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County school superintendent: Bertis Downs. You probably already know Bertis or at least know who he is and what he has accomplished in the workaday world, which undoubtedly demonstrates his ability to function successfully in demanding and high-pressure environments.

But Bertis has also developed into possibly the No. 1 citizen-supporter of our Clarke County public schools. He has used his considerable powers of persuasion and advocacy to raise consciousness here in regard to the importance and the possibili-

C. J. Bartunek, who serialized in Flagpole a couple of years ago the beginning of her novel, called then The Athens of Georgia, has recently published online a carefully researched account of an historic dance party on the UGA campus in the spring of 1972. Here’s how it begins: “In the early evening of March 10, 1972, while excited undergraduates prepared for a dance in the student union ballroom of the University of Georgia, a longhaired sophomore in tight pants was standing against the building’s massive front columns, reviewing his band’s set list, when a seedy looking older man laboriously made his way up the steps and startled him. The stranger—with a red face and a comb-over—came bearing a message: The Ku Klux Klan did not approve of the night’s scheduled event.

“Not even its organizers had completely believed this particular dance would take place, and disaster was still quite possible.

Forbidding American college students to dance rarely seems like a tenable position, but up to the very day it was scheduled, administrators at the university felt they had not only public opinion but also the law on their side in blocking it. These students didn’t merely want to dance. They wanted to dance with classmates of the same sex, in Memorial Ballroom no less. They wanted to raise awareness of the fledgling A demonstrator on campus in 1972 publicizes gay rights.

Committee on Gay Education, a group that had raised far more awareness ties inherent in our public school system. already than the university was comfortBertis is a true believer with an energy level able with in its three and a half months of that drives him to do whatever is necessary existence.” to assure that his chosen projects succeed— Read “Dance Revolution ‘72” at thebignot just for the few but for the many. roundtable.com and be transported back to Bertis is probably not eligible and surely those earlier years of the fight on campus must lack some requisite degree in educaand in Athens for the right to be yourself, tional metrics or something. And he’s probwhoever that might be. ably not interested, but maybe he could be persuaded, if we could find somebody as persuasive as he is.

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Clarke County School Superintendent Philip Lanoue announced last week that he is leaving to become superintendent of the Fulton County school system. He has done a great job here and was selected as national superintendent of the year in 2015. He obviously could have gone anywhere he chose and is certainly to be admired for taking on another tough assignment.

Since the Lanoue announcement, people around town have been informally nominating their own choices to become the new superintendent, whether or not those so chosen have any idea or inclination, let alone qualifications or chance of appointment.

Nevertheless, and completely without giving him the courtesy of checking with him first, here’s my nominee for Clarke

The Graduate, Again By the time you read this, Town & Gown’s production of The Graduate may be sold out, and no wonder. It is a delicious, dark bon-bon of a play. No matter how familiar you are with the movie, this production is a whole new experience, with live characters in a lean, quickly moving script that showcases the immediacy live theater brings. In an evening filled with delights, one of the highlights is the music—two local guys off to the side, playing and singing the so-familiar songs that were such an integral part of the movie and carry this production along from scene to scene. In last week’s mention, I omitted Dave Domizi, who ably plays Simon to Michael Wegner’s Garfunkel—or vice-versa. f

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By Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com Two years ago, Secretary of State Brian Kemp began his push to set up an “SEC Primary� for a simple reason: He wanted the world to pay more attention to Georgia and the South in a presidential election year. He was able to convince colleagues in Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas to join Georgia in holding their presidential primaries on Mar. 1. “Even Hillary Clinton knows that the road to the White House now runs through Southern states like Georgia!� Kemp said.

That is not an empty boast. As the primary date draws closer, it looks like voters in Georgia and that handful of Southern states could be the key to determining which candidates are put on the winning path to the nominations.

The final results, however, may not be exactly what Kemp envisioned when he first floated the idea of a regional primary.

The conventional wisdom then was that the Southern states, with voters who tend to be more conservative, could give a campaign boost to a family values conservative like Mike Huckabee or Rick Santorum in the Republican primary.

But the political world has turned upside down since early 2014, when Kemp first started working on his grand plan.

Family values candidates like Huckabee and Santorum have already dropped out of the GOP race. It’s now a battle between anti-establishment candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, on the one hand, and establishment candidates Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Chris Christie. In the Iowa caucuses, Republican voters clearly preferred the anti-establishment side of the ballot. Cruz, Trump and Ben Carson drew the combined support of 62 percent of the caucus voters. Rubio and the other

establishment candidates attracted a combined vote of less than 35 percent.

A recent poll of Georgia’s GOP voters for WSB-TV shows that they also prefer the anti-establishment flavor—the combined support for Trump, Cruz and Carson was about 53 percent, compared to less than 30 percent for the establishment candidates.

(There was also a 15 percent undecided vote.) Deep South voters could well provide the boost that Trump or Cruz needs to continue a winning campaign against the Republican Party establishment. That would be a rebuke to Republican stalwarts like House Speaker David Ralston (who endorsed Christie), Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle (who supports Bush) and Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (who’s a Rubio backer).

On the Democratic side, there have also been momentous changes in the political landscape. At first it appeared Hillary Clinton had the inside track to the Democratic nomination, which meant that the votes from a few Southern primaries wouldn’t matter. Then Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders came out of left field, literally speaking, and is bolstering his support among Democratic voters, particularly younger ones.

As the Sanders threat grows, it could be the Southern voters in the Mar. 1 primaries who rescue Clinton. Sanders has done well against Clinton in states whose populations are overwhelmingly white. Clinton does much better than Sanders among black voters, however, and the Southern states have larger percentages of black voters, along with growing numbers of Latinos. If Clinton can sweep those states in the SEC Primary, it could re-establish her as the favorite over Sanders when the campaign shifts to other regions. f

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described as “a country infested with gang violence… She came to the U.S., where she could save her life and save her children—she gave us a better future.

“I started school here in first grade,” he said. “It’s a failure to not allow us to continue our education. We pay taxes.

I worked hard, have the grades and pay taxes. Why would you block me from coming to school here? Education is a right that anyone deserves. The U.N. says that education should be based on merit and not [immigration] status. I want to contribute to the economy.” [JR]

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Six demonstrators were arrested Feb. 1 at the University students at UGA, yet policy 4.16 prevents them from comLanoue’s Leaving: It was only a matter of time after he was ing here. They have to pay out-of-state prices to attend of Georgia after staging a sit-in to protest the Board of named National Superintendent of the Year in 2015, but schools they’re overly qualified to attend.”

Regents’ ban on undocumented students at UGA and the Phil Lanoue is leaving the Clarke County School District Board of Regents policy 4.16 bans undocumented sturequirement that they pay out-of-state tuition at colleges dents from attending Georgia’s five competitive-enrollment in May to take over the Fulton County system, the fourthwhere they can enroll. largest in the state. universities, while policy 4.13 prevents undocumented stuThe demonstrators started their sit-in around 2:30 p.m., Lanoue announced his departure Friday, Feb. 5, the day dents whose families have lived and paid taxes in Georgia participating in classes taught by Freedom University, an after the Fulton County school board named him the sole from paying in-state tuition at open-enrollment public colAtlanta-based group that offers college-level courses to stufinalist to replace Robert Avossa, who left for Palm Beach leges, such as the University of North Georgia. dents who are denied admission to UGA and other schools County, FL in June. based on their immigration status.

Lanoue, who was a principal “I find it hard that undocuin Vermont and Massachusetts mented students can’t attend the and an assistant superintendent top five universities, so I came in Cobb County before taking the here to use my privilege to try to Clarke County job in 2009, called help them,” said Felix Linza, a UGA it the most rewarding time of his business management major and career. a member of the Undocumented “I want to thank the incredibly Student Alliance. passionate and dedicated faculty Around 6:30 p.m., campus and staff, who have tirelessly police became aware of the protestworked to offer our students the ers when a pizza delivery triggered best possible education,” he said a door alarm. Roughly 40 protesin an email to parents. “I want tors participated in the sit-in until to acknowledge the central office Chief of Police Jimmy Williamson team and building leaders for officially ordered the New College their incredibly focused dedication building vacated. Six protestors to our mission and vision. I also remained in the building until 8:30 appreciate the support and latitude p.m., when campus police began from the board to enable our disremoving the demonstrators in trict to be creative and innovative. handcuffs two at a time.

And finally, the daily smiles from Sarah Chico, Carrie Freshour, our students have kept me going Jonathan Garcia, Emma Krass, all these years and have served as Yineira Lopez and Jhoanna Padron a constant reminder of why we do were arrested on charges of crimiwhat we do.” nal trespassing and bailed out of Lanoue’s departure comes at a jail hours later. “I support my Yineira Lopez, who participated in a sit-in in support of undocumented students, is led out of New College in handcuffs. critical time for the district—his friends, and they have the same reforms just now seem to be taking root, with a dramatic Plaintiffs in the lawsuit—many of whom were brought right to attend Georgia universities as I do,” said Chico, 21, rise last year in the percentage of students who graduated. to the U.S. as small children and have lived here most of of Atlanta.

His proposal to create a charter district and empower decitheir lives—argued that they are lawful residents under The UGA sit-in was intended to commemorate the Feb. sion-making at the school level still hasn’t been approved the Obama Administration’s deferred-action immigration 1, 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins, but coincidenby the state. And he’s been a vocal opponent of Gov. Deal’s policy (DACA). However, courts ruled that the Board of tally the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that undocplan to take over “failing” schools and state officials’ obsesRegents has sovereign immunity and can’t be sued. (At umented students are not entitled to in-state rates even if sion with standardized testing, which many critics say is Justice Harold Melton’s suggestion, plaintiffs quickly filed they’re Georgia residents. handcuffing teachers and taking away valuable instruction suit against the regents as individuals.)

“Ultimately the goal is to remove the BOR policy 4.16 time.

“We want to get the word out [that] this isn’t only a and have undocumented and documented students be able Whoever is the next superintendent will have to folproblem for just Georgia, but the nation as a whole,” said to attend classes together—admissions should be based on Salvador Alvarado, 21. “These students are academically eli- low through on these issues while facing the challenges of merit,” said Sarah Mirza, executive assistant for Freedom a student body that is largely from low-income families, gible but are being denied their right to an education.”

University. “The Supreme Court decision from this mornwith high numbers of kids with special needs or who speak Alvarado said he was born in El Salvador. When he was ing is disheartening but this wasn’t based on that. These English as a second language, who need extra help to 7, his mother fled from domestic violence and what he are motivated students that are academically on par with

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ACC has successfully revitalized neighborhoods before, most notably East Athens in the 1980s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s. The city built infrastructure and invested in amenities like the greenway, Trevena recalled. Now many residents are upset the neighborhood is gentrifying. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s understandable, but 20 years ago it was the same folks asking us to come in and help stabilize it,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Gentrification is a two-sided coin, noted Patrick Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, a real estate agent in the audience. If you paid $30,000 for a house thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now worth $400,000, â&#x20AC;&#x153;thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like the best investment anybody ever made,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The real estate market is also cyclical, Peiken noted. New properties will inevitably become run-down over the years, then will get fixed up again or redeveloped. Most of Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rental stock is in decent shape and vacancy rates are low, Trevena added, even with the recent spate of luxury student housing construction downtown. Some complexesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; units, though, have been bought by foreign investors sight unseen, which worries Benham.

Commissioner Melissa Link, though, sees that trend as an existential threat that is forcing out the artists, musicians and â&#x20AC;&#x153;weirdosâ&#x20AC;? who make Athens unique. She recommended a moratorium on downtown development; inclusionary zoning, which requires developers to build a percentage of affordable units; downzoning downtown in order to offer density bonuses; and increasing density intown through smaller lots and accessory structures.

Density is always a tricky issue. Laura Carter (wife of farmer and former commissioner Charles Carter) remembered the broken promise of TDRs. When development was

The Georgian Restored: The new owners of the ballroom in the once-famed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pride of Athens,â&#x20AC;? The Georgian, showed off their plans to restore it at an Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation event on Monday, Feb. 1.

South Kitchen + Bar owners Kirby and Stephanie Sims, who also own Trappeze and Highwire, are buying the ballroom adjacent to their restaurant from Chris Blackmon, owner of Rent Athens, another business in the building.

Several hundred Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation members filled the ballroom, the more curious wandering through the halls and unused rooms of the former Palm Room, which has been sectioned off from the ballroom.

The Georgian, built as Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first hotel, has undergone many phases in its 108-year life. Its run as a luxury hotel was ended in 1975 by the rise of low-cost highway motels.

The five-story building changed hands several times over the next few decades, being utilized as commercial offices, condos, shops, the Rotary Club and the fondly remembered Friends Restaurant.

Many of the attendees have memories of the building. Carl Parks lived in the hotel for a month in 1975 while attending law school at night. (He said he was too studious to enjoy the ballroom.) Dick Field was in the Army when he stayed in the hotel for a week late in 1969 with his wife while visiting UGA for grad school; his son later used the ballroom for an occasion.

The ballroom has been used for events such as galas and weddings countless times, and the restoration isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to stall things for long. Gay Crowe, who attended the event, said she looks forward to her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Apr. 23 wedding in the ballroomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s majestic former glory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long we can get in here, even if we have to move some workers,â&#x20AC;? the wedding will happen, she said. Zack Brendel of Oneta Woodworks, one of the contractors involved in the restoration, said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confident heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll meet the deadline.

Brendel and the Simsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; plans for the space take historical accuracy into high regard. They said they want the restored ballroom to reflect the elegance of the Roaring Twenties.

The new plan was framed in blueprint form for guests to view. Walls breaking up the space will be removed and replaced with black walnut accordion doors, opening up the space. Marble underneath the columns will be exposed once again. Brendel expects pulling up the carpet will reveal original tile matching that in the lobby. Broken panels of glass in the half-circle windows will be repaired as best as possible. (There were once those same half-circle stained glass panels along the top of the northern outside wall.

According to Brendel, rumor has it they were broken in a train car explosion, although there are other stories.)

The space would be of little use without a bar, so one will be built on the Jackson Street side of the ballroom, in the Palm Room area. It will feature brass, steel, marble and black walnut, contemporary in design but reminiscent of the Gilded Age. [KK] Park Life: Boulevard Woods, a pocket park on Barber Street where Boulevard dead-ends built with donations and grant money, is now open. In addition, ACC Leisure Services is hosting an open house from 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Whit Davis Elementary to talk about a new playground to replace World of Wonder at Southeast Clarke Park, which is falling apart. [BA] f

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Housing Study: There is affordable housing for working people in Athens, experts said at a Federation of Neighborhoods panel discussion last week. You just might not want to live there.

A workforce housing study released last month found that families whose breadwinners work in Athens are moving to surrounding counties in large part because housing is too expensive here. Two-thirds of Athens households earn less than $50,000 a year, but it takes a $58,000 income to afford an average-priced home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The predominant housing problem in Athens is in regards to affordability,â&#x20AC;? said Rob Trevena, director of the Athens-Clarke County Housing and Community Development Department.

Daniel Peiken, a real estate agent on the panel, said he sells primarily to low-income, first-time homebuyers.

Houses they can afford â&#x20AC;&#x153;may not be in the neighborhoods everyone wants to live in,â&#x20AC;? he said. (A survey taken for the study cited Five Points and Prince Avenue as most desirable for their walkability.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are some neighborhoods where you can still get a condo for $35,000 on a bus line. You may not like the neighbors, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a place to live.â&#x20AC;?

There are rentals on the Eastside that are â&#x20AC;&#x153;affordable but not pleasant,â&#x20AC;? some without water, heat or air conditioning, said Heather Benham, executive director of the Athens Land Trust, which builds homes for low-income buyers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not places people should be living,â&#x20AC;? she said.

essentially barred in the rural â&#x20AC;&#x153;green belt,â&#x20AC;? the plan was to allow those landowners to sell their development rights for additional density in urban areas. That never happened because no one wanted to be in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;receiving zoneâ&#x20AC;? that would get denser.

For the same reason, ACC â&#x20AC;&#x153;ratcheted backâ&#x20AC;? density in the 2000 comprehensive plan, said homebuilder Michael Songster. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are not where we are by accident,â&#x20AC;? he said.

We have to grapple with these issues, Link said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to ask some really tough questions, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to do it sooner rather than later.â&#x20AC;? [BA]

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Whither Pat†erson’s Hood?

As Student Apartments Creep East, Is Historic Potterytown Next?

By Kat Khoury news@flagpole.com

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he historic neighborhood of Potterytown just down the hill from downtown is quickly becoming Student Apartment Town.

Already, the neighborhood has seen three student apartment buildings rise up across East Broad Street—Georgia Traditions, The Eclipse and 909 Broad—and another, The Mark, is under construction on the other side of the railroad tracks. Most recently, Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood and his wife, Rebecca, sold their home to a subsidiary of Landmark Properties, which is building The Mark nearby.

Landmark has also quietly acquired five other parcels adjacent to the Hoods’ off Pottery and Wilkerson streets.

One of the smaller neighborhoods in Athens, Potterytown is located on the western side of the North Oconee River, consisting of the local landmark Weaver D’s Delicious Fine Foods, a handful of other businesses and warehouses and a couple dozen old mill houses. The neighborhood grew up around Athens Pottery Works, which appears in an 1889 city directory—although homeowners at that time held a variety of jobs—and shards of sculpted clay are still rumored to surface occasionally.

Although some of the houses in the neighborhood may be in slight disrepair, “they are important because they represent an era in our history,” says Amy Kissane, executive director of the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation. Wiping out that piece of history from the landscape of Athens not only means luxury student housing takes over another valuable section of our limited downtown; it also means downtown will become that much more blandly homogenous, says UGA professor Pratt Cassity.

Athens does have many designated historical neighborhoods that are protected from development, but in order to become a protected space in this way, property owners have to pursue local historic designation; they haven’t in this case, Kissane says. That may be because the majority of homes in the neighborhood are renter-occupied, with the owners living elsewhere. Twelve of those properties belong to the trusts of either Edward Mingledorff or Peggy Williams, and it’s easy to imagine that a good price for those properties would outweigh family sentiments.

In 2008 Cassity, director of public service and outreach at the UGA College of Environment and Design, led a charrette that was intended to envision and plan a positive, proactive plan for Potterytown, which was undergoing

development pressures at the time. More than 50 students, neighborhood residents and planning professionals gathered at the old Jittery Joe’s roaster (which was torn down in 2014 to make way for The Mark).

“There was a lot of input, a lot of field work, and what I thought was a pretty good analysis of space and how it goes down to the river and how it’s a transition from downtown,” Cassity says. “We looked at a lot of density models; we presented to the neighbors; we presented to the folks we normally call stakeholders. They reacted positively and said, ‘Yeah, this is better than the canyonization of East Broad.’”

But when Cassity and his team were asked to present the plan to attorneys representing the property owners, they were shot down. “The idea of not getting the highest density allowable was something that should not be put into print or recommended,” they said, according to Cassity.

“Sensitive development of the land was not their goal. They wanted maximum development.”

Sensitive development of the land was not their goal. They wanted maximum development.

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Maximum development, in this case, means 200 bedrooms per acre, the highest allowable under Potterytown’s commercial-downtown zoning, put into place there during a county-wide rezoning in 2000. “We invested a lot in infrastructure thinking it would flip commercial, but it never did,” says Doc Eldridge, Athens’ mayor from 1999–2002.

Athens-Clarke County spent millions on a new pedestrian bridge over the river, the greenway and the Multimodal Transportation Center during the early aughts. Eldridge thinks environmental contamination, bedrock that would require blasting and part of the neighborhood being in a flood zone scared away developers.

Members of the now-defunct ACC Economic Development Foundation tried to thwart student-housing expansion in the “river district” with a taxpayer-funded plan that included offices, shops and entertainment options along the North Oconee River. But ACC commissioners were skeptical, and Atlanta developer Selig Enterprises swooped in to buy the river district’s centerpiece, the former Armstrong & Dobbs property, later bought by Landmark when the Selig development went belly-up.

Landmark started assembling parcels farther down the hill last April, paying $800,000 for the Hoods’ quarter-acre.

The deal was contingent on Landmark allowing Orange Twin—the conservation community in northeastern Athens run by the Elephant 6 music collective—to move the house there. But due to record-setting rainfall, Orange Twin wasn’t able to complete the move within the 60-day window. Patterson Hood wrote a semi-public email to Landmark CEO Wes Rogers asking for an extension, but in a stinging reply, Rogers refused, citing the costs his company had already incurred.

Rogers has said he plans to rent out the house for the time being and would make “reasonable” accommodations for moving the house if and when the property is redeveloped, but he’s declined to say what his long-term plans are.

When the seemingly inevitable high-rise development is built there, the canyonization of East Broad Street will continue a little further down the hill: bland concrete blocks coming up around you, causing darkness, a change in air currents and blocking off of natural resources, as Cassity explains the term. It also causes an awkward shift from downtown to the low-density residential Chicopee-Dudley area on the other side of the river. What we are seeing now is a dramatic and unnatural shift causing an unsightly view, Cassity says.

Another UGA CED professor, Jack Crowley, along with his students, created the downtown master plan in 2014.

The river district, which contains Potterytown, is laid out on page 17 of the master plan, which is available online. His plan contains low-density housing which would preserve some of the historical aspects of the neighborhood, as well as an amphitheater, park, restaurant, artist studios and even a dock where you could rent boats and paddle on the river, similar to some of Cassity’s charrette’s features. As it stands, though, without local government investment or tax breaks, the master plan can only advise developers.

“I bemoan the fact that we hear all of these creative cities doing creative things, and if any place should be ripe for creativity it should be Athens, GA,” Cassity says, “but it seems like it’s doing the opposite.”

Crowley says he expects more student housing on the east side of downtown, where there is less organized opposition, before developers turn to the west side. “Hill Street, Boulevard and Pulaski are very tough, not in a bad way, but very vocal neighborhoods,” he says, which may preserve the old neighborhoods a little longer yet. f

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Catching Up with Carol from ‘Seinfeld’ A Q&A With Local Actress Lisa Mende

By Gabe Vodicka music@flagpole.com

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here are more iconic catchphrases that emerged from “Seinfeld,” Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David’s longrunning, famously acerbic sitcom (see the sidebar on p. 11 for more examples of the show’s pop-culture staying power). But actress Lisa Mende’s character, Carol—she of the exaggerated Jersey accent and luxurious Stay-Puft bouffant—remains a fan favorite for her nasal variations on a classic line: “Jerry, ya gotta see the bayy-beee.”

In advance of Seinfeld’s appearance at the Classic Center Friday, we sat down with Mende—in real life a friendly Athensarea creative type who runs the Circle Ensemble Theatre group, which will present “Hamlet” this spring at the State Botanical Garden—to chat about her most wellknown character and life post-Hollywood.

Flagpole: How did you get into acting?

Lisa Mende: I did my first play in Yiddish when I was a little girl, because my parents sent my brother and me to something called The Workmen’s Circle. I was in all the school plays. It was the only thing I ever wanted to do. I took classes, and I majored in theater, which was a great mistake, in particular because this was the ‘70s: I majored in shooting pool, learning how to roll a joint, going to great concerts.

In my first company, I worked with Danny Aiello. He played my dad. I met a group of people who were doing improv, one of whom was my ex-husband and best friend, Dom Irrera, and Michael Patrick King, my comedy partner, who went on to [do] “Sex and the City” and “2 Broke Girls.”

Then Dom and I did a film called Hollywood Shuffle for Robert Townsend. It was a labor of love. We had no permits, no money, so we basically did one take and fled, and did it for free because we were all friends and loved hanging out.

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I started getting phone calls saying I’d better move to Los Angeles, because [the movie] was getting a lot of buzz. We moved out there and I started getting parts. My first big film was Scrooged with Bill Murray, which was really exciting. I worked steadily as a journeyman actor, a guest star. I made great money when I was working and then nothing for months in between.

FP: How did you meet Jerry, Larry and that crowd?

LM: We all hung out at the Improv in New York. Larry and a bunch of us would play Trivial Pursuit until 5 o’clock in the morning. And Jerry and Dom were sort of in the same graduating class as stand-ups.

We saw [Jerry] a lot when we were married, and Dom has remained friends with him.

The stand-up community in the ‘80s was really tight.

I had actually read for “Seinfeld” in its initial incarnation. Larry said, “I’m writing this show for Jerry, and there’s a part of a waitress.” And I read for the part, which never ended up in the show. I didn’t hear anything for a while. It was slow-moving. It wasn’t a huge hit [at first]. Then my agent called with the audition for [Carol]. There’s a certain audition, it’s called the kiss of death, where the writer-producers on the lower rung of the spectrum have to convince the other producers that their stuff is good. So you say a line, and they go: [exaggerated laughter]. And that’s the kiss of death. You know you’re not going to get the part, because they’ve had to force the laugh to convince the other producers it’s funny.

But this audition… when I saw the script, it was the first one, where she keeps saying, “When’s he gonna see the baby?”

And I read it and thought, “Jesus, I went to school with these people in Teaneck, New Jersey.” It required nothing. In the room

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were George Shapiro, Larry, Jerry and a couple other people… I started reading, and—this doesn’t happen very often—they were crying, leaning over their knees laughing. Because I knew these girls. I’d just seen them at my high school reunion.

FP: Did you have any sense that the role would become so famous?

LM: No! And how incredibly exciting is that? That’s great writing. A lot of stuff you read for is not written so well. Larry’s a brilliant writer, and so is Carol [Leifer].

[My] first [appearance] was on an hourlong episode, and there were two other subplots, one of which involved a Mets player…

FP: Keith Hernandez.

LM: Yes. Who was adorable. And then there was the Kennedy assassination thing.

It was beautifully put together. And it was just relaxed and delightful. But I didn’t have a clue it was going to be a hit. I moved here and I would meet people and their elderly parents and they’d say, “My mother’s a big ‘Seinfeld’ fan.” I was always amazed, because I thought it was very Northeastcentric. Not so. Why is that?

FP: It does have a universal appeal, in that it pointed out how awful people can be, but in a funny way.

LM: It’s so mean. They’re so cold and mean. That’s the great part of it. The writing was extraordinary, and they surrounded Jerry with the best actors on television.

Jason Alexander, besides being a really lovely guy, is one of the best actors on TV. Julia [Louis-Dreyfus] is terrific. I don’t have a lot of nice things to say about Michael [Richards], but he’s very good. And Wayne [Knight]. Just great actors.

FP: When did you move to Athens?

LM: Eleven years ago. I have a daughter, and she was about to go into the fifth grade.

She went to a very nice private school [in L.A.] with the children of the very famous and very rich. We rented a house, and she was a scholarship kid. She went to school with very entitled children. Every year there was an end-of-the-year party at the house of a writer-producer. There was a beautiful pool, and the parents would sit and have their cocktails and the kids would swim and play. And I saw three little girls my kid’s age, you know, 10, in heels and string bikinis, talking on their cell phones as they were walking past the pool. And I thought, “I can stay here and she’ll go to high school on scholarship, and she won’t have a terrible life, but I can also give her the chance to have a childhood.” My brother, Nathan Mende, who a lot of people know, had lived

here for years. We visited, and I asked her if she [wanted to] move here, and she said yes.

FP: How closely have you followed Jerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career?

LM: I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t follow anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know who most people are, I almost never go to the movies, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t watch television. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always something else I want to do. Here in Athens, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather go hear live music than sit in a theater, no matter what the movie.

FP: Do you think, on some level, you feel disillusioned by your experience in Hollywood?

LM: Oh, no. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel disillusioned at all. I had a great run. I actually earned a living and supported three people without being famous. Which is amazing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much [a part of] my life. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also

why I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t watch TV and movies, because I watch with the hideous eye of an insider: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her hair was parted on the left,â&#x20AC;? that sort of thing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not snobbery, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not boredom, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not disillusionment. I like living my life.

I have so many friends who are musicians, and I love to go see them. Conner Tribble has a band that I sing with. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very busy.

I have no regrets and no animosity at all.

With the exception of maybe three people, everyone I ever worked with in Hollywood was delightful, kind, generous and human.

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or a sitcom that went off the air before some UGA freshmen were born, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seinfeldâ&#x20AC;? remains an essential part of American culture. It was maybe the last gasp of the monoculture before the Internet shattered itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a show you had to watch if for no other reason than everyone else would be talking about it the next day. (At its peak, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seinfeldâ&#x20AC;? had more than 30 million viewers; compare that to, say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parks and Recreation,â&#x20AC;? which for most of its run had less than five.)

Eighteen years after the final episode, with star Jerry Seinfeldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular web series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,â&#x20AC;? Larry Davidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spot-on Bernie Sanders impression, stonewashed jeans coming back in style and so much of our political discourse revolving around rehashing the Clinton Administration, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seinfeldâ&#x20AC;? has gained new relevance. It never really went away, thoughâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; close talking, double-dipping, re-gifting and man hands remain part of our lexicon. As the Buzzfeedification of Flagpole continues apace, here are 12 of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seinfeldâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best quotes. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably recognize them, even if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen the show.

12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe the dingo ate your baby.â&#x20AC;?

Season 3, episode 10, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Strandedâ&#x20AC;?

This is a reference to the 1988 Meryl Streep movie A Cry in the Dark, based on a true story about an Australian woman who was accused of murdering her child but claimed a wild dog ran off with it. You absolutely do not have to know this to find Elaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line hilarious.

11. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Serenity now!â&#x20AC;?

Season 9, episode 3, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Serenity Nowâ&#x20AC;?

Insanity later.

10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spongeworthyâ&#x20AC;?

Season 7, episode 9, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Spongeâ&#x20AC;?

This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a joke you could do today. â&#x20AC;&#x153;IUD worthyâ&#x20AC;? just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the same ring to it.

9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not the one going to hell.â&#x20AC;?

Season 9, Episode 16, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Burningâ&#x20AC;?

Puddyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Elaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadpan, Christian rock-listening, facepaint-wearing boyfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is the best.

8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ya gotta see the baby!â&#x20AC;?

Season 5, episode 21, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hamptonsâ&#x20AC;?

Breathtaking.

7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Festivus for the rest of usâ&#x20AC;?/â&#x20AC;&#x153;feats of strengthâ&#x20AC;?/â&#x20AC;&#x153;airing of grievancesâ&#x20AC;?

Season 9, episode 6, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Strikeâ&#x20AC;?

I will vote for whichever candidate promises to make Festivus a real holiday.

6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yada, yada, yadaâ&#x20AC;?

Season 8, episode 19, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Yada Yadaâ&#x20AC;?

Also, â&#x20AC;&#x153;anti-dentite.â&#x20AC;?

5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No soup for you!â&#x20AC;?

Season 7, episode 6, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Soup Naziâ&#x20AC;?

The diner, calzones, Junior Mints, big salads, muffin topsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so much of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seinfeldâ&#x20AC;? revolves around food. (George getting busted making change out of a tip jar. Kramer drying his clothes in a pizza oven. Kramer tossing a salad in the shower. The neon light from a Kenny Rogers Roasters keeping Kramer up at night. Newman being tempted to eat a buttered-up Kramer.

Kramer going on strike at the bagel shop. Jerry mugging an old lady for a loaf of bread.) Granted, the Soup Naziâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an angry Middle Eastern manâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is one of the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moreâ&#x20AC;Ś problematic characters (along with the Puerto Ricans in Season 9 and this episodeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lisping â&#x20AC;&#x153;street toughsâ&#x20AC;? who steal the armoireâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not to mention the castâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lack of diversity). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still funny. NO SOUP FOR YOU. COME BACK ONE YEAR. NEXT. 4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shrinkageâ&#x20AC;?

Season 5, episode 21, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hamptonsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was in the pool! I was in the pool!â&#x20AC;? This might be the best â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seinfeldâ&#x20AC;? episode of all time (see No. 8).

3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anything wrong with that.â&#x20AC;?

Season 4, episode 16, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Outingâ&#x20AC;?

While â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seinfeldâ&#x20AC;? was never overtly political, the writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; secular liberal viewsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;what Ted Cruz would call â&#x20AC;&#x153;New York valuesâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;often shone through. This episodeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in which Jerry tries to convince a reporter heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s straight while George pretends he and Jerry are a couple as an excuse to break up with his girlfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;skewers both the rightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homophobia and the leftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political correctness in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s culture wars. For the era of â&#x20AC;&#x153;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tellâ&#x20AC;? and the Defense of Marriage Act, it was a fairly progressive and even risky stance, especially for the conservative medium of network television.

2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These pretzels are making me thirsty!â&#x20AC;?

Season 3, episode 11, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Alternate Sideâ&#x20AC;?

To this day I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eat pretzels without saying this. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a compulsion. I really ought to talk to somebody.

1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Master of my domainâ&#x20AC;?

Season 4, episode 11, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Contestâ&#x20AC;?

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Chasing Sunsets Painter Scott Pope Presents “Mind·Paint·Prayer”

By René Shoemaker arts@flagpole.com Three primary colors: Red, yellow and blue, plus white.

In “Mind·Paint·Prayer,” Scott Pope’s exhibition currently on view at the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) in Watkinsville through Friday, Feb. 19, these are the only pure colors the artist uses to create astoundingly colorful paintings. Pope chases, watches, ponders and captures breathtaking Georgia sunsets to share in his extraordinary paintings.

“I am painting so that others can see,” says Pope, whom many know as the longtime owner of The Loft Art Supply store. The retail shop that began life 40 years ago (38 under Pope’s care) in a loft space on College Square in downtown Athens now makes its home on Baxter Street.

Various themes have appeared in Pope’s paintings over the years. In the 1980s his theme was “The Road”—paintings of roads and skies, landscapes and movement—a reflection of the many roads traveled in his own life. His work was met with critical acclaim; during that time he was “Storm Passing II” represented by the Heath Gallery in Atlanta, notable in that period for promoting contemporary art in Georgia. Pope then focused on exploring flowers and vegetation for a number of years, and in the 2000s began working on a series of paintings of skies, sunsets and clouds. In each of these subjects, Pope seeks to discover the translucent, the transitory, the swiftness of life. Intrigued by transparent layers of color, his early work began with watercolor on paper, and that same fascination informs his current oil paintings.

The Loft retail shop itself offers not only art supplies, but also a center of creative energy that inspires and

nurtures the artistic community. Over the years countless artists have worked at The Loft, purchased art supplies there and engaged in discussions of philosophy and technique within its walls, elevating the quality of art that has emerged out of Athens.

Pope, an art school dropout, completed a degree in journalism at UGA. He knew as long ago as 1977, when he returned to Athens to take over The Loft, that his mission was to serve people. He needed to find his own path, and he has spent the intervening four decades doing just that.

Pope received the “Best in Show” award at the 2015 OCAF Southworks Juried Art Exhibit, providing the opportunity for a solo exhibition at OCAF in 2016. He has spent the last year pursuing his exploration of clouds as an embodiment of spirit.

Sitting in the gallery, one is surrounded by a quiet

sense of joy. The paintings—some representational, some abstract—fill the space with color and depth. Read what you like into the paintings; they are open for interpretation. Titles such as “Sweeping Sky,” “Light versus Darkness” and “Behold” offer clues about what the artist is up to.

Asked about the exhibit’s title, Pope says, “The ‘Mind’ knows a concept and sees an image. ‘Paint’ is the substance as well as a physical act. And ‘Prayer’ is a part of the process of creation.”

Pope’s paintings evoke the fleeting moments of time, capturing the magnificent colors of a bank of clouds or the progression of a sunset. Wordsworth referred to such ephemeral moments as “spots in time,” explains Pope. With this in mind, Pope began this series of work with four small paintings, oil pastels on canvas that reveal the texture of the surface below, allowing the viewer to peer through layers of color. Pope’s work emphasizes process as much as product. Transparent layers reveal the story of the painting’s creation, the applications of layers of color to the canvas and the mixing of colors into lights and darks. There is no true black in Pope’s paintings; all of his colors are mixed from the three primary colors.

Pope’s painting “Passing Storm II” epitomizes his work. Bold swaths of color sweep across the large canvas as a bright aqua reaches out to the viewer from the horizon line. The painting vacillates between the concrete (a landscape) and the abstract (pure color).

Pope has incorporated a form of mark-making into this painting—drawn lines that play with the discovery of the picture plane. A small white line scratched into the paint exposes the canvas beneath, balancing a sense of being in awe of the heavens with a reminder that this painting is an earthly, human creation.

“These fleeting moments evoke a response universal in terms of moving people, no matter who or where they are,” Pope notes. He takes seriously the act of creating art while connecting to the spirit behind the work. Pope’s explorations are driven by a key question: “What am I doing here?”

“As I ask the question,” Pope affirms, “I hear the answer: ‘I want to help people feel joy.’” f

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art notes

The Dada Centennial Celebrate with Luciano Chessa, the Sun Ra Arkestra and Bruce Andrews

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com Emerging in opposition to the horrors of World War I, Dada was an international anti-war, anti-bourgeois, antiart movement of artists and poets who largely rejected logic, rationality and the status quo to embrace chaos, nonsense and intuition. The romanticized birthplace of Dada is storied to be Cabaret Voltaire, a nightclub founded by Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings in Zurich, Switzerland in February 1916 as a nucleus for avant-garde artistic, literary and political activity. Though Cabaret Voltaire was only operated for less than a year, frequent soirees of radically experimental performances of spoken word, dance and live music—often as absurd and destructive as the war existing outside the doors—served as a precursor for Dadaists who continued to reject traditional aesthetics, instead finding artwork as the medium for expressing social and political dissonance.

In celebration of the centennial year of Dada and the ongoing spirit of experimental art, Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE)—an interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts at UGA—collaborated with Jed Rasula, Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor and head of the department of English, to curate a three-week series of performances themed on the past, present and future. The series uses Rasula’s recently published art history book Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the Twentieth Century as a resource to connect Dada’s historical milestone to Athens’ own position as a center for experimental art.

“I was deeply affected by Jed’s book, where he follows the lives of the Dada participants and provides a broad context for their activities, really letting their personalities and ideas come through,” says Mark Hugo Ball Callahan, artistic director of ICE. “The book allows the reader to see how so much contemporary culture proceeds from the conditions that Dada responded to a century ago; in many ways we are still reinventing and catching up to the core innovations and creative disruptions of Dada.”

Flicker Theatre & Bar will be transformed into Cabaret Voltaire 1916 on Thursday, Feb. 11 beginning at 8 p.m. with a presentation by Rasula and a performance by Italian composer and musicologist Luciano Chessa. Rasula became interested in bringing Chessa to Athens after seeing him perform a program of Italian Futurist sound poetry last year at the Guggenheim. Many of the participants at Cabaret Voltaire were aware of Italian Futurists and became heavily influenced by their sound poetry, making Chessa a relevant component to the night’s discourse. David Saltz, executive director of ICE and head of the UGA Theatre and Film Studies Department, will direct students in reenacting a series of Dada performances based on archival research, such as Erik Satie’s “Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire,” a piano piece for four hands played by Crystal Wu and Emma Lin. The evening will be rounded out with costumes, set design and other surprises directly inspired by those

legendary nights of yore.

On Thursday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m., the historic Morton Theatre will host a rare performance by the famed cosmic jazz group Sun Ra Arkestra, currently under the direction of 91-year-old Marshall Allen, who joined the Arkestra in 1958 and led the reed section for more than four decades.

Following Sun Ra’s 1993 ascension—space is the place, presumably—the group continued to play his classic big-band compositions alongside Allen’s own arrangements deeply rooted in the spirit of his mentor. Organized by Heather McIntosh, ICE Honorary Fellow and curator of ICE’s AUX event and publishing series devoted to experimental art, the evening will open with the Flicker Orchestra performing live soundtracks to silent films from the Dada era.

“Jazz emerged as word and musical style more or less simultaneously with Dada. And in Europe the two were often confused.

Dadaists actually would drop in the word ‘jazz’ in posters advertising their events— not that they knew anything at all about jazz… few did,” says Rasula. “Jazz history has its own internal varieties of Dada, whether it’s Charles Mingus’ tunes like ‘All the Things You Could Be By Now if Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother.’ Also, the development of scat singing in jazz has affinities with Dada sound poetry, although the musicians are unlikely to have known about [Dada].

However, Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds released a tune in 1923 called ‘That Dada Strain,’ so who knows?

The fanciful spirit of Sun Ra’s personality, lifestyle and cosmology make the Arkestra a perfect way to celebrate the centenary of Dada in Athens.”

The Centennial Celebration concludes with a return to Flicker on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. featuring new works by visiting artist Bruce Andrews and live music from Mind Brains. A recently retired professor of political science at Fordham University, Andrews is a New York-based poet and performance artist known as one of the founders of the influential avant-garde “language poetry” movement of the early ‘70s. Student contributions include short plays by members of professor John Bray’s playwriting group; an improvisation set by music doctoral student Scott Eggert on a Pythagorean Lambdoma Harmonic Keyboard and local mainstay Killick on a VO-96 fretless acoustic guitar; and electronic compositions by music doctoral students Cody Brookshire and Hanna Lisa Stefansson.

“Traces of Dada are everywhere, and in performance it’s often detectable through a somewhat anarchic sense of humor like you get in Monty Python. For the original Dadaists, humor was a weapon, as well as a part of being human,” says Rasula. “But Dada introduced other influential things, like the use of chance, the accommodation of any medium to noise or disruption and, above all, an iconoclastic wariness of official institutions, especially art institutions. Hence Dada’s reputation as ‘anti-art.’” f

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grub notes

Quick Bites Fast Food Here and On the Road

By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com

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EXPRESS: Our alien overlords may have assumed that everything necessary would be included within the Space Kroger that opened on Highway 29 in 2014 (sidebar: It’s a good place to find lemongrass), but supplementary businesses have been popping up around it nonetheless. One of the newest is Tokyo Express (690 U.S. Hwy. 29, Suite 130, 706-5438833), a quick-service hibachi/ sushi place that looks like a chain but technically isn’t.

The food is prepared to order in an open kitchen, and the fish for the sushi sits out in plain view for your inspection. Whether the sushi is better or worse than the stuff in the Kroger next door is undetermined. It’s fine and fast, but not up to the level of the rolls Inoko Sushi Express makes on the Eastside—the best combination of cheap, good and fast I have found. Tokyo Express doesn’t offer a huge range of rolls, but it does have a sweet potato and avocado roll, an eelcucumber roll and both red snapper and masago available as two-piece sushi.

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Bento boxes offer a choice of hibachi vegetables, chicken, steak or shrimp and teriyaki chicken, with rice, vegetables, a California roll, a few sad gyoza, ginger-dressed salad and a spring roll at dinner (they’re available at lunch, too, with slightly fewer options for a slightly lower price). Sides include the standards (miso soup, edamame, seaweed salad) but also Tokyo noodles (basically lo mein served with a faintly sweet sauce) and hot wings in a variety of flavors.

The place is small, with counter service and Coffee News to occupy you while you wait.

There isn’t a whole lot to it, but it’s good to have some diversification of food options in the area.

Tokyo Express is open 11 a.m.– 9:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m.–10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m.–9 p.m.

Sunday. It serves no alcohol and does a lot of take-out, although you can eat there.

HOT DOGS ON THE ROAD: Should you find yourself driving down I-75 to middle Georgia, one thing that may catch your attention is the number of hot dog stands in the area. It’s not something we have a lot of in northeast Georgia, apart from The Varsity. I don’t mean street carts or mobile vendors, but businesses of long standing that focus on non-gourmet hot dogs, usually topped with chili and/or slaw.

The most famous, of course, is Nu-Way Weiners, in Macon, founded in 1916. The original store, in downtown Macon, burned last year and is in the process of renovation, but there are five others in Macon, two in Warner Robins and one in Fort Valley. Nu-Way No. 2

(5572 Bloomfield Road, Macon, 478-781-1305) is younger than its big sister but still dates to 1969 and feels like it. A U-shaped lunch counter fills the space, with a small cash register at one end that also operates the drive-through.

The hot dog that arrives within a couple of minutes is bright red, topped with yellow mustard, chopped (but not minced) onions and “chili sauce,” a thinned-down meaty chili fragrant with cumin. The bun is soft but stands up to the job long enough for you to wolf down the whole thing.

Soft drinks come with “famous flaky ice,” which is indeed distinctive. The no-fuss atmosphere, the low prices ($1.89 for the basic all-the-way dog) and the quality of the wiener combine to make Nu-Way a true classic. Location No. 2 is open 6:30 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday–Saturday, with breakfast options and hamburgers should you want to veer away from traditionalism. No. 1 may yet be back open this year.

Down the road in Albany, you may find yourself choosing among Hot Dog King, Jimmie’s Hot Dogs and The Little Red Dog House (821 W. Broad Ave., 229-883-6059), all of which are in a fairly small radius. I didn’t have time to hit all three, but the latter was a fine example of road food.

A couple of picnic tables under a carport roof are the extent of the seating. Order from a window in the side of the tiny building after perusing the tall wooden menu that stands next to it. A “combination dog” with chili, slaw, ketchup (hey, when in Rome), mustard and onions plus a bucket of soda will run you $3.07, but the place takes credit cards.

The dog isn’t quite as good as Nu-Way’s (the sausage is less firm, the chili less flavorful; maybe the ketchup really is a bad idea), but the experience is peerless. The Little Red Dog House is open 10 a.m.–7:30 p.m. Monday–Saturday.

WHAT UP?: Zombie Coffee and Donuts will soon open in the former Your Pie space downtown. The calzone war continues to rage, with Eddie’s Calzones and D.P. Dough exchanging shots. White Tiger plans to open Mondays starting Feb. 15. Big Family Cafe will add dinner hours.

Get the scoop on all local food news by following the Grub Notes blog at flagpole.com. f

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Homegrown Heathens Mike Cooley on the Drive-By Truckers’ Legacy and Future

By Dan Mistich music@flagpole.com

F

ollowing Patterson Hood’s move to Portland, OR last year, some diehard Drive-By Truckers fans may wonder about the future of the longtime local outfit.

Although the group’s headquarters remains in town, most of its members now reside outside of Athens.

But Birmingham, AL-based guitarist Mike Cooley is confident that Hood’s move won’t affect the band. “I haven’t really thought about it,” he says. “I see Patterson about as much as I did when he lived in Athens, honestly. It’s gonna be different for him. This is the first time we’ve done anything in Athens as a band that he won’t go home [afterwards] to his house down the street.”

Known for their raucous live show and relentless touring, the Truckers are riding a wave of praise for their recently released live album, It’s Great To Be Alive, a massive collection of songs recorded by David Barbe over several nights in San Francisco. Cooley says the project became especially important when the band’s members discussed how they’d prefer to be memorialized in years to come.

“It serves the purpose, if anyone wants to ask it, of answering the questions: Who are the Drive-By Truckers?

What’s their deal? What’s the story? What do people like about them?” says Cooley, reflecting on what the live record signifies at this point in the band’s career. “I realized—and I think we all did—that if we got this right, it’s gonna be this one thing that we have to show for this whole career.”

Despite the challenge of deciding on what songs belonged on the album, Cooley says the process was relatively smooth sailing. “The only thing that was hard was getting a five-record set pressed. That was kind of a bitch,” he jokes.

Rather than putting pressure on the band to deliver another knockout studio release, Cooley says it’s a relief to celebrate a milestone. “It serves as closure on however many eras the live record represents. I was already in pursuit of songs that are going to wind up on the next album.”

In fact, following a run of shows last fall, the band booked time in a Nashville studio with Barbe to spontaneously capture their progress on a batch of new material.

“Initially, we weren’t going to lay down the whole album. I wanted to record what we had and go somewhere else,” says Cooley. “We had three days, and we recorded nine songs. So I said, ‘I think we have an album here.’”

Although Cooley says the album will likely be mixed at Chase Park Transduction with Barbe at the helm, the forthcoming release will be the band’s first not recorded in Athens since Southern Rock Opera.

“We were all pretty excited about the idea of going somewhere where nobody lived. If you’re close to home, there are distractions,” says Cooley. “The process, once we were there,

wasn’t all that different—the mood, the feel of everything, our behavior, it all became familiar again,” he says.

Though Cooley contributed as many songs as Hood for the Truckers’ last studio offering, English Oceans, he says he doesn’t want to jinx his burst of songwriting productivity, which can come and go in an instant.

“We all want artistic freedom until about the third hour of staring at that blank sheet of paper, and then we’re just dying for someone to tell us what the hell to do,” Cooley says with a laugh, adding that some of his spare time is now devoted to forming songs for his first solo release, a move familiar to his counterpart Hood.

“I’m trying to push myself to write songs for something like that. I’m trying to carve out some kind of vision that points me to that blank piece of paper. It is important for me to do something like that at some point. I’ve always said that if I had the songs, I’d do it, but I don’t think I’m ever going to have them unless I make that a goal,” Cooley says.

Although the new Truckers album is mostly completed, Cooley has his sights set on another sold-out string of shows in the town that launched the band’s career and performing for the folks who keep his career going.

“Nowadays, it’s for the fans. They look forward to it all year.

It’s their homecoming as much or more than it is ours, and it’s a blast to see.” f

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Skate-Punk Heroes In 2016, Agent Orange is Still Essential

By Gordon Lamb music@flagpole.com

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been 37 years since Agent Orange was born. The group, led by singer and guitarist Mike Palm and featuring bassist Steve Soto (of Adolescents) and drummer Scott Miller, cut a distinctive swath for itself among the Orange County, CA scene. It was among the first to use surfrock riffs and arrangements in a punk context, and in the process it reconfigured this musical dialect into an essential soundtrack for the then-burgeoning skate-rock scene.

Palmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bloodline runs to that soundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infancy. His cousin, Jim Tran, was the bassist for early-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s band The Original Surfaris, named such after a dispute with the more successful Surfaris (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wipe Outâ&#x20AC;?).

The undisputed king of surf guitar, Dick Dale, was from Orange County, too, and Agent Orange shredded out a version of his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Misirlouâ&#x20AC;? a full 13 years before Pulp Fiction resurrected it once again.

The Vandals, Adolescents and D.I., had more than enough targets for their lyrical and musical barbs, leading to what one can imagine was a sense of heavy ennui.

But Agent Orange never sounded much like their peers, especially by 1986, when their second album, This Is The Voice, came out. The original trio was still intact, but the songs had shifted into high-gear, mod-influenced sharpness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s In Your Headâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Kill Spiesâ&#x20AC;? couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been compositions

by The Jam (albeit with U.S. accents). The high-energy pop of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fire in the Rainâ&#x20AC;? was a nod to the nascent college-rock sound starting to twist around the nation. Still, Agent Orange was ensconced solidly within the skate scene, which was more about a feeling of propulsion than any codified sound.

(It was around this time that Agent Orange had its own boardâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;designed by Palm and Lavesqueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;issued by Vision Skateboards.)

Soto left the group soon after it formed, and the late James Levesque took his place. Palm wrote most of the songs for the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1981 debut, Living In Darkness, but Lavesqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contributions have been called essential by longtime fans. Released on Posh Boy Records, the album opens with what is undoubtedly Agent Orangeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most well-known song, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bloodstains.â&#x20AC;?

A staple of any skate-rock collection, the songâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;made more famous when The Offspring covered itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;declares: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Things seem so much different now/ The scene has died away.â&#x20AC;? For punks, wannabe punks and curious onlookers around the United States, especially areas that had no punk scene at all, this was a letdown, like getting told school was dismissed before you had a chance to enroll. But as with everything worth exploring, context is important.

Orange County is synonymous with wealth. Every stereotype one can conjure with regard to conservative suburbia was likely hatched there first. Plus, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absolutely gigantic. Its 3 million residents populate a full 34 proper cities. Area bands of the time, such as Social Distortion, TSOL,

The third Agent Orange album, Virtually Indestructible, came out in 1996 and the band spent the next two decades touring the world, including several runs on the Vans Warped Tour. Since 2003, Palm has been joined by bassist Perry Giordano (aka Perry Gx) and drummer Dave Klein from The Bomboras, who were named after a song by The Original Surfaris.

Lineup changes notwithstanding, Agent Orange is unique among bands that have held their name for so long. Whereas many groups have been having a ball by reforming and getting high-dollar gigs, Agent Orange simply never stopped playing. Live video from only weeks ago, when the band was in Australia, just hit the web, and through the noise and swirling crowd, one thing is clear: Age only erodes urgency if you allow it. f

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Get Excited for New Eureka California Plus, More Music News and Gossip

By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com MARKS THE SPOT: The new full-length from Eureka California wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be out until March, but the first single is available to stream, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a golâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; darned smoker! The album is Versus, and the song is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sign My Name With an X.â&#x20AC;? In two minutes, it compresses the urgency of HĂźsker DĂź into the slack appeal of Dinosaur Jr. The record was recorded in Leeds, UK with engineer MJ from the band Hookworms at his Suburban Home studio. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be released via HHBTM Records, and you can check out the single via soundcloud.com/hhbtm-records.

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UP ALL NIGHT: Eureka Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jake Ward and Marie Uhler, along with HHBTM head Mike Turner, are promoting shows under the name Public Access. To start, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hosting a doubleheader Friday, Feb. 12 with an early and a late show. The early one is at Flicker Theatre & Bar at 9 p.m. with Bee Terror Thing, which is Brigette Adair Herron of Tunabunny playing â&#x20AC;&#x153;intellectual skronkâ&#x20AC;?; Trumansburg, NYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Isabel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Izzyâ&#x20AC;? Reidy playing under the name Izzy True; and Signal Mountain, which is Uhler along with Lydia Brambila (Outer Sea, et al) as a guitar and keyboard duo. The late show starts at 11 p.m. and is at Little Kings Shuffle Club. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll feature Eureka California, Asheville, NCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Minorcan and local dudes Wieuca.

GET SOME MORE: With their new full-length Sawce still hot out of the studio, Team SSâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Justin â&#x20AC;&#x153;Loyalâ&#x20AC;? Smith and Keefie â&#x20AC;&#x153;3ftâ&#x20AC;?

Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just released an additional EP. It functions quite well as an addendum to the album, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve titled it, appropriately enough, Extra Sawce. The eight tracks are harder hitting, with more bass-heavy beats and aggressive vocals. Guest feature appearances from Yung Cuz and Duddy Ken help solidify the pairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedication to Classic City hip hop while still cutting their own style.

Check it out at teamsawce.bandcamp.com.

In a bit of parallel news, Johnson is working on the follow-up to his I Am Derrick that came out last spring. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also got a pretty good YouTube channel going, with lots of music and inspirational talks, including a touching documentary titled The After Derrick Story, in which he covers what life

has been like since the loss of his brother, Derrick Johnson. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth every minute.

Listen in and take a peep over at youtube. com/3DaGhost.

LESS IS MARR: Longtime singer-songwriter, man about town and former Flagpole City Editor Dave Marr has a surprise for those who catch his opening set for Drive-By Truckers this Friday, Feb. 12. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s completed the new album he hinted at last year, We Were All In Love. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have CD copies at the show. Although he says he might put some copies over at Wuxtry Records, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not planning on releasing it further without label interest and support.

And, really, who could blame him? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m among the lucky ones who got an advance copy, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honestly the best collection of songs Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever heard from Marr. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll stand on top of the Star Room Boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coffee table in cowboy boots and say that, too. His voice, which had a compelling earnestnessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and thus boyishnessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;when he led the Boys, has matured and deepened over the past 20-odd years into a rich and honeyed well.

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m being sung at, but being sung near. Plus, the songs on this new record are simply top-notch and are crossbred masterfully between country, 1970s pop and classic college guitar-rock. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only a couple that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t land with me, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no sense naming them, because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve no idea what any of these songs are called yet! Keep up with all things Marr over at davemarrmusic.com.

GET OUTTA TOWN: About 10 miles east of Athens lies the tiny town of Arnoldsville, and inside that town lies No. 3 Railroad Street. The building has served in the past as a post office and grocery store but was recently restored by Mary Nouri. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been running it as a community center with lots of different activities during the day, but is looking to open it up to musicians at night. To this end, there are a few shows already planned. First up is Southern rock hero Tommy Talton, whose resume includes several years on Capricorn Records (during the good years!) and as an in-demand session player for multiple legends, as well as being in Greg Allmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s touring and recording band. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing this Saturday, Feb. 13. Athens music fans will find this space a little different than our downtown venues. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no liquor license, and the feeling I get from photos of it is almost like a bed and breakfast, but without either of those. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to visiting soon. Check them out via facebook.com/ No.3RailroadStreet and 3railroad.org. f

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In Grahame-Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mash-up, Lizzie and her sisters have been trained in deadly Eastern arts to battle the zombie hordes threatening England. Darcy is a colonel skilled in killing zombies. The bulk of the plot is untouched, if rushed. Darcy, clad like a Nazi vampire school-shooter, barely has time to develop from a jerk into a romantic hero. Jane (Bella Heathcote) still pines for Mr. Bingley (Douglas Booth), and Parson Collins (former Doctor Who Matt Smith, who provides the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most positive energy) still skulks around Lizzie looking for a proper Hail, Caesar! match. Wickham (Jack Huston) is still an unsurprising cad.

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies will jumpLambert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There can be only one,â&#x20AC;? after all. start a similar cottage industry of classic lit/ The Coensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; latest comic entry begins a movie monster mashups. bit inaccessibly, as Brolinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mannix rarely has any fun. But the movies within the SISTERS (R) Seven years is too long to movie are delightful. The singing westerns wait for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to coof Ehrenreichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gymnastic cowboy Hobie headline a movie. Their follow-up to 2008â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Doyle and the Busby Berkeley balletics of Baby Mama allows the actresses to switch Johanssonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mermaid DeeAnna Moran are personasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this time, Fey is the less put terrific. Then Tatumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Burt Gurney bursts together of the duo and Poehler the straight onto the scene with a censors-be-damned oneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as sisters Kate and Maura Ellis. When song-and-dance number for the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s these not quite grown-ups learn their parcrown jewel; it deserves a place on any reel ents (James Brolin and Dianne Wiest) plan of the Coensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; greatest scenes. Even if the to sell their childhood home, the sisters parts of Hail, Caesar! are better than its revisit their high school days by throwing whole, it is worth the price of admission. a wild party with their old pals (including Maya Rudolph, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Mindy Projectâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ike PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES (PG-13) I tried but could not finish the book by Seth Barinholtz, John Cena, John Leguizamo, Bobby Moynihan, Rachel Dratch and Grahame-Smith. The idea of zombies in the Samantha Bee).

Regency period of Jane Austen is terrific; The movie is funny as expected, though mashing it up with her classic novel Pride that word may be the problem. Everything and Prejudice did not work so well as a book that happens is expected. Now that Fey and barely works better as a movie. It does and Poehler are together again, they need work better, as watching Pride and Prejudice to find a behind-the-camera collaborator and Zombies takes a lot less time than readworthy of them. Pitch Perfect director Jason ing it would.

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Georgia Museum of Art · 5:30 p.m. · FREE! New York City-based artist Alice Aycock has been creating large-scale installations since the ‘70s, addressing themes related to the environment, architecture and technology. Her lecture will share stories from her career, illustrated by works related to the interplay between nature and mankind. Two of Aycock’s sculptures, “Waltzing Matilda” and “Twin Vortexes,” are on view in the museum’s Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, a space dedicated to the works of women sculptors. The pair were created as part of “Park Avenue Paper Chase,” a collection of white aluminum and fiberglass sculptures designed to visualize the movement of wind energy as they touched down on their original site on the Upper East Side. [Jessica Smith]

Tuesday 9 ART: Visiting Artist Lecture (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S151) Rashaad Newsome works in collage, sculpture, video, performance and sound. His work is in public collections at the Brooklyn Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. art.uga.edu CLASSES: Creative Lettering (Bogart Library) Learn the art of creative lettering by using quotes and making cards and other projects.

Supplies provided. 6–7:30 p.m.

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Normaltown Hall · 8 p.m. · $5 After being sidelined due to health reasons for large portions of the previous two seasons, Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Justin Scott-Wesley went down with a knee injury during a preseason practice last summer. Rather than try to rehab from a third serious setback, he decided to hang up his cleats and focus on his other love: music. Scott-Wesley spent last semester working towards his diploma (which he received in December) and laying down tracks with the help of teammate Sony Michel in the running back’s bedroom studio. Last month he dropped Unspoken Truth, a truly solid 10-track mixtape. He’ll perform Thursday at Normaltown Hall as part of that venue’s first dedicated hip hop showcase, which also features Sterling. [Gabe Vodicka]

and thoughts. 6 p.m. $20. www. kaartist.com EVENTS: Law of Attraction and Manifestation (Body, Mind & Spirit) Learn how to attract positive changes into your life. Every Tuesday. 6 p.m. $5 donation. 706351-6024 EVENTS: Wine Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) Sample Italian wines from importer Eros Spinozzi of CuoreRosso Vintners. 6 p.m. www.heirloomathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) Trivia with host 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: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station

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Rd.) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Compete in happy hour trivia hosted by James Majure.

First place gets a $30 gift card.

5:30–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) Compete to win prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com KIDSTUFF: Student Financial Aid 101 (ACC Library) Participants will learn how to complete the FAFSA, eligibility requirements for the HOPE program and more. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens

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Popular local party-starting outfit Showtime, a five-piece band that consists of longtime Classic City hip hop fixture Elite tha Showstoppa backed by members of various local funk and rock groups, will celebrate the release of its first proper full-length album this Saturday evening with a concert at its unofficial home base of Nowhere Bar. The 13-track Light the Fiya, CDs of which will reportedly be available for purchase at the show, features an invigorating blend of old-school hip hop, psychedelic funk, fuzzed-out garage-rock and New Orleans soul.

Blacknerdninja and LG, two of the most vital hip hop artists currently operating on the Athens scene, will open Saturday’s gig with their high-octane duo performance. [GV] LECTURES & LIT: New Town Revue (Avid Bookshop) This installment will feature music by Dave Marr and readings from Jessica Handler and Hope HIlton.

6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop. com PERFORMANCE: Beethoven Lecture and Concert (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) A three-day celebration of the works of Beethoven hosted by Evgeny Rivkin and Levon Ambartsumian.

Students will perform sonatas by the composer for violin and piano. Feb. 9 & 10, 8 p.m. Feb. 12, 5 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: UGA Philharmonia Spring Concert (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The ensemble is one of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s large

“Preservationist” Round Table

Lamar Dodd School of Art · 3 p.m. · FREE! The A-4P, or Air Purifying Plants Proliferation Project, is an initiative promoting environmental awareness within the Lamar Dodd School of Art and art studios beyond. The group, comprised of graduate students with concentrations in printmaking, painting and drawing, has organized “Preservationist,” an exhibition on view through Feb. 25. The show features Minnesota assemblage sculptor David Hamlow and Alberta, Canada printmaker Sean Caulfield, whose art draws attention to the psychological and material byproducts of consumerism. Students, faculty and the artists will lead a discussion related to “green” art practices and the potential in art to encourage sustainability. Tastings from Southern Brewing Company will follow. [Madeline Bates]

orchestral ensembles. 8 p.m. FREE! pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Tuesday Drag (Bar Georgia) With the Kourtesans.

9 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706850-9040

Wednesday 10 ART: ICE Conversation: Dada (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S160) Jed Rasula, head of the English Department and Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor at UGA, is the author of Destruction Was My Beatrice, a comprehensive history of the Dada art movement.

His lecture is held in anticipation of the Dada Centennial, a commemoration of 100 years of Dada that begins Feb. 11. See Art Notes on p. 13. 12

p.m. FREE! www.ideasforcreativeexploration.com ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Exhibition co-curators Carissa DiCindio and Tricia Miller lead a tour of “Tools of the Trade.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org 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 CLASSES: The Buddha’s Teachings (Body, Mind & Spirit) Bring more inner peace to your life.

Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706-351-6024 CLASSES: Gardening Class: Blueberries & Figs (ACC Library) Gardeners of all levels can learn how to grow blueberry bushes and fig

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trees. Registration recommended. 6 p.m. FREE! atedrow@uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Science Café (ACC Library) Jeremy Peacock and Zoe Evans will discusses “Measuring Up with GA’s Science Standards.” 7 p.m. FREE! athenssciencecafe.wordpress.com EVENTS: Rabbit Box: “Black Like Me” (The Foundry) This month features storytellers Rachelle Ellis, Dawn D. Bennett, Joseph Houston III, Ismael Cuthbertson, Broderick Flanagan and more. Life the Griot will be the emcee. 7 p.m. $7. thefoundryathens.com GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Weekly themed games.

House cash and drink prizes. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 7:30–9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Downtown and Broad St. locations) Every Wednesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ blindpigtavern GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com KIDSTUFF: Chess Club (Oconee County Library) Ages 7 & up are invited to play. All experience levels welcome. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950 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: Valentine Cookies and Card Fun (East Athens Community Center) Ages 5–12 can eat cookies and make cards. 5–6 p.m. $2–3.

706-613-3593 KIDSTUFF: Anime Club (Oconee County Library) Watch some anime and manga, listen to J-Pop music, eat Japanese snacks and share fan art. Ages 11–18. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens MEETINGS: Lunch and Learn (Four Athens) Jeff Bekiares of Founders Legal discusses the top business law topics for startups. Lunch is provided. RSVP. 12 p.m. FREE! www. fourathens.com MEETINGS: “How Does Divine Spirit Work in Your Life?”

(ACC Library) This workshop is for all faiths to learn about dreams and past lives. 7 p.m. FREE! www. eckankar-ga.org 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 PERFORMANCE: Faculty Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Professor of clarinet D. Ray McClellan will play works from Brahms, Bozza and Bernstein.

McClellan will be accompanied by Damon Denton on piano and Dr.

David Starkweather on cello. 8 p.m. $5 (w/ UGA ID), $10. www.pac. uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Beethoven Lecture and Concert (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 9 & 10, 8 p.m. Feb. 12, 5 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

Thursday 11 ART: Paint Your Pet (Uptown Art Uncorked) Take home a 16x20” painting of your pet. Half of the night’s proceeds will benefit the Athens Area Humane Society. For ages 12 & up. Email a picture of your pet ahead of time. 7–10 p.m. $40. athens@uptownart.com ART: Alice Aycock: Selected Work (Georgia Museum of Art) Sculptor Alice Aycock will share stories of her career. Two of her-large scale sculptures are currently on display in the museum’s Sculpture Garden. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. 5:30 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Empty Bowls Painting (Georgia Museum of Art) Join the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia in creating custom bowls for the charity’s annual Empty Bowls Luncheon.

10 a.m.–3 p.m. $7. www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Water Color Pencils (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Joan Lurwig and Eileen Hurd will show techniques for all abilities. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison CLASSES: Argentine Tango Classes (UGA Tate Student Center, Room 473) Learn to dance with the UGA Tango Club. No partner required. 6–8 p.m. athenstangoclub@gmail.com EVENTS: Dog Day Afternoon (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Spend a canine cocktail hour with your pet. Fresh water and treats for pooches, plus drink specials for owners. 5–9 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub EVENTS: Make It An Evening (Georgia Museum of Art) Enjoy Jittery Joe’s coffee, Cecilia Villaveces’ cakes and a gallery tour of “Tools of the Trade” prior to a performance by pianists Wu Han and Alessio Bax, artist members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and special guest pianist Robert Spano in Hodgson Hall. 6–8 p.m. FREE! $5 (coffee & dessert). www.pac.uga.edu FILM: Behind-the-Scenes Film Series: Gerhard Richter Painting (Georgia Museum of Art) This documentary follows legendary German painter Gerhard Richter in his studio through the spring and summer of 2009, revealing his personal, tension-filled process of artistic creation. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org GAMES: Trivia (El Azteca) Win prizes with host Nic. Every Thursday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-2639 KIDSTUFF: Mo Willems Birthday Party (ACC Library) Celebrate with Mo Willems’ books. Play games and learn how to draw wily Pigeon. Ages 3–7. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Open Playtime (Oconee County Library) For ages 0–3. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee KIDSTUFF: Gourmet Kids Cooking Club (Lay Park) Participants will learn cooking skills and kitchen safety while making treats. Ages 8–12. 5:30–7 p.m. $5–7.50. www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure KIDSTUFF: Cupid Time with My Valentine (Rocksprings Community Center) Ages 2–5 can enjoy refreshments, games and a

Valentine craft. Adult supervision required. 10:30 a.m. $4–6. 706613-3602 KIDSTUFF: Dungeons and Dragons (ACC Library) Join Athens Roleplaying for Kids for a weekly game. Thursdays in February. 6 p.m.

FREE! plewis@athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) Meet Ashley Warlick in celebration of her book, The Arrangement. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Mark Sanders (UGA Chapel) Author and professor Mark Sanders will give a talk on “Blackness and Nationality: The Case of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban Racial Narrative,” as part of the symposium “Cuba and the U.S. South: A Shared History.” 4 p.m.

FREE! willson.uga.edu MEETINGS: Rimasunchis!

Quechua Conversation Table (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Learn about the Quechua language and discuss Andean culture. No previous knowledge of Quechua is required.

Every Thursday. 5–6 p.m. FREE! batemabd@uga.edu MEETINGS: Athens Area Newcomers Club (Central Presbyterian Church) This month’s speaker is Dan Harris. He will discuss honeybees and their importance in ecology. 9:30 a.m. FREE! 706-850-7463, athensareanewcomersclub.org PERFORMANCE: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performs a program entitled “Pianos/Pianists” featuring pianists Alessio Bax and Wu Han of the Chamber Music Society and special guest Robert Spano, music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m. $40. pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Dada Centennial (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Flicker becomes Cabaret Voltaire 1916 with performances by Italian composer and performance artist Luciano Chessa, reenactments of original Dada performances led by UGA students, and a presentation by Jed Rasula, author of Destruction Was My Beatrice. See Art Notes on p. 13.

8 p.m. FREE! www.ideasforcreativeexploration.com PERFORMANCE: Luis Barberia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Guitar player and composer Luis Barberia is a member of the collective Habana Abierta. His visit is part of Cuba and the US South: A Shared History, an international symposium. Sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the Dean Rusk International Law Center. 8 p.m. www.willson.uga.edu THEATER: The Graduate (Athens Community Theater) Terry Johnson’s play is adapted from the cult novel and classic film. It follows Benjamin Braddock, his affair with Mrs. Robinson and his love for her daughter, Elaine. Feb. 11–13, 8 p.m. Feb. 14, 2 p.m. $8–15. townandgownplayers.org

Friday 12 ART: Artist Reception (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) See new works by Melissa Lee. 6–7 p.m. FREE! www. hendershotscoffee.com CLASSES: Happy Yoga Happy Hour (Kumquat Mae Bakery Café) Get your weekend off to a serene start with a stress-eliminating yoga session. A portion of donations will go to Nuci’s Space. 5:15 p.m.

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THEATER: The Graduate (Athens Community Theater) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 11–13, 8 p.m. Feb. 14, 2 p.m. $8–15. townandgownplayers.org

Saturday 13 EVENTS: 1 Billion Rising (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) The event will feature poetry, music, dance and more to stand in opposition of violence against women. 5–7 p.m.

FREE! www.onebillionrising.org EVENTS: Coffee Date (Terrapin Beer Co.) Sample four coffee beers, chocolate and cookies on this Valentine’s Day tour. 4:30–7:30 p.m. $12. www. terrapinbeer.com

but for why they are. Followed by a banquet. Proceeds benefit Extra Special People. 2 p.m. (auction), 4 p.m. (pageant). $15. www.extraspecialpeople.com EVENTS: Athens Canine Rescue Adoption Event (PetSmart) Meet your new best friend. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

FREE! www.athenscaninerescue.com EVENTS: Bhagavad Gita (Body, Mind & Spirit) A Vedanta monk teaches from this ancient text. Every Saturday. 3 p.m. $5. 706-351-6024 GAMES: Shadowfist Dynamic Card Game (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play the Shadowfist Dynamic Card Game. 12 p.m. FREE! 706-3544500, www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Netrunner Open Play (Tyche’s Games) New players welcome to this fantasy card game open play. 12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www. tychesgames.com

on a tour led by docents. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: African American Read-In (Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church, 140 Rose St.) This event spotlights local and national AfricanAmerican writers. This year’s theme is “From the Pulpit to the Podium.”

3 p.m. FREE! 706-548-0853 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 for this month’s Valentine’s Day themed night. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com EVENTS: Frog Hop 5K (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Run or walk the 5K to raise money for Sandy Creek Nature Center. A one-mile Tadpole Fun Run will precede the 5K. 2 p.m. $17–25.

706-613-3615, www.athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter

listing for full description Feb. 12–13 & 18–20, 7 p.m. Feb. 14 & 21, 3 p.m. $5–10. athenslittleplayhouse.net

Monday 15 EVENTS: Portrait Unveiling (Athens-Clarke County Courthouse) A ceremony unveiling the portrait of Judge Jones. 4 p.m. FREE! kkalivoda@hmklaw.net FILM: Blackfish (Miller Learning Center, Room 171) Blackfish offers a critical look at the consequences of keeping killer whales in captivity. Dr. Lori Marino will lead a discussion. 7 p.m. FREE! sos.uga.edu/filmfest GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

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EVENTS: Georgia Birthday Celebration (Bogart Agricultural Center) Celebrate Georgia’s 283rd birthday with colonial crafts, pictures with costumed guests and hands-on history activities. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart EVENTS: Healing Circle & Meditation (Body, Mind & Spirit) Experience different forms and modalities of meditation. Every Friday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706-351-6024 EVENTS: Morning Mindfulness (Georgia Museum of Art) Join a meditation session in the galleries.

Meet in the lobby. 9:30–10:30 a.m.

FREE! branew@uga.edu, www.georgiamuseum.org FILM: Faust Song of the Sun (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Auditorium S150) German author Werner Fritsch will introduce a screening of his film poem Faust Song of the Sun. The film reflects on a movement in Goethe’s Faust. The film will be followed by a reception and discussion. 4–7:30 p.m. FREE! gsstudies.uga.edu GAMES: Friday Night Magic (Tyche’s Games) Win prizes. 5:30 p.m. www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Afterhours: Black History Month (ACC Library) Celebrate Black History month with soul food and trivia. Ages 11–18.

Registration required. 6 p.m. FREE! plewis@athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Parents assist their children in movements and actions while playing. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Broad Minds Book Club for Feminists (Oconee County Library) This month’s book is Bossypants by Tina Fey. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (UGA Fine Arts Building, Room 300) Jane Wodening will make a rare public appearance in support of her book Brakhage’s Childhood. 4 p.m.

FREE! art.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Authors (Ciné Barcafé) The Georgia Review and Georgia Poetry Circuit present Jeff Mock and Margot Schilpp for a Valentine’s weekend reading. 7 p.m. FREE! garev.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Luciano Chessa (Georgia Museum of Art) Composer, conductor and performance artist Luciano Chessa will perform works

by Futurist artist Luigi Russolo and original compositions as part of UGA’s celebration of Dada’s centennial. See Art Notes on p. 13. 5:30 p.m. www.georgiamuseum.org PERFORMANCE: Jerry Seinfeld (The Classic Center) Professional stand-up comedian best known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the sitcom “Seinfeld.” See story on p. 10. 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.classiccenter.com PERFORMANCE: Così fan Tutte (UGA Fine Arts Building) The UGA Opera Theatre presents Mozart’s classic with conductor Maestro Imre Palló and stage director Vince Liotta.

Feb. 12–13, 8 p.m. & Feb. 14, 3 p.m. $5 (students), $18. pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Beethoven Lecture and Concert (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 9 & 10, 8 p.m. Feb. 12, 5 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu THEATER: Shrek the Musical (Athens Little Playhouse) Shrek the ogre goes on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking donkey and feisty princess. Feb. 12–13 & 18–20, 7 p.m. Feb. 14 & 21, 3 p.m. $5–10. athenslittleplayhouse.net

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The Georgia Museum of Art will screen Gerhard Richter Painting, a documentary following the famed German painter as he works in his studio, on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. The screening is part of a film series held in conjunction with the exhibition “Tools of the Trade.”

EVENTS: Handmade Lovers Valentine’s Market (Broad 9A) This Valentine’s Day mini-market features over 40 vendors selling everything from body products, jewelry, candies, vintage clothing, pillows, goods for the home and more. The afternoon includes tintype portraits by Michael Foster, a photobooth, snacks from The Mac & Cheese truck and giveaways. 11 a.m.–6 p.m. www.indiesouthfair.com EVENTS: Open House (Bikram Yoga Athens) The afternoon includes yoga demos, prizes, membership specials and more. Complimentary Bikram classes will be led at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www.bikramathens.com EVENTS: Really Really Free Market (Reese & Pope Park) Bring what you can; take what you need.

No bartering, trading or paying.

Second Saturday of every month.

12–2 p.m. FREE! reallyreallyfreemarketathens@gmail.com EVENTS: Blind Date with a Book (Bogart Library) Check out a wrapped book and start a relationship with a surprise author. 2–4 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart EVENTS: Family Day: Tools of the Trade (Georgia Museum of Art) Explore the behind-the-scenes world of art museums in “Tools of the Trade,” then try your hand at curating a mini exhibition in the classroom. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamusuem.org EVENTS: Big Hearts (The Classic Center) Over 60 contestants will show off their talents and abilities in a fun-filled event where they are celebrated not for who they aren’t

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KIDSTUFF: Valentines Crafts (ACC Library) In honor of Love-YourLibrary Month and Valentine’s Day, participants will make valentines from books. Ages 4–11. 11 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) Meet Tom Poland in celebration of his book Georgialina: A Southland As We Knew It. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: International Championship of Collegiate a Cappella (Morton Theatre) Hosted

by UGA Noteworthy. 7 p.m. $18–20. www.mortontheatre.com PERFORMANCE: Secret City Burlesque (Little Kings Shuffle Club) The ladies present a special Valentine’s show. 10 p.m. $5. www. facebook.com/lkshuffleclub PERFORMANCE: Così fan Tutte (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing Feb. 12–13, 8 p.m. & Feb. 14, 3 p.m. $5 (w/ student ID), $18. pac.uga.edu THEATER: The Graduate (Athens Community Theater) See Thursday listing Feb. 11–13, 8 p.m. Feb. 14, 2 p.m. $8–15. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: Shrek the Musical (Athens Little Playhouse) See Friday listing Feb. 12–13 & 18–20, 7 p.m.

Feb. 14 & 21, 3 p.m. $5–10. athenslittleplayhouse.net

Sunday 14 ART: Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) See highlights from the museum’s permanent collection

GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Taqueria Tsunami, Downtown) Surf the trivia wave. 9 p.m. FREE! www. taqueriatsunami.com GAMES: Trivia (Brixx Wood Fired Pizza) Test your skills. Every Sunday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-395-1660 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Every Sunday. 6 p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Allen’s Challenge (Buffalo’s Café) Every Sunday. 6:30 p.m. (sign-in), 7 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/buffaloscafeathens KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Parents assist their children in movements and actions while playing. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Barnes & Noble) Meet Betty Jean Craige and her African Grey parrot Cosmo in celebration of Craige’s novel Fairfield’s Auction: A Witherston Murder Mystery. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.bn.com PERFORMANCE: A Night at the Oscars (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The Hollywood Concert Orchestra will perform music from My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Superman and more. 3 p.m. $25–45. pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Così fan Tutte (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing Feb. 12–13, 8 p.m. & Feb. 14, 3 p.m. $5­-18. pac.uga.edu THEATER: The Graduate (Athens Community Theater) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 11–13, 8 p.m. Feb. 14, 2 p.m. $8–15. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: Shrek the Musical (Athens Little Playhouse) See Friday

GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Monday night. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Dirty South Entertainment Trivia (Ovation 12) Hosted by Nic. Play for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com KIDSTUFF: Quilt Books (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Local quilter Amanda Whitsel leads a program on sewing and painting on fabric to create your own book. For tweens and teens. 3–5 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Parents assist their children in movements and actions while playing. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org 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. For ages 7–18.

Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650, ext. 329 LECTURES & LIT: Writing “Talk” Shop with Terry Kay (Oconee County Library) Join Georgia Hall of Fame writer Terry Kay. 6–7:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee MEETINGS: Oconee River Chapter of Trout Unlimited (Locos Grill & Pub, 1985 Barnett Shoals Rd.) ORCTU meets the third Monday of month months. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.orctu.wordpress.com PERFORMANCE: Guest Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Claudio Merlo, cello professor at the Alessandria Conservatory in Italy,

will perform. 6 p.m. FREE! music. uga.edu PERFORMANCE: UGA Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The ensembles will be directed by faculty members Michael Robinson and Jaclyn Hartenberger in a combined performance. 8 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

Tuesday 16 CLASSES: Creative Journaling for Adults (KA Artist Shop) Create page after page to hold your ideas and thoughts. 10:30 a.m. $20 www. kaartist.com CLASSES: Computer Class: Introduction to Word (ACC Library) Register by phone or in person at the reference desk. 10 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens tCLASSES: “Read All About It” (ACC Library) Archivist Donnie Summerlin will show participants how to use the Digital Library of Georgia’s historical newspaper archives. Registration required. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens EVENTS: Beer and Hymns (Live Wire) Sing old school hymns while enjoying a beverage of your choice.

7 p.m. www.livewireathens.com EVENTS: Law of Attraction and Manifestation (Body, Mind & Spirit) Learn how to attract positive changes into your life. Every Tuesday. 6 p.m. $5 donation. 706351-6024 EVENTS: South Craft Cocktail Party (South Kitchen and Bar) Enjoy cocktails as Athens bartenders compete in multiple categories of drink-making. 7 p.m. $10. southkitchenbar.com EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) 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. 2 p.m. jclevela@uga.edu FILM: Bad Movie Night: Fatal Justice (Ciné Barcafé) Joe Estevez stars as a CIA assassin in the fight of his life. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/badmovienight GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description 5:30–6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) See Tuesday listing for full description 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge! Hosted

by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub KIDSTUFF: Tea on Tuesday Book Club (Bogart Library) Join librarian Donna Butler for snacks, crafts and a book discussion. Girls, ages 8–11.

4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart

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 KIDSTUFF: Crumbs with Crum (ACC Library) Participate in a potato chip tasting then learn about George Crum and other African American inventors. 4:30 p.m. FREE! plewis@ athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Duct Tape Sleds (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Materials provided.

For ages 8 & up. 3:30–5 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) See Wednesday listing for full description 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Ages 2–5. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Voices from the Vanguard (UGA Chapel) Thomas W. Scott from the University of California will discuss “The Human Factor: People, Places and the Fight Against Infected Mosquitos.” 5:30 p.m. FREE! grady.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: “Gordon Parks Confronts the Color Line” Lecture (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Photographer Billy Weeks will discuss civil rights photographer Gordon Parks. The talk will complement the exhibit “Gordon Parks Confronts the Color Line,” which includes images from a Life magazine 1956 photo essay on segregation in the South. The exhibition is part of the city-wide series “Pictures of Us: Photographs from the Do Good Fund Collection.” 2:30–4 p.m.

FREE! jclevela@uga.edu

GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. highwirelounge.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Downtown and Broad St. locations) Every Wednesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) See Wednesday listing for full description 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Talking About Books (ACC Library) This month’s title is The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom. 10:30 a.m. 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) See Wednesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com/happy-hour PERFORMANCE: Blue Man Group (The Classic Center) Blue Man Group is known for multi-media performances that feature three bald and blue characters who take the audience on a visually stunning journey, accompanied by a live band. 8 p.m. $46–78. www.classiccenter.com PERFORMANCE: Guest Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Jared Hauser, associate professor of oboe at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, will perform. 6 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

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ART: “Preservationist” Round Table Discussion (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Artists and students will discuss “Preservationist,” an exhibition by A-4P. A beer tasting with Southern Brewing Company will follow. See Calendar Pick on p.

20. 3–5 p.m. www.facebook.com/ A4PUGA CLASSES: Poetry for Beginners Workshop & Write-In (Bogart Library) Library staff and Jennifer Innes will teach the basics of poetry composition. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart CLASSES: The Buddha’s Teachings (Body, Mind & Spirit) See Wednesday listing for full description 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706-351-6024 CLASSES: Web Design for Beginners (ACC Library) An introduction to the basics of HTML and CSS as well as Adobe Dreamweaver.

Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 7:30–9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/saucehousebbq 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: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $12 (21+), $14 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com WILD CHILD Folk-pop collective from Austin, TX. CICADA RHYTHM Guitar and upright bass duo playing indie-folk, filled with paired vocal harmonies.

LIVE MUSIC

The Classic Center 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.classiccenter. com WIDESPREAD PANIC The Athensbased jam-band juggernaut plays a two-night stand.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com SARAH ZUNIGA Talented singer with a sweet, strong voice.

LAWRENCE TRAILER Brooklyn, NY-based singer-songwriter.

40 Watt Club 10:30 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com BLOODKIN The long-running Athens quartet plays a bluesy style of rootsrock with sharply written lyrics.

The Foundry 6 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens. com OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Rev. Conner Mack Tribble.

Georgia Theatre 9:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com FUNK YOU Augusta band playing funky, high energy, get-your-dancing-shoes-on jams.

CBDB Alabama-based “joyfunk” band playing a mix of funk, progressive rock and jam fusion.

THE ORANGE CONSTANT Fusionoriented local jam-rock band.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $10. www.hendershotscoffee. com AUSTIN PIAZZOLLA QUINTET Specializing in the music of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, as well as original nuevo tango compositions.

ATHENS TANGO PROJECT Local group playing Argentine tango, featuring the upright bass talent of Laura Camacho.

The Manhattan Café Loungy Tuesdays. 10 p.m. FREE! 706369-9767 DJ NATE FROM WUXTRY Spinning a set of rare and classic deep soul, R&B and blues. Every Tuesday!

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

Wednesday 10 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 LEAVING COUNTRIES OPEN MIC JAM Showcase your original material. Contact louisphillippelot@ yahoo.com for booking.

The Classic Center 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.classiccenter. com WIDESPREAD PANIC See Tuesday’s listing for full description Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com PILGRIM Local rock band led by songwriter Paul McHugh.

JOE CAT Gritty, blue-collar, Americana roots artist.

LOS CANTARES Local desert-rock supergroup featuring members of Old Smokey and Moths.

Georgia Theatre 8:30 p.m. $15 (adv.), $17 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com BOOMBOX Vintage-oriented eletctropsychedelic group from Muscle Shoals, AL. RAMONA WOUTERS Beat-centric electronic DJ and Belgium native.

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WET GARDEN Synthesizer explorations with erotic incantations.

SDS9 Songs written by Sad Dads frontman Thomas Bauer that sound like “a mix of Bright Eyes and Xiu Xiu with elements of disco and funk.”

SOVEREIGN PLATYPUS Local avant-garde musician.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com DJ TONY CHACKAL Spinning an all-vinyl set of love songs honoring the Cupid, Eros and the Flowers of Romance. Come hear ‘60s garage and soul along with ‘70s post-punk exploring themes of romance.

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 OPEN MIC & LATE NIGHT JAM Drums, keys and amps are provided. k continued on next page

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Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Come share your music, jam with other musicians, and have fun!

Hosted by a local band each week.

11:30 p.m. $10. www.livewireathens. com SAM HOLT BAND Atlanta-based roots-rock crew.

The Grotto 11 p.m. 706-549-9933 LEAVING COUNTRIES Local band playing smokin’ folk-country/ Southern rock and roll.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 MARADEEN Five-piece rock group from Nashville, TN.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com JAZZ JAM Some of our town’s most talented jazz musicians get together at this monthly happening. Bring your axe, or grab a brew and listen.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn. Every other 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.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 8 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub LUIS BARBIERA Guitar player and accomplished composer who is a member of the collective Habana Abierta. The show is part of Cuba and the US South: A Shared History, an international symposium exploring the ties between Cuba and the Southern United States stretching back to the antebellum era.

Saucehouse Barbeque 6 p.m. FREE! www.saucehouse.com LEAVING COUNTRIES IN THE ROUND Local singer-songwriters perform original music. Booking Information: louisphillippelot@ yahoo.com.

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens NICHOLAS MALLIS Mallis’ music is “a cross between David Bowie, The Ventures, and a little bit of Neil Diamond.”

YIP DECEIVER An infectiously fun blend of feel-good pop, R&B grooves and noise-bending electro from Athens.

CASSO Former Programs member Robby Casso performs solo.

Your Pie 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7048 (Gaines School Rd. location) YOESHI ROBERTS Playing uplifting “acoustic music that feels good.”

Friday 12 Buffalo’s Café 7 p.m. $15 (adv), $18 (door). www.buffaloscafe.com ELVIS AND HIS TCB BAND Elvis impersonator Chris Shupe’s performance features The Burning Love Brass.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.40watt.com DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The Southern rock superstars return to the Athens stage for their annual Homecoming series. See story on p. 15.

WILL JOHNSON The former Centromatic frontman takes folk and gives it an electric edge.

DAVE MARR The former Star Room Boys singer plays a set of solo material in his deep country twang.

The Foundry Wounded Warrior Project/Fisher House Benefit. 7:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com FLOW MOTION Local classic rock cover band.

SOUTHERN CROSS A country-rock band.

Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com BIG SMO Larger-than-life country rapper playing a mix of rock and hip hop.

DANIEL LEE BAND Local Southern rock/country outfit.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 FART JAR No info available.

RICKY AND HIS DIGITS Local MC who cites MF Doom, cLOUDDEAD,

MINORCAN Lo-fi folk rock out of Asheville, NC. WIEUCA Local band playing cheeky, guitar-driven indie rock.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 ERIK NEIL BAND Local trio playing blues/rock covers and originals.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 MICHAEL JAMSMITH BAND Group led by a guitarist and songwriter from Marietta.

VFW 7 p.m. www.vfwathens.com RAMBLIN’ COUNTRY BAND Georgia-based traditional country band.

Saturday 13 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com SUPERBODY Lo-fi indie-pop outfit from Chattanooga, TN. MAD ACE Local beat-oriented, hip hop-influenced cellist. EP release show!

TRIP LACY New solo pop project from local musician Kip Lacy (Big Morgan).

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Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com HIBBS BROTHERS Featuring Rob Hibbs on acoustic guitar and Garrett Hibbs on mandolin, showcasing originals and covering singer-songwriters such as Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young and Howe Gelb.

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.

Buffalo’s Café 7 p.m. FREE! www.buffalos.com SPACE A ROCK BAND Rock and roll collective.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $7. www.georgiatheatre.com TRAE PIERCE & THE T-STONE BAND Funky, hip hop-influenced blues-rock band from Florida.

THE FUNK BROTHERHOOD Local party band performs a nonstop dance party featuring horn-driven hits.

PARTIAL CINEMA This local group takes influences from funk, indie, dance and classical music to inspire fits of dancing, vibing and grooving.

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Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ See Friday’s listing for full description Kumquat Mae Bakery Café 6 p.m. $10. 706-850-1442 GENTLEMEN, DIVAS & DUETS Featuring performances from Repunza and Lovetry, as well as Stella Groove, Keng Bernard, Kayla Berrie, Rashon Love and Angie P. Hosted by Akeeme “DJ Blacquestarr” Martin.

Live Wire 8 p.m. $8. www.livewireathens.com MARCUS KING BAND Bluesy, Greenville, SC-based funk-rock group.

DEAD 27S South Carolina band whose sound resurrects the spirit and soul of the Motown era, with the true grit of ‘70s classics.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SHOWTIME Elite tha Showstoppa’s band plays hip-hop mixed with rockin’ funky soul. Album release show! See Calendar Pick on p. 20.

BLACKNERDNINJA & LG Eugene Willis and Larry Gresham deliver explosive rhymes over organic, high-energy beats.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com DREAM CULTURE Jammy local psychedelic rock group.

SLANG Atlanta-based four-piece rock band.

GRAND New Athens-based alternative-pop four-piece.

The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $12 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com ATHENS A-TRAIN BAND Instrumental group performing traditional jazz standards, swing, latin, ballads, blues and boogie. This is a special evening of “sweetheart jazz.”

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar Galentine’s Party. 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com COOL KNIGHTZ Local five-piece band playing AM Gold hits.

No. 3 Railroad Street 7 p.m. $15 (suggested donation). www.3railroad.org TOMMY TALTON Classic guitar work and distinctive vocals, tackling a wide range of genres including blues, rock, Americana and soul.

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40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $31. www.40watt.com DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The local Southern rock superstars return to the Athens stage for their annual Homecoming series. See story on p. 15.

MONSOON Female-fronted local post-punk band that dabbles in rockabilly and new wave.

CAMP AMPED BAND Tunes from Nuçi’s Space’s group of future rock stars.

covers of looped pop classics from the ‘80s,’ 90s and today!

REALISTIC PILLOW Local beatbased experimental one-man band.

HALF ACID Greg O’Connell experiments with synths and talk boxes.

DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta faves.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 THE FLAMETHROWERS Athensbased surf band.

Mute Math plays the 40 Watt Club on Tuesday, Feb. 16.

Live Wire 9 p.m. www.livewireathens.com STRUNG LIKE A HORSE “Gypsypunk-garage-grass” group from Chattanooga.

BLACKFOOT GYPSIES Blues- and country-influenced garage-rock band from Nashville, TN. BLACKWATER DEEP Athens-based acoustic indie-folk band.

Normaltown Hall 8 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ NormaltownHall STEZE Local MC and former Georgia Bulldogs player Justin Scott-Wesley performs. See Calendar Pick on p. 20.

STERLING Athens-based hip hop artist.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SOUTHERN BRED CO. Local funkinspired rock and roll band.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Tribble is a Georgia rock and roll fixture. He hosts an “all-star jam” every Thursday.

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Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $8 (21+), $10 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com BIT BRIGADE Local supergroup plays the soundtrack to a vintage video game while Noah McCarthy plays— and beats—the game onstage.

MOTHERFUCKER Hard-hitting, virtuosic local rock and roll band.

MANGER Speed thrash metal “with a dash of Satan.” The band harks back to the days of NWOBHM: ripping solos and screeching vocals.

Creature Comforts Brewery Unity Collective USA. 8 p.m. FREE! www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com THE BERGAMOT Brooklyn-based husband/wife indie-folk duo.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com SIGNAL MOUNTAIN New project from Marie Uhler (Eureka California), featuring “fuzzy hug pop melodies.”

BEE TERROR THING New “intellectual dance skronk” project from Tunabunny’s Brigette Heron.

IZZY TRUE Indie rock four-piece from Ithaca, NY.

Wu Tang Clan, and Eminem as influences.

DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta faves.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $7. www.hendershotscoffee.com GYPSY WILDCATS Comprised of Antoon Speters, Andrea DeMarcus, John Norris, John Prechtel and Keiko Ishibashi, the Gypsy Wildcats are a big, fun foray into gypsy and old-time music.

SWEET AUBURN STRING BAND Quirky Americana outfit out of Atlanta.

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

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub EUREKA CALIFORNIA Melodic, rough-edged, guitar-driven local garage-rock duo.

BAD NUDES Cute and intense psychsynth pop from local fashionista Ben Taylor.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com FEMIGNOME Atlanta-based lo-fi garage-pop band.

KERCHIEF Alt-rock project led by Tennessee singer-songwriter Brittany Hill.

NIHILIST CHEERLEADER Local up-and-comers play energetic, fun lo-fi rock.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.40watt.com DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The Southern rock superstars return to the Athens stage for their annual Homecoming series. See story on p. 15.

WILL JOHNSON The former Centromatic frontman takes folk and gives it and electric edge.

FIVE EIGHT Legendary Athens rock trio that consistently pumps out boisterous rock and roll.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 COOMBSBOT Athens-based robot-indisguise regenerates live electronic

VFW 7 p.m. www.vfwathens.com JOE OLDS Country artist from Winder, GA influenced by George Strait, George Jones, and others.

JOJO PALMER Southern rock artist.

Sunday 14 The Foundry 5 p.m. $35–$175. www.thefoundryathens.com FRANCINE REED Performs jazz standards by artists such as Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.

JAVA MONKEY Rock, soul, blues, jazz, R&B and funk band.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 6 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com CLASSICAL REVOLUTION UGA School of Music grads and students play Dvorak, Ligeti, Bach and more.

Hi-Lo Lounge Brunch with Mahogany. 11 a.m. FREE! www.hiloathens.com DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul,

righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

9 p.m. www.hiloathens.com T. HARDY MORRIS Dead Confederate frontman performs a solo set of his folky, lived-in tunes.

THAYER SARRANO Local songwriter playing hazy, desolate, Southerninspired rock tunes.

JAY GONZALEZ Classic-pop jams from Drive-By Truckersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; keyboardist.

Monday 15 The Foundry 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $12 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com AGENT ORANGE West Coast surfpunk band. See story on p. 16.

IN THE WHALE Two-piece rock band from Denver, CO. Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $25 (adv.), $28 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com DARK STAR ORCHESTRA Rock band that pays tribute to the legendary rock group The Grateful Dead.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 SUN SEEKER Folky, Nashville-based band with sunny melodies and spacious instrumentals.

DOUG HOYER Local chamber-pop singer-songwriter.

Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;OR Opera-like dream sequences fused with ballet performance art.

SIMONE ZJ Local folk-pop singersongwriter.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 JAZZ FUNK JAM WITH MASON DAVIS Local jazz musician Mason Davis hosts a jam session.

Tuesday 16 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $23 (adv.), $25 (door). www.40watt.com MUTE MATH Grammy-nominated altrock band from New Orleans.

NOTHING BUT THIEVES Alternative indie band.

Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $13 (adv.), $15 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com DAVID RAMIREZ Singer influenced

by Bob Dylan and Ryan Adams.

LUCETTE Modernized country and folk singer-songwriter.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 TWOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DAY VISIONS Featuring Dick Hunsinger, Christopherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Liver, Greef, Lisa/Liza, Emileigh Ireland, John Fernandes and Antlered Aunt Lord.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com NICK ROSEN Multi-instrumentalist who has performed with artists including Jennifer Holliday, Dionne Farris, Roy Ayers and many more.

CLEVELAND P. JONES GROUP Band led by the soul and jazz singersongwriter.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 8 p.m. $25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$45. pac.uga.edu PATTY GRIFFIN, SARA WATKINS & ANAIS MITCHELL A trio of award-winning artists join forces for a celebration of American songwriting and performance.

The Manhattan CafĂŠ Loungy Tuesdays. 10 p.m. FREE! 706369-9767 DJ NATE FROM WUXTRY Spinning a set of rare and classic deep soul, R&B and blues. Every Tuesday!

Wednesday 17 Blue Sky 5 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 VINYL WEDNESDAYS Bring your own records and spin them!

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Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;20). www. caledonialounge.com LOS MEESFITS Misfits covers done Cuban salsa style!

THE DOOKIE BROS New local teenage Green Day tribute band.

BOSCO New local indie rock band featuring Tim Foley, Joshua Sherrill and Jack Colclough.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com CORTEZ GARZA Local singer-songwriter pushes the envelope with his unique blend of indie/Americana.

ANTHONY APARO Atlanta-based singer-songwriter with a versatile spirit and eclectic folk sound.

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 OPEN MIC & LATE NIGHT JAM See Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s listing for full description

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The Foundry 6 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com UNKNOWN ATHENS INSIDE/ OUT A singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Liam Parke.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 PAMELA_ AND HER SONS Improvisational electronic project.

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

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 STEVE Local singer-songwriter who produces sounds much like a three piece band. He plays an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar and sometimes a banjo to sing country, oldies and classic/Southern rock.

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.

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Art Arts in Community Grants (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission will award two grants of $1,500 each to promote creative placemaking in the community. Grants will be awarded based on the level of community enrichment, contribution to the local identity and quality or artistic merit.

Artists, local organizations and groups can apply. Deadline Feb. 26.

Funds released Apr. 22. All awarded works must be completed by Dec. 30. athensculturalaffairs@gmail. com, www.athensculturalaffairs.org Call for Artists (Amici) Currently accepting artists for exhibitions. Email samples of work to ryan.myers@amici-cafe.com Indie South Fair Springtacular (Downtown Athens) Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; largest handmade and vintage market is currently seeking artists and vendors for its annual spring market, the Springtacular, held Apr. 30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;May 1. Apply online.

Deadline Feb. 29. www.indiesouth fair.com

Pictures of Us: Portfolio Review (Lyndon House Arts Center) Three artists featured in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pictures of Us: Photographers from The Do Good Fund Collectionâ&#x20AC;? exhibit will review portfolios in 20-minute sessions. Schedule an appointment. 706-613-3623, didi. dunphy@athensclarkecounty.com Seeking Art Teachers (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Seeking teachers and courses for an adult art education program beginning in March.

Submit proposals for classes to cameron@cameronbliss.com Southworks Call for Artists (OCAF, Watkinsville) Seeking submissions for the 21st annual Southworks National Juried Art Exhibition on Apr. 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;May 6.

Cash prizes will be awarded to top pieces. Deadline Feb. 12. $25-35. www.ocaf.com The Eclectic Bazaar (Creature Comforts Brewery) Indie South Fair is seeking artists, crafters and vintage vendors for the Electic Bazaar on Mar. 26. Deadline Feb. 20. Apply online. indiesouthfair@gmail.com, www.indiesouthfair.com

Auditions The Party Bomb: A Comedy in Two Acts (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Seeking actors to fill rolls in an independent comedy, as well as 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15 extras for party scenes. The script can be downloaded online.

Auditions Feb. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;25. reavis. stephanie@gmail.com, copperhorse. wordpress.com/2011/03

Classes Acting Classes (Athens Little Playhouse) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intro to Improvâ&#x20AC;? for ages 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7. Mondays, Feb. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Apr. 25, 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $125. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dialogue & Dynamicsâ&#x20AC;? focuses on scene work and character building.

For ages 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. Mondays, Feb. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Apr. 25, 4:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5:30 p.m. $125. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monologue Magic.â&#x20AC;? For ages 11 & up. Wednesdays, Feb. 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Apr. 27, 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5:30 p.m. $180. www.athenslittle playhouse.net Artist Workshops (KA Artist Shop) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creative Journaling for Adults.â&#x20AC;? Feb. 9, 6 p.m. or Feb. 16 or

Susan Pelhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collages influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism and nursery rhymes are currently on view at both the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens and The Surgery Center of Athens through March.

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ACC ANIMAL CONTROL 19 Dogs Received, 5 Adopted, 5 Reclaimed, 4 to Rescue Group 7 Cats Received, 0 Adopted, 1 Reclaimed, 1 to Rescue Group

Feb. 23, 10:30 a.m. $20. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Modern Calligraphy: Beyond the Basics.â&#x20AC;?

Feb. 9 or Feb. 23, 7 p.m. $40. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All About Color: Impressionist Still-Life Painting.â&#x20AC;? Mar. 14, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. $30. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watercolors for Modern Calligraphy.â&#x20AC;? Feb. 16, 7 p.m. $40. www.kaartist.com Bikram Hot Yoga (Bikram Yoga Athens) Classes in hot yoga are offered seven days a week. Karma Classes on Sundays at 6 p.m. benefit Project Safe. www.bikramathens. com Computer Building Basics (Lay Park) Participants will learn how to build a budget-friendly, personal computer from scratch. Ages 18 & up. Feb. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;23, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. $15-22.50. 706-613-3596, www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure Grow Your Business: Planning the First Steps (Athens Land Trust) This eightweek course for businesses covers creating business plans, marketing and financial planning. Saturdays, Feb. 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Apr. 16, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. manny@athenslandtrust.org, www. athenslandtrust.org

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Lunchtime Workout (CinĂŠ BarcafĂŠ) Rebecca Thaw and Jenny Hill Carter host full-body workouts during lunch hour. All skill levels welcome. BYO mat. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:45 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12:45 p.m. $5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. www.athenscine.com Lunchtime Yoga (CinĂŠ BarcafĂŠ) Margaret Thomas leads Lunchtime Yoga for all levels. BYO mat.

Wednesday and Fridays. $5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. margaretdthomasyoga.blogspot.com PALS Institute (PALS Institute) The PALS Institute provides training in GED preparation, literacy, EFL, business and computer skills to women. Women to the World covers the cost of materials and testing fees. 706-548-0000 Printmaking Workshops (Double Dutch Press) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paper Relief Monotype.â&#x20AC;? Feb. 24, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $60. or Apr. 20, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $60. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Totes! One Color Screenprinting, Two Parts.â&#x20AC;? Mar. 5, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. & Mar. 12, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $65. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Woodcut: One Color, Two Parts.â&#x20AC;? Mar. 9 & Mar. 16, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $85. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stampmaking.â&#x20AC;? Apr. 6, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. $50. www.double dutchpress.com

Quilting (Sewcial Studio) Quilting classes for beginner to advanced students cover both traditional and modern projects. sewcialstudio@ gmail.com, www.sewcialstudio.com Salsa Dance Classes (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cubanstyle salsa dance classes with SALSAthens. No partner necessary. Beginners welcome. Every Wednesday, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10 (incl. drink). www.facebook.com/ salsaathens Western Square Dance Lessons (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Learn to square dance. Singles welcome.

First two lessons are free. Lessons will move to Buffalosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; back room mid-March. www.classiccitysquare dancing.blogspot.com Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Self-Defense Course (AKF Athens Martial Arts, 175 A Old Epps Bridge Rd.) Learn and practice skills in awareness, physical self-defense, personal safety, prevention and assertiveness.

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Yoga (Healing Arts Centre, Sangha Yoga Studio) Intermediate integral yoga with Lakshmi Sutter.

Thursdays, 7–8:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. www.healingarts centre.net Yoga Classes (Keep it Simple Yoga, 1961 Barnett Shoals Rd.) This studio offers various classes to accomodate practitioners of all levels and ages. $13 (drop in), $60 (monthly). www.kisyoga.com Yoga Classes in Spanish (Healing Arts Centre) Yoga para mejorar tu salud. First class free.

Feb. 11. 706-202-8798, www. healingartscentre.net Yoga for Life (Yoga Yurt Athens) This six-week course implements a yogic approach to dealing with the challenges of life. Begins Feb. 16, 6–7:30 p.m. $75. www.centeredyou. com, www.yurtyogaathens.com

Help Out Can Hunger Food Drive (190 Gaines School Rd. & 1710 S. Lumpkin St.) Georgia United Credit Union hosts a food drive benefitting local food banks. Two drop off locations. Through Feb. 29. www.gucu.org Community Connection (Athens, GA) Community Connection of Northeast Georgia assists volunteers in finding flexible service opportunities at various organizations. Over 130 local agencies seek help with ongoing projects and special short-term events. Visit the website for a calendar and to register. www.communityconnection 211.org Empty Bowl Luncheon & Fundraiser (Clayfully Created, 2440 W. Broad St.) Paint a bowl for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia’s Empty Bowl Luncheon and Fundraiser scheduled for Mar. 2.

Bowls can be painted now through Feb. 25. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 1–7 p.m. & Fridays and Saturdays, 1–9 p.m. & Sundays, 1–5 p.m. $7. www.clayfullycreated. com PALS Volunteers Needed (PALS Institute) Women of the World is seeking volunteers to mentor young adult women as they journey to achieve their GED and employment. Spanish speakers needed. www.womentotheworld.org Readers Needed (Learning Ally) Learning Ally is looking for volunteers to train as readers to help create audio textbooks for people with print disabilities. scourt@ learningally.org, 706-549-1313 Valentine’s Food Drive (Madison County Library, Danielsville) The Madison County Library will be accepting donations of non-perishable food and toiletry items over Valentine’s Weekend.

Feb. 13–14. Items will be delivered to the Madison County Food Bank.

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Kidstuff Art Club for Teens (KA Artist Shop) Learn and practice new techniques with different guest teachers.

Fridays, 6 p.m. $20. www.kaartist. com Day Off School Programs (Multiple Locations) ACC Leisure Services offers programs for when Clarke County School District schools are not in session. The East Athens Community Center presents “Fitness and Fun.” Rocksprings Park hosts “Out of School, Into Art.” For ages 6–12. Feb. 15, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $15–22.50. www.athensclarke county.com

Do Good Photography Workshop (ACC Library) Georgia Museum of Art educators will teach basic portraiture photography over two weeks, then display the photos around town. Presented in partnership with “Pictures of Us: Photographs from the Do Good Fund,” a multi-venue exhibition series. Registration required. Ages 13–17. Feb. 10 & 17. plewis@ athenslibrary.org New Moon Learning Environment (New Moon Learning Environment) The small montessori preschool for ages 2–5 is accepting applications for next August and has two spaces available for the remainder of the current school year. 706-310-0013 Teen Photo Workshop (Lyndon House Arts Center) “Teen Photo Workshop: Pictures of Us: An Exploration and Collaboration of Generations through Photography” is a two-day workshop leading teens on how to take portraits and conduct interviews of senior community members. Feb. 20 & Feb. 27, 1–4 p.m. $42–63. www.athensclarke county.com/lyndonhouse The Heroines Club (1161 Long Rd.) A monthly mother-daughter empowerment circle based on the sharing of real-life heroines and women’s history. The “Little Sisters” Circle is for ages 7–10. The “Big Sisters” Circle is for ages 11–14.

Visit website for next meeting. $25. www.themotherdaughternest.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. Parents meet at the same time in a separate area.

Thursdays in March and April. 706543-3522, www.oasiscounseling center.com Alanon (540 Prince Ave.) Alanon: a 12-step recovery program for those affected by someone else’s drinking.

Noon to evening meetings on most days. FREE! www.ga-al-anon.org 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 Amputee Support Group (ACC Library) All are welcome. Meets every first Thursday of the month.

Contact Reyna, 706-498-4313 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 Project Safe (Athens, GA) Meetings for Warriors: Hope & Healing from Domestic Violence Group are held every Tuesday, 6:30–8 p.m., with a dinner on the last Tuesday of each month.

Meetings for the New Beginnings Support Group are held every Monday, 6:30–8 p.m., with a dinner on the last Monday of the month.

Childcare provided. 24-hour crisis hotline: 706-543-3331. Teen texting line: 706-765-8019. Business: 706-549-0922. Meeting information: 706-613-3357, ext. 772. www.project-safe.org 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

The Legacy Circle: A Monthly Women’s Empowerment Journey (The Mother-Daughter Nest, 1161 Long Rd.) Practice the art of sacred self-care and support your own personal growth. First Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. $15. www. themotherdaughternest.com

On The Street AARP Foundation Tax-Aide AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers offer tax assistance Mondays, 1–4:30 p.m. (Oconee County Library); Tuesdays, 12:30–4:30 p.m.

(Athens-Clarke County Library) ; Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 9–1 p.m. (Kroger on Epps Bridge). aarp.org/taxaide Athens Homebrew Classic: Homebrew Competition The competition requires two bottles per

entry. Crowd favorite competition requires five gallons. Mar. 20, 1–4 p.m. $10 entry fee. www.homebrew classic.com 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. $5. 706-248-4809 Call for Collectors (Lyndon House Arts Center) “Collections from the Community” is seeking weird and wonderful collections to display in the front atrium’s cases.

Email to submit proposal. celia. brooks@athensclarkecounty.com Collective Harvest CSA (Athens, GA) Athens Land Trust’s Multi-Farm CSA provides organic and certified naturally grown vegetables and fruits to Athens area

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Watercolor paintings of local scenes by Jamie Calkin.

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 & Cases, works by first semester art students at Athens Academy. Through Feb. 19. • In the Myers Gallery, “Celebrating Painting and Sculpture” by Leonard Piha. Reception Feb. 21. Currently on view through Apr. 15. • In the Harrison Center for the Arts & Preschool’s Lobby Gallery, “Mentor/ Mentee” features the work of professors and students from UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through May 20.

ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) “Photographic Structure in the South” is curated by the Georgia Museum of Art and pulls from The Do Good Fund Collection. Through February.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) “smalltownBIGCITY” is an exploration of the Southern vernacular aesthetic through the perspectives of artists Kelly Porter and Brandon Donahue.

Closing reception Mar. 18.

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

CINÉ BARCAFE (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Pictures of Us: Photographs from the Do Good Fund Collection” is sponsored by the Global Georgia Initiative of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. Through Mar. 2.

CIRCLE GALLERY (285 S. Jackson St.) “Stirred Fiction” features paintings

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THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) In Classic Gallery I, “Hello, Neighbor” features artwork by Terry Rowlett, Michelle Fontaine, René Shoemaker and Michael Ross. In Classic Gallery II, “Tableau” features works

by Mary Ruth Moore, Michael Oliveri, Ally White and Otto Lange.

DONDERO’S KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Watercolors by Jamie Calkin.

Reception Feb. 26. Through February.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Works by Susan Abell. Through February.

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, Michael Pierce, Dan Smith, Cheri Wranosky and more.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Linocuts and woodcuts

by Christopher Ingham. Through February.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Seven artists invited seven artists who then invited seven artists to share work in “Chain Reaction.”

Through Apr. 1.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Georgia’s Girlhood Embroidery: ‘Crowned with Glory and Immortality.’” Through Feb. 28. • “George Segal: Everyday Apparitions.” Through Mar. 6. • “Tools of Trade” offers a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes when putting together a museum exhibition. Through Mar. 16. • “Cherokee Basketry: Woven Culture” examines basket-making history and its modern revival. Through Apr. 17. • “David Ligare: California Classicist.” Feb. 13–May 8. • 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.

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 February.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Paintings by Jeremy Hughes. Through Feb. 14.

HEIRLOOM CAFÉ (815 N. Chase st.) Joel Kern presents a series of prints from the book 42. Through February.

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Melissa Lee. Through February.

JITTERY JOE’S ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) Watercolor paintings of local scenes

by Jamie Calkin and photography by Beka Poss. Through February.

communities. It is currently accepting members for spring. Small and large shares available. May 6–July 29. www.athenslandtrust.org Ice Skating (The Classic Center) The Classic Center will offer ice skating in the outdoor pavilion through Feb. 28. $10–12. www. classiccenter.com Rethinking Waste Design Thinking Challenge (Broad St. Studio 1, 225 W. Broad St.) This challenge invites all UGA majors to learn about design and problem solving skills. Proposals to cut waste at UGA can win a $2,500 grant. Sign in Feb. 12, 4 p.m. through Feb. 13, 5 p.m. thinc.uga.edu Seeking Vendors (West Broad Market Garden) The West Broad Farmers Market is seeking vendors for the 2016 season, which opens Apr. 30. Farmers, food-based small business owners, artisans and

crafters are encouraged to apply. manny@athenslandtrust.org, www.athenslandtrust.org Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (190 Gaines School Rd.) Georgia United Credit Union is partnering with the Internal Revenue Service and the College of Family and Consumer Sciences at UGA to provide income tax asssistance.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings through Apr. 13. Saturdays through Apr. 19. Schedule an appointment online. 706-227-5400, ext. 6486, www.gucu.org/member ship/vita-tax-prep adDRESS a Need Sale (Georgia Square Mall) New and gently used formal and prom dresses are available to purchase Mar. 4–20, with proceeds benefiting Friends of Advantage. $20–150/dress. tdalton@advantagebhs.org, www. friendsofadvantage.org f

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

by Margaret Agner. Through February.

K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) “Love in all its Many Forms” includes local works inspired by love. Reception Feb. 18. Currently on view through Mar. 19.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Parallels: Jonathan Wahl & Sondra Sherman” generates a deeper commentary on the meaning of jewelry and ornament. • “No Strangers Here” is part of a city-wide exhibition presented by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, “Pictures of Us: Photographs from the Do Good Fund Collection.” • “Preservationist” is presented by the Air Purifying Plants Proliferation Project, a group of printmaking and painting and drawing graduate students. • “Potato” takes the insult “couch potato” as its point of inspiration. All exhibitions through Feb. 25.

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.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) “Pictures of Us: Photographs from the Do Good Fund Collection” includes 20 portraits by artists working in the South. Reception Feb. 18. Artist Panel Feb. 19.

Currently on view through Mar. 5.

MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY (1315 GA-98, Danielsville) Pottery by Will Langford. Through February.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) Known as one of the original artists of Mad Magazine, Jack Davis has had an illustrious career creating cartoons for publications, television and advertising. Through Apr. 17.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) “Celebrating a History: A Black History Month Exhibit.”

Through Feb. 19. • “Mind-Paint-Prayer: Artwork by Scott Pope.” Through Feb. 19.

RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “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. • As part of “Pictures of Us: Photographs from The Do Good Fund Collection,” the exhibition “Gordon Parks Confronts the Color Line” includes photographs from a Life magazine 1956 photo essay on segregation in the South. Through March.

SIPS (1390 Prince Ave.) Annelie Klein offers a mix of photography and drawings that evoke a sense of place and time. Through February.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) A retrospective exhibition of winning entries from the last 10 years of the garden’s student art competition. Through February.

STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) “Mixed Mania” features mixed media artwork by University of North Georgia Dahlonega students and art instructor Stanley Bermudez. Through Mar. 5.

THE SURGERY CENTER OF ATHENS (2142 W. Broad St.) Surreal collages

by Susan Pelham. Through March.

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, Michelle Dross, Veronica Darby, John Cleaveland, Rebecca Wood, Nikita Raper, Natalia Zuckerman, Briget Darryl Ginley, Jack Kashuback, Barret Reid, Camille Hayes, Jason Whitley and Ken Hardesty. • “Deep” features new paintings of coastal seas, shipwrecks, sea creatures and beaches by Veronica Darby.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) The collages of Susan Pelham are influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism, nursery rhymes, limericks, camp songs and art history. Through March.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS GALLERY (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) “Memorias: Paintings by Julio Mejia” includes large-scale abstract oil paintings associated with memories and emotions. Closing reception Feb. 24.

WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Paintings of Athens by Mary Porter.

WILLSON CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND ARTS (1260 S. Lumpkin St.) “Scenes from the Southern Terrain” features images from The Do Good Fund Collection and is curated by the UGA College of Environment and Design.

Through February.

THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more. • Old school stencils by Deonna Mann. Through Feb. 20.

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Why Do Guys Flake?

Advice for Athens’ Loose and Lovelorn

By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com

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scumbag move, and I’m sorry it happened Hey Bonita, to you. Obviously he didn’t have to do that, I wanna know why guys flake on women! because you seem fine with no-stringsIt happens a lot, and not just to me, but all my attached sexcapades. girlfriends have some kind of story of dating It’s also possible that he chose you as a a guy for a while, things go well for a week or conquest. Perhaps you were his great white two, then the guy just disappears. I recently buffalo. But you’re not livestock; you’re a hooked up with a co-worker who seemed person with emotions and needs. It’s 2016, really nice and interesting, but after we slept but there are still men out there who view together he literally won’t even look at me.

Like, I’ll walk down the hall, and he won’t even women as playthings, as things to collect.

I’ve known guys who actually cut notches make eye contact with me! He left some stuff into their bedposts. at my house, actually, and I had to leave it in Another explanation is that he did this the break room for him because he wouldn’t because he wants sex without a relationrespond to my messages about picking it up. ship, but some part of him is not OK with I’m not sure what I did wrong there or in purely casual encounters. He has to make the past. I didn’t call him a whole bunch or get it feel “real” in some way; all lovey-dovey. He obviously he has to fake a certain just wanted sex (and so did It is not your job amount of care and intiI), but my feelings are hurt that he’s treating me like I to teach this boy macy in order to get his erection. This is a guy who don’t exist now that we’ve been intimate. The sex wasn’t how to respect women. either physically can’t have sex without love, or the best, but I actually was perhaps he is morally opposed to casual sex down to get together again just to hook up one while also wanting to participate in it. more time. I’m sick of this happening. We’re None of that is your problem. It is not ALL sick of this happening! Why is he being your job to teach this boy how to commusuch a jerk? nicate his desires or respect women, but I’m trying to think of more information to hopefully he’ll learn from this experience. share about this… We didn’t really talk before he hit me up last week to hang out, we got beer Let him know he’s hurt you by blowing you off post-coitus. I’m sure he’s done it and watched a movie at my before, but who knows how house, then we had many women have sex, and now I’m actually told apparently dead to him. I hate

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going to work now because it’s just so uncomfortable to see him and wonder what he’s thinking of me! It just makes me feel so insignificant or like I only have one thing to offer a guy.

Men who can’t communicate honestly are the ones who flake, and boy did you get ahold of a big baby. There are a few possible explanations for his behavior: This guy just wanted to get laid. He wasn’t interested in getting familiar with any part of you except your vagina, but he couldn’t just tell you that or go out and find a random hookup for the evening. He chose to manipulate sex out of you by feigning an a real interest in you, which is a textbook

him what’s wrong with that?

I’d guess not many.

Whatever his deal is, you deserve respect, and you have a right to your feelings. I’d also advise you to cut this guy off and let him become another face in the crowd, but the situation is complicated by you being co-workers.

You’re gonna have to get zen and ignore this guy until one of you quits.

And guys, you do not have to do this to single women. You do not have to act like you wanna hang out and get to know us when all you want is sex. Half the time that’s all we want, too.

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