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Q&A: Futurebirds Curates Festival Featuring Athens Artists
Q&As
October 12, 2023
Q&A: Futurebirds Curates Festival Featuring Athens Artists
Futurebirds’ founders Daniel “Womz” Womack and Carter King gear up for their inaugural music festival called Highball on Oct. 21-22 in Atlanta. Q: Word on the street is that Futurebirds is hosting a music festival in Atlanta. Can you tell me about Highball and how it came about? Womack:…
Q&A: Advocate for UGA Latinx Community Pushes to Broaden Diversity
Q&As
October 12, 2023
Q&A: Advocate for UGA Latinx Community Pushes to Broaden Diversity
Alejandra Martinez is a graduate assistant for diversity education in the University of Georgia’s Office of Institutional Diversity, where she focuses on diversity and social change through empowerment and the development of strengths and skills for the Latinx community. Comments trimmed for length and clarity. Q: What does your…
Q&A: How a Political Consultant Sees Connection Between Local, State Government
Q&As
October 12, 2023
Q&A: How a Political Consultant Sees Connection Between Local, State Government
Kaitlyn Branson is a political consultant at War Room Strategies, a consulting agency that has led more than 90 campaigns to victory, including state Rep. Marcus Wiedower, who represents parts of Athens-Clarke County. Comments trimmed for length and clarity. Q: Being involved in local and statewide campaigns, how would you…
Q&A: Kool Carries on Legacy of Cecilia’s Cake Shop
Q&As
October 12, 2023
Q&A: Kool Carries on Legacy of Cecilia’s Cake Shop
Heather Kool is the owner and culinary expert of Cecilia’s Cake Shop, which specializes in custom wedding cakes, cupcakes and cookies. Comments trimmed for length and clarity. Q: Can you tell me about the history and background of Cecilia’s Cake Shop? Cecilia Villaveces started this business. She was a woman…
Q&A: Graduate Student Finds Community in Opening New Gym
Q&As
October 12, 2023
Q&A: Graduate Student Finds Community in Opening New Gym
Grace Burton, a master’s student in nutrition science at UGA, franchises and manages F45, a new training facility in The Mill District in Athens. Comments trimmed for length and clarity. Q: How did you first hear about F45? I was a coach at their gym that’s within their recreation center…
Milledge Avenue Baptist Pumpkin Patch Brings Community Together to Volunteer, Shop
Athens-Clarke County
October 12, 2023
Milledge Avenue Baptist Pumpkin Patch Brings Community Together to Volunteer, Shop
Thousands of orange pumpkins with twisting stems line the front lawn of Milledge Avenue Baptist Church as a deep, husky voice calls out from inside a semi-truck. “Keep going!” Derrell Hall, who attends the church, says as a skid steer loader picks up a wooden container of about 50 giant…
How Local Gardens, Farmers Markets are Feeding Athens
Athens-Clarke County
October 9, 2023
How Local Gardens, Farmers Markets are Feeding Athens
Feeding America reported a 13.5% food insecurity rate in Athens-Clarke County in 2021. The USDA defines food insecurity as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.” Around 27% of the Athens population is in poverty, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.…
The Lead: B. “Toastie” Oaster on Telling Native Stories
Doing Journalism
October 6, 2023
The Lead: B. “Toastie” Oaster on Telling Native Stories
Toastie Oaster’s first-ever feature made them a finalist in the 2023 National Magazine Awards. Now a staff writer on the Indigenous affairs desk at High Country News, Toastie focuses on stories that highlight social and environmental justice for Native nations and the consequences of colonialism in the West. In this…