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neighborhoods have really been underserved by this traffic management program,” she said.

Commissioner Tim Denson said several neighborhoods in his northwest Athens district have been trying to opt into the program. “Sometimes there were obvious problems happening with neighborhood

By Blake Aued and Jessica Luton news@flagpole.com traffic, but those very specific criteria didn’t tick all the boxes,” he said.

If you’re looking for positive news on the The commission is scheduled to vote on hoods throughout Athens. These types of pandemic front, there’s plenty this week. the proposal at its May 4 voting meeting. efforts will be needed more and more as The U.S. has now surpassed 200 million Also briefly discussed at the Apr. 20 we move forward, said public health expert doses administered, Georgia is no longer meeting: An abandoned effort to build Amber Schmidtke. listed as worst in the nation for vaccination a mobile home park for displaced local “We’ve finished the easy part of this rates and Clarke County case rates and hosresidents has found new life as a religious vaccination effort,” said Schmidtke. “Now pitalizations remain low. [we’re in] the mid-range effort where there’s organization’s community serving “at-risk” Clarke County case and hospitalization mothers and children. still a lot of people who may be interested rates have held steady last week. The sevA 17-acre parcel off Freeman Drive was in vaccinations, but have some challenges en-day moving average of new cases was once slated to become a new home for in getting to a vaccine or maybe they’re still 9.6 per day for Clarke County as of Apr. People of Hope, a in the wait-and-see 24, and there were 74 new confirmed cases group of primarily camp. Then there Sometimes there were last week. At UGA, there were 36 new posHispanic immiwill be more of a itive cases for the week of Apr. 12-18, but slog where we are obvious problems happening grants who lived in surveillance testing numbers continue to a mobile home park vaccinating a dozen be well under the weekly semester goal of that was sold for people or a hundred with neighborhood traffic, but 1,500, with only 776 tests. people in a day as those very specific criteria didn’t new development The percentage of patients hospitalized in 2002. The projcompared to 1,000. with COVID-19 in Region E rose slightly ect for 41 mobile The hardest part will tick all the boxes. last week to 6.7 percent, or 37 patients, homes and a combe the people that from 5 percent, or 27 patients, the previous are just really resistant to the vaccine and munity center was approved by the county week. ICU bed space was at 87% capacity, in 2005, but other than some grading and we may never convince those folks.” with 61 beds in use, compared to 78% the infrastructure work, it stalled out due to Want to help with vaccination efforts in previous week. lack of funding despite several six-figure Clarke County? Check out protectathens.

There’s still much to be desired with grants and loans, at least one of which the com or email info@protectathens.com to progress in vaccinations locally. Clarke U.S. Department of Housing and Urban sign up as a volunteer.

County’s rate of vaccinations slowed last Development eventually clawed back due week, with 3,489 doses administered to to missed deadlines. “Ultimately this projAthens residents from Apr. 16-23, down ect never came to fruition, and it’s sat idle Ask any Athens-Clarke County commisfrom 4,477 doses administered the previous since then,” Planning Director Brad Griffin sioner, and they’ll probably tell you one of week. As of Apr. 23, 25,160 Athens resisaid. the most common complaints they receive dents, or 20%, had been fully vaccinated, Tax records show that People of Hope is people driving too fast through their according to the Georgia Department of gave the land back to First American Bank neighborhoods. The commission is now Public Health data. Another 29,512 resand Trust in 2014 when it was about to considering changes to the way the county idents, or 23%, had received at least one be foreclosed on. A group called Hope 139 decides where to install traffic-calming mea- House then purchased it and now plans 12 shot. sures like speed humps that force drivers to With the Johnson & Johnson vaccine cottages, a dormitory and a community slow down. available again after being briefly pulled room there.

“We’ve made some major improvements to investigate concerns about blood clots, “Hope 139 House, not affiliated with as far as making it easier for a community Clarke County should see weekly rates People of Hope, sees this project as an to be reviewed,” said Commissioner Allison increase, but supply will likely outpace opportunity to restore the abandoned propWright, who chairs the Legislative Review demand in the coming weeks. The CDC’s erty and bring the site to life,” according to Committee that wrote the legislation. funding of $96 million will help with outthe group’s application to the ACC Planning Commissioners have long struggled with reach, but the Athens community is already how to set criteria for and prioritize trafstepping up to the plate. fic-calming projects on residential streets Protect Athens, a team of political objectively. This has led to some frustration organizers and activists put together by in the past, with some residents—and comCommissioner Mariah Parker, is recruiting missioners—wondering why other neighand training volunteers to phonebank, text borhoods make the cut and theirs don’t. and canvass local neighborhoods to assess The solution, after nearly a year’s worth residents’ concerns and barriers to vaccinaof discussion on the LRC, is to lower the tion. The group will also provide support in criteria for consideration while also adda variety of ways. ing some subjective elements. Under the “For many folks, it’s not as simple as proposed rules, thresholds will be lowered scheduling your appointment and showing from 500 vehicles per day to 300, and an up,” Parker said. “Maybe somebody hasn’t 85th percentile speed of 30 miles per hour, gotten their shot yet because they’re worrather than 32.5 (meaning 15% of drivers ried who’ll make dinner for the kids that travel faster than 30 mph). In addition, night if they feel woozy afterward. That traffic engineers could consider the width tells us perhaps we should find a way to get of the street, a lack of sidewalks, how close meals to folks to help allay those concerns. houses are to the road, the amount of cutOr maybe we find a lot of people are worthrough traffic and proximity to schools. ried about thinning their paycheck if they For consideration, 65% of all owner-ochave to take the day off work to recupercupied homeowners, renters and absentee ate—what does support for them look like? landlords in the district must agree to any As we discover patterns with hesitancy, changes. As the program mainly benefits we’d like to adapt and build out our wrapthose who live on the street, residents are around services to make sure folks have all required to fund up to half the cost. the support they need to get it done.”

The proposed changes will especially The initial pop-up vaccination event, help low-income and largely rental neighbeing held on May 1 at Triangle Plaza, has borhoods that are often marginalized, a goal of vaccinating 100 residents, but the Commissioner Melissa Link said. “Those ultimate goal is to reach other neighbor-

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Department. According to its website, the group is aligned with the Southern Baptist Convention but is open to all mothers who are expecting or have children less than 8 weeks old, while women with children over 8 weeks old are eligible for a “second chance house.” Its website states: “Through providing housing, training and provisions in a Christ-centered environment, our goal is to set them on a path for a brighter future together as a family unit. We want to provide a loving home and support system for pregnant and parenting women of any situation or walk of life making decisions to give life outside the womb to their babies. Our training programs, in-house and partnerships, will prepare them for various aspects of life, giving them the parenting support they need to raise a child. We welcome mothers of any race or religion into our living spaces, showing them the love and grace of Christ as we work together to prepare them for a successful future with their child. We hope to lessen the strain on the foster care program through giving birth mothers the help and support needed to keep their children.”

The organization seems to bear a resemblance to “crisis pregnancy centers” like the church-funded Athens Pregnancy Center that proselytize to pregnant women under the guise of offering basic medical services, except with a residential component.

From a zoning perspective, the proposed development is less dense than the one People of Hope originally proposed, Griffin said. Hope 139 House is seeking a rezoning to multifamily residential, which is the same classification granted to People of Hope. However, in the interim, the property was down-zoned to a suburban residential designation after the commission decided not to run a sewer line along Sandy Creek because of environmental concerns.

Commissioner Ovita Thornton, who represents the Freeman Drive area, praised the development because it will include amenities like a basketball court and community center that will be open to all neighborhood residents. “Not only are they catering to their clientele, they’re opening their arms to the residents of this area who have often been overlooked,” she said. [Blake Aued] f

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Reparations for Linnentown IN A FIRST FOR GEORGIA, ATHENS MAKES AMENDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD’S DESTRUCTION

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any weekday between September and May, students will likely be flowing down Baxter Street from high-rise dormitories at the top of the hill toward the University of Georgia campus. Young people have lived in each of the three nine- or 10-story towers on the hill— Creswell Hall, Brumby Hall and Russell Hall—for decades.

When Hattie Thomas Whitehead was young, she lived here, too. “When I was a little girl, this was dirt,” Thomas Whitehead said while giving a tour of her old neighborhood recently, referring to Finley Street, which runs between Creswell and Russell. “It was not paved.”

to be homeowners,” Thomas Whitehead said. “It took them years.”

At UGA’s request, the city government used eminent domain to first acquire and then demolish those homes.

When residents were paid for their loss, records suggest they only got about a third of the market value. And Thomas Whitehead said the city would use the vacant homes to send unmistakable messages to the families left behind that it was time to move out.

“In some instances, they had the heavy equipment started up at 12 o’clock at night,” she said. Once the

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Hattie Thomas Whitehead stands in the courtyard of Creswell Hall, mere feet from where the shotgun house she was raised in once stood.

That was the 1950s, when the area south and west of the intersection of Baxter Street and Finley Street was a predominantly Black neighborhood called Linnentown.

That changed in the early 1960s, when UGA and the city of Athens looked at Linnentown and saw space to add dormitories for the growing university.

What followed was a textbook example of the sorts of mid-20th century infrastructure projects called, somewhat euphemistically, urban renewal. In neighborhoods outside white power structures, urban renewal led to economic loss.

But now Linnentown residents and their descendants have won recognition and, in a first for any Georgia community, a promise of reparations for what they endured when the neighborhood was erased.

Before the college students, Thomas Whitehead said, the people who called Linnentown home held jobs as brick masons, janitors or nurses. “All working people,” she said, “but hard-working people for meager wages. Eight to 10 dollars a week.”

Thomas Whitehead said Linnentown was also a majority Black neighborhood where over half the residents owned their homes. Regardless, to get the ball rolling on the new dormitories, Thomas Whitehead said the city labeled the area a “slum.”

“But you got to remember that most of the people in this area, it took them years to accumulate enough money to get

bulldozers were rumbling in the dead of night, Thomas Whitehead said, they would push in the vacant homes. Or the fire department would burn the homes down, she said.

All of which, she said, was terrifying.

Thomas Whitehead’s father was one of those homeowners who had saved for years, in this case, to get the family out of their rented shotgun house in Linnentown into something they could call their own. But that second house was also in the urban renewal zone, up on Peabody Street.

It, too, was lost to eminent domain. “My family [would] never become homeowners again,” Thomas Whitehead said.

The house Geneva Johnson lives in today was actually trucked from Linnentown across the Oconee River to East Athens into what is now Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Mariah Parker’s district. Parker met Johnson one day at a store where Parker said she has a habit of running to for snacks. Parker said she heard a woman still very much in trauma.

“Like, you could hear it in Ms. Johnson’s voice, talking to her over at the gas station,” Parker said. “Her voice would shake when she would talk about this thing that’s happened, you know, 50, 60 years ago.”

Since that conversation, former Linnentown residents have worked with the Athens-Clarke County Commission’s Justice and Memory project. It is aimed at undoing some of the damage of the urban renewal period. From that rela-

tionship came a proposed resolution acknowledging not only the economic damage done to Linnentown but putting a name to the tactics used to force residents out.

The names? Terrorism and white supremacy. That posed a problem for Commissioner Russell Edwards. He is used to being a dealmaker between the local government and UGA, which is far and away the economic engine of the community.

“And a lot of my colleagues similarly looked at it sort of pragmatically,” Edwards said. “And so the pragmatic hangups were, ‘OK, If we pass this document, we will be alleging that the University System of Georgia, UGA, has committed an act of white supremacist terrorism.’”

And that, Edwards feared, would hold up progress. So he wanted to soften the language and hammer out a compromise with UGA, just to make something good happen for the Linnentown community.

Meanwhile, Commissioner Parker said UGA seemed most interested in avoiding talking about Linnentown at all. “They have refuted the claim that Linnentown was a Black community,” Parker said. “And then refuted any claims of wrongdoing to us in an email, I think shortly after discussions began publicly about what happened in Linnentown.”

Linnentown residents would not budge on the resolution’s language. They wanted the fear and trauma they lived through to be recognized. “And that,” Edwards said, “was an unorthodox approach.”

But as Edwards reflected on what Thomas Whitehead and others had told him about losing their homes, of houses being demolished in the dead of night and walking away with nothing to show for it, his thinking shifted. “I just came around and finally said, ‘You know, I can try to [finesse] this all I want, but the fact remains that this was a terrorist act,’” he said.

Neither UGA nor the Board of Regents has commented publicly on the Linnentown resolution. But when it unanimously passed the Athens-Clarke County Commission, terrorism and white supremacy in Linnentown became a matter of public record.

The residents and their descendants want cash reparations.

Georgia law around gratuities prohibits that, so instead they will steer something called participatory budgeting. An amount of money to be determined by an economist working in the field of reparations will be set aside and then spent in Athens where the residents deem best.

Thomas Whitehead has some ideas. “One was affordable housing,” she said. “Affordable housing in Athens is just nonexistent.”

Already, though, her ideas of pulling funds to give people help with rent deposits, or to pay for home upkeep, are running up against the same law that prohibits the county from paying her directly for what her family lost. The participatory budgeting will take a new kind of finesse.

“One of the things that we are asking is for a Black history center,” Thomas Whitehead said. Before that, a Linnentown historic marker will be erected in front of Creswell Hall on Finley Street, mere feet away from the spot where young Thomas Whitehead lived as a girl. The Board of Regents hasn’t said if it will allow such a marker on school property, but Athens-Clarke County has enough rights of way along Finley Street that the university system may not have a say in the matter.

And truth matters to Thomas Whitehead. “That would tell the whole truth, right?” she said of the center and marker. “Not part of it, not pieces of it, but all of it.” f This story comes to Flagpole through a reporting partnership with GPB News, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state of Georgia.

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THE ATHENS SYMPHONY ENDS A 16-MONTH HIATUS

THE PANDEMIC IS ENDING, AND THE DAWGS ARE LOOKING GOOD

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“We are back and ready to play for our great Athens audience… Let the music begin,” said Athens Symphony Conductor Susan Dinwiddie before the orchestra’s concert at the Classic Center in downtown Athens on Apr. 18.

The performance marked the long-anticipated end of a 16-month hiatus for the symphony caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Not since their annual Christmas concerts in 2019 had the symphony performers played before a live audience. Its return to the stage brought a much-needed sigh of relief from the symphony’s longtime supporters here in this community. Now in its 44th season, the Athens Symphony is a local ensemble of dedicated and skillful volunteers that lives up to its motto, “More Than Music.”

bring free concerts to all comers. Athens businesses and the local government sponsor and support the orchestra, along with financial contributions from local citizens.

This year, many supporters gave contributions to the Athens Symphony in memory of Terry Kay, the beloved Athens writer who died last December. Kay was a popular narrator of the symphony’s annual Christmas program, a job he enjoyed and performed flawlessly.

The Athens Symphony’s Apr. 18 concert included works by Gordon Jacob, Charles Gounod, Edward Elgar, Edvard Grieg and Gustav Holst. COVID-19 precautions were in place to protect musicians and the audience during the concert.

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COURTESY OF THE ATHENS SYMPHONY

The Athens Symphony returned to the stage Apr. 18.

The Athens Symphony is an institution in our city that has been a part of Athens cultural life since its concerts under the baton of Albert Ligotti began at Clarke Central High School’s auditorium in 1978.

Ligotti conducted the symphony until 2012.

He died at the age of 88 in 2015.

Born in New York in 1927, Ligotti was a University of Georgia faculty member and an accomplished musician who had performed with many orchestras, including the Boston Pops, the Metropolitan Opera Company, the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic under musical legend Leonard Bernstein.

Ligotti looked the part of a symphony conductor, and a bronze sculpture of the maestro by artist Gregory Johnson is displayed in the lobby of the Classic Center, where the symphony has been performing since 1996.

Dinwiddie is now in her 10th year as conductor of the Athens Symphony. She brings years of teaching and performing experience to the job as she leads the symphony with concert selections that are challenging mixtures of classical standards and musical surprises. Associate conductor Brad Maffett and assistant conductor Josh Bryan are able additions to the orchestra. Their efforts ensure that the Athens Symphony continues to inspire and entertain its loyal audiences. Since its founding, the Athens Symphony has been a community effort to

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here in a city that has been haunted by the specter of the pandemic for more than a year. At the finale of the concert, Dinwiddie received a much-deserved round of applause when she said that she and her musical teammates “are the happiest people on the planet right now.” The return of the Athens Symphony spread that happiness to a community that has been too sad for too long.

More free concerts by the Athens Symphony are scheduled at the Classic Center later this year. The symphony’s fall concert will take place on Nov. 7, and the orchestra’s Christmas concerts will brighten the holiday season on Dec. 11 and 12. The Christmas concerts are community favorites that are particularly close to my heart since my wife, Joy, and I attended an Athens Symphony Christmas concert on our first date back in 2002. Visit the orchestra’s website at athenssymphony.org for more information about the symphony and its upcoming performances.

In a world buffeted by the pains of plague, poverty and pandemic, institutions like the Athens Symphony provide inspiration and uplift right here in our small corner of Planet Earth. In these times of disunity and discord, the symphony underscores the truth that poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow voiced long ago when he said, “Music is the universal language of all mankind.” f

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It’s been difficult to be hopeful over the that the receivers and defensive backs need past year because *gestures around.* But more reps. with spring has come a sliver of hope. It This may be the most stacked group of seems the worst stages of the pandemic are receivers at Georgia in a long while, but it wrapping up, and we’re close to returning to needs experience. For one, the best receiver something approximating what we rememon the team, George Pickens, will miss most ber as normal. if not all next season with a knee injury. No. I’ve received both doses of The Jab and 2 receiver Jermaine Burton also went down have emerged from my yearlong hibernathis spring with an injury of his own, but tion. I recently sat on an outdoor patio at a will be good to go this season.

Mexican restaurant and ate unlimited chips Those absences paved the way for a and salsa. Never again will I take unlimbreakout performance from freshman wideited chips and salsa for granted. Gorging out Adonai Mitchell, who came to Georgia myself on chips and salsa to the point that rated as a three-star prospect. With Pickens it ruined my entree was something I used and Burton out, Mitchell made a connecto do as a matter of course. But because of tion with Daniels, and the freshmen picked the last year, what used to be normal felt up 105 yards on seven catches, including extraordinary, at least for a moment. a touchdown. Rising sophomore tight end This brings me to G-Day. Georgia footDarnell Washington also continued to ball’s annual spring scrimmage is not some- display his tremendous promise with four thing that stirs a whole lot of passion in me. catches for 84 yards and a touchdown, But with the pandemic beginning to fade including a 51-yarder. and the possibility of a normal football season without the specter of COVID, I found myself interested in G-Day. It helps that the Dawgs look good as hell, too.

The Red Team (first-team offense, second-team defense) defeated the Black Team (second-team offense, first-team defense) 28-23 last Saturday at Sanford Stadium. But things such as scores and stats are irrelevant when evaluating G-Day, or at least much less relevant than who lines up Keep that mask on just a little while longer, Kirby. beside whom.

Least notably but most importantly, JT Daniels has been While Daniels and his receivers replocked into the starting quarterback job all resent the biggest upgrade over what we spring, which is a welcome change over last had at the start of last season, the secyear, when we started three different playondary represents the biggest downgrade. ers under center. With a full spring under Gone are Eric Stokes, Tyson Campbell his belt, Daniels has become a team leader and Richard LeCounte. In their place is a and developed relationships with receivers cadre of uber-talented but inexperienced in a way that wasn’t possible last season, defensive backs. Based on G-Day, the firstwhen he entered as a third-stringer. team secondary as of now appears to be Daniels continued to showcase his talent Jalen Kimber and Ameer Speed at cornerat G-Day with 324 passing yards and three back, Latavious Brini at star/nickel and touchdowns. But redshirt freshman Carson Christopher Smith and Lewis Cine at safety.

Beck—who started for the Black Team, Expect that lineup to change between marking him as the likely No. 2 quarternow and the Clemson game, though. Allback—also showed out with 236 yards and American Tykee Smith, a transfer from two touchdowns. True freshman QB Brock West Virginia, arrives in May and is likely to Vandagriff showed some promise in limited slot in at star. Kelee Ringo could also make snaps. a move at corner, now that he is close to full In total, Georgia’s quarterbacks threw fitness after a shoulder injury sidelined him the ball 87 times in a pass-happy G-Day for the entirety of his freshman season. game. And while I expect the 2021 Dawgs Now I look forward to the return to to pass more, don’t be fooled into thinking normalcy that is me not giving a crap about this is suddenly an Air Raid team. G-Day is watching G-Day next spring, by which time, a glorified practice, and the passing numhopefully, this pandemic is behind us, and bers are a reflection of Kirby Smart’s belief the Dawgs are national champions. f

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The Athenaeum LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART OPENS DOWNTOWN GALLERY

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com In ancient Greece, the name Athenaeum place emphasis upon the fragile and imperreferred to buildings that were dedicated manent. But one can insist, as many have, to Athena, the goddess of both wisdom that only the changing is really enduring and the arts, and served as sanctuaries and all else is whistling in the dark.” With for artists, poets and scholars to share their work and learn from others. Here in Athens, the recently unveiled Athenaeum will serve as the newest contemporary art space of UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art. Geared towards inviting nationally and internationally acclaimed artists, the gallery’s high-caliber exhibitions will be accompanied by lectures, workshops and performances to foster cross-disciplinary conversation among students and the general public alike. Occupying a downtown building, its location is well suited for both engaging with and creatively responding to the diverse community that exists beyond the perimeter of campus.

The Athenaeum officially debuted earlier this month with the art school’s annual MFA thesis exhibition, a collection of works that range from sculpture, installation, photography, video and mixed media. Entitled “Whistling in the Dark,” the exhibition showcases the ideas of seven students graduating with their Master of Artwork by Alex McClay Fine Arts Degree: Mac Balentine, Matthew J. Brown, Caitlin Adair Daglis, Alex McClay, Katharine Miele, Ciel this affirmation in mind—that the way to Rodriguez and Kelsey Wishik. thrive is to change—the audience can come The exhibition takes its name from artist to appreciate how these artists have collecAllan Kaprow’s 1958 essay, “Notes on the tively spent the last three years developing Creation of a Total Art,” in which he claims, and reexamining their practice.

“If we admit that work that ‘succeeds’ on During a period characterized by a some days fails on other days, we may seem global pandemic, uprisings due to racial to disregard the enduring and stable and to injustice, social isolation, mutual aid and

widespread upheavals to everyday life, artists have an opportunity to process and communicate about unique experiences.

Exploring the process of recollecting memory, Rodriguez attempts to activate all five senses with a series of interactive tactile books, This Known World, that guide visitors through steps to re-envision experiences.

Questioning power dynamics and vulnerability, Alex McClay’s video “The Weight of an Action Accumulates” depicts performers who place strings of concrete beads around their bodies—1,184 beads, the same number of average sexual assaults occurring each day in the U.S.—as a communal healing experience. Matthew J. Brown’s series of photographs, “Help Me Languish Here,” captures the banality of day-to-day life with a tender acceptance.

In previous years, the annual MFA exhibition has been held at the Georgia Museum of Art as part of a decades-long partnership with the Lamar Dodd School of Art—a somewhat symbolic event representing the culmination of each candidate’s academic studies as they complete a terminal degree and transition into the professional art world. Though the pandemic placed strains on programming schedules that caused a pause to this ritual, the school recognized an exciting opportunity to introduce graduate students to the larger Athens community through its new space at the heart of downtown.

Located at 287 W. Broad St., the Athenaeum is currently open Thursdays through Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m. After the MFA exhibition ends on May 15, the gallery will remain closed to the public through the summer so staff can finish building renovations and work on the space’s branding and website.

In addition to commissioning works by emerging artists, the Athenaeum plans to present one exhibition per semester by a major contemporary artist. The gallery will reopen in September with a solo show by Trevor Paglen, a trained geographer who

uses photography and video to investigate mass surveillance, artificial intelligence and machine learning. The gallery will then present a new video installation by Stockholm-based artist Lisa Tan in the spring of 2022, followed by a three-part exhibition of a UGA-specific project by Paul Pfeiffer in the fall.

“The artists we are choosing to exhibit draw from a variety of disciplines from science to literature to music,” says gallery director Katie Geha. “We hope that these far-ranging topics will lend themselves to a variety of robust programming. For instance, after school, there may be Art Education Ph.D. students leading a community art class, and then in the evening, there could be a conversation with an 18th-century art historian and a professor working in Artificial Intelligence. On the weekend, there might be a local band playing music whom we’ve commissioned to write a new song in response to the exhibition. Or members of a dance group might create a new piece thinking through themes presented in the exhibition. We’re very open to dynamic cross-disciplinary collaboration and out-there programming.”

Geha will serve as director and chief curator of the Athenaeum as well as the Dodd Galleries, which she has overseen since 2013. Whereas the on-campus Dodd Galleries will continue rotating monthly exhibitions that primarily showcase student work, the Athenaeum will serve as a downtown satellite space for exhibitions with longer durations. Dodd art librarian Lindsey Reynolds will lead programming for the Athenaeum’s reading room, a designated area to read, reflect and relax with ephemera relating to the exhibitions.

“It has been a really tough year,” says Geha. “A tough year to create exhibitions, a tough year to make work, a tough year to teach—all around, it’s been hard and exhausting for everyone everywhere. And yet, the Athenaeum and the MFA exhibition was a kind of gleaming light at the end of the tunnel. We have been working on the Athenaeum for almost three years, and to be able to finally pull it off in this year of all years? It feels incredible. I really can’t wait for us to all gather again—it’s a beautiful space.” f

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Dear Bonita, My husband and I used to have an amazing sex life. No complaints at all about the first decade together. Our sex drives used to be nearly identical, and he’s always had an open mind to try new things and get a little freaky on occasion.

Then quarantine happened, and we both started working primarily from home, and that ruined it, for the most part. We still have sex, but not nearly as much as we used to, and now that I’ve gone back into work full-time, it seems like he’s getting even less interested. I do hope he’s still attracted to me, but I get that being around each other 24 hours a day probably became too much for him.

My real concern is his pornography habit.

He has a premium membership to one site (I know this because we share the account, haha) and visits a lot more. We also own DVDs of some artsy adult movies, and few are just good ol’ “flicks.” But I know he’s watching porn without me during the day because I can see the viewing history, and I’m

are signs that a person may not be happy with their current state of relationship affairs. Being unsatisfied isn’t a straight line to divorce or breakups or violating your monogamous agreement, though, and it’s a shame that we assume as much when this happens to us. We’re just so indirect with each other, aren’t we? I wish we could all just say, “Hey honey, I’m depressed because I’ve been working from home for a year and it makes me less horny.” Or maybe, “We do it the same way every time, and I’m getting bored. That boredom is making me lose interest in sex with you, so can we try something new?”

I totally understand why you wanna blame his lack of interest on his porn-watching habits, but I highly doubt that he’s just wearing himself out to the point that your vagina seems dull. He may have discovered a new paraphilia or fetish that he can easily access online, and maybe he worries that it’s too freaky to introduce into your

almost positive that he’s getting himself off so much that he doesn’t have any “juice” left to please his wife when she gets home! It’s really frustrating to start smooching and then get into the heavy petting, only to be told that even though he started my car, we aren’t leaving the garage (if you get what I mean). He says he’s too tired or just not interested today, but I’m starting to get sick of hearing it.

I don’t want to make any bad decisions that would damage our marriage, but mama wants to get laid! I feel stupid for being jealous of his right hand. I would appreciate any advice you have because lately, I’ve been feeling like this isn’t going to change, but I love my husband, and I’m happy with being monogamous. I feel like that would be a step too far to fix this situation.

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love life just yet. It may be what you suggested: He may just enjoy private time more after working from home with his spouse for a year, and I don’t think that’s inherently a bad thing. I am a sensual and loving person in relationships, but I am at my happiest and most fulfilled when I’m alone.

I want to discourage you from thinking of your husband’s sexuality as something that is owned by you, or that he is obligated to have sex with you just because y’all kissed and touched each others’ butts for a few minutes. Intimacy is something we share with others but owe to no one, even the people whose credit card debt we share.

I think y’all need to have a good old heartto-heart about intimacy and your sex lives, and you should share your concern about the lessening physical intimacy that’s happening. He doesn’t owe you anything, but you deserve to understand why he wants less sex than usual in your monogamous marriage. From there, I hope you two can find a sexier common ground. f

Hello Help, This isn’t the first time I’ve had a woman write in about a male partner with flagging interest in intimacy, and often these

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Although currently based in Atlanta, Leeth has long and strong ties to Athens. This new track is a lilting hymn rendered in soft focus. It’s entirely pleasant but also sparse and kind of barely there. Like a breeze or a bird passing by. And, actually, this kind of subtle beauty matched with a sense of impermanence is a Leeth trademark. This should be available on all major services, as well as Leeth’s own Bandcamp page. For more information please see annieleeth.com and annieleeth.bandcamp.com.

To learn more about the work Super Canoe does, please see supercanoe.co.

THE LONG RUN: Kenosha Kid head creative Dan Nettles wrote one song per day during October 2020. This collection, named The October Book, is to be released as a triple vinyl LP this coming Oct. 31. Preorders are happening as we speak and they are a very reasonable $31 for the collection. Now pay attention to this next part. Those who preorder will, of course, receive the LPs as one whole set in October, but will also be parceled out digital tracks along the way. Plus, the album will not be released to traditional streaming services until November. Nettles

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Queen is the name of the new project by songwriter, singer and musician Ryan Donegan. He’s just released an album named Righteous Nobody. It arrives fully formed with no artistic or technical hesitation, and Donegan is backed by a sizable list of contributors. The album is a very consumable 10 tracks and is packed with hooks, melodies and memorable segments, Cinnamon Queen and although there are numerous Athens records reports that after the tracks were composed in recent memory that fit this bill, there’s he brought in collaborators across the not been one with this sort of musical United States and even Europe and the UK. specificity since Grass Giraffes’ final release Needless to say, this was a huge amount nearly a decade ago. Cinnamon Queen, though, doesn’t have the same sense of gui- of work, and kudos to him for keeping on keeping on. For more information and to tar heroism nor the same sense of urgency. preorder please see kenoshakid.bandcamp.

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Heavy Metal Champions of the World—i.e., AND THE WINNER IS… : The ceremony and Shadebeast—are seriously committed to live show for the 2021 Vic Chesnutt fostering and preserving the heavy music Songwriter of the Year Award will hapcommunity. To this end, the record shop on pen at Creature Comforts Thursday, May 6 Chase Street will pivot to a private social at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and only available club with a retail counter open to the public at the door. While the in-person show has on Fridays and Saturdays. They also say, limited outdoor seating, the event will also “Any heavy band playing Athens has our be live-streamed. Founded and presented HQ available to them as an extended ‘green by the Classic City Rotary Club, this room’ and chill spot before, during and award has now become part of the Athens after [a] show. Our house is your house.” cultural fabric and an honor our scene This move is supported by their Patreon looks forward to celebrating each year. page, which is already pretty steady with The live show will consist of performances supporters. There’s lots of cool informafrom Caroline Aiken, Jim White, Sylvie tion there, too. While I myself could never Simmons, Marc Anthony Thompson and be called anything but a tourist in Metal Jim Willingham. Each finalist will also World, it is utterly inspiring and energizing perform. This year’s finalists in the “Career” to see what these folks are doing. So many category are Bo Bedingfield, Cassie folks provide ample lip service to supportChantel and Jim White. In the “Fun” cating their artistic community, but here’s egory are Kxng Blanco, Charlie Hartness where the rubber meets the road. You can and WesdaRuler featuring Louie Larceny. check out the Shadebeast Social Club at patGood luck to all finalists! For more informa- reon.com/shadebeastSC and get more info tion please see vicchesnuttaward.com. on all things related via shadebeast.com. f

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ut of nowhere, like a flash! After five years of radio silence, Athens’ own New Madrid apparate once more, wielding a fresh set of 10 meticulously crafted songs to swoon over. The new self-titled album, out Apr. 30 via Lemonade Records, was recorded locally at Chase Park Transduction sporadically between 2017-2019.

Birthed by the notion of recording a couple of songs for experimentation with the album’s eventual producer/ engineer, Drew Vandenberg (Futurebirds, Bambara), New Madrid marks an amicable end to a long-running partnership with hometown hero David Barbe (Deerhunter, Drive-By Truckers), who acted as producer, engineer and mentor through the band’s first three records.

“We wanted to test the vibe out to see if it would work,” says bassist and multi-instrumentalist Ben Hackett, who as a Chase Park engineer also served as “acting interpreter between the band and Vandenberg” during the S/T sessions. “We had repeated the fast-paced recording process similarly for so long that a natural itch to take time and experiment more this go-around had developed,” Hackett continues. Such intuitive scratching led to a nearly-threeyear-long process of transformative reconfiguration and rebranding due in part to the focused “refinement of the instrumentation and expansion of tones we were playing with on [2016’s] magnetkingmagnetqueen,” according to vocalist and guitarist Phil McGill. This process resulted in a sound “closest to what the band has always sounded like in our heads.”

The result: an Empyrean mind-melting ride through the outermost reaches of the celestial spheres. Symbiotic in expression, philosophically fueled prose propelled by transmorphic compositions vivaciously impel our protagonist’s storied sentiments that much farther into the abyss.

The finely textured stereo-panned guitars of McGill and Graham Powers serve as orchestrated oars from either side of the voluminous vessel, speaking one another’s tonal language in unison with such effortlessness and mimicry that discerning who is playing what and when is a fleeting

fling. Conjoined with Hackett’s versatile guitar-like bass riffing and Alex Woolley’s steel horse drumming—and occasionally joined by the searing sounds of saxophonist Ethan Evans—the experimental post-punk alt-country quartet (sometimes quintet) churns raw feelings incurred in a post-haze malaise of existential suffering into spiritual transmutations for all. Worth their weight in gold, each song builds a ponderously palpating experience that leaves the listener wanting in the wake.

The attention to detail melded into the songs is omnipresent, especially on the electrically charged “Are You The Wind,“ which exalts the preponderance of self-preservation in an increasingly acidic environment while coming to terms with coexistence amongst all expressions of self, narcissistic vampires et al.—offering words of wisdom along the way, like “Hold it in your hands/ Leave it locked away/ Seek it in your plans/ Hope they hold.” Album-opening door-kicker “I Want It” immediately pummels listeners with

allusions to an awareness that the throwaway, built-to-fail business models (and their plastic mountains of karmic debt) have begun to rain down from the heavens above, smothering an already overly saturated society with an avalanche of cheap hollowed-out relics from a faux reality and leaving its people below hysterically repeating, “I want it but I don’t need it/ I need it but I don’t want it at all.” A true 21st-century conundrum.

With the advent of social media nearly two decades ago, shouldn’t a deeper sense of empathy and awareness for our fellow beings be openly exhibited? Shouldn’t it be OK to cry? New Madrid queries whether or not on the album’s lead single, “It’s OK (2 Cry).” In an increasingly antisocial

world, one which shuns tear shedding and honesty, one is preyed upon by the swarms of mindless factoid-coddling factualists, misguided malnourished soul-seekers and crystallized culturists occupying “Queen for a Day”—seemingly spoiled to the point of stifle by excess access to excess, backed by blindfolded self-assurance, convinced that the best way to acquire wisdom is by surfing the web. All the while, the airy “Everything” cascades collected daydreams down waterfalls—cleansing the soil-stained cultural curtains often obscuring reality and revealing effervescent light in a levitating cup that runneth over—and is roused by the kind of love found just far enough on the outskirts of the other side of loss and regret.

“Do you only ask the questions for the answers?” our protagonist ironically inquires. By asking questions, does one simultaneously bury truth further beneath wonderment? Is it better to know, to know not, or not to know to ask the question? All may or may not be revealed within “Q&A,” one of several subtly infectious offerings on the album. It’s a slow-burning, steady march into the heart of the obsessive hunger for truth, no matter the cost, and the folly of outsourcing eternal questions before seeking internal answers—which might only be found if each heavy-handed cast is lifted back stone by stone.

A homage to the fugacious, “I Tried to Wait” explores the ever-fleeting sense of permanence that rules all animate beings.

Some things fall apart, and quickly. “The vision vaporized/ Ephemeral as smoke.”

Droning guitars, fuzz-chunked bass and Zeus-like batterie dole out the emotive quandary of being prosecuted and persecuted by a former friend or lover for ill-read intentions—a lament over how quickly dreams, ambition, hope or life can fall away faster than smoke rings dissipating into a weightless atmosphere. This atmosphere permeates the swirling melancholy of “Letters of Fire” almost as briefly as the acoustic float-by encounter of an old friend on the skeletal ”Hello My Friend.” Album closer and near-future fan favorite “Like a Flash,” the only track on the record produced by Barbe, is an immediately obvious child of the New Madrid catalog, with the members’ amalgamated musical powers on full display—and at the center of it all, a squeaky kick pedal imploring us onward!

Located at the juxtaposed crossroads of creature and culture, New Madrid magnificently captures the grievances of molded humans in modern times whilst sparing digressive details, in hopes that wisdom shall prevail over piling socio-cultural compressions caused by the impacts of increasingly infinitesimal information access. f

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Art ARTIST-IN-ATHICA RESIDENCIES AND 2022 EXHIBITS (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art) Residencies provide administrative support, exhibition and performance facilities, and a small stipend. The gallery is also accepting proposals for exhibits in 2022. Deadline June 30. www.athica.org/call-for-entries CALL FOR ARTISTS (Creature Comforts Brewing Co.) Local artists and curators can submit proposals for the CCVC Gallery throughout 2021. getartistic@ccbeerco.com, www.getcurious.com/get-artistic/ call-for-artists CURIOSITY CABINET CALL FOR ARTISTS (Creature Comforts Brewing Co.) The brewery is seeking design submissions from Athens-based visual artists to decorate the new Curiosity Cabinet, which will hold books and other resources for visitors to explore. Design due May 2. $350 or $550 stipend. www. getcurious.com/curiosity-cabinetat-creature-comforts GREENWAY ARTIST ASSISTANT (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission is seeking a local artist to serve as a temporary, part-time assistant to the lead artist on an upcoming Green public art project. Deadline May 9. info@ athensculturalaffairs.org OPEN STUDIOS (Lyndon House Arts Center) Studio members have access to spaces for painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, jewelry, fiber and woodworking.

Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $65/month. nicholas. daglis@accgov.com POSTCARDS FROM THE FUTURE (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art) Emerging artists 17–25 are invited to design a postcard for an online exhibition and limited edition print collection. Deadline Apr. 30. www.athica.org/updates/postcards

QUARTERLY ARTIST GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council offers quarterly grants of $500 to local organizations, artists and events that connect the arts to the community in meaningful and sustainable ways. Deadlines are June 15, Sept. 15, Dec. 15 and Mar. 15. www.athensarts.org/grants

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Events 5TH ANNUAL ATHENS ROCK, GEM, MINERAL, FOSSIL AND JEWELRY SHOW (The Classic Center) Southeastern Mineral Specimens presents a show with two dozen independent dealers of all things geologic. Apr. 30–May 1, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. and May 2, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. $6. darklighter@bellsouth.net ART EVENTS (Georgia Museum of Art) “Artful Conversation: Leonard Everett Fisher” on May 5 at 1 p.m.

“Mother’s Day at the Museum: Tour for Two” runs May 6–9. “Drawing in the Galleries” on May 9 at 2

p.m. “Family Day To-Go: Magic Realism” on May 13–16. “Morning Mindfulness” on May 14 and May 28at 9:30 a.m. “Teen Studio via Zoom: Magical Mystery” on May 20 at 5:30 p.m. “Yoga in the Galleries” on May 20 at 6 p.m. “Toddler Tuesday To-Go: Extra Ordinary” on May 25. www.georgiamuseum.org ATHENS CARS & COFFEE (Beechwood Shopping Center) Check out classic cars and bikes while enjoying a good cup of coffee. May 1, 9–11 a.m. www.facebook.com/ athenscarsandcoffee ATHENS FARMERS MARKET (Bishop Park) The 2021 season will run Saturdays through Dec. 18, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. www.athensfarmersmarket.com/vendors BALSAM RANGE (Madison Municipal Airport) An outdoor evening of live bluegrass music, brews and BBQ. Part of the 2021 Madison Chamber Music Festival. May 1, 6–10 p.m. $45. www.mmcc-arts. org THE BIG READ: SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT (Online ) Athens’ National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read presents a series of events inspired by Roz Chast’s book, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Events include “Webinar: Healthy Living for Brain and Body: Tips from the Latest Research” on May 7; “Webinar: The Changes Dementia Brings: A 3-Part Series” on May 10; “Seat in the (Pleasant) Shade: ‘On Not Aging Gracefully,’ A Poet’s Journey by Alicia Ostriker” on My 13; “Webinar: Dream it, Plan it, Secure it: Legal and Practical Strategies for Every Stage on Life” on May 14 and more. www.coe.uga.edu/events/ big-read BOOK LAUNCH PARTY (Online) Avid Bookshop presents Will Leitch in celebration of his book, How Lucky. Email for Zoom link. May 12, 7 p.m. events@avidbookshop.com BRASS TRANSIT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND CONCERT (The Farm at Oconee, Greensboro) Brass Transit performs the music of Chicago during an outdoor concert. Table and lawn seating available. May 30, 4:30 p.m. $25–75. www.opas.org

calendar pick Indie South’s 14th Annual Springtacular (660 N. Chase St.) As one of the largest artist markets in the Southeast region, Indie South’s annual Springtacular features approximately 75 vendors offering all sorts of handmade ceramics, jewelry, home decor, candles, artisanal eats, natural bath and body products, textiles, photography, sculpture and other forms of original arts and crafts.

In addition to a healthy selection of vintage clothing and collectibles—like Bohemian Seed’s old-fashioned wagon of treasures—several local businesses such as Franny’s Farmacy, Figment Fermentation and 3 Ravens Tattoo will host tables as well. Keep an eye out for candles by Sisters of the Moon, homegrown herbal bundles from Appalachian Sacred Smoke, resin jewelry by Cameoko, taxidermy pieces

by Undead Nature, ceramics by The Wildflower Wheel, Bohemian Spirit Glass and Bloomerang Fluid Art. In addition to artist booths, the Springtacular will have music by DJ Kurt Wood on Saturday, DJ Mahogany on Sunday and DJ Pip on both afternoons, as well as food trucks from Speakcheesy, Hendershot’s Coffee, Nedza’s (Sunday only) and Freezecream. The Springtacular will be held Saturday, May 1 from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sunday, May 2 from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Check out theindiesouth.com for a full vendor list. [Jessica Smith]

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BREWERY EVENTS (Southern Brewing Company) Sunday Trivia with Solo Entertainment Sundays at 5 p.m. Country Music Songwriters in the Round pay tribute to Merle Haggard featuring Todd Cowart, Scott Brantley, Clay Leverett, Joshua, Brodye and Casey (of Holman Autry Band), and Bo Hembree and Curt Spell on May 21 at 7 p.m. $10.

Abbey Road LIVE! on May 22 at 7 p.m. $12-15. Randall Bramblett Band on May 29 at 7 p.m. $20–25. www.sobrewco.com CLASS OF 2021 GRADUATION CARAVAN (ACC Library to City Hall) The Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement hosts a caravan-style graduation celebration for all Athens-Clarke County School District graduates. The caravan will be followed by a graduate recognition driveby ceremony at City Hall with guest speakers. May 16, 2 p.m. (meet), 3:15 p.m. (drive). bit. ly/GradCaravan DINNER AND A SHOW (Hendershot’s Coffee) Live music and dinner with The Plate Sale every Friday and Saturday. The lineup includes Daniel Harden on Apr. 30–May 1, Call Me Spinster May 9–10, The Granfalloons on May 14–15 and Bichos Vivos May 28–29. Visit website to reserve your seat. www. hendershotsathens.com HISTORY OF SLAVERY AT UGA SYMPOSIUM (Online) History of Slavery at the University of Georgia: Symposium on Recognition, Reconciliation and Redress will feature presentations and performances.

Apr. 30–May 1. slaveryatuga@ gmail.com, www.slaveryatuga.org/ registration INDIE SOUTH EVENTS (Indie South) Springtacular May 1–2. Heartsong Herbs Plant Sale May 6. Abnormal Bazzar with Varnish Vine Cactus Pop-up May 15. www.theindie south.com INTERNATIONAL COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK (Multiple Locations) The ACC Recycling Division celebrate with tours, videos, a compost sale, Stories for Soils and other activities. May 2–8. www. accgov.com/ICAW INTO THE WILDWOOD SUMMER SERIES (Cloverleaf Farm) Wildwood Revival presents a concert series. Old Crow Medicine Show performs May 28. $65–85. www. wildwoodrevival.com JAKE SHIMABUKURO (Classic Center Theatre) Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro performs with bassist Jackson Waldhoff and guitarist Dave Preston. June 13. $35–45. www. classiccenter.com JIM COOK (Multiple Locations) Jim Cook performs solo acoustic shows at International Grill and Bar on Apr. 30 and Southern Brewing Company on May 20. oldyellar72@gmail. com JOHN CREEK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STRING QUINTET (Innovation Amphitheater, Winder) Part of the Barrow Arts & Sciences Academy Cultural Connections Series. Apr. 29, 7 p.m. $10. bit.ly/ stringquintet LEARN ABOUT CASA (Online) The ACC Library presents “Providing a Voice for a Child Through Foster Care.” Apr. 28, 2 p.m. www.athens library.org/virtual-events LGBTQIA+ VIRTUAL ALPHABET FAMILY GATHERING (Online) This is a safe space for anyone on the LGBTQIA+/TGQNB spectrum.

Fourth Sunday of every month, 6–8 p.m. uuathensga.org/justice/ welcoming-congregation LIVE JAZZ (Porterhouse Grill) Enjoy dinner and some smooth jazz.

Wednesdays, 6–9 p.m. www.porter houseathens.com

LIVE MUSIC AT FRONT PORCH BOOKSTORE (Front Porch Bookstore, Winterville) Enjoy free free concerts on the lawn. The lineup includes Church of the Wayward Note (May 1), Original Screwtops (May 15) and Janet and the Blue Dogs (June 19) Shows held at 6 p.m. jmazzucc@uga.edu LIVE MUSIC AT HOTEL INDIGO (Hotel Indigo patio) Avery Deakins performs weekly on the patio. All ages. May 6, 13, 20 & 27, 5:30–8 p.m. www.indigoathens.com LIVE MUSIC AT INTERNATIONAL GRILL & BAR (International Grill & Bar) The Splitz Band performs Apr. 30 and May 28 at 7 p.m. All ages. www.facebook.com/IGNAthensGA LOVE.CRAFT ATHENS BENEFIT (Southern Brewing Company) A benefit show and artist market will raise funds for Love.Craft Athens.

May 2. $15. www.sobrewco.com MAY DAY (West Broad Farmers Market) Celebrate with a maypole dedication ceremony, kids activities, local vendors, baked treats, artisans goods, live music and more. May 1, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. wbfm.locallygrown. net MOTHER’S DAY NAP-A-THON (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Diaper Bank encourages all moms to rest, relax and recharge with a nap. Like a virtual 5K or walkathon, register yourself to take a nap on Mother’s Day. Packet pickup days are May 6–8. www.athensareadiaperbank. com NORMALTOWN POTTERY SPRING & MOTHER’S DAY SALE (465 Belvoir Heights) New ceramic work

by Juana Gnecco and Nancy Green, soaps by Farmington Herbals and local honey by 3 Kings Honey. Apr. 30, 4–8 p.m. May 1, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

762-728-0575 NOT YOUR AVERAGE MOTHER’S DAY (Athentic Brewing Co.) Highlights include matching henna tattoos, Condor Chocolate boxes, self-defense class with AKF Athens, food by Uncle Ernies and a charity raffle benefiting The Cottage. May 9, 1–9 p.m. www.athenticbrewing.com ONE BOOK ATHENS: ONE BOOK, MANY STORIES (Online) This is a series of virtual community discussions related to the book Stamped: Racism, Anti-racism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibra X. Kendi.

Part I begins Apr. 29, 6 p.m. www. acclibrary.org/one-book RC COWBOY (Online) RC Cowboy performs on Hopin. May 27, 6 p.m. $5. www.hopin.com ROSA PARKS: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HER LEGACY (Zoom) Riché Richardson speaks on the life, activism and continued significance of Rosa Parks. Presented by Athens Chautauqua. May 20, 4 p.m. www. historycomesalive.org/performances/athens SHOAL LILY FLOAT (Broad River Campground) Join the Broad River Watershed Association for an annual flat down the river. Meet at the campground and carpool to the put-in on Hwy. 17. Includes a lunch break on the river and a nice pause in Anthony Shoals to admire the shoal lilies. May 15, 9 a.m. (Rain date May 22). Suggested donation $25. RSVP at info@brwa.org SK BATTERY AMERICA JOB FAIR (Georgia Quick Start Athens Training Facility) Bring your resume to this drive-thru job fair. Full-time opportunities available in production, maintenance, HR, finance and more. Apr. 30, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

SOUTHERN GROUND (Online) Avid Bookshop presents Jennifer Lapidus (author) and Rinne Allen (photographer) in celebration of their book Southern Ground: Reclaiming Flavor Through Stone-Milled Flour [A

ket is open for shopping each week from Sunday at 5 p.m. to Thursday at 1 p.m., with a drive-through (or walk/bike-through) pick-up on Saturdays from 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. wbfm.locallygrown.net WINTERVILLE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL (Online) A virtual concert with The Pink Stones will stream live from the Winterville Auditorium.

This year’s featured artist is Marisa Leilani Mustard. May 8, 7 p.m.

Find the festival on social media @ MarigoldFestival

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Southern Star Studio will celebrate its fifth anniversary during an outdoor Spring Pottery Sale on Apr. 30 from 5–9 p.m. and May 1 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Participating artists include Brandon Bishop, Lori Breedlove, Kate Couch, Abby Deschenes, Maria Dondero, Karly French, Susan Hable, Courtney Howard, Chona Leathers, Esther Mech, Kerry Steinberg, Elizabeth Taddonio, Lee Turner, Chona Leathers and more.

Baking Book]. Email for Zoom link.

Apr. 28, 7 p.m. events@avidbook shop.com SOUTHERN STAR STUDIO SPRING POTTERY SALE (Southern Star Studio) The studio celebrates its five-year anniversary. Participating artists include Brandon Bishop, Lori Breedlove, Kate Couch, Abby Deschenes, Maria Dondero, Karly French, Susan Hable, Courtney Howard, Chona Leathers, Esther Mech, Kerry Steinberg, Elizabeth Taddonio, Lee Turner, Chona Leathers and more. Apr. 30 (5–9 p.m.) and May 1 (10 a.m.–4 p.m.) southernstarstudioathens@gmail.com SPRING ACTIVITIES (Athens, GA) A variety of activities in the arts, environmental science, recreation, sports and holiday events are planned for adults and children.

Now enrolling. www.accgov.com/ leisure SPRING FLING MARKET (Finley Light Factory) Check out local artists and small businesses during an outdoor market. Live music by

Assata and Convict Julie (7 p.m.).

May 1, 5–9 p.m. $5. @finleylight factory on Instagram SPRING HARVEST FESTIVAL AND OPENING DAY (Farmers Market at Farmview, Madison) Meet local farmers and artisan craft makers selling an assortment of locally grown produce and handcrafted items. May 1, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. www. farmviewmarket.com THRIFT SALE (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Shop for art, antiques, books, small appliances, electronics, housewares, tools, yards of fabric, jewelry, furniture and more.

Preview sale May 21, 5–7 p.m.

Sale runs May 22, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. and (half-price) May 23, 1–4 p.m. www.ocaf.com TRIVIA AT ATHENTIC (Athentic Brewing Co.) Win beer tabs and other prizes. Every second Monday of the month, 7 p.m. www.athenticbrewing.com UGARDEN PLANT SALE (2510 S. Milledge Ave.) Shop outdoors for medicinal, edible, native and dye

art around town THE ATHENAEUM (287 W. Broad St.) The Lamar Dodd School of Art presents its annual MFA Thesis Exhibition titled “Whistling in the Dark” with works by Mac Balentine, Matthew J. Bown, Caitlin Adair Daglis, Alex McClay, Katharine Miele, Ciel Rodriguez and Kelsey Wishik. The new gallery is open Thursdays–Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Exhibition on view through May 15.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: ATHICA (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1200) Curated by Craig Coleman, “Lost in the Weeds: Climate Change and Human Nature” presents artwork by Crista Cammarato, Naomi Falk, Brian Frus, Meredith Starr, Bethany Taylor and several others. Virtual talk on “Using Nature in Alternative Photo Processes” by Craig Coleman on Apr. 29 at 7 p.m. Streaming curators and artist panel discussion on May 6 at 7 p.m. On view through May 22.

ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Jacob Wenzka’s solo show “Ecumenopolis” features paintings and drawings inspired by the idea of a “world city” where giant cities have fused together to cover an entire planet. Through April.

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) Gunnar Tarsa’s “Mind Matter: Tales from the Scribble Warlock” features 15 works of art from 2017 to 2021 that document the artist’s development of “Mind Matter,” a living universe populated with recurring characters and myths through the artist’s spontaneous creation drawing sessions.Through May 9.

GALLERY AT HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Athens Facades” presents Mike Landers’ photographs of buildings downtown and in Five Points at dark between 2000–2002.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “In Dialogue: Look, Paint, Repeat: Variations in the Art of Pierre Daura.” Through May 23. • “Extra Ordinary: Magic, Mystery and Imagination in American Realism.” Through June 13. • “Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection” represents three generations of artists dating from the 1940s. Through Sept.

26. • “Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from

plants from UGArden Herbs, Cherokee Moon Mixology, Gently Herbal Skincare, Mama Bath and Body, MEplusTEA, Roseman’s Remedies and Heartsong Herbs. May 1, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. www.ugardenherbs. com VIC CHESTNUT SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD (Creature Comforts Brewing Co.) Finalists include Bo Bedingfield, Cassie Chantel, Jim White, Kxng Blanco, Charlie Hartness, WesdaRuler featuring Louie Larceny. Featuring performances by Carolina Aiken, Jim White, Sylvie Simmons, Anthony Thompson and Jim Willingham.

May 6, 7 p.m. $25 (outdoor show).

Livestream at vicchesnuttaward.com VOLUMES: PATIO PARTY (Athentic Brewing) Volumes presents hip-hop performances by Caulfield, TRVY, Convict Julie, Anime Zayy and Clark County. Live art tribute to DMX by @xlchorty. May 7, 8 p.m. www. athentic.com WEST BROAD FARMERS MARKET (300 S. Rocksprings St.) The mar-

ACC LIBRARY EVENTS (Athens-Clarke County Library) Virtual storytimes are offered via Facebook weekdays at 10:30 a.m. www.facebook.com/athenschildrens ART CAMPS FOR PROMISING YOUNG ARTISTS (KA Artist Shop) One week, in-person camps are offered for ages 12–15. Camps run late May through July. www. kaartist.com CAMP FOXFIRE (Foxfire Woods and Farm) Ages 5–12 can enjoy outdoor play, learn about arm life and discover local plants. $125/week.

Ages 13–17 participate in activities focusing on leadership, service, agriculture and animal husbandry. $25/week. Weekly sessions run Mondays–Fridays, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. from June 7–July 16. foxfire woodsandfarm@gmail.com, www. foxfirewoodsandfarm.com OCAF SUMMER ART CAMP (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Themes include artist appreciation (June 7–11), board game bonding (June 14–18), STEM (June 21–25), around the world in five days (July 6–9), working stronger together (July 12–16), rainforest discoveries (July 19–23) and mosaic madness (July 26–30). www.ocaf.com SUMMER CAMP SEASON (Multiple Locations) The Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department hosts summer camps for children and teens in art, nature education, sports and theater.

Scholarships available. www. accgov.com/camps, www.accgov. com/myrec

Egypt.” Through Sept. 26. • “Power and Piety in 17th-Century Spanish Art.” Through Nov. 28.

JITTERY JOE’S FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) Harper Calhoun presents a collection of charcoal portraits. Through April.

JITTERY JOE’S EPPS BRIDGE (1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy.) Kevin Kardon creates black-and-white watercolor or pen and ink images of monsters that are whimsical, comical, abstract and bizarre. Through May 13.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) Undergraduate students of all disciplines will exhibit their final thesis projects in the “BFA Exit 2 Exhibition.” Through Apr. 30.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) The 46th annual Juried Exhibition features 161 works by 116 local artists selected by juror Hallie Ringle of the Birmingham Museum of Art. On view through June 26. • As part of the Green Life Awards, “The Green Life Art Contest” is an annual art contest in which K-12 students explored environmental education and sustainability by creating works inspired by this year’s theme, “Renew, Reinvent and Rejoice,” through visual art. Through April. • On view in the lobby case, Jourdon Joly presents a collection of cast resin ice cream cones. Through June 19. • Collections from our Community presents Arthur Johnson’s (of the Bar-B-Q Killers) shark collection, which he has been building since the early ‘80s. Through June 26. • Curated by La Ruchala Murphy and featuring the works of Black artists living in the South, “#NotAStereotype” challenges the labels and limitations perceived about race, nationality, gender, ability and sexual orientation. May 1–June 24.

MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “The 125th Anniversary Exhibition: Celebrating the Home of the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center” explores the Romanesque Revival building that was built as a graded schoolhouse in 1895 and became a regional cultural center in 1976. Through June.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Watercolors by Janet Rodekohr. Through April.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) The 26th annual “SouthWorks” exhibition is a nationally juried art show featuring works from across the country. In conjunction with “Southworks 2021,” the annual Director’s Choice exhibition features “Gardens of the South” by

SWIM PROGRAMS (Bishop Park, East Athens Community Center & Lay Park) ACC Leisure Services offers swim lessons for children. $33–50. The kinderswim program for 5-year-old children meets three times a week for three weeks for free. www.accgov.com/myrec TUTORING (Online) The Athens Regional Library System is now offering free, live online tutoring via tutor.com for students K-12, plus college students and adult learners.

Daily, 2–9 p.m. www.athenslibrary. org VIRTUAL SUMMER CAMPS (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Camp themes include woodland fairy and gnomes, textile and fiber arts, circus, pen pals, mini museum, rebel girls, flower gardens and more.

Register online. $200/camp. www. treehousekidandcraft.com

Support Groups AL-ANON 12 STEP (Multiple Locations) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Visit the website for a calendar of electronic meetings held throughout the week. www.ga-al-anon.org RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction.

Visit the website for info about Zoom meetings. Thursdays, 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.athensrecovery dharma.org SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) (Email for Location) Athens Downtown SAA offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from a compulsive sexual behavior. www.athensdowntownsaa. com ZOOM INN (Online) Nuçi’s Space holds weekly meetings on Thursdays for people to drop by and say hi virtually. Email lesly@nuci.org

Word on the Street ACRONYM (Athens, GA) ACRONYM is a new website compiling COVID-19 aid for Athens-based live music venues and artists. Check

the website for updated listings on funding and financial opportunities, mental health guides, organizational support, community resources and more. Visit acroynym.rocks ART FOR ATHENS (Online) The Red & Black hosts Art for Athens to support Nuçi’s Space. Donated work by artists is sold and shipped through the publication’s online store. Participating artists include R. Wood, Maria Dondero, Jamie Calkin, James Burns and Chris Robinson. www.redandblack.com/store AT-HOME RADIO TRANSCRIPTATHON PROJECT (Online) UGA Libraries is seeking volunteers to help correct computer-generated transcripts of historic broadcasts so they can be used by researchers for future generations. Apr. 28, 3 p.m. mlmiller@uga.edu, CLASSIC CITY TOASTMASTERS (Zoom) This is an encouraging group for individuals who want to develop their communication and public speaking skills. Meetings are held 2–3 times a month on Thursday evenings. 706-202-7566 CORNHOLEATL ATHENS REGISTRATION (Southern Brewing Company) CornholeATL Athens offers four different divisions of play to accomodate all levels. Seven-week season begins in June. Email to register. info@cornholeatl.com ESP SILENT AUCTION (Online and In-Person) Extra Special People hosts a silent auction to support its summer camp program. In-person viewing events held May 4, 8–10 a.m. (featuring Java Joy coffee and biscuits), May 5, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (with a taco truck) and May 6, 6:30–9 p.m. (with a wine tasting and beach luau). Online bidding is also available Apr. 29–May 6 at espsilentauction.org SUMMER STAFF (Athens, GA) The Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department is now hiring for approximately 120 summer positions including camp counselors, lifeguards and pool clerks. www. accgov.com/jobs VIRTUAL LEISURE SERVICES (Online) A variety of activities are offered in arts, athletics, nature and recreation. www.accgov.com/ leisure f

Greyson Smith. These mixed-media works on paper depict public gardens in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas. Through May 28.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) The new Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum at the Center for Art and Nature holds the collections of Deen Day Sanders, a charter board member of the garden. The eight galleries blend conservation, botanicals, art, beauty and curiosity.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) “Silver Lining” features wallbound mosaic works by Krysia Ara. Available to see by appointment through April by emailing tinyathgallery@gmail.com.

UGA OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY (Online) The annual Earth Day Art Challenge is a virtual exhibition of artwork, performance, video and writing that demonstrates an appreciation, awareness or action. Visit sustainability. uga.edu.

UGA SCHOOL OF LAW (225 Herty Dr.) Williams Elliot Stiles Jr., an accomplished artist, Atlanta attorney and UGA School of Law alumnus, recently unveiled a new commission, “1961,” to commemorate the 60th anniversary of desegregation at UGA. UGA MAIN LIBRARY (320 S. Jackson St.) “Georgia Trailblazers: Honoring the 60th Anniversary of Desegregation at UGA” chronicles the historic events of 1961 when Hamilton Holmes and Charlene Hunter became the first African American students admitted to the university.

UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Pylon: Tourists in Rock ’n Roll” celebrates the local band through photos, outfits, memorabilia and more. Through May 31. • “Making Space: Fighting for Inclusion, Building Community at UGA” chronicles the journey of students advocating for racial and social justice on campus. Through July 2. • “The Hargrett Hours: Exploring Medieval Manuscripts” presents original items from the collections, dating back centuries, as well as findings from students’ indepth studies. Through Aug. 26.

WILLSON CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES AND ARTS (Online) As part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts, the Willson Center presents “Shelter Projects,” a virtual exhibition of over 30 projects created by graduate students or community practitioners who reflect pandemic experiences through the arts. willson.uga.edu.

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FULL-TIME Alternative Energy Southeast is currently seeking careerminded, experienced electricians and general labor.

As one of GA’s oldest solar power companies, AES provides solar PV and battery backup systems to homes and businesses throughout the state. AES provides its employees with a full health benefits package including medical/dental/vision/life. We also provide employees with education and training, PTO, and a clear roadmap to follow for future advancement within the company. If you’re interested in learning more about our team, have questions, or wish to apply, please send your resume to info@altenergyse.com.

UberPrints is now hiring for multiple positions! Both full and part-time positions available. For more information and applications, go to uber prints.com/company/jobs

Classic City Installation Starting at $15/hr. Summer seasonal performing furniture installation. Great benefits, travel as a team w/ food stipend and lodging 100% covered. Email: astack@classic cityinstallation.com Get paid to type! Hiring for both remote and in-office work. Create your own schedule for rolling two-week periods. Openings for both career track and part-time track. We are proud to be a safe space employer. E-mail athrecruiting@copytalk.com for full job posting or visit www.ctscribes.com to learn more. Pay based on productivity $9–14 hourly.

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PART-TIME Experienced kitchen help needed. Bring resume or fill out an application at George’s Lowcountry Table. No phone calls please. 420 Macon Hwy. Athens, GA 30606 Habitat ReStore West seeks cashier & floor worker. Ability to lift 75 lbs. and work with customers required. Three shifts/week, including Saturdays. Download application at athenshabitat.com/ employment and bring to 4125 Atlanta Hwy. 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Tue–Sat. Habitat ReStore East seeks floor worker. Ability to lift 75 lbs. and working with customers required. Three shifts/ week including Saturdays.

Download application at athenshabitat.com/employment and bring to 532 Barber St. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Tue–Sat. Retail Store in Five Points now hiring for Sales Associate.

15–25 hours per week. 12–5 p.m. Must be able to work one weekend day. Please send resumes to manager@ masadaleather.com No phone calls please.

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Athens-Clarke County Animal Services 125 Buddy Christian Way · 706-613-3540 Call for appointment

Wanted: Female Counselors YWCO Summer Girls Club Counselors. Must be over 18 and have experience working with children. Temporary position July 1–23. Apply at YWCO, 562 Research Dr. Athens, GA. 30605 For information: www.ywco.org/jobopportunities White Tiger is now hiring! No experience necessary. Email resume to catering@whitetigergourmet. com

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Mobile Food Pantry @ General Time Athens! Athens Terrapin Beer Co. alongside Food Bank of Northeast Georgia and various local sponsors will host a drive-thru food pantry on the 3rd Monday of each month thru 2021.

All ACC residents that meet income requirements may attend. First come, first served. This event will take place outside rain or shine. 100 Newton Bridge Rd. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. www. terrapinbeer.com

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32 Fido's foot 33 Kind of spray 36 "The Divine Comedy" author 37 Doohickey 39 Big commotions 41 Hold on property 42 Paparazzi target, briefly 44 Yard machine 46 Recurrent twitch 47 Supersize, say 49 Forcible seizure 51 Straight, at the bar

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53 Home, to Americans abroad 57 Opening words 60 Like some tabloid headlines 61 Occupation featured in "Six Feet Under" 63 Japanese cartoons 64 It follows that 65 Axis of ___ 66 Heron, eg.

67 Distort, in a way 68 Depend (on) DOWN 1 Quite a party 2 High in the Andes 3 Useless type 4 Make numb 5 Little toymaker 6 Smallest in degree 7 Scout's uniform item 8 Lingering light 9 Frank topper 10 Part of I.R.S.

11 Captain of industry 12 Anger, with "up" 13 Pundit's page 18 Lower oneself 22 Grassy meadow 24 Usher's offering 26 Nutmeg, e.g.

27 Eucharistic plate 29 Tagalong's lack 30 Ale holder 31 Consequently 34 Now and then 35 Big deal 38 In the _____.. (for now) 40 Dried up 43 Puppy supplier 45 Pie cuts, essentially 48 Lots of fun, slangily 50 Lobster feature 52 Combine 53 Picnic dish 54 Yellowfin, e.g.

55 Like Death Valley 56 Unhip sort 58 Commuter line 59 Nothing but 62 Kind of truck

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URBAN SANCTUARY MASSAGE FACIALS WAXING Voted Athens’ Favorite Day Spa • Open 7 Days

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