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By Blake Aued and Chris Dowd news@flagpole.com Northeast Health District Director Stephen Goggans painted a rosy picture of Georgia’s COVID-19 pandemic for Athens-Clarke County commissioners at their work session last week.

After a “massive peak” in July and August, “fortunately, the state has seen a decline in average case numbers,” from about 4,000 a day to 2,000, Goggans said.

“It definitely has improved.”

Look closely, though. Clarke County is moving in the opposite direction—a fact commissioners were quick to point out. It took Clarke County more than four months to hit 1,000 cases. Now, it’s adding about 1,000 cases a week. Clarke crossed the 3,000-case mark on Sept. 1. As of Sept.

12, cumulative cases stood at 4,430. Cases per 100,000 people over the past 14 days were 1,261 and rising, nearly quadruple the number before UGA students returned to town. For reference, the Clarke County School District has set a benchmark of 175 per 100,000 before elementary school students can safely start returning to classrooms.

“It’s clearly driven by the college age bracket,” Commissioner Melissa Link said.

“It’s becoming crystal clear that [UGA is] essentially going for herd immunity among students.”

UGA reported 1,417 confirmed cases during the period from Aug. 31–Sept. 4, a week cut short by Labor Day. That was up from 821 during the last week in August and brings the cumulative total to over 3,000—the highest of any university in the country, according to the New York Times.

Positive test rates are also rising, with 8% of students randomly selected for surveillance testing coming back positive, up from less than 1% when UGA started testing in early August. The county’s curve looks more like El Capitan these days: It’s almost vertical.

After UGA released its latest batch of statistics on Sept. 9, President Jere Morehead called the continued upward trend “disturbing” and again urged students to act responsibly. Apparently, he later decided that the ACC government would make a better scapegoat.

“I can tell you that we continue to see that our measures we’ve taken on campus have worked,” Morehead told a group of sports reporters at a Friday news conference about the looming football season. “… Where it’s not working is downtown in the evenings. And unfortunately those things are beyond my control, and are under control of the Athens-Clarke County government.”

Setting aside the fact that it was the University System of Georgia, not AthensClarke County, that decided it would be a good idea to bring 39,000 students to Athens in the middle of a pandemic, Morehead should probably take a look what’s going on in the dorms and at fraternity houses. Even downtown, ACC’s influence is limited. Gov. Brian Kemp made sure of that when he allowed bars to reopen against the advice of most public health experts, forbid local governments from passing regulations stricter than his own, and let businesses opt out of local mask mandates. Videos circulated online last weekend of hundreds of maskless students lined up on the sidewalk to get inside bars where young women danced on tables.

When tens of thousands of fans descend on Athens next month because UGA and the rest of the SEC are hell-bent on playing football, the situation is not going to get any better.

ACC sent 32 police officers downtown last weekend to make bar checks. They checked 73 bars, and all were in compliance with capacity rules, according to Manager Blaine Williams. The officers handed out 989 masks and issued 13 citations and “numerous warnings” to people not wearing masks or social distancing, Williams said. Increasingly, though, those officers are putting themselves in harm’s way by even being in those downtown crowds.

Commissioner Russell Edwards—who once suggested police wear hazmat suits while conducting bar checks—said he no longer supports any local enforcement because it’s too dangerous.

Meanwhile, every local business that’s not a college bar continues to suffer from

the inability to get a handle on the pandemic. Commissioners also discussed at their work session how they’ll distribute $2.6 million in loans and grants. Businesses with 10 or fewer employees are eligible, and they must show that the pandemic has hurt their bottom line. The limit on employees leaves out many restaurants, as Link pointed out, but Mayor Kelly Girtz said it’s meant to ensure access to funds for very small businesses that may not have been able to tap into the federal Paycheck Protection Program through a bank.

In other business from the Sept. 8 work session, Athens Transit is going farefree again, and jury trials are expected to resume soon. Williams suggested using the Classic Center for trials to help courthouse personnel spread out. [Blake Aued]

Time Capsule Found in Confederate Monument A Masonic time capsule was recently unearthed as Athens’ Confederate monument was being moved from its former location on Broad Street in August.

The time capsule was placed inside the cornerstone of the Confederate monument in 1872 by William King, a member of the

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Freemasons and former master of Mount Vernon Lodge in Athens. While being interviewed by the Athens Banner back in 1891, he recounted the capsule’s contents for the newspaper. In addition to assorted Confederate memorabilia, the capsule should contain a list of officers and members of Mount Vernon Lodge No. 22 and Williams Lodge No. 151.

The ACC government has chosen to keep the time capsule unopened, under lock and key, as they try to find it a permanent home. They first planned to hand it off to the UGA Special Collections Library or to the ACC Library’s Heritage Room. However, when they reached out in an attempt to transfer ownership of the capsule, they were refused. Steven Armour, an archivist at UGA Special Collections, explained that they could not accept the capsule as-is without having an archeologist on staff. Such an expert would be required to ensure the integrity of a potentially fragile artifact like this one, which has been buried for over a century.

Either UGA or the ACC Library could eventually end up housing the contents of the capsule once they have been extracted and preserved by an archeologist. ACC is trying to contact such an expert. [Chris Dowd] f

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By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com Gunfire shattered the calm of the Pacific Northwest as police, protesters and armed vigilantes fought a deadly battle in the region that had long been a tinderbox of tension between the political left and right.

When the smoke cleared, there were dead on both sides, but only participants on the left would be arrested and brought to trial.

The time was Nov. 5, 1916, and the place was Everett, WA. The bloody battle more than a century ago was called the “Everett Massacre” and “Bloody Sunday” by the men and women of the Industrial Workers of the World, a radical labor union that hoped to unite laborers of all nations, races, classes and genders into “one big union.”

decades the use of fire hoses against Black demonstrators in Alabama in 1963.

When dozens of IWW members were brought to trial in the aftermath of the 1916 Everett incident, quick guilty verdicts were expected. Instead, at the end of a two-month trial, the Wobblies were acquitted because, according to author Patrick Renshaw, “the defense demonstrated that no one could tell who fired the first shot and that the vigilantes who died… were likely to have been shot by their own side.” The IWW saw the court’s verdicts as a victory for the union, but the euphoria did not last. America was wracked by hysteria and hatred against domestic dissidents like the Wobblies when this nation

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The IWW union was founded in Chicago in 1905 by a who’s who of the American left, including Eugene Debs, Mother Mary Harris Jones, Lucy Parsons, Ralph Chaplin and “Big Bill” Haywood. Nicknamed “Wobblies,” IWW members quickly forged a radical association of workers who were at the forefront of struggles for better wages and working conditions for laborers across America and around the world when the 20th Century was young. Though the union was never very large in numbers, its influence has echoed through more than 100 years of history. Between 1907–1916, the Wobblies fought a series of “free speech fights” at mines, mills and factories in the American West. IWW members defied police, courts and corporations by pushing for workers’ rights in towns that were owned and controlled by big business interests that used any weapon from jails and judges to bullets and billy clubs to thwart the march of American labor. IWW activists spoke from platforms made from wooden soap boxes until getting hauled off to jail by authorities, thus beginning the folk tradition of “soapbox oratory.” Their technique of mass civil disobedience came nearly 50 years before Martin Luther King, Jr. exhorted his followers to “fill the jails” in protest during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. When law enforcement officers used high-pressure fire hoses to subdue jailed Wobblies, that action presaged by

entered World War I in 1917, just months after the re-election of President Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat who ran under the slogan, “He kept us out of war.” The IWW was against the war, a stance that angered both the Wilson administration and vigilante groups like the American Protective League. By the time the war ended in 1918, hundreds of Wobblies and other activists had been jailed, and mobs had beaten, kidnapped and lynched many more.

One of the worst clashes between left and right in the Pacific Northwest occurred in Centralia, WA, on Nov. 11, 1919— exactly a year after World War I ended.

When the IWW opened a union hall in the lumber town, it was attacked by military veterans, American Legion members, police and armed vigilantes. Gunfire was exchanged, and the mob captured IWW member Wesley Everest, a combat veteran of the war. Everest was lynched in his army uniform, and his bullet-riddled corpse was left hanging from a bridge near Centralia.

His killers were never brought to justice.

Today America is again a divided and dangerous nation. A lawless and disorderly president seeks re-election by calling for law and order. Gunfire has erupted in Portland, Kenosha and other cities. Citizens on the left and right today should heed the words of singer Johnny Cash: “Don’t take your guns to town, son. Leave your guns at home.” f

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hile no one knows when a vaccine or tried-and-true therapeutics to treat COVID-19 will come to fruition, scientists are working quickly, diligently and cooperatively to help find solutions and treatments.

Science is written in pencil, not pen, and can often be a slow endeavor, but with so many researchers working on one problem all at once with such urgency, the research community is advancing scientific knowledge about COVID-19 at a rapid rate beyond anything in modern history. With each contributing scientific study, our understanding of COVID-19 grows, and, bit by bit, we are beginning to see a clearer picture about both how to limit the spread of the virus and what type of therapeutics could help treat the disease, and we inch closer to creating a viable vaccine.

At UGA, a variety of research has contributed to this growing wealth of scientific literature and knowledge. As a research community, UGA is at the forefront of this endeavor and has invested heavily in the concept of “One Health,” says Vice President for Research David Lee. One Health, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is an approach to research that “recognizes that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment.”

“This pandemic demonstrates the wisdom of UGA’s long-term strategic investments in One Health—including in infectious diseases, vaccine and drug development, public health and related areas,” Lee says. “These investments—which include faculty expertise, but also graduate student programs and state-of-the-art facilities and equipment—put UGA in a position to respond not only to this pandemic but also future outbreaks involving new viruses that many experts anticipate

will threaten both human and animal health. Indeed, our faculty, staff and students working in these and other areas have stepped up and currently have dozens of studies underway that will provide greater insights into and more tools with which to fight COVID-19 and other pandemics.”

The Search for a Vaccine At UGA, several world-renowned experts and research groups have been chipping away at a solution for the virus with research that seeks to find a vaccine for COVID-19. The website Successful Student recently listed UGA as one of the top 10 U.S. universities that are contributing to COVID-19 research projects.

College of Veterinary Medicine infectious disease expert Biao He has developed a COVID-19 vaccine candidate that has been successful in early test models. He hopes it will be ready for Food and Drug Administration approval by the end of the year.

His vaccine uses modified strains of a virus that causes kennel cough in dogs, known as parainfluenza virus 5, or PIV5, to produce the spike or crown proteins found in coronaviruses. When administered, cells are infected with PIV5, and the body defends itself against the spike proteins, eventually creating an immunity to the infection.

Scientists in Ted M. Ross’ lab at the College of Veterinary Medicine are also hard at work searching for new immunotherapies and a vaccine. Ross—who is best known for his work to develop a universal flu vaccine that would make seasonal flu shots a relic of the past—has been working with other researchers at UGA’s Center for Vaccines and Immunology to analyze the viral genome of COVID-19 and find targets

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The urgency of the problem at hand meant many late nights doing the research, which could be done remotely, but ultimately the resulting models may also be important for the future of vaccine research overall.

“Regarding hopes for a vaccine, the danger of the current pandemic has led to an extraordinary level of scientific engagement, producing some highly innovative strategies for vaccine design,” Woods says.

“I think that not only will this lead to effective vaccines against COVID-19 in the near future, but in a bigger picture, I think it will lead to new thinking in the approach to vaccine design in general.”

Public Health Research At the College of Public Health (CPH), a wide variety of research is helping to inform policy and management of the pandemic.

From understanding how the disease affects hospitals to finding novel ways to keep an eye on outbreaks, much of the research coming out of UGA’s CPH is available for use in the real world now.

Grace Bagwell Adams, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the CPH, has been working alongside a team of faculty and students who have modeled COVID-19 case surges

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Over at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Rob Woods and Parastoo Azadi have been investigating COVID-19’s exterior spike proteins, the “corona” that gives coronaviruses their name. The proteins play a big part in how the virus is able to infect human cells. Looking at the proteins and sugars on the surface of the virus, they have learned that SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins latch onto cells and force the virus through the cell membrane, according to a press release. The human immune system detects foreign proteins like the spike protein by recognizing amino acid sequences.

Sugar on the protein’s surface, however, can mask amino acids so that antibodies can’t see them. Influenza and hepatitis C, for instance, behave in this way.

Woods says he was happy to report that their research—presenting computational models on the role of how sugars play a part on the viral surface—has recently been featured in two major journals: Nature Scientific Reports and Cell Host & Microbe.

“We have already had a lot of favorable feedback because the modeling provides truly unique insight into how knowledge of the 3D shapes of glycoproteins on the virus surface can be exploited in vaccine design,” he says.

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for local hospitals. Started in April, the research continues to help hospital leaders anticipate personnel and equipment needs.

“The report was intended to inform [hospitals] about the initial wave of cases expected through April and mid-May,” says Bagwell Adams. “At the time, localized estimates of the epidemic curve were not available—only state and national estimates were being used to guide policy. Building on the work of doctors John Drake and Andreas Handel, our team estimated local disease growth for the critical-care teams to use in planning purposes at [Piedmont Athens Regional] and St. Mary’s. The report presented a range of estimates that might be expected during the first wave that allowed for hospital preparation in the areas of PPE, staffing and critical care beds.”

That initial wave of cases in the spring was followed by a short-lived respite in late May through early June, but regional cases have grown exponentially, and Clarke and surrounding counties have been classified in the “red” zone, according to the weekly White House reports in July and August, Bagwell Adams says.

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“Recently, many surrounding counties have begun to slow in the growth of new cases, but Clarke continues to increase significantly,” she says. “The most notable statewide case growth is in the 18–29 age range. Clarke’s latest data from the Department of Public Health show a 9.1% positive rate, which is nearly twice as high as it should be to control transmission,” according to World Health Organization guidelines.

A group of public health infectious disease epidemiologists has also been tracking and modeling local, state and national COVID-19 cases since May. As part of UGA’s Coronavirus Working Group, the public health group played a large role in sounding the alarms to leaders about the dangers of case surges if mask mandates on campus and robust testing weren’t implemented.

Andreas Handel, project lead and associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, says that while cases are trending down for the last month statewide, Athens continues to see increases. “The work I’ve done with my colleagues at Emory has been used by Emory University for their planning,” she adds.

“This is the only certain use I’m aware of.

Since we make all the work publicly avail-

able, it could—and I hope does—inform others, but I don’t know for certain.”

Outside of data on cases via testing, some other new research has emerged that may be beneficial in monitoring the pandemic and outbreaks. Researchers have been studying the effectiveness of using wastewater samples as surveillance of COVID-19. By extracting the virus from sewage and measuring its concentrations, researchers were able to get a fairly accurate estimate of infection trends that was a week ahead of diagnostic testing. The lab data is available weekly for the last few weeks. While the CPH provided funding to get the project started, the project is the collective effort of CPH and the Odum School of Ecology’s Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases. CPH Professor of Environmental Health Science Erin Lipp is the project lead.

“Right now, what this work does is show trends at the community level,” Lipp says.

“It can augment testing that is already being conducted but has the potential to show changes in infection level before those may be obvious in the reported case data. This could give a heads-up to public health agencies and local officials that either a mitigation strategy is working or not, or that there may be a rise in cases on the way.”

The research still needs more examination to be able to relate levels in sewage to specific prevalence in the community because researchers are still learning more about how long those infected may shed the virus, but there have been some initial findings in recent weeks that are of note, Lipp says.

“From our data collected to date, we can pick up on some associations,” she says. “For example, virus levels in sewage began rising sharply around June 24. This was about three weeks after the state allowed a much broader re-opening. Conversely, while the change was modest, we saw virus levels in sewage start declining in July through Aug 4. The first Athens mask ordinance went into place on July 9. Sewage levels have been steadily increasing since Aug 4, even though reported cases had steadied or declined. This difference may be due to lags in reported cases. The timing of the increase coincides with students moving back to Athens, so a larger population as a whole, and precedes the recent uptick in reported cases.”

While researchers continue to study COVID-19 on a variety of levels at UGA, they have been hopeful that their findings help contribute to problem-solving in the local community and beyond. However, as seen by a recent letter to the AJC from four public health experts at UGA who noted that the campus was in “grave danger,” that research isn’t necessarily being taken into consideration by those with decision-making power. Nevertheless, researchers across campus continue to do their best to make a difference and provide their findings in hopes that they will help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. f

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Katrina, Modernism and Sodeisha GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART REOPENS WITH NEW EXHIBITIONS

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com

modernist movements. During a career that spanned more than five decades, he moved from realism to cubism to abstraction alongside friends and mentors such as Hans Hofmann, Piet Mondrian, Stuart Davis, Joan Miró and Mark Rothko.

Holty’s early paintings reward the observant viewer: What appear at first glance to be confetti-like bursts of boldly colored blocks gently reveal themselves to be nudes and bathing scenes. By his final chapter, his use of color shifts from having a loud presence to playing a more atmospheric role, such as in the patchwork of muted dirt tones “Desert Night.” Holty’s dedication to color, shape and form combines with the romantic ideals of his subject matter— bathers, horses, nature, still life—for works

After nearly four months of staying closed that juxtaposes a row of newly built houses due to the pandemic, the Georgia Museum across the street from the shambles of a of Art has officially reopened its galleries destroyed home. The fallen beams lie across for in-person viewing of multiple new exhia checkerboard ground to resemble a chess bitions. Coincidentally opened the same game and suggest that life is a series of week that Hurricanes Marco and Laura chances and strategies. struck Louisiana, “Hurricane Katrina and Spotlighting a former artist-in-resiIts Aftermath in the Art of Rolland Golden” dence at UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art memorializes the natural disaster’s destruction 15 years later. Golden, a New Orleans native who died last year, depicts The Big Easy at one of its most difficult periods through narrative paintings that are both beautiful and bleak.

Though dispirited by the devastation and briefly contemplating retirement, Golden instead rallied to channel the heartbreak into a series of paintings documenting a community left physically and emotionally crushed. Launching the series, “Silent Vigil” had initially been intended as a portrait of a statue in a rural Mississippi cemetery before the storm. Returning to his home post-Katrina, however, Golden modified the in-progress painting to set it in a flooded New Orleans cemetery, adding a water stain below the woman’s knees to mark the passage of time. The magnitude of Katrina’s wrath becomes clear: Not even the dead were left to rest peacefully.

Known for his realism, Golden occasionally dipped into a subtle surrealism that intensified and questioned the uncanny details of per“Silent Vigil” in the exhibition “Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath in the Art of Rolland Golden” ception. In “Early Spring Rain Near the Levees,” orange skies appear even brighter upon the surface of floodwaters who taught from 1948–1950, “Carl Holty: that allow biomorphic forms to move freely snaking their way in between dilapidated Romantic Modernist” follows the Germanwithout spatial or conceptual restrictions. homes. The surreal nature of his work is born, Wisconsin-based artist as he explores The museum’s third new show, best observed in “Coming Back,” a piece the evolving language of 20th Century “Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from

the Horvitz Collection,” demonstrates how a centuries-old art form continues to take new shape. On view for the next year, the exhibition represents three generations of artists who were associated with or influenced by Sodeisha, a groundbreaking group of avant-garde ceramicists who formed in the late 1940s in opposition to the utilitarian, folk-craft style and philosophy that dominated at the time.

Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz began collecting contemporary Japanese ceramics in 2008 and have since amassed over 800 works by over 300 artists—making their collection one of the largest of its kind outside Japan. Frequently taking trips to visit artists in their workshops and studios, the Boston-based couple specifically skip kitsch and figurative work in favor of objects that appear to be rooted in Japanese tradition—whether by continuation or rejection.

Connected by their skilled craftsmanship and sophisticated detail, the works here collectively hint at a meticulous experimentation with surface and texture. Inspired by the range of blues found between sea and sky, Kimura Yoshiro’s sleek orbshaped sculpture uses traditional aquamarine glaze to create a deep pool of color below the glossy surface. Meanwhile, Itabashi Hiromi’s “The Area of Black” resembles a gritty monolith through the artist’s technique of firing pulverized clay within a framework of glazes.

The museum is currently open with limited hours: Thursday 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sunday 1–5 p.m. In-person events are canceled for the rest of the year, but popular events like Yoga in the Galleries, Morning Mindfulness and Family Day will continue virtually. Visitors are asked to follow basic safety precautions by wearing a face mask, maintaining six feet of distance from others and taking advantage of hand-sanitizing stations. To limit the number of people inside the building at once, visitors must reserve a free ticket for a specific time slot in advance at georgia museum.org. 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 ARTIST-IN-ATHICA RESIDENCIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Residencies provide administrative support, exhibition and performance facilities, and a small stipend. Artists may work in any or multiple disciplines 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 ATHENS CREATIVE DIRECTORY (Athens, GA) The ACD is a new platform to connect creatives with patrons. Visual artists, musicians, actors, writers and other creatives are encouraged to create a free listing (using a desktop computer) before the new website launches.

Make sure to include contact information, a description of work and an image. athenscreatives@gmail.com, athenscreatives.directory DEFIANCE AWARDS PROJECT (Morton Theatre) The Morton Theatre is accepting submissions for its new Defiance Awards Project, which will provide cash awards to African American artists to support the creation and exhibition of works that explore the Black experience in America. board@mortontheatre.com

OPEN STUDIOS (Lyndon House Arts Center) Studio members have access to spaces for painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, jewelry, fiber and woodworking. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $65/ month. nicholas.daglis@accgov.com SOLO-DUO-TRIO (Ciné) ATHICA is seeking artists for exhibitions at its gallery and upcoming satellite location, Ciné. Proposals are considered on a rolling basis. athica.org/ updates/solo-duo-trio-call WILD RUMPUS CALL FOR ARTISTS (Online) The Wild Rumpus and tiny ATH gallery will host a virtual exhibition of works in all media that interpret the theme “Magical.” Artists of all ages can submit up to five works for consideration ($10/piece). Artwork will be displayed online Oct. 7–31.

Proceeds benefit the Wild Rumpus, tiny ATH and Food2Kids. Deadline to participate is Oct. 1. Visit website for submission form. www.tinyath gallery.com

Classes CORONAVERSES: POETRY FOR A PANDEMIC (Online) Clela Reed leads a two-session workshop on writing poetry. Sept. 24 and Oct. 1, 1–2 p.m. FREE! ocaf.com/events DEDICATED MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly Zoom meditations are offered every

art around town ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1200) “SPACE: 2020 Juried Exhibition” features contemporary works by 28 artists who explore or reference space as a theme. Through Sept. 27 on Sundays or by appointment.

CINÉ (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Pop art paintings by Atlanta artist Blair LeBlanc.

Through October.

CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) The Classic Gallery II presents “Inside/Outside,” an exhibition of works by Richard Botters, Melanie Epting, Nancy Everett, Richard Huston and Beth Richardson.

DORY’S HEARTH HOME & PATIO (37 Greensboro Hwy., Watkinsville) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Surrealism and Magic Realism.

Through September.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced

by Surrealism and Magic Realism. Through September.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Altered Landscapes: Photography in the Anthropocene” includes images that demonstrate humanity’s impact on the natural world. Through Sept. 27. • “Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath in the Art of Rolland Golden.” Through Oct. 18. • “Carl Holty: Romantic Modernist” includes paintings and drawings that reflect the artist’s pursuit of modern art theory. Through Jan. 17. • “Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection” represents three generations of artists dating from the 1940s. Through Sept. 26, 2021.

JITTERY JOE’S EASTSIDE (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Surrealism and Magic Realism. Through September.

KEMPT (175 N. Lumpkin St.) The Milan Art Institute presents a display of 20 or so recent works by the institute’s students. Through October.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “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 post-Obama. • “Silver_Page_Radio_Light” is a collaboration between Austin-based photographer Barry Stone and New York-based photographer Lucy Helton, who faxed each other an image each day for a portion of quarantine. • In “Optical Illusion,” Zipporah Camille Thompson

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Saturday at 8 a.m. Email for details. jaseyjones@gmail.com F3 FREE MEN’S WORKOUT GROUP (UGA Intramural Fields Parking Deck) Bring your gloves and a buddy for a socially distanced workout. Saturdays, 7 a.m. www. f3classiccity.com FALL PROGRAM REGISTRATION (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services hosts a diverse selection of activities highlighting the arts, environmental science, recreation, sports and holiday events for adults and children.

In-person and virtual programs are offered. Rolling registration is offered Saturdays through Nov. 28 for classes beginning two weeks later. www.accgov.com/leisure 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 OCAF CLASSES (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) “Cartooning” is a four-week online class taught by Robert Alan Black that covers drawing, creating characters, drawing panels and other advanced skills.

Saturdays beginning Oct. 3, 2 p.m. $100–110. www.ocaf.com/learn.

“Rooted in the Loop: Cooking with OCAF” specializes in plant-based and vegan food. Meals are shared virtually Thursdays at 2 p.m. facebook.com/ocaf1902

“Flaming Hot” by Kendall Rogers is currently on view in a solo exhibition of paintings at the Lyndon House Arts Center.

POUND FITNESS CLASS (Madison County Recreation Department) Pound combines cardio, conditioning and strength training with yoga and pilates-inspired movements.

Registration required. Sept. 17 and 22, 6 p.m. $10/class. www.madco rec.com/pound SPANISH CLASSES (Athens, GA) For adults, couples and children.

Learn from experts with years of professional experience. Contact for details. 706-372-4349, marinabilbao 75@gmail.com YAMUNA AND MORE (Elevate Athens, Online) Nia Holistic Fitness and Yamuna Body Rolling are held on an ongoing basis. $20/class.

Specialty classes range from selfcare to Yamuna foot fitness and more.www.elevateathens.com ZOOM YOGA (Online) Rev. Elizabeth Alder offers “Off the Floor Yoga”

juxtaposes organic and inorganic materials. • In “Makeover Kingdom,” Houston-based artist and Dodd alum Cobra McVey transforms thrift store objects and mass-produced consumer goods into playful assemblages. • “Stacie Maya Johnson: Recent Paintings” spotlights the Brooklyn-based artist. Exhibitions are available online at art.uga.edu. • On view in the Lupin Foundation Gallery through Oct. 2, “Tony Cokes: Five Weeks” shares a different video by the conceptual artist each week. • In “Disarticulate Ground,” Annie Simpson alters roadside markers. Through Oct. 9. • “OFFSIDES” is a collaborative exhibition between MFA candidate Luka Carter and New York-based artist Tomm Roeschlein. • In “The Persistence of Change,” MFA candidate Matthew Hoban uses stop motion, prints and sound to interrogate memory.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) Collections From Our Community presents Kendell and Tony Turner’s poodles: paintings, brooches, figurines, a tea set, textiles and more. • Andrew Zawacki’s “Waterfall Plot” pairs 20 black-and-white photographs with short poems from his latest poetry volume. • In the Lounge Gallery, view paintings by Kendall Rogers, the recipient of the LHAC Chice Award at the “45th Juried Exhibition.” • “Boundless” features works by Don Chambers, Derek Faust, Alex McClay, Katherine McCullough and Paula Reynaldi. • “The Art of Jeremy Ayers” celebrates the artist, lyricist, activist and beloved member of the community, who passed away in 2016. • Organized by Christina Foard, “Imagination Squared: Pathways to Resiliency” consists of 800 five-inch works created by students and community members. Sharing a theme of resiliency, the small works build a collective story of recovery and strength.

MADISON ARTISTS GUILD (125 W. Jefferson St., Madison) Bev Jones’ works in “Whispers of Tranquility” are inspired by experiences that jar her, as well as still moments, particularly when alone and immersed in the natural world. Through October.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) Jacob Wenzka’s “Ecumenopolis” shares drawings and paintings that depict futuristic floating worlds. Artist talk on Instagram Live on Sept. 15. 3Thurs on Sept. 17.

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” and “The Strategies of Suffrage: Mobilizing a Nation for Women’s Rights.” Visit digilab.libs.uga.edu/scl/exhibits.“Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster 1844–2012” is on view in person through Oct. 5.

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Events ARTIST TALK (Online) Artist and UGA art professor Margaret Morrison will discuss her recent work on view at the Georgia Museum of Art. Visit website for Zoom link. Sept. 17, 1 p.m. georgiamuseum.org 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 ATHENS SCIENCE CAFÉ (Online) Hallie Rae presents a talk on “What Do You Watch on TV? Representation in the Media.” Sept.

24, 7 p.m. zoom.us/j/95475239963 ATHENS VIRTUAL CHAUTAUQUA (Online) University of Maryland history professor Richard Bell presents “The Restless Genius of Benjamin Franklin.” Register for Zoom link.

Sept. 24, 4 p.m. historycomesalive. org/performances/athens/athenschautauqua-ga ATHENS WATER FESTIVAL IN A BOX (Online) This year’s festival offers educational activities and materials mailed directly to your home address for free. Boxes are limited to 150 participants. Register online. Through September. www. athenswaterfestival.com BROWN MEDIA ARCHIVE EVENTS (Online) UGA Libraries celebrates the 25th anniversary of its special collections with events that highlight the Walter J. Brown Media Archive & Peabody Awards Collection’s contributions to media preservation, scholarship and filmmaking. A panel discussion on Florentine Films will be held Sept. 16, 7 p.m. Molly McGehee presents “Vienners’ at Odum’s” DeAundra Peek and the Atlanta Televisual Drag Scene” on Oct. 7, 7 p.m. Brown’s archivists and audiovisual technicians will share their favorite videos in the archive on Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. Artist Keith Bennett will share B-52’s videos and tour footage from the ’70s and ’80s on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. Family Day on Oct. 17. Panel discussion with freelance filmmakers and footage archivists on Nov. 11, 7 p.m.

www.facebook.com/BrownMedia ArchivesPeabodyAwardsCollection THE CRY BABY LOUNGE PRESENTS (Online) Eli Saragoussi hosts bimonthly shows using YouTube Premeire. The Cool Winners, Sad Fish and Calico Vision perform Sept. 18 to benefit the Georgia Latino Alliance For Human Rights. Find The Cry Baby Lounge on Facebook. thecry babylounge@gmail.com, bit.ly/ TheCryBabyLounge ECUMENOPOLIS (tiny ATH gallery) See a new exhibition of floating worlds by Jacob Wenzka called “Ecumenopolis.” Artist Talk on Instagram Live on Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m. 3Thurs on Sept. 17, 6–9 p.m. www.tinyathgallery.com FALL BOOK SALE (Madison County Library, Danielsville) The Friends of the Madison County Library host a book sale using curbside pickup.

Through September. www.athens library.org/madison GROUNDBREAKING DRIVE-IN CONCERT (Athens Amphitheater, 200 Boley Drive) The new Athens Amphitheater, which will be completed in fall 2021, opens for a special drive-in performance by Travis Tritt, Ashley McBryde and Caylee Hammack. Sept. 25, 5:30 p.m. $200–350/vehicle. freshtix.com HIKES (Multiple Locations) “Night Hike” is offered at Memorial Park on Oct. 2 at 7:15 p.m. “Autumn Splendor: Lakeside Loop trail” is planned at Sandy Creek Park for Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. “Full Moon Hike” is planned at Sandy Creek Nature Center on Nov. 30 at 5:30 p.m. www. accgov.com/leisure KIP JONES ON THE PATIO (Athentic Brewing Company) Kip Jones performs outdoors. Oct. 2, 6 p.m. www. athenticbrewing.com LIVE WIRE SUMMER EVENTS (Live Wire Athens) Wedding Industry Happy Hour is held every Wednesday from 5–6 p.m. Games of darts are held every Wednesday from 5–10 p.m. Fresh Garden Jam with live jamming is held 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 NOWHERE BAR LIVE (Online) Watch bands perform on stage on Facebook Live. www.nowherebarlive.com OFFICE SPACE (440 Foundry Pavilion at the Classic Center) This outdoor cinema experience provides socially distanced pods in the openair pavilion. Feel free to bring chairs and blankets, or rent an “Office” pod

with chairs and an iced bucket of beer. Tickets include popcorn. Sept.

25, 8 p.m. (live music by Kip Jones), 9 p.m. (screening). Advance tickets only. $20–120 per pod. boxoffice@ classiccenter.com, www.classic center.com/tickets POTTERY POP UP SALE (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) OCAF hosts a sale of works by Sheryl Holstein, Barry Gregg, Triny Cline and Jen Graff. Every two weeks, four new regional artists will be featured.

Tuesdays–Sundays through Sept.

26, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. ocaf.com/events RIVERS ALIVE ATHENS (Multiple Locations) Wade into local rivers, lakes and streams as part of the continuing statewide campaign to clean and preserve over 70,000 miles of Georgia’s rivers and streams.

Register by Oct. 9. Event on Oct. 24, 9–11 a.m. athensriversalive@gmail. com, www.accgov.com/riversalive SEPTEMBER EVENTS (Southern Brewing Company) Monday Night Trivia every Monday at 6 p.m. Sunday Trivia with Solo Entertainment is held every Sunday at 5 p.m. www.sobrewco.com SUMMER SOIREE (Online) The 9th annual Mercedes-Benz of Athens Summer Soiree features a virtual live auction to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens on Oct. 15. 6 p.m.

A silent auction will be held Sept.

15–Oct. 15. 706-546-5910, www. greatfutureathens.com SUNFLOWER MUSIC SERIES (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Klezmer Local 42 and Clay Leverett play Sept. 17. Abbey Road Live and Maggie Hunter play Sept. 22. www. botgarden.uga.edu TEEN POP-UP SHOW (Canopy Studio) Watch a performance in the sculpture garden at The Cotton Press. Sept. 19, 7 p.m. FREE! www. canopystudio.org THIRD THURSDAY (Lyndon House Arts Center) Christina Foard will discuss her new exhibition, “Imagination Squared: Pathways to Resilience.” Sept. 17, 6 p.m. www. accgov.com/lyndonhouse UUFA VIRTUAL FORUM (Online) ACC Board of Elections Chair Jesse Evans shares details about the upcoming Nov. 3 General Election.

Sept. 20, 9:30 a.m. uuathensga.org/ stay-connected

Kidstuff OCAF CLASSES (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) In “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” participants will use Crayola Model Magic air-drying clay for a fun activity. Sept. 26, 12 p.m. $30. www.ocaf.com FREE FAMILY PROGRAMS (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Naturalist’s Walks are held Oct. 3 and Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. “Critter Tales” is held Oct. 10 and Nov. 14 at 2:30 p.m. www. accgov.com/sandycreeknaturecenter

Support Groups AL-ANON 12 STEP (Multiple Locations) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking.

Visit the website for a calendar of electronic meetings held throughout the week. www.ga-al-anon.org ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) If you think you have a problem with alcohol, call the AA hotline or visit the website for a schedule of meetings in Barrow, Clarke, Jackson and Oconee counties. 706-389-4164, athensaa.org RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction. Visit the website for info about Zoom meet-

ings. Thursdays, 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.athensrecoverydharma.org

On the Street 2020 CENSUS (Athens, GA) The ACC Complete County Committee urges the 43.2% of county residents that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census to do so by the new deadline of Sept. 30. my2020census.gov ABSENTEE BALLOTS (Athens, GA) Registered voters can request an absentee ballot for the Nov. 3 election through the Georgia Secretary of State’s online portal at ballotrequest. sos.ga.gov 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 ATHHALF HALF MARATHON AND 5K (Athens, GA) This year’s race will be held in a virtual format. Proceeds benefit AthFest Educates. Register

by Oct. 23. $70 (half marathon), $30 (5K). Submit times by Oct. 25. www. athhalf.com THE MARIGOLD MARKET (Online) The Marigold Market aims to make fresh food easily accessible to the Eastside Athens and Winterville communities. The market is open online every week from Friday– Wednesday, and orders can be picked up every Saturday. www.cityof winterville.com/marigold-market NATIVE PLANT SALE (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) The Connect to Protect plant sale will be held online. Schedule a plant pickup time. A Virtual Plant Sale Preview Party will be held Oct. 2 from 6–7 p.m. ($10), and the sale will continue through Oct. 27. botgarden. uga.edu/fall-native-plant-sale-events STEPS TO CONNECT CHALLENGE (Athens, GA) Family ConnectionCommunities in Schools Athens hosts a challenge during the month of September with three different mileage goals for walking, running or biking. $15–30/individual, $50/family. www.facebook.com/fccisathens STORMWATER CALENDAR (Athens, GA) The ACC Stormwater staff is seeking photos of water and nature scenes from all around Athens to create a wall calendar for 2021. Submit photos by email with the name of the photographer and a description of where, when and why it was taken. Deadline Sept. 25. stormwater@accgov.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, www. accgov.com/aahcleanupreport VIRTUAL LEISURE SERVICES (Online) A variety of activities are offered in arts, athletics, nature and recreation. www.accgov.com/ leisure f

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In the Land of Wind and Ghosts PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP

By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com DROP/ADD: The UGA Performing Arts Center, in response to necessary readjustments, has reimagined its fall programming and divided it into four categories available for online enjoyment and very limited in-person access. The four entertainment tracks are named Art Chats, informal discussions with musicians regarding career and inspirations; The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center series, a curated lineup of performances from the group, as well as Q&A sessions hosted by Wu Han and David Finkel; LIVE!

By Georgia, intimate performances by local musicians at Hodgson Hall; and Up Close, a view into lives of artists at home, navigating career and life, through live or taped performances. The full schedule and all other details may be found over at pac. uga.edu.

Beginning with the gently plucked and steady-paced title track, the record quickly reclines into the reined and whimsical instrumental “Summer In A College Town.”

Ironically, the most serious-minded track here—“A Sign Of My Passing”—is also the least characteristic of the whole record and is structured very much as a typical folk song.

“Watch The Ghosts,” on the other hand, fills its less-thantwo-minutes with two fistfuls of emotion, and the sudden burst of fuzzed-out guitar at the end is more functional

KEEP ON TRUCKIN’: Drive By Truckers just released the recordings from its 2017 Heathens Homecoming shows (i.e. the Athens family-reunion-type performances the group does each year to benefit Nuçi’s Space). While this annual series is always a group of three back-to-back shows, the Friday night of 2017 wasn’t recorded. But between the Thursday and Saturday shows (recorded by David Barbe, mixed by David and Henry Barbe, and live sound handled

by Wyatt Pless), you get a whopping 49 songs, which, in the parlance of Huddle House, is a mighty hearty helping. Please see drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com and/or drivebytruckers.com for more information.

BACK TO THE BOARDS: Another new release

from experimental composer Michael Joshua Harper Potter made its way down the tracks this week, and it’s named Pre-Trance Music. This is roughly a companion piece to his wonderful four-track release, Trance Music, which came out in July. It contains two solo sets recorded last year at Flicker Theatre & Bar and the Cloud Recordings Festival, respectively. While I am a huge fan of Potter’s electronic works, I have a real soft spot for his acoustic performances such as those showcased here. Working with nothing more than acoustic guitar, an amplifier and some effects, he travels the same rutted highways here as John Fahey, Robbie Basho and, to a lesser degree, even Bert Jansch. Check it at michaelpotter.band camp.com.

SEPTEMBER MORNING: It was before sunrise one day when I stumbled across In The Land Of Wind and Ghosts by guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Joshua Harper. More than many local releases of a personal nature, this one feels very much like peering through a window that continues to recede into a darker and more blurred background.

than decorative. Closing out with “Dreams,” an echo-y statement of observation and forward thinking, everything just kind of folds inward and inward until it’s both smaller than a pinpoint and larger than a universe. Please enjoy this over at wavesjoshua.bandcamp.com.

LATE SUMMER SAMPLER: While he’s been busy prepping the

full album release—the debut album of his band project Superpuppet—musician and author Grafton Tanner has steadily sneaked out singles. I first told you about “O Sun” back in May. Since then, he’s released the post-punk/semigoth “Fantasy Park,” the Scott Walker-ish “Immaculate” and the story-telling dark exploration “CF​/S​ M (For Bob Flanagan),” which is, as its title implies, dedicated to and about late performance artist Bob Flanagan. The album, Under a Birdless Sky, doesn’t come out until Oct. 1, but you may enjoy these select tracks over at superpuppet.band camp.com. f

record review Shameless James: Calico EP (Independent) Released earlier this month, Shameless James’ debut EP, Calico, is a sonic six-track interpretation of its title: a patchwork of influences that span across Southern rock, alternative rock, jam and psychedelic rock. The band’s live sets are known to incorporate a handful of covers that range in genre, and the new EP similarly reflects the broad interests of guitarist Mackenzie Brown, bassist Zac Connely, keyboardist Zach Tellano and drummer Dallas Wiggins (who also created the EP’s cover art). With gravelly vocals and bursts of guitar work, “Death of Me” and “Pick Me Up” are perhaps the most classic “raise your bottle at the roadhouse” Southern rock songs, while the psychedelic melody “Supernova” changes direction significantly for a heady exploration of surrender at the end of the world. [Jessica Smith]

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Delilah (53713)

Loyal Delilah is awaiting your friendship! This sweet girl loves car rides, a walk in the park or by the lake, or just relaxing at home with a pal. Call today for more info on Delilah or to make an appointment with her!

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Royal’s currently in a foster home where she’s doing well, but a permanent home where this girl can really shine and be loved on by a newfound family would be amazing! Call today for more details about this sweet girl.

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Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9; and each set of 3 by 3 boxes must contain theofnumbers 9.

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False show Dog reprimand Certain dancer Staff symbol Kind of cap One-sided Reduce, as expenses Money substitute iPhone assistant Spellbound Spartan slave Leak slowly Telephoto, for one

DOWN 1 Bubbly drinks 2 Lose ground?

3 Justly deserved 4 Songs for one 5 Sailor's assent 6 Keep in custody 7 Like some colors 8 Unpredictable 9 Tree trickling 10 Cop to 11 Bank claim 12 Email folder 13 Pilot starter

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Gladiator's place Railing part Felix, for one Like beauty, they say ____ and clear Gathering, as of things Capricorn's creature One's partner Shed "Way to go!"

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