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Project Safe’s Groovy Nights is one of several charity fundraisers this weekend. See story on p. 7, Threats & Promises and The Calendar for more.

This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 NEWS: City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Sales Taxers: Infinity War

Upcoming Fundraisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Locavore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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

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Joe Mande . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Family and Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

ARTS: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

The Man Behind Classic City Memes

The Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

ADVICE: Hey, Bonita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

“Three’s Company” With a Twist

Art Around Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Movie Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Flick Skinny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Adopt Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Local Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Pub Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

comments section “Great list. Other personal lesser-known Athens favorites: Flood City Shootout, Col. Knowledge & The Lickity Splits, Circulatory System, Now It’s Overhead, Thayer Sarrano, Houston in the Blind, Madeline, Grand Vapids, Carrie Nations, The Sugar Shakers, Modern Skirts, The Possibilities, Dark Meat, The Agenda, The Bar-B-Q Killers, Flat Duo Jets, Jucifer, Annaray, Little Red Rocket, Southern Bitch, Mercyland, Casper & the Cookies, Cinemechanica, Don Chambers and GOAT, Great Lakes, Venice is Sinking, Summer Hymns, Lona, Still Small Voice & the Joyful Noise, Masters of the Hemisphere, The Ohms, Parker & Lily, Powerkompany, The Tom Collins.”

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The Neverending SPLOST? PLUS, TALKIN’ TRASH AND MORE LOCAL NEWS

By Blake Aued and Ashlyn Webb news@flagpole.com Technically, the amount of money AthensClarke County could collect from the next round of a voter-approved 1 percent sales tax is nearly infinite. But eleventy billion dollars probably won’t fly with the public, so commissioners will have to stop somewhere. How much is too much, and how long is too long?

The maximum number of years the next SPLOST could last under state law is six years, which would raise an estimated $159 million. The other option, though, is to do what the commission did in 2010, which is to set an amount rather than a length—$195 million, in that case, which will wind up taking about nine years to collect. Commissioner Mike Hamby, for one, said he’d support a 10-year, $278 million SPLOST this time around. That set off a debate about how long the next SPLOST— tentatively set for a vote in November 2019—should be.

“The problem is, we don’t get a chance to make adjustments to what we need,” Commissioner Jerry NeSmith said.

“Needs do change, and priorities change,” Commissioner Melissa Link added.

Although, as Commissioner Kelly Girtz pointed out, a SPLOST hasn’t failed in Athens in 30 years, and a transportation sales tax passed three-to-one last year, NeSmith wondered whether a too-big SPLOST would jeopardize its chances at the ballot box.

Commissioner Diane Bell disagreed.

“People expect SPLOST, because they appreciate what it does and how much money it brings in from outside the community,” she said. Sales taxes are the only way commuters, visitors and students who live on campus help fund the infrastructure and services they use, taking the burden off residents and business owners who pay property taxes.

Seven or eight years—or rather, $188 million or $288 million—aren’t good options because the ACC SPLOST would be on the ballot at the same time as a TSPLOST renewal or another round of sales-tax projects for the Clarke County School District (ELOST), SPLOST project manager Keith Sanders told commissioners.

That leaves five, six, nine or 10 years.

Complicating the decision, commissioners won’t know what or how many projects need funding until well into next year.

There’s no must-have big-ticket item like the $70 million jail this time around, but county departments have a backlog of up to 60 mainly infrastructure projects they plan to propose, Manager Blaine Williams said.

Citizens and community groups will also be able to submit proposals this fall.

Past SPLOSTs have funded not only basic infrastructure like water lines and road paving, but amenities like the Classic Center, Firefly Trail, the Multimodal Center and the North Oconee River Greenway.

The selection process hasn’t started yet for SPLOST 2020, but commissioners already have projects in mind.

Girtz, who will take over as mayor in January, said his priorities are youth development, corridor beautification, economic development and affordable housing.

Commissioner Andy Herod said he’d like funding to redevelop deteriorating apartment complexes. Commissioner Sharyn Dickerson suggested an Eastside library, broadband fiber and a new recycling center.

NeSmith wants a park with a gymnasium on the Westside. Link proposed downtown public space, a water trail, pocket parks, bike and pedestrian facilities, stormwater improvements and traffic calming.

None of that is likely to be controversial, but if history is any indication, there will be a fight over the Classic Center’s proposal

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to build a $60 million arena northeast of downtown in part with SPLOST dollars. The center’s expansion across Hancock Avenue as part of SPLOST 2011 drew strong community opposition.

Mayor Nancy Denson heard Classic Center Director Paul Cramer’s pitch for the arena at a recent meeting on music tourism. Consider her a convert. “The arena was never something that appealed to me before, but I saw that presentation, and I was blown away.”

Denson won’t be around when the project list is approved, but NeSmith will be.

“This definitely has some numbers you’ve got to see,” he said.

The Athens Downtown Development Authority also discussed potential SPLOST projects at its meeting last week, with some board members wondering whether closing College Square to traffic and turning it into a pedestrian square could be part of the list. The idea has been floating around for decades, with businesses generally resisting because they would lose on-street parking.

But now, “I think the time is right,” board member Katrina Evans said.

Another board member, Jason Leonard, suggested moving events like AthFest from the west end of Washington Street to College Avenue in front of City Hall.

Some businesses on the east side of downtown feel like they don’t benefit from such

concerts, while some businesses on the west side of downtown feel like they’re impeded rather than helped, the downtown bar owner said.

The idea of removable bollards to temporarily close portions of College is under discussion, Denson said, and those discussions could continue at the ADDA’s upcoming retreat. [Blake Aued]

Wrangling With Waste, Again Some commissioners are also interested in reviving a proposal to limit the number of private trash collectors in Athens, they said at their Aug. 14 work session during a discussion on rates for garbage and recycling collection.

The ACC Solid Waste Department is an enterprise fund that is supposed to pay for itself, through fees for trash pickup and dumping trash at the landfill, and by selling recyclable materials to manufacturers.

But lately a soft market for recyclables has meant that the landfill fund has had to subsidize the recycling program. The county hired consultant Abby Goldsmith to suggest ways to balance out the equation.

One option is a recycling education fee on property tax bills, Goldsmith said.

Including the fee on tax bills would mean that everyone pays it, not just ACC Solid Waste customers. The county could also

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raise the tipping fee—the price per ton paid by haulers to dump trash at the landfill—or raise collection fees on commercial customers, who Goldsmith said aren’t paying their fair share.

That prompted renewed discussion of franchising, a system where county officials would select one private hauler to provide trash pickup in the “general services district,” aka outside the pre-1991-unification city limits (or divide the county into zones and choose one hauler for each zone). ACC only provides residential pickup within the “urban services district”—an area roughly bordered by the Loop and the Middle Oconee River, plus the Homewood Hills neighborhood off Jefferson Road.

NeSmith said his suburban constituents complain about four or five garbage trucks a week going through their neighborhoods, and private haulers sometimes mix trash with recycling and throw it all into the landfill.

“I think it would be very beneficial to the community” to limit haulers, Commissioner Jared Bailey said. “I think we need to choose the ones who provide the best service and stick to the rules.”

Commissioners rejected franchising in 2009 because of staunch opposition from private haulers and their customers.

Instead, they limited the number of haulers but grandfathered in existing ones. There are now five, down from 16, according to Solid Waste Director Suki Janssen.

Commissioner Andy Herod predicted another “hornet’s nest” if the commission tries to institute franchising again. “You’re taking choice away from people who previously had it,” he said.

“I think you’ll find the landscape has changed since that time,” NeSmith said.

Whether public or private, the county should require everyone to have trash pickup, said Commissioner Allison Wright, and stop allowing people to take their waste to the landfill themselves. “I think we’re naive in thinking people are doing the right thing with their trash and their recycling,” she said. But Dickerson said people like her who live near the landfill and generate little waste shouldn’t be required to pay $15 per month. [BA]

Health Clinic Receives Grant The Athens Neighborhood Health Center has received a $75,000 award from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The grant—part of $125 million the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services gave to HRSA to distribute to 1,352 community health centers across the country—was announced at an open house on Thursday, Aug. 16 in celebration of “National Health Centers Week.”

The Athens Neighborhood Health Center provides affordable health care to medically underserved, uninsured and underinsured individuals in the Athens community.

Patients include children living in poverty, low-income families, elderly persons on fixed incomes, homeless individuals and persons with chronic illnesses.

Last year, the center served over 7,000 patients. More than 95 percent of those patients are at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, said Lisa Mariani, the HRSA regional administrator.

“It’s great to get out and cheer on the great work that health centers are doing,” Mariano said. “We can’t emphasize enough what these centers are doing and providing services to those that need it most.”

In addition, HRSA also recognized Jennifer Richardson, the center’s director of marketing and outreach, with a Health Quality Leader Certificate of Achievement.

The certificate is awarded to center leaders who were among the top 30 percent of all community health centers in terms of clinical outcomes in 2017, Mariani said.

Guests at the event included Mayor Nancy Denson, U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (R-Greensboro), Clarke County School Superintendent Demond Means and Athens-Clarke County commissioners Sharyn Dickerson, Melissa Link and Jerry NeSmith. Denson and Hice both gave speeches recognizing the center for its outreach. Denson proclaimed the week of Aug.12–17 as National Health Centers Week in Athens-Clarke County.

Hice—who rarely appears in public in Athens—declined to answer questions and quickly left the event after speaking.

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Or when you hear Sen. Bernie Sanders peddling you some half-baked baloney promThe most basic need that all humans ising to give you FREE health care, FREE have is the need for sustenance: food and tuition and FREE wages, whether you work water. With the poverty rate in Athens or not! being as high as it is, that need for susteThese socialist fantasies always have nance isn’t being met equally for all of the one unmistakeable hallmark: no solid plan citizens of Athens. how to pay for it all, other then stealing the As a social-work student at UGA, I money from other people who worked their interned with Action Ministries, which runs tails off to get it! So while the goals themOur Daily Bread selves are noble, the Community Kitchen. means of achieving Bumpersticker of the Week On average, over them are not.

100 people come Socialism has every day to eat a been tried over and free meal provided over again, and it by various commuhas been proven by nity groups. While any objective meathe meals being sure and beyond all served do satiate reasonable doubt to the guests’ appetite, be an abysmal failthe nutritional value ure. It is the undisis usually very low. puted champion People who are expekiller of all innovariencing poverty have limited choices with tion and motivation. It is pure theft. And the food they get for free, and understandfrankly, that is why IT DOES NOT WORK! ably take what they can get.

James Hilton For the SPLOST 2020 project, I would Athens propose the creation of a downtown park filled with local, edible plants. Muscadine grapes, pecans, plums, blackberries, blueThe voters of Georgia have a rare day berries, mulberries, garlic, onion and so ahead at the midterm elections. This time, many more edible and native plants can be they have a real choice—not even close to planted and left to flourish on their own— the typical toss-up between Tweedle Dee no gardening required. A downtown edible food forest can provide actual sustenance to and the Dum one opposite him.

Voters in the governor’s race get to people experiencing poverty or homelessness, while being a place for the community choose between daylight and darkness.

The light they can choose radiates from to gather and be merry under the shade of the brown skin of a woman who plants trees.

Morgan King her policy positions in the firm ground of Athens reason and experience, rather than conjuring them, as does her opponent, from the spook laden night-fears that will finally fail to float his leaky, rudderless boat.

The university appears to be more conStacey Abrams, both by the color of her cerned about the placement visibility of skin and the content of her character, far “sexuality safe zone” stickers than being outshines her pale opponent, who runs ADA compliant [“UGA Is Inhospitable to for the party of closed-door meetings and the Disabled,” July 18]. Typical light switch dimly lit backroom deals. heights in Boyd Hall are more than 5 feet Abrams demonstrates concern for all from the floor, but I don’t see anyone Georgia citizens. She supports growing, not protesting about that. In a world where decimating, the rolls of voters, whose voices vending machine choices are chance guesses should signal state leaders on turns their for the blind, real accessibility matters. policies should take.

Individuals like Willem Styles should not Abrams brings a creative approach to her have to turn their wheelchairs sideways and every endeavor, while the other one only pull up on their backpacks to turn on lights, knows the old game called “monkey see, but making it through doors is more than monkey do.” half the battle.

Abrams, a published author, knows how Nathan Collins to use words to encourage positive change.

Athens Her opponent prefers threats issued at gunpoint to keep everything the same. Abrams is broadly educated and accomplished, so much more than Kemp, a hometown good At this writing, in the socialist utopia ol’ boy who has mainly toiled in the cushy, of Venezuela, a kilogram of beef sells for collared-shirt country-club vineyards of his around 2.7 million bolivars! A cup of coffee birthplace. can be had for the bargain price of a mere Be thankful, voters. Such low-hanging 200,000 bolivars! In the past three years, fruit rarely offers itself for easy picking. Not over a million people have fled the country only out here in the rolling hills of this rural as fast as their feet can move them—all to county, but also across all of the great state escape the rosy wonders of socialism. of Georgia, Abrams stands out as the better Remember this the next time you see selection. that big cheesy grin on the face of “demoJim Baird cratic socialist” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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Paying to Park, Paying to Work UGA UNION CONTINUES CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE PARKING FEES

By Jeanne Davis news@flagpole.com

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ome University of Georgia employees are handing over significant portions of their paychecks just to come to work.

Paying up to $40 per month to park represents a growing financial burden to the approximately 3,300 campus workers who make less than $1,800 per month.

One UGA library employee—who asked to remain anonymous because she fears for her job—said she takes a 90-minute ride on public transit to get to her job to avoid paying for parking, versus a 15-minute commute by car.

That’s not even an option for employees who live outside of Athens, or those who have to be at work before buses start running at 6 a.m.

She called UGA’s parking rates “an abusive practice,” especially in light of the university’s low wages and rising housing prices in Athens. “I do not believe that anybody making less than a living wage in Athens should be having to pay to park on campus,” she said. “It is a necessity in order to work here, especially if you can’t afford housing here in Athens, which is going up and up.”

The United Campus Workers of Georgia, a union that started organizing at UGA in 2016, recently turned its attention to UGA’s parking practices.

It’s calling for the university to implement a tiered system in which parking fees are based on a worker’s salary, with the lowest-paid workers paying the least. “If you have the ability to pay the $40 per month, then you should be paying that.

But many workers can’t,” said Joey Carter, a member of the union’s steering committee.

Using raw data from the government transparency website open.georgia.gov, union members calculated that the mean salary for service and maintenance workers, including management and supervising positions, is $25,282.

It is not easy to find a comparable university that charges more for parking than the University of Georgia does. Passes for decks are $40 per month for students and employees alike, and parking lots are $30, with the exception of some outer lots, which are $20.

The University of Arkansas—located in Fayetteville, a city that’s a similar size as Athens—charges just $21.21 per month for employees making less than $40,000 a year.

Employees making more than that pay $30.94 per month.

The University of Tennessee in Knoxville also operates on a sliding scale, with employees making under $30,000 paying $20 per month. Those making $30,000–$60,000 pay $30 per month, and $60,000–$150,000 pay $35 per month. Only UT employees who make more than $150,000 pay more than the lowest-paid UGA employees, at $50 per month.

Paying hourly rates to park in decks, which some employees do when they only have to come into their workplace periodically, can also be burdensome.

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River Road, was far enough away that it wasn’t always practical for her to bike from her home. As a figure model, June earned $20 for two hours of posing, and paying to park in the nearest garage would have cost her $7 for two hours, meaning 35 percent of her paycheck would have gone to parking.

“There was no one really to blame,” June said. “It wasn’t the fault of my modeling coordinator. It wasn’t even the fault of the art department. It’s just something that’s not done across campus. You just expect your employees to pay for their parking.”

Around this time, figure models organized for higher pay, and Lamar Dodd increased its hourly wage from $10 to $15—a rate more competitive with other universities.

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its parking lots and decks were developed, but it does invest money in building and maintaining the infrastructure, as well as paying parking-services workers. Unlike academic departments, which receive funding from the state, parking services is an auxiliary service, defined by the Board of Regents as an entity that has to pay for itself. Operating expenses must be recouped somehow.

In fiscal 2017, UGA auxiliary services—which also includes food services and residence halls—brought in $188 million and spent $170 million. The university grossed $23 million off of parking and transportation alone, according to its annual financial report.

Carter, the union member, said UGA treats its employees like customers, and placing the burden of cost on employees is a corporate practice that UGA has adopted.

“UGA privileges a lot of other things over the salaries of its employees and the accessibility of the workplace. Parking has to do with both,” he said. “We want to be a part of the conversation with our employer about what is an equitable rate to park on campus.”

To address the union’s concerns, UGA recently opened a $10-a-month park-and-ride lot on College Station Road near the Loop. From there, a free shuttle brings commuters onto campus. f

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Benefits Abound EVENTS THIS WEEKEND OFFER FUN AND PHILANTHROPY

By Rashaun Ellis news@flagpole.com

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ith school in full swing and everybody back in town, local philanthropists are kicking off the fall fundraising season on Saturday, Aug. 25 with three events that reflect Athens’ unique spirit.

The busy day kicks off with Children First Inc.’s biggest event of the year, Over The Edge. Children First is a local children’s advocacy nonprofit, and the $30,000 fundraising goal for the event goes toward the maintenance and development of programs such as Athens-Oconee CASA, an organization that provides qualified special advocates for minors in court proceedings.

If it’s hard to imagine a rooftop rappelling party, Children First Executive Director Susie Wells describes the event

That’s a pretty juicy teaser, since Groovy Nights is much more than karaoke or unenthused pantomiming. Participants bring a Vegas-style flair to their performances by going all-out with hair, makeup, costumes and dance routines. A cursory glance around their Facebook page shows that even attendees, let alone competitors, have to bring the heat with killer looks.

Someone’s gotta win the costume contest, after all.

Last year saw the introduction of the competitive “’70s vs. ’80s” angle, and this year brings a change of venue from the 40 Watt Club to The Foundry. Attendees vote for the lip sync winners by donating to favorite performers, and those funds go to directly to keeping Project Safe thriving.

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Leonel Martinez rappels down the side of a building for charity during Over the Edge.

as having the mood of a road race—fast paced, fun and loud. Participants will be rappelling down the West Broad Street side of the SPARC building from 9 a.m.–2 p.m., and there will also be music, food, a bouncy house, kids games, face painting and more.

This will be Wells’ third year rappelling for the love of local kids, but Mayor-elect Kelly Girtz’s first. “I’ve been on ladders and scaffolding often doing construction work, but the idea of rappelling does have me a bit nervous,” he says, but he intends to dive right in. “Life is for living, so you’d better find things that bring you energy, and balance the work with some fun. I have a hard time saying ‘no’ to events like this.”

Girtz has a busy day ahead of him, because later he’ll be lip-syncing for his life at the 17th Annual Groovy Nights, a Project Safe fundraiser and lip sync battle that aims to raise awareness of (and funds for) the nonprofit’s mission of support and advocacy for survivors of intimate partner violence. Tickets for the night of dancing, vintage cocktail specials, henna tattoos and tarot readings at The Foundry are $25 or $18 for students.

This will also be Girtz’s first Groovy Nights, but he’s being tight-lipped on what we can expect. “I’ll be lip-syncing a hit from the ’80s… something against type,” he says.

“I’ll leave ya guessing.”

Also Saturday, another fundraiser, Will Rock 4 Food, will kick off at Terrapin Brewing Co. at 4:30 p.m. WR4F benefits Food 2 Kids, a Food Bank of Northeast Georgia program. One in five Athens residents are food insecure, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and “100 percent of the kids in all of Clarke [County] receive free or reduced-price lunch due to the extremely high food insecurity levels,” says Susan Dodson, program coordinator for the food bank. Food 2 Kids provides food to local kids who need it, and it even has a waiting list.

The fundraiser happens in Terrapin’s beer garden, and Dodson says they’ve gone all-out for their 10th anniversary event this year. They’ll have over 21 food vendors and bigger raffle prizes, with weeklong resort packages on the table. They’ve beefed up their social media presence by getting a Snapchat filter for the event, and local musicians will include Pickled Holler, Spectralite and Ty Manning and the Slawdog Biscuits, and local actress Lisa Mende of “Seinfeld” fame will be the DJ. That’s a pretty jam-packed 24 hours for local philanthropists. Girtz isn’t headlining WR4F, but he’s known to enjoy a beer, and it ends at 7:30 p.m.—which would leave him just enough time to hightail it over to the Foundry from Newton Bridge Road. f

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Waste Not, Want Not UGA GROUP COLLECTS LEFTOVER FOOD TO FEED HUNGRY STUDENTS

By Lauren Baggett news@flagpole.com say they don’t get enough to eat or worry about food. Though food insecurity tends to affect mostly community colleges, it’s still an issue at four-year public schools.

UGA Student Affairs estimates that 7,000 students are food insecure. These tend to be students who fall into the gap between what their financial aid covers and the total costs of attending school. Four years ago, the university launched a scholarship program called Let the Big Dawgs Eat for students who struggle to access and afford daily nutrition.

The Food Recovery Network at UGA has a specific aim to provide healthy food SAVANNAH COLE

One night not long into her freshman year at the University of Georgia, Julianne Miao and her roommate, Nathalie Murphy, found themselves going for a late-night bite at a campus dining hall. As the staff was cleaning up and preparing for the next day, they noticed that a lot of food was being thrown out.

“We thought it looked like really decent food that we would have loved to have stored in our dorm room if we could,” says Miao, “and that started a conversation about how our university could better utilize our resources to help people who are food insecure.”

The food pantry at the Tate Center gives away food collected by the Food Recovery Network.

After a bit of research, the pair stumbled upon the Food Recovery Network, a national student-run organization that recovers perishable food from campus dining halls and redistributes it to food-insecure members of their communities. Miao and Murphy decided to co-found a chapter at UGA, but they soon learned that the dining halls already donated any usable food to another charity called Full Plate. In fact, the more the two kept digging, the more hunger-focused organizations they found on campus and in the community.

But Miao saw an opportunity to help an often overlooked group: food-insecure college students. For three years, the Food Recovery Network at UGA has been recovering food from Trader Joe’s and The Fresh Market to supply a student-run food pantry at the Tate Center. Each day, Miao or another volunteer will pick up food— usually items like premade meals, pasta and bread—to deliver to the pantry. In total, the process takes about an hour and a half.

Miao admits that before she started researching hunger, she wouldn’t have expected a fellow classmate to fall into that category. If someone’s in college, she remembered thinking, how can they be food insecure? But the more Miao thought about the “crazy expensive” meal plans, the more it made sense.

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options, says Miao, because often, the cheapest food options are highly processed convenience foods or fast foods, which are high in fat, sodium and sugar. “We as an organization are trying to target that,” she says. “We’re not trying to provide just any food to these students, but options that are actually good for them.”

Soon, it will be time for Miao and co-founder Murphy, both seniors, to pass the torch. Their goal this year is to recruit and train the next group to take over.

Before starting the organization, Miao says she didn’t know much about food insecurity, but she soon realized how the issue can be misunderstood. “We expect food-insecure people to be really skinny and underfed, but it’s merely the fact that you have to stretch a penny sometimes,” she says.

Volunteering can help dispel myths and assumptions about issues that go beyond the Arch, she says. “There are so many organizations on campus that do similar things, and we all find our own niche.”

Almost one in four people living in Athens is food insecure. “It’s such a tricky topic,” says Miao. “It’s bigger than two college girls can take on, but I think, especially somewhere like Athens-Clarke County, where food insecurity is an issue outside of our UGA community, it’s important to be aware when you’re living in a bubble.”

To learn more about the Food Recovery Network at UGA or volunteer, reach out on Facebook or find it on UGA’s Involvement Network service portal. f

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early 2016, an Athens Instagram star was born in the form of Classic City Memes, a hyperlocal comedy account that lampoons local politicians, musicians, restaurants and more with hilarious, mostly good-spirited jabs. Frequent targets include Neutral Milk Hotel, Mayor Nancy Denson, real-estate mogul Reign Streiter and Pepe the Barberitos pepper.

Though attempting to describe internet memes in print is a futile gesture at best, some of CCM’s recent highlights include: Can designs for an Insane Clown Possethemed Creature Comforts beer.

Yodeling boy Mason Ramsey giving his take on In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. “Starter packs” for people who cut in front of others at Taqueria del Sol and attempt to turn left out of the Alps Road Chipotle.

An image that combines Black Flag’s iconic logo with Flagpole’s own Tofu Baby.

The creator of CCM, who prefers to remain anonymous, says the account began as a way to focus their love of memes in the general sense into a new, highly specific creative outlet. “I didn’t want to be just another random account shouting into the ether, so I went with the local theme,” they say. “It was a good way to build an audience organically while celebrating the town in a new way.”

With just over 6,000 followers, CCM isn’t really in competition with more straightforward, somewhat generic Instagram accounts like @my_athens or @ downtownathensga, each of which boasts tens of thousands of followers. It’s also

separate from student-courting accounts like @barstooluga and @blacksheepuga, which farm or repost their content from anonymous students and run accounts dedicated to every major school in America.

Rather, CCM has a certain human appeal that can’t be replicated by companies attempting to build a brand.

Part of that appeal comes from CCM’s ability to tap into elements of Athens’ insular and unusual culture that other accounts don’t attempt to portray.

“Athens is great, which you may have heard,” jokes CCM’s founder. “There’s so much reverence for the town—mostly deserved—but a lot of that reverence is humorless. Like, Athens is great because R.E.M. made music here 30-something

years ago? But the town itself actually has a great sense of humor. It’s not as self-serious as Portland, or even Asheville. It’s also an isolated culture literally enclosed by a loop, which breeds inside jokes, and the account has become a weird chronicle of that culture.”

While Athens culture is loosely defined and ever-changing, CCM’s creator finds that certain topics and people attract more attention than others. “Reign is always a very safe bet,” they say. “Reign memes are retired unless he runs for office or something. Anything to do with food culture also tends to have a broad appeal.” (The person also notes that people respond heavily to posts about depression, but adds, “That really isn’t my forte. I’m an embarrassingly happy meme admin.”)

And while CCM is not always family-friendly, jokes about specific people are rarely too harsh. “I’m not going to make a swipe at a person or business that isn’t a public figure,” says the admin. “Even if it would be funny, it’s just a mean thing to do—unless they’re in Oconee County.”

While a few people have reached out to the account after being the subject of a meme, the operator says that communication has been “in good fun and [come] from a place of love.” The only post that has caused minor controversy and outrage was a recent photo of The Tree That Owns Itself

with a “For Sale” sign in front of it.

Due to the nature of the artform, the process of creating a meme is rather easy.

CCM’s creator, who says they have never used Photoshop in their life, says although the way they put posts together isn’t too complicated, they try to diversify the types of content on their feed.

“There are generally two types of posts. The first is the lazy type, where I come across a meme format—Distracted Boyfriend, Starter Pack, Left Exit 12 Off Ramp—and try to come up with the funniest local spin I can. These are literally memes, I guess,” CCM’s creator says. “But the majority of my posts are just stupid original art pieces crafted on apps like Union and Phonto. I also get great contributions these days from talented local artists.”

When it comes to the future of the account and its content, CCM’s founder has a few ideas, but hints that a Flagpole feature might signal the beginning of the end.

“Having a far-right politician who ran on the size of his truck and lives in the People’s Republic of Athens-Clarke County should provide plenty of content, but I’ve mostly exhausted my source material at this point,” they lament. “This interview could be the death knell of CCM.” f Check out Classic City Memes while it lasts on Instagram @classiccitymemes.

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oe Mande is an accomplished television writer and actor with credits on “The Good Place,” “Parks & Recreation,” “Kroll Show” and “Delocated.” He is perhaps most recognized as Ben, the awkward assistant turned romantic interest on the hit ABC sitcom “Modern Family.”

However, Mande’s most innovative and subversive material comes from his stand-up comedy and his social media persona, both of which have undergone major shifts throughout the past decade.

Late last year, Mande quit Twitter in dramatic fashion: In an open letter, he compared reading his Twitter feed to the act of smoking a cigarette that had been dipped in embalming fluid. To Mande, using the service had become a horrifyingly unpleasant experience, yet he couldn’t stop.

Mande explained how the app had “fully taken over” his life, while revealing negative aspects of his personality that he didn’t want to embrace.

While lengthy screeds about quitting social media usually elicit groans, Mande’s letter struck a chord with many people who had grown tired of the toxicity of Twitter and many of its users in the Trump era. Mande’s willingness to drop the website for the sake of his mental health felt like a revelatory statement at the time, and it’s a mindset that people have become more willing to embrace ever since.

So far, Mande has stuck to his guns. The letter from last year remains his last post on Twitter, and his bio simply reads, “twitter is trash. facebook is the devil.”

Before leaving most of social media behind (outside of a mildly active and relatively innocuous Instagram account), Mande had a bit of a reputation for getting into online feuds. Many of his funniest spats—such as an intense feud with former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas that ended with the baller deleting his account in embarrassment—have unfortunately been lost to time.

Perhaps Mande’s most notable and forward-thinking conflict, though, was with sparkling water empire LaCroix. Mande had been an outspoken advocate for the brand long before it was trendy, to the point that he declared himself the “unofficial spokesperson” for the company. For a while, LaCroix lightly embraced Mande’s self-assigned role, even sending him the occasional bit of merchandise. However, Mande’s often-controversial online presence led to several boycotts of the water by conservatives who were unhappy with the ROBYN VON SWANK

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association. In 2014, LaCroix sent Mande a cease-and-desist letter. In response, Mande now claims that “LaCroix is poison.”

Mande’s stand-up, much like his social media antics, is aimed at subverting people’s expectations and turning institutions on their heads. His first comedy album, Bitchface, was released in the style of a hip-hop mixtape, complete with skits and DJ tag drops. In between jokes about how weird it is to drink cow’s milk and getting unknowingly mugged while high at Domino’s, there are hilarious voicemail messages from The RZA, Fabolous and Amy Poehler.

His latest set, which is available both as an album and a Netflix special, is called Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special. It opens in the style of a documentary, explaining Mande’s desire to win the prestigious (and fictional) American Humour Award.

After getting advice from some fellow comedians—as well as Blake Griffin— Mande sets forth to put together the most statistically perfect comedy set known to man.

The set itself is amazing. Bits about the NYPD’s infamous cannibal cop, the impressive production value of ISIS’s recruitment videos and a misplaced dick pic rank among Mande’s most offensive and shockingly hilarious observations to date. It all culminates in an epic tale about Mande and a friend getting insanely high and attending a taping of former Arkansas governor and current conservative pundit Mike Huckabee’s horrible late-night talk show.

Throughout the special, Mande makes note of applause breaks and other stats on a piece of paper, as the camera occasionally pans over to a panel of judges who are analyzing his every move. The awards angle, as silly as it ends up being, is a creative way to break outside the sometimes-painful tropes of stand-up comedy specials.

Now, Mande is stepping out on a minitour, appropriately titled “We Live in Hell.”

Athens is one of only six stops Mande is making, so if you’ve been missing him on Twitter, here’s a prime chance to hear his thoughts on current events live and in person. f

WHO: Joe Mande WHERE: 40 Watt Club WHEN: Monday, Aug. 27, 8 p.m.

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go from the folk-pop outfit heard on its amorously-titled debut EPs—2014’s Love You Mean It and 2015’s XOXO—to the hard-to-define creative force behind recent album Felix Culpa, Athens-born band Family and Friends had to embrace change and shed a sonic approach that had already netted it critical acclaim.

For guitarist and singer Mike MacDonald, it was the latest life and creative change made possible by the Atlanta native’s 2008 decision to attend the University of Georgia.

A saxophonist and pianist in high school, MacDonald became a self-taught guitarist and singer-songwriter in his late teens. His folk songwriting method from back then helped define those early Family and Friends EPs. Even with a little musical know-how, he didn’t have the drive to start a band before gaining some DIY guts by discovering the Athens band Reptar and befriending its members. Roadkill Ghost Choir and Futurebirds have since provided further inspiration. “Just to see people our own age doing it and making it happen was incredibly inspiring for us,” MacDonald says.

After college, MacDonald took the leap himself, forming Family and Friends—a journey he continues with bandmates Alejandro Rios (percussion), Ryan Houchens (percussion), JP McKenzie (guitar), Tuna Fortuna (bass) and Casey Harper (vocals).

“When we first started, it was kind of in that folk-pop revival context,” he says. “We knew we wanted two drummers. I’d write songs on the acoustic guitar, and we’d flesh it out from there. We stay away from that sound these days, and take into account everyone’s personal tastes and different influences. We’re trying to shed a little bit of that folk element.”

MacDonald’s willingness to share more of the songwriting load allows for an eclectic album, with Felix Culpa’s songs ranging from the folk-friendly “Winding Roads” to the unpredictable “PRSM.” Both songs have a full, theatrical feel that seems to be the band’s new calling card. Such experimentation was a bold choice, considering the seemingly guaranteed hype that would have greeted a full-length album based around the band’s prior, more accessible sound.

Despite generally writing Americana music when he breaks out his acoustic guitar, MacDonald’s preferred mode of songwriting knows no genre boundaries, and has been further realized since allowing others in the band to have more of a creative voice.

“It was tough at first, because it was a new writing process to navigate,” MacDonald says. “I can personally

be somewhat stubborn in those situations, but I think we came up with things we wouldn’t have otherwise. We’re not necessarily a band that wants to stay in the same place. We want to try new things, and this writing process at least proves we can do those things.”

The band’s early approach allowed its members to grow musically through more orthodox means while dreaming up a hazy new vision. “It provided a context for us to evolve around, to an extent, where we knew how we did write songs, what we could change and what might work better,” MacDonald says.

Coming of age in Athens encouraged the band to pursue a raucous live show that feeds off the energy of college-town audiences. “I don’t ever want to be a band that sounds exactly like they do on the album live,” MacDonald says. “I want to bring something extra to the show that you wouldn’t get otherwise.”

Indeed, Family and Friends’ story is a wholly Athenian one. To take nothing away from MacDonald and his bandmates’ talents and drive, a similar chain of events could unfold in just a few years for a different wide-eyed UGA freshman with the courage to jump head-first into the local music scene. As MacDonald’s story illustrates, it just takes a willing spirit, a serving of talent and maybe a dash of self-training to fit in around these parts.

The hardest part is overcoming the intimidating feel that can come with being new to town and craving friendship with undeniably cool, creative types. If that’s your situation, MacDonald has some advice.

“Early college is kind of a scary time to do things on your own, but just put yourself out there and go to shows,” MacDonald says. “You don’t have to go with friends. If you can get friends together, all the better. You’ll see so many amazing shows you wouldn’t see otherwise and meet people who share the same values as you.”

With a little boldness, forming a band doesn’t have to be a pipe dream. If that willingness to abandon your comfort zone remains after a creative project takes shape, consider further following MacDonald’s lead and embracing change through collaboration. You might just end up with an album as vibrant and challenging as Felix Culpa. f

WHO: Family and Friends, Brook and the Bluff, Casey Harper WHERE: Georgia Theatre WHEN: Friday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m.

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Family and Friends’ Favorite Athens Albums Roadkill Ghost Choir: False Youth Etcetera

The Roadkill boys have been some of our best buds on the scene ever since we lived across from them up on Oconee Street years ago. It’s one thing to enjoy your friends’ music; it’s entirely another to look up to it and be constantly inspired. This one for me is the absolute pinnacle achievement and what every album ultimately desires to be: timeless. [Mike MacDonald]

Neighbor Lady: Maybe Later

There are certain moments in listening that remind you why you fell in love with music to begin with. The first time I heard Emily Braden’s vocals had that effect on me. After frequenting their live shows at every opportunity, it’s been a dream come true to finally have this album released and on repeat in the rotation. [MM]

Tin Cup Prophette: Liar and the Thief

I was gifted the record from my sister when it came out, and had it in my car stereo for years. Such a sonically diverse and deeply moving album to be shockingly produced by a duo. [Tuna Fortuna]

Manray: Tournament

Sometimes I listen to this album and just find myself somewhere else 33 minutes later holding the head of an elk. Is there a petition out there to make them play again? [TF]

Cinemechanica: The Martial Arts

My first introduction to math rock. This album delivered me from the rest of my teenage angst and helped me develop a more mature, early 20s angst as well. [Ryan Houchens]

Maserati: Inventions for the New Season

Beautiful soundscapes of psychedelic post-rock.

Having witnessed the former drummer Jerry Fuchs play with the group before his passing solidified my dreams of becoming a drummer. [RH]

Reptar: Body Faucet

This album came out the night before one of my final projects was due. I stayed up and listened to it on repeat through the night. Haven’t gotten tired or stopped listening to it since. [Alejandro Rios]

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PORCH SONGS: Legendary stomp-blues band Chickasaw Mudd Puppies will play the State Botanical Garden of Georgia Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for garden members and $5 for ages 6–12. Organizers note that the “ticket price for this outdoor concert includes beverages and light snacks. Chairs [are] allowed on concession level only; picnic blankets [are] encouraged on other levels.” So, keep that in mind. Time was, circa ’88–’92-ish, that you couldn’t throw a rock in Athens without hitting a townie dressed in overalls and worn-out work boots in Mudd Puppies fashion.

But, I suppose since the garden is literally filled with glass houses, it’s probably a good thing the stone-throwing has subsided. The Puppies’ shows always brought some high energy to whatever event they were playing, and this will likely be a cool place to see them, too.

For more information, see facebook.com/botgarden and botgarden.uga.edu.

Entertainment was hosting a screening of the early-1990s movie Juice. Unfortunately, that screening was canceled, but it’s been rescheduled for Friday, Aug. 24 at 10 p.m. at Ciné. As always, your hosts Montu Miller and Chief Rocka will host an after-event gathering in the Ciné lab, where Rocka will spin tunes. All are welcome for this postfilm hang, even if you miss the screening.

The music for the night is planned to be a major mega-mix of 1990s hip hop, so

FIND THE RIVER: The annual fundraiser held by the Broad River Watershed Association will happen at the 40 Watt Club Saturday, Aug. 25. Doors open at 7 p.m. Featured artists include former local Nic Goodson (Sleepy Horses), who hasn’t played in town in a while, as well as Leaving Chickasaw Mudd Puppies Countries, Summer Hymns, Joe Willey and the Movin’ Men and Diet Dangfly. Spokenmatch your shoes to your hat and keep one word performances are courtesy of Davis strap of your overalls loose. Also of note: Ripley Keller and Bret Eades. The master of This is the second time in a single column ceremonies is Veronica Darby. Advance tick- I’ve mentioned overalls, so don’t tell me ets are $10, and more information can be there’s not some symmetry happening here. had by visiting 40watt.com and brwa.org.

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SING OUT LOUD, SING OUT STRONG: What if I told you that, if you’re a UGA student, GET GROOVY: Project Safe, committed to you could combine your love of ecology ending domestic violence and supporting its with your love for a capella? Well, you’re victims, will host its annual Groovy Nights in luck, crunchy! The UGA Ecotones are lip sync battle Saturday, Aug. 25 at 8 p.m. holding auditions for new members at the at The Foundry. The theme this year is “The Odum School of Ecology Sunday, Aug. 26 Battle of the Decades: ’70s vs. ’80s,” which at 6 p.m. If you’re interested, prepare a is a match so primed for battle I can hear verse and chorus from two songs of differthe machinations of cola wars buzzing as we ing styles. Organizers also mention that speak. This night is to be filled with “dancthey’re in need of vocal percussionists, ing, lip sync contests, out-of-this-world too. The Ecotones perform at many events hairdos, costume contests, henna tattoos, throughout the year and hold their own big tarot readings and snack and drink specials end-of-year concert, too, so don’t audition from the past.” Tickets are $25, and student if you aren’t willing to go the distance. tickets are $18. Yeah, that’s a little on the For more information, see facebook.com/ high side, but this is a fundraiser, y’all, and ugaecotones.

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To Infinity and Beyond ATHICA DEBUTS NEW LOCATION AT LEATHERS BUILDING

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com Facing the inevitable sale of its gallery space within the small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our revitalized Chase Park warehouses, the Athens Institute images, our music, our thoughts, and our feelings. We are of Contemporary Art made the bold decision to relocate attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours. this summer. After 16 years of operating off Tracy Street, We hope some day, having solved the problems we face, to ATHICA lucked out in finding an affordable suite inside the join a community of galactic civilizations. This record rephistoric Leathers Building at 675 Pulaski St. Secured with a resents our hope and our determination and our goodwill multiple-year lease and the option to purchase, the gallery in a vast and awesome universe.” is all set to organize exhibitions of contemporary artwork by both professional and emerging artists for years to come.

ATHICA officially opened the doors to its new home last Saturday for the opening reception of “The Golden Record: Far Beyond Our Galaxy.” Curated by exhibitions committee members Rebecca Brantley, Brooke Leeton, Paula Runyon and Jon Vogt, the inaugural group show was inspired by the Golden Record, a phonograph compilation containing over 100 images and sounds that have been traveling through the cosmos aboard two Voyager space probes for the past four decades.

A committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University assembled the time capsule for NASA in 1977, intending to convey an impression of Earth’s unique minu“Voyager II,” still of a digital animation by Gerald Habarth tia to any extraterrestrials who might intercept the spacecraft.

Images such as a woman breastfeeding, cars sitting in rush Reflecting the multimedia approach of the original hour traffic and an astronaut floating in space are combined Golden Record, the exhibition’s selected artworks incorwith sounds like heartbeats, morse code and birds chirpporate sound, video, found materials, handmade materials ing for a sample of the human experience. In addition to and interactive media. The 13 participating artists submitgreetings in 55 different languages that have emerged over ted proposals for pieces that consider the significance and the past 6,000 years, a 90-minute playlist features ecleclimitations of the record, and invite viewers to zoom out tic recordings from across the globe, like a night chant by and contemplate humanity’s place within the universe.

Navajo Indians, a wedding song from Peru and “Johnny B. Stephanie Sutton’s video, “Demonstration of Licking, Goode” by Chuck Berry.

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become bizarre when taken out of context, Matthew Flores’ pair of videos, “Art for Alternative Audiences 001 & 002: Who’s a Good Boy?” isolate two common occurrences—asking “Who’s a good boy?” and beckoning a dog with squeaky toy—and repeat them to the point of absurdity.

Several of the works demonstrate humanity’s conceptual interests and leisurely ability to create beyond survival or utilitarian purposes—something that distinguishes us from most living organisms, to our knowledge. Catherine Clements’ delicate handmade paper, “Mythos,” is profoundly simple with the handwritten line, “I am made of the place and its mythos.” Momma Tried, a collaboration between Theo Eliezer and Micah Learned, experiments with augmented reality in “Goodbye Horses, Star Mall.”

The physical media represented in the exhibition exemplify materials specific to our time and place in history.

Braden Skelton’s assemblage employs components like a McDonald’s drive-through console, poured plaster faux marble column, LED lights and digital video for a dystopian look at today’s common technology. Katlin Shae offers a pair of “Space Bot (Homage to Voyager)” tapestries that use recycled plastic grocery bags, cotton and metallic threads.

“The Golden Record” also features videos by Keaton Fox and T2R, animations by Gerald Habarth and Robby Toles, and mixed media works by Mickey Boyd, Mary Gordon and Harrison D. Walker.

ATHICA will offer new gallery hours to accommodate foot traffic from the Leathers Building’s other occupants, such as Pulaski Heights BBQ, Rubber Soul Yoga and Shiraz Athens. Guests can visit “The Golden Record” through Sunday, Oct. 7 every Wednesday through Friday and Sunday from 4–6 p.m., plus every Saturday from 12–6 p.m.

As one of the major art venues participating in the monthly Third Thursday initiative, ATHICA will also stay open late on Sept. 20 from 4–9 p.m. A closing reception on Friday, Oct. 5 from 7–10 p.m. will double as the release party for the Sounds of Athens album, a vinyl compilation inspired by the original Golden Record.

Following “The Golden Record,” ATHICA will host its annual “Juried Exhibition” with juror Teresa Bramlette Reeves of the KSU Zuckerman Museum. Submissions will also be accepted for “Cranial Offerings,” a runway show of artist-made headpieces. Stay tuned to athica.org for details on how to participate. f

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calendar picks MUSIC | SAT, AUG 25

ART | SAT, AUG 25

Michael Oliveri

Contact for Location · 3–5 p.m. · $10–20 WUGA’s fundraising series Artists in Residence drops into the home and studio of Michael Oliveri for an afternoon of artwork. Well-known as an associator professor and founder of the ArtX program at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, Oliveri is a conceptual artist as well as a product and graphic designer. With a background studying sculpture at the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA in New Genre studies from UCLA, his work is extremely diverse, ranging from surfboards and furniture to nanoscale photographic landscapes to site-specific installations incorporating light and sound. An interview with Oliveri will run on-air leading up to the event. RSVP by contacting 706-5429842 or wuga@uga.edu. [Jessica Smith]

Tuesday 21 CLASSES: Computer Class (ACC Library) Google Drive and Docs. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens CLASSES: Athens Swing Night (Athens Fit Club, 1059 Baxter St. Suite A) Intermediate (7:30 p.m.) and beginner (8:15 p.m.) lessons, then open dancing. No partner or previous experience required.

7:30–11 p.m. $4 (students), $6. athensswingnight.com 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

Mark Hosler

Mark Hosler

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar · 8 p.m. · $10 A giant of contemporary experimental music, California art collective Negativland introduced the concept of “culture jamming” to an unsuspecting public back in the 1980s, mashing up found sound and images with aplomb, deand recontextualizing brands, bands and other bits of sacred Americana along the way. The group, which famously flouted music-biz norms and copyright law during its heyday—the 1991 U2 EP being perhaps the most famous example of its anarchic approach—was co-founded by composer Mark Hosler, who plays a rare gig at Hendershot’s on Saturday. Hosler is now a North Carolina resident, and his electronic solo work is noise-oriented and free. [Gabe Vodicka]

GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Road) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: Tuesday Storytime (Normal Books) An all-ages picture

book storytime with snacks. 10:30 a.m. FREE! normalbooks@gmail. com KIDSTUFF: It’s LIT Teen Book Club (ACC Library) Talk about your favorite books and choose a new book or author to read over the next month. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Adult Book Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy snacks and a discussion of books to read in upcoming months. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison MEETINGS: ACC Democrats Happy Hour (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Discuss issues at the county, state and national level at the water

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Caledonia Lounge · 9 p.m.

The latest in a seemingly nonstop string of awesome local hip-hop showcases, this weekend’s Classic City Bash is the brainchild of local emcee Motorhead2x, whose own sound blends classic rap vibes with modern trap trimmings. Performers sharing Saturday’s Caledonia bill include Squalle and L.G., solo standouts and frequent collaborators who will reunite for a duo set; buzzworthy youngster Kxng Blanco; Valley Girl D, whose rap realness is quickly becoming known beyond Athens’ borders; familiar scene faces T-Roy 3Mill, Dictator and Solo 10K; plus Joe Peeples, Sko, ASG and others. DJ Highwalker will provide music for the evening, and L.G. does double duty as host. [GV]

Athens Academy · 1–3 p.m. · FREE! With the new school year comes a new lineup of featured artists in the galleries, now under the direction of art teacher Luke Graves, who replaced longtime curator Lawrence Stueck. An opening reception will be held for an exhibition of paintings by Amy Wilmoth Watts and sculptures by Jack Kehoe. The galleries are currently hosting three additional exhibitions: ceramics by members of Southern Star Studio (reception Sept.

23), quilts and watercolors by Elizabeth Barton and photographs and artwork collected during student trips to Greece and Italy. Visitors are welcome to visit the galleries Monday–Friday from 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m., and are requested to check in first at the Chambers Center. [JS]

Classic City Bash

cooler end of the bar. 5:30–7 p.m. www.clarkedemocrats.com

Wednesday 22 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Led by docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Gardening Class (ACC Library) “Fall Vegetable Gardening.”

Registration recommended. 6 p.m.

FREE! atedrow@uga.edu EVENTS: Drink and Draw (Hi-Lo Lounge) Meet up with other local artists to drink and draw. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! www.hiloathens.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local

Amy Wilmoth Watts & Jack Kehoe

and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, crafts and live music by Chris Padget (Aug. 22) and B.E.N. (Aug. 29). 4–7 p.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Athens Rising (The Foundry) Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project is a documentary highlighting the music, dance, food, stand-up comedy and visual art of Athens. Music trivia before the screening. 6:30 p.m. $6. www.thefoundryathens.com GAMES: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play the Shadowfist Dynamic Card Game. 12 p.m. FREE! 706-354-4500, www. tychesgames.com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday.

Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 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) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: DND: Beginners Guild (Oconee County Library) Learn how to play Dungeons and Dragons.

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THE CALENDAR! GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com 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

Thursday 23 ART: Art Lecture (Georgia Museum of Art) Parker Curator of Russian Art, Dr. Asen Kirin, will give a lecture in conjunction with “One Heart, One Way: The Journey of a Princely Art Collection.” 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Preserving the Harvest (Lotta Mae’s Supply Co.) Rachel Vaughan covers a range of ways to preserve and extend the harvest, like canning, cooking, freezing, dehydrating, fermenting and more. 6 p.m. $20. www.lottamaes.com CLASSES: Smoothie Recharge (Oconee County Library) Try different smoothie recipes and learn about the health benefits. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: Grand Opening (1060 Gaines School Rd. Suite A3) The Clarke County Democrats celebrate the grand opening of their campaign headquarters. Refreshments served.

5–7 p.m. FREE! clarkedemocrats. com GAMES: Poker Night (5 Points Cigar Shop, 1720 Epps Bridge Pkwy.) Play with Interstate Poker every Thursday.

6:30 p.m. www.5pointscigars.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq KIDSTUFF: Baby Music Jam (Oconee County Library) Preschool aged children and their caregivers play instruments, sing and dance together. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3950 KIDSTUFF: Anime Club (ACC Library) Watch the latest anime from Crunchyroll. 4 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based games. Blocks provided. For ages 8 & up. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-7955597 KIDSTUFF: 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 LECTURES & LIT: Romance Book Club (Normal Books) Discuss Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ normalbooksathens MEETINGS: Caucus Election (ACC Democratic Headquarters, 1060 Gaines School Rd.) The Clarke County Democratic Committee will hold a caucus election to elect delegates for the Democratic Party of Georgia’s State Convention. All registered voters are encouraged to attend. 7–9 p.m. FREE! clarkedemocrats.com 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.

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Friday 24 CLASSES: Computer Class (Oconee County Library) “Intro to Word 2010.” 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: Friday Wine Winedowns (J’s Bottle Shop, 1452 Prince Ave.) Manilla Express will be at this Friday Wine Winedown to pair Filipino food with craft wine. 5–8 p.m. $10–15. wine.jsbottleshop@gmail.com EVENTS: Volunteer Recruitment Cookout (Athens Community Council on Aging) Learn about volunteer opportunities at ACCA. 12–2:30 p.m. FREE! www.accaging. org FILM: It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop Film Series (Ciné Barcafé) Watch Juice the story of four inner-city teens starring Tupac Shakur. Music videos and a Midnight Mega-Mix of 90s hip hop by Chief Rocka and friends to follow. 10 p.m. www. athenscine.com GAMES: Friday Night Initiative (Tyche’s Games) Learn new roleplaying games. 6 p.m. www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Young Readers Book Tasting (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Discover new and interesting chapter books to read.

Grades 3–6. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Teen Talk (ACC Library) Teens can talk about what’s bothering them. Ages 11–18. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens

The competition awards prizes for best chicken, pork ribs and beef tritip recipes. Other festivities include live music and family activities. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. $100 (to enter), FREE! (to attend). farmviewmarket.com EVENTS: Will Rock 4 Food (Terrapin Beer Co.) Sample beers, eat treats, hear live music and compete in the area’s largest contest of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Proceeds benefit the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia’s Food 2 Kids program. See story on p. 7. 4:30–7:30 p.m. www. terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked

Learn to play new games. 12 p.m.

FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Unicorn Party (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Crafts, games, stories and snacks—all about unicorns! 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Back to School Bash (Lavonia Cultural Center) Festivities include a bounce house, cake walk, raffle and local entertainment. Some activities and food for sale. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! www.franklincommunityplayers.com KIDSTUFF: Zoo Day (Memorial Park) This year’s theme is “DJ’s Diner” where participants will learn about zoo animal diets in retro ’50s

Sunday 26 ART: Opening Reception (Howard’s, 119 N. Jackson St.) See new paintings by Eleanor Ray. 3–6 p.m. FREE! www.howardsartgallery.com ART: Artist Reception (Athens Academy) See Artwork by Amy Wilmoth Watts and Jack Kehoe. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. 1–3 p.m.

FREE! www.athensacademy.org ART: Opening Reception (Tif Sigfrids, 119 N. Jackson St.) View sculptures by Charles Harlan. 3–6 p.m. FREE! www.tifsigfrids.com EVENTS: Wine Down (Boutier Winery, Danielsville) Listen to live

Saturday 25 ART: WUGA’s Artists in Residence Series (Contact for Location) See the home of Michael Oliveri, a conceptual artist, product and graphic designer, and founder of the Art X program at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

3–5 p.m. $10–20. 706-542-9842, wuga@uga.edu, www.wuga.org CLASSES: SAFE Women’s Self Defense (American Blackbelt Academy) Learn how to disable an attacker. Ages 12 and up. 1 p.m. $15–30. 706-549-1671 EVENTS: UGA Clinical and Translational Research Unit Open House (109 Bowstrom Rd.) Find out with the unit does, and learn how to improve health and medicine by volunteering for research studies. 1–4 p.m. FREE! ctru@uga.edu EVENTS: Adoption Day with AAHS (Normal Books) Snuggle a pup from the Athens Area Humane Society.

4–6 p.m. FREE! normalbooks@ gmail.com EVENTS: Hip Summer Market (Hip Vintage and Handmade) Browse local art and vintage wares. Live music by Lucky Jones Band and Todd Lister. Snacks from Rashe’s Cuisine. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! hipvintagehandmade.com EVENTS: Over the Edge (SPARC, 2040 W. Broad St.) Participants rappel down the side of an Athens building to raise funds for Children First. See story on p. 7. 9 a.m. www. otecwe.com/athens/children-first EVENTS: Groovy Nights: Battle of the Decades (The Foundry) This year’s lip-sync contest theme is ’70s vs. ’80s. Participate in raffles, tarot readings, dance ’til you drop and compete in the Groovy costume contest. Proceeds benefit Project Safe.

See story on p. 7. 8 p.m. $25. www. project-safe.org EVENTS: Southern Classic BBQ Competition (Farmview Market)

GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge! Hosted

by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Movie Trivia (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Klon hosts movie trivia. 7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: General Knowledge Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8501916 KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 7–18.

Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Nerd Herd (Oconee County Library) Hang out with fellow nerds for a low-key hour of fun.

Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Teen Leaders (Oconee County Library) Teens are invited to voice their opinoins and plan for YA events. This month they will discuss this year’s Haunted House. Grades 6–12. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee MEETINGS: Dulcimer Group (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn to play and read music with the “dirty dulcimers” after hours. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison SPORTS: Table Tennis Matches and Training (East Athens Community Center) Beginner to advanced skill levels welcome.

Mondays, 6–8:30 p.m. & Saturdays, 1–4 p.m. First visit free. www. ttathensga.com

Tuesday 28 Paintings by Joseph Peragine are included in “Spotlight 2018,” an exhibition currently on view at the Gallery@ Hotel Indigo through Saturday, Sept. 15. goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music by Katherine Balle and White Rabbit Collective. 8 a.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net 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: Bark & Wine Auction (Boutier Winery & Inn, 4506 Hudson River Church Rd., Danielsville) Live music from The Kate Morrissey band, wine, food, a silent auction and more. Proceeds benefit the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter.

6 p.m. $25-35. moaspets.com/ barkandwine EVENTS: Athens Black Market and Cultural Experience (Creature Comforts Brewery) The market supports local minority business vendors. Offerings range from local food, artisan home goods and natural beauty products, plus live performances, guest speakers and more. 2–6 p.m. www.aadmovement. com GAMES: Day of Board Game Demonstrations (Tyche’s Games)

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diner style. 12–3 p.m. $2–3. www. athensclarkecounty.com/bearhollow LECTURES & LIT: Hargrett Writers Circle (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Hargrett Library) Writers may bring pages of their work, any genre, for group feedback. Each meeting will highlight books from Hargrett’s Collections. 2–4:30 p.m.

FREE! artzar@gmail.com LECTURES & LIT: Friends of the Bogart Library Book Sale (Main St., Bogart) Browse books priced at $3/bag and BOGO. Festivities include food, crafts and children’s activities. Local authors Gail Karwoski, K.B. Hoyle and John Vance will be on site. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org/bogart PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret (Go Bar) Drag performances by local artists. 9 p.m. $3. showgirlcabaret@gmail.com, www. athensshowgirlcabaret.com PERFORMANCE: Broad River Watershed Association Benefit (40 Watt Club) Spoken word by Davis Ripley Keller and Bret Eades.

Live music by Nic Goodson, Leaving Countries, Summer Hymns, Joe Willey and the Movin’ Men, Diet Dangfly and more. 7 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com

music with Karen Tucker and Bennie.

3–5 p.m. FREE! www.boutierwinery. com LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Meet Jackie Henderson, author of The Dirt Roads of Madison County: Road of Confusion. Mr. Henderson will speak on the book, his writing process and answer questions. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison

Monday 27 COMEDY: Joe Mande (40 Watt Club) Comedian and writer Joe Mande currently writes for “The Good Place,” and has worked on “Parks and Recreation,” “Master of None” and “Kroll Show” in the past.

David Perdue opens. See story on p.

10. 8 p.m. $16. www.40watt.com EVENTS: The Down Dog Days of Summer (Graduate Athens) Lululemon Athens and Shakti Power Yoga Athens present a sunset yoga class on the terrace. 7:30 p.m. $10. www.thefoundryathens.com FILM: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Watch a killer, mutant baby in It’s Alive (1974). 9 p.m.

FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com

CLASSES: Athens Swing Night (Athens Fit Club, 1059 Baxter St. Suite A) Intermediate (7:30 p.m.) and beginner (8:15 p.m.) lessons, then open dancing. No partner or previous experience required.

7:30–11 p.m. $4 (students), $6. athensswingnight.com CLASSES: Computer Class (ACC Library) Learn about voice assistants and start home devices. 10 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens FILM: Bad Movie Night (Ciné Barcafé) An ex-con is sent by his dead uncle to defeat the prince of darkness in Filipino horror-fantasy The Killing of Satan. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/badmovienight FILM: Athens Rising (The World Famous) Local filmmaker James Preston’s documentary takes a look at music, dance, food, stand-up comedy, art and the origins of AthFest. 8 p.m. $6. www.athensrising.com GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description.

8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561

KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages 3–11. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Teen Trivia Afternoon (ACC Library) Put your knowledge to the test with speed rounds, music, movie clips and more. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens PERFORMANCE: Sunflower Music Series (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This month features Chickasaw Mudd Puppies. 7 p.m. $5 (ages 6–12), $15. botgarden.uga.edu

Wednesday 29 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art leads a tour of works in the permanent collection. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market

cerns and hopes for the future of the Atlanta Highway and Lexington Road corridors. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. connect-athens.com

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 21 The Foundry Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. thefoundryathens.com GRASSLAND Local traditional and progressive bluegrass group formerly known as Grassland String Band.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com THE BAND CAMINO Indie-rock band from Memphis, TN. JOSIE DUNNE Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter.

All musicians welcome. Backline provided!

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net CHRIS PADGETT Local guitar virtuoso performs.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com THE SLEEPERS Chicago-based band influenced by Southern rock and blues.

THE REMEDIES Chicago-based altrock group.

STRANGE TORPEDO New local alternative rock four-piece.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com NIGHT FEVER Athens-based duo featuring Ansley Stewart and Jason Fuller playing ’70s hits.

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

Thursday 23 Akademia Brewing Co. 7 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com HUNTER GRAYSON Local artist playing classic country music.

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. 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES Local power trio playing country-rock and Southern soul.

MATT MCKINNEY Playing classic country music.

PHILLIP DOUGLAS

Kenny George Band plays Hendershot’s Coffee Bar on Friday, Aug. 24.

(Creature Comforts Brewery) See Wednesday listing for full description. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) 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: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 KIDSTUFF: Game Night (Oconee County Library) Play board games or bing your console to play a variety a games.Grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 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 MEETINGS: Vision Workshop (120 W. Dougherty St.) Share ideas, con-

On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com TIMI CONLEY AND WONDERLAND RANGERS Local rabble-rouser Timi Conley performs dance-tastic psychpop with his all-star backing band.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com GLOVE Synthy garage-rock band from Tampa, FL. The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens FEATHER TRADE Athens band playing lush, loud, moody post-pop.

TEARS FOR THE DYING Local death-rock group fronted by longtime Athenian Adrya Stembridge.

AUTUMN Goth-tinged post-punk band from Minneapolis.

Wednesday 22 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.

On the Rooftop. 9:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com MICHAEL COAST Nashville-based singer-songwriter, formerly of Athens band Grassland.

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

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 EMILEIGH IRELAND Local singer and experimental performer.

LEISURE SERVICE Michael Pierce plays blown out, bass-heavy techno.

SEVERE BLUSH Experimental electronic sounds from Logan Shirah.

Hi-Lo Lounge 9 p.m. www.hiloathens.com KARAOKE Karaoke returns to Hi-Lo in support of Cedric Brown.

Locos Grill & Pub 7 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Rd. location) THE BACUPS Fun-loving local cover band.

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

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com DEER EYES New local chillwave/ dream-pop three-piece.

THE CURLS Dream-pop band from Chicago.

DOT.S Atlanta-based electropop five-piece.

40 Watt Club 10 p.m. $3 (21+), $5 (18–20). www.40watt.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away to three different channels of music in your headphones. One of them is a request line!

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.

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Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com LOUIS ROMANOS QUARTET Local jazz combo led by percussionist Louis Romanos.

CASEY HARPER Atlanta-based folk singer-songwriter.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. $2. www. georgiatheatre.com DJ DREAM DOG Local DJ brings the dance party.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE LAGOONS Rising up from Tuscaloosa, AL, this jammy foursome claims influences of blues, funk and reggae.

The Globe 10 p.m. $2 (headphone). 706-353-4721 SILENT DISCO Dance the night away with three channels of music. One of them is a request line!

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 SALLY & THE SIX GRAND BAND Long-running dance band playing oldies, classic rock, blues, disco and some fun originals.

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Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 AVERY LEIGH’S NIGHT PALACE Ethereal indie-pop group fronted by former Athenian Avery Draut.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com BRAD GERKE Local folk and alt-country singer-songwriter.

9 p.m. $5 (21+), $8 (18-20). www. terrapinbeer.com THE IDES OF JUNE Atlanta-based band influenced by modern and classic rock.

JET PHASE Local grunge-influenced indie-rock band.

ROSIE & THE RATDOGS New local hard-rock group.

White Tiger Gourmet 6 p.m. FREE! www.whitetigergourmet. com GYPSY AT HEART Local collective that mixes Middle Eastern and Indian ragas with classical, jazz and folk.

and featuring performances by Motorhead2x, Squalle, Kxng Blanco, Valley Girl D, T-Roy 3Mill, Dictator, Solo 10K and more. See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

Creature Comforts Brewery 7 p.m. FREE! www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com FULL MOON JAM Communal jam session open to the public, with instruments and refreshments provided.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com VILLAGE STICKS Indie-rock band from Augusta.

NINEVAH’S GARDEN Local progressive metal band.

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Southern Brewing Company 5:30–10 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco. com KARAOKE DJ Gregory plays song requests and lets the bravest of the bunch jump in to sing. Every Thursday!

Friday 24 440 Foundry Pavilion 8 p.m. $25. www.thefoundryathens. com COREY SMITH Singer-songwriter who combines emotional country influences with rough, soulful vocals.

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Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com DANIEL HARDIN Singer-songwriter with acoustic and electric blues and rock influences.

THE POWERS Local folk-rock band of brothers.

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Festival Hall (Greensboro) Motown on Main. 7 p.m. $25. www. festivalhallga.com THE GROOVE CREW BAND Playing hits from the Motown songbook, including Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and Boyz II Men. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com TOTAL ASTRONAUT Alt-rock band from South Carolina.

THE VINYL STRANGERS Melodic local folk-rock band.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com SONS OF SAILORS Jimmy Buffet cover band, featuring members of the Tony Pritchett Band.

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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. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com CROOKED SIDEWALKS Band from Atlanta influenced by ’60s and ’70s FM rock.

8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com FAMILY AND FRIENDS Local folkrock sweethearts featuring dynamic percussion and anthemic vocals.

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THE BROOK & THE BLUFF Upstart folk-rock band from Birmingham, AL.

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BABY TONY & THE TEENIES Local band plays doo-wop-inspired pop songs about wasting time and having crushes.

THRÜM Local psych band featuring members of Outersea, Sea of Dogs, Hot Fudge and Dream Culture.

LYDIA BRAMBILA Local singer-songwriter and guitarist with a dreamy folk sound.

DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta faves.

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

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ Rotating local jazz groups play every Friday and Saturday nights.

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YAMS CLUB Jazz-influenced indierock five-piece from Atlanta.

Akademia Brewing Co. 8 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com FOXFIRE REVIVAL Folky local string band.

40 Watt Club 7 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com BRWA BENEFIT A concert to benefit the Broad River Watershed Association, featuring Leaving Countries, Diet Dangfly, Summer Hymns, Zach Gresham, Nic Goodson, Joe Willey & the Movin’ Men and more.

Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net KATHERINE BALL Singer-songwriter delivering a taste of Southern gothic blues.

WHITE RABBIT COLLECTIVE Local ensemble with influences ranging from Tuvan folk songs to psychedelic rock anthems to jazz-funk grooves.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 CLASSIC CITY JUKEBOX Local allstar rock and roll cover band.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com CLASSIC CITY BASH A hiphop showcase hosted by L.G.

Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com THE TUTEN BROTHERS Athensbased country-rock band.

JESTER Local rock and roll quartet.

REID HAUGHTON Alabama-based country singer-songwriter.

On the Rooftop. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com MATTHEW MCNEAL Americana singer-songwriter from Texas.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. $3. www. georgiatheatre.com BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin

a very special set of your favorite Beyoncé hits.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $10. www.hendershotscoffee. com MARK HOSLER A founding member of seminal experimental group Negativland, Hosler plays improvisational electronic music. See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

JOHN & KIRAN FERNANDES Father and son perform a duet featuring American primitive guitar, piano, clarinet and more.

MICHAEL POTTER Local guitarist creates a blend of ambient folk and psychedelic songs and soundscapes.

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com LIVE JAZZ Rotating local jazz groups play every Friday and Saturday nights.

11 p.m. $2 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away every Saturday to three different channels of music on your head-

Monday 27 Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta faves.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com OPEN MIC Showcase your talent at this open mic night most Mondays.

Hosted by Larry Forte.

Tuesday 28 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com GEORGIA DISH BOYS Edgy, dissonant local rock group fronted by songwriter Seth Martin.

JOE CAT Troubadour whose influences range from Steve Earle and Townes Van Zant to Johnny Cash.

THE MOONSHINE Local postmodern string band with a blend of guitar, autoharp and upright bass.

LIZ COOPER & THE STAMPEDE Nashville-based psychedelic folk group.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE GEORGIA FLOOD Atlanta-based indie-blues band.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia Sunflower Concert Series. 7 p.m. $10 (members), $15. botgarden.uga.edu CHICKASAW MUDD PUPPIES The legendary local “swamp-rock” band reunited earlier this decade after a 20-year hiatus.

LAURA COYLE & TREY WRIGHT Vocal and guitar duo playing classic jazz and bossa nova, with a dash of Dolly Parton, Paul Simon and other songwriters.

Wednesday 29 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.

The Globe 8 p.m. FREE! www.jazzathensga.org THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS Local swing and hot jazz ensemble.

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

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 HUGHES TAYLOR BAND Energetic blues outfit from Macon.

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

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Down the Line 8/30 SIMPLE LIFE BAND (Akademia Brewing Co.)

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DJ TEE, MINI LEA, CAULFIELD, CATCHONE BALDIE, AND FOREIGN DOORS 9:00PM Nonpoint plays the 40 Watt Club on Tuesday, Aug. 28. phones. One of them is a request line!

Little Kings Shuffle Club Georgia Equality Night. 11 p.m. www. facebook.com/lkshuffleclub POP SENSATION Local good-time cover band.

DJ QUINCY Local musician John Swint spins a dance party.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com STEPHEN EVANS Asheville, NC-based folk-rock artist.

Wonderbar 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ wonderbarathens GEORGE THE INFINITE Local DJ spins the best in Top 40, EDM and bass music every Saturday.

Sunday 26 Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside 6 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7087 THE LUCKY JONES Local band playing old-school rockin’ rhythm and blues.

Terrapin Beer Co. 3 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com WHISKEY DAWGS Atlanta group “spreading the truth three chords at a time.”

Creature Comforts Brewery 6 p.m. FREE! www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com JON RONIGER & THE GOOD FOR NOTHIN’ BAND Louisiana group blending New Orleans jazz and blues with a folk sensibility.

40 Watt Club 6 p.m. $19 (adv.), $24 (door). www.40watt.com NONPOINT Radio-charting rock band from Fort Lauderdale, FL. HE IS LEGEND Sludgy metal band from North Carolina.

LETTERS FROM THE FIRE Hard-rock band on tour from San Francisco.

The Foundry Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. thefoundryathens.com THE BROKEN STRING BAND Athens band blending Western folk with indie rock.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com SLOW PARADE Atlanta/Athens-based band featuring members of Cicada Rhythm and Grand Vapids.

7:30 p.m. $27 (adv.), $31 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com HOUNDMOUTH Best-selling alternative-blues group from Indiana.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC A weekly open-mic jam hosted by local Louis Phillip Pelot.

All musicians are welcome to perform. The backline will be provided, too!

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

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com FAYROY Rock band from Florida with a dark, tropical feel.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com JUNIOR PANTHER Local Sloan tribute act.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com TOP NACHOS Punk duo from New Paltz, NY.

8/30 SHAKEN NATURE (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 8/30 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS / AL RIGGS (Georgia Theatre) 8/30 TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH COUNTRY WESTERN (Georgia Theatre) 8/30 SANTOROS (Georgia Theatre) 8/30 LAURA COYLE & TREY WRIGHT (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 8/31 HUNTER CALLAHAN (Boar’s Head Lounge) 8/31 INSTANT TREELINE / BACK CITY WOODS / ETHAN MULLENAX / LOECO (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 8/31 FUNK BROTHERHOOD (The Foundry) 8/31 JON LANGSTON (Georgia Theatre) 8/31 CARLY BURRUSS (Georgia Theatre) 8/31 ATHENS TANGO PROJECT / IDENTIKIT (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 8/31 LILY ROSE (Terrapin Beer Co.) 9/1 LILY ROSE (Boar’s Head Lounge) 9/1 TORO / COFFIN TOURTURE / DAYGLO MOURNING / DEAD VIBES ENSEMBLE (Caledonia Lounge)

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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) “Craftluck: Potluck with Crafts.” Aug. 23. “Styled Shoot: Editorial Fashion.” Aug. 26. Visit Facebook or email for details. pixelandinkstudio@gmail.com FINE ART EXHIBIT AND AUCTION (Redeemer Presbyterian Church) Chosen for Life Ministries is seeking artists to donate up to three works of 2D art to be sold during a juried fine art exhibit and auction on Oct. 11. Proceeds benefit CLM, a local nonprofit that supports orphaned and vulnerable children. Deadline Sept. 28. Email photos to artsubmissions@chosenforlifeministries.org 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 INDIE SOUTH HOLIDAY HOORAY (Athens, GA) Indie South is seeking artist vendors for the biggest art market of the year. Deadline to apply is Oct. 1. Market held in December. indiesouthfair@gmail.com, www.theindiesouth.com 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. www.hatchathens.com/membership OPEN STUDIO MEMBERSHIP (Lyndon House Arts Center) Local artists can access studio facilities through a new open studio monthly membership program. Studios include ceramics, jewelry, painting, fiber, printmaking, photography and woodshop/sculpture studios. Up to 32 hours per week. $65/month or $175/three months. 706-613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure

Classes AFTER SCHOOL COOKING CLASSES (Olive Basket) Starts

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Mixed media and traditional mosaic art by Jane Wright. Through September.

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

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

ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Myers Gallery, Amy Wilmoth Watts shares paintings while Jack Kehoe shares sculptures. Opening reception Aug. 26. Currently on view through Oct. 26. • In the Bertelsmann Gallery, Southern Star Studio hosts a collection of ceramic works by studio artists.

Artist Reception Sept. 23. Currently on view through Oct. 5. • In the Harrison Lobby Gallery, Elizabeth Barton shares quilts and watercolors. Through June.

• In the Lampkin Lobby Gallery, a permanent exhibition showcases Greek and Italian photography and artwork.

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 Quiet Gallery presents “The Cartoon Show” featuring local illustrators Alex Burns, Patrick Dean, Abby Kacen, Missy Kulik, David Mack, Scott Stripling, Devlin Thompson, Klon Wadrip and Joey Weiser. Through Sept. 15.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1200) The gallery reopens in its new location with “The Golden Record: Far Beyond Our Galaxy,” an exhibition inspired by the Golden Record compilations traveling aboard the Voyager vessels. Through Oct. 7.

ATHENS LATINO CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND SERVICES (445 Huntington Rd., #120) See 20 paintings by Stanley Bermudez.

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

CINÉ BARCAFE (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Rinne Allen: Garden” features cyanotypes.

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.

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Sept. 3. Week 1: Calabrese, fennel and sausage. Week 2: Banana bread.

Week 3: Chicago style pizza. Week 4: Chicken yakatori. Ages 7 & up. One class a week, choose from Monday– Thursday at 3 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. or Friday at 3 p.m. $35/class, $125/ mo. charleshay428@gmail.com CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY (ACCPD Headquarters) Learn about forensics, communications, criminal investigation and traffic enforcement from ACCPD professionals.

Tuesdays, Aug. 21–Nov. 13, 6:30– 9:30 p.m. 706-613-3330 ext. 308, epifanio.rodriguez@accgov.com CLASSES (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) “Community Coffeehouse,” Tuesdays from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. “Poets of Winterville,” first Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. “Silver Sneakers Stretch,” Mondays at 10 a.m. “Oil Painting,” Mondays at 1:30 p.m.

“Coffee with a Veteran,” 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. 706-742-0823, wintervillecenter@gmail.com, www.wintervillecenter.com

CUBAN-STYLE SALSA (UGA Memorial Hall, Room 407) The UGA Salsa Club hosts dancing every Sunday, 4–6 p.m. FREE! (Beginner Class). Email for details. ugasalsaclub@gmail.com, www. ugasalsaclub.com DANCE CLASS REGISTRATION (East Athens Educational Dance Center) Offering classes for beginners through advanced students.

Classes include ballet, modern dance, tap, urban soul and more.

Children, teens and adults. 706613-3624, www.athensclarkecounty. com/leisure DANCE, MOVE, GROW AT NIMBL (Nimbl, 160 Winston Dr.) Creative movement, dance, pilates and more for kids ages 3 & up, teens and adults. Classes include making dances, dance foundations, creative movement and dance forms, pilates and more. www.nimblathens.com DIGITAL MEDIA CENTER ONE-ONONE (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. 706-6133650 FALL CLASSES (Lyndon House Arts Center) Now registering for fall classes that begin in September.

Offerings include screen printing, loom weaving, art with David Hale, visual arts and movement, and more. www.accgov.com/leisure FARMVIEW CLASSES (Farmview Market) “Easy Bread-Baking at

CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) Gallery I shows “Stitch,” an exhibition of contemporary quilts, includes the industrial-scales of Elizabeth Barton, the obsessive geometric precision of Barbette Houser, the vibrant sewn gardens of Cleo Ward, the magic and mischief of Danielle Lasker and the meditative devotion of Anne Marie Vencill. Classic Gallery II features a solo exhibition of detailed portraits by Jaquelynn Faass.

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWERY (271 W. Hancock Ave.) “Creature Colors” features two large, colorable chalkboard murals showcasing the first designs in a year-long coloring page project designed by Melissa Merrill and May Hitchings. Through Sept. 1.

DONDEROS’ KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism and fables. Through August.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) “Ex Libris” features collages by Lisa Freeman. Through August.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Allen Sutton.

Through August.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Spotlight 2018” shares prints by Ali Norman and paintings by Joseph Peragine and Helen Kuykendall. Through Sept. 15.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection.” Through Sept. 23. • “For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the Blum Collection.”

Through Nov. 18. • “Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann.” Aug. 25–Nov. 18. • “One Heart, One Way: The Journey of a Princely Art Collection” includes fine and decorative arts dating from ca.

1660–1952 from the family of Russian Princes Belosselsky-Belozersky.

Through Jan. 6.

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 each night at 7 p.m. Through October.

HEIRLOOM CAFE & FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Mosaic work by Jane Wright. Through Aug. 27.

HIP VINTAGE & HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) Folk art tin cut outs by Tex Crawford. Through August.

HOWARD’S (119 N. Jackson St.) New paintings by Eleanor Ray. Opening reception Aug. 26. Through Oct. 6.

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

JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Colorful paintings by Leslie Moody. Through Sept. 3.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Music Videos” by Stephanie Sutton employs reflective surfaces as surrogates for human companionship. Through Aug. 30. • “where” is an installation inspired by shredded tractor trailer tires littering highways by Dodd Academic Professional and

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Home: No-Knead Bread.” Aug. 28, 5:15–6:30 p.m. “Back to School Essential Oil Basics.” Aug. 29, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $37. “Kombucha: A How-to and Make & Take with Shannon Palmquist.” Sept. 13, 5–7 p.m. $33. “All Natural Lip Balm: Make & Take with Shannon Palmquist.” Sept. 27, 5–7 p.m. $21.

“Columbus Day Sausage-Making: Flavors From Around the World.”

Oct. 3, 3 p.m. $40. www.farmview market.com MEDITATION FOR ANYONE (Thrive) A six-week series exploring several meditation tools, mindfulness practices, inquiry and self-compassion.

Wednesdays through Sept. 26, 6:30–8 p.m. $15/drop in. jamie kissinger@gmail.com MINDFULNESS MEDITATION WITH RICH PANICO (Athens Physical Therapy, Accessible Yoga Room) Drop-in for one-hour meditations. Thursdays through Aug. 23, 5:30–6:30 p.m. Donations encouraged. 706-353-0709 MOSAIC ART CLASSES (200 Northcrest Dr.) Weekend mosaic classes for beginner and intermediate levels. Visit website for upcoming dates. $175. corazonmosaics@ gmail.com, www.corazonmosaics. com ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER SKILLS (ACC Library) Personalized instruction available for various computer topics. Thursdays, 9 a.m. 706-6133650, ext. 354, www.athenslibrary. org/athens ONE-ON-ONE GENEALOGY ASSISTANCE (ACC Library) Library staff offer assistance to genealogists and researchers. Aug. 23, 2 p.m. Registration required.

706-613-3650, www.athenslibrary. org/athens OPEN TREE CLIMB (David Henry Hardigree Wildlife Sanctuary, 1110 Old Greensboro Rd.) Access the

tree-top canopy with WildRice Adventures using rope, harness and a helmet. Ages 8 & up. Sept.

9, Oct. 14, Nov. 18, Dec. 2, 3:30–5 p.m. Call or email to register. $30.

706-804-2551, www.facebook.com/ wildriceadventures QUILTING CLASSES (Crooked Pine Quilts) Amanda Whitsel offers classes in quilting and sewing for all levels and ages. Next class, Sept.

22, 1 p.m. 706-325-5283, needle inahaystack7@yahoo.com, www. facebook.com/sewsomethingwith amanda 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 SALSA DANCE CLASSES (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa classes. 7:30 p.m. (beginner lesson). Richard and Victor perform salsa music every second Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Blue Eyed Amigos perform swing and salsa every fourth Wednesday at 9 p.m. $10/class (incl. one drink). Music show is $3 for class participants and $6 otherwise. www.facebook.com/ salsaathens T’AI CHI (Healing Arts Centre, Sangha Yoga Studio) “T’ai Chi, Yang Style, Long Form.” Thursdays, 7:15–8:30 p.m. 706-613-1143, healingarts centre.net 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 WORD MAGIC (ACC Library) Local writer David Oates leads a three-

Art Studio Manager Derek Faust. Through Aug. 31. • New York artist Marie Lorenz’s “Ash Heap / Landfill” is a gallery-sized landslide made of unfired clay and fired “ceramic trash.” Through Nov. 8.

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.) Photography of scenes from Northeast India by Sean Dunn. Through Sept. 7. • “Picturing the Black Fantastic” presents drawings, paintings, sculpture and installations by Alfred Conteh, Shanequa Gay, Donté Hayes, Vitus Shell, Dante Yarbrough and more.

Reception Sept. 13. On view Aug. 25–Oct. 13. • “Present and Accounted For: 1968–2018” presents works by original members of the US Artist Collective, a group established to honor the legacy of Darlyne Killian, who became the first African American student to graduate with an art degree from UGA in 1968. Reception Sept. 13. On view Aug. 25–Oct. 14.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “Along the Spice Route” features 35 wall quilts depicting artistic interpretations of spices that refine modern cuisine. Through Sept. 16.

NORMAL BOOKS (1238A Prince Ave.) A variety of art on display, including paintings by Mary Eaton, GCH Pet Portraits and metal art by Julia Vereen.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) The Big Springs Quilt Guild shares textile work. Through August.

THE PINE & THE ROOT (1235 S. Milledge Ave.) Artwork by Emmi Walker.

Through fall.

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.

TIF SIGFRIDS (119 N. Jackson St.) “Trees” features sculptures by Charles Harlan. Opening reception Aug. 26. Through Oct. 6.

TRIO CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY (766 W. Broad St.) “1996” is a group exhibition with works by Jennie Cain, Raoul de la Cruz, Maggie Seee, Triplebummer, Jim Wilson and more. Through Sept. 15.

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

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

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Aug. 28–30, 6 p.m. 706-613-3650 YOGA CLASSES (5 Points Yoga) The studio offers classes for all levels including hot flow, hatha, Iyenger yoga, meditation and workshops.

“Restorative Yoga.” Aug. 25, 12–6 p.m. “Yin Yoga.” Sept. 21–23. New Friday night after dark classes. A six-month teacher training program begins in September with a weekend module style. athensfivepointsyoga. com YOGA FOR GARDENERS (Lotta Mae’s Supply Co.) No prior experience necessary. First Tuesdays, 9 a.m. $10. www.lottamaes.com

TEENS NIGHT OUT (Lay Park) Teens will play dodge ball, ultimate frisbee, trivia and more. Thursdays, Aug. 30–Oct. 25. Ages 12–17. www. accgov.com/leisure YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM REGISTRATION (Multiple Locations) Soccer for ages 5–12. Practice on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with games on Thursdays, Aug. 21–Oct. 18.

Southeast Clarke Park. $65–98.

Basketball for ages 7–14. Lay Park. $60–90. www.accgov.com/sports

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ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS SUPPORT GROUP (723 Baxter St.) Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) is a 12-step program for people who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes.

Mondays, 7–8 p.m. www.meetings. adultchildren.org ALANON 12 STEP (Young Harris Methodist Church) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Meetings are held at various times. www.ga-al-anon.org

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Mondays, 6:30–8 p.m., with a dinner on the last Monday of the month. Childcare provided. “Athena: Goddess of Courage, Wisdom and Justice Group.” Thursdays, 6–7:30 p.m. “Walk-In Clinic.” Mondays, 1–4 p.m. and Thursdays, 3–6 p.m.

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ACC LIBRARY BOOK CLUBS (ACC Library) Book Clubs include The African American Authors Book Club, Talking About Books, Philo of Philosophy, Last Monday Book Group and After the End: PostApocalyptic Fiction. www.athens library.org/athens ADULT TRIPS (Rocksprings Community Center) “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. Register online. www.accgov. com/leisure under recreation tab INCLUSIVE BOOK CLUB (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Adults of all abilities can read out loud and discuss books. Thursdays, 1 p.m. 706-795-5597, www.athenslibrary.org/ madison MEDITATION IN ATHENS (Multiple Locations) Meditations are offered in various forms across town.

Athens Zen Group offers a newcomers orientation every Sunday (except first Sunday of the month) at 11 a.m. athenszen.org. Mindful Breath Sangha offers mindfulness meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Sundays, 6:30–8 p.m. becky lockman@gmail.com.

Dedicated Mindfulness Practitioners meets at the Griffin Dubose Healing Lodge every Dr. Asen Kirin, Parker Curator of Russian Art, will give a lecture on “One Heart, One first and third Saturday Way: The Journey of a Princely Art Collection” on Thursday, Aug. 23 at 5:30 p.m. of the month, 8:30–9:30 Pictured above is a portrait of Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Belosselsky-Belozersky by a.m. jaseyjones@gmail.

Anton Graff. com. Mindful Living rative class with the East Athens Center offers intro classes every ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Educational Dance Center. This second Friday, 5:30–6:30 p.m. at (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, course includes spoken word poetry, the Griffin Debose Healing Lodge. that’s your business. If you want to illustration and graphic design, Satchidananda Mission offers yoga stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, drumming and dance. Ages 10–16. meditation every Sunday, 6:30–7:30 www.athensaa.org Thursdays, Sept. 6–Oct. 11, 4–5:30 p.m. and Kirtan every third Sunday, EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS p.m. 706-613-3623 4–6 p.m. revmanjula@bellsouth.net (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of NIMBL CLASSES (Nimbl, 160 STORMWATER CALENDAR Athens) A 12-step program open to Winston Dr. #9) Classes offered (Athens, GA) The ACC Stormwater anyone with a desire to become well for kids, teens and adults in dance, staff is seeking photos of stormwaemotionally. Meets Sundays, 4–5 creative movement, choreography, ter management facilities, nature p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions pilates and more. www.nimble scenes, plants and animals from all anonymous.org athens.com around Athens to create a wall calMENTAL HEALTH PEER SUPPORT SPLASH PAD (Multiple Locations) endar. Submit photos by email with GROUP (Nuçi’s Space) Meets the The Trail Creek Splash Pad will be the name of the photographer and second Wednesday of every month. open on weekends through Sept. a description of where, when and Open to anyone focused on improv4. The Rocksprings Splash Pad is why it was taken. Deadline Aug. 31. ing their life and learning how to live now open. $1/person. Pool passes stormwater@accgov.com with their condition. FREE! www. $20–40. www.athensclarkecounty.

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gratuitously aggressive violence, and the couple of action scenes that will make one wish The Raid’s Iko Uwais were the protagonist instead of Silva, whom it is hard to call a hero. Brevity extinguishes the hope created by a late-act move to reenact The Raid. Then again, concision is Mile 22’s best trait—gratefully, yet surprisingly, the movie barely cracks the 90-minute mark.

CRAZY RICH ASIANS (PG-13) Easy as it may are his eyes in the sky—pairs sneakers ALPHA (PG-13) Alpha answers one of manbe to find fault in the cinematic adaptation with his suits. Otherwise, he is just John kind’s most burning questions: How did of Kevin Kwan’s global bestseller, it is simMalkovich with a bad hairpiece. dogs learn to play fetch? As reductive a pler to sit back and enjoy the vacation to The folks behind Mile 22 do not care statement as that seems, this origin story Singapore. Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) is too much about their characters, and that of a boy and his dog answers that query. the daughter of a single mother who emidisregard extends to the muddled narrative A lack of compelling leads—Kodi Smitgrated from China. Now a McPhee’s facial hair is way professor of economics at too distracting—or much Crazy Rich Asians NYU, Rachel has snagged a narrative means stunning catch in Nick Young (Henry visuals are the main means Golding). He is nice, attracof propelling this intensely tive and funny; what she brief film. Director Albert does not know until they Hughes (one half of Menace are in first class on the way II Society’s Hughes brothto meet Nick’s family is that ers) and cinematographer said family is old Singapore Martin Gschlacht devise money—near-royalty in a a fictional feature film region of the world where that resembles a National actual monarchs reign.

Geographic documentary on For the audience, Nick’s life during an ice age. opulent wealth means we Virtually a foreign film, are in for the trip of our Alpha’s invented prehistoric lives, enjoying Singapore language necessitates subtilike only the 1 percent can. tles, which do not assist the Did you say something about my vag?

For Rachel, it means a few lanky, blank Smit-McPhee, angry looks; a dead fish who winds up out-charmed in her bed, like she had refused a request and obfuscated action. While the product by his co-star, Chuck the wolf-dog. Alpha by the don; and Nick’s resentful mother, of Berg the filmmaker is greater than that takes an odd turn in humanity’s cinematic Eleanor (Michelle Yeoh). of Berg the actor—I unluckily paid to see love affair with our canine friends, but Not a single moment of Crazy Rich Asians Aspen Extreme in a theater—he still seems those intrigued by primal tales like Quest surprises. Hollywood has been plying this content making subpar actioners like Mile for Fire and Clan of the Cave Bear will enjoy sort of family drama since its golden age, 22. The film’s only standout trait is its this way more than they did 10,000 BC. f when studios ruled but movie stars shone brighter than actual stars. It’s the stars of Crazy Rich Asians who push through the hoary drama of disappointed parents and haughty rich people. Wu is as funny and gorgeous as the role requires; she channels both Hepburns, as well as modern romcom icon Julia Roberts. (If Hollywood were fair, this film would send Wu to the A-list like Pretty Woman did Roberts.)

As strong as her chemistry with Golding is, any scene featuring both Wu and Awkwafina’s Peik Lin wins the movie. Some discomfort arises from the ostentatious wealth on display—the film shares some wishful-watching DNA with Bravo’s reality lineup—but among these rich folks, even the mean ones are a lot more human.

MILE 22 (R) Mile 22 is a discouraging start for what star Mark Wahlberg and his directing pal, Peter Berg, hope to be a new franchise. Wahlberg dials up the unlikability as much as the speed on his derisive motormouth as CIA operative James Silva. His most defining characteristic is the rubber hand he wears around his wrist so he can snap it when the rest of the world annoys his mind, which is apparently better than everyone else’s. Fun guy, huh?

His team takes after their leader. Alice Kerr is a trained killer who is also defined as a divorced mom struggling to share custody with her jerk of an ex (briefly played by director Berg with excessive smugness).

Unlike Silva, she at least has some humanity, even if it is as predictable as possible.

The rest of “the team” consists of Ronda Rousey and unfamiliars—i.e., potential collateral damage. John Malkovich’s Bishop, the leader of Silva’s overwatch team—they

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My Girlfriend’s Bro Won’t Scram ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN

By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Dear Bonita, I love my girlfriend, and I’m thinking of proposing. The only problem is her brother.

He’s obsessed with climate change and doesn’t have steady employment, preferring to spend his time educating others about the end of the world. I’m not a climate-change denier by any means; in fact, my girlfriend and I are both vegans who recycle and do what we can to donate to specific charities targeting climate-change issues. I just don’t want to talk about the end of the world all the time.

Anyway, the issue isn’t that her brother isn’t capable of holding down a job—he just doesn’t want to. She respects that and sees a future where he could live with us and do work around the house. I am not interested in this at all. I don’t care how he gets by—I just don’t want to foot the bill. I come from a blue-collar family, with a single mom who worked two jobs to raise me, and going to college and becoming a professional

is a huge accomplishment for me. I am just starting to make a living and pay back student loans, and I see a long road ahead in which I achieve financial stability for my girlfriend and me.

My girlfriend’s parents paid for her education, as well as her brother’s, which I think is wonderful—this is what I want to do for my own kids one day—and while they are great people, they don’t see an issue with him relying on others, because they believe they need him to do the volunteer work that he does full-time.

They see her brother as a social justice warrior fighting the good fight, and I suspect that they fund his lifestyle, even though he lives very greenly and without much money to start with. Again, not my business at all and none of my concern, except that I already feel as if I’m expected to float this guy for the betterment of the Earth, and it doesn’t make sense to me.

I love her, I love her family, and I even love her brother. I just don’t want him living off of our incomes in the future simply because he doesn’t work, because he’d rather talk to strangers about the environment. How can I express this to her without sounding callous,

and is there any way to express myself without seeming like I’m criticizing her family as a whole? I don’t want to mess up. I want her to be partner for life here, and that includes building financial stability for us and our children—not her brother.

Thanks, Confused Hi Confused, You’re very different from your future in-laws, but I’m glad that you’ve found peace with this fact and don’t see it as a reason to walk away from what sounds like a great, incredibly sweet, if flawed family.

Political differences aside, I agree that you have absolutely no responsibility to support your girlfriend’s brother by offering him a permanent place to stay, especially if you two want to make your own family one day. Y’all are just starting your lives as adults,

and you don’t need a “roommate” in that equation. Plus, I’ve lived with a sibling and their spouse before, and it sucks.

It’s just… awkward. He’d be a third wheel no matter how optimistic your partner is about it, especially if he’s unemployed with no plans to change that.

He’s her parents’ child, not yours. If he needs a place to live, then he should move in with his partner or his parents. Explain to your girlfriend that you’re ready to start your life with her and there’s no space in that plan for even the nicest roommate in the world. Tell her to imagine trying to argue or have sex with her husband while her brother is in the next room.

Her family sounds close, but you two deserve the opportunity to create your own home that is unique to your relationship and your love for each other. Unemployed siblings just don’t factor into that—and I know, because I’ve been one. f Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, use the anonymous form at flagpole.com/getadvice, or find Bonita on Twitter: @flagpolebonita.

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Time Bomb HUE HENRY’S BOOK DETAILS THE TRIAL THAT TOOK DOWN A UGA PRESIDENT

By Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com Like unexploded ordnance beneath the surface of the university, Hue Henry’s long-anticipated bombshell of a book about UGA’s academic/athletic scandal has finally blown up.

Take Down: Inside the Jan Kemp Affair is Henry’s recounting of the federal court case that exonerated and rewarded a whistleblower and dethroned a UGA president.

The book is inside-football, from the perspective of the surviving member of the legal team that represented Jan Kemp— Henry and Pat Nelson, his co-counsel, who died in 2007.

The book brings back a time when the UGA president, Fred C. Davison, was a tyrant who crushed opposition, rewarded sycophancy and ruled the university through lieutenants who served him rather than the school. His mission was to impose on the collegiality of scholars a corporate hierarchy that brooked no opposition and systematically eliminated those who objected, no matter how distinguished their standing.

If that description of UGA under Davison sounds unbelievable, read Take Down and be reminded how things were during the 19 years (1967–’86) Davison ruled UGA. Here’s an excerpt from a column I wrote in The Athens Observer in 1980 about the firings of Davison opponents: “There’s a familiar pattern to the process. It usually happens between quarters, when nobody is on campus. A dean or a department head is called in for a meeting with Vice-President Trotter. Presidential Counselor Ralph Beaird is there. The meeting turns out to be not about the latest departmental plans but about relinquishing a position. It is quick. It is quiet. There are no screams. The body is disposed of quietly.”

The next year, Jan Kemp (no relation to Brian), head of the English department in the UGA developmental studies department, objected when she was ordered by her department head, Leroy Ervin, and Vice President Virginia Trotter to acquiesce in preferential treatment for nine scholarship football players who were needed for the national championship 1981 Sugar Bowl game.

The developmental studies program was set up to help students who were experiencing difficulty making their grades in UGA’s regular courses. Many of those students were athletes. Some were the children of influential alumni. University system policy dictated that students had four quarters to make their grades in developmental studies and then either be returned to the

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regular curriculum or dismissed from the university. Kemp objected when she saw her department’s procedures again overruled by her director and the vice president, with the acquiescence of the president. When she persisted, she was demoted and then informed that her contract would not be renewed—the same fate that had visited so many other deans and department heads.

The difference this time was that Kemp refused to go quietly. Instead, she sued her department head, Ervin, and his superior, Trotter. Kemp claimed that her freedom of speech was abrogated when she was fired for speaking out against the subversion of her program’s procedures.

There was a Trumpish quality to the university’s management in those days, and it finally met its match in Henry, an Avenatti of an attorney who already had a track record of successfully suing the university over other highhanded treatment of its employees.

Henry and Nelson filed the suit in federal court in Atlanta, where they thought a jury might be more objective in a case involving Georgia football. Take Down is a blow-by-blow, witness-by-witness account of that trial. It is not a scholarly history but reads like a conversation with Hue, as he tells you, sometimes repetitively, from his memory and from the trial documents and newspaper accounts how the lawyers sparred, how the judge directed the trial and how the witnesses did and did not tell the truth.

The $1 million verdict for Kemp was intended by the jury to send a message to UGA and any other school that would corrupt its own academic mission for athletics or for any other ulterior enterprise.

UGA got the message. Davison was forced to resign, Coach Vince Dooley got the message, and the tutoring of athletes was reorganized. As we approach what we hope will be another championship year in football, so dependent on the academic eligibility of athletes, let us believe that those reforms are still in place.

Kemp’s premise was simple and straightforward: It is a grave disservice to young people to promise them a college education, knowing that they’ll never get one, and then use their athletic abilities for as long as possible before discarding the athletes as the academic failures they were always destined to become. In that light, it is disquieting to learn that UGA, at the end of the last football season, ranked dead last in the SEC in graduation rates for football players. Take Down should be the book of the year for Bulldog Nation. f

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