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Savannah Harbor Foundation Boat Parade of Lights

What: General Oglethorpe addresses the crowd and officiates the tree lighting. A parade of decorated yachts on their cruise of the Savannah River follows. Fireworks. When: Sat. Nov. 26, 5-9 p.m. Where: Westin Savannah, 1 Resort Dr, Hutchinson Island Cost: Free & open to public 12 pOLITICS: lIFE IN THE

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Wednesday Film: D’ Wild Wild Weng (1982, Philippines)

What: Psychotronic Film Society pres-

ents Filipino action star Weng Weng in a martial-arts filled comic Western.

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

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

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Thursday United Way Turkey Trot 5k/Kids K/10k

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What: Approximately 1,000 experienced runners and amateur weekend athletes will take in Daffin Park and enjoy a fun, fast 5K Run/Walk, Kids K and Diaper Dash.

When: Nov. 24, 8 a.m.

Where: Daffin Park, E. Victory Drive Cost: Info: 912-651-7706. www.uwce.org/

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Savannah Holly Days Tree Lighting Festivities

What: A visit from Santa Claus & live music from 4–6pm. Tree lighting from 6-6:30pm. Holiday films: “Shrek the Halls” at 6:45pm and “A Christmas Story” at 7:30pm.

When: Fri. Nov. 25, 4-9 p.m.

Where: Ellis Square, Barnard & Congress Streets Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: www.savannahhollydays.com/

Music: The WannaBeatles

WHAT: A Nashville foursome that wish they were The Fab Four.

When: Fri. Nov. 25, 7 p.m.

Where: Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Dr., Cost: $20/adult, $12/children.

Info: www.etix.com/

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Saturday The Nutcracker in Savannah

What: Savannah Danse Theatre resets the Christmas ballet classic set in 1945 Savannah.

When: Sat. Nov. 26 Where: Lucas Theater for the Arts, 32

Friday An Early 19th Century Holiday at the Davenport House

What: View an authentic early 19th century holiday season in Savannah at this historic house museum. Tours on weekdays and Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Sundays: 1 to 4 p.m.

When: Fri. Nov. 25, Sat. Nov. 26, Sun. Nov. 27, Mon. Nov. 28, Tue. Nov. 29, Wed. Nov. 30 Where: Davenport House Museum, 324 E. State St. Cost: $8/gen. adm., $5 ages 6 to 17, under Info: 912-236-8097. www.davenporthousemuseum.org/

Abercorn St. Cost: $12/2pm show. $15-$35 /7:30 show.

Info: 912-525-5050. www.lucastheatre. com/

Wilderness Southeast Excursion: Blackwater Paddle

What: After basic canoeing instruction, paddle downstream past stately tupelo and ancient cypress. View the beginning of fall colors and turtles, herons, and kingfishers. Fee includes canoe, paddle, and basic instruction.

When: Sat. Nov. 26, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Where: Meet in Rincon, Georgia Cost: $50 Info: 912-236-8115 . www.wildernesssoutheast.org/

Forsyth Farmers Market

What: Saturday produce and fresh food market weekly through Dec. 17.

When: Sat. Nov. 26, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

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

Dunham Farms Holiday Festival of Lights & Music

What: Festive holiday food, music and events --hay wagon rides, face painting and crafts for the kids, a candlelight lute concert, jazz by Ben Tucker and Kim Polote, wine, caroling and a visit from Santa. Discounts for seniors, students with ID and military. Additional charge for wagon rides.

When: Sat. Nov. 26, 2 p.m.-9 p.m.

Where: Dunham Farms, 5836 Islands Hwy., Midway Cost: $10/adults, $6 age 5-17 Info: 912-880-4500. www.dunhamfarms. com/

Columbia City Ballet’s “Nutcracker”

With Regina Willoughby as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Columbia City Ballet’s Nutcracker arrives at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Nov. 26

What: Artistic Director William Starrett’s production with a cast of more than 100 dancers, new costumes and special effects.

When: Sat. Nov. 26, 5:30 p.m.

Where: Savannah Civic Center/Johnny Mercer Theater, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Cost: $20-$42 Info: 912-651-6556 . www.savannahcivic. com/

Sunday Fort Pulaski Field Day

What: Commemorating the Grand Thanksgiving Fete and Festival of 1862, a field day offered by the 48th New York Infantry to celebrate their first Thanksgiving in Fort Pulaski.

Foot races, sack races, and wheelbarrow races. Guided tours of the fort and historic weapons demonstrations, and a “burlesque dress parade” of period clothing.

When: Sun. Nov. 27, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Where: Fort Pulaski National Monument, U.S. Hwy 80, 15 miles east of Savannah., On the way to Tybee Island Cost: $5 park admission, Free for 15 and under Info: 912-786-5787. www.nps.gov/ fopu

Theater: There’s a Bomb on Trolley 409!

What: Dinner theatre production featuring Paula Deen’s southern cuisine and a tour de farce about the worst trolley tour in Savannah.

When: Sun. Nov. 27, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Where: Lady and Sons Restaurant, 102 W. Congress St. Cost: $23.08 for dinner. $18 for show.

Info: 913-659-4383 . hardheartedhannahsplayhouse.com/

Music: Lady Antebellum

What: The six-time Grammy and

three time Country Music Awards winning group. With Josh Kelley and Eden’s Edge.

When: Sun. Nov. 27, 7:30 p.m.

Where: M.L. King Jr. Arena/Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Cost: $37.50-$64.50 Info: www.etix.com/

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Monday Odd Lot Comedy Troupe: HollywODD

What: Savannah’s homegrown improv group is at it again.

When: Mon. Nov. 28, 8 p.m.

Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $5 or what you can afford Info: musesavannah.org/

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Tuesday Coffee and Conversation 2.0

What: No-agenda conversation/ networking for people who don’t like doing the happy hour thing or have

Richmond Hill Farmers’ Market

What: Home-grown, home-made goodness.

When: Tue. Nov. 29, 4 p.m.-8 p.m.

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

Music at City Church Savannah

What: Bands: Norma Jean, Oh Sleeper, Close Your Eyes, Lower than Atlantis, Stray from the Path, others.

When: Tue. Nov. 29, 5:30 p.m.

Where: City Church Savannah, 125 MLKing Jr. Blvd.

Cost: $13/advance, $15/door.

Savannah Wind Symphony Fall Concert

What: Alfred Reed’s Russian Christmas Music, Hector Berlioz’s Beatrice and Benedict overture, Walter Piston’s Tunbridge Fair intermezzo, and John Philip Sousa’s Fairest of the Fair March.

When: Tue. Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Armstrong Atlantic State Univ.

Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn Cost: $14/Gen Adm. Sr/Milit./child discounts Info: www.armstrong.edu/

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Wednesday Eggs & Issues Legislative Breakfast

What: Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce’s Governmental Affairs Council sponsors this annual breakfast. Featured guests will be the Chatham County Legislative Delegation.

The Chamber will present its 2011 State Legislative Agenda. Register

by November 25.

When: Wed. Nov. 30, 8 a.m.

Where: Hyatt Regency Savannah, 2 West Bay St., Cost: $25 members and $35 nonmembers.

Info: www.SavannahChamber.com/

Lecture: ‘Not Your Father’s Medicare’

What: Rescheduled from earlier this month. Joey Crosby and Rod McAdams, associate professors of health sciences at Armstrong, on “Not Your Father’s Medicare: The Future of the Social Safety Net for Older Adults and the Disabed.”

When: Wed. Nov. 30, 12 p.m.

Where: Armstrong’s Student Union Ogeechee Theater, 11935 Abercorn Street, Cost: Free and open to the public

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When: Tue. Nov. 29, 8 a.m.

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

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With the swarming proliferation of big box stores, shoddy subdivisions, and distribution warehouses, it’s easy to forget that Chatham County was mostly rural not so very long ago.

Indeed, some portions, such as off Highway 17 near the Bryan County line, were mostly rural only a few years ago, before the development that overwhelmed West Chatham at the turn of the 21st century.

Nestled on 11 acres of largely undeveloped land somewhere between the Super Walmart, the giant Berwick subdivision, and the UGA Bamboo Farm, Gratitude Gardens is one of the few remaining private large–ish tracts of land in the county still bearing the fruit of the land.

For owners Susan and Joe Giddens, Gratitude Gardens is as much a state of mind as a parcel of land. Our Jessica Leigh Lebos writes all about it in her “Civil Society Column” on page 8.

I don’t want to steal Jessica’s thunder, so by all means check out her piece to discover the great things Sue and Joe and family are doing down on the farm. But as I was shooting photos for the piece, I was struck by a few things.

Despite the patches of sandy soil, Chatham County has hosted all kinds of

agriculture over the years, from rice plantations to subsistence family farms to dairy operations like the one my family owned on White Bluff Road until the 1960s.

(Car lots and concrete cover most of the old Morekis dairy farm now, though some of the beautiful live oaks remain. In a nice bit of synchronicity, the ballet school my daughter attends is on the old farm tract.)

Even my house on 50th Street sits on what was once a big pecan orchard, as evidenced by the granddaddy pecan tree in the backyard.

Back to Gratitude Gardens: When Joe jumped on his 1950 tractor and fired it up for me — it runs perfectly — I was reminded of my grandfather’s old red Chevy three–on–the–tree pickup and days gone by in a more innocent time.

I was reminded how, long before hotel developers vied for position and Forsyth Park had a farmers market and the City of Savannah got in the “sustainable” development business, locals farmed their own land for sustenance and pleasure.

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It’s tempting to say that Chatham County’s too far gone to care about. Just finish paving over what’s left and be done with it.

But as Gratitude Gardens shows us, it’s far from over, and far from done. There’s still time — and reason — to fight stupid ideas like the proposed $300 million superhighway planned for Abercorn Extension, just down the road from our old dairy farm.

This Thanksgiving season, I was happy to meet the folks at Gratitude Gardens and take solace in the seeds of hope they’re planting out there off Highway 17.

And I was happy to finally meet someone who knows how to pronounce “pecan.” It’s PEA–can, not pe–CAHN. It ain’t French! cs

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Editor, I do not always agree with your opinions but I always find them well thought out and interesting. However, I find myself in total agreement with your Editor’s Note regarding the recent city–wide elections (“It’s all over but the drinking”).

The realistic presentation of the politics and demographics of the city and the feelings of frustration by a sizable minority of citizens (like me) that nothing is really going to change was in

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Therefore lets put it in perspective and make it a double!

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Editor, I picked up my first copy of Connect Savannah at The Omelette House a couple days ago to have something to read while I waited for my burger.

I expected the familiar pap from weekly free newspapers, but I was amazed and delighted

with the quality of stories all through the paper.

Your Editor’s Note on the city election is the most honest and comprehensive discussion of local politics I have read in a very long time. Much more is needed. Thanks.

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Bad acoustics, arrgh

Editor, Being as I am one of the few true Savannah–born locals, I feel obligated to appoligize directly to Mr. Joe Bonamassa and his

group for the inferior sound of the Johnny Mercer Theatre.

You and your band were excellent. Your talent with a guitar is hard to beat in this age of the beat–box and overdubbing.

The acoustics in the JMT are embarrisingly impossible to defend, and from the seats, hard to accept.

In the future I would suggest trying the LucasTheatre, which will complement your talents, and offer an inviting historical setting.

T. Hamilton

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by David A. Kyler | www.sustainablecoast.org

There’s enough misinformation circulating about the proposed Savannah harbor deepening project to make a Greek bank loan look solid by comparison.

Consider the following in relation to recent news about South Carolina officials refusing to issue a permit needed for Savannah’s harbor project under the Clean Water Act. South Carolina’s objections are primarily based on unanswered questions about the Corps’ plan for mitigation — how they propose to compensate for, prevent, or control adverse environmental impacts.

Perhaps the most dubious of many shaky mitigation proposals is the injection of oxygen into the Savannah River in an effort to prevent seasonal fish–killing dead zones.

The U.S. Geological Survey reviewed the testing results for this mitigation approach and found them inconclusive, yet the Corps claims those same tests justify confidence.

Although the project may have been studied extensively over the past decade, a broadly–representative stakeholder evaluation group guiding this review has never sanctioned the accuracy or completeness of Corps’ impact studies and findings.

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Of paramount importance in the midst of our national financial crisis, there has been no comprehensive analysis of port development alternatives in the Southeast — that is, a strategy for coordinating the improvement of ports and inter–connecting land transportation systems.

Such a strategy is essential to assuring taxpayers that government funds in the billions of dollars will be wisely spent.

Official analysis by the Corps does not demonstrate any connection between this project and new jobs, or even any additional growth in port commerce above the current trend–line.

In spite of this, without objective documentation to justify it, proponents of the project assert that deepening is essential for Georgia’s economic prosperity.

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Major problems with both the Corps assessment of the harbor project and misrepresentation of it by state officials have been caused by a narrow focus that unrealistically fragments a complex array of relevant factors, recklessly eliminating issues that are vital to ensuring responsible public spending.

We cannot assume that a host of local projects are justified on the basis of truncated analysis and parochial support advanced by the notion that if enough money is spread around there will be some sort of economic benefit.

Using this rationale, every port on the east coast would be deepened, creating vast overcapacity at enormous public expense, directly conflicting with the urgent need for greater scrutiny of federal expenditures.

Similarly, Corps’ analysis rests on the questionable assertion that the only environmental costs (impacts) are for “mitigation” and that such mitigation is both accurately estimated in price and reliable in performance.

Any objective review of past Corps projects demonstrates the blatantly

illusory nature of such contentions.

Repeatedly, the Corps has inaccurately predicted the environmental consequences of their projects and efforts to mitigate adverse impacts — with grave outcomes.

Two–thirds of highly important tidal freshwater wetlands in the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge — some 8,000 acres of essential migratory bird habitat — have been destroyed by past deepening projects.

A tide gate that was intended as mitigation in a past Savannah deepening project not only didn’t work, but it made impacts worse. Because Congressional approval was needed to get funds for removing it, years of costly but avoidable damage occurred before it was stopped.

Numerous other examples of costly Corps failures abound throughout the nation.

Fiscal responsibility in selectively expending public funds can only be achieved with a more comprehensive, systemic approach to planning.

Unless pork–barrel politics can be overcome, progress is unlikely. cs David A. Kyler is executive director of the Center for a Sustainable Coast on St. Simons Island.

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Gratitude in the Garden Farmers give thanks for the bounty by giving it away It’s almost three o’clock on a recent balmy autumn afternoon, and Susan Giddens is fretting over the sweet potatoes.

“We also really like feeding people,” adds Joe with a wink as he mans the barbecue.

They call it the “Fall Family Fun Picnic,” and whoever shows up is treated to a feast that’s fast becoming legendary in this neck of the woods.

Some are blood kin, many are neighbors. A handful are farming newbies they met at last spring’s Crop Mob event.

Others don’t know them from Adam but were forwarded the Facebook page. Black, white, Latino and hailing from down the street and from as far as Jacksonville, everyone is quickly united by their appetites.

This is what happens when organic farming meets Southern cooking: Corn on the cob. Two kinds of barbecue. Roasted chickens. Deviled eggs.

Homemade jalapeno cream cheese poppers wrapped in bacon. Curried pumpkin soup. A vegetable stew.

A plate of late season tomatoes, “I’m worried that I only made one sliced and arranged in a spiral. Pickpan,” murmurs the vivacious owner led okra. Those vaunted sweet potaof Gratitude Gardens, a pretty patch toes. A dessert table sagging under of earth between Ogeechee Road and red velvet cakes, pecan pies and Highway 204, as she busily rearranges blackberry compote.

Pyrex dishes on a long table.

“Why yes, we have been cooking She wipes her brow and takes a for three days,” laughs Krystal Boyles, deep, centering breath. “I get like this the eldest of the Giddens’ three every year, though. It doesn’t matdaughters. “Nights, too.” ter how many people As the open–air barn come — there’s always begins to fill with people enough.” piling up their plates, The gentlewoman Susan leads a tour around farmer and her husthe cultivated circle of band, Joe, have been her acreage, its corners sowing these 11 acres left wild for “gleaning” without pesticides or by those in need, as comcommercial fertilizers manded in the Book of for 22 years, coaxing Leviticus. out corn, tomatoes, Drawing from a lifetime black–eyed peas, musof spiritual curiosity, she tard greens, several invokes a playful combikinds of potatoes and nation of Native American almost every other wisdom and astrology to vegetable that sprouts guide her planting schedin the Southeast. ule and is experimentEvery year for the ing with a feng shui-ish past several, a few energy balancing system weeks before the peak comprising four large harvest, the couple swings at the compass puts out a call that’s points of the property. heard throughout Between Susan’s earthy Chatham County and spirituality and Joe’s wild– across state lines to eyed Santa visage, the two come partake in their present a picture of a joyland’s bounty. ful life spent in the dirt “We do this every and on a tractor, laughyear is to educate and ing and singing, quite the remind folks that this opposite of the lemon– is what people used to faced farmers a la “Amerido,” Susan says over can Gothic.” her shoulder as she And while glossy magaladles soup. zines hold up small–scale “The biggest comsuburban farming as a hip pliment I got today is new trend, the Giddens, when my daddy told both in their 50s, are an me this reminds him example of its enduring Giddens in the field: ‘It’s become a burning passion for me, to help of the old church pic- Susan capacity to create commupeople see how simple and sacred life can be when it all comes down to nics when he was a growing food.’ nity and find fulfillment boy.” in its simplicity. jim morekis

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Sue and Joe on their 11-acre tract off Highway 17 in West Chatham

fundamentals of food production, is also partnering with the city on a recycling project that could garner a $50K green makeover at Windsor Forest, where the Giddens’ youngest daughter, Emily, attends school. (Middle daughter Myra is at Armstrong.)

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Zador brought her own kids as well as a few of her students out to the picnic. “It’s great they get to see the harvest in action,” she said.

She and Susan talk about future projects to get more kids outside and eating well while teenagers toss

horseshoes in the waning light. Sated and smiling, a Latina grandmother and a college student chat at a table.

A group of men have finished a rousing game of cornhole and are heading back to the barn for seconds on dessert. Joe tosses another wooden palette on the bonfire, and a relaxed quiet descends on the land.

“It’s become a burning passion for me, to help people see how simple and sacred life can be when it all comes down to growing food,” Susan says as the fire crackles. “I’m grateful that this is how I get to do it.”

A small boy comes up and Susan kneels down with a plate of pie. “Hey Junior, did you have enough to eat?” she asks gently.

He nods shyly and starts to say something, but instead puts his arms around Susan’s waist and hugs her. He takes a bite of pie.

Suddenly Joe fires up the tractor, and Junior, along with every other kid within running distance, takes off to leap on the back for a hayride.

Sometimes it’s hard to find the right words to give thanks. Especially when your mouth is full. cs

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Gratitude Gardens lies in a part of the county where jobs are scarce and times are almost always tough. The tidy rows of vegetables are a magnet for the neighborhood kids, many of whom have rough home lives. The Giddens have become something like fairy godparents, providing a place to play and learn how food grows.

“We’ve got a lot of drug problems around here, and the children aren’t always as well cared for as I wish they were,” Susan laments. “But they’re always welcome in the garden.”

With income from a few rental properties and Joe’s retirement, the Giddens are able to farm full– time. Most of what’s harvested out of the Gardens is given away to neighbors and friends and stored for the winter, though there seems to be a never–ending yield year round.

Last spring, Susan enlisted the help of Elise Zador, agriculture education teacher at Windsor Forest High, to create a farm box program through the school in order to promote an appreciation for fresh food.

Zador, a former soil engineer and agronomist who now teaches the

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whitening and more were slipped into envelopes. But instead of using cash or credit cards, shoppers spent the trade dollars they’ve accrued as members of the Savannah–based barter company.

The practice of bartering, or the direct exchange of goods and services without the medium of money, has been around since ancient tribes traded goat milk for chicken eggs.

Though there’s no anthropological evidence of a culture based solely on a barter economy, it’s been used over the centuries when folks lacked hard

AS THE HORDES prepare to flood the malls and big box stores with their credit cards for Black Friday, some smart folks checked off their holiday shopping lists early.

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Wallets were nowhere to be seen at the NuBarter Holiday Gift and Trade Show last week, where dozens of local businesses and boutiques offered up wares and services. Beautiful handbags, sparkling jewelry and luxury bath items flew off the tables while gift certificates for massages, teeth

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Organized barter brokerages evolved within small townships in 18th century, evolving into an $8 billion dollar industry in the last decade.

Formal barter exchanges have been championed by environmental communities as a way to cut waste and promote conscious consumerism.

Conceived in Savannah, NuBarter is one of hundreds of such commercial exchanges thriving around the country as small businesses look for ways to make the most of resources while conserving their cash.

Here’s how it works: Say you have a warehouse full of last spring’s styles or quiet afternoons at your massage studio. You offer up those extra goods and/or hours that aren’t generating any money to the members of your exchange for face value.

When someone with trade dollars “buys” it, you bank the trade and use it for whatever you like, be it a visit from an electrician or a night on the town. It also works for big tickets items like cars and boats.

“Barter allows people to use their excess capacity as currency,” explained Gary Field, who founded NuBarter in 2002 after turning extra picture framing material into fine meals at restaurants and a trip to Jamaica through another barter exchange. “You’re using what you already have to get what you need.”

Savannah’s exchange includes over 300 local businesses, including boutiques, pet shops, photographers, plumbers, pest control specialists and vacation rentals, but members aren’t limited to trading with the local roster.

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trade dollars can be redeemed all over the world, from hotel rooms in Manhattan to cruises to the Caribbean.

Jessica Kelly, who brought a selection of stylish accessories from her boutique, Twinkle in City Market, is a seven year veteran of Savannah’s local barter community.

She and her husband Joa have taken several trips to the Bahamas on NuBarter dollars and use them to get carpets cleaned, visit the dentist and eat out at their favorite restaurants.

“It’s a smart system,” said Kelly. “I like the idea of networking with local businesses and sharing resources, but it goes so much further than that.”

To maintain a healthy business, some economists and business consultants advocate building up a 10 percent barter capacity, says Field.

Many employers use the trade as bonuses and incentives for employees as a way to keep morale high during challenging economic times.

With her NuBarter membership just days old, Shoshanna Walker was making brisk trade at the holiday trade show with her handmade soaps and other natural products from her store Nourish on Broughton Street.

“I’m excited to have all this trade with local business because I’m always looking to treat my employees,” said Walker as she filled out a NuBarter trade certificate, which works like a check that deducts from the signer’s trade account. “Plus, as a business owner, you don’t always want to spend money on yourself, but this makes it so you have to.”

Other local business owners are quickly figuring out the benefits of barter.

“This really works out well for me because it goes both ways” said Scott Miller, owner of the Ogeechee River Coffee Company, who joined up six

months ago. “I’m making some good local business connections, and I’ve also picked up some nice gifts. I’ve got a New York hotel room covered for a trip next month.”

As the economy continues to fumble, there’s been no shortage of companies interested in the barter concept.

“CEOs and owners are getting that it’s a good idea to be part of a commercial barter exchange,” continues Field, who has opened markets in Hilton Head, Sarasota and Boca Raton and is currently launching NuBarter Atlanta. “It’s not meant to replace cash, but it’s a great supplement.”

The greater Savannah territory, which includes businesses from Chatham, Effingham and Bryan counties, is owned and managed by Jacquie Stein, who took it over from Field two years ago.

“It’s just the coolest thing,” enthused Stein as she admired everyone’s tables. “I love the network that’s evolving here and seeing the connections being made. People are happy to trade what they have because it can ease the financial stress of spending cash.”

As Stein mingled with shoppers, many of whom were vendors themselves, it’s evident that relationships are created with this barter system that wouldn’t always come about using the anonymity of cash.

And while big retailers are biting their collective nails to see whether Black Friday yields the cash flow to make investors happy, the small businesses of Savannah are feeling optimistic about the upcoming season.

“Look at this, I’m already set for Christmas gifts and I get to keep my money,” said Miller, holding up three giant bags of merchandise. “Now I can relax and enjoy the holidays.” cs

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Occupying an ‘eff you’ system

by Ted Rall

Governments are supposed to fulfill the basic needs of their citizens. Ours doesn’t pretend to try.

Sick? Too bad.

Can’t find a job? Tough.

Broke? Can’t afford rent? We don’t give a crap.

Forget e pluribus unum. We need a more accurate motto.

We live under an “eff you” system.

Got a problem? The U.S. government has an all–purpose response to whatever ails you: eff you.

In the ’80s I drove a yellow taxi in New York. Then, as now, there were no public restrooms in the city. At 4 a.m., with few restaurants or bars open, the coffee I drank to stay awake posed a significant challenge.

It was—it is—insane. People pee.

People poop. As basic needs go, toilets are as basic as it gets. Yet the City of New York, with the biggest tax base of any municipality in the United States, didn’t provide any.

So I did what all taxi drivers did.

What they still do. I found a side street and a spot between two parked cars.

It went OK until a cop caught me peeing under the old elevated West Side Highway, which later collapsed due to lack of maintenance. Perhaps decades of taxi driver urine corroded the support beams.

“You can’t do that here,” said the policeman.

“Where am I supposed to go?” I asked him. “There’s aren’t any restrooms anywhere in town.”

“I know,” he replied before going to get his summons book from his cruiser.

The old “eff you.” We create the problem, then blame you for the results.

I ran away.

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have been ordering heavily armed riot police to attack and rob peaceful members of encampments allied with Occupy Wall Street.

Like NYC, which won’t provide public restrooms but arrests public urinators, government officials and their media allies use their own refusal to provide basic public services to justify raids against Occupations.

In the middle of the night on Nov. 15, NYPD stormed into Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. They beat and pepper–sprayed members of Occupy Wall Street and destroyed the books in their library.

Citing “unsanitary conditions,” New York’s billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, then told reporters: “I have become increasingly concerned that the occupation was coming to pose a health and fire safety hazard to the protestors and to the surrounding community.”

Four days before the police attack The New York Times had quoted a city health department statement worrying about the possible spread of norovirus, vomiting, diarrhea and tuberculosis: “It should go without saying that lots of people sleeping outside in a park as we head toward winter is not an ideal situation for anyone’s health.”

So why don’t they give the homeless some of the thousands of abandoned apartment units in New York?

Anyway, according to the Times: “Damp laundry and cardboard signs, left in the rain, have provided fertile

ground for mold. Some protesters urinate in bottles, or occasionally a water–cooler jug, to avoid the lines at [the few] public restrooms.”

Of course, there’s an obvious solution: provide adequate bathroom facilities—not just for Occupy but for all New Yorkers. But that’s off the table under New York’s eff you system of government.

Doctors noted a new phenomenon called “Zuccotti cough.” Symptoms are similar to those of “Ground Zero cough” suffered by 9/11 first responders.

Zuccotti is 450 feet away from Ground Zero.

Which brings to mind the fact that the collapse of the World Trade Center towers released 400 tons of asbestos into the air. It was never cleaned up properly. Could Occupiers be suffering the results of sleeping in a should–have–been–Superfund site for two months?

We’ll never know. As under Bush, Obama’s EPA still won’t conduct a 9/11 environmental impact study.

Sick? Wanna know why? Eff you.

One of the authorities’ most ironic complaints about the Occupations is that they attract the mentally ill, drug users and habitually homeless.

To listen to the mayors of Portland, Denver and New York, you’d think the Occupiers beamed in bums and nutcases from outer space.

When mentally disabled people seek help from their government, they get the usual answer: Eff you.

When people addicted to drugs — drugs imported into the U.S. under the watchful eyes of corrupt border enforcement officers — ask their government for help, they are turned away. Eff you again.

When people who lost their homes because their government said “eff you” to them rather than help turn to the same government to look for safe shelter, again they are told: eff you.

And then, after days and years and decades of shirking their responsibility to provide us with such staples of human survival as places to urinate and defecate and sleep, and food, and medical care, our “eff you” government has the amazing audacity to blame us, victims of their negligence and corruption and violence, for messing things up.

Which is why we are finally, at long last, starting to say “eff you” to them. cs

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

The most dangerous game Two men were shot after two separate dice games over the course of three days.

Jeffrey Sams, 18, of an Egmont Road address was participating in a dice game on the 300 block of Lewis Drive in Patterson Terrace on the southside. About 2 p.m., another man walked up and tried to rob the participants. During the robbery, the victim was shot in the groin area. The black male suspect ran after the shooting.

Sams managed to run through an opening in a fence to his apartment in the Leesgate Drive subdivision where police were called. He was transported to Memorial University Medical Center with non–life threatening wounds.

In the other incident, Raashad Durelle Hunt of a West 41st Street address turned himself in for the shooting of Cedric Brown, 22,

through the window of his house in the 4200 block of Boyd Street, after another dice game went awry.

Hunt is a convicted felon with an extensive arrest record dating to 2004.

Brown was transported to Memorial University Medical Center where he underwent emergency surgery.

• Two Savannah men were arrested after a shootout in East Savannah left two vehicles with bullet holes.

Demetrius Young, 19, of the 2300 block of Hawaii Avenue has been charged with aggravated assault and Devante Green, 17, of the 1000 block of Wolf Street has been charged with obstruction by hindering after the Friday afternoon shooting.

Neighbors called to report that several men were shooting at each other in the 2000 block of Mississippi Avenue.

Police tracked Young to a nearby barber shop where he was arrested.

They found the weapon he used in the shooting in a bathroom and determined that Green had hidden it there in an attempt to protect Young.

• Late last week, the Counter Narcotics Team along with the Pooler Police Department and Georgia Department of Revenue conducted a search of a residence in Pooler that resulted in the seizure of narcotics, gambling machines, alcohol, more than 25 firearms and a large amount of U.S. currency totaling more than $100,000 in cash.

CNT, in a working partnership with the Pooler Police Department, had been investigating a residence within the city limits of Pooler. The investigation suggested illegal activities to include drug sales, gambling, illegal manufacturing of alcohol and illegal sales of alcohol were occurring at the residence. A total of three people were arrested in the operation.

• A man walked into the Wells Fargo bank at East Victory and Wallin streets, acted as if he had a gun hidden in his jacket, produced a note and took money before leaving the bank on foot about

4:05 p.m.

He is described as a black male, 6’2” to 6’4”, wearing a black cap, black jacket, black T–shirt and khaki pants.

He was wearing white tennis shoes, “possibly New Balance.”

It is the second time this year that Wells Fargo branch has been the target of a robbery. cs

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The basic idea is simple. Our problem is global warming, right? We know when volcanic eruptions blast vast quantities of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, the pollution blocks sunlight and the earth noticeably cools off. Therefore, if we create artificial volcanoes to pump sulfur dioxide or other substances into the air, the resultant cooling will cancel out warming and we can go on happily burning fossil fuels and generally making a mess of the environment just like before.

Even in summary you can glimpse the dubiousness of this scheme, and the more you dig into it the worse it sounds. The core issue is this: Although everybody calls what’s happening global warming, the more precise term is “anthropogenic global climate change”—a critical difference. While increased greenhouse gases are expected to lead to a warmer environment overall, that’s just on average. Some areas will get wetter and some dryer. Many will get hotter; a few will get cooler.

Not to be parochial, but your columnist, who lives in Chicago, analyzed weather service data a couple years ago and found average late-spring temperatures in northern Illinois, hardly tropical to start with, have gotten noticeably cooler over the past 60 years.

Is that due to human-caused climate change? I have no idea, but I do know the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines was followed by cooler summers in the midwest, which climatologists attribute to blocked sunlight. If we start heaving volcanic gases aloft on a regular basis, that doesn’t just mean fewer days at the water park; we take the

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chance of screwing up the weather in a leading agricultural region.

That brings me to my larger point: Even if you can get past the idea of fighting pollution with pollution, we’d be fooling with a complicated system we don’t fully understand. I’m not the only one to be alarmed about this. In 2008 Rutgers meteorology professor Alan Robock contributed a piece to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists called “20 Reasons Why Geoengineering May Be a Bad Idea.” Among his concerns: Effects on regional climate. Essentially what I said above. Robock points out that while volcanic eruptions may have brought about some global cooling, they’ve also led to disastrous reductions in rainfall. “At the fall 2007 American Geophysical Union meeting, researchers presented preliminary findings from several different climate models that simulated geoengineering schemes and found that they reduced precipitation over wide regions, condemning hundreds of millions of people to drought.”

Ozone depletion. More pollutants in the upper atmosphere will lead to the destruction of more ozone and thus to more dangerous UV radiation.

Less sun for solar power. Geoengineering could make the earth not only cooler but darker, reducing the output of the solar power systems. “Following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo and the 1982 eruption of El Chichón in Mexico,” Robock reports, “scientists observed a direct solar radiation decrease of 25-35 percent.”

Environmental impacts of implementation. Proposals for getting all that sulfur dioxide up there involve huge amounts of airplane exhaust, 12-milelong hoses dangling from immense balloons, and 16-inch naval guns shooting one-ton shells of dust up in the air. Even if these nutty measures worked, you can imagine the side effects.

Wild as geoengineering sounds, it’s attracted a surprising level of interest among scientists. You may say: What’s the harm in studying these things?

Surely no one would actually launch such a project without thinking through the possible consequences. Maybe so, but that’s what they said about the war in Iraq. cs

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news of the weird Lead Story Enterprising reporters get stories by earning the trust of their sources, which Simon Eroro of the Post-Courier (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) obviously did. At a banquet in November, the News Limited (Rupert Murdoch’s empire) awarded Eroro its “Scoop of the Year” honor for reporting on militant tribal fighters of the Free West Papua movement -- a scoop he had to earn by agreeing to undergo a ritual circumcision, with bamboo sticks, to prove his sincerity. (Some of the rebels still wear penis gourds whose size varies with the status of the wearer.)

The Litigious Society -- An Illinois appeals court finally threw out a lawsuit in August, but not before the two-year-long battle had created a foot-high pile of legal filings on whether two “children” (now ages 23 and 20) could sue their mother for bad parenting while they were growing up. Among the claims were mom’s failure to send birthday cards or “care” packages during the kids’ college years and calling her daughter at midnight to ask that she return home from a party (and once failing to take the girl to a car show).

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In November, Tommy Joe Kelly, unsuccessfully acting as his own lawyer, was convicted of slashing a stranger’s tire by an Austin, Texas, jury, despite his explanation. “OK, I’m going to tell you the truth on this one,” he said from the witness stand.

“It doesn’t sound right, but it is. I ... had hemorrhoids at that time, super duper bad.” (There have been 391 tire slashings in Kelly’s neighborhood over the last four years, but he was charged with only one count, and sentenced to 10 years in jail.)

Least Competent Criminals Robbers Easily Subdued: (1) Dale Foughty, 56, was charged with robbing a convenience store in Jacksonville, N.C., in October, despite attempting to intimidate the clerk by dressing as Spiderman. However, the clerk poked Foughty in the stomach with a broom, sending him away empty-handed. (2) Cody Smith, 18, was charged with snatching a woman’s purse in Johnson City, Tenn., in November. The victim chased Smith

into nearby shrubbery, entangling him long enough for her to recover the purse. (3) Two men, attempting a robbery of the Ace Smoke Shop in Altadena, Calif., in July, fled after grabbing only part of the store’s cash.

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The tactic of “patience” is usually employed when police believe that a suspect has ingested drugs for smuggling, i.e., nature will take its course, and the drugs will appear in the toilet sooner or later. On Oct. 12, Nigerian comic actor Babatunde Omidina (known as “Baba Suwe”) was detained before a flight at the Lagos airport because authorities suspected that he had ingested drugs to smuggle to Paris. Omadina denied the charge, but police locked him up and began monitoring his bowel movements. On Nov. 4, Omadina was released without charges following 25 “evidence”free movements. cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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Playing at home, clockwise from top: Oneman band Jeff Beasley, Eric Culberson, Georgia Kyle and A Nickel Bag of Funk, featuring Leslie Adele.

Seeing as it’s a holiday weekend, when (presumably) the vast majority of college– age music fans are out of town for the big turkey–go–round, Savannah’s club owners (a lot of them, anyway) have opted out of booking those sometimes pricey touring bands.

This state of affairs gives us time to re–examine some of our homegrown talent – bands, artists and ensembles whose Thanksgiving includes a festive gig or two right here on their home turf. Let’s raise a glass to them, and give thanks that we have such a rich musical cornucopia from which to extract wining fruits.

MIA this week: Liquid Ginger, the Train Wrecks, Cusses, General O & the Panhandlers and several other marquee names who’ve apparently chosen the dinner–at–home option. See you soon.

Eric Culberson Band: Along with drummer Stuart Lusk and bassist Nate Saraceno, electric guitarist Culberson makes the toughest blues–edged music in the lowcountry. They’re all over town this weekend: At Live Wire Nov. 23, Retro on Congress Nov. 24 (Thanksgiving Day), Congress Street Social Club on the 25th, and at Rocks on the Roof – that’s the outdoor club on the roof of the Bohemian Hotel – Nov. 26.

A Nickel Bag of Funk: For funk and R&B both old–school and new, look no further than lead vocalist Leslie Adele and her company of first–class musicians and singers. ANBOF is at the Hide–A–Way Nov. 25, and at Tantra Lounge on the 26th.

Jeff Beasley: His one–man–band has to be heard to be believed, but this weekend ace guitarist and rock/blues singer Beasley’s got a gig with his ass–kicking trio, too. Catch ‘em at Rocks on the Roof Nov. 26, and at The Pit in Rincon the following evening. Beaz plays a solo show at Unkie Bubba’s restaurant on the afternoon of the 26th, too.

Georgia Kyle: Kyle Shiver does acoustic blues and country better’n just about anybody else around here. And when he’s got his three–piece band with him, the music smokes and curls like something out of a hot BBQ pit. He’s onstage (solo) at the Warehouse Nov. 27.

The Royal Noise: The finest jazz/funk quartet in town, currently in the mixing stages on CD No. 1, is at Live Wire Music Hall Nov. 26 with the incredible Dirk Quinn Band.

Let’s share our cranberries, too, with veteran acoustic performer Greg Williams (Sunday the 27th, Lulu’s Chocolate Bar), Lauren Lapointe and Mark Carter (playing Blowin’ Smoke BBQ on Friday the 25th) and Bottles & Cans (two nights at Tybee Island Social Club, and a third at Blowin’ Smoke). Free Candy and Lonesome Swagger share a Jinx bill Friday night.

And Savannah native Brock Butler – the guitar wizard behind nationally–known jam stars Perpetual Groove – has his annual Thanksgiving show Wednesday, Nov. 23 at Loco’s. CS

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In 2010, bassist Stephen Palmer was considering the Savannah music scene. “I thought ‘You know what this town doesn’t have? A straight–up rockabilly band. They seem to like that genre of old Johnny Cash and old Elvis, and things like that.’”

Palmer had moved here in 2004 from Seattle, where he’d fallen under the spell of early ‘50s rockabilly, after a few years playing thrashy punk rock. “It’s the kind of stuff that goes right down into your bone marrow,” he says about rockabilly. “One you get that upright bass against your body and you start hitting it and slapping it ... I’m like ‘Wait a minute ... we got something going on here.’”

The Jinx, the Wormhole, Live Wire Music Hall and several other hip clubs routinely brought in those pompadoured rockabilly bands, all twangy guitar, standup, kick and snare, hollering and snotty attitude. And people ate it up.

Still ... “Being from the West Coast and big cities, it was a little bit of a shock to the system to find out how little music is in this town. And the

music that is here, I thought ‘I can do this.’ Heck, everybody plays ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ and ‘Cocaine Blues.’ I knew all those songs.”

Palmer – who had no interest in Jimmy Buffett and Eagles covers, thank you very much – found a kindred spirit in Train Wrecks frontman Jason Bible, another local guy who likes it raw, loud and honest. He filled in for bassist Eric Dunn on several occasions, and also played a couple of times with Georgia Kyle.

But there’s a lot of country in the Train Wrecks’ music, and Kyle’s electric stuff is more blues–based than Palmer likes.

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One by one, like–minded musicians found their way into the rehearsal room at Palmer’s house. The first was drummer Skinny Jim Reesman. Then came vocalist Sean Conradson (who’d sung in a psychobilly group called Hellvis), and, finally, guitarist Scott Schneider.

Called Crazy Man Crazy after Bill Haley’s 1953 hit (generally considered the first rock ‘n’ roll song to make the Billboard charts), the band began rehearsing last February.

Palmer, who’s always used the name MrPalmeronBass, assigned the others stage names – Skinny Jim, Con Man and The Rocket. They played their first gig in August.

The band – onstage with Megan Jean & the KFB Nov. 26 at the Wormhole – plays early Haley, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Elvis, Cash and the rest of the crew.

Most of those original guys, Palmer says, were so homogenized in their TV appearances (the only existing visual record) that the energy and excitement of their actual concert performances can only be re–created from written recollections. And musicians’ logic.

It’s said that riots routinely broke out at Haley shows – repressed American teenagers were breaking out of their families’ post–war stupor.

“You’d see them in movies like The Girl Can’t Help It, where they were all cleaned up and presentable,” says Palmer. “I’m trying to imagine what it

must have been like when they were renting auditoriums back in the day.

What was Eddie Cochran really doing when he was shaking his hips? And so that’s kind of the power we’re trying to capture with today’s sensibility.

“Again, not faster, just a little more umph–ier. Let the punk rock roots come out in me. Not just thrash it out. Like if you to take Bill Haley and throw him into the Clash – what could they do with this?”

Crazy Man Crazy, Palmer insists, is not a “retro” or comedy act. For them, raw rockabilly is just as vibrant and alive now as it was back in the glory days. The band’s sets include covers from the Clash, Stray Cats, the Paladins and even Queen (“Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” of course).

They’re talking the talk as well as walking the walk. “I think the stage names help, because it gives each of us a persona that we have to kind of live up to,” explains Palmer. “Skinny Jim has to be Skinny Jim, a name that you can remember.

“The goal is also to see if we can get people dancing. One of the things I remember about rockabilly culture is that people, no matter how bad–ass and tattooed and greaser they are, they want to get on the dance floor with their girls and do a little of that swing–dancing to this kind of music.”

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IT CAME FROM THE ROCKIES. It’s loud, and strong, and defiant, and for the last three years it’s been wreaking havoc across America, in nightclubs, dance halls and on festival stages. No one who’s encountered it has been quite the same afterwards.

It’s big. It’s gigantic.

In point of fact, it’s Big Gigantic, a two–man band from Boulder that’s re–defining how house and electronica can be performed live, with a real, mouth–breathing jazz saxophone weaving effortlessly in and out of rock–solid drumbeats and brazen synthesizer loops, samples, pounding bass and otherwise hypnotic electronic dance music.

Big Gigantic returns to Savannah Dec. 1, at Live Wire Music Hall.

Dominic Lalli is the saxman – he graduated with a master’s degree in jazz at the Manhattan School of Music – and he also plays live keyboards and operates the onstage electronica from his laptop. Jeremy Salken is the six– footed drummer.

“Before I started Big Gigantic, I was playing in this band called the Motet, doing more world music, Afro–beat stuff,” explains Lalli, who writes the lion’s share of the duo’s music. “But we’d do these big sections where we’d improvise and just jam. And then we started making it more electronic–y, like house, dance–y. That started getting me into the thing.”

Denver’s Pretty Lights was experimenting with combining live playing

with DJ–triggered electronica; in Boulder, the Newman Trio was marrying jazz with electronica. Lalli’s antennae went up, and his musical gears began to turn.

There’s a telepathic bond between Lalli and Salken, neither of whom is still for a second during a Big Gigantic show. The music channels jazz, funk, dubstep and hip–hop.

The sax is always out front – Lalli says he keeps it “super–dry” with minimal phasing effects.

As for his other instruments ...

“I have one program running,” he explains, “and that’s what most of the DJs who are using laptops are running right now. And then I have another program for my keyboards, synths and Rhodes and all that stuff.

“So I don’t have to touch my computer, I can just navigate around and do everything I want to do – play samples and trigger this, play keyboards. That’s essentially what’s happening.”

Even so, there’s never any question that the music is live. With two heartbeats. “I have it set up so that when we’re improvising, we can really make the music move,” Lalli says. “I have loops set up, so that when it’s time I can trigger that and do different stuff within it.”

As a trained and seasoned jazz player, Lalli realizes that he’s come a long way down the electronic highway, but being so far from his real– time musical roots doesn’t phase him.

“I like to be ‘What can I learn from this?’ and see what happens,” he says.

“I love all kinds of music – I studied classical music, I love classical music.

A ton of jazz. My heart is really in that jazz thing, and I love that. That’s stuff that I listen to every day.

“But so is this electronic stuff. Just playing music and the whole deal, playing in front of people, or getting the creative thing. Sure I miss it to a degree, but at the same time I just love playing music so much .... I’m still playing every day. I’m getting to make music and write music. And that’s where the Big G thing comes in great, because I’m writing music all the time.”

Out in January is Nocturnal, the third Big Gigantic album.

Lalli and Salken have big plans for the New Year – bigger gear, bigger light show, bigger tour schedule, bigger everything.

“We’re going to continue to work to develop the music, and spread the word,” Lalli says. “We’re trying to take this thing as far and as high as we can.

I don’t really even want to think about a limit. I just want to keep getting bigger. As big as we can.” CS Big Gigantic Where: Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. When: At 10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 Tickets: $15 Artist’s website: biggigantic.net

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Russian ballerina Joulia Moisseva dances the Sugar Plum Fairy with partner John Cronin for Savannah Danse Theatre’s production.

In The Nutcracker, a little girl named Clara has a series of increasingly strange (some might say pseudo–psychedelic) dreams in which toys come to life and dance, mice come to life and dance, snowflakes dance, candy dances, coffee (!) dances.

There’s combat, romance, international intrigue, bickering and family squabbles, all induced by sugar intake.

There’s even a “Grandfather Dance.”

The Nutcracker, you might say, has got it all.

That’s a perhaps–too–simplistic way of describing The Nutcracker, a ballet that premiered in Russia more than 120 years ago, but didn’t become a Christmas perennial until midway through the last century. Today, The Nutcracker is as much a part of the American Christmas tradition as Charlie Brown, the Wal-Mart rollback and Rudolph, the Red–Nosed Reindeer.

On Saturday, Nov. 26, the professional Columbia City Ballet returns to Savannah with its annual gift of The Nutcracker, in the Johnny Mercer Theatre. At the Lucas Theatre, Savannah Danse Theatre’s production is presented twice on that same day.

Both shows feature adult dancers and an enormous supporting cast of young dance students. Neither is using a real orchestra this year – although, it could be argued, when the evocative music by Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky fills the room, whether it’s live or Memorex, the dreamy Christmas atmosphere is created and sustained.

They’re all here – Clara, Drosselmeyer, Fritz, the Nutcracker, the Cavalier, the Gum Drops and the disagreeable Mouse King. The Danse Theatre sets the proceedings in Savannah, using local place and character names.

The most unforgettable character in The Nutcracker, throughout history, has always been the Sugar Plum Fairy. She has no narrative, no real

celesta, a relative of the glockenspiel.

It looks like a small upright piano, and is in fact a three–octave keyboard. Tchaikovsky, who’d used the instrument in his symphonic poem The Voyevoda (1891), chose it for the Sugar Plum Fairy dance because it made a “heavenly” sound (celeste means heavenly in French). One of the best–known uses of the celesta in 20th century pop music was in Buddy Holly’s record “Everyday.” It is not known whether Holly ever danced the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

• “Visions of sugar plums danced in their heads,” Clement C. Moore wrote in his famous (and usually misquoted) 1823 poem about gold old Santa rifling through stockings hung by the chimney with care. A sugar plum is a traditional European Christmas treat: Dried fruit (not necessarily a plum – apricots, cherries, dates or figs were often used) was chopped fine, blended with honey, chopped nuts, seeds or anything else that tasted good, rolled into balls and coated with sugar.

• A little history: In 1816 German writer, composer and artist E.T.A

Hoffman wrote a dark, adult fairy tale about Christmas called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. This was adapted by Frenchman Alexandre Dumas (The Three Musketeers) in 1844 into a more family–friendly story, and it was the Dumas work that attracted the attention of Marius Petipa, dancer, choreographer and chief master of the Russian Imperial Ballet. Petipa’s assistant Lev Ivanov created the initial choreography, and Tchaikovsky was commissioned to create the score. The Nutcracker debuted Dec. 18, 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

• Dancing the role for the Columbia City Ballet this year is the company’s prima ballerina Regina Willoughby. The Texas native came to CCB in 1997 and became a soloist four years later. Director William Sterret has since created roles specifically for her in his original productions, including Cleopatra, Off the Wall and Dracula’s Revenge. She is also a dance teacher and a realtor.

• Russian native Joulia Moisseva is dancing the Sugar Plum Fairy for the Savannah Danse Theatre’s production

(she teaches there periodically). Moisseva, who like Willoughby is a resident of Columbia, S.C., danced with the Moscow Festival Ballet, the Kremlin Ballet Company and the Modern Theater (in the Czech Republic). She’s been on international ballet tours that took her to China, Taiwan, Mexico, Austria, Norway, France Italy and the USA, where she arrived in 1996 and worked on the dance faculty at USC’s Columbia campus. CS Savannah Danse Theatre The Nutcracker in Savannah Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. When: At 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 Tickets: $12 matinee (with a “character meet and greet” after the show), $15–$35 for the evening performance Phone: (912) 525–5050 Online: scadboxoffice.com Columbia City Ballet The Nutcracker Where: Johnny Mercer Theatre, Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. When: At 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 Tickets: $20–$42 at etix.com

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place in the story, but her impossibly beautiful dance – set to Tchaikovsky’s most enchanting theme – stays with you long after Clara and the rest have become a dim memory.

• She is one of the most famous characters in ballet, and yet she only turns up in the final 10 minutes of The Nutcracker (after a brief cameo at the start of Act Two). But the Sugar Plum Fairy is “the doyenne of the kingdom of sweets,” the purest realization of all that Clara finds wonderful about Christmastime. Her pas de deux with a dreamy prince is the show’s triumphant climax.

• It’s not as showy as Swan Lake, Giselle or Sleeping Beauty, but the Sugar Plum Fairy is considered one of the most challenging roles in classical ballet – she’s light and fast and delicate, and every little ballet class– taking little girl’s dream part. Most modern adaptations take their cue from the classic 1954 choreography

by George Balanchine.

• The delicate–sounding musical instrument that gives the Sugar Plum Fairy such a memorable, ethereal presence during her appearance is the

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Of course, I went straight for the fried lumpia, egg roll–like bundles stuffed with your choice of chicken, shrimp or vegetables — or a combination of the three. These were crisp on the outside — and packed with great flavors and textures. I dipped mine in a house–made sweet and sour sauce; there is also peanut sauce.

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As a professional talker, Lewis Black only needs a subject — a word — to get him going.

When we spoke with him last year, prior to an appearance in Savannah, the word was “politics.”

“You can Democrat, Republican me to death, all you want, the bottom line is what does it mean to the folks in the town?” he started in. “That’s really what counts.

“I think part of what enrages me about the whole thing — and I guess I’m funnier when I’m angry — is that these guys literally don’t get that people are involved any more. I don’t think that they even know that there’s a constituency. I don’t think they have a clue any more.”

He is, indeed, funnier when he’s angry. And he’s angry a lot of the time.

That’s what makes Lewis Black one of the country’s most engaging, and engaged, standup comedians.

See for yourself when Black returns to the Johnny Mercer Theatre Feb. 12 (that’s two days before Willie Nelson plays the same room — woo hoo!)

Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec. 2.

Berry Christmas

Country singer John Berry (“Your Love Amazes Me,” “Standing on the Edge of Goodbye”) has been doing an annual Christmas tour since 1996. The 2011 “Joy to the World” show is coming to the Lucas Theatre Saturday, Dec. 10.

Tickets are $30–$69.50 at savannahboxoffice.com.

Do you know Mose?

Sometimes it’s hard to believe that Mose Allison, the singing, songwriting, piano-tickling Mississippian whose svelte take on the blues influenced so many young British acts in the 1960s, is still alive. He’s an institution.

Alive he is, and 84, not only did Allison headline the 2009 Savannah Jazz Festival in Forsyth Park, he’s been to the Jazz Corner club in Hilton Head a couple of times since.

Catch the Mighty Mose Dec. 2 and 3 at the Jazz Corner.

Tickets for each 8 p.m. performance are $20 at thejazzcorner.com.

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For these guys, playing a Savannah gig Friday, Nov. 25 at the Westin Resort, it’s all about the music, getting it right and channeling the spirit.

And for this I say, well done. There are so many Beatles tribute bands around - many of them, like The Return and 1964, really good.

But the WannaBeatles, all session pros, have the right idea — it’s fun.

The harmonies are solid, but the vocals aren’t impersonations.

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Submission deadline Friday, December 2, 2011- Submission deadline (mailed entries must arrive by this date).

Work can be hand delivered on Friday, January 6, 2012 from 11am – 4pm. Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave., http:// indigoskycommunitygallery. blogspot.com/p/calls-forentry.html

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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 mixed-media installations by this Cuban-American, Georgia born artist.

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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.

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‘Home and Abroad’ at ThincArt features work by Debra Zumstein, Jamie Kutner, and (pictured) Elyzaveta Bateham.

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., http://www. telfair.org/ Capturing the Enlightened Moment — New works

by Houston Llew, Roeder Philip Kinkel, and Danielle Hughes-Rose. American Craftsman Gallery, 223 W. Broughton St. Elemental Visions — Nancy Adams, Kristine Kennedy and Denise Elliot-Vernon share an anthology of art.

Show will hang through 2011. Dragonfly Studio, 1204 Highway 80, Tybee Island 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., http://telfair.org/

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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. Home and Abroad — Photographs by Elyzaveta Bateham and Debra Zumstein and drawings by Jamie Kutner. “Home and Abroad” considers these three artists’ perspectives on travel imagery as it relates to a sense of home and sense of self. Thinc Art, 35 Barnard St. Interwoven Dialogues — Work by Sally Clark and Abigail Kokai. Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave., Magic Passion Love — An opportunity to co-create positive energy with other artists. Nov. 9-Jan. 8 at Caraway Cafe. 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.

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Betsy Cain’s ‘In Situ’ is up at the Jepson Center through Dec. 4

Merry Art Market — Local Handmade pottery, jewelry, and more. First three Saturdays in December, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Savannah’s Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St., http:// www.savannahsclayspot. com/ New Paintings — New work

by Jacqueline Carcagno and William Weyman. Daedalus Gallery, 129 E. Liberty St., Projectives — Recent photographs by Elise Marie Wille. Exhibition runs Nov. 2-30. 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. Richmond Hill Fall Art Exhibit — Arts on The Coast Association will present their Annual Fall Art Exhibit November 29-December 3, hosted by Richmond Hill City Center, in back of J.F. Gregory Park in Richmond Hill, GA. Arts On The Coast members will feature their works of art available for viewing daily between 10 a.m.-5 p.m. An Artists’ Reception will be held on December 1 from 6–9 p.m.

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Cedar St., Richmond Hill http://www.artsonthecoast. org/ St. Paul’s Small Works Show — St. Paul’s Episcopal Church hosts 2nd Annual Small Works Art Market.

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The Artist’s Hand (A show of appreciation for Robyn Reeder) — A collaborative and interactive exhibition featuring work by Andrew Brodhead, DRZ, Matt Hebermehl, Adolfo Hernandez, Panhandle Slim, Rachael Perisho, RAABstract, Jose Ray and Zteven. Nov. 12Dec. 4. Nine artists create a portrait from a template image on panel. Defining the exhibition is a portrait of Robyn Reeder, an influential and beloved figure in the Savannah community. You are invited to curate your own version of the exhibition: a square from one artist’s portrait of Robyn can be lifted from the wall and traded with a square from another artist’s portrait of her. A portion of proceeds to benefit the Lewis Cancer and Research Pavillion The Soda Shop, 409 E. Liberty St., http://www. thesodashop.com/

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TTS:BD–P1 opens with 18–year–old Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) preparing to marry the considerably older – but still Tiger Beat pinup–worthy – vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). Although she plans to allow Edward to eventually bite her and turn her into a fellow vampire, she decides to remain human for the honeymoon – a fact

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bruises on Bella: a pregnancy that will result in either a human baby, a vampire suckling or some ungodly combination of both.

Writer–director Bill Condon, who deservedly won an Oscar for penning the adaptation of Gods and Monsters, has only been assigned helming duties here, with Melissa Rosenberg retaining her job as scripter of all the films. They both deserve equal blame for the first half of this picture, which plays like a drably lit, monotonously written and indifferently acted Hallmark Channel production.

But as the movie is set to reach a point of no return (around the time Bella and Edward gaze into each other’s eyes for, oh, the 268th time), some interesting dynamics come into play. Jacob’s love for Bella forces him to side with the hated Cullens against the rest of the wolf pack (Lautner has revealed himself to be an acting nonentity in such films as Abduction and Valentine’s Day, but his skill at appearing buff and surly make him perfect for this series), while the Rosemary’s Baby–esque conundrum – and resultant complications – result in some modest tension.

Even during the superior second half, there are so many pop tunes crammed onto the soundtrack that viewers might feel like the movie was made only to support CD sales, and a sequence involving talking wolves ranks among the most risible of the year. But critiques really have no weight when it comes to movies like this. The haters are gonna hate, the fans are gonna love, and everyone

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Hoover’s start at the Bureau of Investigation in 1919 (the “Federal” was added in 1935) right up through his death in 1972. Many of the watermarks surrounding Hoover and his G–Men are included, albeit accorded different measures of importance: The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh’s baby is given ample screen time, as is the Bureau’s pursuit of notorious 1930s gangsters.

But his persecution of radicals and civil rights groups – his real legacy, as far as many people are concerned – never truly takes center stage (Martin Luther King is mentioned, but hardly a whisper is uttered about the Black Panthers), and several career blunders are sidestepped in order to present a fair and balanced portrait.

But the same problem affects J. Edgar that affected Oliver Stone’s Nixon and W.: We aren’t dealing with fair and balanced individuals, and the bending over backwards in an attempt to muster tears – even crocodile tears – is an unfortunate decision.

As for the personal aspects of Hoover’s life, the rumors that he was a closeted homosexual who entered into a lifelong companionship with fellow FBI suit Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer, less dynamic here than as The Social Network’s Winklevoss twins) were never substantiated, so Black is forced to make up his own history; the focus, for better or worse, renders this less a comprehensive biopic, more a Brokeback Bureau.

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Less than 48 hours before I embarked on the courageous journey to attend the screening of Jack and Jill, a co–worker offered his theory that Adam Sandler deliberately makes

movies out of the stupidest ideas he can conjure, simply to prove that his fans will see him in anything. I stated that the comedian’s next film will be Diarrhea Man, about a guy who spends his entire life sitting on a toilet making flatulent sounds, and the fact that my colleague couldn’t tell whether I was joking or not says everything anyone needs to know about the cesspool of cinema known as the Adam Sandler Oeuvre.

Jack and Jill certainly ranks near the very bottom; it’s stupid and infantile, of course, but it’s also lazy and contemptuous, a clear sign that Sandler and director Dennis Dugan (his seventh Sandler film) aren’t even trying anymore, safe in the knowledge that audiences will emulate Divine in John Waters’ Pink Flamingos and chow down on whatever dog doo is presented to him.

Here, the stench is particularly potent, as this story about an obnoxious ad man (Sandler) and his whiny, overbearing sister (Sandler in drag) is a nonstop parade of scatological bits, prominent product placements, faux–hip cameos (Johnny Depp, welcome to the halls of whoredom), wink–wink chauvinism, racism and xenophobia, icky incest gags, annoying voices (not just Sandler as Jill but also the made–up language spoken by the siblings), and the usual small roles for Sandler’s beer buddies (including, groan, David Spade in drag).

Al Pacino co–stars as himself, inexplicably smitten with Jill; he provides the film’s only two or three chuckles (especially a line about the Oscars), but even long before the sequence in which he raps about doughnuts, it’s clear that he’s become an even bigger sellout than Robert De Niro. Now that’s saying something.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Activism & Politics Chatham County Democratic Party

For info, contact Tony Center, Chair, at 912233-9696 or tonycenter@comcast.net For daily updates, join our Facebook page (Chatham Democrats Georgia) and visit chathamdemsga.com/ccdc/ Chatham County Democratic Headquarters, 313 W. York St. , Savannah http://www.chathamdems.net/

Drinking Liberally

An informal, left-leaning group of folks who meet to talk about politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, and anything else that pops up. Every first and third Thursday, around 7:30 p.m. at Loco’s, 301 W. Broughton St., upstairs. Come join us! DrinkingLiberally.org

Savannah Area Young Republicans

For information, visit www.savannahyoungrepublican.com or call Allison Quinn at 308-3020.

Savannah Tea Party

meets the first Monday (excluding Holidays) of each month from 4:30 to 6:00 PM at the SRP offices located at 11 East 73rd Street. All persons interested in America’s Future are invited.

Contact Marolyn Overton at 912-598-7358 for additional info.

Urban Hope of Savannah Seeks Board Members

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. Key-

note: 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.

Adopt a Dolphin for Christmas.

The Dolphin Project offers a great gift option for all ages. Receive a dorsal photo of the dolphin of your choice, plus dolphin information, activity pages, dolphin bookmark and dolphin certification of adoption. Donation benefits research and education programs led by The Dolphin Project. Download an adoption application: http://www.thedolphinproject.org/adopt. html (PS: you don’t get to keep a real dolphin.

They are wild animals that must remain wild and free) Info: Charlotte Keenoy: 912-921-1633

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.

Art Show, Gala & Auction hosted by Savannah Association for the Blind

Opening Art Show Gala & Auction, Dec. 3, 6:30pm-9:30pm, Closing Celebration & Auction Dec. 17, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Both events at Brockington Hall, 213 East Hall Street, Savannah. Information: 912-236-4473 or sbussey@ sabinc.org.

Art Show, Gala & Auction hosted by Savannah Association for the Blind

Opening Art Show Gala & Auction, Dec. 3, 6:30pm-9:30pm, Closing Celebration & Auction Dec. 17, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Both events at Brockington Hall, 213 East Hall Street, Savannah. Information: 912-236-4473 or sbussey@ sabinc.org.

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Charity Dart Tournament & Silent Auction

Benefiting Ruth Byck Adult Day Care and the Kicklighter Academy. Sponsored by Savannah Area Darting Association (SADA). December 2-4 at Hampton Inn & Suites in downtown Savannah. The tournament is open to the public.

So come on down and try your hand at throwing darts. Events begin Friday evening, Dec 2, with sign ups starting at 7:00 pm, and continues Saturday morning with sign ups starting at 10:00 am. Information: 912-258-3599.

Denim & Diamonds Ball Pink Ball

Benefit gala for Guardians of the Ribbon, Southeast Georgia Chapter. Don Blue Jeans or a Ball Gown, and spend an evening in Pink.

Enjoy dinner, entertainment and communal healing. Mighty Eighth Airforce Museum, Dec. 9, 6:30-11:30pm. Proceeds stay in the community to assist women who are undergoing cancer treatment and experiencing financial hardships. Held at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler. Tickets: $25/person www.gapinktrucks.org

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.

Holiday Designer Show House

Benefiting The Children’s Hospital at Memorial University Medical Center. Historic District home at 318 E. Jones St. Open Saturdays and Sundays from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Nov. 26 – Dec. 18. Tickets: $10 at the door, or at www.memorialhealth.kintera.org/Holiday 2011 Designer Showhouse or at any Sea Island Bank branch.

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.

Pickle Run--5k Beach & Road Run

Benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire. Sat. Nov. 26.

Registration at 8:30am. Run starts at 9:15am.

Race starts and ends at Huc-A-Poo’s on Tybee Island (1213 E. Hwy 80). Fee: $25. Registration available online at http://www.active.com/ running/tybee-island-ga/the-pickle-run-2011.

Information: 912-786-5900 or 912-308-8820.

Spaghetti Supper to Benefit Savannah Children’s Choir

Mon. Nov. 28, 4-7pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 34th & Abercorn Streets. Funds raised will apply toward the choir’s upcoming trip to Italy. $7 per person. Pasta, choice of meat or vegetarian sauce, bread and salad. Drinks and home-made baked goods available for additional sale. Take-out or dine in. www. savannahchoir.org or (912) 228-4758.

Ten Can Run 5k or 10k

Savannah Christian Church will host this run or walk on Thanksgiving morning, Thurs.

Nov.24. Participants donate ten cans of food to the Lighthouse Ministry and People Helping People, to feed local people in need. Includes a free 1/4 mile kids run and 1 mile walk. Registration: 6:30am. Kids Run: 7:15am 5k or 10k: 7:30am 55 Al Henderson Blvd., and Henderson Golf Course. Register at Active.com, Keyword Ten Can Run. $20, plus ten cans of food per person. Contact Heidi Thomson at 629-4764 or hthomson@savannahchristian.com.

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

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Call for Art Submissions

For Gala and Auction benefiting the Savannah Association for the Blind. Please Submit art donations by 11/28/11. Please deliver art to: Savannah Association for the Blind, Inc. 214 Drayton St. Savannah. Information: 912-2364473 or sbussey@sabinc.org. Show runs Dec 3-17.

Call For Artwork--Telfair Trunk Show

Artists and fine craftspeople wishing to be 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.

Forsyth Farmers Market Recipe Contest

Grant Applications Sought by Junior League of Savannah

The Junior League of Savannah is now taking applications for three grant programs. “Done in a Day” grants are for projects using League volunteers through hands-on volunteer work plus funding of up to $1500.00 per project.

“Community Projects” are organizations that partner with the Junior League of Savannah and receive funding and volunteers. “Community Assistance Funds” are awarded once a year in the spring and represent an additional financial commitment to the community. For nonprofits within the program focus area of Women and Children’s Advocacy. To apply, visit www.jrleaguesav.org or call 912-7901002. Deadline is December 1.

Indigo Sky Community Gallery Juried Exhibition

Call For Entries for “Weather or Not,” a juried art exhibition scheduled for January 2012.

The show addresses projections, prophesies and concerns as we enter the year 2012. For additional information and how to apply, go to: http://indigoskycommunitygallery.blogspot. com/p/calls-for-entry.html.

Singing Auditions for Disney Productions

Nov. 25, by appointment only, on Hilton Head Island. Under 18 participants must be accompanied by parent to audition. No fees or solicitations involved. Jeff Gordon, All Star

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Wayne CHamberS

Fall/ Winter 2012 recipe contest. Contestants must create an easy, healthy dish, using mainly ingredients available from the

market during the months of November and December 2011. Email or bring a recipe to the market before the last day of the 2011 season – Saturday, December 17. Information at the Farmers Market info booth, or via email at pr@cscpconsult.com.

Saturday, December 10th Home Tours at 11am & 5pm Victorian Tea between 3pm & 5pm

Sunday, December 11th Inn Tour at 11:30am

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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.

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Savannah Danse Theatre Presents

The Nutcracker in Savannah November 26, 2011 • 2:00pm & 7:30pm Lucas Theatre • Historic Savannah

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All Star Music works with performers such as Ashley Tisdale, Jordan Pruitt, Mitchel Musso, Jordin Sparks, Bigtime Rush, Honor Society, and Lemonade Mouth. To schedule, call Jennifer Tucker at Tucker Model Talent, 843-681-7827.

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 912-398-9811, 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 Beginning 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.

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/

This talented cast of Savannah’s dancers and special guest artists along with the famous Tchaikovsky musical score make this memorable heart warming performance a great start to your holiday season.

Champions Training Center

the cost is $30.00. For more info: 912-4430410.

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.

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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.

Guitar, Electric Bass & Double Bass Lessons

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

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!

Private and group drawing lessons by Artist and former SCAD Professor Karen Bradley.

Call or email for details, (912)507-7138. kbillustration@mac.com

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

Drawing Instruction

Guitar, mandolin and bass lessons

DUI Prevention Group

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

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 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:

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Special “meet and greet” the Nutcracker characters at the 2:00pm show.

Sunday November 27th at 1pm

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Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call 912-713-2718 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.

Mindfulness Meditation Class

Instruction in mindfulness stress reduction meditation. Group practice with time for questions and comments. Wednesdays, 7:00-8:15pm.

Yoga Co-op Savannah. 2424 Drayton St. $13/ class (less with membership). www.yogacoopsavannah.com or 912-429-7264.

Ms. Amy’s School of Music

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

Music Lessons--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

A music program for adults who played a band instrument in high school or college and would like to have the opportunity to begin playing again. Dust off your instrument every Monday night at Portman’s Music Store (Abercorn) at

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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.

Open Pottery Studio at Savannah’s Clay Spot

For potters with experience who want time in the studio, Choose from 4 hour time slots. Registrations are based on a monthly, bi monthly, and quarterly time commitment. Savannah’s Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St. Information: 912509-4647 or www.savannahsclayspot.com

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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 internetready computers.

Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group

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

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

Offering a variety of business classes. Call 6523582. 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.

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

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

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.

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

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Clubs & Organizations

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)

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/

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

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/ 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 9:1511:30 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.

Energy Healers

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Exploring The American Revolution in Savannah

Safe Kids Savannah

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/ 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 Washington DC to visit the new WWII Memorial. All expenses are paid by Honor Flight Savannah, which is not a government-supported program. They depend on donations from the

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 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:

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

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

A dinner meeting held the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club. Call John Findeis at 7487020. 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 orsavannahjaycees.com

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The 13th Colony Patriots

Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 9273356. Savannah

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

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.

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.

The Peacock Guild

Son-shine Hour

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.

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,

The Philo Cafe

Southern Wings

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.

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

Theremin/Electronic Music Enthusiasts

Stitch-N’s

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.

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

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:

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

Conferences

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

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

Dance Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Classes for multiple ages in the art of performance dance and Adult fitness dance. Styles include African, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, & Gospel. Classes held in the new Abeni Cultural Arts dance studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. For more information call 912631-3452 or 912-272-2797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. E-mail: abeniculturalarts@gmail.com

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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

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.

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C.C. Express Dance Team

Meets the second Tuesday of every month (except October), 6:00 pm at Woodville-Tompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner Street. Call 912-2323549 or email chesteraellis@comcast.net for more information.

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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 ,

African Dance & Drum

Learn the rhythms of West Africa with instructor Aisha Rivers. Information at www.ayoluwa. org Rhythms of West Africa, 607 W. 37th St. , Savannah http://www.ayoluwa.org/

Argentine Tango

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.

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

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.

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 912-354-5586.

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 912-398-4776.

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 856-7323. 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.

Savannah Dance Club

“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.

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ARIES

(March 21–April 19) “Basic research is what I am doing when I don’t know what I am doing,” said rocket scientist Werner von Braun. I think it’s an excellent time for you to plunge into that kind of basic research, Aries.

You’re overdue to wander around frontiers you didn’t even realize you needed to investigate. You’re ready to soak up insights from outside the boundaries of your understanding. In fact, I think it’s your sacred duty to expose yourself to raw truths and unexpected vistas that have been beyond your imagination’s power to envision.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) In Woody Allen’s film Midnight in Paris, the Ernest Hemingway character says, “All cowardice comes from not loving, or not loving well enough.” Given the state of your current astrological omens, Taurus, that is an excellent piece of advice. I suspect you are going to be asked to call on previously untapped reserves of courage in the coming weeks –– not because you’ll have to face physical danger but rather because you will have a chance to get to the bottom of mysteries that can only be explored if you have more courage than you’ve had up until now. And the single best way to summon the valor you’ll need is to love like a god or goddess loves.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) “When I see your face, the stones start spinning!” wrote the poet Rumi, as translated by Coleman Barks. “Water turns pearly. Fire dies down and doesn’t destroy. In your presence I don’t want what I thought I wanted.” I think you need to be in the presence of a face like that, Gemini. You’ve got to get your fixations scrambled by an arresting vision of soulful authenticity.

You need your colors transposed and your fire and water reconfigured. Most of all, it’s crucial that you get nudged into transforming your ideas about what you really want. So go find that healingly disruptive prod, please. It’s not necessarily the face of a gorgeous icon. It could be the face of a whisperer in the darkness or of a humble hero who’s skilled in the art of surrender. Do you know where to look?

CANCER

(June 21–July 22)

“All my life I have longed to be loved by a woman who was melancholy, thin, and an actress,” wrote 19th–century French author Stendhal in his diary. “Now I have been, and I am not happy.” I myself had a similar experience –– craving a particular type of women who, when she finally showed up in the flesh, disappointed me. But it turned out to be a liberating experience. Relieved of my delusory fantasy, I was able to draw more joy from what life was actually giving me. As you contemplate your own loss, Cancerian, I hope you will find the release and deliverance I did.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) If you traveled 300 million years back in time, you might freak out in abject fear as you encountered dragonflies as big as eagles and cockroaches the size of dogs. But since you’re quite safe from those monsters here in the present, there’s no need to worry yourself sick about them. Similarly, if you managed to locate a time machine and return to an earlier phase of your current life, you’d come upon certain events that upset you and derailed you way back then. And yet the odds are very high that you’re not going to find a time machine. So maybe you could agree to relinquish all the anxiety you’re still carrying from those experiences that can no longer upset and derail you. Now would be an excellent moment to do so.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) To prepare for her role in the film The Help, actress Jessica Chastain forced herself to gain 15 pounds. It was tough, because she normally follows a very healthy diet. The strategy that worked best was to ingest a lot of calorie–heavy, estrogen–rich ice cream made from soybeans. To be in alignment with current cosmic rhythms, it would make sense for you to fatten yourself up, too, Virgo –– metaphorically speaking, that is. I think you’d benefit from having more ballast, more gravitas. You need to be sure you’re well–anchored and not easy to push around. It’s nearly time to take an unshakable stand for what you care about most.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) In a famous Monty Python sketch, a Hungarian tourist goes into a British tobacconist’s store to buy

cigarettes. Since he doesn’t speak English, he consults a phrase book to find the right words. “My hovercraft is full of eels,” he tells the clerk, who’s not sure what he means. The tourist tries again: “Do you want to come back to my place, bouncy bouncy?” Again, the clerk is confused. In the coming week, Libra, I foresee you having to deal with communications that are equally askew. Be patient, please. Try your best to figure out the intentions and meanings behind the odd messages you’re presented with. Your translating skills are at a peak, fortunately, as are your abilities to understand what other people –– even fuzzy thinkers –– are saying.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) There are modern Chinese painters who use oil paints on canvas to create near–perfect replicas of famous European masterpieces.

So while the genuine copy of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” is worth over $100 million, you can buy an excellent copy on the Internet for less than $100. If you’re faced with a comparable choice in the coming week –– whether to go with a pricey original or a cheaper but good facsimile, I suggest you take the latter. For your current purposes, you just need what works, not what gives you prestige or bragging rights.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

“It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything,” said Sagittarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke. “I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.” I urge you to consider trying that approach yourself, Sagittarius.

Instead of worrying about how to launch your rebirth, maybe you should just dive into the middle of the new life you want for yourself.

Avoid stewing interminably in the frustrating mysteries of the primal chaos so you can leap into the fun in full swing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

The Golden Gate Bridge spans the place where San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean. It wasn’t easy to build. The water below is deep, wind–swept, beset with swirling currents, and on occasion shrouded with blinding fog. Recognizing its magnificence, the American Society of Civil Engineers calls the bridge one of

the modern Wonders of the World.

Strange to think, then, that the bridge was constructed between 1933 and 1937, during the height of the Great Depression. I suggest you make it your symbol of power for the coming weeks, Capricorn.

Formulate a plan to begin working toward a triumph in the least successful part of your life.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) It’s an excellent time for you to get an entourage –– or if you already have one, to expand it. For that matter, it’s a perfect moment for you to recruit more soldiers to help you carry out your plot to overthrow the status quo. Or to round up more allies for your plans to change the course of local history. Or to gather more accomplices as you seek to boldly go where you have never gone before. So beef up your support system. Boost the likelihood that your conspiracy will succeed.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) If you expand your concept of what you’re capable of, you will receive a specific offer to move up a notch.

If you perform your duties with intensified care and grace, you will be given new responsibilities that catalyze your sleeping potential.

The universe doesn’t always act with so much karmic precision, with such sleek, efficient fairness, but that’s how it’s working in your vicinity right now. Here’s one more example of how reasonable the fates are behaving: If you resolve to compete against no one but yourself, you will be shown new secrets about how to express your idiosyncratic genius.

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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

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

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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

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.

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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.

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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 , Savannah http://www.savj.org/

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

Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun

VING TSUN (Wing Chun) is the world’s fastest growing martial arts style. Using angles and leverage to turn an attacker’s strength against them makes VING TSUN Kung Fu effective for everyone. Call Sifu Michael Sampson to find out about our free trial classes 912-429-9241. 11202 White Bluff Road. Drop Ins welcome.

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

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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.

Rolf Method Bodywork

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

Stand-Up Paddleboarding

East Coast Paddleboarding offers paddleboard lessons, rentals, tours and sales. Come see why this is the fastest growing sport in the world! It’s fun, a great way get out on the water and to stay fit. It’s easy to learn, anyone can do it. Savannah/Tybee Island Eastcoastpaddleboarding.com or 781-267-1810

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.

Zumba Fitness (R) classes

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

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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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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 912-2887863 or email heather@savpride.com. First City Network, Savannah http://www.firstcitynetwork.net/

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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/

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A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 352-2611.

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Health Alcoholics Anonymous

If you want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Check www.SavannahAA.com for meeting locations and times, or call 24 hrs 912-356-3688 for information.

Community Weight Loss Challenge

Starting in November. Learn how to lose weight, improve health for a life time. Classes are limited and taught by Wellness Coach/ Certified Sports Nutritionist Sheila Roemeling, call for info and reservations 651-2636677.

Free hearing & speech screening

Hearing: Every Thurs. 9-11 a.m. Speech: 1st Thurs. of each month. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 3554601. 1206 E 66th St , Savannah http://www. savannahspeechandhearing.org/

Healthcare for the Uninsured

St. Mary’s Health Center is open for health needs of uninsured residents of Chatham County. Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 443-9409. St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. ,

Help for Iraq War Veterans

A method used at Fort Campbell to treat lack of sleep, anger, flashbacks, nightmares and emotional numbness in veterans is available in Savannah. 927-3432.

Hypnobirthing Classes

Offered at the Birth Center, 1692 Chatham Parkway. Ongoing series of 5-week sessions held Tuesdays 6-8:30pm and Saturdays, 9-11:30am. Open to all women regardless of birth site. Private instructions also available.

For more info, contact: Sharon Kennedy, 904327-0499, kennedysharon47@gmail.com or Joyce Ann Leaf, 912- 844-2762, douladeliveries@comcast.net

La Leche League of Savannah

Mothers wishing to find out more about breastfeeding are invited to attend a meeting on the first Thursday of every month at 10am.

La Leche League of Savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers. 897-9544, www.lllusa.org/web/ SavannahGA.html. Savannah

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Lot on River /septic hook-up $ 225 / $225 dep water furnished, RV/ camper 912-964-4451

HIGHLAND WOODS 800 QUACCO ROAD 925-9673

Mobile Home lots for rent.

First month rent free! Wooden deck, curbside garbage collection twice weekly, swimming pool and playground included. Cable TV available.

House For Rent 12 Gerald Drive 3 BR, 1 BA, large LR, DR, Kitchen, CH/A, New Carpet, Fenced. $750/$850 Dep 912-429-9446/352-8464 NEAR BUCKHALTER 2BR/1.5BA Mobile home on private lot. Available soon; taking applications. $525/month + deposit.

NEAR ARMSTRONG 3 or 4BR/2BA, 2-story, very private, no pets. Taking applications $795/month + deposit.

912-234-0548; No Section 8

Hal Brodmann, 912-713-7957

9B OAK FOREST LANE 2BR/1BA, Washer/Dryer Connection, Alarm System . $650/$650 Deposit.

912-398-4424

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FOR RENT

•4602 Lanier Driver: 2BR Apt. $660/month + security.

•1202 E.37th: 3BR/1BA house, LR,DR, kitchen, window AC, gas heat $600/month + sec. dep.

•1202 McCarthy Avenue: 2BR Apt, window AC $450/mo + sec. dep.

•812 W.39th: 2BR/2BA $600/mo.

•1610 Ott St: 1BR Apt. $400/mo. + sec. deposit.

ATTENTION LANDLORDS: If you are a landlord looking for a property manager, don’t just call a realtor, call one that specializes in rental property management.

Lester Branch Property Management can assist you in the management of your property. Call Lester at 912-313-8261 or 912-234-5650.

FOR RENT

Temple Street off Staley Avenue,

by Fairgrounds. On 3 lots.

3BR/2BA, den LR, DR, kitchen, heat/air, hardwood floors, laundry room. Call 912-224-4167

$125-$165 weekly, In all areas. We do Background check.

912-428-4722

SECTION 8 PREFERRED (not required)

House for rent in Bloomingdale.

3BR/1BA, furnished includes washer/dryer, appliances, LR & BR furniture & TVs. OR unfurnished, you choose. Central heat/air, 2 of 3 bedrooms are large. Sitting on 3/4acre. Quiet, residential area.

912-210-0144

SECTION 8 WELCOME

ONE, TWO & THREE BR Apts. & Houses for rent. Stove, refrigerator, washer/dryer. 1/2 month OffGood for this month only.

912-844-5996 OR 912-272-6820

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

One & Two Bedroom Apartments with appliances, utilities included. $170-$225/weekly; Monthly $875. 912-319-4182

ROOMS FOR RENT

SAVE $$$$ MOVE-IN SPECIALS Clean, furnished, large. Busline, central heat/air, utilities. $100-$135 weekly.

Rooms w/bathroom $150.

Call 912-289-0410.

AVAILABLE ROOMS: CLEAN, comfortable rooms. Washer/dryer, air, cable, HBO, ceiling fans. $110-$140 weekly. No deposit. Call Ike @ 844-7065 FURNISHED Carriage house Apts.

Utilities included. $160/wk, $20 key deposit. Rooming house on 38th & Drayton. 912-234-9779

SOUTHSIDE HOUSE FOR RENT 2BR, 1-Bath, LR, den, large eat-in kitchen, huge backyard. Call 912-220-4016 for details

ONE, TWO & Three Bedroom Apts. for Rent. $350/month & Up. Call 912-232-3355 2162 Krenson: 2BR/1BA $575 1106 E.31st: 3BR/1BA $650 1202 E.38th: 3BR/1BA $700 1229 E.40th: 3BR/1BA $800 101 W.57th: 3BR/2BA $750 2402 Texas: 3BR/2BA $850 Several Rent-to-Own Properties Guaranteed Financing.

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RENT-TO-OWN

Large 3BD/2BA & 2BD/2BA remodeled mobile homes in nice Garden City mobile home park. Pool, basketball court, playground, clubhouse. Low down affordable payments. Credit check required. Call Gwen or Della, 912-964-7675.

location. $675/month, $300 dep.

912-988-3724 or 912-704-7228

TOWNHOUSE- Lewis Dr. 2-Bedroom, 1.5-Bath, Stove, Refrigerator, washer/dryer connections, dishwasher, central heat/air, total electric, no pets. $600/month $600/deposit. 912-657-4583.

UPCHURCH ENTERPRISES 912-665-0592 912-354-7737 NEAR ISLE OF HOPE

7315 Garfield: 3BR/2BA, freshly painted, fenced backyard, single car garage. Move-in Ready! $1150/month + dep.

VERY NICE HOMES

*5621 Betty Dr. 2BR/1BA $650 *2220 E.43rd 3BR/1BA $825 *2042 E.60th 3BR/1BA $825 *15 Gerald Dr. 3BR/1BA $800 912-507-7934/912-927-2853 rooms for rent 895

RENT TO OWN

Want your own home, but don’t have good credit? We’ll help you to purchase your dream home.

Brand new homes with rental rates starting at $1,100 per month. Give us a call today at (912) 748-2111 or visit www.AidenPlace.com.

SPACIOUS ROOMS FOR RENT Newly renovated on busline.2 blocks from Downtown Kroger,3 blocks from Historic Forsyth Park. $150/week w/No deposit.

844-5995 EFFICIENCY ROOMS Includes stove, refrigerator, private bath. Furnished! $180/week.

Call 912-844-5995.

ROOMMATE

Liberty City: 1BR, private bath, living room and more. No pets. $300/month, half utilities. $300/deposit. 912-443-9043 transportation cars 910

47 CHEVROLET Camaro Z-28 Convertible, 1998. Corvette engine.

65K miles. Excellent condition $9,995 Call Stephen 316-734-1935

FENDER BENDER?

Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

FORD F250 Super-duty, 2005153k miles, new heads,new brakes,new tires, new oil cooler.EGR block off kit, K&N air filer & super chip,Gooseneck hitch. $20,000.

912-823-2955 or 912-844-1825

www.ConnectSavannah.com SOUTHSIDE •1BR apts, washer/dryer included.

Water & trash included, $625/month.

•2BR/1.5BA townhouse apt, total electric, w/washer & dryer/$650.

Call 927-3278 or 356-5656

rooms for rent 895

900

LARGE VICTORIAN with windows on two sides, across from library, nicely furnished, all utilities.

TV/cable/internet, washer/dryer, $140/week. $504/month.

912-231-9464 Other apts. avail.

LOOK THIS WAY NEWLY RENOVATED FOR A PLACE TO STAY 2BR/2BA. No pets. Largo/Tibet THE PATRICIAN APT’S - POOLER area. First month’s rent 1/2 111 E. Mell Street: 2 BR, 1 BA, Furnished, affordable room available Off. $665 Rent, $600 Deposit. Washer/ dryer hook up, 975 Sq Ft. includes utility, cable,refrigerator, Ceramic tile, Quiet & Convenient central heat/air. $115-$140/weekly, Call 912-656-7842

REDUCED!

78 Altman Terrace 2BR/1BA, CH&A, new renovation.

Available Dec. 1st. $700/month.

1911 New Mexico 2 large BR, 1.5BA, hardwood floors, w/d and equipped kitchen, CH&A $725/month.

19 Arline Drive, Southside 3BR, fenced yard, CH&A. Available Dec. 1st $750/month.

108 Evora St., Westside 3BR/1.5BA, large garage, fenced yard, CH&A $750/month.

237 W.73rd St. near HAAF 2BR Duplex, heat/air, equipped kitchen $500/month. *$35 Non-Refundable App. Fee Req.

ROOM FOR RENT

rooms for rent 895

no deposit.Call 912-844-3609 NEED A ROOM? STOP LOOKING! Great rooms available ranging from $115-$140/weekly. Includes refrigerators, cable w/HBO, central heat/air.

No deposit.

Call 912-398-7507.

ROOM FOR RENT

Southside Savannah neighborhood. Large private room, private bath, furnished, cable TV, wireless internet, utilities included. Quiet neighborhood. $450/month, $200/dep. 921-1027 or 507-5614 ROOMMATES WANTED West Savannah: Very Clean, newly remodeled w/central heat/air, stove,refrigerator,cable, washer/dryer, WiFi. On busline. Starting at $125/week.

Call 912-272-6919 ROOMS FOR RENT-Eastside Westside locations. Furnished cable & utilities included. $125 weekly.

Call 912-844-7274

ROOMS FOR RENT

Fully furnished, central heat/air, washer & dryer, cable, internet. No deposit.

Safe environment. $125-$150/weekly & $450-$550/monthly. 912-228-1242

SPECIAL THIS WEEK!

$50 Deposit Efficiencies $170/per week & up.

Utilities included, Furnished, private bath. No Pets. Call 912-695-7889 or 912-342-3840

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2 BEDROOM Apartments Available. Section 8 Welcome.

New appliances plus washers and dryers,laminate and ceramic tile.

Call Eddie, 912-308-7672 or 912-231-0963

for rent 855

HONDA Accord, LX 2002 4 door, Great condition. nice car 137k $ 4500 97 Lexus LS 400 Runs great 163k $ 3500 238-0966 MGB-GT, 1974- Runs, body in good shape. Mid restoration complete car, many new parts, $3000.

Assembly required. 354-1854 or 398-4107 Nissan Sentra, 2006- 1.8 S Special Edition, fully loaded, 32 mpg, black 76K Great shape. Call 912-547-7905/ 233-7166 By owner $8,600.00 WE PAY CASH for junk cars & trucks! Call 964-0515

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