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City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Street Scribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Sloan Simpson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Contra Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Adam’s House Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Radio Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Art Around Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Movie Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Flickskinny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Adopt Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Local Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Pub Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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living wage; incentives for small businesses to create jobs, particularly in the creative and food industries; minority set-asides; and hiring a grant writer to find funding. Some funding could come from SPLOST 2020 and bonds, in addition to grants. [Blake Aued]

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Athens-Clarke County commissioners spent treatment for the underlying issue that led Mayor Kelly Girtz has signed on to the Feb. 12 work session—sustainable building, a day-long retreat at the Lyndon House Arts to the crime, such as drinking or drug use. Sierra Club’s Mayors for 100% Clean Energy the airport, the bike/pedestrian master Center Feb. 8 working on budget priorities Initiative—the first step toward commitRedeveloping run-down corridors, espeplan and bus-stop improvements. for the upcoming fiscal year, with initiatives cially in North Athens and on the Eastside, ting Athens-Clarke County to 100 percent Commissioners Mike Hamby and Ovita to alleviate poverty and reform the criminal also drew strong support. So did another clean and sustainable energy by 2035 in an Thornton presented a plan to alleviate povjustice system topping the list. effort to fight climate change. poverty-related suggestion: to draw upon erty called LiftAthens. It calls for modernSome commissioners complained that Girtz joined about 100 other mayors recommendations from existing studies izing government services; more and better the session, which involved placing stickwhen he signed the pledge Monday, Feb. (which often sit on a shelf) to focus on affordable housing; facilities that support ers next to priorities 4. The next step, he presented by county said, is for the comstaff and each commission to approve a missioner, was frusproclamation officially trating, with too many setting the goal, then overlapping or repetto discuss ways to itive ideas to choose meet it. from and not enough A group called detail. County officials 100% Athens has subwill come up with mitted a request for timelines and cost $17 million in Special estimates for some Purpose Local Option of the more popular Sales Tax funding to ideas before a half-day improve energy effiretreat on Feb. 25. ciency in government More budget talks will buildings, add to the be held in May, after county’s electric fleet the proposed budget is and build renewable released. energy infrastructure Perhaps the most at affordable housing popular topic was sites. criminal justice “Obviously, it’s a reform, which drew tacit endorsement of the highest possible the SPLOST proposal,” ranking of 10 from Girtz said. There are seven commissioners. other potential fundThat broad category ing sources, like the includes marijuana county’s capital budPhase One of Piedmont Athens Regional’s $171 million expansion and renovation project—an addition to the tower at the corner of Prince Avenue and Talmadge decriminalization, get that pays for ordiDrive—is nearly complete. The hospital released a rendering last week of Phase Two (pictured), the replacement of a tower on Talmadge originally built in 1919. deprioritizing lownary maintenance and level crimes, expanded equipment purchases, programs for youth and people with mental areas with the highest concentrations of but SPLOST “would certainly be a big shot education, entrepreneurship and economic health problems and behavioral disorders, poverty. development; addressing mental health and in the arm,” he said. ending unpaid inmate labor and more A citizens advisory committee is curOther areas that at least some comindigent care; fare-free bus service; childaccountability courts, which divert certain rently vetting 88 potential SPLOST projmissioners felt deserve more attention care scholarships; job training, especially offenders away from prison if they get ects. Ultimately, the commission will make included affordable housing—the topic of a for the formerly incarcerated; promoting a

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Commission Debates Drug Grant The Athens-Clarke County Commission could create a criminal justice committee later this year after two commissioners held up a federal grant that funds drug investigations. The Byrne Justice Assistance Grant funds the Northeast Georgia Drug Task Force, which consists of nine officers, six of whom work for the ACC Police Department. The grant partially funds four of those six officers, according to ACC Manager Blaine Williams. Commissioner Mariah Parker removed the grant from the commission’s consent agenda, a package of noncontroversial items. She and Commissioner Melissa Link said they would approve of the grant if the commission were to take action to establish a criminal justice committee. After discussion, the commission decided to return to the subject of creating the committee in six months, once new Police Chief Cleveland Spruill has time to settle in and take part in creating the committee. Girtz said the commission is scheduled to review the criminal justice system at its March work session. The commission also approved the proposed preliminary plans for Phase Two of the Clayton Street infrastructure improvements, a revised stormwater ordinance, a rezoning of The Varsity and surrounding property to protect the neighborhood once it’s redeveloped, a pocket neighborhood off Dublin Street and preliminary plans to run the North Oconee River Greenway through Oconee Hills Cemetery. [Ashlyn Webb]

CCSD Updates Strategic Plan The Clarke County School District has updated its two-year strategic plan with an eye toward accentuating the positive and using data to direct resources, Superintendent Demond Means told school board members at a work session last week. The document includes six priorities—academic growth, social/emotional growth, organizational effectiveness, fiscal

health, professional capacity and education equity—and breakdowns of how much students at each of the district’s 21 schools are improving academically. For example, Gaines Elementary, which recently landed on a state list of 100 “failing” schools, has shown marked improvement this year, Means said. But district officials also found some disturbing data: Students in special education or who are male, black or homeless are disproportionately likely to be disciplined. Black males make up about 25 percent of district students but 50 percent of disciplinary incidents. A town hall meeting to gather input from parents on the strategic plan is scheduled for 10 a.m.–noon Saturday, Mar. 2 at the H.T. Edwards building. CCSD is also surveying teachers who sign contracts for the next school year to find out why they chose to stay in or come to Athens, as well as conducting exit interviews with those who leave to address high turnover among teachers, Means said. The district had to replace about 20 percent of its teachers last year. Recruiting and retaining teachers is a national problem. In 1975, education majors made up 25 percent of college students, but today, they’re less than 5 percent, Means said. “This is a competitive industry,” he said, and teaching at CCSD “presents a unique challenge.” While some board members and parents have been pressing Means to hire more minority teachers—the district’s students are about three-quarters black and Hispanic—he said CCSD’s group of teachers is already “very diverse” compared to others. Means also asked the board to approve two specific personnel moves at its Feb. 14 voting meeting. He wants to hire Dexter Fisher, director of UGA’s Facilities Management Division, as associate superintendent for district services, replacing the retired Ted Gilbert and interim replacement John Gilbreath. And he wants to hire Brannon Gaskins for the newly created position of chief academic officer. As executive director of the Fulton County Achievement Zone, Gaskins is in charge of turning around a group of 10 underperforming schools in South Fulton. [BA] f

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TRUMP EMBODIES THE OPPOSITE OF MLK’S IDEALS By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com Editor’s Note: Many readers are likely familiar with Ed Tant through his long history of activism and long-running, recently canceled column in the Athens Banner-Herald. If not, you can peruse his writings on politics, books, astronomy and other topics at edtant.com. Flagpole is pleased to welcome Tant, whose column, Street Scribe, will now grace our pages every other week.

for his American wall, separating children from their parents at the southern border, cozying up to Russia’s Vladimir Putin and packing courts and government agencies with henchmen bent on the destruction of America’s long legacy of reform would probably draw strong rebukes from Martin Luther King Jr. himself if he were still alive. A long-ago quote from MLK is as relevant during today’s times of trials, tribulations President Donald Trump and Vice President and Trump’s trumpery as it was when King Mike Pence made a perfunctory, two-minfirst wrote it in 1963: “Nothing in the world ute visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. is more dangerous than sincere ignorance Memorial in Washington on Jan. 21. They and conscientious stupidity.” should have stayed longer. On the day when Trump and Pence should have tarried Americans and people around the world longer at the King Memorial, then they observed the holiday honoring the birth of should have paid a visit to Statuary Hall in the slain civil-rights the Capitol Building leader 90 years ago, in Washington. Trump and Pence There, they could barely looked at the have seen the likeimposing memorial. nesses of men and Both men seemed women of every race even smaller than who have struggled usual at the base of through history the towering statue to make America of King. great and, in King’s On the CBS words, to remind news show “Face this nation to “live the Nation” the out the true meanday before the King ing of its creed.” The holiday last month, Capitol’s statue of Pence sullied the Rosa Parks honors a legacy of King by pioneering African saying that the American who is activist “inspired us called “the mother to change through of the movement” the legislative profor her role in the cess to become a 1955 Montgomery more perfect union. bus boycott that Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC. That’s exactly what ended Jim Crow President Trump is segregation on that calling on Congress to do.” Within hours, city’s transit system and catapulted a young King’s son and namesake, Martin Luther minister named Martin Luther King Jr. into King III, fired back that his father was “a national prominence. bridge builder, not a wall builder. Martin Nearby in Statuary Hall is a likeness Luther King would say that love, not hate, of 19th Century civil-rights champion would make America great.” and former slave Frederick Douglass, who The words and actions of King show said words that Trump and Pence need that he was wary of walls and weary from to consider today: “Those who profess to oppression in his home country and around favor freedom, yet depreciate agitation, are the world. On a visit to Berlin in 1964, just men who want crops without plowing the a month before he was awarded the Nobel ground. They want rain without thunder Peace Prize, King said that the Berlin Wall and lightning.” the Soviet Union had built to divide that The current president and vice president German city was a dismal and depressing also should have contemplated the statue of structure. “It symbolizes the divisions of 1920s-era progressive politician “Fighting mankind,” he told a reporter at the wall. Bob” La Follette of Wisconsin, who said, “There are divisions that continue to exist, “The supreme issue involving all others is but when that is symbolized with an actual the encroachment of the powerful upon the wall, it becomes very depressing.” rights of the many.” Later, during a speech in Berlin, King Trump and Pence didn’t stay very long told a huge crowd of Germans, “Here on at the memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. either side of the wall are God’s children, They should have lingered longer at the and no man-made barrier can obliterate shrine, but perhaps both those small men that fact. Whether it be East or West, men felt uncomfortable standing in the long and women search for meaning, hope for shadow of a martyred crusader for peace fulfillment, yearn for faith in something and justice who said, “If we do not act, we beyond themselves, and cry desperately for shall surely be dragged down the long, dark love and community to support them in and shameful corridors of time reserved for this pilgrim journey.” those who possess power without compasToday, Trump’s policies of shutting sion, might without morality and strength down the government to extort money without sight.” f JIMMY DALY / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

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Eat Les Chikin? UGA ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP CALLS FOR CHICK-FIL-A BAN By Ashlyn Wood news@flagpole.com

To begin, the group is demanding improved poultry farming conditions in Georgia. This includes the way the chickens are housed and “environmental racism” within the industry. AES is arguing that the structures that house Chick-fil-A’s chickens are built unsustainably. Chick-fil-A says its chickens are raised cage-free and antibiot-

Coordinator Joe Dunlop say the CHaRM does accept plastic foam, and they’re not aware of any issues with the ink Chickfil-A uses. “There are plenty of quick-serve restaurants that use non-recyclable packaging,” Dunlop says. “Probably most.” Chickfil-A also promotes ways to upcycle its cups. Some UGA students, like Lindsey Williams, say they can’t imagine UGA without a Chick-fil-A. “I don’t like that. I really like Chick-fil-A. I come here all the time,” Williams says. “I don’t see why we should ban them if [Chick-fil-A] is doing so good.” But King says other campuses, such as Emory University, have ditched the Atlantabased chain. Emory cut ties with Chick-fil-A in 2013 after CEO Dan Cathy’s statements against same-sex marriage caused a media firestorm. Aside from banning Chick-fil-A, the group has 11 other demands. On the top of the list is a transition to 100 percent renewable energy in Athens by 2035. AES is working with 100% Athens, which is applying for funding in SPLOST 2020, an upcoming round of sales-tax-funded projects, to start working toward that goal. Mayor Kelly Girtz signed on to the 100% Athens effort last week. Other demands include reducing food waste through donation programs; more green space; a program to foster biodiversity by creating deliberate habitats that cater to threatened or endangered species; limitations on construction in undeveloped areas; clothes recycling initiatives; a free or at-cost composting and recycling service; meeting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ideal health standards for water quality; and a published report detailing water and air quality for each county. “Our demands are just generally good, cheap and efficient solutions to our problems,” King says. The group is planning its first demonstration Apr. 27, starting at the UGA Arch. “We’re going to march towards [City Hall] so we can get the news coverage, so people can see what we’re demanding. We can see that a lot of people are supporting it… but we’re trying to get as much support as we can,” Hulett says. Future demonstrations will lead up to Earth Strike International’s general strike on Sept. 27. f

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new Athens environmental group is making headlines on conservative outlets like “Fox & Friends” and InfoWars because of its demand to remove Chickfil-A from the University of Georgia’s Tate Center. Athens Earth Strike is urging the community to take immediate action against global warming by adopting its list of 12 demands, including banning Chick-fil-A. The group, which came together last month, is a branch of the international organization Earth Strike, a grassroots movement demanding immediate climate action from governments and corporations. AES is primarily made up of Athens-area activists and college students, particularly members of the Athens Young Democratic Socialists of America. By April, Valerie King, an AES organizer, says she hopes the organization has a fair mix of people, even across county lines. Overall, King says they have a total of five main organizers but closer to 50 members. Part of the group’s mission is to name and shame businesses that “facilitate the destruction of our planet through corporate funding of politicians and manipulation of the media to promote fossil fuels, or lying to the public about the effects of climate change,” according to a Facebook post. Athens Earth Strike is targeting Chickfil-A for a list of issues that include the way its chickens are housed, its use of Styrofoam cups, use of peanut oil, its history of being anti-LGBTQ and that fact that many jobs in the dangerous and low-paying poultry industry are held by immigrants and other people of color. “The poultry industry is central to our economy in Georgia,” King says. “Gainesville is the poultry capital of the world, and approximately one-ninth of the country’s chicken comes from Georgia.”

restaurant is the single largest buyer of U.S. peanut oil and uses more than the entire nation of Japan, King says. Hunter Hulett, an AES organizer, says the production of peanut oil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. He also says the fertilizer from peanut farms runs off into streams and lakes, making the water more acidic, undrinkable and uninhabitable for fish and vegetation. As a result, the group is demanding an immediate end to government subsidies for Georgia’s peanut industry, as well as the cotton industry. In addition, AES says Chick-fil-A needs to be banned because its packaging is unable to be recycled. “All their food is individually packaged,” King says. “It’s done in such a way that none of their products are

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ic-free in climate-controlled barns rather than crowded houses, with access to food and water and protection from predators. But King says those barns are damaging to the environment because of the fossil fuels required to keep the buildings warm in the winter. “These things can be designed in such a way that they draw from sustainable energy, and it would take significantly less fossil fuels to do that,” King said. The group is also calling out Chick-fil-A on its use of peanut oil to fry chicken. The

recyclable,” because of Chick-fil-A’s trademark red on the packaging. “All of that is unable to be recycled,” she says. “Not even the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials here in Athens can recycle it.” Then there’s Chick-fil-A’s plastic foam cups. “Those are really bad,” King says. “If you have a hot or acidic drink, then toxic chemicals can very easily leach into your drink if you’re using a Styrofoam cup.” However, Athens-Clarke County Solid Waste Director Suki Janssen and Recycling

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Sloan Simpson Captures the Sounds of the Scene By Don Chambers music@flagpole.com Editor’s note: This week, local Americana mainstay Don Chambers drops his first proper live album, Live at the Georgia Theatre. The record also marks a first for taper and archivist Sloan Simpson—long a fixture at Athens music venues— who tracked, mixed and mastered the project for release. Chambers, who opens for the Drive-By Truckers on Valentine’s Day (see p. 10), spoke with Simpson about his process.

loan Simpson estimates he has recorded around 5,000 shows in Athens. If the average set is 40 minutes, that’s 200,000 minutes. Spread across two decades, that’s 10,000 minutes per year, 833 minutes per month, 27 minutes per day—and that’s just the recording, not editing or uploading. Simpson calls this monumental collection a “hobby”; I’d call it holy vocation. His website, southernshelter.com, features a panoply of local and out-of-town bands. His dedication and the sheer volume of what he’s accomplished made me want to know more about his obsession. Don Chambers: What was the impetus to start recording? Sloan Simpson: In the early ’90s, I traded cassettes of Grateful Dead and other jam bands through the mail. Around 1999, a friend gave me a broken DAT recorder and said if I wanted to get it repaired, I could have it. Another friend sold me a couple mics to get me started. DC: What was the first show? SS: It was a festival, September of ’99 in Atlanta. The first band on the bill was Squat—that of course ties in with the Athens thing. DC: Do you have a compulsion as an archivist? SS: No. For me, the compulsion is filling up my personal music collection with everything I want. It’s motivated by knowing I want to listen to that again. When I first started recording, I knew a bunch of guys who were all taping the same bands. I would go see Widespread Panic, but there was no reason to record, because 50 other guys were recording the same show. As my taste started shifting over the years,

I would ask local bands, and no one had ever approached them about recording, so I started focusing on those shows. DC: Were you aware of Alan Lomax or Art Rosenbaum and that whole side of archiving folk music? SS: Just sort of peripherally. When I got into recording via the jam bands, other tapers had their own reason for recording. They weren’t seeking out unrecorded talent like Lomax or Rosenbaum were. In fact, there were a lot of people who bought gear specifically for one artist, and when the band broke up, they sold all their gear. DC: I know you said you do this because you want to listen to it again, but you’ve accidentally become an archivist for a scene. How long have you been in Athens? SS: I moved to Athens in 2009, but I started recording here regularly in 2002. I was driving from Atlanta, sometimes two or three times a week. That was a crazy six or seven years. I would leave Atlanta at 9 p.m., drive up here, leave in the middle of the night and work the next day. Luckily, about the time my body started shifting, and I couldn’t just store up sleep anymore, my job changed, and I moved up here. DC: That’s a long time to be doing this. Have you kept count of the number of shows? SS: No, but to give you an idea, the website has roughly 1,000, but less than a fifth are on the web. DC: Has there been anyone who has helped you with the technical side of it? SS: A lot of tapers don’t do post-production, and I always have, because raw room tapes can sound boomy and distant. I have fired many questions at Joel Hatstat. Joel has been my guru. Also, Gene Woolfolk and Derek Almstead. DC: So, you’ve approached recording as a production, as opposed to some kind of purist way. SS: It’s a totally different category than attending a concert. Unless you listen to the recording at the place it was recorded, at concert volume, with people to soak up

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the sound, you are not going to reproduce the concert. It’s a different medium, so do what you can do for that medium to make it sound good. DC: So, would you prefer to listen to a live version of a song or the studio version? SS: I’d prefer to listen to both. Not only would I prefer to listen to both, but as a fan and a listener, I want to hear the song as it was recorded on your record, as you play it at your record release, as you play it a couple years later and as you played it a year before you released it, when maybe some of the lyrics were different. DC: Yeah, I probably err on the side of not wanting to repeat myself. The way it’s recorded is the last time it will happen that way. Changes in band members, changes in myself, changes in the weather change the songs. The best songs live and breathe with you and mutate. Recording technology gave us the idea that we capture music. That’s an illusion. We first tried to capture music by writing it down—musical notation. But that doesn’t capture it. SS: Right—it’s more of a guide. Before any of this taping came up, you would buy the live record, even if the songs just had micro variations. Otherwise, just add audience screams to the original recording… I wanted to ask you. You’ve put out 10 records, and that is certainly a lot of material. You could say you’re overdue for a live album. Is there some reason you are doing one now? DC: I was happy with the sound of the band, and I was happy with it when we played it. After the show, it felt like something special had happened. That made me want to listen to what you recorded. SS: Yours is my first commercial multitrack release. I’ve been teaching myself to mix multitrack, which helps with live recordings, and that helps with mastering. It all trains the ear. DC: Sounds like you are coming around to the other side of the recording process. SS: Yeah, I am switching from quantity to quality. f

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Grab Your Partner CONTRA DANCE SERIES OFFERS LOCALS SOMETHING DIFFERENT By Jessie Goodson music@flagpole.com

or almost 40 years, the Athens Folk Music and Dance Society has been providing our community with a variety of events, both traditional and modern. One that has continued to be an Athens staple is the group’s contra dance, offered once each month. For a minimal charge, locals can come to Memorial Park to enjoy some live music and traditional dancing. In contra, a style dating back to the 17th Century, parallel lines of dancers in groups large or small line up and stand opposite— or “contra”—to their partner. A designated “caller” will explain the steps to the dancers throughout the event, typically accompanied by a live band playing bluegrass or folk-style music. There is no exact formula, allowing contra dancing to be enjoyable for both the novice and experienced dancer. Athens’ Stuart Whipple has played an integral part in keeping the series alive by organizing the events and bringing in different bands and callers each month. Alongside a small team of volunteers, Whipple keeps the dances running smoothly and works to raise interest throughout the community. Whipple first participated in contra dancing while he was a graduate student at the University of Georgia, before he

relocated for a job. While he was away, he continued dancing and even learned to be a caller. Upon returning to Athens years later, Whipple joined the Athens Folk Music and Dance Society volunteer board and took the lead with the contra dances. “Some people might call it a little old-fashioned, but it’s not that different from people that are into other kinds of things,” Whipple says. Whipple says, on average, the number of dancers at the events range from 25–60, and the ages vary greatly. Typically, there are a lot of beginners, which adds to the fun. He says it’s a very physical activity that you can’t fully appreciate without trying it. “If I’m calling, my favorite part is to have some new folks there,” he says. Bands and callers are a crucial part of every dance, and Whipple does his best to switch it up each time, with both local and out-of-town guests featured. Local bands that frequent the event include String Theory and Joe Willey and the Movin’ Men. The range of musicians and callers brings a variety to the series, but the core of contra dancing is always there. “It takes a tradition that’s been going on a long time, and it basically brings it up into the modern era,” Whipple says. “I think the spirit of the

dances has remained pretty consistent over the years.” Indeed, the people involved have changed, but they have always had the same goal: keeping the tradition alive. Whipple says participants see themselves as the ones keeping the flame going and preserving the culture of contra dancing. In fact, the popularity of contra and the organizations promoting it continue to grow in Athens, Atlanta and beyond. Over the years, Whipple has met many people at various events and workshops who now come to his dances to participate and call. He says their goal is to share this style of performance with the community and give people both a change of scenery and a way to get their minds off their daily stresses.

The local dances are held the third Saturday of each month at the Memorial Park administrative building from 7:30–11 p.m. Guests of all levels of experience are welcome to join, as there’s always a short introduction at the beginning. This month’s dance features music from Atlanta band The HickHoppers, plus caller Janet Shepherd. For more info, visit athensfolk.org. f

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Before They Were Truckers

An Oral History of Adam’s House Cat By Gabe Vodicka music@flagpole.com

ne of Athens’ most anticipated musical events returns this week, as the Drive-By Truckers host their annual HeAthens Homecoming series. From Thursday, Feb. 14–Saturday, Feb. 16, the acclaimed Southern rock group sets up shop at the 40 Watt Club, and fans from all over flood in for a taste of the band’s country-punk gospel. This year, the series kicks off early with a bonus concert featuring a performance from Adam’s House Cat, an early project from Truckers principals Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, who co-founded the group in the mid-1980s with drummer Chuck Tremblay and bassist John Cahoon. In 1990, Adam’s House Cat tracked a fulllength, Town Burned Down, but it never saw the light of day, and the band called it quits in 1991. Somewhat improbably, the remaining members of the pre-DBT outfit—Cahoon and his replacement, Chris Quillen, have both since died—reconvened last year with Athens engineer David Barbe to finish what they’d started nearly 30 years prior. Flagpole spoke with Hood, Tremblay and Barbe about the long road to Town Burned Down. Patterson Hood: Adam’s House Cat was formed in 1985 by Cooley and [me] while we were roommates living in a dump back home in Florence, AL. We were joined by

bassist John Cahoon, whose father was the mayor of Tuscumbia, one of the four towns that make up the Muscle Shoals area in northwest Alabama. He lived across the street from Ivy Green, where Helen Keller had lived and where The Miracle Worker takes place. Chuck Tremblay: I had just moved to town and gotten off the road with another group. I had made up a crummy-looking little business card and left it at a local music store. [Patterson] called me up. PH: [Chuck] was a decade older—we thought he was ancient; at the time, he was in his 30s—and a killer drummer. He was by far the best musician in the band, and was also kind of our heart and soul. He taught me things that still are a part of my life and livelihood all these years later. CT: Our first rehearsal, we played in John’s dad’s insurance office or something in Tuscumbia. We’d take a break and walk outside, and I’d look over, and there was this jailhouse next door. So, we were kind of entertaining them, too, at the same time. PH: The four of us practiced all of the time in my grandmother’s basement in Florence—several nights a week for most of six years. We seldom had shows, because what we were doing was considered to be out of touch with the fashions and trends

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of the day. Plus, Muscle Shoals really didn’t have a live music scene—especially for a band that refused to play Top 40 covers or country. CT: There wasn’t anywhere to play in Florence. Somehow, we got hooked up with a lot of people in Nashville. We wound up playing in Nashville a lot, and in Memphis. We’d play in Huntsville and Birmingham, too. PH: We often played for less than a dozen people, which didn’t exactly endear us to club owners. David Barbe: I knew about Adam’s House Cat from Patterson for a long time before I actually heard them. Mercyland and AHC were direct contemporaries, 1985–’91. We played some of the same venues and shared bills with some of the same bands. It’s sort of amazing that we never crossed paths. PH: We recorded a song and submitted it to Musician magazine’s best unsigned band contest and were first-place winners. In addition to the press coverage, our song was included on a Warner Bros. compilation. It attracted the attention of some major labels, and we wasted several years on the verge of being signed, only to have it all end. That was the point when we decided to make Town Burned Down ourselves and self-release it… We recorded the basic tracks

in the cavernous upstairs rooms above Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, AL. CT: At the time, I didn’t know who Pat’s dad was. [Editor’s note: Hood’s father, David Hood, is a renowned session bassist known for his role in the famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.] I had been in a couple of studios where they always had these fake gold records of local artists. I walked in and looked over at the wall, and there were all these [real] gold records, and platinums. I didn’t realize what studio I was in. PH: We tracked about 15 songs in one very long day. Many were first and second takes. All instruments were tracked live. The original vocal takes were recorded several months later in early 1991, on the evening of the beginning of Operation Desert Storm. The album was recorded, mixed and produced by Steve Melton, a veteran of the Muscle Shoals recording scene. CT: We recorded it all in one day. We went in there and helped set up all the microphones and everything. We walked in there about 8 o’clock in the morning, and we were in there until about 1 o’clock the next morning. We were tired. I got up and went to work the next day. PH: As we were completing the album, John Cahoon left the band and was

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replaced with Chris Quillen, a close friend from home. He wasn’t willing to join as a permanent full-time member. In September of 1991, Cooley and I moved to Memphis in an attempt at relocating the band there. Chuck wasn’t able to join us, and that was the end of the band. CT: It’s kind of strange, because we didn’t really have a official breakup. Nobody said, “I hate your guts,” and all that. Everybody just kinda drifted off a little bit. PH: Cooley and I continued onward as a duo called Virgil Kane, relocating to Auburn. We broke up for a couple of years in 1993, and I moved back home to Florence during that time. CT: We just kind of lost track of each other for a little while. It was something that kind of gnawed at me, because the main thing was the album, and it never got finished. That was something that kind of bugged me through the years. DB: When Patterson and I became friends, he told me about Adam’s House Cat and their lost album. I refer to Mercyland and Adam’s House Cat as our “failure bands”: Work hard, believe it can work, flashes of acclaim, near misses, concluding with a realization that our endeavor is ultimately screwed. PH: DBT was heavily influenced by the failures of AHC. We set out to bypass the biz in every way possible for as long as possible. We self-released our first four albums. We raised the money for Southern Rock Opera online—thanks, Jenn Bryant—in a way very close to what’s now Kickstarter and began touring extensively. DB: Patterson told me for years how much he wished they could remix [the Adam’s House Cat] album and release it. Unfortunately, no one knew where the master tapes were. They had not been seen in years. PH: The two-track, half-inch mix tapes were destroyed in a tornado in Jackson, MS several years ago. The tapes had been stored in the vault at Muscle Shoals Sound for years, but were taken by Malaco, the company that owned that building when it was liquidated. Malaco’s studio was destroyed by a tornado, and the [mixed] tapes were lost forever. We did locate the original two-inch, 24-track unmixed tapes. DB: I had them at Chase Park [Transduction], but I have no idea where they came from. They were probably dropped off by someone who knew of my association with the Drive-By Truckers and figured this was the place. When we were remodeling the studio a few years back, I found the reels and showed them to Patterson. He was astonished and, frankly, thrilled to see them after all these years, so we decided to have a listen and see what we had. CT: Me and Pat had been kinda keeping in contact with each other. He called me up and said, “Remember when all those tapes [went missing]?” And I said, “Yeah I always wondered what happened to those.” He said, “Well, they kinda showed up.” It didn’t matter to me [how it happened]. I was just glad [the tapes] were still alive.

DB: Playing a reel of analog tape that old requires some special care. The oxide can shed from the backing to the point that running the tape across the heads of a tape machine when you play it back could literally scrub off all of the sound. We have a chemical oven at CPT for the purpose of baking old tapes to re-affix the oxide. I baked the tapes, and we pulled them up to have a listen as we made a digital safety copy. CT: I was just surprised the way everything sounded. Sometimes, with tapes that are sitting around so long, you kinda have to restore the tapes. But it was just like it was the day we recorded it. DB: The tracks sounded great, but had been recorded with Dolby SR, a noise reduction system that was in vogue in the late ’80s and early ’90s, before digital took over. Anything encoded with Dolby SR requires that it be played back through a Dolby SR system for decoding. I don’t have any Dolby SR units, and no one in Atlanta could ever recall any of them being there. Fortunately, Sonicraft in New Jersey can transfer from just about any audio format ever used into a digital file. We sent them the reels [and] mixed the album when we got them back. PH: Chuck flew down from Cleveland, and Cooley drove over, and we all sat in on the mixdown together. It was the first time we had all spent time together in nearly 27 years. Within five minutes, it was as if we’d been hanging out all along. DB: It was illuminating for me to hear Patterson and Cooley’s raw studio tracks from so long ago, especially considering how much of the last 20 years I have spent engulfed in their music. It is an important piece of the evolutionary puzzle of their creative process.

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PH: Releasing Town Burned Down in 2018 was my New Year’s resolution last year. ATO released the album on Sept. 21, 2018. Adam’s House Cat played three shows opening for DBT the following week in Knoxville and Atlanta. CT: We did a couple of days of rehearsal. We hadn’t played in front of people in a while. It was great to get out there. I felt great. We were actually doing what we set out to do 28, almost 30 years ago. PH: When we made [the record], it was the culmination of six years we had spent as a band, and we thought we were making a great album—possibly one that would bring us attention beyond the 30 or so people who liked that band. DB: The response to Town Burned Down has been fantastic, and I’m sure really gratifying to Patterson and Cooley. When you are in an indie band, you either believe or at least hope that there is an audience out there for what you do. Turns out that Adam’s House Cat had one—they just never got a chance to hear the music. f

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died, which is part of its historical value. Hendrix—who is not shown in the new film for copyright reasons—ended his set with another warped version of “The StarSpangled Banner.”

public showing. Time Has Come Today falls short of classic festival films like Monterey Pop and Woodstock, largely because of the raw source material. Unlike those movies, no crew was hired to document the event, and the new doc suffers from poor sound and jerky filming. It has more crowd shots, camping and highway footage and less preparatory camera work. Obligatory topless and nude bathing sequences abound, as festival-goers avoided the heat by dipping into a nearby river and lake. Yet, given the rawness of the material, the documentary is the product of a labor

Oddly enough, I attended that concert as a young 18-year-old from Minnesota— probably the only Minnesotan in attendance—and stayed under canopies in the woods with people from New York. So, it was quite strange and emotional to be sitting in Georgia once again for this initial

of love in terms of collecting and reviving this bit of history. The two Atlanta International Pop Festivals took place during a time when the counterculture was making its presence felt in the South, even in the face of reactionaries like Gov. Lester Maddox. While the outnumbered police at

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Jan. 26, a gathering of gray-hairs and old hippies attended an introductory showing at the UGA Special Collections Libraries of Alex Cooley Presents: Time Has Come Today, a documentary on the historic Atlanta International Pop Festival produced by Athens resident David Lee. The late concert promoter Alex Cooley organized the first Atlanta International Pop Festival in July 1969, a month before Woodstock, and bits of that concert are seen in the film. However, the documentary’s main focus is the second festival, held over the Fourth of July weekend in 1970, in burning 100-degree heat. The two concerts featured many artists who did not play Woodstock, like The Allman Brothers Band, Mountain, Grand Funk Railroad, Rare Earth, B.B. King, It’s a Beautiful Day, Poco, Procol Harum, Spirit, Mott the Hoople and The Chambers Brothers, as well as ones who did, like Johnny Winter, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Ten Years After and Jimi Hendrix. The second event, near Byron, proved to be the last U.S. festival appearance by Hendrix and Duane Allman before they

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darkness of Chambers’ music is diminished. Indeed, throw the headphones on this one and it wraps right around you, which is honestly pretty damn perfect for a winter that won’t even bother really being one. See the interview between these two on p. 8. This comes out on CD Feb. 14 and should land over at donchambers.bandcamp.com soon afterward. While you’re online, head over to southernshelter.com and dig through the years of Simpson’s work, too. INNERVISIONS: There are some people who ease into a new year and others who attack it. Soul/R&B/reggae master Razzi King is solidly among the latter. To wit, he released a massive, 23-track album named Everything to Lose mere days into 2019. Over the past several months, he’s really spread his wings and embraced styles outside his own fairly established trademark of traditional and dub reggae. This time around, he’s gone headfirst into slow-jam, ’70s, beat-oriented conscious rap and thoughtfully funky space jams. All beats on this beast are credited to Dark Alliance. Fact is, there’s too much here to break it down track by track or anything like that. Just throw it on and let it roll. Cue it up at echobassrecords.bandcamp.com. SNEAK PEEK: Beatmaker and rapper WesdaRuler just released his first piece of music for 2019. It’s a single track named “Let the Music Play,” and it comes across as slightly ’90s old-school and a little low-slung, but it moves along at a hell of a nice pace. Wes’ vocals are effortlessly cool, and his midgruff delivery matches the whole thing perfectly. Admittedly, as the sole preview track off an upcoming release—to be titled Ocean Drive—it’s impossible to contextualize and easy to be effusive. That said, it’s still pretty sweet. Dig it at soundcloud.com/ wesdaruler.

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JUST THE FACTS: Do y’all know how many Valentine’s Day events there are in Athens? More than any person should have to read about, so we’re gonna keep this short. A quick run-through of what’s going on will alert you that Bichos Vivos are doing their Brazilian dance night at Creature Comforts; Los Meesfits are doing their Hispanic Misfits tribute at Little Kings Shuffle Club; Mannie Arana, along with the UGA Salsa Club, are doing their thing at Akademia; the UGA Hodgson Wind Ensemble is at Hodgson Hall; and the Athens A-Train Band is at The Foundry. See The Calendar for more details. f

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Love Is on Display ART EVENTS TO CATCH THIS WEEK By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com LOSS, LOST, FOUND: On view at the University of North Georgia’s Oconee Art Gallery, “loss, lost, found” investigates the interior lives of women through a series of portraits by painter Cameron Bliss. Often surrounded by potted plants or in the company of animal companions—perhaps a nod to the traditional role of woman as nurturer—her subjects seem pensive, as if lost in thought. A collection of smaller canvases focus on the subtleties of facial expression. Though appearing beautiful and strong, heavy eyes, pouty lips and deadpan looks suggest the women may be experiencing feelings of seriousness or weariness. Bliss received the honor of a solo exhibition after winning the Best in Show prize at last year’s juried exhibition, “Reciprocal: OCAF Members at UNG.” She will lead a walkthrough of her works during a closing reception on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 4 p.m. In addition to the Oconee campus, the UNG Art Galleries are presenting exhibitions at two other locations this month. On the Dahlonega campus, Zipporah Thompson’s show of textile constructions, “Rootwork,” opens Monday, Feb. 25. On the Gainesville campus, “Drops and Drizzles” shares sculptural paintings from hand-cut forms by Mantey Dey, who will offer a closing talk on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 3 p.m.

to eat. Some artists felt inspired by romantic love, like Robert Clements, who painted couples spending quality time together in parks, while others, like Rosie Coleman, were moved to capture the bond between

THE LOVE SHOW: K.A. Artist Shop’s fifth annual “Love Show” is a true testament to how many locals love making art—specifElinor Saragoussi ically, art about love—with an impressive lineup of 70 artists. On the cover of Flagpole this week, Hana parents and children. Lucy Calhoun’s Chaney’s “Box of Chocolates” pays homage “Desert Birth,” a portrait of a woman pregto traditional Valentine’s Day imagery with nant with a picturesque, cacti-dwelling polymer clay candies that look good enough landscape in her belly, celebrates mother-

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hood and, on a more cosmic level, the role of humanity in stewardship of the earth. Several artists recognize unconditional love received from pets, such as Phoebe Graham’s cute linoleum prints. Other artists with interesting interpretations to look out for include Susan Pelham, Sarah Moon, Margeaux Konzelman, Isa Romero, Julia Wynn Safer and Christopher Ingham. An opening reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 14 from 5–7 p.m. Guests are encouraged to bring a dish they love for a potluck, and the favorite recipe will receive a $100 gift card to the shop. Works will remain on view through another day we all love: Saturday, Apr. 20.

YOU ARE HERE: Timed perfectly so you don’t have to choose between parties, the gallery at Hotel Indigo is hosting an opening reception for “You Are Here” on Feb. 14

from 6:30–8:30 p.m. Investigating domestic spaces and their inhabitants, the artists’ works collectively reflect figures and objects familiar to homes. Eli Saragoussi, who also performs in Baby Tony and the Teenies, creates fun, felted sculptures of boldly colored animals in cartoonish frames, while Amana Jane Burk, whom many may recognize from the Lyndon House Arts Center’s studios, shares a new screen-print series. The cosmic portraits of Los Angeles-based artist Tae Lee contemplate human consciousness and convey a sense of connectedness with the universe. A current MFA candidate at the Lamar Dodd School of Art from Tampa, FL, Chasity Williams creates interesting paintings where surfaces are populated with people performing a variety of activities. BARBETTE HOUSER: The new season of WUGA’s creative fundraising series, Artists in Residence, kicks off at the home of textile artist and interior designer Barbette Houser. On Saturday, Feb. 16 from 3–5 p.m., visitors will be welcomed into her house, a 1920s cottage in Five Points that she has beautifully restored and expanded. Lyndon House program supervisor Didi Dunphy will speak on Houser’s work, while guests are free to enjoy hors d’oeuvres, wine and a rare insider look into the artist’s personal collection and living space. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, Houser taught art for several years and is a Flagpole contributor who covers the local art scene. During the past two decades, she has gathered an impressive collection of mid-century Scandinavian furniture, vintage textiles and artwork created by Athenians. Her own quilted pieces vibrate with bright colors, and the meditative nature of hand-stitching has served as a way to process grief over the years. The radio station will broadcast Michael Cardin’s interview with Houser prior to the event. Admission is $15 for Friends of WUGA (memberships run $30 per year) and $20 for non-members. Reservations can be made by calling 706-542-9842 or emailing wuga@uga.edu. f

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Condor Is for Lovers LOCAL CHOCOLATIER’S NEW FACILITY MAKES VALENTINE’S DAY TREATS By Dan Jackson news@flagpole.com

processes, working up a business plan and developing relationships with Ecuadorian suppliers, the brothers opened a store at 1658 S. Lumpkin St. At first, the chocolate was produced at the same location. Roasting the fermented beans is the first exacting step that determines much of the end product’s flavor profile, coaxing out various nutty, floral and fruit notes. Then, the beans are sorted for quality and ground in a machine called a “melanger” with sugar—just enough to retain the deep, dark flavor profile favored by connoisseurs—filling the air with the unmistakable, tantalizing aroma of cocoa. Some of the chocolate is further flavored

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As Valentine’s Day nears, lovers scramble complex, multi-step process of coaxing lusto express the adoration they feel for their cious, creamy chocolate from the innocuous mates in original ways. Chocolate was once beans lurking inside ungainly-looking cacao considered “food of the gods” by Aztec and pods. Mayan elites, and was reserved solely for Peter and Nick shared some with their royalty and church officials when introfriends and were encouraged by the rave duced in Spain, who kept the delicious snack to themselves for years. Nowadays, chocolate is Cupid’s secret weapon, chosen for its earthy, sensual qualities to spark romance on this holiday of lust and passion. Chocolate also stands in as a substitute for those observing the holiday without a mate, since the confection is known to prompt endorphin rushes that simulate romantic sensations. Jilted lovers often turn to chocolate when coping with the pain of separation. In other words, no matter your relationship status, you’ll want to observe the holiday with generous doses of dark chocolate. Condor Chocolates is a “bean-to-bar” producer founded by brothers Nick and Peter Dale. The Athens natives spent many summers with their mother’s family in Ecuador, where chocolate Jamee Stradley, a UGA business student, chops a chunk of chocolate at Condor. was first discovered. Years later, when Nick saw his brother’s success as chef and co-owner of reviews. The brothers also tested their choc- with sea salt and cayenne pepper, then The National, he found himself getting the olate against the offerings from peers such formed into bars. entrepreneurial itch as well. In 2013, while as Mast Brothers, the Brooklyn-based beanAs the café became popular, the initial still at his corporate job at Cargill, Nick to-bar chocolate producer, and found that chocolate-making process was moved offbought a couple of pounds of Ecuadorian their product’s quality held its own. After site to a facility at the Chase Park warecacao beans and experimented with the continuing to experiment, refining their houses, where two Oompa Loompas (sorry,

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Brandon and Jamee) do the roasting, sorting, winnowing, melanging and forming into bars. Some of the chocolate is sent to the Condor café in large chunks, where it is then blended by chocolatiers into even more refined confections. Using cream and subtle flavors like bourbon, grapefruit, caramel and coffee, they transform chocolate into jewel-like truffles. Some chocolate is served hot like espresso, in demitasses, so thick and creamy that it almost solidifies as it cools, with the last drops coaxed out of the cup with a little spoon. Nick Dale says Condor confections include locally sourced cream and other ingredients. How well has Athens taken to $9 chocolate bars, $5 brownies and $2.50 truffles the size of thimbles? Dale says business is good, and revenues are up consistently year over year as the company expands through the Southeast and up the Eastern Seaboard. He adds that once customers taste Condor’s confections, they understand why they are served in far smaller portions than supermarket chocolate bars. “Good things come in small packages,” says Dale. Lately, the chocolatiers have been busy preparing two special Valentine’s Day treats. One is a silky truffle made of creamy chocolate ganache lightly scented with honey and grapefruit and enrobed in dark chocolate, creating a complex, seductive flavor. The other is a chocolate-covered cherry, made with costly Italian Luxardo fruit. Look for Condor’s special Valentine’s Day two-part offering of flower and chocolates wrapped in the company’s signature red boxes on Feb. 13 and 14. Just don’t come late. Dale says procrastinating gift buyers—mostly men, he admits—will line up to make last-minute purchases for their lovers. f

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Matt and Kim

Georgia Theatre · 8 p.m. · $30–35 Electronic pop duo Matt and Kim are currently celebrating their 15th anniversary of being a band. Over the past decade and a half, musical and real-life couple Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino have become known for their catchy party tunes, over-the-top live shows and outlandish music videos. (They won an MTV VMA back when that still kind of meant something.) It didn’t take them long to go from writing songs in Matt’s childhood bedroom to playing massive festival stages on a regular basis, and they’ve held onto that position for well over a decade. Attendees of Wednesday’s Georgia Theatre show should expect plenty of singalongs, props and maybe a bit of light nudity. [Nathan Kerce]

Tuesday 12 ART: Athens Fibercraft Guild (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) The Guild welcomes all amateur and professional fiber artists including knitters, crocheters, weavers, spinners, fabric designers, basket makers, quilters and embroiderers. 12:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensfiber.org CLASSES: Computer Class (ACC Library) “Basic Formatting.” Registration required. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens COMEDY: Decaf Comedy Open Mic (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Hear comics from Athens and Atlanta. Newcomers welcome. Email to perform. Second Tuesday of the month. 8:30 p.m. FREE! efj32330@gmail. com, www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at Two (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Take a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the

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Avid Bookshop (Prince Ave.) · 5 p.m. · FREE! Seney-Stovall Chapel · 7 p.m. · FREE! Like the rest of the “New Weird” collective of writers, Jeff VanderMeer has a knack for turning sci-fi tropes inside out. Known for his Southern Reach trilogy—the first of which, Annihilation, was loosely adapted into a film starring Natalie Portman—he creates worlds that are terrifying because they don’t make sense. Annihilation (the book) features a seemingly malevolent alien intelligence that may simply be reclaiming nature from the damage humans have wrought. In Borne, VanderMeer’s latest, humans scavenge in the ruins of a city ruled over by a giant flying bear created by a corporation that meddles with DNA. It gets stranger. [Blake Aued]

Avid Bookshop (Prince Ave.) · 6:30 p.m. · FREE! Right in time for the Drive-By Truckers’ annual HeAthens Homecoming weekend at the 40 Watt Club, author Rien Fertel is visiting town to promote his most recent book, Drive-By Truckers’ Southern Rock Opera. Number 133 in Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series, the story takes readers on a road trip “From the Swamps of Northern Florida” (Jacksonville), down “A Mean Old Highway” (U.S. Route 72) and to “Hell” (Birmingham, AL). The New Orleans-based writer, whose previous works include Imagining the Creole City and The One True Barbecue: Fire, Smoke, and the Pitmasters Who Cook the Whole Hog, is a columnist at the quarterly magazine 64 Parishes and reviews books for The A.V. Club. [Jessica Smith]

The Foundry · 7:30 p.m. · $15–20 Aaron Carter built his name by performing Nickelodeon-approved bubblegum pop aimed at 9-year-olds. Carter, who was 9 himself when his first album released, rode that wave of fame for a half-decade before much of his audience grew up and moved on. After putting his music career on the back burner, Carter was known for reality TV appearances and a variety of personal problems on public display. In 2018, he released his first album in 16 years, Love. It’s an impressive record, showcasing Carter’s solid grasp on modern-day electronic R&B and pop. Carter clearly isn’t content with being written off as another child star, and it seems like he might just be able to pull off a successful second act. [NK]

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@ uga.edu GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Road) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com KIDSTUFF: Toddler Tuesday (Georgia Museum of Art) Families and children 18 months–3 years can take a tour, listen to stories and participate in a hands-on activity. This month’s program is “My Funny

Valentine.” 10 a.m. FREE! callan@ uga.edu, www.georgiamuseum.org KIDSTUFF: Tiny Tales on Tuesdays (Memorial Park) Storytime and a craft. Ages 18 months–6 years. 10:30 a.m. $3–4. www.accgov.com/leisure KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages 3–11. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Teen Gaming (ACC Library) Virtual reality, video games and board games for grades 6–12. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: African American Authors Book Club (ACC Library) This month’s title is Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Newcomers welcome. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: More Than Meats the Eye (Miller Learning Center, Room 213) Author and activist Jenny Brown will speak about the ethical and sustainability issues inherent in animal agriculture,

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challenging listeners to take a closer look at the food production system and find better ways of feeding the planet. 7 p.m. FREE! sos@uga.edu

Wednesday 13 ART: Artist Talk (UNG Oconee Campus) Painter Cameron Bliss will discuss her portraits in the exhibition “loss, lost, found.” See Art Notes on p. 14. 4 p.m. FREE! gallery@ung.edu ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art, gives a tour of “Stony the Road We Trod.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Culinary Literacy Class (ACC Library) Using the Edible Alphabet curriculum, students will learn about nutrition and cooking while improving English language skills. Mondays, 10:30–12 p.m. & Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650

Aaron Carter

EVENTS: Rabbit Box (The Foundry) Storytelling for adults. This month’s theme is “Swipe Left.” 7 p.m. $10. rabbitboxstories@gmail.com GAMES: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play the Shadowfist Dynamic Card Game. 11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-354-4500, www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) General trivia. Industry night. Cash house prizes. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Beer Goggles Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) Walter Lane hosts weekly trivia. Teams can have up to 10 players, and prizes

include tab discounts. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: General Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Weekly trivia hosted by the one and only Count Zapula. 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3144 GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, movement, crafts, and fun for preschool aged children. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 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

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KIDSTUFF: Prism: AntiValentines Ball (Oconee County Library) Neverland-themed ball with food, dancing and games. Grades 6-12. 6-8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret (Go Bar) Drag performances by local artists. 10:30 p.m. $3. showgirlcabaret@gmail.com, www.athensshowgirlcabaret.com

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OUTDOORS: Arbor Day Celebration (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Take a ramble through the trails and learn facts on Arbor Day’s history. 2–3 p.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Farruquito (UGA Performing Arts Center) Live musicians and dancers join in for this performance of Southern Spain’s expressive art form. 7:30-8:30 p.m. $30. www.ugapresents.org THEATER: Starstruck (Town and Gown Players) See Thursday listing for full description. Feb. 14–16, 8 p.m. Feb. 17, 2 p.m. $12–20. www. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: In The Blood (UGA Fine Arts Building) Modern take on The Scarlet Letter through the lens of a homeless family living in the inner city. Feb. 15-16, 19-23, 8 p.m. & Feb. 17, 24, 2:30 p.m. $12-16. pac. uga.edu

CLASSES: Breaking Down the Pig (Farmview Market) Watch butcher Glen Wellman break down a side of pork. Pre-registration required. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE! www.farmviewmarket.com COMEDY: Open Mic Comedy (Moonlight Theater) Featuring a wide range of local and Atlanta comedians. 8-9 p.m. $6. www. moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: Lunar New Year Celebration (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Celebrate Chinese culture and the Lunar New Year, Year of the Dog. Festivities include music, literature, origami and giveaways. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. $2. botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Winter Community Market (The Tasting Room at Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company) Browse work by local artists, enjoy food trucks and more. Proceeds benefit

EVENTS: Journey Through the Stars: Love Stories of the Night Sky (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Listen to myths about love and identify the constellations that represent love or star-crossed lovers in the night sky. Registration is required. 10 a.m. $2–3. www.athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter EVENTS: Contra Dance (Memorial Park) A monthly dance presented by Athens Folk Music & Dance Society with live music by Mick Kinney & the Hickhoppers and calling by Janet Shepherd. See story on p. 9. 7:30 p.m. (lesson), 8–11 p.m. (dance). $8 (adults), $4 (ages 11–17) FREE! (ages 11 & under). athensfolk.org EVENTS: Adult Coloring Club (Oconee County Library) Coloring sheets and pencils will be provided for participants to drop in, color and relax. 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee

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ART: Stories of Love: A Valentine’s Day Tour (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Discover hidden stories of love in the exhibits on display. 1 p.m. FREE! jhebbard@uga.edu ART: Opening Reception (KA Artist Shop) Meet the artists of the exhibition “The Love Show.” See Art Notes on p. 14. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www. kaaartistshop.com ART: Opening Reception (Gallery @ Hotel Indigo–Athens) “You Are Here” includes felted soft sculpture by Eli Saragoussi, screen prints by Amanda Jane Burk, figure painting by Tae Lee and portraits by Chasity Williams. See Art Notes on p. 14. 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.indigoathens.com ART: Student Night (Georgia Museum of Art) Join the Student Association of the Georgia Museum of Art for a night of food and fun to celebrate the latest exhibitions. 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Windows Basics (Oconee County Library) Learn how to navigate Windows and understand files, settings and accounts. Registration is required. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee CLASSES: Fix Your Own Bike (BikeAthens, 1075 W. Broad St) Learn how to repair your bike with tools and advice from experts. 6–8:30 p.m. $10/hr. suggested donation. www.bikeathens.org COMEDY: Love Night: Valentine’s Day Comedy (Moonlight Theater) Covering all things love with stand-up, sketch comedy, disco and more. Ages 18 and up. 9 p.m. $14. www.moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: Valentine’s Day (Creature Comforts Brewery) Half Shepherd Market will offer cheese pairings from 6–9 p.m. The evening also features live music from Clouds and Bichos Vivos, as well as an art station to make handmade valentines cards. 5–10 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com EVENTS: Valentine’s Dinner (Boutier Winery & Inn) Enjoy a Valentine’s Day buffet dinner with live music from Second Time Around. 6:30 p.m. $55/couple. www. boutierwinery.com FILM: The Princess Bride (Ciné, Theater) Robin Wright and Cary Elwes star in this fairytale adventure about a beautiful princess and the gallant hero who rescues her from an evil villain. Feb. 14–16, 10 p.m. www.athenscine.com GAMES: Boarding School (The Rook and Pawn) Get schooled on new games. 7 p.m. www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq KIDSTUFF: Baby Music Jam (Oconee County Library) Preschool aged children and their caregivers play instruments, sing and dance together. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Hug Machine (ACC Library) Play Valentine’s Day games, make robot hugging cards and more.

Ages 4–8 and their caregivers. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Multiple Locations) Meet World Fantasy Award winner and author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer. See Calendar Pick on p. 16. 5 p.m. (Prince Ave. Avid Bookshop) 7 p.m. (Seney-Stovall Chapel) FREE! www. willson.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Fireworks & Serenades The Hodgson Wind Ensemble presents a special performance for Valentine’s Day. 7:30 p.m. $6–20. www.pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Hodgson Wind Ensemble (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Join UGA’s wind ensemble for a Valentine’s night out. 7:30 p.m. $6-20. pac.uga.edu THEATER: The Vagina Monologues (UGA Chapel) Project Safe presents its annual production of Eve Ensler’s award-winning play. Women of all ages and backgrounds perform monologues ranging from humorous to devastating, profound to profane. Proceeds benefit Project Safe. 8-10 p.m. $15. www.project-safe.org THEATER: Starstruck (Town and Gown Players) Strap on your jetpacks, charge up your lasers, and get ready to blast off into an out-of-this-world sci-fi comedy. Feb. 14–16, 8 p.m. Feb. 17, 2 p.m. $12– 20. www.townandgownplayers.org

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Friday 15 COMEDY: Comedian Mo Arora (Moonlight Theater) Join this Atlanta-based award-winning podcaster. 7:30-8:30 p.m. $12. www. moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: OCAF Thrift Sale (OCAF, Watkinsville) Over 10,000 items will be available at NE Georgia’s largest thrift sale. Proceeds benefit OCAF. Feb. 15, 7–9 p.m. $5. (preview sale). Feb. 16, 8 a.m.–2 p.m. www.ocaf. com/art EVENTS: Heartwood Brew Release & Dinner (Mercury AIR) The Plate Sale and Cherokee Moon Mixology present a night of courses and cocktails. Music by DJ Kountry Boy. 6–10:30 p.m. $85. @theplatesale on Instagram FILM: The Princess Bride (Ciné) See Thursday listing for full description. Feb. 14–16, 10 p.m. www. athenscine.com GAMES: Friday Night Initiative (Tyche’s Games) Learn new roleplaying games. 6 p.m. www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Elementary Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy books and crafts. Ages 6–10 and their caregivers. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison KIDSTUFF: Paint Night (East Athens Community Center) Ages 5 & up. Painters will be given an example of what to paint. Registration required. 6 p.m. $10-15. accgov.com/leisure LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Meet Rien Fertel, author of Drive-By Trickers’ Southern Rock Opera (33 1/3 #133). See Calendar Pick on p. 16. 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE! www. avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Women’s Studies Friday Speaker Series (Miller Learning Center, Room 250) Juanita Forrester presents “Crabs in a Barrel Syndrome? Race, Gender, and Intra-Group Conflict within the Workplace.” 12:20-1:10 p.m. FREE! tlhat@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Unity Athens) Dr. Will Tuttle will discuss The World Peace Diet. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE! ecg@uga.edu

Jordan, author of The Slave-Trader’s Letter Book, will speak and sign copies. 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. FREE! www.trrcobbhouse.org LECTURES & LIT: Avid Poetry Series (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Hear poetry curated by Rosalie Moffett featuring Andrea Jurjevic, James May, and Chelsea Rathburn. 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com OUTDOORS: Lovebirds Tree Climb (Hardigree Wildlife Sanctuary) Enjoy a romantic tree climb with your partner. Refreshments, 10-minute massage and goody bags to follow. 1-5 p.m. $175. wildriceadventures@ hotmail.com, 706-804-2551 THEATER: The Vagina Monologues (UGA Chapel) See Thursday listing for full description. 8-10 p.m. $15. www.project-safe.org THEATER: Starstruck (Town and Gown Players) See Thursday listing for full description. Feb. 14–16, 8 p.m. Feb. 17, 2 p.m. $12–20. www. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: In The Blood (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Feb. 15-16, 19-23, 8 p.m. & Feb. 17, 24, 2:30 p.m. $12-16. pac.uga.edu THEATER: Winterglow (Morton Theatre) Athens native Claire Thompson’s original screenplay is a tale of love and loss. 7:30-9 p.m. $25-30. 706-357-4444

UGA Theatre presents In the Blood, starring Kasey Freeman as Hester (pictured above), at the Cellar Theatre on Feb. 15–16 and 19–23 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 17 and 24 at 2:30 p.m. THEATER: The Vagina Monologues (UGA Chapel) See Thursday listing for full description. 8-10 p.m. $15. www.project-safe.org

Saturday 16 ART: WUGA’s Artists in Residence Series (Contact for Location) See the home of Barbette Houser, a textile artist, interior designer and Flagpole arts writer. See Art Notes on p. 14. 3–5 p.m. $15–20. 706542-9842, wuga@uga.edu, www. wuga.org CLASSES: Car Seat Safety (Oconee County Library) Learn car seat safety and receive training on proper car seat installation. Pre-registration is required. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee

the Culinary Kitchen of Athens. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! jitteryjoes.com EVENTS: Valentine’s Dance (UGA Memorial Hall) Dance the night away with rumba followed by open social dancing. No partner or experience necessary. 7-10:30 p.m. $3-5. www. facebook.com/ugaBSDC EVENTS: OCAF Thrift Sale (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description. Feb. 15, 7–9 p.m. $5. (preview sale). Feb. 16, 8 a.m.–2 p.m. www.ocaf.com/art EVENTS: Holistic Healing Fair (Unity Athens) Local practitioners demo reiki, sound therapies, acupressure, angel harp, crystal singing bowls and aromatherapy. Items for sale include crystals, handmade jewelry, salves and sprays. 12–5 p.m. $5. www.holistichealingnetwork. wordpress.com

FILM: The Princess Bride (Ciné) See Thursday listing for full description. Feb. 14–16, 10 p.m. www. athenscine.com GAMES: Pathfinder Society Event (Tyche’s Games) Fantasy RPG. Bring your imagination. 12 p.m. FREE! 706-345-4500 KIDSTUFF: The Runaway Wok (ACC Library) A singing wok and two very different families come together for a wild adventure on Chinese New Year. For ages 4–11 and their caregivers. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Parents’ Night Out (Lavonia Cultural Center) Parents are welcome to drop off their children for supervised fun, games and pizza. 5-10 p.m. $20. 706-491-9374 LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Authors (T.R.R. Cobb House) Jim

GAMES: Post-Christmas White Elephant Board Game Gift Exchange (The Rook and Pawn) Bring a gift, take a gift. 6 p.m. www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Rockin’ Roll Bingo (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Play to win. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Open Play (Tyche’s Games) All are welcome to join in. 12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) General trivia. House prizes and discounted tabs. 5-7 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Relax with the company of therapy dogs. 3–4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Beginning readers read aloud to a certified therapy dog. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Beginning readers read aloud to certified therapy dogs. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Heritage Foundation Speaker (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Harriet Powers will speak on behalf of the Madison County Heritage Foundation for Black History Month. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison LECTURES & LIT: UUFA Forum (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Andrea Leigh Farnham and Irami Osei-Frimpong lead a panel presentation on today’s racial wealth gap and inequality in “Lynching in America: Past and Present History of White Terrorism.” 9:30 a.m. FREE! www.uuathensga.org LECTURES & LIT: WWII Presentation (Oconee County Library) Guest speaker Rod Davis shares his journey to the Central Pacific Islands Campaign of WWII. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee MEETINGS: PFLAG Meeting (Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, Firehall #2) Monthly meeting for park continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! ents, friends, family and the allies of LGBTQIA+ community. 2:30–4 p.m. FREE! www.pflagathensarea.com THEATER: Starstruck (Town and Gown Players) See Thursday listing for full description. Feb. 14–16, 8 p.m. Feb. 17, 2 p.m. $12–20. www. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: In The Blood (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Feb. 15-16, 19-23, 8 p.m. & Feb. 17, 24, 2:30 p.m. $12-16. pac.uga.edu

Monday 18 CLASSES: Culinary Literacy Class (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. Mondays, 10:30–12 p.m. & Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 CLASSES: Meditation (M3Yoga, Tree Room) Pranayama (breath) class. Donations are welcome. 8:309:15 a.m. FREE! www.m3yoga.com FILM: The End of Meat (Miller Learning Center, Room 150) Speak Out for Species and the UGA Office of Sustainability present a documentary in which meat consumption belongs to the past. Part of the Animal Voices Film Festival. 7 p.m. FREE! sos@uga.edu GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) General trivia. Industry night. Cash house prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 7–18. Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Pajama Party (Rocksprings Community Center) Enjoy this pajama party with a fort challenge, pilowcase craft and other games. Ages 6-12. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $15-22.50. 706-613-3602 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Parents can share plays, songs and simple books with their babies. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Catapult Making (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn how to build a catapult and make candy hearts fly. Ages 10 and up. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Game Day Mania (East Athens Community Center) Participants will play games such as Beat Shazam, Jeopardy and Family Feud. Ages 6-12. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $1522.50. 706-613-3593 KIDSTUFF: If I Were President (Lay Park) Participants will dress up for mock interviews, play patriotic games and create craft money. Ages 6-12. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $15-22.50. 706613-3596 LECTURES & LIT: Third Monday Book Club (Oconee County Library) Discuss A Separate Peace by John Knowles. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee

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assistants and smart home devices. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org EVENTS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) Guest speaker Chester Karwoski was the owner and operator of Diamond Hill Mine near Anderson, SC, from 2003-’10. 8 p.m. FREE! www.athensrockandgemclub.org EVENTS: Athens Neighborhood Health Center (402 Mckinley Dr.) Join Mayor Kelly Girtz at 11 a.m. for the Athens Neighborhood Health Center (ANHC) pharmacy ribbon

MEETINGS: Foster Care and Adoption (Cornerstone Church) Information session on foster care and adoption. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE! bcsatlanta@bethany.org OUTDOORS: Full Moon Hike: Snow Moon (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) See the Garden come alive at night. Each hike will focus on a different topic such as the moon, constellations or nocturnal creatures. Be prepared for a two-mile walk through wooded trails. 7 p.m. $5. botgarden.uga.edu OUTDOORS: Bark at the Moon Hike (Southeast Clarke Park) Bring your dog along for a guided full

coral reef systems are disappearing. 1-2 p.m. FREE! 706-310-6201 FILM: Gina’s Story: The Search for William Grimes (Miller Learning Center, Room 148) Speaker Regina E. Mason is the great-greatgreat granddaughter of William Grimes, the author of the first published American slave narrative. Her documentary tells the story of Grimes and her 15-year process to authenticate his story. 4:30 p.m. FREE! coe.uga.edu/citizen GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com

KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, movement, crafts, and fun for preschool aged children. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens LECTURES & LIT: Georgia Poetry Prize Winner Rosa Lane (Ciné) The UGA Creative Writing Program and University of Georgia Press present Rosa lane. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com

GEORGIA DISH BOYS Raucous and rootsy local rock group fronted by songwriter Seth Martin. GARETT HATCH Local songwriter and member of blues-rock band Mother the Car plays a solo set. 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.40watt.com INTERPOL Acclaimed New York City indie-rock band led by songwriter Paul Banks. SUNFLOWER BEAN Psychedelicleaning post-punk revivalists from Brooklyn, NY. The Foundry 7 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com THE FIRESIDE COLLECTIVE Progressive folk and Americana group from Asheville, NC. Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $29.50. www.georgiatheatre. com DAWES Acclaimed folk-rock band from Los Angeles.

Wednesday 13 Boar’s Head Lounge 11 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC A weekly open-mic jam hosted by Louis Phillip Pelot. All musicians welcome. Backline provided! Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com NUCLEAR TOURISM Local college-rock band playing surf-punk originals. JESSE’S DIVIDE Three-piece alt-rock group from the UK. THE PIERRES Alt-rock group from Athens. Flicker Theatre & Bar 11 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com PILGRIM Local hard-hitting, riffheavy rock band led by songwriter Paul McHugh.

Darsombra plays Flicker Theatre & Bar on Thursday, Feb. 14. cutting ceremony. Tours of the pharmacy and clinic will be given all day. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE! 706-255-4292 EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at Two (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) See Tuesday listing for full description. 2 p.m. FREE! jclevela@uga.edu FILM: Bad Movie Night: R.O.T.O.R. (Ciné) After every woman he sleeps with turns up dead, a sculptor begins to suspect the devil worshiper that has been stalking him in the camcorder-shot vanity project Death By Love. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/badmovienight GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 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: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: Tiny Tales on Tuesdays (Memorial Park) See Tuesday listing for full description. 10:30 a.m. $3–4. www.accgov.com/ leisure

moon night hike. 6-8 p.m. $2-3. www.accgov.com/leisure THEATER: In The Blood (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Feb. 15-16, 19-23, 8 p.m. & Feb. 17, 24, 2:30 p.m. $12-16. pac.uga.edu

Wednesday 20 ART: AAAC Lunch & Learn with Timi Conley (Lyndon House Arts Center) The Athens Area Arts Council presents a lecture by Timi Conley, organizer of the Wild Rumpus. 12 p.m. FREE! (members), $15 (non-members). athensareaartscouncil@gmail.com, www.athensarts.org ART: Artful Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Callan Steinmann, curator of education, leads a conversation about Cecila Beaux’s “Twilight Confidences.” 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Culinary Literacy Class (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. Mondays, 10:30–12 p.m. & Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 FILM: Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (Flicker Theatre & Bar) The legendary blind swordsman finds himself in the center of hardened yakuza, dishonorable gamblers and bathhouse massacres. 7-9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com FILM: Chasing Coral (UNG Oconee Campus, Room 726) Watch a documentary detailing why the ocean’s

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GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Beer Goggles Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) Walter Lane hosts weekly trivia. Teams can have up to 10 players, and prizes include tab discounts. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com GAMES: General Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Weekly trivia hosted by the one and only Count Zapula. 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3144 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: 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

LECTURES & LIT: History of the Morton Theatre (ACC Library) Hear the history and legacy of the theater and Hot Corner. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www.athenslibrary. org/athens THEATER: In The Blood (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Feb. 15-16, 19-23, 8 p.m. & Feb. 17, 24, 2:30 p.m. $12-16. pac.uga.edu

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 12 Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com ASPEN ANONDA Athens-based indie-pop singer-songwriter. MANSELL Three-piece indie-rock group from Atlanta. JUNIPER DOUGLAS Playful and psychedelic indie-pop band from Minneapolis. MOTHER FORE Athens band exploring elements of progressive and psychedelic rock. Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com JOE CAT & THE GUIDESTONES Local troubadour whose influences range from Steve Earle and Townes Van Zant to Johnny Cash.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $16. www.40watt.com ADAM’S HOUSE CAT Reunited rock band featuring Drive-By Truckers members Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley. See story on p. 10. JAY GONZALEZ Athens-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with an affinity for classic pop melodies. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $30 (adv.), $35 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com MATT & KIM Celebrated indie-electronic duo from Brooklyn, NY. See Calendar Pick on p. 16. YUNO Electro-driven indie-pop project from Jacksonville, FL. The Globe 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS Mary Sigalas, Dan Horowitz, Steve Key and some surprise guests play swingin’ tunes from the ’10s, ’20s and ’30s. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 ROSE HOTEL “Bedroom-rock” alter ego of Kentucky songwriter Jordan Reynolds. LITTLE GOLD Local group playing garage-rock with country and pop sensibilities. AFTER OURS Experimental jazz duo from South Bend, IN. 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.

Starland Pizzeria and Pub 8 p.m. FREE! www.starlandpizza.com WOLF’S DEN OPEN MIC Featuring musical performances and live interviews. Wayward Lounge 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-6972 CAROLINE AIKEN This guitarist and singer’s bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance.

Thursday 14 Akademia Brewing Co. 7 p.m. www.akademiabc.com A SALSA VALENTINE’S Featuring live music from Mannie Arana and the UGA Salsa Club.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com DARSOMBRA Heavy drone-rock band from Batimore, MD. DAMIYANA Nature-focused “interactive music and design experience” from North Carolina. SOCIAL CIRCLE Local lo-fi experimental lounge singer that aims “to turn the support group into a party.” GODDESS COMPLEX Athens-based avant-garde project led by composer Cloud Powers. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.40watt.com DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The local Southern rock superstars return to the Athens stage for their annual Homecoming series. DON CHAMBERS Longtime local favorite who delves into pastoral folk and experimental rock with equal passion. See story on p. 8. The Foundry 7 p.m. $15. www.thefoundryathens. com ATHENS A-TRAIN BAND Instrumental group performing a special Valentine’s Day set of “sweetheart jazz.” Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com KOE WETZEL Rootsy rock performer from Texas. JACOB BRYANT Country singer and guitarist from Jasper. Go Bar 11 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic Dr. Fred and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Every Thursday! Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com VALENTINE’S JAZZ Enjoy an evening of romantic jazz music. Little Kings Shuffle Club 8 p.m. $6 (individual), $10 (couple). www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub LOS MEESFITS Local group playing Misfits covers done Cuban salsa style. ELZIG Atlanta band mashing up the music of Elvis and Danzig. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 TRIBAL HOUSE No info available.

LG, Blacknerdninja, Andreana Williams, Squalle and DJ Kountry Boy. Little Kings Shuffle Club 8 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub LET’S ROCK ATHENS An all-star lineup of local performers cover their favorite female and nonbinary musicians to benefit Girls Rock Athens.

The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens GEORGE THE INFINITE Local DJ spins the best in Top 40, EDM and bass music.

Friday 15 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com ACTUS REUS Atlanta-based metalcore band. ANGER WITHIN Thrash-metal band with a dark and brutal sound. MAHEETA Athens band blending metal and reggae. The Falls 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-2217 LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul.

Live Wire 8 p.m. $12 (adv.), $16 (door). www. livewireathens.com MYSTIC GRIZZLY Florida-based multi-instrumentalist producer and EDM artist. CROW Atlanta-based electronic dance music artist. SERIOUS JORGE Dubstep producer from Florida.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $25. www.georgiatheatre.com SPAFFORD Funk-rock four-piece out of Phoenix, AZ.

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Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com ANDREANA WILLIAMS Athensbased soul and R&B singer.

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.

Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $2 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away to two different channels of music.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 JAZZ FUNK JAM Local jazz musician Mason Davis hosts this monthly jam session.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 8 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub LET’S ROCK ATHENS An all-star lineup of local performers cover their

Ted’s Most Best 9 p.m. 706-543-1523 DAPHNE LEE MARTIN Eclectic folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Connecticut.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com NICHOLAS MALLIS Local pop singer-songwriter influenced by David Bowie, The Ventures and Neil Diamond. CURT CASTLE Atlanta-based indierock project led by former Reptar and Semicircle member Ryan Engelberger. VELVETEEN PINK This local quartet of funksters plays electro-based, groove-laden, upbeat pop music. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.40watt.com DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The local Southern rock superstars return to the Athens stage for their annual Homecoming series. EYELIDS Portland, OR band featuring former members of The Decemberists, Guided by Voices and the Jicks. The Foundry 9 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com AARON CARTER Pop artist and former teen sensation now dabbling in beat-heavy EDM. See Calendar Pick on p. 16. JUSTIN STONE Pop-rapper from Columbus, OH. GRANT COWAN Local jazz-influenced, piano-playing singer-songwriter. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com WALK THE MOON Massively popular mainstream rock act from Cincinnati. BEAR HANDS High-powered indierock band from Brooklyn, NY. Go Bar 9 p.m. 706-546-5609 TOMMY! Athens piano man and singer-songwriter. KAYJAY Solo experimental pop artist. JIM JIM Local artist playing hallucinatory beat-pop featuring existential chants and dance. ROB AMERICA No info available. FEMALE IMAGINATION Carolina noise group featuring “evil and ritual performance.” DJ ANYA & DJ DEATHRATTLE Spinning lovesick tunes all night. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $7. www.hendershotscoffee.com ’80s BABY: HOMIE, LOVER, FRIEND SHOW Featuring hip hop and poetry from Shedrick Barnett,

All musicians welcome. Backline provided! Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com SMUG Melodic, punk-influenced indie-rock band from Buffalo, NY. THE HOLY HELLS Rock trio with “hints of Radiohead and bacon grease.” THE FORMULA Athens-based altrock band. The Foundry 7 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com J.D. SIMO Guitarist and singer-songwriter from Nashville. MATT JOINER Local songwriter drawing inspiration from blues and classic rock. Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com CAR SEAT HEADREST Festival-fave indie-rock project led by songwriter Will Toledo. NAKED GIANTS Seattle band blending a punk spirit with indie sensibilities.

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Creature Comforts Brewery 7 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com BICHOS VIVOS New local band playing forró—accordion and triangle-driven country music from Brazil. CLOUDS Athens-based bossa nova trio.

Southern Brewing Company 5-10 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com KARAOKE Hosted by DJ Gregory.

The Globe 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS Mary Sigalas, Dan Horowitz, Steve Key and surprise guests play swingin’ tunes from the ’10s, ’20s and ’30s. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 HUGHES TAYLOR BAND Energetic blues and classic rock outfit from Macon.

Curt Castle plays Flicker Theatre and Bar on Friday, Feb. 15. SLAYCLUB Bass-heavy dubstep artist. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 DJ WARDADDY Spinning a “totally rad ’80s dance party.” VFW 8 p.m. $10. www.vfwathens.com CHRIS HAMPTON TRIO Athensbased variety cover band hosts a dance party, playing classic and new tunes.

Saturday 16 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com 40OZ 4PIECE Playing the music of Third Eye Blind. CHEESE DREAM Local band playing a Red Hot Chili Peppers set. THE DOOKIE BROTHERS Local college kids rocking early Green Day songs. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com A FRAGILE TOMORROW Powerpop band from Charleston, SC. GOD BLESS RELATIVE Nashville indie-rock group led by songwriter Blake Tallent. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.40watt.com DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The local Southern rock superstars return to the Athens stage for their annual Homecoming series. LINQUA FRANQA Rapper and ACC Commissioner Mariah Parker spits politically charged lyrics over boombap beats. CAMP AMPED BAND Tunes from Nuçi’s Space’s group of future rock stars.

favorite female and nonbinary musicians to benefit Girls Rock Athens. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 SONO Local electronic-funk jam trio with a big sound and tasty melodies. Wayward Lounge 9 p.m. $10. 706-372-6972 VICTOR & RICHARD Singing Latin music, backed by recorded tracks. DJ HAROLD G Spinning Latin favorites.

Sunday 17 The Foundry 6 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR WXAG radio DJ Dwain Segar curates a night of smooth jazz. This month’s show features Marcus Click and His Smooth Jazz Band. The Globe 7 p.m. $5. 706-353-4721 LET’S ROCK ATHENS An all-star lineup of local performers cover songs by their favorite female and nonbinary musicians to benefit Girls Rock Athens. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com CLASSICAL REVOLUTION UGA School of Music graduates and students play works by Dvorak, Ligeti, Bach and more.

Tuesday 19 Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 MADELINE POLITES The leader of experimental pop band Immaterial Possession plays a solo set. FRANK HURRICANE Experimental artist that describes his music as “spiritual mountain psych gangsta folk.” SOHI Underground hip-hop MC formerly of Mad Axes and Deaf Judges. REACHES Experimental dance-pop group from Brooklyn, NY. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 BAY LEDGES Los Angeles band delivering “soulful, glitchy pop sounds.” TOMMY TRAUTWEIN Acoustic alternative singer from Atlanta. The World Famous 9:30 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ theworldfamousathens CHELSEA WILLIAMS Singersongwriter blending pop, indie rock, Americana and folk. ROAN YELLOWTHORN Duo playing ethereal indie-rock songs with a singer-songwriter heart. CALEB DARNELL Guitarist and member of The Darnell Boys plays solo.

Wednesday 20 Boar’s Head Lounge 11 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC A weekly open-mic jam hosted by Louis Phillip Pelot.

Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards. Starland Pizzeria and Pub 8 p.m. FREE! www.starlandpizza.com WOLF’S DEN OPEN MIC Featuring musical performances and live interviews. Wayward Lounge 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-6972 CAROLINE AIKEN This guitarist and singer’s bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance.

Down the Line 2/21 ANDREW BLOOMS / ZAC CROOK / CB DRYDEN (Caledonia Lounge) 2/21 ATHENS COWBOY CHOIR / AUSTIN DARNELL (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 2/21 EMISUNSHINE / THE MOONSHINE (The Foundry) 2/21 MURDER BY DEATH / J. RODDY WALSTON & THE BUSINESS / JONNY FRITZ (Georgia Theatre) 2/21 NACKASHI GROUP (Manhattan Café) 2/21 SUNNY SOUTH BLUES BAND / STICKS & BONES (Nowhere Bar) 2/22 VINCAS / MCQQEEN / ROTTWEILER (Caledonia Lounge) 2/22 VIC VARNEY / SCOTT SPILLANE (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 2/22 ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL / MCKAY & LEIGH (The Foundry) 2/22 RANDY ROGERS BAND / MIKE RYAN (Georgia Theatre)

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Art AAAC GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking applicants for its quarterly $500 grants. All local artists, arts organizations or arts-based projects are welcome to apply. The next deadline is Mar. 15. info@athensarts.org, www.athensarts.org ARTS IN COMMUNITY GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission awards three grants of $1,500 each to promote creative placemaking in the community. Grants will be awarded based on the level of community enrichment through the arts, contribution to the local identity and quality or artistic merit. Artists, local organizations and groups can apply. Deadline Mar. 10, 11:59 p.m. Fill out online proposal. info@athensculturalaffairs. org, www.athensculturalaffairs.org PUBLIC ART CALL FOR PROPOSALS (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission

invites professional artists to submit proposals and images of a visual public art concept for the Cooperative Extension Service Building project, as well as the Fire Station 2 project. Find details online. Deadline Mar. 15. www.athens culturalaffairs.org/calls-for-artists

Classes CLASSES (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) “Open Community Coffeehouse,” Tuesdays from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. “Oil Painting,” Mondays at 1:30 p.m. “Chess Club,” Mondays at 6:30 p.m. “Coffee with a Veteran,” Tuedays at 9 a.m. “Threadwork Crafting Club,” Tuesdays at 9 a.m. “Square Dancing,” Tuesdays at 2 p.m. “Bellydance,” Wednesdays at 7 p.m. “Mahjong,” Thursdays at 1 p.m. Chess tournament on the second Friday of the month at 6 p.m. 706742-0823, wintervillecenter@gmail. com, www.wintervillecenter.com

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Grateful Beads hand makes bohemian chic gemstone jewelry. Through February. 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) “Reflections of Good and Evil” features paintings by Manda McKay and Andrea Wellnitz. Reception Feb. 24. Currently on view through February. • 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 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.) “On Loan From The Universe: The Creative Spirit of Tex Crawford” shares painted tin creations by the Hull-based self-taught artist. Through Mar. 24. ATHENS LATINO CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND SERVICES (445 Huntington Rd., #120) See 20 paintings by Stanley Bermudez. BENDZUNAS GLASS (89 W. South Ave., Comer) The family-run studio has been creating fine art glass for almost 40 years. CINÉ BARCAFE (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Cameron Lyden: The Wave Tamer’s Lullaby and Other Artifacts” includes fictional tools with ambiguous and fantastical functions. Through Feb. 24. CIRCLE GALLERY (UGA College of Environment and Design, 285 S. Jackson St.) “The New American Garden: The Landscape Architecture of Oehme, van Sweden.” Through Feb. 21. 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.) Ashley Anderson’s “Family Computer: Familiar Interiors” is a new series of pixelated cyanotypes that pays homage to the intertwining histories of art and video game graphics. Through Mar. 24. DONDEROS’ KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Artwork by Adrienne Foxx Tolbert. Through February.

FREE KARATE (East Athens Community Center) Learn the basics of karate. All ages and skill levels welcome. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3593 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 NAMI (First Presbyterian Church of Athens) “NAMI Basics” is a free, six-session educational program for parents or caregivers of a child or adolescent living with mental illness. Registration required. Sundays, Feb. 17–Mar. 31 (skip Mar. 10), 3 p.m. namihallga@gmail.com, www. namihall.org NIMBL CLASSES (Nimbl, 160 Winston Dr. #9) Classes offered for kids, teens and adults in dance, creative movement, choreography, pilates and more. www.nimble athens.com OCAF SPRING ART CLASSES (OCAF, Watkinsville) “Paint with

Collages by Kenneth Aguar, along with paintings by Matty Goldstein, are currently on view in “Middle Class Revolt” at Flicker Theatre & Bar through February. A closing reception will be held Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. Charles,” “Painting Portraits in Oil with Abner Cope,” “Paper Beadmaking,” “Four-Part Watercolor

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) “Middle Class Revolt” presents paintings by tattoo artist Matty Goldstein and collages by Kenny Aguar. Closing reception Feb. 28. GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “You Are Here” features felted soft sculpture by Eli Saragoussi, screen prints by Amanda Jane Burk, cosmic figure painting by Tae Lee and whimsical portraits by Chasity Williams. Opening reception Feb. 14. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “The Reluctant Autocrat: Tsar Nicholas II.” Through Mar. 17. • “Stony the Road We Trod” reimagines southern identity through the lens of the African American experience. Through Apr. 28. • “Out of the Darkness: Light in the Depths of the Sea of Cortez” is a solo exhibition by Rebecca Rutstein. Through Oct. 27. 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. THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Paintings by Anna McNeils. Through Feb. 17. • “Employee Art Show” includes works by staff. Feb. 17–Mar. 10. HEIRLOOM CAFE & FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) John Weber presents nature photographs emphasizing special attention given to shapes, textures, colors and light. Through Mar. 4. HIP VINTAGE & HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) Graphic artist Keith Bennett presents his latest works of playered photography and graphics. HOWARD’S (119 N. Jackson St.) New York-based artists Genesis Belanger, Julie Curtiss and Anthony Iacono work in different media and share an affinity for French 19th-century painting, pop art, cinema and the Chicago Imagists. Through Mar. 2. • Co-presented with Tif Sigfrids, “Cabin Boy, Auntie Gladyce and Three More” is an exhibition of paintings by Chicago-based artist Margot Bergman. Through Mar. 2. JITTERY JOE’S DOWNTOWN (297 E. Broad St.) Susan Pelham creates collages influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism and folklore. JITTERY JOE’S EASTSIDE (1860 S. Barnett Shoals Rd.) Bright and happy new art by Marion Coleman. Through February. JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) “Pop Legacy” includes colorful paintings by Tylor Parrott. K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) The annual “Love In All Its Many Forms” celebrates love through creative works. Opening reception Feb. 14. Through Apr. 20. LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Hysteric Sign (Ribbed Tomato ’n Grapes)” is a site-specific wall installation by Katya Tepper. • “Pigeonhole” is a collaboration between New York-based artists Priyanka Dasgupta and Chad Marshall. • “Congeal” is a group exhibition exploring the comfort and discomfort of living in a body. • “Purgatory” presents narrative ceramic works by Dodd MFA candidate Yana Bondar. • The “Undergraduate Curated Exhibition” was curated by Jamie Steele of Atlanta gallery Camayhus. Through Feb. 22. 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, Peter Loose, Kip Ramey and more. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) Collections From Our Community features iron skillets owned by Wyler Hecht. • On view in the Lounge Gallery, “Citrine Visuals” features abstractions by Antoine Stewart. Through Mar. 2.

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Workshop: Light and Shadow” and “Four-Part Workshop: Making Color Speak.” www.ocaf.com

SALSA DANCE CLASSES (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa classes. 7:30 p.m. (begin-

MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY (1315 GA-98, Danielsville) The “Georgia Artists with DisAbilities” exhibit features works promoted by the organization, which aims to provide opportunities for showing and selling work. Through February. MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “Connexus” celebrates Black History Month. Through May 5. NORMAL BOOKS (1238A Prince Ave.) A variety of art on display, including paintings by Mary Eaton, GCH Pet Portraits, metal art by Julia Vereen, ceramics by Shannon Dominy, sculpture by Doug Makemson and handwoven rugs by Bonnie Montgomery. OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) “MFA: The Next Generation” shows artwork by second year graduate students at Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through Feb. 22. • “The Georgia Watercolor Society 2019 Signature Exhibition” shows works from across the nation. Through Feb. 22. 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 BUILDING SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Under the Big Top: The American Circus and Traveling Tent Shows” explores circuses, vaudeville troupes and other traveling tent shows in the U.S. from the 1820s–1930s. Through July 5. • “Nevertheless, She Resisted: Documenting the Women’s Marches” shares posters, photographs, articles and ephemera from the Women’s March on Washington, D.C. in January 2017. Through July 5. STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) The Mountain Laurel Quilters’ Guild presents “Put a Bird on It,” a collection of 30 wall quilts using tradition, contemporary and art quilting techniques. Each quilt features one or more birds. Through Mar. 3. • Mark Paul presents nature photography. Through March. STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) “Faces in Time” includes works on paper, sculptures, mosaics and fiber art portraits of renowned individuals by Steffen Thomas, Leanna Leithauser Lesley and Chris Cook. Through Mar. 30. SURGERY CENTER OF ATHENS (2142 W. Broad St., Building 100, Suite 100) Works by members of the Athens Art Association, including large acrylics by Barbara Frohmader and watercolors by Zee Nagao. Through March. TIF SIGFRIDS (119 N. Jackson St.) “Semifreddo” is a solo exhibition of paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Gracie DeVito. Through Mar. 2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS GALLERY (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) “Cameron Bliss: loss, lost, found” includes portraits that are mesmerizing, moody and deeply evocative. Reception Feb. 13. Currently on view through Feb. 20. VERONICA’S SWEET SPOT (149 Oneta St., #6C6) See work by local and regional artists, craftsmen, potters and sculptors. WHITE TIGER GOURMET (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Artwork by CapMan. Through March. WINTERVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY AND CULTURE (371 N. Church St., Winterville) Folk art by Cap Man. Through January. THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more.

ner lesson). Richard and Victor perform salsa music every second Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Blue Eyed Amigos perform swing and salsa every fourth Wednesday at 9 p.m. $10/class (incl. one drink). Music show is $3 for class participants and $6 otherwise. www.facebook.com/ salsaathens SEWING CLASSES (Contact for Location) Learn to sew via quilt making. Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. & Sundays from 3-5 p.m. www.sew somethingwithamandawhitsel.com YOGA CLASSES (5 Points Yoga) “Lunar Flow” on Feb. 16. “Teacher Training Info Session” on Feb. 16, 12 p.m. “Yoga: An Act of Self-Love” on Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. “iRest” on Feb. 17. “Fascia, Breath and the Nervous System” on Feb. 22–24. New 200hour and 300-hour teacher training school begins February. Various classes include flow, yin, restorative, power flow, gentle, Iyengar and simple stretch. www.athensfivepoints yoga.com

Help Out KACCB LITTER SURVEY (Athens, GA) The Athens-Clarke County Littery Abatement Steering Committee is conducting a survey to help direct initiatives. Be entered to win one of four $25 Walmart gift cards. Survey ends Mar. 30. www. accgov.com/littersurvey LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR FOOD DRIVE (Madison County Library) Accepting donations of non-perishable food and hygiene items during the month of February. Items will be delivered to the Madison County Food Bank. 706-795-5597 RESEARCH STUDIES (Athens, GA) The UGA Clinical and Translational Research Unit welcomes the community to participate in research studies. Check website for studies that are currently enrolling. ctru. uga.edu

Support Groups ALS SUPPORT GROUP (Oconee Veterans Park, Watkinsville) Provides awareness and education to individuals living with ALS. Meets fourth Wednesday of every month, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. 706-207-5800 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. Meetings are held at various times. 478-9553422, www.ga-al-anon.org 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 CELEBRATE RECOVERY (Living Hope Church) Program aimed to help people recover from their hurts, habits, and hang-ups such as addiction and mental illness. Meets Fridays, 5:45-8:30 p.m. www.living hopeathens.org CHRONIC ILLNESS SUPPORT GROUP (ACC Library) Meet others who are dealing with chronic illness such as ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Lyme. Third Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. athenschronicillness@ gmail.com 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 NAMI SUPPORT GROUPS (First Presbyterian Church of Athens) For family members, friends and caregivers of individuals with mental illnesses. “NAMI Family Support Group.” Every fourth Tuesday, 6–7:30 p.m. namihallga@gmail. com, www.namihall.org

On The Street AARP TAX-AIDE (Oconee County Library) AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers offer tax assistance Mondays, 12–4 p.m. aarp.org/ taxaide KACCB TIRED OF TRASH TIRE AMNESTY WEEK (ACC Landfill) There will be no disposal fees for tires brought to ACC Landfill or CHaRM Feb. 25–Mar. 2. Limit of six tires. www.athensclarkecounty. com/1309/landfill, www.athens clarkecounty.com/5894/CHaRM 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 Sundays, 8:30 a.m. www.m3yoga.com. Dedicated Mindfulness Practitioners meets at the Griffin-Dubose Healing Lodge every Saturday, 8:30 a.m. jasey jones@gmail.com. Mindful Living Center offers intro mindfulness classes every second Friday, 5:30–7 p.m. at the Healing Lodge, Piedmont Athens Regional. www.mindfuliving. org. 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. 5 Points Yoga hosts meditations Thursdays at 8–9 a.m. Nuci’s Space hosts meditations every Friday, 3 p.m. Healing Arts Centre hosts Insight Meditation every Monday, 7 p.m. 706-3407288. athensfivepointsyoga.com MUSICIANS HEALTH CLINIC (Nuçi’s Space) A team of doctors visit twice each month to assist uninsured and low income musicians. 706-227-1515, www.nuci.org ROLLER DERBY BOOT CAMP (Fun Galaxy) Skaters interested in waging war on wheels with CCR can attend boot camp. Feb. 16-Apr. 1, Saturdays at 9:30-11:30 a.m. & Mondays at 6-9 p.m. recruitment@ classiccityrollergirls.com. SPRING PROGRAMS (Rocksprings Community Center) Programs are offered in the arts, environmental science, recreation, sports, holiday events and more. For both adults and children. accgov.com/leisure SUMMER STAFF (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services in now hiring approximately 120 positions ranging from camp counselors, lifeguards and pool staff. accgov.com/jobs VIC CHESNUTT SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS (Athens, GA) Classic City Rotary seeks nominations for Athens-area songwriters. Finalists will be recognized at the Vic Chesnutt Award Show in May. Deadline Mar. 15. www.classiccityrotary.org WINTERVILLE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL (Pittard Park) The Festival seeks applications for vendors. Festival is on May 11. www. marigoldfestival.com/vendor-

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Everything Is Awesome

THE PRODIGY (R) A young couple (Taylor Schilling of “Orange Is the New Black” and Peter Mooney) are struggling to have a By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com child. When they finally have a son, Miles (Jackson Robert Scott), he turns out to be THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART (PG) The the 1940s and continues off and on into the a prodigy. The movie also strongly implies Lego Movie 2: The Second Part does not break 1960s. Naturally, the dominant communist an awful serial killer (Paul Fauteux) who or rebuild what does not need breaking regime makes love and life difficult for the likes to cut the hands off his victims before or rebuilding. Lego Movie master builders couple, especially after a planned defection killing them died at the same time Miles Phil Lord and Christopher Miller may only to France. was born. As Miles grows up, his extreme provide the sequel’s script—Mike genius takes on a dark side. A Mitchell, who directed the underbabysitter ends up severely injured, Cold War rated Sky High, is in charge—but he savagely beats a classmate with what the duo construct is as awea giant wrench, and the family dog some as the original. It actually goes missing. (Prepare accordingly works better now that the secret if such grisliness troubles you.) of the real world is out of the bag. Eventually, Miles’ troubled mother, Perceptive moviegoers should have Sarah, finds answers from a doctor no trouble deciphering the clues played by Colm Feore. (It is rarely needed to uncover this film’s mysa good thing if Feore shows up to terious cataclysm. help with your problem.) The Lego Movie 2 picks up where The Prodigy gets off to a good the previous film left off. Duplo— start, opening with the old Orion bigger Lego bricks intended Pictures logo and a ’70s-style font, for smaller hands—aliens have and never really falters. This subtle invaded, decimating Bricksburg twist on the killer-kid genre is far and turning it into the Mad Maxfrom buzzworthy, but it is bleaker This next song is by Weezer. It's called “Africa.” ian Apocalypseburg. Still, Emmet than expected. Director Nicholas Brickowski (v. Chris Pratt) thinks McCarthy made a solid debut in everything is awesome, even as his girlThe film is so beautiful, it is easy to get The Pact (worth streaming if you are interfriend, Lucy, aka Wyldstyle (v. Elizabeth lost in the singing and dancing without ested), and his first major release (I do not Banks), broods over the dystopian landrealizing little dialogue has been spoken. recall his second flick, At the Devil’s Door, scape. When General Mayhem (v. Stephanie Every scene with Kot and Kulig is charged getting much of a release) is a solid entry in Beatriz) arrives and kidnaps Lucy, Batman with emotional clarity. Cold War is the rare the popular horror subgenre. Some of the (v. Will Arnett) and some of Emmet’s other foreign language film that audiences could parenting dilemmas and moral quandaries pals, the eternal optimist blasts off into the holistically comprehend without subtitles. outweigh the silly mumbo jumbo that could stars to rescue them from Queen Watevra It may not seem the conventional pick for derail a less mature horror flick. f Wa-Nabi (v. Tiffany Haddish), who may or may not have nefarious intentions, despite her welcoming song and dance, “Not Evil.” Fortunately, Emmet meets Rex Dangervest (also voiced by Pratt), a galaxy-hopping, cowboy/raptor trainer who helps him reach the Systar system, where his pals are being held captive for a royal wedding. The first film revealed that the Lego world exists due to the real-world play of Finn (Jadon Sand) and his sister, Bianca (Brooklyn Prince), two lucky kids who have access to an extraordinary number of Lego bricks. Lord and Miller take advantage of this audience knowledge to generate deeper empathy for its plastic persons if Emmet fails. Naturally, this compassion is entertainingly besieged by pop culture jokes and contagious earworms, like “Catchy Song,” expected by fans of the first Lego Movie.

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COLD WAR (R) Filmgoers interested in word cinema will remember Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski’s previous film, the Academy Award winning Ida. His latest film is nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography. Were the fields for all three awards not so rich—and bound to be dominated by Alfonso Cuaron and Roma—Cold War would be a likely candidate for the foreign language and cinematography prizes. The black and white photography of nominee Lukasz Zal stunningly frames the narratively sparse love story, loosely inspired by Pawlikowski’s parents. The love affair between music director Wiktor (Tomasz Kot, who may be Poland’s answer for Thomas Jane) and singer Zula (Joanna Kulig) starts in the Polish countryside of

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A Hairy Situation ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Hey Bonita, I love my wife, and I think she’s beautiful. However, I noticed she is starting to lose her hair. She is still very young and has thin hair, which I think is somewhat genetic in her case. Are there any things I could help her do/get to prevent her hair loss or help her grow more? I’m also nervous about bringing it up. I can imagine! I think we get a lot of messaging telling us that our partners are supposed to compliment and satisfy us perfectly in every way, which can lead to feelings of nervousness or guilt around even noticing a not-so-appetizing change in our loved ones. Talking to our boos about their bodies can be tricky. What if she hasn’t noticed it herself? What if she has but doesn’t care? What if she gets really pissed at you for mentioning it at all?

her looks at all when you bring this up. I have a good cis-woman friend who started losing hair in her mid-20s, and it turned out she had thyroid and hormone problems galore. This could point to something rather serious with her health, so keep the conversation focused there—without going too serious, because you wouldn’t want to scare her. You know how to talk about awkward or difficult stuff with your wife. Be confident and stay focused on your love, your partnership and your concern for her health, then roll up your sleeves and get into it. I just started dating someone, but it’s not ideal, to say the least. She is a great person, but she’s also my professor. I’m worried about the implications of our relationship, but I want to see this through. Any advice on how to navigate this? This is a first for us both. Thanks!

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I think we are allowed to talk about our lovers’ bodies in ways that genuinely relate to their health and wellness. I’m not talking about dudes who lovingly harass their girlfriends into anorexia or CrossFit addictions over 15 pounds of nothing—those men suck, and they will always be out of their lane on that particular issue. But you mention her youth and what that could mean for her hair loss, and I don’t see this as you trying to police a woman’s appearance. Hair loss in young women can be signs of thyroid issues and other health problems that I really shouldn’t try to give advice about, seeing as how I’m a columnist and not a doctor. To that point, I think she should see a doctor if it’s really an alarming amount of hair loss, or if you’re noticing other physical changes. But first, I guess you’ve gotta broach the subject. You already know best how to do that. This is your wife you’re talking about, and you’ve probably had some pretty tough conversations as a couple. Even if the look of her hair loss is bothering you, it’s gonna be in your best interest not to mention

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I couldn’t find good information on Piedmont College or Athens Tech, but UGA has a very clear policy about student-teacher relationships, and it basically amounts to, “Don’t do it.” If you are currently in her class, you need to withdraw immediately to no longer be violating the university’s policy. But that’s no guarantee that there still wouldn’t be professional repercussions for her, either. She might just be disciplined quietly, or she could lose her job. An investigation alone would be poisonous for a teacher’s professional reputation, whether they found her in violation of policy or not. It would undoubtedly affect the way her colleagues view her, and it could impact the perception of her scholarly work. For you, there wouldn’t be many concrete consequences. The heart wants what it wants, but this is a bad move, and I cannot get behind anyone having intimate relationships with people they supervise in any way. My only real advice to is tell no one else about this. f

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