Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 28th of October.
Good morning, Athens.
🎭 Culture
The B-52s will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Oct.
29, and the dedication ceremony will be livestreamed at 2:30 p.m. EST at walkoffame.com with emcee Richard Blade and speakers Fred Armisen and The Go-Go’s.
Lyndon House Arts Center will host an opening reception Thursday, Oct.
29 (5:30 p.m.) for three new exhibitions featuring Sarah Flinn and Eleanor Foy’s Refusal of the Call, Arts Center Choice Award winner Francie Carson, and Phoebe-Agnès Sinclair’s Saudade; admission is free.
Dusty Gannon's documentary Goth Gay Shit will screen at Ciné on Oct.
29 (8:30 p.m.) and Oct. 31 (3 p.m.) to raise funds for final production, and each showing will feature a post-screening discussion with Gannon and director John Rash; tickets are $15.
The 18th Wild Rumpus Parade & Spectacle will celebrate the spooky and spectacular downtown on Saturday, Oct.
31 with a free, all-ages parade that starts at 8 p.m. outside Creature Comforts after a pre-parade Rumpus Rally (5–8 p.m.), plus live music, kid activities, a festival zone, and after-parties.
Tiny ATH gallery will close this week at (174 Cleveland Ave.) after seven years supporting independent artists.
A farewell party and closing reception are set for Thursday, Oct. 29 from 6 to 9 p.m., and unsold works will move with founder Camille Hayes to her Sweden gallery before a planned Athens show in April 2027.
A Southern Gothic will bring goth and post-punk acts to the 40 Watt Club on Friday, Oct.
30 (8 p.m., doors 7 p.m.) and Saturday, Oct. 31 (8:30 p.m., doors 8 p.m.), featuring Secret Shame, Agonal Gasps, local bands, and tickets $15 or $22 weekend pass.
Athens GA Live Music has posted videos of local shows from Friday, Oct.
23, Saturday, Oct. 24, and Sunday, Oct. 25, featuring Anne Richmond Boston, Evey May, Sugar, Sleep Club, and others (check Flagpole's music calendar for upcoming shows).
🎓 Education
Clarke County School District named Matthew Rubenstein Teacher of the Year and Kathryn Brown Support Professional of the Year at a district banquet Thursday, Oct.
22. Rubenstein will represent CCSD in the statewide 2028 Georgia Teacher of the Year contest in May, and both received foundation awards and gift wagons.
🌲 Environment
This month Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties hosted bat walks and ACC Extension agent Laura Ney gave a public talk on bats' benefits, noting less than 1% of wild bats test positive for rabies.
She urged residents to call a professional for grounded bats and to install east-facing bat boxes 12–15 feet high (evening primrose, yucca, asters).
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