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By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com Mayor Kelly Girtz defended his record on crime at a recent Athens Area Chamber of Commerce candidate forum, pointing to increased salaries for police officers, while challengers said morale and staffing remain problems within the police department.

“What we have done is seek to fill every public safety position,” Girtz told moderator Tim Bryant of WGAU at the Apr. 18 forum, held in the Piedmont Athens Regional auditorium. Under Girtz, the Athens-Clarke County government has raised the starting salary for police officers to $47,000, and the mayor said he will propose another 6% raise in the upcoming fiscal 2023 budget.

Pearl Hall, one of five challengers for the mayor’s office, said that officers should spend more time patrolling the outskirts of the community, rather than just the inner city, and that ACCPD should hire more Athens natives. “How many officers are born and raised in Athens and know the community?” she said.

Girtz proposed a cadet program in 2021 that would have trained high-school students to become police officers, but the commission removed it from the budget.

Bennie Coleman III cautioned against “backlash” against police, and said that parents should be raising their children to respect others. When Bryant pressed him for government solutions, he called for more housing, more employment opportunities, help for the homeless and help for students to go to private schools.

Mara Zúñiga—making her first appearance after skipping two previous forums— reiterated her opposition to the recently created Public Safety Civilian Oversight Board, which will investigate charges of police misconduct and recommend policy changes to law enforcement. “It seemed more like optics to me than any results coming out of that,” she said.

Zúñiga said that some commissioners don’t want to go after grants or supply equipment, presumably referring to commissioners like Mariah Parker and Jesse Houle questioning the need for equipment like assault rifles or expressing skepticism about grants to pursue drug enforcement.

“By the fact that we don’t have any people coming into those jobs, it tells you morale is a big issue, not just money,” Zúñiga said.

Fred Moorman contended that Atlanta residents are coming to Athens to commit crimes, and said that a bus connection to MARTA that Girtz has proposed would exacerbate the problem. “Do you want people who shouldn’t be here taking a fast train to get here, commit a crime and take a fast train back?” Moorman said.

Mykeisha Ross said youth development is the key to preventing crime, and criticized the commission for subtracting $1 million from a plan to spend $7 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds on youth programs. “We address crime by helping youth build their brand,” Ross said of the nonprofit she started, Youth Is Life.

The format for the chamber forum was unusual, with Bryant questioning each of

16 candidates for mayor and commission individually for about seven minutes. The candidates didn’t all field the same questions, but they all received some version of a question on crime.

Some other highlights include: AFFORDABLE HOUSING: Zúñiga said Hall “got a bad rap” for asking at another forum what affordable housing is—a question Hall repeated Apr. 18. “When we talk about the millions of dollars being put into affordable housing, who gets priority for that?” Zúñiga said. “It’s not clear.”

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development defines affordable as a person paying less than 30% of their income for housing. In 2018, affordable rent for the median Athens family making $32,162 a year was $804 a month, which would cover the mortgage payments on a $130,000– $150,000 house, but the average home sold for $200,400, according to a 2019 ACC workforce housing study. Housing costs have gone up substantially since then.

Girtz said the county is increasing the housing supply through measures encouraging redevelopment of parking lots and distressed shopping centers. But the problem is partially one of wages, he said, touting his economic development record of drawing animal vaccine manufacturer Boehringer Ingleheim and RWDC, which makes petroleum-free alternatives to plastic.

“Why don’t they move in with their wife and take care of the kids they produced?”

Moorman said when asked about affordable housing, suggesting the children get jobs delivering newspapers.

Moorman, who owns multiple rental properties, also addressed his reputation as a “slumlord,” as Bryant put it. “That’s absolutely not true,” Moorman said. “You might be talking about the one in 1,000 people who had to be evicted because they didn’t pay their rent, and they get on the internet and say bad things about anybody.”

Meanwhile, in the Commission District 5 race, former commissioner Jared Bailey sought to clear up a comment he had made in a WUGA interview when he said the local government shouldn’t be in the business of building affordable housing. What he meant, he said, was the actual construction.

“Our role is to work with the organizations that provide affordable housing,” like the Athens Housing Authority and Athens Land Trust, he said.

Bailey also referenced his past experience in the economic development field.

“What we need, of course, are people who make a living wage to afford the housing that’s out there,” he said.

projects in 2020—by a three-to-one margin—ACC became bound by state law to implement them unless a project becomes infeasible for some reason.

FIRST DISTRICT FIREWORKS: Commission District 1 challenger Audrey Hughes came out swinging against incumbent Patrick Davenport, accusing him of not being responsive to constituents. “My commissioner didn’t listen to me, didn’t address my needs, so I’m here to make a change,” she said.

According to Hughes, she lost her job as a teacher while two of her children were in college, one of whom had a medical issue, and sought help when her property tax bill arrived, but Davenport didn’t respond. And she was unsatisfied with his response when she inquired about getting a sewer line in her neighborhood of Falling Shoals.

Given an opportunity for a rebuttal, Davenport said that Hughes emailed all the commissioners while he was at his day job, and another commissioner responded before he got the chance. As for sewer, he said the topography of Falling Shoals would require pump stations to install a sewer line, making it prohibitively expensive.

DISTRICT 3 DIFFERENCES: Tiffany Taylor had one of the best lines of the night when, during a discussion on gang violence, she referenced all the liquor stores in her East Athens neighborhood. Bryant asked if that was a police issue. “Police don’t build buildings, Tim,” Taylor replied.

She went on to say that police are too aggressive when they patrol Black neighborhoods, and that entitled UGA students to “just let it [racism] fly.”

“There’s really nothing the commission can do about racism, because Athens was built on it,” Taylor concluded. She, like opponent Asia Thomas, is Black.

Thomas agreed that East Athens is often neglected, but called for unity and said she would “build bridges instead of building walls.”

TWO MINUTES’ HATE: Boos from the primarily Republican crowd of about 100 rained down on Matt Pulver, another District 5

candidate, when he defended his progressive philosophy. Pulver said he would keep Athens on its current path of addressing a “staggering disparity in wealth and power” that he blamed on past conservative governments.

Asked if more progressivism is the answer, Pulver said that since voters elected a progressive government in 2018, it has cut the poverty rate from 38% to 25%. “We don’t fix the errors of conservatism with more conservatism,” he said, at which point the jeers started, with one audience member shouting, “Communism!” The chamber’s executive director, David Bradley, had to tell the boo-birds to settle down.

“I welcome your hatred,” Pulver said, quoting President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous comment about bankers in a 1936 speech.

Election Section With Election Day a mere four weeks away, Pulver rolled out endorsements from state Rep. Spencer Frye (D-Athens) and commissioners Mariah Parker, Melissa Link and Jesse Houle.

“Matt possesses the progressive values that Athens voters want and is a great Democratic candidate to stand up to the Republican gerrymandering of our commission districts,” Frye said in a news release.

Pulver, as many readers will recall, is only running because Republican state legislators drew incumbent Tim Denson out of District 5.

District 7 candidate Allen Jones has been endorsed by former mayor Heidi Davison, a progressive who held the office from 2003–2010.

Meanwhile, Denson, who is also the chair of the Athens-Clarke County Democratic Committee and a member of the GA-10 Progressive Coalition, announced a May Day (Sunday, May 1) political rally on College Square from 1–4 p.m. The GA10 Voter Empowerment Festival is billed as “a celebration of progressive values, including expanding health care, living wages, workers rights and environmental justice,” with more than 30 candidates from across the ➤ continued on p. 7

SPLOST IS HERE TO STAY: “I’m a green person in this campaign,” Coleman acknowledged.

“I don’t know much about the government yet.”

It showed when Coleman said he would “freeze” SPLOST and put in a better plan.

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10th Congressional District expected to attend. The street festival will feature stump speeches, meet-and-greets, voter information booths and live music from Parker (aka Linqua Franqa), Squalle and Joe Willey.

Early voting for the May 24 election starts Monday, May 2 from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. at the Board of Elections office, 155 E. Washington St., next door to City Hall.

Remember, in addition to party primaries, nonpartisan local races for mayor, commission and school board will be decided in May or in a June runoff. They will not be on the ballot in November.

Ex-Linnentown Residents Owed $5 Million Since the Linnentown neighborhood was razed in the 1960s to make way for UGA’s Baxter Street dorms, former residents have lost a combined $5 million in generation wealth, according to a UGA geographer and economist.

Jerry Shannon used records housed at the UGA Special Collections Libraries, along with Census data and old tax records, to calculate how much Linnentown residents were underpaid for their homes and how much money they lost over time after those homes were bought or seized by the local government. He came up with a figure of $5,022,375:

around Linnentown, which means his family lost another $34,000 over the ensuing decades by being forced to move.

The Justice and Memory Committee’s precursor, the Linnentown Project, wanted UGA and Athens-Clarke County to split whatever the cost of reparations might be.

ACC has committed to pay its share, but UGA has denied any responsibility.

The committee has yet to make a recommendation on how the money should be spent. The Georgia constitution’s “gratuities clause” prohibits direct payments to individuals, so it will likely go into a fund for affordable housing or some other program to benefit the community. The committee is also planning a “walk of recognition” with signs and artwork about the neighborhood.

At UGA’s request, the City of Athens used its eminent domain power to condemn houses whose owners refused to sell. UGA also received nearly $1 million from the federal government to “clear out the total slum area,” as university president O.C. Aderhold wrote in a letter to Sen. Richard B. Russell requesting assistance. Sixty-five homes were torn down, the majority owned

by Black residents.

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Piedmont Athens Regional officials cut the ribbon on the hospital’s new seven-story tower.

“That’s what we say is the loss that’s due to the displacement related to property valuation, both underpayment and lost appreciation,” Shannon told the Justice and Memory Committee, appointed by Mayor Kelly Girtz to come up with a reparations plan after former Linnentown residents and their descendants, led by Hattie Thomas Whitehead, demanded redress. The $5 million figure does not include other potential financial losses, such as education, job opportunities or transportation costs, nor does it factor in the emotional trauma of being forcibly removed from their neighborhood, Shannon said.

As an example, Shannon cited a house at 187 Lyndon Row owned by John Henry Dillard. Adjusted for inflation, he received $114,000 for his home, yet today it would be worth $201,000, a net loss of $87,000 for Dillard’s family. In addition, Dillard relocated to East Athens, where housing has not appreciated as much as in the area

1919—includes 128 modernized inpatient rooms, a cafe, gift shop, pharmacy, clinical program support areas, outdoor courtyards and a patient and family resource center.

“With our design and construction partners, we have created spaces that promote healing for the patients we care for, the visitors and families we comfort, and the staff that provide that compassionate care and comfort,” hospital CEO Michael Burnett said in a news release. “We are changing lives at Piedmont, and opening this new space will help us to continue delivering on that.”

The tower was designed by SmithGroup and Trinity and built by BDR Partners and DPR Construction. It was funded in part by $2.6 million in donations, including gifts from UGA, Synovus and the Tarver, Massey and Townley families.

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either has held elected office, but they are vying to represent the newly redrawn District 7 on the Athens-Clarke County Commission. Both Allen Jones and John Culpepper have been involved in Athens nonprofits, and each has his own vision for Athens.

Allen Jones

Jones’ grandfather was a professor of poultry science at the University of Georgia, but Jones grew up in West Lafayette, IN, home to Purdue, another land grant university. There, Jones earned a degree in business. At Indiana University, he received a master’s in education, with certification in learning design and technology. He began his professional life as a teacher and counselor, then segued into providing medical technology to large health-care systems focused on underserved populations. He works remotely for NextGen Healthcare, whose clients include Native

American tribal health centers and Planned Parenthood clinics. He has lived in Athens since 1994, and has attended most county commission meetings for the past five or six years.

Jones says he wants to help make Athens “more livable and united” for everyone.

That involves working to attract businesses, perhaps by providing incentives, that can provide living-wage jobs. It involves building community through groups like the two he started—Timothy Forward, which advocates for sidewalks and other enhancements along the Timothy Road corridor, and the Athens Paddlers, a 950-member group of volunteers who clean up and enjoy the waterways around town. He has completed the ACC Citizen Government Academy and applied to the ACC Citizen Police Academy.

“Right now, we have an abundance of student housing when what we need is workforce housing,” Jones says. “I want our community to be a place where everyone can thrive. Athens is going to look very different in five to 10 years.”

He is also involved with the Greenway Trail, the TSPLOST 2023 citizens advisory group and the Upper Oconee River Trails.

He collects used Legos and distributes them to homeless shelters and other organizations serving marginalized populations. In 2020, Athens Clean & Beautiful selected him as Citizen of the Year for his litter-fighting efforts. He has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, the Human Rights Festival and UGA’s Campus Kitchen, and is on the TSPLOST 2018 advisory committee for Atlanta Highway.

Setting up and managing Timothy Forward put Jones in touch with elected officials and with staff members from various departments, including Leisure Services, Public Works and stormwater management. That work convinced him

that becoming a member of the county commission would lead to a whole new level of involvement.

Born and reared in Athens, John Culpepper graduated from the University of Georgia and worked 10 years for the Yancy Co., selling Caterpillar equipment across Georgia. In 2006, he bought an Express Employment Professionals franchise based in Athens. In 2008 and 2009, he says, “the bottom fell out.” But since then, he has opened additional offices in Braselton, Covington and Lawrenceville. He says he places 900–1,000 people in positions each week and the job “is very fulfilling.” He is on the board of the Salvation Army.

John Culpepper

He decided to run because “I’m sick of complaining. I wanted to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.” High property taxes and crime are two big concerns. As of Apr. 21, the ACC Police Department website shows aggravated assault is 18% higher than in 2021, while simple assault is down 29% from 2021.

Rape is up 33% from 2021, while robbery is down 10%, burglary has dropped 7%, DUI is 7% lower than in 2021 and disorderly conduct is down 41%. Violations of weapons laws have risen 85%.

“We lost a great police chief,” Culpepper says of the recently retired Cleveland

Spruill. “We need to support our police and to pay them more.”

Culpepper’s website contains a paragraph about the plight of Clarke County public schools, where, he says, children “are heavily exposed to alcohol, drugs, violence, and sex at an extremely young age.” He himself graduated from Athens Academy, and one of his children graduated from Prince Avenue Christian School while another currently attends there. The website says that as a commissioner he will work with the Board of Education—the Clarke County Commission has no influence over the Board of Education—“to help partner with local employers to create curriculum that helps prepare students for whatever they want to do next. I see what’s working in surrounding areas, and our employers are struggling. I want to bring our local employers together with the school district.”

He cites the Jackson County Career Center, which opened in 2020, as a model for what Clarke County could be doing.

There are similar career centers in Madison and Barrow counties and all across Georgia.

Founded in 2011, the Athens Community Career Academy works with local businesses and industries, including Piedmont Athens Regional and the Classic Center, offering students different “pathways” that can lead to careers after high school. Now that the CCSD administration has moved its offices to a new facility on Prince Avenue, the Athens Community Career Academy will be expanding its existing programs and adding new ones in the H.T. Edwards building.

It will also be able to accommodate more students.

State campaign finance disclosures show that Culpepper has donated to campaigns for Gov. Brian Kemp, Rep. Houston Gaines and Sen. Frank Ginn, all Republicans.

Jones has given money to Democrat Mike Hamby’s campaign, which, like all ACC Commission races, is nonpartisan.

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he Clarke County Board of Education’s District 9 chair needs filling as Tawana Maddox’s departure approaches. Elder Johnson IV, a CCSD graduate and sales specialist, and Piedmont University assistant professor of education Mark Evans are vying for her seat.

Other than his time at Fort Valley State University, Johnson is a lifelong Athens resident. He graduated from Cedar Shoals High School and has children in CCSD schools. His current position at Verizon and career history in customer service have aptly prepared him for the board, he said.

Johnson’s goal is to promote cooperation on the board and voice his community’s perspective.

“Nobody likes to feel like their issue doesn’t matter,” Johnson said. “When you’re not as educated or you may not have been in certain professional or intellectual conversations, you may not know how to articulate your concerns. I can be an interpreter for those who don’t know the channels to get their voice heard.”

Evans co-owned an educational software firm, created the emerging technologies degree at Athens Tech and taught history in DeKalb County schools and at the Athens Community Career Academy before becoming a professor. A resident of Athens for nearly 20 years, he is also a parent of CCSD students.

Mark Evans

“I have the experience and knowledge to lead our community,” Evans said. “With the things that I am seeing coming down the pike, I am very concerned. I have the skill set in e-learning but also as a classroom teacher to be able to help guide us through this rather rough patch we’re about to hit.”

Evans’ campaign was sparked by the incident at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School in which an administrator compared displaying student artwork that stated “Gay is okay” to hanging a swastika, and was defended by the principal. Additionally,

of potential learning lies unearthed. He wants to close learning gaps by incorporating opportunities to interact with the community through local history and nature.

But student achievement circles back to the teacher for Evans.

“If you don’t have a good teacher, you’re not going to have a good class. There are people that immediately pop into your head when you think good teacher—that inspired you, made you think, might have made you mad, but that madness turned into curiosity, and curiosity turned into,

Senate Bill 377 and legislative efforts to restrict curricula nationwide are a major concern of Evans’. The board needs professionals who understand these issues, he said, if CCSD wants to attract and retain quality teachers.

As for Johnson, a lack of transparency in communications between parents and CCSD, particularly regarding safety, motivated his desire for the District 9 seat.

“I want my children to go to a school where I’m able to trust that they’re going to be safe, that if there’s any questions or concerns that I’m going to be one of the first ones communicated with,” Johnson said. “If I can’t go through those proper channels and get the answers that I need, then maybe I need to be at the top answering the questions.”

Johnson hopes not only to spur a culture of clear communication, but increase student achievement by raising academic Elder Johnson IV expectations. His experiences as a CCSD parent, in addition to his Facebook “homework helpline,” through ‘Hey, this is what I want to do with my life,’” which he assisted students during virtual Evans said. “It all starts and ends in that learning, illuminated to Johnson the neces- classroom with that teacher. Right now sity of targeting reading levels we’ve just done a poor job of protecting and young and incorporating more empowering them.” challenging curriculum at the eleSome of the most influential figures in mentary level.

Johnson’s life have been teachers, and he “If you shoot for the stars, you said supporting them takes patience and fall amongst the stars. If you fail, a commitment to listen. In the search for you’re still up there,” Johnson a new superintendent, Johnson plans to said. “If we set students up to consult educators on the ground for input. be studious when they’re young, He wants to advocate for a leader with a then by the time they’re in midtrack record and who prioritizes human dle school, we’re not just trying connection. to keep them from dropping out, “It’s important to build relationships, we’re really expounding on some especially when we’re in the business of seeds that we planted.” education and children,” Johnson said. “I Evans’ primary attention want someone that has a plan already in lies with teachers. He views the place, but someone also willing to listen.” board’s job as protecting and Evans also desires a leader with concrete investing in CCSD’s educators, intentions, vision and a focus on solutions whom he says are facing political rather than problems. Ultimately, his hope scrutiny and acute challenges is that teaching in CCSD will be more fulfillthat threaten both retention and ing and fruitful should he sit on the board. the sanctity of the classroom.

“I want to empower teachers to be the Teachers deserve more autonomy professionals they are and allow them to and voice, he said. use their calling and creativity to make a “Everyone talks around teachdifference in each of their students’ lives,” ers, but nobody talks to them. No Evans said. “I want my legacy to be that I one asks, ‘If you could teach one protected my teachers from political winds unit, without worrying about standards, that seem to want to not create open minds what would it be?’ They all have that one but close them.” unit in their mind. But they can’t do it Simply inspiring members of his combecause of these state standards that are munity to register to vote is enough for eight miles wide and an inch deep when it Johnson, but his ultimate goal is enhancing comes to actual knowledge,” Evans said. the academic lives of students.

“We need to ask, ‘What’s worthwhile learn“I’m from this community; I care about ing here?’” this community; I can voice the opinions Evans hopes to encourage placing comof this community,” Johnson said. “I would munity members with a stake in CCSD love for students to enjoy every little bit in unfilled district personnel positions. of their childhood without any regrets. If I In addition, CCSD is a charter system “in could contribute to that in any facet, then I name only,” Evans said, and thus a wealth feel like I’ve already won.” f

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support. In fact, police funding actually rose 2.7% in 2020 and 3.3% in 2021, with another increase expected this year.

While crime in Athens actually fell by 11% last year, the perception remains that it’s grown worse. Middlebrooks argued that the statistics are misleading because former police chief Cleveland Spruill told him that

By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com ACCPD had stopped making drug arrests unless another crime was also involved. In new political force has emerged and “reckless spending” of tax dollars, speany case, crimes committed against UGA in Athens, pledging to raise and cifically a $300,000 public toilet downtown students are often played up by Atlanta spend an unprecedented amount and a $2.2 million homeless encampment. media, and Athens Classic became involved of money to elect conservative candidates Middlebrooks, the owner and general with a Facebook group of concerned parents to replace the current progressive Athensmanager of Heyward Allen Toyota and of UGA students.

Clarke County Mayor and Commission.

GMC, formed Athens Classic after disAthens Classic’s mission statement Athens Clean & Safe is a political action cussing the “defund the police” movement describes it as a nonpartisan organization committee with ties to the local pro-poover lunch with his friend, real estate brodevoted to public safety, public education lice group Athens Classic and public health. Gordon that formed to support the Rhoden, chair of the Athens campaigns of Mara Zúñiga Republican Party, is also listed for mayor, incumbent Patrick as a cofounder and board Davenport in Commission member of Athens Classic.

District 1, the since-withdrawn Zúñiga, although she says she is Robert Finch in District 3, nonpartisan, was formerly the Dexter Fisher in District 5, treasurer of the Athens GOP. John Culpepper in District 7 Middlebrooks spoke at Zúñiga’s and incumbent Ovita Thornton, campaign kickoff event, but he who is running unopposed, in said that was in his personal District 9, according to a Mar. capacity. Athens Classic shares 12 fundraising email from a post office box with the Athens Classic cofounder Steve Athens Clean & Safe PAC. Middlebrooks that was recently At an Apr. 18 candidate obtained by Flagpole. forum, commission candidate “Unfortunately, the city of Allen Jones connected Athens Athens is not the same place Clean & Safe to Republican that it was when we were growstate legislators’ new district ing up or even that of 5–10 map that prevented three proyears ago,” Middlebrooks wrote. Steve Middlebrooks (right) with Charlie Upchurch after receiving the Upshaw gressive incumbents from runBentley Citizen of the Year Award in February.

“In fact, Athens is at a tipping ning for re-election. “They made point that will soon be irreparathese new districts, which if ble and impossible to return to the commuker Charlie Upchurch. “We looked at one you look at them, there are clear people that nity that we all grew to love. another and said, ‘Is that all we’re going they chose to represent those districts,” “The startling facts are that the voting to do, talk about it?’” Middlebrooks told Jones said. “And now they’ve also really majority of the Athens-Clarke County Flagpole. With children, grandchildren, 200 gotten together with a lot of people from Commission, including the mayor, are employees and a business that’s undertakAtlanta to fund those people who have that aggressively adopting policies that are ing a $5 million expansion, “I have a vested kind of more conservative mindset.” directly aligned with those in Portland, interest in a cleaner and safer community,” Jones, a self-identified Democrat who is Berkeley and other radical cities. Please he said. facing Culpepper in the District 7 race, elabnote that this is not an exaggeration.”

The ACC commission did not defund the orated on his concerns during an Athens Middlebrooks cited crime, lack of suppolice. A proposal from Mariah Parker and Politics Nerd podcast interview. “To me, port for police, panhandlers, litter, busiTim Denson in 2020 to gradually divert half it seems like a David and Goliath kind of nesses moving to Oconee County, lack of of police funding toward mental health and race,” he said. “I’ll never be able to raise the cooperation with the University of Georgia other social services did not garner much kind of money they’ll have coming in from

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Buckhead and Alpharetta…. It really bothers me that we’ve got that kind of money infused from either party into the race.

Athens elections should be Athens local elections.”

While the PAC and the candidates it supports are required by law to disclose their spending, and future campaign finance reports should shed some light on its activities, PAC donors can be shielded from view.

As a 501(c)4 nonprofit, Athens Classic is allowed to engage in political activities but does not have to reveal donors’ identities.

Money given to Athens Classic can be funneled anonymously to the Athens Clean & Safe PAC. Middlebrooks bristled at Flagpole’s previous report that the PAC had hired an Alpharetta consultant, Jason D. Boles, who had previously worked for controversial Georgia GOP congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. Middlebrooks said that he has never met Greene and that Boles has thousands of clients all over the country.

“What I hear on the news, that’s all I know” about her, he said.

In last month’s fundraising letter, Middlebrooks said Athens Clean & Safe had already raised $120,000 out of its $225,000 goal. Although the letter identified the beneficiaries of the donations, Middlebrooks said in an interview earlier this month that the PAC has not made any endorsements and would not until after last week’s Athens Area Chamber of Commerce forum.

Some of the candidates named in the letter—including Davenport, Fisher and Zúñiga—have denied any involvement with Athens Clean & Safe. Davenport said he has not been contacted by them and would not accept any PAC funding. In a Facebook post, Zúñiga called reports of her endorsement “misinformation being sent out by an individual who stirs hate against successful women of color.”

Fisher said that he would not want support from the PAC, but he would welcome support from Middlebrooks as an individual District 5 voter. “Why would I not want support from anyone who lives in my district?” Fisher said. “If he supports me, then he supports me.” f Chris Dowd contributed to this report.

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Twilight Criterium RACE READY WITH A NEW CAUSE

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sanitizer is encouraged. Festivities will be spread out to limit large gathering clumps.

The event will wind its way through downtown with closures on College Avenue, Hancock Avenue and Washington, Hull, Lumpkin and Jackson streets.

On Friday, the Bikes & Mics portion of the weekend will feature two stages of music and entertainment. The Live Wire Athens stage located at the intersection of College and Washington will provide a SARAH ANN WHITE

he annual Twilight Criterium is back on track, taking place in its rightful spring season after returning in August 2021. Downtown will transform Apr. 29–30 into a family-friendly maze of cycling, running and wellness events for all ages and athletic levels.

This year’s event is marked by a new partnership between Twilight and the nonprofit Community Rocks! Corp., whose headquarters are located in New Jersey.

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Join us for an evening with Mary Frances Early in celebration of her book, The Quiet Trailblazer. A retired music educator, Early was the first African American student to graduate from the University of Georgia in 1962.

She taught at Atlanta public schools, Morehouse College and Spelman College and was chair of Clark Atlanta University’s music department. Early lives in Decatur and continues to be an advocate for education and an active member of the UGA community.

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Gene Dixon, founder of Athens Twilight, platform for stationary bike racing and the explains in a press release that the orgaLatin-Salsa band Orquesta MaCuba. The nization is “aligning with Community Family Fest stage will be located in the Eco Rocks!’ mission to celebrate, educate and Expo block on Washington between Pulaski empower youth through wellness and and Hull streets. This stage will feature pergive back.” Proceeds from the events and formances by kids, teens, local bands, the sales will benefit the Bikes for Kids and ACC Gymnastics Academy and Explozive #WheelsWednesday programs supported by Elites dance and step teams.

Community Rocks!.

Rise and shine early on Saturday mornThe nonprofit’s vision is to provide ing for the 5K run, which kicks off at low-income and at-risk youth access to 7:30 a.m. At the finish line, participants creative and active outlets in addition will enjoy “beers and biscuits” courtesy to holistic wellness. Both organizations of Michelob Ultra, Southern Brewing Co. are committed to and Flying Biscuit. “collaborate with The Gambler Ride Twilight is aligning with local businesses will take place at and organizations a.m. and end Community Rocks!’ mission 9:30 to bring win-win at Paloma Park for to celebrate, educate and empower an awards party. business and wellness opportunities Throughout the day, youth through wellness. to our community,” amateur cyclists will says Dixon. After the compete to qualcommunity’s experiences over the last two ify for the pro criterium races that night. years, Dixon is excited to bring Twilight However, there will be an ongoing kids fest back with a new energy through aligning including bike races, bounce houses, crafts, with this cause. games, rock climbing and more for those With the continued construction hapnot participating. Attendees can also enjoy pening on Clayton Street, where the “traa kids-only “Ball Garden” and the tradiditional” course was located, this year’s tional adults-only Beer Garden. course will run along College Avenue and After a long day of activities and celebraWashington Street, as it did in the fall. tions, Twilight will conclude with the USA Although COVID numbers are laying low, CRITS Award Ceremony. For more informabut still present, social distancing whenever tion and registration details, visit athens possible and the use of masks and hand twilight.com. f

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ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN

Today I got a message from a friend of mine that another friend of mine said a slur. We’ve been friends for almost our whole lives (ages 3–19). I don’t know what to do. He’s not white, but he can’t reclaim the slur. I don’t know if I should drop him or just distance myself.

Anon Hey Anon, I’m cool with either one of those solutions, because you don’t have to be friends with anyone you don’t want in your life.

There are plenty of white people I no longer associate with because they insist on using slurs in a reclaimed manner when they’re not entitled to reclaim that language.

Basically, imagine the white guy who won’t back down after you tell him that he can’t sing along to the n-word that pops up in a song at the club. I’m not friends with those people, so I can’t act like it’s an overreaction for you to cut this guy off for similar behavior. I’m a little surprised that you wouldn’t want to at least try to talk this through first, since he’s a lifelong friend, but who knows, maybe you were already kind of sick of this guy, and this sit-

uation is offering you the exit that you’ve been looking for. Maybe you’ll cook on this and decide that it’s worth a conversation after all, but I can say from personal experience that telling another adult that they’ve done something bad doesn’t always go great. If he stands his ground on such despicable behavior, then I’d say that you’d be justified in choosing to just drop this guy.

Help! I am in college, and my parents decided to buy a house near my college as an investment for them, and so I wouldn’t have to pay for the overpriced apartments nearby. I decided to have my friend move in with me so the rent would be cheaper, but she does not respect my parents’ place. Her boyfriend started visiting every month or so and would stay for weeks, and when she would go to work, he would still be at the house by himself. At the time, I did not really know him, so it was uncomfortable for me that he was in my house alone. Fast forward, and he moves to the area.

He sleeps here every single night and often stays here when she is not here. When I had a conversation about it [with] my roommate, she agreed to not let him do that. Sure enough, he kept doing it. Also, he even set up a little gaming room in my guest room! He does not pay for that room, nor does he pay the utilities to be on his game all night. While this is all happening, it is very tense in the house, and my roommate does not speak to me. It makes me feel uncomfortable in my own house, and at this point I just want her out.

I have a friend who is desperately looking for a place to stay, and I would love to give her an opportunity to live here. However, I need to somehow kick my roommate out without being rude. We work together, and she has turned on me to our friends before. Any advice on how to go about this? I feel I have done everything I can. I have had multiple conversations with her, and I don’t feel like she respects me or my parents’ home. I get that she pays and is allowed to have her boyfriend over, but it is ruining our friendship, and frankly, I am uncomfortable!

Anon

Since your parents are the landlords, let them handle this. Let them evict her. You should not be involved in the conversation at all, seriously.

Just let them handle this as the property managers that they’re supposed to be, anyway. If they can afford to buy a house in Athens right now, then they can also definitely afford to consult with a lawyer to make sure that the eviction is aboveboard, that way she can’t turn around and try to invoke squatter’s rights or something.

And let’s be very clear here: She’s the one who destroyed your friendship, not you.

She took advantage of your generosity and put you in danger by constantly allowing a stranger in your home, even if it’s a stranger that she bangs. Frankly this couple sounds awful, and you should feel fine if your entitled leech of a “friend” never wants to talk to you again. f Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com, or use our anonymous form at flagpole.com/get-advice.

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I am not much of a dessert person. If you ask me to pick between a slice of cake and a cheese plate at the end of a meal, I’m going to go savory almost every time. It’s hard to make a dessert that hits my palate just right: not too sweet, not boring, not ridiculous, not heavy. Ice cream, done well, is a good answer, and the places that execute it beyond my expectations have my loyalty.

La Michoacana…es Natural, in Hull, has been cranking out superlative ice cream and paletas (both cream- and water-based) for years now and almost never puts a foot wrong. Dinner Party, in Five Points, creates beautiful, perfectly balanced ice creams that are a highlight of its menu. It hasn’t really been hot enough for long enough to make a column devoted to four new ice cream options make sense, but I did it anyway. It’ll be plenty hot soon.

zinginess and sometimes nose-clearing quality of the kombucha. The store is also full of fun snacks you won’t find anywhere else in town, plus cocktail fixings.

SUB ZERO NITROGEN ICE CREAM (140 W. Broad St., 706-850-1668): Another franchise, near the CVS downtown, is all gimmick. Select your base (original, yogurt, vegan, lactose-free, sugar-free, etc.), then pick your flavor (including some unusual choices, like cinnamon, pumpkin, huckleberry and marshmallow) and any mix-ins.

The workers behind the counter will blast it with liquid nitrogen as they scrape and mix it together to solidify your ice cream right on the spot. The clouds that result are cool, but the ice cream is both expensive (around $7 a cup for a small) and, sadly, not good at all. The flavors are strongly artificial (watermelon tastes like a lollipop, not a fruit), the texture is weird and gummy, and everything is far too sweet. If you want a show, rolled ice cream or a cold-stone process is a better bet to produce a quality product, but there’s nothing wrong with ice cream that got made before you arrived.

ANDY’S FROZEN CUSTARD (2180 W. Broad St., 762-356-4330): Opened in front of Walgreens and next to Checkers, by the Hawthorne/Alps/Broad intersection, this franchise out of Missouri does frozen custard rather than ice cream. What’s the difference? Picture a thicker, richer soft serve. The idea is that it’s churned continuously but slowly, making it rich and smooth, without a lot of air mixed in. Freddy’s, out on Epps Bridge Parkway, does it too, but without the variety of toppings and mix-ins and so on that Andy’s offers. The thing is that because all of the other flavors are based on vanilla (mostly) or chocolate, everything kind of tastes like vanilla—both literally and metaphorically—and the portions are gigantic. What you need, if you’re going to order a concrete (ice cream blended with something else), a jackhammer (the same but with stuff in the middle of the cup), a shake or something of the Andy’s Frozen Custard sort is both something to cut the sweetness and richness AND, ideally, someone to eat it with. Fresh fruit is a BRUSTER’S (1029 Athens W. Pkwy., 706better mix-in than brownie bits or Oreos or 850-1249): Another franchise, which used cookie dough—not always, but in this case to have a location on Lexington Road by for sure. A root beer freeze, which is a float the movie theater, now has this new one if you blended the ingredients rather than off Epps Bridge Parkway, near Kohl’s. It’s just dumping a scoop of ice cream into your not innovative, and it’s not the world’s drink, is good but also overkill, served with most amazing ice cream, but it has a wealth three-fourths of a 16 oz bottle of Sprecher’s of flavors, appears to be more functional root beer (the leftovers) on the side. than most Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins locations and is reasonably priced. There’s FIGMENT KOMBUCHA/THE PEOPLE’S something to be said for that.

PANTRY (1085 Baxter St., 706-850-3339): It has started making floats with its own Andy’s is open 11 a.m.–11 p.m. most nights brew. The result is a much sharper, more and until 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. grown-up treat that is not smooth in the It has a drive-through, and its ordering slightest, and is maybe better for it. The counter is open air. Figment Kombucha/ sorbet on hand, which the kombucha folks The People’s Pantry is open 11 a.m.–7 p.m. make themselves from the same fruit they Tuesday through Saturday. Sub Zero is open use in their product, varies in flavor. When Monday through Thursday from 2–9 p.m., I went, it was mango, and although it is too Friday and Saturday from 12–11 p.m. and full of ice crystals, it is a lovely combination Sunday from 12–9 p.m. Bruster’s is open 11 with kombucha fresh from the tap, playing a.m.–10 p.m. daily, has a drive-through and the natural sweetness of fruit against the does catering. f

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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com PEOPLE HERE ARE COLORFUL AND BRIGHT: While it’s still a few weeks away, it’s time now to let you know the 2022 Winterville Marigold Festival happens Saturday, May 14. Applications for vending and participating in the Eco Village—which will showcase “environmental organizations and their important ecological solutions for the local and regional communities”—are still being accepted. The daytime musical lineup—outside on the main stage—is A. PEYTON

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Sir Crazy Pants (11 a.m.), lighthearted (12:15 p.m.), Liquid Dynamite (1:30 p.m.), CreeMo (2:45 p.m.), and Bloodkin (4 p.m.). At night, the music moves inside for the first time ever, with a show taking place in the Marigold Auditorium for Arts and Culture. This performance happens at 7 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.) and will feature Dodd Ferrelle and the Wintervillians opening for The Pink Stones. The outside festival is free, but tickets for the inside show are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. For more information, please see marigoldfestival. com and facebook.com/MarigoldFestival.

EAST OF ROME: This year’s Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of The Year Awards show happens Thursday, Apr. 28 at the 40 Watt Club. The event begins at 7 p.m. This year’s finalists are Bo Bedingfield, Gabriella Delliponti & Hunter Guess, Elijah Johnston, Trvy (aka Trevor Wiggins) and Michael Wegner. Tickets are $20 in advance and available at 40watt.com. The Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Awards is presented by Classic City Rotary. For more information, please see the feature story in this week’s Flagpole.

CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA JAM: The boys-to-

men that once made up local band The District Attorneys are once again rearing their heads as Oasis tribute band Broasis.

If you’ve never made the trip to Atlanta to see them do this a handful of times over the past eight years or so, then this is all brand new to you, as their show this Friday, Apr. 29 will mark the first time they’ve done this in Athens. I myself am in the same boat of never having witnessed this.

Word is that each member takes on a “role,” depending on which Oasis member they’re representing. Also on the bill this night is Coldplayas, which is—you guessed it—a Coldplay tribute. Tickets are 10 bucks in advance and 12 bucks at the door. See 40watt.com for more information.

THREE-PEAT: Its release has been delayed for several months, but Part One of Athens’ jazz flagbearer Kenosha Kid’s ambitious triple LP project, The October Book, will see digital release this week on Sunday, May 1. The vinyl is slated for release on or around Aug. 1.

This project is the result of Kenosha Kid’s Dan Nettles sitting down in October 2020 and writing a new composition every day that month.

Thus, the project will span 31 tracks in its entirety. Guest players on this project, not necessarily all represented on Volume One, include Marlon Patton, Jason Nazary, Seth Hendershot, Jamison Ross, Neal Fountain, Robby Handley, Roland Fidezius, Peter Van Huffel, Greg Sinibaldi, Jacob Wick, Rick Lollar, John Neff, JoJo Glidewell, Thayer Sarrano and more. This is among the most expansive and genre-stretching work Nettles has ever undertaken, and so far I’ve found it to be both lovely and compelling. For more information, please see kenoshakid.bandcamp. com and facebook.com/KenoshaKid. DUST UP: Billing itself quite appropriately as a “bootgaze” band—a genre name which, by the way, was coined by me on exactly Feb. 11, 2010—Athens band The Air Condition just released a very nice two-song, self-titled set. The band is composed of Eric Shea (guitars, vocals), Michael Bentley (pedal steel), Michael Greig Thomas (lead bass) and Ken Manring (drums). Whereas most bands using this term as a descriptor are quite loud, washed out in fuzz and generally make a lot of noise, The Air Condition takes good advantage of negative space and creates songs worthy of night scenes in David Lynch films. These songs don’t groove so much as they slither, and if you can get through either of them without imagining the desert, then we’re clearly not on the same page at all. Find this and enjoy over at theaircondition.bandcamp.com, and for more information, please see facebook. com/TheAirCondition.

WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM: Wonderland Rangers have released the third volume of their Treasure & Trouble series, which began back in December 2020. This new EP contains three tracks from the perennially goofy, yet stacked in the chops department, band. They stretch their canvas over three genres on this from ‘70s hard rock (“I Tell Ya”) to klezmer (“Pluto”) to frenetic indie rock (“Swarm of Happy Lights”). This series is planned to span five editions. Find more, listen in and do your thing over at wonder landrangers.bandcamp.com. f

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As the thesis exhibition of MFA candidates graduating from UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, “Downstream” was named to represent the flowing current which carried them together through the three-year pro-

Symphony Orchestra will perform Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 5 and the world premiere of “Fizzle, Sweep, Crash” by doctoral candidate Daniel Karcher. On May 1, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra returns with a performance of Beethoven’s third symphony Eroica and Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy bringing Celtic melodies to life with solo violin and harp. Since the top of the UGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

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Mark Cedel conducting the UGA Symphony Orchestra.

gram and now splits into diverging streams, leading them into new landscapes to continue their practice. Artists include Rosie Brock, Luka Carter, Casey Connelly, Victoria Dugger, Isys Hennigar, Matthew Hoban, Craig Howarth, Forrest Lawson and Annie Simpson. Ranging in media, themes reflect interests in the current climate crisis, processing trauma, racial stereotypes and latestage capitalism. During MFA Speaks, the students will discuss their unique processes and bodies of work. “Downstream” will remain on view through May 14. [Jessica Smith] EVENT | THURS, APR 28

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year, an anniversary promotion for select UGA Presents performances has been running—25 tickets available for $25—and includes this week’s gala events. [SL] ART | APR 30–MAY 1

Springtacular

Bishop Park • 11 a.m.–6 p.m. (Sat), 11 a.m.–5 p.m. (Sun) • FREE!

One of the largest events of its type in the southeastern region, Indie South’s 15th annual Springtacular pulls together over 100 vendors specializing in wearable or decorative arts and crafts. Handmade items range from paintings, prints and candles to home goods, textiles and perfumes.

Flicker Theatre & Bar • 7 p.m. • FREE!

The Georgia Fine Arts Academy will present its fifteenth “artsplosion” Café Apollinaire, named for the poet Guillaume Apollinaire who championed the arts and coined the phrase “Surrealism.” The Academy is a nonprofit founded by William “Bill” Bray in 1980 with the mission of mentoring and encouraging amateur or young artists, much like Apollinaire himself.

During this event, Flicker will be transformed into a Parisian outdoor cafe to set the scene for a trade of ideas and display of creative works. Entertainment includes Mamie Fike Mills playing the violin, live music from Americana band Midnight Mac, classical guitar by Mark Katzman, art by Abigail West, readings of short plays and poetry and more. As tradition, the event will close with a comedy sketch by host Bowen Craig with the assistance of KAT Marie Mitchell and Sean Polite. [Sam Lipkin] MUSIC | THURS, APR 28 AND SUN, MAY 1

Gala Week Performances Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall • 7:30 p.m.

(Thurs), 3 p.m. (Sun) • $20–$85

The UGA Performing Arts Center opened with a gala week of performances 25 years ago, and now we’re currently in the middle of a gala week in celebration of this anniversary. On Apr. 28, the UGA

The Wildflower Wheel at Indie South’s Holiday Hooray in 2021.

Keep an eye out for ceramics by Sophie Shannon Art and Wild Fire Pottery, jewelry

by Modern Savage Jewelry and Heather Greenway Jewelry, glass by Oriskany Glass Studio and Bohemian Spirit Glass, and vintage by Daughters of Liberte Vintage and Dena Rose Vintage. Inviting visitors to stay awhile, the market will also host food vendors Speakcheesy, Joe Nedza, Smiley’s Burgers, Hendershot’s Coffee and Crescent Cafe. DJs Mahogany, Pip and Kurt Wood will provide the sonic backdrop. [JS] f

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

Art ART FOR UKRAINE FUNDRAISER (Online via tinyATHgallery) Artists Stephen Sheer and Anina Gerchick are offering paintings and photographs to help raise money for humanitarian needs of people displaced by war in Ukraine. 75% of sales will benefit Unicef, Doctors Without Borders and RazomForUkraine.org. Pickup or shipping available. Through May 10. www. tinyathgallery.com/art-for-ukraine 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. www.athenscreatives.directory CALL FOR ARTISTS AND CURATORS (Lyndon House Arts Center) LHAC invites area artists, artist groups and curators to submit original exhibition proposals. Artists are also invited to submit images of their work for consideration for larger group or themed shows.

Exhibitions may be scheduled as far out as three years. Submit online proposal form. Deadline Sept. 20. beth.sale@accgov.com, accgov. com/lyndonhouse CALL FOR ENTRIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) ATHICA is accepting applications for Artist-in-ATHICA residencies, Solo-Duo-Trio exhibitions and internships. www.athica.org/membership, www.athica.org/updates/ call_2022_showcase 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 worldwide can also submit music videos, short films, skits and ideas to share with a weekly livestream audience. www.jokerjokertv.com/ submit

Auditions BIG FISH (Online) Arts!Oglethorpe hosts virtual auditions. Check the website for application guidelines.

Deadline May 4, 9 p.m. In-person callbacks will be held May 9.

Rehearsals begin May 16 at Historic Crawford School. Performances run June 24-26, June 30–July 2. www. artsoglethorpe.org

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 CLASSES (K.A. Artist Shop) Classes are held in digital art, handmade books, drawing fundamentals, watercolor, landscape painting, lin-

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ocut printmaking, printing on fabric and more. Check website for dates and to register. www.kaartist.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 CLAY CLASSES (Good Dirt) Registration opens on the 15th of every month for the following month’s classes and workshop. Classes range from wheel, unique handles, hand building sculpture and more.

Studio membership is included in class price. www.gooddirt.net 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 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 (Multiple Locations) Lessons for beginners and beyond are held every first, third and fifth Tuesday, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The second and fourth Tuesdays offer evenings of line dancing, two-step and waltz. Third Tuesdays are hosted at the Bogart Community Center.

Other nights are held at Athens VFW. $10. 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 OPEN/COMMUNITY MEDITATION (Sangha Yoga Studio at Healing Arts Centre) Uma Rose leads a meditation designed to guide participants into stillness and silence.

Mondays, 4–5 p.m. Donations encouraged. www.healingarts centre.net PUBLIC DANCE (The Studio Athens) Beginner Rumba lessons followed

by DJ’d waltz, swing, salsa, tango etc. Every fourth Saturday. 7:30–10 p.m. $5 (students), $10 (non-students). www.gmdance.com SERVSAFE FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER CERTIFICATION (Hampton Inn) Take an in-person class and exam to learn the latest information from the most recent FDA Food Code. Apr. 28, 8 a.m.–2 p.m. www.hrfoodsafe.com STUDIO WORKSHOP (Georgia Museum of Art) Join artist Amanda Jane Burk for a series of three studio-based printmaking classes.

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exhibition “Graphic Eloquence: American Modernism on Paper from the Collection of Michael T. Ricker.” May 12, 19, 26. $20. gmoa-tours@uga.edu YOGA CLASSES AND EVENTS (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) “Yoga Flow and Restore with Nicole Bechill” is held Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. 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. www. revolutiontherapyandyoga.com YOGA TEACHER TRAINING (Shakti Power Yoga Athens) Deepen your practice and learn to teach others in person and online during this 200-hour yoga teacher training.

June 11–17 and July 9–15. Apply

by May 1 to save $400. www. shaktiyogaathens.com/shaktiyoga-university 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 AAHS 6TH ANNUAL KITTEN SHOWER (The Taylor-Grady House) Join the Athens Area Humane Society for a unique fundraising event with brunch, live music, games and raffle prizes.

May 15, 1–3 p.m. $25. www.athens humanesociety.org ACC LIBRARY EVENTS (ACC Library) Café au Libris featuring Mary Frances Early, author of The Quiet Trailblazer, is held Apr. 28, 7 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org THE AMAZING ACRO-CATS (Morton Theatre) A troupe of rescue house cats put on a one-of-a-kind performance by riding skateboards, jumping through hoops and more.

The grand finale features Tuna and the Rock Cats, the only all-cat band (plus a chicken named Cluck Norris) in the world. May 13, 7 p.m. & May 14, 3 p.m. $25–55. www. mortontheatre.com ARMS AND THE MAN (Town and Gown Players) George Bernard Shaw’s play follows lovely Raina who idealizes her fiancé, a heroic soldier, and despises the enemy soldier who begs her to save his life. After the war, both men return to challenge her notions about love.

May 13–14, 8 p.m. May 15, 3 p.m. $5. www.townandgownplayers.org ART EVENTS (Georgia Museum of Art) “Tour at Two” is held Apr. 27 at 2 p.m. “Morning Mindfulness” is held Apr. 29 at 9:30 a.m. www. georgiamuseum.org THE ARTIST’S WAY STUDY GROUP (24th Street Clubhouse, 150 Collins Industrial Blvd.) A gathering of artists, musicians, writers and creatives meet to discuss the book The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron. Every Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Donations welcome. beth@

beththompsonphotography.com, www.24thstreetathens.com ATHENS AREA PAGANS MEETING (Rabbit Hole Studios) Meet fellow pagans. Every Saturday, 5 p.m.

Donations encouraged. beth@ athensareapagans.org ATHENS CHAUTAUQUA SOCIETY (Multiple Locations) “Paula Murray: Confronting the Law” will be held at the Morton Theatre on June 12, 3 p.m. FREE! “Robert F. Kennedy: Keeping the Peace” will be held at the Morton Theatre June 12, 7 p.m.

FREE! www.athenschq.org ATHENS FARMERS MARKET (Multiple Locations) Shop 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. Every Saturday at Bishop Park, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Every Wednesday at Creature Comforts Brewing Co., 5–8 p.m. www.athens farmersmarket.net ATHENS SHOWGIRL CABARET (Sound Track Bar) ASC presents an evening of drag and burlesque. Apr. 29, 8:30 p.m. www.athensshowgirl cabaret.com AVID POETRY SERIES (Online) Avid Bookshop and series curator Hannah V Warren host a reading and conversation with Sara Henning and Paul Cunningham. Apr. 28, 7 p.m. events@avidbookshop.com BOARD OF EDUCATION CANDIDATE FORUM (ACC Library and Zoom) Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement and the Coalition for Athens Schools present a forum to hear directly from candidates about their vision for CCSD schools. May 9, 6 p.m. FREE! www.aadmovement.org BOOM BASH SENIOR EXPO (Athens Country Club) Boom Magazine and the Athens Community Council on Aging present an expo with fun door prizes, health screenings, line dancing, book signings, music and more. Apr. 28, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

FREE! www.boomathens.com/expo CAFE APOLLINAIRE (Flicker Theatre and Bar) Georgia Fine Arts Academy and Bilbo Books host an homage to Surrealists with music, theater, visual arts, film and poetry.

Apr. 28, 7 p.m. FREE! bilbobooks publishing@gmail.com CAMPAIGN LAUNCH PARTY (International Grill and Bar) The Mokah For Georgia HD120 launch party will be a family-friendly event with live entertainment, food and more.

Apr. 30, 1:20–3 p.m. FREE! www. mokahforgeorgia.com COMMUNITY POP-UP (Jet Cuts and Styles) Join the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement for free food, games, music and more.

Volunteers are needed to canvass neighborhoods with information about AADM’s programs and services. Apr. 29, 2 p.m. FREE! www. aadmovement.org DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANT PUBLIC TOUR (J.G Beacham Drinking Water Treatment Plant) Celebrate Drinking Water Awareness Week with a talking tour.

May 5, 5:30 p.m. jackie.sherry@ accgov.com EDUCATOR CAREER FAIR (CCSD Administrative Office) Find out about teaching opportunities. Apr. 30, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. bit.ly/ccsdfair22 8K NAP-A-THON AND PJ PARTY (130 Conway Dr., Suite E) Join the Athens Area Diaper Bank for a

pj party and marathon of rest and relaxation. Pick up a “race bib,” take a tour of the facility and participate in activities, then head home to take a nap. May 14, 10 a.m. www. athensareadiaperbank.com FROG HOP 5K ROAD RACE (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Run, walk, hop or leap through a 5K and onemile Tadpole Fun Run. Proceeds benefit SCNC. May 1, 2 p.m. (Tadpole Fun Run), 2:30 p.m. (5K Frog Hop). $18–27. www.sandycreeknaturecenterinc.org, www.active.com GOLDEN GATSBY SOIREE (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville) OCAF presents a 1920s costume party with food, live entertainment and a live and silent auction to raise money for the arts programs, workshops, exhibitions and classes the center provides.

Period attire encouraged. Apr. 30, 7 p.m. $100. www.ocaf.com GORGEOUS GEORGE’S IMPROV LEAGUE (Buvez) Come out for some home-grown townie improv.

Bring some interesting suggestions and a loose funny bone to help create some improv magic on the spot. Every Wednesday, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flying squidcomedy.com HEART MUSIC GALA (East Athens Dance Center) Students from Clarke Central, Cedar Shoals and Coile will perform in a symphony orchestra.

Klezmer Local 42 and Kishi Bashi will also perform. A live auction will be held during intermission. May 6, 6:30 p.m. $75. www.heartmusic athens.org HENDERSHOT’S EVENTS (Hendershot’s Coffee) Disconnect to connect during No Phone Parties with a phone-free, laptop-free happy hour featuring drink specials, snacks, games and a record player. Every Tuesday, 6–9 p.m. www.hender shotsathens.com INDIE SOUTH’S 15TH ANNUAL SPRINGTACULAR (Bishop Park) The annual outdoor artist market includes over 100 vendors selling everything from homegoods, artwork, vintage clothing and collectibles, and other handcrafted items.

The afternoon also features live DJs and food trucks. Apr. 30, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. May 1, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. www.

INNOVATION AMPHITHEATER EVENTS (Innovation Amphitheater, Winder) The Atlanta Opera Studio Tour presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta The Pirates of Penzance.

May 12, 7 p.m. $5–10. www.innovationamphitheater.com INTO THE WOODS (Athens Community Theater) Town & Gown Players present James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s play in which characters from various fairytales are woven into one plot. Apr. 28–30, 8 p.m. May 1, 2 p.m. $20. www. townandgownplayers.org KICK IT FOR COLLEGE CHARITY KICKBALL TOURNAMENT (Bishop Park) Join a team and compete. Proceeds support College Factory’s mission in helping first-generation and underserved students achieve their postsecondary education goals. May 21, 1 p.m. brittany@collegefactory.org, www. collegefactory.org 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 N1D-UNDER THE SCOREBOARD (Sanford Stadium) For 24 hours,

the Athens RadioClub will interact with radio operations across the world in celebration of UGA’s win at the National Football Championship. Apr. 30, 12 p.m.–May 1, 12 p.m. www.athensradioclub.square space.com NANCY LUKASIEWICZ MEMORIAL CELEBRATION (Lyndon House Arts Center) Celebrate the life of Nancy, who, along with her husband, founded the LHAC as a centerpiece of the local arts community. May 15, 2–4 p.m. 706-613-3623 NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE AND LEGACY MUSEUM VISIT (Mongomery, AL) The ACC Library, Jeannette Rankin Foundation and Clarke County Schools are partnering to provide an opportunity to visit the memorial and museum. RSVP to reserve a bus seat. May 11, 7 a.m.–7:30 p.m. $25 (includes lunch). 706-613-3650 OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY EVENTS (Oconee Co. Library) “DIY for Adults: Cork Plant Holder Magnet” is held May 9, 1 p.m. or 6 p.m.

“Third Monday Book Club” will discus Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Shuffle on May 16, 7 p.m. www. athenslibrary.org/oconee OCONEE FARMERS MARKET (Oconee County Courthouse, Watkinsville) Over 20 vendors offer everything from seasonal produce, dog treats and meats to vegan and gluten-free desserts, crafts and plants. Saturdays, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. www.oconeefarmersmarket.net POETRY WITH ELIZABETH HUGHEY AND MONICA FAMBROUGH (The Athenaeum) Birmingham-based poet Hughey will read from her new poetry collection, White Bull. Fambrough is the author of Blue Transfer and Softcover. Apr. 28, 6 p.m. FREE! athenaeum.uga. edu/events PUBLIC WORKS WEEK (Jittery Joe’s Roaster) Grab a free cup of coffee and celebrate National Public Works Week. May 18, 8:30–10 a.m. jackie.sherry@accgov.com RABBIT HOLE EVENTS (Rabbit Hole Studios) Acoustic Fire Pit Jams are held every Monday, 7–11 p.m.

Flow Jam Night for flow artists and LED/fire spinners is held Thursdays from 7–11 p.m. Free music theory group lessons for guitarists are held Thursdays from 7–10 p.m. White Rabbit Collective hosts a drum circle every Sunday downtown on College Ave. from 5–7 p.m., followed by an afterparty with painting, singing, games, yoga and more from 7:30–11 p.m. www.rabbithole studios.org REALLY, REALLY FREE MARKET (Reese & Pope Park) Just like a yard sale, but everything is free.

Bring what you can, take what you need. Second Saturday of every month, 12–2 p.m. reallyreallyfree marketathens@gmail.com RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT PLEIN AIR EVENTS (Rocket Field at Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Highlighting the current exhibition “Rhythm and Movement: The Art of Music,” OCAF hosts a series of plein air painting/drawing workshops taught by Jack Burk.

Participants will listen to music as they paint. The lineup of musicians includes Susan Staley (May 21, 9 a.m.) and Lonesome Dawn at (June 11, 6 p.m.) $20–25/workshop. www.ocaf.com SHOAL LILY PLANT WALK AND FLOAT (Multiple Locations) Join the Broad River Watershed Association for a plant walk to see shoal lilies. Meet at The Georgia Freshwater Campgrounds at the Broad River.

May 14, 9:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. Donations accepted. RSVP by May 10: ellen4bus@gmail.com. Join the

BRWA for a float down the river to view shoal lilies at Anthony Shoals.

Bring your own boat and meet at Broad River Campground. May 21, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $25 suggested donation. RSVP: info@brwa.org 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 THURSDAY TRIVIA (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Jon Head hosts trivia every Thursday. Win pitchers and gift certificates. Thursdays, 7–9 p.m. www.johnnyspizza.com TWILIGHT (Downtown Athens) Cyclists come from near and far to race. Other activities include a food court, joy ride, expo and live music.

Check website for race schedule.

Apr. 29–30. www.athenstwilight. com UKRAINIAN REFUGEE FUNDRAISER (UGA Myers Quad) UGA Doctors Without Borders hosts a field day fundraiser featuring sports, obstacle events, prizes and vendors. Apr. 29. $5–7 (Venmo @ UGAMSF). www.facebook.com/ ugamsf VOTER EMPOWERMENT FESTIVAL (College Square Downtown Athens) Voters and candidates from across Georgia’s 10th Congressional District are invited to celebrate the election season. The street festival will include live music, stump speeches, networking and voter information and registration booths.

May 1, 1–4 p.m. www.ga10progressivecoalition.com WBFM DRIVE-THRU PICK-UP (West Broad Farmers Market) The West Broad Farmers Market offers fresh produce, locally raised meat and eggs, baked goods, flowers, artisan goods and more. Order online or by phone Sundays–Thurs-

days, then pick up on Saturdays between 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. www.wbf.locallygrown.net

Kidstuff ACC LIBRARY EVENTS (ACC Library) “Open Chess Play” is held Mondays, 3–5 p.m. “Virtual Storytime” is held Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. “Virtual Bedtime Stories” is held Tuesdays at 6 p.m. “Preschool Storytime” is held Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. www.athenslibrary.org ART CAMPS FOR PROMISING YOUNG ARTISTS (K.A. Artist Shop) Camps are offered for ages 10–12 and 13–17 and take place in-person, Mondays–Fridays during 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. or 1:30–5:30 p.m. Subjects include drawing, painting, illustration, calligraphy, printmaking, collage, journaling and more. $250 (half day), $450 (full day). www.kaartist.com 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 BOGART LIBRARY EVENTS (Bogart Library) “Busy Bee Toddler Time” is held Apr. 27 at 10 a.m. www. athenslibrary.org/bogart CLUBS FOR TEENS (Lyndon House Arts Center) “Teen Media Arts Club with Kidd Fielteau” is held Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m. “Teen Fashion Design/Sewing Club with Tabitha Fielteau” is held Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

HARGRETT LIBRARY’S TODDLER TUESDAY (UGA Special Collections Library) Toddler Tuesday is a new program full of story time,

art around town ALLEY WAY (236 Clayton St.) “Automony is Light” is a temporary collaborative public art exhibition curated by Mickey Boyd and Rachel Lea Seburn with contributions by Martin Chamberlin, Zahria Cook, Nate Dixon, Meredith Emery, Katie Ford and Ethan Snow. Through May 7.

THE ATHENAEUM (287 W. Broad St.) This year’s MFA exit exhibition, “Downstream,” features the works of Rosie Brock, Luka Carter, Casey Connelly, Victoria Dugger, Isys Hennigar, Matthew Hoban, Craig Howarth, Forrest Lawson and Annie Simpson. MFA Speaks held Apr. 27, 6 p.m.

Through May 14.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: ATHICA (675 Pulaski St.) “Material Alchemy: Metal and Color” features artists whose work investigates contemporary practices of metalsmithing, from wearable to sculptural. Speaker Ann Cahoon via Zoom Apr. 28, 1 p.m. Music Nights with Joe Leone and Louis Ramanos on May 7, Shane Parrish on May 13, and Killick and Ravish Momin on May 16, all at 7 p.m. Exhibition runs through May 22.

AURUM STUDIOS (125 E. Clayton St.) Margaret Agner presents a collection of pastels, many of which were created in the company of the Athens Plein Air painters.

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.

CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) Philadelphia native Carolyn Suzanne Schew explores daydreams in “Somewhere Else,” a collection of technicolor landscapes and animals. Meet the artist on closing day, May 15.

DODD GALLERIES (270 River Rd.) The ​​ Lamar Dodd School of Art’s second round of BFA exhibitions features artists working in painting and drawing, sculpture, textile design, ceramics, photography and video. Through Apr. 29.

EARTH DAY 2022 ART CHALLENGE (sustainability.uga.edu) The UGA Office of Sustainability presents an annual online exhibition in celebration of Earth Day. This year’s theme reflects on the impact of Georgia’s pollinators on the sustainability of food systems Through Apr. 30.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Organized by Jennifer Niswonger-Morris, this month features a collection of goth art. Through April. • Artwork by Marisa Mustard. Through May. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Lou Stovall: Of Land and

music and crafts for ages 1–4.

“Welcome Summer” on June 21, “Georgia Music” on Aug. 2, “Sports!” on Sept. 20. Events held at 9:45 a.m. FREE! RSVP: jmb18449@uga.edu 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 MIDDLE CHILDHOOD ART WORKSHOPS (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Decorate a piñata on May 14. Make a beachy snow globe out of a mason jar on June 11. Classes are for ages 6–12 and held 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $30–35. www. ocaf.com OCONEE LIBRARY EVENTS (Oconee Co. Library) “Storytime” for preschool children and their caregivers is held Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.

“Prism” is held May 11 at 6 p.m.

“Dungeons & Dragons” is held May 16 at 6 p.m. “Anime Club” is held May 23 at 7 p.m. “Family Fun Day” is held May 14 at 10 a.m. “Summer Reading Program Kick-Off for Teens” is held May 25, 5–9 p.m.

“Ocena Slime DIY” is held May 27 at 4 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee OUTDOOR STORYTIME (The Park at Five Points) In celebration of National Independent Bookstore Day, Avid Bookshop hosts an outdoor storytime with Mr. Evan, the beloved librarian who use to run the children’s department at ACC Library. Apr. 30, 11:30 a.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com PANCAKES AND TURTLES (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Eat pancakes, learn turtle facts and meet the new resident pancake tortoise. Apr. 30, 9:30 a.m. $5–7.50. 706-613-3615 SATURDAY CRAFT (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Each week’s craft is announced on Instagram.

Saturdays, 10–10:45 a.m. (ages 3–6) or 11 a.m.–12 p.m. (ages 6–10). www.treehousekidandcraft. com, www.instagram.com/tree housekidandcraft SUMMER CAMPS (Foxfire Woods and Farm, Nicholson) Join certified nature staff for outdoor learning and adventure on a 54 acre farm and nature sanctuary. For ages 5–12. www.foxirewoodsandfarm.com/ summercamps SUMMER CAMPS (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville) Camps are offered in clay (hand building, wheel throwing) and writing (poetry, fiction, college essays).

Check website for dates and age groups. www.ocaf.com TUTORING (Online) The Athens Regional Library System is now offering free, live online tutoring via tutor.com for students K-12, plus college students and adult learners.

Daily, 2–9 p.m. www.athenslibrary. org WILD EARTH CAMP (Piedmont Preserve) An adventure camp in the forest for ages 4–13. Weeklong camps begin May 30, June 13, June 20, July 11 and July 25.

Register online. www.piedmontpreserve.org

Support Groups ATHENS AREA LIFESTYLE MEETUP (Locos Eastside) Practitioners of BDSM, alt sexuality, power dynamic relationships, etc. can meet up and talk in an informal atmosphere. Apr. 28, 7 p.m. athens alt@yahoo.com ACA ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS AND DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) This support group meets weekly. Tuesdays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. annetteanelson@gmail.com FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP (ACC Library, Classroom A) Alzheimer’s Association Georgia

Origins” features selected works by the printmaker who is the 2022 recipient of the museum’s Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Award. Through May 29. • “In Dialogue: Views of Empire: Grand and Humble” displays two print collections that create a conversation about what it meant to be a working-class citizen in mid-19th-century Russia. Through Aug. 21. • “Jennifer Steinkamp: The Technologies of Nature.” Through Aug. 21. • “Graphic Eloquence: American Modernism on Paper from the Collection of Michael T. Ricker.” Through Sept. 4.

GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Zane Cochran presents “Aurora,” a sculptural interpretation of the aurora borealis using 3D geometric figures and lights.

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE (237 Prince Ave.) Colorful painted portraits by Mark Dalling. Through April.

HEIRLOOM CAFE (815 N. Chase St.) Inspired by the absence of travel during the pandemic, Kristen Bach’s photo collection, “When We Traveled,” revisits the people, colors, textures and environments the artist’s family encountered in past years. Through May 2. • The Boulevard Neighborhood Young Artists, ages 2–18, present an exhibition of their latest creations. Opening reception May 3, 5:30–6:30 p.m. Through June 27.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) AJ Aremu presents a large-scale installation for “Window Works,” a site-specific series that utilizes the building’s front entrance windows for outdoor art viewing. • Curated by Miranda Lash of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the 47th annual Juried Exhibition includes 160 works of drawing, metal work, painting, photography, sculpture, video and more. Artist talk held May 19 at 6 p.m. Through May 21. • Collections from our Community presents Tatiana Veneruso’s collection of vintage purses that represent over 100 years of handbag history. Through June 4. • Lucile Stephens’ paintings and hand-built ceramic works are fantastical, inventive and many times inspired by flora and fauna. Through June 18. • “Local Athenian: One Degree of Separation” shares portraits of local residents taken by Emily Cameron for her website, which shares stories through interviews and photographs.

Storytelling on the Lawn will be held Apr. 28 at 6 p.m. Through June 18.

MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) On view in the Collector’s Cabinet is a display of Chinese Export Porcelain owned by the Morehouse family. Through June.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Artwork by Bobbi Johnson. Through June.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) “43rd Georgia Watercolor Society National Exhibition” presents works by 79 different artists from across the state. “Rhythm & Movement: The Art of Music” explores the intersection between music and visual arts. Artists cre-

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. 706206-6163, 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 MENTAL HEALTH PEER RECOVERY GROUP (Nuçi’s Space) Participants support each other through life’s challenges by sharing from their skills, experiences and proven coping mechanisms. Newcomers welcome. First Tuesday of the month, 4–6 p.m. pr@nuci.org, www.nuci.org 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.

Thursdays, 7 p.m. FREE! www. athensrecoverydharma.org

Word on the Street AAMG SPRING BULB SALE (Athens Clarke County Extension Office) The Athens Area Master Gardeners, in partnership with the State Botanical Garden of Georgia and Athens-Clarke County Extension, host a sale of flower bulbs like daffodils, bluebells and crocus. Sale runs through Apr. 30 and pick up is in October for fall planting. tinyurl. com/aamg2022bulbsale

ADOPT-A-MOM 2022 (Online) The Ark wants to make sure that single moms served by The Ark and ladies at nursing homes and in hospice care get loved and acknowledged for Mother’s Day by giving them flowers and cards.

Donations benefit The Ark’s Single Working Mothers Fund. Donate before May 31. www.athensark.org/ adoptamom2022 CORNHOLEATL SUMMER LEAGUE REGISTRATION (Southern Brewing Co. & Terrapin Beer Co.) Four different divisions are offered to accommodate all levels. Seven-week seasons begin in June.

Registration is open through May 30. 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 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. Taste of OLLI trial memberships available now through June 30. April sign-up required. $15. www.olli.uga.edu/trial POEMS BY MAIL (Athens, GA) In celebration of Poetry Month, Athens Poet Laureate Jeff Fallis will fulfill requests for poems by mail through April. Fill out the online form to receive an original poem or a copy of one of his favorites by a fellow poet. www.athensculturalaffairs.org/ acac-celebrates-poetry-month 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 f

ated pieces in response to hearing songs by local artists of various genres.

Through June 3.

ODUM SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY GALLERY (140 E. Green St.) Natural science illustrator C Olivia Carlisle shares insect, botanical and ecosystems illustrations alongside “The Birdwing Butterflies of Papua New Guinea,” a display featuring specimens assembled by James W. Porter and photographs by Carolyn Crist. Through May 18.

POETRY WINDOWS (Multiple Locations) Athens Poet Laureate Jeff Fallis, the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission and the Athens Downtown Development Authority collaborated on displaying poems in storefront windows. Participating locations include Viva Argentine, Lindsey’s Culinary Market, Condor Chocolate, Wuxtry Records, Creature Comforts, Medusa Salon and More. Through April.

QUIET GALLERY AT ACC LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) Anthony Salzman’s exhibition, “Images and Whimages,” pays tribute to both spiritual icons and “whimages,” or whimsical images that are inspired during the early hours of the day. Through May 6.

TIF SIGFRIDS (393 N. Finley St.) Claudia Keep presents a solo show, “Day in, Day Out.” Through May 7.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) Sarah Moon’s exhibition, “Out of Time: Athens,” pays homage to popular local businesses. Open by appointment through April.

UGA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (597 D. W. Brooks Dr.) Jan Perkins presents “The Art of Engineering and Technology,” a series of nine large panels interpreting research in various fields of engineering: chemical, biomedical, environmental, civil, agricultural, mechanical, electrical and more.

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. • “Not Only for Ourselves: The Integration of UGA Athletics” celebrates the 50th anniversary of integration of the Georgia Bulldogs football team. Through Spring 2022. • “At War With Nature: The Battle to Control Pests 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. • “Frankie Welch’s Americana: Fashion, Scarves and Politics” explores the life of a Georgia native who owned a Virginia boutique, designing scarves and dresses used in political campaigns and events and worn by women throughout the country in the 1960s and ‘70s.

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Georgia Theatre 7:30 p.m. (doors), 8:30 p.m. (show). $16–18. www.georgiatheatre.com CURTIS HARDING Atlanta singer-songwriter whose “slop ‘n’ soul” style carries influences of blues, gospel, psychedelia, R&B and rock.

JOSHY SOUL Neo soul musician inspired by Donny Hathaway, Otis Redding, Ray Charles and Little Richard.

Southern Brewing Co., Monroe 7 p.m. www.sobrewco.com FUNKY BLUESTER Blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles.

ELIJAH JOHNSTON Athens-based emo singer-songwriter.

MICHAEL WEGNER Local songwriter whose music spans genres.

TRVY Athens hip-hop artist.

BEN DE LA COUR Critically acclaimed alt-country and touring artist.

SARAH ZÚÑIGA Former Vic Chesnutt award finalist.

Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com BIG BAND ATHENS This 18-member community band performs

NULL Post-punk band from Athens.

Friday 29 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.40watt. com BROASIS Members of The District Attorneys perform select tracks from Oasis’s Definitely Maybe and (What’s the Story) Morning Glory.

COLDPLAYAS Members of lighthearted, Cloudland and Wirelight

CLAIRE CAMPBELL Local multi-instrumentalist and folk artist.

MIKE KILLEEN Decatur-based musician with Americana and alternative influences.

International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show).

FREE! www.facebook.com/ IGBAthensGA THE SPLITZ BAND A mixed drink of the classic Motown sound, part 1970s funk and disco flavor, and a dash of the old-school and contemporary R&B.

Wednesday 27 Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket. net HIBBS FAMILY BAND Folk/bluegrass quartet of family members led

by Rob and Garrett Hibbs.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Georgia Theatre 6:30 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show). $27.50-30. www.georgiatheatre.com LUKAS NELSON & PROMISE OF THE REAL Willie Nelson’s son Lukas leads this California-based country rock and roll band.

Georgia Theatre Rooftop 5:30 p.m. (doors), 6:30 p.m. (show). FREE! www.georgiatheatre. com GRASSLAND Local traditional and progressive bluegrass group formerly known as Grassland String Band.

Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens. com NEW FACES NIGHT Discover new Athens musical talent. Hosted by Lizzy Farrell.

Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ nowherebarathens TORI PATER AND FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS After 30 years in Denver, Pater returned to Athens to join Bloodkin. Tonight he’s joined

by Niek and Alana Velvis and Alex Braun for a funk rock set.

Porterhouse Grill 6–9 p.m. www.porterhouseathens. com/jazz JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy standards, improv and originals by a live jazz trio every Wednesday night over dinner.

Thursday 28 40 Watt Club 6th Annual Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award. 6:30 p.m. (doors). $20. www.40watt.com BO BEDINGFIELD Local alt-country singer-songwriter.

GABRIELLA DELLIPONTI & HUNTER GUESS Athens pop duo.

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nothing,nowhere. performs at the 40 Watt Club on Saturday, Apr. 30. selections spanning from big band music of the ‘40s to dance tunes of the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s.

Hotel Indigo Live After 5 Patio Series. 5:30–8 p.m. www.facebook.com/AubreyEntertainmentAthensGA MRJORDANMRTONKS Tommy Jordan and William Tonks’ collaboration features rootsy guitar picking and paired vocal melodies.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 25th Anniversary Gala Week. 7:30 p.m. $20. www.pac.uge.edu UGA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The orchestra performs “Fizzle, Sweep, Crash,” an original piece by Daniel Karcher, as well as Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.

Nowhere Bar 8:30 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens BLUES NIGHT JAM Bring an instrument and join host Big C for an open blues jam. The house band includes Scott Nicholson, Derek Warren, Brent Davenport and Bo Hembree.

Southern Brewing Co. 7 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show). $20. bit.ly/WillieWatsonAthens WILLIE WATSON BAND Folk singer-songwriter and former member of Old Crow Medicine Show.

HIBBS FAMILY BAND Folk/bluegrass quartet of family members led

by Rob and Garrett Hibbs.

The World Famous 10:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ theworldfamousathens BRNDA Washington-based band with an unpredictable sound that can shift between testy art punk, noisy no wave and groovin’ indie rock at any given moment.

COMA THERAPY Post-punk darkwave act that recently relocated to Athens.

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensmasterchorale.org ATHENS MASTER CHORALE Performing works by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Forrest, Billings, Thompson, Burleigh, Stanford and Hagenberg conducted by Joseph Napoli.

The Classic Center 6:30 p.m. (picnic), 8 p.m. (performance). FREE! www.classiccenter. com ATHENS SYMPHONY POPS CONCERT AND PICNIC Pack a picnic basket for a performance featuring the Athens Symphony Chorus and a variety of Broadway classics.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com JOSEPHINE NETWORK Eightpiece power-pop ensemble of the New York-based singer-songwriter Josephine.

CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER Multi-dimensional pop artist also known as Locate S,1.

HONEYPUPPY Local indie rock band.

GUMMY Asheville based group featuring Mark Capon from Harvest Records.

WALKHOME Asheville-based rock band featuring members of Wednesday.

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $27.50–35. www.georgiatheatre.com GABBY BARRETT Touring artist hailed as “the face of Gen-Z country.”

KING CALAWAY Up and coming five-piece soft country group.

Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. $10. www.hendershotsathens.com

The Root 10 p.m. FREE! www.therootathens. com DIABLO SANDWICH & THE DR. PEPPERS Local all-star Southern rock band blending country, jazz and more.

The Rowdy Goose 10 p.m. (doors). $3. www.instagram.com/therowdygoose ARCH & BEND A Caribbean party with live DJs. Southern Brewing Co. 2 Georges: Athens, GA Songwriter Tribute to George Jones & George Strait. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show) bit.ly/2GeorgesTribute 2 GEORGES Todd Cowart & The Black Canvas (featuring Bo Hembree and Curt Spell) and The Holman Autry Band play a tribute to George Strait. Followed by a tribute to George Jones by Clay Leverett & The Chasers.

VFW 8 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ vfwpost2872 COUNTRY RIVER BAND Local classic country group that has been together for over 25 years.

Saturday 30 40 Watt Club 6 p.m. (doors). $25 (adv.), $29. www.40watt.com NOTHING,NOWHERE. Guitar-based emo-rap on Fueled by Ramen.

POORSTACY Carlito Junior Milfort merges influences from hip hop, punk rock and heay metal.

CAROLESDAUGHTER Pop artist with a goth aesthetic who gained traction through TikTok. GUCCIHIGHWATERS Young vocalist and producer signed to Epitaph Records.

SCARYPOOLPARTY Alejandro Aranda is a musician, reality television personality and runner-up on the 17th season of “American Idol.”

SNARLS Indie rock band from Columbus, OH. Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. www.athensfarmersmarket.net FREQ 432 Improvisational duo.

The Classic Center 6:30 p.m. (picnic), 8 p.m. (performance). FREE! www.classiccenter. com ATHENS SYMPHONY POPS CONCERT AND PICNIC Pack a picnic basket for a performance featuring the Athens Symphony Chorus and a variety of Broadway classics.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreandbar.com TYLER KEY Local Americana singer-songwriter and pedal steel player.

TYLER SIDNEY Local rock artist.

BEN TRICKNEY Acoustic singer-songwriter weaving lonesome country tunes.

EVAN STEPP AND THE PINERS Atlanta-based country group who describes their music as “like a crowbar wrapped in gold leaf.”

Front Porch Bookstore 6 p.m. FREE! www.cityofwinterville. com/front-porch-bookstore JOE WILLEY AND THE MOVIN’ MEN Americana band playing original tunes on guitar, dobro, banjo, concertina and standup bass.

Georgia Theatre Rooftop 7 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre. com GIMME HENDRIX Critically acclaimed Jimi Hendrix tribute act.

Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens CLASSIC CITY JUKEBOX Local all-star rock and roll cover band.

Southern Brewing Co. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. $20–25. www.sobrewco.com RANDALL BRAMBLETT BAND This established Georgia singer-songwriter’s Southern-tinged music pulls from a variety of influences. For this performance, he’ll be joined by the Megablaster Horns.

The Warehouse Athens 7 p.m. $15. www.thewarehouseathens.com KAMERON MARLOWE Singer-songwriter whose sound is country with a mix of soul, rock and blues.

Sunday 1 ACC Library Live at the Library. 3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org

BO WILKEY AND EVAN COLLINS Blending the playing styles of central and southern Appalachia, Evan and Bo are a traditional fiddle and banjo duo that cover the old-time gamut from square dance tunes to Scots-Irish ballads.

HAWK PROOF ROOSTER Charlie and Nancy Hartness moved to Athens in 2006, and perform old-time and Americana music.

Today, the duo will be joined by folklorist, artist and banjo player Art Rosenbaum.

Creature Comforts Brewery 3–5 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com LIVE JAZZ Every Sunday afternoon.

Hendershot’s Coffee 6 p.m. www.hendershotsathens. com MON DON RAM BAND All volunteer group of musicians from Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School playing jazz and classic rock.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 25th Anniversary Gala Week. 3 p.m. $45–85. pac.uga.edu ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The ASO and Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles perform Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy and Beethoven’s Eroica.

No. 3 Railroad Street 2 p.m. www.3railroad.org OPEN MIC Held the first Sunday of every month.

Wednesday 4 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Georgia Theatre Rooftop 8 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre. com LORD NELSON Touring high-energy country band.

Hendershot’s Coffee 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com OPEN MIC Showcase your talent at this open mic night. Hosted by Lizzy Farrell.

International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ IGBAthensGA RICK FOWLER BAND Original, guitar-driven local blues-rock group.

Porterhouse Grill 6–9 p.m. www.porterhouseathens. com/jazz JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy standards, improv and originals by a live jazz trio every Wednesday night over dinner.

pandemic protocols 40 Watt Club: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 72 hours Flicker Theatre & Bar: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours Hendershot’s Coffee: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours Nowhere Bar: proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 48 hours No. 3 Railroad Street: proof of vaccination

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Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Awards CLASSIC CITY ROTARY PRESENTS ANNUAL CEREMONY

By Jessica Smith music@flagpole.com

Bo Bedingfield, ‘Beautiful World’

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iming to amplify voices within the local music community, the Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Awards “I wrote ‘Beautiful World’ in January 2021 in the state spotlights individuals who share honest, creative and disof high anxiety and existential angst that most of us were tinct perspectives through song. living through at that time. Like a lot of folks, I was spendIts name honors Vic Chesnutt, a prolific Athens musiing a lot of time with my young kids, thinking about the cian who released 17 albums over the course of his career world, and wondering what I should be doing. The Wydelles and continues to be an inspiration to many artists around recorded it quarantine-style from our respective homes, the world. The annual competition, now in its sixth year, is presented by the Classic City Rotary, a civic and service organization that supports the local arts as well as a wide variety of other endeavors. Recognizing songwriters across musical genres, past winners have included Cassie Chantel and WesdaRuler ft. Louie Larceny (2021), Jim Willingham (2020), Lydian Brambila (2019), Linqua Franqa (2018) and Andrew Huang (2017).

This year’s finalists are Bo Bedingfield, Gabriella Delliponti and Hunter Guess, Elijah Johnston, Michael Wegner and Trvy (Trevor Wiggins), each of whom were nominated based on a recorded work released in 2021. After reviewing a pool of nominations submitted by community members, these finalists were determined by an all-star panel of judges: producer John Keane, “Athens 411” radio host JoE Silva and musicians Dave Marr, Trina Meade and Amy Ray (Indigo Girls). Each finalist will receive $250, while the top winner earns $1500 as well as studio recording time from Amplify at Nuçi’s Space and a Team Clermont publicity and radio promotion package valued at $5,000.

2021 winners WesdaRuler, Cassie Chantel and Louie Larceny The awards ceremony will be held at the 40 Watt Club on Thursday, Apr. 28 at 6:30 p.m., mixed together and made magically whole by David Barbe and can be live-streamed on Facebook Live, YouTube Live at Chase Park.” and vicchesnuttawards.com. The night kicks off with a performance by East Nashville musician Ben de la Cour, who participated as an instructor in the program’s recent songwriting seminar and workshop series, as well as local “‘Monsters’ was written when all of a sudden we had an artist Sarah Zúñiga, a finalist in both 2017 and 2020 who plans to cover Vic Chesnutt’s “Flirted With You All My Life.” insane amount of time to finally confront the thoughts that shape you. As empowering as it is to know you’re changing, In addition to 2021 winner Cassie Chantel, all five of this it also is kind of scary to wonder if you are changing and year’s finalists will perform. growing in a way that is ultimately good. This song was Next, the finalists share reflections on their songs.

Gabriella Delliponti and Hunter Guess, ‘Monsters’

written as a way to process the ‘demons’ people have that sometimes cloud your judgment and make you keep your walls up.”

Elijah Johnston, ‘Molly Haskell’ “This is a love song I wrote a few years ago sort of romanticizing the reckless abandon you have when you really like someone. I was staying up late every night talking on the phone to someone I was with and sleeping through my morning film classes, especially when I had to read essays by Molly Haskell, a 1970s film critic who used lots of dry language. I hope she can forgive me!”

Michael Wegner, ‘Seriously’ “My nominated song, ‘Seriously,’ is technically a love song, but from the vantage point of a long-term marriage.

The focus is on things like conflict resolution and healthy communication, and also maintaining a sense of humor. I wrote it while noodling around on a guitar at a neighbor’s campfire about a year ago. Most of my song ideas sit around for months or years (sometimes decades) before being finished and recorded, but this one I completed, recorded and released in about a week.”

Trvy (Trevor Wiggins), ‘Shield’ “The title is a play on the idea of a ‘coat of arms.’ The last line of the chorus is, ‘I put that on my shield,’ and to me, it wraps up these promises of not letting anyone stand in the way of what you know is right for your path in life. Throughout the song I’m expressing the idea that people on the sidelines of your journey will try to call the plays for you, but when you are ‘in the game’ you have to know what to do for yourself. There are themes of attacking my own self-doubt and owning that I can be the leader of my own journey because I’m often my own antagonist in my music. The end of the verse is ‘I only wanted to learn how to cope, now they don’t got enough for what I want,’ which is my full-circle moment of owning the journey for myself.” f

WHO: Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Awards WHEN: Thursday, Apr. 28, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: 40 Watt Club HOW MUCH: $20

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