Blog Topic: Great Job

In the Loop: Habitat ReStore Opening on Atlanta Highway

By Blake Aued | August 8, 2013 12:02pm

The new store will be at 4125 Atlanta Highway, a building between Commerce Boulevard and Athens Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram formerly occupied by AT&T and Lowe's. Starting Aug. 20 (Habitat's 25th anniversary), it will open Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Grub Notes: Normaltown Cafe Reopens in Danielsville, Hugh Acheson Hooks Up with Live Nation

By Hillary Brown | July 29, 2013 4:57pm

Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood

Once upon a time, before Normaltown had cute hipster printing shops and doughnuts and there wasn't a big hole in the air where Allen's once was, there was a modest restaurant there called Normaltown Cafe. Then it operated on Tallassee for a while, in the space that's now Sr. Sol. Old Athens folks will appreciate that it is reopening, although this time in Danielsville, at 200 General Daniels Rd., near the Hardee's.

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Homedrone: Watch MTV's Athens-Based Web Pilot

By Gabe Vodicka | July 25, 2013 12:21pm

Remember when all those MTV cameras were filming you a few months ago? Turns out it was for a new web series—for the media giant's new MTV Other venture—called "This is the Place." The pilot episode, set in Athens, was posted today. Watch it below.

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In the Loop: Advocates Continue Fight for Partner Benefits

By Blake Aued | July 10, 2013 2:12pm

Janet Frick wrote this response to UGA President Jere Morehead, who said yesterday that the administration has done all it can to get health insurance for employees' domestic partners.

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Homedrone: Watch a Psychedelic New Pretty Bird Video

By Gabe Vodicka | July 8, 2013 4:12pm

Here's a trippy new clip from recent Flagpole Athens Music Award winners Pretty Bird. The low-budget, high-impact video, for the song "in a tin hut," from the group's ambitious recent release HOUSE, is a shrouded, psychedelic affair.

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In the Loop: Superintendent Rules in Favor of Challenged Book

By Blake Aued | July 8, 2013 3:02pm

After the Clarke County Board of Education ordered him to review his initial decision last month, Superintendent Philip Lanoue has again overruled objections that And the Earth Did Not Devour Him contains too much profanity for middle school students.

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In the Loop: BikeAthens, People for a Better Athens Weigh in on Selig

By Blake Aued | July 2, 2013 12:45pm

People for a Better Athens is turning out its members to today's 7 p.m. Athens-Clarke County Commission meeting at City Hall, where commissioners are set to approve Selig Enterprises' development at the Armstrong & Dobbs site near downtown.

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AthFest: Here Are Your 2013 Flagpole Athens Music Award Winners

By Gabe Vodicka | June 21, 2013 10:39am

2013 Artist of the Year New Madrid

The Flagpole Athens Music Awards show, held last night at the Morton Theatre, was a smashing success. Thanks to everyone who came out! Below is a list of all the winners. Stay tuned for a photo gallery, as well as an extended recap, to come.

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In the Loop: Flagpole Named AAN Awards Finalist

By Gabe Vodicka | May 23, 2013 10:54am

Pete McCommons

The Association of Alternative Newsmedia has announced the finalists for the 2013 AAN Awards, and Flagpole has been named a finalist in the "Column: Circulation Under 50,000" category.

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Homedrone: Watch this Short but Gripping Documentary on Dead Wood Guitars

By Gabe Vodicka | May 22, 2013 11:30am

Jason Booth

This past January, local filmmaker Cartter Fontaine began filming local luthier Jason Booth of Dead Wood Guitars as he crafted a handmade guitar for local bluesman Rick Fowler. The resulting 14-minute documentary, which chronicles the entire process, from tree to tuning, is a fascinating and beautifully shot inside look at one man's commitment to his art.

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