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So, there was a standing-room, sit-onthe-floor-up-front crowd Friday night at Ciné to hear citizen activist and former Seattle City Council member Nick Licata talk about how to get effectively involved in making our community better. The crowd was diverse: young, old, black, white, male, female and other. There were around 200 people crammed into the Ciné Lab, but that crowd did not include our mayor and commissioners, except for Melissa Link, who was on the panel that discussed local applications of Licata’s activist advice. Sure, Friday night is busy, but come on. The boycott by our local government officials looked very much like a put-down of progressive Athens.
Don Trump and Don Corleone Since great art has the power to remain relevant even as societal circumstances change, perhaps it is time yet again to see if The Godfather still makes us an offer we can’t refuse. Is Don Trump Don Corleone?
Don Trump is no Don Corleone.
Both have tight organizations based on self-interest and loyalty. Both are disdainful of public opinion and totally ruthless in getting the results they want. Both strike back hard against their enemies when challenged. Both put family and cronies in charge of their operations. Both are fabulously successful while refusing to play by the rules. Still, you can’t quite see Corleone tweeting. His rule is don’t get mad, just put the horse head in the bed. Trump, on the other hand, blabs his anger before he tries to get even, telegraphs his moves. But until we see his tax returns, we have to assume that he has been even more successful than the Sicilian—and of course he flaunts his success much more than those low-key Italians in their compound out in Queens.
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Don Trump got out of Queens, and there’s something else about him that doesn’t fit with the godfather. Corleone is cool, understated, determined, deadly. That’s not Trump. He’s more like, not Michael, but Sonny. Yes, that’s it: Sonny Corleone! Hot-headed, impulsive, ready to strike back when provoked, quick to jump in the car and go beat the hell out of somebody, heedless of the toll he may have to pay—that we all may have to pay—when the machine guns start blasting. So, yes, it’s time to watch The Godfather again, and thanks to Beechwood Dine-In Cinema’s Flashback Cinema Academy Award Classics, you can watch it on the big screen, where it was meant to be seen. Beechwood has lined up some of the best classics ever filmed, and they’re showing Wednesdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. both days. You’ve already missed Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) and the final showing of Aliens (1986) is Wednesday, Jan. 18. Next, on Jan. 22 and 25, they’ve got the incomparable Citizen Kane (1941) named by the American Film Institute as the greatest film ever. That’s because it’s about “a larger than life newspaper publisher who is both loved and hated, and never less than fascinating.” No, it was not filmed here in Athens. Gone With the Wind (1939) plays Jan. 29 and Feb. 1, The King and I (1956) Feb. 5 and 8 and It Happened One Night (1934) on Feb. 12 and 15. “Frank Capra directed this quintessential romantic comedy about a wealthy socialite (Claudette Colbert) and a wisecracking newspaperman (Clarke Gable)…” Think Blake Aued in a mustache and wifebeater. The series ends with multiple bangs as The Godfather (1972) takes the screen on Feb. 19 and 22. If by any chance you’ve never seen it, for God(father)’s sake go see this groundbreaking movie. If you have already seen The Godfather, you know what an opportunity this is to re-enter that world of greed, violence and family values. While we’re praising Beechwood Dine-In for straying off the usual multiplex game plan, it is necessary to mention the bestkept cinema secret in town. You probably don’t know that hundreds of your fellow citizens fill Beechwood Dine-In for the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD every other week. If you search the Beechwood Dine-In Cinema web site diligently, you can find the schedule of upcoming operas, live on Saturdays and encore performances on Wednesdays. f
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When a Fox News reporter asked Donald Trump about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back in 2010, just after Assange had released a huge cache of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, the reality TV star said,“I think it’s disgraceful. I think there should be, like, the death penalty or something.” Circumstances change, however, and smart people with big brains know when it’s time to switch sides. It was WikilLeaks, once again, that revealed the hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee that did such damage to Hillary Clinton’s campaign last summer. But Trump now readily accepts Assange’s word that he didn’t get those emails from the Russians.
caused the Clinton campaign such problems. President Vladimir Putin has been quite open about preferring Trump to Clinton, and the leaks definitely gave a boost to Trump’s campaign. On the other hand, that happened so long before the actual vote in November that it’s impossible to say if it had any effect on the outcome. It’s all might-have-beens, and the only reason it has become controversial is Trump’s extremely thin skin. He is questioning the intelligence services’ conclusions about Russian interference because he believes (wrongly) that they undermine the validity of his election victory. But his strong sympathy for the Russian position, Cancilleria del Ecuador
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Trump has been having a problem with the main U.S. intelligence agencies, which unanimously insist that the Russians did indeed hack the DNC’s emails, and that they passed them to WikiLeaks (through an intermediary) in order to damage Clinton’s presidential campaign. “Putin and the Russian government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump,” as the joint intelligence report put it. So Trump was very happy to be able to reply (in a tweet, of course) that “Assange… said Russians did not give him the info!” Well, there is the fact that Assange has been living in one room in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for the past four years in order to avoid being extradited to the United States on espionage charges that could get him up to 45 years in prison. Donald Trump is the one person who could make all that trouble go away, once he becomes the president, so doing him a favor now might be a wise move. Moreover, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are the same organizations that cooked up the evidence for Saddam Hussein’s “weapons of mass destruction” so that President George W. Bush could invade Iraq. Nevertheless, the U.S. intelligence agencies are probably right to blame their Russian counterparts for the hacks that
though driven by perceived personal interests, is a refreshing break from the usual Washington paranoia. He said it himself (in another tweet): “Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only stupid people or fools would think that it is bad. We have enough problems around the world without yet another one.” Vladimir Putin is a player, and sometimes he plays rough, but his recent meddling in the American election is far less than the massive U.S. interference in Russian elections in the 1990s. In seeking a rapprochement with Moscow, Trump should not make the mistake of accepting Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea. Changing borders by force (even if most of the local population approves of it) has been banned by international law for more than half a century, and we should not start making exceptions to that rule now. But while the United States never accepted the old Soviet Union’s illegal annexation of the Baltic states in 1940, it did not let that stand in the way of improving the U.S.-Soviet relationship as the Cold War drew to an end. There is much that the United States and Russia could cooperate on, starting with putting an end to the war in Syria. On this issue, at least, Trump is right and Obama, Clinton and the spooks are wrong. f
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Repealing Obamacare More Than 1 Million Georgians Would Lose Coverage By Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com To get an understanding of the major problem facing state legislators, you have to have been watching a town hall meeting televised on CNN last week. U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin was fielding questions from the audience when an Arizona businessman named Jeff Jeans challenged him about the move by congressional Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. Jeans described himself as a lifelong Republican who did not like the ACA when it was passed in 2010. “I told my wife we would close our business before I complied with this law,� he said. But then, reality intervened. Jeans lost his health insurance when his company filed for bankruptcy. He was subsequently diagnosed with throat cancer, and was unable to get cancer treatments because he didn’t have health coverage. His situation took a turn for the better when his wife was able to purchase an insurance policy for both of them through the ACA. That enabled him to get badly needed cancer treatments. “Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, I’m standing here today alive,� Jeans told Ryan. “Being both a small-business person and someone with preexisting conditions, I rely on the Affordable Care Act to be able to purchase my own insurance. Why would you repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement?� Despite the objections of Jeans and many others, the Republicans who control the House and Senate are already holding votes to kill Obamacare, which has provided health insurance coverage for more than 20 million Americans. Initial votes were taken last week in both chambers to start the process of repealing the ACA. Georgia senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue,
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as well as all of the state’s Republican House members, voted with their colleagues to get the ball rolling. Ryan and the GOP leadership claim they will pass a replacement for Obamacare that won’t cost anybody their coverage, but they aren’t being truthful. Congressional Republicans have been unable to come up with an Obamacare replacement for seven years now. Many of those who will be stripped of their health insurance are people who voted for Donald Trump. It’s possible they won’t mind that. There will still be large numbers of people who aren’t quite so enthused about the fact that they no longer have access to health care. Nearly half a million Georgians have enrolled for health coverage through the insurance exchange provided by the ACA. When Obamacare is repealed, those enrollees lose their coverage. The total number of Georgians who lose health insurance coverage could be more than one million, according to estimates by the Urban Institute. That number includes those who are pushed off Medicaid as a result of expected cutbacks. This becomes a problem for Georgia legislators because their constituents who no longer have health insurance are going to demand that the state do something about it. Hospital emergency rooms will also be flooded by uninsured patients. The legislative leadership is well aware of this problem. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle has already appointed a special committee to recommend ways of dealing with the fallout from Obamacare repeal. I’m not sure how much good that will do. If Georgia is suddenly forced to take care of 500,000 people who are stripped of their health coverage, it could bust the state’s budget. For now, all you can do is wait and see what happens in Washington. f
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Transportation Transformation Plus, the Public Art Master Plan and Dealing With the Next Drought By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com officials have been caught between commuters who want to drive in and out of town quickly and intown residents who want to slow traffic down so they can walk and bike safely. But those values aren’t necessarily in conflict, according to Decker.
Flagpole neighbor St. Joseph Catholic Church is relocating to a new location on Epps Bridge Road, and the 100year-old stained glass windows are coming with them. Avery Wooten’s (pictured) Foothill Sand to Glass company of Union Grove, NC removed the large windows panel-by-panel last week. Athens resident Marianne Parr will start work next month on restoring oxidation of the lead borders used in each glass panel. After the lead is replaced, certain sections of the windows will be repainted using melted glass by Parr, who was been restoring stained glass windows for 40 years. “I’ve got about a year of work ahead of me,” Parr said.
“Whenever you put a lot of automobiles in a place where there are a lot of pedestrians, you reduce safety, so we’re trying to get more efficient in moving traffic,” he said. “If I can move traffic, I make it safer for pedestrians.” Decker cited “smart signals” being installed around the city and rapid flashing
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For years, many Athens residents have complained about the difficulty of walking and biking due to fast traffic and lack of infrastructure like sidewalks and bike lanes. But change is coming, Athens-Clarke County transportation officials promised at a Federation of Neighborhoods forum last week. A committee is currently revising ACC’s bike and pedestrian master plan for the first time in more than 15 years. “That is a major step,” ACC traffic engineer Steve Decker said. “The sidewalk plan is a disaster. The bike plan is archaic. This is a new century, and we need to get in the right century.” The Transportation and Public Works Department recently revised the formula for prioritizing new sidewalks, but that’s only a stopgap measure until the aforementioned committee completes its work. At the same time, recommendations from a recently finished transit study will be coming forward this fall, Athens Transit Director Butch McDuffie said. ACC has a plethora of transportation plans. Besides those for sidewalks, bike facilities and transit, there’s MACORTS, a three-county agency that assists the Georgia Department of Transportation on local state-funded road projects. Those plans all need to be combined into one master plan showing how they interconnect, panelists agreed. “There has been kind of a silo problem with transportation,” said Alice Kinman, who pushed for a Complete Streets policy as a county commissioner and now chairs the planning commission and a committee that’s recommending projects to fund with a 1 percent sales tax on the ballot in November. “It has improved, thanks to the efforts of people like Butch and Steve.” In the past, transportation has been a tough topic politically because local elected
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are allowed to cross. “The pedestrian has no chance against a vehicle, so you get them out of the way,” Decker said. “If you want to move people more efficiently, you put them on a bus or a bike in a bike lane or a [separated] bike path,” BikeAthens Executive Director Tyler Dewey said. “If you want to slow traffic down, you
put [cyclists] in the middle of a lane where they can take the lane and should do so, legally.” Dewey is serving on the bike/ped master plan committee. “I think it’s going to be very transformative, but we have to find a way to pay for those projects that come out,” he said. T-SPLOST—projected to raise more than $100 million over five years for transportation—would be a big help. But the state law authorizing local governments to raise sales taxes for transportation has been interpreted to say that the money can’t be spent on operating costs. ACC could use it to buy buses, but not to pay drivers. ACC could devote more general-fund (read: property tax) revenue to transit, McDuffie said. The local government could lobby the state legislature to allow ACC to spend sales tax on operations, which MARTA does but no other system in the state is allowed to do. Cities in other states tack a surcharge onto water bills or car-tag fees to fund transit. “Those are policy decisions that have to be made above the level of staff,” McDuffie said. Athens Transit goes after grants “aggressively,” McDuffie said. T-SPLOST’s five-year sunset is unhelpful in that regard, because the feds want locals to have a 20-year funding source to match federal grants, he said. And federal funding for passenger rail mostly goes to big cities. “The state’s pulling in a lot of money” from a gas-tax overhaul in 2014, “and honestly, most of it’s going to roads,” McDuffie said. Georgia funded transit for the first time last year, when Gov. Nathan Deal doled out $75 million in grants. (Athens Transit won $6 million to buy hybrid buses, which are on order, but the manufacturer has a backlog, McDuffie said.) Decker described ACC’s relationship with GDOT as much improved, though. The state agency recently gave the local government $300,000 worth of fiber, is synchronizing lights on Atlanta Highway for the first time and is more willing than ever to install sidewalks on state highways, he said. “I think we’re in a new era in AthensClarke County,” Decker said. “It should have started five years ago, but we’re getting there. We’re headed in the right direction.”
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Murals and Money “People recognize Athens as a very creative community,” consultant Todd Bressi told commissioners at a work session last week. “People think public art should make Athens look the way it feels.” In an update on the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission’s public art master plan, Bressi endorsed the downtown master plan’s “art walk” of temporary installations from the Lyndon House down Jackson Street. He also proposed a permanent “urban cultural trail” downtown, modeled on one in Asheville, NC, as well as more money for artist-designed bus shelters, which he described as “hugely popular.” Bressi couched his ideas in terms of tourism and economic development, noting that The New York Times named Greenville, SC one of 52 places to visit this year on the strength of its cuisine, riverwalk and public art. “You’ve got the food. You’re getting the trails,” he said. “You get the art, you’ll have a lot more than Greenville.” Other recommendations include hiring paid staff for the all-volunteer ACAC, more small grants for artists, assisting businesses with murals and requiring developers to meet with the ACAC to discuss public-art opportunities, although public art in new developments wouldn’t be mandatory. Funding could come from ACC’s tax on hotel and motel rooms, he said.
A Reservoir by Any Other Name Last year, environmental advocates successfully fought to have a potential new reservoir removed from ACC’s 20-year water and sewer plan, citing their inefficiency and the damage they can do to river ecosystems. Now, the reservoir is coming back—but in
a very different form than the one commissioners earlier rejected. Since the drought of 2007–2008, ACC’s water use has declined from about 20 million gallons per day to about 14, 28 percent less than a decade ago. That’s great, but it also means that, when the next severe drought hits, the go-to move of banning outdoor watering won’t make as big of a difference—only about a 13 percent reduction, which might not be enough, Water Conservation Coordinator Marilyn Hall said at the work session. A PUD analysis found a 50 percent chance that Athens’ emergency water supply, Bear Creek Reservoir in Jackson County, will be overtaxed at some point in the next 30 years. A year-long severe drought resulting in a water shortage could cost the Athens economy $244 million and 4,000 lost jobs, according to the PUD study. “What would really help is a rawwater facility capable of meeting a 20 mgd demand, and don’t freak out when we talk about this,” Hall said. The reservoir the Public Utilities Department is now proposing would hold “clean effluent” for “indirect potable reuse,” Hall said. Rather than releasing treated sewage back into rivers, sewage treatment plants could pump it into a new reservoir (location TBD). During droughts, this water could be pumped back to the drinkingwater treatment plant or to local factories through an all-new set of “purple pipes” for reuse in industrial processes. Some communities, such as Gwinnett County, are already doing this, Hall said. “This reuse can really help with our peak demand for drinking water when our rivers are lowest and demand is highest,” she said. f
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a new Witherston Murder Mystery by Betty Jean Craige, author of Downstream and Fairfield’s Auction The mayor of the small north Georgia town of Witherston and one of its prominent attorneys are being blackmailed by a mysterious Donna Dam, who threatens to expose the two men’s shameful activities of forty years ago if they do not take a paternity test and pay a hefty sum of money—and if Mayor Rather does not withdraw his proposal to build a dam, creating a lake on top of a sacred Cherokee burial ground. Blackmail leads to murder, and when Detective Mev Arroyo and her two teenage twins investigate, they discover some dark secrets, putting all their lives in danger...
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Local Groups Gear Up to Oppose President-elect Trump By Kat Khoury news@flagpole.com
Houle grins and says they will be “augmenting singing with… other things.” An important aspect to Houle and Na is that the speaknauguration Day is almost here, and when Presidenters come from the communities with which the march is elect Donald Trump takes office, cities around the meant to show solidarity. “We want to have speakers from nation will see marches and movements in opposition marginalized communities,” says Na, who hopes to have to the new administration. speakers on sexual assault and abortion access, as well In Athens, organizers from Athens for Everyone, the as representatives from the Muslim, LGBTQ, immigrant Bombs Away Collective and other groups are planning what and African-American they’re billing as the largcommunities. est protest in the city’s Houle and Na say the history, dubbed the Day march will serve as an of Resistance, starting . AV E opportunity for people to at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at OCK C N come together, show soliAthens City Hall. HA darity and feel empowIn addition, on Martin ered. “Hopefully, that Luther King Jr. Day will be the moment when earlier this week, a new they decide to commit to “community civic engagethe resistance, and that’s ment” project called S T. when we will solidify our 100+ Days of Action N O YT CL A relationship as a commuto Speak Up and Reach T. S AD BRO nity in moving forward Out kicked off. Hilda together,” says Na, hintKurtz and Linda Gilbert ing that after the march, started the organization they don’t intend to quiet as a way to build strength down. within the community Houle doesn’t during the first 100 days Day of Resistance March Route think they will, either. of the new presidential “Whether we’re presadministration. suring City Hall or other institutions—UGA, the Board of Inauguration Day because they had time to plan, and it was The plus sign is important because it means that the Regents—to make better decisions or standing together an opportune day to show that they intend to resist the actions should extend beyond 100 days; however, durto build better alternatives, I think we’re going to see more new administration. ing that time, citizens are called to become more civically people participating in that stuff. If things continue as they “There’s been a lot that we’ve been working to resist involved. “It is also a time to care more, and to develop new have or get worse, which we anticipate they might with already,” Houle says. “People have been deported and insights into other people’s concerns, as well as skill sets deportations and [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] imprisoned and oppressed in a whole variety of ways, and with which to take action. The 100+ Days of Action project raids and things like that, we plan to organize people to there was a very high poverty rate in this town long before offers pathways for doing those things,” Kurtz says. take a bolder stand against that.” Trump was even considered as a candidate. But a lot of The group will link the work of nonprofits through a Houle and Na’s hope is to harness the energy of the community calendar, host weekly Solidarity Sunday “teach- those things are going to get even worse, and really what What Now? Organize! meeting and channel that into a huge we have now is an opportunity to organize with even more ins” and aid community members in finding real action display of opposition on the 20th that will leave a lasting items they are passionate about. “One of our goals is to con- people to continue to resist, even more effectively, those impression on those who attend or witness. Having solid nect groups and individuals with others,” Gilbert says. “Too things that we have been working for already.” action items is an important part of the march, and they’ll This protest may be a little different than what folks in often folks are thinking and doing in isolation, not realizing instruct people on how to donate to the Magnolia Fund (a Athens are used to seeing, Houle and Na say. Art and music that others in the Athens community are also working on local group that assists women seeking abortions), train in will play a role in making the march as theatrical as posrelated issues… Strength comes from talking with others bystander intervention and even flood the Muslim registry sible. “Something that’s going to be really different is that and building relationships.” if that were to become a reality. If marching and chanting we’re going to have some really powerful artwork,” Na says. Ashley Na, one of the organizers for the Day of Though she and Houle won’t reveal exactly what that might isn’t enough involvement, volunteers are needed for everyResistance, says they anticipate the big turnout on the day thing from photo and video to handing out flyers. f of the march because—similarly to Kurtz and Gilbert’s idea look like, they mention banners, posters and even puppets. of including everyone—“it’s not specific to any one organization or any one theme or cause.” After the surprising election results in November, A4E hosted the What Now? Organize! meeting, which attracted around 500 people. There, the idea for a march in opposition to the incoming administration was born. In the wake of the election, A4E organizers knew they wanted to have a response, board member Jesse Houle says. They chose
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and harassment, both on campus and in Athens, Buffins said. The EOO sent out a university-wide email in November that, although not specifically addressing the election, stated the university’s commitment to “creating a university community free of discrimination and harassment” and listing ways harassment reports could be filed. “An email is great, but I’m not sure if the student body fully understands harassment and discrimination. Is that culture and message of inclusion and respect among the administration in the student body, too? For a lot of the students, that is not a part of their culture,” Buffins said. Following reports from both The New York Times and the Southern Poverty Law Center detailing an uptick in bias-based attacks, especially at universities in the days following the election, several departments at UGA also promoted meetings where “all students could be heard and confirm their fears are valid,” said Buffins, who was present at a meeting hosted by Multicultural Services and Programs. At press time, the number of incidents verified by the SPLC stood at 1,094. Back in November, Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement co-founder Mokah Johnson voiced concerns “that now with UGA NAACP President Mansur Buffins says he’s not aware of any Trump in office, discriminarecent instances of discrimination on campus, but the atmosphere tory behavior may increase has grown more fearful since Donald Trump became president-elect. in Athens and all throughout America. We have seen a rise in derogatory While Mansur Buffins, the president of comments online and in the news about UGA’s NAACP chapter, said there haven’t been any overt acts of post-election hate on various races.” Johnson has not heard of any election-related harassment recently, campus that he’s aware of, “in the general she said, but expects discriminatory incienvironment, there is still a lot of hurt on dents to increase in 2017, following the campus. national trend since Trump’s election. “Immediately post-election, many stuAfter spending months debating formdents didn’t want to go to class. It was very ing a civil rights committee, the Athensdifficult to get up in the morning,” he said. Clarke County Commission recently voted “If you held an anti-Trump stance, you felt very uncomfortable or unsafe. Being around to instruct the county attorney to recommend “a framework which can best address students who voted for Trump, students claims of discrimination” by June 30. The felt a disregard for their safety, feelings and AADM has already created its own in-house future.” Civil Rights Council, where “local citizens Trump has bragged about sexually will now have a place they can go to get help assaulting women, called for a wall on the and report any instances of discrimination, Mexican border, sided with police against especially until the Mayor and Commission the Black Lives Matter movement and won have formed a citizen committee,” Johnson support from the racist “alt-right” and said. the KKK. Even before the election, many According to the AADM website, resiminority, immigrant, female and LGBT dents who have experienced discriminastudents already felt like pro-Trump students were harboring feelings against them, tion can fill out a survey, and within 48–72 hours, an AADM civil-rights advocate will Buffins said. “The election validated these get in touch. While AADM cannot profeelings,” he said. vide legal advice, advocates can “provide According to testimonies in a recent resources and/or attorney referral and Red & Black article, several UGA students provide support until the issue is properly have experienced overt harassment since addressed,” Johnson said. f the election. These incidents may not have been reported to the UGA police or Equal Opportunity Office because they did not More information about how to report bias-related occur on campus, but not everyone may incidents can be found at eoo.uga.edu and aadknow where to go to report acts of prejudice movement.org. ationwide, reports of bias-related harassment following the Nov. 10 election of Donald Trump appear to be slowing, yet a fearful atmosphere continues to plague many, including students at the University of Georgia. At the end of the fall 2016 semester, the UGA Police Department said “that since the November election, there have been no reports of discrimination filed,” according to Bob Taylor, UGA’s open records manager and head of UGAPD media relations. Similarly, student-government president Houston Gaines said the SGA office had “received no official reports.”
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By Lauren Baggett news@flagpole.com “I tend to like beautiful things that are When horticulturalist Gareth Crosby looks also practical,� she says. Choosing lowat red leaf lettuce, she sees more than food. maintenance plants that will succeed in She sees the perfect ornamental accent Georgia’s climate is key. Our warmer, wetter to a bed of tulips. “Landscaping with food weather attracts fungi and pests that can plants is both useful and can be beautiful,� overrun gardens, edible or not. And edible she says. gardens, like annual ornamental flower In a time when people are looking for beds or vegetable patches, take work—and new ways to reconnect with food, some continuing education. Athens horticulturalists and landscapers, “So much of growing food has a technilike Crosby, are hoping to bring freshly cal component to it that is not part of our grown foods one step closer to your table normal cultural understanding,� Yates says. through edible landscapes. He suggests that first-time edible gardeners An edible landscape, says Crosby, is a start with one edible plant they’re interstep up from a vegetable garden. While ested in eating and expanding from there. both provide homegrown food, edible “Herbs are an easy one,� he says. “They’re landscapes take on the extra challenge of very gratifying, and you get a lot of flavor appeal. “It needs to look good and also be out of it.� edible,� she says. Pat McElroy has several herbs in her That requires the same design connewly created garden landscape and 16 cepts—balancing the texture, height, raised beds brimming with vegetables. color and size of plants—as a traditional Yates designed and installed the garden in ornamental landscape does, only with April, and McElroy is enamored: “To see plants you can eat. “When someone would life happening in that way is a wonderful have an azalea,� says Crosby, “we’d plant a thing.� blueberry.� Like Crosby, she sees beauty in her letKevin Clyde Yates designs and installs edible gardens for Athens residents with his tuces. “Cauliflower plants lined up like little soldiers,� she says. “I think that’s company, Hungry Gnome Gardenscapes. “We try to blur the line,� he says. “I hope for not a clear distinction between edible versus aesthetic.� He often encourages planting perennials—plants that will continue to flower or fruit year after year. Most of what we consume in the U.S. are annual plants, says Yates: “We seed the plants, we harvest them, they die.� Edible landscapes instead offer a more sustainable approach to gardening and eating. “There are lot of different perennial foods out there, Kevin Clyde Yates installs an edible landscape in Cobbham. perennial vegetables beautiful�—especially in contrast to the included,� Yates says. Asparagus is one. wildness of the pumpkin and watermelon So are native plants Solomon’s seal and vines growing feet away. It takes work sochan, which Yates admits aren’t as popuand learning new tricks, says McElroy, but lar because his clients aren’t used to eating knowing where her food comes from is them. More often, he starts with fruit. worth it. Nanking cherry trees are popular for both Crosby hopes more Athenians will contheir summer berries and the dainty white sider adding a few edible plants into their flowers that adorn the tree in spring. Sometimes, says Crosby, introducing edi- landscape plans for spring, especially foods they would normally eat. “It’s a more practible plants to a landscape requires a broadcal use of the land that you have,� she says. ening perspective. Consider the artichoke. Her No. 1 tip: Take the time to build up Many of us recognize the flowering bud the soil. Georgia has lost much of its nutrithat we eat, but “the plant itself is a light, ent-rich topsoil, and red clay isn’t friendly bluish green color with wide, spiky leaves,� Crosby says. “It’s really striking in a garden.� to many plants. “It’s the hardest thing to do retroactively,� Crosby says. Other favorites: A blueberry bush’s sumSo, for those of us who want our food mer berries give way to attractive dark red produced close to home, it may be time to leaves in winter, and layered pole beans swap out a few begonias for berries this create a “lovely� effect creeping up a trellis, spring. f Crosby says.
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fter eight years of political languor during the Obama presidency, many Athens progressives found themselves organizationally naked against the harsh political winds that began blowing in on election night, and unprepared for what might come. A sudden, desperate scrambling followed, a rush to assemble structures of solidarity, activism and defense. But for Montu Miller and other members of Athens’ hip-hop activist community, the mission remains much the same as before Election Day.
“Hip hop’s always been political,” says Miller. As a new student at UGA in 1999, Miller helped form the Dreaded Mindz Family, a seminal hub of Athens hip hop and activism. Two of hip hop’s foundational components were at work: It’s political, and it also relies on an essential sense of place. The flip side of repping your city is caring about your city. Miller and others in Dreaded Mindz, many of them students or transplants, developed an ethos to counter the ills of a city largely at the mercy of transient students. “We refused to come into this town and just leech,” Miller says.
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“Welcome to the revolution,” says Miller, an inveterate leader in the local hip-hop community for nearly 20 years. “We’re not gonna judge you for what you did,” he says. “You fell asleep, but if you’re back now—you’re here, you’re active—then come and join us.” Mokah Johnson echoes Miller. “We’re trying to be proactive, not reactive,” says Johnson, who, with her husband Knowa, helped lead last year’s fight for an anti-discrimination ordinance. “Right now, I’m not worried about Trump. Regardless of who’s in office, it hasn’t made much difference in the African-American community. No matter who’s in office, even Obama, we’re still suffering.” “It wasn’t a surprise when he won,” says rapper Ishmael “Ishues” Cuthbertson, one of Athens’ hip hop’s most famous sons. He recognizes the singular danger of Trump, but he’s not surprised at Trump’s successful appeal to white fear, resentment and anger. Following the election, these black hip-hop activists did not feel the same shock as many white liberals. It might be that Trump’s success, founded largely on racialized politics, is a surprise only to those free to live in ignorance of persistent racism. The warm safety of political hibernation remains a retreat largely reserved for white folks.
“It was natural. Of course we wanted to make this place better while we were here.” After many of the core Dreaded Mindz members committed themselves to Athens, the seeds planted by the group grew and flourished. Cuthbertson soon rocketed to success, touring the U.S. and Africa with his mentor, political rap icon KRS-One. In turn, Cuthbertson influenced upand-coming Athens rappers such as Yung’N Restless, whose trenchant political rap can be seen as a direct descendant of Ishues’. A self-described “nerdy” Eagle Scout still in high school, young Tommy Valentine (or YT, as he then called himself), started tagging along with Dreaded Mindz in 2000 and soon became a battle-rap sensation. But perhaps more importantly, his tutelage under Miller, Cuthbertson and Lemuel “Life the Griot” LaRoche set Valentine on his way to the political life he now pursues as a PhD student in public administration and policy at UGA. Valentine was recently elected vice chairman of the Athens-Clarke County Democratic Party, and there is whispering among observers of Athens politics that he may bring what he learned from the hip-hop community to a run for local office.
Hooking up with Miller and Dreaded Mindz “began one of the most pivotal periods of mentorship in my life,” says Valentine. In addition to honing mic skills, members were encouraged to be active in catalyzing positive change. “It was very much a crash course in community organizing,” remembers Valentine, who would later apply those skills to managing a Democratic congressional candidate in 2008, Bobby Saxon. “Hip hop taught me [how] to inclusively lead a large group of people, and how to energize them behind a cause,” says Valentine. “I’m an activist who just happens to rap a bit/ An advocate of action against the factions that trapped us here,” raps Cuthbertson on the 2007 Ishues track “Let It Build.” In the Athens hip-hop community, the lines often blur between artist and activist, promoter and politician, rapper and radical. “I gotta live what I’m saying,” says Cuthbertson. “I have to live what I’m talking about.” The Johnsons, who moved to Athens in 2012, quickly integrated themselves into the hip-hop scene, which meant they soon became active in local politics and activism. The two “hip-hop entrepreneurs” became “hip-hop activists,” says Mokah, when their downtown promotion business (the two founded the Athens Hip Hop Awards) melded with a burgeoning movement among students of color who claimed to have been discriminated against by clubs and bars downtown. Mokah quickly became a leader of the movement. The movement scored a victory in early November, achieving the bulk of their demands, including an ordinance aimed at addressing racial discrimination in downtown bars and a human relations committee, the initial step toward a body dedicated to enforcing the ordinance. The victory marked an early achievement in what appears to be a political awakening in Athens, and continues the tradition set by Miller, Cuthbertson, LaRoche and others for whom the hip-hop ethos compels attention to the conditions where you live, regardless of where you’re from. The current movement sees newcomers and students joining forces with veterans like Cuthbertson, who recently returned to the mic after years off to raise his family. “I feel obligated to come back out with new music, because times are more tumultuous now than they were when I was coming out,” he says. Valentine, once the young battle rapper, is now heavily involved in local politics. Miller continues to shepherd young rappers like Squalle, Blacknerdninja and Yung’N Restless, all artists with “conscious” dimensions to their music. What’s still missing, though, is steady and sturdy cooperation and communication between Athens’ hip-hop activist community and white progressives, as well as between the hip-hop and rock scenes in town. “There’s still too much separation between the white community and the black community,” says Cuthbertson. “There’s still a huge, huge separation.” Mokah describes “an invisible line” that continues to divide Athens, even its progressive community. The anti-discrimination movement demonstrated the power of cross-community alliance, and one hopes that success presages more such unions, as the next four years are sure to bring pressures to Athens that can only be met with unified effort and action. f
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“One minute I was at a party, and I heard ‘Jack Ruby’ by Camper Van Beethoven and fell in love with ‘Sweethearts.’ I didn’t know the name of the band, but I felt connected to the voice and the words. In the morning, a band named Cracker exploded out of the radio in Chicago. I recognized the voice, but now there were laser-like guitar riffs with that voice. “Somewhere in between, I started to play guitar and write songs. Seconds later, I was in a bar with David Lowery in NYC discussing the production of my first album. Then, Bradford Jones
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in a moment, I heard Cracker sing a song of mine called ‘Duty Free.’ They sang it into a tape machine. “Just in the nick of time, I was on the road, setting fire to fast-food joints with Johnny Hickman. The next day, David, Johnny and I were in my old Ford doing donuts somewhere off Elston Avenue. We woke up in the parlor room of my place, and David, dressed in white, was reading a magazine, and black-shirted Johnny was charming my kids. Soon, in Athens, I’ll be singing with my heroes and friends.” Ike Reilly plays the 40 Watt Club Friday, Jan. 20 at 8:15 p.m.
Bryan Howard: “I would have to say my favorite Cracker songs would be ‘Almond Grove’ and ‘Big Dipper.’ It is extremely hard to choose a favorite, because there are so many great songs. When we finished tracking ‘Almond Grove,’ I knew it was special. I am very proud to have been involved with that recording. ‘Big Dipper’ is just a fantastic example of rock music as fine art. That song is an audible painting.” Bryan Howard plays the 40 Watt Club Saturday, Jan. 21 at 10 p.m. (with Cracker) and 11:45 p.m. (with The HEAP).
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1093 Boulevard Hosts The Nile Project Plus, More Music News and Gossip By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com SIT RIGHT DOWN: Engineer Jim Hawkins will host the multifaceted advocacy, sustainability and musical organization The Nile Project—whose work concerns the land, people and economy along the 4,000-mile Nile River—at his studio, 1093 Boulevard, on Sunday, Jan. 22. The event, which will run from 4–6 p.m., will include an interview and performance and is being recorded for future broadcast. This show is part of the ongoing series Music on the Boulevard, and tickets are $10. Hawkins, whose own unimpeachable resume can be read at electroacoustics.com, has established musicontheboulevard.com for your convenience in grabbing these extremely limited tickets. For more information, check out that site or give him a call at 706-340-1283. To learn about The Nile Project, see nileproject. org. FUN IN THE SUN: Because it’s still summer in our hearts and minds, The Powder Room went out for a string of Florida road shows this week. The noise-rock trio hit Jacksonville, Gainesville, Melbourne, Miami and St. Petersburg. In other news, longtime bassist Bubba McDonald left the band amicably last month, and new bassist Curtis Callis has filled the position. His joining also reportedly drops the The Nile Project average age of the group from 39 to approximately 26. The band’s most recent LP, Lucky, was released by Learning Curve Records last August. Follow along over at facebook.com/thepowderroomathens, and listen in at thepowderroom.bandcamp.com. FIVE FOR FIGHTING: Drew Kirby (Mothers, New Wives) just released a new EP from his as-time-permits recording project Civils. It’s got five tracks, and comes courtesy of
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A number of works are fashioned out of wood but When Abraham Tesser enters my living room on a recent appear to be made of other materials. Many of Michael afternoon, he immediately notices a rocking chair crafted Gibson’s stunning teapots appear to be related to tradiof twigs and asks, “Is this by Don Bundrick?” His curatorial tional Japanese cast-iron pots; others seem as delicate as eye is already on the alert. porcelain. Harvey Meyer’s elegant woodturnings are embelTesser is the curator of “Wood Works: A Regional lished by piecing, burning, coloring and carving. The results Exhibition,” which will showcase turnings, furniture, evoke traditional Native American basketry and have a art and craft. The large-scale show opens at the Oconee quiet and graceful presence. Cultural Arts Foundation on Friday, Jan. 20, along with a There are five women participating. Asked if he thinks solo installation by Tennessee-based artist Denise Stewartwood is a man’s medium, Tesser shakes his head “no” and Sanabria and a love letter to the area from Jackie Dorsey. says, “Clay is much more pliable, I would think—perhaps If you are hankering for visual stimulation—or at least more feminine than wood. But I actually think of wood as an escape from the inaugural circus—the evening looks being very sensual. It can be soft and inviting. promising. “I don’t think it’s the medium,” he continues. “I think Tesser began dreaming about and planning for an annual it’s somehow the tradition we have inherited. Many women exhibition of wood art more than four years ago. Along seem to gravitate towards two-dimensional work. But there the way, he did a lot of looking throughout the Southeast, are, of course, notable exceptions. The person whose work exploring galleries and scouring craft fairs looking for has been something of a extraordinary work. Tesser figurehead for the show is knew artists in town, and Sabiha Mujtaba. Oh, that they turned him on to othbeautiful chair! And you ers in the region. can look at that work and Tesser is not new to guess, I think, that it is by a envisioning significant local woman.” cultural events. After retirEllen Gibson, a sculptor ing from UGA’s Department in the show, is the head of of Psychology, he began an organization of people work on the Athens Jewish who build timber-frame Film Festival, which has houses—no dainty process. grown to have about 1,000 Plenty of locals will be attendees a year and brings featured, including Larry in filmmakers from across Millard, Didi Dunphy, the the globe. “Wood Works” is Sons of Sawdust, luthier another personal mission. Scott Baxendale and Tad He felt there was a real gap Gloeckler. Gloeckler, a prohere, a missing piece where fessor of interior design at the medium of wood was Lamar Dodd, “makes things concerned. “It’s new for so beautiful and so compliOCAF, new for me,” Tesser cated that part of the expesays. “I’m the one with the rience of the works are his background in woodworkinstructions,” says Tesser. ing, so it makes sense.” “His pieces are imaginative An accomplished craftsand intricate. You cannot man and furniture-maker appreciate them truly within his own right, Tesser’s out a demonstration of how enthusiasm for woodcraft they work.” stems from his own process. In “Quantum “I went from a concern with Continuum,” Denise technique to a concern with Stewart-Sanabria uses design. If you have a vision, charcoal drawn on life-size you can almost always figure “Bharatanatym Dancer” by Sabiha Mujtaba plywood cutouts to depict out a way to accomplish it. I love the process by which my hands and eyes transform raw contemporary human figures. The exhibit is a conceptual installation based on theories of the existence of parallel wood into an object. But what lasts is the object.” worlds. These theories, in the artist’s words, “range from The inaugural invitational show will display work by solid research to the more esoteric work of Lewis and more than 35 artists. “It was more about the work than the Kripke, which has a tendency to sound like the conversapeople,” Tesser says. “It was work that I thought was intertion of a couple of 1960s-era grad students on acid.” While esting in some way, because it was unusual or it was so well words like “quantum” tend to make me focus on important done. I wanted a variety of wood applications.” things like picking lint off of my sweater, Stewart-Sanabria The Moulthrops, that well-known “first family of woodhas me eagerly anticipating the show. turning,” are represented. Philip and Matt, the son and The third exhibit opening that evening will be “Athens grandson of Ed Moulthrop, will both have works on exhibit. Celebrated,” Jackie Dorsey’s homage to her adopted According to Tesser, “Matt, the youngest, is trying to take hometown. Dorsey will show watercolor portraits of local things in a new direction. He has been making tables out of celebrities like Okinloye Ojo, host of WUGA’s “African poison ivy.” Perspectives,” and Hugh Acheson. She portrays many musiFurniture in the show ranges widely in style. Alf Sharp cians; her painting of Mike Cooley was recently accepted in of Tennessee has created museum-quality pieces for the the 150th annual International Exhibition of the American home of Andrew Jackson and was the 2008 winner of the Watercolor Society and will be moving on to NYC after this. Cartouche award, the Society of American Period Furniture OCAF director Cindy Farley assures us that “the works Makers’ highest honor. Craig Nut, who created “Corncorde,” in OCAF’s first three exhibitions of 2017 will have visitors a commissioned sculpture of a large-scale flying corn cob captivated.” The opening reception will be held on Friday, for the international concourse at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta, shows the same affinity for humor and veg- Jan. 20 from 6–8 p.m., and all shows will be up through Friday, Feb. 17. f etables in pieces like his “Lima Bean Chair.”
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The Foundry · 8:30 p.m. · $30–35 One of the few remaining old-school country showmen, wild-haired, blacksuited Marty Stuart brings his Fabulous Superlatives band to town for a set of traditional honky tonk and much more. A Mississippi native and Grand Ole Opry regular who moved units in the early ’90s with hits like “Tempted” and the Travis Tritt duet “This One’s Gonna Hurt You (for a Long, Long Time),” Stuart went on to explore passion projects like the 2005 concept album Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota. The Superlatives’ most recent recording, 2014’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, is a celebration of country music’s spiritual roots, drawing from gospel, blues and more to make its powerful point. [Gabe Vodicka]
Tuesday 17 ART: Athens Metal Arts Guild Meeting (Lyndon House Arts Center) This month’s speakers are Paul and Anne Lings, who will describe their work with classical designs in high-karat gold. 5 p.m. FREE! athensmetalartsguild@gmail. com COMEDY: OpenTOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) This comedy show allows locals to watch quality comedy or perform themselves. Email to perform. First and third Tuesday of every month! 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com EVENTS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) Geologist and author Dr. Bill Witherspoon will present a slide
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The World Famous · 8 p.m. · FREE! Exploring the desexualization of the female body and the absurdity of genderbased double standards surrounding nudity, photographer Grant Beecher’s “Lewd Appearances” is an invitation into a culture of body acceptance and equality. Portraits of nearly 30 women reflect a range of appearances and backgrounds, focusing on the humanness of each subject. Without overt sexual stimuli, the viewer is challenged to contemplate how they perceive and respond to nudity. Black-and-white silver gelatin prints will be available to purchase through Sunday night. The series is dedicated to collaborator Laura Conroy, who passed away in October, and proceeds will be donated in her name to The Cottage. [Jessica Smith]
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GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Rd.) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.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: 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: Toddler Tuesday (Georgia Museum of Art) Families and children 18 months–3 years can take a tour tailored for young chil-
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Caledonia Lounge · 8 p.m. · $5–7 Athens’ homegrown metal scene could generously be described as close-knit, in that the same handful of musicians have historically popped up in varying band configurations over the years. But there is a steadily growing heavy-music presence downtown, centered around the Caledonia Lounge, where the New Metal Order collective began hosting well-attended events back in 2012. Saturday’s Winter Wonder Slam features local thrashers Beast Mode, whose pummeling Blood Moon LP was an unjustly overlooked standout of 2016, as well as Atlantaarea groups Kings Peak and Control the Devastator. Plus, a rare headlining set from long-running local Christian progmetal group Theocracy. [GV]
ATHICA · 5–7 p.m. · Donations Established 20 years ago by Claire Clements, the Plein Air Painters is a group of local artists who meet each month to seek inspiration in the natural world. Destinations range from the gardens of members and the Botanical Garden to fields of canola, henbit, soybeans and cotton. Seventeen members will contribute, including Susie Burch, Dortha Jacobson, Robert Clements, Margaret Agner and Nancy Everett. The evening doubles as a reception for a separate pop-up exhibition, which shares artwork by folk artist Cap Man, who makes paintings on repurposed wood, often of flowers, chickens and other rural images. Both exhibitions will remain on view through Saturday, Feb. 4. [JS]
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Wednesday 18 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: After Effects for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn how to add special effects with Adobe After Effects. Registration is required. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: “Be the Match” Registry Drive (The Place) Learn how you could potentially save a stranger’s life in the fight against cancer by joining the Be the Match Marrow
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a.m.–1 p.m. $50. www.botgarden. uga.edu CLASSES: Frog Watch Training (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Participants will learn to identify and count frogs as part of this citizen science program. Ages 13 & up. 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! www. athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter CLASSES: Seed Starting for Spring & Summer Gardening (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Topics include indoor and outdoor seed starting, grow lights, soil blends, plant varieties,
EVENTS: Athens Science Café : Decoding Bones (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Suzie Birch leads a program on archaeology. 7 p.m. FREE! athenssciencecafe.com EVENTS: Tea Party (Oconee County Library) Celebrate National Hot Tea Month by making your own special blend of herbs, spices and handmade tea bags. 1:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Rook & Pawn University (The Rook and Pawn) Expand your board game repetoire. 6:30 p.m. www.therookandpawn.com
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LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Barnes & Noble) Meet Betty Jean Craige in celebration of her latest novel Dam Witherston: A Witherston Murder Mystery. 7 p.m. FREE! www. bn.com LECTURES & LIT: Discover Tech (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Electrical engineer Mike Moak presents “Engineers Make a World of Difference.” 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison MEETINGS: Superintendent Search (Multiple Locations) Community forums will be held at Cedar Shoals High School and Clarke Central High Schoo. 6 p.m. FREE! jimenezan@clarke.k12.ga.us
“To Spin a Yarn: Distaffs, Folk Art and Material Culture” presents 40 decorated wooden distaffs from around the world, including the above Finnish distaff from Teerijärvi. The exhibition will be on view at the Georgia Museum of Art Saturday, Jan. 21–Sunday, Apr. 16. disease management, fertilization, transplanting and outdoor protection. Bring seeds for a mini-seed swap. 6 p.m. $10. www.wintervillecenter.com CLASSES: Backyard Wildlife Sanctuaries 101 (ACC Library) The Audubon Society presents a conservation program on how to make your property more wildlifefriendly. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org
KIDSTUFF: Baby Music Jam (Oconee County Library) Preschool aged children and their caregivers play instruments, sing and dance. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3950 LECTURES & LIT: What’s Your Story: A Reading (Avid Bookshop, 493 Prince Ave.) Hear readings by participants of “What’s Your Story,” a workshop led by Sabrina Orah Mark. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop. com
ART: Opening Reception (OCAF, Watkinsville) Highland Woodworking presents the work of over 40 wood artists and craftsmen in “Wood Works.” “Quantum Continuum” features work by Denise Sewart-Sanabria. “Athens Celebrated” showcases Jackie Dorsey’s watercolors. See Art Notes on p. 14. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. ocaf.com ART: Opening Reception (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) The traveling exhibit “Emissaries of Peace: 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations” celebrates the 250th anniversary of Lt. Henry Timberlake and Cherokee leader Ostenaco. The reception will feature contemporary Cherokee flute playing and traditional Native American dancers. 6–8 p.m. www.mmcc-arts.org ART: Opening Reception (The World Famous) Local photographer Grant Beecher presents “Lewd Appearances,” a showcase of subversive, guerilla-style portraits exploring the desexualization of the female body. Print sales benefit The Cottage. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. 8 p.m. FREE! gmbeecher@ gmail.com EVENTS: Tumbling Trump Tower (Hi-Lo Lounge) Ming Vase hosts an Inauguration Day Jenga tournament. 7 p.m. (registration) 8 p.m. 706850-8561 EVENTS: “Thanks, Obama!” (Downtown Athens, The Arch, Broad St.) A public gathering to express gratitude and respect for President Obama. 5 p.m. FREE! emmanuelitematt@gmail.com 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: Mock Inaugural Ball (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Come costumed as a super star politician. The Hobohemians and Lisa Mende present a fun-filled night to commemorate hysterical/historical night. Prizes will be awarded in a Trump Off impersonation contest. 8 p.m. www. hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Adult Coloring Program (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Coloring sheets and pencils will be provided for participants to drop in, color and relax. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison FILM: The Buddy System vs. They Live (Ciné Barcafé) An inauguration night bash for local abortion access featuring live music by The Buddy System, a screening of the Carpenter classic They Live and a dance party. Fundraising proceeds benefit the Magnolia Fund. See Double Feature on p. 22. 8 p.m.–2 a.m. www.athenscine.com
GAMES: Friday Night Magic Draft (Tyche’s Games) Win prizes. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Owl Prowl (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Participants will search for owls who inhabit the woods during an evening hike. Ages 4 and up. 6:30–8 p.m. $2–3. 706613-3615, www.athensclarkecounty. com/sandycreeknaturecenter LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Five Points) James Marshall Smith presents “My Road from Physicist to Novelist: The 9/11 Connection,” in which he shares how his career at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention led to being an author. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com THEATER: A Christmas Story, the Musical (Oconee County Civic Center) Oconee Youth Playhouse presents a musical to help you keep enjoying the spirit of the holidays. Jan. 20–21, 7 p.m. & Jan. 22, 3 p.m. $14–18. www.oconeeyouthplayhouse.com
ART: Closing Reception (Lamar Dodd School of Art) View “La Mostra: Cortona 2017,” an exhibition of works created by students and faculty during their stay at UGA’s residential center in Cortona, Italy. 3 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu ART: Opening Reception (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) “The Plein Air Painters Exhibition” showcases works by 17 members inspired by landscapes, woods, meadows and plants. “These Dark Times Need Hope & Beaty” is a solo exhibition of works by local artist and art car driver Cap Man. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org CLASSES: Prefiguring the Future (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Athens Free School presents “Prefiguring the Future: Transcending the Nonprofit Industrial Complex.” 1–3 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/athensfreeschool EVENTS: Journey Through the Stars (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Participants will explore “The Winter Sky.” 10–11 a.m. $7–10/family. www.athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter EVENTS: Contra Dance (Memorial Park) A dance presented by Athens Folk Music & Dance Society with live music by Peavine Creek. Live calling by Deanna Palumbo. 7:30 p.m. (lesson), 8–11 p.m. (dance). $8 (adults), $4 (ages 11–17) FREE! (ages 11 & under). www.athensfolk.org GAMES: Pathfinder Society Event (Tyche’s Games) Fantasy RPG. Bring your imagination. 12 p.m. FREE! 706-345-4500 KIDSTUFF: Frozen Movie SingAlong (Oconee County Library) Sing along and act out your favorite parts of the film. Make a magical snow wand. Costumes encouraged. Popcorn provided. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Open House (Athens Montessori School) Families interested in enrollment for ages three through middle school are invited to explore the campus and speak to staff members. 2–4 p.m. FREE! www. athensmontessori.org KIDSTUFF: Teen Movie (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Popcorn and drinks provided. Ages 13 and up. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Track and Field Sampler (Lumpin St. & Pinecrest Ave.) Sirius Athletics offers a hands-on introduction to the world of track and field. 10 a.m. FREE! www.siriusathletics.org
Sunday 22 ART: Sunday Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 3 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org
THEATER: A Christmas Story, the Musical (Oconee County Civic Center) See Friday listing for full description Jan. 20–21, 7 p.m. & Jan. 22, 3 p.m. $14–18. www. oconeeyouthplayhouse.com
Monday 23 GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Meetup Monday (The Rook and Pawn) Meet up and play some game expansions. 7 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com 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
PERFORMANCE: Faculty Concert (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Violinist Michael Heald will be joined by pianist Timothy Lovelace for a recital including Brahms, Howard Ferguson, Mozart and Leoš Janáček. 8 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu
Tuesday 24 EVENTS: Garden Travels: Gardens in the Côte d’Azur (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Connie Cottingham leads a program on three different gardens in France and Monaco. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. botgarden.uga.edu FILM: Bad Movie Night: The Stabilizer (Ciné Barcafé) Peter Goldson blows up everyone and everything in this Indonesian actioner. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenscine.com GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full
KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages 3–10. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: From AIDS to Zika (UGA Chapel) NPR heath correspondent and senior editor Rob Stein leads a discussion, “From AIDS to Zika: The View from the NPR Science Desk.” 5:30 p.m. FREE! pthomas@uga.edu
Wednesday 25 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Hillary Brown leads a tour of “To Spin a Yarn: Distaffs, Folk Art and Material Culture.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: CPR and First Aid Certification Course (Athens Technical College) Get certified to save a life. 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $60. 706-369-5763, www.athenstech.edu
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LECTURES & LIT: Oconee Hill Cemetery (ACC Library) Learn about the history of the Oconee Hill Cemetery. 1 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Athens Innovators at the Library (Avid Bookshop) Nick and Peter Dale of Condor Chocolates discuss the chocolate making process. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens THEATER: A Christmas Story, the Musical (Oconee County Civic Center) See Friday listing for full description Jan. 20–21, 7 p.m. & Jan. 22, 3 p.m. $14–18. www. oconeeyouthplayhouse.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: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) See Wednesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Eastside) Every Wednesday. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com KIDSTUFF: Laughter Yoga (Oconee County Library) Laugh yourself silly during a guided session with a yoga instructor. Forced laughter turns into real and contagious laughter. For grades 6–12. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee 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 LECTURES & LIT: Café au Libris: Jordan Rothacker (ACC Library) Meet Jordan Rothacker in celebration of his debut novel And Wind Will Wash Away. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) See Wednesday listing for full description 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com/ happy-hour MEETINGS: Georgia Climate Change Coalition (Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, Firehall #2) Meet others who are concerned about climate change. Melissa Link will speak on “What We Need to Do in Athens.” Refreshments will be served. 7 p.m. FREE! www.georgiaclimatecoalition.org PERFORMANCE: UGA Symphony Orchestra (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Student musicians will perform masterworks of classical repertoire. 8 p.m. $6 (w/ UGA ID), $12. pac. uga.edu
LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 17 Greensky Bluegrass plays the Georgia Theatre on Wednesday, Jan. 18. EVENTS: Open House (Fuel Hot Yoga) Formerly called Bikram Yoga Athens, the studio offers demos, giveaways and specials. Complimentary yoga classes will be led at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. 8 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www.fuelhotyoga.com GAMES: Netrunner Open Play (Tyche’s Games) All are welcome to join in. 12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www. tychesgames.com LECTURES & LIT: UUFA Forum (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Rev. Melissa Hamlin will speak on working in Haiti. 10 a.m. FREE! uuathensga.org MEETINGS: Athens Democrats Open House and Workshop (ACC Library) The Athens-Clarke County Democratic Committee invites citizens, advocates and community leaders to join an action team and help plan the year. 2 p.m. FREE! thomaskvalentine@gmail.com
(Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library) Bring your pajama-clad kids in for storytelling and readings by special guests. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 7–18. Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Dirty Dulcimers (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn to play and read music with other dulcimer players. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison
description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.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. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Taqueria Tsunami, Downtown) Surf the trivia wave every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern 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
CLASSES: InDesign for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn the basics to make brochures, flyers or menus. Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens COMEDY: Comic Strip Comedy Show (Jerzee’s Sports Bar) Alia Ghosheh hosts a comedy showcase headlined by Bronson Adams. 9 p.m. $5. ghoshehalia@gmail.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1920 GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. saucehouse.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) See Wednesday listing for full description 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Bingo (Highwire Lounge) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com
Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com WIMPY RUTHERFORD & THE CRYPTICS The original singer for punk legends The Queers is backed by his band for a full set of early Queers material and more. SKATANIC Skateboard-influenced thrash-punk band from Atlanta. Ciné Barcafé 9 p.m. www.athenscine.com FEATHER TRADE This local band plays lush, moody post-pop. EUREKA CALIFORNIA Melodic, rough-edged, guitar-driven local garage-rock duo. PHILLIP BRANTLEY A solo set from the Palace Doctor frontman. The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5. thefoundryathens.com LIVE BAND KARAOKE Sing your favorite ‘80s and ‘90s jams, backed by Saved by the Band. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 GARY EDDY Local psychedelic singer-songwriter plays a solo set. k continued on next page
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L’OR Opera-like dream sequences fused with ballet performance art. MICHAELSOFT 98 No info available. HUMAN BEAN No info available. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 DJ WHOM Local DJ playing a mix of hip hop, ‘90s and 2000s music. The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens ADVANCE BASE Chicago-based lo-fi pop project led by songwriter Owen Ashworth, formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. CLAIRE CRONIN Singer and poet Cronin plays folk music that’s both delicate and intense.
Wednesday 18 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.
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Thursday 19 The Bar-B-Que Shack 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-6752 BLUEGRASS JAM Bring your own instrument! All pickers are welcome. Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com HECKLEHAMMER New local stoner/ doom-metal outfit. VICES OF VANITY Hard-edged rock and roll band. ELIMINATE EARTH Heavy punk group from the Atlanta ‘burbs. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $20. www.40watt.com DAVID LOWERY AND JOHNNY HICKMAN The Cracker guitarists and songwriters play an unplugged set. See story on p. 12.
channels of music. One of them is a request line!
timedia live music experience portrays the life and music of the King.
Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE BIG SMOOTH Bluesy tunes with soulful vocals courtesy of Tre Powell and company. 11 p.m. 706-546-4742 ROBBIE DUDE Local DJ spinning “futuristic, hip hop, electro-soul, funky freshness, wine sippin’, bumpin’, grindin’ bass music.” The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. TRIBBLE AND THE DANCING MAGNOLIAS Local group led by Rev. Conner Mack Tribble.
Flicker Theatre & Bar 7 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THAYER SARRANO The local songwriter performs a special set with an acoustic string quartet and male choir. 10 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE VG MINUS ‘70s-styled powerpop/punk band from Athens. TIGHT BLACKS Punk band inspired by Jawbreaker and Dinosaur Jr. THE PLAGUE Original, ballsy rock harkening back to The Stooges, Sonic Youth and The MC5. THE GRAWKS Punk and garageinspired local rock and roll band.
The World Famous 11 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens THE GUMPS Savannah-based “fraggle-punk” band. VALORE Sassy, Savannah-based alternative hip-hop project.
40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www.40watt.com CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN Fronted by local fixture David Lowery, this influential indie rock band performs a set of its hits. See story on p. 12.
Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE MUSIC Rotating local jazz and bluegrass bands play every Friday and Saturday night. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 TIMI & THE WONDERLAND RANGERS Local pop rabblerouser Timi Conley performs with his backing band. 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. 706-546-0840 FUNKY BLUESTER Atlanta-based blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles.
THE HEAP Funky indie-soul band based here in Athens with a killer horn section and fronted by Bryan Howard’s low, bass growl. THE DRAPES Local ’50s cover band from Nuci’s Space’s Camp Amped program. The Foundry 3:30 & 9 p.m. $10 (adv)., $13 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com ABBEY ROAD LIVE Local Beatles tribute band known for its attention to detail and musical proficiency. The Globe 7:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. jazzathensga.org TREY WRIGHT QUARTET Guitarist and former member of jazz-jam group Squat performs with his talented quartet.
Terrapin Beer Co. 4:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com JUST JAY One-man acoustic cover band.
Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 REAP Speedy, aggressive local punk rock group.
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FART JAR Local musician and performance artist. HANNIE AND THE SLOBS New local garage project featuring members of The Rodney Kings and Muuy Biien. DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.
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The Foundry 7 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com THE BEST OF UNKNOWN ATHENS A monthly singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Liam Parke. Featuring Emily and Matt Joiner of Eastville Belle, Claire Pearson and Don McCollister of The Ormewoods, Seth and Tyler Key of Falco Brown and Bradley Koch and Victoria Patchen of SelfFulfilling Prophets. Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $20 (adv.), $23 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com GREENSKY BLUEGRASS Wellregarded, well-traveled, Michiganbased bluegrass group. FRONT COUNTRY Eclectic bluegrass group from San Francisco. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 THE HERNIES Local riff-heavy rock band displaying influences from classic to indie rock. TURNIP KING Psych- and shoegazeinfluenced indie rock band from New York. RICHARD GUMBY Local psych-rock project led by songwriter Scott Crossman. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com DUO ELEVATION Chris Burroughs and David Ellington blend unique percussion and keyboard work. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 HUGHES TAYLOR BAND Energetic blues outfit from Macon. 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. The World Famous 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens YIP DECEIVER An infectiously fun blend of feel-good pop, R&B grooves and noise-bending electro from Athens. McQUEEN Comedian and producer McQueen Adams spoofs pop culture through a show that blends music, comedy and projections.
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Monsoon plays the Caledonia Lounge on Friday, Jan. 20. EDWARD DAVID ANDERSON Americana singer from Illinois. PETER CASE Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and producer known for his work with the Nerves and the Plimsouls. The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $30 (adv.), $35 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES Eclectic, Grammy-winning country artist and showman Stuart leads his band. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.
BURSTERS New local lo-fi punk band.
Friday 20 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $8 (21+), $10 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com CINEMECHANICA Long-running local four-piece math-rock band with metal and punk edges. MONSOON Beloved local pop-punk band that dabbles in rockabilly and new wave. DOUBLE FERRARI This local band plays virtuosic, high-speed, instrumental rock.
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com LOUIS ROMANOS QUARTET Local jazz combo led by percussionist Louis Romanos.
Ciné Barcafé Magnolia Fund Benefit. 8 p.m. $10. www.athenscine.com THE BUDDY SYSTEM A reunion performance from the local “animationpop” group. This show precedes a screening of the John Carpenter film They Live. See Double Feature on p. 22.
Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $1 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away with wireless headphones and two
The Classic Center 8 p.m. $20-$70. classiccenter.com ELVIS LIVES Featuring winners from Elvis Presley Enterprises’ Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, this mul-
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THE DARNELL BOYS The three Darnell brothers play and sing country blues originals backed by upright bass, singing saw and junkyard percussion. DAISY On-again, off-again Athens rock band. IKE REILLY Chicago-based alt-rock singer-songwriter. The Foundry 8 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE SWINGIN’ MEDALLIONS Best known for their 1966 hit “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love),” today the Medallions are made up of children or other relatives of the original lineup. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $25. www.georgiatheatre.com THE BLACK JACKET SYMPHONY The band presents Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety with extensive light and video production. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com THE HOBOHEMIANS This six-piece acoustic band performs popular American and European roots music of the 1910s–30s.
Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com THEOCRACY Long-running local Christian prog-metal band. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. CONTROL THE DEVASTATOR Atlanta group that falls in between progressive and death metal. KINGS PEAK Heavy metal band out of Atlanta. BEAST MODE Local groove/thrashmetal band that offers “the heaviest metal in the city.” Flicker Theatre & Bar 7 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com JONATHAN SEGEL The Camper Van Beethoven multi-instrumentalist performs solo. 40 Watt Club 7:30 p.m. $25. www.40watt.com CRACKER Acclaimed rock group fronted by David Lowery that has explored many genres and sounds over its two-decade career. See story on p. 12. ERIC BACHMANN Bachmann (Archers of Loaf, Crooked Fingers) performs his folky, evocative music.
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar Meet and Greet. 3 p.m. FREE! www. hendershotscoffee.com JOHNNY HICKMAN The Cracker guitarist and songwriter plays an unplugged set. VICTOR KRUMMENACHER TRIO The Camper Van Beethoven founding member performs a set with his band. 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com HOT HOUSE WEST Gypsy jazz band out of Salt Lake City, UT. Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE MUSIC Rotating local jazz and bluegrass bands play every Friday and Saturday night. 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! No. 3 Railroad Street 7 p.m. www.3railroad.org REPENT AT LEISURE Celtic pub band playing “Irish rock,” including traditional, punk, modern and original Celtic music. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE GET RIGHT BAND Asheville, NC-based funk/rock/boogie trio. The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840. NEW DIXIE BLUES Classic melodies and instrumentation with influences from blues and rock to country. Terrapin Beer Co. 4:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com DAVE PARSON Local singersongwriter. The World Famous 11 a.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens KITH & KIN Newly formed Athensbased folk-rock band.
Sunday 22 Studio 1093 4 p.m. $10. www.musicontheboulevard.com THE NILE PROJECT Songs and sounds of the Nile, played in the style of traditional Egypt and Sudan. See Threats & Promises on p. 13. Terrapin Beer Co. 1:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com THE WILD HARES Classic cover band from Atlanta.
Monday 23 Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 RABIES SCYTHE FIGHT Experimental electronic local band. BIG MIKE MYSTERY Atlanta-based, hip-hop-influenced beat project. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.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 MINGLEWOOD MONDAY Local artists pay tribute to the Grateful Dead.
Tuesday 24 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com LOS CANTARES Local desert-rock supergroup featuring members of Old Smokey and Moths. MINOR MOON Songwriting project of Chicago-based musician Sam Cantor. 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. The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens. com LIVE BAND KARAOKE / Saved by the Band See Tuesday’s listing for full description
Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 TOM VISIONS Post-mystical, electronic, psychedelic folk music from the artist formerly known as Tom(b) Television. THE ELECTRIC NATURE Psychrock/electro duo from Athens. SPACE BROTHER Local experimental electronic artist. SULTANS OF CRACHOSTAN No info available. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 DJ WHOM See Tuesday’s listing for full description
Wednesday 25 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES OPEN MIC JAM See Wednesday’s listing for full description Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com REPLICKA Garage-rock project led by songwriter Forde Weaver. MURDER THE MOOD Local alternative rock band. SCMOOZE Athens-based alternative rock four-piece. The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com DEAD HORSES Milwuakee-based Americana trio. SARA RACHELE Independent singersongwriter from Decatur. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $7. www.hendershotscoffee.com ULTRAFAUX This trio of two acoustic guitarists and an upright bassist plays music with influences from Romani and Balkan folk to funk, swing and jazz. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 CHRIS PADGETT Local guitar virtuoso and songwriter performs a solo set. Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT See Wednesday’s listing for full description
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Art 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. 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. 706-613-3623, www. athensclarkecounty.com/exhibits AAAC Grants (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking applicants for its quarterly $500 grants. All local artists, arts organizations or arts-based projects
are welcome to apply. Deadline Mar. 15, June, 15, Sept. 15 and Dec. 15. info@athensarts.org, www.athensarts.org AthFest Educates Grant (Athens, GA) Individuals from nonprofit organizations, public schools or government agencies serving you in grades K-8 can apply for grants. AthFest Educates awards up to $25,000 per grant cycle. 706-5481973, director@athfesteducates.org, athfesteducates.org Fold Unfold (Lyndon House Arts Center) “Fold Unfold” invites skilled makers to weave functional bedding on manually operated looms for an installation. Coverlets should be informed by overshot geometric
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 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.) The gallery presents two pop-up exhibitions: one for local folk artist Cap Man, and the other for the Plein Aire Painters. Opening Reception Jan. 21. Through Feb. 4. BENDZUNAS GLASS (89 W. South Ave., Comer) The family-run studio has been creating fine art glass for almost 40 years. CINÉ BARCAFE (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Wild People” is a series of paintings by Terry Rowlett. CIRCLE GALLERY (UGA College of Environment and Design, 285 S. Jackson St.) “Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens” is a traveling exhibit of photographs by Vaughn Sills. The images document the daily lives of four generations of the Toole family in Athens. Through Feb. 28. 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. THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) “Highlights” includes artists from the Classic Center’s permanent collection: June Ball, Greg Benson, Dianne Penny, Henry Ransom, John Ahee, Ana Anest and Lamar Wood. EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Works by tattoo artist Alan Mason. Through January. FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Jeann Mann. Through January. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.)“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. • “Artists of the New York School” contains paintings, sculptures and works on paper by artists who worked in abstraction in the 1950s and ‘60s. Through Mar. 19. • “Advanced and Irascible: Abstract Expressionism from the Collection of Jeanne and Carroll Berry” includes pieces by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Hedda Sterne and more. Through Apr. 30. • “To Spin a Yarn: Distaffs, Folk Art and Material Culture.” Jan. 21–Apr. 16. 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. THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Paintings by Ella Salt. Through January. HEIRLOOM CAFÉ (815 N. Chase St.) Jack Burke and Amanda Burke present a father-daughter joint art show. Through January. HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Ryan Dorsey’s blackand-white illustrations are influenced by Surrealism and the subconscious. Through January.
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patterning popular in the South, and should use a modernist color scheme of black, white and gray. Confirm participation by Mar. 1. Submission deadline May 1. foldunfold2017@gmail.com Love in All its Many Forms (KA Artist Shop) Seeking artwork representing or inspired by love for a group exhibition. Submit up to three images and brief descriptions by Jan. 31. Exhibit runs Feb. 14–Mar. 31. Reception on Mar. 16. Find guidelines online. $10. www.kaartist. com/pages/gallery-submission-form Open Studio Membership (Lyndon House Arts Center) Local artists can now access studio facilities through a new open studio
Paintings by Melody Croft are currently on view at the Oconee County Library through Sunday, Jan. 29. monthly membership program. Studios include ceramics, jewelry, painting, fiber, printmaking, photography and woodshop/sculpture studios. Up to 32 hours per week. $65/ month or $175/three months. www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure
HIGHWIRE LOUNGE (269 N. Hull St.) Artwork by staff members of Trappeze Pub and Highwire Lounge. Through January. JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Collages influenced by Surrealism and Magic Realism by Susan Pelham. LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “La Mostra: Cortona 2016” presents work by faculty and students of the study abroad program. Closing reception Jan. 21. LOWERY IMAGING GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) The gallery features paper and canvas giclee prints by Athens artists as well as artists’ renderings of Athens. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) In the Lounge Gallery, see a collection of works by textile artist Maddie Zerkel. Through Feb. 11. • “Upstream II” continues an exploration of African American artists’ experiences through the works of William Downs, Jerushia Graham, Njambi Mwuara, Broderick Flanigan and Meaza Nigatu. Through Mar. 2. 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. • Stefan Eberhard’s “Crystal Photomicrography” features photos taken through a microscope. Through February. MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “Emissaries of Peace: 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations” presents the story of Lt. Henry Timberlake and Cherokee leader Ostenaco as they journeyed to each other’s countries in 1762 as Emissaries of Peace. The show includes memoirs, period artwork, artifacts and more. Opening reception Jan. 20. Through Apr. 9. OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Paintings and collages by Melody Croft. Through Jan. 29. OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) Over 35 furniture makers, wood turners and fine artists share works made from exotic woods and veneers, reclaimed lumber, natural edge slabs and twigs and bark in “Wood Works: A Regional Exhibition.” Opening reception Jan. 21. Through Feb. 17. • “Quantum Continuum: Works by Denise Stewart-Sanabria” is influenced by quantum physics and metaphysics. Opening reception Jan. 20. Through Feb. 17. • “Athens Celebrated: Watercolors by Jackie Dorsey” features portraits representing the town’s unique people, music, arts, community organizers, shops and restaurants. Opening reception Jan. 20. Through Feb. 17. RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) In the Hargrett Library Gallery, see “Necessary Words & Images: 70 Years of the Georgia Review.” Through May 12. • In the Russell Library Gallery, see “On the Stump: What Does it Take to Get Elected in Georgia.” • In the Brown Media Library, see the “Steele Vintage Broadcast Microphone Collection.” 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) “Reciprocal III: OCAF Members at UNG” presents works by members of the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation. Closing reception Feb. 10. WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Ice cream cone sculptures by Jourdan Joly. WINTERVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CULTURE (371 N. Church St., Winterville) Presented by the Winterville Arts Council, “Beginnings” includes works by Lisa Freeman, Will Eskridge, Chris Taylor, Cheryl Washburn, Jacob Wenzka and more. 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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Classes Acting Fundamentals for Adults (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Learn about character development, motivations and styles from Joelle Ré Arp-Dunham and members of the Circle Ensemble Theater Troupe. Saturdays, Jan. 21–Feb. 25. $150. wintervillecenter.com Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Online registration is underway for classes offered to children and adults, beginner and advanced. Courses for adults include drawing, enamel jewelry, printmaking, photography and wheel thrown pottery. Courses for youth inclue art time, stop-motion animation and designing fairy houses. 706-613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure 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, assembling a beehive and overwintering your hive. Sundays through Aug. 13. $35/ class, $215/series. www.botgarden. uga.edu Belly Dancing (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Learn Middle Eastern dance in a relaxed class for people of all ages and abilities. Wednesdays, 6–7 p.m. $7–10/ session. 706-742-0823, wintervillecenter@gmail.com Career Coach (ACC Library) A Goodwill’s Virtual Career Coach will assist patrons with job applications and resumes. First Tuesdays, 1–3 p.m. and last Thursdays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. www.careerconnector.org Classes at Farmview (Farmview Grist Mill, 2610 Eatonton Hwy., Madison) “DIY Healthy Living: Make & Take Foaming Hand Soap,” Jan. 17, 5:30–7 p.m. $35. “SausageMaking in the Farmview Butchery,” Jan. 18, 4:30–5:30 p.m. $25. “Eating for a Balanced Life,” Jan. 19, 4:30–6:30 p.m. $25. angelina@ farmviewmarket.com, www.farmviewmarket.com/classes Code Classes (Four Athens) Learn to code with one-day boot camps. Jan. 21 or Jan. 28, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $125. ww.fourathens.com/beginnerclasses Dance Classes (Center City Ballet, 750A N. Chase St.) Sulukule Bellydance presents classes in bellydancing and Middle Eastern drumming. www.floorspaceathens.com Hot Yoga (Fuel Hot Yoga) Classes in hot yoga are offered seven days a week. Beginners welcome. Student discounts available. 706-353-9642, www.fuelhotyoga.com
Introduction to Acting (OCAF, Watkinsville) This course for ages 16 & up focuses on the imaginative, physical and vocal skills necessary for acting. The program culminates in a performance of scripted scenes and monologues. Wednesdays, Jan. 25–Mar. 29, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $180–190. www.ocaf.com Little City Hookers (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Bring your crochet projects and hook awhile. Share ideas and techniques. Hooks, scrap yarn and basic instructions are available. Fridays, 1–3 p.m. ww.wintervillecenter@ gmail.com Lunchtime Yoga (Ciné Barcafé) Annie Marcum teaches “Mindful Flow Yoga.” 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, self-defense, grappling and weapons classes for all ages. Visit website for full class schedule. www.liveoakmartialarts.com Orchard Fruit Production (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn the best ways to expand fruit production in your own orchard. Followed by a tour of the Heritage Garden to learn about the historical Berkman’s Orhard. Session 1 is on Jan. 29 and Session 2 is on Feb. 19, 1–5 p.m. $25/session. www.botgarden.uga.edu 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 Tai Chi for Seniors (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Classes are specifically designed to benefit seniors. Mondays, $7.50. 706-742-0823, wintervillecenter. com Winter Art Classes (OCAF, Watkinsville) “Introduction to Acting.” Jan. 25, 6–8 p.m. $180. “Introduction to Bookbinding.” Begins Feb. 4, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $110. “Beginner to Intermediate
Wheel Throwing.� Feb. 9, 6–9 p.m. $140. “Metalworking with Sylvia Dawe.� Feb. 11, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Visit the website for full descriptions of the courses. 706-769-4565, www. ocaf.com Winter Tennis (ACC Tennis Center) Tennis programs are available for adults, teens and children of all experience levels. www.athensclarkecounty.com/tennis Yoga (Athens Five Points Yoga Studio) Classes are offered in Iyengar yoga, flow yoga, gentle flow, hot power flow, restorative yoga and alignment yoga. www.athensfivepointsyoga.com
Help Out Mentor Training (Chamber of Commerce) The Clarke County Mentor Program matches adult volunteers with students in the Clarke County School District. Mentors are role models and friends who visit their mentee for one hour per week for one year. www.clarkecountymentorprogram.org Pickled Peach Valentine Classic Tournament (The Classic Center) Volunteers are needed at the 3rd annual tournament which will raise funds for a pickleball venue. Feb. 10–12. royvdiane@ gmail.com Readers Needed (Learning Ally) Learning Ally is looking for volunteers to train as readers to help create audio textbooks for people with print disabilities. 706-549-1313, scourt@learningally.org 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 World of Wonder Park (Southeast Clarke Park) The new playground includes ten slides, a Biba Activated Playground, climbing rock wall, two-story Dynamo Apollo Spinner and a rope web climber. Swing areas include standard swings, co-ride parent/child generational swings and swings for individuals with mobility impairment. 706-613-3801 Youth Sports Program Registration (Multiple Locations) Tennis for ages 5–16 at the Athens-Clarke County Tennis Center and Bishop Park. Jan. 31–Mar. 8. $60–90. www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure
Support Groups Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. www.athensaa.org Athens Autoimmune Support (Sips Espresso CafÊ) A support group for anyone who suffers form an autoimmune condition. Meetings are twice a month, Wednesdays. ryan@themindfulnutrivore.com 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.reblossomathens.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
Dudes Helping Dudes (Nuçi’s Space) A weekly support group for anyone who identifies as a man. Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Park across the street. tinyurl.com/ DudesHelpingDudes, www.brainaidfest.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.oasiscounselingcenter.com Mental Health Round Table (Nuçi’s Space) This peer support group is open to anyone with a brain illness. Meets every Monday, 5:30–7:30 p.m. lesley@nuci.org, www.nuci.org Nature Therapy (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This series of classes focuses on various activities in therapeutic horticulture which is holistic wellness promoting socialization, relaxation, sensory stimulation, self-esteem, new skills and more. Saturdays through February, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $240. 706-5426156, www.botgarden.uga.edu New Mamas’ Group (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) Meet other parents with babies. Tuesdays, 10 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. www. project-safe.org
On The Street Athens Free School (Athens, GA) Athens Free School is a learning network where people share skills through free classes. Find the calendar online. Email with class ideas. athensfreeschool@riseup.net, www. facebook.com/athensfreeschool Athens PÊtanque Club (Outside of 1000 Faces Coffee) Play a friendly game of PÊtanque, a French version of bocce ball, at the PÊtanque terrain. Beginners welcome. Sundays, 2–3:30 p.m. athenspetanqueclub@ gmail.com, athenspetanqueclub.wix. com/play Avid Book Clubs (Avid Bookshop) Book clubs include Young Readers, Graphic Novel, YA for Not-so-YAs, Small Press, Paperback Fiction, Social Justice, New & Notable and the Classics Book Club. Visit website for monthly selections. Join by email. avid.athens.rachel@gmail. com, www.avidbookshop.com Health Screenings (ACC Library) The Athens Nurses Clinic provide free health screenings and information. No appointment needed. Fourth Fridays. 11 a.m.–1 p.m. athensnursesclinic.org Ice Skating (The Classic Center) The Classic Center will offer ice skating in the outdoor pavilion through Feb. 16. $13. www.classiccenter.com Roller Derby Boot Camp (Fun Galaxy) Skaters interested in waging war on wheels with the Classic City Rollergirls can attend boot camp. Feb. 6 & 8, 5:30–9 p.m. Feb. 11, 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m. info@classiccityrollergirls.com Women’s March on Washington (191 Alps Rd.) The Women’s March on Washington will leave Athens Jan. 20 to march in D.C. on Jan. 21. 4humanrights2016@gmail.com, www. letskedaddle.com/events/6341 f
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If Trump has dragged us into the “post-truth� era, perhaps fiction can provide the best tools for coping with the next four years. The Washington Street Liberation Army, a local grassroots organization founded after the 2008 election but largely inactive of late, returns to present an Inauguration Day screening of the John Carpenter classic They Live, as well as a reunion set from “animation-pop� band The Buddy System. “After this election, it became clear that people needed something to rally around, as a way to feel like they’re helping their community,� says WSLA founder and The Buddy System member Ryan Lewis. Proceeds from Friday’s concert and screening will benefit the Magnolia Fund, a local abortion-access nonprofit.
Spectacle is also key to the film’s signature scene. After discovering the sunglasses’ eye-opening properties, Nada seeks to share this boon with Armitage, who refuses to put on the glasses. As they argue, the two trade punches, kicks and bodyslams in staged combat that would have been right at home in Piper’s WWF day job. The fight is memorable for its six-minute runtime, but there is an indescribable joy in seeing a Juilliard-trained actor like David take a back suplex like a pro. Carpenter creates amazing visuals with little more than two grizzled actors and an L.A. alley. The title comes from graffiti in a rebel group’s headquarters: “They Live We Sleep.� While the Trump Administration will be the bane of all that is logical, films like They Live help ensure that we do not remain asleep to that threat.
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Horror auteur Carpenter’s They Live (1988) follows late wrestling legend “Rowdy� Roddy Piper as drifter John Nada, who arrives in Los Angeles seeking work after losing his job in Denver. Nada soon befriends underemployed construction worker Frank Armitage (Keith David). Our hero eventually stumbles upon magic sunglasses that let him see that the businessmen, police and politicians who control society are members of an evil alien race. As declared in the film’s most quoted scene, Nada’s mission following this discovery is simple: “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I’m all out of bubblegum.� The mysterious alien overlords are an uncanny mirror of Trump and his cronies described as “free enterprisers.� To them, “Earth is just another developing planet: their Third World.� Instead of pursuing the anal probes common to most aliens in film, they are simply capitalists, aiming to drain every bit of profit out of the planet that they can. While the antagonists were originally meant as a criticism of Reagan’s America, it’s easy to see the parallels with an administration so focused on business and oblivious to the big picture that it appoints a climate-change denier to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Aside from its newfound resonance, They Live remains a testament to Carpenter’s skill at crafting potent visual spectacle on a shoestring budget. Shots from Nada’s point of view filtered through his special sunglasses have an aesthetic that makes potentially boring images fascinating. Color drains from the streets and people of Los Angeles, presenting the viewer with black-and-white images. The laughable cheapness of the makeup and animatronics that give life to the aliens turns to menace when this otherworldly sheen is applied.
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Director Penny Lane’s documentary Our Nixon (2013) has a unique relationship with truth that highlights the dangers of normalizing an abnormal president. Our Nixon details the story of the Nixon Administration—from the president’s 1969 inauguration to his resignation in 1974— drawing primarily from over 500 reels of home video that Nixon aides John Ehrlichman, H.R. Haldeman and Dwight Chapin (all of whom went to prison for their parts in the Watergate break-in) captured on Super 8 cameras. Lane frames the home videos in a way that portrays Nixon as a sitcom hero, starting with the sitcom-style credits, which let us know that the film will be “starring� Richard Nixon. The curved edges common to Super 8 images also lend the appearance of being viewed through a classic television screen. A repetitious, “Welcome Back, Kotter�-esque piano score seeks to compound the portrayal. By painting Nixon as a TV star, Lane shows the normalizing power of television to make hateful ideas and actions palatable to viewers, a tool Trump used to his advantage throughout 14 seasons of “The Apprentice.� However, Nixon’s secret audio recordings of private conversations and phone calls remind the viewer that the president was indeed a toxic individual. The selected audio showcases Nixon’s homophobia, insecure demands for praise and Machiavellian scheming against his own allies. This technique serves as a relevant warning that just because a hateful ideology receives a familiar gloss, it is not, should not and will never be acceptable. f
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real heroes—Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman), FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers (Kevin Bacon), Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese (J.K. Simmons) and more—get their due, when Marky Mark is not weeping, yelling and pointing his gun. Berg’s realistic aesthetic—it’s all in the details, like Simmons picking up the cigarette he left outside a Watertown Dunkin Donuts—generates more tension than a fictional thriller due to the emotions it also agitates. The film’s spirit grows ever more contagious as the boys in blue close in on the cowardly perpetrators. Patriots Day is a rare film that might earn its spontaneous, post-film applause.
tragedy has paid off twice in Deepwater LION (PG-13) More moving than any film Horizon and Patriots Day. This cinematic I saw last year, Lion will rip out your heart recount of the 2013 Boston Marathon and replace it with an even more compasbombing and the subsequent manhunt for sionate muscle. The true story of Saroo brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Brierley (Dev Patel), an Indian man who (Themo Melikidze and Alex Wolff) is tense was lost at the age of five and adopted by and heartbreaking, while finding room to an Australian couple (Nicole Kidman and MONSTER TRUCKS (PG) So, a movie conbe a bit jingoistic without going overboard David “Faramir� Wenham), brought me to ceived by a 4-year-old about monster trucks with its angry-American shtick. the verge of tears more than Pete’s Dragon, powered by real monsters is actuthe other movie that nearly broke ally better than you might believe. me down emotionally. Live By Night (Yes, Monster Trucks was based on The most moving sequences the idea of a studio exec’s young involve Sunny Pawar, the young son.) This $115 million family thief who snatches this film away flick also pretty much lives up to, from Patel, Kidman, Mara Rooney and occasionally exceeds, its low (as Saroo’s girlfriend) and everyone expectations. else. So many moments in Lion A greedy oil exec (needlessly nearly reduced me to a blubbering played by Rob Lowe) forces his mess, from the first time grown team to displace a family of subterSaroo tries jalebi to the footage of ranean creatures that inexplicably real-life Saroo going home. love to power trucks. High-schoolThe irony at the center of this age Tripp (Lucas Till, the new film—losing his family led Brierley MacGyver, who comes out of this to find a life more privileged still poised to be a next-gen action than any other of which he could Have you heard of the vape olympics? lead) takes advantage of the mondream—mildly complicates an sters’ power to plot-motivatingly get out of Berg’s regular hero, Mark Wahlberg, otherwise excruciatingly simple film about town. stars as fictional police office Tommy heartbreak. More of the film’s budget was spent on Saunders, whose major asset to the invesactors than was necessary. Why is every tigation is remembering the location of PATRIOTS DAY (R) I dig Peter Berg’s style. tiny role filled by a familiar face? Amy security cameras in downtown Boston. The His penchant for docudramas about recent Ryan’s very brief appearances as Tripp’s mom seem particularly wasteful, though the parts played by Danny Glover, as the owner of the salvage yard where Tripp works; Barry Pepper, as the boyfriend of Tripp’s mom; and Frank Whaley, as Tripp’s dad, all could have been assigned to nobodies. Nevertheless, this big, dumb, beautiful blob of a movie is the sort of oddball creature-feature kids may actually remember from their childhood. LIVE BY NIGHT (R) Though richly, thoroughly and accurately appointed in period detail, Ben Affleck’s latest directorial effort can never quite shake the familiarity of its tale: a gangster, Joe Coughlin (Affleck), struggling to rise above his criminal station. As the tagline says, “Joe was once a good man.� Now, he’s a rumrunner trying to control central Florida’s bootlegging operation for a Boston godfather. He must negotiate the law, the Irish mob and even the KKK (apparently, one positive of 1920s organized crime is their wiping out the Klan) if he wants to live in happiness with his gorgeous Cuban wife, Graciela (Zoe Saldana). Affleck lacks his usual charisma; he’s still stuck in glum Bruce Wayne mode. He merely looms like a bespoke, fedora-wearing Frankenstein’s monster who occasionally smiles. Maybe Dennis Lehane’s novel offered a fresher take on this criminal tale, but Affleck’s Live by Night fails to find anything new to say to viewers already sated by The Godfather, “Boardwalk Empire� or even Scarface. The climactic bloodbath does contain one marvelous nod to De Palma. Sadly, that high note made me wish for more creative moments like it, and less that seemed like a 1920s episode of “Miami Vice.� f
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I Can’t Stand My Office-mate Advice for Athens’ Loose and Lovelorn By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com I hate the person I share my office with at my graduate assistantship. I share a small room with an extremely grumpy old white woman who hates her husband, coddles her adult son and makes racist remarks about her daughterin-law, who is not white. She also makes remarks about her biracial grandchildren and how she resents that they are bilingual. She has worked in her department for almost 20 years, and I realize that she has a solo office because most of the other staff find her to be extremely unpleasant, and no one wants to be stuck in a room with her all day. But what about me? Honestly, being in the office with her absolutely SUCKS! I feel that I really don’t have much support, since I’m a graduate student, but I really don’t want to be in an office with this woman for another semester. This is a lady who gets to work an hour early, skips her
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I go to UGA, and before Christmas break I started dating a guy that works at a restaurant downtown. It wasn’t that serious—we’d mainly see each other after his shift ended and sometimes get breakfast in the morning, but other than that, we never really saw each other in the daytime. I went home for the break, though, and since getting back, I haven’t been able to get in touch with him. I only have his phone number, and he hasn’t responded to any of the text messages I’ve sent. I’d like to continue what we were doing before the break, just as casual as it was before, but I worry that he thinks me reaching out again is some kind of sign that I want something more serious, and that’s why he’s ignoring me. How hard should I work for this casual hookup? I’m considering just going to his job and asking him why he’s being such a weenie and avoiding me.
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There’s really nothing you can do about her job performance from your position, except maybe mentioning it to your superior when you see her doing things that are grossly unprofessional or against policy. Continue to intervene when you see her putting undergrads through the ringer. That’s just unacceptable behavior. Make your own decision on how to address her racism, but I’d recommend calling her out so often that she becomes afraid to even talk that crap around you. She doesn’t have to like you. I know the semester just started, but remember that you only have to be around this woman until May. In the future, ask around before you accept an assistantship. Get the gossip on who’s a nightmare, and avoid them.
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Showing up to his job is not a casual act in the least, so don’t do that. You feel insulted, and that you deserve answers, which you do. But this guy isn’t gonna give them to you. He seems like the type that only digs a casual situation when it’s on his terms. Most dudes love a lady who says “yes” to them at the end of the night, but they can’t respect a woman who would make the same offer. It’s classic double-standard behavior. Even in casual situations, we’re supposed to present ourselves as virtuous. When you reach out to him for sex, you’re showing that you’re just as confident and slutty as he is. You’re not some last-call angel who saves him from the whiskey-scented morning. You are confident and empowered, and you’re keeping him in your life for a superficial, selfish and mutually-agreed-upon reason. You shattered the illusion. So, be confident and slutty. This guy’s ship has sailed. Delete his number, and find a cooler and more feminist dude to bone for the spring semester. f
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