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Blog posts by Flagpole Staff

  • Congrats to the 2020 Flagpole Athens Favorites!

    Blog: Culture Briefs

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    Thousands of readers to infinity and beyond voted in this 10th year of the Flagpole Athens Favorites contest. Congratulations to all of the Athens businesses who won or were chosen runner-up in over 100 categories!

    Thanks to the out of this world Flagpole staff who made this issue possible. The cosmic theme, layout and designs were created by Larry Tenner and his crew, Chris McNeal and Cody Robinson. Anita Aubrey and Jessica Mangum are the hard-working ground control of the Flagpole advertising department. The intergalactic photos of our space model, Mark Weathersby, were taken by Jason Thrasher. A special thanks to our E.T. model, Scarlett Alston, for her fierce poses. Photos of our celestial winners were captured by Flagpole photographer Whitley Carpenter.

    A big thanks to the terrestrial photo locations: Hotel Indigo, Half-Shepherd Market and Cheese Shop, Marti’s at Midday, The Law Office of Sam Thomas, Creature Comforts and Cine.

    And finally, congratulations to all the winners! A full list is below.

  • Photos and Video: Athens Hip Hop Awards

    Blog: Homedrone

    The third annual Athens Hip Hop Awards happened Saturday, Mar. 7 at the Morton TheatreFlagpole photographers Joshua L. Jones and Randy Schafer were there to document the show. Check out photos and video below.

  • Humans of Athens: Ann and Terry Archer

    Blog: Culture Briefs

    Inspired by the popular Humans of New York blog, Flagpole editorial interns Ryan Kor and Laura James are setting out to profile the people who make Athens, Athens. Check back every Tuesday for a new post.

     

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    Photo Credit: Laura James

    WHO: Ann and Terry Archer, 62 and 63

  • Humans of Athens: Jillian Todd

    Blog: Culture Briefs

    Inspired by the popular Humans of New York blog, Flagpole editorial interns Ryan Kor and Laura James are setting out to profile the people who make Athens, Athens. Check back every Tuesday for a new post.

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    Photo Credit: Laura James

    WHO: Jillian Todd, 22, UGA finance major and Trader Joe's employee

  • Humans of Athens: Elijah NeeSmith

    Blog: Culture Briefs

    Inspired by the popular Humans of New York blog, Flagpole editorial interns Ryan Kor and Laura James are setting out to profile the people who make Athens, Athens. Check back every Tuesday for a new post.

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    Photo Credit: Laura James

    WHO: Elijah NeeSmith, 35, Chef at Waseca Montessori School and upright bassist for The Darnell Boys

  • Humans of Athens: Robert Arrington

    Blog: Culture Briefs

    Inspired by the popular Humans of New York blog, Flagpole editorial interns Ryan Kor and Laura James are setting out to profile the people who make Athens, Athens. Check back every Tuesday for a new post.

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    Photo Credit: Laura James

    WHO: Robert Arrington, 25, UGA law student

  • Humans of Athens: Monica Nixon

    Blog: Culture Briefs

    Inspired by the popular Humans of New York blog, Flagpole editorial interns Ryan Kor, Laura James and Lauren Steffes are setting out to profile the people who make Athens, Athens. Check back every Tuesday for a new post.

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    Photo Credit: Laura James

    HUMAN: Monica Nixon ("Nixon like the president, and Monica like Lewinsky. I have a very political name"), 4th-year Molecular Biology and Religious Studies student at UGA

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