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This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 NEWS: City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Street Scribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com A recent Athens-Clarke County audit found audit’s advice. As an elected constitutional a self-perpetuating cycle of staff shortages, officer, the sheriff is not beholden to the lack of training, long working hours and low mayor and commission. “We have to figure morale in the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office. out if there are ways to persuade the leaderThe county’s Office of Operational ship to fix these problems,” Commissioner Analysis, headed by Internal Auditor Jerry NeSmith said.

Stephanie Maddox, surveyed 139 of the Staffing has been an ongoing challenge sheriff’s department’s 171 employees and for Edwards (as it is for law enforcement conducted 80 interviews. Maddox works agencies across the country, thanks to the directly for the mayor and commission, and her job is to evaluate government operations independently from the manager, who runs the government day to day.

“The audit focuses on an overarching staffing shortage that affects the entire agency, such as workload distribution, training, safety and security, employee morale and the increase in active warrants,” according to Maddox.

The audit uncovered an average vacancy rate of 12% over the past five years—23 out of 194 positions at the time of the audit. As a result, deputies have been working mandatory overtime, and have been shifted away from serving warrants and guarding the courthouse to jail duty. Deputies sometimes swap shifts, and one worked 22 days in a row. Deputies were also discouraged Sheriff Ira Edwards from calling in sick by requiring them to submit a doctor’s note. low pay and polarized public opinion). One Some deputies who have been transof my first investigative stories for the ferred from the field division—generally Athens Banner-Herald almost 15 years ago— considered a cushier assignment—to the which has unfortunately vanished from jail have quit rather than accept the reasGateHouse Media’s servers and the intersignment. That leads to the field division net—was about a shortage of guards and falling behind on serving warrants. low morale at the county jail. I recall one In addition to retention problems, former deputy describing it as a “hellhole.” recruitment levels are low, and it could take That was partly due to dangerous workup to five months for a new deputy to start ing conditions at the old jail, which were work from the time they applied. Less than supposed to be remedied by the construc3% of applicants actually wound up being tion of a new one, at a $60 million expense hired. Then, new deputies assigned to the to taxpayers. Yet according to the new jail might only receive a few days’ training. audit, deputies still feel unsafe and unsure In addition to the steep workload and lack whether backup will come if something of training, deputies also cited perceived happens, to the extent that some don’t favoritism among administrators as a reaeven want to take bathroom breaks. While son for low morale. the inmate population is declining due to “This all comes down to staffing,” said criminal justice reforms, a smaller staff is Commissioner Melissa Link, who chairs the overseeing a much larger physical area at Audit Committee that oversees Maddox’s the new jail. In particular, deputies told work. “They can’t follow through with auditors that the jail lobby is not secure. the recommendations until they’re fully Such issues have never hurt Edwards staffed.” politically before. He’s won five straight Maddox made dozens of recommenelections, mostly unopposed. But he’s up dations for improving recruitment and for re-election in 2020 and has drawn one retention in the audit, most of which were announced challenger so far, Athens-Clarke accepted by the sheriff’s department.

County Police Sgt. John Q. Williams.

“They’re really trying to bring people in,” management analyst Jill Arquette told the Audit Committee last month. But the The Clarke County Board of Education overtime situation, Maddox said, “hasn’t met in executive session last week to evalugotten any better,” with deputies working ate Superintendent Demond Means.

60 hours per week, including two weekends The board took no action publicly, but a month. Maddox estimated that it would the closed-door meeting was noteworthy take two-and-a-half years to fully staff the for two reasons: The board renewed Means’ department. contract in January and just evaluated him While Sheriff Ira Edwards and his top during another closed meeting less than brass acknowledged many of the issues, two months ago, and recently Means has ACC can’t force him to follow any of the

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been the topic of a racially charged debate over his leadership.

After a group of mostly white Chase Street Elementary School parents sent board members a letter raising concerns about the exodus of teachers and principals under Means (including Chase’s Adam Kurtz and Andrea Neher), activist Fred Smith Sr. urged black residents to support Means and his focus on equity.

About 50 mostly AfricanAmerican citizens attended the June 27 called meeting, but the board did not take public comment before going into executive session.

(Government bodies are allowed to discuss personnel matters in private, and public input is only required in meetings where votes are taken.)

Four new board members out of nine have taken office since Means was hired two years ago, with a fifth coming on board in August, when a replacement for Jared Bybee is chosen.

Before the meeting, rumors circulated that the board would address an ethics complaint filed against Means by a Newnan lawyer working for unknown clients in Athens questioning whether Means completed his dissertation and alleging that he plagiarized a passage in a letter to staff and improperly took money from AVID, a district contractor. Smith and others have called the complaint a racially motivated witch hunt, although both black and white CCSD observers have criticized hiring AVID to train teachers. The state Professional Standards Commission, which certifies educators, recently referred the complaint to the local school board. Before

the meeting, board President LaKeisha Gantt alluded to a potential agenda item that had been pushed back to another meeting to give the public more notice.

Wayfair Workers Walk Out Hundreds of workers at Boston-based online retailer Wayfair walked out June 26 to protest the company’s sale of $200,000 worth of furniture to a contractor that runs migrant detention facilities for the federal government.

Wayfair is opening a call center in Athens next year that will employ 500 people, Athens-Clarke County and state officials announced earlier this month.

Despite the controversy, Mayor Kelly Girtz said he has no regrets about approving up to $60,000 in local incentives for Wayfair to locate in the planned General Time development off Newton Bridge Road.

“I’m still excited about them coming here, but I’m also happy they have employees who are concerned about human rights violations at the border,” Girtz said.

It came to light Tuesday that Wayfair was selling beds for a new Texas detention center for 1,600 minors who arrive unaccompanied at the Mexican border—what many have begun calling concentration camps. Reports have emerged recently of horrific conditions at such facilities.

Employees demanded that Wayfair stop doing business with the contractor, BCFS. In response to the criticism, the company said it won’t stop filling orders for political reasons, and that it will donate $100,000 to the Red Cross.

Girtz said he supports immigration reform, but there is little the local government can do about national policy. “We’re a welcoming community, we appreciate our immigrants, and we’re going to treat people humanely within our [city] borders,” he said.

Girtz added that ACC attorneys are looking at “creative opportunities” to ease traffic enforcement against immigrants who are denied driver’s licenses by the state because they lack documentation. Such a proposal could move forward as early as August, he said. f

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The Sea of Liberty

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INDEPENDENCE DAY IS A DAY FOR DISSENT

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By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com

By Zaria Gholston news@flagpole.com rattlesnake motif and “Don’t Tread on Me” message. Decades later, that same flag would be appropriated as the emblem of the conservative tea party movement.

In 1997, I was invited to Washington to attend a birthday party for Ron Kovic, the Marine who became an anti-war activist after sustaining paralyzing wounds during the Vietnam War. His searing story, Born on the Fourth of July, became a book and movie.

Speaking to guests, Kovic said, “I believe that I was born and that every American was born to change this country, to leave that war behind, and to make something beautiful out of the horror of that war. On this July 4, on this, my 51st birthday and my 29th year in this wheelchair, I have been given blessings in disguise. I have gained strengths I didn’t know I had, insights I didn’t know I was capable of, and I believe it is my destiny to give you a message of hope and faith for our country.”

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any Fourth of July celebrations include family and friends getting together to cook out, take a swim in the pool, attend parades and enjoy a day of rest and commemoration. However, we all know the symbolic event that really dazzles a crowd when it comes to celebrating Independence Day here in the States: fireworks!

This international treasure dates all the way back to 9th Century China and still brings joy to crowds today. In the U.S., fireworks became a common part of celebrations after the first Independence Day

and will include vendors, food trucks and bouncy houses. (Bonus: The first 750 people get a free drink and a slice of pizza.)

Children’s wristbands are available for purchase for unlimited access to bouncy houses and train rides. Fireworks are expected to start around 9 p.m. No alcohol, tobacco or personal fireworks permitted.

gathering took place in Philadelphia back in 1777. The War of 1812 with Great Britain inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner” and reinforced Americans’ love for fireworks displays.

As locals and frequent visitors know, Athens recently had its own fireworks show, The Star Spangled Classic, where folks could get their firework fix, but in case downtown was too packed or a show the weekend before the holiday wasn’t enough, here are the deets for Fourth of July celebrations taking place in the surrounding area.

are no performances or activities, but food and drinks will be sold for those interested in refreshments. The amphitheater parking lot will be open to all who attend the show.

Barrow County’s Bright Fireworks Extravaganza (July 4, 8 p.m., 985 Austin Road, Winder) This free event is taking place at the Innovation Amphitheater.

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July 4 is a time for fun, food, fireworks, family and friends—a national holiday that John Adams said should be celebrated with “bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.”

It is also a time of political protest in the spirit of 19th Century civil rights firebrand Frederick Douglass, who wrote, “What to the American slave is your Fourth of July?

I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham… a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.”

That American spirit of dissent will be alive again in Washington on July 4 this year, as President Donald Trump tries to make the day of protest and patriotism all about him. With a speech at the Lincoln Memorial, the president will try to co-opt, corrupt and commandeer the traditional ED TANT

The People’s Bicentennial on July 4, 1976.

holiday in the nation’s capital by turning the celebration into just another Trump rally full of treacle and trumpery. One can only hope that on this July 4 Americans will remember the words of Thomas Jefferson, a president and slave owner who nonetheless was right when he said, “Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”

That “sea of liberty” is at high tide every July 4 in Washington, DC. In 1976, I journeyed to Washington to write about the “People’s Bicentennial” that brought a dissident perspective to the nation’s capital as America celebrated its 200th birthday. A day-long event called the Rally for Economic Democracy brought citizens from all over the nation to hear speeches about corporate power and plutocratic policies some 35 years before those same issues were picked up by the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011. Banners and buttons at the rally featured images of the historic 18th century Gadsden flag, with its coiled

On July 4, 2002, I was again in Washington on July 4, the nation’s first Independence Day since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks the year before. Security was tight, and crowds were smaller than in previous years. Fears of another terrorist incident did not materialize, and such events as the annual Washington rally to legalize marijuana went on as scheduled in the city.

Music lovers who gathered on the lawn of the Capitol were treated to performances

by Chuck Berry, Aretha Franklin and the National Symphony Orchestra. I was glad to be there, even though so many Americans stayed home because of fears of terrorism.

See my photographs of July 4 events in Washington on my website, edtant.com.

As July 4 rolls around again this year and as Trump tries to make the celebrations in his image, Americans should remember the words of George Washington, America’s first president, who said, “I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.” f

Oconee County’s Fourth of July Fireworks (July 4, 9:30 p.m., 1791 Oconee Connector) This event will be held at the Epps Bridge Centre with no other activities scheduled. No pets, alcohol, tobacco products or personal fireworks permitted, and parking is not allowed at Hobby Lobby or on sidewalks. Parkway Boulevard will be closed as a safety precaution.

Nicholson’s Independence Day Celebration (July 5, 4–9:30 p.m., 225 Lakeview Dr.) Set to take place at East Jackson Park, where contests, rides and tons of other activities are planned.

Vendors will be serving food and beverages, and a live performance from Steven Phillips and Midnight Express starts at 6 p.m. until fireworks wrap up the evening at dusk.

Oglethorpe County’s Second Annual July 4th Celebration (July 4, 6 p.m., 34 Lakeshore Dr., Crawford) Located in Bryan Park, this celebration is free to the public

HONORABLE MENTION: Colbert’s 50th Independence Day Celebration (July 4, 9 a.m., 23 S. 4th St.) While this event doesn’t have fireworks, it’s a worthy celebration nonetheless. This year, the gathering is centered on family, friends and agriculture, with a parade kicking things off at 9 a.m. Later, a farmers market will sell fresh produce, and vendors will be serving hamburgers, hot dogs and beverages. An array of other events are scheduled for the day, such as a homemade pie contest and musical performances by the Country River Band, Terry “Pops” Baker and the Brandon Sears Band. Gov. Brian Kemp is expected to attend as a special guest. Part of Highway 72 will be blocked off until the procession is concluded around 10 a.m.

DIY: Regardless of local noise ordinances, it’s legal to set off fireworks until 11:59 p.m. on July 3 and 4 in most parts of Georgia.

Exceptions include parks, state property (such as the UGA campus) and within 100 yards of a gas station, water or sewer treatment plant, electric substation, jail, nursing home, hospital or other health care facility. Even though it’s legal, fireworks can scare young children, pets and people with post-traumatic stress disorder, so please be courteous to your neighbors. And be safe— fireworks caused nearly 13,000 emergency room visits and eight deaths in 2017. f

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GEORGIA DISH BOYS GET BACK TO THE COUNTRY

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own to the title, Georgia Dish Boys’ Good Country Livin is an exercise in folksy positivity. On its new album, the prolific Athens roots-rock band casts aside the torn ’n’ tattered Crazy Horse rippage of last year’s Nine Song Movie in favor of an unabashed exuberance that seems at odds with these aching times. Yet the album also feels like a balm, a reminder that uplifting music can be as powerful as that which challenges and provokes.

Singing All the Time Georgia Dish Boys’ music acknowledges certain bedrock influences—Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Townes Van Zandt among them—but it draws from a deeper well, with rock, country and psych flavors commingling cheerily on playful tracks like “Kiss You on the Jeans.”

“I could try to name off all the albums that fed into making this album, but the word limit on this article isn’t big enough,” says Martin, who says music informs his being on an elemental level. “I listen to music as much as I possibly can. I can’t be in my car without singing at the top of my lungs to something.”

Pressed to name a specific inspiration, Martin reaches for one of contemporary folk music’s all-time greats.

“John Prine has always been huge for me, and I was listening to him almost exclusively when I wrote the first few songs for the album almost two Christmases ago,” says

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Above all, Good Country Livin is a fine summertime listen, a perfect soundtrack for half-drunk late-evening hangs.

Explains frontman and principal songwriter Seth Martin, “There’s not one minor chord on the whole album.”

Martin dished—pun entirely intended—on three things that inspired his group’s new LP.

The Porch Good Country Livin was recorded live on the front porch of Martin’s childhood home in Elbert County and engineered by band member Tyler Key. “I knew early on this would be a home recording, and that it would be done live and outside,” says Martin. “We didn’t know exactly how or where on the property we’d record, until we got down there. The porch had all this old wood for siding, and [it] pushed out into the yard really nicely.”

The rustic setting bleeds into the album’s pared-down sound. “[T]here’s a song that has a lyric about a wind chime in it,” Martin says, referring to the record’s rollicking fourth track, “Ain’t Losing Time.” “During the intro of that song, [vocalist] Olivia [Anderson] reached over and rang a wind chime that was on the porch. You can hear it on the recording.”

The recording process was as convivial as the end result suggests. Key “was the only one wearing headphones while we played,” Martin says. “Olivia and I faced each other to sing the harmonies live, and we turned the amps towards the woods. We kept all first takes, except on two songs…

After the recording, we cooked sweet potatoes and collard greens and drank peach moonshine while picking on joke songs by the fire.”

Martin. “I made a little CD for my family that had a few [songs] on it that I knew were pulling at the thread that became this album.”

Gettin’ Some Love During the process of constructing Good Country Livin, Martin met Anderson, and the two became an item, both musically and romantically.

“Meeting, becoming friends and falling in love with Olivia has been an indescribable influence on the songwriting,” Martin says. “We wrote several of the songs together, and she wrote the lyrics to the title track.”

That sprawling, slow-roasted title track centers on scenes of familial strife but is given a homespun Dish Boys twist.

“She was back home in Lookout Mountain and returning home from a distillery with half of her family… The other half were in the kitchen trying to separate a couple of fighting dogs, and someone got bit,” says Martin. “She texted me and said, ‘Half of us are drunk, and the rest of us are in pain.’ I replied, ‘That’s good country livin.’

“About five minutes later, she sent me 10 verses of lyrics with that line as a chorus,” Martin recalls. “We edited it down, I put the chords on it almost immediately, and it’s never changed.” f

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Sail Away With Rachel Evans PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP

By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com HEAVY LIFTING: Pretty much hot on the heels of her springtime release, Subterranean, Rachel Evans has a new release under her Motion Sickness of Time Travel moniker. It’s titled Magick Box and runs a relatively long 16 tracks, which range in length from just over two minutes to well over 14. The emotional fortitude necessary to engage it all at once is pretty demanding.

But that’s one really special thing about Evans’ brand of experimentation and composition: It’s never emotionally barren or unapproachable, even when it can be severe. That said, this one sneaks up on the listener. The unsettling baby voice samples in “Beltane Baby” give way to an ambient aural chaser. Similarly, the propulsive oscillations that weave the majority of “Brigid’s Doll” eventually melt into a wavering drone.

And there are tracks that are so hyped up that nerves are just shredded by their end (“Beneath the Hemlock,” “The Same Mystical Reality”). There are, however, moments of sheer, transcendent beauty, too, such as “Jupiter Sextile, Pluto Transit,” “Clairvoyance” and “Amber Reflecting.”

While it’s difficult to predict anyone’s experience with any set of music, I can tell you I totally expected to enjoy this, and I totally did. This is available as a limited-edition

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Sail away at motionsicknessoftimetravel.bandcamp.com.

ANCHORS AWAY: On Sunday, July 7 from 3–4 p.m., the Athens-Clarke County Library will host a performance of the New Horizons Band, which is conducted under the direction of Joyce L. King and administered by the University of Georgia Community Music School. Since its formation in 2010, the New Horizons Band has grown from five to 25 members whose ages range from 50 to over 70. The performance is billed as an event where attendees can “celebrate our country’s freedom with some toe-tapping,

BE A WINNER: The Winterville Arts Council teamed up with Atlanta’s Fox Theatre Institute, and they’re running a fundraising raffle to support the ongoing renovations of the Winterville Auditorium.

On Friday, Sept. 13, the Fox Theatre Institute presents a show at the Fox Theatre by Drive-By Truckers, Dodd and the Councilmen (featuring Winterville Mayor Dodd Ferrelle and R.E.M.’s Bill Berry), Drivin’ Rachel Evans N Cryin’ and special guests.

Raffle tickets are $20 each, and the winner gets a one-night stay at flag-waving patriotic music.” The show is the Georgian Terrace Hotel, 250 bucks sponsored by the Friends of the Athenscash in spending money, two tickets to Clarke County Library. For more informathe show and access for two to the Fox’s tion, see athenslibrary.org/Athens, or give swanky Marquee Club, which comes with ’em a call at 706-613-3650. its own smorgasbord of treats and luxuries. For more info, see facebook.com/ MAKE IT UP: Jared Collins (k i d s, Jock WintervilleArtsCouncil and/or wintervilGang) has restarted his improvisational leartscouncil.org.

Monday nights at Go Bar, which he first

began a while back—like six years of a while.

Anyway, the spirit of the thing is that anyone can show up and do whatever. Collins told me recently, “Anyone can do anything, like full band, half band, solo, performance art, comedy, magic, whatever.” Importantly, though, the gist of this type of thing is that people are encouraged to experiment. You’re wasting everyone’s time if you show up with something totally and fully hashed out.

So, leave something to imagination. These nights will happen all summer long. For more information, drop a line to the fine folks at Go Bar via facebook.com/go.bar.35, or, you know, just drop by some night and ask for Tom. He’ll get you the good word.

TUNE IN: “The Paige Roberts Show” is a long-running, hometown podcast/radio show where host Paige Roberts interviews a variety of guests who are mostly musicians. While the show itself is produced locally, her guests can be from anywhere. Upcoming episodes of the show will feature interviews with Jodi DiMarco (to be recorded Sunday, July 7 at Vega Studio at 3:30 p.m.), the Bob Marshall Band on July 10 and Hunter Flanagan on Aug. 4.

If any of you remember the local charm and all-around wholesomeness of, say, “The Billy Dilworth Show,” then I think you’ll enjoy checking this out. For more information, see facebook.com/thepaigerobertsshow and blogtalkradio.com/intercommradionetwork. f

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Distinct Spaces NEW SUMMER EXHIBITS AT OCAF

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com A ROOM OF THEIR OWN: Focusing on immersive environments, the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation’s new summer exhibitions provide several distinct spaces to explore. “A Room of Their Own” invited five women artists—Hannah Duggan, Lisa Freeman, Alice Schindel, Stephanie Sutton and Chasity Williams—to design their own independent spaces within the larger Main Gallery, which has been partitioned using temporary walls. While site-specific installation-based efforts typically rely on some form of sculpture in order to feel immersive, these artists achieve the sensation by utilizing various media not limited to video, assemblage, metalwork, painting and ceramics.

Never one to shy away from confronting the ugly history of our collective past, Freeman sheds light on the lives negatively impacted by the cotton industry in “Dark Cotton,” a space populated by small assemblages carrying heavy-hitting messages. Freeman, once again, effectively uses art as a language to express issues that are impossible to turn away from, and hopes this exhibition will challenge viewers to contemplate the long-lasting implications of racism and oppression.

Duggan similarly stares into the eyes of conflict with an installation of very small paintings, each based on photographs that have appeared Alice Schindel in the media. Painted images of real photos reflect how their accompanying news stories have been filtered and interpreted through news coverage, and their small scale speaks to how easy it is for events to slip by the radar in a society where we are constantly inundated with messages.

Not much larger than a photo booth, Sutton’s room, “Music Videos,” is isolated from the rest of the gallery using a heavy black curtain. Inside, a small bench invites viewers to watch a series of vignettes of the artist interacting

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with her own reflection. Set to a soundtrack of popular love songs by the likes of Missy Elliot and The Breeders, the footage reinforces the idea that love is found through projection.

Exploring themes of freedom, isolation and self-reflection, Williams’ “Shoulders of Giants” presents a variety of works that all share influences of baroque art, fashion houses such as Alexander McQueen and an inclination towards decorative excessiveness. Tied together through a color palette of black, white and soft pink, a fenced-in field of earthenware horses on the wall believably occupies the same reality as a set of classical busts donning fancy undos and complex expressions.

Similarly drawn to the ornate, Schindell’s room was built for royalty. Rusted tin crowns covered in glittering jewels rest on deep red pillows on top of pedestals across the floor, while tin cutouts of hands make a line across the back-

ground wall, also accessorized in found objects. At a distance, the pieces are dazzling, due to the sheer magnitude of rhinestones alone. On closer inspection, they become much more fun as one finds all sorts of random shapes—an elephant, a seashell, a key, an airplane, a horseshoe and so on.

SENSE OF TOUCH: Though a heavy amount of consideration always seems to go into how certain fabrics can create

a distinctive outfit or renovate a living space, much less thought is given to how these fabrics are woven in the first place. Local artist Shirley Chambliss seeks to share her love of fiber through an opportunity to reconnect with this ancient and under-appreciated art form. On view in the Members Gallery, “Sense of Touch, Sense of Fiber” is an experiential installation that invites guests to reach out and feel textiles in all of their fuzzy, scratchy, silky glory.

Remarkably, this is Chambliss’ first solo exhibition of this nature since her thesis show in 1972. After receiving a BFA at UGA, she spent several years working as an architectural interior designer with large design firms. Curious to explore what forms her craft could take once free from any restrictions placed by clients, she returned to UGA to pursue an MFA in fabric design. Since then, she has worked, taught and exhibited across Maine, North Carolina, D.C., Florida and Georgia, and currently works from her studio at OCAF. Combining her passions for both interior design and fiber, the environment is meticulously staged, with no detail left unnoticed. In the center of the room, a large bed shows off a blanket whose intricate pattern pops when the light hits the thread in just the right way. Long, sheer panels in soft shades of grey, yellow and brown hang along the perimeter of the bed, offering a sense of privacy. Arranged to correspond with similarly colored panels, pillows are suspended on clear string from above, gently swaying and twisting in the breeze in a way that establishes an element of playfulness, as if a pillow fight had been frozen in midair.

A large collection of framed fabrics appear almost specimen-like in their shadow boxes, exemplifying how easily fibers can make decorative statements that add bursts of color to walls, not unlike a painting. A selection of capelets prove that fabrics can be both functional and fanciful, as each capelet’s color scheme takes inspiration from unique brooches given to Chambliss by friends. Demonstrating a strong awareness of space, Chambliss not only responds to the gallery’s physical attributes, but also to the sculpture garden located right outside of its windows, influencing her choice of color and texture.

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The Hogslop String Band

MUSIC | FRI, JUL 5

MUSIC | SAT, JUL 6

ART | TUE, JUL 9

Go Bar · 10 p.m. · $5 Blending accessible indie sensibilities with jagged melodies and head-spinning musicianship, Chicago four-piece Spirits Having Fun invite comparisons to avant-rock greats Deerhoof, Athens export Mothers and any number of progressive-minded pop forebears. The band released its debut full-length, Auto-Portrait, June 28, featuring twitchy, memorable singles like “Gift Shopping” and “Electricity Explorer,” both of which showcase the group’s playful, polyrhythmic approach. Spirits Having Fun play Go Bar Friday evening with locals Locate S,1, aka of Montreal associate Christina Schneider; math-pop crew Art Contest; and experimental solo outfit Realistic Pillow. [Gabe Vodicka]

The Foundry · 1 p.m. · $10–15 Now in its 11th year, the annual Classic City American Music Festival gives Athenians and holiday visitors alike a welcome chance to enjoy a jampacked day of live music during a traditionally quiet week in town. Featuring a solid lineup of skilled folk, country and Americana acts from here and around the region, this year’s festival is headlined by high-octane Nashville newgrass rabble-rousers Hogslop String Band and will also feature performances by rootsy local favorites Packway Handle Band, Adam Klein and the Wild Fires, Grassland String Band, Norma Rae and others. The all-day, family-friendly event also features plenty of hot food and cold drinks for sale. [GV]

Georgia Museum of Art · 2 p.m. · FREE! A modernist at heart, David Hayes spent his 60-year career experimenting with abstract sculptural forms, processes and materials. The artist, who is also known for his towering metal sculptures of interlocking shapes in primarily colors, viewed pieces of jewelry as miniature sculptural works capable of interacting with viewers who encountered the wearer’s body. “Sculptured Adornment: The Jewelry of David Hayes” presents approximately 40 of his talisman-like brooches and pendants, thoughtfully arranged in an order that emphasizes their one-ofa-kind, organic forms. The tour will be led by the museum’s director, William U. Eiland, who served as curator of the exhibition. [Jessica Smith]

Spirits Having Fun

Tuesday 2 EVENTS: Downtown Culinary Showcase (Athens City Hall) Discover a variety of vendors selling everything from sweets, jewelry, Jamaican food, flavored vinegar, loose leaf teas, vegan cupcakes and more. A portion of proceeds help support the Culinary Kitchen of Athens, a shared commercial kitchen to help small local businesses. Every Tuesday. 4–7 p.m. www.culinarykitchenofathens.com 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

Classic City American Music Festival Tour at Two

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: Lunch and Learn Games (Tyche’s Games) Learn some new games on your lunch hour. 11:30 a.m. www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Road) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: Toddler Time (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Songs, rhymes, books and educational play.

11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison KIDSTUFF: Teen D&D Club (ACC Library) A Dungeons and Dragons adventure in the library. Beginners welcome. Grades 6-12. 4-5:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org 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: STEAM Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Listen to stories related to science, technology, engineering, art and math. 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Indie Crafternoon: Galaxy Candles (Oconee County Library) Make a galaxy-inspired

candle. Grades 6–12. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee PERFORMANCE: Tuesday Tunes (Georgia Center for Continuing Education) A live series featuring new groups and fresh music each month. All musicians are students or TAs at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 5:30 p.m. FREE! hotel. uga.edu

Wednesday 3 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Vendors offer local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, live music and crafts. Every beer purchased at Creature Comforts during the market

EVENT | WED, JUL 10

Praying Aloud in Public

UGA Special Collections Libraries · 5:30–7:30 p.m. · FREE! Coleman Barks, who taught at UGA for three decades, rose to fame after his translations of the work of Rumi, Islam’s most revered poet, hit bestseller lists. He has additionally published 11 collections of his own poetry. The exhibition “Praying Out Loud in Public: The Papers of Coleman Barks” includes selections from the Coleman Barks Papers, a collection of approximately 50,000 pages of manuscripts that opened for research in the Hargrett Library in 2018. Among personal and professional correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous memorabilia, the collection features 45 years of dream journals. On view in the Rotunda Gallery, the exhibition will remain on view through Aug. 23. [JS]

will get you free tokens to spend at the market. 4-7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Family Space Movie (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy snacks, crafts and a space-themed movie. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison 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: 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: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens 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: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play the k continued on next page

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11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-354-4500, www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) General trivia. Industry night. Cash house prizes. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, movement, crafts and fun for preschool-aged children. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Heroes vs.

Supervillain Party (Oconee County Library) Dress up as your favorite hero or villain and watch a new Marvel movie. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Rebecca Sunshine Band (Oconee County Civic Center) Kid-friendly music by Rebecca and her friends. Instruments will be provided for kids to play along.

10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Create! Studio for Families (Bogart Library) Families can make origami stars together.

Call to register. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 770-725-9443, www.athenslibrary. org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Storytime 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 LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry (The Globe) Open mic poetry readings featuring Sam Sutlive. 8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/athenswordofmouth

Thursday 4 EVENTS: July 4th Celebration (Bryan Park, Crawford) This celebration will include vendors, food trucks, bouncy houses and an entertainment zone for the kids.

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5. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ OglethorpeCRD EVENTS: Fourth of July Fireworks (Epps Bridge Centre) No pets, alcohol, tobacco products or personal fireworks permitted. 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.oconeecounty.com EVENTS: Bright Fireworks Extravaganza (Innovation Amphitheater, Winder) A fireworks show with food and drinks being sold for those interested in refreshments. See story on p. 5. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.innovationamphitheater. com EVENTS: 50th Independence Day Celebration (Dowtown Colbert) A day full of activities, starting with a parade and including a farmers market, vendors serving food and a homemade pie contest. A variety of live musical performances. See story on p. 5. 9 a.m. FREE! www.colbertgeorgia.com GAMES: “Stranger Things” Arcade Party (Akademia Brewing Co.) Dress up as your favorite character and play some killer arcade games in celebration of the Season 3 premiere. 5–10 p.m. FREE! www. akademiabc.com LECTURES & LIT: Reading of the Declaration of Independence (Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside) Local and state elected leaders and Indivisible Georgia District 10 members will

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Friday 5 EVENTS: Independence Day Celebration (East Jackson Park, Nicholson) Contests, rides and tons of other activities to be expected with vendors serving food and beverages.

Live music provided by Steven Phillips and Midnight Express.

Fireworks will wrap up the evening at dusk. See story on p. 5. 4–9:30 p.m. FREE! www.nicholson-ga.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 KIDSTUFF: Galaxy Slime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Get messy and create your own galaxy.

Ages 6 & up. 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Flashback Films: Sundae Cinema (Bogart Library) Celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Judy Garland film, In the Good Old Summertime, with an ice cream sundae. 3-5 p.m. FREE! 770-725-9443 www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

rate them with far out imagery. Craft supplies provided. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Friends of the Oglethorpe County Library Book Sale (No. 3 Railroad Street) CDs, DVDs, vinyl, handcrafted gifts and more. Proceeds benefit the library. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.3railroad.org OUTDOORS: Naturalist’s Walks (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join naturalists on their quest to discover the beauty of summer. 10-11 a.m.

FREE! www.accgov.com/sandycreeknaturecenter

Sunday 7 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: The Mueller Report: A Community Discussion Series (ACC Library) WUGA and the library

Monday 8 FILM: Showdown at the Equator (Flicker Theatre & Bar) The police hire a ninja, a hitman and a sex addict to take down a Tokyo drug ring in The Executioner. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/showdownattheequator GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge. Hosted

by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: 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

KIDSTUFF: Preschool Pals (Bogart Library) Preschool-aged children will learn social and language skills through songs stories and crafts.

Ages almost 3–almost 5. 11:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart

Tuesday 9 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) William U. Eiland leads a special tour of “Sculptured Adornment: The Jewelry of David Hayes.” See Calendar Pick on p. 9. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Computer Class (ACC Library) Today’s topic is “Google Drive and Docs.” 10-11:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Adult Excel Class (Bogart Library) A course geared toward learning the basics of Microsoft Excel. Registration required. 1-2 p.m. FREE! 770-7259443 www.athenslibrary.org/bogart EVENTS: Magician Keith Karnock (Winterville Library) Enjoy an afternoon of magic, ventriloquism and

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Saturday 6 COMEDY: Open Mic Comedy (Moonlight Theater) Featuring local stand-up, sketch and character comedy. 6 p.m. $6. www.moonlighttheatercompany.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 EVENTS: Wing Eating Contest (Akademia Brewing Co.) Prizes will be awarded to contestants who can eat the most wings in eight minutes or eat the hottest wings. Email to register. 2–4 p.m. $10. brewpub@ akademiabc.com, www.akademiabc. com EVENTS: Nature’s Trading Post (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Trade objects you have found in nature for points or other natural objects in the collection. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE! www.accgov.com/sandycreeknaturecenter 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 an inclusive space for cross-cultural and inter-generational engagement.

9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www.athenslandtrust.org KIDSTUFF: If I had a Robot (ACC Library) A special storytime all about mechanical friends. Make your own robot crafts to go. For ages 3–11 and their caregivers. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Galaxy Shoes (Oconee County Library) Bring your own clean white canvas shoes and deco-

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Grades 6–12. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Starlab Planetarium (ACC Library) Enjoy a portable planetarium show. 2:30 p.m., 3:10 p.m. and 3:50 p.m. (ages 5–11), 4:30 p.m. (ages 12–18). FREE! www. athenslibary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: STEAM Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Listen to stories related to science, technology, engineering, art and math. 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Teen D&D Club (ACC Library) A Dungeons and Dragons adventure in the library. Beginners welcome. Grades 6-12. 4-5:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Toddler Time (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Songs, rhymes, books and educational play.

11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Seminar (Hilltop Grille) Learn how this advanced joint pain solution protocol is helping chronic joint pain sufferers and avoid invasive surgery and harmful medications.

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Artwork by Alice Pruitt is currently on view at Heirloom Café and Fresh Market through Monday, Aug. 26. A reception will be held on Wednesday, July 24. 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 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: Rockin’ Roll Bingo (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Play to win. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Open Play (Tyche’s Games) All are welcome to join in.

12:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages 3–11. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: What Is A SelfManaged Abortion? (Bombs Away Books) Presented by The Athens Free Skool, this discussion involves the history of self-induction and current perspectives on abortions, as well as info on legal issues and activist efforts to support people seeking an abortion. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/AthensFreeSkool PERFORMANCE: Independence Day Concert (ACC Library) The New Horizons Band will perform in celebration of America’s freedom. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org

KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Relax with the company of therapy dogs. 4:30 p.m.

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

Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: 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: Kids Can Bake (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Join Ms. Carley for a sweet storytime and learn how to make a new treat. Ages 5–10 and their caregivers. 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday (Bogart Library) Songs, finger plays, wiggles and giggles for ages three and under. Caregivers will receive pointers for building literacy and language skills. 10:15 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Galaxy Goodies and Edible Moon Rocks (ACC Library) Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing with some tasty treats. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens

science with magician Keith Karnok.

5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-742-7735 EVENTS: Downtown Culinary Showcase (Athens City Hall) Discover a variety of vendors selling everything from sweets, jewelry, Jamaican food, flavored vinegar, loose leaf teas, vegan cupcakes and more. A portion of proceeds help support the Culinary Kitchen of Athens, a shared commercial kitchen to help small local businesses. Every Tuesday. 4–7 p.m. www.culinarykitchenofathens.com EVENTS: 2nd Tuesday Wine Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) Sample New America wines.

6 p.m. $20. heirloomathens.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: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: Toons Day: Animated Star Wars (Oconee County Library) Watch cartoons and eat snacks.

EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) See Wednesday listing for full description. 4-7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Opening Reception (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Celebrate the opening of a new exhibition, “Praying Out Loud in Public: The Coleman Barks Papers.” See Calendar Pick on p. 9. 5:30–7:30 p.m FREE! www.libs.uga.edu EVENTS: Rabbit Box (The Foundry) Rabbit Box is storytelling by adults for adult ears. July’s theme is “Puppies & Ponies,” a show brimming with joy and good humor. 7 p.m. $7. www.rabbitbox.org GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday.

Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: General Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Weekly trivia hosted by the one and only Count Zapula. 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3144 GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens GAMES: Beer Goggles Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) Walter Lane hosts weekly trivia. Teams can have up to 10 players, and prizes include tab discounts. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! www.sobrewco.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) 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: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Storytelling Concert (Madison County Library) Carol Cain explores a Universe of Stories.

2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597

KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, movement, crafts and fun for preschool-aged children. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Claire Campbell (Oconee County Civic Center) Claire Campbell of Hope For Agoldensummer will perform on guitar and singing saw for kids of all ages. Get ready to sing along. 10:30 a.m. FREE! athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Create! Studio for Tweens (Bogart Library) This week’s activity is word banners. Registration required. 3 p.m. FREE! 770-7259443 www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Movieoke (Oconee County Library) Karaoke, but better!

Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Karate Class (Oconee County Library) Ages three and up can build confidence with board breaking. Taught by AKF Karate. 2 p.m. FREE! athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (ACC Library) Meet author and scholar Jonathan Putnam and get a copy of his book A House Divided, a re-imagining of an unsolved murder mystery from President Abraham Lincoln’s time as a lawyer. Presented

by Avid Bookshop. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (ACC Library) Jonathan Putnam celebrates the latest release, A House Divided, from his book series, Final Resting Place: A Lincoln and Speed Mystery. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Partners in the Search for Truth? (Friendship Presbyterian Church) Reverend Tom Buchanan and Antonio Mantica, a doctoral student in physics at UGA, lead a discussion on the intersection of science and religion. 6:30 p.m.

FREE! wwwgotofriendship.org

SOCIAL CIRCLE Local lo-fi experimental lounge singer that aims “to turn the support group into a party.”

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) KIP JONES Local songwriter playing all your favorite folk, rock, R&B and country covers and some of his own tunes.

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.

Thursday 4 Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic Dr. Fred and featuring a large

BRIAN REVELS Folk singer-songwriter out of Atlanta.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens.com SUNNY SOUTH BLUES BAND Local band combining a blues and soul spirit with riffy rock and roll.

MAGNOLIA MOON Macon-based roots-rock four-piece featuring two sets of brothers.

DIABLO SANDWICH & THE DR. PEPPERS Local all-star Southern rock band blending country, gypsy, jazz and more.

Go Bar 10 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 SPIRITS HAVING FUN Jagged, melodic math-pop group from Chicago. See Calendar Pick on p. 9.

CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER The leader of buzzy local pop group Locate S,1 plays a solo set.

REALISTIC PILLOW Local beatbased experimental one-man band.

The Foundry 1 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com CLASSIC CITY AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL An all-day lineup of roots music, featuring Hogslop String Band, Packway Handle Band, Adam Klein, Mermaid Motor Lounge, Norma Rae and more. See Calendar Pick on p. 9.

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Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com NEW MAN Alias of pop singer-songwriter and producer Cody Newman.

THE BUZZARDS OF FUZZ Bluesy stoner-rock group from Atlanta.

PICKLED HOLLER Blending traditional and jam sounds, with a dedication to dynamics and harmonies.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. $3. www. georgiatheatre.com BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin fresh jams and old-school favorites.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com ROTTWEILER Local punk band featuring members of Shaved Christ, Apparition and Tit. HALLUCINATION REALIZED Grindcore band from Rochester, NY. TOMB WARDEN Grind and death-metal-influenced band.

Terrapin Beer Co. 3 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com THE WILD HARES Classic cover band from Atlanta.

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Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. $3. www.georgiatheatre.com CALLIOPE MUSICALS A cheerful psychedelic party folk band.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $5. thefoundryathens.com MONSOON Local pop-punk band informed by anime culture and new wave.

OZELLO Atlanta-based queer folkpunk band.

Go Bar 10 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 LUBE Noisy krautrrock band from Salt Lake City.

SOOTHSAYER Psychedelic, loopbased solo project from Atlanta.

DIAMONDSHOALS New local shoegaze project.

DJ BOOPZ Spinning a late-night dance party.

Wednesday 3 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.

Go Bar 10 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 POST HUNK New wave and postpunk-inspired duo from Atlanta.

FUN ISN’T FAIR Garage-rock group from Atlanta.

BREE COULEUR Athens-based musician, poet and dancer.

Go Bar 9 p.m. $5. 706-546-5609 ZIONA RILEY Singer-songwriter from Nashville, TN informed by traditional folk music.

CRAVE ON Psych-inflected DIY rock group from Nashville, TN. LYDIA SERA Local visual artist and folk musician.

MADAME P’LIGHT Immaterial Possession member explores a variety of folk traditions.

SEADUST MERCURY DREAM Local experimental duo of Javier Romero and Jeremy Kiran Fernandes.

DOMESTIC Local songwriter Emma McLeod uses banjo, slide guitar and trumpet.

Wednesday 10 Boar’s Head Lounge 11 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC A weekly open-mic jam hosted by Louis Phillip Pelot.

Backline provided.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+) $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com OZELLO Atlanta-based queercore punk-rock band with folk influences.

CALM. Atlanta-based indie-rock band.

MITCHELL POWERS Member of local folk-rock band The Powers performs solo.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com HERE BE MONSTERS Solo local folk-punk outfit.

GIFT ECONOMY Mindful, melodic folk-punk shared through intense, engaging performances.

HARD FABRIC Confessional folkpunk band from Statesboro.

THE FRUITCAKE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD Emo-folk singer-songwriter from Claxton.

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 2

LITTLE GOLD Local group playing garage-rock with country and pop sensibilities.

Calliope Musicals play the Georgia Theatre Rooftop on Monday, July 8. assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Every Thursday.

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

Friday 5 Caledonia Lounge Garett Hatch Benefit. 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). caledonialounge.com WALTZ Athens-based rock group with a heavy, noisy sound.

ANCIENT ETHEL New duo featuring Missy Lawrence on vocals and drums and Garett Hatch on vocals and guitar.

THE HONEY SLIDERS Detroitinfluenced rock band from Catropolis.

SAINT SYZYGY Experimental solo project of Kwazymoto frontman Ian Hemerlein.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $10. www.flickertheatreandbar. com AUSTIN DARNELL Local blues singer-songwriter and Darnell Boys member plays a solo set.

LEEANN PEPPERS Local singer-songwriter playing sparse, evocative folk music.

ART CONTEST Local math-rock group with propulsive rhythms and intricate melodies.

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

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

Saturday 6 Boutier Winery & Inn 8 p.m. www.boutierwinery.com BLIND DELTA WOLF Local band playing “dangerous rock and roll.”

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com TRIBUTE NIGHT Featuring the music of Foo Fighters (Getaway Company), My Chemical Romance (Murder the Mood), Stone Temple Pilots (Rosie & the Ratdogs) and an alt-rock cover set by 40oz 4 piece.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com NEIL FOUNTAIN Local jazz bassist and songwriter leads a performance.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ MADEMOISELLE POLITE Playing a mix of psychedelic, disco and synthwave from Turkey, Pakistan, France, Hungary and Greece.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com THE WILDJORDANTONKSCATS Long-running local blues group The Wildcats teams up with folk duo MrJordanMrTonks.

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

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE TRAVELIN’ KINE Gritty Americana group from Charleston, SC. Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com MAGNOLIA BAYOU Funky, psychedelic Southern rock band from Gulfport, MS.

NSM Athens-based all-star dance-pop group.

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

Tuesday 9 The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5. thefoundryathens.com AD BLANCO New local rock band that sprouted out of Full Moon School of Music.

JEFFREY VERNON AND DEATH TRAP VOLVO Local indie-rock singer-songwriter.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com GEORGIA DISH BOYS Raucous and rootsy local rock group fronted by songwriter Seth Martin. Album release show! See story on p. 6.

THE PINK STONES Rootsy local country-rock group led by songwriter Hunter Pinkston.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com IMMATERIAL POSSESSION Darkly tinged underground-pop project.

FLYING FISH COVE Magical indiepop group from Seattle.

LYDIA BRAMBILA Local singer-songwriter plays sparse and haunting folk songs.

On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com SATISFIERS OF ALPHA BLUE Atlanta-based psych-rock band.

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) SALLY AND THE SIX GRAND Oldtime rock band.

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

The World Famous 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens BABY TONY & THE TEENIES Local band plays doo-wop-inspired pop songs about wasting time and having crushes.

JIM SHORTS Multi-instrumentalist indie rock artist from Chattanooga, TN. NEEDLE TEETH New local “sparkle-punk” band.

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

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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 GET ARTISTIC GRANTS (Creature Comforts Brewery) Creature Comfort’s Get Artistic program offers grants for artists, nonprofit art organizations and DIY organizations. Read more and apply online.

The deadlines are July 14 for DIY projects and Sept. 1 for artists and nonprofits. www.getcurious.com/ get-artistic/grants 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.

“SilverSneakers Yoga,” Wednedsays at 11 a.m. “Aikido,” Wednesdays at 2 p.m. “Acrylic Painting,” Wednesdays

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 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.

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. Through July 14.

DODD GALLERIES (270 River Rd.) “Fountain” features Athens-based artist Jaime Bull and New York-based artist Melissa Brown. “Liberty” includes photography by Brittainy Lauback. “Ring Wren & Turtle” combines abstraction and figuration by painter Adam Sipe. Through Aug. 30.

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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 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) “Workshop: Loving Presence & The Healing Relationship: an Introduction to the Hakomi Method,” July 26–27.

Autumn Retreat, Sept. 27–29. Yoga teacher training starts Oct. 14.

Classes include Slow Flow, Iyengar, Restorative, Yin, Power, Hot Yoga and beginners classes. www.athens fivepointsyoga.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

Kidstuff ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Art Club for Teens” and “Art Club Junior” cover subjects like dream catchers and moving flexagons. www.kaartist.com BE… TWEENS & TEEN YOGA, MINDFULNESS & MORE (5 Points Yoga) Includes yoga, breathing, mindfulness, team-building, music and more. For ages 9–14.

Wednesdays through July 24, 4 p.m. $15/drop-in, $65/six classes. www.athensfivepointsyoga.com CLASSES FOR PARENTS AND KIDS (reBlossom Mama Baby

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Annelie Klein and Donna Laymon. Through July.

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.

• “Women of the WPA” features works by Lucienne Bloch, Marie Bleck, Marguerite Redman Dorgeloh, Helen Lundeberg, Minnetta Good and more.

Through Sept. 8. • “Larger Than Life: Mural Studies” includes studies for murals, some of which were created as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs. Through Sept. 8. • “Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsh Collection.

Through Sept. 15. • “Color, Form and Light” showcases abstract works from the museum’s permanent collection or on long-term loan. Through 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.

HEIRLOOM CAFE & FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Art educator Alice Pruitt presents a collection of works focusing on Southern architecture and landscapes. Reception July 24. Currently on view through Aug. 26.

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 AND HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) “Just Passing Through Earth” includes works by Leon Photographs of East and West.

Opening reception July 6.

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.

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, 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

Shop) “Parent & Tot, Recycling Trot,” fourth Wednesdays of the month, 10–11 a.m. “Crawlers & Toddlers Play Group,” Wednesdays, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. “Storytime,” Fridays, 10:30 a.m. “Finding Balance in Motherhood Postpartum Group Therapy,” Fridays 12–1 p.m.

“Mama-Baby Yoga,” Saturdays, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. “Prenatal Yoga,” Saturdays, 12–1 p.m. www.reblossom athens.com COMEDY CAMP (Moonlight Theater) “Kids Comedy Camp” is a threeweek summer course focused on playfulness, failure, clowning, communication, imagination and artistic collaboration through a diverse series of theater games, exercises and challenges. Ages 6–9. Saturdays & Sundays, July 13–28, 1–2:30 p.m. $125. “Summer Comedy Intensive” is a three-week program for ages 13–18. Saturdays & Sundays, July 13–28, 4–6 p.m. and Mondays, July 15 & 22, 7–8:15 p.m. $160. moonlight.theater.company@gmail.com, www.moonlighttheatercompany.com/school KINDERSWIM (Multiple Locations) Five-year-olds can enroll in Kinderswim, a summer “learn to swim” program. Three sessions run over the summer, July 16–Aug. 2 and the program is held at all five pools. Participants will receive a free pool pass for the season. Register online. $33-50. www.accgov.com/ aquatics SPLASH PAD (Multiple Locations) The Trail Creek Splash Pad will be open during regular hours now through Aug. 4, plus weekends Aug. 10–Sept. 2. $1/person. Pool passes $20–40. www.athensclarkecounty. com/splashpad SUMMER CAMP (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Hogwart’s School Under the Pyramid

is for ages 6–12 and is held July 29–Aug. 2, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. $100– 150 sliding scale. 706-546-7914, dre@uuathensga.org SUMMER CAMPS (Double Helix STEAM School) “Music and Movement Camp,” July 8–12.”

Harry Potter Camp,” July 15–19.

“Fiber Arts and Baking Camp,” July 22–26. “Tour of Global Visual & Pop Culture: Welcome to the BTS World!” July 29–Aug. 2. Camps run each day from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. $175/ week plus supply fees. www.double helixsummercamp.wordpress.com SUMMER CAMPS (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Summer camp themes range from “ARTcheologist,” “Back to the Future Inventions,” “Rainbows, Unicorns and Sparkles,” “Pee-Wee’s Treehouse,” “Food Truck Camp,” “Happy Little Trees” and more. Visit website for descriptions, dates and registration. www.tree housekidandcraft.com WHIRLIGIG SUMMER CAMPS (Nimbl, 160 Winston Dr.) One-week summer themed camps for ages 6–12. “Let’s Make a Show,” July 29– Aug. 2. Camps culminate in a final performance for family and friends. whirligigcamps@gmail.com, www.whirligigcamps.com

Support Groups ALS SUPPORT GROUP (Oconee Veterans Park, Watkinsville) Provides awareness and education to individuals living with ALS. Meets fourth Wednesday of every month, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. 706-207-5800 ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS SUPPORT GROUP (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) is a 12-step program for people who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. Mondays, 7–8 p.m.

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 Kelly Boehmer, Jaime Bull, Christina Foard, Vivian Liddell and Erin McIntosh.

Through Aug. 3. • “A Century of Art: The Athens Art Association.” Through Aug. 15. • “Easement” features paintings of domestic interiors by Sarah Cowan White. Through Aug. 31.

MAMA’S BOY AT THE FALLS (8851 Macon Hwy.) Collages and paintings from Lorraine Thompson’s series, “The Nest, The Angel, and The Muse.”

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

by Bonnie Montgomery.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) “A Room of Their Own: OCAF Summer Installation Invitational” invited Alice Schindel, Chastity Williams, Hannah Duggan, Stephanie Sutton and Lisa Freeman to create rooms within the larger gallery space. • “Sense of Touch: Fiber Arts by Shirley Chambliss” features handwoven textiles.

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

PINEWOODS PUBLIC LIBRARY (1265 Hwy. 29 N. #12) See paintings by Stanley Bermudez as well as a community mural.

RICHARD B. RUSSELL BUILDING SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Under the Big Top: The American Circus and Traveling Tent Shows” explores circuses, vaudeville troupes and other traveling tent shows in the U.S. from the 1820s–1930s. Through July 5. • “Nevertheless, She Resisted: Documenting the Women’s Marches” shares posters, photographs, articles and ephemera from the Women’s March on Washington, D.C. in January 2017. Through July 5. • “Praying Aloud in Public: The Coleman Barks Collection” displays selected items from an archive of roughly 50,000 pages of manuscripts. Opening reception July 10. Through Aug. 23.

THE ROOK & PAWN (294 W Washington St #300) Pop culture stencil art from Brian Brenneman. Through July.

STEEL + PLANK (675 Pulaski St., Suite 200) Paintings by Andy Cherewick, Erin McIntosh, Emily Mann and Donna Mintz, plus textile art by Shirley Noland Chambliss and photography by Benjamin Galland.

TIF SIGFRIDS (119 N. Jackson St.) An exhibition of works by Becky Kolsrud, Jasmine Little and Amy Pleasant highlights the artists’ overlapping interests in representation with emphasis on the fragmented female figure. Through July 13.

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

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Saturday & Sunday Brunch $3 Mimosas $4 Bloody Mary’s A collection of prints by Mo Costello is currently on view at Howard’s through Saturday, July 13. www.meetings.adultchildren.org AL-ANON 12 STEP (Multiple Locations) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking.

Meetings are held daily at various times and locations. 888-425-2666, www.ga-al-anon.org ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) If you think you have a problem with alcohol, call the AA hotline or visit the website for a schedule of meetings in Barrow, Clarke, Jackson and Oconee Counties. www.athensaa.org CHRONIC ILLNESS SUPPORT GROUP (Contact for Location) Meet others who are dealing with chronic illness such as ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Lyme.

Third Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. athenschronicillness@gmail.com EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) EA is a 12-step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Meets Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org H.A.M.S. (Nuçi’s Space) Harm Reduction Abstinence Moderation Support is a peer-led and information group for anyone who wants to change their drinking habits for the better. Mondays through July 22, 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! harmreduction moderationathens@gmail.com NAMI (Multiple Locations) “NAMI Connections” is a support group for adults living in recovery with mental illness. “NAMI Family” is for family members, friends and caregivers of individuals with mental illnesses. Both groups meet every fourth Tuesday, 6–7:30 p.m. at Presbyterian Church of Athens. 770225-0804. “NAMI Support Group” in Watkinsville meets second Monday of the month, 6:30–8 p.m. at Oconee Presbyterian Church. namihallga@ gmail.com, www.namihall.org REBLOSSOM SUPPORT GROUPS (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) “Nannies & Nannas Play & Support

Group,” Mondays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. “Breastfeeding Support Group,” Wednesdays, 4–6 p.m. & Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

“Our Differences Are Beautiful Play and Support Group,” Thursdays, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. “Finding Balance in Motherhood Group Therapy,” second and fourth Fridays, 12–1 p.m. www.reblossomathens.com REFUGE RECOVERY (The Recovery Center, 8801 Macon Hwy.) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction. Thursdays, 7–8 p.m. FREE! Find “Refuge Recovery Athens GA” on Facebook SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Email for Location) Sex Addicts Anonymous offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from a compulsive sexual behavior.

Mondays, 7 p.m. athensdowntown SAA@gmail.com

On The Street 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. $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. survey.uga.edu/leisureservices 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. becky lockman@gmail.com. Dedicated Mindfulness Practitioners meets at the Griffin-Dubose Healing Lodge every Saturday, 8:30 a.m. jasey jones@gmail.com. Mindful Living Center offers intro mindfulness classes every second Friday, 5:30–7 p.m. at the Healing Lodge, Piedmont Athens Regional. www.mindfuliving. org. Satchidananda Mission offers yoga meditation every Sunday, 6:30–7:30 p.m. and Kirtan every third Sunday, 4–6 p.m. revmanjula@ bellsouth.net. Let It Be Yoga hosts the Athens Singing Circle every 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 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 TABLE TENNIS (East Athens Community Center) Table tennis games are held three times a week.

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THE DEAD DON’T DIE (R) Not that Jim Jarmusch cares, but the zombie wave RIP Billy Drago and Max Wright. You unwisely invites her friend Daniela (Katie crested several years ago. The hippest of the definitely know Drago, even if his name is Sarife) over, while the Warrens are away. hip filmmaker is less interested in the canunfamiliar. The Untouchables is the standDaniela proceeds to unlock the blessed cabnibalistic munching of the undead as he is out vehicle for his multiple villains, but no inet containing Annabelle and unleashes in their metaphorical meaning. These zomjudgement if “Charmed”’s Barbas is the role an evening of hell on the trio and a sweet bies do not seek brains. They want candy, you most remember. Wright had tons of guy nicknamed Bob’s Got Balls (Michael Wi-Fi, prescription drugs or whatever else roles over the years, but will always be best Cimino). Possessed artifact after possessed addicted them during life. known for exasperatedly yelling The Dead Don’t Die is most sucat Alf. cessful when it explicitly dotes on Annabelle Comes Home In Spider-Man: Far From George Romero’s groundbreaking Home, the first Marvel movie works; it mildly surprises that since the universe-changing Jarmusch did not shoot in black Avengers: Endgame, charming and white. Bill Murray and Adam Tom Holland’s Peter Parker fortuDriver pair well as a deadpan duo itously brings his Spidey suit on a of cops dealing with the zombie class trip to Europe, as Samuel L. outbreak. Like the rest of the Jackson’s Nick Fury enlists him in movie, their interactions elicit a struggle with Jake Gyllenhaal’s constant chuckles and a few outMysterio, who may not be the bad loud laughs, though one wonders guy we expect. Ari Aster follows up how well the movie’s Trump cracks the excellent maternal nightmare will age.

Hereditary with the sundrenched Don’t worry if you have trouble Midsommar. This tale of vacation- I’m just waiting for Chucky to pick me up for dinner. deciphering Jarmusch’s message. ing friends entangled in a rural A small town whose population is Swedish town’s pagan ritual brings to mind artifact—the samurai armor, not the more undead than alive is far less ambigthe cult classic The Wicker Man. Midsommar Ferryman, should jump to the front of the uous than earlier entries in his oeuvre. probably does not end well either. queue for Conjuring spinoffs—manifests Anyway, Tom Waits’ Hermit Bob monoAround town, Ciné begins preparations itself in and around the Warrens’ home. logues it prior to the end credits. Though for Quentin Tarantino’s ninth feature, The whole flick would be an excellent The Dead Don’t Die lacks the cachet of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, with a pilot for “The Conjuring: The Series.” Think Jarmusch’s critical gems, this zomcom is his mini QT festival. Check out his beloved first-run syndication a la “Friday the 13th: most easily digestible entertainment since first feature, 1992’s Reservoir Dogs, on The Series”; each week reveals the story 2005’s Broken Flowers. f July 4. If you have not seen this colorful heist-gone-wrong flick on the big screen, here is your chance. At Flicker on July 8, Showdown at the Equator presents 1974’s The Executioner. The legendary Shin’ichi “Sonny” Chiba tears a guy’s rib out while fighting the drug-dealing mafia alongside a couple of other killers. If Judy Garland is more your style, you can make sundaes and celebrate the 70th anniversary of In the Good Old Summertime at the Bogart Library on July 5. If you would rather get lost in space with the entire family, the Madison County Library screens a Family Space Movie on July 3. Nobody asked, but my recommendations include The Last Starfighter, Explorers, SpaceCamp or Flight of the Navigator.

So, which recent horror movie is worth the time and ticket? (Surprisingly, both!)

ANNABELLE COMES HOME (R) The Annabelle franchise opened with a critically savaged hit that was followed up by David F. Sandberg’s critically lauded prequel, Annabelle: Creation. (I think it was Anthony LaPaglia who made this flick feel like a Puppetmaster sequel released direct to video in the mid-aughts.) The third entry allows series writer Gary Dauberman to sit in the director’s chair, and the results are surprisingly watchable, if not terribly scary.

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EAT PERUVIAN: If there’s anything that can offer changes, but it might be chicken (with make you forget the loss of a truly beloved angel-hair pasta and veggies) or parihuela restaurant, it is its replacement by some(mixed seafood in a fish stock), both delithing just as good and soon to be just as cately flavored and homey. beloved. Mifflin House (2467 Jefferson You’ll find lots of Peruvian standards on Road, 706-850-6806) started out as a the menu, some of which you may know not-very underground Peruvian house from Cali N Tito’s: lomo saltado (quick-saurestaurant but opened a couple of months téed thin-sliced steak, served over french ago in what was previously Big Family Cafe in the Homewood Hills shopping center. It may not have a sign yet, but it preserves the warm feeling of its predecessor, as though you’re being generously hosted by a large extended family who just want to feed you and make sure you’re comfortable. Its waitstaff wear shirts encouraging you to kiss French, party Caribbean and eat Peruvian—advice that is good.

Athens has been blessed over the past 20 years with a surprising abundance of Peruvian restaurants, and the seafood-heavy, acid-inflected cuisine is reliably delicious. Mifflin House’s is no different. The prices at dinner may strike you as a little high, but there’s nothing wrong with an “authentic” restaurant charging appropriate amounts for its food, especially when it’s good. Pay up. Should you be less willing or able to do so, the lunch specials are a ridicu- Mifflin House lous deal, priced between $7.99– $9.99 and encompassing a reasonably sized fries and rice with tomato and red onion), entree, two sides, a salad or a large and the chicken version of the same (you can wonderful bowl of soup. There’s also a bowl also get it with a fried egg or the house of complimentary cancha (essentially corn version that adds shrimp and mushrooms), nuts—kernels of corn soaked then fried aji de gallina (chicken in a mildly spicy yeland salted) and thin-sliced tostones (fried low sauce with sliced hard-boiled egg and green plantains) on the table. The soup on olives), wonderful roasted chicken, char-

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The menu is large and rewards repeat visits. It would be easy to miss the causitas, for example, a trio of terrines featuring mashed potato top and bottom sandwiching tuna salad, chicken salad and shrimp/crab salad.

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There are also suggested combinations, if the menu is overwhelming. You can add cream, marshmallow (a more sugary version of the cream), chocolate syrup, Nerds, gummies, sour spray or fairy dust (sprinkles, basically).

The result is pretty good, although it depends to some extent on your ability to pick flavors that work together—you get two standard, and if you pick carrot cake and blue raspberry, that’s on you. There’s giant Connect Four in the side room and picnic tables outside. Sizes range from a pup cup (for your dog, only $1) to a giant one that might require a crew to tackle before it melts. Prices are reasonable. Pelican’s is open noon–9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1–9 p.m. Sunday. f

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The staff will encourage you to try the ceviche, and there’s a whole page devoted to different varieties on the menu: fish, blood clam, shrimp, mussels and mixed, as well as in the classic lime and chile sauce, in a

milder yellow pepper sauce and in a red pepper sauce that’s somewhere in between.

There’s much more to explore than these choices: beef liver with onions, tacu tacu de mariscos, fried fish with yucca fries, lots of other seafood platters, various tallarines (spaghettis), more potato-based dishes.

There are even kids meals. Mifflin House is open 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and noon–9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. It does not have a liquor license, but you can BYOB, including from the liquor store in the same shopping center.

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By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Heyyyyy Bonita, I live in a very reasonably priced garage apartment in a neighborhood close enough that I can easily walk or bike to work. The location is safe and comfortable, the apartment is updated, and the landlady is friendly enough but keeps her distance. She is super responsive if there’s ever a problem with the apartment, but otherwise, I don’t see her much, despite her living in the house right in front of me.

She has a large backyard that I often walk through in order to get to the driveway, although I can also go through the garage itself. The backyard is a really beautiful patio with serious landscaping and outdoor furniture. She made it clear when I first rented the apartment that the backyard is her space, not common space, which is fine. She has no problem with me entering and exiting through the yard—I just don’t hang out there. Going through the garage is also fine, and I often do that, but it takes a little longer

and is less scenic.

The problem: Among the landscaping, outdoor furniture and decorations in the backyard is this little statue. I think it’s what’s often called a “lawn jockey.” I don’t even know how to describe it in a sensitive manner. It’s an image of a black… boy? man? with exaggerated, stereotypical features. My landlord is a white woman in, I would guess, her early 60s. I’m a white woman in my 30s. It’s her backyard, and it’s hard for me to imagine how I would suggest to her that this item is problematic.

The real problem: I don’t want my friends to see it. To be honest, if white friends notice it, we usually share an uncomfortable moment over how awkward and awful an item it is. If friends who are black come over, I always make sure we enter through the garage so we don’t walk past it. This is a little clumsy, but I don’t see a better way around it, and I really, really would not want them to feel uncomfortable or unwelcome. I’ve thought about “accidentally” breaking it, but I’m not sure I could convincingly make it look like an accident. Any thoughts on how to handle this?

Between a Rock and a Lawn Jockey

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Between a Rock, That sounds like a nice living situation—walkable from work, privately owned (here’s to not dealing with property management in this town), a well-maintained back garden—but there’s a wellknown piece of racist imagery in full view of anyone whom you’d walk through her backyard.

It’s 2019, and this woman has to know that people of color really don’t wanna see that shit, regardless of historical value or any myths and legends that surround jockey statues. If you decide to confront her about it, be prepared to hear either some revisionist history about them being used as signal posts on the Underground Railroad—only, like, one historian in the entire world claims this ever happened—or a statement about how she doesn’t give a damn if people don’t like her jockey. I truly hope that

I am proven wrong—that she sees the poor taste in her decorative choices and decides to make her yard and her home more welcoming.

It’s a real gamble to confront white people about casual racism nowadays, because anyone doing anything casually racist probably already knows it in these modern times. Pretending to dig racism is the worst contrarian move to make, but holy moly, do I ever hope that I am barking up the wrong tree here. The only way to find out is to ask, but I don’t envy you in that task at all.

Still, you need to check in with yourself about your values surrounding this situation. Your behavior is a great example of how small actions by well-meaning people can help to perpetuate ideals that no one should support. You literally have a “colored” entrance to your home because of a statue—do you realize that? You’re being a bad ally by treating your friends of color like second-class citizens in an attempt to shield them from your landlord, and that is simply not OK. f

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Mourning Mike HIS FRIEND TELLS US WHAT MADE MIKE BURKE RUN

By Pete McCommons pete@flagpole.com I got to know Mike Burke when I was in a play with him (The Language Archive) toward the end of his valiant fight against cancer.

As an actor, he knew what he was doing, and I could tell there was a lot more to this impressive native Athenian than I had seen in our brief strut on the stage. His beloved longtime friend, Terrell Austin, steps in here to tell us who he was. (Friends will gather for a farewell to Mike 6–7:30 p.m. at the Morton Theatre this Friday, July 5, with a potluck reception at Town & Gown afterward.)

regularly, but a couple of years ago, a little add-on was our new, very antsy tortoise, Herb. We had had Herb for two weeks, and he was on a hunger strike and always trying to escape his outdoor enclosure. We planted hibiscus and offered strawberries and cherry tomatoes. Herb was having none of it. Then Mike came and stayed for two weeks. That turtle calmed down and ate and burrowed and reconciled himself.

“Mike’s calm humor in the frenzy of any situation was his defining feature, onstage and off. He worked with European Repertory Company and Steppenwolf in “The playwright Sarah Ruhl once said: Chicago and at the Gainesville Theater ‘The theater is one of the few places left in Alliance. He worked as a waiter as well, as the bright and noisy world where we sit in most actors do. He had a promising future the quiet dark together, to be awake.’ as a struggling actor in Chi-town, home of some of the best theater in the world.

“But when his elderly parents began to need care, Mike returned to Athens in 2009 to attend to their needs. And that he did, lovingly and with a lot of curse words thrown in.

Jack and Paula died within months of each other in 2011.

“Mike worked at WUGA for several years, doing the afternoon show. I loved hearing his voice, although I was frustrated that he never took the liberty of saying, ‘I’m Michael Burke, and you are listening to WUGA.’ Always self-effacing, always finely tuned in.

“When Mike had moved back to Athens and was in the throes of daily care for his parents, I convinced him to be in a play I was directing at Town & Gown: Night School, by Harold Pinter. He played a ne’er-do-well nephew, living with his two old maid aunties—played

by Gay McCommons and Betsy Dorminey—who menaces their new tenant, a school teacher who Mike Burke played Bitygov in the world premiere of Frank moonlights as a scantily clad ‘hostGalati’s The Duel, with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in ess’ at a club.

Chicago, and he was a company member at The European “Mike had not done any Athens Repertory Company of Chicago, where his credits included The theater in many years. He was back Tempest, Uncle Vanya and Slavs!. in town, but no one knew him.

After people saw the show, the cho“If you casually met Mike Burke, you rus was, ‘Who is this guy?’ He was lovable would never guess he was an actor. Quiet, and so dark and menacing at the same time. wry and unassuming was his game, with a “I met Michael when we were cast in lot of wicked commentary thrown in. As the the ACT production of Oliver! in 1984. He youngest of six children in a lively Catholic was Bill Sykes, and I was Nancy. He was family, with a father who taught drama at 15, with a wonderful, deep, gravelly voice.

UGA, Mike had to bide his time and make Our scenes together were carefully choreothe most of the space allotted to him. And graphed depictions of domestic violence. he did that. Where others looked for the Bill murders Nancy by strangling her at the large, dramatic gestures, Mike was a conend of the show. His last line is: ‘It’s a dark noisseur of the small moments. night, my love, but light enough for what “He was a close observer of human I’ve got to do.’ Cue the strangling. We loved beings, their intricacies and idiosyncrasies. every minute of those rehearsals.

This made him not just a great actor, able “A song in that show resonates now in to embody characters at a micro-level so the dark night of Mike’s departure. It’s believably, but a great friend as well—one called, ‘I’d Do Anything For You.’ That is who cared about the small stuff, who asked how Mike lived his life. about your children and your pets.

“I am determined, for all of us who will “Although all our animals loved him, we miss him so, that there will, indeed, be light called him the ‘tortoise whisperer’ the past enough for what we’ve all got to do now.” few years. He stayed with our dogs and cats [Catherine Terrell Austin] f

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