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City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Athens Shows How Progressives Can Win in Georgia

This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Day Tripper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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I have a confession to make. A month and a half ago, I launched a campaign known as “Render Unto Athena,” in which I suggested a coordinated response to a controversial piece of federal legislation. In response to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, I proposed community-wide capitalization and reinvestment of our tax breaks.

However, in so doing, I fear I may have committed the error which attends all idealistic visioning—imagining that community wellness could be tapped as a counterforce to the gravity of self-preservation.

In presenting the “Render Unto Athena” campaign, I acknowledge that I limited my communiques to possibility and ignored the issue of probability. In setting forth the sum of $84 million that we could raise over the next seven years, I invited all of you to imagine with me the possibilities for our town. The question that I posed was, “What could we do with $84 million?”

If I’m to be transparent, though, there was another question raised almost as soon as I shared this idea. The question that I had reflected back to me was not what could be done with the money, but rather whether such a sum could even be raised in our community. I even heard from faith leaders— whose livelihoods depend upon community charity—that “I just don’t think that people are going to part ways with this money.”

Some others admitted that they felt that their pockets were being reached into, and a defensive and protectionist impulse was inadvertently and unfortunately activated.

Attendant to this observation is the question of whether we have an institution capable of facilitating the process. In other words, is there a group to which 40,000 households would faithfully “Render Unto Athena?” In my deliberations with my close associates and colleagues, I have to admit we have yet to identify one. However, mine is an incomplete circle, and so I stop short of answering that question conclusively.

Instead, I will ask you to search your hearts for an answer to both it and a related question. For, assuming for a minute that a trusted home for the funds could actually be identified, the question we will each be left to answer for ourselves is, “Why wouldn’t I participate?”

I can’t help but imagine that a low-grade distrust is fueling the hesitance of some, as the question “What are THEY going to do with the money?” is by far the most frequent one I’ve encountered. The reality to which I’ve tried to call attention is the fact that there is no THEY with this campaign.

WE can do whatever we want with these funds that are being returned to US by OUR federal government. However, doing anything resembling what I’d proposed will require an unprecedented level of trust. WE have to believe in ourselves enough to know that WE can address our communal interests, and that we can work across the racial, economic and political divides that render “Render Unto Athena” improbable.

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asking the question of you. And so, I open it here, asking simply, “Are we ready for ‘Render Unto Athena’?” If not, then why not? And, what would it take? And who could we blame if we didn’t?

Fenwick Broyard Nashville

Build More Housing In-Town I have watched with interest several of the most recent mayor and commission meetings, as there have been some new turns of events concerning the neighborhood where I live, West Hancock. During several public comment periods, over a couple of weeks of meetings, a few residents of West Hancock spoke to issues in our neighborhood. Curiously, even more folks who live in nearby neighborhoods also commented and offered ideas, explicitly or implicitly, that they believe would help us.

Historic preservation and a change to single family zoning were mentioned, as they often are. Thankfully, a facilitator will be hired and a planning process started where my neighbors can consider and decide what the best course will be for them.

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Although I find it gratifying that there is outside interest in the goings-on in the West Hancock neighborhood, I think that there may be a more appropriate and significantly more effective way for those that live in the much more affluent neighborhoods that surround us to help Hancock and other similar areas in Athens: Look to your own neighborhood.

One reason Hancock is facing rapidly increasing property values—and the ensuing hardships and disruption—is that nearby areas like Cobbham, Boulevard and Normaltown have become too expensive for most to afford. Through a combination of zoning and overlays, adding new housing to these areas falls somewhere between expensive and impossible. But low-impact density options like in-law suites, duplexes, triplexes and even quadruplexes are a good fit for existing neighborhoods and could add hundreds of new residences to in-town Athens, making room in our most desirable areas for lower-cost options. Those changes would lessen the development pressure felt in our low income neighborhoods, but championing those options can only reasonably be done by the residents who live where the changes would be made.

Everybody these days seems to be talking about affordable housing, but I don’t hear many people talking about this: 60 percent of the population of Athens rents, but only 7 percent of all the land zoned for residential use is zoned multi-family. In a community where most people rent, we have set aside nearly all of

the residential land for zonings that are designed for homeownership. That isn’t accidental. Our exclusionary single-family policies are the result of many people over many years relentlessly pushing for them.

Those efforts were certainly well intended, but they have helped create today’s deeply inequitable housing landscape in Athens.

I hope people stay engaged in the discussion about affordable and equitable housing. I also hope that we come to realize that housing equity doesn’t just need to happen in other people’s neighborhoods. It’s probably going to need to happen, at least a little bit, in everyone’s neighborhood.

Michael Songster Athens

Pay People to Vote I’m told by a local elections board member that turnout in Madison County for the recent primaries was under 17 percent.

There must be a better incentive to vote than pie in the sky. That pie with a crust so thick that some of its crumbs are supposed to break off and fall onto the plates of the lucky few. That pie rests on a shelf so high that from the sidewalk of Main Street you can’t even see how many or whose thumbs are inserted therein.

We subsidize lots of activity at the national level. We prop up essential businesses when needed. We bail out our favorite failures. It’s time now to bail out the vote, an activity that outranks all others in terms of the breathing life of a community and the security of a nation.

For several years now, the myth of voter fraud has driven voter ID crackdowns in most states. Those crackdowns exposed the idea of voter fraud as no more than some reptilian dream shared by closets full of wild-eyed conspiracy theorists.

The vigorous enforcement of voter ID has created such a useful database of the voting populace that it would be easy to reward voters with a tax credit for each time they participate. $750–$1,000 would be a good starting point. At the end of each year, each voter would get something like a W-2 that would tally his credits, so he could use it with his tax return. It would also be a good incentive to file.

The closest measure we have now to subsidized voting is the well-intentioned but feckless public financing available to presidential candidates. That little stream is a down-the-leg dribble compared to the fire-hose blasts of private, PAC and dark money uncorked by the Supreme Court with its infamous Citizens United ruling, so that candidates routinely turn it down.

There are buckets of money sloshing around every national government office, wheelbarrows of it parked in dead end halls of labyrinthine edifice complexes. Leaders who parrot the old squawk about the government being broke ignore the fact that its largest department, defense, has never been audited. They actually don’t even know if the government could go broke.

The question of affordability is beside the point anyway. An electorate that makes a 90 percent showing will likely bring out a whole new cast of actors on the public stage, be it local, state or national. That new cast will likely have a different script, and turn out a much better performance than the sad company that disappoints most everyone now.

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By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com Athens’ two hospitals privatized ambulance service in 2009, and for years former EMTs have been claiming that the company contracted to provide the service, National EMS, is often slow to respond to 911 calls.

Now, they have numbers they say proves it.

Former EMT Sam Rafal and Athens for Everyone filed an open records request with the state Department of Public Health, received records of National EMS’s response time to every call since 2014 and had those numbers analyzed by the public accounting firm Turner and Patat. National EMS is contractually required to respond to 90 percent of calls in 9 minutes or less—the standard recommended by national accreditation groups—but statistics show that the company arrived on the scene within 8 minutes and 59 seconds only 39 percent of the time.

“It’s a very large issue, and it has implications that will be life and death,” Rafal told Flagpole.

The numbers are misleading, said National EMS Chief Operating Officer Benny Atkins, because Rafal is lumping in high-priority calls that are “true emergencies,” like heart attacks, with lower-priority calls, such as transfers between hospitals.

“We get called for all kinds of things,” Atkins said, and the high-priority calls— where ambulances run with lights and sirens—only make up about 40 percent of all calls. On those calls, National EMS responds in less than 9 minutes “right at 89 or 90 percent of the time,” he said.

Rafal said that National EMS should be treating more calls as high priorities, because EMTs never know what they’ll find when they arrive on the scene. “If [National EMS is] downgrading that many calls, that’s very dangerous and a problem,” he said.

Rafal and other former EMTs have been sounding the alarm for years, and Athens-Clarke County commissioners finally became concerned enough that they called a work session on the issue last year.

Atkins told commissioners that the average response time is 7 minutes and 32 seconds, but he did not say how many responses are under the 9-minute threshold.

Atkins “should show his data,” Rafal said. Under an agreement with the hospitals for ACC to subsidize National EMS to the tune of $100,000 per year, the company is ostensibly overseen by a committee of county and hospital officials, but those meetings are never announced, and it’s unclear whether they’re open to the public.

Atkins said he has shared the data with the committee.

After the April 2017 work session, commissioners dropped the issue, but Rafal said he will raise it again at the commission’s July 3 meeting. Athens for Everyone said in a press release that the group wants the ACC Fire Department to take over ambulance service. (Many firefighters are already cross-trained as EMTs and respond to some, but not all, 911 calls, Fire Chief Jeff Scarborough told commissioners last year.) If the service remains privatized, A4E wants to route all 911 calls through the police department’s dispatch center and

for National EMS to break up emergency and non-emergency transport into separate divisions, rather than running non-emergency calls with ambulances that are on standby for emergencies.

Five Points Historic Districts Likely to Pass Twenty-eight Milledge Circle homeowners support a controversial historic district that’s up for a vote July 3, with 18 opposed, three undecided and seven who didn’t respond to a survey, according to a study of the proposed historic district.

Commissioners Allison Wright and Mike Hamby have put forward a change to the proposal that could reduce opposition further, at least marginally.

Under the commission-defined option, structures in the district built before 1949, rather than 1964, would be protected. That would match up the local historic district with the National Register of Historic Places, Wright explained.

It would also mean four additional buildings would be considered “nonconforming,” meaning they don’t add any historical value to the district, and so it would be easier for the property owners to alter or demolish those buildings. One of them is a duplex belonging to the politically connected real-estate agent Jamie Boswell. His son, Jay Boswell, read a letter from his father to commissioners in which the elder Boswell said that, while he opposes the historic district, he prefers the commission-defined option because it would allow him to build his dream home on the property.

Although the district appears likely to pass easily, Mayor Nancy Denson weighed in anyway: “To my knowledge, I was the first elected official in Athens to publicly support historic districts,” she said. The city ordinance allowing for the creation of historic districts passed in 1984, shortly after she left the city council to run for tax commissioner.

“I still support preservation efforts in Athens-Clarke County, but I’m concerned about a process that supports imposing restrictions on the use and enjoyment of property owners’ rights without their consent,” Denson said. “I don’t remember the kind of owner divide we’ve had on designations proposed anytime before compared to the ones that we have for the designations that are recommended tonight.”

Denson said that ACC should require at least 65 percent of property owners to approve before creating a historic district.

When including non-responses, the rate of approval is 50 percent on Milledge Circle and 33 percent on nearby Castalia Avenue.

Denson loves historic districts so much that she considered vetoing the equally contentious Buena Vista historic district in 2013 and refused to put an extension of the Hancock Avenue demolition moratorium on the agenda in May (requiring commissioners to override her), in addition to announcing last Tuesday that she will vote “no” on

the Five Points district in the unlikely event that she is called upon to break a tie.

The issue is likely to come up again at some point, albeit with a new mayor, Kelly Girtz. The state Historic Preservation Division recommended that ACC consider expanding the district into surrounding areas that have equal historical significance as relatively untouched examples of early 20th Century middle-class development.

Senior Development Proposed on Epps Bridge For those who remember the debate last year involving a condo tower for retirees near downtown, the commission entered sort of a bizarro world when talking last week about a senior living development proposed for Epps Bridge Parkway near Chestnut Grove Baptist Church.

The 31-acre development—intended for those 55 and older—would include 84 homes and amenities such as a clubhouse, pool, tennis courts, trails, gardens and a park. It would require a rezoning from RS-25 (a little over half-acre lots) to the much denser RS-8 designation, prompting complaints from neighbors at a planning commission meeting last month about traffic and concerns that it won’t fit in with the surrounding neighborhoods, as well as the mass grading the development would require. The planning commission recommended denial by a 6-2 vote.

“I feel like this is Groundhog Day for me,” Commissioner Mike Hamby said.

“We’ve had a lot of interest in areas off Epps Bridge Road.”

Hamby criticized the project for how much dirt would have to be moved around and questioned why a rezoning is necessary when the developer could build 43 houses by right. The rezoning, he emphasized, is separate from the question of senior housing. “The senior development has nothing to do with the rezoning at all,” he said. “We have to keep that in mind, because the senior development, we have no control over… whether somebody 55 or older is living in the house.” And at $300,000, the houses won’t be affordable, Hamby said.

On the other hand, a 2016 workforce housing study and this year’s Envision Athens process both identified housing for retirees as a serious need in Athens. “There have been so many, many, many [people] reaching out and saying, ‘This is what we need,’” Commissioner Diane Bell said. “The price, the setting, the location is what they’re asking for.”

Commissioner Melissa Link—who opposed the increase in density and the $300,000 price point of the Mitchell Street tower—reversed course. Epps Bridge is a place where she supports more density, “there’s a real need for that upper-middleclass price point,” she said. The grading plan is “really good,” with green streets, sidewalk trees, green space and double-filtered stormwater, Link added.

Girtz praised the addition of a second access point to Epps Bridge. Athens will have to have a “modest increase in density,” especially in its inner-ring postwar suburbs, to accommodate growth and protect the green belt—especially with retirees flocking here from other parts of the country because of Athens’ inclusion on so many “best places to retire” lists.

“Even though $300,000 seems like a lot of money to me, I know the reality from friends of mine who are in their 60s and 70s is that often they’ve moved here from Boston or Atlanta or the West Coast, and they’ve sold their homes for two or three or four times in value and paid cash for a home here,” Girtz said.

Last year, Girtz argued for an affordable component to the Mitchell Street development, while Hamby voted in favor of it.

Also up for a vote July 3 is a 10,000-seat amphitheater off Commerce Road near the Loop. The plan has been adjusted to address concerns about traffic, overflow parking and noise. Girtz called the plans much improved from a previous version submitted in November. “I’m excited about it as a prospect for our local economy and our music industry here in Athens,” he said. But Link and Commissioner Jerry NeSmith raised questions about stormwater management, which will be addressed further along in the engineering process, according to Planning Director Brad Griffin. f

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By Adam Lassila news@flagpole.com

to make the right to health care a reality. It means supporting a $15 minimum wage, paid leave and collective bargaining, so that workers in Athens and beyond can actually thrive, not just scrape by while their labor makes others rich. It means independent redistricting, campaign finance reform and automatic voter registration to expand democracy instead of continuing to concentrate power in corporations and the wealthy.

Every one of these practical changes would improve the lives of most Georgians, especially black people, trans and non-binary folks, and other especially vulnerable

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Something’s happening in Athens. It’s because it is. Saying so meets voters where been growing for years, and it showed its they’re at, including many Trump voters. breadth in the transformative sweep of the Fighting to change it is what can make May 22 election. A politics explicitly compolitics worth engaging with. Of course, we mitted to transforming systemic injustices have to couple that broad, accurate message dislodged a political culture of do-nothing-ism.

This wasn’t a “blue wave” where we settled for any Democrat in place of unfathomably regressive Republicans.

In fact, in six of seven mayor and commission races, a transformative candidate defeated another Democrat. This is a sign that substance matters, and voters will show up when there’s something worth voting for.

If Democrats are to win power in Georgia, and if they’re to make that power worth something, they need to offer more than simply being better than the Republicans.

Poll after poll shows that most people feel like neither party really cares about the struggles of ordinary people. But our local candidates showed the way forward. They weren’t afraid to say they’re on the side of the many, not the few, and they backed it up with real proposals for expanded public ser- Athens for Everyone co-founder Tim Denson celebrates winning a commission seat. vices, criminal justice reform and more. They showed what’s true across with specific proposals that will improve communities. We must also seek particularthe state: There are more votes to win by people’s lives. ized solutions like government contracting increasing turnout than by chasing the few At the state level, that means legalizing that reaches black communities, driver’s swing voters that Democrats too often use marijuana and ending money bail to start licenses for undocumented Georgians and as the excuse for their vacuous politics and undoing the system of mass incarceration comprehensive civil rights legislation. submission to an unjust status quo. that’s devastating black and low-wealth This is the kind of politics that can show Democrats can’t be afraid to say that communities. It means not only expanding what’s really at stake in political struggle: our system is rigged against ordinary folks, Medicaid, but fighting for Medicare for all our lives and our livelihoods, not just which

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team gets to hoist their banner after the election; a politics that gives people a reason to participate is the path to victory.

Much more importantly, it’s the path to making that victory worth a damn. When you campaign on transformation and you win, you get to actually change things, which is the point of politics in the first place.

Our local election showed that a bold politics of real ideas works, and the new mayor and commission are going to make real, substantive changes. But the power of local government has its limits, and Athenians need transformative politics at higher levels, as well.

It happened here sooner because organizations like the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement, Dignidad Inmigrante and Athens for Everyone are helping to advance transformative ideas in a way that can serve as a model for the entire state.

People know our political and economic system is built for the interests of a few, and only a politics that takes it head-on can win people’s trust and change that system.

That antagonism between the few on top and the rest of us already exists, but it remains invisible as long as our politics ignore it. It’s buried in the stress of the electricity bill pinned to the fridge, the tossing and turning in bed while we decide whether to take the hit by going to the dentist, and the car ride to our second job when we’d rather be home with our kids.

In Athens, we’re showing the way, as social movements and bold campaigns redefine what is possible. If Democrats in Georgia pay attention, this won’t stop here. We will change the politics of this state and transform our lives, together. f Lassila is the organization coordinator for Athens For Everyone.

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Another Fine Mess

The Year of Pretending

GET AWAY WITH A TRIP TO THE LAUREL & HARDY MUSEUM

WITH DAD IN VIETNAM, THEY SOLDIERED ON AT HOME

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Editor’s note: We love Athens, but it’s summertime, and everybody feels the urge to get out of town every once in a while. Day Tripper will be your guide for destinations within a couple hours’ drive when that wanderlust hits.

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Hardy was the fat, impatient one who loved Stan on good days but mostly liked to roll his eyes, often directly at the camera, at Laurel’s inane remarks. The movies follow a strict narrative, starting out with the pair trading mild pleasantries and quickly One series of fun destinations that will devolving with the introduction of a seembe sure to bring a smile to your face lies ingly innocuous plot device. Lots of puns, just east of here, for an easy one-day trip. physical comedy and pratfalls give the films You’ll visit two museums with exhibits their timeless appeal. dedicated to outstanding American enterThe museum exhibits more than 1,000 tainers of the 20th Century: comedians photos, figures, plates, souvenirs and other Laurel and Hardy and memorabilia from their the Godfather of Soul, career. You can have Laurel and Hardy were your picture taken James Brown. sitting in the back seat loved for their antic GETTING THERE: of their car wearing physical comedy and the way one of their signature Starting out from Athens, head east on they tweaked the pretensions bowler hats or posHighway 78, pointing ing with cardboard of the upper class. toward Harlem, GA, cutouts of “the boys.” birthplace of Oliver The museum also has Hardy, the rotund half of Laurel and Hardy. a viewing room where you can watch dozIf it’s a Saturday, as it was for our trip, you ens of their movies on DVD. We watched may want to stop at the eclectic Rowdy a 20-minute Depression-era classic from Rooster in Lexington, about 20 minutes 1933 called Me and My Pal, a classic short east of Athens, to pick up delicious pastries about Oliver getting married to the daughdelivered fresh on Saturdays from a bakery ter of Peter Cucumber, an oil magnate. The in Comer. Watch for a piece on Lexington in story quickly goes sideways when Stan, an upcoming feature here. the best man, arrives with his boneheaded wedding present: a jigsaw puzzle. Stan immediately becomes engrossed in the puzzle and ignores efforts by Oliver to get him to the wedding, and soon new characters are added to the effort. As always, the story goes terribly and hilariously wrong, climaxing with a melee that results in broken furniture, ruined fancy clothes and a noisy visit from the police.

Unsurprisingly, given his “little tramp” appearance, the English actor Laurel Stan Laurel (left) and Oliver Hardy in The Flying Deuces. served as Charlie Chaplin’s understudy, Restored with plenty of sugar, we hit the and he began to act in films on his own as road again, speeding over hills and down well. Hardy was the Tin Man in the 1925 dales fast enough to give an edge to the trip. film version of The Wizard of Oz, 14 years Out of the way, bub, we have places to go! before the 1939 musical version, as well as in other silent films. Their first film as a WHAT YOU’LL SEE: The first stop is the Laurel duo, 1927’s Lucky Dog, was silent, but the & Hardy Museum of Harlem, a city-owned rest of them were all “talkies.” They won museum only 78 miles east of Athens. It an Academy Award for their 1932 film The boasts a deep collection of memorabilia Music Box, the first Oscar to be awarded to a celebrating one of the most famous comedy live-action short film, and Laurel was given duos in entertainment. Hal Roach, who an honorary Oscar in 1960. also made the Our Gang movies, produced Like many Hollywood figures, the more than 100 Laurel and Hardy short and famous duo continues to entertain fans feature films during Hollywood’s golden age around the world nearly 100 years after of comedy. their first film. Thousands of fans are memActive from 1927–1950, Laurel and bers of more than 350 “Sons of the Desert” Hardy were loved for their antic physical fan clubs, each chapter named for a Laurel comedy and the way they tweaked the preand Hardy picture. f tensions of the upper class. Stan Laurel was Next Up: The James Brown exhibit at the Augusta the skinny nitwit with the silly grin and History Museum. the trademark “from above” head scratch;

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agreed there was no reason to go understand why but hoped my mom was through the canisters of slides right—once Dad came home, I’d be back to handed down from my parents. We have the normal. photo albums; we could just toss the slides We were different in all sorts of ways and save ourselves a lot of trouble. But the that year, but carried on as if everything one labeled “Vietnam” in my dad’s precise were the same. print caught my husband’s curiosity. There’s Now the year was over, and my dad was my dad in his flight suit with his plane. supposed to be on that plane. My brother I was 7 years old at the time, living pointed to a man who walked out with a with my mother and 9-year-old brother in cane, wearing dark glasses and sporting a Montgomery, AL. There aren’t any slides mustache. Mom laughed at my brother’s that tell our story from that year, but my mistake. most vivid memory was the night he was due home. The three of us stood outside staring at the airplane parked on the runway. Everyone had disembarked, so where was Dad? It was 1969. For a year, we’d lived in Montgomery so my mom could be close to her parents while Dad, an officer in the Air Force, served as a supply pilot in Vietnam. We rented a brick ranch with fig and pecan trees whose abundant produce was just a burden—one more thing for my mother to deal with.

A single mother for a year, all the jobs fell to her. With my dad, we were a self-reliant unit, like every military family. Without my dad, we were just “dependents.”

We sought help from strangers, including the kind couple next door, disturbing them around Christmas when we couldn’t make our tree stand work and the fully decorated tree fell over. And when a large package arrived from my dad with Major James Kyker poses beside his Caribou C7A. warnings written all over it, my brother took it to their house, afraid to open it with just his mom and little sister The man limped past, none of us noticfor backup, knowing what a prankster his ing that he stood a few feet behind us. dad was.

When all the passengers had come and Sure enough, a real (but dead and gone, my mom looked around perplexed stuffed) cobra posed in the classic striking and finally recognized her husband—the position was wrapped inside. Disturbing strange man standing behind us. in so many ways, this provided my brother Dad wasn’t hurt. He didn’t need the cane with a new prop that featured promior the glasses, and grew the mustache as nently in his practical jokes throughout my part of the joke. That’s my dad. We laughed childhood. and hugged and went home to our little And this was the year of the now legend- family celebration. There was a “Welcome ary “squash showdown.” My mom served Home” sign on the lawn, and I think we had me boiled yellow squash that looked pale cake. Dad had a martini. and slimy. I declined even to try it. Mom Getting ready for bed that night, I pulled insisted that I sit at the table until I’d eaten a dresser drawer out too far and it fell on a bite. So I sat. the floor with a bang. My dad came tearing Hours later, when Mom was in bed, into my room, wide-eyed in anger. Maybe my brother snuck me my teddy bear in a the loud noise startled him. His intensity secret show of solidarity. Even later that made me cry. night, my mom woke me up; I’d slid to the I used to think Dad was pretending when floor in sleep. She demanded my surrender he got off that plane looking like a different and offered terms: I could put anything I man, but maybe he was the only one not wanted on one bite. I chose to smother it in pretending. ice cream.

The year was over, and once again we For years, I refused to eat squash in were a cohesive unit, ready for the next support of that act of protest, silently darmove. f ing her to a rematch. Mom later said she Thrilled to have a real “hometown” after a childhood regretted going so far over something so of constant moving, Kathryn has loved Athens in all unimportant, especially considering how her incarnations: student, activist, social worker, stubborn I am. wife, mom, tennis player, zombie, cyclist and writer I refused all invites from friends for of stuff real and imagined. Send your Summer sleepovers, never spending a night away Slackpole submissions to editor@flagpole.com. from my mom for an entire year. I didn’t

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Songs of Salvation

Abe Partridge Finds Grace in Music and Art

By Bobby Moore music@flagpole.com

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obile, AL-based singer, songwriter and painter Abe Partridge had a much different life a decade ago as an independent Baptist preacher. After a few post-ministry setbacks, a two-and-a-half year run of creative success has found him spreading a more secular message of hope. Sunday, he plays the 10th annual Classic City American Music Festival, an all-day gig at The Foundry also featuring Kevn Kinney of Drivin’ N Cryin’, Packway Handle Band and others.

Partridge’s journey from the pulpit to the recording studio began right out of high school. After attending four different Bible colleges in four years, he got married and started a family. At age 25, he moved to Kentucky to pastor a rural church.

“That’s where I found songwriting,” he says. “I was up in Kentucky in 2005. It was the rural Appalachian part of Kentucky. We got high-speed internet about the time that I was pastoring up there. It kind of coincided with me coming apart mentally. I got high-speed internet, and I found all of these songwriters like John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan and all these guys. After discovering that, I started writing my own songs while I was there. It would just make me feel better. It’d give me a reason to get out of bed in the morning.”

As Partridge was discovering his folk and country inspirations, he spent Sundays hearing old-time hymns in a church that, in all likelihood, would never allow a praise and worship band to darken its doors. Still, any roots-music lover can get lost in those piano-driven songs about salvation, regardless of personal beliefs.

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“The one thing I do miss is singing out of the red-back hymnal,” he says. “There was a certain spirit in those churches when you get the whole choir going, and people are singing in four parts. It’s a thing of beauty.”

Following a breakdown, in 2007 Partridge quit the ministry and moved back to Mobile. Despite his strong musical grounding and a still-secret talent as a painter, Partridge returned home with no marketable skills. Instead of attending college again or re-entering the ministry, he enlisted in the Air Force. Soon, he was deployed to Iraq.

I prayed and asked God that if he let me get home, I’d do my best to bring beauty into the world.

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“While I was over there, I realized that the only thing I’d ever done with my life is bring negativity into the world with the kind of preaching I did and bring violence into the world with the military,” he says. “Here I was, writing these songs and painting these pictures, and I wouldn’t let anyone see them. I prayed and asked God that if he let me get home, I’d do my best to bring beauty into the world through my songs and my art.”

Whether it was divine intervention or a case of talent rising to the top, things looked up fast once Partridge made it back to Alabama.

“When I came back in October 2015, I played a songwriter competition in Gulf Shores,” he says. “That’s the first time I’d played songs to people who weren’t my family. I ended up winning that night. There were a couple hundred

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people there, and I ended up getting a standing ovation. It blew my mind. Also that night, I met the guy that ended up producing both of my records.”

Since then, Partridge has toured consistently and cut two albums—2016’s White Trash Lipstick and this year’s Cotton Fields and Blood For Days. He’s also discovered that fans love his folk art so much that, in February alone, he sold over 20 pieces.

Like his earliest songs, Partridge’s art existed in a vacuum until his support team encouraged him to share his talent with others. Before that, he didn’t even know about Georgia’s best-known folk-art legend, Howard Finster.

“I lived in Calhoun for five years and never even heard of the guy,” Partridge says. “Now I’m dying to get up there just so I can see the Paradise Gardens.”

God-given talent and an avid interest in what works for other singer-songwriters drives Partridge’s prayer-cometrue success.

Prine’s dark humor and Van Zandt’s Earthly wisdom mark “Our Babies Will Never Grow Up to Be Astronauts,” “Ride Willie Ride” and other recent album tracks. These songs, and others like them, attract new congregations of fans to the work of an artist who has survived one hell of a quarter-life crisis. f

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HOW MUCH: $15 (adv.), $20 (door)

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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com Here’s to everyone having survived AthFest with minimal dehydration, only mild sunburns, and brain and body relatively intact.

If this doesn’t describe you, well, there’s always next year.

BIG SCIENCE: I got tipped to the new four-song EP by experimental act Sarah Swillum by another local artist whose work I like and respect very much, so it was a given I was gonna dive right in. The release’s name is Turns Goldy. So much of this scene operates via intentional obfuscation and personality-erasing, so after years of trying to drill down into everything to render reportage that’s as complete as possible, I’ve given up. I have no idea who all is on this or what anyone actually did. But I can say this: It is a nearly perfect blend of the aesthetics of Lene Lovich and Laurie Anderson. The vocal experimentations are superb and compelling, and the actual music is tuneful and supporting. As an aside, Sarah Swillum I don’t know if the Lou Reed reference of the release’s URL is intentional, but if it’s not, then that’s just friggin’ magical, isn’t it? Listen in at jimjim. bandcamp.com.

FOUR FROM THE FLOOR: The Pink Stones have a new four-song collection that really isn’t an EP or anything like that, but they named it Lil Bit More, anyway. It’s just a couple of demos and a couple of cover songs. First up is the slow ’n’ low “Blueberry Dream,” which is just as dank and hazy as the name implies. It’s also very sweetly tuneful and catchy. “Shiny Bone” is much less so on all points. There’s a nice version of folkie Michael Hurley’s “Be Kind to Me,” as well as an earnest version of Bob Dylan’s “Mama, You Been on My Mind.” All told, this is probably good for existing fans only, but who knows, it might turn some ears.

Listen in and figure it out at thepinkstones. bandcamp.com.

AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME: Pylon Reenactment Society is heading out on the road for a few shows this week.

Between June 27–July 1, the group will play Durham, NC; Bordentown, NJ; Richmond, VA; Washington, DC; and New York. In other news, the band is slated to play the Irrelevant Music Festival at Atlanta’s 529 on July 20. In other, other news, they report they’ve been writing new material (!) and are playing it on the road and hope to put out a new single this fall.

For ticket links to the above-mentioned shows and all other info, see facebook.com/ pylonreenactmentsociety.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE: Athens band Quest Giver is releasing its album All the Things I Thought Were Ours on Thursday, June 28 at The World Famous. Also on the bill that night are Domestic and New York City’s Warpark. True to the album’s title, this thing is exceedingly earnest and wears its heart on both sleeves. It’s also

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way too long and clocks in at a whopping 13 songs. Quest Giver is at its best when digging back into classic pop sounds, such as the early-’60s-ish teenage swoon of “Call Me By,” the jittery Velvets/Feelies vibe of “Timeframes” and even the unintentional goth of “Detection.” All in all, everything here is reserved and conservatively reverb-y and a little jangly and maybe on the cusp of something, but doesn’t ever really just cut loose and go for it. It’s not exactly full of half measures, but could do with some gusto. Check it out at questgiver.bandcamp. com, and keep up via facebook.com/questgiverlore. The band also plays the 40 Watt Club Saturday, June 30 as part of a whopping nine-band bill.

WE ARE ALL MADE OF STARS: A veritable multi-generational Athens supergroup makes its debut atop the Georgia Theatre Thursday, June 28. Named Solid Gold Corpse, the band is composed of Peter Alvanos (Fabulous Bird), Robbie Rapp (Muuy Biien), Creston Spiers (Harvey Milk), Stephen Tanner (Harvey Milk) and David Zwart (Daisy). While this is reason enough to show up, be mindful to also catch Charleston, SC artist Contour, who shares the bill. He’s got tons of cool material up at soundcloud.com/con_tour, but I mostly recommend the six-track release from 2017 named Softer. Recommended if you like Frank Ocean, WesdaRuler, moods and feelings, etc. f

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the locavore

“The artisan cheesemaking community has been growing over the last 10 years,” says Jessica Kennedy, the dairy manager at Rock House Creamery. Kennedy was a dairy inspector with Georgia’s Department of Agriculture for 20 years before switching to the production side. She witnessed the number of cheesemaking licenses grow as Atlanta grew.

Rock House was formed in 2016, taking over a 75-yearold, family-run dairy farm. Kennedy says the company is still focused on maintaining a small herd of 100 cows. She prefers the family farm approach to raising animals.

“If you want to be a small farmer who feeds his cows and tends to his cows, you have to be small,” she says. “We don’t

location, Farmview Market, in Madison. It currently makes three hard cheeses—gouda, cheddar and tomme—along with cheese curds and spreadable fromage.

The creamery would love to expand to grocery stores in Athens. The problem, says Kennedy, is that it’s hard for small-batch cheesemakers to meet the demand requirements set by larger grocery store chains. “You’re not just supplying the Publix in Greensboro, it’s every Publix in the

By Lauren Baggett news@flagpole.com region,” she says, and Rock House isn’t there yet.

The National, Five & Ten and Heirloom Café carry both When Tyler Davis’ family bought “fancy” cheese growing Hobo and Rock House cheeses. Rock House is also sold at up, it was Cracker Barrel brand cheddar from a chain groIdeal Bagel, the Oconee County location of Mama’s Boy cery store, destined for making mac and cheese. and KiKi’s Bakeshop in Watkinsville, and Hobo’s Davis, who is now head cheesemaker and owner of Davis is a vendor at the Athens Farmers Market on Hobo Cheese Company in Covington, has develSaturdays. oped a more refined palate for cheeses since then, Davis opened Hobo in part to help build up the and he is one of a handful of Georgia-based cheecheesemaking trade in the South and support local semakers who are looking to infuse a little cheese dairying. “Small dairy farms in Georgia have taken culture into our local food economy. a hit recently, and we want to create an outlet and “There hasn’t historically been much of a demand for high-quality milk,” he says. cheesemaking tradition down here. There’s less The northern states have a leg up, says Davis, demand overall in the South,” Davis says. Local because their cooler climates support the types cheese shops are commonplace in states like New of grasses that grow year-around, ideal for dairy York, Wisconsin and Vermont, where dairy farms farming and cheesemaking. But Georgia has its dot the landscape, and cheese plays a more central advantages, too. role in food culture.

“We have really good conditions for growing That may explain why, among the array of microbes,” he says. “It’s warm and humid a large foods grown, raised and sold in the Athens area, part of the year, and different types of microbes do local cheese is hard to come by. Nature’s Harmony well in that. I think there’s a lot you can do down Farm in Elberton has been quietly producing small here. It’s just learning to work with the conditions batches of farmstead cheese since 2007, drawing we have.”

Rock House Creamery near Madison is part of the new but growing artisan cheese industry in the attention of artisan cheese lovers when its Davis draws inspiration from the cheeses popGeorgia. cheddar and Alpine cheeses took home a slew of ular in Italy and the Mediterranean, where the regional and international awards in 2014, includwarm and humid climate mirrors the U.S. South. ing the Flavor of Georgia contest. Yet the celebration of push our animals for production. They get their grain ration His flagship cheese, Banjo, is similar to a mozzarella, and locally made cheese has been slow to spill into larger marin the morning, and the rest of the time they’re in the pashis second cheese resembles feta. kets. That may be changing as more artisan cheesemakers ture eating grass.”

“I love cheesemaking,” says Davis. “It’s bridging the gap are popping up in farmers markets and smaller grocery Rock House produces around 160 pounds of cheese a between that raw product and converting it into a finished stores in northeast Georgia. week, much of which is sold in the company’s storefront food. It’s definitely a craft.” f

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Big Ups to Buvez PLUS, A TRIP TO JACOB’S PIZZA

By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com a.m., you may find their preparation for the day a bit too methodical. If you need some protein, there are hard-boiled eggs, twisted in brown paper and served with a fun cracking device, fancy gomasio and a selection of three different salts. The soft pretzels (also Comerian) come with Gulden’s mustard and/or a bit of tangy cultured butter. Snacks

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WITH CARE: I read that Barack Obama used to wear the same suits all the time because he was tired of making decisions all day long and wanted to save the limited number of choices of which he was capable for things that were actually important. Opening a restaurant is a bit like that.

Decision fatigue sets in after a while, which leads to sloppier and less intentional choices in many smaller details. That’s part of what makes Buvez (585 Barber St., 706-850-0172) so impressive: No detail is too small to obsess over, and at the same time, the place removes a great many potentially stressful decisions from the patron by limiting choice. The menu is very small, but it’s hard (impossible?) to make a bad selection from it. The space is thoughtful and well arranged. The air temperature is right. The prices are, on the whole, well set. Everything feels done with care, and the result is that you feel cared for.

What, exactly, is the business?

Well, it’s a café, in that it opens early and serves coffee and pastries (from The Comerian). It’s a lunch place, or possibly an early dinner restaurant, if you’re looking for sandwiches, which are made a little before noon in limited quantities.

It’s also a bar, albeit one that serves Buvez only beer, wine and wine-based aperitifs, plus cocktails made with those ingredients. And, of course, it’s a place to take your kids for a snoball, where they can hang out and play in a big planter full of Jenga-esque blocks. You can meet someone there for a coffee to catch up, use the Wi-Fi and the big community table for a meeting, chill at the bar, swing on the indoor porch swing or enjoy some time separate from your family while still keeping an eye on them. It’s a lot to pack in, but it all exists side by side quite neatly.

The sandwiches, on Independent Baking Co. baguettes, are perfect, although if you’re hungry before about 11:45

(wasabi peas, sesame sticks, Swedish fish) are $1 a scoop.

The snoballs, as covered previously, are fairly sophisticated but still pass muster with kids.

And the cocktails are a real delight. There are only four of them, all of which derive their names from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, and they are low enough in alcohol content that, depending on your tolerance, you could have two and not be much the worse for wear.

The Asteroid B-612 mixes cappelletti (a wine-based bitter rhubarb aperitif) with cava and lemon and is bubbly and

surprisingly complex for only having three ingredients.

The Turkish Astronomer mixes two vermouths (Martini and Yzaguirre Blanc) with a lemon peel and is smooth and delicate. The Snake combines Mexican Coke with lime and Miro vermouth and is super refreshing. The only one that doesn’t quite work as a cocktail is the Little Prince, which is a shandy with rose lemonade that tastes more like a straight-up beer.

All these ingredients and others are also available individually. Buvez is open 7:30 a.m.–10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 7:30 a.m.–11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Sunday.

MPGA: The bumper stickers for Jacob’s Pizza (18 Barnett Shoals Road, in the Watkinsville building that used to be Kumquat Mae a long time ago, as well as the original location in Colbert, 706-705-6367) read “Make Pizza Great Again,” which is a little insulting to pizza, right? Also, is the way to do that really with a whole-wheat crust?

Jacob’s has an interesting business model in that you can get as many toppings as you like for a single price. Plain cheese or everything it offers, your pie will cost the same.

Pizza, breadsticks and calzones all use that whole-wheat-based crust, which works pretty well, although it can feel a little heavy and a touch sweet. The owners make it themselves, though, and not from some pre-packaged mix.

They grind the grain, too. Salads incorporate the same veggies as the pizzas—onions, tomatoes, jalapeños, banana peppers, mushrooms, black olives, bell peppers, spinach and even pineapple, should you desire.

Everything is pretty informal, as you would expect, but well calibrated to kids, with plates that won’t break and ice cream cups for dessert. Jacob’s Pizza is open 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Sunday through Friday. It has an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet at both lunch ($9.99) and dinner ($11.99).

WHAT UP?: RIP to the Five Points Waffle House, which closed Monday after 50 years. If you’re interested in the future of food, mark your calendar for Aug. 13–15, when the North American Coalition for Insect Agriculture will host an international conference, Eating Insects Athens, at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center. f

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Knights to Kings

Morton Theatre · 5 p.m. · $10 Last year, the local nonprofit Chess and Community sent eight teenage boys from the Athens area to Ethiopia for three weeks, and local filmmakers Crystal Furlonge and Matt DeGennaro documented their eye-opening trip. Knights to Kings: A Journey to Ethiopia will be shown at the Morton Theatre on Thursday, June 28. “This event aims to bring the community together to celebrate and support positive youth development, dialogue and initiatives,” says Chess and Community founder Lemuel “Life” LaRoche. A panel discussion featuring former NFL player and Athens native Dunta Robinson, “Lil’ Ice Cream Dude” Beau Shell and Lawrence Harris, director of the Athens Career Academy, will follow. [Blake Aued]

Tuesday 26 EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) Take a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and

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Museum Mix: “Pacific Coast” by Albert Bierstadt

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Creature Comforts · 6–9 p.m. · FREE! After creating the commemorative mural “Birdsong” on the store wall next to Rook & Pawn for AthFest’s 25th anniversary in 2016, it feels appropriate that David Hale should have an exhibition on the same downtown block during peak summer festival time. “Vessel” is a collection of new paintings and prints by the world-renowned illustrator and tattoo artist, who over the past year has taken the time to learn the process of making woodcuts, a new-to-him relief printing technique. Honoring the beauty of the natural world, viewers can expect images of native animals rendered in a black, white and red color palette. Hale’s artwork will remain on view through Sunday, July 29.

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Georgia Museum of Art · 8–11 p.m. · FREE! The museum’s thrice-annual art party offers a refuge from the summer heat with refreshments, dancing and late-night access to the galleries. DJ Kurt Wood plans to spin an eclectic mix of soul, garage, punk, new wave and other deep cuts from his collection of thousands of records. In addition to the museum’s permanent collection, the event highlights two new collections. A gift from the same couple who lends their name to the Terry College of Business, “A Legacy of Giving: C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry” includes 14 pieces of French and American art, while “Bloom Where You’re Planted: The Collection of Deen Day Sanders” features furniture, porcelain and paintings. [JS]

Georgia Theatre · 8 p.m. · $17–22 Over 30 years into his run as the Rev. Horton Heat, singer, songwriter and guitarist Jim Heath retains his crown as the undisputed king of punk-informed rockabilly. This path began when Heath first saw The Cramps perform live and has continued since the 1985 formation of his still-active punkabilly trio. Lux Interior and Poison Ivy’s injection of punk fury and lewd humor into surf rock, country and rockabilly impacts the lightning fast, roots-informed rebellion of “Psychobilly Freakout,” “Wiggle Stick,” “I Can’t Surf” and other memorable cuts. The trio honors its roots while upholding the humor, danger and unpredictability that keeps punk rock’s spirit off life support. [Bobby Moore]

Downtown Athens · 5 p.m. · FREE! Although they won’t be held on the Fourth of July, which falls on a Wednesday this year, Independence Day fireworks will return to downtown four days prior to the actual holiday. The family-friendly event, centered around Washington and College, will feature live music by The Funk Brotherhood, food trucks and, for $2–$7, kids’ activities like a bounce house. At about 9:30 p.m., the fireworks will be launched from the Classic Center parking deck. This year, the Star-Spangled Classic comes with a patriotic playlist designed to synchronize with the fireworks display. Visit accgov.com/ fireworks for the link, as well as more information. [BA]

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Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@ uga.edu FILM: Movie Madness (Oconee County Library) Watch Guardians of the Galaxy II. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee FILM: Bad Movie Night: Death Drug (Ciné Barcafé) Philip Michael Thomas plays a plumber spiraling out of control on an angel dust

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binge. 8:30 p.m. FREE! facebook. com/badmovienight GAMES: Lunch and Learn (Tyche’s Games) Bring your own lunch and try out some new games. 11:30 a.m.

FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

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GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Rd.) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: The Bean and Bear Show (Oglethorpe Co. Library) Participants are invited to sing and dance with puppets and stories.

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10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oglethorpe KIDSTUFF: YA Virtual Reality (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Try out the HTC Vive Virtual Reality headset. Ages 10 and up. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Attendees will share books, songs, puppets and

rhymes. Ages 1.5–5. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Olivia’s Time to Shine (ACC Library) Celebrate the sassy pig with stories, crafts and games.

Ages 2–7. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Dino Day (Normal Books) Browse dinosaur books and enjoy dino snacks (while supplies

last). 10 a.m.–6 p.m. facebook.com/ normalbooksathens KIDSTUFF: Family Movie Night (Oglethorpe Co. Library) Bring the whole family for this month’s screening of Despicable Me 3. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oglethorpe KIDSTUFF: Tween Rock Painting (Bogart Library) Tweens can create kindness rocks, mandala worry stones and space rocks. Ages 9–13.

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: Bingo (Highwire Lounge) Win prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! highwirelounge.com GAMES: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play the

songs and crafts for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oglethorpe Co. Library) Celebrate musicians in Latin music history. Ages 2–6. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oglethorpe PERFORMANCE: Puppet Show (The Mill, 1085 Danielsville Rd.) The New Orleans puppateers present a

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“Our Point of View: Athens Area Plein Air Artists,” an exhibition that includes paintings by Dortha Jacobson, is currently on view at the Lyndon House Arts Center through Saturday, Aug. 4.

6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart KIDSTUFF: PJ Party and Game Night (Chick-fil-A, 3637 Atlanta Hwy.) Families can pick from a variety of games to play. 5–7 p.m.

706-369-1806 LECTURES & LIT: OLLI@UGA Cinema (Ciné Barcafé) Watch a matinee film then discuss with refreshments. 5 p.m. athenscine.com 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 programs at the library. Followed by gallery tours. May’s selection is Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop. 5:30 p.m. FREE! jhebbard@uga.edu

Wednesday 27 ART: Opening Reception (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) See mosaic artwork by Jane Wright. 5:30–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.heirloomathens. com ART: Artful Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Callan Steinmann leads a conversation on Guglielmi’s painting “Tenements.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: The Cobb Brothers in Athens (T.R.R. Cobb House) Milton Leathers and Sam Thomas will lead a walking tour of the historic T.R.R. Cobb House. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/rslathens EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music. 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: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers

Shadowfist Dynamic Card Game. 12 p.m. FREE! 706-354-4500, www. tychesgames.com GAMES: Connect 4 Tournament (Wonderbar) Play the classic game and win prizes. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/wonderbarathens GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com KIDSTUFF: The Great Magical Music Show (Bogart Community Center) David Floyd will play songs, show off instruments from around the world and perform magic. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart KIDSTUFF: Will it Waffle? (Oconee County Library) Attempt to answer the age old question. Will it waffle?

Grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Todd Key’s Flying Debris Extravaganza JugglePalooza (Oconee County Civic Center) Throwing, ball spinning, ladder balancing and more. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee KIDSTUFF: Todd Key (Madison County Library, Danielsville) The the one-man act throw clubs, spin balls, balance ladders and more. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) See Tuesday listing for full description. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Musical Notes Button Art (ACC Library) Make musicthemed art form old knick-knacks.

Ages 11–18. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Stories, songs and simple crafts. Ages 0–5. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories,

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Thursday 28 ART: Opening Reception (Creature Comforts Brewery) “Vessel” features new paintings and prints by David Hale. See Calendar Pick on p. 12.

6–9 p.m. FREE! creaturecomfortsbeer.com ART: Museum Mix (Georgia Museum of Art) The museum’s late-night art party includes refreshments, music by DJ Mahogany and access to all the galleries. 8–11 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Intermediate Excel 2010 (Oconee County Library) Learn more advanced techniques for using Excel. Registration required. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee EVENTS: KnitLits (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are welcome.

6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart EVENTS: The NFB Newsline (Multiple Choices for Independent Living) The Georgia Audible Information Network Service presents a newspaper reading service offered to blind and print-disabled Georgia residents. 12 p.m. www. nfbnewsline.org EVENTS: Full Moon Hike: Strawberry Moon (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Bring family and friends along to enjoy the mysterious world of nature at night.

Includes a two-mile hike through the wooded trails and in the garden. 8 p.m. $5/person, $15/family. www. uga.edu/botgarden FILM: Knights to Kings: A Journey to Ethiopia (Morton Theatre) Chess and Community presents a documentary following boys from Athens on a journey of self-discovk continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! ery through Ethiopa. A community dialogue on positive youth identity will follow. 5 p.m. $12. mortontheatre.com FILM: The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Life of Ryan Gainey (Ciné Barcafé) The documentary covers the life of celebrated American garden designer Ryan Gainey. 5:30 p.m. www.athenscine.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Poker Night (5 Points Cigar Shop, 1720 Epps Bridge Pkwy.) Play with Interstate Poker every Thursday.

6:30 p.m. www.5pointscigars.com GAMES: Rock, Paper Scissors Tournament (Wonderbar) Win prizes. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/wonderbarathens KIDSTUFF: Yippe-Ki-Yay Cowboy Storytime (ACC Library) A morning of cowboy stories, music, simple square dancing and crafts. Cowboy boots and hats are encouraged.

Ages 4–11. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Read and Rock (Oglethorpe Co. Library) Explore different genres of music. This week’s theme is “Latin.” Ages 7–11. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oglethorpe KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Bring your pajama-clad kids in for bedtime stories, songs and a light snack. Ages 0–7. 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Madison County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based games. Blocks provided. For ages 8 & up. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Builder’s Club (Bogart Library) The club encourages engineering and creativity by building with unique and recycled materials.

This month’s theme is “Geology.” 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart KIDSTUFF: Crafternoon (Oconee County Library) Make and take a craft. Materials provided. Grades 6–12. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee 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 MEETINGS: ACC Democratic Committee (ACC Library) The Athens-Clarke County Democratic Committee will recruit volunteers, help GOTV and promote Democratic values. 6 p.m. FREE! clarkedemocrats.com MEETINGS: Piedmont Songwriters Society (Piedmont College) Share or learn songwriting styles, ideas and influences at a monthly meeting. Each participant can share a song or idea for feedback. 6–8 p.m. FREE! jwhatley@ piedmont.edu 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 a.m. FREE! www.naturerambling. blogspot.com THEATER: The Addams Family (Crawford School) America’s goth family comes to life in a musical production. See Theater Notes on p.

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Friday 29 EVENTS: Adult Coloring Club (Bogart Library) Relax with adult coloring books and supplies. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart GAMES: Planeswalkers for Diversity Meeting and Magic (Tyche’s Games) Play Magic in a welcoming atmosphere. 6 p.m. www. tychesgames.com GAMES: Disco Bowling (Showtime Bowling Center) Every Friday and Saturday night. 11 p.m.–12:30 a.m. www.showtimebowl.com GAMES: Family Disco Bowling (Showtime Bowling Center) Bring your disco hair. 6-8 p.m. 706-5481028 KIDSTUFF: KidsKnit Help (Bogart Library) Kids who are practicing their knitting can get extra help from Ms. Deborah. 10 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Pagemasters (Oconee County Library) Read The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick and watch the movie. Books available at the circulation desk. 4 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Wine Tasting and Reading (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Meet Kevin Begos and Deborah Blum for their respective works Tasting the Past and The Poisoner’s Handbook. Book signing and wine tasting will follow a reading. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: Secret City Burlesque (40 Watt Club) Secret City presents “Monster Mash/ Summer Mash,” a burlesque strip tease and dance party. 9 p.m. $8–10. www.40watt.com THEATER: The Language Archive (Athens Community Theater) George documents dying languages from far-flung cultures while struggling with what to say to his wife at home.

See Theater Notes on p. 19. June 29–30, 8 p.m. July 1, 2 p.m. $5. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: The Addams Family (Crawford School) See Thursday listing for full description. June 28–30, 7:30 p.m. $13–18. artsoglethorpe.org

Saturday 30 ART: Opening Reception (Hip Vintage and Handmade) See paintings by Mallory Malloy. 2–4 p.m.

FREE! hipvintagehandmade.com COMEDY: Non Pale Ale Comedy (Southern Brewing Company) Features stand-up comedians from Athens and Atlanta. 7 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com 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: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music by Scott Baxendale and Sean McAuley. 8 a.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: No Basic Sh**: It’s a Fashion Show (Ciné Barcafé) Athens native Gina Willis presents pieces form her latest collection.

6:30–9:30 p.m. $5. athenscine.com EVENTS: Star Spangled Classic (Downtown Athens) Athens’ annual Independence Day celebration

children’s activities, food trucks and fireworks. Live music by The Funk Brotherhood. See Calendar Pick on p. 12. 5–10 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure GAMES: Day of Board Game Demonstrations (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play new games. 12 p.m.

FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Disco Bowling (Showtime Bowling Center) See Friday listing for full description. 11 p.m.–12:30 a.m. www.showtimebowl.com KIDSTUFF: YA Book Brunch (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Teens can discuss their summer reading over breakfast pastries. Ages 12–18. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Drop-in Crafts (ACC Library) Stop by the children’s department to make a craft. Ages 2–11 and their caregivers. 11 a.m.

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transfiguration and cooking. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.uuathensga.org THEATER: The Language Archive (Athens Community Theater) See Friday listing for full description.

June 29–30, 8 p.m. July 1, 2 p.m. $5. townandgownplayers.org

Monday 2 FILM: Brown Bag Movie (Oconee County Library) Bring your lunch and watch The Princess and the Frog on the big screen. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.com/oconee GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team trivia contests with house cash

Tuesday 3 GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description.

8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 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) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com KIDSTUFF: Kids Knit (Bogart Library) Learn the basics of knitting.

4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and

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 LECTURES & LIT: Reading of the Declaration of Independence (Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside) Young adult readers, candidates and Georgia District 10 will read sections of the Declaration. 11:30 a.m. FREE! 706355-7087

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 26 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 Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. thefoundryathens.com JOE WILLEY & THE MOVIN’ MEN Folk music from the local songwriter and his band.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 NIGHT ON EARTH No info available.

ANTLERED AUNT LORD Fuzz-pop project fronted by local songwriter Jesse Stinnard.

EMILEIGH IRELAND Local singer-songwriter and experimental performer.

Wednesday 27 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 6 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens. com KIP JONES Local songwriter playing all your favorite folk, rock, R&B and country covers and some of his own tunes.

Jet Engine Dragons play the Caledonia Lounge on Saturday, June 30.

LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Poet (ACC Library, Auditorium) Local writer Benjamín Milano will read from his new poetry book, Brincaron las Gallinas, in Spanish. Brett Swartz will read them in English. A discussion and reception will follow. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret (Go Bar) Drag performances by local artists. 9 p.m. $3. showgirlcabaret@gmail.com, www. athensshowgirlcabaret.com THEATER: The Language Archive (Athens Community Theater) See Friday listing for full description.

June 29–30, 8 p.m. July 1, 2 p.m. $5. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: The Addams Family (Crawford School) See Thursday listing for full description. June 28–30, 7:30 p.m. $13–18. artsoglethorpe.org

Sunday 1 KIDSTUFF: Hogwarts Sunday School (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Dress up in your wizard robes for an afternoon of

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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: CD Scratch Art & Mosaics (Oconee County Library) Make radical art to dazzle your friends. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday (Bogart Library) Songs, finger plays, wiggles and giggles for ages three and under. Caregivers will receive pointers for building literacy and language skills. 10:15 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart MEETINGS: Job Club (Oconee County Library) Share job-seeking challenges, get resume reviews and network in an empowering environment. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee SPORTS: Table Tennis Matches and Training (East Athens Community Center) All skill levels welcome. Mondays, 6–8:30 p.m. & Saturdays, 1–4 p.m. First visit free. www.ttathensga.com

enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages 3–11. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Bogart Bookies Book Club (Bogart Library) Discuss Code Girls by Liza Mundy. 1–2 p.m.

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Wednesday 4 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Bingo (Highwire Lounge) Win prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! highwirelounge.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description. 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

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com NORMA RAE This local four-piece plays soulful, distinctively Southern Americana.

THE BROKEN STRING BAND Athens band blending Western folk with indie rock.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 ETIENNE DE ROCHER Local virtuoso guitarist plays a unique, layered style of indie rock.

A BOY NAMED RUTH DJ spinning old-world bass and experimental darkwave sounds.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 8:30 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub SWING STREET DANCE BAND Playing a mix of salsa, Latin tunes and swing.

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) THE HACKERS No info available.

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

Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.

Thursday 28 Akademia Brewing Co. 7 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com JOE CAT Local troubadour whose influences range from Steve Earle and Townes Van Zant to Johnny Cash.

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

Every Thursday!

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 JOHN SWILLEY Local songwriter who blends gritty Southern rock, sultry R&B and Delta blues.

LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul.

Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $1 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance with wireless headphones and three channels of music. The first hour is free!

Hilltop Grille 6 p.m. FREE! www.hilltopgrille.com CHRIS HAMPTON BAND Local country and Southern rock singer-songwriter performs with his group.

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!

The World Famous 8 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens QUEST GIVER Local experimental indie trio. Album release show!

SYLVIA ROSE NOVAK Southern gothic singer-songwriter with sharp vibrato and a sharper fiddle.

The Foundry 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com TRIBUTE Eight-piece ensemble that recreates the Allman Brothers’ first five years using vintage equipment.

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. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com POPE PAUL & THE ILLEGALS Rockabilly-country band from Santa Ana, CA. 8 p.m. $17 (adv.), $22 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com REVEREND HORTON HEAT Longrunning, Texas-based punkabilly group. See Calendar Pick on p. 12.

BIG SANDY Long-running Western swing/country-boogie band from California.

PSYCHO DEVILLES Atlanta-based rockabilly group.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com THE JUDY CHOPS Playing swing, jazz, rockabilly and other throwback styles.

Saturday 30 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com FALLOW Athens-based three-piece dirty grunge and Southern metal band.

BACKMASK Hard-rock trio from the Athens/Atlanta area.

DEAD VIBES Two-piece sludge metal band.

JET ENGINE DRAGONS Local band playing a blend of shoegaze, progressive rock and technical metal.

The Falls 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-2217 LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul.

40 Watt Club 7 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com QUEST GIVER Local experimental indie trio.

40 Watt Club 10 p.m. $3. www.40watt.com ROCK N SOUL Enjoy an all-vinyl dance party.

The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com STEVE COUGHLIN & PROBABLE CAUSE Smooth Americana group from Hartwell.

PINK TRUCK BAND Classic-rock cover band from Hartwell.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com SOLID GOLD CORPSE Members of Daisy and Harvey Milk play hummable pop with an edge. See Calendar Pick on p. 12.

CONTOUR Jazz, psych and world group from Charleston, SC. Go Bar 11 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 PERIOD SIX Playing a unique blend of jazz standards with collective communication and soulful improvisation.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com RALPH RODDENBERRY Eclectic and renowned Southern blues-rock artist.

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 three channels of music. The first hour is free!

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com HALEM ALBRIGHT A blend of unique songwriting and electrifying guitar work.

Sunday 1 Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside 6 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7087 THE LUCKY JONES Local band playing old-school rockin’ rhythm and blues.

DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Rd. location) CHRYSTAL LEONARD Singersongwriter from North Carolina.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com OLD RED Gentle songs by Ranjan Kumar, with Sofia on harmony vocals and John Kiran Fernandes on clarinet.

JOHN KIRAN FERNANDES Local fixture performs a set of solo ambient looped clarinet.

THE GOLDEN CRESCENT WRENCH Drums-and-sax duo in the style of late-period Coltrane, Albert Ayler and Sonny Rollins.

HALFWAY PLACES Solo electronic works by local musician Sam Frigard.

TRAVIS MEADOWS Nashville-based singer-songwriter.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. $3. www.georgiatheatre.com BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin classic and current Top 40 hits.

The Foundry 1 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com CLASSIC CITY AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL An all-day celebration of roots music, featuring Packway Handle Band, Pickled Holler, The Cleverlys, Broken String Band, Kevn Kinney, Norma Rae, The Josephines, Abe Partridge, Leah Calvert, Ty Manning & Adam Poulin, Grassland and Sylvia Rose Novak. See Story on p. 8.

Ethan Master of the Hawaiian Ukulele plays Go Bar on Monday, July 2.

WARPARK Three-piece rock group from New York City.

LYDIA SERA Local visual artist and singer-songwriter.

DOMESTIC No info available.

Friday 29 Akademia Brewing Co. 8 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com THE PIERRES Athens-based alternative rock group.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES BAND Jamband quintet performing American rock.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com THE DOOKIE BROTHERS Local teenage tribute band playing Green Day hits.

THE GRAWKS Punk and garage-inspired local rock band playing songs

by The Ramones.

ROOM 9 Athens-based cover band playing hits by Blink-182.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com A.M. RODRIGUEZ Country-folk singer-songwriter with a confessional lyrical style.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 HIGHER LEVEL HIP HOP SHOWCASE Featuring performances by Clip Art, DJ Nate From Wuxtry and more.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $10. www.hendershotscoffee. com FUNK BROTHERHOOD The local all-star band plays a set dedicated to James Brown.

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

Iron Factory 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-395-6877 RAG BAGS New Athens-based altrock band led by Alex and Tyler Nicholson.

BIRDS FLY SOUTH High-energy local folk and Americana group.

TJ WAYT Macon-based roots-rock performer.

THE SOCIAL ENGINEERS Clarkesville band playing a blend of rock, funk, hip hop and soul.

Saucehouse Barbeque 7 p.m. FREE! www.saucehouse.com HAPPY CHEESE Local experimental bedroom-pop project.

HARRY CAREY Reunited version of this raucous Athens rock group fronted by Jim Willingham.

ANCIENT WHALES Fuzz-rock band led by songwriter and vocalist Enoch Bledsoe.

HARLOT PARTY Local rock group featuring intertwining guitar riffs and haunting, emotive vocals.

KWAZYMOTO Noisy local punk- and and math-influenced rock trio.

ZEKE Member of the Humms performs solo.

FORBIDDEN WAVES Surfy local garage-rock combo.

Terrapin Beer Co. 3 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com OAK HILL DRIFTERS Orlando, FL group that plays rockabilly, Western swing and early R&B.

Monday 2 Bella Noche 11 a.m. FREE! 706-310-4414 LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul.

Front Porch Book Store 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-3928 LIAM PARKE & FRIENDS Member of local band Repent at Leisure plays folk music with frriends.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com TALL BOYS Lo-fi indie rockers from Kansas City, MO. BLUE BODIES Athens-based “bummer-pop” punk band.

THE VIKING PROGRESS Local group that plays rockers and ballads about love, death and isolation.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com PONY LEAGUE “Piano-punk” and Americana outfit out of Atlanta.

7:30 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre. com AMERICAN AQUARIUM Southern roots-rock band from North Carolina.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 BILLBOARD BAGGINS Athensbased experimental outfit.

KUSA87 Local experimental band creating visual soundscapes through tapes, pedals, vinyl and more.

RICKY DIGITS Local emcee who cites MF Doom, cLOUDDEAD, Wu-Tang Clan and Eminem as influences.

ETHAN MASTER OF THE HAWAIIAN UKULELE Singersongwriter from Austin, TX. 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.

Tuesday 3 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 6 p.m. $25. www.thefoundryathens. com THE ORIGINAL SPLITZ BAND This band’s wide range encompasses classic Motown, funk, disco and both old-school and contemporary R&B. DJ MALIK DJ based out of Atlanta.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DK Detroit-born, Athens-based hiphop artist.

SQUALLE Athens-based hip-hop artist with a thoughtful, throwback sound.

EL TRUPPO No info available.

WILLOW MEAN No info available.

CLIP ART Local rap duo featuring Vann Johnson and Arizona Zimmerman.

Wednesday 4 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!

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) KIP JONES Local songwriter playing all your favorite folk, rock, R&B and country covers and some of his own tunes.

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.

Down the Line 7/5 SIX STRING THERAPY (Akademia Brewing Co.) 7/5 C.W. STONEKING (The Foundry) 7/5 NUCLEAR TOURISM / THE BAD BEES / UNTIL THREE (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/6 JUBAL (Akademia Brewing Co.) 7/6 VANGAS / DAVID WEBB’S BURNING BUSH / SOCIAL CIRCLE / LO DODONA (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 7/6 COASTERS / VINTAGE VIXENS (The Foundry) 7/6 DANIEL HUTCHENS & FRIENDS (Georgia Theatre)

Deadline for getting listed in The Calendar is FRIDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Contact us at calendar@flagpole.com.

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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 Sept.

15 & Dec. 15. info@athensarts.org, www.athensarts.org ARTIST CLASSES (Pixel & Ink Studio) “Athens Artist Potluck.” June 28. “Intro to 35mm Film: Camera Functions & A Shootout.” July 10, 17, 24. “Movie Night: A Thousand Clowns.” July 12. “Broke A$$ Framing: Do it Cheap but Keep it Classy.” July 21. “Sell Your Work: Branding & Marketing for Artists.”

July 21. “Sketchy Social.” July 26.

“Leaping into Lightroom: Learn the Basics.” July 29. “Hang Your Art at Home.” Aug. 4. “Critique Night: Get Back to Your Art School Days.” Aug. 9. “Photoshop Basics: Learn the Essential Tools.” Aug. 11. “Sell Your Words: The Business of Freelance Writing.” Aug. 18. “Craftluck: Potluck with Crafts.” Aug. 23.

“Styled Shoot: Editorial Fashion.”

Aug. 26. Visit Facebook for details. pixelandinkstudio@gmail.com BUS SHELTERS (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission is seeking design proposals for artistic bus shelters. Application deadline July 27, 11:59 p.m. www. accgov.com/FormCenter/AthensCultural-Affairs-Commission-36

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 also get discounted classes and attendance to monthly events. www.hatchathens.com/ membership OPEN STUDIO MEMBERSHIP (Lyndon House Arts Center) Local artists can access studio facilities through a new open studio monthly membership program. Studios include ceramics, jewelry, painting,

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Dyanne Horgan makes mixed media prints that combine digital and analog practices. Through July.

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 AREA UROLOGY (2142 W. Broad St.) See colorful paintings by Dr. Hildegard Timberlake.

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 traveling exhibit “Just Kids” features photographs by Ryan Johnson of Georgia families and their loved ones who have intellectual or developmental disabilities. Through July 8.

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.

COMMUNITY (260 N. Jackson St.) The Lyndon House Arts Center presents “Windows at Community,” a collection of projects created in new sewing and fashion classes, summer camps and workshops. Through June 28.

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWERY (271 W. Hancock Ave.) “Vessel” shares new paintings and prints by David Hale. Opening reception June 28. Currently on view through July 29.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Ruth Allen, Missy Kulik and Cathy Dailey. Through July 7.

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fiber, printmaking, photography and woodshop/sculpture studios. Up to 32 hours per week. $65/month or $175/three months. 706-613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure SUMMER CAMPS (KA Artist Shop) “Print Camp.” “Lettering and Stationery Camp.” July 9–13.

“Sculpt Week.” “Material Medium Mission.” July 16–20. “Fiber Week.”

“Animal Camp.” July 23–27. “Fabric Week.” “Story and Illustration Camp.” July 30–Aug. 3. Check website for descriptions. www. kaartistshop.com

Classes AQUATIC AEROBICS (Memorial Park) Low impact exercise.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6–7 p.m. Saturdays, 10–11 a.m. $5. 706-613-3580 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. “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.

“Tai Chi,” Wednesdays at 10 a.m.

“Silver Sneakers Yoga,” Wednesdays at 11 a.m. “Bellydance,” Wednesdays at 7 p.m. “Poets of Winterville,” first Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. “Mahjong,” 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 FARMVIEW CLASSES (Farmview Market) “Water-Bath Canning: Pepper Jelly.” July 24, 6–8 p.m. $40 (Both canning classes held at Morgan Co. Extension Office’s Consumer Kitchen in Madison).

“Cinnamon Rolls & Cinnamon Raisin Bread.” July 24, 5:15 p.m. $33. “On the Grill: Sausage-Making for Tailgating Season.” Aug. 4, 3 p.m. $40. “East Bread-Baking at Home: No-Knead Bread.” Aug. 28, 5:15–6:30 p.m. “Columbus Day Sausage-Making: Flavors From Around the World.” Oct. 3, 3 p.m. $40. www.farmviewmarket.com MOSAIC ART CLASSES (200 Northcrest Dr.) Weekend mosaic classes for beginner and intermediate levels. Visit website for upcoming dates. $175. corazonmosaics@ gmail.com, corazonmosaics.com ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER SKILLS (ACC Library) Personalized instruction available for various computer topics. Thursdays, 9 a.m. www. athenslibrary.org/athens ONE-ON-ONE DIGITAL MEDIA CENTER TUTORIALS (ACC Library) Get individual instruction for graphics, audio or video editing projects or learn to convert albums and cassettes to DVDs and CDs. Thursdays, 6 p.m. and Saturdays, 11 a.m. 706-613-3650 SALSA CLASSES (Dancefx) Learn how to salsa dance. No partner required. Salsa and Bachata every Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. (beginners), 7:15 (intermediate/advanced). $10. www.dancefx.org

prints by Ali Norman and paintings by Joseph Peragine and Helen Kuykendall. Through Sept. 15.

GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Jaime Bull’s site-specific installation “Pillow Fight” is a spirited remembrance of jumping on beds and swinging feather filled cushions in a playful bout. A light-show begins at 7 p.m. each night.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “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.) Mosaic work by Jane Wright. Opening reception June 27. Through Aug. 27.

HIP VINTAGE & HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) An exhibition of works

by British photographer Jonno Morley. Through June.

HOWARD’S (119 N. Jackson St.) The new gallery space opens with a show of works by Milano Chow and Torkwase Dyson.

JITTERY JOE’S ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) “Acrylic on Acrylic” features innovative contemporary work by Ella Salt.

JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Drawings and painting by Patrick Linker.

KRIMSON KAFE (40 Greensboro Hwy., Watkinsville) Mosaic artwork by Jane Wright. Through July.

LAST RESORT GRILL (174 W. Clayton St.) A solo exhibition by Ruth Allen.

Through June.

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.) “Athens Metal Arts Guild: The Many Facets of Metalsmithing.” Through Aug. 4. • “Our Point of View: Athens Area Plein Air Artists.” Through Aug. 4. • “Full House” is a biennial invitational exhibit showcasing works by members of the 18 guilds and art groups that meet at LHAC. Through Aug. 4. • “Works by Vernon Thornsberry.” Through Aug. 4. • Photography of scenes from Northeast India

by Sean Dunn. Through Sept. 7.

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.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Art

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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, 2:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison SEWING CLASSES (Community) A four-week introductory course to machine sewing taught by Maria Teresa Pena. Wednesdays, July 11– Aug. 1, 6:30–9 p.m. $100. communityathens@gmail.com, www.shopcommunityathens.com VISION + VOCATION BUSINESS PLANNING COURSE (Old Fire Hall #2) Artists, healers and change-makers will be guided through the process of creating viable business plans. Led by Jodi Rhoden using Birds Eye Business Planning Curriculum. Aug. 25–26, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $325–375. www.jodirhoden.com WOMEN’S SELF-DEFENSE COURSE (AKF Athens Martial Arts, 175 A Old Epps Bridge Rd.) Learn and practice skills in awareness, physical self-defense, personal safety, prevention and assertiveness.

July 11, 18 & 25, 7:30–9:30 p.m. $30. instructor@akfathens.com, www.akfathens.com 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) Six-month Yoga Teacher Training Program begins in September.

Upcoming workshops include Kriyas and Pranayama (June 30, 2:30 p.m.) and Intro to Yin Workshop (July 21).

Visit website for descriptions and to register. www.athensfivepointsyoga. 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, www.accgov.com/ leisure ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Art Club for Teens.” Fridays, 6:30–8 p.m. $15. “Art Club Junior for Ages 9–13.” Fridays, 4:30–6 p.m. $15.

Both classes are taught by Hope Hilton. www.kaartist.com DOUBLE HELIX STEAM SCHOOL SUMMER CAMPS (580 Tallassee Rd.) “Chocolate Camp (grades 4–9).” July 2–3 & 5–6, $240.

“Harry Potter Camp (grades 4–9).”

July 9–13, $275. “It is Alive! Using Coding to Create (grades 2–9).”

July 16–20, $275. “Sculpture Camp (grades 5–9).” July 23–27, $300.

“Adventure Camp (grades 3–8).”

July 30–Aug. 3, $300. doublehelix summercamp.wordpress.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

by Sara Sturges. Through June.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) The annual “Members Exhibit” includes sculpture, paintings, drawings, textiles, jewelry, pottery, photography and more. Through July 6.

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, Arezou Taeed and Miranda Rupkey. 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. • Photographer Lee Karen Stow’s exhibit “Poppies: Women, War, Peace” combines portraits of women whose lives have been affected by war with a botanical series of the red “Flanders Fields” poppy.

Through Dec. 14. • “War of Words: Propaganda of World War I” includes propaganda posters. Through Dec. 14.

SOUTHERN BREWING COMPANY (231 Collins Industrial Blvd.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Surrealism and Magic Realism. Through June.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) Photography by Kenneth Storey. Through July 1.

THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) Jack Burk shares watercolor, acrylic and mixed media works. Through July.

TIF SIGFRIDS (119 N. Jackson St.) “Art Rosenbaum and Friends” features works by Art Rosenbaum, Margo Rosenbaum, James Herbert, Bill Paul, Ridley Howard, Howard Finster, Dilmus Hall, Charlie Rakestraw, Bonnie Loggins, Sam Stabler and Richard Olsen.

TRIO CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY (766 W. Broad St.) A tribute to fierce and fabulous feline friends, “CatFest” includes works by over 30 artists.

Through July 21. • Trio’s first annual “Young Artist Exhibition” shows works by students in grade 12 and under. Through July 21.

VERONICA’S SWEET SPOT (149 Oneta St., #6C6) See work by local and regional artists, craftsmen, potters and sculptors.

WHITE TIGER GOURMET (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Paintings by Charles Clinkenbeard. Currently on view through July 22.

THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, www.athensaa.org CHRONIC ILLNESS SUPPORT GROUP (ACC Library) Meet others who are dealing with chronic illness such as ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and

of Philosophy, Last Monday Book Group and After the End: PostApocalyptic Fiction. www.athens library.org/athens ADULT RECREATIONAL TENNIS LEAGUE ARTL is a flex league offering singles, doubles and mixed doubles. $25–35. tennisforlife.net ADULT TRIPS (Rocksprings Community Center) “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. For ages 50 & up. www.accgov.com/leisure ASPECT FOUNDATION (Athens, GA) Seeking families to host international high school exchange students who want to attend an Athens-area high school for the upcoming year. www.aspectfoundation.org HAPPY, ALIVE AND BUILT TO SURVIVE (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) The East Georgia Cancer Coalition offers a group fitness class for cancer survivors who are at least six months removed from treatment, along with their friends and family members. Tuesdays and Thursdays through July 27, 5:30 p.m FREE! info@east georgiacancer.org INCLUSIVE BOOK CLUB (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Adults of all abilities can read out loud and discuss books. Thursdays through June, 1 p.m. 706-795-5597, www.athenslibrary.org/madison MEDITATION IN ATHENS (Multiple Locations) Meditations are offered in Prints by Ali Norman are currently on view in “Spotlight 2018” at the Gallery@ various forms across town.

Hotel Indigo through Saturday, Sept. 15.

Athens Zen Group offers a newcomers orientation every Sunday plus regular seasonal hours now Chronic Lyme. Third Wednesdays, (except first Sunday of the month) through Aug. 5. The Rocksprings 12–1:30 p.m. athenschronicillness at 11 a.m. athenszen.org. Breathing Splash Pad is now open. $1/person. @gmail.com Heart Sangha offers mindfulness Pool passes $20–40. www.athens EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS meditation in the tradition of Thich clarkecounty.com/splashpad (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Nhat Hanh. Sundays, 6:30–8 STRONG GIRLS SUMMER CAMP Athens) A 12-step program open to p.m. beckylockman@gmail.com.

(Center City Ballet) A camp designed anyone with a desire to become well Dedicated Mindfulness Practitioners to empower girls through creative emotionally. Meets Sundays, 4–5 meets at the Griffin Dubose Healing activities, yoga, crafts, themed disp.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions Lodge every first and third Saturday cussions, community service, trips anonymous.org of the month, 8:30–9:30 a.m. jaseyto female-owned businesses and MENTAL HEALTH PEER SUPPORT jones@gmail.com. Mindful Living fun. July 9–13, 1st grade and up.

GROUP (Nuçi’s Space) Meets the Center offers intro classes every $200. wearestronggirls.com second Wednesday of every month. second Friday, 5:30–6:30 p.m. at SUMMER CAMPS (Treehouse Kid Open to anyone focused on improvthe Griffin Debose Healing Lodge. and Craft) Camps include themed ing their life and learning how to live Satchidananda Mission offers yoga programming on modern art, superwith their condition. FREE! www. meditation every Sunday, 6:30–7:30 hero and fantasy, dollhouse design, nuci.org p.m. and Kirtan every third Sunday, natural dyeing and textiles, fairies NAMI SUPPORT GROUPS (Multiple 4–6 p.m. revmanjula@bellsouth.net and nature art, Latin American art, Locations) For family members, STORMWATER CALENDAR women in art, and more. Check webfriends and caregivers of individ(Athens, GA) The ACC Stormwater site for full descriptions and dates. uals with mental illnesses. “NAMI staff is seeking photos of stormwawww.treehousekidandcraft.com Family Support Group.” Every fourth ter management facilities, nature SUMMER FOOD SERVICE Free Tuesday, 6–7:30 p.m. in room 302 scenes, plants and animals from all lunches will be served to children at the First Presbyterian Church around Athens to create a wall calat 27 day camps, educational proof Athens. Every second Monday, endar. Submit photos by email with grams and recreation centers around 6:30–8 p.m. at the Presbyterian the name of the photographer and Athens. Check website for participatChurch of Watkinsville. namihall a description of where, when and ing locations and schedule. Through ga@gmail.com, namihall.org why it was taken. Deadline Aug. 31.

July 13. 706-425-5354, mappleby@ PROJECT SAFE (Athens, GA) “The stormwater@accgov.com athenshousing.org, www.athens New Beginnings Support Group.”

THE CLASSIC CITY FRINGE housing.org Mondays, 6:30–8 p.m., with a FESTIVAL (Athens, GA) The Classic VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (Young dinner on the last Monday of the City Fringe Festival is seeking perHarris Memorial UMC, 973 Prince month. Childcare provided. “Athena: formers in theater, performance art, Ave.) A bible study and service.

Goddess of Courage, Wisdom and puppetry, improv, comedy and more.

June 27–29 and July 1, 11 a.m.

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Welcome, Tif Sigfrids and Howard’s TWO NEW GALLERIES OPEN DOWNTOWN

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com

NEIL ROSENBAUM

Downtown’s newest art venue is the home of two distinct Coulis faced increasing rent for their apartment and the galleries—Tif Sigfrids and Howard’s—that share not only loss of their studios. Ready to slow down and focus on their a vision for promoting conversations relevant to the conwork, they made the move down South. Howard eventually temporary art world, but also a roof. Located above Jittery reconnected with Sigfrids, whom he had first met several Joe’s at the corner of Jackson and Broad streets, the multiyears ago in New York, and the two seized the opportunity roomed floor plan easily lends itself to presenting concurto open spaces together. rent exhibitions as desired. Friends and recent Athens returnees Tif Sigfrids and Ridley Howard hope to establish a space for elevating the profiles of locals, while also fostering an exchange with other communities in order to increase dialog and forge connections among regional, national and international artists.

Both Sigfrids and Howard lived in Athens during the ’90s and recently returned following years of gaining industry experience afar. After serving as the director of Thomas Solomon Gallery in Los Angeles, where she organized a series of unusual but popular exhibitions inside of a desk, Sigfrids opened her eponymous gallery in 2013.

Her decision to relocate to Athens with her family was largely motivated by a curiosity to see what her gallery could accomplish in a smaller town with fewer barriers.

“In making the move, I was kind of interested in challenging the cultural hegemony of places like New York and Los Angeles and opening shop in a city that was actually hospitable to artists and emerging galleries,” says Sigfrids. “The cost of living in Los Angeles and New York has created a situation that excludes so many people from being able to pursue careers as artists. Knowing that there was already a vibrant art and music scene in Athens, and being familiar with the area already, we chose to come here.”

Howard spent 17 years living in New York before relocating back to Athens, a town he remembers fondly from his undergraduate studies. Along with his wife Holly Coulis and friend Mitchell Wright, he opened a gallery called 106 Green in 2009, which continues to operate in Brooklyn with the assistance of director Jon Lutz.

“When I moved to Brooklyn after grad school, ​“A Man Has Been Here A Long Time (Dilmus Hall)” by Art Rosenbaum at Tif Sigrids.

I wasn’t really planning to stay forever,” says Howard. “I had very romantic ideas about being an artist in New York, and I just wanted to experience the city The first exhibition at Tif Sigfrids, “Art in the South: and be a part of the art community [and] hopefully have a Art Rosenbaum and Friends,” selects 10 portraits painted show. The longer I stayed, the more friends I made and the

by Rosenbaum from the past 30 years and presents them more it felt like home, but it also became increasingly more alongside an artwork by each person gracing those canexpensive.” vases. Sigfrids first met the artist, performer and folklorA pivotal point came a few years ago, as Howard and ist a year ago when he stopped by her Hollywood gallery

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in hopes of landing an exhibition on the West Coast.

Somewhat fortuitously, Sigfrids was already planning her move to Georgia, and looked him up as soon as she arrived.

“Quickly realizing how important Art is to the local landscape here, I decided a show organized around his work would be the best way to inaugurate the space,” says Sigfrids. “In terms of the show, I was thinking about all of the interesting connections Art has made to Athens and the region since moving here and relating that to my own experience as a newcomer in looking to the future.”

The exhibition exemplifies Rosenbaum’s deep relationships with kindred spirits, as well as his dedication to documenting both musical and visual folk art traditions.

In addition to his wife Margo Newmark Rosenbaum and former students Ridley Howard and Samuel Stabler, the show includes pieces by three fellow UGA faculty members: painter and filmmaker Jim Herbert, painter and Vietnam War veteran Richard Olsen and painter Bill Paul. Self-taught artists Howard Finster, Dilmus Hall, Bonnie Loggins and Charlie Rakestraw are also included, with Finster and Loggins being two of the many folk musicians Rosenbaum has recorded over the years.

Running concurrently, Howard’s exhibition presents the work of Los Angeles artist Milano Chow and Jersey City artist Torkwase Dyson. Chow uses pencil drawings and collage to build fictional architectures within ornately framed spaces inhabited by women, who add a mysterious narrative element. Dyson’s work reduces environments to seemingly simple images that invite the viewer to contemplate space and balance. Both artists use drawing to approach larger ideas, and their black-and-white works stand in stark contrast to Rosenbaum’s vivacious paint strokes.

“Really, I just want to show work that I like,” says Howard. “My taste and interest in contemporary art is very broad, so I imagine it will be a pretty diverse mix. In some way, it’s about creating a context for art being made in Athens, but I also believe in the mobility of contemporary artists and ideas. How could you not? So, showing work from New York or Chicago or L.A. is very important in fostering a conversation locally, and I also plan to show artists from Atlanta and Athens, and others from the Southeast.”

Sigfrids plans to continue representing a roster of artists she supported in L.A., and looks forward to upcoming shows by New York-based artist Charles Harlan and Lamar Dodd School of Art alumnus Andy Giannakakis, who now lives in L.A. Artists coming soon to Howard’s include Brooklynbased painter Eleanor Ray and Atlanta-based artist Yanique Norman, who is currently pursuing an MFA at the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to their own programming, the duo hope to finish a joint project space called the Guest Room where guest curators will be invited to organize exhibitions.

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Corbould and Tom von Dohlen, is presented by the Boozy Bard Players Saturday, July 8 at 8 p.m. at The Foundry. Preshow music starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12, $10 in advance, $6 for students and available at thefoundryathens.com. You can also follow them on social media at @boozybardplayers.

Music, Sign Language and Booze FAMILY DRAMA AND COMEDY ON AREA STAGES

By Dina Canup arts@flagpole.com The Addams Family It’s a fun musical the whole family can enjoy, featuring a classic oddball American clan with problems even the most normal of mortals can find relatable.

Macabre girl-next-door Wednesday (Sienna Ellenberg) falls in love with a boy (Austin Glenn) she’s sure her parents will hate because he’s basically a muggle. She’s nervous about his dull, normal family meeting hers, and especially fears what her mother (Thea Ellenberg) will say. With her dad (Cason Collier) caught between the two women he loves most, her little brother (Tricia Batal) up to no good and all her dead relatives getting involved, what could possibly go wrong? And with a real-life mother-daughter duo, how could you possibly miss it?

The Addams Family, by Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, based on the cartoons of Charles Addams, is presented

by Arts!Oglethorpe at the historic Crawford School in Lexington Thursday, June 28–Saturday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $18 ($13 in advance) and available at 706-2021211 or artsoglethorpe.org.

The Most Lamentable Comedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark Speaking of family drama, Shakespeare specialized in the worst, and this one is guaranteed to be worse than your own most obnoxious relatives—unless yours are murderers scheming for a royal throne. This play will be more fun than the most seriously literary Hamlet you’ve ever seen, because as director Anna Corbould promises, you can “come see Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy reduced to

A Midsummer Musical Music and Shakespeare’s comedy go hand in hand, so Jefferson Community Theatre is combining the familiar story with an eclectic blend of popular music that ranges from The Beach Boys to Avicii, Hunter Hayes, Starship and more. Puck (Will Stevens) pranks some mortals (Jamie Allen, Kasey Atkins, Tate Bennett and Pete Fuller), and tricks a fairy queen (Susan DeFee) into falling for an overconfident actor (Jeff Wit) who makes an ass of himself.

A Midsummer Musical, by William Shakespeare, adapted

by Diana Norton-Bagwell, is presented by Jefferson Community Theatre at Jefferson High School PAC Fridays and Saturdays, July 6–7 and 13–14 at 7:30 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees Sundays, July 8 and 15. Tickets and information are available at jefferson communitytheatre.com and 706-367-5714.

Nottingham: An American Sign Language Musical An exciting new theater group, Hands In!, is presenting an original American Sign Language musical version of the Robin Hood legend. The entire performance is deaf-accessible and deaf-oriented, with every actor (some hearing, some not) performing in sign language and voice interpreters for the hearing audience.

Directors Amara Ede and Haley Beach The Language Archive These days, feel “it is vital to have the ASL script it seems like many of us who share a written by deaf individuals—those common vocabulary no longer speak who are native signers, as well as proeach other’s language. Once upon a ponents of deaf culture.” All this with time, there were idealistic linguists an impressive cast of theater majors, hoping for a common international area favorites and local performers, tongue called Esperanto. Now, imagine including Christopher Carpenter as one (Steve Elliott-Gower) who is better Robin Hood, Jordan Richey as Maid with dying languages than talking to Marian and Zack Jarrell as the Sheriff the people he loves. His wife (Virginia of Nottingham, this is a show and a Simmons) is so desperate to be heard troupe worth showing up for.

Grandma (Susannah Flanigan), Fester (Tommie Worrell), Gomez (Cason Collier), Morticia (Thea Ellenberg), Lurch (Tyler she hides notes to him, his assistant Nottingham: An American Sign Spears) and Wednesday (Sienna Ellenberg) from the Arts!Oglethorpe production of The Addams Family.

(Shannon Crawford) would be happy Language Musical, by Haley Beach and to share her love language with him, Amara Ede, is presented by Hands and his foreign guests who speak a fictional language (Gay a series of inappropriate jokes and lazy theatrical devices, In! at Brightstone Theatre Friday, July 13 at 7 p.m., and Griggs McCommons and Flagpole’s own fearless leader Pete all steeped in a generous volume of booze.” There are also Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

McCommons) talk enough for all of them combined. Under rumors of a rap battle. With seasoned performers in the Tickets are $10, $7 in advance and available at handsin the direction of Julia Roessing, with a cast including some roles of Hamlet (Kendall Lively), Ophelia/Laertes (Ellen presents.org. of Town & Gown’s finest, these will be words you will want Everitt), Gertrude (Anna Corbould) and Claudius/Ghost to hear.

(Tom von Dohlen), the musical stylings of Zac Crook for ALSO COMING UP: Into the Woods, the epic, fairytale musical The Language Archive, by Julia Cho, is presented by Town pre-show entertainment, dinner menu and a well-stocked

by Stephen Sondheim, is presented by Onstage Walton at & Gown Players at the Athens Community Theatre Friday, bar, it should be a hilarious night out for all. All hail the Onstage Playhouse Fridays and Saturdays, July 20–21 June 29 and Saturday, June 30 at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matDionysus, indeed. and 27–28 at 8 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees Sundays, July 22 inee on Sunday, July 1. Tickets are $5, free for season flex The Most Lamentable Comedy of Hamlet Prince of and 29. Tickets and information are available at onstage pass holders and available at townandgownplayers.org.

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Dino Denouement PLUS, A REAL-LIFE HEIST TALE

By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (PG-13) Does anyone recall anything more than generalities about Jurassic World? I know Chris Pratt trained raptors at a park run by Bryce Dallas Howard, who was not happy about chaperoning her nephews around said park right as it went nuts courtesy of a bad dinosaur she should not have had designed by original InGen geneticist Henry Wu (B.D. Wong, who returns to maniacally manipulate more genes). Viewing the sequel may have strengthened the Dr. Wu recollections, as I could not even remember the last name of Pratt’s character before last Thursday.

puzzlingly dialing down his puppy-dog charm in his second outing as Owen Grady, the island and shipbound set pieces play like Indiana Jones-dinosaur fanfic. (Raiders of Jurassic Park?) The mission to emancipate caged dinosaurs even evokes Temple of Dino Doom.

With the fun of Jurassic World invested in the opportunity to visit an up-and-running version of the theme park experience promised by John Hammond way back in 1993, the entertainment value of seeing it destroyed may have been overvalued.

Apparently, Trevorrow anticipated that development and knew dinosaurs on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom the mainland was the inevitable next step in the franchise evolution. (Not that such a plot development is ultra-creative; even the mostly extinct Lost World, whose best sequence is the T. Rex terrorizing San Diego, got that much Haaaa haaa! That’s hilarious! right.) Though the JP franchise could have My strongest memory of Colin gotten to this global disaster in less than Trevorrow’s Jurassic Park reboot involves three sequels, Fallen Kingdom is a fun last enjoying it, so my expectations of Fallen stop before finally reaching that long-exKingdom were less negatively emboldened. I pected destination. anticipate remembering more from director J.A. Bayona’s sequel, which embraces the AMERICAN ANIMALS (R) You may have caught concept’s inner horror movie in its effective writer-director Bart Layton’s previous last act, during which the most menacing feature, a true-crime documentary called hybrid dino yet, the Indoraptor, hunts our The Imposter, on Netflix. Layton follows heroes in a haunted mansion/underground up that thrilling true story with a real-life laboratory redolent of a pre-outbreak heist as audacious. Layton’s unexpected, Resident Evil. welcome combination of dramatization In the return visit to Jurassic World, and documentary takes what its trailers Howard and Pratt’s on-again, off-again present as an ultra-stylized Spring Breakers/ couple and two new faces who probably will Bling Ring morality tale of youth gone wild not show up in JW3 (don’t worry, that’s a and presents it to the audience in the more prediction, not a spoiler) run afoul of some sympathetic terms expressed by the various nasty rich people who want to profit off Isla adults who knew the real Spencer Reinhard, Nublar’s dinosaurs being threatened by an Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk and Chas Allen. imminent volcanic eruption. Thankfully, Why would such nice boys commit such the movie breezes through its setup, geta naughty act? Boring suburban lives and ting to and leaving the island quicker than prescribed college educations predicted expected, as if the filmmakers knew what sedate futures devoid of the wide-open awaited its characters and audience was the world promised to them by their parents. good stuff.

So, naturally, they decided to make like Half the scripting team of Jurassic World, Thomas Crown and steal one of the most Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, go in an valuable books of art in the world. Their unexpected direction—evil auction in a felonious amateurism belies the Hollywood gothic mansion—that makes the title more myth of the heist and the cool criminals promise than threat. Horror has always portrayed in Ocean’s 11. Lifelong pals been in Jurassic Park’s DNA; leave it to the Spencer (The Killing of a Sacred Deer’s Barry director of The Orphanage to hone in on that Keoghan) and Warren (Evan Peters, welloft-forgotten aspect of dinosaurs running known from multiple seasons of “American amok. From its opening to that extended Horror Story”), are no Clooney and Pitt; climactic sequence, Fallen Kingdom is the they are more like the bumbling crooks scariest entry in a franchise that remains in Masterminds, though with worldviews family-friendly in the manner of executive decidedly more deadened à la the proproducer Steven Spielberg. tagonists of a Bret Easton Ellis or Chuck While comparisons to Jaws—Spielberg’s Palahniuk novel. master class in terror—are trendy, if aproTake special note of Keoghan, who somepos, what gives Fallen Kingdom an advanhow couples a near psychopathic blankness tage over its fellow dino-sequels is how with deep emotional sympathy and is truly much of an adventure vibe it cribs from stunning to watch. The film is no slouch, another Spielberg classic. Even with Pratt either. f

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Smothered and Covered FIVE POINTS LOSES ITS WAFFLE HOUSE; WILL WE LOSE OUR TOWN?

By Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com Joe Causey and his father, W.C., used to drive to Atlanta every Friday in the company van to pick up merchandise for their store, Farm Electric, now House Electric and still just as friendly and helpful as it was under the Causeys. They usually stopped for lunch on the way home at a Waffle House, and one time Joe was tickled when W.C. suggested they try one down the road where they hadn’t stopped before, “to see what it’s like.”

What amused Joe, of course, was his understanding of the Waffle House premise that they’re all intended to be just alike, wherever they are, but W.C. may have implied the greater truth that not all Waffle Houses are created equal.

who can no longer afford the closer-in neighborhoods. And it is true downtown, too, where the influx of rich-student luxury apartments is upscaling the landscape with ever-rising rents that replace idiosyncratic local entrepreneurs with the same-everywhere chains, including Waffle House.

As downtown and the neighborhoods are increasingly smothered and covered by money and monotony, what happens to the Athens that burst with the creative energy of the kids who were able to put their art before their earnings and the local businesses that thrived downtown before it became a corporate cash nexus?

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The Waffle House in Five Points, now losing its lease to a “higher and better use,” certainly transcended the sameness principle and became a neighborhood diner. This happened over time and began when Five Points at night was a food desert, especially late at night. Thus did the WH combine sameness with locality. You knew you could stagger in there early and late to be confronted by the same comforting menu and the friendly welcome of waitresses likely to know you by name, as you did them, even without their name tags.

This was way before our progressive zoning booted the students and musicians and artists out of their group living in the big, old homes, now replaced by bigger, newer homes with shiny, happy appliances that produce waffles with the touch of a button.

So, mourning the Five Points Waffle House is not just about the menu, because, as W.C. pointed out, there’s another one down the road. It’s about a way of life—one that created a part of “our” Athens within walking distance of a pleasant, tree-lined neighborhood of families and students mixing their work and school with music and art and writing. That part of Athens is rapidly transforming into McMansions squatting on the lots that once held the graceful old homes that sheltered enough kids to make the rent affordable.

This, of course, is true all over Athens, even in the African-American neighborhoods once far removed from but now overrun by those students and former students

missioners who are focused on the people who live here, rather than on those who profit off us from afar. And we will have a mayor who understands where we have come from and what we will need to do in order to escape total Atlantarization.

Given the strong Republican makeup of the Board of Regents, we’ll have to try to figure out how people can make a better living here without the help of the university, where janitorial and graduate-assistant jobs will continue to depress local wages.

And given the strong grip the Republicans hold in the legislature, they will no doubt be hard at work figuring out how to prevent a recurrence of our people’s government.

And, we must find the will to reinvent Athens in spite of the numbing, daily realization that our country is in the grip of a tyrant and his enablers—including his toady, Congressman Hice— who are inimical to everything that has made Athens a shining city among our hills.

Five Points faces the possibility of a historic preservation district that might help to slow the tearing down of the neighborhood, but the rising land values won’t allow the old Waffle House. As we miss it and what it represents, we can continue to cherish the local. We’re coming out of an eight-year lapse during which our government looked the other way while Athens was sold to the highest bidder, regardless of who got shut out. Here’s hoping our new mayor and commission can help make us all feel welcome at the table. f

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