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NEWS: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Is UGA’s International Tuition Rate Fair?

ARTS: Theater Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

New Plays at Town & Gown, UGA and More MUSIC: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Mothers Return to Their Former Hometown ADVICE: Hey, Bonita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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comments section “Manager Williams carried out the responsibilities of his job. The only personnel issues in which the commission is ‘in the loop’ are about those who report to the commission—the attorney, the auditor, the manager. Manager Williams investigated and responded to the turnover and morale issues about which the commission expressed concern.”

— Jerry NeSmith From “City Manager: Police Chief Lost Confidence of Department,” at flagpole.com.

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Why Did Chief Freeman Leave?

POLICE CHIEF’S ABRUPT DEPARTURE RAISES CONCERNS

By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com In a move that seemed to come out of nowhere but was apparently in the works for months, Scott Freeman abruptly resigned as Athens-Clarke County police chief last week.

As an Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement town hall meeting about community relations with police was wrapping up on Thursday night, AADM co-founder Knowa Johnson announced that Freeman had been fired. That’s what the Athens Banner-Herald called it in the headline reporter Joe Johnson had just posted, although AthensClarke County Manager Blaine Williams would later tell Flagpole that he and Freeman mutually agreed that Freeman would quit for the good of the department (which sounds like something athletic directors say after they fire their coaches). A news release stated that Freeman left to “pursue other opportunities.”

Scott Freeman Mokah Jasmine Johnson’s mind immediately went to the work Freeman had done reaching out to minority communities. She wondered if he had lost his job because of it. “When those officers are out there trying to do right, trying to engage with the community, this is what they risk,” she said.

Williams hired Freeman, formerly the chief deputy of the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, to take over for the retired Jack Lumpkin in 2015. Lumpkin was an advocate of community-oriented policing—a kinder, gentler brand of law enforcement—and Freeman said he would build on Lumpkin’s work. He trained officers to recognize their implicit biases, opened up training sessions to citizens, held cookouts, created an active social media presence and issued a zero-tolerance policy for racism and excessive force. “If you do your job, I will back you up to the hilt, even if it costs me my career,” he said two years ago. “If you violate somebody’s constitutional rights, I will fight the GBI to be the first one to put handcuffs on you.”

That philosophy was tested shortly after he was hired, when a white officer shot a young black man who appeared to reach for a gun during questioning. Freeman backed that officer, and he backed the officer who restrained an emotional 10-year-old boy while arresting his father in July. He also quickly fired an officer who hit a fleeing suspect with his patrol car in June. All three decisions enraged a substantial portion of the population, depending on their political leanings.

One exchange at the AADM town hall, in particular, illustrated the racial minefield of policing in a post-Black Lives Matter world, when the all-black panel did not agree on whether the white officer restraining the 10-year-old black boy was racist. “I don’t think it was racist at all,” said the boy’s

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father, Jawoski Collins. “They had to do what they had to do.”

Imani Scott-Blackwell, a member of the progressive group Athens for Everyone, said it was an example of the police’s historical role as a racist entity. “You’re exercising your power in a white supremacist society by thinking it’s OK to throw around a child in the first place.”

Robert Woods, director of the Georgia ACLU’s Smart Justice campaign to end cash bail, took a middle view: Race is an issue, and so is class. There is a racist element to the criminal justice system, as shown by the disproportionate incarceration of African Americans, he said, but not all white officers are racist.

Shane Sims, a former convict who’s now ACCPD’s chaplain, said he was ready to “call in the NAACP, the Black Panthers,” when he saw a short snippet online.

When he saw the full video, though, he calmed down. Mokah Johnson described the officers as “polite” and “decent” the vast majority of the time.

It’s more about power than race, Sims said—while in prison, he saw black guards mistreat black prisoners worse than white guards. That drew a rebuke from audience member Kimberly Davis, who said those guards were trapped in a system of white supremacy.

The fear in some quarters of the community is that Freeman lost his job for trying to address these complicated issues—that this was a coup by a group of wannabe Vic Mackeys. Why at least some officers were unhappy with Freeman’s leadership remains a mystery, but Williams said he’d been monitoring attrition and morale in the police department for five or six months. “Real or perceived, there’s been an erosion in confidence in the chief,” he told Flagpole. “The chief has done a lot of great things, but I’ve got to bring some stability to the department.”

It’s not entirely Freeman’s fault that ACCPD has been having trouble recruiting and retaining officers, because that’s a nationwide issue, Williams said, and there was no one incident that led to the decision that he resign. “I’ve done a lot of listening,” said Williams, who has the power to hire and fire all county department heads. “This is not a handful of disgruntled officers. This is a management issue that I have to deal with.”

Despite being in the works for some time, the move came as a surprise to many, including Commissioner Melissa Link. “I’m shocked,” Link said. “As an elected official, I feel like I should have been kept in the loop that this was happening. My constituents are shocked, too.”

Internal management issues aside, Williams said he was happy with Freeman’s

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policy direction of emphasizing community policing, and he wants a permanent replacement who will continue that work.

“There are a lot of good things Chief Freeman brought to the community,” such as improved transparency, Williams said.

In the meantime, he appointed Capt.

Mike Hunsinger as interim chief. Hunsinger is a 30-year veteran of the ACC police force and a graduate of the FBI academy.

Williams said that he felt Hunsinger can bring stability to the department.

A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall Athens-Clarke County officials are looking at revamping stormwater management.

Residents could be getting more help from the government with flooding on their property, but depending on how commissioners decide to fund the program, they could wind up paying higher fees as well.

Currently, ACC focuses on flooding on public streets and minimizing pollution from stormwater runoff. The program is funded by a mix of sales taxes for infrastructure and a stormwater management fee charged to property owners based on their amount of impervious surface like parking lots, minus credits for mitigation like rain gardens or green rooftops.

“Are we doing enough stuff?” Transpor­ tation and Public Works Director Drew Raessler asked. “Are we charging the right amount? Are we giving enough credits?”

Commissioners ordered a review of the program in March 2017, and the county hired the global consulting firm Stantech, which provided options for funding and expansion at a work session last week.

“Stormwater is hard to talk about, because it’s so diffuse,” said Stantech’s Bill Zieburtz. “We’re all part of creating water-quality impacts.”

An online survey taken by 300 people and feedback from two public hearings found broad support for stormwater management among the public, but some confusion about sources of the problem. While 37 percent of people said they have stormwater issues on their property, only 11 percent believed they’re contributing to stormwater problems downstream.

Not everyone is aware of the need to maintain detention ponds or ditches on their property. “Things are going undone,” Williams said. Part of the problem is that people in low-income suburbs might not have the resources, Link said.

Commissioner Jerry NeSmith said one of his constituents complained about a neighbor cutting down trees, but the trees turned out to be around a detention pond and had to be cleared by law. “The No. 1 problem is educating the citizens about what their responsibilities are, what they own and what they have to take care of,” NeSmith said.

Or the government could do it for them—but that would cost money and could create risk for ACC. Already, ACC manages 355 miles of drainage pipes, 4,000 manholes, 320 miles of ditches, 13,000 catch basins and 653 outflows. Nearly $100 million in maintenance projects are on the horizon, Zieburtz said.

One option for expanding service would involve hiring more employees and buying more equipment or hiring contractors to inspect, clean and maintain county infrastructure. An even higher level of service would address problems on privately owned easements.

The stormwater utility fee the commission created in 2005 to fund federally mandated stormwater management averages about $42 a year. If ACC officials decide to expand the program or stop funding it with SPLOST, that fee would rise to $56 or $72, on average.

The commission originally created the fee—while cutting property taxes—so that entities like UGA, schools and churches that don’t pay taxes but contribute to stormwater issues would pay their fair share. Zieburtz said that funding method is increasingly common, especially in college towns, because it’s more equitable.

Raessler asked the commission to vote on a level of service in November, before voting on a funding source next spring. But commissioners weren’t ready to decide last week. “This is taking a long time to process,” Commissioner Allison Wright said. “I don’t know if we need another work session for your answer. I think so.” f

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TIME After TIME HOW COVERAGE OF THE SOUTH CHANGED BETWEEN 1964–2018

By James C. Cobb news@flagpole.com TIME magazine’s Aug. 6–13, 2018 issue was dedicated to the South and featured Georgia Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Stacey Abrams on the cover. In conjunction with this issue, the nice folks at time.com asked the Ol’ Bloviator to look at TIME’s take on the South way back in the critical year of 1964. What follows is a close approximation of that piece.

During the 1950s and ’60s, New York-based publications like TIME, Newsweek and Harper’s regularly devoted special issues or sections to the South, assessing the region’s progress in surmounting the barriers of racism, poverty and educational backwardness that continued to separate it from the rest of the country—meaning, effectively, the Northern states, which had long served as the embodiment of American ideals of virtue, enlightenment and prosperity.

Sensing that the Civil Rights Act of 1964, passed and speedily signed into law on July 2, marked a truly “historic turning point in the relations between the races in the U.S.,” the editors of TIME devoted a portion of the July 17, 1964 edition to assessing Southern reaction to the law during the first week that it was in effect. Though it had been 10 years since the Supreme Court declared de jure segregation in public schools unconstitutional, fewer than one in 10 black pupils in the states where dual school systems had supposedly been outlawed were actually attending racially integrated schools. Now, with its sweeping prohibition of racial discrimination in public accommodations such as restaurants and hotels, the Civil Rights Act promised more integration overnight than the court’s decree had accomplished in a decade.

Despite warnings that such peremptory federal action might trigger a “race war” in the South, to the clear relief of TIME’s

editors, this did not seem to be in the offing. Across the South, blacks and whites were seen eating and lodging together without incident.

It wasn’t all pretty, to be sure. In rural North Georgia, near Athens, for example, a shotgun blast from a passing car had killed black educator and Army Reserve officer Lemuel Penn. Still, in all, TIME’s editors thought that “the South’s initial compliance with the new Civil Rights law was, by any standard, encouraging.”

This guarded optimism also surfaced in a companion piece that hailed segregationist Louisiana Sen. Allen Ellender’s warning that any further Southern opposition to the Civil Rights Act must respect “the orderly process established by law” as “a statement of stunning reasonableness,” reason to hope that future resistance might at least be pursued by legal rather than extralegal means.

The generally peaceful white acquiescence to the Civil Rights Act suggested that even if white Southerners’ feelings about their black neighbors were impervious to legislation, their overt behavior was not. The readiness of black Southerners to step forward to test the actual viability of the new statute was also heartening, though hardly more so than their courage and resolve in responding to the Freedom Summer voter registration effort then underway.

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The cover of this issue of TIME bore a sketch of William Faulkner, and its cover story delved into Faulkner’s writings for “a deeper analysis of the traditions, emotions and psychological factors” that were at once the root of the race problem in the South and the key to its solution. Faulkner had been among those who warned of potential bloodshed if the federal government moved too abruptly to dismantle segregation, and his dark and savage portrayals of white racial hatred in novels like Light in August hardly inspired optimism.

Yet his fiction also offered characters like Isaac McCaslin in Go Down Moses, who was dogged by guilt and struggled desperately to find the personal courage to reject the white South’s racist rituals and dogma.

Faulkner saw the South’s ultimate racial salvation coming not from legal coercion, but from changes in the mindset of the region’s whites, but while surprised, he might also have understood that their general accommodation to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was at least reason to hope that the change of heart might at last be underway.

TIME’s editors and writers could hardly have imagined that within scarcely a decade, the South would not simply be “accepted into the fraternity of states,” as one writer put it, but wielding substantial influence over national affairs. This remarkable upgrade in standing reflected not only continued progress in the South, but striking changes in the confidence and relative moral authority of those Americans who had long judged its progress from distant perches north of the Mason-Dixon line.

Some of the forces behind this jarring shakeup were beginning to stir even as TIME’s take on the South went to press.

The “white backlash” against the civil rights movement, which would soon envelop the

entire country, was foretold in the presidential campaign of Barry Goldwater, a staunch opponent of the Civil Rights Act, who accepted the Republican nomination on July 16, the day before the official publication date of that issue. Goldwater’s blatant courtship of lifelong white Democrats outraged by their party’s aggressive embrace of civil rights won him five Deep South states that November and set the stage for Richard Nixon’s more skillfully implemented “Southern strategy.”

The white backlash would expand and intensify in the face of surging black violence in the inner cities. Outcry against forced integration in places like Chicago and old abolitionist Boston gave ample proof that racial intolerance was every bit as real and ugly up North as down South. Once dynamic Northern cities hemorrhaged jobs, capital and people to the more salubrious business and living climates of a suddenly vibrant Southern corridor.

As these developments compounded, historian C. Vann Woodward noted that “the old grounds for Northern moral superiority gave way” and “self-righteousness withered along the Massachusetts-Michigan axis.”

Interestingly enough, Woodward’s commentary appeared in the Sept. 27, 1976 issue of TIME, which was largely devoted to a South that no longer seemed an iffy destination, but a beckoning land of “spectacular beauty,” where yesterday’s night-riding rednecks were today’s laid-back, fun-loving “good ol’ boys” like Billy Carter. Meanwhile, Billy’s more buttoned-down older brother, Jimmy, stood ready to lead the nation out of its funk. As an optimistic Saturday Review writer had put it a few weeks earlier, here was a South no longer walled off from the rest of the nation, but one whose racial progress, capable leaders and dynamic economy seemed to offer “a foretaste of the New America.”

That this suggestion proved prophetic— albeit largely in ways that ran counter to the liberal writer’s hopes—should not have been surprising. Nor should we resist seeking a glimpse of the nation’s future in a South still very much in transition today.

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“Although my parents have been domiciled and operating a highly successful solar energy business in Georgia for 11 years, I do not qualify to pay in-state tuition because my family immigrated to the US on an E-2 Investor visa,” Kullmann wrote. In addition, she wrote that her family pays state property, income and sales taxes annually.

Two months went by with no response. Kullmann said she contacted the Office of the Registrar representative

By Ashlyn Webb news@flagpole.com again, and he advised her to resend the letter with a note simply saying, “This is the second time I have sent my niversity of Georgia student Sherine Kullmann has unable to work toward permanent residency status. The request. I’d like a written response.” lived in the United States for the majority of her life. visa is unlike a green card, which allows immigrants to live This time, she received a response—but not the one she Her family emigrated from Germany to Madison, GA so her and work in the U.S. permanently. Both state-sponsored was hoping for. “I have received and reviewed your request father could start a solar energy company in 2007. scholarships—HOPE and Zell—require recipients to be a for the University of Georgia to waive the out-of-state porKullmann attended Morgan County High School, graduU.S. citizen, a permanent resident or a green-card holder. tion of your tuition for the fall 2016 semester. After due ating at the top of her class in 2016 with a grade point averTo obtain in-state tuition and Georgia residency, stuconsideration, however, I am unable to grant your request,” age of over 4.0. She was president of her school’s Key Club dents are required to live in the state for a year prior to the read Morehead’s response. He did not give a reason why her and the head of her section in band. first day of class. Kullmann has lived in Georgia for 12 years request was denied.

Despite this, Kullmann is not eligible to pay in-state and is still fighting for in-state tuition.

Less than two weeks later, the balance of her freshtuition at the University of Georgia under state man-year tuition hit her student account—over policy, nor is she eligible for HOPE or other $15,000 for just fall semester. “My parents can’t scholarships. She must pay more than $30,000 pay that money out of pocket. That’s an insane out-of-pocket a year, since she is classified as an amount,” Kullmann said. “I wish people would international student. have told us beforehand, because that maybe Kullmann expected, as many top students could have changed things… like where I would do, that her grades, test scores and extracurhave gone to college.” ricular involvement would lead to a prestigious After spending her freshman year at UGA, Georgia public university and enough in scholKullmann moved back alone to Germany—a arships to cover her tuition. At least, that’s country where she hadn’t lived since she was what she was told repeatedly throughout high 8—because of the cost of attending UGA. The school and when applying for early admission combined cost of her flight, living expenses and to UGA in fall 2015. “They told me I would be tuition in Germany was less than international eligible for the HOPE Scholarship and the Zell tuition alone at UGA. However, after a year Miller Scholarship because I qualify for everyoverseas, Kullmann moved back to Athens, thing… the GPA, the test scores, the Georgia because the quality of education at UGA is betresidency,” she said. ter, she said.

Unlike Georgia students who fall under the Greg Trevor, UGA’s executive director for Board of Regents’ infamous Policy 4.1.6—which media communications, said students holding bars them from attending competitive-enrollE-2 visas make up a small proportion of UGA’s ment universities like UGA or requires them to student body—a total of eight this semester.

Sherine Kullmann, originally from Germany, is considered an international student at UGA, although pay international tuition at open-enrollment “In-state tuition is generally only available to her family came to the U.S. legally and has lived in Madison since she was 8 years old. public colleges and universities because they students who can demonstrate U.S. citizenlack documentation—Kullmann came to the ship, permanent residency or progress toward U.S. legally. The only thing holding her back from receivIn April 2016, Kullmann accepted an offer of admisbecoming a permanent resident,” Trevor said in an email. ing scholarships to cover the cost of attending her dream sion to the University of Georgia. Not long after, she went “The university can issue waivers granting in-state tuition school is her E-2 nonimmigrant classification. to the Office of the Registrar and Office of International to out-of-state residents under specific circumstances outE-2 visas are temporary and require holders to renew Education to figure out how her family could afford tuition. lined by the University System of Georgia.” them every five years if they wish to continue residing in According to Kullmann, an Office of the Registrar repreTrevor said he couldn’t comment specifically on the U.S. Essentially, an E-2 visa allows a national of a treaty sentative told her he thought she should be able to receive Kullmann’s financial aid status because of federal privacy country to be admitted to the U.S. when investing a subin-state tuition, since she and her family had lived in the law. stantial amount of capital in a U.S. business, according to U.S. for nine years at the time. The representative sugKullmann, meanwhile, said she hopes that by telling her U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. In this case, the gested that Kullmann write a letter to UGA President Jere story, she might convince the Board of Regents to change Kullmanns invested in and established their own business.

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Fall Into Local Theater DRAMA AND SPORTS, POTIONS AND POISONS, CHURCHES AND COMEDY

By Dina Canup arts@flagpole.com

Arsenic and Old Lace Everyone is totally nuts in this black comedy that slayed Broadway audiences with laughter in 1941, when it was new. The farce features the Brewster family and their lovable, homicidal madness: the relatively sane drama critic (Andrew Rabanal); his aunts (Allyson Brannon and Stephanie Hancock) who have

a poisoning-old-men hobby; his delusional, grave-digging brother (Jason Dyer); and his other brother (Justin Carter), who is a murderer with a drunken sidekick (Tommy Murray). It can be tough to pull off recurring jokes about Boris Karloff and Teddy Roosevelt 77 years later, but a lively cast and a game audience can make it a fun night of insanity— especially in dinner theater format, where the spectator is another guest at the table.

Arsenic and Old Lace, by Joseph Kesselring, is presented by Brightstone Theatre Sept. 21–22 at 6 p.m. and as a dessert matinee Sept. 22–23 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $30 for the dinner show, $20 for dessert matinees and available at 706-705-2599 or brightstoneathens.

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The Tall Girls Decades before Title IX could have been imagined, the idea of a bunch of girls wanting to be basketball players must have seemed like a joke—especially in a remote, depression-ravaged place like Poor Prairie. These girls (Caroline Wilson, Emma Mathews, Caroline Caden, Hannah Martin, Kiana Washington), however, are dead serious about the game and their hope that it will offer an escape to a better life. There’s a new ball and a mysterious, somewhat sketchy new coach (Carter Iddings) in town, bringing together a ragtag group of players who are passionate about the sport and about getting off the prairie.

This promising cast of young theater majors brings athleticism and teamwork to this vibrant play directed by Anna Pieri, who knows her way around the prairie and the court. It’s got dialogue written to accompany the dribbling of a basketball, the immediacy of live sports onstage and the risks to go with it, featuring a strong cast that knows how to catch a rebound. For those who love sports, drama or both, they can expect a winning night of theater from this group.

The Tall Girls, by Meg Miroshnik, is presented by UGA Theatre in the Cellar Theatre Friday, Sept. 21, Saturday, Sept. 22 and Tuesday, Sept. 25–Friday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m., with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sundays, Sept. 23 and 30. Tickets are $15, $12 for UGA students and available at 706-5424400 and ugatheatre.com/tallgirls.

Titania (Joelle Re Arp-Dunham).

The ensemble-led show, according to artistic director Arp-Dunham, “is filled with music and beauty [and] is physical and easy to understand so people who have never quite [gotten] the appeal of Shakespeare, are new to it or have loved it for years will enjoy it.”

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, is presented by Circle Ensemble Theatre Company at the Winterville Auditorium Sept. 21–22 and 28–29 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees Sept. 23 and 30. School performances are Sept. 21 and 27 at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at 706-362-2175 and circleensembletheatre.com.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Four mismatched lovers, a troupe of bumbling actors and some mischievous fairies spend one crazy, confusing night in the forest in this oft-performed Shakespearean comedy. Hermia (Julia Rossing Wilson) loves Lysander (Fields Mallory), and Helena (Chelsea Cogan) loves Demetrius (Carmine Arca), but Demetrius loves Hermia, who is expected to marry him but refuses. The fairy Puck (Kendall Lively) mismanages some love potion that makes everything worse, especially for would-be player Bottom (Eric Mojica) and fairy queen

Fences This Pulitzer-winning classic of American theater follows a family in the 1950s as they wrestle with the anguish of youthful dreams past and present, along with the damage caused by institutional racism and individual choices. It’s about stubborn patriarch Troy (Nic Starr), a former Negro League baseball star and present-day sanitation worker, and his relationship with his sons, his wife, his friends and his circumstances.

Fences was revived on Broadway in 2010 with Denzel Washington as Troy, described

by Ben Brantley of The New York Times as

a character “whose name aptly evokes a legendary, ruined splendor… a first-class mythmaker, which means that he’s also a first-class storyteller and a first-class self-deceiver, and that we’re going to hang on his words.”

This production comes to Athens from metro Atlanta and features the Etheridge Arts Ensemble of Marietta, an acting troupe that supports the efforts of Young Voices United, a nonprofit organization that aims to provide underprivileged youth with opportunities to nurture life skills through the performing arts. Proceeds from this production will benefit Athens Area Paine College Club’s annual scholarship drive and its United Negro College Fund campaign.

Fences, by August Wilson, is presented by the Etheridge Arts Ensemble of Marietta at the Morton Theatre Sept. 22 at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and available at 706-247-6777, 770363-0400, athensareapc@gmail.com or iv2016.com.

Showtime at First Baptist First Baptist of Ivy Gap has caught fire after getting struck by lightning.

The plucky wife of the pastor (Nancy Powell) gets together with her fellow church ladies to plan a fundraising showcase, in hopes of cheering folks up and rebuilding the sanctuary. With a conservative, all-male board of deacons sitting in judgement on some questionable songand-dance choices, what could possibly go wrong?

Showtime at First Baptist, by Ron Osborne, is presented by Winder-Barrow Community Theatre at the Colleen O. Williams Theater Sept. 21–22 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15, $13 for students, seniors and teachers and available at 770-867-3106 or winderbarrowtheatre.org. f

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he artist is a paradox. One side is cultivated—the technique that takes a lifetime of discipline, patience and order.

The other side is wild, with the inborn singular perspective that sees the world differently. The painter lives in our city, but sees it in shadows and light. The musician walks down our street, yet hears not jackhammers and sirens, but rather snares and Stratocasters. The comic mines mirth from the mundane.

George Carlin knew this, and often answered the tired question, “What would you be if not a comic?” immediately: “A trial lawyer. Same job!” The confused interviewers moved on, and that’s a shame, because Carlin was trying to explain the paradox— the puzzler’s brain inside a man who can solve the puzzle for the rest of us. The setup is the opening statement, the punchline the final argument, the laugh the verdict.

Brian Regan is such a litigator. He offers a dubious premise (ironing boards are hilarious), presents the evidence with words and cadences he’s refined over a thousand performances (every ironing board on the planet opens like a witch being boiled in oil), plays on our sympathy a little (he imagines a hapless inventor trying to get the “surfboard-shaped device supported on two thin crisscrossing poles balancing a metal object filled with water the temperature of lava” past a skeptical safety board) and in the “ladies and gentleman, do justice” final argument, lands the joke by contrasting raw physical comedy (opening the ironing board) with a quote from Macbeth (shrieking “double, double, toil and trouble”).

The verdict? It kills every time.

“I love the craft. I love moving words around, changing an adjective,” says Regan.

“A joke I started in January is different in December. It’s a piece of clay that I’m turning into a vase.”

Comedy is born from tragedy, we’re told; therefore, a comic is driven by pathos. But Regan is a paradox here, too. The former college football player was raised in Miami in a big—he’s one of eight siblings—happy Catholic family where jokes told at the dinner table were currency. “Unless you get people laughing, nobody’s passing any fish sticks down your way,” he says. “I exist!”

But his early hits were accidental. When Dad pulled the family station wagon over to allow a funeral procession to pass, Regan asked, “Have you ever seen a real, live dead man?” As the mourners filed past, his dad guffawed. The son was intrigued.

The clouds parted in his college speech class, where the week’s assignment was

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“sell a product.” Regan’s “product” was a mystery item concealed in a rumpled brown paper bag. The class perked up. His deadpan pitch: “Are you ugly? Do people cross the street when they see your face? Then you need (carefully removes the item from the bag and casts it aside) The Paper Bag!” The class howled at the bait-and-switch. The matronly instructor chortled. He remembers walking back to his dorm, electrified: “What was that?”

That, of course, was the lightning strike, evidence that he saw the world differently.

If he could harness it, this could be a job.

So, he went to work. He presented himself at The Comic Strip, where he flipped burgers and auditioned. On his fifth try, the club owner let him go on at the end of the night as the headliners were wrapping and the audience shuffling out.

The funnier he got, the more they stayed.

Could he go on every night? No comic had ever asked before, but sure, kid. He’d put the burgers on, turn the burner down, take the apron off, do five minutes onstage, put the apron back on—the burgers were done. “They didn’t even know they were looking at the cook,” he says with a laugh.

At closing time, perplexed patrons glimpsed the embarrassed stage talent dumping the kitchen trash out back.

He got better, and then he got great.

Comedy clubs with cracked vinyl booths became theaters with velvet chairs, stuffed with devoted fans won solely on the strength of his stand-up. Now, Jerry Seinfeld calls Regan his favorite comedian, while Chris Rock once said, “No comedian in the world says, ‘Yeah, I want to follow Brian Regan.’”

Nonetheless, he’s still taking risks, relentlessly sculpting. When critics praised his physical comedy, he switched to a narrative style. Audiences relaxed into his dad jokes, but now he’s on Palestine and gun control. “I like when you can’t predict what I’m going to do,” he says. “Like music, comedy is ever-evolving.”

He promised me 20 minutes and gave me 45. He laughed at my jokes, patiently allowed my tortured courtroom analogies and quipped, “Thanks for saying I’m smart.

Most people compare me to a clown.” I’m telling you: Kills every time. f

WHO: Brian Regan WHERE: The Classic Center WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m.

HOW MUCH: $37.50–$57.50

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lot of good, new stuff that’s labeled as Americana—from metal singer turned Texas troubadour Cody Jinks to that rumored Black Lips country album— reflects the changing tastes of rock musicians. Add Craig Brown, a longtime member of the Detroit-based Terrible Twos and Michigan/New Jersey collective Liquor Store, to that list. His Craig Brown Band’s recent run of success isn’t just part of a new trend, though, as its 2017 full-length on Third Man Records was the culmination of years of bedroom recordings and garagepunk friendships.

“I’ve been recording music in this sort of genre with mandolins and banjos since I was 20, and I’m 34,” Brown says. “All of this stuff started with me doing this stuff with a four-track for years and years.”

A single issued by Eric Love of Urinal Cakes Records’ Western Where imprint landed Brown a booking at the 2014 Hamtramck Labor Day Fest before he’d even formed a live band. The next thing he

out of a van. Country singers put a lot of work into touring, as well, but there’s something way more rock and roll about the idea of barreling down the highway in a ride that’s liable to break down at any time. Such inevitabilities turn life-affirming adventures into stressful situations. The latter scenario gives Brown the blues in “The Planet Song.”

For Brown, who’s lived out of vans in between jobs for years now, some things never change. “We’ve had insane ups and downs,” he says. “The downs seem a lot crappier in this band, when you’ve done such crazy shit as open for Dwight Yoakam or play at the arena where I watch the Pistons play at, opening for Jack [White].

Then, you break down on the way to Pittsburgh for a show they didn’t know you were supposed to play, and you’re like, ‘What am I doing with my life?’”

By migrating with others from beneath the wide and nearly indefinable garagepunk umbrella into Americana territory, the Craig Brown Band is tooling down highways

knew, Brown caught the attention of Jack White, a fellow Detroit rocker with good taste in country music. That connection found the group opening for hardcore staple Negative Approach at Third Man’s Detroit location and ultimately cutting a single and album for the label home of Margo Price and Joshua Hedley. Dave Buick, a longtime friend of Brown’s and the head of Italy Records—the first label to issue a White Stripes single—helped speed up the new band’s rise up the Third Man ranks.

Brown’s current direction began with reference points shared by cowboys and rockers. “My gateway to country was when someone played me Sweetheart of the Rodeo,” he says. “I already knew The Byrds, but I didn’t know they had this twangy thing going. That led me to stuff as old as Hank Williams, [and] to Alan Jackson and Randy Travis.” Plus, he adds, “I always liked the twangier sound of the Stones’ Sticky Fingers and stuff like that.”

The Craig Brown Band’s backstory—a recording project that gained steam as a live act—and lyrical content don’t stray far from punk rock tradition. For example, debut Third Man single “Overthinking” is about the freedom that comes with living

to play with bands with similar backstories.

One of the Athens openers is Nashvillebased Country Westerns, featuring former local turned Music City bar investor Joey Plunkett. Another Nashville band called Teddy and the Rough Riders will play, as well, serving as a reminder that good stuff exists beyond the constraints of Music Row. After a decade-plus slow burn, Brown finds himself playing country-influenced material at a time when some of the best music within those loose parameters comes from folks involved in underground rock scenes. Instead of positioning themselves to get noticed by roots tastemakers, acts like Brown look to kindred spirits like White, a fellow Midwestern punk whose appreciation for Wanda Jackson and Loretta Lynn positioned him to lead a new wave of country rockers and Nashville rebels. f

WHO: Craig Brown Band, Teddy & the Rough Riders, Country Westerns WHERE: Nowhere Bar WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 19, 9 p.m.

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Athens Jazz Festival Showcases a Range of Local Talent

By Rosemary Scott music@flagpole.com

The Globe, Hendershot’s and Porterhouse Grill. Sigalas says she wants to honor those businesses that support the jazz community by incorporating them into the Athens Jazz Festival.

year-round,” Sigalas says. “We want to see the entire community embrace it and be ocal public radio station WUGA involved, and spreading out this way is a 91.7/94.5 FM and nonprofit great way to do that.”

JazzAthensGA, or JAGA, have While Sigalas booked the talent and teamed up once more to present this year’s coordinated the festival, WUGA Athens Jazz Festival on Saturday. The General Manager Jimmy Sanders Louis Romanos free, family-friendly festival has relocated says his organization gathered the from the Georgia Center to Bishop Park resources to fund and promote the and boasts seven hours of nonstop perevent. Sanders says he has enjoyed formances, ranging from upbeat bop to the festival and learned from it over New Orleans-style jazz to classic swing to the years. “It struck me, not having smoother, more laid-back styles. a jazz background at all, how truly Mary Sigalas, executive director of enjoyable the music is,” Sanders says.

JAGA, has been part of the festival since it “It’s accessible to everyone.” returned from a hiatus several years ago. In Sanders adds that he hopes JAGA fact, she created JAGA on the heels of that and WUGA’s partnership will confirst event after being inspired by the local tinue beyond the festival. Both he and talent on the bill. From there, she built the Sigalas say they would like to work organization from the ground up and is together to help grow the Athens jazz now in charge of booking the festival. community.

“We are an arts organization dedicated Drummer Louis Romanos, an to the enrichment of our city with the active member of the Athens jazz music of our thriving jazz community,” scene and founding member of the Sigalas says. “We’re excited to get to showLouis Romanos Quartet, would also case that talent at the festival.” like to see the community grow. He Sigalas is an active member of the Over the course of the week leading up says that although there is no shortage of Athens jazz community, not only in her role to the festival, local venues will host jazz skilled jazz musicians in the city, they are with JAGA, but as a musician, as well. She performers to give people an opportunity to often overstretched, which causes those plays in local band The Hot Hotty-Hots, learn more about the bands and experience who want to book talent to source from whose specialty is jazz and swing music their music in a different setting. outside the Classic City. from the early 1900s. That group plays fre“We’re celebrating jazz, but we’re Romanos has performed at countless quently in venues all over town, including also celebrating those who support it events over the course of his career, and he says a good way to grow the local jazz community is to keep supporting events like Saturday’s festival.

“I’ve been to the New Orleans Jazz Festival, and I honestly prefer the Athens ➽ Who, or what, are your biggest influences?

Jazz Festival to anything a larger city has to offer,” Romanos says. “It’s really cool that a Django Reinhardt for his joyful and free spirit, which shines through every virtuosic town like Athens can put on something like improvisation. Wes Montgomery for his beautifully relaxed feel and undeniable this, and the community should come out rhythmic drive. Joe Pass for his swinging solo guitar style. [Dan Coy] and support it.”

John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. Jack DeJohnette. Billy Cobham’s Crosswinds.

The festival will feature two stages so [Louis Romanos] there is no gap between performances. The Grant Green’s Feeling the Spirit. Wes Montgomery’s Full House. Brad Mehldau’s JAGA Jazz Kids Fest, which will include Songs: The Art of the Trio Vol. 3. [Trey Wright] such family-friendly activities as a musical Lonnie Liston Smith. Miles Davis. Grover Washington Jr. [DJ Segar] petting zoo and an improv-jazz shadGetz/Gilberto. The beginning of my love for Brazilian jazz, my favorite of my parents’ ow-puppet show, is a new addition. Sigalas records. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ Moanin’. One of my first jazz pursays she hopes it will spark youngsters’ chases in college. This record really shaped and stretched my taste in music early interest in jazz so the Athens community on. Ella Fitzgerald’s Ella in Berlin. Ella is amazing and can do anything. [Laura can continue to grow into the future.

Coyle] “I’m excited about the additions for the kids, because it makes the festival more of ➽ Who are some contemporary musicians worth checking out? a family event,” Sigalas says. “We want to make jazz enjoyable for everyone.”

Jazzmeia Horn. Based in NYC, she’s an incredible vocalist carrying on the jazz traIndeed, both Sigalas and Sanders say dition with her thrilling voice and presence. Louis Heriveaux. A brilliant pianist in they have worked to include a variety of Atlanta, he plays many weeknights at Houston’s in Buckhead, so it’s easy to drop styles so those who attend can have a taste in and get a fix of some incredible jazz piano. [LC] of all the jazz Athens has to offer.

Esperanza Spalding. Avishai Cohen. Amos Hoffman. [LR] “The festival gives us the opportunity Antoine Boyer. Bireli Lagrene. Adrien Moignard. [DC] to expose a great American artform to the I’ve recently been exploring European jazz artists as part of the Jazz in Europe community,” Sanders says. “There’s not an study-abroad course I’m teaching at Kennesaw State: Ralph Lavital. Pierre de opportunity to enjoy all these acts in one Bethmann Medium Ensemble. Sylvain Luc. [TW] place, other than this one.” f

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Family Reunion MOTHERS RETURN TO THEIR OLD STOMPING GROUNDS

By Nathan Kerce music@flagpole.com

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hen Flagpole last spoke to Kristine Leschper, leader of the formerly local indie-rock band Mothers, she was prepping for a nationwide tour in celebration of the release of the band’s debut album, When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired.

That album and tour were accompanied by a whirlwind of hype and press—the most nationwide attention a new Athens band had received in nearly a decade.

After several stressful months on the road—a time that Leschper describes as both “physically and mentally unhealthy”— she made the decision to move to Philadelphia for a change of pace. Now, Mothers have released an acclaimed sophomore album, Render Another Ugly Method, and are embarking on another tour. The band’s upcoming 40 Watt show will be Leschper’s first time in Athens since she moved one year ago.

“I feel nostalgic about Athens all the time,” says Leschper. “Athens is where I became a person. I grew up somewhere else, but Athens is where I found myself. I have a lot of memories of experiences there that I feel really formed me.”

Despite feeling homesick, Leschper says moving was a necessary transition. “I

moved to Philadelphia as a challenge to myself,” she says. “I’ve never lived in a big city before, but in a lot of ways, Philadelphia just kind of made sense to me… I don’t feel that moving to Philadelphia has inherently changed anything about me or the way I work, but it’s been really nice to be out of my comfort zone.”

In addition to to the change in scenery, Mothers have gone through a series of personnel shakeups. According to Leschper, the band is a naturally collaborative project, and she is always open to new artists contributing their talents, even if for just a short time.

Leschper clarifies, “Matt [Anderegg] was the first person I really played music with— the first person I really trusted to work on my songs and to collaborate with. So, we are the core collaborators of the project, and the other collaborators we’ve worked with have changed over time.”

Render Another Ugly Method signifies a songwriting evolution for Leschper, who comes from the world of poetry and has

made a point to work creative writing techniques into her songs. She refers to the album as a “really active text,” and says it was shaped by her exposure to new styles of music.

“When You Walk was written very quickly and intuitively without much fuss, while writing Render was more about challenging whatever was initially written and kind of tearing that apart and reassembling it,” Leschper explains. “It references the cut-up techniques that the Dadaists used that was later used by William Burroughs. The process often included discarding most of a written song in order to rewrite around one small, particular section.”

On their website and in press releases, Mothers have included a sort of thesis statement to go along with the new album.

It reads, “Render Another Ugly Method is an assemblage of personal vignettes and imagined scenarios that examine consent, escape of the body, power and powerlessness and the act of making.”

“I’ll say that my writing in general tends to be self-referential, in that I’m often writing about the act of writing itself,” says Leschper. “I feel really caught up on how being a maker sometimes feels connected to my selfworth… I think [it’s] really indulgent and harmful to feel that way—to couple your creative output with your right to exist… So, a lot of my writing is about dissecting this and trying to establish a healthier relationship with my own work.

“That’s where the title of the record comes from,” she explains. “To render another ugly method is to create work in this ugly way that seeks validation through itself. That’s sort of a trope that I’m aware of in my own work ethic that I’ve been writing about a lot in order to better understand it.” f

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trably dense, but as the notes also suggest, there’s a calm here somewhere. You’ll have a hell of a time finding it, but I assure you it’s there. At face value, it’s aggressive and cheeky and noisy, but the flow these three have together is unmistakable and, for careful listeners, unmissable. Hat tip to Hinds for reworking the cover art for Eat a Peach, too.

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railway pass with no problems at all, and the guitar hitches along as would a fine companion. But this EP bares its teeth in a way previous releases haven’t. It’s as if the amount of strength it took to get up off the crying floor was also just enough to bite down and sneer. Listen in at lovemytruck. bandcamp.com.

NOW DIG THIS: WUGA 91.7/94.5 FM and JazzAthensGA will present the 2018 Athens Jazz Festival at Bishop Park Saturday, Sept. 22 from 11 a.m.–7 p.m. The all-day concert is free. Featured acts, appearing in order, are Putnam High School Jazz Band, DJ Segar, Big Band Athens, Chris Enghauser Trio, Romanos and Ellington, Clouds, Trey Wright and Laura Coyle, The Hobohemians, Starkey, Coy and Norris and Lawless Quintet. Here’s to the weather holding out nicely and everyone having a nice time. For more information, see p. 11 and facebook.com/JazzAthensGA. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: This is really for the new folks in town, but useful for all, so read on. As a weekly paper, nearly everything printed in Flagpole—including this column—is wrapped up a week or more before publication. Quite often, there’s a ton of stuff I would love to have featured, but it crossed my desk too late. Material for this column is gathered from my own research, tips, conversations and things folks send in.

I’m still a staunch believer that just because something’s happening doesn’t mean it’s necessarily news. That said, if there’s something you’re doing, releasing, hosting—or whatever—that you’d like covered, getting it to me on time is still your best fighting chance. In this case, “on time” means at least 10 days in advance of publication. I can’t mention everything, some things aren’t worth mentioning, and even if something does get covered, there’s always a chance I’ll have a sour opinion on it. Those are the breaks, folks. But the breadth of this column is very wide, as is what I consider to be the Athens music scene. To this end, I’m generally game to cover most charity events, campus concerts, church choirs performing special works, etc. Most political events aren’t considered, unless they feature particularly good lineups.

The email address to get in touch is always published right here at the top of the page, so, I dunno, cut it out and put it in your wallet or something. f

LET SLEEPING CATS LIE: Oddly magical duo Love My Truck is back for another swing with its second EP in a month, and third for the season. These four new tracks arrive under the title Songs From the Litter Box. Opening track “Fraud” pairs the tongue-lashing brutality of WUOG 90.5 FM’s 10 Most-Played Recordings vengeful heartache with a Sept. 5–11 tune that could have easily been written by the late, 1. Mitski Be the Cowboy (Dead Oceans) desert-disappeared Jim 2. The Beths Future Me Hates Me (Carpark) Sullivan. The main thread 3. Idles Joy as an Act of Resistance (Partisan) running through these 4. Free Cake for Every Creature The Bluest Star (Double Double Whammy) songs is the concept of 5. Deer Eyes Deer Eyes (Independent Release)* home and everything that 6. Denzel Curry TA1300 (Loma Vista/Concord) can imply: safety, empti 7. Snail Mail Lush (Matador) ness, preparation, loneli 8. Unknown Mortal Orchestra Sex & Food (Jagjaguwar) ness, whimsy, etc. It’s very 9. Tom Misch Geography (Beyond the Groove) easy to listen to Love My 10. Dorian Concept The Nature of Imitation (Brainfeeder) Truck and mindlessly bliss * local release · Get the latest WUOG news, including the Live in the Lobby schedule, at wuog.org. out. The pedal steel carries the listener over a psychic

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Lyndon House Arts Center · 6–9 p.m. · FREE! Highlighting a new season of exhibitions, the Lyndon House will host an artist talk with Lisa Freeman, Shawn Campbell and Chase Campbell. Inspired by wartime atrocities, Freeman’s solo exhibition, “So It Goes,” demonstrates her ability to traverse media by pairing painted portraits of forlorn children with small-scale assemblages that incorporate clay figurines and found objects. Shawn’s series of photographs, “The End of a Perfect Day,” provides a curious look into tailgating culture at UGA. Chase will speak on behalf of the group exhibition “Present & Accounted For,” which highlights members of the US Artist Collective, a student group dedicated to elevating the visibility of underrepresented artists at UGA. [Jessica Smith]

40 Watt Club · 8 p.m. · $22.50–25 Since hitting the scene with 2002’s untamable folk-punk missive Reinventing Axl Rose, Gainesville, FL band Against Me! has developed into one of modern rock’s most dynamic forces. The group’s exploratory 2016 album, Shape Shift With Me, found singer-songwriter Laura Jane Grace reflecting on what it’s like to be a trans woman in an often hostile cultural climate. Grace, who both anchors and energizes the band’s killer live show, recently announced the formation of a side project, Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers, which will release a genre-spanning debut, Bought to Rot, in November. With former bassist Andrew Seward having returned to the fold, Against Me! hits Athens on Friday. [Gabe Vodicka]

Terrapin Beer Co. · 12–7 p.m. · FREE! 40 Watt Club · 8 p.m. · $10 Despite recently relocating its storeAfter 18 years, The Rock*A*Teens front from Prince Avenue to a larger returned this summer with Sixth House. building on Hawthorne, local retailer While the group’s sixth album doesn’t Indie South refuses to slow down or take throw any surprise punches, songs such a break from event planning. Its fall as “Billy Really,” “Lady Macbeth” and fest will include more than 50 regional “Crystal Skies” rise above the signature vendors offering vintage and handmade haze of reverb and distortion layered over items not limited to jewelry, leatherwork, singer and guitarist Chris Lopez’s hauntnatural bath and body products, ceraming tales of heartache in the Deep South. ics and clothing. Interesting selections The current lineup of Lopez, guitarist include hand-dyed indigo by Blues for All, Justin Hughes, bass player William Joiner aromatherapy pillows by Fastsoft Press, and drummer (and former Flagpole Music wooden decor for air plants by Wildly Editor) Ballard Lesemann have channeled Urban, seed bombs by Almas & Co., and a stark and humid ambiance into their natural candles by Simply Cozy Soy. songs. With this latest round of tunes, Additionally, the day features live music, the R*A*Ts embrace their atmospheric children’s activities, a photo booth and indie-rock legacy while tightening their special tintype portraits made available focus on crafting rich and timeless meloby Salvage Sparrow. [JS] dies. [Chad Radford]

3Thurs Artist Talk

Tuesday 18 COMEDY: Open TOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) This regular comedy open mic features established comedians and newcomers alike. 9 p.m. $5. www. flickertheatreandbar.com EVENTS: Tarot Tuesday (Indie South, 470 Hawthorne Ave.) Participants will explore tarot, discuss card meanings and practice readings with Kelli McConnell.

6–8 p.m. $5 suggested donation. theindiesouth.com

Against Me!

FILM: Angst (Athens Academy) Angst is a documentary exploring anxiety in children and young adults.

Followed by a Q&A. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athensacademy.org GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Road) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com KIDSTUFF: Dangers of Toxic Friendships (ACC Library) Mary Haddon from Project Safe will talk to teens about toxic friendships. Ages 11–18. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Johnstone Lecture (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Estela Romero will speak on ambassador butterflies in “Familiar Creatures Communicate

Handmade Harvest Fall Fest

Big Messages in North American Schools.” Reception and book signing to follow. RSVP by Sept. 11. 7–9 p.m. FREE! 706-542-6138, www. botgarden.uga.edu

Wednesday 19 ART: Artful Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Sage Kincaid leads a conversation on Eugenie McEvoy’s painting, “Taxi!, Taxi!” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org COMEDY: Educated Mess (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) See stand-

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ups from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m.

FREE! hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music by Sylvia Rose Novak (Sept. 19) and B.E.N. (Sept. 26). 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: NPHC Athens Newcomers’ Reception (ACC Library) The Athens Alumni National Pan-Hellenic Council hosts an event for individuals, organizations and businesses to meet new faces

in Athens. 5–7 p.m. FREE! athensalumninphc@gmail.com EVENTS: Drink and Draw (Normal Bar) Meet up with other local artists to drink and draw. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.instagram.com/athensdrinkdraw GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday.

Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 k continued on next page

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GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Bingo (Highwire Lounge) Win prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! highwirelounge.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com KIDSTUFF: PRISM (Oconee County Library) PRISM is a safe space for all teens who share a common vision of equality. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee KIDSTUFF: Wonderful Wednesday Storytime (Bogart Ag Building) Ms. Donna presents stories, songs, rhymes and a simple craft. Ages 3.5–8. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Teen Volunteers Meeting (ACC Library) Attendees will learn about the Teen Library Council and the new VolunTEENS program. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs and crafts for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave) Meet Max Brallier in celebration of The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond. Ideal for ages 7–12. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.avidbookshop.com KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Attendees will share books, songs, puppets and rhymes. Ages 1.5–5. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens 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: The Solar System: Retrofitting Your Home with Solar Panels (ACC Library) Warren McPherson will talk about his experience adding solar panels to the Athens Montessori School roof and share advice. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens MEETINGS: Athens Retired Educators Association (Logan’s Roadhouse) Socialize with other retired teachers from Athens and stay for a program. 11 a.m. clarkc255@gmail.com

Thursday 20 ART: Opening Reception (Lamar Dodd School of Art, S264) The solo exhibition of paintings by Lee Coffey is entitled, “Five Trucks & Willem Defoe Jesus.” 2–5 p.m. FREE! art. uga.edu ART: Student Night (Georgia Museum of Art) Join the Student Association of the Georgia Museum of Art for a night of food and fun to celebrate the latest exhibitions.

6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: 3THURS Artist Talk (Lyndon House Arts Center) Lisa Freeman, Chase Campbell and Shawn Campbell will discuss their works during a group gallery walk-through.

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ART: Third Thursday Art Series (Athens, GA) Seven galleries stay open late the third Thursday of every month. Participating galleries include the Georgia Museum of Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art, ATHICA, Lyndon House Arts Center, Ciné, the GlassCube & Gallery @ Hotel Indigo and The Classic Center. 6-9 p.m.

FREE! www.3thurs.org CLASSES: Tech Tips (ACC Library) “Music Streaming with Spotify, Pandora & More.” 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Yoga in the Galleries (Georgia Museum of Art) Five Points Yoga instructors lead a class surrounded by works of art. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org COMEDY: 2 Buck Chuckles (Veronica’s Sweet Spot) Show up and go up comedy open mic. Every Thursday. 7 p.m. $2. www.facebook. com/weetspotstudio EVENTS: SMART Party Athens 2.0 (Hotel Indigo) Jeannette Rankin Women’s Scholarship Fund hosts its second annual SMART party, honoring six of the smartest women in Athens for their work in the community. Networking and prizes.

5:30 p.m. $30, $50/couple. www. rankinath.smartparty.org EVENTS: Athens PROBE College Fair (The Classic Center) Meet reps from regional post-secondary institutions, colleges, universities and technical institutions. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! www.gaprobe.org EVENTS: Ladies Night in the Winery (Boutier Winery, 4506 Hudson River Church Rd., Danielsville) Ladies are invited out for wine, food, line dancing and karaoke. 6:30 p.m. $15. boutierwinery.com EVENTS: Anniversary Party (Miller Learning Center) The Miller Learning Center celebrates their 15th anniversary with cupcakes, music, an exhibit of architect’s drawings and photos, and a visual story contest for students. 2-4 p.m. FREE! mlc.uga.edu EVENTS: Boybutante Fall Bingo (The Foundry) The Boybutante AIDS Foundation hosts a fundraiser to benefit programs that provide services to people living with HIV/AIDS. Win prizes, get fed and be entertained by queens Ms. Clementine May Jackson and Ming VaseDynasty. 7 p.m. $10 (three Bingo cards). www.boybutante.org FILM: Flicker Film Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) The fake band triple feature will include Lisztomania (1975), Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) and Streets of Fire (1984) 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Poker Night (5 Points Cigar Shop, 1720 Epps Bridge Pkwy.) Play with Interstate Poker every Thursday.

6:30 p.m. www.5pointscigars.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq KIDSTUFF: Baby Music Jam (Oconee County Library) Preschool aged children and their caregivers play instruments, sing and dance together. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3950 KIDSTUFF: UGA EcoReach (ACC Library) The UGA Ecology Club presents hands-on activities about the environment. Ages 11–18. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: Beginning Readers’ Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Ms. Carley presents early literacy activities and stories.

Ages 4–7. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison

KIDSTUFF: Madison County Schools Family Night (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Register for a library card and enjoy storytime with a sheriff’s deputy, Read to Rover, crafts and more. Hot dogs and drinks provided. 5:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Octo-Party (ACC Library) Attendees will play octopus tag, hear octopus stories and make crafts with Miss Keir. Ages 5–11.

3:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Perk, Pages and Projects (Oconee County Library) Review a project book over coffee and tea. This month’s book is Crafty Creatures by Jane Bull. Books and craft supplies provided. 10 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: American Indian Returnings (AIR) Talk (Georgia Museum of Art) Featured speaker Chadwick Allen presents “Across and Through These Lands: Earthworks, Indigenous Identity, and Return.” 4:15 p.m. FREE! cwp@ uga.edu OUTDOORS: Nature Ramblers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Meet at Shade Garden Arbor) Learn more about flora and fauna of the garden while enjoying fresh air and inspirational readings. Ramblers are encouraged to bring their own nature writings or favorite poems and essays to share with the group.

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

Friday 21 ART: Scholarly Symposium: “One Heart, One Way” (Georgia Museum of Art) The symposium accompanies the exhibition of the same name with a coffee reception and keynote lecture on Friday, then three sessions on Saturday. Sep.21, 4 p.m. Sep. 22, 9:30 a.m. www. georgiamuseum.org COMEDY: Comedy Benefit (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) A comedy show to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association at UGA. Donations welcome. 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Summer of Riesling Wrap Party and Oyster Roast (Leathers Building, Shiraz) 12 dry Riesling will be poured with a Gulf oyster dinner. 5–8 p.m. $30. shirazathens.com EVENTS: Athenspets Bar Crawl (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Stop at Little King’s Shuffle Club, Rook and Pawn, Max Canada and Boar’s Head Lounge. Adoptable dogs will be at each bar. Proceeds benefit homeless animals in Clarke County. 6:30–10 p.m. $20. www.athenspets.net EVENTS: Upper Oconee Science and Policy Summit (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Room 285) Scientists, policymakers and other community activists will give presentations on research and policy needs regarding the watershed. This year’s theme is “Exploring the Intersection of Science and Policy in the Upper Oconee Watershed.” 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. FREE! www.uown.org KIDSTUFF: Fantastic Fridays (Bishop Park) Various obstacle courses and activities for ages 10 months–4 years and their parents.

Call to register. 10–11:30 a.m. $5–7.50. 706-613-3589 LECTURES & LIT: Avid Poetry Series (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Hear poetry from Mario Chard and Carmen Giminez-Smith. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall)

The Orchestra will perform Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. 8 p.m. $20–85. www.pac.uga.edu THEATER: Arsenic and Old Lace (Brightstone Theatre) Brightstone Productions presents a dinner and dessert theater. Food by Texas Roadhouse and desserts by local vendors. When Mortimer Brewster pays a visit to his two aunts, he has no idea the crazy night he’s in for.

See Theater Notes on p. 9. Sept. 21, 6 p.m. Sept. 22–23, 2 & 6 p.m. $20– 30. www.brightstoneathens.com THEATER: Showtime at First Baptist (Winder-Barrow Community Theatre) First Baptist of Ivy Gap has caught fire. The plucky wife of the pastor gets together with her fellow church ladies to plan a fundraising showcase, in hopes of cheering folks up and rebuilding the sanctuary. See Theater Notes on p. 9. Sept. 21–22, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23, 3 p.m. $13–15. www.winderbarrowtheatre.org THEATER: The Tall Girls (UGA Fine Arts Building, Cellar Theatre, Room 55) The drama follows the girls of Poor Prairie after they form a basketball team in Depression-era America. See Theater Notes on p. 9.

Sept. 21–22 & 25–28, 8 p.m. Sept.

23 & 30, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www. ugatheatre.com/tallgirls THEATER: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Winterville Auditorium) The Circle Ensemble present William Shakespeare’s comedy. See Theater Notes on p. 9. Sept. 21–22 & 28–29, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 & 30, 2 p.m. www.circleensembletheatre. com

Saturday 22 ART: Scholarly Symposium: “One Heart, One Way” (Georgia Museum of Art) See Friday listing for full description. Sep.21, 4 p.m.

Sep. 22, 9:30 a.m. www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Flower Pressing for Adults (Oconee County Library) Learn about native flora and how to press flowers with park rangers from Hard Labor Creek State Park. 10:30 am. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee EVENTS: Harvest Moon Dinner (Williams Farm, 235 Northside Dr.) The annual farm-to-table dinner will be prepared by LRG Provisions and Last Resort Grill. Proceeds benefit the Athens Land Trust. 6–9 p.m. $150. www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Shred Event (Georgia Square Mall) Residents and small businesses can shred two boxes of sensitive materials for free (size of bankers box). Additional boxes can be shred for a fee of $5 per box, payable in cash. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3512 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: Democrats at the Depot (Old Train Depot, Colbert) The Madison County Democrats present a meet-and-greet with Democratic candidates. Festivities include local music, a bounce house, ring toss, face tattoos, bingo, raffles, craft vendors and food from Duke’s BBQ. 12–4 p.m. FREE! tufstsandhill@ gmail.com EVENTS: Handmade Harvest Fall Fest (Terrapin Beer Co.) Indie South hosts an outdoor market with live music, a photo booth and over 50 vendors of vintage and handmade

goods. See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

12–7 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music by Rachel O’Neal and Lavon & Nancy. 8 a.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Above Athens Balloon Festival (Sandy Creek Park) Festivities include hot air balloons, tethered balloon rides, KACCB’s Daffodil Disco, dance performances, face painting, a photo booth and more. 4–8:30 p.m. $5–10. www. accgov.com/balloon KIDSTUFF: Bubble Painting (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Paint with bubbles in an outdoor classroom. Ages 6 and up. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison KIDSTUFF: Scout’s Outing (Oconee County Library) Meet the Georgia State Parks mascot Scout the Pocket Gopher, hear stories and make trail mix. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Shipwreck on Pirate Cove (ACC Library) Learn about famous pirates through history with Mrs. Lindsay. Ages 5–10. 11 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Hargrett Writers Circle (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Hargrett Library) Writers may bring pages of their work, any genre, for group feedback. Each meeting will highlight books from Hargrett’s Collections. 2–4:30 p.m.

FREE! artzar@gmail.com LECTURES & LIT: Open Mic (Normal Books) Share your favorite poems, a passage from your novel or a story from days gone by. Each reader can share up to eight minutes of material. Co-hosted by Normal Books and the Athens Writers Association. 3–6 p.m. FREE! athenswritersassociation.wordpress.com MEETINGS: Oconee Rivers Audubon Society (Wild Birds Unlimited) A plant and seed swap featuring a presentation on the Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary program. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www. oconeeriversaudubon.org OUTDOORS: Family Fishing & Canoe (Rock Eagle 4H Center) Participants can learn about fishing.

No permit required. Bring a picnic lunch. 8:30–11:30 a.m. $3. annan@ uga.edu THEATER: Showtime at First Baptist (Winder-Barrow Community Theatre) See Friday listing for full description. Sept. 21–22, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 23, 3 p.m. $13–15. www.winderbarrowtheatre.org THEATER: The Tall Girls (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Sept. 21–22 & 25–28, 8 p.m. Sept. 23 & 30, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre.com/ tallgirls THEATER: Fences (Morton Theatre) The Etheridge Arts Ensemble of Marietta presents a production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play. Proceeds benefit the Athens Area Paine College Club’s Annual Scholarship Drive and UNCF Campaign. See Theater Notes on p.

9. 2:30 & 6:30 p.m. $30. 706-2476777, www.iv2016.com THEATER: Arsenic and Old Lace (Brightstone Theatre) See Friday listing for full description. Sept.

21, 6 p.m. Sept. 22–23, 2 & 6 p.m. $20–30. www.brightstoneathens. com THEATER: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Winterville Auditorium) See Friday listing for full description.

Sept. 21–22 & 28–29, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 23 & 30, 2 p.m. www.circleensembletheatre.com

Sunday 23 ART: Artist Reception (Athens Academy) See ceramic works by members of Southern Star Studio.

1–3 p.m. FREE! www.athensacademy.org COMEDY: Brian Regan (The Classic Center) Described as having “the perfect balance between sophisticated writing and physicality,” Regan is one of the chief comedians in the country, with a fan base that spans generations. See story on p. 10. 7 p.m. www.classiccenter.com EVENTS: Cure Stigma: Brain Health Basics from NAMI (First Presbyterian Church of Athens) Find out more about the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ educational and support programs, empowerment opportunities and free resources.

4:30 p.m. FREE! www.namihall.org EVENTS: Athens Homebrew Classic (The Tasting Room at Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company) Meet new people, try homebrewed beer and vote for the best in show.

Reservations required. 1:30-4:30 p.m. FREE! www.homebrewclassic. com EVENTS: Alzheimer’s Walk Benefit (The Foundry) Support Alzheimer’s awareness with a silent auction and benefit concert featuring Abbey Road Live. 6 p.m. $15–20. www.thefoundryathens.com EVENTS: Wine Down (Boutier Winery & Inn, 4506 Hudson River Church Rd., Danielsville) Listen to live music by Karen Tucker and sip on wine sprizters. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www.boutierwinery.com FILM: Arthouse Theatre Day (Ciné Barcafé) Ciné celebrates the purchase of its building with a full day of film screenings. Specialty films include Saving Brinton, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales, Schlock, and Thunder Road. All Day. FREE! www. athenscine.com KIDSTUFF: Pie Day (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Celebrate the center’s 45th year with homemade pies, a silent auction, live music from Pickled Holler and more. RSVP. 4–6 p.m. 706-613-3615, www.sandycreeknaturecenterinc.org KIDSTUFF: Blackout Poetry (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Celebrate Banned Books Week with blackout poetry.

2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (The Expat) Avid Bookshop and The Expat present chef Cynthia Graubart in celebration of her cookbook Southern Supper: Simple, Delicious Menus. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Talking About Romance in Books (ACC Library) Marriage and sex therapist Kate Morrissey Stahl will moderate a panel discussion on the themes of relationships in Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James, The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, Jane Eyre by Charlote Brontë and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens PERFORMANCE: Stephanie Astalos-Jones and Tiny Jazz Arkestra (Vega Studio) Stephanie Astalos-Jones performs her onewoman comedy show, a 15 character “salute” to poetry open mics. Tiny Jazz Arkestra will play a mix of tunes. 5:30 p.m. $15 suggested donation. newsouthshowcase@ gmail.com THEATER: Arsenic and Old Lace (Brightstone Theatre) See Friday listing for full description. Sept. 21, k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! 6 p.m. Sept. 22–23, 2 & 6 p.m. $20– 30. www.brightstoneathens.com THEATER: Showtime at First Baptist (Winder-Barrow Community Theatre) See Friday listing for full description. Sept. 21–22, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 23, 3 p.m. $13–15. www.winderbarrowtheatre.org THEATER: The Tall Girls (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Sept. 21–22 & 25–28, 8 p.m. Sept. 23 & 30, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre.com/ tallgirls THEATER: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Winterville Auditorium) See Friday listing for full description.

Sept. 21–22 & 28–29, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 23 & 30, 2 p.m. www.circleensembletheatre.com

Monday 24 ART: Amateur Art Night (Oconee County Library) A night of casual painting with classic, informal training videos. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee FILM: Ghastly Horror Society (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Watch Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970). 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge! Hosted

by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Movie Trivia (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Klon hosts movie trivia. 7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: 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 KIDSTUFF: Teen String Art (Bogart Ag Building) Create a work of art celebrating your favorite fandom.

Supplies are provided. Call to register. 6 p.m. FREE! 770-725-9443, www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Teen Leaders (Oconee County Library) Teens are invited to voice their opinoins and plan for YA events. This month they will design promo for this year’s Haunted House. Grades 6–12. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschool Pals (Bogart Ag Building) Preschool-aged children will learn social and language skills through songs stories and crafts. Ages almost 3–almost 5.

11:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 7–18.

Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday (Bogart Ag Building) Songs, finger plays, wiggles and giggles for ages three and under. Caregivers will receive pointers for building literacy and language skills. 10:15 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Nerd Herd (Oconee County Library) Hang out with fellow nerds for a low-key hour of fun.

Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee

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KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Parents can share plays, songs and simple books with their babies. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Marvelous Mondays (Bogart Ag Building) Celebrate the arrival of fall with DIY nature journals at Nature Club. Grades 4–5. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart LECTURES & LIT: Cleo Wade (Graduate Athens) Poet and activist Cleo Wade presents “Creating a Braver Connection with Yourself and Your Community.” 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.graduatehotels.com/cleo-wade MEETINGS: Dulcimer Group (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn to play and read music with the “dirty dulcimers” after hours. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison SPORTS: Table Tennis Matches and Training (East Athens Community Center) Beginner to advanced skill levels welcome.

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

Tuesday 25 CLASSES: Computer Class (ACC Library) “Excel 2016: Spreadsheet Basics.” 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Percentage Night (Akademia Brewing Co.) A portion of sales will benefit the Classic City Rollergirls. 5–11 p.m. www.akademiabc.com EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) See Tuesday listing for full description. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@uga.edu FILM: UNG Media Studies Screening (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Watch the Coen brothers’ crime comedy film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. flickertheatreandbar.com FILM: Bad Movie Night (Ciné Barcafé) Erik Estrada races to save San Francisco from a diabolical scientist with a face-melting laser in the high-octane, Italian-y Light Blast.

8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ badmovienight 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: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: It’s LIT Teen Book Club (ACC Library) Talk about your favorite books and choose a new book or author to read over the next month. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Teen Book Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Discuss Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages 3–11. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Pirate Crafts (Oconee County Library) Drop in for a fun, self-directed “make it and take it” pirate-themed craft. 2–4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee

LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Plain Jane Designs, 1059 Baxter St.) Meet Lisa Patton in celebration of her novel, Rush. 12–2 p.m. FREE! www.magictimeliterary.com THEATER: The Tall Girls (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Sept. 21–22 & 25–28, 8 p.m. Sept. 23 & 30, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre.com/ tallgirls

Wednesday 26 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art, leads a tour of “Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org CLASSES: Gardening Class (ACC Library) “Succulents and Rock Gardens.” Registration required. 6 p.m. FREE! atedrow@uga.edu 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 Rhinestone (1984). 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com FILM: Bad Reputation (Ciné Barcafé) The Joan Jett documentary screens for one night only with exclusive footage only showing in theaters. 8 p.m. www.athenscine. com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday.

Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com GAMES: Bingo (Highwire Lounge) Win prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! highwirelounge.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com KIDSTUFF: Pirate Crafts (Oconee County Library) See Tuesday listing for full description. 2–4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs and crafts for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: High Tea (Oconee County Library) Indulge in an evening of elegance with tea and dainty sandwiches. Grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Meet Caldecott award-winning author and illustrator Matthew Cordell in celebration of his new book King Alice. 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com 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

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LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Editor (T.R.R. Cobb House) Editor Jan Croon will discuss and sign copies of The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860–1865. 4 p.m. www. trrcobbhouse.org THEATER: The Tall Girls (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Sept. 21–22 & 25–28, 8 p.m. Sept. 23 & 30, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre.com/ tallgirls THEATER: Million Dollar Quartet (The Classic Center) Inspired by the true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins at Sun Records in Memphis, this Tony Award-winning production brings that legendary night to life with a story of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations featuring timeless hits. 7:30 p.m. 706-3574444

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 18 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com VINCAS Local downer-punk band featuring snarling guitars and doomy, psychedelic flourishes.

TONGUE PARTY Noisy stoner-rock band from Minneapolis.

WALTZ New local heavy-rock band.

Creature Comforts Brewery 7 p.m. FREE! www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com ASLYN Indie-pop singer-songwriter and member of local band Dega performs a solo set.

ROSE HOTEL “Bedroom-rock” alter ego of Kentucky songwriter Jordan Reynolds.

SHEFOLKS Acoustic duo featuring songwriters Maria Carrelli and Georgia English.

SAVANA CAMERON Member of Macon band Atria performs solo.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com A DRUG CALLED TRADITION Atlanta trio fusing shoegaze, krautrock and psych influences.

SUTPHIN Hard-rock group from Wichita, KS. KILL VARGAS Kansas-based alternative rock group.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com REBIRTH BRASS BAND New Orleans-based brass institution founded in 1983.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $22 (adv.), $25 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com BORGORE Pioneering Israeli dubstep producer whose work incorporates metal, house and trap influences.

GG MAGREE Up-and-coming Australian electronic producer.

BENDA Miami-based dubstep artist.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com ANDY BRUH Local DJ Andy Herrington spins and mixes dubstep, EDM and bass music.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 ANTLERED AUNT LORD Fuzz-pop project fronted by local songwriter Jesse Stinnard.

ANNIE LEETH Local violinist and multi-instrumentalist composer.

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

GODDESS COMPLEX Athens-based ambient and avant-garde project rooted in queer culture.

Porterhouse Grill 7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 THE WORLD’S QUIETEST JAZZ TRIO Local group featuring guitarist Dan Nettles, bassist Zack Milster and drummer Mason Davis.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 FORMULA 5 Improvisational band from Albany, NY blending jazz, jam and classic rock.

The World Famous 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens COSMO JR. Local band fronted by veteran Athens musician Dana Downs. This is an album-release party for Sisters in Arms, which tells the tale of female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read.

Wednesday 19 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!

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net SYLVIA ROSE NOVAK Southern gothic singer-songwriter with sharp vibrato and a sharper fiddle.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com REGULUS Loop-heavy post-rock band from Austin, TX. ZETA Experimental punk band from Venezuela.

STRANGE TORPEDO New local alternative rock four-piece.

THE HOLY HELLS Rock trio with “hints of Radiohead and bacon grease.”

Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $22. georgiatheatre.com WHETHAN L.A.-based electronic producer and DJ who has collaborated with Dua Lipa, Charli XCX and more.

MANILA KILLA Young EDM producer from D.C. ANDREW LUCE Electronic-dancemusic artist based in Los Angeles.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com VINTAGE PISTOL Jam-centric bluesrock group from Arkansas.

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

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 THE CO FOUNDER Emo-tinged indierock group from Bellingham, WA. SOCIAL CIRCLE Athens-based softpsych-pop project.

BLAKE STEWART The leader of local band Tabloid plays a solo set.

EMILEIGH IRELAND Local folk-pop singer-songwriter with a strong, compelling vocal style.

TOMMY! Athens piano man and singer-songwriter.

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) THE VIBRATONES Veterans of the Athens scene playing various blues styles. Dancing is encouraged!

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $7. 706-546-4742 CRAIG BROWN BAND Rootsy, Detroit-based garage-rock band. See story on p. 10.

TEDDY & THE ROUGH RIDERS Country-rock group from Nashville, TN. COUNTRY WESTERNS Nashvillebased garage-rock group.

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

Thursday 20 Akademia Brewing Co. 7 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com JOE CAT Local troubadour whose influences range from Steve Earle and Townes Van Zant to Johnny Cash.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 ROBBIE O’SULLIVAN Local singer-songwriter influenced by classic rock and folk.

Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $12 (21+), $14 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com WAR ON WOMEN Politically charged hardcore-punk band from Baltimore.

HIRS Queer, activist punk collective from Philadelphia.

SHOPLIFTER Local punk rock band.

40 Watt Club 10:30 p.m. $3. www.40watt.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away to three different channels of music.

One of them is a request line!

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com LUTHI Funky, horn-centric group based in Nashville, TN. 8 p.m. $30 (adv.), $35 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com MOON TAXI Retro-inspired jam band with an eclectic sound featuring unique melodies.

MAGIC CITY HIPPIES Miami-based indie-funk band.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com THREE STAR REVIVAL Knoxville, TN-based Americana five-piece.

Go Bar 11 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic Dr. Fred and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Every Thursday!

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com JAZZ JAM Some of our town’s most talented musicians get together at this happening. Bring your axe, or grab a table and give an ear.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 DANIEL HARDIN Singer-songwriter with acoustic and electric blues and rock influences.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. 706-546-0840 JAMBOREE MIC NIGHT A weekly open mic event hosted by James Howard.

The World Famous 10 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens CRAZY DOBERMAN Midwestern psycho-jazz-drone collective led by Wolf Eyes’ John Olson.

FRANK HURRICANE Experimental artist that describes his music as “spiritual mountain psych gangsta folk.”

THE ELECTRIC NATURE Athensbased experimental drone and noise-rock outfit.

JACOB SUNDERLIN Local musician who incorporates elements of noise, folk, ambient and drone.

Friday 21 Akademia Brewing Co. 8 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com CLAY BABIES Celtic- and folk-inspired duo of Lillie and Tim Potts.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 TROMBLEY BAY Southern rock band from Atlanta.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com THE POWERS Local folk-rock band of brothers.

SPIRITS REPUBLIC Nashville band blending rock, funk, jazz and more.

CANNON & THE BOXES Up-andcoming folk-rock singer-songwriter from Rome.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com ATHENS MIDDLE EAST ORCHESTRA Local ensemble plays traditional and experimental music from the Middle East, featuring exotic instruments and fiery improvisation.

WEATHER SYSTEMS Melodydriven, experimental chamber-jazz group led by multi-instrumentalist Zack Milster.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $25. www.40watt.com AGAINST ME Longtime Florida poppunk band anchored by the strong vocals of Laura Jane Grace. See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

IRON REAGAN Virginia punk band featuring members of Municipal Waste and Cannabis Corpse.

BITEMARKS Punk-rock group from Gainesville, FL. The Foundry 8 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE COMMON PEOPLE BAND Athens wedding/party band that specializes in covers of Motown-era classics.

Fully Loaded Pizza Co. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-705-6150 LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com RARE CREATURES Charleston, SC-based rock band with a diverse blend of styles and lyricism.

8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com MOON TAXI Retro-inspired jam band with an eclectic sound featuring unique melodies.

LUTHI Funky, horn-centric group based in Nashville, TN. On the Rooftop. 11 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com MAGIC CITY HIPPIES Miami-based indie-funk band.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 O KEY Experimental pop project from Art Contest’s Cole Monroe.

ALLMAN BOYS No info available.

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

The Foundry 8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com MOUNTAIN HEART Energetic and virtuosic progressive folk/bluegrass group from Nashville.

Front Porch Book Store 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-1236 MRJORDANMRTONKS Tommy Jordan and William Tonks’ collaboration features rootsy guitar picking and paired vocal melodies.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com DIABLO DYNAMITE Local musicians play a set of funky rock goodness.

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com PLAY ON SIX Local jazz musicians play a grooving set of tunes to celebrate the Athens Jazz Festival.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 FAT ARM DADDY Athens-based rhythm and blues trio.

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

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

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SUNNY SOUTH BLUES BAND Local band combining a blues and soul spirit with riffy rock and roll.

TY MANNING & THE SLAWDOG BISCUITS New local band led by former Bearfoot Hooker Manning described as “Ronnie Milsap meets Tom Petty.”

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

Five Bar 5 p.m. FREE! 706-543-5515 BIG JAZZ BOY Local jazz outfit.

The Foundry Alzheimer’s Walk Benefit. 6 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com ABBEY ROAD LIVE Beloved local Beatles tribute band known for its attention to detail and musical proficiency.

No. 3 Railroad Street 3 p.m. $5. www.3railroad.org SUNDAY SONGWRITERS REVIVAL A series hosted by Mark “Mojo”

JOSHUA BLACK WILKINS

Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q 7 p.m. FREE! www.butthuttbarbecue. com THE LUCKY JONES Rockin’ rhythm and blues from this local threepiece.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com ROCK*A*TEENS Canonical indierock band born from Atlanta’s Cabbagetown neighborhood. See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

SPIDER BAGS North Carolina-based punk band led by songwriter Dan McGee.

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!

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com EVERYDAY DOGS High-octane altrock band from Athens.

NORDISTA FREEZE Psych-rock project from Nashville, TN. ELIJAH JOHNSTON Local indie-folk singer-songwriter.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com CORY BRANAN Acclaimed alt-country singer-songwriter who blends elements of country and punk rock.

AUSTIN PLAINE Nashville-based singer-songwriter.

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Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com SAINT SYZYGY Experimental solo project of Kwazymoto frontman Ian Hemerlein.

DAN CLIFFORD Local artist playing lo-fi power-pop.

CARRIERS Melodic indie-rock group from Cincinnati, OH. GROH Folky indie-pop project from Nashville, TN. SPORK Emo- and post-rock-tinged group from Tampa, FL.

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.

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Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com JUBAL Americana duo from Knoxville, TN. 8 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com ALL THE LOCALS Atlanta band blending blues, neo-soul and rock.

The Classic Center 7 p.m. $39.50–$75. www.classiccenter. com BRANDI CARLILE Genre-defying artist that straddles the line between country, soul, pop and gospel.

DARLINGSIDE Acoustic chamber-rock band from western Massachusetts.

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

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

Saucehouse Barbeque 7 p.m. FREE! www.saucehouse.com GEORGIA DISH BOYS Local rock group fronted by songwriter Seth Martin.

HUTCH MCCOLLUM Singersongwriter playing old-school country and bluegrass.

Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net RACHEL O’NEAL Locally based solo folk singer-songwriter.

LAVON & NANCY Local folk duo.

11 a.m. FREE! www.jazzathensga.org ATHENS JAZZ FESTIVAL The family-friendly, outdoor fest features music from Lawless Quintet (6 p.m.), Starkey, Coy and Norris (4:50 p.m.), The Hobohemians (4 p.m.), Trey Wright & Laura Coyle (3:10 p.m.), Clouds (2:20 p.m.), Romanos & Ellington (1:30 p.m.), Chris Enghauser Trio (12:50 p.m.), Big Band Athens (12 p.m.), DJ Segar (11:30 a.m.) and Putnam High School Jazz (11 a.m.). See story on p. 11.

7 p.m. $29. www.georgiatheatre.com MAT KEARNEY Nashville-based artist with acoustically driven sounds and electronic influences.

ATLAS GENIUS Australian indie-rock duo of brothers Keith and Michael Jeffery.

JUKE ROSS Soulful singer-songwriter from Georgetown, Guyana.

Cory Branan plays The Foundry on Tuesday, Sept. 25.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com KACY & CLAYTON Canadian folkrock duo with classic and new influences.

7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre.com SOCIAL DISTORTION Influential, rockabilly-tinged punk band fronted by singer and lyricist Mike Ness.

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE The son of leftist-country king Steve Earle, the younger Earle has earned a spot in the folk pantheon with his earnest, incisive songwriting.

VALLEY QUEEN L.A.-based indierock band.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. $5. www. georgiatheatre.com BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin fresh jams and old-school favorites.

Go Bar 11 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 SHORN SILK Atlanta-based experimental techno group making modular-synth magic.

GROUP GROPE Local modular-synth and drum-machine duo with early techno and house influences.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com ATHENS JAZZ FESTIVAL JAM A post-fest jam featuring performers from this year’s event.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 BOX OF RAWKS Five-piece blues band from Madison.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com SCOTT LANIAK Member of garagepunk band Free Associates performs a set of foot-stomping blues.

White Tiger Gourmet 6 p.m. FREE! www.whitetigergourmet. com GEORGIA DISH BOYS Local rock group fronted by songwriter Seth Martin.

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.

Wilmot. This week features Eric Carter and Daniel Hutchens of Bloodkin.

Terrapin Beer Co. 3 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com DAVID HYDE Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter from Ball Ground.

Monday 24 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com DEADLY LO-FI Garage-rock project from Wilmington, NC. ARSON DAILY North Carolina group known for its “alt-party psych-rock sound.”

DEER EYES Dream-pop three-piece.

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40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www.40watt.com MOTHERS Songwriter Kristine Leschper and band play lush, intricate post-pop. See story on p. 12.

Akademia Brewing Co. 6 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com CECE HETRICK Nashville-based singer-songwriter.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com :LOVESONGS Athens-based experimental band with jazz, electronic and metal influences.

7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com PRIMUS Alt-punk-psychedelic rock trio that has been producing hits since the ’90s, known for Les Claypool’s heavy bass riffs and unique sounds.

On the Rooftop. 9:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com COZM & NAUGHT Atlanta-based psychedelic rock duo.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 CARTILAGE JAMBOREE New experimental project from local musician Garrett Johnson.

BAT & THE BEARS No info available.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SHE RETURNS FROM WAR Folk trio from Charleston, SC. State Botanical Garden of Georgia Sunflower Concert Series. 7 p.m. $10 (members), $15. botgarden.uga.edu PACKWAY HANDLE BAND Longstanding local bluegrass outfit playing crafty originals and innovative renditions of classic tunes.

THE POWERS Local folk-rock band of brothers.

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Art AAAC GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking applicants for its quarterly $500 grants. All local artists, arts organizations or arts-based projects are welcome to apply. Deadline Dec. 15. info@athensarts.org, www. athensarts.org CALL FOR ENTRIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Application for Artists-In-Residence: Winter/Spring 2019, deadline Oct. 31. athica.org/call-for-entries FINE ART EXHIBIT AND AUCTION (Redeemer Presbyterian Church) Chosen for Life Ministries is seeking artists to donate up to three works of 2D art to be sold during a juried fine art exhibit and auction on Oct. 11. Proceeds benefit CLM, a local nonprofit that supports orphaned and vulnerable children. Deadline Sept. 28. Email photos to artsubmissions@chosenforlifeministries.org 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 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) September offerings include banana bread, Chicago style pizza and chicken yakatori. October’s weekly offerings include gummy worms, dirt cake, stuffed green peppers, Davy Jones’ fish fingers and “sick” fruit leather.

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.

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 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 Myers Gallery, Amy Wilmoth Watts shares paintings while Jack Kehoe shares sculptures.

Through Oct. 26. • In the Harrison Lobby Gallery, Elizabeth Barton shares quilts and watercolors. Through June 2019. • 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 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. 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.

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charleshay428@gmail.com ARTIST WORKSHOPS (KA Artist Shop) “Screen Printing Basics.”

Sept. 23, 12:30–2:30 p.m. $45.

“Paint Your Pet.” Sept. 30, 1–4 p.m. $55. “Screen Printing: Beyond the Basics.” Oct. 7, 12:30–2:30 p.m. and Oct. 14, 12:30–3:30 p.m. $90. www.kaartist.com CLASSES (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) “Community Coffeehouse,” Tuesdays from 9 a.m.–3 p.m.

“Silver Sneakers Stretch,” Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m.

“Silver Sneakers Yoga,” Mondays and Wednesdays at 11 a.m. “Oil Painting,” Mondays at 1:30 p.m.

“Line and Ballroom Dancing,” Mondays and Thursdays at 6 p.m.

“Chess for Beginners,” Mondays at 6:30 p.m. “Coffee with a Veteran,” Tuedays at 9 a.m. “Threadwork Crafting Club,” Tuesdays at 9 a.m.

“Wonders of Watercolor,” Tuesdays at 6 p.m. “Silver Sneakers Strength and Balance,” Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. “Bellydance,” Wednesdays at 7 p.m. “Mahjong,” Thursdays at 1 p.m. “Tai Chi,” Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. 706-742-0823, winterville center@gmail.com, www.winterville center.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, MOVE, GROW AT NIMBL (Nimbl, 160 Winston Dr.) Creative movement, dance, pilates and more for kids ages 3 & up, teens and adults. Classes include making dances, dance foundations, creative movement and dance forms, pilates and more. www.nimblathens.com DIGITAL MEDIA CENTER ONE-ONONE (ACC Library) Get individual instruction for graphics, audio or video editing projects or learn to convert albums and cassettes to DVDs and CDs. 706-613-3650 FARMVIEW CLASSES (Farmview Market) “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 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 NAMI (First Presbyterian Church of Athens) “NAMI Family to Family” is a free, 12-session educational program for family, significant others and friends of people living with mental illness. Registration required.

Sundays and Thursdays, Sept.

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

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWERY (271 W. Hancock Ave.) Organized in collaboration with “free artist” Athulhu, “The Gift” features 50 individual works of art from over two dozen Athens and Atlanta artists who participate in the free art movement. Through Oct. 14.

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

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

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.

HEIRLOOM CAFE & FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) “Worker Series, Part One” features watercolors by Susie Burch. Through Nov. 5.

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

JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism and fables. Through October.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Five Trucks & Willem Dafoe Jesus” is an exhibition of paintings by Lee Coffey. Through Sept. 22. • “Middleground” features work by Phillip McClure, Kate Burke, CC Calloway and Ally Christmas. Through Oct. 5. • “Exchange, Change, Interchange” explores the nature of portfolio exchanges among printmakers. Through Oct. 5. • “The Florida Room” features works by students from the Sunshine State. Through Oct. 5. • 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 sculp-

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30–Nov. 15. “NAMI Basics Class” is for parents and primary caregivers of children living with mental health conditions. Six sessions begin Sept.

30, 2:30 p.m. 770-225-0804 ext.

700, namihallga@gmail.com, www.nami.org OCAF FALL ART CLASSES (OCAF, Watkinsville) “Waterclor Landscapes and Perspective.” Mondays, Oct. 1– 29, 9:30 a.m. $150. “Watercolor Begnning Techniques.” Mondays, Oct. 1–Nov. 12. 1:30 p.m. $250.

“Portrait Sculpture.” Thursdays, Sept. 27–Nov. 1, 5:30 p.m. $180.

“Paint with Charles.” Fridays, Nov. 16–Dec. 14 (skip Nov. 23), 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. $70–80. “Beginning Cartooning.” Thursdays, Oct. 18–Nov. 8, 4 p.m. $100. “Advanced Cartooning.” Thursdays, Oct. 18–Nov. 8, 6 p.m. $100. “Beginner to Intermediate Hand Building.”

Tuesdays, Sept. 25–Oct. 20, 6 p.m. $140. “Beginner to Intermediate Wheel Throwing.” Thursdays, Sept.

27–Nov. 1, 1:30 p.m. $140. www. ocaf.com ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER SKILLS (ACC Library) Personalized instruction available for various computer topics. Thursdays, 9 a.m. 706-6133650, ext. 354, www.athenslibrary. org/athens ONE-ON-ONE GENEALOGY ASSISTANCE (ACC Library) Library staff offer assistance to genealogists and researchers. Sept.

27, 2 p.m. Registration required.

706-613-3650, www.athenslibrary. org/athens OPEN TREE CLIMB (David Henry Hardigree Wildlife Sanctuary, 1110 Old Greensboro Rd.) Access the tree-top canopy with WildRice Adventures using rope, harness and a helmet. Ages 8 & up. Oct. 14, Nov. 18, Dec. 2, 3:30–5 p.m.

Call or email to register. $30. 706804-2551, www.facebook.com/ wildriceadventures PORTRAIT PAINTING IN OILS (No. 3 Railroad St., Arnoldsville) Taught

by Abner Cope. A one or two week class beginning Oct. 14. abnercope gallery.com QUILTING CLASSES Amanda Whitsel offers classes in quilting and sewing for all levels and ages. Next class, Sept. 22, 1 p.m. 706-3255283, needleinahaystack7@yahoo. com, www.facebook.com/sew somethingwithamanda 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 TRAPEZE (Canopy Studio) Classes in trapeze, aerial fabric, conditioning and more. Private lessons and weekend workshops available. info@ canopystudio.org UKE ROCK CAMP (Girls Rock Athens) Girls Rock Athens hosts a five-session program for youth and adults ages 8 & up to build their own ukulele and learn how to play it.

Mondays through October, 5–7 p.m. $150. girlsrockcampathens@gmail. com, www.girlsrockathensga.org WILD RICE ADVENTURES (David Henry Hardigree Wildlife Sanctuary, 1110 Old Greensboro Rd.) “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 WOMEN’S SELF-DEFENSE COURSE (AKF Athens Martial Arts, 175 A Old Epps Bridge Rd.) Learn and practice skills in awareness, physical self-defense, personal safety, prevention and assertiveness.

Wednesdays, Oct. 3–Nov. 14 (skip Halloween), 8–9:30 p.m. $30.

tures by over 24 artists including Claire Clements, Ben Rouse, Peter Loose, Kip Ramey and more.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) “Picturing the Black Fantastic” presents drawings, paintings, sculpture and installations by Alfred Conteh, Shanequa Gay, Donté Hayes, Vitus Shell, Dante Yarbrough and more.

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. 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. Through Oct. 27.

• In the Lounge Gallery, “The End of a Perfect Day” contains photographs of tailgating events by Shawn Campbell. • John Cleaveland shares a collection of oil paintings documenting current day sites of World War I battles. Through Nov. 9. • Collections from our Community presents a selection of toy soldiers from the collection of Tony Turner. Through Nov. 9.

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.

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

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.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS GALLERY (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) The “UNG Department of Visual Arts: Faculty Biennial” ranges from drawing and painting, to ceramics and sculpture, printmaking, video and mixed media works. Sept. 20–Oct. 18.

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

VIVA ARGENTINE CUISINE (247 Prince Ave.) Wood wall art incorporating exotic woods in abstract patterns by Don Bagnall. Through October.

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

“You Are Here” by Mary Gordon is currently on view in “The Golden Record: Far Beyond Our Galaxy” at the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art through Sunday, Oct. 7. instructor@akfathens.com, www. akfathens.com YOGA AND MORE (Rubber Soul Yoga) Ongoing classes in Kundalini, Hatha, gentle yoga, laughing yoga, acroyoga, karate and one-on-one yoga as well as guided meditation. Check website for schedule.

Donation based. calclements@ gmail.com, www.rubbersoulyoga. com YOGA CLASSES (5 Points Yoga) “Yin Yoga.” Sept. 21–23. A certified 200 hour yoga teacher training course begins Oct. 14. Studio classes include Vinyasa, gentle, power, yin, restorative, Iyengar and more. www. athensfivepointsyoga.com YOGA CLASSES & TRAINING (M3Yoga) “Sober Stretch.” Sept.

18, 7 p.m. FREE! (at Herty Field).

“Anatomy of the Spine Training.”

Sept. 21–23. FREE! “Rocket Yoga Teacher Training” is an advanced studies module emphasizing Ashtanga yoga. Begins Sept. 28. $700. www.m3yoga.com YOGA FOR ALL (Nimbl Athens, 160 Winston Dr.) Chet Thomas leads Iyengar Yoga for all levels. Mondays through Nov. 12, 9 a.m. $18 per class or $150 for 10 classes. www.nimblathens.com YOGA FOR GARDENERS (Lotta Mae’s Supply Co.) No prior experience necessary. First Tuesdays, 9 a.m. $10. www.lottamaes.com YOGALATES (Athens YWCO) A blend of yoga and Pilates. Every Tuesday, 11 a.m. FREE! (YWCO members), $10. www.ywco.org

Help Out ATHENSPETS VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION (AthensPets, 125 Buddy Christian Way) Volunteers are needed to socialize dogs and cats in Athens-Clarke County. Sept. 29.

706-613-3540, michelle.carrigg@ accgov.com

Kidstuff ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Art Club for Teens.” Fridays, 6:30–8 p.m. $15. “Art Club Junior for Ages 9–13.” Fridays, 4:30–6 p.m. $15. www.kaartist.com 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

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 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

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 Memorial United Methodist Church) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Meetings are held at various times. 478-9553422, 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.

Open to anyone focused on improving their life and learning how to live with their condition. FREE! 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. nami hallga@gmail.com, www.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

On The Street 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 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 Thursdays through Oct. 25, 1 p.m. www.nuci.org. Let It Be Yoga hosts the Athens Singing Circle every Monday, 7–9 p.m.

SERVICE INDUSTRY BOWLING LEAGUE (Showtime Bowling Center) Sign up with coworkers.

Mondays, October–November. $15/ bowler. www.11thpinathens.com WILD WOMEN OUTDOORS FALL CAMP (Fort Yargo State Park, Winder) A women-only weekend of camping with workshops in wilderness survival, tai chi, yoga, kayaking and more. Sept. 28–30, $20. www.facebook.com/groups/ tagoutdoors f

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This mature drama highlights the frailty of artists, as well as the minefield of marriage and the sexual politics of 20th Century literature, without talking its audience to death. Still, The Wife is unlikely to be remembered for much other than Close’s performance, which is sure to draw attention come awards season.

THE PREDATOR (R) 1987’s Predator showtrick-or-treating in the Predator mask. cased the galaxy’s deadliest sport hunter Instead, we get this diverting if outmoded taking on cinema’s premier muscleman. movie, which feels dated enough to need its The Predator returned in 1990, but Arnold tracking adjusted and its politically incorSchwarzenegger did not. Not surprisingly, rect jokes excused.

Danny Glover was not a very satA SIMPLE FAVOR (R) In his first feaisfying replacement for the future ture since the Ghostbusters reboot, The Wife Governator. A couple of uninspired Paul Feig mixes Hitchcock and Vogue attempts to bring the comic-book like a master mixologist. Energetic death match pitting Predator versingle mom Stephanie Smothers sus its natural über-prey, the Alien, (Anna Kendrick) finds an unlikely failed to catch on. A third Predator friend in Emily Nelson (Blake Lively), flick landed in 2010, and so far as I a mean girl who got meaner and less can tell, no one really remembers it. scrupulous with age. When Emily Enter Shane Black, the ’80s wunmysteriously disappears, Stephanie derkind who wrote Lethal Weapon insinuates herself into the investiand was killed by the alien hunter in gation, as well as Emily’s incredible the original Predator. He attempts home and family (Henry Golding to jumpstart the wannabe franchise of Crazy Rich Asians stars as Emily’s with a sequel that’s every bit as hubby, the brilliant writer).

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McKenna loots the Pred’s iconic mask and wrist gauntlet and ships them home, where his bullied son, Rory (Jacob Tremblay), activates a homing beacon picked up by another Predator that just so happens to be ridiculously large (11 feet tall!).

Fortunately for the viewers, McKenna joins a dirty not-close-to-a-dozen— Moonlight’s Trevante Rhodes, KeeganMichael Key and Thomas Jane are the standouts—all labeled mentally unfit by the government, who are way more fun to hang out with than McKenna. Even Jane’s very ’80s Tourette routine nabs a few laughs, when the other half of his military odd couple, Key, is not hogging them. Once Olivia Munn’s scientist enlists, the gang’s all here and ready to find the alien invader before the required shady government operative (Sterling K. Brown)—who chomps Nicorette and wears sunglasses at night as shorthand character development—does.

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Five Points off Baxter St. 2 story, old Colonial home.

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Aug. 1. Call McWaters Realty: 706-540-1529.

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

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SERVICES CLASSES Advertise your class in the Flagpole Classifieds! Call 706-549-0301 today!

New meditation & mindfulness class at Thrive Integrative Medicine on Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m., beginning August 15. 6-week session $80, drop-in $15. Register/ more info at athens meditation.space. Contact: jamiekissinger@gmail.com Sew Something with Amanda Whitsel! I am an avid textile artist teacher who loves unlocking the p a s s i o n t o c re a t e .

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PRINTING Self Publish Your Book.

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By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com My two-year deadline for loving, intentional celibacy has come and gone, but I have yet to actually “break edge,” as it were.

For those of you who were gone this summer, you should know that I came clean to my readership about this personal journey I’ve been on since the summer of 2016. Not an easy feat in a town so young, outgoing and sex-positive, but I did it. It was rough at first, and I found myself doing some pretty not-celibate things in the beginning, thinking that I could date while celibate and people would naturally understand.

People didn’t, and I had to take myself out of the game altogether.

I tried to quit early. I figured one year and nine months was a fine stretch of time to spend left to my own devices, so I tried to get a few dates back in May. I found myself

floundering spectacularly, and couldn’t even nail down casual drinks with kindly strangers on Tinder. I thought I was being incredibly easy-going by always mentioning my free time but never offering a solid date or time to go out. I’d leave the ball in their court, and it would fizzle out. I did manage to meet up with someone who thought tie-dye and oversized basketball shorts were proper first-date attire, and no, I haven’t seen him since. (Come on, guys. It kinda doesn’t matter how awesome you are if I meet you for the first time and you’re dressed like a toddler.)

Then I had a lightbulb moment: Am I making things too difficult?

By trying to emulate an airy-fairy, casual-type nature, am I actually coming off as self-possessed and not particularly enthusiastic? It’s a painful thought, because I struck out with some real winners, but I also realize now that I still wasn’t ready to date. I was trying an “out of the frying pan and into the fire” thing that I already know I don’t take to well, and I probably disappointed someone out there who did not deserve it. The tie-dye incident was

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enough to show me that I needed to see my two-year plan through, and I deleted Tinder while on the toilet the same night. (I only ever seem to delete dating apps while I’m in the bathroom. Seems appropriate most of the time.)

I’m about 30 days overdue for breaking the seal on my new attitude and intentions, and yes, I’m nervous, but I go into this with the full intention of not making my same old mistakes. Two years is so long that I’ve heard friends describe it to me as “starting over,” and while that’s a valid viewpoint, I can’t say that I feel brand new. I was brand new when I was out there making the mistakes of a lifetime and letting sex and relationships affect my life in very negative ways. My past is unforgettable and still mine, and it’s here to teach me something.

Sex and dating were standins for things I could get from friends and loved ones—namely, the knowledge that I am attractive, valuable and worthy of good love.

Celibacy has given me the clarity to really understand the “game” of dating, and the fact that success is really about numbers. I spend a lot of time at home now that I’m attempting fiscal responsibility, and it’s clearly affected my dating goals.

Years ago, I might not have even noticed my solitude, or blamed it on the world, prejudice or whatever, but how in the hell am I supposed to meet people if I never see anyone but myself? That’s a pretty obvious example, but it wasn’t obvious to me two years back.

The nights are getting cooler, and so are the days, and I find myself actually in the mood to get out and be social. I was too embarrassed about unemployment to really enjoy my summer, but I’d like to make up for that now that everyone is back in town.

The living is easy, and socializing is off the chain. Whatever happens, happens, but I’m here for it, and I’ll do better this time around. f

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Life and Death in the Old South A DYING DIARIST CHRONICLES LIFE IN UPPER-CLASS MACON DURING THE WAR

By Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com LeRoy Wiley Gresham is the brilliantly precocious son of a wealthy and prominent family in Macon during the Civil War. Like his beloved Confederacy, LeRoy unknowingly suffers from a terminal disease, and he dies shortly after the end of the war.

Meanwhile, he keeps a meticulous diary during the war years that reports daily on the weather, his own health, the progress of the armies, the doings of his family and their slaves, the goings to and from their two contiguous plantations south of Macon and news from their large and far-flung family and their many friends and social acquaintances.

His diary is now edited by Janet Croon and published by Savas Beatie Publishing as The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865.

The dedicated diarist is as clear-eyed and dispassionate describing the draining abscess on his back as he is critiquing the movements of armies and the decisions of generals: “Wednesday October 1st 1862: Warm + clear. Slept miserable and feel bad in proportion today. Took some Porter on retiring which had the delightful effect of making me sick at the stomach. Coughed at intervals in the night and today. Everybody (so to speak) seems to have been hurt at Sharpsburg. The Troup Artillery of Athens and 900 of Cobb’s Legion reported prisoners. Our loss must amount to 9,000 in all.

‘Personna’ has a splendid acct of the fight this morning. Mary is sick + Julia Ann cooks.”

And so his account goes day after day for the four years of the war. Though he is essentially bedridden, except for his wagon pulled around by Allen, a slave his age, and later by Bill, LeRoy is avidly involved in

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the lives of his parents, his younger sister Minnie and his older brother, Thomas, as well as their many aunts, uncles and cousins who come for visits and constantly write letters back and forth.

The plot thickens as the war moves ever closer to Macon, though the city surrenders without a fight and is relatively peacefully occupied by U.S. troops, some of whom actually board with the Greshams.

Robbed of his youth, LeRoy soldiers on with wit, curiosity and love, constantly enjoying visits, devouring books and attacking at chess. The War Outside My Window gives us a long, lingering look back through the pane at the lives of some upper-class Georgians and their world around Macon and beyond, which is ultimately devastated by the battles and the sickness that the young diarist so faithfully chronicles.

Diary reads like an old-fashioned novel written by a lively and perceptive observer surrounded by a cast of strongly drawn characters against the backdrop of a distant war which is a life or death struggle for their world.

LeRoy remains the objective observer to the end, finally understanding that it is just a matter of time for his beloved Confederacy and realizing that he, too, is doomed.

Diary is also an excellent, bite-sized history of a family, a place, a time and a world, just before all is swept away by the end of the war, the end of slavery and the end of the plantation economy. The Greshams survive the war, LeRoy’s death, the loss of their fortune and their way of life, and gradually adapt to their new world.

One longs for another LeRoy to tell this story.

Editor Croon knew that the raw diary, as insightful as it is, would be confusing in the extreme to the unguided modern reader, so she carefully and fulsomely explains who everybody is among the extended family and the servants. When LeRoy mentions somebody in the diary, she explains who it is in a footnote, and the same goes for the battles, the generals, Macon society and the history unfolding around them all.

The book has a few pictures and some good maps, a stunningly comprehensive index and a medical afterword explaining LeRoy’s illness—apparently spinal tuberculosis—which the medicine of the time could not treat, except for palliatives to ease his symptoms.

At 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the T.R.R. Cobb House, 175 Hill St., Croon will discuss the Diary and how it came to be published. She will also be available to autograph copies of the book, which will be for sale. f

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