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No TAD Today COMMISSION PUTS OFF REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND MORE LOCAL NEWS By Blake Aued and Rebecca McCarthy news@flagpole.com Mayor Kelly Girtz has put off a proposal Commissioner Allison Wright said. to direct new property tax revenue from Girtz had pushed for a quick vote upcoming developments toward blighted because property values are set Jan. 1 for neighborhoods in East and North Athens tax purposes, so the TAD will become less after Athens-Clarke County commissioners valuable next year as development conasked for more time to consider the potentinues. The TADs were estimated to raise tial ramifications. A vote previously scheda combined $400 million over 20 years, if uled for Nov. 5 was put off until sometime approved in 2019. “I don’t think [the lost next spring. revenue] is going to be overwhelming,” “What I don’t want to do is call for a Girtz told Flagpole. [Blake Aued] near-term vote when there are some longterm questions,” Girtz said at a public hearing Oct. 29. The proposal involves tax allocation districts, a redevelopment tool governments After the most recent police shootuse to encourage development in blighted ing, ACC Police Chief Cleveland Spruill areas and allocate the additional tax dollars instituted a new policy requiring multiple collected from those developments towards officers to respond to calls about domestic improvements within the TAD boundaries. One of the TADs Girtz is proposing extends violence or a person with a gun, knife or other weapon. While officers are still authofrom the General Time and Southern Mill rized to use deadly force to prevent harm developments near Chase Street and the to themselves or others, the new policy is Loop north along Newton Bridge Road. intended to make it less likely that deadly The other takes in the next phase of the force is needed. student housing complex The Mark, as well “Effective immediately, except in such as future development around the Classic cases where active violence is occurring Center arena (assuming it was approved at against another, responding officers will the ballot box Tuesday, Nov. 5) and runs meet/stage away from up North Avenue and the incident location Danielsville Road. I’d like to have a much prior to proceeding to Revenue collected from those developments larger discussion about the active scene,” says the new policy. “This would be earmarked where the TADs should be. will allow the respondtoward infrastructure ing supervisor and and affordable housing officers an opportunity to quickly assess in areas further out that have experienced the situation and design an initial response disinvestment, thereby encouraging more plan. Such plans may include assigning private investment as well, according to responsibility to one officer to deploy a Girtz. Taser or other less lethal force devices and/ Some commissioners disagreed with or assigning responsibility to the second the location of the proposed TADs. “I’d officer to deploy deadly force if necessary.” like to have a much larger discussion On Oct. 26, officers responded to a disabout where the TADs should be,” said Commissioner Andy Herod, who represents pute between neighbors over noise at an apartment complex off Gaines School Road. the Eastside. He mentioned Georgia Square They sought to interview Nan Zhao, 45, Mall and Lexington Road as potential who police say opened fire on the officers sites. Hawthorne Avenue and Tallassee and was killed in the gunfight. It was the Road could also benefit from a TAD, added Commissioner Tim Denson, who represents sixth police shooting this year in Athens and the third in October. that area. Less than two weeks earlier, a lone offi“The mall seems to be a pretty obvious cer responded to a call about a woman with place we should be talking about,” Denson a knife and a gun in a neighborhood off said. Georgia Square Mall’s representative, Tallassee Road. Bonny Thomas, 54, charged Commissioner Jerry NeSmith, said he has met with the owner. “I’d like to use a TAD to at the officer with the knife raised, body camera footage showed, and he shot and give him motivation for some of his ideas,” killed her. NeSmith said. (Commissioner Melissa Another October incident involved a Link’s idea? A water park. “That’s my pipe lone officer shooting domestic violence dream,” she joked.) In addition, “Jennings suspect Salvador Salazar, 28, who slashed at Mill Road is ready to pop as something,” the officer with a hidden machete. Salazar NeSmith said. survived. But unlike Newton Bridge Road and the In July, Aaron Hong, 22, charged at an eastern edge of downtown, private developofficer with a knife while the officer’s parters aren’t currently eyeing Lexington Road ner was trying to pull out his Taser, forcing or Atlanta Highway, so the value of a TAD the officer Hong was charging to shoot him. could be limited there. “You do need that [BA] catalyst project,” Link said. TADs are a commonly used tool throughout Georgia and the U.S., but never in Athens, although voters approved the No one believes they’ll ever be poor, but concept in 2006. That was a long time ago, that’s a fallacy. After experiencing a major and commissioners need more time to life change—a medical emergency, a job educate themselves and their constituents,
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loss, a hurricane, a divorce—a huge number use this higher number in creating policies of Americans wouldn’t have the resources to benefit poorer families, she said, like the to weather a catastrophe and would be earned income tax credit. homeless in three months. In 2018, 40% What are the drivers of poverty? Low of Americans had less than $6,000 in savwage jobs, lack of savings and the rising ings, according to Megan Bolado, a poverty costs of housing, health, transportation expert. She’s helping with strategic planand post-secondary education. And a lack ning at Family Promise of Athens (formerly of access to education, “because with no the Interfaith Hospitality Network), a local access, you can’t move up,” she said. With agency that provides immediate shelter to knowledge, skills and access, you can reach homeless families with children and helps financial capability, but the problem is them become independent. Bolado has access to financial institutions and banks. been involved in anti-poverty and economic In many neighborhoods without banks or justice work for 15 years in Washington, DC credit unions, poor people depend on check and Atlanta, on Native American lands and cashing businesses, which keep a percentnow in Athens. age of the checks they cash, and on payday In a recent presentation, Bolado spoke lenders, which charge exorbitant interest about poverty, both in general and sperates. cifically in Athens, answering questions In Athens, Bolado says, 72% of the posed by Family Promise board member population—excluding UGA students—is Krystle Cobran, who was recently appointed of working age, from 18–64 years old. Of Athens-Clarke County’s first inclusion those, 55% are white, 27% are African officer. American, and 10.7% are Hispanic. Last “No one deserves to be poor,” Bolado school year, almost 900 children in the pubsaid. “I don’t think it’s fair for people not lic school system were identified as hometo have housing or less—children who food, and it’s shockmay be staying with No one deserves to be poor. relatives or friends ing to see people suffer.” or in the family car, I don’t think it’s fair for According to the but who have no stapeople not to have housing or federal government, ble residence. a family of four The median food, and it’s shocking to see earning less than income in Athens is people suffer. $27,000 a year is $34,258, and 20.2% poor. This classifiof all four-person cation means that 12% of American househouseholds earn less than $27,000 annuholds are poor. Bolado disagreed with the ally. As Flagpole has reported, a huge percutoff number. cent of people’s income goes to housing in In the 1960s, she said, when part of this Athens, where home value is four and a half formula was being developed, Americans times higher than median income, and over spent 33% of their income on food. As of half of renters spend at least a third of their 2012, that figure was 12%. But while the income on housing. cost of food has fallen, the cost of everyIn Athens, 11% of the population thing else—housing, transportation, edudoesn’t use banks, compared to 10.6% in cation, insurance, durable goods—has risen Georgia and 6.5% nationally. One big probsharply. “So, those numbers, those statislem is that those who work in the service tics, aren’t based on reality,” Bolado said. industry are subject to volatility—a UGA For her, a more accurate picture of povhome football game could mean extra tips erty says a family of four earning less than for those in the restaurant business, while $53,000 is poor because, nationally, the summer could see a drop. And in Athens, as median household income is $63,179. With elsewhere, the biggest need is for affordable that number, more than 40% of American child care and transportation. [Rebecca households are poor. Government should McCarthy] f
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The Write Stuff UGA EVENTS HONOR RALPH McGILL AND OTHER GEORGIA WRITERS By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com Athens is mostly known as a music mecca, but this month, practitioners of prose and poetry will be honored at the University of Georgia during two events that celebrate writers in this state and nation. Two university organizations, the Ralph McGill Lecture and Symposium and the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, have public events coming up during November that showcase wordsmiths both past and present.
2019 McGill Lecturer David McCraw
The 41st annual McGill Lecture takes place Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. in Room 150 of the Miller Learning Center. The Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Reception and Induction Ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. on Nov. 17 in Room 285 at the Special Collections Library. The McGill events commemorate the courage of Georgia newspaperman Ralph McGill, whose civil rights-era columns in The Atlanta Constitution earned him accolades as “the conscience of the South.” McGill had a long career as a journalist, beginning as a sports scribe for The Nashville Banner in the 1920s and continuing for nearly 50 years until his death in 1969. In 1953, his columns moved to the front page of the Atlanta newspaper, and in 1959, McGill was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his column titled “A Church, A School,” in which he decried white supremacist violence and called on “all Americans to stand up and be counted on the side of law and the due process of law.” In his decades as a newspaper writer, McGill ground out more than 10,000 columns about a wide variety of subjects, from the joys of down-home barbecue to the majesty of a space launch to eyewitness coverage of the trial of Nazi war criminals after World War II. His columns were a page one institution for a generation of readers like me in the South of the 1950s and ’60s, and also for those outside the region who read them syndicated in newspapers across America. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. mentioned McGill in his “Letter From
Birmingham Jail,” saying that McGill wrote about the burgeoning civil rights movement “in eloquent and prophetic terms.” In 1964, McGill was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I’ll always remember meeting McGill when I was a young man attending one of his lectures. McGill was a sturdy fireplug of a man with piercing blue eyes and a quiet charisma befitting a big-city editor. I was honored to shake his hand and thank him for his work. This year’s McGill Lecturer is David McCraw, deputy general counsel for The New York Times, whose timely topic is “Fake News: The Press, The President, and the Future of the First Amendment.” McCraw’s new book is called Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts. In a Mar. 19 interview with the Times, McCraw said that in today’s America, “What we’ve seen is that the president of the United States calling the press the enemy of the people, a stain on society, purveyors of fake news, has created an epidemic. The worst governments in the worst places have now adopted that language, and they’re using it to oppress their own press.” McCraw’s lecture comes at a precarious and perilous time for American journalism in which the courage and commitment of McGill are still needed and relevant. Past McGill lecturers have included Eugene Patterson, Tom Wicker, Celestine Sibley, Katharine Graham and Leonard Pitts. The Georgia Writers Hall of Fame says its purpose is “to recognize Georgia writers, past and present, whose body of work reflects Georgia’s rich literary heritage.” Appropriately, McGill is one of the Georgia scribes inducted into the Hall of Fame. Other Peach State poets and prose writers honored there include Erskine Caldwell, W.E.B. Du Bois, Carson McCullers, Margaret Mitchell, Joel Chandler Harris, Pat Conroy, Ferrol Sams, Jimmy Carter, Terry Kay, Philip Lee Williams, James Dickey and many more. This year’s inductees are food writer John T. Edge and poet A. E. Stallings. Pulitzer Prize-winning Georgia journalist and activist Julia Collier Harris will be inducted posthumously. McGill’s voice and spirit will be remembered during the upcoming events on the University of Georgia campus this month. His words of warning from 60 years ago need to be remembered across this nation and around the world today: “When the wolves of hate are loosed on one people, then no one is safe.” f
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The Athens-Clarke County Animal Shelter has been in the “Getting to help homeless animals is one of my greatest news repeatedly due to criticism of animal care and its joys,” Wrobel said. record of euthanizing a large number of dogs and cats. In Erika Carter, her husband and their three young children the wake of disturbing reports, the Athens-Clarke County began to foster when their 14-year-old beloved pit bull Commission unanimously reorganized Animal Control as mix, Jasemine, was terminally ill with bone cancer. Their the Animal Services Department reporting directly to the younger rescue dog, Roscoe, suffered from separation anxmanager’s office. This restructuring is designed to improve iety, and they were concerned that Roscoe would be devaslocal animal services in a community facing an ongoing tated and unable to recover when Jasemine passed. Carter’s challenge. Simply put, there is not enough room at local family fostered a border collie mix that comforted Jasemine shelters for the large number of homeless dogs and cats in in her last days and was a companion to Roscoe when she the Athens area. lost her furry friend. As Carter continued to foster, she According to Best Friends Animal Society, the largest found that Roscoe no longer had separation anxiety. “I wish no-kill homeless animal sanctuary in the U.S., Georgia is I would have known about the fostering process years ago, considered to be a high-kill state. Best Friends’ mission is to as it has helped our family in more ways than we can men“save them all,” and it has been working with local organition,” Carter said. “We are also teaching our children how to zations nationwide and making progress toward this goal. give back to the community.” According to Best Friends, of the 5.3 million dogs and cats that entered shelters in 2018 in Georgia, 4.1 million were saved. The unsaved animals were killed mostly due to lack of space and infrastructure to care for and adopt out homeless animals. Despite the grim statistics in Georgia and the U.S. as a whole, many positive steps are occurring across the country, in Georgia and in the greater Athens community. One such step is the rescue work done by local organizations like Three Paws Rescue. Three Paws works closely with the Athens-Clarke County Animal Shelter, Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter (MOAS) and other rescue organizations to place homeless cats and dogs in foster homes Morgan Hollingsworth and her dog, Sansa, originally a foster but now a permanent part of the family. and forever adoptive homes. University of Georgia student Madison Webb, along with friend and business partner Third grade teacher Morgan Hollingsworth and husband Kelvin Ling, founded Three Paws in 2018. Since that time, Ryan, a paramedic, also foster for Three Paws. They had one this grassroots nonprofit has saved 568 dogs and cats. dog and were considering adopting a second, so fostering Three Paws matches potential adopters with available enabled them to see if a two-dog family would work for dogs and cats through its Facebook page, its website and them. They enjoyed their foster dog, Sansa, so much that Petfinder, a large pet adoption site that serves North they decided to keep her. They hesitated to foster more for America. The organization actively participates in events fear of wanting to keep them all. However, while volunto showcase adoptable dogs, such as Boo-le-Bark, Petsense teering at MOAS, Hollingsworth met a puppy that needed adoption days, UGA’s Stuff the Truck and events hosted by a foster. MOAS connected with Three Paws, and the family supportive local businesses, such as Chops and Hops and has since fostered four dogs, all of whom were adopted. Fully Loaded Pizza. The organization communicates with Cari Sue Keller, another elementary school teacher who its dedicated volunteers via a private foster Facebook page, volunteers for Three Paws, is fostering 12-year-old Little where Webb frequently notifies the group when shelters are indefinitely. Keller wants to spoil Little for the rest of his full and desperate for fosters to avoid euthanasia. The need days, and he is considered a hospice foster due to his age. is dire, and according to several foster families, the volunHe was ill and malnourished when turned in to the shelter, teer work is transformational and rewarding. but has recovered. The “fospice” (foster and hospice) option UGA graduate school student Elizabeth Wrobel and works well for Keller, because she believes she would “foster fiancé Trevor Richards have been fostering for Three Paws fail” one after another and have a house full of dogs. Little since February 2019. Wrobel started fostering when she is also a companion for Keller’s 6-year-old granddaughter, found an emaciated stray Doberman at a gas station parkCady. ing lot. She searched for an adopter to rescue the dog while Three Paws foster volunteers include single men and it was held at Animal Control waiting to be claimed by own- women, couples, and families with children and grandchilers who never came. Three Paws offered to rescue her from dren of all ages. Some foster regularly, and others jump in the county animal shelter if Wrobel would foster her, and when they can. Some have dogs or cats, and others do not. the dog was named Athena. Wrobel learned that the resMost have hectic schedules with school, family, work and cue group provides spaying, neutering and microchipping other obligations. Three Paws works with foster families to services for all animals in its care. It provides food, leashes, find dogs that fit best for their situation. collars and medication—foster homes only need to provide Anyone considering fostering may contact Three Paws love, socialization and comfort. Athena was adopted to a and apply without making a long term commitment. wonderful home, and Wrobel’s foster journey continued. Applications for fostering and adoption are available at Currently, Wrobel and Richards primarily foster kittens. threepawsrescue.org. f
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packed with analog gear, similar to how he made Life of Pause, to doing it all by himself, like Gemini. This fluidity gives Tatum the option to let the songs dictate how he records. However, location has a less tangible effect, too. “Being in a new city or just trying to navigate your sense of place as you’re working on a record, I think, can seep into your songs,” Tatum says. Although it wasn’t recorded at home, Indigo holds the feeling of home tightly in its lyrics. A cornerstone of the record’s patchwork stories is love in a long-term relationship. “For me, one of the big things that I really wanted to get across with that record was just this idea of expressing feelings through these ordinary, day-to-day operations,” Tatum says. One song that stands out is the single “Shallow Water.” Tatum describes the track as an “anchored love song” that
Life and music have kept Tatum moving. Each of his four studio albums, the first of which was released in 2010, have a different city imprinted on them. Tatum self-recorded Wild Nothing’s debut, Gemini, on GarageBand in Blacksburg while he attended Virginia Tech. His latest, Indigo, came out last year and was recorded in his new home base of Los Angeles. In between, Nocturne found life in New York, and an opportunity from his producer’s friends shaped parts of Life of Pause in a studio in Stockholm, Sweden. For Tatum, entering a studio breaks the rhythm of writing and demoing alone at home and opens him to exploring something new. “I think whenever you’re in a position to do work in an environment that can really stimulate creativity in an interesting way, you’re able to get up out of your comfort zone. It’s fun for me,” Tatum says. “I kind of like being on my toes a little bit when I’m recording.” The varying backdrops for his records have been practical. Tatum has moved around a lot, so the changes in scenery have come naturally with his shifting life. Still, the landscapes where the records first take root impart their own energy. Physically, the studio—or lack thereof—inevitably impacts the record. The tools available and method of working vary and leave their touch on the process. That works well for Tatum, who’s interested in all the ways you can make an album, from “bloated studio records”
conveys love through its “realness.” Tatum had just gotten married when he was making Indigo, and the song’s lyrics center around finding safety in a person who has been at your side for a long time. “You’re my crutch/ But it’s you that helps me to walk,” goes one line. A more recent glimpse into Wild Nothing came in September, when Tatum shared Live From Brooklyn Steel. Tatum says he doesn’t see the album as a “proper release.” Rather, it’s a snapshot of the live band at a moment in time and is meant for fans who are interested in experiencing the live show at home and for posterity. Wild Nothing’s next release could be just around the corner. Tatum says he’s currently planning a new EP of songs from the Indigo era that will likely come out early next year. “Blue Wings,” which was released earlier this year, may also be included. The song just missed a spot on Indigo, but it stands strongly alone as a bridge between that album and whatever comes next. f
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rowing up, Jack Tatum of Wild Nothing frequently came down to Georgia to visit his aunt and uncle in Athens. Through the years, Athens has remained a part of his life—he says he even prefers it over his own college’s town of Blacksburg, VA—especially since his friend and former bandmate Nate Goodman is from Georgia. So, during the early days of Wild Nothing, the live band would rehearse in Athens before tour. Part of Tatum’s appreciation for the Classic City comes from the community fostered by permanent Athenians. Even while UGA students flow in and out of the city, those who stick around “nourish this idea of having a small town creative scene,” he says. Now, Tatum returns to once again contribute a small part to the city’s creative legacy. “I’m looking forward to it. I really love [the] 40 Watt— it’s such an iconic club,” Tatum says. “It’s always fun when you get to play a spot that has so much history.”
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Sweatin’, Frettin’ and Regrettin’ THE 10 BEST COUNTRY SONGS ABOUT WORKING CLASS LIFE By James C. Cobb music@flagpole.com
Hems, Haws, Hedges and Axe-Grinding Though some saw references like, “Patches in my britches, holes in my hat/ Haven’t had a shave since the wife got fat” as an attempt at comedic caricature, as the labor unrest at Gastonia spilled over in the 1930s, Dave McCarn’s “Cotton Mill Colic” was a biting indictment of the Southern textile system. There was little to inspire laughter in a line like “Every day at noon/ The kids get to cryin’ in a different tune.” As for the folks picking all that cotton, I like to juxtapose the rejection of the enslaving drudgery of the cotton fields in “I Never Picked Cotton” with the tempered expectations of thousands of Southerners trapped within that system who know a “jug of coal oil costs a dime,” but dare to anticipate “stay[in’] up late come pickin’ time.” Mel Tillis’ “Detroit City” deserves its iconic status as an ode to thousands of Southerners who headed north in search of a better life, only to find themselves feeling alienated and constantly pining for home. For me, however, “Streets of Baltimore” captures that sense of alienation pretty succinctly in a single line: “Got myself a factory job/ Ran an old machine.”
The Hag’s “Workin’ Man Blues” has a righteous claim to be in this mix, but for me, the tenuous reality and scant pleasures of low-income, working class life come through better in “If We Make It Through December.” Loretta Lynn also stands tall in this category, not only for her candid but uncomplaining “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” but for her many other songs, like “The Pill” or “One’s on the Way,” which get inside the lives of beleaguered working class women who have had it with the thankless, suffocating, seemingly endless regimen of motherhood and housekeeping. Not surprisingly, such women have trouble relating to reports that “To have her hair done/ Liz flies all the way to France” or “Jackie’s been seen in a discotheque/ Doing a brand new dance.” Happily, Kacey Musgraves seems a worthy successor to Loretta, especially in songs like “Blowin’ Smoke,” about a waitress who “swears I’m never coming back” but is still there every night to “wipe down the bar and take out the trash.” There is a case to be made that Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” belongs in the above list, not the least of the reasons being Dolly’s Loretta Lynn in 1975 stellar creds as an interpreter of the treasured moments buried within the travails of Appalachian families strugmake it home tonight.” On the other hand, gling to keep their children fed and clothed. while Kathy Mattea’s “Eighteen Wheels and It is true that, for many women in the a Dozen Roses” presents a straight-arrowed workforce these days, the designation of sort who is just 10 miles from home on secretarial or clerical jobs as “white collar” his final run after 30 years on the road, it simply means you have to dress better—or, also leaves us a bit uneasy, because, as all at least, more expensively—than your paydevotees of trucker songs know, a lot could check would seem to justify for the privilege happen in those final 10 miles. of working your tail off in what sometimes “You’re the Reason God Made amounts to an air-conditioned sweat shop. Oklahoma” gives us a good idea where it’s That said, however representative it may be headed when David Frizzell seems to take
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Loretta Lynn: “Coal Miner’s Daughter” The Blue Sky Boys: “Cotton Mill Colic” Mel Tillis: “Detroit City” Kathy Mattea: “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses” Roy Clark: “I Never Picked Cotton” Merle Haggard: “If We Make It Through December” Johnny Cash: “Pickin’ Time” Dave Dudley: “Six Days on the Road” Johnny Paycheck: “Take This Job and Shove It” David Frizzell and Shelley West: “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma”
of the working lives of many contemporary women, in both its substance and orchestration, “9 to 5” comes up a tad short on conveying the sense of a historic elemental struggle to survive that marks many of the songs that I ultimately chose. Country music has made legends of those gear-jamming son-of-a-guns whose 18-wheelers roar their way up and down the American road. Dave Dudley’s 1966 rendition of “Six Days on the Road” has little competition in this category. Even though Dudley’s man behind the wheel has to pop a few pills and give some regulators the slip, we wind up knowing he’s “gonna
the “full moon over Tulsa” for granted, while Shelley West sings plaintively about the “city lights” that “outshine the moon” in L.A. (Truth be told, my favorite part comes when Dave recounts “working 10 hours on a John Deere tractor”—where I have spent a little time myself, and well before there was any thought given to superfluities such as power steering and air conditioning.) In this slight twist on a familiar setup, this time it is a woman who longs for the home and the lover she left behind to pursue fame and fortune in the big city, and we are left with reason to think the metropolis may not ultimately prevail in this particular emotional tug of war. Anyone old enough to recall Cowboy Jack Clements and Johnny Cash’s version of “Ballad of a Teenage Queen” should not dismiss this possibility out of hand. Finally, not for so much as a nanosecond did I even study about including one of those trashy songs where guys brag about their flashy, oversized, hyper-optioned, highmarkup trucks. When I was growing up, pickups were simple necessities for real working folks, not oversized, meticulously maintained monuments to conspicuous consumption, and their sole adornments were typically confined to multiple scrapes, dents, patches of rust and assorted spatters of mud, cement and/or cow manure. Many who managed to make do with such unsightly trucks are doubtless the grandparents—or the great-grandparents—of today’s uber-pickup pilots who see themselves asserting their country bonafides by tooling around in those gaudy F-150s and Silverados. Country music has obviously not gone untouched by the economic and demographic changes that have put so much distance between us and our working class roots over a remarkably short span. Yet its capacity to capture and preserve strikingly candid slices of Southern life stretching back over generations make it a pretty good starting point for anyone looking not simply to reconnect with those roots, but to get a better sense of what being a member of the working class actually meant. f
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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com CALL ME, MAYBE?: Clever, cool and relatively collected Athens indie rockers Telemarket release a new EP this week titled You Deserve a Hard Day’s Work After a Long Night’s Rest. It comes courtesy of the Avenue Noise And Sound label. Running a taut seven tracks, the EP blazes through its paces in a way that’s as satisfying as those initial releases from, say, Parquet Courts, et al. Telemarket
terribly prohibitive. To order, go over to georgiadishboys. bandcamp.com/merch, and be certain to remember to put “merch” in the URL, because I sure didn’t, and it took me several minutes to find it. LEMME HOLD A DOLLAR: I’ve been writing this column for exactly 200 years, and I’ve seen a lot of people celebrate a lot of things. But this is the first time I’ve mentioned anyone celebrating the release of a vending machine. It’s all true, though, and wouldn’t you know it comes to you from the folks in White Rabbit Collective. The steadfastly creative bunch will play a fun set of ’60s folk and rock covers over at That Bar on Monday, Nov. 11. It’s free, with doors at 7 p.m. and music from 8–10 p.m. The machine is a vegan vending machine, which, to my knowledge, is the first thing of its kind in Athens. The grub comes courtesy of Eden’s Café, which is making a name for itself as the go-to for grab-and-go vegan food in town. So, take some bucks and get yr grub on. TWISTERFELLA: Since it was first announced back in August, Dream Tent—the repository project for Gene Woolfolk (T. Hardy Morris, et al.)—has a few new tunes. Coming out at a clip of about one every month or so, it’s nice to see this hasn’t fizzled out. He’s joined on these new ones by Erica Strout (Motherfucker) and the singularly credited “Kyle” and “Gavin.” These four new songs are pleasant in their own dream-pop/ shoegaze-y way, but Woolfolk hits true heights on the melodically complex “Not in Plain Sight” and the thoughtfully layered arrangement of “Wish.” Grab these, load ‘em up, and go drive around for a while. Get grabbin’ over at dream tent.bandcamp.com. CARNIVAL TIME: For the first time in an exceedingly long time, a show has been announced for the Athens Fairgrounds, off Lexington Road near the county line. Loose Trucks Productions will host Atlanta rapper Lil Baby, along with a veritable cast of thousands. The show happens Friday, Nov. 8. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Also on the bill are Pap Chanel, Scan, Scarfo da Plug, Prophet Mocmoud, Squalle, Trvy, DBoy, Deeno the God and more. Tickets are $52.63, and all info can be found at loosetrucks productions.com. f
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specializes in making a blur of the past four or so decades and is quick to remember—and remind—that this all used to simply be called rock music. That said, they do tend to favor the Creation Records neighborhood of the late 1980s and early ’90s. The band will jump up and down while rocking out in celebration of these tunes Saturday, Nov. 9. Also on the bill are Calico Vision, The Hernies and Hoyas. The location isn’t exactly secret, but it’s also not exactly public. So, to find out where you’re going, head to facebook. com/TelemarketMusic, and to hear this, head to avenue WUOG 90.5 FM’s 10 Most-Played Recordings noiseandsound.bandcamp. Oct. 23–29 com.
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Ever since the loss to South Carolina a little less than a month ago, the sky has been falling in Athens. But while all of us fans have been tearing our hair out over whether or not this Georgia team had the gumption to turn this season around, Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs were circling the wagons, putting in the work and getting ready to whup Florida. And let’s be very clear—we whupped Florida. The final score at this year’s World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party may have been 24-17, only a seven-point win over the hated Gators, but that scoreline doesn’t do justice to how well the Dawgs played. It
bear-hugged Fromm and embraced him for a good five seconds. He even got in a dig at fans’ doubt over Fromm. “I was proud of the support that our fans provided for us,” Smart said in his press conference. “Even if they didn’t think Jake could throw the ball.” The defense continued to do its part, specifically against the run. Although QB Kyle Trask threw for 257 yards and a pair of touchdowns, the Gators’ offense only managed 21 rushing yards. Through eight games, the Dawgs still haven’t allowed a rushing touchdown and still haven’t allowed any opponent to score more than 20 points.
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was a dominant performance that got this season back on track and restored much of my faith in this team, much like it probably did yours. Let’s start our look back at the game with the target of Georgia fans’ ire for the last month or so: Jake Fromm. Fromm has had to listen to fans—this one included— debate whether he was actually any good for the last three weeks despite two seasons’ worth of evidence that he is, in fact, very good. Against Florida, he managed to shut us all up rather quickly. Fromm went 20-for-30 with 279 yards and two touchdowns. It’s the first game he’s ever won when throwing 30-plus passes. More impressive was how Fromm played in clutch situations. The junior completed 10 of his 13 third-down passes for 119 yards, including a crucial 22-yarder to Eli Wolf with less than three minutes remaining that essentially put the game on ice. It made for a spectacular, if stressful, performance. It was exactly the kind of reaction we wanted to see from Fromm after the disaster that was the South Carolina game and his 35-yard performance against Kentucky. The fact that all eyes would be on how Fromm responded didn’t seem lost on him or Smart, either. After the game, Smart said he and Fromm had lunch together a few times this week, and Smart was clearly emotional at the final whistle when he
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The defense still has its issues, of course. The secondary was weak on both of Florida’s touchdown drives, and Richard LeCounte was called for a penalty that extended the second one, which put the Gators within a score. Covering tight ends is still an issue. Florida TE Kyle Pitts caught four passes for 78 yards. But, on the whole, I don’t think there’s any more doubt that this is one of the best defenses in the country. We also received some help from Florida being big dummies, which I’m always cool with. Ever-hateable Florida defensive coordinator/former Georgia DC Todd Grantham did exactly what Georgia fans have come to expect from him and dialed up emotional blitz after emotional blitz on third downs, allowing Fromm to tear that defense apart. Dan Mullen, who is quickly climbing the list of most punchable college football coaches, slow-played Florida’s final touchdown drive and stayed on the field for nearly seven minutes, making it easy to kill the clock when we got the ball back. They were dumb, and we made them pay. So for at least another year, we’ll hold bragging right over the Gators, just as God intended. More importantly, we still stand as the unimpeachable top dog in the SEC East and have a clear path back to the SEC Championship Game and into the College Football Playoff. There’s still no margin for error, but for the first time in what feels like a long time, I believe in these Dawgs again. f
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Color, Cortona and More A SECOND ROUND OF SHOWS AT THE DODD GALLERIES By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com The Dodd Galleries at UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art are squeezing in a second round of exhibitions for fall before the holidays and exit shows hit. With the exception of “Immortal Beloved,” which closes a week early on Friday, Nov. 8, all current exhibitions will remain on view through Saturday, Nov. 16. That same day, as part of UGA’s annual Spotlight on the Arts festival, the school will host open studios for visitors to explore the facilities where students create their work. Open studios will be held at the Main Building and Ceramics Building from 2–5 p.m. and at the Thomas Street Art Complex from 4–7 p.m., where a party with food, drinks and music will follow from 6–9 p.m.
artist’s sensitivity towards texture. One’s surface looks dry and crackled, while the
CODIFIED COLOR: Third-year MFA candidates Nick Abrami, Christina Foard and Mary Gordon employ color to examine personal histories and memory in “Codified Color.” While all three of the artists’ styles share a playfulness and elicit an irresistible urge to touch, they remain completely distinct from each other through their choice of content and materials. Memorializing significant times and places that remain “Constellation” by Lisa Williamson unknown to the viewer, Abrami’s ceramic sculptures are scattered across the gallery’s floor like next appears soft and gooey. Foard’s large odd monuments. Each form is wildly difpaintings take place in domestic spaces ferent from the next, demonstrating the and vibrate with energized brushstrokes.
It’s entertaining to pick out familiar details amongst frenzied patterns and abstracted shapes—a birthday cake, a black cat, a snow globe, a potted plant. Gordon’s installations recall the wire bead mazes often found in waiting rooms for children and consist of various wooden and wire forms assembled across the walls. IMMORTAL BELOVED: You can become familiar with another MFA candidate, Robby Toles, in his solo show “Immortal Beloved.” Reimagining the role of a YouTube vlogger, Toles recites a 19th Century love letter by Ludwig van Beethoven on film using a selfie stick and frontward-facing camera. The artist acknowledges the underlying element of a “Narcissusian curse” by flirting with his own reflection, allowing the viewer to be in on a joke that may otherwise come across as, well, narcissistic. Investigating the relationship between technology and self, his project raises important questions concerning the authenticity, accessibility and intentions of influencers. BACI FROM CORTONA: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of UGA’s Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy, “Baci From Cortona” shares touching images that reflect decades of creative exploration and cultural exchange. The collection of photographs was selected through an open call for submissions and includes both scenes of everyday life and tender moments of budding friendships. A life-sized photograph hanging outside of the entrance to the Margie E. West Gallery immediately teleports visitors across the globe and sets the tone for the exhibition; a cluster of students appear to be leisurely chatting while overlooking rolling green
hills beneath a setting Tuscan sun. A dedication to learning permeates the show through images of painting, mask-making, photography and metalsmithing, but just as important for personal growth appears to be those rare instances of silliness, like parading down an alley with musical instruments and an American flag. A portrait of a man sitting on the very edge of a building’s ruins with a notebook in hand, dangerously far from the ground below, is one of the exhibition’s most alluring images and impossible not to romanticize. BODY AND TECHNOLOGY: On view in the Lupin Foundation Gallery, “Kiki Kogelnik, Julia Scher, Erika Vogt, Lisa Williamson” is a group exhibition that touches on ideas pertaining to performance, formal representations of the female figure and technology’s relationship to the human body. The exhibit is curated by Tif Sigfrids, who, in addition to running her self-named gallery downtown, is co-director of the school’s Arts Career Entrepreneurial Space. Associated with the pop art movement of the 1960s, Austrian artist Kogelnik is represented through two drawings on paper from 1967. Part of a body of work that frequently referenced second-wave feminism and reproductive rights, the images depict dismembered robotic women with alarmingly inaccurate skeletal systems. Known for exploring the relationship between surveillance and power through performance, video and sculpture, Scher shares her 1988 film Discipline Masters, a four-hour confessional video in which the artist recounts traumatic childhood memories directly to the camera. New York artist Vogt’s pair of large sculptures, “Cybele Knife” and “Kay Knife,” were originally created as props for an ongoing project called Artist Theater Program, in which performances are choreographed around works of art. In the absence of performers, the sculptures take center stage. Los Angeles-based Williamson contributes a second pair of sculptures, “Stereo (LES3)” and “Constellation,” that exemplify a new body of work called “Body Boards.” Wallbound and stretching over 6 feet tall, the pieces contemplate the concept of portraiture with a focus on color and space. f
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Little Kings Shuffle Club · 6 p.m. · $5 Athens’ monthlong celebration of Halloween continues, due to a rainout, with SEWW’s third annual Hallowkween Havok, featuring scripted roleplay, elaborate costumes and alter ego personalities. Part competitive sport, part performance art, the team originated as a collective of mostly MFA candidates from the Lamar Dodd School of Art and has since expanded to the wider community. Featuring several new competitors, the lineup includes creative characters like Butch Chastity, Swiss Miss, Jucifer, Ragdoll, Dr. Marie Fury, Janet from Finance, Misery Musume, Hair Stressor, Jazzerthighs, Dolly Postpartum, Queen Weenie and Shania Pain. Live music will be provided by Immaterial Possession. [Jessica Smith]
Fine Arts Theatre · 8 p.m. (Fri & Sat), 2:30 p.m. (Sun) · FREE! Part of this week’s Spotlight on the Arts festival on campus, UGA Theatre presents By Our Hands from the Georgia Incarceration Performance Project to interrogate the state’s complicated history pertaining to incarceration, issues of race and forced labor. This cross-institutional collaboration involved members from UGA, Spelman College and Common Good Atlanta, an organization that provides college-level courses in prisons. Directed by Keith Bolden, Julie B. Johnson, Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin and Emily Sahakian, By Our Hands is a theatrical performance that melds original and historical music, dance, projections and writing, drawing heavily from the stories of real people. [JS]
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Tuesday 5 COMEDY: Shots in the Dark Comedy Open Mic (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Five-minute sets by local comics. Hosted by Seth Hendershot. 7 p.m. (sign ups), 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Children First Candlelight Vigil (First Baptist Church) Participants will walk together with electric candles to the Athens courthouse to hear from community leaders and peers on their experiences within the AthensOconee foster care system, which is comprised of more than 280 children. Hot chocolate and various organization booths will also be available. 5–7:30 p.m. FREE! www. childrenfirst-inc.org EVENTS: Tuesday Tour at Two (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Take a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives
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GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 KIDSTUFF: Anime Club (Bogart Library) Meet other fans of anime and manga to discover books, art, shows, snacks and Japanese culture. Grades 6–12. 6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Toddler Tuesday: Piece by Piece (Georgia Museum of Art) A tour and storytime in the galleries followed by an art activity just for the little ones. Inspired by the exhibition “Mary Lee Bendolph: Quilted Memories,” the program will explore how shapes and patterns create quilts. 10 a.m. FREE! 706542-4883, madison.hogan@uga.ed KIDSTUFF: Tiny Tales on Tuesdays (Memorial Park) Storytime and a craft. Ages 18 months–6 years. 10:30 a.m. $3–4. www.accgov.com/leisure KIDSTUFF: Me and You at the Zoo (Memorial Park) (Bear Hollow Zoo) Ages 18 months–6 years are invited
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Little Kings Shuffle Club · 9 p.m. · $5 Led by scene lifer Conan Neutron, a songwriter and guitarist known for fronting the Bay Area noise-rock band Replicator, as well as his “Protonic Reversal” podcast, where he interviews a laundry list of fellow rockers, Conan Neutron and the Secret Friends features a rotating lineup of supporting players that has included members of Melvins and Trophy Wives. In Athens, the Wisconsinbased group will invite Motherfucker guitarist Erica Strout to augment its propulsive post-punk sound. Saturday’s show also features the salsa-oriented Misfits cover band Los Meesfits, as well as the new local space-rock four-piece Hypersleep. [Gabe Vodicka]
40 Watt Club · 8 p.m. · $17 A blogosphere fave who helped usher in a DIY electropop renaissance in the mid 2000s, Maryland musician Dan Deacon’s early signature was blending breakneck beats with a heaping helping of pathos. Like fellow Baltimore band Animal Collective, Deacon found humanity in alien sounds on albums like 2007’s Spiderman of the Rings. He has since enjoyed a second wind as a talented scorer of film and television and has also made a name for himself in the unlikely fields of ballet and contemporary classical, working with Kronos Quartet, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and other highbrow acts. Deacon will reportedly return to his synthpop roots on an upcoming album, Mystic Familiar, out Jan. 31 via Domino. [GV]
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ups from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: ACCA Legislative Breakfast (ACC Council on Aging) Join The Athens Community Council on Aging for an opportunity to hear from and ask questions of local legislatives. Please RSVP to attend. 8:30 a.m. FREE! 706-549-4850, ppowell@accaging.org EVENTS: Meet the Authors (Avid Bookshop) (Prince Ave.) Avid presents Krystle Cobran, author of The Brave Educator, and Anneliese Singh, author of The Racial Healing Handbook. Purchase copies of the books to have them signed by the authors. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com EVENTS: HallowKween Havoc III (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Southeastern Women’s Wrestling (SEWW) presents an event featuring Butch Chastity, Swiss Miss, Jucifer, Marie Fury, Janet from Finance, Misery Musume, Rag Dall, Hair Stressor, and new wrestlers
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Jazzerthighs, Dolly Postpartum, Queenie Weenie and Shania Pain along with live music by Immaterial Possession. See Calendar Pick on p. 12. 6 p.m. (doors), 7–9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Vendors offer local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, live music, prepared foods and crafts. Every beer purchased at Creature Comforts during the market will get you free tokens to spend at the market. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Film Noir Confidential (ACC Library) Watch a film noir classic. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ athens GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) General trivia. Industry night. Cash house prizes. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) (2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team and compete. 8 p.m. www. saucehouse.com KIDSTUFF: Wonderful Wednesday: What’s the Story? (Bogart Library) A program to engage school-aged children in storytelling. Ages 4 & up. 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. & 4–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart 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 the museum’s Renaissance and Baroque galleries. 3–4:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org 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: Teen Social Justice Club (ACC Library) Build self-confidence and develop speaking, communication, written and leadership skills presented by the Athens AntiDiscrimination Movement. Ages 10–17 are invited to attend. Nov. 6, 5 p.m. & Nov. 20, 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Mother Goose on the Loose (Bogart Library) This special storytime is designed to promote parental bonding and early learning in babies ages 0–24 months. Registration required. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 770-725-9443 www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Author Skype Visit (ACC Library) Hear from Young Adult author Lamar Giles via Skype. He will discuss his newest novel, Spin, and award-winning book, Fake ID. Followed by a Q&A. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Anime Club (Oconee County Library) Meet with other fans of anime and manga to discover books, shows, movies,
snacks, art and Japanese culture. Grades 6-12. 6-8 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/oconee LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth Open Poetry (The Globe) Open mic poetry readings. This month’s featured reader is Ezekiel Black. 8–10:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/athenswordofmouth OUTDOORS: Guided Nature Rambles (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join naturalists from the community for a guided walk on the trails. 9-11:30 a.m. FREE! www. accgov.com/sandycreeknaturecenter
Thursday 7 ART: Holbrook Lecture: Alvia Wardlaw (Georgia Museum of Art) As a part of the 2019 Spotlight on the Arts Festival, Alvia J. Wardlaw will present “All of One Piece: The Life and Art of Mary Lee Bendolph,” a lecture on the quilt maker’s artistic career and community activism, and how the two have influenced her life as a parent, homemaker and caregiver. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org COMEDY: Tiramisu (Moonlight Theater) Come take a light-hearted and physically-comedic voyage to Italy with award-winning writer and performer Michael Burgos. Nov. 7–9 & Nov. 15–16, 8 p.m. $8 (students), $14. www.moonlighttheatercompany. com EVENTS: After the End PostApocalyptic Book Club (ACC Library) Are you a fan of post-apocalyptic and speculative fiction? Join this book group the first Thursday of each month. Newcomers always welcome. This month’s title is The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Oconee Rivers Audubon Society (Sandy Creek Nature Center) (Education and Visitor Center) Join the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society for a talk from local historian Steven Scurry on “Defending the Beloved: From Land to Real-Estate.” 7 p.m. FREE! www. oconeeriversaudubon.org EVENTS: Ladies Night in the Winery (Boutier Winery & Inn) Ladies are invited out for wine, food and line dancing. 6:30-10 p.m. $15. www.boutierwinery.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: 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: Unplugged for The Cottage (Little Kings Shuffle Club) “Unplugged” acoustic music from Diet Dangfly, Betsy Franck, Caroline Aiken, and Athens Tiny Jazz Arkestra. Enjoy food from local restaurants, a cork pull, raffles, and silent auction. All proceeds go toward free counseling for survivors of sexual assault and child abuse. 6–9 p.m. $25. www.northgeorgiacottage.org GAMES: Music Trivia (Saucehouse Barbeque) Meet at the bar for a round of trivia. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/saucehousebbq GAMES: Trivia Night (Terrapin Beer Co.) Hosted by Shelton Sellers from Classic City Trivia every Thursday. 5:30–7:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer. com KIDSTUFF: Gym Time Fun (Lay Park) An instructor-led game session will be followed by 30 minutes of open play in the gym for the little
ones. Bring a water bottle and closed toe shoes. 10:30 a.m. $2–3. www. accgov.com/leisure KIDSTUFF: Kids Cook (Bogart Library) Kids are invited to learn a healthy, easy recipe they can make at home. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Lego Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Create Lego art and enjoy Lego-based games. Blocks provided. For ages 8 and up. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Book Club (ACC Library) Read The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander. Stop by the Children’s Desk to register and check out a copy of the book. Activities and snacks provided. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Teen Thursdays (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Teens can drop in each week for a different activity. This month’s activities include book themed snacks, a superhero movie and button making. No registration necessary. Ages 13–18. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison KIDSTUFF: Anime Club (ACC Library) Watch the latest anime from Crunchyroll. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Holbrook Lecture: Alvia Wardlaw (Georgia Museum of Art) As a part of the 2019 Spotlight on the Arts Festival, Alvia J. Wardlaw, current director and curator at the University Museum at Texas Southern University and professor of art history, will speak about her career and the importance of art concerning people of color. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org LECTURES & LIT: Book Reception (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Celebrate the release of Ground Crew: The Fight to End Segregation at Georgia State, the latest book by Dr. Maurice C. Daniels, dean emeritus and professor emeritus at the UGA School of Social Work. The book sheds light on the vital role of community-based activists, local attorneys and the NAACP in a forgotten, but critical, piece of the struggle to end segregation. 4 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga. edu/russell LECTURES & LIT: Literary Arts at UGA: A Showcase (Ciné) As a part of the 2019 Spotlight on the Arts Festival, The Georgia Review, UGA’s creative writing program and Stillpoint Literary Magazine will present feature readings by members of all three organizations. Copies of each publication and the readers’ books will be available. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.arts.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) (Prince Ave.) Avid presents author Susan Mattern in celebration of her book, The Slow Moon Climbs. Purchase a copy of the book and get it signed by the author. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com MEETINGS: Adult Caregiver Crafting Support Group (ACC Library) Are you caring for a loved one with a longterm illness or disability? Take some time for self-care so you can be there for your loved one. This group is to express your experiences while enjoying self-directed craft activities. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens PERFORMANCE: Hodgson Singers Concert (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) UGA’s Hodgson Singers will perform their first concert of the 2019–2020 Ensemble Series during the 8th annual Spotlight on the Arts Festival. The program “All Things Rush On” will
include works by Bach, Hailstork, MacMillan and Averitt. 7:30 p.m. $3 (w/ UGA ID), $12. pac.uga.edu
Friday 8 ART: Holly Daze Pop-Up Sale (OCAF, Watkinsville) A one-stop shop for handcrafted seasonal decor, unique wreathes and one-of-a-kind gifts. Nov. 8–10, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.ocaf.com CLASSES: The Four Agreements for a Better Life (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Deepen your understanding and practice of the four agreements and be guided toward the life you really want to live. Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. and Don Jose Ruiz, sons of the Four Agreements author Don Miguel, will lead this Friday lecture and Saturday workshop. Nov. 8, 7 p.m. ($45–50). & Nov. 9, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. ($190–225). www.athensfivepointsyoga.com CLASSES: Loving Kindness Meditation and Letting Go (Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center) (Healing Lodge) Offered by the Loran Smith Center, this class discusses the role of loving kindness in letting go, and leads participants through practicing one or two Loving Kindness meditations. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.mindfuliving.org COMEDY: Jessica “It’s All Good” Williams Comedy Special (Go Bar) Jessica “It’s All Good” Williams is a clean, energetic and positive comedian determined to change the world with laughter. Hosted by Alia Ghosheh. 7 p.m. $10. www.aliaghosheh.com COMEDY: Tiramisu (Moonlight Theater) See Thursday listing for full description. Nov. 7–9 & Nov. 15–16, 8 p.m. $8 (students), $14. www. moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: Turkish Delights: Rug Show and Sale (OCAF, Watkinsville) Hasan’s Rugs presents a collection of hand-woven rugs, ranging from traditional to contemporary, from Turkey and surrounding regions. Antiques by Simply Old and art by Sanaz Haghani and Catherine Chang will also be available. A brunch reception featuring a walkabout and video presentation hosted by Nile Candan will be held on Nov. 10 at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 8–9, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.ocaf.com EVENTS: Haunted History Ghost Tour Join experienced storyteller Melissa Piche for a haunted evening in the shadows of Madison’s antebellum homes. Reservations required. (296 S. Main St., Madison) 7:30 p.m. $15. 706-340-4357, mpiche@northgeorgiatours.net, www.northgeorgiatours.net EVENTS: Aura Photography with Aurology (Indie South, 470 Hawthorne Ave.) Aura photo appointments include a 4x6 print of your aura and one reading of your current auric state. 4–8 p.m. $40– 60. www.auraology.simplybook.me EVENTS: Preparing for the Holidays (Steel + Plank) Different table decorating concepts will be on display, as well as any wares you’ll need to prepare for the holidays. Little Light Co. and European Floral Design will be provide a variety of candles (including limited-edition seasonal scents) and flower arrangements. 5 p.m. FREE! www.steelandplank.com EVENTS: Harvest for the Homeless (Athens Cotton Press) This event will feature dinner, drinks, raffles and live music from Mary Siglas and the Hot Hotty-Hots to benefit the Athens Area Homeless Shelter. 6:30 p.m. $30–50. www. helpathenshomeless.org
EVENTS: Morning Mindfulness (Georgia Museum of Art) Participate in a guided meditation session in the galleries. Meet in the lobby. 9:30–10:30 a.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Classics & Colors (Bogart Library) Enjoy calming time with coloring, classical music and tea or coffee. Adults only. 1–2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart 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: Ballroom Dance (Memorial Park Recreation Hall ) The Classic City Ballroom Dancers present an evening of ballroom dancing with music from DJ Ron Weigel. 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m. $3 (w/ UGA ID), $10. 217-377-2850. EVENTS: Meet the Author (UGA School of Law) (Hirsch Hall, 225 Herty Dr.) Celebrate Callaway Chair Beth Burch’s recently published book, Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation. A panel discussion will be held featuring Burch and guest speakers Maria Glover from Georgetown Law and Teddy Rave from the University of Houston Law Center. 11:45 a.m. FREE! www.law.uga.edu 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: Snap Circuits (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy electric wiring and circuitry at the library with snap circuits toys. Ages 8 and up. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Homeschool Hangout (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Homeschool families are invited to join staff for an introduction to library resources geared toward homeschooling. There will also be a library scavenger hunt activity for children and teens. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison KIDSTUFF: Fortnite Friday (ACC Library) Explore new islands with Fortnite’s Chapter 2, the latest season in Epic’s gaming adventure. Hosted by Athens Alliance Coalition. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) (Prince Ave.) Avid presents Margaret Wilkerson Sexton in celebration of her book, The Revisioners, which explores the depths of women’s relationships, generational legacies, the endurance of hope and the undying promise of freedom. Purchase a copy of the book and get it signed by the author. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop. com PERFORMANCE: Improv Athens (Miller Learning Center) (Room 214) Improv Athens presents a night of comedy and improv. PERFORMANCE: Color and Contrast: Music of the Roman School of Composers (Georgia Museum of Art) Often neglected as a “transition period” between the Renaissance and Baroque, the 17th Century in Italy was a time of rich and varied musical ideas and experimentation. Student musicians at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music willperform works by the Roman School of Composers and
the composers who influenced them. Dr. Peter Van Zandt Lane will provide commentary. 4 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org THEATER: Dad’s Christmas Miracle (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) Encore Productions presents Pat Cook’s nostalgic holiday tale Dad’s Christmas Miracle. The story follows Connor Murphy who wants a go-cart for Christmas, but has some bad grades that may keep him from getting on. Ultimately, it’s up to Connor’s dad to achieve the impossible by Christmas morning. Will he be able to perform a miracle? Nov. 8–9 & Nov. 15–16, 7 p.m. Nov. 10 & 17, 2 p.m. $9–16. 706-283-1049, tking@cityofelberton.net THEATER: Broadway’s Next H!T Musical (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) See NYC’s original, award-winning improvised musical comedy show. Master improvisers gather made up song suggestions from the audience and create a spontaneous evening of music, humor and laughter. 8 p.m. $45–50. www.mmcc-arts.org THEATER: By Our Hands (UGA Fine Arts Building) The Georgia Incarceration Performance Project presents By Our Hands, a cross-institutional collaboration between faculty, students and alumni of UGA and Spelman College of Atlanta and Common Good Atlanta, an organization that teaches college-level courses in prisons across Georgia. Through the use of dance, original and historical music, projections and interpretive performance, the team behind this production have created a wholly unique theatrical experience aimed at examining incarceration, race and the impact of forced labor within Georgia’s history. See Calendar Pick on p. 12. Nov. 8 & Nov. 16, 8 p.m. Nov. 10 & Nov. 17, 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.ugatheatre. com/gaproject
Saturday 9 ART: Alchemical Divide: Closing Reception & Artist Talk (Madison Morgan Cultural Center) Come out for the closing of “Alchemical Divide,” and enjoy an artist talk with Corrina Sephora and featured artists Pearl Bryant, Hannah Joy, Gabi Madrid and Richard Pepe. 1 p.m. FREE www.mmcc-arts.org ART: Holly Daze Pop-Up Sale (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 8–10, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.ocaf.com CLASSES: The Four Agreements for a Better Life (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 8, 7 p.m. ($45–50). & Nov. 9, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. ($190–225). www. athensfivepointsyoga.com COMEDY: Tiramisu (Moonlight Theater) See Thursday listing for full description. Nov. 7–9 & Nov. 15–16, 8 p.m. $8 (students), $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 Jason Elder (8 a.m.) and Paul Lombard (10 a.m.). 8 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: CCSD Transportation Job Fair (Athens Community Career Academy) Visit for an on-site interview. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-548-6971, www.clarke.k12. ga.us EVENTS: Haunted History Ghost Tour See Friday listing for full description. (296 S. Main St., k continued on next page
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THE CALENDAR! Madison) 7:30 p.m. $15. 706-3404357, mpiche@northgeorgiatours. net, www.northgeorgiatours.net EVENTS: Really Really Free Market (Reese & Pope Park, 375 Reese St.) Just like a yard sale, but everything is free. Bring what you can, take what you need. 12–2 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ rrfmathens EVENTS: Turkish Delights: Rug Show and Sale (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 8–9, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.ocaf.com KIDSTUFF: Diwali Festival of Lights (ACC Library) Celebrate India’s colorful holiday through traditional dance, rangoli art and Indian food. Hosted by The Indian Association of Greater Athens. For children ages 4–11 and their caregivers. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: UGA STEMzone (Miller Learning Center) (Front Lawn) UGA’s Science Dawgs will be hosting the third annual STEMzone event prior to the Nov. 9 game against Missouri. Three hours before kick-off, UGA fans can meet monarch butterflies, explore human artifacts and more while learning about research being done on campus. All ages welcome. 12–8 p.m. FREE! www.ose.uga.edu/ stemzone KIDSTUFF: Virtual Reality (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Experience new worlds and immersive games in 15-minute sessions. Ages 8 & up. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison OUTDOORS: Critter Tales (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Listen to a story about nature and visit a critter go outdoors for an activity. 2:30-3 p.m. FREE! www.accgov.com/sandycreeknaturecenter SPORTS: UGA Football (Sanford Stadium) UGA plays Missouri. 7 p.m. www.georgiadogs.com THEATER: Dad’s Christmas Miracle (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 8–9 & Nov. 15–16, 7 p.m. Nov. 10 & 17, 2 p.m. $9–16. 706283-1049, tking@cityofelberton.net
Sunday 10 ART: Cobbham Triangle Park Opening (Cobbham Triangle, in front of Piedmont College) Celebrate the new opeinng of a new art park, Cobbham Triangle, that was developed by the Historic Cobbham Foundation, Piedmont College, Riverview Foundation and Josh Koons and Dustin Jones of Koons Environmental Design. Play ping pong and chess on stone sculptures by Stan Mullins. Absorb the “Flow” mosaic by Krysia Ara. Doug Makemson jons Harold Rittenberry on sculpture pedestals, and Mike Harboldt shows off in metal. Other highlights include live music by Jay Gonzalez, scavenger hunts, a solar charging station, Connect to Protect pollinator garden and a Free Library. 2–4 p.m. FREE! www.historiccobbhamfoundation.org ART: Holly Daze Pop-Up Sale (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 8–10, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.ocaf.com CLASSES: Beginner American Tango Classes (Dancefx) An introduction to American Tango. 3 p.m. 706-355-3078, www.unstrictlyballroom.com CLASSES: Calligraphy Class (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Mike Moak teaches lettering. Supplies are provided.
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Registration is required. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ madison CLASSES: Intro to Wet Felting (The Indie South, 470 Hawthorne Ave.) Learn how to make your own apothecary bag or pouch from loose wool. Participants are asked to bring a full-sized towel and wear clothes they don’t mind getting wet. 12–3 p.m. $65. www.theindiesouth.com COMEDY: The Lion King Test Night (Moonlight Theater) NYC comedian Aaron Berman retells The Lion King with one-eighth of his regular intelligence and twice as much imagination. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: Cookbook & Conversation (The National) Seeking the South is a midern-day Southern cookbook from chef and restaurateur Rob Newton and former Athenian photographer Emily Dorio. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, a book signing and conversation between Newton, Dorio and chef Peter Dale. Tickets include the book. 2:30–4 p.m. $43/single, $51/couple. erin@ thenationalrestaurant.com EVENTS: Oconee Hill Cemetery Walking Tour (Oconee Hill Cemetery) Take a tour of the cemetery that was established in 1856. Topics include the explanation of meanings behind various carvings, symbols and icons and other funerary art. Part of the Athens Heritage Walks walking tour series. 2 p.m. $12–15. www.historicathens.com/ heritagewalks EVENTS: Tenebrae British Choir (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) UGA Presents brings the award-winning British choir Tenebrae to Athens. The program will feature Joby Talbot’s “Path of Miracles” and Owain Park’s “Footsteps” performed by UGA’s Hodgson Singers and is a part of the 2019 Spotlight on the Arts Festival. 3 p.m. $10 (students), $45. www. pac.uga.edu 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 LECTURES & LIT: Exploration Session: Ethical Eating (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Guest speaker Judy Bradberry explores how food choices impact our health and the environment and how new technologies in food science are changing the way we eat. Lunch will be provided by the Food Responsibility and Ethical Eating group. 12 p.m. FREE! www.uuathensga.org LECTURES & LIT: UUFA Forum (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) “Solar Panels and Climate Justice” will cover the proposal, installation and cost savings expected for the UUFA building to receive panels of its own. 9:30 a.m. FREE! uufa@uuathensga.org THEATER: By Our Hands (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 8 & Nov. 16, 8 p.m. Nov. 10 & Nov. 17, 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.ugatheatre.com/gaproject THEATER: Dad’s Christmas Miracle (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) See Friday listing for full description. Nov. 8–9 & Nov. 15–16, 7 p.m. Nov. 10 & 17, 2 p.m. $9–16. 706283-1049, tking@cityofelberton.net
Monday 11 CLASSES: Western Partner Dance Lessons (VFW) Linda and David lead Western partner dance lessons. Singles welcome. 6:30–8 p.m. $5. bgeddis@mindspring.com 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: A Bronx Tale (The Classic Center) A Bronx Tale, Broadway’s hit crowd-pleaser, takes you to the stoops of the Bronx in the 1960s, where a young man is caught between the father he loves and the mob boss he’d love to be. 7:30 p.m. $25–75. www.classiccenter.com EVENTS: Dinner & Conversation with the U.S. Senate Candidates (Athens Cotton
nered restaurateur and secret ninja seek revenge against the local mob who needlessly terrorizes his family in Pray for Death. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/showdownattheequator GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general knowledge for prizes. 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge. Hosted by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) Terrapin-sponsored trivia hosted by Shelton Sellers of Classic City Trivia. Win house cash and Terrapin prizes. 7 p.m. FREE! www.craftathens.com KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Parents can share plays, songs and simple books with their babies. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.athenslibrary.org
competition highlights scholarly research by UGA students about any art form or combination of art forms including but not limited to: visual art, music, theater, dance, film, literature, media arts or performance art. Focusing on historical, theoretical and critical research in the arts, the competition provides an opportunity for students to present their research to the university community. 7 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Athens Fibercraft Guild (Georgia Museum of Art) The Guild welcomes all amateur and professional fiber artists including knitters, crocheters, weavers, spinners, fabric designers, basket makers, quilters and embroiderers. This month’s meeting will be presented by weaver Shirley Chambliss, who will share her expertise on planning, creating, designing and then hanging artwork in an exhibition. 12:30-2:30 p.m. FREE! 678-772-5138, www.athensfiber.org
GAMES: Trivia (The Office Sports Bar and Grill) Play to win. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-521-5898 KIDSTUFF: D&D Club (ACC Library) Dungeons and Dragons for all experience levels. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Fall in Love with Painting (Bogart Library) Paint a scenic masterpiece using autumn colors and happy little trees. Register to attend. Adults only. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: AfricanAmerican Authors Book Club (ACC Library) This month’s title is Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine. Newcomers welcome. 5 p.m. FREE! athenslibrary.org LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) (Prince Ave.) Avid presents Andrea L. Dennis in celebration of her book, Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America. Purchase a copy of the book to get it signed by the author. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Adult Book Club (Madison County Library) Meet and discuss The Round House by Louise Erdrich and pick up a book for next month. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison
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Mike Doughty plays The Foundry on Thursday, Nov. 7. Press) The Athens-Clarke County Democratic Committee will host a dinner and conversation with the U.S. Senate candidates. Attendees will get the unique opportunity to hear from Sarah Riggs Amico, Jon Ossoff, Mayor Ted Terry and Mayor Teresa Tomlinson about their vision for Georgia and the United States. A less formal meet-and-greet will follow dinner. 5:45 p.m. $50. www. clarkedemocrat.com EVENTS: Transit of Mercury (ACC Library) Mercury will transit across the Sun for the first time since 2016. Swing by the library to view this celestial occasion through a special telescope. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Vegan Vending Machine Release Party (That Bar Athens) Celebrate a new vending machine selling vegan treats from Eden’s Café. Live music by White Rabbit Collective. See Threats & Promises on p. 9. 7 p.m. FREE! EVENTS: Veterans Day Coffee (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy coffee, light snacks, live music and door prizes while honoring veterans for their service. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/madison FILM: Showdown at the Equator (Flicker Theatre & Bar) After moving his family to America, a mild-man-
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KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday (Bogart Library) Songs, finger plays, wiggles and giggles for ages three and under. Caregivers will receive pointers for building literacy and language skills. 10 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for Kids and Teens (ACC Library) Teen chess players of all skill levels can play matches and learn from members of the local Chess and Community Players, who will be on hand to assist players and help build skill levels. For ages 7–18. Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Preschool Pals (Bogart Library) Preschool-aged children will learn social and language skills through songs stories and crafts. Ages almost 3–almost 5. 11:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart
Tuesday 12 ART: Tour at Two: Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome (Georgia Museum of Art) Join Nelda Damiano, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, for a tour. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: 4’33’’ Spotlight on Arts Scholarship Competition (Georgia Museum of Art) This
CLASSES: Learn to Paint Miniatures (Tyche’s Games) Try your hand at painting minis. Space is limited. 1 p.m. $2 www.tychesgames.com COMEDY: Decaf Comedy Open Mic (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Hear comics from Athens and Atlanta. Newcomers welcome. Email to perform. 8:30 p.m. FREE! efj32330@ gmail.com, www.hendershotscoffee. com EVENTS: 2nd Tuesday Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) This month’s theme is “Thanksgiving Wine.” Reservations required. 6 p.m. $20. 706-354-7901, www. heirloomathens.com 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
CLASSES: Infant Massage (reBlossom Mama Baby Shop) The class will cover a history of infant massage, how to recognize infant cues and different types of strokes. 10-11 a.m. FREE! reblossomathens.com COMEDY: Heckle Hell: Giggles or Gallows (That Bar Athens) Come test your comedic strength. Will you get the giggles or the gallows? Five open mic spots available, participants are invited to show up and go up. 8 p.m. (sign up), 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 EVENTS: Foodshed Fall Forum (Ciné) Come out for a forum highlighting some of the great work being done in our community. The event will include three panels of community leaders dedicated to food production, food access and food waste. Afterward, attendees are encouraged to visit the Athens Farmers Market and celebrate the last Wednesday market of 2019. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www.sustainability.uga.edu 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: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday. Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) See Wednesday list-
ing for full description. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens LECTURES & LIT: McGill Lecture (Miller Learning Center) (Room 150) David McCraw, top newsroom lawyer at The New York Times, presents the lecture “Fake, Fake News: The Press, The President and the Future of the First Amendment.” 4 p.m. FREE! www.grady.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Young Choreographers Series: Senior Exit Concert (UGA Dance Theatre) Seniors majoring in dance will premier their final choreographic works. Part of the 2019 Spotlight on the Arts Festival. Nov. 13–15, 8 p.m. www.arts.uga.edu
LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 5 Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com SHANA FALANA Upstate New Yorkbased psych-pop group. VISION VIDEO Local goth-pop group featuring members of Shehehe and Booty Boyz. BLUNT BANGS Local indie-pop band featuring Black Kids frontman Reggie Youngblood. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com THE GREAT DYING Punk- and country-influenced rock band from Water Valley, MS. 8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com YOKE LORE Electropop project from New York City composer Adrian Galvin. FUTURE GENERATIONS Electro indie-pop group from Brooklyn, NY. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/go.bar.35 EMILEIGH IRELAND Local folk-pop singer-songwriter with a strong, compelling vocal style.
Wednesday 6 Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net HIBBS FAMILY BAND Melodic bluegrass quartet of family members led by Rob and Garrett Hibbs. Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com BABY BRAINS Garage-pop group from Nashville, TN. DEADLY LO-FI One-man garage-rock project with surf and goth influences. BABY TONY & THE TEENIES Local band plays doo-wop-inspired pop songs about wasting time and having crushes. The Foundry 7:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE ORIGINAL SCREWTOPS Athens blues band performing freshtake originals, plus classics by the old masters. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com KOE WETZEL Rootsy rock performer from Texas. Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens THE HIGH DIVERS Twangy fourpiece that plays rebellious Southern music.
CURT CASTLE Atlanta-based electro-indie-rock project led by songwriter Ryan Engelberger (Reptar, Semicircle). 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 7 Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $7. www.flickertheatreandbar. com TIMOTHY EERIE Psych-pop act from Orlando, FL. CALICO VISION Athens-based melodic psychedelic pop group. HOT FUDGE Local psych-rock project helmed by guitar wizard Kris Deason. 40 Watt Club 11 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away to three different channels of music in your headphones. One of them is a request line! The Foundry 8 p.m. $17 (adv.), $20 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com MIKE DOUGHTY The frontman for alt-rock mainstay Soul Coughing performs that band’s debut album Ruby Vroom. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com CODY WEBB Nashville-based country artist. Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic Dr. Fred and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Every Thursday. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar Old Skool Presents. 8 p.m. $5. www. hendershotscoffee.com ALL THE SINGER LADIES Local band Roshambo backs vocalists Betsy Franck and Ansley Stewart. Little Kings Shuffle Club 7 p.m. $25. www.northgeorgiacottage. org UNPLUGGED FOR THE COTTAGE A benefit show for sexual assault survivors, featuring music by Diet Dangfly, Betsy Franck, Caroline Aiken and the Tiny Jazz Arkestra. Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens BROTHER SMITH Roots music group from northern Kentucky. VFW 6 p.m. $5–10. 706-543-5940 GROWN FOLKS DANCE PARTY WXAG’s DJ Segar, Tracy Smith and Myers Howard play jazz and R&B. Veronica’s Sweet Spot 7 p.m. FREE! facebook.com/sweetspotathens OPEN MIC NIGHT Showcase your creative talent.
Friday 8 Athens Fairgrounds 7 p.m. $52.63. www.lilbabyathensfair. eventbrite.com LIL BABY Chart-topping Atlanta rapper known for hits like “Yes Indeed.” The show will also feature
performances by Pap Chanel, Scarfo da Plug, Squalle, Trvy, Wax and more. Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $12 (21+), $14 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com BLACK CARL Electronic bass music producer from Birmingham, AL. ANDY BRUH Local DJ Andy Herrington spins and mixes dubstep, EDM and bass music. SHAKES Atlanta-based EDM composer. CHISS B2B STYLEZ Two DJs spin back-to-back electronic sets. Flicker Theatre & Bar 7 p.m. $10. www.flickertheatreandbar. com PARKER GISPERT Frontman for former Athens rock trio The Whigs performs a solo set. THE PINK STONES Rootsy local country-rock group led by songwriter Hunter Pinkston. SAILORS & SHIPS Folk-pop project from songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Wheatley. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $18 (door). www.40watt.com SUSTO Charleston, SC-based alt-country band. Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.georgiatheatre.com RILEY GREEN Country singer-songwriter from Alabama. TRAVIS DENNING Modern country artist from Middle Georgia. On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. $5. www. georgiatheatre.com ’90S COUNTRY DANCE NIGHT Dance to your favorite country hits with DJs Divorcee, Dancin Ricky and Bud Tight. The Globe 11 p.m. $2 (headphone). 706-3534721 SILENT DISCO Dance the night away with three channels of music in your headphones. One of them is a request line! Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7 p.m. $10. www.hendershotscoffee. com AUSTIN DARNELL Local blues singer-songwriter and Darnell Boys member leads his talented band. HIBBS FAMILY BAND Melodic bluegrass quartet of family members led by Rob and Garrett Hibbs. TYLER KEY Local indie-folk singer-songwriter with a canny lyrical style. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens UNIVERSAL SIGH Athens-based jazz fusion/funk-rock band that strives to create a unique experience with each performance. DIVINE MIND New funky local band with rock overtones. Nuçi’s Space 6:30 p.m. $10. www.nuci.org WHITE COLLAR SIDESHOW Industrial shock-rock band from Arkansas. DEATH THERAPY Industrial groovemetal band from Atlanta. LOUIS THE FINGER Hard rock group from Athens and Atlanta. STRAWBERRY REPRODUCTION Athens-based tech-metal group. VFW 8 p.m. $10. www.vfwathens.com CHRIS HAMPTON BAND Local variety cover band hosts a dance party, playing classic and new tunes.
Saturday 9 Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net JASON ELDER No info available. (8 a.m.) PAUL LOMBARD Local blues singer and guitarist. (10 a.m.) Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP Fourpiece rock and heavy metal band from Jacksonville, FL. THE TIGHTNESS Punk band inspired by Jawbreaker and Dinosaur Jr. TRIANGLE FIRE Local crust-punk band. SACRED BULL New local instrumental metal band. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $17 (adv.), $20 (door). www.40watt.com WILD NOTHING Dream-pop band fronted by singer-songwriter Jack Tatum. See story on p. 7. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $28. www.georgiatheatre.com JIMMY HERRING & THE 5 OF 7 The Aquarium Rescue Unit and Widespread Panic guitarist plays with his band. ROOSEVELT COLLIER Pedal and lap steel guitarist from Florida. On the Rooftop. 10:30 p.m. $3. www. georgiatheatre.com BOOTY BOYZ DJs Immuzikation, Twin Powers and Z-Dog spin fresh jams and old-school favorites. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $10. hendershotscoffee.com ROOTKIT & AMOS HOFFMAN Israeli musician Amos Hoffman joins David Ellington and Louis Romanos. Highwire Lounge 11 p.m. $2 (headphone). www.highwirelounge.com SILENT DISCO Dance the night away to two different channels of music. Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. facebook.com/lkshuffleclub CONAN NEUTRON & THE SECRET FRIENDS Wisconsin-based postpunk group. See Calendar Pick on p. 12. LOS MEESFITS Local group playing Misfits covers done Cuban salsa style. HYPERSLEEP Heavy local space-rock four-piece. Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens FREEHOLD Local band with an upbeat, melodic sound blending classic and contemporary rock. That Bar Athens 9:30 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ thatbarathens LO-FI & CHILL A hip-hop showcase featuring Dexx & Trvy, Thefamilyorchestra, Gawdlee, Uniqe and Simba the Ripper.
Sunday 10 The Foundry 8 p.m. $16 (adv.), $20 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com GAELIC STORM Popular California band that blends indie-folk and world grooves with Celtic tradition.
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com BOB LIVINGSTON Texas-based veteran singer-songwriter and country music stalwart. The World Famous 9 p.m. $7. www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens SAFARI ROOM Indie rock band from Nashville, TN. GRAND VAPIDS Local alt-rock band with a dense, dreamy, slowcore-inspired sound. HEFFNER New local band. CAMP HOWARD Indie rock group from Richmond, VA.
NICHOLAS MALLIS Local pop songwriter with classic melodies and clever lyrics. The Foundry 8 p.m. FREE! thefoundryathens.com EMERALD EMPIRE Wedding band specializing in party-pop favorites. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com COM TRUISE Producer described as creating “mid-fi synth-wave, slow-motion funk”. ALTOPALO Experimental pop group from New York City. BESHKEN New York-based producer and multi-instrumentalist.
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Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com B|_ANK Nashville-based experimental noise and percussion project. LOCATE S,1 Local experimental pop group led by songwriter Christina Schneider. YIP DECEIVER Local group with an infectiously fun blend of feel-good pop, R&B grooves and noise-bending electro.
Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $7. flickertheatreandbar.com HUNGER ANTHEM Local indie power-rock trio. JOY CLEANER New Jersey-based power pop and indie rock band. SMALL Three-piece punk band from Atlanta.
Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $7. flickertheatreandbar.com HOUSE No info available. GODDESS COMPLEX Athens-based avant-garde project led by composer Cloud Powers. NEEDLE TEETH New local “sparkle-punk” band. FISHBUG Up-and-coming local punk rock band. 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. That Bar Athens 7 p.m. FREE! www.thatbarathens.com WHITE RABBIT COLLECTIVE Local ensemble with influences ranging from Tuvan folk songs to psychedelic rock anthems to jazz-funk grooves.
Tuesday 12 Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com TC SUPERSTAR Synthwave group from Austin, TX. LAMBDA CELSIUS Local experimental electronic alter ego of artist AC Carter. WALDO WITT Indie rock project from songwriter Waldo John Wittenmyer. MANNEQUIN LOVER Atlanta based “dystopian discotheque” musician. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $17. www.40watt.com DAN DEACON Influential contemporary indie musician playing sweeping electronic pop. See Calendar Pick on p. 12. ANNIE LEETH Local experimental violinist and multi-instrumentalist composer.
40 Watt Club 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. www.40watt.com GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV Popular Colorado-based singer-songwriter. The Foundry 8 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE RED CLAY STRAYS Countryrock band from rural South Alabama. EVAN STEPP & THE PINERS “Loud, classic country band” out of Atlanta. Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $25. georgiatheatre.com RANDY HOUSER Top-charting country singer-songwriter known for singles like “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight.” PAUL CAUTHEN Country singer-songwriter from East Texas. The Globe 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 THE HOT HOTTY-HOTS Mary Sigalas, Dan Horowitz, Steve Key and surprise guests play swingin’ tunes from the ’10s, ’20s and ’30s. Go Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ go.bar.35 HEALTH & BEAUTY Experimental rock group led by Chicago songwriter Brian J. Sulpizio. J.R. BOHANNON New York guitarist influenced by folk, bluegrass and other American styles. FRANK HURRICANE Experimental artist that describes his music as “spiritual mountain psych gangsta folk.” THE GARDEN PORTAL POND BAND Acoustic guitar improv trio featuring members of The Electric Nature. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com DJ REINDEER GAMES Athens DJ mixes trap, hip hop, moombahton, ’90s hits and indie dance tunes. Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens MUNGION Chicago-based four-piece jam band. MAGIC BEANS Funky, soulful jamrock band from Denver, CO. f
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Art AAAC GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking applicants for its quarterly $500 grants. All local artists, arts organizations or arts-based projects are welcome to apply. 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 DECK THE WALLS (Lyndon House Arts Center) The Visual Arts Guild of Athens is seeking local art and
crafts for the annual Deck the Walls market that runs Nov. 30–Dec. 28. Contact to sell your items. Drop off is Nov. 14–15, 12:30–4:30 p.m. dgperry77@gmail.com, brooks_ celia@yahoo.com 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 “Editing Before the Editor” (Nov. 9) and “Finessing an Artist Statement” (Nov. 16). Classes are held 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $10/class. Register online. www.athica.org OPEN STUDIO MEMBERSHIP (Lyndon House Arts Center) Local artists can access studio facilities through a new open studio monthly membership program. Studios include ceramics, jewelry, painting, fiber, printmaking, photography and woodshop/sculpture studios. Up to
art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Matt Bahr is a local Emmy-nominated artist and designer. Through November. ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) New paintings by Mary Porter, Greg Benson, Chatham Murray, Candle Brumby, Lana Mitchell and more. ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (17 N. Main St., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass. ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) On view in the Harrison Center Children’s Instructional Gallery, a retrospective of Jacob Wenzka’s artwork from three books co-created with Bart King share original artwork, prints and paintings. ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) “Tracing History: Rubbings of Monumental Brasses from Medieval England” shares rubbings from various churches in Cambridgeshire by Nancy Kissane. ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski St.) Curated by Arlette Hernandez, “Losing Control: Guns, Government, and Group-Think” presents works by Victor Ali, Natalie Baxter, Jessica Caldas, Deja Echols, Hector Rene Membreno-Canales and more. Through Dec. 8. 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. 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. FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Sarah Swillum. Through November. GALLERY AT INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “FUN” features works by Neil Hancock, Marla Star, Jolene O’Brien, Kim Truesdale, Katherine Miele, Hannah Betzel and Brittainy Lauback.
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Auditions HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY (Elberton Arts Center, Elberton) Encore Productions will host auditions for the first show of their 2020 season: Hank Williams: Lost Highway. The directors are looking to cast a group of seven men, three women and a country music band. Anyone planning to audition should be prepared to read excerpts from the script, sing a prepared piece and be available most evenings from late December to mid-March. You can also drop in and speak with the directors. Performances will be held Mar. 13–15 and Mar. 20–22 in the Elbert Theatre. Auditions held Dec. 2–3, 6–8 p.m. 706-283-1049, www. elberttheatre.org
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ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Brush Lettering with Kristen Ashley,” Dec. 10, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $40. “Modern Dip Pen Calligraphy with Kristen Ashley,” Nov. 13 or Dec. 3, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $35. “Japanese Binding: Bookmaking Workshop,” Nov. 16–17, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $55. “Silk Painting with René Shoemaker,” Dec. 7–8 or Feb. 8–9, 1–4 p.m. $120. “Calligraphy Club: Monthly Skillshare” is held every first Thursday, 5:30–7 p.m. FREE! hello@kaartist.com, www.kaartist. com ART CLASSES (OCAF, Watkinsville) “Painting with Charles Warnock,” Fridays, Nov. 15–Dec. 13. $120– 150. “The Joy of Metalsmithing with Sylvia Dawe,” Nov. 9–10. $120–140. “Cuttlebone Casting Workshop with Barbara Mann,” Nov. 16, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $100–130. www.ocaf.com CLASSES (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) “Gentle Nia,” Mondays at 1 p.m. “Oil Painting,” Mondays at 1:30 p.m. “Drawing,” Mondays at 6 p.m. “Community Coffeehouse,”
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) 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. GIVE BACK REAL ESTATE (624 S. Milledge Ave., Suite 101) Dortha Jacobson shares 37 oil paintings that range from landscapes, portraits and animals. Closing reception Nov. 17. 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.) John Ahee creates vibrantly colorful portraits. Opening reception Nov. 7. Jan. 6. HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE (237 Prince Ave.) Oil paintings by Jeanne Whatley. HIP VINTAGE AND HANDMADE (215 Commerce Blvd.) Leslie Litt shares a collection of colorful enamel works. Through November. • Keith Bennett presents “Altered Images,” a display of layered photo graphics. Through November. HOWARD’S (119 N. Jackson St) “Meanwhile…” includes paintings and works on paper by New York-based artist Greg Bogin, who plays with minimalism, pop art, bike racing aesthetics and graphic design. Through Dec. 15. 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. Through Nov. 16. • 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 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
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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: INTRO TO IMPROV (Nimbl) This is a fun, low-stakes weekly workshop introducing the basic concepts of improv comedy. No experience necessary. Participants learn improv fundamentals and play introductory games. Tuesdays through Dec. 17, 7–9 p.m. Donation based. 770-833-7969, www.krakinjokes.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 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 TAI CHI (Healing Arts Centre) Tai Chi yang style, the 108. Thursdays, 7:15–8:30 p.m. panlexcie@hotmail. com, www.healingartscentre.net 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 YOGA CLASSES AT 5 POINTS (5 Points Yoga) “The Four Agreements Family Visits Athens,” Nov. 8–9. Classes include Slow Flow, Iyengar, Restorative, Yin, Power, Hot Yoga and beginners classes. www.athens fivepointsyoga.com
Help Out ATHENS LITTER RESCUE CHALLENGE (Athens City Hall) Brain Aid Fest hosts an Athens Litter Challenge. Volunteers will break into teams and help pick up litter. Every first Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m. Meet at City Hall. www.brainaidfest.org 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
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. ODUM SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY (140 E. Green St.) “Creatures of the Night” features a collection of bats from the Georgia Museum of Natural History and sheds light on how vital bats are to ecosystems. Through Dec. 20. THE PINE & THE ROOT (1235 S. Milledge Ave.) Artwork by Emmi Walker. PINEWOODS PUBLIC LIBRARY (1265 Hwy. 29 N. #12) See paintings by Stanley Bermudez as well as a community mural. RICHARD B. RUSSELL BUILDING SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “The New South and New Slavery: Convict Labor in Georgia.” Through Dec. 13. • “Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldogs Football, 2017” is a display of photographs, uniforms and other artifacts from the UGA Athletic Association Archives and on loan from the UGA Athletic Department. Through Feb. 28. STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) “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 Dec. 22. • “Portals: At the Intersection of Landscape and Self” presents kaleidoscopic photographs of nature by Beth Thompson. The images appear in the artist’s book and deck of cards by the same name. Through Dec. 1. 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.) Marten Elder presents “Polychromatic Adaptations,” a new take on digital photography. Through Dec. 7. 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 November. VERONICA’S SWEET SPOT (149 Oneta St., #6C6) See work by local and regional artists, craftsmen, potters and sculptors. VIVA ARGENTINE (247 Prince Ave.) Brad Morgan, the drummer of the DriveBy Truckers, creates abstract paintings. 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.
Empowered through Education), which aims to teach life skills through leadership and community engagement. An Interest meeting will be held Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. at Cedar Shoals. 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 color gradients, charcoal value studies, Japanese book binding and pastel painting. Check website for details and to register. $15. www.kaartist. com TEEN CARTOON ILLUSTRATORS CLUB (Lyndon House Arts Center) Robert Brown offers lessons and drawing techniques to teens who like to draw anime and cartoons of all kinds. Meetings end with pizza. For ages 11–18. Meets most Thursdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5/session. www. accgov.com/leisure TEEN SEWING AND FASHION CLUB (Lyndon House Arts Center) Teens can focus on sewing projects
AL-ANON 12 STEP (Multiple Locations) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Meetings are held daily at various times and locations. 888-425-2666, www.ga-al-anon.org ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) If you think you have a problem with alcohol, call the AA hotline or visit the website for a schedule of meetings in Barrow, Clarke, Jackson and Oconee Counties. 706-389-4164, www. athensaa.org CHRONIC ILLNESS SUPPORT GROUP (Contact for Location) Meet others who are dealing with chronic illness such as ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Lyme. Third Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. athenschronicillness@gmail.com EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) EA is a 12-step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Meets Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org FIGHT 4 CHANGE (Email for Location) Help advocate for a mental health system that serves everyone.
This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction. Thursdays, 7–8 p.m. FREE! Find “Refuge Recovery Athens GA” on Facebook SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Email for Location) 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 SUPPORT GROUP MEETING (Edward S. Novey Education Center, 1088 Baxter St.) Four support groups are offered: Epilepsy Awareness and Support, Multiple Sclerosis Support, Parkinson’s Disease Support and Stroke Support. Meet representatives from each group on Nov. 7 at 5 p.m. 706353-0606
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ADULT TRIPS (Rocksprings Community Center) “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 AMERICA RECYCLES DAY (CHaRM, 1005 College Ave.) Bring your cell phones, inkjets and small electronic devices to raise funds for community beautification projects and programs through Keep AthensClarke County Beautiful. Through November. www. keepathens beautiful.org 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, “Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist” by Simon Vouet is currently on view in 7 p.m. $40. www. “Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome” at the Georgia Museum of Art through May 31. athensclarke with the guidance of a professional. county.com/parade. Meets the fourth Monday of each Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5 per month. letsfight4change@gmail.com TABLE TENNIS (East Athens week. 706-613-3623 Community Center) Table tennis NAMI (Multiple Locations) “NAMI games are held three times a week. Connections” is a support group for All skill levels welcome. tabletennis adults living in recovery with mental athensga@gmail.com illness. “NAMI Family Support” is WINTER PROGRAM for family members, friends and ALS SUPPORT GROUP (Oconee REGISTRATION (Athens, GA) caregivers of individuals with mental Veterans Park, Watkinsville) Registration begins Nov. 8. illnesses. Both groups meet every Provides awareness and education Programs include art, sports, fourth Tuesday, 6–7:30 p.m. at First to individuals living with ALS. Meets environmental science, recreation, Presbyterian Church of Athens. 770fourth Wednesday of every month, holiday activities and mini camps. 225-0804. NAMI Family Support 11 a.m.–1 p.m. November and www.accgov.com/leisure Groups are also available the first December meetings will be held on WORLD TOILET DAY Proper sanMonday of every month at 7 p.m. at the third Wednesday due to holidays. itation saves lives, yet 4.2 billion First Baptist of Carl in Winder; sec706-207-5800 people still lack access to a safe toiond Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Oconee ADULT CHILDREN OF let. For the month of November, help Presbyterian Church in Watkinsville; ALCOHOLICS SUPPORT GROUP raise awareness of the importance and every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) A of proper sanitation. Pick up a free at Ridgeview Institute in Monroe. 12-step program for people who toilet flapper at Normal Hardware to namihallga@gmail.com, www. grew up in alcoholic or dysfuncensure that your own toilet is safe namihall.org tional homes. Mondays, 7–8 p.m. and functioning. www.thinkatthesink. RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery www.meetings.adultchildren.org com f Dharma, 8801 Macon Hwy., Suite 1)
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Seeking Cook/Kitchen Assistant. Full Time position on a remote 11,000-acre private island. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, cooking, cleaning, serving, prepping, dishes. Room and board provided to employees of Little St Simons Island. www. LittleSSI.com. Please submit resume: Careers@LittleSSI. com. Drug test and background check required.
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Meet the epitome of chill! Damu loves to hang out and meet new people, go for walks on his leash and is even learning a few tricks like how to sit. If a chill pal is what you seek, look no further, Damu’s your guy.
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Finn is a social dog who enjoys being with people and other dogs, chasing toys, treats and learning new tricks! This guy would be the perfect companion for someone adventurous or a great addition to a loving home. Pay him a visit today and see this Finn (aka “Bark Twain”) in action!
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Bella is missing! She is a long-haired, golden tabby cat. She is wearing a pink collar with a bell on it. She is very friendly. Updated rabies shots and front paws are declawed. Last seen on Oct.14th on Barber St. Please contact owner if you have information at 770-687-9616. Lost cat! Moonshine. 12 year old short hair white cat. Female. Last seen 9/30 near Dowdy Rd/Trader Joes/Epps Bridge. Reward for her safe return! 478-361-1754.
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son, John, and Ah-nuld’s T-800 averted Judgment Day. Enter two new Terminators, Mackenzie Davis’s augmented human and the new model Rev-9 (Gabriel Luna), to protect and hunt a new savior, Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes), respectively. Good thing another of Ah-nuld’s original T-800s—call him Carl—has been hanging around for By Drew Wheeler movies@flagpole.com 20-plus years waiting for a new mission. One assumes Cameron is responsiWith Halloween out of the way, prepare So, is the sixth Terminator the one to ble for a movie that feels the most like a for the Thanksgiving/Christmas deluge recapture the T2 spark? classic Terminator since Schwarzenegger’s of holiday flicks, family blockbusters and melted thumbs up, but credit the return prestige pics. This week has all three—sort TERMINATOR: DARK FATE (R) James of Hamilton’s steely Sarah Connor to of. Doctor Sleep, an adaptation of Stephen Cameron, Linda Hamilton and Arnold pump shotguns once more with the most King’s sequel to The Shining, has star Schwarzenegger reunite for the first profound impact outside of Cameron. power—Ewan McGregor plays a grown-up time since 1991’s sci-fi/action pinnacle Hamilton plays Connor like the bitter Danny Torrance—and a capable horror Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Three sequels conspiracy nut she is. One step away from filmmaker, Mike Flanagan, still lifelong imprisonment, scisearching for his first big hit. fi’s toughest mom subsists on Terminator: Dark Fate King famously dislikes Kubrick’s potato chips and terminating revered classic. I wonder how he Terminators. feels about this sequel? Sure, Twitter’s trolls will The week’s big-screen hungrily lament the franchise’s Hallmark holiday flick, Last SJW takeover by three strong Christmas, stars Emilia Clarke, female protagonists, who leave Crazy Rich Asians’ Henry Ah-nuld with nothing to do but Golding and the music of George tell drapery stories that provide Michael. Paul Feig directs, while the movie’s best throwaway line. Emma Thompson co-wrote the The real problem is T2, which screenplay. Roland Emmerich has left the franchise with little brings the battle of Midway to room for improvement. The Dad, I don’t care what you say. We’re in love. the big screen with a cast that Rev-9’s only real upgrade is a includes Woody Harrelson, removable endoskeleton that Patrick Wilson, Ed Skrein, Luke Evans, of decreasing quality have since expanded seems more like a way to extend an action Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Mandy Moore on the Terminator mythology without figure line than an advanced Terminator and Dennis Quaid. In Playing With Fire, Cameron as a guiding force. Cameron may model, and those nearly 30-year-old liquid an elite firefighting team led by John Cena only be a story contributor and executive metal FX remain far more revolutionary. gets stuck babysitting some cute kids. If the producer, but it was enough to make the Nonetheless, even with 10 too many mintrailer is any indication, Cena and Keeganbest Terminator sequel since T2. Dark Fate utes of final battle setup, franchise fans Michael Key could save the day comically. picks up where that masterpiece left off. should enjoy this first addition to the Ciné currently has two of the year’s hotSkynet is no more as Sarah Connor, her Terminator canon since Judgment Day. f test arthouse offerings, The Lighthouse, from The Witch’s Robert Eggers, and Parasite, from Snowpiercer’s Bong Joon-ho. The reviews for both films are some of the year’s strongest. Pedro Almodovar’s newest offering, Pain and Glory, is scheduled to start on Nov. 8. Flicker’s 31 Days of Darkness may be over, but Showdown at the Equator is back to present Pray for Death on Nov. 11. The ACC Library serves up Born to Kill under the Film Noir Confidential brand on Nov. 6. The Oglethorpe branch seeks to entertain seniors on Nov. 11 with Jerry Lewis as The Nutty Professor. Also on Nov. 11, the Grady College commemorates Veterans Day with a screening of Golden Isles at War, which is followed by a discussion with cinematographer and 1979 UGA grad Kevin Maggiore. Tate gives you a second chance to see a couple of summer flicks you may have missed with Men in Black: International and Aladdin on Nov. 8 and 10. Beechwood has several one-night-only offerings. On Nov. 6, catch the documentary The Divine Plan, about how Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II joined forces to end the Cold War after both survived assassination attempts in spring 1981. Music lovers who missed the real show can catch up with Lynyrd Skynyrd: Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour Lyve! on Nov. 7 and John Fogerty—50 Year Trip: Live at Red Rocks on Nov. 11. I always intend to catch one of The Met: Live in HD broadcasts—maybe it will be Madama Butterfly on Nov. 9. Flashback Cinema continues with Thanksgiving mainstay Planes, Trains and Automobiles on Nov. 6 and the best Christmas movie of all time, Die Hard, on Nov. 10.
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You Are Doomed… IF YOU BASE YOUR DEFENSE OF TRUMP ON THE FACTS By Jay Bookman editorial@flagpole.com This is not a complicated situation, although some would prefer that we think so. In fact, it is alarmingly simple. Ukraine is our ally, a country that wants to join us in the ranks of free democracies with market economies. Yet Ukraine is under constant attack by Russia, and to maintain its independence, Ukraine desperately needs American military, economic and diplomatic support. 1912 SKETCH BY MARGUERITE MARTYN IN THE ST. LOUIS DISPATCH / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
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More specifically, Ukraine needs U.S.made Javelin anti-tank missiles, it needs the almost $400 million in foreign aid that was appropriated for it by Congress, and it needs a high-profile White House visit for its president, to show the world and Russia that it has our full support. But Donald Trump also has needs— needs he believed Ukraine could fill. He needed Ukraine to announce a false corruption investigation to tarnish his most prominent political opponent, Joe Biden. He needed Ukraine to falsely confess that it, not Russia, had meddled in the 2016 election by hacking Democratic emails and that it did so as part of an international conspiracy to help Democrats. (Yes, it’s that ridiculous.) So, at Trump’s orders, military aid to Ukraine was stopped. At Trump’s orders, his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and his appointee as ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, repeatedly told Ukraine that it would not get the foreign aid or the White House visit it needed unless Trump got what he needed first. Trump himself made that clear in a phone conversation with Ukraine’s new president. In that conversation, Trump made it known that “The United States has been very, very good to Ukraine,” but whined that “I wouldn’t say that it’s reciprocal, necessarily.” He wanted something in return. In fact, when Ukraine’s president requested the Javelin missiles, Trump’s very next words were, “I would like you to do us a favor, though…”
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