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More Problems With Athens Ambulances NATIONAL EMS MISLED OFFICIALS ABOUT BARROW ELEMENTARY 911 CALL

By Chris Dowd and Rebecca McCarthy news@flagpole.com National EMS, the private ambulance company serving Athens, made false statements to the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission, police and fire departments, and an oversight committee regarding an emergency call from Barrow Elementary earlier this year, a Flagpole investigation found.

On Aug. 13, a 5-year-old at Barrow had a severe allergic reaction to peanuts. He was given an EpiPen by the school nurse, who then dialed 911 to call an ambulance. That ambulance never came. After 15 minutes of waiting, the child’s parents took him to the hospital on their own, so the nurse called 911 again to cancel the ambulance request.

The parents didn’t file a complaint, so the story could have ended there. However, the issue was revived by public safety advocates Sam Rafal and Bob Gadd.

Rafal brought up the failed Barrow Elementary response on at least two occasions at commission meetings. Gadd, a recently retired paramedic who at one time worked for National EMS, submitted an open records request on Oct. 2 for the audio of the Barrow 911 call. However, the ACC 911 call center initially had trouble locating the call in their system. This led Mark Melvin, assistant chief of ACC Fire and Emergency Services, to ask National EMS about the call. Fire department EMTs are often the first to respond to medical emergencies, but in this case, they were not dispatched by National, even though Fire Station No. 3 is right down the street.

National EMS told Melvin that the Barrow Elementary 911 call did not exist in the ACC 911 center’s system and that they should stop looking for it. This was untrue. The National representative also told Melvin that the Barrow nurse never dialed 911, and instead called National’s non-emergency number, bypassing the 911 call center. This statement was also untrue, according to Amy Roark, the Clarke County School District’s director of nursing, and Capt. Keith Kelley, central communications division commander of the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

National later sent a report on the incident to both the mayor and commission and the EMS Oversight Committee, made up of county officials and hospital administrators. This report included additional false and misleading statements. For example, it made the alarming claim that some CCSD schools are unable to call 911, due to an incompatibility between their phones and the ACC 911 system. Taylor Duke, executive director of technology services for CCSD, confirmed that all CCSD schools are capable of calling 911.

The call was uncovered during a second search performed at Flagpole’s request. It likely also would have been uncovered had the original search continued. National EMS keeps records of every 911 call it receives.

The question remains, why did the ambulance fail to show on Aug. 13? Rafal and Gadd believe this incident is emblematic of a larger problem with EMS in Athens.

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ents to “build a legacy of student-centered, They have been pushing for a number of goal-directed learning,” received $321,000 reforms, including more transparency for EMS Oversight Committee meetings, which from CCSD. CCSD paid the University of Wisconsin are currently closed to the public. Perhaps $15,000 to do school enrollment projeceven more urgently, they have requested tions. Anna Silberg of Mequon was hired by that the ACC 911 call center take over the principal Marsha Thomas at Coile Middle handling of all 911 calls. Currently, medical calls are transferred to National EMS, which School to teach mindfulness training, facilitate training workshops, work with parents, then dispatches an ambulance and, in most cases, fire department EMTs as well. ACCPD provide coaching sessions and lead a retreat for “Mindfulness Champions” at Coile. supports Rafal and Gadd’s suggestion to Silberg received $24,725 in advance for her centralize all 911 calls, and has made it an official recommendation. Had these reforms services and has a retainer of $24,725. The contract was not put out for bid. been in place before the Barrow incident, Not all the contracts were given to “we would have known the location of every Wisconsin firms. In fiscal year 2018–19, ambulance in the system, the fire departthe school district spent $121,750 on ment would have been dispatched, and the Northwest Evaluation Association’s records would have been immediately availMeasure of Academic able,” said Rafal.

Progress (MAP), a stanCommissioner Tim ACCPD supports Rafal dardized test. In FY Denson has called the lack of transparency by and Gadd’s suggestion 2019–20, the district will spend $113,400 on National EMS “unacto centralize all 911 calls.

MAP testing. ceptable” and said Public records show that the incident at Means signed a contract with a company Barrow was “getting close to a cover up.” whose services focus on displaying and He believes that Piedmont Athens Regional manipulating testing data. Qualtrics proand Saint Mary’s, which employ National vided a “research and insights platform,” EMS, may be violating state sunshine laws costing $55,000 for the first year and by holding closed-door oversight meetings. $65,000 for the second. Records provided Rafal and Gadd will continue to push for by the district indicate there was no request more transparency as part of a suite of for proposals for this service. reforms they are proposing to the mayor Mindsteps, whose website says it will and commission. Among the supporters “turn your school into a success story,” is Commissioner Patrick Davenport, who has provided $25,143 worth of training several years ago had to drive his mother to to CCSD teachers. TregoED, which offers the hospital himself after a National EMS “better schools with better teaching,” ambulance didn’t arrive in a timely fashion. has earned $31,404 from CCSD. Insight But before the Barrow incident, both hosEducation Group received $76,250 for its pitals were strongly in support of National work on the CCSD strategic plan.

EMS and opposed additional transparency In April, Vanderbilt University profesfor the EMS Oversight Committee. sor Henry Richard Milner spent 30 hours National EMS did not respond to requests for comment. [Chris Dowd]

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CCSD’s Costly Contracts Clarke County School Superintendent Demond Means, who came to Athens from the Milwaukee suburb of MequonThiensville, has hired a number of businesses in Wisconsin to provide services for CCSD, according to open records obtained

by Flagpole. Some were no-bid contracts, and many were under the $80,000 threshold requiring school board approval.

A Milwaukee public relations firm, The Donovan Group, was paid $63,184 in monthly increments over the past two years, as well as an additional $18,000, for “crisis management.” The Weaponry, another Milwaukee firm, earned $12,000 in public money for a new logo design.

Documents show Susan Northey and her Wisconsin firm Branding Breakthrough received $26,750 for consulting with and then branding the school district. The Studer Group, which offers “evidence-based leadership,” according to its website, earned $99,064 in public money from the district.

This firm, too, is in Wisconsin.

Another Wisconsin company, Smart Learning Systems, which works with cli-

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in Athens, focusing on three elementary schools—Chase, Barrow and Timothy— and earned $20,000, according to public records. He returned in May for another 17 hours and took home $16,000. Milner received $8,000 for speaking at the 2018 school year “kick-off,” held in the Classic Center, which CCSD rented for $35,045.

Means’ “coach,” former Fulton County and Palm Beach superintendent and Broad Academy alumnus Robert Avossa, earned $15,000 for 10 days of work. Avossa’s former boss in Charlotte, Peter Gorman, another Broad Academy graduate, has visited Athens at least twice and spoken to administrators, at a total cost of $4,700.

Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates is the search firm that brought Means to Athens. Under the Means administration, the school district has paid its parent company, ECRA, $132,837 to cover consultation fees, executive training, professional development and an annual subscription.

The University of Virginia, hired by Means to turn around Gaines Elementary, has received $236,800 over the past two years. The money has paid for “district readiness,” “core partnership,” “cohort 16 summer sessions June,” “cohort 16 summer sessions” and a purchase order.

A contract Means signed with District Leadership Forum obligates the school district to pay $24,500 each year from 2019– 2022, with a 5% increase after the first year, and an additional $1,500 annually to offset expenses, public records say. The forum “provides district leaders and their staff innovative solutions to their biggest strategic and management challenges.”

Another $45,000 was paid for the first year to Fulcrum Management Solutions for its Thought Exchange, a survey instrument that “helps leaders crowdsource answers to questions in real time,” according to the company website. Records show there was no RFP for this service, listing it as “sole provider.”

And there’s $10,000 Means obligated to ClearGov.com, whose website explains, “ClearGov provides a full suite of turnkey solutions to help local officials drive transparency, streamline budgeting and better engage residents.” [Rebecca McCarthy] f

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Giving Thanks for Rock A THANKSGIVING AT THE PALM BEACH POP FESTIVAL IN 1969

By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com If you didn’t go to Woodstock in 1969, Woodstock would come to you.

On Thanksgiving weekend of 1969, I was with a cold and wet but happy crowd at the Palm Beach Pop Festival in Florida. The Woodstock music festival 50 years ago was an iconic American event that was one of the big news stories of 1969, along with the moon landing and the continuing national divide over the Vietnam War. Woodstock has entered the national consciousness over the last half century, but other large pop festivals sprang up around the country in 1969 at venues in Dallas, Atlantic City, Detroit, New Orleans and other locales.

On the weekend of July 4 in 1969, Atlanta played host to a music festival that drew

more than 100,000 people, eclipsing the crowd that had attended the legendary lovefest at Monterey, CA in 1967, when Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, The Who and a host of other acts wowed the crowd.

The Atlanta pop festival was an unforgettable event that sold me on going to the Palm Beach gathering in 1969. Musical acts at the three-day event in Florida included Janis Joplin, Johnny Winter, Spirit, Sly and the Family Stone, Vanilla Fudge, Iron Butterfly, King Crimson, Jefferson Airplane and The Rolling Stones on their “Gimme Shelter” tour of America. I was ready to rock, and so were the thousands of other young people who converged on the swampy, rain-drenched auto raceway where the festival would be held. Local citizens were worried about the “hippie invasion” that could bring drugs, nudity or riots to the area. Law enforcement authorities issued dire warnings about the event and had a large presence at the festival.

In the end, the Palm Beach music festival was summed up by headlines in the Palm Beach Post newspaper during the three-day event. “Festival’s Music ‘n’ Mud” read the

headline on the paper’s Nov. 29, 1969 front page report about the first day of the event.

“Festival: Sun, Joplin Lift Crowd” said the happy headline on the next morning’s coverage of the music and the youthful fans. “Festival Ends in Glow” said the Post’s headline on Dec. 1, after The Rolling Stones closed out the event with a 13-song set.

Some of the glow came from campfires built to ward off the nighttime cold and rain, and the festival had its problems with anything from logistics to drug abuse, but the music left a lingering glow.

The Byrds sang a medley of Bob Dylan songs, including “My Back Pages,” “Positively 4th Street” and “Mister Tambourine Man,” then they sang their hit song that meshed with the mind and mood of those of us in the audience: “Eight Miles High.” Janis Joplin brought the crowd to its feet when she belted out tunes like “Summertime,” “Piece of My Heart,” and “Ball & Chain” while sipping her signature Southern Comfort whiskey.

At the end of her set, she autographed the Southern Comfort bottle she had finished and tossed it lightly into the crowd. I hope whoever caught that bottle still has it all these decades later. As Janis smiled from the stage, her fellow Texas musicians Johnny and Edgar Winter joined her for an impromptu jam session, along with Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice. The awestruck audience saw musical history under a Florida sky on that day in 1969.

Jefferson Airplane and their psychedelic light show lit up the last night of the festival. The Airplane’s Grace Slick was in great, sultry voice as the band performed its songs, including “Somebody to Love,” “White Rabbit,” “Volunteers” and “The Other Side of this Life,” while the crowd cried out for more. They got more in the wee hours of Dec. 1, when The Rolling Stones took the stage after hours of delays. By then, the crowd had dwindled to a few thousand, and singer Mick Jagger thanked those who had lingered in spite of the cold and rain. The weather took its toll on the sound system and on the boys in the band, but still the Stones soldiered on with a solid sampling of their work, including “Satisfaction,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Stray Cat Blues,” “Midnight Rambler,” “Live With Me,” “Honky Tonk Women” and “Street Fighting Man.” A week later, they would perform at the infamous Altamont festival in California as the decade of the ’60s lurched to a violent and chaotic close.

It was a long, cold hitchhike back to Georgia when the Florida festival drew to a close, but it was worth it. The saying on T-shirts, “I’m old but at least I got to see all the good bands,” is a whimsical truth. f

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Goodbye to The Bricks When Bethel Is Redeveloped, Will Athens Get It Right This Time?

By Matthew Pulver news@flagpole.com

describes increasingly unlivable conditions and crime that has resisted all attempts at mitigation. “It could not continue the way it was deteriorating, period,” she says, going so far as to say that condemnation was a possibility had the property continued its

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Athenian whisked away and dropped into north Athens 10 years from now probably won’t recognize where she is. The part of town stretching north from Dougherty Street out to the rail bridge across College Avenue will likely be radically transformed, even seeming rather continuous with downtown, instead of an afterthought spilling down the hill from where downtown unofficially ends.

The ambitious redevelopment of Bethel Midtown Village, affirmed by voters as part of the SPLOST 2020 package passed last month, is considered central to a larger overhaul of north Athens long envisioned by many. The nearly $40 million redevelopment of Bethel, a formerly privately owned subsidized housing complex long neglected by its absentee landlord and beset by crime, will transform the substandard housing into a mixed-income, mixed-use neighborhood under the aegis of the Athens Housing Authority. The AHA Bethel Midtown Village, known by residents as “The Bricks.” will partner with outside for-profit companies to build and manage the new complex. decline. Bethel is “raggedy,” complains resi“There is a better day coming” for resident Tykerra Lattimore. “I’m ready for them dents of Bethel, says Rick Parker, executive to knock it down.” director of the AHA. Due to worsening “It’s going to make people feel good physical conditions and poor reputation, about coming home,” says Thornton of nearly 40% of the complex’s units sit the apartments planned to replace Bethel. vacant. Commissioner Ovita Thornton, Parker explains the AHA’s commitment to whose district includes Bethel, has spent a “total transformation” of the neighborover a decade working with residents and hood, revealing that the agency had secured has watched the further degradation of the funding to dedicate about $70,000 per unit almost 50-year-old apartments. Thornton to renovations in the event of SPLOST not

passing. The addition of SPLOST funds means that the aging structures will be entirely replaced with brand new buildings, roughly tripling the number of units and allowing an exploration of mixed-use (retail and/or office space) options on the 12-acre

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arrangement, but Parker makes clear the AHA’s commitment to the right of Bethel residents to return to the new development, should they choose. Parker and Tim Johnson of the nonprofit Family Connection/Communities in Schools assured stakeholders at an October meeting that the project will follow the principles of the Columbia Brookside redevelopment, when Jack R. Wells Homes—or “Pauldoe”—residents were given “first dibs” on units after the rebuild. Returning residents were even able to choose the exact apartment they preferred. As with Columbia Brookside, there will be no screening of residents upon returning, Parker says, with only a criminal conviction in the intervening period barring return.

Parker assures returning residents, too, that their rent will not change, “no matter what.” In the event of temporary displacement during construction, Bethel residents will be moved at the AHA’s expense, Parker vows, with even utility and cable hook-up costs being covered.

“No resident will be out a dime,” he says.

Some residents are skeptical. “I don’t trust them,” says Bethel resident Carderious Gresham, who sees the proposal as a land grab. Fellow resident David Richards agrees that the project is little more than a way to expand downtown for students. The two do not expect that they will have a place in whatever replaces their home. The two also share a pride and love for “The Bricks,” as they refer to their home. “We don’t want The Bricks to go,” they lament.

along the length of College Avenue. But there was the particular geography designed by white Athens, establishing that every concentration of white wealth—whether residential neighborhoods, the university or downtown—had appended to it or nearby a population of people whose hard work undergirded the wealth. White Athens seemed to want black work everywhere and black life nowhere. And by the early 20th Century, one such black neighborhood, considered a “slum,” sat directly between the train station—how most visitors and students arrived—and campus and downtown.

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While Richards and Gresham see calculated acquisition and eventual expulsion, not unlike a colonial maneuver in miniature, others worry that a sort of clumsiness of the powerful might damage vulnerable communities. Clarke County Board of Education President LaKeisha Gantt warns of the “unintended consequences” of these sorts of projects. Gantt, who grew up in Pauldoe and has friends and family in its replacement, Columbia Brookside, is optimistic about the prospects for Bethel residents but remains skeptical that the project will fulfill the lofty promises of its boosters.

Even Thornton, a longtime advocate for better conditions at Bethel, echoes Gantt’s worry about potential “unforeseen” consequences. Skepticism abounds, especially in the African American community; it’s just a matter of whether the potential accrual of white property and power is another predictable unintended consequence or was always the express plan.

Indeed, for more than a century, the black neighborhood of north Athens, while vital to the prosperity of Athens and its university, has been considered by those same parties to be in the way, an obstruction to growth. This unfair relationship has been a feature of downtown’s periphery since emancipation, when freed slaves settled along the river and eventually established the neighborhoods of Lickskillet and The Bottom, stretching from the river around the top of downtown to North Lumpkin Street. For the next 150 years, black neighborhoods that ringed downtown and bounded parts of campus suffered the humiliation of propping up the white wealth of the city and campus while being considered a blight and a hinderance.

The neighborhood in north Athens thrived, however. Eventually, more than 300 homes, restaurants, groceries, barbershops and barrooms lined the streets north of downtown. As early as 1874, local papers reported on a black community in Lickskillet, sometimes described as the area around College Avenue and sometimes as the cluster around North Avenue and the river. At some point near the mid-20th Century, residents took to calling their neighborhood around College The Bottom.

Charles Knox grew up in The Bottom and remembers a thriving black community of hard workers and entrepreneurs. He remembers that Neal “Big Daddy” Pattman, the “one-armed bluesman,” moved to The Bottom and operated a café there. Many in The Bottom did the hard work that white Athenians felt too onerous, keeping the homes of white women and building the wealth of white men.

But they were in the way. Northward was always the natural growth pattern for downtown. Downtown was, at one point, only Broad and Clayton streets. Blocks were added with time, and when the passenger train depot was eventually built, College Avenue was extended to connect it with the university and downtown. The river and its inhospitable terrain precluded growth to downtown’s east. Campus formed the southern edge. The west of downtown would have been more viable were it not for what a mid-20th Century report would call the “inharmonious” nature of a “densely populated non-white residential section and various public housing projects which have tended to effectively block orderly expansion in that direction.”

Downtown Athens, with continued growth, was imagined to be able to continue

will. “Athens took advantage of the federal government’s urban renewal program when it was relatively new,” reported the Athens Daily News at the time.

Quite suddenly, sections of town long considered in the way of white expansion were subject to summary razing, with all the power of the federal, state and local government behind it. “They just came in and told us that they were going to tear the houses down,” remembers Knox, who was a child when his neighborhood was destroyed. “We were pushed out. There was no recognition, there was nothing. We just had to find somewhere to go.”

Around 375 structures were removed and perhaps as many as 1,000 people or more were “relocated” by the government

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This 1918 map shows how different the north side of downtown looked prior to Urban Renewal. Bethel is located at what was then the corner of Strong Street and College Avenue, while the train depot is in red at the top of the map. Several streets are now gone, and construction of the federal building pushed Dougherty north to connect with River Street, now known as North Avenue.

of Milledge and Prince,” reflected William Tate on his 1920 arrival in Athens as a freshman, described in his Strolls Around Athens. Tate—who later became dean of students and the Tate Center’s namesake— and other students and visitors “trudged up” College Avenue amidst the “shacks and dingy houses” to reach campus.

“Welcome, tourists and visitors, to Athens, the metropolis of northeast Georgia,” announced the Athens Daily Herald in 1915, immediately following an article titled “The Sty Makes the Pig,” about the “menace of the slums.” The “solution” is simple, said the Herald: “Permit no shacks.”

Another Displacement?

The opportunity to remove the “shacks” would come in the early 1960s with Urban Renewal. What may have begun as well-meaning, if paternalistic, initiatives from Washington to “revitalize” urban centers and replace decrepit housing stock with modern dwellings became, especially in the South, the sudden leeway to unilaterally clear away entire black communities at

out of Project #51, the name given to the roughly 100-acre zone. “Where slum houses once were a decided blight to the streets of north Athens large areas of open, unoccupied land now lie,” celebrated a local paper after the removal of black north Athens.

The city commissioned a report to best exploit the gift of Urban Renewal. The report “recommend[ed] that no public housing be built in the project area.” This was the mistake made west of downtown, the report concluded, where public housing like Parkview Homes consumed valuable real estate. “The project area is critical to downtown Athens and its expansion,” the report continued, stressing that non-white neighborhoods and public housing would foreclose on downtown’s growth northward. The removal of black families must be permanent, in other words. In other contexts, this is referred to as ethnic cleansing.

But public housing, of a sort, was built.

Bethel finally opened in 1971 as a privately owned complex but operating, in effect, as Section 8 public housing, with tenants’ rent largely paid by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. What distinguished Bethel from its government-owned

counterparts was the chronic neglect it suffered from its absentee landlords. The two out-of-town companies who have managed the property over the years did pitifully little to maintain the complex, and it has been roundly regarded as inferior to properties owned and overseen by the Athens Housing Authority. The area in and around Bethel gained a reputation for being dangerous—I was held up across College Avenue one night in the early 2000s and witnessed a shootout while reporting this story—and Bethel most likely did form something of a barrier to expansion northward.

The Bethel redevelopment will “unlock the potential of the north side of downtown,” says Parker, but unlike the desires of earlier generations of city planners, every Bethel resident will be allowed to come back and enjoy vastly better living conditions at no additional cost. The project’s proponents describe a win-win. Bethel residents, they say, will be beneficiaries, not victims, integrated into a new and better north Athens, with market-rate units neighboring subsidized ones. In the most optimistic telling, north Athens could be the most genuinely diverse neighborhood in Athens.

Parker hopes to duplicate the success of Columbia Brookside, an award-winning redevelopment that even skeptics of the process admire. “If they do it like they did Pauldoe, it’ll be a good thing,” says Knox, who remains suspicious of the local government after his experience in The Bottom.

Gantt calls Columbia Brookside “beautiful.”

But that is where the optimism should end. “I feel like there’s this ill-informed myth that if you diversify a neighborhood by income, then that is going to change the problems that a low-income family is dealing with,” says Gantt. “I feel that, in some ways, we’re hoping that this addresses an affordable housing issue that is actually rooted in wages and oppression.” Thornton concedes that the redevelopment, while greatly improving living conditions, “will not create wealth.”

The affordable housing crisis in Athens is downstream from the central and seemingly intractable predicament of the city: our inability to host a transient student population without suffering permanent poverty and general economic precarity.

Some significant amount of poverty and low-wage, low-salary work appears to be built into the contemporary college town.

It’s a bit like the old Soviet monotowns, with the entire population subordinated to a single industry. Ours is the immiserating work of producing upwardly mobile college graduates. No amount of affordable housing can alter what is a structural issue that apparently demands widespread poverty.

Bethel resident Gresham’s eyes widen when told the figure for the project’s cost.

He proposes something at once preposterous and perfectly sensible: Why isn’t an allotment of money just split among residents to invest in homes, start businesses and make a clean break with the intergenerational trap of poverty? Gantt, too, wonders why investment in the people themselves can’t be part of these initiatives. Thornton floats the idea of coordinating various agencies and nongovernmental organizations, like Habitat for Humanity and others, to make home ownership a goal alongside refurbishing places like Bethel.

Gresham struggles as a father of three children, and all he knows is he’s losing the place he calls home. “Help us rebuild us,” he says. f

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On the List NUÇI’S SPACE RAFFLES OFF FREE SHOWS FOR A YEAR

By Rosemary Scott music@flagpole.com

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diehard local music lovers, it’s a dream to be able to see every show, every night, at every venue in town.

That dream is about to become one lucky person’s reality, and their bank account won’t take the slightest hit. On Dec. 13, Nuçi’s Space will draw a winner for their Nuçipass raffle, which allows one person and a plus-one to attend shows for free for one year at 21 venues across the state.

The Nuçipass raffle began in 2015, when campaign manager Kristina Greene heard about a collaboration between Nuçi’s It’s one of Space and the 40 seems too Watt Club called the Golden Ticket.

She changed the name to Nuçipass and recruited as many venues as she could to participate. Greene says that at only $10 for a ticket, many people don’t believe the offer is real.

“We have a hard time selling it, because it’s one of those things that [seems] too good to be true,” Greene says. “But we’ve still managed to sell a lot of tickets over the years.”

Since 2015, the Nuçipass campaign has raised $75,000 for Nuçi’s Space. This is due largely to local venues and radio stations

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donating their services. Ads have run on Bulldog 93.3, Power 100.1, Magic 102 and 103.7 Chuck FM, at no cost to Nuçi’s Space.

Participating venues also help to advertise the program.

“Most of these venues have been on board all five years, and it’s just a testament to their commitment to our musicians,” Greene says. “It’s such a huge, generous, important donation that they’re making.”

This year’s venues include Athens favorites the Georgia Theatre, 40 Watt Club, Caledonia Flicker those things that Lounge, Theatre & Bar and good to be true. The Foundry, plus Atlanta clubs Variety Playhouse, Center Stage, Terminal West, Smith’s Olde Bar and Buckhead Theatre, Macon’s Hargray Capitol Theatre and more.

Money raised from the raffle helps Nuçi’s Space offer free or subsidized mental and physical health care for any musician who needs it, as well as low-cost practice spaces and equipment.

The unique nature of Nuçi’s Space, combined with a lack of affordable mental health care in Georgia, has caused demand for the organization’s services to grow.

Last year, Nuçi’s Space says it served 2,125

musicians from 17 counties, with plans to expand further.

This year, Greene says Nuçi’s Space will extend its services to younger musicians with a new program: Mikey Houser’s PreAmp. The program will introduce fourth and fifth graders across Athens to new instruments who may not otherwise have the opportunity to learn them. The goal is to train them for Camp Amped, a summer music day camp for middle and high school students.

Though Greene is employed by Nuçi’s Space, the cause is also personal to her.

After her husband committed suicide in This year’s Nuçipass artwork.

2013, she moved to Athens to be closer to family. She says that when she went cally among musicians. Nuçi Space’s promto Nuçi’s Space for a job interview, the ise is to never turn away anyone who asks community there welcomed her with open for help. arms.

“I’m obviously very passionate about this “The first time I walked through the cause, because I don’t want anyone else to doors of Nuçi’s Space was the beginning of be in the situation I was in,” Greene says. “I my healing,” she says. really, truly believe we can change that.”

Greene says that while their methods Nuçipass raffle tickets can be bought at may change, the goal has always been the nucipass.org. Tickets are available until the same: to prevent suicide in Athens, specifidrawing on Dec. 13. f

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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK: There’s a new track out by now

Athens-related band Arbor Labor Union (formerly Pinecones) named “Flowerhead.” The single is being used to announce that the band will have a new album out in February on Athens’ own Arrowhawk Records (Bambara, Shana Falana, Cinemechanica). The single is either a stylistic shift or a case of artistic growth—your call—but the fact remains it is a step away from the droney, motorik, heavy stuff we’re used to from the band. Indeed, “Flowerhead” seems to be mostly influenced by the Meat Puppets and yodeling. As a fan of each, I’m down. Get up to speed

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regarding this news and Arbor Labor Union as such via arrowhawkrecords.com and arborlaborunion.bandcamp. com.

SERENITY SUNDAY: New-ish local label Garden Portal will

host Boston guitarist Joseph Allred Sunday, Dec. 8 at Hendershot’s. He’s the flagship artist for the nascent label, which is the brainchild of Michael Potter (Null Zone), and local support for this show comes courtesy of Madeline Polites, Frank Hurricane and the Garden Portal Pond Band.

True to the flavor of the label, the entire show is oriented toward experimental and compositional acoustic music.

This show is all ages, five bucks in advance, $7 at the door, starts at 8 p.m. sharp and is due to be completed by 11 p.m.

Advance tickets may be purchased at hendershotsathens. com, and you can dive deeply into show prep at garden portal.bandcamp.com.

Zealand to further study music therapy, she’s back to being a solo artist. This URL will probably change at some point, but for now you can still get up to speed on all this over at facebook.com/atriaband.

NONE MORE BLACK: The now cross-continental band Feather

Trade has a new EP out named Press Play UK. Thematically, it plows the dark, dynamic ground the band has perfected as its sound over the past five years or so. The highlight track is the opener “Deadboy,” which takes all the blackness explored by, say, Lords of the New Church, early Love and Rockets, latter-day Flock of Seagulls and even current Bambara, then mixes it with a huge dose of class consciousness and warfare and sets the whole thing on fire. Dig, if you will, over at feathertrade.bandcamp. com.

BACK FROM THE GRAVE: Some new digital tracks just arrived from the graveyard of The Humms. The three songs, originally released in 2010 by Silver Spring, MD, label Arnold Records, have found themselves back at their spiritual home of Gypsy Farm. The first track, “Don’t Think About Death,” was featured on the band’s album Lemonland.

The next two, “Buttermilk” and “Uncle Sam Took My Baby Away,” are, respectively, bayou psych and sing-along style country gospel, and each was run thoroughly through the mad mind machine of The Humms. Even squares will dig this. Check it at gypsyfarmrecords.bandcamp.com, where you can also purchase it on vinyl.

HOLIDAY ROCK: The Full Moon School of Music will host

its semi-annual Rockcital at Hendershot’s Sunday, Dec. 8 from 2–5 p.m. For this event, current students have been grouped into bands and will perform a varied selection of classic and modern tunes. Attendees can enjoy refreshments and purchase merchandise, so take some bucks.

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Darkness, Light and Lots of Cheer LOCAL PLAYS TO SEE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

By Dina Canup arts@flagpole.com

Grease Before it became a hit movie in 1978, it was a Chicago-born cult success story that made it to Broadway in 1972 and received seven Tony Award nominations.

Teenagers have loved this show for so many decades it hardly needs introduction: There’s a high school gang of leather jacket and hair-grease wearing boys and the girls called “Pink Ladies” who sometimes date them. Then, the nice-girl exchange student (Sandy, played by Caroline Bell), enrolls in school, where her summer romance (Danny, played by Caleb McArthur) is afraid to admit to his fellow greasers that he even knows her. It’s a play seething with teen angst and hormones, big dance numbers, transformations and beloved songs.

Grease, by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, is presented by Oconee Youth Playhouse at the Oconee Youth Theater Thursday, Dec. 5 and Friday, Dec. 6 and Friday, Dec. 13–Sunday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee Dec. 15. Tickets are $20, $15 for students and seniors and available at oconeeyouthplayhouse.org.

The ReGifters Re-gifting is a less acknowledged but familiar holiday tradition. In The ReGifters, the Henshaws (Vicki Wrobel and Murray Weed) have received a truly hideous and baffling gift that seems useless, even if it’s possibly “art.” They wrap it back up and give it to their neighbors, the Mulligans (Kerri Brooks and Jason Baird), who turn around and re-gift the useless thing to the Cunninghams (Tara Runyon and Jake Strength, with Paige Hood as the motherin-law an audience loves to hate). The real

fun begins when the Henshaws later learn the awful thing is worth a fortune. Director Amy Miller has also added young Christmas carolers to appear at the doors of the families to add to this story of over-commercialization and dysfunctional family relationships at Christmastime.

Miller says, “People are going to recognize themselves. Plus, the script manages to be clever and witty while remaining warm-hearted.”

The ReGifters, by Robert Lynn, is presented by OnStage Walton at the OnStage Playhouse Dec. 6–7, 13–14 and 20–21 at 8 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees Dec. 15 and Dec. 22. Tickets are $20 and available at onstagewalton.org or Carmichael’s Drugs in Monroe.

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play An energetic group of thespian friends have started an all-inclusive troupe to bring more performance options for theater lovers in Jackson County and beyond called Rogue Spirit Productions. They just wrapped up a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Trolley Ride in partnership with the city of Braselton, with hopes of doing it again next year.

This month, it’s the holiday staple It’s a Wonderful Life presented as a 1940s-style radio play, in which actors “broadcast” the story of George Bailey (Richard Hoard). It’s Christmas Eve, and George is questioning Jekyll & Hyde Not everything whether life is worth living during the holiday season has when he’s given up on his own to be cheerful. If you want dreams to help others. His to let your inner Grinch free, guardian angel, Clarence (Chuck here’s a chance to revel in the Miller), works to show him the darkness of the gothic pop-opvalue of the choices he’s made era horror-drama that tells the and his effect on the commustory of Dr. Henry Jekyll (Nick nity, turning a sad story into Ciarochi), who struggles with a happy one just in time for the question of good and evil Christmas. that exists in all people. Can the It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Paige Hood, Jake Strength and Tara Runyon star as The Cunninghams in the family Radio Play, adapted by Joe two impulses be separated and Christmas comedy The Regifters at On Stage Walton in Monroe, Dec. 6–22. mental illness cured, especially Landry from The Greatest Gift that of his father? Are those

by Philip Van Doren Stern, is who appear to be governed by goodness Christmas pageant. Church mom Grace got presented by Rogue Spirit Productions at merely putting on a façade of it to the pubguilted into the job of director, knowing the Jackson County Historic Courthouse lic? He’s engaged to be married to a very she’ll be judged by the congregation no Dec. 13–14 at 7 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee nice girl of good family (Sam Ewing), but matter what. Then, the biggest bullies in Dec. 15. Tickets are $10 and available at then there’s the hooker with a heart of gold town, the Herdmans, take over the best roguespirit.weebly.com. who inspires his work (Hannah Hardin). parts, and she is powerless to prevent it.

When he conducts his experiments and There’s room for the characters to show 2019 Holly Jolly Holiday Spectacular This his bad side takes the driver’s seat as Mr. compassion and growth as this middle-class variety show features kids singing, dancing Hyde, things take a dangerous turn towards congregation learns to include children who and acting with a Gingerbread Host. It’s darkness. are community outsiders from a low-ina show for all ages designed to “bring the One of director W. Steven Carroll’s come family, and have a background for Holly and Jolly to everyone.” It’s presented specialties is in classical horror, and he’s their misbehavior. The kids provide a lot of by and at Athens Little Playhouse Dec. assembled an experienced production team laughs, as when Imogene Herdman, who 20–21 at 7 p.m., with a 3 p.m. matinee Dec. along with a cast of T&G mainstays and insists on playing Mary, is shocked by the 22. Tickets are $10, $5 for 12 and under newcomers to play the people of London story of the mother-of-Jesus-to-be, saying, and available at the door. f

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“Where is her social worker?” The kids of Winder-Barrow Community Theatre bring the Christmas spirit to this show that aims to entertain both kids and grownups.

Best Christmas Pageant Ever, by Barbara Robinson, is presented by Winder-Barrow Community Theatre’s Children’s PLAYhouse at the Colleen O. Williams Theater in Winder Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 7 at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10, $5 for children 12 and younger and available at winderbarrowtheatre.org.

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Home for the Holidays One of the best things about Christmas is the music, and the Next Act musical theater troupe has a night of your favorites that’s appropriate for all ages. It’s a great way to kick off the holiday season the night before the Downtown Parade of Lights. Home for the Holidays is presented by Next Act at Hendershot’s Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $5 at the door. For more information, follow @UGANextAct on social media or visit facebook.com/UGANextAct.

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By Cy Brown news@flagpole.com So here we are, in the same place we’ve been each of the last three years. 11-1. SEC East champs. Needing an SEC title to qualify for the College Football Playoff.

Even though we’ve been here before, there’s a different context for this attempt to earn our way into the playoff. The last two years we played Auburn and Alabama, respectively, and beat the Tigers but lost to the Tide. This time around we play an LSU team that looks more dynamic than either of our recent SEC Championship Game opponents. Led by quarterback Joe Burrow, LSU has one of the most exciting, high flying, deadliest offenses in the country.

football fans always hate? Winners.

If nothing else, we just need to stop being delusional about what this team is and has the potential to be. We’ve played 12 games. The regular season is over. At this point, we are who we are, and that ain’t gonna change. We need to embrace that fact, because the only way we’re going to win the SEC Championship Game—or the national title, for that matter—is the Georgia way. The defense has to win the day, and the offense has to do just enough to get over the hump.

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2,385 yards passing, 21 touchdowns and three interceptions for the season is a very Fromm-esque stat line, but he’s struggled mightily with accuracy this season. In the last four weeks, he hasn’t posted a completion percentage higher than 50%. If the old, deadly accurate Fromm returns against LSU, it might be just enough to put the offense over the top. But even so, the strategy of relying on the defense to win the game and the offense to not lose it will remain the same. That’s just who Kirby is.

This Georgia team has consistently been negatively compared to the Alabama teams from 2009–2013, which had brilliant defenses and meager offenses. And this style does seem a bit passé in a world where seemingly the entirety of college football— even the likes of Alabama and LSU—have embraced explosive, pass-heavy spread offenses. But those Alabama teams won three national titles playing the way Georgia is playing now. It may not be the style du jour, but it has proven to be effective in the not-so-distant past.

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On top of that, Georgia has looked like the worst really good team in college football this season. LSU will be favored, and neutral fans will (understandably) side with the Tigers simply because they’re a more exciting team to watch.

Like all coaches, Kirby Smart loves to sell the disrespect, the “Us. vs. The World” narrative, no matter the circumstances.

Only this time it’s true. Make no mistake, we are the underdog in this matchup, just not a lovable one. In modern college football, fans want to see explosive offenses, not immovable defenses, even if that defense is by far the best in college football. (Again, understandable.) So let’s embrace our role as the unlovable underdog and make the rest of the college football world hate us as we boringly win an SEC title.

The most exciting way to win would be for the offense to suddenly start clicking and to beat that high-scoring LSU offense in a shootout. The most Georgia way to win would be for the defense to become the first team this season to stop the LSU offense, and a combination of the offense and Rodrigo Blankenship putting up just enough points to win something like 20-19. Oh man, the rest of college football would hate us if we did that. But why the hell should we care who hates us? Do you know who college

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flagpole’s Holiday Market Roundup Craft Markets, Studio Sales and Open Houses in Town and Nearby

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com

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annual holiday tradition on its own, hundreds of regional artists and makers gather every December to showcase and sell their diverse, one-of-akind creations. Whether it’s a multi-vendor fair at a local business or an intimate open house at a private studio, these events provide opportunities to connect directly with the talented entrepreneurs who provide the backbone of Athens’ arts community. With over 40 different events scheduled over the next three weeks, finding handcrafted and locally sourced gifts is more accessible and affordable than ever.

In the spirit of tradition, let Flagpole make shopping locally a little simpler this year with our annual Holiday Market Roundup, a list of artist markets, studio open houses and craft sales happening in Athens and nearby.

In Athens Deck the Walls, a holiday market presented by the Visual Arts Guild of Athens and held at the Lyndon House Arts Center, at 293 Hoyt St., will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays in December from 12–5 p.m.

More than 70 artists will offer jewelry, photography, paintings, soaps, scarves, hats, mittens, glass, pottery, accessories and folk art, plus seasonal cards, ornaments and wreaths. A Holiday Open House on Dec. 14 from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. will feature live entertainment, photos with Santa and craft activities like letterpress printing, bead weaving and holiday card making. A special Third Thursday event with gingersnaps and cider will follow on Dec. 19 from 6–8 p.m.

Per tradition, the historic Ware-Lyndon House is decorated in live greenery courtesy of the Ladies Garden Club. For more details, visit athensclarkecounty.com/lyndonhouse.

The UGA Ceramic Student Organization’s annual Holiday Pottery Sale will occur in the Lamar Dodd School of Art’s first-floor lobby Dec. 3–4 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Created by students and faculty, the works range from decorative pieces and hand-built sculptures to functional pottery like mugs, plates, vases, lidded boxes and bowls. Proceeds support educational field trips to ceramic conferences and also bring in visiting artists to campus. Parking is available in the Performing Arts Center deck. Visit art.uga.edu.

During the 940 Prince Ave. Holiday Open House, businesses Shakti, CJ&L Real Estate and Tribe Hair Company will co-host an afternoon of holiday cheer on Dec. 5 from 11 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Shakti will offer a free power hour yoga class at noon, and several artists will share their wares, including Maggie Scruggs, Flourish Fibers and jeweler Absynia. Find the event on Facebook.

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For specialty items straight from the garden, visit the UGArden Holiday Market on Dec. 5 from 4–7 p.m. Herbs grown using organic practices have been incorporated into a variety of teas, soaps, salves, lip balms and seasoning blends. Gift wrapping will be available, as will a bonfire for keeping warm. UGArden is located at 2510 S. Milledge Ave. Operating primarily as a wholesale business, Mbare, Ltd. will open its warehouse to the public for the annual Africa in Athens Warehouse Sale Dec. 6 from 4–8 p.m. and Dec. 7 from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. The fair-trade company works directly with artisans and craftspeople in Zimbabwe, Senegal, Swaziland, South Africa, Tanzania, Mali and Ghana to collect wall decor, textiles, baskets, glassware, stone sculptures, wood carvings, tin art, masks and more. Mbare is located at 118 Commerce Blvd., behind the Athens Habitat ReStore West, and more details can be found at mbare.com.

Maria Dondero’s 11th annual Marmalade Pottery Holiday Sale will be held at Southern Star Studio, at 180 Cleveland Ave., Dec. 7–8 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. The ceramic artist will share a new collection of mugs, hanging planters, large coil jars, big platters and ornaments, and the event also includes food by Tim Dondero, sweets by Jane Yates and live music. Visit mariadondero.com for samples of work.

Rebecca Wood and her team of potters will host their Holiday Sale Dec. 7 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. R. Wood Studio, at 450 Georgia Dr., will have many of the brightly colored pieces the studio is known for, in addition to several one-of-a-kind pieces, seconds and discounted works. Photographer Kristin Karch will offer digital portraits until 2 p.m., and shoppers can sample the studio’s Share the Love coffee blend from Jittery Joe’s. To view the potters’ work, check out rwoodstudio.com.

Hip Vintage & Handmade, at 215 Commerce Blvd., will host its Hip Holiday Market Dec. 7 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Dozens of craft vendors will set up in the forest garden behind the shop, which carries collections from antiques and vintage dealers alongside handmade items by local crafters and artists year-round. The afternoon also includes live music, food trucks and drinks from Hip Coffee Shop. More information can be found at hipvintagehandmade.com.

Check out the newest art destination in town, tiny ATH gallery, at 174 Cleveland Ave., during its first annual Holi-LADDERday Market on Dec. 7 from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Unlike typical markets, the gallery will make the best of its small square footage by displaying artworks vertically on ladders.

Participating vendors include Athulhu, Sarah Flinn, Peter Loose, Katie Porterfield, Sheila Beckham, Julie Jarema, Grant and Rachel Evans, Lois Songster and Cricket Bancroft. Visit tinyathgallery.com.

The Zuzka and Kyle Pottery Sale will showcase works by ceramicists Zuzka Vaclavik and Kyle Jones, who outside of their independent practices, are the business partners behind Tile Juice, which specializes in custom artisanal tiles for fireplaces, kitchens, outdoor areas and other decorated spaces. Located at the Chase Park warehouses at 160 Tracy St., the event will be held Dec. 7–8 and Dec. 14–15 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Visit tilejuice.com.

Indie South, at 470 Hawthorne Ave., will host a rare evening with one of Athens’ most well-known artists at the David Hale Holiday Pop-Up Dec. 7 from 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Items include original woodcuts, limited edition screen prints and a selection of sterling silver rings created in collaboration with artist Coyote. Additionally, copies of Hale’s new illustrated children’s book, Autumn’s Arrival, will be available.

Tina McCullough of Blue Bell Pottery Studio, at 105 Doe Run, will host her first Saturday Open House Dec. 7 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. In addition to a variety of vessels, McCullough specializes in carved works. Visit facebook.com/ bluebellpotterystudio.

Regina Mandell of Forged & Found Pottery and ceramicist Michele Dross will host a Sip & Shop holiday pop-up at The Old Pal, at 1320 Prince Ave., Dec. 7 from 3–6 p.m. Mandell’s works are characterized by a rustic minimalism and bohemian flair, whereas Dross’ are illustrated with alluring narratives.

Heirloom Café and Fresh Market, at 815 N. Chase St., will host an opportunity for seasonal shopping at the Heirloom Holiday Market Dec. 7 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Handmade wares include jewelry, gourmet foods, woodwork, ceramics, soaps and bath products, textiles and more. Vendors include Bear Hug Honey, Little Light Co., Norman & Norma Vintage, Normal Soap Company, Oscar Bites Dog Treats, Viva Wild, Lakeshore Pottery, Piedmont Provisions and a dozen others. Visit heirloomathens.com.

Treehouse Kid and Craft presents its 10th annual Hollyday Handmade Artist Market across the street at Starlite Showroom, at 750 W. Broad St., Dec. 8 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Swing by to peruse the creations of 20 or so vendors, like Textile + Twine, Little Rabbit’s Arts and Crafts, Rainy Day Color, Foster Rose Creations, Stitches Getting Things Done, Reciprotee, Sweet Olive Farm and MEplusTEA. A handful of budding kid entrepreneurs will try their hands at selling their masterpieces, too, like Maypop Wren, Arrow Schwartz and Leah

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Templin. If you miss this one, the Decatur location of Treehouse will host its second annual Hollyday on Dec. 15. Find details at treehousekidandcraft.com.

Thirty or so local vendors will join half as many children’s classes to sell products during the South Jackson Holiday Market Dec. 9 from 5:30–7:30 p.m. at South Jackson Elementary School, at 1630 New Kings Bridge Road. Anticipated items range from aromatherapy body care products and cosmetics to crocheted winter hats, ornaments and jewelry. Vendor registrations benefited the school’s leadership program, while class sales will support various other projects. Visit sites.google. com/jcss.us/south-jackson-holiday-market/ home for a list of vendors.

Creature Comforts’ Get Artistic Holiday Market, on Dec. 11 from 5–9 p.m., will feature local art and artisanal goods from 20 vendors. In addition to artists like Will Eskridge, Lisa Freeman, Jared Brown, Abby Kacen and Katherine Schuber, keep an eye out for unique gifts like puzzles from Very Good Puzzle Co., small-batch cheeses

by Hobo Cheese Co., watercolor paints by Pinto Art Supplies and macramé wall hangings by Spindle & Cone. Visit getcurious. com/get-artistic for information on Get Artistic, an initiative that supports the local arts.

An outdoor patio under twinkling lights makes for a festive setting at the juried Athens Holiday Market at Big City Bread Cafe Dec. 12–13 from 5–9 p.m. Peruse the works of over 50 local and regional artists while a live band performs around the bonfire. Annual favorites include Dan Smith, Jim Norton, Susan Staley, Lou Kregel, Barbara Odil, Leonard Piha and Frank Saggus. Big City Bread is located at 393 N. Finley St. and can be reached at 706-353-0029.

Celebrating women-owned businesses across town, several creative shops will co-host the first Holidate Night Dec. 12 from 6–8 p.m. Participating locations include Avid Bookshop in Five Points, Community, Dynamite, Indie South, K.A. Artist Shop and ReBlossom. An additional handful of entrepreneurs will be featured at pop-ups: Rebecca Wood of R. Wood Studio at Southern Star Studio, Love.Craft at STATE the Label, Revibe at Steel and Plank and Hable Construction at Treehouse Kid and Craft. Find the event on Facebook.

The Normaltown Pottery Holiday Sale, slated for Dec. 13 from 4–9 p.m. and Dec. 14 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m., will feature handmade, functional pottery by studio owner Juana Gnecco, along with ceramics by Nancy Green and Carter Gillies. Additional items include local honey by 3 Kings Honey, natural soap by Farmington Herbs and

hand-printed textiles and cards by Sara Parker. Normaltown Pottery is located at 465 Belvoir Heights. For more information, call 762-728-0575.

More of Michele Dross’ creations can be scooped up during her first-ever Holiday Pottery Sale at her cozy backyard studio in Normaltown. Her distinctive handmade porcelain pottery is characterized by mystical narrative drawings full of women, plants, rainbows, snakes, goats and roosters. The event takes place Dec. 14 from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. at 515 King Ave. Visit micheledross.com for examples of work.

The Boulevard Pottery Sale will offer a variety of high-fired stoneware and porcelain functional pieces by Lori Demosthenes, Kyle Jones, Ester Lee Mech, Alex Newman, Geoff Pickett and Zuzka Vaclavik. The two-day sale will be held Dec. 14–15 from 9 a.m.–5 pm. at 190 Cohen St. Southern Star Studio will present its fourth annual group sale of members and friends Dec. 14–15 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Participating potters include Brandon Bishop, Maria Dondero, Leyla Genculu, Carter Gillies, Chona Leathers, Allya Maerz, Regina Mandell, Alex Prince and Kerry Steinberg. Call 706-248-6899.

ist Shirley Chambliss. Visit facebook.com/ theleathersbuilding.

The Good Dirt Holiday Pottery Sale, at 485 Macon Hwy., will feature works by 26 instructors and students, reflecting the wide variety of styles and backgrounds that make up the studio. In addition to mugs, jewelry, tableware and lots and lots of pots, the event will offer giveaways and free food and coffee. The sale is Dec. 14 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Visit gooddirt.net for details on how to participate in a new 12 Days of Pottery scavenger hunt leading up to the big day.

Indie South’s 13th annual Holiday Hooray offers a lineup of over 100 vendors covering virtually everything handmade, from original art in every medium, bath and beauty products, toys and sustainable fashion to

to pick up everything from vintage and collectibles to vinyl and crafts. Held the third Sunday of every month, the outdoor market is Dec. 22 from 12–4 p.m. at 470 Hawthorne Ave. Visit indiesouthfair.com for details.

Outside Athens The family-run Bendzunas Glass Studio and Gallery, at 89 W. South Ave. in Comer, will keep extended weekend hours from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. until Christmas, with live glass-blowing demonstrations until 3 p.m.

With over 40 years of experience, artist Paul Bendzunas has passed his craft down to his three children, who also work in the studio.

Operating primarily as a wholesale business that distributes to galleries countrywide, a

stoneware for over 30 years. The David Morgan Pottery studio, located at 3747 Old Wildcat Bridge Road in Danielsville, opens for a Holiday Sale Dec. 7 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Dec. 8 from 12–5 p.m. The studio can also be visited by appointment through Dec. 24. Find David Morgan Pottery on Facebook.

Venture over to Farmington Pottery’s December Open House Pottery Sale Dec. 7–8 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. to view the latest creations of Geoff and Lisa Pickett. A wide variety of Geoff’s wood and gas-fired dinnerware, kitchen and tableware for the home and garden will be available, as well as a selection of soaps, hydrosols and botanical skin-care products made with fresh herbs grown by Lisa. Farmington Pottery is located at 1171 Freeman Creek Road in Farmington. For more information, visit pickettpottery. com and farmingtonherbals. com.

Farmview Market, at 2610 Eatonton Hwy. in Madison, will host a Holiday Market as its last open-air farmers market of the season Dec. 7 from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. In addition to locally sourced veggies, meat, soaps, baked goods and preserves, you’ll find a few vendors offering handcrafted items like knitted accessories and jewelry.

The family-friendly event also includes kids crafts, free food samples and live music.

Check out farmviewmarket. com for what’s in store.

The vendors of the West Broad Farmers Market will offer a special Holiday Market and Craft Fair Dec. 14 from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. In This year’s lineup at the addition to fresh produce Nancy Green Ceramics and baked goods, you can Group Studio Sale promises expect items like artisan a diverse array of traditional soaps, handmade wreaths, and contemporary ceramic jewelry, sewn goods, woodpieces, with participating working and flower boupotters including Jorie quets. Activities also include Berman, Juana Gnecco, Michele Dross will host a Sip & Shop with Regina Mandell of Forged & Found Pottery at The Old Pal on Dec. 7 from 3–6 p.m. Dross will also host a cooking demos, sustainable Jen Graff, Nancy Green, Holiday Pottery Sale at her home studio at 515 King Avenue on Dec. 14 from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. gardening workshops, health Ron Meyers, Ted Saupe, screenings, live music and Minsoo Yuh and Sunkoo Yuh. public gallery displays some of the family’s yoga in the garden. Located at 1573 W. Additionally, there will be drawings and red artisanal food, home goods and furniture. best functional and decorative glass works, Broad St., the market aims to develop new clay works by Rich Panico and hand-printed Indie South is unique in that it also incorincluding cups, paperweights, bowls, ornafood-based entrepreneurs, build a neightextiles and cards by Sara Parker. Located porates a wide selection of collectors who ments and vases. The studio is also open by borhood-centered economy and increase at 1500 Tappan Spur Road in Watkinsville, focus primarily on vintage clothing and appointment. For more information, check access to healthy, affordable foods. Visit the studio’s annual event is Dec. 7–8 accessories. The two-day open-air marout bendzunasglass.net. athenslandtrust.org. from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. For more details, call ket, which also promises food trucks, live 706-410-5200. music, art demos, Santa photo booth and The Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation’s More artists will share their creations kids activities, takes place Dec. 14 from 10 25th annual juried Holiday Market includes A new collection of wood and soda-fired during the Athens Institute for a.m.–5 p.m. and Dec. 15 from 12–5 p.m. the works of 70 regional artists and craftContemporary Art’s Holiday Market. work by Lori Demosthenes will be available at the Foundry Pavilion, 440 Foundry St. ers, ranging from paintings to pottery, Highlights include folk art by Cap Man, at the Rose Creek Pottery Holiday Sale Admission to the market is $5 cash, with stained and fused glass, jewelry, photogpaper goods by Ahndhi Sticha, paintings Dec. 7–8 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Located on a proceeds benefiting Project Safe. For more raphy, woodwork, sculpture, fiber art and

by Camille Hayes and jewelry by Appaloosa grass-fed cattle farm, her quaint studio will details, visit theindiesouth.com. more. The market is open Dec. 6 from 5–8 Designs, Darlene Blink, Gemnglass and be full of small pieces like ornaments, mugs p.m. and Dec. 7–8 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Aurora Jewelry. The market will be held and salt cellars, as well as large statement Artists will come together during the sevAdmission for all three days is $3. OCAF’s Dec. 14 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. at the gallery’s enth annual Holiday Artists Market to pieces for the home and garden. Rose Creek Artists Shoppe, which features handmade new location, at 675 Pulaski St., Ste. 1200 Pottery is located at 1051 Rose Creek Dr. in benefit the local nonprofit Campus Cats/ items created by more than 50 of the galin the Leathers Building. Visit athica.org.

Watkinsville. Visit athensareapotters.com/ Cat Zip Alliance Dec. 14 from 11:30 a.m.–5 lery’s members, opens in conjunction with lori-demosthenes. p.m. at Hi-Lo Lounge, at 1354 Prince the Holiday Market and will remain open Held concurrently with ATHICA’s Holiday Ave. Highlights include soaps by Songbird from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesdays through Market on Dec. 14 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m., the Soaps, clothing by Hippocampus Designs, Cameron Bliss Ferrelle will host a Saturdays until Dec. 21. OCAF is located Leathers Building Open House offers an Holiday Pop-Up Art Show and Sale with books by Aimee Cribbs, ornaments by Rita at 34 School St. in Watkinsville. For more opportunity to check out a few of the local friends at her Winterville studio, located at Marks, woodwork by Mike Sellers and prindetails, visit ocaf.com. businesses who occupy the building’s his149 S. Georgia Ave., on Dec. 14 from 1–5 cess dresses and jewelry by Mimi Williams. toric walls. In addition to snacks at Pulaski p.m. Fellow painters include Jacob Wenzka, Information on Campus Cats can be found For vibrant, richly glazed pieces of pottery Heights BBQ and Shiraz Fine Food and Lucy Calhoun, Manda McKay, Cheryl at catzip.org. that draw inspiration from nature, check Gourmet, visitors can see handcrafted furWashburn, Peter Loose, Dortha Jacobson, out the works of David Morgan, a regional and more. Visit facebook.com/cameronbliss nishings and home goods at Steel + Plank Hosted by Indie South, the Abnormal potter who has been creating functional and scope out the studio of local textile artart for location and details. f Bazaar offers a last-minute opportunity

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grub notes

Déjà Food TWO NEW MEXICAN SPOTS SERVE FAMILIAR EATS

By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com whole, not quite as good as previously. To some extent, as everywhere, it depends on what you order.

La Estrella’s strengths were as a marisqueria (seafood restaurant) and in certain meats, including its al pastor. Latino’s is

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Like begets like. A pizza restaurant closes and turns into another pizza restaurant, because there’s already an oven there, and you might as well use it for its intended purpose. Ditto for a bakery. Ditto for a Mexican restaurant, especially if the previous tenants leave behind plastic salsa carafes and molcajetes. Two new Mexican restaurants in the place of older Mexican restaurants show that to be true.

But if you get a more standard lunch combo with a burrito/enchilada/whatever, accompanied by rice and beans, you’ll get something less exciting. Even said rice and beans are not as good as they were before, perhaps because they seem underseasoned.

It’s better to skip the “lunch a la Mexicana” sheet and spend a bit more. The tacos feature a single corn tortilla rather than the more common doubling up, and that’s an approach I prefer. Two tortillas tastes like too much corn much of the time.

If there’s barbacoa, which seems to be a weekend offering rather than a standard, you should go for it, whatever you want to use it in or on. That and the al pastor

UNO: La Estrella opened on

Hawthorne in 2005 and quietly had a 14-year run making some of the best Mexican food in town. It didn’t make it on a lot of lists, it was always freezing in the winter, and every time the door opened, there was a bell that made a strange chirping noise in the back of the house, but it was a standard for me, as long as I remembered that it was closed on Tuesdays and didn’t pull into the parking lot that day only to hit my steering wheel in annoyance as I realized once again that the lights were off.

In August, the restaurant changed hands and is now Latino’s Taqueria y Latino’s Taqueria y Mariscos Mariscos (400 Hawthorne Ave., 706-850-9151). The same cook supposedly still handles things similar. Order a ceviche tostada, which in the kitchen from time to time, and the features a mound of citrus-marinated fish, elaborate murals that cover the walls are good-quality sliced avocado, and diced still there, as are the embroidered tabletomatoes and onions atop a well-browned cloths that say “La Estrella,” covered by a circle of crisp fried masa, and you will be plastic overlay that can be wiped down. It’s pretty happy. It’s not world-shaking, but not all that different, although it is, on the it’s good. The flavors are simple and bright.

are highlights among the meats, whereas the lengua is fairly bland and greasy. The chorizo, usually a slam dunk, is likewise more fine than good. Sopes are about average, with the base layer a bit too thick and chewy but the toppings mostly making up for it.

If you want to get a bit more spendy, the molcajete mix ($15.99, but a huge amount of food) has grilled carne asada, flatpounded grilled chicken, chorizo, shrimp, cactus, onions and jalapeños, as well as rice, refried beans and tortillas, most of which is pretty tasty. Menudo and tamales are available on weekends, and the restaurant still serves beer as well as horchata, Jamaica, tamarindo, Jarritos, et al. It’s open 9 a.m.– 10 p.m. every day except Sunday, when it closes at 9 p.m.

DOS: Taqueria el Agave also recently changed hands, reopening as Giana’s Mexican Grill (1280 Oconee St., 706-549-2639), but boy howdy, I am going to warn you away from the new place. It’s not that El Agave was spectacular, but Giana’s does not have its act together in any way, including the most important one: the food.

I try to make it to every restaurant I write about twice, but I did not want to go back. Giana sounds more like an Italian name than a Mexican one, and the restaurant’s red sauce indeed seems a lot more like marinara than like salsa. The cheese scattered over things doesn’t melt well. Shrimp included in a burrito aren’t all completely peeled, leading to unexpected crunch. Things aren’t heated through properly. The waitstaff doesn’t seem to know the menu. It is all, unfortunately, a mess. Giana’s has a full bar and is open from 11 a.m.–9 p.m. daily.

WHAT UP?: Osteria Athena replaced Dolce Vita downtown. I Heart Mac and Cheese, a franchise in The Mark, had its grand opening recently. Buvez is adding a full bar in January, with a weekend of celebration Jan. 3–4. Nedza’s food truck/waffles/doughnuts is working on a brick-and-mortar location.

All locations of Keba are closed. f

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PERFORMANCE | THU, DEC 5

MUSIC | THU, DEC 5

Downtown Athens · 7 p.m. · FREE! Marching bands, local businesses and other community groups will take to the streets alongside decorated floats during the annual Parade of Lights. Interpreting this year’s theme of “Home for the Holidays,” participants will compete for the titles of “Most Original Float,” “Best Use of Theme,” “Best Use of Lights” and best overall “Mayor’s Award.” Following the same route as last year, the parade kicks off at the corner of Hancock Avenue and Pulaski Street, turns left onto Clayton, left onto Thomas and then rounds the corner onto Washington, where festivities culminate in front of City Hall with a traditional tree-lighting ceremony led by none other than Santa and Mrs. Claus. [Jessica Smith]

UGA Hodgson Hall · 7:30 p.m. · $10 (w/ UGA ID), $30 Currently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Irish band Danú features lead vocalist Nell Ní Chróinín and a musical ensemble of fiddle, flutes, button accordion, percussion and pipes. Inspired by centuries-old holiday traditions, the program, “An Emerald Isle Christmas,” encapsulates Celtic festivities through lively music and accompanying guest step dancers. Prior to Danú’s performance, at 5:30 p.m., the nearby Georgia Museum of Art will host Make It an Evening with complimentary Jittery Joe’s coffee, slices of Cecilia Villaveces’ cakes and a gallery tour. Additionally, a pre-concert talk with a member of Danú will be held in Ramsey Concert Hall at 6:45 p.m.

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Caledonia Lounge · 8 p.m. · $13–$17 Orchestral strings flush Laura Stevenson’s latest album, The Big Freeze, with an enchanting warmth at odds with the title. It references a way the universe may end—expanding until it can’t anymore, leaving behind darkness and cold.

Stevenson accepts the possibility of this fate while looking hopefully at what may happen in between. Her voice, clear and trilling, holds center stage as it flows through the record, detailing loneliness, yearning and self-reckoning. She’s touring with Adult Mom, and in celebration, the two exchanged covers. Stevenson took on Adult Mom’s “Survival,” and they tackled her “Dermatillomania.” Adult Mom’s Stevie Knipe will open their Athens show with a solo set. [Anna Haas]

Downtown Parade of Lights

Tuesday 3 ART: UGA Ceramic Student Holiday Sale (Lamar Dodd School of Art, First Floor Lobby) The holiday sale will include small, handbuilt sculptures as well as functional pottery such as teapots, mugs and bowls made by ceramic students and faculty. Dec. 3–4, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. tsaupe@uga.edu CLASSES: Basic Life Support (Athens CPR, 182 Ben Burton Circle, Bogart) Certified trainers provide hands-on demonstrations and a practice session. 5:30–9 p.m. $69. www.athenscpr.com EVENTS: Holiday Book Sale (Georgia Museum of Art) Shop for your loved ones at the museum’s

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annual holiday book and frame sale, featuring new and used publications in all genres. Dec. 3–6, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org EVENTS: Athens Uncovered (The Foundry) Come out for a silent auction and live performances from local bands like Dana Downs, Fishbug, Fester Hagood, Cicada Rhythm and more covering popular songs. Proceeds benefit Nuci’s Space. 6 p.m. $10. www.thefoundryathens.com EVENTS: Holiday Swing Dance at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Celebrate the holidays with a swing lesson from 7–8 p.m., then enjoy an evening of dancing to holiday music. No experience or partner required. 7–10 p.m.

Donations accepted. www.athensswingnight.com EVENTS: Cookies for the Community (Athens Land Trust) Giving Tuesday seeks to refocus society on generosity for the remainder of the holiday season, and to celebrate, Athens Land Trust will provide cookies and all the supplies needed for your one-of-a kind cookie design. Proceeds will support land conservation, provide affordable housing and various financial education classes. 4–7 p.m. 706613-0122, www.athenslandtrust.org GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) Hosted by James Majure. 6 p.m. FREE! www. therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2301 College Station

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Road) Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! facebook.com/blindpigtavern GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Both locations of Locos feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) General trivia hosted by Jacob and Wes. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8561 GAMES: Trivia (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Test your trivia knowledge. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Trivia (The Office Sports Bar and Grill) Play to win. Every Tuesday.

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

MUSIC | TUE, DEC 10

Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster

Flicker Theatre & Bar · 8:30 p.m. · $8 As the frontman of Mississippi band Water Liars, Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster put a bleak Southern spin on the rootsy brand of indie rock heralded by contemporaries like Centro-matic and The Hold Steady. On his latest solo album, Constant Stranger, Kinkel-Schuster casts out his demons in favor of something approaching lightness, or what a press release calls “a universally felt home for memory, gratitude, acceptance and regret.” Fellow Mississippian Spencer Thomas, a member of the Americana group Young Valley, also appears on Tuesday’s Flicker bill, along with Athens pop mainstay and Drive-By Truckers secret weapon Jay Gonzalez. [Gabe Vodicka]

PERFORMANCE: Rak The Watt (40 Watt Club) Watch as bellydancers demonstrate their skills. 7 p.m. $8. www.40watt.com

Wednesday 4 ART: UGA Ceramic Student Holiday Sale (Lamar Dodd School of Art) See Tuesday listing for full description. Dec. 3–4, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. tsaupe@uga.edu COMEDY: Educated Mess (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) See standups from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Willson Center Holiday Party (Willson Center for Humanities & Arts) Family and friends are invited, and crafts will be

provided for the kids. All attendees are encouraged to bring a canned or non-perishable food item as a donation to one of the local food banks. RSVP to attend. 5:30 p.m. wsmith78@uga.edu, 706-542-4304, www.willson.uga.edu EVENTS: Holiday Book Sale (Georgia Museum of Art) See Tuesday listing for full description.

Dec. 3–6, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Son Safaris 10th Anniversary Celebration (Athens Church, 10 Huntington Rd.) Celebrate 10 years of a Creation Care group that helps to look after endangered species in South Africa.

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THE CALENDAR! EVENTS: David Sedaris (The Classic Center) A unique opportunity to see the best-selling humorist in an intimate setting. Sedaris will be offering a selection of all-new readings and recollections, as well as a Q&A session and book signing. 7:30 p.m. $24–44. www.classiccenter.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Dirty South Trivia offers house cash prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team. 8 p.m. www.saucehouse.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, 2440 W. Broad St.) Compete for prizes. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) General trivia. Industry night. Cash house prizes. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m.

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

Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com 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: Mother Goose on the Loose (Bogart Library) This special storytime is designed to promote parental bonding and early learning in babies ages 0–24 months.

Registration required. 10–11 a.m.

FREE! 770-725-9443 www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) Attendees will share books, songs, puppets and rhymes. Ages 1.5–5. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Children of all ages are invited for bedtime stories every Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Step into Music (ACC Library) An afterschool music class with Mr. Evan. For children ages 5–7 and their caregiver. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, movement, crafts and fun for preschool-aged children. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950, www. athenslibrary.org/oconee 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. 4 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 Cleo Creech. 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ athenswordofmouth PERFORMANCE: Home for the Holidays (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Next Act, UGA’s musical theater student group, presents a holiday cabaret. See Theater Notes on p. 10.

7 p.m. $5. nextactmusicaltheatre@ gmail.com

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Thursday 5 CLASSES: De-Stressing During the Holidays: Yoga (ACC Library) Join Lydia for a quick yoga session.

1 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens EVENTS: 940 Prince Holiday Open House (940 Prince Ave.) Shakti Power Yoga, CJ&L Real Estate and Tribe Hair Company will host a holiday market. Enjoy light refreshments, a power-hour yoga class, crafts, local artist vendors and more. 11 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7792 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: Sustainable UGA Semester in Review (UGA Tate Student Center, Fifth Floor) Celebrate people, programs and courses that encourage sustainability at UGA with presentations, displays and lunch. RSVP. 11 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! sustain@uga.edu EVENTS: Oconee Rivers Audubon Society (Sandy Creek Nature Center, Education and Visitor Center) Join the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society and students of the new Lilly Branch Audubon Society (UGA chapter) for a talk on various topics of ornithology. 7 p.m. FREE! www. oconeeriversaudubon.org EVENTS: Make It An Evening (Georgia Museum of Art) Enjoy Jittery Joe’s coffee, Cecilia Villaveces’ cakes and gallery tours prior to the performance in Hodgson Hall by Danú. 5:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! $5 (coffee & dessert) pac.uga.edu 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: Holiday Book Sale (Georgia Museum of Art) See Tuesday listing for full description.

Dec. 3–6, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: UGArden Holiday Market (2510 S. Milledge Ave.) Herbs grown using organic practices have been incorporated into a variety of teas, soaps, salves, lip balms and seasoning blends. Gift wrapping will be available, as well as a bonfire for keeping warm. 4–7 p.m. ugarden. uga.edu EVENTS: Downtown Parade of Lights (Downtown Athens) Over 60 local organizations will march through the streets of downtown.

This year’s theme is “Home for the Holidays.” The parade begins at the corner of Hancock and Pulaski and ends in front of City Hall for the traditional tree lighting ceremony hosted by Santa. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/parade EVENTS: Athens Gingerbread House Competition See elaborate gingerbread houses in this second annual competition. This year’s proceeds benefit the Young Urban Builders. A Gingerbread Jr. activity on Saturday morning will be held for children to decorate houses. (230 W. Clayton St.) Dec. 5–6, 5–9 p.m.

Dec. 7, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. (decorating party), 12–5 p.m. Dec. 8, 12–3 p.m. www.gingerbreadguild.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: Culinary Playground: Gingerbread Mug Cake Class (ACC Library) Learn basic cooking skills while making a holiday treat.

For ages 7–11 and their caregivers.

Registration required. 3:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Crazy 8s Math Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Explore math games at this interactive program for students in grades K–2. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison 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: Mother Goose on the Loose (ACC Library) A unique, early-literacy storytime program for children ages 0–24 months and their caregiver. This three-week class incorporates books, nursery rhymes, musical instruments and interactive play. Space is limited, please register to attend. 10 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrarly.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Teen Thursdays (Madison County Library) 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: 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 LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Normal Books) Normal Books presents Seth Martin for his book, Two Stories. Enjoy refreshments from Half Shepherd Market & Cheese Shop and a short set performance by Taylor Chmura. 6 p.m. FREE! www. normalbooksathens.com MEETINGS: Caregiver Crafting Support Group (ACC Library) Caregivers are invited to bring crafting supplies and express the joys and struggles of caring for a loved one while practicing self-care creatively. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens PERFORMANCE: An Emerald Isle Christmas (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) UGA Presents brings Irish traditional music band Danú for a holiday performance. Lead vocalist Nell Ní Chróinín and a band of virtuoso Celtic musicians on fiddle, flutes, button accordion, percussion and pipes will be accompanied by Irish step dancers. See Calendar Pick on p. 15. 7:30 p.m. $10 (w/ UGA ID), $30. 706-542-4400, www. pac.uga.edu THEATER: Grease (Oconee Youth Playhouse) Return to the rockin’ 50s with a production of this classic musical, featuring a cast of talented local teens. Presented by Oconee Youth Playhouse. See Theater Notes on p. 10. Dec. 5–6 & 13–15, 7 p.m. & Dec. 15, 2 p.m. $15–20. www. oconeeyouthplayhouse.com

Friday 6 ART: Juried Holiday Market (OCAF, Watkinsville) The 25th annual Juried Holiday Market features pottery, paintings, fiber art, stained and fused glass, jewelry, sculpture, photography, woodwork and more from 70 regional artists. Dec. 6, 5–8 p.m. & Dec. 7–8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $3. www.ocaf.com ART: Africa in Athens Warehouse Sale (Mbare, 118 Commerce Blvd.)

Shop for unique, handmade gifts and

fairly traded goods from Zimbabwe, Senegal, Swaziland, Mali, Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa. Items include baskets, wall decor, textiles, global gifts, recycled glassware and more. Dec. 6, 4–8 p.m. & Dec. 7, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. www.mbare.com ART: Coffee and Crafts: Watercolor Gift Tags (Bogart Library) Create your own gift tags for the holiday season. Registration required. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart COMEDY: When I Was Zorro (Moonlight Theater) Leo Mohr’s show explores childhood dreams with unique anti-comedy, traditional Swiss music and plenty of trickery.

Dec. 6–8 & Dec. 13–14, 8 p.m. $8–14. www.moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: Pets With Santa (Multiple Locations) Bring your pet for a special portrait with Santa.

Proceeds benefit the Athens Area Humane Society. Email to make an appointment. Dec. 6, 4–8 p.m.

(Pet Supplies Plus). Dec. 8, 3–7 p.m. (Graduate Athens). $15–20 suggested donation. adopt@athenshumanesociety.org EVENTS: A Step Back in Time: Family Holiday Program (OCAF, Watkinsville) An old-fashioned holiday event features treats, a photo booth and more. Dec. 6, 5–10 p.m.

Dec. 7–8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com EVENTS: Athens Gingerbread House Competition See Thursday listing for full description. (230 W. Clayton St.) Dec. 5–6, 5–9 p.m.

Dec. 7, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. (decorating party), 12–5 p.m. Dec. 8, 12–3 p.m. www.gingerbreadguild.org EVENTS: Holiday Book Sale (Georgia Museum of Art) See Tuesday listing for full description.

Dec. 3–6, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org FILM: Movies on Tap (Southern Brewing Company) Join the brewery for a movie every Friday night. 9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ thesouthernbrewingcompany KIDSTUFF: Storytime & Activities (Barnes & Noble) Come in your PJs and enjoy a magical storytime dedicated to The Polar Express. Hot chocolate and cookies to follow. 7 p.m. FREE! www.barnesandnoble. com KIDSTUFF: Bilingual Spanish Storytime (ACC Library) Share books, songs, rhymes and activities en español y ingles. For children ages 3-8 and their caregiver. 4 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Make and Take Holiday Cards (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Drop in anytime and make holiday cards for family and friends. All materials provided. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison KIDSTUFF: Hip-Hop Yoga for Teens with SJ (ACC Library) Five Points yoga instructor SJ leads a fun and relaxing yoga class with a hiphop flair. For grades 6–12. 4 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens OUTDOORS: Deck the Hollow (Memorial Park) Celebrate the holidays with lights. Activities include live music, animal encounters and photo opportunities in the zoo.

Concessions will be available for purchase. Dec. 6–8 & 13–15, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5. www.accgov. com/holidayevents PERFORMANCE: Carols and Lullabies (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) The Athens Choral Society will perform a variety of Conrad Susa’s Carols and Lullabies in English and Spanish. In addition, carols from around the world will be sung. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenschoralsociety.com

PERFORMANCE: University of North Georgia Holiday Concert (Grace Episcopal Church, 422 Brenau Ave., Gainesville) UNG’s music department will present a holiday performance featuring traditional favorites such as “Joy to the World,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” “Winter Wonderland,” and more contemporary pieces such as “The Waiting Sky.” Performances will feature the UNG Chorale from the Gainesville Campus and the University Singers, Le Belle Voci, and the Patriot Choir from the Dahlonega Campus along with student and faculty instrumentalists. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.ung. edu/music THEATER: Grease (Oconee Youth Playhouse) See Thursday listing for full description. Dec. 5–6 & 13–15, 7 p.m. & Dec. 15, 2 p.m. $15–20. www.oconeeyouthplayhouse.com THEATER: The ReGifters (On Stage Walton) On Stage Walton presents a Christmas comedy about the misadventures of a couple who “regift” a lackluster Christmas present only to find out it’s worth a fortune. In pursuit to reclaim the gift from others who have passed it along, everyone learns about friendship, true wealth and the Christmas spirit. See Theater Notes on p. 10. Dec. 6–7, 13–14 & 20–21, 8 p.m. & Dec. 15 & 22, 2 p.m. $20. www.onstagewalton.org THEATER: Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (Town and Gown Players) The Town & Gown Players present the strange case of Dr. Jekyll, a crusading scientist, and Mr. Hyde, the monster he unwittingly unleashes, with this acclaimed gothic musical about the good and evil within us all. See Theater Notes on p. 10. Dec. 6–7 & 12–14, 8 p.m. Dec. 8 & 15, 2 p.m. $15–$20. www.townandgownplayers.org THEATER: Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Winder-Barrow Community Theatre) Winder-Barrow Community Theatre’s Children’s PLAYhouse presents a story about a Christmas pageant in a small town.

See Theater Notes on p. 10. Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 3 p.m. $5–10. www. winderbarrowtheatre.org

Saturday 7 ART: Zuzka and Kyle Pottery Sale (Chase Park Warehouses) Shop works by Zuzka Vaclavik and Kyle Jones, two ceramicists behind Tile Juice, which specializes in custom made tiles for fireplaces, kitchens, bathrooms, etc. Dec. 7–8 & Dec. 14–15, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.tilejuice.com ART: Sip & Shop Holiday Pop Up (The Old Pal) Join Regina Mandell of Forged & Found Pottery and Michele Dross for a casual afternoon of ceramics and good cheer. 3–6 p.m.

FREE! www.athensareapotters.com ART: Holi-LADDER-day Market (tiny ATH gallery, 174 Cleveland Ave.) Enjoy a unique take on the typical holiday markets where vendors will display their art and wares on ladders. Refreshments and cider will be provided. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www.tinyathgallery.com ART: Holiday Sale (David Morgan Pottery) Potter David Morgan has been creating functional stoneware for over 30 years. Shop for new works. Dec. 7, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Dec. 8, 12–5 p.m. 706-207-2325 ART: Rose Creek Pottery Holiday Sale (Rose Creek Pottery, 1051 Rose Creek Dr., Watkinsville) Browse a new collection of wood and sodafired work for sale. A large variety of pieces will be available, ranging from small items like ornaments and mugs to large statement pieces for

your home or garden. Dec. 7–8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

ART: David Hale Holiday Pop-Up (Indie South, 470 Hawthorne Ave.) Local artist David Hale presents a pop-up sale of artwork. 11 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www.theindiesouth.com ART: R. Wood Holiday Sale (R. Wood Studio) Shop many of the brightly colored pieces that the studio is known for in addition to several one-of-a-kind pieces, seconds and discounted works. Photographer Kristin Karch will offer digital portraits until 2 p.m. Shoppers can also sample the studio’s Share the Love coffee blend from Jittery Joe’s. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! www.rwoodstudio.com ART: Juried Holiday Market (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6, 5–8 p.m. & Dec. 7–8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $3. www. ocaf.com ART: Blue Bell Pottery Studio: First Saturday Open House (105 Doe Run) Check out the studio’s latest works. Custom orders welcome.

10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.bluebellgallery. net ART: Heirloom Holiday Market (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) Handmade wares range from printmaking, textiles, jewelry, jams, bath items and much more. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. www.heirloomathens.com ART: Bendzunas Glass Open House (Bendzunas Glass, Comer) The family-run glassblowing studio offers handmade glass items. Live demos until 3 p.m. Saturdays & Sundays through Dec. 22, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www.bendzunasglass. com ART: Marmalade Holiday Pottery Sale (Southern Star Studio) Enjoy new works, food by Tim Dondero, sweets by Jane Yates and live music.

Featuring pottery by Maria Dondero.

Dec. 7–8, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. www.athensareapotters.com ART: Nancy Green Ceramics Group Studio Sale (1500 Tappan Spur Rd., Watkinsville) Featuring ceramics by Jorie Berman, Juana Gnecco, Jen Graff, Nancy Green, Ron Meyers, Ted Saupe, Minsoo Yuh and Sunkoo Yuh, plus drawings and red clay by Rich Panico and handpainted textiles and cards by Sara Parker. Dec. 7–8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-410-5200 ART: Africa in Athens Warehouse Sale (Mbare) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6, 4–8 p.m. & Dec. 7, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. www. mbare.com ART: Open House Pottery Sale (Farmington Pottery, Farmington) Geoff and Lisa Pickett offer a selection of all kinds of pots for the house and garden, as well as herbal soaps and skincare products. Dec. 7–8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. www.pickettpottery.com ART: Hip Holiday Market (Hip Vintage and Handmade) Hip Vintage hosts an outdoor holiday market featuring local arts and crafts from over 30 vendors, food and live music. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.hipvintagehandmade.com CLASSES: Office on the Weekend: Google Drive & Docs (ACC Library) Get started with the cloud using Google Drive & Docs. Learn how to upload, manage and share files. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens CLASSES: Salsa for Seniors (Dancefx) Older adults who want to learn salsa are invited to start with the basics in this one-hour intro workshop. No partner required. 11 a.m. $5. www.unstrictlyballroom.com COMEDY: When I Was Zorro (Moonlight Theater) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6–8 & Dec. 13–14, 8 p.m. $8–14. www. moonlighttheatercompany.com

EVENTS: Poinsettia Sale (111 Riverbend Rd., Horiculture Greenhouse 13) UGA’s Tau chapter of Pi Alpha Xi Horicultural Honor Society presents a sale of UGAgrown poinsettia plants in red, white and pink. 8 a.m.–4 p.m. $10/plant. pialphaxitau@gmail.com EVENTS: Downtown Athens Open House (Multiple Locations) Downtown boutiques host a joint open house complete with carriage rides (2–4 p.m.), holiday characters, a visit by Santa and a “Find the Elf” interactive activity. Check website for participating locations. 12–5 p.m. www.downtownathensga.org EVENTS: Fresh Christmas Wreath-Making (Farmview Market) Create your own beautiful holiday wreath in this hands-on workshop. Flowers are provided by local floral designer Bonnie Vaughn.

Light food will also be served.

Pre-registration required. Ages 16 and up. 4 p.m. $63. www.farmviewmarket.com EVENTS: Farmview Holiday Market (Farmview Market) A Christmas themed Holiday Market for the entire family. Shop an assortment of handcrafted gifts and enjoy kid’s crafts, Christmas carols and a special appearance by Santa Claus and more. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www.farmviewmarket.com EVENTS: I Heart Mac & Cheese Grand Opening (165 Hickory St.) I Heart Mac & Cheese celebrates its official grand opening. The first paying customer will receive free mac & cheese for a year, and the first 25 guests will receive an I Heart Mac & Cheese swag bag. Attendees may also enjoy a grand prize giveaway, face painting, balloon art and raffle drawings. Ten percent of all proceeds will benefit No Kid Hungry, a nonprofit working to end childhood hunger in America. 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

FREE! www.iheartmacandcheese.com EVENTS: Santa Pub Crawl (Multiple Locations) The 11th annual Santa Pub Crawl will donate funds to the Boybutante AIDS Foundation.

Visit website for wristbands and participating locations. 6:30 p.m.–12 a.m. $15–20. squareup.com/store/ boybutante EVENTS: Clarke Oconee Genealogical Society Holiday Celebration (ACC Library) Share family holiday traditions. Bring pictures or a holiday momento to share a memory. 2–4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens EVENTS: Science Tales & Trails (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join Science for Georgia for a walk along the Greenway to talk about “Fungi in Research & Disease” with Dr. Michelle Momany. 12–2 p.m. FREE! www.scienceforgeorgia.org EVENTS: Live Forward Toy Ball (40 Watt Club) Live Forward hosts a holiday fundraiser. Hosted by drag queens Kellie and Lori Divine. 7 p.m. $5 (with toy donation), $10. www.40watt.com EVENTS: Low Cost Vaccination & Pet Care Clinic (Pet Supplies Plus) The clinic offers vaccinations and services like microchipping, deworming and more. All animals must be on leash or in a kennel. No appointment necessary. 1-4 p.m. $10–25. www.athenshumanesociety. org EVENTS: Athens Gingerbread House Competition See Thursday listing for full description. (230 W. Clayton St.) Dec. 5–6, 5–9 p.m.

Dec. 7, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. (decorating party), 12–5 p.m. Dec. 8, 12–3 p.m. www.gingerbreadguild.org EVENTS: A Step Back in Time: Family Holiday Program (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6, 5–10 p.m.

Dec. 7–8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com EVENTS: Pop-Up Legal Clinic (Bogart Library) Attorneys offer free consultations in all areas of the law.

Bring any important documents with you. Presented by Athens Access to Justice. 9–11 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart EVENTS: Paul Nelson Memorial (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Celebrate the life of Athens musician Paul Nelson with a potluck gathering. 4–6 p.m. facebook.com/lkshuffleclub KIDSTUFF: Storytime & Activities (Barnes & Noble) Hear How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 11 a.m.

FREE! www.barnesandnoble.com KIDSTUFF: I Spy Christmas (ACC Library) Find hidden opens in I Spy: Christmas, play activities and make crafts. For ages 5–11 and their caregivers. 11 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Breakfast with Santa (Camp Kiwanis, Danielsville) Children can work in the Elves’ Workshop to make a take-home craft and have a chat on Santa’s lap.

Photography opportunities will be available. Space is limited and registration is required. 9–11 a.m. $10.

706-795-2098, www.tinyurl.com/ ckbfastwithsanta KIDSTUFF: Christmas Movie Day (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Enjoy a Christmas film and hot cocoa. 2 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison LECTURES & LIT: Open Mic (Normal Books) Share your favorite poems, a passage from your novel or a story from days gone by. Each presenter can share up to eight minutes of material. Co-hosted

by Normal Books and the Athens Writers Association. 5 p.m. (signups), 6–8 p.m. (readings). FREE! jwww.facebook.com/normalbooksathens LECTURES & LIT: Friends of the Oglethorpe County Library Book Sale (No. 3 Railroad Street) CDs, DVDs, vinyl, handcrafted gifts and more. Proceeds benefit the library. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.3railroad.org OUTDOORS: Deck the Hollow (Memorial Park) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6–8 & 13–15, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5. www. accgov.com/holidayevents PERFORMANCE: INSPIRE Christmas Showcase (Morton Theatre) A Christmas showcase of dance performances inspired by the holiday season. 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. $12. www.mortontheatre.com PERFORMANCE: Athens Symphony Christmas Concert (The Classic Center, Theatre) The selections of the program will be orchestrated by conductor Susan Dinwiddie, associate conductor Brad Maffett, assistant conductor Josh Bryan. The Symphony Chorus and author Terry Kay will also narrate his piece “To Whom the Angel Spoke.”

8 p.m. FREE! (tickets required) www. athenssymphony.org THEATER: Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (Town and Gown Players) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6–7 & 12–14, 8 p.m.

Dec. 8 & 15, 2 p.m. $15–$20. www. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: The ReGifters (On Stage Walton) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6–7, 13–14 & 20–21, 8 p.m. & Dec. 15 & 22, 2 p.m. $20. www.onstagewalton.org THEATER: Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Winder-Barrow Community Theatre) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 3 p.m. $5–10. www. winderbarrowtheatre.org

Sunday 8 ART: Zuzka and Kyle Pottery Sale (Chase Park Warehouses) See Saturday listing for full description.

Dec. 7–8 & Dec. 14–15, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.tilejuice.com ART: Holiday Sale (David Morgan Pottery) See Saturday listing for full description. Dec. 7, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Dec. 8, 12–5 p.m. 706-207-2325 ART: Sunday Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) Docents lead a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 3 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Rose Creek Pottery Holiday Sale See Saturday listing for full description. Dec. 7–8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

ART: Opening Reception (ACC Library) “Sharing Our Vision” presents artwork by library staff members from around the region.

Pieces include drawings, collages, photographs, fiber pieces, sculptures and more. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens ART: Open House Pottery Sale (Farmington Pottery, Farmington) See Saturday listing for full description. Dec. 7–8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. www. pickettpottery.com ART: Nancy Green Ceramics Group Studio Sale See Saturday listing for full description. Dec. 7–8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-410-5200 ART: Juried Holiday Market (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6, 5–8 p.m. & Dec. 7–8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $3. www. ocaf.com ART: Hollyday Handmade Artist Market (Starlite Showroom, 750 W. Broad St.) Treehouse Kid & Craft’s 10th annual market features the work of almost 20 vendors, as well as a child entrepreneurs selling masterpieces of their own. 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

FREE! treehousekidandcraft.com ART: Marmalade Holiday Pottery Sale (Southern Star Studio) See Saturday listing for full description.

Dec. 7–8, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. www.athensareapotters.com ART: Bendzunas Glass Open House (Bendzunas Glass) See Saturday listing for full description.

Saturdays & Sundays through Dec. 22, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www. bendzunasglass.com CLASSES: Calligraphy Class (Madison County Library) Supplies are provided. 3 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/madison COMEDY: When I Was Zorro (Moonlight Theater) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6–8 & Dec. 13–14, 8 p.m. $8–14. www. moonlighttheatercompany.com EVENTS: Athens Gingerbread House Competition See Thursday listing for full description. (230 W. Clayton St.) Dec. 5–6, 5–9 p.m.

Dec. 7, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. (decorating party), 12–5 p.m. Dec. 8, 12–3 p.m. www.gingerbreadguild.org EVENTS: Pets With Santa (Multiple Locations) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6, 4–8 p.m.

(Pet Supplies Plus). Dec. 8, 3–7 p.m. (Graduate Athens). $15–20 suggested donation. adopt@athenshumanesociety.org EVENTS: Rhythms of Grace (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) This is an adaptive church service for anyone who finds conventional workshop difficult or uncomfortable.

3 p.m. www.stgregoryathens.org EVENTS: American Spirit Works Tasting Dinner (The Foundry) Master distiller Justin Manglitz and executive chef Bethany Mosco present a five-course dinner, six different whiskeys and bluegrass music by the Hibbs Family Band. 7 p.m. $60. www.thefoundryathens.com k continued on next page

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EVENTS: A Step Back in Time: Family Holiday Program (OCAF, Watkinsville) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6, 5–10 p.m.

Dec. 7–8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com GAMES: Rockin’ Roll Bingo (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Play to win. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Trivia (Southern Brewing Company) General trivia hosted by Solo Entertainment. House prizes and discounted tabs. 5–7 p.m.

FREE! www.sobrewco.com KIDSTUFF: Baby & Me Storytime (Barnes & Noble) Read a book and participate in activities featuring sensory growth for the little ones.

For caregivers and children ages 0–2. This week’s book is Pop-Up Peekaboo! Baby Dinosaur. 11 a.m.

FREE! www.barnesandnoble.com LECTURES & LIT: UUFA Forum (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Andree and husband Ron Kosak put the popular “forks over knives” eating philosophy to the test.

In this session they candidly detail the medical, cultural and gastronomical challenges of their experiment.

9:30 a.m. FREE! www.uuathensga.org OUTDOORS: Deck the Hollow (Memorial Park) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6–8 & 13–15, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5. www. accgov.com/holidayevents PERFORMANCE: Athens Symphony Christmas Concert (The Classic Center, Theatre) The selections of the program will be orchestrated by conductor Susan Dinwiddie, associate conductor Brad Maffett, assistant conductor Josh Bryan. The Symphony Chorus and author Terry Kay will also narrate his piece “To Whom the Angel Spoke.” 3 p.m. FREE! (tickets required.) www. athenssymphony.org THEATER: Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (Town and Gown Players) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6–7 & 12–14, 8 p.m.

Dec. 8 & 15, 2 p.m. $15–$20. www. townandgownplayers.org THEATER: Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Winder-Barrow Community Theatre) See Friday listing for full description. Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 3 p.m. $5–10. www. winderbarrowtheatre.org

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

Registration required. 4–5:30 p.m.

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

Ages almost 3–almost 5. 11:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Barnes & Noble) Muriel Ellis Pritchett speaks on Rotten Bananas and the Emerald Dream. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.bn.com THEATER: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (The Classic Center) For five years, the Tony and GRAMMY Award-winning Beautiful: Carole King Musical, has thrilled Broadway with the inspiring true story of one woman’s remarkable journey from teenage songwriter to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 7:30 p.m. $41–68. www.classiccenter. com

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ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) A tour of the permanent collection led by docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Computer Class (ACC Library) This month’s topic is RBDigital eBooks, audiobooks and digital magazines. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www.athenslibrary. org/athens CLASSES: Computer Class (Bogart Library) Have a question about a computer or device? Need help navigating your new phone? Sign up for a 20-minute timeslot for oneon-one help. Timeslots are available between 12–3 p.m. 12 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart CLASSES: Rain Barrel Workshop (ACC Planning Department Auditorium) Learn how to build, install and maintain a rain barrel.

Each registered participant will leave the workshop with a free barrel to install at home. Register in advance.

5:30–6:30 p.m. FREE! athensclarkecounty.com/stormwater 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

CLASSES: Western Partner Dance Lessons (VFW) Linda and David lead Western partner dance lessons.

Singles welcome. 6–8 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: South Jackson Holiday Market (South Jackson Elementary School, 1630 New Kings Bridge Rd.) Almost 30 vendors and half as many children’s classes will sell products in a market supporting the school’s leadership program. 5:30–7:30 p.m. shealey@jcss.us FILM: Showdown at the Equator (Flicker Theatre & Bar) After his wife is murdered, a samurai escapes to the countryside with his young son, working as unstoppable assassins with a desire for vengeance in the brutal and bloody Shogun Assassin.

7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ showdownattheequator GAMES: Geeks Who Drink Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Test your general

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EVENTS: 2nd Tuesday Tasting (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) This month’s theme is “Secret Santa Blind Tasting.” Reservations required. 6 p.m. $20. 706-3547901, www.heirloomathens.com EVENTS: JQ & A: Pizza Meet & Greet with Sgt. John Q. Williams (Little Italy) Bring your questions about John Q’s campaign for sheriff of Clarke County, criminal justice reform and the ACC community. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www. johnqforsheriff.com EVENTS: American Red Cross Blood Drive (First United Methodist Church) Appointments and walk-ins accepted. 12:30–6 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1442 EVENTS: Children First Holiday Party (Children First) Mingle with others, view site renovations and enjoy a warm serving of chili at this annual holiday celebration.

Attendees are asked to bring a side dish or dessert. 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/childrenfirstincga FILM: Talking Black in America (ACC Library) This documentary examines the history and role of African American language, as well as prejudices. After the screening, Jon Forrest, assistant professor of linguistics at UGA, will lead a discussion. A reception with light refreshments will follow the event.

6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/athens GAMES: Trivia (Starland Pizzeria and Pub) Test your trivia knowledge. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: Trivia (Hi-Lo Lounge) See Tuesday listing for full description.

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

8 p.m. FREE! 706-521-5898 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Happy Hour Trivia (The Rook and Pawn) See Tuesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.therookandpawn.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Tuesday listing for full description. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/blindpigtavern KIDSTUFF: Pilkeypalooza: Dog Man Fetch-22 Release Party (Barnes & Noble) Enjoy games and activities to celebrate the release of Fetch-22, the newest book in the Dog Man series. Pick up a special edition featuring a colorable pull-out poster, perfect for any super fan.

6:30 p.m. FREE! www.barnesandnoble.com KIDSTUFF: Teen D&D Club (ACC Library) A Dungeons and Dragons adventure in the library. Beginners welcome. Grades 6–12. 4–6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org KIDSTUFF: Toddler Tuesday: Holiday Celebration (Georgia Museum of Art) Children 18 months–3 years and their families are invited to enjoy a tour, storytime and art activity inspired by the “Material Georgia 1733–1900: Two Decades of Scholarship” exhibition.

Space is limited. 10 a.m. FREE! 706542-4883, madison.hogan@uga.edu KIDSTUFF: D&D Club (ACC Library) Dungeons and Dragons for all experience levels. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, nursery rhymes, bouncing and cuddling. 0-24 months. 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee LECTURES & LIT: Adult Book Club (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Meet and discuss A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor

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Wednesday 11 ART: Elf Wood Sign & Trivia Night (ARTini’s Art Lounge) Make a 12”x 12” square wood sign and play a little friendly trivia based on Elf while you work. Register by Dec. 10. 7 p.m. $35. www.artinisartlounge.com ART: Get Artistic Holiday Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Browse art and artisanal goods from 20 Athens-area vendors, including potters, painters and more. In addition to artists like Will Eskridge, Lisa Freeman, Jared Brown, Abby Kacen and Katherine Schuber, expect unique gifts like puzzles from Very Good Puzzle Co., small-batch cheeses by Hobo Cheese Co., watercolor paints by Pinto Art Supplies and macramé wall hangings by Spindle & Cone. 5–9 p.m. www. creaturecomfortsbeer.com CLASSES: Tech Tips (ACC Library) Learn how to buy and sell on eBay. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org COMEDY: Heckle Hell: Roast These Nuts (That Bar Athens) Enjoy the last comedy show of the year with live entertainment from Al-Gorjus Buddah, Madeline Zimmer, Ngozi and a warm cup of “Santas Little Problem.” Five open mic spots available, participants are invited to sign up at the door. 8 p.m. (sign up), 9 p.m. $3. www.thatbarathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/willysmexicanaathens GAMES: Cornhole Tournament (Saucehouse Barbeque) Gather a team. 8 p.m. www.saucehouse.com GAMES: Dirty South Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Craft Public House) See Wednesday listing for full description. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. craftathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) See Wednesday listing for full description. 8 p.m. FREE! www.fullcontacttrivia.wordpress.com GAMES: Nerd Trivia (Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Every Wednesday.

Prizes and house cash. 8 p.m. FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Stories, songs, movement, crafts and fun for preschool-aged children. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950, www. athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Wonderful Wednesday: Book Club (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Kay for a fun and interactive book club. This month’s choice is The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis. Ages 5 & up. 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. & 4–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Preschool Storytime (ACC Library) See Wednesday listing for full description. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Pizza and Paperbacks Teen Book Club (ACC Library) Read with friends, eat pizza and chat about popular Young Adult books.

This month’s selection is Fake ID

by Lamar Giles. 4 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/athens PERFORMANCE: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Holiday Concert (Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Auditorium) Enjoy an evening of music by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The Grammyaward winning orchestra will perform a program of holiday and

classical favorites, including a singalong of familiar holiday tunes. 8 p.m. $35–65. www.mmcc-arts.org PERFORMANCE: Out of Darkness: An Advent Concert (Friendship Presbyterian Church) The combined choirs of Emmanuel Episcopal Church and Friendship Presbyterian Church and a string orchestra will present Pergolesi’s “Magnificat,” along with shorter works, congregational carols and readings of seasonal texts. All ages welcome.

7 p.m. FREE! www.gotofriendship. org/events

LIVE MUSIC

DREW BESKIN Local power-pop singer-songwriter known for fronting the bands Purses and The District Attorneys.

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

The World Famous 9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/theworldfamousathens MARSES Local “party-doom” fourpiece band.

TRIANGLE FIRE Long-running local crust-punk band.

NOISE MOUNTAIN New heavy rock group.

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Contact for Location 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/jokerjokergallery TRIANGLE FIRE Long-running local crust-punk band.

SOME KIND OF NIGHTMARE Punk rock band from San Diego.

SHEHEHE Local band that draws from old-school punk and arena rock to create a fist-pumping atmosphere.

Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $15 (21+), $17 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com LAURA STEVENSON Acclaimed New York folk musician formerly of Bomb the Music Industry. See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

ADULT MOM Buzzy lo-fi pop act from New York state.

The Foundry 6:30 p.m. $10. www.thefoundryathens. com ATHENS UNCOVERED Local musicians cover their favorite Athens songs to raise money for Nuci’s Space. Featuring Dana Downs, Fishbug, Fester Hagood, The Getaway Company, Timi Conley and Wonderland Rangers, Cicada Rhythm, Five Eight and more.

Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre. com ANDREW BLOOMS Athens singer-songwriter Andrew Huang performs a set of uplifting folk-pop.

Album release show! See story on p. 13.

ELIJAH JOHNSTON Local indie-folk singer-songwriter.

CLOUDLAND Young alt-rock band from Athens.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/go.bar.35 JAMES AURELIO New roots-rock project led by Jim Wilson (Los Cantares, TaxiCab Verses).

Wednesday 4 Boar’s Head Lounge 11 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC A weekly open-mic jam hosted by Louis Phillip Pelot.

All musicians welcome. Backline provided.

Contact for Location 5:30 p.m. $15. www.sofarsounds.com SOFAR SOUNDS Apply for tickets online, and find out the location the day before. The artists are unknown until you arrive at the show.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $25. www.georgiatheatre.com CHERUB Electropop duo that sounds like “the dance love-child of ’80s funk and pop music from the future.”

DAILY BREAD Rhett Whatley creates genre-bending experimental hip hop and EDM. MODERN MEASURE Electronic duo from Atlanta.

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens HUMAN RESOURCES Alternative pop-rock group from Charleston, SC.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com THE HEAVY PETS R&B-infused rock band known for its energized live performances.

ROOSEVELT COLLIER BAND Group led by acclaimed Florida-based steel guitarist Roosevelt Collier.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.thefoundryathens.com JANET & THE BLUE DOGS Smokin’ classic rock and blues from this new Athens outfit, featuring members of the Original Screwtops and the Smillies.

The Globe 5 p.m. facebook.com/globe.athens THE FUSILIERS New area project featuring well-known musicians playing original and traditional Celtic greengrass music.

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.

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens SISTER MOON Rock project led by Atlanta singer Ashley Rivera.

HIT LIZARD Athens-based grunge band.

ASHES TO OMENS Five-piece local hard-rock band.

VFW 6 p.m. $5–10. 706-543-5940 GROWN FOLKS DANCE PARTY WXAG’s DJ Segar plays jazz and R&B. Veronica’s Sweet Spot 7 p.m. FREE! facebook.com/sweetspotathens OPEN MIC NIGHT Showcase your creative talent.

Friday 6 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com TELEMARKET Driving, angular indierock band from Athens.

HOYAS New local jangle-pop band.

NUCLEAR TOURISM Local college-rock band playing surf-punk originals.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com TEMPEST Local four-piece ensemble playing lounge, jazz and blues standards and originals.

SAUL G. SEIBERT Columbia, SC singer-songwriter channeling New Orleans street jazz and blues.

SAILORS & SHIPS Folk-pop project from local songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Wheatley.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $21 (adv.), $26 (door). www.40watt.com DEATH ANGEL San Francisco-based heavy metal band.

EXMORTUS Thrash-metal band from Southern California.

HELLFIRE California-based thrashmetal band.

The Foundry 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com THE GRAINS OF SAND Local band with a four-piece horn section offering up your favorite ’60s and ’70s beach and Motown music. Farewell show!

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $8. www.hendershotscoffee.com BETSY FRANCK Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility. EP release show!

ADMIRAL RADIO Old-time Americana duo from Columbia, SC. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens CASUAL CADENZA Jammy rock and roll four-piece from Atlanta.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com E.T. Acoustic singer-songwriter from Tennessee blending country and rock.

VFW 8 p.m. $10. 706-354-6942 THE RUSTLERS Country dance band from Florida.

Saturday 7 ATHICA 7 p.m. www.athica.org KATHRYN KOOPMAN Electroacoustic composer and performer.

ANNIE LEETH Local experimental violinist and multi-instrumentalist composer.

FOURTH MANSIONS Insightful, strange, sweet, melancholic, darkly humorous songs from former Glands drummer Joe Rowe.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com FREEHOLD Local band with an upbeat, melodic sound blending classic and contemporary rock.

JET PHASE Local grunge-influenced indie-rock band.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. flickertheatreandbar.com THE HERNIES Local riff-heavy rock band displaying influences from classic to indie rock.

DAY & DREAM Four-piece dream pop band.

HI-RISE No info available.

The Foundry 7 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. thefoundryathens.com MONSOON Local band informed by punk, anime culture and new wave.

LIVE WELL New York-based indiepunk four-piece.

OZELLO Atlanta-based queercore folkpunk band.

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

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com THE BROWN GOOSE Melodic altrock band from Tallahassee, FL.

Sunday 8 Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 2 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com WINTER ROCKCITAL Young students from Full Moon School of Music show off their stuff.

7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.hendershotscoffee.com JOSEPH ALLRED Boston-based multi-instrumentalist drawing from folk and American Primitive traditions.

FRANK HURRICANE Experimental artist that describes his music as “spiritual mountain psych gangsta folk.”

MADELINE POLITES Immaterial Possession member explores a variety of folk traditions.

THE GARDEN PORTAL POND BAND Acoustic guitar improv trio featuring members of The Electric Nature.

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

Monday 9 Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com SASHA AND THE VALENTINES Surfy synthpop group from Austin, TX. DAGMAR VORK Athens-based indiepop artist with a crisp, warm sound.

ALLCAPS Athens-based pop-punk band with screamo leanings.

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

Hosted by Larry Forte.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub CHRISTMAS HOOT Sing along with your favorite holiday carols as Tommy Jordan and Dick Daniels play and lead. Klezmer Local 42 will open the performance.

Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens TAKE LEAD Indie rock band from Orlando, FL. CANNONANDTHEBOXES Up-andcoming local folk-rock group.

JET PHASE Local grunge-influenced indie-rock band.

TONI HUNLO Athens native playing with a three-piece band.

Tuesday 10 Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com WALTZ Athens-based rock group with a heavy, noisy sound.

BIRTH ORDER Noisy, prog- and metal-influenced Minneapolis band.

WEAPONIZED FLESH New local allstar metal band.

MR. SQUIGGLES Local act blending metal and industrial sounds.

The Classic Center 7:30 p.m. $47–69. classiccenter.com LEANN RIMES Multi-platinum country singer-songwriter presents an evening of Christmas music.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $8. flickertheatreandbar.com JUSTIN PETER KINKELSCHUSTER Acclaimed Southern folk singer-songwriter from Arkansas.

See Calendar Pick on p. 15.

JAY GONZALEZ Athens songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with an affinity for classic pop melodies.

SPENCER THOMAS Rhythm and soul artist from Texas.

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

Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $8 (21+), $10 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com WANDERWILD Intricate, intimate local indie-rock project led by songwriter Matt Martin.

WIEUCA Local four-piece experimental outfit that fuses indie rock, psychedelia and trip hop.

HEFFNER New local indie rock band.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com IVORY WEEDS Experimental folk project from Brooklyn, NY. LILY DABBS Local acoustic folk singer-songwriter.

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.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7 p.m. $10. hendershotscoffee.com THE GOOD GRIEF TRIO Greg Hankins, Luca Lombardi and Seth Hendershot perform the music of A Charlie Brown Christmas and more.

CHECK THE SIGNS Uplifting local family band with a talent for melody, harmony and hooks.

Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens DANIEL HUTCHENS Bloodkin guitarist plays a set of wrenching, rocking soul-folk.

10 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens VINTAGE PISTOL Jam-centric bluesrock group from Arkansas.

STIG Instrumental progressive jazz-fusion band from Asheville, NC. Porterhouse Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy an evening of originals, improv and standards.

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

LIVE MUSIC

NIGHTLY 835 Sunset Dr. Athens

706-543-5940

Thursday, December 5

GROWN FOLKS DANCE PARTY WITH WXAG’S DJ SEGAR AND MYERS HOWARD 6-11pm R&B and Jazz $5 til 8pm, $10 after 8pm

... just listen WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH

EDUCATED MESS COMEDY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH

CHRISTMAS PARADE AFTER PARTY

Friday, December 6

RUSTLERS BAND

Dance to Country/Classic/Rock music!

8pm-12am, $10

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6TH

betsy franck

Monday, December 9

Partner Dance Lessons with Linda and David

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8TH

joseph allred

6:30-8pm, $5

Lots of Free Parking Large Dance Floor Full Bar

EVERYONE WELCOME!

REmember - most people are always trying their best. Be cool ATHENS’ INTIMATE LIVE MUSIC VENUE

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bulletin board Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board is every THURSDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

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. Visit website for application. info@athensarts.org, www. athensarts.org ART CLASSES (Lyndon House Arts Center) Now registering for winter classes. Subjects include wheel thrown pottery (Thursdays, Jan. 9–Feb. 20, 6:30–8:30 p.m.), mosaic art (Tuesdays, Jan. 7–Feb. 11, 6:30–8:30 p.m.) and more. Visit website for class descriptions and dates. 706-613-3623, www.accgov. com/leisure ARTIST'S SHOPPE (OCAF, Watkinsville) Find the perfect items for all the special people on your Holiday gift list. Check out beautiful handmade gifts by more than 50 artists and buy a ticket for the Reindeer Raffle. Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. through Dec. 21. www.ocaf.com 45TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION (Lyndon House Arts Center) The annual show will be juried by Larry Ossei-Mensah of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Drop off entry forms and up to three works on Jan. 23–24. 706613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty. com/lyndonhouse

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.

Studios are open up to 32 hours per week. $65/month or $175/three months. 706-613-3623, www.athens clarkecounty.com/leisure VINTAGE LIGHTED CHRISTMAS TREE WORKSHOP (ARTini's Art Lounge) Paint your own vintage lighted Christmas tree. Workshops held Dec. 18, 7–9 p.m. (Register

by Dec. 11). $49. kate@artinisart lounge.com, www.artinisartlounge. com

Auditions BRIGHT STAR (On Stage Walton) On Stage Walton hosts auditions Bright Star. Be prepared to sing 60–90 seconds of your choice. See website for instructions. Auditions Dec. 11, 6:30–8:30 p.m. and Dec. 14, 1:30–3:30 p.m. Performances Feb. 21–22, 28–29 & Mar. 1, 6–8. www. onstagewalton.org OLIVER TWIST (On Stage Walton) For ages 8–18. Be prepared to read from the script. Auditions on Dec. 7, 1–3 p.m. and Dec. 9, 7–8:30 p.m. Rehearsals begin Dec. 11.

Performances Jan. 23–26. www. onstagewalton.org

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Artwork by Matthew Ward. Through January.

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 work from three books co-created with Bart King share original art, prints and paintings.

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.

CINÉ (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Paintings by Chasity Williams.

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.

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Classes 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,” Dec. 3, 6:30– 8:30 p.m. $35. “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. www.kaartist.com BEGINNER BALLROOM BOOTCAMP (Dancefx) Get comfortable with the basics of three styles in time for the holidays. Dec. 17 (waltz), Dec. 18 (foxtrot) and Dec. 19 (swing), 6–7 p.m. $10/class or $25/full course. www.dancefx.org CLASSES (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) “Gentle Nia,” Mondays at 1 p.m.

“Oil Painting,” Mondays at 1:30 p.m. “Drawing,” Mondays at 6 p.m. “Community Coffeehouse,” Tuesdays from 9 a.m.–3 p.m.

“Coffee with a Veteran,” Tuedays at 9 a.m. “Threadwork Crafting Club,” Tuesdays at 9 a.m. “SilverSneakers Stretch,” Wednesdays at 10 a.m.

“SilverSneakers Yoga,” Wednedsays at 11 a.m. “Acrylic Painting,” Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. “Aikido,” Wednesdays at 2 p.m. “Zumba,” Wednesdays at 6 p.m. “Belly Dance,” Wednesdays at 7 p.m. “Mah Jongg,” Thursdays at 1 p.m. 706-742-0823, www.wintervillecenter.com

Mbare, Ltd. will host its annual Africa in Athens Warehouse Sale on Friday, Dec. 6 from 4–8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

COMEDY CLASS: INTRO TO IMPROV (Nimbl) This is a fun, low-stakes weekly workshop introducing the basic concepts of improv comedy. Participants learn improv fundamentals and play introductory games. Tuesdays through Dec. 17, 7–9 p.m. Donation based. www. krakinjokes.com/classes TAI CHI (Healing Arts Centre) Tai Chi yang style, the 108. Thursdays, 7:15–8:30 p.m. healingartscentre.net WINTER CAMP (Canopy Studio) K–6th graders are invited to learn trapeze, participate in movement arts and crafts and explore the studio.

Register online. Dec. 30–Jan. 3, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $175. www.canopy studio.org

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Three-dimensional works by David Card.

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

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “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. • “Material Georgia 1733-1900: Two Decades of Scholarship” celebrates the 20-year anniversary of the museum’s Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts. Works include furniture, silver, pottery, textiles, basketry and portraits. Through Mar. 15. • “Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome” celebrates Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s influence. Through May 31.

GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Supple Moments, Dark Corners” is a site-specific installation by Eli Saragoussi that is accompanied by a soundscape by Max Boyd called “Jungle Drone.” Through April.

HEIRLOOM CAFE & FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) John Ahee creates vibrantly colorful portraits. Jan. 6.

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.

JITTERY JOE’S FIVE POINT (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) René Shoemaker presents “Sharing the Magical Landscapes,” a collection of 16 fine art prints of silk screened and hand-dyed silks. Through December.

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.) “Assembly” celebrates the work of BFA students graduating this semester.

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.) Collections from our Community presents a collection of unique flyswatters from Tad Gloeckler.

Through Jan. 7. • The biennial Clarke County School District Student Art Exhibition, “WILD,” presents artwork inspired by the new children’s garden at

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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 CASA SPRING 2020 TRAINING (YMCA) Athens Oconee Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) will host an orientation Jan. 7 at 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

CASA training begins Jan. 23 and ends Feb. 27. Meetings are held Thursdays, 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. and

5:30–9 p.m. arden@athensoconee casa.org, athensoconeecasa.org MLK DAY OF SERVICE (Athens, GA) The MLK Day of Service Steering Committee is seeking sponsorships and project sites to make it “A Day On and Not a Day Off.” Deadline Nov. 28. www.accgov.com/mlkday

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 drawing surreal art, plaster cloth sculptures and more. Check website for details and to register. $15. kaartist.com

the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.

MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) The Atlanta Photography Group’s juried exhibition, “People, Places, Things,” presents photographs by 35 different artists. Through Jan. 18.

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.

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.

THE ROOK & PAWN (294 W. Washington St.) Dan Smith’s “spontaneous monsterification” paintings combine anthropomorphic objects and line drawings.

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.

STEEL + PLANK (675 Pulaski St., Suite 200) Kathy Kitz creates abstract watercolors. For the holidays, hand-painted ornaments by Ink + Indigo, Meredith Mejerle and Studio CRL are available.

TIF SIGFRIDS (119 N. Jackson St.) Marten Elder presents “Polychromatic Adaptations,” a new take on digital photography. Through Dec. 7.

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.

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

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.. accgov.com/leisure TEEN SEWING AND FASHION CLUB (Lyndon House Arts Center) Teens can focus on sewing projects with the guidance of a professional.

Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $5 per week. 706-613-3623

Support Groups ALS SUPPORT GROUP (Oconee Veterans Park, Watkinsville) Provides awareness and education to individuals living with ALS. Meets fourth Wednesday of every month, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. November and December meetings will be held on the third Wednesday due to holidays.

706-207-5800 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

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

Meets the fourth Monday of each month. letsfight4change@gmail.com NAMI (Multiple Locations) “NAMI Connections” is a support group for adults living in recovery with mental illness. “NAMI Family Support” is for family members, friends and caregivers of individuals with mental illnesses. Both groups meet every fourth Tuesday, 6:30–8 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Athens. (No meeting Dec. 24.) NAMI Family Support Groups are also available the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow in Winder; second Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Oconee Presbyterian Church in Watkinsville; and every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Ridgeview Institute in Monroe. www. namihall.org NICOTINE ANONYMOUS MEETINGS (ACC Library) A 12-step recovery program for those who want to live free of nicotine in any form. Join at any time. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. nicotine-anonymous.org RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma, 8801 Macon Hwy., Suite 1) This peer-led support group offers a

program aimed to engage adults 55 and older in the ACC community.

Weekly sessions will cover topics ranging from health and human services, local government, education and more. February through March.

706-549-4850, www.accaging.org/ senior-leadership-academy-2020 BRING ONE FOR THE CHIPPER: CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING (Multiple Locations) Keep AthensClarke County Beautiful (KACCB) encourages citizens to recycle their undecorated trees and wreaths.

Participants will receive a free tree seeding in return. Jan. 4, 9 a.m.– 1 p.m. keepathensbeautiful.org CORNHOLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION (Southern Brewing Company) Register for this seven-week cornhole league.

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by Dec. 30. Ages 21 and up. www. cornholeatl.com KACCB INVEST IN BEAUTY In collaboration with the GDOT and ACC Land Management, Keep AthensClarke County Beautiful is raising funds to purchase daffodil bulbs and crepe myrtles to beautify Athens Loop 10. $100 = 500 bulbs, $250 = 1,250 bulbs (or 2 trees), $500 = 2,500 bulbs (or 4 trees), $1,000 =

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Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction. Thursdays, 7–8 p.m. FREE! Find “Refuge Recovery Athens GA” on Facebook RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP (Athens, GA) Forming a support group for people who have Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS sufferers). 706-612-6934 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

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With Thanksgiving over, the trees can be used by Agatha Christie to craft a satisfytrimmed and the 24/7 Christmas music ing, original murder mystery starring one can begin. Nonetheless, this week’s wide of the year’s best casts. releases are neither seasonal nor excitDaniel Craig shows his charm extends ing. The Theory of Everything’s duo, Eddie beyond 007 as renowned-ish detective Redmayne and Felicity Jones, reunite for Benoit Blanc, who is investigating the The Aeronauts, a biographical advenThrombey clan after the suicide of its patriture about hot air balloonists from Wild arch, bestselling mystery writer Harlan Rose’s Tom Harper. Remember when Thrombey. Blanc suspects foul play, and Transformers knock-offs the GoBots got anyone could have done it. A non-exhaustheir own movie? My mom does with little tive list of suspects includes Harlan’s oldest fondness. Well, LEGO “rival” PLAYMOBIL daughter, Linda (Jamie Lee Curtis); her is trying to cash in on The LEGO Movie sucFrozen II cess, rather belatedly, with a movie featuring the voices of Daniel Radcliffe and, uh, Jim Gaffigan.

Ciné has The Irishman and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood through at least Thursday before being joined by Oh crap, it’s the Heat Miser!

Shia LaBeouf’s shot husband, Richard (Don Johnson); their at an Oscar nomination, Honey Boy. Lucas son, Ransom (Chris Evans); Harlan’s oldest Hedges and Noah Jupe both play Otis, who is trying to recover from his childhood star- son, Walt (Michael Shannon); his daughterin-law, Joni (Toni Collette); and his nurse, dom and rodeo clown father (LaBeouf).

Marta (Ana de Armas).

Flicker counters my claim that Die The unseen star is Johnson’s screenplay, Hard is the best Christmas movie, outside which supplies Blanc with several hilarious of Gremlins, with several other questionnuggets of folksy wisdom and surprises able holiday movies. On Dec. 4, Sylvester galore. Knives Out is one of those mysteries Stallone stars as one of his most iconic— where the clues may lead a crafty viewer to though not as popular—characters, tough the right answer to the wrong question. Sit street cop Marion Cobretti, in 1986’s back and enjoy the show.

Cobra. On Dec. 5, it’s a Die Hard Rip-offs Double Feature! First, a group of boarding FROZEN II (PG) “Let it go” may be what school delinquents led by Sean Astin, Wil viewers need to do with the first Frozen in Wheaton and Keith Coogan battle terrororder to give its sequel a fair chance, which ists in 1991’s Toy Soldiers. Next, Jeanis probably why Disney favored the low Claude Van Damme attempts to save the VPOTUS from terrorists during the seventh expectations of direct-to-video sequels for so long. Within 35 minutes, 2013’s Frozen game of the Stanley Cup Finals in 1995’s had given audiences three classic songs Sudden Death; at least he has to face off better than the showstopper, Elsa’s “Into against Powers Boothe. On Dec. 9, Flicker’s Showdown at the Equator presents Shogun the Unknown,” proffered by the sequel.

Personally, I dug Kristoff’s Peter CeteraAssassin. influenced ballad, “Lost in the Woods.”

Several local libraries have upcoming So, the songs are not as catchy, but screenings. Enjoy a Christmas Movie and what about the rest of the movie? Frozen II Hot Chocolate at the Madison County offers a more mature plot that deepens the Library Dec. 7. (Hopefully, the movie selecmythology surrounding Elsa’s ice powers tion is more inspired than A Christmas and the magical world in which they exist. A Story.) The Oglethorpe County Library will mysterious voice leads Elsa (Idina Menzel), be screening a (hopefully) holiday-themed Anna (Kristen Bell), Kristoff (Jonathan classic for their Seniors’ Monday Matinee Groff), Olaf (v. Josh Gad) and Sven the Dec. 9. Beechwood’s Flashback Cinema reindeer into the enchanted forest where continues its traditional holiday fare with her father and grandfather fought a magical Home Alone’s second screening Dec. 4 and race years before. However, Olaf is filled Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye’s VistaVision with existential angst about aging, which, team-up, White Christmas, Dec. 8. Maybe I will finally catch a Met Opera offering with while leading to one of the movie’s stronger numbers, “When I Am Older,” weighs the encore presentation of Julie Taymor’s down the silly snowman enough to make production of The Magic Flute on Dec. 7. the movie’s most humorous running gag KNIVES OUT (PG-13) A local theater company come from the romantic struggles faced as is going to have a lot of fun with Knives Kristoff woos Anna.

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Trash Picking Etiquette ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN

By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Dear Bonita, As much as I’d like to agree with your sentiment “thumbs down to any place that gets mad at people for trash picking” [“My Roommate Hoards Stray Cats,” Nov. 20], the fact is, the answer to “What were you going to do with that trash besides throw it away?” is “NOT pick it up again.” Unfortunately, too many trash pickers just don’t give a hang what happens to their own rejects. I’m a longtime scavenger myself, and personally, I try to leave my scavenging sites tidier than I found them. But I can tell you from decades of observation that my style of trash picking isn’t universal.

I’m sad about the amount of waste that occurs in this country, and I’m sadder at the number of barriers to salvaging more of it.

Unfortunately, would-be salvage artists have a history of acting in ways that go against their own interests.

Tidy in the Trash Hey there, Tidy, I’m also a lifelong dumpster diver and trash picker. There have been times in my life where I wouldn’t have had a meal if not for a Whole Foods dumpster. I work fulltime and can provide for myself very well, but I still have to stop myself from picking up abandoned clothes I find on the street.

My friends and I always cleaned up after ourselves, but you’re right about others leaving messes that end up being all of our faults.

violent situations. But please, dumpster divers, clean up after yourselves!

Hey Bonita, It’s the holidays, and lots of people are gonna have to spend time with family members that they can’t stand. Myself included.

In so many words, my sister’s husband is a nightmare. Between his R. Kelly support and “snowflake” talk, he is unbearable. He is everything I hate all rolled up into one man, and my sister loves him with all of her heart. It takes all kinds, I guess!

I have him blocked on all social media, and we live far enough apart that I never have to interact with him, but I can’t avoid him on Thanksgiving or Christmas this year. We’ll all be together on both holidays with my parents, and I don’t know what to do. We all got a cabin for Christmas, and I am panicking about being in close quarters with this guy. So is my husband. Is there anything I can do to make sure we enjoy ourselves and don’t get in a fist fight?

I’m so glad your hubby will be with you, because you know you have someone in your corner. You married him for a reason, didn’t you? Y’all should just act like you’re dating again and spend as much time together as you can. Be friends to each other. Go out on dates, or just explore whatever little town your cabin is near. Go hiking, go out to eat, spend too much money on local wine

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I agree that businesses shouldn’t have to clean up after pickers, and anyone’s anger at finding a mess by their dumpster would certainly be valid. I shouldn’t have been so flippant.

Instead, I should have said, “Boo to people who call the cops on trash pickers,” because that’s really what I was thinking when I wrote that. I’m sure they call law enforcement because they’ve had to pick up so much trash over time, but business owners can always just go outside and tell pickers to beat it. Taking trash is not theft, and there’s never any need to get cops involved in non-

and chug it in one night— just go ham with your boo and remind yourself of all the reasons you love this great guy.

I suppose I could recommend trying to find common ground with your brotherin-law, but that’s a longer conversation for another day. Don’t try to work out family drama during vacations or down time—if the conversation goes south, then the mood has been wrecked. If things stay amicable during your holiday visit, perhaps it would be worth it to talk to him in January about your issues. But the holidays are for fellowship and fun, and let’s keep it that way. f

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East of Eden AN UNKNOWN AREA OF ATHENS SPRINGS TO LIFE IN NEW BOOK

By Pete McCommons pete@flagpole.com Across the River is a love letter to “The People, Places and Culture of East Athens” from two women who grew up there: Maxine Easom and Patsy Arnold. They both made careers in the local school system and have maintained their strong ties to East Athens all their lives. Neither is a historian, but they know Athens across the North Oconee intimately, and they wanted its story told. They finally acknowledged that they’d have to be the ones to tell it.

East Athens, aka East of Athens, truly has been largely ignored by all us historians who have meticulously recounted the march of our city westward up the hill from Daniel Easley’s mill to the university campus, downtown and onward toward Cobbham, Five Points and the stately homes that have made Athens the Classic City of renown.

Come to find out, the labor that established the fortunes that allowed the grandeur was centered in East Athens—slaves picking cotton right there across the river, and, pretty quickly, mills to spin the cotton into cloth, run by wage slaves, but at least it was an enlightened system that provided everything the white mill worker could need, though not the black. The mills furnished steady wages for the whole family, children included, and also affordable housing, credit at the company store, schools and churches. The system was built on the expectation that mill work would become a family affair through the generations, and it did. The former slaves were excluded from that network, other than to care for the millworkers’ children.

The authors write from their own backgrounds of coming to realize that their home area was looked down on by the rest of the town.

“So, in reality, we can conclude that the lack of esteem with which east side citizens are viewed is a result of all of the ideas discussed: close association with those who work with their hands, geographic association with mill villages and citizens, lack of upward mobility due to economic challenges, limited employment opportunities at the University, lower educational levels, and racial and socioeconomic boundaries that are difficult to break. These issues existed in the 1800s and, in many ways, continue to exist in 2018.”

Easom and Arnold assembled this book with the love and defensiveness most of us feel for our neighborhoods when they’re not as cool as the other side of town or the other side of the Mason-Dixon Line. And what they are writing about is a big, sprawling neighborhood with smaller enclaves within it. Everybody had to work hard and rely on each other for mutual support, and they knew each other through their schools and churches and neighborhood groceries run by people who knew them and knew their daddies.

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the newly freed slaves from the surrounding counties congregated to escape the plantations and where, because of the water power of the river, cotton mills and the housing they built drew the white workers.

Initially, the river was the city limit, so East Athens wasn’t even a part of the city, and even after it was included and became the First Ward, the part of town across the river was indeed a second-class city, without lights or water or indoor plumbing or paved streets. In short, many parts of East Athens were slums up until the late 1960s, connected to downtown by an old one-way iron bridge. East Athens was finally brought to the city’s attention by the federal Model Cities program, with its money for infrastructure and its insistence on citizen participation in the decisions on how that money was to be spent.

Having established these negatives, Easom and Arnold then introduce us to all the people and institutions that made a strong community out of the material they were given. Under the authors’ curation, East Athens springs into focus as a vibrant melange of men, women and children busy working to make not just a living but a life. And you know them by their names, because they and their offspring have gone on to contribute to every area of Athens business, government and culture.

This book, all 600 pages, is chock full of riveting photographs, biographies and first-person reminiscences that introduce us to the rest of the story. It’s like attending a reunion only to discover a colorful branch of the family we didn’t know we had. And of course East Athens is undergoing yet another transformation, as people continue to cross the river looking for affordable housing, and the Firefly Trail invites us to stroll and bike through this former terra incognita. So, Across the River has come along just in time to show us what we’ve been missing, and it makes a fine gift for anybody interested in knowing more about our town. f

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