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NEWS: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Joe Hunt for Congress MUSIC: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Sleigh Bells Go Back to Nature MOVIES: Double Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Withnail & I and Fear and Loathing FOOD: Grub Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Donut World and Athens Pizza, Reviewed ADVERTISING DIRECTOR & PUBLISHER Alicia Nickles EDITOR & PUBLISHER Pete McCommons PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Larry Tenner ADVERTISING SALES Anita Aubrey, Jessica Pritchard Mangum MANAGING EDITOR & MUSIC EDITOR Gabe Vodicka CITY EDITOR Blake Aued ARTS EDITOR & DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Jessica Smith CLASSIFIEDS & OFFICE MANAGER Stephanie Rivers AD DESIGNER Anna LeBer CARTOONISTS Lee Gatlin, Missy Kulik, David Mack, Jeremy Long PHOTOGRAPHERS Nicole Adamson, Jessica Silverman CONTRIBUTORS Bonita Applebum, Hillary Brown, Tré Brown, Dina Canup, Tom Crawford, Jon Hogan, Nathan Kerce, Gordon Lamb, Rebecca McCarthy, Drew Wheeler, Baynard Woods CIRCULATION Charles Greenleaf, Ernie LoBue, Dain Marx, Taylor Ross EDITORIAL INTERNS Tré Brown, Megan Wahn ADVERTISING INTERN Lindsey Whitten

City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Democracy in Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Georgia Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Kiddie Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Kindercore Vinyl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Movie Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Flick Skinny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Theater Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Hey Bonita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Art Around Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Adopt Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Local Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Pub Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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The Comp Plan Is Here! EXCITING! PLUS, A NEW DORM AT UGA AND SENIOR HOUSING ON EPPS BRIDGE By Blake Aued and Rebecca McCarthy news@flagpole.com Assuming you’ve all finished Fire and Fury by now, here’s a sustainable construction. Much of this could be accomsuggestion on what to read next: the Athens-Clarke County plished through special tax districts (such as Tax Allocation comprehensive plan. Districts, where additional revenue from new developA document that’s mandated by the state once every ment is plowed back into infrastructure, or Community decade, the comp plan is chock full of data about Athens Improvement Districts, where businesses agree to tax and ideas for solving the city’s problems, based on thouthemselves) or by the county government buying available sands of comments collected through the Envision Athens tracts and flipping them to developers. process. It’s available on athensclarkecounty.com, but you’ll In the housing section, the comp plan recommends have to act fast. The one and only public hearing on the a variety of strategies to make housing more affordable: draft plan is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 at reducing the minimum square footage (currently 1,000 the Dougherty Street government building. That may not for single-family homes); redeveloping run-down apartleave you enough time to read the 100-page report (not ment complexes into mixed-income developments (à la counting all the appendices and supporting documents), so Columbia Brookside, formerly the Pauldoe housing project here are some of the highlights. off Hawthorne Avenue); allowing accessory dwellings like Let’s start with the economy. Athens has seen a decline in-law suites; and spending money to preserve and upgrade in manufacturing jobs, although that’s still the fourth-larghousing stock in the urban core. Since 60 percent of Athens est sector in the local economy, and an increase in healthhouseholds are renters, there’s also a need for non-student care jobs. Manufacturing growth is limited by the small rental housing, education on tenants’ rights and landlords’ amount of commercial and industrial land available, as responsibilities, and a process for fixing up nuisance propwell as lack of interstate access. The unemployment rate is erties. Not to mention basic infrastructure like sidewalks. just 4.5 percent, but 36.7 percent of Athens residents live in poverty (28.4 percent, not counting college students), which is the fourth-highest rate in Georgia. About 40 percent of children live in poverty, and the number who receive SNAP benefits (food stamps) is up. Overall, there are 60,000 jobs in Athens but less than 40,000 workers. Forty thousand people commute from surrounding counties, while 18,000 Athens residents work in a different county. Part of the reason so many people who work in Athens don’t live in Athens may be home prices. Single-family construction has dropped in Athens A rendering of the proposed Episcopal House dorm on Lumpkin Street. but increased in surrounding counties. “Workforce housing is desperately needed as home sale Of course, development can harm the environment, and prices are beyond the ability of a median family to afford,” the comp plan includes numerous strategies for protecting the draft says. So is housing for seniors, with a 0 percent nature (including a goal of preserving 20 percent of the vacancy rate in senior-oriented developments. Retirees are county as greenspace), as well as for arts and culture and the fastest-growing age group and single-person houseother topics. holds are up as well, while the number of families with chilA future land-use map is a major component of the comp dren is falling. plan. It’s not zoning, but it does serve as a guide for what Schools are another factor, although the comp plan might be built where 20 years from now. This time around, points out that education is improving, with more resiother than consolidating some categories, officials opted dents who have at least an associate’s degree and fewer who not to change much—Envision Athens wrapped up late, dropped out of high school. which did not leave enough time to give the land-use map The comp plan proposes to attack poverty through the attention it deserves, ACC planner Gavin Hassemer job training, better collaboration among nonprofits and said, but he expects it to be revisited over the next couple improving access to services. Removing legal and bureauyears. “Even those parcels that changed, they were more cratic barriers to businesses will create more and betcorrections, if you will,” he said. [Blake Aued] ter-paying jobs, as will promoting Athens’ music scene and marketing the city to tourists. Concerning land use, many of the proposed policies The third time appears to be the charm for the proposed focus on creating a downtown with fewer vehicles and more Episcopal House student dormitory on South Lumpkin open space—for example, by reducing the number of parkStreet. The Athens Clarke County Planning Commission on ing spaces developers are required to provide. The comp Thursday approved “Option A” for a planned development, plan also calls for easing the requirement for first-floor with conditions, from the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta to commercial space in residential buildings (much of which develop 1.13 acres into a residential facility with 112 beds, remains vacant in newer developments), a zoning overlay common living spaces, retail businesses and a chapel. for Firefly Trail and other greenways, a “contingency plan” One of the conditions is that the University of Georgia for Georgia Square Mall (perhaps a movie studio or senior approve the church’s parking plan, which allows visitors to housing), an industrial park off Atlanta Highway, enticethe chapel or retail establishments to enter and leave via ments for groceries downtown and in other food deserts, University Court. The residents will park in an underground and a lower-density multi-family zone to buffer neighborlot accessible from Lumpkin Street. UGA has wanted to hoods from heavy commercial. grant the diocese a license, not an easement, though one Other recommendations include redeveloping Atlanta has been in place for 50 years, according to attorney Jim Highway as a tech corridor, developing the “river district” Warnes, who represents the diocese. If the diocese violates between downtown and the North Oconee, improving the terms of the license, it can be revoked. “gateways” into town and incentives for environmentally

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Option A, Warnes said, is clearly the best option, and he hopes the Board of Regents will approve the agreement. If the regents fail to approve the agreement, the Episcopal Diocese wants to be able to fall back on Option B, which will have both residents and visitors coming from and leaving by Lumpkin and parking in two different underground lots. The university, Director of Community Relations Allison McCullick told the commission, remains opposed to Option B because it isn’t safe. Planning Commissioner Lucy Rowland reminded the other members that the commission’s role is to recommend and that the Mayor and Commission can consider Option B as well as Option A—should the diocese ask them to do so. [Rebecca McCarthy]

Senior Subdivision Proposed on Epps Bridge The planning commission also heard from Warnes about a proposal along Epps Bridge Parkway on 31.09 acres for a new subdivision targeted for older residents. The land is near Chestnut Grove Baptist Church and the Holly Hills subdivision, a few yards from Timothy Road. The purpose of the Thursday night meeting was simply to gather comments, both for and against the proposal. No plans for new subdivisions have been submitted and approved, and the houses then built, in Athens since new grading regulations were adopted in 2005. Warnes said there is no senior housing available in Athens—referencing a claim contained in information compiled by Envision Athens—and that this subdivision will fill that need since Athens is touted as a great place to retire. The subdivision will create “a community” for residents 55 years old and older, though there is no legal way to prevent someone younger from purchasing one of the homes, which will sell for $300,000. Smaller lots will mean more green space, as well walking trails and other options for passive recreation. To build as many houses as the plans indicate, developer Greg Wohl of Atlanta will need a zoning change, from RS-25, which has a density of 1.4 units per acre, to RS-8, single family residential, planned development. It comes with a density of 3.8 units per acre. Wohl will also have to resort to mass grading and will need to address potential drainage problems. Wohl told the planning commission that traffic along the Epps Bridge corridor will increase only 1.58 percent, a number disputed by residents already living along the corridor. Jane Sullivan, president of the homeowners association in the St. Ives subdivision, said there’s no reason the property can’t be developed with the RS-25 zoning, which would mean fewer houses, fewer cars and fewer car trips along heavily traveled Epps Bridge Parkway. She asked the planning commission to deny the application until a full traffic study is conducted, believing the new subdivision will add substantially to what is already a traffic mess. Cars routinely are bumper-to-bumper along Timothy Road, from the Atlanta Highway to Epps Bridge, Sullivan said. Holly Hills resident Nathan Kinion told the planning commission that the proposed subdivision will make property values fall and that the numbers about traffic are just “smoke and mirrors.” Keisha Gant, a member of Chestnut Grove Baptist and a resident of the Jones Swanson area, said she was concerned about increases in traffic in the area, noting that few retired people in Athens can afford $300,000 houses. Several planning commission members agreed that traffic on Epps Bridge is going to get only worse in the coming years. Hank Joiner said that perhaps traffic should be studied thoroughly because more housing projects are likely to erupt on the busy corridor. The last business of the planning commission was to recommend approving a request for a special use permit for Pet Lab Express, a diagnostic lab on Lumpkin. The business will need to erect a screening buffer, provide better parking, install access from the sidewalk and put in permanent edging. [RM] f

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The Dirt on the Bird A BATTLE SHAPING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN THE WEST By Nicole Vulcan democracyincrisiscolumn@gmail.com For those in the West, “the bird” is the greater sage-grouse, and a “listing” refers to the threat of the bird being added to the Endangered Species list. Recent moves by Trump-appointed Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke could signal changes to the extensive work aimed at helping “the bird” across 10 western states. These were once words loaded down with angst on all sides. But by 2015 a broad bipartisan group, including conservation groups and ranchers, had created a series of Sage-Grouse Action Plans in those 10 states. Under the plans, ranchers would receive funding and support to improve sage-grouse habitat on their lands. Meanwhile, the Bureau of Land Management amended dozens of landuse plans to further enhance habitat for sage-grouse. Many described it as a winwin—“what’s good for the bird is good for the herd.” These days, though, those stakeholders are wringing their hands once again, exploring new “what ifs” centered around Zinke’s Secretarial Order 3353, “Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation and Cooperation with Western States.” In June 2017, the Department announced the opening of a public comment period on sage-grouse plans. The idea, the Department alleged, was to “improve sage-grouse conservation by strengthening collaboration among states and the federal government.” The comment period ended Dec. 1, 2017. Zinke, a former college football player and Navy SEAL who rides his horse around Washington, D.C., who called recent controversy over his travels by helicopter “bullshit,” and has called Hillary Clinton the “antichrist,” is in many ways the perfect Trump appointment: a macho, mineral-extraction enthusiast who has little patience for environmentalists or the implications of

the “bird” and its potential listing. Sage-grouse are seen as an “umbrella species”—meaning when its populations are in peril, so too are more than 350 other species that share their habitat. In other words, when “the bird” is threatened, it’s a signal the entire ecosystem is threatened, too. But it could also put numerous burdens on landowners and ranchers, and on public agencies tasked with carrying out the tenets of those protections. In some areas, a listing could bar grazing, farming, mining or other activities altogether. Rep. Greg Walden, a Republican representing eastern Oregon in the U.S. House, applauded the reopening of the comment period. “Oregon’s ranchers and landowners have done great cooperative work to improve sage grouse habitat, and this is a chance for their firsthand knowledge to be incorporated into the planning process,” wrote Walden in an Oct. 6 release, adding that it signals a desire to work with rural communities rather than “just burdening them with rules from Washington, DC.” Dan Morse, conservation director for the Oregon Natural Desert Association, disagrees with Walden’s assessment of a topdown hierarchy. “You could not be a rancher in the eastern half of this state in the last five years and not have some knowledge that sage-grouse is declining,” Morse said. “It’s obvious, ranchers as individuals take this serious. That’s clear,” said John O’Keefe, then-president of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association. “The end game is to be sure we don’t have a listing, so we can continue to have the flexibility to do the projects that are going to make a difference. The two sides are often painted as “grazing versus grouse.” But ranching may not be the biggest threat. Energy and housing were bigger threats by far. And the oil and

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gas industries are big players in many of the states where stakeholders adopted sagegrouse plans in 2015. In August, the watchdog group Western Values Project released a statement regarding a leaked document involving the oil and gas industry trade group the Western Energy Alliance. According to WVP, a memo from the WEA acted as the basis for Secretary Zinke’s current sage-grouse review. WVP says WEA made 15 recommendations to the Interior Department’s sagegrouse review team; 13 of those requests were used in Zinke’s report, according to WVP. This summer, WVP filed a Freedom of Information Act request to see correspondence between oil and gas industry representatives and Interior Department staff. “We’re now going on our third month without a response from the Department of Interior,” Jayson O’Neill, deputy director of WVP said, noting that WVP has since filed suit for information regarding those emails. “Now, as we’re winding down our public comment period, the public has really still been kept in the dark about why these amendments and these revisions came forward,” he said. On the department’s appearance of caving to oil and gas lobby pressure, ONDA’S Morse said: “It’s a little disappointing frankly, that they’re so susceptible to this, and just so unsophisticated to saying yes.”

O’Neill said, “We went through 10 years of these discussions and coming to common ground, and then to have them essentially change in such a short time frame without knowing the full motivation behind that has been really troubling for a lot of folks across the West.” Also added to the mix: the Interior Department’s October decision to withdraw the application to prevent surface mining in critical sage-grouse habitat areas. The previously proposed move to prohibit mining in certain sage-grouse areas would have limited opportunities to expand mining operations on BLM lands, as well as private lands. “This is a clear signal from the Secretary of the Interior just how willing he is to put mining companies above the needs and wishes of Oregonians, westerners, and the farmers and ranchers he claims to support,” Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said in a statement. “If the sage-grouse population continues to decline, we have not done our job for that species and that ecosystem,” says ONDA’s Morse. “If that ecosystem continues to decline, the way of life—the livelihood, the economy, the people of these landscapes— are going to be hurt.” f Nicole Vulcan is editor of the Source Weekly in Bend, OR.

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GEORGIANS KEEP GETTING BOOTED FROM TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

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Washington, DC has put a curse on prominent Georgians who go there to work for Donald Trump. First there was the case of Tom Price, the congressman who was picked to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Price was part of the Republican leadership when the GOP took control of the Georgia Senate in 2003. He followed that with a skillful victory in the 2004 election that vaulted him into the 6th Congressional District seat. His climb up the ladder continued in the U.S. House, where he was chairman of the House Budget Committee and often mentioned as a potential candidate for speaker. Then came the call to work in the Trump Administration, which gave Price a chance to make good on his longheld wish of dismantling the Affordable Care Act. Price was brought low by his love of perks. He preferred to take private charter flights or military planes when going somewhere on official business, rather than book passage at a far cheaper rate on a commercial flight. The cost to taxpayers was steep. When the media started looking at Price’s air travel habits, they determined he had spent about $1 million on these flights. Trump did not like the unfavorable media coverage, and Price was soon on his way back to Roswell. Then there was Brenda Fitzgerald, who was picked by Gov. Nathan Deal to be commissioner of the newly formed state Department of Public Health in 2011. She held that position for six years. Fitzgerald was the choice last July of Price, who at the time was still the secretary of HHS, to become the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the most important healthcare positions in federal government.

Fitzgerald ran into roadblocks in Washington. Members of Congress raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest related to her investments in pharmaceutical and health insurance companies, which might be affected by her actions as CDC director. The killing blow was a media report last week that disclosed she had purchased stock in a tobacco company after she took over at CDC. That business holding starkly conflicts with the mission of the CDC, where smoking is considered a major public health issue that contributes to the deaths of millions of Americans. Fitzgerald turned in her resignation, which was quickly accepted. Who will be the next Georgian to go? The most likely candidate could be Christopher Wray, who was an Atlanta lawyer when Trump picked him to replace the dismissed James Comey as FBI director. Wray is now caught in the crossfire between the White House and the Justice Department over the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into alleged links between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia. Wray has reportedly threatened to quit over some of the White House demands, but as this column was written he was still the FBI director. But for how long? The one Georgian who seems to be firmly in place is Sonny Perdue, the former governor who is now the agriculture secretary for the Trump Administration. When Trump delivered his State of the Union speech last week, Perdue was the chosen cabinet member who did not attend the speech in the House chamber. He was kept some distance away at an undisclosed location to ensure the continuity of the government in case there was a disaster. Maybe he can also avoid the black hole that the administration has become for Georgians in Washington. f

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ocal executive Joe Hunt is mounting communication strategy] is being present a GOP primary challenge to Rep. Jody and visible in the district.” Unlike Hice, Hice for his seat in District 10 in the Hunt plans to have in-person town halls U.S. House of Representatives. throughout the district and allow for audiA native of Elberton and vice president ence questions. of franchising for Zaxby’s, the Oconee Hunt says his experience in business has County-based chicken finger chain, Hunt prepared him to give a voice to the people says he decided to run in the upcoming of the 10th District. “Even if you disagree election because it is “un-American” for on political ideology, you still need to be someone to run unopposed. “No one should representative of the people who are paying have a path that clear,” Hunt says. After you to go to Washington,” he says. walking out of the voting booth in 2016, when Hice ran unopposed, Hunt recalls thinking “that cannot happen again.” He also says he doesn’t believe Hice represented him or his interests in Washington, DC, and has never voted for him. Hunt believes that his campaign has the ability to take on Hice, even though Hice won the Republican primary, the subsequent runoff and the general election in 2014. “When there is no better option, it comes down [to party],” he says. Hunt is differentiating himself from Hice on social issues, coming from a center-right stance on issues ranging from the environment to abortion. When it comes to climate change, Hunt says he has to rely on the findings of scientists, and supports green initiatives as long as they don’t burden businesses. Hunt says he is personally conflicted on the issue of abortion, Joe Hunt with his wife Stephanie Boyd Hunt but believes Republicans’ efforts to outlaw it are in vain. “The law was decided in 1973. It’s wasted energy to Hice, a former pastor and talk-radio host spend time on it otherwise,” he says. who lives on Lake Oconee, is one of the On immigration policy, Hunt believes most conservative members of Congress. that the current process should be more Before he was elected in 2014, he said streamlined to allow for hardworking that women should seek their husbands’ immigrants to legally gain entrance into the approval before running for office, abortion country. He supports the DACA (Deferred is worse than the Holocaust, and Christians Action for Childhood Arrivals) program should be able to deny services to gay couand believes DREAMers should be able ples. In Congress, he voted to repeal the to gain legal status, but he does not supAffordable Care Act, and he opposes DACA. port chain migration, a policy that allows At least four people have said they’re immigrants to sponsor immediate family running for Hice’s seat in the 10th members, such as parents or children, who District, which stretches from Athens to are applying for visas. Hunt also supports Milledgeville and the Augusta suburbs to Clarke County Sheriff Ira Edwards’ policy Henry County on metro Atlanta’s southof honoring Immigrations and Customs ern edge. They include Hunt; another Enforcement’s requests to detain suspected Republican, Bradley Griffin, who takes undocumented immigrants for deportation, a hard-line stance on immigration and and believes that the detention and deporlaw enforcement; and Democrats Chalis tation of undocumented immigrants by ICE Montgomery, a Barrow County music agents is simply a part of the law. educator, and Richard Dien Winfield, a A balanced budget is a top priority for University of Georgia philosophy professor. Hunt, and he realizes it will take bipartiMontgomery supports a $15 minimum sanship to achieve this. “I think zero-sum wage and universal single-payer health care, politics is a loss,” he says. “There has to be while Winfield is running on a guarantee of an appetite for moderates. We have to break a federal job for anyone who wants one. the stalemate.” The district leans heavily to the right— One of his most important goals is to Hice won 66 percent of the vote against communicate with constituents—someDemocrat Ken Dious in 2014—but thing Hice, who does not hold town hall Democrats are hopeful that outrage over meetings in the district, has been critithe Trump Administration will help them cized for. “The most important part [of a make gains. f

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Let’s Talk About Cents, Baby HOW TO TEACH YOUR KIDS THE VALUE OF MONEY By Kristen Morales news@flagpole.com Have you had The Talk with your kids yet? You know, the one where you squeamishly avoid certain buzzwords or obtuse details, just trying to stick with the facts so as to not confuse your kids. And different ages require different levels of details. And let’s be honest, sometimes we don’t even know how to explain things ourselves. I know, talking about money with kids is difficult. I was startled into this conversation with my own daughter, now 10, in the aftermath of the holiday buying binge we find ourselves in each year. We were discussing the existence of Santa Claus (me: I hate to tell you this, but he’s not real; her: Of course he is!) when I found myself coming at it from the perspective of finance.

a list of causes that are important to them, and Kids Boost helps them select one to help them pursue. The child receives a $100 seed donation and then Kids Boost works with them to create a game plan for fundraising, such as asking for in-kind donations or setting up an event. That’s what 8-year-old Taylor Forrester did. After meeting Devon Gales, a Southern University football player who became paralyzed during a UGA game, he decided he wanted to help Gales and his family. Taylor set up a fundraiser on Kids Boost and hosted a tailgate in Gales’ honor near their Gwinnett County home. Taylor’s goal was $2,500. He ended up raising $4,000.

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Taylor Forrester, 8, hosted a tailgate to raise money for injured football player Devon Gales.

How does he purchase all those materials? Does he pay his elves? What about things that say “Made in China”—did Santa pay those workers too? Money, to someone who has no idea what an hourly wage is, can be a very abstract concept. When my daughter sets up a lemonade stand, I try to explain the cost of the materials she’s consuming. When she wants to walk to the corner with her friend and buy a hot chocolate, I try to reinforce that this is a special treat, because $4 a day can add up. So far my efforts are failing miserably, as her “Save,” “Spend” and “Charity” banks all seem to have less money in them than when we started. But I do know that if you can pair lessons with things kids enjoy—or, at least, embrace in their own worlds—they are more likely to understand the concept. Which is why I was so inspired when I heard about a website called Kids Boost (kidsboost.org). It’s in the vein of a GoFundMe or Kickstarter, but specifically focused on kids and teaching them the value of money—along with helping others and achieving a larger goal. Created by University of Georgia alumna Kristen Stocks, the site helps empower kids to raise money for a goal. Kids sign up with

The added bonus, says his mother, Sara, is that it’s taught Taylor the work that goes into money—and the good that can be done with it. He’s seen how money can accumulate if you save it, and how that larger sum can make an even bigger impact. “Now I think of it different because when I was littler and I needed money, I would go to the store and buy toys,” says Taylor. “but now I want to save it up.” His new project isn’t necessarily charitable—he’s saving for a Lego Star Wars Walker—but he’s invested in the new goal because of his Kids Boost project and the relationship he’s since formed with Gales and his family. Forrester says they have set up an account for Taylor at a local bank, and as Taylor’s money jar at home gets heavy with change, he and his father will roll the coins and take it to the bank. When he makes the deposit, he can see how his money has grown. “We try to find that balance between saving and spending,” his mother adds. “It’s just these everyday life lessons that you hope they remember.” Just like learning the reality about Santa Claus, understanding the value of money is a lesson that can only benefit you as you grow older. f

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Behind the Scenes at Kindercore Vinyl By Nicole Adamson music@flagpole.com

ork is underway at Kindercore Vinyl, Athens’ new and much-ballyhooed record-manufacturing facility. The state-of-the-art plant, which is currently pressing between 4,000–5,000 records each week, plans to ramp up production in the coming months, eventually churning out a whopping 3,000 albums per day. But what does making records entail, exactly? Flagpole photographer Nicole Adamson recently spent part of a day at Kindercore HQ to get an intimate look at the process. For more info on Kindercore Vinyl, visit kindercore.com. [Gabe Vodicka] f

Mat Lewis, Kindercore Vinyl’s operations manager, scoops PVC pellets—the main component of vinyl records—from a bin before starting up the press. Though PVC is the industry standard, one of Kindercore’s owners, bioengineer Dan Geller, is currently working to research and develop a renewable replacement.

Labels bake in an oven before they are applied. They must be free of moisture; otherwise, they will tear and stick to the stamper when it is pressed. After the puck is created, a label is placed on top of it before it is stamped.

Once poured into the machine, the pellets are superheated and molded into pucks, which will then be topped with labels. Here, a mold raises to reveal a puck of hot vinyl.

Next, stampers—metal disks that contain the grooves for each song— flatten the puck. Steam from the press softens the plastic as the stampers push an impression of the album’s master recording onto it. Finally, the disc is stiffened using cool water. “Learning how to dial in the perfect temperatures, timing and PSI has been really difficult,” says Chief Operations Officer Cash Carter, “but it’s also rewarding when the record comes out sounding good.”

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After being stamped, the excess vinyl is trimmed off. Kindercore re-grinds the excess into pellets to be reused and re-melted for future records. Here, company president Ryan Lewis puts trimmed vinyl into the grinder. Of the PVC put into the press, 10 percent is re-ground vinyl, which helps conserve resources.

Pressed and trimmed records sit in stacks to cure for 24 hours. “We’re still in the learning process, and the curve has been really steep,” says Carter. “People, and I’m included, used to think that you put PVC pellets in one end and then you get trimmed and perfect-sounding records on the other, and that’s just not true. Any part of the process can make the record sound not good.”

After the records have finished curing, Kindercore inspects each one by hand before packaging them. Here, Carter inspects a record with Priscilla Lewis and her and Ryan’s daughter, Poppy. “[Kindercore is unique because] we’ve all been involved in music on the other side of things before,” says Mat Lewis. “We’ve all ordered records before, played on records, produced records… we have that insight from the customer side of things.”

Finally, records are put in sleeves with inserts. Once the sleeves are stuffed, the albums are plastic-wrapped and ready to be shipped. “My favorite part is watching them… get shipped off to the customer,” says Carter. “There’s a sense of accomplishment… I just see records differently now. Some of these albums have been worked on for 10 years, so these are people’s hopes and dreams, and we get to facilitate that for them. Whenever the records leave, they sound good and they’re going to the customer, I know that that part of their dream has been fulfilled.”

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lexis Krauss and Derek Miller needed interest in any part of the music business to escape. The duo, who form the that doesn’t include making records and noise-pop group Sleigh Bells, were feeling playing shows or doing something with the weight of our current political and visuals.” social climate in a way that was soul-crushHowever, “I really want our fans to like ing and mentally damaging. So, for the it—that’s important to me,” Miller says. recording of its new mini-album, Kid “I’m not one of those artists that has conKruschev, the band decided it needed a tempt for their audience. We’re going in change of scenery. this new direction, and we hope you all are Krauss, a self-professed nature addict, willing to come with us.” made the decision to move to a nearly Miller and Krauss recently made the isolated home in the wilderness of upstate decision to form their own record label for New York. According to Miller, the expeall future releases. So far, it’s been a creative rience provided a sense of freedom that success. “I love it. It’s been liberating,” says couldn’t be found back in Brooklyn. Miller. “For most record labels, the bottom “Alexis moved. She got the fuck out of line is important. I don’t like to sit around the city,” says Miller. “She had been here for and strategize about how we can make the like 14 years and just got tired of it. When band bigger. I like to sit around and think she’s not onstage or in a studio with me, she’s on a cliff someI’m not too interested right now where, or hiking, or in other people’s perspectives camping. That’s probably her first passion. on what we’re doing. If you put a gun to her head, she’d rather be on the side of a mountain than making records with me, which I completely understand.” Miller says recording a noisy record was easy in a place of complete solitude. “It’s really simple up there,” he says. According to Miller, that feeling of being shut off from civilization was a necessary step to completing of how I can make the band better. I think Kid Kruschev, and something that has been working with a label right now would be beneficial to him and Krauss amidst a suffo- frustrating for them, because I’m not too cating cycle of bad news on both micro and interested right now in other people’s permacro levels. spectives on what we’re doing. We’re not “When I’m up there, I don’t read The New lacking for direction.” York Times, I don’t watch CNN, I just turn Miller is excited to get back on the road all that shit off,” he says. “But it still sticks and then back in the studio. His aim is to with you. I don’t know how you can have air release a new mini-album—though he now in your lungs in 2018 and not be affected claims to regret using this term during Kid by our current president. Certainly we’ve Kruschev’s initial press run—of seven or so elected scumbags in the past, but I’m not songs every 12–14 months. It’s a system sure if we’ve ever done it on this level. It’s that he thinks works much better than not like we elected him believing he was a waiting three years to put out a full album. decent human being and then he was outed As for the future of Sleigh Bells’ sound, as a wretched bastard. We knew that going Miller says the band is going to stick with into it. So everything about that has been what it knows best: playing from the heart. shocking, disheartening and massively “We’re not putting out any big pop singles, depressing. we’re just sort of following our instincts,” “In addition to that,” he says, “I have had he says. “And I love big pop singles for the some what some people refer to as ‘demons’ record, but we’re not exactly going for the in my own life. I don’t want to get into my brass ring commercially. We’re just doing personal shit, but there’s a lot of that in what feels right while keeping ourselves there, too. The record basically consists a lot excited and immersed in the creative proof interior and exterior problems thrown cess.” f into a blender together.” In terms of the record’s reception, which has been mostly positive, Miller says he’s WHO: Sleigh Bells, Sunflower Bean too far into his career to truly put stock in WHERE: 40 Watt Club the opinions of critics. “It’s been a decade,” WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 10, 8 p.m. says Miller. “I was a little jaded about the HOW MUCH: $23 whole industry itself a long time ago. At this point in my life, at 36, I have very little

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SATURDAY SINGIN’: Singer and songwriter Sara Zúñiga will celebrate the release of her debut EP Someday Soon at Hendershot’s Coffee Bar Saturday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 at the door, and Athens rock band Scarlet Stitch will open. Zúñiga’s EP was successfully funded via a Kickstarter campaign last fall. Her band includes Adam Smith (guitar), Luke O’Kelley (drums) and Kamron Munch (bass). If you’ve not yet heard Zúñiga’s music, you can check out some previews at reverbnation.com/sarahzuniga and youtube.com/ SarahZunigaMusic. If you feel like being social, you can head to facebook.com/ SarahZunigaMusic and do that, too.

By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com LET LOVE IN: The Athens Folk Music and Dance Society is hosting its 11th annual Sweetheart Duets Hoot Monday, Feb. 12 at The Foundry. It runs 8–10 p.m., and admission is free. Performing couples will play a short selection of songs, and the evening is hosted by Pickled Holler’s Jessica and Matthew Williams. Featured couples are Sam Burchfield and Pip the Pansy, John and Sayward Evans, Trish and Jef Whatley, Anna and Lee Hiers, David and Mary Leinweber, Josh and Gabby Daniels and Rachael Renee and Michael Levasseur. The Athens Folk Music and Dance Society is a real treasure for our town, and you can find out more information at athensfolk.org.

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particularly edified by the one-two action of “Monumentz pt.1” and “Monumentz pt. 2.” Between the pair, you’re looking at nearly 20 minutes of music, and I didn’t wanna mention Fucked Up’s The Chemistry of Common Life, but I guess I already did. Still, just because I’m stodgy and prissy

NO RESERVATIONS: Josh Erwin (Sans Abri, Packway Handle Band) will celebrate the release of his new band’s album Tuesday, Feb. 13 at The World Famous. The band in question is Mermaid Motor Lounge, and the album is named Fits and Starts. While the record isn’t a universe away from his work in Packway, there’s no significant crossover. The album flirts with a more pop-oriented approach and lands a good couple of punches of the Crooked Fingers variety (“Missing Pieces,” “Reel It In”). There are other influences, sure, but that’s the one that stood out to me the most, even though it only covers a couple of songs. The show costs $3 and should begin about 9 p.m. For more information, see mermaidmotorlounge.com, and to listen head to mermaidmotorlounge.bandcamp.com. WIND AND WAVE: The University of Georgia Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band are hosting a live streaming event Thursday, Feb. 8 from 8–11 p.m. While this activity is new information for me, I’m sure there are a few of you out there already on the techno tip who already knew this. There are a few other concerts coming up at UGA set to stream, too, and you can find them all and more information at music.uga.edu/ streaming. f

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WALK TOGETHER, ROCK TOGETHER: The annual Boys Who Rock For Girls, a benefit for Girls Rock Athens, will happen Feb. 9–11. This event has participating artists playing covers of women, trans women and nonbinary artists, and this year, over 20 acts are included. Friday, Feb. 9 happens at Max at 9 p.m. and includes Tight Blacks, Forbidden Waves, Donny Knottsville and The Nice Machine, As Dusk Fades, Enter: The Panda and some guest DJs to close the night. Saturday, Feb. 10 happens at Little Kings at 9 p.m. and includes Knowa Johnson, AJ Griffin, Arcana, Max Talkovich, 10,000 Patriarchs, Blue Blood, Dead Neighbors,

Harry Carey and Five Eight. Sunday, Feb. 11 happens at Hi-Lo Lounge at 7 p.m. and features Dan SoHi, Kiffy and Brady O Key, Chip McKenzie, Classic City Jukebox, The Lanes, Blue Bodies and Tabloid. Each night costs $5 at the door, so don’t be a cheapskate. Cough it up.

EVERYTHING YOU KNOW AND LOVE: Athens pop-rock-indie-experimental band Lo Dodona (pronounced Low Duh-Don-Ah) just released its new five-song EP, Terrorz II, and it pretty much rules. At least, it rules this week. Honestly, opening track “See Something, Say Something” could have easily been on Pavement’s debut 10-inch way back in 1989, and “Transubstantiationz” could’ve slid onto any Young Pioneers record. But the whole thing stands well on its own, and as a listener I was

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By Jon Hogan music@flagpole.com Since Bruce Robinson’s Withnail & I explores a friendship formed over bottles and pints, it’s fitting that Flicker Theatre & Bar’s Feb. 7 tribute to the British classic will feature specialty cocktails from The Side Hustle, in addition to food inspired by the film. (See The Calendar on p. 19 for details.) For another inebriated buddy comedy with a more hallucinatory twist, check out Terry Gilliam’s psychedelic masterpiece Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas at home.

Go Out and Watch WITHNAIL & I (1987) The George Harrisonproduced film follows the titular roommates over two weeks in 1969. Down and out due to floundering acting careers, poverty and constant drinking and drugging, Withnail (Richard E. Grant of Logan and “Game of Thrones”) and Marwood (Paul McGann, or the Eighth Doctor to “Doctor Who” fans) flee their Camden Town flat for the country home of Withnail’s closeted Uncle Monty (the Harry Potter series’ Richard Griffiths.) During their vacation, the duo’s friendship is strained and tested as much as their livers and brains. Seeing Withnail and Marwood interact is a compelling study in opposites. Grant’s Withnail is a volatile engine of destruction Withnail & I fueled almost exclusively by booze; when he claims that alcohol is “the only solution to this intense cold” during his stay in an unheated country house, it’s apparent that he sees it as the solution to most of his problems. Although Marwood more often than not joins his roommate on binges, his method of problem-solving is less reckless, pushing for compromise when faced with conflict. Robinson emphasizes these differences in personality with skillfully executed two-shots used throughout the film. These give the director the opportunity to convey Marwood’s gradual despair at his friend’s spiral into drunken dysfunction. As Withnail belligerently spins into abstract speech and behavior, we see Marwood lurking in the background, warily eyeing his companion. The roommates’ differences are so apparent that we are left to wonder what, besides their shared vocation, keeps the friendship afloat. Uncle Monty gets at the root of Withnail and Marwood’s bond when he says that his nephew is “incapable of indulging in anything but pleasure.” Withnail’s frenzied disposition is all in pursuit of fun, and we get the sense—particularly in an infamous scene where Withnail screams for “the finest wines available to humanity” at a small-town restaurant— that all of this chaos is as fun to sow as it is to watch.

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However, Withnail & I is the story of what happens when drunken fun wears on too long. Panning shots of Withnail and Marwood’s shared flat early in the film show a cluttered hovel. The worst of it all is their kitchen, packed with piles of dirty dishes and spattered with unnamed fluids. The part of their home most associated with nourishment is toxic, foreshadowing the gradual deterioration their habits inflict on their bodies and, ultimately, their mismatched friendship.

Stay Home And Watch FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998) The relationship between self-proclaimed “doctor of journalism” Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp, in an era when the viewing public could tell itself that he was only an abusive creep onscreen) and his Samoan lawyer, Dr. Gonzo (Benicio del Toro), in Fear and Loathing is actively harmful to anyone unlucky enough to cross their path. We first

see them barreling down a desert highway in a convertible. Gilliam shoots them from the driver’s side with a camera that bobs and weaves, struggling to keep pace with their craziness. Despite their freewheeling lunacy, Gilliam’s protagonists are bound together by the suitcase full of “uppers, downers, screamers, laughers” and more in their trunk. The film is an ontological horror story, exploring the beastly tendencies that the characters’ imbibing unleashes. This danger is explored in a literal sense, as the duo and the people they encounter while covering events in Las Vegas morph into animals and demons with the ebb and flow of chemicals. After waking from a particularly hazy binge in a trashed hotel room filled with puddles and wallpapered with mustard-covered porn, Duke strides the room with a reptile tail strapped to his body trailing him. Gilliam’s use of practical effects for this tail and other scenes, including a particularly horrifying lizard orgy earlier in the film, makes the existential terror that much more potent. CGI would make the fantastic scenes appear distinctly separate from reality. By giving a physical grounding to these hallucinations, the threat of an inhuman transformation is realer and more immediate, amplifying the visceral thrill of Gilliam’s trippy triumph. f

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Greatest Showman, a throwback to the heyday of the cinematic musical not only in form and function but also in character. P.T. Barnum probably never said, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” but this historically questionable, musically contagious biographical drama will suck moviegoers in for all 105 minutes. By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com Hugh Jackman seems born to play the famed showman; his unique combination of WINCHESTER (PG-13) You can tell it is the chill to lead a wannabe terrorizer like this) acting, singing and dancing chops captivate, dead of winter when the only wide new to exorcise the house’s demons—or one even when Barnum is letting us and his release is a low-budget horror flick that particularly malevolent spirit, at the least. family, both immediate and circus, down. would go over better if viewed late at night Lit more brightly than a late-night show (Imagine if Jackman and Baz Luhrmann in one’s own home. “Based on true events,” on Cinemax, Winchester wraps itself up too were to team up for a musical with a little Winchester purports to tell the story of neatly, but is more pleasantly logical than more artistic fearlessness; oh, had Australia the most haunted mansion in America, most ghostly fare, and Mirren seriously just had some lyrics written to be sung over the Winchester Mystery House in choreographed cattle drives!) Good San Jose, CA. The home of Sarah as Jackman is, he is nearly matched Winchester Winchester (Helen Mirren, giving by Zac Efron, who smartly keeps his this movie more than it deserves), anachronistic super-physique hidthe widow of firearm mogul William den while wooing Zendaya’s trapeze Winchester, was purportedly worked artist. on every hour of the day, every day Ignore the artistic license of the week until her death in 1922. taken by writers Jenny Bicks and In the movie, written by Tom Hollywood’s go-to musical man Bill Vaughan and rewritten by the directCondon—especially regarding the ing duo of Michael and Peter Spierig Barnum-produced American tour (the brothers last helmed Saw reigof Swedish Nightingale Jenny Lind niter Jigsaw), Sarah Winchester was (Rebecca Ferguson, whose robust constantly adding rooms to house radiance cannot be ignored)—and the fallen victims of her family’s focus on the infectious songs by 19th-Century, resting bitch face lethal product. The Winchester La La Land lyricists Benj Pasek and curse, as she calls it, claimed her Justin Paul. Though “This Is Me,” husband and daughter; now, she must sells even the silliest of this haunted-house impressively performed in the film by Keala protect her niece, Marian Marriot (Sarah hokum. Ultimately, the movie is too rote Settle’s bearded lady, was the only song Snook) and great-nephew, Henry (Finn and unoriginal, but most damningly, it’s to grab an Oscar nomination, nearly all of Scicluna-O’Prey), who becomes predictably not too scary. them are equally catchy, if a bit too generipossessed like the majority of youngsters cally modern. in modern horror. It’s up to troubled doctor THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (PG) Few movies That it’s too generically modern—or Eric Price (Jason Clarke, who is way too wear their earnestness as brazenly as The not timeless enough—may be The Greatest Showman’s biggest long-term obstacle to joining, if not the all-time greats, the alltime just-rights.

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FERDINAND (PG) It has been widely noted that 2017 was not bursting with unforgettable animated features. Subsequent viewings of Coco continue to affirm it is really great, though not in Pixar’s top five; when The Boss Baby vies for best animated feature, the pickings must be slim. Ferdinand, based on the classic children’s book written by Munro Leaf (and illustrated by Robert Lawson), is the right source material from which to craft an animated gem, and the result is exactly what one would expect from the director of Ice Age and Rio, Carlos Saldanha. Ferdinand is pleasant and will make children laugh while leaving adults underwhelmed but not unamused. In Leaf’s story, Ferdinand is a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight. His overt pacifism in the ring leads to his being left happily alone in his flower-filled fields. Leaf wrote that story in 1936. Making it into an animated feature in 2017 means casting likable professional wrestler John Cena to voice Ferdinand, who still loves flowers, but now he loves flowers to the tunes of Nick Jonas while trying to save some other bulls—voiced by Anthony Anderson, Bobby Cannavale, David Tennant and Peyton Manning (?!)—from the slaughterhouse, here called the Chop House. At least Ferdinand’s mentor is a crazy, Kate McKinnon goat. Naturally, comic relief exists in the dueling trios of animals, dancing hedgehogs and prancing Lipizzans. None of this has anything to do with Leaf’s innocent tale, but is practically required for a modern animated feature. The story of Ferdinand remains sweet, but the movie is far from timeless. f

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Hard Times, Strange Folks and Easy Laughs CATCH DETROIT AND BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS ON LOCAL STAGES THIS MONTH By Dina Canup arts@flagpole.com We all have our ways of coping in times of trouble and economic uncertainty, including, but not limited to: fretting, fighting, dreaming, lusting, joking, drinking or all of the above. Then there’s the stress of trying to figure out who you are in the world, which doesn’t end with adolescence. Between Town & Gown Players and UGA Theatre, audiences get all this and more, from the Great Depression (Brighton Beach Memoirs) to the Great Recession (Detroit). Families confront unemployment, relationships gone wrong, fantasies not yet realized and dreams gone sour—by two award-winning American playwrights who are experts at family dialogue.

a middle class existence. The promise of a white picket fence for grit and hard work may just be a myth, and not just for them; what happens to them could happen to us. Sure, it will at times be uncomfortable, even disturbing, but it comes with the sort of absurd comedy that works in painful times. You can love these characters with all their annoying flaws intact while accepting them as a caution-

DETROIT: In this case, Detroit is a state of mind rather than the literal location. It’s the idea of a once-great American city, ripe with economic promise and job growth, now in various states of stagnation and decline. Once upon a time, the youthful avatars of the American Dream expected to exceed their parents’ success with every generation, but the future no longer seems so bright in the age of increasing economic inequality. The characters of UGA Theatre’s Detroit could be any of us, anywhere, financially struggling and still wrestling with the question: “So what are you going to be when you grow up?” We ponder this throughout our childhood. College students are frequently asked, “What’s your major?” Director George Contini says, “It is fairly easy to identify an American at a party—they always insist on asking people they’ve just met: ‘So what do you do for a living?’” As if the job defines who you are, not just your Detroit particular rung on the socioeconomic ladder that is increasingly hard to climb. Are we more than the sum of our credit scores? Is existential angst a luxury when at any ary tale, the drunken human face of the Great Recession. moment we could lose all we have? D’Amour’s dialogue and characters are brilliantly true-toThese are some of the questions Ben (John Terry) and life, and are in the best of hands with Contini at the helm. Mary (Ami Corley) cannot avoid. The long-vacant house You can expect a top notch production with this team and next door is finally occupied, so they invite the new neighcast. bors (Taylor Wood and Matthew Suwalski) over for an Detroit by Lisa D’Amour is presented by UGA Theatre in all-American backyard cookout. What could possibly go the Cellar Theatre Wednesday, Feb. 16 and Thursday, Feb. wrong in socializing with these less credit-worthy strang17 and Tuesday, Feb. 20–Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. with ers? Charles Isherwood of The New York Times calls it a 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinees on Feb. 18 and Feb. 25. Tickets “delirious, dangerous bacchanal” as Ben and Mary confront are $16, $12 for students, and available at ugatheatre.com/ some of their worst fears of losing their precarious grip on detroit or 706-542-4400.

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BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS: It’s an American standard by one of our most popular playwrights, Neil Simon, master of snappy one-liners and self-deprecating characters. As with many of his plays, it’s semi-autobiographical, so these are characters he knows quite well. Set in a Brooklyn neighborhood in 1937, the comedy has a backdrop of economic uncertainty and fear for distant Jewish relatives living under the Nazi regime behind the family squabbles. The central character is teenager Eugene (Jack Dugan), in his coming-of-age story that Ben Brantley of The New York Times describes as, like so many of Simon’s plays, “retrospective wish fulfillment, transforming his often fraught childhood into sunny domestic harbors in which troubles only brought families closer and father really did know best.” Jack (Jim Nuss) is the head of a rather crowded house, with his wife’s (Mir Kamin) widowed sister Blanche (Ginny Simmons) moving in when she has money troubles. Add her teenage daughters (Antonella Perez Ferrero and Jessica Tiegs) and Eugene’s older brother Stanley (Andrew Rabanal), and things get too close for comfort. If you prefer a family that balances out the drama with love and laughter while avoiding deeper darkness, this is the show for you. While the 2009 revival on Broadway was a surprise commercial flop despite critical praise, Patrick Healy wrote that it had less to do with the production than it had to do with evolution in American humor and what Broadway audiences are willing to pay big money to see (for example, the production had no big stars and it wasn’t a musical). It’s a better show for local and regional theaters, where there’s always a place for classic plays and quippy dialogue that can appeal to wider audiences. Town & Gown, which produces quality theater for a variety of tastes, should provide a welcome chance to laugh away your worries with a strong cast of favorites and newcomers, directed by longtime T&G member Hue Henry. Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon is presented by Town & Gown Players at the Athens Community Theatre Friday, Feb. 9 and Saturday, Feb. 10 and Thursday, Feb. 15–Saturday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. with 2 p.m. Sunday matinees on Feb. 11 and Feb. 18. Tickets are $8-15 and available at townandgownplayers.org or 706-206-8696. WANT TO ESCAPE FROM IT ALL?: Two fairy tales are coming up soon. Cinderella, adapted by Forest Cloud, is presented by Rose of Athens at Seney-Stovall Chapel Friday, Feb. 23– Saturday, Feb. 24 and Friday, Mar. 2–Saturday, Mar. 3 at 7 p.m. For more information, visit roseofathens.wordpress. com. The Little Mermaid is presented by Athens Little Playhouse Friday, Feb. 16–Saturday, Feb. 17 and Friday, Feb. 23–Saturday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. with 3 p.m. Sunday matinees on Feb. 18 and Feb. 25. For more information, visit athenslittleplayhouse.net. f

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Resonance and Typo-poetry AUGMENTING ART WITH AUDIO AND TYPE By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com Imagine being able to hear the symphony of chirps emitting from small birds that surround a woman in an oil painting—the “Bird Tamer” by Bob Clements—or the rallying call of “We are the 99 percent” being chanted from an unusual fishbowl full of expressive ceramic faces—“Sounds for Uprising” by Cheri Wranosky. “Resonance: A Bi-Sensory Art Exhibit,” co-curated by local artists Melody Croft and Jackie Dorsey, makes it all possible by pairing each piece of art with audio, elevating the visual stories through complementary songs, sound effects, poetry, storytelling, speeches and news clips. Currently on view at the Oconee Cultural Arts Center, visitors are encouraged to spend more time fully absorbing and reflecting on each image by using their phones to scan QR codes that link to recordings. The concept of the exhibition, which originally sought to combine poetry and images, evolved out of Croft’s own body of work, which often incorporates collage-like text into oil paintings to emphasize impactful messages. Her previous exhibition, “Sixteen Stories,” held at the Oconee County Library a year ago, took these narratives even further by posting background explanations for each painting on Tumblr and in person.

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paired with a recording of a 1960s commercial to hint at the impact of the beauty industry’s ads on the self-image of young girls. “The Pacificists,” a 6-by-9-foot hexaptych of babies with pacifiers, is combined with children speaking about peace. “Music enhances the viewing of visual artwork just like a soundtrack enhances a film,” says Croft. “Mary Ann Cox has a beautiful watercolor in the show of an older woman, entitled ‘Flossie.’ Listening to the opening overture of To Kill a Mockingbird that has been paired with the painting kindles the emotion that the artist feels about Flossie. The orchestrated work chosen by Claire Clements creates atmosphere and implies a sense of space as you look at her landscape of the R.E.M. trestle.” A few artists excitingly had original songs composed for their work—Lucy Bone, Kristin Hyink and Manda McKay—and the exhibition also includes visual work by Margaret Agner, John Ahee, Ryan Dorsey, Denise Sanbria and Viviane Van Giesen. Jackie Dorsey contributes five exquisitely photorealistic portraits of musicians—each accompanied by one of their own songs—Gregg Allman, Michael Coast of the Grassland String Band, Pip the Pansy, violinist Adam Poulin and Sienna Chandler of Monsoon. “In my own case it adds to the story of the painting because it shows another dimension of my subject: his or her own art,” says Dorsey. “But it also is a way of sharing a little more of me and my process. I paint what I love. I not only get to share the subject with my audience, but also the music that moves me and draws me to them. It is another level of intimacy between me, the subject of my painting, and the viewer experiencing the work.” In addition to “Resonance” and Lisa Freeman’s solo exhibition “Repercussion,” OCAF is also featuring “Typo-poetry: Despite Black and White in Sound,” a group exhi“Where Patience and Bravery Meet” by Kristen Kyink in “Resonance” bition curated by UGA Assistant Professor in Graphic Design Moon “Attendees to that show stated that the stories invited Jang. Investigating typography as a method of writing them to connect with my paintings; however, I found that poetry, graphic designers and design educators were chalthe addition of another visual stimulus lessened the impact lenged to create works using words related to sound and a of the artwork,” says Croft. “I realized that technology and color palette of black, white and gray. QR codes would allow me to physically use my voice to “I envisioned ‘Typo-poetry’ in which designers are virtually reach out from my canvas and guide the unencum- authors and producers who respond to various issues and bered viewer into my painting.” focus on typography and type rather than images and After Dorsey volunteered to assist Croft in writing the full colors,” says Jang. “Then, I immediately thought of gallery proposal for “Resonance,” the two met up over cofConcrete Poetry, one of the avant-garde design and art fee and their brainstorming eventually escalated into tackmovements in the early 1900s. It is a type of art and design ling the idea of pairing visual artwork with audio through using linguistic elements such as words and glyphs and the use of QR codes. They invited participants by searching their arrangements to maximize their meanings visually. through online platforms for interesting, thought-pro‘Typo-poetry’ was basically inspired by Concrete poetry.” voking pieces that were diverse in medium and mood. The “Typo-poetry” includes contributions from a total of 18 artists then selected sounds to complement their work, artists, each of whom provides a statement illuminating the and the co-curators facilitated the tech side by acquiring inspiration behind his or her work. James Chae’s “Boom any necessary permissions and uploading the content to a Bap” attempts to translate the reverberating sounds of hip YouTube channel in order to create the URLs. hop into vibrating graphics. Kelly Walter’s “Tweet Tweet / “I was personally eager to do this since I often have Cuckoo Cuckoo” takes a jab at Trump’s infuriating Twitter songs that inspire my paintings of musicians, and I have posts by creating a call and response between the two always wanted to share this with my viewers,” says Dorsey. words. Laura Bower’s “Your Echo Chamber Is Destroying “She was eager to do this because her paintings always have Democracy” challenges viewers to contemplate how limited a story or message, and this would provide a unique way for community conversations and unopposed thoughts can lead getting it across.” to the reinforcement of narrow world views. Though clean Croft’s paintings challenge viewers to contemplate the in design, the works collectively approach complex ideas. psychological, sociological and emotional complexities of All three exhibitions will remain on view through Friday, race, gender, age and culture. “Avon Calling,” a tall porFeb. 16. 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moved in quickly, despite the fact that it’s mere feet from Bulldawg Pizza. It’s an improvement on its predecessor in the space in that it appears to know how a restaurant should work, but it’s also not nearly as interesting. The pizza is totally fine, available with a wide variety of toppings and in specialty combinations including gyro (lamb, feta, tomato), Levanzo (anchovies, tomatoes, red onions) and shrimp alfredo. It’s of the Little Caesars/ Hungry Howie’s genre rather than being New York style, with a thicker, seasoned crust and smaller slices, which is to say it sort of tastes like chain pizza. The interior of the place is still fairly spartan, but the owners have built a pretty decent website that allows you to order online for pick-up or delivery. Don’t like pizza? You can also get a fairly substantial baked ziti as well as some other pasta dishes, wings, calzones, salads, subs, breadsticks, fried mushrooms, french fries, calamari (because why not?), meatballs, chicken tenders, tiramisu, baklava, cheesecake and chocolate cake. Is it exciting? Not really, but it’s also not bad. Athens Pizza is open from 11 a.m. every day. The earliest it stops doing business is at 11:45 p.m. on Sundays. WHAT UP?: Franklin House Cafe, with sandwiches and fancy toast as well as coffee, is open on the UGA side of Broad Street at Thomas Street downtown. Lindsey’s Culinary Market is now doing business in its new space underneath 1000 Faces on Thomas Street, next door to the Classic Center. f

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Talk to your supervisor, or more specifically, someone who has been working in your environment for a long time. I imagine you work in some type of psychiatric or mental health setting, and I believe you when you say you’re at risk and it’s terrifying for you. It takes a special type of person to provide medical care while under threat of attack, but I’m sure these providers don’t show up on their first day ready to tackle an unruly patient. You gotta work up some nerve, I’d suppose. And you said that you’re new to this kind of job, so go talk to some workplace veterans about their early days and how they got where they are now in managing the stress of their work environment. Is there support staff available to accompany you into stressful environments? Try to have someone present with you when you can, someone who’s practiced at the scarier aspects of your job and will step in if you freeze up. I also want to tell you to take it easy on yourself and give yourself room to grow into your new job. You’re new, and no one is expecting you to be Patch Adams just yet. Do your best, but don’t expect miracles out of yourself. Your fears and concerns are justified, and you will manage your way through them, just like your coworkers have.

My husband is great. He likes to carry his weight in our home and routinely cooks and cleans without being asked. Here’s the problem: He’s terrible at it! Half-swept floors, dishes covered in fingerprints and dried food, and no attention paid to detail. Also, I don’t really like his cooking! He uses ingredients that I don’t care for, and he overcooks vegetables to mush. But he does all this without asking, so I’m an asshole, right?

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You’re allowed! But your boo doesn’t share your standards, even though he is performing his husbandly duties in X-Game mode. That’s a tough nut to crack: If you speak up and correct him, does that mean you don’t appreciate his contributions? If you don’t say anything, are you prepared to eat mushy vegetables and drink out of dirty glasses until eternity? I had a roommate who seriously never washed our dishes with soap (left food and grease on everything all the time), but he moved out, and I don’t have to think about him anymore. This, however, is your husband. I assume y’all wanna be together forever, so you’re gonna have to nip this in the bud. I say that you just start cooking and cleaning with him. Not all the time—you wouldn’t want him to get too comfortable—but sharing these chores occasionally would give you the opportunity to provide direction and help y’all to create shared norms for your household. Cook dinner with him, and explain to him why mushy vegetables are less nutritious than firmly cooked ones. Wash dishes together, but let him do the actual washing, and be vocal when a dirty dish makes it into the drying rack. Seriously, y’all, how are so many of us making it into adulthood without knowing how to wash a dish? f

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ACC Library · 6 p.m. · FREE! Local author and illustrator Joey Weiser will speak on his Mermin graphic novel series during an all-ages event. Nominated for an Eisner Award, the “fish out of water” series follows a sea creature who escapes from his underwater kingdom and washes up on a beach, where he is discovered by human children and taken home. A graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, his comics have also appeared in anthologies including SpongeBob Comics and the Flight series. Books will be available to purchase during a reception following the discussion, and Weiser will be available to sign or sketch inside of copies. [Jessica Smith]

Avid Bookshop · 6 p.m. · FREE! Morgan Jerkins is popular on Twitter, but don’t let that fool you—she graduated from Princeton with a degree in comparative literature and speaks six languages. Her debut book, This Will Be My Undoing, an essay collection that “interweaves her incisive commentary on pop culture, feminism, black history, misogyny and racism with her own experiences to confront the very real challenges of being a black woman today,” has been compared to Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist. At Avid’s Prince Avenue location, Jerkins will be interviewed by Flagpole contributor Rashaun Ellis—who’s tackled topics ranging from fat-shaming to polyamory—for a double dose of #metoo. [Blake Aued]

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Tuesday 6 ART: Visiting Artist (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S151) Jordan Casteel is a NY painter and assistant professor at Rutgers UniversityNewark. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.art. uga.edu CLASSES: Career Coach (ACC Library) A Goodwill’s Career Coach will assist patrons with job applications and resumes. 1-3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Athens Swing Night (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A one-hour lesson is followed by a two-hour dancing session. No experience or partner necessary. Feb. 6, 13 & 20, 8–11 p.m. Feb. 27, 7–10 p.m. $4–6. athensswingnight.com CLASSES: Mouse and Keyboard Skills (ACC Library) In the second floor computer training room. Registration required. 10–11:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org COMEDY: Open TOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) This regular comedy open mic features established comedians and

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newcomers alike. 9 p.m. $5. www. flickertheatreandbar.com EVENTS: Piano Happy Hour & Artini’s Kids Crafts (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Jason Fuller, Bart King and Jay Gonzalez take turns performing on the house piano. ARTini’s will offer a kids craft area. 5:30–7:30 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Winemaker Wine Flight (Seabear Oyster Bar) Join local winemaker Phil Stice and California winemaker Ian Brand for a casual flight of four wines. 7:30–10 p.m. $20. phillipstice@gmail.com EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) Take a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@ uga.edu EVENTS: Wine Tasting (J’s Bottle Shop, 1452 Prince Ave.) Meet Ian Brand of P’tit Paysan in this “Meet

the Maker: The Misfits of New California Wine.” 6 p.m. $10. wine. jsbottleshop@gmail.com EVENTS: 5th Annual Galentine’s Day (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Celebrate your lady friends. A supply drive will take place for Project Safe. 5–8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee. com EVENTS: Georgia Library of the Year Award (Madison County Library, Danielsville) A reception celebrates the Athens Regional Library System’s award for Georgia’s Public Library of the Year. Light refreshments will be provided. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison FILM: UGA’s French Film Festival (UGA Tate Student Center) Watch Lost in Paris (Paris Pieds Nus), a zany comedy following a Canadian woman’s trip to Paris. 8 p.m. FREE! (w/ student ID), $3. drama.uga.edu GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Trivia at Johnny’s (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Play

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Hendershot’s Coffee Bar · 8 p.m. Singer-songwriter Joe Willey has been an active participant in Athens music since the 1980s, and is known for his work with The Ale Raisers, among other groups. With the Movin’ Men—a trio that features Five Eight’s Dan Horowitz and The Welfare Liners’ John Evans—Willey recently released The Toll, a sprightly, sure-footed Americana record that should appeal to fans of folk sages like John Prine. The group celebrates the album’s arrival with a show at Hendershot’s on Friday, where it will be joined by guests Claire Campbell, Jamie DeRevere and Jason Cade to perform music from the LP. Emily Horton opens with assistance from Willey himself. [Gabe Vodicka]

Little Kings Shuffle Club · 9 p.m. · $5 Ohio-based trio Ampline has kicked out intricate, propulsive post-punk jams since 2001, releasing four full-length albums in that time, including the 2010 standout You Will Be Buried Here. Now, the group, which features R.Ring’s Mike Montgomery plus former members of semi-obscure indie bands Elk and The Light Wires, is touring behind a fifth LP, Passion Relapse, out on SofaBurn Records. Ampline hits Athens on Friday for a gig with local support from garagepunk duo Eureka California and eccentric rock outfit Antlered Aunt Lord. The show is being presented by the promo firm Public Access, a new venture from Eureka California’s Marie Uhler. [GV]

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for cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706354-1515 GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Both locations of Locos feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Rd.) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: Teen Social Justice Meetup (ACC Library) The Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement hosts an after-school meetup to teach teens how to self-advocate and get involved. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Insect Zoo (ACC Library) UGA’s Entomology Club hosts an interactive program on native insects. For students in grades 6–12. 4:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens

KIDSTUFF: Kids Knit (Bogart Library) Learn to knit. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Teen Trivia (Bogart Library) Put your random knowledge to good use. Snacks provided. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Toddler Tuesday (Georgia Museum of Art) Families and children 18 months–3 years can take a tour tailored for young children, listen to stories and participate in a hands-on activity. 10 a.m. FREE! callan@uga.edu, www.georgiamuseum.org LECTURES & LIT: Garden Travels (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Discussion on “Working with Endangered Species in Hawaii.” 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu MEETINGS: Libertarian Party of Athens (Transmetropolitan) Discuss current events at this monthly meeting. 7 p.m. FREE! lpathensga@ gmail.com PERFORMANCE: Faculty Artist Series (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Damon Denton, a member of the Pylon Reenactment Society, will

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COMEDY: Adam Newman (Caledonia Lounge) Former Athenian and Los Angeles-based comedian Adam Newman has appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman” and “Silicon Valley.” Locals Naoko Uno and Shaunak Godkhindi open. 9 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7. www.caledonialounge.com EVENTS: Celest Ngeve (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) #SheSpeaks presents the release of Celest Divine Ngeve’s book, She Said No. Any Other Questions? Followed by musical performances. 7 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Barrel Night (Terrapin Beer Co.) A special barrel aged beer will be released tonight. 4–8 p.m. www. terrapinbeer.com FILM: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Watch comedy classic Withnail & I. Food and speciality cocktails for sale from The Side Hustle. 6:30 & 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Washington St.) Play to win. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hard movie trivia

KIDSTUFF: Stop-Motion Animation (ACC Library) Learn how to make your own movie using stop-motion animation and Hue Animation Studio. Meets the first Wednesday of every month. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Attendees will share books, songs, puppets and rhymes. Ages 1.5–5. 9:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Girls Who Code (ACC Library) Learn more about coding. 4:15 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens KIDSTUFF: Financial Health for Teens (ACC Library) Learn basic economic and financial concepts. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens KIDSTUFF: Bake Sale Prep (Oconee County Library) Get ready for the bi-annual bake sale. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Happy Birthday, Laura Ingalls Wilder! (Bogart Library) Honor the author with special crafts, activities and snacks from Little House in the Big Woods. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Library Adventures (Bogart Library) A storytelling program with hands-on activities. Ages 3.5–8. 11:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every

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Thursday 8 ART: Student Night (Georgia Museum of Art) Join the Student Association of the Georgia Museum of Art for a night of food and fun to celebrate the latest exhibitions. 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: KnitLits (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are welcome. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart EVENTS: Ballroom Dance Lessons (Boutier Winery, 4506 Hudson River Church Rd., Danielsville) Led by Mr. Ron Putman. Second and fourth Thursday of every month. 7 p.m. $10. www.boutierwinery.com GAMES: Duplicate Bridge (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Beginner and experienced players welcome. 6:30 p.m. ejstapler@gmail.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Game Night (Terrapin Beer Co.) Play Kan Jam in the backyard or a board game indoors. 4–8 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com GAMES: Trivia at Johnny’s (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Play for cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706354-1515 KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Bogart Library) Build Lego creations. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

Whether or not they use Athens Transit for their transportation needs, all residents are encouraged to provide input on routes, schedules, and transit amenities. On 2/5/2018, Athens Transit opened a 30 day public comment period for the draft 2018–2022 Transit Development Plan (TDP). The TDP is the federally required plan that includes a comprehensive review of transit providers in Athens-Clarke County, public and stakeholder supported goals and objectives, needs and opportunities, and a five year work program. The Draft TDP can be viewed and written comments submitted at the Multi-Modal Transportation Center at 775 East Broad Street. You can also review the document online at: athensclarkecounty.com/transit and submit comments to Juliane.Dixon@athensclarkecounty.com

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The Winder Cultural Arts Center presents Liyana with filmmaker team Amanda and Aaron Kopp as part of the South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers on Sunday, Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. hosted by Count Zapula. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Drop in and win prizes! 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Gather a team. Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. willys.com KIDSTUFF: Preschool Pals (Bogart Library) Preschool aged children will learn social and language skills through songs stories and crafts. Ages almost 3–almost 5. 10:15 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs and crafts for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee

Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry (The Globe) Open mic poetry readings. This month’s featured reader is Patrick McPhee. 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/athenswordofmouth MEETINGS: ACC Comprehensive Plan Hear a public presentation. Q&A sessions and public comment to follow. (120 W. Dougherty St.) 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/planning MEETINGS: Photo Share Group (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 OUTDOORS: Guided Nature Ramble (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join naturalists from the community on the trails at Sandy Creek. 9–11 a.m. FREE! scncinc@ gmail.com SPORTS: Athens Dart League Tournament (Southern Brewing

KIDSTUFF: Book Club (ACC Library) Discuss A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle. Games and snacks provided. Registration recommended. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Travel Talk (Graduate Athens) Learn about Adventures by Disney with Global Escapes Travel. Complimentary appetizers and beverages. 6 p.m. FREE! globalescapes.com/events LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Meet Twitter-famous writer Morgan Jerkins in conversation with Rashaun Ellis for her book of essays This Will Be My Undoing. See Calendar Pick on p. 19. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Qiu Xiaolong (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Auditorium) Qiu Xiaolong, author of the Inspector Chen mystery novels, offers “A Chinese Cop in the Global Age,” a reading and conversation with Nicholas Allen, Willson Center director. 4 p.m. FREE! www.willson. uga.edu

LECTURES & LIT: Joey Weiser (ACC Library) Local author and illustrator Joey Weiser will offer a discussion and graphic novel signing. See Calendar Pick on p. 19. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Oconee Library Friends Book Sale (Oconee County Civic Center) Books, CDs and DVDs will be sold for bargain prices. Proceeds benefit the Oconee County Public Library. Feb. 8, 5–8 p.m. (member preview night), Feb. 9, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. & Feb. 10, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.oconeelibraryfriends.org PERFORMANCE: Experimentique Night (Trio Contemporary Art Gallery) This ongoing series challenges ladies, lady-identified and non-binary people to perform with instruments, songs or musicians they don’t normally play with. Tonight features performances by Lee Adcock, Jennie Cain, Jade Evergreen, Emileigh Ireland, Lisa Lipani, Stacey Piotrowski, Steph Rivers and Jessica Smith. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com PERFORMANCE: Storytelling Concert (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Pat Shields uses music to tell the stories of a boy Jack, Bre’r Rabbit and other color characters. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison

Friday 9 ART: Georgia Day Craft Kits for Adults (Oconee County Library) Pick up a colonial craft kit in celebration of Georgia’s 285th birthday. Kits include a pineapple decoration, beeswaz candle and butter making instructions. All day. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee ART: Paint Nite (East Athens Community Center) Painters will be given an example of what to paint and their own canvas to create their work of art. Themes will incorporate Black History Month and Valentine’s Day. Ages 5 & up. 6:30–8 p.m. $10–15. www.athensclarkecounty. com/leisure EVENTS: Percentage Night (Southern Brewing Company) Celebrate National Pizza Day with Your Pie and DJ Osmose. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Athens Area Humane Society. 4:30–9 p.m. www. sobrewco.com EVENTS: Revolutionary Days (Washington) Enjoy a full weekend of events commemorating the 239th anniversary of the Battle of Kettle Creek. 9 a.m. www.washingtonwilkes.org EVENTS: Zumba After Dark (40 Watt Club) Zumba fever continues. 7 p.m. $10–12. www.40watt.com EVENTS: Morning Mindfulness (Georgia Museum of Art) Participate in a guided meditation session in the galleries. Meet in the lobby. 9:30– 10:30 a.m. FREE! sagekincaid@uga. edu, www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Hackathon (The Hatch, 160 Tracy St.) Craft, paint, draw, sew, build, repair, solder and hack things. Participants do not need to bring a project but the favorite project wins a prize. Food provided. 5–10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/hatchathens GAMES: Planeswalkers for Diversity Meeting and Magic (Tyche’s Games) Play Magic in a welcoming atmosphere. 6 p.m. www. tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Community Involvement for Teens (ACC Library) LeadershipUGA presents activities to increase involvement in the community. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens

KIDSTUFF: Anime Club (ACC Library) Join other 6–12 graders to watch, read and talk about anime and manga. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Tiny Hearts Ball (Lay Park) Ages 2–5 can dance, make crafts and eat snacks. Parents must remain with their children during the program. 10 a.m. $5–7.50. www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure KIDSTUFF: KOCB Youth Advisory Council (Bogart Library) This month, help with a nature trail cleanup and eat pizza. Registration required. Grades 6–12. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Sustainable Agriculture Conference (Oconee County Civic Center) The two-day conference features farm tours, demonstrative workshops and networking. Feb. 9, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. $20. www. athenslandtrust.org LECTURES & LIT: Oconee Library Friends Book Sale (Oconee County Civic Center) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 8, 5–8 p.m. (member preview night), Feb. 9, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. & Feb. 10, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.oconeelibraryfriends.org LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) YA author Rebecca Ross shares her newest novel, The Queen’s Rising. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com THEATER: Brighton Beach Memoirs (Town and Gown Players) Neil Simon’s depiction of his Depression-era family living in New York is narrated by 15-yearold Eugene, who is obsessed with baseball and sex. See Theater Notes on p. 14. Feb. 9–10, 15–17, 8 p.m. Feb. 11 & 18, 2 p.m. $8–15. townandgownplayers.org

Saturday 10 EVENTS: Revolutionary Days See Friday listing for full description 9 a.m. www.washingtonwilkes.org EVENTS: Big Hearts (The Classic Center) Contestants will show off their talents and abilities. Includes a silent auction and banquet. Proceeds benefit Extra Special People, an organization that strives to empower children living with developmental disabilities. 3 p.m. $18. www.extraspecialpeople.com EVENTS: Really Really Free Market (Reese & Pope Park) Just like a yard sale, but everything is free. Bring what you can, take what you need. Free lunch prepared by Food Not Bombs. Second Saturday of every month. 12–2 p.m. FREE! reallyreallyfreemarketathens@gmail. com EVENTS: Holistic Healing Fair (Unity Athens) Local practitioners demo reiki, sound therapies, chiropractic, aromatherapy and more. 12–5 p.m. FREE! unityathens.com FILM: 2nd Saturday Movie (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy popcorn and watch a family-friendly film. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison GAMES: Day of Board Game Demonstrations (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play new games. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Southern Brewing Company) CornholeATH is Athens’ first social cornhole league. Win prizes. Live music starts at 5:30. 2:30–9 p.m. FREE! cornholeath.com KIDSTUFF: Nerf Wars (175 Old Epps Bridge Rd.) Ages 7 and up. Pizza will be provided. 5–8 p.m. $25. www.akfathens.com KIDSTUFF: Valentine Dance (Double Helix STEAM School, 580

Tallassee Rd.) Parents can drop their kids off for a Valentine-themed dance party. Festivities include face painting, bedazzling, music and more. Ages 9–14. 7–10 p.m. $20. office@doublehelixschool.com KIDSTUFF: Saturday Morning Club (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The UGA Horn Choir performs “Horns-A-Plenty.” For ages 4–12 and their guardians. 10 a.m. FREE! www.pac.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Love is in the Air (ACC Library) Celebrate Valentine’s Day with hot air balloon valentines. Ages 3–9 and their caregivers. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Family Day: Lunar New Year (Georgia Museum of Art) Participants will make lanterns and practice calligraphy inspired by this year’s NEA Big Read book To Live by Chinese author Yu Hua. Mandarin language games, book giveaways and more will celebrate the Year of the Dog. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! coe.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Critter Tales (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Families are invited to listen to a story about nature. Staff will then bring it to life by visiting a critter or going outdoors for an activity. 2:30–3 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 LECTURES & LIT: Oconee Library Friends Book Sale (Oconee County Civic Center) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 8, 5–8 p.m. (member preview night), Feb. 9, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. & Feb. 10, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.oconeelibraryfriends.org LECTURES & LIT: Sustainable Agriculture Conference (Oconee County Civic Center) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 9, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. $20. www.athenslandtrust.org LECTURES & LIT: Writer’s Circle (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Hargrett Library) Writers may bring pages of their work, any genre, for group feedback. Each meeting will highlight books from Hargrett’s Collections. 2–4:30 p.m. FREE! artzar@gmail.com LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Authors (Avid Bookshop) Meet authors McCall Hoyle and Katie Nelson. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com MEETINGS: Orchid Class (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn about orchids and their care from the Northeast Georgia Orchid Society. After the presentation, attendes are invited on a behind-the-scenes tour of the orchid collection. 1–3 p.m. $10. northeastgaorchidsociety@ gmail.com PERFORMANCE: Small Box Series (Community) An intimate evening of performance, spoken word, music, art and movement with Laura Glenn, Lindsay Giedl, Jennifer Morlock, Emily Koh, Lisa Yaconelli, Maryn Whitmore and Daisy. Feb. 9–10, 8 p.m. $15. www.undergrounddancesociety.com PERFORMANCE: International Championship of Collegiate a Cappella (Morton Theatre) The ICCA South Semi-Finals features groups from around the southeast. 7 p.m. $18–20. www.mortontheatre. com THEATER: Love, Etc. (Lavonia Cultural Center) The compilation is comprised of well-known and original romance inspired pieces from poems, plays and songs. Ticket price includes a complimentary slice of pie. 7 p.m. $12. www.franklincommunityplayers.com THEATER: Brighton Beach Memoirs (Town and Gown Players) See Friday listing for full description k continued on next page

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MERMAID MOTOR LOUNGE

THURSDAY, FEB. 8TH

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CINDY WILSON CANDY BOYS NICHOLAS MALLIS & THE BOREALIS

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sarah zuniga album release with scarlet stitch

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THE CALENDAR! Feb. 9–10, 15–17, 8 p.m. Feb. 11 & 18, 2 p.m. $8–15. townandgownplayers.org

Sunday 11 CLASSES: Calligraphy Class (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn lettering with Mike Moak. Registration required. 3 p.m. FREE! athenslibrary.org/ madison EVENTS: Kegs ’n’ Eggs Brunch with DJ Mahogany (Terrapin Beer Co.) Get your Sunday started with beer-mosas and a bloody mary bar. Music, trivia and giveaways courtesy of DJ Mahogany. 12:30–5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: Revolutionary Days See Friday listing for full description 9 a.m. www.washingtonwilkes.org EVENTS: Frog Hop 5K (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Run or walk the 5K to raise money for Sandy Creek Nature Center. A one-mile Tadpole Fun Run will precede the 5K. 2 p.m. $17–25. 706-613-3615, www.athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter EVENTS: Handmade Lovers Valentine’s Market (Athens Cotton Press) Indie South Fair presents a market of handcrafted gifts by local artists, a photobooth, food and drink. Music by DJ Pip. 12–6 p.m. $2. indiesouthfair.com FILM: Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers (Winder Cultural Arts Center, Winder) Filmmaker team Amanda and Aaron Kopp will offer a Q&A following Liyana. 4 p.m. www.winderculturalarts.com FILM: Black History Month Film Festival (Morton Theatre) Dr. Lesley Feracho will introduce world music videos ahead of a screening of Get On Up. 6 p.m. Donations appreciated. mortontheatre.com GAMES: Netrunner Store Championship Tournament (Tyche’s Games) Cyberpunk championship. 12:30 p.m. www.tychesgames.com LECTURES & LIT: UUFA Sunday Forum (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Nat Kuykendall speaks on “Beech Haven: A Historic Arts & Crafts Landscape.” 10 a.m. FREE! uuathensga.org PERFORMANCE: Celino Romero (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) The youngest member of the Romeros Guitar Quartest will perform a solo recital. 3 p.m. $39. pac.uga.edu THEATER: Brighton Beach Memoirs (Town and Gown Players) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 9–10, 15–17, 8 p.m. Feb. 11 & 18, 2 p.m. $8–15. townandgownplayers.org

Monday 12 ART: Make It and Take It: Lunar New Year Paper Lanterns (ACC Library) Celebrate the Year of the Dog with a make-and-take craft. 2–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens CLASSES: Heart-Healthy Snacks (Madison County Library, Danielsville) The library staff will share healthy snack tips. Attendees are encouraged to bring a recipe to share. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison EVENTS: Common Ground LGBT Community Center Valentine’s Day Meet-Up (ACC Library) A safe space for the LGBT community to share best and worst Valentine’s Day stories. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/commongroundlgbtathga

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FILM: Animal Voices Film Festival: Unlocking the Cage (Miller Learning Center, Room 148) The real-life thriller follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his defense of a chimpanzee. 7–9 p.m. FREE! 706-224-3796 FILM: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Watch Overboard (1987) on a big screen in the little Flicker Theatre. 7 p.m. FREE! www. flickertheatreandbar.com 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: General Knowledge Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8501916 GAMES: Duplicate Bridge (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Beginner players welcome. 1 p.m. $4. ejstapler@gmail.com GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com KIDSTUFF: Teen Library Council (Oconee County Library) Have a say in future YA events. Grades 6–12. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee KIDSTUFF: UGA EcoReach (ACC Library) Hands-on activities about the environment. Ages 11–18. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 7–18. Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 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: Happy Birthday, Georgia (Bogart Library) Learn about early Georgia and make colonial crafts with the Appalachee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday (Bogart Library) Songs, finger plays, wiggles and giggles for ages three and under. Caregivers will recieve pointers for building literacy and language skills. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: NerdHerd (Oconee County Library) Geek out with other nerds. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee

Tuesday 13 ART: Athens Fibercraft Guild (Georgia Museum of Art) The Guild welcomes all amateur and professional fiber artists including knitters, crocheters, weavers, spinners, fabric designers, basket makers, quilters and embroiderers. This month’s speaker is Glenn Kaufman. 12:30 p.m. FREE! athensfiber.org

CLASSES: Computer Class: Introduction to Mac Computers (ACC Library) Register by phone or in person at the reference desk. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@uga.edu EVENTS: Mardi Gras Party (Southern Brewing Company) Let

4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens KIDSTUFF: Mardi Gras Party (Bogart Library) Celebrate Mardi Gras with snacks, crafts and games. 4–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Mardi Gras Party (Oconee County Library) Celebrate Mardi Gras with music, crafts, special snacks and more. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950

basics of video editing using Adobe Premiere. Registration required. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Valentine’s Day Dinner (Farmview Market) The evening includes an upscale chef-prepared dinner, live music and a make-andtake class in creating Valentine’s bouquets. 5:30–8 p.m. $60–65/person (dinner), $25 (bouquet class). www.farmviewmarket.com

The Pierres play an album release show at the Caledonia Lounge on Thursday, Feb. 8. the good times roll with beer, beads, Freddy’s Burgers and live music by Rollin’ Home. 5–10 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com EVENTS: Meals in the Middle Dinner (Athens Community Career Academy) Join a farm-toschool-to-table benefit dinner. This locally-grown, family-style feast is cooked, prepared and served by students from all four Clarke County Middle Schools. Proceeds benefit Experience UGA. 6:30 p.m. $25. www.mealsinthemiddle.brownpapertickets.com FILM: UGA’s French Film Festival (UGA Tate Student Center) Marion Cotillard stars in Two Days, One Night (Deux Jours, Une Nuit). 8 p.m. FREE! (w/ student ID), $3. drama. uga.edu GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 GAMES: Trivia at Johnny’s (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Play for cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706354-1515 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 KIDSTUFF: Teen Photography Club (ACC Library) Learn the fundamentals of digital photography. Second Tuesday of every month.

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MEETINGS: University Woman’s Club (Alps Road Presbyterian Church) The general meeting will be followed by a tea to honor past UWC Presidents. Members may invite adult daughters or grand-daughters. Stephen Armour, University Archivist and Electronic Records at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, will speak on “UWC History and Special Collections Library.” 11 a.m. Annual Dues. www.womansclub.uga.edu MEETINGS: Oconee Historical Society (Watkinsville Library) Maggie Collins, president of the Bogart Historical Society, and Janet Luke, historian for the BHS, will speak on the Bogart Museum. 6 p.m. FREE! SPORTS: Table Tennis Matches and Training (East Athens Community Center) Beginner to advanced skill levels welcome. Tuesdays, 6–8:30 p.m. & Saturdays, 1–4 p.m. FREE! (first 3 visits). www. ttathensga.com

Wednesday 14 ART: Artful Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Callan Steinmann will discuss Frederick Carl Frieseke’s painting, “Girl Sewing (The Chinese Robe).” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Paint a Bowl for the Food Bank (Georgia Museum of Art) Paint a bowl to be used at the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia’s 20th annual Empty Bowl Luncheon (held Mar. 7 at the Classic Center). All materials provided. 3 p.m. $7. www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Video Editing for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn the

EVENTS: Valentines at Ciné (Ciné Barcafé) The evening includes a bubbling tasting with Alejandro Ortiz, sweets from Johanna Nicol’s Just Bakery, tunes from SJ Ursey and local wares from Indie South. 6–9 p.m. www.athenscine.com EVENTS: Rabbit Box (The Foundry) Storytellers share true-life tales. This month’s theme is “Duets.” 7 p.m. $7. rabbitboxstories@gmail.com EVENTS: Beer and Chocolate (Terrapin Beer Co.) Celebrate Valentine’s Day with beer and chocolate flight pairings. 4–8 p.m. www. terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: Valentine’s Dinner in the Conservatory (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Spend the evening in the conservatory surrounded by orchids and other tropical plants. Dinner includes live music and buffet-style meal. Couples will receive an orchid plant to take home. RSVP by Feb. 6. 7 p.m. $75. www. botgarden.uga.edu GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Gather a team. Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. willys.com GAMES: Valentine’s Day Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Trivia night is friendly to Valentines, Galentines and anti-Valentine’s day people alike. 6 p.m. avid bookshop.com GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Washington 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. www. saucehouse.com GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Drop in and win prizes! 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com

GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com KIDSTUFF: Wednesday Reads Book Club (Bogart Library) Read a historical fiction and learn about life way back when. 4th and 5th graders. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Library Adventures (Bogart Library) See Wednesday listing for full description 11:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Anti-Valentine’s Masquerade (Oconee County Library) Love stinks! Un-celebrate the holiday during a dance party. Wear a mask. Grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs and crafts for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Attendees will share books, songs, puppets and rhymes. Ages 1.5–5. 9:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: True Love Tarot Readings (Avid Bookshop) Bookseller Kristen Carter offers direction. 5 p.m. FREE! (with Avid purchase). avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: Gershwin Big Band (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The Gershwin Big Band performs standards from the American Rhapsody: The Gershwin Songbook. 8 p.m. $6 (w/ UGA ID), $44–51. pac. uga.edu

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 6 Creature Comforts Brewery 5 p.m. FREE! www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com LOUIS ROMANOS TRIO Local jazz combo led by percussionist Louis Romanos. The Foundry Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5 (adv.). www.thefoundryathens.com WILLIE WATSON Folk singer-songwriter and former member of Old Crow Medicine Show. ANNA TIVEL Lyric-centric, Portland, OR-based singer-songwriter. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 TOM VISIONS Local artist playing post-mystical, electronic, psychedelic music. REALISTIC JAKE Local improviser and multi-instrumentalist. SPACE BROTHER Local experimental electronic artist. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 5:30 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com PIANO HAPPY HOUR Local musicians play piano songs in the round. k continued on p. 24

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The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn. Every Wednesday! Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy an evening of originals, improv and standards.

Thursday 8 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul. Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com THE PIERRES Athens-based alternative rock group. Album release show! UNTIL THREE Athens-based rock and roll duo. THE FAMILY RECIPE New local jazz fusion outfit. Flicker Theatre & Bar 7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com EXPERIMENTIQUE NIGHT This ongoing series challenges ladies, lady-identified and non-binary people to perform with unfamiliar instruments, songs or musicians. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www.40watt.com CBDB Alabama-based “joyfunk” band playing a mix of funk, progressive rock and jam fusion. THE ARTISANALS Charleston, SC indie-rock band led by songwriters Johnny Delaware and Clay Houle. The Foundry 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com OH, JEREMIAH Local alt-country band inspired by songwriters like Josh Ritter and Ryan Adams. ANDREW BLOOMS Mosaic frontman Andrew Huang performs solo. ALEX MOWRY NAthens-based singer-songwriter. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com RUN THE JEWELS Acclaimed, socially conscious hip-hop duo featuring Atlanta MC Killer Mike and Brooklyn rapper El-P.

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Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic Dr. Fred and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Every Thursday! Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com JAZZ JAM Some of our town’s most talented musicians get together at this happening. Bring your axe, or grab a table and give an ear. Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $1 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away with wireless headphones and two channels of music. One of them is a request line! Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 OPPOSITE BOX Genre-bending experimental rock band from Chattanooga. The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 CHRIS HAMPTON AND THE DANCING MAGNOLIAS Local group led by guitarist and songwriter Chris Hampton. Every Thursday!

Friday 9 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com WIEUCA Local band playing cheeky, guitar-driven indie rock. DEEP STATE Local band led by songwriter Taylor Chmura, playing driving, punky, melodic guitar-rock. SMALL REACTIONS “Nerve-pop” band from Atlanta. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com INNOCENT ALEX Psychedelic, Los Angeles-based indie-rock band. JET PHASE Local grunge-influenced indie-rock band. WISTAPPEAR Ppsychedelic pop project fronted by Los Angeles songwriter and producer Ian Lipson. 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $13 (adv.), $16 (door). www.40watt.com DYLAN SCHNEIDER Country songwriter from Illinois. JORDAN ROWE Country singer-songwriter from South Georgia. The Foundry 7 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com RYAN KINDER Up-and-coming Nashville artist straddling the line between country and pop. ASHLEY WALLS Up-and-coming country singer-songwriter from Marietta. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com THE ORANGE CONSTANT Athensbased jam band with prog, pop and funk influences. VEGABONDS Alternative Americana band from Auburn, AL. THE TRONGONE BAND Harddriving Southern rock crew from Richmond, VA. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 FOGHORN New experimental project from local musicians Ethan LaPaquette and Parks Miller.

DJ MAHOGANY & DJ SIPPY Longtime local favorite Mahogany teams with up-and-comer Sippy for a groovy night of sounds. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com JOE WILLEY & THE MOVIN’ MEN Lyric-driven Americana music from the local folk songwriter and his band. Album release show! See Calendar Pick on p. 19. EMILY HORTON Graduate student playing “simple piano and guitar songs.” Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE MUSIC Rotating local jazz and bluegrass bands play every Friday and Saturday night. Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub EUREKA CALIFORNIA Melodic, rough-edged, blown-out local garage-rock duo. AMPLINE Heavy, melodic indie-rock band from Ohio. See Calendar Pick on p. 19. ANTLERED AUNT LORD Fuzz-pop project fronted by local songwriter Jesse Stinnard. Max 9 p.m. $5. 706-286-0339 BOYS WHO ROCK FOR GIRLS Local musicians perform to benefit Girls Rock Athens. Featuring Tight Blacks, Forbidden Waves, Donny Knottsville and The Nice Machine, As Dusk Fades and Enter: The Panda, plus DJs. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 GLOSTIK WILLY Self-proclaimed “masters of hippie metal” from Muncie, IN. 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 SANCTIFIED REVIVAL Classic and Southern rock-influenced band from Atlanta.

SUNFLOWER BEAN Psychedelicleaning post-punk revivalists from Brooklyn. The Foundry 7 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com DEPARTURE Journey tribute band that replicates the power and emotion of the rock supergroup. Georgia Theatre 8:30 p.m. $14 (adv.), $16 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com MANIC FOCUS Minnesota-based electronica outfit. DAILY BREAD Rhett Whatley creates genre-bending experimental hip hop and EDM. MZG Florida-based funky electronic duo of two brothers. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 MICK MAYER Avant-garde pop singer-songwriter from Atlanta. JIM GOLDY Sarah Swillum’s hallucinatory Dada-beat-pop performance features existential chants and dance. MANS TRASH Skewed psych-pop sounds from Athens musician Mercer West. GRATEFUL BASS All-bass ensemble playing the music of the Grateful Dead. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com SARAH ZUNIGA Talented local singer-songwriter with a sweet, strong voice. Album release show! SCARLET STITCH Straight-up rock and roll band from Athens. 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!

Southern Brewing Company 6 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com DJ OSMOSE International touring DJ and Athens resident lays down a set of funk, soul, boogie and more.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub BOYS WHO ROCK FOR GIRLS Local musicians perform to benefit Girls Rock Athens. Featuring Knowa Johnson, AJ Griffin, Arcana, Max Talkovich, 10,000 Patriarchs, Blue Blood, Dead Neighbors, Harry Carey and Five Eight.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com DANIELLE MOHR Florida-based acoustic guitarist and folk songwriter.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 HALEM ALBRIGHT Performing a blend of unique songwriting and electrifying guitar.

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The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 REPENT AT LEISURE Local band playing “Irish rock,” including traditional, punk, modern and original Celtic music.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com ASHES TO OMENS New local rock group. HIT LIZARD Athens-based grunge band. RCI “Purveyors of only the finest in filth and chicanery” from Athens. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com GREG MEREDITH Local acoustic folk singer-songwriter and loop artist. ZAC CROOK Local singer-songwriter. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $23. www.40watt.com SLEIGH BELLS Popular, hook-laden noise-pop duo from New York. See story on p. 10.

Sunday 11 Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside 6 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7087 THE LUCKY JONES Local band playing old-school rockin’ rhythm and blues. The Foundry 6 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR WXAG radio DJ Dwain Segar curates a night of smooth jazz. This month’s show features saxophonist Antonio Bennett.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com COMMON WEATHER Acoustic folk project from Savannah singer-songwriter Cailee Stein.

Tuesday 13 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE PINK STONES Local rock group led by songwriter Hunter Pinkston. The Foundry Fat Tuesday Party. 7:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). thefoundryathens.com ZYDEFUNK Funky, Latin- and Cajuninspired Louisiana group featuring bassist and bandleader Charlie Wooten. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $17 (adv.), $20 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com NOAH GUNDERSEN Washingtonbased indie-folk singer performs music from his new solo LP, “White Noise.” AARON GILLESPIE Singersongwriter known for his work with Christian rock group Underoath. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 CAMPBELL HARRISON BAND Local group that blends indie rock and Americana sounds. The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens MERMAID MOTOR LOUNGE Acoustic alternative-rock band led

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com VELVETEEN PINK This long-running group of local musicians plays upbeat, electro-based dance-pop. Album release show! POWERKOMPANY Local pop duo featuring the soaring vocals of Marie Davon and electronic instrumentation from Andrew Heaton. BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin dance hits into the night. 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 unexpected faves.

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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 & Dec. 15. info@ athensarts.org, www.athensarts.org ACAC SEEKS NEW MEMBERS (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission is seeking qualified candidates to fill volunteer positions. The ACAC meets on the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. Must be an ACC resident and registered voter and have demonstrated interest in the arts. Deadline Mar. 2, 11:59 p.m. Interviews on Mar. 13–17. Terms begin in April. www.athensculturalaffairs.org ART CLASSES (Lyndon House Arts Center) Registration begins Feb. 10 (ACC residents) or Feb. 12 (non-residents) for spring classes. “Painting with Will Eskridge. Earth and Air: Plein Air Landscape Painting.” Beginning or intermediate jewelry/metals with Jessie Jordan. “Printmaking with Amanda Burk.” Ceramics for beginners. “Enamel Jewlery with Leslie Litt.” “In the Studio with Charles Warnock.” Visit website for class descriptions and dates. 706-613-3623, www.athens clarkecounty.com/leisure

ARTS IN COMMUNITY GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission awards three grants of $1,500 each to promote creative placemaking in the community. Grants will be awarded based on the level of community enrichment through the arts, contribution to the local identity and quality or artistic merit. Artists, local organizations and groups can apply. Deadline Mar. 7, 11:59 p.m. Fill out online proposal. info@athensculturalaffairs. org, www.athensculturalaffairs.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. Grants can be used for music and arts based non-consumable equipment, programs and experiences, and professional development for educators or youth specialists. AthFest Educates awards up to $25,000 per grant cycle. 706-5481973, director@athfesteducates.org, athfesteducates.org HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL LOGO CONTEST (Athens, GA) The Athens Human Rights Festival is seeking logo submissions for use on T-shirts, the newspaper and the stage backdrop. Logos must say 40th Annual Human Rights Festival, May 5–6 and Athens, GA. Deadline Mar. 5. Email for details. jeff@ruby suegraphics.com

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Kenneth Storey’s light painting photography removes background distractions and focuses on images from the natural world. Through February. ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) New paintings by Mary Porter, Greg Benson, Chatham Murray, Candle Brumby, Lana Mitchell and more. ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (17 N. Main St., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass. ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Myers Gallery, view pieces by faculty members of the University of North Georgia. Through Feb. 9. • In the Harrison Center Foyer Gallery, this year’s permanent exhibit “Animals: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings” features pieces by Leigh Ellis, Caroline Montague, Leslie Moody, Jan Perkins and Alice Woodruff. ATHENS ART AND FRAME (1021 Parkway Blvd.) Heidi Hensley’s paintings depict colorful and eclectic scenes of Athens and UGA. ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.)”heARTwork, Resilience in the Midst of Struggle” presents artwork by James Barnes and Broderick Flanigan. Through Feb. 17. ATHENS LATINO CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND SERVICES (445 Huntington Rd., #120) See 20 paintings by Stanley Bermudez. BENDZUNAS GLASS (89 W. South Ave., Comer) The family-run studio has been creating fine art glass for almost 40 years. CINÉ BARCAFÉ (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “La Rentrée, René Returns from France” shares works by René Shoemaker. CIRCLE GALLERY (UGA College of Environment and Design, 285 S. Jackson St.) “Figure Settings: Sculpture by Jean Wilkins Westmacott.” Through Feb. 22. 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, Harold Rittenberry and Joni Younkins-Herzog. • “Artscape Oconee: The Monuments of Artland” features a total of 20 paintings on panels installed around town. Artists include Claire Clements, Peter Loose, Andy Cherewick, Lisa Freeman, Manda McKay and others. CLASSIC CENTER GALLERIES (300 N. Thomas St.) “Kaleidoscope” includes artwork by Stanley Bermudez, Tammy Cantarella, Beth Thompson, Starr Campbell, Katherine Burke, Wilma and Erin McIntosh. Through May.

OPEN STUDIO MEMBERSHIP (Lyndon House Arts Center) Local artists can access studio facilities through a new open studio monthly membership program. Studios include ceramics, jewelry, painting, fiber, printmaking, photography and woodshop/sculpture studios. Up to 32 hours per week. Life drawing classes are currently offered on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. as a membership perk. $65/month or $175/ three months. 706-613-3623, www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure WINTERVILLE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL ART CONTEST (Winterville, GA) The festival is seeking artist submissions for artwork that will be featured at the festival. A select group of entries will be chosen to display their work April–June at the Winterville Center for Community & Cultire. Deadline Mar. 11, 5 p.m. Festival May 12. www.wintervilleartscouncil.com

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EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Laura Lamb. CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) “Clouds and Clay: Up Above Georgia” features aerial photography printed on aluminum by Dr. Chris Greer. Reception Feb. 25. On view Feb. 6–Mar. 4. FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Provocative still life oil paintings by Manda McKay and eccentric collages by Kenny Aguar. Through February. GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “House Beautiful” explores domestic landscapes through works by Holly Coulis, Sarah Hobbs, Paige Adair, April Childers, Jess Machacek and Justin Barker. Through Apr. 28. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Artful Instruments: Georgia Gunsmiths and Their Craft.” Through Feb. 25. • “Clinton Hill” offers a survey of the 20th-century abstractionist’s career, from printmaker to painter, from pulp-paper pioneer to lyrical wall constructions maker. Through Mar. 18. • “Opera in Print: Fin-de-siècle Posters from the Blum Collection.” Through Apr. 22. • “Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia.” Through Apr. 29. GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Lucha Rodriguez’s site-specific installation, “Amorphous Dislocations of Ultramarine,” incorporates handout paper, translucent color film and LED lights for a floating display that changes color. Through April. HEIRLOOM CAFE & FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Paintings by Neil Hancock and Megan Sparks. Through Mar. 5. JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) “Stilled Life” includes drawings and paintings by Emily Morrison and Mikaila Guerra. LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) Curated by Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay, “Tripwire” addresses anxieties pertaining to dislocation, home and surveillance through immigrant artists and artists from the American South. Through Mar. 22. • In “This is a Developing Story,” Amanda Ross-Ho combines video, sculpture and textiles into a theatrical tableau. Through Feb. 23. • Jon Vogt’s solo show “Oscillations” offers collaged colored pencil drawings resembling waveforms. Through Feb. 23. • Sarah Kennedy and Trent Johnson explore the importance of transparency in communication through “We Have So Much to Talk About.” Through Feb. 23. LAST RESORT GRILL (174 W. Clayton St.) Mosaic artwork by Jane Wright. Through Feb. 28. LOWERY GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) The gallery celebrates “24 Years of Art” with Giclee prints, originals, photographs and sculptures by over 24 artists including Claire Clements, Ben Rouse, Peter Loose, Kip Ramey and more. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) “Visions of MLK Art Exhibition” features a collaborative project by youth of the Pinewoods neigh-

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borhood, as well as a collection of works combining poetic words with visual art. Through Feb. 10. • “Resonating Destinations” features mixed media works by Jim Wilson. Through Mar. 3. MADISON ARTISTS GUILD (123 S. Main St.) Folk art by Peter Loose. Through Feb. 28. MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “Contemporary Ceramics in Georgia.” Through Apr. 9. MAMA’S BOY (197 Oak St.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Magic Realism and Surrealism. OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) “Resonance: A Bi-Sensory Art Exhibit” pairs works of art with sound. Artists include Jackie Dorsey, Melody Croft, John Ahee, Manda McKay, Denise Stewart-Sanabria and more.• Curated by Moon Jung Jang, “Typo-poetry: Despite Black and White in Sound” investigates typography as a way to write poetry. • “Repercussions” showcases assemblages by Lisa Freeman. Through Feb. 16. PINEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY (1265 Hwy. 29 N. #12) See paintings by Stanley Bermudez as well as a community mural currently in the process of restoration. RICHARD B. RUSSELL JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Wrestling Temptation: The Quest to Control Alcohol in Georgia.” Through Sept. 21. THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) See colorful paintings by Dr. Hildegard Timberlake. Through March. TRIO CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY (766 W. Broad St.) “In These Streets” presents the work of North Georgia street artists including 70dot, Cold Tony, DoitDoitLeague, Squishiepuss, Ashley Anderson, Killamari and more. Through Feb. 24. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) Melody Croft’s “Illuminations” are portraits that use newspaper and magazine print to include poetry excerpts. Through February. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS GALLERY (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) In “A Sum of Parts,” Laura Noel’s work explores the shifting place books and words hold in American culture as it becomes increasingly digital. Closing reception Feb. 14. VERONICA’S SWEET SPOT (149 Oneta St., #6C6) See work by local and regional artists, craftsmen, potters and sculptors. VIVA! ARGENTINE CUISINE (247 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Antoine Stewart. WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Artwork by Georgeinna Brackett. THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more.

Crafting Club,” Tuesdays at 9 a.m. “Pilates,” Tuedays at 5:30 p.m. “Gentle Yoga,” Tuesdays at 6 p.m. “Tai Chi,” Wednesdays at 10 a.m. “Learn Chess,” Wednesdays at 10 a.m. “Beginning Oil Painting,” Wednesdays at 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. “Bellydance,” Wednesdays at 7 p.m. “Mah Jong,” Thursdays at 1 p.m. “Line Dancing,” Thursdays at 4 p.m. “Ballroom Dancing,” Thursdays at 6 p.m. 706-742-0823, wintervillecenter@gmail.com, www.wintervillecenter.com CLASSES (OCAF, Watkinsville) “Simple Weaving Workshop.” Feb. 9, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $75–85. “Acting for the Camera with Scotty Gannon.” Wednesdays, Feb. 21–Apr. 25, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $180–190. “Going Deeper Into Screenwriting.” Wednesdays, Mar. 1–Apr. 5, 6:30– 8:30 p.m. $130–140. “Telling Your Story with Collage.” Mar. 17–18, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $100–110. www. ocaf.com CUBAN-STYLE SALSA (UGA Tate Student Center, Room 473) The UGA Salsa Club hosts dancing every Sunday. Email for details. ugasalsa club@gmail.com, www.facebook. com/groups/ugasalsaclub CULTIVATING HEALTHY SKIN (UGArden) Participants will learn about oil cleansing and make an herbal clay facemask. Registration required. Feb. 17, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $25–35. njfuller@uga.edu MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION WORKSHOP (Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Healing Lodge) Years of medical research and training are blended into eight Mondays of instruction and a one-day mindfulness retreat focused on reducing stress and anxiety and increasing general well-being. Classes begin Feb. 19, 6–8 p.m. $225/series. 706543-0162, mfhealy@bellsouth.net, www.mindfuliving.org MOSAIC ART CLASSES (200 Northcrest Dr.) Randy Sanders conducts weekend mosaic classes. Feb. 10–11 & 17–18. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $175. corazonmosaics.com NAMI (First Presbyterian Church of Athens) “NAMI Family to Family.” Twelve Thursdays, 6–8:30 p.m. beginning Feb. 8. FREE! Registration required. 770-225-0804, namihall ga@gmail.com, namihall.org OPEN TREE CLIMB (David Henry Hardigree Wildlife Sanctuary, 1110 Old Greensboro Rd.) Access the tree-top canopy with WildRice Adventures using rope, harness and a helmet. Ages 8 & up. Call or email to register. $30. 404-667-5120, wildriceadventures@hotmail.com, www.wildriceadventures.com PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES (Craig Gum Photography Studio, 160 Winston Dr., Suite 10) “Studio Light v. Natural Light Photography.” Feb. 9, 6–8 p.m. FREE! “Intro to OffCamera Flash.” Feb. 23, 6–8 p.m. $50. craig@craiggum.com, www.craiggum.com SALSA DANCE CLASSES (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa dance classes (Casino-Rueda) with SALSAthens. No partner necessary. Beginners welcome. Every Wednesday, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10 (incl. one drink). www.facebook. com/salsaathens THREE DAY INTRODUCTION TO MANDARIN (ACC Library) Terry Waltz will lead a fast-paced introduction to Mandarin using a new approach for fast learning. Feb. 21–23, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. kmcgover@ gmail.com, coe.uga.edu 200-HOUR YOGA ALLIANCE VINYASA TEACHER TRAINING (Fuel Hot Yoga) Deepen your practice and become a hot yoga instructor. $2950. www.fuelhotyoga.com

WILD INTELLIGENCE (Various Loctions) “Bird Sense.” Mar. 10, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $35. “Tracking 101.” Mar. 24, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $40. www.wildintelligence.org YOGA (Rubber Soul Yoga) Ongoing classes in Kundalini, Hatha, gentle yoga, laughing yoga, acroyoga, karate and one-on-one yoga as well as guided meditation. Check website for schedule. Donation based. calclements@gmail.com, www. rubbersoulyoga.com YOGA CLASSES (M3Yoga) “The Perfect Date: Duo Flow” for Valentine’s Day. Feb. 14, 5:30 p.m. $30/pair. “F U, Love Me: A SelfLove Date.” Feb. 14, 6:45 p.m. $20. “Beyond the Pose: Part 1 Standing Poses.” Mar. 17, 2:30–5:30 p.m. $60. “Low Back Release: A Myofascial Workshop.” Mar. 31, 2:30–5:30 p.m. $30. “Prenatal Modifications: An Introductory Workshop for Yoga Teachers.” Apr. 7, 5–7 p.m. $35. “Prenatal Yoga: Modifying and Empowering Your Practice.” Apr. 7, 2:30–5:30 p.m. $30. nursenick@m3yoga.com, m3yoga.com/events YOGA TEACHER TRAINING (Athens Five Points Yoga Studio) This teacher training program is grounded in self-study. Begins Feb. 15. www.athensfivepointsyoga.com YOGA WORKSHOPS (5 Points Yoga) “Helpful Adjustments.” Feb. 17, 12 p.m. “Teaching Yoga to Children with Special Needs.” Mar. 3. “Anatomy: Shoulder, Arm and Rotator Cuff.” Mar. 24. “Deepen Your Meditation.” Apr. 7. athensyoga institute@gmail.com

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 40th annual will be held downtown on May 5–6. Meetings are held every Monday at 6:30 p.m. 706-202-9169, www. athenshumanrightsfest.org DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS NETWORK (Athens Veteran Administration Community Based Outpatient Clinic) Seeking volunteers to drive veterans to their medical appointments at the Athens CBOC and VAMC in Augusta, as well as to provide dispatch help in the DAV Athens office. Contact Donna Ingram at 1-800-836-5561 ext. 5959 or donna.ingram@va.gov UPPER OCONEE WATERSHED NETWORK (Athens, GA) Citizen scientists are needed to protect the watershed. info@uown.org, uown. org

Kidstuff ART CLASSES (Lyndon House Arts Center) Registration begins Feb. 10 (ACC residents) or Feb. 12 (non-residents) for spring classes. Art classes include Art Time (ages 4–6), Homeschool Artists (ages 6–11), “Wear It: Wearable Art” (ages 8–11 or 12–15). Check website for dates and descriptions. Register online. 706-613-3623, www.athens clarkecounty.com/leisure ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Art Club for Teens.” Fridays, 6–8 p.m. $15. “Art Club Junion for Ages 9–13.” Fridays, 4–5:30 p.m. $15. Both classes are taught by Hope Hilton. www.kaartist.com HOMESCHOOL GROUP (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Instruction and activities connect youth to their natural surroundings.

Second Mondays, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $25/class. botgarden.uga.edu YOGASPROUTS (Athens Five Points Yoga Studio) Yoga for children ages 1.5–18. Group lessons, private lessons, family lessons, themed birthday parties and more. 706-3721757, yogasprouts@gmail.com

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Support Groups ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, www.athensaa.org DUDES HELPING DUDES (Nuçi’s Space) A weekly support group for anyone who identifies as a man. Park in the lot across the street on Williams Street. Thursdays, 6–7 p.m. tinyurl.com/ DudesHelpingDudes, www.brainaid fest.com NAMI SUPPORT GROUPS (First Presbyterian Church of Athens) For family members, friends and caregivers of individuals with mental illnesses. “NAMI Family Support Group.” Every fourth Tuesday, 6–7:30 p.m. in room 302. 770-2250804, namihallga@gmail.com, www.namihall.org PROJECT SAFE (Athens, GA) “The New Beginnings Support Group.” Mondays, 6:30–8 p.m., with a dinner on the last Monday of the month. Childcare provided. “Athena: Goddess of Courage, Wisdom and Justice Group.” Thursdays, 6–7:30 p.m. “Walk-In Clinic.” Mondays, 1–4 p.m. and Thursdays, 3–6 p.m. 24-hour crisis hotline: 706-5433331. www.project-safe.org

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Drivers using GPS enter 3385-3151 Court Ground Road, Washington, Ga. Campaign 1776 is an initiative of the Civil War Trust. Its purpose is to protect the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.

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Saturday: History comes to life for 238th Anniversary of the Battle of Kettle Creek, the only Revolutionary Battle to be won in the State. Reenactors in colonial attire, music & musket volley and colonial parade. Monday at 2pm Congressman Jody Hice (GA-10), Historian Coach Vince Dooley and other historic preservation leaders will announce a major preservation victory at Kettle Creek Battlefield. Featuring music, musketry, and living historians at Kettle Creek Battlefield Park.

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Rich Rusk Made Our World Better SO DID PETER APPEL AND BARRY HOLLANDER By Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com Back in the early days of The Athens Observer weekly newspaper, we had an old, red Ford Econoline van. We drove the van down to Crawford every Wednesday night and loaded it up with freshly printed newspapers. But before we could do that, we had to assemble the various sections, inserting them into each other. For that job, we took a crew of “inserters,” who rode with us in the back of the van. One night there was a kid who introduced himself as Rich Rusk. He was down from Alaska visitANDY RUSK

who makes things happen and causes principle to push the press. He made our job harder, but he made us more effective as advocates for a better community. Here’s part of what Rich’s son Andy wrote in his father’s obituary. “While working for the [Oconee] Arrow, Rich first learned of the mass lynching at Moore’s Ford Bridge and, inspired by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, launched a movement to investigate the crime, commemorate the victims, and bring healing to the community. The Moore’s Ford Memorial Committee would attract national attention to this forgotten atrocity, re-open the GBI case, and establish a scholarship fund for children in Clarke, Oconee, and Walton counties… “Rich became active with the Oconee River Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Georgia Climate Change Coalition. He survived a near-fatal staph infection. He stalked bonefish and tarRich Rusk pon in Belize with his brother-in-law Bill. He rebuilt ing his parents, and he said he had his own churches in Louisiana after Katrina with newspaper in Nome, The Bering Straits, and his friend Waymond Mundy. He fished the he just wanted to tag along and see how we great rivers of Montana with son Andy and did ours. We quickly realized that Rich was old pal Phil Dunne. He hiked long sections the son of law professor and former U.S. of the Appalachian trail, solo. He marched Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Behind the on Washington and the State Capitol for headlines, Dean Rusk was an intelligent, environmental action and civil rights. He sophisticated former Rhodes Scholar still devoured books. He was always good for a in touch with his northwest Georgia roots. hot meal or a tank of gas. He fished with a He was the best kind veracity that belied of father a young his catch-and-release He personified the kind man could have, but philosophy. He was of concerned citizen who also the worst in one kind. He preferred important respect: retrievers, makes things happen and causes Labrador He was the living Estwing hammers, principle to push the press. symbol of governand Mitchell model mental fidelity to 300 spinning reels. a disastrously wrongheaded, murderously He was generous to a fault, patient, and wasteful war passionately opposed by a stubborn. He stood up for others. He got large percentage of the American people, involved. He carried burdens for people including his son. that he never met. He lived exactly the sort Rich then and for the rest of his life of life that is impossible to summarize in hated what his country had done in these few short paragraphs, and he leaves Vietnam, and because of his father felt a this world a better place than he found it.” deep personal responsibility for the damage Rich died during a week that also cost we inflicted on the Vietnamese people. He us, among others, the tough law professor was planning a trip to Vietnam next month Peter Appel, who lovingly hectored his stubut recently backed out, perhaps already dents to become better environmental lawrealizing that his life would end before that yers, and the deeply respected journalism trip took off. prof Barry Hollander, who, characteristiNot too many years after we met Rich cally, wrote his own obituary, which conin the back of the Econoline, he moved his cluded: “Send flowers if you like, as Edith young family to Athens and succeeded in loves them, but in my memory raise a good reconciling with his father. Rich became a glass of bourbon or single-malt whisky. In familiar figure to journalists because he felt my memory, tell stories about me, espedeeply about injustices and, unlike most of cially the ones that make me sound like an us, did what he could to right wrongs. Being idiot. In my memory, buy a young person a a former journalist himself, he knew how subscription to a good news source like The to contact us and urge us to shed light on New York Times. And in my memory, watch pressing causes that might have gone unreout for Edith, the love of my life. I never marked had not Rich been on the phone. He deserved someone as good as her, and she personified the kind of concerned citizen doesn’t deserve this.” f

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