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FOURTH FOUR COUNTRIES ARTICLE by Bowen Craig This is the fourth installment in Athens Uncharted’s Invitation to the Athens Art Scene series. We’re really just naming countries that seem pretty cool and inviting them to read our articles, but we’re doing it in a grand way, as showmen, as proud purveyors of local pride and information, as the prolific and preposterous alliterative peons we…

If You Type it, They Will Come

by Bowen Craig              The title of this article is a pop culture reference waaaayy too old for the Internet. If I didn’t hate Millennials with such a burning passion, I might actually listen to them or care what they think. There was a Kevin Costner movie in the late 1980’s called Field of Dreams, about a farmer in Middle America who, against the wishes of pretty much everyone he knew,…

Hemp on the Southern Horizon

I met with Jacob Waddell, Director of the US Hemp Building Association, outside of the WNC Ag Center in Asheville, North Carolina, on July 26, 2021. The following day he was on the Industry Hemp Panel at SAHAE (Southern Atlantic Hemp & Arts Expo). The Southern Atlantic Hemp members include: North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Hemp is on the rise,…

Adria Stembridge – Tears for the Dying

I spoke with Adria Stembridge at the Tate Center at UGA on February 26, 2021. Being masked and distanced proved to be somewhat challenging as there were students scattered here and there, mostly masked. We found a good spot upstairs where it was nearly vacant and spoke for an hour-and -a-half, at which time they promptly kicked us out, as it was closing time (9 p.m.) Our conversation continued…

The Eternally Vivid Life of Mallory Moye (and her animals)

            Artist, actor, Athenian and all-around awesome local, Mallory Moye spoke with Athens Uncharted (via Zoom, but what are you gonna do?) about her life the other day…and it is a life to be admired and emulated, a life full of four-legged companions, paint, and less drama than it once was. Mallory enlightens the world, literally. Aquamarine cocker spaniels. Teal elephants. Navy…

Concrete TemplesI have a certain rule for myself to stave off sentimental aches and obsessive melancholy. I am prone to these turns all year round, but they become acutely annoying  in the winter months. It’s mainly the cold weather. I don’t like cold, the sharp stinging snap of wind, the icy claw-scrapings in between my shoulder-blades. An inescapable chill induces tension, pensiveness, a sort…

The Death of the Cyborg Oracle: on Jordan Rothacker

I spoke with Jordan Rotheracker, 43, in October 2020, distanced, on his porch at his home in Athens, where he lives with his wife and two young children. First, he gave me a quick look of his library, which is a significant collection of fiction and non-fiction from seemingly every corner of the history of thought. Being both a scholar and a “writer’s writer,” I was curious about the literature…

I have spent a lot of my adult life in bars. This is largely because I am an alcoholic, but also because I am a lonely masochist with an obsessive need to observe other human beings. I love, perversely, sitting by myself, eavesdropping on the conversations of strangers as they broadcast into the night details of astounding intimacy because they assume no one is listening. I wallow in my own…

Home by Accident (10.14.20) The first thing I remember about Athens was the color. Having newly arrived from the bleached-out West, where the sun throbs pulsating white like a wound in the endless shimmering cobalt bomb of the sky, where only the vague outlines of volcanoes limn the horizon and neither trees nor structures arise from the grit and clay and sand of the earth, the pressing and…

Masked/Unmasked: on artist/photographer David Noah

I spoke with David Noah in late September, 2020, on the eve of his virtual exhibition at Athica, Mask/Unmasked, curated by Lucy Reback. Is there a larger flashpoint of controversy, opinions and conflicting/competing scientific information that surrounds wearing a mask vs. going maskless during the pandemic? A link to the exhibition is below.

David Noah was born in Lubbock, Texas, and lived…

The Gypsy Wildcats Rehearse In An Old Church

As I walked into the rehearsal space I happened upon a conversation I have stereotypically imagined most bands having – What are we going to change our name to next? 

There were two Johns (Norris and Prechtel, and an Antoon. Andrea DeMarcus (Cicada Rhythm) and Adam Poulin who weren’t in on this rehearsal. Just guitars and a concertina (which I mistakenly called an accordion). Harmonica. A dobro.…

Making the World a Better Place…One Playground at a Time: On artist Lawrence Steuck

There are people who create art in order to make money or to get noticed and fill the emptiness inside of themselves with the praise of others. And then there are artists, people who have to make art in order to make the world a better place. Dr. Lawrence Steuck is an artist. For a little background, Lawrence Steuck was born in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. He attended college…

Nelson Wells – The Art of Indie PR

Team Clermont has been a unique company promoting music artists for over 20 years in Athens; a small, dedicated team who promotes both known and up and coming musicians as well as established music artists. Co-Founder Nelson Wells, father to twin daughters, is keenly aware of the ever-evolving trajectories of music fidelity, delivery and a “futurist” regarding the protection of an artist’s rights…

Below the Gnat-Line: an interview with JD Hollingsworth, author of The Work

The Work is the first volume of a trilogy – Frankenstein’s Paradox and Screven County Ruby, are forthcoming – published by Casa Forte Press. Pete McCommons, Editor of Flagpole, calls The Work a masterpiece. That’s not a word you just sling around, not from McCommons. But in this case, he’s got it right. It’s not a large book, page-count-wise, but it makes a large and powerful impact. The Workis a…

Stage Life with Antonio Mantica

“I’m a big believer in treating the audience like another actor, hopping off the edge of the stage, interacting with them.”  Antonio Mantica

Tell me about your awesome last name? Your family?

My family name is Ma’ntica. It originated from Northern Italy. I definitely wouldn’t be very theatrical without my family. I have great memories of my father entertaining us at the dinner table with…

I recently started taking piano lessons. I’m 68. At one time in my life I thought a lot about teaching and learning. That part of my life is over, but taking up the piano has made me think about learning for the first time in a decade. For a universal experience, it’s poorly understood. What does it feel like to learn? I don’t mean what does it feel like to have learned something. I mean the…