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BOE Votes Down Buying Milledge Building PLUS, E-SCOOTERS, EARLY VOTING, FIREFLY TRAIL AND MORE LOCAL NEWS By Blake Aued and John Huie news@flagpole.com The Clarke County Board of Education nothing that could change my mind about rejected Superintendent Demond Means’ spending $6.7 million on… an old building plan to spend $11 million on a South in a fancy part of town that we just don’t Milledge Avenue office building at a meetneed,” Yager said. ing last week where Clarke Middle School After the vote, Means told Flagpole he is students, teachers and parents lobbied the moving on to Plan B: building a new district board to reinstate renovations to the school headquarters at the old Gaines School site. that Means wants to delay. A vote on that plan could come as early as After looking at several other potennext month. tial sites—including the former Macy’s at $9 million of the $11 million for South Georgia Square Mall, the former Hobby Milledge would have come from ESPLOST Lobby off Atlanta Highway and the Georgia (the sales tax for school capital projects), Power building on Prince Avenue—Means with the other $2 million from the sale of recommended 394 S. Milledge Ave., a location near the corner of Milledge and Baxter adjacent to Clarke Central High School. Means wants administrators out of the H.T. Edwards building so the career academy can expand. But a majority of school board members balked at the building’s size and cost. It carries a nearly $7 million price tag, with another $4 million in renovations required, mainly to knock down interior walls to create a space large enough for board meetings. And at 38,000 square feet, it’s Clarke Middle School, built in 1959, is showing its age. substantially smaller than what Means had said he was looking for, although he has CCSD’s Mitchell Bridge Road building in said it has enough offices and parking to 2015. Means is also using the $37 million accommodate the central office staff. left in ESPLOST to fund renovations at The vote was 6–3, with Greg Davis, the old West Broad School, new tracks and Frances Berry, Patricia Yager, Kara fields at Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central Dyckman, John Knox and Tawana Mattox high schools, and additions to Gaines and in favor of canceling the contract to purChase Street elementary schools, where chase the property. Linda Davis, Charles students are using portable classrooms. The Worthy and LaKeisha Gantt wanted to rejiggering, though, means that Means is extend the contract another 30 days so an delaying renovations to Clarke Middle, after appraisal could be done. Others, though, the county’s three other middle schools had already made up their minds. “There is were rebuilt. Ribbon cuttings for Hilsman
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Middle and its new health clinic are scheduled for Oct. 22. Means said in a news release sent out just prior to the board meeting that Clarke Middle will be a top priority in ESPLOST VI, which will go before voters in 2021, and that he would rather wait and spend $25 million or more to completely rebuild Clarke Middle, rather than spend the $10 million budgeted in SPLOST V for renovations that could be inadequate. The on-call architect the board voted to hire last week, Lawrenceville-based Lindsay Pope Brayfield Clifford and Associates, could start a community engagement and planning process as early as December, he said. But that was not good enough for several Clarke Middle students, teachers and parents who spoke at the board meeting, describing a building that leaks; has an old HVAC that’s so loud it must be turned off to watch videos; has mold, stained carpets and ceilings; and is infested with roaches. (Linda Davis blamed the bug problem on the school’s garden, goats and chickens.) They questioned why offices for administrators should be prioritized over a school’s learning and teaching conditions. “Please put the students first,” said seventh grader Vivian Carabello. Mattox said the board’s SPLOST committee had a long discussion about Clarke Middle at its most recent meeting. “Parents and teachers, know you are being heard,” she said. In other CCSD news, Winterville Mayor Dodd Ferrelle sent word to Flagpole that the city council is expected to hold a no-confi-
dence vote on Means at its Nov. 12 meeting. The council voted unanimously to authorize Ferrelle to draft a proclamation “expressing the City of Winterville’s complete lack of confidence in the current Superintendent of the Clarke County School System and recommending that the current Clarke County Board of Education receive oversight training.” The BOE held a retreat with the Georgia School Board Association last month and is working on scheduling dates for additional training, Gantt said at the meeting. [Blake Aued]
Bird Scooters Might Not Be Back Having just extended a temporary ban on “shareable dockless mobility devices”— mainly scooters rented via phone apps— Athens-Clarke County commissioners seemed less than enthusiastic last week about allowing them at all. “I’ve heard from no one who wants these shareable scooters to come back,” Commissioner Russell Edwards observed at an Oct. 8 work session. Last year, Bird e-scooters appeared all over downtown and at UGA. Based on safety issues, including scooters blocking or being illegally ridden on sidewalks, UGA confiscated over 1,000 scooters from campus—Bird eventually settled its fines and took them back—and ACC asked Bird to remove the rest, which it did. The ban does not affect scooters owned by individuals. Bringing the scooters back would be “a very complex issue with a lot of moving parts,” ACC assistant attorney Sherrie Hines told commissioners. The scooter companies, having no local office, leave responsibility with riders and, by default, county government for safety, enforcement and liability, while collecting a per-minute charge to ride. “There’s just a whole lot of risk for the users,” Hines said; riders cannot signal turns while riding, which requires both hands, and must assume the vehicles are safely maintained. Riding on sidewalks is illegal, and riding on streets can be dangerous. UGA will not likely allow them on campus, Hines said, unless state legislation now being developed forces it to. If ACC does allow them, she suggested hiring a consultant to advise the local government on setting fees to recover costs from the scooter companies for constructing scooter parking downtown, and for enforcement and oversight costs. And environmentally, “they’re not actually replacing car rides,” Hines said. “They’re replacing walking.”
Tax-allocation districts (TADs) have long been discussed by local government wonks as funding devices to provide amenities to specific geographic areas. The first TADs have now been proposed for two areas of Athens: Newton Bridge Road and adjacent areas, and a vaguely defined “river district” east of downtown. Properties within a TAD whose assessments increase would have the additional tax money spent only within the TAD area, rather than throughout the county, for the next 20 years. The money could go to any capital infrastructure: trails, sewer lines, parks, even buses. Development is already increasing in the two areas, which makes them attractive as TADs. Both areas have higher-than-average joblessness and poverty rates, which might be helped by TAD investments. New amenities could speed up private development, too. But for a TAD to be successful, the Clarke County School District would need to buy in, consulting attorney Dan McRae told commissioners—even though the district would miss out on the additional taxes during the period of the TAD. McRae and ACC Manager Blaine Williams briefed the school board on TADs earlier this month. Why not a TAD for North Athens, asked Commissioner Ovita Thornton—the North Avenue area, which needs investment worse? “North Athens should be standing out like a rock star when you’re talking about a TAD,” she said, citing homeless people and an abandoned Big Lots store that’s “become a dump.” Commissioners also had questions— some of them pointed—for ACC elections director Charlotte Sosebee. Why was no place provided last year on the Eastside for early voting, and why was a meeting on the subject closed to the public? Sosebee, who has been in the job for three years, said she had not had enough staff for a fourth early voting location, but this year she will hold early voting at the tennis center in Southeast Clarke Park, a location that was criticized by some commissioners as not being easily accessible by bus. “I asked the board to go into executive session because I thought the process could have been handled a little better,” Sosebee explained. “I didn’t want to embarrass anybody. I
didn’t want to embarrass myself.” State law requires such meetings to be open to the public with few exceptions, like personnel matters and real estate purchases. She said the board is in the process of adopting written bylaws. In August, the AJC reported a voting machine anomaly in Winterville during last November’s election: “On machine No. 3, Republicans won every race. On each of the other six machines in that precinct, Democrats won every race…” Sosebee told commissioners that the first sentence of that report was correct; the second was not. She and her staff checked out the machines—which have been quarantined pending a check by the Secretary of State’s office and will not be used this November— but found no problems. Edwards asked Sosebee to explain comments, published in Flagpole, that had given “heartburn” to a number of his constituents—she had said “two hours [waiting to vote] shouldn’t have turned people away.” “I apologize, because that sounds very insensitive,” she said in response. But she personally felt, she went on, that “if I can sit two hours to wait to be seated at Pappadeaux [a restaurant], I can spend two hours on line for voting.” The railroad trestle that loomed high over Trail Creek near Dudley Park, behind Mama’s Boy, became an Athens landmark when it appeared, kudzu-choked, on the back cover of R.E.M.’s 1983 Murmur album. The trestle was abandoned and then partially disassembled by the railroad, but trail advocates hoped to restore it as an elevated bike/pedestrian trail from downtown. Engineers disagreed: The trestle was too dilapidated to repair, and its future has been a question mark. Now, with $3.2 million in funding from the new transportation sales tax, plans are coming into focus to incorporate parts of the old trestle into a high bridge as part of the Firefly Trail to Winterville and eventually beyond. Over 100 written public comments responded to several proposed designs. Commissioners will approve a final design in November, and the trail bridge could be finished by spring of 2021. [John Huie] f
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knowing what is happening in its society.” And the most obvious way to start fighting it was to highlight the suppressed information in the form of the stories that didn’t get widely told. Thus, Project Censored and its annual list of censored stories was born. Jensen’s conception of censorship may be light years away from how most media figures think of things. But while introducing this year’s list of stories, the volume’s co-editor, Andy Lee Roth, quotes media legend Walter Lippmann echoing the same sensitivity in his 1920 book, Liberty and the News: “Whether one aspect of the news
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very year, Project Censored scours the landscape for the most important stories that the mainstream corporate media somehow missed, and every year the task seems to get a bit stranger. Or “curiouser and curiouser,” as suggested in the subtitle of this year’s volume of their work, Censored 2020: Through the Looking Glass, which includes their full list of the top 25 censored stories and much, much more about the never-ending struggle to bring vitally important hidden truths to light. In the foreword, “Down the Rabbit Hole of ‘Media Literacy’ by Decree,” Sharyl Attkisson, an Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, highlights the absurdity of “so many well organized, well funded efforts to root out so-called ‘fake news,’ which—as we’ll see below—have significantly impacted the kinds of journalists and outlets who have historically produced the stories that make Project Censored’s list in the first place. “The self-appointed curators, often wielding proprietary algorithms, summarily dispense with facts and ideas that they determine to be false—or maybe just dangerous to their agendas,” Attkisson notes. “Thanks to them, we will hardly have to do any of our own thinking. They’ll take care of it for us.” Does that seem hyperbolic? Well, read on, dear reader, read on. In Project Censored’s No. 2 censored story this year, you’ll discover Facebook partnering with a NATO-sponsored think tank to “monitor for misinformation and foreign interference”—a think tank whose funders include the U.S. military, the United Arab Emirates, weapons contractors and oil companies. And whose board includes Henry Kissinger, the world’s most famous war criminal. Who better to tell you whom to believe? Or, better yet, decide whom you’ll never even hear from? “Through the Looking Glass.” Yes, indeed. In the beginning, Project Censored’s founder, Carl Jensen, was partly motivated by the way the early reporting on the Watergate scandal never crossed over from being a crime story to a political story until after the 1972 election coverage. It wasn’t censorship in the classic sense practiced by church and state since time immemorial, but it was an example of something even more insidious, because no clear-cut act of censorship or all-powerful censor was needed to produce the same result of a public left in the dark. Jensen defined censorship as “the suppression of information, whether purposeful or not, by any method—including bias, omission, underreporting or self-censorship—that prevents the public from fully
tions, which those in power would rather see stay disconnected. So, don’t just read the following as a list of stories “out there.” Read it as an opportunity to connect.
• Is the Justice Department using FISA court orders—along with the FBI’s similar rules for targeting journalists with National Security Letters (NSLs)—to “get around the stricter ‘media guidelines’”? The corporate media virtually ignored these revelations when they occurred. The subsequent media interest in FISA warrants targeting Trump campaign adviser Carter Page “has done nothing at all to raise awareness of the threats posed by FISA warrants that target journalists and news organizations,” Project Censored observed. They ended with a quote from Krishnan, summarizing the stakes: “National security surveillance authorities confer extraordinary powers. The government’s failure to share more information about them damages journalists’ ability to protect their sources, and jeopardizes the news gathering process.”
Facebook Becomes a Tool of U.S. Foreign Policy
system, according to two 2015 memos or another appears in the center or at the from then-Attorney General Eric Holder. periphery makes all the difference in the The memos were obtained by the Knight world.” First Amendment Institute at Columbia But Project Censored was never just University and Freedom of the Press about the individual stories. It was about Foundation through an ongoing Freedom the patterns of marginalization and supof Information Act lawsuit, which was pression that could be seen through the reported on by The Intercept, whose parent lens of connecting them. In his introduccompany provides tion, Roth says, “idenfunding for both orgatifying these unifying National security nizations, but virtually themes is one significant way to gauge the surveillance authorities ignored by the corporate media. systemic blind spots, confer extraordinary powers. The secret rules third rails, and ‘no go’ “apply to media entizones in corporate ties or journalists who are thought to be news coverage.” He identifies several such patterns, which are stronger and more vivid agents of a foreign government, or, in some cases, are of interest under the broader in full list of Project Censored’s Top 25 stostandard that they possess foreign intelliries, but still illuminating in terms of the Top 10, including press freedoms, corporate gence information,” The Intercept reported. Project Censored cited three “concernmisconduct, technology, the environment, ing” questions the memos raise: gender inequality and criminal justice. • How many times have FISA court These patterns overlap, and there may orders been used to target journalists, and well be other patterns you discover for are any currently under investigation? yourself. These patterns don’t just connect • Why did the Justice Department keep issues and problems that those in power these rules secret when it updated its would rather neglect. They also connect “media guidelines” in 2015? people, communities and potential solu-
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In the name of fighting “fake news” to protect American democracy from “foreign influences,” Facebook formed a set of partnerships with three expert foreign influencers in 2018, augmenting its bias toward censorship of left/progressive voices. In May 2018, Facebook announced its partnership with the Atlantic Council, a NATO-sponsored D.C. think tank, to “monitor for misinformation and foreign interference.” “It’s funded by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force, along with NATO, various foreign powers and major Western corporations, including weapons contractors and oil companies (including Chevron, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell),” noted Adam Johnson, writing for the media watch group FAIR. It went on to note that the major news outlets covering the story said nothing about any of the above conflicts of interest. In September, Facebook announced it would also partner with two Cold Warera U.S. government-funded propaganda organizations: the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute. In October 2018, Jonathan Sigrist, writing for Global Research, described one of the greatest Facebook account and page purges in its troubled history: “559 pages and 251 personal accounts were instantly removed from the platform… This is but one of similar yet smaller purges that have been unfolding in front of our eyes over the last year, all in the name of fighting ‘fake news’ and so called ‘Russian propaganda.’” k continued on next page
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billion tons of new carbon pollution or its five-point checklist to overhaul fossil fuel production in the U.S.”
Modern Slavery in the U.S. and Around the World An estimated 403,000 people in the United States were living in conditions of “modern slavery” in 2016, according to the 2018 Global Slavery Index—about 1% of the global total. The GSI defines “modern slavery” broadly to include forced labor and forced marriage. Because forced marriage accounts for 15 million people, more than a third of the global total, it’s not surprising that women form a majority of the victims (71%). The highest levels were found in North Korea, where an estimated 2.6 million people—10% of the population—are victims of modern slavery. The GSI is produced by the Walk Free Foundation, whose founder, Andrew Forrest, called the U.S. figure “a truly staggering statistic, [which] is only possible through a tolerance of exploitation.”
Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Trafficking Criminalized On Jan. 7, outgoing Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency to Cyntoia Brown, who had been sentenced to life in prison in 2004, at age 16, for killing a man who bought her for sex and raped her. Brown’s case gained prominence via the support of A-list celebrities, and Haslam cited “the extraordinary steps Ms. Brown has taken to rebuild her life.” But despite public impressions, Brown’s case was far from unique. “There are thousands of Cyntoia Browns in prison,” organizer Mariame Kaba, co-founder of Survived and Punished, told Democracy Now! the next day. “We should really pay attention to the fact that we should be fighting for all of those to be free,” Kaba said. “When you look at women’s prisons, the overwhelming majority, up to 90% of the people in there, have had histories of sexual and physical violence prior to ending up in prison.” “In contrast to the spate of news coverage from establishment outlets, which focused on Brown’s biography and the details of her case,” Project Censored wrote, “independent news organizations, including The Guardian, Democracy Now!, Rolling Stone and Mother Jones, stood out for reporting that cases like Brown’s are all too common.” Later in January, Kellie Murphy’s Rolling Stone story quoted Alisa Bierria, another Survived and Punished co-founder, and highlighted several other cases prominent in alternative media coverage. In May, Mother Jones reported on the legislative progress that Survived and Punished and its allies had achieved in advancing state and federal legislation. “Corporate news organizations provided considerable coverage of Cyntoia Brown’s clemency,” Project Censored noted. “However, many of these reports treated Brown’s case in isolation, emphasizing her biography or the advocacy on her behalf by celebrities such as Rihanna, Drake, LeBron James and Kim Kardashian West.” It went on to cite examples from The New York Times and NBC News that did take
candidate Donald Trump said in early 2016, which led to a wave of denials from anti-abortion activists and politicians, who claimed it was not their position. These women were victims, too, they argued. That had always been their position. But that wasn’t true, as Rewire News reported “Over the past six months, ProPublica at the time. Women were already in prison, has gathered hundreds of police reports not for abortions, but for miscarriages detailing allegations of sexual assaults in alleged to be covert abortions. And that immigrant children’s shelters,” ProPublica could become much more widespread due reported in November 2018. “[The shelters] to actions taken by the Trump administrahave received $4.5 biltion, according to a lion for housing and 2019 Ms. magazine There are thousands of other services since blog post by Naomi Cyntoia Browns in prison. Randolph on the 46th the surge of unaccompanied minors from anniversary of the Central America in 2014, [and the reports Roe v. Wade decision, especially if the decireveal that] both staff and other residents sion is overturned. sometimes acted as predators.” “Pregnant women could face a higher “Again and again, the reports show, the risk of criminal charges for miscarriages or police were quickly—and with little investi- stillbirths, due to lawmakers in numerous gation—closing the cases, often within days states enacting laws that recognize fetuses or even hours,” ProPublica stated. as people, separate from the mother,” In the case of Alex, a 13-year-old from Project Censored explained, adding, “One Honduras, used to highlight systemic example that Randolph provided is in a broader view but failed to focus on sex trafficking or sexual violence.
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“Walk Free’s methodology includes extrapolation using national surveys, databases of information of those who were assisted in trafficking cases, and reports from other agencies like the UN’s International Labour Organization,” explained The Guardian. There are problems with this, according to others working in the field, The Guardian noted. There’s no universal legal definition, and tabulation difficulties abound. But the GSI addresses this as an issue for governments to work on and offers specific proposals. “The GSI noted that forced labor occurred ‘in many contexts’ in the U.S., including in agriculture, among traveling sales crews, and—as recent legal cases against GEO Group, Inc. have revealed—as the result of compulsory prison labor in privately owned and operated detention facilities contracted by the Department of Homeland Security,” Project Censored noted. Newly restrictive immigration policies have further increased the vulnerability of undocumented persons and migrants to modern slavery.
Medicine Foundation, which “found that most firms focus on infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis but had failed to focus on other serious ailments… In particular, the foundation called for an infants’ vaccine for cholera and a single-dose oral cure for syphilis.” It’s not all bad news. “The foundation’s report also highlighted 45 best and innovative practices that could ‘help raise the level of standard practice’ and ‘achieve greater access to medicine,’” Project Censored noted. “The report highlights examples such as the development of a child-friendly chewable tablet for roundworm and whipworm, which infect an estimated 795 million people,” The Guardian reported. “Johnson & Johnson has pledged to donate 200 [million] doses a year until 2020.” The possibilities underscore why attention is vital. Attention makes a difference, Project Censored pointed out: “In an effort to mobilize investors to pressure pharmaceutical companies to make more medicines available to developing countries, the foundation presented the findings of its reports to 81 global investors at events in London, New York, and Tokyo. As of April 2019, Access to Medicine reported that, since the release of the 2018 Access to Medicine Index in November 2018, 90 major investors had pledged support of its research and signed its investor statement.” But attention has been sorely lacking in the corporate media. “With the exception of a November 2018 article by Reuters, news of the Access to Medicine Index’s findings appear to have gone unreported in the corporate press,” Project Censored concluded.
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problems, the police investigation lasted Alabama, where voters recently passed a 72 minutes and resulted in a three-senmeasure that ‘endows fetus’ with ‘persontence report. There was surveillance video hood’ rights for the first time, potentially showing two older teenagers grabbing him, making any action that impacts a fetus throwing him to the floor and dragging him a criminal behavior with potential for into a bedroom. But, ProPublica reported, prosecution.” Collectively, these laws have “An examination of Alex’s case shows that resulted in hundreds of American women almost every agency facing prosecution for charged with helping the outcome of their Pregnant women Alex—with finding pregnancies. could face a higher out the full extent of In fact, a 2015 joint what happened in that ProPublica/AL.com risk of criminal charges for investigation found room—had instead miscarriages or stillbirths. that “at least 479 new failed him.” “Because immigrant and expecting mothers children in detention are frequently moved, have been prosecuted across Alabama since even when an investigator wanted to pur2006” under an earlier child endangerment sue a case, the child could be moved out of law, passed with meth lab explosions in the investigating agency’s jurisdiction in mind, which the “personhood movement” just a few weeks, often without warning,” got repurposed to target stillbirths, miscarProject Censored noted. “When children are riages and suspected self-abortions. released, parents or relatives may be reluctant to seek justice, avoiding contact with law enforcement because they are undocumented or living with someone who is.”
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“The world’s biggest pharmaceutical firms have failed to develop two-thirds of the 139 urgently needed treatments in developing countries,” Julia Kollewe reported for The Guardian in November 2018, according to a report by Access to
“The United States government is accelerating efforts to monitor social media to preempt major anti-government protests in the U.S.,” Nafeez Ahmed reported for Motherboard in October 2018, drawing on “scientific research, official government documents, and patent filings.” Specifically, “[t]he social media posts of American citizens who don’t like President Donald Trump are the focus of the latest U.S. military-funded research,” which in turn “is part of a wider effort by the Trump administration to consolidate the U.S. military’s role and influence on domestic intelligence.” The Pentagon had previously funded Big Data research into predicting mass population behavior, “specifically the outbreak of conflict, terrorism, and civil unrest,” especially in the wake of the Arab Spring, via a program known as “Embers.” But such attention wasn’t solely focused abroad, Ahmed noted, calling attention to a U.S. Army-backed study on civil unrest within the U.S. homeland titled “Social Network Structure as a Predictor of Social Behavior: The Case of Protest in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.” Ahmed discussed two specific patents that contribute to “a sophisticated technology suite capable of locating the ‘home’ position of users to within 10 kilometers for millions of Twitter accounts, and predicting thousands of incidents of civil unrest from micro-blogging streams on Tumblr.” Project Censored made no mention of any coverage of this story by the corporate media. f
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the time Washington state sludge-metal kings Melvins and Los Angeles pop darlings Redd Kross arrive in Athens, they’ll be smack dab in the middle of a 10-week stretch—their arrival here marks the 38th date of the journey. As they did during a successful tour a couple of years ago, Melvins drummer Dale Crover and Redd Kross bassist Steve McDonald will do double duty and play with both bands. For decades, both groups have flirted with the rock and roll brass ring of stardom. Each has ridden the outer circle of the music industry carousel for a very long time, and at different stages, it seemed the carnival prize dispenser was finally going to give up the envied token to at least one of them. Here’s the thing, though: The ring game was invented to encourage merry-go-round riders to occupy the fixed-inplace horses on the ride’s outer rows. Those on the inner rows didn’t need to be lured, because the jumping horses
with their long hair and ’70s threads, must’ve frustrated more than one punk rock crowd by the time they shifted away from the one-two-three of L.A. punk’s early days and moved into beautiful power-pop territory. Melvins’ latest album is 2018’s Pinkus Abortion Technician—a title so full of in-jokes it was practically born on a record store shelf. It also features occasional member Jeff Pinkus (Butthole Surfers), who just swung through town himself, on bass. And in true over-the-top Melvins style, the album features two bass tracks on each song. Redd Kross, for its part, is in the midst of celebrating the new album Beyond the Door, its first full-length for Merge Records. The North Carolina indie stable has also released the band’s rarities compilation Hot Issue, as well as a fattened reissue of the 1984 release Teen Babes From Monsanto. Put simply: This rock business has been a lifetime for each of ’em. Melvins are in their 36th year, and Redd Kross formed way back in 1978, when the McDonald brothers, CHRIS MORTENSON
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provided enough overall satisfaction. But those on the outside—the cheap seats, if you will—were encouraged to keep their eye on the dispenser and grab what they could as it came out. A series of rings would be snatched up as fool’s gold, but there was only a single brass ring for one lucky rider. If you wanted another chance, you had to buy another ticket. While there may be a hint of bitterness about all this in the Redd Kross camp—a band whose wonderfully catchy pop records have always seemed to precede a trend by a couple of years—if there’s any among Melvins’ crew, it’s long passed into smirking humor and acceptance. Singer and guitarist Buzz Osborne made one of the most memorable MTV appearances of the 1990s by attempting to buy a house with a briefcase full of positive record reviews and Nirvana testimonials. Indeed, neither band has ever been wanting for a place in the underground canon, and both groups have served as both influencers and contemporaries of legions of household names. (Well, at least some households.) Still, it was a little funny to see fresh-faced Nirvana fans experience Melvins on Kurt Cobain’s recommendation, only to be face-melted into submission by the wildly aggressive sludge Buzz and company pumped out. Similarly, Redd Kross,
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Jeff and Steve, were ages 15 and 11. At this point, it’s fairly safe to say that livings have been earned and lifestyles maintained, and all that talk about brass rings and the underground and indie cred and other worthless things are pretty past the point for all concerned. And, honestly, while this writer has never seen Redd Kross in the flesh, he has seen Melvins a bunch of times, and you’d never know from the crowd that these dudes were anything less than full-on rock gods. This isn’t the first trip the pair have taken together. Most recently, in 2017, they toured Europe and Australia, each jaunt packed with a sum of shows proportionate to this current tour. Which is to say, they basically played corner to corner. And, considering how much chatter there’s been about this show already, you can bet that, if you’re there, you’ll be shoulder to shoulder. f
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aught by phone one recent Saturday, Evan Tyor is eating a late breakfast and getting re-acclimated to life in the Big Apple. “[I’m] honestly just sort of coming back down to Earth from our trip to Georgia,” says the former Athenian in between bites. “We all got back and sort of got back into our regularly scheduled lives, and it’s a little bit of a comedown.” Tyor, who moved to New York roughly three years ago, recently ventured back South to film and record several musical performances for a series he and a slew of others release under the name Apartment Sessions.
some weeks where it was a full-time job, especially the couple of weeks leading up to the trip.” The large group set out in the fall of 2018 and recorded a treasure trove of material over 10 days. The ensemble took on The Decemberists’ “The Crane Wife 3” in a room graciously larger than a Brooklyn walk-up, covered the Dirty Projectors-Bjork collaboration “On and Ever Onward” with a small waterfall as backdrop, and scaled things back down for The Mountain Goats’ “The Mess Inside.” “We also had a lot of help, of course,” says Tyor, acknowledging the efforts of a now vast public body. “That’s been
Tyor has continued to push the bounds of the audio-visual project over the years, leaning on friends and collaborators to help with the organizational and technical aspects required to corral an ever-growing group of musicians. The creative undertaking has moved from the tight confines of a New York City apartment building to the vast, scenic reaches of transatlantic countrysides, garnering nearly 30,000 YouTube subscribers in the process, but it was time back in the Peach State that reaffirmed the project’s underlying focus: community. In 2016, Tyor reconnected with an old friend, Luke McGinnis, who became his roommate upon relocating to Brooklyn, and the two began collaborating musically almost immediately. A week after playing a gig together in the city, McGinnis invited over many of the other musicians involved to their apartment to play an arrangement of a song for fun, setting up a video camera to capture the room’s magic. The duo got a few more sessions under their belt, but it didn’t take long for Tyor and McGinnis to start experimenting with recording outside of their apartment, taking their gear and crew on the road to film on location in Pennsylvania and Nashville, TN. “While maintaining our musical integrity, we also tried to expand what these sessions could do, to try and innovate and bring more people in,” Tyor says. After nearly two years of building upon their initial concept, the group began crowdfunding for its largest undertaking to date: a trip overseas to Iceland involving almost 40 musicians and crew members. “It was crazy,” says Tyor. “It was definitely a lot. I hesitate to say it was a full-time job, but there were definitely
so consistent for all of it. The whole project is a community project, really. Everybody donates their time.” As the group has grown and democratized, Tyor has begun to imagine where the project can go from here—or rather, what more can it do. During the group’s travels between Athens and Atlanta in September, they recorded five sessions here in the Classic City, in addition to a few unplanned interludes. Among those were a cut from singer-songwriter LeeAnn Peppers’ new album, a session with violinist and pop songsmith Kishi Bashi at his home, and a medley of tunes at Taylor Chicoine’s Pity Party, a house show venue with a like-minded propensity for filming live performances of local bands. But it was a stop between cities, at the Stewart Detention Center in South Georgia, that provided Tyor with one of those “what more” moments. The center, whose population eclipses that of the nearby town of Lumpkin, holds immigrants awaiting trial for deportation. Tyor and company viewed the facility and toured a community center, El Refugio, that provides legal advice and shelter for visiting relatives. The center served as a setting for a session. “[It] sort of revitalized everyone, making us sort of focused on how privileged we are to get to do what we do, and maybe where there is value in doing what we do,” says Tyor. “It’s a good question we ask ourselves all the time: Why are we doing this?” Moving forward, with plans to apply for nonprofit status and funding grants, the Apartment Sessions players are well on their way to determining just what they can achieve. f Stay tuned for an Apartment Sessions premiere at flagpole.com.
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at so many A-list institutions it would take a page by itself to list them all (e.g., Tate Modern, Goldsmiths). Thursday’s event is billed as “Let the Beat Hit ’em: Case Studies in DJ Scholarship,” and the talk begins at 6 p.m. Afterward, there’ll be a short break with a mixer beginning at 7:30 p.m., and Denise will perform a DJ set at 9 p.m. If you want to catch up on some mixes she’s got from a few years back, hit up soundcloud.com/dj-lynnee-denise. For everything else, see djlynneedenise.com. SHAKE SOME ACTION: Jittery and genre-less indie act The Pierres will celebrate the release of their new album, The Tub, Thursday, Oct. 17 at Flicker Theatre and Bar. Joining them this night is Saint Syzygy, and coincidentally, this is the same day the record actually comes out. It runs a tasteful seven songs long, and while the first thing longtime music fans will notice is the unmissable Minutemen-style riffs, I’m way more partial to the smooth, mid-tempo tracks like “Bike Song.” The staccato piano of “Oh, Ryan” is catchy enough, but the arrangement winds up becoming way more complicated than necessary. Ambitious technique serves the band well on the Bowiedoom of “I’m In the Road,” though. Check this out at thepierres2.bandcamp.com. CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE: This is just a short line to say that if you attended Historic Athens Porchfest and had a great time and saw some great bands, I hope you’ve taken the time to thank an organizer. Sure, Tommy Valentine gets mad props for spearheading the whole thing, and he’s totally earned all he receives. But he had a whole crew of folks from the Athens Welcome Center and volunteers from Historic Athens—not to mention all the hosts and bands—helping out. So, if you see someone around you know had a hand in it, give ’em a “hell yeah” for a great job and a fun time. f
TURN THE BEAT AROUND: Scholar, lecturer, DJ and musicologist Lynnée Denise will appear in conversation with Atlanta lecturer and scholar Harold Pride and also perform Thursday, Oct. 17 at Ciné. The event is presented WUOG 90.5 FM’s 10 Most-Played Recordings as part of DJ Summits in Oct. 2–8 the Global South, a grantfunded research project 1. Hunny Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. (Epitaph) of the Willson Center for 2. Faye Webster Atlanta Millionaires Club (Secretly Canadian) Humanities and Arts. 3. Alex Lahey The Best of Luck Club (Dead Oceans) Denise has written and 4. Frankie Cosmos Close It Quietly (Sub Pop) studied extensively across 5. Girl in Red Beginnings (Independent Release) a huge swath of subjects, 6. Clairo Immunity (Fader) including “underground 7. Uncle Goo Country Strange Vol. 1 (Gypsy Farm)* cultural movements, the 8. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Bandana (Keep Cool) 1980s, migration studies, 9. Devendra Banhart Ma (Nonesuch) theories of escape and 10. Whitney Forever Turned Around (Secretly Canadian) electronic music of the * local release · Get the latest WUOG news, including the Live in the Lobby schedule, at wuog.org. African diaspora.” She has presented all over the world
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Quilts From Gee’s Bend, Photos From Syria WHAT’S ON VIEW AT THE GEORGIA MUSEUM THIS FALL By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com BEFORE THE WAR: In 2009, architectural photographer Peter Aaron traveled through Syria with his family, capturing images of city streets and historic monuments along the way. Two years later, as part of the Arab Spring uprisings, a civil war broke out that has continued into the present day. On view at the Georgia Museum of Art through Dec. 1, “Before the War: Photographs of Syria by Peter Aaron” takes a look back at significant sites that have been forever destroyed through conflict. His black-and-white scenes reveal architecturally fascinating and culturally complex areas of Syria, which over the centuries has played host to religious and civic buildings for Islamic, Jewish, Christian,
to create economic opportunities for African-American women. Often working with recycled fabrics and clothing scraps of family members, a detail that symbolically weaves in memory, Bendolph has developed a unique style that reflects personal stories, local architecture and daily life images. For this exhibition, a total of 17 quilts that span three decades were selected to showcase her colorful, geometric designs. RACHEL WHITREAD: Outdoors in the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, a tranquil courtyard devoted to displaying works by women sculptors, British artist Rachel Whitread’s five cast-stone creations give shape to the nothingness of negative space. Reinterpreting an earlier series of resin castings, the works illuminate the invisible air beneath chairs. The unusual blocks are arranged in a rectangular formation, not unlike a table setting, to hint at their domestic nature. On view through Mar. 7, the sculptures are supplemented with a display on the museum’s second floor of selected works on paper by Whitread and other artists who reinterpret space and voids.
DRAMA AND DEVOTION: Active in Rome from the mid-1590s to his death in 1610, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio revolutionized Italian painting through his use of starkly contrasted lighting, powerful realism, live models and dramatic staging. On view through May 31, the exhibition “Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome” celebrates Caravaggio’s influence through six paintings on loan from the Museum and Gallery at Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC. Though very few of Caravaggio’s paintings appear in North American collections, his distinct style is reflected through “Dashiki” by Mary Lee Bendolph in “Mary Lee Bendolph: Quilted Memories” the works of his admirers. Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens’ Roman and Ottoman peoples. Albeit scarred, these ancient painting “Christ on the Cross” is a focal point, with its dark, structures reflect the marks of multiple civilizations and stormy sky and deep expression of suffering and sacrifice. continue to provide a home for contemporary activity. French artist Trophime Bigot demonstrates Caravaggio’s chiaroscuro—Italian for “contrast in light”—in “Saint QUILTED MEMORIES: For many residents living during the Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene,” in which his injured body civil rights movement in Gee’s Bend, AL, a small rural is illuminated against a dark background by a lantern. community located not far from Selma, the traditional “Drama and Devotion” also includes works by French artist craft of quilting involved more than just making textiles. Simon Vouet, Flemish painter Abraham Janssen and Italian On an individual level, the process provided moments artists Orazio Gentileschi and Giovanni Lanfranco. for self-reflection and healing, and on a community-wide level, the collaborative activity offer occasions for singing, Several other exhibitions are scheduled to open before the conversation and prayer. One such quilt-maker, Mary Lee year’s end. “Material Georgia 1733–1900: Two Decades of Bendolph, accompanied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his Scholarship,” opening on Nov. 16, presents various pieces march at Camden, AL, in 1965 and, following the experiof furniture, textiles, pottery and metal work selected ence, felt inspired to continue demonstrating for voting from the museum’s Henry D. Green Center for the Study of rights. On view through Dec. 29, “Mary Lee Bendolph: Decorative Arts. Both opening on Dec. 21, “Master, Pupil, Quilted Memories” focuses on this particular quilt maker Follower: 16th to 18th Century Italian Works on Paper” will who played a central role in this special community. offer drawings and prints reflecting different artistic styles Born into a family with several generations of quilt-mak- and Italian regional schools, while “The Monsters Are Due ers, Bendolph learned from her mother, Aolar Carson on Broad Street: Patrick Dean” provides a retrospective look Mosely, who was one of over 100 women who founded the at the cartoonist and beloved Flagpole contributor’s illustraFreedom Quilting Bee in 1966, a craft cooperative intended tion career. f
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Georgia Museum of Art · 5:30 p.m. · FREE! Buvez · 6–8 p.m. · FREE! London native Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Will Eskridge’s “Teen Screams” series founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, debuted last year with paintings of classic advocates spending a few moments each monsters like Frankenstein and his Bride, day with your head in the clouds. In Dracula, The Wolfman and the Creature addition to being a TED Global speaker, from the Black Lagoon. The sequel, Pinney is the author of Cloudspotter’s “Teen Screams: Part 2,” offers fleshy Guide, Cloud Collector’s Handbook and impasto portraits of some of the scariThe Wavewatcher’s Companion. His lecest psychopaths of the 1980s: Pinhead, ture will cover how to identify various Leatherface, Chucky, Michael Myers, cloud formations, using art from the Freddy Kreuger and Jason Voorhees. museum’s permanent collection as examWhereas previous characters were painted ples. The event doubles as an opportunity onto brightly colored canvases, the new to purchase A Cloud a Day, an upcoming cast members appear on the classic icon book compiling 365 skies that range from background of gold leaf, nodding to their works of art to photographs submitted by enduring legacy in cinematic history. society members and images taken from “Teen Screams: Part 2” will remain on space by NASA. [Jessica Smith] view at Buvez through Nov. 15. [JS]
Tuesday 15 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 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 EVENTS: Silent Disco (UGA Tate Student Center, Grand Hall) After the Homecoming Lip Sync Competition, stick around for music and fun disco vibes. 9 p.m. FREE! www.ugahomecoming.com EVENTS: Shotties and Hotties Singles Mixer (That Bar Athens) Play adult drinking games. 10 p.m. FREE! www.thatbarathens.com EVENTS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Holy Cross Lutheran Church)
Kim Cochran leads a program on Antarctica. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. athensrockandgemclub.org EVENTS: Lip Sync Competition (UGA Tate Student Center, Grand Hall) Watch student organizations compete in an extravagant display of song and dance. 7 p.m. www. ugahomecoming.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
MUSIC | SAT, OCT 19
MUSIC | MON, OCT 21
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar · 8 p.m. · $12–15 In addition to bolstering the local Latin music scene with its own meticulous brand of Argentine tango, Athens Tango Project has been responsible for bringing a stream of touring tango acts to town, including several highly regarded groups from South America. The latest of those hits Hendershot’s on Saturday, as Buenos Aires-based Alejandro Ziegler Tango Quartet stops through as part of a North American tour. The band—led by pianist Ziegler and featuring Athens Tango Project members Laura Camacho and John Cooper on bass and violin, respectively—will explore the evolution of tango from its classical form to a more inclusive modern sound. [Gabe Vodicka]
Georgia Theatre · 8 p.m. · $22 Since its mid-1970s formation, English band Steel Pulse has been among the most politically outspoken reggae acts, a trait that aligned it early on with the UK punk scene and helped build musical bridges that would influence a generation. Over the course of 11 albums from 1978–2004, the group tackled racism, globalization, gun violence and climate destruction while remaining grounded in Rastafarian ideals. In May, the band released its first fulllength in 15 years, Mass Manipulation, which touches on police brutality and other hot-button issues while incorporating funk and hip hop. Underground Springhouse opens Monday’s show. [GV]
Alejandro Ziegler Tango Quartet Steel Pulse
support the Culinary Kitchen of Athens, a shared commercial kitchen to help small local businesses. Every Tuesday. 4–7 p.m. www.culinarykitchenofathens.com GAMES: 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: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station
Road) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Test your trivia knowledge. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Trivia (The Office Sports Bar and Grill) Play to win. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-521-5898 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com
KIDSTUFF: Murder Mystery Night (Bogart Library) Enjoy a mystery dinner theater. Pizza provided. Grades 6–12 only. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Pumpkin Hunt (Lay Park) Participants will hunt mini candy-filled pumpkins, complete crafts and play pumpkin-themed games during this family event. 6 p.m. $2–3. accgov.com/halloween KIDSTUFF: D&D Club (ACC Library) Dungeons and Dragons for all experience levels. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens k continued on next page
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ART: Pumpkin Painting Party (KA Artist Shop) Get in the Halloween spirit by painting pumpkins. BYOP (Bring Your Own Pumpkin). 6–8 p.m. $15. www.kaartist.com CLASSES: DIY Lotion Bars (Bogart Library) Adults can learn how to make a solid lotion bar. All materials provided. Registration required. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart COMEDY: Educated Mess (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) See standups from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Pop-Up with The Plate Sale (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Try something new with a special pop-up dinner. 6–9 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Intro to BDSM (That Bar Athens) A safe space to ask questions and get answers. 7 p.m. www. thatbarathens.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Vendors offer local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Every beer purchased at Creature Comforts during the market will get you free tokens to spend at the market. Live music by the Red Oak Southern String Band on Oct. 16. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Athens GA: Inside/Out (ACC Library, Appleton Auditorium) Enjoy a screening of the documentary Athens GA: Inside/Out, which documents the Athens music scene during the early and mid-1980s. Producer Bill Cody will introduce the film and bring clips from Athens GA/Thirty Years On. Following the film, there will be a panel discussion with Cody, Vanessa Briscoe Hay, Bob Hay, William Orten “Ort” Carlton and others. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens FILM: The English Patient (Ciné) Watch the 1996 American romantic war drama. 7:30 p.m. www.athenscine.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: 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: 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: Werewolf (The Rook and Pawn) Get into the Halloween season with a game called Werewolf. 9 p.m. www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com
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KIDSTUFF: TeenTober (ACC Library) Enjoy fun games, spooky treats, music, karaoke and more. Grades 6-12 only. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Storytime at the Park! See Tuesday listing for full description. Oct. 15–16, 10 a.m. Oct. 17, 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee 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: 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: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Art Cart (After Class) (Georgia Museum of Art) Enjoy “choose your own adventure”-style gallery activities, art projects and games that explore a different gallery each month. This month, drop in and explore “Mary Lee Bendolph: Quilted Memories.” 3–4:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org KIDSTUFF: Wonderful Wednesday: Book Club (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Kay for a fun and interactive book club. This month’s choice is Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers. Ages 5 & up. 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. & 4–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Talking About Books: Adult Book Discussion Group (ACC Library) This month’s title is The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org LECTURES & LIT: Chained in Silence Book Discussion (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Room 258) Join a discussion of the book Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South by Talitha L. LeFlouria. 6–7 p.m. FREE! kdotson@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: History Graduate Student Association Book Sale (UGA LeConte Hall) A sale of fiction and non-fiction, used and new books. Proceeds support the HGSA. Oct. 16–17, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. www.history.uga.edu THEATER: Out of Chaos: Macbeth (Morton Theatre) “Something wicked this way comes,” when William Shakespeare’s tragedy—a classic tale of blind political ambition in medieval Scotland—meets 21st century sensibilities. Two actors, Troels Hagen Findsen and Paul O’Mahoney, will inhabit the story’s 20 characters for this high-octane adaptation. 7:30 p.m. $10-50. pac. uga.edu
Thursday 17 ART: 3Thurs Talks (Lyndon House Arts Center) Juror Myra Wacknov and members of the Georgia Watercolor Society speak about their works being included in the 2019 Juried Exhibition. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ LyndonHouseArts ART: Cloudspotting for Beginners (Georgia Museum of Art) Gavin
Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, leads an illustrated tour of the sky. Attendees will learn how to recognize a variety of cloud formations and their place in the world of art. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org ART: Third Thursday Art Series (Athens, GA) Eight galleries stay open late the third Thursday of every month. Participating galleries include the Georgia Museum of Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Creature Comforts Brewing Co., ATHICA, Lyndon House Arts Center, Ciné, the GlassCube & Gallery @ Hotel Indigo and The Classic Center. 6-9 p.m. FREE! www.3thurs.org CLASSES: Yoga in the Galleries (Georgia Museum of Art) Five Points Yoga instructors lead a class surrounded by works of art. 6 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org COMEDY: Let’s Go Comedy Show (Go Bar) Five comedians perform 20-minute sets. Hosted by Alia Ghosheh. Followed by karaoke. 8 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/gawdamthatsfunny COMEDY: Fruit Salad (Moonlight Theater) Chase Brantley and Nicholas Hemerling pair up to create a wild night of silliness about fruit and much more. Oct. 17, 8 p.m. & Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. $8–14. www. moonlighttheatercompany.com 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: DJ Lynnée Denise (Ciné) An evening of conversation and music with DJ Lynnée Denise. The evening will begin with “Let the Beat Hit’em: Case Studies in DJ Scholarship,” a conversation between Denise and Atlanta-based music scholar Harold Pride, followed by a community reception and mixer featuring a set by Denise. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com EVENTS: Fix Your Own Bike (BikeAthens) Get help fixing your bike from experts so you’re safe to ride. 6–8:30 p.m. $10 (suggested). www.bikeathens.org EVENTS: Survive to Thrive Silent Luncheon (Athens First Presbyterian Church) A luncheon and silent auction will help sustain ACC-SANE, an organization dedicated to providing forensic medical examinations for survivors of sexual abuse and assault throughout Athens and the Northeast Georgia area. First Lady of Georgia Marty Kemp will be the keynote speaker. 11 a.m. $50. www.aneinc.org EVENTS: Stop and Serve (UGA Tate Student Center, Grand Hall) This year’s special event will feature fellow Bulldog and 1982 Heisman winner Herschel Walker, who will remind everyone why Home Is Where the Arch Is. 8 p.m. $5. www. ugahomecoming.com EVENTS: Beyond the Hours: Digging for Your Roots (ACC Library) Enjoy extended access to the Heritage Room along with scanning sessions and 15-minute classes on resources like Family Search, Ancestry and Fold 3. There will also be a Immigration and Naturalization class to research ancestors who immigrated to the United States during the Great Wave. Registration required. 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens 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 GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Bogart Library) Read aloud to a canine friend. RSVP. 4 p.m. FREE! 770-7259443, 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: Storytime at the Park! See Tuesday listing for full description. Oct. 15–16, 10 a.m. Oct. 17, 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Mummy Cat (ACC Library) Learn about mummies, hieroglyphs and ancient Egypt through stories of ghostly cats and Egyptian crafts. For children ages 4–11 and their caregiver. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Jason Wetzel: Georgia POW Camps in World War II (Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, Firehall #2) Avid Bookshop and Historic Athens present author Jason Wetzel and his book, Georgia POW Camps in World War II. Purchase a copy of the book and get it signed by the author. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: A Story Untold (Bogart Library) The Oconee Democrats present “A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History” with author and Democratic leader Michael Thurmond. RSVP required. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 770-4033679, www.ocgadems.org LECTURES & LIT: History Graduate Student Association Book Sale (UGA LeConte Hall) See Wednesday listing for full description. Oct. 16–17, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. www.history.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: For the Philo of Philosophy Book Discussion Group (ACC Library) Read philosophy books from ancient Greece to modern times. 6-8 p.m. FREE! mkapelewski@athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Economics of Popular Culture (Amos Hall, B012, 400 S. Hull St.) Joel Waldfogel of the Carlson School of Management in Minnesota will give a public lecture based on his new book Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell us About the Future of Popular Culture, which examines how technology is rapidly creating new challenges and opportunities within the economics of creative industries such as music, publishing, television and film. David Lowery of UGA’s Music Business Program will respond to Waldfogel. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-3384553, mustard@uga.edu MEETINGS: Caregiver Crafting Support Group (ACC Library) Caregivers are invited to bring crafting supplies and express the joys and struggles of caring for a loved one while practicing self-care creatively. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens THEATER: Peter & the Star Catcher (Athens Academy, Bertelsmann Presentation Hall) This one-act performance is a story following the adventures of an orphan boy named Peter and his mysterious new friend Molly. Together the pair overcome bands of pirates and thieves in their quest to keep a magical secret safe and save the world from evil. Oct. 17–19 & Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. $2 (students), $5 (adults). www.athensacademy.org
Friday 18 ART: Opening Reception (Buvez) Will Eskridge celebrates “Teen Screams: Part 2,” a series of portraits of characters from scary movies. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ buvezathens ART: Homeschool Day: American History (Georgia Museum of Art) Be inspired by the “Mary Lee Bendolph: Quilted Memories” exhibition, and learn about the civil rights movement and life in Gee’s Bend, AL. After completing Art Cart activities in the galleries, view a quilting demonstration and create your own quilt-inspired work of art. 10 a.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org COMEDY: Lanny Farmer (Moonlight Theater) Lanny Farmer is one of Winder’s best homegrown comics, known for his dead-pan and self-deprecating humor. Using silence and awkwardness to his advantage, Farmer makes sure that even the most skeptical audience member leaves rolling with laughter. 8:30 p.m. $8–12. www.moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: UGA Homecoming Parade (Downtown Athens) The annual parade is led by the Redcoat Band and features appearances by Uga, athletes and other Athens dignitaries. 6 p.m. FREE! www. homecoming.uga.edu EVENTS: UGA Carnival Night (Legion Field) Come out for a night of fun and games. 7 p.m. FREE! www.ugahomecoming.com EVENTS: Beautiful and Brutal (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Second Floor Rotunda) Join curator Jason Hasty each Friday before a UGA home game for a closer look at the exhibit “Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldog Football, 2017.” Visitors will have a chance to share memories and get hands-on with a selection of historic materials from the UGA Athletic Association archives. 3 p.m. FREE! kdotson@uga.edu EVENTS: Terrapin Hop Harvest Festival (Terrapin Beer Co.) Celebrate all things hoppy with specialty beers, local vendors, food trucks and live music by the Baulkin Brothers. 4–9 p.m. $23. www.terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: Lunch & Learn: The Money Apocalypse (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Library for Political Research and Studies) This lunchtime discussion focuses on The Volcker Shock, a policy experiment undertaken in October 1979, was the most important financial event between the Great Depression and Great Recession, and will be paired with the exhibit “Now and Then: 1979” by Sean Vanatta, visiting assistant professor of history at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. Pizza will be provided, please RSVP. 12:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-5788, washnock@uga.edu EVENTS: Spooky Animals Overnight (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Families will explore the night in search of spooky, nocturnal animals. After a night-time hike and animal encounter, participants will sleep in the exhibit hall and wake to a light breakfast and attend a planetarium program in their pajamas. Please bring sleeping bags. Oct. 18 6:30 p.m.–Oct. 19, 9 a.m. $15 (ACC residents), $20 (non-residents). www.accgov.com/leisure 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: Stories & Songs at Memorial Park (ACC Library) Bring a blanket and enjoy stories, songs and instruments with Mr. Evan. Weather permitting. Ages 2–5. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens KIDSTUFF: Silly Sock Monsters (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Bring an old sock or two and make silly or scary monsters. Other materials will be provided. Some light sewing may be required. For ages 8 & up. Children under age 10 must be accompanied by an adult caregiver. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison KIDSTUFF: Wild Rumpus Monster Mash (The Foundry) Get a head start on the Wild Rumpus Parade with various family-friendly Halloween activities like a haunted house, crafts, live music, performances and more. 12–3 p.m. FREE (ages 0–5), $6–8. www.thefoundryathens.com KIDSTUFF: Make or Take Craft (Bogart Library) Make cute little pumpkins out of old books. Make it there or take it with you. Ages 13 and up, all supplies provided. 3-5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart LECTURES & LIT: Reading Between the Wines Fall Fest (Normal Books) Discuss what you’ve been reading while enjoying wine and cheese; Conversation tends to slant towards fantasy, fiction and YA. This month celebrate the Fall Fest Craft Market with local vendors selling various arts and crafts. 6–9 p.m. FREE! normalbooks@gmail.com LECTURES & LIT: Money Apocalypse: The Volcker Shock & End of Financial Stability (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Sean Vanatta, visiting assistant professor of history from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study NYU, presents a lecture about the most important financial event between the Great Depression and Great Recession and its impact on the U.S. financial system. 12:30 p.m. FREE! 706-5425788, washnock@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Tracy Adkins: Ghosts of Athens (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Tracy Adkins discusses and signs copies of her book, Ghost of Athens. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: Lucia di Lammermoor (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The Hugh Hodgson School of Music UGA Opera Theatre will present Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in a semistaged and costumed concert version of the famous piece. Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. & Oct. 20, 3 p.m. $3–20. 706-542-4400, www.pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Improv Athens (Miller Learning Center, Room 214) Improv Athens presents a night of comedy and improv. THEATER: Steel Magnolias (On Stage Walton) On Stage Walton presents Steel Magnolias, the beloved comedy-drama that explores the humor and strength of Southern women in times of crisis. Oct. 18–19, 25–26 & Nov. 1–2, 8 p.m. & Oct. 27 & Nov. 3, 2 p.m. $20. www. onstagewalton.org THEATER: Peter & the Star Catcher (Athens Academy) See Thursday listing for full description. Oct. 17–19 & Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. $2 (students), $5 (adults). www. athensacademy.org THEATER: Curse of the Lost Mummy (Athens Little Playhouse) An ambitious Egyptologist has lost the mummy of Pharaoh
Khamenshetsu and 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 bring the fun to this original whodunit by director and playwright Lynne Thomas. Oct. 18–19, 7 p.m. Oct. 20, 3 p.m. $5–10. www. athenslittleplayhouse.org
Saturday 19 CLASSES: What’s in a Blend? (J’s Bottle Shop, 1452 Prince Ave.) Explore wine blending, why it’s done, and taste some of Europe’s famous wine blends. 6:30–8 p.m. $25. wine. jsbottleshop@gmail.com CLASSES: Live Action Role Play Class (Quinn Hall) The Athens Creative Theatre presents a half-day of LARP-ing! Participants will create fantasy characters and learn the rules of foam weaponry combat, and set off on a mission through the park with a team to solve puzzles, battle foes, and engage in improvisational scenarios with the characters they encounter on their quest. Ages 10–15. 12–4 p.m. $30 (ACC residents), $45 (non-ACC residents). www.accgov.com/act COMEDY: Fruit Salad (Moonlight Theater) See Thursday listing for full description. Oct. 17, 8 p.m. & Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. $8–14. www.moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) The market hosts around 45 vendors, children’s activities and cooking demos. All produce is grown locally, sustainably and by those who are selling it. Live music by Hibbs Family Band (8 a.m.). 8 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Contra Dance (Memorial Park, Administration Building) A monthly dance presented by Athens Folk Music & Dance Society with music by Joe Willey and the Movin’ Men and live calling by Janet Shepherd. 6:15 p.m. (lesson), 6:30–9:30 p.m. (dance). $8 (adults), $4 (ages 11–17), FREE! (ages 11 & under). www.athensfolk.org EVENTS: Flavor of Fall Festival (Farmview Market) Bring the entire family out for a day of live music, shopping, food, entertainment, kid’s activities and more. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.farmviewmarket.com EVENTS: UGA Royalty Crowning (Sanford Stadium) Find out who the 2019 Homecoming King and Queen will be at the halftime show of the UGA vs. Kentucky game. (TBD) www.ugahomecoming.com EVENTS: West Broad Farmers Market Fall Festival (West Broad Market Garden) Enjoy fresh produce and artisan goods, live music, trunk or treating, a sweet potato pie contest, horseback riding and more. 9 a.m. FREE! www.athenslandtrust.org FILM: Spooky Movie (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy popcorn and a (PG) spooky movie on the big screen. Children under age 10 must be accompanied by an adult caregiver. 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison FILM: UUFA Intergenerational Film Series: Coco (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Enjoy a soup potluck, campfire and a screening of Coco, an animated film about a young boy searching for the truth about himself and his family. Popcorn will also be provided. 4 p.m. FREE! www.uuathensga.org KIDSTUFF: Fall Craftival (ACC Library) Celebrate everything you love about the fall season with a
morning of books and crafts. Ages 2–8 and their caregivers. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Fall Festival (Oglethorpe County Library) Bring the whole family for some fall fun. Enjoy games, art activities, stories, prizes, face-painting, and more. Costumes encouraged, but not required. 11 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oglethorpe KIDSTUFF: Fall Sky: Spooky Skies (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Do blood moons exist? Are there monsters in the sky? Find out at spooktacular planetarium show. 10 a.m. $2–3. www.accgov.com/leisure KIDSTUFF: STEAM Saturday (Bogart Library) This month’s theme is “Creepy Science.” 2:00 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart PERFORMANCE: Grotesque Burlesque (40 Watt Club) A showcase/open mic event for budding and experienced artists who want to show off their talents and experiement in front of a fun audience! Expect contributions like music, dancing, comedy, magic acts, sword swallowing and more. 9 p.m. $10–15. goburlesque@gmail.com SPORTS: UGA Football (Sanford Stadium) UGA plays Kentucky during the annual Homecoming game. 6 p.m. www.georgiadogs.com THEATER: Peter & the Star Catcher (Athens Academy) See Thursday listing for full description. Oct. 17–19 & Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. $2 (students), $5 (adults). www. athensacademy.org THEATER: Steel Magnolias (On Stage Walton) See Friday listing for full description. Oct. 18–19, 25–26 & Nov. 1–2, 8 p.m. & Oct. 27 & Nov. 3, 2 p.m. $20. www.onstagewalton. org THEATER: Curse of the Lost Mummy (Athens Little Playhouse) See Friday listing for full description. Oct. 18–19, 7 p.m. Oct. 20, 3 p.m. $5–10. www.athenslittleplayhouse.org
Sunday 20 CLASSES: Drop In & Dye: Indigo Workshop (Indie South Creative, 470 Hawthorne Ave.) Please bring your own 100% pre-washed cotton/ linen fabric to dye (no blends please!) Pre-registration required. 11 a.m. $10/piece. www.theindiesouth. com EVENTS: Abnormal Bazaar (Indie South Creative, 470 Hawthorne Ave.) Pick up handmade and vintage goodies from local vendors. Third Sunday of every month. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.theindiesouth.com EVENTS: Beech Haven Walking Tour (Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, Firehall #2, Register for Meeting Address) Family member Lucy Rowland and Oconee Rivers Greenway Commission Chair Nat Kuykendall will co-lead a tour of the Rowland property on the Middle Oconee River. 2 p.m. $12 (members), $15. www.historicathens.com/ heritagewalks EVENTS: Jack-O-Lantern Jog 5K & One Mile Goblin Fun Run (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Both events follow the paved path of the Greenway starting and finishing at Sandy Creek Nature Center. This event benefits the center. Registration required. 2 p.m. (onemile run), 2:30 p.m. (5K). $17–25. www.sandycreeknaturecenterinc.org EVENTS: Women’s 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) 1–4 p.m. www.asuskaproduction.com GAMES: Chess Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Ages 8 and up are invited to play. All experience levels welcome. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison 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: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Beginning readers read aloud to certified therapy dogs. 3–4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Beginning readers read aloud to a certified therapy dog. 3–4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop, Prince Ave.) Joshilyn Jackson discusses her book, Never Have I Ever. 4 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: UUFA Forum (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Led by Peggy Perkins and Bob Covi, “Redistricting in Georgia: A Short Course on Gerrymandering” is a forum highlighting The Democracy Act, a state legislation to be re-introduced in the Georgia 2020 session. 9:30 a.m. FREE! www. uuathensga.org PERFORMANCE: Lucia di Lammermoor (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) See Friday listing for full description. Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. & Oct. 20, 3 p.m. $3–20. 706-5424400, www.pac.uga.edu THEATER: Curse of the Lost Mummy (Athens Little Playhouse) See Friday listing for full description. Oct. 18–19, 7 p.m. Oct. 20, 3 p.m. $5–10. www.athenslittleplayhouse.org
Monday 21 CLASSES: Wireless for Beginners (Oconee County Library) Learn all about wireless terminology, printing, hotspots, security and how to get set up in your own home. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee COMEDY: 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 EVENTS: 3rd Monday Book Club (Oconee County Library) This month’s selection is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Copies are available behind the circulation desk. New members always welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee EVENTS: I-Corps VII Showcase (UGA Jackson St. Building) UGA I-Corps is a National Science Foundation-funded program that provides UGA teams with the training and funds needed to understand a customer-centric approach to commercializing new technologies. Each team will include UGA faculty and students, as well as community members. Thirteen teams will present their problem, solution and customer interview outcomes as part of the showcase. Regstration required to attend. 6 p.m. FREE! www.ugaicorps.uga.edu 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 k continued on next page
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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. 5–8 p.m. $3. www.jrda.org 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 FILM: Athens Rising 2 (ACC Library, Appleton Auditorium) Enjoy a screening of Athens Rising 2: Transmittance, a look at the creative class in Athens through the lens of unique organizations and institutions. Local filmmaker James Preston will introduce the film and answer questions from the audience afterward. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens FILM: Bad Movie Night (Ciné) An illicit eye transplant goes horribly wrong when a blind scientist is
rience levels. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Athens Junior Rollersquad General Interest Meeting (Fun Galaxy) Girls and gender fluid persons ages 10–17 are invited to come out with their families for a Q&A and fun skate. 5 p.m. $3. www.jrda.org LECTURES & LIT: The Georgia Review Reading (Lyndon House Arts Center) The Georgia Review will celebrate the launch of its Fall 2019 issue with an evening of poetry featuring Eavan Boland and Alice Friman. A reception with light refreshments will follow. Copies of the poets’ books and The Georgia Review will be available for purchase. 6 p.m. FREE! www.thegeorgiareview.com MEETINGS: Public Info Open House: Firefly Trail (ACC Streets & Drainage Dept., 605 Spring Valley Rd.) This informational meeting will discuss plans for expanding the Firefly Trail. The proposed route will be available for viewing. 6-8 p.m. FREE! www.accgov.com/ parkplanning PERFORMANCE: Payne Memorial Concert (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) UGA Presents opens the 20192020 Franklin College Chamber Music with the Payne Memorial Concert, featuring the award-winning
EVENTS: Boybutante Fall Drag Bingo (The Foundry) The Boybutante AIDS Foundation hosts a fundraiser to benefit programs that provide services to people living with HIV/AIDS. Win prizes, enjoy some food and be entertained by queens. 7 p.m. www.boybutante.org 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.
KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Wonderful Wednesday: Build It! (Bogart Library) Children ages 4 and up will engage in building, based on a theme from a story. This month’s building is a spooky mansion. 11:30 a.m. & 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart
LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 15 The Foundry 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com WOOD BELLY Traditional acoustic group from Colorado. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE SWEET LILLIES Four-piece “jamgrass” band from Colorado. On the Rooftop. 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com GLOIN Experimental electronic rock group from Toronto, ON.
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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 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 MEETINGS: Dulcimer Group (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Learn to play and read music with the “dirty dulcimers” after hours. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison
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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 tunes and acoustic Southern soul music. Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com GREG Solo acoustic folk music from local singer-songwriter Greg Meredith. JACOB MALLOW Local singer-songwriter with an acoustic pop sound. PEACH No info available. Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net RED OAK SOUTHERN STRING BAND This Watkinsville-based band plays rootsy Americana tunes. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com WILD ADRIATIC High-energy, riffy blues-rock power trio. 8 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre. com THE BAND CAMINO Indie-rock band from Memphis, TN. VALLEY Canadian indie-pop foursome. On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com SLOW PARADE Atlanta/Athens-based band featuring members of Cicada Rhythm and Grand Vapids. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/go.bar.35 SAMMY SURF Underground rapper from Atlanta. CLIP ART Local rap group featuring emcees Vann Johnson and Arizona Zimmerman. GIRLS VARSITY No info available.
Tuesday 22 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: Watercolor Bookmarks (Bogart Library) Adult will use various techniques of watercolor painting to create bookmarks to keep for themselves or to give as gifts. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart 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 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 CLASSES: Computer Class (ACC Library) Learn how to do touch screen gestures, connect to wifi, download apps, change settings and more. Registration required. 1011:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens COMEDY: Decaf Comedy Open Mic (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Hear comics from Athens and Atlanta. Newcomers welcome. Email to perform. 8:30 p.m. FREE! efj32330@ gmail.com, www.hendershotscoffee. com EVENTS: 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
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Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) THE BACUPS Fun-loving local cover band.
Remo Drive plays the 40 Watt Club on Monday, Oct. 21. implanted with the eyes of a slaughtered lycanthrope in Eyes of the Werewolf. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/badmovienight 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 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Test your trivia knowledge. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Trivia (The Office Sports Bar and Grill) Play to become victorious. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706521-5898 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: D&D Club (ACC Library) Dungeons and Dragons for all expe-
Takács Quartet. The performance will include works by Mozart, Bartók and Beethoven. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. pac.uga.edu THEATER: Niagara Falls (UGA Fine Arts Building, Cellar Theatre) UGA alumnus Steve Yockey’s Niagara Falls is a surreal comedy in which newlyweds must face pressing marital issues. Oct. 22–26, 8 p.m. Oct. 26 & Oct. 27, 2:#0 p.m. $7 (w/ UGA ID), $12. www.uga.theatre.com/ niagarafalls
Wednesday 23 EVENTS: Heckle Hell: Drag Me to Hell (That Bar Athens) Take on the hecklers or be one yourself. Enjoy a night of laughter and a show where everyone is encouraged to participate. Bring your fans because it is hot in hell! Sign up at the door, limited spots available. Drag kings and queens dressed to the nines get in free. 9 p.m. $3. www.thatbarathens.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) See Wednesday listing for full description. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net
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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! athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: 20th Annual Halloween Carnival (ACC Library) Put on your favorite Halloween disguise and enjoy a haunting evening of seasonal tales, costumes, shadow puppetry and surprises. After the performance, enjoy trick-or-treating throughout the library for non-food prizes at every public desk. There will be a haunted Storyroom, vintage carnival games and an assortment of spooky crafts. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens 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
Go Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ go.bar.35 THE GARDEN BED A hip-hop showcase presented by Seline Haze, featuring performances by Motorhead 2x, Bastard Hootie, Paid in AmeriKKKa, Trvy and Shyland Flowers. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7:30 p.m. $10. www.hendershotscoffee. com BILL DAVID BENEFIT A fundraiser for the Squalls musician, featuring performances by Pylon Reenactment Society, WildJordanTonkCats and Michael Guthrie. Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens HUM RIPPLE Jammy rock band from Atlanta. Veronica’s Sweet Spot 8 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ sweetspotathens LADIES OF JANET KARAOKE A ladies-only costume karaoke night with a Fleetwood Mac theme.
Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens GRUNFELDER Athens-based garagerock group with punk and ska influences. HOYAS New local jangle-pop band. Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Enjoy an evening of original music, improv and standards.
Thursday 17 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LEAVING COUNTRIES & FRIENDS Louis Phillip Pelot and friends play country-rock tunes and Southern soul music. Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $10 (21+), $12 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MR. KITTY “Self-destructive synthpop” artist from Austin, TX. PANIC PRIEST Darkwave synth artist from Chicago. VIVA NON Electronic synth-punk/new wave duo from Canada. CROWE & WARDADDY Spinning goth and synthwave tunes that are dark but upbeat, “for your stomping pleasure.”
Ciné 9 p.m. www.athenscine.com DJ LYNNEE DENISE DJ, artist and scholar whose work reflects on underground cultural movements, the 1980s, migration studies, theories of escape and electronic music of the African Diaspora. Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com THE PIERRES Alt-rock group from Athens. Album release show! TELEMARKET Driving, angular indierock band from Athens. SAINT SYZYGY Experimental solo project of Kwazymoto frontman Ian Hemerlein. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $11 (adv.), $13 (door). www.40watt.com JORDAN RAGER Country singer-songwriter from Loganville. SOUTHERLAND Country duo blending classic and pop sounds. The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com TONI HUNLO Athens native playing with a three-piece band. BRITT HELTON No info available. LUKE LATIMER Singer-songwriter blending Southern rock with new wave and alternative. Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $52.50 (Thu), SOLD OUT (Fri– Sat). www.georgiatheatre.com UMPHREY’S MCGEE Progressiveminded jam band known for its improvisational skills. On the Rooftop. 9:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com FUX Fun-loving classic rock band. Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by Dr. Fred and featuring an assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Every Thursday. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com JAZZ JAM Some of our town’s most talented musicians get together at this happening. Bring your axe, or grab a table and give an ear. Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens 49 WINCHESTER “Appalachian country soul” band from Virginia. The Root 7 p.m. FREE! www.therootathens.com JAMES MASON Up-and-coming singer-songwriter from Blackshear. That Bar Athens 10 p.m. www.thatbarathens.com KELLY HOYLE Norma Rae guitarist and singer-songwriter performs originals and covers. Veronica’s Sweet Spot 7 p.m. FREE! facebook.com/sweetspotathens OPEN MIC NIGHT Showcase your creative talent.
Friday 18 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 DAMIEN KAPCALA BAND Local group led by the former Lionz keyboardist. Caledonia Lounge 8:30 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com NICHOLAS MALLIS Local pop songwriter with classic melodies and clever lyrics.
MINORCAN Self-described “basement arena-rock” band from Asheville, NC led by songwriter Ryan Anderson. MARBLE SOUP Solo project from local musician Matt Garrison (Elf Power). FABULOUS BIRD Catchy, lo-fi indie rock with the character of old guitars and drums that’ve been collecting dust in a garage for years. El Barrio 7 p.m. FREE! www.elbarrioathens.com DANIEL BELL Locally born guitarist playing covers. Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com MONIKER Guitar-centric indie-pop group from Richmond, VA. HOT WIVES Punky garage-rock band from Atlanta. THE MOVERS New local new wave-inspired rock band. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $25. www.40watt.com MELVINS An important forerunner in the genres of sludgy, heavy metal and experimental drone rock. See story on p. 10. REDD KROSS Long-running, influential power-pop group. TOSHI KASAI Guitarist and songwriter known for his work with Melvins and Big Business. The Foundry 8 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE SWINGIN’ MEDALLIONS Best known for their 1966 hit “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love),” today the Medallions are made up of relatives of the original lineup and bill themselves as “the party band of the South.” Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $52.50 (Thu), SOLD OUT (Fri– Sat). www.georgiatheatre.com UMPHREY’S MCGEE Progressiveminded jam band known for its improvisational skills. On the Rooftop. 11 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE TRONGONE BAND Harddriving Southern rock crew from Richmond, VA. 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! Go Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/go.bar.35 SHRIEKUS Local group with punk and no-wave influences. BURSTERS Athens-based lo-fi punk outfit. GHETTO BLASTERS High-energy punk band from Chattanooga, TN. DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta faves. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com CARLA LE FEVER & THE RAYS Local group playing old-school funk and sweet, sappy pop covers and originals. THE VINYL STRANGERS Melodic local folk-rock band. Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens DANGFLY Local all-star rock band led by Adam Payne. That Bar Athens 10 p.m. facebook.com/thatbarathens BATTLE OF THE TRACKS Listen to Athens and Atlanta hip hop.
Saturday 19 Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net HIBBS FAMILY BAND Melodic bluegrass quartet of family members led by Rob and Garrett Hibbs. Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 LILY ROSE Nashville-based pop-folk singer-songwriter. Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com SNOW BURIAL Post-metal threepiece from Chicago. SACRED HOLLOW Local band playing loud, catchy hard rock with a bite. JET ENGINE DRAGONS Local band playing a blend of shoegaze, progressive rock and technical metal. Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com GOLD LIGHT & SNAKEMUSK Asheville, NC indie-rock team-up of Joe Chang and Beau Campolong. EMILEIGH IRELAND Local folk-pop singer-songwriter with a strong, compelling vocal style. The Foundry 8 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com ELECTRIC AVENUE Tribute band that delivers “the ’80s MTV experience.” Front Porch Book Store 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0029 PICKLED HOLLER Family band blending traditional and jam sounds, with a dedication to dynamics and lush harmonies. COSMO JR. Local group playing pirate-themed swamp-jazz-rock with a dash of Broadway punk. Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $52.50 (Thu), SOLD OUT (Fri– Sat). www.georgiatheatre.com UMPHREY’S MCGEE Progressiveminded jam band known for its improvisational skills. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/go.bar.35 DEATH PANELS Heavy, throbbing psych-rock from Atlanta with a pulsing heart of darkness. FRANK HURRICANE Experimental artist that describes his music as “spiritual mountain psych gangsta folk.” SANI BRAINS Psych-rock band from Philadelphia. TUSH New, hazy local punk band featuring members of Shade and Cult of Riggonia. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. hendershotscoffee.com ALEJANDRO ZIEGLER TANGO QUARTET Argentinean group blending traditional tango with contemporary innovation. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. ATHENS TANGO PROJECT Local group playing Argentine tango and featuring the upright bass talent of Laura Camacho. Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $2 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away to two different channels of music. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens HEAVY PETTY Local all-star Tom Petty cover band.
That Bar Athens 10 p.m. www.thatbarathens.com DJ BOB FISH Spinning dance party favorites.
Sunday 20 Cali ’N’ Tito’s Eastside 6 p.m. FREE! 706-355-7087 THE LUCKY JONES Local band playing rockin’ rhythm and blues. The Foundry 6 p.m. $15. thefoundryathens.com HARVEST OF PEACE Georgia Conflict Center hosts a Woodstockthemed event featuring music from Squalle, Seline Haze, Grand and Check the Signs. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 6 p.m. FREE! hendershotscoffee.com CLASSICAL REVOLUTION Classical music performed by Athens musicians.
Monday 21 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. $15 (adv.), $18 (door). www.40watt.com REMO DRIVE High-energy emo-punk group out of Bloomington, MN. LUNAR VACATION Up-and-coming Atlanta band with dream-pop and surf-rock influences. PIKE CO. New Atlanta-based indierock band. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $22. www.georgiatheatre.com STEEL PULSE Influential roots-reggae outfit from England. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. UNDERGROUND SPRINGHOUSE Athens-based “hype-chill rock-funk ensemble.” Go Bar 10 p.m. $5. facebook.com/go.bar.35 JOHN KIRAN FERNANDES Local musician playing ambient looped clarinet inspired by birdsong and Brian Eno. ANNIE LEETH Local experimental violinist and multi-instrumentalist composer. LYDIA BRAMBILA Local singer-songwriter plays sparse and haunting folk songs. FORGET THE TIMES Experimental post-rock group from Kalamazoo, MI. JEREMY KIRAN FERNANDES Local experimental guitarist influenced by American Primitive and other styles. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Showcase your talent at this open mic night most Mondays. Hosted by Larry Forte. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens JAZZ FUNK JAM Local jazz musician Mason Davis hosts this monthly jam session.
Tuesday 22 Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA 6 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org VIMADEAN DUO Russian duet between violinist Anastasia
Petrunina and percussionist Denis Petrunin. Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com CLOUDLAND Young alt-rock band from Athens. THE BRAZEN YOUTH Indie-folk three-piece from Lyme, CT. SHANE T Melodic garage-rock singer-songwriter. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com MIKE ADAMS AT HIS HONEST WEIGHT Melodic indie-rock project from Bloomington, IN. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com HEY MONEA Rock “band of tender-hearted rascals” from Canton, OH. 8 p.m. $25. www.georgiatheatre.com MATISYAHU Reggae-influenced altrock singer known for hits like “King Without a Crown.” OF GOOD NATURE North Carolina band that blends rock, reggae and funk. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/go.bar.35 ARIEL ACKERLY Local noisemaker makes meditative loops from dulcimer and synthesizers. SOCIAL CIRCLE Local lo-fi experimental lounge singer that aims “to turn the support group into a party.” RUMI KALLENBACH Experimental artist from Alabama. CRYSTAL LOGIC “Downer-rock” and punk group from Oakland, CA. That Bar Athens 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/thatbarathens TIME WARP TUESDAY Enjoy a musical journey through time. The World Famous 10 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens ¿BANANA? New local indie-folk three-piece. Album release show! GIRLFRIEND No info available. GRAND Athens-based alternative pop group.
Wednesday 23 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. Caledonia Lounge 7 p.m. $10 (21+), $12 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com BETCHA Buzzy alt-rock four-piece from Nashville, TN. HOTEL FICTION Groovy pop band formerly known as Tomorrow Today. Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. FREE! flickertheatreandbar.com GRAYSON HAUSER Local guitarist blending blues, funk, rock, jazz and more. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www.40watt.com POLYRHYTHMICS Funky Afrobeatinspired band from Seattle. THE FAMILY RECIPE Athens-based fusion outfit blending jazz, jam and blues.
Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com DESMOND JONES Funky, rocking jazz fusion group from Grand Rapids, MI. 8 p.m. $20. www.georgiatheatre.com ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND Soulful funk band led by pedal steel player Robert Randolph. On the Rooftop. 11 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE MAMMOTHS Austin, TX-based high-energy rock outfit drawing on old-school techniques. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $7. www.hendershotscoffee.com MY ONE AND ONLY Husband-andwife Americana duo from Nashville, TN. RYNE MEADOW “Acoustitronic” local singer-songwriter with a rich musical palette. JAMES WORSHAM Folk singer-songwriter from Macon. Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Timothy Road location) SALLY AND THE SIX GRAND Oldtime rock band. Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens JOEY HARKUM BAND Folk-rock group from Maryland. 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.
Down the Line 10/24 APPARITION / ENFORCED / HIGH COMMAND / BEAST MODE (Caledonia Lounge) 10/24 LANCO (Georgia Theatre) 10/24 TOM MACKELL (Georgia Theatre) 10/24 ATHENS MIDDLE EAST ORCHESTRA (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 10/24 SNAP! (Nowhere Bar) 10/25 ATREYU (40 Watt Club) 10/25 UNKNOWN HINSON / SHEHEHE / ANDREA & MUD (The Foundry) 10/25 ATHENS GOTH NIGHT / Crowe / Twin Powers / Wardaddy / Vision Video (Georgia Theatre) 10/25 BLUE DENIM (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) 10/25 RAMBLIN’ COUNTRY BAND (VFW) 10/26 SURFACE TO AIR MISSIVE / LASER BACKGROUND / TRUE BLOSSOM (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 10/26 BOOMBOX (Georgia Theatre) 10/26 BOOTY BOYZ (Georgia Theatre) 10/26 RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) 10/28 PERSPECTIVE, A LOVELY HAND TO HOLD / FIESTA FORTE / GIRL CLOTHES (Caledonia Lounge) 10/28 APPARITION / CANADIAN RIFLE / THE RAGING NATHANS (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 10/29 HEAVY PETTING / KING ROPES / LOW VARIETY / FREE HAT (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 10/29 JONNY WAYNE (Nowhere Bar)
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Art AAAC GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking applicants for its quarterly $500 grants. All local artists, arts organizations or arts-based projects are welcome to apply. The next deadline is Dec. 15. info@athensarts.org, www.athensarts.org ACAC SEEKS NEW MEMBERS (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission is seeking qualified candidates to fill three-year volunteer positions. The ACAC meets on the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. Must be an ACC resident and registered voter and have demonstrated interest in the arts. Deadline Nov. 30, 11:59 p.m. Interviews in early April. www. athensculturalaffairs.org
ATHICA HOLIDAY MARKET (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Seeking vendors for the 2019 Holiday Market, which will be held Dec. 14, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Deadline to apply is Nov. 3. Information and application form are available online. bit.ly/2019ATHICA market 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
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 INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski St.) “Jason Thrasher | Uncovered Perspectives: India 21 Years Later” shares a collection of travel photographs, many of which were made more fully-realizable through new digital techniques. Through Oct. 24. 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. BUVEZ (585 Barber St., Suite A) Will Eskridge’s “Teen Screams: Part 2” features painted portraits of popular ‘80s horror icons like Freddy, Jason and Michael. Opening Reception Oct. 18. Currently on view through Nov. 15. 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.) “Creatures of the Night” by Eli Saragoussi is an installation of shadow creatures. Through Nov. 4. DONDEROS’ KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) “Brain Stroke? Brush Stroke! Drawings, Paintings and Photography as Physical Therapy” demonstrates how Babs McDonald, after experiencing an ischemic stroke affecting her dominant side, began using art to train her hand. Through October. FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Spooky artwork curated by Dan Smith. Through October.
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all four sessions will receive a $25 honorarium. Register online. 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 MONSTER DRAWING RALLY (Ciné) The Monster Drawing Rally will feature dozens of artists creating art in real-time. Register by Oct. 15 to participate as an artist. Event
attendees can watch artists work, then purchase their final pieces with proceeds benefiting Ciné and ATHICA. 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 32 hours per week. $65/month or $175/three months. 706-613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure
Classes 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.
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. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “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. • In the sculpture garden, Rachel Whiteread presents five cast-stone sculptures that reinterpret her earlier resin castings of the space beneath chairs. Through Mar. 7. • “Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome” celebrates Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s influence. Through May 31. 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. HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE (237 Prince Ave.) Chris Cane presents “The Nirvinyl Collection: The Halloween Session.” HIP VINTAGE AND HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) “Paintings Lost & Found” is a group exhibit of art from local known and anonymous artists. 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. Through Oct. 26. JITTERY JOE’S EASTSIDE (1860 S. Barnett Shoals Rd.) Paul Ohmer shares photography of haunted images from the backroads of America. Through October. 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. • “Kiki Kogelnik, Julia Scher, Erika Vogt, Lisa Williamson” is a group show that examines technology in relation to the human body, performance and formal representations of the female figure. • In “Codified Color,” Dodd graduate students Mary Gordon, Christina Foard and Nick Abrami employ color as a means to examine personal histories. • “Baci from Cortona” celebrates 50 years of UGA in Cortona through photographs sharing memories. In “Immortal Beloved,” Dodd MFA candidate Robby Toles challenges authenticity as the artist’s image takes precedence over place. LOWERY GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) The gallery celebrates “24 Years of Art” with Giclee prints, originals, photographs and sculptures by over 24 artists including Claire Clements, Ben Rouse, Peter Loose, Kip Ramey and more. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) “This is It!” features pieces by Athens artists working in the food and beverage service industry. Through
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$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 ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Brush Lettering with Kristen Ashley,” 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, www.kaartist.com CLASSES (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) “Gentle Nia,” Mondays at 1 p.m. “Oil Painting,” Mondays at 1:30 p.m. “Drawing,” Mondays at 6 p.m. “Community Coffeehouse,” Tuesdays from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. “Coffee with a Veteran,” Tuedays at 9 a.m. “Threadwork Crafting Club,” Tuesdays at 9 a.m. “SilverSneakers Stretch,” Wednesdays at 10 a.m. “SilverSneakers Yoga,” Wednedsays at 11 a.m. “Acrylic Painting,” Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. “Aikido,” Wednesdays at 2 p.m. “Zumba,” Wednesdays at 6 p.m. “Belly Dance,” Wednesdays at 7 p.m. “Mah Jongg,” Thursdays at 1 p.m. 706-742-0823, wintervillecenter@gmail.com, www. wintervillecenter.com
COMEDY CLASS: IMPROV, CLOWNING & PRESENSE (Moonlight Theater) Inspired by French clown Philippe Gualier, this course explores the importance of failure, playfulness, collaboration and imagination. For adults and children ages 13 and up. Sundays through Oct. 27, 4–6 p.m. $15/ class. moonlight.theater.company@ gmail.com, www.moonlighttheater company.com COMEDY CLASS: INTRO TO IMPROV (Nimbl) Learn offer-making and scene-building, master the art of “Yes, and…” and get out of your head and into the moment! Tuesdays, Oct. 29–Dec. 3, 7–9 p.m. $175. 770-833-7969, www.krakin jokes.com/classes 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. www.ballroomarts.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,
Nov. 16. • In the Lounge Gallery, Nathaniel Burkins shares a collection of candid photographs. Through Nov. 30. • Collections from our Community presents a collection of unique flyswatters from Tad Gloeckler. Through Jan. 7. 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. 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. THE ROOK & PAWN (294 W. Washington St.) Local artist Chris Taylor uses paintings, textiles and jewelry to explore the history, creatures and customs of his fictional Land of the Candy Moon. Through October. STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) “Growing Through Art” is the final exhibition of the Athens Art Association’s centennial celebration. The show includes botanicals, insects, gardens, stilllife and more. Through Nov. 3. 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. Through November. 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. Through Nov. 30. 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. WINTERVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY AND CULTURE (371 N. Church St., Winterville) View work by multiple new artists for fall. THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) Permanent artists include RA Miller, Chris Hubbard, Travis Craig, Michelle Fontaine, Dan Smith, Greg Stone and more.
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
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
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.nami hall.org SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Email for Location) Athens Downtown SAA offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from a compulsive sexual behavior. Write an email through athensdowntownsaa.com for help beginning your recovery process
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Artwork by Celia Brooks is currently on view at Jittery Joe’s on Baxter Street through Saturday, Oct. 26. 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 WINE 202: AN INTRODUCTION TO WINES OF THE NEW WORLD (J’s Bottle Shop, 1452 Prince Ave.) A four-session course all about wines from the “New World (US, South America, Australia, and New Zealand.) Coursework includes up to six wines per class. Nov. 13, 14, 20 & 21, 6:30–8 p.m. $85. wine. jsbottleshop@gmail.com
Help Out B.E.E. ENGAGED (Multiple Locations) The library seeks volunteers to mentor teen girls at Cedar Shoals High School through B.E.E. Engaged, a community auxiliary for B.E.E. Club, Inc. (Becoming Empowered through Education), which aims to teach life skills through leadership and community engagement. Interest meetings will be held Oct. 15 and Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. at Cedar Shoals, and Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. at the Athens-Clarke County Library. www.athenslibrary.org
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 pumpkin painting, linoleum carving and illustration: proportions of the face. Check website for details and to register. $15. www.kaartist.com GYMNASTICS (Gymnasia, 1091 Baxter St.) Gymnastics classes are offered for various age groups throughout the day. See website for schedule. www.athensgymnastics. com TEEN CARTOON ILLUSTRATORS CLUB (Lyndon House Arts Center) Robert Brown offers lessons and drawing techniques to teens who like
TEEN SEWING AND FASHION CLUB (Lyndon House Arts Center) Teens can focus on sewing projects with the guidance of a professional. Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5 per week. 706-613-3623
Support Groups ALS SUPPORT GROUP (Oconee Veterans Park, Watkinsville) Provides awareness and education 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
ADULT TRIPS (Rocksprings Community Center) “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 COMPUTER SKILLS ONE-ON-ONE (ACC Library) Personalized instruction on your choice of computer topics. Stop by the Information Services Desk for a list of topics and to register. Thursdays, 9 a.m. 706-6133650, ext. 354. www.athenslibrary. org/athens DOWNTOWN PARADE OF LIGHTS (Downtown Athens) Now accepting entries. Prizes will be awarded for the most original float, best use of the theme and best use of lights. This year’s theme is “Home for the Holidays.” Deadline Nov. 14. Parade on Dec. 5, 7 p.m. $40. www.athens clarkecounty.com/parade. GENEALOGY ONE-ON-ONE (ACC Library) Heritage Room staff will assist attendees in working on genealogical or local history research questions. Registration required. Thursdays, 2 p.m. www.athens library.org/athens NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINATIONS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Community Foundation has launched a new award for nonprofit organizations that have exemplary practices in leadership, management, innovation, collaboration and impact. Applications will be accepted through Oct. 28. athensareacf.org 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. SCANNING ONE-ON-ONE (ACC Library) Get help digitizing family heirlooms for lifelong preservation. Library staff is available to assist in working with documents, photos and slides. Registration required. Wednesdays, 2 p.m. www.athens library.org/athens TABLE TENNIS (East Athens Community Center) Table tennis games are held three times a week. All skill levels welcome. tabletennis athensga@gmail.com f
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We are deeply entrenched in the spooky season. Kids and Disney fanatics may be excited by Maleficent: Mistress of Evil further retconning one of Disney’s greatest villains into an antihero. Another sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap, feels tardy, as the original zomcom came out 10 years ago. Limited releases on the horizon include Taika Waititi’s Nazi comedy Jojo Rabbit and Robert Eggers’ follow-up to The Witch, The Lighthouse, starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. Both are highly anticipated. As always, Ciné has loads of goodies to offer. On Oct. 15, one of the most acclaimed musical documentaries of all time, Say Amen, Somebody, Exactly! Parents just don’t understand. has been restored. The film celebrates 20th Century American gospel music. On Oct. 17, disGodzilla vs. Kong with Kong: Skull Island cover the mostly unknown filmmaking pioand this past summer’s quite entertaining neer Alice Guy-Blache in Be Natural: The Godzilla: King of the Monsters on Oct. 18 Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache. If music and 20. is more your thing, dress sharp, comb your beard and check out ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ GEMINI MAN (PG-13) Partway through Band From Texas that same day. The latest Gemini Man, I pondered the last time clonoffering in the Return of Schlocktoberfest, ing was considered a cutting-edge plot Dario Argento’s giallo classic Deep Red, device—the late 1990s? It should come runs Oct. 17–19. The nine-time Academy Award winner The English Patient is screening Oct. 16 in conjunction with a visit from the source material’s award-winning author, Michael Ondaatje. Bad Movie Night returns on Oct. 22 with Eyes of the Werewolf, which sounds like Eric Red’s Body Parts meets The Wolfman with plenty of gore and some nudity. Flicker’s 31 Days of Darkness expands upon its exceptional lineup with some classics. On Oct. 17, Pachinko Pop presents 1969’s Horrors of Malformed Men, which sounds sort of like The Island of Dr. Moreau. On Oct. 18, 1988’s Black Roses attempts to meld horror movies and rock and roll, which Rock ’n’ Roll Nightmare director John Fasano shows is not as easy as one would assume. Ghastly Horror Society presents a night of movies and trivia on Oct. 21. In 1948’s Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, the comedy duo not only meet the titular monster; they run into Bela Lugosi’s Dracula and Lon Chaney’s Wolfman, too. 1932’s Island of Lost Souls, which boasts Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau and Lugosi as the Sayer of the Law, and 1935’s Werewolf of London follow trivia. 1986’s Gothic, a retelling of how Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein from controversial filmmaker Ken Russell, was a pay cable mainstay of my childhood and screens on Oct. 22. The ACC Library offers another chance to check out two hometown documentaries: Athens GA: Inside/Out on Oct. 16 and Athens Rising 2: Transmittance on Oct. 22. The Madison County Library offers up a Spooky Movie for the family on Oct. 19. A couple of my childhood faves are The
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JUDY (PG-13) Renee Zellweger is exceptional as Judy Garland in the latest entry in the stars-in-decline genre—see Stan & Ollie—and she had better be, as her performance is the film. With a less impressive imitation, Judy would have been no more than an unenlightening TV movie. Other actors are in Judy—Wild Rose’s Jessie Buckley is the most memorable—but nothing happens in the movie that does not involve Garland. As young Judy, Darci Shaw might have the tougher job, as she has to re-create the Wizard of Oz-era star most people remember. Nonetheless, Zellweger’s portrayal, which includes some powerful musical moments, feels revelatory despite the actress’s decades-long, Oscar-winning career. f
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Bojack and that warm smile are still hanging around the shelter, but it won’t be long before someone realizes what a real pal this guy is. If you want a furry friend that’s bursting with energy and loves to play, Bojack’s got you covered!
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Lost Dog! Coach is a 1 year old heeler mix, white with brown ears/eyes/ patches. About 40 lbs. He slipped out of his collar on Saturday 9/21, and was last seen on Freeman Dr. & Ashmore Dr. He is microchipped. We miss him so much and are hear tbroken without him. If you have any info please contact Christian at 646-2866153. We are offering a reward to anyone who can return him safely.
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AMERICA RECYCLES WEEK November 10-16, 2019 americarecyclesday.org
ALL WEEK (Mon-Fri) Read for Recycling
K-12 students are invited to participate in Read for Recycling. This program rewards students and classes who learn more about recycling and waste reduction through books.
Bin it and Win it!
Visit us at one of our 9 recycling drop-off sites around Athens to recycle your items. We will be looking for recyclers to reward with a prize for proper recycling etiquette and correct items in the bin!
ALL WEEK (Mon-Sat) Mon, Wed, Sat Fees Free Week@ CHaRM
All facility and processing fees will be waived for residential customers only.
KACCB Cell and Inkjet Drive
Are your old cell phones, inkjets, and small electronics piling up? Or have you, (gasp!), been throwing them away? Celebrate America Recycles Day by bringing them to the CHaRM to benefit Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful and raise funds for community beautification projects and programs.
Mon, Nov 11, 5-7pm ACC Recycling Facility (MRF) Open House Facility Tours
Join us for tours of the ACC Recycling Facility from 5-7pm. Please park at ACC Solid Waste Admin: 725 Hancock Industrial Way, Athens, GA. RSVP to recycle@accgov.com
Center for Hard to Recycle Material (CHaRM) Open House
Join us for tours of the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) from 5-7pm. Located at 1005 College Ave, Athens, GA. RSVP to recycle@accgov.com
America Recycles Day!
Fri, Nov 15, 4:30-6pm Sustainability Industry Roundtable -Terrapin Beer Co.
Business and industry professionals are invited to share sustainable practices in a discussion organized by ACC Recycling and hosted by Terrapin at 265 Newton Bridge Rd, Athens, Georgia 30607. RSVP to recycle@accgov.com
Sat, Nov 16, 1-3pm
Fix-it Clinic @ ACC Solid Waste - 725 Hancock Industrial Way In partnership with local businesses and organizations,. Bring an item in need of repair like bicycles, toys, clothing/ textiles, computers, small furniture, electronics, tools and small appliances (No automobile repair). We will help you fix the item. This will be same day service and we are NOT masters at fixing everything, but we will try our best. For more information: (706) 613-3512 recycle@accgov.com, or accgov.com/recycle
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R: How long have y’all been doing this? P: Uh, it will be 32 years next week. R: Seems like long enough to figure out how to get it here on time. P: Well, we deliver Flagpole to over 350 locations. R: I hope they’re not all running late like you are. You’re going to be in trouble with your boss. Flagpole is always here when I come shopping at Kroger. That’s a gigantic stack you leave. P: Kroger accounts for a big chunk of Flagpole distribution. A lot of people are like you and pick one up after they buy their groceries, whenever that is. The same is true at Bell’s. Bell’s supermarkets move a lot of Flagpoles, too, and all those other locations are vital to our circulation. R: So, they’re doing Flagpole readers a service. P: Yes, and themselves, too. You’re always glad to find your Flagpole where you shop or eat or hang out. R: Y’all are kind of like partners? P: Yep. We depend on the businesses that distribute Flagpole, and their customers depend on Flagpole being there. It’s win-win. R: Unless you’re running late. Say, I saw something on Facebook about supermar-
P: That’s what the free-circulation model is built on. Getting the paper out to as many readers as possible. Gets results for advertisers, too. R: How can they say print doesn’t matter, when Flagpole has become the main source of news about everything from local government to the school system to the music scene? And you even have football. Sorry! Didn’t mean to make you wince. P: Rodrigo! R: Well, I can tell you this: If I couldn’t get my Flagpole at my Kroger, I would be thoroughly inconvenienced. It’s a part of my routine. P: We’re all that way. We get our Flagpole at our grocery store or our package store or our favorite restaurant. Wherever, it’s part of our routine, and we don’t like to change. R: Say, mister: How do you know so much about Flagpole? P: Long story. R: Well, keep ’em coming. I can’t do without Flagpole. P: Good newspapers become a part of their communities, and the businesses that distribute them attract a lot of good will. R: You sound like you might have a future in the newspaper business. P: I hope so. f
MATISYAHU DOORS 8:00PM • SHOW 9:00PM
ATREYU
20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR W/ WHITECHAPEL, HE IS LEGEND, TEMPTING FATE, SANTA CRUZ
DOORS 6:00PM • SHOW 6:30PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
MITCHELL TENPENNY W/ SEAFORTH
DOORS 7:30PM • SHOW 8:30PM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
ROBERT RANDOLF
THE ROYAL RUMPUS BALL FT
& THE FAMILY BAND W/ THE ARTISANALS
DOORS 8:00PM • SHOW 9:00PM
10/29 HIPPO CAMPUS
BOOMBOX DOORS 10:00PM • SHOW 11:00PM
COMING SOON
SOLD OUT!
10/31 BLACKFOOT GYPSIES (NOWHERE BAR) 10/31 PERPETUAL GROOVE W/ FUNK YOU 11/4 THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOLD OUT! 11/4 SCREAMING FEMALES (CALEDONIA LOUNGE)
11/5 YOKE LORE 11/6 KOE WETZEL 11/7-8 RILEY GREEN SOLD OUT! 11/8 SUSTO (40 WATT) 11/9 JIMMY HERRING AND THE 5 OF 7
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