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right to access incredibly eroded over the next few years.” Environmental activist Kate Blane worried that Trump would pull out of the Paris climate accords, approve the Keystone XL pipeline and roll back fuel-efficiency regulations for cars and trucks. “It’s pretty devastating for us who are working for a climate change solution,” she said. Russell Edwards, chairman of the Clarke County Democratic Committee, sounded the most optimistic note, reminding the crowd that ACC voted against Amendment 1 (the state school takeover) by the largest margin in the state, and was the only county where a majority opposed Amendment 3 (doing away with an agency that investigations charges against judges). And Watkinsville elected a progressive, Dan Matthews, to the city council.
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again—without work permits, without As Athens progressives slowly emerge from driver’s licenses and in fear of deportation,” their mourning period and come to grips she said. with the reality of four years of President April Greene, co-founder of the Trump and all-Republican rule, thoughts Magnolia Fund, an Athens-based group that are turning away from the failed mission of helps women who are seeking abortions, defeating him at the ballot box and toward said she’s “terrified” of the next four years, obstructing his agenda on a local level. especially considering Vice President-elect Local activists shared their fears for Mike Pence’s anti-abortion rights record what a Trump administration will mean for as governor of Indiana. Even if Roe v. Wade Athens’ vulnerable minority groups during a meeting Sunday, Nov. 20 that drew an estimated 500 people. It was part fired-up-ready-to-go rally, part Activism 101 and part infomercial for Athens for Everyone, We deserve to have true progressive the progressive group that organized it. leadership in this community. “During the election, there was a lot of hate speech, a lot of the old language we used to hear in the ’50s and ’60s in the South,” said Greg Wagstaff of the Athens AntiDiscrimination Movement (filling in for co-founder Mokah Jasmine Johnson). Athens’ racial problems run deeper than the ordinance the Athens-Clarke County Commission recently passed banning discrimination at bars, he said, and Trump could impede progress on issues like segregated housing, extreme poverty and police violence. Beto Mendoza, an immigrants’ rights activist, is likewise pessimistic about what the Wall-BuilderAthens for Everyone President Tim Denson speaks at a community meeting at the Athens Cotton Press Nov. 20 to organize in-Chief will do to undocumented opposition to President-elect Trump. immigrants. “It’s going to be “This is a tremendous opportunity for escapes intact, Greene said she expects furharsh,” he said. “We’re going to see human folks to step up, throw their hat in the ring ther federal restrictions, such as a ban on rights violations.” abortions after 20 weeks and laws targeting and run for office,” Edwards said. Mayor Evelyn, an Athens high-school student, Nancy Denson’s term in office ends in 2018, described what President Obama’s Deferred clinics. “We’re already living in an incredand “it’s time for a mayor who represents ibly hostile climate for abortion services,” Action for Childhood Arrivals program has the values of the people in this room,” he she said. “Of course, I think that hostility meant for her. Trump “could take away said. deferred action and make us undocumented is going to grow… We are going to see our
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“We deserve to have true progressive leadership in this community,” A4E President Tim Denson said. Beyond the mayor’s office, five commission seats will be up for grabs in 2018, along with four GOP-held seats in the state legislature and Republican U.S. Rep. Jody Hice. Although the districts held by state Reps. Regina Quick (R-Athens) and Chuck Williams (R-Watkinsville) were drawn to be safe for Republicans, Denson believes they can be flipped. Both went for Trump by just 800 votes, he said. While Hice’s district is even more red, Denson noted that fast-growing Henry County, which is in the 10th, turned blue this election cycle. No progressives ran for any of those seats this year. But even if it’s a long shot now, Denson contends that running candidates will help the movement in the long run. “When you run people, you’re building the infrastructure needed to win,” he said. Of course, people have more options for activism besides running for office. A new A4E legislative action committee is meeting at 3 p.m. Dec. 3 to discuss pushing the ACC Commission to create a civil rights committee. In response to Trump’s rhetoric regarding sexual assault potentially emboldening rapists, A4E has also restarted a dormant sexual-assault prevention initiative, now led by Kate Dahlstrand. Its first meeting is Dec. 5. The group is also canvassing neighborhoods next month, looking for hosts for “resistance dinners” on Dec. 20 and planning a “day of resistance” on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. “We need to—and I’m pretty confident we can—have the biggest action in the history of Athens in opposition to Trump and Republican control,” said Adam Lasilla. That action could include UGA and highschool walkouts, and something else Lasilla wouldn’t reveal, except to say “we’ll have to have lawyers on hand for” it. [Blake Aued] Event Fee Hikes: Staging an event in downtown Athens could become more expensive for organizers, if Athens-Clarke County officials accept suggestions for increasing the level of insurance coverage required for those events. At a Nov. 17 meeting of the ACC Commission’s Government Operations
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Committee, Central Services Director David Fluck presented a draft document on special-event minimum insurance coverage requirements. Staff drafted the document after consulting with the Georgia Interlocal Risk Management Agency, which insures ACC for property and liability. In addition to a commercial liability of $1 million–$2 million, events with medium or high risk would also pay for $5 million– $10 million in umbrella coverage, the draft document says. That would translate to an additional $3,000–$5,000 for organizers of high-risk events—those attracting 5,000 or more people. In this category are Twilight, AthFest and the annual Fourth of July fireworks show. Events with medium risk include the Downtown Parade of Lights, the UGA homecoming parade and the AthHalf half-marathon, which have 500–5,000 participants. Both types require the closing of downtown streets, serve alcohol and food and have outdoor entertainment equipment. The difference is the size of the crowd—the bigger the crowd, the bigger the umbrella coverage. Commissioner Mike Hamby asked staff members which other communities in Georgia require umbrella coverage for special events. He also said Twilight has been going for 30 years and AthFest for 20 years, both with no problems. Hamby and Commissioner Melissa Link asked about the risk category for the Human Rights Festival, which closes downtown streets but doesn’t serve alcohol. A new definition of “special event� includes wording that says “provides a substantial public and community benefit� and has its primary purpose “entertainment, recreation and/or education,� which could apply to the Human Rights Festival. Link wondered how craft fairs would be classified. Staff assured the elected officials that the document is a draft and that more work is coming. [Rebecca McCarthy] Leisure Services Fees: In other business, Kent Kilpatrick, interim director of the Department of Leisure Services, told the
committee about a problem involving scholarship recipients for summer camps. Some families, he said, register children for camp and then never attend, effectively taking a spot from another child who would benefit from attending camp. Link wondered if the department could secure scholarship sponsors. Hamby said any decision about scholarship students should come before the full commission, not just the committee. Committee chairman Andy Herod endorsed the idea of charging out-of-county residents a higher fee to enter Athens’ public pools, as well as to be admitted into Sandy Creek Park. Pool facilities in Gwinnett and Hall counties have higher fees for out-of-county attendees. Local ordinances require the manager to publicize the fee increase six months before it would take effect. Kilpatrick said that enacting a higher fee would be “challenging,� but that doing so is possible. He wondered if raising the price would result in a significant drop in attendance. The counties surrounding ACC don’t have public pools. “I’m sick of these surrounding counties thumbing their noses at Athens-Clarke County but being happy to use our facilities,� Herod said. “I think the whole commission would be in favor of this.� [RM] All Trump, All the Time: Not really. Flagpole is still going to be the hyper-local news outlet you know and love, but we’re an alternative paper, and given Athens’ political leanings, we’ve been thinking a great deal about how to cover this new administration. We’ve always put an emphasis on informing readers about issues facing Athens’ low-income and LGBT residents, African Americans, Latinos and women, and we’ll continue to do so. In addition, we’re introducing a new column by Matthew Pulver, who’s previously written “Paul Broun’s Krazy Korner� and international-affairs column “Google That Sh!t,� as well as several excellent features for us. Hope you enjoy it. [BA]
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elcome to my new experiment, seemingly only a modest weekly column in Flagpole. Our last two presidents were permitted to construct the most insanely capable, mind-bogglingly vast domestic surveillance apparatus in history, and now the keys are to be handed off to an unstable narcissist with a penchant for vengeance. “Mr. Trump has a long memory, and we’re keeping a list,� warned Trump surrogate and fellow reality star Omarosa Manigault on the eve of Trump’s victory. Fun! A surreality show that happens in the deepest shadows of the American imperial police state! It’s hard to get noticed as a writer, but reporting critically on the developing nightmare of a Trump presidency might be my ticket. I’ll never receive a Pulitzer for my writing or be named a MacArthur Genius, but if I really apply myself in this column, I might make it onto an exclusive watchlist, inshallah. From there, I’ll have to climb my way onto more and more exclusive databases, no-fly lists and registries. I’ll know I’m soaring to new heights when my flight is grounded and stern men in suits appear to question me in one of those weird rooms in the unknown catacombs of the airport. Rapper Talib Kweli was once detained and interrogated at an airport by federal agents for listening to Stokely Carmichael speeches. No shade, but I can do better than that. During the last two presidencies, the U.S. government developed the capacity to read and listen to virtually everything we do on our phones and computers, aka the primary way we communicate these days. Liberals under President Obama paid little mind. A KGB-grade means of surveilling citizens wouldn’t be abused by Barack, right? Secret wars conducted with flying robots were in the service of something noble, right? The punishment and torture meted out to whistleblowers who exposed these powers were considered home-team wins, and thus normalized. All this will soon be Trump’s. We didn’t know it was a weapon, the Death Star of spy apparatuses. But there’s no changing that now, so as Billy Bragg sings, “If you got a blacklist, I wanna be on it.� Hope to see you there. [Matthew Pulver]
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The End of Big Trade Deals
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Trump Is Tilting at Windmills; Globalization Is Already Complete
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Not many jobs would have been gained President-elect Donald Trump announced or lost, in the U.S. or elsewhere, if the last Monday that he will cancel the “TransTPP had gone into effect. The same is true Pacific Partnership” on his first day in for the U.S.-European Union equivalent office, Jan. 20. That will kill the TPP off for of the TPP, the Transatlantic Trade and all 12 countries that agreed on it just over a Investment Partnership, which was dead in year ago: As Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo the water even before Trump was elected. Abe said, the TPP would be meaningless Donald Quixote is attacking windmills, not without the involvement of the United dragons, because the great free-trading States. But then, it was pretty meaningless spree of 1990–2008 even with American has already come to involvement. Not many jobs would an end. Japan and the U.S. have been gained or lost, Most of the jobs were the only two that moved from really big economic in the U.S. or elsewhere, if the developed to developplayers in the TPP TPP had gone into effect. ing countries in the deal. All 10 other heyday of “globalizapartners—Canada, tion” (or often, in the U.S.’s case, just from Mexico, Peru and Chile on the eastern side Rust Belt states to Sun Belt states, where of the Pacific, and Vietnam, Singapore, wages were lower and unions were weak or Brunei, Malaysia, Australia and New nonexistent) left long ago. In recent years, Zealand on the western side—have a total eight American jobs have been lost to autopopulation scarcely bigger than that of the mation for every one that went abroad. U.S. alone. Most economic strategies, including It was really just an attempt to create both protectionism and free trade, conform a Pacific trading bloc that excluded China, to the law of diminishing returns. The same thereby preserving what was left of the traditional U.S. and Japanese domination of goes for political strategies, but they tend to lag even farther behind the realities. That’s why the old white working class in the U.S. (and therefore Trump) still feel compelled to “fight” free trade, and why even Hillary Clinton, once an enthusiastic advocate of the TPP, was ultimately obliged to turn against it. When she finally made that U-turn, Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, mocked her as “a case study in political expediency.” Now he has been appointed as President the region’s trade. For just that reason, the other big trading economies of the region— Trump’s chief of staff, and he will change his tune accordingly. But the cross-party Indonesia, the Philippines and South consensus on this does not make it the Korea—stayed out of it. They preferred to right tune. play the giants off against one another. The truth is that these now-aborted Chinese influence and trade in Southeast free-trade deals were merely the finishing Asia may grow modestly as a result of the touches on an edifice whose basic structure TPP’s cancellation, but no profound transwas completed more than a decade ago. fer of power or wealth will ensue. There Those who had devoted their lives to buildwere no big tariff cuts coming as a result ing that edifice simply kept on doing what of the TPP anyway, because actual taxes on they were good at doing, necessary or not. international trade were already low. The And all the while technological change was real focus was on removing so-called “nonconspiring to make them as irrelevant as tariff barriers.” the people who so vehemently opposed The classic example of a non-tariff barthem. rier was Japan’s attempt in the 1980s to Cultural lag being what it is, the last batban imports of foreign-made skis on the tles in this long war—probably between the grounds that Japanese snow was “unique.” U.S. and its NAFTA partners, Canada and A great deal of detailed haggling in the TPP Mexico, and between the U.S. and China— talks went into breaking down thousands are yet to be fought. We may be entering of similar (and sometimes equally ridiculous) barriers to trade, but any country that the next decade before the political process anywhere seriously engages with the realwants to keep those gains can just incorporate the same deals into bilateral trade trea- ity of automation as the main destroyer of jobs. But reality always wins in the end. f ties with other ex-TPP members.
Friends and relatives who know I work at the state capitol often ask these questions: How can you stand it there? Don’t you just hate it? My reply is there’s no other job that gives you such an opportunity to watch the zany characters who comprise so much of Georgia politics. For example, there was Roscoe Emory Dean Jr., one of the loopiest persons ever to serve in elective office. Dean, a state senator from Jesup during the 1960s and 1970s, was a politician convinced of his own importance, to an unusually high degree. He was an easy target to poke fun at, in part because his round-bottomed physique made him look like a penguin waddling about the capitol. The jowly, slick-haired Dean was everybody’s stereotype of an old-time Southern politician, sticking a long cigar in his mouth as he walked the floor of the Senate. Bobby Rowan of Enigma, who served alongside Dean for 10 years, can tell many stories about Roscoe. Dean wanted to give a speech to the Senate on some agricultural topic, most likely price supports, but wasn’t sure he was up to the task. He enlisted the erudite Rowan, who had been a school teacher before entering politics, to help draft some remarks. Rowan and another senator, Frank Sutton of Norman Park, cobbled together a speech that consisted largely of political gibberish, such as this immortal phrase: “Nepotism is no excuse for extemporaneous frivolity.” They were convinced that Dean would see through the joke, but Dean delivered the speech exactly as written. In 1972, after George McGovern chose Sargent Shriver as his vice presidential running mate, Dean’s senate colleagues played another of their many tricks on him. The senators left a note on Dean’s
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desk saying that Shriver wanted to talk to him. Someone pretending to be Shriver also called Dean’s office and left a message for Dean to call back. The word got back to Dean and he called the McGovern campaign offices, demanding that Shriver be put on the phone. “I have no idea who you are,” Shriver told Dean. Dean later found himself in deep trouble when he filed bogus mileage expense vouchers claiming that he was making several round trips a day between Jesup and Atlanta. A jury acquitted him. If that brush with the law concerned him, he never showed it. Dean had his eye on higher office, and in 1978 decided to make a run for governor against George Busbee, a popular incumbent who was going for a second term. Dean knew he’d have to raise a ton of money to take on Busbee, but wasn’t sure where to get it. At the same time, that was a period when the Georgia coast was teeming with drug dealers trying to bring their goods into the country. The inevitable happened: The GBI set up a sting in which Dean negotiated with an agent posing as a Colombian drug lord. Dean promised he would allow the smuggling of “funny cigars” into the U.S. in return for contributions. Dean lost that Democratic primary race to Busbee, and was later indicted and convicted in federal court on a charge of conspiracy to smuggle drugs. That court case ended Dean’s political career and ruined his family financially. He lived out the rest of his life in Jesup, going into a “slow decline,” as one observer put it. Last week, at the age of 80, Roscoe left this world. He was a person who took several wrong paths in life, but his passing is a reminder of a time when politics was a lot more fun to write about. f
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testing. He motions to a filing cabinet in the corner of his office where more are stored, returned with new evidence and awaiting someone to look at them, in some cases for sexual assault survivors who’ve been waitthe first time in decades. Right now, Daniel is the only ing years for law enforcement to take action, person working on ACCPD’s returned kits, until any are there’s now a glimmer of hope. reopened at survivors’ requests or because of new evidence. As a result of a state law passed earlier this year, Georgia Once any cases are reopened, they will be added to the police departments and the state Bureau of Investigation existing workloads of other detectives in the are working through the physical evidence unit. in thousands of forgotten rape kits that, for In some of those cases, we’re going back 10 or 15 years, While ACCPD has a protocol for dealing with whatever reason, were never tested. And the an assault that has just occurred and just been Athens-Clarke County Police Department is someone who was victimized in 2000, 2001, and for some reported, “what hasn’t really been established ahead of the curve. reason their kit was never processed fully or wasn’t prosecuted. is this process, because this is a new problem,” The Cottage—a local nonprofit for sexual Daniel says. “In some of those cases, we’re assault survivors—the Athens-Clarke County going back 10 or 15 years, someone who was victimized in Police Department and the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners vors. As of Aug. 24, one in 10 tested kits had yielded DNA 2000, 2001, and for some reason their kit was never proresults. are working on several new initiatives to increase awarecessed fully or wasn’t prosecuted. So now we’re looking at “This is something that is really important. It’s becomness of sexual assault, provide survivors with more care and going back to someone a decade later, and we don’t know ing an issue, and we want to be at the forefront of it,” handle backlogged rape kits. where they are in life,” Daniel says, explaining the sensitive Daniel says, “We essentially want to shape the issue, shape The Cottage recently conducted a survey to gauge comnature of reaching out to inform survivors of their onlythe narrative along with it. We don’t want to be reacting munity needs after poor turnout by city and University of recently-processed rape kits. Georgia officials at a screening “How do you go back and do of the documentary The Hunting this right so that you don’t corGround in March. The movie folrupt anything that may help lows two undergraduate rape surthe investigation?” he says. “It’s vivors as they fight for justice in really using the MDTA, multidisthe law and in their school. ciplinary team approach, where “We were thinking strategically you’ve got everybody’s perspechere,” Sheppard says. The 167 law tive in there, and we’re not missenforcement officials, educators, ing anything. Really, the main parents, elected officials, college focus is creating what they call students and other residents a ‘victim-centered approach and surveyed helped give her and her trauma-informed approach.’” colleagues a better idea of what Athens isn’t the first to get services the community needs. started early. Cities such as New As a result of the survey, The Orleans, Dallas and Detroit Cottage will continue to educate have also begun getting back law enforcement and Department backlogged kits and establishing of Family and Children’s Services protocols. “Because there’s not social workers on working with a lot of history there, we don’t survivors, and add permanent have a lot to reference in lookrotations of therapy groups for ing at what’s worked and what caregivers, children ages 5–10 hasn’t worked, so for us, the bigand teens who have survived gest issue is that a lot of that is sexual assault. They will also work unknown, and we try to maintain with SANE to hire additional staff or set up a more flexible plan of and revamp the program as well action so we can adjust on the as put more focus on community fly,” Daniel says. outreach. Sally Sheppard, executive director of The Cottage. Those larger cities have the The Cottage also found that resources to dedicate to backlogged rape kits. Athens’ police to what other people have done. We want to set the bar Athens has an opportunity to be a leader in the state when department, on the other hand, simply doesn’t have the ourselves.” it comes to Senate Bill 304, passed by the state legislature funding to dedicate a team to the issue. “There are major That’s why last year, as the issue of backlogged rape kits in March, which requires all backlogged rape kits to be sent snafus,” Sheppard says. “The law was passed, but it wasn’t was gathering steam across the nation, ACCPD sent 163 of to the proper authorities for testing. “It’s brand new stuff,” passed with the funding to hire additional staffs and all the its 177 backlogged kits to the GBI a year before the state Sheppard says. “It’s a pretty big deal.” other stuff needed to test the rape kits. So there will be a law was enacted, a move that gave the department a runSheppard, her colleagues at The Cottage and Sgt. lot of them sitting there waiting for additional funding or ning head-start to beat the law’s Aug. 31 deadline to send Harrison Daniel of the ACCPD Sex Crimes Division have resources.” untested kits to the GBI. (Fourteen had been destroyed been working to make sure newness isn’t met with naivety. “Personally, I think the best thing we can hope for is or couldn’t be found.) While it could take several years to Sheppard and Daniel serve together on a state expert that, any instance in the past where there was some level finish testing, Athens has already gotten a number of files committee that establishes guidelines for Sexual Assault of injustice because things weren’t handled appropriately, back. Response Teams throughout the state, and in July they “Since we already had that happening before the law was that has been accounted for, one,” Daniel says. “Two, that were invited to serve on a collaborative workgroup charged there may be some victims out there that have unanswered passed, The Cottage and the ACCPD came up with a prowith creating a statewide protocol for victim notification questions, concerns, they don’t know who to reach out to. tocol as to how we are going to work with these survivors and overseeing the process for kits being tested under a Maybe this will answer some of those questions for them. in revealing the results of their test or notifying them, and grant from the New York district attorney’s office to fund Maybe it will bring closure in some cases for people who’ve then what will happen next after you notify the clients,” the testing of backlogged kits, some of which are sent by been without closure for who knows how long—years, Sheppard says. “So that’s why we were the first in the state the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to private procesdecades. I think those are the two biggest issues, and I of Georgia.” sors. The committee, established by the Criminal Justice think if we accomplish those things, we will have been sucA stack of files the height of a coffee cup sits on Daniel’s Coordinating Council, has representatives from law cessful.” f desk—the first of the cases to be sent back to Athens after enforcement, prosecution, advocacy, state crime labs and SANE, offering different perspectives encompassing all the agencies a survivor would deal with. At the time the bill passed, Georgia alone had a backlog of 3,500 untested kits, 200 of which were collected from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, according to End the Backlog, a Joyful Heart Foundation initiative dedicated to educating, empowering and raising awareness for survi-
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On a sunny Tuesday afternoon at the Athens Community Career Academy, John Anderson is looking for a hairnet to stretch over his shaggy, brown hair. It’s cooking day for Anderson and 16 fellow members of the Young Urban Farmers program. If you’re familiar with the YUF program, then this scene may seem out of place. These students are fixtures working in the community garden at the old West Broad School, where the Athens Land Trust runs a Saturday farmers market. The YUF program goes beyond the garden, though, says program coordinator Seth Nivens. Yes, one of goals of the program is to bridge the knowledge gap between generations about growing food, but more broadly, Nivens says, YUF aims to “engage high school students in positive activities in their community.�
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YUF is one of several community-based programs organized by the Athens Land Trust. Each school year, the program takes 15–20 students from high schools around Clarke County. Students meet almost every day. On Mondays, they gather for a workshop on nonviolent communication; Tuesdays, they are in the kitchen; Wednesdays are garden work days; and on Thursdays, students dive into entrepreneur training. Needless to say, the traditional image of “farmer� has expanded a bit. Manny Stone directs the cooking activities. He’s the culinary arts director for the Clarke County School District, and the foods he and the young farmers create often make their way to the Career Academy lunchroom. On today’s menu: peanut butter and dried fruit bars, hummus and soup. “My approach to the culinary arts in general has been life-skills oriented as well as lifelong-nutrition oriented,� says Stone. Blenders whir in the background as students get started on hummus. Stone says most of the young farmers walk into the kitchen with little to no cooking experience. “There’s a lot of microwaving going on,� he says. Over the course of
our community, what we’re doing,� he says. Tending the market garden each week supplies his community with fresh foods and vegetables they may not have been able to access otherwise. “It’s a small part,� he says, “but it has a big impact.� At the beginning of the school year, administrators and school board members zeroed out the budget line item that paid the students’ wages. The ALT raised funds to keep the program going through a fundraising website and a couple of grants. The Great Promise Partnership—which replaced Young Urban Farmers in the CCSD budget—is funding three students’ wages this cycle. Nivens and Stone feel confident that the program will find a way to continue because the community values it. “It’s such a unique program,� Nivens says. “We’re reinvesting in our local community by investing in these kids.� Anderson found more than an afterschool job at YUF. He found friends, mentors and a purpose. “It’s not working in the back of the McDonald’s, you know? It’s working and getting experience, and it’s fun,� he says. “I go home happier every day after work.� f
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Georgia Can’t Finish Games Georgia Tech Loss Again Highlights Kirby Smart’s First-Year Flaws by Cy Brown news@flagpole.com In 1984, Georgia Tech traveled to Athens and beat Georgia for the first time in seven years. The Atlanta Constitution’s Lewis Grizzard, a Georgia fan, was tasked with writing the report on that game. The copy he filed is now legendary. His column was only eight words, and that was all that was needed to sum up the feelings of Bulldog fans everywhere: “Frankly, I don’t want to talk about it.” Following Georgia’s heartbreaking 28-27 loss to Tech in Athens on Saturday, I’m feeling the same way Grizzard felt in ’84. Of course, I don’t have the kind of pull the late, great Grizzard had, so filing only eight words wasn’t gonna fly. Instead, I will offer my final analysis of Georgia’s 2016 regular season, which also comes out to eight words: This team doesn’t know how to finish games. The game was even in the first half, but Georgia— specifically the defense—came to life in third quarter. The Bulldogs only allowed 21 Yellow Jacket yards in the third period. What it looked like was all the potential of the defense was finally coming to fruition. I thought I was watching the defense transform from a middle-of-the-road to an elite unit in front of my eyes. With a little less than 10 minutes to go, Georgia led by 13 and had Tech pinned on their own 4-yard line. It looked to be all over for Tech but the crying. Then Georgia’s defense crumbled, and Tech rose to the occasion. The Jackets drove 96 yards in seven plays to score. Tech intercepted Jacob Eason a few minutes later, and was able to finish off Georgia with another touchdown with only about about 30 seconds remaining. The Dawgs scrambled
to get down the field in position for a field goal. They almost did it, too. But that severe case of weiner fingers that’s afflicted the receivers so often this season struck again on that final drive. The Bulldogs didn’t have it in them to finish the drill. The most frustrating thing about this season isn’t that Georgia finished Smart had the kind of season in his first year as a head coach that most coaches have in their first at 7-5. It’s that Georgia had a chance years as a head coach: inconsistent and mediocre. to finish 10-2. We were one play away College Football Matrix looked at first-year head coaches from a win against Tennessee, and only a few plays against a few years back, and the situation Georgia finds itself in is Vanderbilt and Tech. The only two teams Georgia played pretty par for the course. Seven wins is a threshold. Teams that were undoubtedly better were Ole Miss and Florida. who replace a coach with more than seven wins finish with Of course, there is a large swath of fans who are already a worse record 52 percent of the time. ready to be done with Kirby Smart, just as there were large Smart had the kind of season in his first year as a head swaths of fans ready to be rid of Mark Richt each time he coach that most coaches have in their first years as a head had a mediocre season. Anyone who has read this column frequently knows that I have my concerns about Smart, but coach: inconsistent and mediocre. If we expected more, we were fooling ourselves. Smart didn’t do a bad job this year. my concerns draw from the causes—bad performances at He didn’t do a good job, either. He did a job. Now he knows the end of games—and not the effect, a 7-5 record. how to do the job. And, from now on, he has to do the job I’ve said it time and time again, but I think many fans well. You only get goodwill in your first season, then you’ve were confused about what hiring a new coach means. Yes, gotta start really winning. Next year, the late collapses need we looked at nine wins last season and a fairly easy schedto be fixed and Georgia needs to, at the very least, be in the ule this season and thought nine wins should once again be hunt for the SEC East until the final weeks of the season. the goal. First of all, Georgia was lucky to reach that number of wins last season. Second of all, it is extremely rare for But if Georgia has another mediocre season and the team a new head coach to meet or improve upon the record of his still can’t finish the drill… Frankly, I don’t want to talk about it. f predecessor.
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he multitude of local artist markets in December each year is a testament to the entrepreneurial spirit of Athens’ flourishing arts community. From open houses at private studios to multivendor fairs hosted at local businesses, these special events offer a rare opportunity to connect directly with some of the most creative people in town. The value of buying from local artists during the holiday season is two-fold: While you score a one-of-a-kind gift that’s sure to impress yourself or a loved one, the artists receive the encouragement and monetary support they need to continue pursuing their creative endeavors. With 35 events scheduled, original and handcrafted work is more accessible and affordable than ever. In the spirit of tradition, let Flagpole make shopping locally a little simpler this year with our annual holiday market roundup, a list of artist markets, studio open houses and craft sales going on in Athens and nearby. Deck the Walls, a holiday market held annually by the Lyndon House Arts Center, at 293 Hoyt St., will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays in December from 12–5 p.m. More than 70 artists will offer jewelry, photography, paintings, pottery, accessories and folk art, plus seasonal cards, ornaments and wreaths. A Holiday Open House on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. will feature pictures with Santa, a performance by the Athens Flute Choir and activities for children. For more details, visit athens clarkecounty.com/lyndonhouse. During a Holiday Studio Sale, Charles Pinckney will offer jewelry, Karen Hamrick will offer handmade chains, and Elizabeth Barton will offer quilts and watercolor paintings. The home studio, located at 170 Canady Dr., can be visited now through Dec. 24 from 12–6 p.m. Appointments outside of those hours can be made by calling 706-372-1072. Check out charlespinckney. com and elizabethbarton.com for examples. Swing by campus for Phi Beata Heata’s Handmade Jewelry and Metals Sale, held daily 10 a.m.–5 p.m. through Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, at 270 River Road. Members of the student organization will present their latest oneof-a-kind pieces and handcrafted metal objects. Hourly parking is available in the nearby Performing Arts Center deck. Visit art.uga.edu. While in the art school building, pop over to the UGA Ceramic Student Organization’s annual Holiday Pottery Sale on Wednesday, Nov. 30 and Thursday, Dec. 1 from 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. in the firstfloor lobby. Created by students and faculty, the works range from decorative pieces and hand-built sculptures to functional pottery like teapots, mugs, plates, vases and bowls. Proceeds support educational field trips to conferences and also bring in visiting artists. Visit art.uga.edu for more information.
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New to the neighborhood, Hip Vintage & Handmade will open its doors for a Grand Opening on Friday, Dec. 2 from 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Offering vendors the opportunity to lease a variety of display options, from a small shelf to a large booth, the market presents collections from antique and vintage dealers alongside well-known local crafters and artists. First Friday art exhibitions will showcase a new artist each month. The 7,000-square-foot space also features a giant Paper Moon photo booth, as well as a lease-ready classroom where art and homesteading classes will be led by owners Leslie and John Lawson, a sculptor and painter, respectively, who also own Blackbriar Farms. Hip Vintage & Handmade is located at 215 Commerce Blvd., which was occupied by Needful Things Antiques for 25 years. More information can be found at hipvintagehandmade.com. In addition to the abundance of local and sustainable produce that the Athens Farmers Market offers every Saturday at Bishop Park, at 705 Sunset Dr., its Holiday Craft Markets on Dec. 3, 10 and 17 from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. feature a good selection of handmade items like ceramics, jewelry, textiles, skincare products, woodworking, pet items, framed artwork and more. For details, check out athensfarmersmarket.net.
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Maria Dondero’s annual event at her home studio has long been a seasonal tradition, but this year’s Marmalade Pottery Holiday Sale will be held at her new studio and gallery space, Southern Star Studio, located right down the street at 180 Cleveland Ave. On Dec. 3 and 4 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m., the ceramic artist will share a new collection of large coil pots, plus small thrown and slab pots, while her father Tim Dondero shares special treats served in the pottery. The following weekend, on Dec. 10 and 11 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m., the Southern Star Studio Holiday Sale will feature works by the other potters who rent space in the gallery: Jenna Johnson, Chona R. Leathers, Allya MacDonald, Regina Mandell and Kerry Steinberg. Visit mariadondero. com for more. Local potter Carter Gillies offers two different events this season. View an eclectic mix of functional and decorative work during the Carter Gillies Pottery Open House on Dec. 3 and 4. The following weekend,
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on Dec. 10 and 11, Carter will be joined by fellow potters Geoff Pickett, Jeff Bishoff and Kyle Jones for the annual Carter and Friends Pottery Market. Both events are from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. and are located at his home studio at 572 Nantahala Ave. Call 706-546-7235 for more. Celebrating its 10-year milestone, Indie South Fair’s Holiday Hooray offers a lineup of over 150 vendors—the most its ever hosted—covering virtually everything handmade, from original art in every medium, bath and beauty products, toys and sustainable fashion to artisanal food, home goods and furniture. Highlights include Appaloosa Jewelry, Pixel & Ink, Songbird Soaps, Rockbelly, Pale Blue Dot, Extollo Jewelry, My Athens and Oscar Bites. Indie South is unique in that it also incorporates a wide selection of collectors who focus primarily on vintage clothing and accessories. The two-day open-air market, which also promises music, food trucks and kids’ activities, takes place on Saturday, Dec. 3 and Sunday, Dec. 4 from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. at 660 N. Chase St., just off Prince Avenue. Santa will visit for photo opportunities from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. on Saturday and all day Sunday. Representatives from Girls Rock Athens will offer a donation-based gift wrapping station. Admission to the market is $3, and free for ages 12 and under. Visit indiesouthfair.com. Smokey Road Press, artist Margot Ecke’s studio that specializes in letterpress and bookbinding, is holding a Moving Sale on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. In addition to all prints being half off, the shop will offer posters, hand-bound journals, stationery, holiday cards, ceramics and art materials at discounted prices. Several pieces of equipment will be up for grabs. The studio is located in the Leathers Building at 675 Pulaski St., unit 600. Email smokeyroadpress@gmail.com for details. Illustrator, tattoo artist and AthFest commemorative mural artist David Hale will host a studio sale and print show on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. In addition to over 30 original works, Hale will over “mystery tubes” filled with a variety of prints in three different sizes. A portion of proceeds from the event, which is cash or check only, will be split between three charities: Women for Women International, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and The Cottage. Love Hawk Studio is located at the Chase Park Warehouse at 160 Tracy St.
For physical, mental and spiritual wellness, visit the Holistic Healing Fair and Holiday Market. In addition to handmade soaps, lotions, candles and aromatherapy products, gift certificates can be picked up for massage, acupuncture, tarot readings, health coaching and more. Local practitioners who specialize in fields such as astrology, Reiki, color and sound therapy and reflexology will be present to discuss their services. The Healing Fair will be held at Flicker Theatre and Bar, at 263 W. Washington St., on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 12–6 p.m. For biographies, go to holistic healingnetwork.wordpress.com. The Downtown Athens Open House encourages shoppers to visit the various boutiques and shops that neighbor each other on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 1–5 p.m. Carriage rides will depart from outside of Wells Fargo from 2–5 p.m., and children can take photos with Santa from 1:30–4:30 p.m. Costumed characters from Rose of Athens will circulate among businesses, and a “Find the Elf” interactive scavenger hunt will reward those who find hidden elves. Places such as Aurum Studios, Native America Gallery, Frontier, Tena’s Jewelry, Agora Vintage and Dynamite Clothing will participate. For a full list of businesses, check out downtownathensga.org. Offering an alternative to the traditional gift-exchange experience, the Holiday Benevolence Market presents a way to give back to the local community. Attendees are invited to select items off a shopping list of “symbolic gifts,” which breaks down how monetary donations can be used to assist 30 local nonprofits in their missions. Going strong since 1994, this annual tradition is sponsored by the United Way and 10 participating congregations. The First Presbyterian Church of Athens, at 185 E. Hancock Ave., hosts the market, which also features live music and a light lunch, on Sunday, Dec. 4 from 12–2 p.m. Go to first presathens.org/benevolencemarket. During the annual Holiday Open House at the State Botanical Garden on Sunday, Dec. 4 from 1:30–4 p.m., kids are invited to make crafts and take photos with Santa. The festively decorated tropical conservatory will be filled with music when the Georgia Children’s Chorus performs holiday classics at 2:15 p.m. The garden’s gift shop, which features many items designed by students, will be open to browse for potential presents. Visit botgarden.uga.edu.
An outdoor patio under twinkling lights makes for a festive setting at the juried Athens Holiday Market, held at Big City Bread Cafe on Dec. 8 and 9 from 5 p.m.–9 p.m. Peruse the works of 57 local artists while a live band performs around the bonfire. The lineup includes jewelry by Jim Norton, folk art by Cap Man, stained glass by Susan Staley, watercolors by Jamie Calkin, illustrations by Maggie Baxter and geometric works by Lou Kregel. Big City Bread is located at 393 N. Finley St. and can be reached at 706-353-0029. Bookworms can rejoice in knowing that Avid Bookshop, located at 493 Prince Ave., will host a Local Author Meet and Greet on Thursday, Dec. 8 from 5:30–7:30 p.m. Shoppers can have copies of books autographed with personalized messages while perusing Avid’s collection of books and gifts. Participating authors include Kaitlin Bevis (the Persephone trilogy), Larry Dendy (Through the Arch: An Illustrated Guide to the University of Georgia Campus), Valerie Frey (Preserving Family Recipes), Melia Keeton-Digby (The Heroines Club: A MotherDaughter Empowerment Circle), Mandi Mathis (The Littlest Inventor) and more. The Holiday Sale at Normaltown Pottery, slated for Dec. 9 from 4–9 p.m. and Dec. 10 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m., will feature functional pottery by studio owner Juana Gnecco, along with ceramics by Nancy Green. Normaltown Pottery is located at 410 King Ave. Call 762-728-0575.
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Operating primarily as a wholesaler, Mbare, Ltd. will open its warehouse to the public for Africa in Athens on Saturday, Dec. 9 from 5–9 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 10 from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. The fair-trade company works directly with artisans in Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Senegal to collect sculptures, wood carvings, tin art, masks, baskets, hand painted pillows and more. Mbare is located at 118 Commerce Blvd., and more details can be found at mbare.com. Offering a selection of clothing, toys, housewares, accessories, prints, incense and more, Willaby Clothier will host a Holiday Pop-Up Shop on Dec. 9 from 5–9 p.m. and Dec. 10–11 and 17–18 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. In addition to the studio’s own selection of goods, the event will bring in goodies from regional makers like Brown Parcel Press, Chona R. Leathers, LVR Naturals, Rinne Allen and 1000 Faces Coffee. Willaby is located at 174 Cleveland Ave. Go to willaby shop.com.
Rebecca Wood and her team of potters will host their Holiday Sale on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. R. Wood Studio, located at 450 Georgia Dr., will have many of the brightly colored pieces that the studio is known for, in addition to several oneof-a-kind pieces, seconds and discounted works. To view samples of the potters’ work, check out rwoodstudio.com. The vendors of the West Broad Farmers Market will offer a special Holiday Craft Festival on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. In addition to special handmade items, the festival includes a turkey raffle and cooking demo, a collard greens cook-off, live music and kids activities. The market is hosted at the old West Broad School at 1573 W. Broad St. Visit athenslandtrust. org. More than 25 artists will share their creations during the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art’s second annual Holiday Market, with vendors including Aurora Fused Glass, Tunes and Spoons, Peacy Belle Designs, found-object assemblages by Lisa Freeman and works by tattoo artist Brian Kindamo. The gallery itself also has a creative stocking stuffer for art lovers this year: a set of nine letterpress coasters with designs by Eleanor Davis, David Hale, Black Cat Tips, Susan Hable, Lou Kregel and more. Proceeds from the collection ($18) benefit ATHICA. The market will be held on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. at 160 Tracy St. For more, visit athica.org. ATHICA’s Holiday Market is part of the Tracy Street Arts Crawl, a rare opportunity to peek into the work spaces of several local artists. Multiple studios inside the Chase Park warehouses will be open, with participating artists including Beth Cyr, David Hale, Nancy Everett, Erin McIntosh, Baraka Elihu, Susan Nees and Veronica Darby. Held on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m., the event also includes food trucks and crafts for kids. Find the event on Facebook for updates. Heirloom Café and Fresh Market hosts one of the last opportunities for seasonal shopping on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. during brunch hours. Handmade wares will range from jewelry, gourmet foods, woodwork, ceramics, soaps and bath products, textiles and more. The 28-name vendor list includes artists such as Kenneth Kase (jewelry), Susie Burch (paintings), Beth Zorbanos (handmade dolls) and Cathy Pentz (stone pendants), as well as businesses like Ciao Meow, All Hearted Soul Teas, Thready for Anything, Normal Soap Company, The Olive Basket and Rolling Runway. Heirloom is located at 815 N. Chase St. Visit heirloomathens.com for details. Treehouse Kid & Craft presents its seventh annual Handmade Hollyday Artist Market across the street at Starlite Showroom, located at 750 W. Broad St., on Sunday, Dec. 11 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Swing by to peruse the creations of over a dozen vendors, including drawings by Kiran Fernandes, dyed silks by René Shoemaker, pottery by Melanie Sgrignoli, bath and body products by Reciprocitee and items benefiting Sweet Olive Farm Animal Rescue. Unique items for little ones include plush dolls by Luvaboo and crowns by Tin Cup. Find the event on Facebook for details.
Outside Athens The Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation’s 22nd annual juried Holiday Market includes the works of 70 regional artists and crafters, ranging from paintings, stained and fused glass, jewelry, photography, woodwork, sculpture, fiber art and more. Items range from sculptures by Barbara Odil, dichromatic glass jewelry by Annette Paskiewicz and dyed silks by Margaret Agner to paintings by Judy Bolton Jarrett and ceramics by Jerry and Kathy Chappelle. The market is open Dec. 2 from 5–8 p.m. and Dec. 3 and 4 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission for all three days is $3. OCAF’s Artist’s Shoppe, which features handmade items created by more than 75 of the gallery’s members, opens in conjunction with
demonstrations running until 3 p.m. With over 40 years of experience, artist Paul Bendzunas has passed his craft down to his three children, who also work in the studio. Although operating primarily as a wholesale business that distributes to galleries countrywide, a gallery displaying some of the family’s best mouth-blown functional and decorative glass art works will be on display. For more information on the studio’s history, check out bendzunasglass.com. Venture over to Farmington Pottery’s December Open House on Dec. 3 and 4 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. to view the latest creations of Geoff and Lisa Pickett. A wide variety of Geoff’s wood and gas-fired pitchers, vases and tableware for the home and garden will be available, as well as a selection of soaps and botanical skincare
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products made with fresh herbs grown by Lisa. Farmington Pottery is located at 1171 Freeman Creek Road in Farmington. For more information, visit pickettpottery.com and farmingtonherbals.com.
the Holiday Market and will remain open through Dec. 23. OCAF is located at 34 School St. in Watkinsville. Visit ocaf.com. While in the area, visit the annual J.B. (Jeff Bishoff) Pottery Sale for new works. Occurring on Dec. 3 and 4 from 10 a.m.–5 pm., the sale is located at 1790 Salem Road in Watkinsville. Call 678-8631847.
Among the fine art, folk art, jewelry, stone work and metal work created by the dozen or so members who run the historic Farmington Depot Gallery, the Holidaze Festival on Saturday, Dec. 3 and Sunday, Dec. 4 from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. features an artist market with handmade creations by additional regional artists. Over a dozen artists will set up tables including Tex Crawford, John Gingerich, Peter Loose, Michael Pierce, Kip Ramey, Crispy Printz and more. The gallery is located at 1001 Salem Road in Farmington, at the corner of Salem Road and Highway 441. For more information, visit farmingtondepotgallery. com.
This year’s lineup at Wolf Creek Pottery promises a diverse array of traditional and contemporary ceramic pieces, with participating potters including Jorie Berman, Juana Gnecco, Jen Graff, Nancy Green, Rich Panico and Minsoo Yuh. Hand-printed textiles and paper by Sara Lee Parker will also be available. Located at 1500 Tappan Spur Road in Watkinsville, the studio’s annual Holiday Sale is on Dec. 3 and 4 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. For more details, call 706410-5200.
For vibrant, richly glazed pieces of pottery that draw inspiration from nature, check out the works of David Morgan, a regional potter who has been creating functional stoneware for 30 years. The David Morgan Pottery studio, located at 3747 Old Wildcat Bridge Road in Danielsville, opens for a Holiday Sale Dec. 10 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Dec. 11 from 12–5 p.m. Call 706795-3418 for more information.
Tour the home studio of Woodruff Pottery, located at 35 S. Main St., during its Annual Holiday Sale and Open House on Dec. 3 and 4 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Artist Alice Woodruff has more than 40 years of experience in creating pottery, and makes both decorative and functional high-fired porcelain works like large platters, bowls, teapots, teacups and kitchenware. Anyone who buys a pot can take one of a comparable value home for half off. Call 706-2075175 for directions. The family-run Bendzunas Glass Studio and Gallery, located at 89 W. South Ave. in Comer, will keep extended weekend hours from 10 a.m.–5 p.m., with live glassblowing
Glass artist Larry Hamilton will host a Studio Holiday Art Sale on Dec. 10 from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. and Dec. 11 from 12–4 p.m. Located at 66 Morrison St. in Watkinsville, the sale will also feature paintings by Leigh Ellis, folk art by Chris Hubbard and pottery by Lynette Phillips. f
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Chris Shupe Hangs Up the Costume After 40 Years By Dan Mistich music@flagpole.com
I guess you could say that I’ve had a really robust life. I haven’t really shied away from doing anything.
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lvis Presley may be long gone, but Chris Shupe will be the first to tell you that the King still manages to stop traffic every now and then. Years after he began paying tribute to the rock and roll hunk from Tupelo, MS, Shupe still gets a kick out of making the old ladies scream and shout. This week, the Athens King, as Shupe has affectionately become known, will hang up the costume and cease crooning following his last public appearance. When he finally retires the replica Ray-Bans, Shupe will have 40 years of swinging his hips and pursing his lips under his belt (adorned with sequins, of course). At the encouragement of his gospel-loving grandmother, Shupe began to mimic the moves of the heartthrob icon when he was 9 years old. “My grandmother would be in the next room, and I’d be doing Elvis. All of a sudden, she’d say, ‘Chris, you’ve got to turn that record down.’ I said, ‘Grandma, that’s not Elvis. That’s me.’” After performing in school talent shows in his hometown of Oxford, GA, and other smaller events at the request of adults who adored his performances, Shupe noticed that others were taking him seriously. “It became sort of a thing: ‘Oh, Chris knows how to do Elvis,’” he says. “I learned how to imitate not just his voice—which even as a kid I was pretty good at—but also the mannerisms and moves. The next thing I know, there’s a kid at school that can play drums. So, I’m 10 years old, and I’m doing Elvis with a live drummer, playing along with backing tracks.” While Shupe makes clear that paying tribute to late-era Presley is rewarding, he finds the circuit of King impersonators to be something of a cult. He says donning a customized costume and coloring his well-shaped sideburns is all in good fun; it’s the full-time impersonators that go as far as permanent body modifications that he finds a bit offputting. “I really don’t think Elvis would have appreciated that,” Shupe says. And Shupe doesn’t find the competitive element of impersonating especially appealing. In fact, the Athens King has found himself inspired by watching others hone their craft. “I like to watch other guys perform,” he says. “I can watch other guys and go, ‘Oh, that’s interesting. I might do that move myself.’” Over his years performing, Shupe says he’s managed to balance the levity in his act with an honest appreciation for Presley. “I always say that it is a little like Chuckles the Clown, and there is some humor to the whole bit. And yet I consider myself a serious tribute artist. It’s not a joke to me,” he says. Though he appreciates the entire arc of Elvis’ career, Shupe stays true to the artist’s Vegas era. His costume may be a different size, but it’s a period in the King’s career that Shupe finds particularly compelling. To Shupe, Elvis’ stardom represents a moment in American popular culture where icons could be larger than life. He cites Muhammad Ali and Evel Knievel as two other giants who also captivated him as a young boy. Though he never spent one-on-one time with his hero, Shupe says he did catch a glimpse of the King during a visit to Graceland the year before Presley died. As Shupe recalls, Elvis cracked the window of his limousine to wave at a crowd of fans.
However brief, the memory of the encounter has stayed with Shupe all these years. While Shupe has done countless shows as the King with a karaoke machine in tow, he much prefers to have a polished group behind him. When it became clear that the act necessitated a live band, Shupe ditched the machine and began playing with Ed Connolly of Flood City Shootout and Joe Guerzo of the Vinyl Strangers in the 1990s. Andy Carlson, of the Normaltown Flyers, also accompanied Shupe during some of his early performances with a live band in Athens. Playing with a band came natural to Shupe, who became acquainted with the Athens scene when he was a UGA student and football walk-on majoring in art history in the ’80s. These days, the TCB Band is comprised by locals Ryan Phillips on bass, Matt Donaldson on drums and Chris Hampton on guitar. This core is filled out by the Burning Love Brass, a four-piece horn section led by Martin Matheny, one of Shupe’s colleagues at WUGA 91.7 FM, where Shupe is program director. Shupe’s personal history is as rich as the King’s career. Following a stint living in the Atlanta area, Shupe returned to Athens, where he began a career as a real estate agent. Following a dip in the housing market, Shupe found himself shifting gears again and began working part-time at WUGA before accepting his current position. “I guess you could say that I’ve had a really robust life. I haven’t really shied away from doing anything,â€? he says. Despite years of sold-out shows, Shupe never quit his day jobs to go pro as a full-time entertainer. He flirted with the idea now and again, but he says he always wanted to have a life separate from the one he mimicked on stage. “I never wanted to be Elvis,â€? he stresses, before offering an insightful telling of the last few years before the hip-swaying singer passed away. It’s obvious that Shupe has studied the icon closely. Shupe says his act would have become nothing without the local support he’s received over the years, often from unlikely sources. As he tells it, recurring business meals at Buffalo’s Cafe opened up an opportunity for him to perform at the restaurant. Although it’s not a typical performance space, Shupe says his willingness to handle ticketing and promotions for several years convinced the business that the relationship could be mutually beneficial. To say his act has been a hit would be a bit of an understatement. Shupe points to 10 straight years of raucous shows at Buffalo’s as evidence that Elvis’ legacy is still very much intact. Shupe says the crowds are always varied; rabid Elvis fans from yesteryear get their kicks next to younger audiences that find Elvis perennially hip. Shupe’s grandmother may have been the earliest fan of his act, but he’s quick to express his admiration for his wife and children, who have often been a part of the show, either assisting with the sale of merchandise or performing alongside. “[My wife] thought it was kind of weird at first,â€? Shupe says. “Had she not been a girl with a good personality and a good sense of humor, we probably would’ve never gotten together anyway‌ She appreciated it, and grew to love it. It was never a career, so she never really married Elvis.â€? And Shupe beams when he says his kids’ participation in his performances “rubbed off.â€? His son is a performing arts major at Limestone College in South Carolina, and his daughter was recently awarded “best actressâ€? in a one-act competition. Asked if he’s rehearsing anything special for his final performance, Shupe says he’s much more interested in the show going off without a hitch. “I’ll probably just be trying not to get too emotional about it,â€? Shupe says. Though Shupe says he’ll likely be holding back tears during his final performance, he’s adamant that life will go on after the King. “I don’t want to just be the guy who does Elvis. I don’t want to be defined as the radio guy, or the UGA football walk-on, or the crazy Georgia fan. I don’t want to be any of that,â€? he says. “I want to be Chris Shupe.â€? f
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it Brigade, Athens’ wildly popular video game cover band, began in 2003 after a particularly inspiring session of one game in particular. “Our original guitarist, Andy Pruett, and I were up really late one night, playing ‘Contra’ on the original NES,” says guitarist Bryant Williamson. “We had recently learned and covered several NES tunes for fun and were big fans of [NES cover band] The Advantage at the time. “So, with the notion of video game covers in our heads, and ‘Contra’ on the screen in front of us, the idea just popped into our heads. I immediately called Noah McCarthy. I’m pretty sure I woke him up in the middle of the night, but regardless of that, he was into the idea.”
playthroughs in one set, including two games the group has yet to debut. It will be a difficult endeavor, but months of planning have prepared Bit Brigade for the task. Williamson lays out the process. “The first step is for Noah to learn the game. He will already have his speedrun close to 100 percent before we begin placing the music,” he says. “Then, we time each of the stages of the game, as well as the length of each song used within the stages. We typically don’t like to play more than two or three repetitions of songs, so depending on stage length, we will sometimes add additional songs from related games to fill up time… After all the music has been properly timed and slotted into position, each member will learn his part individually. Then we come
Initially named Contraband, Bit Brigade’s premise is to cover old-school video game tunes in real time while McCarthy speedruns the games on a projector behind the band. What Williamson once considered a side project of his main band, Cinemechanica, has grown into a nationally touring entity that plays to huge crowds at video game conventions and regularly sells out shows in Athens and elsewhere. Bit Brigade’s current lineup features a mishmash of musicians who have played in Athens bands like We Versus the Shark, Maserati, Cinemechanica and Reptar, just to name a few. McCarthy, as always, remains the band’s resident gameplay guru. As they have steadily risen in numbers and locations over the past decade, video game conventions have given Bit Brigade a boost in popularity. “Conventions are what get us on the road,” says Williamson. “We typically build our touring schedule around conventions like PAX, MAGFest and XPO.” Videos of the band’s performances have netted hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube and a devoted internet following. Particularly popular have been playthroughs of “Mega Man 2,” “The Legend of Zelda,” “Metroid” and “Castlevania.” Bit Brigade is prepping a return at next year’s MAGFest (short for Music and Gaming Festival) in National Harbor, MD. The super-sized show will include three
into practice and piece everything together for our set.” Despite this meticulous planning, not every game translates well. “There is a long list of games that we’d love to do that just aren’t realistic,” says Williamson. “‘It’s typically a problem between the length of gameplay versus the number of available songs.” Saturday evening in Athens, Bit Brigade will perform its “Mega Man 2” set. While Williamson is mum about what games Bit Brigade will tackle in the future, he does express a desire to re-attempt a game that defeated the group in the past. “‘Castlevania 3,’” he says. “This is a game we’ve only performed twice. It’s very difficult—both the music and the game itself. We’ve considering bringing it back, but there are other ideas we’d like to try first.” No matter the game, Bit Brigade is one of Athens’ most impressive spectacles, a must-see for gamers and non-gamers alike. While we may not know what’s next, it’s sure to be worth the price of admission. f
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The Quiet Pack’s Curious Conversation Plus, More Music News and Gossip By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com PLAIN WHITE RAPPER: Experimental rapper Marshall Moore (aka the former Hairy Confucius) just released a seven-song EP under his current project name, The Quiet Pack. It’s titled Steam Zone, and a release show is scheduled for the Caledonia Lounge Thursday, Dec. 1. Pop Weirdos and VHS Collectors Club share the bill. Newcomers to Moore’s music will notice his slowly paced but supremely enunciated vocal delivery, which is far more situated to conversation than confrontation. The only graspable hip-hop touchstone here might be the thin slice of early De La Soul present on “Meet Me on the Astral Plane.� From the pop world, though, Pet Shop Boys are clearly echoed on “Let’s Make Some Plans,� and early ’90s G-Funk R&B—which itself drew largely from ’70s grooves—shows itself on “Bot Boy.� Lyrically, Moore either uses a whole lot of simile and metaphor (“Construction Materials�) or he’s crystal clear and straightforward (“We Love Hangin’ Out�). Problem is, I can’t tell which is which most of the time. See what you can do over at quietpack.bandcamp.com. BLUEPRINT FOR SURVIVAL: A massive new mixtape is out from the Razzi King reggae camp. The Razzi King Lovers Rock Mixtape completely lives up to its name, with 20 tracks of rocksteady, dub Marshall Moore and 1970s-era reggae. There are a few cover versions that both hit (a version of Shuggie Otis’ “Strawberry Letter 23�) and miss (Bob Marley’s “Stir It Up�). By and large, though, this is a pretty killer collection so steeped in genre knowledge and skill that old-school listeners will appreciate its depth and newcomers will be exposed to various well-executed styles. Vocals are credited to King, Lakeshia Moon, Frankhe Lion and Cozmos, while beats were handled by Point Guard, Jah Stevens, Seineek and Ill Minds. Tuck in at echobassrecords.bandcamp.com. THREE OUT OF TWELVE AIN’T BAD: Musician Taylor Ross, who records as Surface to Air Missive, is from Tallahassee, FL but now spends his time in Athens. A new STAM album just came out via Los Angeles label Leaving Records, which happens to be distributed by the eternally cool Stones Throw Records, so that right there is hella dope. And that’s also where the dopeness ends. It takes so long to be grabbed by anything on this record, titled A V. Then, by the time it
gets grabby—the sixth track, “Sharp Guiseâ€?—it wears its debt to of Montreal so heavily you’d swear it was a cover band. The same thing is true of “Full Love Wonderâ€? and “My Finest Shirt.â€? Ross has a clear ear for sharply dressed melody, but only seems to let some personality through on a handful of tracks. Notably, “Morning Thoughtâ€? is a great little romp through both soft-psych and rousing guitar swells Ă la The Kinks or The Three O’Clock. Similarly, “Me and the Gangâ€? has a cool march-and-stomp rhythm. The most fully realized song is the final track “Time Being,â€? but the listener making it this far doesn’t seem likely. Make your best effort over at leavingrecords.bandcamp.com. ALL ROADS LEAD TO 95 N: Another Florida transplant makes news this week, as Jacksonville native Christopher Bartus hosts a showcase for his label Tapes From the Gates at The World Famous Saturday, Dec. 3. Performing are Mind Brains, Richard Gumby, Wild Abandon, and St. Augustine group Lady Dug. Bartus is playing synthesizer with Wild Abandon these days, and his label released cassettes of the Jesse Kennedyled project’s two most recent releases, each of which I gave the ol’ thumbs-up in these pages. Bartus says both of those tapes, plus cassette versions of Mind Brains’ self-titled album (released on Orange Twin last year) and the new EP by Visitation, Venus, released digitally last month via MOEKE Records, will be available at this show. Dig into the label at tapesfromthegates.com. SPEAKING OF WHICH: The aforementioned EP from Visitation should be heeded as distinctly not a release from Davey Wrathgabar’s almost two-decades-long project Visitations. Instead, it’s the several-years-old project from Ray Heekin (ex-Gospel Music), and his new record is a lush affair that’s totally listenable in either foreground or background. Centered around mid-tempo synth rhythms and melodies, it reaches its high point on “Country Music Ecstasy.â€? The foreboding sense of small-orchestral grandeur on “This World Is Number Oneâ€? and finger-poppin’ shuffle step of “Let’s Die in Loveâ€? are pretty good, too. Honestly, the whole EP is ripe for some clever DJ remixing, so those so inclined, lean toward moekerecords.bandcamp.com. f
record review The Quiet Pack: Steam Zone (Independent Release) Steam Zone is a cohesive venture into the under-explored field of intimate, late-night music that relies on good-intentioned rap and gentle, sensual beats. Amidst its quirkiness (energy crystals and astral sex, anyone?), Steam Zone identifies Marshall Moore’s talents in lyrical construction, music production and kindhearted seduction. Steam Zone introduces its persona in the opening bedroom-pop track “Flexing Heavily By the Scenic Overlook,� and carries the “let me romance you� vibe over into “Construction Materials.� “Meet Me on the Astral Plane� was released as a single in April, and is Steam Zone’s most ambitious portion, using recordings of astral projection seminars and other samples to layer the track into a surreal, jazzy dream. The curiosity of the album is the robo-voiced “We Love Hangin’ Out.� The track is different vocally than the rest of the album, and the hook is reminiscent of the “We Like to Party� intro from the Six Flags commercials, minus the dancing old guy and the aggressive techno-dance beat. It’s strategic, it’s fun, and it fits the album while bringing something new to the table. [Maria Lewczyk]
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t’s safe to say that your excitement for this holiday season is probably directly related to the number of times you expect to find yourself screaming, “But he lost the popular vote, Uncle Mike!” Holiday films playing around Athens in December are a great way to escape these struggles for 90–120 minutes at a time. Each of these classics offers a unique take on family.
Go Out and Watch It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Frank Capra’s classic is the best of the batch, boasting a dynamic performance from James Stewart as the typical Capra hero of the 99 percent. In the life of George Bailey, family is sacrifice. Bailey compromises his own happiness for the health of his family, high-school sweetheart Mary and their five children. When contemplating suicide after facing financial ruin and arrest, his guardian angel Clarence takes him on a guided tour of a Bailey-less world. Seeing how his family would suffer gives him the will to live again, and he runs home back into their arms. While the threats to our hero are quickly resolved through the generosity of his neighbors, It’s a Wonderful Life remains refreshingly unique by keeping a foot firmly in the dark places most holiday films avoid.
so obsessed with family that its signature performance praises the bonds of sisterhood. Pairing is likewise an obsession of the film, with cinematographer Loyal Griggs framing images of the musical duos as distinct groupings. As relationships form, lush Technicolor compositions group Bob with Betty and Phil with Judy, neatly packaging these newly formed family units as they stage a revue to save a Vermont resort from financial ruin. White Christmas screens Dec. 4 and 7 at GTC Beechwood 11. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) Like Homer Simpson delivering an ode to alcohol, the third film chronicling the suburban misadventures of the Griswolds
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Though Clark faces temptation via fantasies of a ridiculously attractive department store clerk, a co-worker rightfully calls him “the last true family man.” There’s a reason Clark’s foils in the film are the Chesters, childless yuppies portrayed as the height of ’80s self-absorption by Nicholas Guest and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In a comedy that plays runaway sleds and squirrel attacks for humor, the best laughs come from seeing these pretentious sticks-in-the-mud blinded by Christmas lights and assaulted by SWAT teams. While Clark’s fortunes are eventually improved with the help of his family, the Chesters as an incomplete family suffer indignity after indignity with no relief in sight, and it’s hilarious.
It’s a Wonderful Life screens Dec. 3 and 4 at Ciné and is free with Toys for Tots donation. It also screens Dec. 18, 21 and 24 at GTC Beechwood 11. White Christmas (1954) A traditional format—the movie musical— delivers the squarest morality in Michael Curtiz’s White Christmas. The story hinges on Bing Crosby’s Bob Wallace finding the right woman to start a family, though his partner, Phil Davis (played by Danny Kaye), is more interested in foisting him into the bed of any willing chorus girl. The duo eventually falls in tandem for sisters Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen), an act
views family as the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems. Opening with Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) compelling his family to sing carols, Clark’s Christmas cheer is soon tested with the arrival of his extended family, including a pre-insanity Randy Quaid’s clueless Cousin Eddie.
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National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation screens Dec. 11 and 14 at GTC Beechwood 11.
Stay Home and Watch In Bruges (2008) For those who consider Die Hard a holiday film, Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges will certainly fill the place in your heart shaped like a funny, smart action movie set during the Yuletide. The Irish playwright’s first film follows veteran assassin Ken (Brendan Gleason) and novice Ray (Colin Farrell) as they hide in medieval Belgian town Bruges after a job gone wrong. While Ken thinks Ray can be redeemed for his fatal error during a recent hit, their boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes, delivering dialogue equal parts hilarious and unprintable) wants Ray to answer for it with his life. Ray’s fate bounces back and forth between these two father figures in McDonagh’s take on family during the holiday season. Danish cinematographer Eigil Bryld frames the medieval town like the perfect Christmas village. His Bruges is all stone towers peaked in spires and moss-covered bridges spanning canals. The gothic architecture gives the appearance that these life-or-death struggles are taking place inside a giant snow globe. In the loud, violent climax, the globe is shaken, complete with a light snowfall as several of McDonagh’s characters reach bloody ends. In Bruges is available to rent from Vision Video (1860 Barnett Shoals Road), and streaming via Netflix and other providers. f
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Ready for Battle Two Very Different Combat Flicks and a Boxing Biopic By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com ALLIED (R) We know Brad Pitt really likes making World War II movies. This flick is his third, after Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and David Ayer’s underrated Fury, and older audiences should really dig it, as Robert Zemeckis’ latest is quite simply a good old-fashioned wartime thriller. Allied nearly works as two separate films. The first hour is a tense spy film about a potential assassination that feels like an entertaining mash-up of Casablanca, Anthropoid and Inglourious Basterds. Pitt looks a decade younger as Canadian spy Max Vatan, who teams/hooks up with Marion Cotillard’s French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour in Casablanca. Posing as a married couple, the sexual tension gets as thick as the spycraft. A torrid encounter in a sandstorm is hotter than anything else witnessed in a mainstream Hollywood blockbuster this year.
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In the final hour, Zemeckis goes classic Hitch (just imagine this flick with Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman) as Max races against time to prove to his smarmy superior (Simon McBurney) that Marianne is not a German spy. If he fails to clear her name, he will have to execute her with his own service pistol, which seems a pretty harsh punishment for both. Taken alongside 2000’s What Lies Beneath, one wonders what led to Zemeckis’ penchant for testing the loyalties of husbands and wives. The tensions hook stronger than the emotions, as Pitt’s a bit too reticent and detached for audiences to truly connect with Max, and the mystery surrounding Marianne’s loyalties does not allow Cotillard to develop any closer of a relationship. Eventually, sentiments surface, as dwindling time endangers the happy life of Max, Marianne and their infant daughter. Their loss is our entertaining gain. BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK (R) Throughout his award-winning career, Ang Lee has not released a true dud. Even with its faults, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk has the requisite visual creativity and thoughtfulness. One wonders if seeing the film in the 120-frames-per-second 3D 4K in which Lee shot it would change the experience. Would its first-person shots engage the audience in an experience more VR than
POV? Or would such visual wizardry, usually pioneered by Peter Jackson or James Cameron, make a difference for another “support the troops, not the war,” film that will not connect with audiences who prefer their war movies in the unapologetically jingoistic vein of American Sniper? So much of the film feels stupidly manufactured for moments, and the actors struggle with platitudes masquerading as dialogue. Newcomer Joe Alwyn does bring an authenticity to the fresh-faced titular hero, and Garrett Hedlund does top-notch polite-sarcastic John Wayne as Lynn’s superior. The film works best in the rare wartime occasions spent with Vin Diesel’s philosophical officer; the bulk is a disapproving critique of the soldiers’ homecoming and their treatment at the halftime of a Thanksgiving Day football game in Dallas (Steve Martin is particularly cringe-inducing as a Jerry Jones proxy). Billy’s impromptu relationship with a Allied nubile cheerleader named Faison (Makenzie Leigh) may be the film’s least realistic moment, and this is a movie whose war sequences do not compete with, say, Saving Private Ryan’s D-Day sequence. Lee’s film is a noble effort, though it might merely be remembered as a footnote in the history of cinematic technology. BLEED FOR THIS (R) Ben Younger, the writerdirector of Boiler Room and Prime, chose fantastic source material for his latest feature, which further proves boxing to be the best sport upon which to build a feature film. I had never heard of world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza (Miles Teller), but it is as uplifting a sports story as you will hear this year. The Providence, RI pugilist was on top of the world when a nearly fatal car crash left him in a halo, possibly never to walk and certainly never to box again. The “Pazmanian Devil” proved doctors wrong and posted one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. Much like the similarly themed The Fighter, Bleed for This boasts a load of top performances that should vie for awards shortlists. Teller is the anti-Shia LeBeouf, confounding and impressing with each new performance. Aaron Eckhart, sporting a bald pate and paunch as Mike Tyson’s former trainer Kevin Rooney, finally has his awards-reel moments. The laudable duo is buttressed by Ciaran Hinds and Katey Sagal as Vinny’s supportive, frightened parents and Ted Levine— who gets my vote for this year’s best hair and makeup—as yet another skeezy boxing promoter, Lou Duva. Bleed for This might not be a title contender, but it gets enough heart and soul from its cast and story to go the distance. f
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Winterville mural
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Parade of Lights
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Caledonia Lounge · 8 p.m. · $7–9 Downtown Athens · 7 p.m. · FREE! Montreal-based musician Dozens of local businesses Peter Sagar made a name for and community groups will himself as the former guitarmarch through the festively lit ist for indie-rock goofball Mac streets of downtown during the DeMarco’s touring band, but his annual Parade of Lights, each personal project, Homeshake, one presenting its unique, glithits just as many pleasure tering spin on this year’s theme, points. Drawing inspiration from “A Fairy Tale Christmas.” The soul and R&B, Homeshake’s out- parade will kick off at the corner put thus far has consisted of two of Hancock Avenue and Pulaski lo-fi full-lengths: 2014’s lowStreet, then march down Clayton key In the Shower and 2015’s Street, swing a left onto Thomas more synth-heavy Midnight Street and continue down Snack. “Call Me Up,” the first Washington Street. The parade taste from Sagar’s forthcomculminates with a traditional ing album, Fresh Air, expands tree-lighting ceremony hosted by on Midnight Snack’s late-night Santa Claus himself outside of allure while allowing the songCity Hall. Entries will compete writer to flex his smooth falsetto. for “Most Original Float,” “Best Local up-and-comers Juan de Use of Theme,” “Best Use of Fuca and Neighbor Lady, as well Lights” and the coveted grand as Atlanta’s Sea Ghost, open the prize “Mayor’s Award.” [Jessica show. [Andy Barton] Smith]
Tuesday 29 CLASSES: Computer Class: Introduction to Mac Computers (ACC Library) Register by phone or in person at the reference desk. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Western Square Dancing (Buffalo’s Café) With Randy Ramsey. 7 p.m. www.buffalos.com EVENTS: Holiday Book Sale (Georgia Museum of Art) Find new and used books in lots of different categories. Nov. 29–Dec. 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org FILM: Bad Movie Night: Revolt (Ciné Barcafé) A fed-up resaurateur wages war against local drug king-
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Community Garden · 12:45 p.m. · FREE! Adorning the wall of the old Spratlin Garage that faces the Winterville Community Garden is a new mural designed by children and supported by the City of Winterville and Winterville Arts Council. Artist Cameron Bliss Ferrelle and Judy Logue visited art classes at Winterville Elementary to lead third, fourth and fifth graders in creating drawings of objects found in a garden. The collection was narrowed to 60, which were digitally assembled together to create a mock-up of the mural. After the children’s images were chalked onto the wall, adult artists including Peter Loose, Tex Crawford and Kip Ramey joined in. At the unveiling, the students will bring their drawings and see the mural for the first time. [JS]
The Foundry · 8 p.m. · $8–10 Since the historic election of aspiring strongman and whitenationalist icon Donald Trump to the highest office in the land, citizen donations to civil-rights organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union have reportedly skyrocketed. Three Athens musical acts are getting in on the action by playing a benefit show for the ACLU’s Georgia chapter on Friday evening. Sugary folk-pop act Whisper Kiss, which features members of Abbey Road Live, will perform, as will seasoned guitarist Caroline Aiken and Honeychild, a band led by singer-songwriter SJ Ursrey. Honeychild’s two albums—2013’s American Beach and last year’s Surrender—showcase her aesthetic and stylistic range. [GV]
ATH All-Star Showcase Winterville Mural
The Foundry · 8 p.m. · $5 The organizers of local hip-hop outlet Indiefest have arranged a one-night-only event featuring performances from some of Athens’ hardest-working and most essential musicians, including Tony B, Yung’N Restless, Dictator, Caufield, the We’re Weird collective—which features Squalle, Blacknerdninja and LG—and elder statesman Ishues, who is back on the scene after a lengthy absence, as detailed in a Flagpole cover story last year. It’s no accident the concert is being held at the family-friendly Foundry: Organizers say their mission is “building bridges to other genres and communities [and] inviting the city of Athens to come out and enjoy this community-based showcase.” [Gabe Vodicka]
GAMES: Bingo (Ted’s Most Best) Win drinks, sweet treats and gift cards. Every Tuesday on the patio. 6 p.m. FREE! www.tedsmostbest.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Taqueria Tsunami, Downtown) Surf the trivia wave every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) Compete to win awesome prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! 706367-5721 KIDSTUFF: Spanish Play Group (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) Parents and children meet to speak or learn some Spanish. 3:30–5 p.m. FREE! www.reblossomathens.com KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos will be provided. Ages 3–10. 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 LECTURES & LIT: Affordable Health Care Act Seminar (ACC Library) Kate Malone, a healtchare navigator with Insure Georgia, will discuss how to apply for health care coverage through healthcare.gov. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Book Launch Party (Avid Bookshop, 493 Prince Ave.) Local author Sara Baker celebrates the release of The
Georgia ACLU Benefit
Timekeeper’s Son. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: String Chamber Music (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) Students from each discipline within the school’s strings area will perform. Nov. 29, 3:30 p.m. & 5 p.m. Nov. 30, 3:30 p.m. FREE! www. music.uga.edu
Wednesday 30 ART: Phi Beata Heata Student Jewelry & Metals Sale (Lamar Dodd School of Art) UGA’s jewelry and metalwork students present a sale of handmade pieces. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.art.uga.edu ART: Sculpture Dedication Ceremony (Memorial Park, Bear Hollow) Harold Rittenberry, Jr.’s new
sculpture is an eight-foott-tall, threesided animal themed metal work entitled “Serengeti Dreams.” The sculpture is a donation through the Athens Area Community Foundation by donors Dan and Sally Wyche Coenen. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-6133580 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 ART: UGA CSO Holiday Pottery Sale (Lamar Dodd School of Art) The sale features hand-built sculpture and functional pottery by the UGA Ceramic Student Organization and faculty. Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! art.uga.edu CLASSES: Video Editing for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn the
basics of video editing using Adobe Premiere. Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Holiday Book Sale (Georgia Museum of Art) See Tuesday listing for full description Nov. 29–Dec. 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Wine Tasting (Ciné Barcafé) Sample the wines of Burgundy with wine specialist Phillip Stice. 6–8 p.m. $30. www. athenscine.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1920 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Bingo (Highwire Lounge) House cash and drink prizes. Hosted by DJ LaDarius. 8 p.m. FREE! www. highwirelounge.com GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Eastside) Every Wednesday. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Play to win. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. saucehouse.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 KIDSTUFF: PRISM (Oconee County Library) PRISM is a safe space for all teens who share a common vision of equality. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee 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: Talent Show and Open Mic Night (Oconee County Library) Dazzle the crowd with your talent or sit back and be amazed. Prizes and snacks. Grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee MEETINGS: Our Forests Aren’t Fuel Community Meeting (ACC Library) Dogwood Alliance presents a discussion on the intersectional impacts from the incoming wood pellet industry in the Athens community. 6 p.m. FREE! www.dogwoodalliance.org MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) Meet local entrepreneurs, tech talent and other fellow Athenians who are making cool stuff at this weekly Four Athens networking happy hour. 6 p.m. FREE! www. fourathens.com/happy-hour PERFORMANCE: Southern Winds Woodwind Quintet (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) A graduate student chamber ensemble perform a variety of works for flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and French horn. 6 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: String Chamber Music (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) See Tuesday listing for full description Nov. 29, 3:30 p.m. & 5 p.m. Nov. 30, 3:30 p.m. FREE! www. music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: UGA Trombone Studio Ensemble (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) An end-ofsemester performance. 5 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu
Thursday 1 ART: UGA CSO Holiday Pottery Sale (Lamar Dodd School of Art) See Wednesday listing for full description Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! art.uga.edu ART: Phi Beata Heata Student Jewelry & Metals Sale (Lamar Dodd School of Art) See Wednesday listing for full description 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.art.uga.edu CLASSES: Finance Seminar (ACC Library) Edward Jones financial advisor Mike Williams hosts “Bond Investing Admist Interest Rate Uncertainty.” Lunch will be served. Reservation required. 12 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8834 COMEDY: Comic Strip (Bar Georgia) Show-up and go-up comedy open mic. Hosted by Alia Ghosheh and Veronica Darby. 9 p.m. $5. ghoshehalia@gmail.com EVENTS: Holiday Book Sale (Georgia Museum of Art) See Tuesday listing for full description Nov. 29–Dec. 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Downtown Parade of Lights (Downtown Athens) Over 60 local organizations will march through the streets of downtown.
Ecological Sanctuary in the Heart of Athens.” 7 p.m. FREE! www. oconeeriversaudubon.org MEETINGS: Anti-Discrimination Meeting (ACC Library) Mokah Johnson hosts a meeting to discuss “Income Discrimination, Criminalization and Povery in the Deep South.” Emily Early of the Southern Poverty Law Center and Linda Lloyd of the Athens Economic Justice Coalition will speak. 5:30 p.m. FREE! 678-420-8545 PERFORMANCE: Thursday Scholarship Series: UGA Holiday Concerts (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The UGA Symphony Orchestra, Combined Choirs and more perform. Dec. 1–2, 7:30 p.m. $25. www.pac.uga.edu
Friday 2 ART: Gallery Talk (Georgia Museum of Art) Nicholas Kilmer, editor of The Frederick C. Frieseke Catalogue Rainsonné, speaks about Frieseke’s “Girl Sewing (The Chinese Robe).” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org ART: OCAF Holiday Market (OCAF, Watkinsville) The market features pottery, paintings, fiber art, stained
paired with the “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.” 5:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! celia.brooks@athensclarkecounty. com ART: Grand Opening (Hip Vintage & Handmade, 215 Commerce Boulevard) The artist marketplace celebrates its grand opening with a First Friday art exhibit, photo booth and refreshments. 10 a.m.–9 p.m. FREE! www.hipvintagehandmade. com ART: Andy Cherewick (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) “Paintings from Painting” is a two-day solo exhibition by Andy Cherewick. Dec. 2, 5–9 p.m. & Dec. 3, 12–9 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org EVENTS: Morning Mindfulness (Georgia Museum of Art) Join instructor Jerry Gale for a meditation session in the galleries. Meet in the lobby. 9:30–10:30 a.m. FREE! branew@uga.edu, www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Holiday Book Sale (Georgia Museum of Art) See Tuesday listing for full description Nov. 29–Dec. 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: ATHICA Percentage Night (Terrapin Beer Co.) Activities include a photo booth with Michael Lachowski’s Foto Pixx, communal
Dance perform a collection of dances inspired by the beloved holiday ballet. Dec. 2, 7 p.m. Dec. 3, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. $10–12. 706-769-1177 SPORTS: UGA Hockey (The Classic Center) The UGA Ice Dawgs compete against Georgia Tech. 7:30 p.m. $10. www.ugahockey.com THEATER: Always a Bridesmaid (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) Encore Productions presents a country comedy in which four friends have sworn to keep their promise: be in each other’s weddings no matter what. Dec. 2–3 & Dec. 11-12, 7 p.m. Dec. 4 & Dec. 13, 2 p.m. $9–16. www.cityofelberton.net
Saturday 3 ART: Moving Sale (Smokey Road Press) Smokey Road Press offers prints, journals, holiday cards and equipment at their current location. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. smokeyroadpress@ gmail.com ART: Carter Gillies Pottery Sale (572 Nantahala Ave.) View the latest collection of functional tableware and decorative pots by local potter Carter Gillies. Dec. 3–4, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. 706-546-7235, www.cartergilliespottery.wordpress.com
Josiah and Ansley Zorbanos explore the “Discover Tech Exhibition” at the Madison County Library while computer specialist Alisa Claytor assists. The exhibition will be installed through Friday, Feb. 10. This year’s theme is “A Fairytale Christmas.” The parade begins at the corner of Dougherty and Pulaski Streets and ends in front of City Hall for the traditional tree lighting ceremony hosted by Santa. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athensclarkecounty.com/parade GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (Oconee County Library) This special storytime is for the youngest readers-to-be and their caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee MEETINGS: Oconee Rivers Audubon Society (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Environmental steward Nat Kuykendall from the Oconee Rivers Greenway Commission will discuss “Beech Haven: A Hidden
and fused glass, jewelry and more created by 70 of the region’s most gifted artists. An additional 50 OCAF artists will be represented in the Artists’ Shoppe. Dec. 2, 5–8 p.m. Dec. 3–4, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $3. www. ocaf.com ART: Winterville Mural (Winterville Community Garden) See a new mural designed by students of Winterville Elementary School and painted by local adult artists. The 60 students who drew the mural’s individual components will be present. The mural was supported by the Winterville Center for Community and Culture and the City of Winterville. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. 12:45 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/thewintervillecenter ART: Closing Reception (Healing Arts Centre, Sangha Yoga Studio) Celia Brooks shares a collection of watercolor and mixed media work
art installation led by Kristen Ashley of KA Artist Shop, barbecue by Classic City ‘Cue and music by DJ Osmose. An exhibition will share work of the gallery’s volunteers, members and past exhibiting artists. Proceeds benefit the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art. 4:30–7:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: 9th Annual Not So Silent Night (Lyndon House Arts Center) A holiday benefit for Clarke County High School’s award-winning Iliad and Odyssey magazines features catering and local silent auction items. 7-9 p.m. $10. 706-490-7188 GAMES: Friday Night Magic Draft (Tyche’s Games) Win prizes. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com PERFORMANCE: Nutcracker Sweets II & Other Holiday Dances (Oconee County Civic Center) Encore Dance Theatre and students from Alice DePass Studio of
ART: J.B. & Friends Art Show and Sale (1790 Salem Rd., Farmington) Jeff Bishoff and friends share recent works of pottery and art. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 678-863-1847 ART: Indie South Fair’s Holiday Market (660 N. Chase St.) A twoday artist market filled with locally made crafts from 150 vendors. In addition to handmade items, vintage and antiques, the market offers crafts for kids, food stands and music. Santa will visit 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Dec. 3 & 4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $3. www. indiesouthfair.com ART: Holidaze Festival (Farmington Depot Gallery) A large artist market with new work in the gallery and handmade creations. Artists include Michael Pierce, Tex Crawford, Peter Loose, Kip Ramey, John Gingerich, Crispy Printz and more. Dec. 3–4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www.farmingtondepotgallery.com
ART: Holiday Craft Markets (Bishop Park) The Athens Farmers market will include its Holiday Craft Market featuring ceramics, jewelry, textiles, woodworking and more. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. athensfarmersmarket. net ART: OCAF Holiday Market (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description Dec. 2, 5–8 p.m. Dec. 3–4, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $3. www. ocaf.com ART: Open House Pottery Sale (Farmington Pottery, Farmington) Geoff and Lisa Pickett offer a selection of all kinds of pots for the house and garden, as well as herbal soaps and skincare products. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-769-8100 ART: Wolf Creek Pottery Sale (Wolf Creek Ceramics) Featuring new ceramic works by Jorie Berman, Juana Gnecco, Jen Graff, Nancy Green, Rich Panico and Minsoo Yuh. Hand-printed textiles and paper by Sara Lee Parker. Dec. 3–4, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-410-5200 ART: Alice Woodruff Pottery Sale (Woodruff Pottery, Watkinsville) Artist Alice Woodruff specializes in high gas fired functional and decorative porcelain pottery. Dec. 3–4, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-207-5175 ART: Andy Cherewick (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) See Friday listing for full description Dec. 2, 5–9 p.m. & Dec. 3, 12–9 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org ART: Holiday Sale (Southern Star Studio) Tour the new studio and gallery of Marmalade Pottery’s Maria Dondero as well as the Southern Star Studio Holiday Sale. Dec. 3–4, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. mariadondero.com ART: Studio Sale (Love Hawk Studio) Illustrator and tattoo artist David Hale hosts an open house and art sale featuring various original works and prints. A portion of proceeds will benefit Women for Women International, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and The Cottage. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. EVENTS: Santa Pub Crawl (Multiple Locations) The Santa Pub Crawl will donate funds to the Athens Area Humane Society. The crawl visits Boar’s Head Lounge (5:30 p.m.), Cutter’s Pub (7 p.m.), Iron Factor and Max Canada (8 p.m.) and Live Wire Athens (9 p.m.) for music by DJ Osmose, a costume contest and raffle. 5:30–11 p.m. $15–20. www.facebook.com/athenssantapubcrawl EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Shop for fresh and affordable produce and prepared foods. The market also includes kids activities, cooking demonstrations, educational booths and entertainment. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www. athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Holistic Healing Fair and Holiday Market (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Meet practitioners of astrology, reiki, sound healing and other health fields. The market will be selling gift certificates as well as handmade soaps, lotions, oils and candles. 12–6 p.m. holistichealingnetwork.wordpress.com EVENTS: Downtown Athens Open House (Multiple Locations) The event includes carriage rides from 2–5 p.m. (leaving outside Wells Fargo), pictures with Santa from 1:30–4:30 p.m. a “Find the Elf” hunt, and costumed characters from Rose of Athens. Check website for locations. 1–5 p.m. www.downtownathensga.org EVENTS: Holiday Open House (Native America Gallery) The open house will feature horse-drawn carriage rides, an elf hunt and libations. Take a photo with Santa, princesses k continued on p. 23
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plans for the greenway. Saturday’s meeting will be at Bishop Park, Monday’s meeting will be at Memorial Park, and Wednesday’s meeting will be at the ACC Planning Department. Dec. 3, 10 a.m. Dec. 5, 6 p.m. Dec. 7, 6 p.m. FREE! www. athensclarkecounty.com/parkplanning PERFORMANCE: Nutcracker Sweets II & Other Holiday Dances (Oconee County Civic Center) See Friday listing for full description Dec. 2, 7 p.m. Dec. 3, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. $10–12. 706769-1177 PERFORMANCE: The Nutcracker (Morton Theatre) Studio Dance Academy presents an all-ages cast performing the holiday classic. 1 p.m. $8. www.thestudiodanceacademy.com PERFORMANCE: Benefit Show for Rafael Young (The Pub at Gameday) The Athens Showgirl Cabaret presents performances by local queens and kings to raise money for Rafael Young, a friend of the drag community. 9 p.m. $5. www.athensshowgirlcabaret.com
ART: Carter Gillies Pottery Sale (572 Nantahala Ave.) See Saturday listing for full description Dec. 3–4, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. 706-546-7235, www. cartergilliespottery.wordpress.com ART: Open House Pottery Sale (Farmington Pottery, Farmington) See Saturday listing for full description 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-769-8100 ART: Alice Woodruff Pottery Sale (Woodruff Pottery, Watkinsville) See Saturday listing for full description Dec. 3–4, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-2075175 ART: Wolf Creek Pottery Sale (Wolf Creek Ceramics) See Saturday listing for full description Dec. 3–4, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-410-5200 ART: Sunday Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from permanent collection. 3 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org ART: Indie South Fair’s Holiday Market (660 N. Chase St.) See Saturday listing for full description Dec. 3 & 4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $3. www.indiesouthfair.com CLASSES: Industry Night Code Class (Four Athens) Learn the different areas of web and software development, hear from successful developers who have transitioned
with Santa. 1:30–4 p.m. FREE! www. botgarden.uga.edu FILM: It’s a Wonderful Ciné (Ciné Barcafé) See Saturday listing for full description Dec. 3–4, 2 p.m. FREE! (w/ donation). www.athenscine.com GAMES: Trivia Night (Buffalo’s Café) Alan’s challenge. Every Sunday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.buffalos.com/ athens GAMES: Netrunner Open Play (Tyche’s Games) All are welcome to join in. 12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www. tychesgames.com PERFORMANCE: Jessica Nowell Memorial: Domestic Violence Step Show (Clarke Central High School, Auditorium) Clarke County students, teachers and staff stomp out domestic violence in this exciting step show. All proceeds benefit Project Safe. 4 p.m. $15, $8 (w/ student ID). www.project-safe.org PERFORMANCE: KnightSong Christmas Concert (Oconee County Library) The acapella madrigal ensemble will perform holiday Renaissance melodies in period costume. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee PERFORMANCE: Avi Avital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) The mandolin virtuoso will be accompanied by
GAMES: Magic the Gathering Draughts and Drafts (The Rook and Pawn) Each draft pod gets you a three-pack draft, a participation pack and prize packs for wins. 6 p.m. $15. www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Dirty South Entertainment Trivia (Ovation 12) Hosted by Nic. Play for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com KIDSTUFF: Puppet Show (Oconee County Library) A fun and funny winter puppet show. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Stroller Walk (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) Meet in the parking lot and get some fresh air in the company of other parents with young children. Mondays, 9:15 a.m. www.reblossomathens.com KIDSTUFF: Nerd Herd Hang Out (Oconee County Library) Geek out with other nerds. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee KIDSTUFF: Visit with Santa (Oconee County Library) Meet Santa
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or elves. 10 a.m.–8 p.m. www.facebook.com/nativeamericagallery EVENTS: A Taste of the Holiday Season (Morton Theatre) Performances by actors, bands, choral ensembles, dance groups, mimes, poets and singers. 5 p.m. www.mortontheatre.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music. Live music by Dave Howard (10 a.m.). Today features an educational activity. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.org EVENTS: Holiday Open House (Frontier) Activities include carriage rides, Santa and other characters in costume. Light refreshments and gift wrapping will be provided. 10 a.m.–7 p.m. www.frontierathens.com FILM: It’s a Wonderful Ciné (Ciné Barcafé) Ciné celebrates the holidays with screenings of It’s a Wonderful Life. Donations of new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots or cash donations requested. Dec. 3–4, 2 p.m. FREE! (w/ donation). www.athenscine.com GAMES: Shadowrun RPG Demo (Tyche’s Games) Visit Seattle in 2071, when magic and megacorps clash. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Breakfast with Santa (Camp Kiwanis, Danielsville) Children can work in the Elves’ Workshop to make a take-home craft and have a chat on Santa’s lap. Photography opportunities will be available. Space is limited and registration is required. 9–11 a.m. $10 (children), $5 (adult). 706-795-2098 KIDSTUFF: Nature’s Trading Post (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Trade one or two objects found in nature for points or other nature objects in the center’s collection. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Meet the Author: Jenny Burke (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Meet local YA author Burke in celebration of The Dragon Lightning. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Cubelets (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Make a mini robot with interactive robotbuilding cubes. Ages 8 & up. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison KIDSTUFF: Family Day: Royal Treasure (Georgia Museum of Art) Kids will explore the examples of medals, statuettes and other royal treasure owned by the Romanov family of Russian rulers, then make their own glittery holiday ornament in the classroom. The Meridien Women’s Choir will perform. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org LECTURES & LIT: Writer’s Circle (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Hargrett Library) Serious writers may bring up to ten pages of their work, any genre, for group feedback. Each meeting will highlight books form Hargrett’s Collections. 2–4:30 p.m. FREE! artzar@gmail.com MEETINGS: Legislative Action Committee Meeting (ACC Library) Athens for Everyone is planning a new Legislative Action Committee designed to help the public take action to encourage the ACC commission, mayor and attorney to quickly and properly implement passed legislation. The first response is focused on the Athens Civil Rights Committee. 3 p.m. FREE! 706-338-9013 MEETINGS: Oconee Rivers Greenway Network Planning (Multiple Locations) Hear proposed
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Fester Hagood plays the Best of Unknown Athens singer-songwriter showcase at The Foundry on Wednesday, Nov. 30. THEATER: Always a Bridesmaid (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) See Friday listing for full description Dec. 2–3 & Dec. 11-12, 7 p.m. Dec. 4 & Dec. 13, 2 p.m. $9–16. www.cityofelberton.net THEATER: A Victorian Christmas with Charles Dickens (SeneyStovall Chapel) Local actor John Vance portrays Charles Dickens in December 1867 through a condensed rendition of A Christmas Carol. 3 p.m. FREE! www.bn.com
Sunday 4 ART: OCAF Holiday Market (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description Dec. 2, 5–8 p.m. Dec. 3–4, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $3. www. ocaf.com ART: J.B. & Friends Art Show and Sale (1790 Salem Rd., Farmington) See Saturday listing for full description 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 678-863-1847 ART: Holiday Sale (Southern Star Studio) See Saturday listing for full description Dec. 3–4, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. www.mariadondero.com ART: Holidaze Festival (Farmington Depot Gallery) See Saturday listing for full description Dec. 3–4, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www.farmingtondepotgallery.com
from other careers, and pick up some coding basics. Laptop required. Snacks provided. 4 p.m. FREE! www. fourathens.com/beginnerclass EVENTS: PawnCon (The Rook and Pawn) Participate in a game of chess with live Harry Potter wizards in the parking lot. 12:30 p.m. www.therookandpawn.com EVENTS: Classic City Tour of Homes (Multiple Locations) UGA Miracle presents a tour of sorority and fraternity homes decorated for the holidays. Proceeds benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. 12:30–5 p.m. www.ugamiracle.com EVENTS: Benevolence Market (First Presbyterian Church of Athens) Meet representatives of local nonprofit agencies and select items from a “shopping list of symbolic gifts” to donate. 12–2 p.m. www. firstpresathens.org/benevolencemarket EVENTS: Athens Master Chorale (The Classic Center) This Christmas concert features classics like “Silent Night,” “Ave Maria,” “The First Noel” and more. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athensmasterchorale.org EVENTS: Holiday Open House (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Live music by the Georgia Children’s Chorus at 2:15 p.m. Children can create an art project and take photos
harpsichordist Kenneth Weiss. Their program will include works by Vivaldi, Beethoven, Bach and Scarlatti. 3 p.m. $36. www.pac. uga.edu SPORTS: UGA Hockey (The Classic Center) The UGA Ice Dogs play against Vanderbilt. 3 p.m. www. ugahockey.com THEATER: Always a Bridesmaid (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) See Friday listing for full description Dec. 2–3 & Dec. 11-12, 7 p.m. Dec. 4 & Dec. 13, 2 p.m. $9–16. www.cityofelberton.net
Monday 5 EVENTS: Line Dancing with Ron Putman (Buffalo’s Café) For all skill levels. 6–8:30 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/buffaloscafeathens FILM: EcoFocus Film Festival Screening (Ciné Barcafé) Watch The Burden: Fossil Fuel, the Military, and National Security, a documentary about fossil fuel dependence as our greatest long-term national security threat. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenscine.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916
and take a picture together. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Teen Advisory Board (Oconee County Library) Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is a group of teens who gather at the beginning of every month to discuss and plan upcoming events. Ages 11–18. Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES & LIT: Cookbook Club (Oconee County Library) Each month attendees read the same cookbook and prepare a recipe to bring and share. December’s meeting will be a special holiday potluck. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee MEETINGS: Oconee Rivers Greenway Network Planning (Multiple Locations) See Saturday listing for full description Dec. 3, 10 a.m. Dec. 5, 6 p.m. Dec. 7, 6 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/ parkplanning SPORTS: Monday Night Group Run (Fleet Feet, 1694 S. Lumpkin St.) Join a group for three or five social miles. 6 p.m. www.fleetfeetathens.com
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of Code and learn the basics of programming. Bring a laptop, power cord and a bag lunch. 12 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com/event/hourof-code EVENTS: Economic Justice Coalition Holiday Assistance Program (ACC Library) Donate unopened toys, Athens transit bus passes, gift certificates and cash to help spread joy to low income families. Presented by the Community Empowerment Fund of Athens. 6–8 p.m. FREE! rickyrob@uga.edu, www. gofundme.com/cefa706 EVENTS: Western Square Dancing (Buffalo’s Café) See Tuesday listing for full description 7 p.m. www.buffalos.com EVENTS: Sustainability Summit (UGA Jackson St. Building) This day-long event features workshops, student and faculty presentations on sustainability initiatives, table displays, poster sessions and a closing reception. Topics include bioenergy, water policy, sustainable agriculture and more. Register online. 9 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! cicr.uga.edu GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: RPG Fan Track Night (The Rook and Pawn) Learn the basics of role-playing games. Tonight focuses on Pathfinder. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (The Savory Spoon) See Tuesday listing for full description 7 p.m. FREE! 706-367-5721 GAMES: Bingo (Ted’s Most Best) Win drinks, sweet treats and gift cards. Every Tuesday on the patio. 6 p.m. FREE! www.tedsmostbest.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Taqueria Tsunami, Downtown) Surf the trivia wave every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com KIDSTUFF: Spanish Play Group (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) Parents and children meet to speak or learn some Spanish. 3:30–5 p.m. FREE! www.reblossomathens.com KIDSTUFF: 4H Science Night (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Educational, hands-on activities and experiments. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison PERFORMANCE: Athens Choral Society (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The holiday concert “Never a Brighter Star: The Christmas Music of Composer Dan Forrest,” presents twelve orchestra selections. 8 p.m. www.athenschoralsociety.com PERFORMANCE: Classic City Band Holiday Concert (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) The band will perform lively holiday music in the festively-decorated Conservatory. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. uga.edu/botgarden
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LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 29 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $7. www.40watt.com BATTLE OF THE BANDS UGA Red Cross hosts a battle of the bands competition. The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5. thefoundryathens.com LIVE BAND KARAOKE Sing your favorite ‘80s and ‘90s jams and
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beyond, backed by Saved by the Band. Georgia Theatre 8:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $12 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com WALDEN Local four-piece playing anthemic rock akin to U2, Mumford and Sons and Coldplay. THE LONELY BISCUITS An eclectic mix of soul, funk and hip-hop based out of Nashville. LILY ROSE Local pop-folk singersongwriter. 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. Every Tuesday! Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. 706-546-4742 DJ WHOM Local DJ playing a mix of hip hop, ‘90s and 2000s music.
The Foundry 6 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com THE BEST OF UNKNOWN ATHENS A singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Liam Parke. Featuring Scott Baxendale, Nathan Sheppard, Fester Hagood, Chris Hampton, William Tonks & more. Georgia Theatre 6 p.m. SOLD OUT. georgiatheatre.com JASON ISBELL The acclaimed country-rocker and former Drive-By Truckers guitarist returns to Athens. WILL JOHNSON The former Centromatic frontman crafts stark, rugged folk songs. The Globe 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS Mary Sigalas, Dan Horowitz, Steve Key and surprise guests play swingin’ tunes from the ‘10s, ‘20s and ‘30s. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 MAGNA CUM LORD Post-punk/ psych-rock band featuring Thom
Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com THE QUIET PACK Alias of former Hairy Confucius MC Marshall Moore. EP release show! POP WEIRDOS Eccentric, Atlantabased indie-pop duo. VHS COLLECTORS CLUB Athensbased bedroom-electronica project. DOG LOVER 420 Experimental electronic project from Atlanta.
Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 OPPOSITE BOX Genre-bending experimental rock band from Chattanooga.
Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com REVERENDS Atlanta garage-rock band fronted by Dandy Lee Strickland. DRUG CALLED TRADITION Southern psych-rock group.
Your Pie 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7048 (Gaines School Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot performs some solo sets of funky Southern folk rock ‘n’ roll on guitar, bass drum, harmonica and vocals.
The Foundry 8 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com ATH ALL-STAR SHOWCASE Witness performances from local hip hop talents Dictator, Milyssa Rose, Yung’N Restless, Tony B, Caufield, Ishues, Ant Breezey, We’re Weird and more. Featuring Chief Rocka and host Montu Miller. See Calendar Pick on p. 20.
The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. TRIBBLE AND THE DANCING MAGNOLIAS Local group led by Athens rock fixture Rev. Conner Mack Tribble.
Friday 2 Bar Georgia 10 p.m. 706-850-9040 TIM MOORE Local Americana singer-songwriter leads an open jam session.
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GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Eastside) Every Wednesday. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) See Wednesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) See Wednesday listing for full description 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1920 GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 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 (Highwire Lounge) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. saucehouse.com 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: Board Games (Oconee County Library) The Rook & Pawn host an evening of playing unique board and card games. Popcorn and soda included. For grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry (The Globe) Open mic poetry readings. This month’s featured readers are Mark Flanigan and Nick Barrows from Cincinnati. 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ athenswordofmouth LECTURES & LIT: Book Signing (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Larry Acquaviva hosts a book release and book signing for Nobody Cares Who You Are—The Life and Times of Aceman —A Widespread Panic Roadie. The book signing will be followed by a set from The Honey Sliders. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com MEETINGS: Oconee Rivers Greenway Network Planning (Multiple Locations) See Saturday listing for full description Dec. 3, 10 a.m. Dec. 5, 6 p.m. Dec. 7, 6 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/ parkplanning MEETINGS: Photo Sharegroup (State Botanical Garden) The Photo Sharegroup meets at the Garden to share digital images of outdoor photography. Email for more information. 6:30 p.m. FREE! lpetroff@ chartner.net, bc.akin@charter.net PERFORMANCE: Rak the Watt (40 Watt Club) Watch as bellydancers demonstrate their skills. 7 p.m. $5–8. www.40watt.com
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40 Watt Club Bungalo Fest. 8 p.m. $10. www.40watt. com NIFTY EARTH Local electronic-based outfit that also incorporates live instrumentation. HARVEY FUNKWALKER Athensbased trio steeped in deep funk roots and laced with tinges of jazz, blues and rock. THE VINYL SUNS Athens-based blues-rock five-piece. CHRIS PADGETT Local guitar virtuoso performs with a group of collaborators. LARKIN CRAWFORD No info available. The Foundry ACLU of Georgia Benefit. 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com WHISPER KISS Acoustic project featuring Michael Wegner, Shelley Lotus and Karen Bergmann. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. CAROLINE AIKEN Aiken’s bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance. HONEYCHILD SJ Ursrey (Dream Boat) plays folky pop songs with romantic themes. Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com JASON ISBELL / WILL JOHNSON See Thursday’s listing for full description Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com OAES NIGHT OF MUSIC An evening of live music benefiting Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School. Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ See Thursday’s listing for full description Little Kings Shuffle Club 11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta faves. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE ROYAL VELVET Three-piece local rock band with Chris “CreeMo” Moore.
Jason Isbell plays the Georgia Theatre Nov. 30–Dec. 2
Wednesday 30 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. Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com HOMESHAKE Pop and R&Binfluenced indie rock outfit from Canada. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. JUAN DE FUCA Driving indie rock band fronted by local songwriter Jack Cherry. SEA GHOST Synth-and-guitar based indie-pop band from Atlanta. NEIGHBOR LADY Twangy, melodic rock group led by local singersongwriter Emily Braden. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $22 (adv.), $27 (door). www.40watt.com KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE Six-piece band out of San Diego, CA that plays “delicious funky soul,” featuring Jimmy Herring of Widespread Panic.
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Strickland, Larry Choskey and Nate Mitchell. BROKEN WINDOWS Local trio with a mathy, noise-rock vibe. HANNIE AND THE SLOBS New local garage project featuring members of The Rodney Kings and Muuy Biien. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 CYCLES No info available. Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.
Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com JASON ISBELL The acclaimed country-rocker and former Drive-By Truckers guitarist returns to Athens. WILL JOHNSON The former Centromatic frontman crafts stark, rugged folk songs. 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.
The Bar-B-Que Shack 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-6752 BLUEGRASS JAM Bring your own instrument! All pickers are welcome every Thursday.
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OLD SKOOL PRESENTS… Former members of Old Skool Trio Jason Fuller (keys and vox) and Seth Hendershot (drums and vox) are getting together with friends to bring you some of their favorite sounds.
Blue Sky 9 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 WARM GLOW BLUE SKY SHOW JJC plays disco, funk, soul & cetera. Every Thursday!
Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ A group of talented jazz musicians play every Thursday and Friday.
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Buffalo’s Café 7 p.m. $15 (adv), $18 (door). www.buffaloscafe.com THE ATHENS KING Elvis impersonator Chris Shupe’s performance features The TCB Band. This is Shupe’s final show after 40 years of the King. See story on p. 12. Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com HOT CORNER HIP HOP Featuring locally grown beats and rhymes by Cassie Chantel, Alen Edward Thomas, Y.O.D. and Nihlis, plus beats by Immuzikation and an open mic freestyle competition after the show. Flicker Theatre & Bar 6 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com BURSTERS New local band ZENOSYNE Playing ambient music. 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com FUISTE Experimental garage-rock with driving guitars. SWAMP Melodic and wiry local indie rock band. KWAZYMOTO Noisy local punk- and and folk-influenced rock trio. FASHION BATH Psych-tinged indie rock band from Asheville, NC.
The Office Lounge 6 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Tribble is a Georgia rock and roll fixture. Every Friday! 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn. Saucehouse Barbeque 7 p.m. FREE! www.saucehouse.com TALL AS PINE Atlanta-based bluesy folk-rock group.
Saturday 3 Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net DAVE HOWARD Singer-songwriter plays his own material as well as Americana covers. Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com BIT BRIGADE Local supergroup plays the soundtrack to a video game while Noah McCarthy plays—and beats—the game onstage. See story on p. 14. LAZER/WULF This avant-metal instrumental trio mixes in prog, thrash and more for a high-energy live show.
THE BRONZED CHORUS North Carolina duo that makes a melodic and lyrical bang despite its small size. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com FUTURE LIVES Athens-based Calicountry project from King of Prussia songwriter Brandon Hanick. FABULOUS BIRD Catchy, lo-fi indie rock with the character of old guitars and drums that’ve been collecting dust in a garage for years. TANGO HAMBRE Local project featuring members of Klezmer Local 42, Hot Club of Athens and The Darnell Boys. DAVEY WRATHGABAR Visitations frontman performs a solo set of psychedelic folk. Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta faves. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com JONATHAN BYRD Lauded North Carolina-based songwriter who brings together the Texas songwriting tradition with Southern storytelling and hot guitar-picking. CORIN RAYMOND Canadian singersongwriter. Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $1 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away with wireless headphones and two channels of music. One of them is a request line! Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE AQUADUCKS High-energy funkrock band from Nashville. The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 ROLLIN’ HOME Local Southern rock band. Terrapin Beer Co. 4:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com THE LUCKY JONES Rockin’ rhythm and blues from this local band. The World Famous 10:30 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ theworldfamousathens MIND BRAINS Local supergroup playing experimental pop music with skewed sensibilities. RICHARD GUMBY Local psych-rock project led by Scott Crossman. LADY DUG Experimental, Floridabased synth-and-beats project. WILD ABANDON Songwriter Jesse Kennedy’s experimental folk project.
Sunday 4 Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 4 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com ASM ROCKCITAL Athens School of Music students perform.
Monday 5 Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com OPEN MIC Showcase your talent at this open mic night every Monday. Hosted by Larry Forte.
Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 BLUES NIGHT WITH BIG C Nobody in Athens sings the blues quite like Big C. Expect lots of soulful riffs, covers and originals.
Tuesday 6 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!
Wednesday 7 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. The Foundry 6 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com REPENT AT LEISURE Celtic pub band playing “Irish rock,� including traditional, punk, modern and original Celtic music. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com THE HONEY SLIDERS Detroitinfluenced rock band from Catropolis. This show doubles as a release party for “Nobody Cares Who You Are: The Life and Times of Aceman, a Widespread Panic Roadie� by band member Larry Acquaviva. Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.
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Art 2016 Members Exhibition (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The gallery’s “Members Exhibition� is open to new and current members. Find the submission form online. 2-D, 3-D, video and performance work accepted. Deadline Dec. 8. Deliver works on Dec. 11. Exhibition on view Dec. 17–Jan. 14. $25/membership fee. Free for existing members. www.athica.org 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition (Lyndon House Arts Center) The annual show will be juried by Susan Krane, executive director of the San Jose Museum of Art. All visual art welcome. Drop off entry forms and up to three works on Jan. 26, 12:30–8:30 p.m. or Jan. 27, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Exhibition opens Mar. 3. $25 submission fee. 706613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty. com/exhibits Call for Artists (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Submit up to three JPGs of visual art or up to three DOCs of poetry for consideration to be shown in the group exhibition “Beginnings.� Deadline Dec. 14. Email with questions. wintervilleartscouncil@gmail. com Deck the Walls (Lyndon House Arts Center) A special exhibition features art available for sale by 70 area artists, authors, crafters and musicians. Items include glass ornaments, pottery, sculptural works, embroidery, children’s books, photography and more. Open daily through December. ww.athensclarkecounty.com/lyndon house Holiday Studio Sale (170 Canady Dr.) Shop Charles Pinckney’s jewelry, Karen Hamrick’s
chains and Elizabeth Barton’s quilts and paintings in a home studio. Through Dec. 24, 12–6 p.m. Call for an appointment outside of those hours. 706-372-1072 Open Studio Membership (Lyndon House Arts Center) Local artists can now access studio facilities through a new open studio monthly membership program. Studios include ceramics, jewelry, painting, fiber, printmaking, photography and woodshop/sculpture studios. Participants work independently in the studios for up to 32 hours per week. $65/month or $175/ three months. 706-613-3623, www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure Statewide Art Competition (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Seeking student artwork to use on items like totes, T-shirts and scarves in the garden’s gift shop. Open to GA students in ninth grade or above. Winners can receive up to $1,000. Deadline Dec. 1. Visit website for complete guidelines and application. 706-542-6014, www.botgarden. uga.edu
Auditions The Hallelujah Girls (Arts!Oglethorpe) Arts! Oglethorpe is casting six adult female roles for an upcoming production of Jones Hope Wooten’s comedy. Dec. 3, 2–4 p.m. Rehearsals will begin Jan. 3. artsoglethrope.com The Vagina Monologues (UGA School of Social Work, 279 Williams St.) Project Safe hosts open auditions for a production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues. No experience necessary; script provided. Women of all ages and backgrounds welcome. Auditions Dec. 1, 6–8 p.m. and Dec. 4, 2–4 p.m. 706-5490922, lionno@project-safe.org
Classes Adult Tumbling (Bishop Park) It’s flipping fun. For ages 17 & up. Wednesdays through Nov. 30, 7–8:30 p.m. $10–15/class. 706613-3589 Beekeeping for Beginners (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A seven-part series covers the fundamentals of beekeeping. Topics include beekeeping basics, care and feeding of honeybees, ABC’s of assembling a beehive, spring hive management, installing bees, products from the hive, and overwintering your hive. Sundays, Dec. 11–Aug. 13. $35/class, $215/series. www.botgarden.uga.edu Citizenship Classes (ALCES) Prepare for the citizenship exam and interview through a series of 10 classes. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. $10. 706-549-5002 Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clayâ€? classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potter’s wheel every Friday from 7–9 p.m. “Family Try Clayâ€? classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Code Classes (Four Athens) Learn to code with one-day boot camps in Web Fundamentals. Dec. 3 or Dec. 17, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $125. ww.fourathens.com/classes Knitting Classes (Revival Yarns) “First Friday Open Knit/Crochet.â€? Dec. 2. FREE! RSVP. www.revival yarnsathens.com Lunchtime Yoga (CinĂŠ BarcafĂŠ) Annie Marcum teaches “Mindful Flow Yoga.â€? Mondays, 12 p.m. $5–10. BYO Mat. 706-372-1849 Martial Arts Classes (Live Oak Martial Arts, Bogart) Traditional and modern-style Taekwondo, Jodo,
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Paintings by Andy Cherewick are currently on view at Heirloom CafĂŠ through December. self-defense, grappling and weapons classes for all ages. Visit website for full class schedule. www.liveoak martialarts.com PALS Institute (PALS Institute) The PALS Institute provides training in GED preparation, literacy, EFL, business and computer skills to women. Women to the World covers the cost of materials and testing fees. 706-548-0000, survival@ womentotheworld.org Quilting Classes (Crooked Pine Quilts) Amanda Whitsel offers classes in quilting and sewing for all levels and ages. 706-318-2334, needleinahaystack7@yahoo.com, crookedpinefarm.blogspot.com Salsa Dance Classes (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa dance classes (Casino-Rueda) with SALSAthens. No partner necessary. Beginners welcome. Every Wednesday, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10 (incl. drink). www.facebook.com/ salsaathens Traditional Karate Training (Athens Yoshukai Karate) Learn traditional Yoshukai karate in a positive atmosphere. Accepting new students. No experience necessary. See website for schedule. Classes held Sundays–Wednesdays. FREE! www.athensy.com Winter Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Now registering for “Metal Art Jewelry with William Stephanos,â€? “Jewelry/ Metalsmithing,â€? “Painting with Charles,â€? “Beginning Enamel,â€? “Wheel Throwing with Jennifer Kirkpatrick,â€? “Watercolor: Painting from Lifeâ€? and “Printmaking with Arron Foster,â€? “Drawing: Basics and Beyond,â€? and “Black and White Photography & Darkroom Techniques.â€? Classes begin in January. Visit the website for full descriptions of the courses. 706613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty. com/leisure Winter Dance Class Registration (East Athens Educational Dance Center) Now registering in classes for beginners through advanced students. Classes include ballet, modern dance, tap and more. Classes begin Jan. 9. 706-613-3624, www.athensclarke county.com/leisure 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.rubber soulyoga.com Yoga 101 for Beginners (Yurt Yoga Athens) Small, all-level classes in a beautiful natural environment. Morning and evening classes available. 706-548-3625, www.yurtyoga athens.com
Help Out Helpful Harvest (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Drop off non-perishable food and hygiene items to the library for delivery to the Madison County Food Bank. Through Dec. 31. 706-795-5597 Tutors Needed (410 McKinley Dr.) Athens Tutorial Program is seeking volunteer tutors for grades K–8. Sessions are scheduled Monday– Thursday, 3–6 p.m. 706-354-1653, athens.tutorial@gmail.com
Kidstuff Craft Classes (Treehouse Kid and Craft) “Art School� for ages 2–4 (Wednesdays, 11 a.m.), ages 4–6 (Wednesdays, 4 p.m.) and ages 6–8 (Thursdays, 4 p.m.). “Baby Sensory Art Session� for ages 6–24 months (Wednesdays, 10 a.m.). www.tree housekidandcraft.com Youth Sports Program Registration (Multiple Locations) Now registering. Youth basketball for ages 6–13 at East Athens Community Center. Jan. 10–Feb. 20. $65–98. Gymnastics for toddlers to teens at Bishop Park. Jan. 9–May 13. Tennis for ages 5–16 at the Athens-Clarke County Tennis Center and Bishop Park. Jan. 31–Mar. 8. $60–90. www.athens clarkecounty.com/leisure
Support Groups Alanon (540 Prince Ave.) Alanon: a 12-step recovery program for those affected by someone else’s drinking. Noon and evening meetings are held throughout the week. FREE! www.ga-al-anon.org
Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, www.athensaa.org Breastfeeding Support Group (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) Get expert tips from lactation counselors from By Your Leave and share experiences with other mothers. Wednesdays, 4 p.m. and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. www.reblossom athens.com Caregivers’ Support Group (Tuckston United Methodist Church) Find support with other caregivers. Non-denominational meetings are held the third Sunday of each month. 706-850-7272 Chronic Illness Support Group (Oasis Counseling Center) Six-week group meetings for individuals dealing with fibromyalgia, arthritis, lupus, cancer, severe injuries and other chronic medical conditions. Call to reserve spot. Every Wednesday, 1:30–3 p.m. through Apr. 10. $15/session. 706543-3522, info@oasiscounseling center.com Dudes Helping Dudes (Nuçi’s Space) A weekly support group for anyone who identifies as a man. Fridays, 6–7 p.m. tinyurl.com/ DudesHelpingDudes, www.brain aidfest.com Life After Diagnosis (Oasis Counseling Center) An ongoing support group aimed at helping those with chronic or life-threatening diseases. Tuesdays, 4–5:30 p.m. 706-543-3522, www.oasiscounseling center.com Mental Health Round Table (Nuçi’s Space) This peer support group is open to anyone with a brain illness. Meets every other Monday. Next meeting Dec. 5, 5:30–7:30 p.m. lesley@nuci.org, www.nuci.org New Mamas’ Group (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) Meet other parents with babies. Thursdays, 11 a.m. www.reblossomathens.com Project Safe (Athens, GA) Meetings for Athena, a skillsbased group covering relationship topics, are held every Thursday, 12–1:30 p.m. 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. 770. www.project-safe.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 reMama: A Group for Repeat Mamas (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) A play and support group. Every Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m. www.reblossomathens.org
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with, whether between classes, out on errands or to events. facebook. com/groups/allyathens Athens Free School (Athens, GA) Athens Free School is a learning network where people share skills. Classes include lessons on cooking with jackfruit, acroyoga, rope making, self-advocacy and more. Find the calendar online. Email with class ideas. athensfreeschool@riseup.net, www.facebook.com/athensfreeschool Athens Pétanque Club (Outside of 1000 Faces Coffee) Play a friendly game of Pétanque, a French version of bocce ball, at the Pétanque terrain. Beginners welcome. Sundays, 2–3:30 p.m. athenspetanqueclub@ gmail.com, athenspetanqueclub.wix. com/play Avid Book Clubs (Avid Bookshop) The Young Readers’ Book Club meets the first Sunday of the month. The Paperback Fiction Book Club meets the third Sunday of the month. The New & Notable Book Club meets the fourth Sunday of the month. The
art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Live music photography by Ryan Myers. Through January. ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) New paintings by Mary Porter, Greg Benson, Chatham Murray, Candle Brumby, Lana Mitchell and more. ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (17 N. Main St., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass. ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Bertelsmann Lobby Gallery, “VAPORS (Lost and Forgotten)” is a series of “Miniature World” assemblages by Lisa Freeman. “Fiber Reactions” features works by the Athens Fibercraft Guild. Works by members of the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation are also present. Through Dec. 16. • In the Harrison Center Foyer Gallery, “Seven Elements of Art” features sculptural works by Lawrence Steuck, Leonard Piha and Lorraine Thompson. • “The Other 95.6%: Photos from Around the World” is a collection of photography. Through Feb. 3. ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) “Paintings from Painting” is a two-day solo exhibition by local painter Andy Cherewick. Dec. 2–3. BENDZUNAS GLASS (89 W. South Ave., Comer) The family-run studio has been creating fine art glass for almost 40 years. CIRCLE GALLERY (285 S. Jackson St.) “The Stands: Environmental Sculpture by Chris Taylor.” Through Dec. 13. CINÉ BARCAFE (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Wild People” is a series of paintings by Terry Rowlett. Through December. CITY OF WATKINSVILLE (Downtown Watkinsville) “Public Art Watkinsville: A Pop-up Sculpture Exhibit” consists of sculptures placed in prominent locations around downtown. Artists include Benjamin Lock, William Massey, Stan Mullins, Robert Clements and Joni Younkins-Herzog. “Artscape Oconee: The Monuments of Artland” features eight newly commissioned art panels and six refurbished panels of paintings. CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) “Home” offers two perspectives on the stability of our houses and ourselves through the painting and textiles of Sarah Cowan White and Kendal King. Through Dec. 24. DONDEROS’ KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Artwork by students of Chase Street Elementary. EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Collages influenced by Surrealism and Magic Realism by Susan Pelham. Through December. FARMINGTON DEPOT GALLERY (1011 Salem Rd., Farmington) Owned and staffed by 14 artists, the gallery offers works by artists including Matt Alston, John Cleaveland, Peter Loose, Michael Pierce, Dan Smith, Cheri Wranosky and more. • Margo Newmark Rosenbaum and Art Rosenbaum share an exhibition of photographs, drawings, paintings and pastels. The show also includes landscapes by John Cleaveland and ceramics by Holly. JustHolly. Through December. FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Liftitdown’s “Shared Psychosis” offers paintings, sculptures, illustrations and costumes made by Eddy Lezama and Laura Maria Ramirez Giraldo. Opening reception Dec. 2. Through December. GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Tiny Universe two” is a biennial small works show featuring pieces by over 60 Athens and Atlanta artists who have exhibited at the gallery in the past. Through December. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Gifts and Prayers. The Romanovs and Their Subjects.” Through December. • “Man’s Canyons: New York City on Paper.” Through December. • “Living Color: Gary Hudson in the 1970s.” Through Jan. 8. • “Storytelling: The Georgia Review’s 70th Anniversary Art Retrospective” including 25 works by 12 artists whose work the Review has published. Through Jan. 29. • In the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, “Driving Forces: Sculpture by Lin Emergy” presents four large kinetic sculptures. Through Apr. 2. GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Satisfaction System” is a sitespecific installation by Garrett Hayes that suspends circular forms woven with scrap denim, rope and Electro-Luminescent wire. Through Apr. 15.
Social Justice Book Club meets the third Monday of the month. Join by email. 706-352-2060, avid.athens. rachel@gmail.com, www.avidbook shop.com Bring One for the Chipper: Christmas Tree Recycling (Multiple Locations) Keep AthensClarke County Beautiful (KACCB) encourages citizens to recycle their undecorated trees and wreaths on Jan. 7, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Participants will receive a free tree seeding and/or flower and vegetable seed packets. Free removal assistance for the elderly, disabled and veterans. Check website for drop-off locations. 706-613-3501 ext. 312, www.keep athensbeautiful.org Cell and Inkjet Drive (CHaRM, 1005 College Ave.) Recycle old cell phones, inkjets and small electronics. Drop off items Mondays and Wednesdays, 12–7 p.m. or Saturdays, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Free collection boxes available for schools, businesses and organizations. 706-
424-1310, stacy.smith@athens clarkecounty.com Executive Leadership Program for Nonprofit Organizations (J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development) Accepting applications for an intensive week-long program exploring the latest knowledge in nonprofit management. Jan. 8–13. $3000. diane.southwood@ fanning.uga.edu, elpno.org Ice Skating (The Classic Center) The Classic Center will offer ice skating in the indoor pavilion through Jan. 8 and in the outdoor pavilion Jan. 30–Feb. 16. www.classic center.com Poinsettia Sale (UGA’s Greenhouse 13, Riverbend Rd.) Locally grown poinsettias available through UGA’s Pi Alpha Xi Horticultural Honor Society. Dec. 3, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. $10–12. Proceeds benefit student travel, supplies and activities. pialphaxitau@gmail. com f
THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) “You Don’t Know How it Feels” is a series of black-and-white portraits of female millennials by Ian McFarlane. Through Dec. 4. HEALING ARTS CENTRE & SANGHA YOGA STUDIO (834 Prince Ave.) Celia Brooks offers watercolor and mixed media work paired with the “Yoga Sutras of Patanjall.” Closing Reception Dec. 2. HEIRLOOM CAFÉ (815 N. Chase St.) The ambiguity and subtlety of Andy Cherewick’s paintings allow for your own interpretation. Through December. HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Paintings and collages of local musicians by Stephanie Reavis. Through November. HIGHWIRE LOUNGE (269 N. Hull St.) Jamie Calkin specializes in watercolor paintings of local scenes. Through December. JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Collages influenced by Surrealism and Magic Realism by Susan Pelham. Through December. LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “BFA Exit 2” shows work by undergraduate students focusing in photography, painting and drawing, graphic design, textile design, ceramics and art education. Closing reception Dec. 9. 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.) “Upstream I” features paintings by Juan Logan that address the interconnections of race, place and power. Through Jan 14. • “Full House” features artwork by members of the various guilds and artists groups who meet at the Lyndon House. Through Jan. 17. • In the Lounge Gallery, see a collection of works by textile artist Maddie Zerkel. Through Feb. 11. MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY (1315 GA-98, Danielsville) The “Discover Tech Exhibition” is a part of the STAR Library Education Network led by the National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute. Through Feb. 10. MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “The Bond of the South” presents photography by Tamara Reynolds and Jerry Siegel, two artists who have work in the Do Good Fund Collection. Through December. OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Artwork by Cathy Standridge. Reception Dec. 11. Through December. RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Every Drop Counts: Managing Georgia’s Water Supply” addresses the state’s water policy and implementation through photos, maps, illustrations and more. Through Dec. 16. • “Foxfire: 50 Years of Cultural Journalism Documenting Folk Life in the North Georgia Mountains” includes photos, artifacts, homemade toys, a moonshine still and more. Through Dec. 16. • “Keep Your Seats Everyone… The Redcoats are Coming!” is an exhibition of photographs, uniforms, sheet music and more memorabilia related to the UGA Redcoat Marching Band. Through Dec. 23. • The “Whisperin’ Bill” exhibit features a guitar, boots, sheet music, poster and a prized “nudie suit” by the legendary country musician. Through December. • “On the Stump: What Does it Take to Get Elected in Georgia.” 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. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) “The Medieval Experience, Art and Craft of the Society for Creative Anachronism” includes illustrated manuscripts, needlework and metalwork. Through January. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS GALLERY (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) “Transfers II” features artwork by members of the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation. Through Dec. 15. WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Paintings by Ajax Hyde. Through Dec. 5. WINTERVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CULTURE (371 N. Church St., Winterville) “Wonder” features visual art and poetry. Through December. THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more.
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Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition. Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College Dwntn. 706-369-9428.
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Peaceful cabin near Broad River Outpost. Limited river access. WD, heat and water incl. $570/ mo. plus 1 mo. sec. dep. Evenings: 706-424-1571.
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A m a n d a Whitsel “Sew Something Saturdays” in December for free at Crooked Pine Farm. Learn how to thread a sewing machine and sew a 4 patch. Classes in all aspects of textile arts available to purchase. By appointment 706-3182334. Ask about private classes at home!
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That Crossword Isn’t Everything Advice for Athens’ Loose and Lovelorn By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Dear Bonita, Every week, my girlfriend and I enjoy an important tradition together: solving the Flagpole crossword. Unfortunately, this past week’s puzzle was disappointingly easy for us. We spent very little time completing it, and now our entire weekend’s schedule is thrown off kilter. What’s more is that we didn’t get a full dose of weekly cooperation practice. Now we’re afraid we won’t be strong enough to push through day-to-day problems together. Can you help us, Bonita? Star-cross(word)ed lovers
It’s as solid as any Tribe album—true to the group’s style and lyricism while feeling appropriately modern. For these guys, making music is an act of love and revolution. I’m so happy they’re still doing it.
I’m getting married next spring. My mom thinks my dad should walk me down the aisle, but he took off when I was 3, and I never saw him again until I was a teenager. He didn’t even stick around after that, and I’ve seen him maybe once every other year. It was always just me and Mom, since I’m her only child. Basically, I have no relationship with this man at all, but my mom is very traditional and You two like to do the crossword is pressuring me to find him and at least invite together so you’ll learn to cooperate better him to my wedding. I don’t even want him to as a couple? I think that’s great, and I love attend! If anything, it’s my mom’s brothers how you’ve found a fun way to work on who should walk me yourselves together. down the aisle, and not Crossword puzzles are Don’t rely on this weekly someone who is little cheaper than therapy, and don’t require practice to the point that more than my sperm donor. I keep telling dragging up past you fall apart without it. Mom this, and she issues and baggage. keeps insisting that it’s Seriously, bravo to you star-crossed lovers. That’s clever as hell! the one thing that would make my wedding “perfect.” I do not want this man at my wedBut don’t rely on this weekly practice to ding! How do I get this across to my stubborn the point that you fall apart without it. It’s mom? important to hold on to lessons learned from therapeutic activities and apply them Sit her down and explain to her that it’s when we’re not in those environments. your wedding, not hers. It’s your day, and Weekly cooperation practice should mean you’re the one who gets to decide how and that y’all are getting better and better at when it is “perfect.” If your perfect wedding it, so if you have a light week or miss one is a dad-less one where all of your uncles completely, it shouldn’t be so bad. Maybe walk you down the aisle, she should be OK with that. But you mentioned that you’re her only child, so I can imagine that your wedding day is gonna be as momentous for her as it will be for you. She’ll be letting her baby go to start a family of her own, and I bet that’s terrifying for her. She probably feels like she’s losing you in some way, and that’s probably scary as well. Maybe she wants the three of you to all be together one more time, just to “play house” and get a feel for the nuclear family that y’all never were. Or maybe she just wants to make go grab a New York another pass at Dad for old times’ sake. Times and try their puzzle out when ours Who knows. doesn’t feel so challenging, or just have a Either way, she’s pushing you towards a rest day and feel proud of the hard work decision that would benefit her, not you. If you’ve already done. she wants to see Dad, she should reach out to him on her own, but you are absolutely What do you think about that new Tribe right to keep him away from your wedding. album?
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