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Celebrate Lyndon House!

40 Incredible Years for Art in Athens

By Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com Want to know what makes Athens Athens, at least our Athens? Show up for the celebration (dessert, coffee and a cash bar) of the 40th anniversary of Lyndon House tomorrow evening (Thursday) from 6:30–8:30 p.m. You will be reminded of all the elements that came together to give us a serious showplace for the arts in Athens.

The story begins, of course, with two people brought here by the University of Georgia—specifically its legendary art department. Ronnie and Nancy Lukasiewicz met in college and came down here to work on advanced degrees in art, and, in addition to being artists, they were unusual people who formed a perfect team. Ronnie was

in record time. (If you think artists are incapable of dealing with reality, you never stretched a canvas.)

The carefully selected art in the lovingly created galleries were so impressive that Mayor Julius Bishop—not whom you would call a patron of the arts, but a man who knew a good thing when he saw it —was delighted with the transformation that the Lukasiewiczes and their friends had wrought. Lyndon House finally had a legitimate use, and Athens had a real home for the arts.

That was just the beginning, and of course during 40 years the present stunning space was built, and the Ware-Lyndon

brash and pushy; when he got something on his mind that he thought needed doing, he wouldn’t leave you alone. Nancy was just as tenacious as Ronnie, but she pushed with a velvet glove—still does.

Meanwhile, the city owned the old WareLyndon House—a true relic of Athens’ earlier days, and a monument to two of our movers and shakers who helped build our town. The house had been saved from the large-scale Urban Renewal destruction of the historically and architecturally significant area known as “Lickskillet” and sat alone at the end of Jackson Street as a reminder of the obliterated residential area.

So, the city ended up with it, and the natural use for a useless old house was to use it for the arts, never a high priority in any administration. Ronnie had been hanging around over there teaching some courses in printmaking, and, being Ronnie, he conceived the idea of having an art show, but not just an art show: a juried art show. That meant that somebody with art credentials would decide which pieces had enough merit to be admitted to the show.

That made it real. Ronnie convinced the city government to approve the idea, and they threw in some paint and rollers. Ronnie, Nancy and friends plunged into the impossible task of turning the semi-abandoned old house into an art gallery, and they painted a couple of rooms, replaced lighting and generally created an art gallery

House was turned into a house museum that gives us a time capsule for vanished Athens. Ronnie was snatched away from us early by his untimely death, but Nancy still guides the flow of art at the magnificent galleries.

Thursday evening, Oct. 24, will be a tribute to Ronnie and Nancy and to the presence Lyndon House has established in our community through 40 years of showing excellent art. Come to Lyndon House to celebrate and to enjoy this soaring structure that focuses so much of the energy that makes us Athens.

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The Wind that Shakes the Barley Alas, another hallmark of our Athens is its embarrassment of riches. Also Thursday night, Sept. 24, at 7:15 p.m., we have at Ciné a free showing of the magnificent 2006 film, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, set during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. The film was partially inspired by the memoirs of Irish Republican Army leader Ernie O’Malley.

His son, Cormac O’Malley, a writer and editor, will be here Thursday evening to introduce the film. O’Malley and UGA’s Willson Center Director Nicholas Allen coedited Broken Landscapes: Selected Letters of Ernie O’Malley, 1924-1957 (2011). They will conduct a question and answer session following the screening. f

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A Big Contrast on Immigration Democrats, Bush and the Rest of the GOP Take Different Paths

By Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com It was one of those pleasant September afternoons when you can feel the heat of summer giving way as the seasons change.

At Turner Field in Atlanta, 500 people from more than 90 countries showed up for a solemn yet joyful ceremony: They took an oath to became citizens of the country that is now their home.

Eddie Perez, the Atlanta Braves bullpen coach who became a naturalized citizen last year, led them in the Pledge of Allegiance.

President Obama said in a video presentation: “You can help write the next great chapter of American history. No dream is impossible.”

That evening, at a town hall in New Hampshire hosted by presidential candidate Donald Trump, there was a different feeling in the air. When Trump started taking questions, he was asked: “We have a problem in this country. It’s called Muslims. You know our current president is one. You know he’s not even an American. Anyway, we have training camps growing where they want to kill us. That’s my question: When can we get rid of them?”

“We’re going to be looking at a lot of different things,” Trump replied. “You know, a lot of people are saying that, and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening. We’re going to be looking at that and many other things.”

Those widely varying reactions to people from other cultures are one of the major differences between the two parties competing for the presidency next year.

Trump currently is leading in Republican polls, and he got there by hurling fiery denunciations at undocumented immigrants, calling them “rapists” and “drug dealers.” For Trump and his supporters, the preferred path for immigrants goes straight

back to their country of origin—he vows he’ll deport all 11 million of them. Most of his GOP opponents are also taking extreme stands against undocumented immigrants.

One of the exceptions has been Jeb Bush, whose wife is a naturalized citizen from Mexico. It’s no coincidence that Bush has also been sinking like a rock in GOP polls.

Shortly after the 2012 election, Republican National Committee officials released a report outlining where the party needed to go to win future national elections. They contended the GOP should appeal to a wider range of voters, especially Latinos. “It does not matter what we say about education, jobs or the economy; if Hispanics think we do not want them here, they will close their ears to our advice,” the report said.

There has been a pushback against that report from Republican activists, who contend the party can ignore diversity and win elections if they just do a better job of energizing and turning out white voters. That’s the attitude embodied by Trump and most of the other GOP contenders.

Whoever ends up as the Democratic nominee—Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, or Joe Biden—will take the opposing position on this issue, and propose a path to citizenship for those who entered the country illegally. Democrats want to maximize the voter turnout of blacks, Latinos, Asians and other minorities.

Immigration is going to be a major topic of discussion next year, both nationally and in states like Georgia where there are large immigrant populations. The 2016 presidential election could be the ultimate field test of the differing theories on how far a party should go in reaching out to diverse voters. f

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Complete ALL the Streets!

Plus, St. Joe’s Redevelopment, Sidewalk Inequity and More News

By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com As most of you are probably painfully aware, residents along Prince Avenue have been trying to convince Athens-Clarke County to fix the street to make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians for nigh on 15 years now.

The effort, while valiant, has mostly been a failure, although the commission is now poised to make some quick, cheap fixes to Prince and other dangerous local streets (see p. 8). Prince activists have always acknowledged that other streets are deadly, too, and urged other neighborhoods to get organized, but I think part of the reason nothing has happened is resentment from folks in other parts of the city over the perceived attention Prince gets. Squeaky wheels and all that.

Now, Complete Streets: Prince Avenue— formed back in 2013 as the most recent organization to advocate for changes to the corridor—is morphing into Complete Streets Athens. “We’re trying to go off of Prince Avenue and go city-wide, and we’re asking the public to help us do it,” cofounder Tony Eubanks said. A kickoff event is scheduled for 6–8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 at Little Kings.

Eubanks and company are fresh off a victory convincing commissioners to put off repaving Chase Street until they come up with a comprehensive complete-streets plan for that corridor. Putting their wealth of experience on transportation issues to work all over Athens will not only help make the entire city safer, but make it more likely that Prince finally gets that grease. We should all be squeaking.

St. Joe’s: After months of rumors and speculation, the future of the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church property is coming into focus.

Greenville, SC-based Davis Property

Group has been meeting with county officials and neighborhood groups about its proposed development. Plans could be filed any day now, but here’s what we know so far.

According to a sketch on the developer’s website and interviews with folks who’ve seen the preliminary plans, the development will include about 25,000 square feet of commercial space (at least partly occupied by an unspecified small, non-chain grocery store) and 125 apartments. So far the reaction has been positive—it’s not student-oriented, and it’s an appropriate density that will provide a transition into downtown without infringing on singlefamily neighborhoods. Davis will need commission approval and thus far seems open to tweaks based on community input. “I feel really good about it right now, actually,” ACC Commissioner Melissa Link said last week. Stay tuned.

Occupy Sidewalks: Commissioners are set to approve a policy allowing neighborhoods to pay for their own sidewalks, and it has some accusing them of supporting trickledown sidewalknomics.

Jennifer Rice, a Yonah Avenue resident who led the fight against a medical-office parking deck that will dump an estimated 800 cars per day onto her narrow residential street, told commissioners at their Tuesday, Sept. 15 agenda-setting meeting that she’s opposed to the policy because it will “exacerbate sidewalk equity issues,” even though it might benefit her neighborhood.

“We need fair funding and construction of sidewalks based on need, not ability to pay,” Rice said. “Sidewalks are basic infrastructure the city needs to provide. We need to do this for all residents.”

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UGA landscape architecture students transformed three College Square parking spaces into a temporary minipark on Friday, Sept. 18. The three spaces represent man’s harmony with nature, control of nature and fear of nature, and were meant to spark a dialog on urban space.

out, ACC already funds construction of sidewalks based on need, and that won’t change. About $5 million over nine years in the current SPLOST is earmarked for sidewalks, and the streets that get them are chosen using an objective formula.

Unfortunately, the money is only enough to build about a mile of sidewalks per year, and the demand is much greater. So, Mayor Nancy Denson asked a committee to look at allowing homeowners to tax themselves to pay for sidewalks if their street doesn’t meet the city’s criteria, much as ACC already does for traffic-calming measures like speed humps.

Denson had harsh words for critics of the proposed policy: “I think it is extremely sad that this is being couched as a have and have-not issue, because there are middleclass, moderate neighborhoods in this community that have children that are walking to school, and they’re walking to school in some dangerous situations,” she said. “I’ll tell you, those children’s lives are just as precious as the lives in the lower-income neighborhoods. And the Yonah Avenue neighborhood is probably a more expensive neighborhood than some of these others that would like to take advantage of this.”

The obvious solution here would be to pour more tax dollars into the sidewalk program, but where would that money come from? The policy doesn’t take anything

away from neighborhoods that can’t afford to pony up, and low-income areas might even get sidewalks sooner if they move up the need-based list because a richer street’s residents decided they didn’t want to wait.

The danger, though, is that, in some future round of budget-cutting, commissioners (or their heads in jars) decide to whack sidewalk funding because, hey, people can pay for it on their own.

What Does the Fox Say?: “I’m going to try to kill you because I’m rabid,” in this case.

A Waverly Woods man recently reported that a fox attacked him while he was attending to his compost pile. He killed the fox with a shovel and suffered a leg injury in the process (whether from the fox or the shovel, no one is sure). The fox tested positive for rabies.

It doesn’t sound like it’s anything to worry about. While it’s not unusual to spot a fox or even a coyote in suburban areas, they generally shy away from people, and although a rabid animal is aggressive, encounters are rare because the disease kills them in a few days. The local health department has dealt with “a couple” of rabid animal reports this year, which is pretty typical, according to ACC Animal Control Superintendent Patrick Rives. “We’re certainly not seeing a spike or any kind of unusual numbers,” he said. f

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Grumpy UGA Retiree Tries to Get On With the Health-Benefit Future

By Joe Wisenbaker news@flagpole.com I confess to hoping that by Oct. 1 more Having spent far too long fruitoptions for Medigap will be available. Only lessly searching for good reasons for the three companies show up now, and only University System of Georgia’s decisions one of them offers a Plan G—something about Medicare-eligible retirees’ health that is a far cry from the 90-plus companies insurance—and griping about it—it has clearly become time for me to decide exactly touted by Aon-Hewitt in the super-fancy booklet they sent us the other day. Right what I’ll be doing with my health benefit now, my biggest questions have to do with come the new year (and, perhaps, trythe variation in Plan F pricing already there. ing to do that with better humor). After Transamerica offers one for about $144 per all, Aon-Hewitt did send my registration month, Aetna for $168 and our old friend information enabling online work with Blue Cross Blue Shield their website and my for $185. Does the initial appointment BCBS Plan F offer time with my licensed something better than Benefits Advisor (i.e. the one from Aetna? insurance agent).

And do either of them After getting into have some things that their marketplace Transamerica doesn’t? website, I worked through the action Update: Here’s an items immediately update on Sept. 16, facing me. I created just to make it clear my new login ID and that changes are happassword and entered pening. This morning, in my address, phone Aon-Hewitt added number, birthdate another company to and preference for its online list offering dressing on the right Medigap coverage: or on the left. I also Cigna. It expanded entered my prescripPlan F offerings along tion medication names with establishing a new high for our potenand dosage, and indicated that I haven’t yet tial monthly premium at $225 per month. delegated responsibility for my own healthAt the moment, none of the various links related decision-making to someone else, though I certainly may before this is all over. takes me where I can figure out just what makes the Cigna Plan F so over-the-top I also took Aon-Hewitt up on their offer costly. Their documents for each policy note to let me change my appointment with that they are just summaries, and that only my advisor, as I didn’t really want to wait the full policy itself constitutes a legally for the December date they had selected. binding document. Oh, well. Yet more quesI clicked on Oct. 5, but alas, no time slots tions for my advisor. were available that day. Oct. 6 did have By the time my appointment rolls some morning slots, so I checked the 8–11 around, I hope to see how things may shape a.m. time window. Within a day, I got an up with prescription drug coverage under email confirming my appointment for that time—but on Oct. 5. That was fine; after all, Medicare Part D. What little I’ve seen of Part D plans outside of our little private I had asked for that date first. Their email market suggests quite also agreed with the a range in what my big, fancy postcard that I do know that whole total annual drug costs showed up in my mailmay be, depending box a couple of days ago issue will get a lot on the company and indicating that some better when we get to plans. I do know that foxy-looking senior whole issue will get a 2020 when, thanks to the lady had somehow lot better when we get “missed me.” I wonder Affordable Care Act, the to 2020 when, thanks if a female retiree gets “donut hole” in prescription to the Affordable Care a similar postcard with Act, the “donut hole” in a hunky-looking senior medicine coverage is prescription medicine guy? supposed to go away. coverage is supposed to Once logged into go away. Thanks to my their website, it is posblood pressure and cholesterol meds, I’m sible to look for available plans: Medigap, guaranteed to fall into that about halfway Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage. through next year.

There are some Medigap plans noted So, my journey toward the promised there—16 across three companies as of “better, cheaper health insurance more Sept. 15—though Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D drug plans aren’t there yet. attuned to my individual needs” has started. I just hope it turns out to be a lot (Wait ‘til Oct. 1!) more realistic than the TV ads for Viagra, I have made some initial efforts on Sept.

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Prince widens out into this five-lane road at Pulaski Street before turning into North Avenue at Thomas Street, and it has a ridge that makes seeing oncoming traffic difficult, so it’s no wonder it’s been dubbed the “corridor of death” by people who’ve tried to cross it.

More overhead flashing beacons are proposed for the Hull Street and Jackson Street intersections, as well as crosswalk-signal reprogramming and the aforementioned “sharks’ teeth” markings.

But that’s not enough for many commissioners, who’d like to cut out a travel lane in each direction, shrinking the not-particularly-busy road down to the three lanes. One cheap way to do that is to add on-street parking, which has the added benefit of slowing down traffic.

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Lambert Goes from Goat to Hero in South Carolina Beatdown

by Cy Brown news@flagpole.com Allow me a moment to invoke the spirit of, and paraphrase, Erk Russell, UGAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great defensive coordinator of yore: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Screw Steve Spurrier and the mule he came in here on.â&#x20AC;?

On Saturday, UGA welcomed South Carolina into Athens and gave the Gamecocks the shellacking of a lifetime, winning 52-20 to go 3-0 on the season. The hero of the game was quarterback Greyson Lambert, who now has a stranglehold on the starting spot. Many fansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this one included, especiallyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;thought Georgia would be doomed this season if Lambert was our quarterback. Our fears were thought to be confirmed when he failed to complete any passes in the first half against Vanderbilt.

But against South Carolina, Lambert had one of the best performances youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ever see from a quarterback. The Virginia transfer completed 24 of his 25 passes for 330 yards and three touchdowns. At one point he threw 20 consecutive completions,

top 10 linebackers, and UAB transfer Jake Ganus is making a name for himself. Ganus might have had the best day of any player on Saturday. He proposed to his girlfriend on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gâ&#x20AC;? in Sanford Stadium after the game. (She said yes.)

Spurrier, meanwhile, looks like a man at the end of his rope. During the week leading up to the game, the epic trolling of UGA that Spurrier has become so famous for was peculiarly absent. I took that as a sign that he realized his chances of beating UGA were slim at best, and he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to lose the small chance at a sneak attack by poking the bear. But it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter. With what looks like the most complete team Georgia has fielded in some years, the bear was up and waiting for him.

The beatdown was a mixture of a really good Georgia team and a really bad South Carolina team. The Gamecocks are a shell of the team that produced players such as Jadeveon Clowney and beat UGA four

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Georgia fans were as happy Saturday as linebacker Jake Ganus, whose girlfriend, Peyton Thomas, accepted his marriage proposal.

besting the UGA record of 19 previously held by Mike Bobo. And his 96 percent completion percentage set the NCAA record for completion percentage in a game. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right: Lambert, the guy everyone (me) never wanted to see on the field, now holds a record that puts him side-by-side with college footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest quarterbacks.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nick Chubb for Heismanâ&#x20AC;? campaign rolled on in victory. The sophomore tailback stretched his consecutive 100-yard rushing streak to 11 games with 159 yards on 21 carries and a touchdown. It shows just how good Chubb is that this performance was largely silent. With all eyes on Lambert, we looked up one moment, and Chubb had more than 150 yards.

On defense, Georgia annihilated any chance South Carolina thought it might have to pull out the upset. The Bulldogs held the Gamecocks to 258 yards of total offense and only 84 passing yards. South Carolina fared better on the ground, rushing for 174 yards, but big runs were few and far between, never enough to give them a realistic shot at winning. UGA could have the best linebacker corps in America.

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of the last five seasons before Saturday.

Spurrier hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to replenish the talent reservoir in Columbia the last two or three years through recruiting, and it showed in the loss to Kentucky and the loss to UGA. It will keep on showing the rest of the season.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very real possibility that we look back at the win over South Carolina as the moment Spurrier realized college football passed him by, and his time is better spent hitting the golf course on Saturdays instead of falling behind the rest of the SEC. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only my opinion, but I think Spurrier retires at the end of the season.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a thought that will keep any Georgia fan warm at night.

Next week, Southern University comes to Athens. It marks the first time Georgia has played a historically black college, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty cool. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cupcake game, one weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll easily win, to help us get ready for Alabama next week. Southernâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s band, the Human Jukebox, will probably give Georgia fans the show of a lifetime at halftime, but that will only be half as entertaining as the memory of Georgia running wild on Spurrier and his Gamecocks. f

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When I gave birth to my daughter eight years ago, the choices prepping me for the big day were pretty clear-cut: Find an obstetrician, take a class if you can, install the carseat, and try to breathe once you get to the hospital. But boy, have times changed.

While the classes and the carseat are still part of the process, your options for the professional you choose to help you deliverâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and how you go about delivering the babyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;have blown through the roof. Today, we can opt to see a midwife along with our obstetrician. We can line up delivery-room support in the form of a doula. Heck, we can even go through the entire process only seeing a midwife, and never seeing an OB/ GYN.

midwives as part of her practice, you could go your entire pregnancy and only see a midwifeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing. They provide a more personalized level of care, focus on more natural approaches to childbirth and are more likely to see you through the entire birthing process (as opposed to the doctors, who tend to come in just before all systems are go).

Why would you see a midwife? Well, now that I know they are a more common option in Athens, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure why every obstetrician doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offer the service. Not only do they help keep health care costs downâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they are less likely to intervene with a medical procedure and also can perform many functions that a doctor can doâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but Kristen Morales

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In an attempt to help clear the air around all these pregnancy professionals, here is a rundown of the three major providers youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find here in Athens.

they provide support to you and your baby after the birth as well, such as breastfeeding support and nutrition. (Note to my doctor: Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get on board with this, OK?)

Obstetrician: Yes, the old standard.

Everyone has their own personal preference in this department (gender, bedside manner, age, the number of leather couches in the waiting room, etc.). Using an obstetrician to deliver your baby is still the most common route for new parents, but because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now not the only option we have, other new moms are branching out.

Why would you see an OB? It could be convenience (Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen her for years, so why change?) or because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had some complications in a previous pregnancy. In some cases, an obstetrician will be involved if you have a high-risk pregnancy or a history of C-sections. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also worth noting, at least in the research Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done, that births with an OB are also more likely to involve surgical techniques than with other professionals.

Doula: A doula is part partner, part new-life coach. They can step in to give your partner a break during a long labor, and they can offer up suggestions or help talk to the nurses on your behalf. (A midwife can do this too, though.)

You should give your doctor or midwife a heads up, though, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve hired a doula, just so they know who this other person is in the room with you. Doulas donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the same kind of medical training doctors and midwives go through, so sometimes it can cause some friction if not everyone is on the same page.

Why would you want a doula? If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a new mom and want to have a natural birth, a doula could be a good guide to help you through the process. But you can also hire one as a more experienced parent, knowing they will provide some backup and comfort to you when your partner or other medical professionals are resting or off tending to others. This is where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really your personal preference.

Hopefully, the next eight years will see even more acceptance of different birthing strategies and support for parents. f

Certified Midwife: Note the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;certified.â&#x20AC;? There are different levels in midwifery, but professionals who have completed graduate-level programs and are licensed and nationally certified are the cream of the crop. In many cases, if your OB/GYN has

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Theater Abounds!

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Bleeding, Conniving, Scheming and Singing Take the Stage

By Dina Canup arts@flagpole.com A Behanding in Spokane Two teenage pot dealers think a middle-aged nut case looking for his long-missing left hand is an easy mark. They are so wrong. The onehanded man, Carmichael (Ray Paolino), puts the incompetent, would-be con artists (Anthony Nash and Melanie Sheahan) through the wringer—and their only hope of escape is with a pantsless, quirky front desk clerk (Brad Burnham), who fortunately has a hero complex.

This is a fast-paced 90-minute ride with no intermission and profanity so excessive that it could be compared to Snakes on a Plane. Director Kristin Kundert reassures us, “It’s funny without diminishing the damage that words can do. And no one gets left out.”

With Paolino’s substantial professional acting chops and three of the best undergrad theater majors UGA has to offer in its sizeable pool of top-notch talent, this promises to be a great start to the University Theatre season and should have several sellout performances in the 99-seat Cellar Theatre.

A Behanding in Spokane (by Martin McDonagh) is presented by University Theatre at the Cellar Theatre in Fine Arts Building, Sept. 24–25 and Sept. 29–Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. with 2:30 p.m. matinees Sept.

27 and Oct. 4. Tickets are $16, $12 for students, and available at 706-542-4400 or drama.uga.edu/box-office.

Macbeth If you nurse ambitious dreams of limitless power, your wife really wants you to be king, and three creepy witches promise you the crown, would you be willing to kill for it? That’s the question facing a popular hero, Macbeth (Adam Shirley), and his social-climbing wife, Lady Macbeth (Beth Kozinsky), and the answer is “Well… OK.” It soon becomes apparent that one murder isn’t enough, and the great man must stoop to new lows, as his beloved wife descends into guilt and madness. The blood and spells flow freely in this tragic tale.

It takes a true horror aficionado to bring the terror and gore this infamous tragedy calls for, and director Steven Carroll is not afraid to spill a little blood in bringing a script to fruition. Expect him to spill a lot, in fact.

Macbeth (by William Shakespeare) is presented by Town & Gown Players at the Athens Community Theatre Oct. 2–3 and 8–10 at 8 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees Oct. 4 and 11. Tickets are $15, $12 for students/ seniors/members ($8 for students and members on Thursdays) and available at 706-208-8696 or townandgownplayers.org.

The Hallelujah Girls Seize the day with a comedy so Southern it takes place in Georgia with a cast of feisty women and is set in a church—except the church, once abandoned, is now a day spa called “SpaDee-Dah!”

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Beth Kozinsky and Adam Shirley as Lord and Lady Macbeth in Town and Gown Players’ Macbeth.

Having set themselves on a course of life-changing self-improvement, the ladies include a three-time widow, a mother of an aspiring juvenile delinquent, an inventive singer, a determined queen bee and a woman in a marriage “so stagnant she’s wondering how to fake her own death to get out of it.”

Enter a surprise ex and a scheming rival belle, add an unexpected proposal, and watch the happy comedy unfold.

The Hallelujah Girls (by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten) is presented by Winder Barrow Community Theatre at the Colleen O. Williams Theater Sept. 25–26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 27 at 3 p.m. Advance tickets are $12.50 ($15 at the door) and $10 for seniors/ teachers/ students ($13 at the door), and available at 770-867-1679. For more information, visit winderbarrowtheatre.org.

Brad Burnham as Mervyn in University Theatre’s A Behanding in Spokane.

Bye Bye Birdie An Elvis-inspired pop singer, Conrad Birdie, has one last publicity stunt planned for him (by his agent and the agent’s secretary) before his upcoming induction into the Army: A stereotypical all-American girl is chosen to receive his farewell kiss in a small Ohio town. The girl—and the entire teenage population of the town—collectively swoon into happy madness. The town is in a major upheaval as the local youth and the visiting pop star yearn to break free from the restraints of

parental (or, for Birdie, from his agent’s) control.

Bye Bye Birdie (Young Performers’ Edition) is presented by Cornerstone Productions at Seney-Stovall Chapel Sept.

24–25 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 27 at 3:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $12 ($14 at the door) and available at 706-705-2599 or cornerstoneathens.com.

Willy Wonka Oconee Youth Playhouse presents Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka at the Oconee County Civic Center Oct. 1–2 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 3–4 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12–$16 and available in the lobby before the show. For more information, call 706-769-2677 or visit oconeeyouthplayhouse.com.

TeensPlay Writing Workshop The TeensPlay two-day workshop, culminating in a performance of their works, aims to “help teens express themselves while developing empathy, social skills and selfconfidence as they create and perform their own plays.” Led by playwright and professor John Patrick Bray under the auspices of Circle Ensemble Theatre Company, the workshop is Oct. 3–4 at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia with a final performance in the garden’s new Theatre in the Woods.

Cost is $5 per participant and applications/ reservations are available via circleensemble@gmail.com or circleensembletheatre. com. f

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When poet and translator Laura Solomon was getting her MFA in Amherst, MA, she would ask only one question of a book to determine its quality: Did it have “the Jeff Mangum”?

Solomon first started writing in Athens when she was an undergrad at UGA in the ‘90s, and the art of this town has shaped her aesthetics ever since. She later recognized this Mangum-esque quality as what Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca calls the duende: art with a deep soul, passionate emotions and devilish spirit.

Solomon considers herself an “almost” Athens native. A Southerner by birth, she has been in and out of Athens for almost two decades. She’s written three books—The Hermit, Blue and Red Things and Bivouac—read at Slovenia’s international literary festival Days of Poetry and Wine and released the album After the Dream You Are Awake with the band pacificUV, among many other artistic endeavors.

After living in Italy, she never thought she would return to Athens, but a teaching opportunity and later a job at the Georgia Review, where she is the marketing and circulation manager, have brought her back. She is currently working on a new manuscript and two translation projects. One is translating Natalia Ginzburg’s novella Famiglia into English, which I am especially excited about.

Solomon is deeply rooted in place, the people she loves and her belief in art. She loves the “neighborliness among artists/writers/musicians here that you don’t get in a larger city,” though the small-town quality can feel “stifling.” Even in this she finds a flip side: In Athens, “you can’t avoid your community, which means you also can’t avoid yourself, or not perpetually.”

In the poems from The Hermit (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2011) that follow, she mixes traditional poetic imagery with the language of daily speech and repetitive thoughts, reworking tradition in the process.

and that I am in love with a lion and that together we will find the violet he thinks me jealous and desperate immense is the meadow of shadow and light I tell my friend she is right that I have a very very strong strong something

“The Hermit” and there is little that has not been said before about a cotton blossom and little that has not been said before about a copper pheasant and little that has not been said before about a mirror how the cotton blossom blooms how the copper pheasant cries Brittainy Lauback

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I dreamt of a poem in which I mastered all my feelings love was a perfect violet in an immense meadow of shadow and light or else it was a lion or terrifying stallion whatever it was it was the center of the universe only I too was the center and selfish enough to believe myself to be the most selfish of all who among us has not suffered for want of tenderness? my friend says it is only a ripple and that I have a very very strong strong something my love says I must be both a woman and a man long ago I planted him like a seed in my head now I am visited by fickle breezes

inconsolably it cries for a mate it cannot find and how all of the town and its environs could hear the creature crying and how all grew morose at the sight of a cotton blossom blooming as accompanied by the sound of a copper pheasant crying how none could admire the blossom as they were wont to do how none could sleep for the pheasant’s incessant selfish crying and how the town tried many tricks how the elders tried talking sense to the bird how the men and women tried first to comfort with their mouths before covering up their ears how the kids threw rocks (they had been instructed) and how when so near to death the bird had come and cried all the more for this down from the mountain came a hermit who alone consoled the bird by putting before it a mirror

my love says I must be both a man and a woman I am trying to learn his language he is a great artist he needs to be understood without having to understand he believes love is comprehension and I believe him what is wrong with this picture?

I am still looking for the violet

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I go back to my love and tell him that I am a terrifying stallion

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GRAB AND GO: Lunch seems to be one of the things that sustains Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; economy.

Probably not quite to the same extent as

can feel like an eternity. A pre-made sandwich is never going to be as good as one freshly assembled, but it can do the trick when you are crabby and need to jam some calories in your mouth.

Daily Groceries Co-op maintains several refrigerated cases full of ready-to-go salads and sandwiches, all of which are either vegetarian or vegan. The Original Sammie combines hummus, avocado, tomato, red onion and sprouts, and is full of texture and flavor. Both locations of Donderosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kitchen feature grab-and-go sandwiches, sesame noodles, salads and the like, plus snacks; the Milledge one has hot soups, too. Earth Fareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cafe, refrigerated cases and hot bar have a wide selection of eats, starting at 7 a.m., when it now opens.

The Ike & Jane at the Georgia Museum of Art, open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m., sells pre-made sandwiches

OUT OF TOWN: If you happen to be in downtown Hartwell, whether boating, roadtripping, gawking at the dam, or giggling at various dam puns around town, Market 50 (50 N. Forest Ave., 706-376-9786) is a popular stop for lunch. More of a store than a restaurant, it sells bulk packaged nuts, dried fruits, candies, housemade cheese crackers, chocolates, butter, baked goods, jams/preserves, pickles and more, much of it Amish or Mennonite-produced.

Step up to the counter, grab a paper bag, and check off what you want on your sandwich: three different kinds of bologna, pastrami, corned beef, roasted chicken, pimento cheese, hot horseradish mustard, smoked cheddar, â&#x20AC;&#x153;green onion cheese,â&#x20AC;? lactose-free yogurt cheese, peppers, onions and much more. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more efficient process than relaying each item to the sandwich maker, and the completed fat sandwich is

the bar scene, but anyone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever been caught in lunchtime traffic can attest to the number of folks out and about midday. If you think about all the people who commute into Athens to work, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily want to stick around and eat dinner here, it makes sense. Lots of people want a leisurely meal, an opportunity to get out of an office and make the most of every minute.

I am not one of those people. Often, I am hungry or tired or in a hurry, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to resort to fast food. Even the fiveminute wait at the speediest of restaurants

(roast beef, peanut butter, hummus wrap, ham and gruyere, etc.) and nice salads alongside coffee and some sweets. The downtown Jittery Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has pre-made sandwiches in its refrigerated case, both vegetarian (hummus, veggies) and not (turkey, for example), made on Luna bread.

UGA Food Services is more than just the dining halls. The snack bars spread around campus sell a decent pimento cheese sandwich that costs just a bit over $2. The Red Clay Cafe, on East Campus, has snazzier pre-made sandwiches near its entrance, in the coffee bar section.

ready either to take with you or to eat at one of the rustic tables in the other room.

You can grab potato salad or pasta salad to make it a more substantially satisfying meal, but both of them are far too sweet.

The store also makes salads through a similar process of customization. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to browse the dry goods and the refrigerated cases that house some beautiful and enormous cakes while you wait for your food to be ready, and there are lots of free samples to nibble on. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. f

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By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: The Overlook on Baxter is named for its height but is easy, in fact, to look right past when going down the street. It has a few commercial businesses on the ground floor, including a space that has been a restaurant or coffee shop, but also the leasing office for Rent Athens. The most recent to move in is Mr. Mr. Cafe (494 Baxter St. 706-850-4385), which may take its own name from the hit single by the K-Pop group Girls Generation.

with a panini press and packaged with a bag of chips and a drink. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fast, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well priced, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nicely executed. The young owners have bigger plans and hopes, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re rolling out additions slowly. Mr. Mr. is open Monday through Saturday, from fairly early to fairly late.

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The room is clean and simple and very quiet, despite its location near UGAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highrise dorms. Wi-Fi would seem to encourage studying, as does the menu of coffee drinks, smoothies, bubble teas (taro, Thai tea, mango, strawberry, honeydew, green tea, coconut) and regular teas. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice patio out front, and you can get your caffeinated beverage made with soy milk if you prefer.

Best of all is the fact that Mr. Mr. also has sandwiches or, to be more precise, a sandwich. What exactly it is varies throughout the week, but it tends to be executed

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Don't Suck, Don't Die

Kristin Hersh Memorializes Vic Chesnutt

By Dan Mistich music@flagpole.com ew lives warrant a re-telling quite like that of the late Vic Chesnutt.

Partially paralyzed and bound to a wheelchair, Chesnutt made darkly provocative music that transcended his physical limitations and earned him icon status in the folk underground.

Throughout his life the singer-songwriter experienced the kind of intense personal highs and lows on which only close friends could properly shed light. In her upcoming book, Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt—out in October via University of Texas Press—one such close friend, former Throwing Muses frontwoman Kristin Hersh, candidly discusses her friendship with Chesnutt, and solidifies his legacy for a new audience.

Hersh begins a promotional tour at the 40 Watt Club, where she will discuss the book and perform songs from Chesnutt’s catalog and her own music. Don’t Suck, Don’t Die sales that evening benefit Nuçi’s Space.

FP: Don’t Suck, Don’t Die is being published by an academic publisher. Was working with UT Press an attempt to legitimize Vic’s artistic worth?

KH: I thought UT asked me to write an article about Vic, and I’m so doormat-nice I said “yes,” meaning “probably not.” When they called a few months later to ask how it was going, I said, “Oh, you meant really,” and asked how many words they wanted.

Well, they wanted a lot, because unknowingly, I had agreed to write a book. I’m nice, but I’m also a dumbass. Luckily, the project appeared at a raw-enough time in my life that it wrote itself: no politeness, no apologies. Appropriate for its subject matter.

It is nice that a small, careful and caring publishing company is releasing this book.

Thoughtfulness is a rare commodity in any industry, and we suffered through so much thoughtlessness in the music industry. Vic deserved people working on this book asking questions like, “Do you think this semicolon alters the voice?” I’m a sucker for that stuff. So was he.

Flagpole: You’re beginning your book tour in Athens, Vic’s hometown for many years. Do you feel a special significance in beginning here?

Kristin Hersh: Vic so loved Athens. He never wanted it to change, and that says a lot about a person and his place. It did change, of course, and that pissed him off, but he still loved it. I watched him try to leave once, maybe twice, [but] he couldn’t do it. Athens grew him up, I guess. It was his giving tree, and he was grateful. Starting a tour there is just me being grateful for it, too.

FP: Among others, the book has received glowing praise from Michael Stipe, who was also very close to Vic. How did you expect it to be received, especially by those who knew Vic as well as you did?

KH: I probably should have thought more about the people who knew Vic who would read this, but it really isn’t any kind of biography. I just wrote down a bunch of shit that happened over and over again, for the most part, overlaying similar stories and conversations like photographs until I had a skeletal, essential version of the few

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years we spent together. Tina [Chesnutt, Vic’s wife] likes it, though, and that’s all that really matters to me.

tried to sound like other people, but to me, that felt like clothes that didn’t fit him very well.

FP: Do you see both the book and your new music as extensions of the same project?

KH: I’m only promoting the book, not my music, but I can’t play a whole set of Vic’s music. That would be weird and hard.

He was so him that if you make one of his songs your own it sounds stupid, and if you imitate him it sounds even dumber.

So, at readings, I play some of my favorite Vic songs, and hope nobody gets mad at me, then I read some, and at shows, I play mostly my own songs, ‘cause that’s all I’m really good at.

FP: There’s a great deal of honesty in your portrayal of Vic. At times, you seem to really put him in his place.

KH: I feel like Vic did whatever he wanted, and I wrote it down. I didn’t feel like I was portraying flaws—just freedom of speech.

FP: Biographers are rarely as close to their subjects as you were to Vic. Did you experience any difficulty writing about him?

KH: I admired everything about Vic, because his qualities were what made him him. I can’t imagine not liking anything about him, so I included everything I watched him do, heard him say… It was all genuinely idiosyncratic, and mostly sweet.

His orneriness felt more like a goal than a quality. He wanted to be a grouch, but he was too good.

FP: How did you two first establish common ground artistically?

KH: Vic and I both suffered through being called “unique,” meaning, “You’re not for everyone.” Which is true, but ultimately poverty-inducing. We found common ground in the fact that we couldn’t help sounding the way we did. Sometimes he

FP: Folks around Athens often talk about how Vic could captivate a crowd with so little.

What did you learn from him in terms of songwriting and performing?

KH: Vic taught me fluid timing and the grace of a melody that breaks the rules of meter. He could also be funny and heartbreaking at exactly the same time, which sounds like something somebody would say but not really mean. I swear, it’s true.

FP: What do you believe Vic taught you about living a good life?

KH: A good life is one lived on fire and in sadness and empathy, anger and sweetness, incorporating history and faraway places, urban landscapes and vegetable gardens. At least, this is what I now believe, because it’s what he believed. f

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Recording Industry Association of America. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Meantimeâ&#x20AC;? earned a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance.

Out Like That,â&#x20AC;? was brought on board to engineer the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s follow-up after Hamilton heard Rayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remix of the HelmetHouse of Pain collaboration â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just Another Victim.â&#x20AC;? At the time, Helmet was on shaky ground. Personalities clashed, and the label wanted someone who could pull them together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Page wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happy with the music,â&#x20AC;? Ray says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I looked at what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d written, and it was great. I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You have to get your mind right. This all depends on you.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I became an inspirational partner.â&#x20AC;?

Suddenly, lawyers and managers who previously wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give Helmet the time of day had opinions on what the band should do next. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody wanted Meantime, Part Two,â&#x20AC;? Hamilton says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s common for bands to cater to the marketplace, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never been me. [We] wanted to make music that we thought was interesting and that we liked.â&#x20AC;?

T-Ray, born Todd Ray, a producer who had helmed Cypress Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Goinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

But Betty was Rayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first rock record; as a hip hop producer, recording guitars was outside of his expertise. Other engineers, including Martin Bisi (Swans, Sonic Youth), came in to keep the sessions on track. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they called me, the basic tracks were done, but the guitar recording was pretty botched,â&#x20AC;? Bisi says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a big deal to have to re-record those parts, but the vibe in the studio was that, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is not about rock. This is about rhythm.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Betty at 20 Page Hamilton Takes Helmetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hit Back on the Road

By Chad Radford music@flagpole.com

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June 1994, Helmet released its third album, Betty. The 14-song opus was defiantly uncompromising, yet the distorted riffs in songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wilmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rainbow,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Biscuits for Smutâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Milquetoastâ&#x20AC;? remain among the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most brilliant moments. More than 20 years later, singer and guitarist Page Hamilton sees Betty as a complex work of musical experimentationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Helmetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;fuck-you record,â&#x20AC;? as he calls it, characterized by a fierce dedication to personal integrity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would never compare myself to Paul Westerberg from the Replacements or Ray Davies from the Kinks, but they are two of my heroes,â&#x20AC;? Hamilton says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Both had a penchant for shooting themselves in the foot. When things are going well, rather than play along, you go in and take a piss on the record companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk.â&#x20AC;?

In 1992, American pop culture was deep in the throes of Nirvana fever.

Nevermind was selling 300,000 copies each week, and labels were heaving money at any band that might follow suit. That year, Helmet signed a $1 million deal with Interscope and released its second album, Meantime.

The teeth-gnashing guitars and rhythmic tension of â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Meantimeâ&#x20AC;? set the tone for a powerhouse record steeped in heavy guitars moving at breakneck speeds.

Meantime would sell more than 500,000 copies and was certified gold by the

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Though its sales never matched those of Meantime, Betty remains a fan darling, and artistically, it embodies the peak of Helmetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s legacy. Two decades after its release, Hamilton has taken the album back on the road with a new backing bandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; guitarist Dan Beeman, drummer Kyle Stevenson and bass player Dave Caseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; playing its 14 songs from beginning to end.

Tapping into the mental and physical space he inhabited when the songs were new proved daunting at first. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the songs are difficult to play live, and some had never been done live at all,â&#x20AC;?

Hamilton says.

Chief among the unplayed songs is Bettyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;trash-folkâ&#x20AC;? closer, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sam Hell.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Silver Hawaiian,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Street Crabâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cleanâ&#x20AC;? had short shelf lives on the original tour, too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve [become] familiar with the flow of the album, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been the most fun Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had on tour in a long time,â&#x20AC;? says Hamilton.

Each night, the group plays a second set, touching on material from Helmetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1989 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Born Annoyingâ&#x20AC;?

7-inch through its 2010 album Seeing Eye Dog. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tour for the fans that have been hung with us for so long,â&#x20AC;? Hamilton says.

For Ray, who now runs the Venice Beach Freakshowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the subject of the AMC reality series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freakshowâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the nod to Betty brings profound validation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we were in the studio, I remember saying to Page, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;In 20 years, I want you to look back on this record and be proud of it,â&#x20AC;? Ray says. f

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Crying in Style Daniel Romano is a Country Crooner for Modern Times

By Marshall Yarbrough music@flagpole.com

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hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fascinating contradiction at the heart of country music, in that its best singers use highly structured formulas to express unrestrained emotion.

This divide between extreme artifice and forthright sentiment inevitably leads to questions of authenticity and manipulation: Does the clever country crooner really mean it? Is that him weeping, or just the pedal steel? Add to these questions the issue of what it means for a Canadian singer in 2015 to use the songwriting tropes and production style of 1960s Nashville, and you get the captivating conundrum that is Daniel Romano.

Romanoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest record, If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Only One Time Askinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, seems on first listen a spot-on reproduction of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;countrypolitan soundâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;characterized by â&#x20AC;&#x153;country melodies smoothed out by middleof-the-road pop instrumentation and a crooning vocal style,â&#x20AC;? as NPR rock critic Ken Tucker put it. Romanoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music begins with a highly stylized revival of an already stylized sound and then adds the next logical component: an almost parodied extreme emotional abjectness. Awash in slap-back reverb, steel guitar and swelling strings, Romanoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songs are more gussied upâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and their unlucky lover protagonist gets more roughed upâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;than the decades-old songs from which they borrow. It all suggests that Romano isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going for mere revival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;traditionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that I borrow from is dead,â&#x20AC;? he says in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The blood has dried completely on the street. I make no attempt whatsoever to keep anything dead from being buried.â&#x20AC;?

The first hint that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something more going on in Romanoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music comes at the end of the new recordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opener, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Gonna Teach You.â&#x20AC;? On the track, the songwriter speaks on behalf of a woman, promising to teach another man a lesson. If the specific scenario is novel, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still familiar territory; lines like â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know the low places you drink inâ&#x20AC;? could pop up in just about any country song. Then, in the final 15 seconds, a curveball: an odd instrumental interlude with a moody, ambiguous atmosphere, as much Serge Gainsbourg as Skeeter Davis.

These interludes hint at the deep weirdness of Romanoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s project. They are, he explains, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the open doors to my freedom and spirit. They serve as an abandon of formula and a deeper expression of my

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selves.â&#x20AC;? And on a record on which Romanoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s country-crooner routine stays consistently at the level of uncanny perfection, these are the few moments when he breaks character.

Of course, pushing a formula to its extremes is itself a kind of commentary.

Songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the Way Under the Hillâ&#x20AC;? succeed by old standards, but sustain their convoluted conceits past the point of absurdity. The track offers a notion of apparent success that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem all that appealing: The singer claims to have made it, making a play on the expression â&#x20AC;&#x153;over the hill,â&#x20AC;? but he sounds more like heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s under a headstone.

The conflicting strands on the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;straight, weird; sincere, ironicâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all come together on the single â&#x20AC;&#x153;The One That Got Away (Came Back Today).â&#x20AC;?

Another masterfully crafted tale of lost love and echoey twang, the song takes a sharp left turn at the end. This time, the interlude is sustained long enough to make a proper coda. A spectral female chorus coos over a funky bass line. Halfway through, the music drops out and Romano whispers one word: â&#x20AC;&#x153;mosey.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s half Superfly, half Lee Hazlewood.

Romano is reluctant to read too much into his music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The truth of this is that I made [the album] straight and in a very big hurry,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not one generally to go back and analyze work.â&#x20AC;? Such claims are belied by the recordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meticulously true-to-type cover art, which replicates the look of classic country records. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also Romanoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general aestheticâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for example, a belt buckle advertised on his website bearing the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;King of Mosey.â&#x20AC;?

But to get lost in questions of originality would be to miss the point. No amount of rhinestones on a Hank Williams Western shirt could distract from the sorrow in a song like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cold, Cold Heart.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are all unconventional songs,â&#x20AC;?

Romano says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are modern songs and ideas dressed in old clothing.â&#x20AC;? f

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The group oscillates relentlessly between recording and touring, and a lull in live dates of late suggested studio activity was taking place.

The sessions that led to Hotel Parties were completed at a studio in Richmond, VA—a first for Futurebirds, who have typically recorded at Chase Park Transduction with local engineer Drew Vandenberg.

Vocalist, banjo player and guitarist Thomas Johnson says that not knowing anyone in the Richmond area freed the band to immerse itself in the process.

“It was really important for us to get out of the area [to record]. I think we were

overdubs and some vocal tracks were completed at home, far from the conveniences of the professional studio.

For post-production, the band brought in Brian Paulson, another heavy-hitter engineer—his impressive resume includes work with Slint, Uncle Tuplelo, Son Volt, Wilco, Superchunk and many others in the indie rock canon—to massage the songs after most of the recording had been completed.

The results are stunning: Hotel Parties includes some of the band’s best work to date. Johnson says Futurebirds are excited to finally reveal the album to the public (especially since some of the songs were demoed as early as fall 2013), adding that the band will continue its relentless touring schedule in order to promote it.

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That “complex,” Johnson notes, was near a former plantation that included a Native American burial ground. It also wasn’t far from where the front line of the Confederate Army was stationed during the Civil War. The band brought in Vandenberg to help out with the recording. Johnson says Vandenberg took on a producer role, rather than focusing on tracking. “Drew was able to take on a more big-picture role, because we had others helping us at every stage of it,” he says, also noting that additional

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THE ALL-NIGHT DINER OF YOUR LIFE: Former Flagpole music writer, Athens musician and longtime filmmaker Marc Pilvinsky, who now lives in Los Angeles, released a short documentary about the story behind the reissue of Five Eight’s sophomore album, Weirdo. Truth be told, it feels weird to refer to this as the band’s second album, because Five Eight had released at least two well selling cassettes prior to ever doing a record with a label. So Weirdo was really, like, the group’s fifth release, but I digress. The album was released in 1994, but the band was never pleased with the way it sounded, so they took the tapes back to the Carl Lindberg studio and did it up again with original producer David Barbe until it pleased their ears.

The remixed, remastered album was released via Austin, TX label Chicken Ranch Records and includes five new bonus songs. The band celebrated its re-release last week. The Pilvinsky doc is about 18 minutes long, so sit back in your chair, and take a break. You can check it out via vimeo.com/ marcpilvinsky, and visit the band itself at fiveeight.com.

DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME: The now-a-trio Historic Sunsets, featuring the songwriting of Thibault Raoult, will release its new album, Girl with Lute, 1927, Saturday, Sept. 26 at Flicker Theatre & Bar. Also on the bill is new

Athens artist Jacob Sunderlin, as well as Small Science, featuring Maria Kindt (Family and Friends), also releasing a new album this night. The Sunsets record takes its name from an iconic work by Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrovic.

They’re billing this night as “Biennale,” and it will feature visual art by Jourdan Joly and is supposed to be a “continuation of an art/music/literature event that happened two years ago (hence, biennale) at UGA art professor Michael Oliveri’s studio on Broad Street.” So, yeah, that’s a little inside baseball for most of you readers—and this writer— but if you’re in the mood, or at least open to exploring the intersection of acoustic moodiness and clear jazz and blues melodies, check out the first five tracks from the new Sunsets album at historicsunsets.bandcamp. com. The band will also play “Live in the Lobby” at WUOG 90.5 FM on Thursday, Oct. 1.

ROLLIN’ INDEED: The Broad River Watershed Association is hosting its annual River Fest Oct. 2–4 at Camp Kiwanis (2613 Old Wildcat Bridge Road in Danielsville), and while this certainly isn’t a column about camping, you’ll be edified to know the music lineup is pretty damn stellar. Between Friday and Saturday, the lineup will feature Wild of Night, Shade, Crunchy, The Hernies, Elf Power, Scott Spillane EXP, the Shoal Creek Stranglers and the Athens Cowboy Choir. For all you townie football fans—who are getting a lotta love in the pages lately—the UGA football game against Alabama will even be projected at the site’s Franklin Hall. For $10 you get into all events Friday and Saturday, but if you’re going to stay overnight, you’ve gotta get a camping pass ($5 for both nights) or a rent a bunk in a cabin ($20). Yes, it’s “kid-friendly,” so stop asking already. No dogs or glass are allowed, so don’t bring ‘em. For more, see brwa.org.

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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE: There’s a memorial concert for late Athens musician Carl Lindberg happening Thursday, Oct. 1 at The Foundry. Lindberg, who passed away May 15, will be honored by his friends Kenosha Kid, as well as two groups in which Lindberg was a member, Grogus and Squat. Plus, special guests Clarence Cameron and Jason Fuller. The night is to be a celebration of Lindberg’s legacy and life, with all proceeds benefiting the Carl Lindberg Memorial Scholarship Fund. This money is to be funneled to kids participating in the Camp Amped program at Nuçi’s Space. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 the day of the show. Doors open at 5 p.m., and music begins at 8 p.m. In addition, there is another tribute to Lindberg planned for Friday, Nov. 27 at the Georgia Theatre, featuring DubConscious. Please see thefoundryathens.com and georgiatheatre.com for tickets and information.

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ALAS, WE HARDLY KNEW THEE: Athens hardcore band Bathrooms—a top contender for the most benign yet somehow totally gross name in history—plays its final show at Go Bar Monday, Sept. 28. Also on the bill are Gainesville, FL’s Allergy and Atlanta’s Strategic Warheads. Dig! f

record review Thayer Sarrano: Shaky (Guildwater Group) Wrapped in layers of ethereal sound with obscured vocals and booming instrumentals that slowly drift off into an empty void, Shaky is the most unique and cutting of Thayer Sarrano’s releases to date. While in the past it was fair to categorize Sarrano as a folk act with shoegaze influences, on Shaky, the lines have become blurred. Opener “How Can I Wait” features a heartbroken-sounding Sarrano singing over ambient synths; the track has no connection to the psych-folk sound for which she is known.

Later, the album does incorporate psychedelia, as well as a distinct country twang. But these elements are intentionally inconsistent, suggesting that Sarrano is not comfortable staying in one place for long. On songs like “Crease” and album highlight “Thieves,” the echoing guitar and percussion feel like something out of a half-remembered dream.

Though the details are private, Sarrano has acknowledged she was going through a rough period while creating Shaky. Her melancholic, mournful lyrics, as well as the patched-together instrumentals, paint a picture of someone picking up the pieces of her life after a tragedy. Though it may have come out of darkness, Shaky is the most hopeful and imaginative record of Thayer Sarrano’s solo career. [Nathan Kerce]

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BLACK MASS (R) Want to know where all the acting went? Black Mass has the acting. All of the acting. Johnny Depp stars as James â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whiteyâ&#x20AC;? Bulger in the how-canthis-be-true story of how the FBI abetted a monster. Bulger terrorized Boston for

By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com years, given free reign by his status as an FBI informant. Crazy Heart and Out of the Unfortunately, The Maze Runnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stronGRANDMA (R) Not a darn thing about gest attribute was its central mystery, which Furnace filmmaker Scott Cooper delivers his Grandma will surprise moviegoers, but that finest film, one that feels like the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first has now been solved and replaced by zomtruth need take nothing away from this real Oscar bait. bies, No. 1 on a list of abused genre tropes. highly entertaining dramedy anchored by Fortunately, Cooperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film may be dark, The post-apocalyptic YA dystopia of The an expectedly acerbic and witty perforScorch Trials is hard to distinguish from that but it is not nearly as bleak as the well mance from Lily Tomlin. Years ago, Elle acted but depressing Out of the Furnace. of Divergent or The Hunger Games; I guess it Reid (Tomlin) was a successful poet. Now Black Mass is an acting dream. Depp, Joel is now the only one with zombies. she is an angry, aged lesbian whose latEdgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, est relationship, with a pretty Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, younger woman (Judy Greer), has Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Plemons just ended when her granddaugh(Landry from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friday Night ter, Sage (Julia Garner, familiar Lightsâ&#x20AC;?), Rory Cochrane, David from Martha Marcy May Marlene Harbour, Adam Scott, Corey and the unfairly underseen We Stoll, Julianne Nicholson, W. Earl Are What We Are), appears on her Brown (forever the â&#x20AC;&#x153;franks and doorstep, needing money for an beansâ&#x20AC;? guy from Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Something abortion. about Mary) and Juno Temple all Both women are afraid to attempt accents, mostly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bahgo to Sageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother (Marcia stonian,â&#x20AC;? with varying degrees of Gay Harden), a high-powered success. Nobody lazes through attorney. The material is this flick on a typical persona, seriousâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;abortion is no laughexcept maybe Temple. As usual, ing matterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but Elleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visits to Depp is fantastic, but remember old acquaintances like Deathy the days when he blended into a (Laverne Cox, an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Orange Is Help! Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way out of Urban Outfitters! role rather than stood out from the New Blackâ&#x20AC;? MVP), Carla it? (Donnie Brasco, maybe?) His psychotic This ugly, dark movie climaxes multiple (Elizabeth PeĂąa) and Carl (Sam Elliott) lead Bulger looks like Nosferatu by way of times before coming to its overdue conto awkwardly humorous encounters.

Wonderland. As showy as the performances clusion. At least The Maze Runner had a Writer-director Paul Weitz has carved are, the true-crime story fascinates for two fresh-feeling gimmick, though it grew stale a decent career out of lower profile movhours, especially for the uninitiated. f as soon as the maze was solved. The Scorch ies (American Pie, About a Boy and In Good Company are highlights) than his brother Chris (The Golden Compass and The Twilight Saga: New Moon). But Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smaller ambitions have been better, due to their larger heart and humanity. Grandma is no different. A small, sweet film about family, aging and forgivenessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; enlarged by Tomlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sure-to-be shortlisted performance. Elliott need not be overlooked in his brief, heart wrenching moments, as tender as anything heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever done. The abortion plot point might make some moviegoers squeamish, but it is handled with sensitivity, so do not let it keep you from a delightful film sure to appease its target audienceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;anyone who is or has a grandma.

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MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS (PG-13) Teen hero Thomas (Dylan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, MTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teen Wolfâ&#x20AC;?) and his gang have traded the Glade and its maze for a compound run by a guy played by the supremely untrustworthy Aiden Gillen (heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Littlefinger on HBOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Game of Thronesâ&#x20AC;?). Eventually, Thomas discovers what the audience knew via casting and escapes into the desert wasteland known as the Scorch, where zombie-like infecteds called Cranks roam.

Two things change from The Maze Runner to its sequel, The Scorch Trials; one for the better, one not so much. Hitting the positive first, The Scorch Trials actually has some adults, and the cast is strong.

Gillen, Patricia Clarkson (returning from The Maze Runner), Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Tudyk, Barry Pepper and Lili Taylor up the previous movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talent level significantly.

Esposito alone makes a huge difference as your post-apocalyptic necessity, a leader of a gang of survivors, and he gives the character a humor and depth that is much more inspired than he sounds.

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Heirloom Café · 5–6 p.m. · FREE! ACC Library · 7 p.m. · FREE! Local artist Susie Burch will Claire and Robert “Bob” show a new body of work in a Clements’ joint exhibition, solo exhibition, “Some Like It “Parables of the Land,” features Hot—Succulents and Cacti.” artwork inspired by the couple’s Inspired by a recent trip, Burch love of the natural world. Bob used watercolor on Aquaboard to creates earthy, impressionistic render close-up views of native landscape paintings, and Claire Southwestern plants, focusing specializes in layered, cut-paper on natural variations in color and botanical compositions based on unusual elements like spikes, abstract, universal themes like textural patterns and flowers. growth and harmony. The library Burch is drawn to the resilient is a fitting place for the show, beauty of the plants and the as it is home to Bob’s “Muse of poetic unpredictability of waterLearning,” an 18-foot-tall metal color, a medium in which colors public art sculpture welcomcan run freely into one another. ing visitors at the Baxter Street The soft, translucent qualities corner. An opening reception of watercolor provide energetic and slide presentation will be contrast to the sharper elements held in the Appleton Auditorium. of the plants and create dynamic The artwork, on display in the compositions of form and color. library’s Quiet Room and the The work will be on view through Heritage Room, will be on view October. [Madeline Bates] through Friday, Nov. 20. [MB]

Tuesday 22 CLASSES: Creative Journaling for Adults (KA Artist Shop) Create page after page to hold your ideas and thoughts. Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m. or Sept. 29, 10:30 a.m. $20. www. kaartist.com CLASSES: Madison County Needlecrafters (Madison County Library, Danielsville) The Needlecrafters will be demonstrating how to knit, how to crochet and other crafty skills. All ages and skill levels are welcome. 1–3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison

CLASSES: Tech Tuesdays (Lay Park) Participants can catch up on smart phone, tablet and GPS use in these stress-free sessions. 9–11 a.m. $5–8 (per session). 706-6133596 CLASSES: Computer Class: eBooks and Audiobooks (ACC Library) Learn how to use Georgia Download Destination. Registration required. 10–11:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org CLASSES: Intermediate Modern Calligraphy Class (KA Artist Shop) This class goes over various inks, nibs and papers, plus flourishes, envelope addressing and

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120 Collins Industrial Blvd. · 12–10 p.m. · FREE! Specializing in handcrafted metalwork and custom-built motorcycles, Bedlam Werks is a new co-operational garage and clubhouse. It originated as a small company comprised of Lamar Dodd sculpture graduates and was first located on Commerce Road. After partnering with a group of mechanics, the co-op found and renovated a multi-functional space that features a showroom and store for selling gear, as well as a bar and lounge for hosting events and live music. The premises also include a clubhouse with a pool table, a photography studio and a warehouse. The open house will include giveaways, raffles, a broadcast by Bulldog 93.3 FM and lots of BBQ. [Jessica Smith]

40 Watt Club · 9 p.m. · $5 Catch a few of Athens’ most quietly essential current bands at the 40 Watt on Saturday. First up on the bill is Old Smokey, the beguiling, Jim Willinghamfronted back-porch folk group with a penchant for eccentric instrumentation and playful yet profound songcraft. Next in line is Marshmallow Coast, singer-songwriter Andy Gonzales’ long-running psych-pop project, playing in rare full-band form in support of May’s starry, subdued HHBTM Records effort, Vangelis Rides Again. Please make a point to see Golden Eels, the newest vehicle for talented townie Neil Golden’s megacatchy oddball pop jams. At five bucks for all three, it’s the week’s live-music bargain. [Gabe Vodicka]

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other applications. 7–9 p.m. $35. www.kaartist.com EVENTS: Beer and Hymns (Live Wire) Sing old school hymns while enjoying a beverage of your choice. 7 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com EVENTS: Athens Swing Night (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) No previous dance experience or partner needed to attend. 8–11 p.m.

FREE! www.athenswingnight.com EVENTS: Produce Stand (ACC 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.

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EBT cards accepted. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. www.accaging.org EVENTS: Tuesday Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden) Shop for fresh produce straight out of the community-based urban garden.

Offers double dollars for EBT shoppers. Held every Tuesday. 4–7 p.m. 706-613-0122, www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Take a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript

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The Foundry · 7:30 p.m. · $10 (adv.), $13 (door) Classically trained double bassist and songwriter Mike Silverman has toured and recorded since the mid-‘90s as That 1 Guy, using as his primary instrument something he has dubbed the Magic Pipe, a homemade contraption that features two long, connected metal pipes, each with a standup bass string attached. The Pipe also features a line of MIDI triggers that allow Silberman to control a bank of computerized sounds, as well as accompanying video projections—all while plucking, bowing and strumming his heart out. There’s also something called the Magic Boot, which Silverman uses to maintain each song’s rhythm. The result is surprisingly fluid and funky. [GV]

Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! www.libs. uga.edu/scl FILM: This May Be the Last Time (Lyndon House Arts Center) Sterlin Harjo’s documentary examines his family history and highlights Creek hymns. The screening is in conjunction with “Return From Exile,” an exhibition of Native American art currently on view. Harjo and exhibition co-curator Jace Weaver will lead a Q&A following the film. 6 p.m.

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FILM: Bad Movie Night: Breathing Fire (Ciné Barcafé) Two brothers must master kung-fu and fight their dad’s crime syndicate. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/badmovienight GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) Hosted by Caitlin Wilson. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Open Duplicate Bridge Game (Athens Bridge Center) Play Bridge. Tuesdays & Fridays, 1 p.m. k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! & Wednesdays, 7 p.m. $5. 706248-4809 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 Entertainment Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Compete for house prizes and free beer. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.choochoorestaurants.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) Compete to win prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Geek Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Compete in happy hour trivia. First prize gets a $30 gift card.

5:30–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com KIDSTUFF: Dungeons and Dragons (ACC Library) Join Athens Roleplaying for Kids for a weekly game. Tuesdays through September.

4–8:30 p.m. FREE! plewis@athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages 3–10. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: The Rest of the Story Book Club (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Discuss works connected to the ongoing and upcoming exhibitions and programs at the library.

Followed by gallery tours. 5:30 p.m.

FREE! russlib@uga.edu THEATER: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (The Classic Center) Broadway version of the animated film about a girl trapped in a castle with an enormous man-dog and his crew of singing household knickknacks, all bound by a curse that can only be broken by the power of true love. 7:30 p.m. $20–70. www.classiccenter.com

Wednesday 23 ART: Opening Reception (ACC Library, Auditorium) “Parables of the Land” celebrates the lives and works of Athens artist couple Claire and Robert Clements. See Calendar Pick on p. 21. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens ART: Gallery Talk (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Bridge Gallery) Miranda Maynard discusses “Role Models,” an exhibition featuring work created in collaboration with Chicago-based artist Phaedra Call.

12 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu ART: Opening Reception (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) “Some Like it Hot—Succulents and Cacti” features a new body of work by Susie Burch. See Calendar Pick on p. 21.

5–6 p.m. FREE! susieburchart@ gmail.com ART: Artful Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Callan Steinman, associate curator of education, leads a discussion on Art Rosenbaum’s painting, “McIntosh County Shouters.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: How to Write an Outline for Your Book (ACC Library) Local author Chad Beacham will provide an overview of outlining a novel. 4 p.m. FREE! athenswritersassociation.wordpress.com CLASSES: Illustrator for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn how to create graphics with vectors using Adobe Illustrator. This is ideal for logos or artwork you want to print in multiple sizes. Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org/athens

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CLASSES: Plants & Pollinators: Co-dependence & Conservation (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn about your dependence on pollinators and discover how to safeguard them in backyards and local ecosystems through gardening, bee-housing and eco-friendly lifestyles. This class includes a field search for pollinators, an indoor lab on their life cycles and information on how to tag and release monarchs on their migartion to Mexico. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. $50. www.botgarden. uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music from Appalachian Rhythm and an open mic. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www. blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 KIDSTUFF: Chess Club (Oconee County Library) Ages 7 & up are invited to play. All experience levels.

5–6 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, crafts and fun for preschoolaged children and their caregivers.

10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Includes stories, finger-puppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 5 & under. Every Wednesday.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (ACC Library) Ages 2–5. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Jodi Byrd (Miller Learning Center, Room 214) Dr. Jodi Byrd, associate professor in English at the University of Illinois and a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, tackles issues of literary genre, indigenous returns and civility in “Something Native This Way Comes.” 4:15 p.m.

FREE! www.willson.uga.edu MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) Meet local entrepreneurs, tech talent and other fellow Athenians who are making cool stuff at this weekly Four Athens networking happy hour. 6 p.m. FREE! www. fourathens.com/happy-hour

Thursday 24 ART: Then & Now: How We Got to 40 (Lyndon House Arts Center) Celebrate 40 years of the Lyndon House Arts Center and its founders Nancy and Ronnie Lukasiewicz with speakers and a dessert reception.

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p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty. com/lyndonhouse ART: Western Art Lecture (Georgia Museum of Art) Seth Hopkins, executive director of the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, GA, presents “Contemporary Western Art: More than Cowboys and Indians.” 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Computer Class: Free eBooks and Audiobooks (Oconee County Library) Learn to use Georgia Download Destination and take advantage of the free eBooks and audiobooks available. Register by calling. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950, www.athenslibrary.org/oconee CLASSES: Creative Journaling for Adults (KA Artist Shop) See Tuesday listing for full description

COMEDY: Awkward Sex… and the City (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Comedians Natalie Wall, Carly Ann Filbin, Meghan O’Malley and Bobby Hankinson tell tales of their awkward sexual past. 10 p.m. $5–7. www. sharkpartymedia.com EVENTS: Innovative Foods Bug Banquet and Athens Science Café (State Botanical Garden) UGA Bug Dawgs present an inaugural banquet where visitors can learn about edible insects and sample insect treats made by local chefs and bakers. Local musicians and artists will also be present. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/uga.bugdawgs EVENTS: Launch Party (Jittery Joe’s Coffee) Celebrate the launch of Umano’s Jittery Joes roast with complimentary coffee, beer and live

47055, www.thehometeamofathens. com FILM: The Wind that Shakes the Barley (Ciné Barcafé) This awardwinning drama is inspired by the memoirs of Irish revolutionary leader Ernie O’Malley. Author and son of Ernie O’Malley, Cormac O’Malley, will give an introduction and postscreening Q&A along with the Willson Center’s Nicholas Allen. 7 p.m. FREE! www.wilson.uga.edu FILM: Tangled (UGA Tate Student Center) A runaway thief and a magically long-haired princess set out on an adventure. 8 p.m. FREE! (w/ UGA ID), $3. www.union.uga.edu GAMES: Medieval Board Games (The Rook and Pawn) UGA’s Medieval and Renaissance Society teaches how to play authentic period

Artwork by Matt Blanks is currently on view at Flicker Theatre and Bar through Saturday, Sept. 26.

Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m. or Sept. 29, 10:30 a.m. $20. www.kaartist.com CLASSES: Marketing Bootcamp (Chamber of Commerce) Beginners and experienced marketers can engage in an interactive discussion about inbound marketing strategy.

9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $99. www. startstrategic.com CLASSES: Cables Class (Revival Yarns) Learn how to create cables.

RSVP. 4 p.m. $15. www.revivalyarnsathens.com CLASSES: Lunchtime Learning (ACC Library) David Wells from The Healthy Gourmet will teach participants how to create flavored olive oil. 12:15 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Food Talk (ACC Library) This class focuses on planning healthy meals on a budget. Includes cooking demos, tasting sessions and free gifts. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org

music from Jacob Martin. 6–9 p.m.

FREE! press@umano.com 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 a.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Entomology: Insects, Sustainable Foods and You (State Botanical Garden) Learn about edible insects with local chefs, musicians and artists. 6 pm. FREE! ($5 for food). www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: First Time Home Buyer’s Workshop (Locos Grill & Pub) Become an educated and confident buyer. From financing, to finding a home, making an offer and closing, The Home Team of Athens will cover the process from beginning to end.

RSVP. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-612-

games like Hnefatafl, 9-Man’s Morris and Game of Goose. 7 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Trivia (El Azteca) Win prizes with host Nic. Every Thursday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-2639 GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Gather a team and compete for prizes. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub GAMES: Party Bridge (Athens Bridge Center) No partner necessary. Every Thursday. 1–3 p.m. $5. lynch@uga.edu GAMES: Entertainment Trivia (Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q) Hosted by Dirty South Trivia. Every Thursday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8511 KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Bring your pajama-clad kids in for storytelling and readings by special guests. 7 p.m. FREE! 706795-5597

KIDSTUFF: Teen Cartoon Illustrator’s Club (Lyndon House Arts Center) Cartoonist Robert Brown leads an informal gathering for teens who like to draw anime and cartoons.

For ages 12 & up. 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5 (for pizza). 706-613-3623 KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based games. Blocks provided. Ages 8 & up. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (Oconee County Library) This special storytime is for the youngest readers-to-be and their caregivers.

10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Crafternoon (Oconee County Library) Drop in for a selfdirected craft. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Afternoon Movie (ACC Library) The film has not been picked yet but suggestions are welcome. Ages 11–18. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) Meet war veteran, journalist and author Roy Scranton in celebration of his book, Learning to Die in the Anthropocene. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Public Lecture (ACC Library) The Athens Montessori School and teacher Andrew Kutt present “The Future of Education is Here Now.” 6 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens MEETINGS: Complete Streets (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Complete Streets Athens hosts a kickoff event.

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FREE! PERFORMANCE: Burlesque & More (Lumpkin Street Station) Live music by JP Harris and the Tough Choices. Burlesque and performance art by Scarlett Storm, Maddie Bell and Smurfasaur. 10 p.m. $7. www. facebook.com/LumpkinStreetStation THEATER: Bye Bye Birdie (SeneyStovall Chapel) American rock and roll singer Conrad Birdie travels to a small town to perform a farewell tour and kiss his biggest fan before being inducted into the army. Sept. 24–25, 7:30 p.m. & Sept. 27, 3:30 p.m. $12–14. 706-207-4063 THEATER: A Behanding in Spokane (UGA Fine Arts Building, Cellar Theatre) This black comedy by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh features a man in search of his missing left hand, two bickering lovebirds with a hand to sell, and a hotel clerk with an aversion to gunfire. Sept. 24–25, Sept. 30–29 & Oct. 1–2, 8 p.m. Sept. 27 & Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. $7 (w/ UGA ID), $12. www.drama.uga.edu

Friday 25 ART: Opening Reception (Farmington Depot Gallery) Claudia Wilburn created mixed media drawings using photographs, sketchbooks and writings. 6 p.m. FREE! www.farmingtondepotgallery.com CLASSES: Video Editing for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn the basics of video editing using Adobe Premiere. Registration required. 3 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Family Tree Webinar (ACC Library) AfriGeneas.com founding member Angela WaltonRaji illustrates the importance of geography in genealogical research.

2 pm. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens EVENTS: Morning Mindfulness (Georgia Museum of Art) Join instructor Jerry Gale for a meditation session in the galleries. Meet in the lobby. 9:30–10:30 a.m. FREE!

branew@uga.edu, www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: 6th Annual Charity Chili Cook Off (Terrapin Beer Co.) The Athens Area Humane Society hosts their annual fundraiser. Local charities will compete by presenting homemade chilis and attendees will vote for their favorite. Live music by The Big Smooth. 4:30–7:30 p.m. $10 donation, $12 beer tasting. www.athenshumanesociety.org EVENTS: Friday Football Tours (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) UGA football memorabilia from the UGA Athletic Association Archives will be on display through the fall, with guided tours offered each Friday before home games. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/sci EVENTS: A Colorful Night (Avid Bookshop) Adults are invited to bring a coloring book or pick one up for an evening of coloring, socializing and snacks. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com FILM: Inside Out (UGA Tate Student Center) This Pixar feature goes inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl to her conflicting emotions Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness.

Sept. 25 & 27, 6 & 9 p.m. FREE! (w/ UGA ID), $3. www.union.uga.edu GAMES: Friday Night Magic (Tyche’s Games) Win prizes. 5:30 p.m. www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Lunch and Learn (The Rook and Pawn) Learn the ins and outs of Legendary, a Marvel deck building game. 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. www.facebook.com/rookandpawn KIDSTUFF: Art Club for Teens (KA Artist Shop) Hope Hilton leads a workshop in creative approaches to journaling like storyboarding and using non-typical materials. 6 p.m. $25. www.kaartist.com KIDSTUFF: Music Club (ACC Library) Hang out, eat snacks and talk about music. For ages 11–18.

4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: College of Environment and Design Lecture Series (UGA Jackson St. Building, Room 125) James Hitchmough, professor of horticultural ecology and head of the department of landscape at the University of Sheffield, England, presents “The Ecology, Design and Management of Sustainable Meadow and Prairie Plantings.” 12:30 p.m. FREE! www. ced.uga.edu THEATER: A Behanding in Spokane (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Thursday listing for full description Sept. 24–25, Sept. 30–29 & Oct. 1–2, 8 p.m. Sept. 27 & Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. $7 (w/ UGA ID), $12. www.drama.uga.edu THEATER: Bye Bye Birdie (SeneyStovall Chapel) See Thursday listing for full description Sept. 24–25, 7:30 p.m. & Sept. 27, 3:30 p.m. $12–14. 706-207-4063 THEATER: The Hallelujah Girls (Colleen O. Williams Theater, Winder) The Winder Barrow Community Theatre presents a comedy of feisty Southern ladies on the course of life-changing selfimprovement. See Theater Notes on p. 11. Sept. 25–26, 7:30 p.m. Sept.

27, 3 p.m. $10–15. www.winderbarrowtheatre.org

Saturday 26 ART: Open Art Day (Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Multiple Locations, Madison) Tour five of Madison’s art museums: Steffen Thomas Museum of Art, Madison Artists Guild, Morgan County African-American Museum, the

Madison Museum of Fine Art and the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center. 12–4 p.m. FREE! marketing@mmcc-arts.org CLASSES: Creativity Takes Courage (KA Artist Shop) Hope Hilton leads a workshop on how to tap into your most creative self. 1–4 p.m. 35. www.kaartist.com CLASSES: Fall Wildflowers of the Georgia Piedmont (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn to recognize the most common fallblooming wildflowers in the Georgia Piedmont. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. $50. www. botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Insectival (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Highlights include roach and beetle races, an insect cafe, puppet shows and a variety of live insects. 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $5. www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Grand Opening (Bedlam Werks, 120 Collins Industrial Blvd.)

Bedlam Werks celebrate their grand opening with BBQ, raffles and live music (5 p.m.). See Calendar Pick on p. 21. 12 p.m.–10 p.m. FREE! www.bedlamwerks.com EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (Oconee County Courthouse, Watkinsville) Locally grown produce, meats, grains, flowers, soaps, birdhouses, gourds and more. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. www.oconeefarmersmarket.org EVENTS: Union Junction Jamboree (Downtown Union Point) An afternoon full of live music, Jamboree 5K, kids’ cardboard train parade, craft market, games and more. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.unionjunctionjamboree.org EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Featuring fresh produce, honey, crafts, soaps, baked goods, cooking demos, children’s activities and live music. Every Saturday. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods and crafts. Live music by Lily Herne (8 a.m.) and Folk Society Band (10 a.m.). 8 a.m.–12 p.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.org EVENTS: Forest Fun Day (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Learn about the forest with guided hikes, tree identification, storytelling and more.

10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.athensclarkecounty.com/managedforest EVENTS: 23rd Annual Insect-ival (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This event features educational games, discovery stations, roach races, an insect café and puppet shows. 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $5. www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Psychic Faire (Hi-Lo Lounge) Featuring tarot readings, other divinations, Reiki healing, live music and more. All proceeds benefit Athens Pagan Pride Day. 5–10 p.m. FREE! athensgapagans@gmail.com EVENTS: Annual Outreach Fundraiser (1045 Prince Ave.) Canopy Studio hosts an annual outreach fundraiesr at the historic home of Kevin Bates. See canopy performances, sample treats by Peter Dale and The National and celebrate a new art installation by Amy Pleasant.

Guests should wear festive black and white attire. 7:30 p.m. $50. www. canopystudio.org EVENTS: Athens Showgirl Cabaret (Go Bar) A unique drag show featuring performances by local drag artists. 10 p.m. $3. www. facebook.com/athensshowgirls GAMES: Board Game Demonstration (Tyche’s Games) Try out some new games. 12 p.m.

FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Open Playtime (ACC Library) Children ages 1–3 and their caregivers can come play with toys

and meet friends. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 THEATER: The Hallelujah Girls See Friday listing for full description Sept. 25–26, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27, 3 p.m. $10–15. www.winderbarrowtheatre.org

Sunday 27 ART: Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) See highlights from the museum’s permanent collection on a tour led by docents. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Rabbit Box, Too: Sunday Memories (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and Rabbit Box present a collaborative show featuring six stories about childhood memories of Sundays. 2 p.m. Donations encouraged. www. uuathensga.org EVENTS: Sunday Center Market (The Classic Center) Find artists, farmers, crafters, food trucks, live music, kids’ activities and more in the Classic Center’s new 440 Foundry Pavillion. 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

FREE! www.classiccenter.com

facebook.com/theworldfamousathens KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Beginning readers read aloud to a certified therapy dog. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Oconee County Library) Meet food writer Rebecca Lang in celebration of her book Fried Chicken. Proceeds from book sales benefit the Oconee Library Friends. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee MEETINGS: Sharing the Journey: A Gathering of Writers (Jittery Joe’s Coffee) Discuss what you’re working on, new influences, and everything writing-related. New writers are always welcome. 4–6 p.m. FREE! athenswritersassociation. wordpress.com THEATER: A Behanding in Spokane (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Thursday listing for full description Sept. 24–25, Sept. 30–29 & Oct. 1–2, 8 p.m. Sept. 27 & Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. $7 (w/ UGA ID), $12. www.drama.uga.edu THEATER: The Hallelujah Girls See Friday listing for full description Sept. 25–26, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27,

Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Spelling Bee (Highwire Lounge) Test your spelling and win prizes. No bees on site. 8–10 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com 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: 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 Entertainment Trivia (Ovation 12) Hosted by Nic. Play for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and 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 7–18.

Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650, ext. 329 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Designed to nurture lan-

Ganges Phalanges plays the Caledonia Lounge on Thursday, Sept. 24.

EVENTS: Total Lunar Eclipse Paddle (Fort Yargo State Park, Winder) Watch a total lunar eclipse while paddling on Lake Marbury.

Register in advance. 8 p.m. $20 (registration), $5 (parking). 770867-3489 EVENTS: 20th Anniversary: ACC Recycling Facility (ACC Recycling Facility) The ACC Recycling facility celebrates its anniversary with presentations, tours, crafts and refreshments. Live music

by Check the Signs. 2–4 p.m. FREE! GAMES: Magic Battle for Zendikar Pre-release Tournament (Tyche’s Games) Play the new Magic set early. Admission includes everything you need to play. 1 p.m. $31. www. tychesgames.com GAMES: Brewer’s Inquisition (Buffalo’s Café) Trivia hosted by Chris Brewer. Every Sunday. 6:30 p.m. (sign-in), 7 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/buffaloscafeathens GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Every Sunday. 6 p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Android Netrunner Tournament (The Rook and Pawn) All participants get their pick of alt art Wyldside, Plascrete Carapace, Swordsman or Popup Window. Win prizes. 11 a.m.–8 p.m. $10. www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Trivia (Brixx Wood Fired Pizza) Test your skills. Every Sunday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-395-1660 GAMES: Trivia (The World Famous) Every Sunday. 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.

3 p.m. $10–15. www.winderbarrowtheatre.org THEATER: Bye Bye Birdie (SeneyStovall Chapel) See Thursday listing for full description Sept. 24–25, 7:30 p.m. & Sept. 27, 3:30 p.m. $12–14. 706-207-4063

Monday 28 COMEDY: Comic Strip (The Office Lounge) Stand-up comedy with Angela Miller. Hosted by Alia Ghosheh. 8 p.m. $5. www.facebook. com/officeathens EVENTS: Full Moon Hike (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Bring family and friends along to enjoy the mysterious world of nature at night.

Includes a two-mile hike through the wooded trails and in the garden. 7 p.m. $5/person, $15/family. www. uga.edu/botgarden EVENTS: Line Dancing with Ron Putman (Buffalo’s Café) For all skill levels. Held the second and fouth Monday of every month. 6–8:30 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/buffaloscafeathens FILM: Banned Books Movie Night (Oconee County Library) Celebrate the freedom to read during banned books week with the film adaptaiton of To Kill a Mockingbird. 6 p.m.

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

guage 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 LECTURES & LIT: Nature Writing Group (Athens Land Trust) This month’s featured guest is Dale Hoyt, a naturalist who co-leads the weekly rambles at the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia and writes on naturerambling.blogspot.com. 5:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. patricia.priest@yahoo.com LECTURES & LIT: Last Monday Book Group (ACC Library) This month’s discussion is on Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens MEETINGS: Dirty Dulcimers (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn to play and read music with other dulcimer players.

6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison

Tuesday 29 CLASSES: Creative Journaling for Adults (KA Artist Shop) See Tuesday listing for full description Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m. or Sept. 29, 10:30 a.m. $20. www.kaartist.com CLASSES: Facebook for Beginners (ACC Library) Registration required. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens

COMEDY: Casual Comedy (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Dave Weiglein hosts this month’s installment of Casual Comedy. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Produce Stand (ACC 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. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. www.accaging.org EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Take a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! www.libs. uga.edu/scl EVENTS: Athens Uniting for Moral Climate Mobilization (ACC Library) This campaign aims to unite Athens’ diverse community members for progressive social, economic and climate change. 6–8 p.m. FREE! tom@theclimatemobilization.org EVENTS: Tuesday Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden) Shop for fresh produce straight out of the community-based urban garden.

Offers double dollars for EBT shoppers. Held every Tuesday. 4–7 p.m. 706-613-0122, www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: 13th Annual Scholarship Luncheon (UGA Tate Student Center) The keynote speaker this year is Rev. Francys Johnson, State President of the Georgia NAACP and UGA Law School alumnus. Proceeds benefit the Black Faculty and Staff Organization scholarship. 12–1:30 p.m. $45. www.facebook.com/ BFSOUGA GAMES: Monthly Poker Tournament (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Play Texas Hold ‘Em for prizes and bragging rights. Last Tuesday of every month. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Geek Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description 5:30–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) See Tuesday listing for full description 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Dirty South Entertainment Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Compete for house prizes and free beer. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.choochoorestaurants.com KIDSTUFF: Kids Night (Buffalo’s Café) Featuring a balloon artist, coloring contests and photos with Buffy the Buffalo. Every Tuesday. 5:30– 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655 KIDSTUFF: Dungeons and Dragons (ACC Library) Join Athens Roleplaying for Kids for a weekly game. Tuesdays through September.

4–8:30 p.m. FREE! plewis@athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) Meet awardwinning author Steve Sheinkin in celebration of his book, Most Dangerous. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. avidbookshop.com k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Miller Learning Center, Room 350) Monique Laney will discuss her book German Rocketeers in the Heart of Dixie. 4–6 p.m. FREE! german@uga.edu MEETINGS: Community Meeting (ACC Library) Members of the Athens-Clarke County Commission, Athens For Everyone, the Georgia Climate Change Coalition and other local organizations will meet to address social, environmental and economic issues affecting local residents. 6–8 p.m. FREE! tom@ theclimatemobilization.org THEATER: A Behanding in Spokane (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Thursday listing for full description Sept. 24–25, Sept. 30–29 & Oct. 1–2, 8 p.m. Sept. 27 & Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. $7 (w/ UGA ID), $12. www.drama.uga.edu

CLASSES: Socks That Fit Class (Session 1) (Revival Yarns) Take an advanced class and learn how to knit socks that will actually fit!

Session 1 will cover measuring and gauge setup. Session 2 will cover the heel and cuff. Students will need to swatch for gauge prior to class.

RSVP. 6 p.m. $30. 706-850-1354, www.revivalyarnsathens.com CLASSES: Finding & Applying for Foundation Grants (ACC Library) Foundation Center librarian Stephen Sherman gives an overview on how to write a standard proposal to a foundation. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: InDesign for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn the basics to make brochures, flyers, or menus for a business. Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music by Colibri. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Umano Sample Sale (Elijana Cosmetics, 480 E. Broad St.) Umano is a local fashion brand that uses children’s artwork on its products. A backpack of school supplies is donated for every purchase made. 4–8 p.m. www.umano.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www. blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) See Wednesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) See Wednesday listing for full description 9 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Weekly themed games.

House cash and drink prizes. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.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) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday.

Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (ACC Library) Ages 2–5. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens

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KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Includes stories, finger-puppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 5 & under. Every Wednesday.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Teen Iron Chef (Oconee County Library) Teens can test their culinary skills against the clock.

Registration required. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Oconee Democrats Book Group (Chops and Hops) This month’s book is Upton Sinclair’s classic The Jungle.

7 p.m. FREE! oconeebooks@gmail. com LECTURES & LIT: C. Alexander London (Avid Bookshop) London is the author of The Wild Ones, Dog Tags, the Tides of War series, Far From Zion and Proxy. 6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.avidbookshop.com MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) See Wednesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com/happy-hour THEATER: A Behanding in Spokane (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Thursday listing for full description Sept. 24–25, Sept. 30–29 & Oct. 1–2, 8 p.m. Sept. 27 & Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. $7 (w/ UGA ID), $12. www.drama.uga.edu

Wednesday 23 Blue Sky 5 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 VINYL WEDNESDAYS Bring your own records and spin them!

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC JAM Showcase your original material.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com CRITICAL REPLAY New local band featuring members of the Genesis tribute Spotty Lads.

lights include Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Dutronc, Anne Philippe and Francoise Hardy.

Hi-Lo Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! www.hiloathens.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your guts out every Wednesday!

Live Wire 8 p.m. $5. www.livewireathens.com DEWEY PAUL BAND Jammy folkrock project from Colorado.

BAXENDALE, MIZE & MILLS An all-star collaboration between three locals.

Lumpkin Street Station 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ LumpkinStreetStation THE SHADY REST No info available.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 MC FUNK JAM Funk all night.

The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com IN THE ROUND A songwriter showcase featuring Caroline Aiken, Holly Belle and Diane Durrett with percussionists Eddie Glikin and Melissa Junebug. Davee Bryan opens.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $25. www.georgiatheatre.com BEATS ANTIQUE “Dancetronica” trio performing its “Creature Carnival” spectacle.

LYRICS BORN Alias of rapper and producer Tsutomu “Tom” Shimura.

PINKY D’AMBROSIA “Vocalist, trumpet strumpet, dancer, opera diva, costumer and volunteer coordinator.”

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featur-

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Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 S-WORDS AND FRIENDS Local band playing funky pop-rock with a touch of Southern jam.

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Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 ETIENNE DE ROCHER Local virtuoso guitarist plays a unique, layered style of indie rock.

DJ DAFFY DUCK Psychedelic funk bombs from this local DJ. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com CICADA RHYTHM Acoustic guitar and upright bass duo playing bluegrass-tinged indie-folk, filled with paired vocal harmonies.

LOVES IT Folky duo from Austin, TX. Lumpkin Street Station 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ LumpkinStreetStation MY BROTHER THE BEAR Folky Americana outfit from Cincinatti, OH. STEPHEN LEE Punk-influenced folk singer-songwriter from Baltimore.

NOAH SMITH Singer-songwriter from Cincinatti, OH. The Manhattan Café Loungy Tuesdays. 9 p.m. FREE! 706369-9767 DJ NATE FROM WUXTRY Spinning an all-vinyl set of soulful tunes perfect for a slow dance. Every Tuesday!

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Saucehouse Barbeque 6 p.m. FREE! www.saucehousebbq.com LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays a solo set of smokin’ folk-country/Southern rock and roll.

Friday 25 Bar Georgia 10 p.m. 706-850-9040 JOHN BOYLE Singer-songwriter in the vein of Willie Nelson. He’ll be joined by Adam Poulin.

10:30 p.m. 706-850-9040 CARLA LE FEVER AND THE RAYS This band, led by longtime Athenian LeFever, brings the groove and pop.

Buffalo’s Café 7 p.m. $10. www.buffaloscafe.com THE SPLITZ BAND This band’s impressively wide range encompasses classic Motown, funk, disco and R&B. Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com HOOKER Athens-based five-piece rock band.

THE OLD WORLD MONKEYS No info available.

CAMPGROUND No info available.

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Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com SHANA FALANA Upstate New Yorkbased psych-pop group.

TABLOID Anthemic, jumpy pop rock from members of Little Gold, Hot Fudge, Blunt Bangs and Marshmallow Coast.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Hosts an “all-star jam” every Thursday.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. 706-369-3040 DANNY & THEM Power trio that’s “a little country (but no songs about trucks; the good old stuff).”

LIVE MUSIC The Foundry Tailgate Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com MIPSO Fun folk and Americana from Chapel Hill, NC. BRADFORD LEE FOLK & THE BLUEGRASS PLAYBOYS Rough-edged bluegrass outfit from Nashville, TN.

Benji Shanks, David Yoke, Carlton Owens and Stephen Spivey.

Trampled by Turtles plays the Georgia Theatre on Monday, Sept. 28.

LILY HERNE Folk singer-songwriter playing “12-string lucid dreams.”

HEADFONE JUNKY Playing a popgroove dance set, both arranged and improvised.

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net APPALACHIAN RHYTHM A blend of instrumental and vocal tunes in the folk and bluegrass traditions.

The Foundry Partner Software Presents. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.thefoundryathens.com THE ICE CREAM MEN Long-running local Van Halen tribute act.

THE MOBY DICKS Led Zeppelin tribute band.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $12. www.georgiatheatre.com OTT Critically acclaimed electronic musician from England.

PLANTRAE Organic, violin-based beat music from Portland, OR. ALIGNING MINDS Ethereal, dubinspired electro duo.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 CHRISTOPHER’S LIVER Songwriter Chris Ingham plays a set of acoustic music.

DR. PAUL Lo-fi singer-songwriter from Lexington, KY. HUNGER ANTHEM Fuzzed-out, guitar-driven local indie rock band.

VISITATION Local lo-fi beat-based project.

CHRIS LOTT Local singer-songwriter.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7–11 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com DJ TONY CHACKAL Spinning an all-vinyl Tour de France set, high-

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE With your host Stan the Man. Every Wednesday!

Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com JIM COOK Wailing slide guitar, gritty vocals and swamp stomp with this local bluesman.

Thursday 24 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com EL CHUPASKABRA Self-styled “Mexican/gringo ska-punk” band from Athens and Atlanta.

GANGES PHALANGES Scrappy, Atlanta-based punk group.

STREET SWEEPER Ska-tinged thrash punk band.

NO CLOUDS Three-piece punk rock band.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com THE LAST THURSDAY Songwriter Don Chambers presents a night of music, guest musicians, spoken word, film, magic and a variety of other surprises. This month’s special guest is T. Hardy Morris.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $18–21. www.40watt.com HELMET The alt-rock legends play their 1994 album Betty in its entirety.

See Story on p. 15.

ing a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

The Grotto 10 p.m. 706-549-9933 LANDON TRUST Local singer performs a set of soulful Americana.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com BREATHLANES Athens musical collective playing atmospheric improv.

CHRYSTAL LEONARD Guitarist and singer-songwriter from Raleigh, NC. Jittery Joe’s Coffee Morning Sunshine Launch Party. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-227-2161 (Barber Street location) JACOB MARTIN Athens-based singer-songwriter.

Live Wire 8 p.m. $8 (adv.) $10 (door). www. livewireathens.com SAM HOLT, TODD NANCE, DANIEL HUTCHENS AND JON MILLS This group of accomplished players joins up for a special evening.

Lumpkin Street Station 6–9 p.m. www.facebook.com/ LumpkinStreetStation DIABLO SANDWICHES & THE DR. PEPPERS Come hungry to this happy hour set.

10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ LumpkinStreetStation JP HARRIS & THE TOUGH CHOICES Edgy honky-tonk outfit from Nashville. Plus, burlesque and performance art by Scarlett Storm, Maddie Bell and Smurfasaur.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SNAP! Organ-heavy funk/jazz tunes delivered by locals Jason Fuller,

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com WANDERWILD Local indie rock roject led by local songwriter Matt Martin.

MATT HECTORNE Gospel-influenced indie-folk singer-songwriter.

SON & THIEF Melodic and lush local indie rock band.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com FUTUREBIRDS Athens prodigal country-rocking sons return. Album release show! See Story on p. 17.

T. HARDY MORRIS AND THE HARDKNOCKS Dead Confederate frontman and his band perform a set of pedal steel-tinged grunge-folk.

SUSTO Charleston, SC-based altcountry band.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ BLOWPOP Joe Kubler (CGI Joe) spins a set of tunes.

Hedges on Broad 9 p.m. www.hedgesonbroad.com OLD SOUTHERN MOONSHINE REVIVAL Up-and-coming countryrock quartet.

RADIO ROMANCE Country-inspired rock and roll trio from Nashville.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com DUO GREGO Featuring Fernando Deddos (piano, euphonium) and Pedro Alliprandini (clarinet), Duo Grego plays a variety of Brazilian Choro music.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your guts out.

Lumpkin Street Station 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ LumpkinStreetStation SHEHEHE Local band that draws from old-school punk and arena rock.

HUNGER ANTHEM Fuzzed-out, guitar-driven local indie rock band.

FEATHER TRADE This local band plays lush, moody post-pop.

CAMPAIGN Pop-tinged punk band out of Atlanta.

Normaltown Hall 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NormaltownHall DANIEL ROMANO Traditionalist Ontario-based country singer on Normaltown Records influenced by the likes of Hank Williams and Gram Parsons. See Story on p. 16.

CICADA RHYTHM Acoustic guitar and upright bass duo playing bluegrass-tinged indie-folk.

DYLAN EARL Singer-songwriter based out of Little Rock, AR. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 GIMME HENDRIX Local Jimi Hendrix cover band.

The Office Lounge 6 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE He’s a Georgia rock and roll fixture.

Saucehouse Barbeque 6 p.m. FREE! www.saucehouse.com CARLEY MOORE Athens-based singer-songwriter.

VFW 7 p.m. $8. www.vfwathens.com BACKWOODS COUNTRY Southern rock/country band.

Saturday 26 Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net LILY HERNE Eclectic, experimental folk singer-songwriter. (8 a.m.)

FOLK SOCIETY BAND Local group playing folk tunes. (10 a.m.)

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. 706-369-3040 LILY ROSE BAND Local pop-folk singer-songwriter.

Caledonia Lounge 8:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com GRAND New Athens-based alternative-pop four-piece.

I GUESS New local rock band featuring a former member of Monsoon.

CHECK THE SIGNS Uplifting local family band.

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 6–10 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7561 KARAOKE Sing your heart out.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Biennale. 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com HISTORIC SUNSETS New local experimental rock band. Album release show!

SMALL SCIENCE Folk project featuring a member of Family and Friends.

Album release show!

JACOB SUNDERLIN Local singersongwriter.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com GOLDEN EELS New local project from eccentric pop songwriter Neil Golden.

MARSHMALLOW COAST Longtime Athens band associated with the Elephant 6 collective, led by songwriter Andy Gonzales. See Calendar Pick on p. 21.

OLD SMOKEY Local folk-rock band with an interweaving sonic palette

that includes banjo, cello, violin, lap steel and percussion.

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The Foundry 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com THE DIRTY DOORS Doors tribute band.

Bar Georgia 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-9884 MONDAYS ON THE MIC Showcase your talent with some of Athens’ best local musicians.

Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre. com NIKKI LANE South Carolina native, Nashville-based folk singer.

FRANKIE LEE Midwestern-bred Americana singer-songwriter.

SYDNEY ELOISE & THE PALMS Retro-psych folk-pop outfit.

The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THAT 1 GUY Alias of eccentric singersongwriter Mike Silverman. See Calendar Pick on p. 21.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ BLOWPOP See Friday’s listing for full description Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com BIGFOOT BRASS BAND Local New Orleans-style brass band, playing funk, jazz, Dixieland and blues.

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ A trio of incredibly talented musicians play to a great crowd every weekend.

Iron Factory 10 p.m. FREE! 706-395-6877 UNIVERSAL SIGH Athens-based jazz-fusion/funk-oriented rock band that strives to create a unique musical experience with each performance.

SATURN VALLEY Local progressive jam fusion band.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ REINDEER GAMES Athens DJ mixes trap, hip hop, moombahton, ‘90s hits and indie dance tunes.

Lumpkin Street Station 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ LumpkinStreetStation THE URBAN PIONEERS No info available.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 CRAIG WATERS & THE FLOOD Local blues guitarist and songwriter.

Saucehouse Barbeque 6 p.m. FREE! www.saucehouse.com YOESHI ROBERTS Singer-songwriter playing uplifting “acoustic music that feels good.”

9 p.m. FREE! www.saucehouse.com HUTCH MCCOLLUM Singersongwriter playing old-school country and bluegrass.

Terrapin Beer Co. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Leaving Countries singer plays a solo set of folk and Americana.

Sunday 27 First Baptist Church 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1359 CHARLES PETTEE AND THE IRON MOUNTAIN MESSENGERS Chapel Hill, NC-based bluegrass group. Pulled pork barbecue plates will be offered for $5 per adult (free for children under 12). Bring blankets or chairs for seating.

Saucehouse Barbeque 2 p.m. FREE! www.saucehousebbq.com LANDON TRUST Local singersongwriter performs an acoustic set of soulful Americana.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $20. www.georgiatheatre.com TRAMPLED BY TURTLES Acclaimed five-piece alt-bluegrass band formed in Duluth, MN. ANDREW COMBS Nashville-based singer who blends country and pop.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com CODY HUGGINS Nashville-based singer-songwriter.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 BATHROOMS Athens punk band featuring members of Shaved Christ, Little Gold and more. Final show!

ALLERGY Hardcore punk band from Gainesville, FL. STRATEGIC WARHEADS Atlantabased punk group.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Showcase your talent at this open mic night every Monday.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 WORKINGMAN’S MONDAY Enjoy the music of the Grateful Dead.

Tuesday 29 Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). caledonialounge.com RAYCHEL No info available.

SEAN VANMETER Local pianist explores a variety of styles.

DOOKIE BROS No info available.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com SEA CYCLES Experimental indie rock band from Jacksonville, FL. JONES COLLEGE RADIO Playing a blend of baroque pop and acidwave.

WRAY No info available.

RANCH Local, darkly tinged cowboycountry band.

The Foundry Tailgate Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com LAUGHLIN Local country duo with influences like Sugarland.

STELLA // JAMES Three-piece Americana outfit.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $14. www.georgiatheatre.com HOUNDMOUTH Alternative-country group from Indiana.

BASIA BULAT Toronto-based singersongwriter who flirts with electronic instrumentation.

The Manhattan Café Loungy Tuesdays. 9 p.m. FREE! 706369-9767 DJ NATE FROM WUXTRY Spinning an all-vinyl set of soulful tunes perfect for a slow dance. Every Tuesday!

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 S-WORDS AND FRIENDS See Tuesday’s listing for full description

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

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC JAM Showcase your original material.

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net COLIBRI A mix of folk and rock influences.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $21. www.40watt.com LORD HURON Popular indie-folk collective from Los Angeles.

SON LITTLE “Future-soul” project of songwriter Aaron Earl Livingston.

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Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com FATHER JOHN MISTY Josh Tillman plays skewed, lyrically clever, psychaddled post-folk.

MIKAL CRONIN Acclaimed garagerock singer from California.

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Hi-Lo Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! www.hiloathens.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your guts out every Wednesday!

Live Wire 8 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com FRESH JAM OPEN MIC Each performance gets 10 minutes. Drums and guitar amps are provided. Then, stick around for an open jam!

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) CHRIS HAMPTON BAND Local singer-songwriter performs with his trio.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 MC FUNK JAM See Wednesday’s listing for full description

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The Foundry 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com REPENT AT LEISURE Fun-loving, rowdy, Irish pub band.

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The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE See Wednesday’s listing for full description Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com PAGEANT Nashville-based brother/ sister indie-pop duo.

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

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bulletin board Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board is every THURSDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

Art 9th Annual Holiday Hooray Market (660 N. Chase St.) Indie South Fair is now seeking artists for the ninth annual Holiday Hooray Market. Two booth sizes available.

Accepting fine, folk, craft and vintage vendors. Market held on Dec. 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6. www.indiesouthfair.com ACAC Seeks New Members (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission is seeking three qualified candidates to fill three-year volunteer positions. The ACAC meets on the second Monday of each month. Must be an ACC resident and registered voter and have demonstrated interest in the arts.

Deadline Sept. 30, 5 p.m. Interviews are on Oct. 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6. Term begins immediately. www.athenscultural affairs.org Call for Art (Athens Art & Frame) Seeking photography, watercolor and other flat works featuring Athens scenes and landmarks. Selected works will be featured and sold in the shop. Send up to four jpeg images to tony@athensartandframe. com Call for Entries (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Girls Rock Camp Athens seeks art donations of any medium for a fundraiser on Nov. 14. Works inspired by women in music are preferred but all donations are welcome. Deadline is Oct. 30. board.girlsrockathens@ gmail.com Call for Entries: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Georgia Small Works Exhibitâ&#x20AC;?

(OCAF, Watkinsville) Works can be in any medium, 2-D or 3-D, with a maximum size of 14â&#x20AC;?x14â&#x20AC;?x14â&#x20AC;? (including frame). For ages 18 & up living in Georgia. Deadline Oct. 3.

Exhibit runs Oct. 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nov. 13. $20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;25 (jury fee). www.ocaf.com

Cause + Effect (Athens, GA) Cause + Effect, a new Georgia progressive film competition and festival hosted by Alliance for a Better Georgia, is seeking short films focused on social, political, environmental or economic issues facing Georgia. Winners receive a $1000 prize. Submissions accepted through Oct. 11. Winners will be screened at CinĂŠ in November. FREE! www.causeandeffectfilm.org Classic Center Cultural Foundation Arts Grant (The Classic Center) Up to $5,000 will be awarded to help a community group offset the expense of space rental at The Classic Center. Visit website to apply by Sept. 30. www.classic center.com Lickskillet Artists Market (Lyndon House Arts Center) Currently accepting local artist vendor applications for a market on Oct. 24, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. $30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;40/booth.

Download application from the website. lhartsfoundation@gmail.com, www.lyndonhouseartsfoundation. com Moonlight Gypsy Market (Athens, GA) Seeking outsider, strange, erotic, macabre, crafters, artists and junk dealers. Deadline for submissions is Oct. 18. Event on Oct. 24â&#x20AC;&#x201C;25. $20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;30 (tables), $50 (booths). moonlightgypsymarket@ gmail.com. www.facebook.com/ moonlightgypsymarket Request for Artist Proposals (Downtown Athens) The Athens Downtown Development Authority is seeking an artist to design downtownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decorative seasonal banners. $2500 budget for four vertical banner designs.

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Proposals must be mailed to 246 W. Hancock Ave. Email for more information. christi@downtownathens ga.com Statewide Art Competition (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Seeking student artwork to use on items like totes, T-shirts, journals and scarves in the gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gift shop. Open to GA students in ninth grade or above. Winners can receive up to $1,000. Deadline Dec. 3. Visit website for complete guidelines and application. 706-542-6014, www. botgarden.uga.edu

Classes Acting for Film (Film Athens Film Lab) George Adams teaches â&#x20AC;&#x153;Actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gym: The Road to Becoming a Professional Actor.â&#x20AC;? Topics include creating dynamic characters, working as an actor in film and television, and the creative and business aspects of film. Register online.

Wednesdays, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $75/ month. www.filmathens.net/edu Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stained Glass with Marianne Parrâ&#x20AC;? leads participants through the processes of creating traditional stained glass. Thursdays, Sept. 24â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Oct. 29, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 .m.

Classes are $83 (ACC residents), $125 (non-ACC residents).

706-613-3623 Art Classes (OCAF, Watkinsville) In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Design with Layers in Watercolor,â&#x20AC;? Kie Johnson leads a class in how to develop paintings using various layers of transparent watercolor. Sept. 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;27, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. $145â&#x20AC;&#x201C;155. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Portrait Painting in Oils with Abner Copeâ&#x20AC;? uses live models for creating portraits. Wednesdays, Sept. 30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nov.

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Begins Oct. 8, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $105. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beginning Portrait Sculpture with Jean Westmacott.â&#x20AC;? Thursdays, Oct. 15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nov. 19, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $190. www.ocaf.com Bikram Hot Yoga (Bikram Yoga Athens) Classes in hot yoga are offered seven days a week.

Beginners welcome. Student discounts available. 706-353-9642, www.bikramathens.com 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 Lunchtime Yoga (CinĂŠ BarcafĂŠ) Margaret Thomas leads Lunchtime Yoga for all levels. BYO mat.

Wednesday and Fridays. $5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. margaretdthomasyoga.blogspot.com One-on-One Digital Media Center Tutorials (ACC Library) Get individual instruction for graphics, audio or video editing projects or learn to convert albums and cassettes to DVDs and CDs. Thursdays, 9 a.m. & 6 p.m., Saturdays, 11 a.m. 706-613-3650 Pearl Circle (The Pearl Girls) Learn to knot pearls and beads to

make your own jewelry. 9:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11:30 a.m. $10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;20. www.thepearlgirls.com Pilates Mat (All Body Studio) Donation-based pilates. Proceeds will go toward improvements at the studio and a local charity.

Wednesdays, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6:30 p.m. www.allbodystudio.com Printmaking Workshops (Double Dutch Press) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Totes! One Color Screenprinting.â&#x20AC;? Sept. 30, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $50 or Nov. 11, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. & Nov. 18, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $65. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monotypes: Paper Relief.â&#x20AC;? Oct. 7, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $60. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tea Towels!

One Color Screenprinting: Two Parts.â&#x20AC;? Oct. 21, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. & Oct. 28, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $65. www.doubledutch press.com

Quilting (Sewcial Studio) Quilting classes for beginner to advanced students cover both traditional and modern projects. sewcialstudio@ gmail.com, www.sewcialstudio.com Realism Oil Painting (KA Artist Shop) In this four-part series of oil painting demos, Otto Lange will demonstrate traditional master methods including drawing, underpainting, grisaille and glazing.

Wednesdays through Sept. 30, 7–9 p.m. $15/session. www.kaartist.com Tai Chi (Rubber Soul Yoga) Patty Riehm teaches this ongoing class in Yang style with long form. No experience necessary. Thursdays, 9–10 a.m. Donations accepted. www.rubbersoulyoga.com Traditional Karate Training (Athens Yoshukai Karate) Learn traditional Yoshukai karate in a positive atmosphere. Accepting new students. No experience necessary.

See website for schedule. Classes held Sundays–Thursdays. FREE! www.athensy.com Watercolor for Beginners (KA Artist Shop) Katherine Dunlap teaches watercolor for beginners and those who would like some practice.

Mondays, Oct. 5–26. $20 per class. www.kaartist.com Women’s Writing Circle (Heartspace, 2350 Prince Ave.) “Writing for Well-Being: A Women’s Circle.” Second Thursdays, 10–11:30 a.m. $15. www.heidiat heartspace.com Yoga (Rubber Soul Yoga) Ongoing classes in Kundalini, Hatha, gentle yoga, laughing yoga, acroyoga, karate and one-on-one yoga as well as guided meditation. Check website for schedule. Donation based. calclements@gmail.com, www.rubbersoulyoga.com Yoga Classes (Chase Street Yoga) This studio teaches different types of yoga like gentle yoga, yin yoga and power heated Vinyasa, plus Zumba and Pilates. 706-316-9000, www.chasestreetyoga.com Yoga Teacher Training (Athens Yoga Institute, 1260 S. Milledge Ave.) Get certified at the 200-hour level with Yoga Alliance. Twelve month and 7.5 week options. www.athensyogainstitute.com Zumba in the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A dynamic fitness program infused with Latin rhythms. Every Wednesday, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $70/10 classes. www.botgarden.uga.edu

Help Out Disabled American Veterans Network (Athens, GA) Seeking volunteers to drive VA furnished vehicles to transport vets living with disabilities to local clinics and Augusta hospitals. Weekdays, 8 a.m.–5 p.m., once or twice a month.

Call Edward, 706-340-0544 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 and to register. www.handsonnortheast georgia.com National Good Neighbor Day (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Donate non-perishable foods and hygiene items to be donated to the Madison County Food Bank. Drop off items on Sept.

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Kidstuff Family Weekend (Rock Eagle 4H Center) Families can create their own schedule for a weekend in the great outdoors. Activities include

canoeing, hiking, meeting animals and cook-outs. Oct. 9–10. $44–114. www.rockeagle4h.org Senior Scholarships (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Human Relations Council is now accepting scholarship applications from graduating high school seniors.

Applicants must attend an upcoming event. Contact for details. 706-3389301, mjnunnally@gmail.com TeensPlay (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Teen actors will create and perform their own plays in this workshop, Oct. 3–4. $5. circle ensemble@gmail.com, www.circle ensembletheatre.com

Support Groups Adoptee Support and Encouragement (Oasis Counseling Center) Group meetings are held for teens ages 12–16 to explore and share the feelings, experiences and views of being an adoptee through art, journaling, media and activities. Thursdays in October and November. www.oasis counselingcenter.com Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, www.athensaa.org Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Meets Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org Life After Diagnosis (Oasis Counseling Center) An ongoing support group aimed at helping those with chronic or life-threatening diseases. Tuesdays, 4:30–6 p.m. $15/session. 706-543-3522, www. oasiscounselingcenter.com 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 S-Anon (Cornerstone Church) S-Anon is a support group for family and friends of sexaholics, based on the 12 steps of AA. sunday. afternoons.sanon@gmail.com, www.sanon.org SLPAA (Campus View Church of Christ) Sex, Love and Pornography Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step program for sexually compulsive behaviors. Every Monday, 7:30–8:30 p.m. 706-372-8642 Transcending Trauma (Banyan Tree Center) This counseling group supports the needs of individuals with experiences of trauma including domestic violence, sexual abuse, substance abuse-related trauma and traumatic loss. Discuss coping skills, grounding exercises and maintaining healthy relationships. Call to register. Thursdays, 6:15–7:45 p.m. 706-850-7041, www.athenscounseling.com

On The Street Annual Birdseed Sale (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Proceeds support the Sandy Creek Nature Center, Inc., a non-profit organization which supports the SCNC in promoting environmental education and preservation. Pick up on Nov. 6–7. 706613-3615, ext. 235. www.athens clarkecounty.com/sandycreek naturecenter

Athens Street Hockey Players of all skill levels are always welcome to play in a local hockey rink.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30–8:30 p.m. athensfloorhockey@gmail.com Bluestems and Bluejeans: Native Plant Sale (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This two-week sale features nearly 200 species of Georgia native plants raised in the garden’s Mimsie Lanier center. All sales benefit the garden’s conservation program. Oct. 1–3 & 8–10. www.botgarden.uga.edu Bridge (Athens Bridge Center) Open Duplicate Bridge Games are held

Tuesdays at 1 p.m., Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Fridays at 1 p.m. Non-Life Master (Beginner) Duplicate Bridge Games are held Wednesdays at 1 p.m. Party Bridge is held Thursdays at 1 p.m. All games $5. 706-2484809 Fall Programs (Athens, GA) Find information about art exhibits, classes, performances, sports, fitness programs, holiday events and other activities for adults and children in the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department’s fall program guide. www.athensclarke county.com

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Landscape paintings by Susan Abell.

ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) New paintings by Mary Porter, Greg Benson, Chatham Murray, Candle Brumby, Lana Mitchell and more.

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.

ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Bertelsmann Gallery, jeweler Sylvia Dawe presents handcrafted designs in sterling, copper, bronze, brass, found objects and mixed media. An additional show displays the photography of UGA Continuing Education Center students. Through Oct. 9. • In the Myers Gallery, view the “Troy University Faculty Show.” Through Nov. 6. • In the Harrison Center for the Arts & Preschool’s Lobby Gallery, “Mentor/ Mentee” features the work of professors and students of UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art. • Through June 1.

ATHENS ART & FRAME (1021 Parkway Blvd.) Catlett Mayer draws line abstractions in response to daily experiences. Through September.

ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) “Parables of the Land” presents the works of Claire and Robert Clements. Opening reception Sept. 23. Through Nov. 20.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) Juried by Michael Rooks, Modern and Contemporary Curator at the High Museum of Art, “J1: ATHICA’s First Juried Exhibition” features innovative contemporary works by 29 artists. Through Sunday, Nov. 15.

BENDZUNAS GLASS (89 W. South Ave., Comer) The family-run studio has been creating fine art glass for almost 40 years.

CIRCLE GALLERY (285 S. Jackson St.) “Afloat” displays works that explore the notion of journey and the memories of new-found places. RG Brown is a professor emeritus of art at the Lamar Dodd School of Art as well as a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Landscape Architecture.

Through Oct. 2.

THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) In Classic Gallery I, “Peaceable Kingdom” presents animals by Will Eskridge, Lawson Grice, Jená A. Johnson, Susan Pelham and Cheryl Washburn. • In Classic Gallery II, “Flight” examines feathered and flying friends by Margaret Agner, Will Eskridge, Jená A. Johnson, Maria Mueller and Susan Pelham. Through September.

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) In “We All Return to Our Homes,” Kristin Karsh paints over portions of old family photos to add new layers of meaning and abstractly insert her presence into the memories. Through Oct. 3.

DONDERO’S KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) The paintings of Britt McDermott draw from wildlife narrative and regional folklore. Through September.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Savanna Sturkie. Through September.

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 Matt Alston, John Cleaveland, Peter Loose and more. • Mixed media drawings by Claudia Wilburn reshape photographs, sketches and writings with charcoal, gesso and watercolors. Reception Sept. 25. Through Oct. 31.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) “Three” features new digital designs by Matt Blanks. Through September.

FRONTIER UPFRONT GALLERY (193 E. Clayton St.) Paintings on canvas and wood by Heidi Hensley depict the social life of downtown Athens and Bulldog football. Through football season.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Summer Vacation” includes works by Adam Forrester, Winnie Gier, Jourdan Joly, Michael Levine, Georgia Rhodes and Smokey Road Press. Through Sept. 24.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Ralph Chessé” features paintings, puppets and works on paper by the artist. Through Oct. 4. • In the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, “Twists and Turns: Sculptures

by Alice Aycock” includes two sculptures, “Waltzing Matilda” and “Twin Vortexes.” Through Sept. 4, 2016.

GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Scatterfield” by Zane Cochran is a large-scale interactive installation with 3,000 LEDs capable of producing over 16 million different colors. Through December.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Jess Dunlap. Through Oct. 4.

HEIRLOOM CAFÉ (815 N. Chase St.) “Some Like it Hot—Succulents and Cacti” features new works by Susie Burch. Reception Sept. 23. Currently on view through October.

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Paintings by Broderick Flanigan. Through September.

HIGHWIRE LOUNGE (269 N. Hull St.) Lift it Down presents “You Don’t Tell

Georgia Poetry Prize (Athens, GA) In partnership with UGA, Georgia Tech and Georgia State University, the UGA Press has established a national competition for poetry. Winners receive a $1,000 award, will have their collection published and will read at all three campuses. Oct. 1–Nov. 30. www.ugapress.org Hunger Bowl (Athens, GA) Teams compete in gathering items for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia.

Register through Oct. 16. The drive is Oct. 3–Nov. 13. communications @foodbanknega.org

Library Card Sign-up Month (Multiple Locations) Each Athens Regional Library System branch will hold weekly drawings for gift bags.

Everyone who signs up for a library card during the month of September will be entered to win. www.athens library.org The Pet Care Clinic (Pet Supplies Plus) The Athens Area Humane Society offers a low-cost clinic the first Saturday of each month, 1–4 p.m. Services include vaccines, deworming, microchipping and more. No appointment necessary. 706-769-9155 f

Me,” a variety of illustration, collage and soft sculpture by Eddy Lezama and Laura Maria Ramirez Giraldo. Through September.

JITTERY JOE’S EPPS BRIDGE (1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy.) Artwork by Hope Hilton and Maddie Zerkel. Through September.

JUST PHO AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Silk wall hangings and paintings

by Margaret Agner. Through October.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) • In Gallery 307, “The Figure 8” presents works by New York artist Elizabeth Jaegar, LA artist J. Parker Valentine and Birmingham, AL artist Amy Pleasant. Through Nov. 6.

• In Gallery 101, “Farrah Karapetian: Step Twice” includes works based on photograms. Through Nov. 6. • In the Plaza & Suite Galleries, “Slagfields” features works by Dodd Printmaking and Book Arts MFA candidate Ry McCullough and Findlay, OH artist Ian Breidenbach. Through Oct. 8. • In the Bridge Gallery, “Role Models” includes works by Miranda Maynard and Phaedra Call. Through Oct. 8.

LOWERY IMAGING GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) The gallery features paper and canvas giclee prints by Athens artists as well as artists’ renderings of Athens. Jamie Calkin is the featured artist through December.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) “Forty of Something: Collections From Our Community” presents 40 glass paperweights from the collection of artist and educator Claire Clements as well as 40 Victorian hatpins from the collection of ATHICA’s director, Tatiana Veneruso. Through Sept. 24. • “Return from Exile: Contemporary Southeastern Native American Art.” Through Oct. 10. • “Mark” features works by members of The Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia that explore the diversity of drawings. Through Oct. 10. • In the Lounge Gallery, Michael Benedetti presents a collection of prints influenced by ancient symbols, comics, art nouveau and science fiction. Through Nov. 8.

MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY (1315 GA-98, Danielsville) “Stoneheart,” an upcycled metal owl by Steve Sweetster overlooks the garden area. Inside, watercolors with inspirational messages are by Yvonne Crowe. Through September.

MADISON MUSEUM OF FINE ART (300 Hancock St., Madison) The seventh annual “Making Masters” exhibition presents work by second year MFA students from UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art: Thomas Bosse, Julia Megan Burchett, Arron Foster, Ariel Lockshaw, Amanda Scheutzow and Stephanie Sutton. Reception Oct. 10. Currently on view through Oct. 17.

MAMA’S BOY (197 Oak St.) A large-scale painting by Sarah Peyton. Through September.

RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) An exhibit featuring original manuscripts, engravings, maps and natural specimens are presented in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of John and William Bartram’s natural history expedition. Through Dec. 23. • An exhibition celebrating The Pennington Radio Collection features tube radios, external speakers and other artifacts from 1913–1933. Through December. • “Seeing Georgia: Changing Visions of Tourism and the Modern South” includes photos, postcards, artifacts and other ephemera representing six Georgia tourism sites with histories of political and cultural battles.

Through July.

SEWCIAL STUDIO (2500 W. Broad St. #305) Hand-dyed art quilts by Anita Heady. Rust and over-dyed fabric on canvas by Bill Heady.

SIPS (1390 Prince Ave.) Frances Berry’s urban photography captures the rural South. Through September.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) “Nature, Illustrated” by Chuck Murphy includes a wide variety of birds, bugs and blooms. Through Oct. 4.

STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) “Stories Told in Bits and Pieces: Collage Works by Susan Pelham” displays collages influenced by Magic Realism, nursery rhymes, parables and other literary works. Through October.

SWEET SPOT STUDIO GALLERY (160 Tracy St., Mercury A.I.R.) The gallery presents paintings, ceramics, sculpture, drawings, furniture, folk art and jewelry from artists including Fain Henderson, Veronica Darby, Michelle Dross, John Cleaveland, Rebecca Wood, Nikita Raper, Natalia Zuckerman, Briget Darryl Ginley, Jack Kashuback, Barret Reid and Ken Hardesty. • A solo show features new works by Jason Whitley.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) “Metropolitan Footprints” includes abstract landscape paintings of cities by Amanda Cameron. Through September.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA, OCONEE CAMPUS GALLERY (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) “Tease it to Jesus” is a portfolio of letterpress prints organized by Margot Ecke of Smokey Road Press. Through Oct. 1.

WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Watercolor images by Jamie Calkin.

Through September.

THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more. • Animal paintings by Will Eskridge. Through September.

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By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com She’s always doing the “humblebrag” on Facebook and in person about stuff that we both do. I guess she feels like she is doing better at these things, because she’s always bragging about herself. This makes me think about all the bad things I know about her in order to bring her back down in my mind, like the time she tried to trap a guy with a fake pregnancy and her eating disorder.

As you can see, I also have no problem telling people her business when she goes out of her way to try to make me feel bad about myself. But when I think about it, those are pretty serious things, and she needs a shrink for real. I feel bad sometimes, even though I know she doesn’t. I hate our relationship more than I hate her, and I do think she makes If you insist on wooing really me a worse person than I potential flames in am. I need her out of my life. How?

I wasn’t a ladies’ man or anything in high school, but I lost my virginity by the time I was 15. I had a few girlfriends, and never had a hard time talking to girls. I figured when I came to college, I would meet some girls and have sex. I can’t seem to get anything going, though. I’ll be talking to a girl, and it will go great, but then she’ll just kinda lose interest. I go out some, and that’s even worse, because it’s kinda chaotic for getting to know people. Plus, I have a roommate, and don’t have anywhere private to go with a girl.

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ness she’s holding in, but that’s not your problem, and you’re not obligated to save her—especially when she’s glad to undermine your own selfesteem.

Getting rid of your bad friend is as simple as walking away from her. Really. Just stop talking to her. It should be clear to her why you’ve done this, and if it’s not, that’s when you finally get to sit her down and let her know what’s what. f

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