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1 Thursday, August 30, 2007 | The Red & Black
Texas ensemble to play ‘angry white jazz’
By JULIE LEUNG
The Red & Black
Look out Dogs, there’s
anew pup in town and it
has horns.
Self-described as a
blend of jazz, soul and
world music,'the nine
member ensemble Snarky
Puppy will rely on homed
instruments to carry its
message Friday and
Saturday at Farm 255.
“We don’t have vocals,
so we decided to have
more horns,” said Michael
League, primary composer
and bassist. “Having those
horns is like a substitute
for a voice.”
This is the band’s sec
ond visit to Athens but
its first while school and
football are in full swing.
“I’m expecting a better
turnout,” League said. “I
hope the football crowd,
even if they don’t come
with the intention of see
ing us, discovers some
thing new.”
For the members of
Snarky Puppy, Athens is
not unlike their stomping
ground of Denton, Texas.
Botanical Gardens’ Cafe a quiet gem
By JENNIFER JACKSON
The Red & Black
A long walk through
the Botanical Gardens or
a run on its many trails
may leave patrons hun
gry, thirsty and tired, and
the Gardens offer more
than just contaminated
creek water for refresh
ments.
Overlooking the
International Garden is
Cafe Trumps, a restau
rant inside the lower level
of The Botanical Gardens
Visitor Center and
Conservatory.
“Our menu changes
daily,” said employee
Kimberly Stegemann.
“We offer a soup, salad
and hot bar every day, so
the choices are always
different. We also have a
sandwich and quiche of
the day, as well as a
chef’s choice pasta,” said
Stegemann. “It would be
hard to get tired of our
menu because it changes
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“We really like the feel
of Athens,” League said.
“Like Denton, it’s a col
lege town. It has the liber
al, artsy, down-to-earth
feeling.”
Snarky Puppy’s re-ap
pearance in Athens is a
product of the growing
music network between
the two cities.
“When we came by last
year, we bumped into
Adrian Zelski of
Dubconscious,” said
League. “We hooked them
up with some shows in
Denton. It was really cool
that he was into coming
up and hanging out.”
League finds the
exchanges between the
music-oriented cities
mutually beneficial.
“I think it would be
cool to have as much
music swapping as possi
ble. Because the towns
are so similar, success in
one town might mean suc
cess in the other,” he said.
League started Snarky
Puppy in 2004 as a stu
dent at the University of
North Texas.
“I had been at UNT for
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Sunday Brunch: 11 a.m. to
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so often.”
Clients can choose
from a wide variety of
soup selections such as
minestrone or crab and
shrimp gumbo, or a broc
coli and Cheddar quiche
surrounded by fresh
grapes, pineapple, honey
dew melon and strawber
ries.
Cafe Trumps also
serves Sunday brunch,
offering selections from
its normal hot buffet,
salad and soup bar but
with expanded options
from a dessert buffet and
omelet station.
The food options are
plentiful, but the cafe’s
decor itself is enough to
SNARKY PUPPY
When: Friday and Saturday.
11 p.m.
Where: Farm 255
Cost: Free
two years,” he said. “I was
a jazz studies major. The
whole time I was there, I
didn’t think I would be a
straight jazz player. I
wanted to create and
combine different styles.”
In his classes, League
kept an eye out for poten
tial band mates.
“I found a bunch of
guys I really liked working
with,” he said. “Once the
ball got in motion, it’s
been rolling ever since.”
The band’s name,
coined by League’s brother,
pays homage to the music
of the members’ college.
“The music from the
University is jokingly
referred to as ‘angry white
jazz’ because of the col
lege’s demographics,” said
League. “The jazz is
intense and angsty.
‘Snarky’ is another way to
describe it.”
ease the hunger of the
eyes.
“We have a beautiful
place here,” Stegemann
said. “With the Industrial
Garden right outside, we
are surrounded by beau
ty.”
On top of the garden’s
natural beauty, a large
mural covers the back
wall of Cafe Trumps,
accentuating its sur
roundings.
“Unfortunately, we’re
not open for dinner, but
we do cater meetings and
events often,” Stegemann
said.
With its attention to
detail, competitive prices
and intimate setting, Cafe
Trumps is a perfect lunch
spot to satisfy the Athens
student, teacher and
native alike.
“We really love it here
I hope more people will
know about us, and come
enjoy great food along
with the wonderful scen
ery,” Stegemann said.
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Courtesy Snarky Puffy
A Snarky Puppy, a nine-piece ensemble from Denton, Texas, will bring
its soulful and jazzy sound to Farm 255 Friday and Saturday nights.
Of course, Snarky
Puppy believes there is
much more to its music
than “angry whfte jazz.”
The band prides itself
for its eclectic genre mix
Exhibit finds ‘beauty’ in waste
By MANDY RODGERS
The Red & Black
Painter Cathy Ehrler
finds inspiration for her
works in some odd places
aluminum cans and
piles of trash, to name a
couple.
“Environmental
Reverberations,” her new
series of paintings that
opens Sunday at the State
Botanical Garden, focuses
on nature and the garbage
threatening it.
“I began to look around
and I saw many of the
same characteristics in
both the natural environ
ment and the mounds of
trash,” said Ehrler. “It
made me realize that at
the rate we are going we
will be looking out of our
studio windows trying to
find beauty in mounds of
garbage, so I felt I had to
try to see the beauty in
[it].”
Ehrler’s unique per
spective was honed at her
many venues of study,
including the Atlanta
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and ever-changing style
devoid of a singular muse.
“Music is the action of
changing. It’s not like
we’re looking for some
thing like a Holy Grail,
ENVIRONMENTAL
REVERBERATIONS
When: Opening reception,
Sunday 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Where: The State Botanical
Garden Visitor Center
Cost: Free
More Info: cathyehrler.com
College of Art.
Through her years as a
painter, she has racked up
numerous awards and
honors. Her 2001
“Southern Drawl” gallery
in Alabama, serving as
president of the Georgia
Watercolor Society in 2006
and being a member of
Blackberry Creek Artists
highlight her career thus
far.
Watercolor is Ehrler’s
primary medium, though
she also favors use of oils
and acrylics.
“Watercolor is versatile,
luminous and, contrary to
popular belief, a very per
manent medium,” she
said. “I compare watercol
or with oil as carving
and it’s not like we found
it,” League said. “It’s the
fact that we’re listening to
something new every day
change just happens.
Freedom is in the music.”
is to sculpting.”
“Environmental
Reverberations” focuses
on repeated patterns in
natural habitats and man
made places and shows
man’s responsibility to the
environment.
Julie Villella, the
Museum Shop Manager of
The State Botanical
Garden, said the series fits
with the Garden’s mes
sage of conservation.
“It is an attractive and
interesting exhibit, not to
mention slightly contro
versial as it features paint
ings you would not usually
find [here],” she said.
Ehrler’s art still will
continue the garbage-rid
den theme after this series
ends.
“I just finished an
eight-foot rock made from
Styrofoam packing mate
rial, and I’m almost fin
ished with a bottle cap
mosaic on a very large
wall,” she said. “Later, I
plan to start weaving with
plastic bags and alumi
num cans.”
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