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Watch Melissa Link The dramatic (really) special-called mayor and commission meeting on June 19 that Blake elucidated so tellingly last week (with an addendum this week) could be a preview of coming attractions at City Hall. It has all the elements.

(Enjoy it here: athensclarkecounty.granicus.com/MediaPlayer. php?view_id=2&clip_id=673). This is a plot youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re likely to see repeated: The mayor takes some action with no public input; her allies on the commission jump to her defense and criticize those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t; the opposition canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t muster the votes.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll note that in this pilot episode District 3 commission candidate Melissa Link, the only person to speak during the public comment, kicks off the fun by criticizing the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appointment of a county auditor placeholder after a year of foot-dragging and with no national search for the best auditor candidate.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the background. A year ago the mayor and commission fired the county auditor. The Athens Downtown Development Authority also fired its director. The apparent connection was that the auditor, contrary to expectations, blamed not the ADDA director for a dirty downtown, but blamed the mayor and commission for skimping on financial support for cleanup. So, the auditor failed to provide cover for the authority, which happened also to include as members the mayor and Commissioner Hamby. Exit auditor.

Our auditor is not a financial guy. Our auditor studies the operating efficiency of government departments and makes recommendations for improving them. To be effective, our auditor has to cast a cold eye on how departments are run. Our auditor can only function with the support of the mayor and commission. If the mayor and commission donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want somebody poking around in their government, wellâ&#x20AC;Ś So, anyway, a year has passed in which there have been promises that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have a new auditor any day, but it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen until that televised meeting of June 19. But, even then, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a new auditor. What we got, after a year, was an interim auditor handpicked by the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a really nice guy, a retired, 30-year veteran of our local government bureaucracy. But not an auditor.

So, when the June 19 TV show opens, Melissa doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mince words. She calls it a shame that the mayor has handpicked a man who has no experience as an auditor, instead of opening a national search for the best candidate. That sets the tone for the rest of the meeting. Two commissioners, Bailey and NeSmith say the same, that there should have been a search for a real auditor. That brings earnest testimony from Commissioner Hoard about the interim auditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s credentials and the same from Commissioner Hamby. Commissioners Girtz, Sims and Lowry say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re okay with the interim guy if he really is only interim and there really will be a national search next year, and they are assured by the mayor that there will be a search. Commissioner Herrod attacks Commissioners NeSmith and Bailey for grandstanding to embarrass the mayor.

Commissioners Wright and Maxwell are absent. The vote is 6-2 to confirm the auditor.

That show strengthens my belief that we need Melissa Link in there debating and voting with the commission instead of only being able to speak during public comment.

Do the math. Herrod, Hamby, Sims and Hoard are solidly in the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pocket, as will be Hoardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s replacement, Diane Bell.

NeSmith, Bailey and Wright are not in the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pocket. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too soon to say where Lowryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s replacement, Sharyn Dickerson will be, and Kelly Girtz these days mainly gives a lot of thoughtful and principled reasons why heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to go along with the mayor â&#x20AC;&#x2122;n them. Meanwhile, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out going door-todoor trying to help Rachel Watkins, whom he has endorsed, beat Link for the District 3 commission seat. One has to assume that means Rachel would be a sort of Girtz-like middleof-the-road, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t-rock-the-boat commissioner, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one?

I love Kelly Girtz, and I love Rachel Watkins, but I believe we need as never before Melissa Linkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong, clear progressive voice on the Athens-Clarke County Commission. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no accident that the developers are trying to beat her. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no accident that the mayor is trying to beat her. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no accident that some of the other commissioners are trying to beat her. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want her in those meetings behind those closed doors, because Melissa will kick those doors open. Even more than we need an auditor, we need Melissa Link. Early voting has started.

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Center team and board the best.”

The Classic Center is ditching locally owned audio/visual As a side note, Athens-Clarke County commissioners did and catering businesses in favor of two national corporations. consider a policy a few years ago giving priority for governChicago-based Levy Restaurants is replacing Center Stage ment contracts to locally owned businesses but decided that Catering (owned by Lee, Daniel and Ashley Epting of Epting they had an obligation to accept the lowest bids and worried Events and Harry’s Barbecue fame) and ONSite has replaced that other governments would retaliate against Athens busiTSAV. nesses. It cuts both ways.

Before you freak out—because, ideally, these contracts would go to Athens-based companies that will keep the money Downtown Hotel: Cramer also said that, as far as he knows, here—there is more to the story than “Classic Center Kicks the planned Hyatt Place adjacent to the Classic Center is Local Businesses to the Curb.” moving forward without the tax incentives the ACC Industrial “We mostly have local businesses serving the building,” Development Authority voted down last month. “They say, ‘It’s Classic Center Executive Director Paul Cramer said. “It’s just that [these two contracts] are two of the biggest contracts a convention center typically has.”

The Classic Center typically bids out contracts every 3–5 years. No one’s bid has ever come close to matching Center Stage’s, which has held the contract for 15 years, but Levy bid this year, and “Levy’s reputation in the restaurant world is impeccable,” Cramer said.

Cramer and his staff spoke to their counterparts at the Georgia World Congress Center and visited Omaha, NE’s convention center, where Levy also handles the catering. The food and service were “impeccable,” Cramer said.

“This marks a new direction in scale and specialization for The Classic Center,” Epting Events’ Jamie Moore said in an email. “As we conclude our 15 years of service as the venue’s partner through Center Stage Catering, we are extremely proud of the work we have done and will work closely with them to ensure a smooth transition.

Athenians played hooky in droves last week to beat the drum for the U.S. soccer team.

We wish The Classic Center all the best moving forward.”

All of Center Stage’s employees will be offered jobs with coming, it’s coming,’” he said. “I’m sure it is. We’re excited for Levy, where they’ll have more opportunity to gain experience it to be coming in.” and advance their careers, Cramer said.

Cramer said he didn’t lobby for the $2.5 million package of Going with a bigger AV company will give the Classic property tax abatements and low-interest bonds. “We don’t get Center’s clients access to greater expertise and more equipment involved in that,” he said. “We just hope we have a hotel conoptions, Cramer said. TSAV decided not to bid, Cramer said, nected to the center in the near future.” which president Pete Dugas confirmed. Like the Eptings, he didn’t sound too torn up about it.

Staying Busy: The Eptings still have plenty going on, even “TSAV has increased its staff by 15-plus year-to-date and without the Classic Center contract. They’re opening a new anticipates even more aggressive growth in the coming year,” office at Atlanta’s Goat Farm Arts Center; taping a reality show Dugas said. “We are very happy to be assisting our community called “Black Tie & BBQ” for the on-demand service XFinity;

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Auditor Addendum: Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Andy Herod sent me an email last week clarifying his views on the hiring of Steve Martin, Mayor Nancy Denson’s hand-picked choice for auditor, in particular his accusation that commissioners Jared Bailey and Jerry NeSmith were “grandstanding” when they opposed Martin’s appointment on the grounds that he was being hired without an open search and discussion.

“Just to be clear, my problem with what Jared and Jerry were saying was not that they/ we shouldn’t discuss the qualifications of Steve Martin to be auditor in public but, rather, the way in which they were implying that the mayor was doing something sneaky and underhanded when, in actual fact, she had gone beyond what the charter requires her to do to let the commission know of her plans. Both Jared and Jerry knew that.

“As you know, the charter says that the mayor has an absolute right to make a nomination of anyone for a charter officer position and doesn’t need to consult the commission in coming up with a nominee (although a smart one will do so). The role of the commission is to vote up or down the mayor’s nominee. As it happens, the mayor actually went out of her way by providing the commission an opportunity to meet with and ask Steve questions before we had the appointment meeting last week.

“So, for Jared and Jerry to complain about the process the mayor used and for Jerry to imply that anyone on the commission who voted to appoint Steve was engaging in cronyism and was reprehensible was, to my mind, unfair.”

That’s all true, but it’s also true that Denson waited a year to fill the position and appointed someone without even advertising the job or an open vetting process. Even now, there’s still no job description and only vague plans to write one and conduct a nationwide search. That’s what Bailey and NeSmith were upset about.

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That particular case was the subject of a political ad earlier this year when Ralston was challenged in the Republican primary by Sam Snider. Amanda Mosher appeared in that commercial and said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;My case was never important to David Ralston. He made me relive that nightmare, again and again. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not how we treat people around here.â&#x20AC;?

Ralston won his primary election with 65 percent of the vote, but he now must contend with the complaint lodged against him by the state bar.

His situation is similar to the problems faced by an earlier speaker of the House. In 2009, House Speaker Glenn Richardsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former wife confirmed in a TV interview that Richardson had been involved in an affair with a lobbyist. In the uproar that resulted from that sensational interview, many House Republican members insisted that Richardson had to resign as speaker.

Under pressure from his own party, Richardson stepped down and paved the way for Ralston to become speaker.

There are no demands at this time from Republican lawmakers for Ralston to step down as speaker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can assure you with absolute certainty that there will not be any attempt today, tomorrow, next year or anytime in my lifetime to elect someone besides David Ralston as the speaker of the Georgia House,â&#x20AC;? said Rep. Allen Peake (R-Macon).

However the complaint is resolved, Ralston needs to make a choice here. He should either serve as the House speaker and forget about practicing law, or he should resign as speaker to devote his full attention to representing his legal clients. He canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do both things and live up to his professional responsibilities.

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As the speaker of the Georgia House, David Ralston is one of the most powerful men at the state capitol. Only Gov. Nathan Deal has more political clout. He is in serious danger of losing that power, however, because of recent events.

Ralston is an attorney in Blue Ridge. The conflicts between his roles as speaker and as a lawyer resulted in a complaint to the State Bar of Georgia that went to the Georgia Supreme Court for review. For Ralston, this is a very serious situation. If the Supreme Court agrees with the State Barâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s allegations that Ralston violated the rules of professional conduct, it could disbar him.

Some of Ralstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems stem from a law the General Assembly passed several years ago that entitles legislators who are lawyers to get a court delay whenever they wish by telling the judge they are claiming â&#x20AC;&#x153;legislative leave.â&#x20AC;? That is a privilege that no other attorney has.

Ralston had a client who was injured in an auto accident and wanted to file a lawsuit for damages.

Ralston took the case, but instead of going to court he kept claiming legislative leave to delay the proceedings. The client got angry at the delays and a complaint was filed.

The State Bar contends that Ralston â&#x20AC;&#x153;allowed his interest in being, and his duties as, a member of the Georgia legislature to adversely affect his representationâ&#x20AC;? of the client.

Ralston is also alleged to have advanced the client $22,000, in part by using other clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; funds. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a serious charge for a lawyer to face.

This is not the first time Ralston has been criticized for his use of legislative leave to delay the trial of a case. In 2005, a man named Joey Truelove and his daughter, Hailey Truelove, were killed in a vehicle crash in Gilmer County. Trueloveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, Amanda Mosher, survived the accident. Authorities subsequently charged a suspect with two counts of vehicular homicide, but the suspectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Jere Morehead Puts the ‘U’ Back in UGA

Jere Morehead is flanked by University System Chancellor Hank Huckaby and Board of Regents Chairman Dink NeSmith as they announce his appointment as UGA president.

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hen you ask about University of Georgia President Jere Morehead’s first year in office, you won’t find drama, dirt or underhanded backroom deals.

You won’t hear sexy spin, political posturing or good-old-boy glad-handing. All aspects of his life seem centered around a singular idea—the advancement of UGA’s academics.

It’s an unwavering 25-year focus that comes off as impressively determined but also mysteriously circumspect. Can someone really care this much about school?

Unlike his predecessor, Michael Adams, Morehead comes from an academic background, and he’s made academics his focus over construction projects and political maneuvering. Morehead was all about education before being all about education was cool, making him an academic hipster of sorts—minus the sleeve tattoos and skinny jeans. In 1974, he finished high school at age 16 and enrolled at Georgia State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree. Then he entered UGA’s Law School and graduated at age 23.

The six years he worked away from the university’s campus as an assistant U.S. attorney with the Department of Justice mark a small blip in his otherwise UGA-centric career. He shuffled up the leaderboard from there, serving as head of the UGA Law School’s Advocacy Program for nine years, then executive director of legal affairs for one year, associate provost and director of the Honors Program for five, vice provost for academic affairs for two, vice president for instruction for two, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost for three, and now president.

It’s been a slow and steady climb, one that would make sense at a corporation but is rare in academic circles. He’s the first alumnus of UGA to be named president since Fred Davison in 1967, and he’s the sixth president to be an internal hire from within the university, with the most recent being O.C. Aderhold in 1950. If there was any drama, it’s that he was named as the sole finalist for the presidency in January 2013, causing critics to wonder why the Board of Regents didn’t put forward any

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other finalists, as is the custom with most UGA administration jobs. But even critics of the process found little fault with the end result.

“This is the right leader for our time,” says David Williams, who succeeded Morehead as Honors Program director and remains one of his close academic confidants. “He’s informed by an intimate working knowledge of the academic side of the house and yet also inspires us with a vision of where we can go from here.”

Taking Over In his first year as president, Morehead has overseen the successful progress of projects set in motion before he took office—the first graduating class of the Georgia Regents University-UGA Medical Partnership, successful grants for Obesity Initiative research and budget approval for the Science Learning Center. He points to the new science facility, a 125,000-square-foot building that will house 33 teaching labs and two lecture halls, as one of the biggest accomplishments this year.

“I believe this project is going to transform the education of our students in a most significant way,” Morehead says. “That project is very important to the university and state, and I am appreciative of all the support that UGA has received in moving it forward this year.”

Morehead also faced plenty of top spots to fill, many announced as vacant before he took office. The list included the vice president for finance, vice president for external affairs, vice president for student affairs, executive director of legal affairs and six deans—business, journalism, international affairs, engineering, law and the graduate school, not to mention his own former job of provost. “Completing the hiring of a new team of senior administrators is very positive,” he says. “I think they’re all off and running in a good way.”

Since he started his new gig, Morehead has hired Pamela Whitten away from Michigan State to take over his old job; made interim Vice President for Finance and Administration

Ryan Nesbitt permanent; named Bowdoin College’s Kelly Kerner to take over for retiring Tom Landrum as chief fundraiser; brought back former UGA administrator Victor Wilson as VP for student affairs, replacing Rodney Bennett, who’s now chancellor at Southern Miss; and appointed Michael Raebner from the highpowered Atlanta law firm King & Spalding as UGA’s top lawyer.

Morehead’s administration found a new business school dean, Benjamin Ayers, inhouse; hired his new journalism dean, Charles Davis, from the University of Missouri’s prestigious program; found SPIA dean Stefanie Lindquist at the University of Texas; and Donald Leo came from Virginia Tech to start up the engineering program. The law school and graduation school positions remain unfilled.

Academics First It’s Morehead’s staunch focus on the university’s academic mission that has kept the ball rolling in a heavy transitional year, says Laura Jolly, vice president for instruction, who took over that role as Morehead stepped into the provost’s office.

“He sets a direction and is clear about where he’s going, which gives others that same clarity and direction,” she says. “He’s been incredibly clear that the students are the reason we’re here, and I’ve seen that from my interactions with him as he was vice president for instruction to provost to president.”

Jolly named four academic initiatives under her office that saw significant support in Morehead’s first year: the Odyssey class that all first-year students must take, the implementation of the new student information system, an emphasis on the university’s fouryear college completion rate and the launch of a new Office of Online Learning. He’s an oldschool academic, but he’s not old-fashioned— Morehead is interested in technology and how students will learn in the future, Jolly says.

“He values what we do in the classroom, and this is a new environment to do it in

a measured and thoughtful way,” she says.

“Several departments have approved new graduate programs that will begin online in the fall and next spring, and we’re focused on doing it well.”

Morehead also plans to support the Odyssey program this fall by jumping back into the classroom. Harkening back to his time in Terry College’s Legal Studies department, he will teach a one-hour seminar to freshman, “Exploring Current Issues in Law.” “I think it’s not at all surprising that he has continued to want to stay connected with the students in that special way through the classroom,” says Rob Hoyt, Legal Studies department head who joined the faculty a few years after Morehead and went through the tenure process at the same time. “I can imagine how busy he is as president, but it would have surprised me more if he didn’t stay connected to the teaching and scholarship side.”

Morehead also taught Odyssey courses as provost in 2011 and 2012, taking a break in 2013 during his first year as president.

Described as a “challenging professor” by Hoyt, Morehead consistently receives positive feedback on evaluations and has earned the university’s top teaching awards, namely the Josiah Meigs Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2001, the Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Program Professor in 1999 and the Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award in 1995.

“He’s probably one of my least needy faculty members,” Hoyt says with a chuckle. “He’s been busy as president, but hasn’t forgotten his roots as a member of the Legal Studies faculty. We don’t see him much, but he does interact with his co-authors of the LEGL 2700 book and participate in some departmental social activities.”

Student Support Morehead has made it a point to appear at numerous other events on campus in the past year, most notably a variety of student group meetings. On his first day in office, the

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president joined student leaders for breakfast at the Tate Student Center before tackling tasks in the Administration Building.

“He made an effort to be present at many different organization meetings, and what was interesting was his tone in those discussions,” says Austin Laufersweiler, who served as Student Government Association president for the 2013-2014 school year. “He came to one of our general body SGA meetings by himself and wanted to know what we were curious about. He asked for our questions and feedback.”

At that meeting, one student asked why Sanford Stadium’s lights were sometimes left on at night. Morehead wasn’t sure at the moment but said he would find out. Within 12 hours, he followed up with Laufersweiler and the student, naming several reasons provided by campus staff.

“There’s not a concern that’s too small,” Laufersweiler says. “It comes back to this idea of his approach being very authentic and

“Public Ivy” position in his 16 years as president (while embroiling himself in numerous controversies in the process).

“It’s hard to follow anybody who has led for that long, yet he has carved out a steady, workmanlike, productive first year,” Williams says. “His leadership style is reasonable, rational, transparent and decisive.”

Though he’s an academic, Morehead doesn’t like to hold endless committee meetings.

He studies the situation, asks for advice and makes a decision. He moves with a disciplined calm, which helps him deal with large egos.

“He searches for best practices at other schools intentionally and decisively,” Williams says. “He looks at other models out there but is not afraid to go his own way and be decisive.”

Preferring to keep professional and personal aspects of his life separate, Morehead isn’t one to talk about hobbies or free time—if he has any. But others say he enjoys movies and books, usually dealing

Andrew Davis Tucker / UGA Photographic Services

Jere Morehead greets staff members July 1, 2013 on his first day as University of Georgia president. genuine. Whenever SGA voiced a concern, and he said he cared about it and would do something about it, he was consistent with his actions.”

When SGA executives handled two hot topics in the fall—racist and homophobic comments on social media and football ticket allocation—Morehead was quick to jump into meetings with student leaders and listen.

Hate speech appeared on Facebook in early November, and Morehead called Laufersweiler and student affairs administrators into his office within 48 hours to talk.

“He was looking for guidance and wanted a direct line to the students to address it,” Laufersweiler says. “We had an honest conversation about where the university is and where it could go in terms of diversity and inclusion.

He wants to make sure students are involved in that conversation and shaping that direction for the future.”

In the football ticket debacle, graduate students were upset about changes made regarding allocation and class hours, particularly for the “Double Dawgs” who got their undergraduate degrees from UGA and came back for graduate school.

“I will say it was a little difficult to get to the bottom of what happened, but what was striking to me was how willing President Morehead was to listen and move forward,” Laufersweiler says. “It would have been easy for him to dismiss us, but his attitude tends to be, ‘Let’s talk about it and find a way to fix it.’”

It’s hard not to compare the obvious differences between Morehead’s calm and professorial demeanor and the outspoken leadership style of predecessor Adams, who boosted the university’s profile and fundraising status to a

with politics, history and the Supreme Court.

This week, in his one vacation week away from town, Morehead is spending time with extended family at St. Simons, an annual tradition that he prioritizes.

A Private Life One personal aspect that Morehead doesn’t hide is his love for living in Athens. After 27 years in a two-story brick house in Five Points, he has embraced his new spot in the President’s House on Prince Avenue—unlike Adams, who resided in a ritzy Lake Oconee gated community for most of his tenure.

“I have to say, both areas of Athens are quite beautiful,” he said. “I really enjoy the neighborhoods that surround the President’s House and the easy access to downtown Athens from where I am on Prince.”

In the year ahead, Morehead plans to focus more energy on UGA’s $1 billion capital campaign, which will bolster all of his academic initiatives. “We can’t stand still. If you stand still, you’ll quickly fall behind,” he says. “We’re not going to spend any time celebrating success. Instead, we’ll keep working to advance the institution forward in the coming year.”

Above all else, Morehead wants more time, calling it his biggest challenge in year 1.

“There are many issues confronting the university, and unfortunately, you have to pick and choose every day how you want to spend your limited amount of time,” he says. “I wish I had more time each day to meet with faculty, students and alumni. It’s been a challenge of balance.”

Carolyn Crist

comment Inequality Grows at Colleges A report just issued by the Institute percent of all instructional staff in higher edufor Policy Studies indicates that economic cation. Today, that situation has been turned inequality is growing in American higher on its head, and the American Association of education. Surveying public universities, the University Professors estimates that 76 perreport finds that income for the 25 highestcent of college and university instructors are paid presidents increased by a third between contingents, adjuncts and graduate students. fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2012, bringing their Consequently, most college and university average total compensation to nearly a milteachers are now in an economically marginal lion dollars. Also, the number of these chief status. The plight of the faculty is particularly executives earning over a million dollars in remarkable at the 25 public universities with 2012 more than doubled over the previous the highest-paid presidents, where its growing year. In 2013, the best-paid among them was marginality occurred in the context of soaring E. Gordon Gee of Ohio State University, who incomes for the top administrators. raked in $6,057,615.

And the inequality may be even greater at The lucrative nature of these positions private universities, where a great many more appears to have had little to do with the presidents have outlandish incomes. According intellectual distinction of the universities. For to the data provided by the Chronicle of Higher example, in 2013, the second most lavishlyEducation, there were 14 times as many prirewarded public university president (paid vate as public university presidents receiving $1,636,274) headed up Texas A&M University more than a million dollars each in 2011 (the and the eighth (paid $1,072,121) headed up latest year for which statistics seem to be the University of South Alabama, two instiavailable). Consequently, the enrichment of tutions that are not usually considered the top administrators, coupled with the shift to acme of intellectual achievement. By contrast, adjunct and contingent faculty, means that the presidents of some of the nation’s most economic inequality is thriving on private respected public universities—the University campuses as well. of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Students comprise another university conCalifornia-Berkeley, UCLA and the University stituency that is faring poorly. The rapidly-risof Massachusettsing tuition at public and Amherst—received total private institutions has As the incomes of the annual compensation that sent student debt climbranged from $400,664– ing to unprecedented 25 best-paid public $467,699. [Editor’s levels. In 2012, students university presidents Note: UGA President Jere owed a staggering $1.2 Morehead’s pay package soared, the livelihoods of trillion, an amount that includes $434,500 in surpassed Americans’ their faculty deteriorated. credit card debt. Indeed, base salary, $100,000 in deferred compensation, it is estimated that, a $15,500 yearly allowance, a free car from in 2013, 71 percent of college seniors who the UGA Foundation and free lodging at the graduated had student loan debt, with an UGA President’s House on Prince Avenue in average of $29,400 per borrower. Meanwhile, Athens.] university spending on scholarships lagged far Nor is it at all clear that the top income behind spending on non-academic administrarecipients at universities merit their extraortion, such as executive administration, general dinary compensation. Graham Spanier, the university administration, legal and fiscal highest-paid public university president in operations, public relations and development.

2012 (Penn State, $2.9 million), was fired Between fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2012, the from his post for his apparent role in the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities reduced coverup of sexual abuse of children by his spending on scholarships by 55 percent while university’s assistant football coach. E. Gordon increasing spending on non-academic adminisGee, the highest-paid public university presitration by 44 percent. dent in 2013, resigned his position amid a From fiscal 2010–2012, Ohio State paid trustee uproar over disparaging remarks about its president a total of $5.9 million, while Catholics. student debt soared, rising 46 percent from Meanwhile, as the incomes of the 25 bestsummer 2006 to summer 2011. From fall paid public university presidents soared, the 2005 to fall 2011, the number of adjunct and livelihoods of their faculty deteriorated. This contingent faculty increased 62 percent— deterioration resulted largely from the fact nearly three times faster than the national that tenured and tenure-track faculty were average. In fiscal 2012, Penn State awarded replaced with adjuncts (part-time instructors, $2.9 million in salary and severance pay to its paid by the course) and contingents (temdisgraced president. From fiscal 2006 to fisporary faculty). Median pay for adjuncts in cal 2012, it provided another $4.8 million in the United States is $2,700 per course, forcexecutive compensation, while student debt ing them to cobble together enough courses grew by 49 percent. From fiscal 2010 to fiscal or jobs to ensure their survival. Many have 2012, the University of Michigan paid its top incomes below the official poverty level and executive more than $2.6 million. The number receive food stamps. As for contingents, they of its adjunct and contingent faculty grew by face low pay, few if any benefits and no job 1,777, or 64 percent, between fall 2005 and security. In recent years, the hiring of adjunct fall 2011, and by the summer of 2012 student and contingent faculty far outstripped hiring debt was well above the national average. of regular faculty. Consequently, although tenOverall, then, higher education seems to ure and tenure-line faculty at these 25 univerbe following the general pattern of modern sities outnumbered contingent and part-time American life—one that favors the wealthy at faculty prior to the fall of 2009, the situation the expense of everyone else. was reversed by the fall of 2011.

Of course, this change in the working conLawrence Wittner ditions and economic circumstances of college and university faculty is not unusual. In 1969, The author is a professor emeritus of history at SUNY tenured and tenure-track faculty comprised 78 Albany whose writing is syndicated by PeaceVoice.

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movie dope drew’s reviews JERSEY BOYS (R) Naturally, Jersey Boys is about the music. When

 four young men, including angel voiced Frankie Valli (Tony winner

John Lloyd Young, who, with just a feathered do, would be a perfect Steve Perry for the Journey musical biopic of which I now dream), from the wrong side of the Jersey turnpike come together, the result is the melodic harmonies of the Four Seasons. The struggles that precede and are caused by the fame come with the musical biopic territory. Egos threaten the partnership; the road threatens the families; and the money makes it all worse. But oh the music!

“Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Working My Way Back to You,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” and more move the film through some of its denser, dramatic stretches. Like any film directed by Clint Eastwood, the pace is languid. The washed out photography imbues the film with a period authenticity but fails to liven up the sometimes dowdy proceedings. With so many unfamiliar actors upon whom to latch, Christopher Walken easily scores via his classic line delivery. Be sure to prepare for the post-film Four Seasons binge.

TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (PG-13) Michael Bay’s fourth Transformers movie is too long, but it’s less abrasive and offensive than its two immediate predecessors. A more appealing band of humans, led by Mark Wahlberg, certainly helps, as do the Dinobots that finally appear in the last 30 of the movie’s 165 minutes. Evil government, represented by Kelsey Grammer, and evil corporations, represented by Stanley Tucci, are working together with a bad Transformer named Lockdown to hunt down the remaining Autobots. When struggling inventor and single dad Cade Yeager (Wahlberg) finds an injured Optimus Prime (thankfully still voiced by Peter Cullen), he puts himself and his hot daughter (Nicola Peltz, “Bates Motel”) in the middle of the war between humanity and robotic aliens. No ambassador for cultural sensitivity, director Bay has jettisoned the overt racism and jingoism of previous adventures, leaving the franchise’s central flaw being how much time is wasted on people. Two human-only car chases is two too many. How about a prequel set on Cybertron? Ironically, a series that started as 30-minute commercials for children’s toys has transformed into near-threehour commercials for adult toys like cars, beer and lingerie. Did I mention the Dinobots? See Edge of Tomorrow instead.

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also playing THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (PG-13) Despite abundant reasons for applause, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 sabotages itself with the most dreadfully deadening second act unleashed in a major superhero movie. Andrew Garfield returns as Peter Parker/SpiderMan and has much more control of the role in his second appearance. He channels the comic’s wisecracking webslinger, especially in the smart, campy opening fight with a very Russian criminal inexplicably played by Paul Giamatti. In his second attempt, director Marc Webb supplies the franchise’s best action setpieces; both of Spidey’s fights with Jamie Foxx’s blueheaded Electro are kinetically exciting, if a bit too computer-animated. But the fightless sequence after Spider-Man first defeats Electro absolutely kills the movie’s silly momentum. Bookending the boring are two great acts. The action-packed finale jams three supervillains into what can’t be more than 20 minutes. Make sure you wake up for it.

CHEF (R) With Shane Black taking over last year’s Iron Man 3, Jon Favreau hasn’t helmed a feature since 2011’s Cowboys & Aliens. He also stars in his latest, a comedy about a chef, Carl Casper, who loses his restaurant job and starts a food truck.

Plus, he’s got to reunite his separated family. Favreau wrote and directed this feature that also stars Sofia Vergara, John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Oliver Platt, Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Downey Jr. (Ciné) DELIVER US FROM EVIL (R) Despite being another of those horror flicks based on true events (e.g. The Amityville Horror, The Conjuring, etc.),

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Deliver Us from Evil can boast to be the newest chiller from Scott Derrickson, who directed the more-than-competent The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Sinister. Eric Bana stars as a New York cop, Ralph Sarchie, who teams up with a priest (Edgar Ramirez) to solve the demonic possessions plaguing the city.

With Olivia Munn and Joel McHale. kEARTH TO ECHO (PG) Found footage is not the cinematic dead end many believe it to be, but the gambit needs a narrative purpose to be used.

The trailers for Earth to Echo, an E.T.looking wannabe that brings to mind 1988’s Mac and Me, betray no such narrative need for the found footage frame. A group of kids could help this alien named Echo return home without filming every second of it. The familyfriendly sci-fi flick is the first feature from director Dave Green.

EDGE OF TOMORROW (PG-13) Sadly, Edge of Tomorrow may be the worst advertised movie of the year; its less than evocative, unimaginative title does not help (the Japanese light novel on which it is based has the superior title, All You Need Is Kill). The trailer portrays a joyless action movie where an exo-suited Tom Cruise continuously kills the same generic aliens over and over. In reality, Cruise’s newest actioner is a charmingly funny, engagingly smart, sci-fi take on Groundhog Day. Cruise’s character, Major William Cage, is the Army’s PR guy, who winds up stripped of his rank when he balks at hyping humanity’s invasion of alien-held France. In the invasion, the untrained Cage dies but somehow wakes up to repeat the day. Fortunately, war hero Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt) knows what’s going on and gives Cage some pointers on effective soldiering.

Cage’s repeated forays into battle and

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subsequent improvements calls to mind the process of playing a videogame; Cage learns the enemy patterns and makes it a little farther each time.

Fortunately, director Doug Liman and writers Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth briskly pace the repetitive scenes, giving Cruise ample material with which to charm.

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (PG-13) Finally; it took long enough for another wide-release feature to compete with The LEGO Movie; 2014’s list of best films so far is dominated by VOD and indies. The adaptation of John Green’s story of cancer-teens in love succeeds on numerous fronts. The script by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (they had similar success with the slightly superior The Spectacular Now) ably and completely translates Green from page to screen. Nothing of the book, neither its pain nor humor, is lost (even though a few things could have been). Ultimately, the source material is YA, meaning proclamations of endless love are de rigueur, but at least these kids might be right when they say they will never love anyone else as much.

Hazel and Gus are dying, after all. In her string of roles portraying YA protagonists, Woodley might have given

and David Strathairn, the humans do not matter. It’s Godzilla that audiences are paying to see. Fortunately, the film ends at its strongest, a knockdown dragout between the monsters that does not disappoint.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (PG) How to Train Your Dragon 2 aspires to make a wonderful family film and turn it into an epic. Hiccup (v. Jay Baruchel) and his dragon, Toothless, spend their days flying across the world, discovering new locations and hopefully new dragons. On one of these flights, the duo runs into a dragon trapper, Eret (v. Kit Harington, “Game of Thrones”), working for the vile dragon hunter, Drago Bloodfist (v. Djimon Hounsou). Drago’s a newly monstrous villain looking to conquer fear, dragons and humanity. Fortunately, Hiccup’s mother, Valka (v. Cate Blanchett), returns from her 20-year absence rescuing dragons. Will the dragon riders of Berk be able to stop Drago or will he take their dragons as well? Writerdirector Dean DeBlois fantastically ups the ante from the first film. Still, this cartoon is kid-friendly. The antics of the other young dragon riders, voiced

by Jonah Hill, Christopher MintzPlasse, T.J. Miller and Kristen Wiig, will entertain the youngest, while the

Mom! I told you to knock first! her best performances. But the adults should not be forgotten. Laura Dern chisels Hazel’s mom out of some tough china, and Willem Dafoe entertains as expected. (These two are a long way from David Lynch’s Wild at Heart.)

Come prepared to cry.

GODZILLA (PG-13) 2014. The King of Monsters has recovered from his 1998 trip stateside with this extremely satisfying entry in Toho’s long-running kaiju franchise. The filmmakers—Monsters director Gareth Edwards, screenwriter Max Borenstein and Dave Callaham —make several smart decisions with their Hollywood reboot of Godzilla.

They go ahead and start with goodZilla. The giant radioactive lizard is a much more intriguing character when it’s a force for neutral good. Big G must do battle with two MUTOs (massive unidentified terrestrial organisms), one of which bears more than a passing resemblance to series fave Mothra.

The monster design and FX is superb, even if the two-hour film takes its sweet time putting it to full use. Edwards clings too long to his “less is more” Monsters aesthetic. The marginal cost of the teasing outweighs its marginal benefit in the third act. Even with a cast that includes Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen

high-flying action will wow the oldest.

Without a Pixar release to challenge it, How to Train Your Dragon 2 should be the family champion at the cinema.

LIFE ITSELF (R) The well-received documentary about stalwart film critic Roger Ebert will probably find its summer release date to be tough but should find its audience once it hits DVD and streaming services. With Oscar nominee Steve James (Hoop Dreams, which you must see if you haven’t) at the helm, this doc should be better than your run of the mill cinematic biography. Nominated for the Special Jury Award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival.

MALEFICENT (PG) Maleficent is clearly birthed from the Alice in Wonderland strain of family fantasy, and despite being more successful than either of 2012’s dueling Snow White retellings, overdoses on style while lacking the original cartoon’s charm.

Actually, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) was a super nice overgrown fairy until an evil human broke her heart and stole her wings. When that evil human grows up to be King Stefan (Sharlto Copley, as weird as ever), Maleficent curses his infant daughter Aurora to the sleep of death on her 16th birthday. But being truly nice, Maleficent moons over Aurora (Elle Fanning) as she grows

into a beatific imbecile. No one benefits from this ultimately unrewarding retconning of Disney’s classic Sleeping Beauty, least of all the titular evil fairy.

Here, the powerfully wicked Maleficent is relegated to a petty trickster in snakeskin head wraps. Sometimes a villain’s just a villain, a baddie just a baddie. (But Disney being Disney, prepare for a whole new line of Disney villain movies. I can’t wait until Cruella, where we find Ms. De Vil was attacked by a rabid dog as a youngster, thereby justifying her plan to make a coat out of 101 Dalmatian pups.)

OBVIOUS CHILD (R) In writerdirector Gillian Robespierre’s feature debut, Jenny Slate, best known as Tom Haverford’s icky girlfriend, Mona-Lisa, on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” stars as Donna Stern, a stand up comic facing an adult decision thanks to a sucky breakup that leads to an unexpected pregnancy from a one-night stand. The trailer looks more entertaining than the preceding description. With Gaby Hoffman, recently seen (all of her) on HBO’s “Girls,” David Cross, Richard Kind and Polly Draper. (Ciné) SNOWPIERCER (R) Bong Joon-ho’s English language debut looks exciting. The world’s surviving humans now live on the globetrotting train, Snowpiercer, after a global warming experiment begins a new ice age that kills off nearly all life on the planet.

The survivors include Chris “Captain America” Evans, Jamie Bell (the new Thing), John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer and Ed Harris. Despite rumors of Harvey Weinstein mucking with Bong’s vision, I am way more excited for this film than I am the new Transformers. (Ciné) TAMMY (R) Melissa McCarthy headlines her hubby Ben Falcone’s directorial debut; the duo collaborated on the script. McCarthy’s Tammy hits the road with her grandmother, Pearl (Susan Sarandon), after losing her job and discovering that her husband, Greg (Nat Faxon), is a cheater. Tammy’s trailer looks more like Identity Theft 2; its description sounds much more charming. The cast includes fan favorites like Kathy Bates, Allison Janney, Dan Aykroyd, Mark Duplass, Gary Cole, Toni Collette and Sandra Oh. THINK LIKE A MAN TOO (PG-13) Everyone returns to mine more gold from the sequel to the hit romantic comedy based on Steve Harvey’s bestseller, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. The gang reconvenes in Las

Vegas for the wedding of Candace and Michael (Regina Hall and Terence Jenkins). What happens in Vegas shakes up everyone’s lives. With director Tim Story, original writers David A. Newman and Keith Merryman, and original cast members Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Taraji P. Henson, Romany Malco, Gary Owen, Gabrielle Union and Kevin Hart all back, can this second marriage be as successful?

22 JUMP STREET (R) 22 Jump Street steps right into the criticisms of other high profile R-rated comedy sequels like The Hangover Part II. Hot off the success of The LEGO Movie (still 2014’s best wide release), writing and directing duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, constantly and selfreferentially acknowledge that Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) just need to do the exact same thing again. Moving from high school to college, the undercover team must find the supplier of a dangerous new drug called WHYPHY. It’s not as easy the second time around, as Jenko finds fame on the football field and Schmidt feels left out. Lord and Miller lucratively tap into a major vein of cop satire for their buddy cop-medy. Tatum again shows he’s an underrated comedic actor, and though Hill gets his laughs, he has the sense of self to know when to play it straight. Though Ice Cube is used to much better effect as Captain Dickson becomes an integral part of the plot, supporting fun is harder to find in this sequel; “Workaholics” Jillian Bell and the Lucas Brothers are the only standouts. Stick around; the end credits contain the movie’s funniest gag.

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (PG-13) Director Bryan Singer returns after a two-film hiatus for a successful X-venture combining the best of the first two X-Men with Matthew Vaughn’s valedictory First Class. Wolverine takes center stage as his psyche is sent back to the 1970s (cue the fashion, the automobiles, the Nixon) to convince a young, feuding Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) to work together to stop the end of the human and mutantkind. If you’re a fan of any X-Men outside of Wolvie, Prof X, Magneto, Beast (Marcus Hoult) and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), you’re out of luck. Quicksilver does get introduced with the film’s piece de resistance, a slow motion sequence set to Jim Croce’s “Time in a Bottle.”

Quirky “American Horror Story” alum Evan Peters provides the perfect jittery teen version of the speedy mutant. The film gets a little logy in the middle, but somehow the wonky time-traveling narrative keeps traveling forward with little confusion. It only took five movies, but I am ready to give in to the Mystique agenda being pushed since the first X-movie in 2000.

Drew Wheeler

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flagpole’s Favorite Records of 2014 So Far Motherfucker: Tae Kwon Do EP W e’re barely into July, but 2014 has already been a banner year for Athens music; there have been dozens of local albums worth your time and/or money released over the past seven months. Here’s a helpful roundup of some of our favorites, complete with capsule reviews—some previously published in Flagpole or online—and links to where you can grab ‘em on the web. Of course, most, if not all, of these records can be found in physical form at Wuxtry and/or Low Yo Yo downtown.

Bookmark flagpole.com to stay up-to-date on all the latest local sounds.

Circulatory System: Mosaics Within Mosaics

Cloud Recordings Will Cullen Hart and company’s third LP since 2001 is an appropriately considered and typically sprawling set of lo-fi psych-pop mini-masterpieces. Its 31 (!) tracks cycle mercifully and mercurially through the range of human feeling, from confusion to self-doubt to grief to jubilation and beyond. It’s all filtered through a gauzy, dreamlike haze. Not only is Mosaics my favorite record to come out of Athens this year so far; it might be my favorite local album of the past several years. Check next week’s Flagpole for more. cloudrecordings.com [Gabe Vodicka]

Deep State: Bein’ Mean EP

Independent Release Deep State shares members with Brothers and Little Gold, but those bands’ frontmen take supporting roles here; it’s Taylor Chmura’s rotten-cotton-candy choruses that propel things forward.

Despite the sunny-day melodies, there is a distinct air of grievance throughout Bein’ Mean. There’s not really a bad track, though the Supergrass-y “Tittyboyz,” is the obvious single. “What a fool I’ve been,” goes the sing-along refrain, but one gets the sense Deep State is ready to wake up and do it all over again. deeepstate. bandcamp.com [GV]

Eureka California: Crunch

HHBTM Eureka California refuses to be jaded, bringing teenage exuberance to deceptively smart material. You hear it in the snare drum that starts off “I Bet You Like Julian Cope” like a cheer in a high school gym. The title refers to the ‘70s UK musician, but it could just as well be addressed to a crush. Propelled by Marie Uhler’s drumming, Jake Ward delivers hook after hook with the confidence of a singer who can name-drop Descartes and then laugh it off: “And I think therefore I am/ And I think like a man.” hhbtm.com [Marshall Yarbrough]

Four Eyes: Our Insides

Independent Release Our Insides is the start of a new era for Erin Lovett’s Four Eyes.

While her band has a lush, new sound, the cutesy, starry-eyed aesthetic remains unchanged. But this particular album’s positive message is hard-earned, through songs that aren’t afraid to deal with heartbreak and loneliness. Lovett has seen the light at the end of the tunnel and wants to guide us through the tough times and into something better and more meaningful. An honest and bold endeavor from one of Athens’ most important musical voices. foureyesathens.bandcamp.com [Nathan Kerce]

Katër Mass: Circles

Added Warmth/Pizza Tomb Circles is a grown-up record in many ways. Where 2012’s [kaht-ur mahs] hid bits of melodic goodness amidst an onslaught of lo-fi fuck-you-rock, the new album puts the hooks right up front. Like Propagandhi or Hot Water Music, Katër Mass often lets the guitars lead the way melodically, while Tim Gill and Phil Lewin’s raspy, insistent vocals provide a fist-pumping counterpoint. The result is a thick, mid-range-heavy post-hardcore assault that allows various nuances to shine through, like the dueling distorted leads on “Crawl,” or the At the Drive-In-like breakdowns on “Portrait.” addedwarmth.storenvy.com [GV]

Little Gold: Spectral Sight

Loud Baby Sounds Spectral Sight is sloppy as hell. Somehow, it all works; the album is varied, humorous and honest from beginning to end. Chase Merritt’s driving percussion pairs perfectly with John McClean’s ass-shaking bass grooves. DeRoeck and Taylor Chmura handle guitar, and their sound rests somewhere on the border between twee and folk-rock, with the occasional digression into ‘70s-style classic rock solos. The record always seems just on the verge of collapsing into a complete mess, but Little Gold holds it together just enough to deliver one of the most unique local albums of the year. littlegold.bandcamp.com [NK]

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Independent Release As polished and as powerful as these songs are, it’s difficult to believe that Tae Kwon Do is Motherfucker’s first release. Pounding drums and chugging guitar riffs recall early work from Queens of the Stone Age and other stoner-rockers from the ‘90s. The record’s title track may startle, a long, swirling arrangement that locks in at almost seven minutes. Although these four songs should appease those on the hunt for aggressive rock, the EP is a sign that more good is apt to come from this supremely capable band. motherfuckermotherfucker.bandcamp.com [Dan Mistich]

Motion Sickness of Time Travel: Alpha Piscium Hooker Vision Alpha Piscium is billed as the proper follow-up to 2012’s acclaimed self-titled double-album, and it is similarly dense and ambitious. The “Ikebana” series that populates the record’s midpoint brims with weird energy. “You Don’t Know What It’s Like” is the album’s literal heartbeat, an immersive tune whose underlying groove is eventually overtaken by encroaching static. The title track functions as an outro, sheer and pretty and imbued with vague heartache. Alpha Piscium finds beauty in the mundane. It is also poised and proud amidst chaos, Evans’ finest outing yet. hookervision.blogspot.com [GV]

murk daddy flex: Genesis

Pizza Tomb Fans of Luke Vibert or Gil-Scott Heron will dig the downtempo glide of tracks like “Snake Charmer” and “Crayon.” “Black Mamba” and “California Mountain Snake” shake up rock-and-roll in good Odelay form. The criminally short “ii.Cloud Nine” blends dub, gospel, jazz and tropical vibes into one unbelievably smooth tonic. But the all-out showstopper of Genesis is “Asimov” and its austere march of light, which borders on saccharine but brushes past with some electronic wizardry. pizzatomb.storenvy.com [Lee Adcock]

Muuy Biien: DYI

HHBTM Athens’ strongest and sharpest punk band, Muuy Biien has evolved by leaps and bounds on its second LP. It’s laser-cut, throat-throttling stuff, boiled down clean to the bone. Gone is the shambled fuzz of the debut; think more Gang of Four or even early Bauhaus. Ominous ambience weaves together the focused blasts of visceral tunes—it sounds strange, sure, but trust me, it coheres crazy well. You haven’t heard Muuy Biien, though, until you cram yourself in a tiny room with 50 other people and find yourself careening across the floor in time with the rumbling melodic bass. hhbtm.com [LA]

New Madrid: Sunswimmer

Normaltown The bits of character that speckled New Madrid’s debut, Yardboat, are fully fleshed out on Sunswimmer; with the help of producer and mentor David Barbe, New Madrid has come into its own. From the raucous guitar fuckery of single “Manners” to the catchy, chunky harmonies of standout “Forest Gum,” the record should solidify New Madrid as a true creative force. If New Madrid is, as has been predicted, the “next big thing” to come out of the Classic City, we can rest easy knowing it will represent our modern self quite well. normaltownrecords.com [GV]

The Powder Room: Curtains

Independent Release Curtains is as much a work of rage as it is one of restraint. To call it grunge hardly indicates the balance that sets the record apart—while it certainly has the power and weight that Athens music has seen less and less of in recent years, it is distinguished by structured melodies and clear recordings that make the songs almost scream-along-able. The quality of the recording is no surprise; the band is led by the 2014 Flagpole Athens Music Award winner in the Live Engineer category, Gene Woolfolk.

Those who can’t get enough of The Powder Room are in luck; the band is set to release another album within the year. thepowderroom.bandcamp.com [Jodi Murphy]

Shade: Pipe Dream

Southern Vision Phelan LaVelle’s indecipherable vocals range from soothing to extremely aggressive, while her guitar lines are exciting and unpredictable, moving in any and every direction, as if to intentionally throw the listener off course. The bass and drums of Will Cash and Al Daglis are a constant assault on the senses, turned up as loud as possible in the mix, driving a harsh but often

loose rhythm that gives LaVelle plenty of room to move around. While the record’s improvisatory structure suggests these songs were built for live shows, Shade’s big, blown-out sound translates surprisingly well even on the shittiest of laptop speakers. southernvision.bigcartel.com [NK]

Tunabunny: Kingdom Technology

HHBTM Tunabunny’s fourth record finds the band hovering dispassionately over the proceedings, adding a dash of guitar here, a spot of electronics there, finishing touches on a sparse abstracted landscape. Even in the thick of it, they’re charmingly aloof. “Pump on the brakes now,” goes the vocal on “Power Breaks,” and as a lovely swirling guitar fills both stereo channels, the car doesn’t stop so much as it seems to lift off the ground. Sometimes the band deigns to descend for perfect, straightforward pop songs, like “Good God Awful” and “Coming For You,” and when it does, the results are transcendent. hhbtm.com [MY]

Versatyle tha Wildchyld: S.M.A.S.H.

Independent Release Few local artists are as outspoken about the state of hip hop as Versatyle tha Wildchyld, which is why it was surprising that his 2014 full-length opened with “Daddy,” a rather cringeworthy sex tune, and went on to feature “Round and Round,” a similarly simplistic and vaguely misogynistic banger. But the album is also testament to Versatyle’s, uh, versatility—S.M.A.S.H.’s meat and potatoes, like single “Round and Round” and deep-cut standout “Struggle Like Me” showcase the MC at his most socially conscious and verbally astute. It didn’t hurt that producer BandBoyMacho delivered a show-stopping effort, either. cdbaby.com/cd/ versatylethawildchyld [GV]

Five Anticipated Local Albums Cinemechanica (untitled project) | The loooooooong-awaited second LP from the razorrock kings of Athens is set for a “mid-to-late fall” release, according to bassist Joel Hatstat. He adds, “Unfortunately, we have no idea yet what the title is going to be, or any real specifics… It is going to be absurdly heavy and modern, but with a lot of vintage gear and huge rooms on the tracking side of things.”

threats & promises Music News And Gossip Keep the Party Going: Packway Handle Band and Foundry Entertainment will present the sixth annual Classic City American Music Festival on Saturday, July 5. Doors open at 2 p.m. and music begins at 3 p.m. Two different stages will host a variety of acts, including Bloodkin, BlueBilly Grit, Grassland String Band, Lera Lynn, Dangfly, 90 Acre Farm, Norma Rae, Isaac Bramblett Band, Clay Leverett & Friends, Betsy Franck and Brandon Reeves. Tickets for this all-day marathon affair are $15 in advance or $20 at the door and can be had at meltingpointathens. com. Oh, yeah, Packway Handle Band will also play because, you know, this is their thing and all.

Just in Time to See You All: You should probably go ahead make your plans to attend Circulatory System’s record-release show. The new album is named Mosaics Within Mosaics, and the band will celebrate its existence Friday, July 11 at the Caledonia Lounge.

Also on the bill this night is Golden Brown, headed up by irrepressibly creative pop song writer Neil Golden, and rejuvenated psychtrash-shamble train ride Shade, which has been turning a record number of heads lately.

and the Nightmares, The Trespasser, Double Ferrari, Monsoon, Maximum Busy Muscle, Motherfucker, Muuy Biien, Vincas, The Powder Room, DJ Z-Dog, Cinemechanica and a special hometown return show by our boys in Bambara. If you attend this, and you know you will, don’t plan on keeping still or staying dry. It’s gonna be a hot one.

A Night to Remember: Memory is a tricky thing, and memory of the Athens music scene can be even trickier. To wit, do I remember an artist named D. Striker ever living here?

I don’t think so. But he sure remembers it, and he’ll be playing a “homecoming show” and celebrating his 40th birthday here at The World Famous on July 19. Sharing the bill are Bo Bedingfield, The Wydelles and the aforementioned Clay Leverett & Friends. Striker reports he was nominated in the Country category in the 1999 Flagpole Athens Music Awards and moved to Nashville, TN the same year. His Bandcamp page shows that he’s had seven releases since 2006, and the style of his latest—which may well be indicative of his overall sound, but I can’t listen to seven whole albums right now—is full of storytelling and personality. He even wears a snazzy

Dream Boat: The Rose Explodes | More specifics are available for the sophomore album from Athens/Madison, WI-based duo (and sometime full group) Dream Boat, which is due out Sept. 16 via Cloud. Judging by the album’s first single, the gauzy “Way Out,” the record will follow in its self-titled predecessor’s vaporous, new age-y footsteps but perhaps feature an expanded sonic palette.

Five Eight: Songs for St. Jude | Twenty-five years into an impeccable—if largely underthe-radar—career, Athens’ rock and roll mainstays are gearing up to release a follow-up to 2010’s Your God Is Dead to Me Now. By all accounts and against all odds, Mike Mantione and crew are as fired-up about music as they’ve been in years, so expect a barn-burner of a record. And stay tuned for an exclusive Flagpole blog series chronicling the making of the new album.

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Bliss Out: Arriving just in time to make your summer a whole lot sweeter is the new EP Beautiful, from Brothers. This four-song slice of life came out June 20 and is another blessed piece of the instantly nostalgic and bittersweet guitar-pop the band began to perfect on last year’s Street Names EP. The group—composed of Ryan Gray Moore, Stephen Pfannkuche, Michael Gonzales and Noel Brown—recorded and mastered this new EP with engineer Jesse Mangum at The Glow Recording Studio. It’s also out on Mangum’s new EP-only label, MOEKE. Go dig it entirely over at brothersathens.bandcamp.com.

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Hand Sand Hands Hand Sand Hands: Good Luck With That | Jonathan Miller’s experimental project has evolved since Miller settled in town a couple years ago, from glitchy, distorted noise to mind-melting, beat-heavy avant-electronica. Of his new LP, reportedly out in September, Miller says: “Seven songs, no filler. Just a full-on sample assault. Big drums and chaos.”

Dunno about y’all, but we’re excited.

Reptar (untitled project) | Little is known about the much-anticipated upcoming fulllength from the nationally acclaimed world-pop lads, but the first tastes we’ve gotten of the group since its recent reappearance on the scene—the synth-heavy single “Daily Season”; a horn-centric AthFest set—hint at an ‘80s-inspired, tech-groove sound. Don’t expect the album anytime soon, though; the band says “it’ll be at least December before it’s out.”

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C‘mon, Get Sloppy: Derek Wiggs has organized yet another standout lineup for his annual SlopFest. The three-day event will happen at Little Kings Shuffle Club July 24–26. The lineup includes Louie Larceny, Shehehe, The Hugs, Small Beige Girl, Monkeygrass Jug Band, Helen Scott, Good Grief, Seagulls, Eureka California, Deep State, The Fuzzlers, The Rodney Kings, Little Gold, Faux Ferocious, DJ Lozo and DJ Lord Bitter, Nate

white suit on the cover of the album, which is demandingly titled Come Over Here. See if your memory jogs over at dstriker.bandcamp.com.

The Few, the Proud: Are you looking to lose your mind just a little bit more during your celebration of our nation’s independence from England? Well, punky, get yourself over to Flicker Theatre & Bar on Friday, July 4.

First, you’ll enjoy a homecoming show from Mothers, which will toss you beautifully into the deep end so you can flail around to Dude Magnets, Harsh Words and Katër Mass. This is an all-inclusive, no cost event. I quote: “Bring a Federalist Party member—it’s free!

Bring a Prohibition Party member—it’s free!

Bring a Whig Party member—it’s still free!”

It’s nice to see people reaching across party lines and inviting everyone to the hoedown.

This is, after all, Athens, where the lines rarely really matter, but the party always does. Have a nice weekend and declare your independence from boredom.

Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

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ATL: The Atlanta-based breakfast/lunch chain J. Christopherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, occupies the ground floor of the Stiles Building (1650 S. Lumpkin St., 706-850-3520) in the heart of Five Points.

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J. Christopherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like Central Perk on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friends.â&#x20AC;? Does it have as much genuine character as the restaurant that preceded it or the also new BIG Family Cafe over in Homewood Hills? It does not, but it is a good place for a couple of eggs, some pancakes or a speedy lunch.

The kitchen moves with alacrity and efficiency, sending out orders about as fast as Waffle House. The interior has been renovated somewhat, to allow for individual seating in regular-height chairs and widening the doorway between the two eating spaces to make the whole place seem more open.

The skillet with sausage and gravy, onions, peppers, cheddar and oven-roasted potatoes all topped with two sunny-side-up eggs has good flavor, although the potatoes are a bit uniformly cut and could use more of a crust.

The Billy Goat omelet (spinach, portobello mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, goat cheese) needs more equitable distribution of its ingredients throughout; the goat cheese is tasty, but it should lend its strong flavor to the whole dish rather than being bunched into only a third of the folded-over eggs. Steak and eggs is filed under â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late Risers,â&#x20AC;? but makes a nice lunch. The steak is cooked a bit on the rare side when ordered medium rare, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tender and well seasoned, and the dish feels better executed than at comparable breakfast joints. The patty melt, in the burger section, is the best thing I tried, rendered similarly to a

sludge (Thai basil, chilies, coriander), and the veggies they coat, although hardly farmfresh, are cooked delicately, not steamed into submission.

The menu is divided among Chinese, Thai, Korean and Japanese, with a bit of barbecued beef here, an unexceptional but decent sushi roll there, and a lot of veggie + protein + rice dishes that are either fairly mainstream Chinese or Thai. You can get bubble tea or Thai tea as well as beer, wine and soft drinks, and the staff goes above and beyond to be accommodating, even when overrun with Methodists from the conference across the street at the Classic Center and short on supplies as a result. Tofu is a particular highlight, cut into triangles, well pressed and cooked to a fine texture. Ditto for the soup that comes with the lunch combo, which doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem dumped out of a packet into a cup of hot water.

Dinner offers more options than lunch, and the small bar is open as late as midnight on weekends. The restaurant serves lunch and dinner every day, does take-out and takes credit cards.

SUP: The long-awaited La Puerta del Sol is open on the Eastside. Iron Factory, the new Korean BBQ spot, is open in the former Farm 255/Echo space downtown.

Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com

art notes Inhabited Interiors â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bernd Oppl: Inhabited Interiors,â&#x20AC;? currently on view at the Georgia Museum of Art, consists of Sick Building, Hotel Room and Flock, three short, silent and black-and-white films by Austrian video and installation artist Bernd Oppl. Strongly inspired by horror film aesthetics, particularly Alfred Hitchcockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s use of architectural elements to create dramatic narrativesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;windows representing voyeurism, doors transitioning into new scenes, stairs creating tensionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Oppl constructs painstakingly accurate miniature models to use as settings for his films. Each model is visualized as a compilation of backdrops from mainstream cinema, then sketched out digitally, fleshed out with physical materials and finished off with motorization and mechanics. Lacking a human presence, each space serves as the protagonist when unpredictable substances are introduced to interact with, or inhabit, the mysterious interiors. When each substance appears to defy the laws of physics, the viewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perception and sense of reality are challenged.

Sick Building opens into the corner of a sterile, white-walled hallway lined with closed black doors. From behind a corner, a stream of white, gelatinous goo emerges, slowly rolling across the floor to form a puddle. The substance begins developing tentacle-like stalactites that reach upward and abruptly break off against gravity, attaching to the ceiling as if pulled by a magnet. From there, the substance

gradually drips back down, coalescing like mercury, only to splatter itself against another wall. As the gooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movements accelerate, erratically and chaotically taking over, it takes on an eerily organic quality, as if becoming increasingly more agitated within the confines of its space.

Hotel Room takes place within a stark hotel room reduced to pure functionality. While the

universal bedroom set consisting of a double bed with crisp white sheets, basic nightstand with a reading lamp and small desk with a chair are all present, the room lacks any aesthetic or personalized details that hotel rooms often incorporate to create a warm, surrogate living space. This minimalism reinforces the role of hotel rooms as simple stopovers between travel destinationsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the inconsequential, present setting between a past and future locationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as well as the ability of hotel rooms to exist as oases removed from everyday life. Opplâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s short film attempts to suspend reality by literally freezing this fleeting, transitional space.

As the film begins, liquid slowly rises from the floor. The fluidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slow creeping up the corner of the room and extending over the legs

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of the chair before its surface level catches up is subtly alarming. The camera adjusts its focus over to the bed, where a gelatinous film begins spreading over the telephone and doorknob, creating elements of claustrophobia and confinement. The milky, translucent film thickens and crystalizes, becoming a growing layer of ice. The reflection of light on the surface of the slushy cocoon as it solidifies creates a gentle movement, making it appear to pulsate or breathe.

Flock best represents Opplâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intricate methods of working within a miniature set to play with the perceptions of architecture, movement and dimension. The smudged walls of an apartment building appear without the presence of any furniture, holding only doors, a corridor and a stairway leading to the unknown. A black cloud of scarab- or locust-like beingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;created by a handful of tiny poppy seedsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; swarms through each room, highlighting the angles of the space as they accumulate in crevices and corners. As quickly as they flood in, they are blown away. The camera appears to mimic the flockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constant, swirling frenzy as it circles around for an escape, a perception created by rotating the model and camera together by means of a motor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bernd Oppl: Inhabited Interiorsâ&#x20AC;? will be on view through Tuesday, Sept. 16 in the Alonzo and Vallye Dudley Gallery, which focuses on new media art.

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Deadline for getting listed in The Calendar is WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out Wednesday, July 9. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

Tuesday 1 CLASSES: A Course in Miracles (Body, Mind & Spirit) Learn the inner workings of a miracle. Every Tuesday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706-351-6024 CLASSES: Feldenkrais: Awareness Through Movement (Thrive) Gentle lessons for the brain and body. Learn to move smarter and easier. 6:30 p.m. $10–14. 706850-2000, www.thrivespace.net CLASSES: Nonviolent Communication Classes (Georgia Conflict Center) Build skills for compassionate communication and conflict transformation. 6:30–8 p.m. $10 suggested donation. georgiaconflictcenter@gmail.com, www. gaconflict.org EVENTS: Tuesday Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Fresh produce and cooked foods. Offers double dollars for EBT shoppers.

Held every Tuesday. 4–7 p.m. 706613-0122, www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Elements of a Fun 4th of July (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Picnic and day trip tips are shared by potluck and party expert Alisa Claytor. Directions to hidden treasures and recipes for yummy picnic meals will be revealed. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706795-5592, www.athenslibrary.com/ madison 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: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Todd Kelly every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 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: Entertainment Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways. Presented by Dirty South Trivia. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0305 GAMES: Trivia (Four Brothers Sports Tavern) How much do you really know? 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3020 GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia with host Caitlin Wilson. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 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: Dirty South Trivia Night (Transmetropolitan) Westside location. Dirty South nerd trivia with Todd Kelly. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/dirtysouthtrivia KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) Children ages 2–5 are

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9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3650 PERFORMANCE: Closing Concert (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Under the direction of Sir James Galway, the Galway Festival Flute Choir gives a final performance for the Galway Flute Festival. 7 p.m. FREE! 706542-4400, www.pac.uga.edu

Wednesday 2 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the permanent collection.

2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org CLASSES: Buddhist Teachings (Body, Mind & Spirit) Learn how to apply the teaching of Buddha to end suffering and bring peace to your life. Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706-351-6024 CLASSES: Knit 1 Class (Revival Yarns) Get acquainted with the tools and craft of knitting. Learn cast-on stitches, the knit stitch and other basic skills. The class is free with the purchase of materials. RSVP. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-850-1354, www. revivalyarnsathens.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Cinébaby (Ciné Barcafé) Ciné presents a new series of afternoon shows for moms, dads and their babies. With soft lighting, lowered sound, stroller parking and a changing table in the screening room, parents and caregivers can watch an adult movie without having to find a babysitter. This week’s films include Snowpiercer (3 p.m.) and Obvious Child (3:15 p.m.). $7.50. www. athenscine.com GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-6130892 GAMES: Trivia with a DJ (Your Pie) (Eastside location) Open your pie hole for a chance to win cash prizes.

7 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 KIDSTUFF: Independence Day Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Songs, stories and activities to celebrate July 4th.

For ages 5 & under. 10:30 a.m.

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KIDSTUFF: Chemical Magic Show (Madison County Library, Danielsville) USDA/ARS chemist Dr. Maurice Snook has been performing magic shows since 1976. Attendees will be able to make slime to take home. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry (The Globe) Monthly open poetry reading. This month’s featured reader is John Wares. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/athenswordofmouth

Thursday 3 CLASSES: Stretch Band (Dancefx) This class will help you strengthen your muscles as well as help you gain flexibility. 3–4 p.m. $8. www. dancefx.org CLASSES: One-On-One Computer Tutorial (ACC Library) Personalized instruction available for various computer topics. 9–9:45 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, ext. 354 EVENTS: Nature Ramblers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn more about the flora and fauna of the garden while enjoying fresh air and inspirational readings. Ramblers are encouraged to bring their own nature writings or favorite poems and essays to share with the group.

8:30–10 a.m. FREE! www.botgarden. uga.edu EVENTS: Independence Day Concert & Picnic (Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison) Summer wouldn’t be complete without this old-fashioned celebration of our nation’s independence. Bring picnic baskets, tables or chairs to the front lawn of the Cultural Center for a patriotic celebration. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! www.mmcc-arts.org GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) See Tuesday listing for full description Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. & Thursdays, 8 p.m. 706-354-1515 KIDSTUFF: Experiment Station (Oconee County Library) Drop in for a fun, self-directed activity. Every Thursday through July 24. 2:30– 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950, www.athenslibrary.org/oconee

Friday 4 EVENTS: Healing Circle and Meditation (Body, Mind & Spirit) Clear your mind through guided meditation. Held every Friday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706351-6024 EVENTS: Fourth of July Fireworks (Georgia Square Mall) Enjoy live music from Casper & the Cookies and the B-53’s, inflatables, food trucks, clowns, face painting and more. Fireworks begin at dusk. See Calendar Pick at flagpole.com. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty. com/leisure

Paintings by Judy Bolton Jarrett will be on display at the State Botanical Garden through Sunday, Aug. 10.

Saturday 5 EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Featuring fresh produce, honey, crafts, soaps, baked goods, children’s activities and more. This week features live music by Kate Sadeski at 10:15 a.m. and a cooking demonstration with Almeta Tulloss at 11:45 a.m. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. www. athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts.

Live music by Drew Kohl (8 a.m.) and the Shoal Creek Stranglers (10 a.m.). This week features a seedling club educational activity for children.

8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.org 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 KIDSTUFF: Fizz, Boom, Pop! (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Have fun with bubbles.

For children of all ages and their guardians. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-7955597 KIDSTUFF: Saturday Movies (ACC Library) Family fun movies are

shown in the story room. Call for movie title. 10:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org

Sunday 6 CLASSES: Heels Class (Dancefx) Bring your heels and be ready to dance together in a high-energy, sassy workout. 5 p.m. $8. www. dancefx.org

Monday 7 EVENTS: Produce Stand (Athens Community Council on Aging) This mobile produce stand sells fresh, sustainable and locally-grown fruits and vegetables sourced from the community gardens at ACCA and UGArden. EBT cards accepted. 12–3 p.m. www.accaging.org EVENTS: Community Dog Walks (Memorial Park) This program provide the opportunity to engage with fellow dog lovers while exploring the park’s trails. Dogs must be leashed and well-behaved. 9 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3580 EVENTS: Open Middle Eastern Music Circle (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Explore Middle Eastern drum rhythms. All drums and instruments welcome. Every Monday. 7 p.m.

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GAMES: Poker (Four Brothers Sports Tavern) Play to win. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3020 GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge! Hosted

by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 10–18. Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650, ext. 329 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Designed to nurture language skills through literature-based materials and activities. Parents assist their children in movements and actions while playing. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org

KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650

Tuesday 8 CLASSES: A Course in Miracles (Body, Mind & Spirit) Learn the inner workings of a miracle. Every Tuesday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706-351-6024 CLASSES: Elements of a Healthy Snack (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn how to make delicious and nutritious snacks. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597, www. athenslibrary.org/madison CLASSES: Nonviolent Communication Classes (Georgia Conflict Center) Build skills for compassionate communication and conflict transformation. 6:30–8 p.m. $10 suggested donation. georgiaconflictcenter@gmail.com, www. gaconflict.org EVENTS: Tuesday Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) See Tuesday listing for full description 4–7 p.m. 706-613-0122, 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: Trivia (Four Brothers Sports Tavern) How much do you really know? 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3020 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Todd Kelly every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 9 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Dirty South Trivia Night (Transmetropolitan) Westside location. Dirty South nerd trivia with Todd Kelly. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/dirtysouthtrivia GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways. Presented by Dirty South Trivia. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0305 GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) See Tuesday listing for full description Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. & Thursdays, 8 p.m. 706-354-1515 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 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Book Jammers (ACC Library) Children and their families are invited for stories, trivia, crafts and more. This event promotes literacy through the art of listening and helps to strengthen attention spans. For children ages 6–10. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org

Wednesday 9 CLASSES: Knit 2 Class (Revival Yarns) Review casting on, the knit stitch, the purl stitch, stockinette and garter stitch patterns. RSVP. July 9 11 a.m. $30. 706-850-1354, www. revivalyarnsathens.com CLASSES: Buddhist Teachings (Body, Mind & Spirit) Learn how to apply the teaching of Buddha to end suffering and bring peace to your life. Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706-351-6024

EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: FFS Pets (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Meet lizards, frogs, snakes and more. 2 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597, www.athenslibrary.org/madison GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-6130892

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com FLICKEROKE Hosted by Jason.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com MONKIER Jazzy hip hop/grooveoriented band from Atlanta. See Calendar Pick on flagpole.com.

PARTIAL CINEMA Formally known as Talkingto, this local group takes influences from funk, indie, dance and classical music to inspire fits of dancing, vibing and grooving.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 LITTLE BROTHERS Solo folk sounds from Ryan Gray Moore (Brothers).

this week’s showcase of singersongwriter talent, featuring Ron Kimble and Sylvia Rose. Listen in live at hounddogradio.net.

Wednesday 2 Blue Sky 5 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 VINYL WEDNESDAYS Bring your own records and spin them at the bar!

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES SINGERSONGWRITER SHOWCASE Rock out every Wednesday at this open mic. Contact louisphillippelot@ yahoo.com for booking.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KUSA 87 Local experimental band creating visual soundscapes through tapes, pedals, vinyl and more.

MICHAEL LAUDEN Michael Lauden of Scab Queen plays a solo set of exploratory noise art.

MANNY AND THE DEEPTHROATS Local experimental sound/video artist Manny Lage explores concepts in performative culture.

ROHIT “New improvisational trio with a mathy, noise rock vibe.”

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Green Room 9 p.m. $5. www.greenroomathens.com PATTERN IS MOVEMENT Philadelphia-based duo of Andrew Thiboldeaux and Christopher Ward, playing soulful, genre-defying

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com CAITLIN MARIE BELL Folky singersongwriter from New York City with a haunting, expressive voice.

INDIE KILLED THE POP STAR Atlanta-based folky pop group.

CAITLIN MAHONEY NYC-based singer-songwriter with a soulful sound and lyrics about adventure, passion, chaos and love.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES Local singersongwriter Louis Phillip Pelot and company play a “mind-boggling wall of organic sound with upbeat, travel-driven lyrics.” The band is celebrating 60-plus weeks of Thursday shows.

DOYLE WILLIAMS The former Rehab guitarist plays a set of solo songs.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com KINKY WAIKIKI Relaxing, steel guitar-driven band following the traditions of Hawaiian music.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. $20. www. georgiatheatre.com POPPIN’ BOTTLES FOR POVERTY Enjoy live jazz, R&B, hip hop and reggae. Hosted by Big Body.

Go Bar 10 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 9 p.m. www.greenroomathens.com THE STARLITE DEVILLES Local, passionate country-rock outfit.

A.O. DONOVAN Fuzzed out blues rock artist.

NORMA RAE This local four-piece plays soulful, distinctively Southern Americana.

“Picnic at Meshoppe” by Robert Henri is included in “Picturing America: Signature Works from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art,” currently on display at the Georgia Museum of Art through Sunday, Aug. 24.

GAMES: Trivia with a DJ (Your Pie) (Eastside location) Open your pie hole for a chance to win cash prizes.

7 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com KIDSTUFF: Reptiles & Amphibians Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Read and sing about slithery friends like snakes, frogs and turtles. For children five and younger and their adult caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597, www.athenslibrary. com/madison

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 1 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com RED OAK SOUTHERN STRING BAND This Watkinsville-based band plays rootsy Americana tunes.

REDLEG HUSKY Bluesy Americana group from Boone, NC. JULIE HOLMES Local singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who specializes in acoustic jams.

HAND SAND HANDS Experimental, highly psychedelic sounds from Jonathan Miller.

JACK BLAUVELT Dana Swimmer frontman performs a solo set.

D-JAYCUB Cottonmouth frontman spins a DJ set.

Hi-Lo Lounge 11 p.m. www.hiloathens.com PURPLE 7 Bloomington, IN-based band featuring members of Defiance, Ohio and Hot New Mexicans.

PINECONES Atlanta/Athens-based rock band that touches on flailing, melodic grunge and urgent postpunk.

SHADE Dissonant, groove-oriented local post-punk band.

STORMIES New local duo featuring former members of Carrie Nations.

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com MONKEYGRASS JUG BAND Local roots music crew.

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 TUESDAY NIGHT CONFESSIONAL Host Lexington Fresh presents

Caledonia Lounge 8:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com NASTY NATE AND THE GRADUATES New local band.

MOTHER FORE Local band influenced by Pink Floyd.

SAUL AND THE HUNTERS CLUB No info available.

Creature Comforts Brewery 5:30 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer. com CARL LINDBERG Local Latin jazz bassist performs a set. The brewery will offer beer tastings and tours during the live music.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com ANTOON, JP AND JOHNNY New trio from Athens playing classic Django Reinhardt gypsy swing tunes, as well as Americana and old vaudeville standards.

MARY SIGALAS Mary sings classic jazz/blues from the 1920s–’50s with surprise arrangements and unexpected tunes along with velvety originals.

music. See Calendar Pick at flagpole.com.

FASTER CIRCUITS Local psychpop band led by songwriter Derek Almstead.

Hi-Lo Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your guts out every Wednesday! No singing ability required.

Max 7 p.m. $5. 706-254-3392 HIP HOP OPEN MIC Show off your skills and network with others in the industry.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke! Sing your heart out to your favorite song.

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.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OLD SKOOL TRIO Funk, blues, and jazz featuring Carl Lindberg on bass, Seth Hendershot on drums and Jason Fuller on keys. Playing original compositions and the music of The Funky Meters, Dr. John, War, Sly and the Family Stone, Billy Preston, Stevie Wonder, Funkadelic and more.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com THE GEORGIA HEALERS Athens’ premier blues band for the past 25 years!

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 SPINELLO Local jazz fusion band.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 OPEN MIC Join host Wes Irwin for this weekly open mic showcase.

Walker’s Coffee & Pub 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1433 KARAOKE Every Thursday! Bring your friends!

Willy’s Mexicana Grill 7 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1920 CRAIG GLEASON Georgia-based songwriter plays beachy, folky acoustic tunes every Thursday. k continued on next page

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Friday 4 Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q 8 p.m. FREE! www.butthuttbarbecue. com LAUGHLIN Local male-female country duo.

CELEBRATING THE ATHENS ART AND MUSIC SCENES, 1975-1985 Between Rock and an Art Place (fine arts) Lamar Dodd School of Art Through July 18

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com KATĂ&#x2039;R MASS Local gritty punk band â&#x20AC;&#x153;influenced by Longmont Potion Castle.â&#x20AC;?

HARSH WORDS Fast hardcore group featuring members of Shaved Christ and Gripe.

DUDE MAGNETS Noisy indie-rock.

MOTHERS Local songwriter Kristine Leschper performs gorgeous, haunting folk tunes.

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Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin dance hits into the night.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com STREET CHOIR Van Morrison tribute band fronted by Greg Hester and featuring former James Brown guitarist Keith Jenkins.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 HALEM ALBRIGHT BAND From rock to reggae, Americana to experimental, Halem Albright performs A blend of unique songwriting and electrifying guitar.

The Office Lounge 6 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE

DRAGON SLEEPER Georgia metal band who loves â&#x20AC;&#x153;pizza, hot chicks and playing fast!â&#x20AC;?

UNSOUND CONDITION Band from Atlanta who claims to combine elements of hardcore, metal, funk and fine dining.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com GRAWKS New local rock and roll.

THE VG MINUS â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s-styled powerpop/punk.

40 Watt Club 8:30 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com STAY THE SEA Local instrumental post-rock band.

SILVER EAGLE MINING CO. Young, local, female-fronted hard-rock band.

MOTHER FORE Local band influenced by Pink Floyd.

SAUL AND THE HUNTERS CLUB No info available.

together the best trio that Athens jazz has to offer.

The Melting Point 2 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com CLASSIC CITY AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL The sixth annual folk, country and rock fest returns, with music from Packway Handle Band, Lera Lynn, Bloodkin, Dangfly!, BlueBilly Grit, Grassland String Band, Norma Rae, 90 Acre Farm, Isaac Bramblett Band, Betsy Franck, Clay Leverett & Friends and Deacon Brandon Reeves. This all ages event features 12 bands on 2 stages. See Calendar Pick at flagpole.com.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 NIC WILES AND COMPANY Jazz group led by Nic WIles.

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(graphics/photo) Lyndon House Arts Center Through July 26

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Cereus Bright plays the Georgia Theatre rooftop on Monday, July 7.

Georgia Square Mall 2 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty. com/leisure ATHENS CELEBRATES AMERICA! Before the fireworks, enjoy music from Casper and the Cookies, The B-53â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, The Splitz, Devin Dennis, Matt Joiner and The Athens Band at this family-friendly event. See Calendar Pick at flagpole. com.

Newly relocated back to his old stomping grounds of Athens, Tribble is a Georgia rock and roll fixture.

8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

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

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Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ Jeremy Raj is bringing together the best that Athens jazz has to offer. A trio of incredibly talented musicians play to a great crowd every weekend.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation,

VFW 8 p.m. www.vfwathens.com WILD CARD Local country/Southern rock trio.

Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net DREW KOHL Original singer-songwriter who plays bluegrass-inspired folk music. (8 a.m.)

THE SHOAL CREEK STRANGLERS Local roots-folk duo featuring members of The Humms. (10 a.m.)

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com CROSSFIRE Local progressive metalcore/hardcore band.

VERTICALLY CHALLENGED Metal band from Winder.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 COTTONMOUTH Local group featuring members of Pretty Bird and Muuy Biien. Expect lots of fuzzy, heavy drums and bass.

DJ HOT WAX Max Wang spins â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s pop/soul and punk rock.

Green Room 9 p.m. www.greenroomathens.com THE DICTATORTOTS These longtime Athenian chaos-cultivators stomp about and trash the night with postgrunge grooves.

DJ COOL KNIGHTZ Spinning Huey Lewis and the News tunes in honor of Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; birthday.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com HOLMAN AUTRY BAND Described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a little bit of Hank, a little bit of Metallica and a healthy dose of Southern rock.â&#x20AC;? Fans of the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go wrong here.

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ Jeremy Raj is bringing

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 CARLA LeFEVER AND THE RAYS This band, led by longtime Athenian LeFever, is back with a new lineup and a new, more rocking sound.

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Monday 7 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com SESHESHET No info available.

DEAD NEIGHBORS Formerly known as A Lot More Less, this local band plays grunge- and shoegazeinspired rock tunes.

PERENNIAL REEL Melodic indie rock band from Jersey City, NJ. SCOOTERBABE Local noise-pop band.

Georgia Theatre Americana Mondays. On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com CEREUS BRIGHT Modern folk duo from Knoxville, TN. FAYE WEBSTER Folk singer-songwriter from Atlanta.

Tuesday 8 Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com FLICKEROKE Come sing your heart out to your favorite songs with your host Jason. Singing ability not required.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com POWERKOMPANY Local pop duo featuring the crisp, soaring vocals of Marie Davon, playing folk songs enhanced with slickly produced electronic instrumentation courtesy of Andrew Heaton.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ HOT WAX Max Wang (drummer of The Rodney Kings) spins a solid blend of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s pop/soul and punk rock.

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com AVERY DYLAN PROJECT Southern blues band.

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 TUESDAY NIGHT CONFESSIONAL Host Redstone Ramblers presents this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showcase of singersongwriter talent, featuring Varney Watson and Jason Ace Davis.

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State Botanical Garden of Georgia Sunflower Concert Series. 7 p.m. $15. www.botgarden.uga.edu RANDALL BRAMBLETT This established Georgia singer-songwriterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Southern-tinged music pulls from a variety of influences. This performance is part of the Botanical Gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer concert series.

Wednesday 9 Blue Sky 5 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 VINYL WEDNESDAYS Ever wished your favorite song would come on?

Bring your own records and spin them at the bar!

Boarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES SINGERSONGWRITER SHOWCASE Rock out every Wednesday at this open mic. Contact louisphillippelot@ yahoo.com for booking.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com ANTPILE Melodic local post-hardcore band.

WAITRESS New noise rock project featuring members of Antpile and Family & Friends.

SEA OF STORMS Richmond, VA-based post-hardcore band featuring former members of Mouthbreather.

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Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com FUNK BROTHERHOOD The local allstar band plays classic funk, disco and rock and roll covers.

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ART 5th Annual Moonlight Gypsy Market (Athens, GA) Seeking outsider, weirdo, macabre, erotic and abstract artists, crafters, junk vendors and performers. Deadline Aug. 1. Market on Sept. 13. Email samples and contact info to moonlightgypsymarket@gmail.com Call for Artists Indie South Fair is seeking artists and vendors for the 2nd Annual Back to Cool event on Aug. 23, 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. Vintage, handmade items and performers welcome. Apply online. 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booths are $65, and 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x4â&#x20AC;&#x2122; tables are $40. www.indiesouthfair.com

AUDITIONS DanceFx Company Auditions (Dancefx) DanceFx will be auditioning dancers for Training, Apprentice, Concert Dance Company and Sweet Dreams. Come prepared to learn choreography and demonstrate across-the-floor technique. Aug. 19, 8:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10:30 p.m. FREE! www. dancefx.org

CLASSES Aqua Zumba (Bishop Park) Get in shape while dancing in the pool. For adults. Saturdays through Aug. 2, 10:30 a.m. $5/class. 706-613-3589 Basic Middle Eastern Dance and Beyond (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Learn the basics of belly dance.

Mondays, 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9:15 p.m. $12 drop-in, $40/month. rajnigamar@gmail.com Capoeira Classes (UGA Dance Theatre, Room 274) An AfroBrazilian art form combining martial

arts, music and dance. Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. FREE! 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 Conference for Women (Holiday Inn Express) Join other professional women for 10 practical, idea-packed sessions. Aug. 6, 8 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $149. www.skillpath. com Cooking with Kids Series (Mama Birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Granola) Mina Kim gives tips on cooking with kids.

Ages 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12: July 8 & 10, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m.

Ages 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8: July 15 & 17, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m.

Ages 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5: July 22 & 24, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. www.mamabirdssharedkitchen.com Karate and Yoga (Rubber Soul Yoga) Practice Yoshukai karate along with meditation in a lowstress environment. Class involves 45 minutes of yoga as a warm-up, followed by 45 minutes of karate.

Mondays and Wednesdays, 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1:30 p.m. Donations encouraged. www. athensy.com Printmaking Workshops (Double Dutch Press) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Linocut, One Color.â&#x20AC;? July 2 & July 9, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $65. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stampmaking.â&#x20AC;? July 12, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $35. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Multicolor Reductive Woodcut.â&#x20AC;? July 23, 30 & Aug. 6, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $85. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tea Towels! One Color Screenprinting.â&#x20AC;? July 26, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. $50. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stampmaking: Two Color Stamps.â&#x20AC;? Aug. 9, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. $40. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Multicolor Screenprint.â&#x20AC;? Aug. 13, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. & Aug. 20, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Totes! One Color Screenprinting.â&#x20AC;?

Aug. 23, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. $50. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paper Relief

Monotype.â&#x20AC;? Aug. 28, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $35.

Check website for full descriptions and to register. www.doubledutchpress.com Salsa Dance Classes (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cubanstyle salsa dance classes with SALSAthens. No partner necessary. Beginners welcome. Every Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $10 (incl. drink). www. facebook.com/salsaathens Wheel Throwing for Beginners (OCAF, Watkinsville) This six-week class in wheel throwing covers cups, bowls, saucers and other utilitarian forms. Thursdays, July 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug. 14, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. $140150. www.ocaf.com Year of the Coyote (Orange Twin Conservation Community) This year-long immersion in nature and culture for adults meets one weekend a month for 10 months.

Topics include sensory awareness, bird language, scout games, primitative survival skills, medicinal plans, conscious communication and community building. Application deadline July 15. $2,100 (scholarships available). 404-408-0604, sara.callaway@wildintelligence.org, www.wildintelligence.org Yoga Tuesdays (M.R.S. Physical Therapy and Wellness Center, Winterville) Join a certified and experienced yoga instructor who will walk you through basic poses and techniques. Tuesdays beginning July 1, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. $50 (includes five classes). 706-742-0082, bstephensonmrspt@gmail.com Zumba in the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A dynamic fitness program infused with Latin rhythms. Every Wednesday, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6:30 p.m. $70/10 classes. www.botgarden.uga.edu

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HELP OUT Athenspets.net (Athens Animal Control) Athenspets.net publicizes dogs and cats available for adoption or rescue at Athens Animal Control. Photographers and writers are needed to visit the shelter to take pictures and write stories for the available animals. Camera required.

Training provided. athenspetsdonations@gmail.com Donate Blood Give the gift of blood! Check website for donor locations. 1-800-RED CROSS, www. redcrossblood.org Fall Book Sale (Oconee County Library) OCL is now accepting books, CDs and DVDs. Not accepting magazines, textbooks or encyclopedias. Proceeds benefit the library. 706-769-3950 HandsOn Northeast Georgia (Athens, GA) Over 130 local agencies seek help with ongoing projects and special short-term events. Visit the website for a calendar. www. handsonnortheastgeorgia.com Lickskillet Artist Market & Festival (Lyndon House Arts Center) Volunteers are needed for assistance on Oct. 25. Email or visit website to register. allisonlewis@att. net, handsonnortheastgeorgia.com Smart Lunch, Smart Kid (Milledge Avenue Baptist Church) Volunteers are needed to help provide and deliver sack lunches and educational enrichment activities to children ages 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18 who are eligible for free or reduced priced lunch.

Through Aug. 8. 478-494-7717, www.actionministries.net

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Paintings by Brent Van Daley are currently on display at Last Resort Grill through Sunday, Aug. 3.

ACC Summer Camps (Various Locations) Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services offers camps in theater performance, gymnastics, cheerleading, skating, art and more.

Visit website for dates. www.athensclarkecounty.com/camps Do Re Mi Music Day Camp (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A week-long camp for early beginner to intermediate piano stu-

dents. July 14â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. $150. rhjelmstad@gmail.com, www. doremipianocamp.com Free Lunch (Multiple Locations) Free lunch is available at H.B. Stroud Elementary School, Whitehead Road Elementary School and Barnett Shoals Elementary School. Through July 25, 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. FREE! (kids), $3 (adults). jimenezan@ clarke.k12.ga.us New Moon Summer Adventure Camp (Athens, GA) Now registering for a camp that travels to different locations daily.

Activities include hiking, swimming and boating as well as trips to museums, zoos and farms. Fee includes all activities and travel expenses. For ages 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. Weeks of July 14 & 21. $175/wk. 706-310-0013 Print Camp (Double Dutch Press) This introduction to different types of printmaking (monotype, linoleum block prints, paper relief and screenprinting) culminates in a handbound book of prints. For ages 11 & up.

July 14â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. $225. www.doubledutchpress.com Relate and Create Workshops for Teens (OCAF, Watkinsville) Week-long camps for ages 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18. Drawing workshop: July 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11. Sculpture workshop: July 14â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18. Painting workshop: July 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;25. $150â&#x20AC;&#x201C;160/ camp. www.ocaf.com â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spark a Reactionâ&#x20AC;? Photo Contest (Oconee County Library) Submit a photo on Instagram that best represents the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spark a Reaction.â&#x20AC;? Tag @oclteens and hashtag #oclsparkareaction. Contest runs through July 31. All photos will be uploaded to Facebook for public voting. www.athenslibrary. org/oconee Summer Camps (Treehouse Kid and Craft) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Craft Inc. Business Camp,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sewing Camp,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photography & Photo Styling Camp,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fairy Camp,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Outer Space Camp,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stop Motion Animation Campâ&#x20AC;? and more. Check website for full descriptions and dates. www. treehousekidandcraft.com Summer Clay Camps (Good Dirt) Each week throughout the summer features a different topic like sculp-

ture and the potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheel. For ages 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6, 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 and 11 & up. Weekly, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. www.gooddirt.net Summer Explorers (Sandy Creek Nature Center) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animalpaloozaâ&#x20AC;? celebrates animals of all shapes and sizes. July 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Worldâ&#x20AC;? includes collecting pond samples, hiking by a creek and experimenting with water.

July 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;25. For ages 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6. 9:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12:30 p.m. $20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;30/session.

706-613-3615 Summer Tutoring (Classic City Tutoring) Morning and afternoon sessions are available for students wanting to review skills from the previous year or preview skills for the next. Certified teachers. Through Aug. 8. 678-661-0600, cory@classiccitytutoring.com Swim School (Bishop Park & Lay Park) Swim school is for ages 3 & up. Multiple sessions available. $33â&#x20AC;&#x201C;50. Check website for dates. accaquatics@athensclarkecounty. com, www.athensclarkecounty.com/ aquatics

SUPPORT Alanon 12 Step (Little White House) For family and friends of alcoholics and drug addicts. Meets every Tuesday 7:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. www. ga-al-anon.org Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, www.athensaa.org Baby Blues Support Group (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) This group is for moms who are experiencing baby blues, postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety.

Held the second Thursday of each month. leighellen@growththerapy. net, www.reblossomathens.com 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. Child care provided. 706-543-3331 (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. Meets Sundays, 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org GRASP (Call for Location) Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing is a support group for those who have lost a friend or loved one to drugs or alcohol. 706-248-7715, grasp_athens@yahoo.com, www. grasphelp.org Reiki (Athens Regional Medical Center, Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support) Experience the healing energy of Reiki, an ancient form of healing touch used for stress reduction and relaxation. For cancer patients, their families and caregivers. Call for an appointment.

Individual sessions held every Wednesday, 6 p.m. & 7 p.m. FREE! 706-475-4900 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Empowerment Group (Oasis Counseling Center) A small therapeutic group for women to work on vulnerability, setting boundaries, assertiveness, self-care and more. Eight-week sessions. Call to reserve a space. $15/session.

706-543-3522, www.oasiscounselingcenter.com

ON THE STREET ACC Pool Season (Multiple Locations) Public pools are located at Bishop Park, East Athens Community Center, Lay Park, Memorial Park and Rocksprings Park. Pools are open Tuesdaysâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;

ART AROUND TOWN A. LAFERA SALON (2440 W. Broad St.) Contemporary landscapes by Keith Karnok. Through July.

AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Pet portrait paintings by Nethie Lockwood. Through July.

ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Mary Porter, Greg Benson, Dortha Jacobson and others. Art quilts by Elizabeth Barton and handmade jewelry by various artists.

ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (17 N. Main St., 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;Framed & Dealtâ&#x20AC;? by Brittny Teree Smith features each card of ATHICAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s custom deck, ATHICARDS, presented in a unique frame. Through August.

CINĂ&#x2030; BARCAFĂ&#x2030; (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Photography

by Jeremy Ayers. Through July 29.

THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Terrain: Painting the Southâ&#x20AC;? features landscape paintings by June Ball, Andy Cherewick, Robert Clements and Philip Juras. Through Sept. 15. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homeâ&#x20AC;? features works by Melissa Harshman, Mary Porter and Jeffrey Whittle. Through Sept. 15.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Joan Terrell. Through July 11.

ELLISON, WALTON & BYRNE (2142 W. Broad St.) Artwork by Bill Pierson. Through July 11.

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 John Cleaveland. Leigh Ellis, Matt Alston and more. â&#x20AC;˘ The â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Members Showâ&#x20AC;? features pottery

by Sheila Bradley, mosaics by Marian Smith and paintings by Elizabeth Ogletree. Reception July 19.

On view Julyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;August.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Erin Boydstun. Through July.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tiny Universeâ&#x20AC;? includes small works by 70 Athens and Atlanta artists. Through Sept. 19.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lithographs of Carroll Cloar.â&#x20AC;? Through Aug. 10. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Picturing America: Signature Works from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art.â&#x20AC;? Through Aug. 24. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women, Art and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise.â&#x20AC;? Through Aug. 31. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bernd Oppl: Inhabited Interiorsâ&#x20AC;? consists of three short films inspired by Alfred Hitchcock. Through Sept. 16. â&#x20AC;˘ Tristan Perichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Machine Drawingâ&#x20AC;? will create itself over the course of six months. Through Sept. 21. â&#x20AC;˘ Art Rocks Athens presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shapes That Talk to Me: The Athens Scene, 1975â&#x20AC;&#x201C;85.â&#x20AC;? Through Oct. 19. â&#x20AC;˘ In the sculpture garden, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Terra Verte,â&#x20AC;? created by Scottish artist Patricia Leighton, consists of six cubes full of living vegetation. Through May 31, 2015. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stone Levityâ&#x20AC;? is a sculpture by Del Geist installed in the Performing and Visual Arts Complex quad. Through May 31, 2015.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Drawings and paintings by Ruth Allen. Through July 12.

HEIRLOOM CAFE AND FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Paintings of animals by Callahan Woodberry and Susie Criswell. Through August.

HENDERSHOTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Local scenes in watercolors by Jamie Calkin. Through July.

Fridays and Sundays from 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5:30 p.m. Bishop Park is open on weekends only. $1 admission. $20 pool pass. www.athensclarkecounty.com/ aquatics Classic City BBQ (The Classic Center) Now accepting vendor booth applications for food vendors, Tailgate Tradeshow exhibitors and chefs for cooking competitions on Aug. 15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16. The BBQ festival includes contests, a classic car show, outdoor music stage, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities and more. Visit website for details. 706-357-4417, www.classiccitybbqfest.com Wise Woman Circle (Womanspace) Circles are held the first Friday of the month. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. $10. www.holdingwomanspace. com f

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) Artwork by Emily Cheney.

JUST PHO (1063 Baxter St.) Painted silks by Margaret Agner.

KRIMSON KAFE (40 Greensboro Hwy., Watkinsville) Landscapes by Michael Porfiri.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Between Rock and an Art Place: Art Rocks Athens Fine Arts Exhibition.â&#x20AC;? Through July 19.

LAST RESORT GRILL (174 Clayton St.) Paintings by Brent Van Daley. Through Aug. 3.

LEATHERS BUILDING (675 Pulaski St.) Works by Andy Cherewick. Through summer.

LOFT GALLERY AT CHOPS & HOPS (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Paintings by Will Eskridge. Through July. â&#x20AC;˘ Quilts by Dyna Cross. Through July.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paper Covers Rock,â&#x20AC;? held in partnership with Art Rocks Athens, is an exhibition of graphic and fine arts like posters, flyers and album covers. Through July 26.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Three Pathsâ&#x20AC;? exhibits works

by Don Cooper that were influenced by his studies, observations and experimentations while traveling through Asia. Through Aug. 17.

MAMA BIRDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GRANOLA (909 E. Broad St.) Artwork

by Cameron Bliss Ferrelle, Bob Brussack, Caoimhe Nace, James Fields, Barbara Bendzunas and Annette Paskiewicz.

MINI GALLERY (261 W. Washington St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;All Aboard!

Art from the Farmington Depot Galleryâ&#x20AC;? features works by Chris CHUB Hubbard, Peter Loose and Dan Smith. Through July 19.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) Annual Membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Exhibit 2014. Through July 11. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Outward Boundâ&#x20AC;?

by Audrone Kirschner. Through July 25.

REPUBLIC SALON (312 E. Broad St.) The paintings of Cody Murray explore the duality of man.

RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Choosing to Participateâ&#x20AC;? contains 11 posters presenting the experiences of individuals and communities. Through Aug. 30. â&#x20AC;˘ Art Rocks Athens presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;ARTifacts Rock Athens: Relics from the Athens Music Scene, 1975â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1985).â&#x20AC;? Through December.

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

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Judy Bolton Jarrett.

Through Aug. 10.

THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) Paintings by Judy Buckley. Through July.

TECH STOP COMPUTERS (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) Abstract and highly-textured paintings by Frances Jemini. Through July.

TECH STOP COMPUTERS (3690 Atlanta Hwy.) Abstract acrylic paintings and works made from reused and found materials by Frances Jemini. Through July.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waterâ&#x20AC;? features paintings of lakes, oceans and clouds by Elizabeth Bishop Martin. Through July.

VIVA! ARGENTINE CUISINE (247 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Rita Rogers Marks and Amanda Stevens.

WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Vintage art curated by Dynamite Clothing.

THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animal/ Domainâ&#x20AC;? presents new paintings by Will Eskridge. â&#x20AC;˘ Paintings by Matt Blanks.

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3BR/2BA at UGA N. Campus/ Dwntwn. CHAC, W/D, DW, HWflrs., front porch w/ swing. Pets OK. On Cobblestone street. 185A S. Finley St. $900/mo. Avail. 7/1. (706) 7141100.

Available Now! 2BR, 1BR & studio apts. for rent. Located off S. Milledge Ave., on both UGA & Athens Transit bus lines.

Furnished & unfurnished options avail. Call (706) 353-1111 or visit www.Argo-Athens.com.

Baldwin Village across the street from UGA. Now pre-leasing for Fall 2014.1BR, $520/mo. 2BR/2BA, $950/mo. 475 Baldwin St. 30605.

Manager Keith, (706) 354-4261.

Townhouse for rent: 4BR/3.5BA. 3000 sf. Excellent cond. Must see.

Avail. in July. Great prices. $835/ mo. Eastside busline. (706) 3388372 or email sjbc33@aol.com.

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) 353-2700 or cell, (706) 540-1529.

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2BR/2.5BA brick end unit, loaded w/ HWflrs. Upgrades include plantation shutters & lighting.

Lg. master suite w/ view of lake/ pool & custom shower surround w/ Italian travertine tile. Oversized private patio w/ storage & covered parking. Gated lake & pool community. $144,790. Ted (706) 410-5598.

2BR condo. Walking distance to UGA campus. Gated, pool, fitness center. Excellent condition. Avail.

8/1. $600/mo. (706) 206-2347.

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Eastside Offices for Lease. 1060 Gaines School Road 750 sf. $900/ mo., 500 sf. $650/mo., 150 sf. furnished incl. util. $350/mo. (706) 202-2246 or athenstownproperties. com.

Condo 2BR/2BA, living room w/ FP, dining room, kitchen w/ stove, refrigerator, DW, open floor plan, carpet, tile, ceiling fans. Minutes from campus, shopping and gym. $675/mo. (706) 614-4655 or (706) 207-3677.

The Flagpole office will be closed on Friday, July 4. We will re-open Monday, July 7 at 9am. Happy Independence Day! Just reduced! Investorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s West-side condo. 2BR/2BA, FP, 1500 sf., great investment, lease 12 mos. at $575/mo. Price in $40s. For more info, call McWaters Realty at (706) 353-2700 or (706) 540-1529.

Pre-lease for Fall. Beautiful 2BR/2.5BA condo. Quiet neighborhood w/ lots of green space and river walk. Large LR, kitchen, BRs and BAs. DW, CHAC, W/D hookup. $650-800/mo. Pets ok w/ deposit. Call (706) 202-9905.

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2 B R / 1 B A Wo o d l a w n H i s t o r i c District. Quiet cul-de-sac location.

Off-street parking. Walk to 5 Pts., HWflrs., spacious BRs, W/D included. $800/mo., (706) 5466900 or valerioproperties@gmail. com.

5 Pts. duplex, Memorial Park.

2BR/1BA. Renovated, CHAC, W/D included. No pets. Avail. now. $650/mo. (706) 202-9805.

Half off rent 1st month when you mention this ad! 2BR/2BA & 3BR/2BA duplexes off HWY 441.

Pet friendly! Dep. only $250. Rent from $650-750/mo. (706) 5482522.

S. Milledge duplex. Venita Dr. 4 B R / 2 B A , W / D , D W, f e n c e d back yd.! Close to everything yet private. $999/mo., negotiable.

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2BR/1.5BA, $575/mo. in Park East.

New carpet, W/D included, lawn maintenance & pest control incl. $300 dep. Hancock Properties, Inc. (706) 552-3500.

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Sits on a huge lot, close to campus and the 5 Pts. area. Easy access to UGA & Athens bus routes. Great for football weekends! Large fullyequipped kitchen w/ DW, HWflrs., tile floors. CHAC, large BRs. W/D included. Pets OK with deposit.

Call (706) 202-9905.

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HOUSES & DUPLEXES FOR LEASE IN OCONEE AND CLARKE COUNTY

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$850/mo. 3BR/1BA home off Oglethorpe Ave. Kitchen, dining room, living room, storage, HWflrs., W/D, lg. yd. Avail. 8/1/14. Call Robin, (770) 265-6509, Owner/ Agent. 330 Clover St.

4BR house available Fall. 130 Appleby Drive, near Dwntwn. 2 Master suites. Like new. $1200/ mo. Call Owner/Broker Herbert Bond Realty & Investment (706) 224-8002.

$1500/mo. $400 off 1st months Rent! Blocks from UGA & Dwntwn. 5BR/3BA house. HWflr, LR, DR, W/D. 125 Peeks Point.

125 Peeks Pt. Call Gaye at (706) 207-7756.

4BR/2.5BA beautiful plantation house, 3 acres. High ceilings, HWflrs., lg. kitchen & rooms.

Screen porch. Fully fenced. 990 Double Bridges Rd. $1200/mo.

(706) 319-1846, or (706) 5484819.

144 Sylvia Circle, 3BR/2BA in Normaltown. $1000/mo.. Pets OK. Call (678) 640-1116.

255 Hillcrest Ave. 4BR/2BA in Normaltown. $375 per BR/mo. Call (706) 207-9595.

2BR/1BA House. 285 Savannah Ave. CHAC, W/D. Call (678) 6987613.

2BR/1BA close to Dwntn./UGA. HWflrs., sunny, CHAC, W/D, sec. sys., fenced yd. Great for pets.

236 N. Peter. $650/mo. Avail. 8/1.

Rose (706) 540-5979.

3BR/2BA University Heights.

CHAC, HWflrs., All appliances, f e n c e d b a c k y d . G re a t f o r professional or grad student. No pets or smoking. Avail. July 15 (910) 409-0769.

3BR/2BA house in Green Acres.

Wo o d b u r n i n g s t o v e , f e n c e d yd., pets OK. W/D incl. Walk to shopping, busline, close to UGA. $1050/mo. Avail. Aug. 1! $100 off first monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rent. (706) 201-7004.

3BR/2BA in Normaltown. HWflrs., CHAC, quiet street. Grad students prefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Rent negotiable. (706) 3721505.

3 B R / 1 . 5 B A 1 3 5 G a rd e n C t . $800/mo. HWflrs., deck, a l l e l e c t . , D W, D / W, P e t s OK! Call for appointments ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 8 - 9 7 9 7 o r w w w. boulevardpropertymanagement. com.

3 or 4BR/3BA house w/ HWflrs. lg. front porch. Big yd. and deck.

W/D, DW, all electric. Dogs okay.

Near Waffle House. $1000/mo.

Boulevard Property Management (706) 548-9797.

4BR, private BAs for each BR. 1 block from Brumby. Walk to class. W/D, DW, spacious screened porch w/ swing, fire pit. 194B Talmage St. (Off Bloomfield). $1580/mo. $395 per BR. Avail 8/1. Call (706) 714-1100.

DOWNTOWN OFFICE FOR LEASE Historic building with approximately 2900 sq. ft.

On site parking available

Call Staci @ 706-296-1863

5BR/3BA Cottage available for Fall.

Great living area and spacious bedrooms. Large deck. On bus line. $299/mo. per person ($1495/ mo. total) Roommate matching avail. (706) 395-1400.

5 Pts. off Baxter St. 4BR/2BA, $1200/mo. 5 Pts. off Lumpkin. 2 story condo, 2BR/2.5BA, $650/mo.

Call McWaters Realty, (706) 3532700, (706) 540-1529.

Borders! Pictures! Tons of categories with the lowest rates in town. Flagpole Classifieds helps you keep your ear to the ground!

5BR/1BA house ($1000/mo.)

CHAC, W/D. 12 ft. celings, HWflrs.

Need handyman to work off rent.

353 Oak St. Walk to UGA. (706) 548-4819, (706) 319-1846.

Awesome 4BR/4BA house next to Dwntwn. Huge BRs, private BAs and decks. Stainless appls.

DW, W/D, HWflrs. High ceilings and in-house stereo system for your iPod to play on outside speakers or throughout the house.

Walk to UGA, work, music venues and grocery. $1500/mo.

Call (404) 229-9215.

Great 2BR house. 1 block from Bottleworks. CHAC, DW, lg. yard w/ room for garden. Lease, dep. & references. Avail. Aug. 1! $1200/ mo. negotiable (706) 340-1073.

House for rent. Meadow Creek/ Eastside. 3BR/2BA with garage, W/D, CHAC, lawn maintenance, walk in closets. $1050/mo. + utilities. Pet deposit. Call (706) 371-7377.

Historic Mill House. 1BR/1BA, CHAC, W/D hookups, separate laundry room, new bathroom, plus bonus room/space upstairs.

Available 8/15. $650/mo. 452 E. Whitehall Rd. Please drive by to look and then call (352) 672-5193.

Large 4 and 5BR homes for rent on Milledge Ave, Macon Hwy, and the East Side. From $250-400 per bedroom. Call for a tour (706) 2156848.

Large 3,000 sf. townhome available for Fall 2014. 3-5BR/4BA, $1200/mo. W/D, trash & pest control included, pet friendly.

Roommate matching available.

(706) 395-1400.

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LARGE 2BR/2BA TOWNHOUSES AND FLATS $550-$600/mo.

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HOUSES FOR SALE By owner: historic home/ investment (zoned multifamily).

B o u l e v a rd . Wa l k D w n t w n . , UGA. 3BR/1BA. Kitchen/LR with modern appliances. W/D. Corner lot; private views from screened porch & deck. $148K. PurpleHouseinAthens.wordpress. com. (321) 446-3712.

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6 Elite Sales Chairs Left. Rocky Ridge Trucks is seeking to fill 6 National Account Manager commission-based positions.

Retirement and insurance benefits, no income cap.

Looking for individuals who are self-motivated, highly energetic w/ positive outlook to bring to sales team. Contact Eric Logan or Joe Cook (706) 245-8693.

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For sale by owner. Perfect location in Normaltown, near Dwntwn., campus, hospitals & shopping.

2BR/1BA w/ extras. All appls. incl. W/D. Lg. fenced back yd. w/ storage building, front deck for entertaining, nice layout.

Very cute, lots of charm. Grad student finished and needs to sell. 139K firm. (706) 6765115.

Archipelago Antiques 24 years of antique and retro art, furnishings, religiosa and unique, decorative treasures of the past.

1676 S. Lumpkin St. (706) 3544297.

LAND FOR SALE

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.

10 acres up to 42 acres farmland in Far mington area (Oconee County). Reduced to $11,000 per acre. Long road frontage. (404) 790-6996.

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Affordable! The ultimate store!

Specializing in retro everything: antiques, furniture, clothes, bikes, records & players! 260 W. Clayton St., (706) 316-0130.

WANT TO BUY Cash For Junk Cars. Top dollar paid! $100-1000. (770) 572-5349.

Parking places for rent across from UGA. $30/mo. (706) 354-4261.

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Houses/Apartments/Townhomes for rent in the Five Points and surrounding area. 2-3BRs. Rent ranges from $600+/mo.

V l o w P ro p e r t y M a n a g e m e n t (706) 247-0620, w w w. vlowpropertymanagement.com.

Nuçiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are tax-deductible. Call (706) 227-1515 or come by Nuçiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Space, 396 Oconee St.

Get your rental properties filled for the Fall! Place an ad with Flagpole Classifieds today! Call (706) 5490301.

ROOMMATES Fun loving responsible female grad student looking for roommate in gated community on East side. $400/mo. private BR and BA. Pets allowed. Call (678) 710-5282 for details.

Male & Female roommate matching available for fall with rates starting at $275 per person. Private bathroom options as well as on the bus line and close to campus. www. landmarkathens.com (706) 3951400.

R o o m m a t e Wa n t e d . M e a d o w C re e k S u b d i v i s i o n / E a s t s i d e .

Master BR with garden tub, walk in closet, CHAC, garage, fenced in back yd. $550/mo. plus utilities. Call (706) 371-7377.

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INSTRUCTION Athens School of Music.

I n s t r u c t i o n i n g u i t a r, b a s s , drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more. From beginner to expert. Instrument re p a i r s a v a i l . Vi s i t w w w.

AthensSchoolofMusic.com, (706) 543-5800.

Do you want to make $$$ with your m u s i c related business? Are you advertising in Flagpole? Call (706) 549-0301 for details.

MUSICIANS WANTED Looking to start band 15 to 25 year olds. Playing Jazz influenced Funk.

Have equipment; drums, keys, and bass and guitar amps for practice in Hartwell. Can setup gigs once music is together. Practice space is in Hartwell and equipped to record. I am presently trying to find a practice space in Athens.

Need bassist, second guitar player, drummer and keyboardist. hartwelljam@yahoo.com.

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Live in mature Housekeeper needed in exchange for part rent in 2BR apartment. Needs to clean house. $200/mo. + 1/2 utilities.

Background check & references req. wandaydearborn@hotmail. com.

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I said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I do!â&#x20AC;? House cleaning, help with organizing, pet mess. Local, Independent and Earth Friendly. Text or Call Nick for quote, (706) 851-9087.

Mature students only. Spacious, furnished BR.Avail. immediately.Quiet, near campus, kitchen, laundry privileges. Shared BA, priv. entrance, cable, Internet access. No pets. $300/mo. incl. utils. (706) 353-0227.

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Cali N Titoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at La Puerta Del Sol (Eastside) is now hiring amazing people. Looking for Bilingual cashiers and food runners.

Call (706) 255-4393 to make appointment or email resume to cnt@lapuertadelsol.net.

Call center representative.

Join established Athens company calling CEOs & CFOs of major corporations generating sales leads for tech companies. $9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11/hr. BOS Staffing, www. bosstaff.com, (706) 353-3030.

Experienced line cook wanted at Locos Grill and Pub, 2020 Timothy Road. Apply in person between 2-4 pm or online at www.locosgrill.com/ employment.

Line/Prep Cooks Needed.

The Georgia Center has several positions available 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;40 hrs./ week. Pay DOE/Minimum 3 years in full service restaurant.

Email resumes to robh@uga. edu.

Layout artist for monument company in Elberton, GA. Must be proficient with Photoshop.

New laser process for granite etching. Exciting opportunity for right, talented individual. Email resume to bur ningrock1954@ yahoo.com. Full time position.

OPPORTUNITIES Earn $40-$180 by participating in UGA research! Are you age 18-60 and eligible to have MRIs? 2. Are you age 18-60 and diagnosed with Schizophrenia? If you meet EITHER of these criteria, please contact the Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at (706) 542-3128 for more information.

Looking for individuals to install flagpoles & flags throughout the United States of America. Must have own pickup truck & tools.

Experience is reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. $100/day. Call (800) 426-6235.

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Front Desk Concierge Downtown hotel has opening for Front Desk agent with above-average customer service skills. Flexible schedule a must; weekends, evenings, and holidays required. 16â&#x20AC;&#x201C;40hrs/week.

Duties can also include driving shuttl e. Emai l resume to gamedayathens@gmail.com.

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Get paid to type! SBSA is a financial transcription company offering PT positions. Create your own schedule. Competitive production-based pay. Close to campus! Must be able to touchtype 65 wpm & have excellent English grammar/comprehension skills. Visit our website to apply: www.sbsath.com.

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Terrapin Beer Company is looking to hire 10 parttime Packaging Technicians to work on the packaging line. Please visit Terrapinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job page to apply at: www. terrapinbeer.com/brewery/ jobs/ Strong preference given to applicants with mechanical skills and or work experience.

Must be able to work evening shifts.

UGAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Georgia Center is hiring banquet servers. Multiple shifts avail. starting at 6 a.m. Free meal w/ each shift. Email resumes to kcona@uga.edu.

Wine Bar in Madison seeking friendly person to work Friday and Saturday nights. Must have good personality and neat appearance. Hourly plus tips.

Email dana@rickyds.com.

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few emails is a seductive myth. There will always be another message or crisis or question.

This would be suffocating if we didn’t have the solution: I am so annoyed right now. My friend and I have been planYou have to block out time during which you will not work on ning a long weekend at the beach—this weekend—for months. these tasks. This serves the triple purpose of guaranteeing you We booked a place to stay, talked about what we’re going to do some free time for leisure and play, allowing you to be more while we’re there and were basically ready to go. Then, three productive during your work time (because there’s a foreseedays ago, she bailed, saying she “couldn’t get the days off able end to your work) and delaying your response to some work.” This has been in the works for months, and there’s no reason she shouldn’t have been able to get the days if she put in things. This delay will cause some of the askees to solve the problem on their own, thus lightening your load. early enough. Now, my beach trip isn’t going to happen because To create this free space, I suggest a digital sabbatical. she didn’t get it together. ARRRRRRRGH!!!!

Beach Bummed Try it one or two evenings this week. On those days, you do a last email/text/Facebook check at the end of your work day.

If there’s anything that truly can’t wait until the next mornYou don’t actually ask for advice, B-squared, but I’m giving ing, respond to it. But that kind of genuinely urgent message it away for free. Your trip is not cancelled. Hers is, but yours almost never comes via email. (Dear can and should still happen. First option: Tethered, Help! My house is on fire!) So I You find another friend to take her place. expect there won’t be anything you have Since you already have accommodations to deal with immediately. If it makes booked and plans made, you’re offering you feel better, you can respond to some someone a ready-made vacation. On a emails with exactly one sentence saying holiday weekend, no less. You’ve done all that you’ve gotten the message and will the work of making the arrangements; all respond at length in the morning. someone else needs to do is step in and Then, your digital sabbatical begins. I have fun. Ask anyone you think you might advise setting strict parameters and folhave fun with, even if it’s not someone lowing them to the letter. If they sound you’d normally travel with. This is a great Draconian at first, remember that you’re opportunity to get to know someone bettrying to open up non-digital space in ter or spend time with someone you othyour day. You have to do that fully in erwise wouldn’t. order to give your brain the freedom to Second option (and one of my favorthink of the other things you’d like to do. ites): Go on your own. I know, you hate My suggested sabbatical rules: the sound of that. Go anyway. It will • Do not check email until you arrive be great. It will be different than you at work the next morning. Do not check it planned, but if you know that and adjust on your phone. your expectations, you can have a lot of • Do not use the Internet until you fun. You get to choose everything: the arrive at work the next morning. Sounds music you listen to in the car, the places Please send your questions to crazy strict, but once you’re online, you’re you go, everywhere you eat, what time advice@flagpole.com or one click away from email. If you “need” you go to the beach, etc. It’s a little to go online for something, see if you can intimidating at first, because you have flagpole.com/getadvice get the information you want another way. only your own company. But, once you Like the phone book. Or Flagpole. realize you don’t have anyone else to • If an important work-related or Internet-ready idea hits make the plans, you start thinking of things you didn’t realize you, write it down. You can deal with it online tomorrow. you wanted to do.

Once your sabbatical is underway, think about how you Here’s what I’d suggest for traveling on your own: want to enjoy it. Read, see a friend, cook dinner, take a nap, • Make a few loose plans. Identify three or four things walk the dog, go out with friends, whatever. You can’t be (besides going to the beach) that you want to do while you’re fully involved in your relaxation, fun and leisure if work is an there. Use a travel guide if you need to. You want a few option. Take it off the table, so you can fully enjoy what you’re options to break up your beach time. doing.

• Bring a book. Actually, bring five. And magazines.

• Readjust your ideas about what you can do alone. You can go out to eat, see a show, go shopping, tour a city, and anything else you can think of.

My wife and I are visiting Athens for the first time on July • If you want company, go out to eat at a busy restaurant 5–6. I work for a university in Indiana, and we are interested in and sit at the bar. Someone will talk to you. moving south (I can’t stand living in the North any longer). We will spend several hours touring the UGA campus, but we’re interested in learning more about your town. We would appreciate a I often find myself checking and responding to emails after short list of must-see attractions and your suggestions for the work hours. I don’t mind doing this occasionally, but sometimes “most Athens” restaurants where we can dine.

I feel like I haven’t had a break when I return to work the next Visiting day. The emails aren’t usually so urgent that they couldn’t wait until the next morning, but sometimes I prefer to respond Welcome! I’ve heard some nice things about the North, but quickly instead of leaving the issue hanging. I don’t even spend I understand it’s cold as hell, and we’re glad to have you here. that much time doing this, but, somehow, it does seem to eat If you’re going to see Athens, be sure to leave some time for up a big part of my night. I want to be a good employee, but I walking through downtown, which you’ll find right across the hate feeling like I can’t escape work. street from the Arch on UGA’s North Campus. You’ll find lots Tethered of bars, restaurants and shops on those blocks. Since you’ll be here on a Saturday morning, you can go by the farmers market I hear you, Tethered. And I applaud your impulse to clear at Bishop Park. If you have time, see a movie at Ciné. The emails out of your inbox as soon as you see them. But you Athens Welcome Center has a website and lots of options for need a real break. The problem is the way email and phones guided, walking and audio tours of Athens. To combine food and touring, check out Georgia Food Tours, which is based in and computers allow work (and non-work, but non-essential social stuff) to reach you wherever you are. When it’s always Athens and offers walking tours with stops at eateries. I love restaurants, but my list is long for this space, but Flagpole’s possible to be doing work, that work is always skittering around the edges of your consciousness. website has a link to its Guide to Athens, which will give you First things first: Recognize that, as long as you have a lots of ideas. For a more tailored list, send me an email. job and friends, your inbox will never be totally processed.

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