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Known for her role on the FX series “Baskets,” comedian Martha Kelly performs at The Foundry on Thursday, Aug. 30. Check out a preview of the week in comedy on p. 10.

City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Football Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Comedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Unknown Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Art Around Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Movie Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Flick Skinny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Hey, Bonita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Adopt Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Local Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Pub Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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UGA, ACC Crack Down on Bird Scooters ARTS: Day Tripper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Discover the Solar System This Holiday Weekend in Gainesville MUSIC: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Athens Tango Project Plays Local Classics FOOD: Grub Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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comments section “It’s great that another transit option is available and that it’s relatively inexpensive, eco-friendly and fun. What’s not great is that users can just leave them wherever they will when the time is expired. Also not great is that many users appear to be ignorant of laws and ordinances regarding such modes of transport. It is a sidewalk, not a sidebike [or] a sidescoot.”

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Commissioners Keep Spinning Their Wheels NO RESOLUTION ON BIKE LANE PLANS, AND MORE LOCAL NEWS

By Blake Aued and Ashlyn Webb news@flagpole.com Athens-Clarke County commissioners might once again put off plans to add bike facilities on Barnett Shoals Road and in the Boulevard area.

Echoing a Boulevard resident who told commissioners that bike lanes aren’t needed on that street, Commissioner Melissa Link suggested at last week’s agenda-setting meeting tabling or tweaking a plan to paint a buffered bike lane and on-street parking there. She said the public has not been informed of the plan.

“It’s a historic neighborhood, and folks appreciate the wide, historic nature of the street and the granite curbing, and the only problems we do see are the occasional speeder, which every neighborhood sees,” Link said.

Word must have gotten out somehow, because John Jefferson said his social media post on the topic received 10 pages of comments, most of them opposed. He called the proposed bike lanes “an expensive solution in search of a problem we don’t really have on Boulevard. It’s such a wide street. In three years I’ve never had an experience where I’ve felt unsafe or menaced by a car while I was biking on Boulevard,” he said.

Boulevard residents would prefer

traffic-calming measures like speed humps over bike lanes, Link said. (Research shows that narrower car lanes also slow down drivers, and in fact part of the Chase Street plan calls for slimming down lanes on the bridge over the railroad tracks to slow traffic coming off the Loop and into town.)

Business owners also have questions about three proposed roundabouts on Chase Street at the Loop and Oneta Street, Commissioner Jerry NeSmith said. “They have to be explained,” he said. “You can’t throw a chart up on the internet and expect people to understand it.”

Other commissioners, including Kelly Girtz and Mike Hamby, said there has been plenty of opportunity for public input already, with two well-attended town hall meetings and two commission meetings last month, where the commission already put off a decision once to gather more feedback. “I’ve not had a sense of lack of opportunity for public input, up to and including tonight,” Girtz said. Only two citizens spoke at the Aug. 21 meeting.

The plan—most of which is currently unfunded—would divert bike traffic from Chase Street to a multi-use path on Barber Street, with connections to Chase via Boulevard and Oneta Street. Although

Boulevard may be wide enough to accommodate cars and bikes together without stripes, the markings would “explicitly show you can get [to new mixed-use developments on Chase Street around the Loop] on a bicycle,” Girtz said.

Meanwhile, on Barnett Shoals Road, the ACC Transportation and Public Works Department is proposing a 60-day pilot project. Barnett Shoals between College Station and Whitehall would be reduced temporarily from four lanes to three with a bike path that’s separate from the road. The experiment will help county staff gather data about who and how many people might bike if the change were made permanent, Manager Blaine Williams said.

BikeAthens Executive Director Tyler Dewey expressed support for the pilot project. “A lot of times, a lot of concerns about them are just because they’re a new type of infrastructure that Athens might not have, but work and are being adopted widely across the country,” he said.

But the pilot project ran into opposition from commissioners Andy Herod and Sharyn Dickerson. “I don’t even think we should try a demo project, because that will just make people angry,” Dickerson said.

Herod argued that three-laning Barnett

Shoals would make the College Station Road intersection dysfunctional for cars.

They proposed converting one of Barnett Shoals’ sidewalks into a multi-use (bike and pedestrian) path, which Herod said would be “a lot more inviting and a lot less dangerous” than riding next to cars.

“I might not have quit if I had a multiuse path to use, because I used to ride a lot on Prince Avenue, but I wouldn’t consider it now,” said Mayor Nancy Denson, who blocked a similar pilot project on Prince in 2014. [Blake Aued]

UGA Proposes Baldwin Hall Memorial The University of Georgia will build a memorial at Baldwin Hall to the slaves whose remains were discovered buried near the building during construction in 2015.

A black-owned quarry in Oglethorpe County will donate 35,000 pounds of granite for the memorial, the university announced today. UGA Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Michelle Cook is a member of the family—the Millie Long estate in Carlton—that owns the quarry.

The memorial will be built on the south side of Baldwin Hall, near Old Athens Cemetery.

“Our family is proud to contribute to this historic project, which will serve as permanent tribute to the memory of these individuals,” Cook said in a news release.

“This project is particularly important to me because of my own family history in the Athens area, which dates back more than 150 years. It was an honor to work with the task force to design a memorial that will

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provide a tranquil, reflective place for our entire community.”

Cook chaired an 18-member task force that President Jere Morehead appointed after the university was criticized by members of the local black community for its handling of the remains.

The remains of about 105 individuals were found during an expansion of Baldwin Hall three years ago, buried in a largely forgotten section of Athens’ first cemetery.

DNA testing subsequently found that many of the remains likely were those of slaves.

University of Georgia students at the College Republicans’ meeting on Aug. 22 on topics ranging from Brian Kemp’s gubernatorial campaign to the GOP’s recent achievements and his plans if he wins re-election in November.

“This governor’s race is the most important governor’s race, I believe, in the history of our state. We’ve got to get [Kemp] across the finish line,” Hice said.

He predicted that Republicans would lose seats but keep control of Congress after November. “We’re probably not going to hold it to the same extent as we hold it now, but we are going to win the House,” he said.

The remainder of his speech focused on President Trump and the Republicans’ “successes” in recent months, such as Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court and the economy’s 4.1 percent growth in the second quarter, which he attributed to the GOP. Although An artist’s rendering of a proposed memorial to slaves originally the economy grew every year buried on what’s now the UGA campus. since the Great Recession ended in 2009, Hice said the econThe remains were moved to nearby omy was a “disaster” during the Obama Oconee Hill Cemetery, and a memorial administration. there was dedicated in March 2017. But “There’s great things happening in leaders in Athens’ black community said America,” he said. “Unfortunately, you don’t they weren’t consulted on that decision hear about this kind of stuff in the news. about the final resting place of people We all know that. We’ve watched, and we’ve who may have been their ancestors, and heard. Virtually everywhere you turn on some wanted the remains moved to one mainstream [media]. It’s so slanted.” of Athens’ historically African-American An elephant in the room was the growcemeteries. ing talk of impeaching Trump after his None of the leading critics, such as Fred ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort was Smith, were included on the task force. But found guilty of tax and banking crimes, Smith said he’s encouraged by the news of and his personal lawyer Michael Cohen the memorial. pleaded guilty to campaign finance violaThis is a significant step forward,” he tions related to paying off two women who said. “It’s important to have the site immor- allegedly had affairs with Trump, while also talized. Admittedly, I’m curious about what implicating Trump. wording will be etched into the stone. The “I’m not ready to go there at all,” Hice historical language is almost just as import- told Flagpole. He said that both Cohen ant as the monument.” [BA] and Manafort’s cases did not relate to the Russian collusion investigation, “which is what the special counsel is all about.”

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The Bird Is the Word WHAT’S UP WITH THE SCOOTERS SUDDENLY ALL OVER TOWN?

By Ashlyn Webb news@flagpole.com Bird scooters began hatching around suggests a larger problem that Athens Athens and soaring through the University needs a better network of bike facilities,” of Georgia as part of the company’s Dewey said. nationwide “University Pop-Up Tour.” But UGA began impounding scooters last now, several Athens-Clarke County and week, citing safety concerns “for those University of Georgia officials are saying riding the scooters and for bystanders who they’re becoming a big problem—so much might be hit by them or whose path might so that university officials are confiscating be impeded by an abandoned scooter,” unithe new scooters on campus, and police are versity spokesman Greg Trevor said. ticketing riders who don’t obey the law.

In addition, the scooters violate camCommon concerns about the new pus policy, he said. “Consistent with scooters are riders ignoring helmet requireTransportation and Parking Services rules ments, riding scooters on sidewalks, and regulations, any vehicle, including disobeying local and state traffic laws and motorcycles and scooters, parked in an leaving scooters abandoned on sidewalks, illegal or unsafe manner at any time is roads and other areas where they could prohibited and is subject to violations and cause harm to bystanders. removal,” Trevor said. “Scooters left on Bird scooters are dockless electric scootsidewalks, grass, stairwells, decks or similar ers that can go up to 15 miles per hour, situations are also subject to violations and and give locals an alternative commuting removal.” option. The vehicle operates on the same UGA student Amanda Crites said she lithium ion batteries that cell phones and was about to hop on one of the scoottablets use, which ers when a UGA require recharging Transportation and The government is just Parking Services daily. “The company or the company’s contractrying to take a careful, employee walked tors scoop them up at up, took a picture of thoughtful look at it. the end of the day and the Bird scooter in recharges them for in a campus bike rack the morning,” said Tyler Dewey, executive and placed it in a university vehicle. Crites director of BikeAthens. decided to take a picture of what she was The scooters cost $1 to unlock with a witnessing. Soon after, the image went viral QR code given on an app, and 20 cents per in the Overheard at UGA Facebook group. minute to ride, with a maximum charge of The scooters will not be released until $9 an hour. Through the Bird app, riders Bird pays its fines, Trevor said. are able to go step-to-step on how to rent, In an email sent to local users, Bird operate and park the Birds. First, users asked students to email UGA officials and must find where the closest Bird is by using petition to keep “the convenient and affordthe tracking feature on the app. Then, the able means of sustainable transportation” app advises them to bring and wear a helon campus. met to abide by state law and not to ride on ACC Police Chief Scott Freeman said sidewalks. the department had been giving verbal “In the Bird app itself, it recommends warnings to Bird users who were not abidthat people ride them in the roadway, which ing by state and local laws—which require

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motorized scooter riders to wear helmets and prohibit driving on sidewalks and parking on sidewalks and driveways, in front of alleys or in the middle of the street—but has now begun ticketing riders.

“Bird scooters are creating a lot of concern. Our concern, from the police side, is the Birds are everywhere. They were dropped here without any notification… It didn’t give us an opportunity to prepare,” Freeman said.

ACC officials have reached out to Bird about violations to county ordinances and state law, Montgomery said. “If Bird were parking these scooters on private property or parking spots, it wouldn’t be as much of a problem,” he said.

Athens is the second city in Georgia where Bird has begun operating, following Atlanta in May. Bird scooters are operating in over 20 U.S. cities such as Detroit, Nashville and the company’s hometown of Santa Monica, CA. Some city governments, like Denver and San Francisco, have been forced to ban Bird scooters because of misbehaving riders, while other major cities, like Atlanta, have decided to implement stricter regulations for the dockless e-scooters.

ACC commissioners are currently considering new regulations in response to the influx of scooters. The commission’s

Legislative Review Committee—chairman Jerry NeSmith, Allison Wright, Sharyn Dickerson and Mariah Parker—met Aug. 23 to discuss motorized vehicles on public property, such as golf carts, scooters, mopeds and segways. The committee— which recommends changes in legislation to the full commission—agreed that further legal research will have to be done before more decisions are made, and ultimately did not take any action.

ACC Attorney Bill Berryman said his office is going to spend the next two weeks researching existing state and local laws that may be applicable. County lawyers will also look into any limitations on whether Bird scooters are allowed on roads with speed limits over 35 miles per hour, Berryman said.

“The decision makers need to decide how it needs to be addressed,” Berryman said. “There’s a variety of possibilities, from trying to work out an arrangement that [Bird] can operate in some form or fashion here or whether they should be prohibited,” Berryman said. “The government is just trying to take a careful, thoughtful look at it.”

In addition, ACC police and the public information office are collaborating to develop an educational campaign that will disseminate information such as laws and regulations to the public. f

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waiting in the wings to take the place of the many who are quitting? Is it all down to the teaching and learning only, or don’t such inequitable societal variances account for much of the different outcomes? And if so, why the silence from CCSD’s leader on those factors, and on what we as a community can do about this huge problem?

I don’t understand why Means says that our educators are failing their students and that the community must

By Bertis Downs news@flagpole.com now blindly support him in implementing what he has laid out as the solution for the schools. This is especially puzSeveral years ago, a wise principal told me, “You know, Instead of addressing the out-of-school barriers to learn- zling when the “fix” he advances is devoid of details other the real problem is that teachers have less and less control ing that so many of our students face, Means falls back than doubling down on blaming our teachers and initiating over what goes on in their classroom, but more and more on the convenient tactic of blaming our teachers for the more pedagogical, curriculum-based programs that our responsibility for the results.” (“Results,” of course, meant disparate test results of their students. “We cannot blame teachers have had enough of. standardized test score results.) That was right about the students for poor performance. The responsibility rests Placing the blame for test-score disparities on teachers time I started noticing how many good teachers our local with us: the educators. The work required to turn around is not the correct approach, and doing so does not make me schools were losing—the kind of teachers every parent the district’s current pattern of performance will demand sense that we will achieve positive results anytime soon. hopes their kids will have, the kind of teachers we had when an unprecedented level of professional urgency.”

The superintendent, more than anyone else, should work to we were kids ourselves. The teacher shortage is a national For those who read his newsletters or sit in on school improve teacher morale, rather than telling them that they problem, but it hurts when you see it happening with real board meetings and work sessions from time to time, have failed our children. Teaching and learning are a beauteachers at real schools in your town, too. This year, the Means’ leadership is certainly assertive and decisive, tiful, messy, complicated process—not one that improves Clarke County School District saw an even higher number which is fine. But he often makes clear his desire for more with such a one-way, autocratic approach as CCSD now of teachers leaving than usual, as documented seems to now be enduring. in the Aug. 8 issue of Flagpole. That cannot be a Is there more work to do? Yes, for sure. Do we Means falls back on the convenient tactic of blaming our need good sign, friends, not if we want good schools to hire and retain more teachers of color? teachers for the disparate test results of their students. Absolutely. Do we need a comprehensive commufor all kids.

That principal’s statement came to mind nity-schools approach that addresses the sharply as I tried to absorb and understand just what CCSD central-office power and systems thinking to a fault—not varying out-of-school factors that affect testing results so Superintendent Demond Means was getting at in his Aug. to mention the slow-motion gutting of our local school greatly? Yes, indeed. Should we be utilizing the talents and 15 Flagpole column. There is plenty to admire about Means’ governance teams, from all indications. I think all of that skills of our diverse and ready-to-serve local school govlatest essay sounding the alarm. He does a compelling job is a real mistake in direction, and I hope he corrects course ernance teams? Of course. But no one should think that of describing the unacceptability of a wide achievement gap soon, before we lose more top educators to other districts, the gap issue has been ignored in CCSD schools; it has not between black and white students in our district. No one I as we’ve been doing for a while now. been. know would dispute that this is a critical problem. He also Our schools must do better at reaching every student, We need to do better. It’s not just the “do something” accurately characterizes what some call an “achievement especially those adversely affected from historically margin- impulse that’s important—it is how and what we do that gap” as, rather, an “opportunity gap.” Unfortunately, Means alized racial and ethnic groups. But is it really fair to assign also matters. Let’s get this right, for the sake of our schools, does not mention that the disparity of resources in the stuall of the blame for test-score disparities to educators? our students and our community. Surely we’d all agree that dents’ home environments and our unfortunate history of Doesn’t that discourage rather than motivate the teachers supporting, rather than alienating, the ordinary, miraracialized, systemic inequalities are also a significant part of doing the hard work every day? Are there lots of “better” cle-working teachers of our beloved CCSD is how we best this very real opportunity gap. teachers on the sidelines, in a secret pipeline for talent, serve all our children equitably. f

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Space Race GAINESVILLE TRAIL FEATURES SCALE MODEL OF SOLAR SYSTEM

By Dan Jackson news@flagpole.com

with the big sun at the center of the solar system. Walk along the square to visit Mercury, Venus and Earth, and then into the parks, tracking each planet as you go with the visitors center’s map. Each planet’s model is a globe built exactly to scale and is posted on a granite stand with a brief description. The designers also spaced the planets along the trails to scale, in order to give visitors a sense of the terrific distances between the planets, along with their relative sizes.

Representing the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is a tiny bead of only 0.018 inches depicting

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Twenty years ago, during a partial solar launched the North Georgia Astronomers’ eclipse, members of the group North Millennium Project on Dec. 31, 1999.

Georgia Astronomers were discussing the Two days later, Mercury, Venus and Mars way the moon appeared to be close in size were installed at the appropriate distances to the sun, but they knew that the sun from the sun, represented by a 27-andwas far larger than the moon. In fact, more than 64 million moons could be placed inside the sun if it were hollow.

But the astronomers soon realized that it was extremely difficult to comprehend this colossal difference in size. In the shadows of that solar event, they came up with an idea: create a scale model of the solar system and arrange representations of the planets along a trail to provide a sense of the system’s enormity, as well as the different sizes of the planets.

Soon, the group worked out a plan for the model, including sponsors, funding and a location that placed the sun at Gainesville Square and extended A stainless steel sun in downtown Gainesville marks the start of the solar system tour. the planets along the city’s parks for 1.8 miles to arrive at Pluto near Lake Lanier. a-half-inch stainless-steel globe installed Ceres, which had a brief moment as a planet (While Pluto is not considered a planet any- about a year later, at the corner of Spring in the early 19th Century. The model of more, it was at the time the attraction was and Bradford streets. A map showing the Pluto includes an arrow pointing toward conceived.) positions of each of the planet markers is Alpha Centauri, which would be located The installation of the first station available at the Gainesville Visitors Center, another 12,500 miles away. of the tour, a tiny quarter-inch piece of located at 117 Jesse Jewell Parkway.

“If people walk the trail and give themblue lapis lazuli stone representing Earth, Visitors should start at the beginning, selves time to think about it, the model

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really gives a sense of how small and isolated Earth is,” said Richard Webb, a retired astronomy educator and one of the trail’s original designers. “Everyone knows, more or less, the facts about the solar system, but the scale model puts you in a position to have an epiphany about where Earth fits into the system. If humans don’t make it here on Earth, we’re not going to make it. Once you have a moment like that, it changes you.”

The trails you walk along the way are leafy and peaceful, and the planets are not always immediately visible from the trails, creating a kind of adventurous treasure hunt. About 200,000 visitors come walk along the planets each year, according to Regina Dyer, the Convention and Visitors Bureau manager for the city of Gainesville.

Along the same trails, the city has also installed a “Storybook Trail,” in which youngsters can read pages of a book on granite stands posted at different sites.

You and your crew might build up an appetite taking in the cosmic voyage of the Millennium Project, and downtown Gainesville has plenty of restaurants within walking distance of the square.

If you want to return to the decade when space first entered public consciousness, go to the Collegiate Grill, half a block from the square at 220 Main St., for burgers, hot dogs, fries and milkshakes in an authentic early-’60s malt-shop environment. And if you’re up for another attraction, the Northeast Georgia History Center a half-mile away offers exhibits on Native Americans and World War I, as well as a folk art gallery. f

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From Myth to Legend GEORGIA LOOKS TO PROVE IT’S A LONG-TERM CONTENDER

By Cy Brown news@flagpole.com

GEORGIA’S 2018 SCHEDULE Sept. 1: Austin Peay A 3:30 p.m. kickoff against an FCS opponent will be a relaxing, stress-free way to open the 2018 season. (ESPN)

Sept. 8: at South Carolina

Let’s get this out of the way from the jump: with Georgia Tech). If we think we’re one There will never be another Georgia football of the best college football programs in the season quite like the last one. There was country—and, by God, we are—we’d better something about the surprise and newness start acting like it. It’s time to stop looking of the Dawgs’ 2017 success that made it toward the future and to start living in the so special. Week by week, we all grew a bit present. more confident that the team could go all In other words, let’s just do it and be the way, and save a busted coverage in over- legends. time of the national championship game, it We are smack at the beginning of what did. Yes, Georgia fell short at the end, but it could—should—be the greatest period in was still the most amazing season I’ve ever program history, a time when the team experienced as a fan of any team, and it has the chance to accomplish things it’s probably always will be. never done before or only done rarely. And But now that we know we can reach the with that comes a major opportunity for pinnacle, there’s a new challenge: sustained legend-making. I know this is a football success and meeting column, but new expectations. The men’s basketball There’s plenty of room for expectation for the coach Tom Crean statues around this campus. said something pre2018 season is to roll through a weak scient earlier this SEC East on the way to another trip to the year about the potential of the basketball SEC Championship. After that, maybe we program that applies to football as well: can beat Alabama and get back into the “There’s plenty of room for statues around College Football Playoff, and maybe we win this campus.” two more games to claim the national title.

Smart is already well on his way to legMaybe… endary status. If he can finish the job and That’s a lofty goal, for sure, but our goals bring a national title back to Athens, he’ll could be loftier still. Although Georgia be cast in bronze on Lumpkin Street alongenters the season ranked third in the side Vince Dooley.

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The Gamecocks have the best chance of any SEC East team to unseat Georgia at the top of the division. Georgia should win fairly easily, but Williams-Brice Stadium will be rocking, and things could get hairy if the Dawgs don’t have their minds right. (3:30 p.m., ESPN)

Sept. 15: Middle Tennessee Another early-season cupcake. Middle Tennessee will be a tougher out than Austin Peay, but that ain’t saying much. (7:15 p.m., ESPN2)

Sept. 22: at Missouri Led by Heisman contender Drew Lock, the Tigers’ offense lit up Georgia last season in Athens, and could do it again this year. This game could be a shootout—and potential upset—if the new-look defense isn’t settled by Week 4.

(Time and network TBA)

Sept. 29: Tennessee Georgia’s 41-0 beatdown of the Vols last year wasn’t an aberration—it’s the new normal. What’s the over/under on Phil Fulmer firing Jeremy Pruitt so he can take over as head coach? Three seasons? (Time and network TBA)

Oct. 6: Vanderbilt After a slip-up in 2016—Smart’s first year as head coach—order has been restored in the Georgia-Vandy series. With the way Smart has the program trending, it’ll be quite some time before the ’Dores can challenge the Dawgs again. (Time and network TBA)

Oct. 13: at LSU

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LSU has one of the toughest schedules in college football, and Ed Orgeron could be run out of town before Georgia comes to Baton Rouge. If he isn’t, it might mean LSU is pretty good, which could spell trouble for Georgia. If he is, it might mean the Tigers are circling the wagons, which could also spell trouble for Georgia. Either way, this is a tricky game. (Time and network TBA)

Oct. 27: Florida (at Jacksonville) Maybe Dan Mullen can work his magic and turn Florida back into an SEC contender. But he ain’t gonna do it this year. Smart and the Dawgs will give him a baptism by fire in his first World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. (3:30 p.m., CBS)

Nov. 3: at Kentucky Sandwiched between the WLOCP and the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry, this is a trap game if I’ve ever seen one. Georgia’s performance in Lexington will tell us a lot about the team’s mental fortitude heading into the final stretch of the regular season. (Time and network TBA)

Nov. 10: Auburn It’ll be a rubber match at Sanford Stadium, the third game in the span of a year between the Dawgs and Tigers. On top of that, it’s easily the toughest game—and Georgia’s most likely loss—on the schedule. This one could determine Georgia’s SEC East fate, if it hasn’t already wrapped up the division by this point. Any way you shake it, this is the most important game of the regular season. (Time and network TBA)

Nov. 17: UMass The Bulldogs are finally free from the hellish underworld of football also-rans.

Associated Press poll, I haven’t spoken to a fan this offseason who’s said we can and should win the national title. A season of success and the promise of future success has instilled some semblance of reason within this fanbase. Most fans I’ve spoken with see 2019 as the year. In 2019, almost every player on the roster will have been recruited by Kirby Smart, and it will likely be the most talented group of players to ever wear a pair of silver britches. So fans, perhaps rightfully, have labeled 2018 a transitional season, the year before the year.

But I say to hell with that (and to hell

Jake Fromm’s story so far is legendary in its own right. He went the Tom Brady route, stepping in for an injured star and never relinquishing the job because he was just too good. Even his backup, five-star freshman Justin Fields, could become a legend this year, working as a change of pace like Tim Tebow during his freshman year at Florida. (Or D.J. Shockley behind David Greene, if you’d rather not compare a Bulldog to a Gator.)

Once again, this team has one of the most talented groups of running backs in college football—even after heralded

More like U ass, amirite? (Time and network TBA)

Nov. 24: Georgia Tech The Dawgs and Jackets have traded wins for the last five seasons, but this is the year that changes, and Georgia reclaims its dominant in-state status and puts everything in its right place. (Time and network TBA)

freshman Zamir White tore his ACL in practice—but they’re swimming in the wake of Nick Chubb and Sony Michel, the greatest rushing tandem in college football history. This season is an opportunity for D’Andre Swift and company to forge their own path and be remembered for their own accomplishments. Ditto all the new players

on defense who have the tall task of playing to a level set by arguably the best defensive unit in school history.

So, don’t think of this as the year before the year. It’s just the year—like every year should be until proven otherwise. Because when you’re as talented as these Dawgs, the time to strike is always right now. f

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This Week in Comedy JONAH RAY, KURT BRAUNOHLER, MARTHA KELLY AND MORE

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OPENTOAD COMEDY OPEN MIC: First and third Tuesdays at Flicker Theatre & Bar, 8:30 p.m.

DECAF COMEDY: Second Tuesdays at Hendershot’s Coffee Bar, 8:30 p.m.

EDUCATED MESS: First and third Wednesdays at Hendershot’s Coffee Bar, 8 p.m.

2 BUCK CHUCKLES: Every Thursday at Veronica’s Sweet Spot, 6:30 p.m.

SILENT COMEDY NIGHT: Third Thursdays at Creature Comforts Brewery at 7 p.m.

OPEN MIC AFTER PARTY: Third Thursdays (following Creature Comforts) at The World Famous at 9 p.m.

RED DOOR COMEDY: First Sundays at The Rook & Pawn, 8:30 p.m.

EMPTY CAP OPEN MIC: Second and Fourth Sundays at Walker’s Pub, 9 p.m.

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by The Time Travelers—are newly appreci40 Watt Club will host another pair of ated by way of biting one-liners. popular comedians, Jonah Ray and Kurt Hosted by Henry Owings, the comBraunohler, on Thursday, Aug. 30. Ray edy show also includes sets by Michael has appeared on shows such as “The Sarah Rowland, Samm Severin and Andrew Silverman Program,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Wright. Doors open at 8 p.m., and tickets and “The Soup,” while Braunohler has conare $15–$17. In case you miss it, Ray and tributed to “Bob’s Burgers,” “Chelsea Lately” and “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show.” Both are also successful podcast hosts, running “Jonah Raydio” and “The K Ohle with Kurt Braunohler,” respectively.

Ray is perhaps best recognized today as the host of “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return,” a reboot of the beloved cult comedy series that aired for 10 seasons between Comedy Central and Sci-Fi Channel from 1988–’99. Released by Netflix last year, the revival was entirely funded by a Kickstarter campaign spearheaded by original creator Joel Hodgson.

After being captured by mad scientists Kinga Forrester (Felicia Day) and Max (Patton Oswalt), Ray’s character, Jonah Heston, is forced to watch cheesy B movies alongside Tom Crow T. Robot, Jonah Ray and Tom Servo of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Servo (Baron Vaughn), Crow T. Robot (Hampton Yount) and Gypsy (Rebecca Hanson). Films Braunohler will perform a second night that may have once been frightening or at 529 in Atlanta on Aug. 31. Ray will also impressive through effects—the ancient return to Georgia on Oct. 21 during the creature feature Reptilicus, a young sire’s 29-city MST3K Live 30th Anniversary quest with Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, a Tour, riffing shoulder-to-shoulder with

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Foundry, will also happen Thursday night.

Comedian and actress Martha Kelly began performing stand-up in her native Los Angeles in the mid-’90s, developing her material and confidence for several years

before relocating to Austin, TX, where she now lives. Since then, she has appeared on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend,” “Last Comic Standing” and “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”

It was not until 2016 that she made her acting debut on the FX comedy series “Baskets” as the character Martha Brooks. While she had initially been drawn to the idea of acting in college, she shied away from the camera and pursued stand-up instead, preferring the ability to control what she talked about and how she presented herself on stage. Longtime friend and show co-creator Zach Galifianakis, who also stars as the failed professional-turned-rodeo clown Chip Baskets, assured her that her personality—self-deprecating jokes, deadpan delivery and all—would be well-suited for the role.

Embracing this new territory, Kelly has also acted in Infinity Baby, Spider-Man: Homecoming and an episode of “American Gods,” and she will grace the screen next year in the independent film Corporate Animals. Currently halfway through an 11-day “No Refunds Tour,” Kelly is on the road with two other Austinites, Avery Moore and Pat Dean. Tickets to the show are $10, and doors open at 8 p.m. f

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Culture Club ATHENS TANGO PROJECT PAYS TRIBUTE TO ATHENS’ GREATS

By Jessie Goodson music@flagpole.com

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Friday, Hendershot’s will host tango style. Violinist John Cooper says the the rich cultural force that is show will be “a big celebration, [a way] to Athens Tango Project. But this won’t be an have a good time, celebrate Athens and put ordinary performance from the local Latinout some awesome music.” music standout. The group will combine Now six years old, Athens Tango Project its high-energy modern and traditional won the World category at both the 2014 tango with versions of rock and pop songs and 2016 Flagpole Athens Music Awards. by iconic Athens Since its formation, bands. Special has broken local I think that’s the spirit in itlisteners’ guests will include preconcepAthens: They welcome you. tions of tango and Jason NeSmith and Vanessa Briscoe Hay introduced them to of Pylon Reenactment Society, percussionthe culture of Argentinian music—often ist Eddie Glikin and others. by blending it with the modern flavor of “I want to invite people to celebrate the American rock. music of Athens and celebrate the spirit of “This event comes from our [desire to being creative and keeping things exciting bring] together types of music that we love. and different,” says Athens Tango Project It might seem different on the surface, but founder and double bassist Laura Camacho. it’s all related to human experience and “I think that’s the spirit in Athens: They music that we all enjoy,” says Camacho. welcome you.”

Members of the band describe the The concert will include tango-infused rehearsal process for Friday’s show as a lot covers of tunes by Kishi Bashi, R.E.M., of experimentation and working with one Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor another to find what worked best for the Control and Pylon, all of whom have songs and the group. impacted members of Athens Tango Project “We wanted to branch out with stuff that personally and musically. Camacho says we loved and basically honor the town,” the renditions will hold true to the songs’ Camacho says. “Tango is not one thing, original melodies, but also use rhythm and like rock is not one thing—it’s a really rich instrumentation to give them a traditional musical culture. The fact that they’re gonna

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see us do different arrangements of the songs they know is gonna show how the structure and soul is the same.”

Vocalist Monique Osorio describes the event as a merging of traditional and modern sound “that shows the extensiveness of tango and how it really is a relevant dance style… you can make it shine in anything.”

Friday’s show is yet another example of how deeply Athens Tango Project has integrated itself into the Athens scene and the local community since its formation.

The group has worked in schools and at the University of Georgia teaching seminars on tango music, which Camacho says is one of her favorite things to do, as many people don’t know much about the style.

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BEST OF UNKNOWN ATHENS SHOWCASE AIMS TO EXPAND

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this point, Best of Unknown Athens is a bit of a misnomer, as local musician Liam Parke’s singer-songwriter showcase at The Foundry often highlights some pretty well-known talents. If Parke has his way, the monthly event might expand its reach beyond Athens’ creative community and even infiltrate the airwaves.

Since the series debuted more than three years ago at a since-closed Buffalo’s Cafe, Parke has opened the stage to 185 Athens-area talents, including such heavy hitters as Levi Lowrey, Adam Payne, Hunter Grayson, Betsy Franck and others. This focus on local and regional songwriters has become a choice, not a necessity, for the event’s promoter.

“I get inquiries all the time from booking agents, from managers and from people who are touring act representatives,” Parke says. “We’re going to probably have a touring act show just as a different wrinkle, because I’ve been doing

not going to ask them questions that embarrass them or put them in a position where they have a greater chance of failure than success,” Parke adds. “I was a baseball coach, and that’s how I view myself as a leader in my band, or the host and producer of Best of Unknown Athens. My job is to put them in the position to have the time of their lives and enjoy themselves so much they can’t wait to come back.”

Parke encounters these theoretical ballplayers around town and in attendance at each month’s showcase. “We could almost call five people out of the audience to replace the people on stage, and it’d be just as good a show,” he adds.

With his ear for songwriting talents and experience as a filmmaker and screenwriter, Parke envisions the concert series as a possible multimedia project. “It’s a show that has potential, if we get the funding, to be another ‘Austin City

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The possible expansion is due in part to Parke’s growing confidence as the show’s director and master of ceremonies.

“Part of the art is putting the right people together on the show,” he says. “Otherwise, the magic doesn’t happen.

Anybody can get up there and play… but to get up there with a group of people who all stay on the same page at the same time and don’t leave the stage is a different kind of thing. It’s not your typical ‘in the round,’ or whatever you’d want to call it.”

At Best of Unknown Athens, artists take turns playing one song at a time, with individual performances followed by questions from Parke and the audience. “That way, I can tell anybody that’s interested that they can stop by between 7–11,” he adds. “If you’ve got 45 minutes, you can hear everybody play.”

When Parke goes to Hendershot’s open mic night and other local spots to scout actual unknowns, he says he has no trouble getting approached by established names. He says local talents trust the reputation of the event and Parke’s own bands, including the Irish-themed Repent at Leisure and newer ensemble True Born Sons.

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Limits,’ if it’s a TV show, or like ‘Mountain Stage’ if it’s a radio show,” he says.

In addition to radio or television possibilities, Parke says a multinational exchange of sorts may happen in the coming years. He says two Canadian Broadcasting Corp. employees from Toronto caught a show while in town and expressed interest in having a crossover event, with local talents going there in exchange for an Athens-hosted showcase of Canadian artists. Parke adds that he has also been in talks about a similar event in Ireland.

At its core, Best of Unknown Athens remains a chance for local music lovers to hear new, exciting talent. At a time when songwriter-driven folk, country, blues, rock and soul is in high demand, Parke’s series makes for a one-stop shop to hear music that’s both genuine and, for the time being, local. f

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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com INDEED: I’ve been holding off on writing about Love My Truck because, honestly, there just wasn’t enough material available to form a coherent opinion. Well, that’s all changed with the release of Fuck Yer Howdy, Love My Truck. The duo wraps itself in its jokey name and record title but, in actuality, is highly attuned to the deeply personal twilight that exists after one door closes and just before another opens. To wit, a

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lyric from “Cakes” is, “If life’s just a wager/ Let’s try to make it the most/ And through all the headaches/ It’s gonna be strange turning into a ghost.” The four songs here are tenderly written and lovingly expressed through pedal steel and guitar. It’s very unlike anything you’d ever infer from the band’s name or album titles, and without attributing too much intent to either, it’s as if there’s a twin commitment to thoughtful expression and self-sabotage. I suppose, in this way, it’s another proper entry into the American songbook. Spend some time alone at lovemytruck.bandcamp.com.

SUMMER’S ALMOST GONE: The entirety of the 2018 Moeke Records Summer Singles collection is now available online, with 10 songs total. This year’s comp features female-fronted bands only, with tracks from Kissing Booth (previously covered in this column), Immaterial Possession, Avery Leigh’s Night Palace, Lydia Sera, Lea Lea, Atria, Harlot Party, Lambda Celsius, Rose Hotel and Shehehe. For my money, standout tracks come from Kissing Booth (“Princess Diana”), Night Palace (the midnight-Saint Etienne cool of “Nightshade”) and Lambda Celsius (“Is This Our Country?

I Guess This Is Our Life”). Check it out at moekerecords.bandcamp.com.

TWO FOR TUESDAY: Singer-songwriter Jeffrey Vernon and his band Death Trap Volvo will celebrate the release of his newest two-song single, “Remedy” b/w “Big Jet Plane,” Tuesday, Sept. 11 on the Georgia Theatre Rooftop. Also on the bill is Convince the Kid. As far as Vernon’s music goes, “Remedy” is a kind of soulful, easygoing thing that— apropos of nearly nothing—reminds me of Simply Red and Crowded House. “Big Jet Plane” takes a deep dive into a little Grateful Dead/Doors guitar noodlin’. This release is reportedly in advance of a full-length album, but because that’s not out just yet, all I can tell you about are these two. I’m not totally sold on this, but there’s something going on here that has solid potential. Listen in at jeffreyvernon. bandcamp.com.

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GET YRSELF LEARNED: While not directly music-scene-related, this next bit of news is likely to be of interest. The Morton Theatre is hosting a six-week podcasting course, “Podcasting Your Way,” beginning Tuesday, Sept. 4 and running until Oct. 9. Each weekly class runs 6:30–8:30 p.m., and the cost for Clarke County residents is $60. This class is tailored for beginners who have no audio recording experience and those who may have some experience—or are technically inclined in general—but unaware of the various tools available.

Suggested ages for this course are 14 and up. As a part of the arts division of AthensClarke County Leisure Services, the Morton Theatre operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For more information on this course and other Morton happenings, see facebook.com/MortonTheatre and morton theatre.com. f

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Pub’s Grub PLUS, SOUTHERN STAPLES AT MALINDA’S

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BUSINESS MINDED: Generally speaking, it’s better to be the second restaurant in a building than the first, because your total cost before opening is likely to be significantly lower.

Pub on Main (22 N. Main St., in Watkinsville, 706-3104450), which moved smoothly into what had previously been Pour, is in exactly that situation.

Owned and operated by SP2 Hospitality—Scott Parrish and Sachin Patel, also responsible for The Pine, The Root, The 11th Pin and Five Points’ forthcoming El Barrio—Pub on Main not only benefits from the nice job the previous tenant did turning the former government building into a restaurant, but it also compensates for Pour’s weaknesses, reading its audience much better. Where Pour banned kids, Pub on Main welcomes them with a foosball table, lawn games outside and a kiddie menu. Where Pour tried to do upscale, instituting a dress code, Pub on Main gets that a big portion of Watkinsville’s population just wants a good plate of food and a well-crafted drink.

You could say Pub on Main is unambitious, but it’s more accurate to say that it’s focused on pleasing people, and the peo- Pub on Main ple appear to be quite pleased.

The drinks menu is, unsurprisingly—Patel co-owns Five Points Bottle Shop—deep and smart, with cocktails that are both fun and on the strong side (a frilly pink frosé with plenty of vodka, plus grapefruit and lemon juices; a whiskey sour made with Buffalo Trace bourbon), a truly impressive whiskey selection and beers categorized by things like “light/easy” and “hoppy/floral.” The bar is about as big as the indoor seating area, although there’s plenty of outdoor seating, too.

Menu-wise, the sandwiches are better than the entrees available at dinner, with the stuffed meatloaf—what it’s stuffed with changes daily—made with meat that has been too finely ground and the parmesan-crusted rainbow trout with collard-green chimichurri not bad but also not super exciting. On the other hand, the hot fish sandwich, made with Terrapin-battered cod, good and thinly sliced housemade pickles, a dill aioli slaw and house hot sauce, is right on, balancing crisp, hot, sour and creamy in just the right proportions. It is a bit of a mess to eat, but it’s right in the “new American” wheelhouse of SP2. You could get essentially the same fish and aioli as fish and chips, but then you’d miss the hot sauce, which would be a shame.

The pulled pork sandwich is even messier, also served with pickles and coleslaw, but also well done, if a touch

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sweet for my taste. The salmon burger isn’t as good, with a mushy texture and not as much going on, flavor-wise, and some of the sides really aren’t very interesting (bland cheddar grits, potato salad that’s nothing to write home about).

The Cuban sandwich incorporates a whole split sausage— shades of JB—and, while departing from tradition, is really tasty.

The snacks section of the menu, well-keyed to the bar but available anywhere, has some fun stuff, like crisp-fried

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brussels sprouts with a house hot mustard that will wake you up and Cajun deviled eggs that incorporate a lot of pepper and are too cold but otherwise nicely done. There are also good salads with a ton of ingredients and desserts that work well family-style.

The whole restaurant is customer-focused but not too corporate. It’s a great fit for its area, which still needs more options. Pub on Main is open for lunch daily, dinner Monday through Saturday and Sunday brunch, with biscuits and pancakes.

STRAIGHTFORWARD: When Sonny’s BBQ corporate pulled the franchise license of the location on Atlanta Highway, the restaurant didn’t really miss much of a beat. It shifted quickly to a new format—cafeteria-style Southern—and a new name: Malinda’s Country Kitchen and Catering (3755 Atlanta Hwy., 706-546-0385).

Now an independently owned business, it offers about six main-dish meats and eight vegetable sides daily, plus sandwiches made to order, a salad bar and some kids meals. Grab a plate or a styrofoam box, ladle into it whatever you desire, and you can be eating in a few short minutes.

Some things do just fine on the steam table: a broccoli casserole rich with rice and cheese; good field peas; soft, salty turnip greens; squash casserole; Southern-style green beans.

Others—first and foremost the fried green tomatoes—don’t hold up so well, not being well suited to the format. The fried chicken is decent but not stellar.

The cube steak with gravy, on the other hand, is A-plus, and although the topping on the chicken pot pie gets a little soggy and is a little thick, the gooey contents are stomach warming. The meatloaf tops that available at Pub on Main, despite (because of?) being simpler. Slices of plastic-wrapped cake on plates are worth your time, made by a local and including a peanut-butter layer cake and a classic chocolate cake with intense boiled chocolate icing.

The last thing Malinda’s is is fancy, but neither is it aiming to be. It’s open from 11 a.m.–8 p.m. daily, and although the drive-through is closed for the moment, it should open back up at some point. f

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For Home and Country

Georgia Museum of Art · 7 p.m. · FREE! Right in time for November’s centennial of the end of the First World War, “For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the Blum Collection” features images from France, England, the U.S., Italy, Russia, Greece and Germany.

Collectively, they demonstrate how both sides effectively used print propaganda to persuade populations to enlist, buy bonds, save food and support military efforts.

Held in conjunction with the exhibition, a film series will kick off with Lawrence of Arabia, a 1962 historical drama based on the life of T.E. Lawrence, a British archaeologist and military officer. The series will continue with Paths of Glory on Sept. 6 and The African Queen on Sept. 13. [Jessica Smith]

Tuesday 28 ART: ACC and Oconee Democrats’ Silent Art Auction (Live Wire) Bid on over 25 works of art. Campaign updates from Representatives Spencer Frye, Deborah Gonzalez, Jonathan Wallace, and State Senate candidates Marisue Hilliard and Dawn Johnson. Proceeds benefit the Athens-Clarke and Oconee County Democratic Committees. 7–9 p.m. www.clarkedemocrats.com CLASSES: Computer Class (ACC Library) Learn about voice assistants and start home devices. 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.)

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Georgia Theatre · 7:30 p.m. · $23 After forming in the early ’90s, The Mountain Goats unleashed a torrent of obscure, staticky cassette releases before officially debuting with 1994’s Zopilote Machine. The group, effectively the solo project of lyrically hyperactive singer-scribe John Darnielle until a full band took shape in the early aughts, has since released 15 more rigorously thematic studio albums, with the latest, last year’s Goths, serving as an ode to Darnielle’s first musical love. The Mountain Goats’ fanbase is proud and protective, no surprise given the emotional fervor with which Darnielle delivers his breathlessly candid story-songs. Queer North Carolina folkie Al Riggs opens Thursday’s show.

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Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation · 6–9 p.m. · $20 The 16th annual “Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational” kicks off with an opening gala and preview sale featuring a buffet, live jazz and first dibs on pottery. The main attraction, located in Rocket Hall, has 6,000 functional and decorative pieces produced by 50 of Georgia’s top potters. On view in the Main Gallery, “Participating Potters: 2018” includes two favorite pots by each of the artists in addition to one piece from their collections. “A New Direction,” on view in the Members Gallery, will showcase figurative ceramic vessels, installations and sculptures by Jennifer Graff. The Hall Gallery’s “Yes, it is clay” features sculptures by Keok Lim. “Perspectives” will remain on view through Sept. 16. [JS]

Go Bar · 9 p.m. · $8 Though she is often linked with the NYC anti-folk scene that spawned dirtbag deadpanners like Jeffrey Lewis and The Moldy Peaches, Charlottesville, VA singer and multi-instrumentalist Diane Cluck is a true explorer, as evidenced by 2014’s stunning mini-LP Boneset. Cluck’s is technicolor music, with her able, elastic singing voice its beating heart. A blend of sinewy guitar, skittering rhythm and Appalachian melody, the record stands as Cluck’s finest—and most recent— studio work. Since 2012, she has also maintained a subscription-based songof-the-week project through her website, dianecluck.info. She’ll appear at Go Bar on Tuesday alongside locals Domestic and Madeline Polites. [GV]

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7:30–11 p.m. $4 (students), $6. athensswingnight.com EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) Take a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@ uga.edu 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 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 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: Lunch and Learn (Tyche’s Games) Bring your own lunch and try out some new games. 11:30 a.m.

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GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 KIDSTUFF: Tuesday Storytime (Normal Books) An all-ages picture book storytime with snacks. 10:30 a.m. FREE! normalbooks@gmail. com KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create interesting Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos will be 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,

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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.

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THE CALENDAR! GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.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: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 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: Visioning Workshop (120 W. Dougherty St.) The public is invited to an information and interactive workshop for Atlanta Highway and Lexington Road. 6 p.m. FREE! www.connect-athens.org MEETINGS: Envision Athens (Snipes Water Resource Center) The Subcommittee will meet. 1 p.m. envisionathens.com MEETINGS: Vision Workshop Share ideas, concerns and hopes for the future of the Atlanta Highway and Lexington Road corridors. (120. W. Dougherty St.) 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. connect-athens.com

Thursday 30 COMEDY: Laugh Athens Comedy Presents (The Foundry) Laugh Athens presents Martha Kelly with special guests Avery Moore and Pat Dean. See Story on p. 10. 9 p.m. $10. www.thefoundryathens.com COMEDY: Jonah Ray (40 Watt Club) Jonah Ray is a Los Angeles comedian, actor and writer best recognized as a current host of the revival of “Mystery Science Theater 3000.”

Kurt Braunohler, Michael Rowland, Samm Severin and Andrew Wright open. Hosted by Henry Owings.

See Story on p. 10. 8 p.m. $15–17. www.40watt.com COMEDY: 2 Buck Chuckles (Veronica’s Sweet Spot) Show up and go up comedy open mic. Every Thursday. 6:30 p.m. $2. www.facebook.com/weetspotstudio EVENTS: Postcards for Progressives (The Rook and Pawn) Write postcards for progressive Democratic candidates. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ postcardsforprogressives EVENTS: Athens Science Café (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Ania A. Majewska will present “The Power of Pollinators: What’s the Buzz in Your Garden.” 7 p.m. FREE! athenssciencecafe.com FILM: “For Home and Country” World War I Film Series (Georgia Museum of Art) Watch the epic, award winning historical drama Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

See Calendar Pick on p. 15. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org 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: Infant Storytime (Oconee County Library) This special storytime is for the youngest readers-to-be and their caregivers.

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10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Teen Gaming (ACC Library) Video games and board games galore. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Drop-in Crafting for Kids (Madison County Library) Kids can help the library clean out project remnants with a drop-in craft program. 4–8 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave) Meet Rebecca Makkai in celebration of her novel The Great Believers. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.avidbookshop.com MEETINGS: Vision Workshop See Wednesday listing for full description. (120. W. Dougherty St.) 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.connect-athens.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.

9 a.m. FREE! www.naturerambling. blogspot.com

Friday 31 ART: “Perspectives” Opening Gala and Preview Sale (OCAF, Watkinsville) Meet this year’s participants in the “Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational,” a large show featuring the work of 50 potters. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. 6–9 p.m. $20. www.ocaf.com ART: Opening Reception (Ciné Barcafé) View a collection of watercolors by Don Chambers. 6–9 p.m.

FREE! www.athenscine.com EVENTS: Tango Music & Dancing (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Athens Tango Project will perform tango standards along with tango renditions of songs by Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, R.E.M., Pylon and more. Dance demos by Athens Tangueros, Athens Swing Night, Dancefx Athens and SALAthens. See Story on p. 11. 8 p.m. $7–10. www. hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Morning Mindfulness (Georgia Museum of Art) Participate in a guided meditation session in the galleries. Meet in the lobby. 9:30– 10:30 a.m. FREE! sagekincaid@uga. edu, www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Grand Opening (Pub on Main, Watkinsville) A party with Southern Brewing Company includes live music, lawn games, a raffle, food and drinks. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. pubonmainwatkinsville.com 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: Friday Football Tours (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Take a tour of “Fighting Spirit: Wally Butts and UGA Football, 1939–1950.” Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 3 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/exhibits/FightingSpirit FILM: The Room (Ciné Barcafé) Tommy Wiseau’s misguided cult masterpiece. www.athenscine.com GAMES: Planeswalkers for Diversity Meeting and Magic (Tyche’s Games) Play Magic in a welcoming atmosphere. 6 p.m. www. tychesgames.com LECTURES & LIT: Artist Talk (Georgia Museum of Art) Daisy Craddock (MFA UGA) will give a lec-

ture on her work. 3 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org

Saturday 1 ART: “Perspectives” Family Day (OCAF, Watkinsville) Families can visit the galleries with a guide, then see a professional potter’s studio.

9:45 a.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com ART: Folk Art Pop-Up (Hip Vintage and Handmade) See work by Tex Crawford, Peter Loose, Suzy Sue Smith, Randy Sanders and Marion Coleman. Refreshments served. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! hipvintagehandmade.com EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Shop for fresh and affordable produce and prepared foods.

The market also includes kids activities, cooking demonstrations, educational booths and entertainment. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www. athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Vaccine & Pet Care Clinic (Pet Supplies Plus) Low-cost vaccinations, dewormings and other services for your furry friends. 1–4 p.m. www.athenshumanesociety.org GAMES: Shadowrun RPG (Tyche’s Games) Visit Seattle in 2071, when magic and megacorps clash. 12 p.m.

FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Stuffed Animal Sleepover (Oconee County Library) All stuffed animals, dolls and action figures are invited to spend the night at the library. Bring one along to a pajama party for kids, caregivers and stuffed animals on Saturday, then leave them overnight.

Pick them up the next day and see photos of all the fun they had at the sleepover. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950 PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret (Go Bar) Drag performances by local artists. This show also features Atlanta’s Buffet Galore and Cherry Poppins. 10:30 p.m. $3. showgirlcabaret@gmail.com, www. athensshowgirlcabaret.com SPORTS: UGA Football (Sanford Stadium) UGA vs. Austin Peay. 3:30 p.m. www.georgiadogs.com

Sunday 2 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Relax with the company of therapy dogs. 3–4 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee

Monday 3 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: General Knowledge Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8501916 GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com 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 4 COMEDY: Queer Comedy Night (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Join Athens PRIDE for a night of comedy hosted by Lakeisha Pryce. 9 p.m. www.athenspride.org EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) See Tuesday listing for full description. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@uga.edu GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description.

8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 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 LECTURES & LIT: Bogart Bookies Book Club (Bogart Library) Discuss The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King. 1–2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart

Ages 3.5–8. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Beginning Readers’ Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Ms. Carley shares early literacy activities and stories. Ages 4–7. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry (The Globe) Open mic

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.

Wednesday 29 Blind Pig Tavern 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-4919 (College Station Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot performs solo sets of country-rock music and acoustic Southern soul.

Go Bar 8 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 LOGAN SHIRAH Local experimental electronic composer.

SARAH SWILLUM Athens-based artist playing hallucinatory beat-pop featuring existential chants and dance.

RICH & STICKY THEATRE CO. Experimental performance art project from Atlanta.

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. Every Wednesday!

Wednesday 5 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Sarah Kate Gillespie leads a tour of “Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Art Party Extravaganza (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Celebrate four new exhibitions in the galleries. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. art.uga.edu COMEDY: Educated Mess (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) See standups from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m.

FREE! hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) See Wednesday listing for full description. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Watch The Apple (1980) and Hard Rock Zombies (1985). 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com FILM: Athens Rising (Live Wire) Local filmmaker James Preston’s documentary takes a look at music, dance, food, stand-up comedy, art and the origins of AthFest. 7 p.m. $6. www.livesyphon.com 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: DND: Beginners Guild (Oconee County Library) Learn how to play Dungeons and Dragons.

Grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee GAMES: Athens PRIDE: Gay Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) Hosted by Lori Divine. Part of Athens PRIDE Week.

7–10 p.m. www.athenspride.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 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 KIDSTUFF: Wonderful Wednesday Storytime (Bogart Library) Ms. Donna presents stories, songs, rhymes and a simple craft.

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

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

Thursday 30 Akademia Brewing Co. 7 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com SIMPLE LIFE BAND No info available.

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

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“Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann” is currently on view at the Georgia Museum of Art through Sunday, Nov. 18. poetry readings. This month’s featured reader is Rupert Fike. 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ athenswordofmouth LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Charlene Carruthers shares her book, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate on Radical Movements. 6 p.m. FREE! www. avidbookshop.com

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

JOE CAT Local troubadour whose influences range from Steve Earle to Johnny Cash.

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

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

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

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

All musicians welcome. Backline provided!

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.

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.

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

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.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES Local power trio playing country-rock and Southern soul.

ROBBIE O’SULLIVAN Classic rock singer-songwriter from Statesboro.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com SHAKEN NATURE Psychedelic grunge band from Asheville, NC.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com THE BEST OF UNKNOWN ATHENS A monthly singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Liam Parke.

This month’s show features Adam Payne, Chris Moore, Mike Killeen, Scott Low, Sean Killeen and Ty Manning. See story on p. 12.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH COUNTRY WESTERN Alabamabased blues and folk act led

by Bright Eyes collaborator Hollingsworth.

7:30 p.m. $23. www.georgiatheatre. com THE MOUNTAIN GOATS John Darnielle and his band play literate, rousing, heavily thematic indie rock.

See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

AL RIGGS Lyric-driven, lo-fi folk singer-songwriter from Durham, NC. On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com SANTOROS Mexican-American band playing psych- and surf-tinged garage-rock.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com TOP NACHOS Punk duo from New Paltz, NY. JUNIOR PANTHER Local Sloan tribute act.

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

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Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com 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.

Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $2 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away every Saturday to three different channels of music. One of them is a request line!

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 LIVE OAK Jam-oriented local rock and roll five-piece.

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Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com INSTANT TREELINE Brooklyn, NY-based folk-rock duo.

BACK CITY WOODS Macon-based bluegrass and Southern rock band.

ETHAN MULLENAX Local folk singer with an eclectic, evocative sound.

LOECO Athens-based neoclassical post-rock band.

standards along with tango renditions of Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, R.E.M., Pylon and more. See story on p. 11.

IDENTIKIT Atlanta band that draws from klezmer, Latin jazz, orchestral rock and big-band swing.

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

40 Watt Club 9:30 p.m. $3. www.40watt.com ’80S DANCE PARTY Dance to your favorite tunes from the 1980s.

Max 10 p.m. FREE! 706-286-0339 DJ CHIEF ROCKA Local DJ spins Top 40, hip hop, funk, soul and more.

The Foundry 9 p.m. $10. thefoundryathens.com FUNK BROTHERHOOD The local all-star band plays a set dedicated to James Brown.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 VELVETEEN PINK This local quartet of funksters plays electro-based, groove-laden, upbeat pop music.

THE PINK STONES Rootsy local dream-rock group led by songwriter Hunter Pinkston.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com TOSSER Punk band from Washington, DC. G.U.M.P. Underground hip-hop act from D.C. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www.40watt.com PASTOR TROY Influential Georgia rapper known for hard-hitting singles like “Vica Versa” and “Ridin’ Big.” The Foundry 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com MONDAY’S ALIBI Local band specializing in ’70s and ’80s rock and roll.

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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.

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!

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Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 HUNTER CALLAHAN Young, Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com MONSOON Beloved local pop-punk band that dabbles in rockabilly and new wave.

WALTZ No information available.

LOUIE LARCENY Local MC with a fiery delivery and dark, moody beats.

WESDARULER Athens-based hiphop producer and emcee with a laidback, throwback style.

BLUE BODIES Athens-based “bummer-pop” punk 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.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 ADAM KIRALY BAND Greenville, SC band playing “groove music from the water’s edge.”

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com CARLY BURRUSS Country singer-songwriter based in Atlanta.

8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com JON LANGSTON Georgia-based country songwriter influenced by Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Guns N’ Roses, Staind and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

JORDAN RAGER Country singer-songwriter from Loganville.

MEGAN MORONEY Up-and-coming local country singer-songwriter.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com DJ RELL Hip-hop and EDM DJ from Jacksonville, FL.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com LILY ROSE Nashville-based pop-folk singer-songwriter.

The Globe 10 p.m. $2 (headphone). 706-3534721 SILENT DISCO Dance the night away with three channels of music. One of them is a request line!

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $10. www.hendershotscoffee. com ATHENS TANGO PROJECT Local group plays a special set featuring

Saturday 1 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LILY ROSE Nashville-based pop-folk singer-songwriter.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com TORO Atlanta-based heavy rock group fronted by guitarist Zack Hembree.

COFFIN TOURTURE Heavy-metal rock band from South Carolina.

DAYGLO MOURNING Stoner- and doom-metal band.

DEAD VIBES ENSEMBLE Two-piece local sludge-metal band.

Creature Comforts Brewery 7 p.m. FREE! www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com QUEST GIVER Local experimental indie trio.

BELCURVE Indie-rock band on tour from Austin, TX.

LARRY’S HOMEWORK New local acoustic duo specializing in rock and Americana covers.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com KYLE CLARK Country singer-songwriter with influences like Thomas Rhett and Jason Aldean.

8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com JON LANGSTON Georgia-based country songwriter influenced by Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Guns N’ Roses, Staind and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

DREW DIXON Blues and Southern gothic performer from South Carolina.

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

Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $2 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away every Saturday to three different channels of music on your headphones. One of them is a request line!

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

Live Wire 10 p.m. www.livewireathens.com DJ WESTSIDE Spinning party music for a post-football-game celebration.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 GIMME HENDRIX Award-winning local Jimi Hendrix cover band.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 MURDER THE MOOD Athens-based alternative rock group.

KOMPROMAT Local rock four-piece exploring dark themes including addiction, suicide and missed opportunities.

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

by Packway Handle Band member Josh Erwin.

Georgia Center for Continuing Education 5:30 p.m. FREE! hotel.uga.edu TUESDAY TUNES A live series featuring new groups and fresh music each month. All musicians are students or TAs at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music.

Go Bar 9 p.m. $8. 706-546-5609 DIANE CLUCK Eclectic folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Virginia. See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

MADELINE POLITES The leader of local experimental pop band Immaterial Possession plays a solo set.

DOMESTIC No info available.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 BALKUN BROTHERS High-octane blues-rock band from Hartford, CT.

Wednesday 5 Blind Pig Tavern 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-4919 (College Station Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot performs solo sets of

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com OGINALII With a name meaning “friendship” in Cherokee, this tightly knit band plays a mix of grunge, honky-tonk and Zeppelin-esque rock.

7:30 p.m. $16 (adv.), $18 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com WAXAHATCHEE Stark, confessional pop from singer Katie Crutchfield.

NIGHT SHOP Solo artist Justin Sullivan performs indie rock sounds.

ANNA ST. LOUIS L.A.-based indierock singer-songwriter.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com LITTLE GOLD Local group playing garage-rock with country and pop sensibilities.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 SELINE HAZE Athens-based hip-hop artist who makes “music to inspire, to empathize and to motivate.”

LADY VALORE Experimental solo hip-hop artist from Savannah.

DK Detroit-born, Athens-based hiphop artist.

RAZZI KING Local artist that blends reggae, calypso, rock, funk and more to create a unique sound.

SOCIAL CIRCLE Athens-based softpsych-pop project.

VOODOO MAN Artist specializing in sounds “from here to Senegal.”

Pastor Troy plays the 40 Watt Club on Saturday, Sept. 1.

Monday 3 Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Showcase your talent at this open mic night most Mondays.

Hosted by Larry Forte.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 BLUES NIGHT WITH BIG C Nobody in Athens sings the blues quite like Big C. Expect lots of soulful riffs, covers and originals.

Tuesday 4 The Foundry Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. thefoundryathens.com MERMAID MOTOR LOUNGE Acoustic alternative-rock band led

country-rock music and acoustic Southern soul.

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

All musicians welcome. Backline provided!

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com TYLER KEY Folky local indie singer-songwriter.

BRAD GERKE Local folk and alt-country singer-songwriter.

MAC MCCOMB Local indie singer-songwriter.

The Foundry 8 p.m. www.thefoundryathens.com REPENT AT LEISURE Celtic pub band playing “Irish rock,” including traditional, punk, modern and original Celtic music.

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

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

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

Down the Line 9/6 BIRDS FLY SOUTH (Akademia Brewing Co.) 9/6 ILLITERATES / THE PROXIES / THE WORMWOOD PROJECT (Caledonia Lounge)

9/6 ASHLEY MCBRYDE / DEE WHITE (40 Watt Club) 9/6 JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR / J.D. SIMO (The Foundry) 9/6 WALKER LUKENS (Georgia Theatre) 9/6 THE HEAD AND THE HEART / SAVANNAH CONLEY (Georgia Theatre) 9/6 BABE CLUB (Georgia Theatre) 9/6 OPPOSITE BOX / EGI / POLAR WAVES (Live Wire) 9/6 STONI TAYLOR (Nowhere Bar) 9/7 THE TITOS (Boar’s Head Lounge) 9/7 HOVVDY (Caledonia Lounge) 9/7 SHAWN MULLINS / CLAIRE CAMPBELL (The Foundry) 9/7 THE MEDIUM (Georgia Theatre) 9/7 DJ OSMOSE / DJ ZELIUM (Georgia Theatre) 9/7 THE HEAD AND THE HEART / SAVANNAH CONLEY (Georgia Theatre) 9/7 THE ARCS / FLAP (Nowhere Bar) 9/8 THE GRAINS OF SAND (The Foundry) 9/8 NORMA RAE (Front Porch Book Store) 9/8 SYLVIA ROSE NOVAK (Georgia Theatre) 9/8 ROBERT EARL KEEN (Georgia Theatre) 9/8 BUDDY MONDLOCK (No. 3 Railroad Street) 9/8 GEORGE THE INFINITE (Wonderbar) 9/9 THE LUCKY JONES (Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside) 9/10 SO NASTY (Nowhere Bar) 9/10 DON CHAMBERS / BO BEDINGFIELD (The World Famous) 9/11 JEFFREY VERNON AND DEATH TRAP VOLVO / CONVINCE THE KID (Georgia Theatre) 9/11 VINTAGE PISTOL (Nowhere Bar) 9/12 ZOSO (Georgia Theatre) 9/12 TWEN (Georgia Theatre) 9/12 ROYAL JOHNSON (Georgia Theatre) 9/12 REVEREND TRIBBLE AND THE DEACONS (Locos Grill & Pub) 9/13 THE FAMILY RECIPE (Akademia Brewing Co.) 9/13 OZELLO / CAULFIELD / THE GETAWAY COMPANY (Caledonia Lounge) 9/13 ARTHUR BUCK (40 Watt Club) 9/13 CHERUB / MADDY O’NEAL (Georgia Theatre) 9/13 *REPEAT REPEAT (Georgia Theatre) 9/13 LIVE OAK (Nowhere Bar) 9/14 MISSISSIPPI JOHN DOUDE () 9/14 MAKE AMERICA GOTH AGAIN / DJ Team Spud Go / DJ Wardaddy / Crowe (Georgia Theatre) 9/14 CBDB (Georgia Theatre) 9/14 CLARENCE SUN & THE MOONSHYNES (Nowhere Bar) 9/15 CURT CASTLE / FATE MCAFEE / MELANIE A. DAVIS / TOM VISIONS (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 9/15 ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER / PILL / MATERIAL GIRLS (40 Watt Club) 9/15 FIVE EIGHT (Front Porch Book Store) 9/15 DESCENDENTS / A WILHELM SCREAM / PEARS (Georgia Theatre) 9/15 J&J MUSIC FESTIVAL / Universal Sigh / Foster / Daniel Hardin / Magnolia Wind / Sound Medicine / FredX (J & J Flea Market) 9/15 MARADEEN (Nowhere Bar) 9/15 GEORGE THE INFINITE (Wonderbar)

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bulletin board Labor Day Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board will be WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29 at 3 p.m. for the print issue of Sept. 5. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

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 BUS SHELTERS (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission is seeking design proposals for artistic bus shelters. The design will be stamped out of metal for the rear wall panel. Application deadline Sept. 9, 11:59 p.m. www.accgov. com/FormCenter/Athens-CulturalAffairs-Commission-36 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.

Deadline Sept. 28. Email photos to artsubmissions@chosenforlife ministries.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.

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

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. 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.) Don Chambers shares a collection of watercolors. Opening reception Aug. 31. Through September.

CIRCLE GALLERY (UGA College of Environment and Design, 285 S. Jackson St.) “Iconic American Landscapes: Photographs by Carol Betsch.”

CITY OF WATKINSVILLE (Downtown Watkinsville) “Public Art Watkinsville: A Pop-up Sculpture Exhibit” consists of sculptures placed in prominent locations around downtown. Artists include Benjamin Lock, William Massey, Stan Mullins, Robert Clements, Harold Rittenberry and Joni Younkins-Herzog. • “Artscape Oconee: The Monuments of Artland” features a total of 20 paintings on panels installed around town. Artists include Claire Clements, Peter Loose, Andy Cherewick, Lisa Freeman, Manda McKay and others.

CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) Gallery I shows “Stitch,” an exhibition of contemporary quilts, includes the industrial-scales of Elizabeth Barton, the

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woodshop/sculpture studios. Up to 32 hours per week. $65/month or $175/three months. 706-613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure SEEKING ARTWORK (Donderos’ Kitchen) Seeking artists for exhibitions. Send samples of work. contact@donderoskitchen.com

Classes AFTER SCHOOL COOKING CLASSES (Olive Basket) Starts 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 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

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.

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.

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.” Through 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.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Members of the Athens Area Plein Air Artists present a sample of their “Our Point of View” exhibition. Through Sept. 16.

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. 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 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.

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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) “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.farmviewmarket.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 August, 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. 706-613-

3650, ext. 354, 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, needleinahaystack7@yahoo.com, www.facebook.com/sewsomething withamanda 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 WILD RICE ADVENTURES (David Henry Hardigree Wildlife Sanctuary, 1110 Old Greensboro Rd.) “Backpacking 101.” Sept.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) Photography of scenes from Northeast India by Sean Dunn. Through Sept. 1. • “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. Currently on view through 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. Currently on view through Oct. 14. • “So It Goes: Works by Lisa Freeman” is an exhibition of paintings and assemblages featuring small-scale clay figures inspired by the paintings. Reception Sept. 13. Currently on view through Oct. 27.

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.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) The 16th annual “Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational” features 6,000 works by 50 of the top potters in the state. “Participating Potters: 2018” includes two favorite pots by each potter as well as one piece selected from their collections. “A New Direction” features pottery by Jennifer Graff. “Yes, it is Clay” features works of Atlanta ceramicist Keok Lim. Opening reception Aug. 31. Through Sept. 16.

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.

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. Through Oct. 6. • “Atmospheres” is an exhibition of paintings by Ree Morton. 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.

8, $20. “Introduction to Wood Carving.” Nov. 3, $60. “Introduction to Wilderness Survival.” Nov. 10, $25. “Outdoor Cooking with Dutch Ovens.” Dec. 8, $75. wildrice adventures@gmail.com, www.face book.com/wildriceadventures WORD MAGIC (ACC Library) Local writer David Oates leads a three-day workshop for aspiring poets. Aug. 28–30, 6–8 p.m. 706-613-3650 YOGA CLASSES (5 Points Yoga) “Yin Yoga.” Sept. 21–23. A certified 200

NIMBL CLASSES (Nimbl, 160 Winston Dr. #9) Classes offered for kids, teens and adults in dance, creative movement, choreography, pilates and more. www.nimble athens.com SPLASH PAD (Multiple Locations) The Trail Creek Splash Pad will be open on weekends through Sept.

4. The Rocksprings Splash Pad is now open. $1/person. Pool passes $20–40. www.athensclarkecounty. com/splashpad

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ing their life and learning how to live with their condition. www.nuci.org NAMI SUPPORT GROUPS (Multiple Locations) For family members, friends and caregivers of individuals with mental illnesses. “NAMI Family Support Group.” Every fourth Tuesday, 6–7:30 p.m. in room 302 at the First Presbyterian Church of Athens. Every second Monday, 6:30–8 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of Watkinsville. namihall ga@gmail.com, namihall.org PROJECT SAFE (Athens, GA) “The New Beginnings Support Group.”

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

24-hour crisis hotline: 706-5433331. Teen texting line: 706-7658019. www.project-safe.org

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Richard Herzog’s sculpture, “Trail Blossom,” has been permanently installed at Dudley Park. hour yoga teacher training course begins in September. Friday night classes rotate among hip-hop yoga, trance dance and free meditation.

Check schedule online. www.athens fivepointsyoga.com YOGA FOR GARDENERS (Lotta Mae’s Supply Co.) No prior experience necessary. First Tuesdays, 9 a.m. $10. www.lottamaes.com

Kidstuff BATON (Bishop Park) The Classic City Majorettes offer instruction in dance-twirling, strutting, marching technique and more. For ages 5 & up. Tuesdays, Sept. 4–Nov. 6, 5–8 p.m. $65–80. 706-613-3589, www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure COSTUME SWAP (Oconee County Library) Bring in your used costumes before Oct. 12 and come back on Oct. 13, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. for a new-to-you one. 706-796-3950, www.athenslibrary.org/oconee ELEVATE YOUR VOICE: VISUAL ARTS & MOVEMENT (Lyndon House Arts Center) A collaborative class with the East Athens Educational Dance Center. This course includes spoken word poetry, illustration and graphic design, drumming and dance. Ages 10–16.

Thursdays, Sept. 6–Oct. 11, 4–5:30 p.m. 706-613-3623 KIDS CLASSES (Treehouse Kid and Craft) “Saturday Morning Craft.”

10 a.m. (ages 2–4) and 12 p.m. (ages 5–8). “STEAM Saturdays.”

First Saturday of the month, 1–4 p.m. (ages 9–14). Visit website for descriptions and to register. www. treehousekidandcraft.com

TEEN SEWING CLUB (Lyndon House Arts Center) Teens can focus on sewing projects with the guidance of a professional. Tuesdays, Sep. 11–25, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5 per week.

706-613-3623 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

Support Groups 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. 478-955-3422, www.ga-al-anon.org ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, www.athensaa.org EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Meets Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org MENTAL HEALTH PEER SUPPORT GROUP (Nuçi’s Space) Meets the second Wednesday of every month.

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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 BOOK SALE (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Thousands of books will be available for bargain prices, as will books on tape, CDs, VHS tapes and records. Proceeds benefit the Madison County Library.

Sept. 7–15 during regular library hours. $1–2 (most items). www. athenslibrary.org/madison 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. beckylockman@gmail.com.

Dedicated Mindfulness Practitioners meets at the Griffin Dubose Healing Lodge every first and third Saturday of the month, 8:30–9:30 a.m. jaseyjones@gmail.com. Mindful Living Center offers intro classes every second Friday, 5:30–6:30 p.m. at the Griffin Dubose Healing Lodge.

Satchidananda Mission offers yoga meditation every Sunday, 6:30–7:30 p.m. and Kirtan every third Sunday, 4–6 p.m. revmanjula@bellsouth. net. Nuci’s Space offers mindfulness meditation every Thursday, 2 p.m.

Let It Be Yoga hosts the Athens Singing Circle Mondays, 7–9 p.m.

STORMWATER CALENDAR (Athens, GA) The ACC Stormwater staff is seeking photos of stormwater management facilities, nature scenes, plants and animals from all around Athens to create a wall calendar. Submit photos by email with the name of the photographer and a description of where, when and why it was taken. Deadline Aug. 31. stormwater@accgov.com THE CLASSIC CITY FRINGE FESTIVAL (Athens, GA) The Classic City Fringe Festival is seeking performers in theater, dance, performance art, puppetry, improv, comedy and more. Deadline Aug. 31. Festival Oct. 18–21. classiccityfringefest@ gmail.com, www.classiccityfringe festival.com f

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After being discovered in the back seat of her prom date’s car with another girl from her bible-study group, Cameron is sent to God’s Wisdom by her evangelical Aunt Ruth (Kerry Butler). At God’s Wisdom,

By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com Cameron and other teens—wild child Jane (Sasha Lane), politician’s son Adam (Forrest THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS (R) On paper, a allegations of sexual impropriety—worth Goodluck, who made his debut as Leo’s description of The Happytime Murders litnoting. son in The Revenant and shines here) and erally made me giddy. Then, the red-band 2018 will have a hard time finding a more—struggling with their homosexutrailer revealed one of the movie’s centermore disappointing film to drop into theality are preyed upon by Rev. Rick (John piece gags, which proved to be a prolonged aters. Hopefully, Henson Alternative—part Gallagher Jr.) and his psychiatrist sister, exemplar of the filmmakers’ miscalculation of the Jim Henson Company tasked to speLydia (Jennifer Ehle). of what is humorous about bawdy puppets. cialize in adult content—can survive this The Miseducation of Cameron Post radiates Peter Jackson delved into the depths discouraging debut. I believe an audience 1993. Akhavan captures the little moments of the sex, drugs and syphilitic lifestyles exists in this world for a movie in which of ’90s reality with incredible accuracy (of of Muppet-type entertainers in course Cameron’s Breeders tape 1989’s Meet the Feebles, and he had came from Columbia House). The The Happytime Murders far more comic success than The momentary snapshots at Cameron’s Happytime Murders. Likewise, Team prom could come from my own America: World Police may be more high-school rite of passage. (I do of a jab at “Thunderbirds­”-style wish the filmmaker had scored that puppetry than Happytime’s mupsequence to a timely hit of the era.) petry, but both share a common However, prom is where raunchy DNA. Yet Team America’s Cameron’s normal life ends and overarching satire established a the film begins. Akhavan and stronger context for puppet sex and her co-writer, Cecilia Frugiuele, extended vomiting. The exceptional bravely and caringly adapt Emily blending of live action and puppets M. Danforth’s novel. The teens are in The Happytime Murders cannot unwilling victims of emotional— overcome the movie’s varied faults. never physical—abuse, yet Akhavan Not all of me is soft and plush.

The comedy is structured as a refuses to treat their abusers like boilerplate film noir. Disgraced the one-dimensional villains one puppet detective Phil Philips (Bill Barretta, Kermit drops an F-bomb; giving him bizarre expects from a movie about as insidious aka Rowlf the Dog, Swedish Chef, Dr. Teeth sexual proclivities, not so much. an action as gay conversion therapy, which and Pepe the King Prawn) is now a private probably makes the sibling duo even more eye investigating the blackmail of a pretty THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST (NR) sinister. In The Miseducation of Cameron Post, young puppet named Sandra White (Dorien Chloë Grace Moretz deserves career-best the 1990s, that golden decade of indepenDavies) when the puppet cast members accolades as she navigates poor Cameron’s dent and queer cinema, are alive and well. f of “The Happytime Gang,” a nostalgically popular television program from the 1980s, begin showing up brutally murdered. Could it be related to a lucrative new syndication deal? As Phil digs deeper, he must team up with his former partner, Det. Connie Edwards (Melissa McCarthy), who testified against him in the case that got him kicked off the force.

The Happytime Murders presupposes acceptance of an integrated world of humans and puppets. Though the movie alludes to a prior time when puppets merely sang and danced for the man, no explanation is given for the current world in which Philips resides. The temptation to gloss over these facts to get to the narrative is sensible, but the movie fails to capitalize on the more interesting story. Who cares about the murdered puppet plot, which, by the climactic showdown at a private airport, begins to feel like a rejected mystery for a third Fletch? How did this world happen?

Was the success of “The Happytime Gang” related to the new world order or a result of it? Also, puppet ejaculation is not nearly as funny as director Brian Henson and his team, including screenwriter Todd Berger, think.

Neither are any of the jokes, most of which land with a flailing thump of laughlessness. Imagine what Trey Parker and Matt Stone could have done with a very R-rated human-puppet world; the evisceration of today’s incivility could be viciously hilarious. Maya Rudolph’s sartorially bold secretary, Bubbles, may be the only aspect of the film besides the work of its invisible puppeteers—including the return of Kevin Clash, the former Elmo operator whose “Sesame Street” career was dashed by

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in this day and age. Communication works.

If you want a low-commitment relationship and no kids, let your partner know before it gets too serious. If you’re so unhappy you are contemplating infidelity, work on the things that have you wanting to step out. If you want a partner who can provide financial stability, make that clear up front.

Good luck!

This is a pretty vague question, so the writer and I actually went back and forth over email for a while. My knee-jerk recommendation had been happy hour at our more adult local drinking establishments, but that wasn’t quite what he was looking Bonita, for. There’s drinking while the sun is up at 5 “They” or “them” for one person bubbles p.m., but he seemed to be searching for gals my belly, too [Aug. 15]. But that’s probably who like a Long Island Iced Tea at noon. I because I used to work in health and mental asked him to flesh out health, where “they” this person a bit, and or “them” was either If you want a lowwas given the examconjoined twins or a commitment relationship someone with multiple ple of “trophy wives who have had enough personalities. and no kids, let your partner [or] team moms who Seems to me that know before it gets too serious. most of the time in need a break.”

That’s a peculiar your column, “the jerk” description that dings a naughty bell for would suffice. Or would this tend to hint that me. Was he looking for already-taken “they” were one of us that self-ID as male? women for no-strings fun? The conversaOK, then—“they.” I’ll just get used to it. tion ended before this dawned on me, but Respectfully, if that’s the case, I’d actually recommend One of Them looking online for companions. There are plenty of cheaters on Tinder—any Thanks for your input! Personally, profile with faceless photos is a sure I’m very comfortable with the singular sign—not to mention websites like Ashley “they,” because I have spent much of my Madison that cater specifically to those life in queer punk scenes, where gender of us with something to hide. There’s also has always been recognized as a social SeekingArrangement, a site for men with construct. money to find young hotties to spoil.

I totally understand how this evolution Now, maybe our dear writer prefers to of language can be confusing and frustratdate face to face, and he seems to be pretty ing for some, but I believe that good people sure of finding his preferred type of mate at will do the hard work of learning about a bar. I’m hesitant personal pronouns out of love for their to name fellow humans. Most of us would specific never disrespect or insult busisomeone over their nesses, personal identity (gender, sex, race, et. al.), but some still scoff at the singular “they” like a mule digging its hooves into the past, refusing to budge. By using a person’s preferred pronouns, you are telling them, “I see you, and you deserve to be here as you are,” but and you’re a better person he and I for it. And, by extension, the both agreed world becomes better. that “family As far as this column is constyle” chain restaucerned, you’re right—“the jerk” might rants probably offer the best pickings for work just fine in most cases. But I also soccer moms who are ready to step out on wanna say that I know lots of femmes and their partner. Then again, I definitely got people assigned female at birth who use cruised pretty hardcore by a genuinely sexy the singular “they.” So, you really never 50-year-old man at a townie bar a while know! f back, so you never know.

Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, use the Still—and I don’t want to assume the anonymous form at flagpole.com/getadvice, or find worst of this question, but—I feel the need Bonita on Twitter: @flagpolebonita. to say again that cheating is not necessary

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By Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com BAG LADY: The Kroger Co. has announced plans to move away from the use of plastic bags between now and 2025. Wonder if Athens Mayor Nancy Denson will be lobbying Kroger against this move, as she lobbied the Georgia legislature against a ban on plastic bags.

Georgia legislature, to work with the Republican majority; to use her legal expertise, even, to help Republican legislators get their bills phrased and explained properly.

Brian Kemp continues to run with the familiar, off-the-shelf Republican playbook, portraying Abrams as a wild-eyed radical (like all members of the “Democrat Party”) while reciting all the usual clichés: “Defend our Second Amendment rights,” “Track and deport criminal aliens,” “Give rural communities the same opportunities as the rest of Georgia,” “Reform education,” “Put the needs of hardworking Georgians ahead of special interests,” etc. And remember to say all these talking points in the heaviest possible mushmouth drawl. (Interestingly, Abrams speaks in a crisp, unaccented voice, with no ethnic or regional markers.)

PETE McCOMMONS

ATTORNEY GENERAL: Charlie Bailey dropped

by Flagpole last Friday morning. He is an old friend, as are his mother, Pam Avery, and his father, Lee Bailey (who played in Phil and the Blanks here, back in the day).

Charlie graduated from UGA and UGA Law, and while he was in school, he enjoyed the music scene while excelling academically and becoming a national champion in the law school’s moot court competition. He started working in political campaigns while still an undergraduate and then became a trial lawyer in the firm of former Gov. Roy Barnes. For the last four years, Charlie was an assistant district attorney in Fulton County, specializing in prosecuting gang-related drug and human trafficking.

In other words, Charlie has the perfect background for an attorney general, unlike his opponent, Chris Carr, who was appointed by Gov. Deal to fill a vacancy, even though he has limited legal experience.

Charlie says his main task while campaigning is reminding people what an attorney general does. As if he is speaking to a jury, he holds up three fingers. “There’s three lines of approach to the job,” Charlie says. “The attorney general represents the people of Georgia; the AG influences state and even national policy; and the AG uses the legal powers of the office to fight crime and corrup- Charlie Bailey has the bona fides to be Georgia’s Attorney General. tion.” He charges that his opponent represents pharmaceutical companies Kemp’s allies have highlighted Abrams’ rather than Georgia citizens and points out $200,000-plus debts, including back taxes, that Carr has joined a national suit to diswhile ignoring the lawsuit against Kemp mantle Obamacare. Charlie’s crime-fighting charging that he is trying to default on credentials are impeccable, and he’s ready a $500,000 loan on a bad investment. to reorient the state law department toward Abrams accrued her debt through helping representing the state’s people. family members, as did Gov. Nathan Deal, Of course, getting that message out who signed a $1.5 million note for his costs money, so, like all candidates, Charlie daughter’s business that failed. Deal had spends a lot of time attending fundraisers that on his record while he first ran for and scratching for contributions, which governor, but after he was elected, the debt is what brought him to Athens last week, sort of, you know, went away, as it were. as it is taking him all over the state. A Stacey Abrams is a black woman, a Yale Democratic trial lawyer and crime-fightLaw graduate who works across the aisle ing assistant D.A. against an appointed in the legislature. Brian Kemp is a goodRepublican bureaucrat: That’s exactly the ole-boy developer whose performance kind of matchup Charlie relishes. as secretary of state has been marred by incompetence and suppression of voting GOVERNOR: Time magazine had a cover story rights, as detailed in a recent New York recently about the Democratic candidate for Times article. It is as clear which candidate governor of Georgia, Stacey Abrams. The is better qualified as it is which candidate is article was highly laudatory, and it pointed white. What is not clear yet is which criteout an unexpected side of Abrams—her rium will motivate the majority of Georgia willingness, as minority leader in the voters. f

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