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Armed Forces Festival

What: Arts & crafts, patriotic entertainment and fun for the family all Memorial Day weekend.

When: Fri. May 25, 9 a.m.-11 p.m., Sat. May 26, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.Where: Rousakis Plaza, River

Street, Cost: Free and open to the public Info: riverstreetsavannah.com

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Wednesday Author Appearance: Vince Dooley

What: former Head Football Coach and

Athletic Director for the University of Georgia signs copies of his new book, “History and Reminiscences of the University of Georgia.”

When: Wed. May 23, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Where: Sea Island Bank , 7426 Hodgson Memorial Drive

Lecture: Minh Uong, NY Times Art Director

What: Uong creates artwork for the cover of the Business Day section of NYT, with illustrations ranging from portraits of chief executives to troubled banks.

When: Wed. May 23, 5 p.m.

Where: SCAD Museum of Art , 601 Turner Blvd.

Cost: Museum Admission Info: scad.edu/

Sand Gnats Baseball

What: It’s Webkins Wednesday as

Savannah’s minor league ball team takes on the Charleston RiverDogs.

First 200 kids 12 and younger receive a free Webkinz toy.

When: Wed. May 23, 7:05 p.m.

Where: Historic Grayson Stadium in Daffin Park, 1401 E. Victory Drive Cost: $7 General Admission.

Info: 912-351-9150. sandgnats.com/

Comedy: Jeff Dunham and Friends

What: Two Savannah shows by the stand-up comic, ventriloquist and TV star listed by Forbes Magazine as the third-highest-earning comedian in America, after Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. The shows are being taped for Dunham’s Halloween 2012 Comedy Central special.

When: Wed. May 23, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Cost: $48 Info: 912-525-5050. lucastheatre.com/

Film: The Red House (USA, 1947)

What: 65th Anniversary Screening of a “Lost” Film Noir starring Edward G. Robinson.

When: Wed. May 23, 8 p.m.

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Thursday

Bethesda Academy Organic Farm & Gardens Stand

What: Now open Tuesdays and Thursdays. Products are grown and stand is managed by Bethesda students and staff. Fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs. Open Tuesdays and Thursdays.

When: Thu. May 24, 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Where: Bethesda Academy, 9520 Ferguson Avenue Info: 912-351-2061. www.bethesdaacademy.org/

Tea in the Garden at the Davenport House

What: Experience an early 19th century tea in Davenport House’s beautiful courtyard garden, served by and with costumed interpreters. Guests must be able to walk up and down stairs.

When: Thu. May 24, 5 p.m., Fri. May 25, 5 p.m.

Where: Isaiah Davenport House Museum, 324 E. State Street Cost: $18 Info: 912/236-8097. www. davenporthousemuseum. org/

Lecture: Hank Forrest “Luminous interiors: An epilogue to starkness”

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min’ Mimi’s redux. by tim rutherford

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Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $6 Info: SentientBean.com/

Yellow Submarine screens Thursday at the Trustees; admission is now FREE

What: Lighting designer draws from his experience on projects and passion for light, to unfold the lighting design process and how it can transform social experiences to enliven architecture.

When: Thu. May 24, 5:30 p.m.

Where: SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Cost: Free and open to the public Info: scad.edu/

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Christopher Stanley and Cecelia Arrango in Rent, ending this weekend at Club One

Lecture: Preservation Society of Charleston Director Evan Thompson What: Thompson will discuss

preservation issues in Charleston including tourism management and cruise ships. President of the oldest community-based historic preservation organization in the US,he has received the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s American Express Aspire Award.

Reception to follow.

When: Thu. May 24, 7 p.m.

Where: Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, 41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd Cost: Free and open to the public Info: 912-233-7787. myhsf.org/

Theater: Rent continues

What: Bay Street Theatre with

the Pulitzer and Tony-winning Jonathan Larson musical. Final weekend.

When: May 24-27, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Club 1, 1 Jefferson St. Cost: $22-$30 Info: baystreettheatre.org

Film: Yellow Submarine (U.K., 1968)

What: “In the town...where I was born...” was a screening of The Beatles’ 1968 animated feature film, digitally restored. Discussion and Q&A follows screening.

Presented by SCAD Cinema Circle Film Series.

When: Thu. May 24, 8 p.m.

Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: scad.edu/

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Major Style: Fashion with a Purpose

Forsyth Farmers’ Market

Friday What: Job coaching meets fash-

ion at this student-run fashion show and networking event that showcases how to dress for a job interview. Students are assigned a stylist who dresses them for their professions. Benefits the Dress for Success charity.

When: Fri. May 25, 6 p.m.

Where: SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd., Cost: Free and open to the public Info: scad.edu/

Film: Mother Nature’s Child: Growing Outdoors in the Media Age

What: A documentary discussing how interaction with the natural world promotes children’s health and well-being. Includes interviews with Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods; tracker Jon Young; Nancy Bell of The Conservation Fund; children and teachers of every age group.

Presented by Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens.

When: Fri. May 25, 8 p.m.

Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave Cost: $8 Info: 912-921-5460. sentientbean. com/

Saturday

What: Every Saturday. Fruits, veggies, baked goods and more from local and regional growers/ producers. When: Sat. May 26, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: South End of Forsyth Park, Bull Street & Park Avenue, Cost: Free to hang out and visit.

Info: www.forsythfarmersmarket. org/

Sixth Annual Savannah Mile run for 200 Club What: The course takes you one

mile straight down Drayton Street, starting near the south end of Forsyth Park, finishing at Broughton Street.

The Savannah Mile will be run in several heats which include a family division, five year age groups, climaxing with an elite division and heat. Benefits 200 Club, which helps families of deceased and injured first responders.

When:Sat. May 26, Where: Downtown Savannah Cost: $20 through May 24, $25 May 25 & 26 Info: www.active.com/running/ savannah-ga/savannah-mile-2012

Nature Outing: Fort King George Canoe Excursion

What: A canoe trip on the Altamaha River from Miller Lake to Barrington Lake, pasing historic bluffs including one that was home to Mary Musgrove during colonial times. Guided natural and historical interpretation,

canoes, paddles and life jackets included. Reservations required.

Bring lunch, sun screen and bug spray.

When: Sat. May 26, 9 a.m.

Where: Fort King George Historic Site Museum, 302 McIntosh Rd SE, Darien Cost: $35 Info: 912-437-4770. www.gastateparks.org/fortkinggeorge

SCAD Sequential Art MiniComics Expo

What: A series of comic book-making demonstrations in celebration of hand-made comics and selfpublishing. Showcasing the work of over three dozen sequential art students. Mini-comic demonstrations, Workshops on creating and binding comic books.

When: Sat. May 26, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: SCAD Student Center, 2nd Floor , 120 Montgomery St. Cost: Free and open to the public Info: seqalab.com/

Spitfire Saturday Open Mic & Showcase

What: A once-a-month open mic of music, poetry, visual art, and many other artistic forms of expression. Sign up at 7:30.

When: Sat. May 26, 8 p.m.-11 p.m.

Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Road Cost: $3 to spit and $5 to sit Info: 912-604-8963. www.musesavannah.org/

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Nature Outing: Beaches to Borders

GRADUATION

What: Explore the dynamic interplay between river, beach, and ocean.

Observe a tidal creek, explore sand dunes. Led by a naturalist guide.

Offered by Wilderness Southeast.

Meet on Tybee Island. Call for reservations and address.

When: Sun. May 27, 9:30 a.m.

Where: , Tybee Island Cost: $25/person ($10 for children under 12 accompanied Info: 912-236-8115. www.wilderness-southeast.org/

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Monday

Fort King George Memorial Day Commemoration

What: Hourly musket and cannon firing demonstrations, hands-on colonial toys and games, a family scavenger hunt, and a geo-caching activity.

When: Mon. May 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Fort King George Historic Site, 302 McIntosh Rd SE, Darien Cost: $3.75 - $6.50 Info: 912-437-4770. www.gastateparks.org/fortkinggeorge

Memorial Day Commemoration at Fort Morris

What: The Friends of Fort Morris Cannon Crew will present cannon demonstrations, musket drills and soldier talks on the hour to honor those who fought for and still fight for our country’s liberty. Bring a picnic lunch.

When: Mon. May 28, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Fort Morris Historic Site, 7 Miles east of I-95 at Exit 76., Sunbury Cost: $3-$4.50. Free for Military with ID Info: 912-884-5999.

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When: Wed. May 30, 7:30 p.m.

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The votes are in

by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

At long last, the winners.

After several weeks of your voting, a week or so of tabulating, and a couple more weeks of contacting the winners and writing about them, we present to you the results of our annual Best of Savannah Readers Poll.

While the Connect Savannah Best of Savannah issue and accompanying awards party are always among the year’s most anticipated local events, perhaps the biggest news to come out of this year’s competition is that total voting nearly doubled last year’s total.

That’s right: Even with just about every other newspaper and magazine in town putting together their own copy-cat contest based on ours — in some cases actually scheduling their own contest to coincide with our own in a lame attempt to piggyback on our readers’ voting — we smoked the competition yet again.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but: The 96-page special issue you hold in your hands is the largest issue of Connect Savannah ever put together. As a frame of reference, it’s literally twice the size of our usual weekly edition.

What I’m trying to say is we pretty much bust our ass to put this thing together every year. And I think it shows.

In my view this brings us back to the constant lesson, one which many media companies still haven’t learned: Content Is King.

But then again, as a content creator I guess I’m pretty biased.

Speaking of content creators, let’s talk about this year’s cover. Our cover photographer this year is Bob Jones, whose work you might remember from our St. Patrick’s Day cover this past March.

Working on his own concept, Jones photographed several noteworthy

An outtake design from the multi-subject cover shoot by Bob Jones; Meddin Studios hosted the shoot

winners individually on set at Meddin Studios, who were kind enough to host the shoot.

He manipulated the images to provide us with several designs, one of which made the cover and another which I picked for this page to help illustrate the process.

The altogether awesome cover subjects this year are (in alphabetical order): • Jason Cobb — The dashing young man in the Regency-era outfit is an interpretive guide at the Owens-Thomas House, which won this year for Best Historic Building. (The O-T House is also part of the Telfair Museums, which won several other categories as well.)

• Lloyd Harold aka KidSyc — This year’s winner for Best Rap Artist and one of Savannah’s most renowned young cultural figures.

• Bob Jones — Yup, the photographer’s in the picture! Bob also won a Best of Savannah Readers Poll award this year, for writing/directing/shooting this year’s Best Video, by Cusses.

• Basik Lee — This year’s straight-up winner for Best Local Club DJ.

• JinHi Soucy Rand — The beautiful and talented proprietor of MUSE Arts Warehouse on Louisville Road (just down the railroad track from Meddin) is an actress in her own right, and works hard to bring quality, affordable cultural offerings to Savannah in her new venture at this restored railroad depot-turned-theater and art house.

For those of you unfamiliar with how all this goes down, here’s the drill: Every winner gets their own blurb. Most get a short one or two-liner, while a few from each section get an extended breakout profile with accompanying photo.

How do we pick the extended profiles?

Typically the longer profiles go to those who are either A) brand-new first-time winners (The Sparetime), B) inaugural winners of a brand-new category (Kevin Rose and his wife Danielle Hughes Rose, serendipitously in two separate categories), C) winners who are particularly topical and newsworthy (Tony Abruzzio’s YouTube video), or D) frequent annual winners who for a particular reason or another deserve a closer look this year (Jepson Center, Olde Pink House).

While the short blurbs tend to be more collective efforts, each extended blurb bears the initials of the reporter, as follows: BDY — Our insightful Arts & Entertainment Editor Bill DeYoung.

JLL — Our scintillating Community Editor Jessica Leigh Lebos.

JM — Yours truly.

As always, Robin Wright Gunn continues to do an amazing job with the daunting task of compiling our listings.

Thanks also go to our talented and hard-working design/production staff, comprising Brandon Blatcher and Alice Johnston. And kudos to our dynamic sales force, led by General Manager Chris Griffin and consisting of Jay Lane, Whitney Taylor, and Ellisia Jesnes.

Congratulations to all our winners this year, and most of all, thanks to you for voting in this year’s Best of Savannah Readers Poll and making this issue possible. cs

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The (Civil) Society Column

by Jessica Leigh Lebos | jll@connectsavannah.com

Back to the drawing board?

Sheesh, it’s been a bad season for chalk.

Last week’s column talked about the arrest of a young man who scribbled his powdery protest against corporate capitalism on the sidewalk outside the Bank of America.

This week, public art blackboards got the big bad eraser of bureaucracy.

A hullaballoo has erupted over SeeSAW’s “Before I Die” murals, city–sanctioned public art installations that invited passersby to add their own hopes and dreams on these colorful collective bucket lists.

Savannah was the first city to devote two walls at once to the project, which graced locations at MLK Boulevard and Waters Avenue from April 7-May 7.

The project first found traction in 2011 when artist Candy Chang claimed the side of an abandoned house in New Orleans; since then, cities all over the world have hosted “Before I Die” walls on neglected spaces. It’s quickly become a heralded way to give voice to overlooked communities and empower citizens to admit their humanity in a public forum.

Of course, there’s always gonna be some joker who draws a penis.

On the Waters mural, facing out of a privately–owned building used mostly for storage, a crude drawing of said anatomy found its way amongst the earnest entries.

Although the space was maintained daily and any inappropriateness removed, some neighbors complained to their district alderperson, Mary Osborne, who said she knew nothing about the project.

City Manager Rochelle Small– Toney also pleaded ignorance at the city council workshop last Thursday, while the rest of downtown was held hostage by a mad gunman.

What’s weird is the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s new mural policy—over a year in the works—has gotten plenty of press

here and elsewhere, but perhaps our city leaders are too busy to read the papers. Fortunately, the MPC’s cultural resource and urban planning manager, Ellen Harris, was at the workshop to break it down for councilmembers and the mayor.

Harris has worked closely with SeeSAW founders Matt Hebermehl and James “Dr. Z” Zdaniewski (Connect’s Best Visual Artist winner, whoop whoop) to refine the protocol for public art in Savannah, and the partnership has been met with much excitement. Mostly.

“With public art, there will always be a negative voice in the community. You can’t please everyone,” said Harris. “But if you look at the active participation of the residents in the

community, she and her neighbors had the power to erase the offending graphic with the swipe of a rag— and then add blessings of their own.

It was just chalk, after all.

By separating themselves and making a huge fuss (Madam Mayor was clearly miffed at the accusations that had been leveled at the city), these well–meaning folks have jeopardized all the hard work put in to make mural art part of Savannah’s urban landscape.

The upshot of Thursday’s workshop is that both the city manager and the mayor, who had no knowledge of the mural before a few people’s complaints, now say they want the city policy amended to require that any wall art—on public OR pri-

After Ms. Jenkins spoke, Mayor Jackson implored the council to tighten up and “to make sure this never happens again.”

If by “this” she meant a free–flowing atmosphere where art and community meet for that messy and provocative dance called authenticity, we’re in trouble. Stay tuned.

Got weekend plans? The only thing to do is jump over the moon: Rent has four more glorious shows at the Bay Street Theatre. Full disclosure: It’s my favorite Broadway musical and I memorized the soundtrack before I wore out the cassettes singing in my minivan.

Some cynic suggested that the plot, penned almost 20 years ago, is

I’m with Ms. Jenkins: Profanity brings a neighborhood down.

But the irony is that as part of the community, she and her neighbors had the power to erase the offending graphic with the swipe of a rag—and then add blessings of their own. It was just chalk, after all. mural project, it was a complete success.”

But the outrage had already reached the gold dome. At the workshop, Mayor Jackson interrupted Harris’ presentation to bring an unscheduled guest to the podium.

Ms. Inez Jenkins, a longtime member of the Live Oak Neighborhood Association, began her speech with admiration for “Before I Die” but reproached the council that she and her neighbors were not consulted before the paint went up. (The policy requires a 10–day notice on the wall for private property; SeeSAW’s had a sign posted for nearly a month preceding the project.)

She also articulated that the mural was disrespectful to the seniors and children living nearby.

I’m with Ms. Jenkins: Profanity brings a neighborhood down.

But the irony is that as part of the

vate property—have final approval by city council.

That means it’ll take more paperwork and taxpayer–funded time to get approval to paint a clown on the side of your house than it would to build a three–story gun turret on top of it.

It also means that what’s deemed art for public consumption would rest solely in the hands of our elected officials, none of whom ran on a platform of aesthetic experience or expertise.

The intention of SeeSAW and its collaborators was to encourage honest and genuine expression; we should all have compassion for the creatively–impaired partypoopers who couldn’t come up with anything more original to scrawl than cartoonish renderings of genitalia.

They live among us, whether we like it or not.

dated; I say starving artists scraping the bottom of life’s barrel couldn’t be more relevant. (Hear that, recent SCAD grads?)

With a fiery cast that includes the powerhouse voices of BST vets Cecilia Arrango and Christopher Stanley as well as the smoldering chemistry of Tyrone McCoy and Christopher Blair (Connect’s Best Actor winner two years running!) as Angel and Collins, it’s a wonder that the tiny theater hasn’t exploded with the collective talent. Huge hollas to director JinHi Soucy Rand and the rest of the crew for a tender and true production.

Shows at 7:30 Thursdays–Sunday; The extra bones for table seating are worth every penny as the theatre’s pillars and pipes can block views and you don’t want to miss a minute. Get yer tickets at baystreettheatre.org. cs

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{Arts & Culture} Street theater: Christopher Blair, left, Jeff DeVincent and Maggie Lee Hart

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Jeff DeVincent (Cabaret) Best Local Actor

Christopher Blair Best Local Actress

Maggie Lee Hart

t might seem that Christopher Blair has been in a dozen stage shows since the Spring of 2011, when he was named Best Actor in the Best of Savannah readers’ poll. But there were only two: Cabaret and The Rocky Horror Show (he also directed the latter).

It’s just that Blair, a Savannah resident since 1993, is sort of unforgettable once you’ve seen him onstage. Whether it’s his drag work in rock musicals (Rocky Horror or Hedwig and the Angry Inch), his (relatively) straight performances in the current Rent, or 2011’s Frost/Nixon, or his delightfully decadent turn as the comic/tragic Emcee in Cabaret.

Christopher Blair: “I’m from the last community theater generation that has come and gone. A lot of those old companies had benefactors and boards and donation money and grant money coming in, and that doesn’t really exist any more. When that started to go away, and the community theater scene started to dwindle, it brought out a new element: Self–production. The Collection Face, KimSam, Fair Weather Productions. I think now we’re far more vibrant and more contemporary than we were back then, because with those boards came the responsibility to please an older crowd.

They wanted Rodgers & Hammerstein, and they felt that if they were giving money to these organizations, they should have a lot of say. With this new way of doing things, it’s really up to the directors to decide what they want to produce.

Because it’s their own money.”

Voted the city’s best actress for the second year in a row, Maggie Lee Hart has been in Savannah since 2009. After a less–than–profitable acting stint in New York City, the Missouri native came here to earn a Masters in theater from SCAD. Since the 2011 awards, she’s been in Angels in America – Part One, Into the Woods and No Exit.

Hart recently signed on with the Collective Face, as part of its newly–formed repertory company.

Maggie Lee Hart: “The first community show I did, outside of SCAD, was The Glass Menagerie with the Collective Face. I didn’t know what the plan was. Do I stay here? Do I find those people in the theater community, not SCAD– related, those who have decided to stay here to build it? How can I be a part of that? There’s something magical about building something, the community or the ensemble, making it your own. The start of a new company can be anything, if you all agree.”

Jeff DeVincent founded SCAD’s performing arts department in 1998, and for several years was so consumed with school productions he didn’t venture out much into community theater.

These days, as a professor of communication, he has more time to intermingle with the thespians, technicians, dreamers and weirdos he loves so much (“I walked into it when it was already kind of kicking; I just brought it to new, twisted places”).

DeVincent won for his direction of Cabaret at Bay Street Theatre, which happen to have Chris Blair as the Emcee. A few months later, DeVincent worked under director Blair as Riff–Raff in The Rocky Horror Show.

Jeff DeVincent: “Cabaret was kind of like a miracle. First of all, we did the entire show in, I believe, four and a half weeks of rehearsal. And we lost our musical director a week before we opened; Don Hite jumped in. I think we had Don for four rehearsals before we opened. It’s a miracle because we did not miss a beat; the cast was un–frigging real to work with. The whole reason it was such a stellar experience for me is that they wanted to do great work. So we worked on it till we got it.” – BDY Runner–up (director): David I.L. Poole Runner–up (actor): Sheldon Pinckney Runner–up (actress): Courtney Flood

Best Indie Film Venue

Savannah Music Festival

Muse Arts Warehouse

Extra-pleasant surprises in early 2012 included Pink Martini, Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, and Bela Fleck & the original Flecktones. Even the usual suspects — the players that seem to turn up every year — were first rate, and we would expect nothing less! MVP: Daniel Hope.

Runner–up (cultural event): St Patrick’s Day Runner–up (festival): Oktoberfest

It’s mostly used for community theater — some of the best, in the opinion of many — but there are art openings, concerts and other special events at the Louisville Road locale. And boy oh boy, they’ve got a swell wall–sized movie screen, where the Psychotronic Film Society proudly projects its “Movies Savannah Missed” and “Friday Night Frights” series.

Runner–up: The Sentient Bean

Best Film Series

Best Movie Theatre

Psychotronic Film Series

Victory Square

Jim Reed’s fondness for B–movies (and C–movies, and even the occasional D) has kept the fun flying every Wednesday night at the Sentient Bean, plus the “Movies Savannah Missed” series (consisting of generally more serious fare) at Muse Arts Warehouse, a yearly wacky–film festival, and the new Friday Night Frights midnight horror series at Muse.

Runner–up: Savannah Film Festival

Once again, readers proclaimed their preference for this 10–screen multiplex at Skidaway and Victory, where you can see The Avengers in 1, 2, or 3D. Runner–up: Carmike 10

Best Film Festival

Director Jeff DeVincent and company did the “deconstructed” version of the classic Kander & Ebb musical, with more emphasis placed on the dirt and decadence of pre–war Berlin. With long–legged Courtney Flood as Sally Bowles, Christopher Blair as the creepily androgynous Emcee, and lots of red velvet and black underwear, DeVincent created an unmatchable atmosphere of debauchery.

Runner–up: Savannah Children’s Theatre

Savannah Film Festival

Last year, we were visited by Oliver Stone, Lily Tomlin, Alec Baldwin and Aaron Eckhart, and we got to see We Need to Talk About Kevin, Like Crazy, Carnage, A Dangerous Method and In Darkness before the rest of the country. Oh, yes, and The Muppets, but let’s keep that fact to ourselves, OK? Runner–up: Psychotronic Film Festival

Best Local Theater Production

Cabaret (Bay Street Theatre)

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New Executive Director Lisa Grove has a mission for the Telfair Museums: “I want us to be a museum of national excellence, with local relevance,” she says.

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he Jepson Center for the Arts, part of the Telfair Museums, routinely wins several categories in each year’s Best of Savannah Readers Poll.

But it’s not every year that the Telfair sports a new director. So this year we decided to chat with Telfair Museums Executive Director Lisa Grove about her experience so far since coming on board in January and her plans for the future.

“I’ve been talking to the staff about two simultaneous guiding principles: I want us to be a museum of national excellence, with local relevance,” Grove says. “All projects we’re working on and trying to bring here and produce here should resonate on both fronts.”

Grove says the Telfair can attract national recognition for the museum by building on the strengths of its collection and by bringing in nationally recognized artists who’ve never been seen in Savannah.

“At the same time we’re working to make sure that the programs and exhibitions we offer are relevant to the local community, that they’re things local residents will be excited about bringing friends and family to.”

Grove says some projects this fall are particularly significant.

“At the Jepson, we’ll be showing an exhibition of photography by Dan Winters. His images have been on the cover of national magazines,” says Grove.

“He’s one of the best editorial photographers in world. He’s shot Leo DiCaprio, Sandra Bullock, people like that. But he’s never been seen in a museum as an artist. He has a Savannah tie because he has a house on Tybee. There are a lot of fun celebrity aspects to the show.

Opening in December will be works from the legendary Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. “We’re one of only four museums in the U.S. that were chosen to host this unique exhibit,” says Grove. “That’s another great example of us playing on a national stage.”

And opening very soon is an exhibit by beloved Georgia folk artist Howard Finster, who came to national prominence when his work was featured on R.E.M. and Talking Heads album covers.

“He’s very popular, and a donor actually just gave the museum two works

by Howard Finster to add to our permanent collection. That’s another way we have a local tie to what we’re doing here,” Grove says.

The director says another priority is leveraging relationships with other museums, a hallmark of her last gig as associate director with the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. “We can can move forward by getting involved with more partnerships, by getting in early and coproducing shows with other museums. You can share the work, and also share the expenses.”

One thing that’s a little different from Grove’s previous experience is the fact that the Telfair Museums comprise three varied entities: The Jepson, the adjacent Telfair Academy, and the Owens–Thomas House.

“It’s a challenge but it’s also an opportunity. Having those three properties enables us to serve a broader audience and feature experiences that appeal to many kinds of people,” she says.

“The real challenge is how to make each property really shine at what it does best, and how to enable each one to do even more,” Grove muses.

“We have to constantly find ways to reinforce that a museum is relevant to people’s lives. We’re competing for time and attention in everything we do. We must make the case why a museum visit is worth people’s time and money.” — JM Runner–up (museum): SCAD Museum of Art Runner–up (art gallery): Little Beasts

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Best Local Author

Jane Fishman

The longtime local newspaper columnist, one of the most brutally funny people in Savannah, and one of the city’s most committed gardeners too, published her “anti–memoir,” The Dirt on Jane, in 2011. Said The Garden Buzz: “It’s about aging, the fear of aging and forgiveness. Coming to terms with her mom in the years after coming out, she struggles with and strives to enjoy the often complicated mother– daughter dynamic.”

Runner–up: Jonathan Rabb

Tie: Baseball in Savannah/The Dirt According to Jane

Local historian Brian Lee lovingly retraced the history of America’s Pastime with painstakingly researched text and more than 200 vintage photographs. Beloved local columnist Jane Fishman offers her memoirish take on gardening and life.

Best Art Show

SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival

It’s colored chalk on concrete, people! A surprising win, considering all the incredible art shows that grace us with their vision throughout each year, but hey – the readers have spoken.

Runner–up: Telfair Arts Show

Best Multimedia Arts Event

Pulse

Robots making music, jointed metallic moving artwork, lights, computers, electronics and the raw human voice ... everybody likes Telfair’s annual Art & Technology Festival. It’s free, which makes it an even sweeter treat.

Runner–up: TASTE

Best Visual Artist

Dr. Z

Savannah’s premier multimedia artist, James “Dr. Z.” Zdaniewski, is closely linked to high-profile projects such as the recent (and strangely controversial) “Before I Die” mural and also works with the Savannah Urban Arts Festival.

Best Local Photographer

Geoff L. Johnson

OK, so maybe we’re a bit biased, but Connect’s contributing photographer runs his own studio, and is in demand for a cool variety of picturesque things that no one does better, or more creatively. Weddings? Geoff ’s your guy. Arty and/or farty?

Check. Here at the office, we dig his band pix.

Runner–up: Christine Hall

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SCAD Fashion Show

Ralph Rucci was honored with the Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award at the May 19 event, which focuses on the collections of top seniors.

Runner–up: Fashion’s Night Out

Best Live Music Concert

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Best Savannah Music Festival concert

Pink Martini

Sweet, silly, kitschy and wonderfully musical, this March 29 show at the Lucas Theatre — the Oregon cocktail band’s first–ever local appearance — was the most brilliant and focused example of what the producers of the Savannah Music Festival can do when they’re really trying to shake things up.

Runner–up: Savannah Stopover (sic)

Best New Local Festival

Savannah Stopover

Year Two was an even bigger success for founder Kayne Lanahan, who brought more than 70 acclaimed indie bands and artists to town over four days in March, the majority of them on their way to SXSW in Austin — quite a coup.

Runner–up: No Control Festival

Ochoa turns up on fiddle now and again. But the hard–charging, heavily electrified core — Jason Bible, Stu Harmening and Eric Dunn — remains. Check out the killer second CD, Saddle Up. Runner–up: Damon & the Shitkickers

Best Local Vocalist

Angel Bond

Best Local Punk Band Best Local Rock Band/Artist Best Local Music Video

Cusses

Savannah’s longtime guitar hero, who’s won in both these categories since any of us can remember, continues to pack ‘em in from Tybee to the Talmadge.

Despite the recent departure of drummer Stuart Lusk, the band carries on rockin.’

Runner–up (musician): Dare Dukes Runner–up (blues): Bottles & Cans

Sure, they’re in Connect all the time, but we’ve known (as have you club–goers out there) for a while now what the rest of the country is just now discovering: Cusses is a great band. Angel Bond onstage is explosive and fun, Bryan Harder is a monstrously creative guitarist, and Brian Lackey pummels his drums like Doc Ock on an electric sledgehammer. The band self–released a debut long–player this year (Cusses); the video win was for “Worst Enemy,” one of the choicest tracks on said wax and a vid written, directed and produced by our cover photographer this week, Bob Jones.

Runner–up (vocalist): Kim Polote Runner–up (punk): Dead Yet? Runner–up (rock): Liquid Ginger Runner–up (video): “Meet You at the Bus” (Dare Dukes)

Best Local Country/Americana Rock Band

Best Local Acoustic Band/Artist

Best All–Around Local Musician Best Local Blues Band/Artist

Eric Culberson

The Train Wrecks

There’s a new drummer in the band, Paxton Willis, and gypsy jazzbo Ricardo

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here’s a commonality amongst the three hats that Kevin Rose wears. He owns and operates the city’s most successful recording studio, he runs a fishing charter business (Tele– Caster), and he’s a licensed architect with Lominack Kolman Smith.

“It’s all connected,” Rose believes. “People ask all the time ‘How do you do this?’ And I say ‘It really is so much more related than you’d expect.’ You have to be inside something for a long time to understand it completely.”

It’s is Rose’s proud contention that he is, overall, employed in the service industry. “It’s all helping people realize something that they want,” he says. “Whether it’s having a good day on the water, getting their emotions across in a song, or getting a place to live or work.”

In the 2012 Best of Savannah poll, Elevated Basement — the 43–year–old Massachusetts native’s home away from home — was chosen as the city’s Best Recording Studio.

Black Tusk, Eric Culberson, Cusses, the Train Wrecks, Turtle Folk, Wormsloew, Dead Yet?, Niche and pretty much every other musician in Savannah who’s ever made tracks has made tracks with Rose in the producer’s chair. Both Stuart Copeland and Gregg Allman worked in Elevated Basement, and Rose does nearly all the audio work (both live and recorded–for– radio) for the Savannah Music Festival.

The studio began in 1995, more or less, to facilitate recordings by Superhorse, one of the many rock ‘n’ roll bands that included Rose as a guitar player (Hat No. 4: He’s also a musician).

He’d arrived nine years earlier, to study architecture at SCAD. He fell in, naturally, with the city’s alt–musician crowd, starting mixing sound in clubs, and taught guitar to earn beer money. “I actually met my architecture boss teaching his son guitar,” Rose smiles.

“The plan was always to leave — in fact, I was going to move to Asheville, where my wife is from. But then it became ‘Well, I can visit there any time I want.’

“More than anything, I think what kept me in Savannah were the people, and the beauty of the city. Having traveled as a musician, and seeing the country, every time I would come back I would be reminded of what was here. I think it took leaving on these stints to realize what we have here.”

Elevated Basement has both digital and analog gear, a 1,000–square foot main studio and four acoustic isolation booths. They do it all — tracking, editing, mixing and mastering — and maintain a healthy inventory of vintage equipment, including microphones, and musical instruments.

Rose and his engineers and co–producing staff are just a phone call away from Savannah’s best session musicians.

“Music is about how things relate, how people relate, how musicians relate, how sounds relate to one another,” Rose explains. “I had a mentor that once said ‘Making it look easy is really not a good idea for your career path. Because people want to believe that you’re doing something.’

“And to me, it’s been more about not being noticed in the studio. They say that there’s a lot of psychology in doing this. And there really is. And I think the people that are in tune with that really appreciate it.”

It’s not about the microphones, or the number of available tracks, or getting a great drum sound.

Or about being a great technician.

“Some of the best performances happen by just staying out of the way,” says Rose. “The technical stuff will take care of itself. That’s all Creampuff 101. To me, the inspiration is everything.”

Spoken like a true architect.

“It’s a vertical process, building from the ground up. All the parts have a layer, and a role to play. Being able to choose what becomes filigree, that’s the trick. It’s intuition. It’s not a calculated thing.

“I’m not about perfection, I’m about wow. If I can get wow. Motown was about the most imperfect wow you could find. The imperfections made the wow better.” – BDY

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or Stephen Baumgartner, whose stage name is Basik Lee, being named Savannah’s favorite DJ — his first time so honored — comes as a sort of sweet vindication.

“Most of the time I’m hired, I just DJ stuff I like,” he says. “I don’t even really DJ the club stuff — I DJ old school hip hop, some reggae, some rock, some blues, jazz, anything I think about at the time.”

Many of his DJ friends, he says, go to some lengths to “appease the crowds,” and in the bargain sell themselves short. “So they’re playing all this stuff that they hate — and then they literally end up hating their job,” Baumgartner explains. “I decided a long time ago that I’d rather be broke than sit up there and play some stuff that’s gonna drive me crazy.”

The 33–year–old native of Irvington, N.J. is a creative jack of all trades — Basik Lee, along with his DJ work, is a musician and singer/songwriter, a breakdancer and dance teacher, and a founding member of Dope Sandwich, the city’s premier hip hop collective.

“The easiest way I could say it is this: With all of them, I’m just speaking.

They’re all ways of me communicating something. Each one is just its own language, and I found a way to speak in each language.”

He says he never aspired to be a rapper, but figures it was a natural extension of the expressive milieu he’d discovered as a kid.

“It came from me writing poetry and bugging out, and just chillin’ around a lot of hip hop heads,” Baumgartner says.

“And honestly, back in the day I wasn’t even a big fan of hip hop. But once I came down south, I realized I knew so much hip hop. Because in Jersey, it was always around. It was once one of those things where you couldn’t go anywhere and not run into hours and hours of people talkin’ about hip hop.”

— BDY Runner–up: DJ Lishis

Yeah, we’ve got a gypsy jazz band and yeah, it’s pretty great. Vocalist Wilde is joined by Ricardo Ochoa on violin, Jody Espina on clarinet and saxophone, Jackson Evans on guitar and George Sheck on bass.

Runner–up: Ben Tucker

Best Local Hardcore/Metal Band

Best Local Electronic Artist

Black Tusk

“We’re trying to make something that’s broad, across the spectrum,” guitarist Andrew Fiedler told us last fall, on the eve of the Relapse Records release of full– lengther Set the Dial. “Maybe it’s metal, maybe it’s punk rock, maybe it’s rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that just mashed into our sound.” The Tuskers are on their never–ending tour — after recently returning from Europe and the far corners, they’ll be somewhere between Tennessee and Arkansas on May 22, when they really ought to be at our Best Of party, accepting this award for the second consecutive year.

Runner–up: Dead Yet?

Best Local Funk/R&B/Soul Group

A Nickel Bag of Funk

Five Best Of wins in six years — there’s your stamp of love and approval for vocalist Leslie Adair’s skillful and hardworking outfit. “Every day when I get up, and there’s a show that night, I’m excited,” she told us in 2011. “It makes my day.

I live for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays — if I’m having a bad week, my week immediately picks up the day before a show.”

Runner–up: Voodoo Soup

Julie Wilde & the Bohemian Dream Band

Sunglow

Sunglow is the recording/performing moniker of Guyton–born electronica musician Daniel Lynch.

Runner–up: Electric Park

Best Local Hip Hop/Rap Group/Artist

Kidsyc@Brandywine

Lane Gardner, Charles Hodge, Dan Butler and Derrick Larry are Brandywine, a tight, funky band with roots in jazz and heads in the silky clouds of hip hop.

The rapper out front is KidSyc — his name is Lloyd Harold, and his motormouth skills, combined with the band’s cool grooves, make for one of our city’s unique performance experiences. EP The Capitol Records Sessions is mighty dope.

Runner–up: Dope Sandwich

Best Local Spoken Word (Artist or Group)

Davis the Poet

Graphic designer David Warren got interested in spoken word by participating in Open Mic Nights at Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Runner–up: A.W.O.L. cs

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Best Local Jazz Band/Artist

resident acoustic–pop classicist expanded his audience this year, and toured successfully with his band, the Blackstock Collection. He may be a sweet–voiced ballad singer, but songs like “Meet You at the Bus” reveal Dukes’ deep–seated love for more muscular rock ‘n’ pop. “I still hear the Pixies in my head when I write songs,” he told us in January. “They were a huge influence on me. And Fugazi in the way they arranged their material.”

Runner–up: Sincerely, Iris

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{City Life} Best Bachelor

Best Bachelorette

Drew McCullough

Happy McCullough

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hen Happy McCullough instigated a campaign among her friends to lobby for her brother, Drew, as Connect Savannah’s Best Bachelor, she had no idea those friends might also fill in her name as Best Bachelorette.

“I did it to him, but I didn’t know they were going to do it to me!” exclaims the 23 year– old event planner. “I was just trying to tell people about the nicest guy I know.”

Drew, 25, admits he was “extremely mortified” when he learned about the honorific, but is glad his little sister must share the stage with him.

The longtime Ardsley Park residents and Georgia Southern grads insist that they’re perfectly content with their single statuses but are open to dating low–key, friendly types.

Happy says her perfect gentleman would be family–oriented and can make her laugh. For Drew, honesty and kindness are key in a prospective girlfriend. Anyone looking to make time with either of them had better enjoy spending long afternoons on the water.

“Both of our first cars were boats,” explains Drew, adding that seasickness is a dealbreaker.

Picky eaters also need not apply, as the McCulloughs come from a long line of serious foodies. Both say a perfect date might involve a casual day on the boat or a nice dinner in town, but agree that “there definitely has to be good food involved.”

When it comes to dating, the brother and sister duo also count fitting into their adoring family as a high priority.

“My grandmother is a big part of my life,” says Happy. “If she wouldn’t approve, it’s not happening.” — JLL

Best Local Revitalization

SCAD Museum of Art

Lighting up the Savannah skyline like a great green lantern, the Savannah College of Art and Design’s new Museum of Art rises from the rubble of history.

Once the site of Central Georgia Railroad Headquarters from where African slaves and Irish immigrants built a line from Savannah to Macon in the 1840s, the building housed Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. It’s fitting justice that it now contains one of the finest African American art collections in the country, courtesy of Dr. Walter O. Evans. SCAD president Paula Wallace called it an example of “living history” at the opening ceremony last fall.

Lead architect Christian Sottile confirms that every brick in the new structure is original to the crumbling structure that had sat for almost two centuries. He and the building team reclaimed everything they could salvage from the site itself, including heart pine beams that were milled for the wooden panels in the 250–seat auditorium. The intent was to practice responsible building techniques at the same time as honoring the site’s difficult history.

“The humanity is everywhere, especially in the materials, from each reclaimed brick that embodies a story and the blue stone that required a human hand to refine,” the Dean of Building Arts told Connect in “Soul and the City,” an interview earlier this year.

With its jalousied glass tower and clean concrete lines, SCADMOA is also a contemporary architectural marvel. Galleries featuring some of the most provocative names in modern art revolve their exhibitions every six months, but as Sottile indicated in his internew, the light it brings to Savannah shines constant: “This building takes us into a new era of asking questions of how history informs the present and future. When you inherit a ruin, what to do you do with it? What if you created something interdependent on the past, present and future and that’s what illuminates the way forward?” — JLL

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Best Historic Building

Owens–Thomas House

Strangely and somewhat frustratingly in a town so full of amazing historic buildings, City Hall typically wins this category. Not that City Hall isn’t a great building, but it can’t compare to the Owens–Thomas House, typically considered the finest example of Regency architecture in the South, if not the entire country.

The O–T House is having a banner year attendance–wise — truly one of the great Savannah tourism success stories — and it’s nice to see its historic provenance appreciated by the community.

Runner–up: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

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Best Public Space

Forsyth Park

Savannah’s answer to Central Park, with Spanish moss.

Runner–up: Ellis Square

Building Most in Need of Revitalization

Old Candler Hospital

Happy news: The old hospital actually will be revitalized, when the John Marshall Law School installs its operations there after its recent purchase of it.

Runner–up: Drayton Tower & Sorry Charlie’s

Best Neighborhood to Live in

Ardsley Park

Massive drainage improvements and better square maintenance have certainly helped.

Runner–up: Historic District

Most Underrated Neighborhood

Baldwin Park

A new Bohemian center with expanding retail/restaurant opportunities.

Runner–up: Ardsley Park

Best Place of Worship

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

The spiritual home of Savannah’s Irish community actually has its roots in the emigration of French Catholic nobility in the wake of the Haitian revolution.

Runner–up: Savannah Christian Church

Best Pastor

Reverend Billy Hester

Under Hester’s stewardship, Asbury United Methodist Church has garnered a congregation of open–minded, talented people who wield great cultural and social influence throughout the city.

Runner–up: Father Patrick O’Brien

Best Private School

St. Vincent’s Academy

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Best Principal

Mary Anne Hogan

A historic Catholic girl’s school in a historic locale, SVA has quietly built an outstanding academic reputation under Ms. Hogan’s tutelage.

Runner–up: Savannah Christian Preparatory School

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Best Public School

Savannah Arts Academy

Just voted one of the top 100 public high schools in the entire country – the only school in Georgia so honored – SAA has built a reputation not only for cultural achievement, but extremely high academic achievement as well.

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Best Tour Company

Old Town Trolleys

These are the orange and green ones, by the way, offering many different tours, including the popular ‘Ghosts & Gravestones’ trip.

Runner–up: Old Savannah Tours

Best Free Wi–Fi Spot

Starbucks

This corporation has realized that surfers aren’t loiterers but a core target market.

Runner–up: Gallery Espresso

Best Street Character

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Best Celebrity Sighting in Town

Paula Deen

Some of us at the office have actually been around town long enough to remember when Paula wasn’t even considered a celebrity here.

Runner–up: Sandra Bullock

RIP: Local Person You’ll Miss the Most

Otis Brock III

Departing this world suddenly and tragically at the young age of 41, the chief operations officer of the Savannah/Chatham Public School system not only capably and honestly administered a huge budget, he was routinely mentioned as a future civic leader of the city, perhaps school board president or even mayor.

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Best Benefit/Gala

Friends of Statts Block Party

“I have great friends,” 38-year-old Jason Statts told us in the spring. “It’s crazy.

I have tons of friends. I never knew I had that many friends, and I had no clue they would take it this far.”

He was talking about the five-club, 30-band “block party” held on April 14, organized by his closest buds to help defray his mounting medical costs.

On a late night in June, 2008, Statts was the victim of an armed robbery. Shot through the neck, he was left a quadriplegic.

“I’m glad I wasn’t an asshole,” he joked in the Connect story.

Far from it. Dave Williams, who was also shot in the incident, but made a nearly-full recovery, said that the event’s organizers were simply giving back.

“He’s always been a really good, solid dude,” Williams says. “He’s always been super–nice — but he’s not a pushover. He’ll do anything for anybody, within reason. You’ve got to earn it, but once you’ve earned that trust, he’s there for you until the end. And I think all of that put together is the reason why everybody loves and respects him so much.”

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Officer Sosbe on patrol with her partner Red in front of the Ships of the Sea Museum; he knew he was being photographed and posed for this picture

Best Cop {Ann Sosbe}

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hroughout history a person on horseback has held enormous power, both literally and psychologically.

In the case of horse–mounted police officers like this year’s Best Cop winner Ann Sosbe, they not only hold power but perform an important public relations role.

“We talk to a lot of people. Everyone wants to come up and see the horses and ask us questions about them,” she says.

“Plus we tend to patrol a lot downtown and in the neighborhoods, where you have really high visibility and you see a lot of people. They tend to call us in where we can be big and visible. That’s how they base where we patrol.”

Does Officer Sosbe, a 23–year veteran of the local police department, take part in a lot of dramatic horse chases like in the movies?

“Well, we don’t get that many felony drug arrests or things like that. We actually write a lot of traffic tickets, seat belt violations, car seats,” she says.

“You’d be surprised how much you can see in a car from the saddle of a horse.

We’ll be like, ‘Lady, you’ve got 12 kids in the front seat and four in your lap.’”

As for the horses themselves, much like police who work with K-9 officers, the riders tend to form a special bond.

“We’re the crazy ones who work out in the heat and cold and smell poo all day,”

says Sosbe, who in her off-duty time is an accomplished rock ‘n’ roll photographer.

“It’s a specialized unit — you have to apply for it.”

Joking lovingly that police horses are “kinda big and stupid,” she points out that their mounts tend to be larger, more work–oriented breeds rather than quicker, more temperamental types.

“They’re basically bred to work on farms, so they’re very sturdy. But you do have to consider they have 1500–2000 pounds basically sitting on four little points. I’d get tired too.”

However, she says, the horses sometimes display more resiliency than the humans who ride them.

“It’s funny. We’ll be dying in the heat in our polyester suits and tight helmets and vests, with a gun and all kinds of things hanging on our belt, and people are like, ‘oh the poor horse is sweaty.’”

Sosbe’s own partner is Red, who displays a love for the camera and literally posed for the shot above.

One of the occupational hazards of a horse cop is what Sosbe calls the “butt smackers.” Indeed, just this past St. Patrick’s Day a man was chased down and arrested after coming up behind a horse cop and whacking the horse’s butt.

“Usually we can kind of see it coming,” Sosbe says. “Some drunk guy will point to us and start talking to his friends like, ‘Hey y’all watch this.’ We’re usually ready for it when it happens.” ­— JM Runner–up: Harry Trawick

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Best Local Activist

Tom Kohler

It’s fitting that this award is given to Kohler days after the annual Citizen Advocacy covered dish dinner, one of Savannah’s most beloved events, centering on the activity of the organization Kohler heads to give the voiceless a voice.

Runner–up: Travis Cole

Best Local Nonprofit

Humane Society

Maybe it’s just the Facebook talking, but it sure seems like pet adoption and pet rescue are really trending topics, with the local Humane Society of Greater Savannah leading the way.

Runner–up: Second Harvest Food Bank

Best County Employee

Gene Harley

The spokesman for the Counter Narcotics Team goes public so the officers don’t have to.

Runner–up: Cynthia Knight

Best State Representative Best Conservative

Jack Kingston

The representational merry–go–round continues, as the Republican once again finds himself representing most of Savannah. Some call it redistricting, some call it gerrymandering, but in any case Kingston’s popularity will serve him well in the expanded local role.

(We actually intended for this category to mean actual state reps, as in runner– up Buddy Carter, but the will of the people spoke otherwise. Perhaps we’ll tweak the category title next year.)

Runner–up, Rep: Buddy Carter Runner–up, Conservative: Bill Edwards

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Best City Council Member

Tony Thomas

This popular Southside alderman made news first for his “Anybody But Edna” stance during the election, followed by a rapprochement with the new mayor.

Thomas is now working hard to bring cruise ships to River Street.

Runner–up: Edna Branch Jackson

Best County Commissioner

Pete Liakakis

The commission chairman didn’t get his way when a referendum disallowed him a potential third term. But Pete remains one of Savannah’s most popular politicians in memory.

Runner–up: Dean Kicklighter

Best School Board Member

Joe Buck

This longtime Armstrong administrator does a great job presiding over board meetings in his role as school board president.

Runner–up: Lori Brady

Best Liberal

John Barrow

Many liberals don’t actually think this Savannah Democratic congressman is really that liberal. But everything is relative, we guess. Barrow has been redistricted out of representing Savannah and has actually moved to Athens.

Runner–up: Travis Cole

Best Judge

Judge Louisa Abbott

This Chatham County Superior Court Judge clerked with both Avant Edenfield and Perry Brannen Jr. and has worked closely with Chatham Savannah Citizen Advocacy for two decades.

Runner–up: Judge Mary Katherine Moss

Best Firefighter

Nathan Gaskill

Our readers aren’t alone — this 11–year veteran of Savannah Fire and Emergency Services was voted Fire Officer of the Year by that organization also.

Best Paramedic

Mark Bednarz

This Southside Fire Department first responder also has an extensive law enforcement background.

Runner–up: Coleen Harwood

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his year’s Best City Employee, Commercial Recycling and Litter Services Administrator Fonda Mason, is a little surprised by the voting this year.

“I’m such a laidback person,” she laughs. “I’m still trying to figure out who would vote for me!”

She has a long title, she admits, but “I try to give all credit to the guys and girls out front, picking up recycling and litter. They work hard and do such a good job — I really just want to make it easier for them to do their jobs.”

As the main point person for the City’s developing curbside recycling program, Mason says “We’re always trying to improve areas that are weak. There’s always room for improvement since the program is on the new side.”

Mason says since curbside recycling isn’t mandatory, “we weren’t sure in the beginning what the participation rate would be. Right now a goal is to expand staff and streamline more efficiencies. Some of our routes are huge!”

Indeed, Mason describes a rather crushing work week for a total staff of about 32 people — not very many when you consider the scope of the City’s program.

On recycling pickup days, City workers “start at 7 p.m. and they’re out working late til 7 or 7:30 at night,” she says.

Basically, that’s a minimum ten–hour day four days a week. Usually on Thursdays the recycling crew is busy picking up litter.

“We want to keep the city beautiful both for visitors as well as residents,” Mason says.

With a bachelors degree and a Masters in Public Administration from Georgia Southern University, Mason spearheaded the City’s internal recycling program — which is about big enough to qualify as a small town in and of itself.

“The internal recycling program involves gathering recyclables within city facilities, picked up on a weekly basis,” she says. “It takes all day on Fridays to pick all of it up.”

— JM Runner–up: Sean Brandon, Mobility and Parking Services Director

Craziest Local Crime Story

Hammer Attack over Country Music Michael Allen Parrish, 55, was arrested for assaulting several people after an argument over which singer is better — Loretta Lynn or Reba McEntire.

About 10 a.m. March 20, Parrish went to the house where he once lived with his girlfriend Cheryl Walters. Two friends, Elizabeth Morrell and Jimmy Collins, went outside to see what was happening after they heard her cry out. Parrish attacked Morrell with a hammer. Collins engaged Parrish and was also struck.

That’s not even the craziest part: At that point another friend of Cheryl’s, the wonderfully named Vondra Yopp, came out with her own hammer and went after Parrish, who then left. Parrish finally turned himself into police.

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Orange Crush Aftermath

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t was only a little over a minute long. But the YouTube video featuring Tony Abruzzio, posted the morning of April 21, had years’ worth of impact on the local scene and even got national play, including a story on The Huffington Post.

The clip showing the volume of litter left behind after the reveling of attendees of Orange Crush – an annual spring break gathering of college–age African Americans – was met with widespread anger and disgust by most who saw it.

For many Tybee residents as well as those who long ago decided to stay away from Tybee during the event, the video was cathartic. The long–simmering anger that boiled over in the social media response to the video wasn’t so much a knee–jerk reaction as it was an expression of years of cumulative frustration with Orange Crush.

While questions of racial prejudice were raised by those who saw the trash as not significantly more egregious than similar, more white–oriented gatherings, for many viewers the final straw seemed to be the fact that it was all on a public beach — a natural area, a part of the environment — and was therefore especially out of the bounds of usual expectations of civil behavior.

In the wake of the video, Tybee Mayor Jason Buelterman was forced to make the rounds on TV, promising greater communication with the “organizers” of Orange Crush, despite a widely held sense that there are no organizers at all per se. While Savannah State University initially helped organize the event many years ago, even they have disassociated themselves from Orange Crush mostly due to its associated issues like the one highlighted in the video. — JM

Best Local Blogger

Sonny Dixon

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Yes, Jessica is a Connect staffer now. But before that she’d already won this award two years in a row — that’s one reason we hired her, knuckleheads. Her blog Yo, Yenta! is in its ninth year of unorthodox musings at yoyenta.com.

Runner–up: Bill Dawers

Sonny’s folksy presence on market leader WTOC is a local institution.

Runner–up: Jesse Blanco

Best Local TV Sports Anchor

Frank ‘The Big Guy’ Sulkowski

Best Local Website

It’s not always easy making local high school football highlights gripping as all get out, but WJCL/Fox 28’s Big Guy gets the job done.

Runner–up: Rick Snow

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Runner–up: connectsavannah.com

Best Local Meteorologist

Best Local Facebook Page Best Local Twitter Feed

Pat Prokop

If Severus Snape were a weatherman, he might be WTOC’s Pat — dry wit, copious knowledge, and total mastery. Prokop also has one of the most informative local Facebook presences.

Runner–up: Dave Turley

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Best Local Newspaper Columnist

Bill Dawers

The self–described “Man About Town” lives up to his moniker, by showing up at pretty much every social and cultural event and writing and blogging about it.

Runner–up: Jessica Leigh Lebos

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Best Local Radio Station

WRHQ FM 105.3

Jerry Rogers’ labor of love — the only locally owned and operated radio station left in the area — fell out of the top spot in our Reader’s Poll there for awhile. But he’s back in what many consider his rightful spot, still broadcasting that unique mix of tunes he calls “Quality Rock.”

Runner–up: WAEV 97.3

Best Local Radio Personality

Kotter

Rock 106.1’s main jock — usually on in the 3–7 p.m. slot — is also this Adventure Radio station’s programming director & operations manager. Dude, you rock! Get it? “Rock?” Heh, we still got it....

Runner–up: Jerry Rogers

Drivetime jock Kotter is also P.D. at Rock 106.1

Best Talk Radio Station

WTKS 1290 AM

Bill Edwards is the local go–to guy on the station that also offers nationally syndicated Rush, Beck and Savage.

Runner–up: GPB FM 91

Best Local TV Commercial

Mike Hostilo Rap

There’s not just the now–famous “Hostilo Rap” commercial out there, Mike also has another one that’s a bit more serious in nature.

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St. Patrick’s Day App

The St. Patrick’s Day iPhone app designed by geeked-out local firm Smack Dab Studios features over 100 sites and establishments to enhance your enjoyment of the full weekend of the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day experience.

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ee that line outside the humble building in a humble area on Habersham Street just south of Victory Drive? The line that moves but more or less stays long for most of the time the place is open?

That’s the line of folks who appreciate — and apparently vote for! — the deceptively simple offerings of the Green Truck Pub. Call it comfort food mania, call it a Southern love affair with a good burger, call it a hip, cozy place to hang out and enjoy craft beers — you’d be correct on all points.

But clearly the most significant draw of Green Truck from a culinary perspective is the heavy reliance on locally sourced fresh ingredients.

The amazing burgers are made of grassfed beef from Hunter Cattle Company of Brooklet. The free–range chicken comes from Springer Mountain Farms in Mount Airy, GA. Produce comes from Clark and Sona in Portal, Walker Farms in Sylvania, and Bethesda Academy here in town.

Oh, yeah, and even the coffee’s locally roasted, by Philip Brown at PERC, who makes his deliveries on bicycle.

And while the cute little bar is excellently equipped with seasonal artisan beers, I just have two words for you: Mexican Coke. — JM Runner–up, Overall: The Olde Pink House Runner–up, Gourmet: B&D Burgers Runner–up, Veggie: B&D Burgers Runner–up, Locavore: Cha–Bella continues on p. 34

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{The Olde Pink House} Best Fine Dining Best Downtown Restaurant Best Wait Staff Most Romantic Restaurant Best Sommelier (Jason Restivo) Best Wine Selection

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ere’s how dedicated to mission the staff of The Olde Pink House is: When a gunman on the run holed up in the restaurant briefly last week — galvanizing a giant crapstorm of attention from not only local law enforcement and every single person living and working downtown but from the national media as well — the Pink House opened for business as usual that same day.

Like it was nothin’. All in a day’s work.

99 problems but a dirtbag ain’t one.

Indeed, social media updates indicated that they relished the opportunity to thumb their nose at anything that might impede with their mission to serve locals and tourists alike with not only the most finely crafted cuisine available in the city, but the most “Savannah” experience they can possibly give.

Best Sommelier Jason Restivo manages the historic wine cellar, providing the perfect pairing for the kitchen’s seamless blend of New Southern and Classic Southern cuisine. — JM Runner–up, Fine, Romantic, & Restaurant Wine Selection: Elizabeth on 37th Runner–up, Wait & Downtown: Kayak Kafe continues on p. 36

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Midtown Deli and Bagel Shop Best Deli Best Bagels The crew at Midtown

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o borrow a phrase, a good bagel is hard to find.

Sure, there are plenty of subpar imposters out there in the freezer aisle, but the right shape does not a decent bagel make. It should have a glossy sheen on the outside and be perfectly chewy on the inside. A good bagel is never crumby, and it can’t be acquired next to the frozen peas.

Thankfully, Sergey Boyarin has basically dedicated his life to bringing Savannah the finest bagels possible. The owner of Midtown Deli & Bagel Shop in Chatham Plaza spends six nights a week in the kitchen, letting the dough rise and boiling the rounds the old–fashioned way, then letting them cool. On Sundays, he bakes up batches for his wholesale customers, including the Sentient Bean and Cutters Point Coffee in Sandfly. The results rival what comes out of New York City, as Midtown’s many loyal customers will attest.

Boyarin also makes everything else in the deli from scratch, from the muffins and croissants to the potato salad and coleslaw, all in the wee hours of the morning. His wife, Lana, says he rarely lets her help.

“He says ‘different hands, different tastes,’” laughs Lana. “He’s a perfectionist.”

She and Sergey acquired the business from its original owners seven years ago and have continued the bagel–baking traditions as well as its traditional deli offerings. Lana takes care of the front of the house, running the sandwich counter with a smile and managing the friendly staff (a big difference from NYC, where the deli folks are notoriously snarky.)

Lunch hours are busy with regulars munching down fat sandwiches named after NYC landmarks under a glorious mural of the Manhattan skyline by local artist Adolfo Hernandez.

The Boyarins’ dedication to their craft and to their customers has made them a shoe–in for these categories almost every year, but Lana doesn’t take Midtown’s reign for granted.

“We’re here every day,” she says. “We appreciate the people who vote for us because we work really hard.” — JLL Runner–up, Deli: Al Salaam Runner–up, Bagels: Panera Bread

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From the dialed–in people who brought us The King and I (see Best Thai Restaurant) and Ele Fine Fusion (see Best Islands Restaurant) comes another delicious hit for Savannah diners.

Fire Street Food is the latest dreamchild of restaurateurs Ele and Sean Tran, who also own the Thai fusion gem Tangerine on the southside. Echoing their signature Asian influence, Fire is a casual take on the dynamic success of their other establishments– simple teriyaki bowls, creative sushi rolls, grilled meat–on–a–stick and tasty curries, plus a handful of stand–out sandwiches (Wagyo Kobe Burger nomnomnom...) It’s like snacking in Bangkok, only without the open sewers.

Fire serves a selection of wine, domestic and Asian beers, plus something called a sake daiquiri, which sounds delicious but potentially disastrous when consumed in large quantities. Teetotalers can choose between the regular array of soft drinks as well as fresh–squeezed lemonade, fresh smoothies and bubble tea.

Giving much needed glow to Savannah’s late evening eating options, Fire stays open late on weekends for the bar hoppers and night owls. The vibrant orange and blue interior matches the bright flavors of the food, a splash of color on the historic corridor of Perry Street on Chippewa Square.

— JLL Runner–up: Green Truck Pub

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Best Family Restaurant

Carey Hilliard’s

Several down–home locations all across town serve up their variety of home–cookin’.

Runner–up: Cheddars

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Sundae Café

Ice cream sure sounds nice at a day on the beach, but the upscale-ish Sundae Café actually offers a full menu of enticing lunch and dinner items too, such as fish tacos and lump crab cakes.

Runner–up: Tybee Island Social Club

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Best Westside Restaurant

Leoci’s

A cut above the usual fare on the Westside, Cheddar’s is proof that Pooler really is cooler.

Runner–up: Sam Snead’s

Best Italian Food

Savannah’s not really known as a great Italian food town. Roberto Leoci has done his best to change that perception and so far his efforts have been an enormous success. While the restaurant bearing his name has only been in business for three years, Roberto himself has years of experience in Sicily and Florence as well as a stint at the prestigious Ritz Carlton property in South Florida and as personal chef to various high–profile clients.

Runner–up, Chef: Nick Mueller Runner–up, Italian: Bella’s

Best Southside Restaurant

Spanky’s

Home of the first and still best Chicken Fingers in town.

Runner–up: Tangerine Fusion and Sushi Bar

Best Islands Restaurant

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Back in the day folks on the islands had to drive in town to get a decent meal.

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Runner–up: Molly McGuire’s

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Best Pub Food

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub & Grill

In the UK, people go to pubs not just to drink but for a complete evening out, including a good meal. Molly’s brings that tradition to Savannah.

Runner–up: Six Pence

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Jazz’d Tapas Bar

The Curries were ahead of their time, and their labor of love, Jazz’d, was actually one of the first truly hip, swank places to hang out in Savannah.

Runner–up: Sparetime

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When only a delicious piece of breadless wonderment will do.

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Jimmy John’s

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The recipes come from their mama, 85 year–old Johnnie Mae Bing, who still puts in time behind the stove most days.

Best Caterer The sisters also have one brother, Albert Bing. When asked Susan Mason what his part is in keeping the place running, he replied, Susan is not only Savannah’s most sought–after caterer, “Whatever they tell me it is.” she is quite the cookbook author as well.

At the counter, customers choose sides from an array of Runner–up: Nick Mueller steaming trays brimming with soul food goodness: Savory yellow rice, seasoned lima beans and candied yams that Best Farmer’s Market/Co–op melt in your mouth. Diners must decide between succulent oxtails, smothered pork chops, hamburger steak and legForsyth Farmer’s Market endary fried chicken. Also on the menu are other Southern Between 2000–3000 people check out the Forsyth Farmclassics like fried shrimp, barbecue sandwiches and desserts er’s Market on a typical Saturday morning. Get there by 11 including key lime pie and some fine red velvet cake. or so or you’ll be pretty much out of luck.

The kitchen is constantly stocked to keep up with the Runner–up: Savannah Food Co–op crowds, but Brown believes the most important ingredient can only be sourced from the heart.

Best Outdoor Dining “It comes from the love our family and our faith,” she Sol says. “Love is what makes it soul food.” — JLL An underrated but impressive part of the revitalization Runner–up, Soul: Mrs. Wilkes’ Dining Room effort on Habersham Street. Tasty food and friendly bar too!

Runner–up, Meat + 3: Sweet Potatoes Runner–up: Leoci’s

Best Late Night Restaurant

Sweet Melissa’s

One day there will be a VH1 “Behind the Music” about the late–night scene at Sweet Melissa’s.

Runner–up: Sushi Zen

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The Savannah location is the only Georgia location outside of Metro Atlanta.

Runner–up: Outback

Best Breakfast Best Brunch

J. Christopher’s

Tasty and affordable food & fun for the whole family.

Runner–up, Breakfast: Clary’s Runner–up, Brunch: B. Matthew’s

Not just the place for java and leisurely web surfing, they have a rockin’ menu of fresh toasty natural meat–free stuff in there as well.

Runner–up, Veggie: Kayak Kafe Runner–up, Coffeehouse: Gallery Espresso

Best Burger Under $6 Best French Fries

Best Organic Restaurant

Five Guys Burgers and Fries

Cha–Bella

Matt Roher’s no longer there, but the new exec chef team of Vikram Bhonsle and Amie Linton is keepin’ it real.

Runner–up: Green Truck Pub

They haven’t been in town that long, but with several busy locations already the Guys have staged an invasion of never–frozen burgers and fresh–cut fries made to order.

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The first Wild Wing was actually in Hilton Head, but it’s become one of the South’s most popular wings/sports bar/family restaurant hangouts.

Runner-up: Coach’s Corner

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How many people remember that it stands for International House of Pancakes?

Runner–up: The Original Pancake House

Best Barbecue

Angel’s BBQ

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Recent high–profile appearances on Man vs. Food Nation haven’t dampened Andy and Aileen’s enthusiasm for dishin’ up the righteous ‘cue with killer sides.

Runner–up: Wiley’s Championship BBQ

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A prestigious inaugural win in this new category.

Runner–up: Olde Pink House

Best Seafood Restaurant

The Crab Shack

Fresh, hot, and with a great view of the Tybee marsh, there’s nowhere else like the Crab Shack.

Runner–up: Tubby’s

Best Place to Buy Local Seafood

Russo Seafood

When it’s time to throw something fresh in the pan at home, folks like to make a stop at Russo’s.

Runner–up: Teeple’s

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Vinnie Van Go–Go’s

One of City Market’s first and still most premier and popular properties, Vinnie’s continues to serve up a near–perfect combination of taste, fun, and laidback funky atmosphere in a historic setting.

Runner–up, Gourmet: Mellow Mushroom Runner–up, Pizzeria & Delivery: Screamin’ Mimi’s

Best Salad

Kayak Kafe

Who says all Southern food has to be unhealthy?

Runner–up: River House Regency Salad

Best Bakery

Back in the Day Bakery

Quickly garnering a national reputation, and a best–selling cookbook to boot!

Runner–up: Baker’s Pride

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Combine chocolate, signature drinks, some live music, and great company and you have a recipe for heaven.

Runner–up: Back in the Day Bakery

Best Ice Cream

Leopold’s Ice Cream

Stratton and Mary’s labor of love will include a Victorian District location soon.

Runner–up: Cold Stone Creamery

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Best Southern Food Best Fried Chicken

Mrs. Wilkes’ Dining Room

From locals to tourists to presidents, Mrs. Wilkes’ provides what may be the quintessential Savannah eating experience.

Runner–up: Sweet Potatoes

Best French Food

Papillote

This storefront location on Broughton is dishin’ up an amazing variety of authentic Continental dishes with a minimum of fuss.

Runner–up: Circa 1875

Best Japanese Food

Hirano’s

The staple Teriyaki dinners are a Savannah tradition.

Runner–up: Ta Ca Sushi & Japanese Fusion

Best Sushi

Sushi Zen

Stylish service, great food, late hours, and a certain hip cachet combine for a Savannah classic.

Runner–up: Ta Ca Sushi & Japanese Fusion

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Best Greek Restaurant

A Taste of India

Olympia Café

Savannah has quietly gained a reputation as a place with several really good Indian restaurants, and A Taste of India tops the list.

Runner–up: Pakwan

Best Middle Eastern Food Mr. Salameh’s one–of–a–kind storefront location isn’t only where you’ll find the best gyros and falafel within many many miles, it’s a real community center as well.

Runner–up: Casbah

Some of the most sublime pork and beef dishes in town at this authentic Cuban place. Don’t forget the plantains!

Runner–up: John’s Jamaican BBQ Jerk City

Best Thai Food

The King and I

Best Chinese Food

Wangs II

Again a win for this perennial victor in this category. We don’t think anyone else has even come close in over a decade of these contests.

Runner–up: Egg Roll King

Best Mexican Food An empire of south of the border taste and style.

Runner–up: Carlito’s

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Best Caribbean Food

Rancho Alegre

Al Salaam

Jalapeño’s

In this Olympics year, consider a trip to River Street to rediscover this Savannah favorite that’s not just for tourists.

Runner–up: Troy

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Runner–up: Saigon

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Saigon

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he windowed lounge on the corner of MLK Blvd. and Congress Street spared no time finding its way into the approval of our readers. Spinning vintage vinyl and serving up delicious snacks, Savannah’s newest hotspot recently graced our front cover. We touted it as “Your New Third Place,” a reference to proprietor Clara Fishel’s propensity for reading up on social theorist Ray Oldenburg.

A “third place” is anywhere you want to hang out after home (number one) and work (number two), where community thrives without being forced.

What makes a great third place? Ol’ Ray wrote that they’ve got to be fun and they can’t be pretentious–qualities that Fishel kept in high mind as she and her cohorts planned their vision. Which explains the wackalicious LP collection and the inclusion of Old Milwaukee highboys on the drink menu.

Speaking of the Sparetime’s winning house cocktail choosings, head barkeep Jane Fishel has created a revolving selection of libations utilizing some of the country’s finest small batch liquors. Spring has bloomed the lip–smacking June & Juice, a refreshing concoction of Death’s Door Gin, flowery Esprit de June and grapefruit juice.

Our current favorite is the seductive Captain Longstocking, a glassful of trouble consisting of house–spiced rum and apricot liqueur with aromas of vanilla and lemon.

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Susanne Guest Warnekros and her Jinx “family” accept their awards at the 2011 Connect Best Of Savannah bash.

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ext year, it will have been a decade since Susanne Guest bought the lease on the club formerly known as Velvet Elvis. She’d never run a bar before – at the time, she was a body-piercing artist at Planet Three - but Guest, a die-hard music fan, absolutely loved the joint. It was where tattoo types, punks, bikers, artists, metalheads, rednecks and those of the hip hop persuasion hung out in harmony. “It was unique,” she told us. “It wasn’t like anything else here.”

Friends with the previous owner, Guest learned early on of the Velvet Elvis’ demise, and made a deal so that the doors would stay open in perpetuity.

“I just didn’t want Savannah to lose that spot,” she said, praising the openminded clientele and the eclectic range of atmospheres.

“We have such a huge music and art scene here, I wanted those people to have a comfortable place to go, that they felt good about.”

Her surname changed after her marriage to tattoo artist Brian Warnekros, but in the almost-a-decade since the Jinx – as she re-dubbed the club – opened, the eclectic, all-welcoming, all-inclusive vibe hasn’t shifted a whit.

In a town where picking the coolest live music on any given weekend is getting more and more difficult, the Jinx stands tall. Susanne Guest Warenkros – a fan, first and foremost – does all the booking herself. And she has pretty high standards.

“I don’t think people really realize how demanding it is to be in charge of the party six nights a week,” she said. “But as far as doing it differently? I probably wouldn’t.” – BDY Runner–up, Overall, Staff & Downtown: Sparetime Runner–up, Bartender: Siran at Abe’s Runner–up, Live Music: Live Wire Runner–up, Happy Hour: Mellow Mushroom

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Hang Fire proprietor Wes Daniel whippin’ up the night’s batch of Scorpion Tea. Note custom artwork on the bucket. And also note that application of Goof-Off Stain Remover may or may not be an essential ingredient.

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Best Hookup Spot

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n the relatively short time it’s been open, Hang Fire on Whitaker Street has laid claim to being one of the most popular watering holes in town — quite a statement when you consider the competition in this alcohol–centric little party town.

Hang Fire cleaned up in this year’s Readers Poll, winning several key Nightlife categories, including one that makes the proprietor laugh.

“We also won Best Hookup Spot, which I think is pretty hilarious,” says Wes Daniel, the most public face of the partnership which owns Hang Fire and a steady presence both behind the bar and milling around with the mostly college–age clientele.

Indeed, the combination of Daniel’s own easygoing good humor, the draw of a dark, funky bar with kickass tuneage, and the building’s pedigree — former home to several strip clubs, including downtown’s last strip bar, the Waving Girl Lounge — would seem to be unbeatable.

That, and the incredible popularity of Hang Fire’s signature offering, Scorpion Tea. Five bucks gets you a Mason jar full of the Kickapoo juice that Daniel’s patrons can’t get enough of.

“I just sort of came up with it and everybody seemed to like it right away. I didn’t even taste it myself until awhile later,” Daniel says.

“It’s a little sweet for me. But people really seem to love it. It’s got that little bit of sweetness, it’s got a kick to it, you get to drink it out of a Mason jar. Something for everybody,” he laughs.

Daniels recalls that when Hang Fire debuted Scorpion Tea, he and the bartenders were mixing each drink up on the spot, to order.

“Then one night between like 9 and 11:30 we had to make about 50 of them individually. That’s when we realized there had to be a better way,” he says.

Nowadays, Scorpion Tea is made by the batch before the bar opens each night. In keeping with his laidback nature, Daniel was happy to share the recipe with us: • Bourbon • Vodka • Razzmatazz • Sweet & Sour Mix • Ginger Beer Scorpion Tea or not, Hang Fire is the college bar of choice, and like any college bar the action gets going pretty late.

“There will be some nights when it’s still pretty dead in here as late as 10:30 or 11. Then it’s like the floodgates open and the place gets packed real quick and stays that way ‘til closing time,” says Daniel.

On Tuesdays, Hang Fire hosts a popular Trivia Night, another award–winning category for them this year.

“My partner in Atlanta actually comes up with the questions,” Daniel says. I usually wear a three–piece suit when I host it. I’m not really sure why!” — JM Runner–up, College Bar: Congress Street Social Club Runner–up, Signature Drink: Lulu’s Chocolate Bar Runner–up, Hookup: Club One Runner–up, Trivia: Mellow Mushroom continues on p. 50

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Best Outdoor Bar Best Pool Hall

Congress Street Social Club

Set in the former B&B Billiard’s location, creative use of the expansive courtyard space makes the Social Club really social.

Runner–up, Outdoor: Rocks on the Roof Runner–up: Southside Billiards

Best Daytime Bar

McDonoughs

The killer menu here, including their signature awesome burgers, is a big draw for lunch.

Runner–up: The Jinx

Best Neighborhood Bar Best Weeknight Bar

Bar Food

A very steady, very close–knit regular clientele means you can pop in Johnny Baker’s place most any night and find a good crowd.

Runner–up: The Jinx

Best River Street Bar

Wet Willie’s

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Best Upscale Bar

Circa 1875

Swank but friendly, Circa features a great selection of craft beer and expertly mixed cocktails to go along with the beautiful furnishings.

Runner–up: Rocks on the Roof

Best Rooftop Bar

Rocks on the Roof

Hard for many folks to resist the sweet temptations of those frozen drinks... even Tybee is getting a Wet Willie’s soon.

Runner–up: The Warehouse

Truly stunning views of the riverfront at this newish hotspot for locals and tourists alike.

Runner–up: Churchill’s Pub

Best Southside Bar

Best Margarita

Spanky’s

One of the venerable names in Savannah’s food & bev scene delivers once again.

Runner–up: Tailgate

Best Islands Bar

Molly McGuire’s

Between Molly’s and the increased variety of good restaurants on the Islands, you don’t even have to come downtown anymore if you don’t want to.

Runner–up: Britannia

Best Tybee Bar

Huc A Poo’s

A friendly oasis of food, drink, and fellowship before you hit the more tourist–dominated areas.

Runner–up: Doc’s Bar

Best Westside Bar

Robins Nest Sports Bar & Grill Great sports bar atmosphere in Godley Station.

Runner–up: Roger Woods

Jalapenos

Not only a popular eating spot, all Jalapenos locations feature killer margaritas and great happy hour specials.

Runner–up: Carlito’s

Best Martini Jen’s & Friends

Runner–up, Tap: Moon River Runner–up, Bottle: Crystal Beer Parlor

Best British Pub

Churchill’s Pub

Fish & Chips & Newcastle, mate.

Runner–up: Six Pence Pub

Best Irish Pub

Kevin Barry’s

A Guinness, some traditional Irish tunes courtesy of Harry O’Donoghue & Co., and a great view of the waterfront.

Runner–up: O’Connell’s

Best Scottish Pub

Molly McPherson’s

So you say a Scottish Pub can’t be that much different from a regular ol’ British Pub? Well whatever you do, don’t tell a Scot that.

Runner–up: Molly McGuire’s

In the Mad Men era, this dying aspect of mixology is getting a new life, and Jen’s is the main proponent locally.

Runner–up: Jazz’d Tapas Bar

Best Dance Club Best Gay Bar Best Gay Club

Best Retail Wine Selection Best Retail Beer Selection

While best known to the world at large as the host of Lady Chablis’ drag shows, the truth is that Club One has quietly gained a reputation not only as one of Savannah’s most fun party and dance spots but as a nexus of gay culture in Savannah and surrounding area.

Runner–up, Dance: The Crypt Runner–up, Gay Bar & Club: Chuck’s Bar

Habersham Beverage

Whether at the Superstore on Abercorn or the original Habersham Village location, Hab–Bev takes the grape–and–hops flavored cake.

Runner–up, both: Johnnie Ganem’s

Best Beer on Tap Best Bottled Beer Selection

The Distillery

Yup, it’s in the site of an actual old distillery and they are serving up a vast range of brews, both on tap and in the bottle.

Club One

Best Latin Dancing

SubZero Bar

Thursday is Salsa/Ladies Night at this West Broughton club. Ay caramba!

Runner–up: Tantra

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Best Sports Bar

Coach’s Corner

A jillion TVs, a friendly staff, and some great food as well mean an awesome game day or night experience.

Runner–up: Wild Wing Cafe

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Best Adult Entertainment

Uncle Harry’s

The recent crackdown on late night entertainment in Jasper County SC means Uncle Harry’s on the Westside of Savannah is even more happenin’.

Runner–up: Temptations

Best Karaoke

McDonough’s

One of Savannah’s great institutions, karaoke at McDonough’s brings together a diverse range of people from all walks of local life.

Runner–up: Club One

Best Bar to Spot a Celebrity

Pinkie Masters

Considering that regulars at Pinkie’s are sort of celebrities unto themselves, that’s saying quite a lot.

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hat to expect when you’re expecting? The need for some nice nurturing before the baby comes — and after, too.

That’s why when Ginger Veitinger first became certified as a massage therapist, she had pregnant women in mind.

She opened Bump Massage Therapy last year to provide quality, educated prenatal massage to help Savannah’s mothers reduce the stress of pregnancy and help in the birth process.

“The intent behind prenatal massage is to improve the gestational process not just for mom, but for the baby,” explains the mother of two, adding that intentional touch has been proven to have a positive effect on hormone levels. It also reduces the swelling and back pain associated with growing a human inside one’s body.

Taking care to avoid certain pressure points and employing a variety of pillows and bolsters, she’s able to modify massage positions as her clients’ bellies grow, seeing them safely from the first trimester all the way through labor, delivery and beyond.

While Veitinger treats plenty of non–pregnant women and men (she has a reputation for being a genius with neck and shoulder tweaks,) she has developed her practice around treating women for the entire childbirth year, which includes the three months after the baby is born. Post–partum care at Bump includes a posture evaluation and techniques on how to carry the new arrival without causing imbalances.

“The body needs time to recover after birth,” she says. “It’s a missed part of our health care system.”

Veitinger believes in the natural ability of woman’s body to have a healthy baby without unnecessary interventions. A fount of information about natural childbirth, she plans to pursue a midwifery certification in the near future.

“I believe in women, and I’m passionate about them knowing their options.” — JLL Runner Up: Katie Wiggins, Sweetwater Spa

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here’s a sign above Bradley Lock & Key on State Street that says “We Fix Everything But a Broken Heart,” hearkening back to the days when Dr. Paul Bradley’s father, grandfather and great–grandfather tinkered with Savannah’s shorted–out appliances.

Had he gone into the family business, Dr. Bradley would have been a fourth– generation locksmith. Instead, he says he was called to medicine “from day one.”

“Now they joke that I’m the one who fixes hearts,” he chuckles.

As a general practitioner, he sees patients from all walks of life with a variety of health issues, including heart disease and diabetes. But in the last decade, he realized that 15–minute visits weren’t enough to counsel people on the one condition that makes everything worse: Obesity.

“After we ran the tests, wrote prescriptions and made a referral, there wasn’t enough time for a lecture on diet and exercise, which is what they needed most,” says Dr. Bradley. “You can manage diabetes with multiple drugs, or you can cure it with diet. It costs a lot less to cure it.”

Wanting to provide education and care for his patients, he opened Ourlife (formerly Hourglass), a weight loss and exercise facility where he and other doctors could refer their patients to and know it was based in sound medicine. He’s developed employee–wide health programming for the City of Savannah, Gulfstream and local hospitals and gained national fame as Ruby Gettinger’s weight loss specialist on her hit TV show.

He still finds time to see patients in the office, though appointments are often booked months in advance. The good doctor attributes his popularity to a simple philosophy: “I treat everyone like I want to be treated.” — JLL Runner Up: Dr. Karen Turner

Ginger at work

The comprehensive clinic offers everything from allergy care to physical therapy at seven locations across south Georgia, even on the weekends.

Runner Up: Curtis Cooper

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Best Pilates Studio

Best Nurse: TIE

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Best Local Health Clinic

Best Yoga Studio

SouthCoast Medical Group

Savannah Yoga Center

Jenilee Gay and Therese Sheehan

Momentum Pilates Studio

Carol Daly–Wilder will work your core on the mat or on one the various pulleys, reformers and chair set up to strengthen and stretch the spine.

Runner Up: Pilates of Savannah

Everyone knows that behind any decent doctor is a crew of knowledgeable, compassionate nurses who do all the dirty work.

Runner Up: Sherry Hobbs

Best Fitness Club

Best OB/GYN

Dr. Joe Edwards

YMCA

Whether you’re a Zumba fanatic or just want to hit the weights, your neighborhood Y is the place to work that body.

Runner Up: Strong Gym

When it comes to lady parts, Dr. Edwards has a fine reputation for kind and straight–forward care.

Runner Up: Dr Carmela Pettigrew

Best Physical Therapist

Best Midwife

Georgeanne Wiley

Dr. Ian Young

Spine & Sport’s secret weapon continues his reign as the go–to guy for rehab after surgery or to rid yourself of that crick in your neck.

Best Personal Trainer

This Certified Nurse Midwife assists in natural deliveries of babies (even at home or underwater!) as well as provides breastfeeding support.

Runner Up: Jill Whitefield

Best Dermatologist

Mark Lebos

Dr. Toni McCullough

The Strong Gym owner and exercise physiologist has a sterling reputation for building strength without making anyone cry. The Savannah native also specializes in senior fitness, post–therapy rehab and cancer support.

Runner Up: Nathan Mikeska

Chatham Dermatology’s vociferous advocate of sunscreen keeps Savannah’s skin healthy and happy.

Runner Up: Dr. Claudia Gaughf

Best Local Pharmacy

Best Acupuncturist

Dr. Jiahua Tao

CVS

Get your ‘scrips filled by the friendly folks at CVS while picking up a bevy of other drugstore necessities, like sunscreen, earplugs and Junior Mints.

Runner Up: Lo–Cost Pharmacy

Dr. Tao knows how to stick in the needles, using Chinese medicine to bring his patients’ bodies back into balance.

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Best Hospital

St. Joseph/Candler System

Providing ahead–of–the–curve technologies and preventative care education, St. Joe’s/Candler remains our readers’ preferred hospital experience.

Runner Up: Memorial Health

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Runner Up: Savannah Power Yoga

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hands with this native Savannahian who’s been practicing for over 25 years.

Runner Up: Dr. Julie Howard

Best Eye Doctor

Dr. Ryan Boland

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Clarity is the aim of Boland Eye Center on Montgomery Cross Road, where this friendly opthalmologist brings his patients’ vision into focus.

Runner Up: Dr. Elizabeth Miller

Best Psychologist

Woods Miller Psyd

Most of us can use some therapy at some point, and this downtown practice is our readers’ choice for marriage, family and personal counseling.

Runner Up: Brasewell Gamble

Best Cosmetic Surgeon

Dr. William H. Dascombe

Last year’s winner continues to make the grade with his careful attention to facial and body reconstruction.

Runner Up: Dr. Ron Finger

Sure, they’re smiling here, but those Derby Devils ladies don’t play nice

Best Chiropractor

Best Veterinarian

Dr. Bart Wetherington

Another win for Dr. Wetherington, who keeps backs and necks straight at his practice on Waters Avenue.

Runner Up: Dr. Chris Whelan

Best Dentist

Dr. Ronald Smiley

Dr. Steve Marlay

Furry friends to receive exceptional care with Dr. Marlay at Eastside Veterinary Hospital in Thunderbolt.

Runner Up: Dr. Carla Case

Best Veterinary Clinic

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full–service clinic in the Starland District.

Runner Up: Case Veterinary

Best Barber Shop

The Barber Pole

It’s still the good ol’ days on Bull Street, where Juan, Gary and the gang clip and shore their customers in the most gentlemanly manner.

Runner Up: Christy’s

Best Hair Salon

Colorboxx

The sassy crew on Broughton Street takes the title once more with their up– to–the–minute cuts and kickin’ style.

Runner Up: Salon Aqua

Best Hair Stylist

Renata Duran

Last year’s winner keeps her clients happily coiffed at Park West Salon.

Runner Up: Nikki Friedhoffer Edwards

Best Colorist

Nikki Friedhoffer Edwards

Put a little flash in that ‘do with the superfly and extremely–educated Colorboxx owner.

Runner Up: Renata Duran

Best Nail Salon

Golden Nails

Hot rocks, extra massage and a rainbow of polish choices keep this Waters Ave. hotspot on top.

Runner Up: La Bella Nails

Best Local Nail Technician

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June Dang (Sassy Nails)

The manicure maven decorates digits on Broughton Street.

Runner Up: Cora Bannon

Best Medical Spa

Glow Med Spa

Owner Courtney Buntin Victor oversees a crew of medically–trained professionals who provide the latest in keep–you–gorgeous procedures.

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illions of Americans who don’t usually follow soccer tuned in to watch the U.S. women’s team come this close to winning the World Cup. While our side lost to Japan, the takeaway for many people was that women’s soccer is every bit as competitive and engaging as the men’s game.

Unlike some sports, such as basketball, where men simply have more raw physical ability than women, in soccer there’s not that much difference in the level of play between genders.

“It’s the same size pitch, the same size goal, and the same size ball,” says Armstrong Atlantic State University head women’s soccer coach Eric Faulconer.

“Plus, women’s soccer in this country is actually more developed than in most countries,” he says. “You could argue that soccer is the premier woman’s sport in America as far as participation. Unlike other countries, our best female athletes are pretty much playing soccer now.”

Faulconer, who founded women’s soccer at AASU in 2005 and has been head coach ever since, recently took his team all the way to the NCAA Final Four before losing to St. Rose 2–0 on Dec. 1, 2011.

Soccer is a game of lightning strikes, where not much happens for a long time and then a whole lot happens within the space of a few seconds.

That said, the success story of Armstrong Atlantic State University women’s soccer has been one of steady, inexorable progress.

“We were just in the Final Four. The year before that we made it to the round of 16. The year before that we were in the round of 32,” says the coach.

“So the past was a process of getting better every year. Our goal, much like the AASU tennis program, is to chase a national championship. We hope to be in this realm every year. ” What’s the secret of his success? Unlike individual sports like tennis, or small–squad sports like basketball, having one or two awesome athletes is not enough to guarantee victory. And the typically stifling nature of defensive play in soccer means there’s even more of an emphasis on team play.

“I’d say our biggest advantage is we have so much chemistry. We really stay cohesive from year to year,” he says. “Our players are getting older but there’s not a lot of turnover in our program. Our freshmen come in and just continue to get better.”

That said, Faulconer does allow that the AASU squad plays a robustly physical game.

“We’re very athletic. We use the same 4–3–3 system Barcelona does,” he says, referring to the Spanish professional team generally considered the overall best — or at least most fun to watch — in the world.

“We’re also very possession–oriented like Barcelona, but we really like to press on defense and really use our athleticism.”

Perhaps counterintuitively, Faulconer says another advantage for AASU is that it doesn’t compete at the very highest level of collegiate play.

“Even though we’re a Division II school, our teams play at a Division I level,” he says. “That allows us to chase championships instead of just being there, hanging around.”

Faulconer says AASU women’s soccer has a sizeable local following, and not just among Armstrong students.

“One big reason we have such a big local following is we have five Savannah players on the team,” he says. “Our captain is from Savannah. We do quite well in attendance because so many people know our players from high school and youth soccer.”

The Pirate soccer season runs from August–December, with most home games through November.

“Come out and watch!” urges their coach. — JM Runner–up: AASU Baseball

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Best Day Spa

Spa Bleu

The bucolic downtown refuge offers pampering from follicle to toes with traditional and organic spa treatments.

Runner Up: Savannah Day Spa

Best Tanning Salon

Tan–Tastic Tanning

A perfect sun–kissed glow is available all year long at two clean and relaxing locations in Savannah and Statesboro.

Runner Up: Body Bronzing by Barbara

Best Piercing Parlor

Planet 3

Savannah’s favorite spot to stud the body also offers a hot selection of quality jewelry and clothing.

Runner Up: Black Orchid Tattoo

Best Tattoo Shop

Black Orchid Tattoo

Chris and Brooke Autry continue to up the ante for fine ink at their happening Victory Drive location.

Runner Up: Anonymous Tattoo

Best Outdoor Outfitters

Half Moon Outfitters

Seasoned pros and weekend warriors suit up in style on Broughton.

Runner Up: Bass Pro Shops

Best Golf Course

The Club at Savannah Harbor

With gorgeous views and a top–notch pro shop, this championship course across the river is a favorite no matter what the handicap.

Runner Up: Bacon Park

Best Tennis Courts

Bacon Park

It’s nothing but love–love for the city–run, taxpayer–funded hard courts just off Skidaway.

Runner Up: Savannah Yacht Club

Best Bowling Alley

Frames N’ Games

The gigantic fun factory in Pooler knocks down the competition with 28 lanes, plus laser tag and a kickin’ video arcade.

Runner Up: AMC Victory

Best Marina

Hogan’s Marina

The living stays easy on Turner’s Creek, where boaters can find everything they need for a day out on the water.

Runner Up: Isle of Hope

Best Local High School Team

Forsyth Park

Savannah Christian High School Football

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From jogging the perimeter to climbing the monkey bars to picnicking in the sun, Savannah’s long green common area remains your go–to spot for outdoor fun.

Runner Up: Daffin Park

Best Hiking Trail

Skidaway Island State Park

Whether you follow the 1–mile Sandpiper Nature Trail or brave the 3–mile Big Ferry Loop through the marshes and live oaks, this is the place to spot local wildlife.

Runner Up: Oatland Island

Best Local Pro Sports Team

All hail the Class-A State Football Champions! The Raiders beat Fairburn, GA’s Landmark Christian 20–3 in December for the school’s first GHSA title.

Runner Up: Calvary Baseball

Rock N’ Roll Marathon

Seems like the inaugural event had the whole city running in the streets and on part of the Truman Parkway; now we see those 26.2 and 13.1 stickers everywhere. The next one is November 3: Have you started training yet?

Runner Up Best Running/Walking Event: Savannah Bridge Run Runner Up Best Sports Event of the Year: Savannah Hockey Classic

Best Local Athlete

Savannah Sand Gnats

The boys in gray do us proud every season as they take on the rest of their Sally League competition at historic Grayson Stadium and on the road.

Runner Up: Savannah Derby Devils

Best Local Club Sports Team

Brian Harman

The professional golfer got his debut at the Players Championship last week after another player tweaked his back. He lives in Sea Island.

Runner Up: Savannah Derby Devils’ Felony Melanie CS

Savannah Derby Devils

This bruising posse of wheeled dervishes continues to rock the Civic Center with their high–scoring jams and tenacious badassery.

Runner Up: Savannah Shamrocks

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Danielle Hughes Rose

ust be fun and easy to make jewelry, right? You get to play with safe, harmless little things and make shiny pretty stuff.

Uh, not so much.

“I’ve taught a few jewelry classes, and people tend to think it’s a very delicate sort of thing to do. Then they realize it can be a little brutal,” says the inaugural winner in this newly added category, Danielle Hughes Rose.

“You end up cutting yourself a lot. I have actually burned myself, but thankfully that’s pretty rare,” she says.

All par for the course for the North Carolina native who “was always the kid at Christmas dinner constantly playing with the candles.”

Danielle is a SCAD grad, but jewelry was a late–blooming passion. But once that passion bloomed, it burned — literally.

“I originally came to SCAD for the photography department. They didn’t have a jewelry department yet. I started taking jewelry classes and I just fell in love with having a torch in my hand,” she says.

“Then I ended up finding I was just dreading going to my photo classes, putting all that off until the last minute because I wanted to go play with the torch.

We all sort of fell in love with the toughness of it.”

Danielle’s main tool is a torch fueled by oxygen and propane. “It’s a little tiny torch with two big tanks. It’s hot enough it can solder platinum. I’ve got torches, files, hammers, saws. A whole workshop of tools.”

A mother of young children, it’s always a challenge to find time — and space — to practice her art.

“It’s not like other things where you can have your kids hanging around with you while you work,” she says. “My equipment isn’t very kid–safe.”

So Danielle often finds herself staying up late at night.

“A lot of times after the kids go to bed at 9:30 or so, I go up to my studio and work until 2 or 3 in the morning,” she says. “I don’t do that every night, though!”

Danielle’s signature look has a clearly modern, sleek feel, which she partly credits to being the daughter of an architect. (Wife of an architect too — ­ she’s married to this year’s Best Recording Studio winner, the multi–tasking Kevin Rose, who’s also a fishing charter captain and local architect of note.)

“I used to say ‘minimalist’ — in school people used to say ‘architectonic’ – because I always had Dad’s sense of inherent structure to things,” she explains.

“I definitely like a clean line, just because I like to be able to see what’s going on. For a long time I think I was too minimal, but I think I’ve found a combination of textures to balance out the hardness and cleanness of the metal.”

Danielle displays her work in local galleries and crafts commissioned pieces as well.

“I used to sell a ton of necklaces, but a lot of people are buying earrings lately.

They’re in right now,” she says.

One of a jewelry designer’s occupational hazards — besides occasionally cutting and burning yourself, that is — is the fluctuating price of metals.

“It’s been a shock to people within the last few years. They want something made out of platinum or gold, and I have to tell them, ‘I’m sorry, maybe your friend got a ring for that price ten years ago. It’s doubled and tripled since then.’” — JM continues on p. 60

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Portman’s

The SCAD grad and former Project Runway and Project Runway Allstars contestant has wasted no time in continuing her upward career arc. Her Mangled Courtesan line continues her signature stark–but–compelling style, and her newest partnership is with JoAnn Fabrics nationwide.

Runner–up: Mamie Ruth

Best Furniture Store Best Window Display

Best Cigar/Tobacco Shop

Ye Ole Tobacco Shop

A whiff of the good stuff on Eisenhower Ave. Runner–up: Savannah Cigars

Best Lawn & Garden Store

24e

A dependable winner in these categories despite much increased competition. Under the leadership of Ruel Joyner, 24e is one of the most high–profile — and fun! — furniture stores in the Southeast.

Runner–up, Furniture: Whelan’s Runner–up, Windows: Paris Market

Hester & Zipperer

Longtime local institution with a wide range of offerings both living and decorative, conveniently located on Skidaway near the Truman Parkway.

Runner–up: Home Depot

Best Motorcycle/Scooter Dealer

Motorini

Best Place to Use a Military Discount

Home Depot

Home Depot displaces Lowe’s for the first time in a long time in this category.

Runner–up: Lowes

Best Indie Bookstore

E. Shaver

Friendly and knowledgeable staff who actually, you know, like, read books and stuff.

Runner–up: The Book Lady

They’re not fast, but they sure are cute.

Runner–up: Savannah Harley Davidson

Best Bicycle Store

Bicycle Link

Full–service retail and fix–it shop for your fixie. And fancier bikes too.

Runner–up: Perry Rubber

Best Place to Buy a New Car Best Place to Buy a Used Car

Grainger Honda

Best Comics Store

Home Run

Instruments, gear, rental, studio space, bring a complete audio picture to town.

Longstanding downtown institution that features a range of comics and video as well.

Runner–up: Comic Books and More

This longtime Savannah institution now occupies an empire of its own on Chatham Parkway.

Runner–up, New: Savannah Toyota Runner–up, Used: Critz

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A wonderland of fun stuff for the professional artist and the dabbler alike in this locally–owned Broughton Street institution.

Runner–up: Michael’s

Best Frame Shop

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Savannah Car Wash

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Best Auto Repair

Best Arts/Crafts Store

Mall Auto Repair

Primary Art Supply

Best Car Wash

Over a million cars washed since opening 15 years ago.

Runner–up: Auto Shine

Best Rental Car Company

Enterprise

A wide range of locations in town in addition to the airport means more convenience for customers.

Runner–up: Hertz

Best Toy Store

Toys ‘R’ Us

Another dominant win in this category.

Runner–up: Four Kids

Best Daycare

Calvary Day School

This nondenominational Christian school has served local families since 1961.

Runner–up: Maggie’s Morning School

This location on the east end of River Street offers framing services in addition to displaying work by local artists.

Runner–up: Michael’s

Best Women’s Clothing Store Best Thrift/Vintage Store

Civvies

This delightfully peaceful upstairs oasis on bustling Broughton carries a full n’ friendly range of high–quality gear from hipster to business. A win in the prestigious women’s clothing category is huge.

Runner–up: Goodwill

Best Men’s Clothing Store

J. Parker Ltd.

A longstanding Savannah institution, J. Parker is celebrating its 40th year of clothing local men in style.

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BEST PL ACE TO BUY A USED CAR in Savannah!

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Drop the car off and go shoppin’ next door! First–time win for this crew which actually has a very long history in town.

Runner–up: Savannah Tire

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Best Children’s Clothing Store

Sara Jane Childrens Boutique

Owner Sara Jane Strickland has built on her extensive corporate fashion merchandising experience to form her own entrepreneurial venture.

Runner–up: Carters

Best Clothing Boutique

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Red Clover

This downtown boutique features looks which combine color and playfulness with fashion–forward style.

Runner–up: Arc

Best Eyewear

Lenscrafters

A very helpful and attentive staff is the key to the success of their vision. Get it?

Vision!

Runner–up: Iris Optical

Best Shoe Store

Globe Shoe Co.

This historic anchor business on Broughton isn’t only a perennial winner in this category, but an important part of Savannah’s civic fabric as well.

Runner–up: Fleet Feet

Best Bead Store

Bead Dreamer

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This Montgomery Cross Road location is so fun to shop in, even people who don’t do beading enjoy browsing amongst all their pretty shiny objects.

Runner–up: Michael’s

Best Jeweler

Levy Jewelers

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A huge year for this iconic Savannah name, as they acquire the old Il Pasticcio building on the corner of Bull & Broughton, perhaps Savannah’s single most prestigious commercial location.

Runner–up: Anderson

Best Local Costume Store

Acme Costume

This West Chatham staple is your go–to for the kids as well as those sexy nurse outfits for Halloween.

Runner–up: Party City

Best Local Novelty Store

Sunset Novelties

It may be a recession–proof business, but the folks at Sunset go the extra mile anyway.

Runner–up: Joker Novelties

Best Green Firm Best Landscaper

Savannah Green Dirt Design

This sustainable landscape design firm won awards for its work on Bryan Square adjacent to the Trade & Convention Center on Hutchinson Island. Their work on the Ranger Memorial at Hunter Army Airfield also won design kudos.

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Best Pet Store Best Pet Boutique

TailsSpin

One of the most notable newer businesses in town, TailsSpin’s multiple outreach efforts have quickly gained it wide public consciousness over the big chain stores.

Runner–up, Store: PetSmart Runner–up, Boutique: The Grateful Hound

Best Grocery Store

Publix

The folks at TailsSpin are leading the way in pet-conscious retail and awarenessraising activity

A pleasant shopping experience and a wider selection seem to be the keys to their success.

Runner–up: Kroger

Best Health Food Store

Brighter Day

Peter, Janie and the whole gang deliver wholesome organic livin’ with a smile. Their recently upgraded checkout process has made things even more customer–friendly.

Runner–up: Fresh Market

Best Pet Grooming

Best Gourmet Grocery Store

Diva Dogs

Want a Blueberry Facial for your bulldog? This full–service Habersham Street salon is for you.

Runner–up: PetSmart

Fresh Market Don Callahan has become one of the Southeast’s premier realtors

Heading his own group (Don Callahan Real Estate Group) and a partner with Keller Williams, the always–dapper Callahan has worked his way up the ranks to become one of the Southeast’s most successful and highly regarded realtors.

Runner–up: Lori Judge

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Best Surf Shop

High Tide Surf Shop

Every beach town needs a great surf shop, and Tybee’s is here.

Runner–up: Waves

Best Store for Beach Gear

Waves

This is where to go for your sandy swag when at Tybee.

Runner–up: Chu’s

Best Antiques Shop

Jere’s Antiques

Jere’s European connections provide a constant supply of high–quality 18th–20th Century furniture and a range of Chinoiserie pieces as well.

Runner–up: Habersham Antiques

Best Realtor

Don Callahan

Best Gift Store This Whitemarsh Island spot features several popular brands, including Vera Bradley, Aftco Bluewater/Guy Harvey, Lily Pulitzer, and Zou Baby water boots, among many more.

Runner–up: Paris Market & Brocante

Did someone say “Mexican Coca–Cola?” We’re there.

Runner–up: Brighter Day

Best Real Estate Agency

Keller Williams

This multinational firm with many local partners made news recently when about 100 local staffers volunteered to help spruce up the West Broad Street YMCA. Runner–up: Remax

Best Sporting Goods Store Best Place to Buy a Boat

Bass Pro Shops

Boats to guns, camo to Under Armor, they’ve got all your outdoor livin’ needs.

Runner–up, Sporting: Thompson Sporting Goods Runner–up, Boats: Thunderbolt Yacht Sales

Best Lighting Store

Circa Lighting

Savannah is actually the smallest market this regional chain (Houston, Atlanta, Charleston) has a store in. Their expertise often gets them a win in this category.

Runner–up: Pace

Best Maid Service

Merry Maids

Free estimates and frequent promotions keep this franchise hoppin’ and cleanin’.

Runner–up: Molly Maids

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Oglethorpe Mall

The New York Times recently called Oglethorpe Mall “Savannah’s town square,” which is certainly the dumbest thing we’ve ever heard. But Oglethorpe Mall has never been more popular, and has several new tenants keeping things interesting.

Runner–up: Savannah Mall

Best Florist

John Davis Florist

John brings over 20 years experience to bear in garnering this win in what’s actually a very competitive category every year.

Runner–up: Ramelle’s

Best Photography Service

Daly & Salter Photography

This husband/wife team of Steve and Kathy carry on a 40–year family business tradition.

Runner–up: Geoff L. Johnson

Best Pawn Shop

Welsh Pawn Shop

This local empire has four locations, three in town and one in Effingham.

Best Bed & Breakfast

Ballastone Inn

Sixteen rooms of gorgeous Victorian furnishings, full Southern breakfast, high tea and an elevator! What more could you ask for?

Runner–up: Foley House

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raveface Records gets a new shipment of vinyl every week, which the owner immediately lists on the store’s website.

Uncrated just recently were titles from artists like Monster Magnet, My Bloody Valentine, Neu, Slowdive, Jack White, Sonic Youth, Johnny Cash, Herbie Hancock, Pulp, Kraftwerk, Jesus and Mary Chain, the Smiths and the Germs.

There’s lot of talk about how vinyl records are “making a comeback” after the ELE (Extinction Level Event) brought on by the arrival of CDs and then by downloading.

Ryan Graveface doesn’t exactly buy that — national sales figures prove that vinyl has only begun to climb out of the pre-recorded music toilet.

New titles — and re-issues of older ones — are only being pressed in limited amounts these days.

But Graveface is also smart enough to understand that music fans of today are intrigued by the larger and more complex artwork and packaging of the 12-inch long-player. This is, after all, a generation that grew up with teeny, tiny CDs accompanied by very little cool stuff to look at.

The Ohio native also owns a record label — it, too, is called Graveface — that specializes in colored vinyl, picture discs and the sort of ahhinducing visual ephemera that makes indie labels like his special, their products coveted by collectors.

Prior to the tail end of 2010, he sold them primarily through a thriving mail-order outlet.

He came to Savannah then, and opened Graveface Records and Curiosities, vending newly-pressed vinyl, along with some of the old stuff you can find at flea markets (used Journey, Kenny Rogers or Patti Smith albums, anybody?) and even the odd CD or two.

It has become Savannah’s browsing hotspot, and not just for the cool vinyl — the store has a massive amount of vintage toys, games, books and other examples of pop culture flotsam and jetsam.

Then there are items near and dear to the store-owner’s (admittedly dark) heart: Taxidermy. Fom the boar’s head on the wall to the bloody, roadkill squirrel mounted in a ferocious pose. From opossum and rat paws to snakeskins to bizarrely stuffed birds.

What does any of this have to do with music, vinyl and rock ‘n’ roll coolness?

Ask Ryan Graveface. And when he explains, it’ll all make sense.

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Best Local Homebuilder

AVIA Hotel Savannah

JT Turner

A key part of the Ellis Square renaissance, this modern–style building with boutique furnishings also offers a great kitchen and hotel bar.

Runner–up: Mansion on Forsyth

Now that things are picking up again you’ll see even more of their handiwork.

Runner–up: Landmark Construction

Best Lawyer Best Law Firm

Best Wireless Service Provider

Michael Hostilo

Verizon Wireless

Everybody hates lawyers until they need one, then they love ‘em. This attorney is marking his second decade of serving Savannah personal injury plaintiffs.

Runner–up, Lawyer: Ken Nugent Runner–up, Firm: Hunter MacLean

Best Local Insurance Agency

State Farm

Fifteen agents in Savannah mean you can conveniently get full coverage from a suite of products offered by this multinational company.

Best Local Moving Company

Two Men and a Truck

So do they go to Five Guys for lunch? (rimshot) Runner–up: American Moving

Best Self Storage

24 Hour Self Storage

If “Storage Wars” ever comes to Savannah, this would be their set.

Runner–up: Units Mobile Storage

The addition of the iPhone plus their usual excellent network equals another win. Plus we heard something about a family data plan to be unveiled this summer.

Runner–up: AT&T

Best Costume Store

Store or Business You’re Most Sorry to See Go

Books–a–Million

At least you still have Barnes & Noble...

Runner–up: Kasey’s Grille

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Wells Fargo Bank

An up and coming local presence with roots on the West Coast.

Runner–up: Suntrust

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Best Taxi Service

Yellow Cab

They’re ubiquitous for a reason!

Runner–up: Magikal

Best Limo Service

Above and Beyond

Did someone say chauffeur me in an Escalade?

Runner–up: Casino

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Blotter All cases from recent Savannah/ Chatham Police Dept. incident reports

Hostages, gunmen and K-9s, oh my!

Two Savannah men face multiple charges after a series of events last week that locked down a large area of downtown, an area of West Savannah, and garnered national media attention.

Kevin Dale Brooks, 26, was charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault on a police officer, burglary, possession of a controlled substance and armed robbery.

Brian Jones, 23, was charged with burglary, armed robbery, false imprisonment and a traffic offense.

Events began about 8 a.m. last Thursday when Earl Hamilton, 60, drove up to Savannah–Chatham Police Domestic Violence Detective Trina Mayes on Broughton Street in a silver Jaguar.

He got out of the car and told her the man still in it had kidnapped him and was forcing him to withdraw money from a credit union.

He later told police his 11–year– old son was being held at the house by an accomplice of Brooks.

Det. Mayes observed Brooks climbing into the driver’s seat of the car with a gun. She aimed her gun at him and ordered him to halt.

He continued to move to the driver’s seat until she fired a shot at him, hitting the top of the windshield.

Brooks rolled out of the car and ran, allowing the car to roll across Broughton Street and into the plate glass window of Saigon Restaurant.

Mayes pursued the gunman on foot into Johnson Square where other officers responding to Mayes’ radio call confronted him in front of The Olde Pink House restaurant where he ran into the building.

Police surrounded the restaurant, evacuated it of employees and guests and locked down several blocks of downtown for public safety.

SWAT and Hostage Tatumville area.

Negotiation Team and He eventually K–9 officers entered the was tracked down Pink House and searched

by K–9 Flash and it, finding Brooks hiding taken into custody. on the main floor.

Hamilton told Kevin Dale Brooks He was treated at an officers the two area hospital for injuries men had come inflicted by Police K–9 Faust when to his house late last night or early he refused to surrender. this morning in search of drugs and Meanwhile, Central Precinct offimoney. cers had surrounded Hamilton’s A search warrant was served on residence on Milton Street in West the house and detectives are piecing Savannah where Hamilton’s son together information to determine exited the house. all that transpired.

SWAT teams were brought in They pointed out that both susfrom the downtown operation to pects and the victim have multiple search the house but before they arrest records. could, Jones climbed in a Cadillac Bond was denied for both Jones SUV parked in the closed garage, and Brooks, and their preliminary opened the garage door and sped hearing is scheduled for June 7. cs in reverse toward officers. He then sped forward several yards into trees in a heavily wooded area.

SWAT and K–9 officers, aided by two police helicopters, scoured the wooded area, eventually spotGive anonymous crime tips to ting Jones who was working his Crimestoppers at 234-2020 way toward Staley Avenue in the

I first heard the claim that Jesus was a copycat of the Egyptian god Horus when I watched the so-called documentary Religulous. Horus supposedly walked on water, was born from a virgin, healed the sick, etc. I tried doing some research but found only biased opinions that weren’t backed by much evidence. What’s the deal? —Johnny Oregano The notion that Jesus was copied from Horus is a stretch, of interest chiefly to people with an axe to grind—such as the writer and star of Religulous, Bill Maher. But it springs from the same questions that occur to anyone reading the foundation stories of the world’s great religions, and Christianity’s in particular: how much really happened, and who dreamed up the rest?

Religulous (2008), an antireligious diatribe that takes on Islam and Judaism in addition to Christianity, presents a list of parallels between Jesus and Horus, the falcon-headed Egyptian deity identified with the sky and the rule of the pharaohs. In addition to those you mention, Horus supposedly had 12 disciples and was crucified, then resurrected three days later. Conclusion: Jesus is a myth.

The movie doesn’t say where it got these claims, but they may have come from The Pagan Christ (2005) by Tom Harpur, Anglican priest and religion writer for the Toronto Star. Harpur cites earlier authors, the most relevant of whom for our purposes is Gerald Massey, a poet and self-taught Egyptologist who published a massive work entitled Ancient Egypt, The Light of the World shortly before his death in 1907.

Massey argues that the JudeoChristian tradition borrowed heavily from Egyptian mythology and that the “Jesus-legend” was based on Horus. He lists 269 alleged parallels between the two figures, including those mentioned in the Maher movie. Massey contends Christianity was concocted on myths borrowed from Egyptian gnostics.

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Massey doesn’t say, and later authors aren’t much clearer. The best I can make out is that Christianity as we know it was invented to help the Roman emperor Constantine control the masses.

The point is, some take a view opposite that of religious fundamentalists: whereas one side says everything in the Bible must be taken literally, the other side says nothing in it can be. That’s not to say neo-Masseyites are necessarily atheists. Harpur for one professes to be a Christian; he just doesn’t believe in the existence of Christ.

Massey’s attempt to demonstrate that Jesus is merely a rewrite of Horus is tortured. Take the contention that Horus and Jesus were both of virgin birth. The most common legend about the birth of Horus is that the god Seth dismembered the body of Osiris, his older brother and husband of Isis. Isis collected the pieces of her husband’s body and sewed them back together, then took the form of a bird and fanned Osiris with her wings, reviving him enough to have sex and get herself pregnant with Horus. So it’s sex with a coma patient or necrophilia—not your classic virgin-birth story either way.

As for the crucifixion and resurrection, the party involved wasn’t Horus but Osiris, as per the above. Except Osiris wasn’t crucified—Seth initially had him nailed into a coffin. And he wasn’t really resurrected, just revived long enough to be a sperm donor.

Then again, there isn’t a canonical version of the Horus story. I find a variant in which the child Horus is stung to death by a scorpion, then restored to life by the god Thoth. Are there points of similarity between Jesus and Horus? I’ll be big about it and say sure. One copied from the other? Get out.

But the real difference between Egyptian mythology and the story of Jesus is that the former is clearly a fable full of beings with super powers, whereas the latter is told in realistic terms with the occasional miracle thrown in. The simplest explanation for this is that the New Testament is largely about a real person, with embellishments added to impress the rubes or make a doctrinal point.

I venture to say this was the working assumption among a sizable fraction of scholars for a long time, and many still hold to it. But I’d also say there’s a hardening realization that, setting aside obvious supernatural elements, we’ll never know which if any parts of the Gospel describe actual events and which are made up. cs

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news of the weird Laziness Made Us Fat, and Laziness Will Make Us Slim Dr. Oliver Di Pietro of Bay Harbor Islands, Fla., is a leading prescriber of the “K-E diet” that offers desperate people drastic short-term weight loss by threading a feeding tube through the nose to the stomach and dripping in a protein-fat solution, as clients’ only “meals,” for 10 straight days. “Within a few hours,” Dr. Di Pietro told ABC’s “Good Morning America” in April, “your hunger and appetite go away completely.” Fat is burned through “ketosis,” he said, and a loss of 10 to 20 pounds in 10 days is possible. Such short-term loss might be important, for example, for a woman prepping for her wedding day. One client said she doesn’t have “all of the time on the planet” just to exercise, “so I came to the doctor.”

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-- The late Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha was a Capitol Hill powerhouse, and among his legacies is the federally funded airport in his district that largely served him and the local companies heading to Washington, D.C., to lobby for government contracts. (By contrast, the Pittsburgh airport is nearly 60 miles away.) Murtha died in 2010, but the airport (which cost $150 million in earmarked funds to build, upgrade and maintain) still, according to an April Yahoo News dispatch, handles only three flights a day, all from Washington, D.C., and about

$100 of every passenger’s ticket is subsi-- Architect Sou Fujimoto unveiled dized by the federal government. his public restroom (for women only, -- Officials in Burnsville, Minn., have though) whose one transparencybrought the full force of the law to bear enclosed toilet sits in a 2,160-squareupon Mitch Faber (who was arrested, foot private garden of cherry, plum and forced to pay a high bail, and released peach trees. The 6-foot-high-walled under electronic monitoring and only park is located beside a railway staon condition of drug testing), whom tion in Ichihara City, east of Tokyo. they have charged with the crime of Japan is a world leader in fanciful not putting proper siding toilets, and Fujimoto on his house. According to said he thought the a March report on KSTPscenery would enhance TV, Faber said he started the user’s “feeling of re-siding, but when the release.” economy turned bad in almost 100 The Aristocrat!

2008, he stopped, assumpages yo ing that the worst he could Kelly Ervin, 48, was eventually suffer would be arrested in Salisbury, a fine.

Md., in April and charged with littering Great Architecture! “under 100 pounds.”

According to police, -- There are big plans Ervin routinely goes for in the city of Chiang a run every morning Rai, Thailand, for a masat 4 o’clock, and just as sive Buddhist temple routinely, has a bowel that priests aim to make movement after about one of the most beautiful two miles. Most days, structures in the world, that puts him in a cerand have entrusted arttain neighborhood, whose residents ist Chalermchai Kositpipat to design have been complaining. When quesit in all-white with glittering glass tioned, according to a reporter, Ervin and arrangements of “rich symbolshrugged and said he thought many ism derived from Buddhist and Hindu distance runners do the same thing. traditions.” If Kositpipat has his way, according to an April Huffington Post Police Report dispatch, the temple will also have images of Superman, Batman and -- In March, Jose Romero-Valen(from the movie “The Matrix”) Neo zuela, 34, in a hurry to get to the -- all of which, Kositpipat said, further courthouse in Oregon City, Ore., for a Lord Buddha’s “message.” hearing on drug charges, managed to

pick up three speeding tickets on Interstate 84, one right after the other within the space of an hour. A sheriff ’s deputy and two different state troopers charged him with speeds in excess of 92 mph.

(Another trooper, monitoring RomeroValenzuela after the third stop, reported that, finally, he obeyed the speed limit.)

-- William Todd arrived in Nashville, Tenn., on April 9 via Greyhound bus and faced a nine-hour layover. According to police, Todd committed at least 11 felonies during that time, one after another, with more charges still possible. Among Todd’s diversions: shooting up a restaurant, setting it on fire, robbing four people at a bar, carjacking, breaking into a law office and defecating on a desk, trolling hotel rooms seeking theft opportunities, and stealing a taxicab and robbing the driver.

Said a police sergeant, “I’ve never seen anything like this before.” He was captured at Opryland, where he had submerged himself in water up to his nose.

-- Suspicions Confirmed: In March, WTNH-TV in New Haven, Conn., obtained an “internal” police memorandum referencing a challenge from state troopers in one barracks to “outperform” colleagues in another barracks -- in writing traffic tickets. The memo, from Lt. Anthony Schirillo, refers to the need “to issue at least 60 infractions/misdemeanors each shift.”

“One day Troop F issued 301 tickets.

Troop G responded by issuing 345 ...

We can do better.” “I am asking that everyone, myself included, contribute to this effort.” “Note: If we happen

Least Competent Criminals Didn’t Think It Through: (1) Eric King, 21, was leaving a store in Eagan, Minn., in February when a police officer in the parking lot noticed his pronounced waddle. King was arrested when the officer found a shoplifted 19-inch television set down his pants.

(2) In March, a 34-year-old Lithuanian-born man led police in Wiltshire, England, in a nighttime foot chase after he had aroused their suspicion. Thermal imaging equipment was used from a helicopter to spot the man in the darkness. He was arrested face-down in a manure pit.

Creme de la Weird “Weekend at Bernie’s” -- and More: Thomas Parkin inherited real estate from his elderly mother before she died, but quickly lost it in a risky business venture. To get the deed back, according to New York City prosecutors, he concocted a scheme to pretend that Mom was still alive (it would actually be Thomas in a dress) and still owned the land (and thus that the current deedholder was a fraud). Lawyers arranged a meeting with “Mother” (in a darkened room because of Mom’s “recent cataract surgery”), at which she remained silent.

Parkin stayed in character, according to a trial dispatch on the Daily Beast, and jurors apparently kept straight faces as Parkin testified that recent “communications” between him and his mother were “mostly one-sided.”

In May, Parkin was convicted on 11 counts, and at press time, he was awaiting sentencing. cs

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-- Crime Does/Doesn’t Pay: Convicted embezzler Antoinette Galluzzo, who admitted stealing more than $50,000 from a city youth agency in Englewood, N.J., was ordered in April to pay “restitution,” but the amount Judge Eugene Austin settled on was $10 a month -- and only during the period of probation (three years).

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TRAVIS MEEKS At 9 p.m. Friday, May 25

Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. $10 advance, $12 at the door For one bright, shining moment, in the late 1990s, Days of the New was looking like the Next Big Thing, heavy, dark, doomy and gritty but intriguingly acoustic–based. Scott Litt – of R.E.M. fame – produced the Indiana band, and “Touch, Peel and Stand” and “The Down Town” became hipster hits (the records never sold especially well, but that wasn’t the point).

But was there ever really a Days of the New? From the beginning, the singer, songwriter, guitarist and all–around pointman was Travis Meeks – a brilliant writer and a skillfully emotive, guttural singer, but a troubled individual, too. After the initial success with the album Days of the New, and a major tour as the opening act for Metallica, the famously touchy Meeks fired everyone in the band (save one guy), then signed on new people for the second album. And it’s been a similar process– lather, rinse, repeat – pretty much ever since.

It has been a rocky road, too. His meth addiction, which almost cost him his life, was chronicled on the tawdry A&E reality show Intervention.

A collaboration with original Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr ended in early 2011 with Starr’s death from a drug overdose. “He was a soldier, man,” Meeks said of his fallen comrade a few weeks ago. “I know people are pretty judgmental about drugs. I mean, I’m not completely sober but I’m not real fucked up. That’s just the truth.

“That’s beside the point, man, I’m not perfect and I like to get high.

That guy really liked to get high. He was a beautiful person, a beautiful soul.”

THE HEAVY PETS With Big Something

At 10 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 Wormhole Bar, 2307 Bull St. There’s a good reason why this fabulously funky post–apocalypso jam band from South Florida is playing in Savannah – where the crowds always turn out – on a relatively un–cool Wednesday night. The guys are headed up to Lafayette, Ga. to co–headline this weekend’s Amberland Festival, the annual tribe–gathering Memorial Day groovefest put on by none other than the formerly–from– Savannah jam band Perpetual Groove.

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Ah, but what of these heaviest of Heavy Pets?

The band is kind of like what Little Feat would sound like if Lowell George were alive, and healthy, and had started integrating more R&B, reggae and hip hop into his rock ‘n’ roll gumbo. On the 2011 Swim Out Past the Sun, mandolin king David Grisman sat in for a sly (and actually funky) three–song bluegrass excursion.

It’s that kind of band. CS

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Alibi’s (Rincon) Keith Gay (Live Music) Billy’s Place Gladius (Live Music) Dosha David Lugo & Latin Jazz Motion (Live Music) Jazz’d Tapas Bar Mark Carter, Eddie Bush & The Mayhem (Live Music) Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Frank Emerson (Live Music) Live Wire Music Hall Open Jam with Eric Culberson (Live Music) Rock House (Tybee) Knock Out, Shinizen, Makeshift Innocence (Live Music) Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) Tac Syndicate (Live Music) Warehouse Stan Ray (Live Music) Wild Wing Cafe Jeff Beasley (Live Music) 6 p.m.

Wormhole The Heavy Pets, Big Something (Live Music) KARAOKE Club One Karaoke King’s Inn Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke DJ, TRIVIA Crypt Pub Live DJ Hang Fire Trivia Jinx Rock & Roll Bingo Rachael’s 1190 Trivia Rail Pub Trivia Robin’s Nest DJ Lishis Seed Eco-Lounge Live DJ SubZero Electronic (DJ)

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Desperados Jared Ashley (Live Music) Huc-a-Poos Packway Handle Band (Live Music) Jazz’d Tapas Bar Trae Gurley (Live Music) Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Frank Emerson (Live Music) Live Wire Music Hall Megan Jean & the KFB, Banditos (Live Music) Molly Maguire’s Permanent Tourist (Live Music) No Control Cattle Drums, Manors, Sins of Godless Men (Live Music) 7 p.m.

North Beach Grill Joe & Andrew Of Wormsloew (Live Music) Retro on Congress Nathan & Friends (Live Music) Rocks on the Roof Bottles & Cans (Live Music) Ruth’s Chris Steak House Eddie Wilson (Live Music) Saddle Bags Josh Gracin (Live Music) Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos ((Live Music) Taco Abajo Brandywine

(Live Music) Two Pirates Tavern Open Mic (Live Music) Tybee Island Social Club Open Mic Night w/Stan Ray (Live Music) 10 p.m.

Warehouse Randy Smith (Live Music) Wild Wing Cafe B-Town Project (Live Music) Yadda Yadda Zach As the Monster, Talon, Sincerely Iris (Live Music) Your Pie in Sandfly Lauren Lapointe (Live Music) KARAOKE McDonough’s Karaoke Rail Pub Karaoke Robin’s Nest Karaoke DJ Club 51 Degrees Live DJ Crypt Pub Live DJ Dosha Hip hop (DJ) Hang Fire Karaoke Jinx Metal Rob’s Thrashing Thursdays (DJ) Pour Larry’s Live DJ Seed Eco-Lounge Live DJ SubZero Bar Salsa (DJ)

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John Brown's Body Like a smooth, organic java blend, John Brown’s Body starts with the basics – in this case, Jamaican reggae music. Then the band adds ingredients – a dash of funk, a few liberal squeezes of rhythm ‘n’ blues, pop flourishes and some shaved electronica – and before you know it you’re still savoring smooth, aromatic reggae, but it has a slightly more pungent kick. makes a mighty, melodiously caffeinated sound. It’s joyful and it’s addictive.

Between the four horns, the massive rhythm section and the synths and keyboards, John Brown’s Body

The eight–piece band – some members live in Boston, others in Ithica, N.Y., still others in Brooklyn – is at the forefront of the relatively new “progressive reggae” world music movement. Vocalist and songwriter Elliot Martin and drummer Tommy Benedetti are the sole original members of a group that started, in 1991, as the Tribulations.

After the death in 2006 of founding bassist Scott Palmer, and the subsequent amicable departure of guitarist and songwriter Kevin

Kinsella, the now Martin–led JBB recorded Amplify, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard reggae chart, and reached the Top Ten on the CMJ World Music chart.

Was the move into “progressive reggae” an evolution, or was there a “eureka” moment?

Tommy Benedetti: It’s definitely been a growth process. If there was any one moment when things changed drastically, it was when Kevin left the band in 2006. For

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You went to the Berklee School of Music – were you always a reggae guy? How did it come into your orbit?

Tommy Benedetti: I knew the drummer for Tribulations at the time, and he was going to move on.

He knew my playing, and he wanted me to just take the gig. No audition: The gig is yours. So I was like “OK, I guess I better learn some reggae.”

Honestly, I graduated music college and I wanted to get out on the road. Those guys were a working band. I grew up on rock and heavy stuff, Iron Maiden and AC/ DC, but gradually I fell in love with the music. And I started discovering everything that I loved about all other musics contained in reggae and dub. I love the darkness, I love the thickness, but I also love the uplifting vibes. I love the precision of it. I love the craft of it. The harmony. And over the years, I ended up being like ‘Wow – reggae is kind of one size fits all for me. I really see everything that I love about blues, rock, pop even, in that music.’ We used to sit there in Boston and just listen for hours and hours and years and years.

When you began creating new reggae hybrids, did the purists complain?

Tommy Benedetti: When we were first starting to tour nationally, in ’98 or ’99, there were no bands that were doing it. 311 was just getting going. You look around now, you got your Matisyahu, you got your Souljah Fyah, you got Passafire from

down there in Savannah – those are our boys. We were one of the first bands to really get out there and do our thing on the national level. Sure, we would go into Miami or New York, on tour with Burning Spear or Jimmy Cliff, and there would be a bunch of people standing with their arms folded ... but we couldn’t have given two fucks, honestly. I don’t have time for that. Listen, I love John Coltrane and Burning Spear as much as I love Medeski, Martin & Wood, whatever comes out of that music. Nobody can tell me or anybody else what music to play, or what music to be inspired by.

What’s next in the pipeline? How do you top Amplify?

Tommy Benedetti: We have a full– length in progress that we started at the end of 2011 out in Ithica. We got seven tracks fully recorded and done for that. We’re going to do another session and knock out a few more for the full–length. And we recorded six more tracks in Boston, and those are instrumentals and dubs. A couple of new tracks that have been in the live set for a while.

So we’re going to release a six–song EP. I heard a few mixes from that recently. It’s going to be just brutal dub, heavy heavy sonic shit.

Do you have to resist the urge to say “Well, we’ve got seven songs towards our full–length ... screw it! Let’s just put these out as an EP”?

Tommy Benedetti: I see that point, for sure, but Elliot does the lion’s share of the writing, as far as the lyrics and the songs that end up on record, so it’s a long process for him.

So as frustrated as I may get with it sometimes, you can’t force it. When it comes, it comes. And at this point in our career, as much as I wanted the record to come out a few months ago, there’s no use rushing it. We’ve got to put out the best thing we can put out. And when it comes out, we’ll get out there and do the work and it’ll be the best thing we’ve done yet. That’s what we’re shooting for.

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And the first four JBB records were pretty rootsy – in a classic Jamaican composition style, and lyrical culture mediations inspired by Burning Spear and stuff like that. Elliot always wanted to sonically push the boundaries a little bit more. He had a heavier and I guess a more current edge to his music – and the guys in the band really started feeling that kind of vibe, and getting behind taking the music in a more progressive, heavier kind of direction. It was definitely an evolution, but when Kevin left the band that was definitely the spot where things shifted. And we were like “OK, now it’s all in.”

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I chose table service, which was somewhat disconnected. If in a hurry, I would suggest ordering at the counter, which is an option.

The second floor of this adaptation of a former photography gallery features space for live bands and a full bar billed as Screwie Louie’s Liquor Hole.

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Your Pie has two locations:

Downtown at Whitaker and Bryan streets and in Sandfly’s Norwood Plaza shopping center. The Sandfly location offers live music.

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I’ll point out a “hot dish” — a particularly well done menu item — as I find ‘em. This week, it’s Georgia Shrimp and Crab Ceviche from Sol, 1611 Habersham St. The huge mound of citrus–cooked fresh shrimp and crab meat is surrounded by Sol’s double thick, hot and crispy tortilla chips.

I had mine at lunch, and found it plenty to eat, as did a couple of friends who sampled the same dish.

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I am familiar with the restaurant’s huge by–the–slice pizza and whole pies. This trip, I went for a meatball sandwich, and couldn’t have been more pleased with the quality and the portion.

I could have topped the sandwich with any number of choices but chose to have it as stripped down as possible — sauce and provolone cheese only — so I could truly taste the meatball.

Lots of meatball sandwiches are out there, and many suffer from bad meatballs. Let’s be honest, that’s the critical foundation of this sandwich!

This meatball did not disappoint. In fact, it was a damned fine meatball.

The shareable sandwich was on a big hoagie–style bun — each half a full six inches or more — with two meatballs on each half.

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The first Friday Night Fright Fest is May 25 – this week, friends – and it’s The Corridor (2012, USA). It’s a Canadian horror film with no actors you’ve ever heard of.

Cool! See you there!

Admission is $10. Must be at least 15 years of age. Seating limited to 100 people.

For more, check Psychotronic’s Facebook page.

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At the stroke of midnight, prepare to be scared.

That’s the general idea of the Psychotronic Film Society’s brand–new screening series at Muse Arts Warehouse. It’s called the Friday Night Fright Fest.

It is, as always, the brainchild of Psychotronic bossman Jim Reed, who’s proven time and again – to everyone’s delight – he’s not old enough to know better.

“When I was a kid,” he says, “some of the most formative experiences that I had at the movies were when I got to see brand new movies at midnight, that were only shown then because they seemed too freaky or frightening to be shown during regular business hours.”

In fact, Reed says, those “formative experiences” – tacked on to his

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deep appreciation for really trashy and badly–made movies – that led to the establishment of the Psychotronic Film Society, which was named Best Film Series in Connect’s Best of Savannah readers’ poll in 2012.

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The massively budgeted, heavily hyped and supremely awful Battleship isn’t the first time the Hasbro game has been seen in some form on the big screen. In 1991’s Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, one sequence spoofs the classic chess match from Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal by having The Grim Reaper play the board game against Ted (“You have sank my battleship!” the Reaper bitterly concedes). And in 2004’s Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, two college cuties engage in an imaginative – and utterly disgusting – game they call “Battleshit.”

The Harold & Kumar variation would have served nicely as the actual name of this new film, which could easily be mistaken for a Transformers sequel except that it’s missing Shia LaBeouf ’s distinct hairdo. Peter Berg, who used to be a mediocre actor before morphing into a mediocre director, apparently wants to be the new Michael Bay (oh, for a time when filmmakers looked up to Hitchcock and Hawks instead!), and I guess give him credit for succeeding. With awful dialogue, dull characterizations and snooze–inducing visual effects –– yeah, I’m not so proud that I can’t admit to uncharacteristically dozing off for a few minutes during one of the endless battle sequences – Battleship is the sort of mindless mayhem that’s defended by fans as “perfect popcorn entertainment.” Sure, if you like your popcorn burnt and sticking to the bag. But to tag this as a worthy summer blockbuster is the equivalent of spitting in the faces of Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis,

James Cameron or any other filmmaker who used to expertly do this sort of thing on a regular basis.

A virtual remake of last year’s piss–poor Battle: Los Angeles, this adds aliens to the board game template, with our military might going up against dastardly e.t.’s bent on destroying the world – or, more importantly, the American way of life. Battleship is jingoistic nonsense that shamelessly panders to every demographic – teen boys will ogle at the special effects, young women will dig hunks Taylor Kitsch and Alexander Skarsgard, R&B fans will be excited at the prospect of Rihanna making her film debut (the verdict: meh), and older audiences will feel all warm and faux–patriotic when the film drags out geriatric naval officers to help fight the invaders.

As far as I know, this is only the second movie that’s been based on a board game, with Clue having paved the way back in 1985. Let’s hope they wait another 27 years before bringing a third one to the screen – it’ll take that long to mentally prepare myself for a celluloid take on Hungry Hungry Hippos or Parcheesi.

Love it or hate it, Borat, the 2006 mockumentary that turned Sacha Baron Cohen from a minor cult figure into a bona fide star, pushed the envelope in new and unexpected ways. And while it registered as a disappointment, so did Cohen’s 2009 Bruno, which again found the filmmaker placing a fictitious character in real–world settings. It was probably too much to hope that The Dictator would operate in the same fashion, and indeed, Cohen has added something to the picture that prevents it from completely succeeding: a plot.

The early going is hilarious, as we witness how Cohen’s Admiral General Aladeen rules the North African country of Wadiya (that is to say, cruelly and ineptly).

But formula filmmaking quickly sets in. Aladeen’s right–hand man (Ben Kingsley) plots to have his leader assassinated so the West can tap the country’s vast oil supply; the scheme really kicks into gear when Aladeen arrives in New York to address the United Nations. Instead, he winds up hiding out, aided by a spunky feminist named Zoey (Anna Faris) and hoping to stop the simpleton who’s doubling for him from signing a contract that would turn Wadiya into a democracy.

The picture never runs completely dry – Aladeen delivers an amusing speech in which the similarities between Wadiya and the United States are made pretty clear – but even long before Aladeen starts making puppy–dog eyes toward Zoey, it’s clear that finally, perhaps irrevocably, Hollywood has conquered Sacha Baron Cohen rather than the other way around.

Frid (who passed away last month) wasn’t a particularly handsome actor — and my mom certainly wasn’t a OP soap opera fan (besides, the show Following in the footsteps of He’s didn’t air in Argentina, which is Just Not That Into You, Valentine’s where we lived at the time) — but Day and New Year’s Eve comes What such is the seductive allure of suave, to Expect When You’re Expecting, well–spoken vampires that they tend another all–star idiocy that strands to break down resistance across all a number of good (and some not– lines. Some people swoon over Chrisso–good) actors in several thematic topher Lee’s Dracula; others respond vignettes of competing dopiness. This to Robert Pattinson’s Edward Cullen; adaptation of Heidi Murkoff ’s nonfor Mom, it was apparently — perfiction guide is a tad improvement haps inexplicably — Jonathan Frid’s over the aforementioned titles, largely Barnabas Collins. because it doesn’t go out of its way to It’s hard to imagine anybody save insult the intelligence of its viewers. maybe the most extreme Johnny That’s not to say the picture is particuDepp groupies going all aflutter over , larly funny or insightful, but athu least mor, suspensethe ith w ed ill "F a Barnabas Collins in Tim Burnew d an s it’s relatively painless. hological aspectton’s tery, psycLopez, mysJennifer ew big–screen Dark Shadows. How vi Re e Cameron Diaz and violence." —Onlinis it possible that a man who just a few lash of(in deemed first amongspequals other years ago stood as one of our most words, they’re the only performexciting and unconventional actors ers here who receive top billing and has now become one of the most aren’t integrated into the rest of the predictable? It brings to mind Maralphabetically arranged cast) are two lon Brando, who followed a decade’s of the five women facing the prospect worth of terrific performances with of mommyhood. Diaz’s fitness guru increasingly eccentric characterizais pregnant, as are Elizabeth Banks’ tions that barely tested his abilities but author, Anna Kendrick’s food–truck certainly tested the patience of audimanager and Brooklyn Decker’s troence members. phy wife. For her part, Lopez’s phoDepp worked with Brando on a tographer is planning to adopt an couple of projects (Don Juan DeMarco Ethiopian baby. All five women have and The Brave), so maybe some of somewhat supportive – and extremely that eccentricity rubbed off on Depp vanilla – husbands or boyfriends, so and has been quietly cultivating itself don’t expect to see any single moms for the past decade–and–a–half. How here. else to explain a career path that has Like Battleship, this movie must largely become a parody of itself? cater squarely to Middle America; Depp’s terrific, Oscar–nominated otherwise, what was the point of turn as swishy pirate Jack Sparrow in making the darn thing? the first Pirates of the Caribbean film was a godsend, but because the actor Dark Shadows has since largely restricted himself OOP to roles that require him to pack on My mother — God rest her soul — the pancake makeup while engaging liked her celebrities sexy and larger in various modes of Sparrow Lite, it’s than life: Tyrone Power, Burt Reynno wonder many moviegoers aren’t olds, Bobby Kennedy (this despite exactly breathless over the prospect her being a lifelong Republican), of his Tonto in the upcoming Lone Tom Jones and, above everyone else, Ranger film or yet another return to blonde, blue–eyed, beautiful Robert the high seas for a fifth Pirates flick.

Redford. And yet my early childDark Shadows is too often more hood memories insist that the only of the same. A fairly faithful take on poster she personally hung in our the vintage show, the movie features house, which was otherwise tastefully the best production values a studio’s decorated with landscape paintings money — and Burton’s vision — can and family portraits, was of Barnabas buy. This is no surprise: Rick HeinCollins, the vampire portrayed by richs won his Oscar for his brilliant Jonathan Frid in the popular TV soap set design on Burton’s Sleepy Hollow, opera Dark Shadows (1966–1971). while Colleen Atwood won one of The poster resided on the inside of a hers for her elaborate costumes for clothes–closet door, an appropriate Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (and place for a creature who embraced continues on p. 84 darkness and shunned the light.

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received additional nods for his Sweeney Todd and Sleepy Hollow). Heinrichs and Atwood are also employed here, and both might be adding to their cabinets of industry accolades.

But it used to be that a Tim Burton production offered much more than surface pleasures.

The 18th century period setting provides for the whirlwind prologue — the spurned witch Angelique (Eva Green) kills Barnabas’ true love Josette (Bella Heathcote) and turns the brokenhearted gent into a vampire, leading him to be imprisoned in a coffin by angry villagers. The rest of the movie takes place in 1972, when Barnabas is unearthed and returns to the family estate, now in the hands of dysfunctional descendants: matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer), her useless brother Roger (Jonny Lee Miller), her surly teenage daughter Carolyn (Chloe Grace Moretz), and Roger’s meek son David (Gulliver McGrath).

Other Collinwood Manor residents include psychiatrist Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), groundskeeper Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley), and David’s new nanny

Victoria Winters, who just happens to be the spitting image of Josette. The family business (seafood) has taken a precipitous hit with the emergence of overpowering competition, and Barnabas soon learns that this mysterious rival is Angelique, still causing problems for the Collins clan after all these centuries.

Penned by frequent Burton collaborator John August and Seth Grahame–Smith, the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, this screen version hums along nicely for a good while, as Barnabas’ reactions to a radical new world provide some amusing moments.

But after a while, the fish–out– of–water gags grow old, and they’re replaced with something even more damaging: a plotline that takes itself too seriously.

Dark Shadows marks the eighth collaboration between Burton and Depp, and it’s quite possible that — to borrow the name of another long–ago TV show — eight is enough.

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A devotee of the Marvel Comics Universe, writer–director Joss Whedon obviously approached his assignment on The Avengers with the proper degree of reverence.

Luckily, the characters on screen feel absolutely no need to exhibit a similar measure of respect and admiration: When billionaire Tony Stark, aka Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), addresses Thor (Chris Hemsworth), he calls the Norse god with the flowing locks “Point Break.”

This hilarious reference to the 1991 Keanu–Swayze surfer flick – a film many youngsters might never have heard of, let alone seen – demonstrates that Whedon is in no way afraid to color outside the target– audience borders. The Avengers is, quite simply, a brainy and brawny blast for anyone who appreciates summer movies in general and superhero flicks in specificity.

Directly stemming from plot points glimpsed in Thor and Captain America, this finds the God of Thunder’s evil half–brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) conspiring to get his hands on the Tesseract, a cosmic cube that will grant him unlimited power. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), head of the law–enforcement outfit S.H.I.E.L.D., realizes that it’s going to take more than one hero to prevent the subjugation of our planet’s people, so he sets about getting in touch with all pertinent parties.

Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans), still adjusting to a post–WWII life, and Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) are quick to answer the call. Stark is more reluctant.

And Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), hiding out in an Asian jungle, is extremely reluctant, since he feels it’s best to keep his alter ego, the rampaging Hulk, far away from civilization.

The midsection is the best part, as the heroes spend more time battling each other than assessing the situation regarding Loki. It’s putting it mildly to state that this is a veritable clash of the titans, with oversized personalities rubbing each other raw.

Stark’s cavalier attitude versus Rogers’ stoicism provides most of the tension, but there’s plenty of unease to go around.

The surprising scene–stealer is Ruffalo, who provides Bruce Banner with a stirring soulfulness that was missing in earlier portrayals by other actors.

Because the technical team has employed motion–capture rather than straight–up CGI, the Hulk not only resembles Ruffalo in his facial features but believably moves through the surrounding environments, a testament to the superb visual effects.

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Thurs. May 31, 5-7pm, Ruth’s Chris Restaurant, 111 W. Bay St. Information: www.tiffanitaylorart.com. Exhibit on display until July 15.

Dinner Benefit for A Volset, Girls’ School in Uganda Enjoy a Ugandan meal, a children’s art show and a silent auction to benefit a non-profit in Uganda assisting families affected by AIDS, to build a dormitory at a girls’ school in Uganda.

June 15, 6-8pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church Fellowship Hall, 311 E. Harris St. $10 donation at Brighter Day, Sentient Bean or at the door.

Household Supplies Drive

Park Place Outreach, youth emergency shelter is accepting canned food and household supplies. Household items needed include, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, fabric softener, paper towels and toilet paper. Please visit www. parkplaceyes.org for directions.

Savannah Arts Fundraiser at Savannah Antique Mall

Friday and Saturday, May 25 & 26 from 10:00am – 5:00pm, at 1650 E. Victory Drive (across from Johnny Harris Restaurant.)

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Benefiting The 200 Club. Sat. May 26, 8am.

Run begins at Forsyth Park and continues one mile north on Drayton Street, finishing on Broughton Street. Includes five age group heats and a Fun Run Family Heat. Registration: $20 through May 24, $25 May 25 & 26. Army Rangers and families are complimentary.

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Call for Entries 2012 Telfair Art Fair Call for Entries

The Eighteenth Annual Telfair Art Fair, Nov. 9-11, 2012 is now accepting applications from artists interested in participating in this fair in downtown Historic Savannah. Hosted by Telfair Museums. More than $10,000 in prizes are offered. The fair will accept 120 artists in a variety of art forms including, but not limited to, painting, drawing, graphics, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, photography, and furniture. Cynthia A. Prost, President of Arts and Education Council will judge the 2012 Telfair Art Fair. Visit www. zapplication.org to apply. There is no fee to join Zapp or to create a Zapp account. A $35 nonrefundable application fee must accompany entry materials, due no later than June 1. Open to artists age 18 and up. Information: 912-7908869.

City of Savannah Cultural Affairs: Grant Proposals Sought

2013 cultural proposals for City of Savannah funding are sought for three categories of programs: Cultural Education/Access; Festivals; and Cultural Tourism. Recipients must be a 501-c-3 nonprofit headquartered within Savannah city limits and must occur in Savannah during 2013 calendar year. Application deadline is Sat. July 7 at 5pm. Informational workshops for applicants will be held in May and June.

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Junior League of Savannah is looking for good women with a heart for voluntarism for the Fall 2012-2013 Provisional Class. To request an application, email headquarters@jrleaguesav.org.

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Overcoming by Faith Ministries Summer Camp for Pre-K through 8th graders. Camp begins June 11-22 (Mon-Fri) 9am-5pm at Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd. COST: $180/person for two weeks (if registered & paid by May 20) COST after May 20: $200/ person for two weeks Call (912) 927-8601 for more info or visit www.overcomingbyfaith.org

2012 Summer Art Camp

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Avatar® Info Hour

Are you interested in improving the world?

Do you want to foster community locally and abroad? Join us every 3rd Tuesday of the month to explore the Avatar tools and learn how to live your life deliberately. Call Brie at 912-429-9981 to RSVP and for location details. http://www. theavatarcourse.com. [041512]

Beading Classes

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659.

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Beginning Precious Metal Clay

June 8 and 15, 6:30-8:30pm at the Coastal Georgia Center, 405 Fahm Street. Learn the basics of precious metal clay (PMC), allowing artists to learn the art of metalsmithing.

Projects focus on building forms and textures.

Discuss the pros and cons of the different PMC brands available. Offered by Georgia Southern Continuing Education Program in Savannah. Registration: 912-478-5551. Information: 912-651-0942 or email christinataylor@ georgiasouthern.edu Fee: $90.00 Registration includes materials. ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/ conted/artclasses.html

Champions Training Center

Offers a variety of classes and training opportunities in mixed martial arts, jui-jitsu, judo and other disciplines for youth and adults at all levels of expertise. 525 Windsor Rd. Call 912-349-4582 or visit http://www.ctcsavannah. com/ [122811]

Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Classes.

Regular classes on boat handling, boating safety & navigation offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Learn from the experts. For dates & more information, visit our web site: www.savannahaux.com or telephone Kent Shockey at 912-897-7656. [010912]

Coastal Georgia Master Naturalist Program

An introduction to Coastal Georgia’s natural environment. The ten-week course meets at a different site each week and explores the natural resources of the site and its implications to how Georgia developed and will develop into the future. Wednesdays from March 28-June 6. 9am-3pm. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to each class venue.

Fee: $150.00. Includes all materials necessary for the course. Contact Don Gardner, Glynn County Extension dgardner@uga.edu ; (912) 554-7578 or Pat Payne, Glynn County Extension uge3127@uga.edu ; (912) 554-7577. Sponsored by UGA Cooperative Extension- Bryan, Chatham, Glynn and Liberty Counties and other organizations.

Course on “The Four Agreements”

A course on The Four Agreements, a book by Don Miguel Luis, will be held on Tuesdays, beginning June 5 through June 26. Time: 6:30pm

to 8pm. Location: Unity Church of Savannah, 2324 Sunset Blvd., Savannah, GA 31405.

Registration: $10 per person by June 1, 2012.

Contact Lydia Rose Stone 912-704-0798.

Creativity for Problem Solving Power.

Explore imagination, idea generation and creative thinking, while learning an array of problem solving tools and techniques. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5/8- 5/17/2012, 6:30-8:30 pm. http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/ problemsolving.html Offered through Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education Program at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St., Savannah. Call for fee information. Register online or by phone at 855-478-5551 (toll-free).

Drawing I

Mondays, June 4-25, 6:30-8:30pm. $125.

Registration fee includes materials. Offered

by Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education Program in Savannah, at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Explore perception and how it relates to what you put down on paper.

Drawing activities will focus on using line, shadow and one point perspective. Registration: 912-478-5551. Information: 912-651-0942 or christinataylor@georgiasouthern.edu. ceps. georgiasouthern.edu/conted/artclasses.html

Drawing Instruction

Private and group drawing lessons by artist and former SCAD professor Karen Bradley. Call or email for details, (912)507-7138. kbillustration@mac.com

DUI Prevention Group

Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, DWI, offenders, and anyone seeking to gain knowledge about the dangers of driving impaired. A must see for teenage drivers seeking a drivers license or who have already received a license. Group meets monthly. $30/session. Information: 912-4430410. [122811]

English for Second Language Classes

Students of all ages are invited to learn conversational English, comprehension, vocabulary and life communication skills.

Free. Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Island Christian Church, 4601 US Highway 80 E Savannah. 912897-3604. Contact: James Lavin or Minister John LaMaison www.islandschristian.org.

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Family Law Workshop

The Mediation Center has three workshops a month to assist citizens who do not have legal representation in a family matter: divorce, legitimation, modifications of child support and/or visitation and contempt. Schedule: 1st Tuesday, 5:30-7:30pm. 2nd Monday, 2-4pm.

4th Thursday 10am-12noon. Fee:$20 to cover all documents needed to file. Register at mediationsavannah.com or 912-354-6686.

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Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register. [122811]

Feldenkrais Classes

Tuesdays 9:30 am and Wednesdays 6:00 pm at the Park South complex, 7505 Waters Ave, Bldg B Suite 8, near Waters and Eisenhower. $15 drop-in, $12 - 6 classes. For more info contact Elaine Alexander, GCFP at 912-223-7049 or elaine.alexander@ymail.com. [040112]

Group Guitar Lessons

Join us for a fun time, for group guitar lessons, at the YMCA on Whitemarsh and Tybee Islands (adults and teens only). Hands-on instruction, music theory, ear training, sight reading,

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ensemble playing, technique, and rhythm drills, by teacher Tim Daniel (BS in Music). 912-8979559. $20/week. [122811]

Guitar, Electric Bass & Double Bass Lessons

Instruction for all ages of beginner/intermediate students. Technique, chords, note reading, and theory. Learn songs and improvisation.

Studio located 2 blocks from Daffin Park.

Housecalls available. Call 401-255-6921 or email a.teixeira472@gmail.com to schedule a 1/2 price first lesson! [122811]

Guitar, mandolin and bass lessons

Guitar, mandolin or bass guitar lessons. emphasis on theory, reading music and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. 912-232-5987 [122811]

Homeschool Music Classes

Affordable group music classes offered in Savannah and Guyton. Contact Brian at 912414-5625 for more information. [041512]

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

The Housing Authority of Savannah hosts a series of regular classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. 1407 Wheaton Street. Adult literacy/GED prep: Mon-Thurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri of month, 9-11am. Basic Computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1-3pm. Community Computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3-4:30pm. For more info: 912-2324232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com

Kids Pottery Camp 2012

June 11-Aug. 24th, Pick from 10 different weeks of camps. Young ceramic artists can let their imaginations soar as they learn to create wonderful works of art. Campers will cover a wide variety of ceramic techniques including both hand building and the potter’s wheel. All

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 camps are weekly, 9am-12noon, $150.00 per camp. Contact: Lisa Alvarez Bradley lisa@savannahsclayspot.com. 912-509-4647. www.savannahsclayspot.com. Camp held at The Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard Street Savannah, GA 31401.

Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments

Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call 912-7132718 for more information. [122811]

New Horizons Adult Band Program

Learn Russian

Learn to Speak Spanish

Spanish lessons offered by an experienced native speaker. Flexible schedule and affordable rates. Classes are held at the Sentient Bean Coffeehouse. Call 912-541-1337. [122811]

Microsoft Excel I

A two-part, 6-hour course covering the basic Excel environment, creating and opening workbooks, navigating the Excel working screen, formatting and navigating worksheets, entering data, entering labels, and creating and working with charts. Tues., May 29 and Thurs., May 31. Offered in Savannah by Georgia Southern Continuing Education at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. Information 912651-0942 or email christinataylor@georgiasou thern.edu Fee: $75.

Ms. Amy’s School of Music

A small privately owned studio offering Private and Group Lessons, Piano, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Guitar, and more! Parent & Me classes for infants - toddlers. Group preschool music classes. www.msamyschoolofmusic.com

Music Lessons for All Instruments

Rody’s Music is now offering music lessons for all ages on all instruments, beginners through advanced. 7700 Abercorn St. For more information call 912-352-4666 or email kristi@ awsav.com. [051912]

Savannah Musicians Institute offers private instruction for all ages in guitar, drums, piano, bass, voice, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, flute, and woodwinds. 7041 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Info: 912-692-8055 or smisavannah@gmail.com.

[122811] A music program for adults who played a band instrument in high school or college and would like to have the opportunity to begin playing again. Dust off your instrument every Monday night at Portman’s Music Store (Abercorn) at 6:30p.m. The cost is $30.00 per month. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Contact Pamela Kidd at 912-354-1500 for more info. [122811]

Novel Writing

Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publishing your work. Awardwinning Savannah author offers one-on-one or small group classes and mentoring, as well as manuscript critique, ebook formatting and more. Send an email to pmasoninsavannah@ gmail.com for pricing and scheduling information. [010812]

Open Pottery Studio at Savannah’s Clay Spot

For potters with experience who want time in the studio, Choose from 4 hour time slots. Registrations are based on a monthly, bi monthly, and quarterly time commitment. Savannah’s Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St. Information: 912-509-4647 or www.savannahsclayspot.com [122811]

Painting and Drawing Lessons

Small group and private instruction offered by local painter Melinda Borysevicz. SCAD graduate with 15 years professional experience.

Phone: 912.484.6415, email: melindaboryse-

vicz@gmail.com, or visit melindaborysevicz. blogspot.com. [02052012]

ReSource Center at Habitat ReStore

1900 East Victory Drive. New home ownership resource center for anyone wanting to learn more about home ownership, homeowners insurance issues, home safety and security matters, and proper preparation for hurricanes and other severe weather. Includes two internet-ready computers. [122811]

Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group

The Savannah Charlesfunders meet every Saturday at 8:30am to discuss stocks, bonds, and better investing. Meetings take place at Panera Bread on Bull and Broughton. Contact us at charlesfund@gmail.com for more information.

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Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

Offering a variety of business classes. 801 E. Gwinnett Street. Call 652-3582. [122811]

Savannah Sacred Harp Singers

Everyone that loves to sing is invited to join the Savannah Sacred Harp Singers at Faith Primitive Baptist Church, 3212 Bee Road in Savannah. All are welcome to participate or listen in on one of America’s most revered musical traditions. For more information call 912-655-0994 or visit savannahsacredharp. com. [122211]

Singing Lessons with Anitra Opera Diva

Anitra is currently teaching the Vaccai Bel Canto technique for those interested in improving their vocal range and breathing capacity.

Bel Canto carries over well as a foundation technique for different styles including opera, pop, rock and cabaret. Henry St @ E Broad, Mon/Tues 6-9pm, 1 1/2 hour lesson $25. SCAD students and alumni $5 discount. Call 786-

THANK YOU! On behalf of the staff and loyal volunteers of the Psychotronic Film Society of Savannah and Muse Arts Warehouse, we’d like to sincerely thank the readers of Connect for voting us Best Film Series (again!) and Best Indie Film Venue (for the first time!).

We are honored to be recognized in this manner.

If you’ve never attended our Sunday Movies Savannah Missed series of First-Run Indie and Foreign Films, our Special Screenings of Cult Classics or our week-long Psychotronic Film Fest, we hope you will.

Stadium Seating, $1 Organic Popcorn, a convenient downtown location with Free Parking and DLP Digital Projection make Muse a welcome treat for adventurous local movie lovers.

And, with over 125 screenings annually of challenging, provocative and award-winning features at a handful of alternative venues—including Muse, The Sentient Bean, the Lucas Theatre and the Jepson Museum—the PFS truly is “Savannah’s Year-Round Art-House Cinema on Wheels.”

Visit PsychotronicFilmSavannah.org to subscribe to the PFS newsletter for schedule updates, contests, merchandise and more.

Let us show our appreciation for your support with a F R E E D O U B L E F E A T U R E on Saturday, June 2!

Visit MuseSavannah.org to view movie titles, showtimes and trailers for that date.

Jim Reed Executive & Artistic Director The PFS of SAV

Come be our guest.

JinHi Soucy Rand Executive Director Muse Arts Warehouse

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Savannah Authors Autonomous Writing Group

Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 6-8 p.m. beginning 2/21/2012. The aim of Savannah Authors Autonomous is to encourage first-class prose writing, fiction or non-fiction, through discussion, constructive criticism, instruction, exercises and examples. Location: Savannah Association for the Blind (SAB), 214 Drayton Street. Founded by British writer Christopher Scott (more than a dozen published books) and local writer Alice Vantrease (one published novel, optioned for a potential Hollywood movie). All are welcome. No charge to attend. Contact: Alice Vantrease (alicevantrease@ live.com) or 912-308-3208.

Avegost LARP

Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. Generally meets on the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you’re a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters. Email: Kaza Ayersman, godzillaunknown@gmail.com or visit www. avegost.com [122811]

Buccaneer Region SCCA

The local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. Visit http://buccaneerregion. org. [122811]

Business Networking on the Islands

Small Business Professionals Islands Networking Group Meets 1st Thursday each month from 9:30-10:30 AM. Tradewinds Ice Cream & Coffee, 107 Charlotte Rd. Savannah (912) 308-6768 for more info. [121211]

Islands MOPS

A Mothers of Preschoolers group that meets at the First Baptist Church of the Islands on two Wednesdays a month from 9:15-11:30am.

Website/information: https://sites.google.com/ site/islandsmops/ [122811]

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

Low Country Turners

A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Contact Steve Cook, 912-313-2230. [122811]

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m.

American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. Call 786-4508. [122811] Savannah

MOMSnext

For mothers of school-aged children, kindergarten through high school. Come as you are, to experience authentic community, mothering support, personal growth, practical help, and spiritual hope. Islands MOMSnext meets every first & third Monday of the month, excluding holidays. Childcare is available upon request. A ministry of MOPS International. For more info or to register for a meeting, call (912)898-4344 or email kymmccarty@hotmail.com. http://www. mops.org/ [122811]

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

International fan and research group devoted to preserving and distributing old-time radio broadcasts from 1926 to 1962. Send e-mail to Jim Beshires at beshiresjim@yahoo.com or visit www.otrr.org. [122811]

Peacock Guild-For Writers and Book Lovers

A literary society for bibliophiles and writers.

Monthly meetings for the Writer’s Salon are held on first Tuesday and third Wednesday. Book Club meets on the third Tuesday. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. and meet at Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home (207 E. Charlton St.). Call 2336014 or visit Facebook group “Peacock Guild” for more info. [012212]

Local MINI Cooper owners and enthusiasts who gather on the first Sunday of the month at 10 a.m. to go on motoring adventures together.

Meet at Starbucks, corner of Victory Dr. & Skidaway Rd. in Savannah. Information: coastalminis.com. [122811] Starbucks,

A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. For a nominal annual fee, members will receive monthly training sessions and seminars and have weekly runs of various distances. Kathy Ackerman,756-5865 or Billy Tomlinson 596-5965. [122811]

Meets every Monday at 6pm. Meditation and healing with energy. Discuss aromatherapy, chakra systems and more. Call 912-695-2305 for more info. http://www.meetup.com/SavannahEnergyHealers/ [122811]

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at 5429 LaRoche Ave and the third Tuesday at Super King Buffet, 10201 Abercorn Street at 7:30 p.m. Call 3082094, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www. roguephoenix.org. [86/010112] Savannah

Coastal MINIs

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

Energy Healers

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Exploring The American Revolution in Savannah

Interested in exploring the role Savannah played in the American Revolution? Join like-minded people including artists, writers, teachers and historians for discussion, site exploration and creative collaboration. Meets the 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 6pm at Gallery Espresso. Email, Kathleen Thomas: exploretherevolution@gmail. com for more info. [122811]

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. The cost is the price of the meal.

RSVP to 660-8257. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr., Thunderbolt. [122811]

Honor Flight Savannah

A non-profit organization dedicated to sending our area Korean War and World War II veterans to Washington DC to visit the new WWII Memorial. All expenses are paid by Honor Flight Savannah, which is not a government-supported program. They depend on donations from the community to fund their efforts. Honor Flight is

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Meets the first Friday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd., Savannah (across fom N. Cromwell Rd.) If first Friday falls on a holiday weekend, meeting is second Friday. No boat? No sailing experience? No problem! Information: http://www. chathamsailing.org. [051912]

Chatham Sailing Club

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seeking veterans interested in making a trip to Washington. For more info: (912) 596-1962 or www.honorflightsavannah.org [031812]

Safe Kids Savannah

Safe Kids Savannah, a coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries, holds a meeting on the second Tuesday of every month from 11:30am-1pm. Visit www.safekidssavannah.org or call 912-353-3148 for more info. [122811]

Savannah Adventure Club

Dedicated to pursuing adventures, both indoors and outdoors, throughout the Low country and beyond. Activities include sailing, camping, skydiving, kayaking, hiking, tennis, volleyball, and skiing, in addition to regular social gatherings.

Free to join. Email savannahadventureclub@ gmail.com or “like” the Savannah Adventure Club on Facebook. [122811]

Savannah Art Association

The non-for profit art association, the Southeast’s oldest, is currently taking applications for membership. The SAA offers workshops, community programs, exhibition opportunities,

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Across

1One-named musician born in Kalamata 6”In the Valley of ___” (2007 Tommy Lee Jones film) 10Maligned clear drink of the 1990s 14Actor Delon 15What a link leads to 16Brown or Rice: abbr.

17It makes a Brit bright 18Go with the joke 20Hazy memory after a few rounds of drinks?

22President pro ___ 23”The Jungle Book” snake 24Cry convulsively 27Former Cincinnati Bengal Collinsworth 30More unlike a chicken 35Painkiller-induced dreams, now for all to see?

38Literary detective’s outburst 39___-Magnon man 40Cupid’s counterpart 41Did the candles for your cat’s birthday party?

46On a smaller scale 47Timetable, for short 48Allow 49Eur. country 51”Got it!”

53Message that shows your car’s warning system is joking with you?

601985 sci-fi film with Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. 62Tropical vine 63Baby ___ (tabloid term for a celeb’s pregnancy sighting) 64___-Seltzer 65Pull-down directories 66Tendency 67Loch ___ Monster 68Guns N’ Roses guitarist

Down

1Pensacola pronoun 2Matty or Felipe of baseball

3Grandmas, for some 4One of seven in a week 5”Office Space” company 6”SportsCenter” network 7”Mystic Pizza” actress Taylor 8Sharp as ___ 9Words before “Take a Walk on the Wild Side,” in the lyrics 10Yankee follower 11”Are you ___ out?”

12Like some keys: abbr.

13Part of GPA 19Dream interrupter 21Katz of “Eerie, Indiana” 24Need deodorant 25Word appearing twice after “Boogie” in a 1978 #1 hit’s title 26Sausages at picnics 28”Hedwig and the Angry ___” 29Belgraders, e.g.

31One of Geena’s “Beetlejuice” co-stars 32How some videos go 33Bring out 34Stopwatch button 36Printable files 37Knight’s neighbor 42Family surname in R&B 43Sam & Dave hit covered by the Blues Brothers 44Peachy 45”The Hangover” actor 50One of many explored by Mulder and Scully 52She was “The Little Mermaid” 53Disaster relief org.

54Diamond heads?

55Tattoo parlor supply 56Meadows 57___ Lang (“Smallville” role) 58Heavy burden 59Laundry 60Recede, like the tide 61”Rapa ___” (1994 movie about Easter Island)

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“Celebrity Sudoku” Solve this as you would a regular sudoku, except using the nine given letters instead of numbers. When you’re done, each row, column, and 3x3 box will contain each of the nine given letters exactly one time. In addition, one row or column will reveal, either backward or forward, the name of a celebrity. psychosudoku@hotmail.com

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Savannah Brewers’ League

Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League. Meet at Moon River Brewing Company, 21 W. Bay St. [122811]

Savannah Clemson Club

Savannah Area Clemson alumni and supporters meet at various times and locations throughout the year. Game viewing parties for football, basketball and baseball, as well as a spring cookout, Sand Gnats outings and service events. https://cualumni.clemson. edu/sslpage.aspx?pid=460 and look for us on Facebook. Information: Gareth Avant at garethavant@gmail.com or 336-339-3970.

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

A dinner meeting held the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club. Call John Findeis at 748-7020. [122811] Hunter Army Airfield, 525 Leonard Neat St , Savannah http://www. stewart.army.mil/

Savannah Fencing Club

Beginner classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $60. Some equipment provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month.

Experienced fencers welcome. Call 429-6918 or email savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Go Green

Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day! Call (912) 308-6768 to learn more. [021212]

Savannah Jaycees

Meeting and information session held the 1st Tuesday of every month at 6pm to discuss upcoming events and provide an opportunity for those interested in joining the Jaycees to learn more. Must be 21-40 years old to join the chapter. 101 Atlas St. 912-353-7700 or www.savannahjaycees.com [122811]

Savannah Kennel Club

Monthly meetings are open to the public and visitors. Meetings are held at Logan’s Roadhouse Restaurant, 11301 Abercorn St. on the fourth Monday of each month, September through May. Dinner starts at 6 pm and meeting starts at 7:30pm. Guest Speakers at every meeting. For more info, call 912-238-3170 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org

Savannah Newcomers Club

Open to all women who have been in the Savannah area for less than two years.

Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program and, in addition, the club hosts a variety of activities, tours and events that will assist you in learning about Savannah and making new friends. www.savannahnewcomers.com [122911]

Savannah Parrot Head Club

Love a laid-back lifestyle? Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check out savannahphc.com for the events calendar or e-mail Wendy Wilson at Wendyq1053@yahoo.com. [122911]

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the Mulberry Inn. http://www.savannahsunriserotary.org/

Savannah Toastmasters

Helps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 484-6710. [122911]

Savannah Writers Group

Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction

or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories.

A meet-and-greet precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. Contact Carol North, 912-920-8891 for location. [122911] Savannah

Seersucker Live’s Happy Hour for Writers

A no-agenda gathering of the Savannah area writing community, held on the first Thursday of every month from 5:30-7:30pm. Free and open to all writers, aspiring writers, and anyone interested in writing. 21+ with valid I.D. For location and details, visit SeersuckerLive. com. [122911]

Son-shine Hour

Meets at the Savannah Mall at the Soft Play Mondays from 11-12 and Thursdays from 10-11. Activities include songs, stories, crafts, and games for young children and their caregivers. Free, no registration, drop-ins welcome. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@ gmail.com [122911]

Southern Wings

Local chapter of Women in Aviation International. It is open to men and women in the region who are interested in supporting women in aviation. Regular meetings are held once a month and new members are welcome. Visit http://www.orgsites.com/ga/southernwings/ [86/010112]

Stitch-N’s

Knit and crochet gathering held each Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome.

Free. Spinning fiber into yarn group meets the first Monday of each month at 1pm. Wild Fibre, 6 East Liberty Street (near Bull St.) Call for info: 912-238-0514 [122911]

Tarde en Espanol

Meets the last Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm in different locations to practice spoken Spanish in a casual environment. 2368566. [122911]

The Philo Cafe

A weekly discussion group that meets from 7:30pm-9pm at various locations each Monday. Anyone craving some good conversation is invited to drop by. No cost. For more info, email athenapluto@yahoo.com or look up The Philo Cafe on Facebook. [122911]

The Philo Cafe

A weekly discussion group that meets from 7:30pm-9pm at various locations each Monday. Anyone craving some good conversation is invited to drop by. No cost. For more info, email athenapluto@yahoo.com or look up The Philo Cafe on Facebook. [122911]

Theremin/Electronic Music Enthusiasts A club for enthusiasts of electronic music and instruments, including the theremin, synths, Mooger Foogers, jam sessions, playing techniques, compositions, gigs, etc. Philip Neidlinger, theremin@neidlinger.us. [122911]

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla

Become part of the volunteer organization who assists the U.S. Coast Guard in the performance of their important duties. Meets the 4th Wednesday every month at 6pm at Barnes Restaurant, 5320 Waters Avenue. Coed. All ages welcomed. Prior experience and/or boat ownership not required. Information: www. savannahaux.com or telephone Al Townsend at 912-598-7387. [122911]

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 927-3356. [122911] Savannah

Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

Meets the second Tuesday of every month (except October), 6:00 pm at Woodville-Tompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner Street. Call 912232-3549 or email chesteraellis@comcast.net for more information. [122911]

Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Classes for multiple ages in the art of performance dance and Adult fitness dance. Styles include African, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, & Gospel. Classes held in the new Abeni Cultural Arts dance studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. For more information call 912631-3452 or 912-272-2797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. E-mail: abeniculturalarts@gmail.com

Adult Ballet Class

Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St., at 39th, is offering an Adult Ballet Class on Thursdays from 6:30-7:30. Cost is $12 per class. Join us for learning and fun. Call 234-8745 for more info. [101711]

Adult Dance and Fitness Classes

Beginner & Intermediate Ballet, Modern Dance, Barre Fusion, BarreCore Body Sculpt, and Gentle Stretch & Tone. No experience necessary for beginner ballet, barre, or stretch/ tone. The Ballet School, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn. Registration/fees/information: 912-925-0903. Or www.theballetschoolsav.com

Adult Intermediate Ballet

Mondays & Wednesdays, 7 - 8pm, $12 per class or 8 classes for $90. Class meets year round. (912) 921-2190. The Academy of Dance, 74 West Montgomery Crossroads. [122911]

Beginners Belly Dance Classes

Instructed by Nicole Edge. All ages/skill levels welcome. Every Sunday, Noon-1PM, Fitness Body and Balance Studio 2127 1/2 E. Victory Dr. $15/class or $48/four. 912-596-0889 or www. cairoonthecoast.com [122911]

Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle

The perfect class for those with little to no dance background. Cybelle has been formally trained and has been performing for over a decade. $15/class. Tues: 7-8pm. Visit www. cybelle3.com. For info: cybelle@cybelle3.com or call 912-414-1091 Private classes are also available. Walk-ins are welcome. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. [122911]

C.C. Express Dance Team

Meets every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Recreation Building. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary for this group. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731.

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Home Cookin’ Cloggers

Meet every Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Nassau Woods Recreation Building on Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes are being held at this time, however help will be available for those interested in learning. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. [122911]

Irish Dance Classes

Glor na h’Eireann cultural arts studio is offering beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up, Adult Step & Ceili, Strength & Flexibility, non-competitive and competition programs, workshops and camps. TCRG certified. For more info contact PrideofIrelandGA@ gmail.com or 912-704-2052. [122911]

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes. All ages and all levels are welcome. Call Mahogany at 272-8329. [122911]

Modern Dance Class

Classes for beginner and intermediate levels.

Fridays 10-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. For more info, call Elizabeth 912354-5586. [122911]

Pole Dancing Class

Beginners pole dance offered Wednesdays 8pm, Level II Pole Dance offered Monday 8pm, $22/1 class, $70/4 classes, pre-registration required. Learn pole dance moves and spins while getting a full body workout. Also offering Pole Fitness Classes Monday & Wednesday 11am. For more info: www.fitnessbodybalance. com or 912-398-4776. Nothing comes off but

Salsa Savannah

request. $10 per person. Contact Christa at 678-799-4772 or see www.bohemianbeats.com.

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Savannah Dance Club

The most fun class you’ve ever taken to get you in the best shape in the least amount of time. We provide bright colorful veils, jangling coin hip scarves, and exotic music. Every Wednesday, 6:30pm. $15 drop-in or $40 for four classes. Call 912-660-7399 or email ConsistentIntegrity@yahoo.com [122911]

your shoes. Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. [122911] Tuesdays at Tantra (8 E. Broughton St.), lessons from 7-9pm, open dancing 9pm-1am.

Thursday at Saya (109 W. Broughton St.), lessons from 7-8pm, open dancing 9-11pm.

Bachata lessons at Saya Thursdays from 8-9pm. For more info: www.salsasavannah. com, 912-704-8726. [122911]

Bellydancing for fun and fitness

“Magnificent Mondays” at Doubles, The Quality Inn /Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free dance lessons (6:30-7:30p): Shag, Swing, Cha-Cha and Line dancing. Everyone invited. No cover.

Happy Hour till 9pm. Call for details 912-3988784. [122911]

Blue Water Yoga

“Magnificent Mondays” at Doubles, The Quality Inn /Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free dance lessons (6:30-7:30p): Shag, Swing, Cha-Cha and Line dancing. Everyone invited. No cover.

Happy Hour till 9pm. Call for details 912-3988784. [122911]

Ongoing series of six week sessions of Fertility Yoga are held on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM at offices located at 100 Riverview Drive, off of Islands Expressway.

Helps participants relax, start healthy habits to prepare their body and gain more confidence on the fertility journey. Instructor Ann Carroll, RYT 500. $100 for 6 week session. (912) 704-7650 or e-mail carroll3620@bellsouth.net. [122911]

Savannah Dance Club

Savannah Shag Club

Shag music every Wednesday, 7pm, at Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn St. and every Friday, 7 pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. [122911]

Events Farm a la Carte: A Mobile Farmers Market

Find them at various spots around town including Wednesdays 2:30-6:30pm at Green Truck on Habersham, Thursdays 3-5:30pm at Bethesda Farmers’ Market and Saturdays 9-1 at Forsyth Farmers Market. Sustainable meats, organic produce, local dairy and more. revivalfoods. com. [050612]

Film & Video CineSavannah

A film series that seeks to bring new, first-run films to Savannah including critically acclaimed foreign films and documentaries, among others. To subscribe to information about the series, including screening dates and times, email: cinesavannah@att.net [122911]

Psychotronic Film Society

Hosts weekly screenings every Wednesday, 8pm, at the Sentient Bean. Offering up a selection of films so bad they are good, cult classics and other rarities. Upcoming schedule: www. sentientbean.com [122911]

Fitness Beginner’s Belly Dance classes with “Cairo on the Coast”

Back to back belly dance classes and two unique styles of dance. Every Sunday, 12noon1pm, American Cabaret style, energetic and fast paced. 1-2pm, Tribal Fusion, a slower, more controlled style of dance. Both sessions $24, or a one hour session $15, or 4/$48.00. www.cairoonthecoast.com. Fitness, Body, and Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Contact Nicole at 912-596-0889. [122911]

Belly Drills

An intense dance workout utilizing basic bellydance moves. Geared to all levels of ability.

Dance your way to a better sense of well being.

Bring water bottle. Thurs: 7-8pm. $15/class.

Visit www.cybelle3.com. For info: cybelle@ cybelle3.com or call 912-414-1091. Walk-ins welcome. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. [122911]

Bellydance Fusion Classes

Fusion bellydance mixes ballet, jazz and hip hop into a unique, high energy style of dance.

Classes include drills and choreographies for all levels. Small classes held several days a week in downtown Savannah, and upon

Community donation based classes held at the Talahi Island Community Center. Tue. & Thur.

5:45 -7:00 p.m. Fri. 9:30-10:30a For info email egs5719@aol.com or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. [030812]

Fertility Yoga

Fitness Classes at the JEA

Spin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary. Call for days and times. 355-8111. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St., http:// www.savj.org. [122911]

Free Yoga Classes with Erika Tate

Join us on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30pm for free Yoga Community classes (starts May 15).

Build strength, increase flexibility and relieve stress in a supportive, encouraging environment. Adults and youth 12 years and older are welcome. Designed for all fitness levels. Mats available. Brought to you by bluknowledge, LLC and the City of Savannah/ Moses Jackson Advancement Center in West Savannah. Call (912) 525-2166 for information. Held at the Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410 B Richards Street.

Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun

VING TSUN (Wing Chun) is the world’s fastest growing martial arts style. Using angles and leverage to turn an attacker’s strength against them makes VING TSUN Kung Fu effective for everyone. Call Sifu Michael Sampson to find out about our free trial classes 912-429-9241.

11202 White Bluff Road. Drop Ins welcome.

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

Mondays, 10-11am (crawlers and toddlers) and 11:30-12:45 (infants and pre-crawlers) at the Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. $14 per class. Multi-class discounts are available.

Walk-ins welcome. Call 232-2994 or visit www. savannahyoga.com. [122911]

Pilates Mat Classes

Mat classes are held Tues & Thurs 7:30am8:30am, Mon 1:30pm-2:30pm, Mon & Wed 5:30pm-6:30pm, Thurs 12:30pm-1:30pm, & Sat 9:30am-10:30am. All levels welcome! Private and Semi-Private classes are by appointment only. Carol Daly-Wilder, Certified Pilates Instructor. Call 912.238-0018. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Suite-A Ferguson Ave. http://savannahpilates.com. [122911]

Pregnancy Yoga

Ongoing series of 8-week sessions are held on Tuesdays from 6-7:15pm at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Dr., and Thursdays from 6-7:15pm at 100 Riverview Dr. Pre-natal yoga helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor & delivery. Cost is $100 for each course. Call Ann Carroll at 912-704-7650 e-mail ann@ aikyayoga.com. [122911]

Savannah Disc Golf Club

Weekly events (Entry $5): Friday 5 pm - Friday Night Flights. Sat. 10am-Luck of the draw Doubles. Sat. 1pm-Handicapped League. Tom Triplett Park, Hwy 80 W, Pooler. Sun. 10 am-

Singles at the Sarge in Hardeeville, SC. Info: savannahdiscgolf.com or savannahdiscgolf@ gmail.com All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. [031812]

Stand-Up Paddleboarding

Stand-up paddleboarding lessons and tours. A great way get out on the water and to stay fit.

East Coast Paddleboarding, Savannah/Tybee Island. Eastcoastpaddleboarding.com or 781267-1810 [122911]

The Yoga Room

Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr.

Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

Free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. 6.30 p.m., Tuesdays and 12:10 p.m., Thursdays, FitnessOne, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine, Memorial University Medical Center. Call 912-350-9031. [122911]

Zumba Fitness (R) Classes with April

Mondays @ 5:30 and Thursdays @ 6:30. Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. Just $5 for nonmembers. Call 912-349-4902 for more info. [051312]

Zumba Fitness Classes with Anne

Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E Montgomery Crossroads, Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm. $5, Free if you bring a friend. (912) 596-1952.

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Zumba Fitness Classes with Mai

Monday 8:30am-9:30 am, Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 G. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 per class. Saturdays 8:30 am-9:30am, St. Paul CME Social Hall, 123 Brady St. $3 Per class. Contact Mai @ 912-604-9890. [011412]

Gay & Lesbian

First City Network Board Meeting

Meets the first Monday at 6:30 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. 236-CITY or www.firstcitynetwork.org. [122911]

Gay AA Meeting

True Colors AA Group, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Sundays at 7:30pm, Wednesdays at 7:30pm and Thursdays at 7:00 pm at 307 E Harris St, top floor. [030412] Savannah

Georgia Equality Savannah

The local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912-547-6263.

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Savannah Pride, Inc.

Meets second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. SPs mission of unity through diversity, and social awareness has helped promote the well-being of the LGBT community in the South, and organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival. Call 912-288-7863 or email heather@savpride.com. [122911]

Stand Out Youth

A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at the FCN building located at 307 E. Harris St. Call 657-1966, email info@ standoutyouth.org or visit www.standoutyouth. org. [122911]

What Makes A Family

A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 352-2611. [122911]

Health Alcoholics Anonymous

If you want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Check www.SavannahAA.com for meeting locations and times, or call 24 hrs 912-3563688 for information. [122911]

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The Community Cardiovascular Council reminds you to get a free blood pressure check at the Savannah Fire Department’s area Fire Stations. Look for the “Free Blood Pressure Check” sign in front of each station.

Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to a stroke or heart attack. For more information about high blood pressure, contact the Council at 232-6624 or visit savannahccc.org. [031812]

Free Course for Caregivers.

The Community Care Services Program will offer free six-week courses designed to help those who provide care for friends or family members with a chronic illness. Classes begin April 4 and June 6. Contact 912-644-5217 for more information.

Free hearing & speech screening

Hearing: Every Thurs. 9-11 a.m. Speech: 1st Thurs. of each month. Savannah Speech & Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601. www.savannahspeechandhearing. org [122911]

Health Care for Uninsured People

St. Mary’s Health Center is open for primary health for the uninsured of Chatham County.

The center, located at 1302 Drayton, is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 912-443-9409. [021912]

Healthcare for the Uninsured

St. Mary’s Health Center,1302 Drayton St.. is open for health needs of uninsured residents of Chatham County. Free of charge. Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 912-443-9409. [122911]

La Leche League of Savannah

Mothers wishing to find out more about breastfeeding are invited to attend a meeting on the first Thursday of every month at 10am.

La Leche League of Savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers. 897-9544, www.lllusa.org/web/SavannahGA.html. [122911] Savannah

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An exercise program to encourage healthy lifestyle changes offered by St. Joseph’s/ Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. On Mondays and Wednesdays the classes are held at the John. S. Delaware Center from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM. On Tuesdays from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, the classes are held at the center on 1910 Abercorn Street. Classes include Zumba (Tuesdays) and Hip-Hop low impact aerobics with cardio and strengthening exercises (Mondays/Wednesdays). For more information, call 912-447-6605. [022612]

Planned Parenthood Hotline

First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services.

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Nature and Environment Dolphin Project of Georgia

The Dolphin Project’s Education Outreach Program is available to speak at your school, club or organization. We offer a fascinating powerpoint with sound and video about our estuarine dolphins and their environment.

Age-appropriate programs and related handouts. www.thedolphinproject.org [122911]

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

Offering a variety of fun educational programs including Beach Discovery Walks, Marsh Treks, Turtle Talks and the Coastal Georgia Gallery, which features an up close look at dozens of local species. Open daily, 10am5pm. For more info, call 912-786-5917 or visit www.tybeemarinescience.org. [122911]

Walk on the Wild Side

The Oatland Island Wildlife Center , 711 Sandtown Rd., offers a 2-mile Native Animal Nature Trail that winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats, and features live native animal exhibits.

Open daily from 10-4 except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. 898-3980, www. oatlandisland.org. [122911]

Wilderness Southeast

Offers a variety of programs every month including guided trips with naturalists, canoe rides and more. Their mission is to develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. For more information: 912-236-8115 or www.wildernesssoutheast.org. [122911]

Pets & Animals Low Cost Pet Clinic

Tails Spin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 5-6pm. Vaccinations: $12.00, with $2.00 per vaccination donated to Savannah Pet Rescue Agencies.

Habersham Village Shopping Center. www. tailsspin.com [122911]

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Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays at 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at the Canine Palace, 612 Abercorn St. For info, call 912234-3336. [122911]

Readings & Signings Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

meets the last Sunday of the month at 4 p.m. at the African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605. [122911]

Savannah Storytellers

The Savannah Storytellers are re-forming on Feb 16. Weekly meetings to follow. Bess Chappas will offer workshop on first meeting.

Call. Wallace Moye 354-0048. Call for reservation (limited seating). Janice at 912-224-2904.

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Tea time at Ola’s

A book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Bring a book you’ve read this month and tell all about it.

Treats to share are always welcomed. Tea will be provided. 232-5488 or 652-3660. [122911]

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moving: same music, same service, same choir, same preacher--different location. Beginning Sunday, December 11 the Christ Church Service of chanted Compline by candlelight will be held at historic Independent Presbyterian Church (corner of Bull Street and Oglethorpe) every Sunday night at 9:00p.m. “Come, say good night to God.” [121211]

ARIES

(March 21–April 19) “My soul is a fire that suffers if it doesn’t burn,” said Jean Prevost, a writer and hero of the French Resistance during World War II. “I need three or four cubic feet of new ideas every day, as a steamboat needs coal.” Your soul may not be quite as blazing as his, Aries, and you may normally be able to get along fine with just a few cubic inches of new ideas per day. But I expect that in the next three to four weeks, you will both need and yearn to generate Prevost–type levels of heat and light. Please make sure you’re getting a steady supply of the necessary fuel.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) Here’s a great question to pose on a regular basis during the next three weeks: “What’s the best use of my time right now?” Whenever you ask, be sure to answer with an open mind. Don’t assume that the correct response is always, “working with white–hot intensity on churning out the masterpiece that will fulfill my dreams and cement my legacy.” On some occasions, the best use of your time may be doing the laundry or sitting quietly and doing nothing more than watching the world go by. Here’s a reminder from philosopher Jonathan Zap: “Meaning and purpose are not merely to be found in the glamorous, dramatic moments of life.”

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) “Sometimes I think and other times I am,” said French poet Paul Valery. Most of us could say the same thing. From what I can tell, Gemini, you are now entering an intensely “I am” phase of your long–term cycle –– a time when it will be more important for you to exclaim “woohoo!” than to mutter “hmmm;” a time to tune in extra strong to the nonverbal wisdom of your body and to the sudden flashes of your intuition; a time when you’ll generate more good fortune by getting gleefully lost in the curious mystery of the moment than by sitting back and trying to figure out what it all means.

CANCER

(June 21–July 22) Don’t pretend you can’t see the darkness. Admit to its presence.

Accept its reality. And then, dear

Cancerian, walk nonchalantly away from it, refusing to fight it or be afraid of it. In other words, face up to the difficulty without becoming all tangled up in it. Gaze into the abyss so as to educate yourself about its nature, but don’t get stuck there or become entranced by its supposedly hypnotic power.

I think you’ll be amazed at how much safety and security you can generate for yourself simply by being an objective, poised observer free of melodramatic reactions.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) It’s OK with me if you want to keep the lion as your symbolic animal, Leo. But I’d like to tell you why I’m proposing that you switch over to the tiger, at least for now. People who work with big cats say that lions tend to be obnoxious and grouchy, whereas tigers are more affable and easy to get along with.

And I think that in the coming weeks it’ll be important for you to be like the tiger. During this time, you will have an enhanced power to cultivate friendships and influence people. Networking opportunities will be excellent.

Your web of connections should expand. By the way, even though lions are called kings of the jungle, tigers are generally bigger, more muscular, and better fighters.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) In 1977, the first Apple computers were built in a garage that Steve Jobs’ father provided for his son and Steve Wozniak to work in. (You can see a photo of the holy shrine here: tinyurl.com/AppleGarage.)

I suggest you think about setting up your own version of that magic place sometime soon: a basement, kitchen, garage, warehouse, or corner of your bedroom that will be the spot where you fine–tune your master plan for the coming years –– and maybe even where you begin working in earnest on a labor of love that will change everything for the better.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) I have a head’s up for you, Libra.

Do your best to avoid getting enmeshed in any sort of “he said/ she said” controversy. (Of course it could be a “he said/he said” or “she said/she said” or “trans said/intersex said” brouhaha, too –– you get the idea.) Gossip is not your friend in the week ahead.

Trying to serve as a mediator is

not your strong suit. Becoming embroiled in personal disputes is not your destiny. In my opinion, you should soar free of all the chatter and clatter. It’s time for you to seek out big pictures and vast perspectives. Where you belong is meditating on a mountaintop, flying in your dreams, and charging up your psychic batteries in a sanctuary that’s both soothing and thrilling.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) In some Australian Aboriginal cultures, a newborn infant gets two names from the tribal elders.

The first is the name everybody knows. The second is sacred, and is kept secret. Even the child isn’t told. Only when he or she comes of age and is initiated into adulthood is it revealed. I wish we had a tradition similar to this. It might be quite meaningful for you, because you’re currently navigating your way through a rite of passage that would make you eligible to receive your sacred, secret name.

I suggest we begin a new custom: When you’ve completed your transformation, pick a new name for yourself, and use it only when you’re conversing with your ancestors, your teachers, or yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

Please raise your hand if you have ever sought out a romantic connection with someone mostly because of the way he or she looked. You shouldn’t feel bad if you have; it’s pretty common.

But I hope you won’t indulge in this behavior any time soon. In the coming weeks, it’s crucial for you to base your decisions on deeper understandings –– not just in regards to potential partners and lovers, but for everything. As you evaluate your options, don’t allow physical appearance and superficial attractiveness to be the dominant factors.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

The 21st flight of the 4.5–billion– pound Space Shuttle Discovery was supposed to happen on June 8, 1995. But about a week before its scheduled departure, workers discovered an unforeseen problem. Northern Flicker Woodpeckers had made a mess of the insulation on the outer fuel tank; they’d pecked a couple of hundred holes, some quite deep.

To allow for necessary repairs,

launch was postponed for over a month. I’m choosing this scenario to serve as a useful metaphor for you, Capricorn. Regard it as your notice not to ignore a seemingly tiny adversary or trivial obstacle.

Take that almost–insignificant pest seriously.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) It’s official: Dancing increases your intelligence. So says a report in the *New England Journal of Medicine.* Unfortunately, research found that swimming, bicycling, and playing golf are not at all effective in rewiring the brain’s neural pathways. Doing crossword puzzles is somewhat helpful, though, and so is reading books. But one of the single best things you can do to enhance your cognitive functioning is to move your body around in creative and coordinated rhythm with music.

Lucky you: This is a phase of your astrological cycle when you’re likely to have more impulses and opportunities to dance. Take advantage! Get smarter. (More info: tinyurl.com/DanceSmart.)

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) Your animal totem for the next phase of your astrological cycle is a creature called a hero shrew.

Of all the mammals in the world, it has the strongest and heaviest spine proportionate to its size. This exceptional attribute makes the tiny animal so robust that a person could stand on it without causing serious harm. You will need to have a backbone like that in the coming weeks, Pisces. Luckily, the universe will be conspiring to help you. I expect to see you stand up to the full weight of the pressures coming to bear on you –– and do it with exceptional charisma.

A New Church in the City, For the City.

We will gather on Sunday mornings at Bryson Hall (5 East Perry St.) on Chippewa Square at 10:30 am. www.edenvillagechurch.org Like us on Facebook: Savannah Church Plant. [011412]

Guided Buddhist Meditation Classes

No experience necessary. Transform your life with inner peace! Linda Atkinson Buddhist teacher (912-358-0228) $10 or $5 students/ seniors. Classes held in June, call for exact dates. meditationinsouthcarolina.org. Quality Inn Midtown, 7100 Abercorn Street.

Guided Silent Prayer

A couple of songs done acoustically, about 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and a few minutes to receive prayer if you want (or remain in silence). A mid-week rest and re-focus. 6:458pm on Wednesdays at the Vineyard Church.

615 Montgomery St. (behind Blowin’ Smoke BBQ). www.vineyardsavannah.org [122911]

Savannah Zen Center

Meditation, Classes & Events are held at 111 E. 34th St., Savannah, Ga 31401. For schedule: savannahzencenter.com or visit us on Facebook.

Soka Gakkai of America

SGI is an international Buddhist movement for world peace and individual happiness. The group practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Introductory meetings are held the third Sunday of the month. For further information, call 232-9121. [122911]

The Savannah Bible Project

Meets each Friday 6:00-6:45pm to provide a non-faith-biased opportunity to interpret Hebrew and Christian scripture. Participants are encouraged to interpret the texts in community embracing each person’s unique interpretive authority. Meetings begin April 20 at the Ogeechee River Coffee Company. https://www.facebook. com/SavannahBibleProject [040112]

Theology on Tap

Meets at The Distillery every month on the third Monday night from 8:30 - 10:30pm. Like us on Facebook: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. [011412]

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 1001 E. Gwinnett St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com. Celebrating diversity. Working for justice. [122911]

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith.

Sunday, 11 am, Troup Square Sanctuary. 2340980, admin@uusavannah.org or www.uusavannah.org. [122911] 313 E. Harris St. ,

Unity Church of Savannah

Two Sunday morning Celebration Services 9:15 and 11:00. (Children’s Church and childcare at 11:00. Noon prayer service every Thurs. To find out about classes, workshops and more visit, www.unityofsavannah.org or call 912-3554704. 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Sports & Games Roller Derby--Wreck Night-Session II

A weekly, lower-impact, fun course and workout in roller derby, 8-10 p.m. Tuesdays, May 29 through September 11 at the Garden City Gym. Online registration only by May 29. Information: 912-220-9744 or www.savannahderby.com.

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Team In Training Info Meeting and Fall Season Kick-Off Party

Learn more about how you can complete a triathlon, full or half marathon with the Team In Training program. All levels of athletes - walkers, runners, cyclists, beginners or advanced are welcome. Together we train to beat cancer!

Meetings held at four different locations in Savannah/Chatham on 4/18, 5/16, 5/24, 5/30.

See website for locations on these dates. Kick off party and info is June 7, 5:00-6:00 pm - Drop in for more info and to sign up 6:30-8:30pm - Kick-Off Party for all registered Fall season participants. Mercer Auditorium at Hoskins Center (on Memorial Health campus), East 66th St. http://www.teamintraining.org/ga

Support Groups Al-Anon Family Groups

An anonymous fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics of all ages. The message of the Al-Anon Family Groups is one of strength and hope for friends and families of problem drinkers. Al-Anon, for adults, and Alateen, for young people ages 13-19, is a unique fellowship that unites members of different backgrounds, races and walks of life in an inspiring endeavor: helping themselves and others to lead purposeful, useful lives by overcoming the frustration and helplessness caused by close association with an alcoholic. Meetings are held daily throughout Savannah and the surrounding area. Check www.savannahalanon.com for meeting information and times, or call 912598-9860 for information. [030412]

Alcoholics Anonymous

If you want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Check www.SavannahAA.com for meeting locations and times, or call 24 hrs 912-3563688 for information. [122911]

Alzheimer’s Caregivers and Families Support Group

Senior Citizens, Inc. hosts caregivers and families support groups for individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members.

Locations and days: Every 2nd Monday at Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Road. Every 2nd Thursday, 5:30pm, at Ruth Byck Adult Day Care facility, 64 Jasper St. For more info, call 236-0363, ext.

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Amputee Support Group

Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers. Call 355-7778 or 353-9635. [122911]

Brain Injury Support Group

For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Meets the third Thursday at 5 p.m. in the gym at The Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial University Medical Center. http:// www.memorialhealth.com [122911]

Breast Cancer Survivors Group

Meets Tuesdays at 5:20om, at First Presbyterian Church on Washington Avenue and Paulsen Street. Survivor’s and care providers welcome. Enter via Washington Ave. Contact Melissa at 912-844-4524 or Krista at 912-8197053. [122911]

bling. Meets weekly in Savannah. Leave msg with contact information for Phil @ 912-7484730. [122911]

5-6:30pm in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For more info, call 355-6347 or 2384666. [122911]

Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 450 Mall Blvd. Seven-week support groups for children and adults are offered by the bereavement counselors at no charge as a complementary service of Hospice Savannah. For information call 912.303.9442 or visit www.HospiceSavannahHelps.org. [122911]

assists survivors of rape and sexual assault.

The Rape Crisis Line is active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 912-233-7273. The center offers free, confidential counseling for victims and their families. [122911]

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Citizens With Retarded Citizens

A free support and education group for those who have suffered from, or want to prevent or reverse Heart Disease, and/or Diabetes problems. One Tuesday per month. Topic for May 15, 6pm. -Breaking the Food Seduction Cycle.

Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. (behind Target at Savannah Mall) Contact, Jeff: 912-598-8457; email: jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org [011212]

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association

For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Memorial Health University Medical Center, http://www.memorialhealth. com. Call Jennifer Currin, 350-7845. [122911]

Cancer support group

Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion on Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. For anyone living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer.

Call 819-5704. [122911] Open to families of children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly at 1211 Eisenhower Drive. 355-7633. [122911]

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

Meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Next meeting: Sat., April 28, 10:30am at Candler Hospital’s Marsh Auditorium, 5356 Reynolds St. in Savannah. The group will celebrate its 15th anniversary. Polio survivors and guests are invited. For information call 912-927-8332 or go to www.coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. (There is no charge for this meeting.)

Multiple Sclerosis support group

Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges

Meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd.

Room 250. A group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether on this journey for one year or many years. Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@ hotmail.com. [122911]

Families Anonymous

A world wide twelve-step self-help support program for relatives and friends concerned about and affected by substance abuse or behavioral problems of a loved one, has a new group in Savannah. Thursdays at 7:30PM at Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, 50 Diamond Causeway. Information: 912-660-6845 or email sandyjtyler@comcast.net. [011412]

Fibromyalgia support group

meets the second Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St.. 819-6743. http://www.sjchs.org/ [122911]

Gambling problem?

12-step program offers freedom from gam-

discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 355-1523. [86/010712]

Narcotics Anonymous

Call 238-5925 for the Savannah Lowcountry Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting schedule.

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National Alliance On Mental Illness Connection Support Group

A weekly 90 minute support group for any with a mental health diagnosis. Free & open to the public. We also have a weekly family support group. Both groups meet on Tuesdays, 6pm to 8pm. Both are held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd. Free and open to the public.

Overeaters Anonymous

Meets weekly at several locations. Please visit www.oa.org to locate a meeting. [122911]

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Monthly meeting of this organization’s Savannah affiliate raises awareness of the disease and influences legislative change through advocacy andeducation. If you or a loved one is battling pancreatic cancer or have lost someone to this horrific disease, please consider joining the fight. May meeting: Tuesday 5/29. Panera Bread, 8108 Abercorn St. For more information, please contact Jane Miller, Affiliate Coordinator, at anemiller@pancanvolunteer.org.

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group Meets the first Thursday of the month.

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Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. Check out www. facebook.com/savannahbikepolo for more information. [122911]

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Meets every third Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial Health. For info, call Jami Murray at 350-8900. http://www.memorialhealth.com/ [122911]

Support Group for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Sponsored by Savannah Educational Consultants and Royce Learning Center. Professionally led support groups will be held on the 4th Monday of each month, 6-7:30pm. Meetings will be held at Royce Learning Center, at 4 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd. Contact Laurel Brady, 912-659-4687 or email LBrady@savannaheducationalconsultants.com [122911]

Support Group for Parents of Ill Children

Backus Children’s Hospital sponsors this group for parents with a seriously ill child receiving treatment on an inpatient or outpatient basis. A case manager facilitates the meetings, and a child life specialist provides an arts and crafts activity. Meets weekly. Call Donna at 912350-5616. http://www.memorialhealth.com/ backus [122911]

Support Group for People with HIV/AIDS For more information on a support group for men and women living with HIV/AIDS, please contact Mary Jackson at My Brothaz HOME, Inc. at 912-231-8727. These two groups are confidential and only for persons with verified HIV/AIDS. [122911]

Survivors of Suicide Support Group

Suicide is often labeled as “a senseless death,” leaving survivors with guilt, anger, hurt and unanswered questions. The United Way of the Coastal Empire, Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle, and the Coastal Suicide Prevention Alliance offer an on-going support group for survivors of suicide on the third Thursday of each month, 6:30-7:30 pm in the Full Circle offices, 450 Mall Boulevard, Suite H.. A safe, confidential space to participants. No charge. Information: Barbara Moss at Full Circle, 912-629-1089 or Tara Jennings at United Way, 912-651-7722.

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Teens Nurturing Teens

A support group for teens that have a family member or loved one impacted by cancer.

Meets at the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion. For more information, call 912-819-5704.

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AVAILABLE ROOMS: CLEAN, comfortable rooms. Washer/dryer, air, cable, HBO, ceiling fans. $110-$140 weekly. No deposit. Call Ike @ 844-7065

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cars 910 1965 Mustang - Great Project Car FORD Mustang, 1965- In need of some body work. 289 V8 runs great. Asking $3,500. Call (843)514-8537

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1984 MERCEDES BENZ 300 SD turbo diesel, Cruise, Power windows, Power Seats, Power Doors, Locks. Excellent Condition! 355-7941/ Cell: 272-6797 LARGE VICTORIAN with windows on two sides, across from library, nicely furnished, all utilities.

TV/cable/internet, washer/dryer, $140/week. $504/month.

912-231-9464 Other apts. avail.

LOOK THIS WAY FOR A PLACE TO STAY

Furnished, affordable room available includes utility, cable,refrigerator, central heat/air. $115-$140/weekly, no deposit.Call 912-844-3609 NEED A ROOM? STOP LOOKING! Great rooms available ranging from $115-$140/weekly. Includes refrigerators, cable w/HBO, central heat/air.

No deposit.

Call 912-398-7507.

Room for Rent

Clean, fully furnished room on busline, cable, microwave and ceiling fans. $115-$125 a week Victor. 912-844-7274 ROOM FOR RENT: Safe Environment. Central heat/air, cable, telephone service. $450-$550 monthly, $125/security deposit, No lease.

Immediate occupancy. Call Mr. Brown:912-663-2574 or 912-234-9177.

ROOMMATES WANTED Very Clean, newly remodeled w/central heat/air, stove,refrigerator,cable, washer/dryer. On busline.

No drugs. Starting at $125/week.

912-272-6919

‘97 FORD VAN: Excellent condition.

78,000 miles. Call John Kelly, 912-353-9973. Price: $2,500.

CHEVROLET Malibu, 2001Automatic, cold AC, low miles, extra clean. $2,950.

441-2150 DODGE Charger SXT, 2009- leather, telescopic tilt wheel cruise, brake & gas pedal adj, tire pressure monitor, trailer hitch, remote entry, fold down rear seats. low mileage, service record firm $14,900.00 912-925-4032 DODGE Ram 1500 SLT, 200548,600k, (1) owner excellent cond, loaded, 4-dr, blk $13,499.00 912-655-8377

FENDER BENDER?

Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

FORD F-150 FLARESIDE, 1992Good body. Engine needs some work. Perfect for part time mechanic. $1,000. 912-682-1006

ROOMS FOR RENT

Fully furnished, central heat/air, cable. No deposit. Safe environment. $125-$150 weekly & $450-$550 monthly. 912-228-1242

SPECIAL THIS WEEK!

$50 Deposit EFFICIENCIES $170/per week & up.

Utilities included, Furnished, private bath. No Pets. Call 912-695-7889 or 912-342-3840

WEST SAVANNAH

$100 & Up. Furnished, includes utilities, central heat and air, Comcast cable, washer/dryer. Ceramic tile in kitchen and bath.

Shared Kitchen & Shared bath.

Call 912-210-0144.

SouthsideFerguson Ave 2BR/1BA, Duplex, large bedroom, full access, cable, internet, utilities included $550.00 912-344-4216

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TOYOTA Camry, 2007- LE 2.4 Liter, over 100k miles, fully electric,sun roof, $10,800/obo 912 660-7532 WE PAY CASH for junk cars & trucks! Call 964-0515 Motorcycles/ AtVs 940 KAWASAKI Versys, 2010-650cc, black, extra windscreen,garage kept, 55mpg, Amsoil oil used, 5extra helmets and PitBull stand. $7000 OBO. 912-675-5566

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