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Dickerson. The progressive group Athens for Everyone gave Dickerson a D- in a commission report card released earlier this month. A4E’s grades were based on commissioners’ votes and public statements on the issues of transit expansion, fare-free buses, an anti-discrimination ordinance, Complete Streets, marijuana decriminalization, affordable housing, living wages, early learning and a plastic-bag ban or fee. Dickerson opposed A4E’s position on every issue except transit expansion and early learning. But Dickerson wasn’t the worst commissioner, from A4E’s perspective. District 7 representative Diane Bell received an F. Mayoral candidate Harry Sims received a D- despite opposing A4E on every issue the group tracked. So did Mayor Nancy Denson, who received an F. Meanwhile, Commissioner Kelly Girtz, who’s also running for mayor, received an A-. A4E praised Girtz for not only supporting all of its positions, but championing many of them. District 3 Commissioner Melissa Link, who’s up for re-election and faces a challenge from Tony Eubanks, received an A. District 5 Commissioner Jared Bailey, who will face A4E founder Tim Denson if he runs for re-election, received a B-. Among commissioners who aren’t up for re-election until 2020, Allison Wright received a C-, Jerry NeSmith received a C, and Mike Hamby and Andy Herod received Ds. [BA]

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Declaring that he would “serve all of the an urgent care center to the Eastside and sometimes, and so they can’t get down to people, not just some of the people,” former the commission meetings. They can’t come limit trash haulers to one per neighborhood. Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Harry to us and say, ‘We need this, and we need He also pointed to a passage in the Sims formally launched his bid for mayor Urban Land Institute’s Lexington Road that.’ As a result, they don’t get it.” on Friday, Feb. 16 at Fire Station 9 off study commissioned by the county governOf course, many of the people who are Danielsville Road. ment in 2015: “Athens’ west side is receivregulars at the City Hall podium are busy The location holds symbolic value. The ing the bulk of the attention of businesses people with families and multiple jobs, longtime commissioner—who resigned last too, but Sims does have a point in that, for and development,” the study says, while the week to set up a special election for his seat Eastside remains “a diamond in the rough.” whatever reason, many neighborhoods are May 22—chose it as an illustration of his The study concluded that the county comnot organized and thus can be left out of belief that the local government caters to mission needed to help “drive change for the process. some Athens citizens while ignoring oththe area, not just wait for individual prop“If you’re tired of a government run by ers. The northeastern side of Athens had erty owners and potential developers.” putting oil on the squeaky wheel, I’m your no fire station, and Sims fought for years to have one built there. Instead, ACC built a new fire station in Five Points first, in spite of the fact that Five Points already had a fire station. Meanwhile, Sims said, the long drive from the downtown station meant that any mobile home in the area that caught fire burned to the ground before firefighters could arrive. “I wasn’t OK with that then, and I’m not OK with that now,” he said. Sims didn’t list any specific policies in his announcement speech—those will be rolled out plank by plank as the campaign goes on, according to co-chairman Jeff Snowden—but he laid out a general philosophy of governing. Similar to Mayor Nancy Denson describing herHouston Gaines—the young self as the “common-sense choice,” Republican who lost a state House Sims said he would be a check on proof Representatives special election gressives on the county commission. to Democrat Deborah Gonzalez last “No matter what comes through year—announced last week that he the commission, it would have to will try for the District 117 seat again pass through me as mayor,” he said. in November. “It has to get [put] on the agenda by “This district wants and deserves the mayor, so you will have someone conservative leadership at the state who is speaking for you.” Capitol—and that’s not what it’s Sims said he would represent Ex-Commissioner Harry Sims formally announced his mayoral campaign in front of about 25 supporters at the Danielsville Road getting now,” Gaines said in a news working people, small business ownfire station Feb. 16. release. “I’m going to provide our disers and minorities: “the silent ones, trict a conservative alternative to the the busy ones, the forgotten ones— “I’ve lived in District 1 my entire life, and out-of-touch representation we have today.” those who need government most of all,” as man,” Sims said. “If you’re tired of your Since taking office, Gonzalez has not I love Athens. But we can do better for the he put it. needs coming behind those with the free shied away from staking out liberal posipeople who live here,” Davenport said. “I’m In coded terms, Sims accused progrestime to show up at the commission meetready to begin driving change that improves tions on issues like health care and immisives of being hypocrites. “We say we want ings, I am your man.” [Blake Aued] gration. She co-sponsored a bill to expand the quality of life in our district.” affordable housing, then we make it too Medicaid in Georgia and criticized Clarke At the EJC, Davenport has lobbied expensive for you to get a house,” he said. County Sheriff Ira Edwards for holding the University of Georgia and Athens“We say we want better wages, but then we undocumented jail inmates for Immigration Clarke County to raise wages. He’s also run investors across the county line. We and Customs Enforcement to deport. a co-founder of the Peachy Green Clean can’t pretend we have a government for all District 1 Commissioner Sharyn Those are popular positions in left-leanCooperative, a worker-owned cleaning comthe people if all the people can’t use it.” ing Clarke County (and 73 percent of voters pany. He graduated from Eastside schools Who are the people who can use it? Sims Dickerson will face a challenge from native statewide support Medicaid expansion, and UGA with a degree in political science. didn’t say, but anyone who follows local pol- Eastsider Patrick Davenport, president of the Economic Justice Coalition. In other campaign news, Ovita Thornton according to a January Atlanta Journalitics knows he’s referring to the primarily “We’ve had a lot of talk in recent years Constitution poll), but it remains to be and Tawana Smith Mattox will hold a joint white, primarily liberal residents of intown about ending systemic poverty in Athens, seen how they’ll play in a district where campaign kickoff event at 2 p.m. Sunday, neighborhoods like Boulevard, Cobbham, but many, many residents in District 1 are 44 percent of voters reside in conservative Mar. 4 at the Forest Lodge of Athens on Normaltown and Five Points who are still struggling to achieve a normal standard Smokey Road. Thornton is running against Oconee, Jackson and Barrow counties. generally the likeliest to pack commission of living for themselves and their children,” Donald Trump won by larger margins in Tommy Valentine for the District 9 comchambers and are sometimes accused by Davenport said in his announcement. “It’s mission seat, and Mattox is running to take those counties than Hillary Clinton won those outside the Loop of getting special time to stop talking and start acting—for by in Clarke County. The Gaines camThornton’s place on the school board. [BA] treatment. all Athens residents.” paign made it clear that it will try to turn “For a long time, this government has Davenport said he is in favor of ordiGonzalez’s stances against her. been moving in a direction that we put nances that promote affordable hous“Deborah Gonzalez has made it clear the oil on the squeaky wheel,” he said. “As District 1 is generally one of the ing, more robust public transportation, that she is committed to the far-left idea result of that, I want to be the voice for more conservative parts of Athens, but ologies that mirror the most radical wing those who don’t squeak, for those who have expanded green spaces and parks, support for immigrants, bail reform and decriminal- Davenport should have an easy time of the Democrat Party,” Joan Rhoden, the needs, but they don’t have the time, ization of marijuana. He also wants to bring winning over left-leaning voters against president of the Conservative Republican because they work two, three, four jobs

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Women of Northeast Georgia, said in the news release. “…While Deborah Gonzalez spends her time putting out inflammatory and divisive statements attacking law enforcement agencies and advocating for sanctuary cities, Houston will take a strong stand to support law enforcement and the policies that help keep our communities safe.” Gaines had nearly $100,000 left over from last year’s campaign that he can spend on this year’s, and he can raise more money immediately, whereas Gonzalez is prohibited from fundraising until the legislative session ends sometime in March. Gonzalez had $7,256 on hand as of Jan. 31, according to her most recent campaign finance disclosure. Then there’s the question of what the electorate will look like in November 2018 versus 2017. As Gaines pointed out, “Special elections are—as evidenced by their name—unique. The dynamics in 2018 will be inherently different, as will our campaign.” Democratic enthusiasm and a countywide T-SPLOST referendum helped boost Clarke County turnout in last November’s special election. It remains to be seen whether that enthusiasm will carry through nine months from now. At the same time, turnout last November was lackluster by Oconee County standards, and extremely low in the slivers of Barrow and Jackson counties that are part of the 117th. That’s unlikely to be the case this November, with the governor’s race and other state and local elections on the ballot. On the other hand, Gonzalez has already shown a knack for putting together a strong ground game, and she now enjoys the advantage of incumbency. And the concerns about youth and inexperience that plagued Gaines, a 2017 UGA graduate, aren’t going away. Gonzalez isn’t the only state representative facing a rematch this fall. According to Lee Becker, who blogs at flagpole.com and Oconee County Observations, Steven Strickland—one of three Republicans Democrat Jonathan Wallace defeated last November—will take another crack at the District 119 seat. And Oconee County Republicans have apparently bought into the Trump voter-fraud myth, with Vice Chairman Ed Perkins warning the Oconee GOP recently to keep a close watch over the election in Athens-Clarke County. “We need to keep our eyes and ears on everything they do,” said another former District 119 candidate, Marcus Wiedower, according to Becker. [BA]

Challengers Struggle to Raise Funds The beginning of February marked the first financial disclosure period where candidates must provide their campaign-contribution and spending totals to the state and federal government. While some candidates are struggling to fatten their piggy banks, others are rolling in dough. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle leads the Republican pack with over $4 million raised during the last period of July–December 2017. An overwhelming majority of this is contributed by high-dollar donations from business PACs—Anheuser-Busch, for example. Former House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams can boast collecting the most

individual and small-dollar donations, with nearly 2,000 donations under $100. This also means she has collected more small-dollar donations than total contributions made to her Democratic primary opponent, former Rep. Stacey Evans (D-Smyrna). The rest of the candidate pool raised a range between $1.1–1.7 million, with Republican newcomer Clay Tippins keeping up with Secretary of State (and Athens resident) Brian Kemp. The race in Georgia’s 10th District is being dominated by Rep. Jody Hice (R-Greensboro), who has raised more than six times the combined amount of his competitors (only Joe Hunt and Chalis Montgomery had disclosed their contributions at press time). Hunt, who has raised the least, added $1,500 of his own money into the campaign. With only one contested race in the state legislature until Gaines threw his hat in the ring last week, most candidates, like Gonzalez and Wallace, have received modest contributions. However, the District 46 race between Sen. Frank Ginn (R-Danielsville) and Barrow County Democrat Dawn Hawkins Johnson is very lopsided. Hawkins Johnson has only raised $200 since the start of her campaign, while contributing $400 herself. On the other hand, incumbent Ginn has raised over $100,000. Even though raising enough for get-outthe-vote efforts, video production and general operations is very important to every campaign, the biggest coffer doesn’t always produce the winner. Last year’s state House special elections proved that votes are the final decider, but a little cash doesn’t hurt. [Tré Brown]

Clayton Street 3: Return of the Boogaloo Clayton Street business owners (and the rest of the public) will finally get a chance to weigh in on an upcoming streetscape project that will tear up the road for over a year while workers replace aging underground utility lines and widen the sidewalks. The commission had voted in January— with little public input—to fast-track the project in an effort to avoid shutting down Clayton Street for two consecutive football seasons and winter holidays. After about 30 business owners signed a petition asking the Mayor and Commission to push back the project until Jan. 1, Denson told engineers to go back and look at other options, she and Hamby told the Athens Downtown Development Authority last week. Two meetings—one at 2 p.m. and one at 6 p.m.—will be held at the Michael Brothers building Wednesday, Feb. 28 to discuss those options. The ADDA also discussed getting involved in discussions about the Costa Building, a former ice-cream factory next door to City Hall that once housed the downtown police precinct and parking enforcement. It’s been vacant for several years, but SPLOST funding to renovate it is about to become available. ACC officials had planned to use the building for county offices, but Hamby suggested selling it for a project similar to what the ADDA put in motion with a parking lot near Hotel Indigo. Denson said she would like to see “something where people are coming and going.” [BA] f

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When Legislators Attack THEY TURNED ON ONE SHERIFF WHO COMPARED THEM TO LUCIFER By Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com It was a sight you seldom see at the General Assembly: legislators attacking a Georgia sheriff. Their target was Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills, who took shots at Gov. Nathan Deal over the latest chapter in Deal’s efforts to revise the state’s sentencing laws and criminal justice procedures. “This governor has done more for those who perpetrate crime than Lucifer and his demons combined, and every piece of his criminal justice reform that has been passed into law has complicated or burdened our duties and/or endangered the citizenry of our state,” Sills said in an email to members of the Georgia Sheriffs Association. “Never, never, in this state’s history has the criminal element been coddled and fostered as it has been over the last 7 years.” After the criticisms were reported, House members turned the attacks back on Sills. “Are you serious?” asked Rep. Scot Turner (R-Holly Springs). “Because we treat people as human beings in the criminal justice system that we somehow are worse than Lucifer, than the devil?” “It’s an insult to me,” said Rep. John Meadows (R-Calhoun), chairman of the powerful Rules Committee, who called Sills’ criticisms “a bunch of crap.” “When I read those comments this morning, I got sick to my stomach,” House Speaker David Ralston said. “Few things in my public career have I found as disgusting and deplorable as that statement made by a man who wears a badge. They are wrong, and they are an embarrassment to an honorable profession.” Sheriffs are among the most powerful local officials in the state. Legislators would ordinarily be hesitant to attack them in public. You may not like or agree with your local sheriff, but you don’t want to get on the wrong side of him in a public dispute.

Sills was unrepentant. Asked if he stood by his criticisms of Deal, he said, “I believe that, and by God, I have the right to say it.” Deal’s efforts, which have tried to reduce the population of the state’s prison system by providing such alternatives as drug accountability courts and lighter sentences for non-violent offenders, have received high marks from legislators of both parties. “[F]ewer Georgians were committed to prison last year than any time in the past 15 years, thereby saving millions of taxpayer dollars and keeping families and communities intact,” Deal said in releasing his latest proposals. “From 2008 to 2016, Georgia experienced simultaneous decreases in overall crime, down 24 percent, and imprisonment rates, down 6 percent. In 2017, Georgia saw the lowest number of overall prison commitments since 2002, and the lowest number of African-Americans entering the prison system since 1987.” Senate Bill 407 would allow judges to take a defendant’s ability to pay into consideration when setting bail for misdemeanor offenses—a move away from cash bail requirements in some instances, which some local governments are already doing. The bill would give judges flexibility to convert fines into community service, another way to keep defendants out of jail simply because they lack the money to pay a fee. SB 407 would also impose stricter penalties on firearm-related criminal offenses. None of those proposals call for opening the doors to state prisons and releasing hordes of hardened felons to prey on innocent Georgians, contrary to the impression you’d get from reading Sills’ diatribe. It was so over the top it brought on a reaction you almost never see from legislators—a reaction most sheriffs would rather not find themselves caught in the middle of. f

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Thoughts and Prayers Not Enough Yesterday’s school shooting was the 18th of 2018. It is only Feb. 15, and we have had 30 mass shootings in the U.S. YTD. But I didn’t have to write U.S., did I? Mad as hell this morning, but not ready to “go postal,” I found myself with a well of anger and no place to drown my sorrows. Needing to drop my kids off at college and go to a dental appointment, I put signs on my car windows as I drove in today: “Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough!” I left my 19 and 21-year-old kids on a campus that permits people to carry guns. A school! A university! A center of higher learning allows gun owners to carry on campus! Let that sink in for a moment. At the medical complex, I parked my car in a parking lot adjacent to an elementary school during morning arrivals. Parents dropping their kids off needed no reminder of yesterday’s tragedy. I imagine every child got extra hugs today. Yes, I know this sign is as worthless as the thoughts and prayers I excoriate. That is not lost on me. But I drive on roads traveled by trucks with gun racks and vehicle bumper stickers lauding Second Amendment rights over all else, except maybe Jesus, Trump and America (not necessarily in that order). So I put two signs on each of my back windows. My husband expected a rock through the window. It’s a Prius in the land of small-penis trucks, after all. Their normal habit of riding my bumper, “rolling coal” and turning on ALL their bright lights with their truck nuts sagging isn’t enough, he reminds me, expecting violence. I go out expecting an argument at the very least. So I drive along in silence organizing my thoughts and regretting that small bit of caffeine that has left me twitchy. My blood is boiling,and I’m itching for a fight. What do I say when confronted? Do I remind them we’ve done nothing so far? Do I cite some smartass cliché found on the internet? Quote stats and comparisons? Do I mention the ever-expanding need for mental health services in a country with reduced access to medical care? Do I buy into their arguments that more protection, more armed guards are needed? Hell no! That’s not solving the real problem any more than referencing imaginary bear threats in classrooms. How do I confront the ultimate issue of a Second Amendment right? I decide it’s a First Amendment argument. Our First Amendment gives us freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press. Since our founding, legislators have passed legislation that has affected our First Amendment rights. Time and again the courts have ruled on these cases, and the result has been regulation. We still have our First Amendment rights, but they are regulated. Take religion. The courts have told religious groups and institutions that some things go too far. Get your child medical care! Thoughts and prayers are NOT enough! Child marriage is regulated

in some states, and polygamy is broadly outlawed in the U.S., no matter your holy books’ examples. In Bob Jones University v. United States, it was determined that “compelling government public policy, such as eradicating racial discrimination” outweighs a religious university’s racist yet Biblical dating policy. The Supreme Court Babels a few meaningful words from its proverbial tower, and even religion is regulated. Look at the freedom of speech. The courts have upheld community decency standards and set limits on threatening speech and defined terms such as “fighting words.” So the next time you’re in Skokie, IL surrounded by Nazis, that swastika flag he’s carrying is protected speech, but listen closely to what he says. Their words may be legally deemed “fighting words,” and you might get a free pass to punch a Nazi. Our First Amendment rights to assemble are regulated. No, you may not have a right, or a permit, to block a road, but some

and enacted. But it looks like we’ll get another school shooting before that happens. As for the signs on the car this morning, all I got were thumbs-up from fellow drivers. No one confronted me or left a note or threw a rock through the windows. Maybe it was too early in the morning. Maybe everyone is still in mourning. Bonnie Ash Winterville

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I am outraged by the Flagpole’s one-sided and inaccurate article about the charges in a sexual assault at Cedar Shoals High School (Jan. 30, 2018, “Cedar Shoals Rape Charges Dismissed; School Incident That Shook Athens Was Consensual, Officials Say Now”). The headline alone is patently false. There is no statement given by the victim in this case or the criminal justice system that the incident was, in fact, consensual. The men in this case all pleaded guilty to charges, including Collins to child molestation. Flagpole refers to the female classmate as the victim, yet contradicts that, saying it “turns out the stairBumpersticker of the Week well encounter was consensual.” Consensual does not mean victimization. How can you label someone (a child) as a victim in the very same article that you insinuate a false charge of rape? Saying that “officials say” the incident was consensual is misleading. The defendants and the defendant’s attorneys say it was consensual. Since when are either considered officials? The actual officials, like the deputy chief assistant district attorney, are quoted as saying this idiot in a limp-dick muscle car doesn’t have was “a very serious case.” The DA’s office the right to run you down, either. Even at worked hard to hold persons accountable a rally or meeting, rightly calling the presfor this incident, but like too many cases ident an asshole and a moron is just fine. the victim is not believed, is discredited and However, calling for his death is generally the defendants are painted by their attorright out, unless it’s in a prayer asking for neys as the injured parties. a thunderbolt from on high, and then the In this case, add to that a story in the waters get muddied before they get parted local paper that continues the victim blamor parsed. But beware the company you ing. The young victim in this case is painted keep when you assemble. You never know as a person who reported a false crime and who’s assembled to rally and who’s there caused innocent men to suffer. Further, as an agent-provocateur, a member of a the writer paints the defendant featured as COunter INTELligence PROgram, which is victimized, with no regard for the eternal sometimes legal and sometimes not. impact of this incident on a child who was Freedom of the press is far and sexually assaulted in a school and a young wide-reaching, but journalists are repeatedly threatened with jail time for not reveal- person who lives in this community. Did you think for a moment about the impact of ing sources. Libel and slander laws seem this article on the victim’s life? to require a case-by-case challenge. The If you or someone you know has been legality of the laws and the press’ liberties sometimes depends on the circumstances of affected by child abuse or sexual assault, please call The Cottage crisis hotline, 877whether we’re at war or during peacetime. 363-1912, for support or visit northgeorgiBut how effective is an argument like acottage.org. this? Will a Second Amendment supporter Sally K. Sheppard really listen long enough to be convinced that regulation is not the same as a ban? I’ll Sheppard is executive director of The Cottage, an admit it’s not an immediate solution, but Athens sexual assault and children’s advocacy it’s possible someone out there might be center. won over. Ah, who am I kidding? Let them keep their First Amendment rights to believe and say all the stupid shit they want about their In November 2017, Joe Hunt, Second Amendment rights within the limits Republican challenger for Jody Hice’s conand regulations imposed by law and upheld gressional seat, asked to speak at one of by the courts. The only way we’re going to Indivisible Georgia District 10’s regular see if regulation of Second Amendment monthly meetings. Chalis Montgomery and rights will stand the court’s legal test is if Richard Winfield, Democratic challengers, we get congressional legislation proposed

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were each given five minutes during Indivisible meetings to outline their platforms and were invited to stay after the meeting to speak to members and to pass out cards and literature, which they did. During the primary, Indivisible Georgia District 10 members decided not to endorse candidates as an organization. Instead, Indivisible 10 members wish to hear from all candidates so they can decide for themselves who to vote for in the May 22 primary. As co-chair of Indivisible Georgia District 10, I initially spoke to Andy Gohn, Hunt’s chief of staff, to set a date, and I explained our policy not to endorse candidates before the primary, but said that our members were eager to hear from all of the candidates, including Hunt. Gohn said Hunt would probably speak at one of our meetings and that Gohn would get back to me. However, because he did not contact me on the day we agreed to, I called Liam Watson, Hunt’s campaign manager, a couple of days later. At first, he told me that Hunt had a scheduling conflict and would not be able to come to our meeting. Then he told me that Hunt would not speak at our meeting because his voters, meaning Republicans, would not be happy if he spoke at an Indivisible meeting. I was under the impression that members of Congress represent all of their constituents—Republicans and Democrats alike. So I find it unresponsive and rude that Hunt refused to speak to us, especially because he is the one who approached us with a request to speak. Our group has a set of agreed-upon values: non-violence, respect, fairness and inclusion. We have a code of ethics: no violence, no talk of violence and no weapons. I explained to Hunt’s staff that he would be treated exactly as Montgomery and Winfield were, with respect and fairness. All three of these candidates hope to unseat Jody Hice, who has never held a public town hall meeting in Athens since he took office in 2015. I recently learned, through personal experience, that he is refusing to have meetings with anyone who has already had a sit-down meeting with him in his office. Furthermore, his scheduler, Taylor Ford, is now screening people who request first-time meetings by interrogating them regarding the details of the requested meeting. What we don’t need in District 10 is another representative who is unresponsive to District 10 constituents. What we don’t need is a U.S. congressperson who chooses people with whom to speak based on party affiliation or similar views. Instead, we need a congressional representative who represents all residents of District 10— Democrats and Republicans, voters and nonvoters, citizens and non-citizens, whites and people of color, gay people and straight people, those who own guns and those who do not, those who are pro-choice and those who are not. We need someone to represent us who does not see differences but, instead, someone who embraces everyone’s human dignity. This country was founded on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, not on human rights for a select few. The primary will be held on May 22. The deadline to register to vote in the primary is Apr. 24. I urge everyone to vote in the primary in order to unseat Hice in November. Toni Reed Athens

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POP CULTURE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, ANTIFA AND THE ALT-RIGHT By Baynard Woods baynard@therealnews.com A recent episode of the seemingly eternal crime drama “Law & Order: SVU” featured an Ann Coulter-like figure—she had a name in the show, but let’s call her Ann Fauxlter— who was raped with a protest sign in a “riot” on a college campus in New York (the fictional Hudson University). The “ripped-from-the-headlines” show engaged in a bit of bothsides-ism worthy of Schrodinger’s cat. At first Fauxlter claims that an anti-fascist activist wearing all black and a mask raped her. Tracking down leads, the “liberal” cops and prosecutors come to suspect a small-handed alt-right troll whose advances she spurned the night before. SPOILER ALERT: In the end, it never says who raped Fauxlter, but it pushed hard the general establishment consensus that “both sides”—antifa and the alt-right—are equally bad. SCREENCAP VIA NBC

Recent events show, again, that this is B.S.—especially in the show’s depiction of police officers and prosecutors who are more sympathetic to antifa than the alt-right. Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions praised the role of sheriffs in the “Anglo-American” tradition of law enforcement. As so often with Sessions, the phrase was a dog whistle. He could defend his position and note that the position of sheriff originated in England—think Sheriff of Nottingham—but the racists would hear that he supported them. In contrast to Sessions, James Comey—the FBI director whom Sessions fired over the Russia investigation—gave a speech in 2015 noting that, “All of us in law enforcement must be honest enough to acknowledge that much of our history is not pretty.” The Anglo-American tradition of law enforcement has been one of white supremacy for much of that history— and police departments and sheriff’s offices around the country are still trying to grapple with that. When the CBS news show “60 Minutes” interviewed recovering racist Christian Picciolini a few months back, he talked about how skinheads made a conscious decision to clean up and join law enforcement. “You know 30 years ago, we were skinheads,” he said. “We wore swastikas and shaved heads, and you could identify us pretty easily. So we decided at that time to grow our hair out, to trade in our boots for suits, and we encouraged people to get jobs in law enforcement, to go to the military and get training and to recruit there.” A 2006 FBI report worried about white supremacists “infiltrating law enforcement communities or recruiting law enforcement personnel” and leading “to investigative breaches.”

But one of the first things the Trump Administration floated upon coming into office was changing the name of the Countering Violent Extremism program to “Countering Islamic Extremism” and eliminating a focus on white supremacist terror groups. At the same time, they were ramping up a prosecution of 200 people arrested in an anti-capitalist, anti-fascist protest of Trump’s inauguration. More than a year later, 59 people, including a journalist, are still facing decades in prison for wearing black clothes near a “black bloc” action where a few windows were broken. At the same time, right-wing terror is on the rise. The same week that “Law & Order: SVU” aired its “Info Wars” episode, the Southern Poverty Law Center released a new report showing that individuals who were associated with or influenced by the alt-right killed 17 people in 2017. That doubled the number from the previous year. Nikolas Cruz killed that many people in one day when he went on a shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL last week. More information about his motives will surely arise in coming days, but the leader of white supremacist militia Republic of Florida (ROF) told the Anti-Defamation League that Cruz had trained with the group. Jordan Jereb, ROF leader, soon started trying to distance himself from his earlier statement, blaming the “Jew media,” but this is the second school shooting in the last two months with possible white supremacist ties. William Edward Atchison, who frequently posted on sites like Daily Stormer, killed two students at Aztec High School in New Mexico. When the FBI visited him in 2015 after he had posted about trying to find a weapon for a school shooting, they concluded that he wasn’t a threat. The FBI had apparently been warned by a YouTube vlogger that someone with the name Nikolas Cruz posted “I’m going to be a professional school shooter” on his page. The sheriff’s office in Leon County, FL says it has not been able to find any concrete ties between Cruz and ROF—and Jereb may have just been trying to gain attention by claiming the horrendous actions of the MAGA-hatwearing murderer. Still, it is clear that the racist, misogynist ideology of the alt-right is a serious threat, and that threat is enhanced when it is equated with anti-capitalist property destruction. The white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, VA was able to reach the level it did because law enforcement stood around the mall across from Emancipation Park, protecting the windows of restaurants and stores from antifa protesters, instead of protecting people from the Nazis who, leaked communications show, were clearly set on violence. But we know that the FBI and Homeland Security are actively monitoring people who are inspired by a “kind of an antifa ideology,” according to FBI director Christopher Wray, and is actively investigating “black identity extremists.” So when our popular culture starts to mimic Trump and right-wing memes, declaring “both sides” are bad and adding the claim that law enforcement somehow sympathizes with antifascists, it adds yet another dangerous layer to our already deeply toxic political discourse about violence, race and law. f

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ACC and Oconee Sue Drug Makers LAWSUIT SEEKS DAMAGES FOR OPIOID ADDICTIONS AND DEATHS By Ed Morales news@flagpole.com thens-Clarke and Oconee counties collaboratively to solve this public health have joined a growing list of Georgia challenge… We vigorously deny these allecounties in suing nearly two dozen manugations and look forward to the opportufacturers and distributors of opioids, seeknity to present our defense.” ing to hold the companies responsible for But in a surprise move days later, their role in the country’s opioid epidemic. Purdue Pharma said it will cease marketThe lawsuits, filed earlier this month in ing opioid drugs to doctors, according to the U.S. District Court in Athens, allege that the Associated Press. The company said it manufacturers have “aggressively pushed eliminated more than half its sales staff and highly addictive, dangerous opioids, falsely will no longer send sales representatives to representing to doctors that patients would doctors’ offices to discuss opioid drugs, the only rarely succumb to drug addiction” and AP said. “aggressively advertised and persuaded doc“Teva is committed to the appropriate tors” to prescribe opioids to their patients use of opioid medicines, and we recognize and turn them “into drug addicts for their the critical public health issues impacting own corporate profit.” communities across the U.S. as a result of According to the Georgia Prevention illegal drug use, as well as the misuse and Project, Georgia ranks 11th in the country abuse of opioids that are available legally with the most prescription opioid overby prescription,” wrote Kaelan Hollon, doses, and of the 1,426 Georgians who died of drug overdoses Overdose deaths, ER visits and in 2016, 982 of them hospital stays from opioid addiction were due to opioids. Nationally, 91 people keep going up. die each day from an opioid overdose. The Athens law firm of Blasingame, Burch, Garrard and Ashley is representing both Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties in the matter—at no cost to taxpayers— and filed the same lawsuit on behalf of Candler County last month. Fulton and DeKalb counties have filed similar lawsuits as well. The firm also expects to file similar lawsuits in the coming weeks on behalf of other Georgia counties and hospitals. senior director of communications at Teva “Overdose deaths, ER visits and hospiPharmaceutical Industries. tal stays from opioid addiction keep going The counties allege that the defendants up,” BBGA partner Patrick Garrard said in knew opioids were addictive and potentially a statement. “With this lawsuit, we hope to deadly, but they pushed doctors to not only help stop the opioid epidemic and secure prescribe, but over-prescribe them anythe resources that cities, counties and hosway. “Defendants acted with actual malice, pitals need to combat it.” wantonly and oppressively,” the lawsuit Among the companies named as alleges. “Defendants acted with conscious defendants are Purdue Pharma LP, which disregard to the rights of others and/or in distributes OxyContin; Cephalon Inc. and a reckless, wanton, willful or gross manner. its owner, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Defendants acted with a prolonged indifferwhich make and sell Actiq and Fentora; ence to the adverse consequences of their and Endo Health Solutions Inc., which sells actions and/or omissions. Defendants acted Percodan and Percocet. with a conscious disregard for the rights The court document notes that between and safety of others in a manner that had 2006–2016, Athens-Clarke recorded a high a great probability of causing substantial of 130.2 opioid prescriptions per 100 peoharm.” ple and averaged 116.8 opioid prescriptions The plaintiffs are seeking an “abatement per 100 people. In Oconee those numbers fund” from the companies “for the purposes are 76.2 and 67.37, respectively. of abating the opioid nuisance”—damages “We are deeply troubled by the opioid caused by the epidemic, including costs crisis, and we are dedicated to being part for providing medical care, treatment, of the solution,” John Puskar, Purdue counseling, rehabilitation and providing Pharma’s director of public affairs, said in care for children whose parents suffer from a statement. “As a company grounded in opioid-related disability, and costs associscience, we must balance patient access to ated with law enforcement related to the FDA-approved medicines, while working epidemic. f

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ith tax season in full swing, many people are wondering how their federal and state taxes will pan out for the 2017 fiscal year, crossing their fingers for a refund or lower tax burden. Next year, these wishes may come true. In December, House and Senate Republicans approved a major tax overhaul that lowered taxes for most Americans— although the wealthy will reap most of the benefits, and the law is expected to increase the national debt by $1.5 trillion over 10 years. Paychecks should start increasing by an estimated $50–$200 for the average worker this month. However, the reward has caveats that could leave a sour taste in people’s mouths. The biggest question that most people pose about the new tax law is whether or not they will see any tax breaks, says Erin Towery, a professor at the University of Georgia’s J.M. Tull School of Accounting. “It’s going to depend on their circumstances and what deductions they’ve taken in the past,” she says, emphasizing the importance of the various deductions that were Erin Towery cut, along with a huge increase in the standard deduction. These changes should tempt many Georgians to opt for the standard deduction, rather than itemizing each deduction. “If your standard deduction is higher than your itemized deduction, you’re just going to take the standard deduction. The benefit for itemizing will be lower,” Towery says. Higher-earning Athenians should see a tax cut of around 3 or 4 percentage points from the current system, but the largest cuts would be seen by corporations—from 35 percent to 21 percent. These cuts are in hopes that these companies will bring money back to American soil and reinvest in their employees, but many experts are skeptical. “You can pay more money to your employees, including yourself,” Towery says. “In 2004 [when the Bush tax cuts took effect], money wasn’t invested back into companies.” Instead, companies opted to pay shareholders higher dividends. The law is great if you’re a wealthy individual, real estate broker or any of the various beneficiaries of a pass-through corporation—a business where income collected flows directly to the individual who owns the company—that will receive a 20 percent deduction on their taxes, in certain situations, along with their personal tax cut. However, the lowest tax bracket—those making under $9,525 as an individual or $19,050 for a couple filing jointly—did not receive a cut under the new law. In Athens, this could include groups like college students, seasonal workers, part-time

service-industry workers and other low-income workers. With 28 percent of Athens residents living in poverty (not including college students), that means more than 30,000 people locally will see no benefit from the tax law, and may suffer as Congress looks to cut social services to make up for the larger deficit. While it’s true that some will start seeing larger paychecks, this also comes with the repeal of many deductions, such as the personal dependency exemption. For large families or those with dependents that don’t qualify for the child tax credit, this could be a huge burden that the standard deduction alone cannot compensate for. The law not only changed the tax code, but repealed the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, which many believe will cause a spike in health care premiums with fewer healthy persons in the market. Congratulations, if you are employed by one of the companies that promised employees bonuses or raises, such as AT&T, Home Depot or Walmart. However, be wary: 2025 could bring tax hikes. That’s when all of these changes—except for the corporate tax cuts—will expire, unless Congress chooses to renew them. Lance Palmer, a financial-planning professor in the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences, offers advice on ways to use the extra money employees are taking home. He recommends using it to pay off credit card debt or putting it into a tax-free retirement or health savings account. f

OLD TAX BRACKETS (single filer) 10% under $9,325 15% $9,326–$37,900 25% $37,901–$91,990 28% $91,991–$191,650 33% $191,651–$416,700 35% $416,701–$418,400 39.6% over $418,400 NEW TAX BRACKETS 10% under $9,525 12% $9,526–$38,700 22% $38,701–$82,500 24% $82,501–$157,500 32% $157,501–$200,000 35% $200,001–$500,000 37% over $500,000 STANDARD DEDUCTION 2017: $6,500 single $13,000 married $9,550 head of household 2018: $12,000 single $24,000 married $18,000 head of household

skirmish in the national culture wars broke out on Athenians’ social media pages recently when United Campus Workers of Georgia representative Eric Rose received an unexpected note from a local radio station in response to a routine request for an advertising rate sheet. While ad reps at WXAG 1470 AM and Flagpole complied with his requests, Paul Francis, the general manager at Bulldog 93.3 FM, instead “passed” on running the University of Georgia union’s ads, writing in an email that he had researched the union online and discovered that the “organization’s objectives are not consistent with the free market principles on which our organization was founded.” Francis’ note suggested that “if a University of Georgia employee feels that he [or she] is not earning just compensa-

UGA adopted new Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rules just before the deadline of Dec. 16, and university employees, in an anomaly involving state law, received only one half of their usual income in November 2016, skipping an entire two-week pay period, which they won’t receive until they leave their jobs or retire. A firestorm of protest ensued, and some employees quickly took second jobs to make up for the temporary shortfall. The pay mix-up prompted some employees to seek new ways to communicate effectively with university management, and organizers reached out to United Campus Workers of Tennessee to help launch a local union. The employees selected to align with the Tennessee union on the strength of its recent success fighting that state’s stealth effort by its governor, Bill Haslam—a bilCOURTESY OF ERIC ROSE

University of Georgia employees who belong to a newly formed union march downtown.

tion, then he can search for employment in the free market.” He continued, “If he don’t [sic] find what he is looking for there, then he can start his own business and compete in that sphere. If he is unsuccessful earning the level of compensation he hoped to earn by providing value to others, then he was not worth what he imagined.” Francis ended with an admonition worthy of Horatio Alger: “We all only reach our potential through taking accountability for ourselves.” Rose posted the note on his Facebook page, and soon after, others took up the cause, commenting on and widely sharing the message. Comments ranged from the expected outrage to suggestions that local activists threaten boycotts of the station’s advertisers. (At least one advertiser, Hodgson’s Pharmacy, has pulled its ads.) One commenter wrote, “Bulldog 93.3 claims to be ‘the Sound of Athens,’ but none of the bands on their playlist are from Athens.” When asked why he thought Francis took the time to write the note, Rose said, “Yeah, he could have just ghosted us instead of giving us a book report on Atlas Shrugged.” Francis declined to comment. The union was formed in 2016, after

lionaire businessman and, until President Donald Trump took office last year, the wealthiest elected official in U.S. politics— to privatize thousands of state jobs. Once the union got wind of the governor’s campaign in 2015, it mobilized its 1,600 members, including workers such as custodians, skilled trades, faculty and other workers, to protest the effort. The union pushed back hard, obtaining massive media exposure and a strong rejection of the plan from the electorate and the legislature. In fact, a Vanderbilt University poll found that about two-thirds of Tennesseans rejected the plan. Feeling the pressure, the governor backed down and made the change voluntary for state campuses. As it turned out, no state campuses embraced the plan, and universities are continuing to manage their employees as they always have. “This was a huge victory, and it shows the power that average people have when they engage in collective action,” said Tom Smith, organizing coordinator for the Tennessee union. Rose said the union has to-date enrolled 100 members here, and that he wants to advertise in order to inform UGA employees of the new union. f

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Common Language Through Music and Politics, Linqua Franqa Calls on Athens to Act By Andy Barton music@flagpole.com

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was hard to miss Linqua Franqa in 2017. The linguistics doctoral student turned Athens It Girl—known to friends and family as Mariah Parker—released her self-titled debut last February and quickly took the Classic City by storm, bridging cultural divides and injecting a hefty dose of sociopolitical awareness into local music in the process. Her skillful turns of phrase, magnetic live show and nonstop activity paved the way for a best hip-hop artist win at last summer’s Flagpole Athens Music Awards, and she wowed at ensuing slots opening for of Montreal at AthFest and ESG at Athens Popfest. With Model Minority, HHBTM Records’ impending vinyl re-release of her debut, Linqua Franqa is prepping for the limelight once again. The reissue includes a new track, plus a slew of remixes from her beatmaker-in-chief, Wesley Johnson, aka WesdaRuler, as well as Savannah emcee Dope Knife. But as attention continues to mount for the gold-bike-riding rapper, Parker is staying grounded, keeping her performing alter ego and musical ambitions in check with another personal passion: local politics. “By some metrics, my life is in shambles,” Parker jokes over a beer at Walker’s Coffee and Pub. It’s a little after 8 p.m., and she’s just now finding time to decompress, revealing her secret to how she manages to wear so many hats without completely losing her mind. “At some point, when you’re so passionate about so many different things, and you feel called to do them… you learn to operate at a lower threshold,” she explains. “You have to either go insane or accept that 50 percent is good enough.” It’s likely that Parker is her own harshest critic, though. After all, she’s partially responsible for putting Athens hip hop back on the map. Parker adopted the Linqua Franqa name (then Lingua Franca; the spelling was recently changed) in 2015 after moving to Athens from Asheville, NC, new to the city and eager to create a fresh identity. As a regular at The World Famous, it wasn’t long before she approached a friend working there about organizing a hip-hop show. It drew an unexpectedly sizable audience, convincing Parker that there was more work to be done. “When I saw the amount of people that coalesced around it, from that first show, I knew that we had to keep doing this,” she says. “I knew we had to keep cultivating that.” From there, Parker became instrumental in reinvigorating the local hip-hop scene, booking Hot Corner Hip Hop events, connecting like-minded artists and bringing outsiders into the fold. “She’s provided a platform for local hip hop to thrive,” says her friend and producer Johnson. “It’s even brought life to movements that were already in place, but struggled to continue [growing].”

With the scene thriving, Parker felt it was time to decentralize. She didn’t want to be viewed as the gatekeeper or spokesperson for local hip hop. She had also been taking a much harder look at the rooted issues permeating Athens’ political and socio-economic framework. “It’s so much deeper than just getting people to come to shows,” Parker says. “Why do you think it was that there weren’t a lot of black people in the music scene? Those questions are not just a matter of, ‘Well, this bar is too kitschy and white,’ and that’s just it. It’s way, way deeper than that. If you want to have a really thriving and diverse and fruitful culture, one that’s constantly generating cool shit, you’ve got to fix the underside of it that’s creating [those] conditions.” One particular message started to resonate more and develop a life of its own. As Parker raps in her song “The

Con and the Can”: “Cuz everyone wantin’ to complain about the state of the system, congratulate themselves on Facebook for paying attention/ And homie, I know you’re right, but if nobody mobilizes and noble fights, shit/ We staying slaves for centuries.” It’s a comment on the trappings of being social-media woke without making motions towards progress in real life, but it’s also a personal call to action. “The only way I have to fix it is cashing my chips in,” she concludes. “When it comes to Mariah’s music, the lyrics are what sets her apart, in my opinion,” says Pity Party house show organizer and Perfect Attendance Records head Taylor Chicoine. Chicoine and Parker have encouraged each other’s projects, and he recently produced the video for Linqua Franqa’s “Gold Bike.” “It’s real, raw truth,” he continues. “I’ve seen people become uncomfortable upon understanding some of her lyrical content, but that’s the point, I think. There are lots of issues in our society that don’t get properly dealt with because they make people uncomfortable.” Parker’s rhymes often make those raw truths more palatable, so it wasn’t much of a jump when she dove headfirst

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into introducing those ideas to an even wider audience by joining Tommy Valentine’s campaign for Athens-Clarke County commissioner. Valentine saw a Linqua Franqa set and continued to run into Parker at activist circles before having a long conversation about music, language and politics and extending an invitation to join the campaign. Now, Parker serves as Valentine’s campaign manager. On their docket: improving community relations with police, fighting for a living wage, securing better public transportation and creating more opportunities for continuing education for adults. “From the moment we started this campaign, we said that we hoped it would be about more than a moment. We wanted it to be a movement,” says Valentine, himself a former Athens emcee. “Thanks to Mariah, we feel like we’ve succeeded well before Election Day.” As the campaign narrows in on the May 22 election, Parker continues to advocate on Valentine’s behalf by canvassing, organizing town halls and more. And while politics has taken the front seat most recently, Parker still has plenty of musical plans, and a few beats ready to go for a new album. She’s still mulling over subject matter, though it shouldn’t take long for her to piece things together once she gets into the studio. “Until I sit down with a beat and let it tell me what the story ought to be, I don’t really know what the story will be,” Parker says. One issue she is interested in tackling is combating inaction. “It’s something I’ve wanted to write about and foresee being a very prominent theme in my next work,” she says, “especially as I deal more and more with trying to empower people politically, and [find] that a lot of a certain kind of person feel[s] very paralyzed with guilt into not acting. Like, ‘Oh, well everything’s so terrible, and I’m so terrible; I can’t do anything,’ and having to work around that with folks.” Whatever the calling—politics, music or language— Parker is eager to continue bettering herself and her community. One thing is certain: She’s going to stay busy as hell. “I haven’t worked around that with myself, of like, ‘I’m a garbage human; I’ll never amount to anything,’” Parker admits, before her tone turns from critical to hopeful. “People need more than that from me. People of the world need more of that from everyone.” f

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remarkable how Mattiel Brown’s self-titled debut album has so quickly struck a chord with a growing audience. Released in September via Fullerton, CA power-pop and garage-punk outpost Burger Records, the Mattiel LP finds the frontwoman channeling elements of classic folk, ’60s pop and ’70s countrypolitan inflections into a bold and confident musical stride. Brown throws her whole voice into every note she sings, placing her performances a league apart from the breathy, exhausted vocal deliveries that define so much of

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her contemporaries’ fare. In conversation, she doesn’t miss a beat when proclaiming, “Freddie Mercury is my all-time performance idol.” Brown discovered her muse at a young age, after watching video footage from Queen’s 1985 Live Aid performance at London’s Wembley Stadium. “I will never forget watching him onstage in front of, like, a million people. He just slaughtered with his performance,” she says. “Sometimes people will say that I remind them of Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane, too. I understand that,” she adds, “but Freddie is my guy, 100 percent. He was so great.” Brown’s songs billow with atmosphere and immediacy. Mattiel’s opening salvo, “Whites of Their Eyes,” takes shapes as a bluesy rock number propelled by the steady rhythm of marshal drumming and sharp guitar hooks steeped in powerful imagery lifted from tales about the Revolutionary War. Later, her voice reaches new highs on “Count Your Blessings,” a song that recalls the heart-swelling chemistry of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood’s late-’60s pairings. “Baby Brother” and “Cass Tech” evoke Motown and Stax Records’ underwater grooves. Throughout, Brown balances full-bodied vocal performances with instrumental arrangements that walk a fine line between

hazy mystique and studio polish. But the 25-year-old Brown and the Atlanta-based InCrowd songwriting team that backs her on the record and onstage possess a keen awareness that it takes more than talent and production to leave an impression on the hearts and minds of a crowd. InCrowd is a consortium of musicians led by songwriters Jonah Swilley—brother to Black Lips singer and bassist Jared Swilley—and Randy Michael, who’s spent time playing with everyone from Public Enemy to Bruno Mars, and even makes a cameo appearance in the video for “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” from David Bowie’s 2013 album, The Next Day. Much like Los Angeles’ Wrecking Crew, Michael and Swilley formed InCrowd to function as a team of studio musicians to write songs for others. “She writes the lyrics and melodies, and we do it all live at my house,” Michael told Atlanta’s Creative Loafing in 2014. The initial idea behind their dynamic was to keep InCrowd in the studio and assemble a different team of players to take Brown’s show on the road. But the chemistry they’ve developed together would be muddled in the hands of anyone else. “There is no way I would want to play these songs with anyone else,” Brown says. “We came up with them together, and to play them with anyone else would change everything quite a lot.” This week, with guitarists Swilley and Michael, bassist Travis Murphy and drummer Jordan Manley in tow, Brown makes her Athens debut with a two-night stand at the Georgia Theatre opening for psych-pop outfit Portugal. The Man. With both nights already sold out, she’s making a grand entrance for her first shows in the Classic City, but that’s the way she likes it: More pressure equals a greater performance. Last September, the same month her LP arrived, Brown traveled to Nashville for an in-store performance at Third Man Records. When she took the stage, she realized that Jack White was in the crowd, watching the show. “I still think of it as my favorite show I’ve ever played,” Brown says. “In situations like that, you start to wonder if having this really important person watching you is going to affect the show, but it only made everything better,” she adds. “You get into this mode where you say to yourself, ‘This is it, it’s time to one-up yourself and put on a show that counts.’” f

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HUSH THAT FUSS: Those clever guys in Athens/Atlanta power-pop/new wave band The Shut-Ups are set to release their new full-length, Just Another Generation, Friday, Feb. 23 at Little Kings Shuffle Club. This is the group’s fifth album overall and, more significantly, its first since 2009. This new record was originally begun with the late Bill Doss (The Olivia Tremor Control, The Sunshine Fix), but only finished last year. The record is the most straightforwardly rockin’ album The Shut-Ups have ever done. Although it’s still fully ensconced in their world of biting lyricism and pop hookery, there are ’70s rock-radio-worthy riffs all over the title track and tunes like “Why Are We Gonna Die” (hat tip to the blink-and-you-missed-it cribbing of The Association). It’s a relatively short album for the band, clocking in at just about a half-hour long, which leader Don Condescending cheekily ascribes in a press release to the influence of growing up watching sitcoms. Also on the bill this night are Yallweh and a reunion show from mighty Athens trio Stuntdouble, which missed a previously scheduled gig due to illness. So, here’s hoping. For more information and loyalty oaths, see facebook.com/ theshutups, and listen in at shutups.bandcamp.com. GOWNS IN TOWN: A special night of acoustic guitar music will happen at The Foundry Wednesday, The Shut-Ups Feb. 21 courtesy of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Featured performers this night include soloists and various ensembles from the school’s guitar studio led by Daniel Bolshoy. A special appearance by Marc Teicholz (San Francisco Conservatory of Music) is also planned, and he’ll perform selections in the styles of jazz, classical and Brazilian. This night’s show is scheduled from 7:30–10:30 p.m., open to all ages and admission is free. For more information, see thefoundryathens.com.

while traditionally appropriate, doesn’t give enough credence to the band’s actual songwriting. These aren’t threechord bashers. Rather, they’re relatively complex tunes with a fair amount of jangle-pop flourish and some Dead Boys barking charm. There’s no over-reliance on distortion, which really lets the songs shine, and the use of empty space and breakdown during “Chicken Curry” is just tops. Dig it at thepierres2.bandcamp.com. SLIP ’N’ SLIDE: Although he now lives in Atlanta, there’s still enough Athens on the new album by Richard Gumby to make some space here for it. The rest of his band still lives here, anyway. Largely written and recorded here in town,

the album, mem’ree qoil, includes eight tracks that all pretty much hold true to the Gumby style. That is, each is some amalgamation of lo-fi indie-pop, self-styled R&B and/or homemade psychedelia. Unfortunately, for as crafty as it is, it’s not really something I can grab onto. It’s not that it’s intentionally slippery; rather, it seems like a bunch of threads looking for a center that just isn’t there. The band next plays locally with Cult of Riggonia on Mar. 3 at ATHICA. See crasslips records.bandcamp. com or richard gumby.bandcamp. com to listen in. f

EASY PICKIN’: The next installment of “Pickin’ at the Garden” takes place at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia’s Day Chapel on Thursday, Feb. 22. The featured artist this time around is guitarist Tomi Martin, whose recording credits include OutKast, Madonna and more. The event is divided into two parts. The first is a workshop and lecture at 4:30 p.m., and the second is a WUOG 90.5 FM’s 10 Most-Played Recordings performance at 7 p.m. This Feb. 7–13 event is free, but pre-registration is required. See 1. Hovvdy Cranberry (Double Double Whammy) botgarden.uga.edu/event/ 2. Bully Losing (Sub Pop) pickin-at-the-garden to 3. Hoops Tapes #1–3 (Fat Possum) reserve your spot.

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GOOD AT SOMETHING: You might think it’s on your goals, and it can get expensive to weird to pair write-ups of the following two give each thing you put in your body the places serving food and drink in a single time and respect it deserves, but golly (and column, but they do have something in by golly I mean something unprintable but common: They’re both very good at what they do, despite the fact that what they do is very different. The problem with getting a pour-over cup of coffee from 1000 Faces Coffee (510 N. Thomas St., 706-534-8860) in its shiny new location is that it makes me realize how bad the coffee I usually drink is. It’s not a quick process. The barista slowly assembles the appropriate amount of beans—roasted in the room next door, which you can see through the big window—grinds them, heats the water, places the grounds in a paper filter, slowly pours water over them and lets the resulting nectar drip into your cup. It’s not great if you’re in a hurry, although you can also get some ready-to-go brew, made with the same good and incredibly fresh 1000 Faces Coffee ingredients. What it is good for is taste. I tend to treat coffee from a funcenthusiastic and positive), it sure is nice to tional perspective, because if I don’t drink have a perfect cup of coffee. The two best it in the morning, I will get blinding headcups of coffee I have had in my life have aches and be unable to do much of anybeen courtesy of 1000 Faces—one years ago thing. The cup I had at 1000 Faces reminded at a cupping class in the old location and me that behaving that way is the equivalent one last week—and I ought to remember of buying wine in jugs from the bottom that more often. shelf. That’s not to say the latter doesn’t The space can be peaceful, as it is early in have its place as a valid method, depending the morning on weekdays, or jam-packed,

as it is later in the day, when The Classic Center, nearby hotels and student apartment complexes around the shop send floods of people needing caffeine. There are some other things besides coffee, including a wide variety of baked goods supplied daily by The Comerian. If there are danishes, they are very good and worth the calories. You can get sweet stuff or savory stuff, including croissants stuffed with ham and cheese or scones made with Gruyère. 1000 Faces is open from 7 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.–3 p.m. on Sunday.

GOOD AT SOMETHING ELSE: J.R. Crickets (810 Hawthorne Ave., 706-850-9800), which opened in the former Big Daddy’s/ Dickey’s/Allen’s in November, might technically be a chain out of Atlanta, but it doesn’t really feel like it. The original owes some of its fame to having been featured on the TV show “Atlanta” and some of it to having been open since 1982. The one

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BLACK PANTHER (PG-13) Marvel’s unprecBlack Panther even gets his own Felix Leiter edented string of satisfying superhero in the form of CIA Agent Everett K. Ross movies is often dismissed as adherence to (Martin Freeman). one successful formula. What this simplisCoogler’s most impressive feat could tic criticism overlooks is the brilliant risk have been out-imagining two of the MCU’s Marvel Studios has taken when choosing most vividly unique entries, Guardians of directors to helm these box-office behethe Galaxy Vol. 2 and Thor: Ragnarok. From moths. The MCU has not attempted to the previously mentioned animation to the maintain one auteur’s vision throughout its streets and hybrid skyscrapers of Wakanda interconnected movies (unless you count to the vibranium mines beneath those rollStan Lee). That criticism is not meant to bag ing hills, Black Panther stands visually tall. on Zack Snyder, who, for all his faults, has done what he Black Panther was hired to do: create a rival DCEU. The fault is Warner Bros. and DC’s for asking too much of one person, a seemingly careful move that has proven more risky than Marvel giving the keys to its universe to small-timers like James Gunn, Taika Waititi and Ryan Coogler. If one person’s vision does not work, maybe the next one’s will. Coogler’s new addition to the MCU is not just a new city; it is a new country, Doc says it’s chicken pox, so I’m going home. Wakanda, on a new continent, Africa. The tiny country is a Third World afterthought to the rest However, the film’s most striking of the globe; the reality is Wakanda is the element is how it redefines superherosole source of an alien ore named vibraism—much like Wonder Woman did last nium that powers enough wild Wakandan summer—as a feat not reserved for musinventions to make Tomorrowland look like cular white men, and does so in the most yesterday. For centuries, Wakanda has kept inclusive way possible. Black Panther is not this secret, along with one about a supera great superhero movie because the hero powered protector named Black Panther, is black; Black Panther is a great superhero whose alter ego happens to be whoever cur- movie that bravely never shies away from rently rules Wakanda. what makes it atypical. Racial politics are After the untimely death of King present and fuel the frustrated Killmonger’s T’Chaka (John Kani) via a terrorist attack plan for world domination. But like his witnessed in Captain America: Civil War, his superhero peers, Black Panther is not just son, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), inherits meant to save Wakanda, Africa or Africans both his crown and costume. With the help the world over; he is meant to save the of warrior general Okoye (Danai Gurira, world. Just wait for May’s Avengers: Infinity better known as Michonne on AMC’s “The War to see how. Walking Dead”) and his brilliant little sister, Shuri (Letitia Wright), whose gadget-buildEARLY MAN (PG) Nick Park’s excellent ing could give Tony Stark a run for his stop-motion animation is all very British; money, T’Challa must survive a coup led however, Wallace and Gromit has a univerby Killmonger (Coogler regular Michael B. sality that Early Man might be lacking. Sure, Jordan). soccer—OK, football—is the world’s most Coogler had quite a task set out for him popular sport, but Early Man, whose title in adapting Black Panther for the big screen. is a not quite veiled Manchester United Sure, most comic book bystanders do not reference (which is also a joke made in the know Wakanda from the Savage Land or movie), may be too European to connect vibranium from adamantium (the other with a broader American audience. strongest metal in the Marvel Universe), If a tribe of rabbit-hunting cavemen best so Coogler could just wing it à la most of represented by Dug (v. Eddie Redmayne) the Batman movies with no one the wiser and his pet pig, Hognob, want their valley (which would probably have happened back, they must do battle on the sacred had the ’90s Wesley Snipes-starring Black pitch with a team of soccer superstars put Panther ever happened). together by regional governor Lord Nooth But rather than forcing audiences to sit (v. Tom Hiddleston). Fortunately, Goona (v. through another superhero origin story, Maisie Williams), a frustrated young woman Coogler brilliantly summarizes the hiswith a heck of a leg volunteers to join the tory of Wakanda in a gorgeously animated cave-team, since her gender bars her from opening sequence before recounting Black playing with the Bronze Age booters. Panther: Year One (yes, that is a Batman Early Man is a cute if underwhelming reference). Coogler even gives us a glimpse underdog tale that does not quite live up into what a black James Bond movie might to the high expectations set by Aardman’s resemble during a fun spy sequence where excellent earlier features. f

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Lyndon House · 12–1 p.m. · FREE! The Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation’s next bi-monthly brown-bag lecture is on the Magnolia Street American Legion building. The building—with its intriguing Art Deco architectural touches—was a social hall for black World War II veterans and a community center for dances and wedding receptions from the late 1940s until the mid-1960s, when it became Athens’ first licensed daycare for African-American children. At some point many years ago it was abandoned and boarded up, but the ACHF is working with nearby Greater Bethel AME Church to restore it. Tommie Farmer, an ACHF trustee and Greater Bethel member, will moderate the discussion. [Blake Aued]

Tuesday 20 CLASSES: Computer Class (Bogart Library) “Intro to Word.” 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart CLASSES: Computer Class (ACC Library) “iPad/iPhone Basics.” 10 a.m. FREE! Registration Required. www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Athens Swing Night (Dancefx) A one-hour lesson is followed by a two-hour dancing session. No experience or partner necessary. Feb. 20, 8–11 p.m. $4–6. www.athensswingnight.com

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40 Watt Club · 7 p.m. · $15 Guitarist Jonathan Richman’s most culturally significant contribution to the modern-rock canon was as a member of proto-punk legends the Modern Lovers, but he has spent the vast majority of his 40-plus-year career writing and performing sweetly earnest acoustic story-songs. Last year, Richman released Ishkode! Ishkode!, his first full-length in half a decade. He swings through Athens on Wednesday for his anticipated annual stop at the 40 Watt Club, with longtime drummer Tommy Larkins providing a tasteful rhythmic backdrop. Singersongwriter Ane Diaz, once an Athens-music fixture known for her work with the bands Producto and The Causey Way, opens. [Gabe Vodicka]

COMEDY: Open TOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) This regular comedy open mic features established comedians and newcomers alike. 9 p.m. $5. www. flickertheatreandbar.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

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State Botanical Garden · 10:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. · FREE! In this part of the South, the terms “shape note” and Sacred Harp sometimes get used interchangeably. The latter is actually the songbook favored by most practitioners of the shape-note singing tradition. Among the collections printed in the 19th Century was The Social Harp, a collection of sacred and secular Antebellum folk tunes collected by Hart County farmer John G. McCurry. His songbook, published in 1855, might have been lost to time if not for the UGA Press’ 1978 reprint. The lone organized annual singing from The Social Harp is hosted each February at the botanical garden. No experience is required to participate, and listeners are welcome. [Bobby Moore]

Creature Comforts · 1–4 p.m. · FREE! Local photographer, Georgia College professor and avid traveler Chris Greer shares a birds-eye view of landscapes in “Clouds and Clay: Up Above Georgia,” a collection of aerial photographs printed on aluminum. During the event, Greer will transmit a live-stream video and demonstrate how he uses drones to capture his crystal-clear images. The Meet the Artist series is part of the brewery’s Get Artistic initiative, which will officially launch in June to support local artists. Greer will donate 100 percent of art sales to the Get Comfortable fund, which supports nonprofits addressing poverty, homelessness and hunger. The exhibition will remain on view through Mar. 4. [Jessica Smith]

Avid Bookshop · 5:30–7 p.m. · FREE! In her latest illustrated book, Why Art?, local graphic novelist and cartoonist Eleanor Davis attempts to shed light on this perplexing question. Part serious philosophical contemplation, part humorous surrealist narrative, Davis’ book is both critical and optimistic of art’s multifaceted functions within society to be reflective, expressive and a catalyst for positive change. Davis currently teaches comic book storytelling classes at UGA, and other popular selections of hers include How to Be Happy and You & a Bike & a Road. Following a presentation at Avid’s Prince Avenue location, Davis will sign copies of Why Art?, which has been published by Fantagraphics Books, and chat with attendees. [JS]

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on the Arts. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@ uga.edu EVENTS: Percentage Night (Max) The Side Hustle will serve food and drinks to a synth playlist. A portion of proceeds will benefit the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement. 8–10 p.m. thesidehustle.ath@gmail. com EVENTS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) Jim Maudsley gives a presentation on petrified wood. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensrockandgemclub.org FILM: Cinema Politique (Miller Learning Center) Watch a screening

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of Boycott, starring Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King Jr., Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King and Terrence Howard as Ralph Abernathy. 6:30 p.m. FREE! mlmiller@uga.edu FILM: Bad Movie Night: Science Crazed (Ciné Barcafé) A mad scientist injects a colleague with a pregnancy serum, giving birth to a full-grown monster wearing blue jeans. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/badmovienight FILM: UGA’s French Film Festival (UGA Tate Student Center) Watch Gabrielle, a story of a 21-year-old woman with Williams Syndrome

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who seeks to live a normal life. 8 p.m. FREE! (w/ student ID), $3. drama.uga.edu GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia at Johnny’s (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Play for cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706354-1515 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7289 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature

trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Rd.) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com KIDSTUFF: Design with Jayln (ACC Library) Teens can learn the art of design from architecture to fashion. Ages 11–18. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! KIDSTUFF: Crafts and Community Club (Bogart Library) Ages 8–10 can make a difference in the community through crafts. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages 3–11. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Family Health Lecture (Athens Montessori School) Hear a presentation on family health issues and their relationship to an industrialized and toxic food system. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. aadmovement.org LECTURES & LIT: Adult Book Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Discuss Edgar and Lucy by Victor Lodato. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Ciné Barcafé) Meet Kevin Barry, author of City of Bohane and Beatlebone. 6 p.m. FREE! willson. uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Christopher P. Collins (The Globe, Upstairs) The UGA Creative Writing Program and University of Georgia Press present a reading by poet Christopher P. Collins, the recipient of the 2017 Georgia Poetry Prize. 7 p.m. FREE! www.english.uga.edu 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 THEATER: Detroit (UGA Fine Arts Building, Cellar Theatre) The lives of an average couple are upended

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by the arrival of mysterious new neighbors in their Detroit suburb. See Theater Notes on p. 14. Feb. 20–24, 8 p.m. Feb. 25, 2:30 p.m. $16. ugatheatre.com

Wednesday 21 ART: Lunchtime Gallery Talk (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Bridge Gallery) Jon Vogt discusses his exhibition “Oscillations.” 12 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Abigail Kosberg leads a tour of “Opera in Print: Fin-de-siècle Posters from the Blum Collection.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Feng Shui DIY (Thrive) Participants will lunch and learn with Krista Jones, leaving with a succlulent plant and tips to energize their home. 12:30 p.m. FREE! www. thrivespace.net CLASSES: Business Writing and Communication Workshop (Oconee County Library) The new writing group hosts its inaugural meeting. Dan Baker will lead the first workshop on making a living as a business journalist and industry analyst. 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! pundit. business/w1.htm CLASSES: Beekeeping for Beginners (ACC Library) All levels welcome. Topics include starting and maintaining a hive, equipment and supplies, and the benefits of keeping bees. Register by Feb. 20. 6 p.m. FREE! atedrow@uga.edu CLASSES: Making a Living as a Business Journalist & Industry Analyst (Oconee County Library) Veteran industry analyst and journal-

ist Dan Baker will lead a workshop. Participants can bring writing samples for group critique. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 EVENTS: Try Out Virtual Reality (ACC Library) Step into another world through the HTC Vive Virtual Reality headset. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: 1 Million Cups (Athens Area Chamber of Commerce) 1MC is a national program designed to educate, engage and connect entrepreneurs. Each week, a local startup presents their company to a supportive audience. 8:30 a.m. FREE! www.1millioncups.com/athens EVENTS: Athens Showgirl Cabaret (Go Bar) Watch the house cast. 10:30 p.m. $3. www.facebook. com/athensshowgirls FILM: Flashback Cinema (Beechwood 11 Cinemas) Watch The Wizard of Oz. 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. www. gtcmovies.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: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Gather a team. Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. willys.com GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes

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and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Bingo Bango (Highwire Lounge) Drop in and win! 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hard movie trivia hosted by Count Zapula. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub 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: 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: 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: 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: Anime Club (Oconee County Library) Watch some anime and manga, listen to J-Pop music, eat Japanese snacks and share fan art. Ages 11–18. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 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: Cooking with Jayln (ACC Library) Learn basic cooking skills with limited ingredients to whip up a tasty snack. Ages 11–18. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens

LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Ciné Barcafé) Meet local author Mokah-Jasmine Johnson in celebration of her first book Spirit of an Activist: Stop Sitting on the Sidelines. 6 p.m. $5. mokahjohnsonedu.com LECTURES & LIT: MEH Talks (Live Wire) The Non Mediocre Knowledge of Mediocre Ladies provides an encouraging atmosphere for ladies to talk about their skills and knowledge. This episode features Nicole Youngblood Yearwood, April Harper and Kelli McCain. 8 p.m. $7. livewireathens.com LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Meet Ward Morehouse III in celebration of his book Broadway After Dark: A Father and Son Cover 100 Years of Broadway. Morehouse and Katherine Boynton will talk about Broadway behind the scenes. 5:30 p.m. FREE! libs.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Brown Bag Lunch (Lyndon House Arts Center) This lunch’s topic is “The Historic American Legion Building.” Presented by the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation. 12 p.m. FREE! www.achfonline.org LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Poet (Avid Bookshop) Meet poet Todd Boss for his collection Tough Luck. 6:30 p.m. FREE! avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: UGA Guitar Studio in Concert (The Foundry) Classical guitar students will perform solo and ensemble pieces, featuring guest artist Marc Teicholz. 7:30 p.m. FREE! thefoundryathens. com PERFORMANCE: Magic Men Live! (Georgia Theatre) A choreographic cabaret experience complete with thrilling storylines, visual mastery

and an all-male revue. 7 p.m. $25– 100. www.georgiatheatre.com THEATER: Detroit (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 20–24, 8 p.m. Feb. 25, 2:30 p.m. $16. ugatheatre.com

Thursday 22 CLASSES: Landing Your Dream Job (Oconee County Library) A career services professional from the University of North Georgia will help job applicants with job searches, resume building, interview preparation. Drinks provided. Attendees are welcome to bring their lunch. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee CLASSES: Tomi Martin (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Day Chapel) Learn from one of Geogia’s storied guitartists before his concert. Registration recommended. 4:30 p.m. FREE! botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: Boot Scootin’ Line Dancing Party (40 Watt Club) Line dance with Modern Pin-Ups and Contact Dance. Prizes for best costume. Proceeds benefit Project Safe. 8–9 p.m. (lesson) 9 p.m.–12 a.m. (party). $10. www.40watt.com CLASSES: Intro to Excel (Oconee County Library) Learn the basics of Excel 2010. 2 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 COMEDY: Silent Comedy Night (Creature Comforts Brewery) Listen to Samm Severin, Sarah Kale, Grahamm Edwards and David Ht Rosen on headphones. Mark A. Taylor hosts. 6:30 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com COMEDY: Improv Night (Live Wire) See the UGA comedy troupe On the Spot Improv. 7 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/improvuga

COMEDY: Comedy Show (The Pub) Open comedy sets from Athens and Atlanta comedians. 8 p.m. FREE! tscottuga@gmail.com EVENTS: Percentage Night (The Rook and Pawn) Proceeds benefit Athens PRIDE. 6–10 p.m. www. therookandpawn.com EVENTS: KnitLits (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are welcome. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart EVENTS: Madison Antiques Show (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) The show features the best in American antiques and accessories, including furniture, pottery, art, silver, textiles and more. Lectures on Saturday and Sunday will be offered at 9 a.m. Feb. 23, 6–9 p.m. $20–50. (Preview Party). Feb. 24–25, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $10. 706-342-4743 EVENTS: Industry Appreciation Day (Southern Brewing Company) Anyone who works in the alcohol service industry can receive a free beer. A margarita berliner will be available in celebration of National Margarita Day. 5 p.m. www. sobrewco.com EVENTS: Bargainza Thrift Sale (Athens Arena) Find deals on furniture, children’s clothes, toys, electronics and more. Proceeds benefit several Junior League efforts that encourage improved literacy in the Athens community. Feb. 22–23, 6–8 p.m., Feb. 24, 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. www.juniorleagueofathens.org 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 EVENTS: Athens Science Café (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Dr. Chad Davies presents “Gravitational Waves The Ebb and Flow to a Nobel Prize.” 7 p.m. FREE! athenssciencecafe.wordpress.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Planeswalkers for Diversity Meeting and Magic (Tyche’s Games) Play Magic in a welcoming atmosphere. 6 p.m. www. tychesgames.com GAMES: Recreation Night (Terrapin Beer Co.) Play wiffle ball 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 GAMES: Duplicate Bridge (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Beginner and experienced players welcome. 6:30 p.m. ejstapler@gmail.com KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Bring your pajama-clad kids in for storytelling and readings by special guests. 7 p.m. FREE! 706795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based games. Blocks provided. For ages 8 & up. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-7955597 KIDSTUFF: Show Your Smile (ACC Library) Hear stories and make crafts about taking care of your teeth for National Children’s Dental Month. Ages 4–8. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (Oconee County Library) This special storytime is for the youngest readers-to-be and their caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Teen Talk (ACC Library) Teens can talk about what’s bother-

ing them. Ages 11–18. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Journalism and the Contemporary South (UGA Chapel) Speakers include Valerie Boyd, Richard Fausset, Eliza Borné, Chuck Reece, Alysia Nicole Harris and Pete McCommons. Charles Davis moderates. 4 p.m. FREE! willson.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Issue Release Party (Ciné Barcafé) The Georgia Review presents a reading from “Harm’s Way” by Karen Hays in celebration of the Winter issue. 7 p.m. FREE! thegeorgiareview.com LECTURES & LIT: Aralee Strange Lecture (Georgia Museum of Art) Dr. Shirley Brice Heath will give a talk titled, “The Arts as Brick and Mortar of Community Building.” 5:30 p.m. FREE! georgiamuseum.org LECTURES & LIT: George S. Parthemos Lecture (Baldwin Hall, Room 480) Ohio State University political scientist Janet M, BoxSteffensmeiser will present “The Importance of Studying Difference and Change in the Social Sciences.” 3:30 p.m. FREE! spia.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: “Without (within) Borders” (UGA New Dance Theatre) The CORE Contemporary and Aerial Dance Company will explore themes about boundaries with aerial silks, slings, lyra and bungee. 8 p.m. $12–16. pac.uga.edu THEATER: The Little Mermaid (Athens Little Playhouse) Journey “under the sea” with Ariel and her aquatic friends in an adaptation of Disney’s Broadway production. Feb. 22–24, 7 p.m. Feb. 25, 3 p.m. $10. athenslittleplayhouse.net THEATER: Detroit (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for a full description Feb. 20–24, 8 p.m. Feb. 25, 2:30 p.m. $16. ugatheatre. com THEATER: Lt. Flipper’s Trial (Multiple Locations) Author Bob Roger’s one-act play is about the first African American graduate of West Point, Lt. Henry O. Flipper. Feb. 22, 3:30 p.m. at East Athens Resource Center. Feb. 22, 7 p.m. at the ACC Library. Feb. 23, 3:30 p.m. at Lay Park Resource Center. www. athenslibrary.org

EVENTS: Madison Antiques Show (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 23, 6–9 p.m. $20–50. (Preview Party). Feb. 24–25, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $10. 706-342-4743 EVENTS: Ribbon Cutting Celebration (165 Cannon Dr.) Celebrate the completion of Cottages at Cannontown, three new energy efficient homes that will be sold to low to moderate income first time home buyers. Lady B from WXAG 92.7 FM will host a live show and refreshments will be served. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Boozy Bake Sale and Boogie Fest (Southern Brewing Company) Baked goods for sale by Sweetie Pie by Savie. The UGA Salsa Club offers a beginner salsa lesson

the movie. Books available at the circulation desk. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Creative Writing for Teens (ACC Library) Mr. Will provides writing prompts and journals to spark creativity. Ages 11–18. 4:30 p.m. FREE! athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Black History Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) The special storytime features books by black authors. Ages 0–7. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Book Release Party (Cedar Shoals High School, Auditorium) Meet local teen author Willie Craddick Jr. in celebration of his second book They Counted Us Out. 5–8 p.m. FREE! williecraddickjr@gmail.com

THEATER: Lt. Flipper’s Trial (Multiple Locations) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 22, 3:30 p.m. at East Athens Resource Center. Feb. 22, 7 p.m. at the ACC Library. Feb. 23, 3:30 p.m. at Lay Park Resource Center. www.athenslibrary.org

Saturday 24 CLASSES: Natural Communities of Georgia (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This course covers the natural plant communities of the Georgia Piedmont. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. $105. botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: Model Shoot Out (Washington Street Parking Deck Roof) Bring your camera and lenses.

Friday 23 ART: Opening Reception (OCAF, Watkinsville) The Oconee County Schools Youth Art Month Exhibition highlights over 250 young artists, grades K–12. Youth Art Month emphasizes the value of art education for children and encourages public support. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com 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 CLASSES: Computer Class (Bogart Library) Sign up for one-on-one help. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart CLASSES: Native Plant Propagation (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A Certificate in Native Plants elective course, students learn to propagate native wildflowers and shrubs by seeds, cuttings and division. Models for inexpensive grow-light systems and a propagation timeline will be provided to ensure that seedlings are ready to be transplanted outdoors in early spring. 9 am.–1 p.m. $50. www.botgarden.uga.edu

Curator Abigail Kosberg will lead a tour of “Opera in Print: Fin-de-siècle Posters from the Blum Collection” on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. at the Georgia Museum of Art. Pictured above is a 1980 lithograph for Le Reve by Théophile Steinlen. followed by a social dance. Proceeds benefit Project Safe. 4:30–9 p.m. $5. www.project-safe.org EVENTS: Luna Fashion Show (UGA Special Collections Library) UGA’s Fashion Design Student Association presents their spring fashion show. A portion of proceeds will benefit U-Lead. 7 p.m. $7. www. facebook.com/fdsauga 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 GAMES: Day of Board Game Demonstrations (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play new games. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Pagemasters (Oconee County Library) Read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and watch

PERFORMANCE: “Without (within) Borders” (UGA New Dance Theatre) See Thursday listing for full description 8 p.m. $12–16. pac.uga.edu THEATER: Cinderella (SeneyStovall Chapel) Rose of Athens Theatre presents Cinderella, adapted by playwright Forest Cloud and with original music from local composer and musician Daniela M. Monroe. Feb. 23–24 & Mar. 2–3, 7 p.m. www.roseofathens.org THEATER: Detroit (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for a full description Feb. 20–24, 8 p.m. Feb. 25, 2:30 p.m. $16. ugatheatre. com THEATER: The Little Mermaid (Athens Little Playhouse) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 22–24, 7 p.m. Feb. 25, 3 p.m. $10. athenslittleplayhouse.net

A few one-light strobe stations will be set up with different modifiers. 5–7 p.m. $25. craig@craiggum. com, www.craiggum.com CLASSES: Shape-up Saturday (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Move and shake with library assistant Mia Townsend. 11:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison COMEDY: Don’t Forget to Laugh: Stand Up for Alzheimer’s (The Globe, upstairs) See comics from Athens and Atlanta. Proceeds benefit the Alzheimer’s Association at UGA. 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ alzheimersuga EVENTS: Madison Antiques Show (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 23, 6–9 p.m. $20–50. (Preview Party). Feb. 24–25, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $10. 706-342-4743

EVENTS: PESA Summit (Athens, GA, Amos Hall, 400 S. Hull St.) The Professional Entertainment and Sports Association at the Terry College of Business hosts its annual conference with panels and workshops for all majors. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $20. pesa.uga.edu EVENTS: Open House (2022 S. Milledge Ave.) Meet your Muslim neighbors at the Al Huda Islamic Center. The event includes a tour of the mosque, henna tattoos, Arabic calligraphy, ethnic food and a Q&A. 12–6 p.m. FREE! www.athensislamiccenter.org EVENTS: Second Annual Run for Hope 5K (1210 S. Milledge Ave.) A race benefiting Rescuing Hope, a nonprofit dedicated to educating the public about sex trafficking and empowering survivors. 8 a.m. $20. 512-542-1894 EVENTS: Open Mic Night (Franklin House Cafe, 480 E. Broad St.) Musicians, comedians, dancers and entertainers can sign up to perform. 6–9 p.m. franklinousecafe@gmail. com EVENTS: Starry, Starry Night (Athens Cotton Press) Evening includes dinner, Wheel of Fortune, silent and live auctions, a dinner and live entertainment. Proceeds benefit Prevent Child Abuse Athens. 6:30 p.m. $125. www.pcaathens.org EVENTS: The Connect Conference (UGA Tate Student Center) The one day conference centers on the LGBT community, creating solidarity and community-building. 8 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! (w/ UGA ID), $25–30. lgbtcenter.uga.edu EVENTS: Ecology Symposium (UGA Ecology Building) The daylong symposium is dedicated to the population biology of vector-borne diseases. Catered reception to follow. Registration required. 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m. FREE (UGA affiliates), $25. iced.uga.edu/vector-symposium GAMES: Learning Ally Game Night (Covenant Presbyterian Church) Bring a dish to share at the potluck dinner. The evening includes a silent auction, live dessert auction and plenty of games. Registration required. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-4249516, scourt@learningally.org GAMES: Netrunner Open Play (Tyche’s Games) All are welcome to join in. 12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www. tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Family Craft (Bogart Library) Make a colorful sun catcher mobile. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: The Princess and the Warrior: Volcanoes (ACC Library) Listen to the Mexican legend and learn about real volcanoes. Ages 6–11 and their caregivers. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: Animal Appetites (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Learn what the animals of Sandy Creek eat and feed a few critters. Call to pre-register. 1–2:30 p.m. $2–3. www.athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Brittney Cooper will be in conversation with Nsenga Burton for Cooper’s newest work Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop. com OUTDOORS: Service Day (530 Fourth St.) Help weed and clean-up the Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery, a historic African American cemetery. Tools, gloves and water will be provided. Park at the Springfield Baptist Church. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/friendsofgp k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! OUTDOORS: Tree Planting (Sandy Creek Nature Center) The Center hosts a tree planting for the Managed Forest project with almost 2,000 saplings. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. randy.smith@accgov.com PERFORMANCE: “Without (within) Borders” (UGA New Dance Theatre) See Thursday listing for full description 8 p.m. $12–16. pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Dance and Music of the Soul (Morton Theatre) The East Athens Educational Dance Center presents a theatrical dance and music production that celebrates S&B and soul music. Feb. 24, 7 p.m. Feb. 25, 3 p.m. $12–15. mortontheatre.com PERFORMANCE: Guy Did Ail (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Visual/performance artist Gunnar Tarsa and composer/ musician/performance artist Kyle Lewis collaborate as Guy Did Ail. Visitors can visit the open studio to see Tarsa’s wall drawing in-progress Mondays–Fridays, 1–6 p.m. through Feb. 27. As Guy Did Ail, Lewis performs as Tarsa creates art. Feb. 17, 6–9 p.m. Feb. 24 & 27, 8–10 p.m. www.athica.org THEATER: Cinderella (SeneyStovall Chapel) See Friday listing for full description Feb. 23–24 & Mar. 2–3, 7 p.m. www.roseofathens.org THEATER: Detroit (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 20–24, 8 p.m. Feb. 25, 2:30 p.m. $16. ugatheatre.com THEATER: The Little Mermaid (Athens Little Playhouse) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 22–24, 7 p.m. Feb. 25, 3 p.m. $10. athenslittleplayhouse.net

Sunday 25 ART: Meet the Artist: Dr. Chris Greer (Creature Comforts Brewery) “Clouds and Clay: Up Above Georgia” is an exhibition of aerial photography printed on aluminum by Dr. Chris Greer. 100% of art sales will benefit the Get Comfortable fund. Greer will spend the afternoon demonstrating how he utilizes drones for his photography, and the drones will transmit a live-stream video to the brewery while buzzing over Athens. See Art Notes on p. 22. 1–4 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer. com EVENTS: Orchid Madness: Vanilla Sunday (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Vanilla flavoring is extracted from the pods of an orchid plant! Celebrate the vanilla bean orchid with sundaes from Freddy’s Frozen Custard and a presentation by author James Farmer. 5 p.m. $20. www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Shape Note Singing (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Experience the early American a cappella singing tradition using The Social Harp, compiled in 1855 by John Gordon McCurry, Jr., and The Sacred Harp, first published in 1844 by B.F. White. Potluck lunch. See Calendar Pick on p. 16. 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. FREE! www.atlantasacredharp.org FILM: Flashback Cinema (Beechwood 11 Cinemas) Watch True Grit (1969). Feb. 25, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. feb. 28, 4 & 7 p.m. gtcmovies. com LECTURES & LIT: Black Panther Panel Discussion (Ciné Barcafé) Freda Scott Giles and Lesley G. Feracho lead a community panel discussion titled “The Black Panther film: Hope or Hype?” 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com

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LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Authors (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Meet local author and cartoonist Eleanor Davis in celebration of her latest book Why Art? See Calendar Pick on p. 22. 5:30–7 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: Dance and Music of the Soul (Morton Theatre) See Saturday listing for full description Feb. 24, 7 p.m. Feb. 25, 3 p.m. $12–15. mortontheatre.com PERFORMANCE: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performs “From Vienna to Hollywood,” showcasing the music of Franz Schubert and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. A pre-concert lecture will be offered in Ramsey Hall at 2:15 p.m. 3 p.m. $6 (w/ UGA ID), $42. pac.uga.edu THEATER: The Little Mermaid (Athens Little Playhouse) See Thursday listing for full description Feb. 22–24, 7 p.m. Feb. 25, 3 p.m. $10. athenslittleplayhouse.net THEATER: Detroit (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description Feb. 20–24, 8 p.m. Feb. 25, 2:30 p.m. $16. ugatheatre.com

pointers for building literacy and language skills. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart 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 LECTURES & LIT: Last Monday Book Group (ACC Library) This month’s title is A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens

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: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 KIDSTUFF: Teen Candle-making (Bogart Library) All materials and snacks provided. Grades 6–12. Registration required. 6 p.m. FREE!

Arts Center) Bring your lunch to this lecture with Meredith Ragains, executive director for Georgia Lawyers for the Arts. 12–1 p.m. FREE! (members), $15 (non-members). athensareaartscouncil@gmail.com, www.athensarts.org ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Led by docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Flower Arranging Unit 3 (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn about “Design for the Dining Table.” 9 a.m. $45–50. botgarden.uga.edu

Monday 26 FILM: YA Movie Night (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Teens can enjoy a movie with snacks after hours. Ages 12 and up. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison FILM: Animal Voices Film Festival: Medicine of the Wolf (Miller Learning Center, Room 148) The award-winning documentary follows wolves in northern Minnesota with National Geographic photographer Jim Brandenburg. 7 p.m. FREE! sos@uga.edu GAMES: Movie Trivia (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Klon hosts movie trivia. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: General Knowledge Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8501916 GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Duplicate Bridge (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Beginner players welcome. 1 p.m. $4. ejstapler@gmail.com 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: Sushi Making (Oconee County Library) Learn how to make and eat basic sushi rolls. No raw fish will be used. Grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Knitting for Teens (ACC Library) Ms. Dorothy teaches knitting. Ages 11–18. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday (Bogart Library) Songs, finger plays, wiggles and giggles for ages three and under. Caregivers will recieve

Big Business plays the 40 Watt Club on Saturday, Feb. 24.

Tuesday 27 CLASSES: Dumplings at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn how to make Chinese dumplings while engaging in literary and cultural discussion inspired by Yu Hua’s To Live. Registration required. 6–8 p.m. $25. kmcgover@ gmail.com, coe.uga.edu CLASSES: Windows 10 Basics (ACC Library) Registration required. 10 a.m. FREE! 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: Swing Dance Night (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) UGA Swing Dance Club presents a night of dancing in the tropical conservatory. No previous dance experience or partner required. 7 p.m. (dance lessons), 8–10 p.m. (open dance). $4–6. www.athensswingnight.com FILM: UGA’s French Film Festival (UGA Tate Student Center) Mia Hansen-Love stars in Things to Come (L’avenir). 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 for cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706354-1515 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com

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770-725-9443, www.athenslibrary. org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Dance it Out! (ACC Library) Teens can take a break and dance it out. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: The Rest of the Story Book Club (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Discuss works connected to the ongoing and upcoming exhibitions and programs at the library. Followed by gallery tours. February’s selection is Prohibition in Atlanta by Ron Smith and Mary Boyle. 5:30 p.m. FREE! jhebbard@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Travel Talk (Graduate Athens) Learn about Celebrity Cruise Lines with Global Escapes. 12 p.m. FREE! www. globalescapes.com/events MEETINGS: Volunteer Fair (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Receive information on how to volunteer at the garden over coffee. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Guy Did Ail (ATHICA) See Saturday listing for full description Feb. 17, 6–9 p.m. Feb. 24 & 27, 8–10 p.m. www. athica.org 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 28 ART: AAAC Lunch & Learn: Artist & Copyright Law (Lyndon House

CLASSES: After Effects for Beginners (ACC Library) Learn how to add special effects with Adobe After Effects. Registration is required. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens COMEDY: Tip Jar Comedy (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Local comic stand-up hosted by Travis Williams. Last Wednesday of every month. 8 p.m. FREE! thewilliamsproject@gmail.com EVENTS: Life the Griot (ACC Library) Life the Griot is a social worker, chess enthusiast, poet and activitist. His performance will be preceded by a screening of the 2014 documentary about him. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.aadmovement.org EVENTS: 1 Million Cups (Athens Area Chamber of Commerce) 1MC is a national program designed to educate, engage and connect entrepreneurs. Each week, a local startup presents their company to a supportive audience. 8:30 a.m. FREE! www.1millioncups.com/athens FILM: Flashback Cinema (Beechwood 11 Cinemas) See Sunday listing for full description Feb. 25, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. feb. 28, 4 & 7 p.m. gtcmovies.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Gather a team. Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. willys.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 KIDSTUFF: Slam Poetry (Oconee County Library) Share your favorite poem in a jazz café style atmosphere. 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: Shadow Day (580 Tallassee Rd.) Double Helix STEAM School is now enrolling for the 2018–2019 school year. New applicants can come in on a “shadow day” to experience the school for themselves. 8:30 a.m. www.doublehelixschool.com 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: Library Adventures (Bogart Library) See Wednesday listing for full description 11:30 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 KIDSTUFF: Financial Health for Teens (ACC Library) Learn basic economic and financial concepts. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens PERFORMANCE: Angel of Music: A Salute to Andrew Lloyd Webber (UGA Performing Arts Center) Broadway veterans Franc D’Ambrosio and Glory Crampton perform selections from Andrew Lloyd Webber hits such as The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and more. Feb. 28 & Mar. 1, 8 p.m. $6 (w/ UGA ID), $44. pac.uga.edu SPORTS: Men’s Basketball (Stegeman Coliseum) UGA faces off against Texas A&M. 8:30 p.m. www. georgiadogs.com

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 20 The Foundry Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. thefoundryathens.com THE BROKEN STRING BAND Athens band blending Western folk with indie rock. THE NO NAME ENSEMBLE BAND Local folk group featuring several well-known musicians. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 TOM VISIONS BAND Post-mystical, electronic, psychedelic music from Visions and his group, plus guests. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 BALKUN BROTHERS High-octane blues-rock band from Hartford, CT.

Sofar Sounds 8 p.m. $12. www.sofarsounds.com SECRET CONCERT Apply for tickets online, and find out the location the day before. The artists are unknown until you arrive at the show.

LILY HERNE Local group playing dream-rock with psychedelic and folk influences. DAMN THE WITCH SIREN Electronic dance-rock outfit from Ohio.

Wednesday 21

The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com SAM BURCHFIELD The Atlantabased singer-songwriter plays a set of his folk-pop tunes. NATHAN ANGELO Atlanta singer-songwriter with a soulful voice that pairs elements of gospel and lyrical storytelling. CHRIS AYER California native with a pop-folk sound.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC A weekly open-mic jam hosted by Louis Phillip Pelot. All musicians welcome. Backline provided! Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com RUHAA! Local rock band with alternative and blues influences. ACTUS REUS Atlanta-based metal band. DARSANA Local indie band. 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. $15. www.40watt.com JONATHAN RICHMAN The former Modern Lovers frontman known for his playful, evocative lyricism returns to town with his longtime drummer Tommy Larkins. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. ANE DIAZ Folk singer-songwriter known for her work with The Causey Way and Producto. The Foundry 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens.com MARC TEICHOLZ Renowned acoustic guitarist performs with students from UGA’s school of music, featuring sounds from Brazil, as well as classical and jazz selections for solo guitar. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SUNNY SOUTH BLUES BAND Local band combining a blues and soul spirit with riffy rock and roll. STONI TAYLOR & MILES OF STONES Atlanta-based funk-rock outfit. 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 The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.

Thursday 22 Akademia Brewing Co. 7 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com REGGIE STARRETT Singersongwriter playing an enthusiastic blend of classic rock and country. 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.

Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $25. georgiatheatre.com PHILLIP PHILLIPS A Georgia-native and winner of “American Idol” season 11. STRIKING MATCHES Rootsy, guitar-based blues-rock duo. 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! hendershotscoffee.com ROMANOS, FONTAINE, ELLINGTON Three local musicians present a night of grooving jazz sounds. 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 ELECTROCHEMICAL “Psychedelic progtronica” group from Asheville, NC. 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! Southern Brewing Company 5 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com KARAOKE DJ Gregory plays song requests and lets the bravest of the bunch jump in to sing. State Botanical Garden of Georgia 7 p.m. FREE! botgarden.uga.edu TOMI MARTIN Famed Georgia guitarist and session musician whose own music is a blend of rock, pop, R&B and funk.

Friday 23

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com TYLER KEY Folky local indie singer-songwriter. STEADY COMMON Soulful alternative band with blues and funk influences. GERKEY Local brother-and-sister indie-pop duo.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com OAK HOUSE Melodic and complex post-rock group from Athens and Atlanta. PALACE DOCTOR Dynamic rock trio fronted by local singer-songwriter Phillip Brantley. CURT CASTLE Atlanta indie-rock band led by Semicircle’s Andrew McFarland.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com DREAM CULTURE Eclectic local psychedelic rock group.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com KING ISRAEL Athens-based alternative blues-rock band.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $13 (adv.), $16 (door). www.40watt.com MORGAN WALLEN Tennessee-based country artist and contestant on season six of “The Voice.” RAY FULCHER Born and raised just outside of Augusta, Fulcher plays country music all over the Southeast. The Foundry 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.thefoundryathens.com THE INDIGO GIRLS Legendary and timeless singer-songwriter duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. Go Bar 9:30 p.m. $3–5. 706-546-5609 SHADE Dissonant, groove-oriented local post-punk band. LAVENDER HOLYFIELD Athensbased experimental pop project. KARAOKE Atlanta-based indie-pop band. IMMATERIAL POSSESSION Darkly tinged underground-pop project. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com SIDE HUSTLE DJ David Osborne performs with his high-energy band. Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE MUSIC Rotating local jazz and bluegrass bands play every Friday and Saturday night. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE DICTATORTOTS Longtime local chaos-cultivators trash the night with post-grunge grooves. The Office Lounge 6 p.m. 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Tribble is a Georgia rock and roll fixture. Every Friday! 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 FUNKY BLUESTER Atlanta-based blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles. Terrapin Beer Co. 4 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com KATIE MARTIN Singer-songwriter with a unique blend of blues, folk and soul.

Saturday 24 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com DJ MY CHEMICAL BROMANCE Spinning a set of emo tunes—”all those hits you’ve been listening to on ’Private Mode’ for the past 10 years.” GIRL CLOTHES New local emo band.

RED SHAHAN Texas-based singer-songwriter. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 GEORGIA DISH BOYS Local rock group fronted by singer-songwriter Seth Martin. GIFT ECONOMY Local acoustic folkpunk project. BLUE BODIES Athens-based poppunk band. DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $7. www.hendershotscoffee.com WHISPER KISS Acoustic-pop project featuring Michael Wegner, Shelley Lotus and Karen Bergmann. HONEYCHILD SJ Ursrey (Dream Boat) plays folky pop songs with romantic themes. 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! Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. $6. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub LINQUA FRANQA Athens emcee Mariah Parker spits politically charged lyrics inspired by the ’90s underground and the study of linguistics. Album release show! See story on p. 10. JOHN.AVERAGE Rapper and producer from Atlanta known for a candid style of lyricism. YANI MO Up-and-coming, Georgiabased hip-hop and R&B artist. LUXURY VEHICLE High-energy duo featuring DJ Reindeer Games with John Swint on drums. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 GRÜT Atlanta-based band that dabbles in electronica, funk and more. The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 TANNERS BUCKLE No information available. Terrapin Beer Co. 4 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com SCARLET STITCH Straight-up rock and roll band from Athens.

Sunday 25

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com TEARS FOR THE DYING Local death-rock group fronted by longtime Athenian Adrya Stembridge.

Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside 6 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7087 THE LUCKY JONES Local band playing old-school rockin’ rhythm and blues.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $12 (adv.), $14 (door). www.40watt.com BIG BUSINESS Seattle-based heavy metal duo of Jared Warren and Coady Willis. BUILDINGS Minneapolis three-piece drawing on the aggressive, noisy ghost of The Jesus Lizard. CINEMECHANICA Long-running local four-piece math-rock band with metal and punk edges.

Terrapin Beer Co. 2 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com SHAUN PEACE BAND Playing a unique blend of rock, blues, alternative and reggae.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $17 (adv.), $20 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com RANDY ROGERS BAND Country group from Texas.

Vega Studio New South Showcase. 5:30 p.m. $15. 706-207-7581 NIHILIST CHEERLEADER Local buzz band plays energetic, lo-fi punk rock.

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens SWEET SOUL MOVEMENT Featuring music from M Lewis, Chancey, Stella Groove, Jessie Ruth, Rashon Love, Sam Lipkin and Seline Haze.

Monday 26 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. FREE! www.40watt.com ROAD TO ROO One lucky Athens band will win a chance to perform at Bonnaroo 2018. Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com PORTUGAL. THE MAN Popular rock band from Portland, OR with an ever-evolving, always creative style. MATTIEL Atlanta-based garage-rock group led by songwriter Mattiel Brown. See story on p. 11. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 BREE COULEUR Local singer-songwriter playing stripped-down folk music.

Kiran Fernandes and Courtney McCracken. MICHAEL POTTER Local guitarist creates a blend of ambient folk and psychedelic songs and soundscapes. JACOB SUNDERLIN Local musician who incorporates elements of noise, folk, ambient and drone. SAHADA BUCKLEY Athens-based violinist performs a set of solo compositions. ARIEL ACKERLY Athens-based experimental performer. PETER WEBB Atlanta musician playing meditative, jazz-influenced experimental folk. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 MARIE DANIELLE Indie-folk singer-songwriter originally from Harrisburg, PA.

Wednesday 28 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC A weekly open-mic jam hosted by Louis Phillip Pelot. All musicians welcome. Backline provided!

Tuesday 27

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com ALL THE OTHER REINDEER Athens-based progressive rock band. NEW PARLIAMENT Athens-based jam band influenced by Neil Young, Widespread Panic, Led Zeppelin and more. KING ISRAEL Athens-based alternative blues-rock band.

Creature Comforts Brewery 5 p.m. FREE! www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com LOUIS ROMANOS TRIO Local jazz combo led by percussionist Louis Romanos.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com HIP HOP & POETRY Featuring performances by Virgil Wolfe, Calamity, Son Zoo, Paul Cunningham, Space Brother and Squalle & L.G.

The Foundry Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. thefoundryathens.com DRIFTWOOD A group of experienced Athens musicians playing classic country, rock, folk, blues and bluegrass.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com THE BEST OF UNKNOWN ATHENS A monthly singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Liam Parke. Tonight’s performance features Daniel Collins, Justin Granados, Scott Lovefield, Aspen Countryman, Casey King and Joshua Walker.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 MINGLEWOOD MONDAY Local artists pay tribute to the Grateful Dead. The Pub 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-2831 KARAOKE Sing to your heart’s content every Monday.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com PORTUGAL. THE MAN Popular rock band from Portland, OR with an ever-evolving, always creative style. MATTIEL Atlanta-based garage-rock group led by songwriter Mattiel Brown. See story on p. 11. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 WOLFISH New solo project from local experimental musician Kiran Fernandes. THE VIKING PROGRESS Local group that plays rockers and ballads about love, death and isolation. PAPER MATADOR New Madrid’s Phil McGill performs a solo set. TOM VISIONS Post-mystical, electronic, psychedelic music. LEA LEA Dreamy local indie-folk artist. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com DOUBLE SUPPLE New experimental project featuring John Fernandes,

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $25. www.georgiatheatre.com JUDAH AND THE LION Nashvillebased Americana band featuring fresh musicianship and powerful harmonies. COLONY HOUSE Indie-rock quartet from Franklin, TN. TALL HEIGHTS Boston-based electrofolk pair. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 BROTHER OLIVER Psychedelic folkrock group based in South Carolina. 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 The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.

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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. 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) “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.” “Mindful Explorations in Clay with Jasey Jones.” Visit website for class descriptions and dates. 706-6133623, www.athensclarkecounty.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. 9, 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 MAKERSPACE MEMBERSHIP (The Hatch) Makers can have access to a full woodshop, metal shop, electronics lab, clean prototyping space,

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) “Looking Up! Artistic Explorations of Our Skies” includes paintings, drawings and sculptures by Ana Anest and Scott Pope. Through Apr. 20. 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.) “Georgia’s Great… African Americans of Historic Distinction” explores the contributions of people who have made an impact in politics, science, entertainment, Civil Rights, media, sports and more. Through February. ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) The gallery’s new Artists-in-Residence series presents visual artist Gunnar Tarsa and composer Kyle Lewis, who collaborate on performances as Guy Did Ail. Drawing-in-progress open studios, Mondays–Fridays through Feb. 27. Performances Feb. 24 & 27. 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. 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.

as well as fine art tools, sewing, 3D printing, laser cutting and other tools. $50/month for 24/7 access. Members also get discounted classes and attendance to monthy events. www.hatchathens.com/ membership 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. 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 & Culture. The top submission will be used for posters, T-shirts and more. Deadline Mar. 11, 5 p.m. Festival May 12. www. wintervilleartscouncil.org

Auditions FARCE OF NATURE (Lavonia Cultural Center) The Franklin

Community Players are looking for four men and five women for a production of the comedy Farce of Nature. Feb. 19 & 20, 5:30–7 p.m. franklincommunityplayers.com GARGOYLE AUDITIONS (Athens Little Playhouse) Kids can perform in The Gargoyle Family Goes to Easter Island. Auditions Mar. 6–7, 6–7:30 p.m. Performances run May 4–6 & May 11–13. www.athenslittle playhouse.net SINGULARITY (Athens, GA) Seeking non-union actors of all ages for a short film discussing race and individuality in the digital age. Shoot dates will be late February and early March. singularitymoviecasting@ gmail.com

Classes ACROYOGA JAM (Center City Ballet, 750 N. Chase St.) Work in trios and rotate through the roles of base, flier and spotter. Sundays, 8 p.m. $5. www.centercityballet.com AFRO-CUBAN DANCE SERIES (Center City Ballet and Movement Arts) Aramis Pazos-Barrera, a graduate of the National School of the Arts in Cuba, hosts dance workshops on Saturdays in February, 3:30–5:30 p.m. $25/each or $80/all four in advance. www.facebook.com/ groups/ugasalsaclub CLASSES (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) “Community Coffeehouse,” Mondays–Thursdays from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. “American Legion Post 20 Coffee Hour,” Tuesdays at 9 a.m. “Threadwork Gatherers Crafting Club,” Tuesdays at 9 a.m.

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. CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) “Clouds and Clay: Above Georgia” features aerial photography printed on aluminum by Dr. Chris Greer. Reception Feb. 25. Currently on view through Mar. 4. EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Laura Lamb. Through February. 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.) Drawings and painting by Patrick Linker. K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) “Love, in All its Many Forms” is a group exhibition of intimate works pertaining to the theme of love. Through March. 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.

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“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, www.winterville center.com CLASSES (OCAF, Watkinsville) “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 DIGITAL MEDIA CENTER CLASSES (ACC Library) Get tips on graphics, audio and video editing projects. Thursdays, 6 p.m. and Saturdays, 11 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens FARMVIEW CLASSES (Farmview Market) “A Taste of the Tea Room: Scone-Making with Linda Rivers.” Mar. 6, 3–5 p.m. $30. “Easy BreadBaking at Home: No-Knead Bread with Lori Smith.” Mar. 13, 5–7 p.m. $35. “Raised Bed Building and Growing: A Build-It, Grow-It Yourself Workshop with Brad Kelly.” Mar. 24, 10–11:30 a.m. $149–199. “Instant Pot Cooking with Kjesti Easton.” Apr. 11, 5–7 p.m. $30. farmview market.com LIFEGUARD TRAINING (Athens YWCO) Become a certified lifeguard through a three-day training course. Registration required. Mar. 2–4. $225. 706-354-7880, www.ywco.org ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER SKILLS (ACC Library) Personalized instruc-

tion available for various computer topics. Thursdays, 9 a.m. 706-6133650, ext. 354, www.athenslibrary. org/athens ONE-ON-ONE DIGITAL MEDIA CENTER TUTORIALS (ACC Library) Get individual instruction for graphics, audio or video editing projects or learn to convert albums and cassettes to DVDs and CDs. Thursdays, 6 p.m. and Saturdays, 11 a.m. 706-613-3650 ONE-ON-ONE GENEALOGY ASSISTANCE (ACC Library) Library staff offer assistance to genealogists and researchers. Wednesdays, 5–5:45 p.m. Registration required. 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org/athens 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) “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 THE HATCH (Chase Park Warehouses) “Arduino Programming.” 8 weeks starting Feb. 27, 6–8 p.m. $250. “Adult Fabrication Class.” 8 weeks starting Feb. 28, 6–8 p.m. $300. www.hatch athens.com/calendar 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.

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.) “Resonating Destinations” features mixed media works by Jim Wilson. Through Mar. 3. • Collections from our Community presents “Angels Everywhere: Connee Flynn.” Through March. 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) The “Youth Art Month Exhibition” highlights works by over 250 students from Oconee County’s public and private schools in grades k–12. Opening reception Feb. 23. Through Mar. 22. PINEWOODS 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.” 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. 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.

21–23, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Registration required. 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 UNLEASH YOUR JOY RETREAT (Sangha Yoga Studio) Group coaching, meditation, mindfulness, JoyDance and more. Understand

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the forces that try to constract you, and shift your energy towards a new reality. Mar. 24, 2:30–9 p.m. $195. joydance.information@gmail.com, www.myjoydance.com/retreats WILD INTELLIGENCE (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Identify birds and learn about their behaviors, habitats, food sources and language in “Bird Sense.” Mar. 10, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $35. Learn how to identify animal tracks in “Tracking 101.” Mar. 24, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $40. www.wildintelligence.org YAMUNA (Healing Arts Centre, Sangha Yoga Studio) “Yamuna Foot Fitness” is a four-week immersion series. Begins Feb. 28, 6–7 p.m. $80. holistichealthrevolution@ gmail.com, www.holistichealth revolution.com YOGA (Rubber Soul Yoga) Ongoing classes in Kundalini, Hatha, gentle yoga, laughing yoga, acroyoga, karate and one-on-one yoga as well as guided meditation. Check website for schedule. Donation based. www.rubbersoulyoga.com YOGA CLASSES (M3Yoga) “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 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS (Athens Five Points Yoga Studio) “Teaching Yoga to Children with Special Needs.” Mar. 3. “Helpful Adjustments.” Mar. 17, 12 p.m. “Anatomy: Shoulder, Arm and Rotator Cuff.” Mar. 24. “Deepen Your Meditation.” Apr. 7. Ongoing classes in Iyengar, Vinyasa, Hatha, Power Yoga, hot yoga, meditation and more. athensyogainstitute@gmail. com, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com

YOGA WORKSHOPS WITH AVIAD SASI (Fuel Hot Yoga) Aviad Sasi is a Vinyasa and Bikram teacher from NYC where he teaches at the Lighthouse yoga school in Brooklyn. “Free Your Hips,” Feb. 23, 6:30–8 p.m. “Fuel Hot 90 Workshop,” Feb. 24, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. “Backbending and Conditioning,” Feb. 24, 12:30–2:30 p.m. “Inversions and Arm Balances,” Feb. 25, 12–2 p.m. $25/workshop, $90/weekend. www.fuelhotyoga.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, GA) 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

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FINANCES FOR TEENS (ACC Library) Teens will learn basic economic and financial concepts. Wednesdays through Mar. 7, 4:30 p.m. FREE! athenslibrary.org/athens 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 STEAM CLASS (Chase Park Warehouses, The Hatch) The eightweek afterschool program focuses on science, technology, engineering, art and math. Mondays starting Feb. 26, 5–7 p.m. $250. www.hatch athens.com/calendar SUMMER CAMPS (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Camps include themed programming on modern art, superhero and fantasy, dollhouse design, natural dyeing and textiles, fairies and nature art, Latin American art, women in art, and more. www.tree housekidandcraft.com 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 YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM REGISTRATION (Multiple Locations) Now registering. Youth soccer co-ed program for ages 6–12. Mar. 20–Apr. 28. Flag football co-ed program for ages 5–12, Sundays, Mar. 18–13, 12–6 p.m. Sportstime co-ed program for ages 3–4. Mondays, Mar. 19–Apr. 23, 4:45–5:45 p.m. or Tuesdays, Mar. 20–Apr. 24, 4:45–5:45 p.m. Each program is $65–98. www.accgov. com/leisure

Support Groups ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to

On The Street AARP FOUNDATION TAX-AIDE (ACC Library) AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers offer tax assistance Tuesdays, 12–4 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. aarp.org/taxaide ACC LIBRARY BOOK CLUBS (ACC Library) Book Clubs include The African American Authors Book Club, Talking About Books, Philo of Philosophy, Last Monday Book Group and After the End: PostApocalyptic Fiction. www.athens library.org/athens ATHENS HIP HOP AWARDS NOMINATIONS (Athens, GA) Nominate your favorite hip-hop artist, hair stylist, urban business professional, restaurant and other categories for the Athens Hip Hop Awards, which will be held in March. Nominations end Feb. 21 and voting begins Feb. 25. ww.athenshiphop awards.com FREE SPEECH AND HEARING SCREENINGS (The UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic) The clinic is offering free screenings for adults and children ages 3 & up. Feb. 23, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. 706-542-4598, www.coe.uga.edu/csdclinic ICE SKATING (The Classic Center) The Classic Center will offer ice skating in the outdoor pavilion Through Feb. 25. www.classiccenter. com INCLUSIVE BOOK CLUB (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Adults of all abilities can read out loud and discuss I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster by Lauren Tarshis. Feb. 21, 1 p.m. 706-795-5597, www. athenslibrary.org/madison KACCB TIRED OF TRASH TIRE AMNESTY WEEK (ACC Landfill) There will be no disposal fees for tires Mar. 26–31. Limit of six tires. 706-613-3508, www.athensclarke county.com/1309/landfill f

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Changing Seasons and Artist Residencies UPCOMING EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS AND OPEN HOUSES By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com ARTISTS-IN-ATHICA: The Athens Institute for Contemporary Art has established a new Artists-in-ATHICA Residency Program that will enable up to six artists or teams to participate in collaborative projects each year. Supported by the James E. Huffer and Betty J. Huffer Foundation, the program will debut with visual artist Gunnar Tarsa and composer Kyle Lewis, who combine their talents as Guy Did Ail. A multisensory experience, Guy Did Ail’s performances consist of live art-making by Tarsa in conversation with musical compositions by Lewis. Exploring the balance between predictability and possibility in art, the duo reflects ideas centered around chance, intuition and automatic drawing. Tarsa will additionally create a site-specific, gallery-spanning drawing, and visitors can drop in to watch it develop during open studios held Mondays through Fridays through Feb. 27 from 1–6 p.m. Guy Did Ail will perform on Feb. 24 and Feb. 27 from 8–10 p.m. The artist residency program is being launched in conjunction with “Beast It,” a new series of experimental installations and performances that will take place from now until May. In addition to Guy Did Ail, Lewis will organize “Surrender,” three nights of minimalist, improvisatory and aleatory music. Curated by composer Monique Osorio, the collaborative installation “Surround” will be on view Mar. 3–11 with contributions from Jeremy Kiran Fernandes, James Davis Barsness, Logan Shirah, William Dantzler and other artists, while the opening night includes performances by Lambda Celsius, Richard Gumby, Cult of Riggonia, a play, clown troupe, improv and more. ATHICA’s annual “Emerges” exhibition of rising artists will follow from Apr. 7–May 13, and “Lupita’s Revenge,” a shadow-puppet play accompanied by a live soundtrack of Latin American songs from Tango Hambre, will be performed on Apr. 26. Residency proposals are now being accepted for this year’s remaining cycles, which will run from June through August and September through November. Ideas will be considered in any discipline, including but not limited to visual, cinematic, theatrical and performance-based projects. Visit athica.org for details. OUTGOING AND INCOMING: This week is the last chance to catch three of four exhibitions currently on view at the UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art before they end Feb. 23. “Oscillations” is a collection of clean, collaged colored-pencil

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Is My Relationship Toxic? ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com I’ve been dating this person for half a year now. I dated them once a year ago and broke up with them, and then we started dating again. But I feel almost no love for them anymore. I just don’t feel anything towards them; in fact, I find things that I once found charming utterly irritating. But I don’t want to break up with them. I’m stuck. I’m worried how they’ll react emotionally, as they are borderline suicidal because of issues at home—their family is pretty abusive. Plus, they are the only one who has stuck by me for being trans, so I feel obligated to be loyal to them, even though I share no feelings of love whatsoever.

So I stay trapped just to make them happy— to please them. They are super dumb sometimes—so much so that I feel more like their babysitter than their boyfriend. I live every day in constant fear that they’ll kill themselves one of these days, and there’s nothing that I can do about it. I feel suffocated. I feel guilty for feeling this way, because they love me and support me, and I’m mad at myself for not loving them. They are also a very sexual person, and I’m not, and it kinda creeps me out a lot! I don’t see myself having penetrative sex, and the fact they want it so badly is a frightening thought. They have pretty much accepted that we’ll do it in the glorious “future,” and that scares me. But I don’t want to ruin their dreams or hurt them emotionally by telling them I don’t really want it/see myself ever doing it. I know this sounds horrible. But I just don’t love them, and I’m starting to question if I ever did. Interacting with them every day has just become a chore for me, as selfish as that sounds. It’s just not there; my heart’s not in it. Am I the horrible one? Is my relationship toxic? What should I do? The fact that they haven’t accepted your “no” to penetrative sex is a blaring klaxon warning you of things to come. Knowing that literally makes my face hot. What’s loving or supportive about finding a “workaround” for one’s partner’s requests? This

person is taking advantage of your kind nature in a very dangerous way. Does this person really support you? Because you haven’t presented a shred of evidence of that. Cooking dinner or affirming your attractiveness isn’t the same as loving you the way you are and supporting your growth as a person—remember that forever. Step back and widen your view for a moment. Is this person really the only one who ever loved or stuck by you, or is that something they tell you when they notice you pulling away? Threats of self-harm suck, and I resent

that this person talks that way around you knowing it terrifies the crap out of you. Your partner needs to work on mindfulness and realize the ways they are hurting you. You are not horrible. I think you are being manipulated and abused. Frankly, this is the most parasitic shit I have laid my eyes on in a while, and what’s worse is I bet your partner doesn’t realize how toxic and abusive their behavior really is. You’ve split up with them before, and I see that as a sign. Y’all aren’t meant to be together if it’s causing one of you this much stress and pain, and you also need someone who is on your level emotionally. You don’t need a perfect person, but you do need someone who is trying to grow and become a better person. I missed my deadline, so I’m actually writing this on Valentine’s Day. I don’t like advising a couple to break up on this deliciously bullshit corporate holiday, but this relationship is diminishing and damaging you in ways you could carry for the rest of your life. You sound young, and I don’t want you making a mistake like this so early in life. You are obligated to love no one but yourself. Dump ’em. f Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, use the anonymous form at flagpole.com/getadvice, or find Bonita on Twitter: @flagpolebonita.

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HOUSES FOR SALE Call Daniel Peiken if you are looking to buy or sell a house or condo. Specializing in first time home buyers and in-town properties w/ over 15 years of Real Estate experience in Athens. 706-296-2941, dpeiken@hotmail.com, www.AthensHome.com. Sell your house in Flagpole Classifieds! Photos and long-term specials available. Call 706-549-0301 for more information.

ANTIQUES Archipelago Antiques: A treasury of home decor and personal accents. 1676 S. Lumpkin St. Open daily 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 706354-4297. Need to get rid of your stuff? Sell it in Flagpole Classifieds. Go to classifieds.flagpole.com

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Older female wanted. Rent & half utilities. Trailer located in Winterville. Avail. Apr. 1. Pets welcome, smoking okay. Non-drinker. Call Loretta: 706-224-7533.

Nuçi’s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are taxdeductible. Call 706-2271515 or come by Nuçi’s Space, 396 Oconee St.

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Athens School of M u s i c . Instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more. From beginner to expert. Visit www.athensschoolofmusic. com, 706-543-5800.

MUSIC SERVICES Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition. Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College Dwntn. 706-369-9428.

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

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Wilma (48629)

will greet visitors with hugs and kisses. She’s a good girl who is more interested in being with a friend than running or playing.

Danielle

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If this dog has a toy to chew and roll around with, she is in heaven. However, she’ll abandon playtime in an instant for a treat.

Mr. Cuddles

is currently in the small dog room at the shelter, waiting on a forever home that suits a rabbit lifestyle. He’s a sweet, relaxed guy.

These pets and many others are available for adoption at:

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Athens-Clarke County Animal Control 125 Buddy Christian Way · 706-613-3540 Open every day except Wednesday 10am-4pm

Companion Care: Emphatic caretaking assistance in Athens. Nonmedical support services for your loved one, and extra support f o r c a re t a k e r s . G re a t rates. companioncare. cargocollective.com.

HOME AND GARDEN All Kinds of Blinds! Free Shop-at-Home Service & In Home Quote. Text/call: 470-289-2165. allkinds ofblindsga.com

LEGAL SERVICES Christopher Simon, Attorney at Law has an office at 345 West Hancock serving Athens as an injury trial attorney since 2009. www.athenslawyers.com, 404-259-7635.

MISC. SERVICES Professional Editing. Affordable rates. 20+ years exp. Academic or popular. No undergraduate papers. www.Exper tEyeEditing. com

JOBS FULL-TIME Dental Assistant, FT, Mon–Fri. $15/hr during training $30/hr once trained. Computer literate & avail. to work for a min. 3 consecutive yrs due to training costs. Employer contributes 100% to retirement plan; excellent HS/college grades req. dentalathens@gmail.com Engineering/ D r a f t i n g , T e c h n i c i a n & HandyMan positions available in a growing Automotive & Aviation Company SMI Composites. Contact: fowler@smi composites.com to schedule interview. E a s t s i d e Ta c o S t a n d Now hiring, food service e x p e r i e n c e p re f e r re d , interest in training to be shift manager preferred, fill out application in store or drop off resume

South Kitchen + Bar is looking to bring in several high volume brunch and weekend dinner cooks. Positive attitude and teamwork skills are a must. Pay is based on experience and ability to handle volume. Please drop a resume by South or send it to: chef@ southkitchenbar.com. Seeking non-profit Coordinator. Not a desk job, this is hands-on work similar to community organizing for someone w/ a s t rong s ens e o f social justice, not afraid to ask people to do hard things, persuasive, wellconnected, and curious. Some travel and evening work. Visit www.citizen advocacyathens.org to apply by 3/10. Competitive salary.

OPPORTUNITIES Do you gamble? UGA is conducting a study on gambling behavior. Participation includes one in-person assessment and completing several short surveys several times a day for seven days. Earn between $50–65 in cash depending on number of surveys completed. Must have a smartphone. Call 706-583-0819 for more info.

PART-TIME FOH servers needed! The Georgia Center is hiring restaurant servers, banquet servers, cafe attendants and baristas. Start above minimum wage. Please apply at www.ugajobsearch.com, job posting #20070165, waiter/waitress.

Get paid to type in our relaxed work environment and make your own weekday schedule. After training, earn $8–$8.50/ h r. w / g u a r a n t e e d increases. Current average compensation after one year of work exceeds $9.50–$10/hr. Apply at https://www.ctscribes.com. Graduate Athens is seeking on-call Cooks and Banquet Servers. Competitive pay and flexible hours. Must be available weekends. Apply online at w ww. besthotelcareers.com. Looking for experienced pizza cooks for 20+ hrs per wk. Must be avail. nights and weekends. Competitive pay based on experience level. Send resume jinglthorpe@gmail. com. Now Hiring Immediately! 5 Points Cigar Shop and Lounge is looking for highly motivated individuals to fill several positions. Experience in retail, stockroom, cigars and/or tobacco preferred but not required. Must be 21 yrs old, avail. to work nights/weekends. Do Not Apply in Store. www.fivepointsbottleshop. com/index.php/about/jobapplication

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For the Love of the South WRITERS DISCUSS OUR REGION THURSDAY IN THE CHAPEL By Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com “Tell about the South. What’s it like there. What do they do there. Why do they live there. Why do they live at all.” — William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom, 1936 Chuck Reece uses those words of Faulkner as the epigraph to The Bitter Southerner Reader, Vol. 1, a collection of pieces from the first couple of years of the online magazine about the kind of South most Flagpole readers feel at home in. Reece is the magazine’s editor-inchief, and in the foreword to the book, he attempts a definition of what the South is. “If an understanding of Southern culture is what you’re looking for, I will suggest you must know two things deeply: okra (the vegetable) and Booker T & the MG’s (the

band). Both demonstrate a central truth about our region: that the South has always been at its best when the many cultures and influences within it are allowed to combine.” If your idea of the South is more than just whistling Dixie, you’ll be interested in a discussion taking place in the UGA Chapel at 4 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 22. It’s a bunch of Southern writers talking about “Journalism and the Contemporary South,” brought to you by UGA’s Willson Center for the Arts and Humanities as a part of their Global Georgia Initiative. Reece will be in on that discussion. So will Richard Fausset, Atlanta Bureau Chief, The New York Times; Valerie Boyd, writer and professor in the Grady College of Journalism; Eliza Borné, editor, Oxford American, and Alysia Nicole Harris, managing editor, Scalawag. I get a ringside seat by being included in the discussion, and the whole thing is moderated by Charles Davis, dean of the Grady College. Dean Davis has a tall task, because these

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folks are all articulate and have a lot to say. The discussion could go on for several days, if allowed. Since you read Flagpole, you’re probably familiar with some of these other publications and with the fact that there are a lot of people doing their best to embrace the South in all its aspects good and bad. In spite of our divisive politics, a lot of people in the South are looking at what we have in common, rather than what drives us apart. Come to find out, there’s a lot more than you would think: food, drink, music, art, writing, family, work, love and a natural world of ocean, rivers, swamps, mountains and climate, plus a common language, spoken—with many variations—in a common accent. (Fausett brings the perspective of the working reporter covering school shootings, hurricanes, elections, protests—experiencing the immediate reality of the South from day to day.) These are the subjects frequently addressed in the publications represented in Thursday’s discussion, and I think there is another common thread tying the participants together. I think we all grew up in the South and then, at some point, spent some time away from our region. This gave us a perspective that helps clarify our present view of our homeland. To live as a Southerner, for instance, in New York City, can allow one an inkling of the prejudice against who you are and where you’re from that is an everyday experience for many Southerners who never have to leave home to experience that. Living outside the South also gives you an intense realization of how much all Southerners of every race and gender share, whether they know it or not. Oxford American cranks out a plethora of great writing about the South every quarter, as does Scalawag. Look at them online or get them into your hands, and you’ll quickly realize that the writing makes the difference and draws us in to a closer understanding of the place where we live. I heartily recommend these publications to you. You will be reassured by their determined efforts, through good writing, to make sense out of our conflicted region by seeing it clearly and seeing it whole, or, as The Bitter Southerner puts it, “For the sake of the story. For the love of the South.”

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Also Coming Up This Thursday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. in Ciné, Karen Hays reads from her essay in the new issue of The Georgia Review, “In Harm’s Way,” her account of being terrorized for years by a writer-stalker. Review managing editor Jenny Gropp says of this essay about the kind of psychological torture experienced by many women, “I think it’s likely one of the most salient pieces of writing I’ve ever worked on in my entire career.” f

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