Connect Savannah Jan. 11, 2012 Issue

new council inaugurated, p. 8 | louis logic @wormhole, p. 14 | all about eve butler, p. 23 Jan 11 – 17, 2012 news, arts & Entertainment weekl y free connectsavannah.com

Top to bottom: 'let the light in' @SCADMOA; 'sketchbook show' @Little beasts; 'dreamtime synastry' @Indigosky

Party of A didgeridoo performance, a wall full of sketches and a room full of beads kick off an exciting year of local art

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Thursday, January 12 7:30 p.m. The Citadel VS. University of South Carolina

Friday, January 13 6 p.m. Georgia Tech VS. Florida State University 8:30 p.m. University of Georgia VS. University of Florida

Saturday, January 14 5:30 p.m. University of Florida VS. Florida State University 8:30 p.m. Georgia Tech VS. University of Georgia

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WEEK AT A GLANCE Freebie of the Week

Martin Luther King Jr Day Parade

What: Floats

and organizations honor the great civil rights leader Jan. 16 Where: Parade route is downtown Cost: Free and open to the public When: Mon.

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

What: Psychotronic Film Society presents

rare & restored animated musical version of the J.R.R. Tolkien 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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Thursday Savannah Tire Hockey Classic begins

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soundboard: Eso-

terica: Louis Logic, The Queers and Bitch Please by bill deyoung

culture

What: Three nights of ice hockey spiced up with some good old fashioned collegiate rivalry. Thurs 7:30pm South Carolina vs. Citadel. Fri 6pm, Georgia Tech vs. Florida State. Fri. 8:30pm, Georgia vs. Florida. Sat 6pm, Florida vs.

Florida State. Sat 8:30pm. Georgia vs.

Georgia Tech.

When: Jan. 12-Jan. 14 Where: Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave., Cost: $10-15 adults. $8-13 kids age 2-11.

Info: www.savannahcivic.com/

Film: Slavery by Another Name (USA, 2012)

What: Preview screening and discussion of the new PBS documentary based on Douglas Blackmon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Showing in conjunction with new exhibition of paintings and mixed media pieces by Robert Claiborne Morris. Blackmon and Morris will answer questions following the screening.

When: Thu. Jan. 12, 6 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. Cost: members free or museum admission.

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Friday Tybee’s Pajama Pub Crawl

What: From footie pajamas to granny nighties and everything in between.

Nightwear is the dress code for this bar hop on the island’s south end. Meet at Spanky’s Beachside at 6pm.

When: Fri. Jan. 13, 6 p.m.

Where: Tybee Island Cost: Free and open to the public

Film: A Streetcar Named Desire

What: Stella! It’s Elia Kazan’s classic film version of Tennessee Williams’ play, starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando.

es at Little Beasts

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18 visual arts: ‘Weather or not’ 20 Visual Arts: Liza Lou 23 theatre 24 Food & Drink 25 Mark Your Calendar 26 Art patrol 27 movies

What: Don Jones, director

of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) speaks in the First of 2012’s SCAD School of Building Arts Lecture Series, on ways in which the international preservation community can engage in international development efforts.

When: Thu. Jan. 12, 5:30 p.m.

Where: SCAD Museum of Art, in the theater., 601 Turner Blvd.

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: 912-525-6928.

ton St.

Cost: $8 Gen.

Adm./$6 Senior & Mil.

Music: Pipe Organ Concert

What: Organist and former Savannahian Tom Alderman of Roswell United Methodist Church in a “homecoming” concert to dedicate the church’s restored 1949 Moeller pipe organ. Reception follows.

When: Fri. Jan. 13, 7 p.m.

Where: Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

What: Touring performance by the State Ballet Theater of Russia.

When: Fri. Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Johnny Mercer Theater at Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Cost: $25-45 Info: www.savannahcivic.com/

Theater: Epic

What: A solo show in three acts, written and performed by Eve Butler.Three women, a couple of werewolves, a wizard, and some supernatural baddies. Based on Beowulf, the epic of Gilgamesh, and the Odyssey.

When: Fri. Jan. 13, 8 p.m., Sat. Jan. 14, 8 p.m.

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

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Lecture: ‘Heritage without Borders’ 22 visual arts: Sketch-

When: Fri. Jan. 13, 7 p.m.

Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Brough-

Saturday Savannah Tree Foundation: Tybee Tree Planting

What: Volunteer to help plant 15 canopy trees and mulck existing trees. ring gloves, hard-tined rakes and shovels if possible. Rain or shine. RSVP. When: Sat. Jan. 14, 10 a.m.

Where: Tybee Island River’s End Campground., 5 Fort Avenue at Polk Street Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: 912-233-8733.

Savannah Tire Hockey Classic brings the pain

What: The acclaimed children’s book writer who hails from Savannah (but now lives in ATL) will sign his latest book, When Farts Had Colors.

When: Sat. Jan. 14, noon-4 p.m.

Where: Barnes & Noble @ Oglethorpe Mall

Garden City Unity March

What: Featuring speaker Isaac N. Farris, nephew of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Council.

March will proceed from the Maxway parking lot on Hwy 80 to the Life Center on Hwy 21.

When: Sat. Jan. 14, 1:30 p.m.

Where: Garden City Cost: Free and open to the public.

Film: Gen Silent

What: Recently released documen-

tary on the plight of elderly gay and lesbian people in the United States.

Presented by Savannah Gay and Lesbian Film Society and Telfair Museums.

When: Sat. Jan. 14, 2 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Oatland Island Family Campfire Night

AWOL Open Mic Therapy Session

What: Bundle up the kids for some campfire fun without actually having to camp! S’mores, storytelling, campfire songs, star-gazing, night hiking, and a Nocturnal Natives program. (They had us at “S’mores.”)

Pre-registration requested.

When: Sat. Jan. 14, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Where: Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd., Cost: $15/adults, $10/kids. ($5 off/ Friends of Oatland) Info: 912-395-1500. www.oatlandisland.org/

What: AWOL’s once a month youth and adult open mic session. All art forms are welcome including poetry, song, and dance.

When: Sun. Jan. 15, 7 p.m.

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

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Music: Classical Piano “Music of the Masters” What: Pianist Sanford Jones per-

forms Brahms to Bartok.

When: Sun. Jan. 15, 3 p.m.

Where: Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 120 Bull Street, Cost: Free and open to the public. [donations] Info: www.elcota.org/

Occupy Savannah M.L. King Day Candlelight Vigil

What: Honor Dr. King’s dream of a brighter future. Events taking place worldwide at 7PM in each time zone.

When: Sun. Jan. 15, 7 p.m.

Where: Emmet Park, Downtown Savannah Cost: Free and open to the public

Tuesday

Cost: Free.

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Preregistration request-

Info: 912-691-2227 . http://www. liveoakpl.org/events

Theater: The `Speare Bearer: One-Man Street Shakespeare On a Bike

What: Zounds! SCAD alum Ralf Jean-Pierre returns from New York City as ‘Speare Bearer, a zealous and lunatic agent of Shakespeare, performing a revolving repertory of scenes from Shakespearean plays that deal with confronting fear in its various forms. The 45 minute play is a preview of Jean-Pierre’s upcoming USA bicycle Shakespeare tour, launching later this month.

When: Tue. Jan. 17, 8 p.m.

Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd., Savannah Cost: Free and open to the public Info: thespearebearer.tumblr.com/

Financial New Year’s Resolutions

What: Learn how to set (and stick to)financial goals, maximize your income, and prioritize spending.

When: Tue. Jan. 17, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

Where: Southwest Chatham Library, 14091 Abercorn Street,

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With all the back-and-forth over harbor deepening and other jobs issues, I’d actually say if you want to be bullish on a local product, art is your hot stock.

2012 is indeed looking like a banner year for visual arts in Savannah, as this week’s issue illustrates.

I’ve seen and done a lot of cool things in this job, but being a juror for an art show hasn’t been one of them.

Now that Jerome Meadows and the folks at Indigo Sky Community Gallery generously requested that I serve as guest juror for their upcoming show “Weather or Not,” I can cross that off my list.

The show — which opens this weekend with a live performance of my choice for best–in–show entry, “Dreamtime Synastry” — deals with the theme of environmental and social change against the backdrop of the supposed Mayan prophecy of upcoming world’s end.

(Death, despair, apocalypse? I’m your go–to guy, I guess!)

“Dreamtime Synastry” is the collaborative effort of two SCAD students, Matthew Cooper and Chelsea DeMercado.

Of all the varied pieces I chose to be in the exhibition, this was my best-in-show because the juxtaposition of DeMercado’s

complex calligraphic stylings and Cooper’s primordial didgeridoo playing seem to encapsulate the human experience with a nod to how we’ve gotten so far away from living in harmony with our planet.

Cooper and DeMercado will perform the piece at the opening of “Weather or Not” this Saturday at 6 p.m. at Indigo Sky, at 915 Waters Ave. Read my talk with the engaging Matthew Cooper in this issue.

And hey, if this editor gig doesn’t work out, I think I might be able to make it as an art show curator! Come see the show and judge for yourself...

Savannah has quietly become chock-ablock with these kinds of small, passionate studios, like Little Beasts Gallery, whose new “Sketchbook” show is profiled this week by Bill DeYoung.

SCAD of course remains a player, as their newly expanded Museum of Art hosts a lecture and show by renowned multimedia artist Liza Lou. Our Jessica Leigh Lebos talks with her this issue.

The South’s oldest art museum, our own Telfair, has a full slate of events scheduled

for the year under brand-new director Lisa Grove, including the always ambitious and fun Pulse Festival, which moves to late February this year.

In late-breaking news, the local collective SeeSavannahArtWalls (SeeSAW) just got permission from the city for an ambitious mural project at 34th and Habersham. Local artist Katherine Sandoz will do the honors.

SeeSAW founders Matt Hebermehl and James “Dr. Z” Zdaniewski hope the project will help usher in a new acceptance and renaissance of public art in Savannah.

To donate, go to SeeSAW’s Kickstarter page (kickstarter.com, search for “seesaw”).

The optimistic, vibrant, DIY spirit of Savannah artists is also exemplified by Joanne Morton, who’s literally taking her show on the road. She invites you to Emmet Park this Monday, MLK Day, from 1–4 p.m. to help create a public art project “Mass Manifesting Mobile”.

Morton, who has been creating art on Tybee Island at Dragonfly Studio, sees the event as a kickoff of her “Magic Passion Love” nationwide public art tour.

There’s art in Savannah if you want it, so much that we’re exporting it! Enjoy it and never take it for granted... cs

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Ogeechee incident rallied communities

Editor, I just wanted to thank you and your staff at Connect Savannah for including the Ogeechee River fish kill in your Top 11 of 2011. It was a tragic and unfortunate incident on the beloved Ogeechee, but more than anything I think it rallied communities and citizens to stand up for themselves and the river.

We still have work to do in 2012 (at least) to ensure the river is restored and to prevent another catastrophe from occurring again, but articles like yours are helpful in educating the public on happenings in their own backyard.

Thanks again and Happy New Year!

Emily Markesteyn Executive Director Ogeechee Riverkeeper

Racing’s contribution is important

Editor, In terms of economic impact as well as historical significance, having the Ferrari and Porsche Clubs hold their annual meetings in Savannah was a big deal, especially given that it was the 100th anniversary of the 1911 Great Savannah Races. Everyone who attended spoke in glowing terms about the City

and the race track on Hutchison Island.

Having the track so close to downtown and next to the Westin Hotel is a big draw.

No other city can boast of this arrangement.

It is important that we recognize the contribution that racing has made to Savannah – past, present and future.

Carlton E. Joyce

Breaking barriers to safe cycling SAVANNAH EXPERIENCED really chilly temperatures recently and that, for many, was a barrier to bicycling in our city.

Yet, as year–round cyclists know, once you get rolling, you can warm up quickly.

The secret to staying comfortable on a bike in cold weather is not specific to cycling and can be summarized in one word: layers.

You don’t have wear “technical” clothing made of exotic fabrics. Put on a few thin layers of most anything under a windbreaker vest or jacket.

You can also unleash the awesome power of your mind. My personal strategy is to savor the bite of the cold air and store it in my memory so I can recall it fondly in August.

Other barriers to safe and enjoyable cycling are with us year round and are beyond the control of individual cyclists.

Several years ago I conducted a survey of local college students about what prevented them from riding their bikes to class. Fear of being hit by a motorist was at the top of the list.

Much has happened since then, including the passage of a three foot law in our state that provides clear guidance to drivers on the minimum distance they must allow between

their right fender and a cyclist’s left elbow when passing.

Another pleasing development is the continued expansion of pavement marked bicycle lanes in Savannah, with Price Street slated to receive thermoplastic paint in the spring.

Still, there are streets in Savannah that remain “Dangerous by Design,” to use a phrase coined by the Transportation for America coalition.

These streets act as barriers to bicyclists, who might otherwise be able to use their bicycles for many more of their daily trips.

Experienced cyclists–and especially those who have received training from League of American Bicyclists certified instructors–can navigate almost any surface street, although they probably won’t find the experience of riding on inhospitable roadways too enjoyable. For others the idea of using or simply crossing some local streets is terrifying.

For them, a multiple lane street with high–speed car traffic might as well be a washed out bridge or a mountain pass closed by an avalanche. There’s simply no good way to get past. “Well,” some might say, “Don’t ride your bike on those streets.”

But what’s a person to do when his

or her job or class or doctor’s office is on one of these streets? More people are using bicycles for transportation in Savannah every year and it’s time for government officials and planners to provide safe passage so citizens can get where they need to go.

The good news is citizens are being invited to participate in a process that could help remove barriers to mobility and ensure that new ones are not put in place.

“The time for complete streets is now!” proclaims the email I received from the Coastal Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization.

“The region’s major thoroughfare plan kicks off at public workshops in January, and we need you,” it continues.

The public is invited to provide input on the Total Mobility Plan, “an in–depth planning effort which will emphasize sustainability, Complete Streets, Context Sensitive Design, non–motorized transportation and transit.”

What, exactly does the phrase, “Complete Streets” describe? It refers to streets that are designed to safely accommodate all users: drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and transit riders.

The Complete Streets concept rejects the dominant model of

transportation planning followed for most of the last 50 years, which made increasing motor vehicle speed and traffic volume the most important and– more often than not–only goal in roadway design.

The result can be seen in all its gory detail at locations such as the intersection of Abercorn Extension and White Bluff Road. These are places motorists want to escape as soon as possible.

They are also deadly to pedestrians and cyclists, who must use them to reach their homes or workplaces.

At press time, two public meetings remain: Tuesday, Jan. 17 at Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn St; and Thursday, Jan. 19 at First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Meetings last from 5–6:30 p.m. and citizens are invited to drop by at any time during the workshops.

The time to speak up is now. More information is available on the Metropolitan Planning Commission website at http://thempc.org/transportation. htm cs John Bennett is vice chairman of the Savannah Bicycle Campaign

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The people’s choice In my first installation as Savannah’s self–appointed anti– society columnist four months ago, I promised to cover every fancy party I could, as long as everyone was invited.

However, as the phrases “black tie optional” and “free and open to the public” are not often coupled on engraved invitations, it’s been rather quiet in the lavish gala department.

But last week I did have the occasion to break out my sparkly shoes and make good on my egalitarian vow at the inauguration of the city’s new mayor and council.

It felt a bit like I’d wandered into an abstract urban fairy tale as I climbed the wide cement stairs of the Civic Center, brimming with citizens regally decked out in tuxedos and sequined ballgowns. Except instead of a fete bestowed by gloating monarchs upon a selection of the kingdom’s deserving commoners, this bash was paid for with our own taxes to celebrate our democratically– elected leaders. Big difference. Any complaints about city government spendage should be tempered with the knowledge that the rent was free and the entertainment volunteered, which means this was truly a party by and for the people.

There were no horsedrawn pumpkins lined up on Liberty Street, but I did run into outgoing monarch, ahem, mayor Otis Johnson in the parking garage, looking dapper in a fedora after his last day of work in the big gold dome. He told me he plans to spend his retirement teaching at Savannah State and writing the story of his life, which has a working title so provocative I’ll let you Google it yourself.

Looking like a man who had just shed the weight of the world (and the annoying questions of the media) Mr. Johnson bounded up the staircase with his longtime partner, Shevon Carr, resplendent in an ankle–length mink coat.

As it turns out, the chilly evening brought out enough fur to clothe several herds of naked animals in the lobby outside the Johnny Mercer Theater. Bucking the trend were last week’s Connect coverboy Lloyd

Harold (better known as KidSyc) and his wacky knitted hat, and Twigs the Live Oak Public Library Squirrel, who covered his native fur with a pair of denim dungarees. (Library director Christian Kruse confided that he had forgotten Twigs’ tux at the drycleaners.)

It was a scene both absurd and dignified, a pair of adjectives that only Savannah can pull off at once.

A giant squirrel in overalls was fine company for the hilarious Angela Beasley, who squired one of her Puppet People past AWOL’s elegantly appointed Tony and DaVena Jordan and 24E’s Ruel Joyner, who may have lost the District 1 election in November but not an ounce of grace.

Thank goodness this community has a sense of humor, or I wouldn’t be able to take it seriously at all. In adherence of the evening’s theme of ironic solemnity, I found myself in the ministerial section, sandwiched between Savannah Jewish Federation executive director Adam Solender and iconic Baptist pastor Matthew Southall Brown.

After an epically long procession of dozens of neighborhood associations (when was the last time you attended a meeting of yours?) and a most euphonious performance by the Savannah Children’s Choir (in Hebrew, yet another testament to the willingness to embrace diversity in this city, no matter how unexpected), it was time swear in our new officials.

Mayor Edna Branch Jackson accepted her oath, then seamlessly slid into her role as the city’s 65th mayor to preside over the packed hall, gavel in hand and glasses perched on nose. In her signature soothing tone and what WTOC’s Dawn Baker called her “wonderful diction,” Mayor Jackson promised to make Savannah’s citizens proud, to represent the entire community, to focus on jobs and to listen to the

concerns of the youth.

Though I’m still waiting with an arched eyebrow to hear an actual strategy for these that’s more specific than “bringing everyone to the table,” even I laid aside my gnarled cynicism about local politics to feel united with my neighbors under our new leader.

There’s no denying that we have elected a person who is highly educated, who helped lead the Civil Rights movement in Savannah, who has 12 years experience in city politics and is, by all accounts, a very nice lady. As we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. this week, we should all take a long minute to be proud of electing its first African– American female mayor.

“It shows how much progress has been accomplished, and how there’s still history to be made,” Lakesha Green, AWOL’s theater director told me. “I’ll save this program to show to kids one day.”

(Speaking of the six–page program, a friend pointed out that it wasn’t printed on recycled stock — “a missed opportunity,” he whispered.)

Of course, this is local politics, so things had to get weird: In her inaugural speech Mayor Jackson also talked about “voters who turned out in unprecedented numbers” and how Savannah’s government is “the envy of the world,” which fell squarely into the absurd category since voter turnout was in fact abysmally low, and our city management was beaten about the head with a sack of oranges in the national media all last year over its handling of Girl Scout cookie sales, bras on Broughton and executive employee searches.

But she followed that up with the humble and dignified plea for her constituents to remember “I’m human, I’m going to make mistakes.”

So I’ll let it slide for now. Because once upon a time, for one evening, the people of Savannah dressed in their finest clothes, celebrated their chosen leaders and had a ball. And I gave my cynicism a break.

Plenty of time for it in the next four years, anyway. cs

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Health

Racing into the new year dentist, give yourself the day off. But don’t let a day turn into a week: Cut your training in half or reduce intensity, but commit to lacing up your shoes and getting out the door.

Now that the new year is in full swing, the impetus for many runners in 2012 is to emerge from the fog of holiday overindulgence with a new body, a new lease on life, and just maybe, a slimmer waist line.

So how does a novice transition from recreational jogger to marathon runner? In a sea of unsolicited advice and crisscrossing information, training for your first race doesn’t have to have you scrambling around in circles. Reframing your goals and throwing out preconceived expectations can be the single–most beneficial step in a long career of healthy and consistent running.

For every resolution that begins with “This year I will...” and ends with “marathon,” there are at least as many early burnouts and frustrated toweltossings. My own running history is a timeline of various degrees of love and hate; I completed my first race only after I abandoned the idea that I needed to finish one.

With that in mind, here are a few tips from one fledgling racer to another that may help you avoid a mid–January burnout or a career– ending injury: • Consult a doctor (or at the very least, your own body) before you set your sights on a race of any length.

The surest way to end your new running career is to start off too fast, too

If this year’s resolution is to run yourself back into shape, Savannah is certainly the place to do it. Our city’s parks, streets, and sidewalks were flooded by more runners and bikers in 2011 than ever before.

Last November, a whopping 23,000 people crossed the half and full marathon finish lines at the first annual Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon. December’s Enmark Bridge Run saw just over 6,000 people scale the Talmadge Bridge for the harrowing 5K, 10K and 15K treks.

It seems the trend for 2012 to embrace a more active, and perhaps more competitive, lifestyle. The healthier mind and body that a regular running habit brings isn’t enough for some folks: More and more new runners set their sights on a race–day finish line.

Experienced runners will likely push themselves to achieve a PR (that’s “personal record” in runner’s jargon) at the Critz Tybee Run Fest on Feb. 4, and even some beginning runners may find themselves itching to run a race, any race.

long, or too intense.

• Purchase a comfy, well-fitting pair of running shoes. If possible, visit a local running store to have them fitted to suit your gait and personal running style. A good pair of shoes is the easiest way to avoid preventable injuries.

• Set small goals that can be achieved on a daily or weekly basis.

Set a target mileage each week if you fancy yourself a more intermediate runner. Aim for intervals of walking and running if you’re just starting out.

• Take a break when training becomes a chore. If going for a run seems about as fun as a trip to the

On a personal note, my 2011 Rock and Roll half–marathon finish would not have been possible had I not learned to enjoy my day-to-day training. After many abandoned resolutions and brand new pairs of running shoes, I stopped setting unrealistic goals and stopped beating myself up every time I slept through my alarm clock. I also stopped concentrating of bragging rights about how far I’d run and simply began respecting what my body could do when I ran strictly for the thrill of running.

This year, resolve to be consistent in your motivation. Running is as much about the journey as it is about the finish line. The majority of successful runners do so because they enjoy each run separate from the one before it.

The more you enjoy running, the more likely you are to continue doing it. Inevitably, the more you run, the more likely you are to enter – and finish – a race in 2012. cs Magdalena Bresson is a writing student at SCAD and Connect Savannah’s newest intern.

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

Teens ruling the roost Five people were arrested after a teen party on New Years Eve went awry. Just after 9:30 p.m., an officer observed three young boys running from the side of the AAction Air Conditioning building and jump into a vehicle. The officer conducted a traffic stop and discovered teen boys inside along with one adult driver.

Two of the three boys had alcohol in their possession. As the boys exited the vehicle more alcohol was found.

Dillon McKim, 18, Brandon Sikes, 17, and a 15–year–old juvenile were all arrested.

The driver, Jane Foster, 49, was cited, and a subsequent search of the boys revealed they also had marijuana.

But it wasn’t over yet. The officers

drove around the area and discovered several more teens in front of a residence in the 6700 Block of Johnny Mercer Blvd. There were two adults hosting the party, Debbie Laughter, 48, and Sean Beebe, 40.

Officers located 30–40 people in the back yard of the residence, most of them consuming alcohol. Only three people over the age of 21 were in attendance.

As officers cleared the house they discovered several bottles of liquor, numerous empty cans of beer, a bong and a backpack containing a scale along with13 small empty baggies.

Officers released the attendees under 18 to their parents. People over 18 were able to leave once sober drivers were located for them.

Foster was cited for open container and her 15 year old son was arrested for possession of alcohol by a minor and released to her custody.

McKim was charged with open container, possession of alcohol by a minor and possession of marijuana.

Sikes was charged with possession of marijuana.

Laughter and Beebe were arrested. Laughter was charged with furnishing alcohol to minors, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and disorderly house. Beebe was charged with possession of marijuana, furnishing alcohol to minors and drug related objects.

• A gunman met his match when he broke into a Savannah woman’s truck and assaulted her. 50–year–old Renee Hendrix had other ideas when the masked man rose up from a back seat, pointed a gun at her and threatened to kill her: She stomped on the accelerator and began driving erratically to alert other drivers.

After she struck a car and a street sign and jumped the concrete median, the gunman was begging just to get out before she killed them both.

He jumped out and ran as her truck was coming to a stop in the east– bound lanes of Eisenhower Drive in the entrance of a car lot at Hodgson

Memorial Drive.

No one was injured in the incident and damages were minor.

Another minor collision occurred afterward when two cars collided on Eisenhower, apparently while one of the drivers was distracted by the commotion.

Patrol units from Savannah–Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Southside precinct, Violent Crimes Detectives, Forensics and K–9 officers saturated the area in search of the gunman but were unable to find him.

He is described as a tall, slender black male wearing a gray and yellow flannel or camouflage jacket, black ski mask, black baseball cap and gloves. cs

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In The Empire Strikes Back there’s a scene where Han Solo must cut open his tauntaun and climb inside the steaming corpse with Luke. They do this to avoid what appear to be Arctic conditions on the ice planet Hoth. If I were to find myself in similar conditions on Earth, what would be the best animal of similar size to slice up and crawl inside, and how long could I seek refuge in the corpse? —TD No doubt about it, the home mortgage crisis has entered an alarming new phase. However, taking shelter inside dead animals can’t be considered an affordable housing option. For one thing,

However, it’s fair to say they’re virtually all horses somebody wants.

A possible alternative is to head up to Alaska, where not only is the political if not the actual climate more favorable, there are hundreds of thousands of freerange caribou, as we’ve recently learned.

The drawback is that the caribou, like most deer, is much smaller than a horse, so you’re likely to have to settle for warming up selected extremities.

Now for the practicalities. The TV program Man vs. Wild featured an episode where its host skinned, disemboweled, and crawled inside an Arabian camel, claiming Berber tribesmen did so as emergency shelter from sandstorms.

A likely story; nonetheless he was in fact able to get most of himself in there.

Just recently a creepette from Portland, Oregon, signed up for her 15 minutes of fame by stripping naked and climbing inside the bloody carcass of a horse while her boyfriend took gruesome glamour shots. So we know it can be done.

That said, I could find only one case where someone had actually climbed into an animal to survive the cold as opposed to trying to get on TV, namely an intrepid pioneer priest named Father Goiffon.

Assigned to minister to the hamlet of Pembina, North Dakota, Goiffon was summoned in August 1860, to Saint Paul, Minnesota, for a church meeting. He went but rightly feared he wouldn’t make it back home before winter. Goiffon began the return trip in bad weather in late October, and, after camping with fellow travelers on November 1, ventured alone into the wilderness. The rain turned to snow, and he got lost. When his horse finally died, the enterprising priest cut open its belly and crawled inside the carcass. He was mostly successful—his equine sleeping bag saved his life, but he lost his leg due to frostbite.

How much time would sheltering in a deceased animal buy you? Assuming a bitterly cold day (9 degrees Fahrenheit), a stiff wind (12 miles per hour), and a 500-kilogram cow with half its insides scooped out, and factoring in the heat produced by the resident human, my assistant Una estimates the cow’s body would lose about 3 degrees per hour. She concludes you’d have right around 15 hours, best case, before hypothermia set in. cs By cecil adams

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in the movie, Han doesn’t crawl into the tauntaun himself; he merely stuffs the freezing Luke into it while he sets up conventional shelter, probably using an FHA-backed loan.

What’s more, he does this only because the tauntaun has just conveniently died.

Had the mephitic beast still been ambulatory, a better plan would have been to ride it back to the hotel. My point is, don’t start eyeing local mammals unless you’ve ruled out doubling up with the in-laws first.

Let’s suppose, though, that you’re caught seriously short. For example, you’re the disgraced CEO of a bankrupt hedge fund that can’t account for hundreds of millions of dollars. Your innate sense of justice and honor obliges you to sell all your personal assets to pay everybody back. But it’s too nippy to live in a barrel, and they won’t let you run a tab at the Motel 6. What animal do you choose?

Many large warm-blooded critters would do, such as a bear, water buffalo, or rhinoceros. Historically, however, the emergency refuge of choice was a horse.

Here we have a problem. Where these days can you find a horse?

The U.S. has more horses than you might think—more than nine million.

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news of the weird Lead Story Obsessions: (1) Don Aslett, 76, recently opened the Museum of Clean in Pocatello, Idaho, as the culmination of a lifelong devotion to tidying up.

Highlights are several hundred preelectric vacuum cleaners plus interactive exhibits to encourage kids to clean their rooms. Aslett told London’s Daily Mail in December that people who don’t understand his dedication must never have experienced the satisfaction of making a toilet bowl sparkle.

(2) Also starting early in life, Dustin Kruse, 4, is so knowledgeable about toilet models and plumbing mechanics that the Kohler Co. presented him with an advanced-model “dual flush” commode for Christmas. Dustin, a fan of the Kohler showroom, has been known to explain toilet technology to other showroom visitors.

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• Predator drones are an important weapon against terrorists in Afghanistan, Yemen and other countries, but in June, an unarmed predator was employed stateside to help catch cattle rustlers. The Department of Homeland Security owns eight predators for surveillance and occasionally assists local law enforcement. The cattle rustlers had been arrested, then jumped bail and holed up on their vast ranch near Lakota, N.D., but the predator spotted their exact location on the property, leading to a raid that ended without bloodshed.

• Government Inaction: India’s York; and $764,825 to study something legendarily plodding government surely already done adequately by Silibureaucracy had long stymied a snake con Valley entrepreneurs - how college charmer named Hakkul (a villager in students use mobile devices for social Uttar Pradesh state), who had sought networking. a snake-conservation permit, which had been authorized at one level but Chutzpah! delayed locally. In November, finally Convicted serial rapist Steven Philexasperated, Hakkul walked into the lips was exonerated in 2008, one of a land revenue office in the town of continuing string of wrongly convicted Harraiya with several sacks of snakes Dallas-area “criminals” proved (including cobras) and turned them innocent by DNA testing, and loose, sending clerks and visiunder a formula by state law, tors climbing furniture or fleeing. he was awarded about $4 Recent news accounts report that COBRAS ON million, tax-free, for his 25 “almost all” of the snakes had been THE LOOSE IN years behind bars. Recently, HARRAIYA! rounded up.

Phillips’ ex-wife filed a peti• A December news release tion in court demanding a from the U.S. Centers for Disportion - even though the ease Control warned of the couple had been divorced dangers of Campylobacter jejuni for the last 17 years of his bacteria infections on a sheep incarceration, and the ex-wife ranch, but apparently only among had remarried and had a child. workers who used an old-style (The ex-wife claims it was Phil(19th century) method of castratlips who originated the divorce ing the animals. CDC strongly and that she had given up urged that workers stop biting off on him only because he had the sheep’s genitals and instead use revealed a “disgusting” history as a modern tools. “peeping tom” and flasher.)

• From U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn’s periodic list of the most “unnecessary, Felicitous Discoveries duplicative and low-priority projects” (1) Dan D’Amato, 45, partying in an that the federal government curOrlando, Fla., motel room in Decemrently funds (announced in December, was accidentally shot by a stranger ber): $75,000 to promote awareness who was having a dispute with another of the role Michigan plays in producpartygoer. Later, as his wounded hip ing Christmas trees and poinsettias; was being treated at a hospital, doc$48,700 for promoting the Hawaii tors discovered and removed two Chocolate Festival; $113,227 for a “huge” tumors in D’Amato’s abdomen video game preservation center in New

that had so far gone unnoticed. The tumors were not cancerous but had they not been found, they would soon have disabled him. (2) At a home in Taylorsville, Utah, in December, one housemate who was pursuing a mouse in the kitchen accidentally shot another housemate. As police investigated, they discovered a 13-year-old girl hiding in a closet. A third housemate, Paul Kunzler, 28, was then arrested and charged with carrying on a months-long sexual relationship with her.

Police Report • John Whittle, 52, was charged in December with robbing a Wells Fargo Bank in Port Richey, Fla. According to police, Whittle ordered a beer at the Hayloft Bar shortly after 1 p.m., then excused himself, and a few minutes later, returned to finish his beer. In the interim, police later said, Whittle had walked down the street to the bank and robbed it.

• In December, Russell Mace, 55, was caught soon after robbing a Union Savings Bank branch in New Milford, Conn. A bank employee had spotted Mace acting “suspicious” in the parking lot, and indeed, he said, Mace entered, robbed the bank of about $3,000, and fled to a waiting car. Police, however, identified the car, which they had noted from Mace’s recent arrest for shoplifting. (The “suspicious” behavior the bank employee had noticed, he told police, was Mace, pants down, defecating, in plain view among parked cars.)

(1) A 28-year-old man in New York City quietly excused himself the morning after his wedding in November (at a hotel following an elaborate reception), took a taxi to a Harlem River overlook, and jumped to his death. According to a relative, the man’s suicide note mentioned that he “couldn’t take it anymore.” (2) Luna Oraivej, 37, was ordered by a court in Seattle to take an anger- management course to settle a charge of domestic violence, but in December 2011, she sued the creator of the course because a fellow attendee had stabbed her in the arm during a classroom dispute.

(The instructor was playing a video of “Dr. Phil,” and Oraivej had urged the classmate to listen to Dr. Phil’s message, but the classmate apparently could not bear it.)

Least Competent Criminals Rookie Mistake: Tyechia Rembert, 33, was arrested and charged with robbing a Burger King drive-thru cashier in York, Pa., in December but only after making police officers’

job easier. After her clean getaway, she called the restaurant to reassure herself that none of the witnesses had noted her car’s license plate number. None had, but using cellphone records, police traced that call to Rembert.

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Update Not all states have anti-bestiality laws, and Peter Bower’s ongoing case in Ohio exemplifies prosecutors’ frustration. There was evidence that Bower had had sex with a dog (“Maggie”) and had written her “love” letters, and police arrested him in June. Prosecutors were willing to settle the case in November for minimal punishment because the only law Bower could have been charged under is “animal cruelty,” and they explained that they might have had trouble showing harm to the apparently adored dog. (At the time of Bower’s arrest, a search had uncovered human-animal pornography and a life-sized inflatable sheep.) CS By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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LOUIS LOGIC With Camcutta, Bathsh3ba

At 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 Wormhole Bar, 2307 Bull St. Ticket info at wormholebar.com Get to know the new Lou! This quote from underground emcee Louis Logic sums up his philosophy quite nicely: “I’m making music that I think is totally innovative and high quality,” the New York rapper says. “To me, this is an exciting time for hip hop music because people are getting bored of the old boom bap formula so after 30 or so years of the same shit, we’re trying new things. I love it.”

Louis Dorley is a sharp–witted poet, and while his best–known, early raps are of the drunken, comedic variety (see “Factotum,” “Idiot Gear,” “Misery Loves Comedy”) he is also a piano player and singer. Of his recent “surf/ hip hop/Balkan fusion” project Spork Kills, he said: “Everything starts from scratch and the ideas and possibilities are infinite. And so the songs have a lot more changes in them than what is customary to a typical rap song. They have key changes, they have tempo changes, they have changes in dynamic and articulation and volume. Which isn’t something that’s terribly common in urban or rap music.”

So what you have in Louis Logic is a restless artist who likes the element of surprise. He recently posted this on his Facebook page: “Louis will finally spread his lanky, tattooed arms wide and scoop in all the breadcrumbs he has scattered along the path of his adventurous journey. Louis will reintroduce himself to a world of curious onlookers as a fully formed ‘One Man Variety Show’ with the start of his Get To Know the New Lou campaign. A barrage of fresh content will include a new EP on Fake Four Inc. with up and coming NYC production wiz–kid Hot Sugar and a series of TV Spot style videos.”

BITCH PLEASE With Dope Dialect

At 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. $10 Charles F. Moreland III: The name suggests someone in an ascot and a yachting cap. He could be the millionaire marooned on Gilligan’s Island.

Truth is, he’s known to his friends as Chuck, and he’s the producer–slash–electro key wizard behind EP3, Atlanta’s premiere electronica jam band.

Moreland’s other major project is Bitch Please, a two– man amalgam of electro, dubstep, drum ‘n bass and house music. He calls it his “ghetto glam bastard child.”

“The idea of Bitch Please is simple,” he has said. “Stunner shades, champagne flowing, fur coats, and surprise remixes and vocal samples that bring back memories of drinking boxed wine in your car and getting hype to the new Master P track blasting on the radio.”

EP3 drummer Tom Hilton, by the way, is the other guy on the Bitch Please stage. See bitchpleasemusic.com CS

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Screen grabs of Matthew Cooper playing the didge during ‘Dreamtime Synastry’; below, l-r: Jerome Meadows, Cooper, Lauren Flotte, and Caitlin Moore of Indigo Sky Community Gallery

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Art openings in Savannah typically involve chatter, cheese, and wine (and perhaps some whine as well).

Generally speaking, they don’t usually involve didgeridoos heralding the apocalypse.

But that’s what’s in store at the opening of the new show “Weather or Not” at Indigo Sky Community Gallery this Saturday, which artistically explores the challenges facing the world in the year 2012, up to and including the Mayan prophecy of the end of the world itself Matthew Cooper and Chelsea DeMercado will perform their best–in–show entry “Dreamtime Synastry,” in which Cooper plays the didge in front of a projection of DeMercado’s real–time calligraphy.

It’s a powerful experience. If you’ve never heard a didgeridoo in person — it’s an ancient Australian instrument usually made from a termite–bored eucalyptus branch — nothing can prepare you for its deep, all–encompassing resonance.

“It’s a story–telling instrument. It’s a trance instrument,” says Cooper. “You eventually become encased in the sound, and it takes you to different places and inspires different feelings.”

The aboriginal instrument is deceptive in its simplicity, Cooper says, and requires physical, mental, and even emotional engagement.

“You have to give the intention to open up to all these different sounds and moods and feelings, and then you’ll start finding places where resonance

happens,” he says. “It’s not as easy as hitting a drum, not as easy as strumming a guitar. It’s a wind instrument — it takes awhile to figure out exactly where that special spot is that makes that resonance.”

Combined with DeMercado’s simultaneous sketches, the extemporaneous didge performance speaks to “Weather or Not’s” theme, which was inspired by the widespread belief that the Mayans predicted that the end of the world will happen in late 2012.

The show also features work by Sarah Arkins, Charlotte Alling, Matthew Derezinski, Alex Getz, Ruth Sykes, and Thomas Wharton.

If you miss Saturday’s opening, don’t worry — a video of “Dreamtime Synastry” will loop during the exhibit, which stays up through Jan. 29.

The term “synastry” means two astrological entities coming together. In this case, Cooper says, “there’s didgeridoo being projected one way, towards Chelsea, and she’s directing light and visual art directly towards me.”

As far as the apocalyptic prediction, “I do believe there is some definite synergy with the Mayan prophecy,” he says. “And regardless of what any ancient prophetic religion says, it’s also about the fact that we’re obviously evolving — or devolving — simultaneously.

“Is the Mayan consciousness right? Is something happening or is it not? I think it’s funny, because of

“It was about helping my mind open up, my heart open up. This thing forces you to do that. I don’t know of anyone who can play the didge and not open up their mind and their heart,” he says.

Some local aficionados will remember seeing “Dreamtime Synastry” at Alexander Hall in November 2011.

Cooper promises that — in addition to actually customizing Saturday’s performance to the Mayan calendar —there will be some new twists.

As always, each performance is its own entity, with Cooper and DeMercado never really knowing how long it will last.

“In order to see much of anything in a literal way during the performance, Chelsea has to draw something over my eyes. Until I can actually see, the communication between us is more empathic. Then there’s a lot of eye–gazing and that kind of communication, not only with Chelsea but with people in the audience that I choose to look at,” Cooper says.

“I want people to really engage with the performance. Whether they’re sitting there struggling because they’re not sure if they like it, I still want them totally there.” cs Weather or Not Where: Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave. When: Opening Sat. Jan. 14, 6–9 p.m.; show is up through Jan. 29 Info: indigoskycommunitygallery.blogspot. com

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course something’s happening. The world wasn’t this way 100 years ago.

It wasn’t this way yesterday,” Cooper says.

While the didge does sound a little like the end of the world, its historic intention — like the ragas of Indian music — is actually to bring people back in tune with the endless rhythms of the universe.

“After really learning the technique of circular breathing — which you can sort of relate to Kundalini yoga — you start to really open up,” Cooper says.

He relates the didge’s signature drone to “the underlying vibration that is always there. It’s reflective of the way the world is always vibrating, burning from the core and burning outward, and we call that ‘om,’ or the ratio of the Golden Mean. There are seismographs hooked up all over the world measuring the vibration of the earth, and that makes a tone.

Whether we’re conscious of it or not, we’re hearing it all the time.”

Cooper explains that in Mayan cosmology each person is born with a tone, a color, and a “signature,” an aspect more like the Western zodiac.

“There’s a real attention given to tone and music. A lot of my art is fueled by discovering the relationship between astrology and direct musical tones and how they relate to each other,” he says.

Playing with other people led Cooper to the realization of the true extent of the didge’s conscious auditory experience.

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by Jessica Leigh Lebos | jll@connectsavannah.com Liza Lou’s exhibition “Let the Light In” runs through Jan. 22.

At first glance, it just looks like a field of wheat in miniature. Or maybe a bunch of tiny brooms.

Get a little closer, and you’ll see the shimmer. The amber-hued square in the back gallery of SCAD’s new Museum of Art is more than it appears: Each of the hundreds of symmetrically-arranged clusters is made up of individual stalks, comprised themselves of hundreds of tiny gold-plated beads. Yes, that multiplies into the millions.

When you look around and realize every work in the gallery, from the large stack of paper to the prayer rugs on the walls, can be broken down into eensy-beensy beads, your head might might feel like it’s going to unravel. You’re not alone: Artist Liza Lou is world-renowned for blowing people’s minds.

Her 1996 breakout work, “The Kitchen” was a life-sized sculpture complete with swirling water, cups and saucers and a can of Comet cleanser that took five years to complete, using an estimated 30 million beads and leaving Lou with a wicked case of tendonitis. Though the artist was initially branded as “obsessive” and maybe a little off her rocker, “The Kitchen” was lauded as

a powerful statement on the role of domestic work and shot Lou, who quit art school after falling in love with the “lesser” art form of beadwork, into the fine art spotlight.

Her next project, “Backyard,” was three times as big and required a million blades of grass, a daunting prospect that led the previouslysolo Lou to incorporate community participation into her more ambitious projects. She invited patrons and friends to help her construct her ersatz lawn at her Santa Monica home one beaded blade at a time, evolving what began as an isolated artistic process into a dynamic group effort. Beaded portraits of American presidents followed, along with burning fires, chain-link fences and carefully balanced bodies that evoke both the polemic and the political.

Along the way Lou has transmuted her difficult childhood into her art and has had the last laugh on those closed-minded snobs who told her beads belonged in the kindergarten craft room: In 2009, the art-school dropout received a $500K MacArthur Foundation “genius grant.” Today, she splits her time between Southern California and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where

she employs, sings and dances with several dozen artisans who help her complete her spangled visions.

If you haven’t yet visited SCADMOA, you’d better hurry: Lou’s exhibition “Let the Light In” is only on display until Jan. 22. Along with the golden floor clusters of “Gather Forty” and the “The Continuous Mile” (a meticulously-stacked, braided rope of white seed beads the size of a pin head that had its last stop at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art), visitors must not miss “The Trailer,” a 1949 Spartan Mobile Mansion outside on the back lawn of the museum that houses Lou’s jaw-dropping exploration to the dark side.

Lou will be in Savannah this Tuesday, Jan. 17 to deliver a talk, “Process + Possibility,” in the auditorium at the SCAD Museum of Art. Earlier this week, she called from South Africa to chat about her own process and its endless possibilities.

You’ve been working with beads now for almost 20 years. Do you ever get sick of dealing with these teeny, tiny pieces?

Liza Lou: Cheat on beads?! Never! [laughs] I do draw, which is a big part of my practice. It’s not even that I like beads so much; I think it’s more about the process. It’s hard to explain the relationship. I was never craft-oriented as a child, though I always wanted to be an artist. I majored in painting. I never thought I’d work with beads.

I wish the name of the name of the material wasn’t “beads” because of the connotation is all about jewelry and craftwork, things I’m not necessarily all that interested in. To me, it’s just a small piece of material that really has something that can happen if you spend a lot of time with it.

So what is it about the process continues to appeal to you?

Liza Lou: I think art-making is about bringing something to the situation. There’s the feeling that you can contribute something as an artist, that something can be said through the medium. For some people that would be paint or video. For me, it’s these.

I’ve done projects where I cleaned out my entire studio and took out every last bead and said, “OK, what do you do without material?” I found myself making these very tiny marks

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The beaded interior of Liza Lou’s 1949 trailer. Inset: The artist.

on the page, so I think working with small pieces are about the accrual of time, about what can happen if you build and build and build the same shape over and over again. I’m very into repetition; my drawings involve a lot of concentric circles and building on them over time. It’s the process of layering that I’m most interested in.

You suffered some physical issues after five years of creating “The Kitchen.”

Does the tendonitis still affect you?

Liza Lou: I did “The Kitchen” by myself, and when I finished the project, I had a lot of problems with my hands. It brought up the challenge of what it meant to keep making work, especially in terms of large-scale projects. But then again, everything I consider worth doing requires some kind of aching. It’s OK for it to hurt a little. It’s still something I have to watch because of the physicality of what I do.

There’s a lot of singing and dancing and prayer.

When we’re working on a large project, everyone’s extended family comes to help, and the project becomes important to many, many people in the township. For every woman who works for us, there’s another ten that depend on her for their daily survival. I find it really inspiring to see a lot of people impacted by the art-making process.

It brings my project out of the ivory tower into the real world.

What can we expect at your SCAD talk?

Liza Lou: First, it’s great that the art is already there, so people can go look at it, which has more impact that a slide lecture. Because Savannah is a college town, I want to address the students about process and inspiration in ways that apply to their work.

When I was an art student, I hated school. I felt completely alone and completely alienated. Anyone who feels that way should come to the talk. I hope I can give encouragement on how to have a big idea, whatever it is, and make it happen. cs

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Most works of art, from simple illustrations to abstract sculptures to massively detailed paintings, undergo revisions before they’re revealed to the world.

Clockwise from above: Sketchwork by artists Steven Darden, Schuyler Beecroft, Ty Underwood, Britt Spencer, Brian Mitchell and Jose Ray

Along the way, the artist’s concept changes, or is supplanted by a better idea. Sometimes the piece becomes something completely different. That, of course, is the nature of art, and creativity in general.

Friday at The Little Beasts Art Gallery, “The Sketchbook Show” will peel back the layers by spotlighting the earliest connection between the artist’s fertile brain and the finished product: The sketchbook page.

“We thought that it would be cool if we were able to get together really talented people that we knew, and give the public a chance to see what their process looks like, their unfinished work,” explains Justin Harris, one of the show’s organizers.

Harris is a junior at SCAD (in painting), and nearly all of the artists whose works are featured in “The Sketchbook Show” are art students there, or recent graduates of the MFA program. “It’s interesting how tight everybody gets at SCAD,” says Harris.

Illustrator Britt Spencer, who earned his Masters in 2011, believes this sort of exhibition is exhilerating for artists.

“I’m looking forward to seeing what other people come up with,” he says. “The great thing about a sketchbook is the freedom that it offers. There’s no objective when you start, whereas in illustration you have a scene you’re trying to convey, or something of that nature.

“But with a sketchbook it’s kind of liberating – draw a little sketch, or a doodle, and it doesn’t really have to say anything. It can say something, but it certainly doesn’t have to.”

The 20 artists were given no rules – just that the work must be literally torn from the pages of their sketchbooks. In Spencer’s case, “The only thing that’s unifying is just my own personal style and the fact that it’s all in the same sketchbook, so everything is the same size.”

It will be presented in a salon setting, with little to no space between the hung sketches. Harris and his co–directors simply walked through Little

Beasts, measured the available wall space, and informed each artist how much room they’d be allowed.

“We gave them free reign, because we respect them all as artists, so we thought that would be more real,” Harris says.

“When I was structuring the list, I was thinking about who could be hung next to who. There’s some people I asked to be in the shows to act as segues – not only were they good, they were also like two different people. So you could put them in between two artists, and then it would flow.”

Stylistically, it’s all over the proverbial map, from whimsy to gothic to horror to satire. And every other dimensional deviant of sketchery.

“I wanted to have a huge variation,” Harris explains. “Kind of, almost anything you could think of that people would do in their sketchbooks that looks cool.”

Jose Ray, like most painters, carries his sketchbook everywhere. One never knows when inspiration will strike. He says he’s “always trying to capture that essence” and sometimes draws with his paintbrush to keep the brain–to–canvas connection as linear as possible.

The sketchbook, Ray believes, “just gets to the heart of what each artist does. A lot of times, a fully–conceived project can be a little more removed.

“I see a lot of artists whose work I think is just OK, and then I see the drawings and I love them.

You see that rawness and that original intent there.

By the time you sculpt it, work in your concept and everything, it totally changes.

“It may be a more cerebral thing, but it’s lost that initial kind of rawness that I always enjoy seeing.”

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With Epic, actress and playwright Eve Butler becomes a re-teller of tales

For many days and nights, she read and ruminated upon the great adventure stories of old – Beowulf, The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey – and dreamed of a way to not only unite them, somehow, but to bring them – so enjoined – into the 21st Century.

Many scorched late–night candles, frustrated script revisions and bottomless cups of coffee later, Epic was born.

And so it shall be thus, Jan. 13–15 at Muse Arts Warehouse.

Epic is a one–woman show in three acts, written by and starring the former Savannah resident. It is, Butler says, similar (in theory) to the 1999 film Ten Things I Hate About You, in which Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew was co–opted and adapted into something almost entirely new.

“I was reading James Joyce’s Ulysses – he takes the plot of The Odyssey and uses it to tell the story of this ordinary Dublin businessman on one day of his life,” says the 23–year old. “So it’s telling The Odyssey, but it’s not telling The Odyssey. And I thought well, if Joyce can do it, I can do it.”

Perhaps because she’s an English teacher at Coastal Carolina Community College, in Jacksonville, N.C., Butler is intimately familiar with the classical adventure epics.

For those raised on Saturday Night Live parodies, the Peter Jackson version of The Lord of the Rings or (you know who you are) stuff like Twilight or True Blood, here’s a crib sheet on Butler’s dramatic source material: Beowulf is an Old English epic poem about a monster called Grendel who’s developed an appetite for Norse soldiers (believed to have been written in the 10th century or thereabouts, the story is set in Scandinavia). The heroic Beowulf slays Grendel, and the monster’s mother (she dwells beneath a frigid lake), and, years later, a treasure–hoarding dragon.

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an even older story, originating in Mesopotamia, concerning the King of Uruk and his brother Enkidu, who battle an assortment of monsters thrown at them by the angry gods.

The Odyssey is the ancient Greek

epic poem by Homer, describing the 10–year journey of the hero Odysseus as he attempts to get home in the aftermath of the Trojan War. For seven of those years, he was held captive on an island by the nymph Calypso.

“I basically stole the plots of the epics, the overall framework, but it’s telling a modern story,” Butler explains. “Actually, there’s a fantasy element. It’s not an extremely literal re–telling of these stories. I wrote a new story and made them tie in.”

Onstage, she explains, she plays a different character – a storyteller – in each act.

“I took the story of Beowulf and used it as a metaphor to tell this new story, which is about a high school girl in Savannah, Georgia, who fights her best friend’s abusive ex–boyfriend. And then a drug dealer.”

In Butler’s narrative, the character is named Bea Woolfe.

“My sister read it and said ‘I love it. What happens next?’ So I thought, OK, I’ll make a sequel and make one of the minor characters the hero in the next one. So I have her be Gilgamesh, and I take the plot of The Epic of Gilgamesh, more or less, and use it as a blueprint to tell the story of what happens next.”

In the third act, Butler plays – you guessed it – a woman called Odessa.

“I used the plots for the blueprints, but the tone is not like the ancient epics at all,” she stresses. “I would describe it much more as a modern fantasy story, with magic and trans– dimensional beings, things like that.”

Epic is directed by Butler’s husband, Eric S. Kildow; the playwright’s sister Violet will accentuate the show with spoken word performances.

Butler, who grew up in Savannah, wrote and performed several one– woman shows while at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

“There is a lot of advantage to a one–woman show in that it’s portable,” she laughs. “Honestly, what attracted me to the format is that I could just take it, by myself, and go anywhere I wanted and do it.

“In terms of logistics, I only have to buy one bus ticket.” CS

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It’ll be an all ages event, with local visual artists, skate ramps and groovy nighttime DJ–ing from the Floor Flexers.

“We want to do some live and hanging art, food, skate, anything creative and kid friendly as well,” says Cusses vocalist Angel Bond. Her band is the No Control braintrust – it was their idea – and they’re calling it their official album release party (although Cusses, which is the band’s first full–length, will be available at the Jan. 27 Cusses/Triathlon show at the Jinx).

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supported by a Kickstarter fundraising effort, cut a bunch of tunes at Elevated Basement. The release of the album, Keep on Moving, will be celebrated with shows Jan. 26 (Huc–a–Poos). Jan. 27 (the Jinx) and Jan. 28 (Congress Street Social Club).

In an e–mail from Philly, Harvey told me this: “Our goal was to capture the organic, improvisational, high voltage nature of our band, and I truly believe we succeeded. Heavy funk grooves, edgy jazz and southern heat packed into eight original compositions.”

The Royal Noise, Harvey pointed out, played 120 shows in 2011. And it’s not over yet. “While the band is no longer a local Savannah act, we are already making solid plans to continue performing regionally, up and down the east coast, meeting between Philly and Savannah,” he said.

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Complex — Art, video, and sounds by Digitalfel and Jaruni. Dec. 13-Jan. 31.

Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Girl Scout Centennial Exhibit — As part of an ongoing rotating art exhibition in City Hall Rotunda, the City has mounted a photo exhibit in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts.

The exhibit features historic images from the collections of the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace and the Girl Scouts First Headquarters.

The exhibit will run through June 2012.

Houses of the Holy — A group show of well known Savannah artists exploring house shaped panels built with love in Primary Art Supply’s custom shop. Curated

by Robyn Reeder. January 15- February 29. Reception February 8 from 6-9. Lulu’s Chocolate Bar, 42 MLK Jr Boulevard, 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.

Through January. Tuesday through Saturday noon-5 p.m. (Closed Sunday and Monday). Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. JEA February art show — The art show at the JEA beginning February 1 will feature the works of painter Samantha Claar & mosaic artist Annie Burke. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Katherine Sandoz — Local artist and former SCAD Professor Katherine Sandoz will be showcased this month.

Local 11ten, 1110 Bull St. Lowcountry Images — An art show of Lowcountry images benefiting the Steward Center for Palliative Care.

Featured artists are Samantha Claar, Richard Law and Carol Lasell Miller. Work will hang January and February with an artists’ reception Thursday, January 19 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Drive 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.

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Group show of ‘Lowcountry Images’ @ Hospice Savannah Gallery; reception is Jan. 19 low 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.

The Sketchbook Show — 22 artists take their sketchbooks, cut out the pages and place them on the walls of the gallery for sale. Jan 13–17, reception 6-9pm, Jan 13. Little Beasts Gallery, 1522 Bull St.

Reverie — Watercolors by Emily Quintero, SCAD Illustration, now through January 30. Reception Friday, January 20 6-8pm. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

Weather or Not — Indigo Sky Community Gallery hosts this juried exhibition dealing with themes of climate and environmental change and world unrest against a backdrop of the supposed Mayan prediction of world’s end in 2012. Show features work by Matthew Cooper & Chelsea DeMercado, Sarah Arkins, Charlotte Alling, Matthew Derezinski, Alex Getz, Ruth Sykes, and Thomas Wharton. Opening Sat. Jan. 14, 6-9 p.m. features performance of winning entry, “Dreamtime Synastry.” Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave.

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. Telfair Winter Teen & Adult Classes — The Way Cool LED Cube; Dancing with Light; Video Game Development with Red Panda Studios; Photography Exploration; The Poetry of Plein-Air Painting; Sculpting From Antiquity; Light and Color; Portrait Drawing; Ossabaw Painting Adventure with West Fraser. Contact Kip Bradley, Studio Programs Manager, bradleyk@telfair. org, 912.790.8823 Telfair Museums, Telfair Square, Telfair Winter Youth Art Classes — Geek Bling / Techno-jewelry; Portfolio Builder: Youth Drawing II; Learn to Draw with Robots and Light. Contact Kip Bradley, bradleyk@telfair.org 912.790.8823 Telfair Museums, Telfair Square

Works on Glass — Controversial solo exhibition of figurative photographs by Adam Gabriel Winnie, Jan. 17-23. Reception Friday, January 20, 7-10pm. 67 glass photographs ranging in size from 3“ x 4” up to 3ft x 3ft and a video installation entitled An Endless Journey on an Island Universe. The exhibition explores the frailty of the human condition associated with the individuals isolation through the private experience. This will be the first opportunity for the public to see the entire collected works of this series. Due to the nature of some of these images this exhibition is 18+ only. Little Beasts Gallery, 1522 Bull St. cs

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The definitive look at the transition from silent films to talkies arrived courtesy of the 1952 musical Singin’ in the Rain. The story about a talented nobody becoming an overnight success while an established performer simultaneously suffers a career crash ’n’ burn has been filmed ad nauseam, most recognizably in the various screen incarnations of A Star Is Born.

And, unless one counts Charlie Chaplin’s gibberish song in 1936’s Modern Times, the employment of sound in an otherwise silent picture found its high–water mark in Mel Brooks’ Silent Movie, in which the only word heard throughout the course of the film (“Non!”) is uttered by legendary mime Marcel Marceau.

In short, The Artist isn’t exactly the most original movie to make its way into modern–day theaters, despite its angle of being a black–and–white silent picture. But so what?

Although it sometimes runs short on invention, it makes up for it in style, execution and a cheery disposition that’s positively

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Jean Dujardin plays silent screen star George Valentin, whose chance encounter with a young fan named Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo) contributes to her eventual rise in the industry. The pair clearly harbor feelings for each other, but George finds himself trapped in a loveless marriage (Penelope Ann Miller sympathetically plays his estranged spouse) and relies on his dog Uggie and his faithful chauffeur Clifton (James Cromwell) for companionship.

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when studio head Al Zimmer (John Goodman) informs him about the inevitable advent of sound in motion pictures – a revolution that George myopically dismisses as a short– lived fad. Instead, this cinematic breakthrough all but destroys his livelihood.

In crafting his homage to the silent era, writer/director Michel Hazanavicius crucially fails to include one of its key ingredients, that go–for–broke dynamism that informed much of the cinema of the time - think, for example, of that house really falling on top of Buster Keaton, or Harold Lloyd’s eye–popping stunts in Safety Last! and other gems, or just about anything served up by Chaplin.

Nothing in The Artist can quite showcase that sort of edgy genius, although a sequence that has wicked fun with sound effects is worth singling out. Yet while it may not match up with the best of the silents, The Artist matches up nicely with the best of 2011. Dujardin and Bejo are both enchanting and irresistible, and Hazanavicius’ screenplay has no trouble shifting between mirth and melodrama.

LIKE CRAZY

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Three–quarters twee and one– quarter Glee, Like Crazy won the Grand Jury Prize at 2011’s Sundance shindig, beating out a slate of 15 other titles that included Take Shelter and Martha Marcy May Marlene. If

nothing else, this stands as proof positive that even the film festivals can be as misguided in their selections as the notorious Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

It was also a featured presentation at the Savannah Film Festival in November.

The film won a second Sundance honor for the lead performance by Felicity Jones, an acceptable selection given that she’s the best thing about this film in which LA college kid Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and British exchange student Anna (Jones) hook up, only to be separated by the ocean after she willfully extends her visa stay illegally and is booted back to the UK (that these adults would be so stupid in this post–9/11 age of stringent airport laws is a daft narrative concept, but we’ll let it slide).

The whole thrust of the film is that these two people should be together no matter what – think Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Titanic’s Jack and Rose, Brokeback Mountain’s Ennis and Jack – but director Drake Doremus (scripting with Ben York Jones) doesn’t make a very compelling case for his lovebirds. While it’s easy to see Anna’s adoration, Jacob won’t even consider moving to England to be with his presumed soulmate, preferring instead to remain stateside and periodically take up with a co–worker (a wasted Jennifer Lawrence) who deserves better than the treatment he doles out to her.

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people who don’t have much discernible chemistry and are mostly bonded by their mutual love for Paul Simon.

The singer’s Graceland is referenced, but as these two prattled on, I only desired to hear the sound of silence.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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Many viewers might find it easier to wade through quicksand while sporting cement blocks on their feet than understanding just what the heck is going on during the opening half–hour of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Author John le Carré’s 1974 novel required a seven–part miniseries that ran over five hours when it premiered on the BBC back in 1979, yet here’s Swedish director Tomas Alfredson (making his English–language debut on the heels of his international success with the vampire yarn Let the Right One In) and scripters Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan attempting to compress all this intel into a shade over two hours.

For the most part, they succeed.

The early stretch of this chilly Cold War drama will indeed be tough going for moviegoers acclimated to the comparative simplicity of the Bourne trilogy (to say nothing of the 007 oeuvre), but those willing to pay attention will be rewarded with a film of unexpected intricacy and various small pleasures - indeed, it’s often reminiscent of the sort of spy flick that was made during the picture’s early–1970s setting.

Tackling the role that Alec Guinness owned in the miniseries, Gary Oldman is quietly effective as George Smiley, a key member of the British Secret Intelligence Service (aka MI6, aka “the Circus”). So taciturn that he’s likely to be mistaken for a character in the silent film The Artist, Smiley initially remains on the sidelines as the SIS head, known only as Control (John Hurt), deduces that one of the organization’s top men is actually a mole working for the Russians. But a sabotaged mission leads to the mandatory retirement of both Smiley and Control, and it’s only after the latter passes away that Smiley is brought back to ferret out the leak.

The central material concerning the four suspects (played by Colin Firth, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones and David Dencik) actually proves to be the least compelling part of the picture, and the unmasking of the traitor is more apt to elicit shrugs than gasps. What makes the movie cling to our senses are the soulful transgressions of other key characters: the maverick agent (a wired Tom Hardy) who falls in love at the wrong time; the assistant (Benedict Cumberbatch) whose personal life proves to be as dependent on secrets as his professional one; the bureau’s discarded expert on Russia (Kathy Burke), wistfully drawing on nostalgia–tinged memories; and the field agent (Mark Strong) quietly shattered by betrayal.

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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.

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.

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.

The 2009 Swedish version is a fine film, but this one is nevertheless an improvement, right from the dazzling opening credits to an epilogue that’s unexpectedly poignant. Director David Fincher works in a crisp, efficient manner, and while the original’s Noomi Rapace made for a memorable heroine, Mara is even better, retaining this great character’s steely resolve and unfiltered intelligence but confident enough to allow us to see the hurt child residing within.

After 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 imagery.

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 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.

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. CS

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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

Habersham & Bay Streets, 10am-6pm daily.

General Assembly every Saturday at 3PM. For more information or to get involved visit our facebook page www.facebook.com keyword Occupy Savannah or send an email at occupy.savannah.ga@ gmail.com. [010912]

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

Savannah Area Young Republicans

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 912-313-4004.

Savannah Tea Party

Classes, Camps & Workshops

For information, visit www.savannahyoungrepublican.com or call Allison Quinn at 308-3020. 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 912598-7358 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 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 912238-9015 or e-mail eventinfo@savannahchildrenstheatre.org. savannahchildrenstheatre.org/

Art,-Music, Piano and Voice-coaching

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

Beading Classes

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. [122811] Bead Dreamer Studio, Savannah

Champions Training Center

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

Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Classes.

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

Creative Digital Photography

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, 6:308:30pm (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]

Culinary Arts Training Program

America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia is accepting candidates for its free Community Kitchen/Culinary Arts job training program. Participants prepare for jobs in the culinary field through classroom instruction and hands-on meal production experience in Grace’s Community Kitchen, a commercial culinary facility. Information: 912-721-1796.

Course begins Jan. 23.

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

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

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

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Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

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

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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]

Guitar, Electric Bass & Double Bass Lessons

Instruction for all ages of beginner/intermediate students. Technique, chords, note reading, and theory. Learn songs and improvisation. Studio located 2 blocks from Daffin Park. Housecalls available. Call 401255-6921 or email a.teixeira472@gmail.com to schedule a 1/2 price first lesson! [122811]

Guitar, mandolin and bass lessons

Guitar, mandolin or bass guitar lessons. emphasis on theory, reading music and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. 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: 912-232-4232 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 912713-2718 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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Letter Press Workshop

SCAD Continuing Education offers the basics of the handcrafted art of letterpress on an antique 1897 Curtis and Mitchell Printing Press. Jan. 21, 10:30am-3:30pm.

Participants leave the class with sufficient knowledge of how to work a press, as well as a personalized set of notecards or calling cards. $120 http://www.scad.edu/ce [010912]

Master Gardener Course

Extensive course in horticulture and gardening begins on January 24. For more information, contact Dave Linvill, Chatham County Extension Agent 912-652-7981. [010912]

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]

Novel Writing

Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publishing your work.

Award-winning Savannah author offers one-on-one or small group classes and mentoring, as well as manuscript critique, ebook formatting and more. Send an email to pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com for pricing

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]

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: 912-644-5967 or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. [121211]

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]

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Singing Lessons with Anitra Opera Diva

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

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

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 786247-9923, 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

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

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

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]

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: explor-

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center Savannah Sacred Harp Singers

Savannah’s Clay Spot Winter Pottery

Exploring The American Revolution in Savannah

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1 Psych ending 5 Former Anaheim Stadium football player 10 Response: abbr.

13 ___-Rooter 14 Sponge by 3M 15 “In the Valley of ___” (2007 Tommy Lee Jones film) 16 Car feature 19 Crammed down someone’s throat 20 ___ Pass (one way to travel across the Alps) 21 Lukas of “Witness” 22 The abbreviated Dickens?

23 How goods are sold to break even 26 Host Donahue or McGraw 27 Binge 30 Former Yankees manager Joe 31 Singer that married Heidi Klum 32 Gangster’s girl 33 With “The,” 1994 movie with Anthony Hopkins and Dana Carvey 36 Shade trees 37 Gearshift position 38 Ingredient in salsa 39 Clairvoyant’s claim 40 Game that spawned The Urbz, with “The” 41 Papers under the windshield wiper 42 E! show, with “The” 43 Seedy housing area 44 What the Gray Panthers fight 47 Monty Python-inspired musical 51 Queen song covered by Nine Inch Nails 53 Philosopher Descartes 54 Humble home 55 Property debt 56 Rap sheet abbr.

57 Went ballistic 58 IDs often verified by the last 4 digits

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1 “Carmina Burana” composer Carl

2 Matador’s foe 3 “Like ___ not...”

4 “Flight of the ___” 5 Like some cottage cheese 6 Needs a rubdown 7 Oboist’s piece 8 The A of IPA 9 You can make a mountain out of one 10 Actress Shawkat of “Arrested Development” 11 “Avatar” language 12 “Where the Sidewalk Ends” author Silverstein 15 Makes a mistake 17 Cups, saucers, etc.

18 Like some citizens 22 Sidewalk outline stuff 23 “Fish in ___? How can that be?” (“Hop on Pop” line) 24 Shed spread 25 Charlie horse, e.g.

26 Jury members 27 Hollywood’s highest-paid actress of 2011 28 ___ nothing 29 Secluded spots 31 Wetland area 32 Some shopping centers 34 One of two fought between the U.K. and China 35 Car stereo control 40 Just meh 41 Broke off like talc 42 Team 43 “SNL” alum David 44 Taj Mahal’s locale 45 Techie, stereotypically 46 Active Sicilian volcano 47 EPA topic 48 Carter Pewterschmidt’s daughter, on “Family Guy” 49 Pizza joint fixture 50 Till compartment 52 Org. with a late start in 2011

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etherevolution@gmail.com for more info.

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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]

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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

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!

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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, kinder-

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 garten 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 at 7:30 p.m. Call 308-2094, email kasak@ comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

[86/010112] Savannah

Safe Kids Savannah

Safe Kids Savannah, a coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries, holds a meeting on the second Tuesday of every month from 11:30am-1pm. Visit www.safekidssavan-

PSYCHO SUDOKU!

answers on page 37

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

nah.org or call 912-353-3148 for more info.

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

Savannah Parrot Head Club

Love a laid-back lifestyle? Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check out savannahphc. com for the events calendar or e-mail Wendy

Wilson at Wendyq1053@yahoo.com. [122911]

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

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

Savannah Toastmasters

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

Savannah Writers Group

Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories. A meet-and-greet precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. Contact Carol North, 912920-8891 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 1011. Activities include songs, stories, crafts, and games for young children and their caregivers. Free, no registration, drop-ins welcome. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@gmail.com [122911]

Southern Wings

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

Stitch-N’s

Knit and crochet gathering held each Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome. Free Spinning fiber into yarn group meets the first Monday of each month at 1pm. Wild Fibre, 6 East Liberty Street (near Bull St.) Call for info: 912-238-0514 [122911]

Tarde en Espanol

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

236-8566. [122911]

The Peacock Guild

A literary society for bibliophiles and writers. Monthly meetings for the Writer’s Salon are held on first Tuesday and the Book Club meets on the third Tuesday. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. at meet at 207 E. Charlton St (Flannery O’Connor’s Childhood Home).

Call 233-6014, facebook Peacock Guild or email peacockguild@googlegroups.com for more info. [122911]

The Philo Cafe

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

The Philo Cafe

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

Theremin/Electronic Music Enthusiasts A club for enthusiasts of electronic music

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 912-631-3452 or 912-272-2797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. E-mail: abeniculturalarts@ gmail.com

Adult Ballet Class

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

Call 234-8745 for more info. [101711]

Adult Dance and Fitness Classes

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

Adult Intermediate Ballet

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

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Argentine Tango

Lessons Sundays 1:30-3:30pm. Open to the public. Cost $3.00 per person. Wear closed toe leather soled shoes if available. For more information call 912-925-7416 or email savh_tango@yahoo.com. [122911] Doris Martin Dance Studio, 8511-h Ferguson Ave. ,

Beginners Belly Dance Classes

Instructed by Nicole Edge. All ages/skill levels welcome. Every Sunday, Noon-1PM, Fitness Body and Balance Studio 2127 1/2 E. Victory Dr. $15/class or $48/four. 912-5960889 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 912-7042052. [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, Cha-Cha 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, Cha-Cha 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, 8pm, at the Sentient Bean. Offering up a selection of films so bad they are good, cult classics and other rarities. Upcoming schedule: www.sentientbean.com [122911]

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

Back to back belly dance classes and two unique styles of dance. Every Sunday, 12noon-1pm, 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. [122911]

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]

Sat 9:30am-10:30am. All levels welcome!

Private and Semi-Private classes are by appointment only. Carol Daly-Wilder, Certified Pilates Instructor. Call 912.238-0018.

Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Suite-A Ferguson Ave. http://savannahpilates.com.

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Pregnancy Yoga

Ongoing series of 8-week sessions are held on Tuesdays from 6-7:15pm at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Dr., and Thursdays from 6-7:15pm at 100 Riverview Dr. Pre-natal yoga helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor & delivery. Cost is $100 for each course.

Call Ann Carroll at 912-704-7650 e-mail ann@aikyayoga.com. [122911]

Savannah Disc Golf Club

Weekly events (Entry $5): 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. [122911]

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 781-267-1810 [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.

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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 Classes with Anne

Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E Montgomery Crossroads, Wednesdays, 7pm8pm. $5, Free if you bring a friend. (912) 596-1952. [010912]

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]

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, &

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and instruments, including the theremin, synths, Mooger Foogers, jam sessions, playing techniques, compositions, gigs, etc. Philip Neidlinger, theremin@neidlinger.us. [122911]

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Gay & Lesbian

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Sweet & Sexy

First City Network Board Meeting

Alcoholics Anonymous

Nature and Environment

exotic

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]

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Gay AA Meeting

bacK by popular demand:

Georgia Equality Savannah

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

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burlesque revue

fri. jan. 13 @ 10pm (Dancers, live music, comics)

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

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Savannah Pride, Inc.

Meets second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. SPs mission of unity through diversity, and social awareness has helped promote the well-being of the LGBT community in the South, and organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival. Call 912-288-7863 or email heather@savpride.com. [122911]

Stand Out Youth

karaoke

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]

mon • Wed • Fri

$12 dom. beer

What Makes A Family

bucKet Fri.

Mon-Sat 1pM-3aM

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

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2729 Skidaway Rd 354-9161 (next to aMF VictoRy LaneS)

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 Georgia-Area 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 912-2331951 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.

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La Leche League of Savannah

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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

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. Ageappropriate programs and related handouts. www.thedolphinproject.org [122911]

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

Offering a variety of fun educational programs including Beach Discovery Walks, Marsh Treks, Turtle Talks and the Coastal Georgia Gallery, which features an up close look at dozens of local species. Open daily, 10am5pm. For more info, call 912-786-5917 or visit www.tybeemarinescience.org. [122911]

Walk on the Wild Side

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

Wilderness Southeast

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

Pets & Animals Low Cost Pet Clinic

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

Habersham Village Shopping Center. www. tailsspin.com [122911]

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]

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

Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-264-

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Readings & Signings

ARIES

(March 21–April 19) The Sanskrit word tapasya is translated as “heat,” but in the yogic tradition it means “essential energy.” It refers to the practice of managing your life force so that it can be directed to the highest possible purposes, thereby furthering your evolution as a spiritual being.

Do you have any techniques for accomplishing that –– either through yoga or any other techniques? This would be a good year to redouble your commitment to that work. In the coming months, the world will just keep increasing its output of trivial, energy–wasting temptations. You’ll need to be pretty fierce if you want to continue the work of transforming yourself into the Aries you were born to be: focused, direct, energetic, and full of initiative.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) “Live out of your imagination, not your history,” says Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. While that’s always true, it will be especially crucial for you to remember in 2012. This is the year you can transcend stale traditions, Taurus –– a time when you can escape your outworn habits, reprogram your conditioned responses, and dissolve old karma. You will be getting unparalleled opportunities to render the past irrelevant. And the key to unlocking all the magic will be your freewheeling yet highly disciplined imagination. Call on it often to show you the way toward the future.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) Comedian Steven Wright says his nephew has HDADD, or High Definition Attention Deficit Disorder.

“He can barely pay attention, but when he does it’s unbelievably clear.” I’m predicting something like that for you in the coming week, Gemini. You will encounter more things that are dull than are interesting, but those few that fascinate you will awaken an intense focus that allows you to see into the heart of reality.

CANCER

(June 21–July 22) As I contemplate the most desirable fate you could create for yourself, I’m reminded of a lyric from one of my songs: “We are searching for the answers / so we

can destroy them and dream up better questions.” Here’s what I’m implying by that, Cancerian: This is not the right time for you to push for comprehensive formulas and definitive solutions. Rather, it’s a favorable moment to draw up the incisive inquiries that will frame your quest for comprehensive formulas and definitive solutions.

That quest is due to begin in two weeks. For now, raise your curiosity levels, intensify your receptivity, and make yourself highly magnetic to core truths.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) “A writer –– and, I believe, generally all persons –– must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource,” said author Jorge Luis Borges. “All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.” I agree that this advice isn’t just for writers, but for everyone. And it so happens that you are now in an astrological phase when adopting such an approach would bring you abundant wisdom and provide maximum healing. So get started, Leo: Wander through your memories, reinterpreting the difficult experiences as rich raw material that you can use to beautify your soul and intensify your lust for life.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) “Poetry is the kind of thing you have to see from the corner of your eye,” said the poet William Stafford. “If you look straight at it you can’t see it, but if you look a little to one side it is there.” As I contemplate your life in the immediate future, Virgo, I’m convinced that his definition of poetry will be useful for you to apply to just about everything. In fact, I think it’s an apt description of all the important phenomena you’ll need to know about. Better start practicing your sideways vision.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) A Swedish man named Richard Handl decided to conduct a scientific experiment in his kitchen.

Would it be possible to split atoms using a homemade apparatus? He wanted to see if he could generate atomic reactions with the radioactive elements radium, americium, and uranium. But before he got too far into the process, the police

intervened and ended his risky fairy–tale. I bring this to your attention, Libra, as an example of how not to proceed in the coming weeks. It will be a good time for you to experiment around the house –– refining your relationship with your roommates, moving the furniture around, and in general rearranging the domestic chemistry –– but please avoid trying stuff as crazy as Handl’s.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) In 1878, Thomas Edison perfected the phonograph, a machine that could record sounds and play them back. There had been some primitive prototypes before, but his version was a major improvement.

And what were the first sounds to be immortalized on Edison’s phonograph? The rush of the wind in the trees? A dramatic reading of the Song of Songs? The cries of a newborn infant? Nope. Edison recited the nursery rhyme, “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” When you make your own breakthrough in communication sometime soon, Scorpio, I hope you deliver a more profound and succulent message.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

I suspect you may soon find yourself in a situation similar to the one that 19th–century American President Abraham Lincoln was in when he said the following: “If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. But if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.” In other words, Sagittarius, you may not be picky about what you want, but whatever it is, you’ll prefer it to be authentic, pure, and distinctly itself. Adulterations and hodgepodges won’t satisfy you, and they won’t be useful. Hold out for the Real Thing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

Last summer, before the football season started, sportswriter Eric Branch wrote about a rookie running back that San Francisco 49er fans were becoming increasingly excited about. The newbie had made some big plays in exhibition games. Would he continue performing at a high level when the regular season began? Were the growing expectations justified?

After a careful analysis, Branch concluded that the signs were promising, but not yet definitive: “It’s OK to go mildly berserk,” he informed the fans. That’s the same message I’m delivering to you

right now, Capricorn. The early stages of your new possibility are encouraging. It’s OK to go mildly berserk, but it’s not yet time to go totally bonkers.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) In summer, the pickleweed plant thrives in the saltwater marshes around San Francisco Bay. In many places, bright orange patches of the dodder plant intermingle with the pickleweed’s sprightly jade green, creating festive displays that suggest nature is having a party. But there’s a secret buried in this scene. The dodder’s webby filaments are actually parasites that suck nutrients from the pickleweed. In accordance with the astrological omens, Aquarius, I’ll ask you if a situation like that exists in your own life. Is there a pretty picture that hides an imbalance in the give–and–take of energy? It’s not necessarily a bad thing –– after all, the pickleweed grows abundantly even with its freeloader hanging all over it –– but it’s important to be conscious of what’s going on.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) “That in a person which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness,” said the writer Antonio Porchia. I invite you to keep that challenging thought close to your heart in the coming days, Pisces.

In my astrological opinion, it is an excellent moment to tune in to your wildest goodness –– to describe it to yourself, to cherish it as the great treasure it is, to foster it and celebrate it and express it like a spring river overflowing its banks.

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 4476605. [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. [122911]

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

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

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. 6:45-8pm on Wednesdays at the Vineyard Church. 615 Montgomery St. (behind Blowin’ Smoke BBQ). www.vineyardsavannah. org [122911]

Savannah Zen Center

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

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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 912-3554704. 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]

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 912-356-3688 for information. [122911]

Alzheimer’s Caregivers and Families Support Group

Senior Citizens, Inc. hosts caregivers and families support groups for individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members. Locations and days: Every 2nd Monday at Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Road. Every 2nd Thursday, 5:30pm, at Ruth Byck Adult Day Care facility, 64 Jasper St. For more info, call 236-0363, ext. 143.

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 912819-7053. [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

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

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association

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]

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]

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.]

6:00pm-7:45pm 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]

Narcotics Anonymous

Call 238-5925 for the Savannah Lowcountry Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting schedule. [122911]

National Alliance On Mental Illness Connection Support Group

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

Overeaters Anonymous

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

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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]

Psycho sudoku Answers

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.

912-234-4048 or www.parkplaceyes.org.

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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]

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.

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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.

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A LOCAL Commercial Cleaning Company is seeking a Part-time Lead Floor Technician to perform routine floor care including, but not limited to scrubbing, refinishing, buffing and bonneting. This position requires a minimum of 10 years floor care experience. Supervisory experience and equipment maintenance knowledge preferred. Hours will vary from 10 to 20 hours a week, mostly evening and nights. If interested please apply at www.acscleaning.com and click “Apply to Job”. Starting pay for this position is $9.50 – $10.50 P/H. CLIFTON’S DRY Cleaners accepting applications for All Positions. No previous employees. No phone calls. Apply: 8401 Ferguson Ave. Happy Tots Learning Center: Is looking for flexible & dependable workers to work any shift required. You must be able to provide a criminal background check, CPR & 1st aid certificate Call:912-228-1890 NOW HIRING Qualified Direct Care staff to care for individuals within the Personal Care Home. Must have experience working in a personal care home or similar position. First Aid/CPR certified. Have references, transportation and valid DL. Must be able to work 24hrs a day on rotating basis. Call 912-352-8094 to schedule appt.

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1408 EAST 38TH: 3 bedroom house, living room, dining room, large eat-in kitchen w/washer & dryer, central heat/air. $725/month, $725/deposit.

1511 EAST 33RD: 2BR w/ceiling fans, window AC, washer/dryer, stove, refrigerator. $525/month, $525/deposit. Call 912-234-6150

2250 UTAH STREET 3BR, 1BA, Living room, kitchen/dining, w/refrigerator & gas stove, gas water heater & gas heat, washer/dryer hookups, CH&A. Fenced backyard. $725/rent & $675/deposit.

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2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Apt. for Rent in West Savannah. Convenient to Downtown, Garden City. $475/month. Section-8 Welcome. Call 912-658-1407.

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MOVE-IN SPECIALS AVAILABLE 718 West 38th St. 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, central heat/air, laundry room, fenced yard $685/month w/$300/deposit.

2BR/1BA Apts. Newly Renovated, hardwood floors,carpet, paint, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $600-$650/month, utilities may be added to rent if requested.

844-3974 SECTION 8 WELCOME

EAST 55TH 2BR Duplex, kitchen furnished, fenced backyard $525/month plus deposit.

HIBISCUS 1BR Duplex, recently remodeled $475/month plus deposit.

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2015 Alaska St. 2BR/1BA, Renovated. Hardwood floors, CH&A, all electric,stove, refrigerator & washer/dryer included, front porch. $700-$750/month+dep.

Section 8 Welcome.

912-661-4677

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2 BR $500/Mo.

Lovely 2BR Apt. 1411 Barnard Street. Central heat/air, furnished appliances. $500/per month. Call 912-657-0458 or 912-921-1774 *730 E. 46TH: 2BR/1BA $850 *100 LEWIS DR. 2BR 1BA $600 *1149 DARWIN: 3BR/2BA $850 *1304 E. 39TH 3BR/ 2BA $ 950 *520 BARBERRY: 3BR/2BA $975 +DEPOSIT, NO-PETS NO-SMOKING CALL BILL or TANJA :650-2711

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

912-398-4424

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•1202 E.37th: 3BR/1BA Apt, lower $600+ sec. dep.

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

•838 West 39th St. 2BR house $600/mo. + sec. deposit.

•229 Lathrop Ave: 3BR, gas heat, one A/C $450/month + sec. dep.

Call Lester @ 912-313-8261 or 912-234-5650

FOR RENT: 32 Altman Circle. 3BR, 1 Bath, laundry room, fenced-in backyard, off-street parking.

Available Now. $675/month + deposit. 1-year lease. Section 8 Welcome. 912-507-0002

FURNISHED Efficiency Apt. Located off Bay St. Ext. Garden City. 20 Albion Street, $450/rent, $450/security deposit, utilities included. 912-964-2877

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

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Chevy Chase Rd.: 3BR/1BA, central heat/air $800/mo + dep.

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Senior Property(62&Older) 1BRs Available Now. Located in Pembroke, Ga. Income-based Rent, Total electric, HVAC. Accepting Applications Now! Call 912-653-3113 OGEECHEE HOME FOR RENT Hwy 80 Ogeechee River 2bedroom/2bath beautifully updated, private deck, appliances and water included. Minutes from Pooler $1100/month/$950 Dep 912-272-7242 ONE, TWO & Three Bedroom Apts. for Rent. $350/month & Up. Call 912-232-3355

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1403 E. 38th: 2BR/1BA $650 1104 E. 31st: 3BR/1BA $625 1504 E. 33rd 3BR/1BA $675 1229 E. 40th: 3BR/1BA $800 2402 Texas: 3BR/2BA $850 Several Rent-to-Own Properties Guaranteed Financing.

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ROOMING HOUSE on 38th St, Apartment $160/wk, $20 key dep.

Rooms $85/$20 key dep. Furnished Utilities included 912-234-9779 SECTION 8 WELCOME *2122 ALASKA 3BR, great kitchen, w/d included $835 *1518 GROVE: 3BR, great appliances $775 *2503 LOUISIANA: 2BR $690 $865.00 257-6181

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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 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

TATUMVILLE: 5150 CORDELL ST.

2bedroom, 1bath, furnished kitchen, separate dining area, W/D hookup, Central A/C, offstreet parking. $460/month, $460/dep. 912-658-0246.

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*2220 E.43rd 3BR/1BA $795 *15 Gerald Dr. 3BR/1BA $750 *2114 E.60th: 3BR/2BA $825 *21 Gerald Dr. 3BR/1BA $795 410 Delores Ave. 4BR/1BA $895 *13 Hibiscus Ave: 4BR/1BA $800 *Trailer-Savannah Pines, Lot 6 2BR/2BA $565 912-507-7934/912-927-2853 WEST SAVANNAH 513 W. 63 rd St. 4 BR/1 BA, W/D hook-up, CH/A $850/$850 Dep 912-844-2344 CommerCial ProPerty For rent 890 Commercial Space Available 20 X 30 ‘ idea for office, storage,work shop, business, or studio, loc in Thunderbolt nr SSU Pvt bath & snack area. $500 mo 355-1359

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

CLEAN, FURNISHED ROOM on busline, $110-145 per week plus deposit. Utilities Included. Call 912-660-2875.

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No deposit.

Call 912-398-7507.

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.

2 rooms available, All amenities CH/A, off street parking, with in walking distance to SSU, Near bus line $ 130 Weekly 428-3514

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

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.

ROOMS FOR RENT

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

Rooms w/bathroom $145.

Call 912-289-0410.

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

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

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CLEAN, comfortable rooms. Washer/dryer, air, cable, HBO, ceiling fans. $110-$140 weekly. No deposit. Call Ike @ 844-7065

Furnished, affordable room available includes utility, cable,refrigerator, central heat/air. $115-$140/weekly, no deposit.Call 912-844-3609

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Call 912-313-4083 or 912-313-4082

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

LINCOLN Town Car, 1986- Running good, AC/Heat. $1,400. Call 912-233-1904 after 5pm.

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 SUVS 930

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2 Bedroom Apartments, kitchen with appliances, LV room, utilities included. $205-$225/weekly; Monthly $800-$850. 912-319-4182

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.

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Room for Rent Safe, Quiet environment in nearly new home. Utilities & cable included. On busline. $125/weekly, $75/deposit. Call 912-484-1347 Room Mates Needed

FORD Expedition, 2003- In excellent condition $10,000 OBO.

Back ground check needed Call on prices 912-428-4722 Call 912-721-4350 and Place Your Classified Ad Today!

ROOMMATES WANTED West Savannah: Very Clean, newly remodeled w/central heat/air, stove,refrigerator,cable, washer/dryer, WiFi. On busline. Starting at $125/week.

Call 912-272-6919 ROOMS FOR RENT: Clean, secure, central heat/air, ceiling fan, cable, electric, stove and refrigerator, washer/dryer. Near Library and bus route. Furnished. $140 weekly.

John Simmons, 912-844-5865.

ROOMS FOR RENT

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

Safe environment. $ 1 2 5 - $ 1 5 0 / we e k l y & $450-$550/monthly. 912-228-1242

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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

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1996 TOYOTA Camry engine and transmission, 4 cylinder, 120,000 miles. $1200 (West Savannah).

Prices negotiable.. 912-428-2591 2003 Nissan Pathfinder LE NISSAN Pathfinder, 2003- White, Blk leather seat, Bose spk, 6CD, Sunroof, Towing, All service records; FSBO $9,000.

(912)656-3733

LINCOLN Towncar, 1993 - In good condition $3,000 OBO. Call 912-484-7543 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 Campers/rVs 960

FLEETWOOD Southwind motor home, 1998. 34ft. long, under 30,000 miles, gas engine, excellent condition. Asking $15,000. Call 912-381-4755.

RV, 2000 Forest River Sand Piper Travel Trailer, 8x33-1/2 ft length, 3ft Super Slide Full Kitchen, Sleeps 6-8,Sliding Glass Doors. Must see to appreciate.

May be seen at 22 Oglethrope Professional Blvd.

Savannah, Ga 31406 $10,000 912- 484-8690

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