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this week’s issue MICHAEL RIVERA

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2ND TUESDAY TASTING What will become of the Murmur Trestle? Athenians debated this and many other issues this summer. See p. 7 for more.

City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 NEWS: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Firefly Trail Is Making Progress

Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

FOOD: The Locavore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

What’s the Difference Between Organic and CNG?

Summer in Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CCSD Recap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Grand Slam Program Helps Kids During Summer

Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

MUSIC: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Movie Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com Statistically it may or may not be the case, but for Mokah-Jasmine Johnson, “over the summer it seemed like Athens had a crime spike—people getting shot, people getting Tased.”

The death two weeks ago of Auriel Callaway—a 24-year-old pregnant mother who was caught in the crossfire during a gunfight that broke out while she was walking with her son at an Eastside apartment complex—has spurred community members to get involved in stopping gun violence. For example, Callaway’s uncle, Bryant Gantt, held a gun buy-back where he paid $4,100 out of his own pocket to take 41 guns off the street.

But is getting guns off the street going to do any good? Some had their doubts at a town hall discussion Johnson organized at Broderick Flanigan’s East Athens art studio.

Constrained by the Second Amendment and Georgia’s conservative politics, the ability to restrict guns is limited. Regardless, the mostly white people who keep expanding gun rights are “glorifying the gun,” school board member Greg Davis said. (The discussion took place before the mass shootings in El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH.) Even when gun laws were stricter, Charles Hardy remembers “artillery” on the

streets. “The guns aren’t the issue,” he said.

“The people using the guns are the issue.”

Hardy spent 22 years in prison—he said he was sentenced to life plus 20 and released in 2015 when the person who committed the crime he was accused of confessed. Six months ago, he and Hosea Foote formed Athens Alliances after a friend’s son was shot and killed. The group mentors children, but especially their parents, some of whom Hardy sees as irresponsible. Some even encourage their kids to sell drugs to help pay the bills, he said.

That prompted a heated response from Johnson and her husband, Knowa, who said that many of those parents have undiagnosed learning disabilities and trauma from growing up poor, stemming from slavery.

Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Tim Denson said the solution is to address poverty, the root cause of crime.

Guns were everywhere growing up in the Orlando projects, Knowa Johnson said, mainly sought after for protection. He recounted all the people close to him who’d been killed with guns: two aunts, an uncle, two friends and his 19-year-old son.

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with law enforcement. The Johnsons are signing up volunteers to go door-to-door to talk about gun violence. For whites—and even some blacks like Mokah-Jasmine Johnson, who acknowledged she had a different experience than many African Americans growing up in an immigrant family—that work requires setting aside cultural biases. “You don’t really fully understand until you go into the community and get engaged and listen,” she said.

DA Won’t Run Again Athens’ top prosecutor, Western Circuit District Attorney Ken Mauldin, will not run for a sixth term in 2020, he announced last week.

Mauldin had pledged to resign to avoid a conflict of interest if his wife Allison, a prosecutor in Greensboro, had won a seat on the Western Circuit Superior Court bench last year. Although she lost to incumbent Eric Norris, Mauldin said in a news release that he realized it was time to step down. But he will stay in office until his term ends so that Gov. Brian Kemp won’t have the opportunity to appoint his successor.

Former state Rep. Deborah Gonzalez had already announced her intention to run against Mauldin in May’s Democratic primary on a platform of criminal justice reform. While his decision not to seek re-election makes her path easier, other candidates may jump into the race now that it’s clear the seat will be an open one.

The circuit consists of heavily Democratic Clarke County and equally Republican Oconee County, but leans Democratic because of Clarke County’s

numbers advantage. Mauldin won double-digit victories over Republicans Jim Smith in 2000 and Mo Wiltshire in 2004, the last time he was opposed.

Mauldin started his career almost 40 years ago as an assistant district attorney, then a public defender. He also spent 10 years prosecuting misdemeanors as Clarke County’s solicitor general before running for district attorney.

Just One Candidate for BOE Seat Patricia Yager, a University of Georgia marine sciences professor, was the only person to apply for a vacant seat on the Clarke County Board of Education.

In a letter to board members, Yager wrote that a recent presentation by public health professor Grace Bagwell Adams on the Athens Wellbeing Project motivated her to apply. “Large income disparities demand that our community improve equal opportunity and social justice for our citizens,” she wrote. “While the BOE cannot address every issue in our community, it can partner with others to facilitate change that improves opportunities for our children, particularly through informed oversight of our school district.”

In addition to 30 years of experience as a female STEM educator, professional accolades, public outreach and other community involvement, Yager is a member of the Cedar Shoals High School local governance team. One of her sons was valedictorian at Cedar Shoals in 2018, and the other is a sophomore there.

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serve out the remainder of the term, which runs through 2020, ended Aug. 1, and a vote is scheduled for Aug. 8. Candidates were allotted five minutes to speak at the board meeting Thursday, but Yager will deliver her remarks by video because she’s attending a conference in Washington, DC. This will be the second seat the board has filled this year—it chose Frances Berry to replace Vernon Payne in District 2.

In other CCSD news, Superintendent Demond Means said he’ll give presentations on facilities, Milestones test results and job vacancies at this Thursday’s board meeting.

Milestones scores were up 4% in language arts but flat in math in 2018–2019, Means said. As for facilities, the board voted in a called meeting after last week’s work session not to buy the Georgia Power building on Prince Avenue due to parking and other issues found during due diligence. “We don’t know if it’s going to fit our needs at this time,” Means said.

Means also said he wants to discuss after-school programs, which he said are “financially driven.” Some schools only offer the bare minimum—someone to watch kids while they play—while other schools with parents who can afford it offer classes like gymnastics or karate.

In addition to turnover among teachers and principals (see p. 8 for more) CCSD is losing two top administrators. Executive Director for Leadership Development Carletta Noland is returning to Milwaukee to be a regional superintendent, while Chief Financial Officer Larry Hammel—who skillfully navigated the district through the Great Recession—took what Means described as Hammel’s “dream job” in Forsyth County. Hammel’s No. 2, Byron Shueneman, will take over on an interim basis. “It’s a big loss, but you have to be happy for people like that,” Means said.

More Cuts Coming at the ABH? The Athens Banner-Herald could be facing more cuts when, as the Wall Street Journal reported last month, owner GateHouse Media takes over another major newspaper chain, Gannett. The deal was officially announced Monday.

It’s no secret that newspapers are in big trouble and have been for the past decade, and the Columbia Journalism Review reported that a merger could buy the resulting behemoth—which would own 265 dailies with a combined circulation of 8.7 million—a few years to figure out how to make its digital operations profitable.

“This isn’t about building a digital news juggernaut ready and eager to blaze a new chapter in American journalism,” wrote Neiman Lab’s Ken Doctor. “Simply put, these companies’ leaders think a megamerger buys two or three years—‘until we figure it out,’ the “it” here being how to profit off of digital.”

The hedge fund-operated GateHouse, which bought the ABH from Augusta-based Morris Publishing in 2017, has a reputation for ruthless cost-cutting, as local readers saw earlier this year when it laid off award-winning crime reporter Joe Johnson, bringing the newsroom ranks down to eight. That followed several previous rounds of layoffs under Morris that included selling off the printing press and moving the copy desk out of town.

Mergers like this usually mean layoffs, because economies of scale are part of their appeal. However, many cost-cutting measures have already been put into place.

Smaller papers like the ABH are likely to see any cuts that come, while the combined chains protect their larger metro dailies, according to Rick Edmonds at the Poynter Institute.

“Both [companies] have sliced operations at smaller titles to the bone, often with newsrooms that number in the single digits,” Edmonds wrote. “So my hunch is that further deep newsroom cuts as a result of a merger sometime later this year may not be in the offing. But there are important qualifiers. GateHouse, by reputation, does operate more leanly than Gannett. And even once the chains combine, if revenues per property keep declining, so will news staffing.”

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Celebrate Emancipation Proclamation Day In the summer of 2015, the AthensClarke County Commission proclaimed, on the NAACP’s request, the first day of every January an official county holiday called Emancipation Proclamation Day. Churches and organizations, start making plans soon for this year.

This day has always been a special one for descendants of slaves, as that’s the official day slaves in Georgia and most of the South were freed. You may say, “That was then, this is now,” but I fear you only say that if you’re not black. I found this out years ago, when I asked a friend to a function on New Year’s Eve. She said no, as she would be in church and then setting off fireworks at midnight. We were both educators in Florida, but this white man had no idea this was a special time for blacks.

Our country’s birthday, the Fourth of July, was just celebrated. 1776 was a time when only white male landowners could vote. It took the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, plus four constitutional amendments (13, 14, 15 and 24) before black men were “given” full rights.

Years later, the 19th Amendment “gave” all women the right to vote. Enough of this brief history, but history still matters— everyone’s history!

Quoting from page 185 of Athenian Michael Thurmond’s A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History, “But the observance of the Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1 of each year was the most important annual event held at the Morton Building, which became the proud symbol of the power and wealth of Athens’s black middle class.”

This new holiday didn’t cost the county money or give you another day off, but did show respect to descendants of slaves who weren’t shown much after the 1863 proclamation. This is the opinion of a white man who was born and lived in the South for over 74 years. As my father would say, “A word to the wise.”

Let me make a recommendation to the county commission: Check the names of streets in Clarke County. Do we have some

named after people who advocated racist views, such as some of Georgia’s past governors, like Lester Maddox? Is Morton Road named after Pink Morton? Do we have a Jimmy Carter Road? Why not? Change Front Street, now known as Broad Street.

We have two streets named after President Cleveland, a road and an avenue. One goes

by Habitat for Humanity. Actually, the change would make either one pass right by Habitat for Humanity. Why not change one to honor President Jimmy Carter, a founder of Habitat for Humanity, who is the only U.S. president from our state, and has been and still is a strong advocate for all minorities’ rights and freedoms?

For more information on this issue, please write Alvin Sheats, president at NAACP Clarke, P.O. Box 82522, Athens, GA 30601, or naacpclarke@gmail.com. You can also contact us if you are interested in becoming a member. We welcome you and need you.

Walter Swanson Athens

Kudzu Won’t Fix Climate Change While the Weed Warriors join Mr. Dale in his concern for worsening climate conditions (Letters, July 24), we do not join him in celebrating the role of kudzu in global warming. Mr. Dale states, without offering any evidence, that kudzu “gobbles” up CO2.

In fact, the opposite is true. In a 2014 paper in The New Phytologist, Clemson University scientists demonstrate that invasive plants, specifically kudzu and Japanese knotweed, can accelerate global warming by releasing into the atmosphere carbon that had been stored in the soil. Existing stands of kudzu, they found, release the equivalent to the carbon stored in 12 million acres of forests.

In other research, scientists studying kudzu in Georgia found that kudzu invasions doubled the rate of nitrogen oxide emissions as well as volatile organic compounds. These compounds are the primary contributors to ozone pollution. By killing forests, kudzu also destroys one of our best defenses to climate change. According to the U.S. Forest Service, forests provide 90% of the U.S. carbon sink and sequester about 10% of the U.S. carbon emissions.

Kudzu has invaded more than 7 million acres of land in the U.S. and is spreading at a rate of 120,000 acres each year—far north of its Southern stronghold—into Maine and Ontario. The damage this exotic species has done to croplands and forests is incalculable and indefensible by any standards, but certainly not as a solution to climate change.

Sue and Ed Wilde, Gary Crider, Dorothy O’Neill, Linda Chafin Athens

Wrong on Racism This is in regards to Pete McCommons’ article “Picking at the Scab” (Pub Notes, July 24). I disagree with the subtitle, “The Infection of Racism Is Always in Our Bloodstream,” because racism is a social construct, not part of our human nature.

Racism was created by the powerful to justify and continue their exploitation of all of us.

Saying that racism is in our bloodstream might make you and others feel better: All are exonerated, because if it’s in one’s blood, what can you do? So, your article actually served the purpose of the likes of Talmadge and the Chanter-in-Chief, because you justified perpetuating an instrument of oppression, as they did nothing wrong but followed their natural tendencies. Nothing of that sort, of course: They have embraced racism as a way to increase their profits and secure more power.

I think you are confusing racism with prejudice. We all have prejudices, and when we follow them in our interactions with others, we are discriminating. But racism is much more than that, because it involves a systematic discrimination implemented at every socio-economic level. We have been culturally permeated with racism, so we tend to see it as something natural, but it isn’t. We can find our way out of those social mores if we make a serious effort.

Armando Tasistro Watkinsville

A4E on EMS This is my response to the Mayor and Commission in regards to the performance by the EMS Oversight Committee and National EMS at the July 9, 2019 work session (City Dope, July 17). Even though we were partly responsible for the meeting, by protocol, we were not allowed to speak.

Our Athens-Clarke County Police Department has recommended that our

state-of-the-art 911 communications center take over all 911 dispatching in our community to include medical. We currently have a system where you have to tell your emergency twice, once to ACCPD and once to a privatized 911 dispatcher. This can be confusing, frustrating and inefficient. We need to expedite the implementation of this recommendation, which was originally made in August of 2017 and reiterated in April of this year. Doing so will improve efficiency, enhance transparency and save lives.

The hospitals currently own the ambulance licenses, but have offered to hand them over to the ACC government. AthensClarke County should take them. This in no way obligates ACC to run EMS itself. Taking over the EMS licenses would give ACC complete control of the data and accountability of the system. We would have the option to rebid a contract that is designed to meet our needs, as opposed to the needs of the hospitals, which includes using 911 ambulances to get patients who no longer need 911 out of the hospitals.

EMS oversight committee meetings should be open to the public. Privatized public safety needs more transparency, not less. National EMS and the hospitals have refused to allow public access to these meetings for over a decade, despite dealing directly with matters of public safety and welfare and receiving a public subsidy.

In regards to the “oversight” committee’s presentation of the data, I defer to Mark Twain: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics.”

We simply can’t trust what we can’t verify. The only way to verify the data is to have access to the raw data, and National EMS has refused any access to the raw data for 10 years. When we finally obtained some of the data through an open records request, we discovered over 31,000 delayed “911 emergency responses” from 2014– 2017, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Neither National EMS nor the “oversight” committee has accounted for a single one of these calls.

Whoever provides ambulance service in Athens-Clarke County should do so with protected 911 ambulances. When is it a good idea to take a 911 ambulance out of its coverage area to run a non-emergency transport that has nothing to do with 911?

The answer is clear—never! Unfortunately, in the current system, it happens all the time, and is akin to playing Russian Roulette with our fellow citizens.

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ummertime in Athens is slow, yes, but things do happen. We here at Flagpole know that not everybody’s been in town, though, and even those who didn’t take a vacay may not have paid attention too closely to the news.

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MAY 15: Clarke County School Superintendent Demond Means was hit with an ethics complaint filed by a Newnan lawyer, Patrick McKee, on behalf of an anonymous group of Athens residents, prompting complaints from Means’ supporters that it was racially motivated.

MAY 22: The Clarke County Board of Education chose LaKeisha Gantt as its new president. Gantt, a psychologist by trade, replaced Jared Bybee, who resigned his seat. The board will be choosing a replacement for Bybee in District 4 at its Aug. 8 meeting.

MAY 29: Flagpole Music Editor Gabe Vodicka—who somehow got into the Grateful Dead despite rarely consuming anything stronger than an IPA—kicked off a summer series in which local musicians (and the mayor) extolled the virtues of perhaps America’s most divisive band.

JUNE 5: An adjacent property owner nearly nixed plans for a Hot Corner mural celebrating black history on the side of the Morton Theatre by refusing to allow artists to use his parking lot as a staging area. But the ACC government volunteered the city-owned Costa Building a block away, and Broderick Flanigan and Miami-based Elio Mercado have completed the mural.

to take an officer’s gun and was shot again, this time fatally.

Police Chief Cleveland Spruill said the officers acted in self-defense.

JULY 10: The Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation published its first-ever list of local “Places in Peril.” They included Beech Haven, a wooded retreat on the Middle Oconee River that the ACHF is planning on turning into a park; the Frank C. Mattox Center, a former African-American nightclub and later daycare off Magnolia Street; the ruins

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JUNE 19: During a contentious meeting, the school board agreed to a 2019–2020 budget that restored grants for local school governance teams that Means had wanted to cut, but also eliminated several proposed social-emotional learning positions and diverted federal funds away from restorative justice. Means also lashed out at the “toxic” discourse about CCSD on social media and criticized teachers and principals who he said weren’t getting results.

ACC officials announced that Wayfair, an online furniture and home-goods retailer based in Boston, would open a call center in the General Time development off Newton Bridge Road, employing 500 people at a minimum of $14.50 an hour. The economic development coup became somewhat controversial a week later, when some Wayfair workers walked out to protest the company selling beds to migrant detention camps at the border.

Broderick Flanigan works on a mural depicting important figures in Athens black history.

JUNE 20: AthFest—headlined by Walden, AFTM and Dreams So Real—was AthFest.

Family and Friends took home Artist and Album of the Year at the Flagpole Athens Music Awards, while Pinky Doodle Poodle and Kxng Blanco stole the show with fiery live sets.

JULY 24: Commissioners approved a final list of projects for citizen approval in a November referendum to extend a 1% sales tax for capital projects. Most controversial was $34 million for a public-private arena at the Classic Center, but the $313 million list also includes funding for a new judicial center, renovations at the existing courthouse, affordable housing, park improvements and more.

The state Professional Standards Commission, which certifies educators, kicked the ethics complaint against Means back down to the school board. The board also extended Means’ contract through the 2021–2022 school year.

Pinky Doodle Poodle performs at the Flagpole Athens Music Awards.

JULY 3: A county audit found that the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office is chronically understaffed, specifically at the jail, creating unsafe working conditions and hurting morale.

After receiving a report of a man wielding a knife and covered in blood at a Macon Highway apartment complex, police shot and killed Aaron Hong, 23. Officers attempted to use their stun guns on Hong, but one shot him when he charged at another officer. Hong then got up and attempted

JULY 17: Both commissioners and the general public are split on what to do with the “Murmur trestle,” a partially demolished railroad bridge over Trail Creek that will be part of the Firefly Trail. Options include partially replacing the trestle’s rotting wood while adding modern elements, or leaving the trestle as a historic landmark and building a new steel bridge.

Commissioners also heard from local hospital officials, who defended National EMS, the private company they hired to run ambulances 10 years ago, but critics still maintain that National is often slow to respond.

Meanwhile, Democratic former state Rep. Deborah Gonzalez announced she is running for district attorney on a platform of criminal justice reform.

of the Central Baptist Church and cemetery in Winterville; a one-room schoolhouse at Billups Grove Baptist Church off Lexington Road; Whitehall Village, a historic mill town along Whitehall Road; and the Reese Street School, the first high school for black students in Georgia.

The ACC Commission also voted to build Athens’ first permanent protected bike lane. The new lane along Hancock Avenue downtown will be separated from traffic by parking and a painted buffer. Another set of bike lanes will run north along College Avenue.

JULY 31: Pregnant mom Auriel Callaway, 24, was killed in the crossfire during a gunfight at Clarke Gardens apartments off Barnett Shoals while walking with her young son.

Police quickly arrested neighbor Kiresa Shanice Cooper, 27, and charged her with the crime.

Mayor Kelly Girtz announced some good news for Eastsiders: The Georgia Department of Transportation will start work next year on fixing the notorious Loop interchange at Lexington Road.

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Who’s Your Child’s Principal?

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A combination of retirements, resignations and personnel movements within the school district means that seven out of CCSD’s 21 schools have new leadership, and two more started the year without a principal. Here’s who went where.

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ALPS ROAD ELEMENTARY: Anita Lumpkin Barrett became the district’s science curricthe end of the 2018–19 school Clarke County School District had 86 job ulum coordinator. Means recommended Natosha D. Harris for the position in July, year, 155 Clarke County School vacancies—from Spanish teachers to spebut she withdrew after criticism of a perceived personal connection—both hail District teachers out of 1,148 opted not to cial education paraprofessionals, bus drivfrom Milwaukee, and she is a member of the same sorority as Means’ wife—though return. The list doesn’t include paraprofesers and secretaries—as of Aug. 2.

Means denied knowing her. Means said last week that he will present another finalsionals, lunchroom workers, bus drivers or At the board’s Aug. 1 work session, one ist to the board on Thursday. other employees who keep the school disspeaker was Stacey trict functioning smoothly. Nor does it indi- Neuharth-Pritchett, BARNETT SHOALS ELEMENTARY: Jennifer Scott is now director of cate whether teachers retired or resigned, associate dean of Although the number dropped innovation and strategy, overseeing four principals, as well as the or whether they left the district or even the academic programs this year after rising for several Title I, early learning, career academy, gifted and AVID programs. years, about 850 teachers have teaching profession altogether. in the UGA College of Assistant principal Aliceson Nobles was promoted to principal. left CCSD in the past five years.

Teacher retention is a problem not just Education. She gave a in Clarke County but across the country. presentation on UGA’s CHASE STREET ELEMENTARY: Andrea Neher resigned after only a year 2015: 146 on the job because, she said, Means gave her a negative review.

Studies show that losing professional partnership with CCSD, 2016: 158 She is now a principal in Winder. The school board approved Nikki employees is costly and time-consuming, as noting that the school 2017: 185 Hittle, a former elementary school principal in Washington state, well as disruptive for children and parents. district has hired 183 on Aug. 1.

2018: 200 At the CCSD Board of Education work College of Education 2019: 155 session last week, Superintendent Demond graduates since 2013, CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL: Longtime principal Tad MacMillan retired.

Means said he will address vacancies at this 70.5% of whom stayed Assistant principal Christopher Pendley took his place. week’s scheduled meeting on Thursday. He in the district for more also said he’s planning to give the board than a year. Board member Greg Davis FOWLER DRIVE ELEMENTARY: Anissa Johnson resigned to take a job in Henry County. information in an upcoming meeting about thought this number was low.

No permanent replacement has been named. Means has said that the district has the difficulties of hiring for Title I (high Since 2016, education students have had received few applications, and the job was recently reposted for the fourth time. poverty) schools. “Candidly,” he said, “the 4,428 “field experiences” at CCSD, such as numbers we’re seeing internships and stuGAINES ELEMENTARY: Robert Ezekiel moved to the central office to become director of are really average for dent teaching stints. assessment and accountability. Luther McDaniel transferred from Whitehead Road Candidly, the numbers the nation.”

Several Clarke to become the new principal.

According to inforwe’re seeing are really County teachers who mation supplied by welcomed back stuHILSMAN MIDDLE: Utevia Tolbert was named special education coordinator of eleaverage for the nation. mentary behavior supports, a newly created position that oversees the Compass CCSD officials, Cedar dents on Monday said and RISE programs at Gaines, Winterville and Cleveland Road. The school board Shoals and Clarke they experienced a less approved the hiring of Capucina Douglass, formerly principal of Social Circle Middle Central high schools each lost 15 teachers. than pleasant welcome from school district School in Walton County, at a called meeting July 18.

Hilsman led the middle schools with 13 res- administrators. They learned their students ignations, followed by Burney-Harris-Lyons must perform at or above grade level on OGLETHORPE AVENUE ELEMENTARY: Scarlett Dunne retired after 32 years with CCSD. at 12 and Coile and Clarke Middle each losthe Georgia Milestones test, even if the Bipul K. Singh, an elementary school principal in Gwinnett County, took her place. ing 11 teachers. students enter their classrooms not perWhitehead Road Elementary and Gaines forming on grade level. Theoretically, a third WHITEHEAD ROAD ELEMENTARY: McDaniel’s transfer to Gaines left a vacancy, which was Elementary lost 11 teachers each. Stroud grade teacher could have incoming students filled by Coile Middle School assistant principal April Braswell. lost 10 teachers, followed by Chase with reading on a first grade level, or not at all, nine, J.J. Harris with seven and Fowler but if those students don’t score well on a Drive, Cleveland Road, Alps Road and standardized test, the teacher could receive Oglethorpe Avenue with six each. Barrow, a poor evaluation, teachers said they have attend all the meetings this summer with the expectation is to teach standards with Winterville, Barnett Shoals and Whit Davis been told. “building leaders,” she has been at most fidelity and to work diligently to ensure each saw four teachers resign.

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community. Students then drew pictures to illustrate their expectations, and Mayor Dodd Ferrelle’s wife, Cameron Bliss Ferrelle, guided other local artists in transposing the drawings of 56 students onto the east side of Front Porch Bookstore.

“Of course, no one can use their imagination the way a child does,” Brownlee says in recalling creation of the Firefly Trail Mural, celebrated in April. “They came up with their own interpretations of what they would see along the trail and how they might use it—taking walks with their families, riding bikes with their friends. It’s wonderful.”

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1841, a mere eight years after its fall, the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and founding, the Georgia Railroad Commission will select from among three was completed from Augusta all the way to designs for a bridge over Trail Creek in Athens. Horse-drawn carts lumbered along Dudley Park, with construction to begin in the route until 1847, but once locomoearly 2020. Also beginning this winter will tives were in use, the line provided previously unimaginable benefits, enabling the region to grow and diversify. Several little towns sprang to life along the Athens Branch, the 39-mile section between Union Point and Athens, and all benefited from regular railroad service for more than a century.

It’s been 35 years since a locomotive known as the “Firefly” ran along the Athens Branch, but recent months have brought renewed excitement up and down the former rail corridor. What was envisioned in the early 2000s as a rail-trail demonstration project between downtown Athens and the Perimeter has matured into a planned regional trail that is actually under construction, and not Mayor Dodd Ferrelle, artist Cameron Ferrelle, his wife, and teacher Carlin Brownlee pose with Winterville Elementary just here in Athens.

School students who helped paint a Firefly Trail mural on the side of Front Porch Bookstore.

Firefly Trail, Inc. (FTI) President Mark Ralston recognizes this as a defining period for the ambitious, be work on the Winterville “Model Mile” A trio of events earlier this year netted multi-county project. “From Union Point between Five Points and the Oglethorpe close to $35,000 to benefit Firefly Trail. to Athens and all along the corridor in County line. And a 1.8-mile trail segment They included the eighth annual Ticket to between, we are seeing support and from Old Winterville Road northeast to Ride cycling event in March; the inaugural enthusiasm skyrocket,” he says. “I’ve Hancock Road, including a bridge over the Firefly Trail Funfest, put on by Coldwell been involved in this effort for about 10 future Outer Loop 10 onramp coming off Banker Upchurch Realty in April; and the years, and I’ve never seen anything like it.

Lexington Highway, will get underway soon Maxeys in May 5K, which nearly doubled Communities are really starting to see how as well. the town’s population as runners and walkthe Firefly Trail can benefit health, safety, Among those eagerly awaiting the ers from 33 Georgia cities and four states transportation and economic developWinterville segment are pupils of descended on the Oglethorpe County comment—just as other rail-trails have done all Winterville Elementary art teacher Carlin munity of 223. The event was so successful across the country.”

Brownlee. Last fall, Brownlee gave her that planning is now underway for the 2020 Firefly Trail’s first 0.8 miles, from the students some background on the Athens Firefly Trail Race Series, to be composed East Broad Street trailhead east to Old Branch and Firefly Trail and led discussions of events in five communities along the Winterville Road, opened in late 2017. This about the project’s likely impacts on the corridor.

Two Maxeys residents with an extra stake in Firefly Trail are Edward Toledano and Cynzia Sanchez, owners of the Gillen House Bed and Breakfast that opened in late April. The couple relocated to Maxeys from Atlanta a year ago to be near their daughter and her fiancé, and talk of Firefly Trail immediately piqued their interest.

They were among those most excited when construction of the Maxeys “Model Mile,” started in late June.

“I grew up in Greenville [South Carolina] and have seen the Swamp Rabbit Trail make little Travelers Rest blossom,” Toledano says. “So, hearing plans for Firefly Trail really helped push us over the edge making the decision to open the Gillen House.” The B&B represents the region’s first new business closely associated with Firefly Trail.

And in Greene County, several years of hard work will soon pay off with design and engineering of the Union Point Model Mile. The City of Union Point was recently awarded a $15,000 Doppelt Family Trail Development Fund grant through the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. This grant and other funds raised by the Greene County Local Action Committee will go toward the required match for a $100,000 award from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Recreational Trails Program. As the southern terminus of Firefly Trail and in close proximity to I-20, Union Point is counting on an economic boost when folks from outside the area visit to take advantage of the new recreational opportunity.

“Firefly Trail will bring Union Point and the whole area benefits we really need,” says FTI board member Lisa Baynes, a Union Point native and local real estate agent.

“Making it happen has been a lot of work that will continue for a number of years, but we’re seeing the results, and excitement is building.”

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ers [who] already work 100 hours a week with little to no net income.” Although the USDA rebate makes inspection costs similar, record-keeping requirements are much more stringent than the CNG designation.

CNG “has made the more sustainable choice to approve non-GMO, corn-based plastic mulches” to conserve water and

By Dan Jackson news@flagpole.com suppress weeds,” O’Shea says. He adds that the USDA has not approved plant-based Farmers market customers have probably was developed in the 1990s through a mulches, but does allow less-sustainable noticed that some farmers proudly dis10-year, sometimes contentious process polyethylene sheet mulch that leaves plastic play that their tomatoes, okra and squash of determining what should constitute the residue in the soil. are all “Certified Naturally Grown,” while practices and policies of this type of agriculMichael Wall, a spokesman for Georgia other farmers boast the “Certified Organic” ture. The certification became widely availOrganics, an Atlanta-based nonprofit, says designation. Many local farmers about the two programs, “Both are markets, including Athens Farmers really good. They’re different. Both Market, require one or the other have sets of pros and cons.” He designation, giving their customers points to the weakening rules for confidence that they are purchasing organic animal welfare standards, high-quality produce grown under which he says are being rolled back tightly controlled conditions. by the Trump Administration.

Certified Naturally Grown Wall also says that the organic cer(CNG) uses a peer review system, tification process is “a more thorin which local farmers agree to be ough, time-consuming and costly inspected by other farmers to conprocess,” which helps explain the firm they are following guidelines higher prices for organic produce. spelled out by a nonprofit based “CNG offers a convenient and in Brooklyn, NY. According to the quick way to communicate that a organization’s website, “Certified farm is using sustainable agriculNaturally Grown farmers don’t use tural principles,” Wall says, and synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herthat the “CNG network, with its bicides or GMOs, just like organic peer-to-peer support system, is farmers,” and farmers add that the pretty robust.” He also lauds the CNG inspections include questions program’s marketing support serabout sustainability and energy vices. He notes that, while the CNG use. Adherents also say CNG simlabel works well for farmers selling plifies the administrative burden through CSAs and at farmers maron farmers, and that the annual fee kets, wholesalers who sell to big is generally lower, about $150 per chains such as Earth Fare or Fresh year for a smaller farm.

Market require that their suppliers The Athens area has a dense have the organic certification. concentration of CNG farms. Out Since more consumers are of the 750 CNG farms in the U.S. demanding reliable sources of careand Canada, 107 are located within fully raised fruits and vegetables From left, Mandy and Steve O’Shea, owners of 3 Porch Farm, review Certified Naturally Grown’s inspection form with inspector Brent 100 miles of Athens, according to that are free of myriad suspicious Jenkins, owner of Wild Dream Produce.

Suzannah Schneider, the organizachemicals and additives, farmers tion’s communications manager. markets and CSAs will get a bigger Diamond Hill Farm, owned by Athens able only in the early 2000s, at roughly the $750–$1,000 per year for the certification, share of their food budgets. These increasFarmers Market President Carter Dodd, is a same time the CNG organization started up. but the USDA shoulders 75% of the cost. ingly sophisticated consumers have learned CNG farm, as are many of its other vendors.

Organic farmers will also point to Steve O’Shea, owner of 3 Porch Farm, to look for one of these two certifications, On the other hand, Certified Organic the strict third-party evaluation by a cites factors that deter farmers from using giving them confidence in the quality and farmers say their customers recognize and U.S. Department of Agriculture-audited the National Organic Program, including purity of the food they provide for their appreciate the organic designation, which agency. The Athens-based Georgia Crop “costs [that] can weed out bootstrap farmfamilies. f

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“As a community, we need to better prioritize the people who matter the most: our children,” she says. The bottom line is, if we create a safe space for kids in one of the most impressionable age ranges, we cultivate their confidence, creativity and sense of place. That investment ends up

By Kristen Morales news@flagpole.com getting repaid through our children giving back to their community, through their own volunteer service, work Let’s consider, for a few minutes, kids between the ages of who worked with several community partners, such as experience and college educations, rather than the opposite 11–14. It’s an interesting age, right? You’re old enough to Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services, ACC Transit, ACC spiral that ends with the expense of the criminal justice think you know enough to gain some freedoms and test Police and the Clarke County School District, to organize system. the waters out in the big world, but you’re still too young to the weekly events.

The kids who spend time in programs like Grand Slam drive, hold down a job or, depending on who we’re talking Gallagher knows a thing or two about how well Grand also get to interact with adults whom they see in the comabout, even be responsible for much at all.

Slam works. She was one of its participants 20 years ago, in munity. Remember when you would go shopping with The needs of kids this age are complicated. They need the 1990s, when Grand Slam was a regular, county-funded your parents and see one of your teachers at the grocery new experiences and space to grow, but store? Now, expand that network of adults. they also need some supervision and Sure, it’s a little awkward, but it’s also structure. And here’s another secret: They another way you’re connected to a larger know when grown-ups are watching out for community. them, even if they act like they don’t.

And, Gallagher adds, kids know when This is why Friday nights this sumtheir community cares about them—and mer have been so groundbreaking: They when it doesn’t. Grand Slam is a way to let held space for these kids at Cedar Shoals local kids know that they matter, and that High School through the resurrection of their local government and community see a program called Grand Slam. Each week, them and recognize them.

85–120 preteens and young teenagers “This was a place where my mom was could come, no money required, and take OK with dropping me off, and she knew I part in activities led by community volunwas going to be there without her superteers. There was music, there were snacks, vision. That made my world a bit more of there was supervision—just enough to be a trusting place,” says Gallagher. “And I cool, anyway—and there was, according to realized that my community said, we are lead organizer Kirrena Gallagher, a transteenagers, and here is a space for us, and formation among the kids who attended. there are no unrealistic expectations. The “It’s building confidence in indirect only expectation was for us to behave. So, I ways,” she says, recalling one request was allowed to be a child in the summer.” she had of participants as they lined up Gallagher hopes this effort can spark for a snack: Say one positive thing about a new generation of Grand Slam kids. We themselves. know kids need to be active, and we know “The first time we did it, that was a kids need to be trusted. So, she says, if Counselors at the summer Grand Slam events on Friday nights were all volunteers from the community. struggle. They say, ‘I’m good at math’; ‘I’m we can get those things together into one tall’; ‘You look pretty.’ It was so generic,” space, kids can grow up within the arms of she says. “The second week it was like, ‘I’m brave, I’m creevent at Bishop Park. Officially started in 1989, it took their community knowing they got something out of it. ative, I’m beautiful.’ The third week, they didn’t wait for me place on Friday and Saturday nights for a similar age range This summer’s effort was small—Gallagher had space to ask them. They said, ‘I am…’ with full confidence.” of kids, and they had the run of the place: swimming, tenfor up to 250 kids, but often didn’t reach that capacity, and Just having that consistency was huge, she says. She also nis, softball, baseball and basketball outside, and inside her staff were all volunteers—but the results were mighty. heard from parents who noticed their kids were motivated kids could take music lessons or do gymnastics.

If you would like to see something like this continue during at home because they wanted to come back for another The program ended around 2008—some reports state the school year and into the future, she urges parents and week of Grand Slam. Parents tied their attendance to clean- 2013, but she disputes that—partly because the location others to make their voices heard. Call your commissioner, ing their room, and others simply noticed their kids taking changed and attendance dropped, but also because the and call the mayor. “We can’t talk about solutions for things care of themselves or acting with more confidence. “I hope county cut its funding. that need to happen and not be willing to put more money all these kids who participated in Grand Slam this summer But with the success of this summer’s program, forward,” she says. “They’re not just our children—they’re walk into school with more confidence,” says Gallagher, Gallagher says, it’s worth the county taking another look our community’s children.” f

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If you’re anything like me, Athens’ music scene has been on your mind since getting accepted to college here, but figuring out how to get involved as a student can be kind of scary. Festivals and venues always need interns and volunteers—eager young people around to get things done.

My first job at a venue in Athens was selling merch for one of the Indigo Girls. I got paid, and I met a lot of people who ultimately led me to the job I have now. Check out festival and venue websites, and get to work! [Jessie Goodson] With something happening almost every night, the music scene can be overwhelming, even to those who have been in it for years. Fortunately, there is a list of every show at every venue published weekly in the Flagpole Calendar. All you have to do is pick up a Flagpole or go to the website

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and pick a day that you’re free. Pro tip: Go see your favorite band on a weeknight instead of waiting for them to play Friday or Saturday—weeknight shows, especially on Monday and Tuesday, are often free or $5. [Rosemary Scott] I was just one of two students from my South Carolina high school to attend UGA in the fall of 2009. And though I made it out to a show or two with my musically inclined roommate or a friend I’d met in a Facebook group over the summer, one of my biggest regrets is not hitting the ground running and soaking up more of the music scene early on. Speaking as someone who barely knew anyone else my age (my two older sisters, who also attended UGA, left me with some good connections, but what twentysomething wants to hang out with an angsty, sleep-deprived freshman?), don’t let your social anxieties or lack of a partner in crime keep you from discovering a new favorite band—or, better yet, someone in the exact same boat. [Andy Barton] When I first arrived in Athens, I relied on my older friends to help guide me through the scene. There are so many cool, hip people here, it was easier for me to rely on others to tell me what they liked, instead of discovering it for myself. Because of this, it took me years to discover the smaller venues and bands that have now become my

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favorites. It turns out that those hipsters who I thought would reject me are some of the most welcoming, genuine people I have ever met. No one cares what you look like, how many shows you’ve been to or how long you’ve been in the scene. (And if they do, they’re probably more worried about what you think of them, anyway.) Don’t be afraid to go to shows by yourself.

It’s exponentially worse to drag your friend who may not want to be there, and you’re more likely to make a friend or two if you’re not distracted by someone else. [RS] As ridiculous as it may sound, hanging out in a few very specific places helps one acclimate to a new place big time. Whether it’s a coffee shop on the edge of downtown or a bar with a spacious lounge area, getting to know the people who also frequent that space can introduce a lot of new music into your life. It’s Athens—everyone knows someone in a band, so it can’t hurt to be kind, or to talk about music with a stranger.

Just remember to tip, and tip well. [Maria Lewczyk] If you want to get into the music scene, find people who make music. Guitarists and beat-makers are everywhere, but drummers—and especially drums—are harder to find. Lots of musicians tend to gravitate towards the WUOG 90.5 FM community, so consider joining the college radio station. There are also amazing house shows

happening all the time, so look out for those to meet cool people who love music.

[Reid Koski] “Squeaky wheel and all that” is a phrase I’ve heard most of my life. Persistence is key when it comes to making connections. With so many bands in Athens, local venues, booking agents, labels, publications, etc. get lots of emails and phone calls every day, so don’t be afraid to follow up—most of the time, they admire the effort. The only way to make connections in Athens is to try. The only reason Flagpole hired me as an intern is because I emailed and called for about a year. The power of bugging people is within all of you. [JG] Even though the Golden Rule still feels like a parental negotiation tactic, it rings true.

The idea is that if people treat others with respect, they will be treated thusly. This applies—surprise!—to basically everything.

If you’re trying to navigate a scene, befriend as many people as you can. Be kind and understanding. Discuss what you like (plants) and what you don’t like (spaghetti).

Talk about your current favorite album to drive around to (Beerbongs & Bentleys) and the first song that made you cry (“Stolen”

by Dashboard Confessional). Listen to others, and learn from them. Little connections can go a long way and, in turn, introduce you to a whole network of incredible people.

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Long Live the Grateful Dead

WITH MIKE V ON VOCALS, BLACK FLAG FLIES AGAIN

CLASSIC CITY DEADHEADS

By Chad Radford music@flagpole.com

By Kelly Girtz music@flagpole.com

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ike Vallely was just 14 years old the first time he saw Black Flag play live.

It was October 1984, at City Gardens in Trenton, NJ. The group was in the midst of a particularly creative year that yielded three bedrock West Coast hardcore punk albums—Slip It In, My War, Family Man— and a blistering live tape, Live ’84.

“Henry Rollins was fronting the band then, and seeing them play that show was a life-affirming moment for me,” Vallely says.

“It changed my life, but more so, I say it was life-affirming, because it made me feel like, ‘OK, I can continue on my own path. I can do what I want to do in this life… Rollins, as the frontman of the band, really embodied that spirit.”

For Vallely, being in the audience that night was a big bang of sorts. It was a moment that empowered him to embark on a career as one of the boldest and most stylishly innovative professional skateboarders to rise out of the ’80s.

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Since 2014, Vallely has found himself on stages around the country alongside Black Flag’s founding member and principal songwriter, Greg Ginn, singing the songs that awakened his own fiercely independent spirit for a whole new audience. Taking on the role as Black Flag’s fifth vocalist— following Keith Morris, Ron Reyes, Dez Cadena and Rollins—feels like a gig for which Vallely was tailor-made. But it’s a position he never expected, or even wanted, until Ginn approached him. Now, along with Ginn, drummer Isaias Gil and bass player Joe Norval, he’s bringing Black Flag’s songs to life once again, channeling the group’s visceral power into a modern context.

Since 1977, Ginn’s snarling riffs and potent lyrics have defined him as American hardcore’s quintessential guitarist. His SST Records laid the foundation for punk’s DIY approach with releases by Bad Brains, Minutemen, Descendents and more. But decades of royalty disputes, tension with his brother, artist Raymond Pettibon—who created Black Flag’s iconic album art, fliers and four-bar logo—and legal battles with

former bandmates have tarnished his name in punk circles.

But the music possesses timeless qualities that transcend interpersonal squabbles.

Channeling these qualities is what drives Vallely to inhabit these songs. “Really, there isn’t a song in the group’s entire catalog—and I am deep into the catalog—that doesn’t have an energy or a relevance in this moment,” Vallely says. “Being the vessel through which these songs are communicated is very meaningful to me.”

Vallely formed his first band, Mike V and the Rats, in 2001. Two years later, he joined Ginn as a guest vocalist for a Black Flag reunion in Los Angeles, the group’s first official activity since breaking up in 1986.

In 2013, Ginn and Vallely reconvened under the name Good For You to release a pair of LPs. For Ginn, the project marked a return to rock after transitioning into electronic music. It also laid the foundation for Black Flag’s return. He assembled a new lineup with Reyes singing, and released the 2014 album What The…. The lineup was short-lived, however, and after firing Reyes in the midst of an Australian tour, Ginn reached out to Vallely.

“When Greg asked me to sing for Black Flag, we already had Good For You, and that could have easily been Black Flag instead,” Vallely says. “I wasn’t really open to pursuing that kind of conversation—I would rather have done something new. So, by the time he asked me, it felt more like my friend asking, as opposed to, ‘Black Flag is calling.’ That’s the depth of it, and it’s important to understand that dynamic.”

It’s a role that Vallely does not take lightly. Black Flag’s legendary eight- and 12-hour practices, he says, are in full effect, and key to cultivating a band of consequence. The songs are worked so deeply into everyone in the group’s DNA that the band can play freely—not a recreation of what’s heard on the albums, but a living, breathing take on the music that leaves a lasting impression on anyone who witnesses it.

“We’re in this together,” Vallely says of the group’s live shows. “This isn’t about a monologue from the stage. This is about a dialogue with everyone in the room.

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WHO: Black Flag, The Linecutters WHERE: 40 Watt Club WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 8, 6 p.m.

HOW MUCH: $26

Editor’s note: In the summer series Classic City Deadheads, Athenians are celebrating their love of the Grateful Dead and reflecting on some of their favorite Dead (or Deadinspired) recordings. Here to help us close out the column in style, this week’s head is none other than Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz.

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of Rain”—in the next few years, I saw two subsequent Dead shows in the same venue, along with two Jerry Garcia Band shows in Hampton and Richmond. Each one was different, all with accompaniment from local-boy-made-good Bruce Hornsby, and drawing from a songbook including the band’s own compositions, along with Motown, Dylan, The Band and even great recent numbers like Daniel Lanois’ “The Maker.” At every show, there were transcendent moments when the band members and audience were locked in a battle for who was more elevated.

cid-rock purveyors on a 15-minute musical journey? Jug band? Heavy rhythm party players? Improvisational instrumentalists? The Grateful Dead had a million masks, and anyone who enjoyed them has a favorite.

My own preference is the slow-burn style embodied by their takes on “Morning Dew” and “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” Their performances of those numbers follow a seeming arc of questioning, curiosity or uncertainty that quickly opens into wonderment and exhilaration.

It was definitely with very wide eyes that I walked into the Hampton Coliseum in October 1989 to see the band for the first time. They were Mayor Girtz, with Commissioner Melissa Link, addresses the crowd at AthFest 2019. billed as Formerly the Warlocks, given the venue’s uncertainty about booking the There was certainly something a little band during the height of its reputation sad about the onstage tent into which the as a train for castaways, ne’er-do-wells and Dead retired between sets, as if the scene the drug-addled. To the degree that that would swallow them whole if they let it. was true—and that element was definitely That image of a band separated from all a strain of the multi-layered thing that was others is burned into my brain as a cautionthe Dead—it would get even worse in the ary tale about fame or notoriety—if you ’90s. can’t be comfortable engaging with people However, the dangerous passengers who arrive as regular human beings, it on the Dead train were accompanied by might be time to take a left turn and reinplenty of other sets of fans: jazzbos, punk vent yourself. rockers—just read Henry Rollins’ appreciSadly, that reinvention never happened ation of the band—those seeking a higher for Jerry Garcia. I had barely arrived for a place of transcendence, the Wharf Rats in semester of study in Austin, TX, in the late recovery from substance abuse who met summer of 1995 when I heard the news during the set breaks at shows, and musical of his passing on the radio. It put me into omnivores like myself. Before stepping into a funk that was impossible to break that the coliseum concourse for that first show, week.

I marveled at the blankets spread out on The latter-day variations of the Dead the asphalt parking lot covered with goods have cemented the band’s institution stafor sale: beads, parkas, PB&Js, burritos and tus, like Ringling Bros. or the Boston Pops. more, all laid out for the gypsy caravan.

These iterations of the Dead feature a comIt was old hat to the masses of longtime mon repertoire that may shift from year to Deadheads, but smelled sweetly of freedom year but draws upon the foundation built and faraway places to this kid from a naval in the band’s first three decades. If I find seaside town. myself at one of these shows, I can close my The music was entrancing at the start, eyes and still bask in the glow of the music’s as the band opened with the brand-new very existence, like having a chance to hear “Foolish Heart,” and when the sounds grew the Mingus Big Band or watching some rote (“Drums > Space”), the hallways were local kids burning through Replacements at least full of dancing maidens to behold. songs. It doesn’t matter that it isn’t the Bitten by the bug of this musical drama, “real thing”—it is enough to be reminded and especially fond of the more enduring that the world gave us the Grateful Dead in songs—“Bertha,” “Ship of Fools,” “Box the first place. f

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Y’ALL SETTLE DOWN: Winterville’s Marigold Festival has joined with the township of Winterville itself to present a Back to School Bash for kids heading into the new academic year. It’ll happen Saturday, Aug. 10 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at the Winterville Auditorium (373 N. Church St.). The featured performer is Farmer Jason, who is none other than Jason Ringenberg of influential cowpunk band Jason and the Scorchers. Ringenberg created this character in 2002 as a way to educate children about nature and farm life. Kona Ice will be on site, and the first 50 kids will get a free shaved ice.

Farmer Jason A light lunch will be served after the concert. Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get more outta hand than all this, be advised that there’s word of Heart of Pine and Boone Hood. Doors open at 6 p.m. with inflatables and other fun activities happening on the audia doggy kissing booth provided by Athens Area Humane torium grounds, too. For more information, see facebook.

Society, and music begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 (or two com/MarigoldFestival, and for specific questions, email for $15 for veterans), and VIP tickets are $25. For tickets kids@marigoldfestival.com. please see thefoundryathens.com, and for more information head to artist2artist.net.

ALL GAVE SOME: A benefit supporting suicide prevention among veterans will happen Friday, Aug. 9 at The Foundry.

SEASONAL PERSPECTIVE DISORDER: Adversary Electronics, Presented by Artist2Artist, a broad-based local charity home of both Quiet Evenings and Motion Sickness of Time supporting the arts and a variety of humanitarian causes, Travel, has two new releases out this month. First is the this show’s individual purpose is aligned with its 2019 new one from Quiet Evenings, Environs. This two-track mission of assisting veterans suffering from post-traumatic record begins with the oddly soothing “Hesitant.” Even stress disorder. Billed as “Let the Moon Shine on a Hot with summer sunshine flooding the room where I first lisNight in Georgia,” featured performers are Hunter Grayson, tened to this, the ease of the hypnotic, multi-instrumental the aforementioned Ringenberg, The Simple Life Band, drone, with occasional seconds of what could be either

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cymbal wash or wind samples, kept things very cool and comfortable. The second track, “Emblem,” follows much the same path, albeit with a heavier sense of being in a minor key. The last minute, though, takes a dark turn and introduces uneasiness right as the track ends. The label’s second release this month is the compilation Rural Electronics.

It features tracks from Quiet Evenings (the blissfully sleepy “Gloved Devotion”), Motion Sickness of Time Travel (the heavily electronic and multi-sectional “Ganymede”), Ornamental Hairpin (“Cherry Blossom Society,” which begins life as plucky and driven but becomes self-destructive and obscured by noise) and a solo piece by Grant Evans (the bass-oriented sandbox of semi-acoustic glitch “Satan Strung Pearls”). Each is available via limited-edition cassette tape and digitally. Listen and purchase digitally at adversaryelectronics.bandcamp.com, or buy tapes at adversaryelectronics.bigcartel.com.

SECTIONAL FURNITURE: We’ve not heard from Subdivision in a while, but the electronic duo just released a swell foursong EP named Aquamarine. Cool and understated opener “Sea Floor,” notable for its Moroder-on-syrup drums, functions largely as a diving board into the dreamscape-y wonder world of “Pod Chaser.” That track, with its turn toward heaviness in its final two minutes, sets up the entry for “Marianas.” This third track begins as markedly claustrophobic and daunting, and its rhythm threatens to speed up throughout, but never does. It’s what I imagine sitting in a spaceship simulator is like before, I suppose, take-off simulation begins. The fourth and final track, “Eels,” is a 20-minute musical gauntlet that few, if any, will actually run. I did, though. It’s composed of very specific sections, and you’ve got to get about three-fourths of the way through before there’s any standard-language electro stuff happening. But the couple of minutes it’s there are pretty sweet. In other news, Subdivision released another title, Side App, back in March, but since I missed out on that one, y’all can wait another couple of weeks for me to remark upon it. Head over to moonrobbers.bandcamp.com. f

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Athens Art Association Celebrates Centennial EXHIBITIONS AT THE LYNDON HOUSE, LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND GARDEN

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com For the past century, the Athens Art speakers are invited to present special profor us to enter and create art. How cool is Association has served as an evolving comgrams, such as William U. Eiland, director that?” munity coalesced through a shared desire of the Georgia Museum, who will speak on In addition to finding out about new for creative camaraderie. Founded in 1919 “Seeing the Spiritual: How to Look at Sacred exhibitions to apply to or attend, members under the leadership of artist and educator Images” on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. benefit from belonging to a network of artLaura Blackshear, the nonprofit organiza“Personally, I believe that to fully underists who eagerly cross-promote and cheer tion was established to promote the produc- stand a plant, an insect, animal, even for each other’s endeavors. Many of the tion and visibility of the local arts. Today’s a person, [you should] draw it, thereby artists also choose to create works through members carry on that legacy through various activities not limited to hosting lectures, volunteering at events, taking field trips and donating materials and grants to educational programs.

In celebration of its centennial, the AAA will host a total of four distinct exhibitions. Retrospective shows at both the Lyndon House Arts Center and Georgia Museum of Art opened earlier this summer and will close within the next week, while a new show in the Athens-Clarke County Library’s second floor Quiet Gallery will be unveiled this weekend. The series, which involved a two-year planning process, will conclude at the State Botanical Garden this fall.

Currently, the group meets the first Thursday evening of “Still Life with Fruit and Pitchers” by Laura Blackshear at the Georgia Museum of Art every month at the Lyndon House, where artists gather to share ideas, lend support and learn from increasing your observation skills, becoma separate organization, Plein Air Painters, each other. After a short business meeting ing more sensitive to all that you observe,” which was established 24 years ago by AAA to cover any upcoming opportunities to says board member and scientific illustrator member Claire Clements. These outdoor participate in exhibitions, enroll in classes C. Olivia Carlisle. “As several other of our meet-ups, held the second Thursday of the or make plans for plein air outings, a classic members have said, it brings joy and peace month, visit interesting nature destinations “show and tell” portion allows members to our inner being. What a wonderful expearound town for artists to independently to receive feedback on paintings, drawrience to learn more art skills from so many paint, draw or photograph whatever catches ings, sculpture, pottery and more. Often, giving people, who also open their gardens their eye while in the company of like-

minded individuals similarly looking to capture the beauty of the world around them.

“Most of us place great value [on] our community… listening to our discussions and engaging in the dialogue,” says Carlisle, who has memories of the AAA that date back to attending high school and college in the late ’50s and early ’60s. “Then there is the opportunity for people to acquire our art for their lovely homes, their business— even public art, such as Harold Rittenberry or Bob Clements’ outdoor sculptures at the ACC Library, Georgia Museum of Art, LHAC and Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation’s sculpture garden in Watkinsville.”

Kicking off with an opening reception and artist talk on Sunday, Aug. 11 at 2:30 p.m., the library’s “Bridge to the Second Century: The Athens Art Association, 1919–2019” will shift the series’ focus from historical pieces from throughout the decades to those by currently active members. Curated by Christine Langone, a professor emerita in leadership education at UGA, the exhibit includes works by 45 artists, including Bob Clements, Connie Flynn, Alice Pruitt, Harold Rittenberry, Yvonne Studevan and Hildegard Timberlake. During the artist talk, Langone will be joined

by Margaret Agner and Karl Enter for a presentation on the organization’s history and to offer individual perspectives.

“Our Town and Beyond: Works by Early Members of the Athens Art Association” at the Georgia Museum is on view through Aug. 11, while “A Century of Art: The Athens Art Association, 1919–2019” at the Lyndon House Arts Center remains up through Thursday, Aug. 15. “Bridge to the Second Century” will be on view at the ACC Library Saturday, Aug. 10–Saturday, Oct. 5, and the exhibition, organized by Carlisle, at the State Botanical Garden will follow in November and December. f

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MUSIC | SAT, AUG 10

Town & Gown Players · 8 p.m. (Thu–Sat), 2 p.m.

(Sun) · $12–20 Directed by G. Derek Adams, Town & Gown’s production of Shakespeare’s classic comedy showcases what makes a story survive over the centuries: unrequited love, magic, mistaken identities and plenty of confusion. Occurring around the marriage celebrations of Theseus, Duke of Athens (Adam Shirley), to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons (Kathleen McGovern), the story weaves four plots, including a play within a play. Four lovers in a romantic tangle (Helen DeMott, Nina G. Guzman, Patrick Najjar and Mark Taylor) become more perplexed after fairy folk intervene with an enchanted potion that causes everyone to wonder if everything was a dream. [Jessica Smith]

40 Watt Club · 7 p.m. · $7 Started in the mid-aughts to celebrate a particularly fertile and energetic time in the local music scene, Athens Face/ Off organized dozens of players into small groups and challenged them to create a batch of new songs over the course of just a few weeks. After a hiatus, the event returned in 2016 and has popped up at the 40 Watt each year since. The 2019 Face/Off features randomly assigned trios from a whopping list of 60 musicians, including members of Family and Friends, Partials, Georgia Dish Boys, Blunt Bangs, Athens Cowboy Choir, Black Kids, Caulfield, New Madrid, Athens Tango Project and a bunch of other bands.

Expect an inspiring spectacle. [Gabe Vodicka]

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Tuesday 6 ART: Artful Conversations (Georgia Museum of Art) Join Emily HogrefeRibeiro for a closer look at and conversation about “Blue Lady” by Amalia Amaki 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Computer Class: Google Photos (ACC Library) Registration required. 10–11:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650, www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Kitty Yoga (Memorial Park) Circle of Friends Animal Society presents Kitty Yoga. Hang out with adoptable kittens and do yoga.

All ages and skill levels welcome. 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation, ($2 mat rentals). accgov.com/calendar

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COMEDY: Show Up, Go Up Comedy Open Mic (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) First Tuesday of the month. Hosted by Seth Hendershot.

7 p.m. (sign-up), 8 p.m. FREE! www. hendershotscoffee.com 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: Athens Neighborhood Health Center Open House (Multiple Locations) The Athens

Neighborhood Health Center celebrates National Health Centers Week with free health screenings. Aug. 6, 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m. (402 McKinley Dr.). Aug. 8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (675 College Ave.). www.athensneighborhoodhealth.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 GAMES: Trivia (The Office Sports Bar and Grill) Play to win. Every Tuesday.

8 p.m. FREE! 706-521-5898 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

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The Foundry · 9 p.m. · $15–20 With mega-hits like “Oye Como Va,” multi-instrumentalist and composer Tito Puente was integral in helping to popularize Latin music in the United States throughout the latter half of the 20th Century. Now, his son, percussionist and bandleader Tito Jr., carries on the elder Puente’s legacy with impassioned takes on his father’s music, as well as his own originals, which combine traditional and contemporary flavors. On Saturday, local promotions group Athens Latin brings Puente Jr. to town for a show at The Foundry, where the New York-based musician will be backed by a seven-piece band for a high-energy set featuring plenty of salsa, mambo, merengue and other classic styles. [GV]

Caledonia Lounge · 8 p.m. · $7–9 Following in the reverberating footsteps of fellow Golden Staters Thee Oh Sees, Los Angeles foursome Frankie and the Witch Fingers put a funky, smoggy spin on 1960s psychedelic garage-rock.

On their fifth album, ZAM, released in March via Brooklyn, NY, imprint Greenway Records, the Witch Fingers tighten up the grooves while also expanding their sonic zone. Tuesday night’s Caledonia throwdown is a front-to-back banger that also features Athens punk supergroup McQQeen, which is hot off the release of a stellar debut LP, as well as local stratosphere-straddler Thrüm, whose proggy inclinations are thankfully offset by a scrappy and unpredictable psych edge. [GV]

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GAMES: Lunch and Learn Games (Tyche’s Games) Learn some new games on your lunch hour. 11:30 a.m. www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Johnny’s Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Classic City Trivia hosts Terrapin-sponsored trivia. Win house cash and prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-354-1515 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Road) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com KIDSTUFF: Toddler Time (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Songs, rhymes, books and educational play.

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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 LECTURES & LIT: Bogart Bookies Book Club (Bogart Library) Discuss Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. 1–2 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart MEETINGS: Board of Elections Meeting (Athens City Hall, Conference Room 103) Monthly meeting of the ACC Board of Elections. Open to the public. 3–4 p.m. FREE! www.accgov.com MEETINGS: Moms Demand Action (ACC Library) Join to honor mothers who are victims and survivors of gun violence. This meeting’s

topic is preventing school gun violence. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE! www. momsdemandaction.org 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

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THE CALENDAR! EVENTS: Birth, Baby & Mama Care Fair (ACC Library) Meet local professionals from local businesses like midwives, doulas, massage therapists, pediatricians, photographers and more. 5–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.reblossomathens.com 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 will get you free tokens to spend at the market. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) General trivia. Industry night. Cash house prizes. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday.

Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Beer Goggles Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) Walter Lane hosts weekly trivia. Teams can have up to 10 players, and prizes include tab discounts. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! www.sobrewco.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com GAMES: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play the Shadowfist Dynamic Card Game.

11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-354-4500, www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Friendship Bracelets (ACC Library) Rock those school colors or weave your own style with a new friendship bracelet for yourself or a friend. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Mother Goose on the Loose (Bogart Library) This special storytime is designed to promote parental bonding and early learning in babies ages 0–24 months.

Registration required. 10–11 a.m.

FREE! 770-725-9443 www.athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Anime Club (Oconee County Library) Meet with other fans of anime and manga to discover books, shows, movies, snacks, art, and Japanese culture.

Grades 6-12. 6-8 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Poetry (The Globe) Open mic poetry readings featuring Paul Cunningham. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/athenswordofmouth MEETINGS: KACCB Board Meeting (Synovus, 150 W. Hancock Ave.) The KACCB board of directors meets monthly to discuss community beautification projects and events. 4 p.m.

FREE! www.accgov.com

Thursday 8 EVENTS: Line and Ballroom Dance Lessons (Boutier Winery & Inn) Ron Putham leads lessons. 6:30 p.m. (line dancing), 7:30 p.m. (ballroom). $10-15. boutierwinery.com EVENTS: Athens Neighborhood Health Center Open House (Multiple Locations) See Tuesday

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listing for full description. Aug. 6, 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m. (402 McKinley Dr.).

Aug. 8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (675 College Ave.). www.athensneighborhoodhealth.com EVENTS: Latin Night (Akademia Brewing Co.) The UGA Salsa Club hosts a Latin Night featuring a beginner’s class and dancing to raise funds for U-Lead. 7–10:30 p.m. $5. www.uleadathens.org EVENTS: Fix Your Own Bike (BikeAthens) Get help fixing your bike from experts so you’re safe to ride. 6–8:30 p.m. $10 (suggested). www.bikeathens.org FILM: Thursday Theater Throwback: Marilyn Monroe (Oconee County Library) Pack a sack lunch and enjoy a musical comedy starring Marilyn Monroe. Popcorn provided. See Movie Dope on p. 24.

10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Johnny’s Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Classic City Trivia hosts Terrapin-sponsored trivia. Win house cash and prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-354-1515 KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based games. Blocks provided. For ages 8 and up. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Inclusive Book Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) A facilitated book club for adults of all abilities. Members will be reading out loud and discussing The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. 1 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison

Aug. 11 & 18, 2 p.m. $12–20. www. townandgownplayers.org

Saturday 10 EVENTS: Children’s Consignment Sale (Athens First UMC) Shop for fall and winter children’s clothes.

Proceeds support foster care programs in Athens. Clothing donations accepted. Aug. 10, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. & Aug. 11, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! athensfirstumc.org/childrensconsignmentsale 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 edu-

featuring Farmer Jason, Kona Ice, and a light lunch after the concert.

See Threats & Promises on p. 16. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/MarigoldFestival EVENTS: Will Rock 4 Food (Terrapin Beer Co.) Sample beers, eat treats, hear live music and compete in the area’s largest contest of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Proceeds benefit the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia’s Food 2 Kids program.

4:30–8:30 p.m. $35. www.terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) The market hosts around 45 vendors, children’s activities and cooking demos. All produce is grown locally, sustainably and by those who are selling it. Live music

by Mark Plemmons (8 a.m.) and Paul Lombard (10 a.m.). 8 a.m.-12

along with plenty of beer from local breweries. Afterward enjoy a special presentation on bats by Emily Ferrall of the Georgia Bat Working Group.

5:30 p.m. FREE! info@brwa.org OUTDOORS: Critter Tales (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Listen to a story about nature and visit a critter.

2:30-3 p.m. FREE! www.accgov.com/ sandycreeknaturecenter PERFORMANCE: Tiramisu (Moonlight Theater) Before embarking on a nation-wide tour, Michael Burgos (”The Eulogy”) presents a work-in-progress taste of his brand new performance, “Tiramisu.”

Several years after their relationship ends, Tony, a washed-up American musician, realizes that Teresa, an Italian pastry chef, was the one that got away. 8 p.m. FREE! www.moonlighttheatercompany.com

Friday 9 EVENTS: OLLI@UGA Lifelong Learning Fair (Georgia Square Mall) Current and prospective OLLI members can learn about this semester’s classes, luncheon programs, travel tips, social events and shared interest groups. 1–3 p.m.

FREE! www.olli.uga.edu EVENTS: Artist2Artist Benefit Concert (The Foundry) “Let the Moon Shine on a Hot Night in Georgia,” features a silent auction, live music from Jason Ringenberg, Hunter Grayson, The Simple Life Band and Heart of Pine and a VIP meet and greet. Proceeds will go to Artist2Artist’s program to prevent veteran suicide. 6 p.m. $15–140. www.thefoundryathens.com EVENTS: Housequake: Prince Dance Party (Georgia Theatre, Rooftop) A dance party dedicated to the Purple One. All proceeds will go to Athenspets and UGA Miracle.

Sets by DJ Mahogany, DJ Me Star, DJ Monogamy aka Doom II Hell on Earth, and DJ Problematic for the People. 10 p.m.–2 a.m. $7 www. georgiatheatre.com GAMES: Friday Night Initative: Learn to Play RPGs (Tyche’s Games) Learn some new roleplaying games. 6 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com THEATER: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Athens Community Theater) Presented by Town & Gown, this classic Shakespeare comedy has withstood the test of time. There’s a terrible play within a play, unrequited love, mistaken identities, fairies and general shenanigans. It all works out in the end, of course. Or was it all just a dream? See Calendar Pick on p. 19. Aug. 9–10, 15–17, 8 p.m.

Works by Jack Burk are currently on view at Give Back Real Estate through Aug. 30. cational workshops. The WBFM is an inclusive space for cross-cultural and inter-generational engagement.

9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Perseid Shooting Star Party (Hard Labor Creek State Park, Rutledge) Gather on the beach for the meteor shower. Concessions and limited telescopes available. 9 p.m.–1 a.m. $5/person, $5 parking. www.gastateparks.org/hardlaborcreek EVENTS: Really Really Free Market (Reese & Pope Park) Just like a yard sale, but everything is free. Bring what you can, take what you need. Second Saturday of every month. 12–2 p.m. FREE! reallyreallyfreemarketathens@gmail.com EVENTS: Back to School Bash (Winterville Auditorium) Presented by the City of Winterville and its Marigold Festival, this event will include outdoor activities, a concert

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p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Athens-Clarke County Democrats Breakfast (Locos Grill & Pub) Join the area Democrats for breakfast and hear from guest speaker, Ted Terry, U.S. Senate candidate and mayor of Clarkston, GA. 9 a.m. $15. www.clarkedemocrats.com GAMES: Day of Board Game Demonstrations (Tyche’s Games) Learn to play new games. 12 p.m.

FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Satur-D&D (Oconee County Library) Hosted every other Saturday, this is an interactive game of Dungeons and Dragons for all skill levels. Dungeon Masters are encouraged. Grades 6-12. 3–5 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee MEETINGS: Bats, Brats & Beer (Camp Kiwanis, Danielsville) Join the Broad River Watershed Association for their annual meeting, and enjoy a bratwurst dinner

PERFORMANCE: Once on This Island (Oconee Youth Playhouse) Oconee Youth Playhouse presents this award-winning musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. On a tropical island ruled by mighty gods, a fearless peasant girl uses the power of love to unite people of different social classes. Aug. 10, 16–17, 7:00 p.m. & Aug. 11 & 18, 3:00 p.m. $15–20. oconeeyouthplayhouse.com THEATER: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Athens Community Theater) See Friday listing for full description. Aug. 9–10, 15–17, 8 p.m. Aug. 11 & 18, 2 p.m. $12–20. www.townandgownplayers.org

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permanent collection. 3 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: M3Yoga Open House & Birthday Bash (149 Oneta St., Ste. 6E2) M3Yoga is turning two, and will celebrate all day long with nine free yoga classes. Pre-registration required. 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m. FREE! M3yoga.com/events CLASSES: Calligraphy Class (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Mike Moak teaches lettering. Supplies are provided.

Registration is required. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison CLASSES: Sips and Stix (Southern Brewing Company) Tour Crew Pound Pros Lauren Cash and Jill Webb lead a workout class. 3 p.m. $10. www.sobrewco.com EVENTS: Wine Down (Boutier Winery & Inn, 4506 Hudson River Church Rd., Danielsville) Listen to live music and sip on wine spritzers.

3–5 p.m. FREE! www.boutierwinery. com EVENTS: The Athens Art Association Exhibit and Reception (ACC Library) Celebrate 100 years of th Athens Art Association with an exhibition of its current members. Artists will gather in the Appleton Auditorium to talk about their work and the history of the association, with a reception to follow. See Art Notes on p. 17. 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens EVENTS: Metal + Petal Flea (Metal + Petal) A back to school flea market with deals on furniture and other home goods. Items will be on display in front of the store. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. www.metalandpetal.com EVENTS: Children’s Consignment Sale (Athens First UMC) See Saturday listing for full description.

Aug. 10, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. & Aug. 11, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! athensfirstumc. org/childrensconsignmentsale EVENTS: Curiosity Corner (Creature Comforts Brewery) Enjoy a day of family fun with Books for Keeps onsite to lead storytime and a gratitude jar activity. 2-5 p.m. FREE! www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com 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 LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author: Michael L. Thurmond (Barnes & Noble) Athens’ former State Representative Michael L. Thurmond will talk about and sign copies of the new edition of A Story Untold: Black Men & Women in Athens History. 2–3 p.m. FREE! www.bn.com PERFORMANCE: Once on This Island (Oconee Youth Playhouse) See Saturday listing for full description. Aug. 10, 16–17, 7:00 p.m. & Aug. 11 & 18, 3:00 p.m. $15–20. oconeeyouthplayhouse.com THEATER: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Athens Community Theater) See Friday listing for full description. Aug. 9–10, 15–17, 8 p.m. Aug. 11 & 18, 2 p.m. $12–20. www.townandgownplayers.org

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Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com FLORAL PRINT Atlanta-based, shoegaze-influenced jangle-pop band.

O KEY Experimental pop project led by Art Contest’s Cole Monroe.

DEAD NEIGHBORS Local group playing punky, emotive garage-rock.

The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5. www.thefoundryathens. com HAYRIDE Long-running local threepiece rock band led by guitarist Kevin Sweeney.

THE VOLTURES Local teenage new wave and power-pop band.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com THE PINK STONES Rootsy local country-rock group led by songwriter Hunter Pinkston.

BABY TONY & THE TEENIES Local band plays doo-wop-inspired pop songs about wasting time and having crushes.

KYLE CRAFT Garage-rock six-piece from Portland, OR. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 JOHN KIRAN FERNANDES Local musician playing ambient looped clarinet inspired by birdsong and Brian Eno. PETALBOAT New local experimental project.

The World Famous 9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens FIRST TUESDAY A monthly hiphop showcase hosted by Montu Miller and Chief Rocka. Featuring Ta’Sheia Shantel, Visibly Inflight, Michael Myerz, Paid in AmeriKKKa, john.AVERAGE and more, including a cypher and beat battle.

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EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) See Wednesday listing for full description. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com

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ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) A tour of highlights from the permanent collection led by docents.

2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org CLASSES: Let’s Jam! (Farmview Market) Learn techniques and recipes for making refrigerated jam.

Participants get to take home one jar of jam. 5:15–6:30 p.m. $33. www. farmviewmarket.com CLASSES: Personal Branding Mastery (The Classic Center) A five-step program designed to help those in real estate build their personal brand. Strategies include creative ways to gain influence, new-

GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday.

Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Beer Goggles Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) Walter Lane hosts weekly trivia. Teams can have up to 10 players, and prizes include tab discounts. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! www.sobrewco.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 KIDSTUFF: PRISM (Oconee County Library) PRISM is a safe space for all teens who share a common vision of equality. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee

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11 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! charlie.fleming@movement.com COMEDY: Decaf Comedy Open Mic (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Hear comics from Athens and Atlanta.

Newcomers welcome. Email to perform. 8:30 p.m. FREE! efj32330@ gmail.com, www.hendershotscoffee. com 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 Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) This month’s theme is “BBQ Wines.”

Reservations required. 6 p.m. $20. 706-354-7901, www.heirloomathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Test your trivia knowledge. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Trivia (The Office Sports Bar and Grill) Play to win. Every Tuesday.

8 p.m. FREE! 706-521-5898 GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description.

8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Johnny’s Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Classic City Trivia hosts Terrapin-sponsored trivia. Win house cash and prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-354-1515 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Tuesday: Larger Than Life: New Deal Mural Studies (Georgia Museum of Art) Take a tour of “Larger Than Life: New Deal Mural Studies.”

Afterwards, toddlers will create their own life-size murals on large-format paper. For families with children ages 18 months to three years. 10 a.m. FREE! sagekincaid@uga.edu 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 LECTURES & LIT: Adult Book Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Meet and discuss Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee and pick up a book for next month. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison

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practices and meditation for older individuals who want to regain flexibility or go deeper into self-consciousness. 12 p.m. FREE! www. healingartscentre.net EVENTS: Coffee and Conversation (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy coffee and chat with neighbors. This program is free and open to all ages and abilities. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison EVENTS: Chef Collaboration (Creature Comforts Brewery) Ten chefs from Athens and Atlanta collaborate to serve the best meal of the summer. The event includes a cocktail reception and a five-course dinner paired with beers from the host brewery. 100% of ticket proceeds go to the Giving Kitchen, a nonprofit organization providing emergency assistance to food service workers.

6–10 p.m. $100 (adv.), $125. info@ thegivingkitchen.org FILM: Showdown at the Equator (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Cynthia Rothrock helps train an elite squad of female super cops prone to hijinks in the Police Academy-esque Top Squad. See Movie Dope on p.

24. 8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/showdownattheequator GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ’O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!

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

FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) Terrapin-sponsored trivia hosted by Shelton Sellers of Classic City Trivia.

Win house cash and Terrapin prizes.

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

Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT: A Living Wage in Athens (Ciné) The Federation of Neighborhoods presents a free public forum on in the Ciné Lab Space.

Listen and ask questions of panelists about issues surrounding work and wages in Athens. 7:30–9 p.m. FREE! www.accneighborhoods.org PERFORMANCE: Gorgeous George’s Improv League (The Globe) Local improvisors invent scenes on the spot and compete for the coveted screaming chicken.

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

All musicians welcome. Backline provided.

Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com SOCIAL CIRCLE Local lo-fi experimental lounge singer that aims “to turn the support group into a party.”

DAGMAR VORK Athens-based indiepop group with a crisp, warm sound.

ISLAND DAYS Electropop duo from New Orleans.

Ciné 9 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your heart out with fancy visuals and a huge selection of songs.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com DEAD VIBES ENSEMBLE Two-piece local sludge-metal band.

MALEVICH Grind and metal group from Athens and Atlanta.

SUNROT Doom-metal band from New Jersey.

ARIEL ACKERLY Local noisemaker makes meditative loops from dulcimer and synthesizers.

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Thursday 8 Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com JESS JOCOY Americana singer-songwriter from Nashville, TN. RODNEY SANDERS New local songwriter with a unique voice and influences from Blaze Foley to JJ Cale.

40 Watt Club 6 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com BLACK FLAG The current version of this legendary hardcore band is led by founding guitarist Greg Ginn. See story on p. 15.

THE LINECUTTERS Ska-punk band from Phoenix, AZ.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens THE DAD BODS Local group playing your favorite rock hits.

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

Veronica’s Sweet Spot 7 p.m. FREE! facebook.com/sweetspotathens OPEN MIC NIGHT Showcase your creative talent.

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The Foundry 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com FRANKIE’S BLUES MISSION Blues group led by South Georgia native Frankie Lee.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com DRUIDS Proggy stoner-rock group from Des Moines, IA. MANDIBLE RIDER Local two-piece doom and post-metal band.

TORO Atlanta prog-metal band that blends relentless heaviness with intricate melody.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com BEDON Nashville-based roots project led by songwriter Bedon Lancaster.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com MELISSA COLBERT-TAYLOR Fierce, formidable, formerly Athenian singer-songwriter.

veteran suicide prevention, featuring music from Hunter Grayson, Jason Ringenberg, the Simple Life Band, Heart of Pine and Boone Hood.

G Brand BBQ 5 p.m. FREE! 706-743-7000 TODD TAYLOR & MIKE MOODY Grammy-nominated banjoist Taylor teams up with bassist Moody for a bluegrass celebration.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com ANDREA & MUD Georgia-based country and psychobilly duo.

THE OUTLAW WOMEN BAND Group playing dark country and murder-ballad classics and originals.

8 p.m. $12 (adv.), $14 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com INTERSTELLAR ECHOES Group paying tribute to the music of Pink Floyd.

Athenspets & UGA Miracle Benefit.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. $7. www. georgiatheatre.com PRINCE DANCE PARTY Local DJs pay tribute to the Purple One, featuring DJ Mahogany, DJ Me Star, DJ Monogamy aka Doom II Hell on Earth and DJ Problematic for the People.

Southern Brewing Company 7 p.m. www.sobrewco.com BLIND DELTA WOLF Local band playing classic and original rock and roll.

Southern Brewing Company Records and Brews. 6 p.m. FREE! www. sobrewco.com DJ OSMOSE International touring DJ and Athens resident lays down an all-vinyl set of funk, soul, boogie and more.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com DAVID BRYAN SMITH Singersongwriter, motivational speaker and hypnotist from Marietta.

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

Saturday 10 Boutier Winery & Inn 8 p.m. $10. www.boutierwinery.com CHRIS HAMPTON BAND Local variety cover band hosts a dance party, playing classic and new 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.

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Go Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic Dr. Fred and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com WONDERLAND RANGERS Local rabble-rouser Timi Conley performs dance-tastic psych-pop with his allstar backing band.

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. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens THE DICTATORTOTS Longtime local chaos-cultivators trash the night with post-grunge grooves.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com JAY GONZALEZ Drive-By Truckers’ keyboardist plays your favorite AM Gold, singer-songwriter, power-pop, British Invasion, originals and TV theme songs.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com MAMMABEAR Atlanta-based rootsrock group.

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens HIMALAYAN POOL PARTY Fourpiece rock band from Auburn, AL.

Georgia Theatre 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.

Manhattan Café 7 p.m. 706-369-9767 AS DUSK FADES Long-running local psychedelic rock band.

The Foundry 7 p.m. FREE! thefoundryathens.com KIP JONES Local songwriter playing all your favorite folk, rock, R&B and country covers and some of his own tunes.

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

The Foundry 9 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com TITO PUENTE JR. The son of the legendary bandleader performs jazz, Latin, salsa, merengue, mambo and other Latin sounds. See Calendar Pick on p. 19.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub DJ HERMOSA & DJ KAPTAIN Spinning a beat-centric dance party.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. FREE! www.40watt.com FOREVER ’78 Atlanta group playing pop and rock hits from 1978.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 BILLBOARD BAGGINS Athensbased experimental outfit.

THOM STRICKLAND Local experimental solo musician.

TOM VISIONS Local artist playing post-mystical, psychedelic electronic music.

DONNY KNOTTSVILLE Local hiphop artist combines modern and traditional rap styles.

original set of material with their new bandmates. See Calendar Pick on p. 19.

Southern Brewing Company 5 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com QUIG AND THE BOYS Local rock band playing old, new, blues and rock with a twist.

Druids play the Caledonia Lounge on Friday, Aug. 9.

8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS Punk, soul and R&B-influenced band from Austin, TX. ANNABELLE CHAIRLEGS Retro pop-rock group from Austin, TX. On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com TRIZ TROTTA Local DJ spinning hip hop, funk and electronica.

JOHN KIRAN FERNANDES Local musician playing ambient looped clarinet inspired by birdsong and Brian Eno. JIM WILLINGHAM Local songwriter known for fronting the bands Old Smokey and Harry Carey.

Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic Dr. Fred and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Every Thursday.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $6 (adv.), $8 (door). www.40watt.com CODY PARKS & THE DIRTY SOUTH Country-rock band from Nashville, TN. CHARLOTTE PIKE Nashville, TN-based singer-songwriter.

DAWSON EDWARDS Country singer from Nashville via Rome.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com LIVE JAZZ Enjoy an evening of jazz standards and originals.

The Foundry 6 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com A HOT NIGHT IN GEORGIA Artist2Artist presents a benefit for

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OHMU New solo synth project courtesy of DJ and designer Winston Parker.

ARIEL ACKERLY Local noisemaker makes meditative loops from dulcimer and synthesizers.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com PETTY PARTY Local musicians pay tribute to Tom Petty.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens CLASSIC CITY JUKEBOX Local all-star rock cover band playing hits from the ’60s to the 2000s.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com WALTZ Athens-based rock group with a heavy, noisy sound.

CANDY COFFINS Post-punk and coldwave group from Columbia, SC. TABLOID Local band that sounds like “if Big Star, The Ronettes and Television had a bar brawl and everyone won.”

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com TEARS FOR THE DYING Local death-rock group fronted by songwriter Adrya Stembridge.

40 Watt Club 7 p.m. $7. www.40watt.com ATHENS FACE/OFF A social and sonic experiment, Athens Face/Off is a project in which local musicians are randomly assigned into trios and spend one month preparing an

Terrapin Beer Co. Will Rock 4 Food. 4:30 p.m. $35. www. terrapinbeer.com THE MOONSHINE Local postmodern string band with a blend of guitar, autoharp and upright bass.

THE WELFARE LINERS Five-piece local bluegrass unit blending classic tunes with melodic, high-lonesome originals.

Winterville Auditorium Back to School Bash. 10 a.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/MarigoldFestival FARMER JASON Jason Ringenberg plays children’s music about farm animals and the natural world.

Sunday 11 Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside 6 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7087 THE LUCKY JONES Local band playing old-school rockin’ rhythm and blues.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com THE JUMP OFF A back-to-school party featuring local hip-hop artists, hosted by L.G.

Terrapin Beer Co. 3 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com JIM COOK Local solo performer playing acoustic blues, classic rock and Americana.

Monday 12 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com PISTOLE One-man live-techno project from Hamburg, Germany.

WINDBREAKER Solo electronic outfit from Chicago.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com STEPHEN KELLOGG Accomplished folk-rock singer-songwriter.

TYRONE WELLS Folk singer-songwriter from Spokane, WA. EMMANUELLE SASSON Teen folkpop artist and multi-instrumentalist.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. $3. www.georgiatheatre.com PARTIALS Local psychedelic pop band with a rich, danceable sound.

CINCO BANDITO Local rock and roll four-piece.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com JAY GONZALEZ Drive-By Truckers’ keyboardist plays your favorite AM Gold, singer-songwriter, power-pop, British Invasion, originals and TV theme songs.

Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 ANNIE LEETH Local experimental violinist and multi-instrumentalist composer.

SAADIA RAIS Local experimental performer and choreographer.

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

DONNY KNOTTSVILLE Local hiphop artist combines modern and traditional rap styles.

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

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.

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Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com CLIP ART PRESENTS Local group Clip Art presents a night of hip-hop and other music, featuring Alfred Banks, Ahmad Anonimis, Trophy Boy and Charles Irwin.

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

Hosted by Larry Forte.

Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com BLACK MAGIC FLOWER POWER Funky, psychedelic rock act from Tucson, AZ. SILVER TONGUE DEVILS Bluesy glam-rock act from Greenville, SC. ALLCAPS Athens-based pop-punk band with screamo leanings.

HIT LIZARD Athens-based grunge band.

Tuesday 13 Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com FRANKIE & THE WITCH FINGERS High-octane psychedelic garagerock band from Los Angeles. See Calendar Pick on p. 19.

MCQQEEN Athens rock supergroup with skate-punk and psychedelic leanings.

THRÜM Local psych-rock band featuring members of Sea of Dogs, Hot Fudge and Dream Culture.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com HARLAN Dreamy folk-pop artist from Memphis, TN.

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.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5–10. flickertheatreandbar.com JOSEY Athens-based, jazz-inflected solo hip-hop project.

FRANKIE VALET Garage-pop fourpiece from St. Louis.

LOST DOG Grungy, melodic pop group from Somerville, MA. TWELVE25 New local hip-hop project.

The Foundry Steven Weaver Benefit. 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com BOX OF RAWKS Five-piece blues band from Madison.

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More Faster, More Furiouser PLUS, SCARY STORIES, MOB WIVES, A DORA TALE AND MORE

By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com A horror movie, a female-led comic book adaptation and a big-screen version of a family favorite cartoon character lead the attack on last week’s No. 1, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. (More on that movie later.) If you went to school in the 1980s, you probably remember checking out Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark or one of the sequels by Alvin Schwartz—More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones—so long as no parent had them removed from the school library. Well, Guillermo del Toro checked them out longer than you did, and he is spearheading the live-action adaptation directed by Trollhunter’s André Øvredal.

Straight Outta Compton’s Oscarnominated screenwriter Andrea Berloff makes her directorial debut in The Kitchen, an adaptation of the Vertigo comic book by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle. Three mob wives played by Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss take over Hell’s Kitchen after their Irish gangster hubbies get nabbed by the FBI. Berloff also wrote the film.

In Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Isabela Moner—a memorable standout in her previous features, Transformers: The Last Knight, Sicario: Day of the Soldado and Instant It was the bald guy!

Family—stars as the popular bilingual explorer in her first big-screen adventure.

Now a teenager, Dora leads her cousin, Diego (Jeffrey Wahlberg), and others into the jungle to solve an ancient Incan mystery. Danny Trejo voices Dora’s monkey, Boots; Benicio del Toro voices her anthropomorphic antagonist, Swiper. Eva Longoria and Michael Pena appear as her parents; Eugenio Derbez is also featured. James Bobin and Nicholas Stoller, a couple of the minds behind the 2011 and 2014 Muppets movies, directed and co-wrote this take on “Dora the Explorer.”

If none of those films strikes your fancy, Ciné is getting Lulu Wang’s festival favorite, The Farewell. Wang, who wrote and directed, and star Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians’ BFF) have been drawing raves for this family dramedy, in which a ChineseAmerican writer travels to China with her family to be with her terminally ill grandmother. The twist is that no one has told Nai Nai she is dying. The trailer looks appealingly heartfelt and humorous—bring some Kleenex.

On Aug. 12, Showdown at the Equator presents 1988’s Top Squad at Flicker.

Cynthia Rothrock stars in this Police Academy meets Jackie Chan (who produced) flick, also known as The Inspector Wears Skirts—a less vague, more sexist title. The Oconee County Library highlights

Marilyn Monroe in its Thursday Theater Throwback on Aug. 8, while senior citizens can enjoy a Seniors’ Monday Matinee at the Oglethorpe County Library on Aug. 12.

FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW (PG-13) With its ampersand-abusing title, Hobbs & Shaw is the latest version of the franchise’s OS. (Consider it Fast & Furious 3.0.) The writer of every Fast & Furious from No. 3 to now, Chris Morgan, may have built the franchise that eventually takes down its patron.

The not-so-secret feud between Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel has forced Johnson’s federal agent, Luke Hobbs, to team up with bad-guy-turned-begrudgingally Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) to save the world from a super-virus incubating in Shaw’s sister (Veronica Kirby). A fellow disgraced MI6 agent outfitted with cutting-edge technology (Idris Elba) seeks the virus for a secret tech cult with a mission

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statement approved by Thanos. Brixton Lore calls himself “black Superman,” but “cyborg Superman” would be more accurate, considering the amount of metal and tech embedded in his body. (His rate of gadget usage moves him into black Batman territory, too.)

Hobbs & Shaw is the current evolution of the ’80s buddy-cop-medy and a way better G.I. Joe movie than the 2013 sequel that also starred The Rock. (Several tough guys and a gal from various international agencies team up to fight terrorists—all that is missing are the code names.) The action is on par with the most recent Fast & Furious, and like most current action movies, Hobbs & Shaw watches like a video game. Where this disposable blockbuster—one wonders how, and how well, these movies will age— establishes itself is as a playful aggro-roast hosted by the charming Johnson and the only slightly less charming Statham.

A couple of other movie stars liven things up in uncredited cameos—one stands out so much I now want a Hobbs & Locke movie more than a Hobbs & Shaw 2. (Stick around for the fun of all three post-credits scenes.) Leavening the franchise by focusing on the faces carrying less baggage than Vin Diesel may win some new fans and even help sell more tickets for the next Fast & Furious. f

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By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Over the past few years, I’ve found myself touch my hair, because I’m a simpleton who getting excited for the end of summer and loves a compliment and hates conflict. I looking forward to the injection of energy remember wincing at the hurt feelings I was and life that students bring to us sleepy, causing by pointing out a friend’s transgressun-drunk locals. It’s definitely weird, sion, so I learned to reframe the interaction because I’ve always been one of the loudest as the simple act of putting myself first, when Athens breathes its collective sigh owning my space and not apologizing for every May. Who doesn’t want less traffic, no exercising my ownership. Whether that’s lines and more parking at Broken Kroger, keeping strange hands out of our hair or and actually being able to get a table at dumping the skid mark we cuffed ourselves Hi-Lo? Still, if you are just getting back into to this summer, the choice is ours to make. town or moving here for the first time, I’m It’s taken me a long time to really get what glad to see you here.

RuPaul said: “If you I hope you all had a can’t love yourself, I value my time, and Hot Girl Summer—or how in the hell you a Hot Boy Summer, anyone who wants some gonna love someone whichever fits your else?” of my time should value it, too. identity. I most cerLeaving a bad relatainly did. To define tionship is self-care the term as simply as possible, this is a and self-love. Advocating for ourselves and phrase coined by Megan Thee Stallion to taking our space back is a Hot Girl move, describe a season where one has lived a life for sure. Making real steps to improve our full of intention and self-love. I’ve also seen self-image and everyday life experience it interpreted as “ho season” by some, and brings us closer to all of those lofty visions in the past, this would have been my own of what we want our lives to be. I don’t have interpretation of having a fun, sexy sumto tell y’all that being happy with yourself mer, too. Instead, I focused makes you a better partner and friend to on finding a dream the people you love, and it house, and I attracts people didn’t even have who will to move to love Winder to

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Valuing your own time sounds pretty basic, but it’s incredibly hard to break the habit of lowering your standards in exchange for positive attention. Even though I hate being treated like a zoo animal, it took me years to get comfortable telling the white people in my life not to

you the way you are. Hot Girls and Hot Boys keep it 100 with everyone, including themselves, and they always do that with compassion, empathy and good intentions.

I hope to turn this Hot Girl Summer into a Warm Girl Fall, though I highly doubt that’s what Megan Thee Stallion will call the upcoming season. I just want us all to keep that same energy of positivity, self-love and living our best lives for the rest of the semester and beyond. I was in a dark place this time last year, and I wanna thank y’all for riding that out with me. But I think I’m better for it, honestly, and that’s always the goal, no matter what I’m going through.

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Art AAAC GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking applicants for its quarterly $500 grants. All local artists, arts organizations or arts-based projects are welcome to apply. The next deadline is Sept. 15. info@athensarts.org, www.athensarts.org GET ARTISTIC GRANTS (Creature Comforts Brewery) Creature Comforts’ Get Artistic program offers grants for artists, nonprofit art organizations and DIY organizations.

Read more and apply online. The deadline is 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 through a new open studio monthly membership program. Studios include ceramics, jewelry, painting, fiber, printmaking, photography and woodshop/sculpture studios. Up to 32 hours per week. $65/month or $175/three months. 706-613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure

Auditions A BENCH IN THE SHADE (The Historic Crawford School, 325 Park Ave., Crawford) Arts! Oglethorpe is looking to fill one role in this three-person comedy. The open

role is Roberto, 70s, good-looking ex-actor, speaks with a slight Italian accent. Auditions are by individual appointment before August 7. Rehearsals, beginning in late September, will be scheduled around the cast’s schedules. Performances are planned for October 25–27. Call 706-540-0785 THE KING & I AUDITIONS (Athens Creative Theatre (ACT), Quinn Hall, Memorial Park) The Athens Creative Theatre will be bringing the classic Rodger’s and Hammerstein musical The King and I to the stage in the fall and need singers, dancers and actors ages eight and older to fill a range of roles in the script. Auditions will be held on Aug. 12–13. 706613-3628, www.accgov.com/act

Classes 42ND CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY (ACCPD Headquarters, East Precint) Attend the academy to learn from ACCPD professionals in fields such as forensics, communications, criminal investigations and traffic enforcement. Completed applications will be reviewed and those selected will be contacted.

Classes held Tuesdays, Sept. 10– Dec. 3, 6–9 p.m. Must attend 10 classes. www.accgov.com ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Observational Drawing with Kendal Jacques” teaches foundational skills of drawing such as shading,

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Susan Pelham’s collages are inspired by Magic Realism and storytelling. Through September.

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 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.) “Broadside Exhibition Project: Verse 2” is a collaborative exhibition that paired visual artists with writers to create illustrated poems. Through Aug. 18.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Will Lecorchick. Through Aug. 31.

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.

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measurement, chiaroscuro and composition. Mondays, Sept. 9–30, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $200. “Painting from Life with Kendal Jacques” covers the basics of naturalist stilllife oil painting by using techniques based on the methods of the Old Masters. Tuesdays, Sept. 10–Oct. 1, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $200. hello@ kaartist.com, www.kaartist.com 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. “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. “Acrylic Painting,” Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. “Aikido,” Wednesdays at 2 p.m. “Zumba,” Wednesdays at 6 p.m. “Belly Dance,” Wednesdays at 7 p.m. “Mah Jongg,” Thursdays at 1 p.m. 706-742-0823, www.wintervillecenter.com DANCE MOVEMENT (Nimbl) Nimbl is a dance movement studio and performance space that offers classes for kids, teens and adults.

Open house Aug. 10. New season of classes begins Aug. 12. 706-8502623, www.nimblathens.com IYENGAR YOGA (Nimbl) Chet Thomas CIYT teaches Iyengar yoga every Wednesday, 5:45–7 p.m. $15–18. www.nimblathens.com

MOMMY & ME YOGA (Athens YWCO) This course is for mothers and babies to build strength and flexibility. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m. Aug. 13–Sept. 19. $90/six classes. www.ywco.org MOSAIC ART CLASSES (Corazon Mosaics Studio, 200 Northcrest Dr.) Weekend mosaic classes for beginner and intermediate levels. Visit website for upcoming dates. $150. corazonmosaics@gmail.com, www.corazonmosaics.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. 706-3255283, needleinahaystack7@yahoo. com, www.sewsomethingwith amandawhitsel.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. 706-353-8881, wine. jsbottleshop@gmail.com, www.jsbottleshop.com WORD MAGIC (ACC Library) Local writer David Oates leads a threeday workshop for aspiring poets.

Saturdays, Aug. 17, 24 & 31. FREE! 706-613-3650 YOGA (Shakti Yoga Athens) Power yoga is a vigorous practice in a heated 85 degree space that facilitates the union of breath and movement. Classes include Shakti Strength, Yinpower, Hip Hop Flow and more. Check website for current

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.) Works by Jack Burk.

Through Aug. 30.

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. 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. Through Sept. 1.

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

HOWARD’S (119 N. Jackson St.) New York-based artist Justin Adain creates three-dimensional shaped paintings, while local artist Samuel Stabler presents drawings and cut paper pieces.

JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) “No Way! Nineties” features colorful digital paintings by Xavier Watson.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Fountain” includes paintings by Melissa Brown and sculptures by Jaime Bull. Through Aug. 30. • “Ring Wren & Turtle” presents a series of small paintings by New York-based artist Adam Sipe. Through Aug. 30. • “Liberty” contains photographs by Athens-based photographer Brittainy Lauback that were taken during a fiveday vacation on the Carnival Liberty cruise ship. Through Aug. 30.

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

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schedule of classes. 706-850-7792, www.shaktiyogaathens.com YOGA CLASSES AT 5 POINTS (5 Points Yoga) “Yoga & the Practice of Thriving in Graduate School,” Aug. 18, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Sixthmonth yoga teacher training begins Sept. 5. Autumn Retreat in North Carolina, Sept. 27–29. “The Four Agreements authors at the Botanical Gardens,” Nov. 8–9. Classes include Slow Flow, Iyengar, Restorative, Yin, Power, Hot Yoga and beginners classes. www.athensfivepointsyoga. com

Kidstuff ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Art Club for Teens” and “Art Club Junior” cover subjects like dream catchers and moving flexagons.

Check website for details and to register. www.kaartist.com CLASSES FOR PARENTS AND KIDS (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) “Parent & Tot, Recycling Trot,” fourth Wednesday 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.reblossomathens.com KIDS CLASSES (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Daily classes are offered in a range of art activities for various age groups. Visit website for descriptions and to register. www. treehousekidandcraft.com KIDS KARATE (Athens YWCO) This class introduces children to a variety of age appropriate karate techniques. Positive praise is used to build self-confidence, focus and the ability to learn. Ages 5–12. Held every Monday and Wednesday from Aug. 12–Sept. 18, 4:30–5:30 p.m. bgalvin.wyco@gmail.com, www. ywco.org

SPLASH PAD (Multiple Locations) The Trail Creek Splash Pad will be open weekends Aug. 10–Sept. 2. $1/ person. Pool passes $20–40. www. athensclarkecounty.com/splashpad

Support Groups ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS SUPPORT GROUP (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) is a 12-step program for people who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. Mondays, 7–8 p.m. www.meetings.adultchildren.org 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. 706-389-4164, 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 FEMPOWERMENT THERAPY GROUP (Oasis Counseling Center) This eight-week women’s empowerment group meets Thursdays 4:30–6 p.m. beginning Sept. 12. Register

by Aug. 30. 706-543-3522, katy@ oasiscounselingcenter.com NAMI (Multiple Locations) “NAMI Connections” is a support group for adults living in recovery with

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LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) Collections From Our Community presents Nena Gilreath’s collection of black Barbies. Through Aug. 17. • “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 COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) “Abandoned Rural America” is a group exhibition of works highlighting overlooked places.

Through Aug. 24.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St.) The 2019 OCAF Members Exhibition features works by over 165 artists who support the gallery. Through Aug. 16. • “aRtBiRds” is a collection of decorated muslin birds for sale to fund projects at OCAF. 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.) “Praying Aloud in Public: The Coleman Barks Collection” displays selected items from an archive of roughly 50,000 pages of manuscripts. Through Aug. 23.

THE ROOK & PAWN (294 W. Washington St., Suite 300) Local artist Sarah Flinn combines dream-like Surrealism with animal-based reality. Through August.

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.

SURGERY CENTER OF ATHENS (2142 W. Broad St., Building 100, Suite 100) Athens Art Association members Lola Gazda, Diane Tigue and Viviane Van Giesen celebrate the organizations 100th anniversary.

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

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

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BOOK DRIVE (Creature Comforts Brewery) Creature Comforts Brewery is hosting a book drive for Books for Keeps. Guests may drop off new or gently-used books for children K-12

every Monday, 7 p.m. 706-3407288. athensfivepointsyoga.com MICHAEL DAVENPORT FUNDRAISER (Athens, GA) A GoFundMe campaign is currently underway for Michael Davenport, known as the “Armless Artist,” who was recently attacked while painting downtown. Donations will assist in ensuring a healthy recovery from his attack. www.gofundme.com/ athens-armless-painter-michaeldavenport REVIVAL CONCERT TICKET RAFFLE (Winterville) The Winterville Arts Council is sponsoring a ticket raffle for the The Fox Theatre Institute’s Revival Concert, an event set to raise money for the restoration of historic theatres in Georgia. Concert performers include Drive-By Truckers, Drivin’ N Cryin’, and Dodd and the Councilmen. $20/ ticket. Through Aug. 31. cityof winterville.com SPRING PROGRAMS (Rocksprings Community Center) Programs are offered in the arts, environmental science, recreation, sports, holiday events and more. For both adults and children. www.accgov.com/ leisure 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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during tasting room hours. Through Aug. 11. creaturecomfortsbeer.com CORNHOLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION (Southern Brewing Company) Register for this seven-week cornhole league. The season begins Aug. 26. Ages 21 and up. www.cornholeatl.com FALL PROGRAMS (Athens, GA) Find information about art exhibits, classes, performances, sports, fitness programs, holiday events and other activities for adults and children in the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department’s fall program guide. Now registering. www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure 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

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“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.

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Antique furniture, stained glass, Persian rugs, original art, fine jewelry & more. Wednesdays– Saturdays, 12–5 or upon request. 706-340-3717.

Archipelago Antiques is celebrating our 30th anniversary in 5 Points. We are offering price reductions storewide. Open 9:30–4:30 daily. 1676 S. Lumpkin St. 706-354-4297.

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EQUIPMENT Nuçi’s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are tax-deductible. Call 706227-1515 or come by Nuçi’s Space, 396 Oconee St.

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BOS Security is hiring FT and PT Security Officers in the Athens Area. $12/hour, mostly overnight and weekend hours available. Apply online at jobs.bossecurity.com.

Greyfield Inn on Cumberland Island, GA seeks talented line cooks as well as house staff (housekeeping/serving/ bartending). The Inn provides the candidate w/ room and board, competitive pay and health care.

Must have 1 yr. experience.

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Five Points Bottle Shop is looking for highly motivated individuals to fill a position in our cigar humidor at our ATL Hwy. location. Experience in retail, stockroom, cigars and/or tobacco is preferred, but not required.

You must be 21 yrs old and available to work nights and weekends. Do not apply in store. Please Apply at www.fivepointsbottleshop.com/index.php/ about/job-application.

University Nursing and Rehabilitation Job Fair. Aug. 14–15, 10 am–2 pm. On the spot interviews will be conducted for full-time CNAs, LPNs and RNs. Must have valid IDs and certification/license cards.

R e f re s h m e n t s w i l l b e served. www.universitynursingandrehabilitationathens.com/current-job-opportunities.

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Flagpole subscriptions delivered straight to the mailbox! Perfect present for your buddy who moved out of town! $40 for 6 mos. or $70 for 1 yr. Call 706549-0301.

PART-TIME Athens Area Habitat thrift store seeks part time dock & sales floor workers.

Requires lifting & customer service. 8:45–5:15 w/ halfhour unpaid lunch, three shifts/week, Saturdays required. Application form and instructions at AthensHabitat.com/ employment.

Athens Art & Frame seeks PT customer service associate for custom framing and photo sales. Apply in person with resume at 1021 Parkway Blvd, Ste 111.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 We were on the quarter system, and classes met every day. Final exams came before Christmas, so we started the new year back out in front of Stegeman, trying to get that freshman English class that closed out on you fall quarter.

Sonny was good in math and science, not so much in English. You needed a C average for the two required freshman English courses. Sonny had run afoul of the celebrated (and sardonic) professor Marion Montgomery and had barely escaped the first English course with a D-plus. This

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Man shall not live by fast food alone, as our stomachs told us following our first week of chilli dogs all the way. That brought up the other problem that there just weren’t many places to eat in Athens, during that antediluvian epoch. Tony’s, on Clayton, where Amici is now, was about the only other downtown restaurant. The Snack Shack on Broad, where Holiday Inn Express is. Harry’s Drive-In, where Five Points Bottle Shop is now. No clubs, no bars, no coffee shops, no cell phones, no computers, no campus bus system, nothing except the ag school beyond the stadium. No bridge.

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meant he had to make at least a C-minus in the second course, which we took together from the delightful but strict Tom Waller.

It was touch and go, and Sonny came down to the wire desperately needing to make a good grade on his explication of the poem Dr. Waller had assigned him. I said I’d help.

The poem was “The Subway,” by Allen Tate: “Dark accurate plunger down the successive knell/ Of arch on arch, where ogives burst a red/ Reverberance/ of hail upon the dead/ Thunder like an exploding crucible!/ Harshly articulate, musical steel shell/ Of angry worship, hurled religiously/ Upon your business of humility/ Into the iron forestries of hell…”

Neither one of us had ever seen a subway train, though that probably wouldn’t have made much difference in our joint efforts to understand what the hell professor Tate was getting at. We were smart enough to know that religion was mixed up in it somehow, but not what we had learned in the Methodist Church.

Sonny came through with a B, and he moved on with math and science to pharmacy school and a long and happy career as a pharmacist, far from “the iron forestries of hell.” And either one of us can still get a laugh just by uttering the word “subway.”

And that’s the whole point of college.

The basic premise, no matter when you find yourself here, is to learn stuff, whether you think it will matter or not. You’re learning to use your brain to figure things out—with friends, who remain long after the facts fade. f

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