How Kalki Yalamanchili Won the District Attorney Race
Nov 13, 2024 · In the summer of 2020, millions of protesters nationwide took to the streets after George Floyd died with his neck underneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer who’d stopped him on suspicion of passing a counterfeit bill, calling for his mother with his last breath. That included Athens, where some protesters were met with tear gas late at night. A couple weeks later, thousands more ...
The Real Story of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Jun 19, 2019 · RFK, the 42-year-old younger brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, served as U.S. Attorney General from 1961–1964 and was elected to the U.S. Senate to represent the state of New York in 1964.
Motion Sickness of Time Travel’s Zodiac, And More Music News …
Dec 11, 2024 · OUR FAVORITE YEAR: Motion Sickness of Time Travel, one of the multiple fruitful projects of experimental composer and musician Rachel Evans, has worked for a year on the upcoming album Zodiac.The recording began a year ago, when Evans began composing a new piece each astrological season (i.e. one per month). These pieces, totaling about 38 minutes, are intended to be heard sequentially but ...
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Athens Musician Will Hart of Olivia Tremor Control Has Died at 53
Nov 29, 2024 · The Athens music scene suffered a huge blow over the Thanksgiving holiday as Will Cullen Hart of the legendary 1990s psychedelic pop band Olivia Tremor Control has died at age 53, according to his lifelong friend and collaborator Robert Schneider. Hart “passed away this morning of natural causes, suddenly, peacefully, and in a very happy mood around the release of the two new OTC songs ...
Family Seeks Answers and Justice for Santonio Coleman’s Death
Nov 20, 2024 · One was brutally murdered on an Athens trail. The other was mortally wounded on an Athens trail. That’s where the similarities between Laken Riley and Santonio Coleman end. Amidst national media attention, a massive multi-agency manhunt took a suspect into custody just days after Riley, a white female college student, was found dead on the trails near UGA’s Lake Herrick. Meanwhile, because ...
The 2024-2025 Flagpole Guide To Athens, GA • Entertainment
In addition to music and art, Athens is home to a variety of creative performance-based communities with regular monthly and seasonal events. There are opportunities for the curious to participate or entertainment seekers to simply watch.
Political Fallout From Laken Riley’s Murder Continues Post-Trial
Nov 25, 2024 · As everyone has no doubt heard by now, Jose Ibarra was convicted last week of murdering Athens nursing student Laken Riley. But just because the trial is over, don’t expect Riley’s name to fall out of the headlines. With President-elect Donald Trump planning a mass roundup of undocumented immigrants when he takes office in January, the border will continue to be a political issue leading ...
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Dec 11, 2024 · It’s Been a Crazy Season for Georgia, but the Dawgs Are Still in the Hunt; Photo Gallery: The Jesus Lizard and The Compartmentalizationalists at Variety Playhouse