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SUNDAY OCTOBER 6TH

PORCHFEST BICHOS VIVOS LIVE 4:00 - 4:45 PM POPPIN’: Attendees of all ages enjoyed music, food, dance and bubbles at LatinxFest downtown last Saturday. Find more photos at flagpole.com.

NEWS: City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

BOE Postpones Vote on Milledge Avenue Property FOOD: The Locavore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

UGA Extension Organizes Pollinator Census ARTS: Theater Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Upcoming Productions to Enjoy in Athens MUSIC: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Brain Aid Fest Raises Mental Health Awareness ADVERTISING DIRECTOR & PUBLISHER Alicia Nickles EDITOR & PUBLISHER Pete McCommons PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Larry Tenner ADVERTISING SALES Anita Aubrey, Jessica Pritchard Mangum MANAGING EDITOR & MUSIC EDITOR Gabe Vodicka CITY EDITOR Blake Aued ARTS EDITOR & DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Jessica Smith CLASSIFIEDS Jessica Smith AD DESIGNERS Chris McNeal, Cody Robinson CARTOONISTS Lee Gatlin, Missy Kulik, Jeremy Long, David Mack PHOTOGRAPHER Whitley Carpenter CONTRIBUTORS Bonita Applebum, Dina Canup, Alden DiCamillo, Dan Jackson, Nathan Kerce, Gordon Lamb, Ashlyn Webb, Drew Wheeler CIRCULATION Charles Greenleaf, Ernie LoBue, Mike Merva, Taylor Ross OFFICE ASSISTANT Zaria Gholston EDITORIAL INTERNS Jessie Goodson, Caroline Gregor, Reid Koski, Rosemary Scott

This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Historic Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Brian Posehn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Porchfest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Radio Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Movie Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Flickskinny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Hey, Bonita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Art Around Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Adopt Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Local Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Pub Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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comments section “Size does matter. For a system this size, this number is too high, period. What is even just as alarming is the exodus of school and system leaders. The research is pretty clear that attrition doubles when school and system leaders leave.”

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BOE Member Blasts $11 Million Real Estate Deal PLUS, BETHEL HOMES WILL BE REDEVELOPED AND MORE LOCAL NEWS

By Blake Aued and Ashlyn Webb news@flagpole.com The Clarke County Board of Education put off a vote on buying property near Five Points for a new school district headquarters last week, at a called meeting at which board member John Knox gave a fiery speech questioning how purchasing such a pricey piece of property helps students or furthers equity.

The 38,000-square-foot building on a little over 2 acres at 394 S. Milledge Ave. would cost $6.7 million, with another $4.3 million required for renovations, including breaking down walls to create a large room for board meetings, according to Superintendent Demond Means.

In his speech calling the deal a “boondoggle”—an abridged version of which is published on p. 7—Knox said the building is about half the size and almost twice as expensive as the parameters Means had previously laid out. Means had said the district is looking for 65,000–70,000 square feet and looking to spend about $6.5 million.

Knox also revealed that the real estate agent who brokered the deal is former BOE vice president Sarah Ellis, who was on the board when Means was hired in 2017 and sold Means his house. Knox said the relationship is a conflict of interest, and the district should open up bidding to be CCSD’s real estate agent to the entire community.

Means called Knox’s remarks “deplorable” and “political grandstanding,” and said Ellis “did nothing to deserve the type of statements made this evening.”

Current vice president Linda Davis also defended Ellis, saying the board discussed the situation in executive session. “There hasn’t been anything illegal or unethical about those transactions,” she said.

Ellis told Flagpole that the board agreed she and another board member at the time who is also a real estate agent, Carol Williams, should help Means find a house,

since he didn’t know anyone else in town.

“It was 100% transparent,” Ellis said. She called Knox’s comments an attack on her professional integrity stemming from his “personal vendetta” against Means.

Ellis estimated that she’s worked 350 hours on the new central office, and noted that she won’t be paid until closing. Yet she said she’s fine with it if the board votes down the South Milledge property.

Several other board members, including Greg Davis, Patricia Yager, Frances Berry, Kara Dyckman and Tawana Mattox, also questioned the deal. Means said the South Milledge property meets all the criteria for a new administrative office: It is centrally located, on a bus line and has sufficient parking, with over 100 spaces. It will have 118 offices after renovation, which is 10 more than the district needs, he said.

CCSD officials have been looking for a new central office since selling the Mitchell Bridge Road building in 2016.

Administrators are currently split between H.T. Edwards and the Whitehead Road Elementary School annex, but Means wants to move out of H.T. Edwards to make room for the growing Career Academy. $2 million in funding would come from the sale of Mitchell Bridge and $9 million from ESPLOST V. Means has said he is postponing planned renovations to Clarke Middle School to free up money for other projects, including the headquarters, new athletic fields and tracks at Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central, additions to Gaines and Chase Street elementaries, and the West Broad early learning center.

After an hour and a half of discussion, Means said administrators would consider reversing their recommendation to buy the property. The board will discuss the purchase again at its Oct. 3 work session and vote Oct. 10.

In addition, Means has also agreed to recommend outside counsel to represent the entire district—not just the school board—in formulating a response to a complaint filed with accreditation agency AdvancED in August alleging micromanagement by board members.

At the Aug. 29 board meeting, Means refused to recommend an attorney for the board after the board passed a resolution to hire one, out of concern that Means and CCSD’s usual attorney, Michael Pruett, couldn’t be objective. Means later included the resolution in his formal response to AdvancED supporting the allegations, saying it usurped his authority. Flagpole then discovered that Means has been using taxpayer funds to retain his own attorney for the past two years.

The board passed a revised resolution 8–1, with Charles Worthy opposed, requesting that Means recommend an attorney within 14 days. Means and board president LaKeisha Gantt said Means had agreed to do so after discussions between the two.

The board will not wait for an attorney to start formulating its own response to the AdvancED inquiry, voting 6–2 to begin that process, with Worthy and Linda Davis opposed (Berry had left). But will it be a response to AdvancED or a response to Means’ response? “I don’t think there’s anything positive that can come from responding to [my] response,” Means said.

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ACC Will Redevelop Bethel Athens-Clarke County announced plans late Friday afternoon to spend $39 million redeveloping the affordable housing complex Bethel Midtown Village if voters opt to extend a 1% sales tax for construction projects in November.

The project, in partnership with the Athens Housing Authority and private developers Columbia Residential and Jonathan Rose Companies, would also include surrounding ACC and AHA properties, in addition to the 190-unit complex off College Avenue just north of downtown.

“This project would truly transform not only this site and the lives of its residents, but it also has the potential to provide reinvestment into the surrounding area, including downtown Athens,” Mayor Kelly Girtz said in a statement. “This partnership presents a great opportunity to expand the number of affordable and workforce homes downtown and create a healthy, sustainable and well-maintained environment for residents.”

The project would include a mix of uses, housing types and density, much like another public-private partnership, Columbia Brookside, where the AHA and Columbia Residential used tax credits to tear down the aging Jack R. Wells Homes (Pauldoe) and build an equal number of public housing units, along with additional subsidized units for low- and moderate-income families, as well as senior housing and market rate units.

Bethel is nearly 60 years old and in poor repair, and residents and county officials have been pushing the property owner and manager, Atlanta-based H.J. Russell, to redevelop or sell it for several years. Girtz met with residents Friday morning and said the reaction was largely positive.

The ACC commission voted on the proposal Tuesday, Oct. 1 (after Flagpole went to press) and will meet with the AHA to finalize the agreement Oct. 2.

SPLOST 2020 includes $44.5 million earmarked for affordable housing. If voters approve, that money could be used for infrastructure like roads, sidewalks, utilities or parks associated with affordable housing projects. The remaining $5.5 million would be reserved for other projects. [BA]

A New Sheriff in Town?

Athens-Clarke County Police Sgt. John Q. Williams says he’s running against incumbent Clarke County Sheriff Ira Edwards next year. Williams formally

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hours after they were set to be released, allowing more time to deport them. After community pressure, Edwards ended the practice. Earlier this year, an Athens-Clarke County audit found staffing shortages, lack of training and long working hours in the department.

“You don’t have some of these problems if you have good leadership,” Williams says.

“You don’t have people leaving in those droves of numbers. I think a change in leadership is definitely needed.”

Williams goes back to his favorite childhood TV show, “G.I. Joe,” when explaining how the sheriff’s department is going to find solutions to its problems. “The cartoon would start of with some type of problem,

and these kids were all like, ‘Wow, what do you do?’ By the end, everything had been resolved,” he says. “The last part of the show… they said, ‘And now you know, and knowing is half the battle.’”

In this case, he says knowing the community is half the battle. “When we understand just that humanity, that’s half the battle to get everybody together and on the same page,” Williams says.

On that note, he wants to see deputies trained about biases in policing. Currently, Williams teaches a “Fair and Impartial Policing” class at ACCPD, which explains how officers should deal with their own biases. “Everybody has some type of bias, but you got to kind of understand that bias before you can understand and react,” he says.

Another of Williams’ priorities is repairing the relationship between the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office and all communities within the county. “We have to reach out to the public, and they will tell you the problems we have to address,” he says. “We have to close the gap and form a better relationship between the community and law enforcement.”

In response to the department formerly cooperating with ICE, Williams says he doesn’t believe it’s law enforcement’s place to seek out people who are undocumented.

“People in this country… I don’t care for what reason… should not be afraid to talk to the police for fear of being taken away,” he says. “I want to let them know that they have a voice to me. In the end, they have somebody that they can come to for guidance. Anything I can do, I will.”

Democratic voters will choose between Williams and Edwards—who is seeking a sixth term—in the May primary. [Ashlyn Webb] f

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Williams has over 20 years of experience in law enforcement. He began as a communications officer at the University of Georgia Police Department. Now, he’s worked his way up to lead detective at ACCPD for cases related to domestic violence or missing persons.

Williams’ announcement follows two major controversies involving the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office: Between July 2017 and April 2018, Edwards quietly implemented a policy of cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by holding inmates at ICE’s request for 48

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Co-ops Are the Answer Even though it is early in the race, I would like to call on all Democratic candidates to voice their support for the cooperative model across all industries. So many Americans are facing uncertain economic futures, and co-ops have the potential to be the answer. As democratically governed businesses owned by the people who use them, co-ops have the best interests of their members in mind and work to empower people in their communities.

I manage Daily Groceries Co-op here in Athens. Daily was established in 1992, and we continually strive to meet the needs of our community and our members. Our triple bottom line of people/planet/profit ensures all our business decisions are deeply considered. We work to be a part of the sustainable growth of Athens. We believe this model is a more equitable and mission-driven approach to business.

We are part of the 65,000 co-op establishments nationwide that are each contributing to sustainable, inclusive economic development. They are an integral part of rising to meet challenges that range from rural connectivity and clean energy to affordable housing and food access.

In a recent open letter, the National Cooperative Business Association asked candidates running for president to recognize the cooperative business model as a tool for the economic success and self-determination of their constituents. Already, they are in conversations with six campaigns. We urge you to publish this letter and add Daily Groceries’ voice to this call to view co-ops as a powerful policy solution.

Amy Kara Brown Athens

Subject: HANG IT UP Your publication has gone from a FLAGPOLE to a postage stamp! Your articles reach new lows evertime I read one and that is every 12 month. That is all the medicne of your ilk I need. 65 Greg Holcomb

No Heroes in El Paso There were a lot of guns in that El Paso, TX, mall, and even more in cars. Yet no heroes were rushing to their cars and back into the mall.

Being raised in Texas, we start shooting in elementary school, target practice is weekend recreation, we don’t miss gun shows. I reiterate: There were a bunch of guns in that mall. But that won’t be in the news. Most people (excluding military) who concealed carry are fearful. They have never had to defend themselves as an adult. There are many adults with childhood trauma toting guns, but unhealed trauma needs healing, not arms. The rest are afraid of who they might not be when facing fear, which is completely normal to not know, so they pretend to be the gun-toting hero.

It is strictly a game of pretend. A low percentage of humans have the instinct to manage a gun in that scene. I know many Texas gun-toters in El Paso learned they

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don’t have that instinct—that they are not heroes just because they have a gun. The rest of the world may not know, but they do, their family does, and their children do.

It will be the children who have witnessed this delusion who will change it.

They know their parents aren’t heroes. They don’t want parents that are heroes. They want parents that are alive. They want to be alive.

If I am ever labeled a hero, I want it to be by my grandchildren and great-grandchildren as they are typing that book report for school about mass shootings that used to happen, and they attach my letters to the editors and Congress about new gun-control legislation. I want them to know that there isn’t just that one kind of brave hero, but also the hero that has wisdom, the hero that has clarity, the hero that has foresight, the hero that has perseverance and the hero that can effect change for the future rather than one instance. There are a lot of different kinds of heroes we could be. The hyperfocus on the gun-toting hero is keeping us from becoming the ones needed today.

Tracey Wyatt Bogart

Health Center Says Thank You The Athens Neighborhood Health Center (ANHC) recently held its first ever “Neighborhood Appreciation Tours.” The tours were held in four different locations in the Athens-Clarke County community.

The reason for the tours was to inform the community of not only what ANHC has to offer, but to show gratitude and appreciation to the community that has supported it for so long. ANHC wants to let people know that they always have an open door, and it is here for the community.

Over a span of four weeks, the Athens Neighborhood Health Center gave school supplies to the youth, fed the community, supplied free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings and gave out health information. Jennifer Richardson, the director of marketing and outreach, and I led the way.

It also partnered with other organizations, such as the Athens-Clarke County Health Department, which conducted free HIV Testing; the Athens-Clarke County Police Department; Amerigroup; Humana; the Economic Justice Coalition; and Dreams to Kings and Queens.

The mission of the Athens Neighborhood Health Center is to provide affordable, high-quality health care to all individuals in Athens-Clarke County and surrounding areas. In the last four weeks, we were able to reach over 1,100 people around the community. The communities of Bethel Homes, Rocksprings, the surrounding area of the Triangle Plaza and the Pinewoods Mobile Home Estates were thankful that ANHC came out to bring the community together.

The number of participants grew each week. The first stop of the tour served 170 people, while the second stop grew up to 210 people, the third stop doubled and reached at least 460 people, while the final stop totaled 263 people.

The Athens Neighborhood Health Center would like to say thank you to each

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and every one of you for your continued support. Special thanks to the ANHC staff members and the Athens Neighborhood Health Center Board of Directors for their time and effort.

Taylor Pass Athens Pass is the special projects coordinator for the ANHC.

Democrats Face a Dilemma Incredibly, the media and many pollsters seem to ignore the fact that we are not a democracy. The presidential race is decided by the Electoral College, not the popular vote. That’s how we ended up with Trump when Hillary Clinton had 3 million more votes.

Because of his relationship with President Obama, Joe Biden’s primary numbers with black voters are incredible: 53%, per the latest polls. The rest of the contenders are nowhere near him. Because many of the African-American voters are in very red Deep South states, where racism is strong and so is Trump, these black voters are essentially meaningless in the general election, where the Electoral College rules.

Let’s take South Carolina, where Biden will clearly win the primary due to the black vote. In the general election, the black vote will come out strongly for him, but the GOP still will win the state. All of the state’s electoral votes then go to Trump.

Biden is not nearly as popular with white Democratic voters. Of course, they prefer him over Trump. But the question to ask is, “Will they get out and vote?”

If you follow social media, the answer is “no.” Progressives weren’t very happy with Obama’s moderation, and since then the party has gone hard left. That’s just not Joe. Jack Bernard Peachtree City

Support the Green New Deal Thanks to the writers of “Kudzu Won’t Fix Climate Change” (Aug. 7). We certainly don’t want anyone spreading kudzu in a misguided effort to fix climate change! The only thing that’s going to do that is Green New Deal-scale emissions cuts—and fast.

The worldwide scientific community is unanimous in saying we must have massive greenhouse gas emissions cuts by 2030, or we’ll cause “catastrophic” climate change (National Academy of Sciences). The future cost of that to the U.S. economy would be over $160 trillion (Forbes, April 2019).

The good news is that solar and wind power, with storage and without subsidies, are now cheaper than any fossil fuel. and the prices keep plummeting every year (forbes.com, Lazard).

The faster they scale up, the faster their prices fall (scientificamerican.com), so a rapid national transition to clean energy will mean they it will be “essentially free” by 2030 (Financial Times, UBS, April 2019).

This means the Green New Deal’s energy plan will more than pay for itself. A new, detailed version of it shows two-thirds of the cost will be paid by private investment (vox.com, May 18) and the final third of the cost will be massively counterbalanced by a $500 billion annual increase in US GDP (IPCC). That will be mainly due to all the free energy and the over 8 million high-wage, local, permanent green jobs it will create—jobs that can’t be outsourced

(Stanford University’s solutionproject.org).

There is no longer any technical or economic impediment to rapidly creating a clean energy economy—only a political one.

We just need to vote in 2020 for a president and a Congress that understands the how urgent the existential threat of climate change is and how enormous the economic opportunity of clean energy is.

Pete Kuntz Lancaster, PA

Voters Can End the Carnage Aug. 13: A California Highway Patrol officer is dead, another in critical condition and a third has minor injuries after a shootout. An officer is filling out impound paperwork when the driver pulls a rifle from the truck and begins firing.

Aug. 14: An 18-year-old in Ohio has 10,000 rounds of ammunition and a vault full of assault-type weapons and shotguns and urges others to “shoot every federal agent on sight.”

Aug. 15: Philadelphia police officers trying to serve a narcotics warrant are fired upon, and six are wounded. The Philadelphia mayor calls out the NRA and demands a resolution to the nation’s gun crisis, saying officers needed help keeping numerous weapons out of criminals’ hands.

“Our officers deserve to be protected, and they don’t deserve to be shot at by a guy for hours with an unlimited supply of weapons and an unlimited supply of bullets. It’s disgusting, and we’ve got to do something about it… quickly. This government, both on the federal side and state level, don’t want to do anything about getting these guns off the streets and getting them out of the hands of criminals.”

These acts of gun violence and every one of the more than 250 acts of mass killings just in 2019 have failed to produce action by Congress. Or, rather, the House of Representatives has passed bills intended to dramatically reduce gun violence, and the Senate has refused to even consider such measures. Worse still, Congress has refused for years to act to end this horrific epidemic of gun violence, which endangers literally every man, woman and child in the United States.

We may never know the motives the members of Congress who are refusing to take action to bring this plague of murder and mayhem to an end. Is it cowardice?

Are they in thrall to the NRA? Is it simply incompetence and total lack of any sense of responsibility for fulfilling their oath of office and for the safety of their fellow Americans?

Whatever the reasons, the indifference and irresponsibility of members of Congress are quite literally killing and maiming hundreds of Americans every year, with an especially horrible trail of murder and injury of members of local, state and federal law enforcement. Our members of Congress are not even willing to act to save the lives of our first responders and law enforcement officers.

These members of Congress are apparently convinced that they can continue, without political consequences, to ignore the demands of their constituents and of the overwhelming majority of all Americans to act immediately to put an end to this carnage. Are they right? Will the voters never hold them to account?

Bruce Menke Athens

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Current board members have expressed concern about this relationship and have asked for a Request For Proposals. Why an RFP? So that the entire community could be considered for the job of representing the district in property negotiations and could reap the profits of commissions on the sale of multimillion-dollar properties. These concerns are equity work, and I applaud Dr. Tawana Mattox for leading the charge on Why on Earth would this school district this request. spend a whopping $11 million on a tooBut that’s not all. Keep following the big small property in expensive Five Points? money. A commission of a quarter-million How does this relate to student achievedollars is chump change compared to the ment and equity? Let’s follow the money. property sale price of $6.7 million. Where is The Realtor representing the district all that taxpayer money proposed to go? on the Milledge property is a former vice The sellers of 394 S. Milledge represent president of this very school board. While interests whose ancestors have been in on the board in 2017, this Athens for at least a century, Realtor participated in the and through some branches This proposal sale of a house to the superof the family tree all the way is a boondoggle back to the Lyndon family, intendent, which to anyone on the outside would seem of Lyndon House fame, of that doesn’t do to be a textbook violation antebellum Athens fame. equity work at all. of Board Policy BHA, Board I am assured by one of the Member Conflict of Interest, amateur historians/raconpoints 1 and 4, regarding making money off teurs of Athens that the main owner of of proprietary information. the property comes from “generous, kindThis Realtor, no longer on the board, has hearted people.” And I don’t doubt it. I even represented the district in at least two sepknow one of his siblings. They are very nice, arate property situations relating to district very generous, very wealthy and very white. offices. Information about the Realtor’s Yes, I just went there and said it: They are activities has been sketchy, at least to me as very nice, very generous, very wealthy and an individual board member, because the very white. relationship is said to be under the $80,000 That’s the business as usual of Athens, threshold of superintendent actions that and it is the opposite of equity work. require board approval that our revised SPLOST is a regressive sales tax. Even policy states. (However, Board Policy BBAB, if Notre Dame fans get hit with the tax, point 7, requires that the board be notified so do we Athenians—and that includes of expenditures under $80,000.) poor people, that includes people of color.

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WHY CCSD BUYING PROPERTY ON MILLEDGE IS A BAD IDEA

By John Knox news@flagpole.com The board is being asked to spend a total of up to $11 million on district office space: $6.7 million on the 394 S. Milledge property and an additional $4.3 million on renovations to this 1973 property.

The cost for district office space has skyrocketed 54% in less than a year. The board was told in a Q&A document from the superintendent on Nov. 15, 2018 that the cost would be $6.5 million ($2.5 million for property, $4 million in renovation).

In that same document, the superintendent informed the board, “The district is seeking a minimum of 65,000 square feet to 70,000 square feet. All staff located at the H.T. Edwards and Whitehead Annex would move into the new board office facility.”

The 394 S. Milledge Ave. property is under 38,000 square feet.

As a scientist, I stick to numbers. The numbers that are available indicate that, if we approve this property purchase, we will be spending over 50% too much for a property that is also 40–50% too small.

This is a boondoggle. I could stop there, but more needs to be said to place my “no” vote in the proper context. As Ecclesiastes 3:7 says, and as Martin Luther King quoted it a year before his murder, there is a time to break silence.

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Spending $6.7 million of taxpayers’ money on a pricey property for district offices, with that money ending up in the hands of Old Athens property owners—that’s not equity work. That’s a transfer of money from poor people of color to rich white people, the way it’s been done in Athens and elsewhere around our nation for centuries. That’s what has to stop, now, if we are going to do the real, hard work of equity.

We are going to have to stop spending top dollar for district offices that don’t directly impact student achievement and redirect those dollars so that they can help, however legally possible, the students and teachers in the classrooms. It’s not the school district’s job to jack up property values in Five Points and to take expensive property off the tax rolls, to boot.

And when we do spend money on district offices, we need to be frugal and not reinforce the inequities that already exist in Athens-Clarke County.

Give me a proposal that truly addresses equity, and I’ll vote for it in a heartbeat.

There’s no equity in this proposal.

So, that’s why I am voting no: This proposal is a boondoggle that doesn’t do equity work at all. This proposal is a reverse Robin Hood, taking from the poor and giving to the wealthy. It’s wrong financially, it’s wrong morally—it’s just plain wrong. Those who support this proposal and also claim to also be invested in equity work for the children of Athens-Clarke County are contradicting themselves. There’s no equity here.

Those who support this proposal and want real change and real equity in Athens have been bamboozled about this boondoggle.

They need to wake up and see the light. f

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Keep Calm and Carry On WHY CCSD ISN’T IN DANGER OF LOSING ACCREDITATION

By Leon Galis news@flagpole.com I belong to the first of three generations of Galises to benexchanges among district personnel. Their assignment is efit from our public schools. That’s my only credential for to determine whether the district as a whole is failing to commenting on The Troubles afflicting our district—well, comply with one or more of the 31 standards spelled out in that and terminal dorkiness that gives me very high tolAdvancED Performance Standards for Systems. If they find erance for the soul-crushing policies and procedures docthe district isn’t complying with the standards, AdvancED uments central to this dustup. I read some of them so you will tell the district what it would take to bring it back into won’t have to, and I found things that I think—probably compliance, but otherwise leave it up to the miscreants to foolishly—might help readers understand what’s going on get with the program. here. As for how we get out of this corner, I have nothing When news of the complaint to AdvancED broke, people better to offer than the praying and singing that’s already in freaked as Facebookers posted a recent Atlanta Journalthe hopper.

Constitution story about Clayton County’s decade-long Some believe that racial animus is driving the controstruggle to recover from its accreditation loss in 2008. But versy. I’m not going down that rabbit hole, other than to nobody posted any 2008 stories reporting that the Clayton note that critics and supporters of the County school system was the first in board of education and the superinten40 years to lose its accreditation, School boards and nearly dent aren’t sorting out neatly along racial a rarity that caught the attention of The superintendents, New York Times. So if the complainants’ lines. That shouldn’t surprise anybody.

Humans, like other animals, are wired strategy is to whip our school board into of whatever color, are for a deeper attachment to their own offshape by threatening accreditation loss, natural antagonists. spring than other people’s. And it looks that doesn’t look promising for a couple of like most of the white families who think reasons. their children aren’t well-served in our public schools have First, AdvancED doesn’t even initiate an investigation already exited the district one or way or another. That’s unless there’s “substantial evidence… [of] matters that why the non-Hispanic white population of the county, could seriously hinder or disrupt the educational effecaccording to a 2015 estimate, is about 65%, but the school tiveness of the institution and ability of the institution to population, says the district’s website, is only 20% non-His- meet the AdvancED Policies or Standards for accreditapanic white. So it’s reasonable to think that the parents of tion….” For a currently accredited system to be in danger of the district’s remaining non-Hispanic white kids favor the revocation, it has to fail to meet a “substantial number of effort to narrow the achievement gap between their chilStandards….” dren and their classmates.

Even if an investigation My “alternative theory of the found our district to be violatcase” is that school boards and ing all five standards AdvancED superintendents, of whatever cited in its response to the comcolor, are natural antagonists. plaint, that’s only 16% of the If you don’t believe me, look 31 standards AdvancED holds at the CCSD Policy Manual’s school systems to. AdvancED entries governing board-sudidn’t ask me, but I wouldn’t perintendent relations. They’re call that a “substantial” number. full of language about how Another reason it doesn’t delicate those relations are, how look like our accreditation is at the parties must collaborate, risk is that AdvancED’s foundbehave respectfully toward each ing president and CEO, Mark other, serve as each other’s Elgart, doesn’t get up every day key advisors, not criticize each looking for school systems to Mark Elgart other in public and on and on ding. Elgart knows, as Clayton in that vein. I’m not an expert County learned the hard way, on policy manuals (not that dorky), but this one is unique that revoking a school system’s accreditation is the ecoin my experience. Whoever wrote it wouldn’t have included nomic equivalent of carpet bombing, with shock waves all that Miss Manners stuff if they expected the board and radiating in every direction for years. And he had to answer the superintendent to play nice as a matter of course. Those some very uncomfortable questions from Clayton County provisions are aspirational, expressions of the nervous parents about why their children were being held hostage hope that the players won’t revert to type. to the conduct of adults who should have known better. He If school boards, their constituents and their superindidn’t have really great answers. tendents are on a hair trigger these days, it’s because runAlthough AdvancED is a private, nonprofit organizaning a school district is exponentially harder in the age of tion, in other respects it’s a standard issue corporation. data-saturated accountability than it It merged with another accrediting used to be. We need look no further agency, Measured Progress, last year They can’t look to than Atlanta to see this dynamic playand has recently christened the new AdvancED to pull their fat company Cognia. That’s the brand ing out.

Tossing a complaint to AdvancED, that Elgart has to protect, and he out of the fire. They’re going our accreditor, into such an inhercan’t do that as an avenging angel, to have to do it themselves. ently fraught situation couldn’t help presiding over an organization that’s but raise everybody’s anxiety level. quick to lay waste to communiIt’s an open question whether we’ll see any offsetting ties whose schools his teams mark down. In fact, one of benefit.

Cognia’s business lines is hawking Cognia-branded merIf people are counting on AdvancED to dispatch conflict chandise—umbrellas, backpacks, coffee mugs, thermos resolution experts to fix this, that’s not happening, because bottles, pens. I didn’t make that up. I doubt that Clayton it’s not what AdvancED does. Their investigators are volunCounty is a target market. teers drawn from other school districts who have a narrow, I’d like to think that the board and superintendent, havfocused assignment. Because accreditation “applies to ing already figured all this out, realize that they can’t look an entire institution or system,” according to AdvancED to AdvancED to pull their fat out of the fire. They’re going Policies and Procedures for Accreditation and Certification, to have to do it themselves, and my fondest hope is that the investigators aren’t interested in a handful of awkward they’ll have the community’s support in the effort. f

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Historic, Not Heritage A NAME CHANGE AND NEW PROJECTS FOR THE FORMER ACHF

By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

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he historic preservation group formerly known as the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation is shortening its name and broadening its mission.

The organization is now called Historic Athens, aligning it with other, similar nonprofits like Historic Atlanta, Historic Macon and Historic Augusta. A UGA Fanning Institute survey found that “a significant portion of Athens didn’t know who we were or what we did,” Executive Director Tommy Valentine says. According to Valentine, some people—especially African Americans—reacted negatively to the term “heritage” and its Confederate connotations. And calling the group a “foundation”

Another one of Historic Athens’ upcoming projects is advising the Clarke County School District on preserving and renovating the long-vacant West Broad School, where African-American children were educated during the Jim Crow era. While many in the community were disappointed with the decision to do away with the Athens Land Trust’s farmers market and community garden on the property, Valentine is focused solely on the preservation aspect.

“We’re partnering with them for a very specific purpose,” he says.

“The newly formed working relationship between CCSD and Historic Athens is the first of many community partnerships that will be formed to ensure stakeholder input on the potential West Broad Campus project,” Superintendent Demond Means said in a news release.

A native Athenian and graduate of Cedar Shoals High School, Valentine envisions the school as a place where community members can go to learn about the past—in particular, segregation, a part of Athens’ past that’s often glossed over. He points to a Rosenwald school near Rome—one of thousands built for Southern African Americans by wealthy clothier Julius Rosenwald and educator Booker T. Washington in the early 20th Century—as an example. “I had a chance to visit one of these sites and see how they’re restoring this historic campus,” he says.

“They made it a site for students to come and understand local history.”

Means’ plan for the West Broad School calls for a health clinic for students, community meeting Historic Athens Executive Director Tommy Valentine rooms and a place where students can get help filling out job and brought to mind wealth and endowments, college applications in the oldest building which Historic Athens certainly does not on the property, facing Minor Street. Two have. Trustees spread the word via postcard other, newer buildings would be torn down and social media, and feedback was univerand replaced with pre-K and early learning sally positive, he says. classrooms. But Valentine believes the Valentine paraphrases a quote he facade, at least, on one of those buildings, attributed to historian David McCullough: facing Campbell Street, can be saved. “It “History is a stage, and the spotlight used still has its original windows, which is to be on very few people. What’s happened pretty unusual,” he says. If any buildings in this generation is the floodlights came are torn down, Valentine also plans to train on, and now we can see the whole cast.” school officials on how to properly docuTo that end, while it’s still protecting ment them first. and promoting grand antebellum mansions There are no specifics yet, but regardless like the T.R.R. Cobb House, Historic Athens of how the project takes shape, a plaque on is increasingly focusing on protecting the the wall won’t suffice, Valentine says. “We least known and most vulnerable parts of need to be engaging historians, muralists the city’s brick-and-mortar legacy. A list and others to ensure there’s adequate sigof “places in peril” released last summer, nage and artwork so that anyone who visits for example, included a one-room Africanunderstands what they’re looking at.”

American schoolhouse, a neglected black Later this month, Valentine will travel to cemetery and the first high school for Denver with CCSD Director of Operations African Americans in Georgia. It’s also Dexter Fisher to the National Trust for doing research into Linnentown, a black Historic Preservation’s annual conference. neighborhood that was razed to make way “We’re very encouraged they would take for UGA’s high-rise dorms on Baxter Street. that step,” he says. f Another downtown historic district— Historic Athens sponsors Porchfest Sunday, Oct. 6. including the famed Morton Theatre and For more, see p. 15.

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By Dan Jackson news@flagpole.com Georgians paused recently to take a closer look at individual flowering plants to observe and count pollinators visiting their gardens as part of the first census of these tiny creatures that are vital to the food chain.

More than 4,500 Georgia students and gardeners responded to the call for volunteers to count pollinators in their gardens.

For 15 minutes, they watched for butterflies, bees and other pollinators that alit on the petals of a single flowering plant.

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ering plants—including food crops—can’t reproduce.

Griffin lights up when talking about the unexpectedly good response to the program, saying she was particularly gratified that so many citizen scientists became involved. “We had a lot of people that planted gardens to attract pollinators with floral resources a year in advance in anticipation of the census,” says Griffin.

“One of our goals of the census was to increase the entomological literacy of our residents, to show people how important insects are in our gardens,” she says.

“Raising awareness of the insects is key.

People are unaware of the nesting habitats of our native bees, and I hope that people will learn to identify types of bees and how to create new habitat for them. Wasps have a role, too, and are terrific predators of aphids and other pests.”

STEM teacher Diane Parr’s students at Colham Ferry Elementary School in Watkinsville practiced for the census for two weeks and were excited to make history. “The students were wowed by what they witnessed in the garden,” Parr says.

Numerous organizations have responded to the news that pollinator populations are being threatened A student at Laurel Springs Elementary School in Decatur counts pollinators. and have promoted recommendations Becky Griffin, the school and community on their websites. The National Geographic garden coordinator for the UGA Extension Society, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Service, conducted pilot projects for two the Smithsonian and many other organiyears to encourage participation among stu- zations provide online suggestions of ways dents and gardeners. Griffin modeled the to increase and diversify pollinator populacensus on the Great Backyard Bird Count, a tions. The UGA Extension Service teamed program run by Cornell University that asks up with the Warnell School of Forestry to people to count the birds they see in their publish an illustrated online guide with backyard on a specific winter day. specific suggestions on how to create a bee Griffin reports that “citizen scientists” habitat. from the entire state recorded the types of Griffin says she was amazed at the numpollinators, the type of plant they observed, ber of people who submitted their census the time of day, the weather and the locaforms. “I am grateful for all the Georgia cittion. The primary goal was to establish izens who were willing to give up their time a baseline of research about pollinator to support our pollinators,” she says. populations, and to create the first stateKris Braman, head of UGA’s Department wide insect census in the nation. Once the of Entomology, was also gratified by the researchers crunch the data, they expect response. “When we were talking about the to obtain a benchmark that they can use to value of the work of our citizen scientists, compare the results of future censuses and the educational aspect is as important to observe population trends. me as the baseline data,” she says. “When Scientists widely agree that pollinators people sit there for 15 minutes and watch are under pressure as a result of habitat for pollinators, it’s a game-changer in the loss, pollution and insecticides, and conway they perceive their gardens and the servation groups are taking up the cause to insects that live in those spaces. I think the improve their lot. UGA economists found project was a huge success.” in a 2015 study that these pollinators conBoth Braman and Griffin said they hope tribute about $360 million to the state’s to build on the success of the first census economy. Without pollinators, many flowwith follow-up counts in the years to come. f

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do, and I kind of fell into voice acting because of my deep, weird voice. People would hire me knowing certain notes I could hit. Then, through that, I have found other characters or voices that I can do.

I would say Jim Kuback on “Mission Hill” is my favorite character I’ve ever played in animation. He’s a self-aware hipster, close to me in a lot of ways—probably why I was cast to play him. Most of my characters utilize my deep

Flagpole: The first time I saw you was in 2008 at a 40 Watt show you did with Mastodon. I was 17, and it was both my first comedy show and my first metal show—a pretty life-changing experience! Can you talk about your history with Athens?

Brian Posehn: Oh man, the 40 Watt is a legendary club in one of the coolest Southern cities.

[The] first time I came through was on the “Mr. Show” Hooray for America tour almost 20 years ago. I’ve been through town a handful of times since, and I’ve always had a blast. I’ve recorded an album there, and of course the night opening for Mastodon was super memorable… I’ll forever remember the dude in the middle of the floor who just flipped me off the entire time, because he was anxious for Mastodon and wanted nothing to do with my goofy mug and my silly stories.

FP: There has been pushback against some of the more insular and toxic nerd behavior on the internet. It’s not unusual to see someone receive death threats on Twitter over something as simple as being cast in a Star Wars or Marvel movie. What’s your take on taking nerddom too far?

BP: Oh man, I do have an opinion on this, and as a guy who has identified as a nerd for most of my life, I consider myself a senior nerd now. And the internet has definitely become a toxic place for nerds and fandom. The entitlement of some young nerds has surprised me, and in some cases [it] really grosses me out.

They expect these huge franchises to follow their every whim, and they complain if it’s not exactly what they wanted or if the casting is not what they pictured.

The fact that a few nerds bully other nerds with misogynist or homophobic comments is super puzzling to me. As nerds, we, of all people, should always be inclusive to anyone who has the same interests as us. We need to police ourselves and push the bullies out, as well as protect each other and the people that create the art that we love.

FP: Are there any particular metal albums that are grabbing you right now? Do you have any connections—outside of Mastodon, of course—to the sludge-metal scene that’s so active in Georgia and throughout the South?

BP: I dig He Is Legend. They’re from North Carolina, I believe. They’ve been around for a while, but are relatively new to me. I love the new Sacred Reich, Death Angel and Tool records, but I’ve been into those three bands for a long time. I do frequently check out new metal, but it’s usually new music from bands I’ve followed a long time that I wind up connecting with the most. [I’m] not familiar with too many newer local bands here, unfortunately, but yeah, I have been a fan of Mastodon since the beginning and consider them friends.

FP: You’re a pretty active voice actor—a lot of comedians I talk to are. What do you think draws comedians specifically to that realm? Do you have a particular voice role that you look back on as your best work?

BP: Well, I can’t really speak for other comics, other than the fact that most of us have a distinctive voice. I certainly

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voice and slow, methodical way of talking, so it’s extra fun when I get to break from that, like in “3-South” and a lot of the more recent kids’ animation I’ve done.

FP: Do you have any upcoming projects, acting or otherwise, that you’re really excited about?

BP: Yeah, I just finished a comedy-metal record for Megaforce Records. It’s called Grandpa Metal, and I wrote it with my buddies, Scott Ian, Brendon Small and Joe Trohman. It features a bunch of silly metal songs and guests from Soundgarden, Slayer and Slipknot—and some bands that don’t start with an S. I’m currently writing new jokes for my stand-up act and super close to recording a new special. I also have a tiny part in “The Mandalorian,” the live-action Star Wars TV show coming to Disney Plus in November, and my nerdy head is gonna explode over that. The fact [that] this giant Star Wars nerd is now part of that universe is a total trip. f

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Saturday, Oct. 5 at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and available at 706-613-3770 or mortontheatre.com.

Monsters, Mysteries and More LOCAL PRODUCTIONS HAPPENING THIS FALL

By Dina Canup arts@flagpole.com New York magazine, writing about the 2005 Broadway revival. “You can practically see the deep-fried halos appearing over the six exemplars of Southern womanhood… as they wash each other’s hair, gossip viciously, and have meaningful conversations about life.” Fans of the quippy, tear-jerking film should not pass on the chance to see it done onstage at least once.

Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling, is presented as a dinner theater production by Brightstone Productions at Brightstone Theatre on Oct. 4–5 at 6 p.m. and as a dessert matinee on Oct. 5–6 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $35 for the dinner

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She Kills Monsters Perhaps thanks to “Stranger Things,” this adventurously funny and poignant play steeped in Dungeons & Dragons lore has been getting produced all over the place. This tale of friendship, loss, teen angst, fantasy and family is as nerdy as it gets, in the best possible way. High-school teacher Agnes (Savanah Hudson) is trying to make connections to the life of her sister Tilly (Rachel Hoover), who has recently died. She plays through Tilly’s D&D campaign with the help of Tilly’s friends, where they battle monsters in the game and in themselves.

The “deceptively breezy and rather ingenious comedy” debuted Off-Off Broadway in 2011, when Eric Grode of The New York Times praised not just the design and effects, but also its portrayal of the “more conventional wounds of adolescence, the ones that come from loving and not being loved in return. The whole enterprise is kind of dopey and kind of invigorating and kind of remarkable. It will slash and shapeshift its way into your heart.”

Director T. Anthony Marotta is pulling out all the stops with this show, produced with all the usual magic of costumes and scenery along with video projection, 3D printed props and puppetry to complement a top-notch cast of UGA student actors.

It’s a don’t-miss experience regardless of one’s geek credentials.

She Kills Monsters, by Qui Nguyen, is presented

by UGA Theatre in the Cellar Theatre Thursday, Oct. 3 through Saturday, Oct. 5 and Tuesday, Oct. 8 through Friday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. with a 2:30 p.m. matinee Sunday, Oct. 13. Tickets are $16, $12 for UGA students and available at 706-542-4400 or ugatheatre.com/monsters.

The 39 Steps It’s a theatrical send-up of a Hitchcock film based on a classic spy thriller that playfully features a dashing but also silly Richard Hannay (Matt Suwalski). Hannay decides to go to the theater for mindless entertainment to escape the tedious news of wars and politics, but ends up getting drawn into increasingly ridiculous intrigues when a mystery woman (Julia Roessing) invites him up to her place but turns out to be a spy.

Ben Brantley of The New York Times called it an “absurdly enjoyable, gleefully theatrical riff” on the Hitchcock film, praising it as “throwaway theater at its finest” and “committedly silly.” Director Isaac Rachel Simpson as Tilly in She Kills Monsters Callahan is increasing the deliberate theatricality by doubling the number of “clowns” (who play a bewildering number of roles) from two in the script to four. show (food by Texas Roadhouse), $25 for dessert matinees Callahan’s idea is that Hannay and the mystery woman and available at 706-705-2599 or brightstoneathens.com. make up a two-person show that quickly needs more than two actors, “dragging the hapless crew into the action.” If, The Piano Lesson The Etheridge Arts Ensemble of like Hannay, you’re looking for a night of escape from the Marietta, which supports diversity in performing arts and news by going to the theatre, this one should deliver the higher education, brings the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by entertainment.

August Wilson to the Morton Theatre as a benefit for the Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow Athens Area Paine College Club’s annual scholarship drive from the novel by John Buchan, is presented by Town and and United Negro College Fund campaign.

Gown Players at the Athens Community Theatre Oct. 4–5 Called “a transcendental kitchen-sink drama” by Sylvie and Oct. 10–12 at 8 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees on Oct. 6 Drake of the Los Angeles Times, The Piano Lesson centers and Oct. 13. Tickets are $20, $12–$15 for members, seniors around a brother-sister conflict over a treasured family and students and available at 706-208-8696 or townandheirloom. The piano had belonged to a slave owner, who gownplayers.org. had traded their great-grandmother and her son for it. Its intricate carvings had been made by their great-grandfaSteel Magnolias The film is such a well-known modern ther, who remained. Later, his grandsons had stolen the Southern classic that the play hardly needs a description. piano, and now the slave owner has finally died. Willie Boy Unlike the 1989 film, however, all of the scenes in the play wants to sell the precious antique to buy the slave owntake place inside Truvie’s beauty salon, where there’s a er’s former land, Berniece does not want to part with the wedding to style for, a loving mother and adult daughter at ancestral treasure, and this new conflict piled on to older odds, wisecracks between old friends, a quirky and shy new problems between the two threatens to blow up the entire girl at the salon and “laughter through tears.” family.

“Not since Oklahoma! has down-home pluck been so The Piano Lesson, by August Wilson, is presented by the rhapsodized on Broadway,” according to Ada Calhoun of Etheridge Arts Ensemble of Marietta at the Morton Theatre

Fruit Salad Chase Brantley and Nicholas Hemerling team up for a night of sketch comedy, calling it “a ‘comedy cabaret,’ simply because there is not a word to accurately describe the show. It’s a combination of Gallagher, Andy Kaufman, disco and clown. It features two long-haired men dressed in tights and capes… who take the audience on a surreal night of playful, idiotic and childlike physical comedy.”

The show, recently performed at the 40 Watt, features “dancing, chainsaws, watermelons, pineapples, nuns, Spanish guitars, superheroes and much more,” and is, by the way, not appropriate for kids. The show is presented by and at Moonlight Theatre Company on Oct. 4–5 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $14, $8 for students and available at moonlighttheatercompany.com.

The Magic Negro and Diversity NOW! The Magic Negro, produced at the Alliance Theatre in 2017, is Mark Kendall’s one-man sketch comedy show “about the super accurate, multi-dimensional, totally realistic and definitely never erroneous, distorted or one-sided ways black males are portrayed in the media.” It received high praise from Wendell Brock of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, who called it “a smart, funny and troubling look at race in America today” that is “guaranteed to make you laugh, even though you may later feel ashamed of yourself for doing so.” Brock continued, “When you leave the theater, you may be tempted to text all your friends: “Man, You’ve gotta see this! It’s so damn good.’ It is. And you should. Just keep in mind that laughing is the easy part. Confronting the ugliness beneath the comedy is way harder.”

Diversity NOW! is Kendall’s newest work, centered on a large corporation under fire for its CEO’s racist scandal. The company scrambles to hold a mandatory diversity/inclusion seminar, hosted by its lone black employee. However, it quickly becomes clear that seminar probably won’t go according to plan. Brock has called Kendall “a brilliant writer and performer,” and there are only a small number of seats in this intimate venue, so get your tickets early if you don’t want to miss your chance at this experience.

The Magic Negro and Other Blackness, written and performed by Mark Kendall, is presented by and at Moonlight Theater Company Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Diversity Now! is presented Oct. 12–13 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $14, $8 for students and available at moonlighttheatercompany. com.

Curse of the Lost Mummy An ambitious Egyptologist has lost the mummy of Pharaoh Khamenshetsu. He chooses to go ahead with the museum exhibit even if he has to fake it, ignoring the rumors of a mummy’s curse at first—until the mysterious accidents and bizarre appearances of Khamenshetsu threaten to derail it all.

The kids of Athens Little Playhouse are bringing the fun to their original whodunit by director and playwright Lynne Thomas Oct. 11–12 and 18–19 at 7 p.m. with 3 p.m. matinees on Oct. 13 and Oct. 20. Tickets are $10, $5 for children 12 and under and available at athenslittleplayhouse. org/tickets.

Pending Playwright and UGA professor John Patrick Bray’s First Year Odyssey seminar “Fringe Out!” is presenting an evening of original short plays, dances and poetry that are “thematically tied together by the idea that we regularly find ourselves in that liminal space between actions, that we are waiting for the next phase in life,” according to Bray. The original works, also directed by the students, ask, “What happens while we wait? What are our fears, expectations, and nightmares? What happens when we finally arrive? For now, it feels as if those bigger moments in life are still pending.”

The free performance is Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. in the Balcony Theatre (room 400) of the Fine Arts Building at UGA. For more information, contact jpbray@uga.edu. f

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feminine qualities, femme personas, butch trappings and masc-isms all wrapped into one person. Rather than engaging a singular gender, Suarez performs and embodies all of these, letting them mix together or allowing one to take the spotlight if need be, whether in drag or out of drag. “Even

“I have kings; I have queens; I have things. I have non-gender-conforming drag personas,” says Suarez, talking about the inclusion of differently gendered performers in Femme, including burlesque dancers, who were originally part of drag show lineups. Femme surpasses the quota-driven concepts of diversity and drops straight to intersectionality. There isn’t a number of alternative identities to be filled, and there isn’t a script that’s being followed.

“Femme is about having a fresh mix of performers every month so people get a new show every time,” says Suarez. “And then, my assignment to all of those performers is, ‘Bring your bread and butter, bring your best, bring the things that you

not being in drag, I still feel like Queen Alex Suarez… But when I’m in drag, I still also very much feel like the first 20 years of my life—that Alex exists in that body, as well. I very much exist in the middle.”

Insistence on flamboyant, vivacious existence can be seen in both Suarez and in Femme: There is not a performance that isn’t an entanglement of genders and identities.

really like to do, or the things that your community doesn’t exactly expect you to do.’”

In the last seven months of Femme— now starting on a second season after a summer-long break—there have been incredible moments, like queen Dynisty St. James singing a number, performer Taylor Alxndr (who runs the Church shows in Atlanta) performing to Lizzo’s song “Juice,”

Queer Revolutions ALEX SUAREZ CELEBRATES INTERSECTIONALITY WITH FEMME

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In conversation with Alex Suarez about the origins of their drag show Femme, launched in January and now two shows into its second season, they spoke about using the vibrancy of revolutionary femme-bodied narratives to create a space in Athens that is resounding with differently gendered persons allowed to exist fully as they are.

“The word ‘femme’ has such power to me… the [queer] revolution was led by the drag queens, and the femmes, and the trans women… we wouldn’t be able to do the things we do if it weren’t for the femmes who led that revolution and the people who were identifying as women leading that charge, and throwing those bricks and being at those protests… And if it weren’t for people like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson and all of those strong women, all those femmes.”

Suarez began their personal drag career in January 2017. Two years later, they started Femme, a monthly, intersectional performance that, instead of working with theme Alex Suarez nights and only drag queens, plays with the concept of bringing in differently gendered drag performers and allowing complexity and variety to take precedence. “I wanted to create a night where you can drop your guard and also see different talent that embodies different things,” says Suarez.

“I want to put [the performers] in a place where they are very seen.”

Talking about their own gender, Suarez speaks about having masculine traits,

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Priscilla Chambers (a trans woman who airs on the third season on the Boulet Brothers’ “Dragula”) coming down from Nashville to perform and the uproarious response to the appearance of a burlesque performer during the first Femme show that each speak power to queer femme identity. Audiences of queer, trans, nonbinary and allied genders have rallied around Femme to pack out each show.

There’s a Southernness to Femme that Suarez describes through the architecture of Church bar. “I think where [Femme] comes into this Southern identity is that we are kind of just performing in a space that isn’t really a show space. It’s this little nook, and we are all very packed in there… It’s like we are very much part of the crowd, and we’re very much on the level, and it is this really nitty gritty, it’s this raw kind of talent that is out there on the floor… You’re part of the party.”

Shows like Femme, and queer leaders like Suarez, don’t just protest spaces of harmful binary or cisgendered social normatives that exlude queer, trans and nonbinary persons.

These queer movements twirl past those constructs towards a flamboyant resilience—one that allows femme identities to resound both in the moment of performance and elsewhere.

Through this, performance ceases to be an escape or a hiding place. It becomes an existence.

The next Femme show is Thursday, Oct. 3 at Sister Louisa’s Church at 9:30 p.m. The lineup includes Atlanta performers St. Lucia (a fellow competitor on season three of “Dragula”), Syraja Sinclair Dupree and Royal Tee, plus Colana Bleu, the “MuuMuu Mistress of Auburn.”

DJ Quincy will lead the music, and Suarez will keep spots open for newer performers.

Keep up to date with upcoming Femme shows on Suarez’s Instagram, @queenalexsuarez. f

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Some of the Historic Athens Porchfest performers.

Dozens of Local Bands Play First Historic Athens Porchfest

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ou may be familiar with the “porch festivals” in nearby cities like Decatur, where people open up their front porches and yards to the community to enjoy some live music (and maybe some refreshments and games, too). Well, now it’s Athens’ time to shine. On Sunday, the Classic City, with its rich music history and abundance of local bands, will be home to the first Historic Athens Porchfest.

On Oct. 6 from 1–7 p.m., homes in four local neighborhoods—Boulevard, Newtown, Buena Vista and Pulaski Heights—will host 69 bands. The music ranges across all types of genres, so everyone can be sure to find something they like. The Historic Athens website has an interactive map that gives locations and directions to the performances and is sortable by the hour, so you can plan out your schedule for the day.

“Porchfest provides us with an opportunity to celebrate some of the most incredible historic neighborhoods in the Southeast while also celebrating our community’s heritage and music,” says Tommy Valentine, executive director of Historic Athens. (See more about the organization—formerly the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation—on p. 9.)

All the bands playing Porchfest are either local or have ties to Athens. The main drive for doing this, as explained

by Valentine, is to bring together the community to learn more about their neighbors and the creative talent that’s right in their backyard.

“Porchfests are a growing movement around the country to celebrate local culture and musical heritage,” Valentine says. “It really seems to bring neighbors together and give people a sense of who their neighbors are. That’s something that we think there is a real appetite for here.”

Porchfest organizers initially suspected they would have to recruit bands to perform, but after the application opened for musicians to play, they received dozens of signups in just a week, proving that Athens is eager for such a festival. Because of the large number of performances, there will be multiple concerts per hour throughout the afternoon, with a “very special” show during the last hour at Mayor Kelly Girtz’s house, which will be the only performance during that time.

Porchfests are a growing movement around the country to celebrate local culture and musical heritage.

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The matching of the porches with the performances was a bit like a blind date. People living in the featured neighborhoods were invited to open up their home to the festival, then the organizers of the event matched the performers to each house. “Each host is encouraged to effectively work with the band to create an experience for the visitor,” Valentine says.

A few of the many performers are Lydia Brambila, Blacknerdninja, Georgia Dish Boys, Caroline Aiken, Palace Doctor, Clip Art, Austin Darnell, Ishues, Whitehall Jazz Collective and Monsoon, which will play Flagpole’s own front porch at 220 Prince Ave. Sunday at 2 p.m.

Another notable pair-up will be Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Tim Denson, who will be performing on fellow commissioner Melissa Link’s porch. Denson, who says he originally came to Athens for the music scene, has a musical history of his own, having played in several different bands. He will be performing solo at Porchfest, partly

because he says his wife, Jenny, with whom he was formerly in a band, “doesn’t want to come out of retirement.”

Porchfest needed involvement, planning and excitement from many different parties to get on its feet, including performers eager to showcase their talent, fans wanting to come out, homeowners in historic neighborhoods, local businesses to sponsor and volunteers working behind the scenes to plan each detail. Saeed Phillips, a second-year student at UGA and a special event intern for Historic Athens, helped plan the logistics of the event.

“I’m excited because we go to school here, but we don’t really know much about the outskirts beyond, like, the Arch,” Phillips says. “So, I feel that any chance for me to get involved in the community is important to me, considering how much the university reaps the benefits of the local community. We always go these homogeneous UGA events, so I feel like Porchfest is a fresh and creative event that students will enjoy.”

The festival was strategically planned during an away football weekend, so Dawg fans and Athenians can enjoy the event without worrying about missing a game or dealing with heavy crowds. Historic Athens hopes to grow Porchfest every year and make it something that people of all types will mark their calendars for, to learn a little bit more about the people living next door. f

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ct. 10 is World Mental Health Day, health, and Cramer encouraged men who and to celebrate, Athens residents joined the group to speak openly about are invited to attend a seven-day their emotions. festival put on by local nonprofit Brain The positive response Cramer received Aid. The group was formed in 2017, when from the group showed Cramer that a safe founder Stephen Cramer says he was strugspace is exactly what many who struggle gling with bipolar disorder. He began think- with mental health need to be able to ask ing about Live Aid, which raised money for help. This is why he began Brain Aid—to to help eradicate Ethiopian famine, and tell people that it’s OK to ask for help and to thought it was up to him to begin a similar point them to resources that can assist. festival to fundraise for mental health services.

Cramer says it can be difficult to talk about depression, especially for those who have never struggled with their mental health. He says he thinks of depression on a scale of one to 10— while the worst would be described as a 10, Cramer says there are too many people who spend a majority of their lives in the middle of the spectrum, never seeking help.

“I say to people, think of depression on a scale of one to 10, and I spent huge Brain Aid founder Stephen Cramer chunks of my life at a five,” Cramer says.

“That’s a tragedy, too, because people aren’t “It takes bravery to walk in and say, ‘Can being their best.”

I get some help?’” Cramer says. “So, every This year’s Brain Aid Fest will begin way I can make that easier for people—to on Sunday, Oct. 6 at Hendershot’s with a give them the bravery to take that step—is mental health panel featuring Mayor Kelly what I want to do.”

Girtz. The festival will continue throughout This year, those resources are expected to the week at seven different venues. Each grow exponentially. In this year’s SPLOST, event will begin with a speaker who will the Athens-Clarke County government has share their experience with mental health, budgeted over $5 million for a new mental followed by live music. Performers include health recovery facility. Cramer says that Je Suis France, Scott Spillane, Annie Leeth, this, in addition to the facilities and orgaMichael Potter, Donny Knottsville, SoHi nizations that Athens already has, will help and more. those struggling take the steps they need to This is Brain Aid Fest’s third iteration, get better. and this year, comedians will be added to Cramer’s financial goal from the festival the mix. Cramer says he thinks both music is $6,000, with $5,000 going towards adverand laughter can help with mental health tising to encourage people to seek help and and can make it easier for those struggling the rest going into a scholarship fund. He to open up about their experiences. says the scholarship will be awarded to a Cramer’s theory that music can aid student planning to go into the psychologthose struggling with mental health is sciical field; as more people seek help, more entifically sound. In a study published by providers will be necessary.

Newsweek, “Music fans who attend concerts Cramer adds that if Brain Aid helps once every two weeks or more ‘were the even one attendee, all his efforts have been most likely to score their happiness, conworth it. “I just want to inspire people, one tentment, productivity and self-esteem at person at a time,” he says. the highest level.’” Variations of the same The full Brain Aid Fest schedule and study have been published by Alternative more information can be found at brainaidPress, Vice, Billboard and more. fest.com. f In addition to the effects concerts can have on the brain, Cramer says that seeing others speak out about their struggles can WHAT: Brain Aid Fest reduce the stigma around mental health, WHERE: Various Venues especially in men. Long before Cramer WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 6– started Brain Aid, he started a Facebook Saturday, Oct. 12 group called “Dudes Helping Dudes” in HOW MUCH: Donations 2011. The group was formed to be a safe space for men struggling with their mental

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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com WICCA, WICCA, WHAT?: A performance this week that might have flown under your radar if not for this column is the upcoming show by Motion Sickness of Time Travel (MSOTT) at the Athens Pagan Pride Day event. The whole shebang takes place downtown on College Square Saturday, Oct. 5 from 5–10 p.m. This particular performance, though billed as MSOTT, which is the sole concern of Rachel Evans, will feature Evans and longtime Athens experimental performer Leslie Grove. The two have worked together multiple times previously under the name Lock, and you can explore some of those recordings at vaald.bandcamp.com. They will play in the Workshop Tent from 5:30–6 p.m., immediately following the Opening Ritual. The Athens Pagan Pride Day website is kind of messy

Motion Sickness of Time Travel

to navigate, but the page you want to see is nested under the “Schedule of Events” link. To dive very deeply into the Motion Sickness of Time Travel catalog, listen in at motionsicknessoftimetravel.bandcamp.com, and to learn more about Athens Pagan Pride Day as a whole, point your third eye toward sites.google.com/site/athenspaganprideday.

its Bandcamp page a couple of weeks ago, including titles from Elf Power, Madeline and others. I surfed over there to check it all out again and wound up re-listening to a bunch of things I hadn’t heard in years. And it was all very nice to hear. So, consider doing yourself a solid and heading to orangetwinrecords.bandcamp.com to see what you’ve missed and remember what you’ve been missing. For more information on Orange Twin, see orangetwin.com.

THIS IS WHAT YOUR MIND IMAGINES: I swear to God, the sun never sets on the Echobass Records empire. To wit, just last week, another new album dropped by Killa Cabbi.

This wildly diverse record, named The Moon, has so many different elements that somehow remain cohesive and not distracting or irritating. Super standout tracks include the freak jazz of “The Evening Fiesta,” the ambient trip-hop of “La Luna del Cacciatore” and the 2000-and-later witch house styling of “Endless Searching.” Guest players for selected tracks include Brent Davenport, Chase Merritt and Jackson Dodd (Pine Til Palms). Slip away over at echobassrecords.band camp.com.

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SEE DETAILS AND A PLANT LIST IN THE WEEKS BEFORE THE SALE AT BOTGARDEN.UGA.EDU The latter is very slight, though, and basically unnoticeable unless you’re paying very close attention. So far, Soul Perch as a whole—and Grunfelder by extension—seems to really have its eye on the ball, and I’m hoping for great things for0012 SBG-NativePlant2019-ABHprint.indd 2 9/20/19 2:10 PM all concerned. You can find this on Spotify and all other major streaming services and find out more about Soul Perch at soulperch. art. f

COME TOGETHER: Athens premier—and only—Beatles tribute band, Abbey Road Live, is going whole hog into its celebration of the 50th anniversary of the album from which it took its name. This show will happen at the Georgia Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 5. Doors open at 8 p.m., the show starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. This night’s show will feature the band playing the Abbey Road album in its entirety from start to finish.

WUOG 90.5 FM’s 10 Most-Played Recordings Then they’ll play a second Sept. 18–24 set of Beatles material and host an all-star cavalcade 1. Faye Webster Atlanta Millionaires Club (Secretly Canadian) of special guests, including 2. Whitney Forever Turned Around (Secretly Canadian) the incomparable Michael 3. Kishi Bashi Omoiyari (Joyful Noise) Guthrie, as well as David 4. Slaughter Beach Dog Safe and Also No Fear (Lame-O) Barbe, Clarence Cameron, 5. Clairo Immunity (Fader) Mike Mantione, Caroline 6. Barrie Happy to Be Here (Winspear) Aiken, John Keane and 7. Injury Reserve Injury Reserve (Loma Vista/Concord) more. For tickets, see 8. Soak Grim Town (Rough Trade/Beggars) georgiatheatre.com.

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October is here, so you can fire up your If you have never rented Dead & Buried, annual viewing traditions. If you need help scheduled for Oct. 4, from the video store, deciding on what to watch, Flicker has you you definitely would remember its discovered—more on that later. This week’s tinctive cover art. The late Dan O’Bannon wide releases are War and Joker. War is an and Ron Shusett—the duo who conceived Indian Hindu-language action film with a Alien—wrote the screenplay for Raw Meat really generic title and logline: A soldier must hunt down his rogue mentor.

Hopefully, the action will be stellar.

The week’s big release is Todd Phillips’ controversial flick about Batman’s greatest frenemy. The film, starring Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, plus Robert De Niro, has already won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion and is generating Oscar buzz. Who knew the DC character most likely What do you mean we can’t enter him in the Boo-Le-Bark parade?! to win you an Oscar—or at least a nomination— would be the Clown Prince of Crime? Still, director Gary Sherman. The kiddies will lots of people are up in arms about Joker’s enjoy Coraline on Oct. 5. Showdown at potential to glorify the violent actions of the Equator gets in the seasonal spirit with a madman. I am excited to see this flick, 1985’s Mr. Vampire on Oct. 7. Oct. 8’s but some of Phillips’ latest defenses sound movie is 1991’s Popcorn, another horror like he is distancing his film from its comic flick whose VHS cover art may be more origins. familiar than the movie itself.

Some interesting limited releases include If you are more into fall than scary Lucy in the Sky, starring Natalie Portman as an astronaut struggling with her return to Earth, and Pedro Almodovar’s latest, Pain & Glory.

Ciné has some fun offerings. They are doubling down on the music docs with a look at Roger Waters’ 2017–18 tour, Roger Waters Us + Them, on Oct. 2. Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is still around for a few days. October means the Return of Schlocktoberfest. Catch Wes Craven’s 1996 return to glory, Scream, which breathed new life into the slasher subgenre, from Oct. 3–5. On Oct. 3, a double feature of silent classics, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu, will be accompanied by the Invincible Czars. If you have never seen either of these horror classics, what better way is there than with an acclaimed live performance? You can still catch up with the Crawleys of Downton Abbey if you skipped the opening weekend crowds.

On Oct. 4 at the Georgia Museum of Art, the short documentary While I Yet Live will be accompanied by a panel discussion as part of the exhibition “Mary Lee Bendolph: Quilted Memories.” On Oct. 5 and 7, One Little Pill, a documentary about the Sinclair Method, used to treat alcohol addiction, can be seen at Nuçi’s Space.

Flicker has a treasure trove of horror planned for the month of October. Start the month with proms gone wrong on Oct. 2 in 1986’s Night of the Creeps and 1987’s Prom Night 2: Hello Mary Lou. The former is an often overlooked horror comedy from Fred Dekker of Monster Squad fame. Ghoulies get out of the toilet in 1991’s Ghoulies Go to College on Oct. 3.

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movies, enjoy the Fall Family Movie and Craft Program at the Madison County Library on Oct. 6. No movie is specified, but family horror like Watcher in the Woods or Something Wicked This Way Comes spring to mind. UGA has a Cinema Roundtable on Oct. 4 prepared to dissect Tarantino’s excellent ninth feature, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. If “Gotta Catch ’Em All” gets you all nostalgically misty-eyed, Tate has you covered with Pokémon 2000 and Detective Pikachu from Oct. 4–6.

With so much to preview, it’s a good thing the only new wide release last week was the kids’ flick Abominable. How was it, you ask?

ABOMINABLE (PG) The year’s second return-a-yeti adventure—hopefully, you still remember April’s quirky, elegant stop-motion feature Missing Link—has the cute goods to entertain kids without annoying parents too much. A Shanghai teen, Yi (v. Chloe Bennet), discovers a sweet, young yeti nicknamed Everest and attempts to return him to his family with the help of Jin (v. Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and his cousin, Peng (v. Albert Tsai).

Everest bears more than a passing resemblance to DreamWorks Animation’s Toothless from How to Train a Dragon, but the movie lacks that franchise’s potential mythology. Sadly, my favorite gag, the omnipresent whooping snake, only pays off if you stick around for the credits, which my kid does not like to do. f

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hey, bonita…

I’m Dating a Dirty Dude ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN

By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Hey Bonita!

I’ve been dating a guy for a few weeks, and it’s going great—mostly. I’d like to get more serious with him, but a deal-breaker has reared its stinky head: His housekeeping and table manners are AWFUL. When we “go home” at the end of a night, it’s always to my place, and that’s because I’ve only been able to sleep at his house once. I won’t sleep over there again, because the place is foul—dirty dishes all over the kitchen, filthy floors, mold smells everywhere you go and a bathroom that is truly disgusting. I won’t even describe it. Also, I have only one roommate, and he has three.

His personal hygiene is not perfect. Though he showers and wears deodorant, he re-wears the same clothing for days, and he never wears socks, so his feet smell terrible. I actually have had to ask him to leave his shoes on my porch to cut down on the smell indoors. When he does laundry, he just drops his clean clothes on his filthy floor. On top of all that, this man eats like a pig.

house. But you really like this guy and see yourself spending years with him, so y’all are gonna have to figure out how to truly share a space. I believe that this should involve him rising up to your level, not you gritting your teeth in a disgusting home day after day or—even worse—you doing all of the cleaning and eventually resenting the hell out of him for it. You’ve described a pretty amicable guy here, so I imagine he’d be receptive to your issues and willing to make some positive changes.

You wanna move forward and get serious? Say so. Let him know how much you like him, and you can make the hygiene conversation part of it. Tell him you have real concerns about sharing space with him, and come clean about why y’all spend so much time at your spot. You say he washes dishes at your place—does he stay generally tidy there, as well? I’m positive you could blame some of the messiness on his three

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Chewing with his mouth open, loud smacking, and food gets all over his face.

His personality is great! We like to spend time together (outside of his place), we laugh a lot, and we have the same values. The idea of spending years across the table from him makes me wanna gag, though!

And if he doesn’t clean his own house, what would that mean if we eventually moved in together? (FYI, we do the dishes together at my house, if we cook or eat there.)

Any tips on moving the relationship forward and having a “come to Jesus” talk with him about his gross house and habits?

Thanks!

Keepin’ It Clean Keepin’, When it comes to cleanliness and hygiene, you two are gonna have to find a common ground. Have you tried talking to him about this issue, or are you avoiding his dirtiness until you can’t anymore? Sounds like the latter when you ask him to leave his shoes outside and refuse to sleep at his

roommates, and maybe he’s given up fighting the good fight over it all and lets his room go south out of pure despair. Who even knows. Wearing dirty shirts is a habit that I had to break myself of a few years ago, actually, and it was initially because I got sick of my mom complaining about every single stinky hug I gave her.

Why did I wear dirty clothes? I didn’t care about my scent until someone I loved let me know how smelly I really was. It’s fine to request that he wears a clean shirt on your date nights, and being more direct about his foul odor might lead him to take his personal hygiene more seriously. If he wants to get serious and grow closer to you, he won’t see these concerns as an affront on his humanity. He’ll see the value in presenting a clean vessel to the world and to his partner. f Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, use the anonymous form at flagpole.com/getadvice, or find Bonita on Twitter: @flagpolebonita.

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ART | THU, OCT 3

MUSIC | THU, OCT 3

ART | FRI, OCT 4

MUSIC | OCT 4–5

Georgia Museum of Art · 2 p.m. · FREE! One decade ago, architectural photographer Peter Aaron traveled through Syria with his family, taking snapshots of city streets and historic sites along the way.

Only two years later, civil war broke out as part of the Arab Spring uprisings, destroying many of the monuments that appear in his black-and-white images. His exhibition “Before the War: Photographs of Syria by Peter Aaron” offers a look back into multicultural cities where ancient architecture built by different civilizations coexisted. Museum director William U. Eiland will lead a conversation with the photographer, whose work contemplates the passage of time, Syria’s complex sense of collective identity and what is lost through conflict. [Jessica Smith]

The Foundry · 8 p.m. · $10–13 As a member of the all-female, all-nonwhite supergroup Our Native Daughters, singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah explores the complex and consequential links between art, race, gender and oppression. One of an exciting number of talented contemporary performers recasting roots music in decidedly Afrocentric terms, Kiah made waves at Nashville’s AmericanaFest last month, with Rolling Stone dubbing her “one of Americana’s great up-and-coming secrets.” With a debut full-length reportedly on the way, the Johnson City, TN, guitarist and her gut-stirring voice hit The Foundry on Thursday with support from equally promising Asheville, NC, alt-folkie Alexa Rose. [Gabe Vodicka]

Georgia Museum of Art · 11 a.m. (demo), 3:30 p.m. (film) · FREE! Officially opening on Saturday, “Mary Lee Bendolph: Quilted Memories” is a new exhibition of quilts created over three decades by an artist of Gee’s Bend, AL, a rural community that played a pivotal role during the civil rights movement.

Accompanied by other quiltmakers and residents of Gee’s Bend, Bendolph will lead a program featuring demonstrations and singing. Later in the afternoon, the museum will share While I Yet Live, Maris Curran’s short documentary profiling five artists and freedom fighters, followed by a discussion on the intersections of quilting, craft and African-American culture.

Stick around for 90 Carlton: Autumn from 5:30–7:30 p.m. [JS]

Max · 8 p.m. · $6–10 Local zine and hip-hop promotions agency Volumes will host its second Scrapstock festival at Max on Friday and Saturday. It’ll feature a bonkers-packed lineup that includes BYV, Cadewtf, Calico Vision, Caulfield, Dope Knife, Jay Spice, Jet Phase, Kudzu Samurai, Kxng Blanco, McQQeen, Luxury Vehicle, Retro Thief, Motorhead 2x, Shameless James, The YOD and Tru Thought, plus special guests.

Both nights will be hosted by L.G. and Trvy. Tunes will be spun and vibes will be served by DJ Bob Fish and DJ Luke Highwalker. Tickets are six bucks per night, or $10 for the whole shebang. For all other info, check out facebook.com/ volumeshiphop and/or volumeshiphop. com. [Gordon Lamb]

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Tuesday 1 ART: Gallery Lab: “Color, Form and Light” (Georgia Museum of Art) Callan Steinmann, curator of education, and Sage Kincaid, associate curator of education, lead an interactive gallery program featuring in-depth looks, conversation and more. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Lunchtime Gallery Talk (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Dodd MFA candidate Alex McClay will discuss her exhibition “Turbulent Femme || toward a radical future.”

See Art Notes on p. 14. 12 p.m.

FREE! www.art.uga.edu CLASSES: Latin Rhythm Styling & Technique (Ballroom Arts Dance Studio, 2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Improve your dancing appearance by studying proper arm styling, weight movement, expression and more.

This course will focus on Latin walks, leg action and contra body movements. 7:45 p.m. $15. www. ballroom-arts.com

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CLASSES: Ballroom Styling & Technique (Ballroom Arts Dance Studio, 2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Improve your dancing appearance by studying proper arm styling, weight movement, expression and more. 7 p.m. $15. www.ballroom-arts.com COMEDY: Comedians + Scientists = Stand Up Science (Georgia Theatre) Stand-up comedian and science podcast host Shane Mauss presents Stand Up Science, a night of guest speakers and performers. 8 p.m. $20. www.georgiatheatre.com EVENTS: Preserving Global Heritage in Times of War and Conflict (UGA Chapel) The UGA College of Environment and Design presents Irina Bokova, former Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, for a talk on preserving global cultures and their significant artifacts. 3:30 p.m. (reception), 5 p.m. (lecture). FREE! 706-542-8113, ced50@uga.edu 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: Tuesday Tour at 2 (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Take a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda on the second floor. 2 p.m. FREE! www.libs. uga.edu/scl GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station Road) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com

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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: Trivia (The Office Sports Bar and Grill) Play to become victorius.

Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706521-5898 GAMES: Trivia (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Test your trivia knowledge. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com KIDSTUFF: Toddler Tuesday: Light and Shadows (Georgia Museum of Art) A tour and storytime in the galleries will be followed by an art activity just for the little ones.

Inspired by the installation “Rome in the Age of Caravaggio,” the program will explore the drama of light and shadows in paintings from the

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Baroque period. Ages 18 months to 3 years. 10 a.m. FREE! madison. hogan@uga.edu KIDSTUFF: “Scooby-Doo” Cartoon Marathon (ACC Library) Bring in the spooky season with Scooby and the gang. For ages 4–11. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Tiny Tales on Tuesdays (Memorial Park) Storytime and a craft. Ages 18 months–6 years. 10:30 a.m. $3–4. www.accgov.com/leisure KIDSTUFF: Me and You at the Zoo (Memorial Park, Bear Hollow Zoo) Ages 18 months–6 years are invited for a morning of animals, crafts and stories. Children must be chaperoned and registration is required.

10:30 a.m. $3–4. 706-613-3580 KIDSTUFF: Anime Club (Bogart Library) Meet other fans of anime and manga to discover books, art, shows, snacks and Japanese culture.

Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: D&D Club (ACC Library) Dungeons and Dragons for all expe-

rience levels. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (STATE the Label) Avid Bookshop and STATE the Label present Elizabeth L. Cline for her book, The Conscious Closet. 6 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Bogart Bookies Book Club (Bogart Library) Discuss There, There by Tommy Orange.

1–2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart PERFORMANCE: Tuesday Tunes (Georgia Center for Continuing Education) A live series featuring new groups and fresh music each month. All musicians are students or TAs at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 5:30 p.m. FREE! hotel. uga.edu

Wednesday 2 CLASSES: Beginner Ballroom (Dancefx) This month’s weekly ballroom classes cover the Foxtrot.

No experience or partner is required.

Brooks. 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/athenswordofmouth LECTURES & LIT: Innovation District Seminar Series (UGA Jackson St. Building) This series of lectures is aimed at fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and collaboration among faculty, students and local entrepreneurs.

The introductory event “Innovation District Partner Preview” will feature leaders of various entities involved in the Innovation District, including the Office of the President, Innovation Gateway, the Student Entrepreneurship Program and more. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.innovation.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich (UGA Chapel) The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences presents “A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich: A Life of Love, Family and Food.”

The Emmy-winning host of “Lidia’s Kitchen” on PBS will speak about her career crafting rustic Italian food and the connection between her food and the farm-to-table movement. 3 p.m. FREE! www.caes.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Fall Book Sale Preview (ACC Library) A preview session for ACC Library Friends Members only; those interested may join at the door. Browse and get first dibs on all books, CDs and DVDs available for purchase. Proceeds benefit the ACC County Library.

2–6 p.m. FREE! (members), $25 (membership). www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Fall Book Sale (ACC Library) The Friends of Athens-Clarke County Library will host a book sale will featuring thousands of gently used books, audio books, CDs and more. Saturday is Bag Day, when shoppers can fill a provided grocery bag for just $10.

Oct. 2, 6–8 p.m. Oct. 3, 9 a.m.–8 p.m. Oct. 4–5, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! ($10 to fill a bag Saturday). 706613-3650, www.athenslibrary.org/ athens 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 OUTDOORS: Guided Nature Rambles (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join naturalists from the community for a guided walk on the trails. 9-11:30 a.m. FREE! www. accgov.com/sandycreeknaturecenter THEATER: Pending (UGA Fine Arts Building, Room 400) Playwright and UGA professor John Patrick Bray’s First Year Odyssey seminar “Fringe Out!” presents an evening of original short plays, dances and poetry.

See Theater Notes on p. 13. 8 p.m. jpbray@uga.edu

Thursday 3 ART: Before the War: Photographs of Syria (Georgia Museum of Art) Join photographer Peter Aaron and William U. Eiland, museum director, for a gallery talk about the exhibition. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Gallery Talk (Georgia Museum of Art) Join photographer Peter Aaron and museum director, William U. Eiland, for a gallery talk in the exhibition “Before the War: Photographs of Syria by Peter Aaron.” See Calendar Pick on p. 20.

2 p.m. FREE! georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Social Dance Group (Ballroom Arts Dance Studio, 2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Learn the fundamentals of salsa, bachata,

merengue, West Coast Swing, shag, hustle and two-step. 7 p.m. $15. www.ballroom-arts.com COMEDY: Open Mic Comedy (Moonlight Theater) Featuring local stand-up, sketch and character comedy, plus live wrestling. 8 p.m. $6. www.moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: After the End PostApocalyptic Book Club (ACC Library) Are you a fan of post-apocalyptic and speculative fiction? Join this book group the first Thursday of each month. Newcomers always welcome. This month’s title is The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: KnitLits (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are invited to have fun, share ideas and knit.

Beginning knitters are encouraged to attend. Ages 16 & up. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart EVENTS: Connect to Protect Native Plant Sale (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Shop among over 150 plant species native to

GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Trivia Night (Terrapin Beer Co.) Hosted by Shelton Sellers from Classic City Trivia every Thursday.

5:30–7:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer. 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 KIDSTUFF: Kids Cook (Bogart Library) Kids are invited to learn a healthy, easy recipe they can make at home. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: First Steps in Music Class for Preschoolers (ACC Library) A seven week course helping develop young musical minds with songs, stories, games and dancing. 10 a.m. www.athenslibrary. org/athens KIDSTUFF: Jampires (ACC Library) Was Sam’s jelly donut sucked dry

Georgia Museum of Art presents a reception featuring autumn exhibitions. Enjoy light refreshments, door prizes and an “Ask the Experts” session. 5:30 p.m. $10 (non-members), FREE! (members) 706-542-4199, togmoarsvp@uga.edu ART: Quilting Demonstration (Georgia Museum of Art) Join Mary Lee Bendolph, quiltmakers, and residents of Gee’s Bend, AL, for a special program featuring quilting demonstrations, singing and more.

See Calendar Pick on p. 20. 11 a.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Opening Reception (OCAF, Watkinsville) “David and Goliath” is an exhibition of non-traditional sized works: 14”x14” and smaller or 48”x48” and larger. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com COMEDY: First Friday Comedy (Veronica’s Sweet Spot) Local comedians perform the first Friday of every month. Presented by Candy Coated Comedy. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $5. www.facebook. com/sweetspotathens

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6:30 p.m. www.unstrictlyballroom. com COMEDY: Educated Mess (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) See standups from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com COMEDY: Show Up and Go Up Open Mic (Veronica’s Sweet Spot) Presented by Candy Coated Comedy. 8 p.m. FREE! EVENTS: Native Plant Sale Opening Reception (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Experience exclusive access to a selection of over 150 plant species native to Georgia at the Mimsie Lanie Center for Native Plant Studies. The reception includes hors d’oeuvres and beverages. RSVP by Sept. 27.

5–7 p.m. $50, $75/couple. garden@ uga.edu, botgarden.uga.edu 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: 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. 5–7 p.m.

FREE! www.sobrewco.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) General trivia. Industry night. Cash house prizes. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Attendees will share books, songs, puppets and rhymes. Ages 1.5–5. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Wonderful Wednesday: What’s the Story?

(Bogart Library) A program to engage school-aged children in storytelling. Ages 4 & up. 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. & 4–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart 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 KIDSTUFF: Teen Social Justice Club (ACC Library) Build self-confidence and develop speaking, communication, written and leadership skills presented by the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement.

Grades 6–12. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Open Poetry (The Globe) Open mic poetry readings. This month’s featured reader is Charles Clifford

India’s Nrityagram Dance Ensemble will perform at the Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m.

Georgia. Find plants that support Georgia’s birds and insects.

Proceeds support the Mimsie Lanie Center for Native Plant Studies. Oct. 3–4 & 10–11, 4–6 p.m. Oct. 5 & 12, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. www.botgarden. uga.edu EVENTS: Prepare for Take Off (Ben Epps Airport) This year’s theme will take attendees on a tour around the world with foods and drinks from various cultures. 5 p.m. $50. www. athensga.com EVENTS: Oconee Rivers Audubon Society (Sandy Creek Nature Center, Education and Visitor Center) Join the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society for a talk from botanist Jean Lodge about waxcap mushrooms. 7 p.m. FREE! www.oconeeriversaudubon.org EVENTS: Fix Your Own Bike (BikeAthens, 1075 W. Broad St.) Get help fixing your bike from experts so you’re safe to ride. 6–8:30 p.m. $10 (suggested). www.bikeathens.org EVENTS: Defending the Public’s Enemy Discussion Panel (Hirsch Hall, Classroom A) In celebration of Cleveland Chair & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lonnie Brown’s book, Defending the Public’s Enemy: The Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark, a panel discussion will be held featuring Brown, Bruce Green, Director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham University School of Law, and W. Bradley Wendel, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. A reception will follow. 4 p.m. FREE! nikko.terry@uga.edu

by a jampire? Enjoy jam treats and crafts. For ages 3–8 and their caregivers. Costumes welcome. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens LECTURES & LIT: Fall Book Sale (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. Oct. 2, 6–8 p.m. Oct. 3, 9 a.m.–8 p.m. Oct. 4–5, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! ($10 to fill a bag Saturday). 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org/athens PERFORMANCE: Femme (Sister Louisa’s Church) Alex Suarez hosts an evening of performances

by St. Lucia (from season three of “Dragula”), Syraja Sinclair Dupree, Royal Tee and Colana Bleu. See Art Notes on p. 14. 9:30 p.m. FREE! THEATER: She Kills Monsters (UGA Fine Arts Building, Cellar Theatre) She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen centers on high school teacher Agnes and her quest to find a meaningful connection with her recently-deceased sister, Tilly. Agnes dives headlong into her younger sister’s Dungeons & Dragons campaign with the help of Tilly’s nerdy friend Chuck, and along the way, must contend with demon queens, dark elves and vampire cheerleaders while battling her own real-life monster: grief. See Theater Notes on p. 13. Oct. 3–5 & 8–11, 8 p.m. & Oct. 13, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www. ugatheatre.com/monsters

Friday 4 ART: 90 Carlton: Autumn (Georgia Museum of Art) The Friends of the

COMEDY: Brian Posehn (40 Watt Club) Comedian Brian Posehn (”Mr. Show,” “Mission Hill”) performs.

See Story on p. 12. 7 p.m. $26. www.40watt.com COMEDY: Fruit Salad (Moonlight Theater) Chase Brantley and Nicholas Hemerling pair up to create a wild night of silliness about fruit and much more. See Theater Notes on p. 13. Oct. 4–5, 7:30 p.m. $8–14. www.moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: UGA Horticulture Club Fall Plant Sale Shop for a variety of landscaping plants (trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals) from local nurseries or grown by the Hort Club. (Riverbend Greenhouses, 11 Riverbend Rd.) Oct. 4–5 & 12, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Oct. 6 & 13, 12-5 p.m. ugahortclub2014@gmail.com EVENTS: Friends of the Georgia Museum of Natural History Celebration (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) World-renowned mycologist and Professor of Biology at Duke University, Dr. Rytas Vilgalys, will be guest speaker.

Cocktails and a silent auction will be followed by dinner from home.made.

6 p.m. $125. www.gmnhfriends. org/event EVENTS: Connect to Protect Native Plant Sale (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) See Thursday listing for full description. Oct. 3–4 & 10–11, 4–6 p.m. Oct. 5 & 12, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. www.botgarden. uga.edu EVENTS: Women’s Fall Fashion Warehouse Sale A mega warehouse sale consisting of contemporary women’s fashion from major

brands like J. Crew, Madewell, Anthropologie and more. (Suska Warehouse, 151 Ben Burton Cir., Bogart) Oct. 4, 5–8 p.m. $15 (preview night) & Oct. 5, 10 a.m.–5p.m.

FREE! www.asuskaproduction.com FILM: Film Screening and Discussion: While I Yet Live (Georgia Museum of Art) Enjoy a short documentary exploring the captivating work of five acclaimed African American quilters from Gee’s Bend, AL, a rural community that played a pivotal role during the Civil Rights Movement. Following the film will be a panel discussion with quiltmakers from Gee’s Band, focusing on the intersections of quilting and African American culture. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. 3:30 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org FILM: Movies on Tap (Southern Brewing Company) Join the brewery for a movie every Friday night. 9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ thesouthernbrewingcompany KIDSTUFF: Hip-Hop Yoga for Teens with SJ (ACC Library) Five Points yoga instructor SJ leads a fun and relaxing yoga class with a hiphop flair. For grades 6–12. 4 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Bilingual Spanish Storytime (ACC Library) Share story books, songs, rhymes and activities en español y ingles. For children ages 3-8 and their caregiver. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Fall Book Sale (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. Oct. 2, 6–8 p.m. Oct. 3, 9 a.m.–8 p.m. Oct. 4–5, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! ($10 to fill a bag Saturday). 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org/athens PERFORMANCE: Improv Athens (Miller Learning Center, Room 214) Improv Athens presents a night of comedy and improv.

PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret (Go Bar) Drag performances by local artists. 10:30 p.m. $3. showgirlcabaret@gmail.com, www.athensshowgirlcabaret.com THEATER: She Kills Monsters (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Thursday listing for full description.

Oct. 3–5 & 8–11, 8 p.m. & Oct. 13, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre. com/monsters THEATER: Steel Magnolias (Brightstone Theatre) Brightstone presents a dinner theater production.

See Theater Notes on p. 13. Oct. 4–5, 6 p.m. Oct. 5–6, 2 p.m. $35 (dinner), $25. www.brightstoneathens.com THEATER: The 39 Steps (Athens Community Theater) Town & Gown Players present a timeless Hitchcock story. See Theater Notes on p. 13.

Oct. 4–5 & Oct. 10–12, 8 p.m. Oct. 6 & Oct. 13, 2 p.m. $12–15. www. townandgownplayers.org

Saturday 5 ART: Southern Star Open Studio & Pottery Sale (Southern Star Studio) Pottery studio features work

by Maria Dondero, Jennifer Heynen, Chona Reyes Leathers, Regina Mandell, Allya Macdonald, Kerry Steinberg, Alex Wilkins and Brandon Bishop. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! www. mariadondero.com ART: Art Opening: Paintings Lost & Found (Hip Vintage and Handmade, Hip Gallery) “Paintings Lost & Found” is an exhibit of art from local known and anonymous artists. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-338-4553 ART: Paintings by Celia Brooks (Reception) (Jittery Joe’s Coffee) As a part of Art Around Town, Celia Brooks shares a collection of waterk continued on next page

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EVENTS: Wuxtry Warehouse Sale (Commerce Hwy. near J&J) The record shop will host a massive sale of LPs and CDs. Oct. 5–6, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. 706-369-9428 FILM: One Little Pill (Nuçi’s Space) A screening of One Little Pill, a documentary about The Sinclair Method (TSM), a treatment for alcohol addiction that uses pharmacological extinction to turn habit-forming behaviors into habit-erasing behaviors. Oct. 5, 2 p.m. & Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.nuci.org KIDSTUFF: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (ACC Library) Listen to some scary stories by Alvin Schwartz. For ages 8–11 and their caregivers. 11 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens

PERFORMANCE: Yellow, A Color, A Light: Experimental Music (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Fifteen musicians will perform a variety of new and experimental selections. Held in conjunction with the exhibition “Yellow.” 7 p.m. www.athica.org THEATER: Steel Magnolias (Brightstone Theatre) See Friday listing for full description. Oct. 4–5, 6 p.m. Oct. 5–6, 2 p.m. $35 (dinner), $25. www.brightstoneathens.com THEATER: The Piano Lesson (Morton Theatre) Set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression, August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning play follows the lives of the Charles family and an heirloom, the family piano decorated with carvings by an enslaved ancestor. What to do with the heirloom— keep it or sell it? See Theater Notes

EVENTS: India’s Nrityagram Dance Ensemble (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) UGA Presents hosts India’s Nrityagram Dance Ensemble.

The award-winning ensemble will be joined by Sri Lanka’s Chitrasena Dance Company for a program of traditional music and dance. 3 p.m. $10–30. pac.uga.edu EVENTS: Swadeshi Black Market & Coop (Max) Swadeshi includes music, food, vendors, DIY craft tables and community networking.

The Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement has hosted a market place to support and promote black and brown business owners, women and entrepreneurs. 1–5 p.m. athensantidiscrimination@gmail.com EVENTS: UGA Horticulture Club Fall Plant Sale See Friday listing for full description. (Riverbend Greenhouses, 11 Riverbend Rd.)

Monday 7 CLASSES: Computer Class (Bogart Library) Have a question about a computer or device? Need help navigating your new phone? Sign up for a 20-minute timeslot for oneon-one help. Timeslots are available between 12–3 p.m. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart EVENTS: Annual Whole-In-One Golf Tournament (Jennings Mill Country Club) Registration fee includes 18 holes of golf, green fees, cart, lunch and prizes. Proceeds benefit the Family Promise of Athens (formerly Interfaith Hospitality Network of Athens). 11 a.m. $125. www.ihnathens.org EVENTS: Coffee and Conversation (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy coffee and chat

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color, acrylic, and mixed media. 6:00 FREE! celia.brooks@athensclarkecounty.com COMEDY: Fruit Salad (Moonlight Theater) Chase Brantley and Nicholas Hemerling pair up to create a wild night of silliness about fruit and much more. See Theater Notes on p. 13. Oct. 4–5, 7:30 p.m. $8–14. www.moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: May and June’s First Birthday (Sweet Olive Farm) Celebrate the baby alpacas, May and June, who were born a year ago. Expect a fun-filled evening with music, raffles, a silent auction, games, farm tours and more. 5–9 p.m. $10 (kids), $25. www.sweetolivefarm.org EVENTS: Rivers Alive! (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Georgia’s annual volunteer river cleanup event that encourages civic involvement in the preservation of Georgia’s precious water resources. Bring a water bottle and gloves, and be sure to wear long pants and closed toed shoes. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www. accgov.com/riversalive EVENTS: Handmade Harvest Fall Fest (Terrapin Beer Co.) Indie South hosts an outdoor market with live music, a photo booth, a kid-friendly cyanotype workshop, and approximately 30 makers of vintage and handmade goods. 1–7 p.m. www. terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: Foxfire Mountaineer Festival (Rabun Co. Civic Center, Clayton) Celebrate Southern Appalachian culture with heritage demonstrations, folk art and craft vendors, local food specialties, games, live music and more.

Presented by Foxfire Magazine and The Foxfire Book series. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $5. www.foxfire.org EVENTS: Family Day at Brown Media Archives (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) An afternoon highlighting the new exhibit “Celebrating Sesame Street.” Explore the exhibit, enjoy gallery activities and story time, make your own puppet, watch old episodes of “Sesame Street” and see a live puppet show hosted by local puppeteer Jason Matherly. 1-4 p.m.

FREE! www.calendar.libs.uga.edu EVENTS: Connect to Protect Native Plant Sale (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) See Thursday listing for full description. Oct. 3–4 & 10–11, 4–6 p.m. Oct. 5 & 12, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. www.botgarden. uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Pagan Pride Day (College Square) Celebrate autumn with vendors, workshops and live music. Canned goods and non-perishable food will be collected for Project Safe. 5–10 p.m. FREE! athensgapagans@gmail.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) The market hosts around 45 vendors, children’s activities, live music and cooking demos. All produce is grown locally, sustainably and by those who are selling it. 8 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: UGA Horticulture Club Fall Plant Sale See Friday listing for full description. (Riverbend Greenhouses, 11 Riverbend Rd.) Oct. 4–5 & 12, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Oct. 6 & 13, 12-5 p.m. ugahortclub2014@ gmail.com EVENTS: Women’s Fall Fashion Warehouse Sale See Friday listing for full description. (Suska Warehouse, 151 Ben Burton Cir., Bogart) Oct. 4, 5–8 p.m. $15 (preview night) & Oct. 5, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

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KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday (Bogart Library) Songs, finger plays, wiggles and giggles for ages three and under. Caregivers will receive pointers for building literacy and language skills. 10 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 7–18.

Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Preschool Pals (Bogart Library) Preschool-aged children will learn social and language skills through songs, stories and crafts.

Ages almost 3–almost 5. 11:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Paul Tough: The Years That Matter Most (Ciné) Avid Bookshop, the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, and the UGA Institute of Higher Education present author Paul Tough in celebration of his lastest book, The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us. Purchase a copy of the book to get it signed by the author. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com PERFORMANCE: Gorgeous George’s Improv League (The Globe) Local improvisors invent scenes on the spot and compete for the coveted screaming chicken.

Every Monday upstairs. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.krakinjokes.com PERFORMANCE: Sandra Landini (Athens Academy, Bertelsmann Presentation Hall) Acclaimed pianist Sandra Landini will present a concert of piano favorites by Chopin, Listz and Tschaikovsky. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athensacademy.org

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Rainbow Kitten Surprise plays sold-out shows at the 40 Watt Club on Tuesday, Oct. 1 and the Georgia Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 3 and Friday, Oct. 4.

KIDSTUFF: Kids Can Bake (Madison County Library) Join Ms. Carley for a sweet storytime and learn how to make a new treat. Ages 5–10 and their caregivers. 2 p.m.

FREE! athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Bogart Library) Build Lego creations. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Our Prince of Scribes (ACC Library) A panel discussion will speak on Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy, which compiles reflections of over 60 writers. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Fall Book Sale (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. Oct. 2, 6–8 p.m. Oct. 3, 9 a.m.–8 p.m. Oct. 4–5, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! ($10 to fill a bag Saturday). 706-613-3650, www. athenslibrary.org/athens OUTDOORS: Nature’s Trading Post (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Trade one or two objects you’ve found in nature for points or other natural objects in the Sandy Creek Nature Center collection. 11 a.m.

FREE! www.accgov.com/sandycreeknaturecenter OUTDOORS: Naturalist’s Walks (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join naturalists on their quest to discover the beauty of summer. 10-11 a.m.

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on p. 13. 2:30 & 6:30 p.m. $30. 706247-6777, mortontheatre.com THEATER: The 39 Steps (Athens Community Theater) See Friday listing for full description. Oct. 4–5 & Oct. 10–12, 8 p.m. Oct. 6 & Oct. 13, 2 p.m. $12–15. www.townandgownplayers.org THEATER: She Kills Monsters (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Thursday listing for full description.

Oct. 3–5 & 8–11, 8 p.m. & Oct. 13, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre. com/monsters

Sunday 6 ART: Sunday Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 3 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Opening Reception (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) “Eat Your Vegetables” is an exhibit celebrating sustainable plant-based agriculture through the works of local artists. 3 p.m. FREE! www. uuathensga.org EVENTS: Brain Aid Panel Discussion (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) A panel discussion on mental health will be led by Mayor Kelly Girtz, Celeste Ngeve, Tim Hinkle, Patrick Ferguson and Stephen Ernest Cramer. 5 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com

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Oct. 4–5 & 12, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Oct. 6 & 13, 12-5 p.m. ugahortclub2014@ gmail.com EVENTS: Wuxtry Warehouse Sale See Saturday listing for full description. Oct. 5–6, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

706-369-9428 GAMES: Rockin’ Roll Bingo (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Play to win. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) General trivia hosted by Solo Entertainment. House prizes and discounted tabs. 5-7 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com KIDSTUFF: Family Movie and Craft (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy a short (G-rated) fall movie and fall-themed craft at this family event. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.com/madison PERFORMANCE: Live @ the Library: Beto Cacao (ACC Library) Enjoy a performance of 1940s swing by Big Band Athens. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens THEATER: The 39 Steps (Athens Community Theater) See Friday listing for full description. Oct. 4–5 & Oct. 10–12, 8 p.m. Oct. 6 & Oct. 13, 2 p.m. $12–15. www.townandgownplayers.org THEATER: Steel Magnolias (Brightstone Theatre) See Friday listing for full description. Oct. 4–5, 6 p.m. Oct. 5–6, 2 p.m. $35 (dinner), $25. www.brightstoneathens.com

with neighbors. This program is free and open to all ages and abilities. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison FILM: One Little Pill (Nuçi’s Space) See Saturday listing for full description. Oct. 5, 2 p.m. & Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.nuci.org FILM: Showdown at the Equator (Flicker Theatre & Bar) A Taoist priest uses chicken blood, black ink and kung-fu to shepherd a herd of hopping vampires, a succubus and other undead entities in the Hong Kong classic Mr. Vampire. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/showdownattheequator GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m.

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

by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub 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: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Parents can share plays, songs and simple books with their babies. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org

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: Ballroom Styling & Technique (Ballroom Arts Dance Studio, 2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Improve your dancing appearance by studying proper arm styling, weight movement, expression and much more. 7 p.m. $15. www.ballroom-arts.com CLASSES: Latin Rhythm Styling & Technique (Ballroom Arts Dance Studio, 2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Improve your dancing appearance by studying proper arm styling, weight movement, expression and more.

This course will focus on Latin walks, leg action and contra body movements. 7:45 p.m. $15. www. ballroom-arts.com EVENTS: 2nd Tuesday Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) This month’s theme is “Bountiful Harvest.” Reservations required.

6 p.m. $20. 706-354-7901, www. heirloomathens.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: Community Health Night (Hilsman Middle School) Local health resources, flu shots, blood sugar checks, vision screenings, dental screenings and more will be

available. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-2862065, clarke.k12.ga.us EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at 2 (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) See Tuesday listing for full description. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/scl EVENTS: Athens Junior Roller Derby Interest Meeting (Fun Galaxy) Enjoy some skating and a Q&A session about the Junior Roller Derby of Athens. For girls and gender fluid individuals ages 10–17. 5 p.m. $3. www.jrda.org FILM: Film Athens Happy Hour (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Hang out with the Film Athens crew and discuss upcoming film events and projects. 5:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.filmathens.net GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description.

8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia (The Office Sports Bar and Grill) Play to win. Every Tuesday.

8 p.m. FREE! 706-521-5898 GAMES: Trivia (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Test your trivia knowledge. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.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) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Oconee County Library) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based activities. Legos provided. Ages 0–11. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: D&D Club (ACC Library) Dungeons and Dragons for all experience levels. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: AfricanAmerican Authors Book Club (ACC Library) This month’s title is Becoming by Michelle Obama.

Newcomers welcome. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Adult Book Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Meet and discuss The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead and pick up a book for next month. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison MEETINGS: Moms Demand Action (ACC Library) Join mothers who are victims and survivors of gun violence. This meeting’s topic is “Taking Action Now.” 6:30-8 p.m.

FREE! www.momsdemandaction.org PERFORMANCE: ARCO Chamber Orchestra (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) A special concert celebrating the fall season. The first half of the concert will feature Bach and Podgaits with the second half featuring Tchaikovsky’s famous keyboard work “The Seasons.” 7:30 p.m. $6–12. pac.uga.edu THEATER: She Kills Monsters (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Thursday listing for full description.

Oct. 3–5 & 8–11, 8 p.m. & Oct. 13, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre. com/monsters

Wednesday 9 CLASSES: Medicare Panel Discussion (ACC Library) Professionals will offer guidance for the upcoming Medicare enrollment season. 11:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens

CLASSES: Houseplants 101: Turn Your Black Thumb Green (Indie South Creative, 470 Hawthorne Ave.) Learn proper care for a variety of houseplants (including tropicals and succulents), how to re-pot, what soils to use, troubleshooting, and more. Participants will leave with a six inch potted plant. Register to attend. 6–8 p.m. $35. www.theindiesouth.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) See Wednesday listing for full description. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens GAMES: Beer Goggles Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) Walter Lane hosts weekly trivia. Teams can have up to 10 players, and prizes include tab discounts. 5–7 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 GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday.

Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens KIDSTUFF: Wonderful Wednesday: The Art of It All (Bogart Library) This new program for school-aged children will engage kids 4 and up in art, based on a theme from a story. 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. & 4–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Pizza and Paperbacks Teen Book Club (ACC Library) Read with friends, eat pizza and chat about popular Young Adult books.

This month’s selection is Fake ID

by Lamar Giles. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Mother Goose on the Loose (Bogart Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 770-7259443 www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens PERFORMANCE: Faculty Artist Series (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) A jazz-club inspired performance entitled “Songs for my Daughter” that will include a mix of classical, jazz, pop, and boogie-woogie styles of music performed by Associate Professor of Trumpet, Brandon Craswell. Craswell will be accompanied by pianists Greg Hankins and Janet Craswell, local drummer and owner of Hendershot’s, Seth Hendershot, and Hodgson School alumnus Luca Lombardi on double bass. 7:30 p.m. $3–12. www.pac. uga.edu THEATER: She Kills Monsters (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Thursday listing for full description.

Oct. 3–5 & 8–11, 8 p.m. & Oct. 13, 2:30 p.m. $12–16. www.ugatheatre. com/monsters

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 1 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.40watt.com RAINBOW KITTEN SUPRISE Popular genre-defying indie-rock band from Boone, NC. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com SHANTIH SHANTIH Atlanta-based band that draws from ’60s psych and ’80s dream-pop. Album release show!

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/go.bar.35 REV. SCOTT STRIPLING Local artist creating exploratory analog soundscapes.

WUORNOS Experimental noise and drone group.

TOMMY! Athens pianist and singer.

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

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens BIGG CHUNGUS Local band playing “funky-fused improvisational music.”

Wednesday 2 Blind Pig Tavern 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-4919 (College Station Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES Louis Phillip Pelot plays solo sets of country-rock and acoustic Southern soul.

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The Foundry 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com SUNNY SOUTH BLUES BAND Local band combining a blues and soul spirit with riffy rock and roll.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $15 (adv.), $18 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com MASON RAMSEY Twelve-year-old meme legend and country star famous for yodeling at Walmart and performing at the Grand Ole Opry.

JENNA PAULETTE Nashville, TN-based contemporary country singer-songwriter.

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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.

Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens THE PINX Heavy, hard-swaggering rock band from Atlanta.

THE GRAWKS Punk and garage-inspired local rock and roll band.

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

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THE HONEY SLIDERS Detroitinfluenced rock band from Catropolis.

PSYOP Athens-based hard rock group.

THE SUNDERING SEAS Death and doom-metal band from Athens.

WEAPONIZED FLESH New local metal band.

40 Watt Club 6:30 p.m. $6. www.40watt.com MIRTHLESS Lawrenceville-based progressive extreme metal band.

ACTUS REUS Metalcore band from Atlanta.

ANGER WITHIN Thrash-metal band with a dark and brutal sound.

MAHEETA Athens band blending metal and reggae.

NINEVEH’S GARDEN Local progressive metal band.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com COUNTERSPELL New local band led by songwriter Jake Mosely.

CAFETERIA Twangy, long-running local rock band fronted by songwriter Taylor Joiner.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com AMYTHYST KIAH Tennessee songwriter influenced by old-time music, rock, folk, country and blues. See Calendar Pick on p. 20.

ALEXA ROSE Singer-songwriter exploring American roots music, from mountain ballads to rock and roll.

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Scary Story Contest Deadline: 5 p.m., Friday Oct. 11 Length: 500 words Address: editorial@flagpole.com Comics: Black and White or color 600 dpi Story location: Athens area Prizes: $75 (first), $50 (second), $25 (third) Criteria: Stories must be set in Athens and will be judged by editors on the basis of creativity, spookiness, and local flavor.

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Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. facebook.com/NowhereBarAthens TOMATOBAND Charleston, SC band blending rock, funk and jazz sounds.

GROOVE MOOSE Funky prog-rock group from Atlanta.

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

DANGFLY Local all-star rock band led by songwriter Adam Payne.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com ABBEY ROAD LIVE Local Beatles tribute band known for its musical proficiency. This is a special performance for the 50th anniversary of the album Abbey Road.

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.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/go.bar.35 OHMU New solo synth project courtesy of DJ and designer Winston Parker.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com LAGOONS Jammy rock group from Atlanta.

8 p.m. SOLD OUT. georgiatheatre.com RAINBOW KITTEN SUPRISE Popular genre-defying indie-rock band hailing from the mountains of Boone, NC. ILLITERATE LIGHT Experimental indie-rock duo from Virginia.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com LITTLE STRANGER Poppy, funky alternative hip hop group from Charleston, SC. 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.

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The Foundry 8:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $12 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com ADAM CRAIG Country artist from Nashville.

Max 8 p.m. $6 (day), $10 (wristband). www. facebook.com/themaxathensga SCRAPSTOCK A two-day festival featuring comedy showcases and live music from Caulfield, Calico Vision, Luxury Vehicle, Jet Phase, McQQeen, Dope Knife and more. See Calendar Pick on p. 20.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar Old Skool Presents. 8 p.m. FREE! www. hendershotscoffee.com NIGHT FEVER Athens-based duo featuring Ansley Stewart and Jason Fuller playing ’70s hits.

Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens THE REVELRIES Four-piece alt-rock band from Baton Rouge, LA. Southern Brewing Company 5-10 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco.com KARAOKE Hosted every Thursday by DJ Gregory.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens 7 p.m. $20. www.uuathensga.org ROY ZIMMERMAN Progressive singer-songwriter and satirist from California.

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

Friday 4 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MANDIBLE RIDER Local two-piece doom and post-metal band.

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Hembree and the Satan Sisters play an album release show at the Caledonia Lounge on Saturday, Oct. 5.

ACOUSTIC TOM Atlanta-based solo singer-songwriter.

Saturday 5

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com RARE CREATURES Charleston, SC-based rock band playing a diverse blend of styles.

8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com RAINBOW KITTEN SUPRISE Popular genre-defying indie-rock band hailing from the mountains of Boone, NC. ILLITERATE LIGHT Experimental indie-rock duo from Virginia.

On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com FLIPTURN Feel-good indie-garage band from Fernandina Beach, FL.

Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com HEMBREE & THE SATAN SISTERS Heavy rock group led by former Music Hates You member Zach Hembree. Album release show!

THE CASKET CREATURES Horrorrock band from Atlanta.

DONKEY PUNCH Raucous, long-running local hard-rock band.

DIE 985 Horror-punk band from Gainesville.

TAPED FIST Georgia-based streetpunk four-piece.

The Globe Project Safe Benefit. 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/globe.athens BASEMENTALITY Local group covering dance music from the 1970s to today.

The Globe 11 p.m. $2 (headphone). 706-3534721 SILENT DISCO Dance the night away with three channels of music. One of them is a request line!

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com WHISPER KISS Acoustic-pop project featuring Michael Wegner, Shelley Lotus and Karen Bergmann.

CHRIS MCKAY, SJ URSREY & MICHAEL WEGNER New trio playing original music on acoustic guitar, ukelele and banjo.

College Square 5:30 p.m. FREE! sites.google.com/site/ athenspaganprideday MOTION SICKNESS OF TIME TRAVEL Rachel Evans plays minimalist, synth-heavy, bliss-inducing drone.

HYPNAGOGUE Experimental solo drone project from Massachusetts.

GODDESS COMPLEX Athens-based avant-garde project led by composer Cloud Powers.

DAUGHTER SNOW Macon-based folk project with a warm, ethereal sound.

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

Max 8 p.m. $6 (day), $10 (wristband). www. facebook.com/themaxathensga SCRAPSTOCK A two-day festival featuring comedy showcases and live music from Caulfield, Calico Vision, Luxury Vehicle, Jet Phase, McQQeen, Dope Knife and more. See Calendar Pick on p. 20.

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens END OF THE LINE Allman Brothers Band tribute act from Nashville, TN.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $7. flickertheatreandbar.com GEORGIA DISH BOYS Raucous and rootsy local rock group fronted by songwriter Seth Martin.

LOVE MY TRUCK Twangy local rock band featuring members of Roadkill Ghost Choir.

JACK EVAN JOHNSON Nashville singer-songwriter blending “honky tonk twang and back alley punch.”

SAINT SYZYGY Experimental solo project of Kwazymoto frontman Ian Hemerlein.

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Front Porch Book Store 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0029 JOE CAT Local troubadour whose influences range from Townes Van Zant to Johnny Cash.

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

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com CELIA GARY Acoustic singer-songwriter from Augusta with a lush, mystical sound.

Contact for Location 1–7 p.m. FREE! www.historicathens. com/porchfest HISTORIC ATHENS PORCHFEST Sixty-nine bands perform on front porches throughout four historic Athens neighborhoods: Boulevard, Buena Vista, Pulaski Heights and Newtown. Visit the Historic Athens website for a map including locations and performance times. See story on p. 15.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com FRANK HURRICANE Experimental artist that describes his music as “spiritual mountain psych gangsta folk.”

FLESH NARC Noise-rock group from Denton, TX. CHOSEN EVIL Local dark industrial noise project.

MYSTERY! Mysterious psych-noise project.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7 p.m. www.brainaidfest.com BRAIN AID FEST Featuring music from Cortez Garza, The Moonshine, Universal Sigh, Five Eight and True Born Sons.

See story on p. 16.

The Foundry 8 p.m. FREE! thefoundryathens.com GRANT COWAN Local jazz-influenced, piano-playing singer-songwriter.

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

The World Famous 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens DINNER TIME Modern indie-rock band from Atlanta.

DON BABYLON “Drunk, sad rock and roll” singer-songwriter from Philadelphia.

TELEMARKET Driving, angular indierock band from Athens.

Monday 7 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. www.brainaidfest.com BRAIN AID FEST Featuring music from Keenan Argo, Paul Versteeg, The Spookie Moon, Michael Potter, Peter Webb and Dan Bailey. See story on p. 16.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com ATRIA Macon-based folk project with a warm, ethereal sound.

8 p.m. $30. www.georgiatheatre.com THE KOOKS British alternative arena-rock band known for a slew of top 20 hits.

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

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens BLUES NIGHT WITH BIG C Nobody in Athens sings the blues like Big C. Expect lots of soulful riffs, covers and originals.

Tuesday 8 Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com O KEY Experimental pop project led by Art Contest’s Cole Monroe.

STOLEN JARS Acclaimed indie-rock band from New York.

TRUE BLOSSOM Low-rent sophisti-pop quintet from Atlanta.

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

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 8 p.m. $3. www.georgiatheatre.com SUPER PAC Local band Partials presents a psychedelic funk-pop extravaganza.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/go.bar.35 L’OR Laura St. Martin uses electronics and interpretive dance to explore the human condition and the collective unconscious.

MR. E Experimental project from local musician Ethan Lapaquette.

K-MONEY Playing piano music.

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

Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. www.brainaidfest.com BRAIN AID FEST Featuring music from Lord Gordon-Gordon, Collision Drive, Cosmo Jr., Fabulous Bird and Fourth Mansions. See story on p. 16.

Wednesday 9 Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com FORBIDDEN WAVES Surfy local garage-rock combo.

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

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

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) THE VIBRATONES Veterans of the Athens scene playing various blues styles. Dancing is encouraged!

Max 9 p.m. www.brainaidfest.com BRAIN AID FEST Featuring music from Donny Knottsville, We’re Weird, Andy Dixon, DK & Seline Haze, Michael Potter and Blue Bodies. See story on p. 16.

saturday, October 5 • 2:30 & 6:30 pm

The Piano Lesson Presented by:

Athens Area Paine College Club and WXAG 92.7/1470 AM $30

thursday, october 10 • 7 pm

Mountainfilm on Tour Presented by:

Half-moon Outfitters Ticketing for this event is being handled solely by the presenter. Follow the link on the event’s page on our website.

$15

friday, october 11 • 7:30 pm Legendary Ladies of Soul & Jazz ft. Myrna Clayton Presented by:

Morton Theatre Corporation $30 VIP • $25 Orchestra $22 Balcony

wednesday, october 16 • 7:30 pm Macbeth by Out of Chaos Presented by:

UGA Presents Ticketing for this event is being handled solely by the presnter. Follow the link on the event’s page on our website.

$10–$50

friday, oct. 25 • 7:30 pm Saturday Oct. 26 • 4 & 7:30pm DanceATHENS 2019 Presented by:

DanceFX

$16 Adult $13 Student/Senior **Unless otherwise noted tickets for these events are available at the Morton Theatre box office.

MORTON THEATRE

195 W WASHINGTON ST • 706.613.3771 details and ticket info at

MORTONTHEATRE.COM

Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens DANIEL HUTCHENS & FRIENDS Bloodkin guitarist plays a set of wrenching, rocking soul-folk. He’s joined by Eric Martinez, Eric Carter and Tori Pater.

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. f

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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. athensarts.org GRASS ROOTS ART WRITING PROGRAM (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) The Grass Roots Art Writing Program is a series of four half-day workshops spread over the months of October and November that include “What Is Critical Art Writing?” (Oct. 19), “What Makes Good Art Critical Writing?” (Oct. 26), “Editing Before the Editor” (Nov. 9) and “Finessing an Artist Statement” (Nov. 16).

Classes are held 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $10/class. Attendees who complete all four sessions will receive a $25

honorarium. www.athica.org INDIE SOUTH HOLIDAY HOORAY (Athens, GA) Indie South is seeking artist vendors for the biggest art market of the year. Deadline to apply is Oct. 16. Market held on Dec. 14–15. indiesouthfair@gmail.com, www.theindiesouth.com MONSTER DRAW RALLY (Ciné) The Monster Art Rally will feature 60 artists producing works in front of a live audience, which will then be available to purchase with proceeds benefiting Ciné and ATHICA. Register to participate by Oct. 15. bit.ly/monsterartist 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

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Matt Bahr is a local Emmy-nominated artist and designer. Through November.

ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) New paintings by Mary Porter, Greg Benson, Chatham Murray, Candle Brumby, Lana Mitchell and more.

ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (17 N. Main St., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass.

ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) On view in the Harrison Center Children’s Instructional Gallery, a retrospective of Jacob Wenzka’s artwork from three books co-created with Bart King share original artwork, prints and paintings.

ATHENS AREA UROLOGY (2142 W. Broad St., Building 200, Suite 200) “Skies and Space” features paintings and silk dye pours by Margaret Agner.

ATHENS CLARKE-COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) The Athens Art Association celebrates its centennial with an exhibition of works by current members. Through Oct. 5.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski St.) The gallery’s annual juried exhibition, “Yellow,” celebrates the color and its cultural connotations through contemporary art in various media. Through Oct. 6.

ATHENS LATINO CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND SERVICES (445 Huntington Rd., #120) See 20 paintings by Stanley Bermudez.

BENDZUNAS GLASS (89 W. South Ave., Comer) The family-run studio has been creating fine art glass for almost 40 years.

CINÉ (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Suspended: Leah Mazza and Laurel Fulton” presents works by two MFA candidates attending Lamar Dodd.

CIRCLE GALLERY (UGA College of Environment and Design, 285 S. Jackson St.) “Snapshots: 50 Years at the College of Environment and Design” celebrates the school’s 50th anniversary with a timeline, wall of curiosities in the tradition of wonder rooms, and a rotating exhibit.

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.) “Good Vibrations” features photographs of cruise life by Brittainy Lauback, drawings of beaches by Warren Slater that are influenced by Aboriginal mark-making, and vivid abstractions

by Hannah Betzel. • “Building Facades” is a solo exhibition by Mike Landers that features sophisticated, symmetrical and minimally composed photographs from downtown Athens in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) Audey Lee presents a Sumi-e ink wash portrait triptych of LatinxFest founders Esther, Rosalba and Beto. Through Oct. 6.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Spooky artwork curated

by Dan Smith. Opening reception Oct. 1. Through October.

GALLERY AT INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “FUN” features works by Neil Hancock, Marla Star, Jolene O’Brien, Kim Truesdale, Katherine Miele, Hannah Betzel and Brittainy Lauback.

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32 hours per week. $65/month or $175/three months. 706-613-3623

Auditions JEKYLL & HYDE (Athens Community Theater) Town & Gown Players hosts open auditions for Jekyll & Hyde the Musical. Come prepared with a 16 bar song cut of your choice and accompanying sheet music. Auditions Oct. 7–8, 7 p.m.

Performances run Dec. 6–15. jekyll. and.hyde.athens@gmail.com

Classes ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Brush Lettering with Kristen Ashley,” Oct. 6, 2–4 p.m. or Oct. 23, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $40. “Modern Dip Pen Calligraphy with Kristen

Ashley,” Oct. 9, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $35. hello@kaartist.com, kaartist.com ART CLASSES (OCAF, Watkinsville) “Painting with Charles Warnock,” Fridays, Nov. 15–Dec. 13. $120– 150. “Painting Portraits in Oil with Abner Cope,” Nov. 2–23. $120–150.

“Painting Birds in Watercolor with Leigh Ellis,” Thursdays, Oct. 31–Nov. 21. $120–150. “Pottery: Wheel Throwing with Esther Mech,” Fridays, Nov. 1–Dec. 6. $180–210. “Pottery: Hand-building with Esther Mech,” Mondays, Oct. 28–Dec. 2. $180–210. “The Joy of Metalsmithing with Sylvia Dawe,” Nov. 9–10. $120–140. “Fused Glass Ornament/Suncatcher Workshop for Families with Patti Quinn.” Nov. 2, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $30. “Cuttlebone Casting Workshop with Barbara Mann,” Oct. 26, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $100. www.ocaf.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.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “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. • Two large works by Georgia artist Corrine Colarusso, “Stack of Twilight” and “Shaking the Twilight, Reeds Rain and Vapors” are on view. Through Nov. 17. • “Before the War: Photographs of Syria by Peter Aaron.” Through Dec. 1.

• “Mary Lee Bendolph: Quilted Memories” features 17 works spanning four decades by the Gee’s Bend, AL, artist and freedom-fighter. Through Dec. 29. • “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. • “Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome” celebrates Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s influence. Through May 31. • In the sculpture garden, Rachel Whiteread presents five cast-stone sculptures that reinterpret her earlier resin castings of the space beneath chairs.

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.) Lyndon House Print Makers Margaret Agner, Karen Sturm, Connee Flynn, Susan Nees and Mia York share work. Through Nov. 4.

HIP VINTAGE AND HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) “Paintings Lost & Found” is a group exhibit of art from local known and anonymous artists.

Opening reception Oct. 5. Through October. • “Walls by Wallace T” features photographs.

HOWARD’S (119 N. Jackson St.) Local artist Katya Tepper presents a large installation and collection of smaller works. Through Oct. 19.

JITTERY JOE’S ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) Celia Brooks’ paintings range from watercolor, acrylic and mixed media. Reception Oct. 5. Through Oct. 26.

JITTERY JOE’S WATKINSVILLE (27 Greensboro Hwy., Watkinsville) “Strange Moments” presents collage works and assemblage pieces by Lisa Freeman. Through October.

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.) Part of the “Wall Works” series, Harrison D. Walker’s “Portals” is a site-specific installation exploring color, chemistry and psychological perception. Through Nov. 16. • Dodd MFA candidate Mac Balentine presents images and objects that give form to queer identity as acts of resistance and celebration in “The Fool-ectomy.”

Through Oct. 4. • Dodd MFA candidate Alex McClay and California-based artist Sam Regal present “Turbulent Femme || toward a radical future.”

Through Oct. 4. • “Carol John: Legion Pool” celebrates UGA’s storied watering hole through a vibrant series of paintings. Through Oct. 4.

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, Kip Ramey and more.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) David Hale’s solo show, “Autumn’s Arrival,” shares a collection of works created as the illustrations of his first children’s picture book about the adoption of his daughter. Through Oct. 12. • “Elemental Clayscapes” is a collaboration between David Hale and ceramicist Marci White. Through Oct. 12. • “The Georgia Watercolor Society’s Members Exhibition” is a juried show of watercolor paintings of a range of subjects. • “This is It!” features pieces by Athens artists working in the food and beverage service industry. Through Nov. 16. • “Purvis Young and James de Molyneux” displays original works by artist James de Molyneux, in addition to works from his personal collection by Purvis

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“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, wintervillecenter@gmail.com, www. wintervillecenter.com DANCE GROUP CLASSES (Ballroom Arts Dance Studio, Watkinsville) Smooth Ballroom Dance Group Class covers the Waltz, Foxtrot, Tago, Viennese Waltz and Quickstep.

Mondays, 7 p.m. $15/drop-in. Latin/ Rhythm Ballroom Dance Group focuses on the fundamentals of Rumba, Cha Cha, East Coast Swing, Bolero and Mambo. Mondays, 7:45 p.m. $15/drop-in. Junior Ballroom Group Class for ages 6–12 begins Oct. 7. www.ballroom-arts.com INTRO TO TAROT (Timothy Road; Register for Address) Join Kelli McConnell for a six-week intro to Tarot. Topics include major arcana, suits, court cards, spreads, numerology and more. Sliding scale $10–20/class. Email to register. kelli@followingwisdom.com 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 NIMBL CLASSES (Nimbl, 160 Winston Dr. #9) Classes offered for kids, teens and adults in dance forms, creative movement, making dances and pilates. Check website for descriptions and times. www. nimbleathens.com WINE 201: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WINES OF FRANCE, ITALY, AND SPAIN (J’s Bottle Shop) Discover benchmark wines from Sancerre to Chianti, Rioja to Burgundy and what makes “Old World” wines so iconic. Coursework includes up to six wines per class.

Oct. 22, 23, 29 & 30, 6:30–8 p.m. $85. wine.jsbottleshop@gmail.com YOGA CLASSES AT 5 POINTS (5 Points Yoga) Arm balance workshop Oct. 5. “The Four Agreements authors at the Botanical Gardens,” Nov. 8–9. Classes include Slow Flow, Iyengar, Restorative, Yin, Power, Hot Yoga and beginners classes. athensfivepointsyoga.com

Kidstuff ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Art Club for Teens” (Fridays, 6:30 p.m.) and “Art Club Junior” (Fridays, 4:30 p.m.) cover subjects like fractal designs, newspaper and coffee art, and linoleum carving. Check website for details and to register. $15. www. kaartist.com

Young. Through Oct. 12. • In the Lounge Gallery, Nathaniel Burkins shares a collection of candid photographs. Through Nov. 30. • Collections From Our Community presents ceramic cats from Rachel Barnes.

MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY (1315 Highway 98 W., Danielsville) “The Georgia Artists with DisAbilities Exhibit” showcases the talents of many artists living with disabilities. Through Dec. 2.

MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “Alchemical Divide” presents metal sculpture, painting and installation by contemporary mixed media artist Corrina Sephora. The show also includes works by Pearl Bryant, Hannah Joy, Gabi Madrid and Richard Pepe. Closing reception Nov. 9.

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

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

by Bonnie Montgomery.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) “David and Goliath” features works of non-traditional sizes: 14”x14” and smaller or 48”x48” and larger. Opening reception Oct. 4.

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.) “The New South and New Slavery: Convict Labor in Georgia.” Through Dec. 13. • “Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldogs Football, 2017” is a display of photographs, uniforms and other artifacts from the UGA Athletic Association Archives and on loan from the UGA Athletic Department. Through Feb. 28.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Betsey Barth Withington. Through Oct. 20.

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 Karl and Harold Enter, Anna Desio and Leslie Moody celebrate the organizations 100th anniversary.

TIF SIGFRIDS (119 N. Jackson St.) Adrianne Rubenstein presents “Little Shop of Horrors,” a series of seven new paintings that reveal distinct iconographic references.Through Oct. 19.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) “Eat Your Vegetables” is an exhibit celebrating sustainable plant-based agriculture through works by local artists. Opening reception Oct. 6. Through Nov. 30.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS GALLERY (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) “Visions of Georgia: Photographs from the Do Good Fund” features iconic images of Cabbagetown from the 1990s

by Oraien Catledge, landscapes by Georgia Rhodes and Mark Steinmetz, and more. Through Oct. 11.

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

WHITE TIGER GOURMET (217 Hiawassee Ave.) “Flying Over Gauguin’s Palette” features artwork by Susie Criswell. Through Nov. 6.

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

Paintings by Neil Hancock are currently on view in the group exhibition “Fun” at the Gallery at Indigo.

COSTUME SWAP (Oconee County Library) Bring in your used Halloween costumes by Oct. 4 and come back on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. & Sunday, Oct. 6 from 2–5 p.m. for a new-to-you one.

706-796-3950, www.athenslibrary. org/oconee GYMNASTICS (Gymnasia, 1091 Baxter St.) Gymnastics classes are offered for various age groups throughout the day. www.athens gymnastics.com TEEN CARTOON ILLUSTRATORS CLUB (Lyndon House Arts Center) Robert Brown offers lessons and drawing techniques to teens who like to draw anime and cartoons of all kinds. Meetings end with pizza. For ages 11–18. Meets most Thursdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5/session. www. accgov.com/leisure TEEN FASHION, SEWING & WEARABLE ART CLUB (Lyndon House Arts Center) Use the fiber studio and machines to focus on your own sewing projects under the guidance of a professional. Meetings end with pizza. For ages 11–18. Meets most Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5/ session. www.accgov.com/leisure

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

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 FIGHT 4 CHANGE (Email for Location) Help advocate for a mental health system that serves everyone.

Meets the fourth Monday of each month. letsfight4change@gmail.com NAMI (Multiple Locations) “NAMI Connections” is a support group for adults living in recovery with mental illness. “NAMI Family Support” is for family members, friends and caregivers of individuals with mental illnesses. Both groups meet every fourth Tuesday, 6–7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Athens. 770225-0804. NAMI Family Support Groups are also available the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at First Baptist of Carl in Winder; second Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Oconee Presbyterian Church in Watkinsville; and every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

at Ridgeview Institute in Monroe. namihallga@gmail.com, www. namihall.org SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Email for Location) Sex Addicts Anonymous offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from a compulsive sexual behavior.

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

On The Street ADULT TRIPS (Rocksprings Community Center) “Trip to Georgia Apple Festival” in Elijay. Oct. 12, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. $15–22.50. “Trip to Dekalb Farmers Market.” Oct. 25, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. $15–22.50. “Tour of Historic Oakland Cemetery.” Nov. 8, 9:30 a.m.–6 p.m. $30–45. “Marci’s Mountain Mystery Tour.” Nov. 22, 9:30 a.m.–6 p.m. $15–22.50. All programs depart and return to Rocksprings Park. www.accgov.com/ leisure BOO-LE-BARK ON BOULEVARD (The Tasting Room at Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company) Register your canine friend to walk in the costumed dog parade (this year’s theme is Rocks & Rolls!) Registration $20 per dog thru Oct. 9. Additional $10 for costume competition. barkon boulevard.com ROLLER DERBY BOOT CAMP (Fun Galaxy) Skaters interested in waging war on wheels with the Classic City Rollergirls can attend boot camp. Saturdays at 9-11:30 a.m. & Mondays at 6-9 p.m. through Oct. 28. recruitment@classiccityroller girls.com.

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Taste of India is now hiring FT/PT bussers, hostess and servers. Flexible hours and competitive pay. Apply in person. For further questions contact: indiaathens@gmail. com.

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Big City Bread Cafe is now hiring a dishwasher for daytime work on Saturdays and Sundays. Please apply in person.

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Justice Delayed UGA WHISTLEBLOWER WAITS FIVE YEARS FOR HER DAY IN COURT

By Pete McCommons pete@flagpole.com With all the national attention on whisning with Dietzler. Barrow’s next annual tleblowers, now’s the time to remember performance evaluation turned negative, Sallyanne Barrow, who blew the whistle and the office environment turned hostile. on her UGA boss and got fired as a result.

As Barrow took her documentation up the She filed a lawsuit against the board of chain of command, she was promised that regents in December 2015, and since it would be looked into. When it wasn’t, she then the system’s hired guns have fought climbed ever higher with her concerns, into and stalled, while Barrow has struggled the top echelons of the university system. to persevere, pay her lawyer and care for Eventually, the bad performance reports her disabled adult son, for whom her huswere used as an excuse to sideline her in the band is full-time caregiver. All local judges alumni association and then to fire her. recused themselves from hearing the case, Meanwhile, the university administraand Barrow had to go to Atlanta to find an tion could no longer ignore the evidence attorney who would against Dietzler. But handle it.

Dietzler was not fired; Well, of course the Barrow, a CPA who she was given a job in university system holds a master of the UGA development accountancy degree at her same deserves its day in court, too, office from UGA’s Terry six-figure salary, where even if it has to be dragged in. she rarely came into College of Business, was associate direcwork and before long tor of finance and operations for the UGA landed a new, better job at the University of alumni association. In that capacity, she Louisville, with glowing recommendations regularly received glowing annual perforfrom UGA administrators. mance evaluations from her boss, Deborah Reporters for WSB-TV and the Atlanta Dietzler, the executive director of the Journal-Constitution got hold of the story alumni association. and followed Dietzler to Louisville, where, Then, colleagues began bringing to though she would not talk to them, she Barrow’s attention charges that Dietzler soon resigned from her position. was falsifying travel expenses, that she was Meanwhile, Barrow has held on, in hopes scheduling alumni activities in California, of finally getting her day in court. Her lawNYC and other places to coincide with maryer has succeeded in finding a judge from athons she entered, Albany who will hear the case and an availand that she able courtroom here, probably in February, where the case can be heard.

After two-and-a-half years without health insurance, Barrow is finally eligible for Medicare.

She has started a personal accounting service for seniors in their homes, Northeast Georgia Financial Management Services, and she is licensed to sell life and health insurance.

When we first wrote about Barrow, it seemed unlikely that she could hold out against the power and influence of the University System of Georgia, even in a case where that system seems so transparently to be stonewas frewalling obvious retaliation against an quently out of the employee who not only blew the whistle office without taking personal leave, gener(and is entitled to protections she did not ally coming to work late in the afternoon, receive) but has the documents to prove while her two assistants covered for her. she’s not just whistling Dixie.

Since the travel expenses and leave Well, of course, the university system time were ultimately her responsibility, deserves its day in court, too, even if it has Barrow began documenting her boss’s air to be dragged in. Perhaps Barrow’s lonely travel, hotel expenses and time out of the fight against “the law’s delay, the insolence office. The result is a voluminous dossier of of office” will result in justice being done, meticulous records and notations, such that although there is apparently no end to anyone trying to fudge expenses should delaying tactics available to a large and powfervently hope that if somebody blows the erful institution. And the university system whistle on them, she will not have a mashas already sent a clear message to anybody ter’s degree in accounting and the tenacity else who might uncover wrongdoing within of a bulldog. its corridors: “If you blow that whistle, we Once she had her documents in place, will shove it down your throat”—a mistake Barrow began the process of bringing matin Barrow’s case, since it just stuck in her ters to the attention of her superiors, begin- craw. f

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