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WEEK AT A GLANCE Freebie of the Week

Bring One for The Chipper (Christmas tree recycling)

What: Drop off your Christmas tree at any area Home Depot, or the Dean Forest, Bacon Park, or Wilmington Island landfills/transfer stations. The mulch will be used by the City for parks and neighborhood beautification projects. When: Sat. Jan. 7, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Info: 912-651-1967

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23 Mark Your Calendar 24 Food & Drink 25 Art 26 movies

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Wednesday Skatefest! Ice Skating continues

What: Daily ice skating in the Civic Center

from Dec. 9 through Jan. 8. Skates available for rent. Times vary.

Where: Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Cost: $7/person. 6-session pass: $30 Info: www.savannahcivic.com/

Film: Milano Trema, or, The Violent Professionals (Italy, 1973)

What: Psychotronic Film Society presents an uncut widescreen version of an “Italian Police” genre classic. “A brutal, down-and-dirty slice of seedy Italy that’s a must-see for fans of uncompromising ‘70s foreign cinema,” says PFS’s movie maestro Jim Reed. In Italian with English subtitles. Rescheduled from late 2011.

When: Wed. Jan. 4, 8 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $6 Info: http://sentientbean.com/

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Thursday Seersucker Live’s Happy Hour for Writers

Cost: $15 Info: www.claudianygaard.com/

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Friday Music: Chris Desa and Claudia Nygaard

What: Savannah Folk Music Society’s

First Friday for Folk brings local singer/ songwriter/guitarist Desa and Nashville’s Nygaard to the stage for solo sets.

When: Fri. Jan. 6, 7:30 p.m.

Where: First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Cost: $2 donation Info: www.savannahfolk.org/

Comedy: Mark Evans

What: His “Southern, Not Stupid” Tour headlines the Savannah Comedy Revue.

When: Fri. Jan. 6, 8 p.m.

Where: Bay Street Theatre, 1 Jefferson St. Cost: $9 Info: www.savannahcomedyrevue.com/

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Saturday Drum Clinic with Rich Redmond

What: The drummer for platinum recording artist Jason Aldean gives his CRASH

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Blackwater Paddle Outing

What: Wilderness Southeast leads a canoeing daytrip on a local blackwater river. After basic canoeing instruction, a naturalist will lead the way downstream past tall tupelo and cypress. Meet in Rincon. Reservations required.

When: Sat. Jan. 7, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Cost: $50 includes canoe, paddle and instruction.

Info: 912-236-8115. www.wildernesssoutheast.org/

Standup Comedy Workshop

What: “What You Get”. No really, that’s the name of this afternoon workshop presented by the Bay Street Theater.

Comedian Mark Evans leads.

When: Sat. Jan. 7, 1 p.m.

Where: Bay Street Theater, 1 Jefferson Cost: $35 Info: 314-503-9005. http://savannahcomedyrevue.com/

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Sunday Film: Sigur Ros presents “Inni” (2011, Iceland)

nah area writing community. Now featuring Seersucker Live’s Sharing Table, a place where writers can, if they choose, have a seat and share their work with each other.

When: Thu. Jan. 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: Abe’s on Lincoln, 17 Lincoln St., Cost: Free and open to the public. Buy your own beverage Info: http://SeersuckerLive.com/

What: The final installment for Psychotronic Film Society’s Fall/Winter Series of “Movies Savannah Missed.”

Directed by Vincent Morisset. Screenings at 2 pm, 5 pm and 8 pm. “This mesmerizing and unforgettable B&W concert film captures the highly influential and internationally beloved Icelandic alternative rock group SIGUR ROS at one of the heights of their powers.” writes PFS’s Jim Reed.

When: Sun. Jan. 8 Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd., Cost: $8 Info: musesavannah.org/

Music: Americana Singer/Songwriter Claudia Nygaard

What: Musical storytelling in the spirit of John Prine, Willie Nelson and Guy Clark.

Touring in front of a newly released CD. Information: h_mgoslin@yahoo.com When: Thu. Jan. 5, 7:30-10 p.m.

Where: 71 Green Island Road, Skidaway Island

Course for Success in Music Business and Life is music, entertainment, and inside information on how to live large.

When: Sat. Jan. 7, 2 p.m.

Where: Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. Cost: $5 Info: www.richredmond.com/

Iceland rules on Sunday night

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Brahms to Bartok, including works

by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, LaMontaine, Moussorgsky and Ravel. Donations benefit the Unitarian Universalist Church, which hosts.

When: Sun. Jan. 8, 3 p.m.

Where: Unitarian Universalist Church, 313 East Harris Street Cost: Free and open to the public/ donations.

Info: www.uusavannah.org/

Improv Comedy: The Odd Lot Comedy Troupe

What: Classical Piano recital from

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Monday Lecture: The State of Venture Capitalism in Georgia (and a little bit about rockets)

What: Stephen Fleming, Vice Provost

and Executive Director of Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, speaks at the first of 2012’s Technology Association of Georgia/ Savannah Speaker Series. Registration requested at www.tinyurl.com/ SAVSPK. When: Mon. Jan. 9, 5:30 p.m.

Where: ThincSavannah, 35 Barnard St.

Jazz Concert: 14th Annual Musical Salute To Martin Luther King, Jr.

What: Live, in the moment, hilarity with a showcase of improvisational comedy.

When: Mon. Jan. 9, 8 p.m.

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

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What: Coastal Jazz Association and

the Jewish Educational Alliance present this14th annual concert, featuring The Savannah Jazz Orchestra & Savannah Arts Academy Skyelite Band. Dessert reception at intermission.

When: Tue. Jan. 10, 7 p.m.

Where: Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: http://www.coastal-jazz.org/

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Tuesday Lecture: George Akerlof on ‘Phishing for Phools’

What: Why DID you buy all that stuff

at those after-Christmas sales?

SCAD’s “The Art of the Mind” lecture series presents this 2011 Nobel Prize-winning economist and author, discussing examines why we buy things and how they are marketed.

When: Tue. Jan. 10, 5 p.m.

Where: SCAD’s Arnold Hall, 1810 Bull St. Cost: Free and open to the public Info: 912-525-5210

Wednesday Economic Outlook Luncheon

What: Savannah Area Chamber of

Commerce sponsors this lunch and economic prognostication for the next 12 months, forecast by state and local university-based economists.

When: Wed. Jan. 11, 11:30 a.m.

Where: Trade & Convention Center, Hutchinson Island Cost: $35 members and $45 nonmembers

Info: www.SavannahChamber.com/

Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Outlook Luncheon

What: Is Savannah’s economic forecast sunny, cloudy or stormy?

The state, regional and national forecast will be given by Robert T. Sumichrast, Dean, Terry College of Business, and the local forecast will be presented by Dr. Michael Toma, Armstrong Atlantic State University.

When: Wed. Jan. 11, 12 p.m.

Where: Savannah International Trade & Convention Center Cost: $35/Chamber members, $45/ non-members Info: 912-644-6432

Film: The Hobbit (1977, USA), animated)

What: Psychotronic Film Society presents rare & restored animated musical version of the J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic Lord of the Rings prequel.

When: Wed. Jan. 11, 8 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $7 Info: sentientbean.com/

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2011’s best scam email

by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

As longtime readers know, one of my hobbies is collecting Nigerian scam emails. This week, as is my annual habit, I’d like to share my pick for best Nigerian scam of 2011.

For those few of you with no idea what I’m talking about, the fabled “Nigerian scam” — now pushing 40 years old — originally involved handwritten letters and faxes soliciting help in moving a large sum of quasi–illegal cash out of some African country, usually Nigeria.

As technology advanced, faxes and letters turned to emails, and the purported geography of the writers became more disparate.

You, dear reader, have your heartstrings tugged as well as your wallet, in assisting to get the cash out of limbo in exchange for a promised cut. If you take the bait, you’ll be asked to forward increasing sums of cash to the writer to grease the wheels of corrupt native bureaucracy.

The emotional, guilt–inducing letters play on the stupidity, naivete, greed and even latent racism of the recipient. While I don’t condone the Nigerian scam’s illegality, I have no sympathy for fools who are parted from their money in this manner.

Despite their criminal intent, to me as a writer and editor these emails represent something increasingly rare and wonderful: Genuine creative writing, with an earnest dedication to craft that’s all the more poignant because we’ll never know the writers’ true identities.

Maybe the biggest irony is that in this age of text–speak and declining writing skills in the so–called “developed” world, scam email writers now possess what amounts to a state–of–the–art of grasp of exposition and dramatic effect.

Literary agents and editors, take note!

Unfortunately, in this Tweeting, value– shopping Walmart world we live in, the trend continues toward shorter scam emails. Like a Russian novel, a good Nigerian scam needs time to develop.

While I cannot claim that the overall level of the Nigerian scam across the board is back to golden age, pre-text and

pre-Twitter heights, I did come across some fine examples in 2011, many courtesy of my number–one supplier, Jack Fitzgerald.

Like the blues or Shakespearean sonnets, the best scam emails follow a time–honored template. The genius of the writer comes through in how creative they get within the template.

This year’s winning scam email, while a little brief for my taste, purports to be from a sensitive young lady in Africa’s Ivory Coast named “Miss Esther Moses, the only Daughter of late Mr. Moses Igwe.”

A proper opening is vital. It must be compelling, and must combine the right amount of pathos with a note of humility for being so direct.

Here’s young Miss Moses’s intro: I am very delighted to have you by my side. It is the only way I can get to you after going through your profile, considering my present situation in which I found myself into... I am an orphan being hereby begging you for your assistance. I lost my mother when I was just 6yrs and since then my father took me so special. But it is sad to say that he also pass away due to some three days sickness.

I’m hooked already! Didn’t take long.

Now we come to the integral portion of a true Nigerian scam email: What I call the “habeas corpus,” in which the writer paints a detailed picture of the exact amount of the cash sum as well as its physical location.

Check out Esther’s well–executed habeas: He was an Agrochemical dealer and also a Fertilizer importer during his days but before his death at the hospital he call me on his bed side and told me that he has an amount of Four million, Five hundred thousand United state dollars, (USD $4,500,000.00) deposited in one of the leading Banks here in ivory coast, so I should look for someone who I will Trust to help me invest this money In any safer place outside Africa who will stand

as my guardian over this money so that I can further my education there and also for better investment, Note the exquisite attention to detail in her deathbed confession scene, a common motif in Nigerian scam emails. Not only was Dad an “Agrochemical dealer,” whatever that is, he was also a “Fertilizer importer.”

A sly double entendre referring to the amount of manure the scam writer is shoveling? In any case a deft touch.

Also note how the slightly manic quality of the run-on sentence helps convey the writer’s supposed desperation.

The stage is now set for the section I call the “appeal to decency.” This is where the scam writer can really stretch out: I am just 22years old and a university undergraduate and really don’t know what to do. So please I am pleading you, if you can help me to transfer this money to your country so that I can join you there to further my education and also for better investment of the money. Please try as much as possible to help me, as you can see , this money is my only hope rest now, and my whole life, so please try as much as possible to help me out of this situation. and I promise you that you will never regret doing this to me.

Note again how her poor English works to her advantage: “Doing this to me” instead of the more normal “for me.” Another subtle play on words, perhaps, reinforcing the writer’s vulnerability in this cruel world?

All this is a set–up for the “ask.” Like Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross, the Nigerian scam writer lives by the principle of ABC: Always Be Closing. Miss Esther gives us a new twist, with a modern bullet–point ask suitable for the 22–year–old of today: Now permit me to ask these few questions, 1. Can you honestly help me from your heart?

2. Can I completely trust you?

3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the deposit is delivered to your care?

Oh, I don’t need much, Esther. Just a cool million will be fine for me. Happy New Year! cs

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Vote no on TSPLOST Editor, The state of Georgia through our General Assembly and Governor is asking the voters of all Georgia counties to vote on a transportation 1% sales tax called a TSPLOST in July 2012.

This 1% sales tax is in addition to other 1% sales taxes counties already have in place.

This would be called the TSPLOST (Transportation Special Projects Local Option Sales Tax).

Most counties have a 1% ELOST, a 1% SPLOST, and a 1% LOST. • The ELOST (Education Local Option Sales Tax) is a special tax for local school systems to improve infrastructure within their county.

• The SPLOST (Special Projects Local Option Sales Tax) is a special tax for local county government to improve infrastructure within their county.

• The LOST (Local Option Sales Tax) is a special tax to alleviate property taxes within the county, i.e.

allows a reduction in the millage rate.

Now the state of Georgia wants voters to approve a 1% sales tax for roads and bridges and other infrastructure that falls under GDOT’s (Georgia Department of Transformation) purview.

This would bring to four the number of 1% optional sales taxes placed upon all citizens of Georgia.

Counties using the SPLOST tax get to keep all the monies collected (100%) from this tax to benefit the needs of their county. This tax can, and most often is, used to improve roads and bridges and other needs of the county.

Under the TSPLOST rules, counties are only allowed to share 25% of the tax collected within their region of counties to be used within their respective counties.

The other 75% goes to GDOT to use wherever the state decides within the region, and there is a need for improvement bound by the constrained lists. This is usually in heavily populated areas where there are heavy traffic patterns.

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Here is the main web link. Once there just click on the Projects lists or adopted criteria for your region or any other link you might want to see: www.it3.ga.gov/Pages/Roundtable. aspx This is a discriminatory tax pitting larger counties against smaller counties, with larger counties getting the bigger piece of the 75% that GDOT controls from the tax collected.

Our counties have a SPLOST we can use for improvement, and we keep 100% of it. We don’t need a TSPLOST for the GDOT to mis– manage as they have mis–managed funds so badly in the past.

This TSPLOST is being put to the voters because our elected officials have failed in their duties to provide a budget and make a decision on how best to spend our tax dollars.

And now they are asking the voters to make a choice about a 1% sales tax to increase the revenue needed for road and bridge improvements.

We elected them to make these decisions on tax increases and budget decisions and now they are spending

untold tens of thousands in efforts to get this tax passed by the voters in July 2012 because they have failed to make decisions and now are attempting to shift the decision to the voters, and let the property owners guarantee the debt.

This is a bad tax for the citizens of Georgia. I ask you to send our legislators back to Atlanta to make the right decision and do what we pay them for, and that is to make hard decisions based on equality of taxation.

The ones that do the most damage to our transportation infrastructure are the trucking industry, let them man up and bear a bigger share of the burden.

This tax hurts the poor the worst and there is NO food exemption for this tax.

Vote no in July 2012 for TSPLOST. Mike Sims

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Lessons from a schizo holiday adventure

Things while the kids absorbed the patchouli–scented wisdom.

My husband, who responds to “Namaste” with “Gezuhndheit,” had a different scheme in mind. Rather than try to escape the insanity of the season, he figured we might as well to surrender to it, and that there was no better place to be subsumed by the flashing frenzy than in the nexus of capitalistic fun, Disneyworld.

I told him the whole point was not to overbuy, overeat or overindulge, activities which are practically required at Disneyworld.

“Come on,” he reasoned. “What kid wouldn’t remember going to Disney on Christmas?”

You might think I met this suggestion with Rabid Eye–Rolling Opposition. After all, it was the exact antithesis of the ascetic experience I thought would induce Unhampered Family Togetherness.

But I understood that he had saved all year to provide this big blowout for us, and he was probably right: The kids would certainly enjoy poking sticks into tree trunks, but it couldn’t beat getting dizzy on Space Mountain and dancing to animatronic Tiki birds.

(Also, secretly, I adore the Magic Kingdom, because no matter how manufactured the brand of fun that Disney produces is, there is no doubt they do it right. And the drunk guy waving his foot on the bridge on Pirates of the Caribbean always cracks me up.)

In the end, we compromised. We spent a day and night scampering through the woods, throwing different types of tree bark into the campfire and singing with the Hippies.

Then, as we were tucking into our lunch of lentils and home–baked bread, we announced that we were leaving for the Happiest Place on Earth. The kids, who were already beaming with the healthy hyperness

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“Enough with this orgy of gluttony,” I announced to the dog, who had been following me closely ever since I dropped a gingerbread cookie on the floor the week before.

“Next year, this family isn’t going to overbuy, overeat or overindulge.

We are going to have an experience of What’s Really Important.”

By Important, I am talking about meaningful family time. Since our Christmas plans usually only involve Chinese food and a lot of napping, this year I made a reservation for a cabin in the woods, far from the madding crowds and traffic, where we could be a Family Who Means Things.

“Time spent in nature is the ultimate indulgence,” I announced to the children, who were furious that I foiled their plan to spend the entire day playing Wii. However, they were quickly consoled by the fact that they would finally be able to toast marshmallows, an activity I had to nix after finding them huddled over the lit menorahs with toothpicks.

At the cabin, we would be exposed to the important lessons of Entertaining Ourselves Without Electricity and Realizing How Little We Need to Be Happy.

We would also be exposed to an under–appreciated study of How Lucky We Are to Have Toilets At Home.

The cabins are in a rustic spot, kind of a hippie stopover place. By Hippies, I mean a certain breed of kind and lovely human beings who reuse and recycle practically everything and who may not bathe on a regular basis.

I find their gentle presence calming, just the fine influence we needed to counteract the evil toxicity and materialism of the Real World.

I looked forward to a few days blissfully discussing Deep and Authentic Connection Between All

that comes from fresh air and organic vegetables, went into spaz drive.

The Hippies were very gracious and non–judgmental about our plan of materialistic gluttony, which is how you can tell they were real hippies and not the fake kind, who pretend to be All Good but are actually just Assholes with Dreadlocks.

We arrived at the Land of the Mouse at dawn, our hair still redolent with campfire smoke and patchouli.

As we crossed the gates, I fretted that juxtaposing a Total Nature Immersion with the Over–the–Top Rides, Robots and Junk Food Extravaganza was a terrible idea.

But it was too late to back out as my daughter squeezed my hand and shimmied with excitement, and we were off into the swirly, colorful world of rollercoasters and Mickey Mouse.

Though it wasn’t as serene or cheap as the first part of the trip, it was still an experience full of Teaching Moments. We quickly became experts in learning to Abstain from Funnel Cake Before Spinning Teacups and How to Fast Pass Your Way to the Short Line.

And because we were together, laughing and enjoying it all together, it easily met my requirements of What’s Really Important.

As the park became more crowded (who knew Christmas was one of Disneyworld’s busiest days of the year?!) we escaped to Tom Sawyer Island in the middle of a manmade lake.

Here, the kids were relieved to run around freely instead of being boxed in line or tracked around in small carts.

The polar opposites of this holiday adventure began to blur. I relaxed on a bench overlooking a grassy bank and realized that the peace of mind I sought from the Real World might just be managed anywhere.

Forested with rustic cabins and real dirt, the island so resembled actual woods that one of us (who shall remain nameless) took a nature pee behind some bushes.

I think the Hippies would have approved. cs

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

Pumped up kicks The release of the new Air Jordans on Dec. 23 caused a crime wave nationwide, one which didn’t spare Savannah.

Police were called to assist Oglethorpe Mall Security just before 7 a.m.

The crowd became unruly and pepper spray was deployed by mall security.

The spray disbursed the crowd but also hit a Savannah Police officer.

The Air Jordans were also released at Savannah Mall. Just before 8 a.m., two young men were leaving the mall with their purchases, when they were approached by four men in a white Mazda Protege. The men demanded their new shoes and indicated they had a weapon. The victims complied and the four men sped off.

Police spotted the vehicle minutes later and conducted a traffic stop.

One suspect, Tavonte Johnson, 19, jumped out of the vehicle, and fled

on foot toward Regal Cinemas. He was apprehended after a short foot pursuit. The other three suspects, James Johnson, 17, Janard Coney, and a 16 year–old juvenile, stayed in the vehicle as they were directed by officers. Both pairs of shoes were located in the vehicle. A pistol and magazine were also recovered.

Both Johnsons and Coney were arrested and charged with armed robbery.

• Four Savannah men were arrested in cars stolen from a rental agency.

Police have charged Devontae Hinton, 19, of Woodhouse Lane and Gregory Cooper, 17, of Key Street after finding them hiding under a house near an abandoned car, and Kendrick Lamar Deal, 18, of Westley Avenue and Joshua Tamil Myers, 17, who claims to be homeless, at a hospital where they had driven stolen cars to visit a friend.

So far, police have recovered five of the six vehicles stolen from Hertz Car Rentals in the 1800 block of Victory Drive after thieves broke in and

stole keys to all the cars on the lot.

Detectives and officers from all five precincts became involved after an On–Star alert advised one of the stolen cars had been in the Montgomery Crossroad area. Police tried to stop the car but it sped away. Undercover officers followed it through all five precincts until it stopped in West Henry Street lane. Officers chased the two suspects, Hinton and Cooper, on foot and secured the area until the K–9 officer arrived.

When advised that the dog would be dispatched to get them if they did not surrender, both climbed from under the house. Police found keys to the abandoned car and other items under the house.

Deal and Myers were arrested at Memorial University Medical Center after an Islands Precinct patrol officer spotted two Ford Mustangs stolen from the lot speeding near 59th and Cuba streets just after midnight. The

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Hinton, Deal and Myers have been charged with theft by receiving. Cooper was charged with possession of stolen property from an entering auto case.

Hinton and Cooper also were charged with obstruction of a law enforcement officer by fleeing and Deal was charged with obstruction by providing a false name. Officers discovered two other stolen cars parked on East 37th and 38th streets.

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Now more than ever, the world seems to be in need of ray guns. I’m curious why lasers aren’t used for more of this type of work. Surely the success of such weapons in Flash Gordon, Star Wars, and Star Trek is more than enough justification for their use instead of pesky gunpowder or nuclear weapons. What’s the holdup?

Can the problems be solved? Should I be scared of laser pointers?

—Joe Schmoe No question, lasers have been one of the great disappointments of our time.

Sure, lasers have had their uses in communication, entertainment, medicine, precision fabrication, scientific measurement, and feline recreation. But what we were really hoping for was ray guns. So much else from science fiction has become reality—pocket communicators, handheld computers.

OK, we’re still waiting on transporter beams too. But lasers seemed so close.

The requisite technology is there. We know from projects like the Reagan-era Star Wars program, with its proposed laser-based ballistic-missile killers, that the Pentagon was trying. But the best we’ve been able to come up with is Bluray players. It’s as if all we’d done once we invented the wheel was make toys.

At the Straight Dope we knew what we had to do. First, assess the current status of laser technology. Second, see if Straight Dope Labs could, in its humble way, use a homebrew laser ray gun to advance the state of the art.

In a 2010 Pentagon test, an aircraftmounted laser successfully destroyed a just-launched ballistic missile. An impressive feat, but also illustrative of the practical problem with lasers: getting the weapon aloft took a 747. In a test last year, the Navy managed to set fire to a small motorboat with a laser, this one mounted on an 8,000-ton destroyer.

Even small laser weapons aren’t that small. The Defense Department is testing a rifle-sized device it calls a “Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response” (abbreviated PHaSR—get it?) that uses

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a laser to temporarily blind bad guys.

(Permanent blinding is prohibited by the Geneva Convention.) A photo of the prototype shows a guy hoisting what looks like a bison-scale Super Soaker.

Is it portable? Yeah, it’s portable. So is a bag of cement.

The issue, as you might surmise, is power. Lasers have great range and accuracy, but doing appreciable damage demands serious juice and bulk. Most laser pointers are Class IIIA, meaning they put out just 1 to 5 milliwatts and are a hazard only if you stare directly at the beam. Class IIIB lasers, often used by astronomers, can be up to 100 times as powerful and are potentially a serious danger to vision, particularly as sometimes used by jerks who shine them at aircraft. The next step up is a Class IV laser, at least 200 times as powerful as a laser pointer. That’s what my assistants got, specifically a battery-powered one-watt blue laser bearing a strong resemblance to a light saber. Preliminary conclusion: as a method of crowd control, lasers won’t replace water cannons and tear gas any time soon.

The researchers first set up targets intended to simulate human flesh, namely a pork chop and some strips of bacon, all warmed to room temperature. Then, donning laserproof goggles, they commenced blasting away from various distances. Monitoring the affected areas with an infrared thermometer proved problematic, so instead they timed how long it took the meat to cook, rigging up a second, red laser beam to scintillate off telltale particles of smoke.

Heating the bacon took a lot longer than heating the pork, and the pork took a while—eliciting smoke required 27 seconds of continuous exposure at a range of one foot, 35 seconds at 32 feet.

Admittedly the coolness factor here was high—nothing like having your own personal laser light show. On the other hand, the likelihood that this laser would actually change somebody’s mind is virtually nil. Cooking temperature no doubt is higher than the threshold of pain; the fact remains that no bad guy is going to sit still while you try to fry him. We’re guessing you’d need at least a 100-watt laser to get results quick enough to be effective, and good luck dragging around the battery pack for that.

In sum, the near-term prospects for handheld laser guns are dim. Despite decades of death-ray hype, the proven uses for this once-promising technology remain distressingly benign. CS

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news of the weird Lead Story Intelligent Design: If the male nursery web spider were a human, he would be sternly denounced as a vulgar cad.

Researcher Maria Jose Albo of Denmark’s Aarhus University told Live Science in November that the spiders typically obtain sex by making valuable “gifts” to females (usually, highnutrition insects wrapped in silk), but if lacking resources, a male cleverly packages a fake gift (usually a piece of flower) also in silk but confoundingly wound so as to distract her as she unwraps it - and then mounts her before she discovers the hoax. Albo also found that the male is not above playing dead to coax the female into relaxing her guard as she approaches the “carcass”—only to be jumped from behind for sex.

The Continuing Crisis • Son Theodore Zimmick and two other relatives filed a lawsuit in November against the St. Stanislaus cemetery in Pittsburgh for the unprofessional burial of Theodore’s mother, Agnes, in 2009. Agnes had purchased an 11-by8-foot plot in 1945, but when she finally passed away, the graveyard had become so crowded that, according to the lawsuit, workers were forced to dig such a small hole that they had to jump up and down on the casket and whack it with poles to fit it into the space.

• Managers of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., decided recently to relocate the statue of Abraham Lincoln

that since 1895 had occupied a seldombecause of the woman’s recent heart visited site and whose advocates over surgery, the muscles between the ribs the years had insisted be given more had loosened, and the implant had prominence. It turned out that the most merely passed through a rib opening. viable option was to swap locations (They returned it to its proper place.) with a conspicuous 1906 statue of Dr. Convoluted Plans Alexander Skene. Lincoln is certainly universally revered, but Dr. Skene has • A balaclava-wearing man “kidadvocates, too, and some (according to napped” Julian Buchwald and his girla December Wall Street Journal report) friend in 2008 in Australia’s Alpine are resisting the relocation because Dr. National Park as they were picSkene (unlike Lincoln) was a Brooknicking. The man separated the lynite, and Dr. Skene (unlike Lincouple, tore their clothes off coln) had a body part named after and buried them, but BuchBEWARE OF him (“Skene’s glands,” thought to wald escaped and rescued SMOOTH-TALK- the girlfriend, and they wanbe “vital” in understanding the “G ING NURSERY spot”). dered around naked for WEB SPIDERS • The two hosts of the Dutch days before being rescued.

TV show Guinea Pigs apparThe balaclava-clad man, it ently followed through on their turns out, was Buchwald, plans in December to eat pieces whose plan was to convince of each other (fried in sunflower the woman by his heroism oil) in order to describe the taste. that she should marry him Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno (and more immediately, to have underwent surgery to have small sex even though they had both chunks removed for cooking, with pledged to remain virgins until Zeno perhaps faring worse (a piece marriage). Buchwald was conof Storm’s “bottom”) compared victed in Victoria County Court and to Storm (who got part of Zeno’s sentenced in December to more than abdomen). seven years in prison.

• A December New England Journal • Laurie Martinez, 36, was charged of Medicine report described a woman’s in December with filing a false police “losing” her breast implant during a report in Sacramento, Calif., alleging Pilates movement called the Valsalva that she was raped, beaten bloody and (which involves breath-holding while robbed in her home. It turns out that “bearing down”). The woman said she had become frustrated trying to get she felt no pain or shortness of breath her husband to move them to a better but suddenly noticed that her implant neighborhood and that faking a rape was gone. Doctors at Johns Hopkins was supposed to finally persuade him.

Hospital in Baltimore discovered that, Instead, he filed for divorce. Martinez is

employed by the state as a psychologist.

• After 12 almost intolerable months, Ms. Seemona Sumasar finally received justice in November from a New York City jury, which convicted Jerry Ramrattan of orchestrating a complex and ingenious scheme to convince police that Sumasar was a serial armed robber. Ramrattan, a private detective and “CSI” fan, had used his knowledge of police evidence-gathering to pin various open cases on Sumasar as revenge for her having dumped him (and to negate her claim that Ramrattan had raped her in retaliation). Ramrattan was so creative in linking evidence to Sumasar that her bail had been set at $1 million, causing her to spend seven months in jail. (Said one juror, “If I had seen this on TV, my reaction would be, ‘How could this really happen?’”)

People With Issues Prominent Birmingham, Ala., politician Bill Johnson describes his wife as “the most beautiful woman in the world,” but he revealed in December that, while on temporary duty recently as an earthquake relief specialist in New Zealand, he had clandestinely donated sperm to nine women (and that three were already pregnant). Becoming a biological father is “a need that I have,” he told a New Zealand Herald reporter, and his wife had been unable to accommodate him. Asked if his wife knew of the nine women, Johnson said, “She does now.” Johnson’s wife admitted to the Mobile newspaper that there is “healing to do.”

Not Ready for Prime Time: The unidentified eyeglass-wearing robber of an HSBC Bank in Long Island City, N.Y., in December fled empty-handed and was being sought. Armed with a pistol and impatient with a slow teller, the man fired a shot into the ceiling to emphasize his seriousness. However, according to a police report, the gunshot seemed to panic him as much as it did the others in the bank, and he immediately ran out the door and jumped into a waiting vehicle.

Recurring Themes • James Ward’s second annual festival of tedium (the “Boring conference”), in November at York Hall in east London, once again sold out, demonstrating the intrinsic excitement created by yawn-inducing subject matter. Last year’s conference featured a man’s discourse on the color and materials of his neckwear collection and another’s structured milk-tasting, patterned after a wine-tasting. This second edition showcased a history of the electric

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• Last month, News of the Weird informed readers of the woman who wanted to “be at one” with her recently deceased horse and thus stripped naked and climbed inside the bloody carcass (posing for a notorious Internet photo spread).

Afghan slaughterhouse employees surely never consider being “at one” with water buffaloes, but a November Washington Post dispatch from Kabul mentions a similarity. U.S. slaughterhouse authority Chris Hart found, as he was helping to upgrade an antiquated abattoir near Kabul, that the facility employed a dwarf, “responsible” (wrote the Post) “for climbing inside water buffalo carcasses to cut out their colons.” (Nonetheless, the slaughterhouse is halal, adhering to Islamic principles.) CS

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You know ‘em, you love ’em: Live Wire Music Hall’s got the Ragbirds Wednesday, Jan 4; pictured at right, this is that eclectic Afro/Celtic/folk/reggae band from Michigan that travels in a van powered by waste vegetable oil. Fronted as always by the amazing singer, songwriter and violinist Erin Zindle, they’ve just this week issued their fourth full–length album, Travelin’ Machine ... A couple of good ones at the Jinx this week: Our longtime pal B.J. Barham, of American Aquarium, plays one of his rockin’ solo shows Thursday, Jan 5. And Atlanta’s perpetually cool Gringo Star is back again (with The Explorers Club) Saturday the 7th ... the monthly Cybereclectic Art Fair, a craft and music fest, returns to the Wormhole on Friday ....

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At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan 6 First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Gather ‘round, friends! How about a hootenanny?

You don’t hear that word a lot these days, but the folk music performance tradition is alive and well, especially in Savannah. In fact, the Savannah Folk Music Society is now 25 years old, with 250 dues–paying members who come together several times a month for formal and informal concerts, jam sessions and even old–timey dances.

They just don’t call them hootenannies any more.

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First Friday Concerts, a monthly series that began around 10 years ago, at the old Savannah Coffeehouse.

The Jan. 6 bill features Chris Desa, who took over as SFMS president last year following the departure of Hank Weisman, who’d been holding the reins and pulling the strings for 10 years (Weisman and family relocated to Atlanta).

Desa, a former ship’s captain, owns Jonaro Technomar Services, a Savannah–based maritime transportation, consulting and auditing firm.

He’s an old salt, sure, but first and foremost, Desa is a folk musician who cut his teeth on the old stuff by James Taylor, Jim Croce, Cat Stevens and Crosby, Stills & Nash. In fact, he always had his guitar with him on those long, lonely sea voyages (“Music,” he says with a smile, “was my first wife”).

He was born and raised in Bombay, India. “You’d be shocked at how well people know music there,” Desa says. “It’s like here – everyone has their own little niche. Many people don’t realize how many fans Chet Atkins has in Bombay.”

Desa and his (second) wife are charter members of the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society, and attend its annual meetings in Nashville. Along with Atkins, his guitar heroes include Tommy Emmanuel and Mark Knopfler.

The Desas arrived in Savannah in 1992, and almost immediately, Chris made a bunch of acoustic guitar–playing friends and joined the SFMS – eventually landing on the Board of Directors.

Sharing the spotlight Jan. 6 is Nashville singer/songwriter Claudia Nygaard, whose fifth CD, Let the Storm Roll In, has been receiving glowing reviews. Said Music News Nashville: “In her throw–back–to–the–50s, rich–toned alto, the artist tells story after honest story, making listeners chuckle, choke back tears, and sometimes just nod their heads while her well–crafted pieces wash over them.”

Nygaard crafts detailed story–songs that have drawn comparisons to the likes of Guy Clark and Ian Tyson.

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“Don’t let somebody else’s opinion — whether it’s wrong, right, cool, stupid or whatever — affect what you’re passionate about,” advises the 26–year–old rapper.

“Embrace going against the grain, not being the same as everybody else. Explore who you are, not being afraid to be a little quirky or have people look at you a little weird. For the sake of what you know is in your heart.”

KidSyc, whose real name is Lloyd Harold, is a working example of this philosophy’s success. He is a facilitator at AWOL, the Savannah group dedicated to keeping young people out of trouble by involving them in the arts. For three years, he taught visual art at Pooler Elementary.

Born in Atlanta, Harold spent his formative years at a progressive elementary school in Minneapolis. “I assumed every kid went to a school like that,” he says. “I thought everybody had to take a stringed instrument till they got to 6th grade. I never learned how to read music, but I knew where my fingers belonged and things like that.

“We had two weeks on each instrument. We had the ukulele, keys, trombone, just get little snippets of stuff, you know? It was really dope. I couldn’t imagine not having that piece of my life.”

With afterschool art, theater and music programs, he received a well–rounded education in creativity.

Which is, he says, why AWOL is the perfect fit for him. “I guess it’s my turn to take that and give it back,” he muses. “Keep the cycle going.”

As KidSyc, he fronts the band Brandywine, which pushes the hip hop envelope by combining Harold’s rat–a–tat emcee skills with live music. It’s organic, it lives and it breathes, and there aren’t too many acts who can pull it off.

On Jan. 7, KidSyc@Brandywine will unveil a five–song CD, The Capitol Records Sessions, with a show at Congress Street Social Club. Recorded over 48 hours last March at Capitol’s famed Studio B in Los Angeles, the CD was the grand prize in the 2011 Georgia Lottery All Access Music Search. KidSyc@Brandywine won in the hip hop category.

The songs — “Smile,” “I Don’t Care,” “Ask Them” and “Get It” — are joint compositions, with Harold providing the lyrical content.

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“A lot of it came from those three years I spent teaching,” Harold explains. “Especially as an art teacher, you get to see a child’s imagination at work. You get to mold that, or nudge it in a certain direction — you say ‘You’re really good at this, and you’ll probably be really good at this. And all I need to do is get you from Point A to Point B. And make it interesting along the way.’”

He’d already been making rhymes and beats and cutting mix tapes, but teaching “kind of shifted my perspective, with what I was talking about.

Cutting out the fat, with arbitrary songs, the overly braggadocio songs, getting to the content of what I’m really trying to talk about.”

“I think I’ve kind of strayed away from trying to paint a picture of me as a ladies’ man or something. It just doesn’t feel natural.”

But will it be successful in a world of rap songs that sometimes glorify the “ladies’ man” — or things like the so–called thug life? The back alleys of the music business are littered with hip hop artists who tried to spread nothing but positivity and never got any sort of street cred.

“I think about that a lot,” Harold says. “You hear the stuff that becomes more popular and it’s almost like ‘Am I shooting myself in the foot trying to spread a message, quote–unquote?’

“I look at it like this: I’ve been given maybe the same type of super power these other guys have. There are

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Wish there was a way to make the eighth grade pass a little faster ‘Cause the slap in the face will hurt less than the words that made her feel like she was lower than dirt Certain things she couldn’t change But her peers couldn’t accept it So her feelings were hurt Words with just enough in ‘em to kill her self–worth The 13–year–old girl in the song learns to journal her feelings of alienation, and subsequently declares I don’t care what you say I don’t care what you say They say I’m oh so different I’m like, I know I’m different That’s why I’m so terrific

The Brandywine crew, clockwise from left: Derrick Larry, Dan Butler, Lane Gardner, Lloyd Harold (KidSyc) and Charles Hodge.

certain rappers that you could see as heroes, folks that are kinda poor, the good–guy side. And there are other people that are spreading something that, even though it might be subtle, is really like poison.

“If you listen to this stuff every day, you let it sink in, and you act on the things that you hear in the lyrics, it leads to this poisonous, not joy–filled type of lifestyle. It feels good for the moment, but it’s overly negative.”

He points to “You Got Me,” the hit by the Roots with Erykah Badu, which laid a plain–spoken rap over a hypnotic, jazzy bed of music. “That wasn’t supposed to be a commercially successful song, but so many people gravitated to what was being said.

“I think that making music without having that in mind — both lyrically and musically — is what makes us who we are. That’s what keeps us from going that washing–down, selling–out mode.”

Anyway, he has no interest in chasing success if it means cheapening his belief system. “I’ve accepted the fact that if we have a song that’s really radio commercially successful, it’s not going to be because we tried,” he says.

“It’s gonna be because there’s something underlying in the song that strikes a chord with people.”

Harold’s felt pretty much the same since he arrived in Savannah, as a SCAD freshman studying sequential art and sound design, in 2002. He took poetry classes, too, in order to boost his feel for syntax and cadence.

His first band, Soul Essential, combined rap with live music. When the group ended, Harold went looking for other musicians who wanted more than DJs, electronically processed beats and a sequencer.

He met Lane Gardner, Charles Hodge and Dan Butler – keyboards, bass and guitar, respectively.

“We’d been playing together forever and we were getting tired of playing rock,” Gardner says. “So we decided to try hip hop and see what would happen. We figured the first thing to do was get in contact with somebody who was already in the scene.”

Once they were introduced to Harold, all the tumblers clicked into place. Derrick Larry became the band’s drummer.

“I can only speak for myself,” offers Gardner, “but I’m tired of going to see

just a guy onstage. It’s cool but it’s very one–dimensional.

“That’s not true all the way around, but in hip hop there’s something to be said for pushing the grain because nobody does it. Nobody really tries.”

Brandywine creates sinewy and multi–hued musical backdrops for their lyrical frontman. They call it “living hip hop.” Dynamic, focused and well–recorded, The Capitol Records Sessions is an impressive sampler of the magic they make together.

“I think it’s going to make us look official,” Harold says. “We’ll feel a lot better about the product that we’re giving people, knowing that it’s the real deal. Going out of town now, we’ll make a bigger impression on people. They’ll be going ‘These guys are all about it. Why aren’y they signed?’

“I feel like we’ve arrived at the next step. This is the next chapter, and it only gets better from here.” CS KidSyc@Brandywine CD Release Party Where: Congress Street Social Club, 411 W. Congress St. When: At 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7

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Case in point is Sofia Talvik, who’s performing at the Sentient Bean Jan. 5. A self–taught musician, she writes compelling, non–linear lyrics (in English) and sets them to unusual melodies, accompanied – on the five full–length albums and nine EPs she’s made back in Sweden – by a wide assortment of instruments ranging from acousti–folk to all–out

electronica. There’s something very Euro–pop about her recordings, too, even though everything begins as a folk song.

She writes everything on acoustic guitar, and that’s the way she’ll perform at this week’s Savannah show.

There’s more here than meets the eye (or the ear, as it were). Talvik’s latest, Florida, was released in two

versions – one features elaborate production, the other simple acoustic, solo versions of the same songs.

They’re both exceptional.

Talvik never set out to make music for a living. In 2001, she began posting her original songs online, for free. A radio show that specialized in unsigned indie artists started playing them ... and Talvik found an audience.

In 2008, she became the first Swedish female artist to play the Lollapalooza Festival.

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Sofia Talvik: I played the piano for many years when I was a kid. After playing the classical music for so many years, I just got so tired of doing that. I wanted to do something else.

So I got the guitar when I was 18 and just started writing songs to learn how to play it. I’ve never been like most people who learn how to play an instrument – they usually do covers to learn how to play it. But I started writing my own songs to learn how to play. I guess that’s how I do what I do, and I don’t do covers.

2. When you started doing this, in Sweden, did you always think: “America. I gotta go to the States”?

Sofia Talvik: At first, I didn’t have a plan at all. I didn’t see it as “I have to become a pop star,” or a folksinger, or anything. I just did what I did, and people started acknowledging it.

And I figured I had something here that’s worth pursuing. After a couple of years, I just realized that I got better response from people in the U.S. than I did in Sweden. Because Sweden is such a small country, and certain trends come and go – and when that trend is out that’s the only thing they’ll play on the radio and stuff.

You almost have to sing in Swedish to become a big artist in Sweden.

And that was never an option for me, never. When I started releasing my albums, I thought I better come over here and see what it’s like, and what I can do with it.

3. You had two albums and four EPs out last year. Why do you write so much?

Sofia Talvik: Well, I don’t really feel like I’m writing that much. But I guess I do. I don’t know – whenever inspiration comes to you, you have to grab it I guess. When the song finds you, you have to write it down. Mostly a melody comes to me first, but sometimes words can inspire me – like if I hear something on TV, or a movie or something, I get inspired by a certain phrase or something like that. It seems like the inspiration can come at any time.

4. When did you learn to speak English?

Sofia Talvik: In Sweden we all start learning English when we’re about 10 years old, in school. And then we have all the TV shows and movies and everything. It’s just subtitles in Sweden, so we hear English all the time on TV. 5. This is a solo tour, but I understand you’re using a video backdrop? What does that consist of?

Sofia Talvik: It’s a little bit of everything. It’s some landscapes, and patterns – the oil in the water thing and stuff like that. Whatever fits to the music and sets the mood to it. We replace footage as we go and make new ones, so it’s going to change during the tour.

Back home I had a day job – as a freelance graphic designer – but now when we’re here, it’s just the music.

That’s why we’re trying to do as many gigs as possible. We bought this old RV a couple of weeks ago, and that’s our home now. CS Sofia Talvik Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park St. When: At 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 Admission: $5 Artist’s website: sofiatalvik.com

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As a connoisseur of art cars, those odd vehicles whose owners have chosen to paint wild colors or say, affix myriad objects upon, I have great admiration for Melissa Turner’s vibrant minivan.

With its bright blue panels, purple roof and rocket ship insignia, it’s hard to miss. And that’s exactly what Turner was going for when she commissioned local signpainter Leonard Miller to jazz it up last November.

The 31 year–old artist also had Miller pen the phrase “Launch Me into Space” along with “$10 Raffle Tickets” in sunny yellow. So this isn’t just art for art’s sake–it’s a van with a plan.

Technically, it’s not even hers anymore. Turner recently raffled off the 1989 Toyota Van Wagon to raise funds for her upcoming residency in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she’ll participate in a five–month collaboration with city planners and other artists from around the world. The project, spearheaded by the School of Critical Engagement, aims to find creative solutions to urban problems like mobility and use of greenspace

— challenges also found here in Savannah.

A visionary who has always sought practical ways to implement change, Turner studied printmaking at SCAD and spent eight years in humanitarian aid, working on a hospital ship in the Philippines and building houses in Mexico. While in Copenhagen, she’ll live with low–income families to discern how their spatial needs can be improved. She’ll also need cash for food, traveling expenses and a really warm coat.

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Turner will learn in Copenhagen–and hopefully bring back to Savannah.

The drawing was held at Foxy Loxy caf on Dec. 10, and musician Dare Dukes held the winning ticket.

“I’m thrilled to finally have a cargo vehicle large enough haul around my collection of broken dreams and American sneaker memorabilia,” wrote Dukes in a Facebook message.

“I hate to have accomplished this on the back of a starving artist, but I love Melissa and I’m happy to have been a part of her path to art–making in foreign lands.”

Though he adores Miller’s mobile mural, Dukes says he’ll probably repaint the van to avoid confusion about a raffle that’s already past.

Turner will turn over the van sometime before Jan. 12, when her flight to Denmark leaves from New York (she’s looking for a ride to JFK airport anytime before that, if you’re heading that way.)

As she pares down her possessions, Turner is overflowing with ideas about how art informs society.

Though she calls herself a nomad, she also has plans to develop the non– profit Launch Me Into Space into its own Savannah–based urban–residency program.

As one weird van lady to another, I sat down last week with Turner at Foxy Loxy as she prepared to launch.

So you’ve basically sold everything for this experience.

Melissa Turner: It’s been pretty much a total liquidation. I sold my art supplies, everything I own. I thought the van raffle would be a fun and interesting way to gain support.

What skill set will you be using in Copenhagen?

My submission was based on my application for the Fulbright Program, in which I presented myself as less of an artist and more as a researcher. I worked in humanitarian aid for many years, in slums, basically, where people make spaces with whatever is available. I’ve created installations based on that, and this project is a practical application of my research.

It’s process–oriented work. I’m into anthropology, into psychology, definitely into space. I don’t have the mind for architecture and I don’t have the ability to sit still and be a planner, but I think I can assist those people to think outside the box.

What in the world is a “spatial intervention”? Is that like “Trading Spaces”?

Melissa Turner: Kind of, actually.

This residency collaboration involves city planners and architects, and they want to artists to come and live with residents for ten days at a time and see what people’s needs are and come up with creative ways to implement them.

The planners who work with the city are trained in a very specific school, same with architects. As artists, we don’t have those rules or responsibilities, and the city wants us to contribute that kind of thinking to their urban plan. We’re trying to make people more mobile and make better use of space. This is just phase one a five year project.

How can this work be applied to Savannah and where?

Melissa Turner: This work can be of use in some many places here, especially west of MLK and east of Broad Street. There are so many vacant lots, so many people who don’t have jobs and so many ways we can build more

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Our elected officials need to support people who want to plant gardens, build networks and feed kids healthy food instead of blocking those efforts. The city needs to respond to the way a community feels, not just with a few people at the top dictating regulations.

There’s a group called Civic Center in New Orleans that does social and spatial interventions that would work well in Savannah. For example, it would go into one of these boarded– up projects and spray paint a sign asking what the neighborhood would like to see there. I proposed that New Orleans should be the big sister of Savannah because there are a lot of parallels geographically, historically and socially. Savannah could learn so much from what they’re doing over there right now.

Who is Leonard Miller?

Melissa Turner: He’s a Savannah sign painter who’s been doing it since ’81—a lot of seafood places and barber shops have his hand–painted signs. He’s also known as “The Sand Man” because he does those special sand castles out at Tybee. I was introduced to his work by Susan Falls, who’s an anthropology professor at SCAD. Ironically, her husband, Dare Dukes, is the person who won the van!

I tracked down Leonard’s number from a muffler shop and told him I wanted to paint my van and call it “Launch Me into Space.” He loved

the idea. I only wanted to do half the van at first because I was nervous, but once I saw it I told him to do the whole thing. I kept saying “This is incredible. And ridiculous. And awesome.”

Do you think artists have a responsibility to society as much as they do to their inner vision?

Melissa Turner: Definitely. As artists, we translate things. We translate things from society back to itself. You also have to be responsible to your gift or you’re making nothing but shit.

You can spray paint it gold and make it pretty and sell it as a commodity, but in the end you’re not building anything.

I think there’s a real shift in art happening right now because the way artists used to make money isn’t available anymore, unless you want to go to New York and do that hustle.

If you want to stay here, you’ve got to get your fingers in the social action aspects of life. You need to cultivate a lot of skills and gather a lot of different tools not only so you won’t starve, but so you can be a part of the community. Be available to do your art, participate in the Savannah Bicycle Coalition, support the farmers’ market.

I have no fear of failing; I’ve already hit the ground a hundred times. I don’t just want to be known as an artist. I’d like to collaborate with the UN someday. I didn’t just go to school to paint pictures and sell things—I want to make things better. cs Though her van is no longer up for grabs, you can still support Melissa via her Facebook page, at local Ameris bank branches and launchmeintospace.org. She’ll also be keeping a blog at InformalIsNormal.com.

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Trombonist Teddy Adams, who was on our cover just two issues back, will lead the Savannah Jazz Orchestra Tuesday, Jan. 10 for the 14th annual “A Musical Salute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Also performing at the free event, held at the Jewish Educational Alliance on Abercorn Street, is the Savannah Arts Academy’s Skyelite Jazz Band, under the baton of Terry Staten.

Adams’ Jazz Orchestra co–director is Randall Reese, who plays flute and saxophone, and teaches in the music program at Armstrong Atlantic State University.

The concert begins at 7 p.m., with free desserts at intermission.

Scared and silent

Filmed in Boston over the course of a year, Gen Silent is a documentary that shines a light on the serious problems facing elderly members of the LGBT community: So afraid of discrimination, or worse, in long–term/health care, many go back into the closet.

Written and directed by Stu Maddox, Gen Silent will be screened Jan. 14 at the Jepson Center. It’s part of the co–sponsorship agreement between the Telfair Museums and the Savannah Gay & Lesbian Film Society.

Consider these facts, according to Maddox: There are almost 38 million LGBT Americans over 65, or 12.6 percent of the population. This will nearly double by 2030.

Four out of five LGBT elders say that they don’t trust the health care system.

Fifty percent of nursing home workers said their fellow workers would be intolerant of LGBT people.

Fifty percent of LGBT elders live alone, compared with 33 percent of the general population.

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• The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra’s second chamber music concert of the season takes place Jan. 21 at Skidaway Island Methodist Church.

The 5 p.m. program includes trios by Donzinetti, Brahms and Loeillet, with flute, horn, bassoon, violin and piano.

Tickets are $15 at savannahphilharmonic.org.

• Tickets are available now for the Feb. 13 Savannah debut of Leif Ove Andsnes, the Norwegian pianist called “one of the most gifted musicians of his generation” by the Wall Street Journal. The recital, at Wesley Monumental UMC, is an early present from the 2012 Savannah Music Festival. Tickets are $55 at the SMF website.

• Add another comedian to the lineup at the Johnny Mercer Theatre: That’d be singing country music parodist Rodney Carrington on Feb. 18.

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Need something decent to eat inside Oglethorpe Mall? Of course, not that any of our readers actually go to malls, wink-wink....

Latin Chicks in the food court!

I’ve been in a mall food court exactly six times in the past decade, each time to satisfy an acute Cinnabon fixation.

So when a foodie street teamer pointed me toward Latin Chicks my skeptic’s antennae went all wobbly.

Despite having to roundhouse kick my way through a day-after-Christmas crowd, I have to admit the recommendation was solid.

Latin Chicks is a family–ownedand-operated fast food vendor that

specializes in “coal fired” roasted chicken, home style sides and other dishes, like ropa vieja, that you don’t usually see in the mall. In this land of franchised chicken joints and other generally chewy but flavorless options, Latin Chicks is a standout.

I chose a 1/4 chicken — breast and wing — and was very pleased with

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its seasoned, mildly spicy and crisp skin. The chicken looks good, despite service in a foam clamshell. The meat was moist and tender.

A+ for the chicken. Dip each bite into a mild green chile sauce for added layers of goodness.

My side dishes included rice with peas and carrot slivers — again, great flavoring and nicely moist. For the other side , I selected slow cooked carrots and green beans. I don’t know

who chose the seasonings, but again, the dish resonated with flavor and freshness.

As I was moving to the cash register, I spied a small stack of fresh, handmade tamales... yes, please!

The masa was filled with tender pieces of seasoned beef. Tamales aren’t offered every day, so I was happy to have caught the right day.

The young woman behind the counter told me different specials come along from time to time.

The restaurant’s churros — fried bread pastries — offer something for the sweet tooth.

It’s unpretentious food made with integrity, and a well–placed option to the usual mall fare. I’ll go back for ropa vieja, more chicken and a tasting session with the variety of housemade hot sauces.

There is an interesting choice of beverages. I chose a Columbiana Kola flavored soft drink — which carries a decidedly vanilla or meringue flavor.

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Tropical Chicken is open in the former Quiznos next door to Harbor Freight Tools at 12313 Largo Dr. The fast casual menu offers a variety of fried and grilled chicken entrees — and a huge selection of side dishes that range from conventional veggies to things like fried yucca.

It’s a different set of flavors for a neighborhood punctuated by large chains. I’ll get in soon with a dining report. cs

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Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. 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

Iconic Black Folk Artists — The Beach Institute in conjunction with the Hurn Museum of Art presents this collection of paintings by Luther Vann, Rudolph Valentino Bostic, Michael Banks, Purvis Young, Jimmy Lee Suddeth, Ulysses Davis, Mose Tolliver and more. December 13, 2011 through January 2012. Tuesday through Saturday noon-5 p.m. (Closed Sunday and Monday).

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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.

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PBS doc ‘Slavery by Another Name’ — Preview screening and discussion with Pulitzer-Prize winning author Douglas Blackmon, director Sam Pollard and artist Robert Claiborne Morris. January 12, 6 pm.

Exhibition reception to follow at the Telfair Academy, where Morris’s exhibition by the same name is on display. The screening is free to members; otherwise museum admission. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St. Slavery by Another Name — Paintings and Assemblages by Robert Claiborne Morris will be on display in the Drawing Room Gallery of the Telfair Academy from January 6 to March 4. Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St.

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE –OOO GHOST PROTOCOL There’s a scene in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in which Tom Cruise’s agent extraordinaire Ethan Hunt must climb up the outside of a tall building with only the aid of a pair of electronic gloves that fasten themselves to any given surface. It isn’t enough that it’s a towering edifice – it has to be Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, merely the tallest building in the world.

And it isn’t enough that a pair of gloves seem like scarce supplies for a climbing expedition – one of the blasted things must malfunction during the ascent, meaning a single hand is all that prevents Ethan from falling to his doom a hundred–plus stories below.

And did I mention that, during the descent, he’s a few stories shy of reaching safety, meaning he has to swing around wildly like a pinata that’s been whacked a few times in the hopes of propelling himself into an open window?

It’s utterly ridiculous – and also utterly exciting. The fourth M:I film based on the classic TV series – and the third to be worth a damn (only the second one was a letdown) – this wisely continues

the tradition of assigning a different director to each chapter, going from Brian De Palma to John Woo to J.J. Abrams and now to Brad Bird. Bird, of course, is the animation mainstay behind Ratatouille, The Incredibles and The Iron Giant, and in making his live–action debut, he demonstrates that he’s not going to allow a real–world setting to hamper an imagination that had been instrumental in making toon tales.

The plotline concocted by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec (both vets of Abrams’ TV show Alias) is so hoary that it might as well have come from a 1960s– era Bond flick: A Russian madman (Michael Nyqvist) plans to cleanse the earth via a nuclear war, and it’s up to the only active members of the Impossible Missions Force (Cruise, Paula Patton and Simon Pegg), plus a government analyst harboring a secret (Jeremy Renner), to take him down.

At 135 minutes, the film admittedly overstays its welcome – the coda is particularly draggy, even if it does offer a pair of pleasing cameos – and Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is more inscrutable than ever. But for action buffs desperate for a hit to jump–start their hearts, here’s a Mission impossible to refuse.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

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Think of it as the “close but no cigar” brand of cinema, where American adaptations of foreign hits prove to be better than expected yet don’t quite trump their highly regarded predecessors. Let Me In, Matt Reeves’

take on the Swedish vampire yarn Let the Right One In, is one example; The Departed, Martin Scorsese’s version of the Hong Kong import Infernal Affairs, is another (Oscar wins notwithstanding). But now there’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which manages the impressive feat of emerging as superior to the internationally admired Swedish version from 2009.

In many ways, this adheres closely to what audiences witnessed in the first version (both films were based on the book by the late Stieg Larsson, the first installment in his Millennium trilogy). As before, two characters leading separate lives find their destinies intertwined: Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), a punkish, bisexual computer expert who’s suspicious of everyone around her, particularly men; and Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), a wrongly ostracized journalist who accepts a personal assignment from wealthy industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer) to investigate the decades– removed disappearance of his niece.

Mikael searches for clues on the sizable Vanger estate out in the Swedish hinterlands, while Lisbeth, still in Stockholm, deals with a series of unfortunate developments, including an ailing friend, a broken laptop, and, most shockingly, a sleazy parole officer (Yorick van Wageningen) who binds and rapes her (her sweet revenge is brutal and brilliant). Only when Mikael realizes he needs an assistant does Lisbeth enter his life, becoming unlikely allies as they solve the mystery together.

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WAR HORSE

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Steven Spielberg is no novice when it comes to presenting moviegoers with the horrors of war, whether it’s the muted screams of Schindler’s List, the frontline carnage of Saving Private Ryan or even the knotty retaliations of Munich. While all those films deservedly earned R ratings, don’t be fooled into thinking the PG–13 War Horse takes a softer approach to the subject at hand – with one specific scene, Spielberg establishes that his World War I epic, like some of the platoons marching through it, won’t take any prisoners.

Before that sequence arrives, we’re introduced to the majestic title animal, a horse (named Joey) who bonds with youthful farmhand Albert (Jeremy Irvine) before being sold to the British army. A sensitive captain (Tom Hiddleston) promises Albert that he’ll take good care of Joey, but the horse doesn’t remain in the officer’s hands; instead, Joey finds himself

passing between soldiers and civilians, between Brits and Germans, between kindly souls and abusive monsters. A young girl offers him a home; a German officer plans to work him until he drops dead; soldiers from each side team up to save him.

And so it goes.

Based on the smash stage hit, War Horse has been opened up in breathtaking fashion for the screen, vibrantly bringing each vignette to life and allowing them to collectively address how war diminishes not just humankind but irrevocably destroys surrounding environs. War Horse is a movie of rage, but it’s also one of empathy and understanding – it’s to Spielberg’s credit that he knows the storyline is emotionally wrenching enough that he doesn’t need to manipulate tears out of anyone (believe you me, many viewers won’t need any coaxing to reach for those hankies at the appropriate moments).

Only with the final shot selections does the director succumb to the sort of artistic grandstanding that’s sometimes in his nature, but these screensaver images hardly negate the power and the fury of the hard–charging movie that precedes them.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows

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If I wanted to see a movie featuring Indiana Jones, I would watch Raiders of the Lost Ark. If I wanted to see a movie featuring James Bond, I would watch Goldfinger. If I wanted to see a movie featuring Sherlock Holmes, I would watch – well, certainly not Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which might as well be a period Expendables prequel for all the reverence given to the legendary sleuth.

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After helming the zeitgeist hit The Social Network, Fincher has been accused by some critics of slumming with this pulpy material, but I beg to differ. Just check out the climactic scene that’s set to Enya’s “Orinoco Flow” – perhaps not since Michael Mann employed Iron Butterfly’s “In–A–Gadda–Da–Vida” at the end of Manhunter has a filmmaker so imaginatively, and perversely, merged music with moving imagery.

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Holmes reinvented the character as a kick–ass macho man, more Rambo than Miss Marple. Nevertheless, the freshness of Robert Downey Jr.’s exuberant portrayal as Holmes and the measured counterpoint provided by Jude Law as Dr. Watson managed to overpower Guy Ritchie’s hyperkinetic direction.

Not this time. Ritchie’s showoff stylistics are often embarrassing to behold – this is particularly true in the action sequences, of which there are countless. As he battles his deadly nemesis Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris) and his minions, Holmes most often applies his formidable smarts not to uncovering clues but to enhancing his advantage in hand–to– hand skirmishes.

Some silly asides, such as Holmes’ camouflage coat, are best forgotten.

But the steady bickering between Holmes and Watson has yet to reach the straining point – thank the ingratiating actors for that – and it’s nice to see the clueless Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan) and femme fatale Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams) carried over from the first film.

And while Rooney Mara adopts the Lisbeth Salander role for the Yank version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the original’s Lisbeth, Noomi Rapace, turns up here as a gypsy fortune teller. Her character’s services aren’t required to predict that Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows will emerge as an international blockbuster, with audiences flocking to see a dizzying swirl of furious fisticuffs, blazing gunfights, and theater–rocking explosions. Me, I’ll be home watching my Columbo box sets.

WE BOUGHT A ZOO

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While the concept of dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s is a wonderful one to pass along to small children just learning how to write, it earns Cameron Crowe a failing grade for rigidly applying it to We Bought a Zoo, a film whose fussiness about every single detail results in audience members not having the luxury to think or feel for themselves.

Based on a true story, this stars Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee, a recent widower who decides, in cornpone Green Acres fashion, to quit city life and move into a country home. As the new owner, he’s required to take care of the failing

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zoo on the expansive property, so he relies on a motley crew of staffers to show him the ropes and bring him up to speed. Eventually, he falls for the lead zookeeper (Kevin James – whoops, wrong movie; Scarlett Johansson), his surly teenage son (Colin Ford) falls for a zoo employee (Elle Fanning), and his demographically–engineered–for–maximum– audience–awws daughter (Maggie Elizabeth Jones) falls for the estate’s peacocks.

Watching this movie, it’s hard to believe Crowe once helmed such finely crafted pictures as Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous and the underrated Vanilla Sky. As both director and co–writer (with Aline Brosh McKenna), he stumbles right at the start, when he fails to immediately establish essential information regarding the zoo (its parameters, the types of animals it houses, etc.).

Instead, he’s too busy working overtime to make sure we’re visually and emotionally led by the hand so we don’t miss anything. If Benjamin says something idiotic, there’s a monkey ready to smack his own forehead in exasperation. If Benjamin fondly recalls his dearly departed wife, she’s ready to appear in ethereal form.

Clearly, Crowe doesn’t trust viewers to make it from Point A to Point B without stumbling or getting lost.

Damon and Johansson are reliable as always, and Thomas Haden Church contributes a few chuckles as Benjamin’s skeptical brother. But the zoo crew, meant to be quirky, is merely tiresome, the so–called villains

(a smarmy inspector, a backstabbing accountant) are laughably manufactured, and the animals are rarely shown in all their glory. But hey, at least they’re not burdened with the gift of gab.

YOUNG ADULT

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In an effort to prove she was more than just a pretty face, Charlize Theron was horribly made up for Monster and dowdily dressed down for North Country, consequently winning an Academy Award for the former and a nomination for the latter.

In Young Adult, Theron has no need for such transformations: She looks weathered but beautiful, and it’s easy to believe that her character, Mavis Gary, was one of the most popular girls at her high school back in the day. Make no mistake: Mavis is ugly, but that unattractiveness emanates solely from the inside. And Theron, ever the trouper, is only too happy to bring it to the surface in this wicked, biting seriocomedy.

The Juno team of writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman have reunited for another movie about an idiosyncratic individual, but Mavis Gary is the polar opposite of the sensible and intelligent character played by Ellen Page in that 2007 gem. An unkempt, hard–drinking ghostwriter for a popular “young adult” franchise now on its last legs, Mavis leaves her Minneapolis stomping ground and returns to the dinky Minnesota hometown she detests, with the sole purpose of landing the

one that got away.

That would be her high school boyfriend Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson), and what Mavis ignores in her quixotic quest is that Buddy is happily married to the sweet Beth (Elizabeth Reaser) and they’ve just welcomed a baby into the world. Dismissive of the wife and kid (“I’ve got baggage, too!”), Mavis continues her pursuit, despite the advice of former classmate Matt Freehauf (Patton Oswalt) to cut it out.

Theron is excellent in the central role: Never once does she angle for audience sympathy, and she matures even less as a person than Cameron Diaz’s boozy instructor in Bad Teacher. Yet the real ace here might be Oswalt, who’s terrific as a guy who’s endured genuine hardships in his life.

Savagely beaten as a teenager by jocks who believed him to be gay (he isn’t), the physically damaged Matt becomes Mavis’ unlikely pal and sounding board.

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

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Finally, here’s one seven–year itch that can be scratched. When 2004’s The Polar Express made film history as the first animated movie to be created wholly by employing the motion–capture process, we instantly recognized that we were in the presence of something ghastly. Awkward and unsightly, the ersatz innovation rendered all characters stiff, clammy and lifeless – anything but animated.

Even as recent as two years ago, with the release of the Jim Carrey vehicle A Christmas Carol, it was clear that the format had not yet hit its stride, and it wasn’t unreasonable to speculate as to whether it ever would. But thanks to director Steven Spielberg, producer Peter Jackson and their crack team of technicians and artists, The Adventures of Tintin emerges as the first motion–capture movie to fully fulfill the promise of this hyped advent in animation.

Based on the internationally beloved comic series created by Belgian writer–illustrator Hergé (I myself enjoyed them as a lad, even though French writer René Goscinny’s Asterix was my main Euro–fix), this finds squeaky–clean boy reporter Tintin (voiced by Jamie Bell), accompanied by his clever canine companion Snowy, acquiring a model ship that in turn is being sought by the villainous Sakharine (Daniel Craig).

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Here’s a countdown of the 10 key points in New Year’s Eve, which proves to be even tougher to take than director Garry Marshall’s previous all–star holiday romp, Valentine’s Day. 10. A cocky messenger boy (Zac Efron) helps a depressed woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) fulfill her New Year’s resolutions. This is the best episode primarily thanks to Pfeiffer, the only person in this entire film investing any genuine emotion into her character.

9. The person (Hilary Swank) tasked with making sure the Times Square ball drops properly calls upon a veteran technician (Hector Elizondo) to fix the orb when it breaks down mere hours before midnight.

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Most of the major laughs come toward the beginning of this clever contraption in which the present Santa Claus (voiced by Jim Broadbent) might finally be ready to retire, set to pass along the reindeer reins to his technically savvy son Steve (Hugh Laurie). The doddering Santa doesn’t even consider his other son Arthur (James McAvoy) for the position, since the gangly youth is obviously too clumsy and awkward for such a responsibility.

Yet when a wayward present means that a little girl won’t be receiving a gift this year, it’s Arthur, not his dad or sibling, who does everything in his power to insure that she receives the present.

Hugo

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Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a product steeped in cinema lore, drunk on the fumes of a bygone era yet canny enough to channel its nostalgia through modern innovations. Hugo is available in 3–D, and except for the annoying darkness that’s always inherent in live–action films presented in this manner, it makes glorious use of the gimmick, right from the very first shot when falling snowflakes come right at us.

Set in a Parisian train station in the 1930s, the story concerns itself with young Hugo (Asa Butterfield), a parentless child who tends to the building’s giant clock while constantly avoiding the grasp of an inspector (Sacha Baron Cohen) hellbent on sending him off to an orphanage.

Connected to his late father by an automaton that needs repairing, Hugo steals the parts needed from an elderly man who runs a toy store.

Eventually caught by the ill–tempered gent, Hugo becomes drawn into his life, befriending his ward Isabelle, learning about his past as a film pioneer, and discovering the key that binds past and present together.

But Scorsese hasn’t merely made an ode to cineasts; rather, his picture is a moving exploration of the manner in which individuals seek out love and companionship in an effort to form their own version of a nuclear family. CS

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^ŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚĞƌŶ &ĞƌƟůŝƚLJ ĞŶƚĞƌ ŝƐ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ͕ ŶŽŶ ƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ ǁŽŵĞŶ ^ŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚĞƌŶ &ĞƌƟůŝƚLJ ĞŶƚĞƌ ŝƐ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ͕ ŶŽŶ ƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ ǁŽŵĞŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ϮϬͲϯϬ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ŐŐ ŽŶŽƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ϮϬͲϯϬ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ŐŐ ŽŶŽƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ ŽŶŽƌƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐŽŵƉĞŶƐĂƚĞĚ ΨϯϱϬϬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ŽŶŽƌƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐŽŵƉĞŶƐĂƚĞĚ ΨϯϱϬϬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƟĂů ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ Ăůů Žƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƵƐ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƟĂů ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ Ăůů Žƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƵƐ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŚĞůƉ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ ŽǀĞƌĐŽŵĞ ŝŶĨĞƌƟůŝƚLJ ďLJ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĞŐŐ ĚŽŶŽƌ͊ ŚĞůƉ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ ŽǀĞƌĐŽŵĞ ŝŶĨĞƌƟůŝƚLJ ďLJ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĞŐŐ ĚŽŶŽƌ͊

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movies

just because someone yells out, “May the best vajayjay win!”

2. As the film closes with a final shot of Times Square, one billboard on the street ends up filling at least half the theater screen. It’s the poster for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Warner Bros.’ other year–end offering alongside New Year’s Eve. 1. The end–credit outtakes include a gag in which a doctor (Carla Gugino) reaches between the pregnant Biel’s legs and produces two DVDs for Marshall’s Valentine’s Day – a delivery that’s no more stillborn than the DOA New Year’s Eve. CS

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stuck out in the boondocks (Larry Miller makes a welcome appearance as a tow truck driver). I won’t reveal the identity of Duhamel’s mystery date, but let’s just say I was disappointed it wasn’t Elizondo’s character – that at least would get a rise out of the Middle America mentalities that this sort of pandering nonsense targets.

7. A harried mother (Sarah Jessica Parker) won’t let her 15–year–old daughter (Abigail Breslin) hang out in Times Square for fear that something horrible might happen to her.

6. A sympathetic nurse (slumming Oscar winner Halle Berry) tends to a dying man (slumming Oscar winner Robert De Niro) whose only wish is to see the ball drop.

5. A slacker (the perpetually annoying Ashton Kutcher) who hates the holiday is trapped in an elevator with a singer (Lea Michele) who’s desperate to escape. Wouldn’t you be desperate to escape if you were trapped in an elevator with the perpetually annoying Ashton Kutcher?

4. A caterer (the perpetually annoying Katherine Heigl) is angry at the boyfriend (Jon Bon Jovi) who ran away from her a year ago but has now reentered her life.

3. Two pregnant women (Jessica Biel and Sarah Paulson) and their husbands (Seth Meyers and Til Schweiger) are eager to win the sizable cash prize given by a local hospital to the couple who produces the first baby of the new year. This is the most godawful of all the segments, and not

open 7 days a week

Tintin’s curiosity eventually lands him on a real seafaring vessel that belongs to the drunken Captain Haddock (motion–capture superstar Andy Serkis, of Gollum and ape fame), and together, they set out to distant lands to locate hidden treasure.

While the stop–motion process still isn’t as pleasing to the eye as either old–school Disney or new–school Pixar, its employment in The Adventures of Tintin still qualifies as leaps and bounds ahead of its use in the unwieldy antecedents in this field.

happenings

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Activism & Politics 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

Occupy Savannah

Corner of Habersham & Bay 9am-8pm everyday. General Assemblies: Wed. 6pm, Sat. 12pm+6pm,Sun. 3pm. For more information email occupy.savannah.ga@gmail.com.

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 912-5987358 for additional info.

The 13th Colony Patriots

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

11301 Abercorn St. Open to the public.

Dedicated to the preservation of the United States Constitution and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans. www.13thcolonypatriots.com or call 912-5965267. [122911]

Benefits 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.

Tour d’Epicure Benefit for America’s Second Harvest

Board a trolley with your friends for a food, wine and art tour. Sun. Feb. 26, 2012, 4-7pm.

Tickets and information at www.helpendhunger.org.

Call for Entries Auditions for “Into the Woods”

Asbury Memorial United Methodist seeks singing male and female actors for their March production of “Into the Woods.” Music

by Stephen Sondheim. Auditions are Thursday, January 5th and Friday, January 6th, 7pm–9pm at Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church at 1008 East Henry Street. Call backs are Jan. 7. Actors should prepare their best 18 bars from the song of their choice and be ready to read from the script. Information: director David I. L. Poole at theatreartsconn@ aol.com. Include heading “Into the Woods.”

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Auditions for Children’s Play about Juliette Gordon Low

Savannah Children’s Theatre will hold auditions for Daisy’s Adventures, a play for children about Juliette Gordon Low, at 7pm

on Jan 11th & 12th. 2160 E. Victory Drive, Savannah. Performance dates: March 2nd 3rd & 10th.Casting adult male and females, as well as youth. Children must have completed the 2nd grade and be at least 7 years old to audition. Audition will consist of cold reading and ensemble work. Questions? Call 912-2389015 or e-mail eventinfo@savannahchildrenstheatre.org. savannahchildrenstheatre.org/

The VOICE Workshop:Continuing Education for the Professional Singer

VOICExperience and Georgia Southern University present vocal training designed by Sherrill Milnes. For ingers who have already embarked on a professional career and feel the need to further hone their presentational skills. March 9-16, 2012 on the campus of Georgia Southern University. The week concludes with performances in both Statesboro and Savannah. Application deadline is Feb. 1, 2012. Information on fees and application requirements: 847.707.0177 or voicexp@aol. com. [121211]

Theater Auditions

Richmond Hill Community Theater will hold auditions for Barbecuing Hamlet by Pat Cook.

Jan. 10 &12, 7pm-9pm at Richmond Hill Library, 9607 Ford Avenue. Performances: March 30 & 31. Parts for 6 men and 7 women.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. For further info contact 912-3134004.

Designing for the Contemporary Interior

Release your inner decorator... this workshop offered by SCAD’s Continuing Education Department teaches participants how to select pieces, mix and match, and end up with an individual, inspired space. Learn and apply design theory to create contemporary interiors and gain confidence with color and material choices. Explore the balance of spatial relations, creating a home interior that parallels your personality. Sat. Feb. 4, 10:30am-4:30pm. Fee. $95. Register http:// www.scad.edu/ce [121211]

Drawing Instruction

Private and group drawing lessons by artist and former SCAD professor Karen Bradley.

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

DUI Prevention Group

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

Family Law Workshop

Art,-Music, Piano and Voice-coaching

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

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

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Beading Classes

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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Classes, Camps & Workshops For all age groups, beginners through advanced, classic, modern, jazz improvisation and theory. Serious inquiries only. 961-7021 or 667-1056. [122811]

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

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

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Feldenkrais Classes

Champions Training Center

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

Creative Digital Photography

Meets at various locations in the Savannah area. Contact Elaine Alexander, GCFP. Information: 912-223-7049 [122811]

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/week. [122811]

Go in-depth into photography principles, aperature and shutter combinations, bracketing and compositions. Spend time in the field and in the classroom. You’ll need a DSLR camera, changeable lenses, and a tripod. You must be able to write files to a USB drive for critiques. Mondays, Feb 6-20, 6:30-8:30pm (in the classroom) and Saturdays, Feb 11-18 (in the field). $100/person. Offered in downtown Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center, by Georgia Southern University’s Continuing Education Division. http://ceps.georgiasouthern. edu/conted/cesavannahmenu.html [121211]

Growing a Quilt the Traditional Way: A Workshop

SCAD Continuing Education course. Learn the basics of crochet, including the chain stitch, single crochet, and half-double crochet, and emerge with a fun and easyto-make scarf and hat. Fee: $95. Jan. 7, 10:30am - 5:30pm. Information and registration at www.scad.edu/ce.

Instruction for all ages of beginner/intermediate students. Technique, chords, note reading, and theory. Learn songs and improvisation. Studio located 2 blocks from Daffin Park. Housecalls available. Call 401-255-6921 or email a.teixeira472@gmail.com to schedule a 1/2 price first lesson! [122811]

Crocheting Hats & Scarves: A Workshop

Jan. 7, 10:30am-3:30pm. Offered by SCAD Continuing Education. Explore color and pattern to create a small quilt, table runner or placemat. Instructors provide step-bystep guidance as participants explore design concepts and a variety of techniques. Sewing experience required. Participants should bring a sewing machine and fabrics of their choice. All levels are welcome. Fee: $120.

Register at www.scad.edu/ce

Guitar, Electric Bass & Double Bass Lessons

Guitar, mandolin and bass lessons

Guitar, mandolin or bass guitar lessons. emphasis on theory, reading music and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. 912232-5987 [122811]

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

The Housing Authority of Savannah hosts a series of regular classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. 1407 Wheaton Street. Adult literacy/GED prep: Mon-Thurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri of month, 9-11am. Basic Computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1-3pm. Community Computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3-4:30pm. For more info: 912232-4232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com

Introduction to Computers

Georgia Southern University’s Continuing Education in Savannah. Register now for this fundamental course on computer skills--hardware, software, and the operating system. Basic proficiency in using the mouse, navigating Windows, and the basics of Word, Excel, and Internet Explorer. Jan. 12, 6:309:30pm. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Savannah. $40 register at: ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/ cesavannahmenu.html

Learn Russian

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

Learn to Speak Spanish

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

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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. [122811]

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 6:30p.m. The cost is $30.00 per month. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Contact Pamela Kidd at 912-354-1500 for more info. [122811]

Open Pottery Studio at Savannah’s Clay Spot

For potters with experience who want time in the studio, Choose from 4 hour time slots.

Registrations are based on a monthly, bi monthly, and quarterly time commitment.

Savannah’s Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St. Information: 912-509-4647 or www.savannahsclayspot.com [122811]

Photography Class: Digital Imaging Basics

Learn about digital photography, its language and equipment. If you’re in the market for a digital camera, you’ll receive helpful tips for making your choice. Bring your digital camera and instruction manual for class. Tues, Jan.

Point and Shoot Photography

Improve your shooting style and produce good quality images. Learn the basic principles of light and composition, camera functions and settings, and priinting/storage options.

Digital Imaging Basics is recommended as a prerequisite. Bring your camera, manual, and a USB drive. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan 17-26, 6:30 to 8:30pm; Event takes place in the classroom and in the field. Fee: $85/person. Offered by Georgia Southern University in Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center. http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/ Info: 912644-5967 or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu.

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Portrait Photography Course

Learn how to use the off-camera flash, studio lighting, available light, and photo editing to create flattering portraits of people, pets, close ups, and more. Any camera. Prints or digital files will be accepted. Suggested prerequisite: Creative Photography. Dates: Wednesdays, 1/18 to 2/1 or Mondays, 5/7 to 5/21. Time is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is $70/ person. Call to to register at 855-478-5551.

Registration closes Monday, Jan. 16 at Noon for the Jan. class; Thursday, May 3 at 5 p.m. for the May class. Offered by Georgia Southern University Continuing Education and takes place in Savannah,at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. $70/person http:// ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/cesavannahmenu.html [122911]

ReSource Center at Habitat ReStore

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

S.P.A.C.E. Visual Arts Classes Now Registering

Register now for classes in fiber weaving, sculpture, stained glass box making, ceramics, metals, glass, painting and drawing, parent and teen wheel-throwing. Offerings for children, teens and adults in all skill levels for Winter/Spring 2012 art classes. Sessions begin January 7 at the Department of Cultural Affairs S.P.A.C.E. studios, 9 W. Henry St. Dates/times/fees vary. Information: www. savannahga.gov/arts or by calling (912) 6516783. [121211]

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. [122811]

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

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

Savannah Sacred Harp Singers

for adults, teens, and children. Contact: Lisa Bradley, savannahsclayspot@gamil.com.

912-509-4647. www.savannahsclayspot.com [122911]

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 [122811]

Winter 2012 Classes at Coastal Georgia Center

Register now for a variety of non-credit courses to be held in Savannah, January May 2012, sponsored by Georgia Southern University. Classes held in downtown Savannah and on Skidaway Island. Course lengths, times, and fees vary. Beginning and Advanced American Sign Language; Creativity for Problem Solving; Creative Writing (Beginning and Advanced); Developing Your Imagination; Yoga for All; How to Stretch Your Energy Dollar; and The Artist’s Way, Organic Gardening. Information: ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted or contact Judy Fogarty at The Coastal Georgia Center (912-644-5967) or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. [121211]

Clubs & Organizations Avegost LARP

Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. Generally meets on the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you’re a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters. Email: Kaza Ayersman, godzillaunknown@gmail.com or visit www.avegost.com [122811]

Buccaneer Region SCCA

The local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. Visit http:// buccaneerregion.org. [122811]

Business Networking on the Islands

Small Business Professionals Islands Networking Group Meets 1st Thursday each month from 9:30-10:30 AM. Tradewinds Ice Cream & Coffee, 107 Charlotte Rd. Savannah (912) 308-6768 for more info. [121211]

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. Meet at Starbucks, corner of Victory Dr. & Skidaway Rd. in Savannah. Information: coastalminis.com. [122811] Starbucks,

Energy Healers

Meets every Monday at 6pm. Meditation and healing with energy. Discuss aromatherapy, chakra systems and more. Call 912-695-2305 for more info. http://www.meetup.com/SavannahEnergyHealers/ [122811]

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

New Location...

Same Great Doggie Spa

Classes begin Jan. 9, 2012. Be Creative in 2012, Make it with Clay at Savannah’s Clay Spot. Check out www.savannahsclayspot. com for a new winter pottery class schedule

“Let us pamper your babies” 6707 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Savannah’s Clay Spot Winter Pottery Classes

897-9196

Exploring The American Revolution in Savannah

Interested in exploring the role Savannah played in the American Revolution? Join like-minded people including artists, writers, teachers and historians for discussion, site exploration and creative collaboration.

Meets the 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 6pm at Gallery Espresso. Email, Kathleen Thomas: exploretherevolution@gmail.com for more info. [122811]

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. The cost is the price of the meal. RSVP to 660-8257. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr., Thunderbolt. [122811]

Honor Flight Savannah

A non-profit organization dedicated to sending our area World War II veterans to Washington DC to visit the new WWII Memorial. All expenses are paid by Honor Flight Savannah, which is not a government-supported program. They depend on donations from the community to fund their efforts. For more info: www.honorflightsavannah.org [122811]

Islands MOPS

A Mothers of Preschoolers group that meets at the First Baptist Church of the Islands on two Wednesdays a month from 9:15-11:30am.

Website/information: https://sites.google. com/site/islandsmops/ [122811]

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Contact (912) 308-6768 for info.

No fees. Wanna learn? Come join us! [121211]

Low Country Turners

A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Contact Steve Cook, 912-313-2230. [122811]

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. Call 786-4508. [122811] Savannah

MOMSnext

For mothers of school-aged children, kindergarten through high school. Come as you are, to experience authentic community, mothering support, personal growth, practical help, and spiritual hope. Islands MOMSnext meets every first & third Monday of the month, excluding holidays. Childcare is available upon request. A ministry of MOPS International.

For more info or to register for a meeting, call (912)898-4344 or email kymmccarty@hotmail. com. http://www.mops.org/ [122811]

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

International fan and research group devoted to preserving and distributing old-time radio broadcasts from 1926 to 1962. Send e-mail to Jim Beshires at beshiresjim@yahoo.com or visit www.otrr.org. [122811]

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.

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Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at 5429 LaRoche Ave and the third Tuesday at Super King Buffet, 10201 Abercorn Street

PSYCHO SUDOKU!

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“Stepping Stone Sudoku” Each circled square in this sudoku is the same number of steps away from another circled square with the same digit in it as the digit in those two circled squares. For example, a circled square with a 3 in it will have another circled square with a 3 in it exactly 3 steps away. Conversely, a square that is not circled will not have another occurrence of its digit that many steps away. A step is a move into a horizontally or vertically neighboring square (diagonally doesn’t count). Note that none of the circled squares contains the digit 1, because that would require a second 1 in the same row or column. Also note that the number of steps in a path between two squares is counted as the smallest number of steps required to travel between those two squares. When you’re done, just as with a standard Sudoku, each row, column, and 3x3 box will contain the digits 1-9 exactly one time. Don’t be scared, you can do it!! Or can you...? psychosudoku@hotmail.com

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at 7:30 p.m. Call 308-2094, email kasak@ comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

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will assist you in learning about Savannah and making new friends. www.savannahnewcomers.com [122911]

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.

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Safe Kids Savannah

Savannah Adventure Club

Dedicated to pursuing adventures, both indoors and outdoors, throughout the Low country and beyond. Activities include sailing, camping, skydiving, kayaking, hiking, tennis, volleyball, and skiing, in addition to regular social gatherings. Free to join. Email savannahadventureclub@gmail.com or “like” the Savannah Adventure Club on Facebook.

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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. [122811]

Savannah Brewers’ League

Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League. Meet at Moon River Brewing Company, 21 W. Bay St. [122811]

Savannah 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. Call Kathy Dust at 373-5571 or send e-mail to KMDUST4@hotmail.com or Dave Armstrong at Darmst0817@comcast.net or 925-4709. [122811] 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 748-7020. [122811] Hunter Army Airfield, 525 Leonard Neat St , Savannah http://www. stewart.army.mil/

Savannah Fencing Club

Beginner classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $60. Some equipment provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month.

Experienced fencers welcome. Call 429-6918 or email savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Jaycees

Meeting and information session held the 1st Tuesday of every month at 6pm to discuss upcoming events and provide an opportunity for those interested in joining the Jaycees to learn more. Must be 21-40 years old to join the chapter. 101 Atlas St. 912-353-7700 or www.savannahjaycees.com [122811]

Savannah Kennel Club

Monthly meetings are open to the public and visitors. Meetings are held at Logan’s Roadhouse Restaurant, 11301 Abercorn St. on the fourth Monday of each month, September through May. Dinner starts at 6 pm and meeting starts at 7:30pm. Guest Speakers at every meeting. For more info, call 912-238-3170 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org

Savannah Newcomers Club

Open to all women who have been in the Savannah area for less than two years.

Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program and, in addition, the club hosts a variety of activities, tours and events that

Savannah Parrot Head Club

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the Mulberry Inn. http://www.savannahsunriserotary.org/

Savannah Toastmasters

Helps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 484-6710. [122911]

Savannah Writers Group

Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories.

A meet-and-greet precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. Contact Carol North, 912-920-8891 for location. [122911] Savannah

Seersucker Live’s Happy Hour for Writers

A no-agenda gathering of the Savannah area writing community, held on the first Thursday of every month from 5:30-7:30pm. Free and open to all writers, aspiring writers, and anyone interested in writing. 21+ with valid I.D. For location and details, visit SeersuckerLive. com. [122911]

Son-shine Hour

Meets at the Savannah Mall at the Soft Play Mondays from 11-12 and Thursdays from 10-11. Activities include songs, stories, crafts, and games for young children and their caregivers. Free, no registration, drop-ins welcome. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@gmail. com [122911]

Southern Wings

Local chapter of Women in Aviation International. It is open to men and women in the region who are interested in supporting women in aviation. Regular meetings are held once a month and new members are welcome. Visit http://www.orgsites.com/ga/southernwings/ [86/010112]

day. Anyone craving some good conversation is invited to drop by. No cost. For more info, email athenapluto@yahoo.com or look up The Philo Cafe on Facebook. [122911]

Theremin/Electronic Music Enthusiasts

A club for enthusiasts of electronic music and instruments, including the theremin, synths, Mooger Foogers, jam sessions, playing techniques, compositions, gigs, etc. Philip Neidlinger, theremin@neidlinger.us. [122911]

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla

Become part of the volunteer organization who assists the U.S. Coast Guard in the performance of their important duties. Meets the 4th Wednesday every month at 6pm at Barnes Restaurant, 5320 Waters Avenue. Coed. All ages welcomed. Prior experience and/or boat ownership not required. Information: www. savannahaux.com or telephone Al Townsend at 912-598-7387. [122911]

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 927-3356. [122911] Savannah

Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

Meets the second Tuesday of every month (except October), 6:00 pm at Woodville-Tompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner Street. Call 912232-3549 or email chesteraellis@comcast.net for more information. [122911]

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

Adult Ballet Class

Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St., at 39th, is offering an Adult Ballet Class on Thursdays from 6:30-7:30. Cost is $12 per class. Join us for learning and fun.

Call 234-8745 for more info. [101711]

Adult Dance and Fitness Classes

Knit and crochet gathering held each Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome.

Free Spinning fiber into yarn group meets the first Monday of each month at 1pm. Wild Fibre, 6 East Liberty Street (near Bull St.) Call for info: 912-238-0514 [122911]

Beginner & Intermediate Ballet, Modern Dance, Barre Fusion, BarreCore Body Sculpt, and Gentle Stretch & Tone. No experience necessary for beginner ballet, barre, or stretch/tone. The Ballet School, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn. Registration/fees/ information: 912-925-0903. Or www.theballetschoolsav.com [122911]

Meets the last Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm in different locations to practice spoken Spanish in a casual environment. 2368566. [122911]

Mondays & Wednesdays, 7 - 8pm, $12 per class or 8 classes for $90. Class meets year round. (912) 921-2190. The Academy of Dance, 74 West Montgomery Crossroads. [122911]

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. [122911]

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. [122911] Doris Martin Dance Studio, 8511-h Ferguson Ave. ,

Stitch-N’s

Tarde en Espanol

The Peacock Guild

The Philo Cafe

A weekly discussion group that meets from 7:30pm-9pm at various locations each Monday. Anyone craving some good conversation is invited to drop by. No cost. For more info, email athenapluto@yahoo.com or look up The Philo Cafe on Facebook. [122911]

The Philo Cafe

A weekly discussion group that meets from 7:30pm-9pm at various locations each Mon-

Adult Intermediate Ballet

Argentine Tango

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. 912-5960889 or www.cairoonthecoast.com [122911]

Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle

The perfect class for those with little to no dance background. Cybelle has been formally trained and has been performing for over a decade. $15/class. Tues: 7-8pm. Visit www. cybelle3.com. For info: cybelle@cybelle3.com or call 912-414-1091 Private classes are also

available. Walk-ins are welcome. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. [122911]

C.C. Express Dance Team

Meets every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Recreation Building. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary for this group. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731.

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Home Cookin’ Cloggers

Meet every Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Nassau Woods Recreation Building on Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes are being held at this time, however help will be available for those interested in learning. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. [122911]

Irish Dance Classes

Glor na h’Eireann cultural arts studio is offering beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up, Adult Step & Ceili, Strength & Flexibility, non-competitive and competition programs, workshops and camps. TCRG certified. For more info contact PrideofIrelandGA@ gmail.com or 912-704-2052. [122911]

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes.

All ages and all levels are welcome. Call Mahogany at 272-8329. [122911]

Modern Dance Class

Classes for beginner and intermediate levels.

Fridays 10-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. For more info, call Elizabeth 912-354-5586. [122911]

Pole Dancing Class

Beginners pole dance offered Wednesdays 8pm, Level II Pole Dance offered Monday 8pm, $22/1 class, $70/4 classes, pre-registration required. Learn pole dance moves and spins while getting a full body workout. Also offering Pole Fitness Classes Monday & Wednesday 11am. For more info: www.fitnessbodybalance.com or 912-398-4776. Nothing comes off but your shoes. Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. [122911]

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. [122911]

Savannah Dance Club

“Magnificent Mondays” at Doubles, The Quality Inn /Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free dance lessons (6:30-7:30p): Shag, Swing, ChaCha and Line dancing. Everyone invited. No cover. Happy Hour till 9pm. Call for details 912-398-8784. [122911]

Savannah Dance Club

“Magnificent Mondays” at Doubles, The Quality Inn /Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free dance lessons (6:30-7:30p): Shag, Swing, ChaCha and Line dancing. Everyone invited. No cover. Happy Hour till 9pm. Call for details 912-398-8784. [122911]

Savannah Shag Club

Shag music every Wednesday, 7pm, at Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn St. and every Friday, 7 pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. [122911]

Film & Video CineSavannah

A film series that seeks to bring new, firstrun films to Savannah including critically acclaimed foreign films and documentaries, among others. To subscribe to information about the series, including screening dates and times, email: cinesavannah@att.net [122911]

Psychotronic Film Society

Hosts weekly screenings every Wednesday,

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Beginner’s Belly Dance classes with “Cairo on the Coast”

Back to back belly dance classes and two unique styles of dance. Every Sunday, 12noon1pm, American Cabaret style, energetic and fast paced. 1-2pm, Tribal Fusion, a slower, more controlled style of dance. Both sessions $24, or a one hour session $15, or 4/$48.00. www.cairoonthecoast.com.

Fitness, Body, and Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Contact Nicole at 912-596-0889.

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Belly Drills

An intense dance workout utilizing basic bellydance moves. Geared to all levels of ability.

Dance your way to a better sense of well being.

Bring water bottle. Thurs: 7-8pm. $15/class.

Visit www.cybelle3.com. For info: cybelle@ cybelle3.com or call 912-414-1091. Walk-ins welcome. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. [122911]

Bellydance Fusion Classes

Fusion bellydance mixes ballet, jazz and hip hop into a unique, high energy style of dance.

Classes include drills and choreographies for all levels. Small classes held several days a week in downtown Savannah, and upon request. $10 per person. Contact Christa at 678-799-4772 or see www.bohemianbeats. com. [121811]

Bellydancing for fun and fitness

The most fun class you’ve ever taken to get you in the best shape in the least amount of time. We provide bright colorful veils, jangling coin hip scarves, and exotic music. Every Wednesday, 6:30pm. $15 drop-in or $40 for four classes. Call 912-660-7399 or email ConsistentIntegrity@yahoo.com [122911]

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. [122911]

Fitness Classes at the JEA

Spin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary. Call for days and times. 355-8111. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St., http:// www.savj.org. [122911]

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.

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Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

Mondays, 10-11am (crawlers and toddlers) and 11:30-12:45 (infants and pre-crawlers) at the Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. $14 per class. Multi-class discounts are available.

Walk-ins welcome. Call 232-2994 or visit www. savannahyoga.com. [122911]

Pilates Mat Classes

Mat classes are held Tues & Thurs 7:30am8:30am, Mon 1:30pm-2:30pm, Mon & Wed 5:30pm-6:30pm, Thurs 12:30pm-1:30pm, & Sat 9:30am-10:30am. All levels welcome! Private and Semi-Private classes are by appointment only. Carol Daly-Wilder, Certified Pilates Instructor. Call 912.238-0018. Momentum Pilates

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Studio, 8413 Suite-A Ferguson Ave. http://savannahpilates.com. [122911]

Pregnancy Yoga

Ongoing series of 8-week sessions are held on Tuesdays from 6-7:15pm at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Dr., and Thursdays from 6-7:15pm at 100 Riverview Dr. Pre-natal yoga helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor & delivery. Cost is $100 for each course. Call Ann Carroll at 912-704-7650 e-mail ann@ aikyayoga.com. [122911]

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Savannah Disc Golf Club

Weekly events (Entry $5): Fri. 5:45pm-Glow Golf. Sat. 10am-Luck of the draw Doubles. Sat. 1pm-Handicapped League. Tom Triplett Park, Hwy 80 W, Pooler. Sun. 10 am-Singles at the Sarge in Hardeeville, SC. Info: savannahdiscgolf.com or savannahdiscgolf@gmail.com All skill levels welcome. Instruction available.

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Stand-Up Paddleboarding

Stand-up paddleboarding lessons and tours. A great way get out on the water and to stay fit.

East Coast Paddleboarding, Savannah/Tybee Island. Eastcoastpaddleboarding.com or 781267-1810 [122911]

The Yoga Room

Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr.

Yoga For All

Here’s yoga at the right time, price, and location. With expert guidance, you’ll practice this ancient discipline at your own limits and pace. Sequences of poses and breathing techniques will reward you with increased awareness, concentration, flexibility, strenght, and endurance. Mondays Jan. 9 to Feb. 13, OR Tuesdays, Mar. 20 to Apr. 24. 5:30-6:30pm. $65/ person. Register by calling 855-478-5551 (toll free). Registration ends Jan. 6 at noon for the January class; Monday, March 19 at noon for the March class. Offered by Georgia Southern University, held in downtown Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center. Info: ceps.georgiasouthern.edu [121211]

Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

Free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. 6.30 p.m., Tuesdays and 12:10 p.m., Thursdays, FitnessOne, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine, Memorial University Medical Center. Call 912-350-9031. [122911]

Zumba Fitness (R) classes

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.

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ZUMBA! fitness with Laura

Thursdays 7:30pm., beginning Jan. 5th. A Class Act Dance Center- 118 Pipemaker’s Circle Suite 110 Pooler, GA 31322. 912.748.4199. $10/class, cash only please. Wear comfy clothes and tennis shoes, bring water & a towel! email zumbalaura@hotmail.com for more info. [122911]

Gay & Lesbian First City Network Board Meeting

Meets the first Monday at 6:30 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. 236-CITY or www.firstcitynetwork.org. [122911]

Gay AA Meeting

True Colors AA Group, a gay AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Sunday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at 311 E. Macon St. [122911] Savannah

Georgia Equality Savannah

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

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by matt Jones | Answers on page 37 ©2012 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com)

Across

1 Taste tea 4 Prefix with scope 8 Stitch together 13 Razz from the audience 14 “Come away with me on ___” (Norah Jones line) 15 “Get ___ on!”

16 Mine, in Paris 17 Hits the road with the band 19 The underworld chase for author Deighton?

21 Injured baseball players go on them: abbr.

22 Response of agreement 23 “Crouching Tiger” director Ang 24 52, to Caesar 25 Ending for rubber 28 Numbers, pre-manipulation 31 Start of a “Flintstones” shout 33 Physicist Schrodinger of theoretical cat fame 34 Things you know are going to be in former Virginia governor Chuck’s recycling?

38 Like some unions or wars 39 Strength 40 Most smooth 43 “Broadway Joe” 46 Different spelling, in crosswords: abbr.

47 Part of a school yr.

49 Kindle buy 51 Not feeling so hot 52 Football Hall-of-Famer Ronnie, playing an extra in “Lord of the Rings”?

55 Nerve-wracking event 57 Suit to ___ 58 Crux 59 Fix the soundtrack 60 Former Steelers coach Chuck 61 Munster or Vedder 62 Long swimmers 63 Boxing wins

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1 Jacob’s son, in the Bible 2 Tristan’s partner 3 Active hallucinogen in funny mushrooms 4 Part of a magazine 5 Black, poetically 6 Oscar winner Mercedes for “The Fisher King” 7 Manufacturer 8 “To Die For” director Gus Van ___ 9 Pro at the scene of the accident 10 Santa Monica cemetery home to dozens of dead celebrities 11 Inflammation of that dangly thing in the back of your throat 12 Fluffy housecat 13 Derisive (or James Brown-ish) laughs 18 ___-Day vitamins 20 Popular 26 Flow counterpart 27 Cleanup hitter’s stat 29 “Yeah, I know that person...”

30 Failed to come up with anything 32 Reply: abbr.

34 Competed with for superiority 35 More information than is desired 36 Long Island Iced Tea ingredient 37 ___ pinch 38 Dish of fish cooked in citrus juice 41 Lat. and Lith., once 42 That’s a laugh 44 Overly, emphatically 45 Monopoly buildings 48 HLN host Robin 50 Music company known for compilations advertised on TV 52 Head of a French society 53 “Austin Powers” surname 54 They wear jerseys in Jersey 56 ___ Lankan

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8pm, at the Sentient Bean. Offering up a selection of films so bad they are good, cult classics and other rarities. Upcoming schedule: www. sentientbean.com [122911]

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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. SPs mission of unity through diversity, and social awareness has helped promote the well-being of the LGBT community in the South, and organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival. Call 912288-7863 or email heather@savpride.com.

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bacK by popular demand:

A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at the FCN building located at 307 E. Harris St. Call 657-1966, email info@standoutyouth.org or visit www. standoutyouth.org. [122911]

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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 3522611. [122911]

Health Alcoholics Anonymous

If you want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Check www.SavannahAA.com for meeting locations and times, or call 24 hrs 912-356-3688 for information. [122911]

Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshop

Sponsored by Stanford University and the Coastal Regional Commission of GeorgiaArea Agency on Aging.

Free. Learn better ways of coping and managing your health issues such as fatigue, heart disease, cancer, strokes, injuries, breathing problems, kidney disease, diabetes, depression, obesity, arthritis, Parkinson’s. Caregivers or anyone living with a long term health condition are welcome.

Weekly sessions: Tuesdays, Jan. 10 - Feb. 14, 1:30-4:00pm. Location: West Broad Street YMCA, 1110 May Street. Call Peter at 912-233-1951 to register.

Tuesday mornings: 9:30 am - 12:00 pm. Location: Southside YMCA of Coastal GA, 11701 Mercy Blvd, Suite 1-A, Call 800-580-6860.

Wednesday mornings: Jan. 11 -Feb. 15, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm. Location: Islands Community Church, 111 Walthour Rd. Call Pastor Patterson at 912-897-6630 to register.

Wednesday afternoons: Jan. 11 - Feb. 15, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm. Location: Vineyard Church of Savannah, 615 Montgomery St. Call Kent at 912-412-8080 to register.

Free hearing & speech screening

Hearing: Every Thurs. 9-11 a.m. Speech: 1st Thurs. of each month. Savannah Speech & Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601. www.savannahspeechandhearing. org [122911]

Healthcare for the Uninsured

St. Mary’s Health Center,1302 Drayton St.. 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 912-443-9409. [122911]

La Leche League of Savannah

Mothers wishing to find out more about breastfeeding are invited to attend a meeting on the first Thursday of every month at 10am. La Leche League of Savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers. 897-9544, www.lllusa.org/ web/SavannahGA.html. [122911] Savannah

Planned Parenthood Hotline

First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services.

Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-2647154. [122911]

Nature and Environment Dolphin Project of Georgia

The Dolphin Project’s Education Outreach Program is available to speak at your school, club or organization. We offer a fascinating powerpoint with sound and video about our estuarine dolphins and their environment.

Age-appropriate programs and related handouts. www.thedolphinproject.org [122911]

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

Offering a variety of fun educational programs including Beach Discovery Walks, Marsh Treks, Turtle Talks and the Coastal Georgia Gallery, which features an up close look at dozens of local species. Open daily, 10am-5pm. For more info, call 912-7865917 or visit www.tybeemarinescience.org.

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Walk on the Wild Side

The Oatland Island Wildlife Center , 711 Sandtown Rd., offers a 2-mile Native Animal Nature Trail that winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats, and features live native animal exhibits. Open daily from 10-4 except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. 898-3980, www.oatlandisland.org. [122911]

Wilderness Southeast

Offers a variety of programs every month including guided trips with naturalists, canoe rides and more. Their mission is to develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. For more information: 912-236-8115 or www. wilderness-southeast.org. [122911]

Pets & Animals Low Cost Pet Clinic

Tails Spin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 5-6pm. Vaccinations: $12.00, with $2.00 per vaccination donated to Savannah Pet Rescue Agencies. Habersham Village Shopping Center. www.tailsspin.com [122911]

St. Almo

Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays at 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at the Canine Palace, 612 Abercorn St. For info, call 912234-3336. [122911]

Readings & Signings Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club meets the last Sunday of the month at 4 p.m. at the African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605. [122911]

Tea time at Ola’s

A book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Bring a book you’ve read this month and tell all about it.

Treats to share are always welcomed. Tea will be provided. 232-5488 or 652-3660.

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Religious & Spiritual Service of Compline

The Service of Compline at Christ Church is moving: same music, same service, same choir, same preacher--different location.

Beginning Sunday, December 11 the Christ Church Service of chanted Compline by candlelight will be held at historic Independent Presbyterian Church (corner of Bull Street

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and Oglethorpe) every Sunday night at 9:00p.m.

“Come, say good night to God.” [121211]

ARIES

(March 21–April 19) “It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions,” said poet Robert Bly. That’s why he decided to learn to love his obsessions. I urge you to keep his approach in mind throughout the coming months, Aries. You are likely to thrive to the degree that you precisely identify and vigorously harness your obsessions. Please note I’m not saying you should allow your obsessions to possess you like demons and toss you around like a rag doll. I’m not advising you to fall down in front of your obsessions and worship them like idols. Be wildly grateful for them; love them with your fiery heart fully unfurled; but keep them under the control of your fine mind.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) “Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will spend its whole life believing it is stupid.” Rumor has it that this pithy observation was uttered by Albert Einstein. I bring it to your attention, Taurus, because you’ll be smart to keep it in mind throughout 2012. According to my astrological analysis, you will have an excellent opportunity to identify and hone and express your specific brilliance.

So it is crucial that you eliminate any tendency you might have to see yourself as being like a fish whose job it is to climb a tree.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) In his book *Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures,* former FBI agent Robert K. Wittman tells the story of the world’s second largest crystal ball. Worth $350,000 and once belonging to the Chinese Dowager Empress, it was stolen from a museum.

Wittman never located the actual robber, but years later he tracked down the crystal ball to a person who had acquired it quite innocently and by accident. She was a young witch in New Jersey who, unaware of its origins or value, kept it on her bedroom dresser with a baseball cap on top of it.

I suspect you may have a comparable adventure in the coming months, Gemini. If you look hard and keep an open mind, you will eventually recover lost riches or a disappeared prize in the least

likely of places.

with physical beauty.

CANCER

LIBRA

It’s impossible for the human body to run a mile in less than four minutes –– at least that’s what the conventional wisdom used to say. And indeed, no one in history ever broke that barrier until May 6, 1954, when Roger Bannister raced a mile in three minutes, 59.4 seconds. Since then, lots of athletes have done it and the record has been lowered by another 17 seconds. In fact, the sub–four–minute mile is now regarded as a standard accomplishment for middle–distance runners. I suspect that in 2012 you will accomplish your own version of Bannister’s feat –– a breakthrough that once seemed crazy difficult or beyond your capacity.

Before he died in 1902, Libran cartoonist Thomas Nast left a potent legacy. Among his enduring creations were the modern image of Santa Claus, the iconic donkey for America’s Democratic Party, and the elephant for the Republican Party. I’m guessing that 2012 is going to be a Thomas Nast kind of year for you Librans. The work you do and the ripples you set in motion are likely to last a long time. So I suggest you choose the influences you unleash with great care and integrity.

(June 21–July 22)

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) Back in 1958, 17–year–old Bob Heft created a 50–star American flag for a high school project.

Hawaii and Alaska were being considered for U.S. statehood at that time, and a new design was needed to replace the old 48–star flag. Heft’s teacher originally gave him a grade of B– for his work. But when his model was later selected to be the actual American flag, the teacher raised his grade to an A. I suspect that a similar progression is in store for you in the coming year, Leo. Some work you did that never received proper credit will finally be accorded the value it deserves.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Greek philosopher Plato suggested that we may become more receptive to spiritual beauty by putting ourselves in the presence of physical beauty. The stimulation we get when inspired by what looks good may help train us to recognize sublime truths.

I’m not so sure about that. In my experience, people often get so entranced by their emotional and bodily responses to attractive sights and sounds that they neglect to search for higher, subtler sources of splendor. But I do believe you may be an exception to this tendency in the coming months. That’s why I’m giving you the go–ahead –– indeed, the mandate –– to surround yourself

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22)

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) “If you’re in a good relationship, chances are you’re bored out of your mind,” spouts comedian Chris Rock in his show *Never Scared.* “All good relationships are boring. The only exciting relationships are bad ones. You never know what’s going to happen tomorrow when you’re in a bad relationship. You never know when they’re gonna walk through the door and say, ‘Hey, you gave me crabs.’ That’s exciting!” Rock is making a satirical overstatement, but it does contain grains of truth. Which is why, in accordance with the astrological omens, I deliver the following request to you: In 2012, cultivate stable relationships that are boring in all the best ways.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

Once every decade or so, you’re asked to make a special point of practicing forgiveness and atonement. According to my reading of the astrological omens, that time will be the next few months.

I think it’ll be quite important for you to cleanse the grungy build–up of regrets and remorse from your psyche. Ready to get started? Compose a list of the sins you could expiate, the karmic debts you can repay, and the redemptions you should initiate.

I suggest you make it into a fun, creative project that you will thoroughly enjoy.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22–Jan. 19) Happiness isn’t a state you acquire by luck. It takes hard work and relentless concentration. You have to rise up and rebel against

the nonstop flood of trivial chaos and meaningless events you’re invited to wallow in. You have to overcome the hard–core cultural conditioning that tempts you to assume that suffering is normal and the world is a hostile place.

It’s really quite unnatural to train yourself to be peaceful and mindful; it’s essentially a great rebellion against an unacknowledged taboo. Here’s the good news: 2012 will be an excellent time for you to do this work.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) More and more musicians and authors are choosing to self– publish. That way they retain the full rights to their creative work, keeping it from being controlled and potentially misused by a record label or publishing company.

One example is singer–songwriter Terri Hendrix, who owns all 14 of her master recordings.

She lives by the motto, “Own Your Own Universe.” I urge you to adopt her approach in 2012, Aquarius. The coming months will be prime time for you to do all you can to take full possession of everything you need to become what you want to be.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) The coming months will be a time when you’ll thrive by seeking out novel ideas, using new words, and regarding your imagination as an organ that’s as important to feed as your stomach. In that spirit, I’m offering you a slew of freshly made–up terms that’ll help tease your brain in ways that are in alignment with the upcoming astrological factors.

They all come from the very NSFW dictionary at http://tinyurl. com/Dixtionary. 1. Assymectricity: energy generated by lopsidedness. 2. Enigmagnetic: a person who attracts mysteries. 3.

Indumbnitable: incapable of being dumbed down. 4. Beneviolent: helpful chaos. 5. Fauxbia: a fake fear. 6. Craptometry: ability to see through all the BS. 7. Adoregasm: when you treasure someone to the point of ecstasy.

Guided Silent Prayer

A couple of songs done acoustically, about 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and a few minutes to receive prayer if you want (or remain in silence). A mid-week rest and re-focus. 6:458pm on Wednesdays at the Vineyard Church.

615 Montgomery St. (behind Blowin’ Smoke BBQ). www.vineyardsavannah.org [122911]

Next Level 2012 Youth Rally

January 6, from 6:30pm-11pm. Hosted by Xcelerate Student Ministry. Open to all youth groups & young adults. Georgia’s Assembly of God John Dougherty to speak. King’s Cross band will perform. All denominations welcome.

Free Admission/Will Take Up Love Offering. www.xceleratestudentministries.com, Fellowship Assembly Of God, 5224 Augusta Rd., Garden City.

Savannah Zen Center

Meditation, Classes & Events are held at 111 E. 34th St., Savannah, Ga 31401. For schedule: savannahzencenter.com or visit us on Facebook. [122911]

Soka Gakkai of America

SGI is an international Buddhist movement for world peace and individual happiness. The group practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Introductory meetings are held the third Sunday of the month. For further information, call 232-9121. [122911]

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 1001 E. Gwinnett St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com. Celebrating diversity. Working for justice. [122911]

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. Sunday, 11 am, Troup Square Sanctuary.

234-0980, admin@uusavannah.org or www. uusavannah.org. [122911] 313 E. Harris St. ,

Unity Church of Savannah

Two Sunday morning Celebration Services - 9:15 and 11:00. (Children’s Church and childcare at 11:00.)

Noon prayer service every Thurs. To find out about classes, workshops and more visit, www. unityofsavannah.org or call 912-355-4704. 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Sports & Games Roller Girl Boot Camp 2012

Do you have what it takes to be a roller derby queen? Find out at Roller Girl Boot Camp, the Savannah Derby Devils’ pursuit of new blood in its annual recruitment week. Registration is open now for RGBC 2012, January 22-26. Register at brownpapertickets.com. [122911]

Savannah Bike Polo

Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. Check out www. facebook.com/savannahbikepolo for more information. [122911]

Support Groups Alcoholics Anonymous

If you want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Check www.SavannahAA.com for meeting locations and times, or call 24 hrs 912-3563688 for information. [122911]

Alzheimer’s Caregivers and Families Support Group

Senior Citizens, Inc. hosts caregivers and families support groups for individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members. Locations and days: Every 2nd Monday at

Amputee Support Group

Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers.

Call 355-7778 or 353-9635. [122911]

Brain Injury Support Group

For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Meets the third Thursday at 5 p.m. in the gym at The Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial University Medical Center. http:// www.memorialhealth.com [122911]

Breast Cancer Survivors Group

Meets Tuesdays at 5:20om, at First Presbyterian Church on Washington Avenue and Paulsen Street. Survivor’s and care providers welcome. Enter via Washington Ave. Contact Melissa at 912-844-4524 or Krista at 912-8197053. [122911]

Cancer support group

Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion on Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. For anyone living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 819-5704. [122911]

Citizens With Retarded Citizens

Grief Support Group

Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 450 Mall Blvd. Seven-week support groups for children and adults are offered by the bereavement counselors at no charge as a complementary service of Hospice Savannah. For information call 912.303.9442 or visit www.HospiceSavannahHelps.org. [122911]

Heartbeats for Life

A free support and education group for those who have suffered or want to prevent or reverse Heart Disease, and/or Diabetes problems. One Tuesday per month. [Call or email for this month’s meeting date.] 6:00pm7:45pm Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. (behind Target at Savannah Mall) Contact, Jeff: 912-598-8457; email: jeff@ heartbeatsforlife-ga.org [122911]

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Memorial Health University Medical Center, http://www.memorialhealth. com. Call Jennifer Currin, 350-7845. [122911]

Multiple Sclerosis support group

discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 355-1523. [86/010712]

Open to families of children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly at 1211 Eisenhower Drive. 355-7633. [122911]

Narcotics Anonymous

Meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Call 355-1221; or visit www.coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. Candler’s Heart/ Lung Building. 5354 Reynolds Ave. [122911]

A weekly 90 minute support group for any with a mental health diagnosis. Free & open to the public. We also have a weekly family support group. Both groups meet on Tuesdays, 6pm to 8pm. Both are held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd. Free and open to the public. [122211]

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association

Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges

Meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd.

Room 250. A group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether on this journey for one year or many years. Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@hotmail.com. [122911]

Fibromyalgia support group

meets the second Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St.. 8196743. http://www.sjchs.org/ [122911]

Gambling problem?

12-step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly in Savannah. Leave msg with contact information for Phil @ 912-7484730. [122911]

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Call 238-5925 for the Savannah Lowcountry Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting schedule.

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National Alliance On Mental Illness Connection Support Group

Overeaters Anonymous

Meets weekly at several locations. Please visit www.oa.org to locate a meeting. [122911]

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group

Meets the first Thursday of the month.

5-6:30pm in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For more info, call 355-6347 or 2384666. [122911]

Rape Crisis Center

assists survivors of rape and sexual assault.

The Rape Crisis Line is active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 912-233-7273. The center offers free, confidential counseling for victims and their families. [122911]

Spinal Injury Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the Rehabilitation Institute at

Memorial Health. For info, call Jami Murray at 350-8900. http://www.memorialhealth.com/ [122911]

Support Group for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Sponsored by Savannah Educational Consultants and Royce Learning Center. Professionally led support groups will be held on the 4th Monday of each month, 6-7:30pm. Meetings will be held at Royce Learning Center, at 4 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd. Contact Laurel Brady, 912-659-4687 or email LBrady@savannaheducationalconsultants.com [122911]

Support Group for Parents of Ill Children Backus Children’s Hospital sponsors this group for parents with a seriously ill child receiving treatment on an inpatient or outpatient basis. A case manager facilitates the meetings, and a child life specialist provides an arts and crafts activity. Meets weekly. Call Donna at 912-350-5616. http://www.memorialhealth.com/backus [122911]

Support Group for People with HIV/AIDS

For more information on a support group for men and women living with HIV/AIDS, please contact Mary Jackson at My Brothaz HOME, Inc. at 912-231-8727. These two groups are confidential and only for persons with verified HIV/AIDS. [122911]

Teens With No One to Turn To

Are you between the ages of 11-18, or a concerned parent of a teen? Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter can help. 912-2344048 or www.parkplaceyes.org. [122911]

Volunteers Community Cardiovascular Council

Clerical and medical volunteers needed for non-profit working to eliminate heart disease.

Flexible shifts and training provided. Staff the reception desk, answer phones, check patients in and out, etc. Medical Volunteers take blood pressure readings and assist in data management. 912-232-6624 or daleyd@ sjchs.org. [122911]

Good Samaritan Clinic

St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Good Samaritan Clinic in Garden City needs volunteer nurses, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, Spanish interpreters and clerical staff.

The Good Samaritan Clinic serves people without insurance and whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line. To volunteer call 912-964-4326. [122911]

Live Oak Regional Public Libraries

needs volunteers to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties. Call 912-652-3661. http:// www.liveoakpl.org [122911]

Oatland Island Education Center

Oatland Island Wildlife Center often needs volunteers. Call 912-898-3980. 711 Sandtown Rd. http://www.oatlandisland.org/ [122911]

Ronald McDonald House volunteers needed

Help in the “home away from home” for the families of hospitalized children. Volunteers also are needed to provide home-cooked meals for families staying at the house. Volunteer internships also available for college students. 4710 Waters Ave., Nikole Layton, 912-356-5520. http://www.rmhccoastalempire.org [122911]

The Dolphin Project of Georgia

Needs boat owners, photographers and other volunteers to help conduct scientific research on the Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin along the coast of Georgia. You must be at least 18 years old. Call 232-6572 or visit the Web site at www.TheDolphinProject.org. [122911]

Tutoring Volunteers Needed

If you are an education major, retired reading teacher or a community resident who is interested in volunteering your time to a reading and math tutorial program for elementary and middle school students, call the AfricanAmerican Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St., at 912-447-6605. http://www.sjchs.org/1844.cfm.

Urban Hope

Urban Hope, an after school program for inner city children, is looking for adult volunteers to help with homework, Bible Study, art classes, or other fun activities. Visit www.urbanhopesavannah.org, for more info or email urbanhopesav@aol.com to start enriching the lives of children. [122911]

Kid’s Happenings Irish Dancers of Savannah

Savannah’s first organized Irish dance school welcomes dancers, ages 4 and up. Learn Irish Step and Ceili (Irish square) Dancing at a relaxed pace. Convenient mid-town location.

Reasonable rates. Whether dancing “just for fun” or competition, the IDS makes Irish dancing a fun loving activity the entire family can enjoy! Call 912-897-5984 or email irishdancsav@aol.com Adult classes also available.

Winter Wonderland at the Georgia State Railroad Museum

Children will discover the science behind cold weather, make their own “snow,” and participate in a number of winter-themed art activities and enjoy a “snowy” story time. Sat. Jan. 7, 10-11:30am. at the Georgia State Railroad Museum (The Roundhouse.) 601 W. Harris St. Admission: $6 per child with regular adult admission. Information: www.chsgeorgia.org or 912-651-6823 x3. [122911] cs

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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

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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

SOUTHSIDE

403 Cranman: 3BR/1BA, LR, DR, kitchen, CH&A $850/month.

5415 Emory: 2BR/1BA, LR, DR, kitchen, CH&A $700/month.

507-7875 or 660-4296

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

SAVE $$$$ MOVE-IN SPECIALS Clean, furnished, large. Busline, central heat/air, utilities. $100-$130 weekly.

Rooms w/bathroom $145.

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 CLEAN, QUIET, Room & Efficiencies for Rent.On Busline, Stove, Refrigerator, Washer/Dryer. Rates from $85-$165/week. Call 912-272-4378 or 912-631-2909

COMMERCIAL SPACE: Various available. 6707 Johnny Mercer, Midtown Mall.

600sqft.

950sqft & 1400sqft. Call 912-441-1159

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rooms for rent 895

ROOMS FOR RENT Completely furnished. Central heat and air. Conveniently located on busline. $130 per week. Call 912-844-5995.

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.

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

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

130 ALPINE DRIVE: Roommate Wanted. $500/mo., NO deposit or $150/week. Near Hunter AAF. Available Now. 912-272-8020 transportation 900

cars 910

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

CLEAN ROOM FOR RENT:

East Savannah, on busline $140/weekly. Call 912-398-1264 or 912-234-7632

EAST & WEST SAVANNAH

•Rooms $100 & Up. Furnished, includes utilities, central heat and air, Comcast cable, washer/dryer. ceramic tile in kitchen and bath. Shared Kitchen & Shared bath. Call 912-210-0144.

FURNISHED ROOM for rent: Including all utilities, cable, refrigerator, microwave and washer. Private entrance, private bath. No pets.

Weekly lease and references required. Proof of income. $140/week, $150/double occupancy. $100/sec. dep. Working person. 604-4353 or 352-2281

*2220 E.43rd 3BR/1BA $795 *2042 E.60th 3BR/1BA $795 *15 Gerald Dr. 3BR/1BA $750 *5637 Emory Dr. 3BR/1BA $750 *21 Gerald Dr. 3BR/1BA $795 *13 Hibiscus Ave: 4BR/1BA $800 *Trailer-Savannah Pines, Lot 6 2BR/2BA $565 912-507-7934/912-927-2853 CommerCial ProPerty For rent 890

rooms for rent 895

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.

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

No deposit.

Call 912-398-7507.

ROOM FOR RENT: Safe Environment. Central heat/air, cable, telephone service. $450-$550 monthly, $125/security deposit, No lease.

Immediate occupancy. Call Mr. Brown:912-663-2574 or 912-234-9177.

FOR SALE: 1999 Plymouth Voyager Mini Van, sliding doors, runs good $3,000.00 OBO. Call 912-428-0228 LINCOLN Town Car Executive, 1996- In good condition. 166K miles, white, fully loaded $1,995.

Call 912-897-4369 WE PAY CASH for junk cars & trucks! Call 964-0515 Motorcycles/ AtVs 940

2008 BASHAN 150cc, 9.3HP Scooter. This scooter is brand new, 10 miles, and is fast. Hwy. rated. $1200. 912-433-2631 Boats & accessories 950 POWERBOAT Boston Whaler, 1985- 15 Ft. Sport, with trailer, refinished. $3,400.00 912-844-2957 Yahama Z300 TXRD HPDI “0” hrs. Warranty through 8/29/15 $13,000 912-844-2957

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