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This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 NEWS: City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Street Scribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Commission Approves Saulters Settlement
The Foilies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
FOOD: The Locavore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Radio Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Local Businesses Compete for Flavor of Georgia
The Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ARTS: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Flickskinny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Podcasting Catches on in Athens
Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Movie Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Art Around Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
MUSIC: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
John and Kiran Fernandes’ Musical Bond
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Adopt Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Hey, Bonita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Local Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Pub Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 COLIN BRENNAN
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Settling With Saulters WHY THE COMMISSION DID IT, AND MORE LOCAL NEWS By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com With little notice and even less explanation, the Athens-Clarke County Commission voted Mar. 5 to settle a lawsuit filed by former ACC police officer Taylor Saulters for $250,000. Saulters was fired in June after his patrol car hit a fleeing suspect, Timmy Patmon, who was wanted on a probation violation warrant, on Nellie B Avenue. The vote was 5–2, with commissioners Melissa Link, Allison Wright, Russell Edwards, Ovita Thornton and Mike Hamby voting in favor, and Tim Denson and Patrick Davenport voting against the settlement. Commissioner Mariah Parker abstained, Commissioner Andy Herod was absent, and Commissioner Jerry NeSmith did not vote because he was acting as mayor pro tem while Mayor Kelly Girtz was out sick. News of the settlement sparked outrage, which spread quickly in the absence of any rationale for the decision. That night, several commissioners told Flagpole they weren’t even sure they could reveal the amount of the settlement. “We weren’t given good guidance about what we could and could not say,” NeSmith said later. The following morning, Wright emailed Flagpole a copy of the settlement agreement. “As challenging as this situation is,
slandered Saulters and caused emotional distress by saying that he had intentionally hit Patmon with his vehicle. An internal affairs report noted that video from Saulters’ dash cam appeared to show him steering into Patmon, and that he told Patmon, “I know what I did.” Then-police chief Scott Freeman was under enormous pressure to fire Saulters, which he did the day after the incident— before the internal affairs investigation was complete, which wound up bolstering Saulters’ case.
the rollout of it did not meet the expectations of the majority of us,” Wright said. “I regret that.” On the afternoon of Mar. 6, a promised statement from Girtz arrived. It said the Mayor and Commission wanted to put the incident behind them and move forward with a new Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the county government and new leadership in the police department under Chief Cleveland Spruill. “Like we have done with past circumstances involving members of the community and members of our Police Department, we evaluated this situation based on its own unique facts and circumstances,” Girtz said. “We… have made this decision in order to avoid prolonging the pain and expense of continued litigation, and further place our energy moving forward into ensuring that safe, dignified lives can be lived Taylor Saulters throughout our community.” As it turned out, ACC had a weak case. Saulters and his attorney, Philip Later, three state investigations—by Holloway, alleged that ACC officials had the Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Bureau of
Investigation and Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council—cleared Saulters. The PAC was called in to decide whether to prosecute Saulters because his mother worked for District Attorney Ken Mauldin, who recused himself. (In addition, Saulters’ father is an ACCPD captain.) It went even further, though, stating that Saulters using his vehicle to apprehend a suspect was “a reasonable use of force,” contradicting the ACCPD internal affairs report, which found the use of force excessive. In addition, GSP initially said Saulters was at fault and listed aggressive driving as a contributing factor in the wreck. But the GSP’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team changed the report to say no one was at fault because Saulters had popped two tires running over a curb trying to cut off Patmon. “He really had no control over the vehicle because of the two flat tires,” ACC Attorney Bill Berryman said. “I believe that was the rationale.” Meanwhile, in the aftermath of the settlement vote, a report emerged that Saulters, who was quickly hired by the Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office after Freeman fired him, had been accused of hitting another woman with his car while looking for a suspect in Crawford. The Atlanta law firm Monge and Associates sent an ante litem letter—a notice of intent to file a lawsuit—to Oglethorpe County officials on behalf of a Roshanda
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Lett seeking to settle the claim for $500,000. However, Saulters denied hitting anyone in a written statement, and Sheriff David Gabriel said he found no evidence to support the allegation. (Lett could not be reached, and the law firm did not return a call seeking comment.) As for Patmon, after spending six weeks in jail, the charges against him were dismissed, and he received a $15,000 settlement from ACC. That settlement was small enough that it could be handled administratively, without a commission vote, according to Berryman. While all of this struck many people as unfair, even Denson acknowledged that it was a tough decision. “I personally couldn’t support it, but I know why the commissioners who voted [for it] did,” he said. Link called the decision “torturous.” But she raised the specter of a “nasty, nasty lawsuit” if it had gone to trial. Anyone who had publicly criticized Saulters could have been hauled into court to testify, she said. A trial would have drawn national attention from the news media and right-wing activists. And while a Clarke County jury might not have been sympathetic to Saulters, local judges might have recused themselves, as Mauldin did, because of their relationships with the Saulters family, and a change of venue based on a biased jury pool was a possibility as well. Even if ACC had won, the cost of hiring separate attorneys for each of the four defendants—Freeman, internal affairs investigator Richard Odum, Manager Blaine Williams and former ACCPD spokesman Epifanio Rodriguez—would have exceeded the settlement amount, according to several commissioners. “We wanted to get it behind us,” NeSmith said. “And we did it for a price that was a lot less than if we had gone to trial [and lost].” Link was one of those who fueled the fire back in June, saying that Saulters “might as well have pulled his gun and fired it.” Now, she hopes that the entire experience will be a lesson to both the government and the activist community not to jump to conclusions. “It doesn’t help to retaliate against bad guys if you don’t do it in a way that will hold up in court,” she said. “We have to do it by the book.”
Police Shooting on Westlake Drive ACC police officers shot and killed a Grovetown man they believed had pointed a gun at them near Beechwood Friday evening. Thomas Wayne Swinford, 34, who was in town visiting relatives, was a suspect in a car theft. Police followed him to a parking lot off Westlake Drive, where he got out of a vehicle holding what looked like a pistol. After negotiating with him to put the weapon down for 20 minutes, body camera video shows Swinford walking toward officers and pointing the weapon at them, at which point they opened fire. The weapon later turned out to be an airsoft replica—a pellet gun made to look like a real pistol used in a sport similar to paintball, but without the usual orange-tipped muzzle. The seven officers involved have been placed on administrative leave pending the results of a GBI investigation, which Spruill said is likely to clear them because they feared for their lives. For more, visit flagpole.com.
Crossover Day Update The Senate voted down a bill last week creating a voucher program for private-school students when several Republicans either sat it out or crossed party lines, and a rumored revote never came to pass. SB 173 is most likely dead for the session, along with the similar House Bill 301. Crossover Day—the last day for a bill to pass either the House or the Senate and be eligible to pass in the other—came and went without a vote on HB 301 or HB 340, which would have restricted local governments’ ability to reform the cash bail system. SB 164, another bill aimed at bail reform sponsored by Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens) died as well. HB 302, prohibiting local governments from regulating the design of houses, appeared to be on the fast track after passing out of committee, but also did not come up for a vote. However, all of these bills could be resurrected by attaching their language to bills on similar topics that did make it through Crossover Day. And they will get another chance next year. f
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On the March A HISTORY OF THE WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com
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front-page photo taken from atop the Washington Monument showed a view of the crowd as a solid carpet of humanity stretching from the monument to the Capitol Building in the far distance. I was glad to be a tiny thread in that great carpet of Americans in Washington 15 years ago. On Jan. 21, 2017, the streets again resounded to the roar of rebellion as the Women’s March on Washington came to town. By planes, trains and automobiles, hundreds of thousands of citizens made their way to Washington to put the new president on notice that opponents of his policies were on the march. Hundreds of Athens-area residents attended the event, and about 200 locals rode to Washington on an overnight bus caravan to the march. My wife, Joy, and I were on one of the buses, and we shall never forget the experience.
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March is Women’s History Month, and many people here in Athens, across America and around the globe will long remember participating in the historic Women’s March on Washington on the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration as president in 2017. As memorable as that rally was, it was not the first time that women’s rights advocates had upstaged a presidential inauguration, and it was not the first time that a “mega march” of feminists had surged through the streets of the nation’s capital. On Mar. 3, 1913—the day before Woodrow Wilson was sworn in as president—several thousand women’s suffrage advocates, led by pioneering feminist Alice Paul, marched from Capitol Hill to the White House. Crowds of angry, jeering men attacked the women and their small contingent of male supporters. Police were slow
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to respond to what was described as a “near riot,” and Washington’s police chief later lost his job over his department’s response to the melee on Pennsylvania Avenue. In the aftermath of the 1913 women’s rights march, the movement received muchneeded publicity and support, and after seven more years of struggle, American women finally won the right to vote nationwide in 1920. In the America of 1920, black people were barred from voting booths in much of the nation, and the Ku Klux Klan was soaring toward a membership in the millions, but the triumph of the women’s suffrage movement was a clear and resounding civil rights victory for all Americans. During the election year of 2004, the women’s movement again took to the streets of Washington. On Apr. 25, the March for Women’s Lives became one of the largest protest rallies in Washington history, as hundreds of thousands of protesters descended on the city to demonstrate against the policies of President George W. Bush and to call for reproductive freedom, pay equity and equal opportunities for this nation’s women. I was on the scene at the March for Women’s Lives covering the event with pen and camera, and it was one of the largest human multitudes I have ever seen assembled on the streets of Washington. In the next morning’s edition of the Washington Post, a dramatic
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The size and spirit of the march were inspiring. Despite cloudy skies and chilly temperatures, the huge throng of citizens at the Women’s March on Washington dwarfed the crowds that had attended the presidential inauguration the day before. Joy compared the event to a force of nature. “When you tried to walk, it was like being a drop of water flowing up a river,” she recalled. I again documented the event, and my photos of both the women’s marches in 2004 and 2017 can be seen at my website, edtant.com. Women’s History Month reminds us how far all Americans have come in the struggle for justice, and how far we have to go. Early feminists who campaigned for the simple right to vote were ridiculed, arrested, jailed and beaten. They were brutally force-fed during attempted jailhouse hunger strikes. Still, they persisted. Thanks to women like Alice Paul and others like her, women won victories at the voting booth, in academia and in the workplace. The movement continues during Women’s History Month, and every day across America and around the world. In a nation whose motto is “E Pluribus Unum”—“from many, one”— Paul’s words from a century ago remind us all of the power and potential of a unified movement: “I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end.” f
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Honey Pie ATHENS BUSINESSES COMPETE FOR STATE FOOD PRIZE By Dan Jackson news@flagpole.com Three Athens companies have been named gone on to serve pie-starved Anglophiles finalists in the annual Flavor of Georgia across the country. “We moved to the competition, a showcase for Georgia-made U.S. 10 years ago from South Africa and foods that has recognized dozens of barbediscovered a gap in the marketplace of cue sauces, salsas, honeys and other prodwhat’s considered to be a good savory pie,” ucts in its 13-year history. says Charmaine Enslin, who manages the The competition is sponsored by kitchen that prepares the company’s wholethe University of Georgia Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development, and is judged by distributors, buyers and other executives in the food service industry. The three local companies that will participate in a Mar. 19 showcase event include Epting Events for its braised short ribs, Pouch Pies for its chicken butternut squash pie and Classic City Bee Company’s smoked honey. Founded 45 years ago, Epting Events is well known regionally for its event-planning and catering services. With the entry of its always-popular short ribs in this year’s competition, the company is exploring a possible entry into the retail food space. Epting has teamed up with the UGA College of Agriculture to explore ways to label, distribute and market new products. Keith Roberson, who runs Epting’s special projects and business develClassic City Bee Company opment, says the company “wants to take some crowd favorites and turn [them] into something that people sale orders. “All countries except the U.S. can get at their local supermarket.” Head have a savory pie in their cuisine,” she says, chef Janice Witcher, who has been with adding that their customers can “experience Epting for 40 years, makes the short rib flavors from all over the world.” preparation sound easy: “Season the pan A look at the company’s menu bears this by sautéing carrots, celery and onion, then out, with cleverly named pies ranging from add short ribs and do the same process. Australia’s “Dinki Di,” a pie with ground Cover with stock, salt and pepper, simmer beef in a tomato-based gravy, to Thailand’s slowly… ’til they are nice and tender.” “Yum Mi Pai,” made with chicken in a green Pouch Pies opened its first outlet in curry sauce. Offerings based on Moroccan, downtown Athens in 2013 and has since Russian, Irish, Scottish, German and Indian
(“Mumpie”) cuisines are also available. The company uses locally sourced vegetables for its pies and is searching for local sources of chicken and meat. The pies are available at the Broad Street restaurant for dine-in or to bake at home. Classic City Bee Company founder and real-estate lawyer Doyle Johnson first became interested in bees during a vacation to Northern California, where he was introduced to a beekeeping family that had been in the business for 100 years. His interest grew during his first year in law school, when he “read everything [I] could about bees, their habits, reproduction, swarm locations. It’s difficult for me to pinpoint what drew me to them.” For spring break
during his first year of law school, he built his first beehive. Johnson formed the company in 2016 as a partnership with his father, Scott, who caught the beekeeping bug from his son. They submitted the company’s smoked honey to the Flavor of Georgia, where it caught the judges’ attention and is now a finalist in the competition. “The honey business grew as a byproduct of the beekeeping,” Doyle Johnson says. “Collecting
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and selling honey allows me to spend time with the bees.” Johnson developed a special “cold smoke” process for the new product, in which the honey is dripped slowly inside a smoky chamber separated from the fire. Johnson says he and his wife like to make salad dressings with the honey, or use it to introduce a smoky note when they don’t want to cook salmon on the outdoor grill. He expects the new product to be available on the company’s website within the next two to three weeks, and it will be rolled out soon after at many local retailers, including the “Georgia Local” section at Publix stores across the state, the Daily Groceries Co-op and the Uncommon Gourmet. The company’s website, classiccitybee.com, is a fount of information on bees and their central role in the development of human societies and cultures. According to Johnson, ancient Egyptians traveled with the honeybees up and down the Nile so they could pollinate crops, and still-edible 4,000-year-old honey in clay pots was found in Egyptian pyramids. UGA’s Sharon Kane is the coordinator of Flavor of Georgia, and she is proud of the competition’s positive impacts on the state’s agriculture industry. “Georgia companies have submitted more than 1,400 products to the competition, and research shows that finalists and winners average an 11 percent increase to their sales,” Kane says. “We want to take businesses that are ready to grow and give them the extra publicity and networking to get them to the next level of success.” The competition evaluates products from 13 categories, including barbecue sauces, condiments, honey, meats and seafoods, sauces and others. Judges select three finalists from each category, and those finalists are invited to the Mar. 19 showcase at the Freight Depot in Atlanta. Along with bragging rights, the 2019 grand prize winner will receive exhibit space at the Georgia Food Industry Association’s convention and three consultations from the UGA Food Product Innovation and Commercialization Center. f
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Recognizing the Year’s Worst in Government Transparency By Electronic Frontier Foundation
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he cause of government transparency finally broke through to the popular zeitgeist this year. It wasn’t an investigative journalism exposé or a civil rights lawsuit that did it, but a lighthearted sitcom about a TaiwaneseAmerican family set in Orlando, FL, in the late 1990s. In a January episode of ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat, the Huang family’s two youngest children, overachievers Evan and Emery, decide if they sprint to finish their homework, they’ll have time to plan their father’s birthday party. “Like the time we knocked out two English papers, a science experiment and built the White House out of sugar cubes,” Evan said. “It opened up our Sunday for filing Freedom of Information requests.” “They may not have figured out who shot JFK,” Emery added. “but we will.” The eldest child, teenage slacker Eddie, concluded with a sage nod, “You know, once in a while, it’s good to know nerds.” Amen to that. Around the world, nerds of all ages are using laws like the United States’ Freedom of Information Act (and state-level equivalent laws) to pry free secrets and expose the inner workings of our democracy. Each year, open-government advocates celebrate these heroes during Sunshine Week, an annual advocacy campaign on transparency. But the journalists and researchers who rely on these important measures every day can’t help but smirk at the boys’ scripted innocence. Too often, government officials will devise novel and outrageous ways to reject requests for information or otherwise stymie the public’s right to know. Even today—20 years after the events set in the episode—the White House continues to withhold key documents from the Kennedy assassination files. Since 2015, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates for free speech, privacy and government transparency in the digital age, has published The Foilies to recognize the bad actors who attempted to thwart the quests for truth of today’s Evans and Emerys. With these tongue-in-cheek awards, we call out attempts to block transparency, retaliation against those who exercise their rights to information and the most ridiculous examples of incompetence by government officials who handle these public records.
Facebook has also used this increasingly common strategy for companies to keep cities quiet and the public in the dark about major construction projects.
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Central Intelligence Agency
After suing the CIA to get access to information about Trump’s classified briefings, Kel McClanahan of National Security Counselors was expecting the agency to send over eight agreed-upon documents. What he was not expecting was for the files—each between three and nine pages—to be spread out across six separate CD-ROMs, each burned within minutes of each other, making for perhaps the most unnecessary box set in the history of the compact disc. What makes this “extra silly,” McClanahan said, is that the CIA has previously complained about how burdensome and costly fulfilling requests can be. Yet the CIA could have easily combined several requests onto the same disc and saved itself some time and resources. After all, a standard CD-ROM can hold 700 MB, and all of the files took only 304 KB of space.
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After repealing the Open Internet Order and ending net neutrality, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai doubled down on his efforts to ruin online culture. He released a cringe-inducing YouTube video titled “7 Things You Can Still Do on the Internet After Net Neutrality” that featured his own rendition of the infamous “Harlem Shake” meme. (For the uninitiated, the meme is characterized by one person subtly dancing in a room of people to Baauer’s track “Harlem Shake.” Then the bass drops and the crowd goes nuts, often with many people in costumes.) Muckrock editor JPat Brown filed a Freedom of Information Act request for emails related to the video, but the FCC rejected the request, claiming the communications were protected “deliberative” records. Brown appealed the decision, and the FCC responded by releasing all the email headers while redacting the contents, claiming that anything more would cause “foreseeable harm.” Brown did not relent, and a year later the FCC capitulated and released the unredacted emails. “So, what did these emails contain that was so potentially damaging that it was worth risking a potential FOIA lawsuit over?” Brown writes. “Pai was curious when it was going live, and the FCC wanted to maintain a veto power over the video if they didn’t like it.” The most ridiculous redaction of all was a tiny black box in an email from the FCC media director. Once removed, all that was revealed was a single word: “OK.”
President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. District Court Judges
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Sunshine laws? Tech giants think they can just blot those out with secretive contracts. But two nonprofit groups, Working Partnerships and the First Amendment Coalition, are fighting this practice in California by suing the city of San Jose over an agreement with Google that prevents city officials from sharing the public impacts of development deals, circumventing the California Public Records Act. Google’s proposed San Jose campus is poised to have a major effect on the city’s infrastructure, Bloomberg reported. Yet according to the organization’s lawsuit, records analyzing issues of public importance such as traffic impacts and environmental compliance were among the sorts of discussions Google demanded be made private under their non-disclosure agreements. And it’s not just Google using these tactics. An agreement between Amazon and Virginia includes a provision that the state will give the corporate giant—which is placing a major campus in the state—a heads-up when anyone files a public records request asking for information about them. The Columbia Journalism Review reported that
Chapman it would cost $1,200 to process three more days’ worth of emails. Chapman pushed back and provided his own instructions on exporting the data using a computer and not, you know, scissors and glue. Sure enough, he received a 5,500line spreadsheet a couple weeks later at no charge.
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Vermont Gov. Phil Scott
Seattle isn’t the only city to stumble in response to Chapman’s public records requests for email metadata. The Vermont governor’s office also wins for its scissor-and-glue approach to releasing electronic information. Rather than export the email information as a spreadsheet, the governor’s office told Chapman it had five interns, three of whom were unpaid, working six hours each, literally “cutting and pasting the emails from paper copies.” Next thing Chapman knew, he had a 43-page hodgepodge collage of email headers correlating with one day’s worth of messages. The governor’s attorney told
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When President Trump tweets attacks about the intelligence community, transparency groups and journalists often file FOIA requests (and, subsequently, lawsuits) seeking the documents that underpin his claims. The question that often comes up: Do Trump’s smartphone rants break the seal of secrecy on confidential programs? The answer seems to be no. Multiple judges have sided with Justice Department lawyers, concluding that his Twitter disclosures do not mean that the government has to confirm or deny whether records about those activities exist. In a FOIA case seeking documents that would show whether Trump is under investigation, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that the President’s tweets to that effect are “speculation.” Similarly, in a FOIA suit to get more information about the widely publicized dossier of potential ties between Trump and Russia, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said the president’s statements are political rather than “assertions of pure fact.” And so, whether Trump actually knows what he’s talking about remains an open question.
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One of the benefits of public records laws is they allow almost anyone—regardless of legal acumen—to force government agencies to be more transparent, usually without having to file a lawsuit. But in the state of Washington, filing a public records request can put the requester at legal risk of being named in a lawsuit should someone else not want the records to be made public. This is what happened to Sarah Schacht, a Seattle-based open-government advocate and consultant. For years, Schacht has used public records to advocate for better food safety rules in King County, an effort that led to the adoption of food safety placards found in restaurants in the region. After Schacht filed another round of requests with the county health department, she received a legal threat in November 2018 from Stanford Law School professor Daniel Ho’s attorney threatening to sue her unless she abandoned her request. Apparently, Ho had been working with the health department to study the new food safety and placard regulations. He had written draft studies that he shared with the health department, making them public records. Ho’s threat amounted to an effort to intimidate Schacht from receiving public records, probably because he had not formally published his studies first. Regardless of motive, the threat was an awful look. But even when faced with the threat, Schacht refused to abandon her request. Fortunately, the lawsuit never materialized, and Schacht was able to receive the records. Although Ho’s threats made him look like a bully, the real bad actor in this scenario is Washington state’s public records law. The state’s top court has interpreted the law to require parties seeking to stop agencies from releasing records—sometimes called reverse-FOIA suits—to also sue the original requester along with the government agency.
In 2016, the Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP), an infamous neo-Nazi group, staged a demonstration at the California State Capitol. Counter-protesters fiercely opposed the demonstration, and the scene soon descended into chaos, leaving multiple people injured. When the dust settled, a member of the public (disclosure: also a co-author of this piece) filed a California Public Records Act request to obtain a copy of the permit the white nationalist group filed for its rally. The California Highway Patrol rejected the request for this normally available document, claiming it was related to a criminal investigation. Two years later, evidence emerged during criminal proceedings that a CHP detective used the public records request as a bargaining chip in a phone call with the TWP protest leader, who was initially reluctant to provide information. The officer told him how the request might reveal his name. “We don’t have a reason to… uh… deny [the request],” the officer said according a transcript of the call. But once the organizer decided to cooperate, the officer responded, “I’m gonna suggest that we hold that or redact your name or something… uh… until this thing gets resolved.” In light of these new facts, the First Amendment Coalition filed a new request for the same document. It, too, was denied.
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St. Joseph County Superior Court ProPublica reporter Jessica Huseman has been digging deep into the child welfare system and what happens when child abuse results in death. While following up on a series of strangulations, she requested a copy of a case file from the St. Joseph County Superior Court in Indiana. Apparently, the clerk on the other end simply took the entire file and ran everything through a scanner. The problem was that the file contained a CD-ROM, and that’s not how CD-ROMs work. “Well this is the first time this had happened,” Huseman posted to Twitter, along with the blotchy black-and-white image of the top of the disc. “They scanned a CD as part of my FOI and didn’t give me its contents. Cool cool.”
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Michigan State Police
As tech companies experiment with autonomous vehicles on public roadways, reporters are keeping tabs on how often these cars are involved in collisions. That’s why The Information’s Matt Drange has been filing records requests for the crash data held by state agencies. Some government departments have started claiming that every line of the dataset is its own, individual record and subject to a copy fee. Our winner, the Michigan State Police, proposed to charge Drange a 25-cent fee for each line of a 1.9 million-line dataset, plus $20 for a thumb drive, for a grand total of $485,645.24, with half of it due up front. Runners-up that quoted similar line-by-line charges include the Indiana State Police ($346,000) and the North Carolina Department of Transportation ($82,000). Meanwhile, Florida’s government released its detailed dataset at no charge at all.
THE WHAT THE SWAT? AWARD:
Nova Scotia and Halifax Law Enforcement One Wednesday morning in April, 15 Halifax police officers raided the home of a teenage boy and his family. “They read us our rights and told us not to talk,” his mother would later tell CBC. “They rifled through everything. They turned over mattresses, they took drawers and emptied out drawers, they went through personal papers, pictures. It was totally devastating and traumatic.” You might well wonder, what was the Jack Bauer-class threat to geopolitical stability? Nothing at all: The Canadian teen had just downloaded a host of public records from openly available URLs on a government website. At the heart of the ordeal was some seriously terrible security practices by Nova Scotian officials. The website created to host the province’s public records was designed in such a way that every request and response had a nearly identical URL and placed no technical restrictions on the public’s ability to access any of the requests. This meant that regular public records requests and individuals’ requests to access government files about them, which included private information, were all stored together and available on the internet for anyone, including Google’s webcrawler, to access. All that was necessary was changing a number identifying the request at the end of the URL.
What officials should have done upon learning about leaks in their own public records website’s problems was apologize to the public, thank the teen who found these gaping holes in their digital security practices and implement proper restrictions to protect people’s private information. They didn’t do any of that, and instead sought to improperly bring the force of Canada’s criminal hacking law down on the very person who brought the problem to light. The whole episode—which thankfully ended with the government dropping the charges—was a chilling example of how officials will often overreact and blame innocent third parties when trying to cover up for their own failings. This horror show just happened to involve public records. Do better, Canada.
THE OUTRAGEOUS FEE REQUEST OF THE YEAR:
City of Seattle
When self-described transparency advocate and civic hacker Matt Chapman sent his request to Seattle seeking the email metadata from all city email addresses (from/to/ BCC addresses, time, date, etc.), he expected some pushback, because it does sound like an incredible amount of data to wrangle. Seattle’s response: All the data can be yours for a measly $33 million. Officials estimated that it would take 320 years’ worth of staff time to review the roughly 32 million emails responsive to Chapman’s request. Oh, and they estimated charging an additional $21,600 for storage costs associated with the records. The fee request is the second highest in the history of The Foilies. (The Department of Defense won in 2016 for estimating it would take $660 million to produce records on a particular computer forensic tool.) Then the city did something entirely unexpected: It revisited the fee estimate and determined that the first batch of records would cost only $1.25 to process. We get it—math is hard. But wait—that’s not all. After paying for the batches of records with a series of $1.25 checks, Chapman received more than he ever bargained for. Rather than disclosing just the metadata for all 32 million emails, Seattle had given him the first 256 characters of every email. Those snippets included passwords, credit card numbers and other personally identifying information. What followed was a series of conversations between Chapman, Seattle’s lawyers and the city’s IT folks to ensure he’d deleted the records and that the city hadn’t just breached its own data via a public records request. Ultimately, Seattle officials began sending the data to Chapman once more in January 2018, this time without the actual content of email messages. The whole episode doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in Seattle officials’ ability to do basic math, comply with the public records law or protect sensitive information.
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Inglewood Police Department
In defiance of the law enforcement lobby, California legislators passed a law (SB 1421) requiring police and sheriffs to disclose officer misconduct records in response to California Public Records Act requests. These documents, often contained in personnel files, had historically been untouchable by members of the public and the press. Almost immediately, police unions across the Golden State began to launch lawsuits to undermine these new transparency measures. But the Inglewood Police Department takes the prize for its efforts to evade scrutiny. Mere weeks before the law took effect on Jan. 1, 2019, the agency began destroying records that were set to become publicly available. “This premise that there was an intent to beat the clock is ridiculous,” Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. told the L.A. Times in defending the purge. We imagine Butts would k continued on next page
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find it equally ridiculous to suggest that the fact he had also been a cop for more than 30 years, including serving in Inglewood and later as police chief of Santa Monica, may have factored into his support for the destruction of records.
THE LEAST TRANSPARENT EMPLOYER AWARD:
U.S. Department of Justice
In the last few years, we’ve seen some great resignation letters from public servants, ranging from Defense Secretary James Mattis telling President Trump, “It’s not me, it’s you,” to former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ forced resignation. But the Trump DOJ seems to have had enough of the tradition and has now determined that U.S. attorneys’ resignation letters are private in their entirety and cannot be released under the Freedom of Information Act. Of course, civil servants should have their private information protected by their employer, but that’s precisely what redactions should be used to protect. Past administrations have released resignation letters that are critical of executive branch leaders. The change in policy raises the question: What are departing U.S. attorneys now saying that the government wants to hide?
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The Broward County School Board After the tragic Parkland shooting, the South Florida SunSentinel went to court to force the Broward County School Board to hand over documents detailing the shooter’s education and disciplinary record. A judge agreed and ordered the release, as long as sensitive information was redacted. But when reporters copied and pasted the file into another document, they found that the content under the redactions was still there and readable. They broke the story of how the school denied the shooter therapeutic services and alternative education accommodations, but then uploaded the school board’s report with working redactions. Rather than simply do better with double-checking their redactions next time, the school board struck back at the newspaper. They petitioned the court to hold the newspaper in contempt and to prevent anyone from reporting on the legally obtained information. Although the local judge didn’t issue a fine, she lambasted the paper and threatened to dictate exactly what the paper could report about the case in the future—which is itself an unconstitutional prior restraint.
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Brigham Young University Police Brigham Young University’s Police Department is certified by the state and has the powers of the state, but says it’s not actually a part of government for purposes of the Utah transparency law. After the Salt Lake Tribune exposed that the university punished survivors of sexual assault for coming forward and reporting, the paper tried to get records of communications between the police department and the school’s federally required sexual assault coordinator. BYU pushed back, saying that the police department is not subject to Utah’s Government Records Access and Management Act, because the police department is privately funded. This actually turns out to be a trickier legal question than you’d expect. BYU itself isn’t covered by the state law, because it is a private school. But the university police force was created by an act of the Utah legislature, and the law covers entities “established by the government to carry out the public’s business.” Investigating crime and arresting people seems like the public’s business. Last summer, a judge ruled that the police department is clearly a state agency, but the issue is now on appeal at the Utah Supreme Court. Sometime this year, we should learn if the police are a part of the government or not. Because BYU police failed to comply with state law and were not responsive to an internal investigation, the Utah Office of Public Safety notified the department on Feb. 20 that the BYU police department will be stripped of its certification on Sept. 1. University police also plan to appeal this decision.
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The Monterey County Weekly unexpectedly found itself in court after the city of Greenfield, CA sued to keep the newspaper from publishing documents about the surprising termination of its city manager. When Editor Sara Rubin asked the interim city manager for the complaint the outgoing city manager filed after
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his termination, she got nothing but crickets. But then, an envelope containing details of a potential city political scandal appeared on the doorstep of one of the paper’s columnists. The weekly reached out to the city for comment and began preparing for its normal Wednesday print deadline. Then, the morning of publication, the paper got a call saying they were due in court. The city sued to block publication of the documents, to have the documents returned and to have the paper reveal the identity of the leaker. Attorney Kelly Aviles of the First Amendment Coalition gave everyone a fast lesson in the First Amendment, pointing out that the paper had every right to publish. The judge ruled in the paper’s favor, and the city ended up paying all of the Monterey County Weekly’s attorney fees.
THE INSECURE SECURITY CHECK AWARD:
U.S. Postal Service
Congressional elections can turn ugly, but the opponent of newly elected U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger got a boost when the U.S. Postal Service released Spanberger’s entire personnel file, including her security clearance application, without redaction of highly sensitive personal information. When a third party requests a person’s federal employment file without the employee’s permission, the government agency normally releases only a barebones record of employment dates, according to a Postal Service spokesperson. But somehow, Rep. Spanberger wasn’t afforded these protections, and the Postal Service has potentially made this mistake in a “small number” of other cases this year. Security clearance applications (Form SF-86) are supposed to be analyzed and investigated by the FBI, raising questions about how the FOIA officer got the information in the first place. The Postal Service has apologized for the mistake, which it says was human error, but maybe security clearance applications should be kept just as secure as the state secrets the clearance is meant to protect. f The Foilies were compiled by Electronic Frontier Foundation senior investigative researcher Dave Maass, staff attorney Aaron Mackey, Frank Stanton Fellow Camille Fischer and activist Hayley Tsukayama. Illustrations by EFF Art Director Hugh D’Andrade. For more on our work, visit eff.org.
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Pod People FOR ATHENS CREATORS, PODCASTING IS THE NEXT FRONTIER By Tim Kelly music@flagpole.com
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thens is a city famous for its creators. Other podcasts focus on comIn recent years, podcasting has given edy, storytelling or are over-thelocal artists, musicians, chefs and others air radio programs repackaged a new sandbox to play in. Podcasting has and released as podcasts. There evolved from frivolous hobby to big busiis a podcast for every subject, ness—and the Athens podcasting business and every listener. “A lot of is booming. times, I’m actually getting infor“I had been a podcast fan for years, but mation,” Leitch says. “Podcasts, one of the reasons I wanted to get into it more directly than anything else, was really thinking about how to be a better reflect my quite specific interlistener,” says Athens chef and restauraests. They tend to be specifically teur Hugh Acheson, who debuted his first focused on things I care about… podcast, “Hugh Acheson Stirs the Pot,” in I want to listen to smart people February. Each episode features Acheson talking about smart things.” interviewing friends and peers about their The seemingly endless list of Scott Duvall, Will Leitch and Tony Waller of “Waitin’ Since Last Saturday” thoughts on food—“food as nourishment, podcasts is a result of the low food as business,” as he explains—or wherbarrier to entry and relatively ever the conversation may lead. cheap start-up cost. Duvall started his first “[Podcasting] is hard work,” Purinton says. casters, monetization was not the catalyst “It’s meant to be exploratory and interpodcast in 2015 and has seen the tech“It’s something anyone is capable of, but for taking the leap into the medium. Of esting, but not revelatory,” Acheson says. nology evolve, making it easier than ever you do have to dedicate the time and effort “Waitin’ Since Last Saturday,” Duvall says, “Everything is meant to be a fly-on-the-wall to publish. “It can be hard if you make it to make it good and make people care.” “We really do it for ourselves—we don’t do perspective of a conversation, and I’m just hard, but now, it’s so much easier,” he says. As a podcast reaches more listeners, it to gain notoriety or gain approval from lucky to have people like [celebrity chef] “You can literally do everything from your tight-knit communities of fans tend to people.” Tom Colicchio in my contacts.” smartphone. Anybody that wants to start form. As the episode list grows, so, too, Done well, however, podcasting is not For people like Acheson, podcasting a podcast these days can easily go pick up does the bond between host and listener. entirely without reward. Leitch explains, offers more than the chance to sit and your phone, find a nice room with good The format allows creators to explore end“[Tim] Grierson and I have gotten more record a chat with a friend—it has become acoustics, record their thoughts, upload and less avenues and hope the audience is willwork because of our podcast—that is a thriving industry. There are presently over have a podcast.” ing to come along. unquestionable… There is a Grierson and 600,000 podcasts available across “So much of media is trying to Leitch brand now that would not have been numerous platforms, bringing get out to the broadest possible there without the show… And the number in over $500 million in ad sales audience,” Leitch explains. “[It’s of people that only know me from [‘Waitin’ in 2018. The recent announceabout trying] to reach as many as Since Last Saturday’] is pretty hilarious— ment of Luminary, a $100 milyou can, so [the wisdom is] ‘Don’t and I like it.” lion startup that aims to be the do in-jokes.’ For me, the fun of Duvall has also enjoyed the spoils of his “Netflix of podcasts,” featuring podcasts is, screw that, man… the local celebrity. “The craziest thing is when star-fronted shows by Conan whole fun of the web is to find I get recognized by my voice… My kids are O’Brien, Malcolm Gladwell and other people that like this weird like, ‘Are you kidding me?’” Purinton, too, Lena Dunham, will only thrust thing you do and then obsess has seen an uptick in recognition for his the medium further into the about it together. Podcasts are the art and tattoo work. “It’s great when I have mainstream. perfect fit for that.” clients that come in and say they listen,” he The appeal of the format is For Caty Braun, co-creator of says. easy to see. “A podcast happens “Campfire Files,” a locally proThe intimacy of exploring common interon your own time—it happens in duced podcast set to enter its ests with hosts, whether they are a celebrity the background of things. I often second season, there can never be or a neighbor, through one’s headphones put on podcasts while paying enough weird things to seek out makes podcasting a unique and powerful bills or running. If I sit down to on the internet. Her podcasting medium—one that doesn’t seem to be watch a TV show or a movie, it journey began with her and her going anywhere. It’s a listener’s paradise has my full attention, but I don’t co-host, Savanna Sturkie, enjoythese days, and for those interested in takhave to [consume] podcasts that ing cupcakes at Viva Argentine ing the leap and making their own, Acheson way,” says Will Leitch, an Athenswith a former Grady professor. says, go for it. based writer and founding editor “We both love spooky things so “If you have that glee for something and of the sports blog Deadspin who much, whether it’s true crimes or you want to get to the bottom of it, tell the co-hosts two podcasts: “Grierson unsolved mysteries,” Braun says. story of it—do it,” he says. “It’s the new stoand Leitch” and “Waitin’ Since As they chatted, they decided to ryteller’s medium.” f Last Saturday.” Leitch produces create a podcast inspired by stothe former, a nationally targeted ries they would tell over childhood film review podcast, weekly out of campfires. his home. Braun and Sturkie have reaHugh Acheson Listeners also enjoy the ability sonable goals. “It would be cool Hey, whaddaya know: Flagpole’s in to craft their own playlist. Scott to at least become Georgia wellthe podcasting game now, too. In Duvall, owner of Jawavi Films and co-host But, as the saying goes, just because known—I won’t say famous,” Braun says. “Run It Up: The Flagpole Podcast,” of “Waitin’ Since Last Saturday,” explains, you can doesn’t mean you should. Lurking The response they’ve received seems to have our (mostly) weekly audio series, we “If you listen to the radio, you are at the within those 600,000 podcasts are many them on their way. “We have some really take a closer look at stories from the mercy of what the programmer wants to put with shoddy sound and worse—shoddy amazing fans that have spread the word,” current issue and address other topout. With podcasting, you are in charge.” content. she says, “which is so great.” ics of Athenian concern. This week’s Duvall, Leitch and Tony Waller, associ“You have to have something to say, you Fan devotion to podcasts is what is ultiridiculously meta episode is about— ate director for career development for the have to have questions to ask, you have to mately moving the needle on the business what else?—podcasting and features UGA School of Law, created “ Waitin’ Since go down a road, and that road has to be a chat with Tim Kelly, local podcaster end. Acheson’s new show is featured on and author of this story. Listen at Last Saturday” while chatting over beers interesting to people,” says Acheson. the Himalaya Media network and is sponflagpole.com, and subscribe to “Run two years ago, and have watched it grow Local artist Jeremiah Purinton took sored by advertisers such as Warby Parker. 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ohn Fernandes is no stranger to the Athens music scene. Known for his work with the Elephant 6 collective— specifically, as a key member of The Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System— Fernandes also has two solo albums, estimates he has played on 77 records and runs his own label, Cloud Recordings, which has 27 releases since 2001. An Athens resident since 1994, Fernandes constantly creates music while working full-time selling music at Wuxtry Records on Clayton Street. “I listen to music all day at work, and then come home and listen to my records,” he says. “I’m very passionate about music.”
Their music features Kiran playing keys or guitar and John on multiple instruments—frequently clarinet. On guitar, Kiran uses unique finger stylings that draw upon both traditional and modern music. John says he has seen his son evolve, and now, “He’s become masterful.” He adds that, together, their music just works. “It’s pretty meditative and textural, and there’s certain things that we do, but there’s a large amount of improvisation, as well,” he says. The duo’s chemistry shows. Kiran recalls times when they’re playing what he calls “pockets” of improvisational breaks in their songs, and the two will hit the same note simultaneously. He says it’s those moments
Three years ago, Fernandes’ 18-year-old son, Jeremy Kiran Fernandes, began playing music, both solo and with his dad. His first album, Seadust Mercury Dream, was released in February, and he now also performs in local goth-pop band Immaterial Possession. Growing up in a musical household, Kiran has always been artistic, mostly doing visual art until he picked up the keyboard a few years ago. He credits the beginning of the father-son duo to a looping pedal. “I’d just be sitting here with a loop pedal making experimental sounds, and then he’d come jam on it,” Kiran says of his dad. Since that was his first experience with instruments, he says it was unformed at the start, but the music grew and changed as they kept playing. The duo has since gigged regularly around town, showcasing their individual tendencies and combined talent. Both Fernandes men find inspiration in all aspects of their lives. Kiran says he finds it in small, daily activities that aren’t much thought about, like the rumble of an air conditioner or the squeaks of a bike wheel. John says a lot of his music draws from field recordings from India and Africa, as well as the inherent qualities of his four-track home recording setup. “I’m really inspired by birdsong, and in my solo shows, I can see some parallels between Brian Eno’s Discreet Music, where there’s non-synchronous loops going on,” John says. “I sometimes step outside and practice with the birds, so there’s all these tweets and twizzles.”
where their intuitiveness comes through. “It’s kind of an act of not taking it so seriously, and also just making music for your friends and for right now, and not necessarily for this grand vision of extending to all parts of the universe or something,” says Kiran, “which is often the narrative people are trying to get to.” The duo recently toured the Southeast, during which they played venues like art spaces, animal refuges and vintage clothing shops. Kiran says, with improvisational music, it’s different playing to audiences that don’t know what to expect. “It’s hard playing music like this on the road,” he says. “I’ve gotten to a point where I believe in what I’m doing, and I think it’s important, but I do know that the world as a whole is probably not gonna get it.” Still, the two found joy in being on the road together. “This tour was a dream of mine, and it turned out very successful,” says John. “I was just thinking how, if something random happened and I was hit by a bus tomorrow, I could die a happy man, now that this dream I have was realized.” f
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Lost Coast, Saint Pé, The Medium, Five Eight, Glove and Bambara. THE WEST IS THE BEST: New West Records is hosting a showcase of really killer proportions Friday, Mar. 15 at The Mohawk (912 Red River St.) from 8 p.m.–2 a.m. Seriously, y’all, dig this lineup: Steve Earle, Robert Ellis, Lily and Madeleine, The Nude Party, The Texas Gentlemen, Seratones, Dan Luke and the Raid, Parker Gispert, Los Coast, Wild Moccasins and The Artisanals. Oh yeah, there are “special guests” that haven’t been announced, but who’s gonna top a show with Steve Earle? Exactly.
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raiser for Nuçi’s Space and the music program at the Boys and Girls Club of Athens. The organization will release six 7-inch records per year featuring one band each—double A-sides, if you will—but each annual series will feature the work of one visual artist. Each record is limited to approximately 300 copies, and all the sessions are conducted by Vandenberg live to half-inch, two-track tape at Chase Park Transduction. Every two months, when a new record comes out, a release show will happen at Creature Comforts or the Georgia Theatre. The first release is by Futurebirds, and Vandenberg will have a merch table set up at the New West and Georgia Theatre SXSW showcases (see below). He’s not doing this all alone, even if it was his idea. There are lots of folks helping out, donating time, money and materials. The website for the project will be at athensresonates.com.
THAT’S ALL, FOLKS: As reported a few weeks ago at flagpole.com, after 15 years, Athens Popfest has shut its doors. This isn’t exactly a going-out-of-business situation, but rather the decision of founder, booker and overall righteous daddy-o Mike Turner. While no official statement is expected to be forthcoming other than, “It was fun, now it’s done,” I’ll go on record saying that I’m honored to have been involved with this event in various capacities over the years. Although it’s been well noted that more than one band broke out to huge international recognition based on its Popfest appearance, it is more noteworthy that music fans from largely underrepresented scenes had the biggest blast each summer at this thing. It was always really cool to meet folks who traveled from Sweden, Japan, Germany, England and, hell, even Canada, just to experience our town and the nearly always bespoke lineups courtesy of Turner. Athens Popfest is dead; long live Athens Popfest. f
AUSTIN, MEET ATHENS: Now in its 13th year, the annual Athens in Austin party takes roost once again at Austin’s Side Bar (602 E.7th St.) from noon–6:30 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 16. This event has been under the wing of the Georgia Theatre for the past several years, and between WUOG 90.5 FM’s 10 Most-Played Recordings that crew and the homeFeb. 27–Mar. 5 town gang of Side Bar, the hospitality at this thing is 1. Girlpool What Chaos Is Imaginary (Anti-) just lovely. In the interest of 2. Kikagaku Moyo Masana Temples (Guruguru Brain) full disclosure, please note 3. The Lemonheads Varshons 2 (Fire) that I work the door at this 4. Boygenius Boygenius EP (Matador) event each year. But I prom 5. Locate S,1 Healing Contest (Sybaritic Peer)* ise, once you get inside, peo 6. Sharon Van Etten Remind Me Tomorrow (Jagjaguwar) ple are really friendly. On 7. Toro Y Moi Outer Peace (Carpark) the bill this year, in order 8. Spud Cannon Squeeze (Independent Release) of appearance, are Wieuca, 9. Kero Kero Bonito Time ’n’ Place (Polyvinyl) Lee Bains III and the Glory 10. Basement Beside Myself (Fueled By Ramen) Fires, Katie Schecter, Thayer * local release · Get the latest WUOG news, including the Live in the Lobby schedule, at wuog.org. Sarrano, Faux Ferocious, Caulfield, Wanderwild,
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MUSIC | SAT, MAR 16
The Foundry · 3:30 p.m. · $5–10 Kick off the holiday weekend by kicking up your heels at The Foundry, which hosts a St. Patrick’s Day shindig Saturday. Enjoy live Irish music all afternoon and into the evening courtesy of local groups the Green Flag Band and The Gentry. The Nashville Celts, a globally recognized group of performers, led by songwriter Ric Blair, who find the creative sweet spot between traditional Celtic music and rootsy Americana, will headline. The Athens-based Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance will showcase its young students’ talent throughout the day. Guinness drafts will be on special, and an Irish menu will be served. [Gabe Vodicka]
Caledonia Lounge · 9 p.m. · $7–9 Athens trio Mean Queen released a dang burner of a debut with last year’s Take a Cool Pill EP, which harked back to Athens’ mid-aughts rock renaissance— little surprise, since guitarist Samantha Paulsen and bassist Helen Rhinehart cut their teeth in bygone local faves We Versus the Shark and Chrissakes, respectively. Now joined by drummer Tim Payne, the group’s recent live shows have found it fully flexing its power-trio muscle. Saturday’s Caledonia bill is, in fact, a trifecta of heavy rock goodness, as riff lords Double Ferrari and scuzzsters Church Purse—formerly known as Waitress— share the stage. [GV]
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Tuesday 12 ART: Athens Fibercraft Guild (Lyndon House Arts Center) 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: Cheese Basics Class (Half-Shepherd Market & Cheese Shop) Learn about five cheeses and beverage pairings. 7:30-9 p.m. $25. 706-850-2955 CLASSES: Computer Class: Excel 2016 (ACC Library) Learn about formulas, functions and sorting in Excel. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens
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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: 2nd Tuesday Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) This month’s theme is “March Through France.” Reservations required. 6 p.m. $20. 706-3547901, www.heirloomathens.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 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: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Road) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern
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EVENT | SUN, MAR 17
THEATER | MAR 19–24
College Ave. & Clayton St. Selected as the one Sunday of the year this year that bars are allowed to be open in Athens under state law, this St. Patrick’s Day will see a first annual festival full of music, food and merchandise vendors, beer gardens and children’s activities. Performers on the outdoor stage include Dixie-Jade, Brendan O’Hara, Megan Moroney, DJ RX, James Klenser, Ben Wilson, DJ Ladarius, DJ Timmy G and the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. Bars can open as early as 1 p.m., and a pub crawl along Clayton Street will start at 4 p.m., with participating businesses offering special deals to patrons who wear event T-shirts. [Jessica Smith]
UGA Cellar Theatre · $7 (w/ UGA ID), $12 UGA Theatre’s “Peas, Patelin, and Purgation: Three Farcical Arts of the Deal” consists of three separate medieval works—“The Farce of the Peas,” “The Farce of Master Patelin” and “The Farce of the Washtub”—that comically play around with the difficulties of living harmoniously when negotiations go awry. Notably, “The Farce of the Peas” was only just recently discovered and translated, and has not been performed in close to 500 years. Shows will be held Mar. 19–23 at 8 p.m., with afternoon matinees on Mar. 23–24 at 2:30 p.m. Following its run at UGA, the production will travel to Genoa, Italy in July. [JS]
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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: 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 LECTURES & LIT: Adult Book Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Discuss Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: African American Authors Book Club (ACC Library) This month’s title is Hunger: A Memoir by Roxanne Gay. Newcomers welcome. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org
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Wednesday 13 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org ART: AAAC Lunch & Learn with Athulhu (Lyndon House Arts Center) The Athens Area Arts Council presents a lecture by Athulhu and the Free Art Movement. 12 p.m. FREE! (members), $15 (non-members). athensareaartscouncil@gmail.com, www. athensarts.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 EVENTS: Rabbit Box (The Foundry) Storytelling for adults. This month’s theme is “Money Talks.” 7 p.m. $9. rabbitboxstories@gmail.com EVENTS: Bingo for Books at Buvez (Buvez) Proceeds will benefit Project Safe through Janet Geddis’ team for Dancing with the Athens Stars. Prizes will be books from Avid Bookshop. 6 p.m. $5/card. janet@ avidbookshop.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: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: 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 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 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Beginning Readers’ Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Ms. Carley presents early literacy activities and stories. Ages 4–7. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison 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: PRISM (Oconee County Library) PRISM is a safe space for all teens who share a common vision of equality. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: 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
Thursday 14 EVENTS: The Curiosity Bar: Cocktail Competition (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Sample cocktails from local businesses and vote for your favorite. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $15. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub FILM: Closing Event (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Portrait of Jason will be screened as the closing event for “Ringer: Contemporary Portraiture.” 7-8:30 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq KIDSTUFF: Mother Goose on the Loose (ACC Library) The four-week, early-literacy program incorporates books, nursery rhymes and musical instruments. Registration recommended. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrarly.org/athens 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: Book Club (ACC Library) This month’s book is The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Inclusive Book Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) The book of the month is Freedom Train: the Story of Harriet Tubman by Dorothy Sterling. 1
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Friday 15 COMEDY: Improv Comedy (Instructional Plaza N-106) Improv Athens UGA presents a night of comedy. 7:30 & 9 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/improvathensuga COMEDY: Death Wish (Moonlight Theater) Comedian Caitlin Cook performs her routine featuring music and storytelling. 8-9 p.m. $12. www. moonlighttheatercompany.com FILM: Movies on Tap (Southern Brewing Company) Watch Boondock Saints on the big screen. 9-11 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com LECTURES & LIT: Brown Bag Lunch (Reese Street School) The Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation presents a brown bag lunch at the historic Reese Street School. 12 p.m. FREE! 404-906-6176 THEATER: Anything Goes (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) Enjoy Cole Porter’s classic music and a doozie of a love story in this timeless musical. Mar. 15-16, 7 p.m. & Mar. 17, 2 p.m. $9-16. 706-283-1049
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Saturday 16 ART: Walking Art Tour of Downtown (40 Watt Club) Join Janet Geddis, of Team #1 of Dancing with the Athens Stars, and Dr. Leara Rhodes for a walking tour of art destinations. Proceeds benefit Project Safe. 3 p.m. $33. 706-850-2843 COMEDY: Open Mic Comedy (Moonlight Theater) Featuring a wide range of local and Atlanta comedians. 9:30-10:30 p.m. $6. www.moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: Seed Swap (Wimberly Center for Community Development) Bring seeds to share and swap with other fellow gardeners while enjoying food, music and activities for the entire family. 12-4 p.m. FREE! www. wimberlysroots.com EVENTS: St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl (The Foundry) Shuttle from the Graduate Athens to a Pub Crawl through the Rooftop at Georgia Theatre, Cutter’s Pub, Starland Pizzeria & Pub, and then back to The Foundry for a party. Package includes hotel stay, drink tickets, pizza and transportation for two. 3:30 p.m. $249. www.graduateathens.com EVENTS: Holi: Festival of Colors (ACC Library) Enjoy Indian food, dance, music, the throwing of traditional colored powers and children’s author Surishtha Seghal. Guests are encouraged to wear white. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Journey Through the Stars (Sandy Creek Nature Center) This month’s theme is “Spring Skies.” 10-11 a.m. $2-3. www. accgov.com/leisure EVENTS: A Night of Talent (Lavonia Cultural Center) Talent showcase of singers and dancers. 7 p.m. $5. 706-491-9374 KIDSTUFF: Touch a Truck (Southeast Clarke Park) Kids can take a close look at a variety of vehicles and heavy equipment like construction vehicles, police cars and more. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3589 KIDSTUFF: Shamrock Slime (Madison County Library) Create green glitter slime just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Ages 6 and up and their caregivers. 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Hargrett Writers Circle (UGA Special Collections Library, 3rd floor) Writers group to share work of any k continued on next page
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genre, discuss, and explore the process of writing and publishing. 2–4:30 p.m. FREE! athensuncharted@gmail.com OUTDOORS: Critter Tales (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Listen to a story about nature and visit a critter. 2:30-3 p.m. FREE! www.accgov.com/ sandycreeknaturecenter OUTDOORS: Sasquatch Adventure (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Search for animal signs, evaluate habitats, experiment with calls and other techniques. 1-5 p.m. $4-7. www.accgov.com/leisure PERFORMANCE: A Cappella South Semifinals (Morton Theatre) Semifinal round of the International Championship of High School A Cappella. 7-10:30 p.m. $20-25. www.mortontheatre.com THEATER: Anything Goes (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) See Friday listing for full description. Mar. 15-16, 7 p.m. & Mar. 17, 2 p.m. $9-16. 706283-1049
2–6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison EVENTS: St. Patrick’s Day Party (Southern Brewing Company) Celebrate with brewery tours, live music, Freddy’s food truck, green beer and Cuchulainn Irish Red Ale. 1–9 p.m. $20. www.sobrewco.com EVENTS: St. Patrick’s Day Celebration (Saucehouse Barbeque) The Irish-themed event will feature music and dance performances, food, drinks and activities for the entire family. 11 a.m. FREE! www.saucehouse.com GAMES: Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) General trivia. House prizes and discounted tabs. 5-7 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com GAMES: Rockin’ Roll Bingo (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Play to win. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 KIDSTUFF: Graphic Novel Book Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) This meeting’s selection is Cleopatra in Space: Target Practice. For ages 10 & up. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison 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: UUFA Forum (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Join Stew Odendhal as he presents “How You Can Publish Your Memoirs for Free.” 9:30 a.m. FREE! www.uuathensga.org LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) George Hart and Sonny Seals will discuss their book, Historic Rural Churches of Georgia. 3-5 p.m. FREE! www.mmcc-arts.org LECTURES & LIT: Launch Party (Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, Firehall #2) Local author Jordan A. Rothacker will celebrate the release of his short story collection, Gristle: Weird Tales. Music by members of Thunder O(h)m and readings by Rashaun Ellis, Michael McClelland and Rothacker. 4 p.m. jordan.rothacker@gmail.com THEATER: Anything Goes (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) See Friday listing for full description. Mar. 15-16, 7 p.m. & Mar. 17, 2 p.m. $9-16. 706283-1049
Sunday 17 ART: Sunday Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 3 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Pop-Up Exhibition (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) presents an exhibition as the culmination of “Exploring Research as Craft: A Workshop Series to Promote Cross-Discipline Communication by Examining Processes of Creating to Approach Questions.” 2–5 p.m. www.athica. org EVENTS: St. Patrick’s Day Festival (Clayton St. and College Ave.) Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with live music, activities and a pub crawl. See Calendar Pick on p. 14. 1 p.m. www.southernfestivals.net EVENTS: St. Patrick’s Day Celebration (Cutters Pub) Celebrate the holiday at Cutter’s. 12:30 p.m.–2 a.m. 706-353-9800 EVENTS: Leprechaun Treasure Hunt (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Follow the clues and see if you can find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. All ages.
Monday 18 CLASSES: Meditation (M3Yoga, Tree Room) Pranayama (breath) class. Donations are very welcome. 8:30–9:15 a.m. FREE! www.m3yoga. com COMEDY: Laugh Athens Comedy Presents (The Foundry) Laugh Athens presents Sean Patton with special guests Caitlin Cook and Paul Ollinger. 7 p.m. $5–10. www. thefoundryathens.com EVENTS: Budgeting Tips (Madison County Library, Danielsville) A Family and Consumer Sciences representative from UGA Extension will offer tips on budgeting and savings goals. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597
FILM: Confluence (Ciné) The National Parks Conservation Association, Southeast Region presents a screening of a documentary following the indie folk band The Infamous Flapjack Affair on a journey through the public lands of the Colorado River Basin. Two of the members will be in attendance for a post-film dialogue. 7:30 p.m. www. athenscine.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!
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CLASSES: Social Justice and Labor Unions (ACC Library) This presentation will discuss Finnish labor unions, their history and strategies, as well as goals from the point of view of social justice. 6 p.m. FREE! athensfreeskool@riseup.net EVENTS: Teen’s Night Out (Lay Park) Play teen-friendly group games and activities led by Lay Park staff. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE! www. accgov.com/leisure 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 (Ciné) A young Antonio Sabato, Jr, must quickly learn martial arts to defeat the local bully in the Italian-made (but filmed in Savannah) Karate Rock. 8:30-10:30 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/badmovienight GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com KIDSTUFF: Tiny Tales on Tuesdays (Memorial Park) See Tuesday listing for full description. 10:30 a.m. $3–4. accgov.com/leisure 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 “Renaissance Riches.” 10 a.m. FREE! callan@uga. edu, www.georgiamuseum.org KIDSTUFF: Screen-Printing Workshop for Families (OCAF, Watkinsville) UGA graduate student Catherine Clements leads a workshop on screen-printing. Bring T-shirts, canvas tote bags or other fabric items to add your designs. Part of OCAF’s Youth Art Month. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com KIDSTUFF: Teen Talk (ACC Library) Teens can talk about what’s bothering them. Ages 11–18. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens
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LECTURES & LIT: Poetry Performance (Georgia Theatre) Featuring live poetry and spoken word from Andrea Gibson and Ashlee Haze. 7 p.m. $20 (adv.), $22 (door). www.georgiatheatre.com THEATER: Three Farcical Arts of the Deal: Peas, Patelin and Purgation (UGA Fine Arts Building) UGA Theatre presents a tale of three men and how they handle what life throws at them. See Calendar Pick on p. 14. Mar. 19-23, 8 p.m. & March 23-24, 2:30 p.m. $7-12. www.ugatheatre.com/threefarces
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Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 CARLA LE FEVER AND THE RAYS Old-school funk covers and originals and sweet, sappy pop covers and originals. 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 9 p.m. FREE! www.starlandpizza.com WOLF’S DEN OPEN MIC Featuring musical performances and live interviews.
THE LIGHT SEQUENCE No info available. MAHALO No info available. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com FATE MCAFEE Alt-folk singer-songwriter from Murray, KY. The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com STEVE COUGHLIN & PROBABLE CAUSE Smooth Americana group from Hartwell. SCARLET STITCH Straight-up rock and roll band from Athens. Go Bar 11 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by popular, karaoke fanatic Dr. Fred and featuring a large assortment of pop hits, rock classics, indie and more. Every Thursday!
Friday 15 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com CHEESE DREAM Local teenage rock band influenced by 1990s alternative rock and grunge. CONKRETE GOD Atlanta band blending ’70s rock with ’90s grunge. SIXTEEN BULLETS Atlanta group blending rap, punk and metal. The Falls 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-2217 LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul. Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com HARRY CAREY Raucous Athens rock group fronted by songwriter Jim Willingham.
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ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Annelies Mondi leads a gallery talk on the year-long sculptural installation by artist Rebecca Rutstein, “Out of the Darkness.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Make Your Own Beeswax Salve (Farmview Market) Guide to beeswax salve making. Preregistration is required. Fee includes supplies. 5–7 p.m. $30. www.farmviewmarket.com COMEDY: Educated Mess (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) See standups from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com FILM: Banff Mountain Film Festival (Morton Theatre) A collection of action, environmental and adventure films exploring the mountain world. 7–10 p.m. $15. katherine@halfmoonoutfitters.com FILM: Science on Screen Film Series (Ciné) Watch First Man, a story focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to NASA’s historic Apollo 11 flight in 1969. Guest speaker W. Keith Cambell is a professor of psychology at UGA and will speak on psychological resilience and society’s frontrunners. Time TBA. $7.50. www.athenscine. com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.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 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: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 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: 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
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com BLL TRIO Local all-star jazz trio.
and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: Dance it Out! (ACC Library) Teens can take a break and dance it out. 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Talking About Books: Adult Book Discussion Group (ACC Library) This month’s title is The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org OUTDOORS: Full Moon Hike (Memorial Park) Explore the 1.25 mile Birchmore Trail. Bring a small flashlight or headlamp. 8:30 p.m. $2–3. www.accgov.com/leisure THEATER: Three Farcical Arts of the Deal: Peas, Patelin and Purgation (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description. Mar. 19-23, 8 p.m. & March 23-24, 2:30 p.m. $7-12. www.ugatheatre.com/threefarces
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Little Kings Shuffle Club 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.
VFW 8 p.m. $10. www.vfwathens.com CHRIS HAMPTON TRIO Local variety cover band hosts a dance party, playing classic and new tunes.
Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 LEISURE SERVICE Michael Pierce plays a set of blown out, bass-heavy techno.
Saturday 16 Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA 8 p.m. www.athica.org TATSUYA NAKATANI Internationally renowned Japanese percussionist. ARIEL ACKERLY Athens-based experimental performer. MICHAEL POTTER Local guitarist creates a blend of ambient folk and psychedelic songs and soundscapes.
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 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com FLORAL PRINT Atlanta-based, shoegaze-influenced jangle-pop band. STRAY FOSSA Dreamy garage-rock act from Charlottesville, VA. ZALE Classically trained singer-songwriter leads her alt-rock band. MOTHER FORE Athens band exploring elements of progressive and psychedelic rock.
Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com DOUBLE FERRARI Local metal band playing virtuosic, riff-laden, instrumental rock. MEAN QUEEN Local rock three-piece with a fiery, discordant sound. See Calendar Pick on p. 14. CHURCH PURSE Noise-rock band formerly known as Waitress.
Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com EMILY MUSOLINO North Carolina songwriter “who mixes soulful vocals with shredding blues rock guitar riffs.”
Go Bar 9 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 GROUP GROPE Analog synth beats influenced by classic Chicago house and Detroit techno. CHOSEN EVIL Performer channeling black metal vibes through a midi setup. DJ OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS Playing techno, post-punk and other propulsive sounds.
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com CONGAKAI New band from former Deerhunter member Colin Mee blending psych, jazz and noise rock.
Starland Pizzeria and Pub 11 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. starlandpizza.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away to three different channels of music in your headphones. One of them is a request line!
Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com SINK IN Melodic pop-rock group from Pennsylvania. POLAR WAVES Athens-based “alternative classic rock” group. THE FORMULA Athens-based altrock band.
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.
Go Bar 10 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 JOHN & KIRAN FERNANDES Father and son perform a duet featuring American primitive guitar, piano, clarinet and more. See story on p. 12. ARIEL ACKERLY Athens-based experimental performer. JACOB SUNDERLIN Local musician who incorporates elements of noise, folk, ambient and drone. SEVERE BLUSH Experimental electronic sounds from Athens’ Logan Shirah.
Cole Williams plays The World Famous on Sunday, Mar. 17. Wayward Lounge 6 p.m. FREE! 706-248-7903 CAROLINE AIKEN This guitarist and singer’s bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance.
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com JAZZ JAM Some of our town’s most talented musicians get together at this happening.
MARBLE SOUP Solo project from local musician Matt Garrison (Elf Power). UNCLE GOO Northeast Georgia musician playing “country strange” favorites.
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Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE GET RIGHT BAND Asheville, NC-based funk/rock/boogie trio.
The Foundry 8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.thefoundryathens.com MOTHER’S FINEST A mix of rock, gospel, R&B, metal and jazz filtered through an “Afro-Euro mosaic” sound. DAWGTOWN DJ Spinning party music.
Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com THE GETAWAY COMPANY Fourpiece local band inspired by ’90s and 2000s alt-rock.
Southern Brewing Company 5-10 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com KARAOKE Hosted by DJ Gregory.
Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com APPARITION Popular local band playing a raucous, thrashy brand of hardcore. CURLEYS “Fast crazy punk” band from Florida. NAG Rumbling, skeletal punk band from Decatur. MCQQEEN Athens punk rock band featuring members of Shade and Fart Jar. The Foundry 3:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATION Featuring Irish music and performances from The Nashville Celts, The Gentry, The Green Flag Band and the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dancing. See Calendar Pick on p. 14. k continued on next page
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THE CALENDAR! Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DEAD NEIGHBORS Local band playing punky, emotive garage-rock. BLUE BODIES Athens-based “bummer-pop” punk band. DAN CLIFFORD Local artist playing lo-fi power-pop. MODERN TIMES New local band.
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Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com THE GREEN FLAG BAND Playing traditional Irish music for St. Patrick’s Day.
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Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $2 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away to two different channels of music in your headphones. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 NORMA RAE This local four-piece plays soulful, distinctively Southern Americana. THE ROYAL VELVET Three-piece rock band led Justin Brogdon.
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TOMMY! Athens piano man and singer-songwriter. EMILEIGH IRELAND Local folk-pop singer-songwriter with a strong, compelling vocal style. COMRADE LAUNCHPAD Psych-folk and indie-pop band led by local musician James Bale.
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 2 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com CLASSICAL REVOLUTION UGA School of Music graduates and students play works by Dvorak, Ligeti, Bach and more.
The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com JARED & THE MILL Western indierock outfit from Arizona. THE BROKEN STRING BAND Athens band blending Western folk with indie rock.
Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub COUNT ZAPULA The VHS enthusiast and trivia master spins a set of St. Patty’s Day smooth jams.
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Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 HUGHES TAYLOR BAND Energetic blues and classic rock outfit from Macon.
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.
Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.
40 Watt Club 7 p.m. $7. www.40watt.com BIG DADDY CHADDY No info available. TUCO & BLONDIE No info available. JETPACK SYNDROME Local band blending rock, prog and hip hop.
Starland Pizzeria and Pub 9 p.m. FREE! www.starlandpizza.com WOLF’S DEN OPEN MIC Featuring musical performances and live interviews.
No. 3 Railroad Street 3 p.m. $5. www.3railroad.org SUNDAY AFTERNOON SONGWRITERS’ REVIVAL A monthly event hosted by Mark “Mojo” Wilmot. This month’s show features Scott Low and Hannah Aldridge. The World Famous 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens COLE WILLIAMS BAND New Orleans group led by the “punk empress of African rock.”
The Foundry 8 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com TINSLEY ELLIS Seasoned blues-rock singer and guitarist from Atlanta.
Wayward Lounge 6 p.m. FREE! 706-248-7903 CAROLINE AIKEN This guitarist and singer’s bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance.
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Exploring Jewish Identity Through Film SATURDAY 3/23
5:45 pm Opening Night
Gala Dinner
@ Wall and Broad
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The Exception
@ Cine
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TUESDAY 3/26
Above the Drowning Sea 7 pm The Interpreter 5 pm
WEDNESDAY 3/27
Short Films 2 pm Shoelaces 6 pm Closing Reception 4 pm Promise at Dawn 7 pm The Cakemaker 7 pm An Act of Defiance MONDAY 3/25
Fog in August 7:30 pm Shelter 5 pm
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Jared and the Mill play The Foundry on Tuesday, Mar. 19. Starland Pizzeria and Pub 11 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. starlandpizza.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away to three different channels of music. One of them is a request line!
Sunday 17 Flicker Theatre & Bar 6 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com JANE KRAMER Folk singer-songwriter from Asheville, NC. The Foundry 6:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com REPENT AT LEISURE Celtic pub band playing “Irish rock,” including traditional, punk, modern and original Celtic music. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com GIMME HENDRIX Award-winning local Jimi Hendrix cover band.
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LILLI LEWIS PROJECT Louisiana band working to spread the concept of “radical decency.”
COCO MONTOYA Contemporary blues master and former John Mayall band member.
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Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6 p.m. $3. www.georgiatheatre.com ATHENS STORYTELLERS Featuring acoustic music from Tommy Trautwein, Forrest Whitlark, Aspen Anonda, Elijah Johnston and Carly King.
Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com COUNTRY WESTERNS Nashvillebased garage-rock group. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com OPEN MIC Showcase your talent at this open mic night most Mondays. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 JAZZ JAM Enjoy jazz sounds from talented local musicians.
The Globe 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS Swingin’ tunes from the ’10s, ’20s and ’30s. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 CELIA GARY Acoustic singer-songwriter from Augusta with a lush, mystical sound.
The World Famous 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens SARAH LOUISE Guitarist and singer known for her work with experimental Americana outfit House and Land. GODDESS COMPLEX Athens-based avant-garde project led by composer Cloud Powers. MICHAEL POTTER Local guitarist creates a blend of ambient folk and psychedelic songs and soundscapes.
Down the Line 3/21 CLASSIC CITY COLOR / Jacob Mallow / N1KI (Caledonia Lounge) 3/21 PALACE DOCTOR / THE BIG DUMB / GEORGIA DISH BOYS / RODNEY SANDERS / LYDIA SERA (Flicker Theatre & Bar)
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When Animal Movies Attack THIS WEEK IN ATHENS ON THE BIG SCREEN By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com
Mar. 18. Members of the folk band The Infamous Flapjack Affair, whose tour of the Colorado River Basin is chronicled in the film, will be on hand for a Q&A. The following night, Mar. 19, at Ciné, Bad Movie Night presents Karate Rock, which sounds like a Karate Kid-Grease matchup starring Antonio Sabato Jr. On Mar. 18, the UGA Women’s History Month film series continues with Mankiller, a 2017 documentary about Cherokee Nation chief Wilma Mankiller. Now, some thoughts on last week’s new releases:
Not interested in Mar. 15’s new releases: Service). The title is pretty literal. Wonder Park, Five Feet Apart or Captive On Mar. 14, ATHICA will be screening State? On Mar. 13, the Flicker Film Society Portrait of Jason as the closing event for unleashes Cujo for its monthlong “When “Ringer: Contemporary Portraiture.” In the Animal Movies Attack!” celebration. 1967 documentary, Shirley Clarke interStephen King’s 1981 novel was brought to views Jason Holliday about what it was like CAPTAIN MARVEL (PG-13) The MCU moves the big screen by Lewis Teague—he also to be black, gay and a hustler in the America on despite the deaths of more Marvel directed the King adaptation Cat’s Eye—and of Don Draper. heroes than most people could name prior pitted underrated scream queen to 2014 with the first appearDee Wallace (Stone) and “Who’s ance of Captain Marvel (Brie Captain Marvel the Boss?” pint-size star Danny Larson), aka Carol Danvers (and Pintauro against a rabid St. a bunch of other names through Bernard. the years). As Kree warrior-hero The Flicker series continues Vers, she comes to 1995 Earth on Mar. 18 with a Killer Animal hunting the Skrulls, a shapeTriple Feature. The night of anishifting race of evil aliens, and mal animosity starts with one of befriends a binocular Nick Fury the subgenre’s greatest entries, (Samuel L. Jackson, sporting 1980’s Alligator. Thanks to some decent deaging). a script by John Sayles and a Captain Marvel has a difNo muthaf#ckin’ snakes on this plane, Nick. memorably sardonic Robert ferent task ahead of it than a Forster, Alligator toes the line of Marvel movie introducing a betcamp—it is about a flushed pet gator that On Mar. 15, Southern Brewing Co.’s ter-known property, and despite having five mutates in the sewer—without stepping Movies on Tap screens cult favorite The listed writers, the movie takes off nicely, over like so many of its peers. The second Boondock Saints, which is sure to go betestablishing this comic universe’s most feature, 1976’s The Food Of The Gods, ter with craft beer. I imagine this movie powerful being, i.e., Marvel’s Superman, comes from Bert I. Gordon, a big name in has had a bit of a resurgence with Norman whose presence is sorely needed to defeat the killer animal world. The evening closes Reedus’ newfound fame via “The Walking Thanos in next month’s Avengers: Endgame. with a 1978 TV movie, The Beasts Are on Dead.” The film has the standard Marvel humor the Streets, from one-time Bond director With spring break behind us and sumamidst the world-saving, but this more Peter R. Hunt (George Lazenby’s only mismer ahead, Ciné is screening the National sci-fi origin story did not feel as samey as sion, the excellent On Her Majesty’s Secret Park Service documentary Confluence on some of the previous 20 movies, which have started to blend together into one entertaining, tonally similar mush of super-heroism. However, Captain Marvel lacks the distinctive stylishness that allowed Black Panther to stand out from the pack. As fun as Captain Marvel is, the movie is really just a one-shot setting up next month’s universe-changing end to Phase Four of the MCU. EVERYBODY KNOWS (R) Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi travels to Spain for his latest tale of family ties. Tragedy strikes when Laura (Penelope Cruz), who lives in Argentina with her husband and two children, returns to her family’s small village for her sister’s wedding. During the reception, her teenage daughter Irene (Carla Campra) is kidnapped. Soon, Laura, her former lover Paco (Javier Bardem) and her husband Alejandro (Ricardo Durin) must face secrets buried for years in order to save Irene. Farhadi is a skillful narrator whose direction compliments his writing. Sure, Everybody Knows could probably hold a few more surprises. None of the bombshells dropped by various family members—of which there are so many it can be hard to keep up—are any more unexpected than those during a week spent watching soap operas. Yet the mystery is not the point of this captivating collaboration between the master filmmaker and his expert Spanish cast. How many great foreign filmmakers have struggled to translate their skills into another language—usually English? Everybody Knows may be in Spanish, but you would never know it is a foreign language— much less a foreign culture—to Farhadi. f
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bulletin board Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board is every THURSDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.
Art AAAC GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking applicants for its quarterly $500 grants. All local artists, arts organizations or arts-based projects are welcome to apply. The next deadline is Mar. 15. info@athensarts.org, www.athensarts.org ACAC SEEKS NEW MEMBERS (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission is seeking qualified candidates to fill three-year volunteer positions. The ACAC meets on the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. Must be an ACC resident and registered voter and have demonstrated interest in the arts. Deadline Mar. 31, 11:59 p.m. Interviews in early April. www. athensculturalaffairs.org ART CLASSES (Lyndon House Arts Center) Now registering for spring classes. Subjects include loom weaving, art with recycled materials, mindful explorations in clay and more. Visit website for class descriptions and dates. 706-6133623, www.accgov.com/leisure
ATHFEST ARTIST MARKET (Downtown Athens) AthFest is now accepting applications for the 2019 Artist Market. Deadline Apr. 1. art@ athfesteducates.org, www.athfest educates.org, www.athfest.com CALL FOR ENTRIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The gallery is seeking art in all media for ATHICA’s annual “Emerges XII” exhibition curated by Kayla King. Artwork should relate to substance abuse, addiction, recovery or mental illness. Submit work online. Deadline Mar. 31, 11:59 p.m. Exhibition held June–July. $10 entry fee. www.athica.org/call-for-entries 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 THE BARE BONES OF WINTER (Watkinsville Woods) Artists are invited to make sculptures out of
art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Chase Brett’s digitally created artwork combines a new age design with a more classical style for a new look. Through April. ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) New paintings by Mary Porter, Greg Benson, Chatham Murray, Candle Brumby, Lana Mitchell and more. ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (17 N. Main St., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass. ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Harrison Lobby Gallery, Elizabeth Barton shares quilts and watercolors. Through June. • In the Lampkin Lobby Gallery, a permanent exhibition showcases Greek and Italian photography and artwork. ATHENS AREA UROLOGY (2142 W. Broad St., Building 200, Suite 200) “Skies and Space” features paintings and silk dye pours by Margaret Agner. 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 INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1200) “Ringer: Contemporary Portraiture” features portraits by 18 artists including Ally Christmas, Jackie Dorsey, Broderick Flanigan, Noah James Saunders and Rich Panico. Closing event Mar. 14. 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. 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.) Classic Gallery I shows “Checkerboard Checkered Floor,” an exhibition exploring pattern with boxy abstractions by Cal Clements, black-and-white patterned interiors by Hanna Friedlander, ombré assemblages by Jess Machacek, pop paintings by Jared Brown and geometric collages by Courtney McCracken. • Classic Gallery II presents a solo exhibition of Moby Dicks and other paintings by Dan Smith. CRAWFORD DEPOT (1158 Athens Rd., Crawford) “Walks of Healing” documents Peter Muyzka’s 18 months of walks through nature with works in oil, acrylic, pastels, egg tempera, pen and ink and photography. Through Mar. 23. CREATURE COMFORTS BREWERY (271 W. Hancock Ave.) Ashley Anderson’s “Family Computer: Familiar Interiors” is a new series of pixelated
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p.m. Contact for more information or drop in to a class. 706-742-0823, wintervillecenter@gmail.com, www. wintervillecenter.com 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, www.corazonmosaics. com NIMBL CLASSES (Nimbl, 160 Winston Dr. #9) Classes offered for kids, teens and adults in dance, creative movement, choreography, pilates and more. Pilates on Mar. 21 & 28, Adult Movement Class on Mar. 18, Ballet on Mar. 23, Ladies Night on Mar. 23. Check website for descriptions and times. www. nimbleathens.com ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER SKILLS (ACC Library) Personalized instruction available for various computer topics. Thursdays in March, 9 a.m. 706-613-3650, ext. 354, www. athenslibrary.org/athens ONE-ON-ONE GENEALOGY ASSISTANCE (ACC Library) Library staff offer assistance to genealogists and researchers. Mar. 20 & 21, 10 a.m. & Mar. 13, 14, 27 & 28,
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. EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Mixed media works incorporating found objects by Tom Hancock. Through March. FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Steph Rivers creates watercolor and gel pen illustrations inspired by Korean myths and folklore. Jessica Smith makes shadowboxes containing three-dimensional glitter critters and landscapes collaged from hand-marbled paper. Reception Mar. 20. Currently on view through March. 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. 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. • “Life, Love and Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy. Through May 26. • “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.) Artwork by children attending Barrow Elementary School. Through March. HEIRLOOM CAFE & FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Nancy Everett presents “A Classic Spring,” a collection of paintings of Athens in a contemporary impressionistic style. Through Apr. 29. HIP VINTAGE & HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) Paintings by Lyndon Teweksbury. Through March. JITTERY JOE’S EASTSIDE (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism and folklore. Through March. 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. Through Apr. 20. LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) MFA student Sanaz Haghani’s exhibition, “Behind the Darkness,” is a series of prints instigating the veiling of Iranian women. Through Mar. 28. • “Portal” is an exhibition of new works created in residence by Distinguished Dodd Chair Lauren Fensterstock. Through Mar. 29. • In “Rowhomes,” Siavash Tohidi examines architecture and displacement in considering the row homes of Baltimore. Through Mar. 29. • The 2019 Science and Medical Illustration Exhibition includes works by undergraduate students at UGA and graduate students at Augusta University. Through Mar. 29. LOWERY GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) The gallery celebrates “24 Years of Art” with Giclee prints, originals, photographs and sculptures by over 24 artists including Claire Clements, Ben Rouse, Peter Loose, Kip Ramey and more.
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2 p.m. Registration required. www. athenslibrary.org/athens SEWING CLASSES (Contact for Location) Learn to sew via quilt making. Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. & Sundays from 3-5 p.m. 706-3255283, needleinahaystack7@yahoo. com, www.sewsomethingwith amandawhitsel.com YOGA CLASSES (5 Points Yoga) “Kindness Yoga,” Mar. 17. “Ayurveda Seasonal (Part 1 of 4),” Mar. 22. Next teacher training begins in April. Various classes include flow, yin, restorative, power flow, gentle, Iyengar and simple stretch. www.athensfivepointsyoga.com
Help Out ATHENS HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL (Starland Pizza) Volunteers and t-shirt designer needed for the 41st annual Human Rights Festival. Volunteer meetings on Sundays, 7 p.m. www.athens humanrightsfest.org BREAD FOR LIFE (Athens, GA) Bread for Life is seeking students for a new session that begins Apr. 8. Applicants must be unemployed, living in Clarke County and 18 years old or older. Ideal candidates will have a background record, addiction, by on food stamps and/or a victim of domestic violence. Bread for Life provides an eight-week training program to help improve lives and begin careers in the hospitality industry. 706-357-4405, contact@ breadforlifeathens.org KACCB LITTER SURVEY (Athens, GA) The Athens-Clarke County Littery Abatement Steering Committee is conducting a survey
to help direct initiatives. Survey ends Mar. 30. www.accgov.com/ littersurvey 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
Kidstuff ACC SUMMER CAMPS (Multiple Locations) Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services offers camps in science, dance, sports, art and more. Registration begins Mar. 23. Visit website for dates and details. 706613-3800, www.accgov.com/leisure ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Art Club for Teens” and “Art Club Junior” cover subjects like dream catchers and moving flexagons. Check website for details and to register. www.kaartist.com SUMMER THEATER CAMPS (Athens Little Playhouse) Weekly camps are offered May 20–July 26 for ages 5 & up. Visit website for registration form. www.athenslittle playhouse.net TEEN SEWING AND FASHION CLUB (Lyndon House Arts Center) Teens can focus on sewing projects with the guidance of a professional. Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5 per week. 706-613-3623
Support Groups ALS SUPPORT GROUP (Oconee Veterans Park, Watkinsville) Provides awareness and education
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) In the lobby’s display case, see “Art for Home School Students,” a collection of works in celebration of Youth Art Month. Closing reception Mar. 28. • Collections from Our Community presents “Vintage Cast Iron Pots & Pans: Wyler Hecht.” Through March. • The “44th Juried Exhibition” includes 160 works by 130 artists selected by guest juror Lauren Haynes of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Through May 3. • On view in the Lounge Gallery, “Plastic Bodies: River Tributes by Abigail West” shares photographs documenting two performances incorporating artwork made from hard-to-recycle materials. Through June 1. MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “Connexus” celebrates Black History Month. Through May 5. MAMA’S BOY AT THE FALLS (8851 Macon Hwy.) Collages and paintings from Lorraine Thompson’s series, “The Nest, The Angel, and The Muse.” 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 COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Artwork by Jas Ingram. Through March. OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) An exhibition of works in celebration of Youth Art Month showcases local children’s talent. 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.) 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. 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. THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more.
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 NAMI (First Presbyterian Church of Athens) “NAMI Connections” is a support group for adults who have experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. “NAMI Family” is for family members, friends and caregivers of individuals with mental illnesses who want to learn tips for better understanding and supporting their loved ones. Both groups meet at the same time every fourth Tuesday, 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! 770225-0804 ext. 711, namihallga@ gmail.com, www.namihall.org PFLAG (Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, Firehall #2) PFLAG Athens Area is an organization to advance equality through its mission of support, education and advocacy by uniting LGBTQIA+ individuals, families, friends and allies. Meetings are usually held third Sunday of the month. Email for upcoming meetings and events. pflagathensarea@ gmail.com, pflagathensarea.com RESILIENTS IN RECOVERY (Divas Who Win Freedom Center, 160 Tracy St.) This is a faith-based 12-step peer recovery program focused on gaining freedom from the negative effects of unhealthy life choices. Email for more information on the group. Meets every Thrusday, 6:30–8 p.m. resilientsinrecovery@ gmail.com, www.facebook.com/ resilientsinrecovery
“Life, Love and Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy” is currently on view at the Georgia Museum of Art through Sunday, May 26. Pictured above is “Circle of the Master of the Judgement of Paris, Aristotle ridden by Phyllis,” ca. 1440. 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 dysfunc-
tional 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. Call for the next meet up. 478-955-3422, 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
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 ADULT TRIPS (Rocksprings Community Center) “2019 Cherry Blossom Festival.” Mar. 22, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. $20–30. “Tour and Storytelling at the Wren’s Nest.” Apr. 5, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. $25–37.50. “Braselton Antique and Artisan Festival.” Apr. 26, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $15–22.50. “Dahlonega Shopping and Wine Tour.” May 10, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. All programs depart and return to Rocksprings Park. www.accgov. com/leisure FRIENDS OF MADISON COUNTY BOOK SALE (Madison County Library, Danielsville) The library hosts their annual book sale featuring all genres of books, CDs, VHS tapes and records. Mar. 8-16 during library hours. 706-795-5597 INDIE AUTHOR DAY (ACC Library) Self-published and independent authors can register for booths at the library’s third annual Indie Author Day, which will be held Apr. 6, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. The event includes an author expo, panel discussion with local writers and a lecture by Bob Babcock, founder of Deeds Publishing. Deadline Mar. 22. www. athenslibrary.org/athens/news/indieauthor-day MUSICIANS HEALTH CLINIC (Nuçi’s Space) A team of doctors visit twice each month to assist uninsured and low income musicians with various health needs. Call to book an appointment. 706-2271515, www.nuci.org
ROLLER DERBY BOOT CAMP (Fun Galaxy) Skaters interested in waging war on wheels with the Classic City Rollergirls can attend boot camp. Saturdays through Apr. 1 at 9:3011:30 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. www.accgov.com/ leisure SPRING RENEWAL RETREAT (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens, Eskildsen Room) Renew your mind and body with mandalas, mindfulness and yoga. Art materials, vegetarian lunch and snacks will be provided. Registration deadline Mar. 15. Retreat held Mar. 30, 9 a.m.-3:10 p.m. $125-135. tammykemper@ charter.net SUMMER STAFF (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services in now hiring approximately 120 positions ranging from camp counselors, lifeguards and pool staff. www.accgov.com/ jobs TABLE TENNIS (East Athens Community Center) Table tennis games are held three times a week. All skill levels welcome. Next tournament is May 25. tabletennisathens ga@gmail.com 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 later in May. Visit website for official rules and entry form. Deadline Mar. 15. www.classiccity rotary.org f
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44th Juried Exhibition THE LYNDON HOUSE PRESENTS WORKS BY 130 ARTISTS By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com A decades-long tradition, the Lyndon House are often more intricate inner workings Arts Center’s “44th Juried Exhibition” celehappening in the juror’s brain. Looking brates the local art community’s wide range beyond mere skill level, Haynes sought of talents with a showcase that includes works that were engaging and unique, and everything from painting, printmaking and that had the potential to resonate with the photography to collage, sculpture and fiber art. The LHAC invites a different guest juror to select the works each year, ensuring that submissions from Athensarea artists, many of whom may be immediately recognizable to other locals, are fairly reviewed through a discerning outsider’s perspective. In an increasingly digitized world, where photographs of artwork could have been evaluated remotely by a juror, it’s significant that the LHAC chooses to maintain its old-school method of requiring all submissions to be physically dropped off for consideration. The ability of the juror to experience the artwork more fully in terms of dimension, texture and other subtleties greatly influences the show’s diversity. This year’s juror was Lauren Haynes, the curator of contemporary art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR. A specialist in African-American contemporary “Keramikos” by Margaret Morrison art, she spent nearly a decade working at The Studio Museum in Harlem. During her two-day visit to Athens audience. With such a large pool of subin January, she reviewed an astounding 767 missions, there was also an opportunity pieces of work submitted by 309 artists, to present larger narratives or emphasize whittling the pool down to an impressive certain themes or qualities. This is to say, 160 works from 130 artists. if you fall in the majority of unselected While it’s tempting—perhaps even artists, it’s not a matter of not being “good seemingly obvious—to pass off any juried enough”—her curatorial intuition may have exhibition as a “best of” talent show, there simply led her down a different path.
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Overall, the exhibition contains a noticeably high frequency of portraits and figurative works. In a way, it feels as if all of the faces gazing down from the walls are stand-ins for the artists themselves, reflecting how different each is from the next. A range of emotions are displayed, from Kate Windley’s “Inner Worlds,” a repeating silkscreen pattern of a woman hiding her face in her hands, to Laura Floyd’s “Ms Eleanor and her sisters and aunt,” a group of friendly, gentle-looking women. Many works that lack a face still seem to reflect the presence of humans. Jacob Wenzka’s “Ecumenopoli Phases 1–8” appear
as small, 360-degree metropolises, and Margaret Morrison’s larger-than-life oil painting, “Keramikos,” is a mesmerizing array of saucers, teacups and pitchers. Every Thursday evening at 6 p.m. in April, Gallery Talks will be held for select groups of artists to elaborate on their experiences and practices. The lineup includes
Megan Sparks, Paula Runyon, Margaret Morrison and Kim Truesdale on Apr. 4; Leah McKellop and Cody Matthews on Apr. 11; Kate Windley and Eli Saragoussi on Apr. 18; and Sharon Franco, Gerald Alderman, Laura Coston-Anrud and Amy Rosemund on Apr. 25. The 44th Juried Exhibition will remain on view through Friday, May. 3. On view in the Lounge Gallery, a space dedicated to quarterly solo exhibitions by emerging artists, “Plastic Bodies: River Tributes” shares photographs documenting two site-specific performances by Abigail West. Currently a senior undergraduate student focusing on printmaking and book arts at UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, West also manages reclamation projects for the UGA Office of Sustainability. As an interdisciplinary artist and activist, she uses artwork as a vehicle to raise awareness on environmental issues. A specific interest of West’s is how to creatively repurpose discarded, hard-to-recycle objects destined for landfills into new materials. Throughout the exhibition’s photographs, the artist appears to be reflecting near bodies of water while wearing two distinct costumes constructed from potato-chip bags. The first consists of long metallic streamers that flow gently in the water’s current, while the second covers her body in circular silver sequins, not unlike the scales of a fish. She demonstrates how waste can be transformed into something else of value, and challenges viewers to consider sustainable practices as well as the relationship between water and plastics. West will offer a 3Thurs Gallery Talk on Thursday, Mar. 21 at 6 p.m. Additionally, she will help lead a youth workshop called “Art With Recycled Materials” alongside Made Bayak, a visiting artist from Bali, Indonesia who has an upcoming exhibition at ATHICA, on Thursday, Apr. 4 at 5:30 p.m. “Plastic Bodies: River Tributes” will remain on view through Saturday, June 1. f
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PLACE AN AD • Call our Classifieds Dept. (706) 549-0301 • Email us at class@flagpole.com
Raisin (51062) Raisin is a mild-mannered cutie with a soft brindle coat. She is gentle, attentive and always ready for some pets. Her name might be Raisin but she’s full of love.
Thanos (51037) Thanos leads a low-key and independent lifestyle but that doesn’t mean he’s not looking for his human. Are you cool enough to hang with Thanos? Come find out!
Carmen (51028) Carmen is runway ready. It’s easy to fall in love with her when all she wants are pets and stuffed toys. Where in the world is Carmen’s best friend?
These pets and many others are available for adoption at:
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Athens-Clarke County Animal Control 125 Buddy Christian Way · 706-613-3540 Open every day except Wednesday 10am-4pm
Taste of India is now hiring all positions. Flexible hours and competitive pay. Apply in person: 1040 Gaines School Rd. For further questions contact: indiaathens@gmail.com. Tlaloc El Mexicano Restaurant is Now Hiring for a Licenciado en Gastronomia. Please apply in person, ask for Antonio. 1225 Chase St. University Nursing and Rehabilitation Job Fair. Mar. 18–22, 9am–5pm. On the spot interviews will be conducted for full-time CNAs, LPNs and RNs. Must have valid IDs and certification/license cards. R e f re s h m e n t s w i l l b e served. www.university nursingandrehabilitation athens.com/current-jobopportunities.
OPPORTUNITIES College grads needed to score student essays at GCA. Mon.–Fri., 30–40 hrs per wk. April–May 2019. Learn more at http://gca. coe.uga.edu/employment.
PART-TIME Assistant for 40yo female, who is blind. Duties: Personal care, Activities in commun i t y. B a s i c c o m p u t e r skills required. Patience, C a l m n e s s , F l e x i b i l i t y, Maturity, Attention to detail, Organizational skills, Very Reliable. Vocal/Musical ability a plus. Daytime, evening, and weekend shifts available. Prefer long-term Athens resident. $11.50/hour. Training provided. Call 706-316-9886 between 9:30–4:30. Leave message if no answer. Flagpole subscriptions delivered straight to the mailbox! Perfect present for your pal who moved! $40 for 6 months or $70 for 1 year. Call 706-549-0301. HOUSEKEEPING at its best. 20 years experience. Dependable & personable.
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Big City Bread Cafe is now accepting applications for a part time dishwasher. Weekend availability is required. Please apply in person between 2–4 pm. No phone calls please. Female camp counselors needed. Must be over 18 & have experience working with children. Temporary position beginning May 27. Apply at: YWCO, 562 Research Drive, Athens. For information: http://www. ywco.org/job-opportunities/. Pick the hours you want to work and get paid to type! We offer a relaxed office environment with no customer interaction necessary! Earn productivity-based pay starting at $8.25/hr, increasing to $9/ hr or higher after training with fur ther automatic increases. https://www. ctscribes.com/.
VEHICLES AUTOS 2004 Toyota Highlander 4 cylinder w/ AC and heat. Power seats and windows, cruise control, no accidents. Call 706-769-8334 Mon.–Fri. or 706-340-2233 anytime.
NOTICES MESSAGES Happy bir thday, Anna Grace! Your family loves you so much and we are very proud of you. Saeng-il Chugha!
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Should I Propose a Threesome? ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Hey, Bonita, deep friendship plus sex—in the best cases, I recently went through a very painful I’d say—and I personally haven’t known breakup in which my significant other dumped many people who have successfully kept me the week after Valentine’s Day. I’ve been romantic feelings away when having casual calling friends a lot and having some casual sex with someone they call a friend. It’s sex to try and keep my mind off it. One of my nearly impossible for me, and I count my best friends here and a fellow Dawg mentioned personal experiences with this among the they and their boyfriend most paradigm-shiftused to experiment some ing moments in my Consider the ways that dating life. with a third person in bed, but haven’t in a Basically, you are physical intimacy can while, for no apparent clocking in for way change platonic relationships. more than just a roll reason. The boyfriend is really cute. Since I in the hay or a new already know it’s something they’ve previously experience. There are people involved, and been cool with—although never before with people have needs, boundaries and feelings. someone they knew in “real life”—should I Even if you don’t catch feelings, one of look for an opportunity to bring this up, or risk them might. Also, the more people involved ruining a friendship or making things awkin a sexual encounter means there needs ward by mentioning it? to be more focus on communication and Very sincerely yours, issues of consent. A good sexual experience Confused But Also Horny will be preceded by everyone laying out their most important needs and boundConfused, aries beforehand, as well as being clear on I’m sorry about the breakup, but I think what the experience means to them. We you’re better off without someone who’d like to imagine that we can just blink and dump you right after Valentine’s Day. No suddenly be neck-deep in freaky sexy times, matter the reasoning, that’s cold as hell! but it simply does not work this way. Before You’re doing exactly what you consider whether or not to bring it I would do after a up again, consider the ways breakup, too: that physical reaching out to intimacy friends and having casual
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roll-arounds, both of which will remind you that there is plenty of love, intimacy and companionship available to you in this world, even if your last relationship fizzled. But the notion of jumping into a threesome with your friends as a reaction to your breakup is riskier than you seem to think. It’s not about the threesome. Have all the group sex you want, my friend! There are tons of couples on Tinder, OkCupid and FetLife for you to choose from. I worry that the complications will arise from sleeping with your friends. We love our friends and seek out their companionship and support, but feel no real desire to have them fulfill our sexual needs. Dating is essentially a
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can influence and change platonic relationships. Now that you’ve considered that, I think the best way to bring it up again is to ask questions about their threesomes without mentioning your interest in participating. At the least, you’ll find out what attracts them to threesomes and if they’re still down to add lettuce to their sandwiches, if you know what I mean. I would definitely ask specifically if they sleep with friends, or if they prefer to find their lettuce out in the wild. After that, I think you’ll have a better idea of whether or not you want to bring sex into your friendships or just find a couple on the internet. f
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Tired of Athens? A WEEK ON THE TOWN CAN REMIND YOU HOW MUCH YOU’RE MISSING By Pete McCommons pete@flagpole.com Inertia cuts both ways. When you’re sitting at home, it’s too much effort to go out. When you’re on the go, it’s easier to keep on going. To put it another way, liberally paraphrasing the 18th Century English writer Samuel Johnson’s words about London, “If you’re tired of Athens, you’re tired of life.” I’m certainly not tired of Athens, but I don’t go out much and therefore miss a lot. I was reminded just how rich Athens is by a recent week of unusual activity. First came the Black History Celebration and Michael
intriguing photograph of Flagpole Arts Editor Jessica Smith, and Gay’s first-cousinonce-removed Rosemary Griggs’ creation, “Sylva and Her Quiver of Love” (see picture)—just two in a whole gallery full of local treasures. I finished up Friday, Mar. 8, by dropping in at Hendershot’s for the lovely double bill of Kyshona Armstrong and Mary Bragg, but first we joined the gathering at the Globe in celebration of Phinizy Spalding, who died 25 years ago on that date. So many friends, so many years later, still loving that wonderful, eminent Athenian. Stuart Libby, who has removed to Iowa, sent these words (edited for space), which shed some light on Phinizy’s gift for friendship. “In late August of 1989, my mother died, and I was floundering about in grief. One morning a short time after she died, I was opening my frame shop, and I noticed that an envelope had been slid under the front door. It was from Phinizy Spalding. I knew him from having framed several orders for him. It was a note expressing his condolences and his own knowledge of what it was like to lose a parent. “My second encounter “Sylva and Her Quiver of Love,” by Rosemary Griggs—felt, stick, fungus, came when he dropped by feathers, clay and ersatz eyeballs. the store a short time after his note, right before closL. Thurmond Lecture Series at First A.M.E. ing for the day, and he said he was meeting Church on Saturday, Mar. 2, featuring a few friends at The Globe and would I like Michael’s speech, awards honoring Marvin to come along. I was very pleased and honNunnally and the late Miriam Moore and ored. Yes! As we walked the several blocks recitations and music by some very talented of downtown from my shop to The Globe, youngsters. Mike, the former legislator I felt what a celebrity must feel when they and Georgia commissioner of labor, now are out. Every person we passed beamed DeKalb County CEO, is a natural public and said, ‘Hi, Dr. Spalding.’ ‘Hello Phinizy.’ speaker with impeccable comic timing. His The positive energy that came forth toward parting line, after reminding us that he is him was transcending. I felt lighter and part descended from three generations of shareof a communal effort. croppers: “I’m a sharecropper, but I’m a “The third encounter took place at sharecropper with a law degree.” Fulton County Stadium, then-home of the Having unavoidably had to miss the fabAtlanta Braves. We had gone over to a baseulous (all agree) Flagpole Favorites party at ball game with four other friends. It started Little Kings on Tuesday, Mar. 5, Gay and I to rain in the early innings. There was a rain stepped out Thursday, Mar. 7 to Heirloom delay. Everyone headed for cover, except Café, where Cassie and David Bryant were Phinizy. He had brought an extra large hosting an evening of cocktails made from umbrella. He said to me, ‘Let’s get a couple her late father’s extensive collection of of beers and wait this out in our seats.’ And vintage cocktail-recipe books. I enjoyed a we had good seats several rows behind the King Edward VIII, concocted of rye, sweet Phillies dugout. We waited out the rain, and vermouth and pastis. Having abdicated I had the experience of just chatting and all cares, we proceeded to supper at the listening to Phinizy Spalding talk about his Grit and thence to Lyndon House and the family, baseball, growing up in Atlanta and opening reception for the “44th Juried his love for history. It could have rained all Exhibition”—a stunning panoply of local night as far as I was concerned. The converart, which you, too, have plenty of time to sation and company I will never forget.” enjoy through May 3. The show is so rich So, it all just goes to show you that that it is impossible here to do more than everybody can profit in unexpected ways by mention a couple of pieces to which I have getting out more around Athens. Flagpole’s a personal connection: Ian McFarlane’s calendar aims you in the right directions. f
215 North Lumpkin St. • Athens, GA
18 & over / ID reqd. Tickets available online and at Georgia Theatre Box Office
TUESDAY, MARCH 19
ANDREA GIBSON
W/ ASHLEE HAZE
DOORS 7:00PM • SHOW 8:00PM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
SATURDAY, MARCH 23 AT 40 WATT
SHALLOU & SLOW MAGIC
INTO THE WILD TOUR W/ YOSTE
DOORS 8:00PM • SHOW 9:00PM
MONDAY, MARCH 25
ATHENS STORYTELLERS
HOSTED BY TOMMY TRAUTWEIN (JESTER) AND FORREST WHITLARK (AFTM) DOORS 6:00PM • SHOW 7:00PM
BUCKETHEAD DOORS 8:00PM • SHOW 9:00PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
THURSDAY, MARCH 21
YACHT ROCK REVUE
PERFORMS TALKING HEADS’ STOP MAKING SENSE DOORS 7:30PM • SHOW 8:30PM
PUNCH BROTHERS
W/ GABRIEL KAHANE DOORS 8:00PM • SHOW 8:00PM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27
FRIDAY, MARCH 22 AT 40 WATT
JOBE FORTNER & DREW PARKER
GETTER PRESENTS
VISCERAL
W/ JORDAN ROWE
DOORS 7:00PM • SHOW 8:00PM
DOORS 8:00PM • SHOW 9:00PM
FRIDAY, MARCH 22 SATURDAY, MARCH 23
THURSDAY, MARCH 28
SOLD OUT!
BEN RECTOR W/ JOSIE DUNNE DOORS 7:30PM • SHOW 8:30PM
3/29 4/4 4/5 4/6
THE TUTEN BROTHERS W/ JORDAN FLETCHER, BRENDAN ABERNATHY
DOORS 7:00PM • SHOW 8:00PM
COMING SOON
EVAN RILEY W/ DOUBLEVISION (NOWHERE BAR) FUNK YOU & THE ORANGE CONSTANT THE TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS SOLD OUT! THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS (40 WATT)
4/10 4/11 4/12 4/13 4/16 4/18
RUBBLEBUCKET W/ MIKAELA DAVIS CHASE RICE SOLD OUT! PARKER MCCOLLUM CBDB ELLE KING W/ BARNS COURTNEY COLTER WALL
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