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Planned Parenthood finds a new home in EAV

Staci Fox, Planned Parenthood Southeast’s president and CEO, talks fighting for reproductive health under a Trump presidency

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NOT GIVING UP: Planned Parenthood Southeast President and CEO Staci Fox (far right) marches in Selma, Alabama with Vice President of Public Policy Nikema Williams (second from left) and supporters.

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n March 2016, a nonrenewable lease forced Planned Parenthood’s Downtown health center to shut down. The only other metro health centers are located in Cobb County and Gwinnett, leaving Atlanta women in need of affordable reproductive health care with few local options. But next month, we finally have some good news: Planned Parenthood Southeast’s health center will reopen in East Atlanta Village at 440 Moreland Ave. The new center, expected to be up and running by early to mid July, will offer a full range of reproductive health care for women, men and young people — including lifesaving cancer screenings, breast health services, birth control, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, pap tests, and medical abortion services. The relocation is a victory for the organization’s Southeast arm, and the many people it serves. Georgia is not exactly known for its progressive policies toward women’s health (we’re looking at you, Karen Handel), and under a federal administration that seems intent upon forcing us back to the Dark Ages, local victories like this are more than a little heartening. Creative Loafing caught up with Planned Parenthood Southeast President and CEO Staci Fox via email to talk about how the organization

is faring and how it will continue to fight for affordable and accessible reproductive health care in the days, weeks and years ahead. Why did you decide to relocate the health center to East Atlanta Village? The decision to relocate to East Atlanta Village was evidence-based. Rollins School of Public Health graduate students from Emory University conducted a relocation analysis to identify strategic locations for the Atlanta health center. The East Atlanta site is located in an area of need for our sexual and reproductive health services and is also near public transportation and highways. What’s it like working for Planned Parenthood under the Trump administration? From day one, this administration has targeted women’s health. In May, the president proposed the worst budget for women and women’s health in a generation. For the first time in history, the proposed budget singles out Planned Parenthood, and it guts programs designed to help women and their families put food on the table, get the medical care they need and make ends meet. The Medicaid cuts alone would affect millions of people: One in five women rely on Medicaid for preventative care, and it covers almost half of all births. Planned Parenthood health centers currently serve 41 percent of people accessing contraception under Title X. And although the

proposal would maintain Title X funding, it renders the program ineffective by barring Planned Parenthood from participating. In response to this administration and its repeated attacks on women’s health, we are doing everything we can to educate the public and our lawmakers about the disastrous effects of this budget proposal. But here in Georgia, these attacks have been our reality for years. We fight every day to make sure our doors stay open so that we can continue to provide compassionate, nonjudgmental care for patients who count on us. There’s been some confusion over the GOP’s attempts to defund Planned Parenthood. Are there any common misconceptions you can clear up? The bill to repeal the ACA contains an extremely harmful provision that would “defund” Planned Parenthood. The word “defund” can be misleading, but what it really means is that it will prohibit people with Medicaid coverage from accessing preventive health care at Planned Parenthood health centers, including birth control, cancer screenings and STD testing and treatment. Many of these patients would have nowhere else to go for care. Those who already face barriers to accessing health care — especially people of color, people with low incomes and people who live in rural areas — would be hardest hit. Ultimately, this is a question of choice. Politicians should not be dictating which health care providers patients can and cannot see. It is a deeply personal and private decision that should be left up to the patients themselves. After Trump was elected, there was a huge increase in private donations to Planned Parenthood and other progressive organizations. How has this affected you at a local level? We have received unprecedented support this year, and we are so moved and inspired by the outpouring of generosity. People have volunteered — by the hundreds — to help us with patient care, administrative work and advocacy. Others have donated their hard-earned money to the cause. One woman from Washington state sent us a note saying she had worked extra hours that month and decided to contribute her overtime earnings to PPSE. We received another donation from a 16-year-old girl who attends an all-girls school in New York City. Her class recently discussed how many states have few or only one Planned Parenthood health center, and for that reason, she wanted to send us her contribution. These are just a few examples of the incredible kindness that we’ve witnessed. And we are especially grateful because this kind

“From day one, this administration has targeted women’s health. in may, the president proposed the worst budget For women and women’s health in a generation.” — Staci Fox of grass-roots support will be critical as we face the uncertainty ahead. What do you see in the organization’s future? Planned Parenthood has been around for 100 years, and we have been in Atlanta since 1964. Undeniably, that century’s worth of work is paying off: Thanks in large part to improved access to contraception, unintended pregnancies and teen pregnancy rates are at historically low levels, and the abortion rate in the United States is at its lowest level since Roe v. Wade. With the relocation of this health center, we are protecting women’s access to the provider that they’ve been counting on for decades. Ultimately, we plan to be around for our patients for the next 100 years, providing nonjudgmental, compassionate care — no matter what. C [email protected]

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ineteen weeks before Atlantans elect their next mayor, the pool of candidates is still crammed with hizzoner hopefuls, and some of them are getting testy. Since the election kicked off, one candidate blasted his opponents, some candidates clashed with Mayor Kasim Reed and a campaign staffer might’ve even tweeted weirdly racist messages at his employer’s competitor. That all comes with the territory, of course, so Creative Loafing — as part of our new, weekly column devoted to covering the mayoral race — whipped up a snapshot of the beefs and bonds that could sway the course of the heated contest to replace Mayor Reed. As with any big political showdown, some of the candidates are at each other’s throats, lobbing attack ads, posting ill-tempered tweets and even ragging on one another in person. But the man who seems enveloped in the most spats isn’t running at all; he’ll be stepping down in January, after his successor is selected. Reed has clashed with several of the candidates vying for his seat. He said state Sen. Vincent Fort would be a “disaster” at the helm of the city. He said Cathy Woolard, Atlanta’s former Council president, is running a “failing” campaign and is a quitter for leaving her City Council post to run for Congress. And he recently sparred with Councilwoman Mary Norwood (Reed barely beat her in the 2009 race), Council President Ceasar Mitchell and Fulton Commission Chairman John Eaves on Twitter, in a dispute over Atlanta’s millage rates. Reed, however, seems keen on Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former head of the Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority who’s overseen much of the controversial Turner Field redevelopment deal. (Woolard and Fort take issue with plans to use stadium sale cash to revamp Philips Arena.) In January, Reed put on a campaign fundraiser for Bottoms, although his office refuses to call it a de facto endorsement. But if you ask Harvey Newman, professor emeritus of Georgia State University’s Department of Public Management and Policy, he’ll tell you that neither a Reed endorsement nor a condemnation will tip the scales come election time. Now that the mayor is a term-limited lame duck, his political clout won’t pack as much punch as it used to. Newman says the mayor has indeed done some swell stuff for the city — economically and culturally — but barbs exchanged with his office likely won’t hamper anyone’s chances in this contest. Friction with other runners, however, might turn some voters’ heads, he says: “That’s the thing about negative ads: Everyone complains about them, but they seem to work. Otherwise they wouldn’t keep running them.”

SEARCHING FOR SUCCESSOR: Who will replace Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed when the election rolls around this November?

When it comes to calling out the competition, Peter Aman, the city’s ex-chief operating officer, leads the pack. The candidate recently email-blasted digs at a few contenders, although his camp maintains that’s just par for the course. “Why is Mary Norwood ducking the public?” Aman asks in a June 8 email. “She and her campaign team have decided she will skip as many public forums as possible, denying voters the opportunity to truly compare the full slate of candidates.” Not so, says Norwood. Aman cries foul on her absence at five public forums, calling his opponent “Missing Mary.” She says she missed one event because she was in Adamsville to

“ThaT’s The Thing abouT negaTive ads: everyone complains abouT Them, buT They seem To work.” — Harvey NewmaN learn about Atlanta’s blight problem, and she claims she was unable to make it to others because she was feeling under the weather for a couple weeks. Norwood, who says she hardly knows Aman, is scratching her head about why his campaign is so hung up on the competition.

“I’m really not focused on any other candidates in the race,” she says. “Everybody runs their own race and their own campaign.” Aman’s campaign manager, Fred Hicks, however, claims Norwood’s people have attacked Aman as well, pointing to a tweet allegedly See Beefs and bonds p.10

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supporters fancy him. “Well, he’s a Democrat,” Newman says. “This is a Republican-controlled House and Senate, and the ability of any Democrat to get anything done [in the General Assembly] is severely limited.” But Fort flaunts the friendships of a few seriously influential leftists. Roy Barnes, Georgia’s 80th governor, and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders are both backing Fort’s bid for mayor, which means he should be able to claim some votes from the little guy, the voter opposed to establishment politicos backed by deep-pocketed developers and other private interests. Michael Sterling, former head of the city’s workforce development agency, is running on a similar platform, although few people — Newman included — know much else about the candidate. Sterling tells CL his “only opponent is the status quo.” But that vague stance might not be enough to combat well-funded candidates, such as Aman, who has strong support in Atlanta’s business community. Newman says Aman, who’s raked in more campaign cash than most of his rivals, has a competitive edge because “he can outspend most of the other candidates. “But Norwood came within an eyelash of winning that [2009] election,” says Newman, and a few of the other candidates boast formidable name recognition that could woo the electorate. But the race is still too jam-packed to deem anyone a shoo-in, so we’ll keep checking in with Atlanta’s mayoral wannabes until election day in November. C

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shared by her campaign treasurer, Jamie Ensley. According to a screenshot shared by Aman’s team, Ensley called @PeterAmanATL a “HONKY CRACKER.” Norwood says that might just be fake news, but Aman’s camp again railed against her because he’s “troubled by any candidate who tolerates hate on their staff,” according to a June 16 press release, which questions her passive response to Ensley’s alleged post. Another rivalry that could cause a rift on the campaign trail is that of Fort and Councilman Kwanza Hall, both of whom want to claim the title of champion of marijuana reform. Since the inception of his campaign, Fort has been trumpeting his commitment to decriminalizing cannabis possession. He’s backed some weed law reform efforts at the state capitol, but none of those bills survived the legislative session. Hall, however, has made some progress — albeit sluggish progress — in a municipal fight to relax the punishments for marijuana possession. Fort says Hall was dragging his feet with the ordinance he pitched to the City Council, and he claims Hall only recently booted his efforts back up because of citizen uproar over the police shooting of DeAundre Phillips, a 24year-old black man killed in January by Atlanta Police Officer Yasin Abdulahad. When reached for comment, Hall tells CL only that he’s “going to be everyone’s mayor.” But a good handful of the candidates don’t feel any inclination to attack their competitors. Newman calls Woolard a “squeaky clean” candidate — save for discourse with Reed over the Turner Field deal — who’s kept her head low and her boots on the ground to win grass-roots, progressive support. “There’s distinction between people’s positions, and then there’s negative politics, and I think voters can tell the difference,” Woolard says. “People want to hear contrast. They don’t want to hear condemnation.” Newman says Woolard can look forward to reeling in a sizable chunk of the progressive vote, but her 13 years away from the City Council might help and hurt her chances at the polls. But, he adds, her distance from the Council means she won’t have to worry about possible indictments that could come of the city’s bribery investigation. Anyone with recent ties should be ready to answer to their involvement (or lack thereof) with the scandal. “She can stand back as an independent person and be critical of what’s gone on for the last eight years,” Newman says. “Now the fact that she’s been out of city government for a while also means not as many voters may remember her contributions to the city.” Fort has kept relatively quiet about his opponents, although a campaign catchphrase of his is “City Hall has lost its way.” The mayor has repeatedly knocked him for his record at the Georgia Legislature, claiming Fort hasn’t been quite the legislative boon that his liberal

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he High Museum celebrates summer’s arrival with a Summer KickOff Party, featuring performances by T. Lang Dance, a collective dedicated to exposing the arts and emerging communities to the creative impact of dance, as well as sounds by DJ Kemit. Drinks will be available for purchase to help attendees cool off. Free with museum admission. 6 p.m. Fri., June 23. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-733-4400. www.high.org. The performance studio the Lucky Penny was founded by artists whose mission is to advance artistry and cultivate community through daring performance projects. On Thurs., June 22, and Fri., June 23, the Lucky Penny will present Heads Up, an event showcasing two programs of “daring contemporary dance” featuring choreographers of the Lucky Penny’s rehearsal studio, Work Room. Performers include Anicka Austin, Bella Dorado, Blake Beckham and Melissa Word. $10-$15. 8 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., June 22-23. Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Road N.E. 404-899-7681. www.theluckypenny.org. With the beginning of summer comes Atlanta’s infamous heat, and a sudden, indescribable craving for ice cream. Slow Food Atlanta saves the season with its 11th annual Ice Cream Social. In partnership with Peachtree Road Farmers Market, the ice cream social will feature local chefs, farmers and “ambitious amateurs” all working together to serve the city everyone’s favorite summer treat.

Free-$15. 12:30-2:30 p.m. Sat., June 24. The Cathedral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Road N.W. www.slowfoodatlanta.org. The Sundress and Big Hat Brunch began when a group of friends asked each other, “What happened to those old-fashioned spring teas?” The Sundress and Big Hat Brunch is a celebration of womanhood, fashion, fun, fundraising and, most importantly, female friendship. Previously celebrated in Raleigh, North Carolina, Atlanta’s theme is “The Gift of Girlfriends,” and will celebrate and foster an atmosphere for making life-lasting friendships. $50. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat., June 24. Westin Atlanta Perimeter North, 7 Concourse Parkway. www.sundressandbighatbrunch.com. Celebrate ArtsATL’s “lawn-ch” of its Luminary Award nominations at the annual lawn party at Historic Oakland Cemetery. ArtsATL is a nonprofit organization with a mission to promote a healthy and vibrant arts community in Atlanta by providing accessible and in-depth features of the city’s art scene. The ArtsATL Lawn Party will feature everything from games and music to appearances by members of the Atlanta City Council and mayoral candidates, who will speak about their respective arts platforms. Free-$38. 3-6 p.m. Sat., June 24. Historic Oakland Cemetery, 248 Oakland Ave. S.E. www.artsatl.com. OuterSpace, an event series that merges different art mediums, action sports and culture to “enhance outdoor spaces, generate positive energy, expand the mind, and

Living Walls hosts TQM: Te Quiero Mucho, which translates to “I love you very much,” to celebrate local arts and music in memory of the late arts advocate Laura Calle. TQM’s next event is a silent disco featuring music by Halogen, Carllitos Morales and DJ Dsry, as well as an open bar. All proceeds from the event will be donated to Living Walls. $50. 9 p.m. Sat., June 24. Westside Cultural Arts Center, 760 10th St. N.W. www.tqmatl.com. Be the first to witness Atlanta’s latest sci-fi, horror and suspense-themed short films in Attack of the 50 Foot Film Fest. Entirely produced by Atlanta filmmakers, the four films premiering will tackle everything from the horrors of Stephen King’s stories to everyone’s worst nightmare: bedbugs. $10. 7 p.m. Tues., June 27. Plaza Theatre, 1049 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E. www.plazaatlanta.com.

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Roxane Gay on feminism and Hunger The acclaimed writer shares her thoughts on intimate writing and unresolved experiences

read about bodies, it’s a traditional weight loss narrative and is this very triumphant moment when someone has basically solved the problem of their body. What happens for all of us who have not yet solved it or who do not see our bodies necessarily as a problem? This is a book that is more apt for those people. Why was it necessary for you to pull your book How to Be Heard from Simon & Schuster after they signed Milo Yiannopoulos? For me, it was necessary because I think that we have to resist fascism and ignorance and hatred in all kinds of ways, and this was just a small thing that I could do in my own mind to say that. Simon & Schuster is welcome to publish whoever they want, including Milo, but I find his ideology and his outlook to be both banal and also deeply offensive. He’s a provocateur and that’s his right, but I don’t have to do business with a company that’s interested in doing business with him.

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How do you combat exhaustion and burnout? I just try to focus on doing the best I can from one day to the next, and I think it’s important to hold ourselves accountable to standards. But I also think it’s important to recognize our humanity and the fact that sometimes, despite our best efforts, we are going to fall short — and that’s not the end of the world.

WEIGHED DOWN: Roxane Gay visits Atlanta to read from her new memoir, Hunger, which addresses trauma and weight.

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elf-proclaimed “bad feminist” Roxane Gay has gained a seat among some of the strongest voices in today’s feminist writing with her witty sarcasm and deeply honest commentaries on pop culture, politics and feminism. Even before her New York Times best-selling book of essays Bad Feminist projected her into mainstream readership, Gay held claim to an impressive list of accomplishments, including co-founder of the literary publication PANK Magazine, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press and contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. In her upcoming book, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, Gay examines what it means to have an “unruly” body and shares her lifelong struggle with trauma and the all-encompassing experience of being overweight in a world where weight is used to dictate happiness. Gay returns to Decatur on Thurs., June 22, almost two years after her appearance as a keynote speaker at the 2015 Decatur Book Festival, to 12 ❘ JUNE 22 - JUNE 28, 2017 ❘ clatl.com

You were a keynote speaker at the 2015 Decatur Book Festival alongside Erica Jong, and the two of you had a disagreement over the inclusivity of feminism. How do you deread from Hunger at Agnes Scott College. Creative cide when to have those conversations? Loafing snagged a few minutes to catch up with It just depends on the moment and whether or Gay and find out what she’s been up to since we not that person is reachable. Do I last saw her. think that they are actually gonna Roxane Gay listen to a contrary position? Or What was it like to write so $28.30. 7:30 p.m. not? That in general is how I deterintimately about yourself in Thurs., June 22. mine when to engage or not. DurHunger? Gaines Chapel at ing that Erica Jong conversation, I Hunger was definitely a challengPresser Hall, Agnes just couldn’t let that stand instead ing book to write because it was so Scott College, of [letting] that sort of idea that personal. I definitely dragged my 1137 Buttrick feminism is somehow as inclusive heels quite a lot and had doubts Drive, Decatur. as it needs to be when it’s decidedly about whether or not I should even charisbooksandmore. not. I just had to challenge that. be writing this book. But I know com. There were so many people in the that oftentimes my best writing audience, and I didn’t want them rises out of the things that I find to walk away thinking that everything was fine the most difficult, and this is certainly one of the within feminism. most difficult things I’ve ever written. You’ve said Hunger doesn’t provide solutions. What value do you find in sharing your unresolved experiences? I think just giving voice to a different kind of book about bodies. Because oftentimes, when we

What are you tired of talking about? Oh, I am tired of being asked about what feminism is. I just can’t believe that that question still comes up. C [email protected]

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Morningside’s new eatery, Whiskey Bird, marries Japanese gastronomy and Spanish sensibilities By AngelA HAnsBerger

at just $2 to $4.50 a stick. Those in search of more meat should opt for the butter burger sliders ($7): thick, juicy patuch like a red paper lantern ties nestled against roasted mushrooms, a sliver hanging outside an entrance in of white truffle, a slice of dill and smoked GouJapan signifies an establishment da fondue for dipping. A fried chicken slider serving small meals and liquor, ($6) reminds one of a Chick-Fil-A sandwich Atlanta’s Morningside neighborhood offers its with crispy chicken, creamy sauce and a ridged own symbol. Spot the blue neon lit-up bird dill slice on a pillowy steamed bun. The portoand you’ll know you’ve found Whiskey Bird, bello sliders ($6) bring a surprisingly balanced a new joint serving yakitori, small plates and confluence of taste and texture. Two large plenty of spirits. But must we define it with a mushroom caps in barbecue glaze are skewmoniker? Is Whiskey Bird a yakitori-ya or an ered with tangy fried avocado — soft, creamy, izakaya? Is it tapas, fusion, a gastropub? Does crunchy, savory and filling. it matter? Tacos ($4-$5) come two to an order in The restaurant comes from executive light and crispy fried gyoza shells. Peruvian chef Chad Crete and GM Anthony Vipond, chicken is vibrantly flavored with lime and hospitality veterans from Decatur’s Iberian mild aji chiles and super tender, but could Pig who first met at Cornell University. “The use a little heat. Hawaiian tuna tacos are like name pays homage to the great American mini poke bowls inside crisp shells with cubes spirit, whiskey, which we highlight in our of fresh rare tuna, cucumber and mango classic cocktails,” they say. “Bird is a refertossed in a cream of avocado ence to traditional yakitori.” speckled with black sesame seeds Whiskey Bird bears little reWhiskey Bird and seaweed floss. It tastes like semblance to the space’s former 1409 N. Highland deep fried sea. occupant, Timone’s Pizza. A few Ave. N.E. Whiskey Bird doesn’t relegate potted plants divide the main 404-600-5797. its vegetarian dishes to side items. dining room and the atmosphere eatwhiskeybird. The “greens and veggies” section is convivial and loud. Sleek, mincom. of the menu offers an array of imalist decor features dark conchoices. A huge shaved Brussels crete floors, industrial-looking sprouts salad ($9) brings excitement with the exposed ductwork and an open kitchen lined sweetness of Asian pear, subtly intense scalwith white subway tiles. Everything is graylions and crunchy-spiced pecans, tossed in a scale, from the tufted black leather booths to the curvy bar fitted with comfy bucket stools. bright lemon tahini dressing. While I wanted to love the chilled asparagus ($11), it just Tables are marble-look solid-surface with didn’t come together for me. Large stalks of wood and black chairs. A large patio wraps steamed asparagus came topped with pickled around the rear. The muted backdrop makes way for color- peppers, roasted tomatoes, quarters of boiled egg (lots of them) and a dense coating of ful dishes. There is an appealing simplicity breadcrumbs. with everything that comes to the table and While one could easily build a meal of two the menu works well for sharing. Servers remind that everything is tapas-style and things or three small plates, the large courses should not be ignored and are also easily shared. may arrive in bunches. Selections are divided Slices of grilled ahi tuna ($21) come snuggled into yakitori, Hong Kong sliders, tacos, vegin edamame rice grits and drizzled with green gies and large plates. onion vinaigrette. Whole roasted cauliflower Yakitori (skewered grilled meats) is cooked ($15) is seasoned with “everything bagel” on a robata grill over slow-burning, hardwood coating. It arrives on the scene steakhousecharcoal called binchotan. Order by the stick like with a serrated knife sticking out and or grab a roulette of four for $12. Shiitake strips of crisply fried scallions mounded on mushrooms in a spicy soy marinade are intop. You can go family-style with a $40 feast tensely smoky, meaty and juicy. Three crispy for four if you arrive before 6:30 p.m. on meatballs arrive with a moist interior flavored weekdays and 6 p.m. on weekends. by garlic and ginger. Exceptionally tender A place with “whiskey” in its name betcharred octopus rounds come with three slices ter have a decent list, and this one does. of five-spice-tinged Chinese sausage. Two There’s a large international selection of petite peppers stuffed with mild chorizo and both whiskey and whisky, along with plenty cotija cheese resemble pretty little dusted chilof whiskey-focused classic cocktails. Options es rellenos. Portions are enormous and priced

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YAKITORI ROULETTE: Sticky soy chicken (from left), sweet potato, charred octopus, stuffed peppers, shrimp with charred scallion chimichurri and a Whiskey Bird Sour up top

include timeless, reliable pleasers: Manhattan, Negroni, Margarita, Vesper, Sazerac, Dark and Stormy. The Whiskey Bird Sour was a balanced, generous and frothy mix of bourbon and house-made sour mix topped with a couple of Luxardo cherries. There is a strong selection of craft beer on tap, in cans and in bottles, and a carefully curated wine list of Old and New World varietals. A glass of Aligote from Burgundy paired well with the subtle Asian-meets-Spanish flavors

— super dry and herbal with a slight lemony finish and aroma. No matter what we call Whiskey Bird — is Japas a term yet? — the Japanese-inspired gastronomy fits superbly with Spanish small plate sensibilities. Dining here is easy and casual, prices are reasonable and the combination of flavors and tastes is appealing. So call it what you want. I will just keep calling for reservations. C [email protected]

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From gospel to grub

Wanda Nero Butler of Global Grub Collective’s Kiss My Bunz shares her path to burger bliss

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ORDER UP: Kiss My Bunz chef and owner Wanda Nero Butler shows off her cornbread burger.

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ne month after Judaea Butler started working at Q Trinh’s Global Grub Collective in East Atlanta, she told her mother Wanda about it. “I had just lost my parents,” Wanda Nero Butler recalls. “I was complaining and kind of heartbroken that my father didn’t have his affairs in order and didn’t leave us anything. That’s when I heard my father’s voice say, ‘I left you that burger!’” Indeed, Wanda’s father had perfected a burger recipe back in Detroit, where the family comes from, at his restaurant Landmark Soul Food Café. Wanda and her daughter, Judaea, brought the recipe to Atlanta and have been serving up that very same burger at their Global Grub Collective stall, Kiss My Bunz, since it opened last fall. Wanda credits Trinh for the ease with which she was able to start the business, noting that the collective is the “best, [most] awesome idea ever” for aspiring entrepreneurs. Each business owner gets to choose their own hours and make their own schedule, and Wanda relishes the sense of community between the Collective’s vendors.

singer, performing and directing with celebrities While the Papa Burger honors Wanda’s past, like Patti LaBelle and Tyler Perry. Since then she’s her newest creation, the cornbread burger, looks continued recording and even started her own to the present. Two house-made cornbread flaplabel, WNB Records. She says she still sometimes jacks serve as a bun, piled with a choice of beef, hears her old tracks played Sunday mornings on turkey, salmon or avocado veggie patty, sautéed Atlanta’s MyPraise radio station. mushrooms, cheese, bell peppers and onions. Oh It was gospel that initially brought Wanda, her yeah, and then the whole thing is smothered in minister husband and three daughters to Decatur chili, jalapeños, barbecue sauce or gravy. “People back in 2006 when she took a posiare going crazy for it,” Wanda says tion as music director for a church. with a laugh. Kiss My Bunz The gig didn’t last, but Wanda Back in Detroit, Wanda ran Global Grub stayed. “I landed among some rea similar food kiosk inside a flea Collective, 477 Flat ally, really loving people,” she says. market. She relocated to Decatur Shoals Ave. “It’s a very open, LGBT-affirming 11 years ago, bringing her burger 678-618-3993. congregation that believes that all skills but adapting them to fit her religions are paths to God.” new home. The cornbread burger Today, Wanda leads a group that sings at repays homage to the South, while the house-made tirement homes and hospitals, but finds spiritualveggie patty and salmon options were designed to ity in the act of cooking. “I cook because I love appeal specifically to her Global Grub clientele, it!” she says. Someday, she hopes to combine her whom she describes as “health conscious.” This talents by opening a dinner theater. hasn’t stopped her from churning out fresh desUntil then, you can find Wanda and her burgserts daily, however, including seasonal summer ers Tuesdays through Fridays from noon to 3:30 offerings like her mother’s peach cobbler. p.m. at the Global Grub Collective. Just be sure to While making food is all but second nature to wear something stretchy. C Wanda, her original passion lies in music. In the late ’80s, she honed a successful career as a gospel [email protected] clatl.com ❘ JUNE 22 - JUNE 28, 2017 ❘ 15

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20 beers for 20 years

Brick Store Pub looks back on two decades with 20 new brewery collaborations 20th Anniversary Beer Festival and Celebration $60. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sat., June 24 (note: first session is sold out, limited second session tickets available at the door). Brick Store Pub, 125 E. Court Square, Decatur. 404-687-0990. www.brickstorepub.com

In preparation for Saturday’s event, Blanchard gave Creative Loafing a preview of some of the 20 special brewery collaboration beers:

Sierra NevaDa “How lucky we were to brew at quite possibly the most beautiful brewery in the world, up in Mills River, North Carolina. We did a hybrid of their original pale ale and their Celebration ale (American IPA). The brewers there liked it so much they are actually going to make it on a regular basis to sell at their brewery!”

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BRICK BY BRICK: Brick Store Pub owners Mike Gallagher (from left), Tom Moore and Dave Blanchard

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then, with most of that growth coming in the past five years. Yet Brick Store was a remarkable place for a pint back then, and remains so today. Brick Store’s anniversary party celebrates change by recognizing both pioneering breweries and those that have quickly proven their merits. “We try to come up with fun, funky things to do for our big anniversaries, and this is the most ambitious one by leaps and bounds,” Gallagher says. “We wanted to look both back and forward, to the breweries we’ve had great relationships with over the years and who haven’t sold out to a big conglomerate, but also to the young up-and-comers we want to work with for the next 20 years.” That means you’ll see custom beers from old timers like Sierra Nevada (around since 1979) side by side with that of Athens-based Creature Comforts, co-founded in 2014 by head brewer David Stein, who got his start waiting tables at Brick Store. A member of the Brick Store team went out to each and every one of their chosen 20 breweries to help create beers for the event (all but one, St. Bernardus in Belgium, are U.S.-based). Only one brewery on their wish list turned them down, and that was simply because that brewery’s ca-

pacity was completely maxed out. What all the brewers had in common, other than a strong relationship with Brick Store, was a mentality. “It’s all about the passion,” Blanchard says. The good and the bad of the current beer scene is that passion overflows, especially for local craft beer. “For the longest time we built relationships mostly with breweries from out-of-state, even out of the country, because Georgia didn’t have a big local beer scene,” Gallagher says. “Our laws held us back. Craft brewers like Dogfish Head, Stone, Bell’s ... we were so excited to get them. And we sold tons of their beer.” Now, as the number of breweries in Atlanta and throughout the region has exploded, he sees an opportunity to spread the love. “Our numbers are actually down [today versus five years ago] with every single brewery we’ve had — because instead of roughly 40 breweries in a given month, it’s 140!” Gallagher continues. “We want to support local and be sensitive to our long-standing relationships at the same time. And that’s a full-time job.” But it’s a job this neighborhood pub does right and well, even two decades in. C [email protected]

“The darling of the beer world (at least here in Georgia). We were lucky enough to brew with our old employee, David Stein, on a double IPA called Loopulus! Great beer, great brewery, even better people.”

St. BerNarDuS “I was lucky enough to go to Brussels back in September to receive ‘the Knighthood of the Brewers’ Paddle’ on behalf of the Brick Store Pub. What was even better was going to brew this new saison at the St. Bernardus brewery.”

allagaSh “Possibly our closest friends of any out-ofstate brewery. We did an amazing barrel blending over the course of an afternoon, and were blown away by the creativity and passion these guys still have after being in biz for 21 years. Owner Rob Tod and head brewer Jason Perkins are class acts, and we are psyched they are a part of this.”

BlaCkBerry Farm “We brewed this beer at their farm using yeast harvested from the farm. This one firkin of saison that we made was totally worth hanging out on the farm with turkeys, sheep and chickens buzzing around us.”

leFt haND “OK, so Allagash and Left Hand are tied as our best brewery friends outside of Georgia. We traveled there with a few bags of coffee that we picked up and brewed an unusual style of beer — a blond stout with coffee added. Coolest folks in one of the coolest towns in Colorado.”

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Nom nom, fried pizza Varuni Napoli introduces a Krog Street Market stall

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FEED ME: Luca Varuni chows down on pizza fritta at his new Krog Street Market digs.

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one caprese, both $9) and the market special ($15): a pizza fritta stuffed with fresh mozzarella, pepperoni, mushrooms, Pecorino Romano rriving in Atlanta seven years ago and nduja, a spreadable pork and pepper salumi as a founding pizzaiolo for Antico, that Varuni makes in-house. Italian-born Luca Varuni helped The pizza fritta, or fried pizza, resembles a set off a Neapolitan pizza craze calzone, but its fried exterior tastes more like that flooded the city. A few years later, the chef a funnel cake — as in, the kind you’d find covsevered ties with Antico and moved on to open ered in powdered sugar at Six Flags, sans the his own restaurant, Varuni Napoli, in Morningsugar. A bite is pure, calorific bliss: the unctuside. Then, late last month, he entered phase ous yet airy crust giving way to a thick, savory three: debuting a Varuni Napoli stall at Krog ooze of cheese and meat. Street Market. While relatively new to Atlanta (Ammazza, Though Varuni was initially hesitant to which also bears Antico connections, serves up open at Krog due to the small square footage its own version on Edgewood Aveof the stall, he now welcomes the nue), the pizza fritta has long been challenge. “The craziness of Krog Varuni Napoli a popular street food in Varuni’s is what I like,” he says in his thick 99 Krog St. N.E. hometown of Naples. After the Italian accent, noting that before 404-500-5550. war, when ovens were expensive the market opened he had eyed www.varuni.us. and hard to come by, frying pizzas the space as a potential location in hot oil emerged as a more frugal for his full-size restaurant. He alternative to baking. Home chefs would stuff compares his new digs to the bustling markets their cheese and toppings between two layers of of his hometown. “It’s a perfect environment: dough and deep-fry it until crispy. loud and casual. It’s like Naples, where you “It never really left Naples,” Varuni says can stop on the street and look out and watch of the technique, describing memories of his people going a thousand miles an hour, so neighbors frying pizzas in the alleyways outside busy, but doing nothing!” of their houses, a doughnut-esque smell waftThe feeling seems to be mutual. On day ing through the air. one, Varuni says he sold 400 pizzas, and deVaruni says he isn’t quite sure why fried mand has shown no signs of slowing. His new pizza hasn’t yet caught on stateside but feels menu is an abridged version of the Morningconfident about introducing the dish to his side lineup; the pizzas are smaller — 11 or 12 Atlanta fan base. “Fortunately for us, in the inches rather than 14. Diners can choose from South, people love everything fried!” C a dozen of Varuni’s most popular Neapolitanstyle pizzas ($12-$16), two salads (one green, [email protected]

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Tonstartssbandht’s psychedelic path The skilled sibling duo explores space and stress on latest record, Sorcerer

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3’s pensive, repetitive droning. The record features only three tracks that clock in between nine and 13 minutes in length, yet they avoid the slogging, meandering jams that plague many psych-bands who rely on extended improvisations. “Breathe” opens the record in a patient manner as Andy slowly builds up a slinking, soulful guitar line while Edwin lays down a fragmented groove. Andy introduces his soft, echo-drenched crooning as he sings, “Breathe and know you’re forgiven/Screams so peculiar to the living.” After the first soft vocal lines, the duo is rarely content to sit still. The rest of the track branches off in a dizzying array of side trips as Edwin’s drums burst into a rhythmic flurry that’s somehow tightly wound and unpredictable. The vocal melodies are surprisingly catchy, revealing Tonstartssbandht’s subtle pop sensibilities. Just when the layers of frenetic guitar noodling and breakneck drumming reach a breaking point, the track deconstructs itself, dissolving into an unsettling drone. TELEPATHIC TRANSMISSION: On Sorcerer, brothers Edwin and Andy White harness musical The emphasis that Krautrock groups such communication. as Faust or Neu! place on using repetition to create mood and atmosphere is part of TonThe White brothers first played music toBy Paul DeMerritt startssbandht’s musical dynamic. However, the gether as teenagers when they started playing duo has an impeccable knack for feeling out Beach Boys covers. he mainstreaming and commodificawhen a groove is about to overstay its welcome After embarking on an ambitious effort to tion of psychedelia has been one of re-record Smiley Smile in its entirety, the White and diverts to a completely different rhythm. the most radical influences on music None of the tracks on Sorcerer drill listeners brothers scrapped their plan and decided to furover the last few decades. But try to with repetition. And even though the constant ther flesh out their own ideas. articulate what makes something actually sound Tonstartssbandht’s discography functions like diversions sound as though the band is trying to “psychedelic,” and the definition becomes surprise itself — a difficult task after releasing a microcosm of psychedelic music’s evolution. murky. 17 records — Andy insists this is The tracks on its debut release, For some, true psychedelic sound exists not a conscious effort. Water Buffalo, dive right into lo-fi only within the tape loops of the Beatles’ Tonstartss“I don’t think that we have weirdness with droning piano com“Revolution 9” or a genre-bending King bandht worked to specifically direct our Crimson jam. But the descriptor is just as easi- positions and vocal experiments With Shepherds songwriting process,” he says. that sound like the chantings of ly applied to modern radio-ready groups, such and Newark Wilder. “This band is a self-motivated Gregorian monks who just split a as Tame Impala or MGMT, which begs the $8. 8:30 p.m. project! If it’s not naturally inmammoth dose of psilocybin mushquestion, what does psychedelic music mean Tues., June 27. teresting or exciting, then it’s rooms. The tracks on their latest when its current incarnations are so removed The Earl, 488 Flat probably not gonna happen.” Sorrecord, Sorcerer, don’t quite reach from its radical roots? Shoals Ave. S.E. cerer also puts Andy and Edwin’s the opposite extreme of tight, polThe band Tonstartssbandht (a made-up 404-522-3950. www.badearl.com. intuitive communication skills, the ished pop music, but they embody word pronounced tahn-starts-bandit) has a band’s greatest asset, on full disall the changes that happen when simple definition for psychedelic music, which play as they shift between loosely two friends — brothers — with an only further confuses the genre. “I would dedefined motifs in lockstep. intimate sense of musical communication record scribe psychedelic music as ‘be careful what The record achieves the impressive task of and perform relentlessly over a decade. you wish for,’” drummer Edwin White says in unifying their jarring early experimentation “For Sorcerer we wanted to get some sort of an email. with the cohesive, infectious grooves character‘definitive’ and slightly more succinct captures While that doesn’t clarify much, the izing their more recent material. In that way, of some of the material we had been jamming band’s sound serves as a bridge between Sorcerer is a kind of connective tissue in the live,” guitarist and singer Andy says. “It dischart-topping psych-pop and the heady, freelegacy of psychedelic music. Even if Tonstartsstinguishes itself from our previous albums by wheeling experimentation favored by small bandht doesn’t make the genre’s definition any being mostly live-tracked in the same room and but fervent fan bases. more clear, Andy and Edwin’s ability to merge having mostly the same instrumentation on all The Orlando-bred duo, consisting of broththe esoteric with the accessible makes it all the three tracks.” ers Andy and Edwin White, has defined and more exciting. C Sorcerer rests in between the Grateful redefined its own versions of psychedelia over Dead’s blues-inflected boogie and Spaceman the course of 10 years with 17 albums. [email protected]

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Brent Cobb comes home Georgia native’s new album is a love letter to small towns

Big Boi’s Boomiverse Don VanCleaVe

GEORGIA BRED: Brent Cobb recently returned to the Peach State after several years scoring hits on Nashville’s Music Row.

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made an album with his cousin, Dave Cobb, then a little-known producer. He recorded a 2012 self-titled EP that cemented his desire to rent Cobb’s 2016 album Shine return to the studio, but only with Dave at his on Rainy Day is a cornucopia of side. “I was just disgusted with the way my EP references that resonate with smallsounded,” he says. “I remember storming out of town Georgia. Clean water and Old Glory. County school buses and Sunday suppers. the mixing session that day and just telling everybody I didn’t want to put [it] out Loblollies and the smell of honeyand it’s not how I want to sound.” suckle. And that’s just one song, a Brent Cobb Cobb released the EP, but for beautiful paean to rural America With Bonnie his second album, he made sure called “South of Atlanta.” Bishop. $12-$20. to team up with Dave, who’d proCobb knows what he writes 8 p.m. Sun., duced albums by Chris Stapleton, about. He’s originally from Ellaville, June 25. Terminal Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson and Georgia, kinda sorta between CoWest, 887 W. Lori McKenna. Working together lumbus and Macon, and he recently Marietta St. “felt like coming home,” Cobb says. moved his family back to Georgia N.W., Studio C. Shine on Rainy Day is a study after several years working as a song404-876-5566. in expert song craft. Exquisitely writer on Music Row in Nashville. terminalwestatl. gentle and melodic, the album puts So sprinkling his songs with those com. Cobb closer to Americana than true kinds of details comes naturally. country music, though “country“When my heart is in a song that isms,” as he calls them, shine through. “Diggin’ I’m writing, I get really excited and fired up and Holes” is a twangy tune that conflates hard lainspired,” Cobb says with a thick Southern acbor and love. “Country Bound” has a warm ’70s cent. “Usually when I’m that way, little natural vibe with an easygoing pop chorus. And the title things will just happen.” track is so stark and intimate, it feels like Cobb Cobb is the latest success story out of Nashis sitting in your living room and singing about ville to turn a behind-the-scenes songwriting the buoyancy of love from about six feet away. job into a solo artist career. Like Brandy Clark He describes his career as a “slow burn” but and Chris Stapleton, Cobb spent years on Music says Shine “definitely added a little gas to it.” Row penning hits for country’s biggest stars, inFinally getting to make a “Georgia album” cluding Luke Bryan (“Tailgate Blues”), Kenny with his musical soulmate didn’t hurt, either. “I Chesney (“Don’t It”) and Miranda Lambert think it was cool the way that it all worked out (“Old Shit”), and stockpiling songs for his own in the long run,” he says. C use someday. But opportunities to record those songs were few and far between. In 2006, Cobb [email protected]

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it’s comforting to hear Big Boi’s voice again. and Big rube, too! as the urban livework-play blitz has irrevocably warped the fabric of old atlanta, Boomiverse’s arrival is a morale booster — a fog-lifter re-upping those feelings of hometown pride in work-aday atliens fighting rising rents, collapsing interstates and PtSD over the Super Bowl. from the opening one-two punch of “Da next Day” into Killer mike’s molasses salvo in “Kill Jill,” it’s clear that the outKast/Dungeon family foot soldiers are on the move with Big Boi’s third solo album. Killer mike, Scar and Sleepy Brown share featured space with the late Pimp C, Jeezy, gucci mane, Snoop Dogg … and adam levine of maroon 5. “in the South” is a tailor-made original flavor Southern hip-hop anthem. “Kill Jill” and the album’s closing number, “follow Deez,” are driven by a dark and venomous flow. even “mic Jack” with its adam levine cameo is forgivable. Big Boi has done this sort of thing before: remember “follow us” featuring Vonnegutt from Sir Lucious Left Foot? Same thing. levine’s corn dog voice effectively pulls you right out of the moment, but it’s only one speed bump in a solid tracklist. the gucci mane/Pimp C combo that follows during “in the South” is more than enough to restore order to the Boomiverse. “all night” builds around a bit of Billy Joel-style piano-driven pop. this one can be skipped. Big and l.a. rapper trozé straddle hip-hop and old-school house/techno production with “Chocolate,” and it turns out to be the catchiest and most compelling number on the album. Variety is the spice of life, and that’s a maxim that Big Boi seems to have mastered since the days of hollering “Hootie Hoo” and dropping “Bombs over Baghdad.” Boomiverse is a slow ride, a lean and mean pleasure cruise through generation-one Dungeon family jams when atlanta needs it more than ever. HHHII C — Chad RadfoRd

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Bedroom producer lets loose on the underground

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STARRY EYES: Seanny Georgie of NO EYES plays the GNR Mixtape Vol. 1 release party on June 22.

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I was roommates with Emily Parker, the director of Moog. She talked to me and Suzi Analogue [who played Moogfest]. She said, “I’m gonna send you these things, and I want you to use them in your music.” I’m gonna be able to use the Mother-32, which is a sequencer/semimodular synth. I’m actually gonna get to use that and venture on with my music in a very different way.

eanny Georgie began his solo electronic music project NO EYES in 2009. Since then, he’s blended underground genres such as dreamwave, witch house and drone music into haunting sounds rife with 8-bit glitches and shoegaze textures. Georgie hones in on DIY aesthetics by producing and recording songs in his NO EYES What is the difference between bedroom with an arsenal of analog GNR Mixtape Vol. 1 EDM and what you do? synthesizers. NO EYES recently release party with Everyone [in Atlanta] is stuck on signed with New York’s Never Tekkenkonkreet, what EDM is and not so much Normal Records, and his <3 EP JSPORT, ^M^RYLL^H what underground electronic culis due out in late July. Georgie GOLD and Kobwe. ture is. People are still stuck on recently landed sponsorship with $5-$10. 9 p.m. Thurs., June 22. The Mammal 2005 dubstep or weird stuff like Asheville-based electronic instruGallery, 91 Broad St. that. The differences are pretty ment manufacturer Moog Music S.W. mammalgallery. major. Just like pop music now Inc., adding new elements for him com. compared to pop music that came to delve into even further. Georgie from Motown, there’s actually took a few minutes to discuss his feeling and emotion and soul in it, musical ambitions, how his music versus music where you have 50 writers trying is perceived and Atlanta’s electronic music scene. to convey some fake emotions and some artist has to belch that out onto a record. You take How do you describe NO EYES? music that people like me make, we go into our I’m influenced by footwork and jungle music. bedrooms and it’s just us. I think that’s what’s The dance music I’m influenced by most is footmissing in EDM. Most of it is just a bunch of work, so it has those rhythms and beats. I grew people writing one song and there’s zero emoup around soca [Caribbean music], because my tion, it feels emotionless. It feels like they’re mom is from Trinidad. I mesh that with punk trying to convey they can sell it to a demomusic and angst, postrock, shoegaze and all that. graphic of people instead of, “Oh, we actually feel this.” C How did your Moog sponsorship come about? [email protected]

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and smooth delivery that’s made her a stand-out. Getting her feet wet in Chicago, Stelling sailed onto “Conan” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” after being named a “New Face of Comedy” at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. She’s released two albums including 2015’s Simply the Beth, and a Comedy Central half-hour special, and joins the prominent crop of comedians on Netflix’s lineup with her newest special due later this year. Lucky us, Stelling returns to Atlanta for five shows over three nights at the Laughing Skull. $18-$31. Thurs., June 22, 8 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 8 and 10:30 p.m. Laughing Skull Lounge, 878 Peachtree St. N.E. 404-369-1017. www.laughingskulllounge.com. — Olivia CathCart

Dance: Heads Up 2017

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Too often Atlanta’s electronic music landscape feels scattered, as DJs and producers outside of the EDM circuit don’t typically have an established home among punk clubs and dive bars. Lee Heikkila and Carter Sinquefield, two local electronic artists who perform as AGYN and Kobwe, respectively, are bringing together the city’s unsung electronic talent with GNR Records. The pair curate artist lineups under a broad umbrella, focusing on club music and all of its permutations. GNR Records kicks off its first of many showcases with performances from NO EYES, Tekkenkonkreet and more that coincide with the release of a cassette compilation featuring the performers. With NO EYES, Tekkenkonkreet, Jsport, ^M^RYLL^H GOLD, Kobwe. $5. 9 p.m. Thurs., June 22. The Mammal Gallery, 91 Broad St. S.W. www.mammalgallery.com. — Paul deMerritt See See & Do p.26

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The Lucky Penny, an Atlanta-based production outlet for choreographers and dancers, presents Heads Up 2017. This two-performance dance series showcases a year’s worth of work by the resident artists of the Lucky Penny’s Work Room. The space, intended to be accessible to the Atlanta community, provides subsidized weekly training time and cultivates a constant flow of creative activity, divorced from the rushed environment typical to the contemporary dance world. Performers Melissa Word and Blake Beckham explore the body as an expressive tool and site for social action. There is no advanced sale, so tickets will be available in the hour prior to the show in the theater’s box office. $10-$15. Thurs.-Sat., June 22-24. Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Road. www.theluckypenny.org. — ilana ander

Lizzo FRiDay, 6/23, R&B Growing up in the Pentecostal church, Lizzo (née Melissa Jefferson) was once forbidden from listening to anything but gospel. But when the high school marching band piccolo player discovered her Houston hometown’s thriving hip-hop scene, she started freestyling on local radio and eventually moved to Minneapolis to find her place amid the city’s budding indie scene. Since then, Lizzo has built a name for herself as a powerhouse singer and rapper. Last year, she released her breakout major-label debut, Coconut Oil — a hooky, bombastic celebration of self-love (and the cure-all properties of coconut oil). Then, she performed on Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” the night after the election. What was intended to be a celebration of our first female president became the neverthelessshe-persisted musical catharsis we all needed. “Baby how you feelin’?/Feelin’ good as hell!” With Brooke Candy. $18-$20. 7 p.m. Fri., June 23. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. N.E. 404-524-7354. www.variety-playhouse.com. — hilary Cadigan

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“Artificially Intelligent” Friday and Sunday 6/23-6/25, Comedy Technology, misinformation and absurd societal trends are the themes of feminist comedy group Critical Crop Top’s latest show. The socially conscious comedians will tackle these topics in “Artificially Intelligent,” the first sketch-comedy act of the troupe’s Summer of Sketch series. In addition to live comedy, the woman-run production company uses short films, web series and the “Feminine Mistake” podcast to confront uncomfortable topics through laughter. “Artificially Intelligent” will include an artful medley of physical comedy, political satire and fart jokes, in addition to spoken word by Theresa Davis and musical guest Kenzie Rowland. $10. Fri., June 23, 8 p.m.; Sun., June 25, 7 p.m. The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge, 644 N. Highland Ave. N.E. www.criticalcroptop.com. — ElizabEth WolfE

Tera Melos’ style hinges on a hodgepodge of disparate styles, loosely bound by a cartoonish sense of glee. The Sacramento, California-based trio has released four records and a smattering of EPs and splits since 2005, each brimming with fresh chaos and bits of post-hardcore, prog, skate punk, disjointed pop and noise. The trio’s most recent release, X’ed Out (2013), features the band at its most cohesive as guitarist/singer Nick Reinhart sneaks in catchy, melodic vocal hooks to anchor the spastic songwriting. Though details are sparse, Tera Melos is set to unveil its fifth album, Trash Generator, later this fall. With CHON, Little Tybee, Covet. Sold out. 7:30 p.m. Fri., June 23. Terminal West. 887 W. Marietta St. N.W., Studio C. 404-876-5566. www.terminalwestatl.com. — Paul DEMErritt

Benefit: Project rollway

The fifth consecutive annual fashion show of its kind, Project Rollway 2017 will feature modeling by current and former teenage patients and staff members at Shepherd Center. Founded in 1975, Shepherd Center is a private, not-for-profit hospital that specializes in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, spine and chronic pain and other neuromuscular conditions. Proceeds from Project

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Deck yourself out in seersucker and head to the Woodlands, SweetWater Brewing Company’s brand-new event space, for a summer soiree hosted by Generation Green of the Georgia Conservancy. With sour and barrel-aged beers from SweetWater, cocktails from ASW Distillery, smoked pulled pork from Grassroots Farms, a tasting tour of Buford Highway, live music and games galore, the event will honor Longleaf Award honoree Marian Liou. The founder of “We Love BuHi” and Creative Loafing Best of Atlanta winner will be recognized for her work as an emerging environmental leader. Tickets

Festival: Historic West End tour of Homes

Residents of West End present a tour of homes to honor the historic neighborhood. Voted the hottest neighborhood of 2016 by Redfin, the district boasts cultural prowess, Victorian- and Craftsman-style homes and lively parks. Stroll through 10 architectural masterpieces on a selfguided tour, chat with their residents and enjoy refreshments along the way. $25. Sat., June 24. 5-10 p.m. The Wren’s Nest, 1050 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. S.W. www.westendtourofhomes.com. — nyasha drakes

By RoB BRezsny LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I suspect you will soon have an up-close and personal encounter with some form of lightning. To ensure it’s not a literal bolt shooting down out of a thundercloud, please refrain from taking long romantic strolls with yourself during a storm. Also, forgo any temptation you may have to stick your finger in electrical sockets. What I’m envisioning is a type of lightning that will give you a healthy metaphorical jolt. If any of your creative circuits are sluggish, it will jumpstart them. If you need to wake up from a dreamy delusion, the lovable lightning will give you just the right salutary shock. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Signing up to read at the open mike segment of a poetry slam? Buying an outfit that’s a departure from the style you’ve cultivated for years? Getting dance lessons or a past-life reading or instructions on how to hang-glide? Hopping on a jet for a spontaneous getaway to an exotic hot spot? I approve of actions like those, Virgo. In fact, I won’t mind if you at least temporarily abandon at least 30 percent of your inhibitions. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I don’t know what marketing specialists are predicting about color trends for the general population, but my astrological analysis has discerned the most evocative colors for you Libras. *Electric mud* is one. It’s a scintillating mocha hue. Visualize silver-blue sparkles emerging from moist dirt tones. Earthy and dynamic! *Cybernatural* is another special color for you. Picture sheaves of ripe wheat blended with the hue you see when you close your eyes after staring into a computer monitor for hours. Organic and glimmering! Your third pigment of power is *pastel adrenaline*: a mix of dried apricot and the shadowy brightness that flows across your nerve synapses when you’re taking aggressive practical measures to convert your dreams into realities. Delicious and dazzling! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do you ever hide behind a wall of detached cynicism? Do you protect yourself with the armor of jaded coolness? If so, here’s my proposal: In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to escape those perverse forms of comfort and safety. Be brave enough to risk feeling the vulnerability of hopeful enthusiasm. Be sufficiently curious to handle the fluttery uncertainty that comes from exploring places you’re not familiar with and trying adventures you’re not totally skilled at. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “We must unlearn the

constellations to see the stars,” writes Jack Gilbert in his poem “Tear It Down.” He adds that “We find out the heart only by dismantling what the heart knows.” I invite you to meditate on these ideas. By my calculations, it’s time to peel away the obvious secrets so you can penetrate to the richer secrets buried beneath. It’s time to dare a worldchanging risk that is currently obscured by easy risks. It’s time to find your real life hidden inside the pretend one, to expedite the evolution of the authentic self that’s germinating in the darkness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When I was four years old, I loved to use crayons to draw diagrams of the solar system. It seems I was already laying a foundation for my interest in astrology. How about you, Capricorn? I invite you to explore your early formative memories. To aid the process, look at old photos and ask relatives what they remember. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that your past can show you new clues about what you might ultimately

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Now that you’ve mostly paid off one of your debts to the past, you can go window-shopping for the future’s best offers. You’re finally ready to leave behind a power spot you’ve outgrown and launch your quest to discover fresh power spots. So bid farewell to lost causes and ghostly temptations, Cancerian. Slip away from attachments to traditions that longer move you and the deadweight of your original family’s expectations. Soon you’ll be empty and light and free -- and ready to make a vigorous first impression when you encounter potential allies in the frontier. become. Potentials that were revealed when you were a wee tyke may be primed to develop more fully.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I often ride my bike into the hills. The transition from the residential district to open spaces is a narrow dirt path surrounded by thick woods on one side and a steep descent on the other. Today as I approached this place there was a new sign on a post. It read “Do not enter: Active beehive forming in the middle of the path.” Indeed, I could see a swarm hovering around a tree branch that juts down low over the path. How to proceed? I might get stung if I did what I usually do. Instead, I dismounted from my bike and dragged it through the woods so I could join the path on the other side of the bees. Judging from the astrological omens, Aquarius, I suspect you may encounter a comparable interruption along a route that you regularly take. Find a detour, even if it’s inconvenient. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I bet you’ll be extra creative in the coming weeks. Cosmic rhythms are nudging you towards fresh thinking and imaginative innovation, whether they’re applied to your job, your relationships, your daily rhythm, or your chosen art form. To take maximum advantage of this provocative luck, seek out stimuli that will activate highquality brainstorms. I understand that the composer André Grétry got inspired when he put his feet in ice water. Author Ben Johnson felt energized in the presence of a purring cat and by the aroma of orange peels. I like to hang out with people who are smarter than me. What works for you? ARIES (March 21-April 19): There are places in the oceans where the sea floor cracks open and spreads apart from volcanic activity. This allows geothermally heated water to vent out from deep inside the earth. Scientists explored such a place in the otherwise frigid waters around Antarctica. They were elated to find a “riot of life” living there, including previously unknown species of crabs, starfish, sea anemones, and barnacles. Judging from the astrological omens, Aries, I suspect that you will soon enjoy a metaphorically comparable eruption of warm vitality from the unfathomable depths. Will you welcome and make use of these raw blessings even if they are unfamiliar and odd? TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I’m reporting from the first annual Psychic Olympics in Los Angeles. For the past five days, I’ve competed against the world’s top mind-readers, dicecontrollers, spirit whisperers, spoon-benders, angel-wrestlers, and stock market prognosticators. Thus far I have earned a silver medal in the category of channeling the spirits of dead celebrities. (Thanks, Frida Kahlo and Gertrude Stein!) I psychically foresee that I will also win a gold medal for most accurate fortune-telling. Here’s the prophecy that I predict will cinch my victory: “People born in the sign of Taurus will soon be at the pinnacle of their ability to get telepathically aligned with people who have things they want and need.” GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While reading Virginia Woolf, I found the perfect maxim for you to write on a slip of paper and carry around in your pocket or wallet or underwear: “Let us not take it for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small.” In the coming weeks, dear Gemini, I hope you keep this counsel simmering constantly in the back of your mind. It will protect you from the dreaminess and superstition of people around you. It will guarantee that you’ll never overlook potent little breakthroughs as you scan the horizon for phantom miracles. And it will help you change what needs to be changed slowly and surely, with minimum disruption. clatl.com ❘ JUNE 22 - JUNE 28, 2017 ❘ 27

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