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By Blake Aued news@flagpole.com Rising interest rates have hit the Classic Center arena project, and executive director Paul Cramer wants to tax hotels to make up the difference. Cramer told Athens-Clarke County commissioners during a June 14 work session that he plans to sell $30 million in bonds to finance part of the $132 million arena. Interest rates are up to 5.3% from 2.2%, adding millions of dollars to the cost of borrowing. The Classic Center initially sought to raise the local hotel/motel tax from 7% to 8% to help finance the arena. The commission approved the hike in January, but the state legislature didn’t act on it. Cramer’s latest idea is to create a special tax district consisting of all the hotel properties in Athens-Clarke County and raise their property taxes by two mills. As with the hotel/motel tax, the idea is that the arena will benefit hotels because visitors to arena events will generate an estimated 90,000 room-nights a year, so hotels should help pay for it. “It’s a great tool for the local government,” Cramer said. “When you create something that’s going to give back to the private sector, it’s a great way to help pay for that.” Unlike raising the hotel/motel tax, though, hotel owners haven’t endorsed the special tax district, Cramer acknowledged. “I think it’s only fair to say, their opinion would not be to move forward with this. They would be very opposed to this,” he said in response to a question from Commissioner Carol Myers. “I have talked to them. They don’t like the idea of their property tax going up. They don’t want their property tax to go up.” The opposition is despite a relatively small cost that could be passed on to customers. The tax hike averages 73 cents per room per night, with a maximum of $1.25, according to Cramer. It would raise $400,000 a year, the same amount as raising the hotel/motel tax by a point. “That’s the gap that’s really needed to bring this second bond all the way home,” Cramer said. Payments on the $30 million bond would be about $1.9 million per year for 38 years. Other sources of revenue would include a portion of the existing hotel/motel tax, naming rights for the arena and lease payments from developers on surrounding property controlled by the Classic Center. Cramer asked the commission to vote on creating the special tax district at its Aug. 2 meeting. Several commissioners said they’d like to explore alternatives and get more feedback, though. “It just seems like a large new thing to take on,” Commissioner Jesse Houle said. “This body debated [tax allocation districts] for millennia, it seemed like, before that passed. I just hesitate to jump so quickly into something else. It needs more time, at least for me to be comfortable with it.” Despite the additional interest expense, the arena remains under its $135 million budget, even after the Classic Center authority added back in some expenses that

and buffer will be wider between Barber had been cut earlier, such as a canopy over and Newton streets but narrow between the entrance and padded seats. In addition Newton and Pulaski, where the right-ofto the upcoming second bond issue, other way is not as wide. The mid-block crossing sources of funding include $33 million in near Taziki’s would be shifted slightly to local sales taxes from the voter-approved the west, allowing for cars to queue up to SPLOST 2020, $49 million from a previturn left into the 100 Prince development ous bond issue, state grants and corporate without blocking the crosswalk. The Princefunding. Pulaski intersection would get a bike box Commissioner Russell Edwards sugfor cyclists turning left onto Pulaski and a gested an alternative: Rather than tax wedge to protect people from cars turning hotels, tax the apartment buildings around right. the arena, such as The Mark, which opted The project will cost $85,000 to install out of joining the Athens Downtown and $60,000 to remove if it’s not successful. Development Authority and paying its oneAssuming the commission approves it Aug. mill levy. “I think we can make the argu2, it would likely be installed sometime in ment these properties are going to benefit,” September, with public Edwards said. “They’re comment periods both right next to a beautiful I feel like this is before and after. arena with cushioned Commissioner seats.” something that should Melissa Link, who Such tax districts have happened 20 years ago. represents the neighhave been created in borhoods along Prince geographical areas Avenue, reacted enthusiastically. “I feel like before, like the Cumberland Improvement this is something that should have hapDistrict around the Braves’ Truist Park. pened 20 years ago, quite frankly, and I’d But ACC could be on shaky legal ground if be willing to approve it without temporary it tried to tax one downtown apartment status,” she said. building but not an apartment building Myers referenced a failed bike-lane across the street, said Allison Dyer, an Atlanta lawyer specializing in public-private pilot project on Barnett Shoals Road and asked what lessons could be learned. “This partnerships. Taxing all of one type of use, is totally different,” Edwards said. Officials like all hotels, would be allowed, she said. should be upfront about the tradeoffs to avoid a backlash, said consultant Jared Draper of Toole Design Group. Myers also Long-awaited bike lanes on Prince said she’s concerned about three new comAvenue could be one step closer to reality missioners coming on board in January and with a proposed pilot project this fall that almost immediately voting on making the would install temporary bike lanes on a por- three-lane configuration permanent withtion of the busy road. out being educated on it. “The goal of this is to engage drivers, “I have high hopes for this project,” reduce conflicts, make it safer for all Edwards said. “People fly down this corriusers—vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists,” dor. I see it anecdotally.” But Edwards won’t Diane Jackson of the ACC SPLOST office said at a June 14 work session. $4 million in sales tax revenue from SPLOST 2020 is earmarked for Prince Avenue. During the 90-day pilot project, officials will study the impact on traffic and neighborhoods, and the feasibility of extending bike lanes all the way to Milledge Avenue. That’s where Prince ceases to be a local road and becomes a state highway under the control of the Georgia Department of Transportation. The pilot program won’t go all the way to Milledge because that would require GDOT permission, and the user group wanted to spend “a limited amount of money to determine whether the pilot is going to be successful,” Jackson said. “We want to see how the vehicle speeds change,” she said. “We want to see how pedestrian and bicyclist safety changes. Do they feel safer when they’re using this? Then we want to know, are the cars going to divert [to side streets] and where are they going to divert?” The pilot project will consist of restriping a quarter-mile stretch of Prince from four car lanes to two car travel lanes, a center turn lane and bike lanes on each side separated from car traffic by a buffer with a “zipper” of raised bumps. The bike lanes

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be around next year—the far more conservative John Culpepper is taking his place after Edwards was drawn out of his district. Link and Commissioner Tim Denson, who also endorsed it, will be replaced, too. With $2.6 million in SPLOST funds left, other projects are in the works. A user group composed of citizens and ACC staff also ranks fixing the Park Avenue-Talmadge Drive intersection as a top priority. In addition, the user group has recommended that GDOT install more mid-block crosswalks and that Athens Transit increase bus service along the corridor. GDOT has agreed to the former, Jackson said, while Athens Transit is planning to take over the Health Sciences Campus route from UGA.

COVID Is Still Spreading As AthFest approaches and thousands of people hit the clubs this weekend, be aware that the pandemic is still with us. Although the COVID-19 community level remained “low” at 151 cases last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the community transmission rate—regarded as more accurate by most public health experts—is classified as “high.” In addition, levels of coronavirus found in local wastewater are about as high as during the Delta and Omicron surges in September and January, according to data from Erin Lipp’s lab at the UGA Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases. Clarke County’s seven-day running average of new cases per day was 22 as of June 15, but that is likely an undercount due to the prevalence of at-home testing. The good news is that hospitalizations remain low— four Clarke County residents were hospitalized with COVID-19 last week, and local hospitals’ intensive care units were 77% full, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. However, the virus did kill two local residents, bringing the cumulative total to 224. Only 55% of eligible Athens residents are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Neither the 40 Watt Club nor the Georgia Theatre, which are hosting the official AthFest club shows, are still requiring proof of vaccination or a negative test for entry. f

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By Ed Tant news@flagpole.com It has been 50 years since a political crime dismissed at first as “a third-rate burglary” ballooned into a first-rate scandal known as the Watergate affair. When a crew of shady operatives broke into the Democratic Party headquarters at Washington’s posh Watergate apartments on June 17, 1972, their criminal caper left footprints and fingerprints that led all the way to the White House administration of President Richard Nixon. Though Nixon claimed to be a “law and order” president, he resigned the presidency in disgrace two years after the infamous break-in at the Watergate. The president who declared “I am not a crook” turned out to be exactly that.

Though former Trump administration Attorney General Bill Barr dismissed Trump’s claims of a stolen election as “bullshit” from a president who was “detached from reality” after his 2020 election loss, Trump continues to peddle his snake oil of a “stolen election” and millions of his sycophantic supporters continue to buy it. Wyoming GOP congresswoman Liz Cheney, who serves on the Jan. 6 committee, has become a political pariah in the “Trumpublican Party” for defying the former president. She had trenchant words for Trump and his political supporters who downplay the seriousness of the Jan. 6 criminality: “I say this to my Republican col-

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Fast-forward 50 years, and the echoes of Watergate still resound in Washington. When the first public congressional hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Hill insurrection began earlier this month, American viewers saw and heard evidence of brutish behavior by President Donald Trump and his cultish cadre in the MAGA mob that stormed the Capitol in an effort to stop the certification of the electoral votes that gave Joe Biden the presidency. Just as millions of Americans viewed the Watergate hearings on TV five decades ago, so too did millions of Americans view the current hearings on Capitol Hill. Both Watergate and the present-day congressional hearings are cautionary tales for an America reeling ever closer to authoritarianism. Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards, a cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia, gave compelling testimony on the first day of the public hearings. Describing the attack by the Trumpian mob as “a war scene,” she said of her fellow cops, “They were bleeding. They were throwing up. I saw friends with blood all over their faces. I was slipping in people’s blood. It was carnage. It was chaos.” Edwards was severely injured during the melee, as were nearly 150 of her fellow officers. Donald Trump and his supporters claim to support law and order, but beleaguered cops like Edwards battled lawless disorder when a sore loser MAGA mob of Trump’s chumps and grumps stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

leagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump will be gone. Your dishonor will remain.” America’s amnesia and indifference often blot out lessons that we should learn from our history, but we ignore such lessons at our own national peril. In 1973, when President Nixon visited Mercer University in Macon, I joined a crowd of protesters on the campus. The Watergate scandal was heating up, and we greeted the president with signs bearing such messages as “Make Georgia the Impeach State” and “The Emperor Has No Clothes.” When Nixon supporters shouted “Four more years,” protesters taunted “Five to life.” In 1974, I was in Washington with thousands of citizens who rallied outside the White House calling for an end to Nixon’s criminal regime. Longtime antiwar activist and Chicago 7 political show trial defendant Dave Dellinger told the crowd, “Nixon tried to introduce a modified form of fascism to this country.” Nixon and his henchmen flirted with fascism in America in the ’70s. Trump and his MAGA minions seem to embrace an American style of fascism today, complete with right-wing street brawling brownshirts like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. As authoritarianism again threatens America and the world, we might consider the words of scientist and humanitarian Albert Einstein: “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” f

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and pricey luxury seating in what is now the press box. The athletic association board approved the Sanford Stadium project without dissent at May’s retreat, along with a record $162.5 million budget. The athletic association also spent about $8.3 million in debt payments on about $82 million in debt in 2021, according to the NCAA report. The UGA president chairs the board and controls a majority of its appointments, in compliance with an NCAA requirement that presidents have control of their school’s athletic programs. The new budget shows where some of the projected 8 percent revenue increase will go. Compensation for football coaches, $11 million in the fiscal 2022 budget, is listed at $15.4 million in the FY23 budget. One assistant football coach will be making $2 million, and Smart stands to get a big raise after he led the team to UGA’s first football national championship since Herschel Walker carried Dooley’s Dawgs to that pinnacle 41 years ago. According to speculation in sports media, Smart could see his pay go up from $7.1 million to $10 million or more.

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here are many things to worry about in today’s world, but one of them is not the financial health of the University of Georgia Athletic Association. The association—the nonprofit corporation that runs UGA’s football and other NCAA sports teams—posted a whopping $46.3 million surplus in the 2021 fiscal year, with about $169.1 million in revenue and $122.7 million in operating expenses. UGA reported the surplus in its mandatory annual “NCAA Membership Financial Report,” posted on the athletic association’s website, georgiadogs.com. According to a USA Today analysis, that was twice the surplus any other university reported for the 2021 fiscal year, which included the COVID-plagued 2020 football season. Many highly successful college sports operations even reported steep drops in revenue in the 2021 fiscal year. The University of Texas reported $153 million in sports revenue, for example, down from $201 million in the 2020 fiscal year. Most of that $46.3 million surplus is an illusion, an artifact of the NCAA’s reporting requirements, Athletic Director Josh Brooks told the association’s trustee board at its recent spring board meeting and three-day retreat at Greene County’s Ritz-Carlton Reynolds on Lake Oconee. (Fall and winter meetings of the association’s board are scheduled around home football or basketball games, but the longer spring meetings are held at a Georgia resort location with good golf courses.) Most of the surplus went to help pay off the costs of recent athletic association construction projects, including a recently completed $80 million project that added 136,300 square feet to the association’s Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall, Brooks said. UGA has posted surpluses with clockwork regularity for decades, ever since Joel Eaves left Auburn to become UGA athletic director, bringing young Vince Dooley with him to coach the football team. Those surpluses have grown enormously in the last few years, however. The athletic association’s operating surplus was about $40 million in fiscal 2020 and $31 million in 2019, according to the university’s NCAA financial reports. In 2016, the surplus was a mere $7.2 million. As a 501(c)3 corporation, exempt from federal income taxes, the association can’t post a profit and distribute dividends to anyone, but must spend its money. Much of that has gone into construction; the athletic association has spent $175 million on football-related facilities since Kirby Smart became football coach in 2016, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution last year. That doesn’t count tens of millions spent on other sports facilities, nor the next big project in the pipeline: a $68.5 million upgrade in parts of Sanford Stadium. Plans are to widen some congested concourses, add concession areas and restrooms, and build new

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As usual, the adopted budget predicts normal operating losses for all but two of UGA’s 21 NCAA sports, football and men’s basketball. Men’s basketball brought in $2.2 million more than its $7.1 million expense in FY 2021. All the other sports operated with a combined loss of $21.6 million. Those expenses across all sports include $12 million for the equivalent of about 292 athletic scholarships distributed among 507 students on athletic aid. The so-called non-revenue sports, except for women’s basketball, are allowed to award partial scholarships. The athletic association annually transfers some of its revenue for the use of the academic part of the university—$4.6 million in 2021. Football gets the lion’s share of scholarships, a maximum of 85, per NCAA rules. But it’s also football that pays the freight in college sports. Football expenses were $49.2 million less than revenue in 2021, according to UGA’s NCAA financial report. Next year, football is budgeted to bring in $34.7 million in ticket revenue, along with about $30 million in gifts to the association’s Hartman Fund. Gifts are tied to football

seating and ticket priorities. The biggest revenue stream comes through the Southeastern Conference, which is expected to allocate about $48.9 million to UGA in fiscal 2023. That’s money mainly from TV contracts for football and basketball and a handful of other sources, such as the SEC football and basketball championships. If anything seriously falls through, the athletic association has plenty of cushion. The association has been investing some of that surplus revenue—at the end of June 2021, it had $45 million in a quasi-endowment managed by the UGA Foundation and a $52 million scholarship endowment, according to the athletic association treasurer’s report at the Ritz-Carlton meeting. The association has about $64.6 million in uncommitted reserve funds, said UGA Vice President for Finance and Administration Ryan Nesbit, the athletic association’s treasurer. Returns on those investments are projected to contribute $3 million to next year’s $162.5 million revenue budget. Although UGA’s athletic financial picture is rosy now, recent changes in student-athletes’ rights are changing the college sports business model in ways that still aren’t clear. A 2021 Supreme Court decision decreed that student athletes have the right to get paid for the use of their name, image and likeness, or NIL, in advertisements or endorsements. Athletes still can’t get paid for playing, however. The NCAA has also made it easier for disenchanted athletes to transfer to new schools with a so-called “transfer portal.” Last year the NCAA went even further, eliminating a requirement that athletes must sit out a year when they transfer unless they get a waiver from their old school. Thousands of athletes have now taken advantage of the loosened transfer rules, some perhaps to pursue better NIL deals. At some colleges, syndicates called “collectives” have sprung up to raise NIL money. Alabama’s Nick Saban ignited a rare public spat among coaches last month when he accused Texas A&M of using NIL money to buy the nation’s top football recruiting class. Now coaches and athletic administrators are clamoring for new rules and federal legislation to regulate the emerging NIL era. Whatever new rules or legislation emerge, UGA President Jere Morehead is positioned to play a central role, and is uniquely qualified for this particular set of issues. Before becoming UGA president in 2014, Morehead taught business law at UGA and was for many years one of the co-authors of a widely used college textbook called “The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business”—now in its 19th edition, though Morehead is no longer one of the authors. Morehead is also the president of the Southeastern Conference, which like the UGA Athletic Association is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, and chairs the high-level NCAA Board of Directors, which last month issued “guidance” about the NIL “environment” and recruiting. The guidance instructed schools to begin looking for violations of recruiting rules and clarified somewhat how schools can interact with the NIL collectives. “While the NCAA may pursue the most outrageous violations that were clearly contrary to the interim policy adopted last summer, our focus is on the future,” Morehead said in a press release announcing the guidance. f

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Red Turns Into Blue CINÉ SCREENS 1987 AND 2021 MUSIC DOCS

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ecades after its 1987 release, the influential music documentary Athens, GA: Inside/Out survives as required viewing for anyone looking to familiarize themselves with the history of Athens music. Directed by Tony Gayton with producer Bill Cody, the 16-millimeter film captures the creativity and self-made spirit of an alternative scene of artists and musicians who were quickly coalescing under the radar into something that would soon gain national recognition. Youthful performances by Limbo District, R.E.M., Kilkenny Cats, Dreams So Real, the Bar-B-Que Killers and Time Toy are interwoven with interesting characters such as visionary self-taught artist Howard Finster, poet John Seawright and painter Jim Herbert. The slice-of-life, hazy daydream feels like one big party where making music and art feels not only possible, but important. “I think the first film resonated with a lot of people because a lot of people could see themselves in the people we put on film,” says Cody. “You have to understand that in the ‘80s there was always a lot of talk about image, and here were some really interesting and creative people who were not all caught up in that kind of thing.” Over 30 years later, Cody returns with the sequel Athens/Inside-Out 2: Red Turns Into Blue, this time sharing directorial credit with Tony Brazier. Completed just before the pandemic’s onset and officially released last fall, the film highlights a new generation of artists and activists who are shaping the culture and political climate of a small town with a reputation of being “a blue island in a sea of red.” Before grabbing some popcorn and settling in to view Red Turns Into Blue, it’s important to consider the extent to which the film aims to serve as a sequel. Though

several of the musicians who appear in the 1987 film are still active today—such as Love Tractor, Squalls and Dex Romweber of the Flat Duo Jets—Red Turns Into Blue is not a “where are they now” type of follow-up film. R.E.M. is nearly portrayed as a historical relic in a scene where children attending Oglethorpe Elementary learn that the brightly painted murals hanging along the walls were once the backdrops for the “Shiny Happy People” music video. The film does, however, kick off with vignettes of Vanessa Briscoe Hay of Pylon Reenactment Society and Cindy Wilson of The B-52’s as they excitedly share details of their current projects, thereby establishing a connection to Inside/Out. “We specifically opened with those two because I wanted to show how vibrant these two strong women are today,” says Cody. “We didn’t want to wallow in nostalgia. There is enough of that in the world. Nothing wrong with it, but what is happening today was a lot more interesting to me. The first film is still available if you want to see what Athens looked like in 1986.” Initially operating under the working title of Athens, GA: 30 Years On, a name change became necessary as the filming

and post-production process eventually stretched into four years. As the new title suggests, Red Turns Into Blue observes the intersection of music and socio-political change. “Ultimately, the title and the themes of the film were more about the changes I saw happening in the city and the music and arts scene,” says Cody. “Athens has always been a very welcoming city, but I could see a big difference as soon as we started filming, both in the music scene and downtown especially when it came to racial equity.

More people of color in bands, more women in bands, and especially fronting the bands. I believe that if you’re making a documentary film, you should follow where the film

leads you. If not, you should write a script and film a feature.” Interspersed between live footage of artists such as Oh-OK, LG and Squallé, Nihilist Cheerleader, Klypi, Beto Cacao and several others, viewers hear from community leaders such as Knowa Johnson of the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement, Lemuel “Life” LaRoche of Chess and Community and Montu Miller of ATHfactor-Liberty Entertainment. Through interviews with Mariah Parker (Linqua Franqa), Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) and Kaoru Ishibashi (Kishi Bashi), the film specifically illustrates how music can be a tool for reflecting on injustices and inspiring change. Far from the whimsical and leisurely portrayal of yesteryear, Red Turns Into Blue catches Athens during a period of uncomfortable and difficult, yet necessary, recalibration. After 30 years of development, the arts and music scene unsurprisingly moved away from the DIY spaces that dominated the first film and more towards established infrastructure. While collectively seeming more mature and self-aware, the town’s hardened weariness becomes apparent as persisting inequities are brought to the surface. Still, it’s a music community that has visibly become more inclusive, accessible and diverse— between races, genders and ages—and is on a path to continue doing the hard work. Coinciding with this weekend’s AthFest Music & Arts Festival, Ciné will screen Inside/Out on Friday, June 24 at 2 p.m. and Red Turns Into Blue on Saturday, June 25 at 2 p.m. If you miss the in-person screening, both films are available to stream online. f

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available for purchase from Puma Yu’s pop up. Another new feature is the silent disco at the Hull Street Stage on Friday and Saturday nights from 9–11 p.m. While AthFest is alway known to be hot, the recent heat wave is a good reminder to be prepared for the elements. Helme recommends bringing a water bottle and even an umbrella, not in case of rain but as protection against the sun. It is also not advisable to bring dogs or other pets because of the lack of shade and dangerous pavement temperatures. Among this year’s AthFest announcements was the news that Helme is stepping down as executive director of AthFest Educates, because her husband has accepted a new professional position out of state. Helme says that she

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the midst of UGA football games raging on and COVID vaccination incentives rolling out last fall, the Athens community was dealt a disappointing blow with the cancellation of the AthFest Music & Arts Festival as COVID cases ticked upward. At last, AthFest makes its official return this weekend June 24–26. The free, all-ages outdoor portion of AthFest will look and feel much like the traditional fest, with a Wicked Weed Stage, Hull Street Stage, Kidsfest Stage, artist market, vendors and food. The most notable change this year is the absence of AthFest wristbands and a true club crawl. Instead, ticketed late-night shows will happen Friday and Saturday at the Georgia Theatre and 40 Watt Club. For the full schedule of performances across all official AthFest stages, see page 14. Already being outdoors makes the base template for AthFest a more COVID-friendly event, explains AthFest Educates executive director Jill Helme. The availability of vaccines for adults and children paired with COVID Pip the Pansy, who played outdoors at the last AthFest in 2019, will play this year at the Georgia data not spiking in the same way Theatre on Saturday, June 25 at 10:30 p.m. makes the extra precautions prepared in the fall, like the complete absence of indoor events, no longer applicable this summer. would remain in the position if this situation did not arise, However, downsizing the club crawl to two venues with but there are a lot of accomplishments and milestones ticketed shows was a financial decision driven by COVID. over her past eight years as executive director to celebrate. “It was one of those things that, if COVID causes us to AthFest Educates surpassed the $500,000 mark in grant have to cancel our indoor shows, we needed to limit that giving, expanded its grant from grades K–8 to K–12, and financial risk. So that would just put us at having to cancel raised grant application limits from $1,000 to $5,000. In two venues as opposed to 14 venues and a hundred bands,” addition to expanding the organization’s support within says Helme. “And there’s no reason to think that the full schools, Helme reflects on the community’s better underclub crawl won’t be back for the 2023 festival.” standing of the relationship between AthFest Educates, New to the festival this year is the first inaugural Gospel AthFest and AthHalf. Brunch to be held at Hendershot’s on Sunday, June 26 from “It felt like people knew about pieces of what we did, but 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. The event is free, and food will be didn’t understand the big picture. And I think we’ve come a

long way in people understanding AthFest Educates is that parent organization and that AthFest and AthHalf are the events that make it possible for the organization to do the grant-making work.” Over the past eight years, the festival has also become more inclusive and representative of the Athens music and arts community as a whole. Helme reflects that when she started as executive director, AthFest was considered an indie rock event. In order to reflect the hard work of all the talented musicians in Athens, Helme says it was time for indie rock to “give the mic over to other genres,” and now that expansion can be seen with the inclusion of hip hop, Latin music, EDM and more. Because AthFest is a free festival, the lineups aren’t chained to targeting a specific audience like festivals driven by ticket sales. “AthFest is a celebration of Athens music and Athens art, and we mean all Athens music and all Athens art,” says Helme. “The whole goal was to be able to give these bands an opportunity to connect to potential new audiences and for [the] Athens community to be able to hear and see the wide array of artists that exist in our community.” f

Rare Performances DUDDY KEN: The legendary Athens music trailblazer has helped define Southern hip hop in his native city. Half of the hip-hop group Lo Down & Duddy, his legacy is marked in the Athens Music Walk of Fame with a plaque representing the duo. Duddy Ken will perform at the Hull Street Stage on June 26 at 3:30 p.m. MASERATI: Coming off the heels of a European tour, catch this band for fast and sleek rock reminiscent of its sports car namesake. Absent lyrics, the songs will hit you with a wall of catchy guitar hooks and abstract synth-pop. Maserati will perform at the 40 Watt Club on June 25 at 12 a.m. THE WOGGLES: These seasoned garage rockers have played over 30 years together, currently with friends filling in on guitar after the death of their lead guitar player Flesh Hammer (Jeff Walls). The band is known for exploring the explosive side of rock and roll. The Woggles will perform at the 40 Watt Club on June 25 at 10 p.m.

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current and former Elephant 6 members Robert Schneider (Apples in Stereo), Will Hart (Circulatory System), John Fernandes (Olivia Tremor Control) and Andrew Rieger (Elf Power) will take the stage for a performance. [PB]

The Lyndon House Arts Center will celebrate the opening of four new summer exhibitions with a reception on June 23. “Highlighting Contemporary Art in Georgia: Picture This” features works by 11 narrative painters living across the state, including Cedric Smith, Holly Coulis, Margaret Morrison, Melissa Huang and Tori Tinsley. “Maps, Landforms and River Rafts,” by Cathy and Coulter Fussell, is a series of intricate and rich quilts resembling topographical maps. The West gallery will be filled with the minimalist paintings of Robert Croker, former teacher at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. His watercolor works are intentional, meditative and grand. Finally, on dis“Mirror Mirror” by Melissa Huang in “Picture This” play in the Atrium cases is Jason Matherly’s “For Heather: New Shaped Paintings,” a series of MUSIC | JUNE 24–26 geometric forms and painted backgrounds. Exhibitions will be available to view JOKERJOKER Gallery • 5–10 p.m. (Fri), 12–10 through Sept. 3. [Patrick Barry]

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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends. But it does occasionally pause. All of which is to say, let’s give a hearty welcome back to AthFest this week. After pausing for the past few years, the annual event, which is easily the most visible representation of Athens live music for the rest of our immediate area, is back. If you’re local, go out and have a ball. If you’re visiting us this week, be friendly to our local wait staff, bartenders and others who are working their proverbial tails off trying to accommodate everyone. And, to the organizers and staff of AthFest itself, congratulations. Your hard work and perseverance deserve to be recognized. So, consider yourselves seen and heard. With that, let’s jump into this week’s news.

recent collection, Where God Went Wrong, came out this month. This five-piece set is spectacularly sequenced, composed and performed. Arranged nearly like a small chamber group that keeps adding elements, Iodine Watt also looks backward sometimes into explorations of trip-hop and very slight boom-bap sensibilities. These are indeed slight, though, and more representative of the group’s older work. The relatively straightforward and album-oriented No Good Will Come From This came out in January 2021. While there is a slippery blend of loosely related styles on that, Iodine Watt pulls everything together into a compelling blend of old and new while neither sounding pretentious nor like an intentional throwback. Find each of these

SOME KIND OF RAIN WILL FALL: New Cloud Recordings, uh, recording artists The Rishis’ debut album August Moon is out now. Running 10 songs long, it’s remarkable in how little it demands of its audience. It swims seemingly effortlessly in the comfortable low tide of folk rock and 1990s-era indie rock—differentiated only slightly by use of pedal steel and occasional 1960s-ish Elephant 6-style pop moments (“Oh So Young”). The singular moment here where the listener is compelled to lift their head and say, “Hey! What’s that song?” is the undeniably sweet Stone Roses-esque “Just Between You & Me.” Overall, this is as easy to put on and talk over or listen in solitude while doing something else. This is available digitally as we speak at therishis.bandcamp. com, and there are plans for a vinyl release later this year. Follow along at facebook. com/therishisband.

releases, as well as the aforementioned singles, at iodinewatt.bandcamp.com.

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Adam Clair’s Endless Endless reading ACC Library • 6:30–9 p.m. • FREE!

In the mood for something a little slower-paced this AthFest weekend? Philadelphia-based author Adam Clair will give a live reading of his new book, Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery, at the Appleton Auditorium of the ACC Library. But don’t be fooled: The event will include just as much talent as any AthFest stage and will practically drip in local music heritage. Clair’s book features over 100 new interviews from Elephant 6 members and other key players in the legendary underground collective, as well as never before seen photos. The book itself has received praise from the likes of Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard, Patterson Hood and Michael Stipe. A Q&A will follow the reading, and then

“Every year AthFest takes over Athens, GA with events on outdoor stages all around the downtown area. This is where all the so-called popular bands play at the bars and clubs in town. A**Fest is the house show party where the rest of us weirdos are! All up inside the underside of Athens!” This is the description for A**Fest, an event which seems to stand antithetical to the goings-on of AthFest. It may come as no surprise that this event is organized by JOKERJOKERtv, an independent live-streaming network showcasing “underground weirdos and artists, music performances, short film, burlesque, skits, indie toy reviews and more.” That’s quite the list, and the live show promises just as much variety. Over three days, attendees will be treated to 25 individual performances, with music ranging from singer-songwriter to noise and punk. There will also be art exhibits and camping available for attendees. Check Flagpole’s live music calendar for daily lineups. [PB] f

WATTS, UH, THE DEAL?: I’ve been mildly obsessed with Iodine Watt over the past couple of weeks. There’s very little information about this prolific yet reticent project, but whoever is behind this has put out multiple singles, as well as two album-length releases, since January 2021. The most

SOME MORE BLACK: While they won’t play an official release show until July 1 at Flicker Theatre and Bar, the dudes in Guillotine A.D. are still celebrating a new record this week. It’s titled Born To Fall, runs eight songs long and comes out digitally Friday, June 24. The night before, June 23, the band will host a listening party at Akademia Brewing, which will also introduce a new “Born To Fall” Cold IPA this night. From a production standpoint this is as pro as one could possibly expect having been produced by Matt Washburn (Atheist, Mastodon, Withered) and featuring cover art by Eliran Kantor (Testament, Sodom, Kataklysm). The inside, where the actual music is, is nearly as dark as the band could get without veering into straight up black metal territory, although they do come very close. Mostly, though, this record stays within the death metal realm and does so quite solidly. Highlights here are opening track “Vultures Of Paradise,” as well as the title track and “War First.” Find this over at guillotinead.bandcamp.com, and be a pal via facebook.com/guillotine.ad1. f

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Buvez 7:30 p.m. $8. www.facebook.com/ buvezathens GODDESS COMPLEX Local avantgarde project by Cloud Powers. GROUP GROPE Analog synth beats influenced by classic Chicago house and Detroit techno. SPACE BROTHER Electronic- and hip-hop-influenced sounds from local musician Donald Whitehead. MR.E Audiovisual project of Ethan T. LaPaquette. LOLA JEAN DARLING Ethereal electronic artist from New Orleans. Ciné 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com KARAOKE WITH THE KING Sing your heart out to a huge selection of songs. Rabbit Hole Studios Bunneroo 2022 Summer Solstice Festival. 1 p.m. $11.11 (day), $15 (advance two-day festival pass). www.rabbitholestudios.org/festivals BUNNEROO In addition to artists, vendors, food trucks a bouncy house and inflatable pool, performers include Allen, Julianne Merrit, Meta Forest, John Fernandes, Grandfather, Ricky B, Official LB, Dexter, DK, Dexx, Afro Kenobi, Frank the Eagle, Squeeze the Squid, Phases of Alexandria, White Rabbit Collective, Ostrich, MedX and Jiig. Southern Brewing Co., Monroe 7 p.m. www.sobrewco.com FUNKY BLUESTER Blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles.

Wednesday 22 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatre andbar.com DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Thursday 23 40 Watt Club New West Records AthFest Kick Off Party. 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.40watt.com LILLY HIATT Nashville-based singer-songwriter. JOSHUA HEDLEY Nashville-based country artist with a deep knowledge of the genre’s history. THE HOWDIES Rockabilly and outlaw country fronted by AC Darnell. Akademia Brewing Co. 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/AKADEMIABC GUILLOTINE A.D. Local death metal band celebrates the release of its new album, Born To Fall, with a listening party. Akademia will release a new Born To Fall Cold IPA. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.flicker theatreandbar.com ASYMPTOMATICS Six-piece indie rock band to dance to. SMALL Local emo punk band. THE GRAWKS Punk band with alternative influences and powerful vocal presence. The Globe 9 p.m. (doors). $10. www.facebook. com/globe.athens

THE DONNER PARTY Mostlyonce-a-year Pogues cover band from Globe employees (and exemployees) delivering the hallowed electricity that made the group an all-time Irish classic. Hendershot’s Coffee 8 p.m. www.hendershotsathens. com SWING THEORY Big band jazz and swing. MARIE MARIE Local duo paring ‘50s pop nostalgia with indie rock. Nowhere Bar 8:30 p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/ NowhereBarAthens BLUES NIGHT JAM Bring an instrument and join host Big C for an open blues jam. The house band includes Scott Nicholson, Derek Warren, Brent Davenport and Bo Hembree.

Friday 24 40 Watt Club AthFest Music & Arts Festival. 9 p.m. (doors). $15 (adv.), $20. www.40watt.com MODERN SKIRTS Long-running Brit-pop influenced indie band. (10 p.m.) NIGHT PALACE Dreamy indie-pop ensemble fronted by Avery Draut. (11 p.m.) PALACE DOCTOR Dynamic local garage-pop trio fronted by guitarist and songwriter Phillip Brantley. (12 a.m.) ACC Library 6:30 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (reading), 8 p.m. (music). FREE! www. athenslibrary.org ENDLESS ENDLESS Author Adam Clair reads and offers a Q&A on his new book, Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery. The Q&A will be followed by a musical performance by Robert Schneider (Apples in Stereo), Will Hart (Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System), John Fernandes (Olivia Tremor Control) and Andrew Rieger (Elf Power). AthFest Hull Street Stage AthFest Music & Arts Festival. FREE! www.athfest.com LIGHTHEARTED Lush indie band founded by Grace Huffman and Eliza Lemmon. (5:30 p.m.) CONVINCE THE KID New local band with a style influenced by ‘80s alternative. (6:20 p.m.) ELIJAH JOHNSTON Athens-based singer-songwriter writing folky emo. (7:15 p.m.) NEIGHBOR LADY Band blending elements of psychedelic country, indie and rock. (8:20 p.m.) SILENT BLOCK PARTY Live Wire Athens presents a DJ battle between DJ Mahogany and Flash. Headphones will be provided. (9–11 p.m.) AthFest KidsFest Stage AthFest Music & Arts Festival. FREE! www.athfest.com YOU’VE GOT MAIL Two young brothers, Smith and Reed, play music influenced by Metallica and Rage Against the Machine. (6 p.m.) DRY SEASON Three-piece band from Richmond, VA playing pop, rock and punk. (7 p.m.) SURRENDER COBRA Family band from Greenwood, SC playing rock, blues, soul and country. (8 p.m.) AthFest Wicked Weed

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Stage AthFest Music & Arts Festival. FREE! www.athfest.com A.D. BLANCO Rock band blending indie and alternative. (5 p.m.) HEFFNER Energetic and experienced pop band fronted by the Hefner twins. (5:50 p.m.) GRANDVILLE Up-and-coming local act with hints of southern and roots rock. (6:45 p.m.) CONVICT JULIE Local alternative R&B artist and activist. (7:50 p.m.) HOTEL FICTION Indie pop band featuring tight harmonies by Jade Long and Jessica Thompson. (9 p.m.) B&B Theatre 6:30–10:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/bbathens12 ERIC & MISTY Married couple performing a wide variety of acoustic covers across many genres, including current top 40 pop, country, folk, rock, classic rock, ‘90s, and more. Flicker Theatre & Bar AfterFest. 10 p.m. FREE! www. flickertheatreandbar.com DANCE NIGHT Wobblehaus and Lady Afrodisiac lead a high-energy dance party. Georgia Theatre AthFest Music & Arts Festival. 9 p.m. (doors). $15 (adv.), $20. www.athfest.com NIÑO BROWN Award-winning hip hop project of musician Cortez Garza. (rooftop, 10 p.m.) ¢LARK ¢OUNTY Rapper blending old school with new to resonate with listeners. (rooftop, 10:20 p.m.) WIEUCA Local four-piece experimental outfit that fuses indie rock, psychedelia and trip hop. (indoors, 10:30 p.m.) MOTORHEAD 2X Local rapper with creative, consistent flows and an energetic stage presence. (rooftop, 11 p.m.) BYV_TRUBB Atlanta-based rapper with local roots blending punk rock and trap. (rooftop, 11:20 p.m.) LINQUA FRANQA Rapper and ACC Commissioner Mariah Parker spits politically charged lyrics over boom-bap beats. (indoors, 11:30 p.m.) ANT DA RIPPER Hip-hop artist from Hull. (rooftop, 12 a.m.) MOLLY TU HOTT Energetic hiphop artist with dance-worthy flows. (rooftop, 12:20 a.m.) MONSOON Athens-based band informed by punk, anime culture and new wave. (indoors, 12:30 a.m.) SQUALLE Athens-based hip-hop artist with a thoughtful, throwback sound. (rooftop, 1 a.m.) DJ CHIEFROCKA Local DJ playing versatile hits spanning genres to get any crowd moving. (rooftop, 1:25 a.m.) The Globe 9 p.m. (doors). $10. www.facebook. com/globe.athens MAXUMA Three young guns from Athens trying to cope with reality. ANGEL BARN Lo-fi alt-rock with influences of math rock, shoegaze and grunge. KEEPS Indie rock band from Nashville. NULL Post-punk band from Athens. Innovation Amphitheater 6:30 p.m. (doors), 7:30 p.m. (show). $25. www.innovation amphitheatre.com

INTERSTELLAR ECHOES Pink Floyd tribute band and laser show. International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show). FREE! www.facebook.com/ IGBAthensGA THE SPLITZ BAND A mixed drink of the classic Motown sound, part 1970s funk and disco flavor, and a dash of the old-school and contemporary R&B. JOKERJOKER Gallery A**Fest. 5–10 p.m. FREE! www. jokerjokertv.com RAT BABIES Doomy, psychedelic, long-running local two-piece. IN SONITUS LUX Free improv group from Atlanta fronted by E. Serson Brannen. LORENA LIMONGI & BELGIUM LIMP Local singer-songwriters. BLEACH GARDEN Three-piece grunge-rock group from Atlanta. LOLA JEAN DARLING Ethereal electronic artist from New Orleans. GODDESS COMPLEX Athensbased avant-garde project by Cloud Powers. Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/Nowhere BarAthens NORMALTOWN SOUND MACHINE Featuring members of Ceiling Fan, Salt Flats and Still, Small Voice & the Joyful Noise, NSM’s asymmetrical compositions are bracing yet melodic, drawing inspiration from LCD Soundsystem, Herbie Hancock, ESG and Stereolab. STILL, SMALL VOICE & THE JOYFUL NOISE Long-running local rock band led by songwriter Chip McKenzie.

Saturday 25 40 Watt Club AthFest Music & Arts Festival. 9 p.m. (doors). $15 (adv.), $20. www.athfest.com THE WOGGLES Legendary garageflavored rock and roll band from Atlanta. (10 p.m.) PYLON REENACTMENT SOCIETY Vanessa Briscoe Hay and an all-star cast of locals play the music of Pylon, plus new originals. (11 p.m.) MASERATI Athens band that blends explosive dynamics with post-rock, space rock and psychedelic influences. (12 a.m.) AthFest Hull Street Stage AthFest Music & Arts Festival. FREE! www.athfest.com REED WINCKLER Atlanta-based acoustic singer-songwriter embracing earnest, droll lyrics and DIY style. (12:30 p.m.) KADILLAK Four-piece rock band fronted by singer Kadi Bortle. (1:20 p.m.) JOCK GANG Atlanta-based group influenced by no wave and art-punk. (2:10 p.m.) MOTHER FORE Prog rock band from Athens. (3 p.m.) ASHES TO OMENS Five-piece local hard rock band. (3:50 p.m.) CAM & HIS DAM JAM BAND Local band blending blues, rock, jazz and psychedelic funk. (4:40 p.m.) TRVY & THE ENEMY High-energy hip-hop artist performing with his jazz-influenced band. (5:30 p.m.) IMMATERIAL POSSESSION Dark psychedelic pop. (6:20 p.m.)

WELL KEPT Emo-influenced alt-rock group led by songwriter Tommy Trautwein. (7:15 p.m.) LO TALKER Local psychedelic folk-rock group. (8:20 p.m.) SILENT BLOCK PARTY Live Wire Athens presents a DJ battle between Tyl3r Davis and 333 The Label. Headphones will be provided. (9–11 p.m.) AthFest KidsFest Stage AthFest Music & Arts Festival. FREE! www.athfest.com ALLEGRO Band fronted by music educator Miss Cathy. (10:30 a.m.) CAMP AMPED A performance by a band formed during Nuçi’s Space’s Camp Amped. (11:30 a.m.) THE CARPENTER ACADEMY OF IRISH DANCE A showcase of traditional Irish dance by students 5–18. (12:30 p.m.) EVERGREEN Cover band consisting of three friends who met during Camp Amped. (1:30 p.m.) STRENGTH DANCE ACADEMY Local dance academy. (2:30 p.m.) MACK2TONE Local hip-hop singer-songwriter. (3:30 p.m.) FULL MOON SCHOOL OF MUSIC Performance by a group of students at the Full Moon School of Music. (4:30 p.m.) OCONEE MUSIC Local music school. (5:30 p.m.) AthFest Wicked Weed Stage AthFest Music & Arts Festival. FREE! www.athfest.com ZAC CROOK Songwriter blending rock, pop, country and R&B. (12 p.m.) CHECK THE SIGNS A mix of pop, rock and jazz informed by retro sensibilities. (12:50 p.m.) TELEMARKET Driving, angular indie-rock band from Athens. (1:40 p.m.) CANNONANDTHEBOXES Folkpunk project of Cannon Rogers. (2:30 p.m.) SHAMELESS JAMES Local trio blending jammy rock with alternative influences. (3:20 p.m.) BLUNT BANGS Local indie-pop band featuring Black Kids frontman Reggie Youngblood. (4:10 p.m.) KXNG BLANCO Local hip-hop upstart delivering high-energy raps and R&B vibes. (5 p.m.) VINCAS Local downer-punk band featuring snarling guitars and doomy, psychedelic flourishes. (5:50 p.m.) SHEHEHE Local band that draws from old-school punk and arena rock to create a fist-pumping atmosphere. (6:45 p.m.) CASSIE CHANTEL Athens native hip-hop artist and Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award winner. (7:50 p.m.) VISION VIDEO Local goth-pop group featuring members of Shehehe and Booty Boyz. (9 p.m.) Boutier Winery & Inn 8 p.m. $10. www.boutierwinery.com CHRIS HAMPTON BAND Athens-based three-piece band performing classic and modern hits. Ciné 10 p.m. $10. www.athenscine.com SACRED BULL Heavy, cathartic metal band. THE SUNDERING SEAS Atmospheric and crushing sound that’s equal parts death, black and doom metal. STRAWBERRY REPRODUCTION Athens-based tech-metal group.

Flicker Theatre & Bar AfterFest. 10 p.m. FREE! www. flickertheatreandbar.com DAVID BARBE Local luminary and studio engineer performs solo and with various special guests. Georgia Theatre AthFest Music & Arts Festival. 9 p.m. (doors). $15 (adv.), $20. www.athfest.com BEAT UP Anarcho-punk band influenced by early punk. (rooftop, 10 p.m.) PIP THE PANSY Ethereal electronic dance music accompanied by flute. (indoors, 10:30 p.m.) HUNGER ANTHEM Local indie power-rock trio. (rooftop, 11 p.m.) ORANGE CONSTANT Athensbased jam band with prog, pop and funk influences. (indoors, 11:30 p.m.) EVERYDAY DOGS Skateboarding, Capri-Sun drinking, surfer-punk rockers of Atlanta. (rooftop, 12 a.m.) UNDERGROUND SPRINGHOUSE Athens-based “hype-chill rock-funk ensemble.” (indoors, 12:30 a.m.) FISHBUG Local punk rock band. (rooftop, 1 a.m.) The Globe 9 p.m. (doors). $10. www.facebook. com/globe.athens HALF ACID Greg O’Connell uses synths and other unconventional instruments to create a psychedelic stew. OKEY No info available. TESTING REFLEX Local experimental pop duo consisting of Kayt Regan and Jax Bucher. DJ CRAIG Italian disco DJ. Hendershot’s Coffee Keep Athens Nasty. 9 p.m. $10. www.hendershotsathens.com CLAVUS Set of fraternal triplets on a mission from god. (10 p.m.) MULTIPLE MIGGS Local thrash band. (10:30 p.m.) WEAPONIZED FLESH Local thrash metal band. (11 p.m.) FERAL JOY Punky rock band with emo undertones “like chasing a Red Bull with a pint of Jim Beam.” (11:30 p.m.) PERVERT New metal-punk band featuring members of Shade, Fart Jar and Bleachy Asshole. (12 a.m.) Innovation Amphitheater 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (show). $35. www.innovationamphitheatre.com THE HIGHWAYMEN Tribute to the outlaw country artists including Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. International Grill & Bar 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/IGB AthensGA THE LUCKY JONES Old school rockin’, rhythm and blues. JOKERJOKER Gallery A**Fest. 12–10 p.m. FREE! www. jokerjokertv.com POWERGLIDE No info available. PRAISEGOD BAREBONE Experimental ambient drone and noise project from Chambersburg, PN. TOXIC PATRIARCH Electronic side hustle by multimedia artist Jon Lester. DIM WATTS Of Old Smokey and Harry Carey fame, Athens songwriter Jim Willingham’s latest project. ADAM GOODWIN Double bassist, composer, improviser and visual artist. SPARKLE TRAUMA Local duo uti-

Sunday 26 AthFest Hull Street Stage AthFest Music & Arts Festival. FREE! www.athfest.com BETO CACAO Athens-based activist and Latinx folk musician who plays songs about the plight of the undocumented immigrant. (1 p.m.) ANNIE LEETH Local experimental violinist and multi-instrumentalist composer. (1:50 p.m.) HUNTER MORRIS & BLUE BLOOD Melodic local psychedelic pop project. (2:40 p.m.) DUDDY KEN Legendary local rapper. (3:30 p.m.) THE ARCS Long-running local rock four-piece with power-pop influences. (4:25 p.m.) THE HOWDIES Rockabilly and outlaw country fronted by AC Darnell. (5:20 p.m.) WONDERLAND RANGERS Local rabble-rouser Timi Conley performs dance-tastic psych-pop with his allstar backing band. (6:30 p.m.) AthFest KidsFest Stage AthFest Music & Arts Festival. FREE! www.ahtfest.com MERRY SUNSHINE BAND Athenian ukulele band. (12:30 p.m.) LIKE TOTALLY! Theatrical “kindie rock” band from Athens. (1:30 p.m.) NAMARI DANCE Dance troupe. (2:30 p.m.) JESSICA IT’S ALL GOOD Atlantabased comedian with clean and positive material. (3:30 p.m.) HEART MUSIC Music program centered on accessibility. (4:30 p.m.) AthFest Wicked Weed Stage AthFest Music & Arts Festival. FREE! www.athfest.com BICHOS VIVOS Local band playing forró accordion and triangle-driven country music from Brazil. (12:30 p.m.) SARAH ZÚÑIGA Talented local singer-songwriter with a sweet, strong voice. (1:20 p.m.) TY MANNING & THE SLAWDOG BISCUITS Local band described as “Ronnie Milsap meets Tom Petty.” (2:10 p.m.) LARRY’S HOMEWORK Local acoustic duo specializing in rock and Americana covers. (3:05 p.m.) ISHUES Legendary local underground hip-hop artist. (4 p.m.) QUIET HOUNDS Local long-running indie pop quartet. (4:55 p.m.) RICK FOWLER BAND Original, guitar-driven local blues-rock group. (6 p.m.) KEVN KINNEY ELECTRIC BAND The Drivin N Cryin frontman’s solo band. (7:10 p.m.) Boutier Winery & Inn Wine Down Sunday. 3–5 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.boutier winery.com ELECTRIC CHURCH Christian and Southern gospel.

Creature Comforts Brewery 3–5 p.m. www.creaturecomforts beer.com LIVE JAZZ Every Sunday afternoon. The Globe 8 p.m. (doors). $10. www.facebook. com/globe.athens KLARK SOUND Atlanta-based guitarist and composer. CALICO VISION Athens-based melodic psychedelic pop group. CANARY AFFAIR Local groove pop. Hendershot’s Coffee AthFest Music & Arts Festival. FREE! www.hendershotsathens.com ANSLEY STEWART Gospel and soul singer as well as one half of Night Fever. (11:30 a.m.) MARCO HULL Talented vocalist with a long list of achievements. (12:30 p.m.) SHARMAR STEVENS Gospel singer and member of the Anointed Believers. (1:30 p.m.) JOKERJOKER Gallery A**Fest. 12–8 p.m. FREE! www. jokerjokertv.com BEAT UP Anarcho-punk band influenced by early punk. SMOGGO The alias of Athensbased artist Jay Domingo, who incorporates video, performance art art into short noise-based improvisations. SECRETS IN THE STARS No info available. BAD STRAPLES No info available. VITAMIN STROPHE Fuzzy bedroom noise from Augusta. GA POWER No info available. IHLYATT Local composer playing dark ambient soundscapes. BACKYARD JUNGLE No info available. SPACE BROTHER Electronic- and hip-hop-influenced sounds from local musician Donald Whitehead. No. 3 Railroad Street 6 p.m. www.3railraod.org MARK WILLIAMS Arnoldsvillebased singer-songwriter who performed with Vic Chesnutt and Todd McBride in The La-Di-Das in the mid-’80s. Tonight is the album release party for Working Folks. The World Famous 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/the worldfamousathens T. HARDY MORRIS Local singersongwriter and guitarist plays twangy, reflective folk-rock. THE HOWDIES Rockabilly and outlaw country fronted by AC Darnell.

Tuesday 28 Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. (doors). $7. www.flicker theatreandbar.com EXIT ROW Guitar-driven pop band with members of Eagle Scout, Needle Teeth and Nuclear Tourism. ORANGE DOORS Dark psych band from Charleston, SC. Southern Brewing Co., Monroe 7 p.m. www.sobrewco.com FUNKY BLUESTER Blues outfit inspired by traditional Chicago and Texas styles.

Wednesday 29 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreand bar.com DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Porterhouse Grill 6–9 p.m. www.porterhouseathens. com/jazz JAZZ NIGHT Enjoy standards, improv and originals by a live jazz trio every Wednesday night.

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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 CALL FOR ARTISTS AND CURATORS (Lyndon House Arts Center) LHAC invites area artists, artist groups and curators to submit original exhibition proposals. Artists are also invited to submit images of their work for consideration for larger group or themed shows. Exhibitions may be scheduled as far out as three years. Submit an online proposal form. Deadline Sept. 20. beth.sale@accgov.com, accgov. com/lyndonhouse CALL FOR ENTRIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) ATHICA is accepting applications for Artist-in-ATHICA residencies, Solo-Duo-Trio exhibitions and internships. www.athica.org/membership, www.athica.org/updates/ call_2022_showcase GEORGIA ON MY MIND (Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library) Opening July 22, “Georgia on My Mind: Finding Belonging in Music” is an upcoming exhibition exploring the state’s music history through genres, spaces, places and performers. Community members are invited to loan items from their collection like ticket stubs, flyers and photos. Deadline July 15. tinyurl. com/t3vwdp56 JOKERJOKERTV CALL FOR ARTISTS (Online) JOKERJOKERtv is open to ideas and actively accepting proposals for collaboration from visual/musical/video artists and curators living in Athens. Artists worldwide can also submit music videos, short films, skits and ideas to share with a weekly livestream audience. www.jokerjokertv.com/ submit OPEN STUDIOS (Lyndon House Arts Center) Studio members have access to spaces for painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, jewelry, fiber and woodworking. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $65/month. www. accgov.com/7350/Open-Studio-Membership

Classes ACTING FOR CAMERA AND STAGE (work.shop) Learn how to act with professional actor and coach Jayson Warner Smith (“The Walking Dead,” “The Vampire Diaries,” “Outer Banks”). Mondays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. $400/12 sessions. jwsclassinquiry@jaysonsmith.com, www.jaysonsmith.com/teacher AQUA AEROBICS (Memorial Park Pool) Try out a variety of stretching, limbering and weight routines set to music in the pool. Tuesdays–Thursdays, 6–7 p.m. Saturdays, 10–11 a.m. $5/class. 706-613-3580 ART CLASSES (K.A. Artist Shop) Classes are held in digital art, handmade books, drawing fundamentals, watercolor, landscape painting, linocut printmaking, printing on fabric and more. Watercolor painting workshops include “Trees and Foliage” (July 12, 6:30–8:30 p.m.), “Effortless House Portraits”

(July 13, 6:30–8:30 p.m.), “Clouds and Skies” (July 19, 6:30–8:30 p.m.) and “Petals and Blooms” (July 27, 6:30–8:30 p.m.). Acrylic painting workshops include “Absolute Beginner Basics” (July 24, 1–3 p.m.). Painting workshops cost $45. Digital Art Workshops include “Intro to Procreate” (July 13, 6–8 p.m. or July 17, 2–4 p.m.), “Understanding Brushes in Procreate” (July 27, 6–8 p.m.) and “Understanding Layers in Procreate” (July 20, 6–8 p.m.) Digital art workshops are $35. www.kaartist. com ART CLASSES (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) “Beginning & Intermediate Acrylic Painting” includes demonstration, discussion and one-on-one guidance. Thursdays, July 14–Aug. 11, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $160–210. “Discovering Water Mixable Oils” covers the basics of working with fume-free oil paints. Thursdays, July 14–Aug. 11, 12:30–2:30 p.m. $160–210. Both courses are taught by artist Lauren Adams. www.ocaf.com CHAIR YOGA (Sangha Yoga Studio) This class is helpful for flexibility, strength, balance and increasing circulation and energy. All levels welcome. Every Thursday, 12–1 p.m. $16 (drop-in), $72 (six weeks). 706-613-1143 CHAIR YOGA AND MINDFULNESS (Winterville Center for Community and Culture) Nicole Bechill teaches a well-rounded, gentle and accessible chair yoga class to promote breathing, mindfulness and inward listening. Every Monday, 9 a.m. $10. www.wintervillecenter.com COMMUNITY MEDITATION (Rabbit Hole Studios) Jasey Jones leads a guided meditation suitable for all levels that incorporates music, gentle movement and silence. Wednesdays, 6–7 p.m. jaseyjones@gmail. com DEDICATED MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly Zoom meditations are offered every Saturday at 8:30–9:30 a.m. Email for details. richardshoe@gmail.com 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 NATURAL DYE WORKSHOP (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation: OCAF) Beatrice Brown leads a two-day workshop covering the basics of natural dyeing processes including extraction of the dye from botanical materials. July 9–10, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $175–225. www. ocaf.com OPEN/COMMUNITY MEDITATION (Sangha Yoga Studio at Healing Arts Centre) Uma Rose leads a meditation designed to guide participants into stillness and silence. Mondays, 4–5 p.m. Donations encouraged. www.healingartscentre.net POTTERY PERSPECTIVES WORKSHOP (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Lora Rust will share her unique process in “Pushing

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the Surface of Clay,” a workshop covering surface design, glazing and firing methods. Aug. 27–28, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $175–225. 706769-4565 PUBLIC DANCE (The Studio Athens) Beginner Rumba lessons followed by DJ’d waltz, swing, salsa, tango etc. Every fourth Saturday. 7:30–10 p.m. $5 (students), $10 (non-students). www.gmdance.com SPANISH CLASSES (Athens, GA) For adults, couples and children. Learn from experts with years of

3–5 p.m. Donations accepted. www.aadmovement.org ACCA EVENTS (Athens Community Council on Aging) “Cognitive Screening with UGA’s CARE Center” is held June 22 at 10:30 a.m. “Trip to Jim-Ree African American Museum in Elberton, GA” is held June 23 at 10:30 a.m. www.accaging.org ACC LIBRARY EVENTS (ACC Library) “Web Design with Adobe Dreamweaver” is held June 23 at 7 p.m. An author panel with Christopher Lawton, Laura Nelson and Randy Reid, authors of Seen/ Unseen: Hidden Lives in a Community of Enslaved Georgians will be held June 26 at 3 p.m. Last Monday Book Group will discuss Patrick

event highlighting local eateries and taprooms. Prix fixe options for lunch and dinner will be offered. July 11–17. www.visitathensga.com ATHENS SHOWGIRL CABARET (Multiple Locations) Fabulous Friday is held at Sound Track Bar on June 24, 9 p.m. Country Night is held at Hendershot’s Coffee on July 17, 8 p.m. “Drag For All Country Night” is held at Hendershot’s Coffee on July 15, 8 p.m. Fabulous Friday will have a Britney vs. Christina theme at Sound Track Bar on July 22, 9 p.m. www.athensshowgirlcabaret.com BAD MOVIE NIGHT (Ciné) After a small town karate instructor is framed for murder, a mysterious ninja helps break him out of jail, fighting police corruption and a blood-thirsty posse in Justice Ninja Style. June 30, 8 p.m. FREE! www. instagram.com/BadMovieNight BIG FISH (Historic Crawford School) Arts!Oglethorpe presents a play based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and film directed by Tim Burton. June 24–25, June 30 and July

“I AM A MAN: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1970” is currently on display this summer at the UGA Special Collections Libraries through Aug. 11. professional experience. Contact for details. 706-372-4349, marinabilbao75@gmail.com, www.marina-spain-2020.squarespace.com YOGA CLASSES AND EVENTS (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) “Yoga Flow and Restore with Nicole Bechill” is held Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Online classes include “Trauma Conscious Yoga with Crystal” Thursdays at 6 p.m. and “Yoga for Wellbeing with Nicole Bechill” on Saturdays at 10:45 a.m. www. revolutiontherapyandyoga.com YOGA (Elixir Movement Arts, Mercury A.I.R.) “Vinyasa Flow” is offered Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. $10/class. shelleydownsyoga@ gmail.com, www.shelleydownsyoga.offeringtree.com YOGA TEACHER TRAINING (Shakti Power Yoga Athens) Deepen your practice and learn to teach others in person and online during this 200hour yoga teacher training. July 9–15. www.shaktiyogaathens.com/ shakti-yoga-university ZOOM YOGA (Online) Rev. Elizabeth Alder offers “Off the Floor Yoga” (chair and standing) on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. and “Easy on the Mat” yoga classes on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Ongoing classes are $5/class or $18/month. 706-612-8077, ommmever@yahoo.com

Events AADM EVENTS (Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement Justice Center & Bookstore) “Art for Justice Saturdays” are an opportunity to paint to soothing music and discuss local issues. Supplies provided. All skill levels welcome. Saturdays,

Radden Keefe’s Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty on June 27 at 7 p.m. Overbooked Book Club (meeting at Hendershot’s) will discuss The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris on June 29 at 6:30 p.m. www. athenslibrary.org A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ADOLPH ZUKOR (115 Grady Ave.) Town & Gown Players present a love letter to old-style Vaudevillian and Jewish humor. July 8–9, 8 p.m. July 10, 2 p.m. $5. www.townandgownplayers. org ART EVENTS (Georgia Museum of Art) “Tour at Two” is held June 22 and June 29, 2 p.m. “Envisioning Just Futures” is held June 25, 3 p.m. www.georgiamuseum.org THE ARTIST’S WAY STUDY GROUP (24th Street Clubhouse, 150 Collins Industrial Blvd.) A gathering of artists, musicians, writers and creatives meet to discuss the book The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron. Every Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Donations welcome. beth@ beththompsonphotography.com, www.24thstreetathens.com ATHENS FARMERS MARKET (Multiple Locations) Shop fresh produce, flowers, eggs, meats, prepared foods, a variety of arts and crafts, and live music. Additionally, AFM doubles SNAP dollars spent at the market. Every Saturday at Bishop Park, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Every Wednesday at Creature Comforts Brewing Co., 5–8 p.m. www.athensfarmersmarket.net ATHENS RESTAURANT WEEK 2022 (Multiple Locations) Visit Athens GA and the Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau present an

1–2, 7:30 p.m. June 26, 3 p.m. $18 (adv.), $22. 706-202-1211 BOGART LIBRARY EVENTS (Bogart Library) “KnitLits Knitting Group” is held every Thursday at 6 p.m. “Lunch & Learn: Mystery Novel Reading Skills” is held June 24 at 12 p.m. “Painting Class” is held June 28 at 6 p.m. “Bogart Bookies Adult Book Club” will discuss The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles on July 5 at 1 p.m. www.athenslibrary. org/bogart BOUTIER WINERY EVENTS (Boutier Winery & Inn, Danielsville) Line dance lessons with instructor Amy. June 30 (ladies only), 7 p.m. $5. Wine Tastings are held Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sundays, 12:30–5 p.m. $6/glass of wine, $14/six wine tastings. www. boutierwinery.com CLASSIC CITY PETANQUE CLUB (Lay Park) New players welcome. Scheduled play days are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. vicepresident@ athenspetanque.org ENDLESS ENDLESS (ACC Library) Author Adam Clair reads from his book Endless Endless: a Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery. Followed by a Q&A and performances by Robert Schneider (Apples in Stereo), Will Hart (Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System), John Fernandes (Olivia Tremor Control) and Andrew Rieger (Elf Power). June 24, 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslibrary.org GORGEOUS GEORGE’S IMPROV LEAGUE (Buvez) Come out for some home-grown townie improv. Bring some interesting suggestions and a loose funny bone to help create some improv magic on the

spot. Every Wednesday, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. www.flyingsquidcomedy.com HENDERSHOT’S EVENTS (Hendershot’s Coffee) Disconnect to connect during No Phone Parties with a phone-free, laptop-free happy hour featuring drink specials, snacks, games and a record player. Every Tuesday, 6–9 p.m. Queer Trivia Night hosted by Lori Divine and Oliver Merritt is held June 22. www. hendershotsathens.com INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA (M3Yoga) Classes include Flow with Jen (6:30 a.m.), Inferno Hot Pilates with Sarah (8 a.m.), Flow with Chloe (12 p.m.), Hot Power Flow with Phelan (4 p.m.), Flow in the Tree Room with Nick (5:30 p.m.), Pranayama & Sound Bath in the Tree Room with Kate and Matt (7 p.m.) and Super Stretch with Sydney (8 p.m.) June 21, 6:30 a.m.–9 p.m. FREE! www.m3yoga. com/events MARGO METAPHYSICAL EVENTS (Margo Metaphysical) Monday Tarot Readings offered 1–5 p.m. ($6 per card). Tuesday Tarot with Davita offered 4–6 p.m. ($5 per card). Wednesday Night Sound Healing with Joey held 6–7:30 p.m. ($35). Thursday Tarot with Courtney is offered 12–5 p.m. ($10–45). Friday Henna Party with Aiyanna ($10–75). 706-372-1462 MERRY MEET EVERY WEEK (Rabbit Hole Studios) Meet members of the Athens Area Pagans. Learn about the intentional community and see who is attending Mystic South. Meetings held every Saturday, 5 p.m. Donations encouraged. beth@ athensareapagans.org NOISES OFF (Town & Gown Players) With their opening night on London’s West End just hours away, a cast of actors staggers through rehearsal. Just when the director thinks things couldn’t get worse, they do. With lost lines, love triangles and sardines flying, pandemonium takes over before intermission. Can the cast pull their act together both in front of the footlights and behind the curtain? June 23-25, 8 p.m. June 26, 2 p.m. $20. www.townandgownplayers.org OCONEE CO. LIBRARY EVENTS (Oconee Co. Library) “Scuba Diving Talk with Athens Scuba” will be held June 22 at 7 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org/oconee OCONEE FARMERS MARKET (Oconee County Courthouse, Watkinsville) Over 20 vendors offer a variety of fresh produce, local honey, fresh-cut flowers, unique crafts, dog treats, fresh gelato, homemade pasta, locally sourced meats and eggs, plants and more. Many vendors offer pre-ordering options and curbside pickup. Saturdays, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. www. oconeefarmersmarket.net PROFESSOR Q’S QUORUM OF QUINTESSENTIAL QUEERS: A QUEER CABARET (Nuçi’s Space) Queer Arts Athens host a curated performance illuminating queer history featuring the talents of locals who identify as LGBTQ+ June 30, 7 p.m. FREE! queerartsathens@ gmail.com, www.queerartsathens. com RABBIT HOLE EVENTS (Rabbit Hole Studios) Acoustic Fire Pit Jams are held every Monday, 7–11 p.m. Flow Jam Night for flow artists and LED/fire spinners is held Thursdays from 7–11 p.m. Free music theory group lessons for guitarists are held Thursdays from 7–10 p.m. White Rabbit Collective hosts a drum circle every Sunday downtown on College Ave. from 5–7 p.m., followed by an afterparty with painting, singing, games, yoga and more

from 7:30–11 p.m. www.rabbitholestudios.org REALLY, REALLY FREE MARKET (Reese & Pope Park) Just like a yard sale, but everything is free. Bring what you can, take what you need. Second Saturday of every month, 12–2 p.m. reallyreallyfreemarketathens@gmail.com SOUTHERN STAR STUDIO OPEN GALLERY (Southern Star Studio) Southern Star Studio is a working, collective ceramics studio, established by Maria Dondero in 2016. The gallery contains members’ work, primarily pottery. Every Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.southernstarstudioathens.com SOUTHERN VIOLENCE & WRESTLING (The Warehouse) Live wrestling featuring Andey Ripley’s Full Term. June 25, 8 p.m. $10. www. facebook.com/southernviolenceandwrestling STAR SPANGLED CLASSIC FIREWORKS DISPLAY (Athens-Ben Epps Airport) Fireworks will be visible from Lexington, Cherokee and Gaines School Roads. Parking near the airport and Satterfield Park opens at 7 p.m. Fireworks held July 2, 9:30 p.m. www.accgov.com/ fireworks STONEWALL DAY EVENT (Terrapin Beer Co.) A day of inclusivity, awareness and education of the LGBTQ+ community. There will be a training session, Q&A, performances and documentary showing. Attendance will be capped at 100 participants, so registration is encouraged. June 28. www.terrapinbeer.com THURSDAY TRIVIA (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Jon Head hosts trivia every Thursday. Win pitchers and gift certificates. Thursdays, 7–9 p.m. www.johnnyspizza.com WEST BROAD FARMERS MARKET (West Broad Farmers Market) The West Broad Farmers Market offers fresh produce, locally raised meat and eggs, baked goods, flowers, artisan goods and more. Order online or by phone Sundays–Thursdays, then pick up on Saturdays between 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. www.wbf.locallygrown.net

Help Out COMMUNITY CLEANUP (Walker Park) Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful hosts a Juneteenth cleanup event to pick up litter in partnership with the Minority Business & Nonprofit Association and Rashe’s Cuisine. Includes lunch. June 25, 10 a.m. www.keepathensbeautiful.org DIAPER DRIVE (Bogart Library) Drop off diaper donations in the library’s foyer for the Athens Area Diaper Bank. www.athensareadiaperbank. com KACCB LITTER INDEX (Athens, GA) Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful and UGA’s Debris Tracker seek volunteers to track litter items now through July 24. www.keepathensbeautiful.org/litterindex

Kidstuff ACC LIBRARY EVENTS (ACC Library) “Open Chess Play” is held Mondays, 3–5 p.m. “Virtual Storytime” is held Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. “Virtual Bedtime Stories” is held Tuesdays at 6 p.m. “Preschool Storytime” is held Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. “Keith Karnok Magic Show” is held June 23 at 10:30 a.m. “Teen Dungeons & Dragons” is held Jun 23 at 5:30 p.m. “Teen Paint-along” is held June 28 at 6 p.m. “LEGO Club” is held June 25 at 11 a.m. Open Play is held June 27 at 10:30 a.m. “Enchantment Under the Sea Dance” is held June 30 at 10:30 a.m. www.athenslibrary.org ALICE H. RICHARDS CHILDREN’S GARDEN (UGA State Botanical Garden) Every third Saturday of the month, enjoy a variety of engaging shows taking place on the Theatre in the Woods stage. Experience music, laughter and connection in nature. July 16, Aug. 20, Sept. 17 and Oct. 15 from 9:30–11 a.m. www.facebook.com/botgarden ART CAMPS FOR PROMISING YOUNG ARTISTS (K.A. Artist Shop) Camps are offered for ages

art around town ACE/FRANCISCO GALLERY (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1500) Established by Jason Thrasher and Beth Hall Thrasher, the gallery’s grand opening features “Vernon Thornsberry: New Works in Painting, Charcoal & Sculpture.” Through June 23. ARTWALL@HOTEL INDIGO ATHENS (500 College Ave.) “Quiet Marks” presents works by Kathryn Refi, In Kyoung Choi Chun and Shirley N. Chambliss. Through July 8. ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) “The Real, The Ideal” is a solo show by Lynette Caseman, a local artist who received a grant from the Athens Area Arts Council to support her work. Through July 17. ATHICA@CINÉ GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “So Much More” presents Lisa Freeman’s mixed media collages and assemblages that address the limitations frequently imposed on women in a patriarchal society. Through June 25. CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) “Hello, Welcome!” presents abstract worlds by Maggie Davis, Jonah Cordy, Carol MacAllister and Jason Matherly. • “Classic City” interprets the city of Athens, GA through the works of James Burns, Sydney Shores, Thompson Sewell and Allison Ward. FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Jeff Rapier’s portraits feature famous rock and rollers as well as local musicians, while Gary Autry’s artwork is full of abstract designs and intricate linework. Through June. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects” implicates racial stereotypes in the deaths of Black people at the hands of police and confronts the viewer with the fact of judicial inaction. Through Aug. 7. • As a visual response to Carrie Mae Weems’ exhibition, “Call and Response” is a selection of works from the museum’s collection that considers the intersection of race and representation in the works of other African American artists. Through Aug. 7. • “In Dialogue: Views of Empire: Grand and Humble” displays two print collections that create a conversation about what it meant to be a working-class citizen in mid-19th-century Russia. Through Aug. 21. • “Jennifer Steinkamp: The Technologies of Nature.” Through Aug. 21. • “Graphic Eloquence: American Modernism

10–12 and 13–17 and take place in-person, Mondays–Fridays during 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. or 1:30–5:30 p.m. Subjects include drawing, painting, illustration, calligraphy, printmaking, collage, journaling and more. $250 (half day), $450 (full day). www.kaartist.com ART CARD CLUB (K.A. Artist Shop) Katy Lipscomb and Tyler Fisher lead weekly gatherings to create, trade and exhibit miniature masterpieces the size of playing cards. Some materials provided, but participants can bring their own as well. The club meets on Fridays, 4:30–6 p.m. (ages 10–12) and 6:30–8 p.m. (ages 13–17). www. kaartist.com BOGART LIBRARY EVENTS (Bogart Library) “Keith Karnok: Catch a Wave… Read!” is held June 23 at 3 p.m. “Magic Workshop” is held June 23 at 4:15 p.m. “Monday Funday” is held June 27 at 10 a.m. “Dungeons & Dragons” is held June 28 at 6 p.m. “Busy Bee Toddler Time” is held June 29 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. “Throwback Thursday: Moana” is held June 30 at 3 p.m. “Stranger Things” premiere party is held July 1 at 3 p.m. “Star-Spangled Crafts and Stories” is held July 2 at 11 a.m. “Bookbinding” is held July 5 at 6 p.m. “Busy Bee Toddler Time” is held July 6 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. www.athenslibrary.org/bogart GRAND SLAM TEEN SUMMER PROGRAM (Lay Park) Ages 11–17 can participate in games, giveaways, music, sports and other activities. Fridays in June and July, 6–9 p.m. www.accgov.com/ grandslam HARGRETT LIBRARY’S TODDLER TUESDAY (UGA Special Collections Library) Toddler Tuesday is a new program full of story time, music and crafts for ages 1–4. “Georgia Music” on Aug. 2, “Sports!” on Sept. 20. Events held at 9:45 a.m. FREE! RSVP: jmb18449@uga.edu MAKING DANCES (work.shop) This alternative dance class teaches improvisation and choreography techniques. For ages 10–14. Taught

by Lisa Yaconelli. Tuesdays, 6:15– 7:30 p.m. $60/month, $210/14 weeks. lisayaconelli@gmail.com, www.lisayaconelli.com OCONEE LIBRARY EVENTS (Oconee Co. Library) “Preschool Storytime” for children and their caregivers is held Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. “Magician Keith Karnock” performs June 22, 10:30 a.m. “Sand Castle Competition” is held June 24 at 4 p.m. “Anime Club” is held June 27 at 7 p.m. “Deserted Island: Can You Survive?” is held June 29 at 6 p.m. www.athenslibrary.org/oconee SATURDAY CRAFT (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Each week’s craft is announced on Instagram. Saturdays, 10–10:45 a.m. (ages 3–6) or 11 a.m.–12 p.m. (ages 6–10). www.treehousekidandcraft. com, www.instagram.com/treehousekidandcraft SUMMER ART CAMPS (‘Brella Studio) Themed camps include “Tinker Thinker” (July 5–8; $235), “Glitter Sparkle Extravaganza!” (July 11–15), “Pirate Princess Paintpalooza” (July 18–22), “Unicorns, Mermaids and Dragons (Oh My!)” (July 25–29), “Color Explosion Camp” (Aug. 1–5), “Beautiful Messes” (Aug. 8–12), Camps run 9 a.m.–2 p.m. $295. www.brellastudio.com SUMMER CAMPS (Foxfire Woods and Farm, Nicholson) Join certified nature staff for outdoor learning and adventure on a 54 acre farm and nature sanctuary. For ages 5–12. www.foxirewoodsandfarm.com/ summercamps SUMMER CAMPS (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville) Camps are offered in clay (hand building, wheel throwing) and writing (poetry, fiction, college essays). Check website for dates and age groups. www.ocaf.com TUTORING (Online) The Athens Regional Library System is now offering free, live online tutoring via tutor.com for students K-12, plus college students and adult learners. Daily, 2–9 p.m. www.athenslibrary. org WILD EARTH CAMP (Piedmont Preserve) An adventure camp in the

on Paper from the Collection of Michael T. Ricker.” Through Sept. 4. • “Decade of Tradition: Highlights from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection.” Through July 3, 2023. GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Zane Cochran presents “Aurora,” a sculptural interpretation of the aurora borealis using 3D geometric figures and lights. HEIRLOOM CAFE (815 N. Chase St.) The Boulevard Neighborhood Young Artists, ages 2–18, present an exhibition of their latest creations. Through June 27. JUST PHO… AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism, fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Through June. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) AJ Aremu presents a largescale installation for “Window Works,” a site-specific series that utilizes the building’s front entrance windows for outdoor art viewing. • “Picture This” features the artwork of 11 Georgia-based painters who focus on narratives. • “Maps, Landforms and River Rafts” is a series of art quilts by Cathy Fussell on view alongside works by her daughter, Coulter Fussell. • “Robert Croker: At Random 2022” is a new suite of watercolors. Artist talk June 24, 12 p.m. • Jason Matherly’s “For Heather: New Shaped Paintings” is a collection of color-block works installed against a painted ground. • Collections from our Community presents “Winfield & McNeal’s Fleet,” a collection of vintage Tonka Trucks and ‘70s Hot Wheels. Through Aug. 20. An opening reception for all new exhibitions will be held June 23, 6–8 p.m. MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) On view in the Collector’s Cabinet is a display of Chinese Export Porcelain owned by the Morehouse family. Through June. • “Earth Bound: David Drake and Zipporah Camille Thompson” brings new light to the life and work of Drake, an enslaved African-American whose works of pottery from the mid-1800s are now sought world-wide. A second installation features ceramic work by contemporary artist Thompson. Through July 16. OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Artwork by Bobbi Johnson. Through June. OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) The annual “Members Exhibition” showcases works by artists who support the gallery as members. • “Figuratively Speaking” is a group exhibition stretching the limits of figurative work. Opening reception for both shows June 24,

forest for ages 4–13. Week-long camps begin July 11 and July 25. Register online. www.piedmont-preserve.org YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS SUMMER SERIES (Goodwill, 4070 Lexington Rd.) College Factory presents a five-week program in partnership with the Minority Business Nonprofit Association and Goodwill of North Georgia. Open to students in grades 9–12. Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Through June 29. FREE! brittany@ collegefactory.org, www.collegefactory.org

Support Groups ACA ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS AND DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) This support group meets weekly. Tuesdays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. annetteanelson@gmail.com AL-ANON 12 STEP (Multiple Locations) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking. Visit the website for a calendar of electronic meetings held throughout the week. www.ga-al-anon.org 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 FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP (ACC Library, Classroom A) Alzheimer’s Association Georgia presents a support group conducted by trained facilitators that is a safe place for those living with dementia and their caregiver to develop a support system. First Wednesday of every month, 6–7:30 p.m. 706206-6163, www.alz.org/georgia LGBTQIA+ VIRTUAL ALPHABET FAMILY GATHERING (Online) This is a safe space for anyone on the LGBTQIA+/TGQNB spectrum. Fourth Sunday of every month, 6–8 p.m. uuathensga.org/justice/ welcoming-congregation

MENTAL HEALTH PEER RECOVERY GROUP (Nuçi’s Space) Participants support each other through life’s challenges by sharing from their skills, experiences and proven coping mechanisms. Newcomers welcome. First Tuesday of the month, 4–6 p.m. pr@nuci.org, www.nuci.org PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP (First Baptist Church) This group is to encourage, support and share information with fellow sojourners who manage the challenges of Parkinson’s disease or other movement disorders. Second Friday of every month, 1 p.m. gpnoblet@ bellsouth.net RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction. Visit the website for details. Thursdays, 7 p.m. FREE! www.athensrecoverydharma.org SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) Athens Downtown SAA offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from a compulsive sexual behavior. Contact for location. www.athensdowntownsaa.com

Word on the Street FREE COVID-19 VACCINES (Clarke County Health Department) Vaccines are available by appointment or walk-in. No insurance or ID required. www.publichealthisforeveryone.com POOL SEASON (Multiple Locations) ACC Leisure Services pools and splash pads are open through July 31. $1/person, $20/season pass. Pools are located at Bishop Park, Heard Park, Lay Park and Rocksprings Park. Check website for hours. www.accgov.com/aquatics RABBIT BOX STORYTELLING (VFW on Sunset Drive) Storytelling themes for fall include “Wallflower” (Sept. 27), “Undone” (Oct. 25) and “Last Call” (Nov. 22). Pitch an eight-minute story to share with an audience. Story coaching available. rabbitboxstories@gmail.com, www. rabbitbox.org/tell-a-story f

5–7 p.m. Through July 23. ODUM SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY GALLERY (140 E. Green St.) Natural science illustrator C Olivia Carlisle shares insect, botanical and ecosystems illustrations alongside “The Birdwing Butterflies of Papua New Guinea,” a display featuring specimens assembled by James W. Porter and photographs by Carolyn Crist. Through fall. STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave) Cameron Berglund, a local artist and lecturer at UGA’s College of Environmental Design, presents a collection of plein air watercolor sketches and landscape-inspired illustrations. Through June 26. STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) “Mother Tongue: The Language of Families” includes Steffen Thomas’ paintings, drawings and sculptures that were shaped by powerful prose and poetry. Spoken Word Night with Linqua Franqa, Christopher Martin and Josina Guess held Aug. 20, 4:30 p.m. Currently on view through Aug 20. TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) Rich Panico’s exhibition, “Pandemic Art,” is a collection of recent drawings and ceramic works. Open by appointment through June. UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Frankie Welch’s Americana: Fashion, Scarves and Politics” explores the life of a Georgia native who owned a Virginia boutique, designing scarves and dresses used in political campaigns and events and worn by women throughout the country in the 1960s and ‘70s. Through July 8. • “I AM A MAN: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960–1970” documents a historic and transformative decade through iconic images of protestors and glimpses into the daily life of the American South. Film screening of King in the Wilderness held June 28. Through Aug. 11. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) Rodney Graiger’s exhibit “Black and White” includes large drawings on paper that portray recollections of private spaces where racial distinctions were often blurred but never fully erased. On view through July 28 on Sundays and by appointment. VIVA! ARGENTINE CUISINE (247 Prince Ave.) Susan Pelham’s collages are influenced by Magic Realism, Surrealism, fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Through August. WHITE TIGER GOURMET (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Artwork by Marisa Mustard. Through June.

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ROOMS FOR RENT Christian college student can live rent-free w/ former teacher/ missionary in exchange for assistance w/ packing/organizing supplies for shipping to Jamaica, Ukraine, Aruba and Appalachian area. No smoking, drinking or drugs. References req. Phone calls only, no emails. 706-296-6957.

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MUSIC SERVICES Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition. Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College Dwntn. 706-369-9428.

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JOBS FULL-TIME Jinya Ramen Bar Athens is now hiring for line cooks. Looking for positive, dependable cooks to prepare high-quality delicious ramen noodle dishes and more with precise recipes. Apply today at rose@ xcramen.com and join our real ramen culture! Mike Wheeler Landscape. Landscaping/gardening positions available. Good pay w/ experience. Part-time. Flexible hours. Call Mike Wheeler: 706-202-0585, mwwheeler1963@gmail.com

UberPrints is now hiring for multiple positions! Both full and part-time positions available. For more information and applications, go to uber prints.com/company/jobs White Tiger is now hiring for all positions at the Athens location and the new Watkinsville location! No experience necessary. Email work history or resume to catering@whitetigergourmet. com

OPPORTUNITIES Do you like driving, know your way around town and need some extra cash? Flagpole needs a reliable pool of substitute drivers for when our regular drivers are out! Email frontdesk@flagpole.com to be included in emails about future Distribution opportunities. Wholesale Nursery Employee needed in woody ornamental plant nursery. Part-time to full-time opportunities. Competitive pay. Flexible hours. Learning opportunities and possible advancement. Send resume with work references to: aubrysarbor2019@gmail. com. Find employees by advertising in the Flagpole Classifieds!

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NOTICES MESSAGES All Georgians over the age of five are eligible for COVID vaccines, and ages 12+ are eligible for boosters! Call 706-340-0996 or visit www. publichealthathens.com for more information. COVID testing available in West Athens (3500 Atlanta Hwy. Mon– Fri., 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. & Sat., 8 a.m.–12 p.m. At the old Fire Station on the corner of Atlanta Hwy. & Mitchell Bridge Rd. near Aldi and Publix.) Pre-registration is highly encouraged! Visit www.publichealthathens. com for more information. Get Flagpole delivered to your mailbox! It can be for you or your pal who just moved out of town. $50 for six months or $90 for one year. Call 706-5490301 or email frontdesk@ flagpole.com. Need old newspapers for your garden? An art project? What about your new puppy? Well, there’s plenty here at the Flagpole office! Call ahead and we’ll have them ready for you. Please leave current issues on stands. 706-549-0301

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