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The Week: Athens’ events July 1-7

Pick of the Week: ACC Tennis Center Public Information Open House The Athens-Clarke County Tennis Center Public Information Open House is being held for members of the community to have a chance to make comments on the proposed tennis center at Bishop Park. Community members are in an uproar about tearing up Bishop Park to [...]

Swing explosion sweeps the stage

A lindy bomb exploded near the Pulaski Street stage at Athfest Saturday, entertaining and amusing countless onlookers. Local group Athens Swing Night has claimed responsibility for the act. What is a lindy bomb? It is a flash mob of swing dancers, named for one of swing’s most popular dances, the lindy hop. “We thought it [...]

AthFest Review: Velveteen Pink

The Velveteen Pink show Saturday at Farm 255 paled in comparison to past performances. Decked out in matching pink track suits, the trio turned out tunes dripping with synthesized goodness, and fat, juicy beats, but failed to execute songs with precision. While most songs retained their dancability, one song fell flat. What might have been [...]

AthFest: Packway Handle Band

Through the pounding rain and masses of umbrellas on Friday night, it was difficult to concentrate on the music when water is running into your shoes and umbrellas are swinging a little too close for comfort.  However, Packway Handle Band captured the crowd’s attention with their lively Americana, bluegrass. After taking a year off from [...]

Athens Crime Map, June 24-30

Here is a map of crimes reported by the Athens-Clarke County Police and University Police Department. The red points correspond to burglary and theft by taking The purple points correspond to criminal trespass and suspicious persons The green points correspond to stolen vehicles and entering auto. The light blue points correspond to assault and battery [...]

UGA temperature table may help reduce heat-related deaths in closed cars

The heat of summer brings trips to the lake, afternoons at the beach and vacations in the mountains. It also arrives with the threat of dangerous conditions in closed cars, where children left alone for even a few minutes can lead to tragedy. Now, a team of researchers at the University developed an easy-to-use table [...]

AthFest Review: TeenScreen Film Fest at Cine

Cine’s TeenScreen FilmFest was better than I expected.  The screening featured a series of compiled shorts made by aspiring local teen film makers. The different shorts varied on subject matter from a boy faced with a killer sandwich to a modern Breakfast Club homage.  I could see the amount of time and dedication these teens [...]

AthFest: Kite to the Moon

Kite to the Moon’s high-energy, kick-ass romp of rock was an Athfest Saturday highlight.  For anyone who missed it, you missed out.  I was extremely impressed by their psychedelic post-punk sound. Their poppy chords are characterized by juvenile lyrics that seem vacant of any serious meaning yet catchy and fun.  This group does an excellent [...]

AthFest Review: Perpetual Groove

Perpetual Groove expertly commanded their mammoth audience Saturday night and left me wanting more.  You can tell when you watch Perpetual Groove that this is a group who knows its audience and knows how to please.  Their cool light show and techno jam fest immersed the audience in euphoria. Everyone was screaming and dancing and [...]

AthFest Review: The Spring Tigers

The Spring Tigers — although somewhat melodically appealing — what was good was drowned out by a melange of noise.  Their sound system needs some serious work. It was hard to enjoy a show that was constantly interrupted by loud squealing speakers and amps. Their performance was somewhat engaging with their energetic romps on-stage. I [...]

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