Flagpole Magazine

12/17/2025

Learn more about the holiday jazz group, and find out which Peanuts character each member identifies with.

One of Athens’ most beloved holiday traditions is celebrating 10 years of Good Grief. Seth Hendershot on drums, Greg Hankins on piano and Luca Lombardi on double bass make up the trio that brings the soundtrack of A Charlie Brown Christmas to the stage with a spirit of its own. The members met thr...

12/17/2025

Athens-Clarke County planners are putting together regulations for data centers that will be sent on to the county commission next month.

Athens-Clarke County planners are putting together regulations for data centers, and are likely to restrict them to two areas of town in rural East Athens and around Newton Bridge Road that are already zoned heavy industrial, while requiring individual approval for data centers over a certain size.....

12/17/2025

This week's recap from Athens GA Live Music features Faye Webster, Patterson Hood, Writhe and more!

With Gregory Frederick and Frank Russell behind the camera, Athens GA Live Music seeks to document local and touring bands gracing stages across the Classic City. Explore the whole archive and subscribe to the channel here. Get up to speed with recent performances below, and remember to check Flagpo...

12/15/2025

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12/11/2025

With coffee shop margins too thin to stay afloat, owner Bain Mattox confirms Buvez will be closing to make way for the bar and venue Deadbeat Club.

Open since 2018, Buvez, the day-to-night coffee shop, meeting place, art gallery, eatery and performance venue, will close at the end of the year. Owner Bain Mattox said that he loves the place and its role in the community, but he was having to dip into his savings to keep it going month after mont...

12/10/2025

Comments made during the Oconee County Library Board's 2023 meetings discussing LGBTQ material in the young adults section sparked this lawsuit.

Athens Pride and Q***r Collective, an LGBTQ+ advocacy and support group, has successfully defended itself in court from a lawsuit filed by Julie Mauck, real estate agent and Oconee County chair of the far-right group Moms for Liberty. In 2023, Mauck filed a lawsuit against Danielle Bonanno, then pre...

12/10/2025

This Friday Nuçi's Space celebrates its anniversary with a benefit concert at the Georgia Theatre.

If you ask any musician in Athens about Nuçi’s Space, the odds are very high that they have a connection of some sort to the nonprofit—it could be as simple as renting gear and rehearsal space, or as meaningful as getting their start playing music as a kid through Camp Amped and getting mental ...

12/10/2025

House District 121, split between Clarke and Oconee counties, shifted 12 points to left in Tuesday's special election.

Democrat Eric Gisler flipped an Athens-area state House of Representatives seat Tuesday night, eking out a win in a district he’d lost by 22 points last year. Gisler defeated Republican Mack “Dutch” Guest IV by just 200 votes, winning 50.85%–49.15%. House District 121 straddles Clarke and Oc...

12/09/2025

This week’s recap from Athens GA Live Music features Rauncher, Déjà Vu, Austin Sisk and more!

With Gregory Frederick and Frank Russell behind the camera, Athens GA Live Music seeks to document local and touring bands gracing stages across the Classic City. Explore the whole archive and subscribe to the channel here. Get up to speed with recent performances below, and remember to check Flagpo...

12/09/2025

Polls are open until 7 p.m. for the House District 121 special election.

Early voting turnout in heavily Republican Oconee County for Tuesday’s House District 121 special election exceeded that of Clarke County, and Republican candidate Mack “Dutch” Guest IV raised more than three times as much money as Democrat Eric Gisler, according to Lee Becker of the blog Ocon...