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Fire up the presses! Kindercore Records plans to open a vinyl-manufacturing plant in Athens later this year. See flagpole.com.

Georgia Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

NEWS: City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

ADDA Doubles Down With Two New Hires

Democracy in Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 UGA’s Black History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

MUSIC: Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Back in the USSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Pansy’s Punk Rock Power, and More Music News

Guide to Touring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

ART: Poetry in Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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By Blake Aued, John Huie and Rebecca McCarthy news@flagpole.com Say what you want about former Athens congressman Paul Broun, but he was never afraid to face his constituents.

While Congress took a break from debating the Affordable Care Act in 2009, the ultra-conservative Broun barnstormed the district. Included in his itinerary were two stops in Oconee County—GOP country, to be sure, but close enough where Athens liberals could easily attend, and did. (He’d go on to hold a town-hall meeting in Athens proper in 2011.)

As is the case today, at the dawn of the tea party era political power had shifted rapidly, with one party completely shut out and big changes on the horizon. The opposition was on edge, and the occasional incident of violence had been reported at political events. Yet Broun’s press secretary described his crowds as “very friendly, very cordial.” When asked if Broun would employ extra security, Jessica Morris—now Jessica Hayes, a staffer for Rep. Jody Hice— responded, “We have no reason to believe people will be anything but respectful.”

Don’t expect to see Broun’s successor Hice anytime soon, though. When asked whether their bosses had any plans to hold town-hall meetings while Congress is in recess this month (known in D.C. as a “district work period”), spokespersons for both Hice (R-Monroe) and Rep. Doug Collins (R-Gainesville) pointed to their “tele-town hall meetings,” in which the congressmen mass-call constituents who’ve signed up beforehand to participate. It’s not exactly the same thing.

House Republican leadership has warned members to seek extra security, and GOP congressmen are increasingly turning to tele-town halls to avoid facing constituents face-to-face. A spokesman for Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) told USA Today that he ditched physical town halls because “recent town-hall meetings across the country have devolved into unproductive shouting matches, with highly organized, partisan special interest groups effectively hijacking the forums and crowding out local residents who want respectful discourse.”

After approximately 500 people showed up at a Greensboro “constituent services day” earlier this month—the type of event that usually draws a handful of people seeking help with passports or disability—to complain and ask questions about Trump Administration policies, a spokeswoman for Sen. David Perdue dismissed them as “organized groups” that “manufacture protests and continue to be disruptive.” The Republican Party wants voters to believe that protestors are violent and dangerous, and it’s become an article of faith on the right that George Soros is paying them.

(He’s rich, but not that rich.) In reality, a good chunk of the crowd was retirees, with a sprinkling of teachers whose schools were closed and others who took off work.

In fact, Hice has never held a town-hall meeting in Athens since he was elected in 2014. Even though left-leaning groups like Athens for Everyone and Indivisible District 10 have invited him, he’s not about to start

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now. After Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz got raked over the coals, why would he?

Of course, it never hurt Paul Broun.

[Blake Aued]

Morehead on Downtown, Scholarships and Guns UGA President Jere Morehead welcomed and applauded the moratorium on new bars and apartments enacted by the local government earlier this month while Rosser International, an Atlanta firm, studies health and safety in the downtown area (at a cost of $90,000 to taxpayers).

“I personally think the city would be well served to have a downtown that reflects the broader community,” with more retail, restaurants and art galleries, Morehead said.

He believes downtown Athens would also benefit from the addition of a grocery store, something he has said before, because it would help attract retirees to the area.

When told that the Daily Groceries Co-op plans to move into a larger store in the complex slated for the former St. Joseph Catholic Church property at 100 Prince Ave., Morehead said he had been hearing about the development and “when it happens, I think it’ll be good.”

The president’s comments came at the end of a cabinet meeting on Feb. 15, during which he discussed an initiative to create scholarships for needy students; the statewide economic impact of the university; and an effort, Road Dawgs, to attract more minority students.

Before the 2008 recession, the percentage of UGA students receiving Pell Grants—federal grants given to low-income students—was 5 or 6 percent, officials said.

In 2008, that figure soared to 25 percent, where it has since remained.

Morehead wants the university to give financial aid to these students and others who can’t pay the $26,208 required for a year at the university, including tuition, room and board, books and living expenses.

There are families whose children are admitted to UGA but who can’t afford to send them, and Morehead wants to reassure them that help will be available.

The goal is, by 2020, to create 400–600 needs-based scholarships, which will be the centerpiece of the university’s current $1.2 billion fundraising campaign. The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation has given UGA $30 million to support needs-based financial aid, the largest donation the university has ever received.

The needs-based awards will be $3,000– $7,000. In the past two weeks, 30 scholarships have been created, the president said, and some money will be awarded to incoming students this fall. The money will help retain as well as recruit students, he says.

Vetoed in 2016 by Gov. Deal, the campus carry bill allowing for firearms on the campuses of public colleges has returned to the Georgia Capitol. The president said his stand on campus carry remains the same as last year and is in line with the position

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of the Board of Regents, which strongly opposed allowing students to bring firearms on campuses.

Morehead also said Wednesday that “without the University of Georgia, the state of Georgia would look very different.” The university isn’t just in Athens; it’s on campuses in Griffin and Tifton, in Cooperative Extension offices around the state, on experimental farms and research facilities and on the Georgia coast on Skidaway and Sapelo Island. With such a huge reach, it has an economic impact of $5.25 billion annually, Morehead said.

Speaking of money, the president said a 2 percent faculty raise isn’t sufficient. “We’ve still got a gap to close in faculty and staff salaries,” he said. “We want to push the increase as high as we can make it.”

[Rebecca McCarthy]

Prince Development Bites the Dust Speaking of Daily and its move to 100 Prince, it came as a relief to General Manager Lisa Merva to learn that a proposed mixed-use development at 1190 Prince that would’ve included a competing grocery is no longer happening. “I am certain that we’ll get some close competition within a few years, but so long as we can get in a new, larger space and get going before it comes, we should be able to weather the extra competition,” Merva said.

The development on a parking lot owned

by Piedmont Athens Regional by the flyingsaucer Rite Aid would have included 48 apartments, several retail spaces, a restaurant with a rooftop patio, green space and pedestrian connections to the Boulevard neighborhood, in addition to a small grocery store. But the developers—Bryan Austin, John Stamm and Trey Wallace— were unable to find an anchor tenant, hospital spokesman Mike Pilcher said.

Too bad. Potential competition for a locally owned business notwithstanding, the 1190 Prince project had drawn mostly rave reviews from neighbors. Future plans for the lot are now unclear. [BA]

Double Your Director, Double Your Fun Rather than hire a single person to replace former Athens Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Pamela Thompson, the ADDA board has opted to split the job in two.

After hours of deliberation behind closed doors split over two days, the board voted Feb. 14 to hire David Lynn as director

of planning and outreach, focusing on economic development, and Linda Ford as director of business services, focusing on parking and assisting downtown businesses.

“Instead of putting the weight all on one person, we’re going to have two people with two distinct skill sets,” ADDA board member Richie Knight said. It’s a weird idea, but the argument that, with downtown growing, the job has also grown beyond one person is persuasive. Perhaps Lynn can be the big-picture champion downtown needs while Ford focuses on the day-to-day complaints from businesses (vomit and planters and such) that suck up so much of an ADDA director’s time.

The positions will be co-equal, with salaries of $70,000 per year—$50,000 more than was budgeted for a single executive director. Ford and Lynn will start work Mar. 1, and will be meeting with the board before then to further refine their duties.

After they gave public presentations two weeks ago, attendees generally saw Ford as having a strong business background as a former small-business owner and president of the Five Points Business Association, while Lynn was praised for having a solid handle on all aspects of downtown. The third, discarded finalist, William Herbig, has a strong background in urban planning, with stints at the Midtown Alliance in Atlanta and the Congress for the New Urbanism in Washington, DC under his belt.

But Ford appears to have had little to no support among downtown stakeholders.

The ADDA—to its credit—solicited feedback on the three finalists, which Flagpole requested and the authority released. The several dozen business owners and others who weighed in were split between Lynn and Herbig. Some cited Lynn’s breadth of experience and knowledge of the community. Others favored Herbig’s vision, planning expertise and fresh eyes, although

some expressed concern he’d be looking to move on soon. Not a single one supported Ford for the job.

While Herbig is from Atlanta and currently works in Washington, DC, both Ford and Lynn have deep roots here. In fact, both are former Athens-Clarke County commissioners. Whether this is true or not, the decision to hire Lynn and Ford over the well-qualified out-of-towner already looks like cronyism to some. [BA]

T-SPLOST List Starts to Take Shape A citizens’ committee will begin reviewing projects next month that could be funded (and eventually built) if voters approve a 1 percent sales-tax increase in November. The projects—most of them proposed by county departments, but a few by citizens—range from road resurfacing and new parking near trails to traffic signals, bridge replacements, new sidewalks, bicycle lanes and new bus routes. Completion of the Firefly Trail to Winterville and construction of a pedestrian bridge to replace the derelict R.E.M. trestle are likely candidates. A North Oconee River boat launch and a sidewalk to Memorial Park were proposed by citizens.

The deadline for proposals is Feb. 28.

Although some online sellers are now required to collect sales tax in Georgia, local sales tax collections have been “flat,” said Tim Taylor of ACC’s Finance Department.

“We don’t know” how online sales have affected county revenue, he told Flagpole, because sales tax is reported to, then distributed by, the state Department of Revenue—and it provides no information on where tax revenue comes from. “If it is going up, it’s displacing something else,” Taylor said.

Georgia and some other states have “Amazon laws,” according to nolo.com.

Georgia requires sellers to collect sales tax (including local taxes) if they have a physical presence in the state, or sell over $50,000 annually to Georgia customers.

[John Huie]

Leisure Services Proposes Scholarship Cuts Not for the first time, ACC commissioners were briefed at last week’s work session about the costs of recreational “scholarships”—discounts based on parents’ income given to children in county recreational programs. The discounts, available for years, have become increasingly popular. Some 1,100 children took advantage of them last year, receiving $266,000

Wonder Twins David Lynn and Linda Ford activating their powers for the ADDA.

Not all the proposals will be funded. If voters approve, the transportation sales tax would last five years and produce just over $100 million, SPLOST Administrator Keith Sanders said at a commission work session last week. But over $200 million in projects are likely to be requested, once all the requests are in. ACC commissioners will decide which projects go with the ballot measure, following recommendations made by a citizens committee that will vet the projects first.

Guidelines for the 21-person committee, chaired by former Commissioner Alice Kinman, include better road safety “for all users,” improving bus service and reducing congestion. Commissioner Jerry NeSmith wanted economic development explicitly included, too. “That very thing” is a commission priority, he said. “Our thought was, all transportation is economic development,” Kinman said. Added Commissioner Melissa Link, “We’ve seen a lot of interest in the Chase Street corridor because we’re getting bike lanes out there.”

worth of scholarships, but they add to the cost of Leisure Services programs, such as summer day camps, and that has prompted commissioners to examine them.

“It’s gone through a lot of changes over the years,” mostly expanding the program, Recreation Administrator Myla Neal told commissioners. A particular concern is that over a third of full-scholarship kids registered in some programs were no-shows; in some cases, extra staff had already been hired for the kids who never showed up.

Now Leisure Services is recommending that scholarships be limited to 25, 50 or 75 percent, rather than 100 percent, of each program’s normal charge, depending on income, and capped at $400 per child; and that tax forms be required to assess income.

Commissioners will vote on the changes in March.

Scholarship programs that exist in other Georgia cities are more limited than ACC’s, Neal said; some are funded by outside sources, and that could be a possibility here too. [JH] f

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The President’s Popularity Special Election Will Be a Test of Trump’s Support

By Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com New presidents typically enter office with high approval ratings, and these numbers will remain high during the president’s honeymoon period. That hasn’t happened with Donald Trump. He entered office with unusually high disapprovals, and the numbers have gotten worse. The latest Gallup poll had Trump’s disapproval level at 56 percent, while only 38 percent approved.

Trump and his supporters, of course, dismiss all these poll numbers as “fake,” and they may have a point. After all, most of the pollsters said Hillary Clinton would win the presidency. Instead, she ended up losing to Trump in the Electoral College despite leading him by nearly three million popular votes.

If the polls can’t be trusted, then how do you gauge the popularity of the president?

One way is to look at the results of special elections where candidates who support or oppose Trump are on the ballot.

There is just such an election is coming up on Apr. 18 in the 6th Congressional District, where Tom Price recently resigned to become the secretary of health and human services. This election is what they call a “jungle primary,” with all 18 candidates on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation.

The district is normally solid Republican.

Price was reelected there in November with just under 62 percent of the vote. Trump only carried the district by a 48-47 percent margin over Clinton, however, which has Democrats thinking they might have a shot in the special election.

Eleven Republicans qualified for the special election. The three most familiar names are Karen Handel, a former secretary of state, and two former state senators, Judson Hill and Dan Moody. These candidates have so far been guarded in their

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comments about Trump, so it will be interesting to see what they say about him.

Two of the GOP candidates are diehard Trump advocates who are competing to see which one can attract more of the president’s supporters. They are Bruce LeVell, who was the head of Trump’s “diversity coalition,” and businessman Bob Gray, a former Johns Creek city councilman.

Five Democrats are on the ballot, but the two with the most political experience are Jon Ossoff, a former congressional aide, and Ron Slotin, who served two terms in the state Senate during the 1990s before running unsuccessfully for Congress. All of these Democrats will be making an issue of the controversies Trump has stirred up.

How do you read the results of this special election? You won’t be able to do an exact calculation because of the presence of two independent candidates on the ballot, but I think you’ll come pretty close.

Add up the percentages of the votes that go to the 11 Republican candidates. If they total more than 48 percent, which was the portion that went to Trump in November, then Trump probably has not damaged his standing among the state’s GOP voters.

Check to see if either of the Trump loyalists, LeVell or Gray, make it into the runoff.

If both of them are knocked out in the first round of voting, that’s an indication that Trump’s support may be slipping.

Add up the percentages of the five Democratic candidates. If they total more than the 47 percent that went to Clinton— and if a Democrat makes it into the June 20 runoff—that would be an indication that Trump’s support is slipping.

Polls, as we’ve seen, don’t always give us an accurate reading of the political landscape. Actual elections like the one coming up on Apr. 18 can tell us a lot. f

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Democrats in the Afterlife The Party Is Dead; Here’s How to Revive It

By Baynard Woods news@flagpole.com those seats are truly vulnerable. And while As Democrats choose the new chair of the they may win a few House seats, there is no Democratic National Committee this weekpossibility of regaining control. end, the worst thing they could do is claim We all need to recognize that America credit for the resignation of retired Lt. Gen. is a single-party state. Whoever takes hold Michael Flynn as national security advisor of the Democratic Party on Feb. 26 must and the withdrawal of Hardee’s honcho find nonelectoral ways to use the party Andy Puzder as secretary of labor nominee. to help save our democratic institutions.

It will make them underestimate their own weakness, which was painfully apparent at a Otherwise, the party will cease to function, even as a ghost. recent party forum in Baltimore.

Most of those vying for leadership posiThe forum—the last before 447 party tions spoke about “resisting Trump� and faithful vote for a new chair in Atlanta on drawing energy from anti-Trump protests Feb. 26—was held in the same Baltimore Convention Center as a car show, and it had around the country.

Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the the same atmosphere. Each candidate for party office had a table in the hallway where favorite of the Sanders faction and the first Muslim elected to Congress, spoke with volunteers presented their candidate as the both passion and shiny new-model charisma—noticeDemocrat.

What if the Democrats ably lacking in many And like car buffs refusing to stopped worrying so much other candidates, who seemed to have acknowledge their about rebuilding their party and trained at the John dependence on a nonrenewable started to think about defending Kerry school of longwinded and indirect resource and the corAmerican institutions? answers. Ellison recresponding need to ognized a “climate of maintain a murderdis-ease among Democrats� and understood ous petro-empire, most everyone at this the need to “engage all citizens-turnedDNC Future Forum refused to recognize activists moving in on this new movement.� that they were dead. They fluttered around Though he was vastly superior to Perez, with futile hope, as if things were the same. the engagement Ellison spoke of easily slips The scene was Woodstock for necrophiliinto vampiric attempts to suck the energy acs. Everyone had taken the brown acid. from a movement that has grown in spite of “What we have seen in these few short him and his party. weeks is carnage and chaos,� said establishWhen hundreds of protesters showed up ment frontrunner and former Secretary of at airports a few weeks earlier, the grandLabor Tom Perez. “We see it every single standing, pharma-shilling New Jersey Sen. day, the assault on our democracy.�

Cory Booker and five House representatives The answer, it seemed, for all of them from Maryland and Virginia went to Dulles was: Rebuild the party. But what will that look like? Democrats have no hope in 2018, International Airport and demanded to see people being detained by Customs and when they will defend 25 Senate seats, only Border Protection agents. But they left long 12 of which seem safe; eight Republicans before the lawyers who did the real fighting. are up for re-election—and only two of

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The people running for DNC chair have been slow to catch on, too. On the day of the Women’s March, as millions of Americans moved forward without them, the candidates attended yet another fundraising forum on the future of the party.

Only Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, IN, had the sense to skip the intra-party event and march with the people of his city.

(Ellison and Perez only stuck around part of the time.)

Listening to the candidates, I kept thinking: The question is not what can the country do for Democrats, but what can Democrats do for the country.

What if the Democrats stopped worrying so much about rebuilding their party and started to think about defending American institutions? Instead of debating in a convention center, they could physically put themselves between those enforcing Trump’s policies and those most affected by them. They could be out on the streets in Latinx neighborhoods, ready to provide legal aid, witnesses and, if necessary, people to be arrested.

When Flynn resigned amid allegations that he had discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador while Obama was still president, filmmaker Michael Moore tweeted: “We demand that the weak &

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All of the Democrats who boycotted the inauguration after Trump insulted Rep. John Lewis did so, in part, because of the courage Lewis showed on the Edmund Pettus Bridge half a century ago.

President Johnson may have stepped in to propose legislation after cops smashed Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; head on Bloody Sunday, but Lewis did not wait for Johnson. What if all the candidates for DNC chair went to stand with the the water protectors at Standing Rock?

Precisely because the Democrats lack political power, they have the potential to become a great moral force if they are willing to be beaten and tear-gassed and arrested. Instead, they are all blinded by the possibility of regaining power, like underworld shades still pining for their previous lives. f Send your tips to democracyincrisiscolumn@gmail. com and follow @baynardwoods and @demoincrisis on Twitter.

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The Whole Story UGA’s Often Overlooked Black History

This historical marker and the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building are two of the few acknowledgements on campus of African Americans’ contributions to UGA’s history.

By Martha Michael news@flagpole.com

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hen students arrive for their first day at the University of Georgia, they are usually familiar with the history of the school—at least part of it. As UGA’s proportion of minority students has increased, however, there is a growing question of how the university recognizes, or fails to recognize, the African-American contribution to its past.

During the month of February, nationally designated as Black History Month, students gathered to hear a panel of UGA professors and researchers discuss the little-known details of black history on campus, and left challenged to distinguish that history more prominently for all students.

Next to UGA’s famous Arch on Broad Street stands a historical marker in honor of the “War of Southern Independence”—one perspective of the Civil War that both black professors and students are uncomfortable with— only a few yards from another marker in honor of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault, the first two AfricanAmerican students to enroll at UGA. Other than the nearby Holmes-Hunter Academic Building, there is one memorial for a black person on campus, said Scott Nesbit, assistant professor of digital humanities in the College of Environment and Design. On the back of the Chapel, there is a plaque “honoring a faithful servant of UGA,” Nesbit said. “You can take that for what it is.”

Despite the lack of popular knowledge of AfricanAmerican history at UGA, there is no doubt “enslaved people were integral to the working of UGA, and UGA was integral to the lives of enslaved people,” Nesbit said.

Today, UGA employs hundreds of people to make sure the university operates, grounds and buildings are maintained and food is cooked, and early in UGA’s history, that work was done by slaves, who made up 50 percent of the Athens population in 1860.

“As far as I can tell from documents, UGA didn’t own enslaved people. Some universities did. UGA had a lineitem in its budget that allocated money for hiring a couple hundred people… to maintain the university each year,” Nesbit said. Some of the those employees took advantage

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of their access to the libraries and educated themselves or, like Lucius Holsey, the slave of a UGA professor, taught themselves to read. Holesy eventually became a prominent bishop in the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, promoted biracial cooperation and helped establish universities. “Black people took what they could [from UGA] and made the best lives they could,” Nesbit said.

One student said that the first thing she wondered walking through campus was, “Were there slaves here?” Others commented that their familiarity with black history on campus didn’t stretch beyond Holmes and Hunter-Gault, and they don’t feel compelled to learn the black history of Athens because they won’t spend much time here.

As a native Athenian, Sandra Goolsby is a testament to the ties between UGA and the community. Her own house once served as slave quarters, and her husband’s grandfather would bring books from the UGA library home to read to his children, she said. As an administrative assistant in Multicultural Services and Programs and advisor of 13 multicultural student organizations, she has used her knowledge of the city’s “watering holes, nooks and crannies” to lead tours showing students “where the black people live.”

Yet there is a distance between UGA and the rest of Athens, she said, because for years UGA “tried to shield students from the community and black community.” The community is still bitter because of this isolation, and is not always aware of the steps being made to connect to the community “in our ‘castle of knowledge,’” she said.

It doesn’t help that students are often left in the dark on black history on campus, either. For example, while Holmes and Hunter-Gault are officially considered the first AfricanAmerican students to enroll at UGA, records reveal that Samuel L. Harris was the first black student to attend UGA decades earlier, Goolsby said.

There are countless more untold stories—and misconceptions—about black history at UGA and in Athens.

Through her work as the co-director of the Civil Rights Digital Library initiative, Barbara McCaskill, a professor in the Department of English, has used public records, business inventories, newspapers and genealogies to “read between the lines and find their stories.”

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“I work with the dead—largely 18th and 19th-Century black people who were mostly illiterate, but many of whom walked the paths of the University of Georgia,” McCaskill said. “How do we tell their stories? How do we honor the stories of the lives of the uneducated? It is obligatory that we find a way to tell the whole story of African Americans on campus and in Athens.”

Valerie Babb, professor of English and director of the Institute for African American Studies, echoed the necessity of discovering “the whole story” in any field students may be studying. “In biology, there’s Henrietta Lacks, whose cells are still being used in cancer research. There were blacks shaping the thoughts and lines of our constitution,” she said. “In regards to black history, you are probably touched more by this than you realize.”

Past student groups have attempted to get UGA to formally recognize Harris, but have not succeeded. “We talk about street names and building names, but we don’t know those are the names of racists,” one student said. There is a whole museum dedicated to athletes and a mausoleum for deceased mascots, another student said, but nothing dedicated to recognizing black history at UGA. “It’s a willful ignorance,” McCaskill said.

“When I hear ‘Black History Month,’ I always ask, ‘Why?’” Babb said. The UGA community is ensconced in a bubble of white privilege because of the campus environment, she said, so the question is how to move outside of that bubble. “Except for the month of February, we don’t integrate this [black] history and understanding into our everyday lives.”

The panelists encouraged students to push for recognition of minority history on campus. As students, professors, activists and community members endeavor to finish telling the “whole story” of African Americans at UGA and in Athens, McCaskill reminded them that nothing will change “unless you persist.” Her work on the Civil Rights Digital Library Initiative began in 1999, but it wasn’t until 2006 that the project became official, she said. “Sometimes a breakthrough depends on knocking on the right door…

We have to have intention to create a life for our projects that will go on beyond our being here.” f

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The second reason Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never stop speaking out against Trump and his attempts to Russify my country is more personal and harder to talk about, and has to do with the people like the ones in my photograph.

These men and women were veterans of the disastrous Afghan War (â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Soviet Vietnam,â&#x20AC;? we used to call it). I watched as the veterans marched around the Moscow square in silence, in uniform, holding hands with the other people theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d served next to. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re protesting the Communists,â&#x20AC;? whispered a woman straight out of babushka central casting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why?â&#x20AC;? I whispered back. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem right to talk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re forgotten,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The men and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;maybe 60 of

them?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;continued their march around the square. They carried no signs, made absolutely no sound. It was unnerving, this silence, so I left. Twenty minutes later, I was rounding a street corner when a yowling mass of people tore around it. They crashed into me without slowing at all, and knocked me over the way waves used to back on Jacksonville Beach when I was five.

I curled into a ball and hugged my knees as the veterans from the protest and hundreds of unlucky people caught up in the crowd ran over me. They were screaming in terror, heads down, running for their lives.

I sat up in the middle of the street after they passed. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d carried and kicked and tossed me a good ways down it, I saw. I started checking myself for injuries and then stopped. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What were they running from?â&#x20AC;? I wondered.

I crouched against a wall as, helmets down, shields up, clubs raised, hundreds of police in full riot gear caught up with the back of the first crowd and began beating people. They were not beating the veterans, just people dressed in office clothes whose shoes were no good for running. A van sped around the corner, and the police began heaving unconscious people into the back.

A blond man in a brown suit ran up to the wall and cowered there next to me.

The policeman who was chasing him came after. The policeman raised his club.

His visor was up, and he looked straight at me. His eyes were blue.

The policeman brought his club down hard, and the man in the suit fell on the ground. I looked down and away as the policeman continued to hit him. I was looking at the feet of the man in the suit, which had sandals on them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who wears sandals with suits?â&#x20AC;? I thought. Then I passed out.

It costs me a lot to show up at rallies, because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m afraid of crowds. But, I tell myself, you have nothing to fear. This is not Russia. This is America.

True, the way we treat our veterans is uncomfortably similar to Russia, but there is still so far to go. In America, journalists are not murdered for writing articles because, despite what Trump says, America is not run by murderers. In America, I can start a business, eat at a restaurant and drive down the street without having to bribe somebody, because America is not run by thieves. And in America, I can peacefully protest without being beaten, because America enforces its Constitution.

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I lived in Russia right before and right after the collapse of the Communist regime, first as a student and then as a journalist. I saw the results of living in a country where everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the papers you read, the conversations you have with your neighbors, your jobâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is based on whichever version of reality the state decrees that day. I saw the cynicism and hopelessness that comes with a steady diet of blatant lies from your leaders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why bother?â&#x20AC;? most everybody said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let them lie and steal. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what they do.â&#x20AC;?

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So You Wanna Go on Tour A Handy Guide to Hitting the Road

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we approach spring, Athens’ concert calendar also blossoms. Music venues have been hard at work booking shows throughout this unseasonably warm winter, as evidenced by the announcements that roll out with each passing day.

Just as we’ll start to see more touring acts swinging through town, spring is a time for local bands to branch out.

Although the internet has made it easier to share music and information, many groups still feel the need to show face outside of

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their hometown—to increase their fanbase, connect with industry professionals and experience the ups and inevitable downs of life in the van.

Ahead of this touring season, Flagpole spoke to local-music experts of varying backgrounds and experiences to put together a dossier—with apologies to any former MI6 agents out there—on the ins and outs of playing out of town. This modest list of tips and tricks should help fledgling local acts hoping to hit the road, and give insight to outsiders on what it takes to go from hometown heroes to well-respected road warriors.

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Booking Your Tour The bedrock of any tour is good booking. As a preliminary step to the tour itself, it can seem far less important—and less fun—than actually playing shows. However, if ample legwork and planning are done before hitting the road, the chance of hitting a snag along the way is greatly reduced.

After deciding on a general route—up and down the East Coast or throughout the Southeast are great places to start for a young band—start compiling lists of contacts for each city you hope to play in.

Chances are, if you’re going on tour, you’ve shared bills in Athens and Atlanta with a bevy of out-of-town bands, so get back in touch with these folks first to see if they’re able to return the favor. At the very least, they’ll be able to point you in the direction of other bands that would make a good fit.

From there, don’t fear the cold contact.

“We just start reaching out,” says Eureka California drummer Marie Uhler, “usually by email, to venues and promoters if we can find them, or bands we know in the area, and try to put things together.

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being hunted and shut down, it’s not fully back online yet,” she adds. After the hugely popular Oakland, CA DIY venue The Ghost Ship tragically burned down late last year, underground spaces across the U.S. have been singled out by authorities and targeted by alt-right trolls online.

Owen Hunt, who keeps especially busy with booking and promoting shows locally, as well as playing in multiple projects like Dead Neighbors, Harlot Party and his own Swamp, echoes that sentiment, noting how DIY spaces he’s reached out to recently have either shut down or tightened their privacy settings.

Don’t let bigots rain on your touring parade, though.

If there’s one thing music does best, it’s bring people together, and there are plenty of warm, welcoming scenesters out there looking to lend a helping hand. “The most rewarding [thing] is working really hard and finally locking in a show that you know is going to have a solid crowd, and play[ing] with some really cool bands,” says Hunt.

Keep in mind that more traditional venues, especially those in larger cities, need a few months’ notice in order to adequately promote the show. Bryant Williamson, local guitarist and operator of the Caledonia Lounge, usually likes to have three months’ notice when booking Eureka California shows at his venue; clubs in Philadelphia, New York and Boston should be booked closer to five months out, he says. So, get bookin’, y’all!

Promoting Your Tour After securing a solid string of shows, the next step is ensuring that each one receives ample attention. There are several avenues bands on a budget can take, but the major two are still traditional print media (and their accompanying online outlets) and social media, which has become a necessity for reaching current and prospective audiences.

The former, much like booking, requires a fair amount of lead time—close to two months in most cases, if not more.

Take into account the fact that most writers need to pitch your story to an editor for coverage, do their own research, conduct an interview, write and submit the story for further edits and formatting before it prints.

To help make it as easy as possible for writers to understand why your band is important and deserves coverage as you stop through their city, Athens publicist Alyssa DeHayes recommends having a few key components ready: easy access to your music (a private Soundcloud or Bandcamp link if your record is unreleased, or a public link if it’s out already); an up-to-date band bio; album art, if applicable; and any relevant press quotes from other outlets.

“Press quotes can also show that a band is established, or building momentum, and help demonstrate that a band is noteworthy enough to be selected for coverage over the many other bands an editor is being pitched,” says DeHayes, who coordinates and carries out album-release and tour-promotion campaigns for Riot Act Media.

Social media, though an intrinsic part of human communication these days, can often get overlooked. Keep subtle aspects in mind, like posting to all your outlets regularly while on the road, and reminding Facebook event attendees when you’re nearing their city. “[The] week of, share some videos or tracks on the event page so people who have RSVPed see notifications and are reminded,” suggests DeHayes. “People get busy and Facebook events get buried, so try texting your pals, and maybe they’ll bring more pals.”

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You’ve made it. After weeks of emailing, practicing and saving up money, it’s time to hit the ol’ dusty trail. By all means, enjoy it, but keep a few things in mind while soldiering on and fighting for space in the van.

First off, as much as a tour can be viewed as an exciting adventure, you’re essentially working. For a short time, you may have managed to get away from whatever gig pays the bills, but being broke away from home is no fun, so take it seriously. If you’ve done your best with booking and promotion, it’s likely you’ll come away with a bit of coin from the door, on top of whatever you’re able to make from merchandise sales.

Be honest with yourselves, the venue and the promoter.

Know what size audience you’re capable of drawing, and be professional—venues will take notice and look out for you. “We have very fair door deals, so if your band draws well, you don’t even need a guarantee,” says Williamson.

“That’s how we see it at the Caledonia, at least.

“In my experience touring with Cinemechanica and Bit Brigade, this is also true of the venues we play,” Williamson continues. “We just set up door deals at venues, and I know the venues appreciate that. It’s fair. We make money based on the amount of people we draw into the room. If we don’t draw a good crowd into a room, I’m not interested in taking [money] out of the venue’s pocket.”

Finally, regardless of geography, music scenes are often close-knit, so maintaining rapport is essential to future success at home and on the road.

“If you are a band who gets along with everyone, is generally nice, shows up on time, doesn’t cause drama or trouble and just acts professionally—because it’s like going to work, it’s your job—then promoters and venues will try to help you build an audience,” says HHBTM Records head Mike Turner, highlighting the golden rule of touring. “Just being nice goes a long way. You’d think that wasn’t even a thing, but it is.” f

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More Touring Tips “There are tons of ways to save money on the road, but I think folks need to figure that stuff out on their own. It’s different for everyone, and what works for some folks might not work for others. Don’t spend money on stuff you don’t need, and make a budget and stick to it. Check it each day, and adjust when you go over.” — Mike Turner “Don’t make [the tour] too long. It doesn’t take very long to get into an on-tour mindset—sometimes a few hours, sometimes two days—but you find out pretty quick how you get along with people you have to spend 24 hours a day with.” — Marie Uhler “I learned—as someone who was hosting touring bands at my house a ton at the time—that sometimes when you think you’re being a good host, the band wants to go to sleep.” — Alyssa DeHayes “Skip the rider and just go for actual money. You can buy your own water, food, etc. No one really wants to have to run around getting stuff for a rider anyway.”

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NOW FEAR THIS: The previously released compilation Exterminate All Rational Music from experimental label Null Zone is now available on cassette via nullzone. bandcamp.com. The album is a real treat for noiseniks, and features Tom Smith, Clang Quartet, Alec Livaditis and many others. The label reports that all proceeds from digital sales and 10 percent of proceeds from physical sales are earmarked for donation to the Southern Poverty Law Center, so you can feel pretty good while feeling pretty bad. Early next month, Null Zone will release new tapes from label owner and The Electric Nature member Pansy Michael Potter and Bleachy Asshole (Thom Strickland of Smokedog), and at least one of these is already the winner for worst name from an Athens project this year! Both have release dates of Mar. 3, so hold your breath and click yourself over when ready.

ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ALWAYS MIDNIGHT SOMEWHERE: Daniel Tanghal has, at least for three songs, revived his previously-retired project Meth Wax for a new EP titled 420Tears. Once again, Tanghal handled all the playing and writing and, also once again, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s provided three sweet bits of fuzzed-out, half-buried bliss. The peak comes, appropriately enough, with the middle song â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Knowâ&#x20AC;? and its ridiculously romantic and earnest pleading and doubt. Fall into this lo-fi wonderland at methwax.bandcamp.com, and give â&#x20AC;&#x2122;im the business at facebook.com/methwax.

performance of Irving Berlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Got a Love.â&#x20AC;? Several hands played a part in the EPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recording, including local Andy LeMaster, but all swam toward the common Music Tapes sound, which has always seemed like a radio transmission sent into space, bounced around between other planets for a few decades then picked up via a staticky car radio on an empty highway. Enjoy at themusictapes.band camp.com.

MASS-A-PEEL: Marching Banana Records just released the fourth installment of its ongoing compilation series, Bananagrams. The way these comps work is via artist collaboration: Musicians write and record together quickly, taking no band credit, although composers are credited.

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Importantly, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear anything on here that speaks to any direct influences, but rather an overarching vibe, if you will, and aesthetic. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shades of The Bags, The Flesh Eaters and, to a much lesser extent, Germs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cool little release recorded by Marshall Moore (The Quiet Pack), and you can grab it at pansy theband.bandcamp.com. Be a fan at facebook.com/pansytheband.

It has been about a year and a half since the last volume, and the label notes that the communal spirit essential to such a project is present in a larger way this time around.

Honestly, only participants would notice. The last one was good, and so is this one. Sure, that sounds a little predisposed, but by the same token, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about 24 songs composed and recorded in fits of immediacy over five months in 2016. There are a few gems, a few duds and an overall sense of creativity and energy. The nature of such a project lends itself to experimentation, and this is full of that, but for the most part everything falls within a broad underground-pop framework. Contributors include members of Mothers, Meth Wax, Jianna Justice, New Wives, Sea Ghost and more. Choose your own adventure at marchingbanana. bandcamp.com. f

THE SLEEPY STRANGE: Although they mainly occupy a halfawake space deep inside a 20th Century dream of the future, The Music Tapes have done enough time in and for Athens that we can still consider the project, if not all its constituent players, as local. So it pleases me WUOG 90.5 FMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 Most-Played Recordings to let you know thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Feb. 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;14 new EP available named The Orbiting Human Circus.

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he Athens poetry scene is booming.

Poets and organizers say local live poetry is at its strongest point in years—and it’s growing faster than anyone could have expected. According to Will Stanier, co-founder of the bimonthly Dude, Where’s My Poetry? showcase, this is due to a small but dedicated group of people who work to maintain a strong presence at venues across town. “A group of 20 or 30 people have been reading, writing, performing and, most importantly, organizing together for enough time now to build a significant scene,” says Stanier.

Alex Johns, who runs the well-established Word of Mouth series at The Globe, says the scene’s emphasis on bringing people together is what has kept it afloat for so long. Johns, in particular, holds onto the memory and motto of his mentor and Word of Mouth founder, the late Aralee Strange.

“She was not only an amazing poet, but a real cultivator of talent and of community,” says Johns. “She placed a great emphasis on immediacy and energy in poems, and on art as a communal act. The way she put it was, ‘If you’re going to ask someone to spend time with your work, either on the page or in the room, you owe them something.’”

KyKy Renee Knight, a local poet and the leader of the band Harlot Party, is a strong believer in the power of performance.

“Performing poetry live changes my writing every time I perform,” she says.

“When I read live, I am studying something different—the way my words feel, the way my voice feels, my delivery. Sometimes I like to include the audience with participatory lines. Reading live is like letting my poetry live, in a way. Then, after hearing it ‘alive,’ I go back and edit accordingly. I think this is true for performing poetry as well as for music. Performing live is essential to developing a piece in my writing process.”

While showcases at Go Bar, The Globe and Avid Bookshop continue to prop up the scene, another movement is taking poetry somewhere more personal. In basements and at house shows, readings are becoming a staple of the Athens social experience.

“There’s another dimension to the scene now,” says Stanier. “People are doing things on their own, collaborating, taking hints from other places. The DIY scene in Athens has been really healthy the last couple years. A lot of the live poetry scene is just part of that DIY activity. Much of what I do with Dude, Where’s My Poetry? mimics what I see in the local music scene. I use what my musician friends do as examples.”

When it comes to DIY poetry in Athens, Dude, Where’s My Poetry?, which Stanier co-founded with friend and roommate Kelly Petronis, is at the head of the pack.

According to Petronis, the series has thrived

off of making slight tweaks and improvements to the kinds of showcases you would see at normal venues.

“First off, the space is in our home, so no one feels obligated to buy beer,” says Petronis. “It’s also not an open mic. We [limit] the number of poets to three. This respects the time of the audience, and gives poets a chance to really flex their craft like they’ve probably never done before. It allows them the time to give a full expression of the body of their work—for it to be validated, and to hopefully transform. We also include one musician to close the show, because music and poetry are really just two sides of the same coin.”

Jay Morris, the founder of Go Bar’s live showcase, Goetry, thinks there are new heights waiting to be discovered within the DIY movement. “When I was a freshman [and] sophomore in college, I didn’t think anyone would stick around for poetry at a house party. But I’ve been seeing it happen lately, and I want that to happen more. I was blown away the first time I went to DWMP. Hosting at venues is great, but I feel like DIY has a lot of untapped potential.”

Ashley Crooks, a newcomer to Athens poetry, likes the range of local showcases but thinks there is still room for growth. “Athens isn’t as lively as I’m used to in NYC, or even Atlanta, but it has a lot of quality,” she says.

“There is a diversity of events, and each has its own vibe. I’m still on the lookout for a competitive poetry scene, though. I wish there were more weekly events, and a team to compete in the National Poetry Slam.”

One common goal among local poets is bringing more people into the scene. Many hope that Athens’ traditional showcases and the more experimental DIY outlets will come together into something larger and of greater importance to the community.

“We want to help foster the opportunity for those who might have something to say, but otherwise feel too intimidated to speak, to do it,” says Goetry co-host Stephen Wack.

“Speak out. Share with us. Afraid of feeling vulnerable? Self-expression is not weak, and shouldn’t be shied away from.

“The poetry scene is made up of some of the most supportive, open-minded individuals I’ve had the fortune of meeting,” Wack continues. “It can be extremely cathartic to get up on stage for those few minutes and express yourself passionately about something to those who are willing to listen.” f

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What’s in a Label?

‘Advanced and Irascible’ Showcases Abstract Expressionists

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com It’s not uncommon for artists to be unconcerned about, or even resistant towards, adhering to the styles or ideologies of a specific artistic movement, with many labels being retrospectively given by historians or the general public. One such group received the moniker “Irascibles” after signing an open letter to protest the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s juried exhibition American Painting Today, 1950. Condemning the museum’s director for expressing “contempt for modern painting” and the selected jury as “notoriously hostile to advanced art,” the letter stated, “We draw to the attention of those gentlemen the historical fact that, for roughly a hundred years, only advanced art has made any consequential contribution to civilization.”

Signed by 18 American painters with support from an additional 10 sculptors, the letter was published on the front page of The New York Times, sparking a flurry of stories through the media. The following year, a widely circulated group portrait of these same artists appeared in LIFE magazine, leading them to become the faces of what was soon coined abstract expressionism.

Currently on view at the Georgia Museum of Art, “Advanced and Irascible: Abstract Expressionism from the Collection of Jeanne and Carroll Berry” demonstrates the couple’s efforts in gathering works by these so-called Irascibles. The exhibition spotlights a group of artists who, while historically united through their opposition, largely worked independently from each other. Stylistically recognized for gestural approaches to painting and mark-making, each had his or her own idiosyncratic flourish.

Some of the most popular names in American art history appear together in one gallery, with many of the artists’ creative

in geometric abstraction and emphasis on color as a tool of expression.

Abstract expressionism was a distinctly American phenomenon with international influence, and ultimately pushed contemporary art into many new directions.

“Advanced and Irascible” features a total of 19 works by 18 of these leading artists, with more highlights including Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Robert Motherwell and Richard Pousette-Dart.

“Advanced and Irascible” is complemented by the companion exhibition “Artists of the New York School,” which highlights artists who were active in the

ranges demonstrated through less identifiable styles. Jackson Pollock, famous for his chaotic and densely layered drip paintings, contributes a small ink and gouache piece with confident calligraphic brushstrokes resembling language. Mark Rothko, best known for his rectangular color fields, instead offers curvy, irregular shapes in thin washes of black and white.

The Irascibles’ only woman artist, Hedda Sterne, firmly voiced independence from specific art movements, and her career reflects an everchanging style that experimented with a multitude of forms and mediums. Inspired by a German mythological creature representing continual change, “Baldanders I and II” is a set of linen works with ink lines, thin as strands of hair, that resemble shapeshifting formations of clouds or smoke.

Emphasizing spontaneous and subconsciously driven creation, the movement further increased the popularity of automatism—a surrealist approach to drawing or writing through which the artist relinquishes deliberate control—as well as action painting, a method that viewed the canvas as an arena for splashAdolph Gottlieb in “Advanced and Irascible” ing, smearing, flicking and city during the 1950s and ’60s and worked other performative measures. Though the primarily in abstraction. Pulled from the artists’ styles varied greatly, they shared an museum’s collection as well as a few private emotional intensity and anti-figurative aesthetic. The works of Hans Hofmann, Jimmy collections, the show includes roughly 30 Ernst and Ad Reinhardt all suggest interests paintings, sculptures and works on paper.

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The New York School’s network extended beyond visual artists to include poets, writers, dancers and musicians who collectively embraced the avant-garde.

Fritz Bullmann’s 8-foot-tall “Sky Harp” commands attention, collaging pieces of painted paper into a silhouette form accented by diamonds of bright blue, red and black. Also implementing a sculptural approach for a wall-bound work, Frank Stella’s “Krozangrodek 11-22” uses white cotton pulp to create a three-dimensional collection of intersecting shapes.

Helen Frankenthaler’s “Bronze Smoke” is an eerie lithograph of translucent black drifting across a rust-colored background, reflecting a continuation of her popular “soak-stain” technique, through which she poured thinned paints onto canvas.

This emphasis on color is shared by Alice Baber, whose “Tragedy of Colors” offers gentle overlapping forms in watercolors.

Gerome Kamrowski’s gouache and ink creation is alluringly vibrant and unusual, with (likely unintentional) biomorphic forms resembling sea anemones or urchins detailed with black spines and and white polka dots. Carol Holty’s “Bathers” also deserves a second glance to hone in on a pair of loose silhouettes resting beneath a layer of thick, confetti-like strokes in shades of orange, green and blue.

The exhibition also includes pieces by James Brooks, Robert Goodnough, Philip Guston, Louise Nevelson, Robert Rauschenberg, Anne Ryan and Michael (Corinne) West.

Curator of American Art Sarah Kate Gillespie will lead a public tour of “Advanced and Irascible” on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. “Artists of the New York School” will close Sunday, Mar. 19, and “Advanced and Irascible” will remain on view through Sunday, Apr. 30. f

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Faux Ferocious

EVENT | Wed, Feb 22

MUSIC | Thu, Feb 23

UGA Chapel · 4 p.m. · FREE! As part of its 2017 Global Georgia Initiative, the UGA Willson Center is teaming up with Hugh Acheson’s Seed Life Skills nonprofit for a starstudded symposium Wednesday afternoon. A free panel discussion at the UGA Chapel at 4 p.m. features Acheson, “Top Chef” judge Tom Colicchio, Eater Executive Editor Rashid Nuri, author and food-equity advocate Michael Nischan and several other foodie heavy-hitters. That same evening, there’s a Seed Life Skills benefit dinner at Five & Ten, where Acheson, Richard Neal and Matthew Palmerlee will present a four-course meal that also includes snacks and Creature Comforts beer. Tickets are $100 and available at fiveandten.com. [Gabe Vodicka]

Flicker Theatre & Bar · 9 p.m.

Nashville band Faux Ferocious has emerged over the past several years as the spiritual leader of that city’s thriving rock and roll underground, blending reverent classic-rock riffs, motorik rhythms and a debauched sort of psychedelia to create something familiar and yet undeniable. The group hits Athens for the first time in months, kicking off a mini-tour on Thursday with its most recent LP, last October’s Cloning the Rubicon, in tow. Music City buds Soft Option share the bill, along with locals The Hernies, who have quietly positioned themselves atop the local indie-rock scene. That group will release its first proper full-length via Orange Twin Records later this year. [GV]

Food, Culture & Community Faux Ferocious

Tuesday 21 CLASSES: Computer Class: Word 2013 (ACC Library) Pick up tips on basic formatting. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Instant Pot Cooking (Farmview Market) Get recipes and tips for using an electric pressure cooker. Samples included. 5–7 p.m. $25. www.farmviewmarket.com EVENTS: Introduction to Model Trains (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Lewis Collier of The Memory Station gives an overview of model trains. 6 p.m.

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EVENTS: Patagonia’s Worn Wear College Tour (UGA Tate Student Center, Plaza) This mobile repair shop fixes garments and teaches people how to fix their own gear. The Zero Waste Extravaganza includes a bike repair clinic, Leave No Trace Outdoor Workshop, Watershed UGA + Waste = Art Exhibit, and tables from various organizations. 10 a.m.– 8:30 p.m. FREE! kcfite@uga.edu EVENTS: S.T.Y.L Fashion Installation and Lecture (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Atrium) Naz&Court, a sustainable and ethical fashion label, presents a lecture and fashion installation on slow fashion.

The lecture, “S.T.Y.L” (Sustainable

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MUSIC | Sat, Feb 25

LECTURES & LIT | Tue, Feb 28

RSVP for Location · 3–5 p.m. · $10–15 WUGA’s monthly fundraising series Artists in Residence will drop into the home of creative couple Beth and Jason Thrasher.

With a background in design and art direction for television, Beth is the founder of the Short Attention Span Film and Video Festival. Jason is a widely published photographer whose portrait series of local musicians, “Athens Potluck,” will be released as a book later this year. Together, they run Thrasher Photo and Design, which offers photography, video, branding, print and web design services.

Artists in Residence offers an opportunity to meet the artists while viewing their personal collections and works in progress.

RSVP to thaxtona@uga.edu or 706-542-9842. [Jessica Smith]

Caledonia Lounge · 9:30 p.m. · $7–9 Known as the leader of Michigan indie bulwark Saturday Looks Good to Me, singer-songwriter Fred Thomas has recently released two solo efforts, 2015’s All Are Saved and this year’s Changer. Both albums were tracked here in Athens with engineer Drew Vandenberg, and both diverge from Saturday Looks Good to Me’s veiled psych-pop, employing a direct and cathartic approach that draws heavily on Thomas’ personal history. The new record, in particular, acts as a music-lifer’s memoir, displaying influences ranging from pop-punk and electronica to sweeping, E6-style psych-folk. Two fantastic local outfits—Grand Vapids and Arbor Labor Union—share Saturday’s bill. [GV]

Ciné · 7 p.m. · FREE! Not afraid to call out social injustice, institutionalized racism and toxic masculinity, author Kiese Laymon is a strong voice in contemporary Southern literature. Following the release of his debut novel, Long Division, in 2013, he published How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, a collection of autobiographical essays that, despite its title, conveys a story of surviving challenges related to family, race and violence while coming of age in Mississippi.

Currently a professor of English and African-American Studies at Ole Miss, Laymon plans to release a memoir called Heavy and a novel titled And So On later this year. His lecture is presented by UGA’s Creative Writing Program. [JS]

Jason Thrasher

Textile Youth Lecture), is on a regional tour. 7 p.m. FREE! www. nazandcourt.com EVENTS: Wine Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) Sample South African wines. 6 p.m. www. heirloomathens.com EVENTS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) David Bothe gives a presentation on the geology and mineral sightings observed during a trip to several northwestern states and National Parks. 7:30 p.m. FREE! wwwathensrockandgemclub.org GAMES: Sports Trivia (Champy’s Famous Fried Chicken) Hosted by TV, radio and internet personal-

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ity Dave McMahon. Emphasis on Georgia athletics. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.champyschicken.com GAMES: Playtest Night (The Rook and Pawn) Demo yet-to-be-released games. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Johnny’s Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Win house cash prizes every Tuesday and Thursday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-3541515 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Both locations of Locos feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James

Kiese Laymon

Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Taqueria Tsunami, Downtown) Surf the trivia wave every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Rd.) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia with host Caitlin Wilson. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8508561

KIDSTUFF: Spanish Play Group (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) Parents and children meet to converse 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: 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 k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Ages 2–5. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: 1984 (UGA Park Hall) Members of the UGA community will read aloud the entirety of George Orwell’s dystopian classic.

11 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! ctcamp@ uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Poetry Reading (Ciné Barcafé) Christopher Salerno, winner of the 2016 Georgia Poetry Prize, and Daniel Schoonebeek will read from their collections. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.willson.uga.edu MEETINGS: Classic City Toastmasters (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) Practice public speaking skills in a supportive environment. 12 p.m. FREE! 1779. toastmastersclubs.org PERFORMANCE: UGA Symphony Orchestra (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Student musicians will perform masterworks of classical repertoire. The program includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 “Paris” and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 “Romantic.” 8 p.m. $6 (w/ UGA ID), $12. pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Gymnastics Show (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall, UGA Ramsey Center) The National Danish Performance Team performs “Imani,” a routine incorporating rhythmic gymnastics, dance, creative acrobatics, high-speed trampoline and tumbling. Seats can be reserved on eventbrite.com. 7:15 p.m. FREE! andreak@enervex.com THEATER: Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (UGA Fine Arts Building, Cellar Theatre) Christopher Durang’s quirky comedy follows three siblings and a boyfriend. Feb. 21–25, 8 p.m. Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.drama.uga.edu

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EVENTS: Athens Showgirl Cabaret (Go Bar) See up and coming kings and queens. Hosted

by Kellie Divine. 9 p.m. $3. www. facebook.com/athensshowgirls FILM: Moonlight (Ciné Barcafé) Nominated for eight Academy Awards, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood. A panel discussion with Ed Pavlic, Channette Romero and Valerie Babb will follow the screening. 8 p.m. $9.75. www. athenscine.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: X-Wing Fan Track (The Rook and Pawn) X-wing is a tactical ship-to-ship combat game in which players battle in space. No experience required. 6 p.m. www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a

air in the company of other parents with young children. Wednesdays, 4 p.m. www.reblossomathens.com KIDSTUFF: Indie Crafternoon (Oconee County Library) Make and take a craft. Materials provided.

Grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Wednesday Library Adventures (Bogart Library) A storytelling program with hands-on activities. Ages 3.5–8. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Environmental Health Seminar (Coverdell Center, 500 D.W. Brooks Dr., Room S175) CEO of the National Environmental Health Association Dr. David Dyjack will give a talk titled “Environmental Health Visualized: Access, Axis and Affect.” 11 a.m. FREE! LECTURES & LIT: Author Rob Wallace (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Meet author Rob Wallace is

School of Music faculty members. 8 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: CORE Concert Dance Company: A World of Difference (UGA New Dance Theatre) CORE performs contemporary, aerial and multidisciplinary events incorporating interactive film, visual arts, literature and new music into multimedia performances. Feb. 22–25, 8 p.m. $12–16. www.dance. uga.edu THEATER: Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 21–25, 8 p.m. Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.drama. uga.edu

Thursday 23 ART: Conversation on Collecting (Georgia Museum of Art) Join collectors Larry and Brenda Thompson for a discussion on collecting African American art. They will discuss the importance of partnerships between academic institutions and

in American antiques and accessories, including furniture, pottery, art, silver, textiles and more. Feb. 23, 6–9 p.m. $50. (Preview Party).

Feb. 24–25, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $10.

706-342-4743 FILM: I Am Not Your Negro (Ciné Barcafé) Raoul Peck’s documentary envisions James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript. A panel discussion with Ed Pavlic, Rachel Gabara and Tareva Johnson will follow the screening. 8:15 p.m. $9.75. www. athenscine.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Duplicate Bridge (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Beginner and experienced players welcome. 7 p.m. ejstapler@ gmail.com GAMES: Johnny’s Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-354-1515 KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Create

Wednesday 22 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Join Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art, for a tour of “Advanced and Irascible.” See Art Notes on p. 14. 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Rain Barrel Workshop (ACC Stormwater, 120 W. Daugherty St.) Learn about stormwater runoff and rain barrel uses, maintenance and installation. 5:30 p.m. FREE! stormwater@athensclarkecounty. com CLASSES: Illustrator for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn how to create graphics with vectors using Adobe Illustrator. This is ideal for logos or artwork you want to print in multiple sizes. Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Flower Arranging Unit 3 (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This unit focuses on designs for dining tables. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $50. 706-542-6156, www.uga. edu/botgarden COMEDY: Comic Strip Comedy Show (Jerzee’s Sports Bar) Alia Ghosheh hosts a comedy showcase headlined by Jared Stargel. 9 p.m. $5. ghoshehalia@gmail.com EVENTS: Seed Life Skills Symposium (Multiple Locations) Events include a student cooking competition, a panel discussion on “Food, Culture and Community” featuring Tom Colicchio (head judge of “Top Chef”) and moderated by Hugh Acheson (4 p.m., UGA Chapel), and a benefit dinner (7 p.m.). Proceeds benefit Seed Life Skills. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. 11 a.m.–8 p.m. willson.uga.edu

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“Crystal Photomicrography” features images taken through a microscope by Stefan Eberhard. His exhibition is currently on view at the Madison County Library through February. team and compete. 8 p.m. saucehouse.com GAMES: Bingo (Highwire Lounge) House cash and drink prizes. Hosted

by DJ LaDarius. 8 p.m. FREE! www. highwirelounge.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Play to win. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-548-1920 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) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Eastside) Every Wednesday. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com KIDSTUFF: Wednesday Walk (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) Meet in the parking lot and get some fresh

celebration of Big Farms Make Big Flu, which describes the ways influenza and other pathogens emerge from an agriculture controlled by multinational corporations. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: USDA Housing Programs Training (Oconee County Civic Center) Representatives from the United States Department of Agriculture will meet with realtors and buildings to discuss updates affecting Single Family Housing programs in Georgia. 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

FREE! 706-552-2595 MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) Meet local entrepreneurs, tech talent and other fellow Athenians who are making cool stuff at this weekly Four Athens networking happy hour. 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com/happy-hour PERFORMANCE: Georgia Woodwind Quintet (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) The Georgia Woodwind Quintet performs woodwind chamber music. The ensemble is comprised of Hugh Hodgson

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private collectors in nurturing and fostering an awareness of African American artists. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Postc(arts) Night (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The gallery will provide a variety of postcards designed by local artists, plus some light refreshments, during an opportunity for the public to write to their congressional representatives about public funding for the arts. 6–9 p.m. www.athica.org CLASSES: Mama-Baby Yoga (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) This yoga class allows kiddos to practice alongside their parents. Free childcare is available for little ones who would rather play than practice yoga.

9:30 a.m. $5–10 donation. www. reblossomathens.com EVENTS: KnitLits (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are welcome.

6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart EVENTS: Madison Antiques Show (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) The show features the best

Lego art and enjoy Lego-based games. Blocks provided. For ages 8 & up. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-7955597 KIDSTUFF: Afterschool Movie (ACC Library) The film has not been picked yet but suggestions are welcome. Ages 11–18. 4 p.m. FREE! plewis@athenslibrary.org, www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Bring your pajama-clad kids in for storytelling and readings by special guests. 7 p.m. FREE! 706795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Mardi Gras Party (ACC Library) Laissez les bons temps rouler. Celebrate with music, crafts and king cake. For ages 4–8 and their caregivers. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Music Therapy Fun (Oconee County Library) Learn basic rhythm concepts and express feelings through music. Instruments provided. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee

KIDSTUFF: Teen Council Meeting (ACC Library) Teens can come together to discuss plans for the ACC Library’s teen department’s collections and programs. Pick up application forms at the front desk.

Ages 11-18. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 LECTURES & LIT: Darl Snyder Lecture (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) The UGA AFrican Studies Institute presents the 25th annual lecture. UGA alumna Alexandra Wright, Overseas Research Fellow for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, speaks on “capacity strengthening vector control laboratories in resource limited settings in East and West Africa.”

9:30 a.m. FREE! afrstu.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Recognizing Alzheimer’s: The Basics (ACC Library) Learn about memory loss, dementia, risk factors, stages, treatments and more. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Dirty History Lecture (UGA LeConte Hall, Room 101) Marcia Chatelain will give a talk on “Burgers in the Age of Black Capitalism: How Civil Rights and Fast Food Changed America After 1968.” 5 p.m. willson.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Spring Book Symposium (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Room 277) Author and professor Dianne Dugaw will speak on “Fighting and Sailing Women in Anglo-American Prints, Songs and History.” A workshop on rare books will follow after lunch. 11 a.m. FREE! libs.uga.edu MEETINGS: ACC Democrats (ACC Library) This month’s program focuses on service. 7–9 p.m. FREE! clarkedemocrats.com PERFORMANCE: CORE Concert Dance Company: A World of Difference (UGA New Dance Theatre) See Wednesday listing for full description Feb. 22–25, 8 p.m. $12–16. www.dance.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: ARCO Chamber Orchestra (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The ensemble will perform Bach, Mozart and Tchaikovsky for their spring concert. 8 p.m. $6 (w/ UGA ID), $20. www.music.uga.edu THEATER: Once the Musical (The Classic Center) The Tony Awardwinning musical tells the tale of a Dublin street musician and a young woman who takes interest in his love songs. 7:30. $20–70. www.classiccenter.com THEATER: Bless Me Father (Memorial Park, Quinn Hall) Athens Creative Theatre presents Bless Me Father, a comedy about how a town, thinking the Pope is about to visit, lines up to confess sins to a janitor who has been trapped in the booth for hours. Feb. 23–25, 7:30 p.m. & Feb. 26, 3 p.m. $10–15. www.athensclarkecounty.com/act THEATER: Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 21–25, 8 p.m. Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.drama. uga.edu

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inexpensive grow-light systems and a propagation timeline will be provided to ensure that seedlings are ready to be transplanted outdoors in early spring. 9 am.–1 p.m. $50. www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Senior Adult Trip (Rocksprings Community Center) Ages 50 & up can take a trip to the DeKalb Farmers Market. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $15–23. www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure EVENTS: Madison Antiques Show (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 23, 6–9 p.m. $50. (Preview Party). Feb. 24–25, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $10. 706-342-4743 EVENTS: Black History Month Dinner (Georgia Museum of Art) The dinner and awards ceremony feature the presentation of the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Award and the Lillian C. Lynch Citation.

RSVP. 6 p.m. $55 (members), $75.

706-542-4199, www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Adult Coloring Program (Madison County Library) Coloring sheets and pencils will be provided for participants to drop in, color and relax. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison EVENTS: The Athens Home & Garden Show (The Classic Center) Friday kicks off with a “Wheeling and Dealing Casino Night Preview Party.” The home and garden show will feature remodeling, landscaping, decorating, cooking demonstrations and more. Feb. 24, 7:30–11 p.m.

Feb. 25, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. & Feb. 26, 12–5 p.m. $6. www.aahba.com KIDSTUFF: Story Time Fun (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) A rotation of music, science or other special story times for babies and young children with their parents.

10:30 a.m. FREE! www.reblossomathens.com LECTURES & LIT: Poetry and Music for Your Ears and Hearts (Go Bar) A night of poetry and music to benefit Diginidad Inmigrante en Athens. Featuring poets Bridget Dooley, Sam Lane, Celest Ngeve and Lindsay Tigue, and music from Captain #1, Gift Economy, Ashley Na and Devin Watkins, plus a DJ after the show. 9 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 PERFORMANCE: Orchestre National de Lyon (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Music director Leonard Slatkin conducts a program

that includes Symphonie fantastique

by Berlioz and Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie and Tzigane by Ravel.

8 p.m. $31–72. www.pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Guest Artist Concert (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) Flutist James Hall from the University of Northern Colorado will perform. 6 p.m. FREE! www. music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: EAEDC 30th Year Anniversary (Morton Theatre) The East Athens Educational Dance Center celebrates 30 years with an annual dance production featuring tap, ballet, jazz, modern and hiphop. Feb. 24–25, 7 p.m. Feb. 26, 3 p.m. $12–15. mortontheatre.com PERFORMANCE: CORE Concert Dance Company: A World of Difference (UGA New Dance Theatre) See Wednesday listing for full description Feb. 22–25, 8 p.m. $12–16. www.dance.uga.edu THEATER: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (Seney-Stovall Chapel) A musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic novel. Feb. 24–25 & Mar. 3–4, 7 p.m. $8–16. www.roseofathens.org THEATER: Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 21–25, 8 p.m. Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.drama. uga.edu THEATER: Bless Me Father (Memorial Park) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 23–25, 7:30 p.m. & Feb. 26, 3 p.m. $10–15. www.athensclarkecounty.com/act

Saturday 25 ART: WUGA’s Artists in Residence Series (Contact for Location) See the home of Beth and Jason Thrasher. Beth is a web designer, writer and founder of the Short Attention Span film festival. Jason is a wedding photographer and well-known for his portraits of musicians. Proceeds benefit WUGA. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. 3–5 p.m. $10–15. 706-542-9842, thaxtona@ uga.edu, www.wuga.org ART: Community Chalk Art (Jittery Joe’s Coffee, Roaster) Create chalk art with local artists and live music.

Admission includes a chalk bucket to participate. Presented by the UGA School of Social Work. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $5. Find the event on Facebook.

CLASSES: The Basics of Drawing (Farmview Market) Learn to see the natural world different with instructor Toni Carlucci. Materials provided.

No experience necessary. Ages 14–adult. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $30. www.farmviewmarket.com CLASSES: Band Leader and Musician Clinic (Nuçi’s Space) Members of the New York swing band Sweet Megg & the Wayfarers lead a clinic. 1 p.m. $5. www.jazzathensga.org CLASSES: Conservation Landscaping (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Get tips on plants, management and design techniques for home gardens. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. $50. www.botgarden. uga.edu EVENTS: Psychic Faire (Body, Mind & Spirit) Featuring tarot readings, runes, reiki, philosophy and more.

Proceeds benefit Athens Pagan Pride Day. 1–5 p.m. FREE! athensgapagans.org EVENTS: The Athens Home & Garden Show (The Classic Center) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 24, 7:30–11 p.m. Feb. 25, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. & Feb. 26, 12–5 p.m. $6. www.aahba.com EVENTS: Madison Antiques Show (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 23, 6–9 p.m. $50. (Preview Party). Feb. 24–25, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $10. 706-342-4743 KIDSTUFF: Special Delivery: A Mail Storytime (ACC Library) An afternoon of stories and crafts about zany letters and marvelous mail, featuring Philip C. Stead’s Special Delivery and a short film

by Ezra Jack Keats. Ages 4–8 and their caregivers. 11 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: 10th Annual WIPI Conference (UGA School of Law, Dean Rusk Hall, Larry Walker Room) The Working in the Public Interest Conference explores equal treatment under the law, improving access to legal representation and practical approaches to public interest lawyering. 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

FREE! (w/ UGA ID), $10. www.law. uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Recognizing Alzheimer’s: Know the 10 Signs (ACC Library) Learn the early warning signs through video clips. Find out how to enroll in clinical studies, begin drug therapy and plan for the

future. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens MEETINGS: Green Party General Meeting (ACC Library) The meeting will elect officers and set the party’s agenda. 2–5 p.m. FREE! facebook.com/athensgagreens PERFORMANCE: EAEDC 30th Year Anniversary (Morton Theatre) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 24–25, 7 p.m. Feb. 26, 3 p.m. $12–15. mortontheatre.com PERFORMANCE: CORE Concert Dance Company: A World of Difference (UGA New Dance Theatre) See Wednesday listing for full description Feb. 22–25, 8 p.m. $12–16. www.dance.uga.edu THEATER: Bless Me Father (Memorial Park) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 23–25, 7:30 p.m. & Feb. 26, 3 p.m. $10–15. www.athensclarkecounty.com/act THEATER: Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 21–25, 8 p.m. Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.drama. uga.edu THEATER: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (Seney-Stovall Chapel) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 24–25 & Mar. 3–4, 7 p.m. $8–16. www.roseofathens.org

Sunday 26 EVENTS: Shape Note Singing (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Experience the early American a cappella singing tradition using The Social Harp, compiled in 1855

by John Gordon McCurry, Jr., and The Sacred Harp, first published in 1844 by B.F. White. Potluck lunch.

10:30 a.m.–3:15 p.m. FREE! www. atlantasacredharp.org EVENTS: Orchid Madness: Vanilla Sunday (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Vanilla flavoring is extracted from the pods of an orchid plant! Celebrate the vanilla bean orchid with sundaes from Freddy’s Frozen Custard. 4:30 p.m. $20. www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Wedding Professionals Ultimate Bridal Show (Hotel Indigo) Local vendors and Northeast Georgia wedding professionals will be participating in this one-stop shopping event for all the services brides need to make their dream weddings come true.

12:30–3:30 p.m. $10. athensweddingprofessionals.com EVENTS: The Athens Home & Garden Show (The Classic Center) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 24, 7:30–11 p.m. Feb. 25, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. & Feb. 26, 12–5 p.m. $6. www.aahba.com LECTURES & LIT: Solidarity Sunday (ACC Library) Mokah Johnson from the Athens AntiDiscrimination Movement will lead a workshop encouraging people to make a practical difference in the community. 3 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/100daysathens LECTURES & LIT: Dude, Where’s My Poetry? (135 Habersham Dr.) Hear poetry from Nicole Brooks, Paul Cunningham and Nathan Blansett. See Story on p. 13. 6 p.m.

FREE! Find the event on Facebook.

MEETINGS: Dirty Dulcimers (Madison County Library) Learn to play and read music with other dulcimer players. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison PERFORMANCE: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The program “Tutto Italiano” features music

by Puccini, Respighi, Verdi and Mendelssohn. 3 p.m. $6 (w/ UGA ID), $42. pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: EAEDC 30th Year Anniversary (Morton Theatre) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 24–25, 7 p.m. Feb. 26, 3 p.m. $12–15. mortontheatre.com THEATER: Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 21–25, 8 p.m. Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.drama. uga.edu THEATER: Bless Me Father (Memorial Park) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 23–25, 7:30 p.m. & Feb. 26, 3 p.m. $10–15. www.athensclarkecounty.com/act

Monday 27 FILM: Awakening of the Beast (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Jose Mojica Marins’ 1970 psychedelic film features Coffin Joe as a guide through a hellish LSD trip. 9 p.m. FREE! flickertheatreandbar.com FILM: Paper Tigers (Athens Community Career Academy, 440 Dearing Ext. Building #1) The documentary follows a year in the life of

students at Lincoln High School, an alternative school for traumatized youth. A panel discussion about a trauma-informed community in Athens will follow the screening.

6 p.m. FREE! jennifer.shaikun@ fc-cis.org GAMES: League Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Six teams will compete in a five-week trivia battle for annual memberships and gift cards valued at nearly $500. Email to sign up. 7 p.m. FREE! rookandpawnathens@ gmail.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: Movie Trivia (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Klon hosts movie trivia. 7 p.m. FREE! flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: General Knowledge Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8501916 GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge! Hosted

by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Duplicate Bridge (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Beginner players welcome.

1 p.m. $5. ejstapler@gmail.com KIDSTUFF: Monday Fun-Days (Bogart Library) Little ones ages birth to three and their caregivers can participate in songs, finger plays, wiggles and giggles. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart 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.

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Tuesday 28 CLASSES: Dance as Exercise (Farmview Market) Darrell Hope leads a class in dancing with both choreographed and freestyle moves.

Ages 10 and up; ages under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

5:30–6:30 p.m. $10. www.farmviewmarket.com CLASSES: Computer Class: Excel 2013 (ACC Library) Register by phone or in person at the reference desk. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www.athenslibrary.org/athens FILM: Bad Movie Night: Boardinghouse (Ciné Barcafé) A telekinetic playboy who inherits a murder house and fills it with young women must wage psychic warfare against the evil forces that possess the house. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenscine.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Champy’s Famous Fried Chicken) Hosted

by Dave McMahon. Emphasis on Georgia athletics. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.champyschicken.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Johnny’s Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-354-1515 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Taqueria Tsunami, Downtown) Surf the trivia wave every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com GAMES: Black History Trivia (Lay Park) Includes prizes. Online registration required. 6–8 p.m. $10–15. www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure

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GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Ages 2–5. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens KIDSTUFF: Mardi Gras Celebration (ACC Library) Eat king cake and decorate masks. 4:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: Club Create (Bogart Library) Craft and snack. Ages 9 and up. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart 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 LECTURES & LIT: The Rest of the Story Book Club (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Discuss works connected to the ongoing and upcoming exhibitions and programs at the library.

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

FREE! russlib@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Kiese Laymon Reading (Ciné Barcafé) The UGA Creative Writing Program presents Kiese Laymon, author of Long Division. See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

7 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com

EVENTS: Guided Trail Hike (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Take a guided walk on the trails to discover the beauty and variety of the center’s ecosystems. Followed by refreshments. 9 a.m. FREE! www. athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter EVENTS: Empty Bowls Luncheon (The Classic Center) Eat a simple lunch of soup and a sandwich to raise money for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. Handcrafted pottery bowls decorated by volunteers are available to eat from and take home. 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. $20–30. www.foodbanknega.org GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Count Zapula. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) See Wednesday listing for full description 9 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-548-1920 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Eastside) Every Wednesday. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Bingo (Highwire Lounge) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com

tion 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry (The Globe) Open mic poetry readings. This month’s featured reader is Mark Bromberg.

8–11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/athenswordofmouth MEETINGS: Photo Sharegroup (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) The Photo Sharegroup meets at the Garden to share digital images of outdoor photography. Email for more information. 6:30 p.m. FREE! lpetroff@chartner.net, bc.akin@ charter.net MEETINGS: Tech Happy Hour (The World Famous) See Wednesday listing for full description 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com/ happy-hour PERFORMANCE: Faculty Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) This performance features Maggie Snyder on viola accompanied by guest pianist Tim Lovelace. 8 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 21 The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5. thefoundryathens.com LIVE BAND KARAOKE Sing your favorite ‘80s and ‘90s jams and

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 DJ WHOM Local DJ playing a mix of hip hop, ‘90s and 2000s music.

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

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The World Famous 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens TURN TO CRIME Detroit-based artpunk band.

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

EUREKA CALIFORNIA Melodic, rough-edged, guitar-driven local garage-rock duo.

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.

Dos Palmas Restaurant & Cantina 6 p.m. FREE! 706-353-7771 TRE POWELL Local singer-songriter playing bluesy acoustic tunes with soulful vocals.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com THE BEST OF UNKNOWN ATHENS A monthly singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Liam Parke. Featuring Jesse Mariah (Williams), Mark Wilmot, Karlie Dobbs, Oliver Jordan, Tim O’Connell, and Devin Dennis.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com COSMIC CHARLIE Grateful Dead covers like you’ve never heard before. Tonight, the band performs

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KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Designed to nurture language skills through literature-based materials and activities. Parents assist their children in movements and actions while playing. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Healthy Snacks Workshop (Oconee County Library) Learn how to make easy, healthy snacks from a registered dietitian.

For kids and their parents. Supplies provided. Registration required.

10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: The Georgia Railroad (Winterville Train Depot, 101 Marigold Ln.) Gary Doster will talk about the history of the East Athens railroad. 6 p.m. FREE! wintervillecenter@gmail.com LECTURES & LIT: Goetry (Go Bar) Listen to poems by locals, and perform your own. 9 p.m. www. facebook.com/go.bar.35 MEETINGS: Volunteer Fair (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Receive information on how to volunteer at the garden over coffee and a breakfast treat. 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu MEETINGS: Athens for Everyone Annual Membership Meeting (Morton Theatre) Vote for the Board of Directors and the 2017 platform.

Senator Vincent Fort will be the keynote speaker. Absent A4E members can vote absentee via email. 6 p.m.

FREE! athensforeveryone@gmail. com, www.athensforeveryone.com

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Thursday 23 Blue Sky 10 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3153 WARM GLOW BLUE SKY SHOW JJC plays disco, funk, soul & cetera.

Every Thursday!

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com RCI “Purveyors of only the finest in filth and chicanery” from Athens.

WICKED KING Hard-hitting local rock trio dedicated to the roots of true heavy music.

THE GRAWKS Punk and garageinspired local rock and roll band.

SACRED HOLLOW Local hard rock band influenced by Tool, Sevendust, Soundgarden and more.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com FAUX FEROCIOUS Nashville-based rock band with garage-pop sensibilities. See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

SOFT OPTION Garage-rock group from Nashville.

THE HERNIES Local riff-heavy rock band displaying influences from classic to indie rock.

The Foundry 8:30 p.m. $18 (adv.), $22 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com TAB BENOIT Guitarist native to Louisiana combining a variety of blues styles including Delta, swamp and Chicago blues.

Georgia Theatre 8:30 p.m. $15 (adv.), $17 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com BOOMBOX Vintage-oriented eletctropsychedelic group from Muscle Shoals, AL. MARVEL YEARS Electro-soul EDM producer/guitarist.

Turn to Crime plays The World Famous on Wednesday, Feb. 22.

LECTURES & LIT: Garden Travels with Director Wilf Nicholls (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) UGA professors Jim Affolter and Cathy Pringle will speak on their experiences teaching college students on excursions across the world. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/botgarden PERFORMANCE: Lara St. John (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Violinist Lara St. John will be joined by jazz pianist Matt Herskowitz for a program called “From Jazz to Gypsy Bookended by Ravel.” 8 p.m. $36. www.pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Music Therapy Musicale (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) Students and faculty from the UGA Music Therapy Program will perform. 8 p.m. FREE! music.uga.edu

Wednesday 1 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the collection. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org

GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Play to win. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. saucehouse.com KIDSTUFF: Dr. Arvin Scott’s World Beat Percussion Session (Oconee County Library) Join Athens’ own multi-award winning percussion artist and youth program developer, Dr. Arvin Scott, as he teaches children about the art of drumming and rhythm. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Chess Club (Oconee County Library) Ages 7 & up are invited to play. All levels welcome. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Wednesday Library Adventures (Bogart Library) See Wednesday listing for full descrip-

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beyond, backed by Saved by the Band.

the Dead’s seminal triple-LP Europe ‘72 in its entirety.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com DEVENDRA BANHART Acclaimed indie singer-songwriter playing psychedelic folk.

The Globe 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS Mary Sigalas, Dan Horowitz, Steve Key and surprise guests play swingin’ tunes from the ‘10s, ‘20s and ‘30s.

Go Bar 10 p.m. $3. 706-546-5609 THE SPOOKIE MOON Atlanta-based psychedelic folk-rock group.

EMILEIGH IRELAND Local singersongwriter and experimental performer.

JOHNNY RICO Athens-based folk singer-songwriter.

THE RADICAL RIVERMAN Atlantabased experimental folk trio.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 MIDNIGHT BOI Alias of local musician Eli Rickli, playing “pseudoSatanic hip hop.”

STUPID IDIOTS Local experimental group fronted by Ash Rickli.

JAM PENALTY New local experimental band.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 6 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com PIANO HAPPY HOUR Jason Fuller, Bart King and Kate Morrissey play piano songs in the round.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE MCLOVINS Four-piece jam band from Hartford, CT. The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn. Every Wednesday!

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

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com KEVIN GREEN ENSEMBLE L.A.based Green will play “original and standard compositions on vibes and keys with an ensemble of talented locals.”

Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $1 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away with wireless headphones and two channels of music. One of them is a request line!

Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. $3. 706-546-4742 THE BIG SMOOTH Bluesy tunes with soulful vocals courtesy of Tre Powell and company.

10 p.m. 706-546-4742 ROBBIE DUDE Local DJ spinning “futuristic, hip hop, electro-soul,

funky freshness, wine sippin’, bumpin’, grindin’ bass music” performing with friends.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. TRIBBLE AND THE DANCING MAGNOLIAS Local group led by Athens rock fixture Rev. Conner Mack Tribble.

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com WIEUCA Local band playing cheeky, guitar-driven indie rock.

RICCI Atlanta-based indie rock band.

GHOST DOGS Beachy post-punk group from Boone, NC. OZONE JONES Energetic, North Carolina-based rock group.

Friday 24 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com GEEZER Weezer tribute band, playing the band’s self-titled “blue album” in its entirety.

STROKE The Strokes tribute band.

righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Live Wire 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www. livewireathens.com THE POWERS Local folk-rock band of brothers.

28 IF Alternative rock trio from Johns Creek.

REPLIKA Athens-based rock group with funk and beachy influences.

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

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 THE GEORGIA HEALERS One of Athens’ premier blues bands for the past 25 years.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta faves.

Cali ‘N’ Tito’s Eastside 7 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7087 THE LUCKY JONES Rockin’ rhythm and blues from this local band.

Every Sunday!

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.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com KENNY AND THE BASHERS Local band featuring Kenny Copes, JoJo Glidewell, Seth Hendershot, Dan Nettles, Neal Fountain and Allen Owens.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $12. www.hendershotscoffee. com JONATHAN BYRD & THE PICKUP COWBOYS Lauded North Carolinabased songwriter who brings together the Texas songwriting tradition with Southern storytelling and hot guitar-picking.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $7. www.georgiatheatre.com MOSAIC Local indie-folk group with a rich sound.

LIGHT BRIGADE Athens-based rock and roll five-piece.

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!

The World Famous 8 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens DAVID BARBE Local luminary and studio engineer performs every Sunday in February with his band the Quick Hooks and featuring different special guests each week. This week features multi-instrumentalist Jay Gonzalez.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 LIGHTFUL DUO New project featuring a member of Pop Weirdos.

DEMETER LUNCHFLOSS No info.

SPACE BROTHER Local experimental electronic artist.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com WHITEHALL JAZZ COLLECTIVE Jazz pianist Greg Hankins leads his group through an eclectic set.

Natti Love Joys play Hendershot’s Coffee Bar on Friday, Feb. 24.

Terrapin Beer Co. 4:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com DJ OSMOSE Spinning “all vinyl roots, dub, rocksteady, lovers rock and reggae inna turntablist style” every Friday in February.

The Globe 8 p.m. $7 (students), $12 (door). www. jazzathensga.org SWEET MEGG & THE WAYFARERS New York band playing swing music for your dancing pleasure.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com GRAND VAPIDS Local alt-rock band with a dense, dreamy, slowcoreinspired sound.

FRED THOMAS Singer-songwriter known for his work with indie-pop group Saturday Looks Good to Me. See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

ARBOR LABOR UNION Atlanta/ Athens-based band that works with repetitious riffs and post-punk rhythms.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul,

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $17 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com JOSEPH Sister band from Portland, OR singing heartfelt folk songs.

KELSEY KOPECKY Singer-songwriter out of Nashville, TN.

Down the Line

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com LOUIS THE CHILD Electronic music duo out of Chicago.

IMAD ROYAL Singer-songwriter and producer from Washington, DC. MANILA KILLA Young EDM producer from D.C.

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE MUSIC Rotating local jazz and bluegrass bands play every Friday and Saturday night.

The Foundry 8 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens. com ROAD TO ROO Four Athens bands battle for a chance to perform at Bonnaroo 2015.

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.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com RAY FULCHER Born and raised just outside of Augusta, Ray has spent the last several years playing country music all over the Southeast.

LAUGHLIN Local country duo with influences like Miranda Lambert and Sugarland.

CODY WEBB Nashville-based country artist.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com NATTI LOVE JOYS Out of Tennessee, this husband and wife duo plays roots reggae and world music.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com THELMA AND THE SLEAZE Sludgy, Nashville-based power trio.

FREE ASSOCIATES Scuzzed out garage-rock with attitude.

HANNIE AND THE SLOBS New local garage project featuring members of The Rodney Kings and Muuy Biien.

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

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com TANGO HAMBRE Local project featuring members of Klezmer Local 42, Hot Club of Athens and The Darnell Boys.

MAX MARSTON Local singersongwriter and leader of heavy rock group Maxine of Arc.

The Foundry 9 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE HIGHBALLS Put on your bangle bracelets and tuck in those shoulder pads! Athens music vets The Highballs will perform a totally awesome set of ‘80s dance hits.

is provided and the jam rocks until 2 a.m.

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40 Watt Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.40watt.com ‘80S DANCE PARTY Shake your booty to your favorite tunes from the 1980s.

The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com ZYDEFUNK A Mardi Gras celebration featuring bassist and bandleader Charlie Wooten.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE DICTATORTOTS These longtime Athenian chaos-cultivators stomp about and trash the night with postgrunge grooves. George’s Birthday Bash!

The Office Lounge Camp Amped Benefit. 8 p.m. $10. 706546-0840 PYLON REENACTMENT SOCIETY The songs of the legendary Athens band, as performed by Vanessa Briscoe Hay and an all-star cast of locals.

MRJORDANMRTONKS Tommy Jordan and William Tonks’ collaboration features rootsy guitar picking and paired vocal melodies.

THE VINYL STRANGERS Melodic local folk-rock band.

Southern Brewing Company 2:30 p.m. www.sobrewco.com CONNOR BYERS Young singer and rapper from Athens.

Sunday 26 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-3888 OPEN MIC Sing loud, sing proud. You know you wanna.

Monday 27 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 28 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com HARLOT PARTY Local folk-rock project led by KyKy Renee Knight.

RIPPED GENES Lo-fi, folk and grunge-influenced rock group from Columbia, MO. LYDIA BRAMBILA Local singersongwriter and member of Outersea plays a solo set.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 6 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com PIANO HAPPY HOUR Jason Fuller, Bart King and Kate Morrissey play piano songs in the round.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 DJ WHOM Local DJ playing a mix of hip hop, ‘90s and 2000s music.

Nuçi’s Space 8 p.m. $5. www.nuci.org SON & THIEF Melodic and lush local indie rock band.

HILL ELLIOTT Americana singersongwriter and guitarist influenced

by John Mayer and Eric Clapton.

TOMMY TRAUTWEIN Acoustic alternative singer-songwriter from Atlanta.

Wednesday 1 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES OPEN MIC JAM Bands are welcome, backline

3/2 WARM GLOW BLUE SKY SHOW (Blue Sky) 3/2 CASH’D OUT (Caledonia Lounge) 3/2 INCHING ENSEMBLE / FAUN AND A PAN FLUTE / GABOR BONZO (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/2 THE ATHENS KING / TCB Band (40 Watt Club) 3/2 JEFFREY BROUSSARD & THE CREOLE BOYS (The Foundry) 3/2 CHERUB / THE FLOOZIES / FREDDY TODD (Georgia Theatre) 3/2 REV. TRIBBLE AND THE DANCING MAGNOLIAS (The Office Lounge) 3/3 DEAD NEIGHBORS / SCOOTERBABE / TWIN STUDIES / SALINE (Caledonia Lounge) 3/3 RAT BABIES / LIPPERSCAPES (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/3 THE GROWLERS (40 Watt Club) 3/3 THE ORIGINAL SPLITZ BAND (The Foundry) 3/3 CHERUB / THE FLOOZIES / FREDDY TODD (Georgia Theatre) 3/3 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE (The Office Lounge) 3/3 HIBBS BROTHERS (Saucehouse Barbeque) 3/4 YIP DECEIVER / WILLIAM MATHENY / CASPER AND THE COOKIES (Caledonia Lounge) 3/4 JIM SHORTS / SALINE (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/4 ‘80S DANCE PARTY (40 Watt Club) 3/4 HOLMAN AUTRY BAND / EASTVILLE BELLE (The Foundry) 3/4 CHARLES ESTEN & CLARE BOWEN (Georgia Theatre) 3/4 PETE RG (Live Wire) 3/5 THE LUCKY JONES (Cali ‘N’ Tito’s Eastside) 3/8 AMOS LEE (Georgia Theatre) 3/8 THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS (The Globe) 3/8 TYRONE JACKSON TRIO (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar)

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Art 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. 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 Call for Artists (Farmington Depot Gallery, Farmington) Now accepting applications for the Festifool Festival artist market on Apr. 1–2, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Email for details. farmingtongallery@gmail. com, www.farmingtondepotgallery. com

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 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 Indie South (Athens, GA) Indie South is now accepting artist vendors for multiple events. Eclectic Bazaar at Creature Comforts on Mar. 25. $85. Springtacular on May 22–23. $185. ww.indiesouthfair.com Marigold Festival Featured Artwork (Winterville, GA) The festival is seeking artist submissions that will be featured on the poster, T-shirt, advertisements and more.

A group of entries will also display work at an art exhibition at the Winterville Center for Community & Culture. Deadline Apr. 2. Festival held May 20. marigoldfestival.com

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) The Visual Arts Magnet students at North Springs Charter High School present an eclectic arrangement of artwork. Through March.

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

ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (17 N. Main St., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass.

ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Harrison Center Foyer Gallery, “Seven Elements of Art” features sculptural works by Lawrence Steuck, Leonard Piha and Lorraine Thompson. • “Transitions: Vessels for Sam” features clay sculptures by Alice Woodruff, who views the exhibition as a journey towards reconciliation with life following her son’s suicide. Works by Audrone Kirschner are also on view. Through Apr. 21.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) Curated by Mike Calway-Fagen, “I Swear I Saw This: The Line As Witness” features artwork by George Belcher, Courtney McClellan, Jacob Sunderlin, Jon Swindler and Christina Tsui. Through Mar. 5.

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

CHOPS AND HOPS (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Susan Pelham’s collages are inspired by literature, music and Magic Realism. Through Feb. 24.

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.

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) “Love on the Side” is an extension of KA Artist Shop’s annual “Love in all its Many Forms” exhibition. Through Feb. 25. • “The Get Comfortable Community Show.” On view Feb. 28–Mar. 18.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Kris Harris. Through February.

FARMINGTON DEPOT GALLERY (1011 Salem Rd., Farmington) Owned and staffed by 14 artists, the gallery offers works by artists including Matt Alston, John Cleaveland, Peter Loose, Michael Pierce, Dan Smith, Cheri Wranosky and more.

THE FINISHING SCHOOL (215 Thomas St.) The new gallery opens with “Parallel Play,” which includes works by Andrew Boatright, Kojo Griffin and Kirstin Mitchell. The show is curated by Candice Greathouse and Curtis

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“Out There! Photographs in the Spirit of Jeremy Ayers” (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Photographers are invited to submit three works for consideration of this exhibition, which seeks to represent the spirit of Jeremy Ayers, artist of photographic books Aeronautica, Today in New York and Occupy.

Color and black-and-white photos accepted. All levels of experience and geographic locations welcome.

Submit images online. Deadline Mar. 1. Exhibition runs Mar. 18–Apr. 22. $15 entry fee. Financial need available. tinyurl.com/submitoutthere, www.athica.org Public Art Master Plan (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission is seeking feedback on the proposed Public Art Master Plan for Athens. Contribute your ideas and input online before the Mayor votes Mar. 7. www. athensculturalaffairs.org/acac-seekscommunity-support-public-artmaster-plan

Seeking Artwork for Live Forward (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking submissions of donations of artwork for Live Forward (formerly AIDS Athens). Artwork will be hung in counseling and exam rooms, hallways and waiting areas. Donations are tax deductible. Deadline May 1. jessica@athensarts.org Seeking Local Artists and Crafters (Hip Vintage and Handmade) Seeking submissions from local artists and crafters for the shop’s Maker’s Market shelves and monthly exhibitions. Visit website to submit photos of work. hip.vintage@ outlook.com, hipvintagehandmade. com

Auditions East Athens Educational Dance Center Auditions (East Athens Educational Dance Center) The Dance Center seeks female and male dancers, ages 10–18, for the upcoming performance season. Feb. 23, 6 p.m. $12. www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure Oh What a Lovely War! (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) The Circle Ensemble

Ames. Opening reception Mar. 4. On view Mar. 1–29.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Hana Hay. Through February.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Ultra Bright” includes works in fiber, photography, paper and painting by Barbette Houser, Laura Noel, Jessica Smith, Vivian Liddell, Logan Shirah and Drema Montgomery.

Through Apr. 8.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.)“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. • In the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, “Driving Forces: Sculpture by Lin Emergy” presents four large kinetic sculptures. Through Apr. 2. • “To Spin a Yarn: Distaffs, Folk Art and Material Culture.” Through Apr. 16. • “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. • “Expanding Tradition: Selections from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection” showcases over 50 works by African American artists. Through May 7. • “Michael Ellison: Urban Impressions” shares a selection of block prints produced by the Atlanta-based educator and printmaker. Through May 21.

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.

HEIRLOOM CAFÉ (815 N. Chase St.) Jack Burke and Amanda Burke present a father-daughter joint art show. Through March.

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Tobiah Cole.

Through February.

HIGHWIRE LOUNGE (269 N. Hull St.) Illustrative prints and collages by Garrison Taylor-Bates. Through February.

HIP VINTAGE & HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) Athens musician and folk surrealist painter Gerald Turner shares an exhibition of paintings influenced by stories and dreamscapes. Through February.

JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Artwork by Michelle Korrie.

Through Mar. 13.

K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) “Love in all its Many Forms” is a group exhibition celebrating love. Reception Mar. 16. Currently on view through March.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “The 2017 Undergraduate Curated Exhibition” was organized by Candice Greathouse of Atlanta’s Mint Gallery. • “Michi Meko: One Last Smile Before the Undertow” seeks to establish new hybridized identities by endowing ordinary objects with spiritual powers. • “355” is a collaborative installation between MFA candidates Alexis Spina and Katherine Miller. • “Listening: Yeonsoo Kim” serves as a type of diary, sharing hand-built ceramic pieces built each day. • In the C-U-B-E Gallery, “Improvisation in Repeat” is a collaboration in textile design between Sara Parker and Simon Hunt. Through Feb. 24.

LAST RESORT GRILL (174 W. Clayton St.) Artwork by Ainhoa Bibao Cebrero.

Through February.

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.

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Theatre presents open auditions for its upcoming musical. Audition on Feb. 27, 6:30 p.m. Performances Apr. 20–23. Musicians and crew also wanted. Email for appointment. circleensemble@gmail.com

Classes Active Dreaming: The Essential Workshop with Robert Moss (Healing Arts Centre) Robert Moss will lead participants through active dreaming and shamanic lucid dreaming. Mar. 18, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. & Mar. 19, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $275. shannon@heart pathstudio.org Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Courses for adults include Painting with Charles Warnock, Metalsmithing with William Stephanos, Watercolor with Katherine Dunlap, Digital Photography with Cassie Hawkins, Enamel Jewelry, Zen Seeing Zen Drawing, Jewelry with Amanda Scheutzow, Printmaking with Amanda Burk and Handbuilt Pottery.

Classes begin in March. Register online. 706-613-3623, www.athens clarkecounty.com/leisure Artist Workshops (KA Artist Shop) “Modern Calligraphy: Beginner’s Basics with Kristen Ashley” Feb. 28, 7–9 p.m. $40.

“Creative Journaling for Adults with Hope Hilton” Mar. 7 or Apr. 4, 6:30–8 p.m. $20. “All About Color: Impressionist Painting with Will Eskridge” Mar. 14, 6–8:30 p.m. $45.

“Watercolor Painting for Beginners

with Katherine Dunlap” Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3 and 10, 6–8 p.m. $90. www. kaartist.com Beekeeping for Beginners (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A seven-part series covers the fundamentals of beekeeping. Sundays through Aug. 13. $35/class. www. botgarden.uga.edu Breastfeeding Class (By Your Leave Family Resource Center) Anna Salzman hosts a class for expectant parents. Third Mondays. $25 per couple. 706-340-6856.

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 G.E.D. Tutoring (First Baptist Church) Professional educators offer idividualized tutoring for adults. Meets every Monday and Wednesday, 12:15–2:15 p.m. FREE! 706-548-6600, www.firstbaptist athens.org Gentle Yoga (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Bring water and a mat. Thursdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $7.50. 706-742-0823, wintervillecenter@gmail.com, www.wintervillecenter.com Kundalini Yoga & Meditation (160 Satula Ave.) Connect to your own inner calm and strength.

Beginners to advanced welcome.

Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. $10. kundalini athens@gmail.com Little City Hookers (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Bring your crochet projects and hook awhile. Share ideas and techniques.

Community: Louise Shaw’s Popes and Religious Potpourri Collection.”

Through Feb. 25. • “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) 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. Through Apr. 9.

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS (Athens, GA) “We Are the Other: A Photographic Portrait of Athens, Georgia” is a city-wide photographic project by visiting artist Wing Young Huie. Organized by the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission, the project will be hosted at the Athens-Clarke County Library, Athens Community Council on Aging, Cedar Shoals High School, Clarke Central High School, Ciné, Georgia Square Mall, Lyndon House Arts Center, The Sparrow’s Nest, State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Tlaloc, Strickland’s and Willson Center for Humanities & Arts.

OCONEE CIVIC CENTER (2661 Hog Mountain Rd., Watkinsville) “A Journey in Quilts” features over 150 quilts. Mar. 3–5.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) The Big Springs Quilt Guild presents a collection of quilts. Through February.

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.” • “A Championship Tradition: The NCAA Tennis Tournament in Athens” marks the 29th time the tournament has been held in Athens since 1972. Through May. SIPS (1390 Prince Ave.) Shannon Lachot’s mixed media exhibition “Extroversion in Color” ranges from acrylic paintings to crayon drawings.

Through February.

THE SURGERY CENTER OF ATHENS (2142 W. Broad St.) Paintings by Anna Desio. Through March.

TERRAPIN BEER CO. (265 Newton Bridge Rd.) The collages of Susan Pelham are influenced by Magic Realism and Surrealism. Through February.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) “Living in Nature” presents photographs by John W. Schell. Through March.

WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) New paintings, drawings and block prints

by Cooper Holmes. Through February.

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. • “A Moment in Time” features wildlife illustrations by watercolor painter Elizabeth Boudreau. Through February.

Hooks, scrap yarn and instructions are available. Fridays, 1–3 p.m. wintervillecenter@gmail.com Lunchtime Yoga (Ciné Barcafé) Annie Marcum teaches “Mindful Flow Yoga.” Mondays, 12 p.m. $5–10. BYO Mat. 706-372-1849 Pilates (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Strengthen your core, legs, glutes and back.

Bring a mat. For adults of all ages.

Tuesdays, 6–7 p.m. $7.50. 706742-0823 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. Every Wednesday, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10 (incl. drink). www.face book.com/salsaathens Tai Chi for Seniors (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Classes are specifically designed for seniors. Mondays, $7.50. 706-7420823, wintervillecenter.com Yoga for Breast Cancer Patients (Athens Regional Medical Center, Loran Smith Center) Learn how to increase range of motion, manage the stress associated with cancer treatment, and counteract drug side effects. 706548-3625, www.satchidananda mission.com Yurt Yoga (Yurt Yoga Athens) Small classes offered in all levels of classical yoga are held in a beautiful natural environment. 706-548-3625, www.yurtyogaathens.com

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Help Out Call for Volunteers (Nuçi’s Space) The Athens Human Rights Festival is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising, publicity, organizing speakers and performers, the tabloid, social media, stage building and more. The 39th annual will be held downtown on May 6–7.

Meetings are held every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. 706-202-9169, www. athenshumanrightsfest.org Mentor Training (Chamber of Commerce) The Clarke County Mentor Program matches adult volunteers with students in the Clarke County School District. Mentors visit their mentee for one hour per week for one year. mentor@athens ga.com, www.clarkecountymentor program.org Readers Needed (Learning Ally) Learning Ally is looking for volunteers to train as readers to help create audio textbooks for people with print disabilities. 706-549-1313, scourt@learningally.org 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

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Carolyn Simmonds’ “you light me up like a bomb lights the sky” is currently on view in the group exhibition “Love in all its Many Forms” at K.A. Artist Shop through March. A reception will be held Thursday, Mar. 16.

Spring Break Camps (Multiple Locations) “Wild Intelligence Spring Break Camp” for ages 8–12 will be held at the Lyndon House, Mar. 7–8 or Mar. 9–10, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $95–141. “Spring Explorers: Ready, Set, Race!” for ages 4–12 will be held at Sandy Creek Nature Center.

Mar. 8–10, 9:30 a.m. $20–30. www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure Youth Sports Program Registration (Multiple Locations) Now registering. Youth soccer programs for ages 6–12 take place at Southeast Clarke Park. Mar. 15–Apr. 29. $65–98. Tennis for ages 5–16 at the Athens-Clarke County Tennis Center and Bishop Park. Mar. 21–Apr. 26. $60–90. www.athens clarkecounty.com/leisure

Support Groups Alanon 12 Step (Athens, GA) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Weekly meetings are held at various times and locations around Athens. 478955-3422, www.ga-al-anon.org Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. www.athensaa.org Athens Autoimmune Support (Sips Espresso Café) A support group for anyone who suffers form an autoimmune condition. Meetings are twice a month, Wednesdays. ryan@themindfulnutrivore.com Dudes Helping Dudes (Nuçi’s Space) A weekly support group for anyone who identifies as a man. Thursdays, 6–7 p.m. (Not meeting Feb. 23 or Mar. 2.) Park across the street. tinyurl.com/ DudesHelpingDudes

Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Meets Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org 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 NAMI Family to Family (First Presbyterian Church of Athens) NAMI Family to Family is a free, 12-session educational program for family, significant others and friends of people living with mental illness.

Mondays and Thursdays, Mar. 20–Apr. 28. 770-225-0804, nami hallga@gmail.com, www.nami.org New Mamas’ Group (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) Meet other parents with babies. Tuesdays, 10 a.m. www.reblossomathens.com

On The Street AARP Foundation Tax-Aide AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers offer tax assistance Mondays, 1–5 p.m. (Oconee County Library); Wednesdays, 1–5 p.m. and Fridays, 9–1 p.m. (Athens-Clarke County Library) ; Tuesdays 9–1 p.m. and Saturdays, 9–1 p.m. (Kroger on Epps Bridge). aarp.org/taxaide Athens Business Rocks Sign Up (Athens, GA) Register to participate in the annual Athens Business Rocks competition. Bands can cover up to three songs. Proceeds benefit Nuci’s Space. Registration ends Feb. 28. Event held May 13. www.athens businessrocks.com

Athens Pétanque Club (Outside of 1000 Faces Coffee) Play a friendly game of Pétanque, a French version of bocce ball, at the Pétanque terrain.

Beginners welcome. RSVP. Sundays, 1:30–3 p.m. athenspetanqueclub@ gmail.com, athenspetanqueclub.wix. com/play Athens Street Hockey (YMCA, Hockey Rink) Players of all skill levels can play in a local hockey rink.

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No longer shackled by IPs like Pirates of the Caribbean or The Lone Ranger (or, one could assume, Johnny Depp?), Verbinski digs his creative teeth into telling a creepy tale more akin to The Ring than Rango (again, with Depp).

A young Wall Street wolf, Lockhart (Dane DeHaan), is sent to retrieve an executive from a relaxing spa in the Swiss Alps.

Like all good spas (or dance schools) nestled away in remote European villages, mystery abounds. What is good Doctor Volmer (Jason Isaacs, who screams “bad guy” every time he is cast) really up to with all those wealthy old people? Is there something up with the water, shot simultaneously refreshingly and terrifyingly by cinematographer Bojan Bazelli?

whose pedagogical conflict with his gentler colleague could have sparked an actual fight. Instead, this comedy barely passes, based on meeting the minimum requirements for jokes. They get told, but good luck finding (m)any at which to laugh.

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (PG-13) An Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature, I Am Not Your Negro is a powerful look at race relations in America via the words of James Baldwin. When he died in 1987, Baldwin had only written 30 pages of a planned book, Remember This House, about the murders of three of his friends— Medger Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. In I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, the director of Lumumba and Sometimes in April, takes those unfinished pages, brought to life by the nearly unrecognizable voice of Samuel L. Jackson, as well as archival footage of Baldwin, and attempts to A Cure for Wellness frame a coherent narrative about race throughout American history.

While the discussion can get heady, the forcefulness with which the message is delivered drives home points that may get lost in Baldwin’s labyrinthine syntax.

(Man, that dude was smart!) In today’s world of selective exposure and perception, it’s too bad I see the problem, I stuck my thumb in your eye. this documentary probably won’t pierce the echo chambers of those The success of A Cure for Wellness may who need to hear its message most. depend on one’s familiarity with such horror-ish tales. This film would have dazzled THE GREAT WALL (PG-13) This Chinese action 19-year-old me; 38-year-old me has seen, movie starring American Matt Damon read and played too many similar tales of psychological terror to be astounded or sur- feels too much like two movies sandwiched together in order to make the most money prised by its reveals. Nevertheless, A Cure at the two cultures’ box offices. Sadly, the for Wellness’ greatest feat may be how thorHollywood half is the weaker of the two, oughly and unexpectedly entertaining it is and it dilutes another visually strong effort for two-and-a-half hours. from Hero director Zhang Yimou.

The period action flick retcons the FIST FIGHT (R) Fist Fight does its hardest building of the Great Wall of China as a to make suspension of disbelief imposdeterrent to protect the world from alien sible with its ludicrous idea of the last lizard monsters called Taoties. A couple of day of school. Amidst the chaos of senior European mercenaries, William (Damon) pranks and all-around bad behavior, two and Tovar (Pedro Pascal, the Red Viper from teachers—meek Mr. Campbell (Charlie Day “Game of Thrones”), are searching for black from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), powder and become embroiled in the battle and terrifying Mr. Strickland (Ice Cube)— between the Taotie and a secret Chinese become engaged in a good old-fashioned military division called the Nameless Order. showdown via fisticuffs after Campbell’s Yimou’s visuals are stunning, and The testimony leads to Strickland being fired.

Great Wall’s battle sequences belong in a Cube gives good grimace, but after an more epic tale than this pulpy one conopening flexing of disciplinary muscle, cocted by a slew of Hollywood writers, Strickland is mired in assholery. The rest of the faculty and staff are familiar funny faces including Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton), Max Brooks (World War Z) and Edward like Tracy Morgan (finally back in features Zwick (The Last Samurai). A Hollywood after his car accident), Jillian Bell, Dean star may make strong business sense, but Norris, Christina Hendricks and Kumail Damon feels more out of place than the Nanjiani, with Morgan and Bell earning the trailers can reveal. As Commander Lin, Jing highest marks. Were the movie to strike a Tian makes a strong impression and an better balance between its leads, Fist Fight even stronger hero than old Will Hunting. might have survived its ultra-unrealistic The Great Wall is no wonder, but has more peek at high school. Strickland could have to marvel at than scoff. f been a fascinating hard-knocks teacher

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By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com that would make him starting the conversaHey Bonita, I was just writing in because I disagree with tion easier, but you’re right—this lends way too much credence to the Hollywood idea your advice to Resurfaced Feelings (Feb. 8). I of romance, which rarely reflects the truth think “spilling his guts” is probably the worst of life. Sometimes it’s safe to take a risk, thing to do in this situation. Why? Because but you’re also right—this guy shouldn’t be he is essentially communicating, “I don’t have putting women on pedestals and fantasizgood skills with women, I don’t come from ing about “what could be” instead of living abundance, and you can have both my heart his life, meeting people and making real and balls.” moves. And it’s true that we women will I’m massively over-generalizing here— make the first move if we’re really feeling it, there are lots of different dynamics—but as a so his friend’s lack of action is a bit telling general rule of thumb, acting this way turns here. women off. It is confusing, because Hollywood As I write this, it’s Valentine’s Day, and has fed men the narrative you are supporting: as much as I feel motivated to express “Life is like a romantic movie! Tell her everyempty, squishy platithing! She will love tudes, I wanna echo you back!” Personally, Find that person, not the Dr. No Chill and I think this guy should keep his mouth shut one you’ve been imagining remind everyone that keeping their feet and stop putting this that person to be. firmly on the ground woman on a pedestal. is really where it’s at.

If he wants her in his It took me a long time (and a stint of life, he needs to go visit her again and bust a move. If she digs it and they hook up, keep hav- mindful, intentional celibacy last year, but we can talk more about that in another ing a great time with her, but DON’T go full issue) to understand that love doesn’t rom-com. Instead, just focus on living your life belong to romance. It doesn’t belong to and staying occupied when you aren’t with her. people who are in love, and romance does I’m not saying be a stone-cold gargoyle, not make a life worth living. It doesn’t but I speak from personal experience when I deserve more attention than you give to say that if a woman likes you, she will ineviyour friends, your family or yourself. It’s tably bring up “the talk.” By letting her come not something that makes it worth changto you, emotionally, rather than you chasing ing who you are. Live because you love life, and someone will love you for living (almost) exactly the way you are right now. Find that person, not the one you’ve been imagining that person to be.

This is the first year of my adult life where I genuinely do not care about what V-Day is supposed to mean.

On a day like today, the overly romantic are running through airports to stop a bestie’s wedding or organizing flash mobs to ask an office-mate out on a date. I wish the best to those lofty-minded lotharios.

The coupled-up are gonna spend an hour waiting to be seated for dinner, or maybe they’ll just eat gelato and have sex in her around like a little puppy dog, you communicate that you are the kind of dude who is a the living room after the kids finally go to bed. Single people might be furiously swipcatch. So, do yourself and the girl a favor: Take ing right or clicking through Craigslist for a her off the pedestal, go out and meet other quick fix. women, and when you are with her, lay down Me? I got my period yesterday, so I’m pipe like Mario. gonna make a taco salad, watch an entire Just my two cents, Dr. No Chill season of “Forensic Files” and be thankful I’m alive. Maybe I’ll grab a beer later with my lady friends. Hops and good company Hi Dr. No Chill, Thank you for this differing view. I admit always help to relieve cramps. f that I gave my earlier advice from a much more squishy, touchy-feely place than I Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, use the usually come from. I felt that their history anonymous form at flagpole.com/getadvice, or find together would provide an ease of rapport Bonita on Twitter: @flagpolebonita.

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