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By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com Athens-Clarke County commissioners voted to spend another $4 million on an already over-budget affordable housing project and wind down a program to prevent evictions during a Nov. 15 called meeting.

The county had initially given the Athens Housing Authority $4 million in federal funds as a bridge loan for the Bethel Midtown Village redevelopment—known as the North Downtown Project—until the Georgia Department of Community Affairs came through with a $4 million grant to offset increased construction costs as a result of inflation and shortages of materials.

But now the AHA/ACC/Columbia Residential public-private partnership will keep that money, in addition to the DCA grant, because construction costs have risen even further, along with interest rates.

With $39 million in county sales tax revenue already committed and $22 million in DCA tax credits on the line, the project has to keep moving forward in spite of spiraling costs, AHA Executive Director Rick Parker said. “I think this is well beyond the comfort zone of both parties,” he said. “The reason to continue down this path is not to lose the affordable housing tax credits, which expire at the end of this year.”

In between May, when the partnership applied for more DCA funds, and October, when the $4 million grant was awarded, interest rates rose by two percentage points, Parker said. He said he and Mayor Kelly Girtz both sought additional funding from DCA on top of the latest $4 million, but DCA declined.

The $4 million expenditure drained the last of the $11 million the ACC Commission set aside for affordable housing from its $60 million share of the American Rescue Plan Act’s federal funding for state and local governments’ pandemic recovery. Commissioner Jesse Houle raised the question, if cost overruns keep happening, where will the money to cover them come from? “I have a fear within me about how we get through phases 2, 3, 4 and 5 when we have no more money on our end to put into it,” Houle said.

The North Downtown Project is currently in phase 1, which involves tearing down part of the existing Bethel, installing infrastructure and building one new building. When complete, the development will replace 190 aging Section 8 units with 715–875 new ones—one-third public housing, one-third subsidized and one-third market rate.

“This is an extraordinary set of circumstances,” Parker said. “We’ll solve that problem as we go. We’ll do that in a variety of ways.”

The AHA locked in an interest rate that saved $2.5 million, Parker said, but it expires Jan. 5. In addition, the team in charge of the project pre-bought materials to lock in prices, is looking at design changes and is negotiating with contractors on cost-cutting incentives. He also said he expects the federal government to step in and provide relief for similarly struggling projects nationwide, based on his past experience in the wake of the 2007 housing crisis.

“I believe we’re not just simply going to stop building affordable housing in America because of the economics and the inflation going on,” Parker said. “I believe this will be addressed by a combination of: inflation will eventually moderate, interest rates will stabilize, and additional resources will be provided.”

The commission also voted to wind down an eviction prevention program run by a new and inexperienced nonprofit, First Athenian Development Corp., after a county report detailed numerous accounting irregularities dating back to June that led ACC Manager Blaine Williams to suspend the program last month.

At least 19 households had been approved for help when the program was suspended, and there may be up to 50 more in the pipeline, Williams said. The ACC Housing and Community Development Department will assist those applicants, and then it will end, unless the commission opts to reopen bidding to run it. “We can’t take over the program,” Williams said. “We don’t have the capacity.”

In less than a year, the program prevented about 300 evictions by using $1 million of the $2.5 million in ARPA funds the commission allocated for that purpose.

However, as the end of the federal eviction moratorium last November grows further away, it becomes harder to pin evictions on COVID-19, according to Williams. Both DCA and Gwinnett County—whose Project RESET provided the model for Athens’ program—stopped accepting applications for eviction prevention assistance in late October.

However, housing assistance is available from local nonprofits Advantage Behavioral Health Systems, Family Promise, Project Safe, Acceptance Community Center and The Ark that split $800,000 the commission recently awarded for rehousing from another federal source, Community Development Block Grants.

As of press time, it’s unknown whether there will be early voting on Saturday, Nov. 26 because the Georgia secretary of state’s office interprets the law to bar Saturday voting after a holiday—in this case, Thanksgiving and an unnamed state holiday that formerly commemorated Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Anyone who is registered to vote can vote in the runoff, regardless of whether they voted in the Nov. 8 general election.

That election ended with Warnock receiving 49.4% of the vote, just shy of the 50% plus one needed to win outright. Walker received 48.5%, and Libertarian Chase Oliver, who was eliminated, received 2.1%.

Walker Will Sink or Swim on Trans Athletes Walker touched on a number of issues— taxes, energy, crime, immigration—but if his speech in Jefferson is any indication, the one his campaign has settled on to try to get him over the finish line in the Senate runoff is transgender athletes.

Walker’s campaign stop at a Jackson County agriculture warehouse on Nov. 15 featured Riley Gaines, a champion University of Kentucky swimmer who’s been an outspoken critic of transgender women in women’s sports after competing against Lia Thomas, who transitioned during college at the University of Pennsylvania.

“That’s like having Herschel Walker compete against your daughter,” said Walker, a Heisman Trophy-winning former NFL running back. “You don’t want me to compete against your daughter, do you?”

Women’s sports will be destroyed if biological men are allowed to compete, said Gaines, who’s been a frequent guest on right-wing media and cut ads for conservatives like North Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. “There are only two sexes, and you cannot change your sex,” she said.

As senator, “I will get men out of women’s sports,” Walker pledged. It was an issue he came back to again and again during his stump speech.

“I’ll tell you the definition of a man and

a woman, because it’s in the Bible,” he said at another point. “A man and a woman are two different people.” And a man can’t get pregnant, he added.

Walker then went on to attack a military leadership he said had become “weak” and obsessed with pronouns. “Pronouns?

What’s a pronoun? I can tell you, a grenade don’t care about their pronouns.”

Asked for comment, Cameron Harrelson, a political activist and immediate past president of the Athens PRIDE + Queer Collective, condemned Walker’s statements.

“Herschel Walker’s Bible is not the law of the land—period,” Harrelson said. “This is clearly a desperate attempt by the far right to mobilize their most extreme base around issues that are complex and often misrepresented by conservatives and the media.

“The last time I checked, Herschel Walker does not identify as trans, therefore his comparison and comments are irrelevant.

This rhetoric by Walker is dangerous and only seeks to further marginalize a group of people who continually experience discrimination, hate and extreme violence.

Trans youth and individuals belong everywhere, from sports to leadership—end of discussion.”

Meanwhile, Warnock used the Nov. 17 anniversary of the bipartisan infrastructure act to remind Athens voters of the $25 million Athens-Clarke County received to improve North Avenue.

The U.S. Department of Transportation grant, awarded in August, will pay to repave North Avenue between Willow Street and Freeman Drive/Collins Industrial Boulevard, upgrade bus stops and crosswalks, and build a multi-use path for cyclists and pedestrians alongside the road, including a pedestrian bridge over the Loop.

“I am glad to see the Athens area will benefit from the provisions I secured in this law,” Warnock said in a Thursday news release. “These funds will upgrade North Avenue and make it safer for commuters and pedestrians.”

President Joe Biden signed the infrastructure bill into law on Nov. 15, 2021.

Walker is opposed to it because it included $100 million to plant trees in low-income neighborhoods. f

Souls to the Polls Early voting for the runoff between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker starts Sunday, Nov. 27 from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. at the ACC Elections Office downtown.

On Nov. 28, early voting will expand to include four additional locations: the Miriam Moore Community Center (410 McKinley Drive), the ACC Cooperative Extension Office (275 Cleveland Road), the ACC Tennis Center (4460 Lexington Road) and the Athens Regional Library (2025 Baxter St.). The library was added at a called Board of Elections meeting Nov. 17 after a miscommunication about the library’s availability. Hours at those four sites are 9 a.m.–7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Friday. The elections office (155 E. Washington St.) is open from 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m.–5 p.m. on Friday. Dec. 2 is the last day to vote early before Election Day on Tuesday, Dec. 6.

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were cast for this year’s midterm, up from 2018’s midterm count of 223,000. As a result of the pandemic, state election officials adopted emergency rules during the 2020 presidential election, which resulted in more than 1.2 million absentee ballots being cast by mail and drop boxes.

Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the secretary of state, said that the shortened runoff time to four weeks was the standard for many years in Georgia until a federal lawsuit changed it to nine weeks to give more time for overseas and military ballots. Georgia officials were able to run a successful midterm because of changes from SB 202, court rulings and the State Election Board, he said.

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eorgia Tech junior Alex Ames said that the state’s new voting law put some of her college friends in a bind when their absentee ballots did not arrive in time to be counted for the midterm elections on Nov. 8.

Ames was among a group of college students and a coalition of voting rights organizations imploring local election officials to expand the access to the ballot box in the Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff, which is in a condensed window that overlaps with final exams and the holiday break.

The Dec. 6 runoff pitting Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock against Republican Herschel Walker provides another example of how the state’s voting law overhaul in 2021 is changing how elections are run.

In the Nov. 8 midterm, there was record early voter turnout for a Georgia midterm, and the turnout for voters under 30 across the country was the second highest for a midterm in at least three decades. Ames said that college students and other young adults are highly energized for the election despite some of the barriers now in place that make it harder to vote.

As a result of Georgia’s Senate Bill 202 voting law, the window for requesting and returning absentee ballots was shortened, and the runoff schedule was compressed from nine weeks to four weeks after Election Day, reducing early voting opportunities. The Senate runoff that will begin in most places on Nov. 28 won’t offer Saturday early voting, since it occurs just after Thanksgiving and a state holiday once dedicated to honor Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s birthday. However, Democrats are suing to allow early voting on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, arguing that the law doesn’t apply to runoffs.

Ames, an organizer with the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition, was joined by other activists last week in recommending that county election officials offer a Sunday early voting day, extend the weekday hours and open up polling stations on college campuses for the runoff. She said that she has friends in Oregon who returned their Georgia absentee ballots as soon as they were mailed to them, but the ballots didn’t arrive in time to be counted. The AthensClarke County Board of Elections is among those that have scheduled a day of early voting on Sunday, Nov. 27.

“I have a friend in Washington D.C. who had to pay for a flight back home on Election Day because when they requested their ballot it had not arrived,” Ames said during a press conference hosted at Georgia Tech by Progress Georgia and Georgia Organizers for Active Transformation. “I have friends at Georgia Tech who had to miss a day of class to drive back home to vote in their districts.

“Vote by mail is a critical option that should be available to every voter to cast their ballots, especially since this runoff coincides with final exams, the end of the semester and holiday,” Ames said.

According to the secretary of state’s office, more than 244,000 absentee ballots

Young Democrats held an event at UGA’s Tate Center last month urging students to vote early, but some say that will be a challenge for the Senate runoff with just five days of advance voting.

“If you remember, Paul Coverdell was elected in a four-week runoff, and Saxby [Chambliss] had a four-week runoff,” Sterling said about the former U.S. senators at a Nov. 9 press conference. “The state has executed four-week runoffs in the past, with early voting, with no-excuse absentee and with Election Day voting. This is not the first time we’ve had to do this. This is not that unique.”

When Republican Donald Trump lost several key battleground states like Georgia, unfounded claims of a stolen 2020 presidential election persisted through this year’s midterm. This resulted in a wave of misinformation and major changes to state election laws, which Republicans claim restored integrity and Democrats and civil rights organizations claim disenfranchised Black voters, young people and other marginalized groups with new restrictions.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that as local election workers prepare for the quick turnaround for the runoff, that the midterm election proves that they can perform at the highest level. Across the state there was an average two minutes wait time for the 1.4 million voters who came out on Election Day. The new voting law requires local elections to have wait times less than one hour. And a controversial provision made it illegal to provide water or other refreshments to voters standing in line.

The secretary of state’s office says that

there were no major problems reported on a new texting line for poll works to report any threats to staff and voters or other problems that surfaced in Georgia’s recent elections.

“I read online that there was a person who wanted to test our line warming law, so he loaded his car with boxes and cases of bottled water to get the voters in line,” Raffensperger said at a press conference this month at the state Capitol. “He started driving around, and his problem was he couldn’t find any lines. And he even said in the article, ‘The system is running so smoothly today that no one lined up in the sun.’

“The credit for that goes to the counties and it goes to the voters,” Raffensperger said. “The voters took record advantage of pre-Election Day voting. They shattered the records for both absentee by mail and early in-person voting in a midterm.”

Georgia’s relatively glitch-free election was a similar experience for the majority of voters across the country with voting rights advocates and state election administrators reporting few, if any, major problems.

Georgia’s early voting numbers of 2.5 million ballots cast by Nov. 4 were 20% higher than the previous record in the 2018 midterms, leading to projections from state officials that another 2 million Georgians could show up at the polls on Election Day. Progressive voting rights groups point out the new law explicitly allowing Georgia voters to challenge voter eligibility an unlimited number of times was a way to encourage situations like 65,000 voters who had their registration status questioned in the Nov. 8 midterm.

Raffensperger has said that he’d like to see the state legislature revamp that section of the law in order to prevent the large mass challenges like in Gwinnett County where the local county election board rejected the majority of 37,000 complaints.

In Gwinnett, 10 election workers combed through challenges and found many eligible college students, seniors and disabled voters. No voters were challenged in Athens, according to Director of Elections and Voter Registration Charlotte Sosebee.

Upon arriving at the polls, some Georgia voters were informed that their eligibility had been officially challenged, forcing them to cast a provisional ballot. The new election rules also prohibited the counting of provisional ballots if a voter showed up at the wrong precinct before 5 p.m. on Election Day. The number of provisional ballots cast this year was a little over 10,000, down from over 12,000 in the 2018 midterm.

A report from the International Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights said that, while voter challenges can be one way to remedy and correct inaccuracies in the voter list, such mass challenges in states like Georgia and Michigan raised concerns about potential voter suppression. The Poland-based organization set up observation teams in multiple states, including Georgia, for the midterm elections.

“The Nov. 8 midterm congressional elections were competitive and professionally managed, with active voter participation,” the report said, “However, the noted efforts to undermine voters’ trust in the electoral process by baselessly questioning its w integrity can result in systemic challenges.

Campaigning was free but highly polarized and marred by harsh rhetoric. In many cases, partisan redistricting resulted in uncompetitive constituencies.” f

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VOTERS REPUDIATE AUTHORITARIAN REPUBLICANS

An expected “Red Wave” of Republican victories during the Nov. 8 midterm elections instead turned out to be a pale pink political puddle for the Republican Party.

Voters across the nation rejected the “Big Lie” extremism and “stolen election” pouts of former President Donald Trump, whose hand-picked candidates vying for major GOP wins were disappointed in races ranging from senators to governors to secretaries of state. Against all odds, the Democratic Party managed to hold on to its slim lead in the Senate while holding Republicans to a smaller-than-expected majority in the House of Representatives.

tions, lost the governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs. Loser Lake posted a petulant Twitter tweet saying, “Arizonans know BS when they see it.” That would seem to be the case, since they rejected the candidacy of Lake and other “election deniers” in the state and delivered them a drubbing that was both comic and karmic.

The party of a first-term president routinely loses in midterm elections, sometimes badly, as when President Barack Obama’s Democratic Party was given what he called “a shellacking” by GOP voters in the 2010 midterms. This time the situation was different. Voters were, as always, con-

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2020 election denier Kari Lake unsurprisingly denied her own defeat last week.

Here in Georgia, Republicans scored major victories up and down the ballot, and incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp romped to an easy win in a rematch with his Democratic opponent, Stacey Abrams. The Peach State’s race for U.S. Senate between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Trumpendorsed GOP challenger Herschel Walker attracted national attention even before it went into a runoff election set for Dec. 6.

With Democrats narrowly in control of the Senate, a win for Warnock would provide the party with an important extra vote in the narrowly Democratic chamber. Early voting in the Dec. 6 Georgia runoff election begins on Sunday, Nov. 27.

In our neighboring state of Florida, GOP candidates also won political contests for offices large and small, most notably a re-election victory by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose win fueled speculation that he might be eyeing the White House more than the statehouse. Meanwhile at Mar-a-Lago, former President Trump is thirsting for a return to the powers of the presidency and fuming over his disdain for DeSantis while watching his chosen candidates go down in defeat in political races in Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and other states.

Trump’s claims of a stolen 2020 election did not seem to sit well with millions of midterm voters in 2022. In Arizona, Trump-backed candidate Kari Lake, who ran on conspiratorial claims of rigged elec-

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cerned about bread-and-butter issues like the economy, health care and crime, but this time democracy itself was on the ballot. The MAGA mob that stormed Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021 and the overturning of the longstanding right to abortion pushed

by GOP-appointed judges on the Supreme Court were wake-up calls for voters across America. By the millions they turned out to repudiate the authoritarian agenda of Trump and his minions.

The lackluster showing by Republicans during this year’s midterm election should be a lesson for the party and its supporters. For too long the Republican Party has been under the spell of its “crazy wing” of liars and deniers who seem to think that GOP means “Gotterdammerung On Purpose.” Now the fever may be breaking in the nation’s weakened body politic. Just six days before the election, President Joe Biden reminded Americans that, “We, the people, must decide whether we’re going to sustain a republic where reality is accepted, the law is obeyed and your vote is truly sacred.” On Oct. 18, a discouraging front-page headline in The New York Times had said, “Most Voters Say U.S. Democracy Is Under Threat, But Few Feel Urgency.”

Voters saw the urgent threat to democracy from Trump and his henchmen on Nov. 8 and democracy won… this time… when American voters remembered the words of George Washington: “Guard against the postures of pretended patriotism.” f

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It doesn’t have to look pretty. Style points turn behind Nick Chubb, Sony Michel, don’t count. The only thing that matters is Zamir White and James Cook. He only got getting the win. to play in spots until this year, when he Georgia beat Kentucky 16-6 on a cold, emerged as RB1. He had the best game of windy evening in Lexington to move to his career against Kentucky, racking up 143 11-0 and finish undefeated in regular searushing yards and a touchdown. son conference play. The victory makes Kearis Jackson is another player who Georgia the third SEC team in 30 years doesn’t get enough credit. I’ll be honest, to finish consecutive seasons with an there have been times this season when I undefeated conference record. The trip to forgot he hasn’t graduated. But he has a Atlanta for a showdown with LSU for the knack for stepping up when needed, like SEC Championship looms. a few weeks ago against Mississippi State.

There are other matters that must be He’s been a shoelace tackle from returning attended to first, though. Georgia Tech a punt for a touchdown about a half-dozen comes up to Athens this Saturday. Bragging times in his career, and I’m holding out rights and a perfect 12-0 record are on hope he can still get one before he’s done. the line. Beat Tech, and it doesn’t matter On defense, Christopher Smith has held what happens in Atlanta, just like last year. down the secondary for three years. It was (Hopefully, we handle LSU better than we his pick-six against Clemson last year that did Alabama the first time around.) got the ball rolling on the title-winning But the Tech game isn’t only about campaign. His decision to return for one running the state and achieving a perfect more season helped set up our defense with record. Saturday is Senior Day, and this year sorely needed leadership and experience. I we get to honor the most important senior don’t know if we’re in the position we’re in class in the history of Georgia football. right now had he not come back.

These dudes played through the COVID season, won a national championship and now have us situated to potentially pull off an improbable repeat.

Since I began writing these columns, one of my hobby horses has been the fanbase’s need for new heroes. Because the 1980 team was our only national champion for decades, those dudes were the epitome of Georgia legends for decades.

Bulldog fans will always remember Kelee Ringo’s pick six.

We’ve seen enough from Herschel Walker recently to know there’s always a time for Ditto for Nolan Smith. Unfortunately, growth and moving on. Thankfully, we have his Georgia playing career is over after he a whole slew of excellent players who may tore his pectoral muscle. Note that I said repeat as national champions and go down “playing” career. Smith is still around, as the greatest Dawgs of all time. traveling with the team, encouraging and I’m talking about dudes such as Stetson coaching his fellow outside linebackers. I Bennett IV. I still remember the buildup to wish he could play down this stretch run, the Rose Bowl in 2017, when Bennett, still but I’m glad he’ll still be a presence within a walk-on, ran the scout team playing the the team. part of Heisman-winner Baker Mayfield.

A special shoutout to a couple of juniors Then-defensive coordinator Mel Tucker who are pretty much guaranteed to make described Bennett as a “beast,” thus beginthe jump to the NFL after this year: Jalen ning the legend of the Mailman.

Carter and Kelee Ringo. Carter is the best He’s had his share of highs and lows at player on this year’s team and was the best Georgia, but the only thing anyone will on last year’s team, too—which makes him ever remember is the highs. No one will one of the best to ever wear red and black. remember how we all wanted to bench him Dudes like him don’t come around often, so about three times during his career. They’ll enjoy watching him with the Dawgs while remember that dime to AD Mitchell in you can.

Indianapolis. I never thought I’d say this Some plays get cute names when they go unironically, but he may be the greatest down in history. I’ve noticed that when peoquarterback in Georgia history. Not the ple refer to his game-sealing pick-six in the best, necessarily, but the greatest. national championship game, folks just call While Bennett will get the lion’s share it “Ringo.” As in. “After Ringo, I cried like of the glory, there are other, less-heralded a baby.” That’s all that needs to be said of a members of UGA’s offense that deserve play that legendary and a player that good. some praise. Kenny McIntosh waited his Damn good Dawgs, one and all. f

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NUÇI’S SPACE CELEBRATES ATHENS MUSIC LEGACY

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uçi’s Space, the local mental health nonprofit and musicians resource center, launched Athens Uncovered in 2018 as a live music event held on “Giving Tuesday” featuring prominent Athens musicians playing their favorite cover songs. However, this year the event has taken on an even bigger purpose with Athens Uncovered: Steeple Edition taking place on Sunday, Nov. 27 from 12–10 p.m. and celebrating Athens’ multi-generational music legacy.

St. Mary’s Steeple under reconstruction.

At the center of the full-day festival’s entertainment remain local bands covering local music, with performances spanning from musicians with deep roots like Pylon Reenactment Society, Bloodkin and Squalls to young bands that are part of Nuçi’s Space’s Camp Amped program like Women in STEM and Panic Wave. The full line-up includes Monsoon, Jay Gonzalez, John Fernandes, Good Grief Trio, David Lowery, AD Blanco, Sex Cells and newly formed The Bad Ends, composed of R.E.M.’s Bill Berry and Five Eight’s Mike Mantione. There will also be food trucks, beverages and activities commemorating Nuçi’s Space and the uniqueness of Athens’ music scene.

As “Steeple Edition” suggests, a primary motivation for the change in celebration this year was the completion of Nuçi’s Space’s St. Mary’s Steeple reconstruction campaign. The nonprofit acquired ownership of the steeple, most famously known as the place where R.E.M. played its first show in 1980, in 2013 before launching the Steeple Campaign and a building expansion project in November 2014. The reconstruction and expansion were completed at the beginning of 2020, but due to the pandemic, an official celebration and tour were indefinitely postponed.

“We see the Steeple as this lighthouse of sorts that kind of guides the arts and music scene. It’s not just a monument or a landmark,” says Abigail Winograd, public relations and communications manager at Nuçi’s Space. “We wanted to save the Steeple forever and also don’t want the symbol of that to get lost as generations get older.”

During the Steeple reconstruction, a portion of the brickwork had to be replaced.

Two thousand of the removed bricks from the original church have been and are currently being sold with an attached authenticity medallion, a paper certificate of authenticity and name recognition on the steeple’s donor wall. During Athens Uncovered, the community is invited to view the updated steeple and donor wall, and remaining bricks will be available for purchase. All proceeds from the event and the brick sales are in benefit of Nuçi’s Space continuing its mission, and previous brick sales contributed to the reconstruction costs.

There is also an online auction currently running with special collector’s items, donations from local businesses and contributions from local musicians.

This year’s Athens Uncovered event is meaningful as Nuçi’s Space’s first opportunity to invite the community and public back into its space since COVID began, to share in the main building’s revitalization efforts and honor the city’s music history. This year also marks the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s Chronic Town album release. Because of R.E.M.’s connection to the steeple, Winograd explains that it felt like the perfect time to plan an event around the reconstruction, and the Athens Uncovered series already represented similar values of intergenerational connectedness.

“The way we’ve been saying it is kind of like passing the torch. Letting people in the younger generations feel like the torch is being passed to them and that they’re important and that they’re part of this history. And having the older generations know how much we love them and value them, and how much their music still means to everyone,” says Winograd.

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WHO: Athens Uncovered: Steeple Edition WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 27, 12–10 p.m.

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ART: Reception: Art Exhibit for Jack Burk (Heirloom Café) View Jack Burk‘s selection of drawings in pen, pencil and pastel. 5:30–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ heirloomathens EVENTS: No Phone Party (Hendershot’s) Disconnect to connect with a phone-​free, laptop-​free happy hour featuring drink specials, snacks, games and a record player.

Every Tuesday, 6–9 p.m. www. hendershotsathens.com EVENTS: Rabbit Box Storytelling: Last Call (VFW (Post 2872)) This month’s storytelling theme is “Last Call” with stories ranging from situations that occurred at the last call in a club to the last call to someone important. 7–9 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10. www.rabbitbox.org GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia at Amici (Amici Athens) Top three teams win prizes with free beer pitchers to winning teams between rounds. Hosted

by TJ Wayt. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. www. facebook.com/baddogathens SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park Community Center) New players welcome. Scheduled play days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. vice president@athenspetanque.org

Wednesday 23 CLASSES: Salsa Dance Class (Cloud) Join SALSAthens for Cuban-​style salsa dance classes.

No partner necessary and beginners welcome. 7–8 p.m. $10. www. facebook.com/salsaathens COMEDY: 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. flyingsquidcomedy.com FILM: Wednesday Cozy Movie Night (Athentic Brewing Co.) Bring a comfy blanket, your favorite snacks and cuddle up for a night of feel-​good cinema classics. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com

Thursday 24 CLASSES: Thanksgiving Day Yoga (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Join Raquel Durden for a gratitude inspired yoga class. RSVP required.

9–10 a.m. FREE! revolutiontherapy andyoga.com EVENTS: Give Thanks 8K (Hendershot’s) Sign up to participate in a Thanksgiving morning race or show up to cheer on the runners.

Registration required for runners. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. www.givethanks8k. com GAMES: Thursday Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Jon Head hosts trivia every Thursday. Win pitchers and gift certificates. 7–9 p.m. www.johnnyspizza.com SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park Community Center) New players welcome. Scheduled play days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. vice president@athenspetanque.org

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EVENTS: Happy Valley Pottery Holiday Open House and Sale (Happy Valley Pottery) Browse pottery, paintings, bath products, jewelry and more from local artisans. Tours and refreshments will be available. Nov. 25–27, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! Find Happy Valley Pottery on Facebook, 706-​769-​5922 EVENTS: Beechwood Holiday Market (Beechwood Shopping Center) The third annual Beechwood Holiday Market will open with a Christmas tree lighting and a holiday concert by Atlanta-​based The Big Beyond. Enjoy food trucks, Santa photos, hayrides, face painting, s’mores and hot chocolate.

6–9 p.m. FREE! beechwoodathens. com/holiday-​market-​2022

urday. 7:30–10 p.m. $5 (students), $10 (non-​students). www.gmdance. com KIDSTUFF: Saturday Crafterday (Treehouse Kid & Craft) Kick off the weekend with crafts inspired by the seasons and holidays. Every Saturday, sign up by 6 p.m. on Friday.

Ages 3–6, 10–10:50 a.m. Ages 6 & up, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. $15. www. treehousekidandcraft.com MEETINGS: Merry Meet Every Week (Rabbit Hole Studios) Meet members of the Athens Area Pagans and discuss Pagan Pride Day. Meetings held every Saturday, 5 p.m. Donations encouraged. beth@ athensareapagans.org SPORTS: Watch Party: UGA vs.

Georgia Tech (Athentic Brewing Co.) Cheer on the defending National Champs, the Georgia Bulldogs, as they take on Georgia Tech, and enjoy some game day food

by Pat’s Poutine. 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com

honey bee biology, beekeeping equipment and what’s involved in managing healthy, productive hives. A honey tasting will follow the presentation. Open to all ages.

3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/oconee GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia at The Office (The Office Sports Bar and Grill) Top three teams win prizes with free beer pitchers to winning teams between rounds. Hosted by John Bellerjeau. Sundays, 6 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddogathens SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park Community Center) New players welcome. Scheduled play days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. vice president@athenspetanque.org

KIDSTUFF: Dungeons & Dragons (Oconee County Library) All skill levels are welcome, and DMs are encouraged to join this one-​shot interactive game. Grades 6–12. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee THEATER: Loving God Boldly Together (the lgbt church play) (UGA Cellar Theatre) This play written by UGA student Caro Caden follows six LGBTQ+ individuals in Marietta and their various attempts to find a chosen family while navigating the difficulties of their often hostile evangelical environment. 8 p.m. FREE! ong44353@uga.edu

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CLASSES: Order Up: Midnight Snack Cookie Decorating (Graduate Athens) Extra Credit presents EVENTS: Service Industry Night a workshop with Baylee of Baylee (Creature Comforts Brewery) An Bakes to teach attendees how to evening to celebrate service indusdecorate Midnight Snack inspired ART: Art for Justice Saturdays try workers with prizes, food and cookies. 6–7:30 p.m. RSVP to www.

(AADM Justice Center and Booka dance party. 5–10 p.m. www. bayleebakes.com/monthlyclasses store) Paint to soothing music and creaturecomfortsbeer.com EVENTS: World AIDS Day Free discuss local issues. Supplies ART: Artist’s Way Study Group Testing (Athens Neighborhood EVENTS: Soup & Sound (Oconee provided. All skill levels welcome.

(24th Street Athens Clubhouse) Health Center) Get tested, learn County Library) Enjoy some chili Saturdays, 3–5 p.m. Donations Artists, musicians, writers and about resources and get a gift card and other soups while listening to accepted. www.aadmovement.org creatives meet to discuss the book and swag. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! live music performances by local EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to dph.georgia.gov artists. Open to all ages. 6–8 p.m.

Holiday Artist Market (Bishop Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron.

EVENTS: No Phone Party (HenderFREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ Park) There will be a diverse array of Every Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Donations shot’s) Disconnect to connect with oconee artists, including cerama phone-​free, laptop-​free ics, fiber and textile, happy hour featuring drink jewelry, home goods, specials, snacks, games art, prepared foods, and a record player. Every body products, cards Tuesday, 6–9 p.m. www. and candles in addition hendershotsathens.com to farmers and hot food GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia vendors. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. at Amici (Amici Athens) www.athensfarmersmarTop three teams win prizes ket.net/holiday-​market with free beer pitchers to EVENTS: Oconee Farmwinning teams between ers Market (Oconee rounds. Hosted by TJ County Courthouse) Wayt. Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Over 20 vendors offer a www.facebook.com/bad variety of fresh produce, dogathens local honey, fresh-​cut LECTURES & LIT: flowers, unique crafts, Monthly Book Club (Windog treats, fresh gelato, terville Library) This month homemade pasta, the book club is reading locally sourced meats The Underground Railroad Happy Valley Pottery will hold its Holiday Open House and Sale Nov. 25–27 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and eggs, plants and

by Colson Whitehead. 6–7 more. Many vendors offer pre-​ welcome. beth@beththompsonFILM: Quest for the Mighty Sword p.m. FREE! winterville@athens ordering options and curbside photography.com, www.24thstree(Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of library.org pickup. Saturdays, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. tathens.com the 1990 film about Ator restoring SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque www.oconeefarmersmarket.net COMEDY: Blaguez Open Mic a sword’s magical power to smite Club (Lay Park Community Center) EVENTS: Happy Valley Pottery Comedy (Buvez) Watch local and the wicked god Thorn in a world of New players welcome. Scheduled Holiday Open House and Sale regional comics work out and try dragons and demons. 7 p.m. www. play days are Tuesdays, Thursdays (Happy Valley Pottery) Browse new jokes in a show-​up/go-​up flickertheatreandbar.com and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. vice pottery, paintings, bath products, format. Every Sunday. 6:30 p.m.

GAMES: Open Chess Play (ACC president@athenspetanque.org jewelry and more from local arti(list), 7 p.m. (show). FREE! www.

Library) Learn how to play chess or THEATER: Loving God Boldly sans. Tours and refreshments will facebook.com/buvezathens sharpen your skills while connectTogether (the lgbt church play) be available. Nov. 25–27, 9 a.m.–5 EVENTS: Happy Valley Pottery ing with your neighbors. Open to all (UGA Cellar Theatre) This play p.m. FREE! Find Happy Valley PotHoliday Open House and Sale skill levels. Ages 7 & up. 3–5 p.m. written by UGA student Caro Caden tery on Facebook, 706-​769-​5922 (Happy Valley Pottery) Browse FREE! www.athenslibrary.org follows six LGBTQ+ individuals in EVENTS: West Broad Farmers pottery, paintings, bath products, GAMES: Monday Trivia (Athentic Marietta and their various attempts Market (West Broad Farmers Marjewelry and more from local artiBrewing Co.) Come enjoy trivia with to find a chosen family while naviket and Garden) The market offers sans. Tours and refreshments will Erin, win prizes and enjoy 25% off gating the difficulties of their often fresh produce, locally raised meat be available. Nov. 25–27, 9 a.m.–5 draft beer. FREE! 7–9 p.m. www. hostile evangelical environment. 8 and eggs, baked goods, flowers, p.m. FREE! Find Happy Valley Potathenticbrewing.com p.m. FREE! ong44353@uga.edu artisan goods and more. Online tery on Facebook, 706-​769-​5922 KIDSTUFF: Storytime with Noah ordering is available Sundays– EVENTS: Green Sunday Repair (Treehouse Kid & Craft) Local stoThursdays for drive-​thru pick up.

Cafe (CHaRM) If it’s broken, don’t ryteller Noah shares tales friendly Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. buy new this holiday season. Bring for all ages. 11 a.m. FREE! www.

ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum www.wbfm.locallygrown.net broken household items and applitreehousekidandcraft.com of Art) These drop-​in public tours EVENTS: Small Biz Holiday Market ances and work with experienced KIDSTUFF: Tween Book Club feature highlights of the permanent (Athentic Brewing Co.) Shop for fellow community members to (Oconee County Library) This collection and are led by museum the holidays with local vendors set try and fix them. 2–5 p.m. FREE! month’s read is Amari and the Night docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgia up on the patio and in the taproom. reuse@accgov.com, accgov.com/ Brothers by B.B. Alston. There will museum.org 1–6 p.m. www.athenticbrewing.com repaircafe be snacks, discussion and a Junior CLASSES: Salsa Dance Class EVENTS: Public Dance (The Studio EVENTS: Beekeeping with a GeorAgent competition to see if who’s (Cloud) Join SALSAthens for Athens) Beginner Rumba lessons gia Master Beekeeper (Oconee got what it takes to be a supernatCuban-​style salsa dance classes. followed by DJ’d waltz, swing, County Library) Georgia Master ural investigator. 4:30 p.m. FREE! No partner necessary and beginners salsa, tango etc. Every fourth SatBeekeeper Dan Long teaches about www.athenslibrary.org/oconee

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welcome. 7–8 p.m. $10. www. facebook.com/salsaathens COMEDY: 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. flyingsquidcomedy.com EVENTS: Creative Reuse Open House (Teacher Reuse Store) Every other Wednesday, non-​teacher community members are invited to browse free supplies. Eligible groups include students, nonprofits, artists/creatives, small business owners, social workers and religious organizations. Camps, after-​school and daycare programs are included.

2–6:30 p.m. FREE! reuse@accgov. com, www.facebook.com/athenstrs EVENTS: World AIDS Day Free Testing (Access Point GA) Get tested, learn about resources and get a gift card and swag. 4–7 p.m.

FREE! dph.georgia.gov EVENTS: Athens Black Market Shark Tank (Ciné) The Athens Black Market supports minority business owners and provides a marketplace for local vendors. This year Black and minority entrepreneurs can register ($25 fee) for the Shark Tank for an opportunity to win a $500 cash prize. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/AADMovement justicecenter FILM: Wednesday Cozy Movie Night (Athentic Brewing Co.) Bring a comfy blanket, your favorite snacks and cuddle up for a night of feel-​good cinema classics. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com GAMES: Oconee County Library Chess Club (Oconee County Library) Drop in for open chess play with others. Participants are invited to bring their own chessboard.

Open to all skill levels. Ages 10 & up. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.athens library.org/oconee GAMES: Disney Music Bingo (B&B Theatre) Win prizes at this Disney music-​themed bingo night.

7:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ bbathens12 KIDSTUFF: Library Crafternoon (Oconee County Library) Drop by the children’s area for crafts and plenty of fun. All materials supplied, all ages welcome. 1–3 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/oconee KIDSTUFF: Monster Mania (Oconee County Library) Watch a couple of episodes of “Legacies” (TV-­14) and make a monster craft. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ oconee MEETINGS: Robbie Hooker Town Hall (New Grove Baptist Church) Clarke County School District Superintendent Dr. Robbie Hooker will host a series of upcoming town hall meetings, sharing his vision for CCSD, answering questions and listening to concerns from community members. 6–7 p.m. FREE! www. clarke.k12.ga.us

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Visual artists, musicians, actors, writers and other creatives are encouraged to create a free listing. athenscreatives@gmail.com, www. athenscreatives.directory CALLS FOR ART (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission invites professional artists to submit public art applications for two sites on the Firefly Trail: a sculpture at the Old Winterville Road Trailhead and a functional sculpture for the rest area at the Indian Hills and Winterville Road intersection.

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Auditions THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES (The Cottage) Seeking women of all ages and backgrounds. Auditions held Dec, 6–7, 6:30–8:30 p.m. and Dec. 11, 2–5 p.m. (only one date required to audition). linnea@ nothgeorgiacottage.org

Classes ART CLASSES (K.A. Artist Shop) “Pet Portraits in Watercolor” is a two-​week class for creating expressive portraits of beloved companions. Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 or Nov. 30 and Dec. 7, 6–8 p.m. $75. 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 acces-

art around town ACE/FRANCISCO GALLERY & OX FINE ART (675 Pulaski St.) Franni Thrasher, aka “Heaven4theYoung,” presents a solo exhibition of paintings in oil and watercolor, sculpture and film. On view by appointment through Dec. 9.

ARTWALL@HOTEL INDIGO ATHENS (500 College Ave.) New York-based photographers Lucy Reback and Megan Reilly share a collection of intimate vignettes of their relationship in addition to snapshots before they met.

THE ATHENAEUM (287 W. Broad St.) Brooklyn-based artist and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed presents “SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH OPERATOR,” an exhibition examining the poetics and power of machine learning. Through Dec. 1.

ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Christy Bush’s photography exhibition, “Familiar,” reflects on 30 years of rock and roll, fashion and coming of age in the South. Through Dec. 25.

CIRCLE GALLERY AT UGA COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT & DESIGN (Jackson Street Building) Cameron Berglund’s exhibition, “Design (Sketch) Process,” focuses on the role of hand and digital sketching throughout the design process. Through Dec. 6.

CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) “Spotlight: Paintings by Amy Watts” presents bold, colorful canvases full of cowgirls, farmers, miners and Indigenous people. • “Light Bright” presents works by Caitlin Gal, Allison McPheeters and Alivia Patton, who all utilize simple circles to create inspiring works.

DODD GALLERIES (270 River Rd.) On view in the C-U-B-E Gallery, “Design for a Museum: Tangible & Functional Objects III” is a graphic design student exhibition. Mondays and Wednesdays through Nov. 30.

THE GEORGIA POTTERY COLLECTIVE (560 Caldwell Circle) Jen Graff, Yoon Hwang and other local ceramicists sell sculptural and functional pottery. Every Wednesday and Sunday, 7 a.m.–7 p.m.

DONDEROS’ KITCHEN (590 N. Milledge Ave.) Susan Pelham’s collages are inspired by Magic Realism, Surrealism, nursery rhymes and folk tales.

Through December.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Mark Dalling. Through November.

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sible chair yoga class to promote breathing, mindfulness and inward listening. Every Monday, 9 a.m. $10. www.wintervillecenter.com COMMUNITY DANCE IMPROV (work.shop) No experience necessary. Vaccines and boosters required. Sundays, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Donations accepted. lisa yaconelli@gmail.com COMMUNITY MEDITATION (Rabbit Hole Studios) Jasey Jones leads a guided meditation suitable for all levels that incorporates music, gentle movement and silence. Wednesdays, 6–7 p.m. jaseyjones@gmail. com DEDICATED MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly Zoom meditations are offered every Saturday at 8:30–9:30 a.m. Email for details. richardshoe@gmail.com FROM SCENES TO SONGS: AN INTRO TO MUSICAL IMPROV (work.shop) Learn about basic song structures and musical dynamics, how to create meaningful scenes and put together a fully improvised song. Dec. 3, 2–5 p.m. $80. www. flyingsquidcomedy.com/classes IMPROV COMEDY: LEVEL 1 (work. shop) Practice fundamental skills such as saying “Yes, and…,” creating interesting scenes, cultivating spontaneity and more. Tuesdays, Jan. 10–Feb. 14, 6–8 p.m. $150. www.flyingsquidcomedy.com/ classes KUNDALINI YOGA (Let It Be Yoga Studio, Watkinsville) Held Mondays, 5–6:30 p.m. $11 suggested donation. harsimran@innergiesyoga.com

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.healingartscentre.net PAINTING CLASSES (Private Studio on Athens Eastside) One-​on-​one or small group adult classes are offered in acrylic and watercolor painting. Choose day workshops, ongoing weekly classes or feedback sessions. laurenadamsartist@ icloud.com 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 SALSA DANCE CLASSES (Cloud) Join SALSAthens for Cuban style salsa dance classes. No partner necessary. Beginners welcome.

Every Wednesday, 7–8 p.m. $10. gwyneth.moody@gmail.com SPANISH CLASSES (Athens, GA) For adults, couples and children.

Learn from experts with years of professional experience. Contact for details. 706-​372-​4349, marinabilbao75@gmail.com, www.marina-​ spain-​2020.squarespace.com TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS CLASSES (Live Oak Martial Arts) Traditional and modern-​style Taekwondo, self-​defense, grappling and weapons classes are offered for all ages. Classes in Jodo, the

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Infinity on the Horizon” highlights modern and contemporary works that expand common understandings of landscapes. Through Dec. 31. • “Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from The Do Good Fund.” Through Jan. 8. • “Allison Janae Hamilton: Between Life and Landscape.” Through Feb. 5. • “Kristin Leachman: Longleaf Lines” focuses on close-up views of the patterns and biology of the longleaf pine and its ecosystem. Through Feb. 5. • On view in the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, “Jane Manus: Undaunted” includes five large abstract works. Through Feb. 12. • “In Dialogue: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Mentor and Muse.” Through June 18. • “Decade of Tradition: Highlights from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection.”

Through July 3.

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

HEIRLOOM CAFE (815 N. Chase St.) Local artist Jack Burk shares a collection of nature-inspired works in pastel, collage, pen and colored pencil.

Reception Nov. 22, 5:30–6:30 p.m. Through Dec. 13.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) Cedric Smith presents a series of portraits for “Window Works,” a site-specific series that utilizes the building’s front entrance windows for outdoor art viewing. Reconfiguring playing cards of kings and queens, his portraits question the absence of Black figures in the country’s graphic history. Through Dec. 21. • “The Ties That Bind: The Paradox of Cultural Survival amid Climate Events” presents sculptures by Anina Major and photographs by Tamika Galanis. Through Nov. 30. • The biennial Clarke County School District student art exhibition “RE-” features works by students in Kindergarten through 12th grade in all media.

Through Jan. 14. • “Resilient Civic and Musical Life: Ware-Lyndon House Enslaved and Descendant Stories” includes a film; reading room of books relevant to the African American experience in art, music and heritage; and a visual timeline relating a fuller and more truthful story of the property and its inhabitants.On view Thursdays–Saturdays. • Bess Carter, the recipient of the 2022 Art Center Choice Award from the 47th Juried Exhibition, presents a solo show of landscapes, room interiors and still life paintings. Artist talk Feb. 16. Currently on view through Mar. 4. • “A Pattern of Moments” features works by Kate Burke, Rebecca Kreisler and Sylvia Schaefer. Through Mar. 4. • In preparation for “The Same, Yet Separate Artworks,” metalsmith and interdisciplinary craft artist J Taran Diamond toured the Ware-Lyndon

art of the Japanese staff and sword, are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. Visit the website for a full schedule. liveoak martialarts@gmail.com, www.live oakmartialarts.com YOGA (Elixir Movement Arts, Mercury A.I.R.) Build a yoga practice, deepen connections to yourself and others, and learn to use yoga in everyday life. “Vinyasa Flow” is also offered Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. $10/class. shelley downsyoga@gmail.com, www. shelleydownsyoga.offeringtree.com YOGA AND MORE (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Jasey Jones leads weekly Raja Yoga classes covering meditation, pranayama, singing and discussion of yoga philosophy.

Sundays, 5:05 p.m. Donations accepted. Private one-​on-​one yoga sessions with Kelsey Wishik can focus on strength building, mobility, relaxation and more. Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. $55. “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.revolutiontherapy andyoga.com YOGA CLASSES (Feel Free Yoga + Wellness) The new studio offers various class times and styles Mondays–Saturdays. A 45-​minute class is offered Tuesdays at 8 a.m. on the patio of Molly’s Coffee. www. feelfreeyogawellness.com ZOOM YOGA (Online) Rev. Elizabeth Alder offers “Off the Floor Yoga” (chair and standing) on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. and “Easy on the Mat” yoga classes on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Ongoing classes are $5/class or $18/month. 706-​612-​8077, ommmever@yahoo.com

Kidstuff ART CARD CLUB (K.A. Artist Shop) Katy Lipscomb and Tyler Fisher lead weekly gatherings to create, trade and exhibit miniature mas-

terpieces the size of playing cards.

Some materials provided, but participants can bring their own as well. The club meets on Fridays through Dec. 9 (skipping Nov. 25), 4:30–6 p.m. (ages 10–12) and 6:30–8 p.m. (ages 13–17). $25 (drop-​in), $225 (semester pass). www.kaartist.com DRAWING CLUB FOR TEENS (K.A. Artist Shop) James Greer leads a weekly workshop. Wednesdays through Dec. 7 (skipping Nov. 23), 4:30–6:30 p.m. $30 (drop-​in). www.kaartist.com TREEHOUSE ACTIVITIES (Treehouse Kid & Craft) Saturday Crafterday is held every Saturday, 10 a.m. (ages 3–6) and 11 a.m. (ages 6 and up). Register by Friday at 6 p.m. $15. Storytime with Noah is all-​ages and held every Monday, 11 a.m. FREE! Gift making marathons will be held Dec. 19 (ages 5–7), Dec. 20 (ages 8–12), Dec. 21 (ages 5–7) and Dec. 22 (ages 8–12) from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www. treehousekidandcraft.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

Support Groups 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 AL-​ANON 12 STEP (Multiple Locations) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Visit the website for a calendar of electronic meetings held throughout the week. www.ga-​al-​anon.org FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP (ACC Library, Classroom A) Alzheimer’s Association Georgia presents a support group conducted by trained facilitators that is a safe place for those living with dementia

Historic House Museum and created new objects in response. Third Thursday Gallery Talk Jan. 19, 6 p.m. Currently on view through Mar. 4.

MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) Joni Mabe, creator of Everything Elvis in Cornelia, GA, presents “Calvacade of Stars,” a group of glitter mosaics depicting Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, Ty Cobb, Steve McQueen, P.T. Barnum and other luminaries of the entertainment world. Through Jan. 28.

MASON-SCHARFENSTEIN MUSEUM OF ART (567 Georgia St., Demorest) “I ain’t no hick from Habersham” features multimedia paintings and assemblage sculptures by Joni Mabe, the owner of the Everything Elvis Museum in Cornelia, GA. Through Nov. 29.

ODUM SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY GALLERY (140 E. Green St.) Natural science illustrator C Olivia Carlisle shares insect, botanical and ecosystems illustrations using graphite, carbon pencil, watercolor, acrylic, ink, color pencils and Adobe Photoshop. Through May. TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) Dedicated to the late Art Rosenbaum, Peter Loose’s solo exhibition “Places of Peace” centers around paintings of birds he created the night he learned of Rosenbaum’s death, as well as other new paintings. Open by appointment weekdays after 5 p.m. through November by emailing tinyathgallery@gmail.com.

UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Georgia on my Mind: Finding Belonging in Music History” explores the genres, spaces and performers who have helped to define music in the state over time. Through Dec. 9. • “Unequal by Design: Housing in Georgia and America” draws upon historic government documents, photographs, historic newspapers and other records to trace the evolution of housing policy, tackling issues such as zoning, gentrification and suburbanization. Through May 26. • “A Chance to Play: Title IX and Women’s Athletics at UGA” celebrates 50 years of women’s sports at UGA. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) Lisa Freeman’s exhibition of mixed media assemblages and works on paper, “Dark Cotton Revisited,” sheds light on the lives impacted by a racially biased world. Through Dec. 9.

VIVA ARGENTINE (247 Prince Ave.) A retrospective exhibit of paintings by the late Chatham Murray in celebration of what would have been her 80th birthday. Through November.

WINTERVILLE LIBRARY (115 Marigold Lane, Winterville) Oil paintings by Dortha Jacobson. Through November.

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EVENT | NOV. 23–JAN. 8

Winter Wonderlights

State Botanical Garden of Georgia • $15 (3 and under free)

“I ain’t no hick from Habersham,” an exhibition of works by Joni Mabe, owner of the Everything Elvis Museum in Cornelia, is currently on view at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum in Demorest through Nov. 29. and their caregiver to develop a support system. First Wednesday of every month, 6–7:30 p.m. 706-​ 206-​6163, www.alz.org/georgia LGBTQIA+ VIRTUAL ALPHABET FAMILY GATHERING (Online) This is a safe space for anyone on the LGBTQIA+/TGQNB spectrum.

Fourth Sunday of every month, 6–8 p.m. uuathensga.org/justice/ welcoming-​congregation 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 OVERCOMING SHAME (NBK All-​ Risk Solutions) This psycho-​educational art therapy support group is an opportunity to connect with others, learn and process experiences of shame related to sex and sexuality. Mondays through Dec. 5, 7 p.m. $12/session. www.sun academyga.com OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (24th Street Clubhouse) Learn to stop eating compulsively or curb other unwanted food-​related behaviors.

Every Tuesday, 12 p.m. FREE! Text: 678-​736-​3697 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 PROJECT SAFE (Family Protection Center) Project Safe hosts a support group for survivors of domestic violence. Mondays, 6:30–8 p.m. www. project-​safe.org RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma) This peer-​led support group offers a Buddhist-​inspired path to recovery from any addiction.

Visit the website for details. Thursdays, 7 p.m. FREE! www.athens recoverydharma.org SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) Athens Downtown SAA offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from a compulsive sexual behavior. Contact for location. www.athensdowntownsaa.com SUPPORT GROUPS (Integrity Counseling & Personal Development) ICPD offers several support groups.

“LGBTQIA+ Young Adults Group”

is offered for ages 18–30. Email for dates. “Survivors of Suicide Loss Group” is offered the first Wednesday of every month, 7–8 p.m.

Register by emailing avipperman@ gmail.com. “Veterans, Dependents & Caregivers Benefits Resource & Claim Assistance Group” is offered the first Saturday of every month, 9–10 a.m. “How to Talk About Bullying Workshop for Parents & Children” is held Jan. 7, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. $10. “Self-​Care Workshop” is held Dec. 8 and Jan. 5, 7–8 p.m. $10. lbennett.icpd@ gmail.com, www.integrityof jefferson.com

Word on the Street ATHENS BEER TRAIL TROLLEY TOURS (Athens, GA) A new trolly tour will provide transportation between six local breweries: Akademia, Athentic, Creature Comforts, Southern Brewing, Terrapin Beer and Normaltown Brewing. Tours run every Thursday and Friday from 3–9 p.m. www.athenstrolleytours.com/ beer-​trolley-​tour BOOK SALE (Georgia Museum of Art) Shop for new and used publications in all genres. Dec. 6-​11. www.georgiamuseum.org CORNHOLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION (Southern Brewing Co.) Now registering for the seven-​week winter league. Four different divisions of play are offered to accommodate all levels. League meets Wednesdays, Jan. 11–Feb. 22, 6–9 p.m. info@cornholeatl.com HOLIDAY GALA (Whitehall Mill) Historic Athens is seeking volunteers for its annual winter event on Dec. 11. Volunteers will be fed and have a one-​hour break to enjoy the gala during their shift. michelle@historicathens.com, bit.ly/whitehallhelp ICE SKATING VOLUNTEERS (Classic Center, Atkins Ford Arena) The Classic Center is seeking organizations to volunteer at the skate rental center. Volunteers will early $1 per paid skater towards their non-​profits. Email to participate. stephanie@classiccenter.com 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 MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT (Athens, GA) Local assistance is available at no cost for Medicare, Medicaid, prescription drug assistance programs and financial assistant programs. Medicare open enrollment runs through Dec. 7.

706-​549-​4850 PAUL T. MARTIN HOSPITALITY EDUCATION FUND (Athens, GA) The Classic Center Cultural Foundation provides $25,000 from the education fund to individuals interested in pursuing careers in hospitality, event, music or sports management. Students enrolled in hospitality industry programs at UGA, Athens Tech and Athens Community Career Academy are encouraged to apply. Deadline Feb. 17. foundation@classiccenter. com, www.classic center.com/ scholarships RABBIT BOX (VFW Post 2872) Seeking storytellers to share seven-​minute true tales. Upcoming themes include “Ready or Not” in January, “Duets” (two presenters at a time) in February, “Mystifying” in March, “Awkward!” in April and “Gone but not Forgotten” in May. Email to participate. rabbitboxstories@ gmail.com RABBIT HOLE EVENTS (Rabbit Hole Studios) Monday Song Circle, Tuesday Open Mic and Thursday Song Circle are all held 7–10 p.m.

Other events include free Seventh Generation Native American Church services (Sundays, 11 a.m.), Athens Blockchain Society meetings (Wednesdays, 2 p.m.), yoga (Wednesdays, 5 p.m.), meditation (Wednesdays, 6 p.m.) and Athens Area Pagan meetings (Wednesdays, 8 p.m.) Events are free or donation based. www.rabbitholestudios.org/ calendar WINTER REGISTRATION (Athens, GA) The Athens-​Clarke County Leisure Services Department offers a variety of activities highlighting the arts, environmental science, recreation, sports and holiday events for adults and children. Now registering. Scholarships available. www.accgov.com/myrec WORK.SHOP (160 Winston Dr.) Open rehearsal and performance space for theater, comedy, dance, classes and events. $10/hour. lisayaconelli@gmail.com, www. workshopathens.com f

In a new tradition that began last year, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia transforms from a regal sprawl of greenery and brickwork into a wintery wonderland for the enjoyment of families far and wide.

During select nights, the botanical garden will open after hours with thousands of colorful, shimmering lights. Visitors will take a half-mile long stroll past, around and even through these impressive light structures, with opportunities for roasting marshmallows and enjoying hot or cold beverages along the way. The path will end at a holiday market where, among other festive foods and items, Condor Chocolates’ “Winter WonderBar” can be purchased. A portion of sales from the seasonal treat will go towards education and conservation programs at the State Botanical Garden. To plan your visit, be sure to check out the calendar at www.botgarden.uga.edu/wonderlights.

[Patrick Barry] MUSIC | FRI, NOV. 25 & SAT, NOV. 26

Cloud Recordings Festival

Flicker Theatre & Bar • 8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (music) • $10/night

“Prolific” is the operative word when describing the trajectory of local musician John Kiran Fernandes’ career. From his time with legendary Elephant 6 ensembles Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System to his ambient solo projects, numerous one-off projects, collaborations and bands, Fernandes has simply not stopped.

the first night is John’s son, Kiran, and his fingerpicked folk music. Night two starts strong with the ambient electronica of Marcel Sletten, followed by the lush ambient music of In A Kythe (Lydian Brambila).

Shane Parish will play a solo set, followed by the electronic space disco of Organically Programmed. [PB] ART | SAT, NOV. 26

Athens Farmers Market Holiday Artist Market Bishop Park • 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

If you’re looking for something to kick off the holiday cheer right after Thanksgiving, the Holiday Artist Market may be just the thing. Back with its third annual holiday event, the Athens Farmers Market will feature over 85 vendors and artists, all with plenty of goods and handcrafted products. There will be jewelry, ceramics, woodworking, textile works and more from regional makers such as Studio Mod Glass, Jim Norton Jewelry, Very Good Puzzle, Abigail West Studio, Forged & Found, Absynia and Bee Natural. It’s the perfect place for one-stop shopping.

Visitors can also peruse the organic produce available while grabbing a coffee and breakfast from the numerous hot food vendors.

It’s the perfect way to recover from that Thanksgiving turkey hangover. [PB]

THEATER | NOV. 28–29, DEC. 2–3

‘Loving God Boldly Together (the lgbt church play)’ Cellar Theatre (Mon & Tues), Oconee Street United Methodist Church (Fri & Sat) • 7:30 p.m. • FREE!

John Kiran Fernandes

He also releases recordings under his label, Cloud Recordings. This year’s Cloud Recordings Festival is showcasing some of the most compelling musical acts available in town. Kicking off the first night is the fuzzed-out pop music of Telemarket, followed by a set of improvised music

by Fernandes and avant-garde guitarist Shane Parish. Next comes the psych-folk meanderings of The Rishis. Rounding off

UGA Theatre presents a student written-and-directed play, “Loving God Boldly Together (the lgbt church play),” for two nights at the Cellar Theatre in the Fine Arts Building and two nights at Oconee Street United Methodist Church. The play was written by UGA student Caro Caden and follows six LGBTQ+ individuals and their difficulty navigating the evangelical world. The play includes themes of religious upbringing, purity culture and friendship.

Caden is a board member of the Athens Pride and Queer Collective (APQC), and has conducted extensive research of the LGBTQ community. They credit this research as the inspiration for creating a work focused on community building. [PB] f

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USING PLANTS FOR PRIVACY IN YOUR YARD OR ON YOUR PORCH

Besides beauty and food, plants can provide space from your neighbors, reduce traffic noise and act as cover for discreet summer day-drinking. Hedges, like the famous boxwoods in Sanford Stadium, are well-known, familiar, orderly and often create a formal space. Hedgerows are hedges’ impulsive sister, messy with climbing roses, bushes and intertwined tree limbs. Hedgerows provide animal habitat and a casual garden atmosphere as well as a natural boundary.

If you’re interested in planting perennials for privacy, now is the time to plant or re-pot trees and bushes. You won’t have to water as much during the winter, and it’ll give the plant’s roots time to acclimate.

Planting trees in the spring can stress the vegetation, already working hard to produce flowers and leaves. It’s not impossible, just harder on both the flora and the gardener.

When I decided to grow my own hedgerow, I went a little crazy, choosing all types of plants at various heights. I added three Leyland cypress to give height in the back, but I planted them far apart. I also included two red maples (“Brandywine” and “October Glory”) and a tulip poplar. Those trees joined several varieties of yucca, a prickly pear, a fragrant tea olive and several crape myrtles. I even planted some rose bushes, moved from a shadier part of the yard. It’ll take three to five years for everything to grow together to make a barrier from the highway, but this first year shows a lot of promise.

Whether you have a yard, a porch or a balcony, it’s worth considering adding some privacy plants. Here’s a few tips from what I’ve learned about maintaining plants for privacy in the last year:

ERIN FRANCE

No monoculture: If you have one particularly nasty disease or pest, all your privacy could be gone at once.

But you also don’t need one of everything, especially if your design aesthetic is less cottagecore/ bric-a-brac and more orderly and formal.

You could pick three or four varieties with dark foliage for a sophisticated look.

Vary heights and growing habits: My upright elephant ears (variety “Black Magic”) provide some Hibiscus mutabilis covers the front porch through the summer and fall and great height, but not only dies back after several hard freezes. a lot of cover at the bottom. I tested varI learned about hedgerows watching ious vines this year, trying to fill the holes a BBC history show recreating working between the porch railing, and by midsumfarms from the past. Later, I read Craeft: An mer the morning glories were the clear winInquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of ner. Pick a vine, a medium-sized bush (like Traditional Crafts by Alexander Langlands, a lantana) and a taller specimen, like an an archaeologist and one of the presentelephant ear, for a fun combo on a porch. ers on the BBC show. Hedgerows seemed utterly fascinating to me. A boundary— Easy watering routine: I have a soaker grown by a collection of plants and manhose for the hedgerow in the front, but I aged by man—to mark territory, protect have to remember to hand water the porch. livestock and provide privacy.

Accordingly, the porch plants suffer in the Looking around Athens, I see more summer. For porch plants, limiting the hedges than hedgerows. Athens drivers roots will limit the foliage. If you want a might see rows of Leyland cypress hedges bigger top, use a big pot to make room for on Cedar Shoals Drive, Cedar Creek Drive the roots on the bottom. For in-ground and down Lexington Road. Though the plants, test your soil before planting anyLeyland cypress is a hedge standard, thing. I killed and sickened a lot of trees for they tend to get thin on the bottom as two years in my front yard before I tested they grow. No one will see into your secthe soil and learned I needed to add garden ond-story window from the street, but driv- lime and compost. ers will see your kids play in the backyard.

Leyland cypress also die from various fungi Experiment with different plants: I saw that chow down on cypress trees planted a balcony garden growing a whole batch of too closely together in poorly draining corn this summer. I’m not sure if the garsoils—the basic formula for most hedges I dener harvested any ears, but they did get see. Hollies also are popular for a monoculgreat privacy from the corn stalks, and this ture hedge. looky-loo’s impressed appraisal. f

PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all. Without getting too far into it, and before this slides into sentimentality and sappiness, let me just say that I remain thankful for everyone who reads these words each week and every artist whose news populates it. I mean, sure, there’s always going to be room for specific criticisms, but with regard to the huge, overall universe of Athens music, I remain very thankful. I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday. Now let’s get into it…

TWO NIGHT FLIGHT: This Friday, Nov. 25 and Saturday, Nov. 26, Flicker Theatre & Bar will host the 2022 instance of the Cloud Recordings Festival. Tickets are an exceedingly reasonable $10 per night.

This year’s lineup features Telemarket, the duo Shane Parish & John Kiran Fernandes, The Rishis and Kiran Fernandes on Friday, then Marcel Sletten, In A Kythe, Shane Parish (solo) and Organically Programmed on Saturday. For more information, please see facebook.com/cloudrecordings and cloudrecordings.com.

DRIVIN’ BY, INDEED: Tickets are on sale now for the M.M. Turner individual solo tours

by Drive By Truckers’ Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley. Thing is, though, none of the shows are in Athens, but a few are fairly close. Hood plays Atlanta’s City Winery Dec. 13–14. The closest Cooley will come to Athens is Alabama, but he’s got four shows in our neighbor state. He’ll play Birmingham (Dec. 15), then he’ll do a double-header in Waverly (early show and late show on Dec. 17) before playing Selma on Dec. 23. Find tickets and more information at drivebytruckers.com.

HI-DEE HI-DEE HI-DEE HI: The Artie Ball Swing Band will perform a special show at VFW Post 2872 (835 Sunset Drive) this Friday, Nov. 25. The group, composed of quite talented Athens folks, sometimes performs in different configurations. For this show, though, they assure us that, “The full band will be on hand to play for you and help you get a little fun out of life!” which seems nice and helpful of them. Doors open at 7 p.m. and music starts at 8 p.m. For more information, please see facebook.com/ vfwpost2872.

BYRON COLEY ON SPEED-DIAL: The cascade of new releases from Athens experimental label Hooker Vision will not let up and, as such, I’ve fallen behind on my coverage of what I believe to be one of the most aesthetically—in every sense—pleasing endeavors to ever come out of Athens. A few weeks ago, the label released new work from Quiet Evenings, Motion Sickness of Time Travel and M.M. Turner. The Quiet Evenings’ release, a 30-minute,

two-track ambient drone named Glass Bridge is both unwittingly aggressive in its first movement while incongruously comforting in its second. Motion Sickness of Time Travel’s Outerboros is a combination of recent music and tracks from a decade ago. Self-described as possibly being “subliminal pop,” I’d have to agree, as this is especially true with tracks like “Green Carpet.” This is Rachel Evans’ (one half of the Hooker Vision C-suite) longtime solo project which has continually come more into focus. Finally, there’s Tree in Sun and Rain from composer and Professor of Music M.M. Turner (aka Mitch Turner). There are four themes explored here: light, rain, grass and leaves. Turner’s compositions contain solid underpinnings but have a sheen of

brittleness across them such that it’s almost as if we weren’t supposed to hear them.

This record is guitar-oriented and each track was recorded in a single take. But, as the liner notes say, “…this is not mere jamming, these pieces have been masterfully crafted and composed.” Well, I’m certainly no master, but even through my limited understanding I’m inclined to agree. For more information, please see hookervision. bandcamp.com and mmturnermusic.com.

BEYOND AND BEFORE: Prog rockers Nix The Scientist lean in hard to that descriptor on the group’s latest release, Chosen I. This fivesong release certainly pays honest tribute to the band’s chosen musical predecessors.

To wit, if you can get through the opening song “Prophecy” without thinking of both Emerson, Lake & Palmer as well as Pink Floyd, then you get a gold star. The band takes a huge left turn by the time it gets to “The Curse Of Being Bored” which is a fairly by-the-numbers fourth-wave emo pop song. Similarly, the theatrical screamo of “Eyes Up” leaves me pretty nonplussed. The operatic return to form, if you will, of closer “The End” is a fitting bookend which wraps this up nicely but, when matched with the record’s opener, you’ve got a book whose cover isn’t representative at all of what’s actually inside. I dunno. Let’s just say Nix The Scientist shines brightest when they’re reaching for the stars instead of looking on the ground. Find this on Spotify and other services, and for more information, please see facebook.com/nixthescientist. f

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

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

Thursday 24 Southern Brewing Co. 6–10 p.m. www.sobrewco.com KARAOKE NIGHT Every Thursday evening.

Friday 25 Beechwood Shopping Center Beechwood Holiday Market. 6–9 p.m. FREE! beechwoodathens.com THE BIG BEYOND Atlanta-­based party band covering popular hits.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Cloud Recordings Festival. 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickerhteatreand bar.com MARCEL SLETTEN Owner of local label Primordial Void, performing

ambient electronic music.

TELEMARKET Driving, angular indie-​rock band from Athens.

SHANE PARISH AND JOHN FERNANDES DUO Master guitarist Shane Parish teams up with Elephant 6 stalwart John Fernandes for an improvised set.

THE RISHIS Local indie band blending pop and rock sounds with plenty of brass.

Georgia Theatre 6:30 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show). $25. www.georgiatheatre. com KINCHAFOONEE COWBOYS Honky-​tonk band tearing up venues for 30 years.

ELI CAIN AND THE CASTELLOWS Up and coming country artist and his backing band.

Hendershot’s 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens. com WOLFLI Thoughtful dark folk.

KIRAN FERNANDES Intricate and inventive songs for guitar drawing from folk traditions around the world.

IN A KYTHE Ambient cello project by local musician Lydian Brambila.

Marigold Auditorium for Arts and Culture 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show).

SOLD OUT! www.facebook.com/ WintervilleAuditorium TODD SNIDER American troubadour who’s been touring and telling stories for 30 years.

ARLO MCKINLEY Country singer signed to John Prine’s Oh Boy! record label.

Nowhere Bar 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/classic cityjukebox CLASSIC CITY JUKEBOX Rock and roll cover band. Celebrating Terry’s birthday weekend throwdown.

Saturday 26 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. (doors). $10. www.40watt. com LOS CANTARES Desert rock band led by Jim Wilson.

SEX CELLS Local drone rock band.

PILGRIM Rock band fronted by Paul McHugh featuring guitar by Matt Stoessel.

Ciné 9 p.m. $10. www.athenscine.com SHEHEHE Local band that draws from old-​school punk and arena rock to create a fist-​pumping atmosphere.

HAUTE TENSION Heavy surf noir from Miami.

AUNT MOTH Post-​post-​punk band.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Cloud Recordings Festival. 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flickertheatreand bar.com IN A KYTHE Solo ambient project of local singer-​songwriter Lydian Brambila.

SHANE PARISH Master guitarist and fearless explorer of rhythm and timbre.

KIRAN FERNANDES ENSEMBLE Kiran Fernandes (Immaterial Possession) plays intricate and inventive songs for guitar drawing from folk traditions around the world.

ORGANICALLY PROGRAMMED Electronic space disco from Athens.

Hendershot’s 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com KENNY AND THE BASHERS No info available.

International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ IGBAthensGA KARAOKE NIGHT DJ Lynn and DJ Barbie lead an evening of karaoke.

Nowhere Bar 9:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens CASUAL CADENZA Four-​piece jam band from Atlanta.

The Root 9:15 p.m. www.facebook.com/ classiccityjukebox CLASSIC CITY JUKEBOX Rock and roll cover band. Celebrating Terry’s birthday weekend throwdown.

Sunday 27 Boutier Winery & Inn 2–5 p.m. FREE! www.boutierwinery. com MONICA SPEARS Singing solo covers with a jazzy blues twist.

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

Nuçi’s Space 12–10 p.m. Donations encouraged. www.nuci.org ATHENS UNCOVERED: STEEPLE EDITION A day-­long festival featuring Athens musicians covering their favorite local bands with performances by Pylon Reenactment Society, Bloodkin, Monsoon, Squalls, The Bad Ends and more.

Wednesday 30 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. (doors). $26. www.40watt. com LESS THAN JAKE Pop-​punk band with ska rock raucousness.

CLIFFDIVER Seven-​piece punk band from Tulsa, OK. KEEP FLYING Five-​piece punk band concocting catchy, horn-​ driven songs.

Festival Hall 7 p.m. www.festivalhallga.com CARTER CADWALLADER Local high school senior performs a graduation recital.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreand bar.com DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring pop, rock, indie and more.

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Hendershot’s 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com BIG BAND ATHENS This 18-​ member community band performs selections spanning from big band music of the ’40s to dance tunes of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.

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Classic City Vintage Guitars LUTHIER DYLAN KEEL GIVES NEW LIFE TO OLD INSTRUMENTS

By Patrick Barry music@flagpole.com

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lassic City Vintage Guitars recently celebrated its one-year anniversary, and you may not have even heard of it.

It’s a small, unassuming shop in the Chase Park Warehouses district, a renovated and revitalized cotton warehouse built in the early 1900s. It’s squeezed in between a tattoo parlor and a brick room with a giant mulberry tree growing in the middle, so large that it’s supported by chains from the ceiling.

The inside of the shop is roomy, with rows of vintage guitars and gear stretching to the high ceilings. Dylan Keel, the man you’ll have a good chance finding behind his workbench, owns and manages the shop. His big black lab, Loretta Lynn, is entirely unaware of the concept of an anniversary, but loves very much when a new face comes in the shop, and perhaps loves it even more when a longtime client comes in just to take her on a walk around the warehouse district.

Keel, the son of Nashville songwriter Bobby Keel, received his first guitar at the age of 11. After a protracted hitchhiking experience led him to settling in California, he developed a love for budget vintage guitars. Brands like Kay and Harmony, cherished for their character, playability and affordability, became Keel’s bread and butter. After working at Wildwood Manufacturing, he launched his own custom guitar brand, Keelkraft Guitars, and began doing guitar repair out of his home shop, Humboldt Guitarworks.

In 2020, Keel and his wife Liz took a leap of faith, moving from California to Athens without ever having visited.

Keel worked a guitar repair job in Athens through the brunt of the pandemic before deciding to strike out on his own.

While searching for a space to start his shop in, he stumbled upon a place that seemed perfect. “I kind of in my head just saw it instantly. It was this kind of cosmic feeling,” Keel says about the space, which was formerly an alteration shop. He’s repaired hundreds of guitars since the shop opened a year ago, instruments from all walks of life and from people across the U.S. Despite their vintage patina, the guitars Dylan finds and restores aren’t your typical collector’s vintage instruments.

They’re meant to be played, and they’re restored with care that comes with a deep knowledge of an instrument’s possible past. “Guitars are artifacts of a musician’s life,” says Keel. “They’re deeply personal. There’s always this forensic

part of my job, where I’m like ‘Where has this guitar been? How did it get these marks? What do I do to fix this?’”

These were all questions Keel had to ask himself recently, when he worked on a guitar sent to him by a client from the Catskills in New York. CJ Harvey, a photographer and tour manager for several large bands, reached out to Keel after finding a guitar in her late grandfather’s closet.

“My grandfather passed away last year during the height of COVID,” Harvey says. “So no one was able to properly say goodbye or celebrate his life afterwards. When we eventually met up to share stories and clear out his home, I found this beautiful guitar in his back closet under a pile of dust and mold. It was warped from the humidity and probably would have gotten tossed out since no one else in the family plays.”

The guitar was a 1968 Martin D-2, a coveted model. “I knew it was something extremely special that deserved to be properly restored,” Harvey says.

So, she brought it to Keel on a friend’s recommendation. “It’s in incredible condition now,” Harvey says.

Keel chooses to preserve certain aspects of a guitar, for example not painting over an area that has been worn by years of playing, out of respect for the instrument. He knows that any musician who buys a vintage instrument buys it for the history as well as the playability. “I’ve always thought of myself as a janitor,” Keel says about his work.

Classic City Vintage Guitars has come to be defined by a fiercely independent ethos. Much of the shop’s traffic is driven by word of mouth. Keel advocates endlessly for local musicians and artists, and despite his recent arrival in Athens, has become remarkably ingrained in the local community.

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fills a niche. He just becomes everyone’s friend.”

The shop is a hub for local musicians, a harbor for ships which would have otherwise passed in the night to meet each other, become friends and maybe start a band. Keel also facilitates and encourages the mutual sharing of music through his youtube channel, Classic City Limits, a live concert series recorded in his workshop. So far, the series has produced a dozen installments by local artists such as lighthearted, Sarah Mootz, Spencer Thomas and Liz Farrell.

Local musician AG, who goes by the stage name Clover County, played her first recorded live performance ever on Classic City Limits, on one of Keel’s 1920s parlor guitars.

“I go back to him at least once a week. He has helped me make my biggest decisions regarding music,” AG says. “He’s definitely more my friend than my luthier.” f

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

Welcome to the first edition of flagpole’s 2022 Holiday Gift Guide To be included in the Dec. 7th edition, contact the Flagpole Advertising Department at 706-549-0301 or ads@flagpole.com. Deadline is Nov. 29th.

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Help us ensure that all older adults in our community age well. A gift can provide a blanket to help keep warm ($20), transportation to the pharmacy, grocery store or medical appointments ($10), a week’s worth of meals ($50), or 1 day of care at our Adult Day Health Center ($65).

We invite you to join us on Small Business Saturday, November 26th, for our Holiday Artist Market! Hosting over 90 local vendors, this market is a local one-stop-shop with something for everyone on your list. Outside of this specialty one-day market, AFM hosts a strong artist section at every Saturday market, now running all year round!

Big City Bread Cafe

Canopy Studio

Treat your loved ones and celebrate your love of Big City Bread with gift certificates in any denomination. Super easy to purchase online or in person. Double up on local with Big City’s full-bodied and complex blend of coffee, roasted right here in Athens by Jittery Joe’s Coffee Roasters.

Give the gift of aerial dance and circus arts with Kids Winter Camp, Adult Workshops, and classes for all ages. Perfect for all abilities with no experience necessary. Wrap up a Canopy gift certificate and t-shirt this holiday season!

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Your favorite, Athens on Ice public ice skating returns to Akins Ford Arena at The Classic Center November 25th.

Lace up your skates and join us for 75 minutes of holiday fun!

DePalma’s offers catering and party trays to make your holidays tastier. Lasagna, Chicken Parmigian, salad, bread sticks and more. Call in your order and pick it up at one of our 3 locations.

Season passes are available for just $125 per person.

Gift cards, both physical and email versions, are available online at depalmasitaliancafe.com.

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Franny’s Farmacy

Magic Wand Original HV 260 really is magical, producing super intense vibrations and various functions. Starship Inferno - Bondage Kit is a ready-to-go collection of high-quality and comfortable restraints. Includes wrist and ankle cuffs, hogtie, and blindfold. While you’re at it the Heart Wedge pillow offers more comfortable, deeper penetration and G-spot stimulation!

Our Calming Dog Treats are 5mg of broad spectrum CBD/treat. Our Healing Salve contains 600mg of full spectrum CBD. Mellow Bear Honey is raw honey infused with Delta-8 THC, in 25mg or 50mg bears. Our products contain all-natural ingredients for you and your loved ones, even the furry ones!

Akins Ford Arena at The Classic Center classiccenter.com

4100 Lexington Rd. shopstarship.com

25% off these items when purchased in-store on Black Friday.

401 E. Broad St., 2080 Timothy Rd., 1965 Barnett Shoals Rd. depalmasitaliancafe.com

2361 W. Broad St., Unit #10 frannysfarmacyathens.com

Catch us at Indie South’s Holiday Hooray on Dec. 10 and 11 at Bishop Park!

We have special hours Dec. 24, 10 a.m – 4 p.m.

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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

Welcome to the first edition of flagpole’s 2022 Holiday Gift Guide To be included in the Dec. 7th edition, contact the Flagpole Advertising Department at 706-549-0301 or ads@flagpole.com. Deadline is Nov. 29th.

Hendershot’s Coffee

Indie South

Support your favorite local spot and spoil your family and friends by gifting the finest coffee Athens has to offer plus super cute merch like corduroy Hendy’s hats, cozy Hendershot’s sweatsuits, and smart 12 oz. travel mugs, which will keep your loved ones, and their coffee, warm all season.

Shop your values this season at Indie South! Indie carries over 150 small brands and local makers, including plenty of goods to stay cozy this winter like knit hats, thick warm socks in amazing colors, and hot drink mixes to enjoy when when it’s cold outside.

Gift Cards available!

Part of the Shop Small Crawl on Dec. 2, pop-up shop on Dec. 17.

K. A. Artist Shop

Labels Resale Boutique

Need creative gifts for creative people?

K.A. can build custom sets of art supplies for your loved ones. They offer local art like the “Doors of Athens” series by René Shoemaker. They’ve even got gift certificates for fun classes and services like art photography and printing.

Labels has a huge selection of unique designer clothing like this quilted, cotton ruffle vest designed by Andion, a mother-daughter atelier in the hills of Spain. They also have gift items like FoxyBae Dirty Gal Dry Shampoo, formulated to restore hair’s natural body and shine, and the FoxyBae Straightening Brush, a 2-in-1 solution for smooth, naturally lustrous hair.

To start building your artist kit email at hello@kaartist.com.

Gift cards available. Free gift wrapping with purchase.

Native America Gallery

Nuçi’s Space

Visit Native America Gallery, voted Best Downtown Shop for 12 years, to nourish your holiday spirit with an annual Holiday “Thank You” Gift, beautiful complimentary gift wrapping, and hot apple cider and holiday cookies daily!

Nuçi’s Space helps musicians access vital mental health resources in the Athens community. You can support their mission by giving the gift of Nuçi’s Space this holiday season!

Purchase gift cards for rehearsal and recording studio bookings, upgrade your closet with a Nuçi’s Space t-shirt, or gift a steeple brick from the iconic St. Mary’s Steeple.

237 Prince Ave. hendershotsathens.com

127 N. Jackson St. kaartist.com

195 E. Clayton St. nativeamericagallery.com

327 Prince Ave. labelsrb.com

396 Oconee St. nuci.org

A holiday tradition for 30 years!

Order online or stop in to purchase.

Use coupon code FLAGPOLE to get 20% off Nuçi’s Space t-shirts.

The Olive Basket

Pain and Wonder Tattoo and Piercing

Gift sets are available in a variety of combinations, including Olive Oils, White or Dark Balsamic Vinegars, or a combination of Oils and Vinegars.

Choose one of their pre-made combinations or design your own from over 50 oils and vinegars.

Pain and Wonder, an Athens favorite tattoo shop, has gifts for your loved ones: jewelry for all piercings and tattoos for anyone on your list.

Gift Wrapping available.

Gift certificates available in any amount.

1791 Oconee Connector, Suite 745 olivebasketonline.com

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470 Hawthorne Ave. theindiesouth.com

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285 W. Washington St. painandwonder.com

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Ritual Day Spa and Apothecary

Sexy Suz Couples Boutique

Ritual day spa is a uniquely Athens spa creating space for self-care rituals. A jungle robe and cozy aromatic neck wrap are the perfect compliment to a gift card for a massage or facial. This year give the gift of calm, not clutter.

The Motorbunny by Doc Johnson is your ticket to ride! Come see Motorbunny’s bluetooth controlled display unit at the shop. The Rose is forever blooming and trending. Believe the hype! It’s that good. The Lush by Lovense is your toy for business or pleasure.

Holiday Sip and Shop Dec. 5, 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. for gift card sales, raffles, special guests and more!

Free gift wrapping w/ $50 purchase.

State Botanical Gardens of GA Gift Shop

Treehouse Kid & Craft

Check out the Garden’s selection of Folkmanis puppets to spark imagination.

Back by popular demand, Roland Pine Candles make perfect teachers’ gifts.

Created for the Gardens by Condor Chocolates, the Winter WonderBar is a delicious gift and a portion of proceeds go towards our education and conservation programs.

Sonny Angels are adorable collectable blind boxes that wear fun headgear and bring happiness to the world. Lovelane Rainbow capes, handmade in Savannah, are a great addition to any outfit needing superhero vibes. Treehouse has a big following of Jellycat enthusiasts. These soft cuddly friends are for babies, toddlers, kids, teens, and adults alike!

468 N. Milledge Ave. Suite 101 ritualathens.com

2450 S. Milledge Ave. botgarden.uga.edu

4124 Atlanta Hwy. sexysuzonline.com

815 W. Broad St. treehousekidandcraft.com

Gift shop hours: Tues. – Sat. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sun. 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Closed Mondays.

Urban Sanctuary

Woodhill Artists Market

Gift Certificates to Urban Sanctuary bring comfort and joy! Massages, facials, spa merchandise, gifts for the bath and body, house and home.

Eco–Friendly, Organic & Natural.

Woodhill Artists Market features local artists (pictured) Michael Pierce, Art O Facts; Jenny Derevere, Farmer/Florist; Barbara Odil, sculptures. Also exhibiting are Ansley Williams, Camren Gober, Greg Krakow, Leigh Ellis, Peter Loose, and Wini McQueen.

Shop online or call 706-613-3947.

Opening reception Dec. 2, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m., Market Dec. 3 & 4, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Dec. 10 & 11, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

810 N. Chase St. urbansanctuaryspa.com

4745 Bob Godfrey Rd. barbaraodil.com/woodhillartshow2022

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