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Revolution or Business As Usual? Let the Games Begin Remember the Curse: ‘May You Live in Interesting Times’

Why You Should Care About Qualifying Week

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Reagan’s budget director. He has evolved into a kind of libertarian guru with some scary ideas of his own, but he’s right-on with his reminders of how we have come to take for granted that war is the new normal.

Coincidentally, liberal pundit Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times at about the same time about why Trump is anathema to the Republican elite, although they prepared the way for him—nytimes. com, if you can get it.

Perhaps the most readable account of the rise of Trump is Heather Cox Richardson’s Sunday, Mar. 6 piece on salon.com, “This is how the GOP Imploded: the Real Story Behind the Conservative Crackup and the Creation of Donald Trump.”

Richardson’s piece gives us some context from fairly recent history to help us understand the candidates and the issues, even when the candidates themselves show little interest in issues other than who’s bigger.

Not so fast, Democrats!

The Republicans may be imploding, but so are you.

Don’t believe it? Then read Andrew O’Hehir’s piece also on salon.com, “Stop Laughing, Democrats! As the Republicans Go Down in Flames, Your Post-Bernie Civil War Is Almost Here.”

O’Hehir argues that the Democratic Party is just as far out of touch with the American people as the Republican Party, and that it will take a lot of time, work and commitment to change it.

Of course, the main thing people are discussing is, “Why Trump? Where did he come from?” Now, someDonald Trump: the culmination of 80 years of Republican politics. body finally raps it down for us. On readersupportednews.org, George the values we believe are real, but most of us are locked into the cave of our own blind- Lakoff has a fascinating (and long) explanation based on the nurturant parent family ness toward the real world of cause and (progressive) and the strict father family effect. (conservative).

We watch candidates compete to see I know, I know, but he really does go who can offer us the most war against the a long way toward explaining why some most people at the least cost with the least benefits for our own citizens. We also watch people are conservative and others are liberal and also why Trump can get away with our leaders scramble to discredit anybody being a mixture of both and can appeal to who tries to tell us that we’re only guessing groups like white evangelical Christians at shadows while reality is going on behind without being one himself. our backs.

These are perilous times, dominated by We also know all too well the dictum a cacophony of voices spewing information of that later philosopher, Edmund Burke, that may or may not be true and generally “Those who don’t know history are doomed driven by unstated motives. to repeat it.”

Plato’s cave has become electronic, and In that regard, Chuck Searcy sent along we sit chained to our screens guessing at a blog post by David Stockman, entitled truth. At the same time, we have the means “The Trumpster Sends the GOP/Neocon to read broadly and research for ourselves.

Establishment to the Dumpster.” Read it Will a new America be born out of our poshere (and weep): davidstockmanscontrasibilities, or will the old business as usual corner.com, in which on Mar. 2 he laid continue to keep us prisoner? out how we came to be what he calls the It’s up to us, and we have nothing to lose “Warfare State.” but our chains. f You may remember Stockman as Ronald

Qualifying week, when candidates fill out the paperwork to be on the election ballot, is something I call “put up or shut up” time. Lots of people talk about running for political office. Qualifying week is when you either do it or quit talking about it.

Qualifying week is important to those who follow politics because we’ll find out who is going to run in each of the legislative districts where the incumbent has either passed away or decided not to run again.

Several veteran lawmakers are not coming back: Sens. Bill Jackson (R-Appling) and Tommie Williams (R-Lyons), along with Reps. Margaret Kaiser (D-Atlanta), B. J. Pak (R-Lilburn), the late Bob Bryant (D-Savannah) and Barbara Sims (R-Augusta).

Qualifying week should also tell us which Democrat runs against U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson. Democratic Party officials thought they had that candidate when the Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, said he was considering the race, but Warnock later backed out.

Isakson has been a popular senator during his two terms in office, but there are lingering concerns about the state of his health. He was hospitalized twice in 2010, the last time he ran for office, and he disclosed last year that he has Parkinson’s disease. Whatever his medical issues may be, Isakson has the one thing every candidate really needs—money.

The only other race for statewide office involves the seat held by Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols. If a serious candidate wants to run in this race, they can have a lively debate with the incumbent over the PSC’s unwillingness to penalize Georgia Power for the huge cost increases

You of course remember Plato’s allegory about the people chained in a cave so that they can only look toward the back wall.

There, a fire behind them casts the shadows of objects carried past. As they watch the shadows go by, the people try to guess at what they represent, and they compete with each other to see who is the best guesser.

Anybody who is freed from the cave and taken outside to behold the real objects is blinded by the light and desires to return to the cave.

Or you could just call it “Morning Joe.” Same principle. There’s a lot of speculation right now about which candidate is most in touch with the real America or represents

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and 39-month delay on the Plant Vogtle nuclear reactors. Echols has been one of the biggest boosters of Georgia Power’s nuclear program. He might be vulnerable on this.

Qualifying week could also help determine whether two of the most controversial bills still under consideration by the General Assembly—campus carry of firearms and “religious freedom”—will be passed or not. The bills touch on very sensitive topics with Georgia voters. That puts a lot of pressure on legislators who might want to vote one way on a bill, but know that a large portion of their district feels the other way. If the bills had come up for their final votes prior to qualifying week, legislators who voted the wrong way could find themselves with opposition in their own primary.

Since it is more likely the bills will hang around until after qualifying week is over, lawmakers who don’t end up with primary opposition might feel that the pressure is off. They would be free to vote their conscience on a bill because they know they have an open road in their primary.

Opponents of the “religious freedom” bill were cheered by Gov. Nathan Deal’s statement last week that he didn’t want to see the measure passed unless it included protections against discrimination. “I hope we can all just take a deep breath, recognize it is important that we protect fundamental religious beliefs but we don’t have to discriminate against other people in order to do that, and that’s the compromise I’m looking for,” Deal said. Deal’s words will have an impact on legislators, but the presence or absence of primary opposition could weigh even more heavily on their final decision. We’ll soon be getting the answers to those and other questions. f

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Talking About Walking On Dougherty, on Hancock, on Pulaski and at Kroger

By Blake Aued and John Huie news@flagpole.com

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improvements (like flashing signals “at every crosswalk in Some Athens-Clarke County commission meetings play town”) be funded routinely. to nearly empty rooms, but last week’s meeting attracted a “Probably the No. 1 request that we get as commischamber full of citizens, and many of them had something sioners is for traffic calming in our neighborhoods,” to say—including residents of gentrifying parts of town Commissioner Melissa Link said, but “there are a lot of who fear that rising home values will make their rent or streets out there that might not quite meet” the county’s taxes unaffordable. threshold of 800 cars per day moving at least 37 miles per “I increasingly feel that I may get pushed out of my hour in order to add speed humps. Commissioners voted neighborhood,” said Gloria Moses, who lives on Minor to ask Public Works staffers to propose new, lower criteria; Street off Baxter. “My neighbors have been visited in their Link proposed also adding more four-way stops to slow trafhomes by white people who want to know if they are selling. Most of the people who share these stories with me are fic down, and restricting very wide driveways. older people who are on a fixed income… If the rents continue to rise, we will only see more displacement.”

Others asked commissioners to reconsider charging a local nonprofit $392 a month for its use of a county-owned building. Hancock Community Development Corporation— which has grown into a national organization with a half-million dollar budget—counsels citizens for free about housing and mortgages and provides youth services and job training, mostly without local tax support. “We can find money for everything else… If you don’t deal with it on the front end, you deal with it on the back end,” John Clark told commissioners. “If you push poor people out, where will they go? It increases our crime rate, our incarceration, and it appears that we have a state now that really has no concern about anybody who has nothing, but it’s People are begging to get rid of this “beg button.” about the dollar.”

And while commissioners do seem inclined to allow Several speakers asked commissioners to respond to limited-use “accessory buildings” to be added on residential complaints of discrimination by downtown bars by passlots, they balked at including kitchens in such structures— ing an anti-discrimination ordinance and forming a human “There’s a difference between a guest house and a spare relations commission. That could make Athens-Clarke “a bedroom,” Commissioner Mike Hamby said—and sent the beacon of progressive hope in Georgia, a place that I’m proposal back to planning commissioners for more details a little too often ashamed to be from,” said Adam Veale, (including a limit on the maximum size of such buildings). who has lobbied state legislators on behalf of Athens Allowing accessory structures, “that mother-in-law suite or for Everyone. “There are several bills that I can think of the hobby garage or the extra bedroom,” could allow homthat would codify discrimination in the state of Georgia.” eowners “to invest in the property that they have, so that Several commissioners responded that, while the ACC they’re not moving out. They’re able to adapt and modify commission has already passed a resolution condemning the existing house as well as an accessory building so that… discrimination, it will look also at enforceable actions (perthey’re staying there and it’s not being bought out and torn haps tied to renewing liquor licenses). County attorney Bill down,” Commissioner Allison Wright said. [JH] Berryman is considering how the county might write an effective ordinance, Commissioner Jerry NeSmith noted.

Beg Buttons: It’s a minor issue, but one that illustrates why “Be assured he’s moving along. He’s looking at all the many believe ACC prioritizes cars over people: The new “beg options. He’s exploring what’s viable, what’s supportable, buttons” installed at crosswalks at the Hancock Avenuewhat’s defendable.”

Pulaski Street intersection.

Restriping Dougherty Street from five lanes to three Previously, pedestrians got a “walk” signal at that inter(with 72 wide, metered parallel parking spaces added along section automatically. Now they have to press a button or both sides of the street where space permits) was approved the crosswalk signal won’t change—essentially “begging” to unanimously, and painting will begin immediately. The be allowed to cross the street. (Officially, these are known changes “will increase vehicular delay, but still within an as “actuated traffic signals.”) acceptable range” along Dougherty (where delays and acciCommissioner Melissa Link wrote to Acting Manager dents are already low), a Transportation and Public Works Blaine Williams last month to complain about the new Department report said. Crosswalk lights for pedestrians signal, saying she was “particularly disturbed” by it since will be added at two intersections that have no stoplights.

Transportation and Public Works Director David Clark had The changes will make the street much easier to cross and recently agreed to extend the crossing time on Hawthorne safer for bicyclists (although bike lanes are not included), Avenue at Old Broad Street, where a pedestrian was several commissioners and citizens said. BikeAthens recently killed. “Beg buttons” are dangerous because they’re Director Tyler Dewey asked commissioners also to update confusing to people who wait for the “walk” signal, never the county’s long-dormant Bicycle Master Plan; neighborget one, start to cross and get caught in the middle of the hood activist Tony Eubanks asked that pedestrian safety

street when the traffic light changes, she wrote.

Williams called the issue “an emotional topic for some.”

Non-actuated signals (the ones on timers), he wrote, are inefficient because they can’t be adjusted depending on traffic, leading to cars backing up on Pulaski in late afternoon. But since many intersections now have cameras that detect vehicles, green lights can be allocated based on traffic rather than set for a certain length of time. But those cameras don’t pick up pedestrians well. Actuated signals can also decrease wait time for pedestrians, with the trade-off that they have to press a button, according to Williams.

“There have been continual accusations that staff has some type of agenda favoring automobiles, which I feel is unfair,” Williams wrote. “We have very capable staff that follow both the Mayor and Commission’s prescribed policies as well as sound traffic engineering principles in designing and maintaining our multi-purpose transportation infrastructure. The Mayor and Commission certainly have the prerogative to develop other policies to direct staff actions, should you so desire.”

Complete Streets Athens—the transportation lobbying group co-run by Eubanks— posted a message on its website saying that beg buttons make walking downtown less safe.

They agreed with Williams, in a way. “It is up to our commission to decide if they want a walkable community,” the post says.

“And it’s up to you to let them know walkability is important to you—they certainly aren’t going to push for it unless you demand it.” [BA] Go Krogering: After ACC planners raised more than 20 objections, just before last Thursday’s planning commission meeting Kroger pulled its plans to demolish the College Station shopping center (including the longshuttered Kmart) and replace it with one of the grocery chain’s Walmart-sized new stores like the one by Athens Tech.

The new development—acres of parking, a 36,000-foot strip mall, a gas station and several outparcels in addition to the 116,000 square-foot standalone Kroger—would somehow manage to be even more auto-centric than the existing plaza or Georgetown Square (the Publix shopping center) next door.

Among the waivers Kroger was seeking: The company doesn’t want to plant as many trees as required, wants to pave over more of the 19-acre property than is allowed, doesn’t want to lay down pervious pavement that reduces runoff pollution and doesn’t want to install a bus stop on the property.

Planning Director Brad Griffin said Kroger is expected to refile plans this week for the Apr. 7 planning commission meeting—when the advisory board is also expected to look at revised plans for the St. Joseph development. [BA] Not-So-Open Records: Government agencies often use the tactic of dumping a shitload of documents (with accompanying exorbitant fees) on reporters who request them through the Georgia open records law. That may or may not be what’s happening here, but Flagpole’s request to the Clarke County School District for communications among district officials regarding the Cedar Shoals High School sexual assault in January turned up 7,100 pages of emails that would cost us more than $1,300 for retrieval, copying and redacting to access. By eliminating a search term we were able to reduce the cost to $628—which is still a hell of a lot of money for a little weekly paper.

Not that it matters. Later, Assistant Superintendent Ted Gilbert, citing an obscure exemption in the law, told us that “all or most” of the documents would be withheld until 10 days after an internal investigation into the incident had ended. That investigation, so far as we know, is ongoing a month after it began. Stay tuned. f

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Reflections on Cedar Shoals A Crisis, and an Opportunity to Do Better

By Bertis Downs news@flagpole.com Over the past several weeks, a fire has raged on the east side of Athens. The Cedar Shoals rape tragedy and the ensuing response by school and law enforcement personnel have shed light on some daunting problems in our community.

Like many people, I have followed news accounts closely.

What I’ve read in the newspapers, social media and online comment sections indicates a very real sense of crisis in our school district. And it goes beyond the tragedy at Cedar Shoals. The choice we face is pretty straightforward: put out the fire and rebuild, correcting the mistakes that contributed to this disaster, or continue to fan the flames and burn our school district, doing further damage. I hope we choose the former—I hope Athens can find a way to turn this terrible negative event into a catalyst for positive change.

What We Agree On Many of us agree on several points: • Rape is never acceptable. Communication breakdowns and systemic dysfunction led to the completely inexcusable and indefensible situation at Cedar Shoals. No one defends the actions of the alleged perpetrators or the response that led to them remaining in school after the assault. That can never happen again.

• As I heard a very engaged parent say at a CCSD open house tour a few years ago, her family judges our schools by three simple questions regarding their children: Are they safe? Are they learning? Are they happy? The systemic failure at Cedar Shoals missed the mark on all three of those standards, and in the aftermath it has called into question our community’s essential trust in our district as a whole.

• The district’s initial response was lacking. There are a variety of explanations for this, including personnel and privacy concerns, and there were obviously breakdowns of appropriate protocols. The district is addressing those shortcomings. The district has replaced the principal and implemented safeguards to assure better communications between district, school and police. These are actions that reflect a willingness to make necessary changes.

• None of us in the general public have complete information about the Cedar Shoals situation. The district and our school board (who are, after all, our friends, neighbors and representatives) should make decisions based on the fullness of their knowledge and experience.

It is always worth remembering that events like those at Cedar Shoals provide an opportunity to learn. The horrific Cedar Shoals rape reveals a recurrent and vexing problem that was apparent long before this event unfolded.

Specifically, there is a lack of discipline among some of our students, and a perspective that teachers are not adequately supported in their ability to create and maintain order in their classrooms. How can we, as parents and citizens, provide this support and encourage the school district to do the same?

What Should We Do? A series of community conversations might be a good start. The overarching question to address in these forums would be, “How do we define effective discipline, and how do we achieve it in our schools?” Productive meetings would include the district, law enforcement, social workers, school psychologists, counselors and family engagement specialists, teachers and media specialists—the people who are doing the work every day and are most affected by these policies—as well as students, parents and interested community members. Conversations like these would allow the

Parents will only continue to invest and participate in our public schools if their children are safe.

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community to become better acquainted with the specifics of our policies, how they play out in the schools, why those policies exist and changes that might be justified. The current state of crisis provides an opportunity for Athens and CCSD to come together to address this problem of discipline in our schools—what do we even mean by that, and how do we better achieve it? And in moving forward, regular communication between frontline educators and district officials needs to be enhanced.

Somehow we have to balance effective and consistent discipline with the fact that “no excuses” policies are most detrimental to students who need the most help. “Zero tolerance” means we turn our back on troubled kids in favor of well-behaved kids who don’t need as much guidance in

the first place. So how do we strike an effective balance?

How do we provide a nurturing, inclusive learning environment with strict standards for good behavior? There is not a simple answer to this complex problem. Plenty of people have told me in recent weeks that we have to address discipline in our schools. Of course, I agree. We can begin to find answers by coming together as a community, defining what we want for all the kids in our school district, then implementing those ideas for our kids, and for future kids in our community. Parents will only continue to invest and participate in our public schools if their children are safe, and I believe we must trust our teachers and administrators with disciplinary tools just as we trust them to educate and care for our children.

Support Superintendent Lanoue A disturbing tendency—which has been exacerbated by social media’s ability to rapidly spread and “share” anger within a community—is assuming the worst of those at the top. In this case, that is CCSD superintendent Phil Lanoue.

But to suggest that Lanoue should now be dismissed is short-sighted, ill-considered and ultimately self-defeating.

Those loudly criticizing Lanoue’s role are clearly making assumptions and conclusions beyond what is supported by facts. How quickly some would have us forget that under Lanoue, our district has thrived and improved by any objective or empirical measure. For the tragedy at Cedar Shoals, mishandled at whatever level, to completely negate CCSD’s progress under Lanoue’s leadership is just not realistic. (If you have a few minutes, see wapo.st/1jTHJTF for my piece published in the Washington Post a few months ago detailing many of our district’s recent successes.) Anyone familiar with our district views our superintendent as an outstanding leader. He is not perfect, but overall he has been an exemplary and visionary leader for CCSD. Our district is in a far better place than it was when he arrived seven years ago, and running him out of town would be a self-inflicted wound for our community.

We need a constructive conversation, not continued finger-pointing, blaming and public shaming of our entire school district and leadership. We have problems in our schools and in our neighborhoods—let’s get to work on addressing and solving them. I hope we will welcome back Lanoue, who has always insisted there is more work to be done in our schools and who always pushes us to do a better job of educating each child in our schools. As a Cedar parent said at the board meeting a couple of weeks ago: “In a partnership, you don’t bail and you don’t go for blood.

You figure out how to nurture the relationship and make it healthy again.” f Comment is an occasional opinion column. Submit your Comment to news@flagpole.com.

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Oh Paper Cups, Up Yours Contrary to Popular Belief, You Can’t Recycle Coffee Cups

By Jason Perry news@flagpole.com Which sounds worse to you: carrying your groceries out in a disposable plastic shopping bag or buying coffee in a paper to-go cup with the cardboard sleeve and plastic lid? I suspect there are a number of people in Athens who wouldn’t be caught dead without their reusable shopping bags but are happy to walk around sipping joe from a disposable cup because they put the cup, lid and sleeve in the recycling bin.

Here’s a hard, simple fact: Whether that paper cup is blazing orange or white with a green dot, neither the cup nor the lid are accepted at our recycling facility, and the ones that are sent there must be handsorted out and sent to the landfill instead.

The sleeve is recyclable, but my sources at ACC Solid Waste tell me that they’re small enough that they often filter out with the rest of the contaminants that go to the landfill. All of this is quite expensive and is an increasing concern for the county recycling folks (see the Feb. 17 Greensplainer).

Paper coffee cups are very difficult to recycle—or compost, for that matter—because they have a polyethylene lining that is permanently bonded to the paper. Without it you’d literally have a hot mess on your hands. (Cold drink cups, also not recyclable, are usually coated with wax inside and out

Starbucks). About 2 percent of their global customers do so. Many cafes, including Starbucks and our own Jittery Joe’s, offer a nominal discount (about the cost of a disposable cup and lid) for those who bring their own, but clearly this doesn’t overcome the lure of throwaway convenience for most people.

How much better are reusable cups

to protect the paper from the contained drink as well as condensation on the outside.)

Coffee cup lids are polystyrene (No. 6 plastic), the rigid, unfluffy version of what we usually call Styrofoam. As a low-temperature thermoplastic, the stuff is technically easy to recycle, but two main factors prevent polystyrene food containers’ wide acceptance in recycling streams. One is that it is porous, so it gets contaminated as it absorbs food and drink residues. The second is that it is ridiculously cheap to make.

Styrene is a byproduct of gasoline refining, and it’s so inexpensive to produce that there is no economically competitive way to collect and recycle polystyrene food containers by comparison.

No, not that Poly Styrene.

Years ago Starbucks made a than disposable ones? In my Jan. 6 column push to develop a “sustainable” disposable I wrote about embodied energy and life cup by 2015, but a year after that fruitless cycle assessment (LCA). Just for fun, I ran deadline their company line is to encoursome calculations to compare the embodied age customers to bring in reusable drink energy of my favorite insulated, stainless containers instead (preferably purchased at

steel coffee flask against an equal sized paper cup with a lid and sleeve. I would need to use the flask about 14 times to break even with the embodied energy of the paper cup and its accessories, including hot water for washing. (Incidentally, a paper coffee cup has the same embodied energy as 13 plastic shopping bags.) I’ve used it daily for at least five years, so I’m in the black, as it were, and I have the added benefit of a product that I can chuck into the scrap metal at the CHaRM (Center for Hard to Recycle Materials; see the Dec. 16 Greensplainer) when it ultimately wears out.

Cool Deal: Remember way back on Aug. 19 when I talked about electric rate plans like the Georgia Power Smart Usage Rate? If you can curb your usage from 2–7 p.m. on summer weekdays and always avoid running multiple pieces of equipment together (e.g. the dishwasher and the clothes dryer), then you will likely be able to reduce your annual electricity costs if you switch to that rate. Now Georgia Power is offering a free Nest thermostat ($249 value) to anyone who switches.

Chez Greensplainer has a Nest, and in my experience it saves heating and cooling energy above and beyond a more typical programmable thermostat. I’d jump at this deal. Contact Georgia Power to learn more. f

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The Maternal Mortality Gap

Athens doula Kate Hodges meets with a family to design a birth plan.

How to Change Low-Income and Minority Mothers’ High Death Rates in Childbirth

By Prosper Hedges news@flagpole.com

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xpectant families in the United States face bleak statistics. Our maternal mortality ratio (MMR), or number of deaths resulting from pregnancyrelated causes during pregnancy or up to 42 days after, has increased every year since 1990. Only eight other countries have a rising MMR, including Afghanistan and Sudan.

Our incidence of cesareans is double the World Health Organization’s recommended rate.

Our birth outcomes aren’t just bad relative to the rest of the world—they’re also alarmingly disparate within our own population. According to the Centers for Disease Control, we lose three to four times as many black women to childbirth as we do white women, regardless of the education and income level of the mother. Georgia is no exception: We have the second highest maternal mortality rate in the nation. For all of our scientific and medical advances, we are failing people of all genders who give birth, and these outcomes are exacerbated for families of color and those below the poverty line. Why is this happening, and where’s a family to turn?

What Doulas Do “I think a lot of people are shocked by how much time they spend alone in the hospital,” says Athens doula Kate Hodges. An anecdote about the first birth she attended reveals the collaborative support doctors, midwives and doulas can offer as a team.

“It was the mother’s fourth baby but her third pregnancy, because her prior birth had resulted in twins.”

Hodges says. “She’d had a C-section with the twins, in addition to having a blood clotting disorder, which meant she couldn’t have an epidural,” an injection in the spine that numbs the lower body. Without an epidural, the mother’s “soothing options were anesthesia or a doula.”

Doulas are non-medical professionals who are present during change-of-life experiences. The most well-known

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type of doula is a labor doula, who provides ongoing support throughout labor and can remind the laboring parent of her choices. Labor doulas often meet with families before birth to help design a birth plan. Immediately before childbirth, a doula might offer support like poses such as squatting or offer massage to ease birth. Doulas are awake when everyone else in the labor room is sleeping.

According to American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, “one of the most effective tools to improve labor and delivery outcomes is the continuous presence of support personnel, such as a doula.” A doula is “a supportive friend,” Hodges says. “It’s a person who’s been there, done that and can hold your hand along the way. An OB/GYN or a midwife is going to take care of the medical aspects, but unfortunately, due to time constraints, often can’t spend as much time on the emotional aspects of birth as they would like.”

The “emotional aspects” have very real effects on the physical well-being of parent and child. Mothers who undergo epidurals or anesthesia, for example, report lower rates of babies latching onto the nipple for breastfeeding.

Among myriad other benefits, ACOG reports that breastfeeding decreases the likelihood of sudden infant death syndrome and releases the hormone oxytocin in the parent, which contracts the uterus and encourages a return to regular size.

“Because it was a VBAC,” or vaginal birth after cesarean, “there were not very many providers the mother could go to.” Hodges says. VBACs, like so many birth choices, are shrouded in mystery. Not everyone is a good candidate for a VBAC, which has created a common misperception and adage: “Once a cesarean, always a cesarean.” In other words, a mother that has had a C-section previously can only birth via C-section in the future. Both second cesareans and VBACs carry their own risks and benefits, and neither is objectively safer—it’s entirely based on the pre-existing health conditions of the mother.

Though VBACs are increasingly perceived as a viable birth option, lots of hospitals do not offer them. A study conducted by the nonprofit Childcare Connection reveals

that cesareans are convenient for doctors, who can arrange hectic hospital schedules more easily around cesarean appointments than unpredictable labor time. Cesareans are also more profitable, as NPR reported in 2013. Though life-saving for mothers that need them, cesareans also put mothers at risk for a hemorrhage, hysterectomy, infection and deep vein thrombosis. Families may not even learn about options like VBACs or risks of cesarean without the aid of a doula.

“It was beautiful to see the doctor treat her just like anyone else. She was doing the work on her own and just needed [fellow doula] Claire [Campbell] and I to hold the space down for her,” Hodges says. “When a patient has a doula, it imparts a level of confidence in the nurse, midwife and OB/GYN that the mother is going to ask for what she needs. And when she does ask, they’re going to listen. They know if you went through enough energy and thought to hire a doula, then you’ve put a lot of investment in this situation.”

Closing the Gap Between 2000–2014, the most recent year statistics are available, eight black women died during labor in Clarke County, compared to zero white women, according to the U.S. Census Bureau statistics. This could be because, as ACOG says, black families are “substantially less likely to report equal speaking time (i.e., participatory decision making) compared with white patients.”

Insurance companies rarely cover doula support in Georgia, a disservice to families and providers alike.

Watkinsville doula Emily Nolan’s clients have received reimbursement from nontraditional providers like Samaritan Ministries, which is a religious organization that matches coverage to need. Typically, though, providers only reimburse for doula work when forced to do so by law.

“I’ve always had a lack of understanding as to why the insurance companies aren’t supportive of” doula care, Hodges says. “The cost of hiring a doula is $700–$900

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Help Getting Out of a Hole New Program Helps Workers Avoid Predatory Lenders

By Kristen Morales news@flagpole.com

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Cockfield leads classes and one-on-one sessions with clients rom the outside, taking out a loan from a payday teaching them about setting financial goals, disputing items lender or a title pawn company seems simple enough: on your credit report and working with the credit union to You sign some paperwork and that day walk out with pay off your loan. She also contacts lenders to get the paysome cash. But what happens after 30 days, when it’s time off amount of clients’ loans, which is often easier said than to pay up? For most people, that’s when the trouble starts. done.

A new program offered by The Ark in conjunction with Typically, a payday-type loan is due in 30 days. If it’s not Georgia United Credit Union aims to give Athens’ workpaid in that timeframe, the company offers the customer ing poor a better option. The recently launched Common an out—close the loan and Wealth Athens pairs personalissue a new one in the same ized financial education with a We’re essentially providing a path amount. Except the client must loan program through the credit first pay a new loan origination union to help low-income worktoward greater self-sufficiency fee, as well as interest. Thirty ers get out from under their for our working poor. days later, the cycle continues. predatory loan. Not only does These are loans typically in the the process help these residents $400–$700 range, says Cockfield, and their clients have define financial goals and stick to them, but it also helps recycled the loan on average nine times before seeking help them improve their credit, get them a bank account and to get out of it. But this usually means they’ve paid hunend up in a better financial place. dreds, sometimes thousands of dollars in fees and interest “It’s a great program. It has opened up a lot of doors for along the way. me as far as not having to deal with that stupid pay card,” “I was in a loan with Security Finance that was $70 a says Leah Knight, a Jackson County resident who started month. The next month I’d be struggling to pay it, and with the program last fall. At the time, not only was she struggling to pay a predatory loan, but she also couldn’t get they said, ‘Well you can renew and save $12 a month,’” says a bank account. Instead, each paycheck was deposited onto a debit card. “My paycheck goes to the bank now,” she says.

For thousands of Athens residents who live at or below the poverty level, getting quick cash from a payday or title pawn company is part of life. Since many jobs don’t pay enough to rent an apartment in the area—and with regular expenses such as food, transportation and child care—it’s easy to come up short. Payday loans can seem like the only way out.

But this debt soon balloons into a larger issue. After seeing so many of her clients come in with that seemingly insurmountable debt hanging over their heads, Lucy Hudgens, executive director Leah Knight (right) talks with Stephanie Cockfield of The Ark, about Common Wealth Athens, which refinances of The Ark, which provides predatory loans at a lower interest rate. families with money for Knight, who found out about the Common Wealth Athens necessities like rent or utilities, says it was time to create a program after looking for help paying her family’s electric program to directly address the issue.

“Common Wealth Athens is a program that offers unique bill. “And here I was with a loan I should have been able to pay off—it was a $300 loan, and we had paid in $800, financial products to enable our working poor to gain more $900.” momentum in the community and in their personal life,” Through Common Wealth Athens, Knight now has Hudgens says. “It takes into account the daily stressors they a low-interest loan (around 3 percent) through Georgia encounter in their life, and the idea is that, while providing United Credit Union and a plan to have it paid off in the these financial products, we’re essentially providing a path next two months. With Security Finance, her interest rate toward greater self-sufficiency for our working poor.” was around 28 percent, and she was making no progress in The idea for Common Wealth Athens came from a simipaying it off. Cockfield says some predatory lenders end up lar program in Charlotte, NC. A donor to the Athens Area charging more than 200 percent interest.

Community Foundation approached Delene Porter, the Knight says the program has also helped her feel more foundation’s CEO and president, about creating a financial empowered. She now has access to a bank account and has literacy program to help the working poor in Athens. “He money in savings. And she’s teaching her two youngest chilsat down and said, ‘Tell me what’s going on in the commudren, 11 and 17, the value of building your credit and not nity in the form of financial literacy,’” says Porter. “Fairly spending your money without a greater plan. early on, the Community Foundation realized that credit “It’s very much like, ‘Listen, we recognize that you are scores were a huge barrier keeping people from accessing the backbone of the American economy, and unfortunately affordable housing. Even employers are starting to look at the American economy does not pay its backbone well,” credit scores.”

Porter says, “and you are valued and every dollar that you Credit scores—and what affects them—are one finanearn is of value, and this is a program to help you regain cial aspect addressed by Common Wealth Athens, says control over that value.’” f Stephanie Cockfield, program coordinator for The Ark.

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a pop. Compared to an $8,000 epidural and a $3,000 C-section, that’s a bargain. It’s true that there’s no guarantee that a doula will prevent those outcomes, but it significantly lowers the risk.”

Several doula practices offer sliding scale rates, and a few are generous and well-resourced enough to offer pro bono work on occasion. But doulas are not legally qualified to attend labor without a certified nurse midwife or doctor present, so they’re not the only cost.

The Athens Regional Midwifery Practice, in its 40th year, prioritizes closing gaps in care due to race and income.

“Our waiting room is extremely diverse.” Athens Regional midwife Diana Calano says. “You might see a doctor/lawyer couple, UGA professors, inmates in handcuffs, a lot of refugees and folks from undocumented Latino communities.

We have translators on staff.

“We almost never turn people away. We have an out-ofpocket package if folks can’t afford insurance or if they’re undocumented. We take Medicaid and Medicare.” Only a third of their clientele is privately insured, she says.

The package Calano refers to is called the Self-Pay Program. The total cost for all prenatal care is $1,500. For context, just one ultrasound normally runs up to $300, vaginal birth $500–$3,000 and cesarean $14,000–$25,000.

Self-Pay patients can opt to pay in installments throughout gestation and even the months following birth.

ARMP isn’t the only midwife practice in Athens.

Women’s Healthcare Associates specializes in obstetrics and gynecology and employs midwives. Their clients can birth at their practice, and midwives from WHA also attend births at St. Mary’s Hospital.

Athens Black Mothers Breastfeed, funded by a 2014 grant from the federal Women, Infants and Children health and nutrition program, helps “reduce racial disparities in breastfeeding rates through support, education and connection.” Postpartum care in a community setting can also reduce incidences of MMR in the six weeks following birth.

Calano and Hodges both say that one of the primary barriers to safe birth outcomes for families under the poverty line is lack of insurance. The good news is that any Georgia woman without insurance qualifies for Pregnancy Medicaid.

“Sometimes there’s a delay because of socioeconomic resources [between] when a person gets pregnant and [when a person] shows up to get care.” Calano says. “There’s also this program in Georgia, P4HB.org. It’s basically free insurance for women’s health care. You have to be within a certain age group and hit a certain income level, and it’s not fully-fledged health insurance, but it covers a lot of the basics and more.” P4HB does not cover pregnancy, but it can help with associated costs and is an excellent complement to Medicaid.

Not everyone knows about these resources, and there are coverage gaps. “An important gap in care is transgender care,” Calano says. “It’s something that needs to be developed in partnership with the transgender community, because of course communities best assess their own needs.

We have had some clients, but not nearly as often [as cisgendered clients].” In other words, transgender patients deserve care from transgender doctors and midwives.

Calano’s best recommendation for a peaceful birthing experience is “a provider that’s on the same page as you, that’s going to work within your philosophy. Our goal is to help create space for the best experience possible for the family, and whatever that family might need. It’s about providing that space. A safe, comfortable, informed space.” f

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The Wild Treasury of Nature Philip Juras Paints a Portrait of Little St. Simons Island

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com Boasting 10,000 acres of undeveloped wilderness and seven miles of pristine beaches, Little St. Simons Island has survived as a paradisal environment safeguarded from the exploitative and damaging consequences of land development and tourism. Privately owned for over a century and accessible only by boat, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the least developed of Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Golden Isles. While it is possible to visit the islandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a lodge accommodates no more than 32 overnight guests per dayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;nature lovers can just as easily tour its remarkably diverse grounds through The Wild Treasury of Nature: A Portrait of Little St. Simons Island by Philip Juras.

Published this month by the University of Georgia Press, the hardback book contains a collection of landscape oil paintings by the Athens-based artist. Attentive to the delicate lighting, dancing shadows and naturally occurring patterns surrounding him, Juras effectively captures both the raw beauty and underlying coastal processes of the small island with near-photographic precision.

A native of Augusta, Juras received both a BFA in drawing and painting and a masters degree in landscape architecture from UGA. His lifelong admiration for the natural world led him to producing The Southern Frontier: Landscapes Inspired by Bartramâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Travels in 2011, a collection of more than 60 oil paintings inspired by the written descriptions of late-18th Century naturalist William Bartram. Co-sponsored by the Georgia Sea Grant, published by the Telfair Museum in Savannah and distributed by UGA Press, the accompanying exhibit book offers a glimpse into what the pre-settlement Southern wilderness might have looked like.

An invitation to visit and paint Little St. Simons was offered to Juras after environmental educator and conservation advocate Wendy Paulson, who owns the island with her husband Hank, serendipitously viewedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and was smitten withâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition of Bartram-inspired paintings at the Telfair Museum. Over the course of the following three and a half years, Juras made many visits to the island, documenting its forest, marshes and beaches throughout the changing seasons. As his body of work grew, the artist conceived the idea of turning the collection into a traveling exhibition and accompanying publication.

Currently on view at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta through May, the original paintings will venture over to the Cobb/Marietta Museum of Art in July.

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In the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s introduction, Morris Director Kevin Grogan writes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Viewers recognized that there was something more to the Telfairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition than was immediately revealed by Jurasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; technically skilled, beautifully crafted,

highly detailed paintings. Once one gets past the obvious romantic appearance of the paintings and their apparent record of manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part in the Divine Plan, a more detached assessment of his work leads to the conclusion that Jurasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; considerable skills serve a larger purpose: It is as much a critical examination of natural and cultural history as it is an attempt to chronicle a vanishing wilderness.â&#x20AC;?

Rather than attempting to portray Little St. Simonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vastness and diversity on a single canvas, Juras takes a cataloguing approach by focusing on different ecological aspects within each frame. A full portrait of the island is collectively created when the images are assembled and viewed together. The Wild Treasury of Nature is presented in an order both artistically and ecologically informed, intentionally working its way from the heart of the maritime live

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oak forest, through the marshes and out to the shoreline.

The landscapes gradually become more open as the terrain evolves from dense, intricately tangled greenery to rolling dunes, calm waters and sun-kissed horizons.

The collection totals 52 scenes selected from approximately 40 small field works and 20 large studio paintings completed between April 2011 and February 2015. Many of the studio paintings began with reviewing photographs shot from several angles, a process which allowed him to capture light effects too fleeting to sketch out on-site. The plein-air oil sketches, on the other hand, largely served as memory guides and were essential in preserving observations from within deep, heavily vegetated forest thickets where darkly lit photographs would not have sufficed.

Though intentionally stepping around any clear evidence of humans and their remnantsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;narrow dirt roads, historic dike systems and the visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lodgeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a few influences of mankind still permeate the scenes, such as a location where thousands of oyster shells were discarded long ago.

Still, the paintings embody a very rare and precious place that has remained virtually untouched for centuries.

Janice Simon, the Josiah Meigs distinguished teaching associate professor of art history at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, compares Juras to 19th Century American landscape painters such as Frederic Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt and John Frederick Kensett in her included essay â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Forest in the Sea.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nineteenth Century painters evoked the sublime in nature by creating seemingly limitless expanses beyond the horizon, engulfing claustrophobic compositions, contrasting extremes of brightness and darkness, broken surfaces and sharp edges, situations of chaotic crowding and disarming solitude,â&#x20AC;? she writes.

Like many of the landscapists before him, Juras pursues the sublime while combatting harsh elementsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;good olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Southern humidity, swarms of bloodthirsty mosquitoes and chaotic forest firesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to record natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique spaces and illuminate their environmental value.

The Wild Treasury of Nature also features â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Island at the Edge of Time,â&#x20AC;? a very informative essay on the islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ecological and cultural histories by Dorinda G. Dallmeyer, director of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program at UGA. Avid Bookshop will host a book launch for The Wild Treasury of Nature with Juras, Simon and Dallmeyer on Thursday, Mar. 31 from 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m. f

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Grab Bag Four New Releases to Check Out (Or Not)

By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com many filmgoers will probably not find the SON OF SAUL (R) The debut film from experience rewarding enough to justify the Hungary’s László Nemes won the Academy greater-than-usual effort it takes to watch.

Award for Best Foreign Language Film, However, in the vast collection of movies as well as a truckload of other internaabout the Holocaust, Son of Saul stands tional prizes. Set in Auschwitz in 1944, apart. a prisoner named Saul (Géza Röhrig, who sort of resembles Hungary’s answer to Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Mark Ruffalo) works as a Sonderkommando tasked with disposing of the victims of the camp’s gas chambers. While doing his horrific duty, Saul sees the body of a boy who resembles his son. He spends the rest of the film trying to bury the boy’s body while being pushed from one task to another

by Nazis, as well as the Wow! Now I know how Sarah feels.

Jewish prisoner-leaders WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT (R) Glenn Ficarra of various Sonderkommando units. and John Requa may have joined the party Saul’s singular quest for a rabbi is not as the writers of the raunchy hit Bad Santa, as compelling as various revolutionary but they have become top purveyors of subplots, but Nemes sacrifices comprehenmature cinematic entertainment. For evisibility for a grippingly immediate, quasidence, watch and enjoy Crazy, Stupid, Love., found footage style. Most of the events Focus or their newest dramedy, Whiskey are witnessed over Saul’s shoulder, as if we Tango Foxtrot. Tina Fey expands her range are his constant companion. It can make as Kim Baker, who goes from a desk-riding Son of Saul a difficult film to watch, and

news producer to a full-blown war correspondent. In 2003, Kim blows up her entire life by traveling to Afghanistan to cover the war. The resulting adventures are tense, smart and laugh-out-loud uproarious.

Fey finally gets to show she is more than just a pretty, funny face, and it looks great on her. She needs more WTFs than cartoonish turns like Sisters or light romcoms like Admission. The familiar supporting cast—Billy Bob Thornton as a reluctantly appreciative general, Margot Robbie as a gorgeous fellow war reporter and Martin Freeman as a charming Scottish photojournalist—is good as ever, though Alfred Molina’s Afghan politician veers perilously close to the abyss of cartoonish stereotype.

Mostly, though, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot successfully manages to maintain its humorous outlook on a seriously messed-up situation.

ZOOTOPIA (PG) Disney’s latest delightfully tweaks the ever popular buddy-cop formula with anthropomorphic animals. Even since she was a child, Judy Hopps (v. Ginnifer Goodwin, as cute as a bunny as in real life) longed to be the first rabbit cop in the history of Zootopia, a metropolitan utopia where all animals—predator and prey—live together in harmony. Still fighting prejudices, Judy and a crafty fox named Nick Wilde (v. Jason Bateman) must find a missing family man, Emmet Otterton. What she discovers cuts right to the perfect heart of Zootopia.

Created by the guys behind both Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia sets Disney’s 2016 bar pretty high as a charming kids’ movie with a deeper message about intolerance. Even as it trots out a hoary, unnecessary plot device that muddles the final act and leaves a lot of this sprawling city’s potential on the table, this animated feature is close to the young year’s best.

Bateman proves he needs more voice work; his deliciously subtle comic delivery melds wonderfully with the witty script. Disney may have solved its Pixar problem with the merger; what the older company continues to do now is prove it is as creatively viable as its animation partner.

LONDON HAS FALLEN (R) More dollar-store knockoff than sequel, London Has Fallen sends secret service agent-cum-one man army Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) and his charge, President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart), to London for a well-protected state funeral that is naturally infiltrated by the most capable terrorists of all time.

Having wormed their way into every level of London’s emergency services—even the Queen’s Guard at Buckingham Palace!—the terrorists are able to take over the entire city.

Buying a terrorist takeover of the White House is one thing; suspending my disbelief enough to think they could take control of the capital city of a G8 country is another.

Antoine Fuqua is no John Ford, but he stages his R-rated action with a lot more fun than replacement director Babak Najafi.

Butler continues to do this kind of retro’80s action in his sleep; were he 20 years older, he probably would have been a fourth partner in Planet Hollywood. Butler and Eckhart have a believable chemistry, but the one-liners range from stale to offensive.

Despite their successes, the cartoonish bad guys are subpar “24” villains. Without a showstopper like Melissa Leo’s recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, the only thing this weak-quel has to offer is its R rating. f

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‘More Than a Band’

Tracing Mothers’ Meteoric Rise

By Nathan Kerce music@flagpole.com

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my head it feels like I’m getting shipped off to war,” says Patrick Morales, the bassist and newest member of the much-hyped Athens rock band Mothers.

It’s just a few days before the band leaves for a more than five-month tour that will take them across the country, to Austin for South By Southwest and to the United Kingdom for the first time.

All four members sit in the living room of Mothers’ lead guitarist, singer and songwriter, Kristine Leschper. Leschper is tired after wrapping up a long morning of phone interviews, but it doesn’t stop her from expressing audible excitement when talking about how her passionate solo project has transformed into one of the most talkedabout bands to come out of Athens in years.

“I’m putting out a record—how cool is that?” says Leschper, a huge smile painted across her face.

Humble Beginnings Getting to this point has been a long journey for Leschper, who started Mothers as a solo act in 2013 while studying printmaking at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Leschper quickly gained a reputation for her deeply personal lyrics and her breathtakingly emotive vocal style. In a town where at least five stripped-down singer-songwriters perform every night, few are ever as captivating as Leschper.

Leschper’s strong solo presence meant there was some doubt in the music community whether Mothers would work as a fullfledged band. For Leschper, there was never any other option.

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“I had always envisioned Mothers as a full band,” she says. “I just kind of made do with what I had when I first moved here. I hadn’t really met the right people yet, so I just played as a solo artist because I didn’t have to rely on anyone else. I was also pretty scared of playing with other people, because it can be a scary thing to jam with other people for the first time.”

The first additions to the band were drummer Matt Anderegg and guitarist Drew Kirby, who had established themselves in the Athens scene through their band New Wives. They crossed paths and collaborated at different points over the course of a few years, as all Athens bands do, but the decision to form a new project together was sudden, if not unexpected.

“It all went by super fast at first,” says Kirby. “It was near Thanksgiving of 2014.

Matt and I were hanging out, and we got a text from Kristine on a Wednesday night asking if we wanted to play Cloud Recordings Fest with her that upcoming Friday. It was really short notice, but we looked at each other and were just like, ‘Yeah, we’ve gotta do this.’”

Two weeks after that first show, Kirby, Anderegg and Leschper booked time at Chase Park Transduction and started recording their debut album, When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired.

Explaining why she felt the album needed to be recorded so quickly, Leschper says, “It was important for me to make that record when we did for my mental health.

I was struggling a lot personally, and those songs were all written when I was going to art school and trying to figure my shit out. I was trying to figure out what kind of person I was and what I wanted to put out into the

world. It sort of feels like documentation of this time in my life.”

Leschper’s ambition for the album was grand. “The record is very personal, but also kind of universal, because it aims to talk about the human condition,” she says.

“I think that’s one of the most important things to me. Just taking time to consider your mortality and your relationships with other people. I think it is, like, highly relatable in that way, because it’s something that as people we all experience.”

The initial 14 tracks for the album—the final release was pared down to eight—were recorded in just two weeks. Though their time in the studio was short, the members of Mothers all considered it to be a profound experience.

“It was a really, really intense process,” says Anderegg. “I think everyone was kind of freaking out the whole time. It was brutal. It was a very serious session for a very serious record. It’s not a lighthearted record at all. It’s the kind of record that requires prior commitment to some extent, in the sense that you have to be willing to dive in and take your time with it.”

Comprised mostly of Leschper’s previous solo material reworked and re-recorded live with a band, Tired’s push-and-pull between quieter moments and raucous guitar-anddrum breaks is a document of Mothers’ transition into a more collaborative project.

The band was rightfully confident in the record’s quality, which made it all the more difficult to decide to delay its release until they were signed to a label. Though the album had been completely finished since early 2015, according to Leschper, it was important that the band wait to release the record at the right time.

“This album is something very special and personal to us,” she says. “We sat on it for so long because we wanted something like this to have a proper release.”

Building the Buzz For 10 months or so, Mothers waited.

Over the course of 2015, the band toured with of Montreal, added a fourth member (bassist Morales, of Athens band The Viking Progress) and further developed their sound as a four-piece. It was an exciting time for Mothers’ development, but according to Anderegg, there was mounting tension between the completed record and a new, more experimental sound Mothers was developing.

“We spent a long time worrying that it wasn’t worth waiting to put it out,” says Anderegg. “The whole time, that record was just sitting there. During that time, as a musical unit, we were moving way past the kind of music we were making on that record. We were moving forward.”

It was partly due to this tension that the band decided to release a standalone single.

Released through a one-off agreement with New York label Grand Jury, “No Crying in Baseball” is the first Mothers song that was worked on by every member from its inception. “I consider it our opening statement as a band,” says Kirby. “It was a succinct way of saying, ‘Hey, this is how we are going to push ahead from here on out.’”

Off the strength of “No Crying in Baseball,” Mothers ended up forming a personal relationship with the staff at Grand Jury and inking a record deal with them in late October, following a run of shows at CMJ in New York City.

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Once the deal was finalized and Tired was given a February 2016 release date, Mothers, for lack of a better phrase, started blowing the fuck up. The Fader, Brooklyn Magazine, Stereogum and Paste hyped the band as “the next big thing,” and shout-outs from NPR and Spotify pushed streams of their singles to over 1 million plays—all before the release of their first album.

The band’s reactions to all this positive press range from grateful to confused. “I started out as a fan first, before I joined the band, so I’m like, ‘Of course they’re saying all of this stuff; we’re great,’ but I’m not sure everyone else feels that way,” says Morales.

While Kirby is happy for the spotlight it shines on Mothers’ music, he says it mostly feels strange. “It all feels really superfluous to me,” he says. “It’s ultimately a good thing that people want to talk about us in such a nice way, but it doesn’t flatter me. It just makes me kind of uncomfortable.”

Leschper clarifies, “I think we just feel weird about it since a lot of the press is centered around a record that we finished more than a year ago. It just feels odd to talk about it now. But I guess that’s kind of our fault for sitting on it for so long.”

No Slowing Down While Mothers have been touring in bits and pieces and perfecting their incredibly tight live set for more than a year, their tour in promotion of Tired will mark the longest they have been away from home. Though it’s currently scheduled to take them into June, there is a strong feeling that they will be on the road for much longer.

“It kind of feels like a forever tour,” says Leschper. “The amount of bookings keeps growing and growing with no end in sight, and I’m not really sure when we’ll be back.

I’m a little worried that soon we’ll realize the whole year is gone. I’m stoked, though.”

“It’s really intimidating,” says Anderegg.

“But I feel like we’ve been really lucky on all of our trips. They have always turned out better than expected. Also, we aren’t pushing super hard to get anyone to sign us on this tour.”

If there’s one concern the entire band seems to share about this tour, besides being away from their friends and family for so long, it’s that they won’t be able to work as much on their new material.

“We have been working so hard on our newer stuff, and it’s really starting to come together,” says Leschper. “So I worry about not having enough time to flesh that stuff out, because we want to put something else out relatively quickly after the record comes out, so that we can catch people up on the other stuff that we’ve been doing.

“But I do think that this tour is going to be a really important segue between this record and our next record, because we’re going to be playing a combination of the older, softer songs and some of the newer, more post-punk influenced, heavier stuff. I think it’s going to be a nice opportunity for people to see both sides of it.”

As all four members sit around Leschper’s coffee table, laughing and sipping tea, there is a sense that there won’t be many more of these relaxed moments anytime soon. Tired is one of the most exciting records to emerge from the Athens music scene in at least a decade. It’s as emotional, beautiful and human as the band itself. On a local level, some already view Mothers as hometown heroes, and praise from national publications is just beginning.

To put it simply, there’s no way an album and tour like this won’t have a lasting effect on the careers and lives of the people who made it. Whether or not everyone in Mothers realizes this fact, they all seem more than ready for whatever comes next.

“We’re just going to keep creating as much as possible and put out as much of it as we can,” says Leschper. “Just keep exploring new territories. We may sound different, but we’ll still have the same essence. It doesn’t matter what it sounds like, as long as it all ties back into what I think Mothers represents. To us, this is much more than just a band.” f Flagpole follows Mothers to SXSW Mar. 15–20!

Bookmark flagpole.com for all our festival coverage. For a list of Mothers’ tour dates, including SXSW appearances, visit nestingbehavior.com.

Athens in Austin Mothers ain’t the only Athens band repping the Classic City at SXSW. On Saturday, Mar. 19 from 12–7 p.m., Flagpole will sponsor the 10th annual Athens in Austin day party at The Side Bar (602 E. 7th St.), featuring music from Mothers and fellow locals Cicada Rhythm, Muuy Biien, The Hernies, New Madrid and T. Hardy Morris and the Hardknocks, plus national acts Faux Ferocious, Pujol, Bambara and more.

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feature

An American Band Blitzen Trapper Draws From a Deep Well of Sound

By Andy Barton music@flagpole.com

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still this exotic feeling I sense the people have when it comes to our music, like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re writing about some strange distant dream theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had, or some idea they have about America,â&#x20AC;? Earley says of Blitzen Trapperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s European reception.

With that leg of touring now behind them, the band continues to travel the U.S. in support of All Across This Land, maintaining momentum by putting out a new EP, Mystery and Wonder, in January. The three-song release includes a live recording from Los Angeles radio station KCRW, the EPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title track (a standout from Land) and Jason quigley

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ortland, OR group Blitzen Trapper has been creating rich, distinctly American music for more than 15 years. From the impassioned folk-rock of their lauded breakthrough and Sub Pop debut, Furr, to the experimental cross-section of country and hip hop on 2013â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s VII, the five-piece has never shied away from pushing their vibrant stories and songs to the sonic extreme.

With their most recent release, Octoberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All Across This Land, the band returned to a more â&#x20AC;&#x153;classicâ&#x20AC;? Blitzen Trapper sound, as main songwriter Eric Earley describes itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; one best characterized as sometimes twangy, always high-energy rock and roll.

The group had developed that sound over the course of three albums, but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until their fourth full-length release, 2008â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Furr, that they gained widespread recognition.

Interestingly, from there the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recorded output began to shift back and forth between that â&#x20AC;&#x153;classicâ&#x20AC;? Blitzen Trapper sound and more exploratory forays. They veered into prog-tinged territory on Destroyer of the Void before releasing the rootsy American Goldwing, their last for Sub Pop. VII, the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unexpected melding of honky-tonk, soul and hip hop beats, followed two years later on Vagrant Records. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sort of always writing songs and experimenting with sounds, so it just sort of happens naturally that a record gets made in a certain vein or sound or whatever,â&#x20AC;? says Earley after returning from a 14-date European tour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been extremely deliberate when writing songs as to what the genre or sound isâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that happens more in the studio.â&#x20AC;?

Whatever inspired Earley and his bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return to form, channeling those classic rock and folk influences is how Blitzen Trapper truly excels as a unit. All Across This Land skillfully captures the essence of the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lauded live show, mining the raw energy of guitar heroes like Springsteen, Walsh and Dylan. On many of the recordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 songs, like the prime, poised â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nights Were Made for Love,â&#x20AC;? an ode to love, hard work and rock and roll, it sounds like Earley is surveying the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s present by taking a long look at its past.

As scenes from a rural Oregon upbringing play out over stately piano, harmonica and guitar noodling, one wonders how an audience outside the States might take to a band so representative of an unmistakably American form of music; after all, they did just complete their first string of crosscontinental shows in nearly six years.

a cover of â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow,â&#x20AC;&#x153; which was featured in an episode of FXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TV series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fargoâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;fitting for an act that can capture such drama in the form of song.

Blitzen Trapperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming Athens performance should serve as a comfortable midpoint stop before they return home.

The group played a string of shows with the Drive-By Truckers in 2014, and Earley has admitted that R.E.M. had a strong influence on his musicianship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I visited [Athens] when I was just out of high school and hung around and got to know the South for a year or so living up in Chattanooga,â&#x20AC;? says Earley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the mysterious rural vibes I got from those early R.E.M. recordings resonated because it was so similar to growing up in Oregon back in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s.â&#x20AC;? f

WHO: Blitzen Trapper, Lauris Vidal WHERE: 40 Watt Club WHEN: Monday, Mar. 14, 8 p.m.

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threats & promises

Jock Gang Drops New EP Plus, More Music News and Gossip

By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com VINTAGE VIOLENCE: Jock Gang, which has straddled the Athens-Atlanta divide for about a year, just released an EP titled, of all things, EP. The former duo of Jared Collins and Kimberly Drew has been augmented

by Jonathan Merenivitch and Adrian Switon, both of Atlanta post-punk band Shepherds. EP is alternately nervous and chill, subdued and in-your-face, artsy and straightforward. The guitars are sometimes smooth sheets of barely-there sound and other times spindly, reedy and vibrating in a way that teeters on being out of tune. The next-to-last track is the previously released “Tell Me About It,” which you heard on the Danger Mouse-coordinated 30th Century Records Compilation Volume 1. Jock Gang is best listened to on a loop, so set this one to play over and over. Dig it at jock-gang.bandcamp.com, and join the gang at facebook. com/jockgangband. They play Athens Mar. 26 with of Montreal at the 40 Watt Club.

ADULT EDUCATION: The organizational body behind Girls Rock Camp, Girls Rock Athens, are hosting a second edition of their Ladies Rock Camp May 13–15. This event functions as a support event for Girls Rock Camp and is open to women 18 and older. In addition to raising funds and

finding volunteers, Ladies Rock Camp is similar in programming to Girls Rock Camp.

Participants will form bands, learn instruments, write songs and host a show within three days. All skill levels are welcome.

Tuition is $200 per person, but there’s an incentive of 50 bucks off this if you sign up with another person. A deposit of $50 is due at the time your application is submitted. See girlsrockathensga.org to sign up and gather more info. Become a fan and follow along at facebook.com/girlsrockathens.

SEEN SERENE: Tom Visions wrote, recorded and mixed everything on his new album, Time Waste. Its nine tracks are largely rooted in a pop-rock structure but executed through a psychedelic prism. The album starts off with its strongest track, “From The Depths,” which sticks to the ears via its motorik beat and downturned vocals.

Another highlight, for basically exactly the same reasons, is “That Mystical Feeling.”

Honestly, the best songs here are the ones that make an effort to avoid any predictable guitar rhythms, and as such, one song really fails (“I Became A Witch”). I mean, it’s fine, but a tad too jingle-jangle and Monkeesish for the rest of this album. Overall, this clocks in at 88 percent solid, which is a total

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B-plus. Give it a digital spin at tombtelevision.bandcamp.com.

THIS IS YOUR BAG, MAN: Athens supergroup Purses will play Saturday, Mar. 12 at The World Famous in celebration of their new single. The two-song affair features “Hitchhiker,” which sounds like The Replacements and Cheap Trick but with smoother vocals, backed with “Wheels On the Run,” whose chorus is catchier and more of a singalong. The group, composed of Drew Beskin, Phillip Brantley, McKendrick Bearden, Hunter Morris, Jeremy Wheatley and Frank Keith IV, can lay claim to involvement in multiple projects in town over the years. However, Brantley’s project Hand Stuff is the most curious thing this night.

This electro remix doodad is in the midst of finishing up a Jay Z/Beck remix album titled Odejay, and you can check its progress at soundcloud.com/handstuff. Also on the bill are Tedo Stone and DJ Quincy.

VISTING TEAM: The Netherlands’ Eerie Wanda will play the Caledonia Lounge on Saturday, Mar. 12. Fleshing out the bill are psych-pop dudes Fat Neptune, surf merchants Outer Sea and dedicated surf foursome The Flamethrowers. Eerie Wanda plays indie-pop of the Belle and Sebastian/ Best Coast vibe, and is working its way toward Texas for SXSW. In the spirit of full disclosure, I am involved with the organization of this show. Head to facebook.com/ eeriewanda2 for music, etc. f

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grub notes

Are Calzones Really All That?

Plus, Visiting Krog Street Market in Atlanta

By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com Tedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Most Best can make any pizza into a calzone for a slight upcharge, and its little container of tomato sauce for dunking is thin and lovely, not aggressively studded with bitter circles of dried red pepper. But a calzone that requires a knife and fork to eat without completely falling apart

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IN THE â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ZONE: Now that Athens is home to not just one but two late-night-focused calzone franchises that offer delivery and, basically, the exact same menu, the time seemed right to evaluate the foodstuff itself. Is it a handy, more portable way to eat pizza, an idea whose time has come, in an era when Taco Bell advertises its Grilled Stuft Nacho [sic] as an easier alternative to the classic platter of chips, cheese, etc.? Is it really so damn difficult to use both your hands to eat these days? Are the youngs too busy thumbing their way through Tinder to eat with left and right hand at the same time?

What, existentially, is the point of a calzone other than its relative ease of transport? (Leslie Knopeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s point about it being â&#x20AC;&#x153;pizza thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harder to eatâ&#x20AC;? is 180 degrees from reality.) Does it improve on pizza in any real way?

D.P. Dough (180 W. Broad St., 706-842-2828) opened its first Athens location a few weeks back on the ground floor of the Georgia Heights building, and although it claims on its website that â&#x20AC;&#x153;calzones are way better [than pizza],â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure it makes that case, either in print or in action. Then again, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardly alone in that.

D.P. Dough The main problem I see, having stuffed my face with bread and cheese and various fillings from a number of Athens restaurants for days in a row, is that either the crust is actually good, in which case it fails to contain the fillings adequately, or it is a sort of bland, fat thing that serves only as an envelope and not as anything worth consuming on its own but does hold up to the job.

There is no magical in-between place where both goals are achieved. If your preference for pizza is shaped by toppings, you will want the latter, enabling maximum fillings, and if you are more of a purist, you will want the former. Athens has no places that serve both pizza and calzones where the pizza is not far superior to its pocketed little brother.

is not really a calzone. Little Italy makes an enormous, doughy three-cheese calzone that is a marvel of blandness, considerably inferior to its classic slices of pizza and awesome monster sandwiches. Automatic Pizza does a pretty good job marrying high-quality fillings to a crust dusted with parmesan, meaning flavor inside and out, but the calzone still tends to droop and, again, pales in comparison to its excellent pizza.

D.P. Dough, with more than two dozen locations concentrated in college towns, has mastered the art of keeping its fillings inside its crust, and when those fillings are strongly flavored, as with the Buffer Zone (breaded chicken, hot

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FOOD HALLS: Having now visited the Krog Street Market in Atlanta as well as Ponce City Market, I can say that the former seems like a better business model for Athens than the overly well-heeled latter. Word is that the Austrian owners of One Press Place downtown (formerly Morris Publishing Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s temple to print journalism) have considered turning it into a similar sort of thing, and the location seems nearly ideal.

Krog Street Market offers an excellent beer selection and the ability to wander around with your drink once you purchase it, as well as Israeli cuisine (at Yalla,

by Todd Ginsberg of The General Muir, which serves giant pickled caper berries that will blow your mind and the doors off your taste buds), an outpost of Jeniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Splendid Ice Creams (the time is ripe for ice cream to come back to Athens), sandwiches, fresh produce, knick-knacks, izakaya (by Jey Oh, rumored to be collaborating on something in Athens), fancy hot dogs, BBQ, dumplings, beautiful pastries at The Little Tart and much more.

Families and hipsters crowd together in a somewhat chaotic but totally charming environment with lots of communal seating. The small size of the individual venues encourages focus and experimentation, and the ability to see what other people are eating increases curiosity on the part of customers. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food trucks with booze and (some) air conditioningâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;eating as entertainment that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t preclude the eats being really good.

WHAT UP?: Two new BBQ restaurants and three new burger restaurants are open or soon will be, and two new Athens cookbooks are for sale. Visit the Grub Notes blog at flagpole.com for all local food news. f

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MUSIC | Wed, Mar 9

ART | Mon, Mar 14

Normaltown Hall · 8 p.m. · $10 Luther Dickinson is best known for his blues-rock band the North Mississippi Allstars, but he’s scaled back the bombast on Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger’s Songbook), his new solo record on New West.

Dickinson is Southern-music royalty—his father was legendary producer and session player Jim Dickinson—and Blues & Ballads collects 21 tunes, both classics and stripped-down Allstars jams, that reflect the region’s rich and complicated heritage. Mavis Staples, J.J. Grey and others assist. Bassist Amy LaVere and guitarist Will Sexton will open Wednesday’s show. As always, BYOB to Normaltown Hall, New West’s discreetly cool listening room at the corner of Meigs and Pope streets. [Gabe Vodicka]

The World Famous · 5–7 p.m. · FREE! Longtime Athens resident Deonna Mann was best known in the 1990s for her experimental performances with local bands like Medaglia D’oro Orchestra, Jugg Rock and Very Nice. After spending the past 11 years living in Brooklyn, NY, the multitalented painter, performance artist and MC is back in the Classic City and hosting her first solo art show since her return. Her brand new series of spray-paint stencil designs are characteristic of Mann’s art: overtly suggestive and wildly saturated with lots of bright colors. Repurposed symbols of the 1960s, like the Playboy Bunny and the Wall Street businessman, tell an overall story of consumer culture and the male gaze.

[Madeline Bates]

Luther Dickinson

Tuesday 8 CLASSES: Favorite Deer Resistant Plants (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Discuss trees shrubs and other plants that deer don’t like to graze on. 10 a.m. $15. botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: Computer Class: Introduction to Excel (ACC Library) Register by phone or in person at the reference desk. 10 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Madison County Needlecrafters (Madison County Library, Danielsville) The

Deonna Mann

Needlecrafters will be demonstrating how to knit, how to crochet and other crafty skills. All ages and skill levels are welcome. 1–3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison CLASSES: Intro to Excel (ACC Library) In the second floor computer training room. Registration required. 10–11:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) Take a tour of the 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

PERFORMANCE | Mon, Mar 14

MUSIC | Tue, Mar. 15

MUSIC | Tue, Mar 15

Hodgson Concert Hall · 8 p.m. · $30–40 The Salzburg Marionette Theatre has traveled the world many times with its puppets in tow. The Austrian company recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, making it one of the oldest marionette troupes in the world. Based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical, the marionettes’ The Sound of Music follows the classic tale set in its hometown. While performances originally featured live voice actors and musicians, they now use recorded soundtracks, allowing puppeteers to focus on delivering movements from behind the scenes. Removing the human element draws attention to the score, costumes and set design. [Jessica Smith]

The Foundry · 7 p.m. · $7–10 Mixing old-school Americana with high-strung punk, Indiana trio The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band swings through town in support of last year’s So Delicious LP. Peyton’s manic, bluesy style of guitar playing nicely complements his gruff, urgent singing voice, while his wife, Breezy Peyton, helps out on vocals and—what else?— washboard. Meanwhile, drummer Ben “Bird Dog” Russell keeps things moving steadfastly forward. The band’s setup makes for a kitschy sonic stew, but thankfully the songs are pretty terrific, too. The Big Damn Band’s overall sound is taut yet carefree, traditional and iconoclastic. It’s great fun. [GV]

reached peak exposure in 2014 with their excellent Singles and a “Letterman” performance that showcased bandleader Samuel T. Herring’s captivatingly GIF-able dance moves. In their off-time, Herring, bassist William Cashion and a slew of other Charm City shakers write, record and perform as The Snails, a semiserious project more indebted to the early days of trebly rock and roll than to the electronic stylings of Future Islands. Herring’s theatricality and Cashion’s intricate grooves are still very much present, but the use of horns lends itself to a different type of danceability. The group recently released their debut LP, and will play the Caledonia Lounge in support of it. [Andy Barton]

Salzburg Marionette Theatre

Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@uga.edu EVENTS: 2nd Tuesday Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) This month’s theme is “Red Zinfindales.” 6 p.m. $20. 706-3547901, www.heirloomathens.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 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature

Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn The Snails Caledonia Lounge · 9 p.m. · $12–14 Band Baltimore’s Future Islands

trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia with host Caitlin Wilson. 8:30 p.m. 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: Dirty South Trivia (Taqueria Tsunami) (Downtown) Surf the trivia wave every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) (2301 College Station Rd.) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern

GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) Compete to win prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 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 (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Win prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! johnnyspizza. com/athens KIDSTUFF: Teen Tech Week: DIY Video Games (Oconee County Library) Learn Sploder to create your own video game. Grades 6–12. 4

p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, crafts and fun for preschoolaged children and their caregivers.

10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Ages 2–5. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens KIDSTUFF: Lunch & Learn (Bogart Library) Participate in any activity based on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and k continued on p. 18

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THE CALENDAR! Math). For all ages with adult assistance. Bring a bag lunch. 12:15 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Includes stories, finger-puppet plays, songs and crafts. For ages 5 & under. 10:30 a.m. 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT: African American Authors Book Club (ACC Library) This month’s title is Laelia by Ruth-Miriam Garnett.

Newcomers welcome. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org MEETINGS: University Woman’s Club (Central Presbyterian Church) Dr. Wayne Crowell, professor emeritus of veterinary pathology at UGA College of Veterinary Medicine, presents “First Weekend in May— Run for the Roses.” 11 a.m. FREE! www.womansclub.uga.edu MEETINGS: Coffee Catch-Up (The Rook and Pawn) Network over coffee with local startup entrepreneurs and community supporters. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com

Wednesday 9 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Mary Scales English leads a tour of the exhibition “Cherokee Basketry: Woven Culture.” 2 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Athens Free School: Just Do It “How To” (Two Story Coffeehouse) Gretchen Elsner of the Georgia Climate Change Coalition, Tom Thrasher of Athens Rising and Citizens Climate Lobby co-host a class about how to effectively organize community action on environmental issues. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiaclimatechangecoalition.org 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 EVENTS: Rabbit Box: “My Brush with Fame” (The Foundry) Locals share true stories for adult ears.

Storytellers include Russell Cutts, Laurie Allen, Naji Lyon, Carter Adams, Emily Pennington Eisenman and Aaron Strand. 7 p.m. $7. thefoundryathens.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: The Healing Place Trivia Night (Transmetropolitan Westside) Hosted by Tom Johnson of Tom’s Trivia Challenge. Donations will benefit The Healing Place of Athens.

Win house cash and other prizes. 7 p.m. Donations encouraged. 706621-6081 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 GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Weekly themed games.

House cash and drink prizes. 8 p.m.

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

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Cribbage (Kumquat Mae Bakery Café) Play cards every other Wednesday. 2 p.m. FREE! www. kumquatmaebakery.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers

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house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 KIDSTUFF: Wednesday Library Adventures (Bogart Library) This month’s adventures feature rhyming and science fun with Dr. Seuss and other authors. Ages 3.5–8. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart KIDSTUFF: Teen Tech Week: 3D-Printing (Oconee County Library) Natalie Wright will teach 3D printing with TinkerCad. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: KidsKnit (Bogart Library) Leran to knit with Ms. Deborah.

Ages 9–13. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens 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) See Tuesday listing for full description 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Book Sale (ACC Library) Shop from thousands of books, including fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, hardbacks, paperbacks, DVDs, CDs and more.

Proceeds benefit the ACC Library.

On Saturday, fill an entire bag for $10. Mar. 9, 2–6 p.m. (Friends of the Library members only), Mar. 10, 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Mar. 11–12, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Most books $2 or less. www. athenslibrary.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

KIDSTUFF: Zoo in the Sky (ACC Library) Miss Keir shares star-themed stories and activities including a virtual planetarium. Ages 6–11. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Bogart Library) Join for Lego-themed activities. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Dungeons and Dragons (ACC Library) Beginners welcome. Thursdays through March.

6 p.m. FREE! plewis@athenslibrary. org LECTURES & LIT: Book Sale (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description Mar. 9, 2–6 p.m.

(Friends of the Library members only), Mar. 10, 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Mar. 11–12, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Most books $2 or less. www.athenslibrary.org 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

GAMES: Friday Night Magic (Tyche’s Games) Win prizes. 5:30 p.m. www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Spanish Storytime (ACC Library) Share books, songs, rhymes and activities en Español.

Ages 3–8. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Discover the Dinosaurs (The Classic Center) The exhibit features animatronic dinosaurs, a dino dig and fossil panning. Mar. 11 1–8 p.m. Mar. 12–13, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. $15–22. www.classiccenter.com LECTURES & LIT: Tinkypuss Launch #4 (Avid Bookshop) The Tinkypuss Zine is a collective diary featuring prose, poetry, essays, collage and more by feminist artists.

6:30 p.m. FREE! $3 suggested donation for zines. www.avidbookshop. com LECTURES & LIT: Book Sale (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description Mar. 9, 2–6 p.m.

(Friends of the Library members only), Mar. 10, 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Mar. 11–12, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Most books $2 or less. www.athenslibrary.org

No bartering, trading or paying.

Second Saturday of every month.

12–2 p.m. FREE! reallyreallyfreemarketathens@gmail.com EVENTS: Fukushima at 5 (ACC Library, Appleton Auditorium) Join Nuclear Watch South on the fifth anniversary of the first meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan. Includes a short film screening followed by a discussion with members of NWS. 2 p.m. FREE! www.nonukesyall.org EVENTS: Bhagavad Gita (Body, Mind & Spirit) A Vedanta monk teaches from this ancient text. Every Saturday. 3 p.m. $5 donation. 706351-6024 FILM: The Banff Mountain Film Festival (Morton Theatre) A collection of action, environmental and adventure films for all ages to enjoy. Proceeds benefit the Georgia Conservancy. 7 p.m. $12. www. mortontheatre.com 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

Thursday 10 CLASSES: Argentine Tango Classes (UGA Memorial Hall) Learn to dance with the UGA Tango Club. No partner required. 6–8 p.m. athenstangoclub@gmail.com CLASSES: Intro to Word (Oconee County Library) Learn the basics in this class for beginners. 2–4 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 EVENTS: Nature Ramblers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn more about the flora and fauna of the garden while enjoying fresh air and inspirational readings. Ramblers are encouraged to bring their own nature writings or favorite poems and essays to share with the group. 8:30 a.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Knit-Lits (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels can knit together. Ages 16 & up. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart 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 FILM: Behind-the-Scenes Film Series: Le Mystere Picasso (Georgia Museum of Art) HenriGeorges Clouzot’s documentary captures the revolutionary painter’s creative process through stopmotion and time-lapse photography.

Presented in conjunction with the museum’s current exhibition, “Tools of the Trade.” 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org

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Collages by Susan Pelham are currently on view at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens as well as The Surgery Center of Athens through March.

Friday 11 CLASSES: Searching After Sunset: Genealogy Lock-in (Oconee County Library) This program will allow beginners the opportunity to spend after-hours getting acquainted with the basics of genealogy research. Research materials, volunteers to help and refreshments will be provided.

Registration required. 6–9 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 COMEDY: Saints & Sinners Comedy Tour (The Foundry) Featuring touring comedians Matthew Lumpkin and Patrick Jolle.

Hosted by Dannette Flint. 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10–13. www.thefoundryathens.com EVENTS: Healing Circle & Meditation (Body, Mind & Spirit) Experience and learn techniques for different forms and modalities of meditation. Held every Friday. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706351-6024

PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Celebrate DJ MicrobeBeats’ birthday with drag performances. 9 p.m. $5. www.athensshowgirlcabaret.com THEATER: The Addams Family (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) Bob Larson directs this musical comedy starring Kayla Blackston as Morticia and Michael Blackston as Gomez.

The performance features a live orchestra. Mar. 4–5, 11–12, 7 p.m.

Mar. 6 & 13, 2 p.m. $11–16. 706283-1049

Saturday 12 CLASSES: Mindfulness Day Retreat (Athens Regional Medical Center) (Healing Lodge) Participate in a variety of guided mindfulness practices and gentle yoga. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $45. 706-475-4900, www. mindfuliving.org EVENTS: Really Really Free Market (Reese & Pope Park) Bring what you can; take what you need.

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 KIDSTUFF: Discover the Dinosaurs (The Classic Center) See Friday listing for full description Mar. 11 1–8 p.m. Mar. 12–13, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. $15–22. www.classiccenter.com KIDSTUFF: Smoke and Mirrors (ACC Library) Hear magical stories and learn simple magic tricks. Ages 6–11. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Bears’ Birthday Party (Memorial Park) Celebrate the birthdays of DJ, Athena and Yonah by watching them unwrap their presents and dive into an enrichment cake.

1–4 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/bearhollow KIDSTUFF: Critter Tales (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Families are invited to listen to a story about nature. Staff will then bring it to life by visiting a critter or going

outdoors for an activity. 2:30–3 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3615 LECTURES & LIT: Book Sale (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description Mar. 9, 2–6 p.m.

(Friends of the Library members only), Mar. 10, 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Mar. 11–12, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Most books $2 or less. www.athenslibrary.org THEATER: The Addams Family (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) See Friday listing for full description Mar. 4–5, 11–12, 7 p.m. Mar. 6 & 13, 2 p.m. $11–16. 706-283-1049

Sunday 13 ART: Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) See highlights from the museum’s permanent collection on a tour led by docents. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Opening Reception (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) “Portraits of the Working Class: Trees” features the paintings of Marlene Lipinski. 2–4 p.m. FREE! botgarden.uga.edu GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) (2440 W. Broad St.) Every Sunday. 6 p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com GAMES: Trivia (Brixx Wood Fired Pizza) Test your skills. Every Sunday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-395-1660 GAMES: Allen’s Challenge (Buffalo’s Café) Trivia hosted by Allen Holder. Every Sunday. 6:30 p.m. (sign-in), 7 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/buffaloscafeathens KIDSTUFF: Discover the Dinosaurs (The Classic Center) See Friday listing for full description Mar. 11 1–8 p.m. Mar. 12–13, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. $15–22. www.classiccenter.com LECTURES & LIT: UUFA Community Forum (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) UGA political scientist Charles Bullock discusses the presidential primaries. 10 a.m. FREE! uuathensga.org PERFORMANCE: Athens Symphony Spring Concert (The Classic Center) Featuring cello soloist Ashley Sandor Sidon, the symphony’s program includes works by Elgar, Schumann and Dvorak. 3 p.m.

FREE! (tickets required). 706-3574444, www.athensymphony.org THEATER: The Addams Family (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) See Friday listing for full description Mar. 4–5, 11–12, 7 p.m. Mar. 6 & 13, 2 p.m. $11–16. 706-283-1049

Monday 14 ART: Art Reception (The World Famous) See old school stencils by Deonna Mann. See Calendar Pick on p. 17. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens COMEDY: Comic Strip Comedy Show (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Weekly “show up and go up” comedy open mic hosted by Alia Ghosheh and Veronica Darby. 7 p.m. $5. ghoshehalia@gmail.com EVENTS: Line Dancing with Ron Putman (Buffalo’s Café) For all skill levels. 6–8:30 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/buffaloscafeathens EVENTS: Crafting Club (Oconee County Library) Join an adultsonly crafting club and learn how to embroider. 6 p.m. FREE! www. ahenslibrary.org/oconee FILM: Women’s History Month Film Screening (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) (Room 271) Watch Chisholm ‘72: Unbought & Unbossed. 6:30 p.m. iws.uga.edu 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 GAMES: Dirty South Entertainment Trivia (Ovation 12) Hosted by Nic. Play for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

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

FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com KIDSTUFF: Teen Tech Week Kickoff (ACC Library) The kick-off starts with an intro to Makey Makeys and more. Ages 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18. 4:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18.

Registration required. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650, ext. 329 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Parents can share plays, songs and simple books with their babies. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Monday Fun-Days (Bogart Library) Little ones ages birth to three and their caregivers can participate in songs, finger plays, wiggles and giggles. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart THEATER: Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Sound of Music (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The Salzburg Marionette Theatre presents a marionette production of Rodgers and Hammersteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Broadway musical. See Calendar Pick on p. 17. 8 p.m. $30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;40. pac. uga.edu

Tuesday 15 ART: Athens Metal Arts Guild Meeting (Lyndon House Arts Center) This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speaker is Tricia Ruppersburg, who founded Aurum Studios over 40 years ago.

5:30 p.m. FREE! athensmetalartsguild@gmail.com CLASSES: Soap Making 101 (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn the cold process method of making soap from natural ingredients. For ages 16 & up. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. $45. www. botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: Introduction to PowerPoint (ACC Library) Learn the basics of PowerPoint 2010.

Registration required. 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3615, www. athenslibrary.org CLASSES: Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor (ACC Library) Trace your ancestorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrival to the United States. Registration required. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens COMEDY: OpenTOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) This comedy show allows locals to watch quality comedy or perform themselves. Email to perform. First and third Tuesday of every month! 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) Jim Maudsley presents the program â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Florissant Fossil Beds.â&#x20AC;?

Newcomers welcome. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! wwwathensrockandgemclub. org EVENTS: Beer and Hymns (Live Wire) Sing old school hymns while enjoying a beverage of your choice.

7 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens. com EVENTS: 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 FILM: Italian Film Series (Miller Learning Center) (Room 248) Watch Splendor. 7 p.m. FREE! www.rom. uga.edu GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) See Tuesday listing for full description 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Johnnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York Style Pizza) Win prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! johnnyspizza. com/athens GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Taqueria Tsunami) (Downtown) Surf the trivia wave every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com KIDSTUFF: Celtic Arts & Crafts (Bogart Library) Make Celtic knot jewelry including bracelets and charms. Materials provided. Ages 9 & up. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Tea on Tuesday Book Club (Bogart Library) Read and share your favorite Irish fairy tale.

Girls, ages 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: 3D Printing for Teens (ACC Library) Learn how to use Tinkercad to make a keychain. Ages 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18. Registration required. 4 p.m.

FREE! plewis@athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Pajama Story Time (Barrow Elementary School) Readers can come in their pajamas for a special story time with Philip and Erin Stead in celebration of their books Lenny & Lucy and Ideas Are All Around. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. avidbookshop.com KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Ages 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Voices from the Vanguard (UGA Chapel) Claire Panosian will give a presentation on global travel and the spread of disease. 5:30 p.m. FREE! grady.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Poet (CinĂŠ BarcafĂŠ) Lisa Robertsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books of poetry include XEclogue,

Debbie: An Epic and The Weather.

7 p.m. FREE! www.english.uga. edu/cwp MEETINGS: Solarize Athens Info Session (ACC Library) This community-led coalition of nonprofit organizations is dedicated to bringing affordable solar power to Athens.

7 p.m. FREE! 706-548-2756 PERFORMANCE: Repent At Leisure (Madison County Library, Danielsville) This fun-loving Irish four-piece specializes in traditional instrumental tunes and rowdy pub songs. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597, www.athenslibrary.com/madison PERFORMANCE: Viola Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Viola professor Maggie Snyder will be accompanied by assistant professor and pianist Liza Stepanova. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.music.uga.edu

Wednesday 16 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the permanent collection.

2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org CLASSES: The Buddhaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Teachings (Body, Mind & Spirit) See Wednesday listing for full description 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. 706-351-6024 CLASSES: Spring Vegetable Gardening Workshop (ACC Library) Learn the dos and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ts of vegetable gardening. 6 p.m. FREE! www.ugaextension.com/clarke/anr CLASSES: Web Design for Beginners (ACC Library) This class offers an introduction to the basics of HTML and CSS as well as Adobe Dreamweaver. Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Read for Empowerment Book Fair (Avid Bookshop) Read for Empowerment offers books for sale on strong women. Proceeds benefit Project Safe. Local female community leaders will drop in during the fair. 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m.

Donations accepted. www.avidbookshop.com FILM: Film Screening (Miller Learning Center) (Room 248) Cuban director Gloria Rolando will screen her 2014 documentary Reembarque/ Reshipment. The film chronicles Haitian immigrants in the early 20th century. 3 p.m. FREE! afam.uga.edu GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 7:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/saucehousebbq 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 South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. highwirelounge.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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LEGGY Cincinatti-based melodic “dream-punk” three-piece.

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REALLY SORRY No info available.

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

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

The World Famous Girls Rock Athens Benefit. 7 p.m. www. facebook.com/theworldfamousathens SEA OF DOGS This local group, fronted by songwriter Emily Armond, plays tender, intuitive folk tunes.

CLAIRE CAMPBELL Hope For Agoldensummer singer plays a set of soft, haunting folk tunes.

THE GEORGIA CRAZIES Members of Mother the Car unleash explosive blues-rock as a two-piece.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com DJ TONY CHACKAL Spinning a special all-vinyl ladies’ night set. Come jam to all-woman-led songs and bands including ‘60s soul, French garage and ye-ye and ‘70s–’80s post-punk exploring themes of feminine embodiment, feminist empowerment and strategies to smash patriarchy.

Hi-Lo Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! www.hiloathens.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your guts out every Wednesday! Just don’t make a mess.

Live Wire 8 p.m. FREE! www.livewireathens.com OPEN MIC & LATE NIGHT JAM Drums, keys and amps are provided.

Come share your music, jam with other musicians, and have a great time! Hosted by a local band each week.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com PLASTIC PINKS Self-described “rad city sticky pop” group.

THE HOWLING TONGUES Radioready, Atlanta-based rock and roll band.

SUNGHOSTS Sun-drenched garagerock band from Miami, FL. BATTLEFIELD COLLECTIVE Heartland bluegrass-inspired folk rock group.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com ANGEL PARADE Local lo-fi indiepop group.

OVERLAKE Shoegaze-inspired indie trio from New Jersey.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com GEORGIA WOMEN OF SONG Songwriters Caroline Aiken, Marty Winkler and Mamie Davis play individual sets and join together for a group performance with help from bassist Michael Lesousky and percussionist Eddie Gliken.

mances from Sarah Elizabeth, Blackwater Deep, Repent At Leisure, Larry Forte, David LoCoco, Rick Bedell and In Sonitus Lux. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 S-WORDS AND FRIENDS See Tuesday’s listing for full description The Office Lounge 8 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Tribble hosts an “all-star jam” every Thursday.

Your Pie 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7048 (Gaines School Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES & FRIENDS Local band playing smokin’ folkcountry/Southern rock and roll.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 REV. TRIBBLE AND THE DEACONS Local group led by Athens rock fixture Rev. Conner Mack Tribble.

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The Office Lounge 6 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Tribble is a Georgia rock and roll fixture. Every Friday!

Buffalo’s Café Food2Kids Benefit. 7 p.m. $5. 706354-6655 MONDAY’S ALIBI Local band specializing in ‘70s and ‘80s rock.

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 8 Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com CICADA RHYTHM Acoustic guitar and upright bass duo playing bluegrass-tinged indie-folk, filled with paired vocal harmonies.

CALEB KEITH & THE CALAVERAS Local “dusty-boot Americana” outfit.

DYLAN EARL BAND Americana group based out of Little Rock, AR. The Foundry 6 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens. com OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Rev. Conner Mack Tribble.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KWAZYMOTO Noisy local punk rock duo.

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The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 LILY HERNE Local alternative rock trio.

Saucehouse Barbeque 6 p.m. FREE! www.saucehousebbq.com JULIE HOLMES Local singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who specializes in acoustic jams.

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

Saturday 12 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com EERIE WANDA Spacey dreampop band all the way from the Netherlands.

FAT NEPTUNE Up-and-coming Athens rock four-piece.

OUTER SEA New local surf-rock five-piece.

THE FLAMETHROWERS Athensbased surf band.

Down the Line EVENTS: Athens Hip Hop Awards 3/20 (Morton Theatre) 6 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www.athenshiphopawards.com

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

Live Wire 8 p.m. $5. www.livewireathens.com ATHENS UNSIGNED A monthlong battle of the bands competition.

Tonight features Partials, Saturn Valley, Sunny South Blues Band, The Albions and The Band Outerspace.

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

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Learn to Code from Scratch (ACC Library) Leanr to code using Scratch, a free programming language. Registration recommended. 4:30 p.m. FREE! plewis@ athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Author Talk (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Biographer Kimberly Marlowe Harnett, author of Carolina Israelite: How Harry Golden Made Us Care about Jews, the South and Civil Rights, will talk about her book. 1 p.m. FREE! jclevela@ uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Talking About Books (ACC Library) This month’s title is And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) See Wednesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com/happy-hour PERFORMANCE: Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The orchestra’s signature sound features many types of ukuleles, a double bass and a host of gorgeous voices performing harmonious and hilarious renditions of modern and traditional tunes. 8 p.m. $25–35. www. pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: The Lion King (Morton Theatre) Journey to Pride Rock with the Dancefx Concert Dance Company, Apprentice Co., Training Co., CONTACT and Sweet Dreams. Mar. 16–17, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 17, 10 a.m. www.dancefx.org

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Shilpa Ray plays Flicker Theatre & Bar on Wednesday, Mar. 9.

LINGUA FRANCA Athens-based “chick-rap” project.

LYR Lydia Brambila (Sea of Sogs, Outer Sea, Signal Mountain) performs a solo set.

Wednesday 9 Blue Sky 5 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 VINYL WEDNESDAYS Bring your own records and spin them at the bar!

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES OPEN MIC JAM Bands are welcome, backline is provided and the jam rocks until 2 a.m.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com SHILPA RAY New York-based artist playing dark, goth-infused postpunk.

LOS CANTARES New local desertrock supergroup featuring members of Old Smokey and Moths.

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Normaltown Hall 8 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ NormaltownHall LUTHER DICKINSON & THE COOPERATORS The North Mississippi Allstars member performs with his band, featuring Amy LaVere and Will Sexton. See Calendar Pick on p. 17.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke. Every other Wednesday!

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

Thursday 10 Buffalo’s Café 7 p.m. www.buffalos.com DEVIN DENNIS Teenaged indiecountry artist from Atlanta.

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

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 a table and give an ear.

Hi-Lo Lounge Project Safe Benefit. 8 p.m. $5. www. hiloathens.com CRYSTAL BRIGHT AND THE SILVER HANDS Spooky accordian cabaret performed by Crystal Bright and her band. Plus, belly dancing, tarot reading and more.

Live Wire 8 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. livewireathens.com SPRING BREAK CANCER FLOOD RELIEF PARTY Featuring perfor-

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com CHIEF SCOUT Bracing local rock band led by songwriter Trey Rosenkampff.

BUFFALO RODEO Progressive indie rock band from Bowling Green, KY. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 THE RODNEY KINGS Scuzzed-out local garage-punk trio.

GINKO Edgar Lopez’s fuzzy, beatdriven experimental hip hop project.

MIDNIGHT BOI Alias of local musician Eli Rickli, playing “pseudoSatanic hip hop.”

DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul and righteous R&B. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $10. www.hendershotscoffee. com RALPH RODDENBERRY Eclectic and renowned Southern blues-rock artist.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com GUIDED BY GUIDED BY VOICES Cheekily named GBV cover band featuring local musicians Jeff Fox, Mat Lewis and special guests.

THEE KINDEE BUDDS No info available.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE GRAINS OF SAND Local band with a four-piece horn section offering up your favorite ‘60s and ‘70s beach and Motown music.

Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Come sing your heart out!

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ See Friday’s listing for full description Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Live Wire HD Basscheck. 7 p.m. $15 (21+), $20 (18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;20). www.livewireathens.com ANDY BRUH Local DJ Andy Herrington spins and mixes dubstep, EDM and bass music.

DODGR. Area EDM artist performs.

SARAH SATIVA Atlanta-based dubstep producer.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 HARVEY FUNKWALKER Athensbased trio â&#x20AC;&#x153;steeped in deep funk roots and laced with tinges of jazz, blues and rock.â&#x20AC;?

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $16 (adv.), $18 (door). www.40watt.com BLITZEN TRAPPER Based in Portland, OR, this band continues to push the boundaries of folk, incorporating elements of country and experimentalism. See story on p. 14.

LAURIS VIDAL Experimental folk artist from Evinston, FL who incorporates dub and other surprising influences into his sound.

Saucehouse Barbeque 6 p.m. FREE! www.saucehousebbq.com LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays a solo set of smokinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; folk-country/Southern rock and roll.

The Foundry 8 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens. com THE HOOT Monthly showcase put on by the Athens Folk Music & Dance Society. This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Celtic Traditions Hoot features Green Flag, The Gentry and Appalachian Rhythm.

The World Famous SXSW Sendoff. 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens TEDO STONE Rootsy, Atlanta-based Americana band with a touch of psychedelic fuzziness.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com DANIEL BACHMAN Talented primitive fingerstyle guitarist and composer from North Carolina.

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

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 TWEED High-energy psychedelic electronic rock performers from Philadelphia.

Wednesday 16 Blue Sky 5 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 VINYL WEDNESDAYS Bring your own records and spin them at the bar!

Boarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES OPEN MIC JAM Bands are welcome, backline is provided and the jam rocks until 2 a.m.

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Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands play Hi-Lo Lounge on Thursday, Mar. 10.

DJ QUINCY Former Modern Skirts drummer John Swint mashes and remixes everything from Sergio Mendes to Doctor Octagon.

HAND STUFF Sample- and beatcentric project of Phillip Brantley.

PURSES Local pop-rock band featuring members of Tedo Stone, Grand Vapids and The District Attorneys.

Sunday 13 The Foundry 6 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR WXAG radio DJ Dwain Segar curates a night of smooth jazz, featuring music from Dee Lucas.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com OPEN MIC Showcase your talent.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 MUSCLE SHOALS MONDAY Local artists pay tribute to the Alabama hotspot.

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The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com CABINET Bluegrass-inspired folk-rock band.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 6 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com SEAN TYRRELL Acclaimed Irish folk singer-songwriter.

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

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Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $12 (21+), $14 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com THE SNAILS The snail-focused side project from members of Future Islands. See Calendar Pick on p. 17.

SMART GROWTH No info available.

ZENITH BLUE Five local teens playing rock covers and originals.

Boarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 ROAD TO ROO BATTLE OF THE BANDS One lucky Athens band will win a chance to perform at Bonnaroo 2016.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com REV. PEYTONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIG DAMN BAND Country-infused DIY rock band from Indiana. See Calendar Pick on p. 17.

The Office Lounge 7:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 STEVE Local singer-songwriter who produces sounds much like a threepiece band. He plays an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar and banjo to sing country, oldies and rock.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com BIG HART New downer-folk project from local musician William Marks.

FALCO BROWN Funk, soulful local indie rock band.

DĂ&#x2030;RIVE Post-hardcore group from Amherst, MA. MANTRA LOVE Psychedelic dreampop outfit from Houston.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com THE GREEN FLAG BAND Playing traditional Irish music.

Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.

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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Call for Artists (Farmington Depot Gallery Now accepting applications for the Festifool Festival artist market on Apr. 2–3, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Email for details. farmingtongallery@gmail.com, www.farmingtondepotgallery.com Call for Artists (Amici) Currently accepting artists for exhibitions. Email samples of work to ryan.myers@amici-cafe.com Call for Artists & Designers (Athens, GA) My Athens and Olives & Wax present The Repurposing Project, a creative competition in which artists and designers are given a bag of vintage and recycled clothes and challenged to create a new wearable item in three weeks. Items will be showcased and judged at a fashion show at the Georgia Theatre on Apr. 3. Contact to participate. rachel@ myathensis.com, www.repurposingproject.com Human Rights Festival Logo Contest (Athens, GA) The Athens Human Rights Festival is seeking logo submissions for use on T-shirts, the newspaper and the stage backdrop. Logos must say 38th Annual Human Rights Festival, Apr. 30–May 1 and Athens, GA. Email for details. Deadline Mar. 10. jeff@rubysuegraphics.com

Aprende Español (Oconee County Library) This eight-week Spanish course is designed for beginners. Attendance at all classes is not mandatory. Registration required. Wednesdays through Apr. 20. FREE! 706-769-3950, www. athenslibrary.org/oconee Artist Workshops (KA Artist Shop) “All About Color: Impressionist Still-Life Painting.”

Mar. 14, 6–9 p.m. $30. “Modern Calligraphy: Beginner’s Basics.” Mar. 15, 7–9 p.m. or Mar. 19, 1–3 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. Beginners welcome.

Student discounts available. 706353-9642, www.bikramathens.com Hatha Yoga (Healing Arts Centre) (Sangha Yoga Studio) Michelle Arington leads a yoga practice for all skill levels. Saturdays, 12–1:30 p.m. $14. www.holistichealthrevolution.com Lunchtime Workout (Ciné Barcafé) 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.–12:45 p.m. $5–10. www.athenscine.com Lunchtime Yoga (Ciné Barcafé) Margaret Thomas leads Lunchtime Yoga for all levels. BYO mat.

Wednesday and Fridays. $5–10. margaretdthomasyoga.blogspot.com Nonviolent Communication Classes (Georgia Conflict Center) “It’s Complicated: Nonviolent Communication and Romance.”

Mar. 10, 6–8:30 p.m. “Restorative Circles.” Mar. 18, 6–9 p.m. & Mar. 19, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. “Year of

Auditions Hip Hop Dance (Nuçi’s Space) Ages 10 & up can be part of the VIP Girls Hip Hop Dance Group.

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Nonviolent Communication: Session 2.” Apr. 9, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-589-3912, www. gaconflict.org OCAF Art Classes (OCAF, Watkinsville) “Beginner to Intermediate Wheelthrowing with Jenna Johnson.” Wednesdays, Mar. 23–Apr. 27, 6–9 p.m. $150 + materials. “Beginner to Intermediate Handbuilding with Jenna Johnson.”

Thursdays, Mar. 24–Apr. 28, 6–9 p.m. $150 + materials. “Beginning Portrait Sculpture with Jean Westmacott.” Wednesdays, Mar. 30–May 11, 5:30–8 p.m. $190 + materials. “Cuttlefish Casting Workshop with Barbara Mann.” Apr. 9, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $110 + materials. “Watercolor Open Studio Class with Kie Johnson.” Wednesdays, Apr. 13–May 18, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $200. “Chroma-licious: A Color Liberation with Alicia D. Keshishian.” Apr. 22, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $135 + materials. “Handmade Card Workshop: An Interactive Workshop for the Creatively Curious with Alicia D. Keshishian.” Apr. 23, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $110 + materials. “Textures in Clay: A Raku Pottery Workshop with Candone Warton.” Apr. 30 & May 1, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $235. “Beyond Memoir with Dana Wildsmith.”

Saturdays, May 7–21, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m. $140. www.ocaf.com One-on-One Computer Tutorial (ACC Library) Personalized instruction available for various computer topics. Thursdays, 9 a.m. 706-613-3650, ext. 354, www.athenslibrary.org One-on-One Digital Media Center Tutorials (ACC Library) Get individual instruction for graphics, audio or video editing projects or learn to convert albums and cassettes to DVDs and CDs. Thursdays, 6 p.m., Saturdays, 11 a.m. 706-613-3650

“Edison’s Pieta” by Lisa Freeman was selected for “Reciprocal II: OCAF Members at UNG,” a juried exhibition featuring works by members of the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation. The show is currently on view at the University of North Georgia’s Oconee Campus Gallery through March.

One-on-One Genealogy Assistance (ACC Library) Library staff offer assistance to genealogists and researchers. Mar. 17, 2 p.m. Mar. 9 or Mar. 23, 10 a.m. www.athenslibrary.org/athens Pilates and More (All Body Studio) All Body Studio offers Prana Flow Yoga, Yoga Wheel and Pilates Mat and Apparatus classes. Check website for classes. www.mindbodyonline.com Printmaking Workshops (Double Dutch Press) “Woodcut: One Color, Two Parts.” Mar. 9 & Mar. 16, 6–8 p.m. $85.

“Stampmaking.” Apr. 6, 5:30–7 p.m. $50. “Paper Relief Monotype.” Apr. 20, 5:30–8:30 p.m. $60. howdy@ doubledutchpress.com, www.doubledutchpress.com Pure Barre (Pure Barre Athens) Purre Barre is a 55-minute full-body workout that uses a ballet barre for isometric movements concentrating on hips, thighs, seat, addominals and arms. Classes offered daily.

706-850-4000, www.purebarre.com/ ga-athens 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 Success Summit (Athens, GA) The summit is an all-day event for businesses of all sizes. It includes

educational breakout sessions, resources, experienced speakers and networking opportunities. Register

by Apr. 15. Summit on Mar. 31, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. $159–199. www.successathens.com Tai Chi (Bloom) Patty Riehm teaches this 10-week class in “Tai Chi, Yang Style, 108 (Long Form).” No experience necessary. Mondays, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $50. Email to register. Weekday morning classes also available at separate location. panlexcie@hotmail.com Tech Savvy Seniors (Lay Park) These stress-free sessions are for ages 55 & up to better understand smart phones and tablets.

Registration required. Wednesdays through Mar. 29, 2:30 p.m. $10–15.

706-613-3596, www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure Women’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.

Wednesdays, Mar. 16–Apr. 13, 7:30–9 p.m. $30. instructor@akfathens.com, www.akfathens.com Yoga (Rubber Soul Yoga) Ongoing classes in Kundalini, Hatha, gentle yoga, laughing yoga, acroyoga, karate and one-on-one yoga as well as guided meditation. Check website for schedule. Donation based. calclements@gmail.com, www.rubbersoulyoga.com Yoga Teacher Training (Athens Yoga Institute, 1260 S. Milledge Ave.) Get certified at the 200-hour level with Yoga Alliance. New sixmonth format begins in April. www. athensyogainstitute.com

Zumba at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A dynamic fitness program infused with Latin rhythms. Every Wednesday, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $70/10 classes. www.botgarden.uga.edu

Help Out American Lunch Five Restaurant & Bar is looking for volunteers to operate its free, mobile soup kitchen. The truck serves “in need” areas of the community Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. dhenderson@five-bar.com, americanlunch. org Call for Volunteers (Nuçi’s Space) The Athens Human Rights Festival is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising, publicity, organizing speakers and performers, the tabloid, social media, stage building and more. The 38th annual will be held downtown on Apr. 30–May 1. Meetings are held every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. 706-2029169, www.athenshumanrightsfest. 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.communityconnection211.org Dance Program Volunteer (ACC Library) MJ Modeling and Talent seeks an intern or volunteers for the VIP Girls Dance and

Leadership Youth Program to help with mentoring, fundraising and coordinating youth activities.

Meetings held every Tuesday and Wednesday at 4 p.m. 678-835-8497, www.mokahjohnsonedu.com Easter Basket Donations (Lay Park) Strong, Beautiful & Godly Girls are preparing Easter baskets for children and women in need. They are accepting donations of baskets, candy, cards, snacks, gift cards, toiletries, cosmetics and more until Mar. 21. Basket making will take place on Mar 23. sbg2_virtuosity@ ymail.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. 706-549-1313, scourt@learningally.org

Kidstuff Ocean Discovery Camp (Double Helix STEAM School) Explore marine science and ocean conservation issues through activities promoting scientific literacy, research and exploration. This camp is a partnership between Double Helix STEAM School, Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG), Research Consortium and GIZMO. Register by May 7.

Camps offered June 6–10 or June 20–24, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $250–280. www.gizmoathens.com/oceandiscovery2016 Rose of Athens Theatre Academy (Seney-Stovall Chapel) Summer classes for young actors cover topics including musical theater, stage movement, improv, scene study and speech. For students in rising grades 2–12. June 27–July 22. 706-340-9181, academy@ roseofathens.org Sportstime (Multiple Locations) Players will be introduced to basket-

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Mona Haddad’s artwork expresses her bold outlook on life and mirrors her passion for music. Through March.

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 Myers Gallery, “Celebrating Painting and Sculpture” by Leonard Piha. 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 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.

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.

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) Sculptures

by Jourdan Joly.

DONDERO’S KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Photography by Tim Rogan.

Through March.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Taylor Perry. Through March.

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.) “False Witness to the Greater Humours” is a solo exhibition of black-and-white ink illustrations

by James Greer that incorporate bizarre creatures and surreal settings from dreams. Through March.

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.) “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.” Through 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.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Artwork by children attending Barrow St. Elementary. Through Mar. 27.

HEIRLOOM CAFÉ (815 N. Chase St.) View examples from an art book designed by Joel Kern. Through March.

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Rachel Keane.

Through March.

JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Photography by Chris McKay. Through March.

K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) “Love in all its Many Forms” includes local works inspired by love by over 70 artists. Through Mar. 19.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) Distinguished Dodd

ball, football, golf, kickball, lacrosse, soccer and more. Ages 3–4.

Mondays, Mar. 21–Apr. 25, 4:45– 5:30 p.m. at Bishop Park. Tuesdays, Mar. 22–Apr. 26 at Southeast Clarke Park. www.athensclarkecounty.com/ leisure Spring Tennis (ACC Tennis Center) Tennis programs are available for individuals at all experience levels. Ages 5–16. Apr. 11–May 19. $50-140. www.athensclarkecounty. com/leisure Strong Girls Group (Arrow) Young girls will experience feelings of acceptance for self and body through yoga, creative activities and support. Six-week and four-week sessions available. Mondays, Mar. 14–Apr. 18 & Apr. 25–May 16, 5:30–7 p.m. $140 (four weeks), $205 (six weeks). wearestronggirls@gmail.com, www.wearestronggirls.com 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 Youth Soccer (Southeast Circle Park) Now registering. Co-ed teams for ages 4–12. Season runs Mar. 14–Apr. 30, with practices on Saturdays. $65–98. 706-613-3589, www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure

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.

706-543-3522, www.oasiscounselingcenter.com Alanon (540 Prince Ave.) Alanon: a 12-step recovery program for those affected by someone else’s drinking.

Professorial Chair Paul Pfeiffer presents three video works: Desiderata, Fragment of a Crucifixion and Pure Products Go Crazy. • Dodd Post-MFA Fellow in Photography Mo Costello presents “Max.” • “Here, Say” is a sculptural installation by Dodd Post-MFA fellow in Sculpture Courtney McClellan. • “Singularity” is a kinetic light installation by Post-MFA Fellow in Sculpture Kevin Varney. • “Unwillingly Mine” is an exploration of hypochondriac infatuations with illness by Ellie Dent, a MFA candidate in painting in drawing. • “2016 UGA/GRU Science and Medical Illustration Exhibition.”

All exhibitions on view through Mar. 31. • Youth Art Month presents works by students attending schools in Clarke County. Reception Mar. 20.

Currently on view through March.

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.) In the Lounge Gallery, Spence Townsend presents a collection of paintings examining animals, people and places through a fantastical lens. Reception Mar. 24. Currently on view through Apr. 30. • “Collections from the Community” presents a a collection of handmade evening purses and cocktail minis by Sonja Pemberton. Through Apr. 2.

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

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.

MAMA’S BOY (197 Oak St.) Mixed media and woven artwork by Arianna Mantis. Through March.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) “Youth Art Month Exhibit.” Through Mar. 23.

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.) Jamie Calkin shares a collection of ink and watercolor originals of Athens and UGA landmarks. Through March.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) “Portraits of the Working Class: Trees” by Marlene Lipinski explores mankind’s relationship with trees. Opening reception Mar. 13. Through May 1.

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) “Reciprocal II: OCAF Members at UNG” is a juried exhibition featuring members of the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation. Through March.

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

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. Reception Mar. 14. Currently on view through Mar. 20.

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

Contact Reyna, 706-498-4313 Caregivers’ Support Group (Tuckston United Methodist Church) Find support with other caregivers.

Second Sundays, 3 p.m. 706-7428441 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.emotionsanonymous.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. Eight women participate in sacred circling the first Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. $15. www.themotherdaughternest. com

On The Street ALT Multi-Farm CSA (Athens, GA) Athens Land Trust’s Multi-Farm CSA provides organic and certified naturally grown vegetables and fruits to Athens area communities.

It is currently accepting members for spring. Small and large shares available. May 6–July 29. www. athenslandtrust.org American Lunch (Multiple Locations) Five Restaurant & Bar offers 100% free meals through a mobile soup kitchen three days a week at various locations. The food truck is available 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. at Jessie B. Denney Towers on Tuesdays, Sparrows Nest Mission on Wednesdays, and Bigger Vision of Athens on Fridays. www.americanlunch.org AthFest Call for Artists and Musicians (Athens, GA) AthFest Educates has opened the submission process for bands to perform at the 20th annual music and arts festival, as well as for artists to be a part of the artist market.

Deadline Apr. 1. Festival runs June 24–26. music@athfesteducates.org, art@athfesteducates.org, www.sonicbids.com/find-gigs-2016-athfest, www.athfest.com 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.homebrewclassic.com Athens Street Hockey (YMCA) (Hockey Rink) Players of all skill levels can come out and play together in a local hockey rink. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30–8:30 p.m. athensfloorhockey@gmail.com

Bike Clinic (BikeAthens) Learn how to repair your own bike with simple tools and sound advice from local experts. Every Thursday, 6–8:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. bikeathens.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. All games $5. 706-2484809 Nominations for the 2016 Preservation Awards (Athens, GA) Nominate a project that helps celebrate Athens’ unique heritage. Categories include rehabilitation, new construction, stewardship, community revitalization and more.

Deadline Apr. 15. Ceremony on June 6. 706-353-1801, www.achfonline. org/preservation-awards Paint the Town Red (Multiple Locations) Various businesses will donate 10% of a day’s proceeds to the Athens Salvation Army in celebration of its 100th anniversary in the Classic City. Participating businesses include Taqueria La Parilla (Jefferson Rd.) and The Place on Mar. 14; Barberito’s in Five Points, Buffalo’s Cafe and Sr. Sol on Mar. 15; Beechwood Chick-fil-A on Mar. 16; Atlanta Hwy. Chick-fil-A on Mar. 17; Em’s Kitchen on Mar. 18; and Chops and Hops, Dress Up Boutique, Empire South Clothier and Heirloom Café on Mar. 19. 706255-8644 Roller Derby Boot Camp (Fun Galaxy) Skaters interested in waging war on wheels with the Classic City Rollergirls can attend boot camp.

Mar. 20, 6 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Mar. 21 & 23, 5:30–9 p.m. info@classiccityrollergirls.com Sprang Co-ed Ultimate Frisbee League (Southeast Clarke Park) This league is casual enough for beginners, yet competitive enough for ultimate frisbee vets. After-parties at Ted’s Most Best. Mondays, Mar. 14–May 16, 5:30–7:45 p.m. $28 (members), $43. goodlookultimate@gmail.com, www.goodlookultimate.com Spring Book Sale (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Thousands of books will be available for bargain prices, as will books on tape, CDs, VHS tapes and records.

Proceeds benefit the Madison County Library. Now through Mar. 12. $1–2 (most items). www.athenslibrary.org/madison Spring Programs (Athens, GA) Online registration for ACC Leisure Services spring programs begins Feb. 20 for residents and Feb. 22 for non-residents. A diverse selection of art classes, recreational activities, sports and holiday events are offered for both children and adults. www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure 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 in advance. FREE! 706-227-5400, ext.

6486, www.gucu.org/membership/ vita-tax-prep adDRESS a Need Sale (Georgia Square Mall) New and gently used dresses are available to purchase now through Mar. 20, with proceeds benefiting Friends of Advantage. $20–150/dress. tdalton@advantagebhs.org, www.friendsofadvantage.org f

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INSTRUCTION Athens School of M u s i c . Instruction in g u i t a r, b a s s , d r u m s , piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more. From beginner to expert. Instrument repairs avail. Visit www. athensschoolofmusic.com, (706) 543-5800.

MUSIC SERVICES Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition.Wu x t r y Records, at corner of Clayton & College Dwntn.

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SERVICES CLASSES Quilting Classes at Crooked Pine Quilts, Amanda Whitsel.

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CLEANING Peachy Green Clean Co-op, your local friendly Green Clean! Free estimates w/ rates as low as $39. (706) 248-4601, peachygreencleancoop. com.

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JOBS FULL-TIME Hotel Supervisors wanted.

AM shifts. Contact Lacey: laceygreen@indigoathens. com

Established local restaurant is looking for General Manager w/ strong leadership skills. Minimum 2 years of experience. Must be driven, energetic, have strong interpersonal skills.

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ServeSafe certification a plus. We offer competitive pay, performance based bonuses, paid training.

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Line/Prep Cooks Needed.The Georgia Center has several positions available 20–40 hrs./week. Pay DOE/ Minimum 3 years in full service restaurant. Email resumes to robh@uga. edu.

The Foundry is seeking experienced Bartender and Supervisor. Weekend/ night availability required.

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Advertising or marketing majors preferred. Send resume to Alicia Nickles ads@flagpole.com.

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PART-TIME Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau. PT Information Coordinator, Receptionist. 8–2:30 p.m.

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Big City Bread Cafe is now accepting applications for an assistant manager to work evenings. 30–35 hours a week. Serving experience required and management experience preferred. Please apply in person.

Cook & cashier needed at Inoko Express, 3190 Atlanta Hwy. Apply in person. Must be avail.

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Groove Burgers (New Restaurant) is hiring FOH and BOH positions.

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The UGA Hotel and Conference Center is looking for temporary, PT housekeepers.

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Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn

Banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck has been honored in more Grammy categories than any other artist. He is joined by the equally talented banjo player, Abigail Washburn.

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Fallings-Out and Selfie-Sharing Advice for Athens’ Loose and Lovelorn

By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Hey Bonita, I was working on a music project with some friends, but I decided to quit a few months ago, for a few reasons: I wasn’t excited about the stylistic direction of the stuff we were working on, I have another (personal) project I need to put energy into, and the ego of one of the guys was a big turnoff.

He and I were really good friends before all this, and when I quit, he said he was mad at me but he would get over it. It’s been a few months, and I’ve tried to reach out a handful of times, but his responses always seem kind of… flat. We were in this music project for about a year, but we’ve been friends for over 10!

What should I do? Will he get over it? I felt like continuing the

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up?” correspondence and reach out to him with a short and concise message asking for a face-to-face conversation. Spill your beans and let him know how his coldness is making you feel. If he loves you and your friendship as much as you clearly do his, he should respond positively.

Dear Bonita, What does it mean when a boy sends me selfies?

More context would help me answer this better, but I’m glad to speak generally about the politics of photo sharing in our modern age.

You must be a woman, because guys

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know exactly what’s up when women send selfies: We’re flirting!

Duh! Peep these eyes, peep this ass, etc. A good photo can seal the deal most of the time, and most of the social girls I know keep a folder of their best shots to send to potential paramours.

Musician, Guys really aren’t known for sending That’s a lot of time spent as friends to unsolicited photos to women whom they throw away over a failed artistic endeavor. aren’t already dating in some capacity, so People put their entire hearts into their you two must be in the creative projects and it beginning of figuring doesn’t always work out, Spill your beans and out where you stand and it makes sense that hard feelings would perlet him know how his with each other. What’s his communication like sist after the fact. coldness is making you feel. beyond the selfies? Is he Still, you two have flirting over texts? Does been friends for over he seek you out when you’re in the same a decade. So what if you can’t make music place? together? Sounds to me like he likes a lot Those questions aside, the selfies speak of creative control when he’s in a band, a louder than words. I think he knows where real “frontman” type with a “my way or the he’d like to stand with you, and that’s not highway” approach to dealing with other as a friend. He’s flirting with you. He wants musicians. He’s blurring the lines between you to find him attractive, so he’s sending your working relationship and your you pictures of his best side. If you’re feelin’ friendship. him, too, go get him!

I can see that you really want to salvage your friendship with this guy, and I think Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, or use you can, since you’ve known each other for the anonymous form at flagpole.com/getadvice. so long. Stop it with the casual “so what’s

project if my heart wasn’t in it was going to do more harm than good in the long run, but it just feels bad all over now.

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