Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, whose 10th District includes Athens, has refused to hold a town hall meeting here, but he ...

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With Gregory Frederick and Frank Russell behind the camera, Athens GA Live Music seeks to document local and touring bands ...

On Thursday, May 1, the Classic City Rotary Club will host the 9th annual Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Awards Show at ...

The 2026 race for Georgia governor is shaping up with candidates from both parties now entering the race. Gov. Brian Kemp ...

Athens’ art community will open its doors May 3 for the first-ever StudioFest, a day-long, citywide art and craft crawl that ...

The inaugural Athens Comedy Fest happening May 2–4 at the Morton Theatre is the culmination of the growth the local comedy ...

After a stint away from music, Johann Greco is returning with a new record called Hopelessness, out May 2 on Arfus Records. Greco’s genre-bending songwriting developed during his time playing bars ...

“There is nothing more powerful to dramatize a social evil than the tramp, tramp of marching feet,” civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. once said. Millions of marching feet have hit the streets ...

In an announcement slamming his hometown as a “sanctuary city” run by “extremist liberals,” state Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens ...

AthFest Educates has officially announced the full lineup for this summer’s 27th annual AthFest Music & Arts Festival, ...