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Lowcountry TimeBank Launch Party

What: A TimeBank is an exchange of services ranging from auto repair to acupuncture, legal advice to babysitting. Give time, get time. When: Sat. March 24, 6-8 p.m. Where: Creative Coast Alliance, 15 W. York St. Info: lowcountrytimebank.com 11 st. patrick’s pics: A

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Wednesday Girl Scout Centennial Exhibit: Doing Their Part! Girl Scouts in World War II What: Exhibit in honor of the Girl Scouts’

outstanding wartime contributions on the Homefront. Open throughout 2012 in celebration of the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary.

When: Wed. March 21, Thu. March 22, Fri. March 23, Sat. March 24, Sun. March 25, Mon. March 26, Tue. March 27 Where: Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne Ave., Pooler Cost: $5/Girl Scout. $6/Girl Scout for tour & badge.

Info: 912-748-8888. mightyeighth.org/

Girl Scout Centennial: History Exhibition at Ships of the Sea Museum What: “Charting a Course, The Quest

of Girl Scout Mariners” highlights the development of the Girl Scout Mariners program and feature Mariner and Girl Scout artifacts from 1917-1960’s. Patch program available for Girl Scouts. Open through December.

When: Wed. March 21, Thu. March 22, Fri. March 23, Sat. March 24, Sun. March 25, Mon. March 26, Tue. March 27 Where: Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 M.L. King Jr. Blvd., Cost: $8 Gen. Adm. Group and other discounts apply.

Info: 912-232-1511. shipsofthesea.org/

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Lecture: Poverty & Place: Urban Homelessness in 20th-Century America

77th Annual Savannah Tour of Homes and Gardens

324 E. State Street

Cost: $18. Reservations recommended.

Info: 912-236-8097. www.davenport-

What: Armstrong’s Robert I Strozier Faculty Lecture Series presents Ella Howard, an assistant professor of history.

Discussing the nature and function of American skid rows, focusing on New York City’s Bowery.

When: Wed. March 21, 12 p.m.

Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University/Student Union, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: www.armstrong.edu/

Film: William Shatner Birthday Tribute: Pray for the Wildcats (1974, USA) What: To mark the 81st birthday of the

one and only William Shatner, we’ve unearthed one of the rarest films he ever made, one which has never been released theatrically or officially released on home video. Originally made for television, this action-drama boasts a cast including Shatner, Andy Griffith (as the villain), Robert Reed (the father on The Brady Bunch) and former child evangelist Marjoe Gortner.

When: Wed., March 21, 8 p.m.

Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $7 cash only Info: SentientBean.com

Tea at Mrs. Davenport’s

What: Learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th century tea. Patrons will tour areas of the 19th century era house museum, where tea service took place and will participate in an afternoon tea with costumed interpreters. Guests must be able to walk up and down stairs.

Program dates and times: March 8, 9, 15, 16, 21 at 5 p.m., and March 22, 29, 30 at 4:30 p.m.

When: Wed. March 21, Thu. March 22, Fri. March 23, Sat. March 24, Sun. March 25, Mon. March 26, Tue. March 27 Where: Isaiah Davenport House Museum,

The annual orchid show happens this weekend at Savannah Mall

Thursday

What: Walking tours, seminars, trolley tours, lectures, dining opportunities and evening events. Sponsored by Historic Savannah Foundation and the Women of Christ Church.

When: Thu. March 22, Fri. March 23, Sat. March 24, Sun. March 25 Where: Downtown Savannah, Ardsley Park and on the Savannah River Cost: $25-$85 Info: 912-234-8054. www.savannahtourofhomes.org/

Savannah Music Festival Begins

What: A city-wide musical arts event showcasing renowned performers in jazz, classical, Americana, rock and world music. More than 100 productions over the 17 day festival at venues throughout downtown Savannah.

See our extensive coverage this issue.

When: Thu. March 22-Sat. April 7 Where: Various venues Cost: Varied.

Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org/

Theatre: November by David Mamet opens

What: Muse Arts Warehouse presents an oval office satire, depicting one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief. Written by the author of “Glengarry Glen Ross” and “Wag the Dog.”Directed by Christopher Soucy.

Dates and times: March 22, 23, 24, 29, and 30 at 8 p.m.; April 1 at 3 p.m.

Reservations via email: jinhi@ musesavannah.org.

Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Road Cost: $10 at the door.

Info: musesavannah.org/

capella group, riding a new popularity wave after being finalists on “The Sing Off” television show.

When: Thu. March 22, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, 429 Abercorn Street Cost: $20/adults. $10/students.

Info: 912-232-0191. www.dartmouthaires.com/tour

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Friday 18th Annual Orchid Show

What: The Deep South Orchid Society’s annual show includes displays from Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina; Free plant clinic; free lectures; and vendors from three states.

When: Fri. March 23, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat. March 24, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun. March 25, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Where: Savannah Mall - Center Court, 14045 Abercorn St., Cost: Free and open to the public Info: 912-355-7200. www.deepsouthorchid.org/

Puppet Show: Bobbie Bear’s Beary Best Day

What: A Puppet People Pantomime-a puppet show without words. Event includes puppet show and interactive studio tour.

When: Fri. March 23, 11 a.m.

Where: The Puppet Studio, 3119 Furber Avenue Cost: $6 per person Info: 912-355-3366. puppetpeople. com/

Royal Comedy Tour

What: Comedy tour featuring Tony Rock (brother of Chris Rock), Mark Curry, Earthquake, and Sommore.

When: Fri. March 23, 7 p.m.

Where: M.L.King Jr. Arena at Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Cost: $38 - $46 Info: savannahcivic.com/

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Saturday St. Patrick’s Regatta

What: 33rd annual sailboat racing weekend sponsored by the Geechee Sailing Club.

When: Sat. March 24, Sun. March 25 Where: Wilmington River between Turner’s Creek and “R2W”.

Cost: $50 per boat Info: 912-598-1754. geecheesailingclub.org/racing.html

What: Park Fresh produce, eggs, pasta, bread and baked goods.

Double SNAP dollars for all market purchases. More than 25 local farmers and vendors every week.

When: Sat. March 24, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: South End of Forsyth Park Cost: Free to hang out and visit.

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Spring Garden Festival

What: Sponsored by the Friends of Coastal Gardens. Educational lectures, activities for children, plant vendors, arts and crafts vendors and demonstrations. 10:30am--how to grow vegetables in your back yard.

1pm: “So Easy to Preserve Your Harvest from the Garden.”

When: Sat. March 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Historic Bamboo Farm, 2 Canebrake Road Cost: $2. Free for 12 and under.

Info: 912-921-5460.

Fort King George’s Scottish Heritage Day

What: Learn about and celebrate Darien’s first settlers. pioneer skills, artillery and musket drills, Scottish cooking, music and dance, crafts and domestic skills, highland weapons, 18th century merchants. Battle reenactment at 2pm.

When: Sat. March 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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

Irish Road Bowling

What: Think of it as golf without clubs. Or as rolling a steel ball along a roadway while drinking beer, in teams of three people. An Ireland tradition imported to Savannah. On site regis. opens at 9:15am.

When: Sat. March 24, 10 a.m.

Where: Hutchinson Island International Racetrack Cost: $15/person thru 3/21. $20/person on site.

Info: www.aohsavannah.com/

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Sheep to Shawl Festival

What: Annual festival features the shearing of Oatland’s sheep, old timey music on the porch. The Home Cookin’ Cloggers will perform. Carding, spinning, weaving, children’s crafts & games and 1800’s lifestyle demonstrations.

When: Sat. March 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Cost: $7. $5 for seniors/mil./kids.

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Spring KidsFest at Oglethorpe Mall

What: A seasonal celebration with make-and-take crafts, face painting, music, prizes and a visit from the Easter Bunny from 11-12. Bring your camera for a photo with the Big Rabbit!

When: Sat. March 24, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Oglethorpe Mall, in the J.C. Penney Court, 7804 Abercorn Street Cost: Free. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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What: Savannah roller derby league’s annual intra-league battle between red and black teams. Tailgating outside begins at 5pm. No alcohol permitted inside the venue.

When: Sat. March 24, 7 p.m.

Where: Super Goose Sports, 3700 Wallin St., Cost: $10/adv. $12/door. Free under 12.Discounts avail.

Info: www.savannahderby.com/

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Sunday Civil War Era Ladies’ Tea

What: Ladies, children, and gentlemen of the public are invited to a program about social activities of the families who lived at Fort Pulaski during the time of the Civil War. Period dress encouraged but not required.

When: Sun. March 25, 2:30 p.m.

Where: Fort Pulaski National Monument, U.S. Highway 80 Cost: Free with $5 park admission.

Free for 15/under Info: www.nps.gov/fopu

Vinyl Appreciation Number 22

What: Yet another evening of listening to records. Yes, records. Come at 5pm and learn to DJ. Visual accompaniment provided by Psychotronic Film Society. Records available for purchase from Graveface.

When: Sun. March 25, 5 p.m.-10 p.m.

Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $3 Info: 912-713-1137. vinyl912.tumblr. com/

Film: Separation (Iran, 2011)

What: CinemaSavannah presents Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winning film about an Iranian family torn between moving abroad to pursue a better life or staying in Iran for family commitments. In Persian with English subtitles.

When: Sun. March 25, 7 p.m.

Where: Victory Square Theaters , Home Depot/Target Shopping Center

between Victory Dr. and Skidaway Rd.

Cost: $8 Cash

Birding in the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge

What: Wilderness Southeast birding daytrip led by birding expert Diana Churchill. Fee includes use of binoculars and spotting scope. Reservations required.

When: Sun. March 25, 8:30 p.m.-10:30 a.m.

Where: Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Highway 17 (across the bridge in SC), Cost: $25 ($10/under 12 accompanied by parent) Info: 912-236-8115 . www.wilderness-southeast.org/

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Monday Lecture: Carolyn Guilford, ‘Let the Food be thy Medicine’

What: Savannah-based author, columnist and nutritionist on healthrestoring dietary practices that also prevent illness.

When: Mon. March 26, 6 p.m.

Where: Bull Street Branch--Live Oak Libraries, 2002 Bull St., Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: www.Healthrestoration101.com/

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Wednesday Film: Leonard Nimoy Birthday Tribute: The Alpha Caper (1973, USA) What: Originally made for TV, this

unpredictable crime drama boasts an amazing cast including Nimoy, Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman and Vic Tayback. Fonda is a probation officer who decides to heist a $30,000,000 gold shipment, using three ex-convicts as his “mob.” Limited edition Nimoy B-day T-shirts for sale.

When: 8 p.m. March 28 Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $7 admission for Ages 15+ Info: sentientbean.com

Yes, another festival!

by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

We’re very proud at Connect Savannah to have been a key sponsor of the Savannah Music Festival for the past several years. In conjunction with our owner Charles H. Morris, we’re happy to have helped in our own way to bring some of the hottest musicians in the world to Savannah during that time.

While generally I don’t devote this space to very many overtly promotional messages, I have to say that this year the list of Connect-sponsored concerts is even more impressive than usual. My head is frankly spinning going over these names.

We’re sponsoring the uber-buzzworthy appearance of our cover subjects this week, hipmeisters Pink Martini, at the Lucas on March 29.

Other notable performers we’re helping to bring to town include the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans, The Head and the Heart with

Justin Townes Earle, a fun Cajun dance show with the Lost Bayou Ramblers, a jazz show with Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau, Bela Fleck and the original lineup of the Flecktones (read Bill DeYoung’s talk with beloved Flecktone bassist Victor Wooten this issue), and last but not least, the immortal Paco de Lucia, commonly regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time.

As great as all those performers undoubtedly are, I also want to bring your attention to the remarkable slate of classical performances at this year’s Savannah Music

Festival, which go above and beyond even the usual high level of excellence to which we’ve been accustomed.

For the first time, the great Takács Quartet performs at the Festival. Worldclass performers such as Jonathan Cohen, Josephine Knight, Lorenza Borrani, and Menachim Pressler are also featured.

SMF associate artistic director and acclaimed violinist Daniel Hope in particular is a busy bee this Festival. He will perform, by my count, in at least ten separate concerts, including a particularly adventurous evening of three, count ‘em, three Brahms violin sonatas.

See my talk with Hope in this issue.

Longtime Festival favorites Emerson String Quartet return, this time sans longtime cellist David Finckel, who nonetheless performs here with his wife Wu Han in an evening of Mendelssohn. I had a fun chat with David for this issue as well. cs

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SB 469 chips away at labor rights

Editor, Extreme lawmakers in the Georgia legislature are pushing SB 469, a bill designed to intimidate those who would engage in freedom of speech and assembly labor protest activities, such as picketing or sit–ins.

The proposed penalties: conspiracy to commit criminal trespass a “misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature,” and would receive a $1000 fine, each person, per day. Georgia’s Senate already passed the bill. It is now in the House, with early reading of the bill this week.

The continued gutting of our state and country’s labor laws is a national disgrace as well as a middle–class tragedy. With

the passage of the Taft–Hartley Act, employers found that they could destroy unions through the enactment of “right to work” laws.

With the migration of companies to the South, the descent of the middle class began as vibrant manufacturing centers in New England and the Midwest emptied out. Later, employers found that through practices like outsourcing to third–world countries, workplace regulations, safety, environmental, and labor laws could be neutered.

The decline of labor unions has left almost all working Americans captives of “at will” employment, a judicially created fiction that European workers would find intolerable. With the decline of unions, the middle

class has lost its bargaining leverage.

Temporary jobs, minimum– wage service jobs and unpaid internships — all justified based on the needs of the market have turned the American dream into the American nightmare.

It is time to relook the benefits of labor rights. There will always be a place for unions in the most dangerous jobs, but America will distinguish itself in the decades to come by a new relationship between management and labor necessitated by labor’s becoming more skilled relative to the past and to other countries.

Companies that treat their employees as collaborators and partners will be more successful and will have employees who are happier. Companies with an

adversarial relationship, whether initiated by management or labor, are doomed to mediocrity and failure.

Georgia workers’ constitutionally–guaranteed right to peaceably assemble through picketing and protesting is under attack.

Georgian workers must insist that the right of Labor to address grievances through freedom of speech and assembly is a core US Civil Right.

Please send a message to your local State House legislator urging him or her to vote NO on SB 469!

Bill Gillespie

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What could be more maligned these days than public school lunches?

Between Congress’ nod to pizza as a vegetable last fall and the current uproar over the notorious, ammonia– laced “pink slime” the USDA wants to pass off as meat, school lunch has a worse reputation than Lindsay Lohan’s plastic surgeon.

But isn’t this the way it’s always been?

I seem to remember one of the most popular topics of conversation in my junior high school cafeteria, right behind the merits of plastic banana clips, was whether the Salisbury steak was made up of horse or dog. We subsisted on tater tots and Little Debbie’s snackcakes. It didn’t matter if your mama offered to send you with a nice turkey sandwich and an apple; it was social suicide to “brown–bag” it.

Twelve years of public school lunches probably have something to do with why I spend a chunk of the morning packing my kids’ lunches when I would rather be drinking another cup of tea and having a staring contest with the dog. If bringing your own is still the epitome of nerdiness, I haven’t heard about it yet.

After eating my way through last week’s Mini–Food Show hosted by the Savannah–Chatham County School System, however, I’m wondering if

Onion rings are still on the menu, but at least they’re baked, not fried.

school lunch hasn’t gotten a worse rap than it deserves, in spite of the bad press and unsavory memories.

School Nutrition Program Director Altheria Maynard explained that SCCPSS has implemented plenty of palatable changes under the USDA’s stringent new guidelines, designed to reduce fats and increase whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Haters might be surprised to know that our district has led the way among Georgia schools.

“We’ve served only whole wheat pasta and brown rice for going on four years now, and we were the first to introduce Meatless Mondays,” said Maynard, who will retire in May after holding her position for 29 years. She doesn’t mind being called the Head Lunch Lady. “We take nutrition very, very seriously.”

Delectable aromas wafted out of the Jenkins High cafeteria as food vendors offered up an impressive

array of tasty samples to hungry students whose opinions will determine what will be on the menu next year: Nitrate–free chicken strips, whole grain waffles, fresh–sliced melon, 100% juices with no added sugar. I devoured second helpings of vegetarian chili with soy crumbles and pineapple–topped sweet potatoes. If weren’t for the hairnets, it could have been an upscale restaurant.

The dominant corporate presence wasn’t exactly thrilling—national brands like Hormel, Smuckers and Campbell’s—nor am I a fan of food encased in packaging. But Maynard schooled the food snob in me by pointing out that these name brands are what kids are used to eating.

“We want the children to eat healthy, but our competition is the fast food industry,” she sighed with resignation. “They’re more likely to accept healthier options when they come from brands they recognize.”

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Almost 63% of Savannah–Chatham County Public School students receive reduced or free lunches, and Maynard laments that many come from single–parent homes where no one has time or inclination to shop and cook. In America, we have an entire generation of palates raised in the drive–thru.

Maynard says the district has sourced vegetables locally when possible and that she would love to implement more of what she calls “scratch cooking.” But even if the kids would eat it, the lack of a centralized kitchen prevents any complex culinary creativity.

“I had hoped we’d have that kitchen by the time I retired, but there’s no funding for it,” she said ruefully.

There’s no doubt that fresh, healthy school lunches are part of the larger socioeconomic and political issues surrounding food in this country. It’s a truth Maynard recognizes while she and her staff do the best they can with the budget and facilities they have to feed 10,000 kids a day.

“We have a monumental task here,” she said. “It’s going to take a revolution for things to change.”

In the meantime, there’s progress.

And then there’s not. What about that horrific “pink slime” that the USDA generously calls “Lean Finely Textured Beef ” and probably has Upton Sinclair doing the Watusi in his grave right now?

After a national uproar and a Change.org petition that garnered almost a quarter of million signatures, the USDA announced Thursday that it will give school districts the choice

on whether they want to buy meat with LFTB. However, since it also doesn’t require any labeling, it’s fairly impossible to tell whether it’s there or not. As to whether the meat served at a school near you will contain LFTB, the answer is: Probably.

In the face of tremendous negative blowback, SCCPSS school nutrition coordinator Rhonda Barlow issued this statement in response to the USDA’s shuck–and–jive: “We cannot confirm or disconfirm if we serve products that contain [LFTB] because of the vague response from our supplier, the USDA.” She and other school nutrtionists find the labeling issue egregious, but also point out that the problem of pink slime oozes far beyond the cafeteria: According to the USDA, approximately 70% of all the ground beef sold in this country already contains LFTB, including what’s available at grocery stores and restaurants.

That means if you eat any meat other than what you’ve killed yourself, you’ve already consumed pink slime. I’m not a vegetarian, but man, I’m getting close. When will we be grossed out enough to forge that food revolution?

Speaking of reform, my adversity to school lunch has only made it all the more attractive to my children. (You can imagine how exotic chicken tetrazzini sounds when it’s forbidden.)

A look at this month’s menu reveals that on some days, I’d be hard–pressed to pack them anything healthier or tastier.

But yes oh yes, we will be skipping Salisbury steak day. CS

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The rising price of gasoline is uniting Americans in collective dread.

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If we think prices are high now, we are warned, wait until summertime.

While we have no idea why gas prices keep going up, we do know that we are mad as hell! Who’s responsible for this outrage? The president? The previous president? Speculators? Iran?

Oil companies? Environmentalists?

Voldemort? Kony?

The fact that half of us believe the federal gas tax goes up every year (it last increased in 1993) suggests we will entertain any explanation, no matter how unlikely. Yet, despite our complaints – in letters to the editor, on Facebook, or around the water cooler –some of us behave as if gas is still cheap enough to waste.

A bicycle provides a superior vantage point from which to see and hear what’s happening on our streets. If you ride near parked cars, you can hear if any have their motors running.

I recently rode past a two–block– long queue of parents waiting in their vehicles to collect their children at the end of the school day. Those near the front of the line had staked out their positions early, perhaps 30 minutes or more before the bell.

Although it was 77 degrees and there was a pleasant breeze, almost every other car was idling with windows rolled up and the AC cranked.

Meanwhile, legislation introduced earlier this year in the House of Representatives would gut funding for Safe Routes to School programs, which if implemented on a comprehensive scale would allow many students to safely walk or ride their bikes to school.

Having pedaled past this scene, I was shortly overtaken by an aggressive motorist. So anxious was he to pass, he swung around me and accelerated toward a traffic signal he had just watched turn red. That’s right. He sped up even though he knew he’d have to stop almost immediately.

Meanwhile, legislation was proposed in the Georgia Senate earlier this year that seemed aimed

at appeasing this sort of impatient driver. Fortunately, this time there’s a happy ending. The bill’s author, Sen. Butch Miller of Gainesville, announced he would not pursue passage of SB 468 (to cyclists to always ride single file) and instead would work toward adoption of a state Complete Streets policy.

That phrase, “Complete Streets,” will come up frequently in the near future. The idea that transportation infrastructure must provide choices and not focus exclusively on maximizing motor vehicle speed is one whose time has come.

The fact that we can’t agree on who or what is to blame for rising gas prices suggests that none of the silver bullet solutions advanced so far is likely to work. An oil pipeline from Canada won’t save us. Drilling here and drilling now won’t save us. Even reducing domestic demand won’t save us, as we are driving less and still prices are going up.

The only sure way to insulate working Americans from high gas prices is to make it possible for them to buy less of the stuff.

While some of us can indulge in idling at the curb or racing toward red lights, others are locked into long commutes by circumstances they cannot control. Rising gas prices will continue to eat away at their incomes and they will be looking for ways to conserve fuel.

Being able to walk or bicycle to the store at the end of the day, for example, would provide a measure of help by saving gas for trips that must be made by car. Unfortunately, many of us live in areas that require car use for every trip, no matter how short. It’s a situation that was created by decades of automobile–centric planning that failed to foresee volatile fuel prices.

Complete Streets initiatives will begin to undo some of this damage to the built environment, restore transportation options and provide many people at least a small measure of freedom from the tyranny of the gas pump. It is up to us to insist that going forward, our streets accommodate all users. cs

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Green day A look back at the party that was photos by JT Blatty | jtblatty.com

While estimates of over a million people would seem to be inflated on their face — 400 public toilets plus only five public urination arrests would seem to indicate closer to half that number — no question it was a very, very crowded and well-attended St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah.

Here are some offbeat shots from the festivities courtesy of longtime contributor JT Blatty — including the pic above taken immediately after a gentleman apparently fell off a dune buggy in the parade.

The big red balls at lower right? Those are, well, big red balls, which were actually part of the Georgia Lottery parade presence.

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Can’t make this stuff up In an indicator of things to come, one of the earliest arrests of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration was a man named Christopher Casebeer. The 40–year–old was arrested about 2:30 a.m.

Friday morning for driving with unlawful blood alcohol level, speeding, and failure to maintain lane.

• Despite the almost unbelievably well–behaved nature of the record– setting crowd at this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration, two deaths were associated with the proceedings.

Early Thursday morning, as festivities were just kicking off, a 57–year– old Kentucky man, Douglas Welch, fell to his death on Factors Walk.

He fell over a metal handrail on a set of stairs leading from Rossiter

Circle/Emmet Park down to Factors Walk. Two police officers witnessed the fall, but they and emergency personnel were unable to keep Welch from dying on the scene.

During the St. Patrick’s Day parade itself, a drummer in the Second Time Around unit died from apparent heart attack, causing a lengthy halt to the parade as aid was rendered.

Rick Sowers of St. Petersburg, Fla., died after collapsing about noon on Bull Street near West Oglethorpe Lane, close to the Board of Education building.

Eyewitnesses report that CPR aid was immediate, however emergency vehicles were unable to access or leave the scene in a timely fashion due to the large number of pedestrians.

• The crowd at this year’s celebration was large enough to cause police to send a social media alert after midnight Sunday morning, March 18, “advising those who intend to join in early Sunday morning to change their plans.” The alert went on to say that “Partiers have overwhelmed

Broughton, Bay and River streets from MLK Jr. Boulevard to East Broad Street and drivers find themselves trapped in gridlock as they look for parking spaces.”

• While the crowd was enormous, it was apparently well–behaved. Police reported an extraordinarily low amount of arrests during the festival. Here are the stats as of Sunday: The St. Julian processing center of Savannah/Chatham County Metro Police, near City Market, reported 13 total arrests, including 3 battery, 7 disorderly conduct, 1 larceny, 1 possession of marijuana less than an ounce, and 1 reckless conduct.

The River Street processing center reported 18 total arrests, including 4 battery, 1 begging, 1 criminal trespass, 2 disorderly conduct, 3 obstruction, 1 open container, only five public urination charges, and one charge of “striking a law enforcement animal.”

• In non–St. Patrick’s crime news, a 22–year–old Savannah woman was charged with aggravated assault and fleeing after striking a woman and three children with her car after an argument.

Megan Walker of Stevens Street was arrested after a 4 p.m. confrontation at Base Drive and Executive Park on the southside. A discussion about the incident between two children on the bus led to fisticuffs between Walker and Tineca Smith, 30, of Garden City.

Smith walked away and Walker got into her car and hit her, also striking three kids 6-10. All were treated for injuries ranging from lacerations and bleeding to ankle and lower leg pain. Three other kids were treated for “shock and hysteria.” Walker initially left but returned when she saw approaching police cars. cs Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020

Is there any evidence to support the mantra that cutting taxes stimulates job growth? I’m old enough to remember the Reagan years, and it seems most of those tax cuts went into the pockets of the wealthy, and what trickled down was pink slips as jobs went offshore. —Keynes Friedman Locke., Greenspan, Minnesota The truth is, what arguably began as a noble effort — making U.S. income taxation fairer and more rational — has degenerated into one of the great con games of our time.

First the big picture. While cutting taxes to boost the economy is associated with Ronald Reagan and supply-side economics, the underlying “trickledown” idea is an old one: if you let people on top keep more of their money, they’ll invest it in business, creating jobs and making those below better off.

John Kenneth Galbraith cynically referred to this as the “horse and sparrow” theory: “If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.” But income taxes when Reagan took office were confiscatory — the top-bracket rate was 70 percent. Few actually paid it, of course, due to a seamy mess of loopholes.

Reagan changed that. The top rate was cut sharply — today it’s 35 percent — and many tax shelters were eliminated. But Reagan didn’t change the other side of the big-government equation.

In his influential 1981 book Wealth and Poverty, George Gilder argued that tax cuts should be balanced with public spending cuts. Reagan skipped that part. He cut back on social programs but cranked the defense budget. The excuse was the infamous Laffer Curve, the brainchild of economist Arthur Laffer, who reputedly sketched it on a napkin during a 1974 lunch. The curve plotted tax revenue against tax rates, showing lower rates would spur the economy and produce a net increase in revenue.

Magic? No, the start of the con.

Reagan’s first budget director, David Stockman, later admitted to journal-

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ist William Greider that he pushed through the 1981 tax cuts knowing full well they would lead to massive federal budget deficits. He hoped this would keep Congress from spending on domestic programs.

How did this bastardized version of trickle-down work out for those on the bottom rung? Reagan took office with 7.5 percent unemployment. By Sept.

1982 it climbed to more than 10 percent and didn’t drop below 7 percent till halfway through his second term.

1979-2004 the real after-tax income of the poorest fifth of the country rose by a paltry 9 percent, while that of the richest fifth rose by 69 percent.

That’s not the con, though. The real cause of growing U.S. income disparity isn’t tax policy but globalization. What with competition from China and other low-wage countries, U.S. workers are in no position to demand better pay.

It’s the crowd whose skills can’t be easily outsourced - the creative class if you’re part of it or the 1 percent if you’re not - that’s made off with most of the increase in wealth of the past 30 years.

Which brings us to the con. A string of millionaire candidates for public office has duped a good chunk of the electorate into thinking the way to create jobs and otherwise solve the problems of the middle class is to cut the taxes of the wealthy. That’s absurd. If the massive tax cuts of the Reagan era didn’t do the average worker much good, trimming another percent or two now sure won’t.

Why does this argument fly? Because too many Americans don’t get where they stand. The U.S. has one of the most unequal distributions of income in the developed world—we’re closer to Latin America in that respect than to Europe—and low economic mobility.

But much of the country’s workforce believes it’s either already in the overtaxed bourgeoisie or on its way there.

The top 10 percent of filers shoulder most of the income tax burden (about 70 percent in 2009). For a typical U.S. wage-earner to worry about sharing in this plight is borderline delusional.

Don’t misunderstand. Keeping taxes at a moderate level is good. Laffer makes the legitimate point that in 1925, 1965, and 1985, cutting taxes from very high levels to more reasonable ones caused the economy to boom.

But know this. While cutting taxes may help the country as a whole, if you’re like most people, it probably won’t help you. cs

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• Louis Helmburg III filed a lawsuit in Huntington, W.Va., in February against the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and its member Travis Hughes for injuries Helmburg suffered in May 2011 when he fell off a deck at the fraternity house. He had been startled and fallen backward off the rail-less deck after Hughes attempted to fire a bottle rocket “out of his anus” - and the rocket, instead, exploded in place. (The lawsuit does not refer to Hughes’ injuries.)

• U.S. Immigration agents in a $160,000 Chevy Suburban that had been custom-designed and -armored specifically to protect agents from roadside kidnappings became sitting ducks last year when kidnappers forced the vehicle off the road near San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and got the door open briefly, enabling them to fire 100 rounds and kill one of the two agents inside. According to a February Washington Post report, the Department of Homeland Security had failed to modify the vehicle’s factory setting that popped open the door locks automatically whenever the driver shifts into “Park.”

• When Rose Marks and her extended family of Romanian-Gypsy “psychics” were indicted last year for a 20-year-run of duping South Floridians out of as much as $40 million, victims of the clan were elated that justice might be at hand. (A typical scam, according to prosecutors, was to take a client’s cash, “to pray over it,” promising

its return but somehow figuring out how to keep it.) However, in December, the Markses’ attorneys reported that “several” of the so-called victims had begun to work with them to help clear the family, including one who reportedly paid Rose over time $150,000.

According to the lawyers, these “victims” call the Markses “friends,” “life coaches” and “confidantes,” rather than swindlers.

(“Sovereigns” generally reject the federal government, and Myrland did not explain why he expected a federal judge would have authority to help him.)

[Seattle Weekly, 2-14-2012]

Unclear on the Concept

• Jason Bacon, 41, was arrested in Eureka, Calif., in March after responding to a classified ad for a used motorcycle by offering Inexplicable to trade about $8,000 David Myrland, an antiworth of his homeare you government “sovereign” grown marijuana for it. festivaled now serving three years in According to an officer out already? federal prison for threatenon the scene, Bacon ing the mayor of Kirkland, told a deputy, “I know Wash., filed a federal lawyou can’t sell it, but I suit in February accusing thought it was OK to various officials of contrade it.” spiracy - by the manipula• Kathleen Mathews tion of bad grammar, i.e., was outraged that the “backwards-correct-synlocal community could taxing-modification fraud.” turn on her 26-yearEach word of the original old son, Jesse, who had complaint, coded by Myrbeen charged with capiland as to part of speech, tal murder for killing “proves” to him that the a Chattanooga, Tenn., complaint was “fraudulent” and “handpolice officer. She told the judge in a icapping.” (Random sentence from letter that Jesse is a “good man,” and Myrland’s filing: “For the WORDS OF lamented, “You do one little thing that an ADVERB-SYNTAX-GRAMMARpisses people off, and they want to hold MODIFICATIONS ARE with an USE it against you forever.” [Chattanooga of the SYNTAX-GRAMMAR with the Times Free Press, 2-12-2012] VOID of the POSITIONAL-LODIALFACT-PHRASE with the SINGLEOur Dynamic Democracy WORD-MODIFIER AS THE: A, AS, • Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph AT, AM, BECAUSE (many words Shortey, a staunch abortion opponent, omitted) FACT by the VASSALEES.”)

introduced a bill in January to ban the use of human fetuses in processed food.

Although the principal anti-abortion advocacy official in the state said he had never heard of such a practice, Sen. Shortey asserted that it was a problem and that he had been reading up on it on the Internet.

• Kyle Bower, 19, was elected in November to a seat on the Alburtis (Pa.) Borough Council. Before being sworn in, however, he was sentenced to probation for stalking an ex-girlfriend and tossing a brick through her window. Now that he is seated, he still must answer to 2010 charges in Kutztown, Pa., of resisting arrest for public drunkenness. In both incidents, he also displayed an uncanny ability to slip out of handcuffs and wander away from arresting officers.

Creme de la Weird Madeleine Martin, the chief animal protection official for the state government of Hesse, Germany, told a newspaper in Frankfurt in February that among the reasons why the country needed an anti-bestiality law was that she knew of “animal brothels” in Germany (presumably, not animal-animal mating services but human-animal facilities). (Without an anti-bestiality law, authorities usually must prove that the animal has been physically harmed in order to obtain a conviction.)

Least Competent Criminals Law enforcement officers turn to Facebook nowadays to help solve

Recurring Themes

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In February, a 41-year-old man in a pond in Gosport, England, apparently suffered an epileptic seizure while feeding swans in water about three feet deep. Firefighters were called, but the first one to arrive remained on shore, explaining that he had been trained only for “ankle deep” water and would have to await a colleague trained in “chest high” water. In July 2011, a man committed suicide in San Francisco Bay by wading into neck-deep water and remaining until he died of hypothermia. Firefighters from the city of Alameda watched from the shore because they lacked water-rescue “training.”

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Men (almost never a woman) Who Accidentally Shot Themselves Recently: Lee Miars, 30, Myrtle Creek, Ore., while pointing a gun at his head to illustrate a story for friends (January). A 22-year-old Navy SEAL, San Diego, Calif., while pointing a gun at his head to convince friends it was unloaded (January).

Riki Ingram, 18, Baker, La., shot his leg while “holstering” his gun to his pocket following a robbery (December). Ethan Bennett, 36, Monroe, Wash., aiming at a squirrel running up his leg, shot his foot (November).

Deputy Ted Maze, Bedford, Ind., shot his hand while reloading at a training session (June). Kenneth Fortson, 21, Atlanta, was killed in a police chase following a home invasion (by holding a gun as his pickup truck hit a tree and jarred his trigger finger) (October). Larry Godwin, 68, Redfield, Iowa, shot himself twice firing at a raccoon in a live trap (February). CS By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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THE BLACK LIPS At 10 p.m. Wednesday, March 21

The Jinx, 127 W. Congress St. $10 Hey, forget about St. Patrick’s Day – the real mayhem starts whenever Atlanta’s four horsemen of the untamed punk apocalypse come to town.

These guys have been a ramshackle party band since the mid 1990s, which is when they were simultaneously thrown out of high school for being “subversive,” and although their early shows were notorious for such fun stuff as public urination, stage vomiting and nudity (ah, punk), they’ve become more focused, if not more refined (heaven forbid). The Lips’ latest album is Arabia Mountain, produced by Mark Ronson of Amy Winehouse fame. “There comes a time in every rock ‘n’ roll band’s career when they have to decide whether to get out of the garage or stay mired in the grease,” read the Pitchfork review. “Black Lips seem to want it both ways.”

I love this quote from singer/bassist Jared Swilley: “The first time I heard the Kinks’ ‘You Really Got Me,’ I thought it was more punk than a lot of stuff that’s supposed to be. That was a defining moment. I don’t want to be condescending, but a lot of contemporary rock is safe. It seems to be made by kids wearing bicycle helmets and who don’t jump in the pool unless a lifeguard’s around. Music ought to be dangerous so your parents want to burn the records. I had to hide records from my parents.”

LES RACQUET At 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24

Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. The name, with a nod and a wink, is pronounced “less racket.” I wish Patrick Carroll, Kenneth Murphy and Daniel Malone had been among the many young Brooklyn bands in town during the recent Savannah Stopover – their clever and catchy power–trio rock ‘n’ roll, with a lot of improv and jamming, is capped nicely with three–part vocal harmonies. Coulda done with more of that.

And there’s a YouTube video of these guys doing a cover of Dave Brubeck’s jazz classic “Take Five,” with no piano or sax (it’s just guitar, bass and drums).

Last month, Carroll – he’s the guitarist – blogged this at lesracquet.com: “We posted up at Live Wire Music Hall for three days straight. Felt like home after we befriended the whole family; a very supportive group of musicians and music enthusiasts. There were so many links and connections to different bands around town and touring bands frequenting Savannah, it was like one big game of 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon …

“After three nights at Live Wire and two out on Tybee Island, we three were completely and utterly exhausted. Alas, it was time to move on. We pulled our sore bodies off the couch and left town. As we drove across the river I realized that I was sad to go, I didn’t want to leave. It was the first time I’d felt that way about a city since we started this tour. Seriously, Savannah? We’ll be back.”

CHECK IT OUT “Like the Beastie Boys on some very expensive drugs,” said Athens’ Flagpole about the Memphis “crunk” twosome Lord T & Eloise,

whose distorted bass–beat and hypno–rap flapdoodle is couched in the costumes (and wigs) of French aristocracy, hair curlers and cans of shiny golf–leaf spray paint. The “intergalactic time travelers sent to earth to save rap music” are at Loco’s Friday (March 23) …. The always– enchanting garage rock band Tiger! Tiger! returns to the Jinx this Friday for a gig with the Midway Charmers. Pygmy Records recently released a brand–new seven–inch from singer/guitarist Buffi Aguero’s hard–rocking band of mischievous miscreants. And there’s a new Tiger! Tiger! full–length coming out in less than a week on Chicken Ranch Records ... CS

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No Control Smoking Nurse, Hot Plate, Magic Places (Live Music) 7 p.m.

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Island Grill in Port Wentworth continues its country music concert series with a March 22 appearance by “outlaw” singer and songwriter David Allan Coe. For ticket information, see showclix.com/event/223214.

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March 22 12:30 p.m.: Sweet–Singing Harmony Harmoneers. Morris Center.

5:30 and 8 p.m.: IIIrd Tymne Out/ Sweet–Singing Harmony Harmoneers. Morris Center.

6 p.m.: Takacs Quartet. Telfair Academy.

7:30 p.m.: The Head & the Heart/Justin Townes Earle. Lucas Theatre.

8:30 p.m.: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Trustees Theater.

March 23 12:30 p.m. IIIrd Tyme Out. Morris Center.

6 p.m.: Takacs Quartet With Menahem Pressler & Josephine Knight. Telfair Academy.

6, 8 and 10 p.m.: Cajun Dance Party/ Lost Bayou Ramblers. Morris Center.

8 p.m.: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Del McCoury Band. Trustees Theater.

March 24 11 a.m.: Pianist Simon Crawford– Phillips in recital. Trinity United Methodist Church.

12:30 p.m.: McIntosh County Shouters. Morris Center.

6 p.m.: Daniel Hope & Friends: Menahem Pressler/Dvorak. Telfair Academy.

6:15 p.m.: Campbell Brothers, Ruthie Foster. Morris Center.

8 p.m.: Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt. Trustees Theater.

March 25 3 p.m.: Daniel Hope and Sebastian Knauer/Brahms Violin Sonatas. Telfair Academy.

4:15 and 7 p.m.: Campbell Brothers, Ruthie Foster. Morris Center.

March 26 11 a.m.: Josephine Knight, cello. Trinity United Methodist Church.

12:30 p.m.: Cedar Walton, piano.

Morris Center.

6:30 and 8 p.m.: Piano Showdown w/Cedar Walton and Kenny Barron.

Emerson String Quartet

Morris Center.

7 p.m.: Savannah Winds Symphony.

Lucas Theatre.

March 27 11 a.m.: Sebastian Knauer, piano.

Trinity United Methodist Church.

12:30 p.m.: Kenny Baron, piano.

Morris Center.

5:30 & 7:30 p.m.: Hello Pops/A Celebration of Louis Armstrong by Wycliffe Gordon & Friends. Morris Center.

6 p.m.: The Mendelssohn Piano Trios: David Finckel, Wu Han, Philip Seltzer. Telfair Academy.

March 28 12:30, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.: Hello Pops/A Celebration of Louis Armstrong by Wycliffe Gordon & Friends.

Morris Center.

6 p.m.: Daniel Hope & Friends/From Russia With Love. Telfair Academy.

March 29 11 a.m.: Phillip Dukes, viola. Trinity United Methodist Church.

Noon: Swing Central Jazz Big Band Showcase. Rousakis Plaza 6:15 & 9 p.m.: Jon Faddis/Brian Blade Felloweship Band. Morris Center.

8 p.m.: Pink Martini. Lucas Theatre.

8:30 p.m.: Futurebirds/Acollective.

Trustees Theater.

March 30 9 a.m.: Swing Central Jazz The Competition. Lucas Theatre.

11 a.m.: Kristian Bezuidenhout, Lorenza Borrani & Jonathan Cohen.

Trinity United Methodist Church.

12:30 p.m.: Jeff Clayton Quartet, Morris Center.

6 p.m.: Milos Karadaglic, classical guitar. Telfair Academy.

6, 8 & 10 p.m.: Zydeco Dance Party: Nathan and the Zydeco Cha–Cha’s.

Morris Center.

7 p.m.: Swing Central Jazz Finale.

Lucas Theatre.

March 31 11 a.m.: Kristian Bezuidenhout & Jonathan Cohen. Trinity United Methodist Church.

3 p.m.: Music of Nat King Cole/ Freddy Cole Quartet & Marcus Roberts Trio. Lucas Theatre.

6 p.m.: Daniel Hope & Friends/German String Masterpieces. Telfair Academy.

7:30 & 10 p.m.: Salsa Dance Party/ Jimmy Bosch Orchestra. Morris Center.

8 p.m.: The Hallelujah Train. First African Baptist Church.

April 1 3 p.m.: Daniel Hope & Friends: Lorenza Borrani, Simon Crawford– Phillips and Carlamaria Rodrigues.

Telfair Academy.

6:30 p.m.: Mike Marshall & Edgar Meyer. Morris Center.

April 2 11 a.m.: Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano. Trinity United Methodist Church.

5 & 7:30 p.m.: Here to Stay: The Gershwin Experience. Morris Center.

6 p.m.: Emerson String Quartet. Telfair Academy.

April 3 12:30 & 3 p.m.: Here to Stay: The Gershwin Experience. Morris Center.

6 p.m.: Daniel Hope & Friends/ French Soiree. Telfair Academy.

8 p.m. Chris Thile. Morris Center.

April 4 11 a.m.: Keith Robinson, cello. Trinity United Methodist Church.

5 & 7:30 p.m.: Here to Stay: The Gershwin Experience. Morris Center.

6 p.m.: Daniel Hope & L’Arte Del Mondo. Telfair Academy.

April 5 12:30 p.m.: Abigail Washburn, Morris Center.

5 p.m.: Daniel Hope & L’Arte Del Mondo. Telfair Academy.

6 & 8 p.m.: Tony Trishka, Bruce Molsky, Abigail Washburn (banjos). Morris Center.

7:30 p.m.: Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion. Trustees Theater.

April 6 11 a.m.: Daniel Hope & L’Arte Del Mondo. Morris Center.

1 p.m.: Bruce Molsky, Morris Center.

6 p.m.: Stringband w/Julian Lage, Tony Trishka, Mike Marshall, Bruce Molsky. Morris Center.

6:30 & 9 p.m.: Lucky Peterson Band/ Joe Krown Trio (blues). Morris Center.

8:15 p.m.: Joshua Redman/Brad Mehldau. Trustees Theater.

April 7 12:30 p.m.: Joe Krown Trio. Morris Center.

3 p.m.: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra w/Yefim Bronfman. Lucas Theatre.

6:30 & 9 p.m.: Lucky Peterson Band/ Joe Krown Trio (blues). Morris Center.

7:30 p.m.: Paco de Lucia. Trustees Theater.

Venues Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad St. Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St. First African Baptist Church, 23 Montgomery St. Information For tickets, questions, answers or anything else: www.savannahmusicfestival.org www.savannahboxoffice.com (912) 525–5050

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teve Earle’s son, the whiskey–soaked Americana trail–rider Justin Townes Earle, opens this performance by one of the brightest indie–pop bands to come out of Seattle in a good long while. The Head and the Heart, which has opened for Death Cab For Cutie, Vampire Weekend, the Low Anthem, the Decemberists, My Morning Jacket and a number of other A–list acts, is built around stunning three–art harmonies, Josiah Johnson’s Dylanesque purr and a thoughtful acoustic–based rootsiness that brings both Fleet Foxes and Iron & Wine to mind. Johnson once explained why he and his bandmates chose the moniker: “When making decisions, you have to find a balance between what makes sense and what you’re passionate about, and that’s where we write from,” he said. “That place between the head and the heart.” This is one of those bands that’ll cause you to kick yourself later, if you don’t go to see them now. Secret weapon: Charity Rose Thielen on violin. CS

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ong tall (and legendary) Texas singer/songwriter Lyle Lovett is no doubt the reason this show was one of SMF 2012’s fastest sellouts.

He and Hiatt are playing solo, acoustic sets —which means Lovett’s brilliant and bizarre Large Band, for which he is a justifiably famous concert act, is sitting this one out. Be that as it may, our money’s on the Indiana–bred Hiatt, who’s been king of the fringe songwriters for 30 years, having penned such stone classics as “Pink Bedroom,” “Thing Called Love,” “Slow Turning,” “Have a Little Faith in Me,” “Angel Eyes,” “The Way We Make a Broken Heart” and a gig–bag full of others. His distinctive, bluesy yowl, combined with a quick wit and passion–fueled songwriters’ eye for elusive detail, make him one of America’s very, very best. And then there’s Lyle ... killer show all the way. See ya there. CS

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ot every classical musician grows up with the dream of performing with Philip Seymour Hoffman. But that’s what the Takács Quartet did once in a performance of “Everyman” at Carnegie Hall, inspired by a Philip Roth novel. Such experimentation is par for the course for this Hungarian ensemble, which has pushed the envelope of chamber music since its founding in 1975. While much less known than the Emerson String Quartet, which is also performing at the Savannah Music Festival, some say the Takács Quartet has an even better grasp of the heart of the chamber music repertoire, those late period Romantic pieces perhaps best embodied by their fellow Hungarian Bela Bartok. In this, their Savannah debut, the Takács Quartet opens the Festival this Thursday at the Telfair Academy with a remarkably representative performance of a Beethoven quartet (the Quartet won a Grammy in 2003 for a Beethoven recording) and works by Bartok and Schubert. A day later, on Friday, they join with pianist Menachim Pressler and cellist Josephine Knight in another Schubert work and a Shostakovich piano quintet. CS

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As associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival, Daniel Hope is in charge of building the classical side of the program — ­ a pursuit which has brought numerous world premieres, special commissions, and one–of–a– kind programs played by one–of–a–kind artists to town.

When you’re touring in Europe, you play in these amazing concert halls but occasionally the over–all atmosphere can be a little stuffy. But here it’s just a celebration of the act of making great music.

performing with him and his wife Wu Han in New York City when the announcement was first made. It was clearly a very difficult decision, but any decision in life like this one that you make, it’s the right decision.

Your most noteworthy concert this year comprises three Brahms violin sonatas. Tell us about the decision to do all three in one evening.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra comes to town every year for the Festival. When are we going to see you work with the Savannah Philharmonic in a similar fashion?

Tell us about some classical highlights this year that stand out in your mind.

The South Africa–born, British– bred violinist is also a world–class musician in his own right, having performed with all the world’s major ensembles. In this year’s Savannah Music Festival, he’s back to a very active role onstage, playing Dvorak with Menachim Pressler, Brahms with Sebastian Knauer, and in several other diverse programs spanning Tchaikovsky to Mendelssohn, including three concerts with the chamber orchestra L’Arte Del Mondo.

We spoke to Hope last week.

You’re in charge of the classical component, but you’re also friends with most of the performers. How do you balance camaderie and the need to keep professional distance as an artistic director?

Daniel Hope: There’s nothing nicer and more inspiring than inviting your friends to play. Being able to do that is one of the greatest things about this particular festival. Rob Gibson has basically given me free rein to make the classical program. I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to bring these amazing musicians back to Savannah regularly. They’ve really grown to love Savannah and this festival. For them it’s really about coming back home.

Daniel Hope: Sebastian and I have never played the three of them in one concert before. I asked Rob if he was OK with that, with the fact that we hadn’t played these together as one performance. He said “Are you kidding? Let’s do it.”

Playing these Brahms works is really like climbing Mt. Everest.

Only you do it three times! It takes enormous stamina, control, and inspiration.

It’s rare to find this breadth of musical adventure and searching in a music festival. It’s absolutely unique.

We have Bela Fleck, Paco de Lucia, Zakir Hussain. There really is something for everybody.

I have to think the atmosphere in Europe can be much stuffier than here.

Daniel Hope: Oh, no question about it. There’s such friendliness here. People will stop you on the street to talk to you about the concert. It comes as something of a shock to some musicians at first, until they realize this is just how it is in Savannah.

Daniel Hope: I believe in our second year we had some members of the former Savannah Symphony Orchestra. We’ve often considered the possibility of doing more collaborative work. Of course it’s Rob’s decision as to the larger question of who to invite.

I personally would like to see more collaboration. I’m always open to ideas, and this is one of the most open music festivals I’ve ever been a part of.

We talked to David Finckel about leaving the Emerson String Quartet. What are your feelings about that, having known David for as long as you have?

Daniel Hope: I’ve been listening to the Emerson String Quartet since I was a little boy. On one hand it’s very sad that he’s leaving, but on the other hand Paul Watkins is also an amazing cellist and I’m very excited to hear the direction they go in. Not that there’s a “replacement” for David in any sense.

Another good thing is that us mortals will have more opportunities to book David! He seems very much at peace with it. I was actually

Daniel Hope: There are a couple of world class quartets coming. Of course there’s the Emerson String Quartet, and we also have the Takács Quartet. They’re not as well–known but they’re one of the finest in the world. They join with cellist Josephine Knight, who also performs several other times at the Festival.

Kristian Bezuindenhout and Lorenza Borrani join with Jonathen Cohan, a fine cellist–conductor who’s making huge waves in Europe. We’ve been able to persuade them to take part in several great performances with period instruments, the first in this configuration. It will be a real ear–opener. cs Daniel Hope @ Savannah Music Festival Dvorak: 3/24, 6 p.m. Telfair Academy Brahms: 3/25, 3 p.m. Telfair Tchaikovsky etc.: 3/28, 6 p.m. Telfair Schumann etc.: 3/29, 11 a.m. Trinity UMC Mendellsohn etc.: 3/31, 6 p.m. Telfair Schumann etc.: 4/1, 3 p.m. Telfair French Soiree: 4/3, 6 p.m. Telfair L’Arte Del Mondo: 4/4, 6 p.m., Telfair L’Arte Del Mondo: 4/5, 6 p.m. Telfair L’Arte Del Mondo: 4/6, 11 a.m. Morris Ctr

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Since 1988, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have been one of America’s most musically adventurous and consistently enjoyable instrumental bands.

Fronted by the banjo–wielding Bela, the band incorporates elements of jazz, bop and fusion, bluegrass, African, Eastern and sundry bits, pieces and spots and slivers of this, and of that.

These guys are virtuosi en extremis.

The percussionist is Roy Wooten, an eccentric character who calls himself Futureman, brilliantly and funkily playing a customized synth–drum machine installed in the body of a guitar (he calls it the drumitar).

On bass is the mighty Victor Wooten, younger brother of Roy and one of a handful of highly respected — and lauded — electric bassists in the modern world. Bass Player magazine named him “Bass Player of the Year” three times. In 2011, Rolling Stone included him on its list of the Top Ten bassists of all time.

After all this time, the Flecktones isn’t a full–time gig — each musician is free to pursue whatever project they fancy, with any and all collaborators, and the band only convenes when everyone’s schedule is free.

Wooten and his wife operate a non–profit bass guitar camp on their 147–acre farm on Tennessee’s Duck River. It’s called Victor Wooten’s Center for Music and Nature.

“We give students the opportunity to completely let go and be themselves,” he wrote on the center’s Web site, “while congregating in a peaceful, non–competitive manner on an equal playing ground with each other and their instructors. We’ve found this to be the best environment for learning.”

The five–time Grammy winner also has a custom label, Vix Records, and will release two new albums in May — one all instrumentals (funk, R&B and jazz), the other featuring the same songs cut with Wooten’s favorite female vocalists.

The Flecktones’ Savannah Music Festival appearances comes very near the end of a year–long world tour that finds Fleck and the Wooten Brothers alongside Howard Levy, a founding member of the band who left after the

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putting the finishing touches on his new solo project.

What’s the deal with that Spider–Man comic book on victorwooten.com?

How’d you get on the cover?

Victor Wooten: It’s an amazing thing for me, being a Spider–Man fan since I was a kid. The way it works is, Marvel Comics offered the comic book stores the chance to have whoever they wanted on the cover. But they make the stores do a bunch of stuff to make it happen. So most stores don’t even do it.

A longtime friend of mine, her and her husband own a comic book store in Virginia. She knows how much I love Spider–Man, so she extended the offer to me. I said yeah, I’ll do it. One of the main things is that you have to buy a certain amount of copies; then I did a couple of things so that their store could make a little money also.

You get them through my Web site. I did give the store in Virginia some, but they sold out of them very quickly.

So, the Flecktones. What precipitated Howard’s return?

Victor Wooten: One thing, we hadn’t recorded with Howard in 17 years.

Another thing was that the sax player we had been using for the last 10 or 12 years, Jeff Coffin, took his place as the new sax player for the Dave Matthews Band. So in order to free him up, and to free us up from having to work out schedules all the time, it was like “Well, what do we want to do for our next project?” We’re always looking for a new angle, something new, and not only for the fans but to keep us inspired. Having been doing this band for 20 years.

Howard had sat in with us somewhere – I can’t even remember – and having our little band meeting we said “Hey, what do you think about doing a record with Howard?” We all jumped on the idea. And we made it happen.

third Flecktones album in 1992.

Levy, like the other members of the band, is acclaimed as an innovator — he developed a fully chromatic style on the standard 10–hole diatonic harmonica — and he’s also

proficient (and quite visionary) on piano, flute, ocarina and a half–dozen other instruments.

We spoke with Wooten during a break in the tour; he was in Nashville

He plays harmonica and keyboards.

How does that change the dynamic for, of what the band had become with Jeff and other things? I mean, everybody’s grown a lot in 17 years.

Victor Wooten: Absolutely, but it’s like coming home to a family reunion after you’ve been away for a while.

Maybe you’ve grown up, you have your own family and kids – but when

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Victor Wooten: And it shouldn’t! I mean, we could just re–put out the ‘88 record, if we wanted that. The band should sound different. We look different, we are different. But at the same time, when you listen to it you say ‘Oh, that’s the Flecktones.’

For us, it was nice coming back home again and seeing where everybody has been. And keeping in mind that three of us have been playing together in the same band all along.

The thing is, it’s more the music than the instrumentation. It almost doesn’t matter what instrument a person plays at a certain point in time, a certain level, they’re just playing music. It’s like when you sit down to talk to someone — it’s not the tone of their voice that makes the conversation work or not. It’s what they have to say, and how they say it. And it’s the same with music.

With you three and Howard, was the old telepathy still there? Could you get right back up on the bike and follow each other?

Victor Wooten: Absolutely, no problem. But it’s because of the level of musicianship. It’s because of how well he plays his instrument, or moreso how we all play our instruments. I guess there is a touch of telepathy, but it really can be explained as how well everybody listens and responds.

Because we all do it when we talk. It’s no different from what you and I are doing right now. And it’s because we understand the language so well that you can talk at this level with anyone for the first time without having to have rehearsed.

So it’s a combination of listening, talking at the right time, but also how well you listen and how quickly you can respond to what you hear. And once you’ve been doing it for so long, for the people that don’t understand it, it comes across as telepathy.

You, Roy and Bela have all been involved in different musical projects over the years. How does that inform

Do you feel that way? That your instrument is your voice, a direct connection between your brain, your fingers and the amp?

Victor Wooten: Absolutely, but so is everything. Everything is your voice!

I learned for many years from a man named Tom Brown. Jr., who’s a naturalist. And he taught us how to look at the ground and read people’s tracks. You can see a person’s emotions in how they walk. Think about it – when you’re happier, you have a bounce to your step. When you’re sad you drag your feet. If you have to go to the bathroom, you might walk on your toes.

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Victor Wooten: The more we grow as musicians, we have more to offer the band when we come back together. So all the different things that we do, all the different avenues we get to go in, allow us to grow as musicians.

A musician can’t help it. It’s like, if you go up north, you’re gonna talk different when you come back south.

YOU might not even hear it as much as we do. And it’s like that.

But also, we could show up at a rehearsal, and someone could say “Man, check this thing out that I learned.” Or “Listen to this recording of this guy I played with. We should learn something like this. We should write a song with this flavor.”

My wife and I just got back from Haiti. And not even so much the music that we heard, but the experiences that we had influences how I’m gonna talk when I play my instrument. How I’m gonna speak through my instrument, because it was so inspiring.

So my bandmates, and even myself, might not know what it is, but they’ll hear a difference.

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And that’s the way it was with Howard. When he walked back in the door, it was just like old times.

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Vocalist China Forbes is just back from an extended leave (not only is she raising a 3-year-old, she had throat surgery), and, in her absence, pianist, bandleader and all–around head guy Thomas Lauderdale has kept Pink Martini busy.

How about this? “Just about a month ago,” he says, excitedly, “I went to Los Angeles and went to the living room of the 94–year–old Phyllis Diller, and recorded the song ‘Smile’ for our next album. She’s amazing.

She’s 94!”

They toured the country with sexy cabaret singer Storm Large (“She would give Jayne Mansfield a run for her money,” said Lauderdale) at the microphone.

As if that and Phyllis Diller weren’t enough, the 13–member group has another new album out, 1969, featuring guest vocals from Saori Yuki, whom Lauderdale says is “The Barbra Streisand of Japan.”

All the singing on the album – from “Is That All There Is?” to “Puff, the Magic Dragon” – is in Japanese.

“That’s just sort of coincidentally happened at the same time that China was unable to use her voice,” Lauderdale explains.

The entirely-Japanese album is not at all out of character for Pink Martini, which has been making music as a polyphonic unit for 17 years.

Although the band has recorded numerous blithe, airy pop tunes in English – check out “Splendor in the Grass” or the insanely catchy “Hey

Eugene!” – a large percentage of their music features lyrics in another language.

“I’m surprised that more American bands don’t record and perform songs in different languages,” Lauderdale says. “It doesn’t make any sense to me why they wouldn’t. Connie Francis certainly did this in the ‘50s and ‘60s, but I guess it’s pretty uncommon these days.”

While she’s only fluent in English, Forbes sings in 15 different languages.

Her voice, gushes Lauderdale, “has this ability to soar, as well as be neighborly at the same time. It’s not too high, which is great. It’s an almost seductive, come–hither, but not overly seductive voice.”

This is why he often refers to her as the Diva Next Door.

All of this goes hand in hand with the original vision Forbes and Lauderdale shared when they started making music together as students at Harvard University.

“The one rule is that it has to be a beautiful melody,” Lauderdale explains.

“That’s most of the battle. And hopefully every song that we’ve ever done or recorded has a beautiful melody, a melody that you can remember and hum to yourself as you’re doing the dishes.”

Lauderdale doesn’t see Pink Martini as a kitschy throwback to days gone by. He goes to great lengths to ensure that while the music evokes a certain time and attitude in America,

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“It’s very pre–1964 in a way, when things were still beautiful,” he says, while emphasizing that, of course, it was still a rough time for America, what with Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam and the Cold War. However.

“The products of that particular time were built to last. You could fix them yourself, like an automobile or a Polaroid Land camera, these were great products. And the music and film, the visuals of that period, were all pretty beautiful.”

When he’s on an airplane somewhere, Lauderdale says, he has no problem explaining, to the person in the seat next to him, that Pink Martini plays “old–fashioned symphonic global pop. It’s a little orchestra of good cheer.

“It’s definitely old–fashioned. We’re going in a completely different direction that Britney Spears and Adele.”

It’s not just Americans who dig their crazy compound of jazz, swing, pop and classy bossa nova.

Pink Martini does concerts all over the world, and their albums have gone gold in Greece, Turkey, Canada and France.

As a matter of fact, they’ve sold more than one–and–a–half million CDs, most of them overseas.

“It’s the kind of music that really uber–conservative people can listen to, as well as crazy liberals,” enthuses Lauderdale. “And everybody in between.

“It’s multi–generational, multi– denominational music which is ambassadorial and almost like United Nations–esque.

“But again, like from pre–64.”

From the band’s earliest days, says Lauderdale, he was committed to writing music with a trans–global reach.

“I felt like English wasn’t enough.

The original Greek lyrics to ‘Never on Sunday’ are actually much better, and sound much better, in Greek than the English lyrics. Which are sort of insidious, and dizzying, and not so significant.”

This is one of Lauderdale’s favorite subjects. “I’ve been always boggled, for example, by the lyrics to ‘Fernando’ by ABBA,” he continues.

“It doesn’t make any sense. It’s a song about the Spanish–American War, which is bizarre. But going back to the original Swedish, it’s this beautiful love story. I think there’s a certain kind of depth that one gets by going back to the original language, and by having the option of singing in the original languages.

“Part of it has to do with the fact that I just feel like the English language doesn’t sound beautiful enough, and that things almost always sound better in French and Italian.”

Besides that, he says, “It’s hard to write a song, especially in English, that doesn’t sound ridiculous.” CS Pink Martini Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. When: At 8 p.m. Thursday, March 29 Tickets: $30–$70

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Say cello to the future David Finckel on leaving the Emerson String Quartet, and the genius of Mendelssohn

by Jim Morekis

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Not many people these days have the experience of working with the same group of people for 33 years. To end a working relationship like that must be quite difficult.

That’s exactly what longtime Savannah Music Festival favorite David Finckel is doing. Formerly the cellist with the groundbreaking Emerson String Quartet, Finckel last month announced via a heartfelt blog post that he’d be parting ways with the seminal organization, named after the great writer Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Finckel is leaving the Quartet, in part, to spend more time performing with his longtime wife, pianist Wu Han. The two join together at the Savannah Music Festival — somewhat ironically — with longtime Emerson violinist Philip Setzer to perform three piano trios by Mendelssohn. The husband/wife team have just released a CD of their interpretation of these works. We spoke to Finckel last week.

Chamber music is a very intimate pursuit — there’s no conductor, you look at each other’s faces for cues, you’re sitting a couple of feet apart. How does one go about ending a longstanding artistic relationship which must be second nature by now?

Finckel: These are personal relationships. That’s the part of the sacrifice

that’s going to be the most painful.

We will still all be friends — and are still friends — we just won’t see each other as much.

I actually have many exciting and intimate chamber relationships going on all the time especially with my wife. Intimate musical dialogues are not something that’s leaving my life. If anything I’m just widening the circle.

Was the decision cumulative or one of those sudden lightbulb–over–the–head moments?

Finckel: It’s more intricate than that.

There are other professional parts of my life in addition to the Emerson Quartet that have become much more active in last decade. My activity outside the Quartet is quite different than

my activity in the Quartet.

In many cases I’m involved in working with institutions and young musicians building for the future of my art form, chamber music in particular. The more of that I do the more I’ve discovered it’s essential that I do it. The calling that’s coming to me to apportion more of my time and energy for the future is getting louder

All that said, you’re actually playing with Philip while you’re here.

Finckel: Yeah, it’s not like I’m never seeing those guys again! The most exciting and significant development is not my departure but the idea that the Quartet has changed itself into perpetuating institution. That’s much

more significant than me leaving.

I would say that I think my departure is a catalyst that has opened up a whole new way of thinking about and above the Quartet, including managers and publicists. I could not be more of an advocate for the option the Emerson Quartet has decided on to continue into the future.

Every few years we read about the imminent death of classical music. Is that as exaggerated as it seems to be or is there something to worry about?

Finckel: The only thing holding the industry back is lack of leadership. It’s not even about money. The biggest crisis in classical music is a shortage of secure and principled leadership.

People have to help lead the industry.

I’m going to go in there and do the best I can. People need to be inspired.

They need to have that nonsense wiped from their vision.

I’m sure you’ve discussed with your wife the huge boom in classical music interest in Asia. Is that really the new horizon of the art form or has that been somewhat overblown as well?

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You know what’s going on in minds, and it’s not the right stuff. We have to make sure they have their sights set on real values of what they’re doing.

Asia is a force, a gold mine of talent and ability. But they need — as does every country in one way or another — principled artistic leadership so they don’t get sidetracked into this whole thing of classical music as show business or as a social climbing tool.

Another thing to remember is that all the Asian countries different. For example, right now there’s an incredible number of great players coming out of Korea. Chamber music there really taking off for some reason.

Tell us about these Mendelssohn works you’ll be playing here.

Finckel: Mendelssohn brought together the passion and warmth and fantasy of the Romantic Age and at

same time, because he was such a student of music of Bach and Mozart his music is so classically structured. It’s so beautifully composed, with such clean lines.

Anything he did, he did really well.

That includes not only piano and composing, but violin. He was a very fine painter and watercolorist. He read or spoke five or six languages. He was a normal family man, not crazy.

If I wanted to be like someone in history, I would easily pick Mendelssohn. He took advantage of every opportunity that came his way, was talented, brilliant, kind, curious, generous, devoted to his family.

Here’s this Jewish guy, whose family converted when he was a child. It took a Jewish musician to discover and reinvent the music of Bach. He took him to really discover the St. Matthew Passion, to put it on and perform it, and say, “Wake up, everybody!” cs David Finckel @ Savannah Music Festival Mendelssohn Piano Trios Tue. March 27, 6 p.m. Telfair Academy

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There was a gradual leaning in that direction and then certainly it did dawn at a certain point that it’s time.

If it boiled down to one word or idea behind this departure it is the concept of time itself. Try as I have, I have not figured out a way to squeeze more than 24 hours in one day, It hasn’t worked. God knows I’ve tried.

I realized that by trying to do too many things at once, I was doing them all kind of poorly, from playing the cello to playing in the Quartet to running festivals. So it’s not necessarily about expanding my life but expanding my focus even more deeply and carefully.

It’s also about creating time to leave free and open for things to fall into.

Not looking to fill all my free time.

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Didn’t you learn how to arrange music during those two years in the Army?

Cedar Walton: Yeah, we had a Big Band. It was just a wonderful piece of luck. A wonderful sequence of lucky events. I would never have been able to do that if I’d just stayed in Dallas. I’d meet guys over the years who were full of talent, but didn’t leave their hometown. Back in New York I just sat in all over the place, and people were so gracious. People like Phil Woods. I could even visit record sessions and rehearsals. I had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

In ’63, you joined up with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.That’s when things got serious.

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Jazz piano legend Cedar Walton makes hay while the sun shines, Nelly

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

One of the most influential and revered pianists in modern jazz, Cedar Walton began his professional career at the tail end of the 1950s, playing with Art Farmer and J.J. Johnson’ and their nascent groups.

The Texas native’s big break came early in the new decade when, as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, he wrote, arranged and recorded a number of sides that raised the bar for melodic and swinging bop including “Mosaic,” “Ugetsu,” “The Promised Land” and “Bolivia.”

In the years since, Walton has embarked on numerous projects as pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader and/or recording artist, and in 2010 the National Endowment for the Arts named him a Jazz Master.

The 78–year–old ivory legend will start the day March 26 with a 70–minute solo recital at the Charles H. Morris Center. Later, in two performances, he’ll trade off with old pal Kenny Barron for the Savannah Music Festival’s traditional “Piano Showdown.”

From Art Tatum to Horace Silver to Bill Evans to Chick Corea, there have been a lot of piano players in jazz over the years. To your mind, what makes a guy great?

Cedar Walton: Oh man, there’s taste, and harmonic prowess, you could say.

Chops, which is a slang word for technique. Simplicity. Nat Cole was a great pianist. I can remember hearing him so much as a child, and some of the things just wouldn’t leave my head.

It’s very hard to explain if you’re not a musician. In a general sense, taste, and a total blending with your peers.

You began making you reputation as a pretty young man ... while you were still a student at Denver University.

Cedar Walton: I was working at an after–hours place where all the guys

who came through town ... such as John Coltrane, Bud Powell’s little brother ... I can’t remember his name, but I got to meet you name it, after their gig they’d come by this place where I was playing – including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Coltrane and a bunch of people. It was just wonderful just to meet these guys, let alone hear ‘em.

When you got out of college, you headed straight for New York. Is that where musicians had to go to make something of themselves?

Cedar Walton: Yeah, me and a buddy drove out to New York in 1955. With gas prices today, we couldn’t have got out of the State of Colorado. And in ’56, when I was 22, the military draft caught me. I was glad to get caught at that age; usually guys had a gig with an orchestra, Count Basie or B.B. King or maybe Ray Charles. I just drove here, nobody invited me. So it wasn’t such a big predicament, so to speak, that I wrangled myself into.

But I was, you know, young and

Cedar Walton: That’s when I was given free rein to compose. The first album we put out when I was with the group, the title song was “Mosaic,” one of my tunes. I remember how wonderful it felt to hear the DJ on the radio, riding around New York at night, saying “There’s a new one

by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, ‘Mosaic,’ composed by See–Dar Walton.”

There are so many genres, sub–genres and grey areas in music, especially jazz. They call you a pioneer in “hard bop.” What exactly is “hard bop”?

Cedar Walton: Nothing personal, but I think the press sorta developed it. Be–bop, of course, was a term that was developed from a drum sound, b–BOP, so “hard bop” was just something created from the term be–bop ... but how “hard” got into it is a mystery to me. I didn’t have anything personally to do with it. I was just an innocent bystander trying to make hay while the sun shines, Nelly, I suppose you could say. I was hungry, and my hunger paid off. CS Cedar Walton At 12:30 p.m. March 26/Morris Center Piano Showdown: Cedar Walton & Kenny Barron At 5:30 & 8 p.m. March 26/Morris Center

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From American Buffalo to Glengarry Glen Ross to Oleanna, the playwright’s works are visceral, brittle and bitterly accurate snapshots of American lives in disarray.

Oh, and November is a comedy.

Ta-da!

“I love it because it’s a layered comedy,” says Christopher Soucy, who’s directing the Muse production. “It kind of sneaks in. And it is truly ridiculous.

“But at some points you get these really genuine laughs, almost good– natured laughs at horrible situations.”

In a nutshell, November is about Charles P. Smith, America’s presidential incumbent, on the brink of what he would really like to be his re–election.

But Smith — played by motormouthed Nathan Lane in the show’s 2008 Broadway run — is a venal human being, a lying, cheating, racist politician who’ll stop at nothing, and step on anyone, to get what he wants.

Mamet wrote November during the final years of George W. Bush’s administration.

“It’s not a cynical play,” the playwright told New York magazine. “I might flatter myself by calling it a populist play, because there’s one polemic going on between the president, who’s unutterably corrupt, and his speechwriter, who’s in his view unutterably naive.”

Mamet has swum similarly political waters before, with his 1997 screenplay for the farce Wag the Dog, about a Washington spin doctor who concocts a fake war to distract the voting public from a presidential sex scandal.

But November, points out Soucy, has a much more generalized agenda.

“Even in this highly politicized place, the Oval Office, he (Mamet) manages to create a world where these people are surviving and living,” the director says. “Not dictated by their political agendas.”

Smith is played here by Mark Rand, last seen in An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein at Bay Street Theatre.

“There’s really not any partisan politics in it,” says Rand. In fact, he adds, Smith’s party affiliation is never even

mentioned. “It’s really just the horrible–ness of politicians in general.”

The comedy is born out of one politically incorrect man’s pathetic need to keep feeding off the illusion he’s created.

Only in America.

“He reaches the desperate point of going out of office completely broke,” says Rand, “with no prospects. He has hopes of being re–elected, but it sounds like there’s not a chance, that everybody hates him and has been waiting for him to get out. His wife is planning their post–White House life, and the staff are looking at what they’re going to be doing tomorrow.”

Mamet, offers Soucy, “has a mastery over the language. He creates syntax that, when you read it or start thinking about it, seems awkward in your mouth or in your brain, but by the time it’s in action it seems so natural.”

In the world of theater, this has come to be known as “Mamet–speak.”

The director suggests anyone expected the usual Mamet dramatic fish–gutting leave their expectations at the door.

“One of the challenges of directing anything that is well–known is, you have to fight a lot of people’s perceptions and interpretations,” Soucy says.

“Mamet is a style of his own. This doesn’t look like a Mamet show.

“Although it does have a central male character, who’s desperate. You could have dropped Charles P. Smith into Glengarry Glen Ross, he would’ve been fine. He would’ve fit right in.

“Unfortunately, he became President of the United States.” CS

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The interior of The Lime Grill illustrates how minimal a change can be to affect such a dramatic difference.

It is now lit with more mood. Bright paintings, contrasting surfaces and dark furnishings create a cool feeling.

What’s cool tasting is the menu, the work of Thai–born and French trained Chef Wasan Trimas. I recently tried a pair of dishes, and found Chef Wasan to be spot on to his past performance.

The salmon stuffed with crab meat was moist, tender and a pleasing combination of flavors. This is a big portion that benefits from a nicely constructed white wine butter lime sauce that’s as creamy as it is layered with flavors.

Grilled chicken drizzled with dried apricot port wine sauce takes sweetness from the sauce to accompany that delicious grilled flavor that comes from the chicken.

I’ll go back soon to try a slightly different interpretation of a favorite dish from Chef Wasan: Boneless roasted duck with vegetables in Chambord sauce. The dark, moist duck meat is bathed in its own crisp skin — and the combination is the perfect foil for the dark, raspberry taste that comes from Chambord.

There’s also crispy scored flounder on the menu, a dish that fuels chef community lore. The fish under apricot sauce has its origins tied to The Olde Pink House when Wasan worked for Garbaldi’s Inc. The restaurant claims its corporate Chef Danny Kim created the dish; others say it was Wasan’s creation.

Still others say both men adapted the recipe from the family recipe of a dishwasher.

Anymore, it doesn’t matter where it comes from — the dish has become

a staple of several restaurant menus outside of the Pink House. And that’s good for diners.

Chef Wasan’s Broughton Street version is under lime sauce. Don’t be surprised to find a delicate flower or creature adorning your plate. When Chef Wasan has time — or by request — he’s shows how masterfully he can wield a cleaver by crafting stunning plate decor from simple carrots or other root veggies.

Fans of Wasan’s former restaurant will be delighted to find Rita Zahara cheerfully creating guests and being a perfect hostess for the new venture.

Dinner entrees range from $14.95$29.95. Lunch menu prices are less, and the restaurant does take a shutdown between the end of lunch service (11 a.m.–3 p.m.) and dinner (5–10 p.m.; until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday).

There is no alcohol license yet. If you need a glass of vino, take your own. cs The Lime Grill/ 125 E. Broughton St./ 233–4567

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Actor, writer and outrageously gay (and gayly outrageous) standup comedian Leslie Jordan - seen not too long ago in The Help - returns to Club One March 29 and 30 for a pair of 8 p.m. shows. Tickets are $37 at cluboneonline.com.

And twangy semi–legend Webb Wilder, who hasn’t been back to Savannah in a few years, plays two sets April 28 at Loco’s with his band the Beatnecks. Tickets are $15.

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It’s been nearly four years since Jason Statts was shot in one of the most senseless local crimes in recent memory.

A talented graphic artist and musician, Statts has been in a wheelchair for those four years. Because he suffered irreparable damage to his spinal column, he is a quadriplegic. On the average, his health hasn’t been so great, with complications requiring frequent inpatient care. His medical bills are mounting.

On April 14, four Savannah nightclubs will participate in the Friends of Statts Block Party, a grassroots benefit put together by – just as it says – Jason’s many friends.

In addition to a big ol’ raffle and a silent auction, there’ll be music, and lots of it.

Here are some of the artists who have donated their time and talents: Superhorse, Train Wrecks, Dead Yet?, KidSyc@Brandywine, Slave Grave, General Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers, Dare Dukes, Crazy Man Crazy, 8–Tracks, Lonesome Swagger, Bottles & Cans, Sinister Moustache, Indian Giver, Floor, Withered ... among others.

This will be a major event. All–access passes are $25, available at the Jinx beginning March 23.

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Jason Statts (portrait by Geoff L. Johnson)

Organizers are also on the lookout for volunteers, sponsors and participants. See friendsofstatts.com.

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Alison Krauss and Union Station at the Johnny Mercer Theatre. April 4.

Daniel Tosh. Mercer. April 10.

Neon Trees. Trustees Theater. April 13.

Josh Turner. Mercer. April 15.

Savannah Philharmonic: A Night of Great Opera. Lucas Theatre. April 21.

Brian Regan. Mercer. May 3.

Trace Adkins. Mercer. May 4.

Tall Ships Challenge. May 3–7.

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by Katherine Sandoz incorporates small paintings and many thousands of discarded plastic grocery bags.

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The (Up)cycle of Spring

The power of cultivating community through art

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The vernal equinox officially switched up the seasons Tuesday, but for artist Katherine Sandoz, spring kicked off months ago.

Much like a bee working its way through an acre of azaleas, the painter and fibers visionary has been busy creating a showcase of exquisite small works and growing a virtual garden from plastic grocery bags.

Yes, plastic bags. About 6,700 of them.

The focal point of “Flower Power,” Sandoz’s new exhibit at Kim Iocovozzi Fine Art, actually hangs outside the gallery: The façade of fluffy, multi– hued blooms that frames the doorway contains the majority of those re– purposed errand bags. Resembling a giant prom corsage of carnations, the piece transforms the whole block with color and texture.

“I wanted to upcycle the bags into something beautiful, and because they’re waterproof, they turned out to be perfect to use outdoors,” says Sandoz, who recently had her hands in another outdoor project, the abstract landscape mural on Habersham and 34th Streets.

The flower façade is the second outdoor public art installation made possible by the new city policy championed by urban art partnership SeeSAW (See Savannah Art Walls), aka Matt Hebermehl and James “Dr. Z.” Zdaniewski. Those are just two names on a long list of people Sandoz credits as part of “Flower Power.”

“Fibers are about repetition,” she

says, referring to the often–tedious process of arranging and sewing together thousands of small pieces.

“But I also learned that it’s about community.”

Others’ efforts figured into the project from the moment the seed was planted. When Sandoz put out a call for bags to her Vernonburg neighbors, the cause was quickly taken up by members of the Trustee’s Garden Club. The concept of turning those ubiquitous plastic nuisances into floral art appealed to the “conservation, beautification and education” arm of the club’s mission, and the majority of the bags donated came from its members.

“Then, I started a flower factory,” laughs Sandoz.

Aided by her studio assistants Lex Hade and Caty Dickensheets, she constructed the wall of flowers plus smaller pieces and two garlands inside the gallery to accompany the group of paintings. Bag clippings were used to stuff stacks of decorative pillows.

Flowers are also the subjects within the two dozen recycled white frames, which Sandoz and her assistants built from reclaimed materials. Inspired by the work of Austin–based by floral artist Ashley Bailey and her company, The Byrd Collective, the paintings show Sandoz’ astounding capacity to

shift between realism and abstraction: There are several pairs depicting the same sylvan scene, one in sharp detail, the other in her signature conceptual strokes.

“What’s tremendous about Katherine is her versatility,” waxes Iocovozzi as he crinkles one of the artist’s flower boas in his hands. “She can paint an objective abstract of Wassaw Sound, then come back and do this realism.”

Like the works themselves, the space is compact, precious without pretension. It’s new location for Iocovozzi, who moved from the larger Bull Street location that he occupied since 1995.

“I knew I wanted to baptize the new space with her,” he says.

The two have been friends since the mid–’90s, when Savannah’s art scene existed mostly underground, and he had no qualms about giving Sandoz free reign over the show.

“I said, ‘Do whatever you want,’” Iocovozzi shrugs with a smile. “What I’m seeing out now is the best I’ve seen from her.”

The newest members of Sandoz’ art community arrived via her social media net, which she casts far and wide. Through SeeSAW, she came to admire the work of young multimedia artists Juwan Platt, Donovan Woods and Tim Almovodar of Vizionary Mindz, a video/music/fashion collective looking to spark a Savannah cultural Renaissance.

Sandoz calls them “the teenagers.”

Filmmaker and Vizionary Mindz co– founder Woods finds this appropriate.

“That’s fine, because we call her our ‘artistic mother,’” he responds.

Though there are chasms between age and backgrounds, Woods says he and his cronies have found a kindred spirit in Sandoz: “We share the idea of growing a community through art, in a way that’s different, that takes it outdoors, that includes the urban.”

Seeing potential and wanting to create opportunity for these hungry young collaborators, Sandoz tapped them to shoot a video to accompany “Flower Power.” The result is a thoughtful homage that captures dozens of Savannahians discussing the importance of flowers in their lives.

At the “Evening with the Artist” at the gallery last Thursday, the breadth of Sandoz’ community was in evidence, spanning generations and payscale, everyone with recycled blooms pinned to lapels and collars and waistbands.

The artist, smartly dressed in classic black as to not compete with the riot of color on the walls, had several tucked into her updo.

As the crowd spilled on to the sidewalk to admire the front of the building, she muses, “I think it calls attention to the temporal quality of the real spring. After all the real blooms fall, this will still be here.” cs Flower Power by Katherine Sandoz Where: Kim Iocovozzi Fine Art, 539 Abercorn St. When: Through April 15 Info: 912/234–9424

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Beads of light & darkness

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Indigo Sky showcases work

by Hooten and Hepworth

by Jim Morekis

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Left, ‘Peacock’ by Nancy Hooten. Right, ‘Southern Gothic’ by Kym Hepworth. Both works are inspired by Savannah’s Flannery O’Connor and hang at the Indigo Sky show.

BEADWORK IS in some ways one of the most underappreciated fine art forms. Usually associated with crafts and costumes rather than serious art, beads can deliver an amazing amount of texture — an effect made all the more dynamic by the subtle play of light off the varying surface of the beads, themselves constructed in all kinds of shapes and colors.

At its best, the effect of expertly done beadwork is simultaneously earthy and scintillating, as you can see in the two–woman show at Indigo Sky Community Art Gallery, “Fact and Fantasy: Beaded Narratives by Nancy Hooten and Kym Hepworth,” up now through April 1. An artist gallery talk is set for March 25.

Curated by Owens–Thomas House Curator Tania Sammons, the show divides Jerome Meadows’ Waters Avenue gallery literally in two, with Hooten’s work on the left side as you enter, and Hepworth’s on the right.

While both women share an ability to create compelling imagery and narratives through their work, their approaches are different.

Hooten, who’s been beading for over 20 years, creates vignettes dealing with personal issues and evocative landscapes – as she puts it, “memories of Southern life, persons and places I have known, and changing beliefs.”

At times, Hooten’s work is deeply personal. The most obvious example of her autobiographical work is “Till Death Do Us Part.” What at first looks like a wan self–portrait becomes much more immediate when you notice the black eye Hooten sports.

This snapshot of real–life domestic abuse – Hooten is quick to point out that she’s since remarried – took years for her to confront artistically.

“So many women never talk about domestic abuse they’ve suffered,” she says. “It took me many years to get to the point where I could say, ‘OK, it’s time to talk about it.’”

Some of Hooten’s work, however, comprises landscape scenes, the multiple layers of sky and sand being particularly well–suited to beadwork.

Indigo’s Jerome Meadows, Hooten, Hepworth, and show curator Tania Sammons

Hepworth’s work incorporates heavy collage elements and has a distinctly Victorian aura. Indeed, many of Hepworth’s works in the show are directly influenced by Victorian ‘Mourning Art” and its associated aspects of sentimentality, Romanticism and Gothic drama.

While her work compels, there is a certain distance very much in keeping with Victorian propriety. Much of her work, for example, is mounted behind glass.

“You want to touch the work, but there’s always that barrier,” she says.

The New Jersey native celebrates one of the Victorian era’s seminal figures, Edgar Allan Poe, in one work, though her reason for using Poe as a subject is more... well, subjective.

“I just really like Poe,” Hepworth says with a sly smile. cs Fact and Fantasy: Beaded Narratives by Nancy Hooten and Kym Hepworth Where: Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave. When: Through April 1, gallery talk March 25, 3–5 p.m.

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| artpatrol@connectsavannah.com Ode to France — Recent photographs by Gracie Byrd Jones, March 1-29. Jones is a Savannah College of Art and Design photography student whose work reflects the artist’s time spent in the small quiet village of Provence.

Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

A Native Son: Paintings by West Fraser — Fraser was born in Savannah in 1955 and spent most of the past three decades working in the South Carolina Lowcountry and coastal Georgia. He is well known for his landscapes (many, though not all, of which are painted en plein air) and city scenes. Telfair Museums present this show through May 6. Telfair Academy, Telfair Square

Ray Ellis Spring Show — Spring Exhibition by Ray Ellis opens Friday, March 23. Meet the artist and view his new paintings and prints from 3-6 pm. Ray Ellis Gallery, 205 W. Congress St.

Brian Antoine Woods — Brian Antoine Woods artworks are on display at the Midtown Municipal Building from January 24- June 29.

Woods’ work illustrates the oral history of his family, the Rakestraws, a generation of settlers, slaves, farmers, and pioneers. Midtown Municipal Building, 601 E. 66th St. Coastal Creations Basketry Workshop — Kim Keats provides instruction and materials for a start-tofinish basket, Sat. March 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fee $60.

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Dragonfly Studio, 1204 Highway 80 Doing Their Part: Girl Scouts in WWII — The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum hosts this exhibit in honor of their outstanding wartime contributions on the homefront.

Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne Ave. , Pooler Fact & Fantasy: Beaded Narratives — Nancy Hooten and Kym Hepworth are two leading local artists, working in the medium of bead paintings and mixed media collage. Tania Sammons, Curator of the Owens Thomas House and Decorative Arts, has served as curator for this exhibition. Gallery talk March 25 from 3-5 p.m.

Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave.

Works by Richard Law are at the Beach Institute 30. Hours: Tue-Sat 12-5 pm Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. Flower Power — Recent paintings and fiber works

by Katherine Sandoz. Kim Iocovozzi Fine Art, 349 Abercorn St. Girl Scout Centennial Exhibit — As part of an ongoing rotating art exhibition in Savannah’s City Hall Rotunda, the City has mounted a photograph 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, depicting the Savannah Girl Scouts’ interaction with the City of Savannah during the early to mid-20th century, including Girl Scout events at City properties and Girl Scouts with City officials at City Hall. The exhibit will run through June 2012.

Greatest Story Ever Told — Beach Institute in conjunction with the Hurn Museum presents paintings from ages past to present, portrayed aspects of the Easter celebration. March 20-April

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In God’s Country — The Gallery at St. Paul’s presents an exhibition of works by artist Bobi Perry. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1802 Abercorn St. JEA March show — The Art Show at the JEA beginning March 1 will feature the works of Richard Hochman.

Hochman has been taking pictures since he got his first Brownie at the age of ten. His enthusiasm for photography has taken him through all the stages of black-andwhite images including the

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bulk-loading of film in the home darkroom, to his own space properly equipped and dedicated to the processing of his photographs. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St., Leo Villareal — Leo Villareal is a pioneer in the use of LEDs and computer-driven imagery and known both for his light sculptures and architectural, site-specific works. This exhibition, his first major traveling museum survey, seeks to place Villareal’s body of work within the continuum of contemporary art. February 3- June 3.

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Spring Arts Camp at S.P.A.C.E. — The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is now accepting registrations for its Spring Break Art Camp, which takes place April 9 – April 13, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at S.P.A.C.E. studios, located at 9 West Henry St. The full-day camp will offer children ages 5-12 an introduction to painting, ceramics, mixed media and performing arts in age-appropriate group settings. The fee of $135 includes all materials and is limited to the person listed on the registration form. Full payment is due upon enrollment. Credit cards, checks, money orders and cash are accepted. Registration forms are available online at www.savannahga.gov/arts.

Registrations can be faxed, hand-delivered or mailed to: City of Savannah, Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St., Savannah, GA 31401. 912-651-6783.

S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Works by Richard Law — Beach Institute presents “The Mind and Thoughts of Richard Law,” the first exhibit in the 2012 series with the continual theme A New Vision for the Arts. An exhibit of works by artist, musician and master barber, Richard Law. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St cs

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A Separation When Asghar Farhadi recently collected the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the Iranian writer–director of A Separation stated that the name of his country “is spoken here through her glorious culture, a rich and ancient culture that has been hidden under the heavy dust of politics.” His speech, humanist rather than political, sympathetic rather than inflammatory, reminded me of that moment in Charles Ferguson’s superb Iraq War documentary No End in Sight in which a pair of Iraqi citizens weep over Bush’s destruction of Baghdad’s museum and library, both historical landmarks containing artifacts over 1,000 years old.

A Separation, like Farhadi’s speech and that sequence in No End in Sight, is a rarity: a clarion cry that cuts through the xenophobic clutter and the dense fog of war to show that not everyone “over there” is a boogeyman waiting to jump out of the closet. If that sounds terribly simplistic, just consider where we live — a nation that once used to enjoy daily Terror Alerts to go along with morning coffee and toast, and one where an alarming number of yahoos consider the present POTUS to be a covert Muslim operative.

Granted, Tea Partiers won’t be caught within a zip code of this movie, but even open–minded moviegoers curious to check it out might be surprised how many scenes and situations strike close to home.

At the film’s center are husband and wife Nader (Peyman Moadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami), who live in Tehran with their school–age daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi, the director’s daughter) and Nader’s Alzheimer’s–affected father. Simin wants to move to another country, while Nader wants to remain put — obviously an irreconcilable difference. When a judge turns down Simin’s

request for a divorce, the pair decide to live apart; even though Nader still has Termeh to help him with his dad, he hires a pregnant woman named Razieh (Sareh Bayat) to serve as the elderly man’s caretaker. It’s the worst decision he could have made, as misunderstandings and outright lies soon lead to violence and a charge of murder.

Make no mistake: Many Iranian filmmakers aren’t chummy with their country’s conservative government, which has often tried to stifle creative expression, and while the nation did endorse Farhadi’s film, its leaders doubtless never expected this small, personal drama to reach such an international audience. And yet its success on the global stage makes perfect sense: An expertly written and directed piece about familial strife, it shares plenty of DNA with similarly domestic efforts like Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage and Robert Benton’s Kramer vs. Kramer.

Yet the palpable tension between the spouses is only part of the equation, as the picture also looks at resentment between classes, the impact of religion on the various characters, the limitations of a rigid judicial system, and the sexual dynamics in a society that, for all its modest gains in the name of equality, still remains a fundamentally patriarchal one.

Clearly, A Separation is a movie that’s specific in its setting and universal in its issues, in many ways as all–American as it is all–Iranian.

CinemaSavannah screens A Separation at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at Victory Square Cinemas. Tickets are $8.

21 JUMP STREET

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Who, aside from maybe Jonah Hill’s agent, saw this coming?

In an era in which it frequently seems as if Hollywood can do little else but feed on the festering parts of this nation’s kitschy past (The Smurfs, Transformers, etc.), there wasn’t exactly a clamoring for a big–screen update of an ‘80s cop show primarily known for putting Johnny Depp on the map any more than there was a demand for a film based on a board game about battleships.

And yet here we arrive at 21 Jump Street, and it actually turns out to be an inviting place to visit. Hill (who co–wrote the script with Michael Bacall) and Channing Tatum respectively play Schmidt and Jenko, two rookie cops assigned to a special unit in which all the officers go undercover as high school students in order to bust various crimes. The outfit’s commanding officer (Ice Cube, always a welcome presence) orders the pair to find out who’s pushing a deadly drug at a local high school. Jenko, a popular slacker during his own high school days, looks forward to heading back to class, while Schmidt, who was a miserable nerd during that period, dreads it.

But they unexpectedly find their social standings reversed, with Schmidt becoming known for throwing killer parties and Jenko hanging out with the chemistry set. 21 Jump Street offers an acceptable number of hearty laughs (albeit most packed during the first half), yet what’s most refreshing about the film is how it acknowledges continues on p. 42

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its own narrative absurdities and retreaded tropes in a manner that’s neither forced nor self–congratulatory (love the running gag about exploding vehicles). 21 Jump Street wears its cool comfortably, and its nerdiness just as effectively.

THE LORAX

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The animated feature film The Lorax is officially called Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, but given the extent to which it perverts Theodor Geisel’s classic children’s book, Universal Pictures might as well have named it J.K. Rowling’s The Lorax or F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Lorax or even Jane Austen’s The Lorax.

The central thrust remains the same: A young boy (voiced in the film

by Zac Efron) learns that a strange character named the Once–ler (Ed Helms) was responsible for the extinction of trees, despite the protestations of the Lorax (Danny DeVito), a small, walrus–mustached creature who speaks on behalf of nature. Even pushing aside the niggling fact that the studio partnered with numerous corporations to plug the film — some offering products that especially go against the book’s environmentally friendly message (a Mazda SUV?) — what appears on screen is a garish, unappealing mess, with Dr. Seuss’ gentle push for nature over industry turned into an obnoxious screed populated with dull new characters and strapped with a satchel of forgettable songs.

Because this comes from the same people who created the superior Despicable Me, there’s a perpetual struggle between cute little bears and cute little fishies to emerge as the equivalent of that previous picture’s cute little Minions — nobody wins.

On the positive side, this movie at least managed to infuriate right–wing dimwits like Fox’s Lou Dobbs, who accused the filmmakers of trying to “indoctrinate our children” with liberal messages — stuff like nurturing the planet, respecting your neighbors, consuming responsibly, and other similarly sick and twisted ideas.

JOHN CARTER

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Released in 2–D, 3–D, IMAX and possibly even a sepia tone version, John Carter arrives on the 100th anniversary of the title character’s

first literary appearance, when Edgar Rice Burroughs initially gave him life in the pages of a pulp periodical. It wasn’t until after Burroughs’ gargantuan success with the first few Tarzan books that Carter’s chronicles were collected for a hardcover treatment (under the moniker A Princess of Mars), with more novels to follow over the ensuing decades.

James Cameron publicly declared that the John Carter canon was one of the primary inspirations for Avatar, and this new film arrives with all the multi–million–dollar CGI effects we’ve come to expect (or, in the case of younger audiences, demand) from our fantasy flick fodder. Yet perhaps because of the age of its source material as well as the often wide–eyed approach taken by Pixar vet Andrew Stanton (the WALL–E and Finding Nemo director, here making his live– action debut), John Carter feels more old–school than its budget would suggest.

Standing somewhat apart from today’s blockbusters–of–the–week, it hews more closely to such nostalgia– tinged projects as 1980’s Flash Gordon and 1991’s The Rocketeer, narratively simple adventure yarns that charmingly worked their straightforward delineations of good and evil into no– frills fun. A key difference, though, is that while those two movies were savvy enough to occasionally wink at themselves and even engage in a bit of camp, John Carter takes itself far too seriously, and what should be, as the barkers once said, a rip–roaring good time all too often finds itself crushed under its grim–faced grandeur.

Taylor Kitsch, who didn’t make much of an impression as Gambit in X–Men Origins: Wolverine, again tries to parlay his Friday Night Lights TV stardom into full–blown cinematic acceptance. He’s not as bland as, say, Sam Worthington, but his performance as John Carter isn’t what anyone will be recalling as they leave the theater.

As in the source material, his Carter is a Civil War–era Virginian who, through means too lengthy to explain here, finds himself transported to Mars. There, his body mass gives him extra strength, speed and agility, all of which he’ll need as he becomes mired in a conflict involving the various warring factions on the Red Planet (called Barsoom by its inhabitants).

For much of the time, he’s the

prisoner of the Tharks, a race of green–skinned creatures who, aside from the take–charge Tars Tarkas (voiced by Willem Dafoe) and the demure Sola (voiced by Samantha Morton), treat him brutally. At other points, he’s aligned with the human– looking residents of Helium, particularly the fearless Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). Lastly, there are the Therns, whose leader (Mark Strong) won’t let Carter interfere with his nefarious plans for the planet.

There are some fantastic sights in John Carter — our hero able to leap tall buildings in a single bound (hey, just like Superman!); an arena sequence more entertaining than the ones in Gladiator (admittedly, Russell Crowe didn’t have the advantage of squaring off against a giant white ape); a homely yet endearing Martian dog that becomes man’s best friend — but there’s also a lot of overkill, with Stanton and his crew often cluttering up the visuals with the deranged frenzy of George Lucas retooling his Star Wars sagas.

Speaking of Star Wars, the political subplots often grow so wearying that we half–expect The Phantom Menace’s Qui–Gon Jinn to show up and start discussing Trade Federation taxation.

Yes, John Carter is occasionally that dull, and yet overall, it grows more interesting as it progresses, with a second half that should energize moviegoers who slumbered during the laborious first hour.

Now whether that energy boost will translate into a desire to see a sequel, I cannot say.

Gone

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Let’s give this much credit to Gone: It plays it straight. In an era in which filmmakers come up with increasingly convoluted ways to trick audiences with all manner of daft plot pirouettes, this new thriller respects viewers enough to present the whodunit aspect in a manner that isn’t insulting. (Semi–Spoiler Alert!)

While its mystery proves easy to peg (it only takes one lingering and oddly-angled shot to establish the identity of the villain), at least it’s a break from the sort of dorky fare that has ensnared the likes of Johnny Depp and Halle Berry in the past — unbelievable yarns in which the protagonist had a split personality or imagined the whole film or

started channeling Genghis Khan or what–have–you.

This isn’t to say that Gone is a brainy flick; on the contrary, the narrative leaps taken by scripter Allison Burnett are head–smackingly stupid.

Her story, primarily culled from Kiss the Girls and The Silence of the Lambs, centers on Jill (Amanda Seyfried), a Portland, Oregon, resident who became the only person to successfully escape from a psychopath who likes to kidnap women and dump them into a hole before eventually murdering them.

Unfortunately for Jill, there was never any evidence that she had been snatched or tortured, so the cops locked her up in a looney bin for a short period. Now a year later, she’s convinced that her sister Molly (Emily Wickersham) has been nabbed by the same madman, and as before, the police believe that she’s merely a delusional nutjob. (The detectives on the case are all portrayed as uncaring, insensitive and inept, meaning the city of Portland probably won’t be using this film as a recruitment tool any time soon.) So it’s up to Jill to save her sister single–handedly, a task that requires her to contend with various seedy suspects (including one pegged as having “rapey eyes”).

Seyfried does solid work as a damaged woman who’s fearful of the world around her, and the early sequences, which delineate the manner in which she functions day–to– day (e.g. nervously crossing the street to avoid any man walking down the sidewalk from the opposite direction), hint at a deeper and more subtle film.

That fails to materialize, but Seyfried continues to hold the screen, as her character learns to locate the bravery and drive buried within her own insecurities.

But Burnett’s script is laughable in the manner in which Jill’s search develops: This is the sort of film that relies on its heroine behaving exactly as necessary for the story to progress, and if she doesn’t pick up on every single clue (some really reaching), then the plot would grind to a halt.

THE VOW

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Channing Tatum’s best shot at being taken even semiseriously as an actor would be to only make movies with Rachel McAdams for the rest of

it’s Tatum’s character who earns the majority of our sympathies, and the actor does just enough right to guarantee our allegiance to his cause. The scenes in which he tries to connect with his equally frustrated wife are the best in the film, and once the story moves past this and settles on Paige’s betrayals by those from her past, it gets bogged down in mopey melodrama and never recovers.

The Secret World of Arrietty

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An adaptation of Mary Norton’s classic novel The Borrowers, The Secret World of Arrietty hails from Japan’s Studio Ghibli, the only toon factory comparable to Pixar. It’s understandable that the original Japanese voices have been overlaid with English ones for many international markets, but considering this dubbing already took place for the picture’s UK release — and with noteworthy actors like Atonement’s Saoirse Ronan and Sherlock Holmes’ Mark Strong, to boot — did stateside distributor Disney really need to replace those British voices

with American ones? Were they afraid Yank audiences might be too dumb to decipher the King’s English?

Whatever the daft reason, it’s a good bet this film would still work even in Pig Latin, given the usual warmth and attention to detail invested in all Ghibli efforts. The story revolves around the title character (Bridgit Mendler) and her parents (Amy Poehler and Will Arnett), inches–tall people who live in their own makeshift home underneath a real house. Warned to avoid human contact at all costs, Arrietty nevertheless strikes up a tentative friendship with a sickly boy (David Henrie), a bond that inadvertently draws the attention of a cruel housekeeper (Carol Burnett).

Leisurely related and lovingly crafted (I love how the miniature family uses canceled stamps as wall paintings), The Secret World of Arrietty is an oasis of calm in the normally hyperactive world of toon entertainment. CS

a New Church in the

city for the city

Now gathering on Sunday mornings at Bryson Hall (5 East Perry St.) on Chippewa Square at 10:30 am.

www.edenvillagechurch.org Like us on Facebook: Savannah Church Plant

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his life. A fine performer with a vulnerable and disarming beauty, McAdams has previously been romantically linked on screen to Ryan Gosling, James Marsden and Owen Wilson (among others), but it’s no major feat to generate chemistry with talented guys like these.

But to strike cinematic sparks with a limited stud like Tatum not only requires skill on McAdams’ part, it also demands that her co–star somewhat rise to her level. And when The Vow works, it’s almost always because of the give–and–take dynamics between the pair.

Based on a true story, this centers on Paige and Leo, a madly–in–love married couple whose lives change drastically after Paige loses much of her memory in a car accident. She can remember her life before Leo — her wealthy, right–wing parents (Jessica Lange and Sam Neill), her circle of sorority–sister friends, her slick fiance (Scott Speedman), her interest in attending law school — but she can’t remember anything afterward.

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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]

Savannah Area Young Republicans

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

Savannah Tea Party

meets the first Monday (excluding Holidays) of each month from 4:30 to 6:00 PM at the SRP offices located at 11 East 73rd Street. All persons interested in America’s Future are invited. Contact Marolyn Overton at 912-5987358 for additional info.

Tea Party Rally to Protest Obamacare

Tuesday, March 27, 12noon at Wright Square on Bull Street, across from the federal courthouse. Bring your signs calling for the repeal of Obamacare. Contact information: Marolyn Overton - 912-598-7358, Jeanne Seaver - 912663-8728.

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 “Ryan Needs A Kidney” Benefit at The Sparetime

Fundraiser featuring Cusses to benefit Ryan Nelson’s kidney transplant fund. Whaleboat, and DJ KZL will also appear. One hundred percent of raffle proceeds and door will go to The Georgia Transplant Foundation in Ryan’s name. Thurs. March 29, 6pm-12am. at The Sparetime, 36 M.L. King Jr. Blvd. (at Congress St.). Info: Facebook page “Ryan Needs a Kidney.”

33rd Annual Boy Scouts Golf Tournament

um. Tickets are $10/adults, $5/students and children ages 6 and up. Benefiting Lindsay’s Place, a camp for children with special needs.

GaySavannah.com Night OUT at Belford’s

GaySavannah.com will host its next monthly Night OUT event Thursday March 22, at Belford’s Savannah Seafood & Steaks from 6:3010pm. Drink specials and appetizers provided

by Belford’s. $5 raffle for a two-night stay at Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront.

Proceeds from sponsors and the raffle will be donated to Savannah Pride. Information: GaySavannah.com, info@gaysavannah.com or 912-713-3447.

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.

Lecture by Floral Designer Ron Morgan “In the Company of Flowers” presented by renowned floral designer, Ron Morgan.

Includes floral demonstrations and a book signing.Monday, April 23rd, 10:30 a.m. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Benefiting Bethesda Academy. $35. Purchase tickest at BethesdaAcademy.org, or by mailing a check to The Women’s Board of Bethesda, P.O. Box 14204, Savannah, Ga. 31416 with your return address.

Parties A La Carte

Savannah Friends of Music sponsors this series of themed parties throughout the year as a fundraiser for local music events and groups. information contact Lynne Davis – 355-4252. [011312]

Revved Up For Autism Car, Truck & Bike Show Benefiting Kicklighter Academy.Classic Cars, Muscle Cars, Custom Cars, Hot Rods, Choppers, Trucks and Street Bikes! March 31, 11am-4pm. Free admission. Vehicle registration is $20 at the event and is open to anyone who would like the opportunity to show off their car. Location: National Guard Armory, 1248 Eisenhower Dr. Information: www. krcacademy.org.

Sam’s Club--Outnumber Hunger Benefits America’s Second Harvest

Sam’s Club on Montgomery Crossroads and in Pooler will collect canned food for America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, now through March 28. Information: www. helpendhunger.org or call (912) 236-6750.

Susan G. Komen Savannah Race for the Cure

The 2012 Susan G. Komen Savannah Race for the Cure will take place on Saturday, April 21. On-line registration for the Race is open. Teams and individuals who want to participate, along with anyone interested in volunteering for the event, can go to www. komencoastalgeorgia.org or www.savannahraceforthecure.org to register.

33rd annual Boy Scouts of America Ryan Dodd Memorial Golf Tournament is Wednesday, March 28 at the Club at Savannah Harbor.

All funds raised will benefit local inner city Boy Scouts registered in the ‘Scout Reach’ program. Registration includes lunch, dinner, team photo and gift for every participant.

Play is limited to 32 teams, so register now by calling the Coastal Empire Council Boy Scouts of America at 912-927-7272 or online at www.bsasavannah.org .

March 24 & 25, a trunk show featuring about 20 premier merchants plus a plant and flower show. Benefiting Interfaith Hospitality Network. Location: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 3 West Ridge Road, Skidaway Island. Info: 912-598-7242

Saturday, March 24, 6pm at Memorial Stadi-

A sponsored fundraiser for the Savannah Care Center. Saturday, March 24th in Daffin

Benedictine (BC) vss. Savannah Christian Alumni Football Game

The Market @ 3 West Ridge Road

Walk for Life

Park. Registration begins at 8:30am. The Walk begins at 9:00am. Kick-off will be near the Leisure Svcs. Bldg. Register online at www.savannahcarecenter.org and click on Walk for Life. Sav. Care Center is a pregnancy resource center. All services are free and open to the public.

Call for Entries Apply for Summer Music Scholarships

Savannah Friends of Music (SFOM), a nonprofit supporting, sponsoring and promoting classical music in Savannah and the surrounding region, is accepting applications for 2012 Summer Music Scholarships. Applicants must be rising ninth through twelfth graders attending school in the Savannah area; scholarships are awarded for tuition at a summer music camp or program of the recipient’s choice, subject to the approval of SFOM. The application can be accessed at www.savannahfriendsofmusic.com under the “Music Opportunities” tab. Deadline for submissions is April 1. Tel: (912) 398-7800 Email: rflaherty@georgiasouthern.edu

Artists/instructors sought to teach Summer Art Camp

he Department of Cultural Affairs seeks applications from artist/instructors to teach summer art camp from June to August.

Interested individuals should submit an application and a proposal to include: a resume, description of proposed class, and up to five portfolio images (in digital format). Previous experience in art instruction is required.

Applications: www.savannahga.gov/arts.

Deadline: March 23 by 4 p.m. Applications should be submitted to Christine Hefner, Visual Arts Coordinator, chefner@savannahga.gov. or mailed to City of Savannah, Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 W. Henry St., Savannah, GA, 31401. For information, call (912) 651-6783.

Auditions for Local Theater Production

The Savannah Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre is holding auditions for a new murder mystery show. “Murder Ahoy”. A comedy/ farce pirate dinner theatre experience. Actors are paid a stipend and tips. The cast consists of 4 men and 3 women ages 18 and older.

Auditions are March 20th, 21st, 28th and 29th. Contact 912-247-4644 for an appointment time. J. Tom Coleman, III, Director, The Savannah Community Theatre.

Call for Recycle Artists & Crafters

The Chatham County Resource Conservation & Education Center is seeking Recycle Artists/Craftspeopkke to apply for the first annual ReVision Art and Eco Festival, Saturday, April 28, from 10 am-3pm. at 1321 Eisenhower Dr. Emphasis on recycled art/ crafts, which will be for sale by local artists/ crafters. Environmentally friendly products (hybrid cars/solar power/etc), a Trashion Show,(fashion made from recycled materials) live entertainment, food, a plant sale, and activities for children. Contact 912-652-7923 for information.

Middle School Debate Contest

Sponsored by Savannah State University’s Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. March 28, 7:30pm. at Savannah State University. Debate question: Which of the following (economy, foreign policy, environment/climate change, homeland security, immigration) is the most important issue for the President in 2012?

Prize: 1st place=$100 and 2nd place=$50

APPLICATION: Type an essay, no more than 300 words, answering the same question above. The student who types the best essay will also receive a $25 award. Debate contestants will be chosen by how well they support their argument (research/opinion), grammar, and spelling. Please provide name, phone number, grade (6-8), address, city, school, & dream job. Mail applications to: Brandon Coleman, 12409 Largo Dr., Apt. 57, Savannah, GA 31419 Information: 912-695-6214.

Classes, Camps & Workshops Advanced Creative Photography

Hone exposures using the zone system and continue to work with gestalt principles and basic composition rules to develop personal vision.Class time and field work. You’ll need a DSLR camera (full manual mode), changeable lenses, tripod, and USB drive.

Mondays, March 19-April 2 (in the classroom); Saturdays, 3/24 to 3/31 (in the field). $100. Registration: 855-478-5551. Offered in Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street, by Georgia Southern University Continuing Education.

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]

Artist’s Way Course

A 7-week class offering a shared journey into personal creative growth by following the international bestseller “The Artist’s Way,”

by Julia Cameron. Mondays, March 12-April 30, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Register online: ceps. georgiasouthern.edu/conted/artistway.html Offered in Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. by Georgia Southern Continuing Education. Info: (912-644-5967) or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu.

Beading Classes

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

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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]

Clay Art Classes

New clay classes begin March 5 at Savannah’s Clay Spot, and run for eight weeks.

Classes include wheel throwing pottery for adults, teens, and children as well as a variety of specialty clay classes like printing on clay, using porcelain, and art made for the home and garden. 1305 Barnard Street Contact: Lisa Alvarez Bradley, lisa@ savannhasclayspot.com 912-509-4647 www. savannahsclayspot.com.

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]

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american legacieS: preServation hall Jazz Band with del mccoury Band friday, March 23 TrusTees TheaTer | 8 pM

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JoShua redman/ Brad mehldau duo

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info 912.234.3378 ticketS 912.525.5050 org savannahmusicfestival.

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An introduction to Coastal Georgia’s natural environment. The ten-week course meets at a different site each week and explores the natural resources of the site and its implications to how Georgia developed and will develop into the future. Wednesdays from March 28-June 6. 9am-3pm. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to each class venue. Fee: $150.00. CIncludes all materials necessary for the course Contact Don Gardner, Glynn County Extension dgardner@uga.edu ; (912) 554-7578 or Pat Payne, Glynn County Extension uge3127@uga. edu ; (912) 554-7577. Sponsored by UGA Cooperative Extension- Bryan, Chatham, Glynn and Liberty Counties and other organizations.

Community Kitchen/Culinary Arts Job Training Program

America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia is accepting candidates for its Community Kitchen/Culinary Arts job training program.

This free program prepares participants for jobs in the culinary field. Classes meet from 8:30 am to noon, Monday through Friday for 18 weeks.

Participants spend first nine weeks in the classroom learning culinary theory and food safety; acquiring practical skills such as budgeting, resume writing and job interviewing; and assistance in obtaining a GED, if needed.

Participants are trained to achieve ServSafe certification through the program, identifying them as persons who have mastered a national food safety and sanitation course accredited by the American National Standards Institute and the Conference for Food Protection. They spend another nine weeks in Grace’s Community Kitchen for hands-on culinary experience.

The next class begins Monday, March 26.

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, unemployed or underemployed and able to fully commit to the 18 week program.

Interested persons must attend a mandatory assessment session. For more information and the location and time of the assessment, contact Iris Holmes-McCraw, Director, Community Kitchen at 912-721-1798 or imccraw@ helpendhunger.org.

Creative Writing Courses

Offered in Savannah by Georgia Southern Univ. Continuing Education. Creative Writing 1 Mondays, Feb. 6 - Mar. 26. Introduces participants to the fundamental techniques of writing fiction and non-fiction. Creative Writing 2 Mondays, Apr. 9 - May 29. Experienced stu-

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 dents will refine their skills, workshop their compositions, and prepare to get published.

Each course is $200/person. All classes from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/creativewriting.html Location: Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Drawing Instruction

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

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

DUI Prevention Group

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

English for Second Language Classes

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

Free. Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Island Christian Church, 4601 US Highway 80 E Savannah.

912-897-3604. Contact: James Lavin or Minister John LaMaison www.islandschristian.org.

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Family Law Workshop

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

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

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Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

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

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Feldenkrais Classes

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: 912232-4232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com

Learn Russian

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

Learn to Speak Spanish

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

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Ms. Amy’s School of Music

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

Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments

Savannah Musicians Institute offers private instruction for all ages in guitar, drums, piano, bass, voice, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, flute, and woodwinds. 7041 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Info: 912-692-8055 or smisavannah@ gmail.com. [122811]

New Horizons Adult Band Program

A music program for adults who played a

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

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 and scheduling information. [010812]

Open Pottery Studio at Savannah’s Clay Spot For potters with experience who want time in the studio, Choose from 4 hour time slots.

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

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

Painting and Drawing Lessons

Small group and private instruction offered by local painter Melinda Borysevicz. SCAD graduate with 15 years professional experience. Phone: 912.484.6415, email: melindaborysevicz@gmail.com, or visit melindaborysevicz.blogspot.com. [02052012]

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]

Reiki--Level 1 and 2.

Taught by Cindy Beach, Reiki Master. Location: 111 E. 34th St. Registration: revfugon@ gmail.com Level 1, Saturday, March 10, 9am-1pm. Fee:

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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.

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Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group

The Savannah Charlesfunders meet every Saturday at 8:30am to discuss stocks, bonds, and better investing. Meetings take place at Panera Bread on Bull and Broughton. Contact us at charlesfund@gmail.com for more information. [122811]

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

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

Savannah Sacred Harp Singers

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]

Savannah’s Clay Spot Winter Pottery Classes

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]

Singing Lessons with Anitra Opera Diva

Anitra is currently teaching the Vaccai Bel Canto technique for those interested in improving their vocal range and breathing capacity. Bel Canto carries over well as a foundation technique for different styles including opera, pop, rock and cabaret. Henry St @ E Broad, Mon/Tues 6-9pm, 1 1/2 hour lesson $25. SCAD students and alumni $5 discount.

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Taste of Rug Hooking Workshop

The Fiber Guild of the Savannahs will be offering the workshop “Taste of Rug Hooking” on Saturday, April 7, from 1 pm to 4 pm at Oatland Island Wildlife Center. Third generation rug hooker and teacher Katie Puckett will be the instructor. Info and registration: fiberguildofthesavannahs2@gmail.com

Work as a Spiritual Practice

Making the menial meaningful and the tedious a mere moment. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will have developed easy to use techniques to transform their workday experience; applied it to general scenarios, and entered into frank discussions related to change of attitude vs. change of job. Wed. March 20th and 27th. 111 E. 34th Street, Savannah, GA 31401; $50. Register at revfugon@gmail.com.

Clubs & Organizations Savannah Authors Autonomous Writing Group Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 6-8 p.m. beginning 2/21/2012.

The aim of Savannah Authors Autonomous is to encourage first-class prose writing, fiction or non-fiction, through discussion, constructive criticism, instruction, exercises and examples. Location: Savannah Association for the Blind (SAB), 214 Drayton Street. Founded

by British writer Christopher Scott (more than a dozen published books) and local writer Alice Vantrease (one published novel, optioned for a potential Hollywood movie). All are welcome. No charge to attend. Contact: Alice Vantrease (alicevantrease@live.com) or 912-308-3208.]

Avegost LARP

Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. Generally meets on the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you’re a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters.

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Buccaneer Region SCCA

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

Business Networking on the Islands

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

Coastal MINIs

Local MINI Cooper owners and enthusiasts who gather on the first Sunday of the month at 10 a.m. to go on motoring adventures together. Meet at Starbucks, corner of Victory Dr. & Skidaway Rd. in Savannah. Information: coastalminis.com. [122811] Starbucks,

Energy Healers

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

Exploring The American Revolution in Savannah

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

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

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

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

Honor Flight Savannah

A non-profit organization dedicated to sending our area Korean War and World War II veterans to Washington DC to visit the new WWII Memorial. All expenses are paid by Honor Flight Savannah, which is not a government-supported program. They depend on donations from the community to fund their efforts. Honor Flight is seeking veterans interested in making a trip to Washington. For more info: (912) 596-1962 or www.honorflightsavannah.org [031812]

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.

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Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

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

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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

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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

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

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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.

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

Peacock Guild-For Writers and Book Lovers

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]

Richmond Hill Roadies Running 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

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

Savannah Go Green

Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day! Call (912) 308-6768 to learn more. [021212]

Savannah Jaycees

A literary society for bibliophiles and writers.

Monthly meetings for the Writer’s Salon are held on first Tuesday and third Wednesday.

Book Club meets on the third Tuesday. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. and meet at Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home (207 E. Charlton St.). Call 233-6014 or visit Facebook group “Peacock Guild” for more info. [012212]

Savannah Kennel 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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Savannah Newcomers Club

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at 5429 LaRoche Ave and the third Tuesday at Super King Buffet, 10201 Abercorn Street at 7:30 p.m. Call 308-2094, email kasak@ comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

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Safe Kids Savannah

Safe Kids Savannah, a coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries, holds a meeting on the second Tuesday of every month from 11:30am-1pm. Visit www.safekidssavannah.org or call 912-353-3148 for more info.

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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 Com-

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 10-11. Activities include songs, stories, crafts, and games for young children and their caregivers. Free, no registration, drop-ins

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$75. Upon completion, participants will have an understanding of the history and practice of REIKI, receipt of handouts of hand placements, and experience both in receiving and giving of Reiki.

Level 2: Saturday, March 31. 9am-12noon.

Fee: $50. Upon completion, participants will have deepened their intuitive Reiki skill allowing for both direct hands-on or hands-off treatment as well as long-distance Reiki and treatment for pets and plants.

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welcome. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@ gmail.com [122911]

Southern Wings

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

Stitch-N’s

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

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

Tarde en Espanol

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

The Philo Cafe

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

The Philo Cafe

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

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 Theremin/Electronic Music Enthusiasts A club for enthusiasts of electronic music and instruments, including the theremin, synths, Mooger Foogers, jam sessions, playing techniques, compositions, gigs, etc. Philip Neidlinger, theremin@neidlinger.us. [122911]

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla

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

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

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

Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

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

Dance Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Classes for multiple ages in the art of performance dance and Adult fitness dance.

Styles include African, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, & Gospel. Classes held in the new Abeni Cultural Arts dance studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. For more information call 912-631-3452 or 912-272-2797. Ask for

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“Sum Sudoku” Put one digit from 1-9 in each square of this Sudoku so that the following three conditions are met: 1) each row, column, and 3x3 box (as marked off by heavy lines in the grid) contains the digits 1–9 exactly one time; 2) no digit is repeated within any of the areas marked off by dotted lines; and 3) the sums of the numbers in each area marked off by dotted lines total the little number given in each of those areas. For example, the digits in the upper-rightmost square in the grid and the two squares directly beneath it will add up to 18. Now do what I tell you -- solve!! psychosudoku@hotmail.com

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

& 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]

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]

Savannah Dance Club

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

Savannah Dance Club

Adult Intermediate Ballet

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

Savannah Shag Club

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

Events Big Nasty Mud Run

The Savannah area’s first mud run includes 20 obstacles and 4 miles of a fun, muddy time for everyone.

April 14, 8am. 108 Godley Rd, Bloomingdale.

Registration is Online at Active.com - Big Nasty Mud Run. For more information or questions, - Facebook - “Big Nasty Mud Run” or contact Steve White at steve.whitefcae@gmail.com.

Georgia Nature Photographers Association 3rd Annual Expo

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

March 22-25: a three day celebration of nature and nature photography on the Georgia coastal islands. Venue: Hampton Inn & Suites, Brunswick, Ga. Keynote speaker is Darrell Gulin, www.gulinphoto.com. Great education & field trips with photographic opportunities to Jekyll Island, Sapelo Island, Harris Neck Wildlife, Cumberland Island, Okefenokee Swamp and other natural settings. Info & registration: www.GNPA.org. Look under the tab “Annual Expo.”

Irish Dance Classes

Film & Video

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] 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]

CineSavannah

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

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]

Modern Dance Class

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]

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] 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

Psychotronic Film Society

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

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

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]

Blue Water Yoga

Community donation based classes held at the Talahi Island Community Center. Tue. & Thur. 5:45 -7:00p Fri. 10:00 - 11:15a For info email egs5719@ aol.com or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook.

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Fertility Yoga

Ongoing series of six week sessions of Fertility Yoga are held on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM at offices located at 100 Riverview Drive, off of Islands Expressway.

Helps participants relax, start healthy habits to prepare their body and gain more confidence on the fertility journey. Instructor Ann Carroll, RYT 500. $100 for 6 week session.

(912) 704-7650 or e-mail carroll3620@bellsouth.net. [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

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

11202 White Bluff Road. Drop Ins welcome.

[122911] Mondays, 10-11am (crawlers and toddlers) and 11:30-12:45 (infants and pre-crawlers) at the Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. $14 per class. Multi-class discounts are available.

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

Pilates Mat Classes

Mat classes are held Tues & Thurs 7:30am8:30am, Mon 1:30pm-2:30pm, Mon & Wed 5:30pm-6:30pm, Thurs 12:30pm-1:30pm, & Sat 9:30am-10:30am. All levels welcome! Private and Semi-Private classes are by appointment only. Carol Daly-Wilder, Certified Pilates Instructor. Call 912.238-0018. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Suite-A Ferguson Ave. http://savannahpilates.com. [122911]

Pregnancy Yoga

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

Savannah Disc Golf Club

Weekly events (Entry $5): Friday 5 pm - Friday Night Flights. Sat. 10am-Luck of the draw Doubles. Sat. 1pm-Handicapped League. Tom Triplett Park, Hwy 80 W, Pooler. Sun. 10 amSingles at the Sarge in Hardeeville, SC. Info: savannahdiscgolf.com or savannahdiscgolf@ gmail.com All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. [031812]

Stand-Up Paddleboarding

Stand-up paddleboarding lessons and tours.

A great way get out on the water and to stay fit.

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

The Yoga Room

Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and

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Yoga For All

This week’s specials: • Wed: 12oz Prime Rib Dinner $10.95 • “Thirsty” Thurs: Drink & Dance Specials All Night • Fri & Sat: 5-for-$15 Bud Buckets • Sun: S.I.N. Night: No Cover for S.I.N. Employees

12oz Prime Rib Dinner $10.95 • Tues: 2-4-1 V.I.P. Dances & Drink Specials All Night!

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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 912-3509031. [122911]

Zumba Fitness (R) classes

Mondays at 7:15-8:15. Located at The Ballet School, Studio B, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn. $7 per class or $60 for 10 classes. Contact April for more info. 912306-5598. [122911]

Zumba Fitness Classes with Anne

Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E Montgomery Crossroads, Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm. $5, Free if you bring a friend.

(912) 596-1952. [010912]

Zumba Fitness Classes with Mai

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Contact Mai @ 912-604-9890. [011412]

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.

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Gay & Lesbian First City Network Board Meeting

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

Gay AA Meeting

True Colors AA Group, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Sundays at 7:30pm, Wednesdays at 7:30pm and Thursdays at 7:00 pm at 307 E Harris St, top floor. [030412] Savannah

GaySavannah.com Monthly Night OUT

GaySavannah.com will host its next monthly Night OUT event Thursday March 22, at Belford’s Savannah Seafood & Steaks from 6:30-10pm. A benefit for Savannah Pride.

Information: GaySavannah.com, info@ gaysavannah.com or 912-713-3447.

Georgia Equality Savannah

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

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Savannah Pride, Inc.

Meets second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. SPs mission of unity through diversity, and social awareness has helped promote the well-being of the LGBT community in the South, and organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival. Call 912288-7863 or email heather@savpride.com.

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ARIES

(March 21–April 19) Not bad for a few weeks’ work, or play, or whatever it is you want to call this tormented, inspired outburst. Would it be too forward of me to suggest that you’ve gone a long way toward outgrowing the dark fairy tale that had been haunting your dreams for so long?

And yet all this may just be a warm–up for your next metamorphosis, in which you make an audacious new commitment to becoming what you really want to be when you grow up.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) This week I’m taking a break from my usual pep talks. I think it’s for the best. If I deliver a kind–hearted kick in the butt, maybe it will encourage you to make a few course corrections, thereby making it unnecessary for fate to get all tricky and funky on you. So here you go, Taurus: 1. The last thing you need is someone to support your flaws and encourage you in your delusions. True friends will offer snappy critiques and crisp advice.

2. Figure out once and for all why you keep doing a certain deed that’s beneath you, then gather the strength and get the help you need to quit it. 3. It’s your duty to stop doing your duty with such a somber demeanor and heavy tread. To keep from sabotaging the good it can accomplish, you’ve got to put more pleasure into it.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) The German word Weltratsel can be translated as “World Riddle.” Coined by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, it refers to questions like “What is the meaning of existence?” and “What is the nature of reality?” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Gemini, you’re now primed to deepen your understanding of the World Riddle. For the next few weeks, you will have an enhanced ability to pry loose useful secrets about some big mysteries. Certain passages in the Book of Life that have always seemed like gobbledygook to you will suddenly make sense. Here’s a bonus: Every time you decipher more of the World Riddle, you will solve another small piece of your Personal Riddle.

CANCER

(June 21–July 22)

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” So wrote George Bernard Shaw in his book Man and Superman. From the hints I have gleaned, Cancerian, you are now in an ideal phase to be the sort of unreasonable man or woman who gets life to adapt so as to better serve you and your dreams. Even if it’s true that the emphasis in the past has often been on you bending and shaping yourself to adjust to the circumstances others have wrought, the coming weeks could be different.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) In his book Word Hero, Jay Heinrichs offers us advice about how to deliver pithy messages that really make an impact. Here’s one tip that would be especially useful for you in the coming days: Exaggerate precisely. Heinrichs gives an example from the work of the illustrious raconteur, American author Mark Twain. Twain did not write, “In a single day, New England’s weather changes a billion times.” Rather, he said, “In the spring I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of four– and twenty hours.” Be inspired

by Twain’s approach in every way you can imagine, Leo. Make things bigger and wilder and more expansive everywhere you go, but do it with exactitude and rigor.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) “Liminality” is a term that refers to the betwixt and between state. It’s dawn or dusk, when neither night nor day fully rules. It’s the mood that prevails when a transition is imminent or a threshold beckons.

During a rite of passage, liminality is the phase when the initiate has left his or her old way of doing things but has not yet been fully accepted or integrated into the new way. Mystical traditions from all over the world recognize this as a shaky but potent situation –– a time and place when uncertainty and ambiguity reign even as exciting possibilities loom. In my estimate, Virgo, you’re now ensconced in liminality.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) The Argentinian writer Antonio Porchia said there were two kinds of shadows: “some hide, others

reveal.” In recent weeks, you’ve been in constant contact with the shadows that hide. But beginning any moment now, you’ll be wandering away from those rather frustrating enigmas and entering into a dynamic relationship with more evocative mysteries: the shadows that reveal. Be alert for the shift so you won’t get caught assuming that the new shadows are just like the old ones.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Every winter, hordes of ants have overrun my house. At least that was true up until recently. This winter, the pests stayed away, and that has been very good news. I didn’t have to fight them off with poison and hand–to–hand combat.

The bad news? The reason they didn’t invade was because very little rain fell, as it’s supposed to during Northern California winters. The ants weren’t driven above ground by the torrents that usually soak the soil. And so now drought threatens our part of the world. Water shortages may loom. I propose that this scenario is a metaphor for a dilemma you may soon face, Scorpio –– except that you will have a choice in the matter: Would you rather deal with a lack of a fundamental resource or else an influence that’s bothersome but ultimately pretty harmless?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

You’re entering one of the most buoyant phases of your astrological cycle. Your mandate is to be brash and bouncy, frothy and irrepressible. To prepare you, I’ve rounded up some exclamatory declarations by poet Michael McClure. Take them with you as you embark on your catalytic adventures. They’ll help you cultivate the right mood. McClure: “Everything is natural. The light on your fingertips is starlight. Life begins with coiling –– molecules and nebulae.

Cruelty, selfishness, and vanity are boring. Each self is many selves. Reason is beauty. Light and darkness are arbitrary divisions.

Cleanliness is as undefinable and as natural as filth. The physiological body is pure spirit. Monotony is madness. The frontier is both outside and inside. The universe is the messiah. The senses are gods and goddesses. Where the body is

–– there are all things.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

You know those tall, starched white hats that many chefs wear?

Traditionally they had 100 pleats, which denoted the number of ways a real professional could cook an egg. I urge you to wear one of those hats in the coming weeks, Capricorn –– or whatever the equivalent symbol might be for your specialty. It’s high time for you to express your ingenuity in dealing with what’s simple and familiar . . . to be inventive and versatile as you show how much you can accomplish using just the basics.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) As I was driving my car in San Francisco late one night, I arrived at a traffic signal that confused me. The green light was radiant and steady, but then so was the red light. I came to a complete stop and waited until finally, after about two minutes, the red faded.

I suspect you may soon be facing a similar jumble of mixed signals, Aquarius. If that happens, I suggest you do what I did. Don’t keep moving forward; pause and sit still until the message gets crisp and clear.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) A woman named Joan Ginther has won the Texas Lottery four times, collecting over $20 million.

Is she freakishly lucky? Maybe not, according to Nathaniel Rich’s article in the August 2011 issue of Harper’s. He notes that Ginther has a PhD in math from Stanford, and wonders if she has used her substantial understanding of statistics to game the system. (More here: tinyurl.com/LuckAmuck.) Be inspired by her example, Pisces.

You now have exceptional power to increase your good fortune through hard work and practical ingenuity.

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]

Free Blood Pressure Checks

The Community Cardiovascular Council reminds you to get a free blood pressure check at the Savannah Fire Department’s area Fire Stations. Look for the “Free Blood Pressure Check” sign in front of each station.

Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to a stroke or heart attack. For more information about high blood pressure, contact the Council at 232-6624 or visit savannahccc.org. [031812]

Free Course for Caregivers.

The Community Care Services Program will offer free six-week courses designed to help those who provide care for friends or family members with a chronic illness. Classes begin April 4 and June 6. Contact 912-644-5217 for more information.

Free hearing & speech screening

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

Health Care for Uninsured People

St. Mary’s Health Center is open for primary health for the uninsured of Chatham County.

The center, located at 1302 Drayton, is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 912-443-9409. [021912]

Healthcare for the Uninsured

St. Mary’s Health Center,1302 Drayton St.. is open for health needs of uninsured residents of Chatham County. Free of charge. Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 912-443-9409. [122911]

La Leche League of Savannah

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

La Leche League of Savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers. 897-9544, www.lllusa.org/web/SavannahGA.html. [122911] Savannah

Living Smart Fitness Club

An exercise program to encourage healthy lifestyle changes offered by St. Joseph’s/ Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. On Mondays and Wednesdays the classes are held at the John. S. Delaware Center from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM. On Tuesdays from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, the classes are held at the center on 1910 Abercorn Street. Classes include Zumba (Tuesdays) and Hip-Hop low impact aerobics with cardio and strengthening exercises (Mondays/Wednesdays). For more information, call 912-447-6605. [022612]

Planned Parenthood Hotline

First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services. Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-264-7154.

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SmokeStoppers. Smoking Cessation Program.

St. Joseph’s/Candler’s group-facilitated smoking cessation program, offers an intensive class (7 sessions over 3 weeks) featuring a wide range of proven-effective strategies to help smokers control their smoking urges, manage nicotine withdrawal and stress, and avoid weight gain. Orientation is Monday, March 12 at 6pm. Orientation and class attendance is mandatory. Class dates are 3/12 (orientation), 3/26, 3/27, 3/28, 3/29, 4/2, 4/5, and 4/10. Cost is $100. Classes are free for cancer survivors. For more information and to

Yoga of 12-Step Recovery with Nikki Meyers

A powerful and rich learning environment that inspires compassionate awareness, change and healing. Appropriate for anyone working with addictive patterns or affected by those patterns in others. Designed to deepen any work you are already doing or to give you a strong start on your journey toward reclaiming self.

March 30 - April 1. Savannah Yoga Center.

Registration: Before March 15 - $150/After March 15 - $175.

Information: www.savannahyoga.com or 912-232-2994.

Nature and Environment Dolphin Project of Georgia

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

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

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

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

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The Oatland Island Wildlife Center , 711 Sandtown Rd., offers a 2-mile Native Animal Nature Trail that winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats, and features live native animal exhibits.

Open daily from 10-4 except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. 898-3980, www. oatlandisland.org. [122911]

Wilderness Southeast

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

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

World’s Largest Mobile Pet Adoption Event Hits Savannah

North Shore Animal League America’s “Tour for Life” mobile pet adoption event begins a 15-city national tour in Savannah on Thursday, March 22 at the Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. Event hours: 11am-7pm. Information: 912-3549515 or www.humanesocietysav.org

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]

A New Church in the City, For the City.

We will gather on Sunday mornings beginning February 5th at Bryson Hall (5 East Perry St.) on Chippewa Square at 10:30 am. www.edenvillagechurch.org Like us on Facebook: Savannah Church Plant. [011412]

Guided 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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Theology on Tap

Meets at The Distillery every month on the third Monday night from 8:30 - 10:30pm. Like us on Facebook: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. [011412]

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

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

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

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

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 Adult Co-Ed Flag Football League is starting!

Savannah Adult Recreation Club is starting an 8v8 Co-Ed flag football league March 29, 2012. Sign up as a team or individual. For more information visit www.SavAdultRec. com or email SavAdultRec@aol.com.

Adult Coed Flag Football

The inaugural season begins March 26. Contact savadultrec@aol.com for more details or check out www.SavAdultRec.com.

Savannah Bike Polo

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

Support Groups Al-Anon Family Groups

An anonymous fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics of all ages. The message of the Al-Anon Family Groups is one of strength and hope for friends and families of problem drinkers. Al-Anon, for adults, and Alateen, for young people ages 13-19, is a unique fellowship that unites members of different backgrounds, races and walks of life in an inspiring endeavor: helping themselves and others to lead purposeful, useful lives by

overcoming the frustration and helplessness caused by close association with an alcoholic.

Meetings are held daily throughout Savannah and the surrounding area. Check www. savannahalanon.com for meeting information and times, or call 912-598-9860 for information. [030412]

Alcoholics Anonymous

If you want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Check www.SavannahAA.com for meeting locations and times, or call 24 hrs 912-356-3688 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. 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. Contact Melissa at 912-844-4524 or Krista at 912-819-7053. [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 fourth Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Next meeting: Sat., Mar. 24, 10:30am at the Candler Heart & Lung Building, 2nd floor, room 2 at 5356 Reynolds St. in Savannah.

“Home Care” presented by Suzanne Hertzwig of Visiting Angels and Attorney Richard Birg.

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2 BR Mobile Home For Rent, water included, on bus line, across from grocery stores. 912-306-5813 501 EAST 40TH: 8 room Apt. 3BR, large rooms, central heat/air. Front & backporch, nice area. Walk to busline. $850/rent, $850/security.

912-695-0526.

For Rent 1214 E. 55th, 4BR,2BA,Completely Renovated Home, Wood floor, Ceremic tile bath, Kitchen, CH/A, LR, Section 8. $975/$975 dep. 912-323-2541 FOR RENT: 2017 East 38th. Apt.A, lower apt.Convenient location.

Nice apt. $550/rent, $550 deposit.

For more info, 912-352-4391 or 912-658-4559

JASMINE AVENUE 2BR Duplex, carpet, kitchen furnished, fenced. No pets. $550/month plus deposit.

NEAR DEAN FOREST & 17 1BR Cottage, carpet, kitchen furnished. No pets. $485/month plus deposit.

No Section 8. 912-234-0548

*Nassau Woods mobile home, 2BR/2BA, C37 $625 *127 Linden Dr 3BR/1BA $850 *317 Linwood: Available April 1st.

4BR/2BA $1000 912-507-7934/912-927-2853

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For Sale Or Lease Purchase 4 BR/2.5 BA 2000SF double wide, Open floor plan w/ fireplace, $900/month includes lot rent, homeowners, flood insurance and taxes. Call 659-2722 FULL APTS. Paid Weekly, Furnished, No sharing. Quiet area.

Utilities included. $200/week $100/dep. 641 West 41st & 821 Amaranth. 912-441-5468

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Very nice, includes utilities, cable, washer & dryer. $200/week. $200/deposit. 912-236-1952 GREAT APARTMENT! Ardsley Park/Baldwin Park 1BR/1BA with separate living and dining rooms. $650/month. Call: 912-659-6206.

HIGHLAND WOODS 800 QUACCO ROAD 925-9673

Mobile Home lots for rent.

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

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7315 GARFIELD: 3BR/2BA, freshly painted, fenced backyard, single car garage. Movein Ready! $1000/month + deposit.

PRIVATE, Peaceful 2BR/1BA Duplex. -A DR/LR, washer/dryer hookup + appliances. Shopping center & public transportation nearby. $475/month.

Text 912-658-4469

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

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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 SEVERAL 2BR & 3BR Houses for rent. Also one 4BR & one 5BR available. Rent-to-Own is optional.

Call 912-376-1674

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Available Now. 3BR/1BA, LR, family room, dining area, large kitchen, laundry room, central heat & A/C, shed w/electricity & concrete floor, newly painted interior & exterior. 2 new high efficiency sliding glass doors. No pets or smoking.$899/Rent + security deposit $929. (1yr. lease required) **Special Discount available for Police officers on rent & sec.dep.

No Section 8 Accepted! Call Scott Berry, Property manager at Berry Enterprises, 920-1936. rooms for rent 895

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

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

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

Call 912-844-5995.

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Rooms w/bathroom $145.

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

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

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

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Fully furnished, central heat/air, cable. No deposit. Safe environment. $125-$150 weekly & $450-$550 monthly. 912-228-1242

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2008 JMSTAR Sport and Scooter 150cc, excellent condition, helmets included, low mileage, 70mpg.

Email me at: lgray78@gmx.com Boats & accessories 950

transportation 900

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CADILLAC Biarritz, 1980-Needs TLC. $3500. Call 912-354-3884

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

FORD F150, 1996- 5-speed manual, Supercab, 6cyl, cold AC, sliding window, great work truck $1,850. 441-2150 FORD Mustang, 1999- Automatic, V6, black exterior, cold AC, runs great $3,650.

441-2150

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

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

912-231-9464 Other apts. avail.

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HYUNDAI Elantra, 19974-door, automatic, cold AC, Runs super, very low miles $1,950.

Call 912-441-2150 NISSAN Path Finder, 1997-K miles, black in color, ac/h, clean, new tires, runs good. $3500/obo 912-631-4559 NISSAN Sentra, 2005- Automatic, 4-door, AC, PW, PL, sporty! Very clean, runs super $3,650. 441-2150

1995 SILVER KING FLATS 18.5’ 2011 Suzuki 140HP 4 stroke (under warranty), CMC jackplate hydraulic, 6ft. power pole hydraulic, shallow water anchor, Garmin 541S color GPS, Nav, depth sounder, lighted live well w/pump and aerator w/pump & timer switch, deck, running, & anchor lights, hydraulic trim tabs, battery switch, stereo, CD, 4 speakers, poling platform, 2004 loadfast single axle trailer, bimini top, everything works, minor dings and scratches, $13,000 OBO. Serious inquiries only.

912-667-6010

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No sales tax. Call 912-247-4005

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One owner, asking $9,000.

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