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High-octane rock band Pinky Doodle Poodle plays the Flagpole Athens Music Awards show Thursday, plus two AthFest gigs. See p. 12.

NEWS: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

When Can Athenians Drink in the Streets? MUSIC: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

AthFest Lineup Reflects UGA Program’s Impact MUSIC: Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Non-AthFest Music to See This Week ADVICE: Hey, Bonita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Should I Clap Back at My Co-worker? ADVERTISING DIRECTOR & PUBLISHER Alicia Nickles EDITOR & PUBLISHER Pete McCommons PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Larry Tenner ADVERTISING SALES Anita Aubrey, Jessica Pritchard Mangum MANAGING EDITOR & MUSIC EDITOR Gabe Vodicka CITY EDITOR Blake Aued ARTS EDITOR & DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Jessica Smith CLASSIFIEDS Jessica Smith AD DESIGNER Anna LeBer CARTOONISTS Lee Gatlin, Missy Kulik, Jeremy Long, David Mack PHOTOGRAPHER Savannah Cole CONTRIBUTORS Bonita Applebum, Andy Barton, Nathan Kerce, Gordon Lamb, Rosemary Scott, Ed Tant, Drew Wheeler CIRCULATION Charles Greenleaf, Ernie LoBue, Mike Merva, Taylor Ross ASSISTANT AD DESIGNER Chris McNeal OFFICE ASSISTANT Zaria Gholston EDITORIAL INTERNS Zaria Gholston, Jessie Goodson

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CCSD Is in Turmoil TENSE TALKS ON PRINCIPALS AND THE BUDGET, AND MORE LOCAL NEWS By Blake Aued and John Huie news@flagpole.com Clarke County School Superintendent Demond Means backed down from his plan to cut grants for individual schools in his fiscal 2020 budget. Instead, he cut funding for social/emotional learning staff and restorative justice. That didn’t sit well with some school board members, who passed the budget nonetheless. Board members supported Means’ plan to hire more counselors, social workers and behavioral specialists, but balked at cutting two-thirds of the $450,000 in grant funding available to local school governance teams. Just hours before the June 13 meeting where the board was scheduled to vote on the budget, he submitted a new plan that restored funding for LSGT grants, but included fewer SEL staff and diverted federal funds away from restorative justice programs. The board was not allowed to change Means’ budget proposal, but only vote it up or down. If the board rejected it, Means had said he would withhold $3,000 raises for teachers. Member Greg Davis asked if funding earmarked for central office staff and professional services could be used to fund LSGT grants, SEL staff and restorative justice. Means said no. Davis was the lone board member to vote against the budget. “I will not fall prey to Solomon’s wisdom and cut the baby in half,” he said. Means called the comment

“inflammatory language.” Board members were clearly caught offguard by the new budget proposal. Kara Dyckman said Means had sent six options in previous days before changing course the afternoon of the meeting. Frances Berry asked for a 10-minute break to think about the new proposal. Charles Worthy objected, saying the board should vote now. “I’m doing due diligence, Mr. Worthy,” Berry told him. When questioned again about why he wants to spend $100,000 to hire an assistant police chief, Means said he wants to “pivot away” from using Athens-Clarke County school resource Kara Dyckman officers. Eventually, he said he wants to use the $325,000 CCSD pays ACCPD for five officers to hire three officers who work for CCSD and are trained in restorative justice and de-escalation. Dyckman said that cutting funding for restorative justice training, as Means proposed, is contrary to his goal in replacing school resource officers. Means said that carryover funds may be available, and that LSGTs can apply for grants to

Odds and Ends Two top officials who were hired in 2016 are leaving the Athens-Clarke County government this month. Transportation and Public Works Director Drew Raessler is returning to Cobb County as deputy director of its Department of Transportation, and Assistant Manager Jestin Johnson is moving to his hometown of Atlanta to become deputy chief operations officer for the city. Public Utilities Director Frank Stephens will run TPW on an interim basis, while Manager Blaine Williams and Assistant Manager Deborah Lonon will split Johnson’s duties until a replacement is found. Lonon was promoted from director of the Housing and Community Development Department in February to replace Robert Hiss. The Athens Banner-Herald recently confirmed what Flagpole originally reported a year ago—that Target is opening a small urban-format store downtown. The store will occupy a former restaurant and nightclub space in University Tower, as well as the first floor of a four-story apartment building planned for a parking lot next door.

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In other ABH news, the paper recently laid off veteran crime reporter Joe Johnson as part of a companywide wave of cuts at GateHouse Media, the paper’s owner. The staff now has just two news reporters covering multiple counties. Johnson, who has been suffering from health problems and is only three years from retirement age, started his own website, classiccitynews.com. WUGA and the ACC Library are teaming up on a Mueller Report book club from 3–4 p.m. each Sunday through July 21. Organizers stressed that the discussions are nonpartisan; they are moderated by Shelby Steuart, a doctoral student at the UGA School of Public and International Affairs. [BA]

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fund the training. But Linda Davis—participating by phone from out of town—said relying on LSGT grants could put different schools on different footing, noting that many local families are transient and change schools often. Means also reviewed the process for hiring principals with the board during the nearly five-hour meeting. He addressed his controversial hire to run Alps Road Elementary, Natosha Harris, who withdrew a few days after the board approved her hiring as part of a package of personnel recommendations June 6. Parents had noted on social media that Harris, like Means, is from Milwaukee, and is a Facebook friend and sorority sister of Means’ wife. Means blamed her withdrawal on “external stress.” He denied knowing Harris and said that people had implied he worked for Milwaukee public schools, which is false. (He came to Athens from MequonThiensville, an affluent suburb, and also ran Milwaukee’s “turnaround district.”) “Mrs. Means was an educator within Milwaukee Public Schools for more than 20 years,” CCSD communications director Mary Walsh Wickwire told Flagpole. “She has crossed paths with countless talented professionals in her work. This does not mean that she is ‘friends’ with every member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated or all educators who work in Milwaukee Public Schools. This is an important distinction that should be shared with the public.” Means called the social media commentary surrounding Harris’ hiring a “bloodsport” and lashed out at his critics. “When my wife is pulled into this, I have a problem,” he said. “I think it speaks to the toxic culture, and I hope some sources apologize.” LSGTs—made up of parents, school personnel and community members—recommend finalists for principal positions to the superintendent and his cabinet, and the team at Alps Road unanimously recommended Harris, member Lee Smith told the board. The LSGT also recommended three other candidates. Knox was the lone board member to vote against the package including Harris. He later explained that he voted “no” over concerns about the hiring process at Alps. Means said he is looking for principals who will hold people accountable and make sure “certain perspectives” are no longer a part of the culture. Some teachers, he said, are “nice people, they come to work, but if you’re not getting results for children, we’re failing students.” Earlier in the meeting, when discussing equity, Greg Davis asked about communication problems between Means and principals. Means said principals are scared of teachers and parents, and compared them to “cruise directors” who just want to keep people happy and are unwilling to make major changes. He said he wants to “dismantle” the system, repeating a saying he frequently uses: “Our organization is perfectly designed for the results we’re getting.” He said he has been relying on his central office staff “because I didn’t want

the principals to have to do the hard work,” calling that decision a mistake. Left unmentioned: Means has hired most of CCSD’s principals himself. Sixteen of 21 have left, been moved to the central office or changed schools since he took over two years ago. In addition to reposting the Alps job, Hilsman Middle School remains without a principal. And on Friday, Chase Street Elementary principal Andrea Neher abruptly resigned after receiving a negative evaluation. “Dr. Means made clear to me that I had more than fallen short in meeting his expectations in leading Chase Street, and that my leadership behaviors did not appropriately address ‘teacher reaction to student underperformances,’ although by many measures, our tree frogs [the school mascot] performed at or near the top of their peers across the district,” Neher wrote in a message to PTO members. The board’s role, Means explained, is to approve or reject personnel recommendations. “I’m struggling with how to do that— approve or reject a person—given no other information but their name,” Dyckman said. Means said he will share their professional background with the board if asked. Means said he has concerns about the concerns raised about Harris—namely, that the interview process is supposed to be confidential, and it appears that someone on the LSGT leaked information. Board member Tawana Mattox said she shared information with the board from a “third party” who was afraid to speak out. “What I’ve found out on this board is that we’re in a position of black and white,” Mattox said. “If I ask any questions, it’s because our superintendent is black. That is not right. We’ve got to do our due diligence.” The board also briefly discussed replacing former District 4 representative Jared Bybee, who resigned and moved to California. Although Bybee announced his impending resignation in March, the board has seemed to be caught off-guard by his departure. Applications to serve out the remainder of Bybee’s term will be accepted through Aug. 1, and the board will vote on his replacement Aug. 8. More information will be posted on the CCSD website at some point. [Blake Aued]

SPLOST Could Expand As they move toward a final decision on what projects to include in SPLOST 2020, commissioners are discussing expanding that sales-tax referendum to include even more projects—and to run about a year longer to pay for them. If voters approve the package in November, the penny sales tax will be extended at least 10 more years to raise at least $278 million for capital projects ranging from parks and infrastructure to affordable housing and a new courthouse. At last week’s work session, Commissioner Mike Hamby worried that park maintenance needs, including pool renovations at Bishop Park, were not sufficiently funded. Commissioner Tim Denson agreed, and suggested adding the additional year of collections. But the last-minute proposal frustrated Commissioner Russell Edwards: “Now we’re talking about shoehorning this thing in a couple of weeks before the [commission’s] SPLOST vote?” He asked to hear soon about any more

“dire” needs of county departments. “I don’t want to get a bunch of phone calls the night before I have to take this vote,” he said. The final vote on the projects list, originally scheduled for July 2, will probably be pushed back a week or two. Hancock Avenue downtown will be resurfaced this summer, and so, in accordance with the county’s recent bike/pedestrian plan, it has been evaluated for adding bicycle lanes. Hillary Essig, ACC’s new bicycle, pedestrian and safety coordinator, showed commissioners a proposed plan to add bike lanes along College Avenue—from the Greenway connection at Elizabeth Street up the hill to Hancock downtown— and then down Hancock to the existing bike lanes on Pulaski. Most would be separated from car traffic by pavement markings, while the lanes on Hancock would be further protected by placing them between the sidewalk and metered parking spaces. If commissioners approve, the changes will be made later this summer. For reasons both environmental and political—new landfills are almost impossible to site because nobody wants to live by one—ACC is committed to diverting recyclable waste away from the landfill, requiring local trash haulers and apartments to offer recycling and providing drop-off dumpsters around town. Local businesses cooperate, too, and citizens don’t have to separate cardboard or paper or glass or plastics—that’s done by hand and machine at the “murf” (the RMPF, or Recyclable Materials Processing Facility). But “recycling right now is more expensive than the landfill,” Waste Reduction Administrator Joe Dunlop told commissioners. Once separated and baled, most local recycling—65 tons is processed daily—is sold within the U.S., and much of it is sold within Georgia. Plastics can be turned into carpet, and Coca-Cola needs a lot of aluminum for cans, Dunlop said. But processing costs are up because people have gotten sloppier about contamination—dirty recycling can’t be used, and trash in recycling bins can ruin a whole load—and because prices are down for recycled materials. In the past, sales of ACC’s recyclables more than covered its processing costs, but not

this year, when costs have exceeded income by over $200,000. “Markets almost always exist for clean materials—and ‘clean’ is the operative word there,” Dunlop said. Citing “constant” complaints about noise and litter as multiple trash trucks roll through neighborhoods, commissioners asked for followup about the possibility of developing separate zones for each trash hauler (ACC limits them to six), or whether county trucks could take over all trash pickups. “We love our roundabouts,” Transportation and Public Works Director Drew Raessler told commissioners, but replacing the traffic light at Oglethorpe and Hawthorne (adjacent to CVS) with a two-lane roundabout would cost well over $2 million and take parking spaces from adjacent businesses. Still, the intersection is a high priority for improvement (and funded by an earlier SPLOST). Raessler recommends keeping a stoplight, but changing the layout of the turn lanes so drivers can better see oncoming traffic. But Hawthorne has more serious problems than the intersection improvements can fix, he said. The corridor has been added to the regional transportation plan for possible eventual (and expensive) improvements. ACC’s Planning Department, along with graduate students at UGA, studied the histories of 47 downtown buildings that were included in a moratorium on demolitions that ACC commissioners passed in January, as a prelude to possibly including those buildings and others in an expanded downtown historic district. The areas being studied include three buildings just east of the current historic district (which is mostly east of Lumpkin Street), and dozens of buildings west of it (between Lumpkin and Newton streets). Once the research is done, commissioners could make a designation decision toward year’s end. Whether designated or not, the students and planners will make available the stories, documents, and photos they’ve discovered about these downtown buildings. “We’ve really had these fantastic conversations with all kinds of folks,” Senior Planner Bruce Lonnee told commissioners. [John Huie] f

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prohibition would take effect across America in 1920.) A Democratic president who had promised to “make the world safe for democracy” instead presided over an America where democracy was imperiled by his administration’s “Red Scare” round-up, detention and deportation of domestic and foreign-born dissidents. “It was an era of lawless and disorderly defense of law and order, of unconstitutional defense of the Constitution, of suspicion and civil conflict—in a very literal sense, a reign of terror,” wrote historian Frederick Lewis Allen. “A cloud of suspicion hung in the air, and intolerance became an American virtue,” he said in his engaging volume Only Yesterday. Fears of revolution and terrorism at home and

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Billy Joel was right: “The good old days weren’t always good.” A century ago, in 1919, Americans lived in times that were both filled with hope and fraught with peril. The Versailles Treaty that brought a formal end to World War I was viewed as a triumph for President Woodrow Wilson in the postwar world. Here in Athens, a full-page advertisement placed in the July 1, 1919 edition of the Athens Banner newspaper by downtown clothing store W.T. Collins & Company conveyed American optimism after the carnage of war. The ad touted the peace treaty as “the beginning of the most glorious chapter in human history.” The Athens Banner’s editorial comments were no less sanguine about the postwar world. In a commentary called “The New Independence,” the local newspaper a century ago said, “A better understanding has been brought about and the future will be filled with peace and harmony throughout the world. No one country can ever again stir and disrupt the allied nations and no one country will ever attempt such again.” Attorney General Mitchell Palmer’s house after it was bombed on June 2, 1919. It didn’t take long for such dreams to die in the America of 1919. Immigrants were looked upon with fear and suspicion as possible terrorists abroad were mirrored in front-page stories in the Athens or labor agitators. Women still had not attained the right Banner as Americans celebrated the July 4 holiday in 1919. to vote nationwide, but the Prohibition movement was “Reds Plan for Death Reign” screamed a headline above a gaining momentum. (Both women’s suffrage and alcohol story about the executions of 40 anti-communist young

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people in Hungary. On the same front page, a story headlined “Nation on Guard Against Bomb Men” said that police across the nation were on high alert against “reported plans of anarchists and other radicals to create a reign of terror by bomb explosions” during the holiday. America was already a nervous nation after a string of terrorist bomb attacks, including the detonation of a powerful bomb that heavily damaged the Washington, DC home of the nation’s attorney general just a month earlier. Race riots flared up in towns, cities and rural hamlets throughout the nation, and lynchings of African Americans were grisly spectacles across the land. During the sweltering summer of 1919, a racial incident erupted in Chicago that led to full-scale riots and the deaths of at least 38 citizens after a young African American was drowned after he floated into a “whites only” section of Lake Michigan and was pelted with stones by a white mob on the beach. Then days of rioting began in the Windy City. White gangs entered black enclaves, setting fires, looting and assaulting residents. The bloody battles of 1919 gave that era the name “Red Summer.” In his history book of the same name, writer Cameron McWhirter says that African Americans who had fought for democracy overseas in World War I were not going to settle for less when they returned home from “over there.” He called the “Red Summer” of 1919 the first stirrings of an emboldened movement for black equality. A century ago, in 1919, an America that called itself the land of the free was overshadowed by clouds of repression. Immigrants to our shores and dark-skinned American citizens both were reviled in a nation that claimed to believe that “all men are created equal.” Today, we would do well to consider our world a century ago as we take to heart the famous admonition from philosopher George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” f

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It may be easier to do in a contained area like AthFest than an event like Twilight, which doesn’t have any physical boundaries. Commissioner Allison Wright, who chairs the Legislative Review Committee, said she began to think about “beer tents without borders” during a St. Patrick’s Day pub crawl. The LRC is already looking at several alcohol-related issues, such as minimum drink prices. “When you see large groups of family and friends mingling about the whole downtown during festivals, it is a shame that separation and limitations occur when a cold beer is involved,” Wright wrote from Athens’ sister city of Cortona, Italy, where UGA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its study abroad program. “In my U.S. and international travels, I have seen and experienced festivals that have successfully implemented can/plastic container exploration within specified festival boundaries. This is beneficial to the tent SAVANNAH COLE / FILE

won’t happen this year, but soon, AthFest beer drinkers may enjoy the sweet taste of freedom. Currently, at outdoor festivals like AthFest, beer consumption is restricted to barricaded “beer gardens.” Athens-Clarke County officials want to tear down those walls and are exploring their options. Jill Helme, the executive director of AthFest Educates, the nonprofit that puts on AthFest, said she wants to avoid scenarios where people go into beer tents and get separated from their group, or can’t go to another stage when a band’s set ends because they haven’t finished their beverage. “We want to give people an opportunity to move more freely and not stay in one spot while you finish your beer,” she said. In addition, because a police officer must be stationed at each beer garden, the change would reduce police staffing needs and the festival’s costs. The tents would remain, however, to provide shade to keep keg trailers cool. Mayor Kelly Girtz said he plans to assign the issue to committee this fall. “What I’ve asked [Police Chief Cleveland Spruill] to do is just pay attention during the festival season and think about what the viable options are for alcohol downtown,” he said.

vendors, since shopping and eating can be [done] while folks are finishing a beer, or want to include an adult beverage with the BBQ they have found. Another benefit is… allowing folks to enjoy the music, like on the dance floor area, and likely better viewing from locations outside a beer tent.” Alcohol was once the third rail of Georgia politics, but many communities are easing their rules. The state legislature under former Gov. Nathan Deal (a teetotaling Baptist) let cities and counties put Sunday sales up for a vote, and such measures were overwhelmingly approved even in conservative places like Oconee County.

In recent years, the legislature has also removed some barriers to selling alcohol near churches and schools as an economic development tool aimed at encouraging grocery stores to open in urban areas.

Many Georgia cities are creating “special entertainment districts” where public drinking is allowed, said Amy Henderson, communications director for the Georgia Municipal Association. Other cities with such districts include Kansas City, MO; Louisville, KY; Birmingham, AL; and Beale Street in Memphis, TN. Savannah famously allows bar hoppers to sip from to-go cups as they wander the streets, but Wright said she’s not interested in relaxing the open-container law that far in Athens. While UGA allows tailgaters to drink on campus, she’s opposed to extending that right off campus. “Those are by nature more rowdy crowds,” she said. “Family-friendly festivals are the focus.” While Helme was hoping to un-barricade the beer gardens this year, she said she understands why the process is taking longer, especially with a new police chief. “There is a lot to consider if they change this policy,” she said. One change that will take effect this weekend is AthFest’s new VIP area. In previous years, VIP areas were located indoors, but this year it will be located inside a converted shipping container with a view of the Washington Street stage, Helme said. VIP tickets are $140 for the weekend and include three free drinks per day, as well as a commemorative mug. Only 15 remained at press time, so they may be sold out. f

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 7:30 p.m. 2019 Flagpole Athens Music Awards (Morton Theatre). $7 with AthFest wristband, $10 adv., $12 door. See box.  8:00 p.m. New West Records’ AthFest Kickoff Party featuring T. Hardy Morris, Los Coast, Thayer Sarrano Chamber Ensemble and Parker Gispert (40 Watt Club). $8.

Friday 6/21  5:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Artists’ Market (Washington and Hull streets). FREE.  6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. KidsFest (Washington Street between Hull and Lumpkin). FREE.

SOUTHERN BREWING CO. PULASKI STREET STAGE (All Ages) 5:00 p.m. Wieuca 6:10 p.m. Pip The Pansy 7:30 p.m. Hunter Morris & Blue Blood 9:15 p.m. Walden HULL STREET STAGE (All Ages) 5:40 p.m. Sam Burchfield 7:00 p.m. Nicholas Mallis & the Borealis 8:30 p.m. Calico Vision KIDSFEST STAGE (All Ages) 6:00 p.m. Cheese Dream 6:50 p.m. JV Band 7:40 p.m. BloodSugar 8:30 p.m. Fish Bug CALEDONIA LOUNGE (18+) 9:40 p.m. Pinky Doodle Poodle 10:40 p.m. Tie Die 11:20 p.m. Apparition 12:00 a.m. McQQeen 1:00 a.m. Rottweiler CINÉ (All Ages) 9:00 p.m. Hawk Proof Rooster 10:00 p.m. Athens Cowboy Choir 11:00 p.m. Dave Marr FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (21+) 10:00 p.m. Wesley Wolffe 10:45 p.m. Telemarket 11:30 p.m. The Pink Stones 12:15 a.m. Little Gold 1:00 a.m. Black Kids 40 WATT CLUB (18+) 10:15 p.m. Monsoon 11:00 p.m. Double Ferrari 12:00 a.m. Motherfucker 12:45 a.m. Cinemechanica THE FOUNDRY (All Ages) 9:00 p.m. Janie Waddell 9:45 p.m. Willie Pearl 10:45 p.m. Ashley Walls 11:45 p.m. Tuten Brothers GEORGIA THEATRE (18+) 9:00 p.m. Elijah Johnston (bridge stage) 9:30 p.m. Linqua Franqa 10:15 p.m. Caulfield (bridge stage) 10:45 p.m. Jester 11:30 p.m. Five Eight (bridge stage) 12:00 a.m. The Whigs 12:00 a.m. DJ Crowe (rooftop) THE GLOBE (All Ages) 9:00 p.m. Parker Gispert 9:30 p.m. Lydia Brambila 10:00 p.m. Drew Beskin 10:30 p.m. Phillip Brantley 11:00 p.m. Jay Gulley & JoJo Glidewell GO BAR (21+) 10:00 p.m. U.S. Nero 10:30 p.m. Dead Neighbors 11:00 p.m. Free Ride 11:30 p.m. Motorhead 2x & Trvy 12:00 a.m. Great Job 12:30 a.m. Pinky Doodle Poodle

1:00 a.m. DJ Mahogany

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (All Ages) 8:00 p.m. Show Pony 8:45 p.m. Kenosha Kid 9:30 p.m. Show Pony 10:15 p.m. Kenosha Kid IRON FACTORY (All Ages) 10:30 p.m. Rosie & the Ratdogs 11:30 p.m. Jet Phase 12:30 a.m. Property of Bolton LITTLE KINGS SHUFFLE CLUB (21+) 10:00 p.m. Chief Rocka 11:00 p.m. Clip Art 12:00 a.m. Ohmu 1:00 a.m. Luxury Vehicle LIVE WIRE (All Ages) 10:00 p.m. Silent Dance Party with Andy Bruh, Robbie Dude & Flash Bomb THAT BAR 11:00 p.m. Lefty Hathaway Band THE WORLD FAMOUS (21+) 12:00 a.m. Gypsy at Heart

Saturday 6/22  10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. KidsFest (Washington Street between Hull and Lumpkin). FREE.  12:00–10:00 p.m. Artists’ Market (Washington and Hull streets). FREE.  1:00–3:00 p.m. Kids Dance Party (Ciné)

12:15 a.m. Harry Carey 1:00 a.m. Shehehe

40 WATT CLUB (18+) 10:15 p.m. Realistic Pillow 11:00 p.m. Yip Deceiver 12:00 a.m. of Montreal THE FOUNDRY (All Ages) 9:00 p.m. DJ Harold G 11:00 p.m. Orquesta MaCuba 12:00 a.m. DJ Harold G 12:15 a.m. Orquesta MaCuba 1:15 a.m. DJ Harold G GEORGIA THEATRE (18+) 9:00 p.m. Vision Video 9:30 p.m. Thayer Sarrano (bridge stage) 10:00 p.m. Nihilist Cheerleader 10:30 p.m. The Medium (bridge stage) 11:00 p.m. Sleepwalkers 11:45 p.m. Palace Doctor (bridge stage) 12:00 a.m. Booty Boyz (rooftop) 12:15 a.m. Luthi THE GLOBE (All Ages) 8:00 p.m. Royce Anne & the Jazz Cats 9:30 p.m. Dan Coy Trio GO BAR (21+) 10:00 p.m. Sarah Swillum 10:30 p.m. Immaterial Possession 11:00 p.m. Cult of Riggonia 11:30 p.m. Fart Jar 12:00 a.m. Can Band

1:00 a.m. DJ Ohmu & DJ Fog Juice

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (All Ages) 8:00 p.m. Cortez Garza 9:00 p.m. Russell Cook & The Sweet Teeth 10:00 p.m. Adam Klein & The Wild Fires IRON FACTORY (All Ages) 10:30 p.m. Aspen Anonda 11:30 p.m. Daniel Hardin 12:30 a.m. N1KI LITTLE KINGS SHUFFLE CLUB (21+) 10:00 p.m. Balding 11:00 p.m. Baby Tony and the Teenies 12:00 a.m. The North Trolls 1:00 a.m. Deep State LIVE WIRE (All Ages) 9:30 p.m. DJ Chief Rocka 10:30 p.m. ATH Hip-Hop Music Video Mix 11:00 p.m. BeardNoise 11:30 p.m. Crestgang Whoo 11:45 p.m. Motorhead 2x 12:00 a.m. LG 12:30 a.m. Cassie Chantel 1:00 a.m. BYV 1:30 a.m. DJ Chief Rocka THAT BAR 10:00 p.m. Georgia Redclay THE WORLD FAMOUS (21+) 12:00 a.m. Scott Spillane 1:00 a.m. Summer Hymns

Sunday 6/23

 12:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Artists’ Market (Washington and Hull streets). FREE.  12:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. KidsFest (Washington Street between Hull and Lumpkin). FREE.

SOUTHERN BREWING CO. PULASKI STREET STAGE (All Ages) 12:30 p.m. Polar Waves 1:45 p.m. The Vegabonds 3:15 p.m. The Hobohemians 4:30 p.m. Pylon Reenactment Society 5:45 p.m. The Producers 7:15 p.m. Dreams So Real HULL STREET STAGE (All Ages) 1:15 p.m. AD Blanco 2:45 p.m. C2 & the Brothers Reed 4:00 p.m. The Pauses 5:15 p.m. Daisy 6:45 p.m. Dodd Ferrelle & the Wintervillians KIDSFEST STAGE (All Ages) 12:30 p.m. Caveman Dave 1:20 p.m. Barnett Shoals Step Team 2:10 p.m. Athens Gymnastics 3:00 p.m. Camp Amped 4:30 p.m. Chem Trails HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (All Ages) 8:00 p.m. Klezmer Local 42

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Thursday 6/20

Yip Deceiver

SOUTHERN BREWING CO. PULASKI STREET STAGE (All Ages) 12:00 p.m. Avery Leigh’s Night Palace 1:00 p.m. Natti Love Joys 2:15 p.m. Don Chambers 3:30 p.m. Norma Rae 4:45 p.m. DJ Kountry Boy 4:50 p.m. Seline Haze & DK 5:00 p.m. Kxng Blanco 5:10 p.m. Tony B 5:20 p.m. Squalle 6:00 p.m. The Norm 7:30 p.m. The Orange Constant 9:00 p.m. AFTM MAIN STAGE BEER GARDEN TENT 10:15 p.m. DJ RX HULL STREET STAGE (All Ages) 12:30 p.m. Sarah Zuniga 1:45 p.m. The Moonshine 3:00 p.m. Broken String Band 4:15 p.m. Harvey Funkwalker 5:30 p.m. Arsenic 5:40 p.m. LB 5:50 p.m. The YOD 7:00 p.m. Orquesta MaCuba 8:30 p.m. Misnomer KIDSFEST STAGE (All Ages) 10:30 a.m. Rebecca Sunshine Band 11:20 a.m. Allegro Music 12:10 p.m. Clarke Middle School Orchestra 3:15 p.m. WiseXpressions Dance 4:00 p.m. DanceFX 5:00 p.m. Mohini Jain CALEDONIA LOUNGE (18+) 9:00 p.m. Husk 10:00 p.m. Marses 11:00 p.m. Guillotine 12:00 a.m. Savagist 1:00 a.m. Lazer/Wulf CINÉ (All Ages) 9:00 p.m. John Fernandes 10:00 p.m. LeeAnn Peppers 11:00 p.m. Marshmallow Coast FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (21+) 10:00 p.m. Saint Syzygy 10:45 p.m. The Honey Sliders 11:30 p.m. Outersea

flagpole Athens Music Awards Show Thursday, June 20 @ Morton Theatre

$7 (w/ AthFest wristband), $10 (adv.), $12 (door) Hundreds of readers voted for their favorite local musicians in 21 categories, and Thursday we’ll reveal the winners of this year’s awards, lovingly designed by local artist and musician Eli Saragoussi. (See Art Notes on p. 15 for more.) The 20th annual Flagpole Athens Music Awards show will feature musical performances from Yip Deceiver, Pinky Doodle Poodle, Kxng Blanco and Annie Leeth, and it’ll all be hosted by the returning dynamic duo of DJ Mahogany and Count Zapula. Per tradition, Kenosha Kid will provide a funky, fluid soundtrack for the evening. As always, there will be special guests galore! Tickets are available at the Morton box office and Flagpole’s office at 220 Prince Ave. They’re $10 in advance and $12 at the door, or $7 for those with an AthFest wristband. Doors are at 7:30 p.m., and the show starts at 8 sharp. See y’all there! [Gabe Vodicka]

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AthFest Performer Listings

Friday 6/21

APPARITION Athens band playing a raucous, thrashy brand of hardcore. (11:20pm, Caledonia Lounge) ASHLEY WALLS Up-and-coming local country singer-songwriter. (10:45pm, The Foundry) ATHENS COWBOY CHOIR All-star vocal ensemble featuring members of various local bands singing songs from the old frontier. (10:00pm, Ciné) BLACK KIDS Florida-born, Athens-based indie-pop band led by songwriter Reggie Youngblood. (1:00am, Flicker Theatre & Bar) BLOODSUGAR New local kids outfit. (7:40pm, KidsFest Stage) BLUE BLOOD Melodic psych-pop project fronted by songwriter Hunter Morris. (7:30pm, Pulaski Street Stage) CALICO VISION Athens melodic psychedelic-pop group. (8:30pm, Hull Street Stage) CAULFIELD High-energy garage-rap band led by longtime local emcee Son1. (10:15pm, Georgia Theatre) CHEESE DREAM Local teenage rock band influenced by 1990s alternative rock and grunge. (6:00pm, KidsFest Stage) CINEMECHANICA Long-running local fourpiece math-rock band with metal and punk edges. (12:45am, 40 Watt Club) CLIP ART PRESENTS A team-up between local hip-hop artists Motorhead 2x and Trvy. (11:30pm, Go Bar) CLIP ART Local rap group featuring Vann Johnson, Arizona Zimmerman and Patrick Stewart. (11:00pm, Little Kings Shuffle Club) DAVE MARR Local singer-songwriter and bandleader with a deep, resonant country twang. (11:00pm, Ciné) DEAD NEIGHBORS Local group playing punky garage-rock. (10:30pm, Go Bar) DJ CHIEF ROCKA Local DJ spins Top 40, hip hop, funk, soul and more. (10:00pm, Little Kings Shuffle Club) DJ CROWE Local DJ spinning hip hop, electronic, industrial and more. (12:00am, Georgia Theatre) DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves. (1:00am, Go Bar) DOUBLE FERRARI Local metal band playing virtuosic, riff-laden, instrumental rock. (11:00pm, 40 Watt Club) DREW BESKIN Local singer-songwriter known for fronting the bands Purses and The District Attorneys. (10:00pm, The Globe) ELIJAH JOHNSTON Local indie-folk singer-songwriter. (9:00pm, Georgia Theatre) FISH BUG New local band of high schoolers. (8:30pm, KidsFest Stage) FIVE EIGHT Legendary Athens band known for its boisterous, thoughtful rock and roll. (11:30pm, Georgia Theatre) FREE RIDE Local ’70s hard-rock cover band featuring members of Wieuca and Material Girls. (11:00pm, Go Bar) GREAT JOB No info. (12:00am, Go Bar) GYPSY AT HEART Instrumental jazz band with Latin and fusion influences. (12:00am, The World Famous) HAWK PROOF ROOSTER Local old-time string duo that sings and plays fiddle, banjo, ukulele, guitar and mandolin. (9:00pm, Ciné) JANIE WADDELL Young country-pop artist from Marietta. (9:00pm, The Foundry) JAY GULLEY & JOJO GLIDEWELL Two former members of pop group Modern Skirts perform. (11:00pm, The Globe) JESTER Local alternative rock four-piece. (10:45pm, Georgia Theatre) JET PHASE Local grunge-influenced indierock band. (11:30pm, Iron Factory) JV BAND Local band of youngsters. (6:50pm, KidsFest Stage) KENOSHA KID Instrumental four-piece led by Dan Nettles and featuring Rick Lollar, Marlon Patton and Robby Handley. (8:45 & 10:15pm, Hendershot’s Coffee Bar)

LEFTY HATHAWAY BAND High-energy, organ-driven blues and rock band. (11:00pm, That Bar Athens) LINQUA FRANQA ACC Commissioner Mariah Parker spits politically charged lyrics over boom-bap beats. (9:30pm, Georgia Theatre) LITTLE GOLD Local group playing garagerock with country and pop sensibilities. (12:15am, Flicker Theatre & Bar) LUXURY VEHICLE High-energy duo featuring DJ Reindeer Games with John Swint on drums. (1:00am, Little Kings Shuffle Club) LYDIA BRAMBILA Local singer-songwriter plays sparse and haunting folk songs. (9:30pm, The Globe) MCQQEEN Athens punk band featuring members of Shade and Fart Jar. (12:00am, Caledonia Lounge) MONSOON Beloved local pop-punk band that dabbles in rockabilly and new wave. (10:15pm, 40 Watt Club) MOTHERFUCKER Hard-hitting local mathrock trio. (12:00am, 40 Watt Club) NICHOLAS MALLIS & THE BOREALIS Local pop group with classic melodies and clever lyrics. (7:00pm, Hull Street Stage) OHMU New solo synth project courtesy of DJ and designer Winston Parker. (12:00am, Little Kings Shuffle Club) PARKER GISPERT Frontman for former Athens rock trio The Whigs performs a solo set. (9:00pm, The Globe) PHILLIP BRANTLEY Palace Doctor frontman plays a solo set of hook-laden indie rock. (10:30pm, The Globe) THE PINK STONES Rootsy local country-rock group led by songwriter Hunter Pinkston. (11:30pm, Flicker Theatre & Bar) PINKY DOODLE POODLE High-energy rock band from Athens via Japan. (12:30am, Go Bar; 9:40pm, Caledonia Lounge) PIP THE PANSY Local artist playing eclectic pop. (6:10pm, Pulaski Street Stage) PROPERTY OF BOLTON Athens-based rock and roll four-piece. (12:30am, Iron Factory) ROSIE & THE RATDOGS Athens-based hardrock group. (10:30pm, Iron Factory) ROTTWEILER Local punk band featuring members of Shaved Christ, Apparition and Tit. (1:00am, Caledonia Lounge) SAM BURCHFIELD Atlanta-based singer-songwriter playing melodic folk-pop. (5:40pm, Hull Street Stage) SHOW PONY Duo featuring local musicians Seth Hendershot and Greg Hankins. (8:00 & 9:30pm, Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) SILENT DANCE PARTY Dance to your own beat with Andy Bruh, Robbie Dude and Flash Bomb. (10:00pm, Live Wire) TELEMARKET Athens-based punk- and indierock group. (10:45pm, Flicker Theatre & Bar) TIE DIE New local punk rock band. (10:40pm, Caledonia Lounge) THE TUTEN BROTHERS Nashville-based country-rock family band. (11:45pm, The Foundry) U.S. NERO Experimental pop act from New Orleans. (10:00pm, Go Bar) WALDEN Local four-piece playing anthemic rock akin to U2, Mumford and Sons and Coldplay. (9:15pm, Pulaski Street Stage) WELSEY WOLFFE Experimental pop-rock artist from Memphis, TN. (10:00pm, Flicker Theatre & Bar) THE WHIGS Hard-driving former Athens rock trio with heavy pop sensibilities. (12:00am, Georgia Theatre) WIEUCA Local four-piece experimental outfit that fuses indie rock, psychedelia and trip hop. (5:00pm, Pulaski Street Stage) WILLIE PEARL Southern rock band from Athens and Nashville. (9:45pm, The Foundry)

Saturday 6/22 ADAM KLEIN & THE WILD FIRES Local songwriter playing a rustic blend of country, folk and Americana. (10:00pm, Hendershot’s Coffee Bar)

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AFTM Popular local Southern rock six-piece pulling from blues, funk and more. (9:00pm, Pulaski Street Stage) ALLEGRO MUSIC Local kids program presents a showcase. (11:20am, KidsFest Stage) ARSENIC Up-and-coming local hip-hop artist. (5:30pm, Hull Street Stage) ASPEN ANONDA Athens-based indie-pop singer-songwriter. (10:30pm, Iron Factory) AVERY LEIGH’S NIGHT PALACE Ethereal indie-pop group fronted by former Athenian Avery Draut. (12:00pm, Pulaski Street Stage) BABY TONY & THE TEENIES Local band plays songs about wasting time and having crushes. (11:00pm, Little Kings Shuffle Club) BALDING Virginia-based lo-fi indie-rock project. (10:00pm, Little Kings Shuffle Club) BEARDNOISE Local hip-hop producer and beat maker. (11:00pm, Live Wire) BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin fresh jams and old-school favorites. (12:00am, Georgia Theatre) THE BROKEN STRING BAND Athens band blending Western folk with indie rock. (3:00pm, Hull Street Stage) BYV Atlanta-based conscious-rap collective with a live band. (1:00am, Live Wire) CAN BAND Local group paying tribute to the music of krautrock icons Can. (12:00am, Go Bar) CASSIE CHANTEL Nimble local rapper with a nuanced sound. (12:30am, Live Wire) CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Students from Clarke Middle showcase their musical talents. (12:10pm, KidsFest Stage) CORTEZ GARZA Local singer-songwriter with a unique take on Americana. (8:00pm, Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) CRESTGANG WHOO Local young hip-hop artist. (11:30pm, Live Wire) CULT OF RIGGONIA Experimental soundscapes with tribal, world music beats and ornate instrumentation. (11:00pm, Go Bar) DANCEFX A group of young dancers perform. (4:00pm, KidsFest Stage) DAN COY TRIO Local jazz trio exploring swing, bebop and blues. (9:30pm, The Globe) DANIEL HARDIN Singer-songwriter with acoustic and electric blues and rock influences. (11:30pm, Iron Factory) DEEP STATE Local band playing driving, punky, melodic guitar-rock. (1:00am, Little Kings Shuffle Club) DJ CHIEF ROCKA Local DJ spins Top 40, hip hop, funk, soul and more. (1:30am, Live Wire) DJ HAROLD G Spinning a set of upbeat Latin sounds. (9:00pm, 12:00 & 1:15am, The Foundry) DJ KOUNTRY BOY Athens-based hip-hop DJ. (4:45pm, Pulaski Street Stage) DJ RX Mixing rock, rap, dubstep and Top 40 hits. (10:15pm, AthFest Beer Garden) DJS OHMU & FOG JUICE Spinning disco, new wave, old-school R&B and current and classic dance hits. (1:00am, Go Bar) DON CHAMBERS Longtime local favorite who delves into pastoral folk and experimental rock. (2:15pm, Pulaski Street Stage) FART JAR Local experimental heavy-rock project. (11:30pm, Go Bar) GEORGIA REDCLAY Southern rock and country band playing a mix of originals and covers. (10:00pm, That Bar Athens) GUILLOTINE Hard-hitting local death-metal band. (11:00pm, Caledonia Lounge) HARRY CAREY Raucous Athens rock group fronted by songwriter Jim Willingham. (12:15am, Flicker Theatre & Bar) HARVEY FUNKWALKER Athens trio steeped in funk roots and laced with tinges of jazz, blues and rock. (4:15pm, Hull Street Stage) THE HONEY SLIDERS Detroit-influenced rock band from Catropolis. (10:45pm, Flicker Theatre & Bar) HUSK Southern metal band formerly known as Fallow. (9:00pm, Caledonia Lounge) IMMATERIAL POSSESSION Darkly tinged local underground-pop project. (10:30pm, Go Bar)

JOHN KIRAN FERNANDES Local musician playing ambient looped clarinet inspired by birdsong and Brian Eno. (9:00pm, Ciné) KXNG BLANCO High-energy, lyrically driven rap upstart. (5:00pm, Pulaski Street Stage) L.G. Athens emcee Larry Gresham pulls from ’90s hip hop and R&B to create a unique sound. (12:00am, Live Wire) LAZER/WULF Avant-metal trio blending prog, thrash and other heavy elements. (1:00am, Caledonia Lounge) LB Atlanta-based artist who dances, raps and fuses a unique blend of performance elements. (5:40pm, Hull Street Stage) LEEANN PEPPERS Local singer-songwriter playing sparse, evocative folk music. (10:00pm, Ciné) LUTHI Funky, horn-centric group based in Nashville, TN. (12:15pm, Georgia Theatre) MARSES Local “party-doom” four-piece band. (10:00pm, Caledonia Lounge) MARSHMALLOW COAST Longtime Athens indie-pop band led by songwriter Andy Gonzales. (11:00pm, Ciné) THE MEDIUM Nashville-based psychedelic pop-rock outfit. (10:30pm, Georgia Theatre) MISNOMER Local nine-piece improvisational fusion group with a funky, jazzy sound. (8:30pm, Hull Street Stage) MOHINI JAIN Local kids performer. (5:00pm, KidsFest Stage) THE MOONSHINE Local postmodern string band with a blend of guitar, autoharp and upright bass. (1:45pm, Hull Street Stage) MOTORHEAD 2X Up-and-coming rapper with creative, consistent flows and an energetic stage presence. (11:45pm, Live Wire) N1KI Athens folk-pop singer-songwriter. (12:30am, Iron Factory) NATTI LOVE JOYS Out of Tennessee, this husband and wife duo plays roots reggae and world music. (1:00pm, Pulaski Street Stage) NIHILIST CHEERLEADER Local pop-punk band with a jaggedly melodic sound. (10:00pm, Georgia Theatre) THE NORM Local group that combines funk, reggae, pop, rock and hip hop. (6:00pm, Pulaski Street Stage) NORMA RAE This local four-piece plays soulful, distinctively Southern Americana. (3:30pm, Pulaski Street Stage) THE NORTH TROLLS Atlanta-based punk rock four-piece. (12:00am, Little Kings Shuffle Club) OF MONTREAL Long-running local psychpop group known for its outlandish stage presence. (12:00am, 40 Watt Club) THE ORANGE CONSTANT Athens-based jam band with prog, pop and funk influences. (7:30pm, Pulaski Street Stage) ORQUESTA MACUBA Salsa group with a 13-piece orchestra. (7:00pm, Hull Street Stage; 11:00pm & 12:15am, The Foundry) OUTERSEA Athens-based psychedelic surfrock five-piece. (11:30pm, Flicker Theatre & Bar) PALACE DOCTOR Dynamic local garage-pop trio fronted by guitarist and songwriter Phillip Brantley. (11:45pm, Georgia Theatre) REALISTIC PILLOW Local beat-based experimental one-man band. (10:15pm, 40 Watt Club) REBECCA SUNSHINE BAND Kid-friendly music by Rebecca and her friends. (10:30am, KidsFest Stage) ROYCE ANNE & THE JAZZ CATS Local group led by jazz singer Royce Anne Waldorf. (8:00pm, The Globe) RUSSELL COOK & THE SWEET TEETH Electric, “juke-joint style” Americana and blues trio. (9:00pm, Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) SAINT SYZYGY Experimental solo project of Kwazymoto frontman Ian Hemerlein. (10:00pm, Flicker Theatre & Bar) SARAH SWILLUM Local artist playing hallucinatory beat-pop featuring existential chants and dance. (10:00pm, Go Bar) SARAH ZUNIGA Talented local singer-songwriter with a sweet, strong voice. (12:30pm, Hull Street Stage)

SAVAGIST Long-running local psychedelic metal band. (12:00am, Caledonia Lounge) SCOTT SPILLANE The Neutral Milk Hotel member plays hypnotic folk-rock. (12:00am, The World Famous) SELINE HAZE & DK Two Athens hip-hop artists team up. (4:50pm, Pulaski Street Stage) SHEHEHE Local band that draws from punk and arena rock to create a fist-pumping atmosphere. (1:00am, Flicker Theatre & Bar) SLEEPWALKERS Eccentric psych-pop group from Richmond, VA. (11:00pm, Georgia Theatre) SQUALLE Athens-based hip-hop artist with a thoughtful, throwback sound. (5:20pm, Pulaski Street Stage) SUMMER HYMNS Athens songwriter Zachary Gresham plays intricate and powerful indiefolk. (1:00am, The World Famous) THAYER SARRANO Local songwriter playing hazy, shoegaze-inspired Southern rock. (9:30pm, Georgia Theatre) TONY B Local rapper with a smart, polished style. (5:10pm, Pulaski Street Stage) VISION VIDEO Local goth-pop group featuring members of Shehehe and Booty Boyz. (9:00pm, Georgia Theatre) WISEXPRESSIONS DANCE Athens dance studio specializing in ballet, tap, jazz and modern dance. (3:15pm, KidsFest Stage) YIP DECEIVER Local group with a fun blend of pop, R&B grooves and noise-bending electro. (11:00pm, 40 Watt Club) THE YOD Party-starting Athens-based alternative hip-hop collective. (5:50pm, Hull Street Stage)

Sunday 6/23 AD BLANCO New local rock band that sprouted out of Full Moon School of Music. (1:15pm, Hull Street Stage) ATHENS GYMNASTICS Presents a team showcase. (2:10pm, KidsFest Stage) BARNETT SHOALS STEP TEAM Dance team made up of second- to fifth-grade girls. (1:20pm, KidsFest Stage) C2 & THE BROTHERS REED Southern rock outfit from Lexington, KY. (2:45pm, Hull Street Stage) CAMP AMPED Nuçi’s Space’s young musicians showcase the songs they learned during camp. (3:00pm, KidsFest Stage) CAVEMAN DAVE Singer-songwriter playing children’s songs, classic folk tunes and more. (12:30pm, KidsFest Stage) CHEM TRAILS New local band of youngsters. (4:30pm, KidsFest Stage) DAISY Long-running local psychedelic indierock band. (5:15pm, Hull Street Stage) DODD FERRELLE & THE WINTERVILLAINS Americana band led by Winterville mayor Ferrelle. (6:45pm, Hull Street Stage) DREAMS SO REAL Local power-pop trio reuniting for the 30th anniversary of their Rough Night in Jericho album. (7:15pm, Pulaski Street Stage) THE HOBOHEMIANS Six-piece band performs American and European music of the 1910s–30s. (3:15pm, Pulaski Street Stage) KLEZMER LOCAL 42 Seven-piece klezmer band specializing in Jewish and gypsy music. (8:00pm, Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) THE PAUSES Orlando-based pop group led by singer-songwriter Tierney Tough. (4:00pm, Hull Street Stage) POLAR WAVES Athens-based “alternative classic rock” group. (12:30pm, Pulaski Street Stage) THE PRODUCERS Power-pop and new wave band that rose to popularity in the ’80s, with hints of Cheap Trick and Devo. (5:45pm, Pulaski Street Stage) PYLON REENACTMENT SOCIETY Vanessa Hay and all-stars play Pylon songs, plus new originals. (4:30pm, Pulaski Street Stage) VEGABONDS Alternative Americana band from Auburn, AL. (1:45pm, Pulaski Street Stage)

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Scene Within the Scene ATHFEST LINEUP REFLECTS GROWING INFLUENCE OF UGA PROGRAM By Rosemary Scott and Gabe Vodicka music@flagpole.com

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mong the names on the lineup for to the MBUS program, to headline Friday this year’s AthFest Music and Arts night. Festival—which raises funds for arts-edDespite skepticism from scene diehards, ucation nonprofit AthFest Educates—are Barbe says these musicians’ method of several from a relatively young but increasbuilding a fan base is more common than ingly visible segment of the local scene. The the average Athens music lover may think. musicians in this group come from different backgrounds and play different genres, but they have one thing in common: their involvement in UGA’s Music Business Certificate Program. The Music Business Certificate Program (MBUS) has been directed by longtime local recording engineer and musician David Barbe since 2010. In the past few years, the program has grown exponentially, with students now running an in-house record label and public relations agency, managing bands, organizing a yearly festival and playing music in one of the many groups that have emerged from the program. Some of these have already made their mark on Athens, like established local acts Futurebirds and New Madrid, both of which feature MBUS alums. Other bands involved with the program have seen success more recently, AFTM including AFTM, or Around for the Moment, all of whose members are either currently part of or recently gradu“What AFTM has done… through the ated from MBUS. The group, which boasts base of the frat scene is a little different eye-popping streaming numbers and has from a lot of bands, but what is exactly the made a name for itself on the regional same is what they have done in building an jam-band circuit, began by playing UGA audience,” Barbe says. “I think finding the fraternity events and parties, gaining word- right audience is what every artist needs to of-mouth popularity within the Greek scene do, and that’s what they’ve done.” before moving to venues such as the 40 Even so, some see MBUS bands’ built-in Watt Club and Georgia Theatre. support structure as an unfair advantage Along with selecting AFTM as this year’s that affords mostly white, well-off college Saturday headliner, AthFest chose Walden, students opportunities not given to homeanother regionally successful band that grown local acts. gained a foothold thanks to its proximity “There’s a lot of great bands in Athens

that aren’t affiliated with the Music Business Program, and they probably do get the short end of the stick sometimes, not having this same network of support,” says AFTM frontman Forrest Whitlark, who acknowledges that the program has helped the band tremendously. Still, he adds, “I think it’s good and healthy that everyone is helping each other.” Whitlark says having a support base that includes both other students and professors has given the group the encouragement and advice it needed to grow since it started two years ago. He also says that if someone is making good music, it ultimately doesn’t matter

what circles they are or aren’t a part of. “A lot of times, people are getting gigs based on the talent they have,” Whitlark says. “There is so much talent in Athens.” Scene politics aside, Barbe says there’s no denying the impact these bands have had on Athens. He says one of the program’s largest contributions has been the business it gives to local venues, as MBUS artists fill holes in schedules that may have otherwise been left empty. “A lot of times when students book shows, they’re giving exposure [for] the

venues to an audience that might not have gone to those venues before,” Barbe says. “They’re bridging a gap that’s enhancing the business of the venues.” Troy Aubrey, the president of Foundry Entertainment and chair of AthFest’s booking committee, says this has been true at The Foundry, especially for the venue’s Two for Tuesday series, which features local, up-and-coming bands. “We’ve seen a lot of younger artists within Music Business play that series, and a lot of those shows have been super successful,” Aubrey says. “I think a lot of the venues are getting a lot more shows earlier in the week with the amount of new bands that are coming up.” Several other bands on this year’s AthFest lineup are affiliated with the program, including country singer Ashley Walls, folk artists Aspen Anonda and Daniel Hardin, singer-songwriter Sam Burchfield and alternative rock band Jester. Aubrey says the inclusion of so many MBUS bands on the festival’s lineup was intentional, as one of AthFest’s goals this year was to draw a younger crowd. The event has long been known as a townie showcase, but the festival’s booking committee felt featuring younger bands would draw more UGA students back to town over the slow summer. Overall, Aubrey says, the program is a boon to the Athens scene. “I definitely think that the program is instrumental in helping bands do better than they would have,” Aubrey says. “Most of the younger bands that we see doing well have something to do with the program, and the ones that aren’t normally don’t.” After nearly a decade as the program’s director, Barbe says he couldn’t be happier for his students and former students who are playing AthFest. “I’m totally proud of those guys, and everyone else who’s playing the fest, too,” Barbe says. “It’s cool to see the program really starting to have an impact. I’m proud of them.” f For the full AthFest schedule, see p. 9, and for performer descriptions, see p. 10.

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There are a lot of bands playing AthFest. And while a can-do attitude is a beautiful thing, there’s no way even the most hardcore fest-goer is gonna be able to catch more than a few dozen shows over the course of the whole event. Enter Flagpole. Each year, we provide a list of some of our most anticipated AthFest performances, in order to help y’all plan your weekend while maintaining some semblance of sanity. Obviously, you’re welcome to disregard our suggestions entirely—not only are there a lot of groups slated to perform, but most of ’em are damn fine, to boot. You can’t really go wrong, is what we’re saying. Even so, here are a few sets we can’t wait to see. [Gabe Vodicka]

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Linqua Franqa

Friday, June 21, 9:30 p.m. @ Georgia Theatre

She’s a linguist, a rapper, an activist and an AthensClarke County commissioner. Is there anything Mariah Parker doesn’t—or can’t—do? Parker’s onstage alter ego is an incandescent boom-bap sensation that has steamrolled Athens and garnered acclaim from national media. After rescuing the rainy first night of AthFest 2018 with an instantly legendary beer-tent set, Linqua Franqa is back to rock the Georgia Theatre, opening for prodigal Athenian sons The Whigs and giving the polo-shirt crowd something to talk about. [GV]

Lydia Brambila

Friday, June 21, 9:30 p.m. @ The Globe

In addition to providing sonic squalls for local surf-rock group Outersea, Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award winner Lydia Bramblia crafts relatively sparse folk medita-

tions under her own name. Her latest solo release, 2018’s Migraineur, covers a range of topics: gender, labor, art and its power to heal. Her Friday night set at The Globe should provide an appropriately intimate setting to fully unpack all that this talented troubadour has to share. [Andy Barton]

AthFiesta: Athens Latin Hosts Festival Showcase For 12 years, Athens Latin has been a staple in the local community, presenting events centered on various aspects of Latinx culture, from music to food to dance and beyond. Gabriel Quintanilla, the group’s CEO, says the organization has made the Latinx community feel more welcome and supported in Athens, as well Orquesta MaCuba as exposing people from all backgrounds to new cultural traditions. Throughout the year, Athens Latin puts together “100% Latin music parties” at places like Iron Factory, Hendershot’s, The Foundry, Jerzees and the Georgia Theatre featuring local Latin DJs, plus others from Atlanta and surrounding cities. Local and out-of-town bands also perform regularly, playing everything from salsa to bachata to rock en español, with dance performances serving as another major part of the shows. Each year since 2015, Athens Latin has hosted an official AthFest showcase, with this year’s event taking place Saturday, June 22 at The Foundry. Atlanta group Orquesta MaCuba will headline, performing many styles of Latin music, including bachata, merengue, reggaeton and more. Also performing is local DJ Harold G, spinning a wide variety of music. “Athens Latin’s events promote socializing and the interaction of different cultures,” Quintanilla says. “My favorite thing is to see people from a wide variety of different cultures happy, enjoying and interacting with one another.” [Jessie Goodson]

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Pinky Doodle Poodle

Friday, June 21, 9:40 p.m. @ Caledonia Lounge Friday, June 21, 12:30 a.m. @ Go Bar

With a name that’s as fun and memorable as its live show, Pinky Doodle Poodle has taken Athens by storm since relocating here from Japan last year. With its future in the U.S. murky due to uncertainty surrounding its core duo’s visa renewal applications, there’s no time like the present to catch the trio’s hooky pop-punk in action. Fittingly, as they seem to play all the damn time, PDP is scheduled for two AthFest sets, not to mention a Flagpole Athens Music Awards appearance Thursday. [GV]

Cinemechanica

Friday, June 21, 12:45 a.m. @ 40 Watt Club

Spend any time among Athens rockers, and the name Cinemechanica will eventually enter the conversation. The long-running powerhouse of a shred machine, with its now-classic blend of math rock and smart metal, has played near-legendary AthFest shows in the past that left the crowd literally dripping in sweat. This time around will be the group’s first show anywhere in a full year. With a crew this well-rested, you should expect nothing but the best. [Gordon Lamb]

Black Kids

Friday, June 21, 1 a.m. @ Flicker Theatre and Bar

Florida-born indie-rock band Black Kids returned in 2017 after an almost 10-year hiatus with a long-awaited sophomore album, Rookie. The Reggie Youngblood-led outfit shook loose the slings and arrows of outrageous, Pitchfork-induced misfortune to create a record chock full of unsurprisingly infectious pop gems. Their headlining set at Flicker on Friday is sure to induce ample dancing, so make sure your boyfriend is adequately prepared beforehand. [AB]

Kxng Blanco

Saturday, June 22, 5 p.m. @ Pulaski Street Stage

Kxng Blanco wrapped up high school just last year, and he’s already taking Athens hip hop by storm. The young emcee released his first official album, Crown, in December, after a come-up that included a much-talked-about Black History Month performance at his former alma mater. The Kxng of the Youth extends his reign with the recently-released “RR Flow,” a shapeshifting track that flexes the rapper’s continued commitment to artistic growth and development. Catch him at the Flagpole Athens Music Awards show Thursday. [AB]

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Baby Tony and the Teenies have been an active force in Athens music since their arrival from Colorado over a year ago, bringing with them an effervescent blend of doo-wop and twee pop sure to get WUOGers and boomers alike movin’ and groovin’. The duo (and sometimes trio), comprised of bassist Eli Saragoussi and guitarist Max Boyd, are in the process of recording a full-length album with local producer and engineer Jesse Mangum, tentatively due out later this year. [AB]

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Saturday, June 22, 1 a.m. @ The World Famous

Psych-folk outfit Summer Hymns have remained one of Athens’ better-kept secrets for over a decade, with four albums and an EP’s worth of gorgeous back-porch ditties to their name. While the group’s lineup has shuffled around quite a bit over the years—at various points including Elephant 6 connects Derek Almstead and Dottie Alexander, as well as Matt “Pistol” Stoessel—founders Zack Gresham and Philip Brown are still around to keep their blissfully cosmic troupe relatively grounded. [AB]

Dreams So Real

Sunday, June 23, 7:15 p.m. @ Pulaski Street Stage

Looking back, Dreams So Real serves as a now-distinct bridge between the initial offerings of college-radio alternative and the ’90s post-grunge boom. The band’s three studio albums—most notably, the Peter Buck-produced Father’s House and major label follow-up, Rough Night in Jericho— serve as lesser-known documents of a tried and true Athens sound. As such, longtime Athenians won’t want to miss an opportunity to see the band back in action on Sunday’s main stage. [AB] f

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HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH: Once upon a time near Athens, there was a band named Luxury. Then, there was a band all around Athens all the time named Luxury. Honestly, their story is seriously amazing, and that’s selling it really short. They played a peculiar form of muscular Southeastern U.S. Britpop, if you will. That’s just about all the story I know and/or remember, but that can be reconciled Thursday, June 20

at Ciné. That night will be the Athens premiere of the new documentary about the band, Parallel Love. Also of note, and not at all by coincidence, Luxury’s newest album, Trophies, came out last week. After the screening, there will be a Q&A with the director and band member Matt Hinton, as well as Chris Foley, Glenn Black, Jamey Bozeman and Athens writer and poet Alex Johns, who has a solid presence in the film. Make some time to see this if you can, and head to parallel-love.com for more information. JARED SWAFFORD

WELCOME: This is AthFest week, and with it comes crowds of out-of-towners, former residents, myriad travelers, et al. If this describes you, let me be the first to say welcome to Athens! We sincerely hope you have a great time here and enjoy much of what our town has to offer. Also, because some— not all—folks just have to be told, please be patient in lines, kind to your servers and bartenders, and polite and respectful to our residents. And for all you locals, remember that people get confused, dehydrated, lost, etc. Not everyone knows the whole menu or understands your bartender’s wacky attitude. Everyone just be cool, and have a ball. The news this week includes a bunch of non-AthFest events—take that as your cue to explore different things in between showcases.

KINGS COURT: There’s a fundraiser happening for Project Safe at Luxury Little Kings Shuffle Club Thursday, June 20. The show starts at 9 p.m. and is billed as “Night of the Imago.” It’s a pretty swell bill, too, with featured acts including Daisy, Donny Knottsville, Scott Spillane, Tears for the Dying, Sarah Swillum, Cloud Powers, Stella Zine and Ultravisions. It’ll only run you five

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PARTY OVER HERE, PARTY OVER THERE: As is now tradition, the Caledonia Lounge will host its annual Dirty Athens Day Party Saturday, June 22. Doors open at 2:30 p.m., and music begins at 3 p.m. This event is free and unaffiliated with AthFest, so no wristband is necessary or observed. (If you’re under 21, it’ll run you $2.) That said, the venue’s evening show is indeed an official AthFest event, and you can dangle your wristband all you want, but the line is

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Ebb. For nearly zero additional information, see caledonialounge.com and/or facebook. com/caledonialounge. WAKE UP: If you’re poking around early Saturday, why not head over to the annual Breakfast of Champions party at Creature Comforts? Sponsored and presented by New West and Normaltown Records, it runs from 10 a.m.–4 p.m., and featured acts are Sailors and Ships, Parker Gispert, Austin Darnell, Oginalii and a reported “special guest” whose name wasn’t available at press time. But, if they do exist, I bet you they are indeed special enough to have a name, so maybe just show up and find out. For more information, see facebook.com/ CreatureComfortsBeer and facebook.com/ NormaltownRecords. EASY LIKE SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Akeeme Martin (aka DJ BlaqueStarr) and Vega Studio will present the latest iteration of their ongoing series The Graffiti Sessions on Sunday, June 23. This creative live-music event will feature The Ain’t Sisters, Table for Two, Annie Leeth, Scott Streible and Grace Conley. Advance tickets are $5, and it’ll be $8 at the door. Doors for this afternoon show open at 1:30 p.m., and music begins at 2 p.m. For more information, see facebook.com/oe85ent. f

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As a juried market, $600 in prizes will be awarded to top artists who catch the eyes of a panel of local judges. The artist market will be open Friday, June 21 from 5–10 p.m., Saturday, June 22 from 12–10 p.m. and Sunday, June 23 from 12:30–8 p.m. ATHFEST THEME ARTIST: Every year, AthFest Educates chooses a different local artist from a pool of applicants to be the official theme artist of the AthFest Music and Arts Festival and AthHalf Half Marathon and 5K. The artist’s work is incorporated into all graphic design and branding, appearing on everything from billboards, promotional posters and advertisements to T-shirts, buttons and stage banners. This year’s theme artist is none other than Flagpole’s own ad and web designer, Anna LeBer. Finding a sweet spot for imagery that would appeal to a younger crowd, yet also be fun for the older generation

of attendees, LeBer decided to go with a playful theme influenced by ’90s nostalgia. Incorporating popular colors of the decade, like hot pink, orange, neon green and cyan, her loud illustrations of youthful faces seem to scream the words “AthFest 2019.” “Recently, I’ve been getting a lot of inspiration from ’90s cartoon illustration style,” says LeBer. “This year’s AthFest logo was definitely inspired by the logo for the show ‘All That’—it used to be one of my favorites when I was a kid. My work is also inspired by cartoonists like Edward Gorey and Charles Addams, and contemporary female artists like Eleanor Davis, Laura Callaghan and Lisa Hanawalt.” LeBer’s illustration process typically begins with good old-fashioned brainstorming using pencil on paper. Once she has an idea she’s ready to finalize, she traces the image into Adobe Illustrator, which offers greater adaptability and flexibility. In addition to AthFest and AthHalf, Anna’s design work can be found on the T-shirts and illustrated cocktail menus at The Old Pal. Some of her artwork is currently available for sale at Atomic Vintage, and she will also be included in a group exhibition at the Lyndon House Arts Center this September.

FLAGPOLE MUSIC AWARDS ARTIST: Winning musicians at the annual Flagpole Athens Music Awards ceremony, held this Thursday evening at the Morton Theatre, will be given unique trophies that double as original pieces of art by Eli Saragoussi. A fairly new transplant from Denver, Saragoussi immediately caught my eye with both her three-dimensional, anthropomorphic felt animals that have popped up across town on gallery walls, as well as her doo-wop band, Baby Tony and the Teenies, in which she sings and plays bass. “I’ve been creating art and playing music for most of my life,” says Saragoussi. “I believe they have always informed each other, but more than ever since I began playing in bands. For me, playing in a band is not only about the music—it’s about building an all-encompassing world with a specific aesthetic. I love designing posters, props, album art, etc. to fit the vibe of the music.” Her playful, long-tongued dog trophies, which appear on the cover of Flagpole this week, are representative of her unusual style and choice of materials. Drawn to felt for its soft texture and saturated colors, she creates artwork that is approachable and friendly on first impression. Reinforced with masonite to be mounted on a wall, however, her stuffed-animal-like works keep a safe distance from the viewer. This, combined with details like amulets and perplexing expressions, establishes room to imagine your own narrative. “I have only lived in Athens for a short time, but never before have I felt so uplifted by my peers,” she says. “The amount of encouragement I’ve received to pursue my dreams is unparalleled to any other place I’ve lived. This, I imagine, is why Athens pumps out so many uniquely talented artists and musicians—everyone is climbing the mountain together as a team.” f

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Georgia Museum of Art · 5:30 p.m. · FREE! Atlanta artist Susan Robert’s new installation, “Language Without Words: The Power of Color as Form,” consists of two works: “Josef Albers: Homage to the Homage of the Square Circa 1940” and “Charles Darwin: Sketches From the Galapagos Voyage Circa 1840.” These accompanying pieces—one focused on an artist, the other on a biologist—present large grids of square canvases, each painted with a distinctive color. During her talk, Robert will discuss color theory and the ideas behind her work. Darwin, for example, took Abraham Gottlob Werner’s treatise on color theory, along with sketchbooks and art supplies, to record plant and animal life during his voyages. “Language Without Words” will remain on view through July 28. [Jessica Smith]

help from a priest willing to battle Satan in Back From Hell. 8:30-10:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ badmovienight GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Test your trivia knowledge. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Lunch and Learn Games (Tyche’s Games) Learn some new games on your lunch hour. 11:30 a.m. www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Road) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com

KIDSTUFF: Crafternoon (Oconee County Library) Make and take a craft. Materials provided. Grades 6–12. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Toddler Time (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Songs, rhymes, books and educational play. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison KIDSTUFF: STEAM Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Listen to stories related to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison KIDSTUFF: Let’s Get Cooking (Oconee County Library) Harry Potter edition. Grades 6–12. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee KIDSTUFF: Mae Among the Stars (ACC Library) Mae Jemison is the first black woman to travel in space. Learn about her a-mae-zing life and other awesome female astronauts. For ages 5–11 and their caregivers.

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Flicker Theatre and Bar · 9 p.m. · $5 To celebrate her Athens-based label’s sixth anniversary, Arrowhawk Records founder Alyssa DeHayes is throwing a prefest party featuring a tasty lineup of local and touring bands. Heavy chooglers Arbor Labor Union, formerly Pinecones, will make their first local appearance in some time, giving newbies a chance to experience their Sub Pop-approved post-punk. Electroacoustic wizard Hand Sand Hands will likewise make a triumphant return to the local stage, joined by agit-punks Deep State. Actor and singer-songwriter Chris Crofton, whose 2018 Arrowhawk release Hello It’s Me grappled warmly and openly with addiction and isolation, will also perform, with local psych-country group The Pink Stones serving as his backing band.[Gabe Vodicka]

Ciné · $9.75 Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project, which debuted at last year’s AthFest, is a documentary that skips among vignettes in unconventional performance spaces to explore the music, comedy, theater, dance and visual art scenes. Local director James Preston has finished the second installment of his ongoing film series in time for this year’s festival, shifting his focus to the difficult, ongoing work local institutions do to build community through the arts. Athens Rising 2, which features interviews and footage of Avid Bookshop, ATHICA, Nuçi’s Space, the Lyndon House, the Wild Rumpus and many others, will premiere on Friday at 7:30 p.m. A double feature on Saturday will include Athens Rising at 2 p.m. and its sequel at 4 p.m. [JS]

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Wednesday 19 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) A highlight tour of the permanent collection led by docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org COMEDY: Educated Mess (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) See standups from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com COMEDY: 10th Annual LaughFest (The Foundry) David Perdue, Samm Severin, Noell Appling and Mandal perform. See Calendar Pick on p. 16. 8 p.m. $10–12. www.40watt.com EVENTS: FFS Pets (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Meet lizards, frogs, snakes and more. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597, www.athenslibrary.org/madison EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Vendors offer local and sustainable

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produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Every beer purchased at Creature Comforts during the market will get you free tokens to spend at the market. Live music by White Rabbit Collective (June 19). 4-7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) General trivia. Industry night. Cash house prizes. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com GAMES: 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) 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: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Attendees will share books, songs, puppets and rhymes. Ages 1.5–5. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, movement, crafts, and fun for pre-

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school aged children. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Fan Fiction Addiction (Oconee County Library) A fan fiction writing workshop for grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Talking About Books: Adult Book Discussion Group (ACC Library) This month’s title is The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org PERFORMANCE: Yasu Ishida: Story Circus! (Oconee County Civic Center) Origami expert and magician Yasu Ishida shares origami magic and stories that will amaze. All ages. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706769-3950

Thursday 20 ART: Artist Talk (Georgia Museum of Art) Susan Robert will discuss color theory in conjunction with the installation of her work “Language Without Words: The Power of Color as Form.” See Calendar Pick on p. 16. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Third Thursday Art Series (Athens, GA) Seven galleries stay open late the third Thursday of every month. Participating galleries include the Georgia Museum of Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art, ATHICA, Lyndon House Arts Center, Ciné, the GlassCube & Gallery @ Hotel Indigo and The Classic Center. 6-9 p.m. FREE! www.3thurs.org CLASSES: Fix Your Own Bike (BikeAthens, 1075 W. Broad St) Learn how to repair your bike with tools and advice from experts. 6–8:30 p.m. $10/hr. suggested donation. www.bikeathens.org CLASSES: Yoga in the Galleries (Georgia Museum of Art) Five Points Yoga instructors lead a class surrounded by works of art. 6 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Celebrate Pollinator Week with KOCBC (Oconee County Library) Keep Oconee County Beautiful Commission presents a beautiful documentary on pollinator pals to mark National Pollinator Week, observed June 17–23. Stay after the show for a special installation in the library’s front garden. 1–3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: Flagpole Athens Music Awards (Morton Theatre) Flagpole’s annual celebration will be hosted by dynamic duo DJ Mahogany and Count Zapula featuring performances from Yip Deceiver, Pinky Doodle Poodle, Kxng Blanco and Annie Leeth. House band Kenosha Kid and special guests will provide music throughout the evening. Awards will be presented in over 20 categories. See box on p. 9. 7:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door), $7 (w/AthFest wristband). www.flagpole.com FILM: Parallel Love (Ciné) Watch Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury with a in-house Q&A with members of the 1990s alt rock band. See Threats & Promises on p. 14. 7:30 p.m. $10. www.athenscine. com GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Thorsday (The Rook and Pawn) Celebrate your favorite Creature Comforts-drinking, hammer-wielding god with Marvel and Norse-themed games, plus superhero-themed cocktails. All day. www. therookandpawn.com KIDSTUFF: Graphic Novel Book Club (Madison County Library,

Danielsville) Enjoy snacks and chat about graphic novel Sanity and Tallulah by Molly Brooks. For ages 10 & up. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, nursery rhymes, bouncing and cuddling. 0-24 months. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee LECTURES & LIT: Cathy R. Payne: Saving the Guinea Hogs (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Payne will speak on her book, Saving the Guinea Hogs: The Recovery of an American Homestead Breed. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: For the Philo of Philosophy Book Discussion Group (ACC Library) Read philosophy books from ancient Greece to modern times. 6-8 p.m. FREE! mkapelewski@athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Inclusive Book Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) This facilitated book club serves adults of all abilities

standup and drinks. June 21–22, 7:15 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $20 (includes one drink). www. onstagewalton.org COMEDY: Katie Hughes (Moonlight Theater) Katie Hughes, an Atlantabased comedian and writer, is a weekend regular at Laughing Skull Lounge. June 21, 8:30 p.m. June 22, 10 p.m. $8–14. www.moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: Pickin’ on the Greene (Festival Hall, Downtown Greensboro) This downtown event features kids activities and live entertainment. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www. greeneccoc.org EVENTS: Solar Telescopes (Oconee County Library) Learn how to observe the sun safely with amazing solar telescopes from Charlie Elliot Astronomy Club. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: AthFest (Athens, GA) The annual festival returns with outdoor stages, an artist market, kids activities and a club crawl. June 21, 5 p.m.–2 a.m. June 22, 10:30 a.m.–2

Saturday 22 CLASSES: Nothing is Permanent (So Let’s Dance!) (Nimbl) A 90-minute, improvisation-based movement class with dance artist Blake Beckham (ATL). Open to all levels. 2:30 p.m. $15. www.nimblathens.com CLASSES: Family Tree Maker (ACC Library) The Clarke-Oconee Genealogical Society hosts “Hints and Tips for Using Family Tree Maker,” a popular genealogical software. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens COMEDY: Katie Hughes (Moonlight Theater) Katie Hughes, an Atlantabased comedian and writer, is a weekend regular at Laughing Skull Lounge. June 21, 8:30 p.m. June 22, 10 p.m. $8–14. www.moonlighttheatercompany.com COMEDY: A Cabaret of Comedy (Wayfarer Music Hall) A night of music, laughter, comedy, improv, standup and drinks. June 21–22,

an inclusive space for cross-cultural and inter-generational engagement. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: AthFest (Athens, GA) The annual festival returns with outdoor stages, an artist market, kids activities and a club crawl. June 21, 5 p.m.–2 a.m. June 22, 10:30 a.m.–2 a.m. June 23, 12–8 p.m. www. athfest.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) The market hosts around 45 vendors, children’s activities, cooking demos and live music. All produce is grown locally, sustainably and by those who are selling it. 8 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Interactive Movie Experience (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy a movie based on a book with props and a script for interactive fun. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison FILM: Athens Rising (Ciné) Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project is a

“Pink Nude with Cup of Joe” and other paintings by Robin Nunan are currently on view at the Jittery Joe’s on Baxter Street through June. and will be reading out loud and discussing book of the month The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. 1 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison PERFORMANCE: Keith Karnock Magic Show (ACC Library) Enjoy a morning of interstellar magic, ventriloquism and science with everyone’s favorite magician. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens

Friday 21 COMEDY: Six Kids Improv (Moonlight Theater) The troupe has been performing for over two years in Atlanta. Each member is an Athens native and specializes in short-form improv with an emphasis on narrative, story and fun. June 21, 10 p.m. & June 22, 8:30 p.m. $8–14. www.moonlighttheatrecompany.com COMEDY: A Cabaret of Comedy (Wayfarer Music Hall) A night of music, laughter, comedy, improv,

a.m. June 23, 12–8 p.m. www. athfest.com FILM: Athens Rising 2 (Ciné) Learn about the real, ongoing work that Athens organizations are engaged in to build a community through the arts. Subjects include Avid Bookshop, ATHICA, Canopy Studio, Condor Chocolates, Nuci’s Space and many more. See Calendar Pick on p. 16. June 21, 7:30 p.m. & June 22, 4 p.m. $9.75. www.athenscine. com GAMES: Friday Night Initiative (Tyche’s Games) Learn new roleplaying games. 6 p.m. www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Grand Slam Summer Program (Cedar Shoals High School) Each Friday evening will include concessions, games, giveaways, guest speakers, life enrichment activities, music, pizza, sports and more. Transportation will be provided to and from Grand Slam at the East Athens Community Center and Lay Park. For ages 11–14. 7-10 p.m. FREE! www.accgov.com/ grandslam

7:15 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $20 (includes one drink). www. onstagewalton.org COMEDY: Six Kids Improv (Moonlight Theater) The troupe has been performing for over two years in Atlanta. Each member is an Athens native and specializes in short-form improv with an emphasis on narrative, story and fun. June 21, 10 p.m. & June 22, 8:30 p.m. $8–14. www.moonlighttheatrecompany.com EVENTS: Climb Out of Darkness (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Walk along the Greenway to raise awareness of pregnancy and postpartum mental health. Meet survivors, supporters, providers and other families. 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. FREE! sunshineformoms@gmail.com EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) WBFM offers a wide-variety of fresh and locally-sourced produce, hot food, handmade crafts, and other functional goods as well as entertainment, activities, and educational workshops. The WBFM is

documentary highlighting the music, dance, food, stand-up comedy and visual art of Athens. See Calendar Pick on p. 16. 2 p.m. $9.75. www. athenscine.com FILM: Athens Rising 2 (Ciné) Learn about the real, ongoing work that Athens organizations are engaged in to build a community through the arts. Subjects include Avid Bookshop, ATHICA, Canopy Studio, Condor Chocolates, Nuci’s Space and many more. See Calendar Pick on p. 16. June 21, 7:30 p.m. & June 22, 4 p.m. $9.75. www.athenscine. com KIDSTUFF: Dr. Snook and the Chemistry of Space (ACC Library) Dr. Maurice Snook leads a tour of “Space Chemistry: Magic Right Here on Earth.” 1 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Bookmaking Workshop (ACC Library) Explore the different pathways to telling stories in Dan Yaccarino’s picturebook, I Am a Story. For ages 5–11 and their caregivers. 11 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens

KIDSTUFF: Celebrate Mud Day (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Participants will play in the mud. Dress to get muddy. 1–4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Family Day: Larger Than Life (Georgia Museum of Art) Explore murals by women artists of the New Deal era. After finding inspiration from the murals, head to the classroom to make your own mural to take home. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org SPORTS: Live Wrestling (Southern Brewing Company) Bring your own folding chair and watch some live wrestling. 8–10 p.m. $5–10. www. sobrewco.com

Sunday 23 CLASSES: Pound Fitness (Southern Brewing Company) An afternoon of noise-making, sweat-dripping fun. Includes a 45-minute Pound Fitness class and complimentary pint or a non-alcoholic beverage. 3-4 p.m. $10. www.sobrewco.com CLASSES: Calligraphy Class (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Mike Moak teaches lettering. Supplies are provided. Registration is required. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison CLASSES: Intro to Using a Serger (Community) Learn how to thread a serger, basic maintenance and cleaning, how to make a hem and finish an inside seam, and how best to work with stretch and woven materials. 1–4 p.m. $40. www.shopcommunityathens.com CLASSES: Brush Lettering (KA Artist Shop) Work on your alphabet and learn how to use a bunch of fun brush pens. 2-4 p.m $40. www. kaartist.com EVENTS: Sunday Brunch Fair (The Tasting Room at Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company) Food trucks, vendors, games, arts and crafts, live music and more. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. www.culinarykitchenathens.com EVENTS: AthFest (Athens, GA) The annual festival returns with outdoor stages, an artist market, kids activities and a club crawl. June 21, 5 p.m.–2 a.m. June 22, 10:30 a.m.–2 a.m. June 23, 12–8 p.m. www. athfest.com EVENTS: The Mueller Report: A Community Discussion Series (ACC Library) WUGA and the library are partnering for a reading and discussion of the Mueller Report. Discussion will be held in six sessions, which will all be recorded by WUGA for short weekly features. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens FILM: Sunday Cinema: Doris Day (Oconee County Library) Watch a sweetheart classic starring Doris Day. Popcorn provided. For adults. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens GAMES: Rockin’ Roll Bingo (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Play to win. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) General trivia hosted by Solo Entertainment. House prizes and discounted tabs. 5-7 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com GAMES: Open Play (Tyche’s Games) All are welcome to join in. 12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Builders’ Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Create with Keva planks, Tinker Toys and other materials. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Normal Books June Book Club (Normal Books) k continued on next page

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FILM: Count Zapula Summer Triple Adventure (Flicker Theatre & Bar) See Treasure of the Four Crowns, Firewalker and Eliminators. See Movie Dope on p. 23. 7:30 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Trivia (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Test your trivia knowledge. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com KIDSTUFF: Toonsday (Oconee County Library) Every other Tuesday features a day full of cartoons. Grades 6–12. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: STEAM Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Listen to stories related to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison KIDSTUFF: The Baby-Sitter’s Club Baby-Sitting Academy (ACC

This month’s book is The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. 3–5 p.m. FREE! shannon.at.normal.books@ gmail.com PERFORMANCE: No End or Return (Nimbl) Blake Beckham presents a performance about coping with the time-bound body and using rhythm to generate momentum in the face of impasse. Followed by a talk with Beckham and local artist Maryn Whitmore. 8 p.m. $10. www. nimblathens.com

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Tuesday 25 ART: Modern Macramé (KA Artist Shop) Learn basic knots and how to read a pattern. Compete your own project with step-by-step instruction. 6:30–8 p.m. $35. www.kaartist.com EVENTS: Downtown Culinary Showcase (Athens City Hall) The new sidewalk market features local foods and crafts from regional vendors. Every Tuesday. 4–7 p.m. www. culinarykitchenofathens.com

invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Bean and Bear (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Meet Bean and Bear, the silliest friends ever, for stories, puppets and wacky hijinks. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: The Bean & Bear Show (Oconee County Civic Center) Bean and Bear put on a show with magic and puppetry. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, movement, crafts, and fun for preschool aged children. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 18 Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. $4. www.georgiatheatre.com TIMOTHY EERIE Psych-pop act from Orlando, FL. PINKY DOODLE POODLE Highenergy rock band from Athens via Japan.

All musicians welcome. Backline provided! Creature Comforts Brewery 4 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net ATHENS FARMERS MARKET Featuring music from White Rabbit Collective. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com STRAY FOSSA Dreamy garage-rock act from Charlottesville, VA. The Foundry 6 p.m. FREE! thefoundryathens.com GRANT COWAN TRIO Local jazz-influenced, piano-playing singer-songwriter. Georgia Center for Continuing Education 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-215-9333 CAROLINE AIKEN This guitarist and singer’s bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com NIGHT FEVER Scene veterans Jason and Ansley bring the yacht-rock vibes of a full band with a small footprint. On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com MODERN MEASURE Electro duo from Atlanta.

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EVENTS: Service Industry Night (Creature Comforts Brewery) South East Women Wrestlers face off with live music by Lazer/Wulf and Double Ferrari. Manilla Express will be on site providing food. 6–10 p.m. FREE! www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com FILM: Brown Bag Movie (Oconee County Library) Bring your lunch and watch a family movie on the big screen. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.com/oconee FILM: Moon Movie Monday (Oconee County Library) Watch Part 3: The Moon Landing, a 40-minute sneak peek of Chasing the Moon. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee FILM: Mysterious Movie Marathon (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Klon Waldrip hosts screenings of five movies. Games and activities with prizes will take place in between screenings. See Movie Dope on p. 23. 4 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar. com GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes! Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) General trivia. Industry night. Cash house prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge. Hosted by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Parents can share plays, songs and simple books with their babies. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 7–18. Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT: Last Monday Book Club (ACC Library) Held the last Monday of every month. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens

EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Vendors offer local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Every beer purchased at Creature Comforts during the market will get you free tokens to spend at the market. 4-7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Democratic Debate Watch Party, Round 2 (Multiple Locations) Join Athens-area democrats to watch the debates. June 26 at Little Italy & July 27 at Flicker Theatre and Bar. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.clarkedemocrat.com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play the Shadowfist Dynamic Card Game. 11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-354-4500, www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) 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: Beer Goggles Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) Walter Lane hosts weekly trivia. Teams can

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.

Thursday 20 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES & THE AFTERNOON RACOONS Louis Phillip Pelot and company play folk and bluegrass. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com ARBOR LABOR UNION Atlanta/ Athens-based band that works with repetitious riffs and post-punk rhythms. HAND SAND HANDS Experimental, highly psychedelic electronic sounds from Jonathan Miller. CHRIS CROFTON Orchestral pop singer-songwriter from Nashville, TN. See Calendar Pick on p. 16. DJS YOUNGBLOOD & SMOKEY Two local musicians team up for a DJ set. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $8. www.40watt.com T. HARDY MORRIS Local singer-songwriter and guitarist plays twangy, reflective folk-rock. LOS COAST Rock and soul project from Austin, TX. THAYER SARRANO Local songwriter playing hazy, shoegaze-inspired Southern rock. PARKER GISPERT Frontman for former Athens rock trio The Whigs performs a solo set. The Foundry 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.thefoundryathens.com ZACH HAINES Acoustic country singer-songwriter. BOONE HOOD Local songwriter and American primitive guitarist. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com BRENDAN ABERNATHY UGA student and acoustic singer-songwriter. ZAC CROOK Local folk singer-songwriter. Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic Dr. Fred and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Every Thursday!

Los Coast plays New West Records’ AthFest kickoff party at the 40 Watt Club on Thursday, June 20. Library) Are you a Kristy, a Dawn, a Claudia, a Stacey or a Logan? Learn tips of the babysitting trade. Crafts included. Ages 7–11 and their caregivers. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Toddler Time (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Songs, rhymes, books and educational play. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison

Wednesday 26 ART: Tour at Two: Color, Form and Light (Georgia Museum of Art) Callan Steinmann, curator of the education, and Sage Kincaid, associate curator of education will give a tour of the exhibition. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org

have up to 10 players, and prizes include tab discounts. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.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: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com KIDSTUFF: Bad Art Night (Oconee County Library) Grades 6–12 can participate in a painting and crafting night. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are

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HOT FUDGE Local psych-rock project helmed by guitar wizard Kris Deason. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 SEVERE BLUSH Experimental electronic sounds from Athens’ Logan Shirah. BILLBOARD BAGGINS Athensbased experimental outfit. BODIES OF WATER Local electronic team-up between Bree Couleur and Space Brother.

Go Bar 10 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 DK Athens-based hip-hop artist with a lyrically complex style. SELINE HAZE Athens-based hip-hop artist who makes “music to inspire, to empathize and to motivate.” GAWDLEE Rapper and performer from Atlanta. SOHI Underground hip-hop MC formerly of Mad Axes and Deaf Judges. SATURN 5 Local hip-hop act.

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Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) THE BACUPS Fun-loving cover band.

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

Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Enjoy

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com JAZZ JAM Some of our town’s most talented musicians get together at this popular happening. Bring your guitar, or grab a table and give an ear. Little Kings Shuffle Club Project Safe Benefit. 9 p.m. $5. www. facebook.com/lkshuffleclub NIGHT OF THE IMAGO Featuring music from Daisy, Donny Knottsville, Scott Spillane, Tears for the Dying, Sarah Swillum, Cloud Powers, Stella Zine and Ultravisions. Manhattan Café 8:30 p.m. 706-369-9767 NACKASHI GROUP Melodic, textured local three-piece with drums, keyboards and sax.

Morton Theatre 7:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door), $7 (w/AthFest wristband). www.flagpole.com FLAGPOLE ATHENS MUSIC AWARDS Our annual celebration will be hosted by dynamic duo DJ Mahogany and Count Zapula, featuring performances from Yip Deceiver, Pinky Doodle Poodle, Kxng Blanco and Annie Leeth. House band Kenosha Kid and special guests will provide music throughout the evening. Awards will be presented in 21 categories. See box on p. 9. Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. $5. 706-546-4742 BLOODKIN Athens quartet playing a bluesy style of roots-rock with big guitars and sharply written lyrics. 10 p.m. $5. 706-546-4742 SUNNY SOUTH BLUES BAND Local band combining a blues and soul spirit with riffy rock and roll. MOON CHIEF Funky prog- and fusion-rock group from Athens.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com ROY SAUNDERS Acoustic folk singer-songwriter from Atlanta.

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New South, Tommy!, Like Father and DJ Boopz. 6 p.m. $3. 706-546-5609 QUEENS OF HIP HOP Featuring performances by Monsoon, Cassie Chantel, Stella Groove, Ta’Sheia Shantel and Indigo Bang.

Akademia Brewing Co. 7:30 p.m. www.akademiabc.com BLIND DELTA WOLF Athens-based band playing “dangerous rock and roll.”

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

Caledonia Lounge 3 p.m. FREE! www.caledonialounge. com DIRTY ATHENS DAY PARTY Featuring music from Avery

Little Kings Shuffle Club 12:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub SLUSH FUND DAY PARTY Featuring live music from Forrest

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an evening of wonderfully smooth jazz. This month’s show features John Dunn & the Jazzman Band.

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!

Terrapin Beer Co. 3 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com JIM COOK Athens-based solo performer playing acoustic blues, classic rock and Americana. Vega Studio 1:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $8 (door). www. facebook.com/vegastudioathens THE GRAFFITI SESSIONS Featuring performances by The Ain’t Sisters, Table for Two, Annie Leeth, Scott Streible and Grace Conley.

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) CHRIS HAMPTON TRIO Local variety cover band hosts a dance party, playing classic and new tunes.

That Bar Athens 7 p.m. FREE! 706-248-7903 CAROLINE AIKEN This guitarist and singer’s bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance.

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.

Friday 21 Bar South 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1329 THE SUPERSTONES Rock group led by Courtney “The Voice” Stone.

Starland Pizzeria and Pub 9 p.m. FREE! www.starlandpizza.com WOLF’S DEN OPEN MIC Featuring musical performances and live interviews.

Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 KIP JONES Local songwriter playing all your favorite covers and some of his own tunes.

Flanagan’s & Half Moon Pub 10 p.m. facebook.com/FlanagansAthens MAX WOOLERY Acoustic country singer-songwriter. Go Bar 3 p.m. 706-546-5609 DAY PARTY Featuring music from The VG Minus, 8-Track Gorilla, Stella Zine, Forbidden Waves and Sad Dads. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE VINYL SUNS Athens-based blues-rock five-piece. NSM Local all-star dance-pop group. THE ARCS Long-running local rock band with power-pop influences. Saucehouse Barbeque 6 p.m. FREE! www.saucehouse.com PARKER OLIVER Local musician playing soul and rock covers and originals. Southern Brewing Company 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com THE DAD BODS Local group playing your favorite rock hits from throughout the years.

Georgia Center for Continuing Education 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-215-9333 CAROLINE AIKEN This guitarist and singer’s bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com DOWNTOWN ABBY & THE ECHOES Soulful rock and roll group from Charlotte, NC.

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

Downtown Greensboro 7 p.m. FREE! www.downtowngreensboroga.com PULLIN’ STRINGS Bluegrass band playing a mix of originals and covers from the likes of The Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan. JUSTIN HUFF Country singer-songwriter from Buckhead.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $18 (adv.), $23 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com HAYES CARLL Texas based folk-country artist. BEN DICKEY Americana musician and actor known for playing Blaze Foley in the film Blaze.

VFW 6:30 p.m. $12. www.vfwathens.com THE SENSATIONAL SOUNDS OF MOTOWN Six veteran musicians deliver an exciting, live-energy show. Featuring Mr. Motown!

Calico Vision plays the Dirty Athens Day Party at the Caledonia Lounge on Saturday, June 22. Leigh’s Night Palace, Paper Matador, Vision Video, Waltz, Double Ferrari, Calico Vision, Monsoon, Five Eight and David Barbe and Inward Dream Ebb. Creature Comforts Brewery 10 a.m. FREE! www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS New West Records’ day party features food, drinks and music from Sailors and Ships, Parker Gispert, Austin Darnell, Oginalii and more. The Foundry 1:30 p.m. FREE (w/ festival wristband), $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com THE MELTING POT VOL. 2 An all-day showcase featuring performances by Reptile Room, Hit Lizard, Blacknerdninja, Vices of Vanity, Shebloom., The Walters Trio, Jay Spice & Zac Chase and Leah Maloof. Front Porch Book Store 6 p.m. FREE! jmazzucc@uga.edu MALCOLM & SULLIVAN Local softrock and folk duo. EASTVILLE BELLE Athens-based Americana outfit. Go Bar 3 p.m. 706-546-5609 SUPER SATURDAY DREAMING A day party featuring music from Queerdoe, Celia Gary, Thrüm,

Isn’t Dead, Thayer Sarrano, MammaBear and PLS PLS.

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Lululemon 6 p.m. facebook.com/lululemonathens HONEYCHILD SJ Ursrey plays folky pop songs with romantic themes, backed by an all-star band.

Go Bar 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 GOPEN MIC NIGHT Accepting creative performances of any kind. No covers, please!

The National 11 p.m. FREE! www.thenationalrestaurant.com IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz Jr. hosts a dance party featuring high-energy electro and rock.

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

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. 706-546-4742 PARTIALS Local psychedelic pop band with a rich, danceable sound. MISNOMER Local nine-piece improv fusion group with a funky sound. SONO LUMINI Electronic-funk trio with a big sound and tasty melodies.

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

Southern Brewing Company 4 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com GEORGIA REDCLAY Southern rock and country band playing a mix of originals and covers.

The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com RUEN BROTHERS Up-and-coming, rockabilly-influenced band of siblings from England. CORTEZ GARZA Local singer-songwriter pushes the envelope with his unique blend of Americana.

Sunday 23 The Foundry 6 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR Popular WXAG radio DJ Dwain Segar curates

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6/27 LO-FI & CHILL / DK / Seline Haze / Conscious Astro & C. Durango / john.AVERAGE / Terrell Ray / Aizen (Caledonia Lounge) 6/27 SAIL ON (The Foundry) 6/27 TWEN / NICHOLAS MALLIS (Georgia Theatre) 6/27 REDSTONE RAMBLERS (Nowhere Bar) 6/28 MICHAEL POTTER / JACOB SUNDERLIN / MYLA / ARIEL ACKERLY / GODDESS COMPLEX (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 6/28 KRISTIN HERSH ELECTRIC TRIO / FRED ABONG (40 Watt Club) 6/28 MONDAY’S ALIBI / SLAVING FOR RACHEL (The Foundry) 6/28 KINCHAFOONEE COWBOYS / GRANDVILLE (Georgia Theatre) 6/28 JACOB WOODS (Georgia Theatre) 6/28 FUTURE CRIB / PEPPERMINT BOYS / TOMMY TRAUTWEIN (Georgia Theatre) 6/28 NANA GRIZOL / APPARITION / BLUE BODIES (Go Bar)

6/28 THE GEORGIA HEALERS (Nowhere Bar) 6/29 WICKED KING / JET ENGINE DRAGONS / CONTROL THE DEVASTATOR / DAYGLO MOURNING (Caledonia Lounge) 6/29 CHEVROLET PILE (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 6/29 LOVE TRACTOR / THE SWIMMING POOL Q’S (40 Watt Club) 6/29 BUS STOP CHRONICLES / Ishues / Squalle / Kxng Blanco / Troop Brand / Motorhead 2x (The Foundry) 6/29 BERO BERO (Georgia Theatre) 6/29 DAVE FORKER (Southern Brewing Company) 6/30 THE LUCKY JONES (Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside) 7/1 BLUES NIGHT WITH BIG C (Nowhere Bar) 7/1 DAMIEN JURADO (The World Famous) 7/3 KIP JONES (Locos Grill & Pub) 7/5 AUSTIN DARNELL (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 7/5 SUNNY SOUTH BLUES BAND / MAGNOLIA MOON / DIABLO SANDWICH & THE DR. PEPPERS (The Foundry) 7/6 CLASSIC CITY AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL / Hogslop String Band / Packway Handle Band / Adam Klein / Mermaid Motor Lounge / Norma Rae (The Foundry) 7/6 NEW MAN / THE BUZZARDS OF FUZZ / PICKLED HOLLER (Georgia Theatre) 7/6 THE TRAVELIN’ KINE (Nowhere Bar) 7/8 ROTTWEILER / HALLUCINATION REALIZED / TOMB WARDEN (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 7/8 CALLIOPE MUSICALS / NSM (Georgia Theatre) 7/9 THE PINK STONES / GEORGIA DISH BOYS / LITTLE GOLD (Georgia Theatre) 7/10 OZELLO / CALM. / MITCHELL POWERS (Caledonia Lounge) 7/10 HERE BE MONSTERS / GIFT ECONOMY / HARD FABRIC / THE FRUITCAKE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 7/10 IMMATERIAL POSSESSION / FLYING FISH COVE / LYDIA BRAMBILA (Georgia Theatre) 7/10 SATISFIERS OF ALPHA BLUE (Georgia Theatre) 7/10 SALLY AND THE SIX GRAND (Locos Grill & Pub) 7/11 INSTANT SMILE / DEADLY LO-FI (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 7/11 CHRIS HAMPTON BAND (Hilltop Grille) 7/12 DEEP STATE / OUTER SPACES / RADIATOR HOSPITAL / DAGMAR VORK (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 7/12 THE GRAINS OF SAND (The Foundry) 7/12 NIGHT GLITTER (Georgia Theatre) 7/12 UNDERGROUND SPRINGHOUSE (Nowhere Bar) 7/12 CHRIS HAMPTON BAND (VFW) 7/13 HOLMAN AUTRY BAND (The Foundry) 7/13 FREEHOLD (Nowhere Bar) 7/14 THE LUCKY JONES (Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside) 7/14 DEAD VIBES / FLEET OF PIGS / APE VERMIN (The World Famous) 7/17 GRAYSON HAUSER (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 7/17 JAY GONZALEZ (Georgia Theatre)

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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. info@athensarts. org, www.athensarts.org CALL FOR ENTRIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Seeking entries for “Yellow: 2019 Juried Exhibition.” Title is up for interpretation. Deadline June 21. Exhibition runs July 21–Oct. 6. www.athica.org OPEN STUDIO MEMBERSHIP (Lyndon House Arts Center) Local artists can access studio facilities. Studios include ceramics, jewelry, painting, fiber, printmaking, photography and woodshop/sculpture studios. $65/month or $175/three months. www.athensclarkecounty. com/leisure

Auditions DRINKING HABITS (Elberton Arts Center, Elberton) Encore Productions

hosts auditions for Tom Smith’s hilarious Drinking Habits. Be prepared to read excerpts from the script. Auditions on July 8–9, 6–8 p.m. Performances Sept. 13–15 and 20–22 at the Elbert Theatre. 706283-1049

Classes AQUA AEROBICS (Memorial Park) Aqua aerobics is a low impact exercise program that features stretching, limbering and weight routines set to music in the pool. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6–7 p.m. and Saturdays, 10–11 a.m. $5/ class, $20/five classes. 706-6133580 CLASSES (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) “Gentle Nia,” Mondays at 1 p.m. “Oil Painting,” Mondays at 1:30 p.m. “Drawing,” Mondays at 6 p.m. “Chess Club,” Mondays at 6 p.m. “Community Coffeehouse,” Tuesdays from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. “Coffee with a Veteran,” Tuedays at 9 a.m. “Threadwork Crafting Club,” Tuesdays at 9 a.m. “SilverSneakers Stretch,” Wednesdays at 10 a.m.

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Carole Chalmers shares flowers, landscapes, still life compositions, birds and Athens scenes. Through July. 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-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) The library’s Quiet Gallery presents a collection of watercolors and art quilts by Elizabeth Barton. Through July 28. ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1200) Curated by Kayla King, “Effervescence: Emerges XII” features artwork by Hannah Ehrlich, Erin McIntosh, Drema Montgomery, Christine Roman and Ally White. Closing reception July 21. ATHENS LATINO CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND SERVICES (445 Huntington Rd., #120) See 20 paintings by Stanley Bermudez. BENDZUNAS GLASS (89 W. South Ave., Comer) The family-run studio has been creating fine art glass for almost 40 years. CINÉ BARCAFE (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Alexis M. Spina: Obsolescence.” 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. CREATURE COMFORTS BREWERY (271 W. Hancock Ave.) “Creature Colors” includes chalkboard murals to accompany a staff-designed coloring booklet. EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Susan Pelham creates collages influenced by Surrealism, Magic Realism, folklore and fables. Through June.

“SilverSneakers Yoga,” Wednedsays at 11 a.m. “Aikido,” Wednesdays at 2 p.m. “Acrylic Painting,” Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. “Zumba,” Wednesdays at 6 p.m. “Belly Dance,” Wednesdays at 7 p.m. “Mah Jongg,” Thursdays at 1 p.m. “Watercolor,” Thursdays at 6 p.m. Chess tournament on the second Friday of the month at 6 p.m. 706-742-0823, wintervillecenter@ gmail.com, wintervillecenter.com GEORGIA CHARCUTERIE WORKSHOP (Contact for Location) Award-winning author Meredith Leigh visits a Statham farm for a workshop on curing meat at home. Participants will make sausage, salami, confit and other artisan foods while learning about topics such sustainable meat production and food justice. June 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $200. 828-222-3686 IYENGAR YOGA (Nimbl) Chet Thomas CIYT teaches Iyengar yoga every Wednesday, 5:45 p.m. $18. www.nimblathens.com SALSA CLASSES (Dancefx) Learn how to salsa dance. No partner required. Salsa and Bachata every Tuesday, 6 p.m. (beginners), 6:45 p.m. (intermediate/advanced). $10. www.dancefx.org

SEWING CLASSES (Contact for Location) Learn to sew via quilt making. Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. & Sundays from 3-5 p.m. www.sew somethingwithamandawhitsel.com WINE CLASSES (Normal School of Wine at J’s Bottle Shop) “Wine 101: Understanding Acidity in Wine.” Aug. 7, 6:30–8 p.m. $25. “The OneHour Wine Geek.” Aug. 8, 6:30–8 p.m. $25. “Women Who Wine Summer Boot Camp: Wine 101– Basic Concepts of Wine & Wine Tasting.” July 24, 25, 31 & Aug. 2, 6:30–7:45 p.m. $80. 706-353-8881, wine.jsbottleshop@gmail.com, www.jsbottleshop.com YOGA CLASSES AT 5 POINTS (5 Points Yoga) “Yoga at the Georgia Museum of Art” on June 20, 6 p.m. “International Day of Yoga” on June 21 at the Classic Center Pavilion. “Seasonal Ayurveda Training (Summer)” on June 22–23. “Connect-4-Kids: Parent/Child Workshop” on June 23 & July 28. www.athensfivepointsyoga.com

Help Out LITTER INDEX SURVEY The Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful Litter Index is a simple survey for citizens to provide input on the litter they see in their community. Surveys accepted until July 15. www.keep athensbeautiful.org

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Pete Though, Madison Sparks and TripleBummer aka Ed Edderson. Through June. GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Spotlight 2019” features prints by Columbus-based artist Elizabeth McFalls and paintings by Maggie Davis and Jeanne Ann Davidson. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Sculptured Adornment: The Jewelry of David Hayes.” Through July 28. • “Our Town and Beyond: Works by Early Members of the Athens Art Association.” Through Aug. 11. • “Color, Form and Light” showcases abstract works from the museum’s permanent collection or on long-term loan. June 22–Oct. 13. • “Out of the Darkness: Light in the Depths of the Sea of Cortez” is a solo exhibition by Rebecca Rutstein. Through Oct. 27. • “Storytelling in Renaissance Maiolica” offers a selection of tin-glazed earthenware produced in the duchy of Urbino, Italy, in the 16th Century. Through Jan. 5. GIVE BACK REAL ESTATE (624 S. Milledge Ave.) “Primal Dreams,” a series of paintings by Will Eskridge, celebrates misunderstood wildlife and the importance of coexisting harmoniously. Through July 5. GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Keeping it Classic,” a site-specific installation by Taylor Shaw, acts as a roadside attraction with bright ‘90s colors and nostalgic imagery. THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) “The Milkening” contains 200 milk cartons printed by Amanda Burke. Through June. HEIRLOOM CAFE & FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Tapestry wall hangings by Bailey Taylor. Through June 24. HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) Chris Cane shares the “Nirvinyl Album Art Museum,” a rotating collection of vintage album cover art from the classic age of vinyl. HIP VINTAGE & HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) Paintings by Manda McKay. Through June. HOWARD’S (119 N. Jackson St.) Mo Costello shares a selection of gelatin silver prints depicting an intimate exchange between the artist and her then partner in an apartment in Providence, RI. Through July 13. JITTERY JOE’S COFFEE ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) Robin Nunan’s exhibition, “Petals and Lines,” features a collection of florals, abstracts and special commission works for the Googe and Ripps families of Jittery Joe’s. Through June. JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) “No Way! Nineties” features colorful digital paintings by Xavier Watson. LOWERY GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) The gallery celebrates “24 Years of Art” with Giclee prints, originals, photographs and sculptures by over 24 artists including Claire Clements, Ben Rouse, Peter Loose, Kip Ramey and more. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) Collections From Our Community presents Nena Gilreath’s collection of black Barbies. Through Aug. 17. • “Cut and Paste: Works of Paper” features paper works by Steven L. Anderson, Jerushia Graham, Matt Haffner, Elizabeth Lide, Lucha Rodriguez, Betsy Cain, Imi Hwangbo, Samuel Stabler, Hannah Israel, Teresa Bramlette Reeve and Kalina Winksa. Through July 27. • “Raucous” features work by

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ACC POOL SEASON (Multiple Locations) Public pools are located at Bishop Park, East Athens Community Center, Lay Park, Memorial Park and Rocksprings Park. Pools are open Tuesdays– Fridays and Sundays from 1–5:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12–5:30 p.m. Bishop Park is open on weekends only. Pools close for the season Aug. 3. $1 admission. $20 pool pass. www.accgov.com/aquatics COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY (Athens) The Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department seeks input through a community needs assessment as part of a 10-year plan for the department’s future. Give feedback on parks, programs and facilities. Each household that completes a survey will receive two one-day passes to an aquatics facility or two one-day passes to Sandy Creek Park. www.survey.uga.edu/leisure services MEDITATION IN ATHENS (Multiple Locations) Meditations are offered in various forms across town. Athens Zen Group offers a newcomers orientation on the second and fourth Sundays of each month at 11 a.m. athenszen.org. Mindful Breath Sangha offers mindfulness meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Sundays, 6:30–8 p.m. beckylockman@gmail.com. Dedicated Mindfulness Practitioners meets at the Griffin-Dubose Healing Lodge every Saturday, 8:30 a.m. jaseyjones@gmail.com. Mindful Living Center offers intro mindfulness classes every second Friday, 5:30–7 p.m. at the Healing Lodge, Piedmont Athens Regional. www.mindfuliving. org. Satchidananda Mission offers yoga meditation every Sunday, 6:30–7:30 p.m. and Kirtan every third Sunday, 4–6 p.m. revmanjula@ bellsouth.net. Let It Be Yoga hosts the Athens Singing Circle every second Monday, 7–9 p.m. 5 Points Yoga hosts meditations Thursdays at 8–9 a.m. Nuci’s Space hosts meditations every Friday, 3 p.m. Healing Arts Centre hosts Insight Meditation every Monday, 7 p.m. 706-3407288. athensfivepointsyoga.com MUSICIANS HEALTH CLINIC (Nuçi’s Space) A team of doctors visit twice each month to assist uninsured and low income musicians. 706-227-1515, www.nuci.org SPRING PROGRAMS (Rocksprings Community Center) Programs are offered in the arts, environmental science, recreation, sports, holiday events and more. For both adults and children. accgov.com/leisure STORMWATER CALENDAR (Athens, GA) The ACC Stormwater staff is seeking photos of water and nature scenes from all around Athens to create a wall calendar. Submit photos by email with the name of the photographer and a description of where, when and why it was taken. Deadline Aug. 31. stormwater@accgov.com f

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My Judgy Co-worker ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Hi Bonita, I’m a black woman working in a corporate environment and cubicle farm. The other day, I was talking to my co-workers about a recent birthday present of spicy ranch dressing and all of the different ways I plan to enjoy it. While I was talking about how I don’t really like chicken wings and instead plan on making little panini and dipping them into this delicious dressing, another black female co-worker came up to us, put her hands on my shoulders and said, “So white!” while laughing. What the hell? Keep in mind that I am almost 40, and the offending co-worker is obviously older than 40. I only started this job a few weeks ago, and have felt so welcomed and comfortable around my colleagues up until this. FYI, we are primarily women of color, and very diverse in our backgrounds, which helped me feel at ease, but this exchange really threw a wrench in it all. To finish the story, I simply ignored her and continued with my food fantasy talk, as she walked away pretty quickly. Since then, I’ve been pretty fucking sore with her. We typically volunteer to help each other with work duties on a daily basis, but I’ve been keeping a pretty good distance. I’d actually prefer to

address this with her directly, as this type of talk is something I’ve dealt with for most of my life as a reaction to the way that I talk, my education, musical preference and hobbies. I’m sick of this shit, and feel so disappointed in myself for never standing up to this stupidity from my own community. Advice? Not an Oreo Not an Oreo, My knee-jerk response to this is expletive-laden and would definitely get you fired, so we won’t go there. I’m a woman of color, too, and I grew up in the punk scene and was typically the only person of color at shows and fests until I reached my 20s. I also know the pain of being judged by your own ethnic community, and it doubly sucks, because all of us are already being

measured against impossible standards by the status quo. Ostracizing each other for being our authentic selves only serves to further the prejudice and bias we already experience daily in American life. It’s my opinion that people like your co-worker judge their own for “performing” whiteness as a way of rejecting culture that they have been told is off-limits to them their entire lives. Italian cuisine is for white people, as is rock and roll, as is wine tasting, as are a million other things that really don’t belong to anyone at this point in human history. Perhaps she’s envious of your culinary acumen, and it triggered memories of all the ways she denies herself in the name of cultural conformity, and she could only make herself feel better by insulting you. If you confront her, I’m sure she’ll claim it was a joke, but hopefully she won’t double down and call you an Oreo to your face (in which case, you should immediately report her to HR). Whatever she might say, I support your decision to withhold your work friendship from her, and I encourage you to talk to her about this.

A real friend would never say that, anyway. No matter how she feels about your blackness, she needs to understand that no one’s cultural expression needs her approval or her unasked-for opinion. I don’t know where people get the idea that policing their own is helpful or supportive in any way, but I also suspect that folks like this don’t actually possess the intellectual or emotional depth to even care about being good to other people of color. I hope that a talk like this wouldn’t have her thinking that you’re “uppity” or too smart for your own good, but it’s always a risk that she won’t take you seriously or will try to minimize her role in this. But you are right to be offended, and she deserves to know how insulting, hurtful and just plain inappropriate her comment was. Go off, sis. f

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A Passion for Justice DONALD E. WILKES, JR. PUSHED THE LAW TO STAND UP TO POWER By Pete McCommons pete@flagpole.com We have just published online the last of 120 articles that Donald E. Wilkes Jr. has written in Flagpole over the years, mostly online at flagpole.com. “Eugene” sent in this piece just as he was leaving town week before last for a trip to Washington state, where he died suddenly from an apparent heart attack. I worked closely with Eugene throughout the years, at Flagpole and at the Athens Observer before that. We saw each other from time to time, but mainly ours was a collaboration by email and by telephone.

know how he taught a full load at the law school for 40 years, published all those scholarly books and articles, maintained his home life and still had all that energy to throw into his Flagpole pieces. After I got out of the Athens Observer, Eugene continued to publish his articles there, and one or two in the Athens BannerHerald, while keeping up his prolific scholarly writing. A couple of years after I signed on with Flagpole, the Edward Wright incident occurred, in which a mentally disturbed black man was running naked in East Athens and was killed by police officers. That terrible shooting upset the community, especially after the officers were cleared of any wrongdoing. That was more than Eugene Wilkes could stand, and he wrote several articles in Flagpole questioning what he saw as a police cover-up. Since that time in 1996, Eugene continued until his death, in Flagpole as elsewhere, to question those in authority on a variety of subjects. He has consistently opposed the use by police of taser shock-weapons and had for a number of years published a listing of every death in this country by police tasering. By far, though, Eugene’s longest-running preoccupation was the assasination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. For the last 20 years, Eugene wrote at least an annual column, generally reviewing books that questioned the official account of Kennedy’s Donald E. Wilkes, Jr. was a regular speaker at the Athens Human death. Some of the younger Rights Festival. Flagpole staff used to wonder why we continued publishing Eugene was a distinguished professor in these pieces about a president they didn’t the UGA School of Law who published an remember, but Eugene remembered, and he unbelievable number of scholarly books, believed until his dying day that Kennedy articles and reviews, yet he never tried to was killed by never-exposed conspirators pull rank on me. He was obsessive in his who framed Lee Harvey Oswald. determination to get each piece right and to Donald Eugene Wilkes Jr. gave his life to root out any errors—factual or typographthe pursuit of justice for those least likely to ical—that might creep in. He would turn get it. He was a distinguished professor of in a piece, and then I would get a flurry of the law, but he widened his reach through phone calls and emails, pointing my attenpublications like Flagpole, and he was a tion to mistakes he had found. These mesperennial speaker at the Athens Human sages would continue even after the piece Rights Festival and anywhere else where was published, and since, especially in later two or three were gathered together in the years, they were published only online, I name of justice. could still go in and make corrections. It is fitting that Eugene’s last publication Eugene’s articles were much too long in Flagpole online is his review of a new for Flagpole’s weekly paper, and there were book questioning the official version of times in the past when I cut them severely Robert Kennedy’s assassination in 1968. to make them fit. He finally came to the Eugene knew, through his own studies and conclusion that he was writing for a wider experiences, that powerful people and powaudience than just our local readers, and erful governments can commit crimes and that he would rather have the whole thing cover them up, and no one dare question online only, rather than an abbreviated verthem. sion in the paper. Eugene always dared to question, and he From the intense but limited contact marshaled his facts with his shrewd legal I had with Eugene over the years, I came mind and his obsessive determination that to know him as a fierce defender of those the truth be told. He leaves us fortified by oppressed by power, though in person he those truths, but wondering if anyone can was kind, gentle and unassuming. I don’t ever take his place. f

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