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Looking ahead @ River Street Oktoberfest. Oct. 5–7. @ Suddenly Last Summer. The Collective Face. Oct. 5–20. @ Tybee Island Pirate Fest. Oct. 5 and 6. Vince Neil concert Oct. 6. @ No Control Festival. Oct. 6. Southern Pine Co. @ Film screening: Rebel Without a Cause. Oct. 6. Trustees Theater. @ Picnic in the Park. Oct. 7. Forsyth Park. @ Savannah Greek Festival. Oct. 11–13. @ Savannah Philharmonic Chamber Concert. Oct. 11. Telfair Academy. @ Savannah Folk Music Festival. Oct. 12–14. @ Bonnie Raitt. Oct. 13. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Louis C.K. Oct. 17. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Ingrid Michaelson. Oct. 18. Trustees Theatre. @ SCAD: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Oct. 18–21. @ AASU Masquers: The Weird. Oct. 18–21. @ Savannah Philharmonic. Oct. 19. Lucas Theatre. @ The Rocky Horror Show. Bay Street Theatre. Oct. 19–31. @ Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival. Oct. 19–22. Gin Blossoms concert. Richmond Hill. @ Film screening: Clue. Oct. 20. Lucas Theatre. @ Dracula. Columbia City Ballet. Oct. 20. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Graveface Fest. Oct. 27. Southern Pine Co. @ Savannah Film Festival. Oct. 27–Nov. 3. @ Shalom Y’all Jewish Food Festival. Oct. 28. Forsyth Park. @ SCAD: 44 Plays For 44 Presidents. Nov. 1–4. @ AASU Masquers: Macbeth. Nov. 1–11. @ Tybee Beach Brew Fest. Nov. 2 and 3. @ Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. Nov. 3. @ Geekend. Nov. 8–10. @ Needtobreathe. Nov. 8. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Asbury Memorial Theatre: God’s Favorite. Nov. 9–18. @ Film screening: The Shining. Nov. 10. Trustees Theater. @ Jake Owen. Nov. 10. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Children’s Book Festival. Nov. 10. Forsyth Park. @ Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus and soloists: Opera: Carmina Burana, Peer Gynt and others. Nov. 17. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ The Nutcracker. Columbia City Ballet. Nov. 24. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ AASU Masquers: Dramarama. Nov. 23–Dec. 2. @ The Collective Face: Salome. Nov. 30–Dec. 9.

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Wednesday Film: An Encounter with Simone Weil

What: Southern Circuit Film Series presents this bio-documentary about the French philosopher, activist and mystic. Tickets include a Q&A and a reception with the filmmaker. When: Wed. Oct. 10, 7 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Cost: $8 Info: 912-525-5050 . lucastheatre.com/

Film: The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975, Italy)

What: Cult director Sergio Martino’s Giallo/crim thriller/dark comedy. An “odd mixture of police action, brutal violence, organized crime, and ...slapstick comedy....” In Italian with English subtitles. Presented by Psychotronic Film Society. When: Wed. Oct. 10, 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Cost: $6 cash Info: sentientbean.com/

Thursday Egg Candling Class

What: OK all you backyard chicken farmers. Here’s the next step in getting certified to sell eggs you’ve raised. Class is four hours, offered twice. (8am and at 1pm.) Presented by UGA Cooperative Extension Service. When: Thu. Oct. 11 Where: Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens., 2 Canebrake Rd. Cost: Free--Registration required. Info: 912-652-7981.

Bonnie Raitt In Concert

What: The music legend that transcends genres and generations returns to the Johnny Mercer Theatre. When: Sat. Oct. 13, 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center/Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave., Cost: $39.50 - $69.50 Info: http://savannahcivic.com/

Children’s Book Author: Jan Brett What: One of the nation’s most popu-

Savannah Friends of Music Monthly Luncheon and Concert

lar children’s book author-illustrators signing and talking about her new book, Mossy. In addition, guests will get a first-hand look at her specially decorated 45-foot tour bus, which will be parked in front of Barnes & Noble at Oglethorpe Mall. When: Thu. Oct. 11, 10 a.m. Where: Barnes & Noble at Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn St Cost: Free and open to the public. Info: store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/ author-events/Jan-Brett/2131775

What: Performances from four local high school students: summer music camp scholarship recipients Hannah Suddath, James Barksdale, and Erin Barksdale. and VOICExperience scholarship recipient Grace Eckmann. Tickets avail at the door but reservations preferred. When: Thu. Oct. 11, 11 a.m. Where: Johnny Harris Banquet Center, 1701 East Victory Dr Cost: $20 Info: 855-234-SFOM (7366). www.savannahfriendsofmusic.com/

61st Annual Savannah Greek Festival Opens

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What: Opa! This is the “Greek Papa” of Savannah’s food festivals...celebrating Savannah’s Greek culture and history since 1952. Homemade Greek foods, desserts, Greek dancing, church tours, market place, Greek band, wine, oh yes! When: Thu. Oct. 11, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri. Oct. 12, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Where: St. Paul’s Hellenic Center, 14 West Anderson St. Cost: Free ’til 4pm Thurs/Fri. $2 after 4pm, + Sat. Info: savannahgreekfest.com/

What: StartupChicks Savannah presents a panel discussion with entrepreneurs with experience raising funds on their own through crowdfund sites such as Kickstarter. Panelists : Kelly Spivey of The Chocolate Lab; Dare Dukes, Recording Artist, Speaker, Writer; and Shawndra Russell, Author & Social Media Strategist. When: Thu. Oct. 11, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Where: ThincSavannah, 35 Barnard Street, Suite 300 Cost: Free for dues-paying members, others $15 Info: startupchicks.org/event/crowdfunding

What: The Balkan Quartet returns to Savannah, performing a selection of music from the Balkans. When: Thu. Oct. 11, 7:30 p.m. Where: Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St. Cost: $15 Info: 912-525-5050. www.savannahphilharmonic.org/

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What: Hosted by Jayk Johnson. Test your comedic skills or enjoy the entertainment. Did someone say ‘bone-crushing college hockey acWhen: Thu. Oct. 11, 8 tion?’ p.m. Where: The Sentient Puppet Show: Little Red Riding Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Hood Cost: Free and open to the public What: Harvesting, not too scary Info: sentientbean.com stories--the continuing saga of “Little Red” and her friends. And of course, Coconuts & Cocktails the wolf! What: This week’s celebrity bartender When: Fri. Oct. 12, 11 a.m. is Travis Sawyer, Creative Approach Where: Puppet People Party Place, co-owner. Plus steel drums & crab 3119 Furber Ave. races. Cost: $7 When: Thu. Oct. 11, 5-8 p.m. Info: 912-355-3366. www.PuppetPeoWhere: Poolside at the Westin Savanple.com/ nah Harbor.

Friday Cobblestone Hockey Cup

What: College Ice Hockey is back! Friday matches: 6pm, Clemson v. Auburn, 8:30pm South Carolina v. Georgia. Saturday matches: 5pm South Carolina v. Clemson, 7:30pm Auburn v. Georgia. When: Fri. Oct. 12 Where: Savannah Civic Center/M.L. King, Jr. Arena Cost: $10-$30. Discounts avail for groups and kids.

Dreadful Pestilence! Savannah’s Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820

What: Savannah’s gruesome history comes to life every Friday and Saturday night in October. Onehour performances at 7:30pm and 8:45pm reenact the story of yellow fever’s dreadful consequences which transformed the bustling seaport of Savannah into a ghost town. Reservations recommended. When: Fri. Oct. 12, Sat. Oct. 13, 12 a.m. Where: Davenport House Museum, 324 E. State St Cost: $15 in advance for adults, $10 in advance children Info: 912-236-8097. www.davenporthousemuseum.org/

Blue Jeans and Bomber Jackets Barbecue

What: This inaugural fundraising event will honor all past and present military service members while providing financial support to the Mighty Eighth Airforce Museum. When: Fri. Oct. 12, 6 p.m.-11 p.m. Where: Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne Ave., Pooler Cost: $100/person. $900/table of ten. Info: 912-748-8888 . mightyeighth. org/blue-jeans-bomber-jacket-bbq/

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Book Launch Party for Lois Lavrisa

What: Savannah author’s first novel, “Liquid Lies” (Sunlake Press), launches at this party and book signing. “Liquid Lies” combines mystery’s twists and unexpected turns with a touching coming of age story. When: Fri. Oct. 12, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Where: Starland Cafe, 11 East 41st St. Cost: Free and open to the public. Info: www.loislavrisa.com/

Savannah Folk Music Festival: Folkfest in Ellis Square What: Locals night for the annual

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Southern Style Gothic:

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Street @ Barnard St Cost: Free and open to the public Info: www.savannahfolk.org/

What: Collective Face Theatre Ensemble presents Tennessee Willliams’ southern gothic masterpiece. “A rich rumination on Southern traditions, morals and the importance of keeping up appearances.” When: Fri. Oct. 12, 8 p.m., Sun. Oct. 14, 3 p.m., Sun. Oct. 14, 8 p.m. Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703D Louisville Road, Cost: $15/Gen. Adm. $12/Seniors & Stdts. Info: 912-232-0018. musesavannah.org/

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Dinner Theatre: “Murder Ahoy!”

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Fall Festival at the Bamboo Farm

What: A Savannah tradition and great family event, with food, fun and games in the garden! Sponsored by Friends of the Coastal Gardens. Duck Races at 1pm, benefiting a new Children’s Garden. Ducks are $5 each. Great for the kiddies. When: Sat. Oct. 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Where: Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, 2 Canebrake Rd Cost: $5 per car Info: 912-921-5460. bamboo.caes. uga.edu/

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Forsyth Farmers’ Market

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What: Locally grown and produced fruits, veggies, baked goods and more every Saturday. When: Sat. Oct. 13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: South End of Forsyth Park Cost: Free to hang out and visit. Info: www.forsythfarmersmarket. org/

What: Learn the art of the blues from acoustic blues master and award winning artist Doug MacLeod. Sponsored by the Savannah Folk Music Society. When: Sat. Oct. 13, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Where: First Presbyterian Church/ Stewart Hall, 520 Washington Ave.,

All Day Singing with Sacred Harp Singers

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What: Love to sing? Participate in or hear one of America’s most unique musical traditions. Savannah Sacred Harp Singers hosts. When: Sat. Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Where: Faith Primitive Baptist Church,, 3212 Bee Road , Cost: Free and open to the public.

Isle of Hope Music Fest

What: An evening of music with Junkyard Angel, Tuck Brawner, The Howard Paul Trio, Roy Swindelle and The Train Wrecks Band. When: Sat. Oct. 13, 4:30 p.m.-10 p.m.

Where: Isle of Hope Marina, 50 W.

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Fall Festival at Tybee Light Station

What: Tybee Island Historical Society hosts games, prizes, hayrides, cake walk, hotdogs, cotton candy, snow cones, popcorn and drinks, dunking booth with Tybee Island locals and a few surprise guests. Climb to the top of the lighthouse for a rare nighttime view. Proceeds benefit lighthouse repainting costs. When: Sat. Oct. 13, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Where: Tybee Light Station, 30 Meddin Drive, Tybee Island Cost: Info: 912-786-5801

What: A pirate-themed whodunit set in Olde Savannah. Performed throughout the entire room where you are dining. Solve the mystery and win a prize, or just watch. As interactive as you want it to be! Presented by Savannah Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre. When: Sat. Oct. 13, 7 p.m. Where: Double Tree by Hilton, 411 W. Bay St., Cost: $44.95 adults, $32.95 children Info: 912-247-4644 . www.savannahcommunitytheater.com

Savannah Circa 1930: Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Fall Celebration

What: Annual event to celebrate the life and work of the late O’Connor, born and raised in Savannah and considered one of America’s greatest literary figures. This year’s event honors the founders of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Foundation. Period attire encouraged but not required. When: Sat. Oct. 13, 7 p.m. Where: Call for details Cost: $100 Info: 912-233-6014. www.flanneryoconnorhome.org/

Savannah Folk Music Festival Old-Time Country Dance

What: Music by Curley Maple. Guest Caller, Janet Shepherd. Learn to dance at 7:15pm. Hosted by Savannah Folk Music Society. When: Sat. Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m.-11 p.m. Where: Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Avenue, Cost: Info: savannahfolk.org/

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Sunday Fall Artists Market at Tybee Lighthouse

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elry, candles, purses and pillows, homemade soaps and lotions, wood turnings, mosaics, hand knitted items, tabby ornaments, homemade pasta and sauces, local honey, jewelry, fresh produce, baked goods, you name it. Sponsored by The Tybee Island Historical Society When: Sun. Oct. 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Where: Tybee Light House, 30 Meddin Drive, Cost: Free and open to the public. Info: 912-786-5801.

Savannah Folk Music Festival Concert

What: The festival’s signature event, in its 23rd year, with guest performers Doug MacLeod, Al Petteway & Amy White, Curley Maple, and Deidre McCalla. Winer of Youth Songwriting Competition will perform. When: Sun. Oct. 14, 2 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium, Daffin Park/1401 E. Victory Drive,

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What: Brian Jett’s hilariously entertaining screenwriting and directing debut. A comedy about love, loss, and other felonies. Presented by CinemaSavannah. When: Sun. Oct. 14, 6 p.m. Where: Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St., Cost: Cash Only. Gen. Admission $8. Telfair members $6. Info: 912-790-8800.

Monday Lecture and Book Signing: Party Diva Danielle Rollins What: Dahhling, you simply must

meet this Atlanta party hostess for the stars, from Oscar de la Renta to Rachel Ray. Signing her new book Entertaining with Style.” When: Mon. Oct. 15, 5:30 p.m. Where: shopSCAD, 340 Bull St., Cost: Open to the public. Books avail. for purchase. Info: 912-525-5180.

Sisters Network

What: Local meeting of this national

organization committed to raising awareness about the devastating impact of breast cancer on the African American community. When: Mon. Oct. 15, 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Where: Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial Univ. Medical Ctr, 2nd Floor Conf. Room, 4700 Waters Ave., Info: 912- 236-7405.

Odd Lot Improv Comedy Troupe

What: Yet another Monday night of impromptu theatre. Watch or participate. When: Mon. Oct. 15, 8 p.m. Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd., Cost: $5 or what you can pay. Info: musesavannah.org/

Tuesday Lecture: The African American Experience in 1812

What: Coastal Heritage Society Annual Lecture Series continue with a talk by Dr. Felecia Bell of Savannah State University. Music by the McIntosh County Shouters. Reception at

6:30, lecture at 7:00pm. When: Tue. Oct. 16 Where: Savannah History Museum, 303 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Cost: Free and open to the public Info: www.chsgeorgia.org/

Cancer Survivorship Series: Maintaining Balance, Flexibility, and Strength,

What: Jackie Huntly, M.D., and Katy Keyes, RYT-200, will provide cancer survivors with skills needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle, reduce stress, and regain strength and flexibility. When: Tue. Oct. 16, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Where: Anderson Cancer Inst. @ Memorial Univ. Medical Ctr., 2nd Floor Conf. Room, 4700 Waters Ave., Info: 912-350-7845.

Artist Talk: Siemon Allen

What: Artist discusses his collaged collector card installation “Grids: An Archive of Collective Memory.” Reception follows. When: Tue. Oct. 16, 6 p.m. Where: SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd, Cost: Museum Admission Info: scad.edu/

Refresh Savannah: Where Does Your Food Come From?

What: Matt Liotta, the founder and CEO of PodPonics, discusses where our food comes from, and about the solution he’s come up with. For those curious about technology solutions to locally sourcing food. When: Tue. Oct. 16, 6 p.m. Where: ThincSavannah, 35 Barnard St, 3rd Floor, Cost: Free and open to the public Info: refreshsavannah.com/

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For a while there the skies even parted for us. This past Sunday’s annual Picnic in the Park was threatened by a nasty rainstorm, but apparently it was just our lucky week. The rain moved on and a perfect circle of clear sky hovered over Forsyth Park so that we could enjoy the remarkable collection of local talent — did I mention local talent — that treated the huge crowd to one of the best Picnics in the Park, well, ever. Is it possible that the heavens have such little to do that they would smile on Savannah for finally getting rid of our awful city manager Rochelle Small-Toney, who almost single-handedly wrecked the entire city government and put us perilously close to being front-page national news? Perhaps I’m reading too much into things. Wouldn’t be the first time. In any case, Mayor Edna Jackson sounded positively giddy while introducing the Picnic main event. Local folks will long remember her statement the Thursday before, the day of the City Council meeting

in which six of your nine aldermen voted to accept Small-Toney’s resignation. In what will likely be marked as Jackson’s first real shining moment as mayor, she addressed the City Hall chamber: This is a beginning again for all of us... not a black Savannah or a white Savannah, but a united Savannah that must stay together for the good of all people. And so we move on. I was struck, and positively so, by how quickly the gathered rage at Small-Toney seemed to dissipate once the vote to oust her was finalized. I expected more gnashing of teeth, but people seemed ready, that very moment, to breathe a big sigh of relief and move on. And so the next chapter begins of finding a new permanent city manager, longtime City employee Stephanie Cutter having been appointed unanimously to fill the role,

likely in a temporary manner. I’ve gotten a kick out of the usual backward-looking Savannah media voices hearkening back to the “good old days,” calling for the return of former Assistant City Manager Chris Morrill or even of former City Manager Michael Brown. Not to knock either of those men, but the predictable mating calls from Savannah’s old guard for them to drop what they’re doing and hurry back down here to rescue us from ourselves border on the pathetic. I try to tell people, ever so gently, that once you move away from Savannah the spell is usually broken. I try to tell people there’s a big wide world out there, one that doesn’t end at the outskirts of Chatham County. But to little avail... So I suspect the next chapter in finding a good, or even quasi-decent, city manager will be hampered with some of the old small-minded thinking. But I do think, as the mayor says, we’ve all learned a valuable lesson, one that will no doubt come in handy in the months to come. cs

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Lawsuits. Lies. More stinkin’ dead fish. After the year the Ogeechee Riverkeeper folks have had, they deserve a drink. In fact, make it a double. Here are the facts: In May 2011, tens of thousands of dead fish bellied up in the Ogeechee River—a sick, sad day for the history books. A year later, hundreds more were found floating in the green waters. The crayfish and largemouth bass populations—once a sustainable source of food for those who live along the river—are disappearing. It doesn’t take a genius to see that this once pristine and iconic waterway is dying. All this is happening downstream from a drainage pipe connected to the King America Finishing plant in Sylvania, Ga. The effluent pouring out of that pipe is a hideous cocktail of ammonia, formaldehyde and other chemicals that would fry off your eyebrows if you took a whiff, yet after Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division determined that KAF had

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donations—have bravely taken on the fight to force KAF to stop discharging toxic filth into the Ogeechee. They’ve retained big brains from Green Law Firm and Stack and Associates and filed a lawsuit under the Clean Water Act as well as put forth litigation that takes the state to task for issuing a permit in July that actually grants KAF permission to spew their deadly chemicals—I’m not kidding—legally. It’s like David and Goliath, if Goliath was invisible except for a legion of reptilian lawyers who refute he’s even picking on David in the first place. Yet in spite of facing down this most noxious of adversaries, those Ogeechee Riverkeepers still know how to throw a party. Their annual fundraiser, Rivers Rock, definitely shook some shingles loose last Thursday at Moon River Brewing Co. and hopefully blew off a little of the steam that’s been building as KAF continues its campaign of misinformation and gleeful pollution. Sipping pints of John Pinkerton’s

sweet Tater ale, a couple hundred people perused the buffet as Swamp Cabbage served up the very best of the classic rock canon. I may have instigated a raucous sing–a–long with Soap frontman Joa Kelly and Starfish Community Garden fairy godfather Francis Allen in a fist–shaking call to activism: “I tip my hat to a new constitution… take a bow to a new revolution…” Though head Riverkeeper Dianna Wedincamp and the board are under a gag order not to discuss the lawsuits, she did tell me that the goal of all this suing is to force KAF to build a closed–loop wastewater treatment system used by other textile finishing plants. “We want to make it so they don’t discharge in the river at all,” she said, conceding that the lawsuits—including the dozens forged by private citizens—will end up costing KAF more than if they’d just cleaned up their act in the first place. The water warrior also helped clarify that the powers allowing the ongoing pollution of the Ogeechee sit squarely on top. Governor Nathan Deal’s corporate–bootlicking administration has pushed policies to champion business no matter what the environmental destruction (see Savannah Harbor Deepening, section “Speece cones.”) Deal’s budget eviscerations have also left the EPD with a skeletal staff that’s unable to enforce violations of the codes still in place. “If the EPD was funded properly, Georgia pollution issues would not exist,” assures Wedincamp, a lifelong Emanuel County resident. “There are great people who work there who simply don’t have the resources to do their jobs.”

The same sentiment was heralded by Riverkeeper Board chair Ann Hartzell in a rousing speech at the mike that also admonished us to call Rep. Jack Kingston, Rep. John Barrow and the governor to let them know we won’t stand for our elected officials helping the polluters instead of protecting Georgia’s natural (and irreplaceable!) resources. “We are not quitting!” Hartzell shouted to the crowd, who hooted and hollered back. “That water should be drinkable when it comes out that pipe. We will settle for nothing less!” Eager to give as much I could to the cause, I stalked the silent auction to ensure I nabbed the gorgeous water-themed clutch purse from Satchel. Still, I couldn’t help but realize that no matter how much money the Ogeechee Riverkeeper raised that evening, it probably won’t be enough to buy a politician. Swamp Cabbage sang on: “And I’ll get on my knees and pray…we don’t get fooled again…” It seems painfully short–sighted that our national debate has devolved into “economy vs. the environment.” KAF provides a few hundred jobs, but it is negatively impacting thousands of citizens, apparently with the state of Georgia’s blessing. The mindbendingly asinine assertion that corporate regulation limits free market prosperity is at the forefront of the upcoming election. I suggest anyone who enjoys clean water pay careful attention. Because when I hear Mitt Romney, Gov. Deal and the rest of the “job creators” talk about deregulation and getting government out of the way of business, all I see is dead fish. cs

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A hundred and three feet across, the B–17 bomber fills the Mighty 8th Air Force Museum’s entire Combat Gallery, the tips of its spit–shined wings just inches from the walls. It’s a piece of history with all kinds of relevance: Built in 1945, it was the 5000th plane to be processed through Hunter Army Air Field. It was christened “The City of Savannah” because local citizens raised a half million dollars towards its commission—an astronomical amount back in the days when a cup of coffee still cost a dime. Though the war ended before she could see combat, the bomber served as a mapping plane and helped put out wildfires out West before being retired to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in DC. Tucked away in a massive hangar filled with aerospace skeletons, “The City of Savannah” was forgotten until 2009, when the Mighty 8th unearthed her and brought her back home. “We literally pushed it out from under the Space Shuttle Atlantis,” recalls Mighty Eighth volunteer Jerry

McLaughlin, a retired CIA officer and lead project manager. “This plane was in atrocious shape.” McLaughlin and a team of 35 volunteers have been restoring the plane ever since, intending it to be “the finest static B–17 in the world.” It took 24 months to clean out the slurry from its firefighting days and sand down the rust, and the team tapped the engineers at Gulfstream to rebuild the nose. Adding to the project’s challenges was the fact that when they trucked it back to the museum, the plane was 18 inches too tall for the gallery. “We had to cut off the top of the tail with a skill saw,” chortles McLaughlin. “Then we had to rivet it back on.” Now the outside of the WWII icon is as shiny as a new nickel, and its insides are being carefully reconstructed, all the way down to the gun turrets and every dial in the radio room. It may not fly ever again, but “The City of Savannah” represents a profound journey in American history. Many of the B–17 volunteers are in their late 60s, retired veterans of the Korean War who

went on to run companies and teach physics. They’re proud to honor the soldiers of WWII. “These guys were 19, 20 years old when they flew overseas,” says McLaughlin, sharing a story of a 90 year-old WWII vet who visited the bomber last year and didn’t leave a dry eye in the place. “This holds a lot of significance.” The project is just one installation in the Mighty 8th’s staggering collection of WWII memorabilia and archives, housed on the 10–acre property just off I–95. If all you’ve seen is the B–47 Stratojet visible from the freeway, know that there’s much more inside: A re–created Dutch home complete with secret compartments like the ones that hid Allied forces. A half dozen film reels depicting different stages in the war. A life–size panorama of the American Military Cemetery and Memorial in Cambridge, England. “It’s amazing how many Savannah people have never been here,” muses Mighty 8th President and CEO Henry Skipper. He and the rest of the Mighty 8th folks are hoping to change that by holding the museum’s annual fundraiser BBQ at the museum this Friday, Oct. 12. It’s the first time that the “Blue Jeans & Bomber Jackets BBQ” comes to Savannah (it’s been a remote fundraising event in Atlanta for the last two years), a result of the decision to forego the museum’s usual black– tie affair and loosen things up. “Instead of a formal gala, we figured Savannah would appreciate something a little more casual, a little more fun,” he says. Cocktails and food will be served under the museum’s parachute– draped rotunda, followed by a silent auction and tunes from 8 Mile Bend. The museum’s exhibits will be open to peruse, including “The City of Savannah” B–17 bomber as well as artifacts and accessories worn by the soldiers who defended the free world. “Have you seen the authentic bomber jackets? That’s the original risqué artwork,” informs Skipper. “They’re really cool. Each one of them has a story.” cs Blue Jeans & Bomber Jackets BBQ Where: Mighty 8th Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne Ave., Pooler When: Friday, Oct. 12, 6–11 p.m. Cost: $100 Info: mightyeighth.org

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news of the weird Modern Warfare China, Japan and Taiwan each claim ownership of the uninhabited South China Sea islands of Senkaku or Diaoyu, and the controversy heightened in September when Japan announced that it had formally “purchased” the islands from a private company that reputedly owned them. China countered by “launching” its first-ever aircraft carrier (a vessel junked in 1998 by Ukraine), which it hopes will intimidate its neighbors even though it is useless to planes. Days later, patrol boats from Taiwan and Japan had a confrontation near the islands — drenching each other in a military-grade squirtgun fight. (Japan won.)

Compelling Explanations • A 14-year-old boy was hospitalized in critical condition in Churchill, Pa., in August after allegedly swiping a Jeep Grand Cherokee and leading the owner’s boyfriend on a brief high-speed chase before rolling the Cherokee over on Interstate 376. The boy’s mother, according to WTAE-TV, blamed the Cherokee’s owner: A vehicle with the keys in it, she said, “was an opportunity that, in a 14-year-old’s eyes, was ... the perfect moment.” Also, she said, the boyfriend “had no right to chase my son.” The boy “could have just (wanted) a joyride down the street. Maybe he (merely) wanted to go farther than he felt like walking.” • Irresistible: (1) David Thompson, 27, was arrested in August and charged

with stealing a bag of marijuana from including a private room for post-op the Charleroi (Pa.) Regional police recuperation, of about $25,000). station. While talking to an officer Ironies about an unrelated case, Thompson noticed an evidence bag on a counter • Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Ali and swiped it. Caught moments later, Beheshti was hospitalized in the town Thompson profusely apologized, tellof Shahmirzad in September, allegedly ing the officer, “I just couldn’t help after being roughed up by a woman. myself. That bud smelled so good.” (2) According to Iran’s Mehr news agency, Aaron Morris was charged the cleric was merely in August with battery in performing his “duty,” North Lauderdale, Fla., warning an allegedly for groping the buttocks immodestly dressed of a woman at a Walmart. woman to cover herself Thank god someone According to the arresting better. She suggested, is finally going officer, Morris explained, instead, that he should to do something about big bird “Her booty looked so “cover (his) eyes,” and good, I just couldn’t resist when he continued touching it.” admonishing her, she, unladylike, pushed him Perspective away and kicked him. • Arrested in SepFirst-World Problems: tember and charged (1) Ohio death-row inmate with indecent exposure Ronald Post, 53, asked a (obscene gestures to federal court in Septemkayakers on Michigan’s ber to cancel his JanuPinnebog River while ary date with destiny on nude): 60-year-old TV the grounds that, despite producer William H. almost 30 years of prison Masters III — the son of pioneer 1960s food, he’s still too fat to execute. At 480 sex researcher William Masters (who, pounds, “vein access” and other issues with Virginia Johnson, wrote the landwould cause his lethal injection to be mark books “Human Sexual Response” “torturous.” (2) British murderer-sadist and “Human Sexual Inadequacy”). Graham Fisher, 39, is locked up in a • In August, the Consumer Product high-security hospital in Berkshire, Safety Commission and the Gerber England, but he, too, has been eating Legendary Blades company of Portwell (at about 325 pounds). In August, land, Ore., announced a recall of Gerhe was approved for gastric-band ber machetes. According to CPSC, surgery paid for by Britain’s National the machetes might have a defect that Health Service at an estimated cost,

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Democracy in Action! • Challenging Races: (1) Richard Wagner Jones, running for a school board seat in Granite, Utah, told reporters in June that since the job is mainly about taxes and budgets, he would not have to make site visits to schools. That is fortunate, for Jones is barred from schools as a registered sex offender based on a 1990 conviction. (2) Mike Rios, a former school board member in Moreno Valley, Calif., said in August that he was still considering running for the town’s council despite his March arrest for attempted murder and April arrest for pimping (allegedly caught with several underage recruits). (3) Verna Jackson Hammons said in August that her candidacy for mayor of Cullman, Ala., should not suffer by her having appeared 10 years earlier as “the other woman” in a love triangle on an episode of “The Jerry Springer Show.” • Brazil has a robust democracy but with very few controls on what candidates may call themselves on ballots. Among those running for offices this election season, according to a September New York Times dispatch from Rio de Janeiro: “John Kennedy Abreu Sousa,” “Jimmi Carter Santarem Barroso,” “Ladi Gaga,” “Christ of Jerusalem,” a “Macgaiver,” five “Batmans,” two “James Bonds,” and 16 people whose name contains “Obama.” “It’s a marketing strategy,” said city council candidate

The Litigious Society The City Council of Jersey City, N.J., voted in September to settle a lawsuit filed by Joshua Lopez, who had driven his car at a police officer during a 2009 traffic stop, trapping the officer against his own squad car, and thus forcing the officer to fire. Lopez suffered only an injured hand, but the city has agreed to give him $26,500 out of fear of “litigation risk.”

Creme de la Weird Arrests were made of two men who had chatted on the Internet about torturing, cooking and eating children, but investigators searched in vain for evidence. Jason Scarcello, 42, who wrote, “(A)ctually (seeing) a child cooking would be a dream come true,” is under arrest in Anderson, Calif., and Ronald Brown, 57, who suggested carving and cooking body parts for an “Easter meal,” in Largo, Fla., was detained for possessing child pornography, but, regarding the Internet chats, both claimed a First Amendment right to their un-actedupon imaginations. cs

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such clearly was two inches, and I’d say on average true size was slightly less. Carpenters in the 1890s dealt with this as best they could, judging from my house. They used thicker lumber as headers—that is, the horizontal boards above windows or on top of a line of studs, which carried a lot of weight. As time went on, builders began demanding lumber of uniform dimension, so sawmill operators began planing boards after cutting them. Assuming you waited till the boards dried out and adjusted your planer accordingly, you’d wind up with a product of reliable size. However, it was also thinner. Now the true size of lumber wasn’t slightly less than nominal, but a lot less. How much less? That’s where the greed comes in. Whether you’re milling lumber or making Hershey bars, smaller is cheaper. The driving concern at the turn of the century wasn’t so much the wood itself but the cost of freight. The virgin forests close to civilization had been cut down, and lumber had to be shipped from increasingly distant locations. In the early 1900s you might pay $10 per thousand board feet at the mill and $20 to ship it. It occurred to lumber tycoons that if they did all their finishing out in the woods, thereby reducing the product’s bulk, they’d save a ton of money on freight. So that’s what they did. But a problem emerged: once nominal and true sizes parted ways, everything was up in the air. Southerners argued that southern yellow pine was stronger than northern white pine, and therefore could be cut thinner. Thus while two-by stock was one and threequarters inches thick in most of the country, southern yellow pine manufacturers made theirs an inch and fiveeighths. As lumber became a national commodity, builders complained about wood of different sizes. After World War I a push for standardization began. Years of wrangling ensued, as lumbering regions jockeyed for competitive advantage and debated arcane issues, at one point arguing over a thirty-second of an inch. It wasn’t until 1963 that modern sizes were agreed on, but the standard has endured ever since. Today nominal one-by-fours are three-quarters by three and a half inches, while nominal two-by-fours are one and a half by three and a half—confusing for novice carpenters, and a bother for those rehabbing century-old houses, but otherwise a triumph of rationality over nature and the buck. cs By cecil adams

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younger women, younger whoever. But it got kinda old.” Personality clashes doomed the band too, he adds. Britt loves Savannah, where he’s resided for a decade and change. “In Athens,” he explains, “there was such an agenda with the music scene. This is the first place I’ve been where there can be an agenda if you want there to be. But I’ve learned how not to take the whole business part of it too seriously. And in the same breath, I’m taking it seriously as far as ‘OK, I have to do X number of shows to pay these bills.’ And it’s been good. It’s been fantastic.” Guitarist Kevin Rose and other musician friends encouraged him to record again. He’d been furiously writing songs and backlogging them,

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tribute band Motley Crude plays Tybee’s Rock House Oct. 13. • On Monday the 15th, Jeremy Davis and the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra have their second monthly “Mad Monday” performance at the Westin Resort. According to Davis, the first one sold out, so here’s advance notice for ya ... • Congress Street Social Club welcomes back South Florida’s incendiary roots–rock–reggae band Cope Oct. 13. • The Nashville–based rock ‘n’ roll trio Sound & Shape makes its Savannah debut Oct. 11 at the Wormhole. • As always, we heartily recommend checking out the Accomplices — the Savannah acoustic/country band turns up Oct. 13 at the Tybee Island Social Club. • The incredible John Jorgenson returns to Randy Wood Guitars in Bloomingdale Oct. 21, with a trio. • GAM is back — and you thought you might never see them again! — to play the Jinx Oct. 27. Along with the annual blood–wrestling competition (Halloween’s right around the corner, duh). CS

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One of the best musicians you’ve probably never heard of, Doug MacLeod has been a traveling troubadour, singer, storyteller and four–star emissary for the blues for close to 30 years. MacLeod, who headlines this week’s 23rd annual Savannah Folk Festival, was a sideman for Big Mama Thornton, Lowell Fulsun, Big Joe Turner, Pee Wee Crayton and others. He found a singular voice, however, when he struck out on his own, writing material in a country/blues style, traveling the country with nothing but a National resonator guitar he called Mule, a case full of good– natured songs, and an open–tuned finger picking style that is both familiar and deliriously original. The St. Louis native’s tunes have been covered by Albert King, Albert Collins, Joe Louis Walker and Eva Cassidy (“Nightbird,” one of the late, great vocalist’s signature songs). National gave him a new guitar 15 years ago, and asked him to try it out on the road. It took a month or so for MacLeod to warm to the instrument, but when he did, a permanent bond was forged. He named it Moon. “That means,” says MacLeod, “that guitar’s gonna be with me forever.”

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How would you describe your relationship with your guitar? Doug MacLeod: Very close. I had a real bad stutter when I was a kid. I couldn’t speak. And when I picked up the guitar, when I started to sing this voice came out. And now, as my wife says, “You can’t shut him up.” I talk all the time now. So the guitar means something to me. You’re a blues singer/songwriter, as opposed to a guy who interprets the old classics. What does that do for you? Doug MacLeod: Years ago, I met this old one–eyed blues singer, Ernest Banks. He told me that in order to be a bluesman, you gotta write, sing, play and entertain. We were sitting on a streetcorner in Norfolk, Virginia,

and I said “Mr. Banks, I don’t know nothing about picking cotton, mojos and black cat bones. I was a witness to some of that stuff when I was younger, and I don’t really want to fool with that stuff. What am I gonna write about?” And he looked at me with that one eye and he said “You ever been lonely? You ever needed a woman? You ever needed money for that little apartment you got down the road?” I said yeah. He said “That’s the blues, too, boy. You write about that.” That stuck in my mind. Then when I met George “Harmonica” Smith, years later, I was backing him up and playing electric in those days. George got me aside and said “Why are you trying to play like B.B. King?” I said, because he’s

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To your mind, what’s the difference between folk music and blues music? Doug MacLeod: In some ways, I see no difference. Because they are music for people, talking about the basic things that everybody goes through in this world. Maybe the difference would be the style of music, and how it’s played. Blues might have a more rougher edge on it at times. But I’ve heard folk music that has a rough edge. I really don’t see much difference, because to me it’s folk music. Doesn’t blues have a limited palette? I mean, you’re playing in E, you have E, A, B7 and you resolve back to E. Or am I not seeing the bigger picture? Doug MacLeod: Awwwww ... no, that’s a real good question. What happens in those three chords ... there’s so much that goes on in there. I’ve always said the blues is deceptively simple music. When I first saw the old guys play, I had the same kind of thing. I said “It’s just three chords!” But I was working with one of the great old piano players, he said “When you’re backing me up, just play the third and the flat seventh of

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hoping something turns out in that area. You’ve collaborated with Jason Mraz and Sara Bareilles. Are there any dream collaborations you’d like to forge? Ingrid Michaelson: Oh sure! The list in infinite. I’d love to do more with Sara Bareilles. I’ve been listening to a lot of Pink’s new record. When you listen to her ballads, her voice is just so beautiful. And I can’t believe it, she tweeted at me last week that she likes my music! So maybe something with her. Your fan base is primarily women. Why do you think that is? Ingrid Michaelson: Well, I’m a female and I’m singing about female feelings, so obviously more women will be more attracted to that than most men. I think men aren’t interested in digging into emotions in that way; either they’re not confident enough in their manhood or they’re just not into it. I’m a woman who sings about what I’m going through. Other women who are going through the same thing who like my voice and like my melodies—there you go, boom!— it’s a perfect fit. I think women appreciate also that I’m not stick skinny and I don’t show my breasts all the time —well, sometimes I do—but I’m not out there flaunting my sexuality as a tool to succeed. I think the moms like that about me. Although I definitely drop the F–bomb quite a lot. So I apologize for that. cs Ingrid Michaelson w/ special guest Sugar + the Hi–Lows When: Thursday, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater, 216 Broughton St. Cost: $25 Info: 912.525.5054 or savannahboxoffice. com

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In 2004, Maryland–born Michael Volen purchased a three–story brick building in the northwest section of Savannah’s Historic District. It was cheaper than the one he had scouted in Charleston, and 30 years in remodeling and land development taught him that he could take such a place in a transitional neighborhood and flip it like a Tarot card.

Michael has always been the sort to follow his gut, and the real estate at 416 West Liberty Street had a gritty appeal. “I just was enamored by it,” he says. He thought it had great bones, typical of those smitten with brick and mortar. “I couldn’t understand why no one was interested in it,” he explains from a room one floor above what is now The Distillery, a craft

beer bar and restaurant he runs with his wife Lori and three of their four grown children. No matter the skill of the remodeling Michael did to stabilize the over 100–year–old structure or that of the broker Michael hired to help him sell the it, no firm deal revealed itself. Michael was sold, but no one else. It took fifth generation Savannahian, and author of Behind the Moss

Michael Volen, right, with manager Jacob Sanford

the prohibition law is observed almost solely in the breach,” one such piece said. One hundred years later, on Liberty Street no less, Michael knew the look of an old saloon was a must. A grand wooden structure, typical of the period, was the backdrop he wanted. Kenneth Deshong, a guy back in Pennsylvania who had done some woodwork for him in the past, was called. The carpenter had some reservations. “I said, well, Michael, do you realize I’ve never been in a bar to know what one looks like?” Kenneth, now 69, had grown up on a dairy farm. His lips hadn’t touched alcohol since high school when he found it distasteful. Michael gave him a period photo including the model he wanted, and Kenneth built it in pieces to be assembled on site. That experience brought up a good point made in consultation with Henry Monsees of Savannah Distributing. Henry’s family has been in the business in Savannah since the 1930s. He told Michael the way to hit this venture out of the park was craft beer. “Well, I didn’t really know what craft beer was per se,” Michael laughs. His son, Ben, was a senior at Pace University, and was quickly installed as the head of research. Monsees, in turn, put his employee David

Little in charge of educating Michael via Ben on craft beer’s various flavor profiles. The trio went to a craft beer symposium in Washington D.C. and Michael started to understand what was essentially a movement fostering a curious relationship among its small brewers. “The thing that amazed me, being stone sober through the whole thing, and having to get my son to be part of the research and development team, was the fact that they all got along as friends,” Michael says. “They weren’t competitive at all.” That and the labels, eye candy in which Michael could indulge, were impressive. “You’ve got the illustrator from all the Grateful Dead albums illustrating the labels for Terrapin. You’ve got Steadman, who used to be the illustrator for Hunter S. Thompson, doing everything for Flying Dog. You’ve got incredible art, incredible expression,” Michael says. Craft beer was something old that had become new again. Dogfish Head Brewery founder Sam Calagione, who some call the face of craft beer, calls the Distillery inclusive with their beer selection, evangelical for getting the word out about marginal brands, and even educational. “They have to have a beer IQ that is phenomenal,” he says. “There’s an extreme difference between an Imperial Stout and a Belgian White.” The people that come to the Distillery, and certainly those who join their hugely successful beer club, get it. It’s about savoring, not getting sloppy — although high gravity craft beers will get you there quick. The Volens have captured the local and tourist market with a convivial atmosphere. It’s reminiscent of one created by Murray Silver’s grandfather Bo Peep. His legendary lunch kitchen, bar and pool room — long absent from its former spot on Drayton and Congress — called to Savannahians and lists of famous faces passing through town. “The building tells you what it wants to be in that Savannah way,” Murray explains, “and it won’t allow for anything else. Anything you try to impose on that building, the building is going to reject.” During buildout of the Distillery, a four-foot section of ground had to be dug for a large cooler. Workers found musket balls in their shovels, horseshoes, and broken dishes and bottles. On the last day of that project, a worker brought Michael a whole rum bottle which the Coastal Heritage Society dated to the late 1700s. The Siege of Savannah, the bloodiest battle of the American Revolution, was fought there in the fall of 1779. The spirit of the Distillery is not a somber one though. It is possible that, for all that has happened there, the Volens and their Distillery have brought a few souls some peace. Maybe that’s what someone’s trying to get across. Motion detector alarms in the dining area are regularly triggered around three in the morning, long after the living have left. “We feel blessed instead of cursed with this sort of spiritual ambience,” Michael says. cs

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Curtain, Murray Silver Jr. to cut to the quick. Michael met him the way you do people in Savannah — at the perfect time. “‘Michael,’ I said, ‘You have bought an island. Your building doesn’t front on any street.’” Murray knew it was a rough spot in a tougher economy. The shell had been vacant for quite a while but had also housed, among other things, a pharmacy, a strip joint and a hip–hop club. But nothing endured. Michael was forced to look at his investment through glasses a shade less rosy. That end of West Liberty Street had the awkward chunkiness of a bad remodel, and Michael’s horse in the race butted up to a bank and an alley. The parking, too, was miniscule and made Michael’s eyeballs sweat. “I finally decided, just like anything else I’ve done in my entire life, I’m going to make it work,” he says. In true Savannah fashion, Michael — now over 30 years sober — decided to open a bar and restaurant. That building, or something inside it, saw Michael coming from miles away. Murray told Michael he saw a Prohibition–era speakeasy going over well. For his own part, Michael was delighted to discover that, in 1904, the Kentucky Distilling Company existed in the very same spot. After a couple years it became the Louisville Distilling Company. The Prohibition theme seemed right. After all, Michael’s own history with alcohol had led him to collect books on the Temperance movement for years. What Michael didn’t realize, the building surely must have: In 1888, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Georgia set up a Savannah chapter right across the street. Of course, most Savannahians in the early 20th century would have rather licked a duck than support Prohibition. Local bartenders and brewers took their operations to Jacksonville for a time and the revenue went with them. But people were still drinking in Savannah. It was a city of Irish and German immigrants who hadn’t signed on for a dry American dream. George Oelschig’s family has been in Savannah since his grandfather’s arrival in 1881. According to family papers, prior to Prohibition, August Carl Oelschig got barrels of beer from Trommer’s Brewery in Brooklyn every 10 days or so. It was sent to him via the Ocean Steamship Company’s Savannah line, so much of it that a higher–up at Trommer’s paid the Oelschigs a visit once. He figured he’d find a beer garden but landed on a florist. The family cheer didn’t change during the dusty Prohibition years, George says. “Mother would boil hops on the stove.” Between the ages of four and eight, George — who still runs the family greenhouses with his son Kurt — recalls taking pots of home brew down to the basement with his father and older brother. “I’d get a mouthful and then empty it into jugs,” he says. “I’m sure we weren’t the only ones.” Trade publications like the 1908 Mixer and Server included articles saying as much. “Every one who knows anything at all about Savannah knows that

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In conversation, Patricia Lockwood is just like her poems: Colorful, funny, thought–provoking and completely non–linear. She talks as if she can’t get the thoughts to her mouth fast enough. The 30–year–old Midwesterner with the big, open eyes is both charming and quirky. If she were a movie, Zooey Deschanel would play her. Today, however, she’s all business (for her, anyway) as she talks about the upcoming publication of her first anthology of poems, Balloon Pop Outlaw Black, by the indie press Octopus Books. First things first: She’s been busy on Twitter this year. • I go up to heaven and open God’s Bible. It contains only a single sext: “I’m hard” • I guess the number of gumballs in a jar. I’m off by just one gumball. “I’m pink,” it whispers, & then leaps into my mouth & chews me • I am a water glass at the Inquisition. You are a dry pope mouth. You pucker; I wet you • The Angel Gabriel come to earth. He want to do the animal with the Trumpiest hole. This turn out to be the Elephant. “Toot me” she cry Today, Lockwood has 13,600 followers on Twitter. People all over the world look forward to her surrealist “sexts.”

“What is going on,” Lockwood says, “is that art is happening in these areas where people aren’t paying attention. Some of the most interesting things are happening in a medium that no one is really taking seriously. If no one’s paying attention to what you’re doing, you can do whatever you want.” She’s not a big fan of Facebook; indeed, it took time for her to warm to Twitter. “Twitter can either be really good or really boring, depending on the people you follow,” Lockwood explains. “As soon as I joined I thought ‘This is really right for jokes.’ I was following people who were using Twitter to make surreal jokes.” This was 2011. Being a creative person, she decided to take the tweeting jokesters’ art a step further. “There had been a lot of ‘sexting’ in the news, ‘sexting teens’ and ‘Dad sexted his own daughter by accident,’ that kind of thing,” she recalls. “It was just a stupid word, I thought, and it could be funny. So I wrote ‘send me sexts,’ and I didn’t really delineate what it would be. And of course no

one was sending them, because I didn’t have any followers at that point. “So I just started posting ones that I was pretending I was getting from people. There was one about fucking a mermaid — ‘her tail is swishing around you like an egg–drop soup.’ So it was really surreal early on. “Or I would talk about fucking a fog, and ejecting a smaller area of denser fog. They were poetic but also surreal, and they clearly couldn’t be confused with anything actually sexy. That was a plus, because otherwise you would get a lot of weird attention.” She thinks she’s weeded out the pervs, and everyone who’s watching pretty much gets what she’s up to. She’s been called “The High Priestess of Sexting,” which made even the Huffington Post look her up and write some cool stuff about her. “If you’re a reclusive writer like I am, spending eight hours a day alone doing nothing but reading and writing, you get insane pretty fast,” she says. “So you do feel so or like a vaporous high priestess. You look at your cat and you expect her to speak to you at certain points! But that’s just because you’ve been alone too long.” Last spring, when her husband, a Savannah journalist, was told he needed expensive corrective surgery on his eyes, Lockwood discovered just how beloved she had become. “I just mentioned it on Twitter, because I talk about personal things,” she says. “And it came as a huge shock. No one expects a 31–year–old guy to suddenly start going blind. Insurance wouldn’t cover it.” In less than one day, the Paypal fund she’d established had more than the $10,000 they needed for the surgery and its myriad followups. Lockwood shakes her head in amazement. “It took 16 hours or something insane,” she says. “People were super, super insanely generous.” The daughter of a Catholic priest, Lockwood grew up as part of a strict religious family in Indiana and Missouri. Both precocious and a self–professed nerd, she started writing poetry at the age of 8. “I was obsessed with Greek mythology. I had a fossil collection. I was extremely lame.” As a teen, things got a bit more

serious. “You have a sort of insane self–confidence that what you’re doing is genius work. And obviously it’s not. But if you persist in that belief for a period of like 15 years, that gives you the sort of swagger that’s necessary to sit down every day and write.” Young Patricia entered one poetry contest after another, and as the years passed, and her work took on a more surreal tone, she got published in The New Yorker, The Awl, Denver Quarterly, American Letters & Commentary and other prestigious publications. “I was always very ambitious, even psychotically so,” she explains. “In the sense that when you’re 16 and you have this manuscript of awful poetry, and you’re sending it to contests, clearly you want it to be your destiny that you eventually have a book published.” Which leads us to Balloon Pop Outlaw Black, a whimsical, ambitious and supremely enjoyable work, from which Lockwood will read at the next installment of Seersucker Live, Oct. 19 at The Book Lady. The event is sponsored by the Poetry Society of Georgia. “It took me a long time to incorporate humor into my poems,” Lockwood says, “because when you start writing at 8 years old you think poetry is very serious. Later on in life you’re like, wait, I tell a lot of jokes — why do I never tell jokes in poetry? Let’s try to weave those in together a little bit. It’s more difficult than you would think. It’s very difficult to be a funny poet.” But a “funny poet” she has become. Lockwood believes her “style,” if such a word applies, is setting up her works like jokes. “I’m using the exact same format, but I’m subbing in a bunch of serious words like ‘death’ and ‘trees’ and ‘the sky,’” she laughs. “So the punchline is designed to make you feel chills as opposed to giggle, if that makes any sense. It’s a bait–and–switch.” CS Seersucker Live! Patricia Lockwood and Aaron Belz Where: The Book Lady, 6 E. Liberty St. When: At 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 With: Live music, cocktails Admission: Free On Twitter: @TriciaLockwood

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Sapphire Grill has rolled out a late night cocktail and bar food menu each Saturday from 11 p.m.–1 a.m. Sapphire has long been an elegant, special event fine dining location – and this addition is welcome for late– nighters who want a quiet, upscale bar in which to wind down the night.

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I’m always scouring the town for a great lunch value, and stumbled into one last week at Ruan Thai. A very nice selection of lunch specials hovers at the $6.95 mark, plus beverage. I chose the dish pictured here — chicken with green curry. An ample portion of rice, a little fried eggroll and a handful of mixed greens accompany. Service is quick, attentive and efficient. 17 W. Broughton St., 231–6667

Culinary Institute of America schooled chocolatier Adam Turoni has opened a retail location on the west end of Broughton Street near Montgomery. Chocolat by Adam Turoni features Adam’s range of handmade chocolates and serves as the jumping off place for meeting with clients about special orders for weddings, corporate events and the like. Of course, you can still find his chocolates at a few local retailers like Wright Square Café and the Paula Deen Store. Daily 10 a.m.–6 p.m., 323 W. Broughton St., 335–2914

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Chef Stephen “Mac” McInerney has landed his own joint with Mac’s Place BBQ, the eat–in/takeout place adjoining Randy’s Guitars in Bloomingdale. The menu ranges across barbecue, hot dogs and Greek and Mediterranean fare — I’ve never had a bad plate prepared by Mac. I’ll report in soon, but in the meantime, check it out.

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And that’s because there’s no signal at the remote Shellman’s Bluff restaurant known as Speed’s Kitchen. I ventured into the restaurant — basically three mobile homes bolted together — during my recent trip to Darien. The shrimp and fish heavy menu is all local and made to order. Don’t be in a hurry, and do take cash — no credit or debit cards accepted. The policy has worked for decades, and there’s no changing that. Diners finish the meal by visiting Miss Gloria in the kitchen, where she rules over the cash register. The 15–18 count shrimp platter is $15.95 with slaw, hush puppies and choice of side dish. A gooey, cheesy, crab au gratin with side and hush puppies is similarly priced. There is no alcohol service, but a friend of the restaurant says you can BYOB. About an hour south of Savannah off US Hwy. 17 on Speed’s Kitchen Rd, 832–4763

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Greek Festivals aren’t unusual in and of themselves. Most every medium or large city in the U.S. with a Greek Orthodox congregation puts one on, with a similar range of food, music, dancing, and merchandise. But the annual Savannah Greek Festival, now in its 61st year, is unique — and becoming more unique each passing year.

Top, finished koulourakia ready for this weekend’s Greek Festival Above, Mary Catherine Mousourakis brushes on butter, the easy job

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Left, my pathetic first effort at making koulourakia

Our local festival still makes most of their menu items from scratch, but this is increasingly a rarity around the country. Most other Greek Festivals nowadays opt to buy their menu from wholesalers to reheat and resell at their events. The only catch is, someone’s got to make all that food! So members of the congregation of St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church and volunteers from throughout the regional Eastern Orthodox fellowship still do things the old–fashioned way. The Savannah Greek Festival happens each October, but planning, prepping, and cooking starts many months before, usually at the end of the previous spring. Each year we like to spotlight one of the many delicious menu items to give our readers an idea of how much work actually goes into this beloved annual event. This year I visited the Hellenic Center to spend a couple of hours making — or trying

to make — koulourakia, the scrumptious, slightly sweet biscotti–type pastries that are perfect for dipping in a strong cup of Greek coffee. The Savannah Greek Festival will make and sell an astounding 30,000 of these tasty treats this year. On the surface they’re the easiest things in the world to make: Twist some dough, throw on a tray, brush with butter, bake. I should have asked to brush the butter. But instead I sit down at one of the volunteer tables, where a couple dozen folks of all ages are twisting dough into that braided spiral that is the local style, and lining them up in wax paper–lined baking sheets for brushing and baking. “You could twist them anyway you wanted to,” says my tablemate Georgia Lamas, showing me a much easier version that just involves folding the dough once, and another version that results in an “S” shape. “But this is how we’ve always done it here.”

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Connie Pahno, more or less in charge of quality control, comes over to see how I’m doing. She just shakes her head. “These are no good. You have to start over.” She takes my pastries off the tray, rolls them into a big ball and plops the ball back on the table in front of me. “Roll it gently. Make sure it’s even, and the ends aren’t skinnier than the rest.” Breakthrough! She’s right. I was rolling too hard. Then, Connie shows me how she does it: All in the palm of one hand, in about two seconds. Perfectly. It’s like Michael Jordan showing me how to drive to the basket: Inspiring, and also impossible. I make about four or five passable koulourakia and decide to declare victory and leave the table. I mosey over to Mary Catherine Mousourakis, who’s smart enough to volunteer to brush butter instead. Mousourakis represents the new face of St. Paul’s. Not Greek, not born into the Orthodox faith, like many

younger members of the congregation she came to St. Paul’s through marriage. Others come simply because they’re attracted to the old–school Orthodox liturgy, with ancient roots in the earliest days of Christianity. “These recipes are handed down from generation to generation,” Mary Catherine says as she brushes. “We’re trying to keep this tradition alive and make sure it continues to be handed down, and make sure we can continue to cook everything here from scratch like we’ve always done it.” cs Savannah Greek Festival When: Thu. Oct. 11, 11 am–9 pm, Fri. Oct. noon–11 am–9 pm, Sat. Oct. 13, 11 am–9pm Where: St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church Hellenic Center, 14 W. Anderson St. Cost: Free admission until 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday requested $2 donation after 4 p.m. Requested $2 donation all day Saturday. Info: savannahgreekfest.com, fax orders to (912) 236–7321

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It does look great, much more stylish than the other designs. It also takes a lot of practice. First you have to roll the dough into a long rope shape for braiding. This I do, except mine is way too skinny. It’s basically a shoestring, and looks about as appetizing. I ball it back up and start over. And over. And over. Meanwhile, young Mary and Savannah Simmons are whipping out koulourakia like it’s going out of style. Every now and then they look across the table at my pathetic efforts and giggle. So I overcompensate. I start rolling my dough much thicker, more robust. Manly. “You don’t want to make ‘em too thick,” Georgia says, bursting my bubble. “Then it just tastes like bread. You want it thinner so it crisps up.” I look over at the next table, where some of the most veteran cooks in the congregation sit, speaking Greek and whipping out tray after tray of perfect koulourakia without even thinking about it.

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| artpatrol@connectsavannah.com exhibited. Artist Reception on Thursday, October 11, 2012 from 6-8pm, Banjo player Jimmy Wolling provides music. Raffle to support Loop it Up Savannah. Artists exhibiting are; Brad Hook, Carol Taylor, Gertrude Palmer, Jonathon Poirer, Linda Erzinger, James Russell May, & Denise Elliot-Vernon. October 5–December 6. Lowcountry Gourmet Foods, 10 W. Broughton St.

“i” — Recent mixed media by Xavier Robles de Medina. A series of works that explores the role of circuity at the intersection between human anatomy, electric stream, and repeat pattern. October 1- November 5, Reception: Friday October 12, 6-9pm. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. A Matched Pair — Works by Karen-Sam Norgard and Eliot Joanna Angell, artists who explore and create through sculpture, gesture, design and texture. September 14–October 12. Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Dan Winters’ America: Icons & Ingenuity — Known for his iconic photographs of celebrities, Dan Winters has won more than 100 national and international awards for his work, including the Alfred Eisen. Jepson Center for the Arts, Telfair Square First Friday Art Walks — First Friday Art Walks on the North End of Tybee Island continue through November. Next editions are Sept. 7, Oct. 5 and Nov. 2 from 5-8pm. Ten participating businesses will feature new art, demonstrations, refreshments and entertainment. Free and open to the public. Dragonfly Studio, 1204 Highway 80, Florence to Cortona — New paintings by Tiffani Taylor. Opening reception Oct. 11, 5-8 p.m. Italian art & cuisine, catered by It’s Thyme. (Guests must be 21 years and older.) Also, on Saturday, October 13, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. there will be a children’s book signing by local artist and author Christine Pruitt, author of Fuzz’s Great Adventure. Tiffany Taylor Gallery , 11 Whitaker St. Isle of Hope Art Show — Meet local artists and enjoy their art on Bluff Drive. Sat. Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Isle of Hope Marina Pavilion and

Mixed media by Xavier Robles de Medina at Gallery Espresso, reception Friday Paxton Park, 50 W. Bluff Dr. Free and open to the public. Imagine — Art by Crisley McCarson, presented by Slate Grey Studio, is on display at Southpoint Media and features an eclectic collection of 16 pieces. A reception will be held at Southpoint Media, free and open to the public. July 17–October 19, Monday–Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Reception October 11, 5:30–8 p.m. Southpoint Media, 220 W. Broughton St. Suite 200 Isaac McCaslin — Curated by Casey Roland Belogorska, styled by Arthur Bennett Kouwenhoven, Jr. Local 11ten, 1110 Bull St. Jean Claude Roy — Grand Bohemian Gallery at the Mansion on Forsyth Park is hosting an artist reception celebrating 10 years with Jean Claude Roy. Oct. 24, Champagne Reception and Dinner with Jean Claude Roy, $95/person, $180/couple. Oct. 25, 6:30pm Artist Reception, 5-8pm Grand Bohemian Gallery, 700 Drayton St. Jerome Lawrence — The artist was diagnosed in 1982 as paranoid schizophrenic,

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Dressed List such as Marc Jacobs, Miuccia Prada and Renee Zellwegger. Through January 27, 2013 in Savannah at the SCAD Museum of Art. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Journey to the Beloved Community — Story quilts By Beth Mount, who partners with the Telfair Museum and sculptor and artist Jerome Meadows to bring this celebration of Citizen Advocacy relationship-building to town. July 19 - October 14. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St.

Local Flavor — Joanne Morton, artist/curator, hosts her first art show. Artists represented through Dragonfly Studio, Tybee Island make up the seven artists

Meet the Maker — Debut of Liquid Sands Glass Gallery’s “Meet the Maker” series featuring Asheville-based artist Victor Chiarizia. This show will feature the newest additions to his Botanical series including never before seen small scale Botanicals. Friday, October 19 from 5–9 pm and Saturday, October 20, noon–4 pm. Liquid Sands Gallery, 5 W. York St. Miniature Masterpieces — The Hospice Savannah Art Gallery is displaying miniature masterpieces during its 4th annual 5 by 7 show. Work will hang through October 18 and silent bids are being accepted now. Local artists have donated

over 150 paintings, ceramics and photographs. Bids start at $33 in honor of not for profit Hospice Savannah’s 33rd year. Final bids taken during closing reception on Thursday, October 18, 2012. The public is invited. Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. Oceana — Newest body of work by Lisa M. Robinson, who previously exhibited her ‘Snowbound’ photography collection at the Jack Leigh Gallery in 2007. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9am5pm. Alexander Hall, 1668 Indian St. The Silent Voice: Light from the Shadows — A look into the lives of forgotten humanity taken from the book of the same name. Oct. 1–Oct. 31. Opening reception and book signing by the author, Christopher. Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Roque — Inspired by the worn, graffiti-laden walls of New York, Sept. 28-Oct. 28 The Butcher, 19 E Bay St. cs

Let There Be Light — Lesley Manning and Melissa Schneider have combined forces to create more than thirty works of art, all celebrating the illumination of flora, fauna and landscape. JEA, 5111 Abercorn St. Little Black Dress — Curated by SCAD trustee and Vogue Contributing Editor Andre Leon Talley, this exhibit features 80 garments from a canon of modern fashion designers, the exhibition includes contributions from veteran designers and those of the International Best-

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Comedian Kevin Hart is one of the stars of Brian Jett’s film Let Go.

Indie comedy Let Go returns for a one-night stand (Writer/director Brian Jett’s independent comedy Let Go premiered at the 2011 Savannah Film Festival and then, as CinemaSavannah hocho Tomasz Warchol points out, “quietly disappeared from sight.” CinemaSavannah brings the movie to the Jepson Center for a special 6 p.m. screening Oct. 14. The following is an excerpt from our original interview with Jett.) Let Go stars David Denham (The Office, Drop Dead Diva) as Walter, a bored parole officer whose life is changed via his interactions with three recently–released felons. There’s Darla (played by Gillian Jacobs of Community), who has a grand larceny record as long as her legs; disgraced doctor Kris (standup comedian Kevin Hart), and old Artie, a bank robber who’s not so sure he wants to go straight (played by Mary Tyler Moore alum Ed Asner). “Unlike other stuff I’ve written,” Jett says, “there was never one of those in the shower moments — ‘Oh my God, that’s a great idea!’ It definitely evolved. “I was watching that Dustin Hoffman movie Straight Time, one of those ‘70s dramas. It’s totally nothing like this, but I thought to myself ‘Wow, that would make kind of a funny comedy.’ The idea of a parolee

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trying to go straight. “I was writing a romantic comedy at the time, a spec script, and so they sort of evolved and merged together. The other characters developed over time.” Let Go mixes the amusing and the touching. Although there’s a bit of who’s–fooling–whom between Walter and Darla, the main characters generally don’t interact. They have their own story arcs. The film was shot in Los Angeles in 24 days. “Given our schedule, and the kind of time constraints we were under, I think it’s as close to the script as I could have hoped,” Jett reports. “It evolved quite a bit from the earlier cuts, mostly because of the four storylines. It definitely took some time finding the right balance between the storylines, and the right balance between the comedy and the more

dramatic elements.” Jett knows he was fortunate to land such a prestigious group of actors, especially since they each agreed to work for SAG independent film scale. “Our casting director is the woman who casts Parks and Recreation and Curb Your Enthusiasm,” he says. “She was one of the earliest people we brought on, and she gave the script to an actor who we originally attached. He really liked it. It’s kind of a small town, in some ways, and word spread. We were very fortunate in that people really responded to the material, and were interested in being involved. “The four leads are obvious, but I think what always amazes me the most is if you look down our cast list, we have people coming in to do one line ... I’d say our cast is comparable to any studio feature in terms of that world of people.” Look carefully in Let Go, and you’ll spot Maria Thayer (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory, Dr. Horrible’s Sing– along Blog), Amy Stiller (The King of Queens), Alexandra Holden (Franklin & Bash), Kali Hawk (Bridesmaids), Peggy McCay (Days of Our Lives) and Brian Huskey (Superbad). Artie’s fellow old–time crooks are played by Rance Howard, Garrett

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Morris and legendary standup comedian Jack Carter. “I think that was one of the highlights of the shoot — between takes, with my headset on just listening to those guys bullshit around the table,” Jett recalls. “It was just hilarious. Jack Carter is still so funny. There are actors that keep to themselves, and actors that keep you laughing. And he is just a funny, funny guy.” As for Asner, Jett describes working with the TV veteran as “a real treat.” And he means it. “In real life, he’s pretty salty,” says the writer/director. “You’d do a take, and I’d say ‘Ed, that was really great, but what do you think if we try it this way?’ And he would sort of grumble and go ‘Ehhh. We’ll see.’ “But no matter what note I gave him, or how far away it was from what he did the first time, he executed it perfectly. After a while it became hard to give him notes, because I would just anticipate that and it would make me laugh. Because he does it more for effect. “Obviously, sometimes my notes helped, and sometimes they didn’t, but no matter what they were he executed whatever I asked him to do, right on the nose. He’s remarkable.” CS

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The story goes that when Tim Burton presented his 1984 live– action short, Frankenweenie, to his employers at Walt Disney Pictures, they promptly fired him for blowing their money on a weird project that didn’t jibe with the company’s benign, kid– friendly offerings. Needless to say, the dismissal hardly damaged the man’s career: He made his feature–film debut the very next year with Pee–wee’s Big Adventure and went on to helm such hits as Beetlejuice and Batman. Ever the good capitalists, the Disney suits noted this subsequent success and proudly included Frankenweenie (as well as Burton’s 1982 short, Vincent) as an additional selling point for the DVD and Blu–ray releases of the Burton– produced The Nightmare Before Christmas. Cut to the modern day, and Disney has handed over the requisite budget and the requisite blessing for Burton to make another Frankenweenie, this one a feature–length remake of his celebrated short. No longer a live–action endeavor, this new version has been filmed employing the stop–motion animation style that Burton previously used in Corpse Bride. The story, however, remains the same: In a staid American suburb, young Victor Frankenstein (voiced by Charlie Tahan) is devastated when his best friend in the world, his faithful dog Sparky, is struck and killed by an

automobile. Nothing can lift him out of his gloom until his science teacher shows the class how electricity can temporarily reanimate a dead frog. Working from this template, Victor successfully manages to revive Sparky, a joyous reunion marred by the fear and stupidity of Victor’s neighbors. The 1984 Frankenweenie ran just the right length at 30 minutes, so the challenge was in expanding the story to approximately 90 minutes without making the new material feel like extraneous filler. Working from Burton’s original idea, scripter John August largely succeeds. The character of the science

LOOPER

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The pretzel–twisted thriller Looper may not take us back to the future as satisfyingly as director Robert Zemeckis’ Marty McFly trilogy or James Cameron’s Terminator franchise, but writer–director Rian Johnson does enough right to all but guarantee that he now has a future cult film on the books. Johnson, who made an attention–grabbing debut with 2005’s Brick and followed that with 2008’s pleasant The Brothers Bloom, continues to function as Christopher Nolan’s Mini–Me, coming up with wildly imaginative movies that (unlike Nolan’s) don’t quite muster enough power to truly break through. In Looper, Joseph Gordon–Levitt stars as Joe, who in the year 2042 serves as one of a select group of “loopers,” paid assassins who eliminate whoever is sent back via time travel from the year 2072 by the ruling mob of that future world. Joe is content and growing ever richer with his blood–splattered career choice, but the day arrives when he finds himself expected to wipe out the 30– years–older version of himself. Old Joe (Bruce Willis) has other plans than just taking a blast to the chest, though, and he manages to escape from his younger self. For his part, Joe winds up at a farm house owned by the strong– willed Sara (Emily Blunt), who’s living there with her little boy (Pierce Gagnon). As Joe bides his time until his middle–aged self again shows up on the scene, he comes to care for the woman and child more than he expected. With the aid of prosthetics, Gordon–Levitt is quite good as he mimics Willis in order to maintain character consistency, and Blunt’s performance is more sizable (and more important) than her split–second cameo in the trailer would suggest. The time–travel aspects of Johnson’s script don’t always flow smoothly, requiring viewers to engage in an even greater suspension of disbelief than normal. Given the premium rush being delivered on screen, though, I don’t think that will be a problem.

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Dracula sounds like strength–sapping kryptonite to anyone with a modicum of taste, but Hotel Transylvania turns out to be a fairly pleasant surprise. Admittedly, it works in spite of Sandler, not because of him, but after nine straight turkeys dating back to 2007, let’s cut him some slack here, shall we? Sandler’s Count, who doesn’t drink human blood because it’s too fatty, wants nothing so much except to keep his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) away from scary humans bent on destroying all monsters. To that end, he builds a remote hotel designed to offer safety not only to Mavis but to creatures the world over, all of whom enjoy visiting the expansive establishment. Whether he’s addressing the Frankenstein monster (Kevin James), Wayne the werewolf (Steve Buscemi), Murray the mummy (CeeLo Green) or one of myriad other monsters, Dracula can confidently tell them that no human will ever be able to reach his hotel that’s hidden in the middle of nowhere. But that promise gets shattered with the arrival of Jonathan (Andy Samberg), a Bill–and–Ted– type backpacker who has managed to locate the castle and thinks he’s found the coolest costume party ever. With a flatulence gag and a urination gag making unwelcome appearances within the first quarter–hour, it initially seems as if viewers are in for the same sort of frat–boy nonsense that Sandler flings out with virtually all his live–action projects. Thankfully, the movie soon shies away from that position and instead manages to deliver genuine laughs: Griffin the invisible man’s (David Spade) disastrous turn at playing charades; the tiny whispering skulls employed for a game of Bingo; Wayne’s weary attempts to corral his rambunctious were–kids; Dracula’s reply to Jonathan’s query about whether a stake through the heart really can kill a vampire (“Who wouldn’t that kill?”); and so on. The central plot thrust – Mavis, who’s turning 118 (still a teen in vampire years), wants to see the world while Pop Drac wants to protect her forever – is nothing special, but when a spoof ’s expected cheap shot at the Twilight saga actually warrants a chuckle, that’s generally a good sign that other laughs can be scared up as well. continues on p. 38

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teacher, a bit player in the original, is given stature and presence: Looking like Vincent Price (Burton’s horror–film hero) and speaking in a thick European accent provided by Martin Landau (who won a well–deserved Oscar for playing Bela Lugosi in Burton’s 1994 Ed Wood), he’s the story’s most entertaining figure, especially when he tells his students’ small– minded, science–fearing parents, “You are all very ignorant. Is that the right word, ’ignorant’?” August also has Victor fretting not just about his neighbors but also having to worry about interference from several of his classmates, all hoping to steal his idea so that they may use it to win the school’s science competition. This leads to a third act development that deviates completely from the source material, with the town having to contend with a veritable monster mash as all sorts of creatures are let loose. Burton has opted to present this story in black and white, not only because the original was filmed that way but also because, like Mel Brooks’ b&w Young Frankenstein, it pays the proper respect to the horror classics of the 1930s and ’40s, specifically Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. Yet the homages aren’t limited to those decades, as evidenced by a neat live–action appearance by Christopher Lee as well as shout–outs to the immortal short film Bambi Meets Godzilla and the MST3K fave Gamera. While most studios and animators are gung–ho about CGI, it’s nice to have holdouts like Nick Park (the Wallace & Gromit canon) and Burton offering something different. The stop–motion animation looks especially crisp in Frankenweenie’s black–and–white world, and it adds an extra degree of spookiness to the more eccentric supporting characters, among them a creepy kid named Edgar E. Gore, an eerie girl who makes Harry Potter’s Luna Lovegood look grounded by comparison, and an oddball cat whose kitty–litter offerings have prophetic abilities. But there’s nothing spooky about Sparky, the amiable canine who, even after being brought back from the grave, seeks only to play with–– and love on–– his owner. Dead or alive, he’s the beating heart at the center of this alternately amusing, alternately poignant but perpetually inventive work.

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Watching a talented A–list star like Jennifer Lawrence stumble her way through a grade–Z production like House at the End of the Street can only lead to embarrassment for the performer and misery for the viewer. It’d be like seeing somebody on the order of, say, Rachel Weisz or Daniel Craig appear in something equally shoddy. Oh, wait ... OK, so not only did Weisz and Craig co–star in another dilapidated House – the 2011 flop Dream House – but it turns out that both that movie and this one were written by the same person. Apparently, scripter David Loucka harbors a real phobia of houses (presumably, he’s an apartment kind of guy), but everyone else will find themselves more terrified by their monthly mortgage than anything on display in either of these pictures. This new House casts Lawrence as Elissa, who with her divorced mom Sarah (Elisabeth Shue) moves from Chicago to a rinky–dink Pennsylvania town. They get a great deal on a spacious house, but that’s because it’s located across the way from a home where, four year earlier, spooky Carrie Ann (Eva Link) murdered her parents. She presumably drowned, but local (sub)urban legend insists that she’s actually living in the nearby woods. As for the house itself, its sole occupant is Carrie Ann’s reclusive brother Ryan (Max Thieriot), who’s bullied by the other kids but makes a

real connection with Elissa. The local sheriff (Gil Bellows), who must be the only law officer within a 50–mile radius since he’s seemingly on duty 24/7, assures a worried Sarah that Ryan is a good kid and that Elissa is safe with him. Yet for all his soulful stares and sensitive bleating, Ryan is keeping something hidden in the basement. Just as Renee Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey both had to deal with the long–shelved The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation later materializing on the landscape to capitalize on both actors’ newfound fame, now it’s Lawrence’s turn to grin and bear it as this turkey, made before her success with The Hunger Games and X–Men: First Class and her Oscar nomination for Winter’s Bone, arrives on the scene with all the class of a long–lost cousin hoping for a handout from a relative who just won the lottery. The strategy clearly worked, as the film earned back its small budget on its opening weekend alone. That financial update deserves an eye roll, though, as the movie isn’t even worth a Redbox rental down the road. Loucka, co–writer Jonathan Mostow and director Mark Tonderai elect to emphasize every plot point and telegraph every plot twist with the delicacy of a train blaring its horn as it approaches a crossing – and yet that isn’t even their greatest sin. It’s difficult to go into particulars without having to erect a wall of spoiler alerts, but suffice it to say that the film’s

ultimate rebuttal of samaritans, rebels and outsiders – and by extension, its embrace of bullies, sycophants and shrill suburbanites only interested in property values – makes House at the End of the Street seem even more low–rent.

PITCH PERFECT

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On paper, Pitch Perfect sounds like it’s one step removed from Glee or two steps removed from High School Musical. In actuality, it marks the feature–film debuts of both Broadway director Jason Moore and TV writer Kay Cannon, and their creds – Avenue Q for him, 30 Rock for her – hammer home the fact that this won’t be the usual teenybopper romp. Admittedly, the film’s resolutions are never in doubt, and, as with all modern comedies, there has to be at least one gross–out scene. Yet the movie is exquisitely cast down to the smallest role, and when the laughs flow, they do so with relentless fury. Anna Kendrick stars as Beca, a college freshman who’s corralled into joining the all–girl a capella outfit, the Bellas. Captained by a shrill martinet named Aubrey (Anna Camp), the group hopes to snatch the national trophy away from its hated cross–campus rivals, the all–male Treblemakers. But given Aubrey’s conservative nature – she has the outfit perform Ace of Base’s “The Sign” in every single competition – there’s not much chance of that. Luckily,

new blood Beca and Fat Amy might be able to shake the group out of its stodgy stupor, but only if Aubrey loosens the reins. As with Bridesmaids (which this movie clearly tries to emulate, right down to that copycat poster), there’s a richness to the leading characters that’s punched across by the energized actresses. Kendrick projects edgy intelligence (and can she sing!), Brittany Snow offers good cheer as the bubbly Chloe, and Camp is so brittle, you fear she might crack in two. Yet the movie clearly belongs to Rebel Wilson. While a delight in Bridesmaids (as one of Kristen Wiig’s daft British roommates), she was competing against a wide range of scene–stealers. Here, she clearly takes the trophy for her raucous performance as Fat Amy. What’s most refreshing about the character (and kudos to Cannon for writing her this way) is that she’s all about being confident and taking control – a rare break from American movies that do nothing but marginalize, mock or pity its plus–sized women. There’s only one scene in which Fat Amy endures a standard movie humiliation (it involves a thrown burrito), but even here, it’s not so much about her embarrassment as much as painting the perpetrator as a complete jerk. How cool is Pitch Perfect’s attitude toward its MVP? When we see Fat Amy on spring break, she’s in a swimming pool surrounded by attentive hunks. Rarely has girl power seemed so rockin’ on screen.

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Clint Eastwood stars as Gus Lobel, a legendary scout for the Atlanta Braves. It seems as if Gus’s best days are behind him, as his eyesight is going, his last pick is trapped in a massive career slump, and opportunistic front–office shark Phillip Sanderson (Matthew Lillard) believes that old–timers like Gus are pass and that computer calculations regarding a player’s worth are the future of the sport (in many ways, this movie is the anti–Moneyball). Gus is handed what might be his final assignment: He’s to go to North Carolina and analyze the potential of a high school batting sensation named Bo Gentry (Joe Massingill). He makes the journey alongside his estranged daughter Mickey (Amy Adams), a high–powered businesswoman who has just been made a partner at a firm otherwise solely staffed by stodgy, humorless men. Because of a number of scars from their shared past, Gus and Mickey) have trouble communicating, but

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Activism & Politics 13th Colony Patriots

A group of conservative political activists that meets the 13th of each month at Tubby’s restaurant, 2909 River Drive in Thunderbolt, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. We are dedicated to the preservation of the U. S. Constitution and life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans. See our Facebook page or call Michael or Elizabeth at 912.604.4048. All are welcome. [062712]

Drinking Liberally

An informal, left-leaning group of folks who meet to talk about politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, and anything else that pops up. Every first and third Thursday, around 7:30 p.m. at Loco’s, 301 W. Broughton St., upstairs. Come join us! DrinkingLiberally.org [062712]

Rebuild America Defeat Obama Tour sponsored by the Savannah Tea Party

The Rebuild America Bus Tour is stopping in Savannah on their swing through the U.S. If you have built anything that you are proud of, bring a 3.5“ x 5” photo to the rally. The photos will be collected all across the nation and made into a billboard collage with the heading:

“Yes, We DID Build It!” Sunday, October 14, 4-5:30pm, Gaster Lumber Yard, 108 W. Hwy 80, Bloomingdale. Information: Marolyn Overton 912-598-7358, Jeanne Seaver 912-663-9728 www.savannahteaparty.com.

Savannah Area Young Republicans

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Savannah Tea Party Monthly Meetings

First Monday of each month at B&B Burgers, 11108 Abercorn St. Social at 5:30pm. October meeting, October 1. Business meeting at 6pm. All are welcome. Please join us to make a difference concerning local, state and federal policies that affect our way of life. Contact Marolyn Overton at 912-598-7358 or Jeanne Seaver at 912-663-8728f or additional info. [070112]

Veterans for Peace Monthly Meeting

The Savannah chapter of Veterans for Peace meets upstairs at Loco’s, 301 Broughton St. at 7p.m. on the last Monday of each month. VFP is a national organization of men and women of all eras, branches of service, and duty stations that works to expose the true costs of war and to support veterans andcivilian victims. 303550-1158 for more info. [072912]

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Impact a child’s life-- Fill a shoe box with school supplies, toys, necessity items and a note of encouragement for a child overseas suffering due to disaster, disease, war, terrorism, famine or poverty. This year, Operation Christmas Child expects to reach a milestone with more than 100 million children receiving shoe box gifts since the project began in 1993. National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child is November 12-19. There are collection sites around the Savannah area. To find a location near you, visit www.samaritanspurse.org.

Savannah’s Best: A Live Art Auction Event

City Market Artist Association presents a benefit for Hospice Savannah, Friday Oct 12, at 7:00 p.m. in the Courtyard at City Market, West St. Julian Street and Jefferson. Over 40 works of art, including original paintings and framed prints, sculpture pottery and glass, all created by City Market artists. City Market galleries will be open from 5-7 p.m., and offer refreshments. Free and open to the public. Information: 912441-6232

“Pars for Pets” Golf Tournament to benefit Coastal Pet Rescue

First annual “Pars for Pets” Charity Golf Tournament, Sat. October 20, at te Southbridge Golf Course. 1:00 pm shotgun start. Entry fee: $75 person or $250 foursome. Includes 18 holes with cart, cookout and awards ceremony, raffle prizes, goodie bags, bragging rights with trophies, and the opportunity to help dogs and cats in Savannah and coastal South Carolina. Email Pars4Pets@live.com for more information and registration forms, or go to Coastalpetrescue.org or 912-675-1890.

15th Annual Trick or Trot 5k & 10k Run

Saturday, October 27 at May Howard School on Wilmington Island. Presented by the Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club, proceeds from the event benefit four local charities and the Georgia Rotary Scholarship Program. Participants are encouraged to run in costume. Fees are $30 and $35 with an early registration discount of $5. Register online at www.active.com. Event website is www.TrickorTrot.net.

Pumpkin Patch Festival, 11am. An oldfashioned afternoon of free activities including a bouncy house, free face painting, pumpkin decorating, and a petting zoo. Location: Olde Savannah Garden and Produce, Montgomery Crossroads & Marcus Place. A portion of the proceeds from each pumpkin sold by Olde Savannah Garden in October will be donated to Habitat Savannah.

Chefs’ Table to benefit Kids Cafe’

Tuesday, October 16. Cocktails at 6:00pm, Gourmet Dinner Following, The Plantation Club at The Landings. The major fundraiser for initiatives to reduce childhood hunger in Savannah and Southeast Georgia. TBlacktie event features a Silent Auction and Live Auction offering culinary events hosted by local Celebrity Chefs. Event proceeds benefit America’s Second Harvest’s Kids Cafe, an after school program for children who are at-risk for hunger. $150 per person; for more information: 912.721.1790 or mcrouch@helpendhunger.org

Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School Fall Celebration

Games, face painting, inflatables, rock climbing, contests, raffle, Karate Demonstration, music, food court and much more, to benefit the school. Sat. Nov 17, 11am to 4pm at the Bamboo Farms on Canebreak Road off Hwy 17 in Savannah. Cost: $10 for wrist band to jump all day, $2 admission for Adults & babies. Additional charges for raffles, food and drinks.

Fall Out for Autism 5K, 10K and Fun Run

Walkers, runners, families and kids invited to participate in this benefit event for Kicklighter Resource Center, supporting people with special needs and their families. Saturday, October 13, on Hutchinson Island. 8am--5K and 10K. 9:30am--Fun Run. Register on Active.com, key words “fall out for autism.”

Forsyth Farmers’ Market Seeks Sponsors

Forsyth Farmers’ Market sponsors invest in a healthy community and show consideration for the local economy. Sponsorship opportunities start at $350. Help keep food fresh and local. www.forsythfarmersmarket.com or email Kristin@forsythfarmersmarket.com for information. [091512]

17th Annual Bear Gala for The Children’s Hospital at MUMC

Karma Yoga Class for Local Charities

A Night of Belly Dance

Koozies for Boobies Breast Cancer Awareness Party

6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, October 26, Plantation Club at The Landings. Benfiting The Children’s Hospital at Memorial University Medical Center. Live and silent auctions, dinner, and collectible stuffed bears dressed to match this year’s theme. Information: Lauren Grant at 912-350-1524 or grantla1@memorialhealth. com. Sponsored by The One Hundred. Friday, Oct. 19, 9pm-midnight at The Mirage, 20 E. Broughton St. Benefiting the Human Society of Greater Savannah. A wide array of performances, Mediterranean food, a full bar, and a hookah lounge all in one unique evening. Solo and group belly dancing by many of Savannah’s talented dancers. All tips/donations will go to purchase supplies for the Savannah chapter of the Humane Society. http://www.facebook.com/ events/493268894024685/

Build With Habitat Day--How-To Clinic and Pumpkin Patch Festival

Habitat for Humanity Savannah celebrates World Habitat Day October 13. ReStore HowTo-Clinic, 10am. Learn how to jump start home repair projects. Children’s Arts & Crafts Clinic, 12 noon. Location: Habitat ReStore, which is located at 1900 E. Victory Drive in McAlpin Square. Free and open to the public.

Bikram Yoga Savannah has added a new weekly Karma Class to raise money for local charities. The Karma Class is held each Monday night during the regular 6:30 p.m. class. Students pay $5 to participate in the class, and all proceeds are donated to a local charity. A different charity is selected each month. Information: bikramyogasavannah.com or 912344-1278/912-356-8280. [072212] Wet Willie’s in Downtown Savannah (101 E. River St) and Tybee Island (16 Tybrisa Street), Saturday, October 13 from 8 p.m. until closing. Free and open to the public. Pink beads and pink wristbands for $1 donation. Pink Koozies and Pink Coolies throughout October. Wet Willie’s will donate 10 percent of all sales to a breast cancer awareness charity. Raffle tickets will be available for $1, offering the chance to win a $100 Wet Willie’s Gift Card. The raffle winner will be announced at 10 p.m. and must be present.

Low Cost Vaccine Clinic to Benefit Oatland Island Wildlife Center

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An adult Halloween party-- a ghoulishly good time with dancing, buffet, cash bar, costume contests, plus a prize drawing and carved pumpkin sale. Friday, October 19, 8pm-midnight, American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Tickets: $25, or $20 if you bring a carved pumpkin. http:// monstermashbash2012.eventbrite.com

October Food Drive sponsored by Ameris Bank

Ameris Bank announces its 3rd Annual Helping Fight Hunger food drive initiative. From October 1 - 31, members of the community are encouraged to drop off non-perishable food items at local Ameris Bank locations and supporting businesses. In Savannah and Pooler, donated items will be delivered to Loaves & Fishes Interfaith Food Ministry, Savannah City Mission, and America’s Second Harvest Food Bank of Coastal Georgia. Information: amerisbank.com

The 5K and 10K is a race through many Savannah neighborhoods, finishing with a fun-filled celebration for participants, family, and friends. Registration savings for early birds, military, first responders, students and children under 12. Race registration is open at Fleet Feet Savannah and Active.com as well the Historic Savannah Foundation website. www.myhsf.org/specialevents/seacrest-race/ Or see the Facebook page. Registration fees: $35-45

Savannah, Circa 1930 (A Benefit for the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Foundation)

Annual fall party and silent auction with live piano music, hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and desserts. 1930’s attire encouraged but not required. Saturday, October 13, 102 E. 45th Street, 7-10pm. $100 per person. RSVP 912-233-6014. All proceeds support the preservation of the museum and its unique programming. Information: flanneryoconnorhome.org.

Step Forward: Safe Shelter’s 5K Walk to End Domestic Violence

SAFE Shelter invites individuals who want to honor survivors of domestic violence and anyone who has ever been a victim of domestic violence or pay tribute to those who have lost their life to attend its STEP Forward-Taking Steps to End Domestic Violence 5K Walk scheduled for Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 9AM at Lake Mayer. All funds raised benefit SAFE Shelter. A fundraiser will be held at Waffle House, located at 204 and I95,on October 16th from 2pm to 9pm. Stop by to eat and mention Safe Shelter. Waffle House will donate 25% to Safe Shelter. Information: 912629-0026 or www.safeshelter.org To join STEP Forward 5K Walk, call 629-0026, or to make donation and help SAFE Shelter reach their goal visit www.firstgiving.com/SAFEshelter/STEPFORWARD.

Zumba Mega-Party in Pink for the Susan G. Komen Fund

A giant Zumba fest to benefit the Susan G. Komen fund, Saturday, October 20, 8:30-11:30am at StarCastle, 550 Mall Boulevard. Tickets and Info coastalempirepartyinpink.eventbrite.com, or call 912-596-1952.

Call for Entries St. Thomas Thrift Store Grant Applications

The St. Thomas Thrift Store is accepting applications from area charities for grants to be awarded at the end of December 2012. Applications must be submitted before November 15, 2012 to be considered. The amount of a grant generally ranges from $500 to $1500. Contact Betty Ann Brooks at BettyAnn.Brooks@yahoho.

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com for an application and instructions. Or pick up an application at the Thrift Store at 1126 E. Montgomery Crossroads on Mon., Tues., Fri. or Sat. between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.

Artwork Sought for Political Satire Art Show

How do you express your political opinions through your art? We want to know! Submit works of art by Nov 5, 2012. (Small entry fee applies) Visit the Opening Reception on November 9, 2012 Check out more info on the Desotorow Gallery website or www.facebook.com/ events/480208102009743/.

Savannah Beach Film Festival

Aspiring film makers, send in your short film today! Call for entries to the Savannah Beach Film Festival. Festival date: October 20. Contact sawbeth@bellsouth.net Check us out on Facebook for more information under “Savannah Beach Film Festival 2012.”

SCAD 2012 Casting Call (Film and TV Department Productions)

Saturday, Oct. 13, 11:00am to 4:00pm. Location: Adler Hall, 532 Indian Street. Seeking local and regional talent interested in acting in short film productions. Men, women and children of all ages and ethnicities are encouraged to attend. Productions include narrative films in a wide variety of genres, music videos and documentaries. No prior experience is necessary. If selected, participants will be given material to prepare for an audition at a later date. Participants will be required to sign a release allowing audition video to appear on audition related websites.

T-Shirt Design Competition for Savannah Reindeer Run

The Savannah Reindeer Run 8K benefits Savannah Rape Crisis Center. Enter your design for the race T-shirt, deadline is Friday, October 19. Race date is December 15. $300 prize for the winning design. Details of the competition and the race @ www.facebook.com/SavannahReindeerRun, or call 912-233-3000.

Classes, Camps & Workshops Jewelry Making with Precious Metal Clay

Explore the potential of Hadar’s ™ copper and bronze clays through the art of jewelry making. Focusing on texturing, building and burnoFee: $200. Mondays, 11/5/2012 to 12/03/2012 Registration fee includes materials. Registration: 912478-5551. Information: 912-651-0942 or email christinataylor@georgiasouthern.edu ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/artclasses.html Offered in Savannah by Georgia Southern University’s Continuing Education. Location: Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Photography Classes

From beginner photography to advanced post-production classes for all levels, amateur to professional. $20 per person for a two hour session with at least 5 students per class. Contact 410-251-4421 or chris@chrismorrisphotography.com. A complete list of classes and class descriptions are available at http://www. chrismorrisphotography.com/photographyclasses. [082612]

Short Story Writing

Explore various writing techniques through assigned readings, writing homework, and workshop-style critiques. Learn narrative structure, scenic writing, dialogue, character, place, word choice, rhythm and pacing, and the art of revision. Experience with fiction and nonfiction writing required. Thursdays, 10/18/2012 to 11/15/2012 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fee: $125 Registration: 912-478-5551. Information: 912-651-0942 or email christinataylor@georgiasouthern. edu Offered in Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street, by Georgia Southern’s office of Continuing Education.

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a.m. until 1 p.m. Proceeds from the clinic will benefit animal care at Oatland Island Wildlife Center. All pets must be on a leash or in a carrier. For more information call (912) 395-1500 or visit Oatland’s web site at: www.oatlandisland. org.

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quality of questions we ask. This workshop will teach you to ask more empowering questions. Learn to change your thinking and expand your life. Contact Lydia Rose Stone, certified Dream Builder Life Coach, at 912-656-6383 or email rosesonthemove@gmail.com Date: October 13, 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Location: Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd, Thunderbolt Free (a love offering will be taken.)

Advanced BBQ Masterclass by Wiley’s Championship BBQ and Atlanta’s BBQ1

Wiley McCrary, of Savannah’s own WIley’s Championship BBQ and Sam Huff of BBQ1 in Atlanta, two fierce competitors from the Professional BBQ Circuit, are presenting The Advanced BBQ Class. Saturday, Oct. 13, 10am5pm, Captain Butler’s Retreat, 115 Penrose Drive. $250 per person. Registration & information: 912-201-3259 or BBQgeneral@gmail.com.

Advanced Creative Photography

Hone exposures using the zone system and continue to work with gestalt principles and basic composition rules to develop personal vision. You’ll spend time in class and in the field. You’ll need a DSLR camera (full manual mode), changeable lenses, tripod, and USB drive. Fee: $100. Dates: Tuesdays, 10/23/2012 to 11/6/2012 and Saturdays, 10/27/2012 and 11/3/2012 (in the field) Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM on Tuesdays, and 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM on Saturdays. Offered in Savannah by Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education program. Registration: 912-478-5551. Information: 912651-0942 or email christinataylor@georgiasouthern.edu http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/ conted/digital.html Location: Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street

Art Classes at the Studio School.

Learn to draw and paint under the mentorship of a working artist. Learn more at melindaborysevicz.com/the_studio_school or email: melindaborysevicz@gmail.com, 1319-B Bull Street. 912-484-6415 Fall 2012 classes begin mid-September. Youth Oil Painting and Drawing; Adult Oil Painting and Drawing; Painting, A Creative Exploration. [091012]

Art,-Music, Piano and Voice-coaching

For all age groups, beginners through advanced, classic, modern, jazz improvisation and theory. Serious inquiries only. 961-7021 or 667-1056. [062812]

AvatarÂ® Info Hour

Are you interested in improving the world? Do you want to foster community locally and abroad? Join us every 3rd Tuesday of the month to explore the Avatar tools and learn how to live your life deliberately. Call Brie at 912-429-9981 to RSVP and for location details. http://www. theavatarcourse.com. [062812]

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

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Offers a variety of classes and training opportunities in mixed martial arts, jui-jitsu, judo and other disciplines for youth and adults at all levels of expertise. 525 Windsor Rd. Call 912-349-4582 or visit http://www.ctcsavannah. com/ [062812]

Join us for a fun time, for group guitar lessons, at the YMCA on Whitemarsh and Tybee Islands (adults and teens only). Hands-on instruction, music theory, ear training, sight reading, ensemble playing, technique, and rhythm drills, by teacher Tim Daniel (BS in Music). 912-8979559. $20/week. [062812]

Champions Training Center

Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Classes

Regular classes on boat handling, boating safety & navigation offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Learn from the experts. For dates & more information, visit our web site: www.savannahaux.com or telephone Kent Shockey at 912-897-7656. [062812]

Drawing Instruction

Private and group drawing lessons by artist and former SCAD professor Karen Bradley. Call or email for details, (912)507-7138. kbillustration@mac.com [062812]

Drawing the Figure

Beginning Monday, October 1, 3:30-6pm at the Studio School, 1319 Bull Street. Call Melinda at 912-484-6415, or email melindaborysevicz@ gmail.com for more information. facebook. com/savannahstudioschool

DUI Prevention Group

Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, DWI, offenders, and anyone seeking to gain knowledge about the dangers of driving impaired. A must see for teenage drivers seeking a drivers license or who have already received a license. Group meets monthly. $40/ session. Information: 912-443-0410. [062812]

English for Second Language Classes

Students of all ages are invited to learn conversational English, comprehension, vocabulary and life communication skills. Free. Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Island Christian Church, 4601 US Highway 80 E Savannah. 912-897-3604. Contact: James Lavin or Minister John LaMaison www.islandschristian.org. [062812]

Family Law Workshop

The Mediation Center has three workshops a month to assist citizens who do not have legal representation in a family matter: divorce, legitimation, modifications of child support and/or visitation and contempt. Schedule: 1st Tuesday, 4:30-7:30pm. 2nd Monday, 2-5pm. 4th Thursday 10am-1pm. Fee:$30 to cover all documents needed to file. Register at mediationsavannah.com or 912-354-6686. [082612]

Group Guitar Lessons

Guitar, Electric Bass & Double Bass Lessons

Instruction for all ages of beginner/intermediate students. Technique, chords, note reading, and theory. Learn songs and improvisation. Studio located 2 blocks from Daffin Park. Housecalls available. Call 401-255-6921 or email a.teixeira472@gmail.com to schedule a 1/2 price first lesson! [062812]

Guitar, Mandolin or bass guitar Lessons

Guitar, mandolin or bass guitar lessons. emphasis on theory, reading music and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. 912-232-5987 [062812]

Homeschool Music Classes

Music classes for homeschool students ages 8 through 18 and their parents. Classes start in August with registration in July. Classes offered in Guyton and Savannah. Go to www.CoastalEmpireMusic.com for more details. [062812]

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

The Housing Authority of Savannah hosts a series of regular classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. 1407 Wheaton Street. Adult literacy/GED prep: Mon-Thurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri of month, 9-11am. Basic Computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1-3pm. Community Computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3-4:30pm. For more info: 912-2324232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com [062812]

Kayak Building Workshop

Build your own “skin” kayak in 7 days. Session I: November 3 - 10. Session II: November 12 18. Savannah Canoe & Kayak, 414 Bonaventure Rd. 912-341-9502. savannahcanoeandkayak. com

Learn to Speak Spanish

Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register. [062812]

Spanish Instruction for Individuals or Groups and Spanish-English Translation and Interpretation. Classes held at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. An eclectic range of tools used in each session, including: hand-outs, music, visual recognition, conversation, and interactive web media. Instruction tailored to student needs. Flexible scheduling. Information and pricing: 912-541-1337. [062412]

Tuesdays 9:30 am and Wednesdays 6:00 pm at the Park South complex, 7505 Waters Ave, Bldg B Suite 8, near Waters and Eisenhower. $15 drop-in, $12 - 6 classes. For more info contact Elaine Alexander, GCFP at 912-223-7049 or

Rody’s Music is now offering music lessons for all ages on all instruments, beginners through advanced. 7700 Abercorn St. For more information call 912-352-4666 or email kristi@ awsav.com. [051912]

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

Feldenkrais Classes

Music Lessons for All Instruments

Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments

Savannah Musicians Institute offers private instruction for all ages in guitar, drums, piano, bass, voice, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, flute, and woodwinds. 7041 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Info: 912-692-8055 or smisavannah@gmail.com. [062812]

New Horizons Adult Band Program

A music program for adults who played a band instrument in high school or college and would like to have the opportunity to begin playing again. Dust off your instrument every Monday night at Portman’s Music Store (Abercorn) at 6:30p.m. The cost is $30.00 per month. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Contact Pamela Kidd at 912-354-1500 for more info. [062812]

Novel Writing

Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publishing your work. Awardwinning Savannah author offers one-on-one or small group classes and mentoring, as well as manuscript critique, ebook formatting and more. Send an email to pmasoninsavannah@ gmail.com for pricing and scheduling information. [062812]

Open Pottery Studio at Savannah’s Clay Spot

For potters with experience who want time in the studio, Choose from 4 hour time slots. Registrations are based on a monthly, bi monthly, and quarterly time commitment. Savannah’s Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St. Information: 912-509-4647 or www.savannahsclayspot.com [062812]

Russian Language Classes

Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call 912-7132718 for more information. [062812]

S.P.A.C.E. presents Fall Visual Arts Classes and Workshops

Savannah’s Place for Art, Culture and Education (S.P.A.C.E.) is registering students for Fall visual arts classes and workshops. Day and evening sessions are offered for children, teens and adults in all skill levels. Sessions run September 17 - October 27 & October 19 – December 14. Both sessions are held at the Department of Cultural Affairs S.P.A.C.E. studios, 9 W. Henry St. Sessions include ceramics, metals, glass, painting and drawing, children’s cartooning, a cartooning class, lapidary stone cutting for jewelry design, expanded drawing and painting classes, beginning watercolor and Raku firings. Fees include materials, studio space and more. Information and fees: www.savannahga.gov/arts or by calling (912) 651-6783.

Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group

The Savannah Charlesfunders meet every Saturday at 8:30am to discuss stocks, bonds, and better investing. Meetings take place at Panera Bread on Bull and Broughton. Contact us at charlesfund@gmail.com for more information. [062812]

Savannah Sacred Harp Singers

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Everyone that loves to sing is invited to join the Savannah Sacred Harp Singers at Faith Primitive Baptist Church, 3212 Bee Road in Savannah. All are welcome to participate or listen in on one of America’s most revered musical traditions. For more information call 912-655-0994 or visit savannahsacredharp. com. [062812]

Singing Lessons with Anitra Opera Diva

Anitra is currently teaching the Vaccai Bel Canto technique for those interested in improving their vocal range and breathing capacity. Bel Canto carries over well as a foundation technique for different styles including opera, pop, rock and cabaret. Fridays 5.30-8-30pm, Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 1/2 W State St Savannah, 3rd floor. 786-247-9923 www. anitraoperadiva.com [062512]

Spanish Classes

Learn Spanish for life and grow your business. Spanish courses to professionals in the Savannah area offered by Conquistador Spanish

The Family Values Workshops ~ Session One

Many of us grew up in a “not so perfect” home. This has affected the relationships we have or have had in the past. Wonder why we can’t get out of the cycle of poor relationships? I have developed a series of three workshops on Family Values which use the 12 tradition principles of the 12 Step programs, You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay, Be Love Now by Ram Das, The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Luis, and many other current authors of Love Principles. You do not have to be in a relationship now. Families are welcome (special discounts for whole families attending). Date: October 27, 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Location: Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Registration: $20 plus $40 for materials. A love offering will be taken during the workshop. Lydia Rose Stone, certified Dream Builder Life Coach, at 912-656-6383 or email rosesonthemove@gmail.com.

Yoga for Couples: Toolbox for Labor & Delivery

Participants will learn a “toolbox” full of hands-on comfort measures including breathing, massage, positioning, pressure points and much more from two labor doulas. For moms and their birth companions, to prepare for labor and delivery. The class is held the last Wednesday of each month at 100 Riverview Drive, 6pm-8pm. $100 per couple. Call Ann Carroll (912) 7047650 or e-mail her at carroll3620@bellsouth. net. Reservations are required and space is limited. [070812]

Clubs & Organizations Avegost LARP

Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. Generally meets on the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you’re a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters. Email: Kaza Ayersman, godzillaunknown@gmail.com or visit www.avegost.com [062912]

Buccaneer Region SCCA

The local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. Visit http:// buccaneerregion.org. [062912]

Business Networking on the Islands

Small Business Professionals Islands Networking Group Meets 1st Thursday each month from 9:30-10:30 AM. Tradewinds Ice Cream & Coffee, 107 Charlotte Rd. Savannah (912) 308-6768 for more info. [062912]

Chatham Sailing Club

Meets the first Friday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd., Savannah (across fom N. Cromwell Rd.) If first Friday falls on a holiday weekend, meeting is second Friday. No boat? No sailing experience? No problem! Information: http:// www.chathamsailing.org. [051912]

Drop N Circle Craft Night (formerly Stitch-N Group)

Sponsored by The Frayed Knot and Perlina. Join us every Tuesday evening 5pm-8pm for crafting. Located at 6 West State Street (behind the CVS off of Wright Square in the historic district.) Enjoy the sharing of creativity with other knitters, crocheters, beaders, spinners, felters, needle pointers. All levels of

experience welcome. Come and be inspired! For more info please call 912-233-1240 or 912-441-2656. [072812]

Energy Healers

Energy Healers Meets every Monday at 6pm. Meditation and healing with energy. Discuss aromatherapy, chakra systems and more. Call 912-695-2305 for more info. http:// www.meetup.com/SavannahEnergyHealers/ [062912]

Exploring The American Revolution in Savannah Interested in exploring the role Savannah played in the American Revolution? Join like-minded people including artists, writers, teachers and historians for discussion, site exploration and creative collaboration. Meets the 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 6pm at Gallery Espresso. Email, Kathleen Thomas: exploretherevolution@gmail.com for more info. [062912]

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. The cost is the price of the meal. RSVP to 660-8257. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr., Thunderbolt. [062912]

Honor Flight Savannah

A non-profit organization dedicated to sending our area Korean War and World War II veterans to Washington DC to visit the new WWII Memorial. All expenses are paid by Honor Flight Savannah, which is not a governmentsupported program. They depend on donations from the community to fund their efforts. Honor Flight is seeking veterans interested in making a trip to Washington. For more info: (912) 596-1962 or www.honorflightsavannah. org [062912]

Islands MOMSnext

For mothers of school-aged children, kindergarten through high school. Authentic community, mothering support, personal growth, practical help, and spiritual hope. Meets first & third Monday of the month, excluding holidays. Childcare is available upon request. A ministry of MOPS International. Information or registration: call 912-898-4344 or kymmccarty@hotmail.com. http://www. mops.org/ [062912]

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Islands MOPS

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Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Contact (912) 308-6768 for info. No fees. Wanna learn? Come join us! [062912]

Knittin’ Night

Knit and crochet gathering held each Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome. Wild Fibre, 6 East Liberty Street (near Bull St.) Call for info: 912-238-0514 [063012]

Low Country Turners

A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Contact Steve Cook, 912-313-2230. [062912]

Michigan State University Football! MSU Coastal Alumni Club

Gather with other MSU alums to watch football at B&D Burgers on Abercorn Street. The MSU Coastal Alumni Club meets four times to watch games during fall 2012: Sept. 15 vs. Notre Dame; Sept. 29 vs Ohio State; Oct. 20 vs. Ann Arbor; Nov. 3 vs. Nebraska. Information: www.msucoastalalumniclub.com or 248-345-4434.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. Call 786-4508. [062912]

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ARIES

(March 21–April 19) Ten percent of all sexually suggestive text messages are delivered to the wrong number. Take precautions to make sure you’re not among that ten percent in the coming weeks. It will be extra important for you to be scrupulous in communicating about eros and intimacy. The stakes will be higher than usual. Togetherness is likely to either become more intensely interesting or else more intensely confusing –– and it’s largely up to you which direction it goes. For best results, express yourself clearly and with maximum integrity.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) If it were within my power, I’d help you identify the new feelings you have not yet been able to understand. I would infuse you with the strength you would need to shed the worn–out delusions that are obstructing your connection to far more interesting truths. And I would free you from any compulsion you have to live up to expectations that are not in alignment with your highest ideals. Alas, I can’t make any of these things happen all by myself. So I hope you will rise to the occasion and perform these heroic feats under your own power.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher (1898–1972) was a Gemini. He liked to depict seemingly impossible structures, like stairways in which people who climbed to the top arrived at the bottom. I nominate him to be your patron saint in the coming week. You should have his talent for playing with tricks and riddles in ways that mess with everyone’s boring certainties. Here are four Escher quotes you can feel free to use as your own. 1. “Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?” 2. “My work is a game, a very serious game.” 3. “I think it’s in my basement; let me go upstairs and check.” 4. “Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.”

CANCER

(June 21–July 22) The Venus flytrap is a remarkable plant that gobbles up insects and spiders. Its leaves do the dirty work, snapping shut around its

unsuspecting prey. Evolution has made sure that the flowers of the Venus flytrap sit atop a high stalk at a safe distance from where all the eating takes place. This guarantees that pollinators visiting the flowers don’t get snagged by the carnivorous leaves below. So the plant gets both of its main needs met: a regular supply of food and the power to disseminate its seeds. I’ll ask you to derive a lesson from all this, Cancerian. Be sure that in your eagerness to get the energy you need, you don’t interfere with your ability to spread your influence and connect with your allies.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) A sinuous and shimmering archetype that begins with the letter “s” has been trying to catch your attention, Leo –– sometimes in subliminal and serpentine ways. Why haven’t you fully tuned in yet? Could it be because you’re getting distracted by mildly entertaining but ultimately irrelevant trivia? I’m hoping to shock you out of your erroneous focus. Here’s the magic trigger code that should do the trick: *Psssssssssst!* Now please do what you can to make yourself very receptive to the slippery, spidery signals of the simmeringly sublime surge.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Don’t burn down a bridge you haven’t finished building yet. OK, Virgo? Don’t try to “steal” things that already belong to you, either. And resist the urge to flee from creatures that are not even pursuing you. Catch my drift? Stop yourself anytime you’re about to say nasty things about yourself behind your own back, and avoid criticizing people for expressing flaws that you yourself have, and don’t go to extraordinary lengths to impress people you don’t even like or respect. Pretty please? This is a phase of your astrological cycle when you should put an emphasis on keeping things simple and solid and stable.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) “Hello Dear Sir: I would like to place a large order for yellow chicken curry, cherry cream cheese cupcakes, and sour, malty Belgian golden ale. It’s for my birthday party this Saturday, and will need to serve exactly 152 people. My agent will pick it up at

11 a.m. Please have it ready on time. – Ms. Lori Chandra.” Dear Ms. Chandra: I am an astrologer, not a caterer, so I’m afraid I can’t fulfill your order. It’s admirable that you know so precisely what you want and are so authoritative about trying to get it; but please remember how crucial it is to seek the fulfillment of your desires from a source that can actually fulfill them. You’re a Libra, right? Your birthday is this week? Thanks for giving me an excuse to send this timely message to all of your fellow Libras.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Here comes the big reveal of the month; the trick ending of the year; and maybe the most unusual happiness of the decade. Any day now you will get the chance to decipher the inside story that’s beneath the untold story that’s hidden within the secret story. I won’t be surprised if one of your most sophisticated theories about the nature of reality gets cracked, allowing you to at recover at least a measure of primal innocence. I suggest you start practicing the arts of laughing while you cry and crying while you laugh right now. That way you’ll be all warmed up when an old style of give–and–take comes to an end, ultimately making way for a more profound new give–and–take.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

There’s almost nothing about the dandelion that humans can’t make use of. People of many different countries have eaten its buds, leaves, and greens. Besides being tasty, it contains high levels of several vitamins and minerals. Its flowers are the prime ingredient in dandelion wine, and its roots have been turned into a coffee substitute. Herbalists from a variety of traditions have found medicinal potency in various parts of the plant. Last but not least, dandelions are pretty and fun to play with! In the coming weeks, Sagittarius, I invite you to approach the whole world as if it were a dandelion. In other words, get maximum use and value out of every single thing with which you interact.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

“Intellect confuses intuition,” asserted painter Piet Mondrian. I don’t think that’s always true, even for creative artists. But in

the coming week I suspect it’ll be important for you to take into consideration. So make sure you know the difference between your analytical thinking and your gut– level hunches, and don’t let your thinking just automatically override your hunches. Here’s more helpful advice from painter Robert Genn: “The job of the intellect is to give permission to the intuition, and it’s the job of intuition to know when intellect is once again appropriate.”

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) It’s time to seek help from outside the magic circle you usually stay inside. You need to call on extracurricular resources –– people and animals and deities who can offer useful interventions and delightful serendipity and unexpected deliverance. The remedies that work for you most of the time just won’t be applicable in the coming days. The usual spiritual appeals will be irrelevant. I’m not saying that you are facing a dire predicament; not at all. What I’m suggesting is that the riddles you will be asked to solve are outside the purview of your customary guides and guidelines.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) These days lobsters are regarded as a luxury food, but that wasn’t the case among early Americans. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the large crustaceans were meals that were thought to be suitable only for poor people and prisoners. Wealthy folks wouldn’t touch the stuff. After examining your astrological omens, Pisces, I’m wondering if your future holds a similar transformation. I think there could very well be a rags–to– riches story in which an ignored or denigrated thing ascends to a more important role.

A literary society for bibliophiles and writers. Writer’s Salon meetings held on first Tuesday and third Wednesday. Book Club meets on the third Tuesday. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. and meet at Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home (207 E. Charlton St.). Call 233-6014 or visit Facebook group “Peacock Guild” for more info. [062912]

Philo Cafe

A weekly discussion group that meets from 7:30pm-9pm at various locations each Monday. Anyone craving some good conversation is invited to drop by. No cost. For more info, email athenapluto@yahoo.com or look up The Philo Cafe on Facebook. [063012]

Queen of Spades Card Playing Club

A new club formed to bring lovers of card games together to play games such as Spades, Hearts, Rummy, etc. We will meet every other Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13. E. Park Ave. Next meeting is July 19. Children are welcome. No fee. Information: 912-660-8585. [071512]

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. Monthly training sessions and seminars. Weekly runs. Kathy Ackerman,756-5865 or Billy Tomlinson 5965965. [062912]

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet the first Sunday at 4 pm. at 5429 LaRoche Ave and the third Tuesday at Super King Buffet, 10201 Abercorn Street at 7:30 p.m. Call 308-2094, email kasak@comcast. net or visit www.roguephoenix.org. [062912]

Safe Kids Savannah

A coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries, holds a meeting on the second Tuesday of every month from 11:30am-1pm. Visit www. safekidssavannah.org or call 912-353-3148 for more info. [062912]

Savannah Art Association

The non-profit art association, the Southeast’s oldest, is taking applications for membership. Workshops, community programs, exhibition opportunities, and an artistic community of diverse and creative people from all ages, mediums, and skill levels. Information: 912-232-7731 [062912]

Savannah Authors Autonomous Writing Group

Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 6-8 p.m. Encourage first-class prose writing, fiction or non-fiction, through discussion, constructive criticism, instruction, exercises and examples. Location: Savannah Baptist Center, 704 Wheaton St. All are welcome, including beginners. No charge. Contact: Alice Vantrease (alicevantrease@live.com) or 912-3083208. [091512]

Savannah Brewers’ League

Meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League. Meet at Moon River Brewing Company, 21 W. Bay St. [062912]

Savannah Clemson Club

Savannah Area Clemson alumni and supporters meet at various times and locations throughout the year. Viewing parties for football games held at Satisfied (formerly Loco’s Downtown), 301 W. Broughton Street. Information: Gareth Avant at garethavant@gmail.com or 336-339-3970. [092312]

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

A dinner meeting the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club. Call John Findeis at 748-7020. [062912]

Savannah Fencing Club

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

Savannah Go Green

Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day! Call (912) 308-6768 to learn more. [062912]

Savannah Jaycees

Meeting/info session held the 1st Tuesday of every month at 6pm to discuss upcoming events and provide an opportunity for those interested in joining the Jaycees to learn more. Must be 21-40 years old to join. 101 Atlas St. 912-353-7700 or www.savannahjaycees.com [062912]

Savannah Kennel Club

Monthly meetings are open to the public and visitors. Meetings are held at Logan’s Roadhouse Restaurant, 11301 Abercorn St. the fourth Monday of each month, September through May. Dinner starts at 6 pm and meeting starts at 7:30pm. Guest Speakers at every meeting. For more info, call 912-238-3170 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org [062912]

Savannah Newcomers Club

Open to women who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years. Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program. The club hosts activities, tours and events to assist in learning about Savannah and making new friends. www.savannahnewcomers.com [062912]

Savannah Parrot Head Club

Love a laid-back lifestyle? Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check out savannahphc.com for the events calendar or e-mail beachnit13@yahoo. com. [080312]

Savannah Storytellers

Meets 6-7pm every other Wednesday at Tubby’s on River Drive in Thunderbolt. The aim of Savannah Storytellers is to “talk to tell” a story or stories. We will help, encourage and instruct you in audio-recording and/or presenting your own story. Limited seating. Must have reservation. Call 912-349-4059. [091012]

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the Mulberry Inn. http://www.savannahsunriserotary.org. [062912]

Savannah Toastmasters

Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 484-6710. [062912]

Savannah Writers Group

A gathering of writers of all levels for networking, hearing published guest speaker authors, and writing critique in a friendly, supportive environment. Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 PM at the Atlanta Bread Company in Twelve Oaks Shopping Center, 5500 Abercorn Street. Free and open to the public. Information: www.savannahwritersgroup.blogspot.com/group or 912-572-6251. [082612].

Seersucker Live’s Happy Hour for Writers

A no-agenda gathering of the Savannah area writing community, held on the first Thursday of every month from 5:30-7:30pm. Free and open to all writers, aspiring writers, and anyone interested in writing. 21+ with valid I.D. Usually held at Abe’s on Lincoln, 17 Lincoln Street. For specifics, visit SeersuckerLive.com. [063012]

The Freedom Network

An international, leaderless network of individuals interested in finding more freedom in a less and less free world. For individualists, anarcho-libertarians, social misfits, agorists, voluntarists, “permanent tourists” etc. Savannah meetings twice monthly on Thursdays at 8.30 pm. at announced location. No dues, no fees. For next meeting details email: onebornfree@yahoo.com [063012]

The Freedom Network

An international, leaderless network of individuals seeking practical methods for achieving more freedom in an unfree world, via non-political methods. For individualists, non-conformists, anarcho-libertarians, social misfits, voluntarists, conspiracy theorists, “permanent tourists” etc. Savannah meetings/ discussions twice monthly on Thursdays at 8.30 pm. Discussion subjects and meeting locations will vary. No politics, no religious affiliation, no dues, no fees. For next meeting details email: onebornfree@yahoo.com. [072212]

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla

Join the volunteer organization that assists the U.S. Coast Guard. Meets the 4th Wednesday every month at 6pm at Barnes Restaurant, 5320 Waters Avenue. All ages welcomed. Prior experience and/or boat ownership not required. Information: www.savannahaux.com or telephone 912-598-7387. [063012]

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 9273356. [063012]

Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

Meets the second Tuesday of every month (except October), 6:00 pm at Woodville-Tompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner Street. Call 912-2323549 or email chesteraellis@comcast.net for more information. [063012]

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available. Walk-ins are welcome. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. [062812]

C.C. Express Dance Team

Meets every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Recreation Building. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary for this group. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. [062812]

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

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

Irish Dance Classes

Glor na h’Eireann cultural arts studio is offering beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up, Adult Step & Ceili, Strength & Flexibility, non-competitive and competition programs, workshops and camps. TCRG certified. For more info contact PrideofIrelandGA@ gmail.com or 912-704-2052. [062812]

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes. All ages and all levels are welcome. Call Mahogany at 272-8329. [062812]

Modern Dance Class

Classes for beginner and intermediate levels. Fridays 10-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. For more info, call Elizabeth 912354-5586. [062812]

Pole Dancing Classes

Events 117th Air Control Squadron’s Fall Family Event Savannah River dinner cruise for past and present members of 117th Air Control Squadron. Saturday, Oct. 13, 7 pm. Arrangements have been made to accommodate members with mobility challenges. For more information, call SMSgt Bobby Tice at 912-963-6114.

Coastal Wildscapes Symposium

“Open the Garden Gate 2012” What You Can Do in a Changing World: Paths to Acton for Citizen Scientists on the Coast. Saturday, October 13, 9am-3pm at the Richmond Hill City Center. Topics include: Living Shorelines, Invasive Species, Native Habitat Certification, & Native Pollinators. More information is on the website http://www.coastalwildscapes.org

Congregations in Service--Volunteer Event

Congregations in Service will host its seventeenth community service project Sat and Sun, October 13 & 14 at different venues in Savannah. Volunteers meet at First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Avenue, at 8:00a.m. Saturday, October 13 for a continental breakfast and to choose from one of fourteen projects to benefit the community. Free lunch will be provided at First Christian Church on Victory Drive at noon. OR Sunday, October 14, volunteers meet at Coastal Georgia Comprehensive Academy (2001 Cynthia Street) for lunch at 12:30pm, then proceed to their project of choice. Projects available for every age, skill, and physical ability level. Information: 912-231-8599.

Classes for multiple ages in the art of performance dance and Adult fitness dance. Styles include African, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, & Gospel. Classes held in the new Abeni Cultural Arts dance studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. For more information call 912-631-3452 or 912-272-2797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. E-mail: abeniculturalarts@gmail. com [062812]

Beginners pole dance offered Wednesdays 8pm, Level II Pole Dance offered Monday 8pm, $22/1 class, $70/4 classes, pre-registration required. Learn pole dance moves and spins while getting a full body workout. Also offering Pole Fitness Classes Monday & Wednesday 11am. For more info: www.fitnessbodybalance. com or 912-398-4776. Nothing comes off but your shoes. Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. [062812]

Farm a la Carte: A Mobile Farmers Market

Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St., at 39th, is offering an Adult Ballet Class on Thursdays from 6:30-7:30. Cost is $12 per class. Join us for learning and fun. Call 234-8745 for more info. [062812]

Lessons Tue. & Thur. at SubZero Lounge, 109 W. Broughton St., from 7-10pm. (Free intro class at 7pm). Dancing 10-close. Drink specials during happy hours. Lessons on Sat at Salon de Baile at Noon. Visit salsasavannah.com / 912704-8726 for info. [062812]

Local vendors of regionally grown produce, antiques, flea market finds. Outdoor market or indoor booths. Vendors please contact us to participate! A portion of this month’s booth rental fees will be donated to the Marc Cordray Fund.. Free to attend. Booths available to rent for a fee. Cents and $ensibility, 6703 Johnny Mercer Blvd., Wilmington Island. In the parking lot or indoors. 912-659-2900. Every Saturday, 9am-1pm.

Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Adult Ballet Class

Adult Dance and Fitness Classes

Beginner & Intermediate Ballet, Modern Dance, Barre Fusion, BarreCore Body Sculpt, and Gentle Stretch & Tone. No experience necessary for beginner ballet, barre, or stretch/ tone. The Ballet School, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn. Registration/fees/information: 912-925-0903. Or www.theballetschoolsav.com [062812]

Salsa Savannah Dance & Lessons

Savannah Dance Club

Savannah Dance Club. Shag, Swing, Cha-Cha and Line dancing. Everyone invited. Call for details on location, days and times. 912-3988784. [082912]

Savannah Shag Club

Adult Intermediate Ballet

music every Wednesday, 7pm, at Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn St. and every Friday, 7 pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. [062812]

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Mondays & Wednesdays, 7 - 8pm, $12 per class or 8 classes for $90. Class meets year round. (912) 921-2190. The Academy of Dance, 74 West Montgomery Crossroads. [062812] Lessons Sundays 2:00 - 4:00pm. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 8511-h Ferguson Ave. Open to the public. Cost $3.00 per person. Wear closed toe leather soled shoes if available. For more information call 912-925-7416 or email savh_ tango@yahoo.com. [100712]

Beginners Belly Dance Classes

Instructed by Nicole Edge. All ages/skill levels welcome. Every Sunday, Noon-1PM, Fitness Body and Balance Studio 2127 1/2 E. Victory Dr. $15/class or $48/four. 912-596-0889 or www. cairoonthecoast.com [062812]

Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle

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

Find them at various spots around town including Wednesdays 2:30-6:30pm at Green Truck on Habersham, Thursdays 3-5:30pm at Bethesda Farmers’ Market and Saturdays 9-1 at Forsyth Farmers Market. Sustainable meats, organic produce, local dairy and more. revivalfoods. com. [062812]

Farmer’s Market and Fleatique on Wilmington Island

National Pit Bull Awareness Day

A day to celebrate and learn all about “America’s Dog”. Free and open to the public. Sunday, Oct. 28, 11am-4pm, Daffin Park, Victory Drive between Waters Ave. and Bee Rd. Information: www.nationalpitbull-savannah.com. CS

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Experienced fencers welcome. Call 429-6918 or email savannahfencing@aol.com. [062912]

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2615 Carmel Ave. Off Derenne & Laroche, 3BR/1.5BA, LR, DR, carport $795/month, $795/sec. dep. 9 Rice Mill Lane Located in Runaway Point, 3BR/2BA, Great Room w/Fireplace, Dining Room, eat-in kitchen, laundry room, covered porch off great room, fenced yard, single car garage. $995/month, $995/sec.dep. 1924 Harrison St. 3BR/1BA, LR, eat-in kitchen, wood floors, central heat and air, fenced yard, $795/month, $795/sec. dep

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1720 E.39th Street off Victory Drive & Hibiscus, across from AutoZone. No appliances,no w/d hookup,no pets. $400/month. 912-507-8127 Call 912-721-4350 and Place Your Classified Ad Today!

*2122 ALASKA AVE. 3BR, great kitchen, washer/dryer included $850. *305 TREAT AVE. 2BR $625 *2235 UTAH AVE. 2BR, washer/dryer included $735. Call 912-257-6181

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411 Emmit Street Total Electric, 3BR/2BA, Living/Dining combo, kitchen w/Appliances, W/D connections, CH&A, ceiling fans, carpet & ceramic tile floors. $895/Rent, $850/Deposit. REF. & CREDIT CHECK REQUIRED

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SKIDAWAY & SHELL ROAD 2BR/1 Bath $535/month, $535/deposit. LARGO TIBET AREA *2BR/1 Bath $600/month, $600/deposit. *2BR/2 Bath $665/month, $600/deposit. *All require 1yr. lease. No pets. Call 912-704-3662

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2212 Utah Street 2BR/1BA, eat-in kitchen, laundry, Central air/heat, fenced backyard. $700/month, $500/deposit. Section 8 not accepted. 912-509-2030 Available Immediately. BEE ROAD: 2BR/1BA $625. CAROLINE DRIVE: 2BR/1BA, living room, kitchen furnished, total electric $675/month. VARNEDOE DRIVE: 2BR/1BA, LR, kitchen $650. 912-897-6789 or 912-344-4164

BNET MANAGEMENT INC. OCTOBER NO DEPOSIT SPECIALS MORE HOUSES LIST http://savannah.craigslist.org/apa/3324939835.html 160 Laurelwood Drive: Southside off Quacco Rd. 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, carpet, laundry room, kitchen w/appliances, fenced yard $925/month. 2304 Shirley Drive Eastside near Bible Baptist. 3BR/1BA, garage, LR, DR, CH&A, laundry room, fenced yard $875/month. 718 West 38th Street: 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, Central Heat/AIR, laundry room, fenced yard, $745/month. 2BR/1BA Apts. Newly Renovated, hardwood floors,carpet, paint, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $625-$650/month, utilities may be added to rent if requested. 912-844-3974 WE ACCEPT SECTION 8

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FULL APTS. (1BR, LR, kitchen, bath)Paid Weekly, Furnished, No sharing. Quiet area,on busline. Utilities included. $150-$200/week $100/dep. 821 Amaranth. *1715 Dunn Street: Newly built 3BR/2BA, CH&A, total electric. $800/month, $800/dep. Special: 1/2 Off 1st month’s rent. 912-441-5468

POOLER: Brick 3BR/2BA, CH&A, very nice neighborhood. LR/DR combo, eat in kitchen, fenced backyard, covered patio, storage bldg. No pets, No smoking. No Section 8. $950/month + $950/deposit. 912-844-1825 or 912-844-1812

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HOUSE FOR RENT 12 GERALD DRIVE

3BR/1BA, large living room, DR, kitchen, fenced, central heat/air, utility room. $750/rent, $800/deposit. 912-429-4446 Call 912-721-4350 and Place Your Classified Ad Today!

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HOUSE FOR RENT: 623 West 48th Street. 3 BR, kitchen unfurnished. $450 month. Call After 4pm, 912-232-3355/ 912-224-1876

•1BR Apts, washer/dryer included. $25 for water, trash included, $625/month. •2BR/1.5BA Townhouse Apt, total electric, w/washer & dryer $675. 912-927-3278 or 912-356-5656

HOUSES 4 Bedrooms 11 Belladona Way $1500 3 Bedrooms 412 Sharondale Rd. $995 2 Soling Ave $875

SPACIOUS & CUTE 1BR Apt. in Ardsley Park w/laundry facility. $800/month plus deposit. No smoking, no pets. 912-236-1952

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•2201 Walz Dr: 2BR upstairs apt., central heat, window AC $600 + sec. •1202 E.37th: Large 3BR ground floor apt. $600 + sec. •109 West 41st: Lower 1BR Apt., 1.5BA, central heat/air $500 + sec. Call Lester @ 912-313-8261 or 912-234-5650

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Available now. 3BR/2 full baths, LR, DR, new A/C, new windows, new interior paint throughout. No pets/smoking. No Section 8 Accepted. $969/month + security deposit. 912-920-1936

SUNRISE VILLAS - Eastside A place that you can call home! Large eat-in kitchen, central heat/air, W/D connections, carpet, mini blinds, total electric. $650/Rent, $300/Deposit. Call 912-234-3043 *TEMPLE STREET, off Staley Avenue, by Fairgrounds,all brick on 3 lots. 3BR/1BA, LR, kitchen, heat/air, laminate throughout, laundry room. *800 Block of WEST 44th, near Beach High. Kitchen, DR, fenced backyard. 912-224-4167

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Available soon! Large 3BR/1BA, large kitchen, LR, DR/family room combo, CH/A, Window World energy efficient windows throughout. Quiet area, minutes to HAAF, schools, shopping, restaurants. No smoking. No Section 8. Police discounts available. 1yr. lease. $939/rent, $979/security deposit. 912-920-1936 WINDSOR FOREST: 3BR/1.5BA, family room has been used as 4th BR, new CH&A, new interior paint, new windows and sliding doors. Conveniently located. No smoking. No Section 8 accepted. $959/month + security deposit. 912-920-1936

WINDSOR FOREST

Really nice inside & out! Available now! 3BR/1.5BA, LR, DR, new wood floors, new paint interior & exterior, new vinyl floors in baths, new ceiling fans, new high-efficiency windows & sliding glass door, utility room, carport. $939/rent, $979/security deposit. 912-920-1936 CommerCial ProPerty For rent 890 OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE Furnished, Ready to move-in. BEAUTY SHOP FOR LEASE Both No deposit, No utilities. Call 912-313-4083 or 912-313-4082 rooms for rent 895

ROOMS FOR RENT Completely furnished. Central heat and air. Conveniently located on busline. $130 per week. Call 912-844-5995. SPACIOUS ROOMS FOR RENT Newly renovated on busline.2 blocks from Downtown Kroger,3 blocks from Historic Forsyth Park. $150/week w/No deposit. 844-5995 EFFICIENCY ROOMS Includes stove, refrigerator, private bath. Furnished! $180/week. Call 912-844-5995.

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1BR & 2BR/1BA Apartments, LV Room, Dining, Kitchen w/appliances, washer/dryer hookup. UTILITIES INCLUDED! NO CREDIT REQUIRED! $225 & Up weekly, $895/monthly, Call 912-319-4182, M-Sat 9AM-6PM

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$75 Move-In Special Today!! Clean, furnished, large. Busline, central heat/air, utilities. $100-$130 weekly. Rooms w/bathroom $145. Call 912-289-0410.

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

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FURNISHED APTS. $165/WK.

Private bath and kitchen, cable, utilities, washer furnished. AC & heat, bus stop on property. No deposit required. Completely safe, manager on property. Contact Cody, 695-7889 or Jack, 342-3840. FURNISHED EFFICIENCY: 1510 Lincoln Street. $165/week plus deposit. Includes microwave, refrigerator, central heat & air & utilities! Call 912.231.0240

LARGE VICTORIAN with windows on two sides, across from library, nicely furnished, all utilities. TV/cable/internet, washer/dryer, $140/week. $504/month. 912-231-9464 Other apts. avail.

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Furnished, affordable room available includes utility, cable,refrigerator, central heat/air. $115-$140/weekly, no deposit.Call 912-844-3609 NEED A ROOM? STOP LOOKING! Great rooms available ranging from $115-$140/weekly. Includes refrigerators, cable w/HBO, central heat/air. No deposit. Call 912-398-7507. ROOM FOR RENT: Safe Environment. Central heat/air, cable, telephone service. $450-$550 monthly, $125/security deposit, No lease. Immediate occupancy. Call Mr. Brown:912-663-2574 or 912-234-9177.

ROOM FOR RENT Safe, Quiet environment in nearly new home. Utilities & cable included. On busline. $125/weekly, $75/deposit. Call 912-484-1347 ROOMMATES WANTED East Savannah: Very clean. Stove, refrigerator, cable, washer/dryer included. On bus line. Starting at $125/week. Call 912-961-2842

ROOMS FOR RENT

410-412 W. 32ND STREET: One 2BR/1BA & One 3BR/1BA. Both share large kitchen w/appliances furnished, LR area, washer/dryer. All utilities included. $150/weekly; No Deposit. Call 912-447-0602

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$100 & Up Furnished, includes utilities, central heat/air, Comcast cable, washer/dryer. Ceramic tile in kitchen. Shared Kitchen & Shared bath. Call 912-210-0144. transportation 900

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1999 Ford Bucket Truck 75k, good condition, working height 35’, ac/heater. $ 17995. 912- 927-2803 2002 TOYOTA SOLARA SLE Convertible, V6, Red w/blk top, blk leather upholstery, fully loaded, professionally maintained, great condition. 114K, $ 79000 912660-6834

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PONTIAC Firebird, 1998, For sale. Needs some work. $4,000. Call 912-352-1549, Ask for Richard. CHEVROLET Box Van, 1984- 14’ Body, 350 Chevy engine. Low miles. Asking $2,000 OBO. Call 912-232-1786 CHEVROLET Monte Carlo Z34, 1996- Low miles, Super clean. $2950 OBO. 441-2150

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Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932. MERCEDES E420 Series, 1997- Sunroof,brand new tires, PW,PS,PL,keyless entry.Silver exterior/Gray leather interior,no tears,cold AC.Runs good, looks good. 177,000 miles.$4200 OBO. (912)507-7077 TOYOTA Sienna LE, 2003- 108,700 miles, quad seating, DVD, rear climate control. Great shape. Asking $7,700. 912-663-1999 WE PAY CASH for junk cars & trucks! Call 964-0515 Motorcycles/ AtVs 940

2011 VESPA - Just 4 miles, never on road, powder blue, front/back racks, $3500 obo. 937-675-4143

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