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endorsed by the BOE would shift 2,824 people in 26 of Athens’ 1,806 census blocks into a new district. One of the biggest proposed changes is in District 2 in East Athens, the fastest-growing and most populous commission district. Ten census blocks with 839 people around Ben Epps Airport are being shifted into District 1 (the By Blake Aued and Jessica Luton news@flagpole.com Winterville area), and five more with 296 people along Lexington Road are moving About 3,000 Athens-Clarke County resparty often uses the process to increase its into District 8 (the Eastside). idents will be in a different commission grip on power. Fast-growing District 4 (Five Points) district next year, but it could have been That’s what happened in 2011, when a would also lose 10 census blocks and 1,591 far more if the ACC Board of Elections had Republican state legislator from Athens people to District 7, which lost population completely redrawn the map, rather than pushed through his own map, designed to in the past decade. Those blocks are located tweak the existing one. give conservatives a better shot at winning near Macon Highway. Other districts will BOE members Adam Shirley and Hank seats on the commission, as Commissioner see minor or no changes. Quadir told commissioners at a work session Melissa Link and others noted. “We feel pretty confident this is the most last week that they wanted to abandon the “These districts minimally disruptive map foisted on ACC by Republican lawmakwere drawn by state set of edits we could These districts were ers in 2011 and start from scratch, drawing legislators 10 years have hoped for,” said drawn by state legislators Joseph D’Angelo, a more compact set of districts that didn’t ago with purely divide neighborhoods. However, with Census political purposes head of the GIO. 10 years ago with purely data coming in late due to the pandemic, in mind, obviously,” The commission political purposes in mind. they said, they didn’t have time to explore Link said. “It would is scheduled to vote that option. In addition, Manager Blaine have been nice to Nov. 16 on sending Williams told the BOE at an earlier meeting have time to address this, but I feel good the new map to the state reapportionment that districts’ populations varied too much work has been done here, and this is the office for approval. District maps and popuin the map it was working on. That map also most logical path forward.” lation data can be viewed at accgov.com by drew an incumbent outside their district. Commissioner Mike Hamby said the going to GIO under the departments tab. Cities, counties and states nationwide commission should be looking at creating Meanwhile, at Flagpole’s deadline the are required by the Constitution to redraw more minority representation. Currently legislature was poised to approve state political districts once every 10 years to two districts (2 and 9) are majority-miHouse and Senate maps that would keep reflect population changes. District popunority, and two more (3 and 5) are evenly Athens split between two Republican lations must be within 10% of each other, split. “They’re still the same maps,” Hamby Senate districts and further divide Athens and they’re supposed to be compact, prosaid. “They’re still drawn for the same politamong four House districts, three of them tect incumbents and keep communities of ical purposes. But now they’re OK?” GOP-majority. interest together, although that is not necOverall, the map drawn by the ACC “We heard repeatedly at hearings from essarily required. In practice, the majority Geographical Information Office and voters in the Athens area that they desired
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their county to be made whole in one senate district, as it historically was,” Sen. Gloria Butler (D-Stone Mountain) said at a Nov. 5 hearing. “Our plan shows that it is actually very easy to keep Athens-Clarke County whole as the core of a district.” Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens), however, said Republicans drew “a very fine map” that meets the requirements of the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. “Very clearly these districts are compact,” he said. “There are very minimal splits in counties.” Once approved, the maps will head to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk for his signature. Then legislators will turn their attention to congressional districts, with the Republican majority expected to draw themselves at least one GOP-leaning district in metro Atlanta after Democrats flipped two in the 2018 and 2020 elections. The special session is expected to wrap up before Thanksgiving. [Blake Aued]
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sage to the Clarke County School District community. “The expectation that I hold for myself and each of you is that we give our best every day to ensure our students reach their full potential.” She informed the school board of her pending retirement in a closed session after Thursday’s board meeting, according to Communications Manager Beth Moore. Thomas is a native Athenian and a “triple Dawg” with three degrees from the University of Georgia. Her 31-year career at CCSD includes stints as a social worker, assistant principal, principal of J.J. Harris Elementary School and Means’ chief of staff. She provided a steady hand after Means’ tumultuous tenure divided the community, and she guided the district through the COVID-19 pandemic. It was never expected that Thomas would remain superintendent for the long run—she said after her interim appointment that she was ready to retire soon. Announcing her Dec. 31, 2022 retirement now gives the school board more than a year to find a replacement. “We appreciate the stability Dr. Thomas provided during the last two years and look forward to her continued leadership,” board President LaKeisha Gantt said in a news release. “The Board of Education will begin discussing the superintendent search process when it meets in December.” [BA]
COVID Drops but Hospitals Still Packed The big news this week is that children ages 5-11 can now be vaccinated for COVID-19. The Pfizer vaccine was approved for emergency use for this age group by the FDA and the CDC two weeks ago and is now available via the Clarke County Health Department, local pharmacies and some local pediatricians. The dosage for this age group is one-third of the dose for adults and children 12 and older and is given as two doses with three weeks between doses. See the interview with medical doctor and hospital administrator Jayne Morgan on this page for more. To date, 63,032 Athens residents, or 50%, have received at least one dose of a vaccine, and 57,889 residents, or 46%,
have been fully vaccinated. The Georgia Department of Public Health’s vaccine dashboard does not yet include localized data on vaccination rates of children ages 5-11. However, only 2,112 Athens children ages 10-14 and 3,497 children ages 15-19 have received at least one dose. The Clarke County School District is working to help families get their children vaccinated. CCSD announced Nov. 12 that it would be holding voluntary vaccination events at 12 elementary schools in the coming weeks. A list of those vaccination events, as well as a vaccine interest survey, was sent to parents and guardians and is available at clarke.k12.ga.us/domain/2797. The number of vaccine doses administered at UGA rose for the week of Nov. 1–7, with 824 doses administered last week, compared to just 581 the week prior. In addition, 2,375 individuals had received a vaccine booster as of last week. Cases at UGA remained steady, with 22 positive tests reported Nov. 1–7, compared to 22 the week before. Surveillance testing numbers went down slightly, from 575 to 466. Clarke County had 72 new positive cases last week, and an additional seven positive antigen tests. To date, there have been 17,527 positive confirmed cases and 2,681 positive antigen cases reported in Clarke County. The seven-day moving average decreased slightly from 12.7 on Nov. 5 to 9.3 on Nov. 12. While cases were down, nine Clarke County residents were hospitalized for a total of 788 to date, and three more Athens residents died of COVID-19 last week, bringing the total to 10 for the past three weeks. The number of regional hospitalizations, according to the Georgia Medical Facility Patient Census, went up slightly from 39 COVID-19 patients, or 6.2% of all patients, on Nov. 5 to 44 patients, or 6.5%, Nov. 12. While that’s down significantly from the peak of the Delta surge, 682 patients were hospitalized for non-COVID reasons, and the data shows a continued, steady increase in non-COVID patients at local hospitals. ICU bed capacity remains at a premium, with 65 patients occupying 93% of ICU beds. [Jessica Luton] f
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he Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is now available for children ages 5-11. While approval has prompted many parents to begin getting their children vaccinated, some parents are reluctant to get their children vaccinated just yet. A Kaiser Family Foundation survey in October found that 27% will vaccinate their children “right away.” A third of parents, however, said they will “wait and see” how the vaccine is working, three in 10 said they definitely won’t get their child vaccinated, with 5% saying they will only do so if their school requires it. Jayne Morgan, a cardiologist and executive director of the COVID Task Force at Piedmont Healthcare Corp., which owns Piedmont Athens Regional, talked to Flagpole about questions and common concerns posed by parents as they navigate their decision. Morgan produces a series of one-minute videos answering questions about COVID and vaccines called the “Stairwell Chronicles.” View them on Twitter @DrJayneMorgan or by searching her name on YouTube. Flagpole: Many people are worried that this vaccine was developed so rapidly that we don’t have a lot of data about how safe it is for children. Jayne Morgan: It’s been almost two decades in the works, actually. I think it is a great testament to the discipline and dedication of science and the preparedness of science. The children’s studies are what we call “bridging down” studies, which means the vaccines are not specifically designed for children. They’re designed for everyone. So when that happens, we generally start in the adult population and then bridge down… utilizing the data from the next group to extrapolate to the group that you’re studying. So, in that way, we have a lot of safety data on the vaccines. They’ve been given to 2 billion people all over the world. FP: Why should parents get their children vaccinated? JM: It’s true that most children who are infected with the virus have only mild symptoms and children rarely die from the disease, although certainly we have seen deaths, many deaths actually, especially with the Delta variant, and any death is tragic. What scientists and health officials are recommending is that we want to remember that the vaccine prevents a lot of infections, and these infections can be disruptive to your school, also cause hospitalizations, and you risk developing long haul syndrome, which we see in children as well. It can interfere with their learning process and create absenteeism. That’s the kind of thing that we really want to always keep in mind, because we are still in a pandemic. We still have less than 60% of the population fully vaccinated, and even though we see the Delta variant regressing somewhat, our numbers are still incredibly high. We are not in any way out of this pandemic.
I think parents should continue to keep their guards up. We had more than 8,000 kids between the ages of 5-11 who were hospitalized with COVID-19 because of serious illness. FP: In terms of vaccine dosage for children, why is age the most important consideration? JM: It’s not about weight. It’s about the maturity of your immune system and where your immune system is in development. Younger children can have a more robust response because of where their immune system is in development… We always want to give the least amount of medication that we can have for the absolute maximum effect, and so that’s why you see this dose, at a third of the dose [compared to adults] in children, and we see that their efficacy was 90.7% with one-third of the dose. FP: Should parents be concerned about myocarditis as a possible side effect of the vaccine? JM: We really saw no incidences of myocarditis in younger age groups in these Pfizer trials. That being said, it is rare that there really weren’t enough people enrolled [in the study] to maybe pick up a signal like that. So we certainly recognize that the sample size probably wasn’t big enough to pick up myocarditis, but we also are noting that it doesn’t seem to occur or certainly doesn’t seem to occur as frequently in younger children. One thing we are concerned about is that the COVID-19 virus itself causes myocarditis, and so we want to make certain that we are protecting everyone from all of the deleterious effects of the virus. FP: What is more risky for children, getting the vaccine or getting COVID-19? JM: [Getting COVID] is not innocuous. You risk long haul syndrome, you risk hospitalization. you risk myocarditis. You’re taking a risk, by and large. You probably will do well, but it’s sort of like putting one bullet in the chamber and spinning it… So if you do not get your child vaccinated, you’ve got that bullet in the chamber spinning. We have no way of determining whether your child is going to go on to [have] severe disease or not. We certainly know that children with medical complications, including obesity, are at increased risk of severe disease if they were to contract COVID, and we certainly want those children with any underlying medical conditions to get vaccinated, because they are even more vulnerable. FP: What types of medical conditions make children more susceptible to COVID? JM: Any child with an underlying medical condition. That includes obesity. That includes asthma. So if your child has either of those two things, which can be common, unfortunately, in children, that is an underlying medical condition. If your child is taking a prescription medication on a regular basis, for any reason, that is an underlying medical condition, and your child is at increased risk. f
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ing behavior without being supplemented my phone and record and post it on social with restorative practices. Circles and other media. But to a certain extent, when it techniques explore solutions that are susdoes happen, I’m not surprised,” Edmonds tainable and concrete. said. “It’s almost part of normal behavior “In restorative practices, if there’s going just because of how frequently it happens. to be suspension, that’s fine, but we ask, There’s been tons of times where I told peo‘What are we doing to repair? What else are ple ‘Oh, there was just another fight when I we doing around accountability and support was walking to class.’” By Violet Calkin news@flagpole.com for students, whether it’s violence or other Restorative circles are not a quick fix. things that lead to suspension? What other One of the long-term processes of a restorxacerbated by the enduring impact of widen our toolbox.” interventions are we putting in place to ative approach to conflict is a commitment 18 months of virtual learning, both According to Wingfield and Allen, restor- ensure support and accountability,’” Malec to culture change. Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central High ative circles at Cedar have been very effecsaid. “I get from students that, ‘This is Cedar, Schools have weathered violent disruptions tive thus far. In a circle, they guide students Restorative circles don’t replace punithat’s the way it is.’ But if the adults don’t this year. through conversation about the issues and tive measures at Cedar. They do prevent take the first step of saying Cedar has such Incidents on Sept. 22 resulted in a hard factors that led to their conflict and try to conflict, though, which in turn reduces potential for excellence and we’re going to lockdown and police presence at both quell misperceptions, while providing a con- suspensions. This is work on that together schools. Kori Edmonds, a senior at Cedar, fidential space to express personal feelings especially important our students, if Kids don’t necessarily with was late to second period. Traveling her and burdens. at the Clarke County you don’t involve stunormal route down the main stairway to want to solve all their dents in solving the “When we’re in a session, we can literSchool District— class, fights broke out in the common area ally see the student’s mind and demeanor according to a report by problems that everyproblems by fighting, but above. A mass of people rushed towards change. They’re more relaxed, they’re more Richard Welsh of the body is experiencing, if that’s the tool that they her and up the stairs, many filming videos open to hear from the other person. You University of Georgia then you’re really not she would see later on social media. Cedar’s can see that they have their own dialogue on student discipline have in their toolbox, that’s going to be able to shift towards incidents like this, she said, and aren’t able to communicate,” Wingfield over 2015-18, in-school change that culture,” the tool they’re going to use. Malec said. “That’s is associated with underclassmen being said. “Initially everybody might be kind of suspension (ISS) and thrust into a high school ecosystem they are quiet. But towards the end, the students out-of-school suspenreally the spirit behind unprepared for. are having a conversation, like ‘No, I didn’t sion (OSS) were the most frequent conrestorative practices, is we have to share “This year has been as chaotic as it has say that I thought you said that,’ or ‘No, I sequences. Students who are Black, male, power amongst everybody—students, mainly because the senior class at Cedar don’t have a problem with you.’ At the end homeless or with a disability were most families and work together to make the is the only class that actually had one full when we see the students smiling, laughing, likely to receive punishment. Black students situation better. Because if we’re just going year of schooling. Even the juniors under we’ve even had students give each other a were 50% of the student population, yet to try to do this with the people at the top, us technically did not finish a full year,” hug—those are the things we like to see.” made up 80% of students disciplined over the administrators, it’s going to be really Edmonds said. “I think that lack of maturity Allen always follows up with students the period. Black male students, in particchallenging and likely not going to change and exposure to a normal high school envipost-circle to see if they need additional ular, made up 52%, more than double their that culture.” ronment has definitely created Wingfield and Allen are starta shift in culture and a bunch of ing Leadership Academy next behavioral issues, and that culsemester, a pilot program that ture has done things like encourwill teach The 7 Habits of Highly aging fighting.” Effective Teens by Stephen Covey With vulnerable and disto freshman girls. In addition, tressed students involved, they will be starting a monthly conflict resolution efforts this newsletter and increasing spirit year require sensitivity and events with the goal of reinforcdiligence. Both new to Cedar, ing Cedar pride. mental health counselor Kizzie Allen and Wingfield are new, Wingfield and behavioral but they said they’ve already witspecialist Cynthia Allen have nessed positive changes among implemented an approach to students they work with. Circles addressing conflicts: restorative build skills that go beyond just circles. not fighting. Restorative practices are “Not only do they [students] defined by the Georgia Conflict get to talk to the person that Center as “a movement orithey have a problem with, but ented by a set of guiding printhey’re getting that skill on how ciples that prioritize building to communicate to help them to community and connection, make time when they’re angry democratic participation and or mad. If we teach them how to responding to harm in ways communicate effectively at this that embrace relationships, age, this is a skill that they will inclusiveness, support and have for the rest of their lives, Kizzie Wingfield (left) and Cynthia Allen outside Cedar Shoals High School, where they use restorative justice practices to resolve not only with their peers, but accountability.” Headquartered conflicts among students. here in town, GCC serves three with their parents, coworkers or Clarke County Schools—Whit their relationship, building those Davis Elementary, Clarke Middle and Clarke support. Circles are not limited to just peer population. Additionally, they constituted skills to say, ‘You hurt me, this how I feel.’” Central—in addition to the greater commu- and peer conflict. Wingfield and Allen have 50% of lost instructional time from ISS and Wingfield said. nity. The circle process is an integral part of conducted restorative circles between a 55% from OSS. With every participant in the circle, addressing conflict in a restorative way, said teacher and student and parent and stuQuelling physical arguments at Cedar, Allen tries to build a relationship that will Danny Malec, GCC’s executive director and dent, and are open to expanding to any rela- though, requires a culture shift. “I’ve talked hold them accountable. “What we give is a former principal in Washington, D.C. tionship where grief or conflict is present. to a lot of students and educators who say the opportunity to talk things through, “Kids don’t necessarily want to solve all Much of the restorative work at Cedar the behaviors we’ve seen this year we’ve and then also at the same time we build a their problems by fighting, but if that’s the is proactive to prevent fighting. Wingfield never seen before. When I talk to the sturelationship with those particular students. tool that they have in their toolbox, that’s estimated that, nine times out of 10, a dents, I do feel like they’re disconnected We also talk about their goals and their what they’ve learned in their community, restorative circle is the result of a student from Cedar Shoals, they don’t have that aspirations. They know that ‘Hey, someone that’s the tool they’re going to use,” Malec approaching them with fears that a rising pride,” Allen said. “Adults who have gradin this building has high expectations of said. “If students know that at our school conflict will turn physical. To their knowluated from here have a sense of pride, but me, so I’m expected to carry myself like a we circle up to solve problems, if they edge, no student that participated in a circle students inside Cedar Shoals, I don’t think young lady or a young man. If I feel like I’m believe that it will be effective in them has engaged in fighting at school since. so.” going through something, I have someone I regaining respect or that there’s accountRestorative practices and traditional Edmonds has experienced conflict as can go talk to,’” Allen said. “Even though we ability through that process, students will punishments aren’t mutually exclusive. ordinary throughout her time at Cedar, have a lot of behavioral issues here, when I start to choose it little by little. That’s the Sometimes consequences, such as suspenbut finds herself especially resigned to it see students I see potential leaders, potenphilosophy of restorative justice—let’s sion, are necessary for the sake of safety, this year. “I’m not the type to go out of my tial doctors, lawyers or whatever they want, teach the skills and the tools so that we can but Malec said they have no value in changway to run towards a fight or to pull up they just need some guidance.” f
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“Unfortunately, too much of what we do as a society is build infrastructure to respond to bad stuff after it happens,” says Houle. “So I think we need to take seriously prevention… In my view, that’s the core purpose of public institutions is to look out for people’s wellbeing, and I do believe that the best way we can do that is to try to build a culture, and systems within that culture, in keeping that wellbeing and not struggling to get it back.” By Sam Lipkin editorial@flagpole.com Since late August, the intervention program has been facilitated at Creature Comforts Brewing Co., Flicker ublic safety is a persistent hot topic downtown, of Athens for Everyone seeking collaboration on local preTheatre & Bar, Hi-Lo Lounge and Little Kings Shuffle Club, especially during football season when crime tends vention training based on programs starting nationally. which includes staff members who also work at Manhattan to rise. While COVID has introduced new triggering Kimel-Sheppard says, “Bystander intervention is where Bar and Ciné. At this time, RSVP is putting together colissues like pandemic protocols, the community is still fight- someone who is not directly involved in the incident lected data, such as similar programs proven successful ing against age-old atrocities, namely sexual assault. becomes directly or indirectly involved in something that around the nation, to present to the mayor and commission New signs sit on top of old spots downtown, but the could be or is happening to prevent something worse from for their support. Measuring success in terms of prevenmemory of news headlines and incidents in the area make happening.” tion is tricky—success relates to attitude changes, in this many feel uneasy. In the case of The Warehouse (346 E. Once Houle joined the commission, discussions began case where staff feels confident and equipped to interBroad St.), new ownership is putting to rest a darker hisonce again between them and Kimel-Sheppard, but vene during an incident of threatened or percieved sexual tory with hopes of creating a “safe,” inclusive party hotspot COVID slowed any progress down. This summer, Creature violence. on the east end of downtown. Previously Hedges on Broad, Comforts Brewing Co. reached out to Kimel-Sheppard If the mayor and commission approve of the program, the ex-owner of this location and 100 Proof, David Ellis seeking sexual violence prevention training and offering its Kimel-Sheppard hopes that downtown venue, bar and Ippisch, was indicted on charges of rape and restaurant owners will view bystander intervenkidnapping on Feb. 11 of last year. In May 2020, tion training as worthwhile. “That could be a big Brian and Taylor Cowart took over the 100 Proof picture of less sexual assault actually happening location, renaming it The Rowdy Goose, followed in Athens. That could lead to a change in attitude by The Warehouse location in January 2021. so that we could be a community that really looks “Being [a] female [owner] and understanding out for each other,” says Kimel-Sheppard. where females come from in the party scene, we The Cottage’s director of adult services, Linnea want everyone to feel comfortable and safe,” says Ionno, explains that while incidents actually takTaylor. “The bartenders know that they can point ing place in downtown Athens are relatively few, to whomever it is, and security knows without there is a problem in how many assaults are initiquestions asked they’re leaving.” ated from interactions downtown before moving The husband and wife team have implemented to a more private location. It is also important to an extensive interviewing and training process be aware that a large number of sexual assaults are for all staff. Security is trained on how to deal committed by someone known to the survivor. Of with potential situations, how to identify signs of The Cottage’s Clarke County clients from January someone being uncomfortable, and how to handle to October of this year, 70% of them knew the issues that involve the opposite gender. Female perpetrator in some capacity, while less than 1% door staff, security and management present were assaulted by a complete stranger. The Cottage works in the community to raise awareness and facilitate the healing of indihelps to ensure that there is someone available to “There is a difference between prevention of viduals and families affected by sexual violence. put patrons at ease who may be uncomfortable sexual assault and risk reduction,” Linnea says. with a male staff member. “There are standard things we are all taught to Educating and screening staff in regards to sexual viospace for the taproom staff to discuss sexual harrassment reduce our risk of being harmed in any capacity, like never lence has been largely left to the owners and managers and violence, not only in the workplace, but because the going out alone, having friends to keep an eye out, keeping of downtown establishments; however, there is a new type of work that they do puts them in the situation to help your drink within view at all times, sharing your location education opportunity in the works. The Cottage Sexual patrons. The Cottage specializes in sexual assault response, with safe people, etc. But again, these risk reduction stratAssault Center, the University Health Center’s Relationship which comes after an incident, but because of this the staff egies don’t help specifically when the perpetrator is a partand Sexual Violence Prevention (RSVP) office and Athensis aware of a problem of sexual violence beginning in places ner or friend or someone you trust already.” Clarke County Commissioner Jesse Houle have come like downtown venues and bars. At this point, RSVP was For information about support, help and advocacy together to create an Athens-centric bystander interveninvited to collaborate in creating an official training proonline, visit The Cottage at northgeorgiacottage.org and tion training program for sexual violence tailored to the gram due to its experience in conducting bystander interRSVP at healthpromotion.uga.edu/rsvp. For immediate service industry. 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Love.Craft Athens PROMOTING INCLUSIVITY THROUGH THE ARTS By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com With a mission to empower adults with developmental disabilities, Love.Craft Athens uses visual art and music as tools for educating the local community, promoting customized employment at businesses and further facilitating a future of inclusivity. Since its inception three years ago, the nonprofit organization has grown from serving four to 30 participants who are encouraged to express themselves and learn job skills along the way, primarily by making and selling pottery. Love.Craft Athens was co-founded by Susan Fontaine and Ariel Levy, who previously worked together as special education teachers in an LID (low incidence disabilities) classroom at Clarke Middle School. Through her experience teaching, Fontaine came to realize how limited and inaccessible resources and opportunities were for students once they left the public school system. After completing her masters degree at UGA, where she specialized in transitioning adults with disabilities into the job force, she was inspired to launch Love.Craft Athens. “I noticed in my class a lot of our students enjoyed Play-Doh, and it wasn’t long before oven-baked clay made its way,” says Fontaine. “I just loved how accessible it is— cookie cutters for shapes, various ways to paint—so even my students with physical deficits could access and participate in making things. We discussed a few other potential business models, but pottery with such low overhead to create something so cool and useful just made the most sense to me.” Love.Craft is currently located at the Chase Park Warehouses in a spacious, sunny space formerly occupied by the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art. Its first pottery studio, however, was a small room serendipitously located down the hall from the recording studio Gift Horse, which quickly caught the attention of curious crew members. Recognizing the potential for self-expression through music and dance, Love.Craft began facilitating explorative jam sessions with the assistance of volunteer Aslyn Nash and Gift Horse co-owner Alec Stanley. Since then, the offerings have expanded to include a full-fledged Love.Craft Band, music therapy groups and instrument instruction led by Steven Ledbetter, also of Gift Horse. Like pottery, these musical activities help empower participants by improving focus, confidence, self-determination and communication—skills that can all be advantageous in career settings.
One of Love.Craft’s most important roles in the community is to educate businesses on customized vocation and how to better support adults with disabilities. While in the pottery studio, staff are able to assess each individual’s unique strengths, preferences and interests to make recommendations of specific modifications and accommodations for future employment opportunities. “Our goal is to create purposeful activities for our crew in the community so they feel needed and accomplished,” says Fontaine. “That can look a lot of different ways. Some want to be front of house talking to people, some want to be back in the back doing repetitive tasks, but we’ve definitely seen the most success when they work in a group.” So far, Love.Craft has partnered with Chispa House, STATE, Levy Restaurants, Phil Hughes Honda and Bitty & Beau’s to establish purposeful opportunities, and additionally began providing transportation to increase accessibility. While the pandemic has presented barriers to locating job placements, the nonprofit has been hard at work continuing community education by participating in markets and hosting other events. “We really just want to be a resource to provide an assessment of these individuals and be able to tell a business, ‘Hey, this person needs a list written out every day’ or ‘This person needs a timer or else they won’t keep track of time.’ Just the little self-management things we all do that we take for granted that we know how to determine.” Love.Craft crew members work on various projects in the studio space. Currently, the nonprofit financially sustains itself from pottery sales, events and donations, and there is no tuition required for program participants. Goals for this Held every third Thursday, a Community Craft night will upcoming year include the implementation of a finance include ornament making and snacks from local restaueducation program and the digitization of artwork that rants on Nov. 18 from 6–9 p.m. For Giving Tuesday on could compensate the crew. Nov. 30, Love.Craft will release its Imagine Project, a video Last year, Love.Craft Athens received one of 50 Arts in of music program participants performing John Lennon’s Community Resilience Awards, which were distributed by “Imagine” that will be accompanied by a pottery collection the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission and Athens-Clarke inspired by the song. The nonprofit will be the beneficiary County Unified Government in an effort to support creative of the Atlanta Artist Collective Show held at 336 Hill St. on projects by local independent artists and organizations Dec. 2 from 6–8:30 p.m., as well as the Ho Down X—feaduring the COVID-19 pandemic. This $2,000 award was turing live music by Susto, The Pink Stones, Daniel Donato, recently used to launch and staff a new public storefront, Convict Julie and WesdaRuler—at Southern Brewing Co. open to the public during once-a-month Sunday Showroom on Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. The season closes out with holiday events, that displays crew members’ creations. Additionally, shopping during a Sunday Showroom held on Dec. 12 from a new dedicated gallery space invites community artists— 10 a.m.–2 p.m. such as Hannah Betzel, Maria Dondero, Jamie Calkin and “My initial aspiration was to just create a business for Rosecreek Pottery—to display their wares. Hosting differadults with disabilities that I could then show the local ent artists each month heightens public awareness of the community how successful they can be and try to find them program, keeps crew members feeling inspired through jobs. Hence the pottery business,” says Fontaine. “However, seeing new work and helps build a bridge between the crew it has sort of evolved on its own, so now we’re exploring and larger creative community. art and music to connect with the Athens community. The Community engagement is central to Love.Craft’s self-expression and self-direction the program lends itself strategy for promoting inclusivity, and there are several to is almost the most inspiring aspect to me. I just want to opportunities to support the organization on the horizon. carve out more places for these people in our community.” f
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event’s description as published by the Willson center says, “These works have been written by UGA and Athens-based composers of the BIPOC community. Alongside the solo works, there will be corresponding documentary videos by composers entailing their upbringings navigating the world of music and composition as people of color.” This is a free event, but donations are encouraged. All proceeds will go towards supporting the Lift Music Fund, whose mission is
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Athens songwriter Jacob Mallow was just released last week, and it’s named Neighbors. He enlisted a small cabal of local musicians to flesh out the arrangements and act as players on this, and had it produced and released by Tommy Trautwein (Well Kept) on his WBAZ Records. Mallow’s songwriting is soulful and often takes place in the unlikely blended vein of artists as diverse as Tracy Chapman and Radiohead, such as on the song “From The Beginning.” (l-r) Wuxtry staff members Robert Brown, Maxwell Mahieu and Nate Mitchell. He’s also tapped into the deep well to make achievement in music more accessible and equiof Tim Hardin, Tim Buckley and Dave Mason. These are, table. For more information, please see willson.uga.edu/ obviously, only my impressions, and I’ve no idea if any of programs/spotlight-arts. this is intentional, but I certainly enjoyed the references. Neighbors runs 10 tracks long and can be found on all major GET DOWN WITH BROWN: Niño Brown will release “The streaming services. Internet,” the second single off his upcoming album, on EBONY AND IVORY: The Willson Center at UGA will present Nov. 18. It was only a few weeks ago that Brown released a performance by pianist Zaira Castillo titled Identity his Terrible Tingz EP. This new track is fairly mid-tempo but through Sound at Ciné on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. The with a distinctly downbeat rhythm. The full length is slated
versary with a throw down at Little Kings Shuffle Club sponsored by Southern Brewing Co. on Nov. 19. Keeping with the numerical spirit of things, select DJs will spin 45 rpm records. Specifically, these folks are Phillip Jagger (DJ Pip), Tim Schreiber and Nate Mitchell (DJ Nate from Wuxtry). A live show by The Asymptomatics is also scheduled to happen. The organizers have said that there will be homemade food and refreshments, as well as a raffle and giveaways. Doors are at 7 p.m., food shortly thereafter, and music will start around 10 p.m. The actual anniversary was back in March but, you know, nothing was happening then. So it’s happening now. If you’ve got any questions at all, you could hit up facebook.com/WuxtryAthens or, better yet, just drop by the store where they always love people dropping in and asking questions. PAY IT FORWARD: A benefit show for Athens’ Caitlin Gal is happening Friday, Nov. 26 at Hearts of Harvest Farm in Arnoldsville (0 Yancey Rd.). Cleverly billed as the Caitlin Gala, the lineup is pretty jaw-dropping and features Patterson Hood, Hardy & the Hardknocks, Blunt Bangs, Palace Doctor, Heffner, Reign & Reveltry, David Barbe and Swimming Pool Qs. Tickets are $35, which is both a total steal as well as a price point that should raise a decent amount of funds. Tickets are available via Eventbrite and, even if you can’t attend but would like to donate something, please see gofundme. com/f/caitlin-gal-cancer-fund for more information.
SLANG BANGIN’: Austin Darnell (The Darnell Boys, Deaf Judges) just released his first hip-hop music in a very long time. Working under the name Sawmill Slang, his new record is titled Something Monstrous and it runs a tasty seven tracks. There are guest appearances here from Louie Larceny, DJ Triz and album producer Donny Knottsville. Stylistically, this falls somewhere near both Memphis, TN’s Three 6 Mafia and Houston’s Bun B (UGK). The beats are slow, the lyrics are both reflective and violent, and it works just as well in the background as it does with headphones. Check it out at sawmillslang.bandcamp.com. f
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Thanksgiving Eating Options LOOKING TO DINE-IN OR TAKE-OUT? By Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com It’s your annual Turkey Day round-up of local businesses that are offering sides, turkeys, full meals and desserts for pick-up or are open on the day to serve you a feast. We’ll update this article online as we hear of more, so keep checking back if your favorite isn’t listed yet.
Donderos’ Kitchen has its usual abundance of choices, including gluten-free roasted whole turkey (10, 14, 18 or 22 lbs. for $4.95/lb.), dressing (traditional or GF, $13/$24 depending on size), quart containers of sides (mashed potatoes, mashed rutabagas and turnips, sweet and sour red
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Butcher & Vine, in Watkinsville (not the Athens location), is making a limited number of Thanksgiving charcuterie boards (orders are due by Wednesday, Nov. 17). All boards will have meats, cheeses and “seasonal accompaniments,” plus crackers and bread. They feed four to 10 people, cost $20 per person and come on a fancy platter you get to keep. You can also order turkey (heritage or regular), ham, prime rib, whole tenderloin, whole brisket or stone crab claws. To order, call at 706-7051466 or email butcherand vine@gmail.com.
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Butt Hutt is smoking turkeys for $60 each (16–18 lbs.). Call 706-850-8511 to order by Nov. 19, and pick up Nov. 24 after 4 p.m. or on the actual day (Nov. 25) from 8–10 a.m.
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The Cafe on Lumpkin will be open on Thanksgiving Day from 8–5 p.m. The Carriage House Buffet of Athens is open for Thanksgiving lunch on the actual day from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. ($15.99 adults, $13.99 seniors, $8.99 kids, free for children under 3). No reservations are needed, and take-out is available. Chops and Hops is doing full meals or individual components of such: herb-crusted turkey, braised balsamic roast beef, garlic mashed potatoes, candied yams, green bean casserole, roasted butternut squash, cranberry sauce, dressing, gravy, roasted carrots,
cabbage) for $13, sauces, gravy, and apple, pumpkin or pecan pie ($15-18). Fill out the order form at donderoskitchen.com by Nov. 19 (turkeys by Nov. 18), and pick up Nov. 23 from 2–4 p.m. or Nov. 24 from 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
or walk-up (no dine-in). Donations are accepted to benefit Project Safe. Heirloom Cafe has Thanksgiving meal kits available for preorder by Nov. 21 at heirloomathens.com. Items are intended to serve four, and orders will be available for pickup on Wednesday, Nov. 24 from 11 a.m.–8 p.m. Home.made has Thanksgiving sides orderable through its web shop at homemadeathens.com/shop: mac and cheese, tomato pie, sweet potato gratin or roasted fall vegetables (each $23.76, serves four to six); pimento cheese ($16.20/pint); pickled deviled eggs ($8.64/four); plus yeast rolls and the usual delicious snacks. Jack’s Cheesecake is offering pre-orders at jackscheesecake.com for pick up at the Family Dollar in Watkinsville on Nov. 24 from 3–6 p.m. Lindsey’s Culinary Market has gravy ($15/ quart); sourdough and cornbread dressing muffins ($4 each); a farmers’ market salad, sweet potato casserole with sorghum, bourbon and a spicy pecan topping; squash casserole, green beans with caramelized onions, bacon and roasted autumn vegetables ($19–$65 each, depending on size); pumpkin-apple-bear bisque ($19/ quart) and cranberry-pear compote ($12/pint). Pies and cakes for dessert are $22–$35 each. DM your order on Instagram at @ lindseysculinarymarket or call 706-353-0558 to order for pickup Nov. 22 (after 1 p.m.) or Nov. 23 (by 1 p.m.). As always, they can prepare foods in your dishes.
Em’s Kitchen is taking dessert orders for cookies or ooey-gooey bars. Call 706-2069322, or email emskitchen975@gmail.com.
Maepole has sides in family size ($14, feeds four) and holiday size ($26, feeds eight). These include green beans, mac and cheese, mashed sweet potatoes or any of your favorite Maepole side items. Order by Wednesday, Nov. 24 at maepole.com.
Five Bar and Chuck’s Fish are doing their annual Thanksgiving Feast on the actual day from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. The meal is free and can be picked up via drive-thru
Marti’s at Midday has sides of sweet potato casserole, roasted brussels sprouts tossed with pesto, mac and cheese, cornbread dressing, fresh green beans with
brown sugar and pecans, and smashed new potatoes for $14/$28 to serve four or eight, yeast rolls ($14/dozen) and dessert platters ($21.99). Order online at martisatmidday. com/catering-holiday-sides or call 706-5433541 by Nov. 19 to pick up Nov. 23–24. Off the Vine Produce, in Winterville, has sides in half ($20, feeds 15–25) and full pans ($45, feeds 30–40) of cornbread dressing, hashbrown casserole, sweet potato soufflé, mac and cheese, green beans, pistachio pudding/Watergate salad, broccoli casserole, broccoli salad, pretzel salad (strawberry or pineapple) and Italian pasta salad, as well as pies for $12 and two- or three-layer cakes for $25/$30. Call 706899-0400 to order. Pulaski Heights BBQ has smoked turkey breast with gravy (3 lbs., serves four to six, $55), house-brined and -smoked shoulder hams (5 lbs., serves 12–15, $65; order deadline has passed), brisket (6 lbs., serves 15–20, $155), pork shoulder (5 lbs., serves 10–15, $65), smoked tofu ($16/quart, serves four to six; $42 half-pan, serves 10–15), housemade orange-cranberry sauce ($8/pint), extra gravy ($13/quart) and sides for $13/quart (serves six to eight) or $35 half-pan (serves 15–20). Banana pudding for $15–40. Pre-order online by scrolling down to the Thanksgiving tab on Upserve. Pick up Nov. 24 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. (no ramen night) or on Thanksgiving Day between 12–1 p.m. Rashe’s Cuisine is doing smoked jerk turkeys ($70) or chickens ($35) with three 1 lb. pans of sides (mac and cheese, collards, green beans, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes or zucchini/squash cornbread) and Jamaican cranberry cake for dessert. Order and pay at rashecuisine.com to pick up Nov. 22–24. Saucehouse is doing a full holiday package that includes turkey or ham, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, two sides (choose from mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, green bean casserole and sweet potato casserole) and Sister Schubert’s rolls. Add tea or lemonade for $6/gallon and desserts (peach cobbler, bread pudding, banana pudding, brownies/cookies) priced per person. $14/ person drop-off ($250 minimum) or $22/ person full-service ($1,000 minimum), or for $65 you can get a whole turkey or ham with none of the frills. Call 888-978-7948, ext. 4 or email catering@saucehouse.com to order. f
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Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 6:45 p.m. (pre-performance talk at Ramsey Hall), 7:30 p.m. $35–55. www.pac.uga.edu RANKY TANKY A band of South Carolinians, mixing Gullah culture and Lowcountry traditions with large doses of jazz, gospel, funk and R&B. DOM FLEMONS A multi-instrumentalist known as the “American Songster” and a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. He won a Grammy with that group and earned additional nominations for solo albums. Southern Brewing Co. 7:30 p.m. www.sobrewco.com FUNKY BLUESTER Blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles.
Wednesday 17 Athentic Brewing Co. Outdoors. 5 p.m. www.athentic brewing.com WADE NEWBURY Singer, guitarist and drummer who performs both as a solo acoustic act and with several bands (Tangents, Norma Rae, The Rebecca Sunshine Band). Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. Outdoors. 5 p.m. www.athensfarmersmarket.net THE HOBOHEMIANS Six-piece acoustic band performing American and European roots music of the 1910s–30s. Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $15–18. www.georgiatheatre.com ZOSO One of the longest-tenured Led Zeppelin tribute bands returns to Athens. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. www.music.uga.edu UGA WIND SYMPHONY The group includes undergraduate music majors, music minors and gifted non-majors who are preparing for careers in performance, music education or a life-long involvement with music. International Grill & Bar Outdoors. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/IGBAthensGA
THE LUCKY JONES Athens-based band playing rockin’ rhythm and blues. Porterhouse Grill 6–9 p.m. www.porterhouseathens. com/jazz JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy a live jazz trio every Wednesday night over dinner.
Thursday 18 Athens Institute for Contemporary Art Virtual. Third Thursday. 7 p.m. FREE! (registration required). bit.ly/ athica111821 ENCHAINS George Davidson, Joe Rowe and Jay Nackashi perform gentle, spacious instrumental music, cine-delis soundtrack snapshots for never-filmed dreams. The Classic Center 7:30 p.m. www.classiccenter.com MR. MOUSE AND THE RAT PACK A musical stage production reliving the good old days of the Rat Pack. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com VELVET WILLOW Atlanta-based hard-rock band. GROUNDS CREW Atlanta rock trio. JET PHASE Local grunge-influenced indie-rock band. Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. (doors), 8:30 p.m. (show). $16–21. www.georgia theatre.com JAMESON RODGERS Up-and-coming pop-country singer-songwriter. JORDAN ROWE Country singer-songwriter from South Georgia. Hendershot’s Coffee 7 p.m. (sign-ups), 8–11 p.m. www. hendershotscoffee.com JAZZ JAM Seth Hendershot and the house band Unstarched host an open jazz jam. Bring an instrument or your voice. Every Third Thursday. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. $3 (w/ student ID), $20. pac.uga.edu THURSDAY SCHOLARSHIP SERIES UGA Glee Clubs and Jazz Ensemble perform. International Grill & Bar Outdoors. 7 p.m. FREE! www.face book.com/IGBAthensGA ASHLEY TATARSKY & GARY STONE Acoustic singer-songwriters.
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40 Watt Club 7:30 p.m. (doors). $7 (adv.). www.40watt.com LANE MARIE O’KELLEY Local indie-pop singer-songwriter. SARAH MOOTZ Indie pop-rock artist with a lot of soul. Flicker Theatre & Bar Ambient Night Vol. 1. 9 p.m. (doors). $7. www.flickertheatreand bar.com WUORNOS Experimental noise and drone group. IHLYATT Abstract electronic music by multimedia artist J. Anderssen. REVEREND SCOTT STRIPLING Local artist creating exploratory analog soundscapes. DESERT OF STARS Audiovisual drone by Griffin Hans. First live performance! Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $40.50. www.georgiatheatre.com DIRTY GUV’NAHS Roots-rockers from Knoxville, TN. SAM BURCHFIELD The Atlanta-based singer-songwriter plays a set of his folk-pop tunes. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. $3 (w/ UGA ID), $12. pac.uga.edu UGA WIND ENSEMBLE The ensemble performs chamber works as well as large-scale compositions, both new works and old classics, and music from around the world. UGA AFRICAN AMERICAN CHORAL ENSEMBLE The group presents their concert of songs that celebrate, honor and originate the African-American experience. Innovation Amphitheater Outdoors. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $20. www.innovation amphitheater.com CAPITAL CITY EXPRESS ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS Experience the joy of Christmas with a live orchestra and other holiday festivities. International Grill & Bar Outdoors. 7 p.m. FREE! www.face book.com/IGBAthensGA DIXIELAND FIVE Athens-based jazz band playing styles of the early 20th century that came from New Orleans.
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Nowhere Bar nowherebarlive.com CYDIAN Atlanta alternative band with screamo influences. Southern Brewing Co. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $20–25. bit.ly/DNCAthens DRIVIN’ N CRYIN’ Legendary Atlanta band playing hard-charging, Southern-inspired rock. LYNX DELUXE Andy Browne of ‘80s Atlanta punk rockers The Nightporters leads new rock and roll songs drawing from his English roots. The Warehouse Athens 11 p.m. $5. www.thewarehouse athens.com CONNER SMITH Country singer-songwriter.
Saturday 20 Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. Outdoors. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. www.athensfarmers market.net TIFFANY ALLEN No info available. (8 a.m.) THE LONESOME DAWN New local group fronted by Sarah Lawing and Brian Smith whose music will be featured in GPB’s upcoming series on Georgia landscapes, “View Finders.” (10 a.m.) Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. (doors). $9. www.flicker theatreandbar.com GUILLOTINE Hard-hitting local death-metal band. NAW Atlanta-based noise-rock band. GORNORMITY Death metal band from Bethlehem, GA. Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $40.50. www.georgiatheatre.com DIRTY GUV’NAHS Roots-rockers from Knoxville, TN. Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com BICHOS VIVOS Local band playing forró—accordion and triangle-driven country music from Brazil. Music video release party! International Grill & Bar Outdoors. 7 p.m. FREE! www.face book.com/IGBAthensGA KARAOKE NIGHT Hosted by DJs Lynn and Barbie. Little Kings Shuffle Club 7:30 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $7.
FOODEATER New band comprised of members from Apparition, Rottweiler and American Cheeseburger. Tape release show! MUTANT STRAIN Riffy, rippin’ hardcore from Charlotte, NC. NO TOUCH New Atlanta punk. CONSEC New local hardcore band featuring members of Apparition. No. 3 Railroad Street 6 p.m. $10 suggested donation. www.3railroad.org MARION MONTGOMERY & GLYN DENHAM Marion (slide, steel guitar) and Glyn (dobro, guitar, harmonica) play a blend of blues, ballads and Americana with a twinge of old-style country. Trappeze Pub 11:30 p.m.–2 a.m. $5. www.trappezepub.com SILENT DISCO Grab a pair of headphones and enjoy a silent disco with your pals. Every Saturday.
Sunday 21 Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 3 p.m. $20–50. pac.uga.edu SHARON ISBIN AND JESSICA RIVERA Guitarist Sharon Isbin and soprano Jessica Rivera converge for a program of solo guitar music and
art songs that explore the breadth, depth, and passion of music from across the Spanish diaspora. Rialto Room 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. (two sets). $15. but.ly/Segar JazzNov21 THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR Dwain Segar curates a night of smooth jazz, featuring pianist Madoca.
Tuesday 23 Southern Brewing Co. 7:30 p.m. www.sobrewco.com FUNKY BLUESTER Blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles.
Down the Line 11/27 Beau Diamond, Burn Babes (International Grill & Bar) 11/30 Jason Mraz with Toca Rivera (The Classic Center) 12/3 St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Buffalo Nichols (Georgia Theatre) 12/3 Classic City Band (The Classic Center) 12/3 Caleb Caudle, Spencer Thomas (The Lewis Room at Tweed Recording)
Pandemic Protocols 40 Watt Club: masks indoors; proof of full vaccination required Athentic Brewing Co.: masks indoors Bishop Park: outdoors; masks encouraged The Classic Center: masks indoors Creature Comforts Brewery: masks indoors Flicker Theatre & Bar: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours; masks indoors Georgia Theatre/Rooftop: masks indoors; proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 72 hours Hendershot’s Coffee: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall: masks encouraged Innovation Amphitheater: outdoors International Grill and Bar: masks encouraged Little Kings Shuffle Club: masks indoors Nowhere Bar: proof of full vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours No. 3 Railroad Street: proof of vaccination indoors; masks indoors Porterhouse Grill: masks encouraged Rialto Room: masks indoors Southern Brewing Co.: masks indoors Trappeze Pub: masks indoors The Warehouse: no protocols
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Art ATHENS CREATIVE DIRECTORY (Athens, GA) The ACD is a platform to connect creatives with patrons. Visual artists, musicians, actors, writers and other creatives are encouraged to create a free listing. athenscreatives@gmail.com, athenscreatives.directory ATHICA’S BUY THE BUILDING CAMPAIGN (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art) In celebration of its 20th anniversary, ATHICA is hoping to purchase its current facility. Donations are tax-deductible and offer incentives. www. gofundme.com/f/athica-20thbirthday CALL FOR ARTISTS (Starlite Showroom) Participate in Treehouse Kid & Craft’s Hollyday Handmade Artist Market this year. Deadline Nov. 20. Market held Dec. 5, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.treehousekidandcraft.com CALLS FOR ENTRIES (ATHICA) “Material Alchemy: Metal and
Color” seeks works made from or informed by metal and its collaboration with color. Deadline Nov. 20. Exhibition opens in spring. www. athica.org/calls COMMERCE FOLK TO FINE ARTS FESTIVAL (Commerce Civic Center) Seeking regional artists for the 10th annual festival. Mar. 4, 3–8 p.m. Mar. 5, 9 a.m.–7 p.m. 706-335-6417, folktofinearts@ commercega.org, www.folk-fine arts.com HOLI-LADDER-DAY MARKET (tiny ATH gallery) Seeking artists to participate in the third annual market. Each artist sets up their own ladder to display crafts, art and wares. Participate on one ($40) or both days ($60). Register online. Dec. 11–12, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. tinyurl. com/hjr97cm JOKERJOKERTV CALL FOR ARTISTS (Online) JOKERJOKERtv is open to ideas and actively accepting proposals for collaboration from visual/musical/video artists and curators living in Athens. Artists
art around town ACC LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) Lisa Freeman brings to light the mystery of the forgotten through “Furthermore,” an exhibition of assemblage art constructed from found objects and photographs. Through Jan. 2. ARTWALL@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “All of Nothing” considers the intersection of natural and industrial beauty through the works of Alexa Rivera, Christina Matacotta and Zahria Cook. THE ATHENAEUM (287 W. Broad St.) “Trevor Paglen: Vision After Seeing” explores the limits of human vision and the rise of automated vision technologies such as surveillance cameras and high powered telescopes. ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: ATHICA (675 Pulaski St.) Curatorial team Derek Faust and Lauren Peterson present “Remote Residue by Doppler Projects,” a collection of objects, photographs, sounds and videos that are residual, remnant or peripheral within an artist’s studio practice. Virtual Third Thursday Music Night featuring George Davidson, Joe Rowe and Jay Nackashi on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. Through Nov. 21. ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Floridian artist Eddie Lohmeyer’s video art exhibition, “Entropic Cinema,” uses deconstructive approaches such as glitch, physical modifications to hardware, and assemblage. Through Dec. 30. BARBAR VINTAGE TEXTILES AND HOME (1354 S. Milledge Ave.) “Michael Ross: Gardens and Forests” features lush oil paintings of forests, fields, wetlands, birds and humans in relation to natural spaces. His subject matter results from his sense of wonder at the world, and evokes the meditative and healing qualities of nature. Opening reception Nov. 18, 7–9 p.m. Through Dec. 11. CIRCLE GALLERY AT THE UGA COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN (285 S. Jackson St.) “Oh, The Places We’ll Go!” features photographs by Brad Davis and David Nichols from their new book, Plants in Design, which depicts landscapes of the Southeast, the East and West Coasts of the U.S., and Europe. Through Dec. 17. CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) “Hello, Welcome!” presents abstract worlds by Maggie Davis, Jonah Cordy, Carol MacAllister and Jason Matherly. • “Classic City” interprets the city of Athens, GA through the works of James Burns, Sydney Shores, Thompson Sewell and Allison Ward. COMMUNITY (260 N. Jackson St.) A collection of paintings by Andy Cherewick. Through December. DODD GALLERIES (270 River Rd.) Dawn William Boyd’s “Woe” features large-scale cloth paintings critiquing social injustice, racial violence and other abuses of power. Through Nov. 18. • “Flat Earth: A Visitation” features paintings by Atlanta-based artist Pam Longobardi. Through Nov. 18. • In “Pinky Promise,” Jacob Wan and MFA candidate Lila Villalobos create parallel narratives in their work to examine humanness and how love and experience shapes one’s understanding of the world. Through Nov. 18. • “8.19%” exhibits the work of undergraduate and graduate members of the Black Artists Alliance at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through Nov. 18. EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Painter, writer, cartoonist and musician Lance Ash shares a collection of recent acrylics works created in the artist’s signature cartoon style of painting. Through November.
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worldwide can also submit music videos, short films, skits and ideas to share with a weekly livestream audience. www.jokerjokertv.com/ submit 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 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 Dec. 15 and Mar. 15. www.athens arts.org/grants
Classes ACTING FOR CAMERA AND STAGE (Work.Shop) Learn how to act
with professional actor and coach Jayson Warner Smith (“The Walking Dead,” “The Vampire Diaries,” “Outer Banks”). Mondays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. $400/12 sessions. jwsclassinquiry@jaysonsmith.com, www.jaysonsmith.com/teacher ART WORKSHOPS (K.A. Artist Shop) René Shoemaker teaches a class on the business of art. Dec. 18–19, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. $200. admin@ka artist.com CHAIR YOGA (Sangha Yoga Studio) This class is helpful for flexibility, strength, balance and increasing circulation and energy. All levels welcome. Every Thursday, 12–1 p.m. $16 (drop-in), $72 (six weeks). 706-613-1143 CHAIR YOGA AND MINDFULNESS (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Nicole Bechill teaches a well-rounded, gentle and accessible chair yoga class to promote breathing, mindfulness and inward listening. Every Monday, 9 a.m. $10. www.wintervillecenter.com COMMUNITY MEDITATION (Rabbit Hole Studios) Jasey Jones leads a guided meditation suitable for all levels that incorporates music, gentle movement and silence. Wednesdays, 6–7 p.m. jaseyjones@gmail. com
FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Dark and imaginative pen-and-ink illustrations by James Greer that borrow inspiration from dreams and the subconscious mind. Closing reception Nov. 22, 6–8 p.m. Currently on view through Nov. 27. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Power and Piety in 17th-Century Spanish Art.” Through Nov. 28. • “In Dialogue: Artists, Mentors, Friends: Ronald Lockett and Thornton Dial Sr.” focuses on one work by each artist to examine their friendship and compare their creative approaches. Through Nov. 28. • “Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art” pays homage to the objects stolen during the Gardner Museum heist in 1990 through light boxes, color-blocked graphics and video animation. Through Dec. 5. • “Neo-Abstraction: Celebrating a Gift of Contemporary Art from John and Sara Shlesinger.” Through Dec. 5. • “Whitman, Alabama” features 23 of 52 films from journalist, photographer and filmmaker Jennifer Crandall’s ongoing documentary project of the same name. Through Dec. 12. • “Inside Look: Selected Acquisitions from the Georgia Museum of Art” features previously unseen works from the museum’s collection of over 18,000 objects. Through Jan. 30. • “Collective Impressions: Modern Native American Printmakers.” Through Jan. 30. GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Zane Cochran presents “Aurora,” a sculptural interpretation of the aurora borealis using 3D geometric figures and lights. HEIRLOOM CAFE (815 N. Chase St.) Multimedia artist Lois Songster renders plants and animals in combinations of gouache, color pencils, wood, watercolors, paper, pen and ink, digital art and more. Through Jan. 3. HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE (237 Prince Ave.) Acrylics and found objects on canvas by Tom Hancock. Through November. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) AJ Aremu presents a largescale installation for “Window Works,” a site-specific series that utilizes the building’s front entrance windows for outdoor art viewing. • Guest curated by Abraham Tesser, “Willow Oak Tree Exhibit” features works created by local artists using the reclaimed wood of a willow oak tree that lived on the lawn of the historic Ware-Lyndon House for over a century. Through Nov. 18. • Collections From Our Community presents Bil Raines’ collection of antique toy pond boats. Through Jan. 16. • George Davison presents “Chants/Chance: Tincture, Totem & Charms,” a collection of whimsical assemblages. Through Jan. 1. • “Figure Ground” explores positive space versus negative space, or figure versus ground, through the artworks of Kevin Cole, William Downs, Phil Jasen, Susan Nees, Terry Rowlett, Kate Windley and Sunkoo Yuh. Nov. 18–Jan. 15. • Curated by Kendall Rogers, “Curation of Self Image” includes works by Parawita Stamm, Anjali Howlett, Lauren Schuster, Monsie Troncosco, Emmie Harvard and Alan Barrett. Nov. 18–Jan. 15. • “Follow Like Friend” investigates issues surrounding social media through the works of Alyssa Davis, Kimberly Riner and Stephanie Sutton. Nov. 18–Jan. 15. MADISON ARTISTS GUILD (125 W. Jefferson St., Madison) Folk artist Peter Loose presents “When Birds Gather.” Through Dec. 24. MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “MAG POPS!” is a group exhibition of artwork by members of the Madison Artists Guild. Through January. OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Artwork by Kate Windley, an assistant professor of art at the University of
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CRYSTAL ALCHEMY SOUND BATH (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) This session will integrate guided meditation, breath-work, sound healing and somatic release. Nov. 27, 12:30–1:45 p.m. $20–35 suggested donation. www.revolution therapyandyoga.com DEDICATED MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly Zoom meditations are offered every Saturday at 8:30–9:30 a.m. Email for details. richardshoe@gmail.com LINE DANCE (Bogart Community Center) For beginners and beyond. Every Thursday, 6:30–8 p.m. $7. ljoyner1722@att.net MINDFULNESS PRACTICE EVENINGS (Online) Discuss and practice how to change your relationship with difficult thoughts and emotions. Email for the Zoom link. Second Friday of the month, 6–7 p.m. FREE! mfhealy@bellsouth.net PAINTING CLASSES (Private Studio on Athens Eastside) One-on-one or small group adult classes are offered in acrylic and watercolor painting. Choose day workshops, ongoing weekly classes or feedback sessions. laurenpaintspaintings@ gmail.com YOGA CLASSES (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Online classes include “Trauma Conscious Yoga with Crystal” Thursdays at 6 p.m. and “Yoga for Wellbeing with Nicole Bechill” on Saturdays at 10:45 a.m. Visit website to register. www.revolution therapyandyoga.com ZOOM YOGA (Online) Rev. Elizabeth Alder offers “Off the Floor Yoga” (chair and standing) on Mondays
at 1:30 p.m. and “Easy on the Mat” yoga classes on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Ongoing classes are $5/class or $18/month. 706-612-8077, ommmever@yahoo.com
Events ADAM GOPNIK (UGA Chapel) Adam Gopnik, a writer for The New Yorker, speaks on “Reconnecting the Arts and Sciences.” Nov. 17, 4 p.m. FREE! provost.uga.edu ART EVENTS (Georgia Museum of Art) “Artful Conversation: Matthew Brandt’s ‘Great Salt Lake UT 5” is held Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. “Zoom Panel Discussion: Perspectives on ‘Whitman, Alabama’” is held Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. “Yoga in the Galleries” is held Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. “Morning Mindfulness” is held Nov. 19 at 9:30 a.m. www.georgiamuseum.org ATHENS FARMERS MARKET (Multiple Locations) Saturday markets are held at Bishop Park from 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Wednesday markets are held at Creature Comforts Brewery from 5–7 p.m. Both markets offer fresh produce, flowers, eggs, meats, prepared foods, a variety of arts and crafts, and live music. Additionally, AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent at the market. A holiday artist market will be held Nov. 27, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. www.athens farmersmarket.net ATHENS HERITAGE WALKS (Multiple Locations) Historic Athens announces a series of guided tours through neighborhoods and places of interest. “Queer Space: Athens,
North Georgia. Through November. OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) Chris Greer’s photography exhibition, “Georgia Discovered,” captures the beauty of landscapes across the state. • “Emojis & Tea: Studio Dialogue Between Friends During Isolation” is a collaborative exhibition by Isabell Daniel and Kate Windley. • “Cut & Paste: The Art of Collage and Assemblage” is a group exhibition celebrating artists who reinvent and reassemble materials, mediums and found objects. Through Nov. 19. TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) “Sarah Flinn’s exhibition, “A Toothy Grin,” includes fantastical sculptures, paintings on wood and largescale woven “poofs.” Open 3Thurs on Nov. 18, 6–9 p.m. Open by appointment through November. 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.) The new Ted Turner Exhibition Hall and Gallery showcases CNN founder and environmentalist Ted Turner’s life and legacy through memorabilia, photographs and other items. • “Drinkable Water in Georgia” is an interactive exhibit tracing the geographic, environmental and political factors that surround the natural resource and how those issues have impacted Georgians. Through December. • “Not Only for Ourselves: The Integration of UGA Athletics” celebrates the 50th anniversary of integration of the Georgia Bulldogs football team. Tours are offered at 3 p.m. on Fridays before each home football game. On view through Spring 2022. • “At War With Nature: The Battle to Control Pets in Georgia’s Fields, Forests and Front Yards” includes 3D models of insects alongside newspaper articles, government documents and photos to take viewers through the entomological and horticultural wars that Georgians have waged in their own yards, as well as the environmental, ecological and public health concerns related to pests and eradication efforts. Through May 27. WHEN IN ATHENS (Multiple Locations) Organized by The Humid with support from an Arts in Community Award from the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission, “When In Athens” is a city-wide public art exhibition of images by over 100 photographers made in every Athens. Photographs are installed in the windows of street-facing businesses. Participating locations include Creature Comforts, Georgia Theatre, The Grit, Hi-Lo Lounge, Trappeze Pub and many others. Visit thehumid.com for a full list of participating venues. WOODHILL (4745 Bob Godfrey Rd.) A pop-up exhibition includes creative works by Dortha Jacobson, Greg Krakow, Leigh Ellis, Ansley Williams, Wini McQueen and Barbara Odil. Event held Nov. 27–28 & Dec. 4–5, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Dec. 1, 12–6 p.m. 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. Visit willson.uga.edu. WINTERVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY AND CULTURE (371 N. Church St., Winterville) The “Student Art Exhibit” features works by current art students at the Winterville Center. Through December.
Georgia” is held Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. Tours are $12–15 each. www.facebook.com/historicathens ATHENS SHOWGIRL CABARET (Hendershot’s Coffee) Drag For All is an all-ages show. Nov. 19, 7 p.m. FREE! www.athensshowgirl cabaret.com BAD MOVIE NIGHT (Ciné) Lost at sea, a group of moronic teens stumble upon an abandoned, futuristic yacht that has been experimenting with carnivorous fish that live out of water in the sleazy Italian schlock Creatures from the Abyss. Nov. 19, 8 p.m. FREE! instagram. com/BadMovieNight BIKE ATHENS 5TH BIRTHDAY PARTY (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Bike Athens celebrates its five-year anniversary with a monthly group ride that ends at Little Kings for music by DJ Hermosa and DJ Kaptain. Nov. 26, 6-10 p.m. FREE! www.bikeathens.com BIKE NIGHT (Akademia Brewing Co.) Grab a beer with the Athens Litas Women’s Motorcycle Collective. All bikes and people are welcome. First Thursday of every month, 6–9 p.m. www.akademiabc.com BUSINESS AFTER HOURS (Piedmont University, 1282 Prince Ave.) Tour the new facility, learn more about the programs it houses, and network with Piedmont students, faculty and staff. Nov. 18, 5–7 p.m. THE CHRISTMAS EXPRESS (Ebert Theatre, Elberton) Get into the season with this holiday story written by Pat Cook and directed by George Moreau. Nov. 19–20, 7 p.m. Nov. 21, 2 p.m. $9–16. www.elbert theatre.org COFFEE HISTORY & TASTING (Historic Athens Welcome Center) Jittery Joe’s head roaster Charlie Mustard hosts a tasting of the new “1820 Classic Cup” coffee blend. Dec. 4, 12 p.m. FREE! www.athens welcomecenter.com COMEDY NIGHT (Akademia Brewing Company) Featuring Ronnie Fleming, Daniel Crow and David Piccolomini. Nov. 18. akademiabc.com DODD MARKET (Lamar Dodd School of Art, First Floor and Courtyard) Browse and shop from over 50 student artists who will be selling their artwork. Find prints, paintings, ceramics and more. Nov. 19, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. doddambassadors@ uga.edu HENDERSHOT’S COMEDY NIGHT (Hendershot’s Coffee) Noell Appling hosts comedians from Athens and Atlanta. Nov. 17, 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com HOLIDAY MARKET (Athens Academy) Check out unique handmade items from over 65 vendors from across the southeast. Nov. 18, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. www.athensacademy. org HOLIDAY WREATH WORKSHOP (Historic Athens Welcome Center) Join Maggie Haden from The Petal Exchange for an afternoon of making holiday wreaths. Materials included. Dec. 2, 2 p.m. $65. www. athenswelcomecenter.com IDENTITY THROUGH SOUND (Ciné) To create the short film Identity Through Sound, pianist Zaira Castillo solicited musical pieces from BIPOC students, then performed them alongside interviews with the student composers. Nov. 18, 7 p.m. arts.uga.edu LOVE.CRAFT COMMUNITY CRAFT NIGHT (Love.Craft Athens) Make a craft and get to know the crew members of Love.Craft. Nov. 18, 6–9 p.m. $25. www.lovecraft athens.org LUPITA’S REVENGE (Lyndon House Arts Center) Written and directed by Abel Kleinbaum with lead visual artist Phil Jasen, “Lupita’s Revenge”
is a lively shadow puppet play featuring love, vengeance, a long journey all of which is accompanied by a live soundtrack of Latin American classics performed by some of Athens musical talents. Reservations required. Nov. 18, 7 p.m. www.acc gov.com/lyndonhouse MADISON CO. LIBRARY EVENTS (Madison Co. Library) “Inclusive Book Club” for adults of all abilities will discuss Dog Stories by James Herriot on Nov. 30 at 11 a.m. www. athenslibrary.org/madison MARGO METAPHYSICAL EVENTS (Margo Metaphysical) Monday Tarot Readings offered 1–5 p.m. ($6 per card). Tuesday Tarot with Davita offered 4–6 p.m. ($5 per card). Wednesday Night Sound Healing with Joey held 6–7:30 p.m. ($35). Thursday Tarot with Courtney is offered 12–5 p.m. ($10–45). Friday Henna Party with Aiyanna ($10–75). 706-372-1462, jfurman 65@gmail.com MARIGOLD MARKET (Pittard Park, Winterville) Vendors offer local produce, prepared and baked goods, and arts and crafts. Season runs every Saturday through Dec. 11, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. marigoldmarket winterville@gmail.com OCONEE FARMERS MARKET (Oconee County Courthouse Front Parking Lot, Watkinsville) A winter edition of the Oconee Farmers Market. Locally grown fresh produce, locally prepared food, locally handmade arts and crafts, and live music too. Nov. 20, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! oconeefarmersmarket.net RABBIT HOLE EVENTS (Rabbit Hole Studios) Fake Zappa hosts Crazy Cowboy Night, an evening of redneck fashion, outlaw country and poor taste with live music, comedy and more. First and third Thursdays, 7 p.m. Athens Crypto Society meets Fridays at 6 p.m. Rabbit Hole Business Networking Guild meets Fridays at 7 p.m. White Rabbit Collective hosts a drum circle every Sunday from 5–7 p.m., followed by an afterparty with painting, singing, games, yoga and more from 7:30– 11 p.m. www.rabbitholestudios.org SMALL BREWERY SUNDAY (Athentic Brewing Company) Support independent craft breweries during one of the busiest holiday shopping weekends of the year. Use the hashtags #SmallBrewerySunday and #SeekTheSeal. Nov. 29. www. athenticbrewing.com SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY CRAFT FAIR (Athentic Brewing Company) Shop from over a dozen small local businesses selling items for the upcoming holiday season. Vendors include Wicked World, Clayton Street Clay, Maslouhi, Creations by Rise, Pinky’s Productions, HGH Designs and more. Nov. 27, 12–5 p.m. www. athenticbrewing.com SOUTHERN STAR STUDIO OPEN GALLERY (Southern Star Studio) Southern Star Studio is a working, collective ceramics studio, established by Maria Dondero in 2016. The gallery contains members’ work, primarily pottery. Every Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.southern starstudioathens.com SOUTHERN VIOLENCE AND WRESTLING PRESENTS HOME ALONE (Southern Brewing Co.) The premiere wrestling promotion features everything from technical wrestling to bloody affairs. Nov. 20, 7 p.m. $5–10. www.sobrewco.com SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTS (Various Locations) UGA presents its 10th annual festival with over 60 events and exhibitions in the literary, performing and visual arts. Check website for full calendar. Through Nov. 30. arts.uga.edu
10TH ANNUAL BUDDY CHRISTIAN MEMORIAL 5K RUN/WALK (Pittard Park, Winterville) Help raise money for the Buddy Christian Foundation which works to protect law enforcement officers by preventing line of duty deaths and serve the surviving family members of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Nov. 26, 9 a.m. $25–30. buddychristianfoundation. org THROUGH THE NIGHT (Online) Watch a virtual film screening and listen to a panel discussion for Through the Night, a documentary exploring the personal cost of the modern economy through the stories of two working mothers and a child care provider, whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare
DJs playing 45 RPM vinyl singles, home-cooked food, refreshments, raffle prizes, giveaways and live music from local act The Asymptomatics. Nov. 19, 7 p.m. FREE! www.wuxtryrecords.com
Kidstuff ART CARD CLUB (K.A. Artist Shop) Katy Lipscomb and Tyler Fisher lead weekly gatherings to create, trade and exhibit miniature masterpieces the size of playing cards. Some materials provided, but participants can bring their own as well. The club meets on Fridays, 4:30–6 p.m. (ages 10–12) and 6:30–8 p.m. (ages 13–17). www. kaartist.com
OCONEE CO. LIBRARY EVENTS (Oconee Co. Library) “Among Us: In Real Life” is held Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. at the Oconee County Civic Center. “Anime Club” is held Nov. 22 at 6 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org RIPPLE EFFECT FILM PROJECT CALL FOR FILMS (Athens, GA) Submit a short film interpreting this year’s theme is “Healthy Water, Healthy World.” Open to Pre-K through 12th grade filmmakers. Deadline Jan. 15. www.rippleeffect filmproject.org TEEN CLUBS (Lyndon House Arts Center) “Teen Media Arts Club” covers how to make and edit videos. Tuesdays, 5–7 p.m. “Teen Fashion Design/Sewing Club” is led by local designer Tabitha Fielteau. Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. “Teen Cartoon/Illustrator’s Club” covers drawing techniques, storytelling, anime and more. Thursdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. www.accgov.com/ myrec VIDEO GAME NIGHT (Lay Park) Play the latest video games during tournament style play and free play. For ages 11–17. Registration required. Mondays through Dec. 13, 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3596
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Paintings by Terry Rowlett are featured in “Figure Ground,” a group exhibition on view at the Lyndon House Arts Center Nov. 18–Jan 15. center in New Rochelle, NY. Nov. 17, 6 p.m. Search for the event on Eventbrite UUFA VIRTUAL FORUM (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) “LBGTQ+/TGQNB: What Do all the Letters Mean?” Join members of the welcoming congregation team in making sense of the alphabet soup of gender and sexual identity. Nov. 21, 9:30 a.m. uuathensga.org/ stay-connected WEST BROAD FARMERS MARKET (300 S. Rocksprings St.) The market 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. A special Autumn Market on Nov. 20 will focus on fall baked goods, local fare and gifts for the holidays. wbfm.locallygrown.net WILLSON CENTER EVENTS (Various Locations) Cinema Roundtable: ‘American Triptych’ by Booker T. Mattison” is held Nov. 17. “New Yorker Writer Adam Gopnik: ‘Reconnecting the Arts and Sciences’” is held Nov. 17. “Reading and Conversation: Athens Poet Laureate Jeff Fallis” is held Nov. 17. “Conversation: Perspectives on Whitman, Alabama with filmmaker Jennifer Crandall” is held Nov. 18. “Jill Sonke, Center for Arts in Medicine: ‘Art, the Pandemic, and Public Health’” is held Nov. 30. arts.uga.edu WUXTRY RECORDS 45TH ANNIVERSARY (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Festivities include guest
BOGART LIBRARY EVENTS (Bogart Library) “Explore My World: Catapults & Force” is a storytime held Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. “Monday Funday: Thankful” includes songs, fingerplays, books and crafts on Nov. 22 at 10 a.m. “Monday Funday: Sleepy, Furry Animal Friends” is held Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. “Make Your Own Christmas Ornaments” is held Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. “Dungeons and Dragons” is held Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org/bogart CLARKE CENTRAL SOCCER CAMP (Clarke Central High School) Develop fundamental skills during a three-day youth camp for ages 7–14. Nov. 22–24, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. $100. gladiatoryouthsports camps@gmail.com, www.clarke centralathletics.com JOURNEY THROUGH THE STARS (Sandy Creek Nature Center) “Planetary Fun” celebrates animals and mythical creatures in the sky. Nov. 20, 10 a.m. $2–3. 706-613-3615 MADISON CO. LIBRARY EVENTS (Madison Co. Library) “Tween Anime Club” is held Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m. “Outdoor Storytime” with stories, songs and fingerplays for ages 5 and under will be held Nov. 19 at 10:30 a.m. www.athenslibrary. org/madison MAKING DANCES (Work.Shop) This alternative dance class teaches improvisation and choreography techniques. For ages 10–14. Taught by Lisa Yaconelli. Tuesdays, 6:15– 7:30 p.m. $60/month, $210/14 weeks. lisayaconelli@gmail.com, www.lisayaconelli.com
FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP (ACC Library, Classroom A) Alzheimer’s Association Georgia presents a support group conducted by trained facilitators that is a safe place for those living with dementia and their caregiver to develop a support system. First Wednesday of every month, 6–7:30 p.m. 706-206-6163, www.alz.org/ georgia 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 PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP (First Baptist Church) This group is to encourage, support and share information with fellow sojourners who manage the challenges of Parkinson’s disease or other movement disorders. Second Friday of every month, 1 p.m. gpnoblet@ bellsouth.net RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction. Visit the website for details. Thursdays, 6–7 p.m. FREE! www. athensrecoverydharma.org RESTORING RESILIENCE & MINDFUL LIVING (Heart Stone) “Restoring Resilience” is a fiveweek resource building psychotherapy group for trauma survivors. Tuesdays, Jan. 11-Feb. 8, 10 a.m. (RSVP by Jan. 4). $35 per group session. “Mindful Living” is a five-week psychotherapy group to build self-care and mindfulness practices. Thursdays, Jan. 13-Feb. 10, 10:30 a.m. $35/session. (RSVP by Jan. 6). Brianna@HeartStoneTH. com
Word on the Street ACTS DRIVE (Bogart Library) The library is collecting clean coats and blankets in good condition for all ages to help those in need this winter. Drop off bagged items in the foyer of the library through Jan. 15. www.athenslibrary.org ATHENS ON ICE (The Classic Center) Ice skate on the largest rink in Northeast Georgia. Nov. 26–Jan. 9. www.classiccenter.com
BE A SANTA TO A SENIOR (Athens, GA) Home Instead Senior Care hosts a program to collect blankets, toiletries and other items to distribute to local seniors in need. Items can be selected online and sent to Athens Community Council on Aging. Participants can also pick out an ornament of a “wish” at a participating location, then buy the item and return it. Check website for details. Through Dec. 3. www. beasantatoasenior.com CASA TRAINING (Online) The Athens-Oconee CASA program will host a virtual info session on Dec. 8 at 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to learn about the next training class, which runs Thursdays from Mar. 17–Apr. 14, 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. www.athensoconeecasa.org COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE (Athens, GA) ACC Government seeks a donated symmetrical cedar tree roughly 35 feet tall and 20 feet in diameter for display in front of City Hall this December. Contact to donate. ACC Landscape Management handles tree removal and transportation at no cost. 706-613-3561, stanley.beasley@ accgov.com CORNHOLEATL WINTER LEAGUE REGISTRATION (Southern Brewing Co.) Different divisions of play accommodate all levels. The seven-week season begins in January. Register by Jan. 3. info@ cornholeatl.com FREE COVID-19 VACCINES (Clarke County Health Department) Vaccines are available by appointment or walk-in. No insurance or ID required. www.publichealthisfor everyone.com HEALTH CLINICS (Nuçi’s Space) Free health clinics are available for uninsured musicians and their friends and family. Doctors can diagnose, treat and refer. Call to make an appointment. Nov. 29. 706-227-1515 MLK DAY OF SERVICE (Multiple Locations) The annual day of service held in January seeks project sites as well as financial and in-kind sponsors. Deadline Nov. 22. www. accgov.com/MLKDay OLLI MEMBERSHIP (Athens, GA) Join OLLI@UGA, a dynamic learning and social community for adults 50 and up that offers classes, shared interest groups, social activities and events. www.olli.uga.edu SUPPORT FOR SENIORS WITH PETS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Humane Society and Athens Community Council on Aging have partnered to offer support services to seniors enrolled in ACCA programs. This includes emergency pet fostering, affordable wellness care, pet health workshops and pet training. www.accaging.org TOILET FLAPPER PROMO (Normal Hardware) Check your loo for leaks with blue toilet tablets or food coloring. Free tablets and flappers are available through November. www. accgov.com/watersmart WINTER LEISURE ACTIVITIES (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services will offer a diverse selection of activities highlighting the arts, environmental science, recreation, sports and holiday events for adults and children. Programs include tai chi, baton, youth cooking classes, gymnastics, nature programs and more. Now registering. www.accgov.com/myrec WINTER WONDERLIGHTS (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) See the garden’s new Garden of Delights, Candy Cane Lane and Cone Tree Plaza, among other magical features, along a half mile trail. Lighted displays will be on view Dec. 1–Jan. 9. $15. wonderlights. uga.edu f
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Mid-1800s pine cupboard. 75”H x 35”W x 20”/12”D. Perfect period piece for older Athens-area home. $450.
Athens School of Music. Now offering in-person and online instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin and more. From beginner to expert, all styles. Visit www.athensschoolof music.com, 706-543-5800.
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CLEANING Housekeeping and window washing. Deep cleaning, general cleaning, interior and exterior windows. Get a free quote! Contact Miles Bunch at 469-428-2490. Peachy Green Clean Cooperative, your local friendly green cleaners! Free estimates. Call us today: 706-248-4601
HOME AND GARDEN Plumber Pro Service & Drain. Upfront pricing. Free estimates. $30 Flagpole discount. Call 706-769-7761. Same-day service available. www.plumberproservice.com
JOBS FULL-TIME Condor Chocolates is hiring for all positions - baristas, packers, production and seasonal catering. Both part-time and full-time available. Please send a resume to jobsatcondor@gmail.com to apply. Find employees by advertising in the Flagpole Classifieds! Call 706-549-0301. Half-Shepherd Market is hiring a Retail General Manager, a Kitchen Manager and cheesemongers. Find the JOBS button at halfshepherd.com for details. Learn to be a transcriptionist at our South Milledge location! No customer interaction! Work independently, set your own schedule (16–40 hours, M–F weekly). Relaxed, casual, safe space. Extremely flexible time-off arrangements with advance notice. Average pay for experienced employees exceeds $15 hourly with our recently increased compensation plan. Starting compensation will range from $9.25 to $10.80 hourly based on individual performance. After approx. three-month training, eligible for automatic compensation increases. Show proof of vaccination at hire. www.ctscribes.com
Now hiring groundskeeper-general maintenance worker, year-round, full time. Winder Housing Authority offers competitive pay, plus a benefits package. Visit Indeed or email snewberry@winder housing.com to apply. 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 White Tiger is now hiring kitchen staff! No experience necessary, proof of vaccination required. Email resume to catering@white tigergourmet.com
OPPORTUNITIES Stylist station available for experienced hairdresser. Independent position, low weekly rates, great location, beautiful new salon. Busy Beechwood area plaza. Tons of parking, great opportunity. 706-949-3792.
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 Flagpole delivered to your mailbox! $50 for six months or $90 for one year. Email front desk@flagpole.com.
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EXPERIENCED TUTORS needed for teaching Math, Science, Economics and Computer Science high school subject matter and SAT/ACT test prep. Good pay. Flexible hours. Contact: info@5pointsprep.com Website: www.5pointsprep.com Viva Argentine is looking for a few nice hardworking folks to be part of the team! Competitive hourly wages for all positions. $10/hr. training, $12/hr. hosting and kitchen, $5/hr. + tips servers (must be 18+). Please email resumes to vivaargentinecuisine@ gmail.com Village Wine & Spirits is the best liquor store on the Eastside! We are looking for parttime night clerks who want to learn about new and exciting products each week while helping us to continue to offer the great customer service that we are known for. Stop by with a resume, or email one to villagewineathens@gmail. com
NOTICES MESSAGES All Georgians over the age of five are eligible to be vaccinated! Call 888-457-0186 or go to www. publichealthathens.com for more information. COVID testing in Athens available at 3500 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. (Old Fire Station in the corner of Atlanta Hwy. & Mitchell Bridge Rd. near Aldi and Publix.) Mon–Fri. 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. To register, call 844-625-6522 or go to www.publichealth athens.com Mobile Food Pantry @ General Time Athens! Athens Terrapin Beer Co. alongside Food Bank of Northeast Georgia and various local sponsors will host a drivethru 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.terrapin beer.com
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Moose or mouse Ready for use Be a snitch Hammock holder Sock pattern Tuition category News tidbit Letter getter Spanish three Big Apple river Relinquish Use a big rig Some three-digit numbers Bookstore patron Holler Sham argument Peeper's place Cheap and gaudy Flowering shrub Form of defense Big racket Final figure Pastoral poem Lauper hit, "___ Colors" ____-dub-dub Dungeonlike "Dear old" guy
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