pandemic
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Retailers Share Experiences of Working Through Pandemic
Dynamite Clothing owner Loretta Paluck knows firsthand what it was like to operate a clothing business amidst a global pandemic. The hardest part was the feeling of the unknown. Dynamite closed its doors for around three months and shifted to online sales as a way of staying afloat. With case…
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COVID-19 Coverage
Back On The Scene: How Athens’ Young Musicians Are Recovering From Pandemic
Robert King could not wait to get back on stage. He had been without live music for the better part of a year, ever since his former band’s seven shows were cancelled by the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, sitting in the green room of the 40 Watt…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Business Owners Find New Paths Following Shutdown
What was hoped to be a successful launch of a new indoor cycling studio in Athens turned into a delayed opening, having to adapt to new protocols, and industry disruptions. This is what the coronavirus pandemic did to Classic City Cycling and to the experience of Amanda Stefani, studio…
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Athens-Clarke County
An Online Show: Athens Creative Theatre Explores New Methods
Jeremy Miller has been acting in Athens since 2009. Even though now he has multiple duties in different areas and also self-published two children’s books, when he talked about acting and performing, his voice was still full of enthusiasm and caring. “If I think of myself as an individual…
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COVID-19 Coverage
Front Porch Bookstore Captures History, Conquers Obstacles
The Front Porch Bookstore in Winterville, Georgia, has both a rich history and a unique strategy for surviving the pandemic. This walk-through interactive allows the audience to place themselves within the setting for a much richer storytelling and impactful experience. Click the arrow on the front door to begin.…
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Health
Getting Happier with Horticulture: The Healthy Benefits of Gardening
From planting gardens to baking bread, the COVID-19 lockdown took some interesting turns in the name of boredom. Now, not only are plants continuing to flourish from our nation’s new interest in gardening, people have also begun witnessing the positive changes horticulture has to offer for mental health. According…
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Athens-Clarke County
The Yelp of Covid: Vigilantes Crowdsource Pandemic Safety Tips for Consumers
This article originally appeared in KHN on Oct. 21, 2021. Melissa Lee had more to deal with than funeral planning when her husband, Dan Williams, died by suicide in January. She also was faced with continuing his 1,400-member Facebook group, “Athens, GA Mask Grades 2.0,” designed to help residents of…
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COVID-19 Coverage
Lay Me Down to Rest: COVID-19’s Impact on Local Gravediggers
The jaws of the machine tear and pull at the stubborn ground like a mechanical madman. Dirt clods fall from the teeth of the machine as gravediggers force the ground to make way for another body — another COVID-19 body. This is what the gravediggers at Master Grave Service,…
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Athens-Clarke County
Reign Streiter: Man On The Billboards Gives Back
When he got into real estate sales in the 2000s, Streiter used sports radio and full-page newspaper ads to attract customers, he said. Then, he devised a method to get discount prices on billboards by allowing the billboard company to randomly place his advertisements on billboards that were temporarily empty. …
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COVID-19 Coverage
Pandemic Social Media Use Heightens Eating Disorders
At the start of quarantine, University of Georgia junior Kathryn Santos felt lonely and discouraged. Like many other college students, life as she once knew was flipped upside down as classes went virtual, residential student living closed and isolation went into full effect. With more alone time came more opportunities…