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Cedar Shoals Students Rock the Vote PLUS, THE VARSITY DEVELOPMENT, THE WEST BROAD SCHOOL AND MORE LOCAL NEWS

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A group of 53 seniors from Cedar Shoals turned away, but Evans resolved the issue, High School cast their ballots for the very and the student was able to vote. first time while on a field trip to Athens Evans said he hopes to continue orgaCity Hall and the Athens-Clarke County nizing this event and others like it. “This Board of Elections last week. should be normal. This should not be Jesse Evans, a civics teacher at Cedar Shoals and a member of the Board of Elections, organized the field trip so students could learn about the the importance of voting and getting involved in politics.

“I grew up in a home where politics, government, civic engagement were not even a thing,” Evans said. “A lot of my students have grown up in homes that are very apolitical, like mine was. If you don’t get it from home or from public education, then you’re less likely to have that civic engagement, that passion, the drive to be involved in the community, politics, student government and activism.”

Students first visited City Hall, where they had the chance to sit in the commission chamber and review sample ballots. Evans gave a brief description of each gubernatorial candidate and allowed stuCedar Shoals students wait in line to vote for the first time ever Oct. 24. dents to have time to research candidates and amendments on the ballot. unusual,” he said.“We need to make this Students also heard from Commissioner a bigger priority. Not just in Athens, but Mariah Parker and Commissioner-elect nationwide.”

Tim Denson about why they decided to get In the future, Evans hopes to take Cedar involved in politics.

Shoals students to visit the courthouse, Parker spoke about how she originally witness a trial and possibly even meet with jumped into politics during the 2008 local judges. presidential election, when Barack Obama Evans said his mission is to take stuwas running. “I wasn’t old enough to vote dents to “the spaces where most people in back then, but I was really fired up and our community aren’t going and getting wanted to get involved somehow. I knew them involved with government. Expanding I couldn’t vote, but I knew I could get oththe realm of probability for their involveers to,” Parker said. She emphasized the ment, career paths and trajectory in life.” power of canvassing and civic involvement [Ashlyn Webb] opportunities.

Denson spoke about starting Athens for Everyone, running for mayor of Athens Early voting sites in Athens will remain in 2014, and later running for—and winopen through Friday, Nov. 2. They include ning—the Commission District 5 seat. the Athens-Clarke County Board of Robert Hiss, the assistant county Elections office at 155 E. Washington St. (8 manager, later spoke about the history of a.m.–5 p.m.), the basement of City Hall (8 Athens-Clarke County, city-county unifia.m.–5 p.m. Nov. 1 and 2), the Tate Center cation in 1990, the structure of the county (8 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31) and the government and why local politics is relACC Library (10 a.m.–5 p.m. Oct. 31 and evant to students. But in particular, Hiss Nov. 2 and 10 a.m.–7:30 p.m. Nov. 1). blew the students away with the fact that Nov. 2 is the last day to request an before the city was named Athens, it was absentee ballot. Ballots must be returned called Cedar Shoals. to the Board of Elections by 7 p.m. Tuesday, After visiting City Hall, the students Nov. 6. walked next door to the Board of Elections, Election Day is Nov. 6. Three polling where they cast their ballots. Roughly 15 locations have changed: Precinct 7B has students needed photo identification and moved from Alps Road Elementary to the received voter ID cards.

ACC Library; 6B at Georgia Square Mall has But not everything ran as smoothly as moved from the entrance of Sears to Belk; planned. Evans said the voter registration status of more than 10 students was flagged and 5A has moved from Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary to Whitehead Road Elementary. as pending by Secretary of State Brian Polls will be open 7 a.m.–7 p.m. [Blake Aued] Kemp’s office. One student was initially

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Planning Commission’s Thursday, Nov. 1 agenda.

With the threat of an oversized development and the destruction of several historic houses on Reese Street looming, commissioners Melissa Link, Kelly Girtz, Allison Wright and Jerry NeSmith brokered a deal with the Gordy family that they say will save the houses and protect the surrounding neighborhood.

Most of the property on the block bordered by Broad Street, Milledge Avenue, Chase Street and Reese Street is currently zoned commercial-general, which allows big-box stores and buildings up to six stories tall, similar to the new Best Western tower across the street. The overlay district Link and other commissioners are proposing would limit buildings to two stories along Reese and three stories along Milledge, with a maximum of 350 apartment bedrooms. That’s more than a developer could build under the current zoning and a concession to the Gordy family.

Another provision would limit bathrooms to two per apartment unit, eliminating the typical four-bedroom, four-bath configuration of student-oriented apartments.

“I’m sure students will be living there, but hopefully this will open it up to families and working folks,” Link said. “And hopefully it will keep the price down—those bathrooms are expensive to install—and curb some water use, too.”

The zoning overlay would also require new buildings to be set back 15 feet from the street and create a 20-foot buffer

behind the houses on Reese Street. Those houses—including the Burney House, a historical landmark built by former slaves and later the home of local educator Annie Burney—would be turned over to AthensClarke County and used as affordable housing. (One homeowner on the block still has not sold to the Gordys.) Parking must be mostly hidden, and mortuaries, self-storage, kennels, auto sales and auto repair uses would be prohibited.

“They came to us with the upper hand because the zoning was already pretty intense, and they could have bulldozed the Burney House at any minute,” Link said. “I think we got the best possible deal.”

The Gordys, who own the Varsity chain, began buying up land around the fast-food restaurant in early 2017, cut down several magnolia trees and filed for demolition permits to tear down the Reese Street houses. Link placed a 90-day hold on the demolitions while the commission passed a partial demolition moratorium in the neighborhood that expires in December.

Link said she isn’t aware of any specific plans for the property. “My feeling is they want to shop it around and have some guidelines, so whoever buys it knows what to expect,” she said.

If the planning commission makes a recommendation Nov. 1, the county commission will discuss the overlay zone at its Nov. 20 meeting and could vote as early as Dec. 4.

The public can comment at all three meetings, since the county commission recently changed its rules to allow public comment on zoning items at agenda-setting meetings. [BA]

West Broad School, Part Infinity As Clarke County school officials look to reshuffle overcrowded facilities and better utilize others, Superintendent Demond Means will unveil his vision for the West Broad School at a school board workshop Nov. 2 and 3.

The Friday night and Saturday morning workshops will cover board development and an analysis of district facilities and space allocation, according to board President Jared Bybee. While that may not sound sexy, part of the discussion will involve the West Broad School, a long-vacant segregation-era African-American school that has been the topic of much community debate over how it should be used after renovation and whether to keep the Athens Land Trust’s community garden and farmers market on the property.

The workshops are open to the public, although at an awkward time, and “I’m hoping to get as many people out as I can,” Link said.

Whatever Means proposes will be the jumping-off point for a longer conversation, Bybee said. “We’ve talked briefly about some outlines, but I’m anticipating the plan like everyone else.”

The West Broad School is only part of the puzzle. The Athens Community Career Academy in the H.T. Edwards Building

needs more space. But it shares the building with central office staff, some of whom are also housed at Whitehead Road Elementary School since CCSD sold its old Mitchell Bridge headquarters in 2016.

Former superintendent Philip Lanoue had proposed moving administrators into the West Broad School—a plan that met with opposition from neighborhood residents because it would have involved paving over the garden for a parking lot. Later, a space needs assessment found that the building is not big enough, anyway.

Earlier this year, the board solicited proposals from the public. The Athens Land Trust proposed restoring the historic buildings and turning the property into a community center, including a commercial kitchen, classrooms, conference rooms, a wood shop, a health clinic, an auditorium, basketball courts and an outdoor stage, while preserving the garden and Saturday farmers market. This would be funded by $3.2 million from Athens-Clarke County’s SPLOST 2012 earmarked for “youth development” and matching grants raised by the land trust.

A proposal from the Northeast Georgia Business Alliance (a black chamber-of-commerce-type organization) and the Athens High and Burney-Harris alumni groups would include a museum, recording studio, commercial space, after-school programs, a community kitchen and business incubator, and would preserve the garden. However, that proposal had no funding source.

CCSD also submitted its own proposal.

It includes additional space for early childhood education (which has a waiting list to get into), a clinic, a parent information center and space for disciplinary hearings that will offer students more privacy than holding them in schools, but made no mention of the garden.

At a May meeting, the board asked Means to take elements from each proposal and make a recommendation at a later date.

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Tourism Is Big Bucks Tourism brought $310 million to Athens last year, up 6 percent over 2016, according

to figures released last week by the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau. That spending sustained 2,872 jobs, resulted in $21 million in state and local tax revenue and saved the average Athens household $473 in taxes.

And those are jobs that “cannot be outsourced,” CVB executive director Chuck Jones said at the organization’s annual banquet Oct. 24, “no more than America’s natural treasures or iconic cities themselves.”

Beyond the direct revenue generated by the tourism and convention business, those visits also help Athens recruit new businesses by convincing visitors they should move here full time. Capital and jobs flow to places with a high quality of life, and increasingly entrepreneurs want to know about a city’s restaurant scene and whether it’s walkable. Tourism helps bolster Athens’ image as “a dynamic place to live and work,” Jones said.

Downtown Athens is “so vibrant,” said Lisa Love, director of the Georgia Economic Development Department’s tourism division. “There’s an energy there, and so much local flavor.”

Love listed five areas where Athens should focus its efforts: African-American culture and heritage; film and music; outdoor recreation and sports; food, drink and “Georgia grown”; and iconic destinations.

She also said that Athens needs to get everyone on the same page—including elected officials and the music community—for marketing and branding purposes, and be more proactive.

Athens has the potential to be the No. 1 destination in the Southeast, Love said.

“We bring in more visitors,” she said. “We get them to spend more. We get them to stay another night.”

The CVB also announced the winners of its annual hospitality awards: Flicker Theatre & Bar bartender Richard Mikulka, Georgia Museum of Art public relations professional Michael Lachowski, Caterpillar visitor and training center supervisor Joni Robinson, retired Benson Hospitality vice president Mike Waldrip, Mayor Nancy Denson and former Classic Center board member and Classic Center Cultural Foundation founder Paul Martin. [BA] f

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The group lobbied hard against the so-called “Campus Carry” act allowing guns on parts of college campuses. Hilliard said in a phone interview that “there was a lot of anger in Athens, particularly among faculty and staff,” when Gov. Nathan Deal reversed his 2016 veto and signed the bill in 2017.

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mboldened by Deborah Gonzalez and Jonathan Wallace’s victories in a special election last year that flipped local House seats long held by Republicans, Democrats are taking on another long-unchallenged seat as Democratic candidate Marisue Hilliard vies with state Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens).

Hilliard’s candidacy represents the first time Cowsert has been challenged by a Democrat since 2008, when he won by 16 percentage points. (A fellow Republican ran against him in 2016, losing three-to-one.)

Once a coin flip, Republicans reshaped Senate District 46 in 2006, removing a portion of heavily Democratic Clarke County and replacing it with a portion of heavily Republican Walton County.

Green Party member John Fortuin, a tech worker with 20 years of computer programming experience, has also thrown his hat into the ring as a write-in candidate.

Hilliard is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and worked for her entire professional career with the U.S. Forest Service, at one point overseeing 1.2 million acres of North Carolina’s national forest land, supervising 200 full time employees and managing a $20 million budget.

While she first imagined herself running for office during her 20s as a young activist with the National Organization for Women, her interest began to take shape in the days after the Sandy Hook shooting in late 2012.

Shocked by the event, she quickly formed a local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a grassroots national nonprofit that wants to “protect Americans from gun violence.” She become increasingly frustrated by the lack of action at both the state and federal levels to implement common-sense solutions to address gun violence and protect students, and the issue

progressive priorities, including affordable health care for all, quality education and a living wage.

Fortuin agrees with Hilliard’s political platform but focuses on Georgia’s controversial vulnerable electronic voting system.

Prompted by concerns he had about the Diebold electronic voting machines, he founded the Defenders of Democracy, a grassroots citizens group whose mission is to “defend the integrity and accountability in elections.”

Although most of these issues are federal rather than state-level, Fortuin is proposing a Green New Deal, in which the U.S. would “gear up our economy on a World War II wartime-style footing to put appropriate renewable energy sources [in place]

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“At the state level, we have prevented laws from going forward, for example keeping a K-12 law to arm teachers” from coming up for a vote, Hilliard continued.

Cowsert initially voted for the Campus Carry bill, but voted against the final version that Deal signed. He has said he reversed his position after being flooded with opposition from constituents—including his wife and daughter.

Hilliard’s platform includes many

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and get us off fossil fuels.” He went on to describe “bringing our troops back home” and retraining them as solar installers, completely “redirecting the money now being spent on foreign interventions.” He concluded this thought by adding that “the real problem is financing through Wall Street the continued exploration of fossil fuel resources.”

Cowsert did not respond to requests for comment for this article.

As the beneficiary of a 2006 redistricting scheme that helped him defeat Democrat Jane Kidd 12 years ago, Cowsert inherited his Senate seat from his brother-in-law, Brian Kemp, who left it to make a failed run for agriculture commissioner. He rose to become majority leader, the third-highest-ranking position in the Georgia Senate and second-highest in the GOP caucus.

In a recent candidate forum, Cowsert emphasized bipartisanship and listed public education, rural broadband internet and rural health care as his top three priorities.

As achievements, he cited raising teacher pay and a positive climate for businesses.

His record, however, leans more conservative. He has voted against easing medical marijuana rules, adoptions by LGBTQ couples and cash-bail reform, and for cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, making English the official language of Georgia and the “religious freedom” bill that would protect the rights of evangelical Christians to discriminate against gays and other minorities.

Cowsert also played a role in watering down and ultimately defeating the Hidden Predator Act, which would have extended the statute of limitations to sue child molestors and institutions that covered for them. His law partner, Steven Heath, represented three Athens churches named in a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America alleging that it allowed a local scouts and church youth group leader to continue molesting boys for decades. Republicans on the Senate Judicial Committee, including Cowsert, gutted the bill during a closeddoor meeting, and the House, which had approved a stronger version unanimously, refused to accept the Senate’s changes.

Cowsert said at a recent forum that he believed the bill would have allowed too much time to pass for the accused to be able to adequately defend themselves.

As one of the half-dozen or so most powerful politicians in Atlanta, Cowsert has a major fundraising edge over his opponents, with nearly $400,000 in his campaign account as of the end of September, according to state campaign finance records.

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House District 119 Gonzalez and Rep. Jonathan Wallace are sort of a package deal. Despite being from different backgrounds—Gonzalez was raised in the New York area and put herself through law school as a single mom; Wallace is originally from

Senate District 46 As Senate majority leader, Bill Cowsert is one of the most powerful men in Atlanta, and he has the $400,000 war chest and tailor-made district to show it. Republicans chopped Clarke County in half in 2006 to increase Cowsert’s chances of winning his brother-in-law Brian Kemp’s Senate seat.

It worked, and after he trounced two opponents by double digits, Democrats didn’t even bother to try to oust him for a decade. This year, though, retired U.S. Forestry Service administrator Marisue Hilliard is Bill Cowsert giving it a go. So is write-in candidate John Fortuin.

Cowsert is generally an orthodox Republican, although he often strays from party ideology by opposing corporate tax breaks and voted against the campus carry bill.

Recently, he’s faced questions about his role in gutting a bill that would have made it easier for victims of child molesters to sue institutions that enable them; his law partner represented three Athens churches accused of covering for a Boy Scouts leader who preyed on boys in the 1960s and ’70s. Hilliard’s Marisue Hilliard signature issue is gun control—she founded the local chapter of Moms Demand Action after the Sandy Hook mass shooting and supports universal background checks,

10th Congressional District Jody Hice is the heir to Paul Broun, Athens’ previous gun-toting, evolution-disbelieving, Obama-slamming congressman. Prior to being elected in 2014, Hice was known as the pastor who convinced the Barrow County Commission to display the Ten Commandments, and an author and talk-radio host who claimed Islam is not a religion and women shouldn’t run for office without their husbands’ permission, and compared abortion to genocide. Unlike the flamboyant Jody Hice Broun, though, Hice has kept a low profile in Congress—so low that he’s never held a town hall meeting in Athens.

Democrats’ sacrificial lamb this year is Tabitha JohnsonGreen, a Washington County nurse and business owner who came out of nowhere to win the primary against two better-funded and better-organized opponents.

A small part of Athens is in the 9th District, where Republican incumbent Doug Collins of Gainesville faces Josh McCall, a Bernie Sanders-style progressive.

With a Cook Partisan Voting Tabitha Johnson-Green Index rating of R +31 (meaning that if Republicans received 50 percent of the vote nationally, a typical Republican in the Georgia 9th would receive 81 percent), the district is one of the most conservative in the country.

The 10th, also considered a safe GOP seat, has a Cook PVI of R +15.

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As a member of a prominent Athens family who built a huge network of political connections as student government president at UGA and under the wing of mentor Mayor Nancy Denson, Houston Gaines looked like the favorite to keep this district in Republican hands after then-Rep. Regina Quick became a Superior Court judge in the summer of 2017.

But Deborah Gonzalez, a lawyer and political neophyte, wrested the seat away in a blue wave. In the rematch, Houston Gaines Gaines continues to enjoy a fundraising edge, thanks to support from the Atlanta business establishment, while Gonzalez now has the advantage of incumbency.

Gonzalez co-sponsored a bill during the last legislative session to expand Medicaid in Georgia and also supports increased funding for education, child-care subsidies, gun control and protections for the LGBTQ and immigrant communities. Conflating Medicaid with Medicare for all, Gaines has accused her of supporting single-payer universal health care. He has also criticized her for demanding that Sheriff Ira Edwards stop cooperating with Immigration and Customs Deborah Gonzalez Enforcement to deport jail inmates. Gaines’ platform includes tax cuts, gun rights and creating a friendly climate for business.

Websites: votedeborahgonzalez.com; houstongaines.com

Louisiana and works in the tech industry—they have similar politics, jibed on the campaign trail last year and work closely together in the House. He also co-sponsored the Medicaid bill, but his pet issue now is election security—he is critical of Georgia’s outdated and easily hacked voting machines and is in favor of using paper balJonathan Wallace lots and optical scanners.

Running in a redder district than Gonzalez, Wallace won a stunning 57 percent of the vote and defeated three Republicans without a runoff.

One of those Republicans, Marcus Wiedower, is back to challenge him again. He’s well funded as the GOP looks to take back a seat they held for decades and regard as rightfully theirs. Wiedower’s platform is fairly run-ofthe-mill, but he does have the unusual idea of ditching health insurance altogether and returning to a fee-forservice model where patients Marcus Wiedower pay doctors directly.

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oth of Athens’ congressional seats and four out of five seats in the state legislature are up for grabs this year, with incumbents facing more competition than they’ve had in years. Democrats didn’t even bother contesting most of those seats in 2016, but anger at President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress, energy from two Democratic upsets in 2017, a progressive sweep in May’s local elections and the most competitive Democratic campaign for governor since 2002 are driving a renewed sense of political activism in Athens.

Democratic incumbents are trying to protect the two GOP-leaning state House seats they won in special elections last year, and challengers are trying to pick off two Republican-held state Senate seats and two in Congress.

But those races will be far more difficult, as the incumbents have major money advantages, and the campaigns are being waged on more conservative ground.

Here’s a look at the local races on the ballot Nov. 6. (Or, vote early at the Board of Elections through Friday, Nov. 2; at the ACC Library Oct. 31 or Nov. 2; or at City Hall Nov. 1 or 2.) For previous, more in-depth articles on the candidates, visit flagpole.com.

Frank Ginn is the Republican who represents the other half of Clarke County, along with much of the deep-red surrounding area, allowing him to dispatch past Democratic challengers with ease. He faces a determined opponent in Dawn Johnson, a Winder resident (and wife of Athens Banner-Herald crime reporter Frank Ginn Joe Johnson) who works for a nonprofit that provides services to adults with developmental disabilities.

Despite the conservative makeup of most of the district, Johnson is running on an aggressively progressive platform that includes more funding for pre-K and K-12 education and HOPE, Medicaid expansion, a living wage and labor rights. Beer drinkers will appreciate Ginn’s role in easing laws on craft breweries selling directly to the public.

Otherwise, there’s much to like about Ginn from a Republican perspective, but not much for Democrats.

Websites: frankginn.com; Dawn Johnson electdawn.org

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Long Live Flickskinny THE FLAGPOLE COMIC CELEBRATES 20 YEARS

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com For the past two decades, Flickskinny has delivered the low-down on new blockbuster releases to avid film fans by way of witty, conversational commentary from the comic’s cartoon-ified co-creators. Flagpole readers may be surprised to see the comic jump off of the paper and onto the canvas, when “The Flickskinny Gallery,” an exhibition of paintings, takes over the walls of Flicker Theatre & Bar for the month of November.

Stuck working together every Friday night as new hires at Vision Video in 1998, Jeremy Long and Clint McElroy quickly bonded over their mutual love for films as well as comics, which they had both independently made in the past. After the ingenious idea to combine their interests, the duo began passing the time by co-illustrating a movie review comic strip. Named for the thinness of its first issue, Flickskinny was sold inside of the video store and picked up two years later by Flagpole, where it has appeared as a weekly staple ever since. After 17 years, McElroy retired from Flickskinny, but Long has continued to carry the torch alone.

“I usually pick the movie that looks most expensive, because they’re more fun to draw. My motto is, I’d rather draw robots and giant sharks than people smooching.

I can’t even draw fingers, much less emotions,” says Long. “I usually know what I’m going to see weeks ahead of time, but if something suddenly appears one week and has a [3 percent] on Rotten Tomatoes, then I’ll usually change plans last-minute.”

While the format has seldom been tweaked stylistically—just a scaling down from four panels to two panels— Flickskinny has expanded into other media and creative endeavors over the years. In addition to a radio show, Long and McElroy produced a series of animated shorts called “True Tour Stories.” Starring cartoon

versions of local bands such as Laminated Cat, Casper and the Cookies, Venice Is Sinking and The Sunshine Fix, the videos retell the hilarious highs and lows of being on the road. (Long and McElroy have also co-owned Flicker since 2007.)

Though he’s observed some positive trends in the film industry over the past two decades, Long suggests there’s still room for progress.

“Hollywood has gotten better about casting minorities—or is making an effort to look like they are trying—but sadly, this is happening at a time when all they really get to do is run from giant robots and half-melted zombie dogs,” says Long. “I guess that’s progress. It’s helpful for the Flickskinny, for sure, but maybe not so much for cinema at large.”

Jeremy Long The comic’s previous visual art exhibition, “The Flickskinny Museum,” was held in celebration of its “I tried to ape different art styles as I 15th anniversary in 2013. Envisioned as went along, but they all just kind of look a retrospective parody juxtaposing the like Flickskinnies,” he says. “It started as seriousness of cultural institutions with sort of a parody, but I really got into it the the silliness of the comic, the displays longer I did it. I’d never painted before, so unearthed history through rough drafts, what’s in the show will literally be the first hand-drawn VHS boxes, montages of camnine paintings I’ve ever done in my life. I’m eos, trivia questions, childhood mementos pretty stoked to hang them up!” and other curios.

Beyond the orange wall, movie lovers Continuing a tone of tongue-in-cheek should take note of the venue’s growing sophistication, this year’s “Flickskinny frequency of screenings, often organized Gallery” hones in on the imagery of the by the Flicker Film Society. October was comic. Long chose a handful of his favorite horror-heavy, with a “31 Days of Darkness” panels from over the years and painted series, and the new month will become them onto canvases, being careful to select “Nic-vember,” with Wednesday nights dediimages that can stand strongly on their own cated to Nicolas Cage. without the written review portions.

“Vision Video Friday nights always felt

like a club atmosphere, where everybody only ever talked about movies,” says Long.

“The FFS is the first thing I’ve been involved in so far that feels like those glory days at the video store. It’s been life-affirming for me and brings me much personal joy. Like a good Nic Cage performance.”

An opening reception for “The Flickskinny Gallery” will be held on Friday, Nov. 2 beginning at 7 p.m. with live music from Rebreeders following at 9 p.m. In addition to the paintings and Flickskinny boxsets that will be available for purchase, the night doubles as the release party for The Flickskinny Book, which has been locally published by The Garbage Factory and will soon appear on the shelves of local bookshops. f

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FREE SOLO (PG-13) This National Geographic coopt. She withdraws from her white boydocumentary may wind up being 2018’s friend, Chris (KJ Apa). Kenya, Starr’s only most thrilling feature. It already has generfriend in her neighborhood, is the half-sisated the year’s highest per-screen average ter of her half-brother, Seven (Lamar and bested An Inconvenient Truth for biggest Johnson). More importantly, Kenya’s dad, documentary opening average ever. Still, King (Anthony Mackie), heads the local with all that success, the average filmgoer is drug-dealing gang that fear implication in more likely to mistake Free Solo for a gratis Starr’s upcoming grand jury testimony. showing of the most recent Star Wars movie Nothing is simple for Starr Carter in The or a snarky internet take on said movie Hate U Give, and director George Tillman Jr. by vicious Last Jedi haters. Those in the (Soul Food, Notorious), working from a script know probably were introduced to thrilling by the late Audrey Wells, knows the tension climbing docs by filmmaking duo Jimmy is uncomfortable but necessary. An importChin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s debut, ant film given America’s current fractured Meru (check it out for more heart-pounding state, The Hate U Give will leave its audience tension). with much to consider about hate and who Free Solo chronicles 26-year-old Alex is really responsible for it.

Honnold’s record-setting ascent of Yosemite’s 3,000-plus-foot wall, El Capitan, MID90S (R) Jonah Hill’s debut as a writer sans ropes or safety gear. (Captain Kirk and director is not an instant classic, yet it attempted the same feat in Star Trek V: The heralds more to come from an actor from Final Frontier.) Bearing witness to Honnold whom no one expected this much. Mid90s is plunging to his death is an ever-present not my ’90s, and it is highly unlikely that it possibility at any moment of Free Solo, and was Hill’s, either. The burgeoning hedonism the climber’s filmmaker friends, Chin and of young skater Stevie, aka Sunburn (Sunny Mikey Schaefer, do not stop reminding viewers. Neither Mid90s does Honnold’s new girlfriend, Sanni McCandless, who struggles with understanding why her boyfriend feels compelled to make a living so recklessly.

The resulting film elevates documentary to Mission: Impossible-level stunts: Think of Honnold as the Tom Cruise of free soloing. Climbing without a safety net is not an act But seriously, do you think I’m cool?

Honnold takes lightly or decides on a whim. A new generation of climbers can learn a lot from Suljic, a strong young performer previthe single-mindedness and diligent prepaously seen in The Killing of a Sacred Deer), ration Honnold puts into these stunning feels aspirational, as opposed to authentic. feats. Everyone else will be waiting until it Young Stevie soon claims core membership is okay to breathe again. Free Solo may be in a cohort of skateboarders, survives an the king of a mountainous year crowded accident that would have killed lesser morwith great docs. tals, gets action from an older girl when the other boys cannot and, maybe least believTHE HATE U GIVE (PG-13) No family should ably, binge drinks without ever puking. have to have a conversation about how to The puking scene in a coming-of-age tale act when the police inevitably stop you. The like Mid90s is so crucial that its absence says existence of that moment for black families more than its presence would have. Stevie opens and drives the powerful The Hate is a young god, and his actions, no matter U Give. Teenager Starr Carter (Amandla how reckless, lack lasting consequences. He Stenberg, whom you should not have is the embodiment of the immortals most missed in Everything, Everything) has two teens envision themselves to be. Like me, versions of herself. One attends the elite Hill probably saw Larry Clark and Harmony prep school to which her loving parents, Korine’s seminal ’90s youth-gone-wild tale, Maverick and Lisa (Russell Hornsby and Kids, at a cinematically impressionable age.

Regina Hall), send her and her siblings. The Yet, while Hill’s kids are certainly wild, he other Starr must survive in Garden Heights, has crafted a far more empathetic portrayal the crime-ridden neighborhood where her of teenage boys, whose errors too often father serves as owner of a crucial conovershadow their successes. venience store (the closest Walmart is 32 Aspiring pro skater Ray (Na-kel Smith) minutes away). exemplifies the unguarded friendliness of When Starr’s estranged childhood teenagers. But friendly or not, the repetifriend, Khalil (Algee Smith, Detroit), is shot tion of the casual homophobia that domiby a cop, leaving her as the sole witness, the nated the ’90s teen lexicon makes Mid90s two Starrs collide. Her white schoolmates, more off-putting than realistic. Unevenly led by BFF Hailey (Sabrina Carpenter), see funny and never fully intuitive, Mid90s may Khalil’s death as a movement to join or understand being a teenager too well. f

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Horsin’ Around EQUUS AND MORE SHOWS TO SEE THIS FALL

By Dina Canup arts@flagpole.com

of themselves appear in varied settings on the four screens.

On one screen, they will appear to be in London’s Globe Theatre. Pre-recorded voice actors (Atty Siegel and Justin Hall) perform the original words of the play to go with the physical actors’ movements. On another screen (with Pedro Alvarado and Darcy Russell), it looks like they’re in present-day Athens, doing a paraphrase of the scene in everyday American English. There’s a contemporary scene set in Paris, with the words not just translated but paraphrased into modern French (with T. Anthony Marotta and Emily Myers Shirley). The fourth scene appears to be in the Palais Royale in the 1880’s (with Leah M. Merritt and Phillip Brankin), using Victor Hugo’s translation of Shakespeare into French.

Equus Ask some people if they’ve heard of Equus, and all they can think of is naked Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe’s stage debut in 2007). Theater fans are more likely to know this is as a Tony Award-winning classic that has featured stars like Anthony Hopkins, Richard Burton, Anthony Perkins and Leonard Nimoy as psychiatrist Martin Dysart. (They’ll know the Harry Potter connection too, of course.)

Bored and dissatisfied with his own life, Dysart (John Galas) undertakes a sort of psychological detective story as he examines teenager Alan Strang (Zachary Pareizs), who has inexplicably blinded a stable full of horses in a fit of violence.

Alan doesn’t just love horses. He loves them, to the point of worship and sexual fixation. He’s got a troubled relationship with his parents (Shanon Weaver and Robyn Accetta), and his excessive veneration of horses has not helped his romantic life.

As Dysart attempts to get to the heart of Alan’s painful passions, he wrestles with his own existential crisis.

Director Ray Paolino uses a dreamlike, ritualistic approach to the stories and events in the play that has been a favorite of his since seeing it in its original Broadway run. With powerful design and a strong cast, this team is bringing their best to UGA John Galas and Zachary Pareizs in Equus.

Theatre’s Spotlight on the Arts offering this fall.

Equus, by Peter Shaffer, is presented by UGA Theatre in the Fine Arts Theatre Friday and Saturday, Nov. As if that doesn’t sound exciting enough, there’s 2–3, and Wednesday through Friday, Nov. 7–9, at 8 p.m., also original music composed by Peter Lane, unique to with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sundays, Nov. 4 and 11. Tickets each scene but also written as separate tracks of one are $16, $12 for UGA students and available at ugatheatre. piece that you will hear when the scenes are performed com/equus, 706-542-4400 or in person at the Performing simultaneously.

Arts Center or Tate Center box offices.

Then, it all happens again with the same voice and movement actors, with the scene from Tartuffe: the original as The Rosetta Theatre Project Imagine a museum display performed at the Palais Royale, in contemporary Paris, in in a black-box space. There’s a low platform with a table everyday English in suburban Athens and an interpretation and two actors (Luis Perez O’Farrill and Eva Ramirez) in of how it could have been performed in Shakespeare’s time motion-capture suits, plus a screen in each corner. If you and language, which dramaturg Sujata Iyengar has called stay for about an hour, you can see four versions each of “Fakespeare.” Next, the Romeo and Juliet scenes begin again, a scene from Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet) and from followed by Tartuffe, on a continual loop.

Molière (Tartuffe).

It’s an experimental, multidisciplinary performance that O’Farrill and Ramirez will silently perform the tomb offers a truly singular experience. According to director scene in Romeo and Juliet while different animated versions David Saltz, “It is designed to appeal to people in a wide

range of different fields, including theater, music, art, English, French, history, animation and gaming.” There’s no excuse for missing this uniquely inventive performance, which is free to the public.

The Rosetta Theatre Project is presented by the UGA Department of Theatre and Film Studies, the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, the national conference of the Alliance for Arts in Research Universities (A2ru) and the international conference “Scenes in the Other’s Language/Scènes dans la langue de l’autre” in the Dancz Center of UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music Friday, Nov. 2 from 3:30–7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 3 from 5:30–7 p.m. For more information, visit drama.uga.edu.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Born in improv and workshopped from out of state to Off-Broadway all the way to Broadway, this musical comedy features an ensemble of quirky, lovable spelling-bee hopefuls (Jason Baird, Paula Gerhardt, Graham Fenn, Daniel Hawkins, Audrey Burkes and Amanda Rempe). The grown-ups in the room are former spelling champion Rona Lisa Peretti (Amy Miller), the queen bee of the event, with fellow emcee Douglas Panch (J.J. Jackson) and “comfort counselor” Mitch Mahoney (Kerri Brooks), who isn’t very comforting. There’s audience participation, teenage anxiety, an appearance

by Jesus, the agony of defeat and an unfortunate erection in this fun night of musical theater for ages 18 and up.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin, is presented by On Stage After Dark with OnStage Walton at the Wayfarer Music Hall in Monroe Nov. 2–3 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $25 and include one drink ticket plus snacks and refreshments. For tickets and information, visit onstagewalton.org Newsies It’s the little guys vs. big money in Athens Creative Theatre’s production of the musical that’s based on the Disney movie inspired by the true story of teenaged newspaper delivery boys who formed a union to stick it to the man in 1890s New York City. The Broadway production won several Tony and Drama Desk Awards, and the album even won a Grammy, but it’s no surprise considering the score is by Alan Menken, who gave us some of our most favorite Disney music (Tangled, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and much more).

Newsies, by Alan Menken, Jack Feldman and Harvey Fierstein, is presented by Athens Creative Theatre at the Morton Theatre Nov. 1–3 at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday, Nov. 3 and a 3 p.m. matinee Sunday, Nov. 4.

Tickets are $15, $12 for children, students, and seniors and available at mortontheatre.com or 706-613-3771. f

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By Jessie Goodson music@flagpole.com

“I

did all the things,” local violinist and composer Annie Leeth says of her debut album.

Leeth is a fourth-year composition and performance major at the University of Georgia. While balancing school and work, she has kept music at the forefront.

In March, she released an EP, Heard, and on Nov. 1, she’ll release a full-length, Recurrence. The album features six new originals, a collaboration with Athens’ Sephine and a reimagining of Andrew Bird’s “Beyond the Valley of the Three White Horses.”

Written, produced and engineered by Leeth alone, Recurrence blends electronic and contemporary classical music into a minimalist package. Taking inspiration

other songs on the record, there wasn’t really a plan, says Leeth—it just happened.

Leeth tracked, mixed and mastered Recurrence herself using programs like Logic and Pro Tools. “It was kind of an intentional thing. I wanted it to be like, ‘I’m not gonna let anyone else touch this,’” she says. While attending the Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, OH, Leeth said she spent much of her time in her room with her recording equipment. She also recorded parts of Recurrence at UGA’s on-campus studio.

As a student in UGA’s music business program, Leeth began interning and eventually working at Athens studio Chase Park Transduction, where she further developed her engineering and producing skills.

from Kishi Bashi, Steve Reich and anything “melancholy and chilled out,” says Leeth, her use of loops and soundscapes—textural heirs to the ambient drone of pioneers like Brian Eno—give listeners something new to consider.

Leeth says most of the original songs on Recurrence started as single loops and built from there. “I never really know if it’s gonna actually become a song, or if it’s just gonna just be an exercise in something,” Leeth says. After much improvisation and trial and error, the songs were finished when Leeth decided they were good enough.

Leeth says writing and crafting songs is a way to balance herself. During the process of recording, Leeth altered and obscured her source loops to make them more organic and less obvious. Throughout, ideas were added and subtracted as needed.

The resulting compositions are diverse, patient and often breathtaking. One standout is “Once,” an effects-heavy piano number. Leeth says it was a one-take recording.

In the studio with a piano, Leeth decided to play around on it and record herself.

Quickly, it became a song.

“Frogs” is a collaboration between Leeth and Sephine’s Will Anderson. Both artists are former members of local country-influenced band The Pink Stones who branched off to start solo projects. Like many of the

Outside of sound engineering, Leeth has appeared as a studio and live violinist for artists like Faye Webster. Leeth says she hopes to continue collaborating with others and trying new things on both sides of the recording booth.

She also wants to spark a merger in Athens of classical and popular music.

Leeth says one of her professors often talks about the lack of music students in bands, and she agrees that it’s an “untapped market” when it comes to the local scene. “As a whole, I think that it would be really great if the two were melded as a little bit more of a microcosm for the entire classical versus non-classical world,” Leeth says.

Ultimately, Leeth hopes listeners from all backgrounds will hear and appreciate the album. “I think that, ideally, enough people from the classical world would like it and enough people from the non-classical world [would like it] that it would be fine how it is,” she says. f

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ROOTS, RADICS AND ROCKA: Years-long Athens hip-hop impresario Montu Miller—promoter, fan and man willing to call out scene BS when he sees it— knows the history of this scene better than anyone currently working in it. So, it’s only fitting that he, via AthFactor Entertainment, is hosting a night dedicated to the “Living Legends of Athens Hip Hop.” It’s happening Tuesday, Nov. 6 at The World Famous and will feature live sets from Duddy Ken, Big Earl aka Noble Badum, Trap Boy TD, Pretty Faze, Elite tha Showstoppa, Ishues, Noc the Don, Tee-Roy 3mill, Billy D. Brell, Untame, Big Body, Miss Unyque, Dictator and Tony B. The live show starts at 10:30 p.m., but the social mixer portion of the night starts at 9 p.m., with selector Chief Rocka playing downtempo tunes before his set of classics and currents pops off at 10. The hip-hop scene in town has gotten a lot of attention Montu Miller over the past couple of years, but for basically two decades plus, it was a hell of a grind undertaken and maintained by a handful of the faithful. So, hats off to Miller and crew for putting this together.

HANG OUT: If you’re itching to get all that Halloween off you, then by all means attend the show with the most healing power around Thursday, Nov. 1 at Flicker Theatre & Bar.

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YEET!: Sometimes I dig a little hubris, so lemme tell y’all about rapper Paco Marquez (aka Jack Frost). His newest mixtape, IceGod, came out about a month ago, and it’s jampacked full of raps about money, Dubai, diamonds, women, Gucci, etc. If you can get past this topical smokescreen that gets laid down by Marquez—and he lays it down heavy—it eventually becomes clear there’s a lotta goofball humor going on. To wit: “I got hella bands on my radar/ I’m never at the skatepark, ’cause I don’t got a helmet/ I’m helpless.”

Production-wise, this is all really radio-ready but is more likely to gain a following online à la Lil Pump, Lil Yachty, Lil Xan and 6ix9ine—none of whom Marquez really sounds like, but whose mood, media and overall aesthetic he’s undeniably drawn a kinship with. On the technical front, his flow is solid, and he does a fine job fitting bars comfortably into his beats, but culturally speaking, we’re almost at 14:59 with this kind of stuff, so some moves are needed in order to make a real impression. Anyway, he’s playing the Caledonia Lounge Saturday, Nov. 3 second-to-last on a bill with Kid Arsenic, who is headlining for his EP release. Also on the bill are Caulfield, YOD/BYV, Kxng Blanco, Squalle, Son Zoo, DK, Motorhead2x and J Nolan. Get up to speed with the kid that “love[s] Gucci, money and lean” at sound cloud.com/pacomarquez.

BOUNCE ’EM DOWN: Drew Kirby just released the newest mix of stuff under his Civils moniker. It’s titled Birds Inert, and its recording is stripped back down to the type of four-track experiments that the whole Civils adventure began with.

Portions of this are deeply groovy (“Boxcar Children,” “Late Capitalism”), and other portions are, well, not as groovy.

Kirby’s ability to twist an indie-funk feeling out of a tune that otherwise sounds built from straw and twine is truly impressive. Between these types of tracks and the others— which are, generally and loosely speaking, somewhat gentle meanderings with occasional flexing—careful listeners can draw parallels to Minutemen. Not that any of this sounds like them, but it’s constructed in that same way, where rhythm meets introspection. Check it out at marching banana.bandcamp.com. f

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the calendar! calendar picks ART | FRI, NOV 2

Town & Country

Lotta Mae’s · 5:30–7:30 p.m. · FREE! To find inspiration for their exhibition, “Town & Country,” painter Mallory Moye and photographer Cassie Wright looked among the faces of Sweet Olive Farm Animal Rescue, a Winterville nonprofit that serves as a sanctuary for rescued alpacas, mini horses, donkeys, sheep, goats, pigs, birds, a wild mustang and dogs. Moye is a native Athens artist who returned to town in 2016 after a decade of acting in New York and Los Angeles.

Wright is a commercial photographer who travels the world to shoot images for fashion, sports, lifestyle and entertainment clients. “Town & Country” will remain on view through Nov. 11, with a portion of total sales benefiting Sweet Olive.

[Jessica Smith]

Tuesday 30 COMEDY: Face/Down/Stand/ Up (WayWard Nightclub) Behind the Dial Podcast presents comedians Evan Allen, Jake Ward and Charlotte’s Carlos Valencia. Music

by Tempest. 8:30–11 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/waywardlounge FILM: Film Discussion (ACC Library) Watch and discuss Daughters of the Dust, Julie Dash’s award-winning 1991 film based on Mama Day, about three generations of Gullah-Geechee women in the Barrier Islands. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens FILM: Shocktoberfest: The Fog (Ciné Barcafé) “When the fog rolls in… the terror begins,” in John

Mallory Moye

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FILM | NOV 2–3

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar · 8 p.m. · $10–12 North Carolina musician Peter Holsapple has assembled quite the resume over the past four decades, as a founding member of lauded indiepop band The dB’s and a hired gun for mega-acts like R.E.M. and Hootie & the Blowfish. In 2012, The dB’s released a new studio LP, Falling Off the Sky, and this July, Holsapple returned with Game Day, his first solo album in 21 years. He brings his Combo to Hendershot’s for a show that also serves as a single-release party for Pylon Reenactment Society, the erstwhile tribute act fronted by Pylon singer Vanessa Briscoe Hay, and featuring members of Casper & the Cookies and The Glands, that is now venturing into new-music territory. [Gabe Vodicka]

The Globe · 8 p.m. · $5 Beto Cacao is an organizer and activist known for his work with the Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition and co-founding the annual LatinxFest. He is also a guitarist and songwriter, and Friday, he will mark the release of a new album, Undocorridos—produced by Grammy-winning artist and folklorist Art Rosenbaum—at The Globe. Playing in the Mexican corrido style, Cacao spotlights the plight of the undocumented immigrant with eight sparse, Spanish-language songs paired with English introductions explaining each tune. The songs are poignant (“Somos Corridos”) and darkly funny (“DWH [Driving While Hispanic]”) and showcase Cacao’s skilled guitar work and passionate vocal style. [GV]

Ciné · 12 a.m.

Celebrating a full 10 years of midnight premieres held at Ciné, the unusual underground film collective Gonzoriffic showcases the abundant creativity of local actors, writers, musicians and visual artists through low- to no-budget shorts.

Organized by Andrew Shearer, this year’s festival is slated to include Goth Line Bling and You Gotta Nixon Body, directed

by Coquette De Jour; The Bloody Brides of Bad Girl Dracula, Vincent Price’s Skull and Wet T-Shirt Zombies by Shearer; and A Hostage for Christmas by a special guest, Ohio-based filmmaker Henrique Couto. As always, viewers can expect the best in spoopy plots and campy horror reminiscent of classic B-movie masterpieces. [JS]

Peter Holsapple Combo

Carpenter’s The Fog (1980). www. athenscine.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Road) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern 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 KIDSTUFF: East Athens Halloween Carnival (East Athens

Community Center) Festivities include a costume contest, face painting, haunted house, games and more. Ages 5–18. 5:30–7 p.m. $3. www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure LECTURES & LIT: Spooktacular Storytime (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Cartoonists Drew Weing, author of The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo: Monster Mall, and Lee Gatlin, author of Monster School, celebrate their new books. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com

Wednesday 31 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Take a tour of “Richard Hunt: Synthesis.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org

Beto Cacao

EVENTS: Mall-o-Ween (Georgia Square Mall) Visit the mall in costume for candy stations, balloon art, face painting and music. 6–8 p.m. georgiasquaremall.com EVENTS: Frankenreads (Ciné Barcafé) Hear a live reading of the final chapters of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Cocktail hour will precede the reading and a screening of Bride of Frankenstein will follow.

Costumes encouraged. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and much more. Live music by Random Acts (Oct. 31).

4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net

Gonzoriffic

EVENTS: Creepy Creature Costume Contest (Creature Comforts Brewery) Throw on your best costume for a chance to win.

Live music by Avery Leigh’s Night Palace. 7 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com EVENTS: Tricks and Treats for Adults (and Dogs) (Southern Brewing Company) Festivities include dog an dhuman costume contests, beer, food trucks and more.

5–11 p.m. www.sobrewco.com EVENTS: Costume Contest (Nowhere Bar) Wear your Halloween costume for cash prizes. Drawing at 12:30 a.m. www.facebook.com/ nowherebarathens FILM: Shocktoberfest: Bride of Frankenstein (Ciné Barcafé) Watch the 1935 classic. athenscine.com

FILM: Shocktoberfest: The Fog (Ciné Barcafé) See Tuesday listing for full description. athenscine.com GAMES: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play the Shadowfist Dynamic Card Game. 12 p.m. FREE! 706-354-4500, www. tychesgames.com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday.

Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Halloween Trivia and Costumes (Craft Public House) A special Halloween edition of general trivia with a costume contest. 6:30–8 p.m. www.craftathens.com GAMES: Bingo (Highwire Lounge) Win prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! highwirelounge.com k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 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 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: Trick-or-Treat (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Children can stop by antime in costume to trick-or-treat at the library while supplies last. Patrons are encouraged to bring a treat for the Madison County Food Bank. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison KIDSTUFF: Trunk or Treat (Bogart Library, Main St. Bogart) Little ghosts and goblins are invited to trunk-or-treat for goodies and games. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart 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: 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: CCHS Trunk or Treat (Clarke Central High School) CCHS’s Women and Gender Studies Club hosts a trunk or treat night.

Cars will be decorated by high school clubs and athletic programs.

5:30–7 p.m. FREE! barnerc@clarke. k12.ga.us 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 LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Barnes & Noble) Tracy L. Adkins will read and sign her book Ghosts of Athens: History and Haunting of Athens, Georgia. Costumes are welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-354-1195 LECTURES & LIT: Brown Bag Lunch (Lyndon House Arts Center) This lunch’s topic is “Athens’ Historic African-American Cemeteries: Reflection and Restoration.” Presented by the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation.

12 p.m. FREE! www.achfonline.org PERFORMANCE: Secret City Burlesque (The World Famous) The local troupe performs burlesque routines. 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/ theworldfamousathens

Thursday 1 ART: Spotlight on the Arts AfterParty (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Celebrate four new exhibitions.

Performances by Lambda Celsius and Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs.

Part of Spotlight on the Arts. 8:30– 10:30 p.m. FREE! arts.uga.edu ART: Opening Celebration (UGA Performing Arts Center) A kaleido-

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scope of art student performances and presentations. Part of Spotlight on the Arts. 7:30–9 p.m. FREE! arts. uga.edu CLASSES: Yamuna (Healing Arts Centre, Sangha Yoga Studio) Develop strong, flexible, pain-free feet. 2 p.m. holistichealthrevolution@gmail.com EVENTS: Lantern Parade (Lyndon House Arts Center) The parade will be led by the clown troupe The Thunder Dreamers. Anyone can join with a lantern and flashlight.

Flameless light sources only. 7–9 p.m. FREE! accgov.com/lyndonhouse EVENTS: Student Spotlight (UGA Tate Student Center, Tate Plaza) Performances throughout the day.

Part of Spotlight on the Arts. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! www.arts.uga.edu EVENTS: Turkish Delights: Rug Show & Sale (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) Educational talks and Turkish treats throughout the weekend. Nov. 1, 6–9 p.m. & Nov. 2–3, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.mmccarts.org FILM: Blaze with Sybil Rosen (Ciné Barcafé) The encore screening of Blaze, inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, features a Q&A with screenwriter Sybil Rosen and live music with Fester Hagood and Levi Lowery.

6 p.m. www.athenscine.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq LECTURES & LIT: Book Discussion (ACC Library) Discuss Margaret Atwood’s book, The Handmaid’s Tale. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: a2ru Plenary Session (Georgia Center for Continuing Education) Cassandra Fraser, Paul Shrivastava and Sha Xin Wei present “The Art of Resilience: What’s at Stake for Integrating the Arts and Sciences to Achieve Sustainability and Resilience in the Anthropocence.” Part of Spotlight on the Arts. 12 p.m. FREE! www.art. uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Georgia Disability History Symposium (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) This year’s topic is “From Exclusion to Building Communities.” 10 a.m. FREE! www. libs.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Scenes in the Other’s Language Conference (ACC Library) The UGA Department of English hosts various panel discussions. Part of Spotlight on the Arts. Nov. 1–3. arts.uga.edu MEETINGS: Upper Oconee Watershed Network (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Join UOWN for its annual Member Social with drinks and live music. 6–9 p.m. FREE! www.uown.org MEETINGS: Oconee Rivers Audubon Society (Sandy Creek Nature Center) André Gallant speaks on “Of Oysters and Aquaculture: The Story of Watermen on the Georgia Coast.” 7 p.m. FREE! www.oconeeriversaudubon.org OUTDOORS: Nature Ramblers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Meet at Shade Garden Arbor) Learn more about flora and fauna of the garden while enjoying fresh air and inspirational readings. Ramblers are encouraged to bring their own nature writings or favorite poems and essays to share with the group.

9 a.m. FREE! www.naturerambling. blogspot.com THEATER: Newsies (Morton Theatre) The Athens Creative Theatre’s stage production of the Disney film turned Broadway hit.

Nov. 1–3, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 2 p.m.

Nov. 4, 3 p.m. $10–15. www.mortontheatre.com

Friday 2 ART: Holly Daze (OCAF, Watkinsville) A one-stop shop for handcrafted seasonal decor, unique wreathes and one-of-a-kind gifts.

Nov. 2, 6–9 p.m. Nov. 3–4 & 10–11, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Nov. 9, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. www.ocaf.com ART: Opening Reception (Lotta Mae’s Supply Co.) The opening reception for “Town & Country” features work by Mallory Moye and Cassie Wright inspired by the animals at Sweet Olive Sanctuary Farm.

raffles and live music by The Hot Hotty-Hots to benefit Athens Area Homeless Shelter. 6:30 p.m. $20– 50. www.helpathenshomeless.org EVENTS: Turkish Delights: Rug Show & Sale (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) See Thursday listing for full description. Nov. 1, 6–9 p.m. & Nov. 2–3, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.mmcc-arts.org EVENTS: Friday Wine Winedowns (J’s Bottle Shop, 1452 Prince Ave.) Manilla Express will be at this Friday Wine Winedown to pair Filipino food with craft wine. 5–8 p.m. $10–15. wine.jsbottleshop@gmail.com FILM: Gonzoriffic Underground Movie Show (Ciné Barcafé) The underground film collective presents a program of locally made microcin-

hopefuls. See Theater Notes on p.

13. Nov. 2–3, 8 p.m. $25. onstagewalton.org THEATER: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Brightstone Theatre) An updated version of the musical based on “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz. Nov. 2–3, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3–4, 2:30 p.m. $12. www. brightstonetickets.com THEATER: Equus (UGA Fine Arts Building, Room 200) A psychiatrist is puzzled why a seemingly well-adjusted boy would commit the crime of blinding six horses. See Theater Notes on p. 13. Nov. 2–3 & 7–8, 8 p.m. Nov. 4 & 11, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre.com THEATER: Newsies (Morton Theatre) See Thursday listing for

The Rosetta Theatre Project will perform in the Dancz Center of UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music on Friday, Nov. 2 at 3:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 3 at 5:30 p.m.

A portion of sales will be donated to support Sweet Olive Farm. See Calendar Pick on p. 19. 5:30–7:30 p.m. sweetolivefarm.org ART: Rebecca Rutstein (Georgia Center Hotel) Rutstein is an award-winning artist and ocean explorer about to embark on her fifth deep-sea artist residency. “Out of the Darkness: Light in the Depths of the Sea of Cortez,” features her work.

Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts. 9 a.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Art Reception (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Flickskinny celebrates 20 years with handpainted panels by Jeremy Long. The Flickskinny book will be released depending on the printing company. Live music by the Rebreeders. See Art Notes on p. 11.

7 p.m. FREE! www.flickerbarandtheatre.com CLASSES: Friday Night Dance Party (UGA New Dance Theatre) A beginner Cha Cha lesson will be held at 7 p.m. followed by social dancing. No partner or experience necessary. 7–10:30 p.m. $3 (students), $5 (non-students). ugaballroom@gmail.com COMEDY: Comedy Friday– Laughs and Lattes (Veronica’s Sweet Spot) 20 minute sets from five Athen and Atlanta comics.

BYOB (bottle service fee). 7 p.m. $5. ghoshehalia@gmail.com EVENTS: Harvest for the Homeless (Athens Cotton Press) This event will feature dinner, drinks,

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ema including “The Bloody Brides of Bad Girl Dracula” and “Vincent Price’s Skull.” See Calendar Pick on p. 19. Nov. 2–3, 12 a.m. www. athenscine.com 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 curated by Rosalie Moffett featuring Jenny Sadre-Orafai and Lindsay Turner. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The Orchestra will perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. 8 p.m. $20–85. www.pac.uga.edu THEATER: Rosetta Theatre Project (The Dancz Center for New Music) The Rosetta Theatre Project presents an immersive, theatrical art installment that uses live motion-capture technology to portray scenes from Shakespeare and Moliere. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts festival. See Theater Notes on p. 13. Nov. 2, 3:30–7:30 p.m. & Nov. 3, 5:30–7 p.m. arts.uga.edu THEATER: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (On Stage Walton) On Stage After Dark presents a musical comedy starring lovable spelling-bee

full description. Nov. 1–3, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 2 p.m. Nov. 4, 3 p.m. $10–15. www.mortontheatre.com

Saturday 3 ART: Opening Reception (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The 2018 Juried Exhibition will feature 27 works of art in a wide range of media. 6–9 p.m. Donations suggested. www.athica.org ART: Southern Star Open Studio & Pottery Sale (Southern Star Studio) The pottery studio features work by Maria Dondero, Jennifer Heynen, Chona Reyes Leathers, Regina Mandell, Allya Macdonald and Kerry Steinberg. 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

FREE! mariadondero.com ART: Opening Reception (Hip Vintage and Handmade) See Gretchen Elsner’s art clothing and handmade pop-up books. Light refreshments provided. 2–4 p.m.

FREE! www.hipvintagehandmade. com ART: Holly Daze (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 2, 6–9 p.m.

Nov. 3–4 & 10–11, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Nov. 9, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. www.ocaf. com CLASSES: Conducting & Preserving Family Oral Histories (ACC Library) Angela C. Spitzer Stanley, director of Georgia HomePLACE, guides participants

through the process of planning for oral history interviews. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Paper Making with Plants and Flowers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Make recycled paper from cotton scraps.

1–4 p.m. $35. www.botgarden. uga.edu CLASSES: Soap Making 101 (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn the cold process method of making soap from natural ingredients. 2 p.m. $55. www.botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: Ballroom Dance Workshop (UGA Memorial Hall) Learn everything you need to know about East Coast Swing, Waltz and Cha Cha. 11 a.m. FREE! www.ugaballroom.com CLASSES: Indigo Dyeing Workshop (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Gain an understanding on the indigo plant, its environment, history and role as a heritage plant in Georgia. Learn natural dyeing techniques. Each participant will receive a silk scarf and is encouraged to bring one extra piece of cotton or silk fabric to dye. 9–11 a.m. $45. www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and live music. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Justice Fest (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) The Economic Justice Coalition’s annual festival will feature singing, presentations, refreshments and more. The special guest speaker is Fred O. Smith, Jr. Linda Lloyd will be the recipient of the Dr. Ray MacNair Lifetime Achievement Award. 4–7 p.m. $20. www.economicjusticecoalistion.org EVENTS: Vaccine & Pet Care Clinic (Pet Supplies Plus) Low-cost vaccinations, dewormings and other services for your furry friends. 1–4 p.m. www.athenshumanesociety.org EVENTS: Human and the Machine (Georgia Theatre) A2RU and Moogfest present an evening of art and performance featuring Michael Stipe’s “Human and the Machine,” Author & Punisher, Kishi Bashi vs.

Tall Tall Trees, Deantoni Parks and more. 8 p.m. FREE! (RSVP required). humanandthemachine.moogfest.com EVENTS: Turkish Delights: Rug Show & Sale (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) See Thursday listing for full description. Nov. 1, 6–9 p.m. & Nov. 2–3, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.mmcc-arts.org EVENTS: 2018 AIDS Walk (40 Watt Club) Support those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS by participating in a walk through downtown.

A dance party and drag show will follow. 4 p.m. walk.liveforward.org EVENTS: Scenes in Other’s Languages (ACC Library) “Speech as Silence and Song,” discussing silence in Shakespeare’s plays (10 a.m.); “Shakespeare While Black,” (12:30 p.m.) on studying or teaching Shakespeare at Historically Black Universities; “Magical Language: Gloria Naylor, Shakespeare and the Barrier Islands,” (2 p.m.) on Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day and the history of the Sapelo Islands in Georgia. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Public Tour (2471 Broughton Rd. Newborn) Tour the Rock House Creamery and garden.

Attendees will meet dairy cows and sample milk and cheese curds. A visit to the vegetable garden will follow. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $12. farmviewmarket.com EVENTS: Seed Saving for the Backyard Gardener (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Topics

include botanical terms, the challenges and rewards of seed saving, the lifespan of common garden seeds, and what conditions are best for storage. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $10. www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Vintage Clothing Presentation (Oconee County Library) After the Roadshow, David Wolfe and Sara Voyt will discuss vintage clothing. 1 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: Heritage Days Fall Festival (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Celebrate history with carfts, stories, music and hands-on educational classes. The Old Timey Seed Swap, classes on heritage plants and their uses, and demonstrations will highlight horicultural history. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www. botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Access to Justice Pop-Up Clinic (Living Waters Christian Fellowship) Athens residents can get brief, individual consultations from law professionals at this free legal clinic. 9–11 a.m.

FREE! 706-310-3606, 706-613-3161 EVENTS: Attic Treasures Roadshow (Oconee County Library) Dr. Joann Stewart from Attic Treasures in Watkinsville will offer verbal antique appraisals. Attendees may bring two items that can be easily carried, nothing modern and no historic photographs. 10–12 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: Athens Montessori School Fall Festival (Athens Montessori School) This family-friendly event features music, crafts, a book fair, a bake sale and more! 10 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! info@ athensmontessori.com EVENTS: Athens Free to Breathe 5K Run/Walk (Sandy Creek Park) Join community members on a 5K

run/walk for lung cancer research and a one-mile memorial walk for all fitness levels. 7:30 a.m. $15–30. www.freetobreathe.org EVENTS: Clothing Swap and Fundraiser (680 W. Broad St., next to Ben’s Bikes) Donations will benefit the Sex Work Outreach Project. Bring clothes you do not want anymore, then take what you do want. Leftover items will be donated to Project Safe. 12–3 p.m. $3–5 suggested donation.

EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market: African American Heritage and Urban Agriculture Festival (West Broad Market Garden) Activities include live music, kids activities, art, guest speakers, demos and educational booths. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www. athenslandtrust.org FILM: Gonzoriffic Underground Movie Show (Ciné Barcafé) See Friday listing for full description.

Nov. 2–3, 12 a.m. www.athenscine. com KIDSTUFF: Saturday Morning Club (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) UGA Theatre presents a performance coinciding with UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts Festival. For ages 4–12 and their families. 10 a.m. FREE! www. pac.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: A Moveable Feast (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Room 285) Attendees will go on a tour of artist Micaela Hobbs’ Thanksgiving table display before creating WE Thanksgiving tablescapes of their own. 2–4 p.m. FREE! russlib@ uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Family Day: Transforming Metal (Georgia Museum of Art) Participants will draw inspiration from sculptures and linear prints by Richard Hunt, then

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Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts.

10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org KIDSTUFF: Nature’s Trading Post (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Trade one or two objects found in nature for points or other nature objects in the center’s collection. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Family Day Activities (Multiple Locations) Family activities for Spotlight on the Arts featuring dance and literary workshops, a musical instrument petting zoo and performances. Visit website for locations and events. 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

FREE! www.arts.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Critter Tales (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Families are invited to listen to a story about nature. Staff will then bring it to life by visiting a critter or going outdoors for an activity. 2:30–3 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: “When Nature Calls” (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Participants can celebrate World Toilet Day by learning about toilets that can turn poo into manure, water treatment plants, animal poop and more. Ages 4 and up. 1–4 p.m. $3. www.accgov.com/stormwater LECTURES & LIT: Library Book Sale (No. 3 Railroad Street) Shop among hundreds of gently used books and movies to support the Oglethorpe County Library. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

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.

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LECTURES & LIT: a2ru Plenary Session (Georgia Center for Continuing Education) Panelists Peter Linett and Harry J. Elam, Jr. will discuss “Promoting the Arts to Full Partner: A Discussion About Deep Arts Integration on Campus from Various Leadership Perspectives.” 4 p.m. FREE! www. art.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Meet Chaya Bhuvaneswar, author of White Dancing Elephants. Bhuvaneswar’s short stories share the lives of 16 women. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com OUTDOORS: Naturalist’s Walk (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join the SCNC staff for a walk highlighting the beauty of fall. Bring a camera or binoculars. All ages. 10–11 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3615 PERFORMANCE: Effie’s Club Follies (Nuçi’s Space) Effie’s “Last Burlesque Show on the Left,” celebrates its last show of the year Hallowen style. 7p.m. $12 (adv.), $15. www.facebook.com/effiesclubfollies THEATER: Equus (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 2–3 & 7–8, 8 p.m.

Nov. 4 & 11, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre.com THEATER: Newsies (Morton Theatre) See Thursday listing for full description. Nov. 1–3, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 2 p.m. Nov. 4, 3 p.m. $10–15. www.mortontheatre.com THEATER: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (On Stage Walton) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 2–3, 8 p.m. $25. onstagewalton.org THEATER: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Brightstone Theatre) See Friday listing for full

description. Nov. 2–3, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 3–4, 2:30 p.m. $12. www. brightstonetickets.com THEATER: Rosetta Theatre Project (The Dancz Center for New Music) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 2, 3:30–7:30 p.m. & Nov. 3, 5:30–7 p.m. arts.uga.edu

Sunday 4 ART: Holly Daze (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 2, 6–9 p.m.

Nov. 3–4 & 10–11, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Nov. 9, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. www.ocaf. com EVENTS: Knitathon (The Tasting Room at Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company) Crafters can participate in a large knitting and crochet event while non-crafters can still enjoy live music, live animals, yarn spinning demonstartions, food trucks and more. 11 a.m.–4 p.m. $10.

EVENTS: 1st Annual Georgia Bites & Brews Fest (The Foundry) The dinner includes 12 small plates and 24 craft beers to choose from, a souvenir pint glass and a concert by The Plate Scrapers. 3 p.m. $40–50. www.thefoundryathens.com GAMES: Rockin’ Roll Bingo (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Play to win. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: The 4th Is Now (Tyche’s Games) Play Legend of te Five Rings. New players welcome.

12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Meet Ruby Mae O’Dell, author of the Christian mystery/ romance series “Faith in the Valley.”

3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison

LECTURES & LIT: Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Author Discussion (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Room 271) Michael Bishop and Cynthia Shearer will discuss their work and writing process. A light reception will follow.

5 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/ russell LECTURES & LIT: Panel Discussion (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Editor Jonathan Haupt will moderate “Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy,” with Terry Kay, Cynthia Graubart and Cliff Graubart. Part of Spotlight on the Arts. 3 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Music of Appalachia (Georgia Museum of Art) The Athens Chamber Singers present a special program of choral and instrumental pieces from Appalachia, including folksongs, spirituals, blues and coal mining songs. Followed by a tour of “Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann.” Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseumorg PERFORMANCE: Georgia Brass Band (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The state’s premiere British style brass band is made up of Atlantaarea musicians. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts festival. 3 p.m.

FREE! pac.uga.edu THEATER: Newsies (Morton Theatre) See Thursday listing for full description. Nov. 1–3, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 2 p.m. Nov. 4, 3 p.m. $10–15. www.mortontheatre.com THEATER: Equus (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 2–3 & 7–8, 8 p.m.

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THE CALENDAR! THEATER: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Brightstone Theatre) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 2–3, 7:30 p.m.

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

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Tuesday 6 ART: Visiting Artist (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S151) Mark Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge and the natural world. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts. 5:30 p.m.

FREE! www.art.uga.edu 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: Swing Night at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Take an hour-long lesson then dance under the palms. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts festival.

7 p.m. www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (UGA Special Collections Library) See Tuesday listing for full description. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@uga.edu EVENTS: Harvest Potluck (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Bring your favorite Thanksgiving dish to share. Jen Wolf of Feeding Us will speak on the origins of holiday dishes. 12:30 p.m.

FREE! www.wintervillecenter.com EVENTS: Friendsgiving (East Athens Community Center) The program features a cancer prevention cooking class, Thanksgiving-style meal, prizes and information on cancer screenings in the area. Nov. 6, 11:30 a.m. Nov. 13, 5 p.m. 706613-3640 EVENTS: Election Day (Designated Polling Places) Vote at your polling place! 7 a.m.–7 p.m. athensclarkecounty.com/161/Voter-Information GAMES: Lunch and Learn (Tyche’s Games) Bring your own lunch and try out some new games. 11:30 a.m.

FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description.

8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com 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: Me and You at the Zoo (Memorial Park, Bear Hollow Zoo) Ages 18 months–6 years are invited for a morning of animals, crafts and stories. Children must be chaperoned. 10 a.m. $3–4. 706-613-3580 LECTURES & LIT: Bogart Bookies Book Club (Bogart Library) Discuss Circling the Sun by Paula McClain or pick up The Christmas Train

by David Baldacci for December’s discussion. 1–2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart PERFORMANCE: Hodgson Singers Concert (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The award-winning Hodgson Singers perform. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts festival.

7:30 p.m. $6 (w/ UGA ID), $12. pac. uga.edu

ART: Opening Reception (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) See paintings by Susie Criswell. 5:30–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.heirloomathens. com ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Nelda Damiano leads a tour of “For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the Blum Collection.” 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: ReferenceUSA (ACC Library) ReferenceUSA is a powerful online research tool that provides real-time access to accurate information on millions of U.S. and Canadian businesses and households. 11:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens

GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) See Monday listing for full description. 6:30 p.m. (Wednesdays), 7 p.m.

(Mondays). FREE! craftathens.com KIDSTUFF: Preschooler Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs and crafts for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Anime Club (Oconee County Library) Meet with other fans of anime, manga and Japanese culture. Grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee OUTDOORS: Guided Nature Ramble (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join naturalists on the trails at Sandy Creek. 9–11 a.m. FREE! scncinc@gmail.com PERFORMANCE: Young Choreographers Series: Senior Exit Concert (UGA Dance Theatre) Seniors majoring in dance will premier their final choreographic

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CLASSES: Culinary Literacy Class (ACC Library) Using the Edible Alphabet curriculum, students will learn about nutrition and cooking while improving English language skills. 9:30–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3650 EVENTS: Foster Care Candlelight Vigil (First Baptist Church) CASA hosts a walk with electric candles. Participants will hear from community members about their experiences with the local foster care system and can learn about foster agencies and organizations. 5 p.m.

FREE! www.childrenfirst-inc.org EVENTS: Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (UGA Special Collections Library, Room 271) The Georgia Writers Hall of Fame will host this event to mark the induction of Michael Bishop, Furman Bisher, Tayari Jones, Frances Newman and Cynthia Shearer. A light reception will follow the ceremony. 10 a.m. FREE! www. libs.uga.edu/russell GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) Every Monday and Wednesday.

6:30 p.m. (Wednesdays), 7 p.m.

(Mondays). FREE! craftathens.com GAMES: General Knowledge Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night.

8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m.

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com KIDSTUFF: Marvelous Mondays (Bogart Ag Building) Make little leaf owls. Ages 5 and up. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart 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: Anime Night (Bogart Ag Building) Teens in grades 6–12 can watch anime, draw fan art and make buttons. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart 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 LECTURES & LIT: Literary Arts at UGA: A Showcase (Ciné Barcafé) The showcase features readings by The Georgia Review editors, UGA faculty, Creativing Writing graduate students and students affiliated with Stillpoint Literary Magazine. Part of Spotlight on the Arts. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com LECTURES & LIT: Beekeeping in Scotland (UGA Wilson Pharmacy Building, Room 120) Learn about the climate, timing, nectar and nature of the art of beekeeping in Scotland. 7 p.m. FREE! epba.club PERFORMANCE: Jazz Ensembles I and II (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) The groups perform jazz, swing and Latin pieces. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts festival. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu SPORTS: Table Tennis Matches and Training (East Athens Community Center) Beginner to

PERFORMANCE: Horn Studio Recital (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) Students of the horn studio present their fall recital. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts. 6 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu

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Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com TC SUPERSTAR Synthwave group from Austin, TX. DEER EYES Athens-based dream-pop three-piece.

SMIGEON New, local three-piece rock band.

The Foundry Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. thefoundryathens.com SOFIA TALVIK Acclaimed Swedish neo-folk singer-songwriter.

Nuçi’s Space 7 p.m. $5. www.nuci.org JESTER Local rock and roll quartet.

ELIJAH JOHNSTON Local indie-folk singer-songwriter.

Wednesday 31 Blind Pig Tavern 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-4919 (College Station Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 THE LAST JAMURAI Funky, Athensbased good-time rock and roll band.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com HEMBREE & THE SATAN SISTERS Heavy rock band pays Halloween tribute to The Misfits.

MARSES Local rock group perorms a set of Dead Kennedys music.

GUILLOTINE Local metal band plays the music of Superjoint Ritual.

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net RANDOM ACTS Local acoustic band playing rock, pop, country and more.

9 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com AVERY LEIGH’S NIGHT PALACE Ethereal indie-pop group fronted by former Athenian Avery Draut.

Joy Williams plays The Foundry on Friday, Nov. 2.

CLASSES: Culinary Literacy Class (ACC Library) Using the Edible Alphabet curriculum, students will learn nutrition and cooking tips while improving English language skills. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 COMEDY: Educated Mess (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) See standups from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m.

FREE! hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: “4 minutes, 33 seconds” Spotlight on Scholarship (Georgia Museum of Art) Graduate students have four minutes and 33 seconds to describe their research.

This competition is inspired by John Cage’s landmark 1952 composition 4’33.” Part of Spotlight on the Arts. 7 p.m. FREE! www.arts.uga.edu 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) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Bingo (Highwire Lounge) Win prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! highwirelounge.com

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Nov. 9–11, 8 p.m. $8–12. www.arts. uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Happy Birthday, Mr. Sax! Concert (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) The UGA Saxophone Studio celebrates the birthday of saxophone inventor, Mr. Adolphe Sax. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts. 5:30 p.m. www.music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Ensemble Concert (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) Daniel Bolshoy performs. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts festival. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. music.uga.edu THEATER: Equus (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 2–3 & 7–8, 8 p.m.

Nov. 4 & 11, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre.com

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 30 Big City Bread Cafe 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0029 KIRBY AIMICK Local guitarist and banjoist creating instrumental melodies derived from American and Celtic traditions.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com TRIBUTE SHOW Local bands pay tribute to The Byrds & Gram Parsons and Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin dance hits into the night.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $5 (FREE w/costume). www. thefoundryathens.com THE BEST OF UNKNOWN ATHENS A monthly singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Liam Parke. This show features Greg Benson, Steve Coughlin & Wayne Bailey, Charles Huff, Lucius Malcolm, Ronnie Scott and David Smiley.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com JERRY JOSEPH & THE JACKMORMONS Prolific singer-songwriter with punk and power-pop influences.

BLOODKIN The long-running Athens band plays edgy roots-rock with big guitars and sharply written lyrics.

On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com AFTM Local Southern rock six-piece pulling from blues, funk and more.

On the Rooftop. 9:45 p.m. $5. www. georgiatheatre.com STROKIN Local Strokes cover band.

CAULFIELD High-energy garage-rap band led by longtime local emcee Son1.

DJ CROWE Local DJ spinning hip hop, electronic, industrial and more.

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 HALLOWEEN PARTY Featuring spooky sets from Jim Jim, Salsa Chest, Ginkgo, Female Imagination, Immaterial Possession and DJ Mahogany.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 10 p.m. $3 (headphone). www.hendershotscoffee.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away to three different channels of music.

One of them is a request line!

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 SIMPLE LIFE Local band led by musician Greg Veal.

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

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

Thursday 1 Akademia Brewing Co. 7 p.m. FREE! www.akademiabc.com GEORGIA DISH BOYS Local rock group fronted by Seth Martin.

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 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com OZELLO Atlanta-based indie-punk/ folk/rock band.

ALLCAPS New local pop-punk band with screamo leanings.

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

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com ANNIE LEETH Local violinist and multi-instrumentalist composer.

Album release show! See story on p. 14.

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

GODDESS COMPLEX Athens-based avant-garde project led by composer Cloud Powers.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com ROOM 9 Classic, alternative and jamrock cover band from Athens.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com MATTHEW FOWLER Florida singer-songwriter with a rich, rootsy sound.

7 p.m. $17. www.georgiatheatre.com BRETT DENNEN Pop singer-songwriter and visual artist who has been compared to Paul Simon and Tom Petty.

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 Old Skool Presents. 8 p.m. FREE! www. hendershotscoffee.com ROSHAMBO Jason Fuller, Seth Hendershot, Nick Johnson and Aaron Trubic play soulful renditions of classic hits.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 STONI TAYLOR Atlanta guitarist plays a solo set of soul-inspired rock.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 THE COMMON PEOPLE BAND Athens wedding/party band that specializes in covers of Motown-era classics.

OPEN MIC JAM An open-mic event hosted by James Howard.

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

Friday 2 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 PSEUDO Local band featuring musicians Kip Jones and Damian Kapcala.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com THE ARCS Long-running local rock four-piece with power-pop influences.

DANIEL MARKHAM Lo-fi rock from Denton, TX featuring crunchy guitar riffs and emotionally raw vocals.

DON CHAMBERS Longtime local favorite who delves into pastoral folk and experimental rock with equal passion.

Creature Comforts Brewery 7 p.m. FREE! creaturecomfortsbeer.com NICHOLAS MALLIS Local pop singer-songwriter influenced by David Bowie, The Ventures and Neil Diamond.

NIKKI & THE PHANTOM CALLERS Indie-country group from Atlanta.

SHAKEN NATURE Psychedelic grunge band from Asheville, NC. Flicker Theatre & Bar Flickskinny Art Opening. 9 p.m. www. flickertheatreandbar.com GUIDED BY GUIDED BY VOICES Cheekily named GBV cover band featuring local musicians Jeff Fox, Mat Lewis and special guests.

REBREEDERS Local musicians play the songs of The Breeders.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com JOY WILLIAMS Nashville singer-songwriter formerly of Grammywinning Americana duo The Civil Wars.

ANTHONY DA COSTA Nashville singer-songwriter with rock, folk and country influences.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com NEW MAN Alias of pop singer-songwriter and producer Cody Newman.

8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com THE LEMON TWIGS Conceptually ambitious, ’60s-influenced New York rock band of brothers.

JUNGLE GREEN Six-piece experimental pop group from Chicago.

NEW MADRID Rocking, riveting local indie band with a psychedelic edge.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com WALDEN Local four-piece playing anthemic rock akin to U2, Mumford and Sons and Coldplay.

The Globe 8 p.m. $5. 706-353-4721 BETO CACAO Athens-based activist and musician plays corridos about the plight of the undocumented immigrant. Album release show! See Calendar Pick on p. 19.

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!

Go Bar 8 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 TIME TRAVEL PARTY The Athens Area Arts Council presents a retro-futuristic party, featuring music from Caleb Darnell, Antlered Aunt Lord, Outersea, Shehehe and DJ Mahogany.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. hendershotscoffee.com PYLON REENACTMENT SOCIETY Vanessa Briscoe Hay and an all-star cast of locals play the music of Pylon plus new originals. Single release show!

PETER HOLSAPPLE COMBO Indiepop music from a founding member of The dB’s. See Calendar Pick on p. 19.

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

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 KILL WILL Athens-based electronic musician and DJ. DJ KELLY Spinning hip-hop and electronic sounds.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com SEZESSIONVILLE ROAD Twopiece Americana outfit from North Carolina.

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VFW 8 p.m. $10. www.vfwathens.com RAMBLIN’ COUNTRY BAND Georgia-based traditional country band.

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THE CALENDAR! Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com EP RELEASE PARTY Local rapper Kid Arsenic celebrates the release of a new EP, with additional performances from Paco Marquez, Caulfield, YOD/BYV, Kxng Blanco, Squalle, Son Zoo, DK, Motorhead2x and J. Nolan.

The Classic Center 7:30 p.m. $25. www.classiccenter.com CODY JINKS A product of the fertile Texas country scene, Jinks plays his own brand of honky tonk.

THE STEEL WOODS Southern rock quartet from Nashville.

TENNESSEE JET One-man Americana rock band from Nashville.

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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 COMBSY Jazz and hip-hop-inspired guitarist Chris Combs cites influences including Charles Mingus, Madlib, George Harrison, James Blake and J Dilla.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 VAN JAM A benefit show featuring music from The Big Don Band and James Howard.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 APPARITION Athens band playing a raucous, thrashy brand of hardcore.

SHILL Hardcore punk band from Nashville, TN. MULTIPLE MIGGS High-octane local hardcore band.

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

Hosted by Larry Forte.

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

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens NIGHT OF THE LIVING LEGENDS Featuring performances from some of the pioneers of Athens hip hop, including Duddy Ken, Big Earl, Elite tha Showstoppa, Ishues, Tee-Roy 3mill, Billy D. Brell, Big Body, Miss Unyque, Dictator, Tony B, Ant Da Ripper and more.

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

OLIVIA BEE

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com DEEP STATE Local band playing driving, punky, melodic guitar-rock.

STATE CHAMPION Rock and roll band from Louisville, KY. ROSE HOTEL “Bedroom-rock” alter ego of Kentucky songwriter Jordan Reynolds.

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

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com MALEVICH Grind and metal group from Athens and Atlanta, featuring members of Juna.

SLOTH HERDER Grindcore outfit from Maryland.

PATHOGENESIS Grindcore and death-metal band from North Carolina.

APPARITION Athens band playing a raucous, thrashy brand of hardcore.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com HUMAN & THE MACHINE Moogfest presents an evening of technologically innovative music, installations and demonstrations featuring work

by Michael Stipe, plus performances by Author & Punisher, Kishi Bashi vs. Tall Tall Trees, Lauren Sarah Hayes, Deantoni Parks, Eric Marty and more.

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 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ CHARLOTTE VON KOTZE New York City DJ spins music and hosts a night of modular synth performances.

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

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

Sunday 4 ACC Library 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org SYLVIA ROSE NOVAK Southern gothic singer-songwriter with sharp vibrato and a sharper fiddle.

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

The Foundry 7 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens. com THE PLATE SCRAPERS Four-piece string band performing traditional bluegrass and old-time tunes.

J & J Flea Market 12 p.m. FREE! www.jandjfleamarket. com OPEN JAM Bring an instrument and jam every Sunday in November. All ages and skill levels welcome.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com J.C. TOKES Retro-country/Americana one-man band.

Monday 5 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com GHOST FOOT Three-piece grunge-rock group from Shreveport, LA.

Tuesday 6 Big City Bread Cafe 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0029 KIRBY AIMICK Local guitarist and banjoist creating instrumental melodies derived from American and Celtic traditions.

Ciné Barcafé 6:45 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com DJ OSMOSE Local DJ spins a Carribbean dance party featuring reggae and dub music. Donations benefit the Holy Trinity Music School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 SMALL TALK Local surf-garage project led by musician Nathan Sheets.

CELIA GARY Acoustic singer-songwriter from Colorado with a lush, mystical sound.

SPACE BROTHER Electronic- and hip-hop-influenced sounds from local musician Donald Whitehead.

CABBAGE LOOPER Old school funk, soul and jazz meet today’s fun hip-hop.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7:30 p.m. $5. hendershotscoffee.com UGA JAZZ ENSEMBLE Students from UGA’s school of music perform.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 BUHU Austin, TX-based psych-pop trio.

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

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Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com THE VENUS Sci-fi-inspired surf-rock band from St. Petersburg, FL. DAISY Long-running local psychedelic indie-rock band.

RICKOLUS DIY musician from Jacksonville Beach, FL. The Foundry 8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE SOUL REBELS Jazzy, funky brass band from New Orleans.

Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $26 (adv.), $31 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com GUSTER Long-running, melodic, textural college-rock band.

ZAC CLARK Country four-piece from Nashville.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com AIRPARK Groove-oriented, Nashvillebased indie-pop duo.

BABE CLUB New-wave-inspired indie band featuring members of alt-country band Susto.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THORP JENSON Americanainfluenced rock project from Richmond, VA. DOWNTOWN ABBEY & THE ECHOES Soulful rock and roll group from Charlotte, NC. The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn. Every Wednesday!

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

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

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bulletin board Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board is every THURSDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

Art AAAC GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking applicants for its quarterly $500 grants. All local artists, arts organizations or arts-based projects are welcome to apply. Deadline Dec. 15. www.athensarts.org 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

Auditions STARSTRUCK (Athens Community Theater) Audition for Town & Gown Players’ production of Starstruck.

Cold readings from the script.

Auditions on Dec. 10–11, 7 p.m.

Rehearsals begin in January.

Performances Feb. 8–17. wsteven carroll@gmail.com, www.townand gownplayers.org

Classes AFTER SCHOOL COOKING CLASSES (Olive Basket) October’s weekly offerings include gummy worms, dirt cake, stuffed green peppers, Davy Jones’ fish fingers and “sick” fruit leather. November includes baked apple pastries, pork medallions in mushroom sauce and Thai fish cakes. December’s offerings include Christmas pudding, candied pecans and gingerbread houses.

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. $35–40/class, $125/mo. charleshay428@gmail.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.

art around town 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 Harrison Lobby Gallery, Elizabeth Barton shares quilts and watercolors. Through June. • In the Lampkin Lobby Gallery, a permanent exhibition showcases Greek and Italian photography and artwork.

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

ATHENS ART AND FRAME (1021 Parkway Blvd.) Heidi Hensley’s paintings depict colorful and eclectic scenes of Athens and UGA. ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) “Pure Expression: The Art Ability of Hillary Middleton.”

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

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1200) The “2018 Juried Exhibition” features 27 works by 22 artists including Manty Dey, Ginger Goekjian, Manda McKay, Eli Saragoussi, Susan Sellew and Nicolas Vionnet. Opening reception Nov. 3. Through Dec. 9.

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

BUVEZ (585 Barber St.) “Teen Screams” features paintings of classic Universal Monsters by Will Eskridge.

CIRCLE GALLERY (UGA College of Environment and Design, 285 S. Jackson St.) “Hearing the Trees” features mixed media paintings by Katherine Mitchell.

“Garden of Biotanical Delights” shows ceramic pieces by Diane Kempler.

Through Dec. 7.

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

CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) Gallery I shows “Stitch,” an exhibition of contemporary quilts, includes the industrial-scales of Elizabeth Barton, the 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.) “Creatures of the Night” is a paper installation of creepy creature silhouettes by local artists Chris Taylor, James Greer, Eli Saragoussi, Will Eskridge and Tex Crawford.

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“Silver Sneakers Yoga,” Mondays and Wednesdays at 11 a.m. “Oil Painting,” Mondays at 1:30 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. “Bellydance,” Wednesdays at 7 p.m. “Mahjong,” Thursdays at 1 p.m. “Tai Chi,” Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. “Nanowrimo Write-in,” Sundays, 3 p.m. “Bowmaking,” Nov. 7, 6 p.m. “Wreathmaking,” Nov. 27, 6 p.m. www.wintervillecenter.com CLAY CLASSES (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potter’s wheel every Friday from 7–9 p.m.

“Family Try Clay” classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. $20. www.gooddirt.net FARMVIEW CLASSES (Farmview Market) “Basic Soapmaking.” Nov. 7, 4:30–7 p.m. $57. “Cinnamon Rolls & Cinnamon Raisin Bread.”

Nov. 13, 5:15 p.m. $33. “Make-aMix: Gift Edition.” Dec. 4, 5:15 p.m. $35. www.farmviewmarket.com

An opening reception for “My Pocket of Nature,” a collection of paintings by Susie Criswell, will be held at Heirloom Café on Wednesday Nov. 7 from 5:30–6:30 p.m.

GENTLE HATHA YOGA (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) Enjoy stretching with awareness, breathing practices and deep relaxation. Tuesdays, 5:30–7 p.m. $10. 706-543-0162, mfhealy@bellsouth.net MOSAIC ART CLASSES (200 Northcrest Dr.) Weekend mosaic classes for beginner and intermediate levels. Visit website for upcoming dates. $175. corazonmosaics@ gmail.com, corazonmosaics.com

DONDEROS’ KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) “You Don’t Know How It Feels” is a black-and-white portrait series depicting millennial women by photographer Ian McFarlane.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) In celebration of Flickskinny’s 20th anniversary, Jeremy Long created paintings of his favorite panels. Opening reception Nov. 2. Through November.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Color & Comp” features works by Shawn Campbell, Jason Matherly, Jaime Keiter, Mike Landers, In Kyoung Chun and James Wilson. Through Feb. 2.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “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. • “Richard Hunt: Synthesis.”

Through Feb. 3. • “Out of the Darkness: Light in the Depths of the Sea of Cortez” is a solo exhibition by Rebecca Rutstein. Nov. 1–Oct. 27, 2019.

GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Solar System (dad, you came to earth a long time ago)” is a site-specific installation by Trevor Reese utilizing miscellaneous furnishings, colored lights and mirrors.

HEIRLOOM CAFE & FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) “Worker Series, Part One” features watercolors by Susie Burch. Through Nov. 5. • Susie Criswell presents “My Pocket of Nature,” a collection of acrylic paintings inspired by walking through neighborhoods and nature. Opening reception Nov. 7. Through Jan. 7.

HOWARD’S (119 N. Jackson St.) “See Me Get Fast in your Feral Sun” is a solo show of drawings, paintings and collage by Atlanta based artist Yanique Norman. Through Dec. 1.

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

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) Jessica Machacek’s “Wall Works” is a site-specific installation using home improvement materials.

Through Nov. 6. • 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. • Xin Xin’s installation “Labor in a Single Shot” explores material and immaterial labor in the tech industry. Through Nov. 9. • Courtney McClellan’s “Midlands” was developed from a three-year observation of Mock Trial at UGA. Through Nov. 9. • Drawing heavily from the archival resources at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Alec Kaus’ exhibition “Haunts and Related Incidents” reinterprets Georgia folklore and mythology. Through Nov. 9.

LOWERY GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) The gallery celebrates “24 Years of Art” with Giclee prints, originals, photographs and sculptures by over 24 artists including Claire Clements, Ben Rouse, Peter Loose, Kip Ramey and more.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) 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

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NIA (Healing Arts Centre) The cardio-workout combines dance, martial arts and healing arts. Fridays, 10:30 a.m. www.holistichealth revolution.com/nia.html NORMAL SCHOOL OF WINE (J’s Bottleshop, 1452 Prince Ave.) “Wine 201: An Introduction to the Wines of Europe.” Nov. 1–Dec. 13 or Jan. 10–Feb. 21, 6:30 p.m. “Wine 101: Fundamentals of Wine.” Jan. 9– Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m. “Wine 202: An

Introduction to the Wines of the New World.” Jan. 24–Mar. 14. $75. www. jsbottleshop.com, eventbrite.com 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. Nov. 18, Dec. 2, 3:30–5 p.m. Call or email to register. $30. 706-804-2551, www. facebook.com/wildriceadventures

of Tony Turner. Through Nov. 9.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “South by South” features oil paintings by post-impressionist Alice Williams.

Through Jan. 20.

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

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) “David & Goliath: OCAF’s Annual Small Works and their Colossal Counterparts” offers pieces of nontraditional sizes, either smaller than 14”x14” or larger than 48”x48.” “Warrior Women: From Invisible to Formidable with a Nod to #MeToo” and “Transitions: Vessels for Sam” are two separate bodies of work by ceramicist Alice Woodruff. Through Nov. 6.

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.) 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.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) While primarily a photographer, Berkeley Boone also uses pen and ink, pencils, colored pencils, watercolor and acrylics to portray natural subjects. Through Nov. 25.

STEEL + PLANK (675 Pulaski St.) Benjamin Galland utilizes drone photography to produce large-scale images of Georgia’s coast.

THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) Paintings by Betsey Withington and Mark Hodges.

TIF SIGFRIDS (119 N. Jackson St.) “The Gypsy” includes paintings by Los Angeles based artist Andy Giannakakis. Through Dec. 1. • The gallery and Howard’s co-present “Just Passing,” a micro exhibition of a video, a collage and three poems by Barbara T. Smith. Through Dec. 1.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS GALLERY (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) “Stephanie Smith: Removing Layers” includes expressive narrative woodcuts and linocuts that incorporate the symbolism of medieval woodcuts and altarpieces.

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.

WHITE TIGER GOURMET (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Unique vintage and found art

by Dynamite Clothing. Through Nov. 1.

WINTERVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY AND CULTURE (371 N. Church St., Winterville) An exhibition of poetry and visual art. Through December.

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

QUILTING CLASSES Amanda Whitsel offers classes in quilting and sewing for all levels and ages. www. facebook.com/sewsomethingwith amanda SALSA CLASSES (Dancefx) Learn how to salsa dance. No partner required. Salsa and Bachata every Tuesday, 7 p.m. (beginners), 7:45 (intermediate/advanced). $10. www.dancefx.org SALSA DANCE CLASSES (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa classes. 7:30 p.m. (beginner).

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.

Music show is $3 for class participants and $6 otherwise. facebook. com/salsaathens 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. www.facebook. com/wildriceadventures WINE CLASSES (J’s Bottle Shop) “Wine 201A: Introduction to Wines of Europe” explores the major wine regions of France, Italy, Spain, Austria and Germany. Nov. 1, 15, 28 & Dec. 13, 6:30–7:45 p.m. $75.

706-353-8881, jsbottleshop.com YOGA CLASSES (Thrive) “Yoga for Runners,” “Yoga for Moms,” “Balance Pilates” and more. Visit website for class schedule. 706850-2000, www.thrivespace.net YOGA CLASSES (5 Points Yoga) Special Friday night classes (7 p.m.) include kirtan and meditation on Oct. 26 (free). Yoga at the Ropes Wall is held Wednesdays beginning Nov. 7, 6:15 p.m. Holiday Self-care class (Ayurveda) is on Dec. 1, 12–4 p.m. ($60). Lunar Flow Yoga is held Dec. 8, 3 p.m. (free). Kids yoga is offered Sundays at 9 a.m. (four sessions for $40). athensfivepointsyoga.com YOGA FOR ALL (Nimbl Athens, 160 Winston Dr.) Chet Thomas leads Iyengar Yoga for all levels. Mondays through Nov. 12, 9 a.m. www.nimbl athens.com YOGA FOR GARDENERS (Lotta Mae’s Supply Co.) No prior experience necessary. First Tuesdays, 9 a.m. $10. www.lottamaes.com

Kidstuff NIMBL CLASSES (Nimbl, 160 Winston Dr. #9) Classes offered for kids, teens and adults in dance, creative movement, choreography, pilates and more. nimbleathens.com

Support Groups ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS SUPPORT GROUP (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) 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. www.ga-alanon.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 ATHENS DEBTORS ANONYMOUS (Covenant Presbyterian Church) A 12-step program for anyone wishing to recover financially and be rid of debt. Meets every Sunday, 12:30– 1:30 p.m. 949-235-2508

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. www.emotionsanonymous.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. 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. namihallga @gmail.com, namihall.org PROJECT SAFE (Athens, GA) “The New Beginnings Support Group.”

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

On The Street ADULT TRIPS (Rocksprings Community Center) “Gainesville Alliance Theatre’s Wizard of Oz.” Nov. 16, 11 a.m.–9 p.m. All trips depart and return to Rocksprings Park. Ages 18 & up. Register online. www.accgov.com/leisure CAPTURING SCIENCE CONTEST (Athens, GA) UGA students can submit work that explains a STEM concept to a broader audience. Cash prizes for top placing submissions.

Deadline Nov. 26. guides.libs.uga. edu/capturingscience DOWNTOWN PARADE OF LIGHTS (Downtown Athens) Now accepting entries. This year’s theme is “Christmas around the World.”

Deadline Nov. 15. Parade on Dec. 6, 7 p.m. $40. athensclarkecounty. com/parade.

FREE SPEECH AND HEARING SCREENINGS (The UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic) The clinic is offering free screenings for adults and children ages 3 and up. Nov. 2, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. 706-542-4598, www.coe.uga.edu/csdclinic 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. M3Yoga offers meditation Mondays, 6 p.m. www.m3yoga.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. Let It Be Yoga hosts the Athens Singing Circle every Monday, 7–9 p.m.

STORYCORPS (ACC Library) WUGA presents the StoryCorps mobile recording booth. Through Nov. 11.

Make a reservation at wuga.org, storycorps.org or call 1-800-8504406 f

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REAL ESTATE APARTMENTS FOR RENT Eastside quadraplex, 2BR/2BA, $525/mo. & 2BR/1BA, $500/mo.

Westside 2BR/2BA 1500sqft, $650/mo. We have others pre-listing for next year. Call McWaters Realty: 706-540-1529.

Spacious garden level apartment recently renovated, great location in Boulevard neighborhood.

3BR/1BA, CHAC, WD, DW, Avail. Summer 2019. lwnow1@gmail.com.

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY For Lease: Turn Key Hair Salon. Great location right off Hawthorne Ave. Stylist and washing stations, restrooms, front and rear access, plenty of parking.

1500sf, $1450/mo. Contact Stacey Smith: 706-3531039, www.as-prop.com.

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

4BR/2BA. $1400/mo. Avail.

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

H u g e Ya r d S a l e a t Madison-Oglethorpe Animal Shelter (1888 Colbert-Danielsville Rd.).

11/3–4. Early bird=$5, Saturday 8–9 a.m. Free 9–2 p.m. Furniture, housewares, decor, toys, electronics, more.

Athens School of M u s i c . Instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more. From beginner to expert. Visit www.athensschoolofmusic. com, 706-543-5800.

Want old newspapers for your garden? Your new puppy? They’re free at the Flagpole office! Call ahead then come grab an armful.

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Furnished country cottage m i n u t e s f ro m A t h e n s .

2BR/1BA, CHAC, WD, DW, spacious screened porch.

Avail. weekly or monthto-month. $1600/mo. lwnow1@gmail.com.

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FOR SALE ANTIQUES Archipelago Antiques: A treasury of home decor and personal accents.

1676 S. Lumpkin St. Open daily, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

706-354-4297.

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MUSIC EQUIPMENT Chick Music is having a Somewhat Moving Sale! We’re moving into half of our building, so need to cut down on inventory. Demo Mackie powered subs half price.

Great deals throughout the entire store. Sale ends 11/10. 240 W. Clayton St. Nuçi’s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are taxdeductible. Call 706-2271515 or come by Nuçi’s Space, 396 Oconee St.

UGA Community Music School. Group and private instruction avail. for students 18 mos. through adult seniors! Private instruction in popular and classical styles. ugacms. uga.edu, ugacms@uga. edu, 706-542-2894.

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

706-369-9428.

SERVICES CLEANING Housekeeping. House cleaning at its best. 20 yrs experience. Dependable & Personable. Call Sharon: 706-202-8944.

Peachy Green Clean Co-op, your local friendly Green Clean! Free estimates w/ rates as low as $39. 706-248-4601, peachygreencleancoop. com.

CLASSES 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 .

Home studio in Athens. needleinahaystack7@ y a h o o . c o m , w w w. facebook.com/ sewsomethingwith amanda, 706-3255283. Quilts for sale!

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Midnight (50249) Suzie Q (50350) is a happy, playful boy who will greet you with the biggest wants to please and let you smile and her curly Q tail. know he’s happy to have your She’s full of joy and leans into company. He’s a crowd pleaser visitors for pets, then rolls over at parades! for belly rubs.

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Zeus (50241) is a fun, young boy with energy to burn. He’s lived with other dogs and would love a friend. He plays a long game of fetch with gusto!

These pets and many others are available for adoption at: Athens-Clarke County Animal Control 125 Buddy Christian Way · 706-613-3540 Open every day except Wednesday 10am-4pm

(Athens) Pain and Stress Therapy that works immediately! Over 20 yrs experience alleviating pain w/ Acu-Pressure Points and Massage. Counseling sessions also offered: Joseph 404-312-0343.

PRINTING Self Publish Your Book.

Local (Five Points) professional publishing service. Editing, design & printing services. 30+ years experience. Let’s meet at Jittery Joe’s. 706395-4874.

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Restaurant looking for FT kitchen help. $12–15 per hour depending on experience. Must be clean, organized and enjoy cooking classic American food. Resumes only: hollandshield@gmail. com.

Experienced Cooks/ D i s h w a s h e r s Wa n t e d .

The Georgia Center Hotel and Conference Center.

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Contact: jeffery.wooten@ georgiacenter.uga.edu.

Local Law Fir m seeks experienced paralegal with excellent organization and customer service skills. Duties: client intake, file management, client communications and client correspondence. Email cw6983@aol.com.

Now hiring immediately!

Five Points Bottle Shop is looking for highly motivated individuals to fill several positions.

Experience in retail, stockroom, wine or craft beer preferred, but not req. You must be 21 yrs old and available to work nights and weekends. Do Not Apply In Store. http:// www.fivepointsbottleshop. com/index.php/about/jobapplication

Swimming pool service company needs FT help.

Experience preferred but not req. Must have work references and v a l i d d r i v e r ’s l i c e n s e .

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MISSED CONNECTIONS You were walking the parade in a fabulous cape when I swooped down and startled you. Sorry about that! I promise, I’m a friendly, rabies-free bat just minding my own business.

ORGANIZATIONS Restarting Free Publication. Wishes to acquire accumulations of alternative, underground, psychedelic, political and countercultural magazines, newspapers, zines and related material as archival re s e a rc h a n d a r t i s t i c inspiration for the cultural renaissance that is about to begin. Flash Tabloid: 352-300-6886.

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ACROSS 1 Like Usain Bolt 51 Ambitious ones 5 Nicholas II, for 54 Turn red, maybe one 55 Big name in book 9 "M*A*S*H" role clubs 14 Isolated 56 Final words?

15 Basilica feature 58 Pessimist's word 16 It might be airtight 59 Easily duped 17 Kind of 60 Top pick, slangily agreement 61 Teen affliction 18 ___ Verde 62 Church leader National Park 63 Beat it 19 Cut at an angle 64 Give a lewd look 20 Scatter around 22 Commemorate 24 Dance or dip DOWN 25 Know right away 1 Dental string 26 Designer 2 Largest artery 28 Doctrinal suffix 3 Hair tangle 31 Unprincipled 4 Galileo used one 34 Ristorante fare 5 Highland 37 Belt clip-on of headgear old 6 Featured dish 38 Mideast V.I.P. 7 Green light 39 Like some stares 8 Property broker 41 Ransack 9 Yeshiva leader 42 Seek damages 10 Tip off 43 Try 11 Opera star 45 Undo, in a way 12 Assist, in a way 47 Open-mouthed 13 Anger, with "up"

21 Faye's "Bonnie and Clyde" co-star 23 "1984" land 27 Hearing range 28 Letter after theta 29 Refinery waste 30 Greedy cry 31 Bird of the Nile 32 Bill of fare 33 Allocate, with "out" 35 Offensive 36 Lacking sense 40 Let up 41 Deep in thought 44 Type of abuse 45 Buzz off 46 2008 film, "The ___ Boleyn Girl" 48 Rapidly 49 Ziti's cousin 50 Key on a keyboard 51 Out of sight 52 October stone 53 Electrical network 57 Pipe fitting

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across from the Georgia Theatre @3ravenstattoo facebook.com/3ravenstattoo

Upstairs inside 3 Ravens Tattoo

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Cut & Color Color Correction Balayage Fashion Color Please leave a message to book an appointment or visit ravensnestsalon.com 159 W. Clayton St. (Upstairs) Athens, Georgia 30601 706-850-6755

Sunday, November 4th, 11-4 Jittery Joe's Roaster, 425 Barber St.

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Billions for Health Care, Anyone?

REPUBLICANS CHOOSE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS OVER THEIR OWN PEOPLE

By Pete McCommons pete@flagpole.com Politics makes strange bedfellows, even in hospitals. The billions of dollars for Medicaid declined by the state of Georgia during recent years are politically incorrect for Republicans because the money is part of Obamacare. Throughout the country, many Republican governors have accepted Medicaid expansion, but not in Georgia. In fact, when Gov. Nathan Deal faced a re-election challenge from Democrat Jason Carter, the Republican-dominated Georgia General Assembly took the authority for accepting Medicaid expansion away from the governor and lodged it in the legislature—just to be sure.

So, Medicaid expansion has become the issue that defines our politics in this election, the way segregation used to. In fact, Medicaid expansion is just the latest codeword for a state whose politics has always been based on race.

I don’t mean to insult you if you hated President Obama because he was a lying, liberal Democrat, and the fact that he is black had nothing to do with it. If so, it may come as a surprise to you that a lot of your fellow Georgia Republicans couldn’t stand the fact that a black man was their president. Those guys would rather have their local hospital close and their neighbor die of cancer instead of accepting the money that would save both because it came from Obamacare.

So now we’ve got local candidates like Bill Cowsert and Houston Gaines, who because of their Republican politics have to try to claim with a straight face that Medicaid expansion is bad for Georgia, when it is obviously the salvation of local hospitals and local people in need of medical care. And our Republican congressman, Jody Hice, is still stuck in the groove of repealing Obamacare, in spite of the fact that a majority of his constituents are dependent on it.

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Of course, the most interesting aspect of our current political campaigns is that the Democratic candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams, is a black woman. No need for codewords there. This is race in your face.

She’s a Democrat, and she’s a black woman, and that is deciding the votes of a lot of Republican Georgians and maybe some Democrats.

Abrams, of course, is all for Medicaid expansion, and her opponent, Brian Kemp is against it. Again, we see how Republicans like Kemp are trapped into political positions that are against the interests and the preferences of our citizens and our communities.

And anybody not blinded by race or sexism or Republicanism can plainly see that Abrams is smarter than Kemp.

She’s better educated, and she has proven herself through her efforts at voter registration— opposed, illegally, by Kemp. She has also proven herself in the Georgia legislature, where, as minority leader, she has worked effectively with the Republican majority, many of whom have accepted her for her ability and intelligence.

So, Medicaid expansion is again the litmus test that shows whether you’re willing to use the powers of our national, state and local governments to help solve pressing problems, or you’re trapped in an ideology that says you have to oppose your own people for the sake of political correctness.

The issues in this election are really very simple and straightforward: Use government to support our citizens, or deny them that support for political reasons. That’s a very dramatic difference, and it’s one that is usually disguised by codewords that indicate which candidate is for the poor, the minorities and the disadvantaged, and which is for all forms of privilege: economic, sexual, racial. This year, it’s all out in the open, and where you stand on Medicaid expansion gives a pretty clear picture of where you stand for Georgia.

Those Amendments I’ve had second thoughts on some of the amendments. I am going to vote for No. 1 and against No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4. No. 5 doesn’t apply to Athens-Clarke County, and neither does Referendum No. 1. I don’t really understand Referendum No. 2, which seems to help people who provide mental health services. And then there’s the special election to allow restaurants here to serve drinks earlier on Sunday. No need for me to explain that one. f

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