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‘SCAD MAD MAD MAD DISCUSSION’ WITH MAD MAGAZINE ARTIST PANEL

What: Self-described “Usual Gang of Idiots,” MAD’s legendary cartoonists Jack Davis, Savannah-born Al Jaffee, Paul Coker Jr., Nick Meglin, ‘Duck’ Edwing, Sergio Aragones, Sam Vivian and Tom Richmond. When: Sat. Nov. 12, 5 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. 09 community: About

that local Homeland Security meeing... by jessica leigh lebos

06 Editor’s note 08 Civil Society 11 Marathon photos 12 Film fest Photos 13 Blotter 15 Straight Dope 14 News of the Weird

MUSIC

18 Interview: Questions

for Mellencamp’s guitarist

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16 Noteworthy & Soundboard 20 Opera!

22 SMF Schedule

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Thursday Barney! Live In Concert

What: Yes, THAT Barney. Shows at 3pm and 6:30pm.

When: Thu. Nov. 10 Where: Johnny Mercer Theater, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Cost: $10-$50 Info: www.savannahcivic.com/

Geekend

What: Savannah’s “annual gathering of

the geek tribe” features Baratunde Thurston, digital director for The Onion and Vivian Rosenthal, GoldRun CEO. When: Nov. 10-Nov. 12 Where: Coastal GA Center, 305 Fahm St. Cost: $95/early reg., $165/gen. adm.

Info: geek-end.com/

War of 1812 Lecture Kick-Off

What: RESCHEDULED FROM NOV. 8.

Coastal Heritage Society sponsors “The burning of the ‘LaFracaise’ and the ‘La Vengeance’ by a Savannah mob in November 1811” by Dr. Martha Keber.

When: Thu. Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Savannah History Museum, 303 M.L.King., Jr. Blvd.

Cost: Free and open to the public

Theater: Almost, Maine opens

What: SCAD Performing Arts presents “A

Warm Romantic Comedy Set Under the Frigid Northern Lights.” Free Thursday for SCAD ID holders.

When: 8 p.m. Nov. 10–12, 3 p.m. Nov. 13 Where: Mondonaro Theatre, 217 MLK Cost: $10/Gen. Adm. $5/Sr., stdt., mil.

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Friday Theater: Side by Side by Sondheim

What: Asbury Memorial Theatre presents the Tony Award winning revue of music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (and several collaborators). Nov. 11, 12, 13 at 8pm; Nov. 6, 13 at 3pm.

Where: Asbury Memorial UMC, 1008 E. Henry St. Cost: $10 Info: asburymemorial.org/

Capt. Matthew Freeman 5K Run

What: Walkers and dogs on leash are welcome. Strollers welcome. Food available on site.

When: Fri. Nov. 11, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Where: J.F. Gregory Park, 521 Cedar Street, Richmond Hill Cost: $25 early, $30 race day Info: www.freemanproject.org/capt-matthew-freeman-5k-run-for-peace

Dancing With the Savannah Stars

What: Benefit for Court Appointed Special Advocates, featuring local celebs dancing for donations.

When: Thu. Nov. 10, 8 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Cost: $42-$111

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Music at City Church

What: Featured bands: Saints Amongst Thieves, Kingdom’s Divided, For A Perfect Society and Awaken the Dawn.

When: Fri. Nov. 11, 7 p.m.

Where: City Church Sav’h, 125 MLK Blvd.

Cost: $5 at the door Info: citychurchsavannah.com/

Ships of the Sea’s Museum in the Moonlight

What: Wander the museum and garden and enjoy refreshments. Anne Acker performs on the fortepiano.

When: Fri. Nov. 11, 7-9 p.m.

Where: Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 MLK Blvd.

Cost: Free and open to the public

Music: Benefit for Girls Rock Camp Alliance

What: One of 50 shows in 50 states to celebrate “a decade of girls rocking out.”

Bands: General Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers, Lovely Locks, and Lonesome Swagger. Savannah Stopover event.

When: Fri. Nov. 11, 9 p.m.

Where: Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. Cost: $8 advance, $10 door

Saturday

What: Knocked Out Loaded Concerts and

Elevated Basement Studios presents the Plimsouls musician and icon.

When: Thu. Nov. 10, 8 p.m.

Where: Muse, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $20 (service fee for online orders) Info: www.musesavannah.org/

4th Annual Savannah Zombie Walk

What: Walk with other zombies of all ages and types from Emmet Park, along River Street, and back up to Bay St. Prewalk fest 1-6pm. Free makeup 5-7pm.

Do the Zombie Walk 7-8 p.m.

When: Sat. Nov. 12 Where: Start and end at Emmet Park on Bay Street.

Cost: FREE with canned food donation Info: savannahzombiewalk.com/

Open Mic Comedy Night

What: Hosted by Jayk Johnson, this event fills up fast. Signup starts 7pm.

When: Thu. Nov. 10, 8 p.m.

Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: Free and open to the public

What: Rocker who’s adopted Tybee as his getaway and Savannah as his favorite video backdrop. Show starts with film.

When: Fri. Nov. 11, 7 p.m.

Where: Johnny Mercer Theater in the Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Cost: $39.50 - $125 Info: savannahcivic.com/

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Music: Peter Case in Concert 26 Visual Arts: Sergio

Concert: John Mellencamp

‘Night at the Opera’ features Sandra PiquesEddy, benefits Savannah Childrens Choir

What: Prospective student open

house. Armstrong faculty, staff and students will provide info on scholarships, financial aid, admission requirements, degree programs, and student life.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Where: Armstrong’s Fine Arts Building, 11935 Abercorn St., Cost: Free and open to the public Info: www.armstrong.edu/

Circulation Day

What: A yard sale without the selling.

Gently used items are free for the taking at this give-away day sponsored by Unity Church of Savannah.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

Where: Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Cost: Free admission, Free stuff.

Flying Fortress 5k Run/Walk

What: Mighty Eighth AF Museum’s second annual race benefits restoration of their B-17, City of Savannah.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 8:30 a.m.

Where: Mighty Eighth Airforce Museum, 175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler Cost: $25 til Nov 10. $30 Nov. 11/12

Forsyth Farmers Market

What: Newly extended market dates!

Saturday produce and fresh food market now open through Dec. 17.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: South End of Forsyth Park Cost: Free and open to the public Info: www.forsythfarmersmarket.org/

Outdoor Excursion: Alligators and Others

What: Explore the newly reopened Wildlife Drive of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 9 a.m.

Where: Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, call for specific directions/ Reservations required, Cost: $25/adult. $10/child under 12.

Plant Trees for Veterans Day

What: Help Savannah Tree Foundation

plant a dozen new trees, and learn the environmental and economic benefits of urban forests. Refreshments and Community Service Credit provided. Tools & gloves provided.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 9 a.m.

Where: Westlake, Oriole Road and Westlake Ave Cost: Free and open to the public

McHappy Day at Ronald McDonald House

What: Featuring performances by local choral groups, blood drive, activity booths, face painting, and lighting of the holiday tree.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Ronald McDonald House of the Coastal Empire, 4710 Waters Ave. Cost: Free and open to the public Info: www.rmhccoastalempire.org/

Oatland Island HarvestFest

What: Celebrate the harvest in the southern style. Cane grinding, open fire cooked foods, music, dancing.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. , Cost: $7/ages 18+, $5/military, seniors, children 4+ Info: www.oatlandisland.org/

Telfair Art Fair begins

What: Juried outdoor art fair, Children’s Art Fair in the Square plus indoor Family Art Lab (10am-2pm) and Telfair at Twilight (5-8pm). Sunday Brunch in the Square. Live music.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun. Nov. 13, 12-4 p.m.

Where: Telfair Square, Barnard & York Streets, plus Ellis Square Cost: Free and open to the public, food avail. for purch Info: www.telfair.org/

Lecture: Johnny Mercer: Up Close and Personal

What: Historian David Oppenheim presents rarely seen clips, along with broadcast airchecks.

When: Nov. 12, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Where: SW Chatham Library Cost: Free and open to the public Info: friendsofjohnnymercer.com/

The Fog — Outdoor Public Art Opening Reception

What: On the grounds of the historic Savannah Ogeechee Canal. A 46,000 sq. ft. outdoor contemporary art exhibition made from reclaimed cotton fabric and twine. By local artists Toni Dammicci and Emily Brodowski When: Sat. Nov. 12, 4 p.m.

Where: Savannah Ogeechee Canal Museum, 681 Fort Argyle Rd., Cost: Free and open to the public Info: savannahogeecheecanal.com/

Music: Voices of Eden Choir

What: UNC/Charlotte’s gospel choir on their Fall 2011 tour.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 5 p.m.-7 p.m.

Where: Second African Baptist Church, 123 Houston Street Cost: Free and open to the public.

Reception: The Artist’s Hand (Show of Appreciation for Robyn Reeder)

What: A collaborative and interactive exhibition featuring work by nine local visual artists who’ve created portraits of Savannah business owner and musician Reeder from a template image.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 6-10 p.m.

Where: Soda Shop, 409 E. Liberty St.

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Booksigning: Savannah Past and Present

What: Bailey Davidson signs his new book on Savannah’s history.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 3 p.m.-5 p.m.

Where: E. Shaver, 326 Bull St. Info: savannahpastandpresent.com/

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tour.

What: His “Stand Up and Give Back” When: Sat. Nov. 12, 7 p.m.

Where: Johnny Mercer Theater at the

Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe

Cost: $20-$60 Info: savannahcivic.com/

Tybee’s Got Talent

What: Food Drive for Tybee’s Rising

Tyde Community Food Pantry. Bring

a non-perishable food item for a free Tybee Post Theater Koozie.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 7 p.m.

Where: Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn, Tybee Island Cost: $10/door, $20 to enter contest Info: tybeeposttheater.org

Zombie Carnival of the Dead: Official Zombie Walk Afterparty

What: A Zombie Circus themed event.

Fundraiser for America’s Second Harvest Food Bank. Discount admission with canned food donation.

When: Sat. Nov. 12, 9 p.m.

Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $12/ Gen Adm. $10/advance tix. or mil./student Info: blackoakssavannah.com/

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Massing of the Colors

Coffee and Conversation 2.0

Sunday What: Parade of the colors, patri-

otic music by Savannah Christian Church, speaker Col. Roger Cloutier, 3rd Infantry. Sponsored by Savannah Military Order of the World Wars and Savannah Christian Church When: Sun. Nov. 13, 4 p.m.

Where: Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd.

Cost: Free and open to the public

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Monday A Night In Italy: Opera Professionals in Concert

What: A concert of opera solos, duets, and ensemble pieces sung by professionals from the Metropolitan Opera, Utah Opera Company, and American Opera Company. Benefit for Savannah Children’s Choir.

When: Mon. Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m.

Where: Charles Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. Cost: $125 Info: www.savannahchoir.org/

Lecture: Pistol Packing Mamas: Southern Women and the Food Riots of the Civil War

What: Lecturer Lynne Davis on this little known facet of the Civil War. Sponsored by The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. When: Mon. Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m.

Where: Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, 50 Diamond Causeway, Cost: $15/mems, $20 Gen Info: www.seniorcitizens-inc.org/

Lecture: ‘All Shut-eye Ain’ Sleep’: Burial Customs and Homegoing Customs of the Lowcountry

What: Dr. Veronica Gerald from Coastal Carolina University appears as part of the Davenport House’s Harvest Lecture Series at the Kennedy Pharmacy. Free but reservations requested.

When: Mon. Nov. 14, 7 p.m.

Where: Kennedy Pharmacy, 323 E. Broughton St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Tuesday

What: Creative Coast has restarted this no-agenda conversation/networking.

When: Tue. Nov. 15, 8 a.m.

Where: Caraway Cafe, 202 E. Broughton St. Cost: Free and open to the public (Buy your own coffee)

Holiday Gift and Trade Show

What: NuBarter sponsors this gift show of over 50 vendors. Open to members and the general public.

Refreshments served.

When: Tue. Nov. 15, 4-8 p.m.

Where: Hampton Inn Midtown, 20 Johnston St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Richmond Hill Farmers Market

What: Local farmers and vendors.

When: Tue. Nov. 15, 4 p.m.-8 p.m.

Where: Gregory Park, Richmond Hill Cost: Free and open to the public

Evening with Chatham-Savannah Stars

What: American Idol type competition featuring twenty staff and faculty from the Savannah Chatham County Public Schools. Huxsie Scott also performs.

When: Tue. Nov. 15, 7 p.m.

Where: Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. Cost: $10

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Wednesday Lecture: Tales from the Garden

What: Downtown Garden Club presents Allan Armitage, founder of the Trial Gardens at the University of Georgia. Book signing to follow.

When: Wed. Nov. 16, 11 a.m.

Where: Coastal GA Ctr, 305 Fahm St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Fifth Annual GIS Day Savannah

What: Free your inner Map Geek!

Part of National Geographic Society’s Geography Awareness Week.

Sponsored by Savannah Area GIS. (SAGIS.) When: Wed. Nov. 16, 2-3 p.m.

Where: 165th Airlift Wing, Davidson Drive off of Dean Forest Road, Cost: Free and open to the public Info: www.gisdaysavannah.org/

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Look, my people invented marathons. As we’ve seen, the Greeks are apparently not very good at applied macroeconomics, but we’re well aware that the dude who ran the first marathon in history died seconds after finishing it.

Pheidippides had just enough time to gasp “We have won” — meaning the Athenian army, not his cross–country team — and then he was gone to the great gyro food truck in the sky.

I take that as a cautionary note!

(Indeed, one person apparently died during Saturday’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, though cause of death has not been determined. I mean no disrespect to the deceased when I say I could have told you something like that might happen.)

I’m happy the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon was such a huge success, I really am. I constantly complain on this page about Savannah’s inability to decide whether it should be a wannabe big city or a charming but parochial small one.

This is one case where the old girl flummoxed me: Savannah is the smallest market in which the Rock ‘n Roll Marathon has ever been run, and apparently we pulled it off with real big city panache.

I feel sure Savannah’s extensive experience with the massive annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration had everything to do with why the city was able to competently manage the daunting logistics of the Marathon.

St. Patrick’s Day, however, is easy to relate to. It’s about having fun, about culture, about history, about identity, about community. It’s not about running until you can’t run anymore, until you’re — not to put too fine a point on it — close to death.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge sports fan. In the entire world of athletic competition, there are only two sports I have zero appreciation for: Mixed Martial Arts (sorry, two guys rolling on the ground squeezing

each other does nothing for me) and the kind of racing where the horses pull the stupid little carts (if you can’t be bothered to actually ride the horses, I can’t be bothered to care).

And I certainly relate to sprinting, as opposed to running a marathon: Who has never tried to run faster than someone else?

But I will never understand the compulsion to run extremely long distances when you don’t absolutely have to (Pheidippides, who was as much patriot as athlete, would no doubt agree with me).

To be clear: I have many friends and acquaintances who differ with me on this.

For whatever reason, running is the most popular pastime — if you can use that word for anything so torturous — among a certain group of people in Savannah.

Running, it must be said, is all the rage.

I know plenty of them: Smart, well–educated, self–supporting people who I admire greatly, except for the strange disease they have which compels them to strap on a pair of probably too–expensive shoes, torture themselves for hours, and then tell everyone on Facebook about how great it felt and how much better “their time” is getting.

Your “time?” Let me tell you about your time: It’s fleeting, and there might be better things you could be doing with it. Just my two cents...

I do have an abstract appreciation for people who take part in such a long, grueling and simple activity— putting one foot slowly in front of the other, falling forward mile after mile — and then compare time increments that differ by mere seconds, as if they were top fuel drag racers who just did a quarter mile at over 300 mph in the space of three heartbeats.

But I’m in the minority on the whole issue. And I realize Savannah is still a town where boosterism matters, where the local media speaks with one voice — one very

chipper, non–controversial voice — and you don’t usually want to be the one speaking out alone about anything.

Even nature disagrees with me, and is squarely on the side of the marathon mavens. Scientists say the only major physical advantage humans have over other animals is the ability to run very long distances.

We have no claws and no slashing teeth, no thick hide and no jumping ability, no camouflage and no wings. A chimpanzee is as strong as an NFL lineman. A three– legged dog is as fast as an Olympic sprinter.

But nature did bestow humans, male and female, with a unique ability to run for longer distances than any other creature.

As someone else said once before, the gods must be crazy....

So Rock ‘n’ Roll on, you wacky Marathoners. Until next year’s run, enjoy the photo below and some other awesome R ‘n’ R Marathon pics by Andrea Cervone and Bryan Stovall on page 11. cs

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Funny, you don’t look fluish Man, this used to be such a nice neighborhood drugstore.

You could walk the aisles without being accosted by the pushers. If you took a half an hour to compare the eleven thousand types of toothbrushes, you’d be left in peace.

No one bothered you when you did 200 jumping jacks and then tried to see if you could make the heart rate testing machine explode.

But lately, it’s gotten so creepy. People constantly dart around, holding their upper arms.

You can’t examine a box of foam earplugs anymore without someone sidling up to you, whispering in your ear: “Pssst...want a flu shot?” “Everyone else is doing it...” “Come on, it’s good for you...”

It’s unnerving. The billboards and website banners that sprout up this time of year, loudly advertising “Flu shots here, no appointment necessary!” and “Protect yourself!” are already enough. Must I be bombarded by the person who’s ringing up my tampons?

What is it with the crazy–eyed campaign that has practically every employee on the floor acting like Shakey Joe with the pockets full of sunshine? I have suspicions that this vaccine enthusiasm did not solely emerge from a deep concern for public health.

A little online trolling reveals an industry trend. Across the country, drugstore employees are increasingly either required or inspired to push flu shot sales to increase profits. Complaints that employees feel intimidated into shilling shots have popped up, and one national drugstore chain is reportedly giving away iPads to those who meet sales goals.

No wonder you can’t buy a box of Band–Aids these days without being propositioned.

Whether or not you get a flu shot is your business. It’s also big business: According to the Center for Disease Control website, as many as 173 million doses of flu vaccine have been manufactured by six different pharmaceutical companies for 2011. That’s

a whole lot of product to move.

Vaccines expire quickly, and it makes sense that Big Pharma, its shareholders and its distributors want to unload as much as possible after experiencing a huge Maalox moment in 2010, when 40 million expired doses of the H1N1 vaccine had to be destroyed.

Unfortunately, no matter how thick the sales pitch, the reality remains that getting stuck with a flu shot doesn’t necessarily mean you’re not going to get the flu. A study by the University of Minnesota released last month found flu vaccines have not been nearly as effective over the past four decades as they’ve been touted, and in some years have barely made a difference at all.

Made up of inactive strains of whichever influenza viruses are predicted to be most common in the upcoming season, a flu vaccine will only work if you catch one of those particular strains.

To some, however, 59 percent efficacy is better than nothing. At its best, the flu is a week of feeling like someone has stuffed you down a toilet; in its worst incarnation, you can die, especially if you’re very young or very old.

For those who work in hospitals, schools and with the elderly, the flu vaccine is the best defense medical science has to offer.

But it does warrant more thought before bowing to the peer pressure of the guy with the goatee who’s just finished putting price tags on a case of plastic enema bottles.

Personally, I’m one of those weird hippie moms who sneaks flax seed oil into smoothies and eats dandelion greens out of the neighbor’s yard. My winter strategy has always been to make sure everyone’s immune systems are working at full steam by getting enough nutrition and rest and washing our hands like obsessive– compulsive maniacs. For the most part, it works marvelously.

But just in case you thought I lived up here on this high horse, a telltale

achy neck and throbbing sinuses threatened to lay me out last week.

Since I’m no longer welcome at the local drugstore because of the Goatee Pulling Incident, I headed to Brighter Day Natural Foods to see if owner and nutritionist Peter Brodhead could help before the snot situation got out of hand.

Peter handed me a small brown bottle of his own Acute Immune Formula, masterminded to amp up the immune system against flu, colds and other nasties lurking on doorknobs and shopping carts. Containing two types of Echinacea, coptis and bee– generated propolis, it’s formulated to be anti–viral and anti–bacterial.

“My aim was to create a broad– based formula that covered as much as possible,” says Peter, who’s owned Savannah’s natural foods nexus for over three decades with his wife Janie.

I took the acute dose of 30–40 drops every hour for a whole day and by golly, I sidestepped the ick like a smooth criminal.

It tasted kind of vile, but totally tolerable when mixed with juice. I did have to go all Mary Poppins with a spoonful of sugar to get a preventative dose in the kids.

A lifelong student of medicinal herbs (no, stoners, that’s not a codeword), Peter is Savannah’s most valuable resource when it comes to treating illness with sustainablyderived botanicals that have been used for thousands of years.

I suggest stopping in to talk to him about the latest clinical research, most of which comes from Europe. Here in America, we appear to moving backwards when it comes to staying healthy with natural medicine: The FDA has issued guidelines that will require compliance with new ingredient notification protocols, effectively making it impossible for any new natural product to make it to market. You can tell the FDA what you think about this at anh–usa.org.

Herbs or shots, let’s all just remember to cover our mouth when we sneeze and wash our hands, shall we?

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to head out to the lawn to pick tonight’s salad. cs

Feds collect comments at under-publicized ‘public’ meeting

by Jessica Leigh Lebos | jll@connectsavannah.com

The Department of Homeland Security held a public meeting in Savannah last Tuesday, much to the surprise of almost everyone.

The agenda of the meeting, held in a mostly empty ballroom at the DeSoto Hilton, was to brief the public and collect comments concerning the Department’s proposed rule for the Ammonium Nitrate Security Program.

Used mostly in agricultural fertilizers, instant cold packs and as an explosive for extracting coal and stone, ammonium nitrate can also be used to make bombs. It has been the ingredient favored by terrorists, Columbian revolutionaries, the Taliban and Anders Behring Breivik, who detonated an AN car bomb in Oslo,

Norway before shooting up a summer camp last July.

In 1995, Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people by blowing up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City with a bomb he made from 4000 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertilizer.

It wasn’t until 2008 that Congress passed legislation requiring DHS to regulate the sale and transport of the chemical to “prevent the misappropriation or use of ammonium nitrate in an act of terrorism.”

Plans to regulate the chemical were announced Aug. 3 of this year.

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Under the proposed rule, anyone who buys, sells or transports ammonium nitrate must register and be vetted against the Terrorist Security Database (TSDB). Records of each sale or transfer must be kept for two years after the transaction.

After consulting with universities, private companies and government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), the DHS has come up with a proposal that is open for public comment until Dec. 1, 2011.

Eleven public meetings have been scheduled in areas where ammonium nitrate usage is highest, mostly near agricultural centers like Sacramento,

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According to a DHS official in the Office of Infrastructure Protection, Savannah was chosen for a public meeting because it’s a common point for regional AN use.

That was news to Bill Easterwood, who traveled to Savannah from Tampa, FL to make his comments on the DHS proposal.

“I don’t know there wasn’t a meeting in Florida since it’s the biggest user of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in the country,” said Easterwood during the meeting’s open forum.

He should know. Easterwood was representing Yara, a company with offices on every continent and one of the top suppliers of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in the world.

He objects to the DHS proposal because would have a negative impact on his industry and the farmers it supplies, as the restrictions on mixed

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fertilizers and the ensuing paperwork would cause costs to rise.

“We’re concerned because our fertilizers don’t even have the same properties as detonable ammonium nitrate, and this proposed rule means less productivity for farmers,” implored Easterwood to DHS Program Analyst Pamela Norman, who assured him that his comments would be taken into account.

The same sentiment was echoed by Bryan Tolar, president of the Georgia Agribusiness Council, who likened the DHS proposal to “using a sledgehammer” when less stringent measures would suffice.

“Economic loss for the agribusiness industry isn’t going to prevent another Oklahoma City,” Tolar told DHS. “We’re asking you to fix this so it does the job of protecting the public but not at the cost of viability of agriculture.”

Judging by the nods, most of the rest of the 25–odd heads in the room were also there to support concerns regarding the use of ammonium nitrate in agriculture. Norman said later they had received targeted

e–mails announcing the meeting.

While regional agribusiness industry executives appeared to have been informed well in advance, there was little publicity for the public meeting, save a paid notice that appeared in the Savannah Morning News the previous day. (Connect Savannah did not receive any notification.)

A follow–up article was printed the following morning announcing the meeting from 10am–2pm.

At the actual meeting, DHS officials made their presentation, listened to and recorded four comments and adjourned by 11am.

The few members of the public who were able to attend on such short notice had chemical threats in mind, but not from ammonium nitrate.

Retired U.S. Army Ranger Roy Lynch saw the presence of DHS as an opportunity to address the proposed liquefied natural gas plan that would route as many as 58 trucks a day through some of Savannah’s most populated neighborhoods. LNG is known to explode when ignited in vapor form, and Lynch told the DHS panel that the route’s proximity to

hospitals, schools and a military base make it a vulnerable terrorist target.

“I’d like to request that the Department of Homeland Security put as much emphasis on LNG as it has on this,” Lynch commented. “We have a pre–packaged disaster waiting to happen here in Savannah.”

After the meeting adjourned, Lynch added, “If that isn’t a Homeland Security issue, I don’t what is.”

Pam Miller and Kent Harrington, co–founders of the anti–LNG activist group Citizens for a Safe Secure Savannah, were also present, if only to observe how DHS conducted the meeting.

“I was curious to hear what was said,” said Miller, who spoke out against the proposed LNG route at a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meeting held last February.

“Like FERC, they listened and recorded, but didn’t respond back,” she continued. “But I did learn more about infrastructure protection and about vetting through the terrorist database.”

As of now, the Department of Homeland Security does not require

that LNG drivers be vetted against the TSDB the same way drivers transporting ammonium nitrate would be under the proposed security regulations.

The transportation and regulation of volatile chemicals remain a hot button security issue for Savannah.

Outgoing mayor Otis Johnson has remained steadfast against the energy giant’s attempt to push through its overland transport agenda. In a memo dated Oct. 13, Johnson asked FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff to deny LNG’s application for its expansion and transportation route, citing “significant safety concerns.”

Perhaps spurred by the same curiosity as the citizens who oppose their plans, two LNG representatives were also in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting. They offered no comments.

While the proposed ammonium nitrate regulations don’t necessarily affect Savannah directly, they may be a barometer of how DHS handles dangerous materials in the future.

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This past Saturday saw about 50,000 spectators come out to cheer on almost half that many runners in the inaugural Savannah Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon. The weather was perfect, the music was indeed rockin’, and a great time was had by all.

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Here are some pics from the day by local photographers Andrea Cervone and Bryan Stovall.

We’ll see everyone next year for the second running of the Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon in Savannah!

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That’s a wrap...

The closing days of the Savannah Film Festival brought scintillating appearances by Lily Tomlin, Oliver Stone, a killer party at Cha Bella, and Famke Janssen, pictured at lower left during a Q&A with SCAD film prof Michael Chaney.

(All photos by Geoff L. Johnson)

Chatham Police Dept. incident reports

Well, where else would they have been?

There were some tense moments during the Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon when a 4–year–old boy and his grandfather were reported missing in the Forsyth Park area. The 68–year–old man and his two–foot tall grandson were last seen at Liberty and Whitaker by family members, who reported that they were supposed to meet the pair soon. They both were found safe at the finish line.

• A Savannah–Chatham Metro Police Officer finished in the top five in the Rock –N–Roll Marathon.

Robert Santoro, 27, of the West Chatham Precinct came in fifth, running the race in 2 hours, 40 minutes and 4 seconds.

Santoro is well–known in the local running community as two–time winner of the Savannah Bridge Run; he defends his title next month.

• Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who robbed the Parker’s convenience Store in the 5300 block of Skidaway Road. The suspect is described as a black male in his early 20s, about 5–6, and weighing about 155 pounds. He was wearing a brown hoodie, black shirt, black jeans and tennis shoes and black cap.

The man walked into the store just before 11 p.m., pushed a customer aside and pointed a gun at the clerk.

He threatened the clerk and forced her to empty both cash registers before running away with the cash.

• Just before 6 p.m. on a Saturday in the 200 block of Salisbury Road, four young girls ranging in ages from 7–12 years– old were playing outside when a gold SUV drove by slowly.

A man in his 50s or 60s called out to the girls and tried to talk them into getting into the vehicle with him. The girls were too smart and took off running for the nearest neighbors house and alerted police.

The vehicle is descibed as a gold SUV, possibly a Ford Explorer. The driver was only described as an older white male with grey hair.

• Five occupants of an SUV that overturned several times on Veterans Parkway were amazingly free of life– threatening injuries.

Four occupants were ejected from the 2004 Ford Expedition in a rush– hour collision on Veterans Parkway.

The fifth was extricated by Southside Fire and Rescue.

Four were transported by ambulance and one by helicopter to Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Injured were Nequell Singleton, 18, of a Sidney Court address; Quantetra Gray, 21, of a New Castle Street address; Raheem Sadd, 21, of a West Gwinnett Street address; and Andrea Lovett, 30, and Anhwah Grady, 8, of an East Lathrop Street address.

The driver was headed south on the parkway when the SUV struck the guardrail, rolling over into the northbound lanes.

The northbound lanes and one of the southbound lanes were closed to traffic for another four hours. cs

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news of the weird Lead Story “You eat meat, so why not blood?” asked The Globe and Mail, which sampled several Toronto restaurants’ sanguinary haute cuisines, including the Italian eatery Buca’s spaghetti with blood-blackened noodles and torta di sanguinaccio (figs, almonds, buffalomilk creme, on a base custard of dark chocolate and slow-cooked pig’s blood).

Patrons “thought we were crazy,” said chef Rob Gentile, but now “can’t seem to get enough.” The Black Hoof restaurant uses 10 liters of fresh blood a week for dishes like its own blood custard, seasoned with rosemary and pickled pears. Montreal’s DNA kitchen sometimes highlights blood soup and blood pasta. (The Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark — which some believe to be the best restaurant in the world — marinates cauliflower in pig’s blood.)

The Continuing Crisis • “I don’t get it. I just don’t get it. And you’re not going to get me to get it,” warned Marine squadron commander Lt. Col. Jerry Turner (to a Wall Street Journal Afghanistan reporter writing in October), when learning that a few of his troops were sporting artistically shaped eyebrows sculpted by a barber in the town of Shinwar. “Stylist” Gulam Farooq can’t practice on Muslims (forbidden) but said “one or two” Marines come by every day (in between calling in artillery barrages) for tapering.— The Military Times news service, reporting from Afghanistan in August,

disclosed a U.S. Marines command a transgendered man who is actually directive ordering troops to restrain the one who gave birth. Theollyn petitheir audible flatus because, apparently, tioned the school board in September Afghan soldiers and civilians com(unsuccessfully) to allow the child to plained of being offended. The reporter use the boys’ bathroom. Theollyn said doubted the directive could be effective, the girl first noticed she was a boy at in that passing gas by front-line troops age 18 months. is “practically a sport.”

• Italian men are notorious “bam— A vendor at a street market in boccionis” (“big babies”) who exploit Leipzig, Germany, was revealed in doting mothers by remaining in their September to be shamelessly selling family homes well into adulthood, personally tailored coats and vests sometimes into their 30s or later, made with fur from house cats. A expecting meals and laundry first report, in the sensationalist service. Many mothers are Winter tabloid Bild, was doubted, but a tolerant, but in September an is follow-up by Germany’s premier elderly couple in the town of coming news source, Spiegel, confirmed Mestre announced (through the story. The vendor said he a consumer association) needed eight cats to make a that if their 41-year-old, vest (priced at the equivalent gainfully employed son did of $685) and 18 for a coat. Hownot meet a deadline for leavever, such sales are illegal under ing, the association would file German and European Union a lawsuit to evict him. (A news laws, and the vendor subsequently update has not been found, denied that he sold such things. perhaps indicating that the son moved out.)

Family Values

• An 11-year-old California boy and a 7-year-old Georgia girl have recently decided — with parental support — to come out as the other gender. The boy, Tommy, wants more time to think about it, said his lesbian parents, and has begun taking hormone blockers to make his transition easier should he follow through with plans (first disclosed at age 3) to become “Tammy.” The McIntosh County, Ga., girl has been living as a boy for a year, said father Tommy Theollyn,

Cutting-Edge Tactics • (1) In October, about 120 professional mimes began voluntarily patrolling the traffic-congested Sucre district of Caracas, Venezuela, at the request of Mayor Carlos Ocariz. The whitegloved mimes’ specialty was wagging their fingers at scofflaw motorists and pedestrians, and mimes interviewed by the Associated Press reported improvements. (2) At least 300 professional clowns from Mexico and Central America, in Mexico City in October for

a convention, demonstrated against the country’s drug-cartel violence by laughing, in unison, nonstop, for 15 minutes.

(They were likely less successful than the mimes.)

• Freemon Seay, 38, was arrested in Thurston County, Wash., in October on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after disciplining his 16-yearold daughter for leaving home without his approval. Seay allegedly forced the girl to suit up in armor and helmet, with a wooden sword, and to fight him (also in armor, with a wooden sword) for over two hours until she could no longer stand up. Seay’s wife (the girl’s stepmother) was booked as an accessory and was said by deputies to have been supportive of her husband’s “Renaissance fair” enthusiasm (which Freemon Seay called a “lifestyle”).

Bright Ideas • In Malone, N.Y., in September, Clyde Gardner, 57, was sentenced to 5-15 years for trying to murder his exgirlfriend twice. Initially, he was going to dress in a recently skinned bear’s hide — walk on its paws, so as not to leave shoe prints, and “maul” her with the claws. After abandoning that plan, he promised a friend $15,000 to kill the woman in a car crash, and since Gardner was a demolition derby driver, he offered expert instructions (though the friend turned Gardner in). cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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I grew up in Alaska and I’ve heard this story forever, including when I worked on a salmon fishing boat for two summers. It’s the claim of a sometimes lethal danger to fishermen posed by a large halibut landed on deck but not yet dead.

According to the story, a flopping halibut broke a commercial fisherman’s leg in two places, causing him to bleed to death because he was alone and couldn’t crawl to the wheelhouse and radio for help.

Halibut are hard to kill, apparently due to a small brain and its odd position, and they flop unpredictably long after you think they’re deceased. But I can’t find anything definitive about deaths or serious injury. —Wei Ji As sea creatures go, you don’t think of halibut as being all that dangerous. The only weaponry you figure to need with a halibut is a fork and some tartar sauce.

You should fear the halibut just the same, as one would rightly fear anything that’s huge, powerfully muscled, and prone to thrashing when pulled into your boat. Some halibut weigh more than 400 pounds and have to be killed by beating them over the head with a club. This is best done surreptitiously. If instead you do it on your reality TV show like Sarah Palin before the shocked eyes of animal rights activists, you’re going to take some heat.

Native Americans, now, they understood halibut. The Tsimshian tribe of the Pacific Northwest has a tale of a monster halibut that ate an entire canoe, along with the prince and two princesses who were aboard. Bent on revenge, a two-man suicide team paddled out to face it and also got eaten.

However, they succeeded in gutting the fish from the inside before expiring, ultimately resulting in the giant halibut dying too. So, just like the ending of Hamlet, only with a fish.

As for the tragic tale recounted above, it’s no fish story. In August 1973 the Juneau Empire reported that a solitary Alaska fisherman had indeed

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been killed by a halibut. Joseph T. Cash, 67, caught a 150-pound specimen near Kupreanof Island and succeeded in hauling it aboard. In the process, though, the flailing fish broke his leg, severing an artery and sending Cash crashing to the deck, cracking three ribs. Though mortally injured, the stubborn fisherman managed to lash himself to the boat’s winch to avoid falling overboard. He was found there when the boat washed ashore—and by God, he still had his fish.

This incident illustrates a stark fact: halibut fishing is dangerous. Commercial fishing in general is one of the riskiest occupations with a death rate 32 times the average for U.S. workers.

Crab and other shellfish are the most dangerous critters to go after, as fans of the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch may know—Alaska shell fishermen perish at more than 90 times the U.S. rate.

Sport fishing is less lethal. Nonetheless, horrifying reports surface from time to time, many emanating from Florida and the south Atlantic, which teem with angry fish: • A Florida teen suffered serious injuries to her vocal cords after a houndfish attacked her, leaping out of the water and driving its needle-sharp bill into her neck, just missing her carotid.

• A Florida spearfisher, diving without a tank, drowned when a goliath grouper he shot took off at high speed, wrapping the line around his wrist and dragging him to the bottom. His body was found still tethered to the fish.

• Sturgeon leaping from the water have injured yet more Floridians. In 2006 a sturgeon knocked one person overboard and broke the arm of another when it jumped over their boat. According to a news report, it was the sixth sturgeon attack that summer.

• Finally, sport-fishing-boat crewman Ian Card was lucky to escape with his life after being impaled by an 800-pound blue marlin near Bermuda.

He was carried overboard when the fish, which had been hooked by a passenger, leaped over the boat, spearing him in midflight. Amazingly, Card pushed himself off the marlin’s spike and made it to the surface despite a fistsized hole in his chest. Rescuers sensibly cut the marlin loose, but mindful of Joseph T. Cash, The Old Man and the Sea, etc, I imagine many old-school anglers thought: What, you couldn’t hang onto the damn fish? cs

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PETER CASE At 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10

Muse Arts Warehouse, 703D Louisville Rd. With Greg Williams Tickets $20/musesavannah.org With its ringing, Byrdsian electric 12–string guitars and tight harmony vocals, the Plimsouls’ “A Million Miles Away” was one of the bright spots of 1983, when rock ‘n’ roll was otherwise laboring under the delusion that bigger was better – synthesized this and orchestrated that. Some of the most popular music of the early ‘80s is awfully embarrassing now.

Not the Plimsouls, who burst – temporarily, as it turned out – on the scene with jangly, almost rudimentary power–pop, impossibly catchy and fun. R.E.M. was starting to happen around the same time, and with that band, the 12–string Rickenbacher sound was taken in alluring new directions.

“A Million Miles Away” remains the group’s (sizeable) donation to aural history. But Peter Case, the singing, songwriting driving force behind the Plimsouls, came back with a strong self–titled solo abum, featuring 12–string pioneers Roger McGuinn (there’s that Byrds thing again) and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, plus John Hiatt, T–Bone Burnett (who produced) and Van Dyke Parks.

He has since re–invented himself as an acoustic performer, singing and playing harmonica; he’s a workhorse who creates different sonic soundscapes in the studio. In 2006 he issued Bomb Light Prayer Vigil, a six–song spoken word suite.

Case produced (and performed on) the Grammy–nominated Avalon Blues: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt. Among those he brought into the studio: Steve Earle, Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, Bruce Cockburn and John Hiatt.

“I tell people now I play folk–rock,” Case says on his website, “and they seem to understand ...but the whole truth is more complex: I’m a singer/ songwriter that uses all the American styles to get my stories across: Blues. Rock ‘n roll. Country. Soul. R&B ...and folk, plus some rhythmic influences from around the world. I’m trying to forge my own style out of those inherited materials. I’ve always been into dynamic, emotionally charged music you could use to tell a story or paint a picture.” See petercase.com

FORWARD TO THE APOCALYPSE Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11 and 12

Wormhole Bar, 2307 Bull St. Admission $15 per day; advance discounts available Social Conspiracy Records’ fourth annual celebration of Grindcore, Black Metal, Death Metal, Crust, Punk and Hardcore. The bill for Day One (Nov. 11) features Fuck the Facts (from Canada), Strong Intention (Maryland), Tombstalker (Kentucky), Hot Graves (Florida) and Savannah’s Shadow of Creation. More bands are expected to be added to the lineup.

On Saturday the 12th, it’ll be our city’s increasingly popular Dead Yet? (pictured) and Slave Grave, with California’s Phobia, Cough (from Virginia), Caltrop and Man Will Destroy Himself (North Carolina), plus Atrocitus (Florida), Black Pussy (Mississippi) and They Eat Their Own God (South Carolina). See socialconspiracyrecords.info

PATO BANTON At 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15

Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. $8.

The British–born reggae singer returns for another Savannah date, with his band, the Now Generation – including the Mighty Jah Horns. Banton has long been a favorite of college crowds for his smooth blend of straight reggae and pop styles; his earliest records included collaborations with the likes of Ranking Roger and even Sting.

He’s touring behind his 2008 album Destination Paradise, and on his website, he offers these words: “As I approach the final chapter of my musical journey on Planet Earth (Urantia), my only desire is to serve Divinity through Humanity. And to all my brothers and sisters who are striving to achieve their goals in this age of materiality and secularistic insanity, my message is PLEASE REMEMBER to Stay Positive & Never Give In!” See patobanton.com CS

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Dane Clark, left, Mellencamp and Wanchic onstage. “At this point in John’s career,” says Wanchic, “it’s strictly about music.”

This one’s for the fans John Mellencamp’s longtime guitarist on the ‘new’ concert

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

For a year now, John Mellencamp and his band have been touring America with a show ostensibly to promote No Better Than This, the acclaimed lo–fi album Mellencamp recorded in various historic locations – including First African Baptist Church in Savannah.

The concert, however, is about much more than plugging a record.

For Mellencamp, who’s sold more than 40 million albums over a 30– year period, understands all too well that playing No Better Than This in its entirety, in every arena in the country, probably won’t move a handful of CDs. The music business has changed immeasurably.

Mike Wanchic has been Mellencamp’s friend, confidante, co–writer and band guitarist for nearly 40 years – he’s the Joe Perry to John’s Steven Tyler, the Mike Campbell to his Tom Petty. The Keith to his Mick.

In this interview, Wanchic explains how the new show works, and why Mellencamp has switched things up.

Because he can – and he’s earned the right.

Things kick off with a screening of It’s About You, Kurt Marcus’ documentary film about the recording of the last couple of Mellencamp albums) and the band’s 2010 tour of U.S. baseball stadiums.

That starts at 7 p.m.. Mellencamp, Wanchic and the other musicians will take the stage around 8:20.

Oh, you’ll probably hear “Pink Houses,” “Jack & Diane” and a few others you know well. But be forewarned, this isn’t a retread of John Mellencamp’s greatest hits.

Digging deep “The whole concept behind this show is music, as opposed to hit parade. So many years in arenas, doing big arena rock shows and all that, that really kind of relegates you

to a certain realm of your catalogue.

The object of this exercise was to move past that, and into what we consider the great songs. We have a hundred and something other songs that we don’t ever get a chance to play – most of our great songs were never really on the radio. Some of them were. There were 20 Top 10 hits, and there’s nothing wrong with that, especially when you’re coming up through the ranks. That’s how you build audience loyalty.”

Radio bye bye “We call (playing the hits again and again) being a monkey on a string. You do what you have to do, you know? But now that John’s an elder statesman in the rock industry, and a legitimate writer of the highest level, the material is there. No longer is radio a concern for us, nor is building a fan base any more. So the object is to go out and play to the people who really love us, really love what we’ve done in the last 30 years, and treat them to a very musical show in

Starting the show “The crowd kind of knows what to expect. It’s liberating in a lot of senses.

The show doesn’t begin the way we used to – with whistles, bells and fireworks, and full–on–heat rock ‘n’ roll.

It starts with a broken down quartet, with a cocktail kit upright bass and two electric guitars. And that’s it. No violins, no accordions, nothing like that. We bust down to a real basic format. And we do play a few hits in that format. And a few new songs.”

Next sets “The second set moves into even further broken down, with John doing acoustic material, and then ramping it back into duos, quartets, full band, but all in an acoustic environment. And then the third set is the first time you actually hear full–on rock ‘n roll, bass and drums. At which point we start giving it up! Look, you’ve gotta play the hits. You’ve got

to in some sense. When I see Neil Young, I want to hear him and Crazy Horse do ‘Southern Man’ and all these great songs. So I understand from a fan’s perspective, why you do want to hear what you want to hear.

We’re never gonna please everybody because we’ve got 20–plus albums.”

Strictly about music “We don’t want to knock people off their seats with weirdness, but what we want to do is respect the listener enough to know that our crowd is not stupid, you know? Anybody who wants to hear us play the hits has heard us play the hits. You may have missed your chance if you wanted to hear nothing but anthemic arena rock. I think at this point in John’s career, it’s about music, and it’s strictly about music.” CS John Mellencamp Where: Johnny Mercer Theatre, Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe When: At 7 p.m. (film), 8:20 p.m. (concert) Friday, Nov. 11 Tickets: $39.50–$125 at etix.com

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Opera stars shine at children’s choir benefit

by Jessica Leigh Lebos | jll@connectsavannah.com

From the other end of the line, Keith Miller’s voice rumbles like a thunderstorm rolling in from the horizon.

The 37 year–old baritone has called from New York to talk about “A Night in Italy,” the upcoming concert benefit that he’s organized for the Savannah Children’s Choir, and every sentence sounds like a dispatch from the heavens.

“This is going to be a wonderful, wonderful experience,” intones the former pro football fullback who joined the Metropolitan opera in 2006. “We’ve got such a tremendous program for the evening, and I think it’s going to blow everyone’s minds.”

Miller spent time with the SCC as artist–in–residence in 2009, and when he heard that the choir needed support for its upcoming trip to Italy, he saw an opportunity to aid the organization that launched his first–ever solo recital.

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The collected ensemble harkens from New York, Philadelphia and Utah, and Miller said that getting them all in one place at one time is a feat in itself. “It’s kind of like a ‘Wonder Powers Unite’ circumstance since everyone’s so busy.”

Speaking of busy, Miller regrets not being able to perform himself after planning the program and serving as artistic director.

“Unfortunately, there was a mix–up with my agency so I’ll be in New York that day,” he said. “But since my wife is expecting our first child any minute, it’s probably for the best.”

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“Travel is one of the four points of our mission of uniting children with the power of song,” explained Cuffy Sullivan, SCC’s executive director.

“These kids are getting a passport and flying overseas—you can’t begin to express the change that brings to a child’s life.”

The Italy trip costs $2550 per child, and the majority of the senior choir needs financial assistance. The Nov. 14 event is only one of many SCC fundraisers throughout the year, and choirmembers have been actively involved in selling program ads and serenading folks at spaghetti suppers.

“Each child is expected to help raise the money for this trip,” adds Sullivan.

“Nobody gets a free ride.”

It’s this expectation of dedication that impressed Miller and inspired him to put together what promises to be an elegant event.

“I can’t imagine any effort more worthy than helping children learn to treasure music and the arts,” said Miller in his famous low growl. “It’s something that fulfills us all in the end.” CS

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“I’m falling all over myself for her,” enthused Moss. “She can go from a barrel–y growl to the most glorious soprano on earth. She is smoldering.”

Moss is also anticipating the performance from Gregory Gerbrandt, a baritone from New York’s American Opera Company. “I’m really hoping he’ll do Tosca.”

For opera novices or those reluctant to sit through an entire production, the event can be framed as the perfect introduction to the art. The program is a veritable opera’s greatest hits, with arias from La Boheme, The Barber of Seville and other well–loved selections.

“This is an evening of wonderful highlights,” said Moss. “You’re getting the best parts of 10 operas!”

Rounding out the evening of solos, duets and group performances are Jason Baldwin, a tenor with the Utah Opera Company, and renowned pianist/vocal coach Laurent Philippe from Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts.

Opera fans will have the opportunity to ask questions of the velvet– voiced performers at the artists’ talk preceding the concert, which will feature a finale ensemble with the children’s choir. Following the music will be an open bar reception catered by John Nichols, with cannelloni made by the cheesecake experts at FORM. Presented by the Bailee Tenebaum Kronowitz Cultural Arts Fund and local philanthropists Mary and

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Although it’s rife with familiar names and faces of musicians who’ve played here year after year, the lineup for the 2012 Savannah Music Festival also puts the focus on musical diversity and collaboration. The real gems are between the lines.

So while Chris Thile, Mike Marshall, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, Han & Finckel, Del McCoury, Jeff Clayton, Marcus Roberts and other world–class players are indeed making return appearances, a closer look at the lineup reveals some fascinating first–time bookings and unique one–offs.

(Take note, too, that the festival’s popular music shows – in 2011, these included the Avett Brothers and Band of Horses – won’t be announced until January.)

Here are some highlights to ponder.

L’arte Del Mondo (April 5). A German chamber music ensemble coming solely to Savannah to perform baroque and classical period works with Associate Artistic Director Daniel Hope and baroque keyboard specialist Kristian Bezuidenhout.

The Hallelujah Train (March 31).

An intriguing gospel program at First African Baptist Church, this pairs an all–star band including session drummer Brian Blade, producer/sonic genius Daniel Lanois, singer/guitarist Buddy Miller, multi–instrumentalist Greg Leisz and others with Shreveport, La.’s Zion Baptist Mass Choir.

Piano Showdown (March 26).

Jazz greats Cedar Walton and Kenny Barron join forces with Young Turks Aaron Diehl and Kevin Bales. Both Walton and Barron have solo programs this year, too.

Stringband Spectacular (April 6).

Tony Trischka, Mike Marshall, Bruce Milsky and Julian Lage in collaboration with 20 students and acoustic music up–and–comers.

The Masters of Percussion. Tabla player Zakir Hussain’s forte is collaboration, and this year’s he’s got an astonishing 11–member ensemble incluiding fellow iconic Indian drummer Taufiq Qureshi and the Meitei

Pung Cholom Performing Troupe, the dancing drummers of Manipur.

Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau (April 6). Two iof contemporary jazz’s finest players (on saxophone and piano, respectively).

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (March 22). The festival’s opening–night concert features the original group – Fleck, Victor Wooten, Futureman and Howard Levy.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (April 7). Pianist Yefim Bronfman joins the band for Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B–flat Major, Op. 83.

Cole in the Afternoon (March 31).

Freddy Cole, younger brother of the late, great Nat “King” Cole, and his quartet play the music of his brother, as well as Cole Porter. The concert also features the Marcus Roberts Trio.

Takacs Quartet (Chamber music, March 22). On March 23, the quartet is joined by pianist Menahem Pressler and cellist Josephine Knight.

Paco de Lucia (flamenco guitar legend with ensemble, April 7).

Hello, Pops: A Celebration of Louis Armstrong by Wycliffe Gordon & Friends (jazz, March 27 and 28).

Jon Faddis (jazz, March 29).

Mike Marshall & Edgar Meyer (mandolin and bass, April 1).

Emerson String Quartet (classical, April 2).

Abigail Washburn Band (banjo– led old–time Americana, April 5).

Cajun Dance Party: Lost Bayou Ramblers (March 23) Chris Thile (progressive master of the mandolin in a rare solo performance, April 3) Lucky Peterson Band/Joe Krown Trio with Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Russell Batiste, Jr. (blues, April 6 and 7).

Preservation Hall Jazz Band/Del McCoury Band (New Orleans jazz, bluegrass, March 23) Salsa Dance Party: The Jimmy Bosch Orchestra (March 31).

Tickets go on sale Thursday, Nov. 10 at savannahmusicfestival.org. You can see the full schedule there, too. CS

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For years, the Telfair Museums has held its annual Art Fair under a huge tent in Telfair Square.

This year, the event promises the same wide range of local and regional artists displaying their work for admiration, sale, and friendly competition, but there are a few new wrinkles.

First off, no tent: The whole Art Fair will be open–air, welcome news to those who didn’t like the occasional claustrophobic effect of many people clustered under a low tent.

Secondly, the event expands from Telfair Square on down Barnard Street to Ellis Square.

Also, the selection of live music — you might remember the awesome Cusses show in the Jepson last year coinciding with the Art Fair — has greatly expanded also.

The Train Wrecks headline the “Telfair at Twilight” concert at 5 p.m.

Saturday. Other performers throughout the day include the Massey Boys, Georgia Kyle, and Bottles and Cans.

In its 17th year of operation, the Telfair Art Fair has taken its place as one of the southeast’s premiere

such events, which collectively have become something of an important subculture in the art world.

“Art fairs are almost a different culture,” says local fine art photographer Tobia Makover. “There are people that go from art fair to art fair and make a living at it. I consider myself different — I do the Telfair Art Fair because it’s the Telfair Art Fair, not just because it’s another art fair.”

“For me it’s a great opportunity to see other artist’s work and support the Telfair,” says local jewelry–maker Meredith Ann Sutton. “I sort of have a lot of fans who come back over and over again.”

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Work by Tybee’s Samantha Claar, an artist at the Telfair Art Fair

For Greenville, S.C.–based Kent Ambler, the Telfair Art Fair provides an opportunity to make “more of a personal connection” with people who admire and buy his unique woodblock prints.

“Sometimes I’ll sell a piece in a gallery and never meet the person who bought the piece,” Ambler says. “It’s more fun to deal face to face with customers.”

Makover echoes that sentiment, and says she enjoys sharing her process with her customers.

“I’m the kind of artist that tells you exactly how I do what I do,” she says.

“The late Jack Leigh was one of my mentors, and he was the same way.

He would take you into his darkroom and show you what kind of developer he used. He’d say, ‘there are no secrets.’”

The fairly unique nature of the Telfair Art Fair has brought a kind of devotion, especially among local artists, that does seem particularly enthusiastic.

“It’s a rite of passage,” says Makover. “The Telfair and the Jepson are integral to the community. There are very important artists in town that have done the fair in the past. We want to make this into the best art fair around.”

Every artist that shows frequently at art fairs develops their own approach.

Some view it as a way to sell older “inventory” of work, others create works designed for the event.

“I view it as a great way to create a

body of work of many different types of pieces,” says jewelry maker Sutton.

“I make about 20 prints from one wood block that I carve,” says Ambler.

“If it’s popular and sells out, then they’re gone. Sometimes I might sell ten of something and still have the other ten for the next ten years!”

Ambler says as artist he tries to follow the same advice often given to writers: Write about what you know.

“I’m inspired by everyday life and my surroundings — my dog, my yard, birds in the trees. Things I see every day. I use those as a leaping point to the aesthetics of a piece.”

While art is paramount at the Telfair Art Fair, it’s no secret that one reason it’s held in November is to prompt folks into giving the gift of art at Christmastime.

Sutton says many shoppers, even if they don’t buy anything at the Fair itself, will call soon afterward to purchase something as a gift.

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Sergio Aragones Marginal thinking from one of Mad magazine’s classic cartoonists

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

When Sergio Aragones first walked into the New York offices of Mad magazine in 1962, carrying his portfolio of cartoons, he was nervous. He hadn’t been away from Mexico for very long.

“I had just arrived, and my English was nil,” Aragones says. “I went to a lot of magazines showing my cartoons, but the majority of them didn’t like cartoons without words. Many of the editors would look at the back of the page, looking for the lines.

“They would look at it and say ‘These things are crazy! You should go to Mad.’” Just 24, Aragones was a huge fan of the American comic/satire magazine.

“My cartoons were gags,” he recalls. “I knew that I was going to be rejected because what I did wasn’t what Mad did.”

He asked to speak with Antonio Prohias, whose “Spy vs. Spy” was one of Mad’s current hits. The Cuba–born Prohias’ wordless, black and white strip wickedly parodied the ongoing Cold War. Aragones figured the Spanish–speaking Prohias could introduce him around. Break the inevitable ice.

Prohias, Aragones says, was friendly but not a lot of help. “My English is worse that yours,” he told the aspiring cartoonist. “You’ll have to introduce yourself.”

Happily, the editors at Mad were immediately taken with Aragones’ simple “gag” cartoons.

“They saw the gags as a continuity,” Aragones says. “I had some already– drawn cartoons about astronauts, and they made it a two–page article on the U.S. space effort.”

Thus was born the classic recurring feature “A Mad Look At ...”

Along with the work of Mad’s legendary “Usual Gang of Idiots” – including Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Dave Berg and Don Martin – Aragones’ one–panel cartoons helped define the look and feel of Mad during its heyday. Before National Lampoon or SNL, Mad was the funniest thing going.

Said Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam: “Mad became the Bible for me and my whole generation.”

“I learned to be a movie critic by reading Mad,” Roger Ebert wrote.

Unlike some of the others, Aragones didn’t specialize in celebrity, movie and TV show spoofs, or — God forbid — U.S. political satire.

“When you are not from a particular place,” he says, “you cannot do political cartoons because immediately, the people that don’t agree with you say ‘He’s not from here. Why’s he doing that?’ And in Mexico I couldn’t either, because I was born in Spain.

I was always like an alien no matter where I was.

“My father was a very political man. He had left Spain because of the fear of the Spanish War. He was a socialist, and one thing he told me as a kid was ‘Be careful when you get into politics, because politics change.

And you really have to firmly believe in something to do something, because if not you’re going to look ridiculous when you change your point of view.’ Which happens when you grow up.

“So I stayed away from politics. My forte, the things I like to do, is about social criticism more than the political agenda.”

Indeed, Aragones wrote and illustrated hundreds of installments of “A Mad Look At ...”

He became legendary for his “marginals,” tiny, one–panel cartoons placed in the margins of Mad pages.

You never knew where they were going to turn up, they had no relevance to whatever was on the main page, and you “got” the quick wordless gag immediately.

During the 1960s and ‘70s, the ever–prolific Aragones — through the Mad blueprint — published a handful of paperback books full of these “drawn–out dramas.” The material was all new each time, none of it repeated from the magazine.

“When I sold them the first thing, the astronauts, they made the mistake to say mi casa su casa,” Aragones chuckles. “I took it literally, and I was there every day. So the second day, they said ‘Well, write a couple of gags about motorcycles.’ So I went to the hotel I was staying at, and next day I was there with the article. Which surprised them very much, because it usually takes a writer a couple of weeks to come up with an article.

“They said ‘Go home, Sergio, we have enough material here for months.’ I wanted more, so that’s when I figured the thing about the marginals. When the first issue came out, the cover was my idea, they had my two–page article, and they had the marginals.”

Editor Al Feldstein once said of Aragones: “He could have drawn the whole magazine if we’d let him.”

Mad began in 1952, and before Aragones’ arrival, there were tiny, zany sayings in the margins. “I couldn’t understand them,” says Aragones. “Partly because time passes,

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“So I told them I could do little silent cartoons that could be anyplace, and everybody could understand it. No matter what nationality or anything.”

Like all the other writers and cartoonists, Aragones was never a “staff member.” Everyone was paid on a freelance basis, with a personal check from publisher William Gaines.

Not that they didn’t hang around the office.

“The mentality of everybody is that Mad was a crazy place,” he says.

“But crazy places don’t work. It was a working office — when you arrive you find secretaries, you find people working at their desks. The only difference from a normal office is that they laugh a lot. They’re looking all day at humor. It was a very well–oiled machine, to publish a magazine like Mad.” The editorial meetings, fittingly, weren’t tightly structured. “I would bring ideas, and then they would choose. Which is what happened with everybody. They rarely assigned anything; they’d suggest what the theme of the magazine was going to be — things that were popular at the moment.

“But they never said ‘Do this’ or ‘Do that.’ Everybody — Jaffee or Drucker or Martin — comes with their own ideas and says ‘Here it is.’

And then they will choose what they like.”

Now 74, Aragones, who also created the Groo the Wanderer comic books, lives in Ojai, California, where he still draws every single day.

It’s not what it once was, of course, but Mad is still published for eager fans. And with one exception, Aragones’ work — including the marginals — has appeared in every issue since that first one, in January 1963.

So in a way, he’s had the last laugh.

“In those times, silent cartoons were not popular,” Aragones says, “but they said ‘Well, we’ll run them until you run out of ideas,’ and of course I’m still doing it.” CS IT’S A SCAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WEEKEND What: Sergio Aragones, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Paul Coker Jr. and others from Mad magazine are working with SCAD sequential artists Nov. 11–12 Public event: Panel discussion with the artists, writers and editors 5–6:30 Saturday, Nov. 12 Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Admission: Free Artist’s website: sergioaragones.com

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Al Jaffee – best known for the pioneering “fold–ins” which are the back page of every issue of Mad magazine — left his hometown of Savannah when he was a young child.

Over half a century of working in New York City for the seminal comedy magazine has made him one of America’s most revered humorists.

Along with fellow Mad–men Sergio Aragones, Jack Davis, Paul Coker Jr., and others, Jaffee appears on a panel discussion this Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Trustees Theater, in a SCAD– sponsored event that’s free and open to the public.

We spoke to Mr. Jaffee last week.

1. Do younger people realize the enormous influence you and Mad magazine had on molding the sense of humor of generations of Americans?

I’ve been overwhelmed by the reception I’ve received at various awards ceremonies lately by all these people in their 40s and 50s who were influenced not only by my work but Mad in general. A few young people are tremendously impressed, but honestly I don’t know what teenagers and people in their 20s think today or how much they’re into it. When I do run into young people who are familiar with my work, it’s usually because they’ve gone on Amazon and bought my biography or maybe one of my old “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions” books. They seem appreciative and admiring.

2. Doesn’t it seem like your machine–gun style of sarcastic humor might be perfectly suited to a world of texts and Tweets and Facebook posts?

Maybe. Young people’s lives are moving at a much faster rate of speed.

Thing worked much slower in the old days. In order to get a piece of work to Mad magazine – we’re all freelancers, living all over the country — you had to rely on the post office. By the time

it reached Mad’s office a joke may have cooled down after seven days of floating around postal service. Today I scan in a fold–in sketch and get an answer in 15 minutes whether it’s a go or no–go.

3. I’m sitting here amazed that anyone would tell Al Jaffee something he did was a ‘no–go.’ Does that really happen?

Everyone needs a good editor. We have excellent editors at Mad for what we do. I don’t know if Mad editors would be qualified to work at the New Yorker or the Wall Street Journal, but they certainly know their stuff for Mad readers. I appreciate all the help I can get. No one is above being edited. You can’t let ego interfere with your work.

4. So after all these years you’re still essentially a freelancer?

For 55 years I’ve worked almost exclusively for Mad. Of course, the downside to freelancing is that freelancers don’t get retirement accounts or benefits. You do the best you can.

5. While you’re here in your hometown, will you and your wife be taking any time to see some particular sights from your childhood?

We can’t plan on running around too much. If somebody says we can take you here or there, that’s fine. But we have to focus on the people running the show. We’re just looking forward to letting the whole experience wash over us.

You know, I’m very old. Over 90. I don’t think in terms of, “hey, it’s going to be over soon, so why bother?” I’m just as excited about my work as I’ve ever been. I get up every morning and say, “Let’s see what can I do today.” CS

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Kayli Carter and James Edwards in a scene from the SCAD production of Almost, Maine.

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Jon Cariani’s Almost, Maine was almost invisible

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

Gentle, magically quirky and subversively funny, John Cariani’s Almost, Maine is currently the most–produced play among school and community theater groups in the country.

Yet this low–key romantic comedy, about couples falling in and out of love while they wait for the Northern Lights in the New England sky, was an abject failure when it premiered off– Broadway in 2006.

Consisting of nine vignettes performed by a cast of 11, Almost, Maine is the latest production from the theater department at SCAD. It’s onstage Nov. 10–13 at the Mandanaro Theatre.

Sharon Ott, the theater program’s director, is co–directing Almost, Maine with Mark Tymchyshyn.

It happened to hit New York at

a time that was particularly bleak,” Ott continues. “I didn’t see the original New York production, so I’m not sure if some of the issues were production–related.

“But the tone, which is sweet, I think, and optimistic, just hit a wrong chord with all those very cynical New York critics. In a down year, when it was pretty depressing in terms of the political environment. And also the plays that were popular – that was the year of Rabbit Hole – it was a dark year.”

Five years, however, can make all

the difference. “Colleges are always looking for scenes that can be done by students,” Ott says, “i.e. age–appropriate scenework for our kids. Vignettes, as opposed to full length plays, which in classes can be hard to deal with.

“So it started to gain some popularity in colleges, and in high schools.

Although I think the material is too difficult for high schools, by far and away. But I can see where even they would be attracted to it because of its sweetness. You know, it’s not Rabbit Hole – about the death of a child, or child abuse – it’s about love. So I think as people started to know it, it charmed them.”

Almost, Maine, was New England–born actor Cariani’s first play, developed in 2002 by the Cape Cod Theater Project. It debuted two years later in Portland, Me., where it became the longest–running hit of the Portland Stage Company.

The Wall Street Journal named it one of the best regional theater productions of 2004–2005, and the New American National Theatre chose it as one of the year’s best new works.

Off–Broadway was next. And we know how that turned out.

There is no story arc, per se, no real sense of continuity, although the characters occasionally refer to other residents of teeny–tiny Almost (residents that inevitably turn up in a later

scene).

“John Cariani is from Northern Maine, so he knows what he’s writing about,” Ott says. “And he goes to great lengths in saying that it’s not meant to be a Fargo – he’s not making fun of the residents of Northern Maine.

“But there’s still a kind of regional quirkiness to these people that he catches. That’s part of the charm.”

Carinai, who was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Motel the Tailor in the revival of Fiddler on the Roof in 2004, told Broadway World that one scene – just one – in Almost, Maine is autobiographical.

“But most of the episodes are just imagined,” he said. “I mean – where I grew up has had a huge influence on me. It’s a place where there aren’t many people and there’s lots of sky.

The world feels much bigger there somehow.

“The play is mostly a tribute to that place – a place where there seems to be so much possibility because there’s time and space to daydream.” CS Almost, Maine Where: SCAD Mondanaro Theatre, 217 MLK When: 8 p.m. Nov. 10–12, at 3 p.m. Nov. 13 Tickets: $10 public, $5 with senior, student or military ID. Thursday performance free with valid SCAD ID

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Let’s hit Wet Willie’s — for lunch?!

The voice on the other end of the phone piqued my curiosity: “Hi, this is Paul England. I’m corporate chef for Wet Willie’s.”

“Chef ” and “Wet Willie’s” are words I never expected to hear in the same sentence — let alone “corporate chef.”

Corporate chefs are the final arbiters of consistency, menu and style for restaurant groups.

And Wet Willie’s has one? Heck, I didn’t know Wet Willie’s had food.

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Honestly, my focus at Wet Willie’s has been the myriad of drink flavors — not the menu. This I had to see.

England has nearly a decade as a corporate chef for a multi–unit, diverse concept Chicago–based restaurant company. When the chance came to live in Savannah, he ditched his parka and moved south.

Wet Willie’s co–founder and president Bill Dickinson is a Ph.D. psychologist. He knows nuts when he sees it. He also recognizes opportunity. From the River Street store, which opened two decades ago with a crock pot and a microwave oven, the company has grown to 14, soon to be 15, locations on the east coast.

“In the beginning, we didn’t call much attention to the food,” Dickinson explained. “It was inconsistent — now we’re working on consistency that matches our reputation for customer service.”

Consistency is England’s challenge.

Wet Willie’s kitchens range from San Diego to Louisville Ky., from Memphis to the Carolinas to Miami Beach.

“And all the kitchens are different,” England explained. “They are very small spaces though — which presents a real challenge when placing equipment.”

Enough talk. What about the food?

It exceeded my expectations.

Simple things like Ranch dressing and balsamic dressing are made in–house — the Ranch dressing with fresh buttermilk. Big, plump wings come in a hearty portion.

The fully baked wings — no frying — are tossed in an interesting herbed tequila sauce that’s proprietary to Wet Willie’s.

Pina Colada shrimp are plump, skewered and crispy with coconut spiked breading. When combined with Wet Willie’s unique pineapple cole slaw it’s a refreshing and flavorful meal that’s richly textured but not too filling.

And then there’s “Cheeseburger on a Stick.” This trio of hamburger sliders comes dressed with a thick slice of American cheese, a tangy pickle and features reduced-fat ground beef that’s been hand–patted for your order.

If the devil is in the details, then England has his hands full chasing demons from location to location.

That he’s based in Savannah suggests that our local Wet Willie’s may have the strongest menu yet.

I spied a massive chopped salad with grilled chicken that I’ll go back to try, and ooey–gooey cheese–laden nachos looked equally interesting.

This is solid bar food, with enough imagination and attention to detail to make it worth visiting time and again.

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Willie & Family are coming back to the Johnny Mercer Theatre Feb. 14 – that’s right, Valentine’s Day – and tickets are on sale now through etix.

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You’ll recall that hip hop superstar R. Kelly had to cancel a couple of concerts over the summer, including one set for the Savannah Civic Center, due to illness.

Billboard’s ever–busy “Top R&B Artist of the Past 25 Years” has a memoir coming out, Soulacoaster – not only that, he’s rescheduled the missed tour dates.

The Savannah show, in the Martin Luther King Arena, will now happen at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Tickets for the scrubbed July concert will be honored, and there are still some available

Next up for the Savannah Philharmonic is a Nov. 19 concert featuring Weber’s Oberon Overture, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B–flat minor, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

Soloist for the Tchaikovsky piece will be Maryland–based pianist Shaun Tirrell, making his second appearance this season with the Savannah Phil.

The Beethoven will take up the second half of the Lucas Theatre performance.

“We’ve had such amazing responses from our loyal Savannah audience to our performances of Beethoven’s symphonies No. 1, 5 and 9,” conductor Peter Shannon said in a statement, “but No. 7 will always have a special place in my heart. It is with this piece that I won my first professional conducting post in Germany, and I know the Savannah Philharmonic musicians are looking forward to this one.”

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Alter-Ego: A Decade of Work

by Anthony Goicolea — This midcareer survey consists of approximately 30 works, including photographs, drawings, videos, and mixedmedia installations by this Cuban-American, Georgia born artist. Through January 8. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St., www. telfair.org Betsy Cain: In Situ — Savannah painter Cain’s first solo show at the Jepson looks at “how a place inhabits you over time. A personal excavation of meanings.” Show runs through Dec 4. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St., www.telfair.org/ Beyond Utility: Pottery Created by Enslaved Hands — Although made for utilitarian purposes, the 19th century jars, jugs and other vessels exemplify the work of experienced artisans who were enslaved people, including David Drake, also known as “Dave the Potter.” Show runs through Dec. 17. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St., www.telfair.org/ From the Top — “Unseen views from Savannah’s Signature Buildings.” A collection of high rise and architectural photography by artist Tim Foster. Art is displayed in the 2nd floor, formerly the cafe. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St., telfair.org/

Holy Windows, Batman! — “…a cathedral view” by Erica Rollings features modern interpretations of historic cathedral windows from around the world. Nov. 3-Dec. 1, Liquid Sands Gallery, 5 W. York St. Magic Passion Love — An opportunity to co-create positive energy with other artists. Nov. 9-Jan. 8 at Caraway Cafe. Artist submissions received by November 1 are eligible for a cash prize. Denise Elliot-Vernon, Eric Wooddall and Doug Chayka are the judges of the theme entries. Art will be on display at Caraway Cafe until January 8 and available for purchase. The winner will be announced at the artist reception on Thursday, November 10 from 6-8 p.m.

Singer Jill Chang will perform throughout the evening.

Caraway Cafe, Abercorn & Broughton Streets Midway — Tobia Makover will exhibit never-beforeseen multimedia photo encaustics that center around this small Georgia town, rich with Civil War and Civil Rights history. Nov. 17-22.

Oglethorpe Gallery, 406 E. Oglethorpe Ave.

Projectives — Recent photographs by Elise Marie Wille.

Exhibition runs Nov. 2-30.

Reception Nov. 18,6-9 pm.

A series of platinum/ palladium inkblot-like tests that focus on the psychological responses to the medical and creature-like imagery. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St., Ray Ellis: New prints — The Ray Ellis Gallery/Compass Prints, Inc. will release three new limited edition prints for the 2011 season. ‘Egrets Rising’ and ‘Sailing by the Pines’ and ‘Morning Sail’ are all from oils painted this year.

Ellis will be signing new editions Friday, Nov. 11 from 3-6 p.m. Come by the gallery to preview the prints or call early and reserve a low number.

Also on exhibit: “Before the Painting”: A collection of 24 small preliminary sketches from the archives. The exhibition will be up until Dec. 24.

Gallery Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Ray Ellis Gallery , 205 W. Congress St. Real Abstractions — Recent works by Carol Taylor, Oct. 22-Nov. 15. Taylor edits and distills her subjects down to the basic elements (color, shape, value and line) and principles of design (rhythm, balance and repetition) that abstract the imagery. Dragonfly Studio, 1204 Highway 80, Tybee Island

‘The Artist’s Hand’ is a unique tribute to local cultural figure Robyn Reeder, featuring a collaborative and interactive exhibit featuring work by many of Savannah’s most notable cutting-edge artists. Opening reception Sat. Nov. 12, 6-10 p.m. at The Soda Shop on Liberty St. St. Paul’s Small Works Show — St. Paul’s Episcopal Church hosts 2nd Annual Small Works Art Market.

Artists’ reception on Sunday, November 13 from 3-5 p.m.

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An ambitious outdoor public art show, ‘The Fog,’ opens this weekend at the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center

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Cineastes won’t allow something as trivial as Tower Heist to dislodge Dassin’s Rififi or Kubrick’s The Killing as their caper film of choice, but as far as seasonal multiplex blockbusters go, this one’s not bad at all. The much maligned Brett Ratner, whose last two features were the godawful Rush Hour 3 and the series–sapping X–Men: The Last Stand, basically stays out of the way of his four writers and 10 stars, allowing them to strut their stuff in this comedy about a group of working stiffs who decide to take financial revenge on the crooked Wall Street fat cat (Alan Alda) who swindled them out of their savings.

The characters are far more interesting than the actual heist that eats up the final portion of the film, so it’s a good thing we’re allowed to spend plenty of time getting to know them during the first hour. Ben Stiller is fine as the building manager who plots the robbery; Eddie Murphy displays some of that ’80s brashness (long buried under family–film complacency) as a career criminal who lends a hand; and Matthew Broderick, Michael Pena and Precious star Gabourey Sidibe contribute some well–timed laughs.

Then there’s Tea Leoni as a diligent FBI agent; her drunk scene is one of the highlights of the film and makes me wish that Hollywood would remember to employ her on a more consistent basis.

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Stanley Roper was arguably the funniest character on the long–running TV series Three’s Company (not a difficult feat, admittedly), but that didn’t mean it was wise to

yank him and the missus out of their supporting stints on that hit show in order to place them front and center in a sitcom (The Ropers) that barely lasted a year. Similarly, Jennifer Garner’s Elektra worked well in tandem with Ben Affleck’s blind superhero in Daredevil, but absolutely no one cared when she was given her very own starring vehicle.

So even though Antonio Banderas’ Puss in Boots owned the Shrek franchise from the moment he was introduced in the second film, that was no reason to elevate him to, erm, leading–cat status in Puss in Boots.

Certainly, the fault doesn’t rest with Banderas, who’s as game as ever. But this animated effort wants to have it both ways: It retains the sort of tiresome, snarky humor that defined the Shrek series while also trafficking in the type of obvious morals found in more traditional toon fare. The end result is a listless movie that doesn’t have much to offer beyond keeping the kids quiet for 90 minutes. continues on p. 34

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The plot concerns the uneasy alliance between Puss, the equally accomplished Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek, re–teaming with her Desperado co–star) and the annoying Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis) as they attempt to first steal three magic beans and then the fabled Golden Goose. There are a handful of amusing exchanges (“I thought a cat always landed on its feet.” “No! That’s just a rumor spread by dogs!”), but for the most part, the stale wisecracks are on the order of “First rule of Bean Club: You do not talk about Bean Club.” With soft lobs like this, it’s clear Puss in Boots is one movie that was declawed before it even got close to the screen.

IN TIME

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Can a movie survive on premise alone? That would be a resounding no, since its success also rests squarely on the shoulders of the execution. Yet in the case of In Time, the premise is ingenious enough to cut some slack elsewhere. The movie may not probe as deeply into its subject as desired, but it’s nevertheless an enjoyable watch, full of propulsive action and intriguing scenarios.

Comparisons to Logan’s Run are absurd, since this picture sports its own ideas on what the future might hold. It’s a world order in which everyone is genetically designed to live until 25 years of age, at which point they’re given one extra year to keep for themselves or use as currency. Because in this story, time literally is money, as a cup of coffee costs four minutes, a bus ride costs two hours, and so on. The rich have the means to acquire hundreds of years to tack onto their lives, while the poor barely have enough time to struggle from day to day.

In Time focuses on one of the 99 percent: Will Salas (Justin Timberlake), whose life is turned upside down after a disillusioned millionaire (Matt Bomer) transfers a full century to him. Amanda Seyfried co–stars as the rich kid who joins Will on the lam, Cillian Murphy plays the Timekeeper (aka lawman) who’s in hot pursuit, and writer–director Andrew Niccol (Gattaca) is the one who deserves credit for crafting this heady mix of science fiction and social commentary.

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Johnny Depp has long worshipped at the altar of Hunter S. Thompson, so perhaps it’s this idolatry that prevents him from acknowledging that The Rum Diary, an adaptation of a 1959 Thompson novel that wasn’t even discovered until 1998 (reportedly by Depp himself), is a crushing mediocrity. As he did in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the actor again plays a fictionalized version of the influential journalist – here, he’s pre–gonzo Paul Kemp, a mild–mannered writer whose stint at a struggling American newspaper in Puerto Rico allows him to eventually discover his fire, his passion, and his desire to stick it to the “bastards.”

Unfortunately, fire and passion are just two of the elements missing from this arid, disjointed effort, which isn’t presented as a shaggy–dog story so much as a flea–bitten one. Kemp’s interactions with a cheery capitalist (Aaron Eckhart) and his beauteous fiancee (Amber Heard) are rarely believable, while Giovanni Ribisi delivers one of his typically twitchy – and typically awful – turns as one of Kemp’s confidantes.

Ribisi’s histrionics aside, The Rum Diary is unbearably sedate –– a Prozac picture when a touch of reefer madness would have helped.

The Three Musketeers

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Break out those No. 2 pencils, cuz it’s time for a pop quiz. Which line of dialogue is not spoken in the latest screen adaptation of The Three Musketeers?

A) “What would you like me to put on your headstone? ‘Little shit’?”

B) “Your horse took a dump on the street.”

C) “Find my sword. It’s the one that says ‘Bad Mother#$%^er’ on it.”

The correct answer is C, although given the other liberties taken with Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel, nothing included here would have surprised me. Now, I’m hardly a stickler for movies remaining faithful to their source material, as long as they retain the initial spirit while simultaneously succeeding as their own piece of entertainment.

But this Musketeers is a travesty, even worse than the dopey ‘90s version that thought nothing of casting

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Johnny English Reborn

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Ultimately, what’s there to say about a star–studded movie in which Orlando Bloom (as the dashing, devious Duke of Buckingham) delivers the best performance?

Clearly, Anderson and his scripters felt like simple swashbuckling antics would be boring to modern audiences, so in addition to Milady’s reincarnation as Lara Croft, a couple of airships – yes, airships in the 17th century – have been added to the narrative. The film’s conclusion sets up a sequel, so if it indeed gets made, I expect the Orient Express and at least one Aston Martin to figure in the action.

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Charlie Sheen as Aramis and Chris O’Donnell as D’Artagnan. Perhaps not since Robert Duvall danced around a campfire with a dead deer balanced on his head in 1995’s misguided take on The Scarlet Letter has a film so savagely violated a literary chestnut.

Director–producer Paul W.S. Anderson is best known for those Resident Evil movies starring his real–life wife Milla Jovovich, so it’s hardly unexpected that he stages this as a slick video–game adaptation, complete with an excess of CGI and a fondness for those slo–mo Matrix– style action sequences that wore out their welcome somewhere around the time Kelly Clarkson was winning the first American Idol championship.

Jovovich, in fact, is showcased in many of these interludes, as her Milady de Winter, heretofore only known for scheming and blackmailing behind the scenes, has been transformed into a kick–ass warrior, even dashing Indiana Jones–like down a hall that’s shooting deadly weapons from both sides. Yet at least she possesses a smidgen of pizzazz; that’s a far cry from dull Logan Lerman, whose demographic–friendly casting – he’s a young American who’s cast adrift in a sea of European actors – in the central role of D’Artagnan makes me wonder why they didn’t go ahead and cast Justin Bieber or a Jonas brother in the part. Faring even worse is newcomer Gabriella Wilde as his love interest – her line readings prove to be even less animated than those of

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recommendation. Johnny English Reborn doesn’t earn the same measure of respect, but it does contain almost enough laughs to make it worth the ticket price. Falling a tad short, I would suggest adding it to the Netflix queue instead.

As before, Atkinson plays the British agent who sees himself as James Bond but instead comes across as a Limey version of Inspector Clouseau. The comedian has surrounded himself with good actors (Rosamund Pike, Dominic West and, for those wondering whatever became of The X–Files’ Agent Scully, Gillian Anderson), but they’re not funny actors, thereby robbing Atkinson of a crucial support system.

In the 2003 original, English’s sidekick was humorously played by Ben Miller and his nemesis was hilariously played by John Malkovich; here, Atkinson is the whole show.

The Ides of March

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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Clooney, not to praise him. It’s not that I love Clooney less, but that I love good movies more.

And for huge chunks at a time, The Ides of March is a good movie. What’s more, director–producer–cowriter– star George Clooney is not only a fine filmmaker but also a fine American, espousing the progressive ideals that, when adopted by those in charge, help make this country great. These ideals are regurgitated in this slick motion picture (adapted from Beau Willimon’s play Farragut North, with the playwright sharing script credit with Clooney and Grant Heslov), with the suave leading man using his

charisma to punch across the character of Governor Mike Morris, a presidential aspirant locked in a heated battle with another Democrat for the party’s nomination.

His press secretary, Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling), believes in him and works hand in hand with campaign manager Paul Zara (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to insure victory. Stephen is ambitious and intelligent, so it’s no surprise that the opponent’s campaign manager (Paul Giamatti) tries to lure him to their side, that a New York Times reporter (Marisa Tomei) turns to him for insider info, and that a cute intern (Evan Rachel Wood) climbs into bed with him.

But Stephen gets blindsided by dirty politics – literally – and is further stunned to discover a secret that could derail the whole campaign.

This is basically Gosling’s movie, which is a good thing since Clooney’s character largely just shows up to deliver speeches that reflect the actor’s real–life liberal leanings. It’s not that I disagree with what’s being spoken, but there are more inventive ways for a film to lay out its agenda without resorting to ham–fisted proselytizing (see: Bulworth; Bob Roberts). Yet ultimately, the movie’s simplistic view of the political landscape is no worse than the melodramatic turn it takes late in the game.

Still, despite its faults, there’s much to take away from this piece, starting with the superlative performances by old pros Giamatti and Hoffman and the still–rising Wood. And when Clooney the director manages to keep Clooney the actor away from the podium, there are some juicy exchanges and pointed one–liners flying between the other cast members.

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If you would like to make a difference in the lives of inner city children, consider being a member of the Urban Hope board. Plan and organize fundraisers and events for the children at Urban Hope. Call or email for more information: 912-398-9811 or urbanhopesav@aol.com or visit www.urbanhopesavannah.org.

Benefits A Gracious Christmas

First Presbyterian sponsors a holiday entertaining/decorating extravaganza benefiting women’s charities. Dec. 1, 9:30am-1pm. Keynote: Kimberly Kennedy, author of “The Art and Craft of Entertaining” and lifestyle contributor on CBS’s “The Early Show.” Luncheon and demos by chefs and caterers Trish McLeod and Steven McInerney, floral designer Holley Jaakkola, interior designer Adrian Robinson and gardening expert Jennifer Melear. First Presbyterian Church/Savannah, 520 Washington Ave. Tickets: $45 @ savannahfpc.org or 912-354-7615.

Savannah’s Original Piercing Studio - Since 1994

Angel Tree: Holiday Gifts for Savannah Children who are Homeless

Adopt the holiday gift wish list of a local family or child who is homeless, through Union Mission’s Angel Tree. Or, contribute an unwrapped new gift or a financial donation. Deliver to Union Mission, 120 Fahm St., before Dec. 15.

(912) 236-7423.

Benefit Run: Flying Fortress 5K

Sat. Nov. 12, 8:30am. The second annual run benefits the restoration of the historic B-17 airplane, the “City of Savannah” at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. Fee: $20-$30.

Register at www.fleetfeetsavannah.com/flyingfortress-5k.

Donate Blood in November--Win Free Groceries

The Blood Alliance, and Piggly Wiggly, are offering one lucky blood donor a chance to win a free three minute grocery grab at the Pooler Piggly Wiggly (1042 W. Hwy 80, Pooler, GA 31322) on November 22, 2011. Donate blood at any Blood Alliance mobile blood drive from Nov 1-18, or at the “last chance to enter the grocery grab” blood drive on Saturday, November 19, at the Pooler Piggly Wiggly, from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. One winner will be drawn and notified on Monday, November 21, 2011. To make an appointment to donate visit www.igiveblood. com, or call The Blood Alliance at: 888-99-TBA HERO (888.998.2243).

Food Bank donations = Discounts at Fleet Feet Sports

Bring cans of food for America’s Second Harvest to Fleet Feet Sports and receive a discount on your entire purchase through December 3.

Donate 5 cans of food for 10% off or 10+ cans of food for 20% off. Fleet Feet Sports: 3405 Waters Ave. www.fleetfeetsavannah.com or call 912-355-3527.

Gobble, Gobble at the Grill

North Beach Bar and Grill 33 Meddin Dr. on Tybee Island, is holding a bountiful buffet to benefit America’s Second Harvest Food Bank. $15 per person. Sunday, Nov. 20. 12-3pm. Live entertainment and raffles. For information call 706-338-9377

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.

Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week

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vannah volunteers are filling empty shoe boxes with school supplies, toys, hygiene items and notes of encouragement for children overseas.

Local activity coordinated by Lifebridge Church, 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Call 912-224-4597 or visit samaritanspurse.org.

Purchase Phone Cards for Deployed Soldiers

The Coastal Bank, is raising funds through Nov. 23 for the USO’s Operation Phone Home, which provides pre-paid phone cards to deployed military personnel to call loved ones while away from their families this holiday season. A $5 donation with a personalized message will provide a soldier with a phone card to call home. Cards will be given to deployed members of the U.S. military in December. Donate at www.phonehomesav.com or at any Coastal Bank branch.

St. Jude Give Thanks 5k Walk

Non-competitive fundraising 5k benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Sat. Nov. 19. Daffin Park, Savannah. Check in 7am, walk starts at 9am. One of 80 walks across the US. www.givethankswalk.org. Contact Jasmine E. Boyd, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Jasmine.Boyd@stjude.org, (770)906-3438.

Text for Turkeys-Benefit for America’s Second Harvest

Donate $10 via text message to America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia. Text HUNGRY to 50555 and $10 will be donated to the food bank via your mobile phone bill. Details on Text for Turkeys at www.helpendhunger.org

Call for Entries Auditions--Seeking 2 African American Males for Local Musical

The Savannah Community Theatre is looking for 2 African-American males between the ages of 35 and 70 for parts in their upcoming musical “Hands of the Spirit.” Show dates are December 10-11-12 in the Trustees Theatre.

Rehearsals are one day per week until the week of he show. Call 912-247-4644 for an audition appointment. Role descriptions: Reverend Crawford - An African-American minister.

Age 40-70. Kind and encouraging. Solo singing.

Deacon Samuel - African-American man, a church deacon and arrogant politician. Age 35 -60. Solo singing.

Call For Artwork--Telfair Trunk Show Artists and fine craftspeople wishing to be

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 considered for participation in the 2nd Annual Telfair Trunk Show during the Cool Yule event, contact Lisa Ocamp 912-790-8830 or ocampol@ telfair.org. Cool Yule will be held Saturday December 3 at the Jepson Center.

Casting Call

NY Production Company casting for Spring 2012 shoot. Film is period piece on a slave plantation. Need Young African American lead, White male lead, Mature female African American lead & Young African American female.

Please send head shots/resumes to twicebornfilm@gmail.com.

Exhibit Space & CD/Book Signing Venue

Free exhibit space for artists, writers or musicians for artwork, photography, or venue for book/CD signings in Midway, Georgia boutique.

Information: email: acc_ave@yahoo .com.

Accessory Avenue, 9754 East Oglethorpe Hwy, Midway, GA. http://www.a-avenue.biz/

Grant Applications Sought

The St. Thomas Thrift Store is accepting requests from area charities for grants to be awarded at the end of 2011. Grants generally range from $500 to $1500. Please contact Betty Ann Brooks at BettyAnn.Brooks@Yahoo. com for an application packet. The completed application and supporting documents must be submitted by November 15, 2011. Alternatively, a limited number of applications are available at the Thrift Store at 1126 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Grant Funds Available

The St. Thomas Thrift Store is accepting grant requests from area charities for grants to be awarded at the end of 2011. An application packet can be obtained by contacting Betty An Brooks at BettyAnn.Brooks@yahoo.com. Applications and supporting documents must be submitted by November 15, 2011.

Urban Hope’s 1st Annual Christmas Home Decoration Contest

Decorate your home for the holiday and enter the contest. Registration Dates: Nov. 25-Dec. 10. Registration fee: $25. Enter by calling 912398-9811, emailing urbanhopesav@aol.com, or online at www.urbanhopesavannah.org/event.

Classes, Camps & Workshops Adult Pottery Classes at Savannah’s Clay Spot Adult classes begin week of Oct 24 in Begin-

ning Wheel, Clay on and Off the Wheel, Dishes, Porcelain, Jewelry, and Holiday Themed Work.

Classes are 4, 5, or 8 weeks. Prices vary. Call for information 912-509-4647, or go to www. savannahsclayspot.com. Savannah’s Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St.

Advanced Project Management Course

Based upon the internationally accepted standard in Project Management from The Project Management Institute. 9am-3:30pm, Oct. 21 & 29, and Nov. 11th & 19. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Best Practices in Initiation and Closing Projects; Success Planning for Your Project; Project Simulation for Success and Execution; Best Practices in Project Control and Project Manager Professional Responsibility.

Toll free registration. 1.855.478.5551 (tollfree $1300 in advanced; $1400 on-site. ceps. georgiasouthern.edu/conted/projectmanagement.html

Art,-Music, Piano and Voice-coaching

For all age groups, beginners through advanced, classic, modern, jazz improvisation and theory. Serious inquiries only. 961-7021 or 667-1056.

Beading Classes

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. Bead Dreamer Studio, Savannah http://www.beaddreamer.com/

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 912349-4582 or visit http://www.ctcsavannah.com/

Class: Credit Report and Scores

Mon. Nov. 14 from 6-7:30pm. How to pull and read your credit report, disputing errors on your report. How your credit score is calculated.

How to improve your credit score. Based on the FDIC Money Smart program, Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Call 912-691-2227 or email your name and phone number to cccs@cccssav.com. http://www. stepupsavannah.org/

Creative Photography

Photography principles, aperture and shutter combinations, bracketing and composition.

You’ll need a DSLRcamera, changeable lenses, and a tripod, and you must be able to write files to aUSB drive for critiques. Instructor: Paula Williamson. Tues. & Thurs. Nov. 1, 8 and 15,

6:30-8:30pm at the Coastal Georgia Center.

Sats, Nov. 5 and 12, 8:30-10:30am in the field. $100. Call for info: 912-644-5967 or jfogarty@ georgiasouthern.com. Register at: ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/

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 for the first time or teenage drivers who already received a license.

The group meets once a month and the cost is $30.00. For more info: 912-443-0410.

Fall Ballet and Dance Classes

The Ballet School has a full fall schedule of classes for children and adults including Ballet, Modern Dance, Barre/Body Sculpting, Pre-professional, and Zumba. Artistic director: Heidi M. Carter. Information: The Ballet School, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn Ext., Ste 8.

912-925-0903 or www.theballetschoolsav.com.

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.

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. Savannah

Feldenkrais Classes

Meets at various locations in the Savannah area. Contact Elaine Alexander, GCFP. Information: 912-223-7049

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, ensemble playing, technique, and rhythm drills, by teacher Tim Daniel (BS in Music). 912- 897-9559. $20 per week.

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Asbury Memorial Theatre | 1008 East Henry Street | (912) 233-3595 Nov. 4, 5, 11, 12, 13 - 8:00 PM | Nov. 6, 13 - 3:00 PM Tickets - $10.00 | General Admission | www.asburymemorial.org/theatre

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Guitar, mandolin and bass lessons

Guitar, mandolin or bass guitar lessons. emphasis on theory, reading music and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. 912232-5987

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: 912232-4232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com

Learn Russian

Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call 912-7132718 for more information. This is a new instructor and contact information, effective Nov. 1.

Learn to Speak Spanish

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

Oil Painting Techniques workshop

A three-day workshop exploring a renaissance painting technique, devoting one day to a perfect drawing, one day to a complete underpainting and a final day to fuller color palette. All levels, from beginners to advanced painters welcome.Fridays Nov. 4, 11, and 18.

10am-4:30pm. $195.00/student. Instructor: Carl Fougerousse. Email for information: cgfougerousse@yahoo.com.

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

Pet and People Portraits

Painted in oils or pastel by fine artist Karen Bradley. Call to commission. 912-507-7138

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.

Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group

Ms. Amy’s School of Music

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

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--Multiple Instruments

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.

New Horizons Adult Band Program

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Mindfulness Meditation Class

Instruction in mindfulness stress reduction meditation. Group practice with time for questions and comments. Wednesdays, 7:008:15pm. Yoga Co-op Savannah. 2424 Drayton St. $13/class (less with membership). www. yogacoopsavannah.com or 912-429-7264.

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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!

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.

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Guitar, Electric Bass & Double Bass Lessons

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.

Offering a variety of business classes. Call 652-3582. Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett Street , Savannah

Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes

Be bilingual. Call 272-4579. e-mail savannahlatina@yahoo.com or visit www.savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Savannah Learning Center, 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. , Savannah

Sewing Class & Designer’s Workspace

Beginner Sewing Course (5 weeks, 2.5 hours/ session) $550, and Refresher Sewing Course (5 weeks, 3hours/session) $440. Also offering private sewing workspace and shared

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eStAte & ANtique SAle Sunday November 13th at 1pm Preview Saturday, November 12th, from 11am-2pm & on Sunday, October 13th, from 11am-1pm visit bullstreetauctions.com

Bull Street Auctions

2819 Bull Street (behind Maggie’s Antiques) · 443-9353 Always accepting quality consignments Auction Co. License #AU-C002680

PSYCHO SUDOKU!

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“Kaidoku” Each of the 26 letters of the alphabet is represented in this grid by a number between 1 and 26. Using letter frequency, word-pattern recognition, and the numbers as your guides, fill in the grid with well-known English words (HINT: since a Q is always followed by a U, try hunting down the Q first). Only lowercase, unhyphenated words are allowed in kaidoku, so you won’t see anything like STOCKHOLM or LONG-LOST in here (but you might see AFGHAN, since it has an uncapitalized meaning, too). Now stop wasting my precious time and SOLVE!! psychosudoku@hotmail.com

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workspace for rent. 912-335-8106. Classes by Gentleman Jim. www.savsew.com Savannah Sewing Academy, 1917 Bull Street, Savannah.

(Across from Bull Street Library)next to Foxy Loxy

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 786-247-9923, anitraoperadiva@yahoo.com, www.anitraoperadiva.com

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Starfish Cafe Culinary Arts Training Program

This 14-week full-time program is designed to provide work training and employment opportunities in the food service industry, including food preparation, food safety and sanitation training, customer service training and job search and placement assistance. Call Ms. Musheerah Owens 912-234-0525 ext.1506 The Starfish Cafe, 711 East Broad Street , Savannah http://www. thestarfishcafe.org/

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1 Poet Sylvia 6 Ultrafast plane, once 9 Senators and representatives, for short 13 Studly 14 Number cruncher 15 “Who Can It ___?” (Men at Work song) 16 Charlie who has tiger blood, apparently 17 Gas station “product” 18 Wombs 19 Band with the 1998 hit “Circles” 22 With 29-across, movie whose soundtrack contains “Stayin’ Alive” 25 Hangman’s loops 26 Actress Maria Conchita ___ 27 Refine flour 28 Victory run, maybe 29 See 22-across 35 Seacrest show, for short 37 Great Leap Forward promoter 38 Former Polish leader Walesa 39 With 51-across, 2000 solo album by Rush’s Geddy Lee 43 86,400 seconds 44 Narrative 45 Delight in cruelty 48 Witnessed 51 See 39-across 53 Travis Barker opening lyric before “lay low and stay breezy” 55 Actor Lash of early westerns 56 It’s north of Afr. 57 “Who’s there?” response 61 Secluded spots 62 Big buffoon 63 Firming shot 64 Otherwise 65 555-55-5555, e.g.

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3 Card “in the hole” 4 Centerpiece of some kids’ science models 5 Accolades 6 La ___ (Italian opera house) 7 With a kick 8 Poi base 9 Upscale place where Fido stays while his owner’s on vacation 10 “___ the loneliest number...”

11 “SNL” producer Michaels 12 Quick drinks out of the bottle 15 “Get out of here!”

20 Japanese noodles 21 Foot, fathom or farad 22 Late Iraqi politician Ezzedine (MAILS anagram) 23 “Three Times ___” 24 On ___ the world 27 Serving of 44 ml 30 Hungarian statesman Nagy 31 Moo goo ___ pan 32 Like some Hinduism 33 Online currency of sorts 34 Tears for fears, for example 36 When summer begins 40 Algebraic figures 41 Automotive pioneer Ransom 42 Morales of “La Bamba” 46 Wings it 47 He played Bond between Moore and Brosnan 48 Hogwash 49 “You can’t win ___” 50 Long-eared hoppers 51 Really big bras 52 “Jackass” alum McGhehey 54 Lapsang souchong, et al.

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Clubs & Organizations 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

Buccaneer Region SCCA

is the local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America. It hosts 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/solo.html.

Coastal MINIs

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. Visit coastalminis.com. Starbucks, Victory Drive and Skidaway Road , Savannah

Energy Healers

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/

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.

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

Honor Flight Savannah

A non-profit organization dedicated to sending our area World War II veterans to Washing-

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Well-woman exams - Family planning - Cancer screenings HIV testing - Emergency contraception Someone you know needs Planned Parenthood 912-351-0116 plannedparenthood.org/ppse

Savannah’s Premier Couples Store

register at any Sunset Novelties Store, Temptations, or at Low Country Customs*

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ton 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. For more info: www. honorflightsavannah.org

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.

Our website is https://sites.google.com/site/ islandsmops/

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

Every Wed. 5:00PM at My House Consignments & More, 206 W. Broughton St. No fees. Wanna learn? We love to show what we know. Many different levels get together in the store. Talk, knit, share have fun!

Call 912-236-4111

Low Country Turners

This is a club for wood-turning enthusiasts.

Contact Steve Cook, 912-313-2230.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m.

Call 786-4508. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. , 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/

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Join other moms for fun, inspiration, guest speakers, food and creative activities while children ages birth to 5 are cared for in a preschool-like setting. Meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 9:15-11:30 am Call 898-0869 and 897-6167 or visit www. mops.org. First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd , Savannah http:// www.fbcislands.com/

Old Time Radio Researcher’s 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.

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

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.

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

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 308-2094, email kasak@ comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

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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

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 visit www. savannahadventureclub.com

Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers

Everyone that loves to sing is invited to join with the Savannah Sacred Harp Singers Sat. Sept. 10, 1pm. 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. Information: 912655-0994 or visit savannahsacredharp.com.

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, and an artistic community full of diverse and creative people from all ages, mediums, and skill levels. Please call 912-232-7731 for more info.

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. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. , Savannah

Savannah Browns Backers

This is an official fan club recognized by the Cleveland Browns NFL football team. Meet with Browns fans to watch the football games and support your favorite team Sundays at game time at Tubby’s Tank House in Thunderbolt.

The group holds raffles and trips and is looking into having tailgate parties in the future.

Call Kathy Dust at 373-5571 or send e-mail to KMDUST4@hotmail.com or Dave Armstrong at Darmst0817@comcast.net or 925-4709. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr , Thunderbolt

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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.

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 is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Guardian Angels

Come meet the Local Chapter of the Guardian Angels on the 1st Monday of every month from 7pm-9pm at Elite Martial Arts in Pooler,GA. Free snacks and drinks and info on the Guardian Angels. For more info:www.SavannahGuardianAngels.com

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 Jaycee Building, Savannah

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

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.

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the First City Club. 32 Bull St , Savannah 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. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah

Savannah Writers Group

meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm at Books a Million 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. 8108 Abercorn St , 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

Son-shine Hour

Meets at the Savannah Mall at the Soft Play Mondays from 11-12 and Thursdays from 1011. 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 912-9253940 or email KellyBringman@gmail.com Savannah Mall,

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 www.southernwingz.com

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

Tarde en Espanol

Meets the last Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm in different locations to practice spoken Spanish in a casual environment. 236-8566.

The 13th Colony Patriots

A Tea Party group that meets the 13th of each month at Logan’s Road House at 6pm.

11301 Abercorn St. Open to the public.

Dedicated to the preservation of the United States Constitution and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans. www.13thcolonypatriots.com or call 912-5965267.

The Peacock Guild

A literary society for bibliophiles and writers.

Monthly meetings for the Writer’s Salon are held on first Tuesday and the Book Club meets on the third Tuesday. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. at meet at 207 E. Charlton St (Flannery O’Connor’s Childhood Home). Call 233-6014, facebook Peacock Guild or email peacockguild@googlegroups.com for more info.

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.

Victorian Neighborhood Association

Meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month, at the American Legion Hall located at 1108 Bull Street. For more info visit the VNA website at: vna.club.officelive.com

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 927-3356. 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.

Conferences Workshop: Faster, Smarter Estimating for Construction Contractors

The first in a series of estimating training sessions. Small to medium sized contractors learn to conduct accurate estimating in-house, utilizing affordable software programs and improving profit margins. Wed. Nov. 16, 11am-1pm at Creative Coast, 15 W. York St. Sponsored by Chatham County MWBE Program and Broadlands Financial Group, LLC. Register by Phone: (912) 652-7860 or via email: alriley@chathamcounty.org Free and open to the public, registration required. http://purchasing.chathamcounty.org/MWBE. aspx

Workshop: The Art of Communication

How to Present, Persuade, & Powerfully Deliver. Thurs., Nov. 17, 5:30-9pm. at Thinc Savannah, 35 Barnard St. Part of the Mastery Series, an innovative program to sharpen your communication skills. In this workshop we will cover 50 Mastery Communication Principles, Skills, and Techniques, guaranteed to improve your ability to communicate, persuade, and publicly speak. Fee: $89. http://hasanix.com/communication-seminar/

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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 912-631-3452 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.

Adult Dance and Fitness Classes

Revised Fall Schedule at The Ballet School, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn. Beginner & Intermediate Ballet, Modern Dance, Barre Fusion, BarreCore Body Sculpt, and Gentle Stretch & Tone. No experience necessary for beginner ballet, barre, or stretch/tone.

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 ,

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The Philo Cafe

A weekly discussion group that meets from 7:30pm-9pm at Books-A-Million, 8108 Abercorn St., 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.

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ARIES

March 21–April 19 The title of this week’s movie is “Uproar of Love,” starring the Fantasy Kid and The Most Feeling Machine In The World. It blends romance and science fiction, with overtones of espionage and undertones of revolution for the hell of it.

Comic touches will slip in at unexpected moments. When you’re not up to your jowls in archetypes, you might be able to muster the clarity to gorge yourself on the earthly delights that are spread from here to the edge of the abyss.

TAURUS

April 20–May 20 How’s your relationship with your muse? Don’t tell me that you’re not an artist so you don’t have a muse. Even garbage collectors need muses. Even farmers.

Even politicians. All of us need to be in touch with a mysterious, tantalizing source of inspiration that teases our sense of wonder and goads us on to life’s next adventures. So I ask you again: What have you and your muse been up to lately? I say it’s high time for you to infuse your connection with a dose of raw mojo. And if for some sad reason you don’t have a muse, I urge you to go out in quest of new candidates. (P.S. A muse isn’t necessarily a person; he or she might also be an animal, an ancestor, a spirit, or a hero.)

GEMINI

May 21–June 20 Funky pagan scientists at Zen State University have found that the regular consumption of Free Will Astrology can be effective in smoothing unsightly wrinkles on your attitude, scouring away stains on your courage, and disposing of old garbage stuck to your karma.

They’ve also gathered testimony from people who claim to have experienced spontaneous healings of nagging ailments and chronic suffering while under the influence of these oracles. If I were you, I’d try to take advantage of such benefits right now. You could really use some healing. Luckily, it looks like there’ll be an array of other curative options available to you as well. Be aggressive about seeking them out.

CANCER

June 21–July 22 Given the lush and exotic astrological factors now coming to bear on your destiny, and due to the

possibility that something resembling actual magic may soon make an appearance, I am taking a leap of faith with this week’s horoscope. Are you game? There is a hypothetical scene described by the English poet Samuel Coleridge (1772–1834) that would normally be too outlandish to take seriously, but I suspect it’s a possible match for your upcoming adventures.

“What if you slept,” he wrote, “and what if in your sleep you dreamed, and what if in your dream you went to heaven and there you plucked a strange and beautiful flower, and what if when you awoke you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?”

LEO

July 23–Aug. 22 I was musing on how slow I am to learn the lessons I need to master — how hard it can be to see the obvious secrets that are right in front of me. But I felt better after I came across the logo for the Jung Institute in San Francisco, which is dedicated to the study of psychology and psychotherapy.

The symbol that it has chosen to embody its ruling spirit consists of four snails creeping their way around a center point — a witty acknowledgment of the plodding nature of the human psyche. I bring this to your attention, Leo, because it’s important for you to give yourself credit for how much you’ve grown since the old days — even if your progress seems intolerably gradual.

VIRGO

Aug. 23–Sept. 22 It will be a good week to have nice long talks with yourself — the more, the better. The different sub–personalities that dwell within you need to engage in vigorous dialogues that will get all their various viewpoints out in the open.

I even recommend coaxing some of those inner voices to manifest themselves outside the confines of your own head — you know, by speaking out loud. If you feel inhibited about giving them full expression where they might be overheard by people, find a private place that will allow them to feel free to be themselves.

LIBRA

Sept. 23–Oct. 22 During the reign of President George W. Bush, many Americans viewed France as being insufficiently sympathetic with American military might. So enraged were

some conservatives that they tried to change the name of French fries to freedom fries and French toast to freedom toast. The culminating moment in this surrealistic exercise came when Bush told UK’s Prime Minister Tony Blair, “The French don’t even have a word for entrepreneur” — unaware that “entrepreneur” is a word the English language borrowed from the French. The moral of the story, as far as you’re concerned, Libra: Make sure you know the origins of everyone and everything you engage with, especially as they affect your ability to benefit from entrepreneurial influences.

SCORPIO

Oct. 23–Nov. 21 The Cunnilinguistic Dicktionary defines the newly coined word “mutinyversal” as “rebellion against the whole universe.” I think it would be an excellent time for you to engage in a playful, vivacious version of that approach to life. This is one of those rare times when you have so many unique gifts to offer and so many invigorating insights to unleash, that you really should act as if you are mostly right and everyone else is at least half–wrong. Just one caution: As you embark on your crusade to make the world over in your image, do it with as much humility and compassion as you can muster.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22–Dec. 21

In Mongolia there’s a famous fossil of two dinosaurs locked in mortal combat. Forever frozen in time, a Velociraptor is clawing a Protoceratops, which in turn is biting its enemy’s arm. They’ve been holding that pose now for, oh, 80 million years or so. I’m shoving this image in your face, Sagittarius, so as to dare you and encourage you to withdraw from your old feuds and disputes. It’s a perfect time, astrologically speaking, to give up any struggle that’s not going to matter 80 million years from now. (More info: tinyurl. com/DinosaurFight.)

CAPRICORN Dec. 22–Jan. 19

“In your experience, who is the best–smelling actor that you’ve worked with?” TV host Jon Stewart asked his guest Tom Hanks. “Kevin Bacon,” replied Hanks. Why? Not because of the bacon–as–a– delicious–food angle, although that would be funny. “He smells

like a mix of baby powder and Listerine,” Hanks said. Keep this perspective in mind, Capricorn. I think you should be engaged in a great ongoing quest to put yourself in situations with pleasing aromas.

I mean this in both the metaphorical and literal sense. To set yourself up for meaningful experiences that provide you with exactly what you need, follow your nose.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20–Feb. 18

According to my reading of the omens, Aquarius, you can finally take advantage of a long–standing invitation or opportunity that you have always felt unworthy of or unready for. Congratulations on being so doggedly persistent about ripening the immature parts of yourself. Now here’s an extra bonus: This breakthrough may in turn lead to you finding a lost piece to the puzzle of your identity.

PISCES

Feb. 19–March 20 My acquaintance Bob takes a variety of meds for his bipolar disorder. They work pretty well to keep him out of the troughs, but he misses the peaks. Last time he saw his psychiatrist he told her he wished he could stop taking the complicated brew of drugs and just take a happy pill every day.

The psychiatrist told him that if he ever found such a thing, she’d love to take it herself. Wouldn’t we all? I’m pleased to report that you are now very close to locating the next best thing to a happy pill, Pisces. It may require you to at least partially give up your addiction to one of your customary forms of suffering, though. Are you prepared to do that?

Lessons Sundays 1:30-3:30pm. Open to the public. Cost $3.00 per person. Wear closed toe leather soled shoes if available. For more information call 912-925-7416 or email savh_tango@ yahoo.com.

Doris Martin Dance Studio, 8511-h Ferguson Ave. ,

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

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.

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. Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Savannah

Ceili Club

Experience Irish Culture thru Irish social dancing. No partner or experience needed. Learn the basics of Irish Ceili dancing. 7176 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Mondays at 7:30 p.m. For more info email PrideofIrelandGA@gmail.com.

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. Nassau Woods Recreation Building, Savannah

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.

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.

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.

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 912-3984776. Nothing comes off but your shoes.

Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. ,

Salsa Lessons

Salsa Savannah offers beginner and intermediate salsa lessons on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at several locations. For more info, contact: salsasavannah@gmail.com, or call 8567323. www.salsasavannah.com

Salsa Savannah

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.

“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.

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.

Events Bike Ride along the Coastal Georgia Greenway

Enjoy coastal Georgia scenery on the Veteran’s Day 2-day ride. Bike round trip from St. Mary’s to Richmond Hill. Depart St. Mary’s Fri. Nov. 11, 7:30am. Return ride begins Sat. Nov. 12, 7:30am in Richmond Hill. One way riders welcome! Please contact 912-576-9696 if you are interested in taking part, for cost and other information.

Diesel Train Rides @ The Roundhouse

A guided tour on our passenger car and the history of the Central of Georgia Railroad and complex. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in Sept, Oct. & Nov. Fri/Sat rides at 11am,1pm, and 2pm. Sun. rides at 1pm and 2pm. Free with $10 regular adult admission. State Railroad Museum/The Roundhouse 601 W. Harris St. 912-651-6823 State Railroad Museum/The Roundhouse,

Geekend 2011

Savannah’s “annual gathering of the geek tribe” features keynoters Baratunde Thurston, Digital Director for “The Onion” and Vivian Rosenthal, CEO of GoldRun. Nov.10-12 at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Registration: $95/Early Bird (by Sept. 1) $165 General registration. Info: geek-end.com.

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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

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. For upcoming schedule visit: www.sentientbean.com

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Reel Savannah

Hosts screenings of critically acclaimed independent films from around the world at Victory Square Cinemas, 1901 E. Victory Dr. For schedule and more info, visit www.reelsavannah.org

Fitness Become a Yoga Teacher

Affordable and convenient Hatha Yoga Teacher Training held in Savannah Jan. - May, 2012 over 10 weekends. Early bird rates through Dec. 2nd.

Over 200 hours of experiential training with expert teachers in the fields of yoga as therapy, anatomy and yoga asanas (postures). YLearn Pilates-based core work to integrate into your classes. Call Daniele Britt (706) 461-1823 for more info. Or visit www.brittyogatherapy.com

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.

Belly Drills

This is 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.

Bellydancing for fun and fitness

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

Fertility Yoga

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.

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 , Savan-

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Holiday Stress Buster Yoga

Sat. Dec. 3, 1-3 pm at Savannah Power Yoga. $20 / $25 day of session. Register: http://www. savannahpoweryoga.com/ Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Rd

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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. The cost is $14 per class. Multi-class discounts are available.

Walk-ins welcome. Call 232-2994 or visit www. savannahyoga.com. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. , Savannah http://www.savannahyoga.com/

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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, 310 E. 41st St , http://savannahpilates. com/

Pregancy Yoga

Ongoing series of 8-week sessions are held on Tuesday evenings from 6-7:15 PM at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Pre-natal yoga helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor & delivery. Cost is $100 for 8 weeks. Call Ann Carroll at 912-704-7650 e-mail ann@ aikyayoga.com.

Pregnancy Yoga

Ongoing series of six week sessions of Pregnancy Yoga. Thursdays 6-7:15pm at offices located at 100 Riverview Dr., off of Islands Expressway. Helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor & delivery. Instructor: Ann Carroll, RYT 500. $100 for the 6 week session.

Ann: 912-704-7650 or e-mail carroll3620@ bellsouth.net.

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For posture, chronic pain and alignment of body/mind/spirit. Jeannie Kelley, LMT, certified advanced Rolf practitioner. www.islandsomatherapy.com, 843-422-2900. Island Somatherapy, 127 Abercorn Street , Savannah

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East Coast Paddleboarding offers paddleboard lessons, rentals, tours and sales. Come see

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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 , Savannah

Yoga for Cancer Patients

Free of charge for people with cancer. Learn to increase your strength and flexibility and improve your overall well-being. Tuesdays, 6.30 p.m. Thursdays,12:10 p.m. FitnessOne, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine, Memorial University Medical Center. Information and registration, call Katy Keyes at 912-350-9031.

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.

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Mondays at 7:15-8:15. Located at The Ballet school, studio B, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn. $7 per class or $60 for 10 classes.

Contact April for more info. 912-306-5598.

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. 307 E Harris St , Savannah

Gay AA Meeting

meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 311 E. Macon St. Savannah

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The local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912-547-6263.

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Meets second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Without the GLBT community, there wouldn’t be a need for Pride. Call 912-288-7863 or email heather@savpride.com. First City Network, Savannah http://www.firstcitynetwork.net/

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. First City Network, Savannah http://www. firstcitynetwork.net/ cs

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