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WEEK AT A GLANCE Freebie of the Week

Revision Art & Eco Festival

What: Local

artists/crafters showcase and sell recycled creations. “Trashion Show” at 11:30am.

Bring old sneakers to recycle for Nike’s ReUse A Shoe. When: Sat. April 28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: 1321 Eisenhower Dr. Cost: Free & open to the public Info: 912-652-6856.

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Column: Tom Kohler’s

Citizen Advocacy.

by Jessica Leigh Lebos

11 The News Cycle 12 Sidewalk Arts 13 Earth Day photos 14 Blotter 15 Straight Dope 16 News of the Weird

MUSIC

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Free Week at Fort Pulaski

Grand Reopening Celebration: Historic Massie Heritage Center

Wednesday

What: Part of the Fort’s annual National Park Week events. Admission fees to all national parks including Fort Pulaski are waived through Sunday, April 29.

Where: Fort Pulaski National Monument, U.S. Highway 80 Cost: Free and open to the public Info: 912-786-5787, www.nps.gov/fopu

Savannah Challenger Tennis Tournament

What: World class mens’ professional tennis players compete for $50,000.

Check website for draw and schedule.

When: Wed. April 25, Thu. April 26, Fri. April 27, Sat. April 28 Where: The Landings Club, Skidaway Island Cost: Free on April 21 & 22. $10-$15 April 23-29.

Info: www.savannahchallenger.com/

Concert: “Transitions” by SCAD Performance Ensemble

Thursday

What: Savannah’s museum for history and architecture reopens with new interactive exhibits including a rebuilt 3-D model of Oglethorpe’s city plan of Savannah. Ribbon Cutting Thursday, 10am. Free admission through Sunday, 10am-5pm, and 1-5pm on Sunday.

Where: Massie Heritage Center, Calhoun Square, 207 E. Gordon St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: 912-395-5070, www.massieschool. com/

Bethesda Academy Organic Farm & Gardens Stand

What: Now open Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Products are grown and stand is managed by Bethesda students and staff.

Fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs. Open Tuesdays and Thursdays.

What: A concert of songs about growing up and moving on. Backed by a live band of SCAD students, the 23-member singing ensemble will perform songs by Bob Dylan, Charlotte Martin, Burt Bacharach, Sting, The Beatles, M83 and Death Cab for Cutie.

When: Wed. April 25, 7 p.m.

Where: Mondanaro Theater, 217 Martin Luther King jr. Blvd.

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: scad.edu/

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Info: 912-351-2061, www.bethesdaacad-

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Parker’s Market Urban Gourmet-Wine Tasting

What: A special presentation and wine tasting featuring vintages from the Delicato Family Vineyard. Georgia Crown Distributing Co. representative Tammy Strickland will be on hand to present individual wines and answer questions.

When: Thu. April 26, 4-6 p.m.

Where: Parker’s Market Urban Gourmet, 222 Drayton St. Cost: Free and open to the public Info: 912-721-2886

Book signing: Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook

What: Cupcakes and cocktails as Cheryl and Griff from Back in the Day Bakery sign copies of their new cookbook.

When: Thu. April 26, 5-7 p.m.

Where: The Paris Market & Brocante, 36 West Broughton Street Cost: Free to attend. Books available for purchase.

The PAC Variety Show

What: Remember Carol Burnett, ed Sullivan, and the Jackson Family Variety Show? Performing Arts Collective presents Savannah’s version of those greats.

Singing, dancing, poetry, and comedy skits. Co-directors are Gary Swindell, Darowe McMillon, and Muriel Miller.

When: Thu. April 26, 7 p.m.

Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $5 Info: 912-631-3452

Film: White of the Eye (1987, UK)

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When: Thu. April 26, 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Where: Bethesda Academy, 9520 Fergu-

What: Psychotronic Film Society presents a rare cult thriller by Scottish film director Donald Cammell, starring David Keith and Cathy Moriarty as a married couple suspected of murdering several wealthy women.

When: Wed. April 25, 8 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean , 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $6 cash Info: SentientBean.com/

Films in Forsyth (Thurs. & Fri.)

What: SCAD presents family-friendly outdoor movies on the big screen in the park. Thursday, April 26, 8 p.m.,“The Goonies.” Friday, April 27, 8 p.m. “How to Train Your Dragon.”

Where: Forsyth Park Bandshell, Cost: Free and open to the public Info: scad.edu/

Great doc on Bob Marley screens Sunday

What: Occupy Savannah partners

with The Sentient Bean to show a new documentary, Koch Brothers: Exposed a new movie by Brave New Foundation and documentarian Robert Greenwald.

When: April 26, 8 p.m.

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

Second Harvest’s Jewels & Jeans

What: Food bank benefit serves up

the best bites in town, including fare from The Olde Pink House, Uncle Bubba’s and Lulu’s Chocolate Bar. Open bar, live music by the Train Wrecks. All proceeds go to feeding local citizens in need.

When: Thu, April 26, 7-10pm Where: American’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, 2501 E. President St. Cost: $75 Info: helpendhunger.org

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Friday The Starland Circus

What: Not your usual three ring circus! A band, a fashion show, a DJ and Anitra Opera Diva. Yes, there will be clown noses.

When: Fri. April 27, 7-10 p.m.

Where: The Starland Dairies (Milk Factory), 40th & Bull Cost: $3 ~ Kids & freaks Free!

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Saturday Junior Ranger Day at Fort Pulaski

What: Junior Ranger tour at 1:30pm.

After the tour, new Junior Ranger swearing in and award ceremony.

Related Junior Ranger activities at 11:30am, 12:30pm, and 3:30pm, including cannon drills.

When: Sat. April 28 Where: Fort Pulaski National Monument, US Highway 80 Cost: Free and open to the public Info: 912-786-5787, www.nps.gov/ fopu

Forsyth Farmers’ Market

What: Dozens of sources for locally sources produce and meats.

When: Sat. April 28, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

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

Info: www.forsythfarmersmarket.org/

Fairy and Gnome Home Festival

What: Third annual festival includes Fairy and Gnome home building contests, scavenger hunt; costume contest, crafts, unicorn rides.

When: Sat. April 28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Oatland Island Wildlife Cen-

ter., 711 Sandtown Rd.,

Cost: $7 adults, $5 children Info: 912-395-1500, www.oatlandis-

land.org/

Fort King George: Historical Weapons

What: “Weapons That Made America”

describes the small-arms and artillery used during the revolutionary era. Weapon firings will take place throughout the day.

When: Sat. April 28, 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

Loggerhead Sea Turtle Release

What: Kick off Georgia’s sea turtle nesting season (May through October) with a live release of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle into the Atlantic Ocean. Held after the annual Tybee Island Turtle Trot 5k Run/Walk.

When: Sat. April 28, 10 a.m.

Where: In front of the Tybee Island Marine Science Center, 1510 Strand Avenue (next to Tybee Pier and Pavilion), Tybee Island Cost: Free and open to the public Info: 912-786-5917, tybeemarinescience.org/turtle-trot

Second Annual Tybee Island Bike Rodeo

What: Kids get their bikes checked out, fixed a bit and participate in bike skills learning games. Take part in group ride for kids, parents and friends. Participants must have release signed by parent or responsible adult. Some free helmets available.

Hosted by City of Tybee Island, Tybee Island Police, SafeKids Savannah, Savannah Bicycle Campaign, and Coastal Bicycle Touring club.

When: Sat. April 28, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Tybee YMCA, Tybee Island Cost: Free and open to the public Info: 912-786-9622, www.bicyclecampaign.org/

Holistic Health Fair

What: Health and wellness presentations include: self development and the Compassion Project; A Letter to God: find peace and self esteem; Zumba/Life Coaching; the importance of knowing your metabolic age and the tremendous health benefits of liquid extracts.

When: Sat. April 28, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Cost: Free and open to the public Info: 860-917-6984

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Performance by Angela Beasley’s Puppet People

What: Celebrating the National Day of Puppetry, a performance of “Three Pigs of Huge Proportions & the Teeny Tiny Wolf.” Includes studio tour and “Mom and Me” puppet making.

When: Sat. April 28, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Where: The Puppet People Party Place, 3119 Furber Avenue Cost: $10 per person Info: 912-355-3366, puppetpeople. com

SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival

What: 31st annual community festival gives SCAD students, alumni and high school students a chance to show off their artistic talents using Forsyth Park’s sidewalks as canvas.

When: Sat. April 28, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Forsyth Park Cost: Free. Artists register at sidewalkarts.scad Info: www.scad.edu/

Author Appearance: Laura Fogarty

What: Author of “I’m the Boss of Me!” reads from her children’s book on sexual abuse awareness.

When: Sat. April 28, 12 p.m.

Where: Barnes & Noble at Ogletho-

MASTER ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHY A: ages 10-12 June 18-22 / 9am-3pm B: ages 13-16 June 25-29 / 9am-3pm GEEK BLING, TECHNO-JEWELRY & FASHION ACCESSORIES (Ages 13-18) / July 9-13 / 9am-3pm VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT (Ages 14-18) / July 9-13 / 9am-3pm LEARN TO DRAW WITH ROBOTS & LIGHTS (Ages 6-10) / July 16–20 / 9am–3pm

rpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn Ext. Cost: Free and open to the public Info: 912-353-7757

Film: Rashomon, (Japan, 1950)

What: SCAD Cinema Circle presents a film directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, following three men with contradictory accounts about the murder of a samurai.

When: Sat. April 28, 7 p.m.

Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Cost: $8 Gen., free with SCAD ID Info: scad.edu/

Ballet: Swan Lake

What: Savannah Danse Theatre presents Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet, the love story of Prince Siegfried, the princess Odette and the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart and how he cast a spell on Odette to become the queen of the swans.

When: Sat. April 28, 8 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Cost: $25 Info: 912-525-5050, lucastheatre. com/

ART WITH THE PROS! STUDIO ART (Ages 6-10) / July 30-Aug 3 / 9am-3pm WHAT CAN WE MAKE? TINKER/ HACKER (Ages 8-12) / July 30-August 3 / 9am3pm CREATIVE TRANSFORMATIONS PRE-K (Ages 4-6) / August 6-10/ 9am-12pm

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Sunday Film: Marley (2012, USA/UK)

What: Psychotronic Film Society’s “Movies Savannah Missed” series presents Kevin MacDonald’s documentary about the life and legacy of Jamaican reggae superstar Bob Marley. Screens at 2 pm, 5 pm and 8 pm.

When: Sun. April 29 Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $8 Info: www.musesavannah.org/

Savannah Wind Symphony Pops Concert

What: Arrangements of Copeland, Gershwin, Mercer, Bernstein and a Star Trek Tribute.

When: Sun. April 29, 3 p.m.

Where: Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: $14 Gen. Adm./Discounts available.

Info: 912-344-2801. armstrong.edu/

Lecture: “Dangerous Fiction: Flannery O’Connor’s Approach to the Theme of Grace”

What: Mary Doll, Ph.D., SCAD Liberal Arts professor, discussing O’Connor’s approach to the theme of grace in “Greenleaf” and “Everything That Rises Must Converge.” Part of the 2012 Spring Lecture Series.

When: Sun. April 29, 4 p.m.

Where: Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton St. Cost: Free and open to the public Info: www.flanneryoconnorhome. org/

Savannah Children’s Choir Spring Concert

What: This concert by the local choir who just won a gold medal at an international competition in Italy is part of “An Afternoon with the Arts” hosted by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s Savannah alumnae chapter.

When: Sun. April 29, 4 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St. Cost: Free and open to the public Info: (912) 412-2833.

What: Pick strawberries, tour the farm from 4-5:30pm. Fried Chicken Dinner and traditional fixin’s including strawberry shortcake served at 5pm. Reservations required.

When: Sun. April 29, 4 p.m.

Where: UGA Extension Service-Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens , 2 Canebrake Rd. Cost: $20 per person, including children.

Info: 912-921-5460, www.ugaextension.com/bamboo

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant--Billy Joel Dinner Theatre

What: Featuring The Stranger (sixpiece Billy Joel tribute band) An evening of Billy Joel music, Italian dinner, beer and wine.

When: Sun. April 29, 5 p.m.

Where: Savannah JEA, 5111 Abercorn Street Cost: $72 includes show and meal.

Info: savannahjea.org/

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Wednesday Savannah Sand Gnats Baseball

What: A seven-day home stand begins Wed. May 2 and runs through Tuesday.

When: Begins Wed. May 2, 7:05 p.m.

Where: Grayson Stadium, 1401 E. Victory Dr., Cost: Gen. Adm. Tickets start at $7.

Discounts available Info: 912-351-9150

Kara Simsek aka ‘Turkish Rocky’ (1985, Turkey) What: Another copyright-flaunting,

illegal remake of a popular Western blockbuster never meant to be shown outside of Turkey. While not an exact copy of Rocky, it’s patterned after plot elements found in the first three films of that series, and the low-budget, nonsensical dialog (subtitled in English) and cheesy ‘80s soundtrack (featuring snippets of the music from the Rocky films, used without permission of course) make it a cult classic.

When: Wed. May 2, 8 p.m.

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

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Orange Spring

by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

In yet another display of the power of social media, few things have blown up local Facebook feeds like the YouTube video that went viral this past Sunday morning showing a beach full of litter after the Orange Crush “festival.”

I put “festival” in quotes because unlike every other event in the area which also results in huge amounts of trash, Orange Crush is not an organized event, with sponsors who can apply for permits, put up deposits, etc. More on that later.

The nice little bit of citizen journalism showed Tybee resident Tony Abruzzio awash in a sea of trash, pointing out that not only residents but tourists were coming onto the beach to help clean up. Indeed, by noonish most of the trash was gone.

By the way, no City of Tybee staff were visible in the video. More on that later, too.

Orange Crush came and went but the litter remained, along with profound outrage that anyone would sully a public beach so wantonly — and on Earth Day weekend!

But unlike in years past, this time Orange Crush, itself promoted largely by social media, would be the target of social media rather than a beneficiary.

By 2 p.m. Sunday, my Facebook feed showed about 100 shares of the video. By Sunday evening, a new page called “Stop Orange Crush 2013” was getting over 100 ‘likes’ an hour. An online petition to “ban” Orange Crush (!) has over 2000 signatures.

Some backstory: Orange Crush is a roughly 25-year-old spring break gathering of African American college students on Tybee Island. Like college students everywhere and of any color, they not only get trashed, they leave a lot of trash.

In years past there was an attempt to quasi-organize Orange Crush, through the auspices of historically black Savannah State University. (Lost in the hubbub is the fact that some SSU students came to Tybee on Sunday to help clean up the beach).

While Tybee Island never really wanted the event there, things actually went reasonably well for awhile until Tybee — in response to concerns about how large and

disruptive Orange Crush had become — got in a kerfuffle over police checkpoints on Highway 80 that were clearly intended to discourage attendance. Some very valid Constitutional reasons were raised to show that those checkpoints were a horrible idea.

Since then, negotiations between Tybee and whoever was calling themselves an Orange Crush organizer fell apart, and the event became essentially a massive flash mob — promoted by social media, with no structure, and no one to hold accountable for the horrifically disrespectful, environmentally irresponsible, and just plain gross behavior of this past weekend.

If I were writing for the New York Times, this is the part where I’d archly muse that a quaint and backward Southern beach town still steeped in the miasma of Jim Crow is pulling out their old Klan hoods and thumbing their nose at federal law in order to refight the Civil War and revive segregation, and this is a direct legacy of the policies of George W. Bush, etc., etc.

But as you’ve gathered, this ain’t the New York Times! And the problem today — other than the irresponsible behavior of those who trashed the beach — is exactly opposite: Tybee has come full circle and is now way too lenient on Orange Crush.

I grew up going to Tybee Island when it was still called Savannah Beach (as Abruzzio refers to it on YouTube, did you notice?). One thing I’ve learned about Tybee: They love enforcing the law there — 51 weeks out of the year anyway.

Even when you don’t really break any laws, someone on Tybee will say you broke one. Can’t bring your dog, can’t drive two miles an hour over the speed limit, and apparently you can’t look funny outside a bar without getting tased nearly to death.

Years ago a Tybee cop wrote me a fat ticket for bringing a glass bottle onto the

beach. In the off-season. When it was only me and one other person on the entire beach.

But at Orange Crush you can leave anything you want on the beach, and I mean anything. Glass, cans, cups, butts, used diapers, used condoms, and all kinds of plastic things that like to wrap around the necks of unsuspecting marine life.

Is this kind of trash left at Tybee on other weekends? Yup. Will a Tybee cop write you up if he catches you? Yup-yup.

But not on Orange Crush weekend. And here’s precisely where the classic “the crackers are at it again” argument breaks down.

Tybee is clearly petrified of the media and legal attention it would get by asking a modicum of accountability on the part of Orange Crush attendees. So they essentially void the law for one weekend in order to avoid dealing with the issue at all.

If you think that’s racist — well, let’s just say you have a pretty broad definition!

I keep hearing that “no one gets this upset over St. Patrick’s Day,” and that predominantly white celebration gets a pass for all the trash it generates. But there’s no comparison between concrete and asphalt, which can be cleaned with streetsweepers and pushbrooms, and a beach made of sand and shells and sea oats, where endangered sea turtles lay their eggs, for gosh sakes.

And with Orange Crush there’s not only no one to hold accountable — unlike the many organizations involved with St. Patrick’s Day — Tybee City Hall is also not being very accountable, unlike the City of Savannah’s engaged involvement with St. Patrick’s Day. So this isn’t a racial issue, it’s an accountability issue on both sides. Someone needs to step up, claim Orange Crush, and spread the message that if attendees are going to use a public beach they should use it responsibly.

And Tybee City Hall needs to quit playing the victim and demand accountability from Orange Crush — and also be accountable themselves for good-faith negotiations which respect attendees’ rights to assemble on said public beach.

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Citizen Advocacy’s Tom Kohler (left) and visiting Scotsman Peter Sabine

was also on the agenda. (Mount, a person–centered planning activist, will speak at the Creative Coast’s TEDx event May 18.)

I met up with this dashing duo at Johnny Harris for some famous fried chicken and sweet tea, along with Citizen Advocacy volunteer Chloe Stuber, advocate Ben Oxnard and Oxnard’s protégé, Jeremy Gall.

Around a table under the star– spangled ceiling, Sabine held court, sharing the details of his own life– planning process over a decade ago.

While many in need of assistance continue to be relegated to the edges of Western society, the UK’s shift from a mode based on services and institutions to one that lets people choose the options available to them allowed Sabine to stride far past the societal expectations placed on him.

“Because of this approach, I don’t just go to a center every day,” he trilled in that absolutely fantastic accent. “I contribute, I live independently in my own flat, I have paid work. It feels brilliant to be valued and be doing something for other people.”

What does a person–centered plan look like? Sabine and his allies updated his after reaching many of the goals of the first version, and together they created a video of him leading viewers through a rainbow– hued, multidimensional map depicting his specific goals, actions and assets. I got a dose of his “legendary sense of humor” when I teasingly warned him that I was taking notes and that he might not want to say anything too scandalous, and he volleyed back, “You mean about you?”

His future plan includes growing his international consulting business, working with people with autism and finding a nice girlfriend. Though committed to the idea that no one should be defined by his or her disability, he acknowledges that his accomplishments are extraordinary.

“I don’t give false hope to people, but I think I give a point of what can be achieved,” he mulled. “Everyone’s different, and that’s the point, isn’t it?”

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Really, if those Nigerian bank scammers could do a decent Sean Connery imitation, they’d have my life savings in a minute. So it’s a good thing that Peter Sabine had no intentions of filching my wallet, because I would’ve handed it right over at “heh–loh.”

The Scottish equal awareness consultant visited Savannah last week at the invitation of Chatham–Savannah Citizens Advocacy director Tom Kohler, who was charmed into submission by Sabine at the Inclusion Scotland Conference in Edinburgh last year. Here in Savannah, Citizens Advocacy pairs up folks in need with those who want to help them.

Similarly, in his native land, Sabine works with ELCAP, an organization that supports people with mental and physical challenges much in the same way that Citizens Advocacy does: By listening.

I could have listened to Sabine talk all day about the intricacies Scotland’s tax codes, but it turns out his topic fascinated as much as his accent: He’s a passionate and patient educator on what’s called “person–centered planning,” an approach to social care adopted ten years ago in the United Kingdom to empower those living with disabilities. The 35 year–old advises government entities and charities as well as works with individuals to identify their strengths and become more independent. He also happens to have Down’s Syndrome.

Between Kohler’s exceptional beard and Sabine’s bewitching brogue, the two made quite the devastating pair as the former squired the latter around town for a definitive tour of Savannah’s community hotspots.

Stops included watering holes the Sentient Bean and Molly MacPherson’s as well as the Creative Coast offices, where Sabine lent a memorable cameo to the Savannah Urban Arts Festival’s “Changing Perspectives” cultural panel. Beth Mount’s exhibit of Story Quilts at the Jepson

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Scenes from suppers past: Local musicians sing for the cause (left) and folks pile up plates at Savannah’s biggest potluck.

of them reflect the work he’s done with Citizens Advocacy for the last 34 years: Providing the opportunity for those who “fall through the cracks” to voice their desires to someone who can help. “Essentially, the point is to help people who have been left off the page be in the story.”

He’s amazed at the level that the Scottish government has adopted people–centered planning as policy and hopes Sabine’s visit will challenge American assumptions about labels.

“We need to wrap our minds

around the idea that everyone can be bigger than we think they can,” he said, nodding towards Sabine.

“Wouldn’t we want to be a country that creates these kinds of citizens?”

Such citizenry can only happen by including the people society marks off as “special needs” and then relegates into day centers and institutions, far away from any place their gifts and ideas can be heard. A genuine community listens to how they envision their own futures, which can only be accomplished through relationships.

And maybe over some food.

Kohler says the aim is to keep the “social” back in social change. True to that, Citizen Advocacy is hosting its 34th annual meeting and the Savannah’s Biggest and Best Covered Dish Dinner Thursday, May 10 at Savannah Station. The event is basically an exercise in tossing everything you know about hosting a party out the window, as there are no reservations, no RSVPs and not a whole lot of planning: Just show up with a dish and find a seat.

“We never know how many people will come, but it always works out,” chuckles Kohler when I fret over whether there will be enough napkins. He’s done this enough times that I have to trust him. He’ll also be aided by a competent recent addition to the non–profit, Connect’s own Happenings editor, Robin Wright Gunn, who came on board last October to help coordinate advocate/protégé matches.

Last year was our family’s first time at this loving smorgasbord, and we were so inspired by the comradery and music and laughter and the banquettes overflowing with casseroles and deviled eggs and salads and desserts that we volunteered to host a table this time around. (I put the kids are in charge of the centerpiece. So far, they’ve come up with some hideous chicken–feathers–meets–Harry Potter theme, but there’s still time.)

Regrettably, Peter Sabine will have gone back to the land of lochs by then, though his voice—and yes, even what he said—will echo in my mind for a long time to come. cs More at savannahcitizenadvocacy.org.

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Automated sensors record bicycle traffic at eight locations every day and the city makes the data available to anyone who wants it through its Open Data project. I learned this from a real live Ottawan, who was visiting Savannah’s Earth Day Festival in Forsyth Park on Saturday.

In Savannah, bicycles are counted only a handful of days per year by human volunteers, I explained to our visitor from the north. But, I added, Savannah’s average January high temperature is 60 degrees.

Despite its clear superiority in bicycle counting technology, Ottawa can’t beat us in the weather department, I suggested. The Ottawan agreed, although a visit in August might change his mind.

It’s true that Savannah’s climate along with its flat terrain make it especially well suited for bicycling.

Cities that lack these natural assets must do much, much more to harness the benefits of increased bicycling.

Without doing much of anything at all, we’re already in a position that many other communities envy. And the good news is Savannah is employing additional measures to help citizens and visitors go by bike.

Even though it didn’t count him, the Canadian was impressed with the new Price Street bike lane. He was similarly appreciative of our trafficcalming squares.

When he asked about the feasibility of riding to Tybee Island, I hesitated to answer. I didn’t want to diminish his opinion of Savannah, which he regarded as a great cycling destination.

The truth about riding to Tybee is ugly. It’s at places like the Bull River and Lazaretto Creek bridges that our ability to become a truly bicycle friendly community is being tested.

Creating a safe route to Tybee Island, something desired by residents and visitors alike, will be a challenge.

Part of the difficulty lies in the fact that transportation planning has focused exclusively on maximizing

automobile traffic volume and speed for so long, it’s almost as if we are unable to imagine other possibilities.

The desire to pave our way out of traffic problems is strong locally.

Traffic engineering expert Walter Kulash described the folly situation succinctly when he said, “Widening roads to solve traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.”

Often these projects are sold to the public as necessary investments for future prosperity. Here again, the solution is worse than the problem in the long term. All that extra asphalt makes roadways unwelcoming and sometimes deadly for bicyclists and pedestrians.

And demographic trends indicate that more Americans will soon find themselves described this way. Young people are falling out of love with cars, rejecting what has been a right of passage since the 1950s.

From 2001-2009, average annual vehicle miles traveled by individuals under age 34 decreased from 10,300 to 7,900. At the same time, large numbers of older Americans are giving up their car keys by choice or at the urging of relatives.

People with AARP cards who want wider or more roads today, are in fact pushing for infrastructure that will one day drastically restrict their mobility. When going by car is the only way to go, those no longer able to drive will be totally dependent on others, even if they are physically able to get around by other means.

The roads we build in the name of freedom of movement today will imprison us tomorrow. People would be better served by investments in Complete Streets (roadways designed to accommodate all users) and expanded transit options, than by new parkways and interchanges.

If we were able to think more sensibly about what our community could be and harness our tremendous advantages, we could ensure Savannah remains a healthy and appealing place to live. These are the things that really count. cs To help with this year’s bicycle count, contact info@bicyclecampaign.org

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Liz Fuller is a 22–year–old illustration major at SCAD. The Tennessee native is partial to scientific illustration — detailed plants and animal drawings, specifically — and her goal, post–graduation, is to return to Nashville and find work as an illustrator of such things.

Fuller was awarded Best in Show at the 2011 Sidewalk Arts Contest for — surprise! — a brilliantly colored perching hummingbird. And she’ll be among the 800 or so artists hunched over the concrete at the 31st annual chalkfest, this weekend in Forsyth Park.

“Last year I had a square all to myself,” Fuller says. “I had participated the year before that and thoroughly enjoyed it, even though during my first festival it rained all day! The rain actually turned out to be helpful in blending the colors of the chalk.”

Fuller is, well, partial to birds.

“My first year competing, I drew a hummingbird and I wanted to continue the tradition,” she explains. “I printed out a photograph and brought

talented artists, while creating art yourself.”

And she’s turned into quite the Sidewalk Arts Festival booster. “It’s also a really great opportunity for the community to come out and see artists in their element,” she enthuses.

“SCAD is a large part of Savannah, and it’s nice to be able to interact with the community in a creative environment — and just be able to chat with people, it’s just a lot of fun. Being able to talk to people about your artwork is always exciting.

“My best friends here in Savannah always come out to support me and it is wonderful to have them around. My mom has always been so supportive of my choice to become an artist, and it’s awesome to have her there cheering me on.

“Aside from all that, the simple tactile process of drawing on chalk is nostalgic and enjoyable in itself.” CS

it with me, it was a straightforward representation that I did not make any previous sketches for. I used white yarn to lay out the lines of the piece and left the yarn in the piece to bring more depth to it.”

She’d done the yarn thing in 2010, as well. “It was just an idea that I had on a whim that turned out to be quite lovely,” LIz Fuller took this photo of her 2011 Best in Show winner. she says.

The competition isn’t limprospective high school juniors and ited to those enrolled in SCAD’s art seniors. program. Anyone studying architecSCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival According to Fuller, who’ll be back ture — or filmmaking, or cosmetolWhere: Forsyth Park this year for her third go–round, ogy, for that matter — is welcome to When: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, April 28 “The experience as a whole is just apply for one of the available sidewalk Admission: Free spectacular. You are able to spend the Info: sidealkarts.scad.edu slabs at Forsyth. entire day in the park surrounded by It’s also open to SCAD alumni and

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Mother Earth smiled on this year’s edition of the City of Savannah-sponsored Earth Day Festival in Forsyth Park, with Saturday’s forecast rain waiting until literally the moment the event was over to finally come through town.

SPOILER ALERT: The turtle got away.

Thanks go to the City of Savannah’s hard-working staff, City Council, and all the awesome non-profit staffers and federal and state employees who put on the event and staffed the booths. And thanks to the eco-minded citizens of Savannah who came out.

Julie and Andrew of Savannah Hydroponics & Organics and Okatie Organics rockin’ their way-cool T-shirts.

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See the little Oatland Island owl next to her?

Liberty Lebos won the Veggie Costume Contest as the cutest broccoli you’ve ever seen.

Philip Brown sold his delicious PERC coffee nearby at the concurrent Forsyth Farmers Market.

Kristin Russell emceed the Veggie Costume Contest; a little peach is at the mic, with blueberry in the wings.

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Easily one of the best-attended Earth Day festivals in City history, the event drew thousands to network with like-minded folks, view cool green product demos, listen to music by performers like The Train Wrecks, and of course dress like their favorite vegetables!

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

24 hours to regret Two homicides happened within 24 hours last week, with one case apparently solved and the other killer(s) still at large.

Two brothers were arrested after a shooting last Friday afternoon.

Devontay Small,17 and John Small,19, both of Savannah, were charged and arrested in the murder and robbery of Timothy Randolph.

Just after 4 p.m., officers responded to Martha and Coaxley streets after calls of a shooting. Randolph had multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead on the scene.

Detectives canvassed the neighborhood attempting to locate witnesses, and it was discovered the murder took place during an attempted robbery of drugs and money.

John Small showed up at an area hospital soon after the initial incident

suffering from a gunshot wound as well. Both brothers were interviewed and later charged in the shooting.

Detectives credit great neighborhood involvement with helping them solve this in such a timely manner.

The previous night, a high school senior was shot to death on East 54th Street, apparently for his car. Police are seeking two vehicles seen fleeing the scene.

Cleophus Donte Swann, 18, of the 100 block of Heritage Way, was found dead of in the first block of East 54th about 8:20 p.m.

Residents heard shots and saw a light–colored SUV or pickup truck and a dark colored car speeding away.

One resident attempted to perform CPR as others called police, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police continue to investigate. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at (912) 234–2020 or text CRIMES (274637). Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.

• Savannah Fire & Emergency Services investigators seek the public’s assistance in locating an arson suspect in connection with a fire last week on 47th Street.

Investigators secured warrants against 56–year– old James Edward Moultrie, charging him with 1st degree arson and terroristic threats. The charges stem from a fire that destroyed a vehicle and damaged a house at 1006 W. 47th St. Firefighters were sent to a reported vehicle fire just before 10:45 a.m. Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames quickly, limiting damage to the house to a small portion of the front porch roof. Firefighters also extinguished a small fire near the rear of the residence. A 1998 Plymouth minivan that was parked near the front of the house was destroyed by the blaze.

SFES investigators say a 48–year–old resident, who was home at the time of the fire, was able to escape the home without injury.

Moultrie is described as a black male, 5’ 8” tall, weighing 205 lbs. He has short black hair, brown eyes, and possibly a beard and mustache. His last known address is 1004 E. 31st in Savannah. Investigators say Moultrie also uses the last name Oliver and is known to frequent Hilton Head area and also Barnwell County, SC. Investigators ask that anyone who has information on the whereabouts of Moultrie contact the Savannah Fire & Emergency Services Arson Unit at 912–644–5959. Citizens with information can also call Crimestoppers at 234–2020 or the Georgia Arson Control Hotline, toll–free at 1–800–282– 5804. The Hotline pays up to $10,000 for information. cs Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020

Considered individually, the cost of hauling Joe and Mary Chub from point A to point B is relatively small, and in fact could have a positive socioeconomic impact if airlines were to wise up and charge by weight. From a macro perspective, however, we need to realize Americans collectively are carrying an extra 4.6 billion pounds of fat, one more reason the lean, hungry nations of the world are gaining on us fast.

According to a study sponsored by the Aluminum Association, a 20 percent reduction in a small car’s weight can result in a 10 percent increase in fuel economy. However, clearly what the aluminum people had in mind was making cars out of lighter materials (presumably aluminum), not getting the occupants to lose weight. A typical small vehicle weighs 2,900 pounds, so a driver carrying an extra 20 pounds adds less than 1 percent to the car’s mass.

That doesn’t tell you the whole story, though. A 2009 paper by the environmental research group Resources for the Future suggests fat drivers tend to buy fat cars—that is, ones that are larger and less fuel-efficient. The authors estimate that if overweight and obesity rates had stayed at 1980 levels—20 percentage points lower than now—consumers in 2005 would have bought vehicles whose fuel economy on average was 1 MPG better than the ones they did.

This is useful information. Rather than scolding people for buying SUVs because they’re bad for the environment, one might more effectively advance the argument that an SUV proclaims the owner is a blimp.

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Recently someone asked about the amount of energy Americans are storing in body fat. A more pertinent question is how much energy is wasted hauling that fat around. Cars, planes, and trains have to burn extra fuel to move the excess pounds. How many barrels of oil would America save if not for all that lard?— Scott Sanders, St. Louis

Another 2009 study found that a one-pound increase in the weight of the average car occupant drives up gasoline demand by 40 million gallons per year.

To put that in perspective, the researchers calculated that Americans during the Bush II era used an extra 473 million gallons of gas each year compared to predecessors during Bush I, 758 million more than the unhappy ex-hippies of Carter’s day, and 1.1 billion more than the trim veterans of the Eisenhower epoch. Imposing as that sounds, we’re only talking about 1 percent of gasoline consumed by U.S. autos.

In search of more frightening statistics, we turn to a transportation mode where weight really matters—flying.

The Centers for Disease Control put the average weight gain of American adults from the early 1990s to 2000 at 8.5 pounds for men and 11.4 pounds for women. Hurling that bulk through the skies meant burning an additional 350 million gallons of jet fuel costing more than a billion dollars annually.

Let’s try greenhouse gas emissions.

Yet another 2009 study considered how much extra energy is needed to sustain a fat populace versus a skinny one.

Comparing typical average weight distribution in 1970 to now, the researchers calculated that a hypothetical population of 1 billion fat adults contributes to global warming as follows: • 270 million more metric tons of greenhouse gases stemming from extra food production needed for the 19 percent more calories we’d eat overall.

• 170 million tons of gases due to increased auto fuel consumption.

• 2 million tons for extra plane fuel.

If one assumes obese people mostly live in developed countries using more energy per capita, obesity results in as much as 1 billion extra tons of greenhouse gases per billion population annually. This gives us the desired conclusion: fat people, by their very existence, are imperiling the planet.

The animals and plants required to produce the additional food consumed by an overweight population also boost emissions—worldwide production of animal feed contributes 18 percent of GHG, more than all forms of transport.

Finally, a recent George Washington University study assessed the annual per-person cost of obesity as $4,879 for women and $2,646 for men, mostly due to higher medical costs and lost job opportunities. So listen to what science is telling you, America: don’t be fat. cs

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news of the weird You Snooze (Even for a SplitSecond), You Lose In April, a research ship will begin surveying the Atlantic Ocean floor off of Nova Scotia as the first step to building, by 2013, a $300 million private fiber-optic line connecting New York and London financial markets so as to speed up current transmission times — by about five milliseconds. Those five milliseconds, though (according to an April report in Bloomberg Business Week), will enable the small group of firms that are underwriting the project (and who will have exclusive use of it) to earn millions of dollars per transaction by having their trade sales arrive five milliseconds before their competitors’ sales would have arrived.

Cultural Diversity • Brazil’s Safety Net for the Poor: Dr. Ivo Pitanguy, the most celebrated plastic surgeon in the country, apparently earned enough money from well-off clients that he can now “give back,” by funding and inspiring more than 200 clinics to provide low-income women with enhancement procedures (face lifts, tummy tucks, butt lifts) at a reduced, and sometimes no, charge. A local anthropology professor told ABC News, for a March dispatch, that “(i) n Brazil, plastic surgery is now seen as something of the norm” (or, as the reporter put it, “(B)eauty is (considered) a right, and the poor deserve to be ravishing, too”).

• In a March interview on Bolivian

television, Judge Gualberto Cusi, who Crouch’s dogs. The jets are necessary, was recently elected to Bolivia’s Constithe Crouches’ lawyer told the Los Angetutional Tribunal from the indigenous les Times, because the Crouches receive Aymara community, acknowledged more death threats than even the presithat occasionally, when deciding tough dent of the United States. Allegedly, cases, he relied on the Aymaran trathe Crouches keep millions of dollars dition of “reading” coca leaves. “In in cash on hand, but according to their moments when decisions must be lawyer, that is merely out of obedience taken, we turn to coca to guide us and to the biblical principle of “ow(ing) no show us the way.” man anything.”

• In February, the Life• High-ranking End Clinic in the NethVatican administrator erlands announced that Cardinal Domenico six mobile euthanasia Calcagno, 68, fired HEY, teams were placed in serback at critics in April The poor vice countrywide to make after an Italian website deserve to be assisted-suicide house reported his extensive ravishing, too calls — provided the client collection of guns and qualified under the nation’s love of shooting. He strict laws. (Euthanasia, told reporters that he legal in the Netherlands owns only 13 weapons since 2002, is available to and that, “above all,” people who suffer “unbearhe enjoys “repairing” able, interminable” pain them rather than shootand for which at least two ing them (although, he doctors certify there is “no admitted, “I used to go cure.” Panels of doctors, to shooting ranges”). lawyers and ethicists rule Fine Points of on the applications.)

Latest Religious Messages • Two lawsuits filed in Los Angeles recently against the founding family of the religious Trinity Broadcasting Network allege that televangelists Paul and Jan Crouch have spent well over $50 million of worshippers’ donations on “personal” expenses, including 13 “mansions,” his-and-hers private jets, and a $100,000 mobile home for Mrs.

Florida Law

(1) In April, the Tampa Police Department issued preliminary security guidelines to control areas around August’s Republican National Convention in the city. Although the Secret Service will control the actual convention arena, Tampa Police are establishing a zone around the arena in which weapons will be confiscated (including

sticks, rocks, bottles and slingshots).

Police would like to have banned firearms, too, but state law prevents cities from restricting the rights of licensed gun-carriers. (2) South Florida station WPLG-TV reported in March that vendors were openly selling, for about $30, verbatim driver’s license test questions and answers, on the street in front of DMV offices. When told about it, a DMV official shrugged, pointing out that test-takers still had to memorize them to pass the closed-book exam.

Questionable Judgments • Perp’s Remorse: (1) Jason Adkins was charged in March in Cynthiana, Ky., with stealing electronic equipment from the home of a friend. According to police, Adkins admitted the break-in but said he felt guilty the next day and returned the items. However, he then admitted breaking back into the home two days after that and re-stealing them. (2) Ivan Barker was sentenced in March in England’s Stoke-on-Trent Magistrates Court for stealing a laptop computer and cigarettes from the home of a wheelchair-bound man of his acquaintance. Barker subsequently visited the man and apologized for the theft, but then, during that visit, Barker stole the man’s new replacement laptop computer and more cigarettes.

• Lumpkin County, Ga., judge David Barrett, apparently frustrated by an alleged rape victim’s reluctant testimony at a trial in February, blurted out in court that she was “killing her case (against the accused rapist),” and

No Spectators Allowed • For the first time in years, there was no Easter bunny at Central City Park in Macon, Ga., this year because the county commissioner who runs the sponsoring organization said he was tired of violent parents hogging the Easter egg hunt by “helping” their kids. (Two years ago, Olney High School in Philadelphia barred players’ parents from its boys’ junior varsity basketball games unless they registered and vowed to obey a code of conduct. In February 2012, the president of the Egyptian Football Association similarly announced that the season would continue but without spectators, because of the probability of violence. Of course, Egypt, unlike Macon, Ga., and Olney High School, has just been through a bloody civil war.)

Least Competent Criminals Relentless: (1) In the early hours of Jan. 31, police in Gaston, N.C., were alerted to five burglaries in a twoblock area that left shattered glass, broken doors and other damage, but no missing property. There was also a blood trail leading from one store, likely from a break-in boo-boo.

(2) In March, England’s Canterbury Crown Court heard the evidence against a gang of five who in August and September 2010 attempted to break into seven ATMs, using fancy power tools, but came away emptyhanded each time. Brick walls were smashed around three machines, and twice explosives were used, resulting in fires. In each case, alarms were triggered, sending the men away prematurely, including once from an ATM that contained the equivalent of $223,000. CS

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Lee Brice At 9 p.m. Friday, April 27

Desperados, 65 W. Fairmont Ave. $20 advance, $25 at the door (open at 7).

How often does this happen? South Carolina singer/songwriter Lee Brice had the No. 1 song on Billboard’s country singles chart last week (“A Woman Like You”) and he’s here onstage, in little ole Savannah, at almost the exact moment he’s the biggest radio star in the country.

Desperados, which has been around for less than a year, bills itself as “Savannah’s Only Dedicated Country Western Nightclub,” and indeed there’s a big dance floor with line–dancing lessons and demos.

The big hit is from Brice’s second album, Hard 2 Love (released just this week). That one follows Love Like Crazy, which sent its title song to No. 3 in 2010. “Love Like Crazy” became Billboard’s Top Country Song for that year.

That’s because it set a Billboard record – 56 weeks – for the longest run in the chart’s history.

As if the timing on this show wasn’t cool enough, everyone who buys a tickets gets a Hard 2 Love CD, which (if they so desire) they can get Brice to autograph after the show.

Outshyne will open.

ELECTRIC GRANDMA With Basik Lee and Knife, Miggs Son Daddy

At 10 p.m. Friday, April 27. Wormhole Bar, 2307 Bull St. It’s been a little less than four years since Lucia Aurora Garcia relocated to Savannah from the southwestern United States, and she’s been an indispensible part of our city’s music community for more than half of that time.

Garcia, a singer, songwriter and classically–trained pianist, is a charter member of Word of Mouth, the freewheeling eight–piece band that blends hip hop, reggae, folk, classical and rock ‘n’ roll with an irresistibly contagious, Zen–hippie zeal for life.

Word of Mouth has a remarkable new song, “Speak Your Minds,” that calls for immediate social change through global unity.

“That’s one of our biggest things, is coming together as a whole,” Garcia says. “We’re really about strength in numbers. And that if we all come together, we can really, really change a lot.”

Word of Mouth, she says, is a musical microcosm of this utopian belief system. “It’s been very apparent with just the eight of us as a group – we’re all so different, and we all have so many different opinions, but we make it work because we have the strength and the patience and the confidence to work together. And make things happen as a whole, instead of just individually.”

“Speak Your Minds” is part of the as–yet–unfinished debut Word of Mouth album. The band wants to put 12 songs on the set, but they’re only able to record them one at a time, as they bring in money from gigs. A Kickstarter campaign is in the works (meanwhile, check out “Speak Your Minds” at wordofmouthspeaks.com).

Between themselves, all the Word of Mouth members use kicky pseudonyms. Garcia calls herself Electric Grandma, and that’s the name she chose for her synthy electronica side project.

Electric Grandma music is beat–based keyboard music, strange, hypnotic and trancelike.

“I love producing music on the computer, getting into that,” she says. “For me, Electric Grandma is a way to truly express what’s

inside of me without seven other voices around me changing the idea.

“Don’t get me wrong, I love collaborating and I love the way ideas change and morph with seven other people, but I enjoy having the time where I can just really let my subconscious flow out.”

She writes and records the Electric Grandma songs with her fiance, Word of Mouth pianist Matt Duplessie (a.k.a. Grandpa Fractal).

“It’s also a way for us to keep our relationship fun and different,” adds Garcia. “He’s amazing to be in a partnership with, in this and in life.

“Electric Grandma’s just the two of us. I play keyboards, he plays lead guitar. We both produce the tracks and pretty much we play a backing track onstage, and play and sing over it.”

This Wormhole show is a celebration of the eclectic – along with Electric Grandma and Word of Mouth rapper/singer Miggs Son Daddy, the lineup includes sets from Knife and Basik Lee, core members of the Savannah hip hop collective Dope Sandwich).CS See www.electricgrandma.com.

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John Webb McMurray was a guitar–playing, rock ‘n’ roll– loving kid from Hattiesburg, Miss. In 1981, he starred in the first of a series of short films as Webb Wilder, Private Eye — a hillbilly gumshoe with a dry wit, a briefcase full of trailer park gags, and a guitar case full of rockabilly, surf, honky–tonk and R&B licks.

By 1986, when Landslide Records released the hard–rocking, hard– drinking album It Came From Nashville, the cartoonish film noir dick and the irreverent singer–songwriter– bandleader were one and the same guy.

He’s Webb Wilder, The Last of the Full Grown Men. Pleased to meet you, ma’am.

He came close a few times, but Wilder — despite a reputation as one of rock’s true renaissance men, a writer of witty tunes and a way–cool live performer — never became what

you’d call a household name.

Which is a durn shame, because there’s no one out there like him — a soulful amalgam of Link Wray, Dex Romweber, Roy Orbison, John Hiatt, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash, C.W. McCall and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.

Them glasses are cool.

Wilder and his band, the Beatnecks, play their first Savannah show in three years this weekend at Loco’s.

We rang Wilder at his home in Nashville and plied him with questions.

To me, your music has always been just rock ‘n’ roll. These days, I’ve noticed that it’s now referred to, quite specifically, as “Roots Rock.”

Webb Wilder: I’m glad you think it’s rock ‘n’ roll. I think everything I’ve ever done is rock ‘n’ roll, really. The Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, and Van Morrison and The Band and the Faces, and even their predecessors like Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis, all these people embraced all sorts of genres. And wrote their songs and did their covers almost by whim. Almost the hallmark of a good album was an album that had a lot of variety.

When I came along, things had changed to where people wanted you to be some kind of one–trick pony, so they could market that. It’s easier to market. All of my albums have usually

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When you arrived on the scene, you had created this character, Webb Wilder. How much of him was really you?

Webb Wilder: I was always sort of a mimic, and a people–watcher. Southerners are very colorful people, you know, and I grew up in the deep, insular South. So when it came time to do that film (Webb Wilder, Private Eye, 1981) I just tried to channel a lot of the stuff I had absorbed. The voice came from Fess Parker as Daniel Boone, and by the time we did the Horror Hayride movie about 10 years later, it was a little more cynical. Little more of a Jerry Lee kind of a guy.

We used to really lean on the shtick live, and quite possibly we should be doing it more now — except if you don’t change, you’re dead.

Not only are you never too small to hit the big time, you’re never too big to get a reality check. I always say “Loved by dozens,” and there are 11 people in town who have heard of me. Sometimes it’s a strange niche to occupy.

You grew up in Mississippi in the ‘60s.

How did the British Invasion affect you?

Webb Wilder: Looking back, I kind of gravitated towards the bluesier ones, the Kinks, the Animals. The Kinks were multi–dimensional, but they were roots rockers. The Rolling Stones are fascinating in many ways to me. The Stones have always been “a roots bands for rock fans, and a rock band for roots fans.” And that’s kind of what we’ve always tried to do with our thing.

Hattiesburg is about an hour north of Biloxi. What was the happening music around there at the time?

Webb Wilder: A lot of bands had a huge R&B/soul component. Being the fact that you’re in Mississippi, and an Afro–Celtic culture to begin with, that was great dance music. And it

Then you moved to Austin in the mid ‘70s. I bet that was interesting.

Webb Wilder: That was a great, eclectic, no–holds–barred art colony. It was just great. And then we discovered Johnny Burnette and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio, and rockabilly, and somehow the new music explosion with Graham Parker and Elvis Costello and that stuff opened the floodgates for the rockabilly thing, the Stray Cats and all that. So I really did my time studying a lot of rockabilly stuff and performing it.

Then you figure, OK, what kind of music am I supposed to make?

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was some of the hit music of the day.

And then when the Beatle thing happened there was a shift, so a repertoire would be made up of “Ferry Cross the Mersey,” by Gerry & the Pacemakers, and “Midnight Hour.”

And then by the time my band came along ... we were younger than those guys. We didn’t have and keyboards, we didn’t have any horns, we didn’t have any chops. We didn’t have any gear! We were just a baby band in junior high. And psychedelic music was coming out!

So we kind of inherited this teen– center repertoire — so we would do “Mustang Sally” and “Midnight Hour,” then we’d try to tackle something like “Refried Boogie” by Canned Heat, that was like 20 minutes long. Or “The Ballad of You, Me and Pooneil” by Jefferson Airplane.

And I was watching all the great country music television shows. Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton.

Through Pete Townshend interviews, it was “Who is this Mose Allison guy? Who is Eddie Cochran?”

When the second wave hit — Yes and King Crimson and the prog–rock bands — that was good for about an album. I found myself gravitating much more to Free, and the Faces, and the bluesier stuff.

By that time, we would go to the Warehouse in New Orleans and see the Faces. We saw Badfinger and a lot of great people. And I saw Ray Charles in Hattiesburg.

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But I think the term “Roots Rock” has been around for a long time.

Creedence was called that way back when. And we just always sort of accepted that we would be called “roots rockers,” or something worse.

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Coulrophobics are afraid of clowns, and Taylor has literally papered the walls with them. It’s a baggy pants, red nose, orange hair and white pancake revue.

Clown fans, on the other hand, will find the evening enormously entertaining.

The 20–year–old Taylor, a SCAD art student, has assembled a circus of sorts around his paintings, including: • Feats of wackiness, astonishment and derring–do by the SCAD Circus Club (juggling, stilt–walking, poi spinning, magic and more); •A performance by the “avant–pop” band New Pink Floyd; • A bizarro fashion show from your friends at Clothing Warehouse; • Free clown noses and balloon animals for the first 50 guests (anyone but you, Patch Adams); • Trance music from DJ Peter Clark; • Bel canto opera singer Anitra Warren, in full Paggliacio makeup and costume, performing several of the genre’s most moving crying–on– the–inside arias (more on this in a minute).

It’s all happening in the DeSoto Row area, in the building that used to house the Starland Dairy.

It was the building, in fact, that set off the chain of events in Taylor’s mind. People just recerntly started booking bands in the space. He looked at it and thought “What can I make happen here?”

The Starland Circus was born.

“I’ve been quite consumed by clowns for the past few months,” says the artist. “I’ve really been obsessed with the idea of clowning and how people feel about clowns. Reviving the proud history of the art of clowning is my goal. So I decided to have this ‘Clown Show’ of my art.

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Opposite: Jon Taylor and Anitra Warren. Above: From Taylor’s “Clown Show.”

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“But art shows get so stuffy, everyIt’s just been very productive.” body goes outside, they’re loud, so I One of Warren’s chief goals is to thought why not have a circus? Outde–stigmatize opera by taking it out side, the same time, the same place. of the usual context, the opera comI didn’t really care what happened pany and the recital, and presenting it there. I just wanted it to be fun and in art galleries, clubs and restaurants, sort of happen organically.” and in tandem with pop concerts and Once Taylor started asking around, theatrical works. clowns, performers and sundry circus At the Starland Circus, she’ll sing types literally came out of the woodPuccini’s beautiful “Nessun Dorma” work. “An array of kooks” is how he’s from Turandot, and perhaps the most billing it. famous tenor aria of all, “Vesti la For him, though, the centerpiece giubba” from Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. remains the exhibition (and, God Here’s the story: Canio (aka willing, sale) of his original artwork.

Pagliaccio) is a clown with an Italian “I’m hoping people don’t forget commedia dell’artre; he discovers that about the Clown Show!” Taylor says. his wife, the actress Nedda (Colum“I’ve put a lot of time and thought bina), has taken a lover. In the opera, into both of these things.” he kills them both, onstage.

Warren, who goes by the profes“He’s supposed to be sional name Anitra laughing and pretending, Opera Diva, arrived oh, the audience is comin Savannah five years ing in and everything’s ago from Miami, where fine,” Warren says, “but she’d been active on the at the same time he has city’s healthy perforjust killed his wife. It’s mance art scene. a tragic comedy, and I Before that, the think that’s what clowns trained opera singer Where: are too. had been singing and Starland Dairy, “Even in Shakespeare, creating performance tragedies are all human, pieces in New York Bull and 40th St. they all have the main City.

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The other punchline: White’s got a concert date at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Sept. 30. Ticket info hasn’t been made available.

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One of Ron White’s oldest bits – and one of his funniest–ever — is the story of how it took the Sears Auto Center took three–and–a–half hours to change the four tires on his van.

“Apparently,” the comedian says, “they had to whittle one of ‘em out of a piece of wheat.”

After ponying up $980, “I take a right hand turn out of the mall ... the left rear wheel falls off. It FALLS OFF. It FALLS the F––– OFF. Turning my van into a tripod, spinning me into a dimension of pissed–off I have never been in before in my life.”

In White’s story, it turns out the “tire guy” at Sears, who had simply forgotten to tighten the lug nuts on the van, had spent three whole days at Tire College.

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If you’ve never seen the animated 1968 film Yellow Submarine, the BluRay is coming out May 29. That’ll look cool, certainly.

However, youngsters, Yellow Submarine is best experienced on the big screen. And the Trustees Theater has it on the schedule for Thursday, May 24.

It’s a Beatles movie, to be sure, with loads of classic songs from their psychedelic phase, but the Fabs themselves do not provide their own speaking voices.

That was left to four British TV actors.

It’s great because it’s pop art, 1968style, colorful and weird and trippy.

And it’s funny.

Attack of the killer dates!

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• Tall Ships Challenge. May 3–7.

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• No Exit. The Collective Face, Muse Arts Warehouse. Opens May 4.

• Straight No Chaser. Johnny Mercer Theatre. May 5.

• Amy Ray. Live Wire. May 5.

• Kevin Hart. Johnny Mercer Theatre. May 12.

• Rent. Bay Street Theatre. May 12–28.

• SCAD Fashion Week Runway Show. Lucas Theatre. May 17.

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What has not changed are the ingredients — fresh, flavorful components that join together for delicious variety in each dish.

This is unpretentious salad and sandwich dining at its best. With barely 30 seats, Sammy Green’s may be crowded on some lunch days, but well worth any wait.

On my visit, I went for the spicy and creamy combo offered by a Buffalo Sammie: Thin slices of fried chicken doused with spicy Buffalo sauce nested between the halves of a fresh Hoagie roll. Add crisp, fresh lettuce, generous blue cheese crumbles and you’ve got the ultimate set of Buffalo wing flavors — without messy fingers!

Side dish options range from French fries to a chilled spinach salad or cous cous. I chose a terrine of mac ‘n’ cheese — which has been baked, chilled and

The Buffalo Sammie with terrine of mac ‘n’ cheese

sliced for each portion. The slice is brought back up to heat on the flat top grill — making it crispy on the outside and cheesey gooey on the inside. It’s almost portable food prepared in this fashion — and thoroughly enjoyable even with a fork.

I sampled a friend’s chicken nuggets with three house–made sauces. There’s a lot of quality in the white meat chicken and the sauces allow you to choose hot, spicy or sweet — or a range of heat–laced condiments up to Sriracha chile level.

The China Town slider I liked in my first review is still around — but as a half or whole Sammie (6–inch or 12–inch) with Hoisin barbecued pork, sweet and tangy pickled cucumber, scallions, Hoisin BBQ sauce, mayo and, for a good measure of heat, Sriracha.

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Mention Cafe Metropole to longtime local foodies and you’re bound to get a lot of wistful sighs.

Proprietor Clara Fishel (right) strikes a pose with Jane Fishel and Andrew Walker.

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The notoriously quirky restaurant once operated out of the funky former Greyhound bus station on MLK Jr. Boulevard., back when that side of town was still too sketchy for mainstream diners.

It earned a loyal following for Franco–Mediterrean–style food and fresh–baked bread among the arty and adventurous, who appreciated having their own spot to convene.

“It was the first place of its kind in Savannah,” lamented one longtime customer, who remembers an early Nokia stabbed to the wall with a knife as a caveat to patrons unfamiliar with proper cell phone etiquette. “Before Metropole there was nothing countercultural or alternative here.”

Married owners Clara Fishel and Tom Stephenson served an adoring company of artists, musicians, food snobs and weirdos from 1997-2002, when the 100-year–old building literally crumbled around them and they were forced to close.

“I love the fact that people have such fond memories of the place,” says Fishel. “Now it’s ten years later, and Savannah’s different. We’re all grown–ups now.”

No doubt, the neighborhood has

changed. Tourists and students traipse up and down the boulevard past new restaurants, art supply shops and the swanky new SCAD museum.

(The ramshackle bus depot is still boarded up, its façade currently adorned with SeeSAW’s Before I Die public art project.)

Some of the old Metropole crowd have moved on, but those who’ve stayed in town are overjoyed at the opening of The Sparetime, Fishel’s new venture down the road.

Though it’s seen a dizzying rotation of occupants in the last decade, the corner building of MLK and Congress is another iconic spot, with floor–to–ceiling windows and cavernous upstairs spaces (more on those later.)

Uncluttered with simple lines, blond wood and a horseshoe–shaped bar, The Sparetime celebrates a certain adult elegance (no neon beer signs, thankyouverymuch) combined with a mischievous poke at highbrow pretension (classic rock LPs on the record player, for instance, and a lime–in–the–coconut cocktail named after crooner Harry Nilsson.)

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In his book The Great Good Place, Oldenburg coined the term “third place,” wherever it is we go to find conversation and companionship outside of the first and second zones of home and work.

Fishel consciously kept in mind Oldenburg’s defining characteristics of a successful third place as she and her collaborators developed their concept, working in a sense of playfulness and warmth while “staying true to ourselves and the kind of place we’d want to hang out in.”

Adds Fishel, “I definitely feel like I’m using my degree.”

Though husband Tom is taking a lesser role in this enterprise to be around for couple’s two boys, the Sparetime remains a family affair. To manage the front of the house, Fishel brought on her sister, Jane Fishel, who’s shaken martinis from San Francisco to Brooklyn. Jane’s beau, Andrew Walker, mans the kitchen, from which a tasty selection of tapas and gourmet pizzas come forth.

Together they spent months choosing house spirits and discussing all

the things necessary to make “a place where people from all walks of life can feel welcome and be at home.”

That democratic ideology is reflected in the Sparetime’s cocktail menu, curated as carefully as a gallery opening. Some will delight in the small but refined wine list and selection of small–batch artisan liquors; others will find happy refuge in “The Po’Boyfriend” house special, a one– two punch of an Old Milwaukee tallboy and a shot of Old Grand–dad whiskey for five bucks.

Purists value that the cuba libres are made with real Mexican Coke, and there’s much to keep the curious palate occupied. (None of that ubiquitous vodka and Red Bull here.)

But there’s more to building community than tossing back a few drinks. Fishel and Stephenson’s long involvement in Savannah’s art scene is evident on the walls, where Ikeda Lowe’s delicate decoupage and Adolfo Hernandez’s freestyle Arabic script echo the couple’s experimental “art in residence” installation last year, when they offered up their home to be reimagined by local painters.

The music has followed as well: In barely two months, the wide–open second floor space has become the de facto hotspot for private parties, hosting Savannah Stopover Festival VIP shows, a benefit for local Ryan Nelson and the SUAF afterparty.

The lease includes the third floor, too, and Fishel has divided it into studio spaces for local artists Todd Schroeder, Mary Hartman and Liz Sargent. Future happenings might include guerilla theater and underground bands.

“We’re about being open to ideas and experiences,” says Fishel. “I’m happy to be able to provide a space to do all kinds of things.”

Now that Savannah has bred something of a healthy counterculture, and “third place” alternatives to weak beer and chicken fingers abound, cultivating a hangout for the creative community may not seem quite as revolutionary as in the late 90s. Still, between its eclectic patronage and daily homage to vintage vinyl, the Sparetime seems to retain that old Metropole attitude for embracing the edge. cs

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A similar cadre of local artists, musicians and activists is already congregating evenings in the deep black booths, and the laidback atmosphere has attracted a new crowd of regulars.

While the Sparetime is more bar and less restaurant than Cafe Metropole, the proprietor’s aim is to reconstitute the sense of belonging and kinship that made the latter so beloved.

“It’s definitely our mission to create community,” vouches Fishel.

That’s not just some hipster shibboleth thrown out for street cred; it’s a well–researched promise. After Metropole closed in September 2002, Fishel and Stephenson moved to California for several years, where she earned a degree in Community and Regional Development from UC Davis. She studied the work of urban sociologist Ray Oldenberg, who champions the significance that informal gathering spots like bars, coffeeshops and parks play in a thriving

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| artpatrol@connectsavannah.com 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.

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

Kobo Spring Show — Kobo Gallery’s Annual Spring Exhibition features new artists Betsy Cain, David Kaminsky, David Peterson, Jan Clayton Pagratis, Melinda Borysevicz, and Daniel E. Smith.

Reception: Friday, May 11th 2012, 6-9 p.m. Gallery Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10:30-5:30 p.m., Sunday, 11-5 p.m. Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard St.

Alexander Art Forum 2012 — New work in a variety of media. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. American Villages — Show

by Christine Sajecki features her encaustic paintings. May 4-June 1. Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 6-8pm.

1704Lincoln, 1704 Lincoln St. April Art Show at JEA — Featured artists at the JEA Art Gallery this month are Sharon McIntosh & Barbara Duch, whose paintings and sculptures both have a strong link with water and the ocean. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn 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 who experienced the evolution of cotton firsthand. 601 E. 66th St. Ceaseless Horizon — Recent Text Paintings by Bertha Husband April 28 through June 29. Exhibition included with admission. Six large

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Savannah-centric paintings by West Fraser at the Telfair Academy; exhibit up through May 6 acrylic paintings which draw upon cartography, historical text and image painted over the textual background, which sometimes reveals an unforeseen message. Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 MLK Jr. Blvd.

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by Jeff Markowsky explore themes of rites of passage, transformative nudes, and urban landscapes, April 25May 1. Reception Friday April 27 6-9 p.m. Oglethorpe Gallery, 406 E. Oglethorpe Ave Founding Fathers — The camera-less photography of Taylor Curry. Opening reception Fri., April 27 from 6-9 p.m. Closing reception Sunday April 29 3-5pm Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave. Girl Scout Centennial Exhibit — As part of an ongoing rotating art exhibition in Sa-

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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 30. Hours: Tue-Sat 12-5 pm Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. Hot Glass Rocks! — New work by Chattanooga based artist Chris Mosey. Artist reception Mother’s Day weekend Friday May 11, 5-9pm and Saturday May12, 1-5pm. Light refreshments Friday night. Liquid Sands Gallery, 5 W. York St.

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Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St. SketchCrawl 2012 — May 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., sketching starts upstairs in the Jepson Center. Free. Sponsored in party by Savannah Art Association and Telfair Museums.

Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St., www.savannahsketchcrawl.blogspot. com/ Sojourn — Creative journey of artist Gertrude Palmer.

Original watercolors of Doc’s Bar, The DeSoto, Starfish Cottage, and Tybee Lights, all painted plein air during her residence at Chez Moi gallery on Tybee. Dragonfly Studio, 1204 Highway 80

Work by Jeff Markowsky at Oglethorpe Gallery, reception this Friday Spring Art Exhibit — Grand Bohemian Gallery , The Mansion on Forsyth The Greatest Story Never Told — The Butcher welcomes the art of Nik Dudukovic in a solo show merging the nostalgia of turn-of-the-century cartoons and illustrations with the draftsmanship. The Butcher, 19 E. Bay St. The Oh My Darlin’ Show — Featuring work by Hannah Bailey, Brian Sparrow & Jessica Ream by reCREATE

(Savannah’s Creative Collective). April 20–May 4. A show of three friends telling tales through prints, sculptures and other mixed media works inspired by their memories, dreams, nightmares and inner whimsies. reCREATE, 10 W. Liberty St.

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Of all the nomination flubs made this past January by the Academy of Harvey Weinstein Arts and Sciences – no Michael Fassbender; only two nominated songs; Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close absurdly in the running – the most egregious mistake was arguably the lack of a Best Actress nod for Tilda Swinton. Her performance in the chilling drama We Need to Talk About Kevin was the best given by a female in either category, lead or supporting.

It’s a subtle turn in a muted movie, but the low–simmer setting of the project is precisely why it stays with you. Although based on a novel by Lionel Shriver, it seems to be a direct descendant of The Bad Seed, the 1956 thriller with Patty McCormack’s Oscar– nominated turn as a murderous moppet (let’s not waste time on 1993’s similarly themed The Good Son; as a homicidal brat, Macaulay Culkin was about as menacing as an inchworm).

Here, the bad seed is the titular boy, son of Eva (Swinton) and Franklin (John C. Reilly, even more miscast here than in Carnage) and older brother to sweet Celia (Ashley Gerasimovich). From the moment he popped out of his mother’s womb, Kevin’s been an absolute terror. As a toddler, he

cried incessantly around Eva but remained cheerful and cherubic around his dad. Surely someone so young couldn’t already be so consciously devious?

It gets worse. As a boy of around 7 or 8, he does everything he can to get under his mother’s skin, driving her so bonkers that in a fit she breaks his arm. While other kids would shriek incessantly, to the point where Social Services would be called, Kevin merely grimaces before grinning at his guilt–ridden – and compromised – mom. It will be their secret.

It’s when Kevin becomes a teenager (played at this point by Ezra Miller) that he becomes especially surly – and dangerous. Franklin still remains a clueless parent while Celia

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None of this is related in chronological order, mind you. Part of the film’s power rests in the fragmented manner in which writer–director Lynne Ramsay (co–adapting with Rory Kinnear) presents her story, dropping us into the narrative stream whenever and wherever she sees fit. And because of this structure, she scatters the thematic seeds (bad seeds?) all over the premise, challenging us to decide whether Kevin was born evil, whether he’s the victim of a pampered lifestyle (the Scottish Ramsay doesn’t appear to find much of interest in American suburbia), whether Eva or Franklin are rotten parents, or, most intriguingly, whether Kevin is merely a mirror image of his mother, a chilly and distant woman who had been reluctant to toss aside her hedonistic lifestyle for the rigidity of marriage and motherhood – in effect poisoning their relationship before her son was even born.

I won’t reveal whether the movie answers the question or merely checks off “None of the Above,” but regardless, We Need to Talk About Kevin is one motion picture that invites post–film conversation.

The Cabin in the Woods

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Five college kids head to a cabin in the middle of nowhere, hoping for some r&r. Instead, something evil starts picking them off one by one ...

Unless you’ve spent your own existence in a cabin in the middle of nowhere, there’s no way not to be knowledgeable of this setup, which has powered many a horror flick for approximately four decades and counting. But it’s guaranteed that you haven’t seen anything quite like The Cabin in the Woods, which uses its ordinary, even boring, title to lull us into a false sense of familiarity.

This is no cut–rate slasher flick like Friday the 13th or Cabin Fever; instead, writer–director Drew Goddard and co–scripter Joss Whedon elect to ape Rod Serling by taking viewers on a “journey into a wondrous land of imagination.” The Cabin in the Woods isn’t quite The Twilight

Zone, but it does manage to carve out its own niche spot.

This is a particularly difficult film to cover since the less a potential viewer knows, the better — I daresay even the relatively spoiler–free trailer reveals a bit more than what’s desirable. So let’s just establish what we can ascertain from the movie’s opening act. Five likable students — the sweet Dana (Kristen Connolly), the vivacious Jules (Anna Hutchison), the hunky Curt (Chris “Thor” Hemsworth), the quiet Holden (Jesse Williams) and the perpetually stoned Marty (Fran Kranz) — leave the city and head toward the remote cottage owned by Curt’s cousin. Meanwhile, Sitterson (Richard Jenkins) and Hadley (Bradley Whitford), two men who work in what appears to be a science facility, prattle on about the accident of 1998 and take sizable bets from co–workers.

Not enough intel? Sorry, that’s all you get here. But rest assured that these two plot strands will eventually find each other. When they do, the film falls into what I believed to be a reversal of misfortune, settling into standard fare with the cynicism elevated to an uncomfortable degree.

Silly, shortsighted me. The Cabin in the Woods soon bursts loose from this holding pattern, growing ever more outrageous and entertaining as it barrels toward its take–no–prisoners climax and conclusion.

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Despite their game efforts, Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes and Will Sasso are never able to make us forget that we’re not watching Moe, Larry and Curly — they’re the cinematic equivalent of cover bands, competently going through the motions in a superficial manner but unable to compete with the real thing.

They’re tossed into a standard– issue plot concerning the clods’ mission to raise a sizable sum of money in order to prevent an orphanage from going under. Bidding farewell to the nuns who run the place — among the sisters’ ranks are Glee’s Jane Lynch, Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton, and Larry David in drag — they head to the big city, where they become ensnared in a plot by a ruthless beauty (Sofia Vergara) and her hapless boyfriend (Craig Bierko)

to murder her husband (Kirby Heyborne).

Smart scripting would have played up the premise of these old–fashioned Stooges set loose in a modern world, but only a single gag (involving an iPhone) even glances in that direction. Instead, the Farrelly Brothers film’s jabs at contemporary relevancy take it where we least want it — but most expect it — to go: in the realm of potty humor.

The same evening after sitting through this screening, in order to wash away the bad taste left by this film, I popped a classic Stooge short into the DVD player — 1940’s A Plumbing We Will Go, to be specific.

Now that’s eye–poking, ear–twisting, nose–tweaking, head–banging entertainment.

THE RAID: REDEMPTION

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The need for speed is a necessity in successful action flicks, but even doozies like Die Hard and The Fugitive took time out to smell the exposition. This Indonesian import can’t be concerned with such niceties: After a prologue that lasts about as long as it takes to brush without flossing — we meet a cop named Rama (Iko Uwais) at home, loving on his pregnant wife before leaving for work — we’re immediately thrust into the thick of it. A ruthless crime lord resides on the top floor of a slum building, and a special unit of law enforcement officers is ordered to take him down.

Yeah, that’s basically the whole show; it’s not Shakespeare — heck, it’s not even Stephenie Meyer — but who needs complexity when the end result is as purely entertaining as what’s presented here? There’s a traitor among the good guys, but the identity is so obvious that it hardly taxes the brain.

There’s also a connection between one of the heroes and one of the villains, but it’s so risible and far–fetched that it only further proves that this film shouldn’t attempt any heavy lifting in the cerebrum.

No, The Raid: Redemption works best as pure, unadulterated, uncut action — it’s like cocaine for adrenaline junkies. While the film can’t help but stir memories of countless other actioners, particularly those set within carefully controlled buildings, its moves are all its own, thanks primarily to the contributions of star, stuntman and martial arts expert

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Everyone – and I mean everyone – returns from the first installment of American Pie. They’re all older but not necessarily wiser, dealing with the rigors and rigidity of 30–something life. Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) now have a kid and no longer have time for each other. Oz (Chris Klein) is a successful sportscaster dating a party animal but pining for Heather (Mena Suvari), who’s involved with a doctor. Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) is now happily married but still recalls his first love, Vicky (Tara Reid). Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) has become an international man of mystery, off on exciting adventures in exotic locales. Stifler (Seann William Scott) is still adamantly refusing to mentally or emotionally advance past the age of 17.

The actors settle comfortably back into their old roles, and Scott seems to take particular relish in reprising his part of the vile, vapid Stifler.

His character provides many of the overcooked gross–out bits, but his live–wire energy as a man–child who doesn’t want to grow up provides a needed jolt to a saga that, after all, did begin back in high school.

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Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, who in the past has billed himself as Tarsem Singh or, when he’s apparently channeling Prince or Madonna, simply Tarsem, clearly has an eye for unusual visuals, as evidenced by his previous cinematic works The Cell, The Fall and Immortals. But even his ardent supporters won’t be able to overlook the fact that Mirror Mirror finally, irrevocably reveals him as a practitioner of the all–style–no–substance brand of filmmaking. Working from a script by screen newbies Melissa Wallack and Jason Keller, Dhandwar tries to breathe new life into the classic Snow White fairy tale, but instead strips it of all magic and menace.

With the addition of a fearsome dragon and the sight of Nathan Lane turning into a cockroach, this clearly isn’t your ancestor’s Snow White.

This is evident from the start, as the wicked Queen (Julia Roberts) explains in a snappish voice how she married a benevolent king and, after he disappeared, took control of his kingdom as well as his young daughter Snow White (Lily Collins).

A cruel despot who has bankrupted the once–happy villagers, the Queen hopes to marry the wealthy — and considerably younger — Prince Alcott (Armie Hammer). But he’s smitten with Snow, who has suddenly found herself hiding from the Queen in the nearby woods. There, she meets seven dwarfs, bandits by trade, answering to monikers like Butcher, Wolf and Grub.

Roberts, meanwhile, is game but operating inside an undefined character. Is the Queen supposed to be a harmless nitwit? A frightening monarch? A caricature of regal insouciance? With Dhandwar and his writers providing no direction, Roberts is cast adrift, only finding any grounding in her amusing scenes opposite Lane as her mincing manservant.

As for the dwarfs, they prove to be an interesting lot, albeit not nearly as entertaining as their cartoon counterparts from Disney’s 1938 classic.

But it was probably best that they provided this septet with new names, considering that this dull trifle forced me to co–opt the names Sleepy and Grumpy for the duration of its running time. CS

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Uwais. The hand–to–hand combats are breathtaking to behold, and the Welsh–born writer–director Gareth Evans also knows how to obtain maximum returns from the ample scenes which focus on gunplay rather than fist fights.

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Benefits

Activism & Politics

Bringin’ It Back Home BBQ Benefit for Royce Learning Center

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

Drug Take Back Program

Throughout April, the Armstrong Atlantic State University Police Department will participate in the National Take Back Initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Drop off unwanted prescription medication 24 hours a day from April 1-30 at the Police Department on the Armstrong campus, 11935 Abercorn Street (corner of Arts and Library drives).

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

Monthly meetings - First Monday of each month at B&B Burgers, 11108 Abercorn St. at 5:30pm. All are welcome. Please join us to make a difference concerning local, state and federal policies that affect our way of life. Contact Marolyn Overton at 912-5987358 for additional info. [041812]

The 13th Colony Patriots

A group of conservative political activists that meets the 13th of each month at Tubby’s restaurant, 2909 River Drive in Thunderbolt, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. We are dedicated to the preservation of the U. S. Constitution and life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans. See our Facebook page or call Michael or Elizabeth at 912.604.4048.

Saturday, April 28, 4-7pm. Music by The Southern League Band, the best of Southern BBQ and a Corn Hole Tournament and Silent Auction. Cash bar. Bring your lawn chair and appetite. Adults only, please.

Venue: The Pavilion at Royce, 4 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd., $20 at the door. RSVP preferred by phone 912-354-4047. Rain date is Sunday, April 29th from 4-7pm.

Chloe-Palooza

A fundraiser to support Chloe Auner, a 2-year old little girl with Rett’s Syndrome.

Saturday, May 5. 11am to 5pm, at the Garden City Recreational Center, 160B Priscilla D. Thomas Way. Headlining musician David Lane, other bands, DJ, Savannah Mustang Club car show, Southeast Motorcycle bike show, children’s activities, silent auction, rummage sale. Information: www.chloesvoice.blogspot.com.

Cleft Lip, Palate Awareness Fundraiser

The “Newsome Twosome” is holding a Second Annual Fundraiser event benefiting the Shriners and raising awareness about the prevalence of cleft lip and palate disorders.

Funds for the Shriners will continue their efforts to deliver life-changing medical care to families of children with craniofacial disorders. Horseshoe tournament, drawing, and silent auction, drink specials food for sale.

The band Signal 49 will perform. $5 admission. May 5, 11am, Islands Sports Bar and Grill, 348 Johnny Mercer Blvd, Wilmington Island. Information and sponsorship: Barbie Newsome, 912-257-2055. Newsometwosome@aol.com

Dancing for Diabetes, honoring Rev. Thurmond N. Tillman

Reverend Thurmond N. Tillman and the First African Baptist Church host a dancea-thon and health fair, part of Reverend Tillman’s 30th anniversary celebration at First African Baptist Church, as well as his participation in the 20th Annual Kiss a Pig Campaign for the American Diabetes Association. Saturday, April 28, 10am-2pm in Ellis Square. Free health screenings and

health education resources. Special musical performances from area musicians and choirs. Information: firstafricanbc.com or 912-233-2244.

Georgia Historical Society Annual Book Sale

The Georgia Historical Society will hold its Annual Book Sale on April 27-28 at GHS, 501 Whitaker St. from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., with a GHS members-only preview on Fri., April 27 from 9-10 a.m. Proof of membership is required.

The main event is open to the public! GHS is now accepting book donations for the sale. Donations are tax deductible. For more information contact GHS at 912-651-2128 or email us at library@georgiahistory.com. http://georgiahistory.com/

Girls on the Run of Coastal Georgia 5k

The Girls on the Run of Coastal Georgia 5k Celebration Run will start at Savannah State University’s Wright Stadium on May 12 at 8:30 a.m. A 5k after party will include the race awards, several raffles, a kids fun zone, free food and beverages, and other entertainment and information. Register for $25 at www.girlsontherun-ga.org or for $35 onsite on race day.

GoDesign Inc. Benefit Golf Tournament

GoDesign Inc, a Savannah-based nonprofit that designs and builds schools for impoverished communities around the world, is hosting its 2nd Annual Golf Tournament on May 6 at The Savannah Harbor Golf Club.

Golfers and non-golfers are invited to enter a team or come out to the event. Prepaid registration price: $130 per golfer (May 4) Day of registration: $150 per golfer, Visit our tournament website to view the various levels of player packages available: www. godesigninc.org

Gourmet Soiree Gala Benefiting Savannah Chapter of American Red Cross

Twelfth annual fundraising gala offers cuisine from Alligator Soul, Chef Nick Mueller & Company, Gottlieb & Cohen New South Kosher, The Cookie Bar & Grill and more.

Thursday, May 10, 6-10pm at the Marriott Savannah Riverfront. For tickets and more information, call 912-651-5300.

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.

Jewels and Jeans Gala Benefiting America’s Second Harvest

Jewels and Jeans, Thursday, April 26, 2012, 7–10 pm will be held at America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, 2501 East President Street, Savannah. A fabulous evening of food, dancing, and an exclusive auction.

Dress for this affair is rock star chic! Silent Auction, Art Auction, live entertainment, heavy hors d’oeuvres, and complimentary bar. Tickets for $75 a person at www.helpendhunger.org. 912-721-1790

Miles for Meals 5k Run/Walk

Run, walk, or roll in Senior Citizens, Inc.’s 2nd Annual Miles for Meals 5k held on Saturday, May 12 at 8 a.m. at Daffin Park.

Race proceeds benefit the Meals On Wheels program of Senior Citizens, Inc., which feeds hundreds of homebound seniors each day, while at the same time offering them a friendly midday visit. Register at Fleet Feet or at Active.com. $30 through May 10; and $35 at Packet Pick Up and Race Day Information: (912) 236-0363 or visit www. seniorcitizens-inc.org.

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]

Tour de Kids Bicycle Tour

This youth bicycle tour around Lake Mayer benefits Interfaith Hospitality Network to raise money for homeless children. May 5, 10am-2pm. Registration is $10 and includes an event T shirt, lunch and access to carnival style activities in the park, including entertainment by Magic Marc. 912-790-9446, www.ihnsav.org

Tybee Island Turtle Trot 5K

Eighth annual beach walk/run event benefits the Tybee Island Marine Science Center.

Saturday, April 28. 7am Sign-in and day-ofevent registration 8am race. Loggerhead Sea Turtle Release at 10 a.m Where: Tybee Island Marine Science Center, 1510 Strand

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Saturday, April 28th, 5-7pm at the Tybee Island Veteran’s Monument on Butler Ave., next to the library in Memorial Park. Sidewalk sale, hot dogs and entertainment. All proceeds will go to the completion of the Tybee Island Veteran’s Monument. For information or to donate items, call 912-786-8141 or 912786-5809.

Walk Now! Autism Speaks 5k

Armstrong Atlantic State University’s chapter of Autism Speaks U hosts a 5k walk/run, to raise funds and awareness about autism.

Saturday, April 28, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check-in at 8:30 a.m. Victor Hall Field (on Arts Dr.), Armstrong Campus, 11935 Abercorn St. Proceeds from the event will go to Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization. Pre-register for $10 tickets online at http://bit.ly/GH6M4a.

Event day tickets are $15. For more information, contact Lakesha Moore, president of Autism Speaks U Armstrong, at 562.618.2169 or Lakeshamoore12@gmail.com.

Call for Entries

Classes, Camps & Workshops 2012 Summer Art Camp

The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is accepting registrations for Summer Art Camp, June 11 through August 24 at S.P.A.C.E. studios, 9 W. Henry St. Ten camp sessions will be offered for children, providing an introduction to painting, ceramics, jewelry, mixed media and performing arts in age-appropriate group settings. Includes sessions for ages 4-12. Fees $135 per session. $85 for the preschool half-days session.

Call for complete information: 912-651-6783. or www.savannahga.gov/arts

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Avatar® Info Hour

Savannah Children’s Book Festival Poster Contest Deadline to enter is Wednesday, April 25.

Open to artists in elementary school, middle

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Do you want to foster community locally and abroad? Join us every 3rd Tuesday of the month to explore the Avatar tools and learn how to live your life deliberately. Call Brie

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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]

Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Classes.

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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

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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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Tybee Island Veteran’s “Circle of Freedom” Monument Fundraiser and Sidewalk Sale.

school, high school and college. The 2012 theme is “Dream Big: READ.” Any medium may be used: paint, colored pencils, crayons, markers, etc. Students may use paper that is letter-sized, legal-sized or tabloid (11x17), in the vertical or horizontal orientation. The Savannah Children’s Book Festival is Saturday, Nov. 10, in Forsyth Park. Information and contest guidelines: www.liveoakpl.org or contact leesu@liveoakpl.org, (912) 652-3665.

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happenings | continued from page 35 Payne, Glynn County Extension uge3127@ uga.edu ; (912) 554-7577. Sponsored by UGA Cooperative Extension- Bryan, Chatham, Glynn and Liberty Counties and other organizations.

Course on “The Four Agreements”

A course on The Four Agreements, a book by Don Miguel Luis, will be held on Tuesdays, beginning June 5 through June 26. Time: 6:30pm to 8pm. Location: Unity Church of Savannah, 2324 Sunset Blvd., Savannah, GA 31405. Registration: $10 per person by June 1, 2012. Contact Lydia Rose Stone 912-704-0798.

Creativity for Problem Solving Power.

Explore imagination, idea generation and creative thinking, while learning an array of problem solving tools and techniques.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5/8- 5/17/2012, 6:30-8:30 pm. http://ceps.georgiasouthern. edu/conted/problemsolving.html Offered through Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education Program at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St., Savannah. Call for fee information. Register online or by phone at 855-478-5551 (toll-free).

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Digital Imaging Basics

April 30. 6:30 -8:30pm. Offered by Georgia Southern University’s Continuing Education at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. Learn about digital photography, its language and equipment and more. To register by phone please call 912-478-5551.

For more information call (912)651-0942 or email christinataylor@georgiasou thern. edu $35 ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/digital.html

Drawing Instruction

Private and group drawing lessons by artist and former SCAD professor Karen Bradley. Call or email for details, (912)5077138. 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: 912-443-0410. [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. [020512]

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 10am12noon. Fee:$20 to cover all documents needed to file. Register at mediationsavannah.com or 912-354-6686. [122811]

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

Tuesdays 9:30 am and Wednesdays 6:00 pm at the Park South complex, 7505 Waters Ave, Bldg B Suite 8, near Waters and Eisenhower. $15 drop-in, $12 - 6 classes.

For more info contact Elaine Alexander, GCFP at 912-223-7049 or elaine.alexander@ymail.com. [040112]

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 401-255-6921 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.

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Homeschool Music Classes

Affordable group music classes offered in Savannah and Guyton. Contact Brian at 912-414-5625 for more information.

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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: MonThurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Finan-

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June 11-Aug. 24th, Pick from 10 different weeks of camps. Young ceramic artists can let their imaginations soar as they learn to create wonderful works of art. Campers will cover a wide variety of ceramic techniques including both hand building and the potter’s wheel. All camps are weekly, 9am-12noon, $150.00 per camp. Contact: Lisa Alvarez Bradley lisa@savannahsclayspot.com. 912-509-4647. www.savannahsclayspot.com. Camp held at The Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard Street Savannah, GA 31401.

Learn Russian

Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call 912713-2718 for more information. [122811]

Learn to Speak Spanish

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

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Microsoft Word I

Tues. May 1 and Thurs. May 3. 6:309:30pm. $75. Acquire a basic understanding of Word including working with documents, formatting text, outlines, clip art, themes, mail merge, and more. Offered in Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street, by Georgia Southern’s Department of Continuing Education. Information call

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]

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]

Photography: Point and Shoot

Improve shooting style by covering the basics of light and composition, camera functions and settings. Detailed printing and storage options. Wednesdays, May 2, 9, and 16. 6:30-8:30 pm, and on Saturday, May 5, 8:3-0:30 am (a day in the field where students can practice what they’ve learned.)

Information on fees, etc Contact Judy Fogarty at The Coastal Georgia Center (912)

644-5967 or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu.

Offered by Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education at The Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street in Savannah.

Poetry: A Meaning-Making Journey for Students

Local teachers, administrators, and preservice teacher-candidates are invited to join Armstrong’s Coastal Savannah Writing Project for this seminar. Practical strategies for making the writing of poetry accessible and fun. Led by Donna Loyd. Sat. April 28, 9am-12noon. Armstrong Atlantic State University 11935 Abercorn St., University Hall, Room 105.Fee: $30 ($25 for Armstrong students and CSWP Fellows.) To register, email writing.project@armstrong.edu.

Portrait Photography Course

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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

Join us May 5 for a gathering of Scottish heritage, Border Collie herding demonstrations, heavy athletics, highland dancing, piping & drumming competitions, Celtic music, Scottish and American food as well as children’s activities. And a special appearance by Georgia’s founder, Gen. James Oglethorpe.

Advance tickets are on sale at all branches of The Savannah Bank, or Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Savannah and Richmond Hill) MEDIA PARTNERS

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Basic Computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1-3pm. Community Computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3-4:30pm. For more info: 912-232-4232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com

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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]

Powerpoint Computer Presentations

Create dynamic, persuasive PowerPoint presentations. Learn to create slides and change layouts; add slide transitions; use themes; add clip art, animation, and sound; insert charts and tables; create SmartArt diagrams, use hyperlinks; and understand multimedia. Thursday, 4/26. $45/person.

6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Register through Wed. April 25. Offered by Georgia Southern University in Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. http://ceps. georgiasouthern.edu/conted/cesavannahmenu.html

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. Call 786-247-9923, anitraoperadiva@yahoo.com, www.anitraoperadiva. com [122811]

Women’s Self-Defense Course

Women’s Self-Defense seminar at the W. W. Law Community Center on Tuesday and Thursdays, March 27 - April 27, from 6:30-

8:00pm. Free and open to the public. For more information contact Coastal SimDo on Facebook, 912-238-2566 or CoastalSimDoKarate@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.

Email: Kaza Ayersman, godzillaunknown@ gmail.com or visit www.avegost.com [122811]

Buccaneer Region SCCA

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

Visit http://buccaneerregion.org. [122811]

Business Networking on the Islands

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

Coastal MINIs

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

Information: coastalminis.com. [122811] Starbucks,

Energy Healers

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

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.

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Honor Flight Savannah

A non-profit organization dedicated to sending our area Korean War and World War II veterans to Washington DC to visit

Islands MOPS

A Mothers of Preschoolers group that meets at the First Baptist Church of the Islands on two Wednesdays a month from 9:15-11:30am. Website/information: https://sites.google.com/site/islandsmops/ [122811]

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Contact (912) 308-6768 for info. No fees. Wanna learn? Come join us! [121211]

Low Country Turners

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

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

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

MOMSnext

For mothers of school-aged children, kindergarten through high school. Come as you are, to experience authentic community, mothering support, personal growth, practical help, and spiritual hope. Islands MOMSnext meets every first & third Monday of the month, excluding holidays. Childcare is available upon request. A ministry of MOPS International. For more info or to register for a meeting, call (912)898-4344 or email kymmccarty@hotmail.com. http:// www.mops.org/ [122811]

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

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

Peacock Guild-For Writers and Book Lovers

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]

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. For a nominal annual fee, members will receive monthly training sessions and seminars and have weekly runs of various distances. Kathy Ackerman,756-5865 or Billy Tomlinson 596-5965. [122811]

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.

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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. [122811]

Savannah Art Association

The non-for profit art association, the Southeast’s oldest, is currently taking applications for membership. The SAA offers workshops, community programs, exhibition opportunities, and an artistic community full of diverse and creative people from all ages, mediums, and skill levels. Please call 912-232-7731 for more info. [122811]

Savannah Brewers’ League

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

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

A dinner meeting held the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club. Call John Findeis at 748-7020. [122811] Hunter Army Airfield, 525 Leonard Neat St , Savannah http:// www.stewart.army.mil/

Savannah Fencing Club

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

Experienced fencers welcome. Call 4296918 or email savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Go Green

Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day!

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Savannah Jaycees

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

Savannah Kennel Club

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

Savannah Newcomers Club

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

Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program and, in addition, the club hosts a variety of activities, tours and events that will assist you in learning about Savannah and making new friends. www. savannahnewcomers.com [122911]

Savannah Parrot Head Club

Love a laid-back lifestyle? Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check out savannahphc.com for the events calendar or e-mail Wendy Wilson at Wendyq1053@yahoo.com.

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

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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]

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Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

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

Savannah Toastmasters

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

Savannah Writers Group

Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories. A meet-and-greet precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. Contact Carol North, 912-920-8891 for location. [122911] Savannah

Seersucker Live’s Happy Hour for Writers

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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.

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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]

The Philo Cafe

Meets at the Savannah Mall at the Soft Play Mondays from 11-12 and Thursdays from 1011. Activities include songs, stories, crafts, and games for young children and their caregivers. Free, no registration, drop-ins welcome. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@gmail.com [122911]

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]

Son-shine Hour

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]

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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.

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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 WoodvilleTompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner Street.

Call 912-232-3549 or email chesteraellis@ comcast.net for more information. [122911]

Dance Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

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

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

for Muriel or Darowe. E-mail: abeniculturalarts@gmail.com

Adult Ballet Class

Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St., at 39th, is offering an Adult Ballet Class on Thursdays from 6:30-7:30. Cost is $12 per class. Join us for learning and fun. Call 234-8745 for more info. [101711]

Adult Dance and Fitness Classes

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

Adult Intermediate Ballet

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

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Argentine Tango

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

Beginners Belly Dance Classes

Instructed by Nicole Edge. All ages/skill levels welcome. Every Sunday, Noon-1PM, Fitness Body and Balance Studio 2127 1/2 E. Victory Dr. $15/class or $48/four. 912-5960889 or www.cairoonthecoast.com [122911]

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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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Dance Workshops--Jazz, Funk, & Hip Hop Soul Youth Dance workshops (ages 7-12) Mondays, 4-5pm, and Wednesdays, 5-6pm. March 19 - April 27. Fee is $1 per class. Location: West Broad YMCA, 1110 May Street. Instructor: Ebonee’. Information: email i_heart_ ebo@yahoo.com or phone 678-472-5297.

Information also available from the West Broad YMCA at 912-233-1951 or online: www. westbroadstreetymca.org.

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

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

Irish Dance Classes

Glor na h’Eireann cultural arts studio is offering beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up, Adult Step & Ceili, Strength & Flexibility, non-competitive and competition programs, workshops and camps. TCRG certified. For more info contact PrideofIrelandGA@gmail.com or 912-7042052. [122911]

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

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

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

Modern Dance Class

Classes for beginner and intermediate levels.

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

Pole Dancing Class

Beginners pole dance offered Wednesdays 8pm, Level II Pole Dance offered Monday 8pm, $22/1 class, $70/4 classes, pre-registration required. Learn pole dance moves and spins while getting a full body workout.

Also offering Pole Fitness Classes Monday & Wednesday 11am. For more info: www. fitnessbodybalance.com or 912-398-4776.

Nothing comes off but your shoes. Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. [122911]

Salsa Savannah

Tuesdays at Tantra (8 E. Broughton St.), lessons from 7-9pm, open dancing 9pm-1am.

Thursday at Saya (109 W. Broughton St.), lessons from 7-8pm, open dancing 9-11pm.

Bachata lessons at Saya Thursdays from 8-9pm. For more info: www.salsasavannah. com, 912-704-8726. [122911]

Savannah Dance Club

“Magnificent Mondays” at Doubles, The Quality Inn /Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free dance lessons (6:30-7:30p): Shag, Swing, Cha-Cha and Line dancing. Everyone invited.

No cover. Happy Hour till 9pm. Call for details 912-398-8784. [122911]

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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]

Quality Inn /Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free dance lessons (6:30-7:30p): Shag, Swing, Cha-Cha and Line dancing. Everyone invited.

No cover. Happy Hour till 9pm. Call for details 912-398-8784. [122911]

Savannah Shag Club

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Events Biodynamics Open House and Interactive Showcase

Armstrong and Spine & Sport host a benefit open house for the facility, featuring hands on activities: golf swing assessments, balance testing, and movement analysis. Raffles and other fundraising activities. Free and open to the public. Thursday, April 26, 5:30-7:30pm.

Ashmore Hall on Armstrong Campus, 11935 Abercorn St.

Chocolate Tasting

Taste Single Origin American-Made Chocolate at Foxy Loxy Print Gallery & Cafe on Friday, May 18 at 8pm. Learn about chocolate production, taste a variety of chocolate, and everything else you need to know to select a good bar of chocolate. E-mail chocolatelabsavannah@gmail.com. $25/person.

Information:www.facebook.com/thechocolatelab.

Lecture: Find Your Path in Life and Work

Christian Science Lecture by Chet Manchester, Saturday, May 5 at 2pm. Music by singer Alex Cook begins at 12:30pm. Location: First Church of Christ, Scientist, 211 E.Victory Drive. Free and open to the public.

Film & Video CineSavannah

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

Psychotronic Film Society

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

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

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

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

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Belly Drills

An intense dance workout utilizing basic bellydance moves. Geared to all levels of ability. Dance your way to a better sense of well being. Bring water bottle. Thurs: 7-8pm. $15/class. Visit www.cybelle3.com. For info: cybelle@cybelle3.com or call 912-414-1091.

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

Bellydance Fusion Classes

Fusion bellydance mixes ballet, jazz and

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1 Plenty of 6 Coffeehouse drink 10 Post your thoughts online 14 Hit the town 15 “Get ___” 16 Hawaiian island where much of “Lost” was filmed 17 Room under a roof 18 WWI spy ___ Hari 19 Mufasa, for one 20 Big shot overseeing metamorphoses?

23 Brother of Michael and Jermaine 24 Buenos Aires’ loc.

25 Dunking Ming 27 Big shot in the flexible straw industry?

34 ___ Domani wine 36 Big berry 37 “La Traviata” composer 38 Fend (off) 40 Cuba or Curacao: abbr.

41 Bartender on “The Love Boat” 42 Stuck in the microwave 43 Title role for Jodie Foster 45 Plus-size model born Melissa Aronson 46 Big shot in charge of locksmiths?

49 Nincompoop 50 Genetic messenger material 51 Five, in France 53 Big shot in the salad factory?

59 Guilty or not guilty 61 Furniture giant 62 Spotted laugher 63 Brazen 64 D.C. team 65 Fencing swords 66 Hot month 67 Watches closely 68 Income, in Paris

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2 Women’s rights activist Lucretia 3 Arby’s side item 4 He wears green and eats mushrooms 5 “I could go on and on” 6 Actress Gertz of “Twister” 7 Cracked open a smidge 8 Take to the polls 9 Genesis album that looks like a rhyme scheme 10 Meat sauce 11 Grizzly hideaway 12 “I’m onto your scheme!”

13 “Bop ___” (Parliament song) 21 Qatar’s capital 22 Roman fountain 25 Kind of question with a 50/50 answer 26 Go on the fritz 28 Cupcake topper 29 Prop for Bob Ross 30 Girl, in Grenoble 31 Everything’s always about her 32 Dutch cheeses 33 Jasmine and basmati 35 Heat ‘n’ eat 39 Patsy’s “Absolutely Fabulous” friend 44 Shoe string 47 Nobel Prize-winning novelist ___ Gordimer 48 Be indecisive 52 Semiconductor variety 53 “___ no, we won’t go” 54 Just fine 55 Party 56 Scottish miss 57 Technology website now owned by CBS Interactive 58 Effortlessness 59 Sandwich with the crusts cut off 60 Reed or Rawls

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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]

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

The Yoga Room

Bellydancing for fun and fitness

Blue Water Yoga

Community donation based classes held at the Talahi Island Community Center. Tue. & Thur. 5:45 -7:00p Fri. 9:30-10:30a 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

VING TSUN (Wing Chun) is the world’s fastest growing martial arts style. Using angles and leverage to turn an attacker’s strength against them makes VING TSUN Kung Fu effective for everyone. Call Sifu Michael Sampson to find out about our free trial classes 912-429-9241. 11202 White Bluff Road. Drop Ins welcome. [122911]

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

Mondays, 10-11am (crawlers and toddlers) and 11:30-12:45 (infants and pre-crawlers) at the Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. $14 per class. Multi-class discounts are available. Walk-ins welcome. Call 232-2994 or visit www.savannahyoga.com. [122911]

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.

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Pregnancy Yoga

Ongoing series of 8-week sessions are held on Tuesdays from 6-7:15pm at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Dr., and Thursdays from 6-7:15pm at 100 Riverview Dr. Pre-natal yoga helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor & delivery. Cost is $100 for each course. Call Ann Carroll at 912-7047650 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 am-Singles at the Sarge in Hardeeville, SC. Info: savannahdiscgolf.com or

Stand-Up Paddleboarding

Stand-up paddleboarding lessons and tours.

A great way get out on the water and to stay fit. East Coast Paddleboarding, Savannah/ Tybee Island. Eastcoastpaddleboarding.com or 781-267-1810 [122911] Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr.

Yoga For All

Here’s yoga at the right time, price, and location. With expert guidance, you’ll practice this ancient discipline at your own limits and pace. Sequences of poses and breathing techniques will reward you with increased awareness, concentration, flexibility, strenght, and endurance. Mondays Jan. 9 to Feb. 13, OR Tuesdays, Mar. 20 to Apr. 24.

5:30-6:30pm. $65/person. Register by calling 855-478-5551 (toll free). Registration ends Jan. 6 at noon for the January class; Monday, March 19 at noon for the March class.

Offered by Georgia Southern University, held in downtown Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center. Info: ceps.georgiasouthern. edu [121211]

Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

Free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. 6.30 p.m., Tuesdays and 12:10 p.m., Thursdays, FitnessOne, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine, Memorial University Medical Center. Call 912-3509031. [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, 7pm8pm. $5, Free if you bring a friend. (912) 596-1952. [010912]

Zumba Fitness Classes with Mai

Monday 8:30am-9:30 am, Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 G. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 per class Saturdays 8:30 am-9:30am, St. Paul CME Social Hall, 123 Brady St. $3 Per class. 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.

Wear comfy clothes and tennis shoes, bring water & a towel! email zumbalaura@hotmail.com for more info. [122911]

Gay & Lesbian First City Network Board Meeting

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

Gay AA Meeting

True Colors AA Group, a gay 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

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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Stand Out Youth

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

What Makes A Family

A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 3522611. [122911]

Health Alcoholics Anonymous

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

Cancer Transitions--Moving Beyond Treatment

St. Joseph’s/Candler is offering “Cancer Transitions – Moving Beyond Treatment”, a six-week program designed to ease the transition from active treatment to posttreatment survivorship for cancer patients.

The next program will start on April 26 and meets each Thursday through May 31.

Classes are from 10:00 a.m - 12:30 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, Reynolds Street, across from Candler Hospital. Call 819-5704 to register or go online at www.cancerpavilion. org/cancersurvivorship.

Family Day & Health Symposium

St. Joseph’s/CandlerAfrican-American HealthInformation & ResourceCenter will present their 2nd Annual Family Day & Health Symposium on Saturday, April 28, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Savannah BaptistCenter, located at 704 Wheaton Street. Open to the whole family. Join us for health information, door prizes, screenings and demonstrations.

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 912-6445217 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. 1-800-2647154. [122911]

Nature and Environment Dolphin Project of Georgia

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

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

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

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

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Walk on the Wild Side

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

Wilderness Southeast

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

Pets & Animals Low Cost Pet Clinic

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

Savannah Zen Center

Visit Save-A-Life Animal Welfare Agency at the PetSmart Charities National Adoption Event May 5, Saturday, from 10-6pm.

PetSmart Store and Tent, 11132 Abercorn Street.

Soka Gakkai of America

St. Almo

Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays at 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at the Canine Palace, 612 Abercorn St. For info, call 912-234-3336. [122911]

Readings & Signings Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

meets the last Sunday of the month at 4 p.m. at the African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605. [122911]

Savannah Storytellers

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

The Savannah Bible Project

Meets each Friday 6:00-6:45pm to provide a non-faith-biased opportunity to interpret Hebrew and Christian scripture. Participants are encouraged to interpret the texts in community embracing each person’s unique interpretive authority. Meetings begin April 20 at the Ogeechee River Coffee Company. https://www.facebook.com/SavannahBibleProject [040112]

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

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

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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.

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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 Observance of National Day of Prayer

The 61st annual National Day of Prayer is scheduled for noon-1 p.m. on May 3 at the Chatham County Courthouse. People from many churches in the area participate. Christians from throughout Chatham County will join in prayer for our community, our country, and our world united under this year’s theme “One Nation Under God.” This year’s verse of inspiration is “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” Psalm 33:12. Information: Gene Roberts: generoberts7@wmconnect.com or 912-704-3995.

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The group practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Introducsavannah’s premier adult playground! tory meetings are held the third Sunday of the month. For further information, call 232-9121. [122911]

The Savannah Storytellers are re-forming on Feb 16. Weekly meetings to follow.

Bess Chappas will offer workshop on first meeting. Call. Wallace Moye 354-0048. Call for reservation (limited seating). Janice at 912-224-2904. [021212]

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Meets at The Distillery every month on the third Monday night from 8:30 - 10:30pm.

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Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

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. ,

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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 912355-4704. 2320 Sunset Blvd.

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Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. Check out www.

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ARIES

(March 21–April 19) “True life is lived when tiny changes occur,” said Leo Tolstoy.

I agree. It’s rare for us to undergo rapid, dramatic transformations in short periods of time. That’s why it’s delusional to be forever pining for some big magic intervention that will fix everything. The best way to alter our course is slowly and gradually, by conscientiously revamping our responses to the small daily details. Keep these thoughts close at hand in the coming weeks, Aries. Be a devotee of the incremental approach. Step– by–step. Hour–by–hour.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) “What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing,” said psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. I love that thought, and am excited to offer it up to you right now. You have been invited or will soon be invited to participate in some of the best games ever.

These are not grueling games foisted on you by people hoping to manipulate you, nor pointless games that exhaust your energy for naught. Rather, they are fun challenges that promise to stretch your intelligence, deepen your perspective, and enhance your emotional riches.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) Is it conceivable that you’ve gotten a bit off track? As I close my eyes and ask my higher powers for a psychic vision, I get an impression of you staring at a blurry image of a symbol that is no longer an accurate representation of your life goal. Now of course there’s a chance that my vision is completely unfounded. But if it does ring at least somewhat true to you –– if it suggests a question worth asking yourself –– I invite you to meditate on the possibility that you need to update your understanding of what your ultimate target looks like.

CANCER

(June 21–July 22) From an astrological point of view, it’s prime time for you to attend a networking extravaganza or collaboration spree. Likewise, this is an excellent phase in your long–term cycle to organize a gathering for the close allies who will be most important in helping you carry out your master

plan during the next 12 months.

Have you ever heard of the term “Temporary Autonomous Zone”?

It’s a time and place where people with shared interests and common values can explore the frontiers of productive conviviality. It might be a dinner party in an inspirational setting, a boisterous ritual in a rowdy sanctuary, or a private festival for fellow seekers. I hope you make sure something like that materializes.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) To begin one of his performances, comedian and musician Steve Martin ambled on stage and told his audience what to expect.

“Before every show,” he said, “I like to do one thing that is impossible. So now I’m going to suck this piano into my lungs.” That’s the kind of brag I hope to hear coming from you sometime soon, Leo –– the more outrageous the better. Why? Because I’d love to see you cultivate a looser, breezier relationship with your actual ambitions. To make boastful jokes about wacky or farfetched goals might inspire you to be jauntier and friskier about those real ones.

And that would rouse a burst of fresh motivational energy.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) The text for this week’s oracle comes from Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), a great American statesman who, after escaping slavery, became a leader of the abolitionist movement. “Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation,” he said, “are people who want crops without plowing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning . . . The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand.” Please apply these thoughts to your own situation, Virgo. You have entered the liberation phase of your cycle.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) I’m about to list some declarations that I hope will come out of your mouth at least once in the next three weeks. If for any reason you’re not finding yourself in situations where these words would make sense for you to utter, please rearrange your life accordingly. 1. “There’s nothing else I’d rather be doing right now.” 2. “Is it

okay with you if we take this really slow?” 3. “No one’s ever done that before.” 4. “Squeeze my hand when it feels really amazing.” 5.

“It’s like we know what each other is thinking.” 6. “Can I have some more, please?”

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) A political strategist told me one of her most important rules: To win an election, you have to help your candidate choose the right fights.

I think that would be an excellent guiding principle for you in the coming weeks, Scorpio. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will be getting invitations to spar, joust, and wrangle.

Although it might be exciting to leap into each and every fray with your eyes blazing, I suggest you show careful discernment. Try to confine your participation to those tangles that will downplay your weaknesses and highlight your strengths.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

In the famous children’s book *The Little Prince,* the hero lives on an asteroid with three volcanoes, two active and one dormant. One day he decides to leave home and travel to other realms. Before departing, he meticulously scours all three volcanoes. “If they are well cleaned out,” the narrator reports, “volcanoes burn slowly and steadily, without any eruptions.”

I recommend that you take after the Little Prince, Sagittarius. It’s high time to attend to the upkeep of your volcanoes. Make sure they will burn slow and steady in the coming months, even when you’re not at home.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22–Jan. 19) One of the classics of ancient Sanskrit literature is the Kama Sutra, which gives practical advice about erotic love. The most popular edition of the book offers instructions on eight kinds of kisses and 64 sexual positions, with additional tips on styles of embracing and caressing. This would be an excellent time for you to get inspired by information like that, Capricorn.

Your relationship with the amorous arts is due for expansion and refinement. You don’t necessarily need to rely on book learning, of course. You could accomplish a lot of empirical exploration simply by getting naked and firing up your

imagination.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) Singer–songwriter Tom Waits was strongly influenced by Bob Dylan’s down–to–earth album *The Basement Tapes.* “I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in,” Waits testifies. “The noise and grit” of Dylan’s rootsy, intimate songs, he says, creates a mood of “joy and abandon.” That’s the spirit I wish for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Wherever you are and whatever you’re doing, get down to the gritty, organic core of things. Hunker down in the funky fundamentals. Hang out where the levels of pretension are low and the stories are fresh and raw.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) You’re not really breaking the rules, right, Pisces? It’s more like you’re just testing their elasticity; you’re helping them become more supple and flexible. I’m sure that sooner or later people will thank you for how you’re expanding the way the game is played. It may take a while, but they will eventually appreciate and capitalize on the liberties you are now introducing into the system. In the short run, though, you might have to take some heat for your tinkering and experiments. Try not to let that inhibit your eagerness to try creative risks.

Team In Training Info Meeting and Fall Season Kick-Off Party

Learn more about how you can complete a triathlon, full or half marathon with the Team In Training program. All levels of athletes - walkers, runners, cyclists, beginners or advanced - are welcome. Together we train to beat cancer! Meetings held at four different locations in Savannah/Chatham on 4/18, 5/16, 5/24, 5/30. See website for locations on these dates. Kick off party and info is June 7, 5:00-6:00 pm - Drop in for more info and to sign up 6:30-8:30pm - Kick-Off Party for all registered Fall season participants. Mercer Auditorium at Hoskins Center (on Memorial Health campus), East 66th St. http://www. teamintraining.org/ga

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. For more info, call 236-0363, ext. 143.

Amputee Support Group

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

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

Brain Injury Support Group

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

Breast Cancer Survivors Group

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

Cancer support group

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

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

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association

Meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Next meeting: Sat., April 28, 10:30am at Candler Hospital’s Marsh Auditorium, 5356 Reynolds St. in Savannah.

The group will celebrate its 15th anniversary.

Polio survivors and guests are invited. For information call 912-927-8332 or go to www. coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. (There is no charge for this meeting.)

Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges

Meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd. Room 250. A group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether on this journey for one year or many years. Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@hotmail.com. [122911]

Families Anonymous

A world wide twelve-step self-help support program for relatives and friends concerned about and affected by substance abuse or behavioral problems of a loved one, has a new group in Savannah. Thursdays at 7:30PM at Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, 50 Diamond Causeway. Information: 912-660-6845 or email sandyjtyler@comcast. net. [011412]

Fibromyalgia support group

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

Gambling problem?

12-step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly in Savannah. Leave msg with contact information for Phil @ 912748-4730. [122911]

Grief Support Group

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

HospiceSavannahHelps.org. [122911]

Heartbeats for Life

A free support and education group for those who have suffered from, or want to prevent or reverse Heart Disease, and/or Diabetes problems. One Tuesday per month.

Topic for March 20th. - Stress, Diet, and Your Heart. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097

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Abercorn St. (behind Target at Savannah Mall) Contact, Jeff: 912-598-8457; email: jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org [011212]

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

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

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Multiple Sclerosis support group

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

Narcotics Anonymous

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

National Alliance On Mental Illness Connection Support Group

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

Overeaters Anonymous

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

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Parkinson’s Disease Support Group

Meets the first Thursday of the month.

5-6:30pm in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For more info, call 355-6347 or 238-4666. [122911]

Rape Crisis Center

assists survivors of rape and sexual assault.

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

Spinal Injury Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial Health. For info, call Jami Murray at 350-8900. http://www.memorialhealth. com/ [122911]

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

Sponsored by Savannah Educational Consultants and Royce Learning Center. Professionally led support groups will be held on the 4th Monday of each month, 6-7:30pm.

Meetings will be held at Royce Learning Center, at 4 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd.

Contact Laurel Brady, 912-659-4687 or email LBrady@savannaheducationalconsultants.com [122911]

Support Group for Parents of Ill Children

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

Support Group for People with HIV/AIDS

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

Teens Nurturing Teens

A support group for teens that have a family member or loved one impacted by cancer.

Meets at the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion. For more information, call 912-8195704. [021912]

Teens With No One to Turn To

Are you between the ages of 11-18, or a concerned parent of a teen? Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter can help.

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

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Volunteers Community Cardiovascular Council

Clerical and medical volunteers needed for non-profit working to eliminate heart disease. Flexible shifts and training provided.

Staff the reception desk, answer phones, light administrative work, etc. Medical volunteers take blood pressure readings and assist in computer data management. 912232-6624 or knoxm@sjchs.org. [021212]

Good Samaritan Clinic

St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Good Samaritan Clinic in Garden City needs volunteer nurses, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, Spanish interpreters and clerical staff. The Good Samaritan Clinic serves people without insurance and whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line. To volunteer call 912-964-4326.

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Live Oak Regional Public Libraries

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

Center, a free clinic serving the uninsured, is looking for physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, lab techs, and patient care techs.

Located at 1302 Drayton Street, the center also needs non-clinical volunteers to schedule appointments. Contact Stephanie Alston at 912-443-9409. [021912]

Oatland Island Education Center

Oatland Island Wildlife Center often needs volunteers. Call (912) 395-1500. 711 Sandtown Rd. http://www.oatlandisland.org/ [122911]

Pre-school Volunteers Needed

St. Mary’s Community Center is looking for early childhood education majors, retired elementary teachers and/or community residents to help 3 & 4 year olds with language development skills. The program is offered Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm. Please call Artinique Thomas at 912-447-0578. [030412]

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Share your time and special talents with others, join the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of EOA (the Equal Opportunity Authority). Through RSVP, seniors 55 and older serve in various community organizations from 1 to 40 hours per week. Make your choice of where you serve from many local agencies. Information: call Linda Fields at 238-2960 ext. 123. [041912]

Ronald McDonald House volunteers needed

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

The Dolphin Project of Georgia

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

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Tutoring Volunteers Needed

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

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