next abandoned retail spot, giving rise to the next music scene—with a level path to campus, of course.

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Commissioner Jerry NeSmith raised a host of policy and procedural questions at the meeting about the rail-trail and the TCC map, all explained away by Planning Director Brad Griffin under questioning by Commissioner Andy Herod. Planners said the specific corridor wasn’t protected; only the concept of a level connection was required.

Commissioner Kelly Girtz worked with Selig to remove a retaining wall along Firefly Trail, add a shallower ramp from the rail-trail up into the development and add 10-foot“Mr. Berryman,” Commissioners also didn’t wide bike paths and sidewalks, separated from car traffic, Commissioner Harry Sims asked pursue the publicly-funded river along the Hickory Street extension that will run through the the county attorney Tuesday, district—intended to head off development.

July 2. “What is this all about?” more student apartments by Girtz’s proposal passed by an 8-2 vote July 2, with Jared A good question. Ostensibly, building a research park and Bailey and George Maxwell voting “no.” It was as good a deal it was about whether Selig recreational amenities—fast as we were going to get. It accomplishes the same things as Enterprises could build 15 enough to secure the A&D propa trail along the Belt Line would have—a safe path through ground floor apartments along erty ahead of Selig. Possibly, the the development for cyclists and pedestrians, and a level conWilkerson Street, rather than Atlanta developer had the help nection from Firefly Trail to campus. Selig also will have to the commercial space the of Mayor Nancy Denson, who come back for approval of the connection’s design. NeSmith Athens-Clarke County code kept news of its interest under even voted for it after Girtz added a clause to his motion requires. Legally, that was true. her hat for months before tellrequiring Selig representatives to meet with the Rails-to-Trails As with many of these zoning ing the Economic Development Committee and the Greenway Commission. throwdowns, though, it was Foundation (in an illegally closed Girtz only released his plan the day before the vote, though, about much more than that. meeting, no less). and speakers at the meeting asked for more time to digest it.

Opponents chafed when As Russell Edwards, echoing many local Selig’s lawyer, Mike Morris, told citizens, put it: “Why not wait a little bit? the commission that, “While What’s the harm?” it’s important to us, (the speGirtz said he saw his motion as just cial use permit) is not a deala minor tweak to Selig’s plan, but Selig breaker. This project is going to skeptics were right. There wasn’t enough get built.” time for the public to weight the ramificaMorris may have come off as tions. Delaying the vote for a month would a bully, but he was right. The have inspired a lot more confidence in the narrow issue of the 15 apartcommission’s actions. ments was the only one on the Even though many felt like they “lost,” table. everyone who opposed or critiqued the Russell Edwards and Sanni Baumgartner look sad as it becomes It didn’t have to be that Selig development really won. They simply clear the Selig development will pass. Or maybe Russell just has way. ACC’s 2000 comprehensive didn’t have the tools to stop it, but the something stuck in his teeth. plan allows 200 bedrooms per company substantially improved the plans acre—twice the 990 bedrooms on because of community feedback. more than nine acres Selig is building. Other than a 100-foot Nor would the com“The Selig project I looked at 18 height limit, there’s no limit on commercial space (110,000 mission change the zonmonths ago bears no resemblance to the Kelly Girtz is either a traitor to the progressive cause or the square feet, in Selig’s case), nor is there a limit on parking ing in the eastern part current project,” Commissioner Kathy savvy commissioner who won concessions from Selig, (1,475 spaces). of downtown to allow 55 Hoard said. “I think that has a lot to do depending on whom you ask.

Though architecturally uninspired, the development also bedrooms per acre in 2012, with the people in this room.” meets ACC’s downtown design guidelines, brought to us by out- even though planners said the area didn’t have enough water Clearly, though, the zoning laws and design guidelines of-town consultant Nore Winter and approved in 2006. and sewer capacity for maximum build-out. approved, with input from citizens, by our duly elected repThe same year, the commission finally created a downtown At any of those points, we could have put a stop to this resentatives in their infinite wisdom, have some unintended historic district. But lo and behold, it only included a core sixdevelopment and others like it, if only we had had the foreconsequences and need re-evaluating. They’re not giving us the block area—not the historic warehouses off Oconee and East sight to see what was coming. kind of growth downtown that most of the community seems Broad streets.

So, about that Transportation Corridor Concept Map. It’s to want.

When Selig first proposed the development in 2011, coma map (duh) where ACC officials mark off places where they So that will be the next big fight. Now, if only we could get missioners declined to contest Berryman’s interpretation that might one day want to build roads or trails, so they’re proas worked up about actual human beings—the poor, the strugSelig had “vested rights” in the Armstrong & Dobbs property— tected. As first reported in Flagpole two weeks ago, an old rail gling students, people without health care—as we do about a meaning that ACC couldn’t change the rules in the middle of bed called the Belt Line runs through the A&D property and pile of bricks. the game—even though other experts, like the University of was intended to serve as a level connection between Firefly Georgia’s Jamie Baker Roskie, disagreed.

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capitol impact updates on old stories Major League Baseball players will be taking a midseason break for the All-Star Game, so we’ll take our own midseason break and catch up on developments in some of the stories highlighted in earlier columns.

Construction is proceeding on a new football stadium for Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank that will be partly financed with $200 million from Atlanta’s pot of hotel-motel tax revenues. Common Cause Georgia is still fighting that questionable use of the taxpayers’ money by launching a petition drive to put the issue on this fall’s city election ballot.

It’s a long shot, but if Common Cause could obtain the signatures of 35,000 Atlanta voters, they would force a referendum to amend the city charter so that hotel-motel tax funds could never be used to pay for a football stadium.

There has been a controversy down on Jekyll Island over the revision of a master plan for the island’s future development. The Jekyll Island Authority wants to count marshland as part of the island’s acreage, which would allow expanded commercial development.

Environmentalists are adamantly opposed.

Attorney General Sam Olens offered an opinion that marshland can be counted as “land� for the purposes of allowing more commercial development. Environmental groups are preparing to file lawsuits and reminding their members that Olens’ name will be on the ballot next year when he runs for another term.

The attorney general was also part of a three-person commission that decided whether state Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta) could keep his job as a legislator while facing criminal fraud charges in a federal indictment.

Olens, along with state Rep. Stacey Abrams (D-Atlanta) and Sen. Steve Henson (D-Tucker), voted to allow Brooks to remain in office on the grounds that the federal indictment did not interfere with his ability to carry out his duties as a lawmaker.

The Georgia Democratic Party recently found itself in an awkward position when

state chairman Mike Berlon resigned and an election was called to select his replacement.

The party’s charter requires that the chairman and first vice chair must be of different sexes and racial backgrounds, which meant that only white males could qualify to run for chairman in the special election. For a party that has often criticized Republicans for their lack of diversity, it was an ironic development to be holding a “whites-only� election for chairman.

Democratic Party officials have since modified their position and are allowing anyone, regardless of race or gender, to run in that Aug. 31 election.

Earlier this year, the General Assembly debated the issue of extending a provider fee paid into the Medicaid program by hospitals—a fee known more widely as the “bed tax.�

There was a general agreement among Gov. Nathan Deal and the legislative leadership that the bed tax should be extended so that the Medicaid program did not go broke.

Legislators did not want to go on record, however, as voting for any kind of tax, even one as badly needed as the Medicaid bed tax. The Legislature thus passed a bill that transferred the authority for levying and collecting this Medicaid tax over to the state Board of Community Health—an executive branch agency whose members are appointed by the governor. The Georgia Constitution is very clear on this issue—it requires all bills raising taxes to originate in the House of Representatives. This Medicaid tax bill originated in the Senate and would seem to be a clear violation of the Constitution. The bed tax would probably be thrown out by the courts if anyone bothered to mount a legal challenge, but no one has filed a lawsuit to date. The state Board of Community Health subsequently voted to impose this new incarnation of the Medicaid bed tax, which took effect on July 1.

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athens rising Saving Jittery Joe’s Way back before Christmas, Flagpole broke rather than Atlanta). Crowley explained in a the news to y’all that Walmart had decided presentation to People for a Better Athens on not to open a store on the Armstrong & Dobbs June 18 that he would like to see the roaster property to be developed by Selig Enterprises. moved to the other side of East Broad Street Our cries had been heard, the protest songs on the corner of Hickory Street. Currently, a listened to and bumper stickers noted, but stormwater retention pond for the Multimodal while we all celebrated the victory over the Center is located there, but Crowley wants the big box, many of us forgot that our local pond turned into a park with the relocated coffee-maker was on the chopping block. Selig roaster there. plans to demolish the Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company founder Bob Googe recently Co. building. dropped his opposition to the Selig project, The structure that houses the roaster was saying developers convinced him the building built sometime between 1926 and 1950 as a couldn’t be saved if the project moved fordistributing warehouse for Budweiser. Jittery ward, and he favors it as a whole.

Joe’s has been there for If the roaster moves, the past 13 years.

Jack Crowley has a plan to it wouldn’t be the first Not only is the buildtime. When Jittery Joe’s save this iconic building. first opened in 1994, ing historic, but it’s also full of local artwork. The the roaster was located extensive and intricate iron detailing on the downtown on Washington Street, where Max porch was made for Jittery Joe’s by local artcurrently is. ist Beverly Babbs. (You can see some of her According to head roaster Charlie Mustard, latest work in the new outside seating area Jittery Joe’s is looking at several locations at Clocked.) The building has custom shutters around town, for a move in the upcoming and doors, stained glass windows and much months. They would like to stay as close to more. Every time I go there, I find some new the heart of downtown as possible, because art that I’ve never seen. not only is their customer base largely cenProfessor Jack Crowley and his team of tered downtown, they are culturally linked graduate students have a plan to save this with downtown. iconic building. The development of the The idea of moving the structure is not downtown master plan seems to have come new. When Jittery Joe’s first found out they at the perfect time, and Crowley seems to would need to relocate, they thought about understand the importance of the Jittery Joe’s purchasing the building—they currently lease building (perhaps because he lives in Athens it—and moving it to a new location. However,

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Local art at Jittery Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roasting Co. after having engineers look at the building, they were told that that interior structure would not survive a moveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;numerous interior structural elements would have to be added to make the building moveable and not fall apart mid-move, Mustard said.

If the building can be stabilized enough to be moved and Crowleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan to create a park across the street with the building in it comes to fruition, Mustard said Jittery Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s may very well be interested in moving back into the building. But they need to know whether or not this plan will actually happen in the very near future, as they must sign a lease soon.

So, there are three potential options for the building: It is moved across the street and Jittery Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moves back in; it is moved across the street and used for another purpose; or it

is demolished. Regardless of the outcome, the vast majority of the artwork in the building can be removed, and Mustard says he plans to take it all with him if and when the roaster relocates.

While I think most of us would like to see Jittery Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remain in the building and moved into a park across the street, it is possible that the timing might not work out. If that happens, the structure being adapted to another use would be a great alternativeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; that way it would remain a part of the architectural and cultural history of Athens. While it may not look like much, it is already a part of our history and should not be demolished and forgotten.

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orget about trying to hike on this trail.

ACC Commissioner Allison Wright, a selfIf you do, be prepared to get wet. professed “water person,” came on board in With a $4,000 grant from Georgia January after Stephens approached her about River Network, the Upper Oconee an environmentalist comment she had made Watershed Network is working with in a county commission meeting. Wright says the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services she keeps kayaks and values the outdoors— Department to establish the first blue trail, particularly waterways. also known as a water trail, in Athens. This “The greenway trail and all that network will provide kayakers, paddlers, swimmers and has its process, but the blue trail is sort of others public access to the Middle Oconee lacking in that voice, I felt like,” she says.

River. The first of two access points is set to “So when the opportunity came to be able to be built in Ben Burton Park later this year. have a voice and to help it along, I just had “We’ve got a treasure running through our to do it.” town and along the edge of our campus in the River advocates hope providing public North and Middle Oconee rivers,” says Kevin water access will encourage the public to take Kirsche, director of the University of Georgia’s advantage of local waters and increase its Office of Sustainability. “I think it’s really concern for the environment. important for people to “Once people value engage with the river the river and interact “We’ve got a treasure running with it positively, in positive ways and that that engagement then I think they’ll be through our town and along instills a value for the compelled to work to the edge of our campus.” local river system.” conserve or preserve The grant comes the quality of the river from money raised by Paddle Georgia, an itself,” Kirsche says. annual Georgia River Network event during In addition, Wright says, terracing to the which 350 people canoe and kayak 100 miles water will lessen the vegetation damage and of Georgia rivers. A portion of each event’s bank erosion presently caused by kayakers who profits is earmarked for an organization are frequently trampling plant life to reach the with goals of addressing water concerns and water. improving river recreation on the section of Eventually, Stephens says, a second access river traversed during the week. point at Ben Burton Park will allow kayakers “We really believe that by improving access to leave the water early and spend more time to rivers in Georgia, more people will have in the park, instead of waiting to float back the opportunity to get out and experience to Big Dogs’ location on Atlanta Highway. and develop a relationship with rivers, underBuilding a second access point will make it

Splash It Up The nearest place you could take your kids to go run around at a water park used to be Gainesville. (The Frances Meadows Aquatic Center is 45 minutes up the road.) But no more.

Thanks to some SPLOST money, Athens now has two “splash pads” to help you cool off— one at the newly renovated Rocksprings Pool (291 Henderson Extension), and the other at East Athens Community Park (200 Trail Creek St.).

Granted, if your kids are older than 10, the trip to Gainesville might be worth it.

Admission is $8 per person, and there are two water slides and a lazy river. But for younger kids, or for some cheap thrills, the splash pads are the way to go. Admission to each is $1 per

Note that the Rocksprings splash pad is closed Mondays, while the East Athens splash pad is closed Tuesdays.

But If It Rains: The openings of the splash pads were well timed, since most of this spring and early summer was stuck under rain clouds. Even so, we’re bound to have some rainy days in the future, which is why you should take the kids over to Double Dutch Press (1377 Prince Ave.; doubledutchpress. com) the next time you need to get out of the house. Owners Amanda Burk and Katherine McGuire each hold master of fine arts degrees from the University of Georgia but went on to do all sorts of interesting things before deciding that they could no longer resist the Kristen Morales

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The splash pad at Rocksprings Park includes buckets high above that intermittently dump water on unsuspecting children below.

Paddlers on the Middle Oconee River. stand their importance in our lives and really develop appreciation,” Georgia River Network Executive Director April Ingle says.

UOWN won the grant in 2011, when Paddle Georgia participants explored the Middle Oconee and Oconee rivers. The organization then spent the next two years deciding what to do with the money. Plans to build on the North Oconee River fell through, but the Upper Oconee Watershed Network blue trail committee, chaired by Big Dog’s On the River owner Terry Stephens, decided the section of the Middle Oconee River that runs through Ben Burton Park would be a more immediately practical location for the first access point.

easier for groups of paddlers to keep up with one another and provide a safe space for children’s water play, Wright says. And, Ingle says, building a blue trail—and eventually a whole network of trails—in Athens may boost the local economy by acting as a boon to the city’s tourism industry.

“I used to say all the time as a student here that Athens would be the greatest place in the world if there was a mountain or an ocean,” Kirsche says. “The outdoor opportunities are less apparent here, but they are present.”

Sarah Anne Perry

person, and kids have a blast squirting water smell of ink. So, they met back in Athens to from fish on poles or waiting for a bucket of start their own shop. Today, the duo does water to come splashing down from a fake screenprinting and printmaking on a variety palm tree. And if you’re at Rocksprings, the of presses and other methods, and they have pool is new, too, so you also can take a dip. developed workshops specifically for children, If you’re unfamiliar with the idea, imagine among a slate of other workshops. Along a playground with water intermittently squirtwith summer camp sessions for children ages ing from various parts. In some places, you’ll 8 and older, classes for kids of all ages and get a big splash from skill levels include ’zine above, while other parts making and several neat Imagine a playground have water squirting variations on linocut from toadstool “umbrelmethods. with water intermittently las” or hoops spraying After taking a squirting from various parts. linocut class myself (cut water on anyone willing to jump through them. a design into a piece Basically, it’s a Dr. Seuss-inspired place where of linoleum, ink it up and run it through the kids can just run around with anyone else press), I signed up my 5-year-old for a similar there and cool off. Always a good thing. experience. Except instead of getting a set of Personally, I can’t believe it’s taken this V-shaped knives, she used a pencil to draw a long to get some kind of waterpark in this design into a plastic foam plate. She inked it area. I’ve taken my daughter to play in the up, ran it through the press—OK, the grownwater at both Ben Burton Park and Watson ups helped with that—and eagerly set about Mill Bridge State Park, but it’s hard to get making another print. past the thought of sliding on a rock and By the time we were packing up to go, heading to the emergency room. Which pains she had experimented with all sorts of paper me, because I basically grew up playing in cut-outs, inked strings and multicolored streams as a kid, and I want my daughter to masterpieces. In addition, she got to wear a have the same experience. But for the big city cool ink-stained apron—and the ink on her life of Athens, the splash pads are a step in hands took the rest of the weekend to come the right direction. Now, if only we could twist off, which meant she was excitedly examining some officials’ arms and get a kid-friendly her multicolored hands for a few days. Bonus fountain installed somewhere downtown as points. part of some master plan improvements. Hey, a girl can dream, can’t she?

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• indicates new review 42 (PG-13) Sports biopics are largely interchangeable. Still, something about the challenges faced by Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) as he broke the color barrier in professional baseball feels so much more singular than your average true tale of successfully bucking the odds. Boseman’s performance is not a skilled mimicry like so many other portrayals of famous persons; he imbues Robinson with such strength of character and composure.

AFTER EARTH (PG-13) “Excruciatingly boring” sums up After Earth. Did you watch Castaway and think the film would be better with Jaden Smith substituting for Tom Hanks and Jaden’s papa, Will, for Wilson? Then enjoy this bland hunk of science fiction. After their spaceship crash lands, a father and son (the Smiths) are stranded on Earth, abandoned by humanity years earlier.

This flick should have been The Smith Family Robinson; instead, it’s another shovelful of dirt in M. Night Shyamalan’s cinematic grave.

BEFORE MIDNIGHT (R) Jesse and Celine (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) have come a long ways from 1995’s Before Sunrise. Our third glimpse into Jesse and Celine’s lives paints a realistic landscape of adult relationships founded upon love. They care deeply for each other, yet their closeness belies a growing distance. Many viewing pairs will see themselves, arguing and rearguing their own alternatingly petty and weighty complaints.

THE BIG WEDDING (R) Justin Zackham’s Americanization of France’s Mon frère se marie—in which a longdivorced couple (Diane Keaton and Robert De Niro) must act married for their adopted son’s wedding—is populated by offensive, meanly unfunny characters differentiated by their virginity or lack thereof. This sinking ship of a movie has nary one likable, nuanced character to grab onto like a life raft.

Avoid these nuptials at all costs.

THE BLING RING (R) Sofia Coppola’s fifth feature stylishly recounts the fascinating real-life story of a gang of privileged L.A. teens that used their Internet savvy to rob the vacant homes of celebrities. Rebecca (Katie Chang), Mark (Israel Broussard), Nicki (Emma Watson), Sam (Taissa Farmiga) and Chloe (Claire Julien) steal over $3

million in clothes, jewelry and cash before being caught. Considering the film’s content, Coppola could have made a stronger statement about our celebrity culture and the state of the modern teenager. Instead, she seems content in merely portraying conspicuous consumption gone wild. (Ciné) THE CROODS (PG) A family of cavemen—dad Grug (v. Nicolas Cage), mom Ugga (v. Catherine Keener), teen daughter Eep (v. Emma Stone), dumb son Thunk (v. Clarke Duke), feral baby Sandy and grandma (v.

Cloris Leachman)—are forced on a cross-country road trip after their cave is destroyed by the impending “end of the world.” Fortunately, Eep meets Guy (v. Ryan Reynolds), whose developed brain filled with “ideas” might just help them all survive.

• DESPICABLE ME 2 (PG) As far as animated sequels go, Despicable Me 2 has more creative life in it than might first be thought; it’s way better than Cars 2. Gru (v. Steve Carell) may no longer be a master criminal, utilizing his freeze rays and other diabolical inventions to raise his three adopted daughters—Margo (v. Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (v. Dana Geier) and Agnes (v. Elsie Fisher). When a new super villain steals a dangerous, experimental serum, the Anti Villain League – represented by sweet potential love interest Lucy (v. Kristen Wiig) – enlist Gru’s assistance. Watching this enjoyable kiddie flick with a kid definitely increases the appeal of the little yellow Minions, whose roles have been enlarged with their own spinoff in the works for 2014. Despicable Me 2 has no shot at surpassing expectations like its underdog predecessor, and its appeal to anyone over ten probably depends on one’s tolerance for the Minions. Still, it’s a funny movie for kids and parents. On a hot or rainy summer day, that’s more than good enough.

THE EAST (PG-13) Private investigator Sarah Moss (Brit Marling) is assigned to infiltrate an eco-terrorist group who targets large organizations.

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director Noah Baumbach (The Squid & the Whale), and it could be an indie smash. Think “Girls” on the big screen.

Think, maybe, even, an Annie Hall for a new generation. Thijnk, at least, how hard it is to find a decent, affordable apartment in Brooklyn and beyond.

Frances (Gerwig) works for a dance troupe, though she’s not a dancer, and goes all in for her dreams. With Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver (“Girls”) and Grace Gummer.

FRUITVALE STATION (R) Fruitvale Station enters theaters having established quite a pedigree, picking up Sundance’s prestigious Grand Jury Prize (and Audience Award) plus the Best First Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Writer-director Ryan Coogler based his feature debut on the real life events that occurred to Oscar Grant, played by “Friday Night Lights”’ Michael B. Jordan, on the last day of 2008.

GROWN UPS 2 (PG-13) Adam Sandler gets the old gang—Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade—

up with four brothers. The Heat may not be smoking, but after a barren first act, it gets going, and it gets pretty darn funny.

THE HUNT (R) Television’s Hannibal Lecter, Mads Mikkelsen, won the Best Actor prize at Cannes for his supposedly powerful portrayal of a small town teacher falsely accused of abuse by his best friend’s daughter. Needless to say, his small town neighbors do not react well to this allegation. Director Thomas Vinterberg cofounded the Dogme movement with Lars von Trier; his The Celebration is considered the first film created using the Dogme 95 rules.

THE INTERNSHIP (PG-13) As a follow-up to stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson’s Wedding Crashers, this movie would have killed in 2007.

Of course, the economy hadn’t quite tanked at that point, so the tale of two down-on-their-luck salesmen forced to tackle a Google internship wouldn’t quite have had much relevance. The movie made me feel as if I’d stumbled upon a big budget training video for

Got any of that Poupon stuff? back together for a sequel to his second biggest hit ever. Sandler’s Lenny Feder moves his family (Salma Hayek returns as his wife) back to his hometown, where things are just as crazy as in the big city. The cast has gotten bigger, literally, adding Shaquille O’Neal.

Team Jacob-ites can gawk at what is sure to be a shirtless Taylor Lautner.

THE HANGOVER PART III (R) Gone are the weddings, the hangovers and the amnesia. The Wolfpack—Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms) and Alan (Zach Galifianakis)—now find themselves thrust directly into a Charlie Huston crime novel. Give writer-director Todd Phillips and crew credit for the old college try, but recapturing the comic freshness of the first Hangover once, much less twice, has proven too Herculean a humorous task.

THE HEAT (R) Uptight FBI agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) needs the help of foulmouthed, unpopular Boston cop Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy) to take down a dangerous drug lord. Bullock and McCarthy don’t have Fey/Pohler chemistry.

McCarthy flails too wildly early, while Bullock’s too tightly wound for comedy.

Nevertheless, enough cannot be said about how refreshing it is to watch a buddy cop comedy starring two women. Unlike a sillier, lesser comedy, writer Katie Dippold and Bridesmaids director Paul Feig never explain away Ashburn and Mullins’ tough, brash exteriors as shields needed to survive their male dominated profession.

Ashburn’s just weird and Mullins grew

new Google employees. Sadly, most training videos are unintentionally funnier. All you have to do with this movie is what the movie folks at Google themselves actually should have done: say no.

• THE LONE RANGER (PG-13) Is the Lone Ranger that hard to get right?

This second failed attempt to bring the masked man back to the big screen (do you recall 1981’s Legend of the Lone Ranger?) reunites Johnny Depp with his Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski for another bloated blockbuster that misses the mark.

Depp’s Indian savant Tonto is one of the oater’s strengths; the star swaggers and mugs like a silent film star.

Otherwise, this over-plotted, overlong origin story establishes the wrong tone for its masked hero. With Tonto providing the comic relief, John Reid should have been a one-track-minded vigilante of justice—the Lone Ranger as a cowboy Batman. As John Reid, Armie Hammer stammers and stumbles along like Clark Kent or Jack Burton. He’s not a natural Wild West lawman; he leaves a lot of the heavy lifting to Tonto.

Verbinski and his team of scripters play everything for slapstick laughs, despite slaughtering hundreds, including an entire Native American tribe.

The final action spectacle aboard two moving trains, scored to the “William Tell Overture,” ends the movie properly, but it’s not enough to right the wrongs done to this classic character.

MAN OF STEEL (PG-13) The extended time spent with Superman’s

birth parents on dying Krypton is the film’s strongest, most original segment.

The middle chunk, retelling Kal-El’s transformation from a hunky Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) into Superman, intriguingly tweaks a well-known origin with the benefit of fatherly wisdom from Kevin Costner’s Jonathan Kent. Despite some well-executed set pieces pitting Superman against fellow Kryptonian General Zod (Michael Shannon) and his alien army, the final act never fully takes flight. Instead, the blockbuster soars in fits and starts, seeming most confident in its final frames than the previous hour and a half of repetitive conflict.

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (G) So let’s call it a slump. Cars 2 was a clunker; Brave was good verging on really good but not close to great; and Monsters University lacks the Pixar pop of their undeniably great features (Up, Wall-E, Toy Story 3). In this prequel to Monsters, Inc., we learn how Mike (v. Billy Crystal) and Sully (v. John Goodman) met. Apparently, the two scarers didn’t start as best buds. First, they were scaring rivals at Monsters University. This Revenge of the Monster Nerds doesn’t creatively bend college life for monsters as one would expect from Pixar. Fortunately, the animation, especially the creature design, is as lush and lifelike as ever.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (PG-13) Joss Whedon can do no wrong in my eyes, so the idea of the creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and the writer-director of a tiny film called The Avengers doing Shakespeare warms my film-loving heart. The wonderful wordsmith that is Whedon adapting that other guy, aka the Bard, seems a match made in heaven; just watch the trailer if you doubt me. The cast is filled with familiar faces from the Whedonverse, including (but not limited to) Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Reed Diamond and Fran Kranz. (Ciné) MUD (PG-13) A coming of age tale set in the disappearing wilds of the small town south, Mud aims high, as director Jeff Nichols attempts to channel Mark Twain, and hits the target square in the bull’s eye. Two teens—Ellis (Tye Sheridan, Tree of Life) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland)—discover a boat in a tree. They also discover Matthew McConaughey’s Mud, a fugitive living in the boat in the tree, while he waits to escape with the love of his life, Juniper (Reese Witherspoon). Mud watches like a work of modern literature, capturing the last gasps of a dying culture as one boy becomes a man. This an awesome picture with a lot of character and, ultimately, a lot of action. Catch it before it’s out of here.(Ciné) NOW YOU SEE ME (PG-13) Four street magicians (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco) are enlisted in a mysterious, magical plan to do something, but nobody is really sure what until the last reel. Hot on their heels is a dogged FBI Agent, Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo), and a debunker of magicians (Morgan Freeman). Now You See Me is as entertaining as it is eye-rollingly contrived.

Clash of the Titans’ Louis Leterrier keeps the illusions moving along too fast for anyone to see through the script’s tricks until the woeful reveal.

OBLIVION (PG-13) After fighting off an alien invasion via nuclear

destruction, humanity has moved offplanet to Titan, a moon of Saturn. Two people, tech Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) and his communications liaison Victoria (Andrea Riseborough), have been left behind. Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski co-scripted Oblivion from his own graphic novel, and despite its derivative pieces, the whole narrative coheres rather well.

PACIFIC RIM (PG-13) Guillermo del Toro’s first directorial credit since 2008’s Hellboy 2 looks like a doozy.

Under attack from giant monsters called kaiju, humanity fights back with giant robots piloted by Idris Elba and Charlie Hunnam from FX’s “Sons of Anarchy.” Though not an established property, del Toro’s big budget sci-fi spectacle has the potential to be the summer’s most exciting movie.

PAIN & GAIN (R) With the subtlety of an 18 wheeler, Pain & Gain chronicles the true story of three bodybuilders— Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg), Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson) and Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie)—who turn to crime in order to achieve the American Dream. If you were hoping director Michael Bay had a quirky indie crime caper in him, he doesn’t. The film is too long, sledgehammeringly artless and mindnumbingly dumb.

THE PURGE (R) In the future, America is a paradise of low unemployment and low crime, all thanks to the Purge instituted by the New Founding Fathers. One night every year, all laws are suspended, and citizens may empty themselves of pent-up rage and frustration by doing whatever violence they want. Mostly, the Purge affects the poor. But this Purge is different, as the Sandins family’s young son lets in a bloody stranger, who is being hunted by a creepy pack of rich kids that want their prey returned to them.

Despite the slight bait-and-switch, this flick is a fine example of how to do an exploitation-thriller right—emphasis on tension, intimidation and bloody violence.

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (NR) 1952.

Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds star in this musical comedy about a major Hollywood movie studio’s troubles with transitioning from silent films to talkies. This is just an all-time classic and worth seeing for Kelly’s memorable dancing, if nothing else. Part of the Summer Classic Movie Series. (Ciné) THIS IS THE END (R) This pot-fueled “apoc-comedic” nightmare from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg is far funnier than most meta-comedies starring comic actors as themselves. On the night of James Franco’s housewarming party, the seeming Rapture occurs, leaving behind this band of famous faces (Danny McBride, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel). Turning to and on one another, Judgment Day brings out the best, worst and funniest in writers Rogen/Goldberg and their cast. These guys make the day of reckoning a fun one.

• V/H/S/2 (R) Using the frame (directed by Simon Barrett) of a private investigator searching for a missing college student, V/H/S/2 includes four short films from Adam Wingard, Blair Witch co-director Eduardo Sanchez, Gareth Huw Edwards (The Raid: Redemption) and Jason Eisener (Hobo with a Shotgun). Wingard’s opener, “Phase I Clinical Trials,” is a nifty piece of body horror, imaginatively shot as if the camera is the character’s eye.

The weakest short, Sanchez and Gregg Hale’s “A Ride in the Park,” abandons its cool central conceit—a POV zombie attack—and questionably edits in other footage. Edwards and co-director Timo Tjahjanto turn in the sequel’s highlight, “Safe Haven.” After going on in a seemingly too long, poorly establishing exposition, this Indonesian Rosemary’s Baby goes crazy in its ballsy climax. Eisener’s entry, “Alien

Abduction Slumber Party,â&#x20AC;? is the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scary heart, as a parentless day for some siblings ends with a violent alien abduction. While V/H/S may be scarier, its shorter successor is a more enjoyable, easier watch.

WHITE HOUSE DOWN (PG-13) In White House, Channing Tatum stars as D.C. cop John Cale, who must protect the President (Jamie Foxx) and rescue his precocious daughter (Joey King) after terrorists take over the White House. Disaster master Roland Emmerich stages the destruction with his usual crowd-pleasing clarity, and the movie, written by The Amazing

Spider-Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s James Vanderbilt, has a sense of humor about it. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping the Confederate Air Force doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take it seriously and start fomenting copycat plans. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be too careful about these things.

WORLD WAR Z (PG-13) The biggest zombie (and arguably horror) movie ever made is better than expected.

Former U.N. employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is sent around the globe to discover the source of the zombie pandemic threatening to wipe out humanity. One-time Bond director Marc Forster and his stable of writers turn Max â&#x20AC;&#x153;Son of Melâ&#x20AC;? Brooksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; oral

history of the zombie conflict into a more focused, traditional â&#x20AC;&#x153;one hero must race time to save the world,â&#x20AC;? and it works. Minor quibbles range from a lack of blood (blame the need for a PG-13 rating to recoup the massive budget) and way too fast, superstrong zombies; still, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way more exciting than the second season of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Walking Dead.â&#x20AC;? And why shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t zombies get faster and stronger over time? Everybody else does who hass the opportunity for a better diet.

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(the two also collaborated on the 2011 indie Sound of My Voice) focus on The Eastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s various plots to exact vengeance on those personally responsible for their environmental misdeeds, the movie begins to buckle beneath the strain of its plot-heavy Hollywood clichĂŠs and illogical narrative twists. Unfortunately, it also lets the character of Sarah get lost in the narrative momentum, losing sight of her internal struggles along the way. As The East careens into its final act, abandoning its initial political complexity for patented Hollywood apolitical ambiguity, the movie flatlines.

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little over two years ago, Glasscrafts guitarist Steven Trimmer began to experience a terrible pain in his abdomen.

When the discomfort steadily grew worse, he knew it was time to seek help. He went to a local general practitioner, assuming diagnosis and relief would come quickly. What began instead was an ordeal that would span the next two years of his life and musical career.

At that point, Trimmer’s hair reached his shoulders, and his colorful clothing didn’t necessarily meet the standards of the businesscasual working world. Waiting room procedures and paperwork revealed him to the office staff as uninsured—a fact met, he says, with pursed lips and raised eyebrows from the secretary behind the desk.

After a brief encounter with the doctor, he was shuffled back out the door with a prescription for an antibiotic. But the pain persisted. Soon, he returned to the doctor’s office, where he was met with even less attention and empathy than his original visit elicited. “[The doctor] would not even take the time to see me or to talk to me,” says Trimmer. “He would come in, talk into a tape recorder and just leave.”

An onslaught of referrals followed, as Trimmer’s case was pushed from doctor to doctor without a diagnosis, prescription or procedure to bring him any relief. After taking several rounds of ineffective antibiotics, he grew discouraged. The pain became more acute and began relocating to different areas of his abdomen. It became increasingly difficult for him to sleep, despite the exhausting demands of his band at the time, Grass Giraffes.

Trimmer, known by friends for his positivity and enthusiasm, became irritable and anxious while he continued to look for help

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from specialists and clinics in both Athens and Atlanta. His funds and his patience were draining away. Dismissing the guitarist’s troubles as psychological, doctors prescribed antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications.

“All of my money and resources went into these doctors, and no one wanted to help me,” Trimmer says. “They just put me on Xanax.”

Trimmer knew his mental and emotional issues were situational, brought on by a problem that was growing worse without any consequential answers. “It was very humiliating,” he says. “They treated me like I was crazy.”

Without any help in sight, and after more than a year of ongoing suffering, Trimmer didn’t know how he could continue living with the pain he was forced to tolerate day in and day out. The demand to pay his medical bills and to play music became one in the same, and Trimmer pressed on musically.

In the midst of the chaos and ongoing pain and frustration, Grass Giraffes recorded an album and began a cross-country tour.

Through sheer will and dedication, Trimmer made it through most of the shows.

But then he woke up in Nashville, covered in his own blood.

He was taken to the emergency room.

With the persuasion of his family, he found a surgeon willing to help. He was diagnosed, quickly and correctly. An abscess had grown in his digestive tract, and had finally torn.

Trimmer needed surgery immediately. “It was at a crisis point, where I really could have died from what was going on,” he says.

After the surgery, Trimmer regained his health and vitality but struggled with regret over the time he lost to crippling pain.

“It was just hard, because, the problem that I had, it was able to be diagnosed that quickly by someone who was just willing to take the time and talk,” he says. “And to be

treated by him not like I’m crazy or insane, but just to look at me and treat me like I’m human—not just like a piece of refuse.”

Trimmer is one of innumerable Athens musicians who have faced terrible illnesses while uninsured. Elephant 6 founder Will Cullen Hart, of the Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System, has dealt for years with multiple sclerosis. And, like Trimmer, he doesn’t have insurance. Facing the possibility of financial collapse, Will’s wife, Kelly Hart, sought out philanthropic assistance. (Full disclosure: Kelly is a Flagpole employee but Will is not on her insurance plan).

After diligent searching and a tedious application process, the Harts were fortunate to find help through Pfizer Helpful Answers, MS LifeLines and The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America.

“He has two prescriptions that aren’t covered, so we pay out-of-pocket for those,” says Kelly. “We also have to pay office visits and miscellaneous stuff out-of-pocket, because he’s not insured. So, he doesn’t go to the doctor as often as he should, just because it gets expensive. But he’d hardly get any treatment at all if it weren’t for these programs that subsidize his meds.”

Will is also a part of a low-income assistance program at Athens Regional Medical Center, which the couple only learned about through a friend who was employed by the hospital. Despite significant help, Will’s medications and trips to the doctors still cost hundreds of dollars per month, and sometimes the treatment he needs is simply not an option, financially.

On one occasion, Will ended up hospitalized after tripping, hitting his head and breaking his wrist. ARMC’s low-income assistance program covered 95 percent of the cost of stitches on his forehead, X-rays and a CT scan,

which would have cost approximately $5,000 otherwise. But the hospital would not put a cast on his arm, and would only refer him to an orthopedic doctor, where an appointment alone would have cost $250. Will had no choice but to let his wrist heal on its own. or these uninsured musicians, there is potential relief on the horizon. As the doctor’s offices and hospitals of Athens shift to accommodate the students of the medical partnership between Georgia Regents University and University of Georgia (GRU/ UGA), a more philanthropic spirit may prevent the horrors that Trimmer endured and the financial burden that the Harts feel daily.

The small body of GRU/UGA medical students is extending into the underserved areas of the community. The students are required to enroll in a Community Health course, in which they work with local institutions to research and design interventions addressing health related problems in the area.

Among the programs in place is a partnership with Nuçi’s Space, the nonprofit health and music resource center that provides affordable consultations with a volunteer doctor to uninsured local musicians, among other services. The Nuçi’s project was particularly attractive to eight students with an interest in the bustling local creative community, who signed up to continue a research project started by past GRU/UGA students that had been intended to characterize local musicians’ attitudes toward healthcare.

“The musician community is so different from other populations, and is not a wellunderstood or studied population,” says Sara Whytle, a student on the research team. “Their lifestyle is very different from other people their age. Most of the musicians we initially interviewed had a clear understanding of

how to live a healthy lifestyle, and what they needed to stay healthy and out of the ER… Yet they didn’t have health insurance that would cover ER visits, and they did not think that going to a regular doctor would prevent them from having to go to the ER.” Previous research groups had attempted to both increase musicians’ access to the Athens Nurses Clinic and promote physician participation in Nuçi’s Space’s existing program through the circulation of an educational video. Most measures of effectiveness suggested that this effort did not succeed. Thus, this year’s students were also interested in determining what an effective intervention might look like. Through a series of surveys, the students attempted to figure out what musicians felt were the greatest barriers preventing access to healthcare.

Respondents reported that they didn’t have insurance or visit doctors regularly because of the high cost. Wait times in doctors’ offices was another major concern, as was the need to schedule appointments in the seemingly distant future. The musicians reported an issue with the setting of doctors’ offices, and a preference that services be offered in a comfortable, accessible environment. They didn’t perceive many medical services to be worthy STEVEN TRIMMER

of their time and money. The musicians also indicated that they made most of their choices regarding healthcare only after seeking the advice of friends, family and the Internet. The medical students determined that, because of these factors, most local musicians ultimately give little attention to preventative healthcare.

“There may also be some differences in the way the musician community views ‘health’,” said Joseph Vinson, another medical student involved in the project. “More of an emphasis on psychological health and freedom from work-limiting illness, for example, than having low blood pressure readings or abstaining from tobacco use.”

Aside from the lack of health insurance, Whytle says, many musicians were unaware of the cheap and free healthcare options available to them. “I did find that a lot of musicians knew Nuçi’s Space and what they offered,” he says, “but they did not know about the new health partnership Nuçi’s Space had with the Athens Nurses Clinic, which allows Nuçi’s doctors to host clinic hours for musicians.” he Affordable Care Act may provide answers for many musicians who will, in theory, have access to more costeffective healthcare through insurance exchanges (which will be set up by the federal

government in Georgia). Other new policies provide that access to healthcare must be provided regardless of pre-existing conditions.

Young musicians can remain on their parents’ healthcare plans until they are 26. Musicians who can demonstrate being below a certain income level may qualify for government subsidies to afford insurance, and insurance companies must cover what are deemed “essential services.”

But the wheels of change are slow moving, particularly in a state that is opposed to the federal program. It is likely that Georgia will be short-staffed for the task of enrolling uninsured residents once the insurance exchanges open in October of this year. With 1.9 million Georgia citizens uninsured, 4,000 people would have to be enrolled daily in order for everyone to gain coverage in the first enrollment period.

And the success of the exchanges hinges on widespread enrollment. Without a large pool of consumers, the insurance companies will not be able to provide affordable insurance premiums, leaving musicians in precisely the predicament they are in now.

There are still other potential answers.

Athens Health Network is a nonprofit that will provide low cost healthcare options for the uninsured and underinsured in Athens-Clarke County; it hopes to begin enrollment in spring of 2014.

Modeled after the highly successful Access to Healthcare Network in Reno, NV, the program will essentially function like Costco or Sam’s Club—members pay a low monthly rate to receive health services at a substantially discounted price.

AHN is composed of multiple stakeholders in the local healthcare community, including medical providers and resource agents. The network aims to connect these entities and supply them with the resources and information needed to succeed as a public healthcare system. In its preparatory phase, the organization is working to identify what the gaps in healthcare service are and how they can fill them.

For this reason, AHN Executive Director Allie Chambers has taken an interest in the musician community in Athens. Chambers was peripherally involved with the research performed at Nuçi’s Space, and she helped form the survey and questions for the focus groups.

“Athens musicians are especially a target population,” Chambers says. “They have an ability to pay something for their care, and just need a system to access care that meets their need and income level.”

She hopes that AHN will be that system.

By functioning on a “shared responsibility model,” doctors and hospitals will benefit by getting at least some money up front, rather than requiring the time and staff to deal with the paperwork involved in traditional billing and collections. Musicians like Trimmer and Hart will, of course, benefit from receiving affordable care and being able to stay out of overburdened emergency rooms.

For now, many in Athens’ storied music community continue to suffer. Although the cliché of the starving artist may be a romantic idea, the reality is continually bleak for these musicians who cannot find the resources necessary to dedicate themselves to both their health and their careers. Above all, even here, there remains a stigma against many of those whose music enriches our culture.

“I really got the runaround when I was looking for help,” says Trimmer. “When you don’t have insurance, you’re looked at very differently, and treated very differently.”

Jodi Murphy

threats & promises Music News And Gossip Ah, well, if it’s not the heat, it’s the rain, right? Look, the sky may be giving us our weirdest summer on record, but until it starts spilling snow on the ground, we’re just gonna have to keep putting one foot in front of the other and get on with the business of our scene. First step? Checking out this week’s essential news. It’s all right there below, just waiting for ya… kTwo

For Flinching: The pre-order season has opened for the new LP from local vulgo-fave garage-rockers Cars Can Be Blue. Titled Trace the Tension, the album comes courtesy of the band’s longtime home HHBTM Records. The plain ol’ LP is a mere $12, but the deluxe package is $22, and includes the LP, a sticker, a button, a tote bag and a live cassette recording. Presumably, the live recording is of CCBB, but this is exactly the type of situation where I could see them pulling a switcheroo and giving you a tape of, say, people babbling to themselves at the bus station or something. Either way, the LPs will ship in August. In other CCBB news, the band heads back to the UK—this time with all paperwork in order—July 24–Aug. 6. Although there should be several memorable shows, the highlight so far seems to be the band’s Cars Can Be Blue appearance at renowned Derbyshire indie festival Indietracks. Label mates Tunabunny are in the UK at the same time, and will also make an appearance at this event. To get in on the LP action, head to hhbtm.com.

Vibes And Stuff: OK, damn if murk daddy flex (Terence Chiyezhan) isn’t the best DJ/producer to spring up in Athens in a good while.

Yeah, we’ve mentioned him before in these hallowed pages, but I’ve been playing his new release, MDF, for basically a week, and I’ve just gotta tell y’all to head to murkdaddyflex. bandcamp.com and stream or download it.

You can grab it for free or throw some bucks toward the man. This is his second release this year, and sixth overall, if you count demos and early tracks. Although ostensibly promoted simply as “instrumental hip hop,” the album is at least a couple of heads above Chiyezhan’s previous releases—MDF stretches the parameters of the genre into sublime territories. Keep up with him via facebook.com/MurkDaddyFlex.

But whatever you do, listen.

Find It: There are a few bands in town that I always wish I could see live more often, but things don’t always work out. Among these is Brothers. I first got hooked on their pulsating indie-jangle last summer and am tickled to mention the group’s new EP, Street Names.

Most everything on the five-track record was recorded last year at Chase Park Transduction but only reached the public realm a couple of weeks ago. There’s probably a life lesson around here somewhere about how you shouldn’t name your band something that is utterly non-Internet-searchable, but hell, I

also don’t think that should run your life, so never mind. For your convenience, though, I’ll point you toward brothersathens.bandcamp. com for the music, and facebook.com/brothersathens for more information.

All Day Dreamtime: I know what you’re thinking. You’re asking yourself, “Is he really going to mention Bandcamp for the third paragraph in a row?” And the answer is, yes, I am. So keep your browser roughly where it is and check out the debut album from Glasscrafts.

It’s titled As in See Through Ships, and if you’ve been keeping up with all the Steven Trimmer tracks I’ve pointed you to over these

past few months, you’ll dig it the most. The band pretty much rose on its own after its members shed the on-again/off-again skin of Grass Giraffes—a project which seems, regretfully, to be totally buried now—and the 19 (!) songs on this debut are a total joy to hear. Composed of Trimmer, Robby Casso, Jesse Stinnard and Ted Kuhn, Glasscrafts specializes in non-specific, guitar-based pop that feels as un-self-conscious as it does instantaneous. Enjoy via glasscrafts.bandcamp.com, and follow along at facebook.com/ Glasscraftsmusic.

It’s About Time: It’s been literally over two years since dream-pop maestro Tommy Wedge, via his ongoing project, Wedge, has placed his music on a stage. That grievance is being redressed Friday, July 12 at the Caledonia Lounge. Also on the bill this night are Incendiaries and Columbia, SC’s Pan. Wedge’s most recent release was the sunshine-tinged These Thieves EP, which dropped in October of 2012. But the catalog goes back to 2007, and since everything is available at wedge. bandcamp.com (again!), you’d do just fine to spend the week catching up. The most immediate comparisons are the usual suspects— Cocteau Twins, et al.—but that’s really a holdover from last decade, because Wedge’s music is notably lighter and breezier now. You can read a painfully overwritten biography of the project at heavensville.com, but I’d encourage you to just skip ahead to the music and keep on the band to play more by bugging them at facebook.com/wedgemusic.

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The members of local rock band Vespolina are not, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s make it clear, fame-hungry backstabbers. At all. In fact, they may be overly harmoniousâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;contented, they say, often to a fault. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we might suffer from not having stars in our eyes,â&#x20AC;? says bassist Daniel Ray. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re these jaded, older townies that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have these weird illusions of making it, and contracts, and guarantees.â&#x20AC;?

It might surprise you, then, that Ribbon Chaser, the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new album, which it will release on vinyl at The World Famous this Friday, boasts the sort of dizzying chutzpah that usually comes with sonic youth. Yet its tonal focus and world-hardened lyrical themes are the obvious product of experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the most married together that any [of my] songs have been,â&#x20AC;? says Daniel Aaron, the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frontman and songwriter.

Indeed, particularly for Aaron, whose previous band, Timber, was a fairly by-the-numbers alt-country outfit (that group also featured several current members of Vespolina, including Ray), Ribbon Chaser is a butterfly moment.

He has assumed the role of frontman convincingly and with gusto; his startling tenor, now a cross between Lambchopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kurt Wagner and The Nationalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Matt Berninger, is both warmer and more urgent than ever.

Meanwhile, Aaronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lyricism has taken a dark and symbolic turn. Everywhere on the album, there are physical omens: in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wrong Way,â&#x20AC;? he sings of â&#x20AC;&#x153;rosaries swinging from the rearviewâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;broken mirrors and breaking heartsâ&#x20AC;? within one tense, expressive minute (the rosary returns in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unwoundâ&#x20AC;?; at one point in our interview, Aaron jokes about his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catholic guiltâ&#x20AC;?).

He admits that his songs tend toward darkness. (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always kind of about suicide,â&#x20AC;? he half-chuckles.) But the explosive stories therein resemble vignettes rather than diary entries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve dealt with depression, like every kid growing up in the suburbs,â&#x20AC;? Aaron says. Still, he explains that his songwriting is largely impersonal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing is based 100 percent on real storiesâ&#x20AC;Ś Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just sort of moments of what could be. Like if you just sat and watched 15 minutes of a movie without really knowing [whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening]. You can tell whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on on the screen, like it looks pretty, the sun is setting, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re saying their last goodbyes. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a story, story.â&#x20AC;?

As an example, Aaron cites â&#x20AC;&#x153;Throwing

Sparks,â&#x20AC;? Ribbon Chaserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single-worthy sixth track, which features three verses, each one a separate narrative. He explains that the verses are â&#x20AC;&#x153;in and of themselves not totally related, but you could make them related, if you wanted to.â&#x20AC;?

That vague but insistent sense of connection runs throughout the album, down to the song titles themselves (that â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wrong Wayâ&#x20AC;? leads into â&#x20AC;&#x153;Directionâ&#x20AC;? hardly seems like an accident).

Within Vespolina, there is an obvious connection among bandmates, too, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s significant that, despite the bleak lyrical themes, Ribbon Chaser is actually, weirdly, an uplifting record. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to turn into this heavy, dark, brooding mass if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not careful,â&#x20AC;? says Ray. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not a black-metal band.â&#x20AC;?

On the album, the rest of Vespolina counters Aaronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weighty themes. Coupled with Rayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s driving bass lines, drummer Steve Hendriksenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upbeat backbone keeps things from stagnating; guitarist AJ Griffin proves yet again he is one of the more under-appreciated (if overworked) musicians in town.

Meanwhile, keyboardist Holly Belleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distinct backing vocals provide melodic levity in moments where it is much needed.

The aftertaste left by the album is one of place amidst chaos. And, though Vespolina might not be a band of ribbon chasers in the above-mentioned sense, Ribbon Chaser proves that they are not quite as shiftless as they proclaim to be.

Or maybe thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all a put-on, anyway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In this town itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so uncool to enthuse about anything at all,â&#x20AC;? says Ray. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And that can get in the way of ambition, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not careful.â&#x20AC;?

Though bandmembers might not be the selfpromotional, in-your-face type (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tired of that guy. This town is full of that guy.

And none of us like him,â&#x20AC;? Ray jokes), theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re clearly proud of what they have accomplished. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This happy hour has gotten so ironic,â&#x20AC;? goes a particularly resonant line in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unwound,â&#x20AC;? but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more pleasant irony that Aaron and Vespolina are now experiencing.

Through their desire to be free from expectationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;get thisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve accidentally hit on something really special.

Gabe Vodicka

WHO: Vespolina, Boycycle WHERE: The World Famous WHEN: Friday, July 12 HOW MUCH: $15 (LP and concert), $5 (concert only)

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Future Ape Tapes, Divine Circles/Lunar Creature, Motion Sickness of Time Travel, Grant Evans, Rainy Taxi Ciné · 9 p.m. · $5 As Divine Circles, Asheville, NC’s Meghan Mulhearn takes violin music to an otherworldly level, incorporating loops, electronics and droning patterns, among other dreamy diversions. On Mulhearn’s recent cassette split with fellow Ashvillian act Villages, released on local cult label Hooker Vision, she evokes a doomier, gloomier Steve Reich. Mulhearn’s husband David James Lynch performs moody, guitar-based music under the Lunar Creature moniker; the two will team up for a collaborative set at Ciné. Hooker Vision proprietors Grant and Rachel Evans will each perform—his eponymous project centers on dark, dense abstraction, while her exquisite experimentalism is lighter and more synth-based. Free jazz duo Rainy Taxi opens, and post-everything wasteland soundtrackers Future Ape Tapes close out an unmissable night. [Gabe Vodicka] MUSIC | FRIDAY, JULY 12

Wedge, Incendiaries, Pan Caledonia Lounge · 10 p.m. · $5 (21+), $7

Stephen Sondheim, the musical—which interweaves the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales—first opened on Broadway 25 years ago, claiming three Tony Awards and four Drama Desk Awards.

Now, the Circle Ensemble Theatre Company presents its own production of the tangled tale, insisting everyone “be careful what you wish for.” [Jessica Smith] MUSIC | SATURDAY, JULY 13

Little Country Giants, Caroline Spence The World Famous · 8 p.m. ·$7 (adv.), $10 (door) The clearest way to express complicated emotions is to do so simply. This is exactly what Little Country Giants have successfully and consistently accomplished since their debut album, Just For This Songs Time, was released in 2003. The group hails from the sleepy town of Oakman, GA, and its members’ Appalachian background certainly manifests itself in their music.

Fronted by guitarist Russell Cook and bassist Cameron Federal, the quartet’s dreamy folk tunes and breathtaking male/female harmonies are reminiscent of another era. “Won’t Be Missing You At All,” off the group’s 2006 album, Sing Pretty For The People, is, like the rest of its music, characteristically Americana—simple yet powerful, and deeply emotional. A true pleasure to the ears. [Katie Kenerly] EVENTS | Sunday, July 14

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(18-20) 150 Harve Mathis Rd. · 9 a.m.–3 p.m. · $48 The ladies of Incendiaries (a group that has existed in some incarnation since 2005 (adv.), $55 If you’ve ever wondered where your but that now includes Mandy Branch, Mary food comes from, pump up your tires for Joyce, Erika Rickson and Erica Strout) have spent years quietly perfecting their carefully sourced brand of angular rock and roll. It’s come Incendiaries to a head with the recently released Give Me a Reason, an album that should appeal to fans of Sleater-Kinney and Aimée Argote’s nebulous Des Ark, two groups Incendiaries cite freely as influences. But the raw, energetic record is the band’s own. Local dream-pop outfit Wedge has experienced a similarly positive evolution over its half-decade or so of existence; last year’s These Thieves EP was that group’s Athens Food Tours’ upcoming excursion most mature and enticing outing to date. revealing the inner workings of nearby Instrumental South Carolina rockers Pan farms. Covering a total of roughly 16 miles also perform. [Gabe Vodicka] through the rural countryside, the cycling route stops at four locally-owned, organic THEATRE | Friday, July 12 & and sustainable farms in the Winterville Saturday, July 13 area, all of which are popular sources for both Athens and Atlanta markets and restaurants. Sites include Mills Farm (creMorton Theatre · July 12, 7:30 p.m. July 13, 2 ator of Red Mule grits), Full Moon Farms p.m. & 7:30 p.m. · $10–15 (parent collective of Farm 255), Woodland Once upon a time, a baker and his wife, Gardens and Jim’s Farm. The leisurely ride cursed with childlessness by the mean is targeted towards all skill levels, has old witch next door, embarked on a quest a ride-along bike mechanic and is BYOB through the forest to collect items neces(Bring Your Own Bike), but cars are just as sary for breaking the magic spell. Along welcome to travel along. The tour features their journey, they crossed paths with tastes along the way and culminates in a high-profile characters like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and Rapunzel, fresh farm-sourced lunch, making this as close as you can get to a true “farm to each in pursuit of their own wishes. table” dining experience. [Jessica Smith] Featuring music and lyrics by composer

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Deadline for getting listed in The Calendar is every FRIDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

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EVENTS: Second Tuesday Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) Sample a variety of summer rieslings. 6 p.m. www.heirloomathens. com EVENTS: Tuesday Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Fresh produce, cooking demonstrations and children’s activities. Offers double dollars for EBT shoppers.

Held every Tuesday. 4–7 p.m. 706613-0122, www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (First Christian Church, Watkinsville) Locally grown produce, meats, grains, flowers, soaps, birdhouses, gourds and more. 4–7 p.m. www.oconeefarmersmarket.org GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Shameful Music Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) With hosts Jeremy, Chris and Lozo. 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 8–10 p.m. 706353-0305 GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 8–10 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, 7:30 p.m. & Thursdays, 8 p.m. 706-354-1515 GAMES: Twisted Trivia (The Office Lounge) Twist your brain! 7:30 p.m.

706-546-0840 GAMES: Movie Quotes Trivia (Max) With host Cora Jane every Tuesday. Everyone’s a winner. 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392 KIDSTUFF: Summer STEM Series (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn about a mummy and how one is made, then make one to take home. Children under 6 years old will need help from an adult. Pre-registration required. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT: Book Signing (Avid Bookshop) First-time novelist Matthew Guinn signs copies of his Southern Gothic tale, The Resurrectionist. 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com MEETINGS: ADDA Board Meeting (Chamber of Commerce) The Athens Downtown Development Authority holds an open meeting. 3 p.m. www. downtownathensga.com SPORTS: Recreational Disc Golf Doubles Night (Sandy Creek Park) All skill levels are welcome. Discs provided. May bring a partner or be paired up. 6–8 p.m. FREE! (w/ $3 park admission). www.athensdiscgolf.com

ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the museum’s collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: SALSAthens (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa dance classes with SALSAthens.

Every Wednesday. 6:30-7:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $8 (incl. drink). 706338-6613 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Athens City Hall) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Live music at every market.

4–7 p.m. www.athensfarmersmarket. net EVENTS: Outlet Magazine Release Party (The World Famous) Celebrate the release of the newest issue of art magazine Outlet.

9 p.m. FREE! www.theworldfamousathens.com EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Madison Bar & Bistro, Hotel Indigo) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog! Every Wednesday.

5–7 p.m. FREE! www.indigoathens. com EVENTS: Wine Academy (Trappeze Pub) Expand your wine tasting experience. Every second Wednesday of the month. 7 p.m. $14. 706-5438997 EVENTS: Rabbit Box: “Down the Rabbit Hole” (The Melting Point) Stories told by Colt Burnett, Matthew Epperson, Noel Holston, Joe Leone, Grayson Morris, Ansley Sproull, Deirdre Sugiuchi and Jan Tuner. For adult ears. 7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.com, www.rabbitbox.org GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! 8–10 p.m.

FREE! 706-548-1920 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: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge.

8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? 8 p.m. Both locations. 706-548-3442 KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months–5 years old and their caregivers. Every Tuesday and Wednesday. 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Girl Scout Sampler (Oconee County Library) Orientation and information session for girls interested in joining Girl Scouts.

Grades 1–3, 2 p.m. and grades 4–5, 3 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950

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KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 2–5.

Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes & Noble) For all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m.

FREE! 706-354-1195 KIDSTUFF: Storytelling Concert (Oconee County Library) Carol Cain presents a morning of songs and stories that encourage kids to read.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Storytelling Concert (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Carol Cain presents a morning of songs and stories that encourage kids to read. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597

Thursday 11 ART: Opening Reception (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) For “ATHICA Emerges 6,” artwork by Andy Giannakakis, Susan Hable, Manda McKay, Eric Simmons, Spirit Cat (JT and Ciara Bringardner) and Aja Steele. A potluck will be curated by Tinker Lab Collective. 5–6 p.m. (member preview), 6–8 p.m. $5 (suggested donation). www.athica.org COMEDY: King Comedy Night (The World Famous) Featuring Greg Behrens and Kim Haupaya. Proceeds benefit the Athens Humane Society.

8 p.m. $5 (w/ student ID), $10. www. theworldfamousathens.com EVENTS: Second Annual Organic Twilight Tour (Durham Horticulture Farm) This year’s tour includes talks about current research, microirrigation, squash diseases, summer crops and more. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.hort.uga.edu/farm EVENTS: Line Dancing (Bootleggers Country & Western Bar) Countrywestern-style line dance lessons.

Every Thursday and Friday. Come ride Pandemonium, the mechanical bull! 8–10 p.m. 706-254-7338 GAMES: Free Bingo Night (40 Watt Club) Featuring ticket giveaways and prizes from local businesses. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.40watt.com GAMES: Trivia (The Volstead) Every Thursday! 7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-5300 GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. & Thursdays, 8 p.m. 706-354-1515 KIDSTUFF: Thursday Storytime (Avid Bookshop) Join Avid for books and games. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. avidbookshop.com KIDSTUFF: Craft Lab (ACC Library) Create underwater world collage art and participate in a face-painting workshop. Ages 11–18. 3–5 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650

Amanda Greene’s photograph of Rev. Howard Finster is part of her show on display at The Grit through July 21.

KIDSTUFF: Crafternoon (Oconee County Library) Drop in for a fun, self-guided activity. Visit website for schedule. Every Thursday.

2:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/oclcs LECTURES & LIT: Breaking Your Own Ground (Madison County Library) Gary Thompson of Ivie Funeral Home discusses funeral and burial choices for families that want to prepare. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706795-5597 LECTURES & LIT: Finding your Revolutionary War Ancestry (ACC Library) Search for Revolutionary War ancestors with a rebroadcast of a Family Search webinar and a discussion with local researchers Mary Ann Abbe and Elaine Neal. Call to register. 6 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650

Friday 12 EVENTS: Countdown to Kickoff (Various locations) A weekend to celebrate the upcoming football season features golf, autographs, drills with UGA football players and more. Proceeds benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Georgia Transplant Foundation. July 12, 11 a.m.–July 13, 3 p.m. $25. www. ugakickoff.com EVENTS: Zumba After Dark (40 Watt Club) Zumba fever continues. 7 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com EVENTS: Line Dancing (Bootleggers Country & Western Bar) Countrywestern-style line dance lessons.

Every Thursday and Friday. Come ride Pandemonium, the mechanical bull! 8–10 p.m. 706-254-7338 KIDSTUFF: Lunch at the Library (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Free, healthy lunches, stories and crafts for kids ages 18 & under. Lunches for adults are $3.

Pre-registration required. 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. FREE! (kids), $3 (adults). 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Friday Night Paddles (Sandy Creek Park) Experience the moon over Lake Chapman as you paddle around in a canoe or kayak.

For ages 12 & older. Pre-registration required. 8:30–10:30 p.m. $8–12.

706-613-3631, www.athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreekpark MEETINGS: Friends First Friday (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Gather for a made-from-scratch breakfast and listen to assistant director Shirley Berry give a brief history of the gardens. RSVP by July 10. 9–10:30 a.m. $12. 706542-6138 THEATRE: The Sound of Music (Crawford School, Crawford) This retelling of a classic tale features a talented local cast including Margot Hitchcock as Maria. July 12–13 & 18–20, 7:30 p.m. July 14 & 21, 3 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15. www.artsoglethorpe.org THEATRE: Into the Woods (Morton Theatre) In this amalgamation of well-known fairy tales, a baker and his wife attempt to undo a witch’s curse and run into Cinderalla, Rapunzel and more along the way.

See Calendar Pick on p. 13. July 12–13, 7:30 p.m. & July 13, 2 p.m. $10–15. www.mortontheatre.com

Saturday 13 ART: Live Glassblowing (Bendzunas Glass, Comer) The family-run gallery demonstrates live glassblowing. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! bendzunas@windstream.net, www. bendzunasglass.com ART: First Birthday Bash (Athens Ford) A family-friendly event with a craft booth by ATHICA, a live remote broadcast by 106.1WNGC, demos

by Cycle World of Athens, raffles, bounce houses, a dunking booth, catering by Mellow Mushroom and $10 oil changes. An opening reception for artwork by June Ball and Christine Bush Roman will be held in conjunction. Proceeds benefit Extra Special People, Inc. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! 706-354-1130 EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (Oconee County Courthouse, Watkinsville) Locally grown produce, meats, grains, flowers, soaps, birdhouses, gourds and more. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. www.oconeefarmersmarket.org EVENTS: Petzone Fundraiser (New Earth Athens) An artists market and benefit concert to raise funds for

Petzone Dog Rescue, a local no kill dog shelter. Performers include Pretty Badgers, Hart Sawyer and the Love Project, Sean Arington Spearmint, Wild Wolf Pack and Nate and the Nightmares. 4 p.m. www. newearthmusichall.com EVENTS: Star Wars Day (Oconee County Library) Meet members of the Georgia 501st Legion. All ages.

1–2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 EVENTS: Really Really Free Market (Reese & Pope Park) Bring what you can; take what you need.

No bartering, trading or paying.

Second Saturday of every month.

12–2 p.m. FREE! reallyreallyfreemarketathens@gmail.com EVENTS: Farewell Party for Dr. Armitage (UGA Trial Gardens) The UGA Trial Gardens host a retirement party for Dr. Allan Armitage, horticulturist and major contributor to the gardens. 11 a.m. FREE! contact@ ugatrialgardens.com EVENTS: Funky Fest (Aromas) Beer tasting event featuring The Bruery Sour in the Rye, 2010 New Belgium La Folie, 2010 Tilquin Oude Geueze, 2010 Ommegang Zuur, 2010 Ommegang Rouge, Westbrook Gose and more. 5 p.m. 706-208-0059 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods and more.

Live music by Musicsmiths and Kyshona Armstrong. An activity for kids features making edible bracelets. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. www. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Dawg Derby Flyball Tournament (The Classic Center) 46 teams of dogs will compete in relay races. Jul. 13, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. & Jul. 14, 8 a.m.–2:30 p.m. www. flyballdogs.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Gather a team and compete for prizes. 5 p.m. $10/team. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub KIDSTUFF: Second Saturday Storytime (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Hear a nature story and learn about the woods and animals.

2:30–3 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Family Hiking Club (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Andie Bisceglia takes families out

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to explore woods, streams and gardens. Meet at the fountain. Second Saturday of the month. 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11 a.m.

FREE! (ages 3 & under), $5/person, $15/family. www.botgarden.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes & Noble) For all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m.

FREE! 706-354-1195 KIDSTUFF: Saturday Storytime (Avid Bookshop) Join Avid for books and games. 1 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com MEETINGS: Athens Transgender Solidarity Group (Little Kings Shuffle Club) A meeting for gender non-conforming people. Drinks at Little Kings then pizza at Transmet.

Every second Saturday of the month.

7 p.m. undulatedtinamou@gmail. com MEETINGS: Trans Solidarity Happy Hour (Little Kings Shuffle Club) A meet and greet for the transgender community. 7 p.m. 706369-3144 OUTDOORS: Public Open House (UGA Trial Gardens) Celebrate the retirement of Dr. Allan Armitage, tour the grounds and receive gardening advice. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE! 706542-2471, ugatrial.hort.uga.edu THEATRE: Into the Woods (Morton Theatre) See Friday listing for full description 7:30 p.m. (July 12 & 13), 2 p.m. (July 13) $10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. www. mortontheatre.com THEATRE: The Sound of Music (Crawford School) See Friday listing for full description July 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;13 & 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;20, 7:30 p.m. July 14 & 21, 3 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15. www.artsoglethorpe.org

Sunday 14 ART: Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org

EVENTS: Dawg Derby Flyball Tournament (The Classic Center) See Saturday listing for full description Jul. 13, 8 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. & Jul. 14, 8 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2:30 p.m. www.flyballdogs.com EVENTS: Agro Cycle Tour (Various Locations) A tour of locally-owned farms in Winterville, GA. includes lunch and tastes at Mills Farm, Full Moon Farms, Jimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farm and Woodland Gardens. Bikes are preferred, but cars are welcome. Tour begins and ends at Mills Farm. See Calendar Pick on p. 13. 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. $48. www.athensfoodtours.com GAMES: Trivia (Amici) Test your skills. 9 p.m. 706-353-0000 GAMES: Trivia (Buffaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CafĂŠ) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inquisition,â&#x20AC;? trivia hosted

by Chris Brewer. 7 p.m. FREE! www. buffaloscafe.com/athens GAMES: Trivia (The Capital Room) Every Sunday! Cash prizes. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.thecapitalroom.com KIDSTUFF: Craft Craziness for Tweens (Madison County Library) Fun crafts with Janet Westwood. For ages 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11. Pre-registration required.

3 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Meet Star, Comet and Penny, volunteer certified therapy dogs. Beginning readers can practice by reading aloud to a furry friend. All dogs are insured and in the company of their trainers. 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 THEATRE: The Sound of Music (Crawford School) See Friday listing for full description July 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;13 & 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;20, 7:30 p.m. July 14 & 21, 3 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15. www.artsoglethorpe.org

Monday 15 GAMES: Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; toughest trivia. $100 grand prize every week! All ages. 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-543-8997

Tuesday 16 COMEDY: OpenTOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Voted by Flagpoleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s readers as Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;favorite comedy nightâ&#x20AC;? in 2011 and 2012, 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: Tuesday Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Fresh produce, cooking demonstrations and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities. Offers double dollars for EBT shoppers.

Held every Tuesday. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. 706613-0122, www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (First Christian Church, Watkinsville) Locally grown produce, meats, grains, flowers, soaps, birdhouses, gourds and more. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. www.oconeefarmersmarket.org GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 p.m. 706-3530305 GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 p.m. 706-3530305 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Twisted Trivia (The Office Lounge) Twist your brain! 7:30 p.m.

706-546-0840 GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. & Thursdays, 8 p.m. 706-354-1515 GAMES: Movie Quotes Trivia (Max) With host Cora Jane every Tuesday. Everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a winner. 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Philâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Faults,â&#x20AC;? featuring stone works by Phil Goulding, is on display at the Farmington Depot Gallery through July 28.

ART: Kress Project Book Release (Georgia Museum of Art) Music by Charlie Hartness and performances by other Kress Project winners.

Copies of the book will be on sale.

Curator Lynn Boland leads a tour of the Kress Collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Opening Reception (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) For â&#x20AC;&#x153;2Hot,â&#x20AC;? paintings by Joan Terrell and Patricia Fabian. 2 p.m. FREE! www. botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: Stoneware Clay for Homesteaders (Good Dirt) What a crock! Make a sauerkraut crock. 2-5 p.m. $55. www.gooddirt.net

GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 KIDSTUFF: Open Playtime (ACC Library) Children ages 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 and their caregivers can come play with toys and meet friends. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Movie Monday: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Reed Fish (Oconee County Library) Reed Fishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life turns into chaos when a high school crush returns on the eve of his marriage. Snacks are provided for this PG-13 movie.

Ages 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18. 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950

KIDSTUFF: Anime Club (ACC Library) Watch anime and discuss future activities. Ages 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 years old and their caregivers. Every Tuesday and Wednesday. 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650

Wednesday 17 ART: Taxes 101 for Artists (Lyndon House Arts Center) The Athens Area Arts Council hosts an informative

lunchtime session for artists. Learn about record keeping and deductions that may benefit freelance/creative careers. Bring a lunch or order in advance from Pulaski Heights BBQ. RSVP by July 12. Fee can be applied towards $25 membership. 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m.

FREE! (members), $10. 706-2063055, www.athensarts.org CLASSES: SALSAthens (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa dance classes with SALSAthens.

Every Wednesday. 6:30-7:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $8 (incl. drink). 706338-6613 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Madison Bar & Bistro, Hotel Indigo) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog! Every Wednesday.

5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. FREE! www.indigoathens. com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Athens City Hall) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Live music at every market.

4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. www.athensfarmersmarket. net 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 (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? Test your knowledge every Wednesday night. 8 p.m. Both locations. 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com GAMES: Trivia (Willyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every Wednesday. 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 KIDSTUFF: Puppet Show (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Different kinds of puppets help re-enact the fable The Ant and the Grasshopper. 2 p.m. FREE! 706795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 years old and their caregivers. Every Tuesday and Wednesday. 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Paint Party (Oconee County Library) Snacks provided.

Ages 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5.

Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes & Noble) For all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m.

FREE! 706-354-1195 KIDSTUFF: Puppet Show (Oconee County Library) Different kinds of puppets help re-enact the The Ant and the Grasshopper, Aesopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fable about an ant who works very hard gathering food year-round to prepare for winter while a grasshopper sings and dances the days away. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES & LIT: Talking About Books (ACC Library) This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title is The Yiddish Policemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Union by Michael Chabon.

Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org MEETINGS: Athens PFLAG Meeting (Aloha Center) Meeting of Athens Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.

6:30-8 p.m. FREE! 706-756-5428

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LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 9 Green Room 11 p.m. www.greenroomathens.com THE HIGBEES Rock group from Cleveland, OH. ERICA BLINN “Whiskey-soaked blues” from this Ohio-based singersongwriter.

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Wednesday 10 Boar’s Head Lounge 11 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC NIGHT Come showcase your talent with a song or two. Every Wednesday!

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

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub MR. CLIT AND THE PINK CIGARETTES Punk rock trio from Indianapolis, IN. KILLMAMA Florida-based punk band.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com SLEEP DANCE Local chamber folk-pop band playing moody, atmospheric songs with experimental tendencies.

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com THE KURT THOMAS BAND Atlantabased country band who has opened for Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown Band and many others.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 SINGER SONGWRITER SHOWCASE featuring Patrick Morales, Andrew Klein, Taylor Chura, Nicholas Mallis, McKendrick Bearden, and Kade Kahl.

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 TUESDAY NIGHT CONFESSIONAL Host Fester Hagood presents this week’s showcase of singer-songwriter talent, featuring Paris Luna, Andrew Heaton & Marie Davon, and Barry Waldrep.

Green Room 10 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com O ATHENS WHERE ART THOU This weekly bluegrass revue led by guitarist Bo Hembree features various guests.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia Sunflower Music Series. 7 p.m. $15. www.botgarden.uga.edu CAROLINE AIKEN One of Athens’ most talented and respected performing songwriters. Her bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance.

THE HOBOHEMIANS This six-piece, acoustic band utilizes banjo, ukulele, flute, accordion, saxophone, piano, various percussion, drums and bass

New Earth Music Hall 5 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com YABA DABA DOO 7/10 Day-long party featuring Crookshanks (5:30 p.m.), Triladelf (6 p.m.) Robbie Dude (6:30 p.m.), Maagican (7 p.m.), Will Wbr (8 p.m.) Jubee and the Morning After (9 p.m.), Andy Bruh (9:30 p.m.), FlashBOMB (10:30 p.m.), Ployd (11:30 p.m.), and a special guest (12:30 a.m.).

The Bohannons play the 40 Watt Club on Saturday, July 13.

Nicholas Wiles, Drew Hart and Steve Key for an evening of originals, improv and standards.

Tapped 9 p.m. FREE! 706-850-6277 KARAOKE Every Wednesday!

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com RACHEL O’NEAL Local acoustic act.

Thursday 11 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES Local singersongwriter Louis Phillip Pelot performs folk and country with the help of some friends.

MANS TRASH Experimental pop project from Mercer West.

BAD NUDES Benjamin Taylor performing “three songs of tech-yes and bass picks-ups, no drops.”

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com BAD TEMPERED RABBIT Tight rock compositions with a progressive edge from this local band.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Schlitzmas in July. 9 p.m. $5. www. flickertheatreandbar.com ERIC SOMMER Upbeat songs that showcase the guitarist’s proficiency in slide guitar and Travis picking.

SAM SNIPER Local alt-country band playing rootsy, energetic and heartfelt tunes.

ISLAND DOGS Project from countryminded singer-songwriter William Chamberlain, formerly of Vestibules.

KARA KILDARE Kill Kill Buffalo frontwoman plays a solo set.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9:00 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE DWELLS Cosmic Americana band from Massachusetts.

Go Bar 11 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Green Room 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens.com FAMILY & FRIENDS Homegrown folk-rock act.

The Dwells play the Georgia Theatre rooftop on Thursday, July 11. to perform popular American and European roots music of the 1910s, ‘20s and ‘30s: a potent mix of protojazz, blues and folk.

Sundown Saloon 8 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1180 AVERY DYLAN’S OPEN MIC NIGHT All musicians, singers, songwriters and/or bands are welcome to come share a song!

The Volstead 9 p.m.–1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

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FREE! 706-546-4742 DWAYNE HOLLOWAY & FRIENDS Local percussionist leads a jam.

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

Porterhouse Grill 7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Join

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DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Road Location) HARRIS CULLEY & MARK DYKES Members of local jam band Sumilan perform a stripped-down set.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com VELOCIRAPTURE Loud and brash local rock group that names Velvet Underground and Stooges among its influences.

FREAK IN THE FIRE New local altrock duo.

Max 10 p.m. $3. 706-254-3392 murk daddy flex & RICKY DIGITS The local hip hop producer and MC team up for a collaborative set.

COTTONMOUTH Local group featuring members of Pretty Bird and Muuy Biien. Expect lots of fuzzy, heavy drums and bass.

BONG MOLLY WATER No info available.

POLAR BEAR Local MC. The Melting Point 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com HALF DOZEN BRASS BAND Returning from a brief sabbatical, the

HDBB showcases newest member Umcolisi Terrell in a night of NOLAflavored tunes.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 JAKE MANAHAN Singer-songwriter from Statesboro.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 THE ORIGINAL SCREWTOPS Crankin’ the blues since 1962.

The Omega Bar 7 p.m. FREE! ($5 after 9 p.m.). www. theomegabar.com THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR Local smooth jazz group led by DJ and musician Dwain Segar.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com TRE POWELL Bluesy acoustic tunes with soulful vocals.

Your Pie Terrapin Pint Night. 6 p.m. FREE! 706355-7048 (East Side Location) GRASSLAND STRING BAND New local traditional and progressive bluegrass group.

Friday 12 Buffalo’s Café 8 p.m. $5. www.buffaloscafe.com/ athens ‘80s REWIND Playing the hits of the ‘80s.

Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q 8 p.m. FREE! www.butthuttbarbecue. com THE BACUPS Fun-loving local cover band.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com WEDGE Local dream-pop band.

INCENDIARIES Ladies of pedigree enforcing angular sensibilities.

Featuring Mandy Branch, Mary Joyce, Erika Rickson and Erica Strout.

PAN Local steel drum group.

Ciné Barcafé 9 p.m. $5. www.athenscine.com DIVINE CIRCLES/LUNAR CREATURE Asheville, NC couple Divine Circles (Meghan Mulhearn)

and Lunar Creature (David James Lynch) team up for a set of impressive violin and vocal experiments intertwined with powerful bass and guitar expressions.

FUTURE APE TAPES Local group creating psychedelic, experimental music driven by loops, beats, guitars and synths.

GRANT EVANS Under monikers like Crippling, as well as his birth name, Evans uses tape loops and electronics to create expansive, rumbling soundscapes.

MOTION SICKNESS OF TIME TRAVEL Rachel Evans plays minimalist, synth-heavy, bliss-inducing drone.

RAINY TAXI Locals Cary Whitley and Leslie Grove play free improvisations for saxophones, percussion, hacked electronics and the occasional guitar.

The Coffee Shop of Athens 8 p.m. FREE! 706-542-8990 ASHTON PRIOR Local singer with a soulful and passionate sound.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE RODNEY KINGS Scuzzed-out local garage-punk trio.

THE CRYPTIDES New local surfrock band featuring members of The HUMMS and Timmy and the Tumblers.

THE DREAM SCENE A “special set” from Javier Morales’ lo-fi avantgarde pop project.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Schlitzmas in July. 9 p.m. $5. www. flickertheatreandbar.com IN THE LURCH Local three-piece that cranks out crunchy guitar riffs and sinister basslines, citing Primus and Tool as influences.

TODD KILLINGS Punk-minded project from Dead Dog guitarist John McLean.

BRETT VAUGHN Local singersongwriter Brett Vaughn plays a set of his orchestral pop tunes.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARA KILDARE Kill Kill Buffalo frontwoman plays a solo set.

MARIE DAVON Venice is Sinking singer does a solo set.

DJ BLOWPOP Joe Kubler (Bubbly Mommy Gun) spins a set of tunes.

Green Room 11 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com TRAPPERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CABIN A crew of singersongwriters that comprises The Law Band.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 12 a.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub DJ Z-DOGG Loveable local DJ spins top-40 hits, old-school hip-hop and other danceable favorites.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com CAROLINE AIKEN BAND Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talented, respected performing songwriter leads a band that features Ike Stubblefield, Michael C. Steele, Eddie Glikin, Matt Joiner, Paul Scales and Michelle Castleberry.

New Earth Music Hall 9:30 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com LAZY LOCOMOTIVE Local group featuring members of Fuzzbucket, Juice Box and High Strung String Band.

THE KINKY APHRODISIACS Southern progressive rock trio.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 CONNECTED HOUSES Local rock band with funky edges.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 COMMON PEOPLE BAND Athens party band playing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s funk and disco classics.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com THE WOODGRAINS Local band that plays a blend of funk, rock and soul featuring three vocalists and charismatic harmonies.

The Volstead 6 p.m. FREE! 706-354-5300 TRE POWELL Bluesy acoustic tunes with soulful vocals.

The World Famous 10 p.m. $5. www.theworldfamousathens.com VESPOLINA Local band fronted by Daniel Aaron that plays rich, evocative, folk-tinged rock. Vinyl release show!

BOYCYCLE Local folk-pop band, featuring the beautiful clash of acoustics and synths and starring the confident vocals of Ashley Floyd.

Your Pie 6 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7048 (Gaines School Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES Local group led by guitarist Louis Phillip Pelot.

THE STAFF 3-piece house band.

Saturday 13 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com THE KERNAL Jackson, TN-based singer-songwriter playing stark â&#x20AC;&#x153;imaginary country music.â&#x20AC;?

THE BOHANNONS Rock and roll straight from Chattanooga, TN. MATT HUDGINS Local songwriter plays â&#x20AC;&#x153;songs about drinking, jail, love and death, all done in the popular â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;country and westernâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; musical style.â&#x20AC;?

Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA 8 p.m. $5 (public), $3 (members). www.athica.org NEW SOUND OF NUMBERS Experimental pop and post-punk

project led by Hannah Jones, visual artist and percussionist for Supercluster.

SASKATCHEWAN Dream-pop band from Florida.

SPIRIT TRAMP JT Bringardner plays atmospheric electro/dream-pop.

SEAN ARINGTON SPEARMINT Local indie band.

WILD WOLF PACK Local hip-hop group.

NATE & THE NIGHTMARES New band fronted by Cars Can Be Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nate Mitchell.

Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net THE MUSICSMITHS Natalie Smith of Grogus and husband Brian Smith of the Georgia Guitar Quarter put together eerily beautiful flute/guitar compositions. (8 a.m.)

KYSHONA ARMSTRONG Soulful singer-songwriter with a rootsy, bluesy sound. (10 a.m.)

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 ROB NANCE North Carolina-based folk-rock singer-songwriter.

Bootleggers Country & Western Bar 8 p.m. www.bootleggersathens.com JEREMIAH WHEELER Country singer from Nashville, TN. Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q 8 p.m. FREE! www.butthuttbarbecue. com CLASSIC CITY SOUL Famous for a Motown and R&B sound, this group offers soulful R&B. Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com RUBY THE RABBITFOOT Formerly Ruby Kendrick, this local singersongwriter has a sweet voice and prodding, poignant lyrics.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CANDID COAL PEOPLE Three-piece local folk-rock group.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Schlitzmas in July. 9 p.m. $5. www. flickertheatreandbar.com TIMMY TUMBLE Tim Schreiber (Dark Meat, The Lickity-Splits) howls and spasms and literally tumbles over garage-y rock anthems and retro-inspired pop songs.

LITTLE GOLD Local trio fronted by Christian DeRoeck, formerly of Woods, playing garage rock with pop sensibilities.

TINMAN Brooding folk-rock band led by songwriter Mark Bailey.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (The Gold Party, The Agenda) and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub KEN SWEAT Spinning â&#x20AC;&#x153;24-karat joints from the golden age of rap.â&#x20AC;?

Max On the Patio. 10 p.m. FREE! 706-2543392 DJ DAFFY DUCK Psychedelic funk bombs from this local DJ. Spinning an all-vinyl dance party every Saturday in July!

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE HIGHBALLS Put on your bangle bracelets and tuck in those shoulder pads! Athens music vets The Highballs will perform a totally awesome set of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s dance hits.

New Earth Music Hall Petzone Fundraiser. 4 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com PRETTY BADGERS Psychobilly honky-tonk swagger.

HART SAWYER AND THE LOVE PROJECT Upbeat folk-pop from this local, female-fronted band.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 EMILY MCCANNON Singersongwriter blending elements of county and rock, citing influences like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com ERIC SOMMER Upbeat songs that showcase the D.C.-native guitaristâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proficiency in slide guitar and Travis picking.

The World Famous 8 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. theworldfamousathens.com LITTLE COUNTRY GIANTS Oldtime folk, country and blues from Rome, GA. CAROLINE SPENCE Singer songwriter originally from Charlottesville, VA. Your Pie 6 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7048 (East Side Location) MANMADE MOUNTAINS Banjos from outer space.

Monday 15 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com HAND SAND HANDS Looping, experimental and psychedelic ramblings with drone and ambient leanings from local musician Jonathan Miller.

TEETHING VEILS Sparse, acoustic solo project carried out by DC-based songwriter Greg Svitil.

FREAK IN THE FIRE New local altrock duo.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 OPEN MIC NIGHT Members of Birdhouse Collective present this open mic.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 JAZZ FUNK JAM WITH DREW HART Local musician and Juice Box bassist leads a jam session.

The World Famous 8 p.m. FREE! www.theworldfamousathens.com KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid also features bassist Robby Handley and drummer Marlon Patton. The group is packed with music, mischief, general mayhem, and offers a sound far from the middle of the road, serving noise-rock fans and jam band listeners equally.

Tuesday 16 Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com ANDY D Eclectic, Indiana-based party jams.

COUSIN DAN Atlanta-based electronic artist playing synth-based, â&#x20AC;&#x153;electro-hillbillyâ&#x20AC;? R&B. LIL IFFY Hip hop group from Knoxville, TN.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 CULT OF RIGGONIA Experimental soundscapes with tribal, world music beats and ornate instrumentation.

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com APPALACHIAN RHYTHM A blend of instrumental and vocal tunes in the Appalachian folk and bluegrass traditions.

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 TUESDAY NIGHT CONFESSIONAL Host Fester Hagood presents this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showcase of singersongwriter talent, featuring Michael Guthrie, Kristin Tinsley and The Daniels Brothers.

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

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com WHAT CHEER? BRIGADE Massive and ecstatic New Orleans-style big band.

TIMMY & THE TUMBLERS Tim Schreiber (Dark Meat, The LickitySplits) howls and spasms and literally tumbles over garage-y rock anthems and retro-inspired pop songs.

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Porterhouse Grill 7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Join drummer Nicholas Wiles with bassist Drew Hart and pianist Steve Key for an evening of original music, improv and standards.

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ART â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back to Coolâ&#x20AC;? Market (Max) Indie South Fair seeks vendors of art, vintage and handmade wares for a market featuring clothing, books, records, kitsch, jewelry, crafts and more. Register online by July 15.

Market is on Aug. 17. $40 (booth space). www.indiesouthfair.com AAHS Pet Photo Calendar Contest (Athens, GA) Enter your best pet photo for a chance to be published in a calendar. Proceeds benefit the Athens Area Humane Society. Taking submissions through July 31. The public determines the winners by voting for their favorites Aug. 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16. $10/entry. www.360photocontest.com/202 Call for Artists (Lyndon House Arts Center) Local artist vendor applications are available for the 2013 Lickskillet Artists Market to be held Oct. 26. Deadline Oct. 12. $20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;30. lhartsfoundation@gmail. com, www.lyndonhouseartsfoundation.wordpress.com East Side Athens Art Festival (Lifespan Montessori) Accepting vendor applications for 10x10 booths at an arts festival Aug. 24. Proceeds benefit nonprofit preschool Lifespan Montessori. Visit website for application. Deadline July 10. $75. eastsideathensart@ gmail.com, www.lifespanmontessori.com

CLASSES Capoeira Classes (UGA Dance Theatre) (Room 274) An AfroBrazilian art form combining martial arts, music and dance. Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. $5/class. capoeira@uga.edu

Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Try Clayâ&#x20AC;? classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheel every Friday from 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Try Clayâ&#x20AC;? classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www. gooddirt.net Computer Classes (ACC Library) Topics include Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, eBooks and more. Call for times and to register. 706-613-3650 Hot Yoga (Bikram Yoga Athens) Classes offered seven days a week.

Beginners welcome. 706-353-9642, www.bikramathens.com Mac Workshops (PeachMac) Frequent introductionary courses to Mac, iPad, iPhoto and iCloud.

Check website for dates. FREE! 706208-9990, www.peachmac.com/ training/workshops.php On-Going Yoga (Yogaful Day) Deepen your practice through ongoing classes in Hatha and Ashtanga yoga. A RYS200 yoga teacher training program is available. Tuesdaysâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Saturdays. $10/class. yogafulday@ gmail.com, www.yogafulday.com Printmaking Workshops (Double Dutch Press) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zine/Journal Making.â&#x20AC;? Aug. 13 & 20, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $65. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reductive Woodcut.â&#x20AC;? Aug. 1, 8 & 15, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $85. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Color Linocut.â&#x20AC;? Aug. 10 & 17, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $85. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Multicolor Screenprinting.â&#x20AC;?

Aug. 24 & 31, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. $75. Check website for full descriptions and to register. www.doubledutchpress.com Yoga & Meditation (Rubber Soul Yoga) On-going classes in Kundalini, Hatha and restorative yoga as well as guided meditation. The Athens Zen Group, which includes Dharma talks concerning Zen Buddhism, meets every Sunday morning. Check website for

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schedule. Donation based. calclements@gmail.com, www.rubbersoulyoga.com Yoga Classes (Healing Arts Centre) Several types of ongoing classes are offered for all levels, including ashtanga, therapeutic, vinyasa and power lunch yoga.

Pilates and yoga teacher training, too. Visit website for details. www. healingartscentre.net Yoga Classes (Thrive) Silver Tai Chi for Seniors, intro to Qigong, Mindful Vinyasa, Flow and Let Go Yoga, Taiji (Tai Chi) Concepts and Movement Church. Visit website for class schedule. 706-850-2000, www.thrivespace.net Yoga Classes and Teacher Training (Yogaful Day) Various yoga classes and year-round RYT200 teacher training. yogafulday@gmail.com, www.yogafulday. com Yoga Gives (Athens Five Points Yoga Studio) All levels of flow yoga taught by Claire Coenen. Donations benefit Nancy Travis, a non-profit that provides daycare to local children. Every Wednesday through summer. 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. $10 (suggested donation). clairecoenen@gmail.com, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Zumba in the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A dynamic fitness program infused with Latin rhythms. Every Wednesday, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. $7. www.botgarden.uga.edu

HELP OUT Back to School Giveback Program (Petzone Dog Rescue) Collecting new and gently used uniforms and bookbags for local students. Tax deductible. 706-5468006, www.petzonedogs.com

BIG, handsome fella who really enjoys attention. American Bulldogs mix, who should be all white, but is a little muddy and has purple on his ears (iodine?) possibly to help some insect bites.

Full-blooded Staffordshire Terrier pup (supposedly registered), built like a baby rhinoceros, huge brown eyes and heart of gold.

Again, every kennel is full - including a basketfull of Border Collie puppies.

Many great dogs like the sweet Chihuahua fella below, playful and happy to be held. Or the gentle Corgi mix (38659) who has perfect manners, is house-trained, very quiet, a true gem of a girl.

An opening reception for â&#x20AC;&#x153;2Hot!,â&#x20AC;? featuring works by Joan Terrell and Patricia Fabian, will be held on Sunday, July 14 at 2 p.m. at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. Pictured here is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sleeping Tulipsâ&#x20AC;? by Terrell.

Book Donations Accepted (Oconee County Civic Center) The Oconee County Library is accepting donations of books, DVDs and CDs to be sold at their annual book sale on Sept. 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. Proceeds benefit the library. suley1@sules.com, www. oconeelibraryfriends.org Donate Blood Give the gift of blood! Check website for donor locations. 1-800-RED CROSS, www. redcrossblood.org HandsOn Northeast Georgia (Athens, GA) HandsOn NEGA is a project of Community Connection of Northeast Georgia that assists volunteers in finding flexible service opportunities at various organizations. Over 130 local agencies seek help with on-going projects and special short-term events. Visit the website for a calendar and to register. www.handsonnorthestgeorgia. com Seeking Volunteers (Casa de Amistad) Casa de Amistad provides social services, translation, education and advocacy for the local Hispanic immigrant population.

Volunteers are needed for a carpentry project, computer classes, ESOL, administrative tasks and special events. www.athensamistad.org Volunteers Needed (Homestead Hospice) Help patients living with terminal illness. Tasks include patient companionship, community outreach and clerical support. 706548-8444, www.homesteadhospice. net/volunteers.html

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ARTiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ARTcamp (ARTiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open Art Studio, Gallery & Lounge) Create your own masterpiece paintings with guided instruction.

Mondaysâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Fridays, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m.

For ages 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. 706-353-8530, www.artinisartlounge.com Beginner Olympic Style Fencing Camp (Athens Academy) Learn the history and the basics of fencing. Ages 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. July 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;26, 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $110. 770-7131240, info@athensfencing.com Jackson Eco Farms Summer Camps (Jackson Eco Farm) Learn about the gardens and explore nature. For ages 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. Day and week rates available. 706-202-5901, www.jacksonecofarm.org Kids Summer Reading Program (Avid Bookshop) Kids can read five summer reading books from Avid and receive a $5 gift card to either Tedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Most Best or The Grit.

Through Aug. 6. www.avidbookshop. com Modeling and Fashion Camp (ARTiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open Art Studio, Gallery & Lounge) Learn how to rock the runway. For ages 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m., Jul. 13â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug. 3. $75. 678-835-8497, www.jasminejohnsonedu.net Print Camp (Double Dutch Press) This introduction to three types of printmaking (monotype, relief and screenprinting) culminates in a handbound book of prints. Ages 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;13: July 16â&#x20AC;&#x201C;19. Ages 14 & up: July 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;26. 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. $150. www.doubledutchpress.com Summer Camps (Good Dirt) Now enrolling for pottery camps geared towards ages 4 & above. Visit website to register. www.gooddirt.net Weekday Play Group (By Your Leave Family Resource Center) Unstructured playtime for children ages 4 & under. Every weekday.

10:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12:30 p.m. FREE! 706255-1136, www.facebook.com/ byyourleave

Yoga Sprouts & Creative Movement (Thrive) Creative Movement for ages 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 increases coordination, balance and wholebrain learning. $10. Wednesdays, 1:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2:10 p.m. Yoga Sprouts for ages 3 & up improves body awareness and self-confidence.

Wednesdays, 2:15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3:15 p.m. or 3:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30 p.m. $10. www. thrivespace.net

SUPPORT Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. Call for meeting location and dates. 706-389-4164, www.athensaa.com Athens Mothersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Group (Athens Mothers Center) A support and social group for mothers to find out about upcoming events, community resources and more. Children welcome. Meets every Tuesday & Friday, 9:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11:30 a.m. www.athensga.motherscenter.org Camp I Believe (Camp Twin Lakes) (Rutledge) This grief support camp is for children ages 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14 who have suffered a trauma due to loss of a loved one. Activities include swimming, archery and canoeing, as well as counseling and activities focused on identifying feelings of grief and ways of coping. Aug. 16â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18. FREE! www.gentiva.com/hopsice/camps Domestic Violence Support Group (Athens, GA) Support, healing and dinner for survivors of domestic violence. Tuesdays, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m., in Clarke County. First and Third Mondays, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m., in Madison County. Childcare provided. 706-543-3331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771

PROJECT SAFE Emotional Abuse Support Group Demeaning behavior and hateful words can be just as harmful as punches and kicks. Childcare provided. Call for location. Every Wednesday. 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! 706543-3331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771 Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Sundays, 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org

ON THE STREET AthHalf Registration Open Registration is now open and continues until Oct. 18, with discounts for early registration. Proceeds benefit

AthFest Educates, a program that raises funding for music education programs in local schools. Race on Oct. 20, 7:30 a.m. info@athhalf.com, www.athhalf.com Avid Book Clubs (Avid Bookshop) Young Readers, first Sunday of the month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young Adult for Not-SoYoung Adults,â&#x20AC;? second Sunday.

Paperback Fiction, third Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;New & Notable,â&#x20AC;? fourth Sunday.

Check website for weekly titles and times. www.avidbookshop.com Call for Submissions (Athens, GA) The Stray Dog Almanac, an Athens-based literary magazine, seeks unpublished prose, poetry and artwork. Deadline Aug. 1. FREE! straydogalmanac@gmail.com, www. straydogalmanac.com/submit Classic City BBQ (The Classic Center) Now accepting vendor booth applications for a Tailgate Tradeshow on Aug. 17. Show off your vehicles,

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JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DOWNTOWN (297 E. Broad St.) Light box installations and other collaborative works

by Matty Goldstein and Graham Bradford.

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) Colorful paintings by Lucy Calhoun. Through July.

JUST PHO (1063 Baxter St.) Animal paintings by Leslie Moody.

KRIMSON KAFE (40 Greensboro Hwy., Watkinsville) Cloth wallets and paintings by Stacey Gay. Through July.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;PRAXIS,â&#x20AC;? curated by Jeffrey Whittle, features works

by Art Rosenbaum, Erin McIntosh, Jeremy Hughes, Stanley Bermudez, Jorie Berman, Kate Windley and other art professors at UGA. Through July 15.

LOFT GALLERY AT CHOPS & HOPS (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Landscape paintings by Brock Gordon.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ossabaw Island: Holy Groundâ&#x20AC;? features works by the Ossabaw Artists Collective. Through July 27. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;BIGâ&#x20AC;? includes large scale works in printmaking, sculpture and mixed media by Duane Paxson, Scott Stephens, Judy Majoe-Girardin and Briana Palmer.

Through Sept. 27. â&#x20AC;˘ An exhibition of recent jewelry and metal works by artists of the Athens Metal Arts Guild. Through Oct. 12. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Period Decorative Arts Collection (1840â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1890)â&#x20AC;? includes artifacts related to the historic house.

MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY (1315 Hwy. 98 W., Danielsville) Oil paintings by Perry McCrackin.

Through July.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) Thomas Gonzalezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s illustrations from â&#x20AC;&#x153;14 Cows for America,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The House on Dirty Thirdâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghandi: March to the Sea.â&#x20AC;? Through July 28.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Oil and watercolor portraits and landscapes by Kate Sherrill. Through July.

PERK AVENUE (111 W. Jefferson St., Madison) â&#x20AC;&#x153;France: City and Country,â&#x20AC;? photography by Livy Scholly. Through July.

SEWCIAL STUDIO (160 Tracy St.) Hand-dyed art quilts by Anita Heady and rust and over-dyed fabric on canvas by Bill Heady.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 Milledge Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;2 Hot,â&#x20AC;? inspired by the summer months of Georgia, features oil paintings by Joan Terrell and Patricia Fabian. Reception July 14.

Through Aug. 25.

SURGERY CENTER OF ATHENS (2142 W. Broad St.) Photography by Sally Ross, an international traveler.

Through Aug. 16.

TECH STOP COMPUTERS (390 Atlanta Hwy.) Abstract expressionist acrylic paintings by Frances Jemini. Through September.

TOWN 220 (220 W. Washington St., Madison) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Womanâ&#x20AC;? includes works by Katie Brick, Jill Brody, Kristin Casaletto, Abner Cope, Patrick McGannon, Richard Olsen, Betti Pettinati-Longinotti and Jean Westmacott. Through July.

VISIONARY GROWTH GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Daniesville) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creative Maladjustmentâ&#x20AC;? is a collective show featuring some of the hundreds of artists whose work has been acquired by the gallery over the past two decades.

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AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Abstract paintings by Brooke Bryant. Through July.

ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Mary Porter, Christine Shockley, Dortha Jacobson and others. Art quilts 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.

ARTINIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ART LOUNGE (296 W. Broad St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Virtual Landscapes,â&#x20AC;? by Brian Macbeth, are iridescent paintings influenced by cosplay, street art and graphics imaging.

ATHENS FORD (4260 Atlanta Hwy., Bogart) Artwork by June Ball and Christine Bush Roman. Reception July 13. Through July.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;ATHICA Emerges 6.â&#x20AC;?

Opening reception July 11.

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

BROAD STREET COFFEE (1660 W. Broad St.) Photography by Jeremy Ayers. Through August.

COFFEE SHOP OF ATHENS (2950 Atlanta Hwy.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grayscaleâ&#x20AC;? includes black and white oil paintings by Chrissy Clouse and works by multiple other artists.

Reception July 26. Through Sept. 27.

THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here & Thereâ&#x20AC;? includes photography by Thom Houser, Michael Marshall, Jim Fiscus and Chris Bilheimer, Rinne Allen, Michael Lachowski and Michael Oliveri. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inhabitâ&#x20AC;? features paintings by Jennifer Hartley, Hooper Turner, Claire Dunphy and Art Rosenbaum.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Works by textile artist and painter Elizabeth Ogletree. Through July.

FARMINGTON DEPOT GALLERY (1011 Salem Rd., Farmington) Owned and staffed by 14 artists, the gallery exhibits paintings, sculpture, folk art, ceramics and fine furniture. Permanent collection artists include Anna Marino, Tom Phillips, Larry Hamilton and more. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Philâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Faultsâ&#x20AC;? includes stoneware by Phil Goulding. Through July 28.

FLASHBACK GAMES (162 W. Clayton St.) An exhibit of over 40 video game inspired works by local artists.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Paintings by Jenny â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pepperâ&#x20AC;? Bowen.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make Paper & Print Worksâ&#x20AC;? is curated by Didi Dunphy and features pieces created by Double Dutch Press and a dozen paper and printmaking artists.

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GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fashion Independent: The Original Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor.â&#x20AC;? Through Sept. 15.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Photography with a decidedly Southern bent by Amanda Greene. Through July 21.

HEIRLOOM CAFE AND FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Hand-sewn, abstract quilt squares by Sydney Slotkin. Through July.

HIGHWIRE LOUNGE (269 N. Hull St.) Artwork by Indy Swirk. Through July 26.

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) Works by Andrew Kirby.

grills, clothing and recipes. The BBQ festival includes contests, a classic car show, outdoor music stage, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities and more. $250â&#x20AC;&#x201C;350.

706-357-4428, lindsay@classiccenter.com Community Style Acupuncture (Thrive) Provided in an open space with others who relax side by side in reclining chairs.

Wednesdays, 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. $30. 706850-2000, www.thrivespace.net Outspoken Seeking poets, singers, dancers and entertainers for a poetry showcase in September. 706-8502178, nextfaze91@gmail.com Summer Reading Program (ACC Library, Oconee Co. Library & Madison Co. Library) This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dig into Reading,â&#x20AC;? and includes activities and prizes for children, teens and adults. Visit website to register. www.athenslibrary.org f

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Real Estate Apartments for Rent $575/mo. 2BR/2 private BA. 3 mins. to campus. Lg. LR w/ FP, kitchen w/ DW, W/D, deck, lots of storage. Water & garbage incl. in rent, Agent/Owner, 145 Sandburg St. Avail 8/1/13. Call Robin, (770) 265-6509.

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1BR apt in house. Fully furnished. $370/â Łmo. All utils. incl. Quiet. Free cable, Internet.

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2BR apts. Tile, W/D furnished, air. Dwntn. & bus route. $525/ mo. Call Louis, (706) 338-3126.

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College Station. 2BR/2BA on bus line. All appls. + W/D, FP, extra closet space, water/ garbage incl. Avail. 8/1. $550/mo.

Owner/Agent, (706) 340-2450.

Eastside quadraplex, 2BR/2BA, $500/mo. & 2BR/1BA, $475/mo.

Eastside duplex, 2BR/1BA & FP, $525/mo. 3BR/2BA & FP, $700/ mo. 2BR/2BA condo, Westside, 1200 sf., $600/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 3532700 or cell, (706) 540-1529.

Efficiency apar tment in Normaltown. 2nd story rear unit in private home. Kitchenette, full BA, nice yard w/ shared vegetable garden. $400/mo. + $100 utils. (678) 491-2825.

Townhouse for rent: 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 BR/3.5 BA. 3000 sf. Excellent cond.

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Commercial Property Commercial space, 1500 sf., close to Dwntn. Office, studio, retail, art, commercial. 305 Old Commerce Rd., next to Sandy Creek Nature Center.

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O ff i c e s f o r re n t . 8 5 5 Sunset Dr. Park at your office door! 5 room suite avail. at $715/mo. 1 block from Loop 10, jog to the YMCA or Bishop Park. Call Thornton Realty, 706-353-7700. (tiltedtranch@ yahoo.com)

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Pets welcome. Contact maurice.j.leblanc@gmail.com. $450/mo. to share a 2BR/2.5BA. Tamara Court off Old Epps Bridge Rd. Incl. utils.

Need only furnish own BR. Grad student preferred. Call (706) 207-9750.

2BR/2.5BA townhome less than 1 mile to campus. $650/mo. W/D downstairs.

Pool on site. Avail. Aug. 1.

Pets OK w/ fee. (706) 2074953.

2BR/2BA condo in Appleby Mews complex. Currently updating, new appls., W/D. Mins. from campus. Ground floor unit $795/mo. (678) 4914800.

Female roommate needed for 1 yr. lease in Woodlands gated community. $545/mo., cable & utils. incl. 2BR/2.5BA condo w/ full utils. Access to clubhouse, huge pool & fitness center.

Bright & cheery furnished condo that is kept very clean.

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Brick duplex, 2BR/1BA, $500/ mo. 2 mi. north of Dwntn., just off the loop. Stove, fridge, DW, W/D connections. Pets OK. Call (706) 247-6444.

Brick duplex, 2BR/1BA, $500/ mo. 2 mi. north of Dwntn., just off the loop. Stove, fridge, DW, W/D connections. Pets OK. Call (706) 247-6444.

Brick Duplex. 2BR/1BA, $500/ mo. 2 mi. North of Dwntn., just off the loop. Stove, refrigerator, DW, W/D connections. Pets OK. Call (706) 247-6444.

Newly renovated Eastside duplex 2BR/1BA for rent.

Oven/range, fridge, DW, washer & dryer incl. $550/ mo. Call Bill, (706) 3387666.

Renovated 2BR/1BA duplex just 10 min. from campus. $500 ($250/BR) or $550 w/ fenced yd. Pets OK. More photos & properties at www. racproperties.com. (706) 3084444.

S. Milledge duplex. Venita Dr. 4BR/2BA, W/D, DW, fenced back yd.! Close to everything yet private. $950/mo., negotiable. (404) 558-3218, or bagley_w@bellsouth.net.

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Avail. 8/1/13. Agent/owner, 117 Crossbow Cir., Winterville. Call Robin, (770) 265-6509.

170 N. Church St. 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2BR/1BA. 4 blocks to 40 Watt/UGA. Pets OK. Fenced yd., deck, screened porch, W/D, stove, fridge. $849/mo. Dan, (516) 507-8654.

140 Janice Dr. 3BR/1.5BA. CHAC, HWflrs., fenced yd., pets OK, no pet fees! Other homes avail. $795/mo. (706) 372-6813.

145 Woodcrest Dr. 3BR/2BA. CHAC, some HWflrs., fenced yard, pets OK, no pet fees.

Other homes avail. Nice, quiet area. $825/mo. (706) 2542569.

2BR/1BA. Near UGA, LR, DR, den, HWflrs., all appls., fenced yd., garbage p/u, carport, elec.

A/C, gas heat, no pets. $550/ mo. 117 Johnson Dr. Owner/ Agent, Stan, (706) 543-5352.

2 & 3BR houses pre-leasing for fall. Close to campus & Dwntn.

All modern upgrades. Call (706) 255-0066.

3BR/2.5BA on golf course, remodeled, HWflrs., granite counters, stainless appls., spacious, 2 car garage, quiet w/ security patrol. Avail. now. $1250/mo. Small pet OK. (706) 296-3611.

3BR/3BA, 470 Atlanta Ave., great location. Fenced yd., huge LR, open kitchen, pet friendly. $1200/mo. 1st mo. rent free. (706) 703-0626. www. newagepropertiesathens.com 3BR/2.5BA Victorian farmhouse. 2200 sf. Large fenced in yard, W/D, DW, CHAC, all electric. Beautiful house, must see! Avail. Aug. 1 or Sept. 1. $1200/mo. + dep.

Call Mark, (706) 202-5110.

3BR/1.5BA. Eastside. Lg. fenced yd. Pets OK. HWflrs., W/D, trash & lawn maint. incl. $900/mo. (770) 778-9722.

3BR/1BA $950/mo. HWflrs., CHAC, W/D hookups, ceiling fans. Front porch & backyard.

Walk Dwntn., campus, Greenway. Recent renovations.

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3BR/2BA pet-friendly house in Normaltown. Incl. water, trash pickup & lawn care. Only $900/ mo. Aaron @ Arch Properties, (706) 207-2957.

3BR/2BA, 2077 S. Lumpkin, $1200/mo. W/D, DW, sec. sys. & ceiling fans. 3BR/2BA, 2071 Lumpkin, $1000/mo. incl. water, lawn maint. & garbage.

W/D, DW. (706) 546-0300.

3BR/1BA, $1050. Avail.

8/1/13. House near Dwntn./ UGA. Walk to class. W/D, DW, CHAC, HWflrs. Small pet OK. 185-A S. Finley.

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4BR/4BA, 416 First St., great location. All modern upgrades, HWflrs., security & sound, pet friendly, porches. $1600/mo., 1st mo. rent free. (706) 713-0626, www.newageproperties.com.

4BR/3BA Dwntn. off Oconee St. Newly renovated throughout.

2 LRs, huge yd., W/D incl., pets welcome. Avail. Aug. 1.

Only $1400/mo. Aaron @ Arch Properties, (706) 207-2957.

4BR/4BA brand new house Dwntn. 3 stories, triple porches, off-street parking, HWflrs., stainless, upgrades galore.

W/D incl. Pets welcome. $1600/ mo. Aaron (706) 207-2957.

4BR/4BA newer houses, Dwntn. Walk ever ywhere!

Walk-in closets, stainless, private BA, porches, deck.

W/D incl., pre-leasing for fall. $1600/mo. Aaron, (706) 2072957.

4BR/2BA. LR, DR, laundry rm., bonus rms. Screened back porch overlooking creek.

Covered parking. 1500 sf. Near Athens Tech. Newly renovated, new appls., lawn care. $850/ mo. Avail. Aug 1. (706) 4241571.

Avail. Aug. 1. ARMC area.

4BR/2.5BA. Super nice. 208 Putters. $1575/mo. Donna Fee, Realtor, Keller Williams Realty. c: (706) 296-5717. office: (706) 316-2900.

Avail. Aug. 1. 5 Pts. 680 Pinecrest. 3BR/2BA. $1150/ mo. Donna Fee, Realtor, Keller Williams Realty. c: (706) 2965717. office: (706) 316-2900.

Beautiful 3BR/2BA home on Eastside. $1100/mo. HWflrs., sec. sys. Avail 8/1. Call Tom, (714) 270-8281.

Cedar Creek: 4BR/2BA, partially fenced yd., $950/ mo. UGA Med School area: 2BR/1BA, single carport, fenced yard, $825/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 3532700, (706) 540-1529.

Half house to share. $400/mo., $200 sec. dep., 1/2 utils. Fully furnished, W/D, carport, deck, private BA, no pets. Near GA Square Mall. (706) 612-4862.

New craftsman style 4BR/4BA house ready for fall. Close to campus on Oconee St. HWflrs., stainless appls., W/D, sec. sys., surround sound, $1800/ mo. (706) 540-6482.

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Houses for Sale Craftsman style built in 1912.

3BR/1.5BA, great location in 5Pts. Huge porch/fenced back yd., HWflrs. $260k, as is. (706) 338-1047.

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

Roommates 3 roommates needed to s h a re p a r t i a l l y f u r n i s h e d 4BR/3BA house, Homewood Hills area. Rent $350/mo. per room or $400 if shared w/ a $350 deposit. Pet friendly. 2 references req’d. wmoore3@ bellsouth.net or (706) 2961577. Avail. Aug. 1.

Looking for 3rd roommate.

1BR/BA. $375/mo. Woodlands, 5 min. to Dwntn. & 8 min. to campus. Clubhouse w/ gym, study rooms, volleyball court, nice pool. johnsontamarac@ gmail.com.

Rooms for Rent Dashiell Cottages Inc. Move–in for $75/wk.! (706) 8500491. Private entrance, all amenities, WiFi, long distance.

Enjoy our river community, 5 blocks to UGA. Enjoy wildlife observation.

For Sale Appliances W/D for sale. GE Energy Star, king-sized, 3.7 cubic feet.

Front load washer w/ pedestal.

6 years old, excellent cond., stainless steel baskets. $285.

(231) 582-91319

Furniture Full-size mattress and box spring set, 5 yrs. old, excel. cond. from Original Mattress Factory, $150. B l a c k I t a l i a n l e a t h e r c h a i r , nonreclining/rocking, excel. cond., $125. Panasonic TV, works perfectly, $50.

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Miscellaneous Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition. Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College Dwntn. (706) 369-9428.

Rolling Stone magazines w/ REM on cover. Not great shape.

12/3/87, 4/20/89, 6/27/91, 3/5/92. freemags2013@yahoo. com. $10 (the cost of this ad).

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Yard Sales A moving sale!

Music, furniture, tons of clothes, fabric, sewing supplies, W/D, art supplies, recording equipment, craft paper and stationary and free stuff! Come by for lemonade, hot dogs and sweets. July 13, 8 am–4 pm. 349 Nantahala Ave., Athens, 30601. Rain or shine!

Estate sale. 362 W. Boggs St., Lexington, GA. 1 block off Hwy. 78. Rain or shine. Entire contents of house will be sold! Sofas, bed, chairs, office furniture, kitchen appls., yard equip. & more! Sat. July 13, 8 am–until.

Yard sale Sat., Jul. 13, 8-12.

389 Sandstone Dr., Cedar Creek. Rain or shine. Many tools, furniture, push lawn mower, chain saw, drills, saws, fax machine and too many items to list.

Music Equipment Nuçi’s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are tax-deductible.

Call (706) 227-1515 or come by Nuçi’s Space, 396 Oconee St. Recording equipment for sale: ART pro MPA 2-channel tube preamp, MXL V69 Mogami edition tube condenser Mic, HEIL sound PR-20 dynamic Mic. (706) 540-0165.

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 w w w.

AthensSchoolofMusic. com, (706) 543-5800.

Music Services 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) 5491567.

Wedding bands. Quality, professional bands. Weddings, parties. Rock, jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityentertainment.com.

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Join established Athens company calling CEOs & CFOs of major corporations generating sales leads for tech companies. $9/hr. BOS Staffing, www.bostemps.com, (706) 3533030.

Etienne Brasserie is looking for FT and PT experienced servers. Fine dining experience req’d. Please no phone calls; apply in person Mon.–Thurs. between 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.

Bring resume. 311 E. Broad St.

Opportunities Seeking women ages 30-65 for an 8-week study examining the effects of a protein or carbohydrate diet and/or an i n t e r v a l t r a i n i n g e x e rc i s e program on metabolic syndrome risk factors.

Participants can ear n 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 House/server staff: Greyfield Inn, Cumberland Island.

Come join our house staff and live and work on a beautiful GA island! Some dining & wine service exp. helpful. In residence position. $25,500.00 annum. Send letter of interest, along w/ application request to seashore@greyfieldinn.com.

Modern Age is hiring again!

PT/FT positions avail. Bring resume into Modern Age. No phone calls.

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I feel so guilty. In February, I made friends with a guy at work, and things got, shall we say, a little more complicated than I meant to happen. At a work-based training weekend, we got together, and I have to say, it was pretty great. Did I mention that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s married? Well, when we got back to work, I really tried to stay away from him but just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. I started feeling bad when I realized people were talking about us, and in April I made the break and told him we had to stop. He was okay with it, but I could tell it bothered him a lot.

Now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m dating another guyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; sadly, also a work colleagueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and last night the first guy showed up at my door and showed me his bare left hand: no wedding ring. Yep, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten a divorce, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moved to a new place, and he wants us to â&#x20AC;&#x153;pick up where we left off.â&#x20AC;?

So, Mary, what can I do? I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to hurt anybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feelings, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just not sure that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m into the first guy anymore. Am I obligated?

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually not so badâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so confused.

Workaholic Are you obligated, Workaholic? Hon, unless you gave birth to this fool, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not obligated to do anything with him ever again.

Where does this feeling of obligation stem from? You say you feel guilty for getting involved with a married manâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is this guilt making you feel unduly tied to him or the situation in some way? If so, try to forgive yourself for getting caught up in the moment at your work training weekend. From where Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sitting, it looks like you listened to your conscience and stopped the involvement before you got too entangled. Good for you! You did the right thing: you exercised your agency, and you moved on. Give yourself credit for listening to your gutâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually right. How come youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ignoring what your gut is plainly telling you now?

Now that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve moved on, why would you even consider giving this guy another chance?

What, exactly, is in it for you? Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look at your language here. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;actually not so badâ&#x20AC;?.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re â&#x20AC;&#x153;just not sureâ&#x20AC;? youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re even into him anymore. And you â&#x20AC;&#x153;really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to hurt anybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feelings.â&#x20AC;? Listen to yourself: you are throwing out some extremely tepid verbiage to describe your feelings for this guy. Maybe if you insisted you had a white-hot connection that had to be explored at any cost, it might be worth dusting off this questionable-atbest relationship and seeing how it works in the light of day. But even if the relationship succeeded, wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you always be plagued by the knowledge that this man is a cheater?

That for him, it was easier to thoughtlessly stray with a co-worker at a training weekend rather than address whatever was lacking in his marriage first? Why would you even consider taking on that kind of headache and heartache for someone youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re â&#x20AC;&#x153;not that sureâ&#x20AC;? youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re into?

Workaholic, I think you know you deserve more than this dude. Let this be a blip in your dating life, and a lesson: You are not obligated to anyone but yourself. I want you to stop worrying about hurting other

peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feelingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;especially men who have demonstrated little regard for the feelings of othersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and start basing your dating decisions on your own needs and desires. Before you ask if you are obligated to anyone else, first ask yourself how a person or situation makes you feel. Do you feel excited, energized, curious, enthused, safe, your best self? Are your needs being met? If so, proceed and enjoy! But if you feel ambivalent or uncomfortable about a person or dating situation? Shut that shit down and never look back.

I am new to town and am not into the music scene and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to church, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where to meet someone to date. I am a college graduate and have a good job, but not one which leads to social mixing. Thoughts?

Dateless in Athens Dateless: Please read the letter from Workaholic printed above, and thank your lucky stars your job doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lead to â&#x20AC;&#x153;social mixing.â&#x20AC;?

Now, as someone new to town who isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t into the music scene or churchgoing, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re cutting out two sizable potential dating pools. After all, Athens is a music-loving town situated within the Bible Belt. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to get creative.

But I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually going to work out in your favor. If you keep your eyes and your heart open, there are all sorts of interesting people living their lives here outside the parameters of church or bars and concerts (and honestly, I give a big fat yawn to meeting people in bars or at concerts; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way overrated).

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to know what to tell you, though, when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve told me so little about you. What are you looking for? What makes you tick?

You say youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a college graduate with a good jobâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;two rather anodyne descriptors that tell me nothing except roughly your socioeconomic class. Not sexy. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more to you than that. Have you developed much of a friend network in town yet? It usually bodes better to meet a date through pals than to take home some rando at a bar. As a rule, the more eased into a social life/personal groove you are, the more youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll naturally attract dating opportunities. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a universal fact that someone fulfilled by their own interests and pursuits will attract others. Conversely, people can smell desperation and boredom, and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be wearing that scent.

I sincerely hope that you have at least one or two interests outside of your job, Dateless, and I urge you to zero in on those and explore them to the fullest here. Art, food, cinema, literatureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Athens has many more cultural offerings aside from â&#x20AC;&#x153;musicâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;church.â&#x20AC;?

Just do You, and your dating stock will rise, I promise.

My other requirement for you, Dateless, is that you force yourself to practice flirting more. Flirting is like blowing a kiss at the universe without expecting anything back. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about closing the deal, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about enjoying the moment. Strike up more conversations with your fellow humansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;IRL and yes, online tooâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and see what happens. As fresh meat in this town, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re actually operating from a power position: youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re new and full of possibility! Start acting like it.

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