Blog Topic: Last Night

Culture Briefs: UGA Hockey Debuts at Classic Center

By Blake Aued | April 10, 2014 11:02am

Ice Dogs head coach John Hoos. Photo credit: Blake Aued.

The University of Georgia Ice Dogs hockey team made its Athens debut Wednesday night at the Classic Center, beating arch-rival Georgia Tech 6–3.

The team has played home games mainly in Duluth, but thanks to the new removable ice rink and bleachers at the Classic Center, now squares off against visitors just a few blocks from campus.

"To be home now in Athens after 27 years is just the biggest thrill we could ever imagine," head coach John Hoos said.

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In the Loop: Georgia Republicans Don't Want You to Know How to Get Health Insurance

By Blake Aued | March 4, 2014 3:29pm

The state House of Representatives moved Monday night to outlaw University of Georgia and other state employees from implementing or even talking about the Affordable Care Act.

"This bill would prevent state agencies, local governments or even their employees from advocating on behalf of Medicaid expansion," said Tim Sweeney, director of health care policy at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.

"Among other consequences, it would effectively shut down the University of Georgia’s federally-funded Health Care Marketplace navigator program that helps insurance shoppers understand complex plan options," Sweeney said. "This amounts to cutting off our nose to spite our face."

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Culture Briefs: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Highlights Georgia Web Entrepreneurs

By Erica Techo | February 10, 2014 10:40am

Thinc. at UGA, University Union, the Department of Computer Science and FourAthens brought reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian to campus to discuss his book Without Their Permission. The book tour lacked a reading by the author but focused on its main points: entrepreneurship and the internet.

Ohanian took the audience through his failures and successes with reddit and involved Georgia web-based entreprenuers, such as Humans of New York founder Brandon Stanton, throughout the event.

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In the Loop: Athens Partners with Geelong, Australia

By Blake Aued | February 5, 2014 11:15am

The Athens-Clarke County Commission approved an agreement Tuesday night with the Australian city of Geelong that could bring down-under biotech companies to Athens.

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In the Loop: Few Answers on Future of Lyndon House

By Blake Aued | February 4, 2014 11:50am

Dozens of people crowded into the lab at Ciné to press Athens-Clarke County officials Monday night on the future of the Lyndon House Arts Center at a Federation of Neighborhoods forum. They left with few more answers than they came with.

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Homedrone: The 2014 Grammys in 12 Tweets

By Gabe Vodicka | January 27, 2014 12:27pm

Daft Punk won a bunch of awards.

The 2014 Grammy Awards happened last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The telecast had everything you would expect from the Grammys: whitebread collaborations (Chicago and Robin Thicke), blatant oversights (Kendrick; hip hop, in general), hilarious crowd shots and the occasional bit of honest-to-goodness brilliance (Kendrick, again, and his shouldn't-have-worked-but-did collab with Imagine Dragons).

After the jump, a 12-tweet recap of Music's Biggest Night™. For the full list of winners, go here.

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Homedrone: Watch Athens Songwriter Sam Burchfield On 'American Idol'

By Gabe Vodicka | January 24, 2014 10:56am

Last night, "American Idol" hit Atlanta for another round of auditions (What? You're not watching "American Idol?" GET WITH THE PROGRAM), and like most episodes of the now 13-year-old show (!), it was tense, emotional television. Who would make it to HOLLYWOOD? Who would have their hopes and dreams squashed like so many tone-deaf cockroaches?

Among the contestants who sang and/or played their hearts out for judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. (who is so great in this role BTW) was Sam Burchfield, an Athenian who gigs regularly around town under his own name and with his band Street Rhythm and Rhyme. Burchfield sang Louis Prima's "I Wan'na Be Like You"—yes, the song from The Jungle Book—but did he make it through to the next round?

Hit the jump to find out.

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Culture Briefs: PHOTOS: Classic City Roller Girls Exhibition Bout

By David Schick | January 18, 2014 12:00am

Almost 1,000 people—898 to be exact—came out to the Classic Center to support the Classic City Roller Girls' inaugural bout at their new home.

Here are some photo highlights:

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Culture Briefs: Downtown Parade of Lights Photo Gallery

By Blake Aued | December 6, 2013 2:09pm

The Parade of Lights took over downtown Athens last night, and Flagpole was there to document the action.

Check out a photo gallery after the jump.

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Homedrone: Watch Cracker Play 'Low' on Flagpole's Parade of Lights Float

By Gabe Vodicka | December 6, 2013 11:52am

The Parade of Lights took over downtown Athens last night with its motley selection of wacky floats, excited children and semi-sober revelers. The best float? Why, as always, of course, it was the Flagpole/AthFest/40 Watt Club vessel, which this year featured a very special musical guest: the one and only Cracker.

After the jump, watch the band play "Low."

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