🎨 Why Athens needs an Artist for its new library

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☕️ A Cozy Coffee Stop in Normaltown

Sips Espresso sits in a small house on Prince Avenue, serving coffee made with local beans, loose-leaf teas, smoothies, and sweet and savory scones. With outdoor seating and a relaxed neighborhood feel, it works just as well for a quick morning drink as it does for catching up with a friend.

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🌸 Pregnant in Athens? How to Watch Your Baby Grow Between OB Visits

If your last ultrasound was over before you got a good look and the next one is still weeks away, Blossom Ultrasound Boutique was made for you.

OB ultrasounds are practical and important, but they can still feel cold and procedural during a time you want to slow down and remember.

Blossom slows it down: bring your partner, children, or grandparents, watch the baby stretch and turn, wait for a clear angle, and take home every image and video.

It feels less like another appointment and more like hanging out with your baby, often the moment pregnancy becomes real for a partner or older sibling.

The Watch Me Bloom package captures three stages: the early heartbeat, the gender reveal, and after 28 weeks, the 4D/HD face, lips, and cheeks you have been imagining.

When the baby hides their face or turns away, Jade does not rush; after nine years imaging babies in maternal-fetal medicine, that patience is what parents praise in her reviews.

Your baby only reaches each stage once, so capture it while it’s here.

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🚨 Athens Restarts Its Emergency Planning Committee

For the first time since 2019, Athens will once again have a Local Emergency Planning Committee. The group develops and reviews emergency-response plans while helping residents understand hazardous chemical risks in the community. Its first meeting is Thursday, August 20, from 3 to 4 p.m. at 120 Dougherty Street.

Why It Matters: The committee gives first responders, local officials, hospitals, businesses and community representatives a formal place to coordinate before an emergency happens.

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🎨 Athens Wants an Artist for Its New Eastside Library

Athens-Clarke County is accepting proposals from professional artists for an interior mural at the future Eastside Library on Barnett Shoals Road. Designs should reflect literacy, storytelling, local history, learning and community. Applications are due September 18 at 5 p.m., and finalists will receive $350 to develop detailed proposals.

Why It Matters: A local artist will help shape a permanent part of the east side’s new full-service public library.

Read more here.

🐈 This Watkinsville Café Comes With Coffee, Hot Chocolate, and Rescue Cats

If your kids have been asking for a cat, or you just need somewhere different to spend an afternoon, Entangled Cat Cafe in Downtown Watkinsville is a spot to put on the list.

Book an hour in the Cat Lounge, grab a Publica coffee or hot chocolate, and hang out with rescue cats while they climb, play, nap, and decide whether you’re their new best friend.

Go for a parent-kid outing, a low-key date, a study break, or a quiet hour away from screens that feels surprisingly therapeutic.

And if you have actually been thinking about adopting, this may be the best way to find the right cat.

Instead of choosing from a photo or a few minutes in a kennel, you can see which cats are playful or mellow, how they act around other cats, and which personality naturally clicks with yours.

Stop by 6 Court Street in Downtown Watkinsville or:

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🍦 UGA Marine Sciences Percentage Night | Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams | Athens | 8/19 | More Grab some ice cream and meet marine life as UGA graduate students host an educational pop-up.

🥕 The Athens Farmers Market | Creature Comforts Brewery | Athens | 8/19 | More Shop fresh produce, prepared foods and local crafts while enjoying live music downtown.

🎨 Music in the House | Lyndon House Arts Center | Athens | 8/20 | More Bring a sketchbook and create while the Slightly Less Famous Somebodies perform live. Free for all ages.

🐝 Pollinator Census | Sandy Creek Nature Center | Athens | 8/22 | More Help count visiting insects, explore activity stations and learn how to make your yard more pollinator-friendly.

💃 Oconee County Contra Dance | Social Dance Preserve | Watkinsville | 8/17 | More Start with a beginner lesson before joining the community dance. No experience or partner required.

🌮 Tiki Taco Tuesday | Live Wire | Athens | 8/18 | More Enjoy craft cocktails, tacos from Don Carne, themed music and dancing.

🎸 Futurebirds | Georgia Theatre | Athens | 8/20 | More Catch the Athens psychedelic Southern rock band live at the Georgia Theatre.

💄 Athens Showgirl Cabaret Fabulous Fridays | Hendershot’s | Athens | 8/21 | More Spend Friday night enjoying a lively drag performance from the Athens Showgirl Cabaret. Ages 18 and up.

🧘 Healing Frequency Class | Wildberry Health Foods | Madison | 8/22 | More Learn how sound and vibration are used in wellness during this in-store educational class.

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