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Mariah Parker, aka Linqua Franqa, was given the second annual Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award last week at The Foundry. See more photos from the show at flagpole.com.

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Democracy in Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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PETS: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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because it wasn’t a recommendation by the superintendent—which Bybee denied. While all these discussions have been going on, the West Broad School has continued to deteriorate. “If we keep dragging our feet, we are going to lose a major piece of history, because it is rotting away,” board member Ovita Thornton said. Fellow board member Carol Williams reminded her that the land trust stepped in to preconference rooms, a wood shop, a health Board member Charles Worthy said serve at least part of the property. But to clinic, an auditorium, basketball courts he wanted to stick with the plan to move board member Linda Davis, the garden has and an outdoor stage, while preserving the central office into the school. Space become a roadblock. the garden and Saturday farmers market. was never an issue until the garden got With board member Vernon Payne This would be funded by $3.2 million from involved, he said. The board had asked for absent because of illness, the vote on Athens-Clarke County’s SPLOST 2012 a space needs assessment, but it never Means’ recommendation to combine the earmarked for “youth development” and materialized. three proposals failed 4-4, with Linda Davis, matching grants raised by the land trust. “That’s where the conversation derailed Williams, Bybee and Sarah Ellis supporting A proposal from the Northeast Georgia in March—that it’s all or nothing, we use it, and Greg Davis, Worthy, Thornton and Business Alliance (a black chamJohn Knox in opposition. Greg ber-of-commerce-type organizaDavis made a motion to have tion) and the Athens High and the three groups that submitted Burney-Harris alumni groups proposals sit down and hash out would include a museum, their differences. After more recording studio, commercial bickering, the board tried again space, after-school programs, a on the original motion, with the community kitchen and busisame result. That’s when Means ness incubator, and would predecided he’d had enough. serve the garden. “If you hired me to serve CCSD also submitted its own as superintendent of schools, proposal, which Means said please allow me to do my job,” was based on board input from Means said. “I feel like we’re at a an August property committee tipping point… If I can’t do this meeting and the March work work, you are diminishing the session. It includes additional role of the superintendent in space for early childhood eduClarke County.” cation (which has a waiting list At the end of the meeting, to get into), a clinic, a parent Thornton urged Means to speak information center and space out. “If the board does things for disciplinary hearings that with good intentions but it’s will offer students more privacy wrong, you’ve got to tell us,” she No, this is not a sidewalk down the middle of the Loop. The Georgia Department of than holding them in schools, said. Transportation is installing a cable barrier to stop cars from crossing the median. but makes no mention of the “It’s wrong,” Means replied. garden. The board will try again at its Means asked for permission to vet the it for district offices or not,” Means said. May 31 meeting. June 14 is the last meetthree proposals and perhaps combine their Board President Jared Bybee expressed ing until August, so Means urged the board common elements into a single proposal hope that the issue wouldn’t become a to make a decision by then, because “the to bring back to the board next month. “If “zero-sum game.” community needs an answer.” there is alignment with other proposals, we Worthy also insisted that the board had are ecstatic to work with those partners,” to stick to the original plan because it was he said. in CCSD’s SPLOST, but Means said “there The Hancock Corridor between Milledge According to Means, the school buildings is a level of flexibility” in how the money is Avenue and Broad Street is vulnerable to are not big enough to house the central spent. And Worthy argued that the March development again after the Athens-Clarke offices. “request for information” itself was illegal,

Déjà Vu All Over Again

THE BOE DEADLOCKS OVER WEST BROAD, PLUS HANCOCK ENDANGERED AND MORE LOCAL NEWS By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com Editor’s Note: This issue of Flagpole went to press Tuesday morning. For results of the May 22 elections, please visit flagpole.com or pick up the May 30 print edition.

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Something about the West Broad School brings out the worst in the Clarke County Board of Education. Last week, after an hour of sniping at each other, board members again deadlocked on how to proceed with the vacant school, failing to even make a decision about how to make a decision. The impasse led Superintendent Demond Means to nearly threaten to quit. The school—shuttered after desegregation, then reopened as Rutland Academy, then closed again—has sat vacant for years. Three years ago, former superintendent Philip Lanoue floated a plan (with very little public input) to renovate the school and turn it into administrative offices. Those offices have been split between the nearby H.T. Edwards building and Whitehead Road Elementary since the district sold its Mitchell Bridge Road central offices two years ago. The district planned to pave over the West Broad Market Garden, an Athens Land Trust project that opened at the site in 2013. Problem is, the garden is a popular community amenity that provides jobs for CCSD students and neighborhood residents alike. With one faction wanting to save the garden and another wanting to move forward with the renovation regardless of the garden’s fate, the school board started over in March, issuing a “request for information” that resulted in three proposals for the property. The Athens Land Trust proposed restoring the historic buildings and turning the property into a community center, including a commercial kitchen, classrooms,

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County Commission, lacking a quorum, allowed a demolition moratorium to expire last week. The commission passed the moratorium last year in response to concerns about rumors that the owners of The Varsity were planning a massive development on the block where the fast-food restaurant sits. An extension would have bought more time for ACC to hire an outside consultant to come in, meet with residents and devise a plan—a proposal that’s up for a vote June 5. “This neighborhood faces imminent threat,” Commissioner Melissa Link said at the May 15 agenda-setting meeting. “When the demolition [moratorium] expires tomorrow, the bulldozers will roll right in.” Only seven commissioners attended the meeting—Harry Sims resigned in March, Jared Bailey was attending an out-of-town conference, and Mike Hamby was ill. But by the time the agenda-setting meeting ended and a special called meeting to extend the moratorium started, Commissioner Sharyn Dickerson had left to attend her child’s graduation. The remaining commissioners had no choice but to reschedule the vote for June 5 and adjourn. The commission declared the moratorium to create time to develop a plan to tweak the neighborhood’s zoning to protect it from out-of-scale development. (Although it’s a single-family neighborhood, much of it is zoned commercial or multifamily.) But little progress has been made. Several people who live in or just outside the moratorium zone offered to lead a neighborhood planning effort, but that never happened, according to Link. Then, she got the UGA College of Environment and Design involved, but they later pulled out without giving any official explanation, she said, although she heard that it was because the project was too politically controversial. Noting that Mayor Nancy Denson refused to put the extension on the agenda, forcing her to gather signatures from five other commissioners to put it up for a vote, Link said she sees a conspiracy. “This has all been carefully orchestrated,” Link said. “I feel like the fix is in for this neighborhood,

and it has been from the beginning.” However, Jennifer Lewis, interim director of the UGA Center for Community Design and Preservation, said that former director Pratt Cassity had been working with Link, but he retired in February, and CED Dean Daniel Nadenicek wrote to Link expressing interest in working on “community projects of all types.” Hamby blamed Link for the snafu—she could have gotten county planning staff involved sooner or scheduled the moratorium extension vote for an earlier meeting, he said. Meanwhile, residents remain concerned about how speculators are changing their neighborhood from primarily AfricanAmerican long-term homeowners to student rentals. “Our people are being forced out of their homes because they’re being offered what appears to be a good price for their property, but it’s not being explained to them what they’re gaining and what they’re losing,” Rita Cornelius told commissioners.

CCSD Names New Principals Derrick Maxwell is returning to Cedar Shoals High School. Maxwell—the former Whit Davis Elementary principal who led Cedar Shoals through the unpleasant spring of 2016 after Tony Price was suspended— was named Cedar Shoals’ principal once again last week. Maxwell had applied for the permanent job two years ago but was passed over in favor of DeAnne Varitek, who is moving on, and became a middle-school principal in Commerce instead. Maxwell was among five of Means’ personnel recommendations the school board approved last week. Chase Street Elementary assistant principal Andrea Neher will move up to replace Adam Kurtz. Stacie Carson and Beverly Harper had the interim tag removed at Stroud and JJ Harris, respectively. Harper replaces Xernona Thomas, whom Means promoted to chief of staff. And Swade Huff, a former Clarke County educator who most recently served as principal of a Newton County middle school, is the new principal at Clarke Central. The principal position at Whit Davis remains unfilled. f

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“Hey! We found it! Where is the next hide? We’ll find that, too!” Right now the only NACSW-certified trainer in Athens is Vicki Tate. You can find her on Facebook under “Truelove for Dogs,” and there are intro classes year-round. FP: What other things are you training Robert for? DA: Rally is a type of competitive obedience where the handler and the dog go through a course with different stations, and at each station they do a different thing, like “come front,” “heel left” [and] “behind.” Robert also knows lots of tricks. Christine is hoping to get his AKC Trick Dog title later this summer. He’s super smart and learns fast. FP: Any favorite stories about Robert? DA: Life with Robert is really wonderful. I often forget that he can’t see. He loves to chase tennis balls in the yard, run up and down stairs and wrestle with [our other dog] Dolly. f

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DJ is our adult male. He was born in 2003, orphaned in the wild and hand-raised at Ellijay Wildlife Rehabilitation Sanctuary. He came to Bear Hollow in 2006. Athena and Yonah are sisters who were orphaned in 2010 when their mother was killed illegally by poachers. They were hand-raised right here at Bear Hollow. All three bears are imprinted on humans and could not be released safely back into the wild, as they would surely Athena approach humans in search of food. When you visit them at Bear Hollow, you can easily identify them by looking for a few tell-tale signs. Male bears are substantially larger than females, so DJ is usually pretty easy to spot just because of his size. Athena and Yonah are both smaller, but Athena has a white patch on her chest, which makes it easy to differentiate between the two. Bears can live to be over 30 years old in captivity, so we expect to have all three of them living with us for quite some time. To make sure that they have a long and happy life here, we take their veterinary care very seriously. In between their annual checkups, zoo personnel work with our bears to train them to perform certain tasks that make it easy for us to check their health without having to sedate them. Athena and Yonah have become especially adept at helping us care for them. They know how to stand against the fence so that we can safely administer shots through the chain link, and they also know how to stand on their hind legs and put their paws on the fence so that their keepers can visually inspect them for injuries or abnormalities. We only use positive reinforcement during our training sessions, which ensures that our bears enjoy working with their keepers and that our keepers are able to provide them with the best care possible.

THE INSIDE SCOOP ON ATHENS’ ZOO ANIMALS By Sherrie Hines news@flagpole.com

hile they’re wild animals, in a way, the residents of Bear Hollow Zoo at Memorial Park could be considered the city’s pets. Injured or orphaned, they depend on humans for survival, after all. Flagpole asked Bear Hollow volunteer Sherrie Hines to tell us more about our furry and feathered (and scaly) friends. [Blake Aued]. f

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Katie: Bobcat

Otterbee: North American River Otter Otterbee arrived in 2015 from the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) on Sanibel Island, FL. He was orphaned in the wild and rehabilitated at CROW with the intent of releasing him back into the wild. However, he was released on two separate occasions and failed both releases when he continued to approach people, likely looking for food. After failing his second release, he was determined to be non-releasable and transferred to Bear Hollow, as CROW could not provide him with a long-term home. Otterbee is an intelligent, energetic and curious ambassador for his species, so zoo staff and volunteers work with him regularly on training exercises that help provide him with enrichment by keeping him engaged and mentally stimulated. Enrichment is a process by which zoo personnel provide an animal with activities or items that stimulate their natural behaviors and often provide them with a new challenge or experience. For Otterbee, enrichment might be fish being put in his pond that he has to hunt for or frozen chunks of fish thrown into his exhibit for him to gnaw on. They’re a tasty mental challenge and a fun way to cool down in the heat of summer.

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Katie is one of our longest-staying and oldest residents, having arrived at Bear Hollow in 2005. She was born in the wild in 2000, but orphaned at only four weeks of age. She was raised by the Ellijay Wildlife Sanctuary, where she had to be hand-reared in order to survive. Katie is nothing like a domesticated cat, but because she was raised in captivity, she has lost much of her natural fear of humans, and she never learned many of the essential skills that she would need in order to survive in the wild. Bobcats in the wild have an average lifespan of about seven years, but in captivity, they can live to be approximately 25 years old. At 18 years of age, Katie is definitely a senior bobcat, but we hope that she’ll have many more years with us at Bear Hollow. As one of our wildlife ambassadors, she helps our staff and volunteers educate zoo visitors about the effectiveness of camouflage. While zoo personnel know many of her favorite hiding spots, even we sometimes struggle to spot her. You may never actually see a bobcat in the wild, but their native range includes all of Georgia, and they are so adaptable that they are one of the few species that don’t seem to be greatly affected by human encroachment. You can coexist safely with bobcats and other wildlife by not leaving food outside that might attract them and by avoiding the use of rodenticides that might inadvertently poison them when they hunt for themselves and their young.

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Eeyore & Winnie the Hoo: Great Horned Owls

Mazie came to Bear Hollow from the Savannah River Ecology Lab in 2009. At Bear Hollow, she is the queen of her exhibit, and during mating season (April–June), you can often hear her bellowing to announce that this is her territory. But most days she can be found sunning herself on the banks of her pond or enjoying a cool dip in the water. As a cold-blooded animal, she relies on the heat of the sun to regulate her body temperature, and in the winter months, she’ll go into a state similar to hibernation called brumation, which allows her to slow her metabolism and survive during our colder Athens weather. Mazie is non-releasable because she is reliant on humans for her care. While Mazie is still very much a wild animal, she knows to associate humans with food. If she were to be released into the wild, she would struggle to find food on her own and would likely approach humans, which would be dangerous for her as well as anyone she might encounter. To protect alligators like Mazie in the wild, one of the best things you can do for them (and yourself) is to leave them alone and be sure never to throw food to an alligator or into a body of water where an alligator might live. WADE SHELDON

Eeyore and Winnie the Hoo were hatched in the wild but came to Bear Hollow after sustaining injuries that made them non-releasable. Eeyore was rehabilitated at the Carolina Raptor Center and arrived here in 2000. Winnie’s story is more dramatic. She was hit by a car in Indiana, but apparently the driver didn’t realize that they’d hit her or that she was actually stuck to their car. She rode all the way to Athens on the grill of their car. It’s a miracle that she survived the journey! When they got to Athens, they took her to the UGA Veterinary Hospital for treatment, but as you might expect, she was too injured to be returned to the wild. For a bird to be released after an injury, it has to be able to complete two basic tasks: It must be able to fly and successfully hunt. Winnie wasn’t able to meet either of those requirements, so she has been a permanent resident since September 2008, and she will remain with us for the rest of her life, as will Eeyore. Great horned owls are one of the largest owls in North America, and you can often hear their distinctive hooting call in your own backyard. You can help protect owls in the wild by avoiding rodenticides, which can harm owls who eat the poisoned mice. Make your home safe for wildlife and enjoy the benefits of nature’s pest control.

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No Horsin’ Around DESPITE TITLE LOSS, UGA EQUESTRIAN IS A DOMINANT SEC FORCE By Bobby Moore music@flagpole.com

GA fans have seen the first two acts of this play before: A star-studded Dawgs squad learned from a lone regular-season loss to Auburn, knocking off the familiar rival convincingly in a high-stakes conference championship showdown. Unfortunately, the last act is familiar, too. A playoff format didn’t halt the inevitable all-SEC national title match, and ultimately, the riders of the East Alabama Plains amended for past mistakes, with second-seeded Auburn upending the Dawgs on Apr. 21 in Waco, TX. This was the path recently ridden by UGA equestrian, a program that has a say in any given season’s championship hunt. Sticking with the college football analogy, UGA equestrian boasts an Alabama-like dynasty. They’ve won six national titles since the National Collegiate Equestrian Association, or NCEA, started crowning an overall champion in 2002. UGA’s championships include the only repeat (2003–2004) and three-peat (2008–2010) in history, plus the 2014 crown. Even when they don’t win the tournament, they’re in the discussion. This year marked the squad’s 11th finals appearance in 12 seasons. This success comes against the most consistently stacked SEC field in any sport. The other members of the four-team conference won every other national title, with Auburn (2006, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018), South Carolina (2005, 2007, 2015) and Texas A&M (2002, 2012, 2017) winning it all multiple times. It’s a college sports fan or sportswriter’s dream or nightmare, depending on their feelings about Deep South dominance. The lack of SEC teams participating in a sport doesn’t equate to a lack of top-notch competition. With such a small field, Dawgs head coach Meghan Boenig and her three rival coaches get a crack at some of the nation’s best highschool prospects. Just as those great Boston Celtics teams in the ’60s had possible stars on the bench because the NBA had only nine teams, all four conference rosters are stacked top to bottom. “We only show 20 people at a time, but we could show any of them at any time, because we’re Georgia, and we recruit the best,” says outgoing senior All-American horsemanship competitor Bailey Anderson, who adds that the 40-plus teammates beyond the starting 20 consistently practice and improve, forcing her and the other starters to always stay on top of their games. For Anderson, an award winner as a student and an

athlete, joining a program that has been elite since Boenig founded it in 2001 suited her college needs. “Georgia has always consistently been on the top, and when I came for my official visit, I kind of had an ‘aha’ moment and felt at home,” she says. “I’m from Texas and wanted to go out of state and get a different experience, so it checked that off Sophomore Annabeth Payne competes in a UGA equestrian event against Texas A&M in October. my list. And I really like the coaches and people here.” Many of these student athletes, like Anderson’s roomhow they’ve kept the premier equestrian program in the mate, horsemanship teammate and fellow outgoing senior nation in the conversation, giving underclassmen a shot to, Sammie Johnson, spent their entire childhoods sharpas they used to say in these parts, finish the drill. ening their skills. Johnson, a West Virginia native, first “Obviously, we’ve had so much success this season that competed at age 5, building a solid-enough youth career to there will be no complaints from us as a group,” Johnson earn a college scholarship. As talents develop in either one said shortly after the SEC tournament. “We’re going to go of two hunt-seat or Western (which includes horsemanin and give it our all and do everything we can do to win ship) events, teenagers begin competing on a regional and that championship. But, you know, with sports, sometimes national level. In this setting, they become acquainted with it’s just not your day. We’re pushing for each day at nationfuture college teammates and opponents. als to be our day.” “We all grew up in different parts of the world, but we The team indeed pushed for excellence each day of last all grew up showing all around the world,” Anderson says. month’s event, topping South Carolina and Texas A&M in “If you don’t know them super personally, you at least the first two rounds to return to the finals. Even in a 10-5 know of them. It’s nice, because college is scary, obviously. loss to Auburn, UGA kept fighting after falling behind early You’re going away from home, and you get to walk on this 6-1. team where you have some familiar faces and already some In addition to Auburn’s overall national title, six other friends.” event-based championships were awarded that weekend. It’s a small world for coaches, too, placing few degrees UGA won the equitation on the flat final in a raw-score of separation between the four SEC programs. For examtiebreaker over Auburn. This event came after the overall ple, Boenig’s work as an assistant coach at Texas A&M finals, allowing the team to bounce back instantly and earned her the coveted spot as UGA’s inaugural head coach. prove it can edge out its rivals on their best day. Likewise, when Auburn head coach Greg Williams guided Now that you know the full story, those football analohis school’s equestrian club to varsity status, college footgies should sting less. While Kirby Smart’s team and staff ball coaching legend and UGA alum Pat Dye was among his hope to prove they can return to their sport’s biggest stage, most vocal and influential supporters. the equestrian world already knows that Boenig’s 2018-’19 Anderson, Johnson and other seniors leave the program squad, by all means, should remain the NCEA’s gatekeepers. with three conference titles in four years. They also lost in After all, she’s practically the equestrian Bear Bryant or the national championship finals three out of four years— Nick Saban, sustaining something great that no one should once each to every conference rival. The latter just proves dismiss as, um, a dawg and pony show. f

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Grandma Grooves THE FRONT BOTTOMS FIND INSPIRATION IN THEIR PAST By Nathan Kerce music@flagpole.com

home for one month before going out on tour again, that month at home becomes my time to relax, recuperate, hang out with my girlfriend, pet my dog, et cetera… Plenty of people work wackier schedules than mine. I feel lucky to do this for a career, so that’s why we try to take advantage and go on tour as much as possible. It’s just about balancing things out mentally.” The band’s current shows consist of two sets—one featuring a full playthrough of the “grandma series” and a second featuring a full playthrough of the band’s 2017 album, Going Grey. The goal, Sella says, is to find a perfect balance between fans who request old material and those who want to hear more of the new stuff.

immediately upload them to the internet that night. Our goal with the EPs was to take that material and try to re-capture that energy.” Sella explains, “The first EP was called Rose, named after Matt’s grandmother, who had passed away right around the same time we started work on the project. It’s a drawing of her on the cover.” During the recording process, Sella’s grandmother also died. The band decided that its next EP would be titled Ann in her memory, and Sella enlisted his mother to produce the artwork. The EP, Sella says, is “full of songs my grandmother liked.” The band, which returned home from a lengthy European tour earlier this year, is currently on a cross-country tour in support of Ann. But Sella insists that the group’s schedule isn’t as draining as one might think. “I mean, I look at this as my job, you know?” he says. “So, if I’m on tour for two straight months, and then I come back

This split presentation is the closest thing Front Bottoms fans will get to a 10-year anniversary show. According to Sella, the band isn’t quite ready to accept the fact that it has been playing together for more than a decade. “It’s insane to me that we’ve been around for so long. I could have had a kid and started a family in all this time,” he says. “Thankfully, we’ve been able to keep things fresh. Whether it be an album or a tour, we can kind of hit the restart button for ourselves in different little ways. I don’t think I could have handled playing the same 15 songs for 10 years straight with no changes.” f

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nn, the new EP by New Jersey poppunk act The Front Bottoms—guitarist and vocalist Brian Sella, plus childhood friend Mathew Uychich on drums, with new addition Tom Warren on bass and guitar— is the second release in the band’s “grandma series,” a pair of EPs featuring new recordings of old material and named after Sella and Uychich’s grandmothers. As the band celebrates its 10th anniversary, it felt the time was right to look back. “We were messing around with the idea of going back in our catalog of about 30 or 40 songs of early material and re-recording them,” says Sella. “When we first made these songs, the idea was to record everything in our friend’s studio, then

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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com SWITCHED OFF: Aslyn and Kalen Nash, the pair that make up Flagpole Athens Music Awards nominee Dega, will perform a nonDega show at DT Productions (1368 Prince Ave.) Thursday, May 24. Specifically, they’ll pull from their individual solo work; Kalen will play acoustic guitar, and Aslyn will play piano. It’s nice having these two back from the desert, not only because each has a nice personality and is easy to get along with, but because their songwriting is always a MAGGIE SWAIN

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pretty good inspirational shot in the arm. This show is at 8 p.m. and costs $8. For more information, see dega.band and facebook.com/degadegamusic. BRING YR OWN BAG: A self-titled full-length by new project Ragbags is out now. Featuring members of Jet Phase—specifically brothers Alex and Tyler Nicholson— the record runs eight tracks. Quite oddly, it’s unbelievably reminiscent of the kind of mixed vegetable soup that characterized a lot of early-’90s Athens bands. That is, it swings from Meat Puppets-ish acoustic duo numbers (“Ouroboros”) to slow-ish semi-psychedelic southern grunge (“Amen,” “Far From Bliss”) to jam band-y, self-medicated Doobie Brothers-y things (“Shaken,” “Loaded Dice”). All told, I suppose it’s fine as a demo because of its breadth of styles, but as a proper album it’s spread a little too thin. I dunno about this one, but you can check it out at ragbags1.bandcamp.com. THERE’S ROOM ENOUGH FOR TWO: If you had been wondering exactly what kind of bait you needed in your trap to grab that elusive 35–45-year-old Athens audience, the Georgia Theatre Rooftop has you covered. On Wednesday, May 23, songwriter Dave Marr will play the popular elevated venue. And while it’s fun to remember his old band the Star Room Boys, lemme tell ya, his 2016 album We Were All in Love is the best album of his career. So, get on that if you’ve not heard it. Before Marr, though, is another round of “Wednesdays With Jay,” which sounds a lot like Tuesdays With Morrie, but isn’t nearly as sad. Indeed,

these are the nights when Jay Gonzalez takes you around the world of AM Gold and album-oriented FM and plays both hits and deep cuts from the bands you love to, well, you know. Jay’s at 8 p.m., and Dave’s at 10. SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL: Full Moon Studio‘s School of Music will host a showcase at The Foundry Wednesday, May 23 from 7-10pm. Featured acts are The Full Moon School of Music Varsity Band, Venus and The Tines. I’ve not heard any of these bands, but the organizers describe Venus as a “young, femalebased punk rock trio” and The Tines as a “young funkrock Athens band with a recently released debut EP, E!.” For more information, see facebook.com/thefullmoonstudio and facebook.com/ FullMoonSchoolOfMusic. INSTANT RECALL: summermemorycenter has returned with two small back-to-back releases. The single-track “33” came out back in April. It’s just a short little bleep-bloop thing that has a decently sweeping keyboard background but isn’t terribly compelling. The four-track self-titled EP that came out earlier this month, though, is tops. Opening track “missingsomething” is the on-ramp to the synthesizer super-highway, and is fairly constructivist while also maintaining some swagger. The high point of the whole thing is the nearly 25-minute “liveontapefrommyfuckinbedroom,” which shamelessly opens with a classic New Order riff—it’s a gag, people! Relax—then goes and flows into a deeply soothing yet not exactly relaxing extended jam. At the risk of sounding ridiculously pedantic, I’ll go ahead and tell you the period from 7:00–8:00 is the best, most hyper-melodic and satisfying section. In other news, I’m really not terribly fond of stylizing names and titles with lowercase letters, so the fact that I’ve indulged this should mean something. Check this out at summermemorycenter.bandcamp.com.

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COMING AROUND AGAIN: Athens supergroup Kompromat will play Hendershot’s Coffee Bar Saturday, May 26. Composed of Asa Leffer, Jeff Cummings, Steve Phillips and David Ferguson, the group’s formation a while back was both semi-secret and public secret. As in, they let ya know it existed, but weren’t obnoxious self promoters. For those of us who remember all his old bands—not the least of which was The Go Figures—it was a real treat to have Ferguson back on the singing scene. His voice, always shockingly strong, has deepened over the years into a richly dark honey pot, and he leads the solidly ’90s-sounding rock band with fervor. The upcoming album is tentatively titled Aktiv Measures, and hopefully that’ll all come together soon. f

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Akademia Brewing Co. · 6–9 p.m. · FREE! This annual auction supporting the Athens Green School Program transforms ordinary barrels into functional pieces of art. Nineteen are up for grabs, painted by the likes of Maggie Seee, Marc Beechuk, Maria Mueller, Micah Miranda and Zoe Daniel. Highlights include Lorenza Chico Rozier’s “April the Aquabot” utilizing household items; Nat Freeman’s “Amatheia,” a pink-haired mermaid swimming among narwhals; Julia Wynn Safer’s “Warblers in Flight Delight” traveling across a peachy sky; and Sarah Cook’s “A Micro Forest” growing mushrooms. Barrels can be viewed at facebook.com/ stormwateracc.com. [Jessica Smith]

Tuesday 22 CLASSES: Athens Swing Night (Dancefx) A one-hour lesson is followed by a two-hour dancing session. No experience or partner necessary. 8–11 p.m. $4–6. www. athensswingnight.com EVENTS: Election Day (Designated Polling Places) Vote in Nonpartisan local elections and partisan state primaries. 7 a.m.–7 p.m. mvp.sos. ga.gov 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

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Georgia Theatre Rooftop · 8 p.m. · FREE! The last we heard from Atlanta-based roots-rocker Tedo Stone, he was glamming it up with his T. Rex-inspired 2015 album, Marshes. On Friday, Stone returns with another full-length, the sparkling and self-assured Summer Sun, out courtesy of Athens label Laser Brains. The record finds Stone and company easing up on the throttle somewhat, with a handful of soulful slow jams accompanying the songwriter’s typically riff-heavy raveups. Stone and his all-star band share the Rooftop stage Friday evening with local indie-rock trio Palace Doctor and Athens/ Atlanta band of (literal) brothers Greco. [Gabe Vodicka]

40 Watt Club · 8:30 p.m. · $5 After whetting Athens’ appetite with a pair of EPs, local band Dream Culture will finally release its debut full-length, Heat Rises, Friday. The record’s 12 trippy tracks are chock-full of sonic and spiritual references to Pink Floyd, Animal Collective, Tame Impala, The Walkmen and other psychedelic and indie-rock forebears. There’s a certain looseness to the album that places it, if not squarely in, at least squarely adjacent to the jamband world, though the group’s approach is a tad too stagy for that scene. The White Rabbit Collective shares Friday’s 40 Watt bill, as do Tennessee band The Holifields and locals The Weldons. [GV]

Go Bar · 10 p.m. Having perfected its blend of punk, post-rock, noise and spoken word, Tampa, FL band Career—led by vocalist Ryan Fouche and featuring a cast of supporting characters that includes Propagandhi guitarist Sulynn Hago—released a dark and dynamic four-song mini-LP, Structures, in February. The album, which will inspire fans of Slint and other esoteric 1990s rockers to bust out the heart-eye emojis, falls in that hard-to-nail sweet spot between rainy-day gloom and end-times doom. The group hits Athens for a Go Bar gig Saturday with support from local hardcore maniacs Apparition and poppunk outfit Blue Bodies. [GV]

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Library for Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@ uga.edu FILM: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Watch the 1985 comedy classic Better Off Dead. Holy Crepe will be on site. 6:30 & 9:30 p.m. FREE! flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Senior Bingo (East Athens Community Center) Bingo for ages 55 & up. Fourth Tuesday of every month. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. $4. 706613-3593 GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289

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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: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Rd.) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: Dog Man vs. Baby Mouse (ACC Library) Learn how to draw Dog Man and Baby Mouse. Ages 6–11. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Toddler Tuesday: In Full Bloom (Georgia Museum of Art) Families and children 18

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months–3 years can take a tour tailored for young children, listen to stories and participate in a hands-on activity. 10 a.m. FREE! callan@uga. edu, www.georgiamuseum.org 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: 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: The Rest of the Story Book Club (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Room 258) Discuss works connected to the ongoing and upcoming exhibitions and

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Wednesday 23 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! georgiamuseum.org ART: AAAC Lunch & Learn: Murals & Public Art as Activism (Lyndon House Arts Center) The Athens Area Arts Council presents a lecture on murals and public art as a form of activism. 12–1 p.m. FREE! (members), $15 (non-members). athensare-

aartscouncil@gmail.com, www. athensarts.org CLASSES: Gardening Class (ACC Library) Learn about the basic growing requirements for “Herb Gardening.” Registration recommended. 6 p.m. FREE! atedrow@ uga.edu CLASSES: Try Out Virtual Reality (ACC Library) Try the HTC Vive Virtual Reality headset. Ages 8– adult. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: 1 Million Cups (Seller Labs, 1 Press Place) 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 Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music by WUOG on May 30. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Washington St.) Play to win. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Dirty Bingo (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Hosted by Garrett Lennox every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www. grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com KIDSTUFF: Artist Evolution (ACC Library) Watch music videos highlighting the evolution of some of the most popular artists and talk about the change over time. Ages 11–18. 3 p.m. FREE! athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Summer Reading Program Kickoff (Bogart Library) Kickoff SRP with a puppet show by Lee Bryan. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens 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 After Dark: SRP Kickoff (Oconee County Library) Games, prizes, henna tattoos and more. Grades 6–12. 6–10 p.m. FREE! athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 9:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: SRP Kickoff: Puppet Show (Bogart Community Center) Celebrate the summer reading program with a puppet show by Lee Bryan. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Myth Storytime (Oconee County Library) Join the Oconee County High School Latin Club for stories about gods and goddesses, heroes and creatures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee

Thursday 24 ART: Roll Out the Barrels Silent Auction (Akademia Brewing Co.) Local artists have transformed ordinary rain barrels into functional pieces of art. Proceeds benefit the Athens Green School Program. Live music and light appetizers. See Calendar Pick on p. 16. 6–9 p.m. www.rolloutthebarrels.org CLASSES: Medicare and Social Security 101 (UGA Tate Student Center, #480) Learn about Social Security benefits and various plan options under Medicare. 1–4 p.m. FREE! kbates@accaging.org EVENTS: 40 oz Wine Party (J’s Bottle Shop) BBQ, music and wine. 6 p.m. 706-353-8881 EVENTS: KnitLits (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are welcome. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart

GAMES: Poker Night (5 Points Cigar Shop, 1720 Epps Bridge Pkwy.) Play with Interstate Poker every Thursday. 6:30 p.m. www.5pointscigars.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Johnny’s Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Win house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-3541515 KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Bring your pajama-clad kids in for bedtime stories, songs

EVENTS: Adult Coloring (Bogart Library) Relax with adult coloring books and supplies. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! athenslibrary.org/bogart GAMES: Friday Night Initiative (Tyche’s Games) Learn new roleplaying games. 6 p.m. www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Family Disco Bowling (Showtime Bowling Center) Bring your disco hair. 6-9 p.m. nerissa@ sp2hospitality.com GAMES: Disco Bowling (Showtime Bowling Center) Every Friday and Saturday night. 11 p.m.–12:30 a.m. www.showtimebowl.com

EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods and live music by Scott Baxendale and Sean McAuley. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Memorial Ceremony (VFW) American flags will be placed on veterans’ gravesites at the East Lawn Cemetery. Refreshments will be served after the ceremony at the VFW. 3 p.m. www.dav.org GAMES: Disco Bowling (Showtime Bowling Center) See Friday listing for full description 11 p.m.–12:30 a.m. www.showtimebowl.com

GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Dirty South General Knowledge Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 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

GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: In the Woods with Chirri and Chirra (ACC Library) Journey with Chirri and Chirra, two sisters on a bicycle adventure through an enchanting forest. For ages 4–8 and their caregivers. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: Teen Anime Night (Bogart Library) Teens in grades 6–12 can watch anime, draw fan art and play anime Jeopardy. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Movie Madness (Oconee County Library) Watch movies and make your own short films. Grades 6–12. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Book Launch Party (Avid Bookshop) Local author and Avid bookseller Will Walton celebrates his latest book, I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com

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Photographs by Arezou Taeed are currently on view at Heirloom Café through Monday, June 25. and a light snack. Ages 0–7. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 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: Musical Max (ACC Library) Explore rhythm instruments in this special musical storytime. A short film is included. For ages 3–10 and their caregivers. 10:30 a.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: Builder’s Club (Bogart Library) The club encourages engineering and creativity by building with unique and recycled materials. This month’s theme is “Puppets.” 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart OUTDOORS: Nature Ramblers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Meet at Shade Garden Arbor) Learn more about flora and fauna of the garden while enjoying fresh air and inspirational readings. Ramblers are encouraged to bring their own nature writings or favorite poems and essays to share with the group. 9:30 a.m. FREE! www.naturerambling. blogspot.com

Friday 25 CLASSES: Computer Class (Bogart Library) Sign up for one-on-one assistance. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

KIDSTUFF: Patriotic Craft Day (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Supplies will be set up throughout the library for this self-directed program. All ages and abilities. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Pagemasters (Oconee County Library) Read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling and watch the movie. Books available at the circulation desk. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee

GAMES: Day of Board Game Demonstrations (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play new games. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Family Craft (Bogart Library) Make your own travel games. Ages 6 and up. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart THEATER: Behind Closed Doors (Morton Theatre) The gospel stage play follows Reverend Dr. William Morrison who must choose between his reputation and his child. 7 p.m. $30–35. www.mortontheatre.com

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CLASSES: Reconnecting Through Conflict (Contact for Location) This workshop lays a framework for peaceful resolution of horse-human conflicts and misunderstandings. 1–4 p.m. $40. tk@equinoxhorse.net, www.equinoxhorse.net CLASSES: RBDigital (Oconee County Library) Learn how to download library ebooks and audiobooks. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. rog/oconee EVENTS: FCP Classic Car & Truck Show (Lavonia Cultural Center) Trophies will be awarded to Best in Show, Best Modified Muscle Car and more. Proceeds benefit the Franklin Community Players. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. $5 (food), $15 (classic car registration). 706-491-9374 EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Shop for fresh and affordable produce and prepared foods. The market also includes kids activities, cooking demonstrations, educational booths and entertainment. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www. athenslandtrust.org

EVENTS: Sunday Market (Terrapin Beer Co.) Terrapin and Athens Land Trust hosts a weekly market with local produce and food vendors. 1:30–3:30 p.m. terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: Memorial Ceremony (Evergreen Memorial Park) A wreath ceremony and reading commemorates fallen comrades. 5 p.m. www. dav.org EVENTS: Sunday Open House (Brick House Studio, 1892 Athens Rd.) Gypsy at Heart performs original world fusion and nu jazz stylings. Bring chairs and blankets. 3 p.m. until dark. FREE! lwnon1@ gmail.com GAMES: Open Play (Tyche’s Games) All are welcome to join in. 12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com

Monday 28 GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com

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

Tuesday 29 CLASSES: Athens Swing Night (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A one-hour lesson is followed by a two-hour dancing session. No experience or partner necessary. 7–10 p.m. $4–6. www.athensswingnight. com EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) See Tuesday listing for full description 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@uga.edu EVENTS: Full Moon Tarot Readings (Avid Bookshop, Five Points) Kristen Carter reads every full moon. 5 p.m. FREE (w/ purchase). avidbookshop.com FILM: Bad Movie Night: The Black Crystal (Ciné Barcafé) A man is hunted by immortal redneck cultists after finding a powerful crystal. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/badmovienight 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: Trivia at the Rail (The Rail Athens) Trivia hosted by Nic every Tuesday. 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706354-7289 GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561

ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Led by docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Tarot Card Lessons (The Rook and Pawn) Learn where to start with Caty and Kristin. First coffee or beer included in fee. 7:30 p.m. $5 www.therookandpawn.com EVENTS: Drum Circle (ACC Library) Bring your own drum or borrow one from the library. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: 1 Million Cups (Seller Labs, 1 Press Place) 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: Tap Takeover (DePalma’s Italian Cafe) Akademia brings five draft taps to be paired with menu specials. 5–10 p.m. www.akademiabc.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) See Wednesday listing for full description 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net GAMES: Movie Pictionary (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Draw Radical 80s movies while baffled onlookers try to guess the title. 7 p.m. FREE! www. flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.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: 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: Will it? (Oconee County Library) Attempt to answer the ageold question of “will it fry?” Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Bean and Bear Comedy Hour (Bogart Community Center) Bean and Bear present an hour of songs, silly games, puppets k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! and more. 10:30 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

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 22 Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! calintitos.com LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays folk with Latin influences every Tuesday. The Foundry 8 p.m. $30. thefoundryathens.com STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES The outlaw country singer-songwriter and Americana legend performs with his band. THE MASTERSONS This New Yorkbased duo plays rootsy, melodic, twangy pop songs.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 COP CIRCLES Experimental electro-funk project from Denver, CO. LEISURE SERVICE Michael Pierce plays a set of bass-heavy techno. SOCIAL CIRCLE Athens-based softpsych-pop project. Morton Theatre Community Appreciation Concert. 5 p.m. FREE! www.mortontheatre.com CLARENCE SUN & THE MOONSHYNES Local all-star blues group led by Clarence “Big C” Cameron. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 JOHN SWILLEY Local songwriter who blends gritty Southern rock, sultry R&B and Delta blues.

Wednesday 23 Blind Pig Tavern 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-4919 (College Station Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul.

NIKKI AND THE PHANTOM CALLERS Indie-country group from Atlanta. FOXFIRE REVIVAL Folky local string band.

The Globe 8 p.m. www.jazzathensga.org THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS Local swing and hot jazz ensemble playing music of the 1910s, ’20s and ’30s.

The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens. com HOOCH HOLLER Country group from Commerce. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. www.georgiatheatre.com REDSTONE RAMBLERS Local blues-folk group led by songwriter Mark Wilmot.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. 706-546-0840 CHRIS AND THE HAMPTONES Local rock group led by guitarist and songwriter Chris Hampton. 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. Every Thursday!

Friday 25 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LIONZ Long-running Athens-based jam band. Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com SACRED HOLLOW Local band playing loud, catchy hard rock with a bite. Album release show!

WHITE RABBIT COLLECTIVE Local ensemble with influences ranging from Tuvan folk songs to psychedelic rock anthems to jazz-funk grooves. THE HOLIFIELDS Psych- and progrock group from Knoxville, TN. THE WELDONS New local rock band. The Foundry 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com ZYDEFUNK Funky, Latin- and Cajuninspired Louisiana group featuring bassist and bandleader Charlie Wooten. Fully Loaded Pizza Co. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-705-6150 LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com TEDO STONE Rootsy, Atlanta-based rock and roll singer-songwriter. Album release show! See Calendar Pick on p. 16. PALACE DOCTOR Dynamic rock trio fronted by former Modern Skirts bassist Phillip Brantley.

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.

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. HUTCH MCCOLLUM Singersongwriter playing old-school country and bluegrass. Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com BAMBARA Former Athens act featuring aggressive distortion and falling

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Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot and friends perform funky sets of Southern rock and roll.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com RCI “Purveyors of only the finest in filth and chicanery” from Athens. HIT LIZARD Athens-based grunge band. PARALLELS DIVIDE Athens-based rock and roll trio. HECKLEHAMMER Athens-based stoner/doom-metal outfit.

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

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net B.E.N. Atlanta artist playing “massage room tunes with a splash of electronica and just a hint of funk.”

Terrapin Beer Co. 9 p.m. $5. www.terrapinbeer.com JUAN DE FUCA Driving indie-rock band fronted by local songwriter Jack Cherry. RESIDENT ONE Pop-punk group from Atlanta influenced by bands like Alkaline Trio and AFI. THE CAROLYN Atlanta-based “romantic pop-punk” band. DEAD NEIGHBORS This local band plays punky, emotive garage-rock.

Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net SCOTT BAXENDALE Guitar dynamism from the owner of Baxendale Guitars. Classic bluesy riffs and a lot of soul. SEAN MCAULEY Rootsy local acoustic singer-songwriter.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 GUILT RIDDEN TROUBADOUR Roots-rock band from Charleston, SC led by songwriter Reid Stone.

Akademia Brewing Co. 7 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com HOT FIRE STRING BAND Athensbased roots-music group.

The Office Lounge 6 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 REV. CONNER MACK TRIBBLE Tribble is a Georgia rock and roll fixture. Every Friday! 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 CAROLINE AIKEN TRIO Guitarist and singer Aiken’s bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance.

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Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Rd. location) CHRIS HAMPTON TRIO A versatile band that plays covers, originals and gladly takes requests.

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

White Tiger Gourmet 6 p.m. FREE! 706-353-6847 BRETT RICHARDSON Member of local band The Formula performs a solo set.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 TOM VISIONS Post-mystical, electronic, psychedelic music. Visions is joined by drummer John Norris and violist Ezra Buchla.

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

DePalma’s Italian Cafe 7 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Road Location) JIM COOK Local solo performer playing acoustic blues, classic rock and Americana.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com JAY GONZALEZ Drive-By Truckers’ keyboardist plays your favorite yacht rock, singer-songwriter, power-pop, British Invasion, originals and TV theme songs. On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com DAVE MARR Local singer-songwriter and bandleader with a deep, resonant country twang.

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.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com ANNE ELISE HASTINGS AND HER REVOLVING CAST OF CHARACTERS Americana-flavored rock group from New Orleans.

DT Productions 8 p.m. $8. www.dtproductions.com ASLYN & KALEN NASH Members of local band Dega perform solo sets on piano and guitar.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com VENUS Punky grunge band comprised of three Athens high schoolers. THE TINES Young local funk-rock group. FULL MOON VARSITY BAND Students from the Full Moon School of Music perform.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE JAUNTEE Jam-funk band from Allston, MA.

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Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE GOOD LOOKS Young band playing a custom blend of rock, blues, funk, punk and alternative. MURDER THE MOOD Athens-based alternative rock group. LILY HERNE Local group playing dream-rock with psychedelic and folk influences.

somewhere between noisy punk and drone. MOTHERFUCKER Hard-driving, riffy local rock and roll trio. VINCAS Local downer-punk band featuring snarling guitars and doomy, psychedelic flourishes.

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Anne Elise Hastings and Her Revolving Cast of Characters play Flicker Theatre & Bar on Wednesday, May 23. MAGNOLIA MOON Macon based roots-rock five-piece. HEART OF PINE Roots-rocking local group. 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. www.hendershotscoffee.com DAVE D’ANGELO QUARTET Local saxophonist and educator D’Angelo leads his group. 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!

LIBERATOR Athens-based threepiece hard-rock band. MAHEETA No info available.

GRECO Atlanta band of four brothers that plays rock music to make you dance.

Creature Comforts Brewery 7 p.m. FREE! creaturecomfortsbeer.com BROTHER OLIVER Psychedelic folkrock group from South Carolina. WHALE YOUTH Local group featuring an inspired take on Eastern music. ATRIA Macon-based folk project with a warm, ethereal sound.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 GABBIE ROTTS Lo-fi punk pop-punk project from Atlanta. BED DETH Athens-based lo-fi, confessional indie-folk project. HERE BE MONSTERS Solo folkpunk outfit. DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com BRAIN AID FEST A mental-health awareness and benefit event featuring Fart Jar and Georgia Dish Boys, plus special guests. 40 Watt Club 8:30 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com DREAM CULTURE Eclectic local psychedelic rock group. See Calendar Pick on p. 16.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com KENNY GEORGE BAND Alt-country group from Aiken, SC. PICKLED HOLLER Family band blending traditional and jam sounds, with a dedication to dynamics and lush harmonies.

The Falls 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-2217 LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com BRAIN AID FEST A mental-health awareness benefit featuring Karbomb, Seagulls, Hunger Anthem and CHUNX. 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com DRONEFEST Featuring an eclectic lineup of experimental music, visuals and performance art. The Foundry BBQ Bash & Benefit. 6 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). thefoundryathens.com MONDAY’S ALIBI Local band specializing in ’70s and ’80s rock and roll. BOX OF RAWKS Five-piece blues band from Madison. Front Porch Book Store 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-3928 STEVE ERWIN Long-running, Mainebased folk singer-songwriter.

Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre.com THE FRONT BOTTOMS Popular indie-rock act from New Jersey. See story on p. 14. AN HORSE Australian indie-rock duo of singer and guitarist Kate Cooper and drummer Damon Cox. On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. www.georgiatheatre.com BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin dance hits into the night. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 CAREER Tampa-based post-rock group utilizing feedback and other cacophonous teqhniques. See Calendar Pick on p. 16.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com THE LOOSE HINGES Eclectic roots band from Nashville. Wonderbar 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ wonderbarathens GEORGE THE INFINITE Local DJ spins Top 40, EDM and bass music.

Sunday 27 The Foundry 6 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR WXAG radio DJ Dwain Segar curates a night of smooth jazz. This month’s show features Tony Exum Jr.

Tuesday 29 Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www.calintitos. com LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays folk with Latin influences every Tuesday. The Foundry Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. thefoundryathens.com RED OAK SOUTHERN STRING BAND This Watkinsville-based band plays rootsy Americana tunes. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 HIP HOP SHOWCASE Featuring music from J Nolan, DK, Kid

Steve Erwin, Hunter Callahan, Michael Wegner and Halem Albright. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com JAY GONZALEZ Drive-By Truckers’ keyboardist plays your favorite yacht rock, singer-songwriter, power-pop, British Invasion, originals and TV theme songs. On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com TEDDY & THE ROUGH RIDERS Country-rock group from Nashville, TN. The Globe 8 p.m. www.jazzathensga.org THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS Local swing and hot jazz ensemble playing music of the 1910s, ’20s and ’30s. Locos Grill & Pub 7 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Rd. location) THE BACUPS Fun-loving local cover band. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 CHRIS PADGETT Local guitar virtuoso and songwriter performs. 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.

Tony Exum Jr. plays the Segar Jazz Affair showcase at The Foundry on Sunday, May 27. APPARITION Popular local band playing a raucous, thrashy brand of hardcore. BLUE BODIES Athens-based “bummer-pop” punk band. Grindhouse Killer Burgers 5 p.m. FREE! 706-612-9327 JOE WILSON Member of local hardrock group Lullwater performs a solo set. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com KOMPROMAT Local rock four-piece exploring dark themes including addiction, suicide and missed opportunities. MORNING BELLS Goth-inspired pop group from Raleigh, NC. 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!

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com EXPERIMENTAL NIGHT Featuring avant-garde sounds from Duet for Theramin and Lap Steel, Ezra Buchla and Small Science.

Monday 28 Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 CLOUD POWERS Athens group soundtracking “imaginative meditative yoga.” LONER Six-piece post-rock band from Atlanta. PATRICK MORALES The Viking Progress’ frontman performs solo. DANNY THE LOOPER Athens-based one-man band. SPACE BROTHER Electronic- and hip-hop-influenced sounds from local musician Donald Whitehead. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Showcase your talent at this open mic night most Mondays. Hosted by Larry Forte.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 MELODIOUS GROUND Six-piece local rock band.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 MINGLEWOOD MONDAY Local artists pay tribute to the Grateful Dead.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 AUSTIN ZACKARY BAND Country outfit from Rocky Face.

Terrapin Beer Co. 3 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com MAX HIGHTOWER South Carolinabased blues musician.

Arsenic, Lunar Gang, Alpha Baty and Rich Ruger. Live Wire 7 p.m. $6 (adv.), $8 (door). www.livewireathens.com BRIGHTSIDE Pop-rock band from Tallahassee, FL. ALL THE REST Alternative rock group from Senoia. CLOUDLAND Young alt-rock band from Fayetteville. SWEETBAY Atlanta rock band with a raw, emotional sound. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THREESOUND Jammy funk-rock band from Virginia.

Wednesday 30 Blind Pig Tavern 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-4919 (College Station Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul. 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! The Foundry 7 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com THE BEST OF UNKNOWN ATHENS A monthly singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Liam Parke. This week’s show features Van Shepherd, Adam Klein,

The World Famous 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens YOUTH IN A ROMAN FIELD New York ensemble with a jazzy, folky style. ETHAN MULLENAX Local folk singer-songwriter with an eclectic, evocative sound.

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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 June 15, Sept. 15 & Dec. 15. info@athens arts.org, www.athensarts.org CALL FOR ENTRIES (OCAF, Watkinsville) The annual Members Exhibit is open to OCAF members and showcases a wide range of artwork. Members can submit up to two pieces of work, and at least one piece is guaranteed to be accepted. Drop off on May 26, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.ocaf.com CALL FOR ENTRIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) An exhibition inspired by the sounds of Earth traveling beyond our galaxy, “The Golden Record” seeks works in all media like sound, video, performance, technology and science. Proposal deadline May 31. www. athica.org/call-for-entries CALL FOR PROPOSALS (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The gallery is inviting curators and artists to submit exhibition proposals for the 2019 calendar year. Deadline May 31. $10. athica.org/ call-for-entries FALL RESIDENCIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Now accepting proposals for Artists-inATHICA fall residencies. Artists may work in any or multiple disciplines and traditions, including but not limited to visual, curatorial, musical, performing, written, experimental, cinematic, digital and theatrical arts. Residents can work independently or collaborate with others. Deadline June 30. www.athica.org/updates/ artists-in-athica-residency-program

GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK’S TRASH TO ART CONTEST (Athens, GA) Participants of all ages are encouraged to submit artwork they create from trash found at river clean-ups. The River Trash Cleanup to Art Contest will be Sept. 8 during the Weekend for Rivers Conference and River Celebration Award Dinner Party. gwyneth@garivers.org MAKERSPACE MEMBERSHIP (The Hatch) Makers can have access to a full woodshop, metal shop, electronics lab, clean prototyping space, as well as fine art tools, sewing, 3D printing, laser cutting and other tools. $50/month for 24/7 access. Members get discounted classes and attendance to monthly events. www.hatchathens.com/membership

Auditions THE MILLENNIAL (Athens, GA) “The Millennial” talk show is looking for individuals who want to spread their advice on how to stay enlightened. Contact for more information. 706914-3268, dron2454@gmail.com

Classes ART IS HOW WE LIVE (Georgia Museum of Art) Kaira Jewel lingo will lead a mindfulness retreat, “Art is How We Live: Mindfulness in the Midst of Complexity.” May 24–25. sagekincaid@uga.edu ARTIST WORKSHOPS (KA Artist Shop) “Screen Printing Basics with Courtney McCracken.” June 13. $45. www.kaartist.com BEGINNING BEEKEEPING COURSE (West Broad Market Garden) Saturdays through May 26, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $25/week. 706613-0122, athenslandtrust.org

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Gunnar Tarsa creates stream of consciousness drawings where ideas collide and coalesce through the ordering of line and shape. 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 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.) The Georgia Peach Quilt is a collaborative effort by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America volunteers. Through May. 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. CITY OF WATKINSVILLE (Downtown Watkinsville) “Public Art Watkinsville: A Pop-up Sculpture Exhibit” consists of sculptures placed in prominent locations around downtown. Artists include Benjamin Lock, William Massey, Stan Mullins, Robert Clements, Harold Rittenberry and Joni Younkins-Herzog. • “Artscape Oconee: The Monuments of Artland” features a total of 20 paintings on panels installed around town. Artists include Claire Clements, Peter Loose, Andy Cherewick, Lisa Freeman, Manda McKay and others. CLASSIC CENTER GALLERIES (300 N. Thomas St.) “Kaleidoscope” includes artwork by Stanley Bermudez, Tammy Cantarella, Beth Thompson, Starr Campbell, Katherine Burke, Wilma and Erin McIntosh. Through May.

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CLASSES (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) “Community Coffeehouse,” Mondays–Thursdays from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. “Silver Sneakers Stretch,” Mondays at 10 a.m. “Silver Sneakers Senior Aerobics,” Mondays at 11 a.m. “Oil Painting,” Mondays at 1:30 p.m. “American Legion Post 20 Coffee Hour,” Tuedays at 9 a.m. “Threadwork Crafting Club,” Tuesdays at 9 a.m. “Pilates,” Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. “Tai Chi,” Wednesdays at 10 a.m. “Silver Sneakers Stretch,” Mondays at 10 a.m. “Learn Chess,” Wednesdays at 10 a.m. “Bellydance,” Wednesdays at 7 p.m. “Mah Jong,” Thursdays at 1 p.m. “Line Dancing,” Thursdays at 4 p.m. “Ballroom Dancing,” Thursdays at 6 p.m. 706-742-0823, wintervillecenter@gmail.com, www.wintervillecenter.com ENERGY HEALING & ANIMAL TELEPATHY (Ancient Suns Intuition Arts, Cobbham Neighborhood) In “Animal Telepathy I,” learn how to send and receive intuitive communications with animals. Saturdays, June 9–July 7, 3–5 p.m. or Wednesdays, June 13–July 18, 5–7 p.m. Learn gentle techniques to heal animals’ energetic and physical bodies in “Energy Healing for Animals.” Fridays, June 8–July 6, 5–7 p.m. Awaken your clairvoyance in “Intuitive Meditation.” Saturdays, June 9–July 7, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. or Mondays, June 11–July 9, 5–7 p.m. $200/five-week classes. ancientsunsacademy@gmail.com, www.ancient-intuition.com FARMVIEW CLASSES (Farmview Market) “On the Grill: SausgeMaking for Tailgaiting Season.” Aug. 4, 3 p.m. $40. “Water-Bath Canning: Peach Butter.” June 14, 2–4 p.m. $40. “Water-Bath Canning: Pepper Jelly.” July 24, 6–8 p.m. $40 (Both

“Two Girls on a Hillside” by Winslow Homer is currently on view in “A Legacy of Giving: C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry” at the Georgia Museum of Art through Sunday, Aug. 5. canning classes held at Morgan Co. Extension Office’s Consumer Kitchen in Madison). “Columbus Day Sausage-Making: Flavors From Around the World.” Oct. 3, 3 p.m. $40. www.farmviewmarket.com LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATION (Athens YWCO) Become a certified lifeguard. Registration required. Begins May 25. $275. 706-3547880, www.ywco.org MARTIAL ARTS CLASSES (Live Oak Martial Arts, Bogart) Traditional and modern-style Taekwondo, Jodo, self-defense, grappling and weapons classes for all ages. Visit website for full class schedule. www.liveoak martialarts.com MOSAIC ART CLASSES (200 Northcrest Dr.) Weekend mosaic classes for beginner and intermediate levels. Visit website for upcoming dates. $175. corazonmosaics@ gmail.com, www.corazonmosaics. com ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER SKILLS (ACC Library) Personalized instruction available for various computer topics. Thursdays, 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. 706-613-3650, 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

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) “The Velvet Ditch” is a series of photographs by Lucy Bone that explore the struggles, jealousies and bliss in growing older. Through June 3. FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Annelie Klein. Through June 2. GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Spotlight 2018” shares prints by Ali Norman and paintings by Joseph Peragine and Helen Kuykendall. Through Sept. 15. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Images of Awakening: Buddhist Sculpture from Afghanistan and Pakistan.” Through June 17. • “Bloom Where You’re Planted: The Collection of Deen Day Sanders.” Through July 29. • “A Legacy of Giving: C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry” shares French and American art. Through Aug. 5. HEIRLOOM CAFE & FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Ink, watercolor and silkscreen paintings of scenes around Athens by Jamie Calkin, plus photographs of people, places and things by Arezou Taeed. Through June 25. HIP VINTAGE & HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) Drawings and paintings by Lyndon Tewkesbury. Through May. JITTERY JOE’S ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) “Acrylic on Acrylic” features innovative contemporary work by Ella Salt. Through May. JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Drawings and painting by Patrick Linker. K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) UGA’s Printmaking Student Association share a “Mini Print Retrospective.” Through June 20. KRIMSON KAFE (40 Greensboro Hwy., Watkinsville) Susan Pelham presents 20 surreal collages in “More Bits and Pieces.” Through May. 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.) On view in the Lounge

and cassettes to DVDs and CDs. Thursdays, 6 p.m. and Saturdays, 11 a.m. 706-613-3650 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 SEWING CLASSES (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn how to sew on the library’s sewing machines. Tuesdays through May, 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison TABLET COMPUTING CLASS (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn how to use your tablet. Mondays, 2:30 p.m. www. athenslibrary.org/madison YOGA CLASSES (M3Yoga) Proceeds from Community Classes through June will benefit Nuci’s Space. $8/ drop-in. nursenick@m3yoga.com, m3yoga.com/events YOGA CLASSES & WORKSHOPS (Athens Five Points Yoga Studio) 200-Hour Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher Training. $2250. “Hip Hop Flow.” June 1, 7 p.m. $10. “Ayurveda: Sister Science to Yoga.” June 2 & June 16, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. See schedule online. www.athens fivepointsyoga.com

Help Out LITTER INDEX SURVEY The Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful Litter Index is a simple survey for citizens to provide input on the litter they see in their community. Surveys accepted until July 16. www.athensclarkecounty.com/index. aspx?nid=4026

Kidstuff ACC SUMMER CAMPS (Multiple Locations) Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services offers camps in science, dance, sports, art and more. Visit website for dates and details. 706-613-3800, accgov.com/leisure ALLEGRO (City Center Ballet and Athens YMCA) Classes incorporate singing, dancing, movement and instrument play. centercityballet.com BAKING AND COOKING CAMPS (Olive Basket) after-school cooking classes include Korean fried rice, Italian style breakfast muffins, chocolate mousse and Korean ice cream sundaes. For ages 7 & up. Choose one class a week from Monday– Thursday 3–4:30 p.m. or 4:30–6 p.m. or Friday, 3–4:30 p.m. $35/ class, $125/month. “Summer Baking Camp,” June 4–29. Kids Camp, 9

Gallery, Kristen Hyink’s otherworldly illustrations are inspired by nature, dreams and the power of self-discovering. Through June 2. • “Pictures and Words with Pictures” features paintings and drawings by cartoonist and illustrator Eleanor Davis. Through June 2. MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) In “The Bower Bird,” sculptor Thomas Prochnow mimics the Australian bird’s unusual mating ritual of constructing a bower adorned with feathers, shells and other found objects. Through July 31. OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Oil paintings by Jeanne Whatley. Through May. PEDAL DRIVEN CYCLES (1075 W. Broad St.) Artwork by James Greer and Nathan Tavel. Through June. THE PINE & THE ROOT (1235 S. Milledge Ave.) Artwork by Jamie Calkin and Arezou Taeed. Through August. 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.” Through Sept. 21. THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) See colorful paintings by Dr. Hildegard Timberlake. TRIO CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY (766 W. Broad St.) “Media Circus” celebrates mixed media artwork by 70dot, Whitney Cleveland, Meredith Elder, Lisa Freeman, Vivian Liddell, Liftitdown, Julia Wynn Safer, Anna Lee Shultz and more. Through May 26. VERONICA’S SWEET SPOT (149 Oneta St., #6C6) See work by local and regional artists, craftsmen, potters and sculptors. THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more.

a.m.–12 p.m. Teen Camp, 2–5:30 p.m. “Summer Cooking Camp,” July 9–Aug. 10. Kids Camp, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Teen Camp, 2–5:30 p.m. $200. charleshay428@gmail.com EXPLORING THE EARTH SUMMER CAMP (Little Rose Nature Adventures, Watkinsville) This camp is a nature-based, visual and performing arts, STEAM program for kids ages 5–12. Runs June and July, 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m. $200/ week. www.exploringtheearth.org KIDSPLAY THEATRE AND VIDEO CAMP (Winterville Auditorium) Circle Ensemble Theatre hosts a camp focused on writing scripts, improvisation, stage terms and techniques, voice, movement and ensemble building. Participants will perform at the end of camp. Ages 10–17. June 25–29, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. circleensemble@gmail.com, www. circleensembletheatre.com REPORT CARD REWARDS PROGRAM (Bishop Park) Any student K–12 in Athens may bring his or her final report card with to the ACC Leisure Services Aquatics Office for a free summer pool pass (all A’s or all E’s) or 10 free swims (all A’s and B’s or E’s and M’s). 706613-3589, ext. 226, www.athens clarkecounty.com/aquatics ROOTING FOR COMMUNITY (Williams Farm, 235 Northside Dr.) The camp offers kid empowerment through garden education, cooking lessons, food justice, fine arts and more at the Athens Land Trust’s Williams Farm. For 4th–8th graders. Full scholarships available. July 2–13, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. $160. 706613-0122, athenslandtrust.org/rfc ROSE OF ATHENS THEATRE SUMMER ACADEMY (SeneyStovall Chapel, Rose Hall, 150 Fritz Mar Lane) “Teaching Life Skills Through Stage Skills,” June 11–22, Grades 1–12. $85–185. 706-3409181, www.roseofathens.org SPLASH PAD (Multiple Locations) The Trail Creek Splash Pad will be open on weekends Aug. 5–Sept. 4, plus regular seasonal hours from May 26–Aug. 5. The Rocksprings Splash Pad will open May 26. $1/ person. Pool passes $20–40. www. athensclarkecounty.com/splashpad SUMMER ART CAMPS (Lyndon House Arts Center) “Live Action Puppets and Video” for ages 12–16. June 25–29, 1–4 p.m. “Fine Art Intensive” for ages 12–16. July 9–20, 1–4 p.m. “Women Artists of the Americas.” July 16–20, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. or July 23–27, 1–4 p.m. Ages 8–11. 706-613-3623 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. Check website for full descriptions and dates. www.treehousekidandcraft.com SUMMER CAMPS (Community Voices in Action) “Creative Arts for Imaginative Hearts” for ages 6–9 includes puppetry, culinary arts, musical theater and more. May 29-June 1 or June 11–15. “Backyard Broadway Creative Arts” for ages 10–14 includes theater, writing and creative arts. June 18–22. “Athens Teen Writers Group Summer Intensive” for ages 13–18 guides writers through short narratives and poems. June 4–8. $125–150/week. 706-340-7461, www.community voicesinaction.org/summer2018 WHIRLIGIG CREATIVE CAMPS FOR KIDS (Chase Park Warehouses) Activities include movement arts, 2D and 3D visual and applied arts, written and spoken word, nature explorations, mindfulness, music and sound play,

improvisation and more. Five weekly camps offered May 29–June 28, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. whirligigcamps.com YOUTH SUMMER CAMP (Clarke Central High School) Arts and crafts, sports, guest speakers and more. For ages 8–14. Apply by June 1. June 11–14 or 18–21, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! www.accgov.com/ysc

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On The Street ADULT RECREATIONAL TENNIS LEAGUE ARTL is a flex league offering singles, doubles and mixed doubles. $25–35. tennisforlife.net ADULT TRIPS (Rocksprings Community Center) “Trip to the 45th Annual Helen Hot Air Balloon Race.” June 2, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. $20–30. “Morgan County African American Museum and Shopping in Historic Madison.” Aug. 10, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. $20–30. “Weekend Trip to Cherokee, North Carolina.” Aug. 25, 9 a.m.– Aug. 27, 6 p.m. $240–360. All trips depart and return to Rocksprings Park. www.accgov.com/leisure MEDITATION IN ATHENS (Multiple Locations) Meditations are offered in various forms across town. Athens Zen Group offers a newcomers orientation every Sunday (except first Sunday of the month) at 11 a.m. athenszen.org. Breathing Heart Sangha offers mindfulness meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Sundays, 6:30–8 p.m. beckylockman@gmail.com. Dedicated Mindfulness Practitioners meets at the Griffin Dubose Healing Lodge every first and third Saturday of the month, 8:30–9:30 p.m. jaseyjones@ gmail.com. Mindful Living Center offers intro classes every second Friday, 5:30–6:30 p.m. at the Griffin Debose Healing Lodge. Rich Panico leads mindfulness meditation at Athens Physical Therapy every Thursday, 5:30–6:30 p.m. Satchidananda Mission offers yoga meditation Sundays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. and Kirtan every third Sunday, 4–6 p.m. revmanjula@bellsouth.net f

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BOOK CLUB (PG-13) Book Club definitely frontloads its worst moments. Surprisingly, the poorly Photoshopped pictures of its mature quartet—Diane Keaton, By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen—are the comedy’s nadir, DEADPOOL 2 (R) Is Deadpool 2 better or up with more historical significance for despite the elderly sex jokes and double worse once you realize it is more a ZAZ parwhat she argued before the Supreme Court entendres yet to come (wink). Expectations ody like Hot Shots! than the sort of Marvel than what she opined once on the bench. are low for a comedy regrettably keyed by blockbuster typified by Avengers: Infinity Her string of women’s-rights victories Fifty Shades of Grey, but Book Club is more War? Both Deadpools work pretty well as throughout the 1970s terraformed the legal pleasant to watch than any adaptation of parodies of the current crop of superhero landscape of gender discrimination. E.L. James’ bestsellers. flicks, with the sequel maybe being a bit Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West Four lifelong-ish friends—Diane too on the nose with its nonstop string of entertainingly educate audiences on this (Keaton), Vivian (Fonda), Sharon (Bergen) call-outs. Trying to have it both and Carol (Steenburgen)—have ways weakens the movie’s overall their lives turned upside down Book Club effectiveness as either; it makes after reading Fifty Shades for their fun of the superhero genre’s cornuhomegrown book club. Recently copia of overused tropes while also widowed Diane meets a hot pilot relying just as heavily upon them (Andy Garcia); proudly sexual (more so even than Marvel’s best Vivian rekindles real romance entries). with a jilted lover (Don Johnson); The movie opens with a “surSharon, a federal judge, tries online prise” tragedy intended to increase dating after her ex (Ed Begley Jr.) the dramatic stakes while also drillfinds love again; and Carol tries ing that pathos for laughs through to re-light the sexual fire with her a title sequence that doubles as loyal husband (Craig T. Nelson). a sendup of recent Bond films. This premise promises a much Murphy Brown is back?! Inconceivable!! The rest of the movie sees Ryan worse movie than it actually delivReynolds’ Merc With a Mouth baters. The actresses banter like the tling another time-traveling James Brolin, 84-year-old cultural icon, two-time canpros they are, with the lower-profile Bergen the once and future Thanos who is also cer survivor and, most unexpectedly, BFF showing she has more than enough juice the MCU’s lovably gruff mutant cyborg, of the late Antonin Scalia. It tackles the left to jumpstart a “Murphy Brown” reboot. Cable—I always envisioned this character as small things (she’s a bad cook and an opera Sure, Diane’s daughters (Alicia Silverstone more of an exasperated Tommy Lee Jones lover) to the big (she made the Harvard and Katie Aselton) are the worst, but no type—to save a pyrokinetic teen named Law Review while also being a mother movie’s perfect. Is having the funniest cinRussell (Hunt for the Wilderpeople’s Julian of a 14-month-old and nurse to her sick, ematic boner gag I have seen in years not Dennison). beloved husband, Marty). RBG’s greatest enough? f John Wick’s uncredited director David Leitch takes over for Tim Miller, and Deadpool 2 features some top-notch fights, especially when the movie’s surprise guest busts out of prison and goes up against Deadpool’s X-bestie, Colossus. Writers Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and star Reynolds show no loyalties when it comes to jokes. Knocks on the undeservedly hated Batman v Superman and its DC brethren are to be expected; they even find room to own Reynolds’ DC failure. Logan and the rest of Marvel’s stable are given the humorous middle finger. With so many comic bullets flying, some are bound to find their target, but these writers are more Imperial stormtroopers than sharpshooters. Superheroes often take themselves too seriously, but these over-muscled guys and gals can take a little good-natured lampooning. In his initial outing, Deadpool seemed to be the character best suited for such mocking; it is as much his superhero power as is regeneration. While Deadpool 2 is more of the same, the sequel edges dangerously close to the hypocrisy of unaware self-mockery.

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My Co-Worker Is a Terrorizer ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Hi Bonita, I moved to Athens almost a year ago and have shuffled around various service industry jobs. I thought I had found my new weirdo family at a business downtown, until I met someone I will describe as a homophobe with a dated hairstyle. People really love him, and he’s very popular locally. I’ve heard him call women sluts or dumb on numerous occasions, and let’s not forget the awkward homophobic jokes. Why do my work and peers continue to let him inflict physical and mental terror on gay people and promiscuous women? What is wrong with the bosses and elders in this town to let someone with a little social standing literally terrorize co-workers to the point of writing into an advice column? It shouldn’t even have gotten this far.

Quit that job. There are too many service jobs in Athens for you to stay somewhere like that. If this guy has been working there for ages, then management probably already knows that they are employing a trash human, and they don’t care. Labor laws in Georgia pretty much allow employers to hire and fire for any reason they wish, so he’d be gone by now if the boss really had a problem with him. All you can do is leave and make a better life for yourself—that business will be fine. You’ve touched on a big problem that’s finally being addressed publicly here in Athens: the two faces of our local hippie community. I removed a bunch of identifying info from this entry, readers, but that’s the scene that the writer is describing. Racism, sexism, homophobia and all of the worst modern -isms are thriving in our (very affluent, very white) locally owned spaces while owners insist publicly that they are #WOKE. It’s telling that while tons of people of color work in downtown restaurants and bars, very few of them work front-of-house positions. Athens has a long way to go, and while good intentions count for something, it

would be really nice to see business owners pursue training and staffing changes that would serve their equity goals, instead of just talking about how much they wanna do it. Go work somewhere else for now. You deserve better. In re: the recent question about stinky feet [May 2]. Your suggestion will likely only solve things temporarily, and probably offend the stinker. Feet and footwear aren’t inherently smelly, but there are some skin conditions that contribute to that problem. Dyshidrotic eczema (DE) may be a cause. It is one that I deal with, and my feet stink to high heaven. Basically, with DE, skin cells build up over time and don’t slough off normally. This can lead to cracks in the skin surface, intense itchiness,

small pustules and a very strong odor as skin cells die and are deposited in footwear. Thick calluses often occur. The medication I’ve tried incurs unacceptably dry skin on other parts of my body. I use a pumice stone after a hot shower to remove the dead skin and change my socks at least twice daily, but this only mitigates the issue. Febreze helps for a while, but if you wear shoes without socks, they’ll likely stink forever. In short, the person may have a skin (or possibly hormonal) condition that no new shoes will solve. Maybe the other person should try to be more resilient when faced with disgust? Thanks for sharing your extremely personal experience with this issue. I hope you can understand that I was advising under the assumption that the person in question did not have a medical condition, since their friend was bothered by old, stinky shoes and not this person’s actual feet. These are still important things to keep in mind, though I’m not sure how asking if someone has a chronic condition is less offensive than just giving them new shoes. f

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guilty, leaving Tifton alone out there in the country, that I made it a point to go for a walk with him in the woods every morning. Oh, how he loved to run and sniff and, on the rare occasions when he struck the scent of an actual rabbit, to let out that beagle bugle-bark. I loved those walks as much as he did, and they came to be the time when I could get away from everything and start each day in the teeming calm of the woods. Who knew how much Tifton contributed to keeping the launch of the Observer on track? A counselor and personal trainer who worked for dog food. In the country, we were inseparable: sleeping together, eating together and riding around together in the old Chevy Blazer: best friends forever. Then a visitor began to drop in at our bachelor paradise. It’s the old story, and how can a dog compete? He wasn’t happy with being displaced, Tifton, when he was losing his hair, and his pal, before he lost his. and he showed it in various snarly, sulky wouldn’t? You can’t get much cuter than a ways, never completely warming up to my baby beagle, and he had the perfect mix of new bride, but consenting to be the family black, tan and white. While he was growing dog, nevertheless. up out in the country with us, there were no By the time we moved into town, other dogs, only horses, so Tifton assumed Tifton was an old dog, hanging around the he was one, too. We frequently had to rush house, going deaf. Our new-old house on through the barbed wire fence and rescue Oglethorpe Avenue across from the Navy him when we spotted him running among School had a big backyard, and we naively the flying hooves. assumed Tifton stayed there while we were He got a mysterious, mange-like rash at work. Only later did it come to light that that caused his hair to fall out. The vet he had a secret life as sidekick to the Supply couldn’t cure it, even though he required Corps students across the street, where he us to scrub Tifton with rough pads until he was known as “Sluggo,” panhandling outhowled. Much money and side the mess and flopsuffering later, a young ping down in front of the A counselor and UGA vet prof discovered classroom air-conditionan undescended testicle ers during hot days. personal trainer and theorized that it was Sluggo was dishonwho worked for dog food. orably discharged from messing with T’s hormones. Fixing him fixed service when, in front of the problem. The memory did give me a an audience of dignitaries and brass during shudder when my own hair began to go. an outside change-of-command ceremony, When she left, to my surprise Tifton just as the retiring captain saluted the new stayed with me, since she was moving into captain, the full-of-Navy-beans old beagle town and thought he should stay in the waddled across the stage and was busted by country. That’s when Tifton and I bonded— the shore patrol. just two guys out in a tin-roofed shack in That didn’t stop him from trying to get the kudzu, surrounded by woods for roamback to his pals, but his bad hearing and a ing. And, to tell you the truth, he was a fast car did—a too-late and much needed comfort, as I guess I was to him. reminder to us that good fences make good Then began the period when we were neighbors. Tifton ran with the horses, ramstarting The Athens Observer, working from bled with the rabbits, hung with the ensigns early morning to late at night. I felt so and made a dog-lover out of me. f

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