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The peaceful protest downtown Sunday evening, May 31 ended on a sour note just after midnight when teargas drove away the few remaining protesters. See Pictures from a Demonstration at flagpole.com. Another protest rally is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, June 6 at City Hall.

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UGA Will Cut Jobs, Has Plan to Reopen NEWS: Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Who Are All These People on the Ballot?

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A Traumatized Blacqueer Activist Challenges Progressives ARTS & CULTURE: Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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parking deck and senior living facility.

• Newton Bridge Road, where taxes from the mixed-use General Time and Southern Mills projects could be spent on bike and pedestrian connections to Prince Avenue, Kathwood Drive, Sandy Creek Nature Center and Holland Park, encouraging more redevelopment of abandoned industrial sites.

• North Avenue near the Loop and the Among the requirements to reopen are Lexington Road/Gaines School area, screening employees daily for fever, followwhere bike and pedestrian safety improveing sanitation and hygiene rules, enforcing ments could encourage mixed-use and social distancing and limiting crowds to mixed-income housing and commercial fewer than 25 people or 35% of the buildredevelopment. ing’s capacity.

Two types of TADs are possible: a geoKemp also extended the declaration of graphical area where ACC slowly accumuemergency through July 12. Shelter-inlates funds for improvements, or one tied to place orders for the elderly and others who a specific project. In the latter scenario, ACC are especially at risk of COVID-19 remain would sell bonds to fund improvements in place. Kemp also urged everyone to wear and pay them back once the development a mask in public to is completed. Or, the slow the spread of county could declare You could imagine at some an area a “redevelthe virus.

The announceopment zone” and point the mall becoming ment came as the solicit proposals almost another downtown.

Athens area and from developers for Georgia as a whole a specific project that saw a spike in COVID-19 cases, although it’s would meet a community need like affordunclear how much of that is due to relaxed able housing. restrictions and how much is due to more “You’ve got a bird in the hand, willing testing. Georgia continues to ramp up testto commit an amount certain, and then ing and contact tracing, according to Public you can borrow the funds to pay for the Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey. improvements, or you can do a geographic [TAD] and let it accumulate,” Manager Blaine Williams said.

In a separate presentation, SPLOST The Athens-Clarke County Commission manager Derek Doster gave commissioners is taking another crack at creating special several options for using transportation tax districts all over the county to encoursales taxes to improve Lexington Road and age the redevelopment of blighted areas.

Atlanta Highway, which came out of study Last fall, Mayor Kelly Girtz proposed tax committees appointed by former mayor allocation districts for the Newton Bridge Nancy Denson, as well as the Athens in Road corridor and an area stretching from Motion bike/pedestrian plan. the eastern end of downtown along North ACC will solicit public input online this Avenue to the Loop. However, commissionmonth, then discuss potential TAD sites in ers said they felt rushed and wanted to con- July. The whole process must be completed sider other locations as well. by the end of the year, when property valTADs are an economic development tool ues are set for tax purposes. intended to encourage redevelopment in a Proposals include improved signage and specific area. A tax allocation district—also an access road from Lexington Road to Ben known as tax increment financing—freezes Epps Airport, sidewalk connections from property taxes in a blighted area for a fixed neighborhoods to bus stops, a traffic signal period of time; then, taxes collected from new development are devoted to infrastructure improvements within the district, such as roads, sidewalks, parks or water and sewer lines. After the period ends, the local government and schools collect the full amount of taxes.

Girtz identified six potential locations for TADs. “These are places we care about in our community, where we’d like to see more quality development,” he said.

• Georgia Square Mall, where the county could work with the owner or another developer to build housing, a park and a transit hub, convert outlying buildings to mixed use and fill empty retail spaces with bars and restaurants.

“You could imagine at some point the mall becoming almost another downtown,” Girtz said.

• West Broad Street and Hawthorne Avenue, where the county could upgrade intersections and improve bike and pedestrian connectivity—for instance, by building a greenway on the Middle Oconee—to encourage higher-density apartment developments that include affordable housing.

• The east downtown or “River District” area, where a TAD could capitalize on the new Classic Center arena and associated

UGA Will Cut Jobs, Has Plan to Reopen PLUS, ACC’S REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AND MORE LOCAL NEWS

By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com The University System of Georgia’s proposed fiscal 2021 budget calls for eliminating 394 positions at the University of Georgia to meet Gov. Brian Kemp’s order for state agencies to cut 14%.

The proposed budget was obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. For all of USG’s 26 institutions combined, it calls for laying off 735 people and freezing another 1,341 open positions. Along with cuts to travel and other expenses, that would save $361 million.

UGA appears to be cutting mostly administrative and support staff, sparing faculty. Those administrative cuts, however, would “lead to a severe disruption in service,” USG wrote, including delays in hiring, accounting and processing student accounts. In addition, employees making over $35,000 a year would be furloughed anywhere from four to 16 days, depending on their pay. UGA’s current $421 million budget would shrink by $59 million.

The University of North Georgia, which has a campus in Oconee County, would also offer voluntary separation agreements to retirement-eligible employees.

State tax revenue declined 36% last month, and unemployment hit nearly 12%, as many businesses closed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The budget isn’t final until the state legislature—which is currently in recess due to the pandemic—reconvenes and passes a state budget, and then the Board of Regents passes a budget for public colleges and universities. The Georgia constitution requires a budget to be passed by July 1.

Those employees who remain will start reporting back to campus on June 15, after three months of closure during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a plan laid out by President Jere Morehead, Provost Jack Hu and Vice President for Finance and Administration Ryan Nesbit, with advice from health care faculty. During Phase 1, staggered or rotating work schedules and telecommuting will be encouraged, to maintain social distancing. More people will be brought back to campus during Phase 2, and Phase 3 will be the full return of faculty, staff and students to campus in August.

Many details have yet to be announced, but according to the campus-wide email, the university will soon launch a comprehensive educational campaign about safety precautions.

Kemp: Bars Can Reopen Meanwhile, Gov. Kemp gave the green light for bars and nightclubs to reopen, if they follow safety regulations. He also allowed gatherings of up to 25 people for events like weddings. Music venues remain closed, however.

Kemp’s latest executive order, issued May 27, further eased social distancing rules effective June 1. In addition to businesses listed above, schools can hold summer classes, and parents can send their children to camp. Amusement parks can reopen June 12.

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with a crosswalk at the county jail, other intersection improvements and multi-use trails from Satterfield Park to the airport and Southeast Clarke Park.

“We look at this whole corridor as a group, and not just from a vehicular standpoint,” Doster said. “We want to look at it with alternative modes of transportation through the whole corridor—what bike improvements can be done, what pedestrian improvements can be done, and then what transit facilities may need to be updated or included.”

Options for Atlanta Highway include bus stops and sidewalks, along with realigning the Mitchell Bridge Road/Timothy Road intersection, removing the slip lane behind the Pepsi plant and adding signage on the right-turn-only lane into the mall.

The studies did not include the Loop interchanges on Atlanta Highway and Lexington Road because the Georgia Department of Transportation is already planning to rebuild them, Doster said.

Q&A With Mary P. Bagby Board of Education District 2 candidate Kirrena Gallagher did not return Flagpole’s questionnaire by our deadline, but her opponent, Mary P. Bagby, did provide answers. Here they are, in full: • On what she would look for in a new superintendent: “Not applicable, as this position is not currently open, to my understanding.”

• On how to achieve racial equity: “Follow policy and procedures mandated by state legislature regarding education and Georgia’s state right to a free and appropriate education for all students.”

• On prioritizing SPLOST projects: “It would greater serve our students to prioritize the broadband expansion and Eastside library project.” (Editor’s note: These are AthensClarke County SPLOST projects, not Clarke County School District SPLOST projects.)

• On bringing civility to school board meetings: “My role would [be] to stand by and uphold the affidavit I signed to not engage in conflict of interests and abide by the Board of Education mandated policy and procedures of the state.” f

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Guide to the June 9 Election

Four Commission Seats and More Are Up for Grabs

By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com fter the coronavirus pandemic pushed it back for a month—actually, nearly three months, in the case of the presidential primary—Election Day has finally arrived. Here’s a brief overview of the contested nonpartisan, Democratic and Republican races that are on the ballot.

ICYMI, go to flagpole.com for more detailed overviews of local races.

is facing opposition. Last year, Hamby co-sponsored the $4 million anti-poverty “Prosperity Package”—later repurposed for coronavirus relief—and has participated in planning efforts for downtown, Atlanta Highway and the West Broad neighborhood. His challenger, Knowa Johnson, co-founded the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movememt that successfully pushed for cash bail reform and an ordinance banning selectively enforced dress codes at bars.

COMMISSION DISTRICT 4: UGA graduate student

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9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Nine Republicans

are seeking to replace Rep. Doug Collins of Gainesville, who is running against Gov. Brian Kemp’s Senate appointee, Kelly Loeffler. A couple of familiar names include former 10th District congressman Paul Broun—best known for com-

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Michael Stapor is challenging incumbent Allison Wright. Stapor believes poverty is Athens’ biggest issue and wants to pass a tenants’ bill of rights and address rising rent.

Wright supports repealing the two-unrelated-residents law to make housing more affordable. Her agenda for a third term also includes a Five Points business association and strengthening the county’s newly passed discrimination ordinance.

in the Democratic primary, police detective John Q. Williams, hopes to capitalize.

But Edwards contends the sheriff’s office needs steady leadership. The winner faces Republican Robert Hare, one of Edwards’ former deputies, in November.

COMMISSION DISTRICT 6: In

a race that’s gotten a bit chippy at times, progressive activist Jesse Houle is attempting to oust incumbent Jerry NeSmith.

Houle says NeSmith listens too much to Republicans; NeSmith responds that his job is to listen to everyone, and that his experience makes him more effective.

Houle’s platform includes free transit, free child care, marijuana decriminalization Hannah Mapes helps Susan Beacham feed her ballot into a scanner. and requiring developers to the resignations of longtime board membuild affordable housing. NeSmith is more ber Vernon Payne and his replacement, of a fiscal hawk, and is also deeply involved Frances Berry, in recent years. Kirrena in efforts to revitalize Georgia Square Mall Gallagher is employed by Athens-Clarke and Atlanta Highway.

County as a neighborhood liaison, and also COMMISSION DISTRICT 8: Eastside represenvolunteers at her childrens’ schools and for tative Andy Herod is stepping down from various nonprofits. Mary Bagby is a nurse the commission after 13 years, and it’s a and staunch supporter of former superinthree-way race to take his place. Lawyer tendent Demond Means who’s known for and former school board candidate Kamau sharp-tongued commentary at board meetHull wants to increase access to governings. She twice applied for the position but ment for underserved groups. Retired was passed over. The current officeholder, educator Carol Myers is a longtime advoAntwon Stephens, is not running and has cate for better transportation options and endorsed Gallagher. None of the other four environmental issues, helping to adopt a seats up for election this year are contested. bike master plan and push through SPLOST funding for clean energy. Relationship ther- SHERIFF: Incumbent Ira Edwards has served as sheriff for 20 years. In that time, apist Andrea Farnham is focused on labor he’s had his share of controversies, such rights and helping the black community as county audit reports pointing out low escape intergenerational poverty, although morale and understaffing at the jail, and she’s faced pushback lately for plagiarizing his decision to cooperate with Immigration an answer to a union questionnaire. and Customs Enforcement to hold undocCOMMISSION DISTRICT 10: For the first time, umented immigrants for pickup (which he three-term commissioner Mike Hamby later changed his mind on). His challenger

paring President Obama to Hitler and, more recently, giving away an AR-15 to fight “looting hordes from Atlanta”—and Andrew Clyde, the local gun-store owner who sued Athens-Clarke County in a failed attempt to overturn coronavirus shelterin-place restrictions. Democratic options include Army veteran-turned-actor Devin Pandy of Commerce, retired minister Dan Wilson of Clayton and Gainesville resident Brooke Siskin, who owns a small business in Gwinnett County.

10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Two years ago,

Tabitha Johnson-Green, a nurse from Washington County, seemingly came out of nowhere to win the Democratic nomination against two better-funded and better-organized candidates from the Athens area. She is joined in the race this year by Andrew Ferguson, a screenwriter who has aligned himself with the progressive wing of the party, with endorsements from the likes of former state Rep. Deborah Gonzalez and a recommendation from Athens for

Everyone. The winner faces Republican Rep. Jody Hice of Lake Oconee, who has trounced several Democrats in the deep-red district.

U.S. SENATE: Seven Democrats are running

for the right to face Republican Sen. David Perdue, but only three have any chance.

Sarah Riggs Amico, who has some name recognition from her run for lieutenant governor in 2018, is making her Christian faith and labor rights the center of her platform. The young documentary filmmaker Jon Ossoff raised over $30 million when he ran unsuccessfully against Karen Handel for a north Fulton County congressional seat in a 2017 special election. Teresa Tomlinson says her experience as mayor of Columbus shows she can reach out to a broad swath of voters, from African Americans to disgruntled Republicans.

The Senate seat formerly held by Johnny Isakson and currently held by Loeffler won’t be up until November.

Because it’s a special election, it will be a “jungle primary” featuring over 20 candidates from both parties on the ballot together.

PRESIDENT: Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee, but Michael Bennet, Mike Bloomberg.

Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang remain on the Georgia ballot. President Trump is the only name on the Republican ballot.

HOW TO VOTE: Everyone can vote in nonparti-

san races, but voters must choose either a Republican or Democratic primary ballot.

Those who choose a Democratic ballot can also vote for the presidential nominee if they didn’t already vote early in the postponed March presidential primary.

Early voting is taking place through Friday, June 5 at the ACC Board of Elections from 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m. and the ACC Library, Miriam Moore Community Center and ACC Extension Office from 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., with extended hours at all four locations until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3. Polls are open from 7 a.m.–7 p.m. on Election Day. Go to mvp. sos.ga.us to find your precinct location.

Remember, photo ID is required. While it may be too late to mail in absentee ballots, they can be dropped off in a box outside the Board of Elections office at 155 E. Washington St. until 7 p.m. June 9. f

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Grow Anti-Racism TO MY PROGRESSIVE ATHENS COMMUNITY:

By A Traumatized Blacqueer Activist editorial@flagpole.com I am an Athens activist-scholar. As a quickly. doctoral student studying black geograI am responsible for the inaction as phies and white supremacist landscapes much as anyone else, but we have to stop in Athens, I have cut my teeth making lying to ourselves that our democratic votorganized demands in this city around the ing bloc means fuck all, that white liberals Baldwin Hall and Linnentown activism. are not moderates with hoods in their My dad, a refugee of Harleyville, S.C., douclosets, and that your white friends—those ble-takes at the reflection of his Southern who don’t do shit or don’t invest in doing queer black offspring he raised in California. things well—don’t maintain the white I have at least two more years in Athens, supremacist status quo. and I am preparing to sit alone for another Protest equals a set of people organized summer as I scroll through images of to disrupt public space and normalcy, to black death, pain and sorrow. I’m so far spread information, discomfort and awareremoved—removed from action, removed ness with the current state of affairs, and from my black body, to make demands of and my black and in power I need white people to pay people brown people. This Standing at the attention to anti-racism. arch with a sign with feels very similar to when I was in my other people is not master’s degree in Detroit, slowly deterioa protest in and of itself. You must make rating as the endless flow of videos, images organized demands outside the seat of and commentary of black death picked at power, and then if you are ignored, let your my decaying flesh. I could not bear to look, rage become a match to burn it all down as and I could not bear to look away. So much if they did not hear you the first time. of me has died since then.

This community is built on the stolen Truthfully, only my voice remains, and lands of indigenous people and the remI’ve seen its soft velvety tone disarm police nants of slavery. The massive gravesite of of their fear of my queer black body. I white supremacy we are living on top of dream of sharp objects removing my colhaunts us through its ghosts and descenonized tongue. Only then would my body dants. This is at the same time global and reflect outwardly the pain I feel. However, particular to Athens. As a friend pointed that would be a short-lived freedom, folout, “What makes Athens unique? Well, lowed only by more mourning.

Sherman didn’t burn it down. He should In this moment, our community plans to have.” raise the salaries of the police, while other Atlanta got a new ethos after it was communities are burning down their local destroyed: no less white supremacist than precincts. We are where we are, and they are ours, but at least making room for black where they are, and it requires organizing capitalism. Again, no less white supremto stage a rebellion. acist; however, the white supremacy that Yes, a rebellion. exists in white liberal There are no shortspaces in Athens is veheWe cannot let the cuts that allow us to skip ment, cancerous, self-reorganizing. No amount producing and inherited. police murder our of rhetoric is going to We grow what we people in front of our eyes. pay attention to. I need catapult us into this moment ready to fight white people to pay institutions of state violence. attention to anti-racism and grow it in Why a rebellion? Because we have the themselves, their families, their communiaudacity to call this place—The Classic ties, their organizations and any place you City—”progressive.” It is incrementalist, at move into. If BIPOC have to doubt if you best. Really, there is no difference between are anti-racist, then you are not working progressive and incrementalist; both are hard enough. None of us is guilty of creatanti-radical/anti-revolutionary movements ing white supremacy, but we are all responof people supporting small tweaks that sible for dismantling it. White people who maintain settler colonialism and white benefit from it hold the most power, either supremacist heteropatriarchy. inhibiting or kick-starting the growth of How can you fix your lips to say good anti-racism in this community. things about our “progress,” when a black There are three people in this scene: the man is assaulted with a police vehicle and person standing on my neck, the people there is no meaningful protest, while a black and white horrified watching my notpolice officer gets $250,000 for defamaso-slow death, and the white woman who tion after assaulting this man and still no calls the police, weaponizing her feelings protest, and the police chief who swiftly and setting this scene into motion. removed the officer from our streets is Where are the people ready to physically fired for that action—and there is again no remove this white man from my airways? protest.

Even after the black man’s body was lifeless, How about when, over the course of only no one physically removed the white man this past year, Athens-Clarke County police from this position. summarily executed eight people, each We cannot let the police murder our suffering from mental health crises at the people in front of our eyes. Athens is a time—and we only bat an eye. And yet, we tinderbox; are you ready to see it all burn? lament that the “progressive” commission If I were so inclined, I would start with the starts to look and sound like the old one so white supremacist memorial downtown. f

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Art 2020 OCAF MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION (OCAF, Watkinsville) Now accepting submissions through June 15. Current gallery memberships are required, and all members are guaranteed that at least one work will be included. Exhibition will be displayed virtually. Technical/ photography assistance available. director@ocaf.com, www.ocaf.com AAAC GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is offering financial aid to artists in need. All local artists, arts organizations or arts-based projects are welcome to apply. www.athensarts.org 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 ATHENS POP-UP PARK CALL FOR PUBLIC ART (Athens, GA) The ACC Leisure Services Department is seeking an artist or team to design a bus wrap for a new minibus that will be used to visit events and neighborhoods to share special program-

ming. The selected artist will be paid $800, and the cost of production will be covered by Leisure Services.

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by June 5. www.accgov.com/leisure

Classes ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) Virtual classes are now held through Zoom. “Calligraphy Club” is held every first Thursday, 5:30–7 p.m.

FREE! “Pencil Calligraphy Class” is offered June 6 at 1 p.m. $15.

“Modern Calligraphy with Pointed Dip Pen” is offered June 13 at 1 p.m. $25. hello@kaartist.com, www.ka artist.com 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. June 8–30, July 6–31 or Aug. 3–31. $120–150. www.ocaf.com

Kidstuff ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Art Club Junior” is for ages 8–12 and held on Fridays at 4:30 p.m. “Art Club for Teens is for ages 12–18 and held Fridays at 6:30 p.m. Check

art around town AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Jennifer Wallens Terry is a medium, pet psychic and spiritual coach. Her abstract paintings focus on texture and color, while others feature celestial and symbolic imagery. Through June.

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.

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. Through June 21. • “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 ones who served in the 1950s. • “Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art” includes light-boxes and video animations that chronicle some of the most infamous museum heists in history. June 6–Sept. 6. • “Neo-Abstraction: Celebrating a Gift of Contemporary Art from John and Sara Shlesinger.” June 6–Sept. 13. 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

website for details and to register.

Classes are held over Zoom. $15. www.kaartist.com 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, matchbox mice miniatures, slime and more. www. treehousekidandcraft.com

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, www. athensaa.org CRISIS TEXT LINE (Athens, GA) Anyone experiencing an emotional crisis can text GA to 741741 to speak with a trained crisis counselor.

Children and teens welcome. This service is free, confidential and available 24/7. www.crisistextline. org/textline RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired

“The Wolf at Piermont New York” by Palmer Hayden is currently on view in the Georgia Museum of Art’s online exhibition “Recognizing Artist Soldiers in the Permanent Collection.” path to recovery from any addiction.

Meetings are currently held through Zoom at zoom.us/j/2465753412.

Thursdays, 7–8 p.m. FREE! Find “Recovery Dharma Athens GA” on Facebook SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Email for Location) Athens Downtown SAA offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from a compulsive sexual behavior. www.athensdown townsaa.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 ATHENS FARMERS MARKET (Bishop Park) The market is open

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.) Available in an online gallery at art.uga.edu, ‘Amiko Li: The Purpose of Disease” presents the Dodd MFA Fellow in photography’s explorations into 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.

BFA exit shows are shared on Instagram at @dodd_galleries.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) The “45th Juried Exhibition” presents 199 works by 144 local artists. Through July. • Collections From Our Community presents “Hue and Carole Henry’s Banana Peels,” a photo series documenting a morning ritual in which Hue eats a banana and arranges the peel in a glass for Carole, who uses it as still-life material. • The Lyndon House is currently closed to the public, but is presenting daily installments of artwork and activities on Instagram and Facebook using the hashtags #45JuriedShowOnline and #ArtsCenterOnline.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) Juried by Chris Clamp, the 25th annual “SouthWorks” exhibition features a juried show of works in all media submitted from across the country. The 2020 Director’s Choice exhibit presents “Inside and Outside,” a solo show

by Tom Stanley of Rock Hill, SC. Both shows are available online at ocaf. com.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) Broderick Flanigan’s solo exhibition,” Threads of Connection,” features a portrait of his grandmother, who is connected by “threads” to other works throughout the space. An opening reception will be held June 5, 6–9 p.m. Only 4–5 masked patrons will be allowed in at a time. Works can also be viewed online or during private viewings.

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.

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 CINÉ FILMS (Ciné) Ciné has partnered with film distributors to make films available online. Ciné receives half of ticket sales. Current and upcoming films include Crescendo, Life Itself, Military Wives, Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy, The Painter and the Thief, Lucky Grandma and Up From the Streets. www.athens cine.com COMMUNITY COVID STORIES (ACC Library) The Athens Regional Library System is collecting COVID19 experiences from the community.

Submissions can be written journals, photos, videos, oral histories and saved social media posts. Stories will be permanently archived through The Heritage Room. Fill out the submission form at athenslibrary.org. heritageroomref@athenslibrary.org FREE ONLINE STREAMING OF ATHENS RISING Stream local filmmaker James Preston’s local culture documentaries, Athens Rising 1: The Sicyon Project and Athens Rising 2: Transmittance.

Donations will be distributed to the Garrie Vereen Memorial Emergency Relief Fund, Athens Virtual Tip Jar, Classic City Love, Athens Works Initiative and the Athens Community Foundation Community Response Fund. www.athensrising.com MEALS ON WHEELS (Athens, GA) The Athens Community Council on Aging provides meals and other resources to older adults and those living with disabilities. Volunteers and donations are also accepted.

706-549-4850, www.accaging.org SELF-GUIDED TOURS OF ATHENS (Athens, GA) The Athens Welcome Center is offering self-guided tour brochures of their popular walking or driving tours. Read about some of the most iconic Athens landmarks and locations. Options include an African-Amercian Driving Tour, Downtown Athens Tour, Athens Music History Tour and more. There are also narrated Athens Podtours with recordings of local stories and music. www.athenswelcomecenter. com/tours SUMMER READING PROGRAM (Athens Regional Library System) This year’s theme is “Imagine Your Story.” Readers can sign up online, check out digital eBooks, audiobooks and magazines, and place holds for curbside pickup. Prizes will be awarded. www.athenslibrary.org

THE FINCH (Online) “The Finch” is a new podcast aimed to dissect complext issues with a multidisciplinary approach. Hear interviews with professionals from the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, Human Research Protection Program and more. sptfy.com/thefinchpodcast THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY: COVID-19 IN ATHENS, GA (Athens, GA) Historic Athens presents an 11-week, 55-episode interview series designed to document the effect of coronavirus on Athens. The free interactive series is available every weeekday at 1 p.m. through June 26. www.facebook. com/historicathens VIRTUAL LEISURE SERVICES (Online) ACC Leisure Services hosts various fitness classes, craft ideas, social distancing challenges, coding games for kids, daily crossword puzzles and other online activities. www. accgov.com/leisure

Virtual Events GARDEN PORTAL PRESENTS (Online) Michael Potter hosts virtual performances every Thursday at 7 p.m. Upcoming performers include Ariel Ackerly, Rob Noyes (Boston) and J.R. Bohannon (NY). bit.ly/ 2WHkRwF LIVE FROM OVER THERE (The Lewis Room at Tweed Recording) Watch live broadcasts from musicians’ homes. Find Tweed Recording on Facebook for updates to the schedule. www.twitch.tv/tweed recording MOVIE NIGHT IN (Online) Watch a screening of No Small Matter, a documentary exploring early childhood education. Presented by the Athens Chamber of Commerce and the Early care and Learning Strategic Action Team of Clarke County (Family Connection: Communities in Schools). June 5, 7:15 p.m. Find the event on Eventbrite.

NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY (Online) Moms Demand Action host a virtual meeting with Mayor Kelly Girtz. Wear orange in solidarity of victims and survivors of gun violence. RSVP for meeting link. June 5, 7 p.m. tinyurl. com/wearorangeathens THE CRY BABY LOUNGE PRESENTS (Online) Eli Saragoussi hosts bimonthly shows using YouTube Premeire. Find The Cry Baby Lounge on Facebook. elinor. saragoussi@gmail.com f

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MUSIC EQUIPMENT Nuçi’s Space needs your old instruments & music gear, especially drum equipment! All donations are tax-deductible. 706227-1515 or come by Nuçi’s Space, 396 Oconee St.

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JOBS FULL-TIME FIVE POINTS BOTTLE SHOP IS HIRING! If you are highly motivated, 21+ with experience (preferred, but not required) in retail, stockroom, wine or craft beer please apply here: www.fivepointsbottleshop. com/about/careers NORTHSIDE & WESTSIDE BOTTLE SHOPS ARE HIRING! If you are highly motivated, 21+ with experience (preferred, but not required) in retail, stockroom, wine or craft beer please apply here: www. bottl eshopathens.com/ employment-application

OPPORTUNITIES Do you need some old newspapers for your garden? Well, they’re free at the Flagpole office! Call ahead, then come grab an armful. Please leave current issues on stands. 706549-0301.

INVITATION TO BID! P. F. Moon & Company, Inc. is currently accepting proposals from suppliers and subcontractors for the Existing Water Well Improvements May 2020 Crawford, GA project. P. F. Moon & Co. is an equal o p p o r t u n i t y e m p l o y e r.

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PART-TIME Seeking excellent typists (65+ WPM) to start immediately. Flexible schedules with 16 hours/per week minimum. Office policies include mandatory cleanings, socially distant workstations and no unauthorized visitors. Pay starts at $9.75 with $1/hour or higher raises after training.

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Heart of Pine Get Southedelic PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP

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HOMEGROWN: Southedelic: Volume 1 is the name of the new

EP by Heart of Pine. The record runs four tracks long and begins with the positively Grateful Dead-ish “Intro.” From there it moves without pause into “I Ain’t,” which is pretty straightforward in its storytelling, but the track itself grooves along in a kind of muscular swirl. Then you get the Bembe-influenced rhythm and blues “High Time,” before the whole thing wraps up with the pretty piano-based “The Other One.” All in all, this is way more akin to Widespread Panic—both in spirit and execution—than the aforementioned Dead, so if that’s your bag, then fill it up over at heartofpine. bandcamp.com.

UP AND COMING: UGA student Gigi Gonsalves has a delightfully pretension-free collection of songs on her SoundCloud account, which she’s been steadily filling up while making album plans.

All her tunes are self-composed and produced. The most recent three tracks are pretty much where she is now, stylistically speaking, Heart of Pine and these are the wobbly acoustic song “No 1 Drug,” the chillwave self-hug “Heartless,” and the 1970s-meetslate-1990s piano-based rap “Al Pacino.” Gonsalves told me that the album is headed toward something “full of acoustic and electric guitar, heavy funk beats and just a more vintage sound in general.” And based on these first three songs, that all sounds pretty good, but I’d also encourage folks to dig into her whole collection of tracks. They don’t vary in a jarring sense, but they do reveal the breadth of her writing, and certain tracks, like “Shower Thoughts” and “I’m Alive, I’m OK,” feel like they’re hits you just hadn’t heard yet. So check this all out at soundcloud.com/ gigi-angelica.

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WHAT THE WHOLE WORLD WANTS: While we sit around here on our hands waiting for the full length album by The Searchin’ Destroyers to come out, we’re gonna have to be satisfied with the new single “You Lost Touch With The World.” And, as far as peacekeeping measures go, this’ll do just fine. The gentle psych-pop of the tune is reminiscent of both the Los Angeles paisley underground (most particularly The Three O’Clock) and maybe even select tunes that populated LPs

by The Monkees, once those dudes were allowed to perform their own songs. For the unfamiliar, this group is basically an all-star collection that is composed of Bubba McDonald,

Caroline Barfield, Derek Almstead, Drew Finn and Kevin Sweeney. Go grab this appetizer over at thesearchin destroyers.bandcamp.com.

PACK ‘EM IN: Rockers Cannon and the Boxes finally got to

see their long-delayed EP, I Only See The Stars, released a couple of weeks ago. The band’s performance is pretty spot on, and fans of early 1990s acoustic emo, The Replacements

and maybe even J. Roddy Walston & The Business should dig this. Although it only runs a mere five tracks, its earnestness can make it feel much longer. That said, there are some really crafty arrangements on here that deserve attention. Notable among these are the horns in “More To Do” and the pedal steel on “Keychains.” This is available on all the major streaming services, so pick your favorite and head there.

LEGACY OF BRUTALITY: As if their first dose of hard reality wasn’t enough for you, the twin high priests behind Wizard Spoon just released Feed The Beast: Cuarantena Vol. 2. This one cooks a bit harder, hotter and faster than the recently released Cuarantena Vol 1. Although each record is a timely catalog of our currently worldwide condition— albeit focusing primarily on the United States—this newest release has a heightened sense of immediacy. There are select samples serving as introductions to each track, and I give my personal hat tip to the Raymond and Peter intro to “Wizard Spoon (Feed The Beast).” The whole thing, all five tracks, runs less than seven minutes. So, all you metalheads can play, like, one track from Metallica or listen to this in its entirety. The choice is yours, so start choosing over at wizardspoon.bandcamp.com. f

record review The Orange Constant: Peel (Independent Release) The Orange Constant bloomed in Statesboro in 2012 and has since been replanted in Athens, continuing to grow and deepen their roots in jam, funk and vintage rock. On May 12, the band released their third LP, Peel, a nine-song collection recorded by Grammy-nominated producer John Keane (R.E.M., Widespread Panic). TOC’s latest album presents brazen indie folk with sharp timbre, balanced by smooth vocals and delicate harmonies. The record relies heavily on repetitive riffs, but they are nonetheless full-bodied, like a breath of hot air outside in cool weather. The group plays with ‘90s synth sounds, but they keep the listener on their soft, psychedelic shorefront. Amid their conglomeration of musical styles, the guitar remains the star of the show and is evenly backed by gliding piano melodies. Peel is a well-structured record that often dips into contemporary blues, taking the road less traveled on a nondirectional trail. [Lily Guthrie]

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art notes

Finding Funding ATHENS ARTS ORGS TEAM UP TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES

By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com

a newly acquired minibus will be used to bring creative programming and activities to various neighborhoods and events throughout the year. Leisure Services is seeking a local artist or team to design a bus wrap that conceptually embodies the mission of the program and will pay $800 for the selected artwork. The deadline to apply is June 5, and the official request for proposal can be found on athens clarkecounty.com/9391.

ARTS IN COMMUNITY AWARDS: Dedicated to promoting creative

SHELTER PROJECTS: Though artists and musicians are required

to take a break from expressing themselves in person on gallery walls or venue stages, the lockdown has remained a productive time for many who are working diligently at home. Recognizing the urgency of our collective situation, UGA’s Willson Center, through the Office of Research and in partnership with UGA’s Graduate School, Arts Council, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and Flagpole, launched a mini-fellowship program called “Shelter Projects,” to support graduate students and community-based artists and practitioners. These $500 mini-fellowships fund tangible reflections on experiences of the current pandemic through a variety of media, including music, installation art, film, writing, painting, sculpture and spoken word. A total of 34 micro-fellowships were awarded, with familiar faces including musicians like Jace Bartet (Bit Brigade), Hannah Jones (New Sound of Numbers), Jesse Kennedy (Wild Abandon) and James Wilson, plus visual artists like Ruth Allen, Cindy Jerrell, Chris Taylor and Cheryl Washburn. Projects will be completed while sheltering in place and adhering to CDC guidelines, and will be shared periodically through Flagpole as well as during UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts festival in November. Go to willson. uga.edu to see the full list of recipients.

hopes this survey will help educate the local government while planning the Athens Resiliency Package and other arts initiatives. Survey responses and interpretations can be read in full on Flagpole’s blog.

ATHENS BANNER PROJECT: Taking inspiration from the public

poster art of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s, the Athens Banner Project is the first artist relief opportunity to emerge. Five artists who work in the service, hospitality or retail industries, and who have become under- or unemployed due to the pandemic, will receive

ATHENS ARTS ALLIANCE: At the onset of the sheltering in place ordinance, representatives of various local arts organizations began meeting virtually each week: ATHICA, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens Krysia Ara’s “Community Flow” Area Arts Council, tiny ATH gallery, Get Artistic at Creature Comforts, Flagpole, Lyndon House Arts Center, ACC Arts Division, Athens Downtown Development $350 each in exchange for banner designs. Funded by the Athens Downtown Development Authority, these vinyl Authority and Athens Cultural Affairs Commission. This banners will be distributed to 130 downtown storefronts informal group, nicknamed the Athens Arts Alliance, to spread encouraging messages of resiliency and unity quickly focused its energy into compiling an updated list of this summer. Visit athensarts.org for the announcement of resources for artists. Additionally, the group administered selected artists. a survey to collect feedback on how members of the artistic community have been financially impacted by the pandemic. As expected, the responses indicate a significant loss ATHENS POP-UP PARK: ACC Leisure Services’ new mobile outreach program, Athens Pop-Up Park, presents another of income among most participants, with other challenges exciting opportunity for artists to participate in public including separation from creative partners, event cancelart. In addition to offering passenger transport and tours, lations and inability to access sources of relief. The AAA

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place-making, the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission’s Arts in Community Awards have funded a variety of events, activities and public art projects over the years. At a voting session last month, the Mayor and Commission unanimously voted to expand funding for the program by adding $85,000 from the Athens Resiliency Package to the ACAC’s own $15,000 AICG budget. This round of funding will be 20 times larger than ever before, and is intended to support artists, musicians and other members of the creative community who have been financially impacted by the pandemic by providing approximately 50 awards of $2,000 each. Guidelines and applications should be posted any day now, so check athensculturalaffairs.org for updates.

COMMUNITY FLOW FOR LOCAL AID: Raising aid through art, mosaicist Krysia Ara developed a unique project that allows supporters to choose which community cause they’d like to support. Combining fragments of mirror with pieces of painted ceramics left over from her recent “Flow” mosaic in the Cobbham Triangle Park, Ara created a total of 27 hangable mosaics in three different sizes with correlating price tiers. The pieces create one long, meandering river when lined up beside each other, and the movement within the mirror’s reflections captures the spirited energy of rushing water.

Keeping two pieces for her own art garden, she sold the other 25 works within the first 24 hours or so, with 75% of each sale adding up to over $7,000 in donations for local aid. Moving forward, Ara would like to keep the “Community Flow” going on a commission basis. To request a work or see behind-the-scenes process shots from Ara’s studio, visit creativeflow.art.

ON THE COVER: This week’s Flagpole cover features an oil paint-

ing by Joe Ruiz, from this year’s juried exhibition at the Lyndon House Arts Center. Ruiz says, “My painting, ‘When Justice Kneels…’ (oil on canvas), is about a justice system that helps only the well-connected or rich; the sword of justice is blunted, and the world starts to burn as a consequence.” The Lyndon House reopened on June 2, with safety precautions in place. f

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Tie strings around neck, then over top of head.

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