Former Athens Area Chamber of Commerce President Larry McKinney, or a pod person claiming to be Larry McKinney, visited Athens recently for a U.S. Chamber of Commerce training program. Flagpole editor Ben Emanuel scored an interview with McKinney, who has been working as the top paid executive with Daytona Beach/Halifax Area Chamber of Commerce in Florida for a little more than a year and a half.

Julie Phillips,

Arts & Entertainment Editor

Tonight is one of my favorite events of AthFest, the Flagpole Athens Music Awards.
Aside from the general raucous revelry that ensues in cramming umpteen rock bands and their closest fans/friends under one roof for the evening, the lineup of musicians playing the show spans all genres and showcases the huge, huge wealth of talent in Athens — all that in one of Athens’ truly loveliest venues, the Morton Theatre.