Hey Boulevard lovers... you know that spot, the place where The Boulevard dead ends in to Barber, with the metal guards? Well Athenians- we have some more grass roots growing over on that side of Downtown Athens. Get in on cleaning up this awesome spot for relaxing Saturday from 9 to 12. Or just cross your fingers that all goes well and you have a lazy place to read or play fetch with your best friend this spring.
The Vic Shows: A Celebration of Vic Chesnutt’s Life and Music
Night I: Friday February 19 | 8:00 PM Doors | $10 Advance
Five Eight
Daniel Hutchens (of Bloodkin)
Jack Logan and Kelly Keneipp
Ham1
Dave Barbe & the Quick Hooks
Todd McBride and Rob Veal
Kelly Hogan
Amorphous Strums
Ben Mize
Flash to Bang Time
Jill Carnes
John Keane (Online tickets include a $2 surcharge per ticket)
Usually if you see anything on this here blog regarding my volunteer work it's sometimes work related but it's usually through Hands On Northeast Georgia. Those are my photos on the front page there if you click the link. -Hey Athenians- While you're checking that out sign up to volunteer through HONGA and get involved if you aren't already! I can't tell you how many countless opportunities have been made available to me through volunteer work and hell, it feels good! See- it's a totally selfish act! ;-)
Anyhow, for the past three years I have been a Project Coordinator Volunteer through HONEGA and that's where I met one of my most awesome mentors/friends- Art Ordoqui-Payton. I can't even tell you guys who don't know him how much I will miss him when the time comes for him and his family to pack up move to the big state of Texas this spring. If you know him, you get it- am I right? Of course. He's wonderful.
So I figure Art and I need one last volunteer hoorah together and what could be bigger than A Taste of Athens? I was absolutely floored when he asked me to do this one, this is an honorable task, not to mention a pretty big deal. Hands on Northeast Georgia is Community Connection's little sister. You give help at Hands On and you get help at Community Connection 211. A Taste of Athens helps raise money for Community Connection and is the biggest fundraiser that they have each year. So why am I telling you guys this? Most of you probably already know all of that but did you know I need super-special-volunteer-friends to help me out?! If you're interested please contact me at mbrinson@accaging.org or give me a call and we'll put you to work but only for a few hours on Sunday February 21st- but of course we can find more if you get hooked.
Ever notice the green tags at Habitat's Restore here in Athens that read: Green Living, Refurnished Furniture by Mr. Green?
I can tell you that I puff my chest out a little farther due to this man's incredible story. Make sure you watch the video on the left hand side. And join us this Thursday to support Habitat and Mr. Green.
Committee of 1,000
Join today to attend the Committee of 1,000 Celebration on January 28, 2010. The evening will bring together an esteemed group of Habitat supporters with live entertainment and catering by Trumps.
Right now more families than ever before are in need of decent housing. Athens Area Habitat is dedicated to serving these families and empowering them with the dream of homeownership, but we can't do it without you. As a non-profit, we depend not only on business partners for support, but also the generous giving by individuals within the community. Your support gives hope to families like the Henson's, a newly accepted Habitat family of a grandmother, mother, and one year old child who live in a house with no running water, no inside bathroom, and no heat. Thanks to the efforts of the community supporting our mission, the Henson Family will have a decent, affordable place to call home. With your help, this dream can be realized for many more families in our community.
The Committee of 1,000 is an opportunity to bring together individuals within the community to make a difference in the lives of a family in need. This year Athens Area Habitat is proud to announce that we began construction on our first ever Committee of 1,000 home. This home is partially funded by the efforts of our dedicated 2008 and 2009 Committee of 1,000 supporters.
It is important to realize that the Rahming Family home was made possible by the members of the Committee of 1,000. Membership funds directly contributed to Athens Area Habitat’s ability to provide a decent, affordable place for Diala Rahming and her four girls to call home.
Please take this opportunity to join an esteemed group of Habitat supporters by giving $65 today. You will receive a window sticker in recognition of your valuable support. We encourage you to display your membership sticker proudly and act as a representative of our organization within the community. As a new member, you will also be invited to attend the annual Committee of 1,000 Celebration in January 2010.
New Membership Option:Join an esteemed group of Habitat supporters by subscribing to easy monthly payments.
Special thanks to our 2009 members: Allan Adams, John & Adele Algeo, Evalee Anderson, Sylvia Arant, Arthur Archibald, Austin Arnold, William Baggs, Bank of America Monroe Banking Center, Barrons Rental Center, Inc, Paula Beck, Bel Jean Copy Print Center, MackBenton, Sr., Susan & Dale Bogardus, Brian Brooks, Alan Brown, Monica Burke, David Byrd, Robert & JoyCannon, O. Carlisle, Lee Carmon, Ken & Barbara Carter, Virginia Carver, Marcia Caskey, June Cawthon, Will Chamberlin, Shannon Chen, Ann Crowther, Debora Dietzler, Greg Dispain, George Dougherty, Debra Duncan, Durden & Mills, Eric Eberhardt, Elizabeth Ellison, Willa Fambrough, Martha Faw, Marian Fisher, Frank & Emily Fleming, Stuart Fors, John Fowler, Denny Galis, Thomas & Lisa Ganschow, Melvin Garber, Georgia Power Company, Sylvia Gibson, Theodore Goetz, Mike Grace II, Philip Griffeth, Ernest Harris, Mark Harrison, Georgianna Havener, Lawrence Hill, Elizabeth Hughes, JL Thompson Properties, Inc, John Johnson, Marilyn Kehoe, M.A. Kenner, Carlene Kilpatrick, David & Evelyn Knauft, George & Ruth Koch, Brad Kohl, Lisa G. Lane, Thomas Lawrence, Jeff Linscott, Sarajane Love, Robert & Lori Mauldin, Ben McElhannon, Jonathan & Heather McElroy, Julie McLoed, Thomas McNeely, Craig Meeks, M.E. Milliken, Sam Mitchell, Stephen A Mueller, Matthew Murphy, WR Neal, New Age Properties, LLC, Harvey & Lili Ouzts, Richard & Anne Ovington, Winfred Owens, Jim Paine, Paine Insurance & Realty Co., LLC, Randall Parish, Adele Patrick, Bob Pause, Peter Pellegrini, Christian Perry, Sarah Petit, Pinnacle Bank, Susan Ponsoldt, Sandra Popham, Andrew Powell, Karen Prasse, Susan & Keith Prassee, Bryan & Sharon Reber, Red Hat Society, Elinor Rees, M.M. Rodgers, Thomas Rodgers, Kathleen Rojeck, Richard & Amy Rosemond, Mitchell Rothstein, Jane Russell, Carl & Marion Schmidt, Rose Simmons, Ethelyn Simpson, Charles Smith, Caren Snook, John Songster, Janet Stegeman, David Sweat, Christy Terrell, Frances Thomas, Dr. Emory Thomas, Fredrick Thompson, Amanda Thompson, Jim Thomson, James Travis, Terry & Marcia Tuley, Pamela Turner, Jane Walsh, Juergen Wiegel, Williams & Associates, Paul Witman
In preparation for even greater things to come in 2010-12 (think home renovations, 30th and 32nd birthday celebrations, gardening, a insane audio receiver, that painted living room/fireplace we are just dying for, a bigger family and some amazing travel!) I called and turned off our cable (college football is over!), internet and reduced the phone bill in order to attend to emergency situations, nights and weekends and Verizon Mobile to Mobile calling. Some of you know this isn't the first time I've fallen off the electronic trail, but it is the first time for my husband since he joined the wireless revolution (only) in 2004!
I'll be around my blog during my lunch break if I get the time. I am currently trying to nab a couple of grants for my program so I'm pretty busy. I wish I could make this post sound a little more thrilling but after reading over it I can admit that it doesn't sound anything but absolutely drab. Although, maybe it'll help our social calendar a little, allowing us to hit up a little more music, something we always said we would never miss but somehow seemed to fall into, as those of us who are aging do. First stop on the list? Moonshine Still's charitable reunion show on February 27th at The Capitol Theatre! You can find me that night, in heaven.
Danielsville, Georgia - Months after a fire ripped through the Georgia Theatre, Danielsville artist Jennifer Schildknecht had an idea that could bring together the memories people share of the destroyed landmark.
Jennifer Schildknecht works on a piece of her quilt project at her home Wednesday in Danielsville.
As workers are starting to rebuild the charred concert icon, Schildknecht wants Theatre fans to draw, paint or decoupage their memories of the music venue on a piece of fabric that will become part of a quilt.
Athens artist Jamie Calkin painted a picture of the Theatre with its marquee just as it appeared the day a fire gutted the building.
An Akron, Ohio, woman sent in two squares of blue and green hand-dyed fabric that were left over from a quilt she'd made R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe for his birthday.
Schildknecht printed a picture of Stipe on a swatch of canvas and sewed it to a piece of flashy fabric.
Schildknecht uses the blocks to show people that anything goes for the Phoenix Rising Georgia Theatre art quilt project.
Fire destroyed the interior of the building at North Lumpkin and West Clayton streets June 19, but owner Wilmot Greene has vowed to begin rebuilding early next year, even as supporters work to raise $1.5 million to make the music venue even better than before. (Greene, who also will spend insurance money on the project, has gone through the first steps of government approval and hopes to reopen by the end of next year.)
As local bands held benefit shows throughout the year, Schildknecht didn't see any visual artists raise money for rebuilding efforts, she said.
"Artists should be a part of this, too," Schildknecht said. "I could make this quilt myself, but that's not the idea - I really want this to be a community effort."
The quilt Schildknecht is building isn't a traditional patchwork quilt that grandma would make. Artists don't even have to sew to create a block.
"This is not going to be something you sleep under - it's going to hang on a wall as a tribute to the Theatre," she said. "When artists are involved, I don't like putting limitations on these things."
Each block must by 12x12 inches with a 1/2-inch space along all four edges that will allow it to be sewn into the quilt. Though the blocks should be fairly lightweight, anything goes.
The quilt - its size will depend on how many blocks people design and send in - will be as colorful and creative as the Theatre's long history.
Schildknecht would like to get two identical or similar blocks from each contributor so she can create one quilt to auction off and give proceeds to the restoration fund and another that would hang in the refurbished venue.
When the quilt will be completed depends on how soon the blocks start coming in.
Though Schildknecht only has five completed blocks, she's hoping that people will take a little time during the holidays and send in something for her to piece together.
Schildknecht - who is better known as Moon Mama - started the project in late September and had expected to get all the submissions by Oct. 23.
"If I had all the blocks together, I could put it together in a couple of days," she said. "All kinds of people promised (to send blocks) ... but I really don't have anything go work with."
The deadline for sending blocks to the artist has been extended to the end of the year, but that's really pushing it, Schildknecht says.
"This is the busiest time of the year, and no one really has a lot of time to do something like this, even if it only takes a little while," Schildknecht said. "People are busy."
Anyone can contribute to the quilt, including schoolchildren, and all types of fabric, paper, beads, ink or charms - anything reminiscent of the Theatre - can be used.
Bands might send in autographed T-shirts or posters that she could transform into blocks, Schildknecht said, or fans can glue photographs or ticket stubs onto fabric.
"I want to see big-name bands that have played there get off their butts and participate," Schildknecht said. "If I say I've got a block from R.E.M. or Widespread Panic, even if they just sign something or have someone else make it for them, it would be worth something to somebody in an auction."
For more information about contributing a block for the quilt, e-mail Jennifer Schildknecht at MoonMama61@aol.com or visit her blog at http://mamainthemoon.blogspot.com.
I'm an early bird. I love order and for things to be straight but I usually catercorner. I show a great deal of love through food and drink. I'm not always the most tactful but I try. I just married my best friend! I trained my dog to be polite but sometimes he forgets. Athens is home. I find a great deal of enjoyment taking photographs of loved ones faces. I'm probably too sentimental and cry easily. Happy tears. I have tiny hands and feet. I need a cause. I have to find the answer. I think people should keep these things short and sweet because nobody reads them anyway. ♥
