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By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com The principal who caused a stir at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School for admonishing a teacher who posted a student’s pro-LGBTQ artwork is no longer leading the school.

Bipul Singh has been replaced by O’Marr Curry, who is currently assistant principal at Whitehead Road Elementary and previously taught third and fifth grades at Alps Road Elementary. He has a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from UGA and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Mercer University, and is currently working on his PhD from Mercer.

“We are thrilled to have O’Marr Curry become the next principal of Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary,” CCSD Superintendent Robbie Hooker said in a news release. “We are confident that he will bring to OAES his track record of building strong, effective relationships with his colleagues, students and families, and that he will foster a safe and positive school environment that promotes academic rigor and high student achievement.”

Singh raised parents’ ire last year when he compared a fifth-grader’s rainbow flag with the words “Gay is OK” to a Nazi swastika and told the teacher to remove it.

Parents and teachers called for the Clarke County School District to remove Singh, but the administration under Superintendent Xernona Thomas and the school board took no action.

It’s unclear whether Singh left of his own accord or Hooker opted not to renew his contract. CCSD did not respond to a request for comment.

Curry’s appointment was part of a slate of personnel moves the board approved May 11, also including hiring Jennifer Martin as executive director of teaching and learning, Chris Griner as chief financial officer and Tessa Barbazon as executive direc-

tor of student and family supports.

The BOE also gave its tentative approval last week for a $214 million budget covering the 2023-24 school year.

School district officials are no longer proposing raising the property tax rate from 18.8 mills to the legal maximum of 20, and the current version of the budget is $5 million less than originally proposed.

But even without a millage rate hike, with the tax digest growing at a 14% clip, many homeowners will pay more in taxes. Most of the increased state and local revenue—up from $189 million last year—will go toward raises for teachers and other employees, as well as health care and retirement costs.

During a brief discussion, board member Patricia Yager said she wants more funding for arts education, while Tim Denson and Linda Davis said the board was not given enough detail about the budget. “I’m not sure I’m comfortable voting for it without seeing some of those possible changes there,” Denson said. He, Davis and Claudia Butts voted against the tentative budget, which passed 5–3.

The BOE will take public input on the budget at 6 p.m. May 23, 4 p.m. May 24 and 5 p.m. June 1 at CCSD headquarters, 595 Prince Ave.

project. Those include the News Building’s parking lots and several parcels around the Multimodal Center. The new east downtown entertainment district is also expected to include a privately owned hotel, condos, loft apartments, retail space, a food hall and a parking deck. The ACC government is leasing land for those developments to help fund the arena.

Only the “master developer,” not other downtown property owners, would pay the 2-mill levy, which would bring in $539,000 a year on an estimated $360 million worth of new development. Similar tax districts helped fund the Atlanta Beltline, Truist Park and the Georgia Dome. “We think this is a very good mechanism to help us finish the arena,” ACC Attorney Judd Drake said at a May 9 work session.

Cramer has repeatedly had to find additional funding to supplement $34 million in local sales tax revenue as construction costs have spiked in recent years. The arena is now short $11 million, Cramer said, includ-

ing $7 million needed to remove rock on the site. That brings the total cost to $146 million. Other potential revenue sources include leasing the last 0.8-acre parcel near the arena, premium seating and naming rights, he said.

The arena is currently under construction and is scheduled to open next spring.

Commissioners were also briefed on a residential mental health facility planned for Mitchell Bridge Road, next door to Advantage Behavioral Health System’s current facility, a former hospital that ABHS purchased from the Clarke County School District in 2016. It will include 60 one- and two bedroom units, funded with $5.3 million from SPLOST 2020, the voter-approved 1% sales tax, as well as $4 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act. The project will be built in phases because the initial budget was $11.4 million five years ago, SPLOST Program Administrator Keith Sanders said, and construction costs have risen dramatically since then. f

Classic Center Asks for Downtown Tax District Classic Center Executive Director Paul Cramer has asked the Athens-Clarke County Commission to create a special tax district around the center’s new arena to help pay for its construction.

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DIRECTOR’S TROUBLES LEAD TO QUESTIONS ABOUT HOMELESS CAMP’S FUTURE

By Blake Aued and Chris Dowd news@flagpole.com

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ntil last week, there was no question who was in charge of the First Step homeless camp: Charles Hardy, for better or worse.

Wearing a baseball cap with the name of the Athens Alliance Coalition, the nonprofit he founded, Hardy ran the city-sanctioned and government-funded tent city off Barber Street from his office occupying half a small trailer, armed with a screen displaying security camera footage from a dozen different angles, a constantly buzzing phone and a frequently squawking radio.

He continued to do so through last week, despite calls for his ouster following a May 2 jury verdict convicting him of assaulting a former resident. AAC’s board of directors defended Hardy for nearly two weeks until finally placing him on administrative leave Friday, May 12—the same day he was scheduled to report to jail for the weekend.

Though Hardy is gone, the chain of events places the future of the camp in jeopardy.

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property, and that giving them a safe place to pitch their tents would allow service providers to help them find permanent housing.

The Athens Alliance Coalition was the only organization to apply for the $2.5 million contract, a portion of the billions in emergency COVID funding that the federal government poured into local governments during the pandemic.

The commission approved it despite doubts raised by ACC staff about its lack of experience with strict federal reporting requirements.

Little of that money goes into Hardy’s pocket, he said, estimating he makes about $18 or $19 an hour. Much of it is spent on around-the-clock security and paying other staffers. Some went toward fixing up the abandoned school where the camp is located. But the multimillion-dollar contract changed the perception of AAC in the community.

“When they say money is the root of all evil, I believe that,” Hardy said.

On May 2, a jury found Hardy guilty of one count of battery, one count of disorderly conduct and two counts of simple battery, stemming from a former First Step resident’s allegations that he punched and spit on her when she came to collect her belongings, which had been thrown away per camp policy. State Court Judge Ethelyn Simpson sentenced him to 72 hours in jail and a $1,000 fine, and ordered him to take anger management classes and undergo a mental health assessment.

Hardy maintains his innocence. “I have to protect these people,” he said, stewing over media coverage of the incident. “The papers made it seem like I brutally beat somebody.”

After being convicted, Hardy posted an hourlong video on Facebook in which he said First Step would be closing that Friday (May 5) and called for Manager Blaine Williams to be run out of town. “How can you put 55 people back on the Charles Hardy, pictured at the First Step homeless camp in April 2022. street with nowhere to go?” he said in the video.

However, that turned out not to be the case. “It’s my As ACC staff had worried, AAC has had trouble complyhope that the Athens Alliance Coalition operates the camp ing with federal regulations. According to a letter sent on through the end of its contractual term,” Williams told Sept. 8 to the Athens Alliance Coalition board by Andrew Flagpole.

Saunders, then the interim director of the ACC Housing Williams did call for Hardy to be removed as First Step’s and Community Development department, Hardy’s perdirector, though. In a memo to AAC’s board of directors, sonal timesheets were consistently inaccurate and missing Williams cited ACC’s ability to terminate its contract with important information. The letter, obtained through an First Step due to illegal conduct. When asked for a contiopen records request, also details how Hardy’s team has nuity plan after Hardy’s arrest in August, board chair Brent failed to disclose conflicts of interest when hiring outside Temple had proposed that Executive Director of Assistance contractors. Saunders described how Smith hired a relative Marcel Mincey or Project Director Tershant Smith take over to mow the encampment’s lawn, paying him over $1,000 in Hardy’s absence. In response to Williams’ May 3 memo, at the same time Hardy and other employees of the camp the board suggested that Hardy be allowed to run the camp were referencing lawn care as a duty they were performing from home. He was still working onsite as of May 10, when in their timesheets. he met with reporters in his office and gave them a tour of Saunders refused to reimburse the Athens Alliance the camp.

Coalition for many expenses HCD deemed inappropriate, Bolstering the case against Hardy, a draft of an indeincluding lump sum payments of $200–$600 for attending pendent audit—required for any organization that receives a sexual harassment workshop. Saunders asked that the more than $750,000 from the federal American Rescue employees be compensated only on an hourly basis for Plan Act—found that Hardy was spending taxpayer money the training, and noted that some employees had already with no oversight from the board. He had a debit card and recorded those hours as time worked but were given a lump was essentially signing off on his own expense account, sum payment as well. according to the May 10 audit by the Gainesville accounting Saunders also expressed concern over the extremely firm Rushton. high rate of turnover among camp employees. Former The camp was controversial from the beginning, when employees at the camp, including former program direcMayor Kelly Girtz broke a tie in September 2021 on a tor Charetta Milton and former head of security Charles vote to create it. Its critics said the $2.5 million would Campbell, say Hardy created a hostile work environment at be better off spent on permanent housing. Supporters First Step. During the time of their employment, they say countered that they needed to move quickly because CSX Hardy was an intimidating presence at the camp who belitTransportation was set to clear out a large camp on railroad tled residents and employees alike, constantly threatening

to expel or fire them for any small offense, which Hardy denies. “[Hardy] said to me one day that security was the worst he had ever seen,” Campbell told Flagpole. “That’s a reflection on me. It bothered me.” Campbell said he quit shortly after that conversation after overhearing Hardy criticizing another camp employee.

The recent conviction is not the only criminal case Hardy’s facing, either. He was charged in February with going to an employee’s mother’s house, knocking a plate of food from the employee’s hand and pushing her. Two accusations of sexual harassment have been filed against him.

Another former employee also accused Hardy of sexual battery, but no charges were filed.

Up until the end, Hardy maintained that he’s not going anywhere. And if he were forced out, he said a lot of the camp’s equipment—appliances and furniture donated to the AAC or purchased with his own money—would be coming with him. “If this closes down,” he said, “there won’t be nothing left but tents.”

Close Ties Severed The dispute showed just how closely tied Hardy was to AAC, an organization he founded in 2016. “You can’t get rid of the man who owns Athens Alliance Coalition,” he says.

“That means closing the encampment.”

Up until Hardy was suspended, Temple told Flagpole that the Athens Alliance Coalition would keep him on as executive director. “We believe that the evidence is clear, and that Charles should’ve been exonerated in that case,” Temple said before the board reversed course. But when Hardy wouldn’t abide by an agreement between the board and Williams that Hardy would work from home and stay away from the camp, the board placed him on administrative leave, with Mincey and Smith taking over the camp’s operations until a permanent director is found.

Hardy started helping the homeless using his own money after his mother died 11 years ago.

Just hours before her death, according to Hardy, she told her son that helping the homeless should be his life’s work. “I changed my life and gave my life to God,” he says.

As the outside audit and HCD records make clear, Hardy and AAC were simply too closely intertwined. Combine the financial irregularities with the criminal conviction and sexual harassment allegations, and the situation became untenable.

“It seems clear to me that Charles needs to step back,” ACC Commissioner Jesse Houle said before the board ousted Hardy. “It can’t keep relying on one person when that person has been convicted of [a crime].”

Although AAC was the sole bidder back in 2021, other organizations would likely be interested in partnering with AAC now. “When the project was a theory, no one wanted to touch it. Now, more experienced groups are interested,” said Houle, who was instrumental in establishing the camp and pushed to award AAC the contract rather than reopen bidding.

The local government is taking public input on how to address Athens’ homelessness problem through the end of May, and a consultant will release a set of recommendations this summer, Mayor Kelly Girtz said. One of the preliminary recommendations is setting up more permanent housing, such as acquiring a motel to use as a shelter.

From the standpoint of quickly getting unhoused individuals off the street and transitioning them into jobs and permanent housing, though, everyone involved agrees First Step has been a success. Houle said he’d like to see the program renewed when AAC’s contract is up at the end of the year. “In spite of the warts of the program, it’s shown real value,” they said. “A lot of people are experiencing more stability than they have in the past.”

Complicating matters, though, the ACC government recently discovered that, under final guidance about how ARPA funds can be spent, the homeless camp is not eligible.

That means another source of funding will have to be found to keep First Step open beyond 2023. “We’re going to have to choose a different adventure,” said Girtz. f

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more affordable,” Kemp said in his veto message. “However, the proposals in this bill are subject to appropriations and the General Assembly failed to fully fund these educational incentives.”

The $32.4 billion state budget signed by Kemp will provide a $2,000 pay raise for state employees, public school teachers and employees of Georgia’s public higher education institutions. In addition, the budget includes salary increases for nurses and custodians in K-12 schools, as well as a $6,000 raise for state troopers and some other law enforcement officers. The budget also increases the amount of tuition awarded to HOPE college scholarship recipients.

This new budget also includes $1.6 million allocated to a new prosecutors oversight commission intended to review complaints lodged against local district attorneys and allow the board to dish out punishment. Senate Bill 92, which Kemp signed last week, is hailed by Republican supporters as a tool for reigning in rogue district attorneys. The new commission will spell out standards for prosecutors and solicitors.

inalizes homelessness by putting more pressure on local governments and police departments to enforce the laws against public camping.

Kemp signed a controversial law that makes it a felony for local election officials to accept direct donations for local election administration. In a statement, Sen. Max Burns (R-Sylvania) said Senate Bill 222 closes a loophole that has enabled some Democratic-leaning counties to receive

By Stanley Dunlap news@flagpole.com millions of dollars during the 2020 election cycle. Under the new law, any private donations would be distributed ov. Brian Kemp vetoed legislation that would have through state election officials. Democratic lawmakers and allowed legislators to control tuition hikes at public several county election supervisors, however, have emphauniversities ahead of last week’s deadline for signing or sized that donations were essential for buying election rejecting legislation passed by the General Assembly. equipment and paying poll workers, particularly during the Kemp vetoed two higher education measures and signed worst of the 2020 pandemic.

250-plus bills during the 40-day window after the Mar. “This measure is an important and necessary step in 29 end of the 2023 legislative session to decide which guaranteeing our elections are not subject to interference bills he would sign, would allow to become law unsigned from third-party organizations,” Burns said. “It is vital that or would be placed on the chopping block. Kemp signed all funding for elections is properly allocated from the state off on a flurry of legislation, including a $32 billion state level to limit the possibility that our state and local election spending plan starting July 1 that features workers are influenced by organizations that pay raises for teachers, police officers and operate on their own self-interest.” other state employees. Kemp also signed off Kemp also signed off on a new law that on controversial laws that create a new disciallows people to take time off work during plinary board for district attorneys, ban local early voting. Voters now have a two-hour officials from accepting private donations window during the early voting period and on for election administration and require local Election Day. officials to enforce laws on homeless public “This bill would further empower Georgians encampments. to participate in one of the most importAmong Kemp’s 14 vetoes was House Bill ant civic duties,” said Sen. Rick Williams 319, which would have required state legis(R-Milledgeville), who sponsored SB 129. lators to approve tuition increases of more Several notable bills failed to make it across than 3% at Georgia’s public colleges and unithe finish line in this year’s legislative session, versities. The legislature cannot unilaterally but could be revived in January when legislaremove the Board of Regents’ power to set tors return for the second year of a two-year tuition costs for the 26 institutions that make cycle. up the University System of Georgia, Kemp Next year GOP lawmakers are likely to said. Any changes to how the Board of Regents renew their fight to expand a program that operates would require a constitutional ballot redirects state funds to cover private school referendum going before Georgia voters, the tuition. A school voucher bill this year was Republican governor said. defeated in the House after a handful of Gov. Brian Kemp, with his wife Marty, signs the Coleman-Baker Act, a law creating a cold case A number of state lawmakers have Republican lawmakers bucked a party-line unit within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, named for Tara Baker, a UGA student whose 1990 vote. The voucher debate revolves around the expressed frustration over the cost of a new murder remains unsolved. electronic medical records system approved merits of funneling public education fundby regents and University System of Georgia ing to private schools so parents have more Chancellor Sonny Perdue, who took over last year after Democratic lawmakers and other critics argue that the options to select which schools their children attend.

Kemp removed several members of the Board of Regents.

Republicans’ plan removes prosecutorial discretion to And for several years, legislators in both chambers have Perdue, a former Georgia governor, has said the regents deciding how cases should be prioritized in each commubickered over how to fix Georgia’s long-stalled medical board may increase tuition in order to cover a $66 million nity. Some local prosecutors in Democratic strongholds cannabis distribution system. Legislators are expected to cut in the state budget for the medical records system. have said publicly they will not make prosecuting possesrenew the debate in 2024 as they attempt to reach a comKemp also nixed House Bill 249 that would have sion of small amounts of marijuana a priority. Democrats promise on hemp product regulations, industry oversight, expanded needs-based financial assistance to college have also connected the GOP’s push for an oversight comand expanding the number of licenses for low-THC oils for students and prevented technical schools from charging mission with the ongoing investigation into the post-electhose suffering from serious illnesses. Georgia’s first medituition to veterans enrolled in commercial driver’s license tion 2020 actions of former President Donald Trump by cal cannabis dispensaries opened at the end of April, eight programs.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. years after lawmakers approved a regulating commission in Kemp said that legislators did not provide enough fundMeanwhile, Kemp also signed a law that its backers call 2015. This month an open government advocacy nonprofit ing to pay for increasing grants $2,500 to $3,500 for stua necessary first step in addressing systemic homelessness. filed a brief with the Georgia Supreme Court asking that it dents who can’t pay the full price of college tuition and to The new law gives the state attorney general the power to help remove some of the secrecy shrouding the state’s reguoffset the lost tuition at technical colleges. The legislation intervene if local officials try to block enforcement of ordilation of medical cannabis. f had support from powerful GOP lawmakers. nances prohibiting unauthorized sleeping on sidewalks and This article originally appeared in the Georgia Recorder.

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HOW TO QUENCH YOUR PLANTS’ THIRST THIS SUMMER

Whether you’ve got a few potted gems on your porch or a whole front-yard garden, you can’t rely on rainwater for irrigation anymore. Watering is one of those seemingly simple plant-care tasks that can get tangled.

I find that watering more deeply but fewer times is the best practice. Part of that comes from my experience working in a greenhouse. “When you think you’ve watered enough, water it one more time,” Greenhouse Boss Man once said. The lesson stuck. Part of my belief comes from my garden’s clay soil, which retains moisture much longer than sandy soil does.

germinate and grow. Wetting them with a standard nozzle or watering can causes soil to wash over the seeds. Misters spray just enough to soak the seeds and soil without disturbing anything. It works well, but can take some time to adequately bathe your seeds.

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For: Indoor plants, potted plants, seedling trays Does it cut down on soil-borne diseases?

Yes, definitely. Can it take a longer time if you have a bunch of plants and tend to get easily distracted? Yes, which is why it’s not my go-to method for most potted plants.

I typically use bottom watering when I notice my front porch ferns looking crispy. If the soil is dry enough, it can become hydrophobic and actually repel water for a time.

Sticking the fern in a shallow pool of water and letting it sit for an hour or two solves the problem.

SPRINKLERS

For: Playing, establishing clover lawns, wildflower patches A spray nozzle works well for watering larger seedlings and plants.

If you’ve got a sprinkler setup in your garden, and you’re happy with it, good I check moisture levels by looking at my garden in the morning. If I already see some for you! Mostly, I think sprinklers give cute drooping leaves at 9 a.m., I know it’s best to kids and dogs something to play in during the heat of the summer. It also can help water. If I’m not sure, I stick my finger into establish larger plots with wildflower fields the soil near a few plants. Moisture in the or clover-filled lawns. Otherwise, sprinklers first inch means I can hold off for another waste quite a lot of water. I know some day. Here’s a few watering tools and when I gardeners and farmers who swear by their think they work best: sprinklers, so it might just depend on your WATERING CAN experience.

For: Small gardens, meditative watering SOAKER HOSE The best watering cans are the ones with For: Small to medium gardens a spout diffuser. The single-spout watering If you’ve got a small garden, this is a cans are pretty, but don’t mimic actual raingreat option. It’s easy to hook up, fairly ecofall and can crush tender seedlings. Singlenomical, and a $75–100 hose will last for spout watering can redistribute loose soil years. Soaker hoses slowly distribute water and disturb small roots. Durable plastic is to the plants along its path, so you will have the way to go here, though there are some a bit of a geometry problem when you set it nice metal options. up. These hoses do attract fire ants, particGARDEN WANDS AND HOSE NOZZLES ularly when they’re searching for water in For: Small to medium gardens drier weather, so keep an eye out and a bag This is a great tool, though it did take of diatomaceous earth ready, just in case. some time for me to find one I didn’t break IRRIGATION TAPE OR T-TAPE in a month. Choose a nozzle with more For: Medium to large gardens metal than plastic parts, and you’ve got a The most expensive option by far, but good chance of keeping it long term. If it the one that uses the least amount of water. has more than two or three options, I feel Spring for the thicker plastic (I have the 15 like I spend more time trying to find the mm) because the thinner the plastic, the best setting than actually watering. easier it is to puncture. I’ve seen yards and MISTERS yards of thin-walled irrigation tape wind For: The smallest and most sensitive of up in the trash after a few waterings. This is seedlings another geometry problem, and you’ll also Some seeds, like lettuce, need sunlight to have to figure flow rates. f

PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP

DELIVERING THE GOODS: The stalwart standard-bearers of Athens heavy metal, Shadebeast Records, has a new shop location. This is the fourth address for its physical shop, which demonstrates a level of tenacity and dedication that’s pretty damn admirable. Currently open Monday– Saturday from 11 a.m.–6 p.m., the shop is located at 149 Oneta St. Of course, its online shop at shadebeast.com is always open. If you need more information, please feel free to bug these guys via facebook. com/shadebeastofficial.

WORD ON THE STREET: Athens native and longtime musician Kenny Aguar has announced that a 7-inch record containing Banned 37’s “lost single” is currently in its manufacturing stage. The songs herein are “Guns and Cameras” b/w “Ordinary Day,” each circa 1984. Banned 37 was very much of its time and encompassed a harder-edged style of then-ubiquitous jangle pop/rock.

As a time capsule, it’s a nice slice of Athens music history that has never really gotten its full due. As a thing to listen to in 2023, it’s utterly enjoyable, buoyant and evocative. Each song is available to stream online, and I’ll keep you as posted as I can about its eventual physical release. To stream, head to soundcloud. com/kennethaguar70 and get caught up.

TO A FLAME: In an exciting piece of news, Jacob Morris (Moths) has a new six-song EP coming out June 23 courtesy of Strolling Bones Records. The record, Slow Funeral, was recorded during multiple sessions at Studio 1093 here in town with engineer John Spiegel. The first single, “Lister,” is out now, and it’s a completely serviceable piece of work from Morris, demonstrating his strength as a songwriter and dedicated student of pacing.

This solidly strummed piece of gentle folk-indie pop is already primed to be a go-to entry for this year’s summertime mixtapes. Find this and preorder the new record over at strollingbonesrecords.com/ slow-funeral. Jacob Morris will perform at this year’s AthFest Saturday, June 24 on the Georgia Theatre rooftop at 10 p.m., and before that at Hendershot’s on June 6 with Haunted Shed. For all other information, please see jacoblloydmorris.com.

COURTESY KNOCK: While we were sleeping, The Vet’s Fetching slipped out a new nine-track album named Timeshares On Io. The brainchild of “some Athens, Georgia weirdo”—its creator’s words, not mine— this project has generally been compelling and quite listenable, even though its chosen musical lane (experimental noise-scapes punctuated with a dusting of melody, but with a few exceptions) is not for the faint of heart or incurious. On this, particular

highlights are the grindingly motivated “Pixelated rage,” the legitimate dreampop of “The Constellations Didn’t Carve Themselves” and “Asynchronous Bliss,” as well as the mechanical reproduction-mimicking “Moshpit Valhalla.” I’ve yet to be disappointed in anything The Vet’s Fetching has released, and if this record is any indicator, I’m going to have to wait at least a little while longer. Find this and more at thevetsfetching.bandcamp.com.

RING-A-DING-DING: The Segar Jazz Affair— the umbrella title under which multiple smooth jazz productions are handled by disc jockey, promoter and personality Dwain Segar—is still going strong and providing a solid base of support for smooth jazz here in Athens. Next up on his events list is a Segar Jazz Affair smooth jazz concert with saxophonist Marcus Click. This show happens at The Rialto Room at Hotel Indigo. Click is a Louisville, KY native now based in Jacksonville, FL. His new album, Brand New Day, is set to be released this month. Click will perform two sets (6:30–7:30 p.m., 7:45–8:45 p.m.) and doors open at 5:30 p.m. Advance tickets are available now for $15 (plus tax and

fees) or you can pay $20 at the door. For tickets, please see bit.ly/SegarJazzMay21.

Find more information by checking out marcusclick.com, facebook.com/ OfficialMarcusClick and facebook.com/ Segarjazzaffair.

TUNE UP: The always reliable Killa Cabbi put out a handful of new releases over the past six months, but I’m just going to talk about the newest one. It’s named Who Are You​??​? and features Cabbi with Queen Seeva. This release eschews all things reggae, which is the cornerstone of most of Cabbi’s output, in favor of catchy low-key club bangers.

The permanent midnight of the darkly propulsive “What Is Love” is immediately car stereo-worthy, as is Cameo-meets-Kraftwek “Rain Down.” Cabbi is a consistently creative artist whose roll hasn’t slowed yet, so head over to echobassrecords.bandcamp. com and try to keep up. f

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the kitchen. However, there’s also a trail of ever-improving confidence and sound quality reflective of Ellison cultivating his skills over the years. The DIY spirit is strong in Athens, especially in expansive hip-hop home studios, and Ellison feels his hands-on approach has been key in how he’s developed his sound.

“I want to be in control of everything, because I know what I need to do to bring my sound out. And me personally, I’m bad at giving directions. So if I can figure it out myself, nine times out of 10 I’ll know how to do it,” says Ellison.

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ver the last six years, Xavier Ellison, under his artist name Anime Zayy, has put out numerous albums, EPs and singles with a consistency that matches his efforts to refine and develop a sound unique in the Athens hip-hop scene. It balances introspective thoughts, love ballads and trap rap with an airy sound that treads between ambient pop rap and R&B. “My goal was always… when people hear my music, to make them float,” says Ellison.

That experience of floating is deeply rooted in Ellison’s entire brand as an artist, which features butterflies as a visual anchor. From cover art to merch designs to Ellison’s personal fashion, butterflies make an intentional appearance.

Ellison explains that he’s always loved butterflies since he was a child, and it’s an image he wants people to associate with him. Combined with space themes and soft color palettes, he puts a lot of thought into creating an aesthetic that matches the music.

The cover art and title of Ellison’s new album, Immortal, coming out on May 27, might feel at odds with the description of his work so far, but that, too, has a purpose. Although it appears much darker in tone, with Ellison sprouting devilish horns from his forehead, the overall message is one of growth.

“When people hear the title Immortal, they probably be like, ‘Oh, this dude crazy; he thinks he’s immortal,’” says Ellison.

“That’s not really the point I’m talking about. I want to be a better version of myself for when it’s time for me to leave this realm.

I have my art. When I’m gone, the stuff that I left out is still here.”

Taking inspiration from Tyler, the Creator’s Call Me If You Get Lost, there’s a story woven into the tracks narrated by Jeffery Blakely, known as rapper Kxng Blanco. The story explains how the devil horns represent Ellison transparently wearing his sins, which everyone carries but few bare upfront. By being honest about exactly who you are, all of the good and the bad, you can move forward with intent to be an even better person. This journey and idea of blossoming guides the narrative of all the album’s pieces.

Aside from Blakely recording Immortal’s intro, Ellison recorded, mixed and mastered all of the tracks. From album to album and track to track in Ellison’s discography, there’s a very fluid and cohesive feel that can be explained by fewer cooks in

Pinpointing and bringing out that sound has been a process, but it’s no surprise that Ellison’s mainstream influences include Travis Scott and Chris Brown, along with Kanye’s more psychedelic beats as inspiration. Growing up in a family of musicians also played an important role in Ellison becoming an artist. His father, Darrin Ellison, has a rich history in Athens as the award-winning hip-hop artist Elite Tha Showstoppa. Latashia Pittard-Watkins, his mother, sings as the neo soul and R&B artist Tashia Love. She’s even featured on some of his previous projects. Being surrounded by music, Ellison explains he always knew that’s what he wanted to do, but for a long time he had no intentions of being a rapper.

“I wanted to be more in the background scenes because I used to always see my

mom in the studio, but I was more interested in the production than the actual singing. That’s why I started making beats early on,” says Ellison. “I love vibes more than hype music. [My mom] could be a reason why.”

Ellison started making beats at a young age, then in the summer of 2017, as he was going into his senior year of high school, he started rapping for the first time. At the time he and his friends created the hiphop collective Rich Music Cartel, and they encouraged him to try out the mic. Rich Music Cartel was a starting point that operated as a group endeavor making hype hip hop, so it wasn’t until Ellison began exploring Anime Zayy as a solo artist that he started experimenting with his now iconic lo-fi and floaty sound.

There was a moment as he was just getting started as an artist that he looks back on now as “the turning point.” In 2018 his father’s family was having a birthday party for his grandmother, and being the creative group that they are, they held a family talent show. The experience was motivating and opened Ellison’s eyes that he wanted to pursue music in a real way. Coming from a family that already has a reputation for music can be pressuring for some, but Ellison is adamant that he’s never tried to live up to expectations and has always pursued his own path that’s true to himself, which has meant being the oddball at times.

For the release of Immortal, Ellison did let family conversations impact one decision: to distribute a clean version.

He says that he does have a giant family that supports him, but many of his elders have been dismayed at the amount of cursing in the past and wished they had a clean version to stream. Not to mention, many community performance opportunities require family-friendly edits, so having an explicit and clean version will only open his music to a wider audience. It’s also important to him that children, as the future, can have appropriate access to his music and message.

As an artist, Ellison has been in the lucky position to have a supportive family, and he says that no one ever told him to stop. Even if they had, he feels he’s always believed in himself so strongly that nothing could have changed that. As a final statement about his work and his journey, he wants others to pursue their creative interests and not let the time and patience required convince them otherwise.

“I can say that my old, old stuff was trash. Not going to lie to you. I just knew that eventually I was going to sound better,” says Ellison. “I’m at the point where I feel like I have my sound, and I know where I want to be. I know I’m not there yet, but I know where I want to be, and I think I’m on track to that.” f

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athan Sheets’ new tape label, Attaboy Tapes, is presenting the dreamiest 40 Watt Club bill in recent memory on May 23, featuring local band Night Palace and Los Angeles-based synth-pop duo Pearl & The Oysters. Composed of partners Joachim “Jojo” Polack and Juliette Pearl Davis, Pearl & The Oysters delivers lush, groovy synth arrangements and catchy pop tunes influenced by the many worlds they have traversed. After meeting and making music in their native Paris, France, Polack and Davis followed their twin muse to Gainesville, FL. There, they flourished in the DIY scene, releasing several critically acclaimed albums.

Their most recent album, Coast 2 Coast, was released Apr. 21 under LA label Stones Throw, which has made Pearl & The Oysters labelmates with acts like Madlib, The Koreatown Oddity and Mild High Club.

Below, the duo discusses where they came from, where they’re going and why in the world anyone would move from Paris to Florida.

keep doing it because we think it’s aesthetically fruitful, I guess.

FP: I hear a lot of city pop and Yellow Magic Orchestra influence in your music. Am I wrong there?

JP: Oh yeah, they’re all over this album.

And the last one. I feel like YMO is the main influence. You know, they had that great year in ’78 where all the members made amazing solo records and were involved in maybe five or six incredible albums. And maybe if you had only done that in your whole life, it’s enough, you know? That was just a year for them. And that’s, to me, so mind-blowing. So, yeah, there’s such a big influence. Especially the early YMO. The first and second album. That’s also where the name of the song comes from. It’s very on the nose with that. It’s sort of an homage.

FP: Do you want to talk a little about what Gainesville was like? I’ve been once for this big book sale they hold down there.

JP: Yes, yes! Thanks for reminding me of that. It was so great. That was a happy place. A friend of ours found an original pressing of the White Album with the poster, and got it for like $2 or something.

Crazy. It’s insane. Yeah, Gainesville, I mean, Gainesville completely… I feel like there’s a very, very, very clear before and after for us. It completely altered the scope of our understanding of art. I always make it seem like it was such an impactful thing, but I think it was for the both of us. There was the culture shock and there was the sort of ecosystem shock, right. But there was also the way people were in this town. It was so inspiring.

Juliette Davis: Yeah, because we came from Paris, you know, and I mean, looking back, everything felt so stiff in the arts.

JP: And also cutthroat.

JD: Yeah, cutthroat.

JP: There was not much uplifting each other and a sense of a scene, trying to be a scene, trying to be stoked about everybody, you know, lifting each other up and kind of making it nice for everyone. Like, you know,

Flagpole: You all just had an album come out. Could you tell me a little about it?

Jojo Polack: Well, it was really written kind of between Gainesville and Los Angeles. So, we did about half of the record in Florida, and then we moved halfway through the writing and recording process.

So, that was kind of like the basic idea behind the title. It was kind of like our journey.

Our music is always very inspired by the landscapes that surround us. Since the beginning of this band, I think it’s kind of been an exercise in exoticism, in a way. At least for us, everything is just very alien.

When we moved to the States, it felt like that because Florida is very swampy. It’s very different from urban Paris. So, it became part of the identity of the band, I think, to equate the nature around us almost to discovering a new planet. We let ourselves be permeated by the environment, in the way we use synthesizers to imitate organic life, like bugs and birds. We

what Athens fostered with Elephant 6, that sort of a scene. I wasn’t there at that time, but that’s what it feels like it was.

I think that’s something that’s maybe a little specific to the Southeast, where there’s a lot of pride in the history of indie pop music there. And people are really trying to help each other and create a circuit for bands to tour and do DIY shows and try to get everybody, you know, to try to make this culture possible, basically.

FP: What brought y’all over here from Paris?

JP: Well, we both have dual citizenship through our respective mothers. We’d both lived our entire lives in Paris, and Juliette had this urge to spend a few years in the States, test the waters and see if she could make music. Singing jazz has always been a big dream of hers.

So, then I had to have a plan. I felt really reassured by the idea of going to school.

I was really interested in Brazilian music, and still am. In Paris, I was studying classical composition and feeling more and more depressed about the culture and the institutions, the conservatory. It was very alienating.

So, I got an assistantship at the University of Florida in Gainesville, thinking I could get my doctorate in musicology in like two, three years, which was ambitious and very naive.

FP: What was it like touring in those early days?

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FP: How did y’all meet Nathan?

JP: Well, at the time when we started touring, there were these Facebook groups: “Indie Nashville” or “DIY Nashville,” “DIY Philly.” Everyone was friends of friends of friends, and they set up this network for musicians to connect. It seems simple now, but it was so strange to us then. We really felt welcomed.

So, that’s how we met Nathan. There are so many bands in Athens that we love, too: Surface to Air Missive, Floral Portrait, Locate S,1. f For the full interview, go online at flagpole.com.

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Cesar Garcia-Salinas Molly Elizabeth Gershon Kaija Julia Gilbertson Hall A’Lorie Ikeria Gillespie Maylin Veronica Gonzalez-Alvarez Jaimeline Gonzalez Martinez Matthew Anthony Sean Gragg Copeland Hatcher Dillon Grantham Bobby Graison Green Josephine Amelia Green Anthony S. Gresham Dilon Damont Gresham Ketavius M. Gresham Angie Turcios Grace A. Habibi Trinity Simone Haley Jackson Morgan Hall Devon R. Hamby Kennedi Charlize Hamilton ZaNiya Celeste Hamilton Donovan Ta’Shan O’Neil Hamm Andrea Chanell Hammonds Frenya Sani Hardy Jana’i D. Harris Niasia J. Harris Trenese Ann Harris Zaniah Amera Hawkins William Tavarius Haynes Talia Simone Henderson John A. Heric Alondra Hernandez Jara Jeancarlos Hernandez Turcios Patricia Hernandez-Lemus Angel Adrian Hernandez-Perez Andrew Jarrett Herring Jama’re M. Hill Keitonia Hill, Jr. Jackson Hilley Kiana V. Hillis Amerriah Hitchcock William T. Hogan Dailen Darell Howard Demetria Lashell Howard Lanaia Howell Dar Htoo Ehtaloe Htoo Sean William Huaman Matheus Jose Huaman Vega Camille G. Hudson Tydrique Hull Isabelle Hult Jack Ingalls Jaylan P. Infante Elizabeth McCants Ingle Autumn J. Jamison-Slay Sibreia L. Jean Ava A. Johnson McKinzie Rain Johnson Shamya DeAsia Johnson Terrion Johnson Vivian N. Johnson-Pierson Ariel Miranda Jones Camron E. Jones Israel Jacobi Jones

Le’Paul Edward Russell Jones Zy’ria Shenice Jones Na’Khia Preria Jordan Chris Alberto Jorge Natasha Justiniani Mujica Kemyia Sheree Kelley-Parrish Rosa Nydrell Kenney Aadon Mathias Knapp Ian Paine Knight Lykeria Denasjia Knowles Regan Makenna Kolbe Katherine Patricia Kreutzer Mykolas Kumpis Jasmine Nicole Laguins Sayra Laguna-Arellano Ashley Laguna-Negrete Taliyah Aniyah Lawrence Ngae Ka Lay Hannah Leavell Steadman Ayanna Daija Funmilayo Lonon Alexys Nicole Lopez Isabel Lopez Jesse Daniel Burnett Lopez Karen Lopez Palma Sophia Lopez Arndriaus Jemuel Lowe Tristan Jones Lowery Noe Loya-Garcia Ariana Lynch Lakira Andrea Malcom Ra’Jenai Nicole Mann Rodney Clavin Mann Keyara Ann Mapp Alondra Marin-Villarreal Carlena Costello Martin Janiyah LaQuandria Martin Denis Santiago Martinez Diego Alexander Martinez-Albarran Mayra Martinez-Calderon Juan Manuel Martinez-Camacho Erik Martinez-Suarez Zy’on Nathaniel Mason Sean James Sciaccotta Matthews Samuel Emerson Mattox Alessandro Enrique Mazariegos Ollie McDaniel Tai Lilian McElhannon Trint Mcintosh Cactus McLain Malachi Daniel McNeill Wendy Medrao-Becerra Dennys Orlando Mencia Enamorado Itzel Daniela Mendoza-Lozano Belinda Mendoza-Orozco Kya Serenity Mercer Maycee Camille Middlebrooks-Mitchell Ky’sheef T. Miller Makenna Chanelle Mincey Essie Joel Mitchell Stephen August Mixon Jordan McKenzie Monroe Rachel Moon Myshayla T. Morrison Charlotte Stuart Moser

Taylor Brianne Motton Hayla Summer Mramor Jalyn Dasiana Muckle Hsa Mu Na Solomon Charles Pringle Nackashi Valeria Navarro-Romero Angelina Navixay Zayana Thukkiac Neal Jharley Negrete-Negrete Olivia Jane Nicholson George Samuel Ogilvie Jackson Douglas Ogilvie David K. Ojeme Nosakhare Mwaura Okundaye Esteban Onofre Daisy Denisse Ortiz-Rodriguez Giselle Osorio-Benetiz Luna Natalia Paluck Teeter Nathan Sebastian Puyen Ashley Galilea Partida Umana Zie’Quavious Pharrell Pass Karla Teresa Pastor Angel Patterson Murphy Liam Pearce Luca Jordan Peluso Brandon Ariel Pena-Pineda Uriel Perez-Garcia Courtney Nicole Elyse Perry Linh Pham James Jose Pineda-Marroquin Darius Antwon Pittman Jr. Sarah Jean Posey Lillian Grace Presley Robiyamo Qodirova Maria Quintero Falcon Roberto Ramirez Alan Ali Ramirez-Barrientos Beckett Jennings Ramsay Keegan Raymone Randolph Kailyn Viktoria Ray Ricardo Reyes-Mata Yahel David Reyes Rodriguez Dolinsky Kenneth Rice Elijah Jedon Richard Miracle Danae Robbins Rachael Leah Robinson Josue Rafael Robles Lopez Josue Alexander Rodriguez Shakayla Mandrea Rowland A’Jaylah Tranae Rucker Samantha Carolyn Rumpel Kaylene Anahi Salinas Kali I. Samaltanos-Wargo Ashley M. Sanchez Ja’Darian Antwan Sanderson Anthony Dean Schmitz Klinton Blake Segars Makeen Mikel Sellers Cullen Fleming Sewell Johntavious J. Sewell Nicholas Shih Ulisses Silis Ja’Quese Di’Onte Silket Jeffery Smith

Katharine Bird Smith Saniya Latrice Smith Zyah Alexandria Patience Smith Julianne Marie Snickles Sher Bly Nay Soe Brandy R. Solis Diego Somilleda Natalie Margot Soper Jonatan Isai Soria Martinez Maggie Elizabeth Spillane Makiya Lacora Destiney Spurlock Grant Russell St. Onge Haley Nicole St. Pierre Antonio Dominic Starks Zy’Keria Nicole Stevens Jeremy Tyreik Stokes Jaylon Antonio Stone Emile A. Swartz Nikolas L. Sweet Jamenskie Quancell Tanksley Jr. Demarion L. Tappan Rachel Olivia Tate-Rucker Soren James Temple Ana L. Thompson Mariyja D. Thompson Darius Cordele Thornton Ashton Julianna Thrasher Frances L. Thrasher Alexander F. Timko Juan Carlos Tipiani-Tumen Luke Edward Trandel Josephine Jane Tunis Carolina Davis Turner Xiomara Esmerelda Umana Alondra E. Valadez Navarro Jose A. Valadez Navarro Erika Abigal Valdez-Guillen Alexis A. Valles-Campuzano Emmanuel Vargas-Marcial Kim Huu Vo Joshua Scott Lett Vongkunthong Tyeshia Nikol Walker Autumn Gabrielle Wallace Zachary Taylor Walls Sophia R. Ward Yahiem J. Way Thomas V. Wesley Amari Z. Williams Devon M. Williams DeVonte’ Michael Williams Kelvie Chartelle Williams Natalia Joy Williams Zipporah Williams Nicolas John Navarro Willman Aniya M. Winston Antonio S. Witcher Mars Genesis Wong Annabella Jane Wood Elliott David Woodward Angelica Faith Wright Leela Elizabeth Wright Erin Jordan Wyatt Carly B. Wyrick

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WILD EARTH CAMP

SUMMER CAMP Week 1: June 5th-9th Week 2: June 12th-16th Week 3: June 19th-23rd Week 4: July 10th-14th Week 5: July 17th-21st

An Adventure camp in the forest for ages 4-13 Located at the 50-acre Piedmont Preserve, off of Chase Street in Athens.

To register, visit wildearthcamp.org

live music calendar Tuesday 16

Wednesday 17 ATHICA Sonic Space. 7 p.m. www.athica.org ARNAUD RIVIÈRE French experimental electroacoustic musician, free improvisor, instrument designer and sound installation artist.

Athentic Brewing Co. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com WEDNESDAY KARAOKE NIGHT Choose from a catalog of over 51,000 songs ranging from pop, rock, musical theater and more.

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5–8 p.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net CARNIVAL BARKER No info available. (6 p.m.)

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.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $22. www.georgiatheatre.com BOOGIE T.RIO Electronic producer Boogie T and his live band.

Porterhouse Grill 6–8:30 p.m. www.porterhousegrill athens.com JAZZ NIGHT Longest running jazz gig in Athens captained by drummer extraordinaire Mason Davis and featuring a rotating cast of familiar faces. The trio sails nimbly through choice selections of the American songbook, bossa nova classics and crossover hits.

Thursday 18 B&B Theatre The Athens Fair. 5–7 p.m. www.facebook.com/carrcarnivals

Friday 19 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. $27 (adv.), $32 (door), $100 (VIP pre-​show party). www.40watt. com WARD DAVIS Country rock artist with a world-​weary voice.

JOSH MELOY Oklahoma country artist.

Buvez 7–10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ darkentriesathens DARK ENTRIES KARAOKE Sing your favorite song from a curated catalog of classic to modern goth, post-​punk, punk and industrial.

Creature Comforts Brewery 7–9 p.m. www.creaturecomfortsbeer. com

BARRETT DAVIS TRIO Born into the mecca of Appalachian folk music in Western North Carolina, Davis writes songs that traverse the musical lineage of the mountains in a kaleidoscope of old-​time, early country, folk and bluegrass.

Rabbit Hole Studios 7–11 p.m. FREE! (karaoke), $5 (headphones).

KARAOKE & SILENT DISCO DANCE PARTY Sing a song or dance to songs with headphones.

MICHAEL WEINTROB

Hendershot’s No Phone Party. 7 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com KENOSHA KID Instrumental adventure-​jazz group centered around the rollicking compositions of Dan Nettles and featuring Luca Lombardi, Seth Hendershot and various guests. The May residency shows coincide with Hendershot’s No Phone Parties. work.shop 8 p.m. $10. www.workshopathens. com UNKNOWN BALLERS Recording project of NYC’s Eamonn Wilcox, who writes dreamy, surrealist synthpop songs.

MARCEL SLETTEN Ambient electronica musician and owner of the independent label Primordial Void.

PATRICK BARRY Local songwriter weaving stories with his baritone voice and intricate fingerstyle.

The World Famous 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworld famousathens MCQQEEN Local noise-​punk band with reverb-​soaked vocals.

PROBLEMS New house music from Nebraska influenced subversive dance music project from 1manbandgod founder Darren Keen.

SAFETY FLUID New local project.

BEER PISS Athens hardcore punk group.

RC OUTLAW COWBOY Country and gospel singer with over four decades of experience.

Ciné 8 p.m. $10. www.athenscine.com SONGWRITER SHOWCASE A.M. Rodriguez hosts a monthly series that pairs a touring songwriter and an Athens songwriter for a chance to hear stories and learn about the craft behind the tunes. Tonight’s guests are Slow Parade and Christian Sparacio.

Downtown Athens 5:30 p.m. athfactormedia@gmail.com THE ATHENS POWER CYPHER Emcees, rappers and entertainers will step up and showcase their rhymes, flows and unique styles in celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip hop. The event will move from the corner of Pulaski and Clayton Streets up Clayton to Lo Down & Duddy’s Walk of Fame plaque, turning left at Mural Alley towards Ishues’ Walk of Fame plaque, then across Hot Corner to the World Famous for an open mic.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $12. www.flicker theatreandbar.com THE VELDT North Carolina soul-​ powered shoegaze band.

NULL Post-​punk band from Athens featuring Will Wise of Garden Club and Adam Wayton of The Pink Stones.

AUNT MOTH Post-​post-​punk band from Athens.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $20. www.georgia theatre.com DOPAPOD Technically complex rock band blending, funk, jazz, bluegrass and electronica.

Hendershot’s 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotsathens. com JAZZ JAM Seth Hendershot and the house band Unstarched host an open jazz jam. Bring an instrument or your voice. Every Third Thursday.

Hotel Indigo Live After Five Series. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/AubreyEntertainmentAthensGA WADE HUDSON “The Rockin’ Real Estate Agent” is a one-​man tribute band.

Southern Brewing Co. 6–10 p.m. www.sobrewco.com KARAOKE NIGHT Every Thursday evening. tiny ATH gallery Susie Criswell Closing Reception. 6–9 p.m. Donations accepted. www.tiny athgallery.com JOHN KIRAN FERNANDES Local Elephant 6 stalwart and multi-​ instrumentalist works his improvisational magic on the clarinet and loop pedal.

The World Famous 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/theworld famousathens ONE MIC OPEN MIC Community members will share poems, rhymes, monologues and ballads in an open mic format in celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip hop.

Music by DJ Chief Rocka.

Dopapod will perform at the Georgia Theatre on Thursday, May 18.

BRAD GERKE Athens-​based singer-​songwriter.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Michael Potter’s Birthday and Moving Away Bash. 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $10–15 suggested donation. www.flickertheatreandbar.com DAN MELCHIOR BAND English garage rocker and eclectic musician now based in NC. JOSEPH ALLRED Tennessee artist creating moving, timeless guitar compositions in the American Primitive styles.

DELAWARE DAN Psych folk artist Alex Homan.

JOHN FERNANDES AND DAVID MCCOY Ambient duo.

IN A KYTHE Local ambient artist Lydian Brambila.

THE ELECTRIC NATURE Michael Potter’s experimental electronic outfit.

Georgia Theatre 6:30 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show). $25 (adv.), $30. www.georgia theatre.com BLOODYWOOD Metal band from India incorporating traditional Indian instruments into heavy metal.

VENDED Iowa metal band.

WARGASM Electro-​punk band from the UK. Innovation Amphitheater 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (show). $25. www.innovationamphitheater.com DOUG STONE Country artist who has been cutting hits for 30 years.

T. GRAHAM BROWN Chart-​topping country artist.

International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/IGB AthensGA FLOYD WEAVER Guitarist performing favorite R&B selections.

No. 3 Railroad Street 7 p.m. www.3railroad.org

The Root 9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ AubreyEntertainmentAthensGA STRANGE LUCK Athens four-​piece band playing danceable rock and pop songs from the last several decades.

VFW Post 2872 8 p.m.. $10. www.facebook.com/vfw post2872 CHRIS HAMPTON BAND Athens-​ based band performing a variety of country, western and rock dance music.

Saturday 20 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. $15. www.40watt.com THEM DIRTY ROSES Southern country rock.

JOSI J AND DESSERT Soul influenced country band.

TANNER BURCH Barfly poet and troubadour.

Athentic Brewing Co. 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com WADE NEWBURY Singer and guitarist performing an acoustic solo set.

Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net DAVID COURT One-​man band playing harmonica, dulcimer and foot tambourine. (8 a.m.)

38 STRINGS Multi-​generational acoustic folk music with 38 strings between them. (10 a.m.)

Boutier Winery & Inn 6:30 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). $25. www.boutierwinery.com THE GRAINS OF SAND Local band with a four-​piece horn section offering up your favorite ’60s and ’70s beach and Motown music.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $10. www.flickertheatreandbar. com FAB BIRD Drummer for Elf Power Peter Alvanos shares his psych pop.

NANOCAR Indie rock band with rich harmonic segments.

Front Porch Bookstore 6 p.m. FREE! Find Front Porch Bookstore on Facebook KNOX WILLIAMS Atlanta-​based singer-​songwriter.

G Brand BBQ 12–2 p.m. www.gbrandbbq.com RC OUTLAW COWBOY Country and gospel singer with over four decades of experience.

Hendershots 3 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotsathens. com ATHENS YOUTH SYMPHONY PIANO QUINTET AYS members perform chamber music works by Mozart, Dohnyani, Chopin, Corelli and Handel.

Bi-​Monthly Legends Series. 8 p.m. (doors), 9 p.m. (show). www.hendershotsathens.com A MODERN TRIBUTE TO MOTOWN SOUL Members of Aquatic Soul perform hits by Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Tammi Terrell, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson Five and more.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. $7.50–12.50. pac.uga.edu ATHENS MASTER CHORALE A concert of glorious choral music with orchestral accompaniment by Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Verdi, Faure, Bernstein and others.

International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/IGB AthensGA JANET AND THE NEW DOGS Athens-​based all-​star band playing smokin’ blues, R&B and classic rock.

Platt Brooks Estate Venue 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/PlattBrooks Estate BOOMERANG Randy Gaddo performs music from the ‘40s to contemporary beach, country, rock, Southern rock, easy listening and classics.

VFW Post 2872 6 p.m. (doors). $25. 706-​353-​7797 TEE WEAVER Member of Sounds of Motown and TNT Band and Productions celebrates the release of a new single, “Everyday Miracles.”

Entry includes food from Weaver D’s.

Winghouse Grill Winghouse Grill Anniversary Party. 11 a.m.–9 p.m. 706-​850-​8250 ZACH HAINES Acoustic country singer-​songwriter.

BRANDON SEARS BAND Playing classic Southern rock and more.

Sunday 21 Athentic Brewing Co. 2–5 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com ATHENTIC BLUEGRASS JAM Players of all skill levels are invited to participate in this open jam, which strives to unite members of the local folk music community.

Boutier Winery & Inn Wine Down. 3–5 p.m. FREE! www. boutierwinery.com DOC Soft modern rock songs.

Rialto Club 5:30 p.m. (doors). 6:30 p.m. & 7:45 p.m. (two sets). $15 (adv.), $20. bit.ly/SegarJazzMay21 THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR WXAG radio DJ Dwain Segar curates a night of smooth jazz.

MARCUS CLICK Florida-​based jazz saxophonist.

The World Famous 8:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/the worldfamousathens EASTER ISLAND Ambient dream-​ pop act plays its first show in Athens since 2019.

SLOW TEETH Cinematic music inspired by Radiohead, Pink Floyd and Sigur Ros.

Monday 22 Ciné 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Show off your pipes to the world. Every Tuesday.

Tuesday 23 40 Watt Club 7:30 p.m. $15. www.40watt.com PEARL & THE OYSTERS Breezy synth-​pop duo influenced by Japanese city pop and alternative hip hop.

NIGHT PALACE Avery Leigh Draut leads this dreamy outfit.

Hendershot’s No Phone Party. 7 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com KENOSHA KID Instrumental adventure-​jazz group centered around the rollicking compositions of Dan Nettles and featuring Luca Lombardi, Seth Hendershot and various guests. The May residency shows coincide with Hendershot’s No Phone Parties.

Wednesday 24 Athentic Brewing Co. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com WEDNESDAY KARAOKE NIGHT Choose from a catalog of over 51,000 songs ranging from pop, rock, musical theater and more.

Creature Comforts Brewery Athens Farmers Market. 5–8 p.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net A.M. RODRIGUEZ & HIS LIL’ POCKET PROTECTION BAND Local bluesy, alt-​country singer-​ songwriter.

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 Hear musicians try out new material, or come share your own.

Porterhouse Grill 6–8:30 p.m. www.porterhousegrill athens.com JAZZ NIGHT Longest running jazz gig in Athens captained by drummer Mason Davis and featuring a cast of familiar faces. The trio sails nimbly through choice selections of the American songbook, bossa nova classics and crossover hits. f

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

Art ATHENS CREATIVE DIRECTORY (Athens, GA) The ACD is a platform to connect creatives with patrons.

Visual artists, musicians, actors, writers and other creatives are encouraged to create a free listing. athenscreatives@gmail.com, www. athenscreatives.directory CALL FOR ART (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Artists can submit up to three works of art for inclusion in the exhibition “Myth, Magic and Mystery.” All media will be considered. Find the submission form online. Deadline May 24. $25–30 submission fee. www.ocaf.com CALL FOR ART (Winterville Community Center) Seeking artists for an upcoming exhibition. Artists and poets can submit up to three JPEG or .doc files by email. Deadline June 7. wacartshows@gmail.com CALL FOR ARTISTS (Lyndon House Arts Center) The upcoming exhibition “Rescue: Waste and Redemption” seeks artists who transform industrial byproducts into artworks or craft objects. Artists whose practice involves the use of environmentally conscious processes or materials are encouraged to apply.

Fill out online form. Deadline Sept.

20. Exhibition runs Apr. 6–June 1, 2024. www.accgov.com/7345/ Call-for-Artists CALL FOR EXHIBITION PROPOSALS (Lyndon House Arts Center) Artists, artist groups and curators can submit proposals for original exhibition ideas. Artists can also submit images of their work for consideration in larger group or

themed shows organized by the center. Proposals will be reviewed Sept. 20, 11:59 p.m. www.accgov. com/6657/Exhibition-​Proposal-​ Form JOKERJOKERTV CALL FOR ARTISTS (Online) JOKERJOKERtv is open to ideas and actively accepting proposals for collaboration from visual/musical/video artists and curators living in Athens. Artists worldwide can also submit music videos, short films, skits and ideas to share with a weekly livestream audience. www.jokerjokertv.com/ submit MUSEUM MADNESS (Georgia Museum of Art) As part of the museum’s 75th anniversary celebration, an art competition pits 64 works from its collection against one another to see which will emerge as the people’s favorite.

Voting runs weekly on Instagram (@georgiamuseum) until July 11, when voting for the top eight will shift to in-​person. Winner announced Aug. 26. www.georgia museum.org ONLINE POTTERY AUCTION (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Choose from selections from the private collection of Bob and Yukiko Marable. Featured artists include Ron Meyers, Michael Pitts, Michael Simon and Alice Woodruff. Auction runs May 19, 8 a.m.–June 2, 11:55 p.m. givebutter.com/MarablePottery OPEN STUDIOS (Lyndon House Arts Center) Studio members have access to spaces for painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, jewelry, fiber and woodworking.

Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $65/month. www.

art around town ACE/FRANCISCO GALLERY & OX FINE ART (675 Pulaski St., Suites 1500 and 1700) The two galleries present “Hearts in Repair: The Necessity of Seduction,” an exhibition by Birmingham artist Karen Graffeo. Through May 20.

ARTWALL@HOTEL INDIGO ATHENS (500 College Ave.) Nancy Everett’s solo show “Classic Inspirations” includes paintings that celebrate Athens and the Southeast. Through July.

ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Inner Forms: Paintings

by Joe Leone” reflects the artist’s love for nature and organic process of blending colors and textures directly on the canvas. Through June 25.

CARTER-COILE COUNTRY DOCTORS MUSEUM (111 Marigold Lane, Winterville) The Charles and Kim Burch Medicine Garden contains 19 non-toxic plants which were cultivated for medicinal use in Georgia between 1870–1940. The inaugural rotating exhibit “I’m Not a Doctor But I Play One on TV” takes a look at the most famous country doctor roles from TV, film and print media through artifacts and archival material. Through July 15.

CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) Classic Gallery 1 shares “Flourish,” an exhibition of artists inspired by the botanical world including Dallis Foshee, Mary Mason Sams, Marisa Mustard and Zahria Cook. Classic Gallery 2 shares “Works by Bess Carter,” a series of brightly painted interior spaces.

CHOCO PRONTO (700 Baxter St., Suite 400) “Slaying the Badger” by artist and cyclist Rusty Wallace was created in celebration of Athens Twilight.

Three mixed media collages on panels and a circular work were directly inspired by the ’84–’86 Tour de France history. Through May 25.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Annelie Klein. Through May 27.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “In Dialogue: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Mentor and Muse.” Through June 18. • “Art is a form of freedom” is a collaborative project through which incarcerated women at the Whitworth Women’s Facility selected works for an exhibition and wrote

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Auditions ARTIFICE (Elberton Arts Center, Elberton) Encore Productions hosts auditions for adults to participate in a comedy production. The audition consists of reading excerpts from the script. Drop-​in auditions held June 12–13, 6–8 p.m. Performances held Aug. 25–27 and Sept.

1–3. tking@cityofelberton.net

Classes BLACKSMITHING CLASSES (Greenhow Handmade Ironworks, Washington) “Forge a Bottle Opener” will cover making open face and church key style bottle openers. May 27, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $150. In “Basic Blacksmithing: First Time at the Forge,” students will forge and assemble a wall mount rack with three hooks. June 3, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $150. “Forge a Throwing Tomahawk” is for experienced students. May 27 or June 10, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $175. “Forge an Iron Age Battle Spear.” May 20 or June 17, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $175. green howhandmade@gmail.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 DEDICATED MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly Zoom meditations are offered every Sat-

urday at 8:30–9:30 a.m. Email for details. richardshoe@gmail.com HOMEBUYER EDUCATION WORKSHOP (Zoom) Athens Land Trust presents an eight-​hour, HUD-​certified course for first-​time homeowners that covers the home-​buying process in Georgia. Pre-​registration required. May 20 and June 17, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $10. www. athenslandtrust.org MINDFULNESS PRACTICE EVENINGS (Online) Discuss and practice how to change your relationship with difficult thoughts and emotions. Email for the Zoom link.

Second Friday of the month, 6–7 p.m. FREE! mfhealy@bellsouth.net OPEN/COMMUNITY MEDITATION (Sangha Yoga Studio at Healing Arts Centre) Uma Rose leads a meditation designed to guide participants into stillness and silence.

Mondays, 4–5 p.m. Donations encouraged. www.healingarts centre.net PANTOMIME (Winterville Cultural Center) Learn the art of pantomime in this five-​session course. Mondays, June 19–July 17, 9–11 a.m. $20/class. www.wintervillecenter. com PLEIN AIR PEN & PENCIL (Winterville Cultural Center) Jack Burk leads a five-​session class in drawing at various locations in and around Winterville. Wednesdays and Fridays, June 21–July 5, 9–11:30 a.m. $100. www.winter­ villecenter.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 (Starland Lounge & Lanes) Join SALSAthens for Cuban style salsa dance classes. No partner necessary.

Beginners welcome. Every Wednes-

prose and poetry in response to the pieces. Through July 2. • “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.

HENDERSHOT’S (237 Prince Ave.) Nirvinyl Album Art presents “Tax Season Session” featuring free and reduced rate canvas album art prints from the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues and more. Through mid-May. JITTERY JOE’S FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) Stuart Libby shares a variety of oils on paper, photography and watercolors. Through May. JUST PHO… AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism, fairy tales and nursery rhymes.

Through May. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) “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. • “Breathing Room” presents artwork by 16 past and present employees of R. Wood Studio, such as Amanda Burk, Kristen Bach, Rinne Allen, David Barnes, Michele Dross and Lou Kregel. Artist reception May 18, 6–7:30 p.m. Currently on view through June 8. • Collections from our Community presents typewriters from Mike Kilpatrick, Tatiana Veneruso, Mike Landers and Lauren Fancher. Through July 1. • “Love.Craft Athens” is a two-part exhibition of artworks created by the crew of Love.Craft Athens, a nonprofit organization that serves adults with developmental disabilities.

Reception June 15, 6 p.m. Paintings and ceramics are currently on view June 20. Ceramics are on view June 17–Oct. 7.

MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “Obsessive Compulsive Drawing” is a collection of work by Amandine Drouet and Richard Sudden. Through mid-June.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) Visiting artist Leah Macdonald presents “Wax Flowers,” a series of floral photo encaustic works. Through June 2. • “Bob Marable: Artist, Collector,

Artwork by Rusty Wallace is currently on view at Choco Pronto through May 25. day, 7:30–8:30 p.m. $10. gwyneth. moody@gmail.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 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 AND MORE (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Revolution is a multipurpose mind-​body wellness studio offering yoga and therapy with an emphasis on trauma-​ informed practices. Check website for upcoming classes and programs. www.revolutiontherapyand yoga.com YOGA CLASSES (Let It Be Yoga Studio, Watkinsville) Classes are offered in Hatha, Vinyasa, Kundalini,

beginner, gentle and other styles.

Check online calendar for weekly offerings. www.letitbeyoga.org 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

Help Out THE ARK’S ADOPT-​A-​MOM (Athens, GA) Donations will help send flowers and cards to single mothers served by The Ark and residents in local nursing homes and hospices.

Visit the website to register and choose a mom. Proceeds benefit The Ark’s Single Working Mothers Fund, helping single moms avoid eviction and disconnections when they experience a loss of income.

Benefactor” features 35 paintings and drawings by one of OCAF’s founding members. Through June 2. • The 28th annual “SouthWorks National Juried Exhibition” includes 86 works of art by 83 artists selected by Erin Dunn, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Telfair Museum in Savannah.

Through June 2.

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. THE ROOK & PAWN (294 W. Washington St.) “Comic Relief” features 22 Athens artists including Sierra Kirsche, Nyala Honda, Kendall Rogers, Mike Groves, Milk Tooth and A.M. Rodriguez. Through June 10.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) Susie Criwell presents a collection of vibrant paintings in “My Pocket of Nature.” Open for Third Thursday, May 18, 6–9 p.m.

UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) Six student-curated exhibits explore a variety of topics including the cultural impact of ballet, photography and the abolitionist movement, and women gardeners of the 18th and 19th centuries. • “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. Through May. • “Freemasonry in Georgia: Ideals, Imagery and Impact” presents items that demonstrate the ambitions and tensions that existed within the secret society. Through July 7.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) On view in the Claire and Robert Clements Gallery, “Resonations: Marriage of Photography and Poetry” is a collaborative exhibition that pairs photographs by Lee Reed with poems by Clela Reed. Open Sunday mornings or by appointment at 706-546-7914 through June 25.

WINTERVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY AND CULTURE (371 N. Church St., Winterville) “The Marigold Festival Poster Contest Exhibit” shares artwork by local artists alongside this year’s featured artist, Miranda Bellah.

Through June 16.

Through May. $25. www.athensark. org/adoptamom MULTIPLE CHOICES BOARD MEMBERS (Athens, GA) Seeking a new board member for Multiple Choices Center for Independent Living, a nonprofit agency of disability advocates serving individuals throughout a 10-​county area of Northeastern Georgia. Call for information. 706-​ 850-​4025 SCNC BOARD MEMBERS (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Sandy Creek Nature Center, Inc., the founding support organization for SCNC, is seeking new members for its board of directors. Experience in accounting, social media or retail is preferred. Apply online. scncinc@ gmail.com, www.sandycreeknature centerinc.org/board-​members

Kidstuff ART CLUBS (K.A. Artist Shop) Draw, paint, collage and create during weekly Art Card Club meet-​ups.

Fridays, 4:30–6 p.m. (pre-​teens), 6:30–8 p.m. (teens). Drawing Club for Teens, taught by local artist James Greer, is held Wednesdays, 5–6:30 p.m. $25/drop-​in, $180 (10-​session pass). www.kaartist. com THE CAMP OF LOVE SUMMER CAMP (Contact for Location) Ages 3–12 can partake in field trips and fun activities. June 5–July 21, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. 706-​540-​3397 FOXFIRE SUMMER CAMP (Foxfire Woods and Farm) “Farmyard to Backyard Summer Camp” runs June 5–9. “The Nature of Stories Summer Camp” runs June 12–16.

Camps run 8:30–12 p.m. for half-​ day participants ($145) and 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. for full-​day participants ($245). foxfirewoodsandfarm@ gmail.com, www.foxfirewoodsand farm.com REPORT CARDS REWARDS PROGRAM (Athens, GA) Students in Kindergarten through 12th grade who reside in Athens-​Clarke County can take a copy of their final report cards to a Leisure Services pool or splash pad during aquatics season for rewards. All A’s or E’s guarantees a free summer pool pass. All A’s and B’s or E’s and M’s is good for 10 free swims. 706-​613-​3589 SPLASH PADS (Multiple Locations) Walker Park Splash Pad will be open weekends only through May 21 and Aug. 5–27, plus regular seasonal hours May 27–July 30. Rocksprings Park Splash Pad opens May 27.

Pools open Memorial Day weekend and close the last weekend of July. www.accgov.com/splashpad SUMMER ART CAMPS (K.A. Artist Shop) A variety of half-​day or full-​ day camps are available for pre-​ teens and teens. Subjects include drawing, painting, calligraphy, creative journaling, printmaking, collage and more. Weekly camps run June 1–July 17, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. or 1:30–5:30 p.m. $250/week of half days, $450/week of full days. www.kaartist.com SUMMER ART CAMPS (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Summer camps run June 5–9 and June 26–30, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. (ages 4–7) or 12:30–2:30 p.m. (ages 8–11. $150–200/week. Six one-​ week camps for grades 6–8 run Mondays–Fridays in June and July, 12:30–3:30 p.m. $190–240/week.

Check website for activities and grade breakdowns. www.ocaf.com SUMMER CAMPS (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services is now registering for summer camps. www.accgov. com/myrec SUMMER CAMPS (Treehouse Kid & Craft) Camps are offered a variety of

themes including digital design and illustration, Halloween, apothecary and flora, glow in the dark and blacklight, food trucks, slime and more. Check website for dates and descriptions. www.treehousekidand craft.com SUMMER ROCK CAMPS (Full Moon School of Music, Watkinsville) Camps are available for true beginners to advanced musicians.

Big Rawk Camp runs June 12–25 (650), Beginner Camp runs July 10–14 ($350) and Rock Camp runs July 17–23 ($450). www.thefull moonschool.com/summer-​camp SWIM LESSONS (Athens, GA) Swim lessons for children ages 3 and older are offered at Heard Park, Lay Park, Memorial Park and Rocksprings Park pools. $33–50/ session. The ACC Leisure Services’ Kinderswim program for 5-​year-​old children is free. www.accgov.com/ myrec WILD EARTH CAMP (Piedmont Preserve) Weekly adventure camps are offered June 5–July 21 in the forest for ages 4–13. Register online. www.wildearthcamp.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 ATHENS COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (Athens, GA) Open to people of all ages with vision impairments, their families and friends. Topics include adaptive equipment, recreational and social opportunities, and advocacy. 706-​424-​2794, dlwahlers@ gmail.com 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 NEW PARENTS AND INFANT FEEDING SUPPORT GROUP (BYL Family Resource Center) Come as you are for community, snacks and feeding advice from professionals.

Babies and children of all ages are welcome. Wednesdays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.byyour leave.org PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP (First Baptist Church) This group is to encourage, support and share information with fellow sojourners who manage the challenges of Parkinson’s disease or other movement disorders. Second Friday of every month, 1 p.m. gpnoblet@ bellsouth.net 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 RECREATE JOY (Sunny Days Therapeutics) Nuçi’s Space hosts a recreational therapy support group.

Improve coping skills and self esteem while reducing depression and anxiety through adaptive yoga, games and leisure education. Six-​ week sessions. Wednesdays, 5–6 p.m. tinyurl.com/rnvuhesa RECOVERY DHARMA (Athens Addiction Recovery Center) 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.athensrecoverydharma. org SOCIAL ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP (Oconee County Library) Created by and for socially anxious young adults. Meets every other Sunday. Contact for meeting information. Jake@avoidendsnow.org, www.avoidendsnow.org SUPPORT GROUPS (Integrity Counseling & Personal Development) ICPD offers several support groups. “LGBTQIA+ Young Adults Group” is offered for ages 18–30.

“Survivors of Suicide Loss Group” is offered the first Wednesday of every month, 7–8 p.m. “Veterans, Dependents & Caregivers Benefits Resource & Claim Assistance Group” is offered the first Saturday of every month, 9–10 a.m. www. integrityofjefferson.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 BREAD FOR LIFE (Classic Center) Bread for Life’s Career Connect is a five-​week program for individuals ages 16–21 who are interested in getting paid to work and develop new skills while learning about career paths in the hospitality, marketing, event planning, sales, culinary and tourism industries.

Application deadline May 19, 5 p.m. Program held May 30–June 27. www.classiccenter.com/384/ Bread-​for-​Life 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 RABBIT HOLE EVENTS (Rabbit Hole Studios) Weekly events include Open Mic (Tuesdays, 7–11 p.m.), Acoustic Song Circle (Thursdays, 7–11 p.m.), Seventh Generation Native American Church services and community potlucks (Sundays, 11 a.m.) and Drumming and Song Circle (Sundays, 3–5 p.m.). Weekly Sunday Funday Markets held 1–5 p.m. Wednesday Yoga (5 p.m.) is followed by Meditation and Integration (6 p.m.). Events are free or donation based. www.rabbithole studios.org/calendar SUMMER JOBS (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services will hire over 100 summer positions including camp counselors, lifeguards and more.

Hourly pay ranges $15.60–17.

Now accepting applications. www. accgov.com/jobs WINTERVILLE SCHOOL CLASS(ES) REUNION (Winterville First Baptist Church) People with any connect to the Winterville School, which had its last graduating class in 1956, are invited to a reunion held June 10 at 10:30 a.m. RSVP by June 2.

706-​612-​6934 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

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ART | THU, MAY 18

‘Breathing Room’ Reception

Lyndon House Arts Center • 6 p.m. • FREE!

As one of the largest handmade pottery companies in the United States, Rebecca Wood’s R. Wood Studio currently employs six artists who oversee production of her nationally-renowned ceramics. Wood opened her studio in 1991 with the vision to create quality ceramics made for regular use, and to run her business in a way that benefits artists. By hiring fellow artists, Wood nurtures their creative lives, giving them flexibility to pursue their own artistic endeavors and breathing room from what can otherwise be a monotonous and

ruses with English rap verses. Bloodywood has warned this will be its last tour for a while because the members are hitting the studio to record a new album. Iowa-based melodic metal band Vended and UK-based electro-punk Wargasm will open for the night. [Sam Lipkin] MUSIC | FRI, MAY 19

Michael Potter’s Birthday and Moving Away Bash

Flicker Theatre & Bar • 7 p.m. • $10–15 suggested donation

Local musician and lead of experimental electronic group The Electric Nature Michael Potter is moving to Boston. But, before he goes, he’s putting on a truly jam-

Bloodywood

stressful life. In addition to artwork by previous employees, the exhibition spotlights current employees Hannah Jones, Esther Mech, Josh Skinner, Michael Wheeler, Caden Cruze, Stephen Corall and Nicole Martin. [Patrick Barry] MUSIC | THU, MAY 18

The Veldt

Flicker Theatre & Bar • 8 p.m. • $12

Soul and shoegaze. It’s an unlikely combination, but North Carolina band The Veldt has been making it work, and successfully, since 1986. Composed of brothers Danny and Daniel Chavis, The Veldt fuses music influenced by bands like Cocteau Twins and The Jesus and Mary Chain with soul and classic hip hop. The result is a noise-soaked discography full of deep, echoing drum breaks, wailing sax and melodic vocals.

Local band Nu11 and Brooklyn shoegaze band Dead Leaf Echo will open. [PB] MUSIC | FRI, MAY 19

Bloodywood

Georgia Theatre • 6:30 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show) • $25–30

Folk metal band Bloodywood will bring its unique fusion of genres all the way from New Delhi, India for a rare Athens experience. Starting as a parody band in 2016, the group went from uploading heavy metal covers of popular Bollywood songs on YouTube to writing politically and socially charged originals. It has pioneered a sound melding Indian folk instruments into heavy metal and combining Hindi/Punjabi cho-

packed show on his birthday. The Electric Nature, obviously, will play a set, likely with the same lineup they had on their most recent album, Old World Must Die. Durham, NC’s Dan Melchior is known for his eccentric garage rock. The night will also feature Tennessee’s Joseph Allred, Lydian Brambila’s project In A Kythe, and the improvisational duo of John Fernandes and David McCoy. [PB] EVENT | TUE, MAY 23

Rabbit Box: Gone But Not Forgotten VFW Post 2872 • 7 p.m. • $10

Rabbit Box is a storytelling collective that invites locals to share true personal stories around a given theme. Stories can range from humorous and uplifting to intense and moving. This show’s theme is grief, and it is co-sponsored with deATH Café, a local organization that supports individuals dealing with grief and loss.

Storytellers include Debra Brenner, a board member of the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement and a leader in the deaf community; Melia Cogan, a local poet, musician and artist; Elsa Durusau, a music librarian at UGA; Kat Farlowe, a graphic designer and producer of the Vagina Monologues; Mary Joyce, executive director of AthFest Educates; Gary Nason, an Athens resident since 1987; Sean Polite, a WUGA host, actor and voiceover artist; and Caroline Singletary, a facilitator for the deATH Café.

This will be Rabbit Box’s final show before a summer break, to return on Sept. 26. [PB] f

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ART: Creative Aging Art Workshop (Georgia Museum of Art) Join teaching artist Toni Carlucci to discuss art in the galleries and to make art in the studio classroom.

All skill levels welcome. Ages 55 & up. Registration required. 10 a.m.

FREE! gmoa-​tours@uga.edu COMEDY: Open Toad Comedy Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Comedy performed by a mix of newcomers and local favorites from Athens and Atlanta. 9 p.m. (doors). $7. www.flickertheatreandbar.com EVENTS: Georgia Climate Conference (UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel) The conference aims to support and accelerate Georgia’s efforts to minimize the risks and maximize the opportunities associated with climate change. May 15–17, 8 a.m.–9 p.m. $350. www.

2023georgiaclimateconference.org EVENTS: No Phone Party (Hendershot’s) Disconnect to connect with a phone-​free, laptop-​free happy hour. Every Tuesday, 6–9 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com FILM: Teen Media Club (Lyndon House Arts Center) Celebrate the work of young artists at this inaugural film screening. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.facebook.com/Lyndon HouseArts GAMES: Lunch and Learn New Games (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and try out some new games. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Classic City Trivia (Akademia Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox.

7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ ClassicCityTriviaCo GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Amici Athens) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddogathens LECTURES & LIT: Café au Libris (ACC Library) Local author Will Leitch will discuss his new novel, The Time Has Come. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org MEETINGS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) Jim Maudsley will lead the presentation “Lithic Materials Used By Native Americans In The Southeast.” 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. athensrockandgemclub.org PERFORMANCE: Too Wonderful for Anybody (UGA Fine Arts Theatre) Poet Laureate Jeff Fallis will perform a staged reading of Athens playwright Alan Flurry’s new play about climate crisis. 8 p.m. FREE! tatiana.veneruso@accgov.com SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. www.athenspetanque.org

Wednesday 17 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) These drop-​in public tours feature highlights of the permanent collection and are led by museum docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgia museum.org CLASSES: Knives Out (Athens Cooks) Hone your knife techniques and learn fundamental cuts with Executive Chef Hunter White. 3 p.m. $50. www.athenscooks.com

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CLASSES: Financial Management Workshop (Online) Hosted by Athens Land Trust, this workshop focuses on fair housing. Registration required for Zoom link. 5–6:30 p.m. FREE! housingcounseling@ athenslandtrust.org COMEDY: Gorgeous George’s Improv League (Buvez) Home-​ grown townie improv that invites you to bring some interesting suggestions to help create improv magic on the spot. Every Wednesday, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flyingsquidcomedy.com COMEDY: Hendershot’s Comedy (Hendershot’s) Enjoy a lineup featuring comics from Athens and Atlanta as well as newcomers.

Hosted by Noell Appling. Every third Wednesday, 8 p.m. www. hendershotsathens.com EVENTS: Georgia Climate Conference (UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel) The conference aims to support and accelerate Georgia’s efforts to minimize the risks and maximize the opportunities associated with climate change.

May 15–17, 8 a.m.–9 p.m. $350. www.2023georgiaclimateconference.org EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Markets offer fresh produce, flowers, eggs, meats, prepared foods and a variety of arts and crafts. Live music begins at 6 p.m. AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent at the market.

Every Wednesday, 5–8 p.m. www. athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Club Ned Anime Society (ACC Library) Join club members to watch anime series like “Mobile Police Patlabor,” “Jujutsu Kaisen,” “No Game No Life” and more.

6:15–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.discord.gg/Ma9BmSMG GAMES: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and play Shadowfist.

New players welcome. 12 p.m.

FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Classic City Trivia (The Local 706) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ ClassicCityTriviaCo GAMES: Music Bingo (Athentic Brewing Co.) Win prizes at this music bingo night with host Mari.

7–9:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com KIDSTUFF: Busy Bee Toddler Time (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for rhymes, songs, puppets and a simple story. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Lego Builders Club (Bogart Library) Lego lovers of all ages are invited; blocks will be available for younger builders under the age of 7. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart LECTURES & LIT: Talking About Books (ACC Library) Explore the many themes of the celebrated book of poems Deaf Republic, facilitated by Alys Wilman.

10:30–11:30 a.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org MEETINGS: Athens Reparations Action (Athentic Brewing Co.) Learn about Athens Reparations Action’s mission to promote recognition of the financial impact of urban renewal and other racist policies on members of the Black community in Athens. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com

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ART: Artist Reception (Lyndon House Arts Center) The “Breathing Room” exhibition features paintings and ceramics by Rebecca Wood and employee artists of R. Wood Studio. 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! www. accgov.com/lyndonhouse ART: Third Thursday (Athens, GA) Many local art galleries stay open late the third Thursday of every month for after-​hours viewing.

Check the website for this week’s participating venues. 6–9 p.m. www.3thurs.org ART: Studio Workshop: Painting Spring Blooms (Georgia Museum of Art) Michael Ross will teach attendees how to make hybrid paintings after studying landscape and botanical paintings. Registration required. 6 p.m. $25. gmoa-​ tours@uga.edu ART: Closing Reception (tiny ATH gallery) During Third Thursday, Susie Criswell’s exhibition “Walking Through a Radiant World” will be on view with music from John Kiran Fernandes. 6–9 p.m. FREE! tinyath gallery.com CLASSES: Pasta 101 (Athens Cooks) Chef Hunter White will lead a demonstration and hands-​on dough making session. Registration required. 6 p.m. $100. www.athens cooks.com CLASSES: Yoga in the Galleries (Georgia Museum of Art) Enjoy a yoga class in the art galleries led by instructors from Five Points Yoga.

Open to all skill levels. Attend in person (first come, first served) or via Zoom. 6 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Line Dancing Lessons (Athentic Brewing Co.) Knock the dust off your boots in the taproom with Becky and Patty. 7–8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com EVENTS: 22nd Annual Madison Antiques Show & Sale (Madison-​Morgan Cultural Center) This year’s Show & Sale features over 20 vendors from across the nation displaying the best in American antiques and accessories. 5/18, 6–9 p.m. 5/19–20, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. $10–50. www.mmcc-​arts.org EVENTS: Diamond Hill Farm Stand (Athentic Brewing Co.) Vegetables and fresh flowers are available on hand and pre-​ordered. Every Thursday, 4–6 p.m. www.diamondhill farmathens.com EVENTS: Athens YWCO Girls Club Percentage Night (Athentic Brewing Co.) Learn more about the YWCO Girls Club and fundraise for its benefit. 5–10 p.m. FREE! www. athenticbrewing.com EVENTS: Holy Fire Reiki Meditation & Ceremony Circle (Serenity Attunement) Recalibrate your body, mind, heart and soul in a group healing circle. Registration required. Third Thursdays, 6 p.m. $22. www. serenityattunement.com EVENTS: Boulevard Brass Band (595 Nanthahala Ave.) Bring your instrument, meet outdoors and rehearse songs for beginners and advanced musicians. Every Thursday, 7–8 p.m. FREE! calclements@ gmail.com GAMES: Thursday Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Test your trivia knowledge with host Jon Head.

7–9 p.m. www.johnnyspizza.com

KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Bogart Library) Reading aloud to a dog helps children develop their reading skills and build confidence. Ages 4 & up. 3:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Let’s Talk About That (ACC Library) This weekly program offers inquisitive minds the chance to develop critical thinking skills.

Grades 6–12. 4–5 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org MEETINGS: KnitLits Knitting Group (Bogart Library) Knitters of all levels are invited to have fun, share craft ideas and knit to their hearts’ content. Every Thursday, 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. www.athenspetanque.org

Friday 19 CLASSES: Help I Yarned (Bogart Library) Learn new patterns and techniques for knitting and crochet.

1–2 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary. org/bogart CLASSES: Masa Mania (Athens Cooks) Chef Fausto Zamorano will lead an informative, fun and hands-​ on class about all things Masa, and attendees will make tortillas, tacos and tamales. Registration required.

6 p.m. $100. www.athenscooks. com COMEDY: Chop Shop (work.shop) Expect the unexpected, from sketches to characters, performance art, storytelling, human pet tricks and everything in between. 8 p.m. $5. www.flyingsquidcomedy. com EVENTS: 22nd Annual Madison Antiques Show & Sale (Madison-​Morgan Cultural Center) This year’s Show & Sale features over 20 vendors from across the nation displaying the best in American antiques and accessories. 5/18, 6–9 p.m. 5/19–20, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. $10–50. www.mmcc-​arts.org EVENTS: Blossom After Dark (ATHICA) The Parents’ Night Out & Silent Auction offers an evening of entertainment, community, hors d’oeuvres and philanthropy. 6–9 p.m. $20. www.athensparentwell being.org EVENTS: The Historic Athens Preservation Celebration (The Oconee Street School) There will be food and wine with presentations from local historians and preservationists. Winners of the 54th Historic Athens Preservation Awards will be announced. 6–9 p.m. $50. www.historicathens.com GAMES: Friday Night Initiative (Online: Tyche’s Games) Learn how to play a new RPG game with others on Discord. New players welcome.

7 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames. com KIDSTUFF: Meet & Play (Bogart Library) Drop in for facilitated open play with age-​appropriate toys. Best for ages 6 & under. Every Friday, 10:30 a.m. FREE! www.athens library.org/bogart PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret Fabulous Fridays: Comedy Night (Hendershot’s) Enjoy a fabulous night of drag entertainment featuring The Armorettes. All pro-

ceeds will benefit the Boybutante AIDS Foundation. Ages 18 & up.

9 p.m. $5. www.athensshowgirl cabaret.com

Saturday 20 CLASSES: Homebuyer Education Workshop (Online) Athens Land Trust hosts this HUD-​certified course for first-​time homeowners to learn about the home-​buying process in Georgia. Registration required. 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $10. housingcounseling@athens landtrust.org CLASSES: Smoke ’Em If You Got ’Em (Athens Cooks) Chef Hunter White will lead a how-​to on barbecue, and participants can return to enjoy the feast at 5 p.m. Registration required. 9 a.m. $50. www. athenscooks.com CLASSES: Forge an Iron Age Battle Spear (Greenhow Handmade Ironworks) Skills such as tapering/ drawing out, forging a socket and fire management when working with a coal forge will be learned. 10–5 p.m. $175. www.greenhowhand made.com CLASSES: Blossom Workshop: Botanical Imprinting (OCAF) Attendees will learn how to create botanical prints on silk using flowers, plants, colorful leaves and evergreens. 10 a.m. $100 (members), $150 (non-​members). www. ocaf.com EVENTS: Clash of the Veterans (Morton Theatre) Amateur and professional bodybuilders compete for prizes, with proceeds supporting U.S. veterans. 10 a.m. $35–65. www.mortontheatre.com EVENTS: 22nd Annual Madison Antiques Show & Sale (Madison-​Morgan Cultural Center) This year’s Show & Sale features over 20 vendors from across the nation displaying the best in American antiques and accessories. 5/18, 6–9 p.m. 5/19–20, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. $10–50. www.mmcc-​arts.org EVENTS: Abnormal Bazaar (Indie South) This market features vendors selling soaps, jewelry, vintage, vinyl and more. Third Saturdays, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www.theindie south.com EVENTS: Happy Birthday to Us (Winghouse Grill) Celebrate Winghouse Grill’s 7-​year anniversary in Hull with live music, cash prizes, kid-​friendly activities, cornhole and more. 11 a.m.–9 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/Winghousegrill EVENTS: BBQ Party (Athens Cooks) Enjoy a pulled pork and ribs barbecue meal, complete with sides, cooked earlier in the day by Chef Hunter White’s class. 5–8 p.m.

FREE! www.athenscooks.com EVENTS: It’s the Journey Percentage Night (Athentic Brewing Co.) Learn more about the Georgia two-day walk for breast cancer, and check out the collaboration beer release Bosom Buddies with cancer survivor Nanci Nix. 5–11 p.m.

FREE! www.athenticbrewing.com EVENTS: Athens’ Got Talent (Southern Brewing Co.) The Cottage’s fundraising event features an all-​ages talent show with food trucks, kids activities and games.

6–8:30 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25. www. north georgiacottage.org/athens-​ got-​talent

GAMES: Pathfinder Society RPG (Tyche’s Games) Come and adventure with the Pathfinder Society. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com KIDSTUFF: Planets of Our Social System (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Explore the great beyond in the Sky Center. Registration required.

Ages 5 & up. 10 a.m. $5 (ACC residents), $7.50 (ACC non-​residents). www.accgovga.myrec.com LECTURES & LIT: Guest Speaker Janisse Ray (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Nature writer, naturalist and environmental activist Janisse Ray will present in honor of the Sandy Creek Nature Center’s 50th anniversary. 2–4 p.m. FREE! www. sandycreeknaturecenterinc.org SPORTS: Petanque Regional Triples Championship (Lay Park) Eighteen triples teams from four states will compete for medals and prizes. Bring a chair to spectate.

9 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www.athens petanque.org

Sunday 21 ART: Sunday Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) This drop-​in public tour features highlights of the permanent collection and is led by museum docents. 3–4 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Paint & Sip by Ain’t a Better Way to Paint (Athentic Brewing Co.) Paint cherry blossoms with a paintbrush in one hand and your favorite drink in the other. Supplies provided. 4–6 p.m. $55. www. aintabetterwaytopaint.com CLASSES: Athens YOGA Collective (Athentic Brewing Co.) Enjoy a yoga class on the patio. First and third Sundays, 12 p.m. FREE! www. athenticbrewing.com COMEDY: Blaugez Open Mic (Buvez) This show-​up/go-​up open mic is open to professional and amateur comics alike. Every Sunday, 7 p.m. (show). FREE! www. facebook.com/buvezathens EVENTS: Athens Drag Brunch (Hendershot’s) Enjoy some brunch and drag entertainment. Open to all ages. 11 a.m. $25. www.athens showgirlcabaret.com GAMES: Sunday Trivia with Solo Entertainment (Southern Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge.

4–6 p.m. FREE! www.sobrewco. com GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (The Foundry) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Sundays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddogathens SPORTS: Petanque Regional Triples Championship (Lay Park) Eighteen triples teams from four states will compete for medals and prizes. Bring a chair to spectate.

9 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www.athens petanque.org

Monday 22 CLASSES: Gentle Hatha Yoga (Athens Community Council on Aging) McKenzie Raymond from Feel Free Yoga leads this class. All skill levels welcome. Every Monday, 1–2 p.m. $5 (CAL members), $10 (non-​members). abarefoot@ accaging.org CLASSES: You Had Me at Gluten Free (Athens Cooks) Jan Babcock will share flavorful gluten-​free rec-

ipes. Registration required. 6 p.m. $100. www.athenscooks.com GAMES: Game Night (Rabbit Hole Studios) Play board games like chess and Catan, systems like Wii and PlayStation, and outdoor sports. Every Monday, 7–11 p.m.

FREE! www.rabbitholestudios.org GAMES: Classic City Trivia (Dooley’s Bar and Grill) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox.

7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ ClassicCityTriviaCo GAMES: Monday Trivia with Erin (Athentic Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host Erin. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athenticbrewing. com KIDSTUFF: Monday Funday Story Time (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for movement, songs, crafts and learning fun. Ages 3–5 years.

Registration suggested. 10 a.m.

FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Creatures of the Night (Bogart Library) Watch a puppet show, learn about nocturnal creatures, make a bat puppet and enjoy science experiments. 10:30–11:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart

Tuesday 23 EVENTS: No Phone Party (Hendershot’s) Disconnect to connect with a phone-​free, laptop-​free happy hour. Every Tuesday, 6–9 p.m. www.hendershotsathens.com EVENTS: Teen Fashion Show (Lyndon House Arts Center) Celebrate the work of members in the Teen Fashion Design & Sewing Club at this second annual runway show.

6 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ LyndonHouseArts GAMES: Lunch and Learn New Games (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and try out some new games. 12 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Classic City Trivia (Akademia Brewing Co.) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox.

7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ ClassicCityTriviaCo GAMES: Bad Dog Trivia (Amici Athens) Test your trivia knowledge with host TJ Wayt. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/baddogathens KIDSTUFF: Toddler Tuesday: Flower Crowns (Georgia Museum of Art) Enjoy art and storytime together in the galleries, then complete an art activity. Ages 18 months to 3 years. RSVP by email.

10 a.m. FREE! gmoa-​tours@uga. edu LECTURES & LIT: Mystery Book Club (Bogart Library) Penny Mills leads a conversation about this month’s book, David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon. 5:30–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/ bogart PERFORMANCE: Rabbit Box Storytelling: Gone but Not Forgotten (VFW Post 2872) This month’s storytelling theme is “Gone but Not Forgotten” with stories about people, places and things now gone. 7–9:30 p.m. $10. www.rabbit box.org SPORTS: Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. www.athenspetanque.org

Wednesday 24 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) These drop-​in public tours feature highlights of the permanent collection and are led by museum docents. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgia museum.org

CLASSES: Pavlova “Clouds from Heaven” (Athens Cooks) Sous Chef Kelly Sanders will lead a hands-​on session on making big and small Pavlova. Registration required. 5:30 p.m. $75. www. athenscooks.com COMEDY: Gorgeous George’s Improv League (Buvez) Home-​ grown townie improv that invites you to bring some interesting suggestions to help create improv magic on the spot. Every Wednesday, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flyingsquidcomedy.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Creature Comforts Brewery) Markets offer fresh produce, flowers, eggs, meats, prepared foods and a variety of arts and crafts. Live music begins at 6 p.m. AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent at the market.

Every Wednesday, 5–8 p.m. www. athensfarmersmarket.net FILM: Summer School (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Screening of the 1987 film about a high school gym teacher who has to teach a summer remedial English if he wants tenure.

7 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreand bar.com GAMES: Shadowfist Power Lunch (Tyche’s Games) Come down with your lunch and play Shadowfist.

New players welcome. 12 p.m.

FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Classic City Trivia (The Local 706) Test your trivia knowledge with host Garrett Lennox. 7 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ ClassicCityTriviaCo KIDSTUFF: Busy Bee Toddler Time (Bogart Library) Join Ms. Donna for rhymes, songs, puppets and a simple story. 10 a.m. & 11 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Carnival of Animals (Bogart Library) Watch a puppet show, then enjoy puppet play and crafts. 10:30–11:30 a.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart KIDSTUFF: Lego Builders Club (Bogart Library) Lego lovers of all ages are invited; blocks will be available for younger builders under the age of 7. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org/bogart

Down the Line 5/25 Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) 5/25 Diamond Hill Farm Stand (Athentic Brewing Co.) 5/25 Tarot & Tea (Indie South) 5/25 KnitLits Knitting Group (Bogart Library) 5/25 Thursday Trivia (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) 5/25 Boulevard Brass Band (595 Nanthahala Ave.) 5/25 Line Dancing Lessons (Boutier Winery & Inn) 5/25 Athentic Comedy Showcase (Athentic Brewing Co.) 5/26 Meet & Play (Bogart Library) 5/26 Friday Night Initiative (Online: Tyche’s Games) 5/27 Forge A Throwing Tomahawk (Greenhow Handmade Ironworks) 5/27 Neighborhood Books Local Author Market (Historic Athens) 5/27 Day of Board Game Demonstrations (Tyche’s Games) 5/27 Learn Basic Miniature Painting (Tyche’s Games) 5/27 Big Magnum Kuroiwa Sensei (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 5/28 Rabbit Hole Sunday Market (Rabbit Hole Studios) 5/28 Classic City Pétanque Club (Lay Park) 5/28 Re-​Potted Workshop (Athentic Brewing Co.) 5/28 Sunday Trivia with Solo Entertainment (Southern Brewing Co.) 5/28 Bad Dog Trivia (The Foundry) f

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