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9 ACHOO! GSU PROF: WHY POLLEN SEASON ARRIVES EARLIER EACH YEAR

CURTIS PATTERSON AT LANEY CONTEMPORARY: ‘ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SCULPTORS OF OUR TIME’

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BÉLA FLECK’S MY BLUEGRASS HEART FEAT. STUART DUNCAN, SIERRA HULL, BRYAN SUTTON, MARK SCHATZ AND JUSTIN MOSES Thursday 3/31 at 8 PM

SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL March 24–April 9, 2022 5 and

WED 3/30

8 PM WED 3/30 8 PM

THU 3/31 7 PM 8 PM

12:30 PM

8 PM Building Metal Metal at Building Trustees’ at Trustees’ Garden | Garden $42 | $42

Lucas Theatre Lucasfor Theatre the Arts for |the $85, Arts $70, | $85, $60,$70, $47,$60, $37 $47, $37

WED 4/6

Philip Dukes Philip & Dukes Friends & Friends III: Brahms III: Brahms & Schumann & Schumann 6 PM Trinity United Trinity Methodist United Methodist Church | Church $52 | $52

Hot Club Hot ofClub Cowtown of Cowtown 7 PM

8 PM

North Garden NorthAssembly Garden Assembly Room at Room Ships of at the Ships Sea ofMuseum the Sea Museum | $39 | $39

Béla Fleck's Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass My Bluegrass Heart feat.

Heart Stuart feat. Duncan, Stuart Duncan, Sierra Hull, 8 PM Hull, Sierra Bryan Bryan Sutton, Sutton, MarkMark Schatz Schatz and Justin and Justin Moses Moses Ring Shout Ringof Shout the Georgia of the Georgia Coast: McIntosh Coast: McIntosh CountyCounty Shouters Shouters Q&A Q&A THU 5 PM Art with with Rosenbaum Art Rosenbaum SavannahSavannah Cultural Arts Cultural Center Arts| FREE Center | FREE

FRI 4/1

6 PM FRI 4/1

8:30 PM

8 PM

Mavis Staples Mavis Staples 8 PM

12:30 PM

North Garden NorthAssembly Garden Assembly Room at Room Ships of at the Ships Sea ofMuseum the Sea Museum | $39 | $39 Lucas Theatre Lucasfor Theatre the Arts for |the $85, Arts $70, | $85, $60,$70, $47,$60, $37 $47, $37

4 and 8 PM

Les Filles Lesde Filles Illighadad de Illighadad / True Blues / Truefeat.

Blues Corey feat.Harris, Corey Harris, 4 and Phil Wiggins Phil Wiggins & Cedric & Cedric Watson Watson 8 PM

3 PM

Atlanta Atlanta Symphony Symphony Orchestra Orchestra 3 PM

SUN 5 PM 4/3

6 PM

4-7 PM

TUE

5 and 8 PM 6 PM

8 PM

Metal Building Metal at Building Trustees’ at Trustees’ Garden | Garden $27 | $27 Lucas Theatre Lucasfor Theatre the Arts for |the $85, Arts $70, | $85, $60,$70, $47,$60, $37 $47, $37

Vijay Iyer Vijay Trio Iyer featuring Trio featuring Linda May Linda Han May OhHan Oh 8 PM Metal Building Metal at Building Trustees’ at Trustees’ Garden | Garden $42 | $42

Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden | $42

NOON30: Samara Joy feat. Pasquale Grasso Trio Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden | $27

Mike Marshall's Stringband Spectacular feat. Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, Mile Twelve, and the Westbound Situation Trio Blind Boys of Alabama / The Campbell Brothers

Zydeco Dance Party: C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden | $39

NOON30: Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves Jazz on the River

Lakou Mizik /Leyla McCalla

Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden | $42

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Wind Ensemble with Simon Crawford-Phillips Voices of Mississippi feat. William Ferris, Cedric Burnside, Sharde Thomas, and Luther & Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars Lucas Theatre for the Arts | $85, $70, $60, $47, $37

The Wood TheBrothers Wood Brothers 7 PM

Drive-By Drive-By Truckers Truckers

Emmet Cohen Trio / Samara Joy feat. Pasquale Grasso Trio

Trinity United Methodist Church | $57

Les Filles Lesde Filles Illighadad de Illighadad 5 PM

7:30 4/5PM 7:30 PM Lucas Theatre Lucasfor Theatre the Arts for |the $75, Arts $62, | $75, $52,$62, $42,$52, $32 $42, $32 8 PM

FRI 4/8

Johnny Mercer JohnnyTheatre Mercer|Theatre $85, $72, | $85, $60,$72, $45$60, $45

Trinity United Trinity Methodist United Methodist Church | Church $52 | $52

Lucas Theatre for the Arts | $75, $62, $52, $42, $32

Rousakis Plaza on River Street | FREE

North Garden NorthAssembly Garden Assembly Room at Room Ships of at the Ships Sea ofMuseum the Sea Museum | $42 | $42

Beethoven Beethoven and theand Mandolin: the Mandolin: 6 PM Caterina Caterina Lichtenberg Lichtenberg & Mike & Marshall Mike Marshall

Allison Russell / Katie Pruitt

Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden | $27

Sebastian Sebastian Knauer,Knauer, piano piano 3 PM

Trinity United Trinity Methodist United Methodist Church | Church $52 | $52

North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum | $42

Lucas Theatre for the Arts | $85, $70, $60, $47, $37

Trinity United Trinity Methodist United Methodist Church | Church $52 | $52

Foghorn Foghorn Stringband Stringband 7 PM

SAT 3 PM 4/2

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Mile Twelve

Trustees Theater | $45, $37, $30, $25

7 PM

7 PM

TUE 4/5

7 PM

7 PM

Philip Dukes Philip & Dukes Friends & Friends IV: All Beethoven IV: All Beethoven 6 PM

SavannahSavannah Cultural Arts Cultural Center Arts| $27 Center | $27

SUN 4/3

12:30 PM

4/7

NOON30: NOON30: McIntosh McIntosh CountyCounty Shouters Shouters 12:30 PM 12:30 PM SAT 4/2

5 and 8 PM 7:30 PM

Lucas Theatre Lucasfor Theatre the Arts for |the $85, Arts $70, | $85, $60,$70, $47,$60, $37 $47, $37 5 PM

NOON30: Emmet Cohen Trio

Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden | $27

Watchhouse Watchhouse (fka Mandolin (fka Mandolin Orange)Orange) 8 PM NOON30: NOON30: Rob Ickes Rob&Ickes Trey Hensley & Trey Hensley

THU 3/31

tickets & info: savannahmusicfestival.org box office: 912.525.5050

5 and Jorgenson John John Jorgenson QuintetQuintet / Rob Ickes / Rob&Ickes Trey Hensley & Trey Hensley

12:30 PM 12:30 PM North Garden NorthAssembly Garden Assembly Room at Room Ships of at the Ships Sea ofMuseum| the Sea Museum| $27 $27 6 PM

MAVIS STAPLES Friday 4/1 at 8 PM

12:30 PM

SAT 4/9

From the Archives of Dr. William Ferris: Select Documentary Films from Voices of Mississippi including a Q&A with Ferris and Lance Ledbetter, co-founder of Dust-to-Digital Savannah Cultural Arts Center | FREE

3 PM

Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen / Lakou Mizik Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden | $42

9 PM

Closing Night Party: Cedric Burnside / Eddie 9V Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden | $39

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WEDNESDAY 3/30

2022 SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL Join Savannah Music Festival from March 24 - April 9, 2022 for live concerts, incredible performances and more!

(All Day) Various locations.

See more info in this issue. savannahmusicfestival.org

TRIVIA NIGHT WITH JESS SHAW

Jess Shaw and Kevin Ryan will guide participants through an evening of trivia and self discovery at Service Brewing.

Test your trivia knowledge while also competing in interactive challenge rounds to gain extra points. The first place team receives a $100 cash prize.

6:30 p.m. Service Brewing Company, 574 Indian Street. servicebrewing.com

VOLUNTEER FOR MEALS ON WHEELS

OPEN MIC AT MINT TO BE MOJITO BAR Musicians & Singers Wanted!

Join host Larry Broussard (of the band LAX) for Savannah’s Best Open Mic every Wednesday. Watch LIVE ON

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HIGHLIGHTED PICKS FROM HOSTESS CITY HAPPENINGS THIS WEEK To have your event considered for inclusion, please send an email to happenings@connectsavannah.com.

Include the event name, date, time, location with address, cost, website address for additional information, and a contact number. The submission deadline is 5PM each Friday before the following Wednesday’s edition.

TIKTOK! (Cajuncookin). Larry plays your favorite hits and requests between sets. Call 912-713-1009 to book your 30 minutes of stage time. No cover charge! 5-11 p.m. Mint to Be Mojito Bar & Bites, 12 W State St.

WHISKEY WEDNESDAYS

Discounted regional and international whiskey and bourbon selections every Wednesday at Oak 36 Bar + Kitchen. Come try something new on the rocks, as a smoked drink, or perhaps with natural shrubs and fresh pressed juices in one of their craft cocktails.

5500 Abercorn St. Suite #36

THURSDAY 3/31

RELIVE THE GLORY, GLORY! AT ARDSLEY STATION

Join the Savannah Chapter of the University of Georgia Alumni for a Happy Hour mixer on the patio at Ardsley Station supporting Georgia Giving Day! Grab a specialty cocktail (% will be donated to UGA) or small plate and enjoy an early evening with fellow Alumni and Dawgs as we re-watch a broadcast of the National Championship Game.

There is no cost to attend, but guests will be responsible for purchasing their own food and beverages. Ardsley Station, 102 E Victory Dr.

RANDY’S ANNUAL JAM WEEKEND

This year’s Jam Weekend will kick off with a few early arrivals on Thursday, but the action generally picks up quite a bit on Friday and Saturday. Attendees can bring their instrument and sit in, or just stop by and wander around while listening to the spontaneous picking, singing and storytelling. And of course we have Flaco’s Tacos restaurant right here on site, with plenty of indoor and

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RANDY’S ANNUAL JAM WEEKEND @ RANDY’S PICKIN’ PARLOR

kick off with a few early arrivals on Thursday, but the action generally picks up quite a bit on Friday and Saturday. Attendees can bring their instrument and sit in, or just stop by and wander around while listening to the spontaneous picking, singing and storytelling.

outdoor seating and restrooms throughout the property. Randy Wood’s Pickin’ Parlor, 1304 East Hwy. 80.

FREE YOGA ON THE BEACH AT THE THE DECK Enjoy free yoga on the Tybee sponsored by The Deck Beach Bar & Kitchen. Bring a large beach towel, your mat or a tapestry, a hat and sunglasses, water and a friend.

9-10 a.m. The Deck Beachbar and Kitchen, 404 Butler Ave.

FRIDAY 4/1

APRIL FOOLS’ DAY DRAG SHOW!

We’re excited to bring you another night of Fabulous Drag & Delicious Cocktails!

This time, we’re bringing some

Shenanigans & CAMP! What’s a Drag Show without some CAMP and Laughter?! In the show, we have the Hilarious and Bearded Charleston Queen, Ebony Wood! Also performing, current reigning Miss S Florida Comedy Queen, Karrissa Wade!

Hosted by Savannah’s own, Jordan Sophia Alexander!

SUPRISE WILDCARD SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMER!! Special Drink List prepared by Ghost Coast! w/ BEATS by DJ Jose Ray! Food Truck on Site --tba Cocktail Hour at 7:30pm Drag Show at 8:30pm Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St.

BLUEGRASS BY THE PINT WITH SWAMPTOOTH Join Service Brewing for Bluegrass by the Pint every

Friday featuring live bluegrass from favorite local favorite’s, Swamptooth.6 p.m. Service Brewing Co., 574 Indian St.

SATURDAY 4/2

FORSYTH FARMERS MARKET

Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods, and other delights. Rain or shine.

9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Forsyth Park.

Drayton St. & East Park Ave.

YOGA + SIPS AT KIMPTON BRICE HOTEL

Celebrate the weekend during anupbeat, poolside yoga classes. 60-minute high energy yoga class with Savannah Yoga featuring a welcome cocktail, social hour, and more!

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(Ongoing, Mondays-Fridays, 10:45 a.m.)Senior Citizens Inc., 3025 Bull St., There are seniors in our community who are hungry. You can make a difference by volunteering one hour a week to delivering Meals on Wheels to homebound seniors. We have routes throughout Savannah, so we can match you to an area that is convenient. Training included.

Volunteers use their own vehicle. Gas stipend is optional.

There are over 500 seniors on the waiting list to receive meals, and the number continues to grow. For more information, contact Lauren at Volunteer@ seniorcitizens-inc.org or 912236-0363

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ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET

Weekly farmers market on Talahi Island highlighting local growers and makers, healthy foods and a positive environment. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Islands Farmers’ Market, 401 Quarterman Dr. facebook.com/islandsfarmersmarket

SUNDAY 4/3

FREE FAMILY WEEKENDS AT THE JEPSON CENTER & TELFAIR ACADEMY

Telfair Museums is excited to offer local residents free weekend admission to the Jepson Center and Telfair Academy starting April 2 – August 28!

Residents are invited to explore the largest museum exhibition of work

by African American artist, William O. Golding, in The Art of William O. Golding: Hard Knocks, Hardships, and Lots of Experience on view at the Jepson Center, along with other featured exhibitions free of charge.

Free weekend admission includes residents of the following counties: -Chatham -Bryan -Effingham -Liberty (Georgia) -Beaufort (South Carolina) -Jasper (South Carolina) 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Free 912.790.8800. info@telfair.org.

LIVE JAZZ SUNDAY BRUNCH

Featuring the Howard Paul Jazz Trio Live performances from legendary jazz guitarist Howard Paul at Myrtle & Rose Rooftop Garden at Plant Riverside District. 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. 400 West River St

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Enjoy half off bottles of wine and fire pits in the courtyard. Purchase one of our s’mores kits (marshmallows included) for the ultimate fall experience. 6-9 p.m. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

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BINGO! AT ELKS LODGE

Join Elks Lodge for Bingo from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Enjoy great family fun, good food at the snack bar, and many chances to win cash. Elks Lodge, 183 Wilshire Blvd.

SUNSET PARTY SUNDAY

Wrap up the weekend with a Sunday Funday Sunset Party on the roof.

Local DJ Doc Ock on the 1s and 2s, an amazing view, Long Drink and Herradura specials, and $3 Rosé all day.

6 - 9 p.m. Top Deck, 125 W. River Street

MONDAY 4/4

MIDTOWN MONDAYS

Savannah’s largest industry night at Oak 36 Bar + Kitchen. Enjoy Pubstar Karaoke hosted by Shane along with DJ B-RAD playing today’s hits inbetween singers. Enjoy $4-$5 drink specials all night along with a late night menu and craft cocktail bar. The fun starts at 10pm every Monday! 5500 Abercorn St. Ste. 36

TYBEE ISLAND FARMERS MARKET

Weekly market featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, eggs, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products.

Artisans are also featured each week.

Located at 30 Meddin Dr., right behind the Historic Tybee Lighthouse. tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com

PILATES CLASS

Skidaway Island United Methodist Church (SIUMC) offers, to church and non-church members alike, basic Mat Pilates classes on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:15-10:15 a.m., for only $5.00-$6.25 per class. Classes focus on improving core strength, posture, flexibility and muscle tone. Visit siumc. org/nurture 54 Diamond Causeway

TUESDAY 4/5

WHISKEY TASTING CLASSES

Taste and learn differences between six different whiskey varieties.

Reservations required. 7:30 p.m.

Congress Street Up, 220 W. Congress St. americanprohibitionmuseum.com

TRIVIA TUESDAYS

Voted one of Savannah’s best places to enjoy trivia in 2021. Enjoy video trivia hosted by Hangover Entertainment at Oak 36 Bar + Kitchen. Free to play, and starts at 7pm with prizes for top 2 teams. Full menu and craft cocktail bar.

5500 Abercorn St. Suite #36

STAFFORD’S TUESDAY COMEDY OPEN MIC

The ghost of Savannah’s legendary open mic returns. Head out to the sequel to the open mic Hannibal Buress called “whack” and “please put that phone down”. All experience levels welcome! Come out and give us your best 5 minutes, or just come and laugh at us, we like it. 8:30-11:45 p.m. Stafford’s Public House, 306 W. Upper Factor’s Walk.

INTRODUCTIONS:

MEET EVAN GOETZ EXECUTIVE DIR., TYBEE POST THEATER

By Marley Gibson Features Writer

Evan Goetz originally came to Savannah for grad school at Savannah College of Arts and Design (SCAD). Now, as the executive director of the Tybee Post Theater, Goetz enjoys promoting the island and the community and sharing this hidden jewel with others.

“When I was in school, I had like five part-time jobs at a time where they were all either marketing theater or related to the arts, in general,” Goetz said of his background. “I’ve always been fine doing that because I’m working in my field. And, it’s even more special here because of the history of the area and all of the opportunities.”

“We love this area and wanted to come back. When I saw the job announcement at the Tybee Post Theater, I applied and luckily got it. So, that’s why we’re back here—a year now in April,” Goetz said of the almost 100 year-old structure that was used as a movie theater for people originally stationed on the island.

“When I first started here at the theater, we were sort of open. We were showing some movies at a reduced capacity and trying to offer live music. So, it was a really interesting time to transition and figure out what we would do to entertain the community moving forward.”

“Savannah is a particularly interesting area—and when I say Savannah, I’m including the islands, Tybee, and everything,” Goetz added. “We’re sort of situated in this bubble to ourselves. We’re not surrounded by huge cities that take away from us. Folks come here to enjoy what we offer in terms of local artists, restaurants, theater, entertainment, you name it.”

Even though larger cities like Atlanta or Jacksonville are a few hours away, Savannah has a unique position, according to Goetz.

“We’re ‘it’ here. You have to decide to turn to come to Savannah, and it’s a great choice because of our history, people, art, etc. We’ve got these pockets of great culture, amazing food, surroundings anyone can appreciate. I think because of all that, it allows for many creative types to come here to join this unique creative environment.”

Goetz feels Tybee Island is a hidden jewel in itself.

“Even as a local, if you need that escape to a quick beach moment, it’s right here. Those who visit here know they can have that short vacation getaway, but locals need to remind themselves of this unique environment for us to work and play in. It’s here every day for us when we need it.”

Goetz joked about the things he does on his days off.

“What days off?”

He stressed that he’s busy all the time, and although he has a great staff at the Tybee Post Theater who can run events during the weekend for him, he said, “I actually come out here during my time off because of the concerts and events and art shows.”

“I can come to the island and just relax and have a good time,” he said. “I work a block from the beach, so there’s no excuse for not enjoying the scenery. Sometimes I just like to go for a walk and just…be.”

Goetz and his partner love to kayak in the area. “There are so many amazing natural experiences here on Savannah’s rivers. Kayaking is so much fun and is great to relax, as well.”

Goetz said he’s enjoying making Savannah his own. “We live in Sandfly and I work on Tybee, so I feel like I’m getting everything out of my experience here that I can. I get a bit of so many things the area offers.”

Goetz wants visitors and locals alike to know there’s so much more to Tybee than just sand and sea. “I always tell people about Tybee and the restaurant businesses and the scene in general,” he said. “The city of Tybee has a planning code that doesn’t allow for any chain restaurants or stores on the island.” (continued on page 10)

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With his family nearby in South Carolina, living here is perfect for Evan and his partner, Justin Addington. The two grew up in nearby towns across the state line, but didn’t meet until college.

“We’re spoiled here because we have theater, ballet, dancing, music, all of it, and we’re anxious to have it back again and provide it to the community.”

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COMMUNITY PETS OF THE WEEK Each week, we will highlight pets available for adoption from local rescue organizations. In March, we are featuring the Humane Society for Greater Savannah.

PUDDIN’

AGE: 6 YEARS WEIGHT: 7 LBS COLORS: BLACK AND WHITE

Right now we have the sweetest treat down at the Humane Society!

Get ready to satisfy your cravings for snuggles and playtime with Puddin. At six years old, Puddin may not be a kitten, but she plays with the same passion! A beautiful black and white girl with medium-length fur, she has the prettiest smile just waiting to sweeten up your day. She would fit great in a household where she can have a lot of activity and room to play. Come visit Puddin from 1-6pm, Tuesday through Saturday. She would love to meet you!

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AGE: 4 YEARS WEIGHT: 45 LBS COLORS: TAN, CHINESE SHAR-PEI Yes, Bella is “warm and fuzzy”. The kind of gal who seamlessly works her way into your orbit and, in time, you wonder what you ever did without her. Here’s a gal who is warm, polite, well mannered and even downright charming! Bella would be perfect in an apartment since she is very low key and low energy. She won’t do well in a home with cats.

Stop by the Humane Society for Greater Savannah and spend a few minutes with Bella!

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Mural of pollen in GSU’s Biological Sciences building in Statesboro.

WHY POLLEN SEASON ARRIVES EARLIER EACH YEAR Q&A with Georgia Southern Univ. biology professor Alan Harvey As a seasonal allergy sufferer, Alan Harvey, Ph.D., biology professor in Georgia Southern University’s College of Science and Mathematics, was curious what types of pollen were causing his sniffles and sneezes. As ALAN W. a scholar and educator, HARVEY, PHD Harvey did what any curious mind would do — he began exploring the types of pollen in the region while trying to narrow down the culprit of his symptoms. What he didn’t expect to find was an interesting narrative that led to a collaborative artscience project and soon a full exhibit on pollen at the Georgia Southern Museum.

Read on to learn more about Harvey’s research on pollen, upcoming exhibit, “Pollen Nation,” and why pollen season begins earlier each year.

TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF — WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU TEACH? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A PROFESSOR HERE?

HOW LONG HAVE YOU STUDIED POLLEN AND WHAT INTERESTED YOU IN STUDYING THIS? I’ve not actually studied pollen for that long. I really wanted to figure out how to deal with my own severe allergies to it.

WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON POLLEN IN OUR REGION?

The most common pollen depends on the time of year. Any plant that produces flowers will produce pollen. But if you’re

The kind of pollen that you do encounter is from plants that you wouldn’t even notice have flowers like oak, maple and birch trees. Those are all wind-pollinated, so they don’t need pretty flowers. They’re not trying to attract anybody, they just have to produce a lot of pollen for the wind to blow around. This time of year, pine and oak are going to be the two common pollens.

WHEN DOES POLLEN SEASON USUALLY BEGIN IN OUR REGION?

It starts in the early spring and ends in late fall. And again, it’s different plants blooming during the course of that year.

So this time of year, as I mentioned, is going to be pines and oaks. In the middle of the year, it will be more grasses, and toward the end of the year, it’s going to be things like ragweed. What scientists have discovered is that every year the pollen season starts earlier and lasts longer.

WHY WILL IT BEGIN EARLY THIS YEAR?

This is where we get into a sort of controversial subject, but basically, climate change issues are the main culprit in a couple of ways. First of all, plant growth is tied to temperature. So the earlier temperatures get warmer, the earlier in the year the plant is going to start actively growing and producing pollen. So, warmer temperatures are leading to earlier seasonal starts.

Temperatures are warmer than they were at this time a few decades or 100 years ago.

WHY IS POLLEN IMPORTANT?

It’s an essential component of sexual reproduction in plants, so in the absence of pollen, we would lose many, if not virtually all of the plants around us that we depend upon. It’s fundamentally important to life on Earth that those plants are able to continue to reproduce. In terms of its impact on known pollinators, when a bee visits a flower, it is, of course, looking for nectar that the plants produce, but they also are looking for pollen. So it’s a food source for a lot of animals as well.

WHAT IS AN INTERESTING FACT OR LITTLE-KNOWN FACT ABOUT POLLEN?

Pollen plays a role in some various religious ceremonies of other cultures. The one I’m most familiar with is in the Navajo Nation. In particular, corn pollen is at the core of a great many, if not virtually all, of the Navajo religious ceremonies.

It’s also been used to solve crimes and there is a whole field of forensic pollen analysis.

It’s also an important tool for paleontologists, anthropologists and archaeologists who are trying to understand past civilizations. Because pollen is incredibly resilient, it may be small, but it is darn near indestructible.

You would need a pretty powerful microscope to see any of these, but with that tool, you can study pollen grains that are hundreds of millions of years old. They will last that long. They’re so, so tough.

TELL US ABOUT THE NEW MURAL IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BUILDING AT GSU IN STATESBORO.

A number of years ago, a colleague in the Betty Foy Sanders Dept. of Art, Jeff Shmucki, and his wife Wendy Deschene

and I came together and started collaborating on art-science projects because we realized we both are observers of the natural world, we just approach it from somewhat different ways. One of those projects was creating a mural of ecologically or environmentally important organisms surrounding students that they may not be aware of. For the first mural, we looked at salamanders of Georgia. We got a bunch of photographs of the salamanders and we cut them away from the background, blew them up and installed the murals. It was a big community project and students got involved in all phases of it.

So I thought, ‘Well, that was really successful.’ What can we do next? And because I was in the middle of allergy attacks, I thought, ‘Well, what about pollen?’

TELL US HOW THE MURAL INSPIRED YOUR UPCOMING EXHIBIT, “POLLEN NATION,” AT THE GEORGIA SOUTHERN MUSEUM.

There are a lot of interesting layers to this basic idea of pollen that can’t really be shown in a mural, and the Georgia Southern Museum is a perfect place to explore those kinds of ideas in one common theme.

WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT TO SEE AT THE “POLLEN NATION” EXHIBIT?

There’ll be a lot of big, spectacular images of pollen and the plants that produce them. It’s going to be a mix of striking imagery and some interactive sort of game-like activities. You’ll also have the opportunity to look at some of the pollen in a microscope.

For more information, visit GeorgiaSouthern.edu.

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I’m a professor and faculty member at Georgia Southern. This is my 23rd year here and I teach a variety of biology courses including field biology, invasive species and evolutionary ecology.

looking at a plant with nice, pretty flowers, that pollen is not going to be what you’d normally encounter or notice causing your allergies because that pollen is being transmitted by insects or other pollinators who are specifically being attracted by the pretty flowers.

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“So, everything you see is completely locally owned, from the shrimp stand to the bike rentals, pizza place, and t-shirt vendors. If you’re looking for big franchises, you’re not going to get that here on Tybee.

It’s locals who live and work on the island who put their heart and soul into making their business, their hotel, their art gallery, their restaurant or whatever it is…a big success.”

He stressed how he doesn’t want folks to take that for granted. “Those are all local business. Mom and Pops…not chains. That’s so important for folks to know and a point that should be repeated constantly. These are the people we love supporting.”

He said living in this area provides him with so much art and culture.

“Things are ramping up on the island. We’ve got a ton of galleries, art photography, and shops that offer affordable, memorable, and quality art. We seriously have a relevant art scene here that all should see.”

In addition to the art, Goetz said people might not realize that near the Tybee Lighthouse is the remnants of the old fort. “The bike trail on the north end of the island takes you to the old fort built in the late 1800s for the Spanish-American War. Not a lot of people know about that, right? People need to know,” he said with a laugh.

He hopes folks will come out to the island and see it for all it’s worth.

“It’s ours. It’s right here. It’s beautiful. It’s community. It’s us. I’m just so proud of all we’re doing or the community in supporting the arts and we hope to see friendly faces out here to enjoy all the island offers.”

“We all need to come together over beautiful things,” Goetz said.

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For more information on the Tybee Post Theater, visit tybeeposttheater.org

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Savannah State University (SSU) officially launched its Live Events Certificate program in partnership with the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters on Thurs., March 24, at the Wilcox-Wiley Gymnasium on SSU’s campus.

The certificate program will be part of SSU’s Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), and offers non-credit, development courses for students registered in the CIE. The certificate provides students with a detailed understanding of the live events industry, from sporting events to music concerts.

“One thing that’s great about this relationship with the Harlem Globetrotters is the potential. It’s possible that students get opportunities with the Globetrotters, or other organizations that provide careers in live event management,” said SSU Assistant Professor of Management Christopher Torrance.

Torrance also noted that the program’s relationship with the Harlem Globetrotters makes it stand out amongst similar programs provided by other universities.

Harlem Globetrotters Guard Speedy Artis, also made an appearance and discussed the benefits of the program to students in attendance. Artis, known for his dribbling skills and proficiency shooting from the Globetrotter 4-point line, also showed off some of his skills to SSU students.

Registration for the certificate program opens in April on SSU’s website, with classes beginning in the fall semester of 2022.

— STORY AND PHOTOS BY ALEX ARANGO

CLUB CAR CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE LANDINGS CLUB

brings professional golf to Savannah for fifth year of Korn Ferry Tour event

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The 2022 Publix Women’s Half Marathon and 5K back in full stride

the total prize purse for the 156-player field was $500,000. This year, players will compete over four rounds (cut made after second round) for a purse of $750,000.

In December 2020, the Korn Ferry Tour announced a four-year partnership with Club Car to serve as the event’s first official title sponsor.

The tournament, and the course itself, has become a favorite of many players on the tour which serves as a path to the PGA Tour. With 50 PGA Tour cards on the line for the following season every year, the Korn Ferry Tour is where future PGA Tour stars are first seen as pros.

Deer Creek will play at around 7,150 yards for this year’s tournament. It was originally designed and built by Tom Fazio in 1991. It is responsible

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After two years of setbacks and cancellations due to COVID-19, the Publix Women’s Half Marathon and 5K is set to take its rightful place as Savannah’s first springtime race on Sat., April 2.

Donations and proceeds from the race will go to Girls on the Run, Coastal Georgia and Lowcountry. The nonprofit seeks to use running as a catalyst for confidence building in young girls while also teaching them life skills.

The race’s route begins on the intersection of Drayton St. and East Bolton Ln., taking runners through 12 city squares, through Washington Ave. and past Historic Grayson Stadium, before they cross the finish line at the Forsyth Park Fountain.

Part of the race weekend also will include a fashion fitness Expo at the Kehoe Iron Works building on April 1, a post-race party and a yoga session in Ellis Square on April 3.

When the 2021 race was canceled, Katelyn Presti, the director of the women’s half marathon and 5K along with her team at the Savannah Sports Council and various sponsors, worked to keep the event alive.

Virtual races allowed runners to participate and support the event during the past two years.

Runners were given the option to run the half marathon or 5K virtually, and received finisher packages upon its completion.

This will be Presti’s first time experiencing the race as its director. She expressed excitement at finally seeing two years’ worth of ideas and planning come to fruition.

“We just kept planning and then getting set back, but it didn’t stop us from trying to think of new things,” said Presti.

This year’s race will also see an increase in water stations and the addition of two Girl Scout Cookie “cheer stations” along the route. The Junior DerbyTaunts (part of Savannah Derby Devils) will also be skating from Whitaker St. to 41st St. Tessa Jones has served as a race ambassador for four years, and will also be running the half marathon this year.

“Publix is my favorite race locally. The route is amazing. You know, it highlights Midtown, Ardsley Park, Grayson Stadium, Daffin, it kind of hits all the major spots downtown and pretty historic streets. I also think it’s just better involved with the local businesses and the communities,” said Jones.

Like Jones, Presti said that engagement with community is a key aspect of the race.

“It’s all about enhancing the running experience. We can’t control what happened the past two years, but we can control how much the community gets involved,” said Presti.

Presti said an estimated 2,000 runners will be attending this year’s race. With 80% being from out of town, and the other 20% being local.

Among these runners are hundreds of young girls from Girls on the Run, many of who are running their very first 5K. “They’re completing their celebration run of their program, which is a 5K. There’s going to be at least 400 to 500 girls that are part of The Girls on the Run Program, so it’s going to be an explosion of pink in the back of the race,” said Presti.

Although anyone is welcome to run the marathon or 5K, Presti emphasized that this is a women’s-focused race that serves to support women of all ages and backgrounds, encouraging them to “run for the beauty, run for the challenge and run for you.”

A week before hosting a professional golf event for a fifth straight year, The Landings Club Deer Creek Course is being carefully manicured and strategically prepared on Wednesday, March 23. Throughout the course, and all around the clubhouse, workers are buzzing around in anticipation of the 2022 Club Car Championship at The Landings Club beginning with first round play at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 31.

The Korn Ferry Tour (formerly Web.com Tour) event began as The Savannah Golf Championship in 2018, when rising PGA Tour star Sam Burns hoisted the inaugural trophy. In 2018,

for hosting Savannah’s only professional golf tour event since 2013, when the Champions Tour stopped playing the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf at Savannah Harbor after 10 years.

A highlight of the course, which was redesigned in 2009 by Fazio and others, is hole No. 5, a driveable par4 over water affectionately called “Schooner’s Cove” by players and patrons alike. It is unquestionably the most popular spot for fans to set up shop for an afternoon of watching groups roll through. The green sits between the players teeing off and the elevated platform of grandstands and lounging fans.

Around the back of the hole are food and drink vendors and, in past years, a player recording a birdie on the hole meant discount beer prices at the hole for a specified amount of time. In 2018, Christian Brand chipped in for eagle at the hole early in his first round. “I’m always happy to give (the fans) a reason to drink some suds,” he went on to say after his round.

The public can find out more information about this year’s event, including ticket pricing, a schedule of events, parking information and more at clubcarchampionshipattlc.com.

First round play begins Thurs., (March 31) at 9 a.m. with players going off of hole No. 1 and hole No. 10 for the first two rounds, before the field is cut following the second round Friday evening.

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COMMUNITY HISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION HONORS FEMALE FOUNDERS AS WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH WRAPS

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In conjunction with Women’s History Month, the Historic Savannah Foundation (HSF) has been honoring and recognizing its seven female founders, culminating with a special event on Thurs., March 31.

According to HSF President and CEO, Sue Adler, to end National Women’s History Month on a high note, HSF is celebrating the founders: Lucy Barrow McIntire, Elinor Adler Dillard, Nola McEvoy Roos, Jane Adair Wright, Katherine Judkins Clark, Dorothy Ripley Roebling, and their leader, Anna Colquitt Hunter.

“On the 31st, we will be celebrating a gift to HSF that has been donated by Anna Hunter’s family,” Adler explained.

“Throughout the month, HSF has been running a campaign through social media to introduce the public to these amazing women,” Adler said. “We just opened the Davenport House gift shop in the

now, newly restored Kennedy Pharmacy, originally built in the 1890. HSF has owned the building for 20 years and it’s a great new storefront on Broughton St.” “The Davenport House staff is on the second floor now,” Adler said. “Also, we built a brand-new community programming event space, as well. It’s a one-story, beautiful building. Now, the ground floor of the Davenport House is vacant because the store moved out and we’ll likely spend the next eight months in construction for the next exhibit.”

Adler said it’s because of all of these things, “HSF decided during National Women’s History Month, we would highlight our founders. They bought the Davenport House because it was slated for demolition and scheduled to become a parking lot. The ringleader was Anna Hunter, a local artist, activist, and journalist. She gathered six of her friends and they got about $22,000 together and bought the Davenport House. It wasn’t demolished and the rest is history,” Adler said proudly. “The preservation

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movement was launched in Savannah in 1955.”

In addition to featuring the founding women on their social media account, HSF will open its conference room on March 31, honoring Anna Hunter.

“She is a fascinating woman,” Adler explained. “Later in life, she began painting. Her grandchildren reached out to us and ended up donating three of her paintings.”

Adler shared how the older grandchildren took pictures of the paintings and framed them for their own memories before sending the paintings to HSF. “We received them all professionally packed and we now have them beautifully framed. Two of the paintings will go in the new building—the Murray C. Perlman and Wayne C. Spear Preservation Center, which is scheduled to be complete in a few weeks—and one will stay at HSF since we feel like Anna is our founder.”

The three gifted paintings will be unveiled and put on temporary display for viewing at HSF’s headquarters, 321 E. York St., from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thurs., March 31.

“The event is free and open to the public. Everyone is encouraged to drop by, have a glass of wine, and celebrate the last day of Women’s History Month by enjoying artwork by the woman who is widely credited for starting the movement that saved Savannah,” she said. “We hope folks will drop in to share a moment and celebrate women in preservation, women in history, and Savannah’s women, as well.”

“We are incredibly grateful to Anna Hunter’s family for donating these beautiful paintings to us. Anna was a gifted artist – among her many talents – and we’re proud to display her work in the buildings that certainly wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for her,” Adler said.

Adler and the rest of the staff at the HSF said they are excited to have participated in women’s history month on a more prominent basis.

“Last year was the first time HSF got involved in Women’s History Month and honored 13 women who are working in the preservation space in Savannah,” Adler said. “We enjoy working with and supporting women in this field. SCAD has a preservation department and Savannah Tech has a preservation degree. So, we are incredibly blessed and lucky to have two major educational institutions offering a degree in this field right here in our city.

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ANNA HUNTER HSF will open its conference room on March 31, honoring Anna Hunter, featuring three paintings

by Hunter gifted by her family. The paintings will be unveiled and put on temporary display for viewing at HSF’s headquarters, 321 E. York St., from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thurs., March 31.

neighborhoods… maybe we can help. It’s not so much a building we’re restoring, but adding to our movement, importance, and relevance in the community,” she said.

And what can women of today, particularly Savannahians do to help in this area. Adler said we can all assist.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re in preservation, history, art, teaching… I think we need to look back as women working in whatever sector and look at those who led the way and started the path for us. We should constantly learn

from them and their challenges so we can be stronger and better. Hopefully, we [at HSF] can then encourage those women who are behind us. Women have to help women. Women have to set good examples for other women— and everyone else—so we can all move forward and keep the conversation going.”

To learn more about HSF, upcoming events, or to become a member, please visit myhsf.org or follow HSF on their social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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involved. It’s here for the grabbing,” she concluded.

HSF saves buildings through their revolving fund which “has been replicated all over the country and we’re one of the most respected throughout the nation,” Adler said. “If we see a distressed building, we’ll buy it, secure it, get it ready for sale, and then sell it to a preservation-minded buyer. We put a facade easement on it to protect it for the life of the building,” she explained.

Adler said HSF has saved over 420 buildings in Savannah. “Every summer, we get interns (from various schools) and they go around and review all of the properties. They go in teams with clipboards to take pictures of the facade so HSF can evaluate. This helps get younger students involved and learning how to evaluate these properties. This helps grow the base of people who care about preservation in this city.”

“Most people understand the importance of preservation to this city,” Adler stressed. “When people talk about historic preservation, they look to Savannah because we’ve done such a great job. It’s not perfect, but it’s important in many ways because it’s kept our city beautiful for those of us who live here. Preservation is special for our residents. People move to Savannah because of its beauty.”

Continuing, she said, “On the other side, there are tourists who come to our city—make no mistake…they come here because of our history, preservation, and stories. We are unique in that way, so it’s really important to preserve the history, the buildings, the people, and, especially their stories. It’s all about saving our history and appreciating it. We’ve done it pretty well here.”

Looking to the future, Adler feels their female founders would be proud of their plans for the community.

“Back in the 1970s, we set up planning commissions, ordinances, and rules about working on historic buildings, but now… we should all look at moving out of the historic and landmark areas,” Adler said.

“We’re moving more into lowincome neighborhoods to see if we can help preserve them. In our own way, we’re saving a building in the CuylerBrownville Historic District that we’re restoring for the first time in our history.

It will also be sold to low-income families and protected with low-income housing covenants attached. This is the first time we’re venturing into seeing if we can help neighborhoods preserve their buildings.

Such an important topic not just for our city, but for so many cities around the country,” she stressed.

As for what HSF is looking forward to, Adler said, “As I said, we want to work more in the communities and

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FOOD & DRINK EAT IT & LIKE IT

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By Jesse Blanco eatitandlikeit.com From the “a lot of times we have no way of knowing unless someone tells us’”department comes Savannah’s newest BBQ restaurant. It’s called 3 Tops.

It’s Veteran-owned and operated and located out in what—not all that long ago—was something of a food desert on Ogeechee Road near Quacco Road.

I got an email from a viewer letting me know this spot had just opened last week. It just so happened I was going to be out that way the next day. So I stopped in for a very quick lunch.

Inside, I met Eric Chini. Eric is one of three co-owners of 3 tops along with Robert “Bob” Derk and Craig Nieto. All three are retired military and had been plotting this venture for over two years.

“We started talking about what we were going to do after we retired.” Eric told me.

“We talked about a food truck, but the laws in Georgia require you to have a brick and mortar. So we did this first.”

“This” is a brand new space in a tiny strip mall next to a brand new apartment complex off of Ogeechee Road. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but there is a full dining room for about 35-40 seats with an outdoor deck to come later this year that will hold roughly 50.

The BBQ is solid. As are the sauces. I saw and tried two of them. I liked the pulled pork more than the brisket but both were good. Their ‘spicy beans’ side was outstanding. That is enough to get me to drive out there by themselves. Loved them. I enjoyed the mac and cheese as well.

There are also burgers, sandwiches and wings. None of which I tried.

Bob is the pitmaster, he stopped by for a quick chat.

He tells me he started smoking as a hobby about 15 years ago with a Big Green Egg. He was looking for efficient ways to fit his soldiers. Then the bug bit him and here he is.

Construction had been ongoing for a while. Their original plan was to open around Thanksgiving, but you know how that goes. Especially with supply chain issues out there. Everything takes what it is going to take to get done. But they’ve arrived and haven been very well received.

A quick hit and run, yes, but I’m looking forward to returning once they really get rolling in a few months.

If you are out that way, stop by and support local.

You’ll eat it and like it.

QUICK BITES Speaking of BBQ, it is not in Savannah so I won’t be writing about it here any time soon, but if you like road trips, then South of Heaven BBQ in Brunswick is your spot. You can see our feature from our television now on the website, eatitandlikeit.com. The BBQ is fabulous.

I got a text from a chef over the weekend asking me if I’d tried the burger at Over Yonder yet.

He loved it. I said “Yes, I have. The burger is very good, but the fries are better.. He agreed. Either way, you should try them both if you haven’t.

One of my favorite food trucks on our scene LOKI has returned after a hiatus. If you don’t know, you should. I have yet to stop by, but I cannot wait. You can find their schedule on their Instagram page.

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Also on the way is beer and wine as well as a full liquor bar. No license yet. They just opened on March 11. Two large televisions sit above the bar.

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CULTURE Sulfur Studios celebrates First Friday in April

By Kareem McMichael

Arts & Entertainment Writer

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Sulfur Studios invites the public to enjoy art, food, and more at it on Fri., April 1 in conjunction with First Fridays in Starland. This First Friday will also see a new solo exhibition open at Sulfur while a recidency is closing.

“There’s always so much going on, and this April First Friday in particular is made special by the return of Sulfur Street Fair, the opening of this exhibition by John Alleyne, and the closing finale of a fantastic residency project by Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher,” said Samantha Mack, Sulfur Studios Gallery Assistant and Director of Public Relations.

In the Main Gallery will be a presentation of new work by John Alleyne. In his solo exhibition, …in a perfect world, I would be perfect, world., which will be on display from March 31 - April 23, 2022.

“I am inspired by Black men, women, and youth, sitting in barbershop chairs; as they reveal moments of vulnerability, anxiety, and introspection that speak to their experience at large.

As a result, my current work is a meditation on the Black experience,” said Alleyne in his artist statement.

Alleyne said he aims to find common ground in the Black experience of the barbershop and hair salon as a safe haven or place of sanctuary. In this work, he challenges the ideas of beauty and stereotypes of manhood and masculinity by presenting symbolic stories within the aesthetic of hairstyle-guide posters, common in Black barbershops and salons.

“Using spray paint, and silkscreen-collage, I explore ways of creating hybrid practices. The works present an aesthetic of complex textures reminiscent of urban walls and public surfaces. In addition, themes such as the Caribbean, African diaspora, Christianity, Hip-Hop, and urban street culture reflect my creative process, and by proxy, reflect my lived experience,” said Alleyne.

Alleyne will be in town from Baton Rouge for the event, and will give a brief artist talk and sign copies of the catalogue created in celebration of the exhibition.

(Catalogues may be pre-ordered at sulfurstudios.org) In Sulfur’s ON:: View Residency space will be the finale of “Portrait of US,” a project of the Nomadic Photo Ark by Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher. Using their mobile darkroom and office space called The Ark, Frisell and Scher have collected stories and portraits of members of the Savannah community through large format black and white photography.

“Frisell and Scher, will be here as we celebrate the finale of their Residency. They will have a pop-up exhibition on display in the residency studio featuring silver gelatin black and white prints made in their portable darkroom. They’ll also showcase some of the photos made by participants from their Pinhole Camera Workshops held during their time here,” said Mack.

On 39th Street between Bull St. and Desoto Ave. will be the Sulfur Street Fair, featuring local arts and food vendors, plus kids’ art activities and live painting with Latin Chicks food truck.

One of those vendors is the Savannah Stage Company which is going into their 10th season this year. People will get to meet the cast members of their upcoming production of “The Jungle Book.”

“Savannah Stage Company is so excited to join Sulfur Studios for First Friday in April. Come meet the cast and we will have jungle themed face painting, coloring pages, plus get info and tickets for Savannah Stage Company presents Family Fun Day featuring The Jungle Book,” Jayme Tinti, the artistic director and co-founder of the Savannah Stage Company.

Another vendor is The Culturist Union (TCU). TCU is the first-of-its-kind Black-owned Coffeehouse and Artisan Marketplace opening soon in that area at 3129 Bull St. “We will have our coffee cart at the event serving coffee and more importantly we will be there to let our community know that we are here. We get to know the people in the neighborhood we will be in and they get to know us. We are excited to be here and to serve,” said Elbi Elm the founder of The Culturist Union.

Other vendors include Maxx Feist, C. Austin Woodworking, Moon Child Studio, Lovelane Designs, Meaningful Boutique, Rhoot Man Beverage Company, Phil Musen, Fidler Supply, Peanut Butter Shrimp Newspaper, DeCeption Theater “Cycle-Rama of Magic”, and OAK Magazine.

“Our mission is to make Savannah a destination for art and culture in the Southeast by supporting established and emerging artists and engaging a diverse community with creative programming by developing awareness and appreciation of the arts. This really comes to life on First Fridays, when people show up for the arts in a very real way,” said Mack.

More information can be found at sulfurstudios.org

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ART PATROL BRUCE DAVIDSON: FACE TO FACE

Curated from Telfair Museums’ collection of 348 photographs by Bruce Davidson, this retrospective presents an overarching yet intimate look at his expansive career. Davidson’s belief that artists should “pay their dues” when granted the access to photograph someone’s life is evident through his lifetime of work.

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Telfair Museums presents the first large museum survey of the work of William O. Golding (1874-1943), an African American seaman and artist who recorded a half-century of maritime experience in more than one hundred vibrant drawings. In the 1930s, Golding was a patient at the United States Marine Hospital in Savannah, where he represented his experiences in expressive pencil and crayon drawings which combine memory, imagination, and sailors’ lore. 72 works

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Thurs., March 31. Learn more about the artist with Harry DeLorme, curator of the exhibition, Ahmauri Williams-Alford, assistant curator of historical interpretation and programs, and Jacquelyn Cox-Crite, great-grand niece of the artist.

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Plant Riverside District’s Grand Bohemian Gallery will feature eco-vintage jewelry designs by Atlanta-based designer Mark Edge! Edge creates one-of-a-kind pieces that bridge the gap between current and classic, understated and stunning. His handcrafted jewelry showcases a mastery of metalwork and incorporates textural elements, like chains and suede. Made from environmentally conscious materials, Edge’s original pieces feature reclaimed metal and wood, chains, vintage beads and crystals. FREE 10 a.m.-7 p.m.. 912-3739055. Molly.Johnson@kesslercollection. com. plantriverside.com/venues/ grand-bohemian-gallery/. Plant Riverside District - Grand Bohemian Gallery, 400 West River Street.

CONTEMPORARY SPOTLIGHT: NEW ACQUISITIONS FROM THE BRANDYWINE WORKSHOP

“Fresh, human, and personal”— this is how Allan Edmunds, founder of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, has described the prints produced at the Philadelphia-based arts organization. A non-profit celebrating diversity, experimentation, and accessibility since 1972, Brandywine has become an internationally recognized printmaking center whose residencies have fostered the creative talents of notable artists, such as Sam Gilliam, Romare Bearden, and Faith Ringgold, among many others. ‘Contemporary Spotlight: New Acquisitions from the Brandywine Workshop’ is an opportunity to celebrate Telfair Museums’ recently acquired lithographs by Black artmakers, a decisive moment in the institution’s long history. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.. telfair.org Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

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Beth Logan’s Recommendations for this week Before or after you check out the new show at Laney Contemporary this Friday, April 1 (please read my column!), head over to the Sulfur Street Fair, happening on 39th Street in the Starland District between Bull Street and DeSoto Avenue. Festivities are underway from 5-9pm and include vendors, live artists, kids’ art activities and the Latin Chicks Food Truck.

Close by, at Sulfur Studios at 2301 Bull Street, you can catch the finale of the ON::View Residency artists, Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher as they present “Portrait of US.” Frisell and Scher have been traveling the US in their truck, Ferdinand, towing their Nomadic Photo Ark, a converted cargo trailer equipped with a photo darkroom studio. The Residency afforded continuation of their work of creating portraits of folks met during their travels utilizing a Kodak-Master 8x10 Film Camera.

Also, at Sulfur Studios on Friday, you can view “in a perfect world, I would be perfect, world” New Work by John Alleyne in the main gallery. Born on the island of Barbados, Alleyne migrated to Brooklyn, NY at age sixteen and became influenced by Hip-Hop culture and, specifically, hairstyle-guide posters commonly found in the safe havens of black barbershops and salons. He attained a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art at Louisiana State University and shows work created with spray paint and silkscreen collage that echoes the textures of urban walls and public surfaces. Alleyne will sign limited edition catalogues and give an artist’s talk at 7 pm during Friday’s opening. More information at sulfurstudios.org/john-alleyne (Image: “They say that Heaven’s real…”)

Lovers of vintage jewelry will not miss “Reclaimed. Recycled. Reinvented with Mark Edge” at the Grand Bohemian Gallery at Plant Riverside District, 400 W. River Street. Atlanta-based Edge displays his one-of-a-kind pieces March 31-April 3 and hosts a champagne reception on Saturday, April 2 from 2-4pm.

BRUCE DAVIDSON: FACE TO FACE

Curated from Telfair Museums’ collection of 348 photographs by Bruce Davidson, this retrospective presents an overarching yet intimate look at his expansive career.

Davidson’s belief that artists should “pay their dues” when granted the access to photograph someone’s life is evident

through his lifetime of work. Organized chronologically and serially, the exhibition traces his lifelong methodology of recording moments of change through his keen eye developed through time and attention and a true desire for understanding. 10 a.m.5 p.m.telfair.org Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

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Savannah metalsmith Ben Dory is the first featured artist in the 4th Annual Savannah Series, a popular event that showcases talented local artists at The Mansion on Forsyth Park’s Grand Bohemian Gallery. Ben Dory’s intricate jewelry pieces will be on display at The Mansion on Forsyth Park’s Grand Bohemian Gallery from Thursday, March 10 through Thursday, March 31. Originally from Kansas City, Kansas, Ben Dory is fascinated by the mechanics of granulation, an ancient technique of fusing together small spheres via torch or kiln, and has become known as a pioneer of the stainless-steel granulation technique.

Ben Dory’s earrings, rings, brooches and necklaces showcase the technique’s vast style applications, from scientific and molecular to emotive and ornate. Ben Dory earned an M.F.A. in Metalsmithing from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a B.F.A. in Metalsmithing and Jewelry from the Univ. of Kansas. The Mansion on Forsyth Park - Grand Bohemian Gallery, 700 Drayton St. kesslercollection.com

will be exhibited, including 23 drawings from Telfair Museums’ permanent collection, and others from the Morris Museum of Art, The Georgia Museum of Art, and private collections. telfair.org/ jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

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SCADSTYLE 2022

SCAD brings top design leaders to Savannah, launches brand new sneaker design minor

By Lauren Wolverton

lauren@connectsavannah.com

Decode the power of self-presentation with Elle fashion features director Véronique Hyland, Mon., April 4 (Photo courtesy of SCAD)

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SAVANNAH BALLET THEATRE’S ‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’ ANNOUNCES RETURN

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The Savannah Ballet Theatre (SBT) will present its original ballet adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz” for two performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sat., April 23 at the Lucas Theatre for the Performing Arts, located at 32 Abercorn St. in downtown Savannah. Featuring performances by SBT’s world-renowned professional dancers, this one-of-a-kind ballet is perfect for all ages.

SBT’s production will feature multimedia projections, spectacular sets, and colorful costumes sure to capture the magic that fans have treasured over the years. There will be a character meet and greet and photo opportunity following the performance in the lobby.

“We are very excited to bring back one of our favorite performances to Savannah. I always look forward to seeing the children who came to the show dressed in their Wizard of Oz costumes to meet the cast after the performance,” said SBT Artistic and Studio Director Suzanne Braddy. “Savannah Ballet Theatre is looking forward to presenting The Wizard of Oz to the community and hope that all will come out and see our beautiful adaptation of a classic.”

For more information about this performance or the SBT, visit savannahballettheatre.org.

Advocate for the culture with Adjaye architect, Beyond the Built Environment founder Pascale Sablan, Tues., April 5 (Photo courtesy of SCAD)

The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) will present the 16th edition of SCADStyle on April 4-6 in Savannah and Atlanta.

SCADStyle is the university’s annual design summit that features top industry leaders in fashion, beauty, design, architecture, photography and more.

This year, guests include writer, curator and director of Gagosian Gallery Antwaun Sargent, author and pop artist Ashely Longshore, photographer Tyler Mitchell, “Elle” Fashion features director Véronique Hyland, and many more.

SCAD Executive Director of PR & Marketing JJ Maxwell said guests at SCADStyle are a reflection of the university’s top programs.

“We ask our students and our faculty ‘Who are you following? What YouTube channels are you watching? What books are you reading?’ and we go out to these creative leaders and ask them to speak with our students, alumni and community,” Maxwell said.

Audiences will learn about industry best practices, future innovations and will leave feeling inspired. Maxwell says SCADStyle also presents great networking opportunities.

“One of the best things about this is that many times, this leads to jobs or internships for our students to work with these creative powerhouses,” he said.

For the first time, there will also be discussions about the sneaker industry to launch the brand new sneaker minor available to SCAD students in Savannah and Atlanta. The new minor is designed to propel students to the top of the growing field.

The minor includes five courses that will teach students the skills of sketching, rendering, concept development, design, digital prototyping, and branding for luxury and high-performance sneakers.

There are already multiple alumni working for leading brands like Nike, adidas, YEEZY, Reebok and others. Four alumni working in the sneaker industry are set to speak as guests at SCADStyle on Tues., April 5 at 2:30 p.m.

Overall, Maxwell says he hopes SCADStyle 2022 will provide insightful information and inspiration to both students and the Savannah community.

“We’re really thrilled to be able to offer this to our community and have people come in and see these people,” Maxwell said. “It’s terrific to have these speakers come and see our beautiful city, some of them for the first time.”

To view a full schedule of events, see the full guest list, and get tickets to SCADStyle 2022, visit scad.edu/scadstyle.

MAKING ART YOUR LIFE:

Ashley Longshore hopes to inspire students, Savannahians at SCADStyle

By Lauren Wolverton

lauren@connectsavannah.com

Ashley Longshore is an internationally recognized artist, dubbed the “feminist Andy Warhol” for her contribution to pop art. She is an art collector and the author of two books, including her recently published “Roar!: A Collection of Might Women.”

Longshore’s bold style and unfiltered social media presence have made her well known for being 100% herself.

Longshore willl be a guest at SCADStyle 2022 and will be speaking at “Iconic: Being Authentically You in the Art World” at SCAD’s Trustees Theater on Tues., April 5.

Longshore talked with Connect Savannah about visiting Savannah, staying positive and inspired, and making art your life.

SO YOU’RE COMING TO SAVANNAH FOR SCADSTYLE. ARE YOU EXCITED? Normally I would use a massive expletive right here, but for the sake of keeping this PG, I was very, very excited.

Enthusiasm and gratitude are my two favorite things, so I am excited and I’m grateful for this. I cannot wait to get there.

I love SCAD so much, I’ve been obsessed with SCAD. And now that I’m at this point in my career, you know, with the arts being my life as an artist and an art collector, I have the opportunity to come and see students and to just be in the abyss of creativity. It’s ‘art-gasmic’ for me. It’s my life.

Art saves me every day, so I’m very, very excited.

YOU’LL BE SPEAKING TO LOTS OF ART STUDENTS. WHAT WILL YOU BE SHARING WITH THEM? Being able to speak with students and to impart my own experience about putting myself out there- not just all the good stuff and the yeah, yeah, yeah- but the opportunity to talk about where you need to be in your head when you’re putting yourself out there, what it’s going to be like, how we deal with rejection, what it takes to continue moving forward when you’re misunderstood, how you keep a very positive mental monologue.

And you know, when you’re a student, you’re not jaded.

You’re hopeful and optimistic and positive about the future.

And that is something that I have every day when I wake up, and I just love to impart that on this emerging creative community. It’s very important.

YOU ARE KNOWN FOR BEING 100% AUTHENTICALLY YOU. HAVE YOU ALWAYS PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE LIKE THIS, OR WAS THERE A TIME WHEN YOU STRUGGLED TO DO SO?

I have the freedom to be an artist, which basically means that I have to be 100% me, no matter what. And you know, sometimes when you’re a foul-mouthed, self made artist, you can certainly be misunderstood. But you always find the people that get you and love you. That’s the whole thing about art. It’s the intimacy of connectivity. You don’t have it with everybody, but the people you do have it with, it’s very special.

SCADSTYLE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WHAT DO YOU HOPE THAT PEOPLE WHO AREN’T ARTISTS BY PROFESSION TAKE AWAY FROM LISTENING TO YOU? I think it’s [the lesson] that maybe the weirdest thing about us is the best thing about us. To be inspired to just go out there and know that there’s infinite love to be had, infinite people to understand who you are and to celebrate you.

There’s no greater thing in this world than art, so whether it inspires someone to be a collector, or to try painting, or to just have a different perspective on the importance of arts, I just want to get people to feel fired up about life. You never know what could happen in a day, you know?

YOU HAVE SUCH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. DO YOU EVER HIT A BUMP CREATIVELY OR ARE YOU EVER JUST NOT FEELING IT? Well, there’s an endless amount of inspiration in the world, I think you just have to stay open to it. We all have horrible days and things go wrong, but I really don’t find a shortage of inspiration. There’s lots to say, there’s lots to create. And I’ll never have enough time in my lifetime to do everything that I want to do.

I saw this quote that I can’t stop quoting and I love it so much. It was ‘You always know how much money you have.

You never know how much time you have left, so spend it wisely.” We really have to honor our creativity and our authenticity and stay hopeful and positive, you know what I mean?

The most important thing as an artist, you have to choose, you have to know, who is your God? And I don’t mean from a religious standpoint, but like what is your mission? Every day, is it [your mission] to make money? Is it to make art?

Is it discovery? Is it inspiration?

I can tell you, in my own career, as my company’s grown and throughout this pandemic, if you wake up every day and it’s about money, money, money, money, what are we going to do, money, money, money- That is a vacuous hole.

Anxiety, depression, exhaustion, burnout- I have felt all of those things massively, as we all have. Making art your life is the greatest thing. I’m in New York right now, I go to the theater three times a week, I’m traveling as much as I can, I want to invest every second I have into art.

WHAT DOES YOUR MORNING ROUTINE LOOK LIKE? I wake up. I’m very happy when I wake up, generally. I’m very excited. I get on my phone, like we all do. I make my post. I try to put a little good energy out there in the world, then I put on music- boom! Then I make a matcha. I love matcha. And then I make my plan. I keep all my art ideas in my phone in my notes section. So, then I’ll start planning phrases and things that I’ve thought of, or different images.

I’ll start designing them on my computer and pulling them together. And then I go crazy and I paint like a wild woman.

There’s usually a lot of cursing and dancing throughout the day. Of course I’m dealing with my team throughout the day, which I love more than anything. And a lot of times, I go get drunk and have really wild dinners with my friends.

WHAT’S YOUR DRINK ORDER? Always a Martini. I love a Martini. And I do drink a lot of champagne, but God, champagne has so much sugar, and sugar is the devil.

WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WHILE YOU’RE HERE IN SAVANNAH? Well, I believe I have a pretty full itinerary. I know I’m doing an interview with Miss Paula Wallace, and I know I’m speaking to a group of students, and I’m taking a tour of the facilities. I plan on bringing all of my credit cards and hopefully buying some art and adding it to my collection.

My favorite thing in the whole world is investing in art. My dream as an artist is to have a career like Andy Warhol and to leave a legacy like Peggy Guggenheim.

Today, we launched the Ashley Longshore Award for Artistic Excellence through the YoungArts Foundation, and it’s a $25,000 unrestricted cash award to artists who are 25 years old and older. This year, it’s in honor of my late friend Patrick Beals. I plan on doing a lot more of that in my career [along with] buying more art, building a collection, so that when I’m dead there’s something where people can come in and see all of the art that inspired me throughout my lifetime. Kind of like the Egyptian pyramids, you know, I’m doing that but with art.

For a full event schedule and guest list, and to purchase tickets to SCADStyle, visit scad.edu/scadstyle2022.

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Every morning when you wake up, when your job is to create, how do we do that? How do we stay there? You know, when it feels like it’s the end of the world, or we’re terrified of being able to pay our bills, or there are goals that we want to hit, how do we continue to be our own best friend and push ourselves out there, so that we have careers, so that we’re entrepreneurs?

Listen, the hotter the fire, the stronger the steel. Daddy didn’t write a check, I had to figure this out on my own. And my entire life, I was like ‘What am I going to do? What am I going to do? I don’t want to be in a cubicle. Working in a corporate environment isn’t for me.’

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SAVANNAH ARTS ACADEMY’S JUNK 2 FUNK RETURNS

By Alex Arango

alex@connectsavannah.com

Savannah Arts Academy’s annually anticipated “Junk 2 Funk“Fashion Show returned Thurs., March 24 after a two-year hiatus.

This year’s theme was “Off the Canvas.” Using repurposed materials, student designers took inspiration from famous paintings, and brought them to life through their designs and models.

View the full gallery online at connectsavannah.com

STYLE:

WHAT ARE WE WEARING?

A QUICK SPRING WARDROBE UPDATE

By Lauren Wolverton

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‘ONE OF THE

MOST IMPORTANT SCULPTORS OF OUR TIME’

By Beth Logan

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“A Notable Journey,” a solo exhibit by African American sculptor Curtis Patterson, opens this Friday, April 1, at Savannah’s Laney Contemporary.

Curated by Patterson’s former student Melissa Messina, it promises to be an important show, paying past-due homage to an Atlanta-based artist unfamiliar to too many of us.

Savannahians may remember Messina from her 2008-16 stint as interim Executive Director and Senior Curator at the SCAD Museum of Art. Today, she is a nationally recognized arts professional and speaker who develops exhibitions and public programming both independently and in leadership roles with museums and non-profit arts organizations.

Much of her stellar career, she tells me, is focused on “prioritizing fantastic artists whose work demands deeper exploration but who have not been given their due because they are female, or a racial minority, or work outside of the market centers, or all three.”

With research funded by Creative Time/Warhol Foundation, the Stuart A. Rose Library at Emory University and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and others, Messina has a passion to use any curatorial platform she’s offered to give visibility to artists who have been marginalized.

A highlight of this focus was the 2017 co-created show “Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today” which displayed work by 21 Black female abstract practitioners and traveled from Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City to The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. Now it is time to shed light on the work of Curtis Patterson, born in 1944 in Shreveport, Louisiana. The grandson of a master carpenter, Patterson earned his Bachelor of Arts in Art Education from Historically Black Grambling State University, and later was the first African American to receive a Master of Visual Arts in Sculpture from Georgia State University in Atlanta. He was a faculty member at The Atlanta College of Art from 1976 to 2007 and it was during the latter years of his tenure that Messina studied sculpture under him.

“He was an incredible influence on me, teaching me not only about materials and techniques but also about artists both historic and contemporaneous that he thought I should be looking to for inspiration,” Messina recalls. “A number of my recent projects have highlighted Black female abstract artists so I guess my interest in Curtis’s work could be seen as an extension of that. I learned at a very impressionable

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age about abstraction from him – as well as from Mildred Thompson, whose estate I curate – so for me, it is more about honoring that influence. When Susan Laney expressed interest in his work, I got really excited about the possibilities around bringing it to Savannah and the dialogue it would create. So, I asked to curate it. Luckily for me she and Curtis agreed! I am honored to have been his student and to have this opportunity to present his work today.”

“A Notable Journey” highlights a selection of Patterson’s mid-scale bronze and steel sculptures from the last thirty years. Primarily known as a sculptor in the public sphere, Messina and Laney view this show as a “platform of visibility for his powerful pedestal and wall-based sculptures.” With a command of material, scale, and abstraction, they say, “Patterson is one of the most important sculptors of our time.”

The curator and gallerist explain that Patterson’s experience of growing up during the Civil Rights Movement often informs the subject matter and symbolism of his work.

“Montgomery Bus Stop” creates an environment that suggests the courage of Rosa Parks, while “Water for Mandela” symbolizes the South African leader’s 27 years of incarnation. They go on to say that his large-scale sculptures reference inspirations in art history ranging from Hale Woodruff to Henry Moore, and that his multi-dimensional wall works emphasize a spectrum of African diasporic experiences. His abstract approach is also inspired by a long-time interest in improvisational jazz.

I look forward to viewing Patterson’s 2021 “Diasporic Reflections,” a series of mask-inspired wall reliefs representing each month of the year, and pieces from the “Shango’s Friends” series – both highlighting his continuous use of African symbols, and which in his words, “pay tribute to domestic labor implemented by people of African descent” and display his longstanding commitment to “raise consciousness about a people who have given so much of themselves.”

Shango is a deity of the Yoruba people of Nigeria whose symbology is believed to imbue powerful energy and who is often depicted adorned with an oshe – a double-headed Yoruba ax.

Messina has also chosen to display pieces from Patterson’s ongoing “Rocker Series,” mid-scale works that are often kinetic, or balanced by a simple blade or tripod, and which are constructed of bronze plate finished with a vibrant medley of applied cold and hot patinas.

As mentioned above, Patterson has primarily gained recognition for his largescale public art installations. He entered this realm with “Cometh the Sun,” a huge, geometric sculpture of cor-ten steel and concrete that draws heavily on African motifs, commissioned by the City of Atlanta’s Bureau of Cultural Affairs.

Originally installed in 1977, the piece can be viewed in Gordon White Park on the Atlanta Beltline at the intersection of the West End Rail and the Westside.

Other public art includes the 2008 bronze “Andrew Young Obelisk” honoring the former Atlanta politician, diplomat, and activist, and the 1984 bronze “Celebration for a Champion,” honoring 1936 Olympian Jesse Owens, which stands near the entrance to Jesse Owens Plaza at Ohio State University.

As in the smaller pieces coming to Savannah, much of the public works incorporate elements and symbols that pay tribute to the historical contributions and sacrifices of both well-known and unknown African Americans.

When I tell Messina that I imagine Laney Contemporary to be the perfect space in which to display abstract sculpture, she readily concurs.

“Susan has one of the best eyes in the business and shows exceptional work in an exceptional space. Her gallery has – and continues to – raise the bar for Savannah and the Southeast. The different size spaces Laney Contemporary offers will really showcase a range of Curtis’s work. Throughout his career, he has primarily shown monumental work in the public sphere, so at Laney we can show largescale indoor pieces in the larger spaces and more intimately scaled work that people rarely get to see in other spaces.” She continues, “There will be about 30 pieces in total, some from the late 1980’s and others from as recent as 2021, which will give Savannah a great overview of his practice. Someday, I hope we can find a home for an outdoor piece in a public space in Savannah!”

“A Notable Journey,” the solo exhibition by Atlanta-based sculptor Curtis Patterson, will be on view April 1 through May 28, 2022 at Laney Contemporary, 1810 Mills B. Lane Blvd. in Savannah.

The public is warmly invited to meet the artist at his opening reception on Friday, April 1, 6-9pm. For more information, visit laneycontemporary.com, on instagram @laneycontemporary, or 912.438.4442.

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Orphaned and friendless, apprenticed to an older Sin Eater who cannot speak to her, May must make her way in a dangerous and cruel world she barely understands. When a deer heart appears on the coffin of a royal governess who did not confess to the dreadful sin it represents, the older Sin Eater refuses to eat it. She is taken to prison, tortured, and killed. To avenge her death, May must find out who placed the deer heart on the coffin and why.

WORLD RENOWNED SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL CONTINUES THIS WEEK THE WOOD BROTHERS:

Still making music that is difficult to define

By Alan Sculley

live album, ‘Live at the Barn’ (from 2017). We had some reinvented kind of arrangements of some of the older songs. It’s the same thing on this one (“Live at the Fillmore”). Just we really change the arrangements live, and never to obscure the song itself. It’s always recognizable. People can always sing along. But instruments (can be different) and we can do some things that put the composition in a little bit different of a context. It’s a nice little surprise, I think, to hear those songs differently if you’re already familiar with them.”

Wood said he is looking forward to seeing how the trio can continue to evolve both current and older tunes as the group continues to get back into the swing of touring.

“There are certain songs that come together in the studio in such a way that you have to reinvent them a little bit for the live performance, which we love to do anyway,” Wood said. “And we often rearrange old songs to make them come across a little different, make them interesting in new ways. Yeah, it’s all part of the fun challenge.”

That kind of spontaneity played a big role in the making of “Kingdom In My Mind,” as the Wood brothers and Rix got the opportunity to approach the songwriting and recording in a way that encouraged pure, open ended creativity and resulted in what Wood feels is the most authentic Wood Brothers album to date.

Ahead of the project, the group converted a building they were co-renting into a fullfledged studio. Acquiring that space had a direct effect on how the trio started the ball rolling for the album.

“As soon as we got the studio set up, in order to kind of get to know the space, we did about five or so days of just playing and recording over the course of a few months and just improvised,” Wood said. “So we ended up just improvising hours and hours of stuff and created this whole body of source material, with some really magic moments in it, that allowed us to play together in a way that we would never play if we wrote a song and rehearsed it to come up with the music.

“So starting first with no compositions and completely being free to improvise and explore all of the musical things that each of us is able to do in an improvised context, allowed things to magically, spontaneously happen that would never happen otherwise,” he said. “Then the songwriting came out of that. We started to write songs over that material, started to edit that material down into forms and overdub over them and add lyrics and maybe another instrument here or there, but always retaining that original spark of the improvised material. So that for us was exciting, and it felt like the most honest approach yet to not only the songs from us, but the actual original music. It kind of represented each of us as individuals and then what we can do together as a group.”

The Wood Brothers play the Lucas Theatre for the Arts as part of the Savannah Music Festival on Sunday, April 3.

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With their latest album, “Kingdom In My Mind,” the Wood Brothers continue to make music that is difficult to define, but easy to enjoy, melding together elements of folk, jazz, rock and blues into a sound that has grown quite distinctive and unique.

To the group’s bassist, Chris Wood, this is exactly what he had in mind from the day he and his brother, Oliver, started the group.

“I had a good friend who once told me the hardening of the categories promotes art disease. It’s convenient in the industry to be marketable and be defined, but it can be confining as an artist,” Wood said in a phone interview. “So we’re always striking that balance. I mean, we want our music to be accessible. We’re not out to do things that are so out there and challenging. But for me what’s exciting is to create accessible music that is also not what you’d expect musically.

“That’s sort of been my fantasy about the Wood Brothers from the very beginning,” he elaborated. “I had this fantasy in my head of what if Charles Mingus and Robert Johnson had started a band together, what would that sound like? How can you bring those two worlds together and not compromise the music or the story, the imagery and lyrical content, but have it be enhanced by it?”

Mingus, of course, is one the greats of jazz, while Johnson was among the most influential pre-World War II bluesmen ever. And on “Kingdom In My Mind” – as on the Wood Brothers previous albums -- those styles surface frequently. “Alabaster” is one such song, with its mix of jazz, blues and rock evoking a blend of anticipation and trepidation.

“Little Bit Broken” filters a bit of jazz – note Wood’s slinky bass lines -- into its gritty blues sound. The quirky and soulful “Little Blue,” is another track with a particularly jazzy blues accent.

But these are far from the only styles that find their way into an earthy sound that has grown more multi-faceted over time. “Jitterbug Love,” brings out another key influence – folk – mixed with some swampy blues. Folk also informs “Cry Over Nothing,” which gets a bluesy gospel feel with prominent use of organ and backing vocals, and the playful “The One I Love.” “Think About My Death,” with its stinging guitar and brisk shuffling beat, and the freewheeling slink and boogie of “A Dream’s A Dream” add further richness and variety to “Kingdom In My Mind.”

The Wood Brothers began developing their unique sound under rather spontaneous circumstances in 2003, when King Johnson, a band co-founded by singer/guitarist Oliver Wood, opened a show for Chris Wood’s acclaimed forward-looking jazz ensemble, Medeski, Martin & Wood.

The brothers took the opportunity that night to play together and discovered they still connected musically – as well as on a personal level as brothers.

They realized they wanted to continue to play together and formed the Wood Brothers.

“Kingdom In My Mind,” was released in January 2020, and is the group’s seventh fulllength studio album. The group has also put out five live releases, including “Live at the Fillmore,” which was released in 2019, and a covers EP. Along the way, the group expanded to a trio, with drummer Jano Rix, who started out as a hired hand, becoming a full-fledged band member in 2010.

It’s no accident that the Wood Brothers catalog has come to include so many live releases.

In Wood’s view, the group’s musical story wouldn’t be complete without them.

That’s because where some bands simply seek to re-create the studio versions of their songs on stage, the Wood Brothers are never really done exploring how songs can evolve as they get played live.

“We like to document some of these versions of songs, where the arrangement has really changed over time in some way,” Wood explained. “We did the same thing on our last

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If ever there was a musical prism through which the divisive social and political events of the past half dozen years could be viewed from a progressive perspective, the soundtrack would undoubtedly be provided by Drive-By Truckers (DBTs).

While the Athens outfit has long been political with their releases dating back to 2000’s sprawling doublealbum concept album “Southern Rock Opera,” the DBTs has kicked into overdrive, beginning with 2016’s politically charged “American Band.” The unexpected response to that album, founding member Patterson Hood said, generated a tour that was expected to last months expand to years.

Fast forward to 2022 and singer/guitarist Hood and the rest of the DBTs – Mike Cooley (guitar/vocals), Jay Gonzalez (keyboards/guitar), Mike Patton (bass) and Brad Morgan (drums) -- are on the road again, after spending a year and a half sidelined from their usual breakneck touring schedule by the pandemic. And while the band spent that downtime playing virtual shows, getting some Payment Protection Program money and relying on the kindness of hardcore fans buying their music from the online site Bandcamp on a monthly basis, the DBTs also released a pair of albums in 2020 that formed an organic trilogy with “American Band.”

The first, “The Unraveling,” was released in January and dealt with issues ranging from gun violence (the rollicking “Thoughts and Prayers”) to the Trump administration family separation policy (the dark and dirgy “Babies in Cages”). The December follow-up, “The New OK,” was inspired by the Black Lives Matter protests the Portland-based Hood was experiencing on a first-hand basis. Hood’s response came as a result of noticing hip-hop and pop artists were the only ones addressing these issues with their art versus “...so-called rock and roll [artists] kind of pretending none of these things were happening.”

“I think we ended up with an unintended trilogy of records, not to put a pretentious slant on it,” Hood explained. “It’s not like we sat down and said we were going to write a trilogy of records bitching about the current situation in our country. But that’s kind of what ended up happening. When we made “American Band,” we looked at it as its own freestanding thing we were going to do and then we were probably going to move on and do something else.”

The last two-thirds of this album trilogy emerged from a 2018 seven-day recording session in Memphis as the DBTs were coming off from opening for the Tedeschi Trucks Band during the latter’s summer package tour.

The opening slot provided an opportunity that spilled into this marathon bout of record making.

“Opening for the Tedeschi Trucks Band was a wonderful experience,” Hood said. “Every day we had an hour-long soundcheck. Our crew is fast and we’re a pretty tight organization. We basically had the work part of that done in the first five or 10 minutes, so we would spend that hour kind of woodshedding these songs.”

The son of storied Muscle Shoals bassist David Hood, Patterson Hood was bit by the music bug early with memories of his father bringing home the Beatles’ album “Magical Mystery Tour” when the younger Hood was only three and listening to “Strawberry Fields Forever” while leafing through the album’s booklet.

Having started writing his own songs when he was only eight, at age 16 Hood ran away from home to catch Bruce Springsteen on “The River” tour, where that marathon show transformed the aspiring musician.

“That showed me what a concert can be as far as catharsis and taking an audience to another place and then taking them to another place and then another place,” Hood explained. “Just building on where you were before that. Those four hours were definitely an education in the possibilities of rock and roll as an art form.”

Fast forward to the present, Hood is quick to dispel any assumption that concertgoers will be served up only the latest material.

“I’m not really looking at those records to be the focus necessarily of what we’re out to do,” he said. “They’re out there and we’ll certainly play some songs off of them. I’m proud of the songs, but we also have a pretty deep catalog that we’ve been off of for a pretty long time. The shows we’ve been playing have been kind of pulling from all over the place. We’re just having fun reconnecting ourselves, each other and our fans. And we actually recorded what’s going to be our next record.

We’ll probably start working some of those songs up live and try a song or two to see how they’re going, too. I’m kind of looking at what we’re going to do is Drive-By Truckers going and playing rock and roll. As usual, we won’t be using a set list, so anything goes.”

Catch DBT on Tues., April 5 at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts.

THURSDAY, MARCH 31 12:30 PM - NOON30: ROB ICKES & TREY HENSLEY 6 PM - PHILIP DUKES & FRIENDS III: BRAHMS & SCHUMANN 7 PM - HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN 8 PM - BÉLA FLECK’S MY BLUEGRASS HEART FEAT. STUART DUNCAN, SIERRA HULL, BRYAN SUTTON, MARK SCHATZ AND JUSTIN MOSES FRIDAY, APRIL 1 5 PM - RING SHOUT OF THE GEORGIA COAST: MCINTOSH COUNTY SHOUTERS Q&A 6 PM - PHILIP DUKES & FRIENDS IV: ALL BEETHOVEN 7 PM - FOGHORN STRINGBAND 8 PM - MAVIS STAPLES SATURDAY, APRIL 2 12:30 PM - NOON30: MCINTOSH COUNTY SHOUTERS 3 PM - SEBASTIAN KNAUER, PIANO 4 PM - LES FILLES DE ILLIGHADAD/TRUE BLUES: COREY HARRIS. PHIL WIGGINS, CEDRIC WATSON 8 PM - LES FILLES DE ILLIGHADAD/TRUE BLUES: COREY HARRIS, PHIL WIGGINS, CEDRIC WATSON SUNDAY, APRIL 3 3 PM - ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: ROBERT SPANO, CONDUCTOR, AVI AVITAL, MANDOLIN 5 PM - LES FILLES DE ILLIGHADAD 7 PM - THE WOOD BROTHERS TUESDAY, APRIL 5 6 PM - BEETHOVEN AND THE MANDOLIN: CATERINA LICHTENBERG & MIKE MARSHALL 7:30 PM - DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS 8 PM - VIJAY IYER TRIO FEATURING LINDA MAY HAN OH AND JEREMY DUTTON

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First Friday for Folk Music presents your favorite optometrist/singer/songwriter, Paul Kempkes (pictured), performing the best of the 70s and 80s. Tim Malchak follows with songs from his latest album “Just Me and My Guitar.”

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AUG 13 FA-Q AUG 14 Interstellar Echoes - A Tribute to Pink Floyd SAT APRIL 16TH AUG 20 The Bitteroots THE EVIL AUG 27 The Petty Hearts - The National Tom Petty Tribute Show KNEVILS AUG 28 The Stratton James Trio SEPT 3 Tribute -A Celebration of the Allman Bros. Band FRI4APRIL 22ND SEPT Slippery When Wet - A Tribute to Bon Jovi THE CHARLIE SEPT 11 Jupiter Coyote

Despite a seemingly bright and sunny exterior, Blanford is comfortable getting dark. One example is she likes to joke about the plastic surgery she wants before her funeral. “I like to comfort an audience by reminding them life is a beautiful mess, and we’re all going to die,” she laughs. A ringing endorsement, indeed.

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SOUNDBOARD WHO IS PLAYING WHERE THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY 3/30 LIVE MUSIC

Bach Ascending Amarcord, 7:30 p.m.

Cohen’s Retreat Midtown Pickers, 6 p.m.

Driftaway Cafe Chuck Courtenay, 6 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts WATCHHOUSE (FKA MANDOLIN ORANGE), 8 p.m.

McDonough’s Blues with Eric Culberson, 9 p.m.

Nickie’s 1971 Ray Tomasino, 7 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

El-Rocko Lounge Trivia with Jules and Chris Grimmett, 9-11:30 p.m.

Service Brewing Company Trivia Night with Jess Shaw, 6:30 p.m.

The Wormhole Bingo, 10 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Totally Awesome Bar Sav. Comedy Underground, 9 p.m.

THURSDAY 3/31 LIVE MUSIC

Cohen’s Retreat Munchies & Music, 5-9 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Eric Jones Trio featuring Laiken Williams, Marc Chesanow & Robert Saunders, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Jon Lee Murphy Duo Randy Wood’s Pickin’ Parlor Randy’s Annual Jam Weekend

TRIVIA & GAMES Bar Food Trivia Night, 8 p.m.

McDonough’s Family Feud, 7 p.m.

The Wormhole Trivia, 10 p.m.

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Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Nickie’s 1971 Karaoke Night, 8 p.m.

COMEDY

Totally Awesome Bar Open Mic Comedy, 8:30 p.m.

DJ

Club 51 Degrees DJ B-Rad, 9 p.m.

Top Deck Sunset Deck Party, 6 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Service Brewing Company Service Brewing Run Club, 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY 4/ 1 LIVE MUSIC

Coffee Bluff Marina LAX, 6 p.m.

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Congress Street Social Club JD Music Group, 10 p.m.

District Live at Plant Riverside District Iron & Wine, Live in Concert, 8:3010:30 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church First Friday for Folk Music with Paul Kempkes and Tim Malchak, 7:309:30 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Whiskey & Wine Molly McGuire’s Damon & The Shitkickers, 6 p.m.

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant JodyJazz Trio, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Randy Wood’s Pickin’ Parlor Randy’s Annual Jam Weekend Service Brewing Company Bluegrass By The Pint with Swamptooth, 6 p.m.

Sting Ray’s Robert Willis, 6 p.m.

The Wormhole Neighborhood Pub & Music Venue Anthony Wayne Vibe, 9:30 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

PS Tavern Beer Pong Tournament, 10 p.m.

KARAOKE

Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m.-3 a.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Nickie’s 1971 Karaoke Night, 9 p.m.

The Hive Repertory Theatre LLC Adult Night Out - Karaoke!, 8 p.m.

Totally Awesome Bar Karaoke, 10 p.m.

DJ

Club 51 Degrees DJ Fer, DJ Emalo, DJ Lil G, DJ BRad, 9 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m. & 12:30 a.m.

Ghost Coast Distillery April Fools’ Day DRAG Show!, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 4/ 2 LIVE MUSIC

Coffee Bluff Marina Gary Strickland, 6 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club The Brown Goose, 7 p.m.

District Live at Plant Riverside District WILLIS, Live in Concert, 8 p.m.

Ghost Coast Distillery Live Music with Cory Chambers, 3-5 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Amina Scott Quartet, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Anders Thomsen Trio Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant JodyJazz Trio, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Randy Wood’s Pickin’ Parlor Randy’s Annual Jam Weekend Sting Ray’s Robert Willis, 6 p.m.

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Amarcord’s hallmarks include a unique tone, breathtaking homogeneity, musical authenticity, and a good dose of charm and humor. They perform a vast and highly diverse repertoire from medieval plainsong to a cappella folksong arrangements.

The Wormhole Neighborhood Pub & Music Venue Indie Pop Rock: Model City, 10 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Blueberry Hill Pool Tournament, 2 p.m.

KARAOKE

Bar Food Karaoke Night, 10 p.m.

Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Totally Awesome Bar Karaoke, 10 p.m.

COMEDY

The Wormhole Neighborhood Pub & Music Venue Comedy Planet: Katherine Blanford, 7:30 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m. & 12:30 a.m.

SUNDAY 4/ 3 LIVE MUSIC

Collins Quarter at Forsyth Ember City, 2 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup, 10 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Gospel Sunday Brunch - Featuring Kenny Munshaw - Eric Brack, 11 a.m.; Eric Jones Trio featuring Cynthia Utterbach & Teddy Adams with Marc Chesanow and Robert Saunders, 7 p.m.

Myrtle & Rose, Rooftop Garden Plant Riverside Live Jazz Sunday Brunch Featuring the Howard Paul Jazz Trio, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Nickie’s 1971 Roy Swindell, 7 p.m.

Sting Ray’s Robert Willis, 6 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Bucky and Barry, 1 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Moon River Brewing Co. Trivia, 6 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

MONDAY 4/ 4 LIVE MUSIC

Nickie’s 1971 Ray Tomasino, 7 p.m.

The Wormhole Open Mic, 6 p.m.-2 a.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Club One Super Gay Bingo, 5:30 p.m.

Starland Yard Music Bingo, 7-9 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS Fia Rua Irish Pub Family Movie Night, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY 4/ 5 LIVE MUSIC

McDonough’s Open Mic/Jam, 9 p.m.

Nickie’s 1971 Roy Swindell, 7 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Trivia, 7 p.m.

Fia Rua Irish Pub Trivia, 7 p.m.

McDonough’s Trivia Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Oak 36 Bar + Kitchen Trivia Tuesday, 9 p.m.

Savannah Taphouse Trivia, 7 p.m.

Starland Yard Trivia with Chris Grimmett, 6:30 p.m.; Trivia Night With Chris Grimmett, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

KARAOKE

Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m.-3 a.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Stafford’s Public House Stafford’s Tuesday Comedy Open Mic, 8:30-11:45 p.m.

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WILLIS @ DISTRICT LIVE

The indie rockers from Alabama moved to — where else? — Nashville, a city that has been treating Savannah to a seemingly endless stream of quality touring bands. That streak does not end with these guys. Mellow and soulful with a judiciously-employed edge, Willis delivers a different and welcome style of indie rock.

SAT APR 2 | 7 PM

WEDNESDAY NIGHT! The artists formerly known as Mandolin Orange kick off a 15-city tour in Savannah. Over a decade, the duo released five albums of modern folk, with live crowds growing for each. As the sound evolved, the old name didn’t fit any longer. But the vibe and the emotion remain, even if they experiment more with their genre.

WED MAR 30 | 8 PM

Despite the cold and wind at Stopover, Bastardane just crushed it. Their recently released album is making waves in metal press, and not just because of a member’s relation to a dude in a somewhat popular band.

Auralayer and Damned to Earth pepper you with body blows before the Chuck Norris-level roundhouse to the ears.

SAT APR 2 | 8 PM

ANTHONY WAYNE VIBE @ THE WORMHOLE

If the descendants of Tedeschi Trucks and Widespread Panic had relations with the scion of Blind Melon and Wilco, it might sound a lot like Anthony Wayne Vibe. An eclectic mix of alternative indie, jam, and some psychedelia, expect strong rhythms and extended leads to parts unknown…

FRI APR 1 | 9:30 PM

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AMBUCS BENEFIT AT PRIME LIQUOR Prime Liquor Store, located at Twelve Oaks Shopping Center, hosted their quarterly fundraiser to benefit AMBUCS on Tues., March 22 With a buffet from Katrina’s Mexican Grill, deejay Carlitobaby aka Charles Singleton spinning tunes, and a 360 photo booth by Phillip Davis with the Creative Feel, guests bid on over a dozen raffle items to raise funds for the non profit that supports adults and children with special needs.

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Vernon Donovan, David Hart

Arra Riggs, Renee LaSalle, Joe Higgins, Madai Rodriguez, Victoria Agudelo

Kimberly and Liam Watson

Eddie Mendez, Alexa Felix

Arra Riggs, Kym Hogan, Kevin Sheehan, Courtney Rawlins

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The guys from Savannah for Morons enjoying hummus!

Maurice Thompkins, Dru Usry, Amy Shippy

Richard Sanders, Tegan Miller, Assaf Gleizner, Mary Jane Crouch, Connie Reynolds

Zelonia Williams & Jermaine Kicklighter

Imani Freeman, Vernon Donovan, Becca Rivera

IsReally HUMMUS held a ribbon-cutting and grand opening at their 1000 Eisenhower Dr. location on Thurs., March 24.

Guests arrived with non-perishable food items for America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, then enjoyed Hummus samples, prize giveaways and a special musical performance from IsReally HUMMUS duo Assaf Gleizner and Tegan Miller.

Assaf Gleizner & Tegan Miller

Mary Jane Crouch & Matthew Wirth

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signals 55. Possible choice 56. “Addams Family” cousin 57. Nurikabe, Masyu, or sudoku 60. Advanced degree in math?

61. More racy, as humor 62. Snakelike fish 63. Garage opener?

64. Decorated again 65. Source of the skit “Word Crunch,” where players find inappropriate words in a word search DOWN 1. Specialty of the late Amazing Johnathan 2. Engineer for whom a type of paving is named 3. Henner of “Evening Shade” and “Taxi” 4. “Roll to Me” group Del ___ 5. Eyelid twitches, e.g.

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7. “ER” setting 8. “Bodak Yellow” rapper 9. Sussex secondary school exam 10. Compliment from a tennis opponent 11. User interface 12. Drafting tools 15. Was winning 18. “Happy Birthday” playwright Anita 22. Blend together 24. “Lawrence of Arabia,”

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Michelle’s younger sister, a redhead with fair and sensitive skin, had experienced some scary skin cancer issues at a young age, leading to Michelle’s mission. To acquire flawless, sun-kissed color, AND prevent permanent sun damage and premature aging—all through a natural process.

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888.803.4908 102 East Liberty Street Savannah, Georgia, 31401 Visit www.beettan.com for more information about our at-home products! * Vegan, Paraben Free, PETA approved and made with all organic ingredients.

Book your organic spray tan appointment today!

A Night Out with NYC Celebrity Makeup Artist Roxanne Rizzo!

Roxanne Rizzo is bringing the magic of the Big Apple to Savannah! Join Connect Savannah’s “What are we Doing?” Podcast for an exclusive night of beauty, shopping, drinks and music at the Perry Lane Hotel. Get to know Rizzo and try out her #1 selling product Bronze Glow.

March 30, 2022 at the Perry Lane Hotel Ballroom from 5-9 p.m. Tickets will be $15 and includes a complimentary Cosmopolitan cocktail from Cutwater Spirits Featuring 15 local vendors, a DJ, a cash bar!

New Episodes Every Wednesday!