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JESSICA SMITH

Krysia Ara’s new mosaic, “Ginkgo Meadow,” is dedicated in memory of Jerry NeSmith. The mosaic, which was recently installed onto the base of a light post on Hancock Avenue, is part of a public art project funded by the Athens Downtown Development Authority.

This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 NEWS: City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Street Scribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Budget Cuts But No Furloughs at UGA

Curb Your Appetite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

NEWS: Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

UGA President Morehead Gets an Open Letter

Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adopt Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

ARTS & CULTURE: Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Record Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Artists Get New Openings and New Opportunities for Support

Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Art Around Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

ARTS & CULTURE: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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The Morton Theatre Marks 110 Years of History

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ADVERTISING DIRECTOR & PUBLISHER Alicia Nickles EDITOR & PUBLISHER Pete McCommons PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Larry Tenner ADVERTISING SALES Anita Aubrey, Jessica Pritchard Mangum CITY EDITOR Blake Aued ARTS & MUSIC EDITOR Jessica Smith OFFICE MANAGER AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Zaria Gholston CLASSIFIEDS Zaria Gholston

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Mr. Hart, I very much agree that communication, consistency and commitment are important elements in bridging the racial divide. Given the reactions I have received from reading a Langston Hughes poem containing the “N” word at Greater Bethel in February, I have thought much about how those “candid and sometimes uncomfortable conversations” about race are to be held. Unfortunately, the conversations I have had in recent months are with people who already know first hand about my character and my history. I once thought that my public apology about reading the poem would afford me opportunities to so engage. Alas, no one who has publicly criticized me has sought a meeting or phone call. Instead, my reading of the “N” word in a poem has been used to attempt to prove that I supported putting Dr. Means on administrative leave because of my racism. Thus, I was encouraged when you ended your column with the following: “People won’t always agree, but demonization of disagreements and differences is counterproductive. It’s your move.” I am making that move.

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The State Sprints to Restrain Spending BUDGET CUTS ARE LESS BAD THAN EXPECTED, BUT STILL BAD

By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com Georgia K-12 schools will lose nearly $1 billion and public colleges and universities $250 million under the budget approved by the state legislature and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp last week. But at least there will be no furloughs.

In April, Kemp asked all state agencies to propose 14% budget cuts, as reports of tax revenue plummeting came in during the first month of the coronavirus shutdown.

The University System of Georgia proposed to lay off 735 employees—including 220 at UGA—and freeze another 1,341 empty positions. In addition, most employees would have taken four or eight unpaid furlough days.

The 40-working-day session went down to the wire, adjourning just a few days before the new fiscal year started July 1. By the time the legislature reconvened in midJune after a long COVID-related layoff, the financial picture was clearer. Tax revenue had recovered somewhat, and Kemp now wanted “only” 10% cuts.

“While we were able to avoid draconian cuts, balancing the budget was hard,” Kemp said before signing the budget June 30. “In these challenging times, this budget reflects that reality.”

There were alternatives to cutting $2.2 billion from the budget, though, which is why Athens Rep. Spencer Frye and most other Democrats voted against it.

Lawmakers did pass measures closing a loophole in the law requiring online retailers to pay sales taxes, requiring online lodging rental services like Airbnb to remit hotel/motel taxes and slapping a new tax on vaping devices. But those will generate a relative pittance. The big fish were reversing the 0.25% income tax cut Republicans passed last year, which put just a few dollars in most workers’ pockets but cost the state half a billion; and a cigarette tax hike.

Raising taxes on cigarettes from 37 cents a pack (the lowest in the nation) to $1.37 (still below average) would bring in an estimated $550 million. That revenue could have helped lawmakers avoid some cuts, such as: • the elimination of a $25 million funding hike for school counselors, meaning the state will not be able to meet its minimum student-to-counselor ratio of 450:1.

• an 11% cut to the Cooperative Extension Service, which assists farmers and gardeners.

• $11 million from the dual enrollment program—popular among Clarke County students—capping participants at 30 hours of college credits.

• $91 million cut from services for mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse.

• $8 million in cuts to the Department of Public Health.

• a $46 million reduction in federal funds for foster care, even as Athens faces an ongoing crisis in finding enough foster families for local children.

“As these cuts go into effect and Georgia’s schools, health care institutions and more are impacted, GBPI urges law-

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makers to return in January and raise revenues so that our state can recover from COVID-19 and eventually prosper,” said Jennifer Owens, senior vice president at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.

Here are some other measures that passed (or didn’t). Note that Kemp may or may not have signed some of these bills by the time this issue hits racks.

LOCAL IMPACT: Despite the 10% cut to the

Quality Basic Education funding formula, which makes up about half the Clarke County School District’s budget, CCSD was able to avoid cuts through a combination of higher tax revenue from rising property values, federal CARES Act funding and dipping into reserves.

The Board of Regents had not approved the USG’s 2021 budget by the time Flagpole went to press. UGA President Jere Morehead announced there would be no furloughs. Whether layoffs are still in the mix is unclear. The United Campus Workers of Georgia union has urged the USG to avoid layoffs and not to cut graduate assistants’ stipends or raise student fees. The BOR has already said tuition will remain the same for the 2020–21 school year.

No matter what happens, Georgia never seems to run out of money for buildings.

The 2021 budget includes $43 million for the expansion of STEM lab space at UGA, $5 million to finish renovating the Driftmier Engineering Center and $2.2 million to design a new Poultry Science Complex.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Georgia is no longer one of four states without a hate crimes law after Kemp signed one on June 30. The alleged murders of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick and George Floyd in Minneapolis, among other acts of violence against African Americans, finally motivated the legislature to pass a bill that had been bottled up in the Senate. After adding what some lawmakers referred to as a “poison pill” in the form of protections for police, senators removed that provision, then voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill, along with their House counterparts. A bill making it a crime to attack or file a false report against a first responder passed separately.

Several lawmakers switched positions this year, including Reps. Houston Gaines (R-Athens) and Marcus Wiedower (R-Watkinsville), who voted against the hate-crimes bill in 2019. The law provides additional penalties for crimes committed against people based on their race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin or disability. Arbery’s family, the NAACP and the ACLU said the legislation didn’t go far enough, though, and they also urged the legislature to ban citizens’ arrests, which it did not do.

Two bills authored by Gaines also passed: One bans people convicted of human trafficking from driving commercial vehicles for life, and the other makes it easier for people to clear minor criminal offenses from their record.

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CROSSTIE BURNING BAN: Both the House and

Senate unanimously backed a bill banning the burning of creosote-soaked railroad ties at power plants in neighboring Madison and Franklin counties. Residents near the plants had rallied against them, saying that Georgia Renewable Power misled local officials about the impact, and that the plants’ noise is a nuisance and the chemicals they emit are harmful to their health and the environment. “It took a handful of determined, outspoken people to make something happen like this, in honestly a short period of time,” Gina Ward, co-chair of the Madison County Clean Power Coalition, told the Georgia Recorder.

HEALTH CARE: Funding for Medicaid rose by

$178 million, mostly to account for the increase in unemployed people who are now eligible for the program. $20 million of that money is earmarked for fully funding efforts to curb maternal mortality—mothers in Georgia die in childbirth at rates approaching some Third World countries. $12 million was also added to grants for stabilizing struggling rural hospitals, and $1.3 million will go toward training more doctors at the UGA–Augusta University medical partnership at the health sciences campus in Athens.

A “surprise billing” bill passed that requires insurance companies to provide customers with more information about which doctors and hospitals are in-network.

Kemp has already signed a sweeping nursing-home reform bill. Administrators at long-term care and personal care homes are now required to be licensed, and the law adds more training and staffing requirements. Such facilities’ operations have come under scrutiny as many have become COVID-19 hotspots.

WHAT DIDN’T MAKE IT: Perhaps Kemp’s top priority when the legislature convened in January was a $2,000 pay raise for teachers to fulfill his 2018 campaign promise of a $5,000 raise. The legislature approved $3,000 last year. This year, a skeptical House cut Kemp’s budget request in half to $1,000, even before the coronavirus recession began, then eliminated it entirely.

Bills that would have eliminated permitting and licensing requirements for gun owners, made it legal to brandish a firearm during a dispute, and let people carry guns into churches and on Ubers, and carry rifles in state parks, did not make it to the floor for a vote. One such bill was sponsored by Rep. Matt Gurtler, a Republican candidate for the 9th Congressional District who’s facing a runoff with Athens gun store owner Andrew Clyde.

The “religious liberty” bill that was a major issue but stalled out in recent years did not re-emerge in 2020. Critics said the bill would have legalized discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community; instead, legislators passed the aforementioned protections.

A ban on election officials mailing absentee ballot applications to voters en masse also never received a floor vote, although Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has already said he doesn’t intend to repeat the mass pre-primary application mailing in November.

Local legislation requested by the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission doubling Clarke County’s homestead exemption to $20,000 for low-income homeowners was not introduced. A request to move nonpartisan local elections to November also didn’t make it.

Frye, Gaines and Wiedower cosponsored such a bill, but it was amended in committee to only include school board races and didn’t proceed any further.

Frye introduced a bill giving local governments more control over penalties for misdemeanor marijuana offenses, but it went nowhere. ACC police are not currently arresting people on marijuana charges, but local officials say they have no control over what other law enforcement agencies do or the sentences handed down by judges. f

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A Confederacy of Trumpists TRUMP STILL DEFENDS FLAG WHILE EVEN NASCAR BACKS OFF

By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com In a long overdue decision, lawmakers in Mississippi voted on June 28 to strike the Confederate battle flag from the state’s official banner, where it has been displayed for 126 years. Mississippi was the last American state to feature Confederate imagery on its state flag.

Georgia’s former flag, which depicted the Confederate battle flag alongside the state’s seal, was retired in 2001 after bitter

executed in 2001 for his role in the infamous Oklahoma City bombing of a federal building that killed and injured scores of men, women and children in 1995. Roof had idolized the treasonous cause of the Confederacy and posed for photos with its flag.

Some say that the Confederate flag flies for “heritage, not hate,” but hatred is the heritage of Southern white supremacists like Roof. The flag of the Confederacy waved over soldiers and sailors who fought for a government based on the plantation plutocracy of slavery and racism. In 1861, Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens made the Southern heritage of hate abundantly clear when he said, “Our new government’s foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the great truth that the Mississippi’s state flag Negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery— opposition by neo-Confederate “flaggers” subordination to the superior race—is his against the administration of Democratic natural and normal condition.”

Gov. Roy Barnes, who had advocated changSuch a “master race” mentality later ing the Georgia state flag. Barnes lost his became a foundation of Nazi Germany’s re-election bid to Republican Sonny Perdue, murderous militarism in the 1930s and but the Confederate battle flag no longer ‘40s. This mentality is still around today, appears on this state’s flag. as hate groups like the Klan and American The latter-day Confederacy also lost Nazis have seen a resurgence during the another recent skirmish when officials years of the Donald Trump presidency. of NASCAR banned the battle flag from Trump is an expert carnival barker races that have for decades drawn huge and con man who uses flags and uniforms crowds throughout to boost his ego the South. More and The Confederate flag has and bamboozle his more politicians and benighted base. He become so intertwined citizens of a nation appeals to those that is supposed to be with reactionaries and racists who still wave the the United States of Confederate flag, like the Ku Klux Klan and America are seeing the and he also tries to American Nazis that it is now wrap himself in the Confederate flag as a symbol of disunity, an as emblematic of evil as the American flag as this embarrassing ensign, year’s presidential swastika of Hitler’s Reich. and an emblem of election draws near. At sore losers then and his less-than-inspirnow. The Confederate flag has become so ing rally in Tulsa last month, Trump again intertwined with reactionaries and racists called for prison sentences for Americans like the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazis who burn or deface the flag during protests, that it is now as emblematic of evil as the despite the fact that the Supreme Court has swastika of Hitler’s Reich. Nowhere did this twice ruled that flag desecration is indeed collusion between the old Confederacy and a form of free speech, since protection of modern-day hatred become more obvious expression that may be unpopular and than when carnage came to a church in offensive is a bedrock principle of the First South Carolina five years ago.

Amendment. Even conservative Supreme On June 17, 2015, a young white racist Court Justice Antonin Scalia agreed with named Dylann Roof gunned down nine the high court’s decisions that the subblack worshipers at the historic Emanuel stance of America—the Constitution— African Methodist Episcopal Church in shouldn’t be sacrificed to protect a mere Charleston. When President Barack Obama symbol of America. visited the church to offer words of hope As Election Day gets closer, look for and healing after the massacre, he surprised President Trump to do more flag-waving in his audience in the church and across the an effort to distract the electorate and win nation when he broke into the words of a second term for his scandalous administhe old hymn, “Amazing Grace.” Five years tration. Trump is enough of a showman to after his senseless spree, Roof now sits on know what another song-and-dance man Death Row at the federal prison in Terre named George M. Cohan meant when he Haute, IN—the same prison where another said, “Many a bum show has been saved by American terrorist, Timothy McVeigh, was the flag.” f

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Dear President Morehead UGA MUST PROTECT OUR CAMPUS AND TOWN

By United Campus Workers of Georgia, UGA Chapter news@flagpole.com The UGA Chapter of United Campus Workers of Georgia wrote this open letter to President Morehead urging stronger protections on campus. Monday, UGA announced that effective July 15, all faculty, staff, students and visitors will be required to wear masks inside UGA facilities.

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members of the UGA and Athens community, we appreciate the thought and effort that went into developing UGA’s plan for a return to full operations in the fall. However, after reviewing the university’s plan, we believe that UGA can and must do more to protect the health and lives of faculty, staff and students. It is not only those who work and study at UGA who will be impacted by the university’s policies, but also health care workers, local businesses and the larger Athens community, due to the central role that UGA plays in Athens’ economic, social and cultural life.

require that students and staff wear a face covering and receive a temperature check before entering the school building.

Mandating face masks while indoors would carry little, if any, financial cost, given that UGA has already purchased two face masks each for all faculty, staff and students.

As you know, Athens has two hospitals that serve a 17-county region—and seven of these counties do not have their own hospitals. If UGA’s relaxed policies on mask use result in a surge in COVID-19 cases in Athens, our local health care system will be overwhelmed, and a tremendous strain will be added to our already stressed health care workers. In short, a face mask requirement is an inexpensive and highly effective way to keep the number of cases in Athens down and protect the health and lives of UGA’s faculty, staff and students.

Reducing the Number of Employees on Campus Will Limit Transmission of COVID-19 No instructor or staff person should be required to work on campus if they are able to fulfill their job responsibilities off campus. We recognize that some UGA

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We strongly feel that: (1) Faculty, staff, students, vendors, visitors and volunteers should be required to wear a face mask while indoors, and (2) no instructor should be required to teach in person and that no instructor should be required to disclose personal health concerns; no staff person should be required to work on campus if they can fulfill their job responsibilities off campus.

These policies are in the interest of public health and racial justice, will have little to no financial impact on the university, will help ensure the continuity of on-campus instruction in the fall, will reduce impact on Athens’ health care system and are in the interest of local businesses and the larger Athens community. We President Jere Morehead detail our specific reasons below. employees are unable to fulfill their job Face Masks Are Inexpensive, and They duties off campus; allowing employees who Work can carry out their job responsibilities off There is compelling evidence that face campus reduces the risk to those who must masks significantly reduce the spread come to campus to work. Additionally, since of COVID-19. A systematic review and it has proven impossible for employees to meta-analysis reveals that face masks, receive Americans with Disabilities Act along with physical distancing, limit transaccommodations if they are living with mission of the virus. Another study finds high-risk individuals, this would reduce that U.S. states that mandated face masks the likelihood of transmitting the virus to averted as many as 230,000–450,000 cases. vulnerable family or household members.

Face masks are an inexpensive and highly Just as employees should not be forced to effective way to restrict transmission of choose between their health and their jobs, COVID-19. neither should they have to choose between UGA’s peer and aspirational institutions work and their families’ safety. will require that faculty, staff, students Allowing instructors and staff to work and visitors wear face masks while indoors off-campus carries little to no financial in the fall, including: The University cost. UGA’s “Plans for a Phased Return to of California, Berkeley; University of Fall Operations” notes that, financially, the Michigan, University of North Carolina major differences between the three conat Chapel Hill, University of Wisconsintingency plans (fall classes begin with faceMadison, University of Texas at Austin, to-face instruction with social distancing, Texas A&M, George Mason University, fall classes begin fully online, and periods of Virginia Tech, University of Florida and online teaching during the semester) entail University of Texas at Arlington, among technology upgrades to classrooms, housing several others. Additionally, the Clarke and meal plans, campus bus transportation, County School District is planning to and student services (see pp. 123-124).

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Moreover, the revenue losses following the transition to remote instruction in spring 2020 largely resulted from prorated refunds to students for housing, dining and other fees—not from instructors and staff working remotely.

UGA’s Commitment to Racial Justice The mortality rate for COVID-19 among Black Americans across the U.S. is 2.3 times higher than the mortality rate for white and Asian Americans, and 2.2 times higher than Latino Americans. Black Americans are 12.4% of the U.S. population, yet they make up 24.3% of COVID-19 deaths—twice their share of the population. In Georgia, the mortality rate for Blacks per 100,000 people is 33.6 and is 18.3 for whites. On June 1, 2020, you sent a letter to the UGA community condemning racism, stating that your administration will work to ensure that the entire UGA community feels safe and supported, and that UGA must do more in working towards racial justice. UGA’s failure and unwillingness to take even these minimal steps would belie its purported desire to provide a safe environment for Black employees, who comprise a majority of the essential custodial staff that will most frequently come into contact with contaminated surfaces as they perform the work to keep everyone at UGA safe.

UGA’s Commitment to the Health and Safety of Faculty and Staff Low-paid staff and graduate students stand to suffer significant harm to their health and household finances if UGA does not require face masks while indoors and will not allow instructors and staff to work from home if they are able and wish to do so. Nearly 3,000 graduate student workers at UGA make less than $25,000 per year. Additionally, an estimated 2,500 full-time employees (about 22% of UGA employees) earn salaries under $35,000, which the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator considers a living wage for a single adult with no children in Clarke County. With no extra money to spare, these workers are more likely to have health insurance plans with poorer coverage and higher deductibles. They simply cannot afford to get sick. By requiring staff and graduate students to work on campus with poor public health regulations, UGA is putting the health and limited resources of their most financially insecure employees and students at significant and unnecessary risk.

UGA’s Ties to the Local Economy The health of Athens’ local economy is closely tied to the health of the university.

Just as UGA relies on local businesses in Athens to support its needs, local businesses rely on UGA, its students and employees to keep their businesses running. Already hurting after shuttering their businesses for many months, the financial well-being of local restaurants, bars, music venues and retail shops—and the livelihood of their thousands of employees—is dependent on students and professors returning and the university, resuming functions in the fall. If the university is flippant about health and safety precautions and their policies result in another shutdown, it will be beyond devastating for local business own-

ers, everyone who works at their businesses and the entire economy of Athens.

A Strong Commitment to Public Safety Will Encourage students to Return to Campus UGA students are excited to return to campus in the fall, but some have voiced concerns that UGA is not doing enough to promote public safety and health by not mandating face masks. For the month of June, people aged 18–29 made up 29% of new coronavirus cases. Requiring face masks when indoors would go a long way towards alleviating students’ concerns and encourage them to return and remain on campus.

In closing, we are looking forward to returning to campus in the fall. Requiring face masks while indoors and allowing faculty, staff and graduate students to work off-campus when possible will help ensure the continuity of face-to-face instruction and protect the health and lives of faculty, staff, students and the larger Athens community. f Signed: United Campus Workers of Georgia, UGA Chapter; Robyn Waserman, staff; Matthew Fortunato, staff; Michael Rabalais, graduate student; Stephanie Jones, faculty; Evelyn Jones, alumna; Cassia Roth, faculty; Lindsey Reynolds, faculty; Adrienne Button, alumna; Shelly Biesel, graduate student; Clint McCrory, professor emeritus; Katie Googe, alumna; Bryant Barnes, graduate student; Hillary Brown, staff; Pete L Clark, faculty; Charles Allin Cromer, alumna; Megan Turnbull, faculty; Cydney Seigerman, graduate student; Bettina Love, faculty; J.P. Schmidt, faculty; Keaton Callaway, graduate student; Joseph Fu, faculty; Jacob Weger, graduate student; Leslie Rech Penn, faculty; Martha Allexsaht-Snider, faculty; Georgia McPeak, alumna; Marianne Happek, staff; Sebastian Burkholdt, graduate student; Anne Hurne, staff; Alisa Luxenberg, faculty; Kaitlin Wegrzyn, graduate student; Mikaela Warner, graduate student; James Russell, faculty; Kristen Morrow, graduate student; Frithjof Timo Wöhrmann, graduate student; Sonia Janis, faculty; Ashley Johnson, staff; Thijs Kolet, R.N.; Shannon Ball, alumna, local business owner; Gabrielle Lichtenstein, graduate student; Penny Callaway; UGA parent; Molly Berkemeier, faculty; Senna Hubbs, alumna; Kathleen Hurlock, graduate student; Alexander Harvey, alumnus; Linda Dunbar, staff; Tosin Adesogan, graduate student; Francesca Pase, graduate student; Caroline Young, faculty; Carlton Smith, graduate student; Genevieve Guzmán, graduate student; Jeani Wooten, staff; June LevineFortunato, employed locally; Sujata Iyengar, faculty; Heather Slutzky, health care worker; Dominique La Barrie, undergraduate; Elizabeth A. St.Pierre, faculty; Eric Harris, staff; Violeta Rodríguez, alumna; Margaret Caughy, faculty; Kelly Happe, faculty; Richard Menke, faculty; Benjamin Britton, faculty; Patricia Richards, faculty; Paula Runyon, alumna, staff; Briana Spivey, graduate student; Annelie Klein, concerned citizen; Pablo Lapegna, faculty; Lilian Sattler, faculty; Savannah Downing, graduate student; David Schiller, emeritus faculty; Amy Ellis, faculty; Nancy Hunter, concerned citizen; Valerie McLaurin, graduate student; Mandy Mastrovita, faculty; Montgomery Wolf, faculty; Vicki Scullion, graduate student; Jorge Derpic, faculty; Anne Williams, retired faculty; Julie Spivey, faculty; Samuel Watson, graduate student; Annie Simpson, graduate student; Alicia Davis; alumna; John Banister, graduate student; Rachel Bailey, graduate student, local business owner; Katya Tepper, immunocompromised local resident; Jason Myres, faculty; Jake Brower, staff; Helen K. Haynes, alumna; Charles Jameson, concerned citizen;

Curtiss Pernice, employed locally and on campus; Jenny Lund, employed locally; Melissa Harshman, faculty; Daniel Everett, retired faculty; Maria Butauski, faculty; Catie Young, staff; Abigail Velez, employed locally, faculty spouse; Lydian Brambila, staff; Heather Smith, staff; Miriam Jacobson, faculty; Roger Stahl, faculty; Rachel Arney, graduate student; Kendra Burns, staff; Mary Hammes, alumna, partner of UGA employee; Amanda McDaniel, staff; Elizabeth Summerlin, alumna; Josh Mckay, concerned citizen; Barbara A. Biesecker, faculty; Linda Gilbert, retired from university system; Samantha Leitch, staff; Andra Walton, staff; Taryn Corvin, concerned citizen; Laura G.; UGA parent; Brad Leitch, spouse of staff member; Nathan Carlson, staff; Alexandra Corvin,alumna; Alison Smith, faculty; Martha DeHart, staff; Jarred Jackson, staff; Alison Piazza, staff; John Bailey, alumnus; John Wares, faculty; Jessica Marter-Kenyon, post-doctoral fellow; Laura Theobald, graduate student; Stephen Scheer, faculty; Mary Willoughby, faculty; Mary Wade; parent; Lindsay Dickerson, staff; Samuel Watson, graduate student; Shelley Pence, faculty; Ruta Abolins, faculty; Miriam Zegarac, graduate student; Kerry Steinberg, faculty; Lihi Ben Shitrit, faculty; Jill Severn, faculty; Taryn Corvin, concerned citizen; Annie R. Wendel, former instructor/preceptor; Melissa Rackley, employed locally; Rebecca Baggett, retired staff; Leigh Beeson, staff; Jennifer George, faculty; Deirdre Kane, staff; Margaret Penny Wood alumna; Isabel Astacio, immunocompromised local resident; Eric Wurzburg, local business owner; Douglas Menke, faculty; Alejandra Villegas, graduate student; Korie Leigh, faculty; Melissa Link, staff, Clarke County commissioner; Chelsea Ratcliff Bush, faculty; Anuja Sarda, graduate student; Kate Kaiser, alumna; Stephanie Sutton, alumna; Mary Goll, faculty; Jennifer Leyting, staff; Carrie Bishop, alumna and partner of UGA employee; Janet Frick, faculty, past chair of UGA University Council; Shaye Gambrell, alumna; Kathleen Falke, spouse of UGA staff; Tanya Hudson, alumna; Christina Rowland, staff; Alan Guerra, locally employed; Lizzie Z. Saltz, spouse of UGA faculty; Marguerite Madden, faculty; David Cobb, graduate student; Cathy Rumfelt, alumna; Cheryl Kennedy, staff; Carly Leilani Fabian, graduate student; Melissa Martin, MD, alumna; Diana Hartle, faculty; Danielle West, local business owner; Maria Eugenia Castellanos, post-doctoral fellow; Kristen Gleason, alumna; María Rivera Araya, concerned citizen; Katie Jeffries, alumna; Danielle Walters, alumna; Marcela Garza, graduate student; Timi Conley, director, Wild Rumpus Parade & Spectacle; Cathleen Sweeney, undergraduate and concerned citizen; Brittany Barnes, staff; Randall Abney, alumnus; Svilen Trifonov, faculty; Carolyn Abney, local business owner; Lisa Ward; alumna; Nicole Bechill, employed locally; Katie Johnson, graduate student; Sophia Weerth, graduate research & teaching assistant; Allison Workman, alumna and spouse of UGA staff; Tracey Wyatt, health care worker; Jessie Hyatt, alumna, locally employed concerned citizen; Shannon Robinson, concerned citizen; Paula Krimer, faculty; Wendy Waldman, alumna; Elena Fernandez, faculty; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Menke, concerned citizens; Aly Brice, alumna; Caitlin Mertzlufft, alumna, Athens resident, public health professional; Lois Alworth, parent of UGA employee; Mattia Pistone, faculty; Merrily Dunn, faculty; Kara Litwin, undergraduate; Jeff Wood, local business owner; Klée Schell, undergraduate; Sabina Ashurova, undergraduate; Christopher Hocking, faculty; Nicole Broerman, pediatrician; Leah Helton, graduate student; Scott Nelson, faculty; Yasmine Wallace, alumna; Brenda Galvez, alumna; Tricia White, alumna; Ben Luttinen, graduate student; Opeyemi Adelugba, undergraduate; Philip Kohnen, local business owner; Michael Nunneley, graduate student; Amanda Rugenski, faculty; Magdalena Zurawski, faculty; Ann Farrell, R.N.; Trevor Tuma, graduate

student; Sara Parker, alumna; Rayven Alsobrook, alumna; Peggy Thrasher Law, alumna, former faculty, parent of UGA student, spouse of UGA Employee; Don Law, staff; Dr. Rose Tahash, alumna, staff; Samantha Trust, alumna; Riley Hess, graduate student; Amari Fortson, undergraduate; Tricia Lootens, faculty; Robin Maier; alumna; Amanda Mull, alumna; Sarah Jantzi, faculty; Shelley Zuraw, faculty; Nekabari Ereba, undergraduate, student worker; Morgan Holley, alumna; Alyson Barrera, parent of UGA student; Jennie De la Vega, locally employed concerned citizen; Randy Adams, health care worker; Janice Simon, faculty; Jenny Woodward, alumna; Abigail Courtney, graduate student; Alec Peyton, undergraduate; Amy Ross, faculty; Nimsy Corea, undergraduate; Katy Dwyer, graduate student; Melissa Lee, alumna, staff; Anna Headden, mental health professional; Kevin Sweeney, employed locally and on campus; Mary Patrick, staff; Evan Greller, local business owner and health care provider; Sarah Crain, alumna, staff; Paige Howell, alumna; Millie Price; law student; Lisa Anger, faculty; Emily McIntyre, graduate student; Jennifer Griffith Barnhart, faculty; Nicholas Hatch, undergraduate; Jessica Greene, alumna and local business owner; Lisa W., alumna and concerned citizen; Megan Moriarty, alumna, CCSD teacher; Carol Hunt, concerned citizen; Christie Sanders, staff; Beverly Hull, staff; Nancy Sokolove, parent; Elizabeth Anne Allen, alumna; Ann Mandel, alumna; Jeffrey Rieter, staff; Michael Marshall, locally employed; Dana J. Hortman, alumna; Megan Bramlett, graduate student; Christine Kim, graduate student; Emily Winner Crim, alumna; Robert Bramlett, high school teacher; Nina Santus, faculty; Suzi Mojock, concerned citizen; Jennifer Schildknecht; parent, local business owner, concerned citizen; Brett Magner, MD, faculty, health care worker, local business owner. Nathan Fleeson, graduate student; Evan Alden, alumnus; Tony Pelli, alumnus; Nicole Gottdenker, faculty; Kate Blane; alumna, concerned citizen; Selena Lane, faculty; Jack Cenatempo, undergraduate and student assistant; Christine Pardue, alumna; Laura Shepard, alumna; Jessica Ammons, staff; Cari Goetcheus, faculty; Kate Daley-Bailey, staff; Laura Rack, graduate student; Cecilia Reynolds, staff; Caleb Gonzalez, locally employed; Robyn Obana, locally employed concerned citizen; Anthony Potts, undergraduate; Nneka Omoma, undergraduate; Tucker Austin, alumna, spouse of UGA faculty, health care worker; Leandra Nessel, staff; Sophia Rodriguez, undergraduate; Zachary Schamis, undergraduate; Linda Macbeth, alumna; Denise Phan, undergraduate; Crystal Earwood; alumna, UGA parent; Aidan Rickaby, undergraduate; Jessica Daniels, alumna, staff; Luke Rodgers, undergraduate; Erika Massie, alumna; Jackie Mitchell, alumna; Krysia Araalumna, former staff; Elizabeth Mazza, alumna; Gavin Rakosnik, undergraduate; Stephanie Lynn, alumna, staff; Lidya Ghedamu, undergraduate; Kristie Person, aluma, locally employed; Ross Marklein, faculty; Sean Turner, alumnus, Registered Nurse; Erik Person; alumnus, physician, gastroenterologist; Laura Durham, staff; parent of UGA student; Heather Dominicali, concerned citizen, health care worker; Lexy Bridges, employed locally, concerned citizen; Rachel D. Harris, graduate student; Graham Johnson, graduate student; Sara Moeller, alumna, concerned citizen Laura G., parent of UGA student; Carol Moore; alumna, UGA parent; Anna Headden, mental health professional; James Reap, faculty; Rayna Sklar, undergraduate; Karen Mancera, undergraduate; Bobby Pelts, staff; Donna Decatrel RN, PARMC; Elizabeth Kraft, retiring faculty; Megan Chambers, concerned citizen, RN; Alicia Arribas, faculty; Jessica Couch, staff and graduate student; Patrick Fraser, alumnus; Kathleen McDermott, alumna, concerned citizen; Aline Robolin, alumna; Erica Degue, undergraduate; Heidi, local resident; Hannah Manning, undergraduate; Anuja Sarda, graduate student; Kathi

Dailey Morgan, retired staff; Jordan Josselson, concerned citizen; Kate Masuda, concerned citizen; Hannah Smith, alumma, concerned parent; Allison Howard, faculty; Shelby Ghersi, concerned citizen; Sally E Walker, faculty; Denise Domizi, alumna; Mary Ford, graduate student; Cindy Hahamovitch, faculty; Jonathan Schuh, alumnus, UGA parent; Ian Schmutt, faculty; Jennifer McFaline-Figueroa, graduate student; Stephanie Andino, undergraduate; Karen Dillard, alumna; Andrew Zawacki, faculty; Marcus Bowens, undergraduate, locally employed; Terrell Austin, alumna; Mallory Harris, alumna; Mikaela LaFave, graduate student; Brittany Leitch, relative of staff member; Pamela Eanes, concerned citizen, health care worker; Tracy Peabody, local resident; Patricia Whatley, graduate student; Hannah Costantino, alumna, health care worker; Amy Murphy, faculty; Nicollette Frank, graduate student; Logan Woodall, concerned citizen; Donna Boggs, alumna, staff; Leah Thompson, undergraduate; Michael J. Conroy, retired faculty, concerned citizen; Nancy Walton, alumna, RN; Lori Newcomer, concerned citizen; Sara Ivy; parent; Emily Aland, concerned citizen, health care worker; Harlan Cohen, faculty; Shirlee Tevet; concerned citizen; Travis Burch, local business owner; Marisa Hull, undergraduate; Lindsey Harding, faculty; Patricia Majeski-Wiegert; parent of faculty; Sarah Buckleitner, staff; Frederick Wiegert, parent of faculty; Jeff Kilpatrick, faculty; Jim Leebens-Mack, faculty; Catherine Bobon, local business owner; Ray Kaplan, faculty; Nicholas Reilly, locally employed; Charles Nicolosi, staff; Anna Brinck, graduate student; Wynn Walter, teacher; Holly Kaplan, clinical faculty; Will Hodges, alumnus; Emily Turner, undergraduate; Edward G. Smart, local resident; Lauren Kimsey, undergraduate; Ben Hesse, alumnus, local resident; Brenda A Poss, alumna; Deborah Stanley, faculty; Bruno Ubiali, graduate student; Vanessa Murray, alumna, staff; Kathy Rohs, concerned citizen; Tiffany Simon, undergraduate; Jake Lulewicz, alumnus; Charlotte Poss Chromiak, alumna, concerned citizen; Rayna Perry, undergraduate; Camille Becker, alumna; Jeffrey Whittle, alumnus, faculty; Jennifer Kay-Wiiliams, concerned citizen; Keith P. Rein, alumnus; Molly McTier, undergraduate; Juls Knapp, local business owner; Steven Honea, alumnus, staff; Tabitha Krambier; undergraduate; Emeline Mayo, undergraduate; Annelise Johnston, alumna; Allison Coleman, alumna, locally employed; Caroline Cook, undergraduate, research assistant; Shari Ex, spouse of a graduate student and instructor; Rachel Peters, alumna, locally employed; Christen W., undergraduate; Maggie D., locally employed; Brennan Murphy, concerned citizen; Allie Norris, undergraduate, locally employed; Katie Lett, concerned citizen; Abigail, locally employed; Erin Stacer, locally employed; Marissa Commissiong, alumna; Sarah Butler, undergraduate; Alicia May, graduate student and teaching assistant; Niki Spear, RN; Christina Wood Martinez, graduate student and teaching assistant; Christian Andersen, alumnus, graduate student; Emma O’Neal, undergraduate; Nathan Carlson, staff; Jorie Berman, alumnus, part-time faculty; Summaya Ahmad, undergraduate; Kellie Cannon, alumna, locally employed; Hannah Jane Malicki, graduate student; Jourdan May, alumna; Roy Legette, faculty; Kathryn R Titus, concerned citizen; Richard Mikulka, locally employed; Dylan Mobley, alumnus; Christian Klimczak, faculty; Maria F., prospective undergraduate; Christa Coulter-Scott, concerned citizen and health care worker; Tim Yang, faculty; Jessica Williams, staff; Taryn Williams, alumnus; Jesse Evans; graduate student and high school teacher; Jason Westrich, postdoctoral fellow; Rebecca Smoot, undergraduate; Joshua Wade, staff; Fredric Thomas Dolezal, faculty; Cathy Pentz, alumna and concerned citizen; Lauren C. McGeehin, alumna, staff; Jessica Martinez, graduate student; Sandrine Zawacki, faculty; Jenna Schuh, alumna, former business owner; Mary B. Berry; alumna, former staff; Craig Wiegert, faculty; Justin Simpson, grad-

uate student; Diane Cooper, faculty; Nicholas Magnan, faculty; Laura Dean, faculty; Laura Stearns, local business owner; Heather M. Fletcher, alumna, local business owner; Frances Hensley, alumna, retired faculty; Selena Tran, graduate student; Cynthia Call, attorney; Angela Romero-Shih, alumna, staff; Lizzy Liu, concerned citizen; Donald Law, undergraduate; Danielle Wingo; alumna; Beverly Grant alumna; Nora Harlin, alumna; Rajan Bedi, undergraduate; Alexander Cronin alumnus; Taryn Williams, alumna; Chase Law, alumnus; Julia DellOrso, alumna; Sarah Mayo, PhD candidate; Michelle Yancich, graduate student; Lillian Scott, undergraduate; Treehouse Kid and Craft; Ray Clark, alumnus; Alonso Delgado, graduate student; Marisa Pyle, alumna; Ryne Meadow, concerned citizen; Mark Ebell; faculty; Nathan Carlson, staff; Cali Brutz, faculty; Adrienne Shook, alumna, advocate; Mimi Sodhi, adjunct faculty; Roozbeh Hosseini, faculty; Alberto Villate, faculty; Lia Faase, concerned citizen; Aliki Nicolaides, faculty; David Cote, locally employed; Karen Watkins, faculty; Josh Jacobs, alumnus; Devlin Thompson, locally employed; Heather Clark, alumna, local citizen; Sally Zepeda, faculty; Carol Yang, graduate student; Leslie Gordon Simons, faculty; Amber Warnock, undergraduate; Alice Kinman, faculty; Claudia Baumann, staff; Rachel Townes, adjunct faculty; Laura Clark, alumna; Kinsey Lee Clark, undergraduate; Caroline Haupt, alumna, staff; Nathan Byrd, alumnus, locally employed; Bjorn Stillion Southard, faculty; Will Lewis, staff; Michael Welton, postdoctoral fellow; Ruth Harman, faculty; Sebastian Puerta, alumnus; Ramsey Nix, instructor; Lorena, undergraduate; Karen Smith, alumna and adjunct faculty; Leigh Holland, alumna, retired staff; Jessica Roberts, alumna, staff; Caroline Haupt, alumna, staff; Kara Brown, locally employed; Leslie Adams, alumna, medical student; Taryn Kormanik alumna, staff; C2 Group, locally employed; Jane Ritchie, staff; Andrea Piazza; alumna, staff; Molly Brooks, alumna, locally employed; Melisa CahnmannTaylor, faculty; Sari Leff, undergraduate; Seth Hendershot, alumnus, local business owner; Gabriela Rivera Campos, undergraduate; Bob Sleppy alumnus, part-time lecturer, local business owner; Anna Hatzispiros, undergraduate; Kaori Sakamoto, faculty; James M. Brown, faculty; Suzanne Lester, MD, UGA parent, physician, faculty; Pablo David Jimenez Castro, graduate student; Tiffany Mahan, concerned citizen; James Collins, graduate student; Liz Phillips, alumna, staff; Anthony Mallon, faculty; Allison Skinner, faculty; Kacy Morris, alumna, faculty, UGA parent; Stephen Ramos, faculty; Mark Riedl, faculty at Georgia Tech; Leonor Sicalo Gianechini, graduate student; Amy Yandell, graduate student; Michael Yandell, concerned citizen; Noah Brendel, alumnus, local business owner; Mary Byrne, alumna; Susie Inglett, concerned citizen; Matthew McFadden, alumnus; Kanupriya Daga, undergraduate; Jessica Fore, alumna; Carol Kraemer, staff; Gary Lautenschlager, faculty; Kyle Butcher, alumnus; Rob McMaken alumnus, spouse of UGA employee; Dawn T Robinson, faculty; Sherrie Gibney-Sherman, alumna, locally employed, UGA parent; Andrew Moorhead, faculty; Man Kit Lei, faculty; Lisa Rainville, staff; Dagmar Nelson, staff; Tanuja Anne, undergraduate; Hillary Palmer, faculty; Mark Cooney, faculty; Brittany Martin,graduate student; Michelle Lofton, faculty; Emily Bell, faculty; Kristi Schaller, faculty; Rachael Dier, alumna; Savannah Drexler, undergraduate; Michael Money, staff; Mary Eberhard, staff; Markus Crepaz, faculty; Willow Samsel, health care worker; William White, graduate student; Alexander Bucksch, faculty; Greg Hankins, staff; Emily Eng, graduate student; Alison Gilbert, graduate student; Katie Brody, graduate student; Lela Flanery, health care worker and concerned citizen; Sarah Groh, graduate student.

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An opening reception will be held on Friday, July 10 from 6–9 p.m., and the exhibition will remain on view by appointment through the following Sunday. A portion of art sales will be donated to the Human Rights Watch. Attendance inside the viewing room is limited to three to four masked guests at one time, but everyone is welcome to spread out on the back lawn to socialize safely. Visit tinyathgallery.com for details.

ATHICA: Organized by high school student and ATHICA photography intern Chloe Sears, “Project Social Story” was a photo and video contest open to Athens teenagers to express themselves while stuck in quarantine. Using the submission categories of friends, family, pets, feeling and fun, the entries reflect a variety of experiences related to Self-portrait by Lisa Freeman sheltering in place, social distancing and distance learning. “Project Social Story” can be viewed online at athica.org, or in person through a no-contact to a myriad of creative interpretations, space touches across exhibition that uses screens outside the gallery until July 8. nature, science, time, art, literature, society and language.

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Co.’s community impact strategy, the brewery’s Get Artistic program invests in the local arts economy with the hopes of sustaining the vibrancy of the creative community. Since its launch two years ago, the program has distributed over $34,000 in grants—primarily funded by the Get Artistic beer brand and associated merchandise—to local artists and arts-focused nonprofits. Using the Envision Athens 20-Year Action Agenda as a guide, the program seeks to foster place attachment by funding proposals that increase “accessibility, diversity and inclusion in the arts [for creators and consumers]; professional development for artists; and sustaining and increasing public venues for artistic expression.”

Get Artistic is currently seeking this year’s partners (i.e. grant recipients), and is open to a broad definition of the arts that is not limited to visual, musical, movement, film and theater arts. Visit getcurious.com/get-artistic for more information and bit.ly/getartistic2020 to apply before July 17.

ACAC AWARDS: The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission has announced five organizations that will receive Arts In Community Awards of $1,500 each through its most recent round of funding. ATHICA will use the grant to provide stipends to participants of the gallery’s ArtistsIn-ATHICA residency program, while Envision Athens plans to create an Athens Artists Registry that serves as an online hub to connect creators, patrons, arts organizations and venues. Nuçi’s Space will continue providing its Live From Home series of bi-weekly musical performances and interviews, and Canopy Studio will produce a socially distanced, outdoor aerial performance at the end of summer. Representing the local culinary arts community, the Culinary Kitchen of Athens will use the funds to organize its Downtown Culinary Showcase, a weekly outdoor market that will return as soon as it’s safe to do so.

In response to the pandemic, the ACC Mayor and Commission made the decision to dedicate an additional $85,000 reallocated from the Resiliency Package to establish a larger Arts in Community cycle than ever before.

Combined with the ACAC’s original $15,000 budget, a total of 50 awards of $2,000 each will be distributed to local artists and arts organizations. These awards are targeted towards public art projects, events and activities “that contribute to the vitality, unique identity and livability of the Athens community.” Proposals for Arts in Community Awards: Resilience are due Aug. 7, and projects must be completed by June 30, 2021. Visit athensculturalaffairs.org to find the application. f

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As for the Morton’s anniversary, the building officially opened on May 18, 1910, when a piano concert by Alice Carter Simmons, of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, was held to celebrate the occasion.

One hundred years later, on May 18, 2010,

as a part of this year’s 110th celebration, which was to include a week of festivities in May. However, due to venue closures and several event cancellations amid the pandemic, the Morton and ACC Leisure Services opted for releasing an informational video that recounts facts about the building’s architecture, prominent acts that have played there and much more.

The Morton’s staff is eager to welcome the public and continue providing entertainment and rental space to the community, but first they must continue developing a plan to safely reopen their doors. For now, staff has been observing CDC guidelines pertaining to live performance venues and recent orders from Gov. Brian Kemp and collaborating with fellow ACC departments, including Leisure

a centennial celebration was held, when Rosalyn Floyd, of Augusta University, played many pieces from Simmons’ original performance. Other notable acts that visited for the Morton’s 100-year celebration included Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, Avery Sunshine and Titus Burgess.

Back in January of this year, the Morehouse College Glee Club performed

Services, to create plans unique to their areas of service. The Morton’s newsletter has also distributed a survey asking for input on the type of programming and safety protocols patrons would like to see put in place upon the reopening.

In terms of what the future looks like for the Morton, Facility Supervisor and Managing Director Lynn Battle Green notes

Morton Memories HOT CORNER’S HISTORIC THEATRE CELEBRATES 110 YEARS

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his year marks the Morton Theatre’s 110th anniversary as a local institution. The building has provided a space on the Hot Corner of Hull and Washington streets for endeavors including medical offices and a pharmacy, civic engagement and entertainment. Yet, with COVID-19 and more recently the Black Lives Matter movement consuming public attention, the Morton’s milestone has been overshadowed. With six months of 2020 gone and the next six to go, there is still ample time for Athens to champion the Morton’s long-time presence and impact within the community.

To recap, the Morton Theatre was built, owned and operated by Monroe Bowers Morton in 1910, was submitted to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is currently known as one of the last surviving Black vaudeville theaters in the U.S. In its prime, the building held a bounty of purpose, hosting acts such as Blind Willie McTell, Ma Rainey, Cab Calloway and Bessie Smith, while also housing Black professionals like doctors, dentists, barbers and beauticians. It even doubled as a movie house at the height of the “silver screen” in the early 20th Century.

By the 1950s, the Morton had been abandoned. It was later saved in 1987 by the local community through volunteer labor, fundraisers, grants and SPLOST funding. The building was then handed over to the Athens-Clarke County government on Nov. 1, 1991. Within two years, the theater and offices were renovated and reopened to the public as the performing arts space we know and love.

Today, the Morton Theatre is staffed

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that work is still being done to keep things running smoothly. “[O]ur staff has been working remotely, dealing with the aftermath of event cancellations, juggling scheduled rental events on our calendar, participating in virtual meetings with colleagues across the country… and just staying flexible to take on whatever the next normal looks like,” Green said.

Green also emphasized the Morton’s presence within ACC’s Arts Division unit alongside institutions like the Lyndon House Arts Center, the East Athens Educational Dance Center and Athens Creative Theatre. She also stressed the effort being made to sustain the impact the Morton has on local residents and on tourists.

“We want to stay engaged with the community and be able not only to provide entertainment and enrichment, but to also be a place where we can have the difficult conversations and use the arts and culture as a means of expression to bring people together. We have a rich history that deserves and demands to be preserved and shared. We are working on efforts to achieve and showcase that in a way to keep the stories alive for future generations, not just for Athenians, but in ways that visitors to the building—whether for tours or to attend special events—will know more about the rich African American history of the building. We want to strengthen the connection people feel with the building, as well as foster an understanding of the amazing people and stories that the history taught hasn’t always celebrated,” Green said.

The public is invited to continue celebrating the Morton’s legacy by sharing their love for the historic location in a variety of formats, such as videos, letters, audio files, photos or even social media posts, using #MortonMemories. All of these submissions will be released on a weekly basis and shared across the Morton’s social media platforms. For more information on how to get in on this milestone celebration, visit the Morton Theatre’s 110th-anniversary webpage (mortontheatre.com/110th-anniversary-2020) and be on the lookout for further updates—which just might include a memory of your own. f

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PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP FAMILY ALBUM: David Lowery (Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven) just released the first album of a planned multi-release project. He’s describing it as a musical autobiography and, indeed, each song so far has its title embellished with a year behind it. In the liner notes, Lowery mentions that he’s undertaken this project not as a way to tell his own story, but rather to “pay tribute to my mother, father, sisters, family, friends and those who have shared their lives with me.” This first collection, In The Shadow Of The Bull, follows his stories from young childhood through relatively-young adulthood. Although much of his storytelling appears, at first blush, merely matter-of-fact, it’s this quality that delivers its rawness.

There’s a sweetness in these songs that can only come from being so distanced from their time, but a strength to them, too, as Lowery embraces each tightly. Specific highlights here include “Mexican Chickens, 1989,” “Disneyland Jail, 1977” and “Plaza de Toros, 1967.”

Make the house quiet, and then listen to this over at davidlowery. bandcamp.com.

personal for Haze, which she explains in the liner notes.

Musically, the beats produced by UrbanNerdBeats and See’J run a small gamut between heavy slow bangers (“SZN”), soul jazz-influenced softer tracks (“Call Me Bitter,” “Too Close,” “Manifest”) and straight up ‘70s soul (“Reflect”).

Stream this at selinehaze.bandcamp.com.

GOOD BOYS: Even though they’re still in the midst of the critical success of their new album, Suitcase of Life, the sun isn’t setting on the Georgia Dish Boys anytime soon. In fact, they’ve got a brand new single out named “Sending Out

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handful of years ago, it seemed like there was a new Meth Wax release every few months, and I always counted myself as a pretty big fan of these records. It’s been David Lowery quite a while since those times, but now there’s a new “live” album named Live N Unplugged @ Blair’s Cathedral, which was purportedly tracked in 2017 in Muscle Shoals, AL. Man, I dunno. Each song here has an obviously bogus “introduction” complete with canned laugh tracks, but even once you’re past that, these versions of these songs just aren’t very good. The execution feels corny and a little lazy, and the entire thing is just a profound waste of everyone’s time.

So, if you’re unfamiliar and wanna catch up, don’t bother with this, but go back deep into the Meth Wax catalog and start with something like 2014’s Horse Placenta. I promise you there’s loads of quality stuff in the Meth Wax catalog.

Start the excavation over at methwax.bandcamp.com.

NEW TUNES: A few weeks ago Athens rapper Seline Haze released her new EP, Haze. First things first, the cover art by Jamee Cornelia is strikingly powerful and a great way to introduce this record. Lyrically and vocally speaking, Haze remains strong in her steady and mid-rapid-fire delivery, and has a knack for packing multiple syllables into each bar but never suffering from lack of clarity. This EP is deeply

My Love.” This release also marks the band’s transition to their new name Seth Martin & The Dish Boys. The new single—which shares its name with a brand new LP coming out Oct. 30 that’s already in the can by the group—was recorded out at Clem’s Shoal Creek Music Park where longtime Athens musician, label owner and all-around walking encyclopedia of American music Zeke Sayer rules the roost.

The song itself is a minor key piano-based tune (the first Martin has written and performed for the group) and augmented nicely with pedal steel and violin. About the track, Martin says, “It is meant to be a positive and hopeful message of love to all, especially front line medical workers and those leading anti-discrimination movements across the country.” Proceeds from the single, which came out appropriately on July 4, will be donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The single is released courtesy of Nashville/ Seattle label Groove Family Records, who manufacture small-batch, lathe-cut records. You can order the physical release via groovefamilyrecords.com/order, or keep it digital by heading to sethmartinandthedishboys.bandcamp.com. f

record review Nana Grizol: South Somewhere Else (Arrowhawk/Don Giovanni) Nana Grizol released South Somewhere Else at a perfect time. Released on June 26, their newest full-length album steps away from the marginalized space of lead vocalist and songwriter Theo Hilton’s queerness to elaborate on the South’s deeply racialized society. In the album’s title track, Hilton navigates the nuances of white liberal opposition and attempts to articulate the sensemaking of a textbook-defined reality that continues to pervade lived space, like the residual effects of Jim Crow provisions. While the trademark literary songwriting is indecipherable at times, it’s provocative enough to create a swelling of introspection on the subject at hand. The upbeat, folk punk flavor with the much-loved brass section—integral to Nana Grizol’s core—sets a hopeful mood to the album’s daunting sentiments. Through a narrative about a region historically and presently beleaguered with discrimination, South Somewhere Else maintains a fight song attitude to the region’s conditioning of the individual and its institutions, orienting the listener to a social justice-seeking consciousness. [Amber Perry]

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Art ARTIST MARKET (Southern Brewing Company) Seeking vendors for an artist market held in conjunction with LoveShack: A Concert for Athens. July 18, 3–8 p.m. Contact dianne@sobrewco.com ARTIST-IN-ATHICA RESIDENCIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Residencies take place throughout the year, provide administrative support, exhibition and performance facilities, and a small stipend. Artists may work in any or multiple disciplies and traditions, including but not limited to visual, curatorial, musical, performing, written, experimental, cinematic, digital and theatrical arts. Residents can work independently or collaborate with others. Visit website for quarterly deadlines. www.athica.org/ call-for-entries ARTS IN COMMUNITY AWARD: RESILIENCE (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission awards grants of $2,000 each to public art projects, events and activities that promote creative placemaking in the community. Grants will be awarded based on the level of community enrichment through the arts, contribution to the local identity and quality of artistic merit. Artists, local organizations and groups can apply.

Deadline Aug. 7, 11:59 p.m. Fill out

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Auditions FRUITCAKES (Elbert Theatre, Elberton) Encore Productions hosts auditions for the final show of its 2020 season. The director is looking to cast a mid-sized group of adult men, adult women and children ages 10–12. Be prepared to read excerpts from the script. Auditions on Aug. 31–Sept. 1, 6–8 p.m. Rehearsals will be held mid-September through mid-November. Performances held Nov. 6–8 & 13–15. 706-283-1049 THE ODD COUPLE (Elberton Arts Center, 17 W. Church St., Elberton) The Elbert Theatre Foundation hosts auditions for The Odd Couple on July 20–21, 6–8 p.m. Looking to cast a mid-sized group of adult men and women ages 25–50. Be prepared to read excerpts from the

art around town ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1200) “Project Social Story” includes films and photos submitted by teens exploring social distancing, distance learning and staying at home.

The no-contact exhibition can be viewed online at athica.org or in-person on screens outside the gallery. Through July 8.

CITY OF WATKINSVILLE (Downtown Watkinsville) “Public Art Watkinsville: A Pop-Up Sculpture Exhibit” consists of sculptures placed in prominent locations around downtown. Artists include Benjamin Lock, William Massey, Stan Mullins, Robert Clements, Harold Rittenberry and Joni Younkins-Herzog. • “Artscape Oconee: The Monuments of Artland” features a total of 20 paintings on panels installed around town. Artists include Claire Clements, Peter Loose, Andy Cherewick, Lisa Freeman, Manda McKay and others.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Tom Hancock. July 15– August.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection” features over 60 objects spanning over 30 years of the famous stained glass artist’s career. • “Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition” is an annual exit show for the graduating master of fine arts students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. • “Rediscovering the Art of Victoria Hutson Huntley” contains approximately 30 lithographs and two paintings. • “Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome” celebrates Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s influence. Through Aug. 23.

• “Altered Landscapes: Photography in the Anthropocene” includes images that demonstrate humanity’s impact on the natural world. Through Sept. 27.

• “Recognizing Artist Soldiers in the Permanent Collection” includes artists who served in conflicts from the Revolutionary War through World War II, as well as those who served in the 1950s. Though the museum is temporarily closed, many of the exhibitions, as well as the permanent collection, are currently available to view online at georgiamuseum.org. In celebration of International Museums Day, over 160 high-resolution works from the museum are available through Google Arts and Culture at artsandculture.google. com/partner/georgia-museum-of-art.

GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Supple Moments, Dark Corners” is a site-specific installation by Eli Saragoussi that is accompanied by a soundscape by Max Boyd called “Jungle Drone.” Saragoussi recently incorporated additional set pieces built for Ad•Verse festival.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Amiko Li: The Purpose of Disease” presents the Dodd MFA Fellow in photography’s explorations into

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Classes DEDICATED MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly Zoom meditations are offered every Saturday at 8 a.m. Email for details. jaseyjones@gmail.com DRAWING WITH HEATHER JOSHI (OCAF, Watkinsville) Classes cover outlining, contouring, hatching, crosshatching and scumbling techniques. Classes include video demos, slide shows and examples using Google Classroom. Aug. 3–31. $120–150. www.ocaf.com OLLI@UGA CLASSES (Online) OLLI offers 28 different classes through Zoom. Topics include photography, bats and coronavirus, how changing diets can impact vision and cognition, mindfulness and more. For ages 50 & up. Held daily at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. through Aug. 6. www.olli.uga.edu SAVE YOUR STORY (ACC Library Online) A digital preservation series focuses on saving audio (July 9) and video (July 23). Classes are held at 6:30 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org/ athens/departments/heritage SPANISH CLASSES (Athens, GA) For adults, couples and children.

Learn from experts with years of professional experience. Contact for

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Kidstuff ACTING CLASSES (Madison County Recreation Department) “Acting Basics for Kids” is a six-part course that covers pantomime, improvisation, scene study and public speaking. “Auditioning and Scene Study 101 for Kids” is a six-part series that places an emphasis on the art of auditioning for television, commercial and film roles. Both courses are for ages 8–14 and held Mondays, Aug. 24–Oct. 5 (skip Sept. 7), 5:30–6:30 p.m. (acting basics) and 6:45–7:45 p.m. (auditioning). $80/ course. Register online. www.madco rec.com GARDEN EARTH EXPLORERS (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Families can choose one of six 90-minute programs and enjoy their own private garden adventure with the garden’s education staff. Box lunches available. Themes include sensory garden, really remarkable rainforest, eco health, stream ecology, Georgia discovery quest and treasure hunt. $50/three participaints, $10 per additional person. botgarden.uga.edu/garden-earthexplorers-summer-expeditions SPLASH PAD (Multiple Locations) ACC pools and splash pads are open through Aug. 2. Pools are located at Bishop Park, East Athens Community Center, Lay Park, Memorial Park and Rocksprings Park. Splash pads are at Virginia Walker Park and Rocksprings Park.

acupuncture, palm reading, psychogenics, herbal supplements, antibiotics and the regeneration of limbs. • “KITCHEN” is a new animation by New York-based artist and former Athenian Michael Siporin Levine, inspired by his quarantine experience. • In “Mors Scena,” photographer Rachel Cox documents the viewing rooms and visitation spaces of funeral homes, drawing attention to how we mourn and memorialize the dead in America. • Atlanta-based artist Michi Meko’s 2017 installation, “One Last Smile Before the Undertow,” is a suite of works addressing black life in America postObama. Exhibitions are available online at art.uga.edu.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) The “45th Juried Exhibition” presents 199 works by 144 local artists. Through July. • “Online: Collections from our Community” presents a collection of shark teeth found by Myung Cogan. Visit accgov.com/lyndonhouse to view. • The Lyndon House is currently open to the public, with precautions in place. Daily installments of artwork and activities are also available on Instagram and Facebook, using the hashtags #45JuriedShowOnline and #ArtsCenterOnline.

MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “Lambs to Lillies” is an online exhibition featuring impressionistic oil paintings by Cynthia Perryman. On display July 10–Sept. 11 at mmcc-arts.org.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) The Annual Members’ Exhibition presents works by the gallery’s member artists. Louisiana Tech University’s School of Design professor Frank Hamrick’s handmade artist’s book, “It was there all along,” is presented as an online exhibition of wet plate collodion tintypes addressing water-related issues.

Both shows are available online at ocaf.com through Aug. 1.

TIF SIGFRIDS (119 N. Jackson St.) “Summer Group Show 1” features works

by Holly Coulis, Gracie DeVito, Peter Doig, Marten Elder, Ridley Howard, Becky Kolsrud, Mimi Lauter, Jasmine Little, Adrianne Rubenstein, Joe Sola and Lisa Williamson. Through July 20.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) “I Am” is a collection of drawings, paintings and assemblage pieces highlighting the journey of artist Lisa Freeman. Opening reception July 10. Through July 19 by appointment.

UGA OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY (1180 E. Broad St.) “The Earth Day (Art) Challenge” is a virtual exhibition of works commemorating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Visit sustainability.uga.edu/earthday-art-challenge-exhibit.

UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) Online exhibitions include “Steele Vintage Broadcast Microphone Collection,” “Foxfire on Display at UGA: 50 Years of Cultural Journalism Documenting Folk Life in the North Georgia Mountains, September–December 2016,” “Covered With Glory: Football at UGA, 1892–1917” and “Fighting Spirit: Wally Butts and UGA Football, 1939–1950.” Visit digilab.libs.uga.edu/scl/exhibits.

“Silver_Page_Radio_Light,” a new online exhibition presented by the Dodd Galleries, is a series of images faxed between Austin-based photographer Barry Stone and New York-based photographer Lucy Helton during quarantine. View the entire project at art.uga.edu.

FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/ splashpad VIRTUAL SUMMER CAMPS (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Each camper will receive a bundle of supplies to keep, organized projects, play dough, home rules, art bingo and more. Themes include creative beasts, under the sea, food trucks, insects, slime and more. www.tree housekidandcraft.com

On The Street ACRONYM (Athens, GA) ACRONYM is a new website compiling COVID19 aid for Athens-based live music venues and artists. Check the website for updated listings on funding and financial opportunities, mental health guides, organizational support, community resources and more. Visit acroynym.rocks CORNHOLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION (Southern Brewing Company) Register for CornholeATL Athens’ seven-week cornhole league that begins in September. The fall league offers four different divisions of play to accomodate all levels. www.cornholeatl.com SUMMER READING PROGRAM (Athens Regional Library System) All ages can participate in this year’s summer program, which has the theme “Imagine Your Story.” Patrons can check out digital eBooks, audiobooks and magazines online, or place holds for curbside pickup weekdays 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Prizes will be given to readers. www.athens library.org TRASHERCISE (Athens, GA) Complete your own Trashercise workout by walking, jogging or running along, trails, roads and neighborhoods. Bring a bag, gloves or a grabber, and pick up any trash you see. Share photos through #trasherciseathens. Report your cleanup online, and Keep AthensClarke County Beautiful will send a prize. carlos.pinto@accgov.com, www.keepathensbeautiful.org

Events ADULT BOOK CLUB (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Discuss With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo. Copies are available during curbside service hours and on RBDigital. Discussion will be held via Google Meets. Register online. July 14, 11:30 a.m. www. athenslibrary.org/madison ATHENS FARMERS MARKET (Bishop Park) The market is open with safety precautions in place.

Wear a mask, pre-order when possible, keep your family home and use cashless payments. Saturdays, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. www.athensfarmers market.net JULY EVENTS (Southern Brewing Company) Cornhole ATL league every Wednesday, 6:30–9:45 p.m. Sunday Trivia with Solo Entertainment everty Sunday at 5 p.m. North Georgia Ducks Unlimited Social on July 9 from 6:30–8:30 p.m. DJ Osmose on July 10 from 6–9 p.m. Southern Violence and Wrestling on July 11 from 8–10 p.m.

LoveShack: A Concert for Athens on July 18 from 5–11 p.m. Live music

by Alex Culbreth on July 25 from 5–7 p.m. www.sobrewco.com LIVE WIRE SUMMER EVENTS (Live Wire Athens) Wedding Industry Happy Hour, every Wednesday from 5–6 p.m. Darts, every Wednesday from 5–10 p.m. Fresh Garden Jam with live jamming, every Thursday from 5–10 p.m. Love Music Live Stream offers bands streamed from the main stage, every Friday 5-10 p.m. www.livewireathens.com/ calendar THE CRY BABY LOUNGE PRESENTS (Online) Eli Saragoussi hosts bimonthly shows using YouTube Premeire. See Telemarket (Athens), O Key (Athens) and Bathtub Cig (MN) on July 10.

Proceeds benefit The Okra Project.

Find The Cry Baby Lounge on Facebook. elinor.saragoussi@gmail. com, bit.ly/TheCryBabyLounge f

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ADVICE FOR ATHENS’ LOOSE AND LOVELORN

By Bonita Applebum advice@flagpole.com Dear Bonita, I must admit that at first I did not understand what all the racial fuss was about. I understood people being angry and wanting justice for George Floyd, but it took me quite a while to really get behind all the protesting and stuff. I thought for a long time that people just wanna fuss about anything, and why does everything have to be about race? I had to read some history and do some listening.

Now everything has died down. I missed my chance to march in the streets and shout for change! I feel bad that I sat back for so long not seeing the big picture, and now I feel like I can’t let my voice be heard. I just want to help. I do have privilege, and I want to help now. What can us late bloomers do to help the fight?

Better Late Than Never

Dear BLTN, Welcome, comrade! First off, don’t feel bad for showing up to the fight when you did. You needed that time to learn why racial justice matters and why it’s imperative that every single person be on the right side of history. I think we can all see how this stuff isn’t common knowledge for the privileged, and an uninformed ally can very often do more harm than good. An enthusiastic n00b is kinda like a bull in a china shop, so be easy on yourself. Keep reading and learning about good allyship—how to use your privilege to amplify oppressed voices, how to support the marginalized without centering yourself, proper protest/ demonstration etiquette, things like that.

Please don’t think that political action is nothing more than marching in the streets.

It feels good to march and chant, but real change happens locally and on a legislative level. One of the most important things you can do is vote in every election possible and help replace some of the fair-weather radicals that have exposed themselves in our county government. I won’t say much, but yeah, I’m bummed that the 50/10 plan was killed. Like, really bummed and hurt and insulted, because it was my own com-

missioner who came up with the toothless compromise that’s being adopted instead.

Wow, y’all, we’re gonna get a committee that’s gonna look at our cops and stuff. The commission apparently wouldn’t even consider addendums that would simply have them think about reducing funding for the police force. So yeah. Go vote, Athens—and run, too.

There are still public demonstrations happening at the Arch and around downtown, and there’s also Caravan for Care, Not Cops. Organized by Commissioner Mariah Parker, it’s a rolling protest that travels to the six locations where police killed people in Athens in 2019. Keep your eyes on social media for info on future caravans and other demonstrations if you’re trying to get out in public.

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Demonstrations can be scary when the cops show up dressed for riots, so if you get cold feet, that’s fine.

There is immense value in making signs for people, chanting from the sidelines, transporting people to and from demonstrations, and other actions that don’t require you to put yourself in the line of danger.

Another thing you can do right now is support local politicians and organizations who fight for justice fearlessly. The Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement has a bail fund that you can donate to instead of running the risk of being arrested yourself, and they’re a great group to support anyway, if you’re privileged and desire to empower the marginalized. Athens For Everyone includes some of my favorite white allies in town, and offers tons of opportunities for community engagement and tangible avenues to positive change. They have a Black Lives Matter page on their site with info on how to educate yourself, which organizations need your donation, and which local politicians center people of color and endorse BLM’s platform. As far as finding these orgs and events goes, a quick Google should do you fine. f

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